Fall 2018
St. Paul & The Broken Bones Oct 21 / Arlington Theatre
2018 - 2019 Season Dear Arts & Lectures’ Friends and Family,
There’s so much on stage this fall to celebrate! Don’t miss Wynton Marsalis with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Sep 29) opening our historic season with dancers Lil Buck and Jared Grimes in an eye-popping performance. Experience some of the best in international dance with Company Wang Ramirez (Oct 13) and Compagnie Käfig (Nov 13) – two of three incredible French companies we’re featuring this year – in innovative performances which weave hip hop, aerial work and digital technology with choreographic storytelling. And what’s not to love about timeless songstress Joan Baez (Nov 1) returning for her farewell tour, or the banter and jazz stylings of Jeff Goldblum (Nov 3), a truly modern Renaissance man. Finally, I’m thrilled to introduce Santa Barbara audiences to the fiery rock ’n’ roll brimstone of soul revivalists St. Paul & The Broken Bones (Oct 21). As always, our lecture events address the critical issues at the forefront of our minds. This fall is no exception, with talks by author and political commentator Jonah Goldberg (Oct 7); former U.S. District Attorney and legal mind Preet Bharara (Oct 9); social justice activist and founder of the ‘me too.’ movement Tarana Burke (Nov 5); and UC biochemist and creator of the CRISPR gene-editing technology Jennifer Doudna (Nov 8). We invite you explore with us, challenge your own assumptions and ideologies and revel in arts experiences that awe and inspire.
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Welcome to our 60th anniversary season! This year’s collection of performances and lectures looks back at our recent history with fresh eyes, celebrates the present and looks forward with courageous optimism.
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Membership matters. And membership means rewards! Join Arts & Lectures today and enjoy a range of membership benefits all year long. (See page 29 for details.) 1. Community members attend free summer cinema at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse’s Sunken Garden 2. CNN Senior Analyst Jeffrey Toobin with A&L Council member Sara Miller McCune 3. Choreographer Mark Morris with Event Sponsor Elisabeth Fowler and Dance Series Sponsors Margo Cohen-Feinberg, Barbara Stupay and Robert Feinberg and Nancy Umanoff 4. Playwright Tony Kushner with A&L Leadership Circle member Betsy Hannaford 5. A&L Ambassador Maxine Prisyon with Broadway star Audra McDonald 6. Community Partners Natalie Orfalea and Lou Buglioli with former Vice President Joe Biden
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Fall 2018 Book Selection Each quarter, we select a book written by an A&L speaker that expands on one of the season’s themes, and provide free copies for the community.
Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time by David Miliband
In the midst of a global refugee crisis, what can we possibly do to help? With compassion and clarity David Miliband shows why we should care and what can be done, not just by governments but by citizens with the urge to change lives. FREE copies of Rescue will be available beginning Oct. 1 at Arts & Lectures’ Campbell Hall Box Office and the Santa Barbara Central Library (40 E Anapamu St). Books available while supplies last. RELATED EVENT David Miliband public lecture, Nov 7 at Campbell Hall (p.20)
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A Special Thank You to Event Sponsors The Muller Family
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With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative A&LA&L Council Member Lynda Weinman & & Council Member Lynda Weinman A&L A&LProgram ProgramAdvisor AdvisorBruce BruceHeavin Heavinwith withTrevor authorNoah J. D. Vance
2018-2019 Themes
Health Matters | Borders & Bridges
FREE EVENTS
Oct 4 Community Gospel Sing-in
with Victor Bell and members of UCSB Gospel Choir 7 PM / Campbell Hall Plaza
Related Event: Soweto Gospel Choir, Songs of the Free in Honor of Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday, following sing-in (p. 10)
Oct 11 Mood Disorders and the Creative Mind
Discussion with Kay Redfield Jamison 3 PM / Santa Barbara Central Library*
Related Event: Kay Redfield Jamison public lecture, An Unquiet Mind: Understanding Depression, Bipolar Illness and Suicide, Oct 11 (p. 11)
Oct 25 Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason,
Science, Humanism and Progress
History Book Club Discussion (NOTE: Author will not be present) 10:30 AM / Santa Barbara Central Library*
Related Event: Steven Pinker public lecture, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress, Oct 18 (p. 15)
Oct 25 FILM: Human Flow
A film by Ai Weiwei
7:30 PM / Campbell Hall Related Event: David Miliband public lecture, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time, Nov 7 (p. 20)
Oct 29 Learning Opp: What is CRISPR?
