UCSB Arts & Lectures - Winter Calendar 2017

Compagnie HervĂŠ KOUBI Apr 18 / Granada Theatre

WINTER 2017

“There are 10 times as many stars in the sky as there are grains of sand on earth.”

1,500 fourth through sixth graders listen as Captain Scott Kelly shares stories from his inspiring career and year in space.

photos: David Bazemore

– NASA astronaut Captain Scott Kelly

Dear Arts & Lectures’ Friends and Family, We know you’re already excited about upcoming events, because tickets to Alton Brown, Itzhak Perlman and other highlights are selling quickly. Now we’re adding even more of our world’s leading thinkers, writers and doers to the schedule: • Architect Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and recipient of the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom (p. 12)

• Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, who has followed up his Pulitzer Prize-winning Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer with current bestseller The Gene (p. 21) • Author Colson Whitehead, who was just honored with the National Book Award for his epic novel, The Underground Railroad (p. 28) • Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist who is a genius at explicating complex issues like globalization and technology (p. 31) Together they will make you think differently, and will impact our community in so many ways. While we can’t connect every guest artist and speaker with hundreds of schoolchildren (as with astronaut Scott Kelly, above), through the Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative we can deepen the impact of many A&L programs with numerous opportunities for lifelong learning.

But Arts & Lectures is also your ‘fun factor’ – we are just as dedicated to entertainment as we are to enlightenment. So don’t miss our many opportunities to laugh, enjoy, and experience wonder.

Thank you for your support,

Celesta M. Billeci Miller McCune Executive Director

cover photo: Didier Philispart (Compagnie Hervé KOUBI); opposite page photos 1, 3, 5 & 6: Grace Kathryn Photography; 2: Kimberly Citro

• Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, the chic vintage band that is taking the internet and audiences by storm with its retro spin on pop hits. (p. 18)

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Thanks to the generous support of our members, we educate, entertain and inspire.

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Join Arts & Lectures today and enjoy a range of membership benefits all year long. (see page 33 for details)

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Call (805) 893-2174 or click “Give Now� online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu From top, left to right: 1. Event Sponsors Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing with astronaut Captain Scott Kelly 2. Leadership Circle members Natalie Orfalea & Lou Buglioli with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns 3. Event Sponsors Monica & Tim Babich with CNN Host Fareed Zakaria 4. Corporate Sponsor Michelle Apodaca of Deckers & family with Versa Style Dance Company 5. Event Sponsor John Arnhold with Lil Buck, director Damian Woetzel and musicians 6. A&L Miller McCune Executive Director Celesta M. Billeci and Leadership Circle members Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz with Wynton Marsalis

The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative is a multi-year educational project from Arts & Lectures that brings experiential and contextual learning opportunities to UCSB and Santa Barbara. This year’s themes:

Creating a Better World: Social Justice, Human Rights, Economic Security Creative Culture: The Intersection of Art, Technology and Design Jan 20 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

MacArthur Fellow and Tony Award-winning choreographer

Jan 24 Sarah Jones

Tony Award-winning playwright and performer

Jan 30 Maya Lin

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Visionary artist, creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Feb 6 The 7 Fingers of the Hand

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(Les 7 doigts de la main)

French Canadian cirque troupe renowned for its whimsy and innovation

Feb 15 George Takei

Legendary actor, activist and social media guru

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Mar 2 Gloria Steinem

Renowned activist and spokeswoman for human rights

Mar 8 Dorrance Dance

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MacArthur Fellow and acclaimed choreographer

Apr 5 Colson Whitehead

National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad

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Apr 12 Terry Tempest Williams

John Muir Award winner and environmental activist

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1. Bill T. Jones 2. Sarah Jones 3. Maya Lin 4. The 7 Fingers of the Hand 5. George Takei 6. Gloria Steinem 7. Dorrance Dance 8. Colson Whitehead 9. Terry Tempest Williams

Pick up your FREE copy of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad at the Arts & Lectures Ticket Office (Bldg. 402 adjacent to UCSB Campbell Hall) or the Santa Barbara Public Library (40 E. Anapamu St.) beginning January 17. Available while supplies last.

With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin

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Create Your Own se r ies

10% E V A S

Select your favorite six events from the winter and spring lineups to create your own series* and save 10% on each ticket.

New events added quarterly!

Dorrance Dance

Mar 8 / Granada Theatre *Excludes tickets under $20, National Geographic Live series events, and student/youth/child tickets. Other exclusions may apply.

