C’mon and Dance!

Members of Dhadkan teach Bhangra Indian folk dance - 11/1/16 Campbell Hall

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How about a quick class in Bhangra Indian folk dancing before the show? Arts & Lectures and UCSB Dhadkan presented just that on Nov. 1. After a little urging from Nishitha Viswanathan and her fellow instructor, patrons filled the plaza in front of Campbell hall to get a little cardio and warm…

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The Ax and the Whacks

Katie Moya as Lizzie Borden - Out of the Box Theatre Co. 11/1/16 Center Stage Theater

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Mix 80s feminist and queer politics with blood, murder, goth rock and four talented female belters and you get Lizzie the musical, based on a well known bit of American history and mythology. It gets off to a spirited start with the familiar nursery rhyme and takes flight with all the trappings of a full blown rock extravaganza…

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Seville Disobedience

Harold Meers as Don Jose and Leann Sandel-Pantaleo as Carmen - Opera Santa Barbara 10/20/16 Alhecama Theatre

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Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most performed and beloved operas and it has timeless resonance. The story of a woman who does exactly what she wants with her life, but has to pay the ultimate price in the end, losing her life because a man can’t take being rejected. The title character is sexually liberated,…

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Branches of the Tree

Maceo Parker - UCSB Arts & Lectures 10/27/16 Campbell Hall

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The Jones Family Singers and Maceo Parker: Gospel, Blues and Funk. Music that grew out of the African American experience, reflective of hopes, dreams, pain and joy, those different branches of that solid oak were on magnificent and make-you-wanna-move display out at Campbell Hall last Thursday. The Jones Family literally filled the…

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