UCSB Arts & Lectures - Spring Calendar 2016

Alvin Ailey速 American Dance Theater APR 12 & APR 13 ARLINGTON THEATRE

SPRING 2016

photo: Jose Luiz Pederneiras

photo: Norbert Kniat/Deutsche Grammaphon

photo: Andrew Eccles (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Jacqueline Green and Jamar Roberts)

Dear Arts & Lectures’ Friends and Family, Spring 2016 marks not only the close of the 2015-16 season, but the culmination of our five-year Campaign for Arts & Lectures. But don’t worry, there’s still time to get involved, and there is still much work to be done!

The goal of our first-ever Campaign was to sustain the level of excellence our community has come to expect from Arts & Lectures – now and forever. It is my hope that you’re already seeing the difference in the now – it’s been a phenomenal season, with New York City Ballet MOVES, David McCullough, Trombone Shorty, Cameron Carpenter, and the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, who spoke so highly of his longstanding relationship with Arts & Lectures.

And to shore up the funding for our dance programs (considered one of the very best in the nation! We’re so proud!), we have launched the A&L Dance Corps. With leadership support from three generous families, the Dance Corps is truly making a difference in the now, as we round out a terrific 2015-16 dance program with Brazil’s spectacular Grupo Corpo (Apr. 2) followed by two nights of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Apr. 12 & 13) and a massive Ailey outreach program that will reach more than 2,000 schoolchildren.

You’ll also see the difference in the now when you make a choice to join Arts & Lectures. Because membership matters! So we hope you’ll consider joining Arts & Lectures this year, enjoy the many benefits of membership, and know that you’re making a difference, now and forever, in our community.

With deepest appreciation,

Celesta M. Billeci Miller McCune Executive Director

Membership matters.

Join Arts & Lectures today, and keep the conversation going.

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Great performances and mindexpanding public lectures won’t happen without your support. So join today, and enjoy a range of membership benefits all year long, including:

• VIP Ticket Concierge Service and Priority Seating for all events

• Advance notice of selected events

with early ticket-buying privileges

• Opportunities to meet visiting

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artists and guest speakers

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1. Silk Road Ensemble Artistic Director and cellist Yo-Yo Ma with Event Sponsor Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree 2. Event Sponsors and Leadership Circle members Bob & Christine Emmons and family with pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Itzhak Perlman 3. Event Sponsors and A&L Council member

Tim & Audrey Fisher with soprano Renée Fleming cover photo: Andrew Eccles (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Daniel Harder, Sarah Daley and Michael Francis McBride)

All films will be screened at 7:30 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL Each night: $8 / $5 all students

Event Sponsors: Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin

THU, APR 21

Levitated Mass:

The Story of Michael Heizer’s Monolithic Sculpture

The 2012 LACMA installation that led people from all walks of life to consider a perennial question: What is art? (Doug Pray, 2013, 88 min.)

THU, APR 28 (Double Feature)

Troublemakers:

Photo: ©Doug Pray (Levitated Mass)

The Story of Land Art

A cadre of 1960s and ’70s artists transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture to produce monumental earthworks in the American southwest. (James Crump, 2015, 72 min.)

Alexander Calder

Calder’s prolific and passionate output brought with it a sense of play unlike any before, redefining what art could be.

(Roger Sherman, 1998, 57 min.)

Photo: ©Holt Smithson Foundation (Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels)

THU, MAY 5

Finding Vivian Maier A “mystery woman” who secretly took more than 100,000 photographs, now considered among the 20th century’s greatest street photographers. (John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, 2014, 83 min.)

Photo: © Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection

THU, MAY 12

Hockney

Chronicles David Hockney’s vast career and the experiences that led him to create some of the most renowned works of the past century.

(Randall Wright, 2014, 113 min.) photo: ©Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima

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Special Event!

An Afternoon with

Conan O’Brien

Hosted by TV Producer Dick Wolf SAT, APR 16 / 4 PM (note special time) ARLINGTON THEATRE $125 Gold Circle (limited availability) $70 / $55 / $20 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

One of the most original and best-loved personalities in comedy today, Conan O’Brien wields “a comic identity as distinctive as his name” (The New York Times). His quirky humor and award-winning writing have entertained audiences for decades, from Saturday Night Live to all-time favorite The Simpsons to banter with Hollywood A-listers as a popular late-night television host, including the current series Conan on TBS. Late night’s “king of cool” (Entertainment Weekly) brings his Harvard smarts and wry, laugh-out-loud repartee to this rare conversation followed by audience Q&A. Hosted by Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of the Law & Order series, among other award-winning television series.

