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Untamed Lyon

November 2, 2006 by

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 fr...
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Blinded By the Light

November 2, 2006 by

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...
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Don’t Drink the Water

November 2, 2006 by

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...
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Artsweek Calendar November 2-November 8

November 2, 2006 by

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 ...
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The Horror, the Horror

October 26, 2006 by

When it comes to genre films, nothing beats a good horror movie. Full of sex, blood, and plenty of other characteristics that make these flicks fantastic in the way that only something so widely revil...
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Hot Sax

October 26, 2006 by

In his 76 years on earth, Sonny Rollins has played with jazz gods like Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, overcome a heroin addiction, fled his home in New York as the World Trade Center collapsed a blo...
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They Came, They Rocked, They Conquered

October 26, 2006 by

The Young Turks are taking Isla Vista by storm, but not by force, as they continue to confidently conquer the hearts and ears of partygoers with a unique style of rock that utterly defies categorizati...
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Garry Trudeau: Artist, Activist & All-Around Awesome American

October 26, 2006 by

What hasn't been said about Garry Trudeau?
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The Magic Touch

October 26, 2006 by

Magic, mayhem and mystery - these qualities alone can each make a movie interesting, but when properly combined, they make for an Oscar-worthy film. Director Christopher Nolan, of "Memento" fame, is i...
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Best Served Cold

October 26, 2006 by

Last Friday, rising indie darlings She Wants Revenge performed at the UCen as part of the Associated Students Program Board's fall lineup.
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Oh Happy Dagger

October 26, 2006 by

The Bulgarian National Theatre's production of "Romeo and Juliet" was a night of rain-soaked, romantically charged drama. This stylish modernization of the classic love story used a combination of dar...
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Artsweek Calendar October 26-November 1

October 26, 2006 by

Calendar for 10/26/06 Thursday (10/26): He’s the first-ever editorial cartoonist to win a Pulitzer and the creator of one of the coolest comic strips in the history of mankind, Doonesbury. That&...
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Let’s Do The Time Warp Again

October 19, 2006 by

What happens when you combine Shakespearean dialogue, ancient Roman characters and 20th-century fashion, and then set it all to a thoroughly modern techno beat? You get the production of "Timon of Ath...
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Protect Ya Neck

October 19, 2006 by

Three Killa Bees - also known as members and affiliates of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan - swarmed the UCen Hub last Sunday, creating hive-minded excitement with their genuine intensity, classically gri...
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Let’s Get Physical

October 19, 2006 by

According to Bulgarian National Theatre Director Lilia Abadjieva, "Love defeats death; it is stronger than death, yet at the same time it leads to it."
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