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As anyone can attest who has been hopelessly lost in the Louvre's endless wing of Renaissance furniture or attempted a complete Smithsonian circuit, museum-going can be a grueling and unrewarding expe...
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An ensemble of 30 dancers moves perfectly in unison, until suddenly they break out into variations, each one completely different from the next.
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Indie rock heroes The Killers played a sold-out show at the UCSB Events Center on Friday, causing crowds of people and copious quantities of confetti to descend upon the Thunderdome.
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Mickey Avalon, who describes himself as "the illest motherfucker from here to Vietnam," performed to a sold-out crowd at Velvet Jones on April 4. Young, up-and-coming rap sensation Shwayze proved that...
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"Nipples to the Wind," playing at the Lobero Theatre, is at times like going to a family reunion: You want to look away as your great aunt blows her nose and then looks at the remnants of mucus left b...
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Like any horror character worth its weight in kills, a successful horror film will keep coming back for more.
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Shortly before the release of "The Hills Have Eyes 2," Artsweek, along with several other publications, was invited to participate in a press conference call with the film's writers, Wes Craven and hi...
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Very few things are as disappointing as that moment when you realize that you have been duped by an artfully arranged trailer - a trailer that, in actuality, bears very little resemblance to the major...
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A robot lurching forward reminds me to "Please put on your glasses," but they are already on.
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Isla Vista is a Dionysian college town known for its babes, booze and excess.
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The literary establishment hasn't yet given pride of place to tales of policemen and criminals, perhaps with good reason.
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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.
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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 Langua...
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Like most good things, Spring Break is rare - it only comes once a year, and it only lasts for about a week.
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
