Artsweek

September 27, 2012

Strawberry Music Festival

By Demi Anter

Oh, how I love bluegrass. Oh, how I love all of the things that people stereotypically associate with bluegrass: twanging banjos, quick fiddles and old men with majestic beards, do-si-do-ing round and round … Oh, how I...

September 27, 2012

Outside Lands

By Audrey Bachelder

Aug. 10, Friday. San Francisco is teeming with excitement. Literally, the whole city has a buzz. Business owners situated close to 18th Avenue and Lincoln Way are praying to the rock gods that their enterprises may burst...

September 27, 2012

SD Local has Nostalgia for Simpler Comic-Con

By Corie Anderson

Never in my life have I been so sore, exhausted and delirious with happiness as I was during this summer’s 43rd Annual Comic-Con International. Comic-Con takes place over four days every July at the San Diego Conventio...

September 27, 2012

Apple’s Quirks Entertain and Move at SB Bowl

By Victoria Essien

I’m not one for clichés, but Fiona Apple is proof that some people really never change. The eccentric ‘90s singer-songwriter took the stage to a nostalgic crowd Sept. 12 at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Though gaunt and s...

September 27, 2012

A&L’s Fall Lineup Offers Superb Entertainment

By Emily Hunt

I’ll admit it: the reason I initially came to UCSB may not have been its blossoming, burgeoning bevy of arts and culture events. I was skeptical and fairly unaware of the intellectual, artistic and generally badass eve...

September 24, 2012

Nufer Confesses about ‘Confessions’

By Audrey Bachelder

Artsweek’s Audrey Bachelder recently met with playwright Nancy Nufer to talk about her hilarious new play Food Confessions, which premieres tomorrow at the Lobero Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. The show runs from S...

September 21, 2012

TV Star Tom Schanley Takes On ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’

By Matthew Javidi

Actor Tom Schanley has worked on many television shows such as “Criminal Minds,” “Dexter,” and “NCIS,” but recently he’s been at Santa Barbara’s Center Stage Theater rehearsing Tennessee Williams’ “Ca...

August 22, 2012

Artsweek Intro for Orientation Issue

By Demi Anter

Hello and welcome to this impromptu Artsweek section for 2012-2013’s Daily Nexus “Orientation Issue.” As you may have already deduced, Artsweek is the Nexus’s weekly arts and culture section. Every Thursday, the ...

August 22, 2012

Huey Lewis and Joe Cocker Rock Out At the SB Bowl

By Mathew Javidi

I do like Huey Lewis and the News. Their earlier work was a little too New Wave for my taste, but after seeing them play at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday night, I think they’ve really come into their own, commercial...

August 22, 2012

Summer Projects at Gallery 479 Part II

By Corie Anderson

It’s been a busy summer for Galley 479 — located in the Red Barn building on campus — which currently plays host to UCSB’s Summer Projects, a series of creative events put on by dedicated students in the Art Depa...

August 22, 2012

Old Souls Flock to See Norah Jones at the SB Bowl

By Corie Anderson

If you are over forty years old or just enjoy aged wine and staying in on the weekends, chances are you were at the Santa Barbara Bowl on August 7th to catch the lovely Norah Jones in concert. In 2002, Norah Jones releas...

August 10, 2012

Summer Projects at Gallery 479

By Demi Anter

From now until the end of summer, Gallery 479 (in the Red Barn) will be open to students and community members for free entertaining, educational and cultural events. Collaborators in UCSB’s department of art began “...

June 8, 2012

Two Summer Shows You Won’t Want to Miss

By Corie Anderson

It’s almost summer, which means it’s time to hit the beach, barbecue with friends and watch your favorite television shows. Seriously though, TV is not only for the cooler weather. Personally, I can’t think of a be...

June 8, 2012

‘Words With Friends’ Proves Amusing And Moving

By Audrey Bachelder

Last Friday, there was a hyped-up and astonishingly sober crowd at Theater and Dance 1701. The crowd waited in anticipation for an evening of spoken word presented by Lip Bomb, a spoken word troupe that arose after a gro...

June 8, 2012

‘Damages’ Deserves Attention

By Derek Boeckelmann

Another May gone, another TV season over. Wow, that went by fast. After taking a moment to mourn the shows that didn’t survive another season, let’s look onwards to summer! Thankfully, the past few years have seen a ...

June 8, 2012

Dan Harmon Fired

By Damion Damaske

“Community” is one of the best shows on television right now. There has never really been a show like it, before or since. And that unique voice is the product of the cleverly demented mind of its creator, Dan Harmon...