UCSB Arts & Lectures - Fall Calendar 2015

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club速 OCT 13 / GRANADA THEATRE

WINTER 2015

FALL 2015

Dear Arts & Lectures’ Friends and Family, Summer 2015 has been an important one for community engagement at Arts & Lectures. Following the historic appearance by Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai in June and the ever-growing free annual summer film series, our 2015-2016 season of performances, lectures and special events is now open, so come on and join the fun!

I look forward to seeing many of you at our Opening Night celebration at the Granada Theatre with New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty, who never fails to bring the party atmosphere to the stage, followed by a Leadership Circle after-party. Good times!

I’d like to call your attention to a few key added events – these were not listed in our season brochure but are on sale now. Plan now for nights with: Daniels and the Ben Daniels Band. Best known for his award-winning career on screen, • Jeff the actor/musician appears in an intimate concert with his son (pg. 22)

conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Snyder, the last of the Beat poets, who changed American • Aliterature forever (pg. 21) political activist and chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, on “Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir • Russian Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped” (pg. 28)

You’ll hear me talking about education outreach more than ever this year, as our program continues to serve the many communities that make up Santa Barbara. And there’s one special project of note: a chance to dance with American choreographer Twyla Tharp. While in town, Twyla and her troupe will stage “The One Hundreds,” an iconic dance for 100 non-professional dancers (that means us!). More info coming soon!

Lastly, we are well into the fifth year of our five-year Campaign for Arts & Lectures. As we near the finish line, it’s important that you consider investing in your community by joining A&L, sponsoring an event, giving to support education, or remembering A&L in your estate plan. We are so grateful for your support.

With deepest appreciation,

Celesta M. Billeci Miller McCune Executive Director

Join Arts & Lectures today, and make a difference right now.

When 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai engaged a sold-out crowd at the Arlington Theatre (and hundreds more, at simulcast sites downtown and on campus), she thrilled and inspired our community, including the hundreds of children and teens who saw what real courage looks like, and perhaps thought differently about their own lives and dreams.

Inspiring children and youth is a core part of the change Arts & Lectures makes in our community.

Connecting creative artists and brilliant thinkers – and courageous young achievers like Malala – with our future leaders is imperative, and without the generous support of our members it simply will not happen.

Join Arts & Lectures today, and you’ll enjoy a wide range of membership benefits all year long. But you can start feeling good about your decision right now, because with A&L membership you are already making a difference.

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1. Event Sponsors and A&L Council member Susan & Craig McCaw with family and Malala Yousafzai 2. Chair of the UC Santa Barbara Foundation and

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50th Anniversary Tour FRI, OCT 9 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE

New York City Ballet MOVES MON, OCT 26 OR TUE, OCT 27 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE

Akram Khan Company Kaash TUE, NOV 10 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Rice TUE, FEB 2 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE

Grupo Corpo From Brazil

SAT, APR 2 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE

Alvin Ailey速 American Dance Theater TUE, APR 12 OR WED, APR 13 / 8 PM ARLINGTON THEATRE

Dance series sponsored in part by: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund

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Itzhak Perlman, violin Emanuel Ax, piano THU, JAN 21 / 7 PM GRANADA THEATRE

Cameron Carpenter featuring the International Touring Organ TUE, FEB 9 / 7 PM GRANADA THEATRE

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma SUN, FEB 21 / 7 PM OR MON, FEB 22 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE

Renée Fleming, soprano SUN, FEB 28 / 2 PM CAMPBELL HALL

Yuja Wang, piano MON, MAY 2 / 7 PM GRANADA THEATRE

Special 7 PM start time for all Marquee series events (except Silk Road Ensemble (Feb 22) and Renée Fleming)

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2015 - 2016 Season Opening Night Celebration!

Arrive early! The party starts at 7 PM in front of The Granada Theatre with music from the SBCC Trombone Choir and New World Jazz Combo, plus NOLA-inspired drink specials next door at The Good Lion.

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue “Dizzying talent.”

The Washington Post “New Orleans’ brightest new star in a generation.” NPR

FRI, SEP 18 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE $45 / $35 / $10 all students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

New Orleans native Trombone Shorty and his band Orleans Avenue are an “unstoppable force” (The New York Times) in today’s music scene with a hard-edged funk, jazz, rock and hip-hop dynamic that delivers big on rock-star swagger with the musical chops to back it up. Their singular blend of performance and improvisation in the jazz tradition is one highoctane party that dares you not to dance in your seat, because in Shorty’s words, “No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through… music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam” (The Guardian, U.K.).