4 PM / Santa Barbara Central Library*
Related Event: Jennifer Doudna public lecture, Rewriting the Code of Life: CRISPR Biology and the Future of Genome Editing, Nov 8 (p. 20)
Nov 2 FILM: This is Home
Hosted by the International Rescue Committee 1 PM / Santa Barbara Central Library*
Related Event: David Miliband public lecture, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time, Nov 7 (p. 20)
Dec 3 Listening Party with
Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington
7 PM / Santa Barbara Wine Collective, 131 Anacapa St., Ste. C Related Event: Kronos Quartet performance, Music for Change: The Banned Countries, Dec 4 (p. 24) *Online registration recommended: www.Thematic-Learning.org 5
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Company Wang Ramirez Borderline
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Compagnie Käfig Pixel
Tue, Nov 13 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre
Jessica Lang Dance Company
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Steven Pinker
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress
Spaces featuring Lil Buck and Jared Grimes
Thu, Oct 18 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Still Alice: Understanding Alzheimer’s
Sat, Sep 29 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre Fri, Mar 8 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre
Alan Cumming Legal Immigrant
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Silkroad Ensemble Heroes Take Their Stands
Fri, Apr 26 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre
Joshua Bell, violin Steven Isserlis, cello Jeremy Denk, piano
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Sat, Mar 9 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall National Geographic Live
Dan Buettner and David McLain The Search for Longevity
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How to Change Your Mind
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Spaces featuring Lil Buck and Jared Grimes Sat, Sep 29 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $125 Gold Circle (preferred seating) $80 / $55 / $40 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price
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“Heaps of elegance, dexterity and charm… their fleet, floor-skimming steps and the orchestra’s exuberant buzzing worked together like one great colony.” The New York Times
Event Sponsors: Jody & John Arnhold Sara Miller McCune (805) 893-3535 / www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
photo: Joe Martinez
At its swinging heart, jazz is dance music, built on rhythms that have inspired the greatest tap dancers and given rise to dance crazes like the jitterbug. Inspired by the variety of movements in the animal kingdom, Wynton Marsalis’ Spaces is a 10-part suite described as a “jazz Carnival of the Animals” (Financial Times). This evening-length work features two extraordinary dancers interpreting everything from snakes to chickens: Charles “Lil Buck” Riley, a specialist in a street dance called jookin’; and tap dancer Jared Grimes. Join us as we kick off our 60th anniversary season with a roar!
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Soweto Gospel Choir
“Sheer jubilation… The Rhythm of Life.” Herald Sun (Australia)
Songs of the Free in Honor of Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday
Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 5)
Event Sponsor: Mary Becker in honor of Gary Becker
The Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir returns for an infectiously joyful performance of spirituals, freedom songs, gospel and pop hits to commemorate the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. Formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African gospel music, the 43-strong choir comprised of South Africa’s greatest singers is dedicated to sharing the joy of faith through music with audiences around the world. “Nothing can really prepare you for the riot of exuberance and depth of emotion” (The Scotsman).
Just added! An Atlantic Top 50 Political Commentator
Jonah Goldberg
Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy Sun, Oct 7 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $25 / $5 UCSB students
“Without peer in his ability to reinforce the deepest and most significant truths embedded in American democracy.” National Review Senior editor of National Review, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Los Angeles Times-syndicated columnist and author of Liberal Fascism and The Tyranny of Clichés, Jonah Goldberg offers provocative critiques of the political landscape and current events. In his latest bestseller, Suicide of the West, Goldberg makes the case that the United States and other democracies are surrendering to populism, nationalism and other forms of tribalism and are in peril as they lose the will to defend the values and institutions that sustain freedom and prosperity.