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Kenny Broad

The Risky Science of Exploration Sun, Jan 8 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $25 / $15 UCSB students and youths (18 & under)

Underwater cave explorer and environmental anthropologist Kenny Broad has participated in extreme scientific filmmaking expeditions on every continent, from chasing venomous snakes across Vietnam to plunging into ancient subaquatic caves in the Bahamas. In Broad’s line of work, one mistake can prove fatal. But his explorations lead to important discoveries about early human inhabitants, animals seen nowhere else on Earth and the planet’s climate history. Join Broad, a UCSB alumnus, on an adventure into some of the most dangerous and scientifically significant places on Earth as he laughs his way through tales of his triumphs, tragedies and just plain weird experiences while furthering our knowledge of the world.

National Geographic Live series sponsored in part by Sheila & Michael Bonsignore Kenny Broad is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the UCSB College of Creative Studies

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Bernard-Henri Lévy The Genius of Judaism photo: Thierry Dudoit

Sat, Jan 14 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall / FREE Arrive early to receive a FREE copy of Lévy’s new book, The Genius of Judaism (limited availability).

“Bernard-Henri Lévy, perhaps the most prominent intellectual in France today, [speaks] truth to power.” The Boston Globe

For more than four decades, Bernard-Henri Lévy has been one of the world’s great moral voices, championing causes from Bosnia to Africa’s forgotten wars, from Libya to the Kurdish Peshmerga’s fight against the Islamic State. In his insightful new book The Genius of Judaism, the philosopher and activist confronts the religion that has inspired and shaped him, presenting his breathtaking understanding of what it means to be a Jew. Lévy puts an obligation to the other, to the dispossessed and to the forgotten at the heart of the matter, arguing that the spirit of Judaism must continue to inform our moral thinking and courage today.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Co-presented with the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies in cooperation with the UCSB Department of Religious Studies, Congregation B’nai B’rith, the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Hillel

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photo: Wes Skiles (Kenny Broad shuttling hi def video camera through tight spot in Ralph’s cave)

Cave Diver and Anthropologist

Co-presented with The Granada Theatre 30th Anniversary Tour

The Peking Acrobats

Sun, Jan 15 / 3 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $25 UCSB students (with valid ID) and children (12 & under) A Granada facility will be added to each ticket price

“Nearly everything The Peking Acrobats did was amazing – and stunning, and breathtaking and WOW!” The Seattle Times “The Peking Acrobats [are] pushing the envelope of human possibility…Pure artistry!”

New York Post The Peking Acrobats have been redefining audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics for more than 30 years. Experts at trick-cycling, precision tumbling, somersaulting and gymnastics, they defy gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control. They are masters of agility and grace, showcasing tremendous skill and ability with astonishing juggling dexterity and incredible balancing feats. The whole family will delight in the beautiful costumes, dazzling special effects and live musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments in this very special 30th anniversary celebration in the Year of the Monkey! (Approx. 105 min. with intermission)

Event Sponsor: Kay McMillan

top & bottom photos: Tom Meinhold inset: Brittany App

Family Fun series sponsor:

With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

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Recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Award, the Kennedy Center Honors and two Tony Awards for Best Choreography

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Story/Time

Fri, Jan 20 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students photo: Christina Lane

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Choreographer Bill T. Jones is a born storyteller… Every text is as carefully constructed as a poem.”

– Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

photo: Paul B. Goode

“Modern yet wry, gorgeously danced… A dance-theater roller coaster with surprises around every corner.” San Francisco Chronicle

Director and choreographer Bill T. Jones returns to the stage at the center of an acclaimed new work for his renowned company. Inspired by legendary artist and composer John Cage, Jones creates a collage of dance, music and 70 of his own short stories, arranged anew for each performance by chance procedure.

In Story/Time, Jones fuses the age-old art of storytelling with a vibrant landscape of contemporary movement and music. Similar to a busy streetscape or a crowded room, the experience challenges audience members to find meaning and connection in the sweep of randomized, disparate elements.

Jones’ shorts stories are drawn from his own life and tales handed down through the generations of his family. In layering a traditional form against the avant-garde compositional concerns of the midcentury modernists, the tension between high and low art is called into question. (Mature content)

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

Community Dance Class with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

Thu, Jan 19 / 5:45-7:45 PM / Santa Barbara City College Dance Studio (PE 113) Class for advanced dancers. Reservations: www.sbccdance.com Observers welcome. Co-presented with Santa Barbara City College

The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative: Creative Culture

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Beloved Host of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer’s Almanac An Afternoon with

Garrison Keillor

Sun, Jan 22 / 3 PM (note special time) / Granada Theatre $55 / $45 / $35 / $15 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Writer and humorist Garrison Keillor is beloved for his unique blend of comedy, charisma and wisdom.

