Art Does Double Good

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The beautifully restored Marjorie Luke Theatre made a perfect setting for a benefit showing of “Generosity of Eye,” a documentary about William Louis-Dreyfus’s decision to donate his vast art collection of works by some well known and many “outsider” artists to the Harlem Children’s Zone, a non-profit in NYC helping…

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Amazing Footwork

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The October 15th edition of the UCSB Arts & Lectures series kicked off with video highlights of the many spectacular goals made by the two stars of the evening, the champion U.S. Women’s soccer team’s co-captains Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, eliciting a standing ovation. A most impressive way to…

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Who’s Conning Whom?

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There is nothing like comic relief in times of trouble, and Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s “The Government Inspector” provides it aplenty in Westmont College’s production, deftly directed by resident professor Mitchell Thomas and performed with delightful energy by a crew of talented student actors. Corruption running rampant, mistaken…

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Smoke and No Mirrors

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Ensemble Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” utilized haze machines to create atmosphere, but that is where the trickery ended in their riveting and beautifully realized update of this fascinatingly timely exploration of sexual exploitation. They didn’t need no stinkin’ mirrors to create magic on the stage of…

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