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‘Dreamscape’ Touches MCC

April 26, 2012 by

Watching “Dreamscape” was a thought- provoking experience. It was gritty, relatable and commanding while dealing with life and death, black and white and the many nuances of hip hop. Completed in ...
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Art & Activism: ‘Dreamscape’ to Play at UCSB

April 19, 2012 by

On December 28, 1998, a 19-year-old African American woman,Tyisha Miller, was killed by four police officers in Riverside, California. After the 12 bullets were fired, Tyisha was in a comatose state, ...
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Human Rights Film Festival Enlightens and Entertains

April 19, 2012 by

On April 9, UCSB’s Arts & Lectures film series kicked off the spring season with the 7th Annual Santa Barbara Human Rights Film Festival at the Pollock Theater. The festival features a variety o...
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‘Cabin In the Woods’ Subverts Horror Genre Well

April 19, 2012 by

Shot in 2009 and then stuck in distribution purgatory for several years, the highly-anticipated horror film “The Cabin in the Woods” was finally released last week. The directorial debut of “Clo...
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Minchin Impresses Lobero with Musicianship, Humor

April 19, 2012 by

On Wednesday, April 11, Australian comedian Tim Minchin traveled to the Lobero Theatre to entertain his fans with musical comedy. Minchin brought his signature mane of red hair, dark eye makeup, his p...
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New Documentary Explores Radio Activist’s Tragic Death

April 19, 2012 by

“Radio Bandido” is a recent documentary directed by Pepe Urquijo about the mysterious death of his friend Oscar Gomez in 1994. Gomez was a DJ at the UC Davis college radio station who came to visi...
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“Secretary”

April 6, 2012 by

I still don’t know how I feel about “Secretary.” I can’t call it a bad film, because it wasn’t. I can’t say it wasn’t well acted, because it was. I can’t say it was badly written. I ca...
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Adaptations & ‘The Hunger Games’: The Approach of a Former Pop Culture Purist

April 5, 2012 by

As an avid consumer of books and films, I’ve always been naturally drawn to film adaptations of books. But I have found many viewers do not realize just how involved and common the practice of trans...
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Horror Virtuoso Adam Green Debuts ‘Holliston’ Series

April 5, 2012 by

Earlier this week, horror wunderkind Adam Green screened the first and fourth episodes of his new TV series “Holliston” at the University of Southern California, ahead of its official premiere on ...
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NBC’s ‘Community’: Worth Joining

April 5, 2012 by

If you haven’t seen “Community” yet, stop what you’re doing and go watch it. NOW. I don’t care if you have to pay for Hulu+, that Netflix isn’t streaming it or that it’s getting harder t...
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Fans Enjoy Australian Twist on Ibsen

April 5, 2012 by

The city of Melbourne, Australia is particularly known for its amazing coffee and bustling art scene. Those are just two of the many reasons I chose to study abroad here in spring. In an attempt to ca...
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Art MFAs Share their Work in On-Campus Show

March 8, 2012 by

Last Friday, students and faculty visited Gallery 479 for the closing reception of the first year Studio Art graduate students’ “First Year Review.” The show was up for two weeks, and while it w...
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‘Entangled’ Premiers at UCSB

March 8, 2012 by

Last week, “Entangled,” a new work about sibling relationships and quantum physics by playwright Lila Rose Kaplan, made its world premiere at UCSB’s Hatlen Theater. The play, which follows the i...
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Just For Fun: Debatably The 11 Best Music Videos Ever

March 8, 2012 by

The following are a list of some of the most entertaining music videos. Including several genres and spanning many years, this list, compiled in no particular order, contains groundbreaking music vide...
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Scorsese’s Hugo Hits I.V. Theater

March 8, 2012 by

“What?! Martin Scorsese directed a kid’s movie?!” Don’t worry; your reaction is completely natural. Although you might be thinking that this Hugo kid must be secretly a kingpin involved in som...
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