Books will be available for purchase and signing
Event Sponsors: Susan & Craig McCaw
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Thu, Oct 4 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $42 / $30 / $15 all students (with valid ID)
Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Preet Bharara
Ethics and the Law
Tue, Oct 9 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $20 / $10 UCSB students “[Bharara’s] devastatingly effective tenure stands as a goal, guide and shining example for other public servants. He monitored the powerful with a wary eye – and, when necessary, pursued wrongdoers with great skill, energy and integrity.” New York Daily News “The Sheriff of Wall Street,” Preet Bharara earned a reputation as one of “the nation’s most aggressive and outspoken prosecutors” (The New York Times), focusing on big banks, terrorists, hedge funds and public corruption. Prosecuting some of the most high-profile cases of the last decade, he used his hard-charging style against the likes of Bernie Madoff and Wall Street firms. A defender of justice and fairness, Bharara will address some of today’s most pressing topics in the corporate, legal and educational worlds.
Presented in association with the UCSB Pre-Law Advising Program Just added! Time Magazine Hero of Medicine
Kay Redfield Jamison An Unquiet Mind: Understanding Depression, Bipolar Illness and Suicide Thu, Oct 11 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $20 / FREE for UCSB students
“It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty.” –Oliver Sacks on An Unquiet Mind An international authority on mood disorders and suicide, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison went public with her own struggle with manic depression in her book An Unquiet Mind. Co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center and author of Night Falls Fast and Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire, Jamison addresses the realities of depression and bipolar disorder, encouraging dialogue, empathy and hope.
Books will be available for purchase and signing Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 5)
Event Sponsors: Diana & Simon Raab
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the UCSB Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies
AIDA CUEVAS with Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitlán
Totalmente
Wed, Oct 10 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $55 / $40 / $25 $15 all students (with valid ID) A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price
“Aida Cuevas is Mexico’s most important female voice celebrating a long lasting career, leaving a remarkable imprint in the history of Mexican music.” Broadway World The “Queen of Ranchera Music” and first female singer in the mariachi genre to win a Grammy Award, Aida Cuevas pays tribute to Juan Gabriel, Mexico’s late prince of pop and champion of traditional music. Cuevas is the only artist authorized to record and tour Gabriel’s music, lending her stunning vocals to her dearest friend and greatest mentor’s biggest hits on her new album Totalmente Juan Gabriel.
Presented in association with Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara
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“It isn’t enough for Borderline to just be awesome to watch. It opens itself up like hip hop knows how to do.” Le Monde (France)
Borderline
Sat, Oct 13 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students
“An ingenious show by stunning performers.” The Evening Standard (U.K.)
photo: Frank Szafinski
A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price
Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang create dance-theater works that are deeply rooted in hip hop and street culture, but also thrive on blending different artistic traditions to enlightening artistic effect. Created for six performers – five dancers and an aerial rigger – Borderline is a series of stunning and intimate vignettes about human relationships and how the dialogue between technique and creativity takes flight. The performers thwart gravity and defy borders with movements both poetic and primal, set to an atmospheric original soundtrack that incorporates electronica, spoken word and trance guitar. Community Dance Class with Company Wang Ramirez
Fri, Oct 12 / 5:30-7:30 PM Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance, 810 E. Gutierrez St. Suite B, Santa Barbara For reservations: (805) 284-8785
Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz Barbara Stupay
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“The greatest contribution to the American circus since Cirque du Soleil.” Spectacle Magazine
Santa Barbara Premiere
Sun, Oct 14 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students and youth (18 & under) A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price
Event Sponsors: Susan McMillan & Tom Kenny Kay McMillan
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Step right up ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, to Cirque Mechanics’ world of gears and canvas, pulleys and sawdust. 42FT: A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels is the latest invention from Cirque Mechanics, a premier American circus with innovative staging and inspiring storytelling that’s “intelligently conceived and expertly executed” (The New York Times). This modern, family-friendly take on the traditional one-ring circus showcases a galloping metal horse, a rotating tent frame for strongmen, acrobats, aerialists and more. Leap into the ring and experience hair-raising acrobatics, mind-boggling mechanical wonders and a bit of clowning around.
Back by Popular Demand
Seong-Jin Cho, piano Tue, Oct 16 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $10 UCSB students
photo: Harald Hoffmann / Deutsche Grammophon
“A rare combination of technical bravura, artistic maturity and freshness of insight.” The Washington Post
Program J.S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat Major, op. 61 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho was thrust into the top ranks of the musical world in 2015 when his flawless, insightful performances earned the Gold Medal at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. His live album of that competition has reached ninefold platinum sales in Korea, achieved gold status in Poland, attracted a worldwide following and earned critical raves. After his sold-out Santa Barbara debut last season, the poetic young artist returns, bringing his deep musicianship and “lucid and shimmering sound” (Financial Times) to masterful renditions of Shubert and Chopin.
Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music
Presented in Association with the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind
Steven Pinker
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress Thu, Oct 18 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students
“Enlightenment Now is not only the best book Pinker’s ever written, it’s my new favorite book of all time.” – Bill Gates When you read the news today, it can look like the world is falling apart. But is that truly the case? Absolutely not, says two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven Pinker, one of the world’s leading cognitive scientists. The author of award-winning books including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature, Pinker will present the big picture of human progress and make “a powerful case that the main line of history has been, since the Enlightenment, one of improvement” (Scientific American).
Books will be available for purchase and signing Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 5)
Event Sponsors: Susan & Craig McCaw
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Santa Barbara Debut
St. Paul & The Broken Bones Sun, Oct 21 / 7 PM / Arlington Theatre $50 / $35 / $20 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price
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“A cat that can do an Otis Redding. Onstage, he’s very interesting to watch.” – Keith Richards
photo: David McClister
“Janeway channels fire-and-brimstone energy as the frontman of St. Paul and the Broken Bones. During the band’s feverish live shows, he yelps, screams, croons and often dives into the audience.” Rolling Stone
High-voltage soul-based rockers St. Paul & The Broken Bones render a blazing mating of ’60s soul fire with latter-day influences like Sly Stone, David Bowie and Prince. The Alabama-based band’s take-no-prisoners live shows caught the eye of the Rolling Stones, who tapped them as an opening band. “I love the Rolling Stones,” says frontman Paul Janeway, “but my train of thought is, you gotta try and blow ’em off the stage. And that’s still my goal.” Making their incendiary Santa Barbara debut with their Southern soul revival, they’ll stir up the crowd with guitars, horns, brass and a James Brown-worthy get-on-up style.
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On Tour Yarn-spinning Masters
Sun, Oct 21 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $15 / $10 children (12 & under) “Storytellers who make a career out of their narrative skills, without pontificating, will keep audiences chuckling, weeping and pondering… Lessons learned tend to wind themselves into hearts.” Ventura County Reporter Whether it’s a tall tale filled with hilarity or a journey of the imagination, master storytellers will deliver a program your children will never forget. These charismatic yarn-spinners incorporate sign language, movement, song, puppetry and inventive audience participation to bring adventures to life and reel audiences of all ages into captivating worlds of wonder and humor.
Zen Buddhist Visionary
Joan Halifax
in conversation with Pico Iyer Tue, Oct 23 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students
photo: David Bazemore
“Roshi Joan Halifax is a force of nature.” Psychology Today Joan Halifax is many things – activist, author, caregiver, teacher, Zen Buddhism priest – but in all her roles, she is consistently courageous and compassionate. Halifax runs the Upaya Zen Center in New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community she opened in 1990 after founding and leading the Ojai Foundation for 10 years. Her practice focuses on socially engaged Buddhism, which aims to alleviate suffering through meditation, interfaith cooperation and social service. In an intimate conversation with Pico Iyer, Halifax offers a unique opportunity to hear the stories behind her extraordinary life and to gain insight into her latest book, Standing at the Edge.
Books will be available for purchase and signing
Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Religious Studies Event Sponsors: Dori & Chris Carter
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Joan Baez
Fare Thee Well... Tour 2018
Thu, Nov 1 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre $125 Gold Circle (preferred seating) $75 / $50 / $20 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price
Ticket includes a CD or download of Whistle Down the Wind “What has given my life deep meaning, and unending pleasure, has been to use my voice in the battle against injustice.” – Joan Baez Shortly after her 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, Joan Baez announced, “While 2018 will be my last year of formal, extended touring, I’m looking forward to being on the road with a beautiful new album about which I am truly proud.” The new album, Whistle Down the Wind, gathers material by some of Baez’s favorite composers, from Tom Waits and Josh Ritter, to Eliza Gilkyson and Mary Chapin Carpenter. A musical force of nature of incalculable influence, Baez’s earliest recordings fed a host of traditional ballads into the rock vernacular, before she unselfconsciously introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963. That tradition of mutual mentoring continues on, and will reverberate long into the future across her lifetime of recordings.
