UCSB Arts & Lectures - Spring Calendar 2019

Culture, Understanding and Survival Special Lecture Event

Yo-Yo Ma Sat, Apr 27 Granada Theatre

Spring 2019

SILKROAD ENSEMBLE

World Premiere of Heroes Take Their Stands co-commissioned by Arts & Lectures (Apr. 26)

Dear Arts & Lectures’ Friends and Family, Thank you again for your part in making Santa Barbara a place that thinks broadly and feels deeply, that reads and writes and laughs. Already this year – our 60th Anniversary Season! – we have been making a difference in the world and getting blissful about the sheer joy of great music and dance.

Please join us this spring for the culmination of our 60th with a collection of events that weaves together Arts & Lectures’ diverse activity in our community: the Courthouse film series, the Thematic Learning Initiative, free concerts for schoolchildren, ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! community concerts, nonpartisan conversations, an Art & Architecture-inspired film series, and a true highlight, the world premiere of a new work by Silkroad Ensemble (Apr. 26), co-commissioned by Arts & Lectures.

Then there’s our signature offerings, exquisite performances like Ballet Preljocaj (Apr. 16), the French company whose excellent choreography is made real by their gorgeous dancers, Anoushka Shankar (Apr. 17), superstar of Indian classical music for a new generation, and Alan Cumming (Apr. 18), the brilliant, witty, Broadway star whose evening of song and stories promises over-the-top entertainment.

Just another three days in the world of Arts & Lectures – your world, and our world.

Which brings us to my personal highlight, a special talk with musical illustration by cellist, citizen musician and dear friend, Yo-Yo Ma (Apr. 27) whose presentation Culture, Understanding and Survival speaks to the heart of his #CultureConnectsUs global movement. Who better to address such a topic?

I hope you’ll join us often, and share our celebration.

Corporate Season Sponsor

Community Partners

Celesta M. Billeci Miller McCune Executive Director

& Lou Buglioli

photo(top): Liz Linder

With deepest appreciation,

Be the force behind our community’s vibrant cultural life.

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For 60 years, our community – people like you – has made Santa Barbara a dynamic cultural hub. Join Arts & Lectures today to make a difference tomorrow. (See page 29 for details.)

1. A&L Council Member Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 2. A&L Community Partners and Event Sponsors Lou Buglioli & Natalie Orfalea with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin 3. Event Sponsors Marcia & John Mike Cohen with members of Snarky Puppy 4. Event Sponsor Leslie Bhutani with author George Saunders 5. Event Sponsors Susan & Bruce Worster with photographer Annie Leibovitz 6. A&L Council Member Tom Sturgess & A&L Ambassador Heather Sturgess with Dr. Madeleine Albright

Arts & Lectures Celebrates 60 Years!

Access for ALL

All ages. All over town. All the time.

Celebrating our diverse and extensive community engagement.

Join us!

FREE Summer Cinema

FREE Arts Adventures Thousands of SB County schoolchildren are bussed to The Granada for educational demos with leading artists like Wynton Marsalis.

A local favorite! Thousands come out to the County Courthouse for movies and picnics under the stars. Look out for a special spring screening!

Community Classes Multidisciplinary sessions from dance classes to lecture demonstrations enable the community to participate and connect.

Platforms for Civil Discourse We believe that civil discourse yields an engaged, resilient community. Join us for thought-provoking events like KCRW’s Left, Right & Center.

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FREE UCSB Performances UCSB students get big discounts and free access to select A&L campus events, like ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro.

Yo-Yo Ma #CultureConnectsUs

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High-quality programming that represents the unique cultural heritage of our region.

Cellist and citizen musician Yo-Yo Ma will host a special lecture event – Culture, Understanding and Survival – and a free public master class.

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FREE Master Classes SB County youth, high school and college students are coached by today’s master artists in music, dance and more.

Book Giveaways

A two-day film festival celebrating today’s contemporary art makers, downtown at Paseo Neuvo Cinemas.

Each quarter books by A&L speakers are distributed at no charge to the community as part A&L’s Thematic Learning Initiative.

Commissions and World Premieres We’re dedicated to fostering new work. This spring’s World Premiere

by Silkroad Ensemble was created with support from A&L and will tour the world.

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What is it? Arts & Lectures’ Thematic Learning Initiative extends the conversation from the

stage into the community, inspiring lifelong learning opportunities that initiate change and empowerment. Join A&L and other knowledge seekers like you who want to learn more, know more and do more to improve ourselves and the world around us. Connect with others at intimate salon-style discussions, film screenings and added special public events. Receive online educational resources, sign up for book giveaways and more!

What does it cost? It’s FREE! Who participates? More than 2,000 community members like you and local organizations including social services, health and wellness providers and civic organizations.

