Making it personal.

UCSB Arts & Lectures: Ken Burns - "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" 10/2/16 Granada Theatre

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Noted documentarian Ken Burns had an emotional night while making “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.” During his UCSB Arts & Lectures talk Oct. 2 at the Granada Theatre, he related the story of a sleepless night he had after wrapping up a long day shooting in Yosemite. A childhood memory returned…

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Look where the lust for power gets you.

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It gets you and a lot of other people dead. In the world of Shakespear’s plays, only Richard III rivals Macbeth for murderousness and blinding ambition. The Macbeths, unlike Richard, are wracked by guilt for their bloody deeds; Lady Macbeth to the point of suicide. So, Macbeth explores the duality of character in the evil-doers while Richard…

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The Truth of the Matters

Fareed Zakaria - UCSB Arta lecture 9/27/16 Granada Theatre

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Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post columnist and host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, is one of the most thoughtful and insightful commentators on matters politic and global. His wide ranging (and sold out) talk at the Granada Theatre, kicking off UCSB’s Arts & Lectures 2016-17 season, focussed mainly on the U.S. presidential campaign…

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Toils and troubles aplenty

Jamison Jones as Macbeth and Kathryn Meisle as Lady Macbeth 9/18/16 New Vic Theatre

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Macbeth. The name alone delivers shivers. Ensemble Theatre Company’s new production will surely be dark and bloody, but there will also be some new twists in Artistic Director Jonathan Fox’s adaptation. This will be the first production of one of the Bard’s plays by ETC in nearly thirty years, in honor…

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