Event Sponsors: Russell Steiner Bentson Foundation

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“Modest, wry, self-effacing and demonstrably the most intelligent of the late-night comics.” The Washington Post

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Helen Macdonald An Evening with the Author of H Is for Hawk FRI, APR 1 / 7:30 PM (note special time) THE NEW VIC, 33 W. VICTORIA ST. $20 (includes book) / $15 / $10 all students A New Vic facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Helen Macdonald took the literary world by storm with H Is for Hawk, her surprising story of adopting one of nature’s most vicious predators to cope with the sudden loss of her father. Macdonald’s life-changing journey to tame a fierce goshawk named Mabel – told with “searing emotional honesty and descriptive language that is unparalleled in modern literature” (Costa Book Award) – touched the hearts of millions. Macdonald is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine and the author of the poetry collection Shaler’s Fish. In her transcendent voice, she will discuss her humorous yet unflinching account of personal transformation and the unique magnetism of an extraordinary animal.

Photo: Marzena Pogorzaly

“[Macdonald’s words] mimic feathers, so impossibly pretty we don’t notice their astonishing engineering.” New York Times Book Review

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Paleontologist

Nizar Ibrahim

Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous

“We found an entire lost world; a window on a moment of major evolutionary change.”

– Nizar Ibrahim Meet Spinosaurus, the largest predatory dinosaur yet discovered – larger than T. rex – and hear the incredible story of how this prehistoric giant was almost lost to science. With amazing video recreating the lost world of the Cretaceous Sahara, Ibrahim will tell the story of Spinosaurus’ discovery, loss, and rediscovery, and explain what makes this ancient monster unique.

National Geographic Live series sponsored by: Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin Sheila & Michael Bonsignore

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illustration: Davide Bonadonna (Artist’s conception of Spinosaurus swimming)

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

From Brazil

Grupo Corpo Paulo Pederneiras, Artistic Director SAT, APR 2 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students

“Colorful, rhythmic and always looking forward.”

Houston Chronicle

Photo: Jose Luiz Pederneiras

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Brazil’s leading ambassador of contemporary dance.”

The Globe and Mail

With its seductive movement, scintillating music, vibrant costuming, sets and lighting, Grupo Corpo reflects the amazing diversity and rich color of Brazil. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the hugely popular dance company returns to light up the Granada stage in a program of two works, the gravity-defying piece Suíte Branca and ​the evocative Dança Sinfônica, featuring choreography by Cassi Abranches and Rodrigo Pederneiras. Twenty-two virtuosic dancers combine the precision of ballet with the sensuality of contemporary Afro-Brazilian movement. Writes The Guardian, “They are trained to pirouette as expertly as they samba or shimmy, and the steps seem to pour out of their sleek, supple limbs with unstoppable force.”

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

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Santa Barbara Premiere

Jennifer Koh, violin Shai Wosner, piano Bridge to Beethoven Part II: Finding Identity through Music TUE, APR 5 / 7 PM (note special time) / HAHN HALL $30 / $9 UCSB students

Violinist Jennifer Koh and pianist Shai Wosner’s ambitious four-part project explores the impact and significance of Beethoven’s music on various composers.

New commissions from composers such as Vijay Iyer (whose piece Bridgetower Fantasy premiered in Santa Barbara in 2015) and Andrew Norman serve as companion pieces to Beethoven’s violin sonatas. “Bridge to Beethoven is about coming to an understanding of oneself in a foreign context through music,” says Koh.

Up Close & Musical Series at Hahn Hall sponsored by Dr. Bob Weinman Additional support provided by Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel

Program Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor Andrew Norman: Short and new works interspersed

David Gergen The 2016 Election and the Future Political Landscape THU, APR 7 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $40 / $25 / $10 UCSB students

“Perhaps nothing distinguishes [Gergen] more than the fundamental sympathy and respect he shows toward all the presidents he served.” The New York Times A true public servant who puts his country above his personal politics, David Gergen served under presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and then Clinton. Currently he is co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, a senior political analyst for CNN, and editor-at-large of U.S. News & World Report. He is also the author of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton and an upcoming book on presidential transitions. He’ll offer an inside glimpse into the corridors of power and the leadership challenges presidents face, bringing clarity to the most complex international and domestic issues. Gergen will provide a bipartisan analysis of the Obama Administration, a Republican-controlled Congress, the 2016 Presidential election and what today’s headlines mean for the future of America.