Get Involved! Visit www.Thematic-Learning.org or email TLI@ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu to

get updates and more information.

Spring 2019 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.

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America

by Beth Macy “Harrowing, infuriating, eye-opening.” Star Tribune FREE copies of Dopesick will be available beginning March 20 at Arts & Lectures’ Campbell Hall Box Office at UCSB and the Santa Barbara Central Library (40 E Anapamu St).

Books available while supplies last.

photo: Grace Kathryn Photography

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Note new A&L Box Office location

Beth Macy public lecture, Apr. 7 at Campbell Hall (p.10)

With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative A&L Council Member Lynda Weinman & A&L Program Advisor Bruce Heavin with photographer Annie Leibovitz

2018-2019 Themes

Health Matters | Borders & Bridges

FREE EVENTS

Apr 7 Beth Macy Public Lecture (p. 10)

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America 3 PM / Campbell Hall BOOK GIVEAWAY

The first 50 attendees will receive a copy of Beth Macy’s Dopesick

Apr 10 Jennifer L. Eberhardt Public Lecture (p. 11)

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall

Apr 11 Race, Representation and Asian/America in Western Art Forms

Presentation by violinist Jennifer Koh 2 PM / UCSB MultiCultural Center

Related Event: Jennifer Koh, violin, Apr 12 (p.12)

Apr 17 Indian Dance Class with UCSB Dhadkan 7 PM / Campbell Hall

Related Event: Anoushka Shankar, Apr 17 (p.15)

Apr 30 FILM: El Norte (35th Anniversary Screening)

Gregory Nava’s groundbreaking film about immigrants crossing the border 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall

May 2 The 2019 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate (p. 21)

Immigration: A Boon or Burden to U.S. Society 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall

May 4 The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders

Presentation by medical anthropologist and author Megan Carney 5 PM / Santa Barbara Central Library*

May 8 FILM: Far From the Tree

Based on the book by Andrew Solomon 7 PM / Santa Barbara Central Library* Related Event: Andrew Solomon in conversation with Pico Iyer, May 16 (p. 27)

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Hot Club of Cowtown & Dustbowl Revival

Across the Great Divide: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Band Tue, Apr 2 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $38 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

Dustbowl Revival’s “upbeat, old-school, All-American sonic safaris exemplify everything shows should be: hot, spontaneous, engaging and, best of all, a pleasure to hear.”

“Above all else, LA Weekly Hot Club’s music is for dancing and an old-fashioned good time.”

The New York Times With a reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows, the hot jazz and Western swing trio Hot Club of Cowtown sets up camp “at that crossroads where country meets jazz and chases the blues away” (The Independent, U.K.). Dustbowl Revival is a roots orchestra of eight members who play it all, mashing a vibrant mix of vintage Americana into a genre-hopping, time-bending dance party.

Each band brings their musical alchemy to the Santa Barbara stage in a celebration of The Band, and 50 years since the legendary group’s debut albums Music From Big Pink and The Band.

Event Sponsor: Anne Towbes 8

Do we have to show both bands?

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George Hinchliffe’s

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Thu, Apr 4 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $50 / $35 / $15 UCSB students

“Sheer fun and outright daffiness tied to first-rate musicality and comic timing.” The New York Times The world-renowned all-singing, all-plucking ukulele superstars – who last year celebrated “30 plucking years” of ukulele action – are back with their toe-tapping music, hilarious banter and superlative entertainment. Expect anything from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding, EDM and Spaghetti Western in this uplifting night of “unabashed genre crashing antics. Nothing is spoof proof ” (The Sunday Times, U.K.).

Event Sponsor: Patricia Gregory, for the Baker Foundation

Sō Percussion Amid the Noise

photo: Evan Monroe Chapman

Sat, Apr 6 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students

“Startling technique and almost inhuman precision… skating without a ripple between classical minimalism, hushed gamelan textures and ambient electronics.” Pitchfork

Hailed as an “experimental powerhouse” (Village Voice), Brooklyn-based Sō Percussion’s innovative work explores the extremes of emotion and musical possibility. For Amid the Noise, a set of short pieces framed by drones and subtly changing harmonies, the quartet expands its percussive arsenal with wood planks, metal pipes, a toy piano – even duct tape.

