On the Town

June 6, 2002

Everyone’s Favorite Chum

By Eric Simons

Great white shark biologists have a difficult time tracking down great white sharks. The gist of the thing is that great white sharks are rare creatures that inhabit a very, very large ocean.

May 29, 2002

May 30, 2002 – June 5, 2002

By Staff

THURSDAY Somber name for a festival, isn’t it? Running through June 2 is “Last and Latest Thoughts,” the 2002 Ojai Music Festival. Most of the classical concerts will be held at Libbey Bowl, located at ...

May 23, 2002

May 23, 2002 – May 28, 2002

By Staff

THURSDAY Just imagine: all the beauty of Asian cultures without 14-hour plane rides or dysfunctional websites! Come celebrate a host of Asian and Pacific Island cultures at the Lantern Festival, which features various pe...

May 21, 2002

Enter the Field

By Jason La

In a cramped, well air-conditioned, florescent-lighted room, UCSB's version of HAL sits. Well, sort of - the Engineering I building is home to the Gargleblaster Cluster Parallel Computing Facility, but it's not planning ...

May 15, 2002

May 16, 2002 – May 22, 2002

By Staff

THURSDAY No, this is not a film about people who draw a lot. Tonight, Arts & Lectures presents a screening of “The Charcoal People,” a documentary by Academy Award-winning director Nigel Noble. The film ...

May 8, 2002

May 9, 2002 – May 15, 2002

By Staff

THURSDAY I’ve never seen a man froth before, except at Java Jones. Tonight, Arts & Lectures presents “The Worst of Eric Bogosian” at Campbell Hall. The new one-man show features the acclaimed write...

May 7, 2002

Playing Host

By Erin Miller Staff Writer

In hopes of answering this question, UCSB's Marine Science Institute was recently awarded a grant of $2.2 million from the National Science Foundation.

May 1, 2002

May 2, 2002 – May 8, 2002

By Staff

THURSDAY How can you resist a band whose latest album is called, When Bush Comes to Shove? That’s right, the Capitol Steps are performing tonight at the Lobero Theatre. These folks are a bunch of ex-Congressional s...

April 24, 2002

April 25, 2002 – May 1, 2002

By Staff

THURSDAY If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap! Tonight, the Battlefield Band crosses the Pond and plays downtown. They’re heralded as an integral part of the Scottish music revival, combining traditional and...

April 22, 2002

Eugenics Revisited

By Josh Braun

Genetically Engineering Children is a Topic Most People Find Disturbing. Gregory Stock Wrote the Book on It.

April 22, 2002

Science and Technology Primer: Eugenics and Modern Reproductive Technologies

By Josh Braun

A Short Guide to Reproductive Bioethics.

April 18, 2002

Week of 4/18-4/24, 2002

By Staff

Calendar: Week of 4/18-4/24 THURSDAY Didn’t her Psychic Friends see it coming? That’s right, Musical Theater of Santa Barbara presents everyone’s favorite Burt Bacharach singer and infomercial star, Dio...

April 11, 2002

April 11, 2002 – April 17 2002

By Staff

I bet she plays a mean guitar. Theatre UCSB presents "Passage/Spring Dances 2002" tonight at Hatlen Theatre. Director Stephanie Nugent says the show "offers a diverse array of aesthetics, perspectives and journeys."

April 9, 2002

Heading for the Light

By Josh Braun

Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, Stanley Electric, Sharp, Sanyo, Sumitomo, Toshiba, Toyoda Gosei, NEC, Sony, Philips and two dozen universities spent a total of $1 billion trying to catch up to Shuji Nakamura throughout the 1990s...

April 4, 2002

April 4, 2002 – April 10, 2002

By Staff

Who says swingin' requires multiple partners? Jazz at the Lobero presents the Ray Brown Trio tonight at 8. Bassist Ray Brown was a founding member of the Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie quintet, later to collaborate (in m...

March 7, 2002

March 7, 2002 – March 13, 2002

By Staff

Thursday: Who needs modern rock and all the flava? Arts & Lectures presents the National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique tonight in Campbell Hall. Making its U.S. debut in 1998, the company has been charming au...