Keillor hosted the live radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion for 41 years, attracting 4 million listeners each week. His final broadcast was performed live at the Hollywood Bowl before he passed the baton to Chris Thile in July. Keillor remains the host of the daily radio program The Writer’s Almanac and is the author of several books, including Lake Wobegon Days. The recipient of Grammy, ACE and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Keillor will deliver insights and stories from his journey as one of America’s greatest storytellers.

Pre-signed books will be available for purchase

“Garrison Keillor must be doing something right – millions of Americans consider themselves honorary citizens of his fictive town, Lake Wobegon.”

San Francisco Chronicle

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Experience Perlman’s beloved musical celebration like never before in this unforgettable evening!

Itzhak Perlman 20th Anniversary In the Fiddler’s House

photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

Featuring Hankus Netsky, Andy Statman and members of Brave Old World, Klezmer Conservatory Band and the Klezmatics “[Audience members] were line-dancing in the aisles… Klezmer is defined by laughter and weeping… laughter predominated, precipitated as much by Perlman’s hilarious spoken asides as by the music.” The Boston Globe

“With klezmer, Perlman appears to be perfectly at home… the look of sheer delight that continually illuminates his face underscores the sense of discovery that touches almost every note he plays.” Los Angeles Times

Mon, Jan 23 / 7 PM (note special time) Granada Theatre $125 Gold Circle (preferred seating, limited availability) $75 / $55 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Twenty years have passed since Itzhak Perlman made his iconic album of klezmer music, In the Fiddler’s House. The collection of traditional klezmer songs was also filmed as a PBS special, which earned Perlman his third Emmy Award, featuring the reigning violin virtuoso performing in Poland with the world’s finest klezmer musicians. Marking its 20th anniversary, Perlman revisits this important, personal project, featuring music director Hankus Netsky on saxophone and piano, Andy Statman on clarinet and mandolin, members of the Brave Old World and Klezmer Conservatory Band and other special guests.

Event Sponsors: Sara Miller McCune Anne & Michael Towbes With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family Education Sponsors: William H. Kearns Foundation, Sonquist Family Endowment Presented in collaboration with the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies

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Michael Douglas Visiting Artist Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s Bridge & Tunnel and the hit show Sell/Buy/Date An Evening with

Sarah Jones

Tue, Jan 24 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $19 UCSB students photo: Tom Rauner

“Ms. Jones brings to life more than a dozen characters with such distinctness that each seems to take over her voice, her mind, her very presence.” The New York Times

Playwright, performer and activist Sarah Jones’s masterful characterizations have placed her squarely among today’s leading figures in theater. Her Broadway hit Bridge & Tunnel expressed the full humanity and humor of voices seldom heard, and The New York Times has called her writing “lively, compassionate, mildly sardonic and smart.” She will perform excerpts from her new solo show, Sell/Buy/Date, which opened off-Broadway to rave reviews in October 2016.

Co-presented with the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance Event Sponsors: Jody & John Arnhold Corporate Sponsor: Part of the Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative: Creating a Better World

Douglas Brinkley Presidents and the National Parks: From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama

Thu, Jan 26 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / Campbell Hall $20 / FREE for all students (with valid ID)

Described by CNN as “a man who knows more about the presidency than just about any human being alive,” Brinkley will discuss how U.S. presidents have led the crusade to establish National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges. From Theodore Roosevelt, who set aside 234 million acres of Wild America; to Woodrow Wilson and the National Park System; John F. Kennedy campaigning for National Seashores; and Bill Clinton pulling off the Escalante National Monument – Brinkley will illuminate the backstory of America’s best idea.

Supported in Books will be available for purchase and signing part by: National Parks series sponsored by: Presented in collaboration with Lillian Lovelace Channel Islands National Park and Sara Miller McCune the UCSB Natural Reserve System

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photo: Walter Smith/ Courtesy of Pace Gallery

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2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient An Evening with the Visionary Creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Maya Lin

Mon, Jan 30 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / Campbell Hall $25 / FREE for UCSB students (with valid ID)

“[Maya Lin] has established herself as a model of what architecture can become in the hands of a woman unafraid to pursue a different path.” New York Review of Books A recipient of the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Maya Lin burst into the public eye at age 21 after winning a blind competition with her controversial Vietnam Veterans Memorial, now considered one of the most important public works of our time. She went on to create many remarkable large-scale sitespecific installations, intimate studio artworks, architectural works and memorials such as the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. She is currently at work on What is Missing? – her final memorial – a tribute to the planet and its vanished and endangered species. Insightful and eloquent, Lin will reflect upon a stunning body of work that explores how we relate and respond to art and the environment and presents new ways of looking at the world.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

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photo: Richard Ascroft

Back by Popular Demand

Joshua Bell, violin Sam Haywood, piano Tue, Jan 31 / 7 PM (note special time) Granada Theatre $65 / $50 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“[Bell’s] technique is full of body – athletic and passionate – he’s almost dancing with the instrument.”

