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Scorsese’s Hugo Hits I.V. Theater

March 8, 2012 by

“What?! Martin Scorsese directed a kid’s movie?!” Don’t worry; your reaction is completely natural. Although you might be thinking that this Hugo kid must be secretly a kingpin involved in som...
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Mac Montgomery & the Family Band Ignite Isla Vista

March 8, 2012 by

Something major is about to happen in I.V., and Mac Montgomery & the Family Band are at the forefront of it. Twenty-one year old Mac Montgomery is not local; he’s not even a student at UCSB or a...
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UCSB Art Grads Coordinate Faculty Show

March 1, 2012 by

More than 10 years since their last collective art show, members of the UCSB Art Department Faculty exhibited selections from their oeuvres this past weekend at Uppur Bunk Collaborative Art Space in G...
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‘Bunraku’ Proves Puppets Aren’t Just for Little Kids

March 1, 2012 by

“Bunraku” is my favorite avant-garde, post-apocalyptic, kung fu, Western, noir, Socialist propaganda film I have ever seen. To put it in a word: awesome. Now, I don’t know if I’d necessarily c...
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Surfer Blood Makes Being Weird Cool at Velvet Jones

March 1, 2012 by

A Thursday night at Velvet Jones in downtown Santa Barbara already has the potential to lean towards absurdity. With sinister graphic art and an unimaginably cramped dance floor (due in large part to ...
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Movies to See in Isla Vista and Beyond: “Young Adult” and the Highly Anticipated “Project X” Bring the Crazy

March 1, 2012 by

Yes, it’s cold out. But this is not a reason to stay at home. To take a well deserved break from your studies, you should venture from your cozy apartment and see two films that will set the tone fo...
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‘Vagina Monologues’ Return to UCSB

March 1, 2012 by

After weeks of spotting an inconspicuously colored, human-sized vagina around campus — an image that has probably loomed in many students’ minds — the “Vagina Monologues” finally hit the sta...
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Getting ‘Entangled’: An Interview with Lila Rose Kaplan

March 1, 2012 by

Artsweek’s Audrey Bachelder recently sat down with playwright-in-residence Lila Rose Kaplan to talk about her new play Entangled, which premeires at UCSB this week. Check back for complete coverage ...
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Exploring a Game of Chance: La Lotería at Gallery 479

February 23, 2012 by

Many of us are familiar with the Mexican bingo-style game Lotería, whether we played it at home with our families, at day-care with our childhood friends, or with classmates to learn basic Spanish vo...
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Artsweek Finds Light “In Darkness”

February 23, 2012 by

I’ve never been inside a sewer. I’ve never been trapped in complete blackness for over a year. I’ve never had to fear for my life every second. But after seeing “In Darkness,” I feel like I ...
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UCSB Puts Unique Spin on ‘Tartuffe’

February 23, 2012 by

A glossy checkerboard floor, notched table, elegant chairs and glittering chandeliers set the scene for the Department of Theater and Dance’s latest performance, Molière’s “Tartuffe.” Directe...
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Raised by Popular Culture: “For Your Consideration”

February 23, 2012 by

Wow, that was a fun and/or sobering week. I’m still deciding which. You see, from Tuesday, Feb. 14 to Saturday Feb. 18, the Pollock Theater at UCSB screened five of the Oscar-nominated foreign films...
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A Guacho Survives his Quarter-Life Crisis

February 16, 2012 by

Many people have anxieties about their next step after college. With graduation looming around the corner, I, for one can attest to the feelings caused by my impending quarter-life crisis. According t...
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New Midseason Series Prove the Sun Always Shines on TV

February 16, 2012 by

You may have noticed that streaming sites are being shut down. Thank God. For a while there, the Internet was killing the video star, but alas! It seems that TV is still kicking, still streaming and s...
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Pollock Theater Screens Canadian Film ‘Monsieur Lazhar’

February 16, 2012 by

Grief, depression and dealing with death are never easy things to come to terms with, especially when you’re young. What makes the film “Monsieur Lazhar” — one of Canada’s contenders for Bes...
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