Artsweek

November 9, 2006

“Borat” Reviewings

By Will Wolfsalu

"High five!" Against all odds, "Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" has swept the box office, earning the honor of being one of the few great movies to come from a TV cha...

November 9, 2006

It’s Gonna Costa

By Gina Pollack

Singer-songwriter Matt Costa is bringing his catchy acoustic rhythms and vocal harmonies to the Hub on Wednesday.

November 9, 2006

“Another Gay Movie” Features Porn Stars, Penis Pumps & Plenty of Political Incorrectness

By Rachel Hommel

"Another Gay Movie" was the belle of the OUTrageous! ball, as audiences lined the streets of Santa Barbara to engage in what could possibly be the most un-PC sex comedy to date.

November 9, 2006

“Meth” Makes The Truth About Drug Use Crystal Clear

By Sierra Christman

“Meth” by Sierra Christman Crystal methamphetamine. It’s not just an addictive drug; “It’s money, it’s trouble, it’s the devil, basically,” claims one of director Todd Ahlb...

November 9, 2006

Janna Levin’s Latest Work Is Good … In Theory

By Colin Marshall

As a genre, historical fiction typically gazes backward and poses the big "what ifs," asking how things might have turned out had the wind blown a little differently all those years ago.

November 9, 2006

calendar November 9 – November 15

By Staff

Calendar for the week of 11/9 Thursday (November 9): Arts & Lectures presents “Children of a Vanished World” – a two-part multimedia performance featuring photos, music and a light opera, all of wh...

November 9, 2006

Johnny the Moon (Self-titled)

By Staff

Did Dante DeCaro really just ask me if my momma chews tobacca? Hot damn, I think he did. DeCaro, former songwriter and guitarist of the now-defunct Hot Hot Heat, and current guitarist of Wolf Parade, has found an outlet ...

November 2, 2006

It’s Alive

By Rebecca Riley

A handful of local musicians are attempting to have their names etched onto the roster of American jazz innovators by joining in the long tradition of improvisational musical dialogue. These Isla Vista and Goleta residen...

November 2, 2006

Out & About

By Sierra Christman

If your Halloween weekend didn't include as many sexual exploits as you would have liked; if "Brokeback Mountain" left you yearning for more; if you're "curious," or just in the mood for some unconventional entertainment...

November 2, 2006

Check Out the View

By Stephanie Cain

Landscape paintings can be, well, boring at times - showing vast panoramas of unknown spaces with great artistic skill, but not always providing a direct connection for the viewer.

November 2, 2006

Honor the Warrior

By Will Wolfsalu

"Whether revered or reviled in their lifetimes, history's movers framed their questions in ways that were entirely disrespectful of conventional wisdom. Civilization has always advanced in the shimmering wake of its disc...

November 2, 2006

A Dream Come True

By Alyson Osterman

Sometimes, it feels like directors are stuffing us with so much realism we're likely to choke on it. However, director Henry Selick's "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which was recently re-released in 3-D after its init...

November 2, 2006

Untamed Lyon

By Stephanie Cain

From the name, you would think that the Lyon Opera Ballet is a traditional French dance company. But last Tuesday night, the troupe demonstrated why they are billed as contemporary dance. Departing from everything classi...

November 2, 2006

Blinded By the Light

By Colin Marshall

Judging by his work, Haruki Murakami bears ambivalence toward a great many things - his homeland, the literary establishment, his generation, the stability of identity and the conventions of narrative structure - to name...

November 2, 2006

Don’t Drink the Water

By David Ferry

As part of a whirlwind tour of Southern California and Las Vegas, Dave Matthews - minus his titular band and plus guitarist extraordinaire Tim Reynolds - stopped by the Santa Barbara Bowl this weekend and managed to blow...

November 2, 2006

Artsweek Calendar November 2-November 8

By Staff

Calendar for 11/2/06 Thursday November 2: Grab your bongos and beret and check out Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading from his body of work at Campbell Hall tonight. Ferlinghetti is one of the last living Beat Poets and the f...