Event Sponsors: Meg & Dan Burnham and With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

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A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Anoushka Shankar Land of Gold

MON, APR 11 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $38 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

“She’s one of the most gifted artists in her generation of Indian-classical artists.” Los Angeles Times

photo: Yuval Hen / Deutsche Grammophon

“She plays with great sensitivity and emotion, bending and twisting notes so that they pirouette like the dancers that spin around in interminable circles.” The World Music Report Sitar player Anoushka Shankar is a true cross-cultural musician whose singular talent for many genres of music is illustrated by her Grammy-nominated albums Rise, Traveller and Traces of You. However, the ancient Indian classical form that was handed down by her father, Ravi Shankar, is always a central current running through her work. Shankar’s new album Land of Gold is her response to the humanitarian trauma of displaced people fleeing conflict and poverty. She will be joined in concert by Manu Delago – Austrian percussionist and frequent collaborator of Björk – who will perform on the Hang drum, along with multi-instrumentalist Sanjeev Shankar, who plays the shehnai (double reed instrument).

Event Sponsors: Mary & Gary Becker

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America’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World Two Spectacular Programs!

Robert Battle, Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya, Associate Artistic Director TUE, APR 12 & WED, APR 13 8 PM / ARLINGTON THEATRE $75 / $55 / $40 / $20 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Be inspired by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s incomparable dancers as they bring you the pulse-racing thrill of contemporary favorites and the spirit-lifting joy of such classics as Alvin Ailey’s masterpiece, Revelations.

Experience the power of Ailey for yourself and see why this extraordinary company is hailed as America’s cultural ambassador to the world.

TUE, APR 12

Rennie Harris: Exodus (music: Raphael Xavier, Ost & Kjex) Ronald K. Brown: Open Door (music: Luis Demetria, Arturo O’Farrill, Tito Puente) Christopher Wheeldon: After the Rain Pas de Deux (music: Arvo Pärt) Alvin Ailey: Revelations (music: traditional spirituals) WED, APR 13

Talley Beatty: Toccata (music: Lalo Schifrin, performed by Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra) Judith Jamison: A Case of You (music: Joni Mitchell, performed by Diana Krall) Ulysses Dove: Vespers (music: Mikel Rouse) Robert Battle: The Hunt (music: Les Tambours du Bronx) Ronald K. Brown: Four Corners (music: Carl Hancock Rux, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Yacoub) Programs subject to change.

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

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“Some of the most bravura dancers on the planet.”

Chicago Sun-Times

photos: Andrew Eccles - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Jamar Roberts and Akua Noni Parker (this page) and Rachael McLaren (inset)

“Unbelievable.

Go see Ailey. It’s change-your-life good.”

The Today Show

Community Dance Class with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater MON, APR 11, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Co-presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara Dance Arts and the Arts Mentorship Program For information and registration www.sbdancearts.com

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Winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Spirit of the Fringe Award

Rhythmic Circus Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!

SUN, APR 17 / 3 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $20 / $12 children (12 & under)

A tap extravaganza, this joyous parade of genre-hopping music and percussive dance hits the road with a trunk full of tap shoes, funky costumes and the seven-piece brass band Root City. The award-winning troupe of talented hoofers from Minnesota is expertly accompanied in each tap, shuffle and stomp with a clang, riff and refrain for a blissful, lively performance that culminates in “an exuberant, toe-tapping, hand-clapping hour of music and dance that adults will enjoy as much as kids” (Theater Mania). (Approx. 80 min.)

“Soulful vocals, superb musicianship, four tap dancers with boundless energy and enthusiasm.” The List (U.K.)

Event Sponsor: Kay R. McMillan Additional Support: White & Grube Orthodontics

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UCSB Reads Author Event

Bryan Stevenson photos: Nina Subin

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

MON, APR 18 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL / FREE

“Stevenson may, indeed, be America’s Mandela.” – Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

At a time of fervent outcry against inequality in the U.S. criminal justice system, Bryan Stevenson is nationally recognized for freeing dozens of desperate people from miscarriage of the law. Stevenson was a young activist lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, dedicated to defending the poor, minorities and the wrongly condemned. One of his first cases – a young man sentenced to die for a murder he insisted he didn’t commit – drew Stevenson into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination and legal brinkmanship, forever transforming his understanding of mercy and justice. Author of the acclaimed book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Stevenson will deliver a moving account of the lives he has defended and make an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

Books will be available for purchase and signing Presented as part of UCSB/Santa Barbara 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

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Krista Tippett In Conversation with Pico Iyer Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living WED, APR 20 / 7:30 PM (note special time) CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 all students

“In a day where [arguments over religion] divide us into ever more entrenched and frustrated camps, Krista Tippett is exactly the measured, balanced commentator we need.”

– Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love Creator and host of the Peabody Award-winning radio program On Being, Krista Tippett is celebrated for her exploration of life’s central questions: What does it mean to be human, and how do we want to live? She earned the National Humanities Medal in 2014, bestowed for “thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence.” Tippett’s newest book is Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Supported by the Harold & Hester Schoen Arts & Lectures Endowment and the Beth Chamberlin Endowment for Cultural Understanding with support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

Levitated Mass:

The Story of Michael Heizer’s Monolithic Sculpture THU, APR 21 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / CAMPBELL HALL $8 / $5 all students

“A fun, loopy portrait of one crazy idea that became a SoCal public-art cornerstone.”

The Dissolve Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” gained worldwide recognition during its 2012 LACMA installation. Over the course of 10 nights, a 340-ton solid granite boulder traveled through Southern California neighborhoods, drawing tens of thousands of people to watch the megalith as it moved through their communities. One of the only pieces of art in recent history to inspire such public excitement, people from all walks of life considered a perennial question: What is art?

(Doug Pray, 2013, 88 min.)

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Calder Quartet SAT, APR 23 / 7 PM (note special time) CAMPBELL HALL $35 / $25 / $10 UCSB students

Highly regarded for its “passionate engagement with the music” (Boston Globe), skillful innovation and “superb” (The New York Times) delivery, the Calder Quartet performs a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel and fulfill the composer’s vision. Already the choice of many leading composers to perform their works – including Christopher Rouse, Terry Riley and Thomas Adès – the group’s distinctive approach is exemplified by a musical curiosity brought to everything they perform.

Program Thomas Adès: The Four Quarters Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, op. 36 Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 127

“One of America’s most satisfying – and most enterprising – quartets.”

Los Angeles Times

Co-presented with the UCSB Department of Music

Double Feature

THU, APR 28 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / CAMPBELL HALL $8 / $5 all students (includes both films)

Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

In the tumultuous 1960s and ’70s, a cadre of renegade artists – including Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt, Carl Andre and others – sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing monumental earthworks in the desolate deserts of the American southwest. “Among the great art documentaries of the last half-century” (The Wall Street Journal), Troublemakers reveals their sheer audacity and their ambitions to break free from tradition. (James Crump, 2015, 72 min.)

Photo: ©Holt Smithson Foundation (Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels)

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder’s aesthetic revolution concerned itself with a taboo topic in the art world of his day – fun. His prolific and passionate output brought with it a sense of play unlike any before, ignoring formal structures and redefining what art could be. (Roger Sherman, 1998, 57 min.)

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2016 Grammy Award Winner: Best Jazz Vocal Album Back by Popular Demand

Cécile McLorin Salvant

WED, APR 27 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

Cécile McLorin Salvant – one of the most acclaimed jazz vocalists to emerge in years – so captivated the audience with her breathtaking 2015 Santa Barbara debut that we just had to bring her back for more! Born in Miami to French and Haitian parents, she won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010. This phenomenal young singer bends notes to her will and gets inside each song the way an actress inhabits a role, so incredibly that The New York Times proclaimed, “If anyone can extend the lineage of the Big Three – Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald – it is this 23-year-old virtuoso.”

Event Sponsors: Marcia & John Mike Cohen

“Ms. Salvant has it all… a playful sense of humor, a rich and varied tonal palette, a supple sense of swing.”

The New York Times

Photo: John Abbot

“She has poise, elegance, soul, humor, sensuality, power, virtuosity, range, insight, intelligence, depth and grace.”

– Wynton Marsalis

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Back by Popular Demand Author of Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls and Other New York Times Best-sellers

An Evening with

David Sedaris SUN, MAY 1 / 7 PM (note special time) ARLINGTON THEATRE $45 / $35 / $25 / $19 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

David Sedaris returns to Santa Barbara for another enthralling round at the podium. “The closest thing the literary world has these days to a rock star” (The New York Times), Sedaris will regale us with hilarious anecdotes, not-yet-published writing and excerpts from his mega-best-selling books. His laugh-out-loud satire and engrossing storytelling have won him an avid following worldwide. Stick around after the show for his epic book signing, which has become the stuff of legends in itself: He might just put you in one of his next stories. A must-see evening for humor fans! (Mature content) Books will be available for purchase and signing

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2016 Santa Barbara County

ECONOMIC SUMMIT THU, MAY 5 / 8:30 AM-11:30 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 2016 Santa Barbara County Economic Outlook report plus a Continental Breakfast from 7:30-8:30 AM

Featured speakers are: James Bullard, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In January 2015, The Economist named Bullard as the 7th most influential economist in the world; Rob Arnott, founder and chairman of Research Affiliates and a portfolio manager for PIMCO; and Chris Ludeman, Global President of Capital Markets for CBRE, the only commercial real estate firm in the Fortune 500. The Santa Barbara County economic forecast will be delivered by Peter Rupert, Executive Director of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project and chair of the Department of Economics at UCSB. A panel discussion with the speakers titled Connections: Federal Reserve Policy, Financial Markets and Global Investing will conclude the event.

