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May 23, 2013

Getting Acquainted With the AlloSphere, MAT: How Art and Tech Collide on Campus

By Megan Fisher

With new discoveries in the scientific field happening every day, research collaborations that bring science, engineering and technology together with the arts are currently being facilitated on UCSB’s campus. This cro...

May 23, 2013

‘Gatsby’ Weighed Down by Big Baz Mistakes

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Let’s face it: The Great Gatsby was the one book that we all actually read in high school from beginning to end — even the slackers and math and science nerds were not immune to its spell. Over the last century, F. S...

May 23, 2013

‘Reel Loud’ 2013 Promises Great Entertainment

By Corie Anderson

The 22nd Reel Loud Film Festival will take over Campbell Hall on Friday May 24. If you’re wondering what Reel Loud is, you’ve probably been living under a rock for the last two quarters, as posters and events adverti...

May 16, 2013

An Inside View of I.V.’s Live Music Tradition

By Andrew Crockett

Finally, an Isla Vista-wide event that features music coming from guitars and voices rather than a MacBook and two PAs. Don’t get me wrong, I like electronica, but nothing beats live music at an event like Chilla Vista...

May 16, 2013

MCC To Host Spoken Word Artist at Coffee Cat Downtown

By Audrey Bachelder

Hey you! Yes, you, the one who is reading the Daily Nexus Artsweek section right now. Do you have plans tonight? Oh, you don’t? Well then, in that case, you should drop by the Coffee Cat (a 10-minute trek downtown) at ...

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...

May 9, 2013

Drag Gets Serious: A Thrilling Show at Campbell

By Megan Fisher

This past Thursday evening, Campbell Hall experienced a complete makeover as it welcomed stars Willam Belli and Detox from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to host a professional drag show for UCSB’s Pride Week, put on by UC...

May 2, 2013

PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE

By Corie Anderson, Audrey Bachelder

PART I The first part of the final show for UCSB’s Honors Art Program, “People Who Need People” recently finished its run in Gallery 479. The exhibition lasted from April 1 through 5 and featured work by Melissa Ch...

May 2, 2013

Fledgling Matador Music Festival Disappoints

By Lalita Stone

Last Saturday, Collective Efforts and Disco Donnie Presents put on Santa Barbara’s very first Electronic Dance Music and hip-hop music festival at the Earl Warren Show Grounds. With the recent rise of EDM, hip-hop and ...

May 2, 2013

Sedaris Uplifts With Every Cringe-Worthy Detail

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

Beloved essayist and radio contributor David Sedaris returned to the stage of the old Arlington Theater in downtown Santa Barbara Tuesday evening to delight a full house with readings from his newest book, Let’s Explor...

April 24, 2013

Folk Band The Dunwells To Give Free Show

By Isabel Miller-Bottome

The up-and-coming British folk-rock band The Dunwells are coming to UCSB this Friday, April 26, to play a free concert in Storke Plaza at noon. This is just one stop on their U.S. tour, which began at the SXSW festival i...

April 24, 2013

Coachella 2013: Two Takes on Two Weekends

By Audrey Bachelder, Megan Fisher

Weekend 1: A Love Letter From a First-Time Festivalgoer   Audrey Bachelder, Assistant Artsweek Editor   There’s a certain kind of magic that surrounds the festival called Coachella. It’s the magic of unadul...

April 24, 2013

Flosstradamus’ Beats Drive the Hub Wild

By Lalita Stone

Last Monday, a mere two days ago, the Hub may have been the craziest place to be that night. Sponsored by A.S. Program Board, electronic hip-hop duo Flosstradamus graced UCSB with their presence and succeeded in their qu...

April 18, 2013

Things That Turn Your Brain To Mush

By Megan Fisher

A New Show at CAF Explores Our Precarious Relationship with New Media Every day we are bombarded with new technological advancements, internet trends and messages from the media that cause our language and culture to evo...

April 18, 2013

Dante Elephante’s Sounds Reach Beyond the Beach

By Andrew Crockett

Drenched ripples of reverb-soaked rhythm and honeybee zings echo throughout German Aquatics, the six-song EP released by Dante Elephante last April. The tracks propelled them through a series of small tours in 2012 and t...

April 18, 2013

ZZ Ward Proves Herself a Powerful New Voice

By Apoorva Chiplunkar

“Put the gun down,” ZZ Ward’s voice commands in a soulful manner as she sways along to her song. Soulful, sultry and brazen, ZZ Ward brought the cool element to her unique mixture of blues, pop and folk to her show...