Event Sponsors: Sara Miller McCune Earl Minnis
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Santa Barbara Debut
Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Sat, Nov 3 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $75 / $50 / $35 / $19 UCSB students
“Goldblum tickles the ivories as well as the audience with some damn good jazz, his winning smile and lots of signature ‘uh uh uh’s. We’re smitten. We kinda always were.” TimeOut Los Angeles “Jeff Goldblum is exactly who you hoped he would be. A hammy hepcat, a cool dad, a warm and twitchy conversationalist.” Los Angeles Magazine Actor Jeff Goldblum has been lending his uniquely wry charm and unpredictable edge to films like Jurassic Park, The Fly and The Grand Budapest Hotel for more than four decades. But he’s also an accomplished pianist who shows off his chops in a jazz show-meets-musical hootenanny with his band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. The quintet’s guitar, bass, sax and drums complement Goldblum’s piano prowess and electric personality for a high-energy traditional jazz music performance that brings the audience to its feet. A captivating and hilarious performer, Goldblum’s quirky, intelligent and suave humor makes for an incredibly special evening!
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Tarana Burke ‘me too.’ Movement
Mon, Nov 5 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $20 / FREE for UCSB students “It’s exhilarating to know that such a powerful voice is finally breaking through. Tarana will continue to do this work, but the stage will be bigger and the microphone turned all the way up.” Time 100 Tarana Burke is a social justice activist, senior director at Girls for Gender Equality and original founder of the ‘me too.’ movement. Having dedicated more than 25 years to social justice work, she created the ‘me too.’ campaign at her youth organization, Just Be, in 2006 to help young women of color who had survived sexual abuse and assault. A survivor herself, Burke has been working under the banner of #metoo since actress Alyssa Milano amplified the phrase in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal. She is one of the silence breakers Time magazine named 2017 Person of the Year and received the 2018 Ridenhour Prize for Courage.
With support from the Harold & Hester Schoen Arts & Lectures Endowment Presented in association with UCSB Department of Feminist Studies and UCSB Department of Black Studies #metoo or #MeToo
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President of the International Rescue Committee
David Miliband Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time photo: Myrto Koutoulia/ iRC
Wed, Nov 7 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students “We can rescue the dignity and hopes of refugees and displaced people. And if we help them, in the process we will rescue our own values.” – David Miliband
Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest refugee aid agencies, providing humanitarian relief to displaced persons in more than 40 war-affected countries. He is a global leader in confronting an unprecedented crisis: 65 million refugees are afflicted by war and famine, from Afghanistan and Myanmar to Syria and Somalia. Miliband’s recent book, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time, shows what can be done, not only by governments with the power to change policy but by citizens with the urge to change lives.
Books will be available for purchase and signing
Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Global Studies Event Sponsor: The Muller Family
Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 5) Just added! UC Berkeley Biochemist
Jennifer Doudna Rewriting the Code of Life: CRISPR Biology and the Future of Genome Editing Thu, Nov 8 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students
“The technology of gene editing will be the most important advance of our era, one that will create astonishing opportunities combined with frightening moral challenges.” –Walter Isaacson Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues rocked the research world in 2012 by first describing a simple way of editing any organism’s DNA using an RNA-guided protein found in bacteria. This breakthrough technology, called CRISPR-Cas9, has redefined the possibilities for human and non-human applications of gene editing. Co-author of A Crack in Creation, Doudna will discuss her research and the societal and ethical implications of gene editing.
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Santa Barbara Premiere
Mourad Merzouki, Artistic Director
Pixel
Tue, Nov 13 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price
“They’re animated by waves of energy, as if volts of electricity were traveling from muscle to muscle and limb to limb. Then that tightly controlled power explodes into fireworks.” Times Union
photos: Patrock Berger, Laurent Philippe (inset)
“A playful and ever-shifting montage of threedimensional forms – delightful, cloying, surprising all at once.” Herald Sun (Australia)
Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz Barbara Stupay
Precision, energy, speed, power – France’s acclaimed Compagnie Käfig merges elements of Brazilian urban dance and capoeira with hip hop, modern dance and circus arts in its breakneck productions. Created in collaboration with French digital production studio Adrien M & Claire B, Pixel is a masterpiece featuring the company’s 11 outstanding dancers navigating a sophisticated interactive environment of light and lasers that confounds our perceptions of what is virtual and what is real. A global phenomenon, Pixel is a surreal brew of bodies and abstractions yielding a visionary approach to both video and bodily gesture.