Part of the 35th annual Santa Barbara County Economic Summit Co-presented with the UCSB Economic Forecast Project

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photo: Anne Fishbein

“Brilliantly clever, inventive and funny.” The Guardian (U.K.)

“Superhuman keyboard technique with artistic eloquence that is second to none.”

San Francisco Chronicle “Yuja Wang is a wonder…

She displayed degrees of speed, agility and strength that may have been in violation of gravity’s laws.”

Los Angeles Times

Yuja Wang, piano

MON, MAY 2 / 7 PM (note special time) / GRANADA THEATRE $55 / $45 / $35 / $15 UCSB students

photo: Fadil Berisha

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Program Brahms: Ballades op. 10, nos. 1 and 2 Schumann: Kreisleriana, op. 16 Beethoven: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)

Lauded for her prodigious technique, the 29-year-old Chinese-born pianist Yuja Wang has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire and the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and charismatic stage presence.

From her “enormous sensitivity” to her “endless range of expression” (New York Classical Review), Wang is the real thing: a world-famous artist who has achieved a level of brilliance that eludes many more experienced artists. A past recipient of the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Wang astounds everyone who sees her perform “fully in her element… she [takes] off like a rocket, all glitter and rhythmic sass” (Los Angeles Times).

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Autism Self-advocate, Animal Scientist and Best-selling Author

Temple Grandin

Different Kinds of Minds Contribute to Society TUE, MAY 10 / 8 PM / GRANADA THEATRE $40 / $25 / $15 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“A brainy, straight-speaking, cowboy-shirt-wearing animal scientist and slaughterhouse designer who is perhaps the world’s most famous autistic person.” The New York Times Perhaps the world’s most accomplished adult with autism, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., has been named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” and is the subject of a multi-awardwinning HBO biopic. Through her unique abilities, Grandin revolutionized the design of livestockhandling equipment and is a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University with more than 400 scholarly articles to her name. An outspoken proponent of autism awareness, her best-selling books include Emergence: Labeled Autistic, The Way I See It and Animals Make Us Human.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Event Sponsors: Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

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Finding Vivian Maier THU, MAY 5 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / CAMPBELL HALL $8 / $5 all students

“More connect-the-dots detective thriller than traditional doc, John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s revelatory riddle of a film unmasks a brilliant photographer who hid in plain sight.”

Entertainment Weekly Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took more than 100,000 photographs that remained hidden in storage lockers for decades.

Following the surprising discovery of the trove, Maier is now among the 20th century’s greatest street photographers. The strange and riveting story of her life and art is revealed through never before seen photographs, films and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her. (John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, 2014, 83 min.)

Hockney THU, MAY 12 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / CAMPBELL HALL $8 / $5 all students

Hockney is the definitive exploration of one of the most significant artists of his generation. David Hockney gives acclaimed filmmaker Randall Wright unprecedented access to his personal archive of photographs and film, resulting in an unparalleled visual diary of a long life. The film chronicles his vast career and the experiences that led him to create some of the most renowned works of the past century, from his formative years in the British Pop Art scene to his iconic life in Hollywood. Wright offers a unique view of this charismatic and unconventional artist who, approaching the age of 80, is actively making new art and reaching new peaks of popularity. (Randall Wright, 2014, 113 min.)

photo: ©Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima

An engaging and affectionate tribute to one of the art world’s most loveable characters.”

The Times (U.K.)

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photo (right): David Bazemore

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Author Stacy Schiff discusses her best-selling book, The Witches, at the home of Betsy & Jule Hannaford

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Jim Mitchell and granddaughter, Daphne Maskrey, with 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and Player of the Year Carli Lloyd

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Patron Information 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

Photo: Jose Luiz Pederneiras (Grupo Corpo)

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.

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

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 and public master classes 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 Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido St. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St.

For convenient ticket purchasing, download the new Arts & Lectures app.

Available from iTunes and Google Play Store UCSB Arts & Lectures Calendar, Issue# 2015-2016.3, This free publication is printed quarterly in fall, winter and spring.

Arts & Lectures, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5030

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