Don’t miss this chance to kick off A&L’s 20152016 season with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue before they headline at the Monterey Jazz Festival the following evening!

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Ry Cooder Sharon White Ricky Skaggs

An Historic Collaboration Santa Barbara Debut TUE, SEP 29 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE $75 / $55 / $40 / $25 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“In Ry Cooder’s hands, the guitar becomes a time machine… He has been a virtuoso in a host of guitar styles going back to the most primal bottleneck blues, country, vintage jazz, Hawaiian slack-key guitar, Bahamian folk music and countless other styles.” Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time “Skaggs and his band are just about the best bluegrass has to offer.”

The Seattle Times In a most exceptional pairing, master multi-instrumentalists Ry Cooder and Ricky Skaggs will come together on stage to deliver a revelatory program of blues, gospel and bluegrass. They are joined by Skaggs’ wife Sharon White (The Whites), one of the purest voices in country music, Joachim Cooder on drums and Mark Fain on bass. With countless accolades between them, it was a Grammy Awards show many years ago that connected Cooder and Skaggs in their mutual admiration and desire to collaborate. “Cooder-White-Skaggs is the legacy express, or I’ll eat a bug,” quipped Cooder. “You are going to hear four-part singing from the heart, the finest and best instrumental activity in the land, songs you know and love… Now who’s happy?”

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Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Historian

David McCullough

Lessons in Leadership from the Pioneers of Flight THU, OCT 1 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“McCullough is one of our most gifted living writers.”

The Washington Post

Author of the New York Times best-sellers 1776, John Adams and The Path Between the Seas, David McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a “master of the art of narrative history.” He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and in 2006, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His latest book, The Wright Brothers, tells the dramatic story of flight pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. Drawing from private diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks and more than 1,000 letters, McCullough tells the human side of the Wright Brothers’ story, including the little-known contributions of their sister, Katharine.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Event Sponsors: Anne & Michael Towbes

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Dale Russakoff

The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?

SAT, OCT 3 / 3 PM CAMPBELL HALL / FREE

“Russakoff’s eagle-eyed view of the current state of the public education system in Newark and the United States is one of the finest education surveys in recent memory.”

Publishers Weekly, Starred Dale Russakoff is a veteran reporter who spent 28 years at The Washington Post covering education, presidential campaigns and social politics. Russakoff examines a highly publicized strategy to create a model for national education reform in Newark, N.J. Initiated by then-Mayor Cory Booker and Governor Chris Christie, the cause failed, despite receiving $100 million pledge from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Russakoff looks at the plan’s shortcomings and reveals a cautionary tale for those who care about the state of America’s schools.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Santa Barbara Debut

An Evening with

Patton Oswalt

WED, OCT 7 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE $45 / $35 / $15 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Comedian, actor and New York Times best-selling author Patton Oswalt is known for his Grammy-nominated comedy specials (My Weakness Is Strong, Finest Hour) and his many memorable guest roles on TV shows like Parks and Recreation, for which he received a TV Critics Choice Award, and the character Spence on The King of Queens. His latest book is Silver Screen Fiend: Learning about Life from an Addiction to Film, which comedian Amy Schumer calls, “a great one-sided conversation from your funniest friend.” Don’t miss this king of comedy in an evening of irreverent, sidesplitting stand-up. (Mature content)

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“Patton Oswalt is one of the most brilliant comedy minds of a generation.” – Ricky Gervais

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Santa Barbara Debut

Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India Spirit of India MON, OCT 5 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

Spirit of India is an original theatrical event in which 17 lavishly costumed dancers, acrobats, fire-eaters and sword dancers perform an eclectic repertoire on Western and traditional Indian instruments. This lively musical journey from Rajasthan to Mumbai is the bold vision of Artistic Director Rahis Bharti, who invites audiences to the world of music, dance, dynamic rhythm and spirituality that characterize India and, of course, the irresistible scores of Bollywood film soundtracks. A veritable feast of sight and sound, both the rich traditions and modern interpretations capture the signature sound and vision of India.

Event Sponsors: Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin Arrive early for a dance lesson with Dhadkan Bollywood Dance Team

Mon, Oct 5 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall (outside) / Free and open to the public

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“Nonstop, fierce bravura, delivered with mind-boggling stamina.”

