Features & Essays

January 16, 2015

The Nutcracker Principle

By Sammy Gerraty

As Christmastime draws to a close, so does the annual “Nutcracker” season. For many ballerinas, it is the four-month long period of never-ending Tchaikovsky and footwear malfunctions. For everyone else, it’s the on...

January 8, 2015

‘Catalyst’ Hits Stride in Launch Party

By Chinelo Ufondu

Greeted by a refreshing, chilly night, hundreds of students and locals gathered in the parking lot of the Isla Vista Food Co-op last December during dead week. The normally asphalt wasteland was transformed into a lumine...

January 8, 2015

Arts & Lectures Season Guide

By Audrey Bachelder

Hey Gauchos! We at Artsweek hope you enjoyed your winter vacation, whether it was spent obsessing over Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock re-runs or enjoying mom’s homemade lasagna. But before you get all pouty ab...

January 8, 2015

Best of 2014: Music Albums

By Kelsey Tang, Nadine Bedwan, Elena Bernick, Brianna Guzman, Jon Choi, Alex Bocknek, Alec Hartnett

Artsweek Staff Shares the EP’s that Made Us Groove These Days… by Ab-soul Kelsey Tang, Staff Writer By infusing the fuzzy ambience of downtempo into classic hip-hop, Ab-Soul’s These Days… became an impressive...

January 8, 2015

Best of 2014: Film

By Alex Wehrung, Mackenzie Hart, Erika Lee

Artsweek Staff Shares the Movies that We’d Re-watch “Gone Girl” Alex Wehrung, Staff Writer David Fincher and Gillian Flynn adapted Flynn’s novel to the big screen to chillingly effective results. Port...

December 5, 2014

Exclusive Interview with Improvability, UCSB’s Improv Comedy Group

By Erika Lee

To all the freshmen at UCSB, if the name “Improvability” sounds familiar, there’s a high probability that you’ve seen their advertisement on The Flush. There’s also a probability that you overheard some ...

December 4, 2014

Five Christmas Films You Have to See

By Alex Wehrung

Thanksgiving has barely passed, but if Target is any indication, Christmas season started back in October. So, in light of the oncoming brouhaha that is crowded malls, irritating carolers and holly jolly cheer, here are ...

December 4, 2014

Tribe Ties: Creating a Colorful Community Student-Run Clothing Business Brings Tie Dye to I.V.

By Audrey Bachelder

In the early 1980s, a diehard grateful dead fan with a penchant for tie-dye shirts broke up with his girlfriend, absentmindedly noting that he wouldn’t be able to take her to the upcoming concert. Outside of his chemis...

December 4, 2014

Trash to Treasures: Local Artist David Diamant’s Recycled Art

By Bin Nguyen

In downtown Santa Barbara, beautiful artworks and murals cover building walls and fences, surrounding the areas close to the beach. There you may catch local artist David Diamant showing off his latest works. But what se...

December 4, 2014

It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: 10 Jingles for Your Holly Jolly Soundtrack

By Jane Huson

Now that Thanksgiving is over we can guiltlessly indulge in Christmas/winter songs! “Christmas Time Is Here” by Vince Guaraldi Trio/from A Charlie Brown Christmas Sometimes we grow tired of meaningless Yuletide lyric...

November 16, 2014

UCSB Alum Talks About Upcoming Show with Pilobolus Dance Theater

By Sammy Gerraty

Dartmouth College students founded Pilobolus Dance Theatre in 1971. Artistic directors Michael Tracy and Robby Barnett were both part of the original PDT group, along with Jonathen Wolken, who passed away in 2010 and gav...

November 13, 2014

On the Prowl for a Ripe Sound ft. Tennis and Solange Knowles

By Kelsey Tang

November 13, 2014

Vibing with Kanye’s Newest Protégé: Theophilus London Comes Out with Album

By Frank Horne

You might not know who Theophilus (thee-off-ill-iss) London is, but Kanye West does. It’s hard to pin down the Brooklyn-raised crooner in any one category; he’s not a rapper despite...

November 13, 2014

5 Reasons Why You Should Buy Taylor Swift’s New Album, “1989”

By Erika Lee

Whether it’s dancing in the car with my friends or crying alone in my room, Taylor Swift’s music has been getting me through the up and downs of my life since I was a pre-teen and still listened to Radio Disne...

November 11, 2014

Mitchell Kriegman Explains It All: Eight Rules for a Creative Person to Live By

By Erika Lee

Mitchell Kriegman, writer and creator of popular television shows “Clarissa Explains it All,” “Bear in the Big Blue House” and “Doug,” spoke in I.V. Theater on Friday Nov. 7 about his experiences in televisio...

November 6, 2014

No Time to Write a Novel Like the Present: Advice to Get Started on Nanowrimo

By Phi Do

With tips provided by: Ashley Ong (freshman, physics major), Jason Chun (Freshman, English major), Sarah Ziemer (Freshman, Biopsychology) and Allegra Bottlik (UCSB graduate, creative writer) Every year on N...