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January 8, 2015

‘Catalyst’ Hits Stride in Launch Party

By Chinelo Ufondu

Greeted by a refreshing, chilly night, hundreds of students and locals gathered in the parking lot of the Isla Vista Food Co-op last December during dead week. The normally asphalt wasteland was transformed into a lumine...

January 8, 2015

Arts & Lectures Season Guide

By Audrey Bachelder

  Hey Gauchos! We at Artsweek hope you enjoyed your winter vacation, whether it was spent obsessing over Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock re-runs or enjoying mom’s homemade lasagna. But before you get all pouty ab...

January 8, 2015

Best of 2014: Music Albums

By Kelsey Tang, Nadine Bedwan, Elena Bernick, Brianna Guzman, Jon Choi, Alex Bocknek, Alec Hartnett

Artsweek Staff Shares the EP’s that Made Us Groove These Days… by Ab-soul Kelsey Tang, Staff Writer By infusing the fuzzy ambience of downtempo into classic hip-hop, Ab-Soul’s These Days… became an impressive...

January 8, 2015

Best of 2014: Film

By Alex Wehrung, Mackenzie Hart, Erika Lee

Artsweek Staff Shares the Movies that We’d Re-watch “Gone Girl” Alex Wehrung, Staff Writer David Fincher and Gillian Flynn adapted Flynn’s novel to the big screen to chillingly effective results. Port...

December 17, 2014

Tonys after Tonys: Broadway Legend Audra McDonald Wows Santa Barbara

By Bin Nguyen

  Dressed to the nines, flocks of Santa Barbarans came together on Sunday, Dec. 7 at the Granada Theater to experience an unforgettable night of music. Slowly, a tall, dark, curvaceous figure walked onto center stag...

December 17, 2014

Partying with IamSu!, Waka Flocka Flame & Brick Squad at Earl Warren Showgrounds

By Jennifer Kim

When the party bus finally arrived on Seville Road on Nov. 22, the line of concert-goers quickly stormed in, pulled out their pre-game kit and began to dance, even before the bus started rolling. We danced and did scream...

December 17, 2014

Circus Herpes, Ostentation County and Carrots: Kip Fulbeck’s Student Show “Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece” is a Wild Success

By Janel Mendoza

Off-campus, he’s known for his luscious black hair, inspiring books (Part Asian, 100% Hapa, Mixed and Paper Bullets) and directing experience. On campus, he’s still known for his luscious black hair, but also for hi...

December 16, 2014

Comedy Central Darling Mike Birbiglia Brings Jokes to UCSB

By Brianna Guzman

Mike Birbiglia stepped onto the stage at Campbell Hall on Dec. 4 in Adidas, jeans and a button-up. Currently on his “Thank God for Jokes” tour, the laid-back comedian wasted no time getting down to business. He dove ...

December 14, 2014

UCSB A Capella Group InterVals Hosts “Interstellar” Show

By Mackenzie Hart

On Dec. 5, the tiny lecture hall that is Music 1145 was filled with harmonious voices, rhythmic clapping and about three or so aluminum foil hats. If those factors don’t seem to add up, then let it be known — this wa...

December 13, 2014

Brothas from Otha Mothas: Breaking Hearts, but Not Ears

By Mackenzie Hart

In 2011, “The Sing-Off” introduced us to Pentatonix. In 2012, “Pitch Perfect” gave us the Barden Bellas. But in 2003, before a cappella broke through to the forefront of the music scene, two students named D.J. a...

December 12, 2014

More than Just a Cogwheel

By Phi Do

What comes to mind when you hear the word “castle”? Probably not a walking house fused with cogwheels, steaming pipes and turrets balancing on four thin, metallic bird feet. It may look like a dump but as Director Ha...

December 9, 2014

ODESZA’s Latest Album, ‘In Return’

By Alec Hartnett

You know that feeling that swells from your core through your entire body when you see a protagonist of one of your favorite movies triumph over his adversaries and obstacles? You hear the happiest music you’ve ever he...

December 7, 2014

My Duty to Alert You About ‘A Duty to Betray’

By Nadine Bedwan

Kelly Moreno knows your brain. Prior to penning his first novel, a revenge tale entitled A Duty to Betray, Moreno led a long career in the field of psychology as a professor at both UCSB and Cal Poly SLO, amongst other u...

December 7, 2014

John Cleese Makes Laughs at Granada

By Alex Wehrung

“The thing about Fox News,” said John Cleese as he sat onstage at the Granada Theater, “is that when you bring up ‘quality programming,’ they have to go find a dictionary.” The packed theater laughed at the j...

December 7, 2014

Three Albums To Listen to on a Rainy Day

By Alexandra DeSanto

With a heavy downpour of rain hitting Santa Barbara this past week, many of you (like myself) may have understood the bad weather as the perfect opportunity to skip class and stay inside. While most people enjoyed their ...

December 7, 2014

American Horror Story Producer and UCSB Alumni Comes to Pollock

By Nadine Bedwan

Flipping through television channels often yields the same monotonous results of sitcom after sitcom, recycling the same jokes between different characters and settings. On Oct. 5, 2011, the American public was reintrodu...