Artsweek

January 17, 2008

Lights, Camera, Gauchos

By Sara Weitz

UCSB boasts many well-known alumni who also happen to be Hollywood heavyweights, including Michael Douglas, Don Hertzfeldt, Doug Bresler, Tara Miele, Brad Silberling and even Jack Johnson.

January 17, 2008

Styling Silks

By Cameron Smith

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is currently displaying "Everyday Luxury: Chinese Silks of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)."

January 17, 2008

Jazzy Jeff

By Tyler Vickers

With a well-honed and concise sense of authorial observation, Jeffrey Eugenides commented on our slice of the Central Coast: "Santa Barbara has some nice medical facilities.

January 17, 2008

The Write Stuff

By Mollie Vandor

Okay, so the writer's strike has you wondering how exactly to make those evening hours go by without actually having to resort to studying.

January 17, 2008

The Lineup

By Staff

1. UCSB's own Campbell Hall will play host to two fascinating films in one night on Jan. 22.

January 10, 2008

“There Will Be Blood”

By Mollie Vandor

Translating a 1927 novel about the Teapot Dome Scandal made famous to most modern-day moviegoers via the venue...

January 10, 2008

Modern Master

By Stephanie Leong

Renowned for his bestselling novels, The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides is known for his ability to brilliantly depict modern American life in a way that seems to resonate with rea...

January 10, 2008

Something in the Water

By Stephanie Leong

On Wednesday, Nov. 28, UCSB's Arts & Lectures program featured a special screening of "Mr. Conservative," a documentary produced and narrated by CC Goldwater.

January 10, 2008

Wayans Weighs In

By Tyler Vickers

The Rockefellers had oil, the Carnegies had steel and the Kennedys had politics. When it comes to comedy, however, one American family shines above all others: the Wayans.

January 10, 2008

Bouncing Off Clouds

By Dianne Jobson

While usually known for her solo acoustic work, Tori Amos rocked out at a packed Arlington Theatre with a full band Dec. 13, to a full crowd with either serious fans or concertgoers who were definitely converted by the e...

January 10, 2008

The Lineup

By Staff

1. It's been called the "Grizzly Man" of the ocean. Check out "Deep Water," a film following the true story of...

November 29, 2007

Gracing the Stage

By Dianne Jobson

In its California debut, Montreal's Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie graced the stage of Campbell Hall to a full house Nov. 16.

November 29, 2007

Music: American Gangster

By Zach Manzanetti

Jay-Z just can't stay out of retirement, which is actually a good thing, given the quality of his latest album - American Gangster.

November 29, 2007

Geiger Counter

By Amy Silverstein

According to the girls yelling in my ear all night at the Hub on Nov. 16, Teddy Geiger is hot.

November 29, 2007

Film: “No Country for Old Men”

By Tyler Vickers

The title of the Coen brothers' latest film, "No Country for Old Men," comes from the first lines of the Yeats poem, "Sailing to Byzantium."

November 29, 2007

Film: “Into the Wild”

By Mollie Vandor

"Into the Wild," the new film from prolific actor/director extraordinaire Sean Penn, is part road trip film, part nature documentary, part familial melodrama and part homage to all things hippie.