The Washington Post

Program Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, op. 12, no. 1 Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor, WoO posth. 2 from the F.A.E. Sonata Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 108 Kernis: “Air” for Violin and Piano Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 27 (“Georges Enescu”) Rachmaninoff: “Vocalise,” no. 14 from op. 34, Fourteen Songs Sarasate: Carmen Concert Fantasy, op. 25

Renowned for his passion, restless curiosity and multi-faceted musical interests, Joshua Bell is among the most celebrated violinists of his era. In a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and conductor, Bell has recorded more than 40 CDs, garnering Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone and Echo Klassik awards. Accompanied by pianist Sam Haywood’s “dazzling, evocative playing” (The Washington Post), Bell returns to the Santa Barbara stage to inspire the audience with his infectious dedication to classical music.

With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

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Santa Barbara Debut

Canada’s Ballet BC Emily Molnar, Artistic Director Featuring Choreography by Crystal Pite and Sharon Eyal

Fri, Feb 3 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“This superb contemporary ballet company… is packed with charismatic dancers performing at full-strength.” The Boston Globe “Ballet BC is physically rigorous, dramatically solid and truly contemporary.” Dance Magazine

photos: Michael Slobodian

Canada’s Ballet BC pushes the boundaries of dance, celebrating the diversity of technique and style in contemporary ballet while honoring its roots. Based in Vancouver, Ballet BC performs a diverse repertoire of works by the world’s most renowned choreographers and is a hotbed for the creation of new pieces.

This ambitious company’s unique dancers, each with exquisite classical and contemporary training, will perform a bold program featuring works by internationally acclaimed female choreographers: Sharon Eyal’s Bill delivers raw, unexpected beauty; and Crystal Pite, former Ballet BC company member and founder of Kidd Pivot, explores themes of acceptance and loss with Solo Echo.

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

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Community Ballet Class with Ballet BC

Thu, Feb 2 / 5:30-7:30 PM / Gustafson Dance, 2285 Las Positas Road, Santa Barbara Class for advanced dancers. Reservations: (805) 563-3262 Observers welcome. Co-presented with Gustafson Dance

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The 7 Fingers of the Hand (les 7 doigts de la main)

“A delicious evening in every sense of the word. A perfect blend with just the right dose of ingredients, like in the very best recipes.” Huffington Post

Mon, Feb 6 / 7 PM (note special time) / Granada Theatre

"A pure feast! This playful and participatory show is a piece of pure creativity.”

Le Journal de Montréal (Canada)

Producers Circle members-only party with the troupe

$60 / $45 / $25 $19 UCSB students (with valid ID) and youths (18 & under)

photo: Alexandre Galliez

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

In the words of this award-winning French Canadian cirque troupe, “life happens in the kitchen,” and never has the kitchen been more alive. Eye-popping choreography, pulsating music, humor and spectacle are fused with delicious smells and sights in a treat for the senses. With beautifully unexpected dexterity, The 7 Fingers of the Hand’s Cuisine & Confessions reveals the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary, as the simple act of cooking a meal is transformed into a one-of-a-kind performance that must be experienced to be believed. No mouth-watering performance would be complete without a chance for the audience to taste the creations of this elaborately choreographed meal!

Event Sponsors: Audrey & Tim Fisher Corporate Sponsor: The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative: Creative Culture

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From the Hit PBS Kids Show

Odd Squad Live!

Sun, Feb 12 / 3 PM & 6 PM Lobero Theatre (note special venue) $25 / $15 children (12 & under) Based on the PBS Kids series, Odd Squad Live! follows the extraordinary adventures of two young government agents, Olive and Otto, who use problem-solving skills and teamwork to crack cases in their kids-run government agency. In this all-new interactive adventure, audiences put on their science and math caps to help decode, decipher and unravel the strange occurrences on the stage. Live and digital participation allow junior agents in the audience to help work out problems in real time. Designed to help kids ages five to eight build math and indirect reasoning skills with a formula that’s fun for the whole family and easy as Pi!

