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March 15, 2017

Mr. Burns Confounds, But Entertains Audience

By Allison Garfield

Overall, I found myself lost and confused during the majority of the entertaining, humorous, obscure play.

March 15, 2017

Cancer, Grief and Video Games

By Phi Do

Between the two screens sit a box of tissues and a picture frame of Green holding Joel: his son, the video game’s star and a 4-year-old diagnosed with brain cancer.

March 15, 2017

Rising Duo Joyzu Bring Bright Sounds to SB

By F.P. Santangelo Jr

While witnessing Joyzu play live at M8TRX nightclub, the one thing that stood out most was the joy they shared on stage, which their stage name aptly foreshadows.

March 10, 2017

It’s Lit!: Can a Word Narrate a Thousand Pictures?

By Jasmine Benafghoul, Lauren Bennett, Phi Do

This week, Jasmine Benafghoul discusses the dangerous enthrall of preserving aesthetic beauty in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, while Lauren Bennett reviews the struggles over language in Colson Whitehead’...

March 9, 2017

Noche Flamenca Lights Campbell Ablaze

By Allison Garfield

The singing and music was impressive, but it was not hard to figure out that everyone was there to see the dancing.

March 9, 2017

‘Logan’ is a Movie for the Comic Books

By Ryan Song

Even though “Logan” faltered in its second half, it is still one of the more enthralling comic book movies to come out recently, as the first half alone transcends the comic book genre.

March 9, 2017

Dope Metaphors Makes a Triumphant Return

By Allie Graydon

This Dope Metaphors showcase, more than any other, felt like a cathartic experience for everyone involved.

March 9, 2017

Diehl and Salvant Conclude UCSB’s Jazz Revival

By Allie Graydon

This final installment of the Jazz series represented the legacy of musical talent: combining classic music with new prominent artists.

March 3, 2017

Local Favorites Clean Spill Come to SOhO

By Tracy Smith

As Santa Barbara natives, the amount of feedback they received from the crowd was not only expected, but well-deserved.

March 3, 2017

‘Lydia’ and the Connection to an American Dream

By Allison Garfield

With the tempestuous social climate of the early ’70s being so reminiscent of current events, the Flores family illustrates the real, pertinent struggle of immigration and finding identity — a struggle still occurri...

March 3, 2017

The Friday Review: Drunk by Thundercat

By Max Pasion-Gonzales

On Thundercat’s whimsical cacophonic trek through the land of Drunk, he has had a little too much liquid courage and finally lets out the thoughts that a sober self pushes to the back confines of the mind.

March 2, 2017

‘Get Out’ Conveys a Message Within Horror

By Christian Watts

The film always maintains a lighthearted and entertaining demeanor, but its acknowledgement of the issue of racial microaggression and even the principle of eugenics is something to stop and think about.

March 2, 2017

Shy Girls and Culver Provide Warmth for Perfect Park

By Jasmine Rodriguez

With a Lorde-like hand motion, Vidmar from Shy Girls truly immersed himself in the essence of atmospheric music.

March 2, 2017

BADBADNOTGOOD Bring a Spectacular Show

By William Emmons

Although BBNG may be characterized as a jazz band, the boundaries of their sound do not by any means fall within the traditional confines of jazz as a genre.

March 1, 2017

Tracks of the Month: February 2017

By Jasmine Benafghoul, Max Pasion-Gonzales, William Emmons

Grown up Fairy Tales dates back to Acid Rap, originally for big brother Chance the Rapper himself, but Taylor Bennett takes it and features his brother as well as Jeremih.