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Wilde’s Play Boasts Superb Characters

February 20, 2015 by

“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 Be...
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Local Actors Celebrate Italian Author

February 20, 2015 by

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 “...
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The Nile Project Fosters Cultural Community

February 18, 2015 by

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 count...
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Jazz Vocalist Cécile Salvant Gets Playful at Campbell Hall

February 18, 2015 by

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 app...
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Nrityagram Dance Company Brings Odissi Tradition to Campus

February 18, 2015 by

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 love...
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Brotherly Love at Arlington: The Avett Brothers

February 16, 2015 by

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 near...
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Utah Report: I Went to Sundance and It was Awesome

February 16, 2015 by

Every January, Hollywood descends upon (or ascends to, technically) the picturesque snow globe that is Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. Since its founding in 1978, Sundance has been a f...
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Fifty Shades of Grey: Still a better love story than….actually, not really

February 16, 2015 by

Finally, it’s here. The mommy-pornographic, masturbatory, former Twilight fanfiction fantasy hit that has taken the sexually-frustrated world by storm: “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the movie. Now, to...
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My Not so So Ordinary Eight Days as an Intern

February 15, 2015 by

The 2015 Santa Barbara Film Festival came to a close this past Sunday. With it goes the star sightings, the hip boxed water for pass holders and the influx of visitors to downtown Santa Barbara. But w...
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Top 5 Turn-On Artists for You and Your Valentine

February 15, 2015 by

College can be too intense. Other things can be more intense. So, we’d love to help turn up the heat a bit for you and your Valentine this February with our favorite seductive pop and R&B artist...
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Directors Given Prestigious Honors at SBIFF Chazelle, Linklater, Miller, Poitras and Tyldum Reflect at Arlington

February 15, 2015 by

The Outstanding Directors of the Year tribute event was admittedly more low-key than one would imagine. While there was certainly a long line to get into the Arlington, there weren’t any screaming f...
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5 Misheard Song Lyrics from 5 Different Genres

February 14, 2015 by

Valentine’s Day is considered a somewhat controversial holiday. Unlike Christmas or Halloween, holidays that generally everybody love, people either look forward to V-day or dread it completely. It...
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Women’s Panel Highlights Male-Dominance in Film Industry

February 13, 2015 by

The phrase “women in show business” conjures a variety of onscreen stereotypes: the distressed damsel, the young clandestine coquette and the sensual temptress, amongst others. The cause for this ...
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Must-Watch Spoken Word for Every Relationship Status: Valentine’s Day Edition

February 13, 2015 by

When novelists think love, they draft words of wondrous passion onto their notebooks filled with fantasy. When slam poets talk love, sh*t gets real. These artists utter words of desperation or perhaps...
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“McFarland, USA” Tells the American Story Picking and Running: Disney Film Explores Teenage Life in Central Valley

February 12, 2015 by and

Kevin Costner plays Coach Jim White in Disney’s “McFarland, USA,” which tells the true story of a coach who inspired his seemingly hapless students to form a cross country team and go the distan...
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