Family Fun series sponsor: With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family Santa Barbara Debut Coachella Festival Stand-out

Kamasi Washington and The Next Step Thu, Feb 16 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $15 all students (with valid ID)

“[Washington] won over [Coachella] without compromising any sort of jazz roots, nailing afro-funk stops, bebop melodies and highflying solos from bassists, turntablists and dueling drummers in a lesson in musicality.”

Billboard Saxophonist Kamasi Washington made a name for himself through collaborations with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Chaka Khan, followed by wide acclaim for his “luminous” (NPR) playing on Kendrick Lamar albums. But it was his 2015 tour-de-force album The Epic that cemented his standing as a musician with the intellectual ambition to match his formidable talent. “The biggest story in jazz” (Los Angeles Times), Washington and his 10-piece band present a masterful brand of jazz for a new generation.

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Photo: Samantha Burkardt

A Lobero facility fee will be added to each ticket price

photos: Norbert Kniat / Deutsche Grammophon (Wang); Marco Borggreve (Kavakos)

An Exceptional Pairing of Today’s International Music Luminaries

“[Wang] eats the world’s greatest keyboard challenges for breakfast with one hand tied behind her back.” Los Angeles Times

Yuja Wang, piano Leonidas Kavakos, violin

“[Kavakos] is a fantastically accomplished player. He brings a shining and sweet tone to these works.” NPR

Mon, Feb 13 / 7 PM (note special time) / Granada Theatre $55 / $45 / $35 / $15 UCSB students

Program Janáček: Sonata, JW 7/7 Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, D. 934 Debussy: Sonata in G Major, L. 140 Bartók: Sonata No. 1 in C-sharp Minor, Sz. 75

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Pianist Yuja Wang and violinist Leonidas Kavakos come together in one of only a select few recitals across the nation for a night of superb technical virtuosity and emotional expression. Yuja Wang, “quite simply the most dazzlingly, uncannily gifted pianist in the concert world today” (San Francisco Chronicle) returns with her musical insight, fresh interpretations and charismatic power. Leonidas Kavakos, recently announced as the winner of the prestigious Léonie Sonning Music Prize, is an artist of rare quality known for his superb musicianship, the integrity of his playing and his “balance of pyrotechnics and lyricism” (The New York Times).

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“Postmodern Jukebox’s rendition of [Lady Gaga’s] ‘Bad Romance’ will transport you back to the 1920s and have you tapping your toes, wishing you knew how to swing dance.” Time

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Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

Tue, Feb 14 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre $50 / $35 / $20 UCSB students $100 ticket includes Valentine’s Day party with the band! (limited availability)

Feb 14 Valentine’s Day

An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Proving that everything new can be old again, Postmodern Jukebox has become a musical sensation that reworks 21st century pop hits with intoxicating vintage style. In a niche all its own, the collective created by pianist Scott Bradlee has covered iconic artists from Lady Gaga to the late David Bowie, even envisioning Radiohead’s alt-rock hit “Creep” as a torch-like ballad that’s racked up more than 22 million views on YouTube. Let this multi-talented group of performers, frequent collaborators, guest vocalists and featured musicians serenade you and your valentine in a live show unlike any other – a must-see for anyone who loves jaw-dropping live performances!

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13 Million Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Fans and Counting!

George Takei

Where No Story Has Gone Before Wed, Feb 15 / 7:30 PM (note special time) Arlington Theatre Producers Circle members-only reception with Mr. Takei $75 Gold Circle (preferred seating, limited availability) $45 / $35 / $15 all students (with valid ID) An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Septuagenarians don’t come much hipper than George Takei.”

The New York Post “One of the Internet’s 50 Most Fascinating People” Cosmopolitan George Takei’s uncanny eloquence, signature wit and endless charm have made him a powerful voice on issues ranging from pop culture to politics. Known around the world as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, Takei’s story goes where few have gone before, from a childhood spent in a Japanese internment camp during WWII to becoming one of the country’s leading proponents of LGBTQ rights. With his prolific acting career, massively influential social media presence, hit Broadway musical Allegiance and recent documentary To Be Takei, Takei is a trailblazer.

background photo: Luke Fantana

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Part of the Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative: Creating a Better World

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The Chieftains with Paddy Moloney

Tue, Feb 21 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $55 / $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Still the world’s best-loved Irish folk band, both for their superb musicianship and their sense of adventure!” The Guardian (U.K.) Beloved for bringing traditional Irish music to the world’s attention, “virtuosos and historians” (The New York Times) The Chieftains have created their own exhilarating and definitive style in their more than 50 years together. They were the first Western group to perform on the Great Wall of China; were featured at Roger Waters’ The Wall performance in Berlin; and collaborated with some of the biggest names in rock and pop music around the world. Performing with founder and piper Paddy Moloney, The Chieftains remain as fresh and relevant as when they began.

