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February 7, 2013

The Virtuosic Heights of Ezra Miller and Company

By Audrey Bachelder

Here’s the thing: I love “Perks of Being a Wallflower.” It is a great movie. It is poignant and funny and delves into how teenagers think and act and deal. Patrick, played by Ezra Miller, is clearly the most fun pe...

February 7, 2013

Inspiration Abounds at SBIFF Writer’s Panel

By Corie Anderson

In addition to film screenings and high-profile award events, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is known for holding industry panels with the creative forces behind the year’s best movies. Each year, SBIFF ...

February 7, 2013

‘The Body (El Querpo)’

By Carly Bonilla-Flores

February 7, 2013

World Premiere: ‘Sex After Kids’

By Corie Anderson

I first heard of the Canadian feature film “Sex After Kids” on Twitter when one of the film’s stars, Zoie Palmer, tweeted that she and members of the cast would be in Santa Barbara for its SBIFF world premiere. See...

February 7, 2013

Friends, Romans, Prisoners: “Caesar Must Die”

By Carly Bonilla-Flores

There are no actors in the film “Caesar Must Die,” at least not in the conventional sense. The Italian documentary film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and played during the first weekend of the S...

February 7, 2013

MFA Art Student Raises Funds for Thesis Project

By Megan Fisher

MFA student Chris Silva is currently working on his thesis project, 24 Hours of Le Mans, a Kickstarter-funded sculptural installation and performance created with the U.K.-based artist Benedict Radcliffe. The project cen...

January 31, 2013

Ra Ra Riot Drops Two Members, New Album

By Carly Bonilla-Flores

On Jan. 22, New York-based indie band Ra Ra Riot released their third studio album, Beta Love. As a band who has already undergone a variety of change — first with the death of drummer John Pike, and more recently with...

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 31, 2013

Group Show ‘A Handful of Dust’ Debuts at CAF

By Megan Fisher

This past weekend, the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum opened their two newest exhibits of the year, “A Handful of Dust” and Molly Smith’s “Root.” Located in the downtown Paseo Nuevo shopping center, CAF ...

January 31, 2013

SB Symphony Brings Unique Interpretation of ‘Mozart and Mendelssohn’ to Music Lovers

By Sio Tepper

The Santa Barbara Symphony, directed by Maestro Nir Kabaretti, graced its endearing Santa Barbara fans with a bold and tasteful concert at the Granada Theatre Jan. 19 and 20. The concert, entitled “Mozart and Mendelsso...

January 31, 2013

‘Our Space’ Event Inspires Multicultural Togetherness

By Audrey Bachelder

El Centro Building 406 is a feverish swell of culture and history; it is also the most ideal place on campus to host a multicultural mixer. This past weekend, the Student Commission on Racial Equality, S.C.O.R.E., hosted...

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 24, 2013

Annie Griffiths’ Photographic Genius

By Audrey Bachelder

“I’m a big kick-the-fear-out-of-my-life kind of person,” said National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths to the audience gathered in Campbell Hall this past Sunday. “The more [traveling] you do, the less fe...

January 24, 2013

Shatner Brings Santa Barbara Into His ‘World’

By Cassandra Miasnikov

“Star Trek” and “Boston Legal” fans alike gathered Friday night at the Arlington Theatre to see William Shatner perform his one-man Broadway show: “Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It.” Shatner goes where n...