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music

(805) 893-3535 / www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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Beth Macy

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America “Dopesick follows the long chain of preventable, profit-driven human misery that is the opioid crisis.” New York Magazine Award-winning investigative reporter Beth Macy delves into America’s 20-plus year struggle with opioid addiction in Dopesick, her bestselling book on the deadly epidemic. Through her harrowing and compassionate portraits of the people behind the raging opioid crisis – from its victims to its profiteers – Macy illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched, and where we go from here.

photo: David Hungate

Sun, Apr 7 / 3 PM Campbell Hall / FREE

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Presented in association with UCSB Student Health Alcohol & Drug Program, Life of the Party and Gauchos for Recovery Thematic Learning Initiative Event

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour Featuring Cécile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Christian Sands, Yasushi Nakamura and Jamison Ross Mon, Apr 8 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $50 / $35 / $15 UCSB students

“[Cécile is] perhaps the brightest star among jazz singers under 40.” Los Angeles Times

The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour celebrates the legendary festival’s 60th anniversary with a knockout grouping of the next generation of jazz legends, featuring some of today’s most critically-acclaimed, awardwinning young artists. This top-tier roster of diverse and international millennial talent brings the leaders of jazz’s future together on one stage for a can’t-miss performance of original songs and classic jazz standards.

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photo: R.R. Jones

“It’s an allstar outfit with a mission, and that is to tell the story of Monterey Jazz with a shot of the festival experience to fans around the world.”

– Charles Donelan, Santa Barbara Independent

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Jennifer L. Eberhardt Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do Wed, Apr 10 / 7:30 PM Campbell Hall / FREE

photo: Nana Kofi Nti

“Biased presents the science of bias with rare insight and accessibility, but it is also a work with the power and craft to make us see why overcoming racial bias is so critical.”

– Bryan Stevenson, bestselling author of Just Mercy

In her groundbreaking new book, Biased, social psychologist and Stanford professor Jennifer Eberhardt demonstrates how ingrained stereotypes can powerfully shape our visual perception, memory and behavior. A MacArthur “genius” and one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers, Eberhardt offers insight into how bias can lead to racial disparities – in the classroom, the courtroom, the boardroom – as well as practical, actionable suggestions for reform.

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Asian American Studies and the UCSB Department of Chican@ Studies Thematic Learning Initiative Event Just added! FREE Community Event

photo: from the film Life Coach

Thu, Apr 11 / 8 PM / FREE Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Sunken Garden It’s Telluride Mountainfilm like you’ve never seen it before! A local favorite, the popular film festival returns for a special outdoor community screening in celebration of A&L’s 60th anniversary. Mountainfilm was launched more than 30 years ago by a group of climbers and friends dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving and conversations worth sustaining. More than three decades later, it remains true to the core idea that friends, adventure, passion and powerful ideas are as tantalizing as ever.

Co-presented with the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture Special thanks to Santa Barbara County Parks and the Community Services Department of Santa Barbara County

Bring blankets, low-back chairs, a picnic, and your friends!

(805) 893-3535 / www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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Jennifer Koh, violin

Shared Madness Part 2

Fri, Apr 12 / 7 PM / St. Anthony’s Chapel $35 / $10 UCSB students Featured Composers:

Philip Glass, David Lang, Bryce Dessner, Andrew Norman, Kaija Saariaho, and others “Each piece [is] a virtuoso caprice about the violin and the violinist… Shared Madness is a sharing of Koh’s vastness.” Los Angeles Times

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Asian American Studies and the UCSB Department of Music Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 7) Just added! FREE Community Event

Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles Sun, Apr 14 / 7 PM / Marjorie Luke Theatre / FREE “Don’t miss this exciting and colorful dance spectacle for the whole family!“ La Opinión Distinguished among the nation’s premier Mexican folk dance companies, Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles has worked with Grammy Award-winning artists Lila Downs and Mariachi Los Camperos, shared the stage with Morrissey and Las Cafeteras and counts the Academy Awards among their spectacular performances. Experience a cultural voyage to Mexico through this colorful, dynamic group!

¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! is a collaboration of The Marjorie Luke Theatre, the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center and UCSB Arts and Lectures, in partnership with the Isla Vista School Parent Teacher Association

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photo: Juergen Frank

Beloved violinist Jennifer Koh returns to perform part two of her acclaimed program Shared Madness featuring specially-commissioned pieces by contemporary-music luminaries. The ambitious project tells the story of a community of artists who wrote short works for Koh as repayment to the benefactors who helped her purchase a violin in exchange for new music.

Santa Barbara Debut

The Gloaming

photo: Rich Gilligan

Sun, Apr 14 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

“A concert to blaze in the memory... a band to shroud that music in a fine mizzle of mystery once more.”

Sydney Morning Herald

Evocative of the spare serenity of the Irish countryside, the music of The Gloaming is both deeply familiar and consistently surprising. Merging Irish tunes, sean nós (old style) singing and instrumental explorations over a backbone of spare minimalism, these five accomplished musicians – fiddle master Martin Hayes, Hardanger innovator Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and singer Iarla Ó Lionaird along with New York pianist Thomas Bartlett and Chicago guitarist Dennis Cahill – carve new paths connecting the Irish folk tradition and New York’s contemporary music scene.

