Artsweek

February 27, 2014

Prima Ballerina Misty Copeland Continues to Shine at ABT Despite ‘Unlikely’ Beginnings

By Alexandra DeSanto

Many ballerinas, from an early age on, dream of joining American Ballet Theatre — one of the most reputable classical ballet companies in the world. While only a handful of talented dancers make it far enough to achiev...

February 27, 2014

Keeping it in the FMLY

By Natalie O'Brien

Last Friday, Feb. 21, headliner FMLYBND and opening band Givers & Takers played a memorable show downtown at SOhO, marking the third sold-out event in a row for local music promotion company, We the Beat. After the huge ...

February 20, 2014

Alt Bluegrass Band Plays Intimate Show

By Sio Tepper

A truly captivating and perfect musical experience is like seeing a shooting star. These moments are always too brief, and perhaps this is what makes them so exquisite. Worries and woes dissipate, mental haze clears and ...

February 20, 2014

Activist Steinem Calls Community to Action

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Gloria Steinem — activist, journalist and a leader of the women’s rights movement since the 1960’s — delivered an inspiring and illuminating talk at the Arlington Theatre, Thursday, Feb. 13. With her sharp clarit...

February 13, 2014

New Zealand Troupe Showcases Classic Ballet

By Alexandra DeSanto

Last week on Feb. 5, the Granada Theatre bustled with excitement as Santa Barbara residents and UCSB students welcomed the Royal New Zealand Ballet to the stage. As presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the sold out event s...

February 13, 2014

Oscar Nominee ‘Nebraska’ Airs at Script-to-Screen

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

On Friday, Feb. 7, UCSB’s department of Film and Media Studies and the Carsey-Wolf Center presented Academy Award Best Picture nominee “Nebraska” as a part of their “Script-to-Screen” series produced by the Pol...

February 13, 2014

Tonight: Spoken Word Star Anis Mojgani Will Visit Santa Barbara’s Granada Books

By Demi Anter

Acclaimed spoken word poet Anis Mojgani will return to Santa Barbara for an intimate, free performance at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Granada Books on State Street. The event is brought to us by UCSB’s MultiCultural Center wi...

February 13, 2014

San Miguel Res Hall Features Art by L.A.’s Diane Gamboa, Screenprinting Demos

By Demi Anter

The San Miguel Residence Hall is the host of an exciting art show featuring the work of Diane Gamboa. “Art & Altered States” opened last Sunday. Tonight, starting at 7 p.m, guests are welcomed to attend the closing r...

February 6, 2014

My Old Hero: A Tribute to Barry Spacks

By Teddy Macker

I once visited an exhibit at a museum in Baltimore on Japanese basket-making where I learned of the basket-maker’s long apprenticeship. An aspiring basket-maker spends 10 years with his master, and 10 years doing lots ...

January 30, 2014

Trombone Shorty Makes Santa Barbara Dance

By Sio Tepper

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue made a grand return to the Campbell Hall stage last Tuesday night for a sold out show presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. The performance was electrifying.

January 30, 2014

Of Montreal At the Hub

By Demi Anter

Last May, I was sitting in the parking lot behind my apartment complex, doing a final Facebook check before going inside and taking much-needed nap. After staying up all night working on Artsweek and writing my art theor...

January 30, 2014

UCSB Poets Bring Show to Downtown Audience

By Lalita Stone

On Jan. 22, SOhO Restaurant & Music Club in downtown Santa Barbara hosted the second annual “Talking to Strangers: An Evening of Spoken Word.”

January 24, 2014

Ten Songs Everyone Should Listen To Before Seeing Of Montreal

By Demi Anter

On Friday, January 24th, 2014, UCSB will welcome the Atlanta, GA, neo-glam, pop-rock curiosity Of Montreal to The Hub. For those of you who were not lucky enough to be exposed to OM in your teenage years, here are ten so...

January 22, 2014

SOhO Transformed by Beat-Making Prodigies

By Victoria Essien

The Bay Area’s very own Charlie Yin, famously known as Giraffage, brought the heat to SOhO’s normally folksy atmosphere last Thursday night. The sold out show was packed with grown folk, college kids and molly-crazed...

January 16, 2014

Santa Barbara Dance Theater Wows Hatlen

By Alexandra DeSanto

Last night, many members from around the Santa Barbara community visited UCSB’s Hatlen Theater to attend a remarkable performance by the Santa Barbara Dance Theater.

January 16, 2014

Fulbeck’s Talented Students Return to SOhO

By Staff Report

Next Wednesday, Jan. 22, local spoken word group Right Side Up Poets (RSU) will bring their remarkable performances back to SOhO for the second annual “Talking to Strangers: An Evening of Spoken Word,” starting at 8 ...