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Illuminated by the soft glow of candles adorning each table in SOhO, Lily Kershaw clutched the microphone with a death grip, a look of intensity on her face as she sang her first number, “Better.”...
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Last Sunday, I journeyed downtown to Santa Barbara’s SOhO Restaurant & Music Club to see Jim “Kimo” West perform traditional Hawaiian slack-key guitar.
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A 23-year-old singer-songwriter who has been writing since age 13, Kershaw gained international attention in 2012 when her song “As It Seems” appeared on season seven of “Criminal Minds.” Almo...
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When Jim “Kimo” West is not busy shredding lead guitar for “Weird Al” Yankovic (or “working his day job” as he affectionately dubs it) you may find him tinkering on a new track for an inde...
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How to get the car through the door and other words of advice from Artsweek staff, present, past and future...
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INCOMING EDITOR ‘HELLO’: AUDREY BACHELDER Dear Gauchos, I am so happy and honored to be your Artsweek Editor for the 2014-2015 year. I pledge to fill up these Thursday pages with clever st...
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I recently spoke to my friend Mathew Javidi about his final issue of Gaucho Marks, the UCSB satire magazine that has been going strong since he founded it three years ago. The most recent issue is a...
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This coming Friday, May 30, UCSB’s Improvability will host “IMPROVATHON,” 24 hours of nonstop improvised performances and fun. The event will feature a different performance every hour, ranging ...
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Last week on Wednesday, May 21, the A.S. Program Board brought up-and-coming artist Shlohmo to The Hub. As the final show of his North American Tour, which started in April at the Coachella Valley Mus...
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The 23rd annual Reel Loud Film Festival, UCSB’s largest showcase of student films, music, art and dance, was held at Campbell Hall this past Friday. Fourteen silent films were shown on the big scree...
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Sunglasses were on and shirts were off last Sunday at UCSB’s biggest show of the year, brought to us by A.S. Program Board. Although Extravaganza started an hour late, the various arts and activity ...
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Fourth-year sociology major Ryan Yamamoto will perform his own solo show of spoken word poetry at Muddy Waters Coffee House in downtown Santa Barbara tonight as a part of the quarterly poetry series p...
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UCSB will celebrate its 23rd Reel Loud Festival at Campbell Hall this Friday night. Brought to you by a dedicated crew within the Film & Media Studies Department, Reel Loud is a silent short film ...
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Best-selling author Ann Patchett made her first UCSB appearance at Campbell Hall last Tuesday at an event presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Iowa Write...
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There’s something about a crowd of people that gather to see a banjo duo — some kind of eagerness or intense dedication to sharing in musical delight. The banjo (or something a lot like it) is fou...
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The Good Place: Feels like they’re living in an alternate reality
How I Met Your Mother: Hardcore romantic
Big Mouth: They have one
Jane the Virgin: Cries at every episode
Schitt’s Creek: Narcissist
Modern Family: Claire Dunphy-esque Google Calendar
Friends: Also has 10 seasons worth of lore
Community: Describes their friend group
Sex and The City: Thinks they’re Carrie Bradshaw
The Office: Dwight Schrute tendencies
Arrested Development: Also likes embezzling money
New Girl: Has a drawer full of glitter and ribbon like Jess
