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March 3, 2015

Gorgon City or (The Unexpected Virtue of Venue)

By Artsweek Editor

As John Legend and Common (aka John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn) accepted their Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, I threw on a jacket and headed over to The Hub to catch Gorgon City, a pair of London DJs. I wasn’t very familiar ...

March 3, 2015

The Vaginas are Coming: Vagina Monologues and HerStories to Hit Campus

By Sammy Gerraty

From an impressive number of synonyms to a Bermuda Triangle analogy, UCSB’s “The Vagina Monologues and Herstories 2015” covers the vagina in no uncertain terms. Whether you’ve wondered what The Talk was like for ...

March 3, 2015

Casual Gets Cool: Folk Pop Band Wild Child Shines On. Wild Child Graces SOhO with Texas Hospitality

By Audrey Bachelder

A blond gal stood on the SOhO stage in leggings and a heather gray zip-up hoodie, doling out turquoise paint on the cheeks of giddy girls. “You, you’re next,” she said, moving from lady to lady until at least 40 Wi...

March 3, 2015

Then I Won’t Seem So Far Away: UCSB Alumna Writes Memoir on Studying Abroad in Europe and Life in Isla Vista during the ‘70s

By Erika Lee

If you took our beloved UCSB campus and quaint Isla Vista town back to 40 years ago, could you imagine what it would be like? In her new memoir, Then I Won’t Seem So Far Away, Peggy O’ Toole, an alumna of UCSB and lo...

March 2, 2015

Art Shall Live: ‘The Catalyst’ Launch Party Literary Arts Magazine Shines Spotlight on Lucidity, Tribe Ties and More

By Ryan Mandell

Love, the sublime and creation would be virtually unimaginable without their offspring: the arts. The art of Isla Vista is a penetrating reminder of how fortunate we are to live here, able to enjoy our beautiful communit...

February 26, 2015

Giraffage to Bring Ethereal Tunes to EOS Friday

By Artsweek Editor

Put the books down and click ‘Not Going’ to any and all events you are RSVP’d to in Isla Vista this Friday. Hot off the heels of his new EP, No Reason, and Porter Robinson’s Worlds tour, cotton-candy future-bass ...

February 22, 2015

Kirk Cameron and More “Honored” at 35th Golden Raspberry Awards

By Alex Wehrung

The Academy Awards are the most prestigious awards for film in the world. Actors, directors and writers dream of getting onstage and exposing their faces to millions who would otherwise not give two shits about them. Bu...

February 22, 2015

Zion I Shares Wisdom and Feel-Good Music with Velvet Jones

By Chinelo Ufondu

Johnny Cash’s infamous middle-finger photo covered the wall of Velvet Jones, alongside other posters of historical performances. On Friday, Feb. 13, another show went down in history at the esteemed venue: the second s...

February 20, 2015

Film Review: “Cerro Torre: A Snowball’s Chance in Hell” Provides Exhilarating Look at Patagonia Climbing Expedition

By Nadine Bedwan

“Follow your dreams” is an often-repeated piece of advice that most have heard, and many agree on, but how does the well-known mantra fare when said dreams top over 10,000 feet off the ground? According to David Lama...

February 20, 2015

Student Documentary Gets Selected for SBIFF: Blue Horizons Students Dive Deep with “Mussel Man”

By Audrey Bachelder

Out in the open ocean past the Santa Barbara harbor, the mussel man drives a self-designed boat at 4:30 a.m. to the harvest ropes. Using a fisherman technique rarely found in the U.S., he pulls up more than a thousand po...

February 20, 2015

Wilde’s Play Boasts Superb Characters

By Sammy Gerraty

“When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me,” senior BFA Theater student Adrian Carter said during Friday’s opening night performance of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Perhaps...

February 20, 2015

Local Actors Celebrate Italian Author

By Jason Chun

The stage was a woven rug, on which stood a podium, a mic stand and a flowerpot. The backdrop was a bare color-changing screen. It was a simple arrangement, but it was enough for the performers of “Speaking of Francesc...

February 18, 2015

The Nile Project Fosters Cultural Community

By Mackenzie Hart

The Nile Basin, holding 11 countries that inhabit the land bordering the Nile River, is in trouble. Climate change has led to a dwindling Nile water supply, pitting the people of the neighboring countries against each ot...

February 18, 2015

Jazz Vocalist Cécile Salvant Gets Playful at Campbell Hall

By Devon McNaughton

One couldn’t help but smile as Cécile McLorin Salvant walked onstage at Campbell Hall Thursday night, Feb. 12. Her demeanor was so familiar and unassuming, yet commanded attention, like someone approaching a lunch tab...

February 18, 2015

Nrityagram Dance Company Brings Odissi Tradition to Campus

By Sammy Gerraty

The devastation in Surupa Sen’s face as she danced Khandita was so genuine that Lord Krishna became a palpable onstage presence. Beautifully garbed in white and gold, Sen danced as Rädhä, the lover and direct counter...

February 16, 2015

Brotherly Love at Arlington: The Avett Brothers

By Brianna Guzman

Purple lights shone down onto the stage in the stunning Arlington Theatre Tuesday, Feb. 10 as a flurry of fans eagerly waited for the Grammy-nominated band. The UCSB Arts & Lectures event was nearly sold out, and onc...