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May 25, 2006

It’s Just the Blues Baby

By Rachel Hommel

While blues is known to be synonymous with low spirits and sadness, the audience at B.B. King's concert at the Arlington Theatre downtown was anything but blue.

May 25, 2006

Gypsy Kings

By Will Wolfsalu

"I am the champion of champions," Uncle Refet said, the 70-something self-proclaimed "King of Disco" and citizen of Shutka, a tiny Roma town in Macedonia.

May 25, 2006

Don’t Press Your Luck

By Aly Comingore

It's no real surprise that Lindsay Lohan's latest identity-swapping adventure is cheesy - anyone forced to sit through the trailer could have deduced that much in about 30 seconds.

May 25, 2006

Cd Review: Sunset Rubdown- Shut Up I Am Dreaming

By system

For the Wolf Parade fans who only wanted more after last year's Apologies to the Queen Mary, there is good news.

May 25, 2006

The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium

By system

"And If I saw the sun fall down / I'd pick it up and make a crown / One that was a perfect fit for you," croons Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers in their newest double album.

May 18, 2006

Watch Out

By system

This weekend Santa Barbarians are being encouraged to take a timeout from their usual rabblerousing and take an educational trip abroad. Presented by Arts & Lectures, the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival ho...

May 18, 2006

Fear Factor

By Mollie Vandor

Picture this: a country living in fear after a series of brutal terrorist attacks and a president manipulating that fear to strip citizens of their democratic freedoms. Sound familiar? That is because Pamela Yates wants ...

May 18, 2006

East Meets West

By Rachel Hommel

Beads, boobies and beer are not the first things that come to mind when one thinks of human rights. Nevertheless, this year the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival will showcase "Mardi Gras: Made in China," an exp...

May 18, 2006

Fighting Dirty

By Will Wolfsalu

Cory Booker is a 32-year-old Yale Law grad, Rhodes scholar, college football star and hopeful future Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, a city with one of the highest poverty and crime rates in America. Booker's opp...

May 18, 2006

Piano Man

By Sophia Kercher

In a world where one's middle-class neighbors get shot at their front door, where citizens are afraid to venture across town after dark and where the fear of bombings is neverending, it is a novelty if foreigners are not...

May 18, 2006

Redemption

By Amita Chollate

"No More Tears Sister" describes the life and painful death of human rights activist Dr. Rajani Thiranagama in war torn Sri Lanka. Through conversations with family members, letters and dramatizations, director Helene Kl...

May 18, 2006

Right to Remain Silent

By Will Wolfsalu

At 9 a.m. on an overcast Saturday morning, deep in Ellison Hall - the citadel of the UCSB Film Studies Dept. - the organizers of the Reel Loud Film Festival met for this year's selection day. This is the festival's 15th ...

May 18, 2006

Reel To Reel

By Will Wolfsalu

Reel Loud showcases a film selection as diverse as the wildest minds of the student body. Crossing over genres ranging from tragic drama to uproarious comedy, the festival entries include shorts about dance, betrayal, mi...

May 18, 2006

Liars, Burritos and Robots… Oh My

By Aly Comingore

As another year creeps toward its end, we here at Artsweek are feeling a wee bit overwhelmed. With pre-graduation jitters comes a slew of culminating performances, exhibits and screenings that attempt - ever so boldly - ...

May 18, 2006

Pixel Perfect

By Aaron Wu

Among the hustle and bustle of the Electronic Entertainment Expo - more commonly known as E3 - in the Los Angeles Convention Center last week, there was an art exhibit of digitally epic proportions. The exhibit marked th...

May 11, 2006

Keanu Reeves, Eat Your Heart Out

By Mollie Vandor

Films about hostage situations are usually limited to Bruce Willis saving children or Harrison Ford kicking people off his airplane. It is definitely rare to find a film about a hostage negotiation in which the terrorist...