Event Sponsors: Anne & Michael Towbes

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Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D. Cancer and the Gene: Past, Present and Future

Thu, Feb 23 / 7:30 PM (note special time) Campbell Hall $38 / $25 / $15 all students (with valid ID) “This is perhaps the best detective story ever told – a millennia-long search, led by a thousand explorers for the question marks at the center of every living cell.”

– Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See

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“Mukherjee [has] a rightful place alongside Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Stephen Hawking in the pantheon of our epoch’s great explicators.”

Boston Globe Oncologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book The Gene: An Intimate History, debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list. It is a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to “read” and “write” our own genetic information? Mukherjee’s dazzling biography of cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies, is a fascinating look into the origins and causes of cancer and was deemed one of the 100 most influential books written in the English language since 1923 by Time magazine. Combining material from both, Mukherjee will examine the historic and future implications of cancer and of the gene with a biologist’s precision and a historian’s perspective.

photo: Deborah Feingold

Pre-signed books will be available for purchase

Corporate Sponsor: With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

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Author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Sapiens, a summer reading pick for President Obama, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg!

Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Mon, Feb 27 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / Campbell Hall / FREE Arrive early to receive a FREE copy of Harari’s new book, Homo Deus (limited availability).

Historian Yuval Noah Harari has taken the world on a tour through the span of humanity, from apes to rulers of the world. Harari became an international sensation when he argued in his bestselling book Sapiens that humans conquered the world through our ability to believe in collective myths about gods, money and freedom. In the highly-anticipated sequel Homo Deus, Harari looks to the future, exploring how godlike technologies such as artificial intelligence and genetic engineering will define what we become.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Co-presented with the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

FILM Two Nights! Two Programs!

26 Years in Santa Barbara

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Tue, Feb 28 & Wed, Mar 1 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre $17 / $13 UCSB students and youth (18 & under) An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

A Santa Barbara institution, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is a perennial A&L fan favorite. Featuring the world’s best films and videos on mountain subjects, the tour awes viewers with thrills and grandeur captured in exotic locations the world over. The show’s wide variety of film subjects – from extreme sports to mountain culture and environment – will amaze audiences. An entirely different program of films screens each night.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is presented by National Geographic and The North Face and is sponsored by Deuter, Clif Bar & Company, Bergans of Norway, Mountain House and Treksta, with support from Petzl, Kicking Horse Coffee, World Expeditions, The Lake Louise Ski Resort & Summer Gondola, Mammut and Banff Lake Louise Tourism

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An Evening with

Gloria Steinem

Thu, Mar 2 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / Arlington Theatre $70 Gold Circle (preferred seating, limited availability) $50 / $25 / $15 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“In her ninth decade… [Steinem] is truer to herself and her causes than she has ever been.” The Guardian (U.K.) “She changed America in a fundamental way without being damaged by it or losing her joy.” – Anne Lamott Social activist, writer, editor and lecturer Gloria Steinem has been an outspoken champion of women’s rights since the 1960s. Her influence on issues of equality is inestimable. Steinem is a key figure in the feminist movement, which has changed the lives of women around the world. She helped create New York and Ms. magazines, helped form the National Women’s Political Caucus and has written numerous powerful books and essays, including her latest, the bestselling My Life on the Road. Recently charting new territory as producer of the groundbreaking Viceland TV show Woman, Steinem continues to forge her own path while working to eradicate inequality of all kinds throughout the world.

photo: Glenn Lowson

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Event Sponsors: Sara Miller McCune Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin

Corporate Sponsor:

With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative: Creating a Better World

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Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca

Fri, Mar 3 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $45 / $30 / $19 all students (with valid ID)

“[Soledad Barrio] thrust a hand at her viewers as if to plunge in a knife. The knife was imaginary, but Ms. Barrio never misses.” The New York Times Hailed by critics for their transcendent and deeply emotional performances, Noche Flamenca embodies the essence, complexity and mystery of flamenco. Fronted by the incomparable Soledad Barrio, a Bessie Award-winning dancer acclaimed for her “smoldering, do-or-die flamenco passion” (The New York Times), this group of commanding dancers, singers and musicians has earned accolades the world over. As a leading flamenco touring company, they embody a truly communal spirit, giving all aspects of flamenco – dance, song and music – equal weight as they seamlessly integrate each component into one spellbinding experience.