Dan Buettner and David McLain The Search for Longevity

Mon, Apr 15 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 all students (with valid ID)

photo: Theo & Juliet (Dan Buettner); David McLain

“Few people bring the unique perspective to this mess of questions [about happiness] like Dan Buettner.” The Atlantic When it comes to what it takes to live a long, happy life, most people are misguided or just plain wrong. So what really works? Bestselling Blue Zones author Dan Buettner and award-winning photographer David McLain wanted to find out. They’ve spent two decades studying the lifestyles of the happiest, healthiest and oldest people on earth, from the Silk Road to the Mayan ruins, the Great Barrier Reef and the jungles of the Amazon. From food, family and staying active to, yes, drinking red wine, Buettner and McLain will share the secrets to living longer and better lives.

Books by Dan Buettner will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Event Sponsors: Nicole & Kirt Woodhouse

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From France

Ballet Preljocaj Angelin Preljocaj, Artistic Director

La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall) Tue, Apr 16 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $60 / $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“[A] dark and splendid ballet… La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall) has a dark beauty, it is a masterly mise en abyme of the hypnotic power of images.”

L’Humanité (France)

Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel, Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg, Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz, Barbara Stupay Additional support: Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance

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photos: Jean-Claude Carbonne

Choreographer Angelin Preljocaj’s La Fresque (The Painting on the Wall ) navigates the space between representation and reality as it interprets a Chinese tale of a painting come to life and a journey into another dimension. “Infused with sensual beauty” (Le Figaro, France), it immerses the audience into a fantastical world with riveting choreography, evocative sets and an electro-fusion score by Air co-founder Nicolas Godin. Demonstrating Preljocaj’s “clean, clear lines and virtuosic speed and coordination” (The New York Times), ideas of illusion, transcendence and the place of art in today’s society are omnipresent in this masterful work for 10 dancers.

Sitar Virtuoso

Anoushka Shankar

photo: Anushka Menon

Wed, Apr 17 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

“No one embodies the spirit of innovation and experimentation more evidently than Anoushka Shankar.”

– Nitin Sawhney, producer and composer

A singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes, sitar player Anoushka Shankar’s outstanding musicianship is marked by a calligraphic dexterity and profound emotion.

The six-time Grammy nominee and daughter of the late musical guru Ravi Shankar is advancing the Shankar legacy formidably into the future. “Expect to be thoroughly intoxicated” (TimeOut) as she reflects on her journey so far; drawing on classical ragas in a cross-cultural dialogue that showcases the versatility of the sitar.

Event Sponsors: Luci & Rich Janssen Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 7)

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Santa Barbara Premiere

Alan Cumming Legal Immigrant

Thu, Apr 18 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $125 Gold Circle (preferred seating) $75 / $45 / $19 UCSB students

“He’s an icon to behold.

He is unapologetically himself, and with a talent like that, he has no need to apologize.”

Billboard

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

photo: Philip Toledano

Renaissance man, style icon, social activist, bon viveur – Alan Cumming is many things to many people. The versatile actor, singer and author is well known for his unforgettable performance as Emcee in Cabaret and his ongoing role as host of PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery. The Tony and Emmy award winner has also designed a fragrance, worked with Stanley Kubrick, voiced a Smurf and appeared in a Jay-Z video. Described as one of the most fun people in show business by Time magazine, the Scottish-born provocateur and storyteller-for-hire presents Legal Immigrant, a cabaret of songs and stories about his life and loves in his adopted homeland, America.

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Michael Pollan

How to Change Your Mind

Tue, Apr 23 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students (limited availability)

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“With The Omnivore’s Dilemma, he changed the way we approach our food – and his new book could transform how America thinks of psychedelics.” Rolling Stone

photo: Jeannette Montgomery Barron

You know author Michael Pollan from his blockbuster books The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Botany of Desire, Food Rules and Cooked (now a Netflix documentary series). With How to Change Your Mind, Pollan offers a brilliant investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs. Exploring their use on difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, Pollan also tells the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences.

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Presented in association with the UCSB Writing Program

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UCSB Reads Author Event

Thi Bui

The Best We Could Do

Thu, Apr 25 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall / FREE “A book to break your heart and heal it.” – Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer Spend an evening with cartoonist Thi Bui, author of the acclaimed graphic memoir The Best We Could Do, an intimate portrayal of her family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to California. Her evocative memoir both searches for a better future and longs for the past, as Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. Through haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, Bui examines the strength of family, the importance of identity and the meaning of home.

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Presented as part of UCSB Reads, sponsored by the UCSB Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor with additional support from UCSB Arts & Lectures and a variety of campus and community partners

(805) 893-3535 / www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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World Premiere Co-commissioned by UCSB Arts & Lectures 20th Anniversary Tour

Silkroad Ensemble

Heroes

Take Their Stands

Fri, Apr 26 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $55 / $45 / $35 / $15 UCSB students

“A roving musical laboratory without walls.”

