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MFA Students Debut Impressive Thesis Show

May 30, 2013 by

This past Friday evening, the UC Santa Barbara Art, Design & Architecture Museum opened a new exhibition called “Inside Out,” which features the thesis work of the graduating Master of Fine Ar...
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Student Spoken Word Show to Awe the MCC on June 7

May 30, 2013 by

Three ladies walked into Art Studio 137, the spoken word class taught by Kip Fulbeck and Elizabeth Folk. The first woman thought that she already knew how to rock the spotlight, the second thought tha...
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Indulge Your ‘Appetite’: Upcoming Show Features Top Undergrad Artists

May 30, 2013 by

The UCSB Art Department will soon open its annual Undergraduate Art Exhibition. This year’s show, titled “Appetite for Construction,” boasts an impressive collection of work ranging from two-dim...
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WORDSTOCK Hits its Stride in Second Year

May 30, 2013 by

Yellow felt cut-outs bearing the word “WORD” lined the grass of Little Acorn Park this past Saturday, a token of WORD Magazine’s second annual WORDSTOCK Festival. Also covering the grass were bu...
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X13 Marks the Spot

May 23, 2013 by

At precisely 1:15 p.m. this past Sunday, hordes of happy Gauchos ditched their pre-game parties and headed to Harder Stadium for the biggest free event of the school year. Tons of graduates, Isla Vist...
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Writer Shares SF Adventures

May 23, 2013 by

On May 22, 2013 at 4 p.m., author Joe Riley will visit UCSB to read excerpts from his new book How Strange Is It To Be Anything At All at the Old Little Theatre at the College of Creative Studies. How...
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Getting Acquainted With the AlloSphere, MAT: How Art and Tech Collide on Campus

May 23, 2013 by

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...
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‘Gatsby’ Weighed Down by Big Baz Mistakes

May 23, 2013 by

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 th...
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‘Reel Loud’ 2013 Promises Great Entertainment

May 23, 2013 by

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

May 16, 2013 by

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 eve...
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MCC To Host Spoken Word Artist at Coffee Cat Downtown

May 16, 2013 by

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-minut...
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Alpha Phunk Talks Writing, Friendship and Jazz

May 9, 2013 by and

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 clin...
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Drag Gets Serious: A Thrilling Show at Campbell

May 9, 2013 by

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 Prid...
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PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE

May 2, 2013 by and

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 feature...
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Fledgling Matador Music Festival Disappoints

May 2, 2013 by

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 ...
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