The New York Times

TWYLA THARP 50th Anniversary Tour

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One of America’s Most Treasured Artists Takes Her New Company of 12 Dancers on Tour

Santa Barbara Premiere FRI, OCT 9 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE DANCE SERIES, SEE PAGE 4 Dance series purchase includes a reception with Twyla Tharp and dancers $50 / $40 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” – Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp is an American original. In a lifetime of more than 160 works, the legendary dancer and choreographer has redefined dance and its many genres, sending “an immense amount of spellbinding movement into the world” (The New York Times). From jazz to full-length ballets, from Broadway to Hollywood, the Emmy and Tony Award-winner has forged a career that is nothing short of legendary. To celebrate her 50th year in the business, Tharp takes a new company of 12 dancers on a national tour with a new set of works that showcases her signature style – bold, brash and painstakingly precise – set to an equally diverse soundtrack with music by John Zorn, J.S. Bach, Henry Butler and Steven Bernstein. “Modern dance is not less,” she has said, “modern dance is more” (Kennedy Center Honors, 2008).

Dance series sponsored in part by: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund Special Community Event: The One Hundreds Sat, Oct 10 / 3 pm / FREE and open to public participation - Twyla Tharp’s groundbreaking work includes 100 dancers and non-dancers in 100 movement sequences performed at 11 seconds each. This must-see spectacle is a dynamic display of order in breathtaking chaos. Be a part of performance art history in the making! See the A&L website for details and location. Co-presented with Santa Barbara Dance Alliance.

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Featuring Performers from Cirque du Soleil and Cirque Éloize

Flip FabriQue

Attrape-moi (Catch Me!) SUN, OCT 11 / 3 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $16 / $12 children (12 & under)

This fast-paced, innovative circus show incorporates hula hoops, juggling and aerialist techniques in a crowdpleasing cirque sensation. “The members of Flip FabriQue claim to be French Canadian, but after watching them perform, you may suspect that they hail from another planet” (The New York Times). (Approx. 70 min.)

Event Sponsors: Susan McMillan, Tom Kenny, Caroline and Lauren Just added!

Diane Ackerman

The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us MON, OCT 12 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL / FREE

“Diane Ackerman’s vivid writing, inexhaustible stock of insights, and unquenchable optimism have established her as a national treasure, and as one of our great authors.” –Jared Diamond One of today’s finest writers in science and nature, Diane Ackerman is renowned for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. The Pulitzer Prize finalist is the author of many acclaimed works, including The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. Her latest book, The Human Age, explores how humans have become the single dominant force of change on the planet. Ackerman takes us on an exciting journey, introducing us to many of the people and ideas shaping our future.

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“Fresh, energetic and charming… World class artistry.” Berliner Morgenpost (Germany)

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Orquesta Buena Vista ® Social Club Adiós Tour

featuring Omara Portuondo, Eliades Ochoa, Guajiro Mirabal, Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos and Barbarito Torres TUE, OCT 13 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE Producers Circle members-only party with the artists

“Taking the atmosphere up to a breathless level.”

The Independent (U.K.)

$45 / $35 / $15 UCSB students

Buena Vista Social Club’s self-titled album became a global phenomenon when its romantic, enchanting brand of son, bolero and exuberant danzón was identified by Ry Cooder and cultivated into a Grammywinning sensation that enthralled music lovers worldwide. Writes The Guardian, “Salman Rushdie even referred to this is in his 2001 novel Fury, describing the warm New York months of 1998 as ‘that Buena Vista summer.’ ” Now, the band bids audiences “adiós” with its grand farewell tour, featuring original members and the incomparable vocalist Omara Portuondo and ending, fittingly, in Havana in fall 2015.

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A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Santa Barbara Premiere Actress, Playwright and Social Commentator

Anna Deavere Smith Never Givin’ Up with Robert McDuffie, violin and Anne Epperson, piano

“The ultimate impressionist, she does people’s souls.”

The New York Times “The most exciting individual in American theater.”

Newsweek

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SUN, OCT 18 / 7 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $50 / $30 / $15 UCSB students

Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith collaborates with world-renowned violinist Robert McDuffie in a powerful exploration of the voices and stories that gave shape to the civil rights movement. Featuring new theatrical works performed in her signature style, Never Givin’ Up delivers contrasting threads of strength, love, reason and outrage to the stage and shares the potency – and timeliness – of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s seminal text, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

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Ray Chen, violin Julio Elizalde, piano WED, OCT 21 / 7 PM / HAHN HALL $30 / $9 UCSB students A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Phenomenal talent.”

