Tina Petrosian

June 5, 2014

Parting Words from Graduating Artsweek Staff, Part 2

By Demi Anter, Audrey Bachelder, Megan Fisher, Michael Hafford, Madison Medeiros, Sio Tepper, Tina Petrosian

INCOMING EDITOR ‘HELLO’: AUDREY BACHELDER Dear Gauchos, I am so happy and honored to be your Artsweek Editor for the 2014-2015 year. I pledge to fill up these Thursday pages with clever stories on local bands...

May 9, 2013

Alpha Phunk Talks Writing, Friendship and Jazz

By Andrew Crockett, Tina Petrosian

A French drummer and an American guitarist walk into a bar — a coffee bar that is — and sit down to discuss their band, Alpha Phunk. After playing together for less than a year, the group has clinched a spot on the E...

March 7, 2013

Artsweek Talks with I.V. Band Adventure Dogs

By Tina Petrosian, Roxanne McNally

  Roxanne McNally & Tina Petrosian   Staff Writer       “Did anyone break any strings last night?” Adventure Dogs’ bassist, Michael Johansson, asked his fellow band mates.   On thi...

February 28, 2013

Pollock Screens Restored Classic: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’

By Tina Petrosian

Pollock Theater brought “Lawrence of Arabia” back to the big screen for a nearly-full house last Tuesday night as part of their “Future of the Past” film series. The event, as well as the “Future of the Past: T...

January 31, 2013

Local Variety Show’s Live Event Will Raise Funds for KCSB

By Tina Petrosian

KCSB is teaming up with Proboscis Radio Theater to host a benefit performance by the variety radio show “Live from the Piano Kitchen” this Saturday, Feb. 2 at 10 p.m. in Girvetz Hall, room 1004. “Live from the Pian...

January 24, 2013

Shrunken Heads’ ‘Cabaret’ is a Seductive Success

By Tina Petrosian

I walked into Lotte Lehman Concert Hall on Friday, Jan. 18 expecting to sit in the seats I had once sat in as a freshman taking Music 15. To my surprise, everybody was ushered toward the stage. Behind the curtain, there ...

January 17, 2013

A&L Winter Shows Have Something for Everyone

By Tina Petrosian

Are you interested in seeing your celebrity idols speak? Do you enjoy feeling fancy by attending sit-down musical concerts? Are you taking Dance 45? Look no further than UCSB’s Arts & Lectures to satisfy your artsy...

November 29, 2012

Artsweek’s End of the Quarter Picks–‘Border Radio’ Film Screening – I.V. Theatre 2 – Thur. Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.

By Tina Petrosian

KCSB-FM starts off this year’s “Popped Culture: Radio Goes to the Movies” film series on Thursday, Nov. 29 with a free screening of “Border Radio” (1987) at 7:30 p.m. in I.V. Theater 2. A Q&A session will f...

November 29, 2012

Artsweek’s End of the Quarter Picks–Spoken Word Performer Mayda Del Valle – Muddy Waters – Thurs. Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.

By Tina Petrosian

Spoken word artist Mayda Del Valle will perform at Muddy Waters Café in a free MultiCultural Center event on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Three UCSB students — third-year CCS literature and art major Demi Anter, Ch...

May 2, 2011

Community ‘Chills’ in Isla Vista Parks

By Jack Crosbie, Tina Petrosian

Isla Vista’s seventh annual Chilla Vista festival took place at Ansiq’ Oyo’ and People’s Parks yesterday, providing locals with an afternoon of live music and environmentally minded entertainment. The event — o...

April 28, 2011

Protest Highlights Concerns Over Oil Policies

By Tina Petrosian

Associated Students’ Environmental Affairs Board organized a silent walk through campus yesterday to commemorate last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill and protest U.S. dependence on foreign oil. The walk began at D...

April 27, 2011

EENG Competes in Final Tier to Win $100k

By Tina Petrosian

Nonprofit UCSB student organization Environmental Education for the Next Generation is eligible to win $100,000 in the Dockers “Wear the Pants” contest. Founded by UCSB students in 2009, the EENG is one of five final...