The Boston Globe “The most happening, upto-the-minute players in the known world and a constantly evolving repertoire of brilliant, genre-defying new music.”

– Charles Donelan, Santa Barbara Independent

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Event Sponsor: Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music

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photo: Liz Linder

With the bold new project Heroes Take Their Stands, the Grammy-winning Silkroad Ensemble engages with the social and political turmoil of our time, asking us: What does it mean to take a stand in a moment of moral uncertainty? What does an everyday hero look like?

And how can an ordinary person make a difference? The program tells the stories of five heroic figures from diverse cultures – from the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Elektra from Greek Program mythology, to Arjuna from Hindu epic poetry – Pauchi Sasaki: Elektra through five new works commissioned from members Zhao Lin: Snow in June: Dou E and friends of the ensemble, each composer working with artists in other media. Collaborating partners Colin Jacobsen: Arjuna’s Revelation include Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographer Aparna Jason Moran: Moderato 400 Ramaswamy (with Colin Jacobsen) and puppeteer/ Kayhan Kalhor: The Prince of Sorrows filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian (with Kayhan Kalhor).

Yo-Yo Ma

Culture, Understanding and Survival

Sat, Apr 27 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre $125 Gold Circle (preferred seating) $85 / $65 / $50 / $25 UCSB students (limited availability)

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“[Yo-Yo Ma] somehow found time to go past the cello and refashion himself into something bigger... He is the consummate ‘citizen musician.’”

The Washington Post

photo: Jason Bell

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s career is testament to his enduring belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. In this special talk, he will explore the role culture can play in helping us to imagine and build a better future, drawing on examples from his own life as a musician and citizen.

Yo-Yo Ma’s presentation is rooted in the belief that, at a moment when our world is challenged by the pace of change and the divisions it can create, culture’s ability to create and share meaning is essential in shaping the next stage of our evolution. A Q&A will follow.

Event Sponsor: Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree

MASTER CLASS WITH YO-YO MA AND UCSB STUDENTS

Sat, Apr 27 / 10 AM / Granada Theatre (Doors open at 9 AM) FREE and open to public observation

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Fun for the Whole Family!

Gauchos from Argentina

Che Malambo

Wed, May 1 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students and youth (18 & under) A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“A thrilling display... 14 stomping, drumming, roaring men pounded rapid-fire rhythms into the ground with many surfaces of their feet – heels, toes, inside and especially outside edges – and with spinning boleadoras.” The New York Times

photo: Slawek Przerwa; left inset: Diane Smithers

Powerhouse Argentina-based company Che Malambo is back with a foot-stomping, boleadoratwirling, bombos-beating vengeance after delivering the surprise hit of A&L’s 2016-2017 season with their Santa Barbara debut. Bringing fiery, fast-paced malambo to the contemporary stage, the company celebrates the unique South American tradition of the gaucho with an exhilarating percussive dance and music spectacle that offers nonstop thrills for the entire family.

Corporate Sponsor: 20

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The 2019 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate

Immigration: A Boon or Burden to U.S. Society

photo: Eli Turner

Thu, May 2 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall / FREE Moderator: Donald M. Kerwin, Jr.

Mark Krikorian

Experts on immigration, national security and refugee movements will engage in a debate about the U.S. immigration system, the values and interests it serves and the impact of immigration on the nation.

Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, is the co-author of Open Immigration: Yea & Nay and the author of The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal and How Obama is Transforming America through Immigration. Rubén G. Rumbaut, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at UC Irvine, is the author of Immigrant America: A Portrait and Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation. The debate will be moderated by Donald M. Kerwin, Jr., Director of the Center for Migration Studies of New York.

Co-presented with the UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center in association with the College of Letters and Science and made possible by an endowment from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation Ruben Rumbaut

Thematic Learning Initiative Event

Back by Popular Demand

David Sedaris

Fri, May 3 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre $50 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

photo: Adam De Tour

“Sedaris’s droll assessment of the mundane and the eccentrics who inhabit the world’s crevices make him one of the greatest humorists writing today.” Chicago Tribune With his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris is one of America’s most celebrated humor writers. A master of satire beloved for his personal essays and short stories, Santa Barbara’s favorite comedic darling returns on the heels of Calypso, his new collection that takes a self-deprecating look at life, growing older and beach vacations. Fans and newcomers alike will be richly rewarded by this sidesplitting evening with the man Entertainment Weekly dubs “the preeminent humorist of his generation.”