Community Flamenco Dance Workshop with Noche Flamenca

Thu, Mar 2 / 5:45-7:45 PM Santa Barbara City College Dance Studio (PE 113) Class for advanced dancers. Reservations: www.sbccdance.com Observers welcome. Co-presented with Santa Barbara City College

Photographer & Bat Expert

Beauty and the Bizarre: Hummingbirds, Bees, Bats and Zombie Parasites

Sun, Mar 5 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $25 / $15 UCSB students and youths (18 & under) Photographer Anand Varma captures the small wonders of the world through his lens, harnessing the beauty of iridescent hummingbird feathers, the science of honeybees and the hidden world of parasites. In the second half of the program, bats will take center stage when scientist Rodrigo Medellín, subject of the BBC documentary The Bat Man of Mexico, shares his enthusiasm for these extraordinary animals. Together, Varma and Medellín will change the way we see some of nature’s most beautiful and strange creations.

National Geographic Live series sponsored in part by Sheila & Michael Bonsignore

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photos: Anand Varma (green violetear hummingbird, bat, emerging bee)

Anand Varma & Rodrigo Medellín

Jelly and George Celebrating the Music of Jelly Roll Morton and George Gershwin

featuring Aaron Diehl and Cécile McLorin Salvant

Tue, Mar 7 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $15 all students (with valid ID)

“Together, [Diehl and Salvant] riff like a pair of old souls who came together after years.” NPR Timeless classics will become modern masterpieces when two of today’s hottest young jazz musicians – pianist Aaron Diehl and vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant – revitalize works from piano greats George Gershwin and Jelly Roll Morton. Diehl’s “melodic precision, harmonic erudition and elegant restraint” (The New York Times) have made him a leading force among his generation of jazz contemporaries. Salvant, “the finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade” (The New York Times), returns as a Santa Barbara favorite to lend her impeccable vocal stylings to iconic works from the past century.

Event Sponsors: Marcia & John Mike Cohen Winner: Gramophone’s 2016 Recording of the Year

Igor Levit, piano

Thu, Mar 9 / 7 PM (note special time) / Hahn Hall $30 / $9 all students (with valid ID) A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Pianist Igor Levit has made his mark on the classical music world as “one of the most probing, intelligent and accomplished artists of the new generation” (The New York Times). He turned heads when he nearly swept the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. His Rzewski interpretation has been called “majestic” (San Francisco Chronicle), while he plays Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations “as nimbly as a cat on a high-wire… one imagines Beethoven playing it like this – in his dreams anyway” (The Times, U.K.).

Up Close & Musical series sponsored in part by Dr. Bob Weinman

photo: Gregor Hohenberg

“Igor Levit goes where other pianists fear to tread… His range of color and dynamics, concentration and freedom, make compulsive listening.” The Observer (U.K.)

Program: Frederic Rzewski: Dreams, Part II Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, op. 120 For information about a master class with Igor Levit and UCSB students visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.

Co-presented with UCSB Department of Music Free and open to public observation

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Back by Popular Demand

“An odd, seemingly impossible marriage of tap and modern dance that came off edgy, seductive and smart.” The Chicago Tribune

Dorrance Dance Michelle Dorrance, Artistic Director

Wed, Mar 8 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $50 / $40 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“The main emotion that SOUNDspace produced was excitement: excitement about sounds, and about the development of this talented choreographer.” The New York Times A Bessie Award-winning troupe known for “blasting open our notions of tap,” Dorrance Dance pushes tap dance’s tradition – rhythmically, aesthetically and conceptually. Street, club and experimental dance forms awaken to the furious rhythms of America’s long-standing jazz vernacular in a new, dynamically compelling context. Founder Michelle Dorrance, a MacArthur Fellow, is considered “one of the most imaginative tap choreographers working today” (The New Yorker). This Santa Barbara favorite from the 2014-2015 Dance series returns to perform a new program: SOUNDspace, an exciting work that explores movement as music; and ETM (“electronic tap music”), a nod toward electronic dance music with acoustic and digitally produced sounds.