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Santa Barbara Debut
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Tõnu Kaljuste, Founding Conductor Fri, Nov 16 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall $50 / $35 / $10 UCSB students
“So wondrously talented… they left you feeling like an ingrate, greedily hungry for more.” The New York Times The Grammy Award-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is renowned for the shimmering quality of its sound and enthralling performances. The choir recorded Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra – now celebrating its 25th anniversary. Among the foremost interpreters of Estonian choral composer Pärt, the two ensembles, together more than 50 artists, perform Adam’s Lament, Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and works by Carlo Gesualdo, Brett Dean and Lepo Sumera.
Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music Event Sponsors: Marilyn & Dick Mazess
The Tallest Man on Earth When the Bird Sees the Solid Ground Tour Wed, Nov 28 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students
“[His] warbly croon, singsong strumming and penchant for poetic folk-pop hits a high-water mark.” Rolling Stone Playing spare, tuneful indie folk enlivened by passionate vocals and poetic lyrics, The Tallest Man on Earth is Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, whose “highly personal lyrics and irresistibly rollicking guitar [are] a thing of refined and impeccable beauty” (NPR). He’s releasing his new EP, When the Bird Sees the Solid Ground, one song at a time accompanied by a video about the process behind each track. Matsson brings this powerful, intimate audience connection to the stage in an evening of song that “can feel like hearing someone rediscover the unfettered joy of playing music in real time” (Pitchfork).
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Jake Shimabukuro The Greatest Day Tour
Thu, Nov 29 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $55 / $40 / $15 UCSB students “When it comes to a big, friendly personality and a wizardly command of his instrument, Hawaiian-born ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro is a towering figure.” – Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News-Press Ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro’s virtuosic performances combine his singular mix of classical grandiosity, jazz ingenuity and rockstar tenacity. While he draws comparisons to musical vanguards like Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, his sound and spirit is uniquely, undeniably, his own. His wildly eclectic catalog speaks to his prolific mastery, and a single set might include Queen, George Harrison, Schubert and Leonard Cohen. In Shimabukuro’s own words, “expect the unexpected.”
Grammy-winning Roots Music for Families
The Okee Dokee Brothers Sat, Dec 1 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $20 / $14 children (12 & under)
“The Okee Dokee Brothers remind us of the American belief that we’re bound for better weather. Their album celebrates everyday explorers, young and old, who rediscover that notion daily.” NPR Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander have been exploring the outdoors together since they were kids. Now they’re a Grammy-winning folk and roots music duo that puts the natural world at the heart of their Americana music, with songs written under wide-open skies and harmonies fine-tuned around the campfire. Performing songs from their new album Winterland, a tribute to the season of coziness, family time and fun, the Okee Dokee Brothers make room for kids to dance, for parents to share stories and for everyone to gain respect for nature, each other and the world we live in. They’ll inspire your family to get outside and get creative!
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Just added! Former Secretary of Homeland Security
photo: Taylor Hooper Photography
Jeh Johnson
National Security: Challenges and Opportunities Sun, Dec 2 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $10 / $5 UCSB students
“The finest lawyer I ever worked with in government – a straightforward, plain-speaking man of great integrity, with common sense to burn and a good sense of humor.” – Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
As Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013-2017, Jeh Johnson protected the nation from its most formidable threats. Formed in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security includes Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, TSA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and FEMA. In overseeing the DHS, Secretary Johnson led the nation’s efforts in counterterrorism, cybersecurity, aviation and maritime security, border and port security, administering and enforcing immigration laws, protecting our national leaders, protecting critical infrastructure, protecting against chemical, biological and nuclear threats and disaster response. A national security expert who speaks candidly about immigration, the border and other national security matters, Johnson will provide unique insight into U.S. policies.