The Washington Post

Program Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, op. 12 Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, op. 75 Ysa e: Sonata for Solo Violin in E Minor, op. 27, no. 4 De Falla: Suite populaire espagnole Monti: Czardas

Wunderkind violinist Ray Chen’s 2013 Hahn Hall performance with pianist Julio Elizalde dazzled audience members and critics alike as he “electrified Santa Barbara music lovers… with a sparkling debut that bore witness to his internationally lauded skills and musicianship” (Santa Barbara Independent). Winner of the Queen Elisabeth and Yehudi Menuhin Competitions, Ray Chen is one of the most compelling young violin stars today. Chen’s prodigious performances, youthful zeal and 1.8 million SoundCloud followers are testament that he is “one to watch” (The Strad, Gramophone).

Up Close & Musical Series at Hahn Hall sponsored by Dr. Bob Weinman

Dynamic Events.

Fascinating People.

Captivating Stories.

Mike Libecki

Untamed Antarctica SUN, OCT 25 / 3 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $25 / $15 UCSB students and youth (18 & under)

Few had seen it, and no one had ever set foot on it. Those factors made Bertha’s Tower, a 2,000-foot spire in Antarctica, irresistible to a small team of accomplished climbers led by veteran climber Mike Libecki. Irresistible – but also nearly inaccessible. Libecki, climberphotographer Cory Richards, and two colleagues battled extreme cold, furious katabatic winds, and fickle weather in an epic, ten-day climb to the summit. Join Libecki for a humorous but gripping firsthand account of this first ascent at the bottom of the world.

National Geographic Live series sponsored by Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin

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Climber

“MOMIX dazzles with undefinable grace, personality.”

The Times-Picayune

“The beauty of MOMIX’s ideas is partly in their simplicity, partly in their acknowledgment of rhythm, humor, sex and amazing grace of the human body.”

San Francisco Bay Guardian

Santa Barbara Premiere

MOMIX

Moses Pendleton, Artistic Director THU, OCT 22 / 8 PM GRANADA THEATRE $65 / $55 / $40 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

photos: Max Pucciariell

Alchemia

Celebrated for its exceptional inventiveness and ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images and physical beauty, MOMIX is a captivating company of dance-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton, a founding member of the groundbreaking Pilobolus Dance Theater, and his wife Cynthia Quinn. The dazzling multimedia spectacle Alchemia manipulates the notion of transformation and the four classic elements – earth, air, fire and water – to create a visually arresting theatrical experience full of whimsy, sensuality, beauty and intrigue. Writes the Chicago Tribune: “They are inspired vaudevillians, creating slapstick, science fiction and improvisational surprise.

Such quick, bright explosions of theatricality are delightful tricks and crowd pleasers…Their audience floats out on a dizzying high of pleasure.”

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Two Nights, Two Breathtaking Programs! Live Music!

New York City Ballet MOVES Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief Principal dancers will include: Tiler Peck, Amar Ramasar, Tyler Angle, Megan Fairchild, Sterling Hyltin, Teresa Reichlen, Daniel Ulbricht, Gonzalo Garcia, Rebecca Krohn and Andrew Veyette MON, OCT 26 & TUE, OCT 27 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE Producers Circle members-only party with the artists on Oct 26 DANCE SERIES, SEE PAGE 4 $150 Gold Circle (limited availability) $85 / $65 / $45 / $20 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

New York City Ballet is one of the foremost dance companies in the world, with an unparalleled active repertory of more than 150 works, many of which are considered modern masterpieces. Established in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine, NYCB is widely acknowledged for its enduring contributions to dance. NYCB MOVES features a select group of 25 performers from the company’s outstanding roster of principals, soloists, corps and musicians.

Event Sponsor: Sara Miller McCune Dance series sponsored in part by: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund

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“City Ballet’s dancing is gorgeously alive.”

The New York Times

“The foremost creative ballet troupe in the world.”

The New York Times

MON, OCT 26

Justin Peck: In Creases William Forsythe: Herman Schmerman Pas de Deux Jerome Robbins: A Suite of Dances Alexei Ratmansky: Pictures at an Exhibition

photos: Paul Kolnik

TUE, OCT 27

Jerome Robbins: In the Night Jean Pierre Frohlich: Varied Trio (in four) Jerome Robbins: Other Dances Christopher Wheeldon: This Bitter Earth Peter Martins: Hallelujah Junction Programs and cast are subject to change

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Grammy Nominee for Best R&B Album

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

WED, OCT 28 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $42 / $30 / $15 UCSB students

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“A dozen years in, her brass-powered group is both extending and preserving tradition; it remains a national treasure and an instant soul party.” Rolling Stone Give the People What They Want is not just the name of their Grammy-nominated album, but the mantra that brought Sharon Jones, the matriarch of the world’s No. 1 live soul act, back with her beloved Dap-Kings after a recent battle with cancer. The group’s magnetism has attracted everyone from Prince to Beck to John Legend to Michael Bublé, both on stage and in the recording studio, not to mention countless fans. There’s a freshness in the band’s performance and songwriting that will keep those sharp danceable funk grooves in your bones; the fervent, impassioned singing in your heart; and the sweet soul hooks sticking in your head for days on end.

