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April 5, 2012

NBC’s ‘Community’: Worth Joining

By Damion Damaske

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 to torrent by the day...

April 5, 2012

Fans Enjoy Australian Twist on Ibsen

By Corie Anderson

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 capitalize on the plet...

March 8, 2012

Art MFAs Share their Work in On-Campus Show

By Demi Anter

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 was open to and enjoy...

March 8, 2012

‘Entangled’ Premiers at UCSB

By Demi Anter

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 intertwined stories o...

March 8, 2012

Just For Fun: Debatably The 11 Best Music Videos Ever

By Jaime Oliveira

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 videos ranging from the ...

March 8, 2012

Scorsese’s Hugo Hits I.V. Theater

By Darrell Hall

“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 some sort of mafia, dru...

March 8, 2012

Mac Montgomery & the Family Band Ignite Isla Vista

By Nicole Valencia

Something major is about to happen in I.V., and Mac Montgomery & the Family Band are at the forefront of it. Twenty-one year old Mac Montgomery is not local; he’s not even a student at UCSB or any of the colleges w...

March 1, 2012

UCSB Art Grads Coordinate Faculty Show

By Artsweek Editor

More than 10 years since their last collective art show, members of the UCSB Art Department Faculty exhibited selections from their oeuvres this past weekend at Uppur Bunk Collaborative Art Space in Goleta. The show, fea...

March 1, 2012

‘Bunraku’ Proves Puppets Aren’t Just for Little Kids

By Damion Damaske

“Bunraku” is my favorite avant-garde, post-apocalyptic, kung fu, Western, noir, Socialist propaganda film I have ever seen. To put it in a word: awesome. Now, I don’t know if I’d necessarily call it good, but it ...

March 1, 2012

Surfer Blood Makes Being Weird Cool at Velvet Jones

By Emily Hunt

A Thursday night at Velvet Jones in downtown Santa Barbara already has the potential to lean towards absurdity. With sinister graphic art and an unimaginably cramped dance floor (due in large part to the venue’s strict...

March 1, 2012

Movies to See in Isla Vista and Beyond: “Young Adult” and the Highly Anticipated “Project X” Bring the Crazy

By Darrell Hall

Yes, it’s cold out. But this is not a reason to stay at home. To take a well deserved break from your studies, you should venture from your cozy apartment and see two films that will set the tone for your weekend: “Y...

March 1, 2012

‘Vagina Monologues’ Return to UCSB

By Nicole Valencia

After weeks of spotting an inconspicuously colored, human-sized vagina around campus — an image that has probably loomed in many students’ minds — the “Vagina Monologues” finally hit the stage at Campbell Hall ...

March 1, 2012

Getting ‘Entangled’: An Interview with Lila Rose Kaplan

By Audrey Bachelder

Artsweek’s Audrey Bachelder recently sat down with playwright-in-residence Lila Rose Kaplan to talk about her new play Entangled, which premeires at UCSB this week. Check back for complete coverage of Entangled next Th...

February 23, 2012

Exploring a Game of Chance: La Lotería at Gallery 479

By Demi Anter

Many of us are familiar with the Mexican bingo-style game Lotería, whether we played it at home with our families, at day-care with our childhood friends, or with classmates to learn basic Spanish vocabulary. Recently, ...

February 23, 2012

Artsweek Finds Light “In Darkness”

By Damion Damaske

I’ve never been inside a sewer. I’ve never been trapped in complete blackness for over a year. I’ve never had to fear for my life every second. But after seeing “In Darkness,” I feel like I have. This is a brut...

February 23, 2012

UCSB Puts Unique Spin on ‘Tartuffe’

By Audrey Bachelder

A glossy checkerboard floor, notched table, elegant chairs and glittering chandeliers set the scene for the Department of Theater and Dance’s latest performance, Molière’s “Tartuffe.” Directed by Tom Whitaker, a...