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April 11, 2018

UCSB Spanish and Portuguese Department Hosts Indigenous Writers Conference

By Stephany Rubio

For the first time at UC Santa Barbara, indigenous writers, poets and scholars gathered for “A Verbal Kaleidoscope,” a conference aiming to challenge how indigenous literature and practices are studied in Western aca...

April 4, 2018

New Quarter, New Music for Spring 2018

By Konrad Neithercutt

Punkers who don’t have fun, well, they’re just boring.

April 4, 2018

A Spring Slate of Films

By Alex Wehrung

Ah, spring. Here's a few films to look out for in the upcoming season.

April 3, 2018

Tracks of the Month: March 2018

By William Emmons, Melody Pezeshkian, Kristina Valencia

Tyler, The Creator, “OKRA” “OKRA” is sonic heaven for Tyler, The Creator fans who enjoy his hard-hitting, heavy and dirty style of rap. The beat’s overblown distorted bassline knocks Tyler’s bars into a bragg...

March 13, 2018

Tyler, The Creator Gets Honest with UCSB

By William Emmons

There are a lot of things to be learned from Tyler, The Creator’s discussion with Terence Keel, but one thing is for certain: Tyler subscribes to no labels.

March 9, 2018

Watch Mikey Alfred’s Colorful ‘Summer of ’17 Episode 2’

By Jasmine Rodriguez

The skating and film world merge thanks to the mastermind behind “Illegal Civilization,” director Mikey Alfred.

March 9, 2018

Friday Review: Stone Woman by Charlotte Day Wilson

By Antonio Morales

On Stone Woman, Wilson takes listeners through a path filled with discovery of self-worth and desire to fulfill impulses for love.

March 7, 2018

Live-Action ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ Sacrifices Its Wonder

By Alex Wehrung

Fullmetal Alchemist has wonderful characterization, amazing world-building, fun humor and an all-around joyous sense of adventure.

March 7, 2018

Mt. Eddy Brings Candid Charisma to Velvet Jones

By Jake Einsiedl

With spilled drinks slicking the floor, sweaty faces shining in the light and surprise pushes from spur of the moment mosh pits, Mt. Eddy proved all you need is the music to forget yourself and enjoy the moment.

March 7, 2018

Tyler, The Creator to Discuss Work at Campbell

By Jasmine Rodriguez

If you’d like to witness the creativity of Tyler in person, skate into Campbell Hall while wearing GOLF-brand overalls and matching blue one-star Converse.

March 7, 2018

Donald Glover’s Surreal World of Atlanta

By Max Pasion-Gonzales

“Atlanta” is nothing like any TV show the world has ever seen before. It takes risks, it immerses the audience and it speaks huge volumes in brief moments.

March 4, 2018

Artsweek’s 2018 Oscars Predictions

By Ryan Hykes

Artsweek makes predictions for the 90th Academy Awards.

February 28, 2018

Real Estate Brings Summer to February in Santa Barbara

By Max Pasion-Gonzales

Their performance is genuinely reflective of the band’s success, and it elevated the record’s feelings of happiness to newer heights.

February 28, 2018

Marvel Films: From Worst to Best

By Christien Skousen

Over the past 10 years, the MCU has not had a truly terrible movie, though some of them have been fairly lackluster.

February 28, 2018

Tracks of the Month: February 2018

By William Emmons, Hannah Jackson, Konrad Neithercutt, Melody Pezeshkian, Andre Bouyssounouse

Every month, Artsweek’s staff collects a handful of newly released tracks that highlight the best musical moments of the past 30 days. Check out January’s tracks of the month for some possible additions to your newly...