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THU, OCT 29 / 7:30 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 UCSB students and youth (18 & under)

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Telluride 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. Still true to the core idea that friends, adventure, passion and powerful ideas are as tantalizing as ever, Mountainfilm hits the road offering a six-senses experience of art, adventure, culture and the environment in an eclectic and exciting program of 14 short films, animation and digital media.

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Héctor Tobar

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free MON, NOV 2 / 8 PM CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 UCSB students

photo: Patrice Normand

“[Tobar is] taking on all of the big issues of life. What is life worth?

What is the value of one human life?

What is faith? Who do we become in our darkest hour?” – Ann Patchett In 2010 a Chilean mine collapsed, trapping 33 miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for 69 days.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their personal narratives of the unimaginable experience. Tobar recounts the miners’ physical, emotional, and spiritual journey – from moments of their deepest uncertainty to their miraculous rescue – in a textured account that keeps audiences riveted. The 33, a film adaptation of Tobar’s book starring Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, will be released this fall.

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Gary Snyder

An Evening of Poetry and Conversation WED, NOV 4 / 8 PM CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 UCSB students

“A major poet and ethical voice.” – Robert Hass “The poet laureate of our continent.” – Will Hearst One of the great American poets of the last century, Gary Snyder is heralded as a forerunner of a counterculture revolution in literature. Snyder’s work resists categorization, though he is most associated with Beat contemporaries like Jack Kerouac – who based the character Japhy Ryder in The Dharma Bums on Snyder – and Allen Ginsberg. A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize among numerous accolades, Snyder’s poetry travels through interiors, be they physical or psychological, as he blends observations of nature with inner perception influenced by his practice of Zen Buddhism.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

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Just Added Special Event “[Daniels] can make people laugh, he can make them cry, he can conjure up memories that belong to him but make them feel as if they were from someone else’s personal diary. He has that knack.” Glide Magazine

Jeff Daniels

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Ben Daniels Band

Jeff Daniels is best known for his awardwinning career on screen, but he has found solace in his guitar for decades. Daniels spent the past twelve years playing across the country, sharing the stage with the likes of Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt and delighting audiences with his approachable style and mastery of his craft.

Daniels has been compared to John Prine for his humor, sensitivity and ability to spin a yarn from life experiences. The Ben Daniels Band joins him on tour for his sixth album, Days Like These.

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TUE, NOV 3 / 8 PM / THE NEW VIC, 33 W. VICTORIA ST. $55 / $15 UCSB students

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra THU, NOV 5 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $35 / $25 / $10 UCSB students

“Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is one of the best jazz orchestras in existence.” The New Yorker Pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill – leader of the “first family of Afro-Cuban Jazz” (The New York Times) – earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Belafonte. Son of the late, great composer Chico O’Farrill, his Grammy Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is a “joyful force” (NPR) that fuses Latin rhythms, Africanbased percussion, modern jazz and swing. This 18-piece orchestra roars through new commissions and compositions by the best in Latin music: Tito Puente, Astor Piazzolla, Hermeto Pascoal and Chico O’Farrill.

Event Sponsors: Jody M. & John P. Arnhold Santa Barbara Debut One of Rolling Stone’s Top 10 New Artists You Need to Know

Lake Street Dive

FRI, NOV 6 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

“Rachael Price’s big voice triggers flashbacks of Amy Winehouse and her forebears.”

Rolling Stone

Brooklyn-based Lake Street Dive formed in 2004 as a group of New England Conservatory students itching to play music outside of the confines of their formal training. During their breakout year in 2014, the band celebrated a decade of creating their own exhilarating brand of soul pop with Motown, British invasion and gospel blues influences. The unstoppable joy of their live shows is propelled by knock-your-socks-off vocals (courtesy of Rachael Price) and virtuosic instrumentals. Over the last year they played strings of sold out shows, and are currently recording and preparing their sophomore album for release in 2016.

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An Acoustic Evening with

Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt “Armed with just acoustic guitars, distinctive voices, their wits and songbooks bursting with wonder.”

Santa Barbara News-Press

“An unplugged show with a difference… Both men are master songwriters, fine guitarists and hugely distinctive singers.”