Kronos Quartet with Mahsa Vahdat Music for Change: The Banned Countries
Tue, Dec 4 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $10 UCSB students “The quartet remains as geographically, politically and spiritually feisty as ever. Forget about genre; Kronos made that an irrelevant term ages ago.” Los Angeles Times
Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 5)
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For more than 40 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has embodied a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. A response to the 2017 executive orders limiting travel to the U.S., Music for Change highlights the rich diversity of artistic voices from the original seven “banned countries.” The Grammy Award-winning ensemble will perform a new program featuring music from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
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Wed, Dec 5 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $125 Gold Circle (preferred seating) $85 / $55 / $19 UCSB students (limited availability) “As memorable as [Lyle Lovett’s] collaborations have been, they couldn’t match the musical and personal connection apparent onstage… when Lovett teamed up with his old buddy Robert Earl Keen.” Philadelphia Inquirer Texas greats Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen join forces in an up-close-and-personal evening you won’t want to miss. Since their days as college buddies swapping songs on the front porch, Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant performers, a beloved four-time Grammy Award winner with a rich and eclectic body of work. Robert Earl Keen has become an Americana cult hero with a raspy voice and a reputation as one of the nation’s finest musical storytellers. In this unforgettable acoustic evening, these old friends will perform stripped-down songs and share humorous and heartwarming stories.
Event Sponsors: Loren Booth Fredric E. Steck (805) 893-3535 / www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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Santa Barbara Recital Debut
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Polina Leschenko, piano
Tue, Dec 11 / 7 PM / Hahn Hall $35 / $9 all students (with valid ID)
A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price
Grammy Award-winner Patricia Kopatchinskaja is considered the world’s most exhilarating violinist for her singular approach to baroque and classical repertoire, new commissions and reinterpretations of modern masterworks. Music director of the 2018 Ojai Music Festival, she intrigues fellow artists, conductors, composers, collaborators and audiences alike. Hailed as “dizzyingly unpredictable and almost unbearably exciting” by Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times, “her body and her instrument and the music she makes all seem one. She is ever thrilling alive to the moment.”
Event Sponsor: Barbara Delaune-Warren
Program Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 Poulenc: Sonate pour violon et piano Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3, op. 25 Ravel: Tzigane
photo: Marco Borggreve
"[She inhabits] a special place all her own, where dark and light enhance one another, heightening the senses." – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
The Blind Boys of Alabama Holiday Show featuring Ruthie Foster
Sun, Dec 16 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall $50 / $35 / $15 UCSB students
One year to the originally scheduled date, we’re thrilled to welcome back this roof-raising music event! Six-time Grammy Award-winners The Blind Boys of Alabama will perform hidden gospel gems along with holiday standards and original songs. The gospel titans will be joined by Grammynominated singer-songwriter Ruthie Foster, who Rolling Stone describes as “pure magic to watch and hear,” setting the tone with a transformative opening set. We missed this magical experience last season due to wildfires, but this powerful and uplifting holiday show is a spirited testament to our community’s resilience!
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Event Sponsors: Hutton Parker Foundation Sharon & Bill Rich
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“The fusion of the Blind Boys’ Deep South gospel with New Orleans funk, R&B and jazz creates a superweapon of rootsmusic uplift.” Rolling Stone
Coming in 2019 JANUARY
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Jon Batiste, solo Madeleine Albright Quote Unquote Collective, Mouthpiece Leonidas Kavakos, violin Black Violin, Classical Boom Tour Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo George Saunders in Conversation with Pico Iyer Martha Redbone
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7 The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts), Réversible 9 Kodo, One Earth Tour 2019: Evolution 12 & 13 Danish String Quartet 15 A Far Cry 20 New York Polyphony, Origins 21 Jessica Lang Dance Company 24 Snarky Puppy 28 Annie Leibovitz M ARCH
Thank You to Our Corporate Sponsors Corporate Season Sponsor:
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Hot Club of Cowtown & Dustbowl Revival Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Sō Percussion, Amid the Noise Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour featuring Cécile McLorin Salvant & Christian Sands Jennifer Koh, violin; Shared Madness 2 The Gloaming Dan Buettner and David McLain, The Search for Longevity Ballet Preljocaj, La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall) Anoushka Shankar Alan Cumming, Legal Immigrant Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind Silkroad Ensemble, Heroes Take Their Stands Yo-Yo Ma, Culture, Understanding and Survival
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Tue, Mar 5 & Wed, Mar 6 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre
Two Nights! Two Programs! More than 20 dancers!
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