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Event Sponsors: Elizabeth & Andrew Butcher

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Paseo Nuevo Cinemas, Theater #3 $8 per film (except Obey Giant which is free) / $40 festival pass

SATURDAY, MAY 4 11 AM BAUHAUS SPIRIT

1 PM BURDEN Chris Burden

An unprecedented look at an artist who pushed the limits of creative expression. Whether he shot himself, squeezed into a locker for five days, or mounted iconic sculptures, Chris Burden rocked the art world. (Timothy Marrinan & Richard Dewey, 2015, 87 min.)

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the famed Bauhaus architecture school, noted for design, innovation and its belief in a peaceful society everyone could be a part of.

(Niels Bolbrinker & Thomas Tielsch, 2018, 90 min.)

3 PM KUSAMA: INFINITY

7 PM OBEY GIANT FREE The Art and Dissent of Shepard Fairey

Now the world’s top-selling female artist, trailblazer Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. Known for her mirrored “Infinity” rooms and vast polka-dotted surfaces, she continues to create her visionary work from the mental institution she has called home for more than 30 years. (Heather Lenz, 2018, 80 min.)

Follow Shepard Fairey from his roots in punk rock and skateboarding to creating iconic images like the Obama HOPE poster – and the controversy that surrounds his work. (James Moll, 2017, 90 min.)

photos: courtesy Icarus films (Bauhaus Spirit, Kochuu,Great Expectations); courtesy Magnolia Pictures (Burden, Kusama, Leaning Into the Wind); copyright Tokyo Lee Productions, Inc. (Kusama); Thomas Riedelsheime (Leaning Into the Wind); courtesy Cohen Media Group (Faces Places)

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Curated by Bruce Heavin and Roman Baratiak Special thanks to our partner Metropolitan Theatres Corporation

SUNDAY, MAY 5 11 AM GREAT KOCHUU EXPECTATIONS

Japanese Architecture / Influence & Origin (Jesper Wachtmeister, 2003, 53 min.)

A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture (Jesper Wachtmeister, 2007, 52 min.)

3 PM REM

Presented in association with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum and the UCSB Department of the History of Art & Architecture

1 PM LEANING INTO THE WIND Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy explores the impact of the years on himself and his work in this exquisite film that illuminates his mind as it reveals his art. (Thomas Riedelsheimer, 2017, 93 min.)

7 PM FACES PLACES

Special Guest: Filmmaker Tomas Koolhaas

Explore the works of legendary architect and master provocateur Rem Koolhaas from his viewpoint and through the eyes of those who inhabit his works. (Tomas Koolhaas, 2016, 75 min.)

In this enchanting documentary/road movie, 89-year old French New Wave director Agnès Varda and 33 year-old muralist JR travel through rural France to document people they encounter, forging an unlikely friendship along the way. (Agnes Varda & JR, 2017, 90 min.)

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Back by Popular Demand

Dorrance Dance Michelle Dorrance, Artistic Director Sun, May 5 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students

“There are funky grooves and joyous ones and acoustic tapping of terrific complexity and cogency.”

The New York Times

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg, Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz, Barbara Stupay Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance

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photo: Elliott Franks; Matthew Murphy (inset)

A rare artist who makes dance as innovative as it is engaging, tap genius Michelle Dorrance leads a company comprised of some of the best hoofers in the business.

The MacArthur Fellow returns with a mesmerizing eveninglength work that combines rhythm with interactive electronic music technology. The entire stage is an instrument as eight incredible dancers on electronic tap boards – plus three musicians playing live – become an orchestra creating an exciting visual and auditory polyphony that merges modernity and tradition into pure bliss.

The Classical Music Event of the Season Joshua Bell, violin Steven Isserlis, cello Jeremy Denk, piano Tue, May 7 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre

Program

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, op. 66 Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, op. 67 Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

Post-performance Producers Circle reception with the musicians $85 / $60 / $45 / $19 UCSB students

photo: Shervin Lainez

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

In a joint performance by a standout trio of virtuosic performers, three longtime friends and collaborators come together to offer an unparalleled evening of music. Violinist Joshua Bell, British cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk are not only among today’s most notable musicians, but also compelling ambassadors who have defined what it means to be a classical musician in the 21st century. Together, Pre-concert Talk by these masters at the top of their crafts bring bravura, beauty UCSB Professor Derek Katz and “magical intimacy” (The Strad, U.K.) to a program rich in 6 PM / Granada Theatre McCune Founders Room Free to concert ticket holders.

Romantic melody and color.

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music

Seating is first-come, first-served.

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Just added special event – live taping for broadcast!

Thu, May 9 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $10 UCSB students Host and Center: Josh Barro, KCRW, New York Magazine Panel:

Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone Megan McArdle, The Washington Post Keli Goff, The Daily Beast Plus special guests!

KCRW’s Left, Right & Center is a radio show and podcast for people on both sides of the political aisle and everywhere in between. Join us for a live taping of LRC hosted by Center, Josh Barro, as he brings together experts and top thinkers on the Left and Right for a civilized yet provocative look at news, politics and pop culture. Hundreds of thousands of listeners all over Southern California and the United States turn to LRC each week for thoughtful analysis and discussion – not partisan mudslinging.

