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June 30, 2015

Jurassic World: Life Will Always Find a Way to Bite You in the Ass

By Alex Wehrung

Whether or not the Jurassic Park die-hards hate this movie and the average blockbuster junkie loves it, I think we can all agree on one thing: It could have been a lot worse. For one thing, you’d think that the people ...

June 25, 2015

Azeem X Underbelly live at the Batcave

By Artsweek Editor

On May 16, United Kingdom citizen Damon Poole shared a Facebook event page in jest titled “Azeem’s Senior Flute Recital.” True to the haphazard nature by which viral Internet trends begin, Poole’s “share” inv...

June 18, 2015

Mystic Braves Bring Bohemia to SOhO

By Nadine Bedwan

A fusion of food dye and rubbing alcohol coincided atop clear vinyl disks hooked up to projectors that refracted psychedelic spatterings of color onto the stage. On the side wall, a black and white spiral spun over portr...

June 7, 2015

Chromeo and Glitch Mob Funk-ify the SB Bowl

By Devon McNaughton

Chromeo and The Glitch Mob share a penchant for retro-futurism. Yet the manifestation of this is so vastly different between the groups it’s almost jarring to see them on the same bill. The Glitch Mob is all aggressive...

June 5, 2015

KCSB Hosts Rodrigo Amarante at the Goodland

By Margarita Danielyants

With summer quickly approaching, what better way to welcome in the month of June than with a poolside concert? Well, that is exactly what went down on Friday, May 29 at the Goodland Hotel in Santa Barbara, where KCSB hel...

June 5, 2015

Branchez Headlines Last Hub Show of Year

By Nisa Smith

Plenty of dirty Vans and high-top Converse stomped into The Hub the night of Thursday May 28, prepared to jam to Trippy Turtle and Branchez. When the doors opened, UCSB student Zack played “Flick of the Wrist” as the...

June 5, 2015

A Graduating Editor’s Final Words

By Artsweek Editor

Let me tell you a story about a 19-year-old who came to UC Santa Barbara with a dream of being an anchorwoman. She wanted to take over for Katie Couric one day, she told her friends, who were disappointed that the girl d...

June 5, 2015

Music in Memory | UCSB Remembers Isla Vista 2014 in Concert

By Sammy Gerraty

Two musicians performed silhouetted against the blank cyclorama at the back of Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. Projected upon them as the music started were two halves of a rectangle, one side white and one side black. Follo...

June 5, 2015

Senior Dancers Close Out 2015

By Sammy Gerraty

Thursday night was the last time UCSB’s senior dance majors performed as students of the Theater and Dance Department. Sophomore B.F.A. dance major Rachel Epling arrived fully prepared for the momentous day, with arms ...

June 2, 2015

The Talented Ones

By Sammy Gerraty

Yussef El Guindi’s “The Talented Ones” premiered Thursday night. This show was brought to the Hatlen stage by LAUNCH PAD, a program through which playwrights come to UCSB to create new works. This year was LAUNCH P...

May 28, 2015

In Loving Memory of Lita Stone

By Demi Anter

This year, our campus and the Nexus suffered a tragic loss with the passing of Artsweek writer and CCS literature student Lalita Stone. I did not know Lita well outside of working together. She wrote often about burgeoni...

May 28, 2015

Reel Loud 2015 Suffers from Poor Planning

By Audrey Bachelder

Any student-coordinated event that exists outside the realm of the two hour SRB multipurpose room shindig is something that deserves applause. When a group of college kids get together and learn the business of planning,...

May 28, 2015

‘Catalyst’ Art Fest Draws 900 to Food Co-op

By Devon McNaughton

The Catalyst Contemporary  Literary Arts Magazine curated yet another beautiful music and art fest this Tuesday at the I.V. Food Co-op. Becoming increasingly popular for their joyful celebration of I.V. creativity, past...

May 28, 2015

MCC Hosts Open Mic Night to Honor the Victims of May 23rd

By Margarita Danielyants

If you didn’t stop by Crushcakes on Thursday evening, you definitely missed out on some sweet treats, and I’m not just talking about cupcakes. The MultiCultural Center hosted its quarterly “An Evening of Self-Expre...

May 28, 2015

Chromeo and The Glitch Mob to Infest SB Bowl with Electro-Funk

By Devon McNaughton

Funk lords Chromeo are taking last year’s successful “Funk on the Rocks” show on tour — this time, in addition to Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, they’ll hit several of the West Coast’s most iconic venues ...

May 28, 2015

Robert Plant & The Santa Barbara Bowl Shifters

By Alec Hartnett

Bring us that low-strumming guitar, the solid percussive drum beat, the humming bass and the electric switches and mixes. This upcoming weekend, on May 31, Robert Plant, legendary rock icon, and his band the Sensational ...