Artsweek

April 5, 2007

Part-Time Dick Drake Simo Investigates Isla Vista in Dan Wesolowski’s New Mystery Novel

By Tyler Vickers

Isla Vista is a Dionysian college town known for its babes, booze and excess.

April 5, 2007

Vikram Chandra’s New Novel is All About Intrigue – Indian Style

By Colin Marshall

The literary establishment hasn't yet given pride of place to tales of policemen and criminals, perhaps with good reason.

April 5, 2007

Modest Mouse / We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank / Epic

By Cameron Smith

Modest Mouse's newest album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, is one of those albums that inspires love and hatred at the same time.

March 8, 2007

Back on the Silk Road Again

By Will Wolfsalu

Are musicians allowed to have this much fun?

March 8, 2007

Artsweek Speaks With Professor Powell

By Will Wolfsalu

To better elucidate the historical context of the Silk Road Ensemble's upcoming performance, Artsweek asked a few questions of Professor Bill Powell from UCSB's Religious Studies and East Asian Languages & Cultures Depts...

March 8, 2007

Spring Forward

By Mollie Vandor

Like most good things, Spring Break is rare - it only comes once a year, and it only lasts for about a week.

March 8, 2007

Battle Royale

By Hilary Scott

Five local bands went head to head in Saturday night's "Battle of the Bands" hosted by A.S. Program Board at the UCSB Hub this past Saturday.

March 8, 2007

Nuns Having Fun

By Sophia Kercher

Arms poised in a port de bras, Sister Mary Leo, the novice nun, glides across the stage with the use of pink Heelys, the footwear of a common ten-year-old hipster that allows one to roll across a room effortlessly.

March 8, 2007

Bring in da Funk

By Marissa Stockham

On Saturday, March 10, USCB is fortunate to have the dynamic hip hop artist Lyrics Born performing at the Hub.

March 8, 2007

Calendar for 3/8/07

By Staff

Unwind tonight with a little night music, as the University Wind Ensemble presents a concert featuring works by Robert Washburn, Gordon Jacob, Vincent Persichetti, Eric Ewazen, Samuel Hazo and Eric Whitacre.

March 8, 2007

Arcade Fire / Neon Bible / Merge Records

By Cameron Smith

Sharing a name with Tom Kennedy Toole's novel, Neon Bible falls short of its predecessor Funeral, featuring more abrasive lyrics and a rather disappointing experimentation with new sounds.

March 1, 2007

Pushing the Envelope

By Mollie Vandor

"Are you over 21?" I had no idea why the portly guy who works the front desk at the desolate-looking building I'd been sent to with six tapes to send up on a satellite feed from Century City to Chicago was asking me whet...

March 1, 2007

Rhythm & Rhymes

By Sophia Kercher

Black History Month went out with a slang Tuesday, Feb. 27 with Universes' Universe's "Slanguage," presented by Arts & Lectures.

March 1, 2007

Spy Games

By Amy Silverstein

At one point in "Breach," Chris Cooper's character, Robert Hanssen, complains that his fellow FBI agents are more interested in violence and glory than in contemplation and moral conviction.

March 1, 2007

Love By The Numbers

By Colin Marshall

Say the words "science fiction," and the imagination conjures visions of breathtaking advances in physics and biotechnology that transform our world into a dystopia, a utopia or a little of both.

March 1, 2007