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July 30, 2015

Ian McKellen Redefines Our Dear “Mr. Holmes”

By Alex Wehrung

We’ve seen a lot of different versions of Sherlock Holmes over the years, from the stereotypical deerstalker-wearing version popularized and made iconic by the likes of Basil Rathbone to the much-adored, long-faced Ben...

July 13, 2015

He’s Back. What a Surprise.

By Alex Wehrung

If anything, this movie proves that if you set your expectations low enough, anything will satisfy you. Was “Terminator Genisys” necessary? No. Was it fun?  A bit.  Does it prey on your nostalgia? Eyup. At the end ...

July 6, 2015

A Satisfactory Catharsis: ‘Inside Out’ is a Good Time

By Alex Wehrung

Imagination can be a wonderful thing, depending on how it’s applied. If you muck it up, you end up with something that seems cool, but in reality, you realize that someone fell asleep behind the controls. Take “Docto...

June 30, 2015

We Remember Them: Honoring the Unlucky Bright Minds of Our Youth

By Alec Hartnett

On a terrible May 23rd, in 2014, the UCSB and the Santa Barbara communities suffered greatly at the hands of contorted misfortune. Six students bore the brunt of this onslaught: Katie Cooper, George Chen, Veronika Weiss,...

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,...