The Irish Times

Back by Popular Demand SAT, NOV 7 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $125 Gold Circle (limited availability) $85 / $55 / $25 UCSB students

Two of America’s most admired singer-songwriters return for an intimate acoustic evening of storytelling and music making. Grammy-winner Lyle Lovett fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that has broadened the definition of American music. Among his many accolades, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award, and was recently named the Texas State Musician. John Hiatt is a master lyricist whose blend of rock, country, folk and Mississippi Delta blues is heard in charttopping songs covered by the likes of Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt and Iggy Pop. He lends his soulful, gritty voice to tales of redemption, relationships and surrender in this “witty and riveting” (Santa Barbara Independent) collaboration.

Event Sponsor: Fredric E. Steck

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Back by Popular Demand Hilarious Musical Improvisation for Kids

SUN, NOV 8 / 3 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $16 / $12 children (12 & under)

“The Story Pirates teach kids a love of creative writing... It’s crazy entertaining.” – Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show Based on the idea that every child has a story to tell, this whimsical theater group is a creative writer’s delight! With songs, hilarious props and puppets, they use stories written by elementary school kids as source material for outrageous, side-splitting musical improvisation and plays in which cats fly, kung-fu ninja babies fight crime, and tickle monsters take over the world. Avast, ye mateys, it’s time to batten down the hatches for big fun with the Story Pirates! (Approx. 60 min.)

Event Sponsors: Monica & Timothy Babich Santa Barbara Recital Debut

Lise de la Salle, piano SUN, NOV 8 / 4 PM / HAHN HALL $30 / $9 UCSB students A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“She might just be the most exciting young artist in classical music right now.” St. Paul Pioneer Press Before the age of 20, pianist Lise de la Salle was recognized as “a talent in a million” (Gramophone). Now at 26, de la Salle has established a reputation as one of today’s most exciting young artists, and as a musician of uncommon sensibility. Her playing inspired a Washington Post critic to write, “For much of the concert, the audience had to remember to breathe... the exhilaration didn’t let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard.” She recently made her London Symphony Orchestra debut and, in 2014, became the first Artist-in-Residence of the Zurich Opera.

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Up Close & Musical series at Hahn Hall sponsored by Dr. Bob Weinman Program Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, op. 2 no. 3 Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Debussy: Six Préludes (from Books 1 & 2) Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, op. 24

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Back by Popular Demand The Acclaimed Choreographer Behind the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Akram Khan Company Kaash

“The dancing is furiously controlled, explosive and precise.”

The Independent (U.K.)

Akram Khan, Artistic Director TUE, NOV 10 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE DANCE SERIES, SEE PAGE 4 $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students

photos: Jean-Louis Fernandez

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Twelve years ago, award-winning choreographer Akram Khan teamed up with the celebrated talents of composer Nitin Sawhney and sculptor Anish Kapoor to present his company’s first full-length piece Kaash (Hindi for “if only”) to rave reviews such as “epic, deeply focused and grandly beautiful” (The Telegraph, U.K.). Inspired by creation and destruction, Hindu gods, Indian time cycles and black holes, Kaash returns to the stage in a stunning revival – the company’s first ever – and continues Khan’s quest to bridge the worlds of contemporary dance and the Indian classical dance form kathak.

Don’t miss this superb work by an artist “who speaks tremendously of tremendous things” (Financial Times).

Dance series sponsored in part by: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund

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Santa Barbara Debut Record-setting Long-distance Swimmer

An Afternoon with

Diana Nyad

SAT, NOV 14 / 3 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $40 / $25 / $10 UCSB students

“It’s not only that Nyad accomplished this amazing feat… it’s that she accomplished at 64, one year short of Medicare eligibility, what she first failed at when 28.” USA Today

photo: Julie Milligan

In 2013, in her fifth attempt, Diana Nyad fulfilled her lifelong dream of completing the 110-mile swim through shark- and jellyfishinfested waters from Cuba to Florida. Upon completing her grueling 53-hour journey, a breathless Nyad told the world, “I have three messages. One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team.” Now a prominent sports broadcaster, author and public speaker, Nyad will discuss her forthcoming memoir Find a Way, and her extraordinary quest to live life at the highest level.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Santa Barbara Solo Debut

Melissa Etheridge This is M.E. Solo

SUN, NOV 15 / 7 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $150 Gold Circle (limited availability) $75 / $50 / $25 UCSB students

“Melissa Etheridge has always poured her heart and soul into her music, so it’s no surprise that the same depth of emotion permeates her shows.” Hollywood Reporter Academy and Grammy Award-winning artist Melissa Etheridge will take the stage to perform songs from her new album, This is M.E., as well as some of her greatest hits like “Come to My Window,” “I’m The Only One” and “I Want to Come Over.” Known for her iconic voice, profound lyrics and riveting stage presence, Etheridge will share personal stories about her remarkable journey through life and the inspiration behind some of her most beloved songs. “I enjoy doing solo shows… to dive into my catalogue of songs and bring a new freshness to my older material. It is such an intimate experience with the audience, and it is truly one of my favorite ways to perform” says Etheridge.

