Monkey Power

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Prince Rama has some big-time problems. First, he and his wife Sita have been exiled from his home by his scheming stepmother. Then Sita is kidnapped by the evil King Ravana and absconded to Lanka. The all powerful Ravana can’t be killed by gods, demons or spirits, and he pretty…

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Getting Serious?

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Many kids (and/or their parents) today feel the need to get a jump on a possible career by taking part in summer “camps” designed to give them intensive, immersive training in various performing arts, math, writing or just about anything. Not quite the same as the arts and crafts mixed with…

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ANGRY AND ANXIOUS IN THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RAGE AND LOVE: AMERICAN IDIOT

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Disaffection, drugs, sex, love and war all boil over in the stage adaptation of Green Day’s 2004 punk rock opera, “American Idiot.” Three 20 something buddies trying to escape the ennui of working class suburbia follow 3 different and difficult paths, finally reaching a bittersweet acceptance of their lives. Samantha…

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Summer Movies

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Each year UCSB Arts & Lectures in collaboration with Santa Barbara Community Services and County Parks Dept. presents a free series of movies in the Sunken Gardens at the County Courthouse. Hundreds of movie lovers set up blankets and low beach chairs, sit back and enjoy watching great movies under…

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