Be a part of the live taping of LRC: a welcome antidote to the talking heads and opinion bubbles that dominate political debate.

Neil Gaiman

Sat, May 11 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $45 / $30 / $15 UCSB students (very limited availability)

One of the greatest living storytellers, Neil Gaiman is the celebrated author of books, graphic novels, short stories and nonfiction for readers of all ages, including The Sandman comic book series, Stardust, American Gods and Coraline. Among many, many awards, he has won both the Newbery and Carnegie medals. Described by The Guardian as “a thesaurus of myth,” his latest book Norse Mythology is a suspenseful and dazzling retelling of Norse myths. Gaiman will tell and read stories, answer questions and, in his own words, “amaze, befuddle and generally delight. It will be fun and odd and not like any other evening with Neil Gaiman.”

Pre-signed books will be available for purchase courtesy of Chaucer’s

Presented in association with the UCSB Writing Program

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photo: Kyle Cassidy

“[Gaiman] is, simply put, a treasure house of story, and we are lucky to have him in any media.” – Stephen King

2019 Santa Barbara County

ECONOMIC SUMMIT Thu, May 16 / 8:30 AM - 11:15 AM / Granada Theatre $200 / $25 UCSB students (limited availability) A Granada facility fee is included in each ticket price

Includes admission to the entire half-day summit, a copy of the 2019 Santa Barbara County Economic Outlook Report plus a continental breakfast from 7:30-8:30 AM. Featured speakers are: Neel Kashkari, President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speaking on interest rates, monetary policy and the economy. He oversaw TARP in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis; Kathy Moe, FDIC Regional Director, speaking about growth cycles, financial innovation and cash-intensive businesses. She oversees the Western U.S., Guam and Micronesia; and Michael Cox, board member at Faciam Holdings, speaking about cannabis and the banking sector. The Santa Barbara County economic report will be delivered by Peter Rupert, Director of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project. Presentations will be followed by a panel moderated by Peter Rupert.

The 38th Annual Santa Barbara County Economic Summit Founding Sponsor: Union Bank Platinum Sponsor: Montecito Bank & Trust National Book Award-winning Author

Andrew Solomon

in conversation with Pico Iyer Thu, May 16 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students Andrew Solomon blends reflection, decadeslong research and personal experience to create portraits of the human condition. His books include Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, an examination of the means by which families accommodate children with physical, mental and social challenges, and The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. In his most recent book, Far and Away, Solomon turns to his travels during the past 25 years to offer thoughtprovoking angles on his enduring themes of life, death and outsiderhood – and the dignity to be found within every one of them.

photo: Derek Shapton

Books by both authors will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Event Sponsor: Anonymous Speaking with Pico Series Sponsors: Martha Gabbert, Laura Shelburne & Kevin O’Connor Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 7)

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For 60 years, Arts & Lectures has brought the world’s greatest artists and thinkers to the Santa Barbara community, enriching the lives of children and adults of all ages and backgrounds.

And we’re not stopping! With your help, we’ll continue to do this, now and forever.

“If you want to find leverage to change the world, find a student.”

– Nicholas Kristof,

photo: David Bazemore

Education for All

National Geographic wildlife photographer and filmmaker Bertie Gregory giving an A&L Arts Adventures educational presentation for more than 1,200 Santa Barbara 4th-6th graders at The Granada Theatre

Our gratitude to the following education sponsors:

WILLIAM H. KEARNS FOUNDATION

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and humanitarian A&L’s award-winning educational outreach program serves more than 30,000 community members annually.

Here are just a few examples of what we do:

• Assemblies in elementary and secondary schools • Workshops and conversations with artists and speakers • Ticket subsidies for students at all levels • The Thematic Learning Initiative’s lifelong learning

opportunities • School-time presentations for students at The Granada Theatre • Lecture-demonstrations and artist panels in University classes • Master classes for students and community members • Post-show Q&As with audiences of all ages • Free family performances in under-served neighborhoods

To help support A&L’s educational outreach program, call Dana Loughlin at (805) 893-5679

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Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher Russell Steiner Monica & Timothy Babich Connie Frank & Evan Thompson Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing Ginger Salazar & Brett Matthews Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor

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Event Sponsors Mandy & Daniel Hochman with members of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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Leadership Circle includes all the benefits of Executive Producers Circle plus your own personalized A&L experience.

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To inquire about supporting A&L, including joining our Leadership Circle ($10,000+), please call Director of Development Dana Loughlin at (805) 893-5679 to discuss a customized membership experience.

Remember Us Help secure our future – and theirs – by remembering Arts & Lectures as part of your estate planning.