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Just added!

Garry Kasparov

Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped TUE, NOV 17 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 UCSB students

“Kasparov is a voluble and articulate critic of the country he considered home.”

The New York Times

photo: Igor Khodzinskiy

Garry Kasparov is a Russian-born political activist who has denounced Vladimir Putin for over a decade. A chess Grandmaster, Kasparov retired from professional chess after twenty years as the world’s No. 1 ranked player to lead the pro-democracy opposition against Putin in 2005, and he attempted to run against Putin in the 2008 Russian presidential race. Now living in self-imposed exile in New York, Kasparov urges the world’s democracies to take a forceful diplomatic and economic stand against Putin.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Event Sponsors: Marcia & John Mike Cohen

David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Sunny Yang, cello THU, NOV 19 / 7 PM CAMPBELL HALL $40 / $25 / $10 UCSB students

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Kronos Quartet

“The ensemble has revolutionized the approach to string quartet repertory.”

The New York Times Now in its fifth decade, the multi-Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet is building on its celebrated legacy of string-quartet innovation by doing what it does best: continuing to chart a bold musical path and inspire generations of fellow musicians. Its cornerstones are the mentoring of emerging artists and engaging communities in productive civic dialogue. To that end, Kronos’ distinctive concert performances draw upon hundreds of works composed for them by such visionaries as Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

This season’s featured composition is the riveting multimedia piece about the Armenian Genocide of 1915, Silent Cranes by Mary Kouyoumdjian, who is praised by The New York Times for her “eloquently scripted” and “emotionally wracking” works that inspire hope for a peaceful resolution in the present day.

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Dynamic Events.

Fascinating People.

Captivating Stories.

Ecologist and Photographer

Mark Moffett

The High Frontier: Exploring the Forest Canopy SUN, NOV 22 / 3 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $25 / $15 UCSB students and youth (18 & under)

photo: Mark Moffett (Mantids)

One of only a handful of people to earn a Ph.D. under respected ecologist E.O. Wilson, Mark Moffett has worked in the crowns of the tallest trees, where most of the world’s biodiversity lies. He is a modern-day explorer with more than a little luck on his side, having accidentally sat on the world’s deadliest snake and battled drug lords with dart guns.

For him, such risks are worth it as part of his mission to find stories that make people fall in love with the unexpected: insects, frogs, and nature’s other small wonders.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

National Geographic Live series sponsored by Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin Just added!

An Evening with

Alex Honnold Alone on the Wall

SUN, NOV 22 / 7 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 UCSB students and youth (18 & under)

Alex Honnold is a professional rock climber whose audacious free-solo ascents of the world’s biggest walls have made him one of the sport’s most notable climbers. Known for deathdefying feats such as tackling Mexico’s Sendero Luminoso and Patagonia’s Fitz Traverse without a rope, partner or gear, Honnold pushes the limits of his sport beyond anything previously attempted. In Alone on the Wall, Honnold recounts some of his most astonishing career achievements. Illustrated presentation.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

photo: Jimmy Chin

“From time to time we come across someone who can do something so remarkable that it defies belief and, in this case, defies gravity.” 60 Minutes

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N I I T R A P I N K M Holiday Back

THU, DEC 3 / 8 PM ARLINGTON THEATRE $150 Gold Circle (limited availability) $55 / $45 / $35 / $20 UCSB students

photo: Holly Andres

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Show

“This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious.”

The Washington Post

The beloved Pink Martini returns with singer Storm Large to ring in the holidays with a festive, globallyinspired concert of treasured classics and jovial tunes from its multi-denominational album Joy to the World and recent releases like Get Happy and Dream a Little Dream. The fabulously eclectic ensemble’s polished and glamorous sound – “jet set, vintage-chic, more than a little campy” (The New York Times) – is an intoxicating concoction of sultry Latin music, swinging jazz, cabaret, cinema scores and more. In the words of its effervescent bandleader/pianist Thomas Lauderdale: “Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure… if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.”

