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Extravaganza 2015

May 21, 2015 by

AS Program Board Curates Next Installation in Annual UCSB Festival
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‘Mad Max’: Burning Man meets the Blues Brothers in Fury Road

May 21, 2015 by

Seriously. Holy motherfreakin’ crap. The thing about car chases is that they’re a common staple of action movies and it’s very difficult to make them seem fresh and new. George Miller’s fourth...
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Get Hyphy with E-40: UCSB Gets a Taste of Yay Area

May 19, 2015 by

Come this upcoming Fall Quarter of 2015, UCSB’s College of Letter and Sciences will introduce a new comparative literature course that will focus on the social and scientific implication of the lang...
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The Catalyst Presents I.V. Art Fest

May 18, 2015 by

Isla Vista has made it her spring resolution to ensure that each and every end-of-school-year moment is insanely fun. For students and Isla Vista residents, spring is guaranteed to make the chase for ...
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Azeem Ward Dazzles UCSB and International Fanbase

May 16, 2015 by

This afternoon, outside of Karl Geiringer Hall, a line of Azeem Ward fans snaked through the music building for the esteemed flautist’s senior recital. The hall overflowed, despite attendance being ...
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UCSB’s Undergraduate Directors Present Dark and Comedic One Acts

May 13, 2015 by

After seeing the undergraduate-directed One Acts of this spring quarter, you will never be able to un-hear the woeful tuba rendition of “Hot Cross Buns” played by Madison Scarbrough, a junior in t...
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Queer People of Color Conferences Kicks Off With First Friday Event

May 13, 2015 by

Queer People of Color Conference hosted a fun, relaxed First Friday this week, which also served as the conference kick-off ceremony. A sizable crowd attended for performances by Radio Xicana, Kay Ula...
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Edgar Zendejas’s Common Ground Premieres at the Granada

May 13, 2015 by

  Last Saturday, the combined efforts of State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara Dance Theater and Eisenhower Dance culminated at the Granada Theatre to create beautiful performance, Common Ground. Ea...
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Live at the Batcave: Pookie

May 7, 2015 by

Pookie. The word means “vagina” in Tagalog and is slang for a heroin pipe. In Isla Vista, it’s the name of a loud garage band that refuses to describe their genre, piping that anyone who asks ...
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Demi Anter: A Not-So-Starving Artist

May 7, 2015 by

  At 10 after three, a girl wearing a flowing white blouse and silver sunglasses made her appearance at a table in front of the Coffee Collab. Her reddish hair framed her face perfectly, with blu...
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Waka Flocka Flame Declares Presidential Candidacy

May 7, 2015 by

Well, the tragic news is out, people are trashing their campaign signs, putting the caps back on their spray paint cans and undreading their hair: Waka Flocka Flame is only 28 years of age and has mul...
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“Age of Ultron” Gives Us What We Expected And Not Much Else

May 7, 2015 by

Like the Hulk, I feel I have two sides: one that wants to say how fun “Avengers: Age of Ultron” was and recommend that everyone see it. The other half thinks, “CRITIC SMASH!”  As much as I’...
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Extravaganza Music Festival Lineup 2015

May 6, 2015 by

The 2015 Extravaganza Music Festival lineup was announced earlier today. Details below: Miguel: Madeon: Joey Badass: AlunaGeorge: Bad Rabbits:  
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People Under the Stairs: Vibe-Hop Super Heroes Tackle SOhO Thursday

April 30, 2015 by

Welcome to inner-city Los Angeles, Pacific-side capital of gods of rhyme and denizens of beat. It’s sometime mid-’90s (hazy times, ya dig?) and Jesuit Prep schoolboy Christian Portugal and Hamilto...
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It’s Better When They’re Together: Kim and Jack Johnson Share UCSB Stories

April 30, 2015 by

In September 1993, one week into UC Santa Barbara’s Fall Quarter, Jack Johnson was sitting with his new friend from Black Studies 6 Eric Cardenas at Ortega Dining Commons. A momma’s boy his whole ...
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