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro with young fans

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Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors Corporate Season Sponsor:

Granting Organizations:

Public Lectures Support:

Additional Corporate Support:

Albert & Elaine Borchard Foundation

UCSB Arts & Lectures Calendar, Issue# 2018-2019.3. This free publication is printed quarterly in fall, winter and spring. Arts & Lectures, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5030

Patron Information Arts & Lectures Ticket Office

University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5030 (805) 893-3535 info@ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu Metered parking available (credit card only)

Note new A&L Box Office located in Campbell Hall lobby

Regular Hours: Mon-Fri, 10 AM-5PM Will Call opens at the venue one hour prior to the event

How to Order

Online: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu Phone: (805) 893-3535 In Person: Campbell Hall Box Office on the UCSB campus Mobile App: Available from the Apple App and Google Play stores (Subscriptions not available for purchase via mobile app) Ticket prices are subject to change.

Fees

Due to the nature of live events, artists, venues, programs, dates and times are subject to change

Lost Tickets

Tickets can be replaced only for reserved-seating events. Contact the Ticket Office in advance of the event for replacements.

Refunds and Canceled Performances

All sales are final. Refunds are granted only for canceled performances not replaced. If a performance is canceled, you will receive a full refund or a credit toward another A&L performance that you request. Service charges may not be refundable. Due to the nature of live events, artists, venues, programs, dates and times are subject to change.

Services for Patrons with Disabilities A&L is committed to making events accessible to all who wish to enjoy them. For more information about disability-related accommodations, including wheelchair seating, assistive listening devices, large-print programs and seating for patrons with special needs, please call our Ticket Office.

All tickets subject to service charges ($12 for subscription orders, $5 for non-subscription orders placed online, by phone or by mail). A facility fee may be added to each ticket price. Service charges and facility fees are subject to change without notice.

Late Seating

Student and Youth Discounts

Suitability for Children

Only full-time UCSB students who have completed enrollment are eligible to purchase UCSB student-rate tickets (one ticket per ID). UCSB students must show a valid UCSB student ID at the time of purchase and at the event, or be charged the difference for a general public ticket.

Any high school or college student who purchases a discount ticket (“All student” or “Youth”) must show current student ID at the door, or be charged the difference for a general public ticket.

A&L makes every effort to begin events at the published start time.

Patrons who arrive after a performance has begun will not be seated until an appropriate point in the program determined by the artist.

With the exception of our Family Fun series, A&L’s performing arts season is designed primarily for adult audiences. If you have questions about the appropriateness of an event, please don’t hesitate to call. Each child, regardless of age, must have a ticket and sit in a seat.

UC Santa Barbara Smoke-Free and Tobacco-Free Policy

Group Sales

Groups of 20 or more are invited to take advantage of special rates for select events. Call (805) 893-3535 or email info@ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.

Under the authority of California Government Code 7597.1, smoking and the use of all tobacco products, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e.g., “e-cigarettes”) are prohibited anywhere at all indoor and outdoor spaces managed by UC Santa Barbara.

Authorized Sellers

Venues

Always purchase tickets directly from Arts & Lectures, the event venue or the ticket agency authorized by the venue. Tickets obtained through the secondary market or unauthorized sellers may be fraudulent and will not guarantee entry.

Ticket Exchanges

Exchanges are available to subscribers. Non-subscribers may only exchange tickets for a different performance of the same event for a $4 fee per ticket. Tickets for exchange must be received by the A&L Ticket Office at least two full business days prior to the event.

Tickets are exchanged at face value and are subject to availability.

Tickets of a higher value exchanged for a lower value are considered an even exchange; tickets exchanged for a higher value need the difference paid. Gift certificates are not issued as a credit for returned tickets.

Unused Tickets/Tax-deductible Donations

Unused tickets may be donated back to A&L as a tax-deductible contribution. Tickets must be received by the A&L Ticket Office at least two full business days prior to the event. It is the policy of the University of California, Santa Barbara and the UC Santa Barbara Foundation that a portion of gifts and/or the income from gifts may be used to defray the costs of raising and administering funds.

A&L presents performances at UCSB Campbell Hall and the following locations.

Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd. Paseo Nuevo Cinemas, 8 W De la Guerra St. St. Anthony’s Chapel, 2300 Garden St. Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden, 1100 Anacapa St.

Parking at the UCSB Campus

UCSB charges $4 for evening and weekend parking.

For patron convenience, Arts & Lectures sells open-dated UCSB evening and weekend parking permits for $4 with ticket purchase (not available online). They will be mailed to you with your tickets. When you arrive on campus, write the date on one of your permits in ink and display it on your dashboard. Unused or lost permits cannot be refunded or replaced. Parking rates subject to change.

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Thu, May 9 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall

Just added special event – live taping for broadcast!

Santa Barbara, California 93106-5030