Event Sponsors: Anne & Michael Towbes Patricia Gregory for the Baker Foundation

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NY International Children’s Film Festival: Kid Flix Mix The Orlando Consort, The Passion of Joan of Arc Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour Itzhak Perlman, violin & Emanuel Ax, piano Tommy Emmanuel Salman Khan, Education Reimagined Culture Clash, Muse & Morros YAMATO, The Drummers of Japan

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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Rice Cameron Carpenter, organ Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton The Okee Dokee Brothers The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma Renée Fleming, soprano

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Grupo Corpo National Geographic Live: Nizar Ibrahim Jennifer Koh, violin & Shai Wosner, piano David Gergen Anoushka Shankar Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater Boban and Marko Marković Orchestra Rhythmic Circus, Feet Don’t Fail Me Now! Calder Quartet Cécile McLorin Salvant

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David Sedaris 2 Yuja Wang, piano 10 Temple Grandin

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The Leadership Circle is a group of key visionaries giving $10,000 to $100,000 or more each year, making a significant, tangible difference in the community and making it possible for A&L’s roster of premier artists and global thinkers to come to Santa Barbara. A range of exclusive opportunities include hosting artists and speakers at private dinners or receptions, sponsoring events, VIP Concierge Service, and more.

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• High Priority Seating for all events • Invitation to a post-performance Green Room meet-and-greet opportunity with a featured artist or speaker

• Invitations to receptions at private residences with featured artists or speakers • New This Year: Complimentary parking at

all ticketed A&L events at Campbell Hall

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Founders Room during intermissions at A&L performances and lectures at The Granada Theatre Plus all benefits of lower giving levels

2015-2016 Producers Circle members-only parties with artists

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Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors Corporate Season Sponsor

Special thanks to those who support our eduction and outreach programs Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin

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Patron Information

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

Ticket Office

Phone: (805) 893-3535 Hours are Mon-Fri 10 AM - 5 PM year-round and Sat noon 4 PM October through May, with the exception of campus holidays and closures. Will Call opens at performance venues one hour before the event. The A&L Ticket Office opens at noon on weekend Campbell Hall performance days unless the event is sold out. It is located on the UCSB campus in Building 402 adjacent to Campbell Hall. Enter Parking Lot 12 off Mesa Road and look for the sign. There are parking meters in front of the Ticket Office (credit cards only).

Convenient Ticket Purchasing

To order by phone, call (805) 893-3535; to order tickets online, visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu; to order by mail, send your order with a check payable to “U.C. Regents” (no tax) or your Visa or MasterCard number, expiration date and signature to “Arts & Lectures, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5030.” For payment by check, call the Ticket Office to confirm your total. Ticket prices are subject to change.

Fees

All tickets subject to convenience fees. Subscriptions are subject to a $12 service charge. There is a $5 service charge for nonsubscription orders placed online, by phone or by mail; there is a $2 service charge for film or lecture tickets costing $15 or less when placed online or by phone or mail. A facility fee may be added to each ticket price.

Student Discounts

Only currently enrolled UCSB students 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 they will be charged the difference for a general admission ticket. Any high school or college student who purchases a discount ticket (“All student” or “Youth”) must show current student ID at the door.

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. Campbell Hall is equipped with a Hearing Loop assistive listening system that is compatible with t-coil hearing aids. All venues are wheelchair accessible, and you may contact The Granada Theatre or Arlington Theatre directly about accessible seating at those venues.

Exchanges are available to subscribers. Return tickets you cannot use two business days prior to the performance. 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.

Non-subscribers may only exchange tickets for a different performance of the same event for a $4 fee per ticket.

Lost Tickets

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

Refunds

All sales are final. No refunds except in the case of a canceled event not replaced. Handling charges and facility fees are not refundable. Due to the nature of live events, artists, venues, programs, dates and times are subject to change.

Tax-deductible Donations

If you are unable to attend a performance, you may return your tickets to the A&L Ticket Office two business days before the event as a tax-deductible contribution. 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.

Parking at the UCSB Campus

UCSB charges $4 for evening and weekend parking For patron convenience, Arts & Lectures sells open-dated UCSB 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. Extended evening & weekend parking permits (valid for 15 days) are also available for only $8 from any parking dispenser in any campus parking lot. Parking rates subject to change.

UC Santa Barbara Smoke-Free and Tobacco-Free Policy

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.

Venues

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 Road The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St.

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TUE, NOV 3 / 8 PM THE NEW VIC, 33 W. VICTORIA ST. $55 / $15 UCSB students

Ben Daniels Band

and the

Jeff Daniels

Just added!