Community Tap Class with Dorrance Dance

Mon, Mar 6 / 5:30-7:30 PM / The Dance Network, 4141 State Street, Suite A4, Santa Barbara Class for advanced dancers. Reservations: (805) 225-6078 Observers welcome. Co-presented with The Dance Network

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

photos: Christopher Duggan

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An All-Ages Rock Musical

Hansel & Gretel Music by Justin Roberts

Sun, Mar 12 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $16 / $12 children (12 & under)

image: Micah Chambers-Goldberg

“What happens when a nationally produced playwright and kindie rock royalty team up to pen a musical? Witty prose, an incredible score and a thoroughly enjoyable theatrical experience for – honestly – everyone in the family.” Chicago Parent Fairy tales rock! Beyond the snowy depths of The Black Forest, a family is frozen by the mystery of their missing mother. Soon after her disappearance, the daring sibling duo of young Hansel and his older sister Gretel embark on an icy adventure in hopes of rekindling the warmth in their home. The Grimm Brothers Band brings the story to life with a rock ’n’ roll score amidst an animated wonderland inspired by the whimsy of Lemony Snicket and Roald Dahl. With music by Parents’ Choice Award-winning singer-songwriter Justin Roberts, this sparkling fable of humor and heroism is anything but grim.

Family Fun series sponsor: With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

Food Network Star!

Alton Brown Live Eat Your Science

Wed, Mar 15 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre $65 / $45 / $30 / $19 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Brown’s dry humor and relatable approach to food science entertains and educates from curtain to curtain.” Broadway World Alton Brown has a knack for mixing together a perfect base of science, music and food into two hours of pure entertainment. Critics and fans alike have raved about the interactive components of Brown’s shows. He promises “plenty of new therapy inducing opportunities during our audience participation segments. I don’t want to give too much away, but this time we’re going to play a little game while we’re at it. Plus, you’ll see things I’ve never been allowed to do on TV.” He’s also contemplating more sophisticated protective gear for folks in the first few rows…just in case things get messy… again.

With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

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Just added!

2016 National Book Award-winner

Colson Whitehead

photo: Erin Patrice O’Brien

An Evening with the Author of The Underground Railroad

Wed, Apr 5 / 7:30 PM (note special time) Campbell Hall $20 / FREE for UCSB students (with valid ID) A limited quantity of The Underground Railroad will be given away through The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative (see page 4).

Colson Whitehead is one of the most versatile and innovative writers in contemporary literature. His latest book, The Underground Railroad – winner of the National Book Award and a No. 1 New York Times bestseller – is a tour de force that chronicles a young slave’s desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. With a body of work that includes acclaimed novels such as Sag Harbor, John Henry Days and The Colossus of New York, Whitehead takes on the marginal, the strange and the surreal. Be captivated by his dynamic storytelling, inspiring anecdotes and irreverent rules for writing as he reveals how he came to write his powerful new work.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Presented in cooperation with the UCSB MultiCultural Center With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative: Creating a Better World

Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu with Masters of Hawaiian Music Sun, Apr 9 / 7 PM (note special time) / Campbell Hall $45 / $30 / $15 UCSB students

“[Masters of Hawaiian Music are] virtuosic keepers of a cultural flame.”

The New York Times Escape to paradise in an evening of dance and music celebrating the rich cultural traditions of Hawai'i. Under the direction of hula master Patrick Makuakāne, the acclaimed company Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu performs hula mua (hula that evolves), a fusion of traditional and contemporary dance. The nationally-treasured ensemble’s 24 dancers will display their distinctive style, preserving the captivating movements of their ancestors while evolving through new expression. Revered Grammy Award winner George Kahumoku, Jr., and multiinstrumentalists Nathan Aweau and Kawika Kahiapo return as Masters of Hawaiian Music, sharing the quintessentially Hawaiian sounds of kī-hō'alu (slack key guitar).

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Terry Tempest Williams The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks

Wed, Apr 12 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / Campbell Hall $20 / FREE for all students (with valid ID)

photo: Louis Gakumba

An acclaimed author, naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, Terry Tempest Williams has been called “a citizen writer” who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life, environmental issues and matters of justice. She will discuss her new book The Hour of Land. In 2014, on the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Williams received the Sierra Club’s prestigious John Muir Award for distinguished leadership in American conservation.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

National Parks series sponsored by: Lillian Lovelace Sara Miller McCune

Presented in collaboration with Channel Islands National Park and the UCSB Natural Reserve System

Supported in part by:

With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative: Creating a Better World A Rare Public Appearance

An Evening with

Isabel Allende

Wed, Apr 19 / 7:30 PM (note special time) / Granada Theatre $35 / $20 / $10 all students (with valid ID) A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Literary legend Isabel Allende is beloved for sweeping narrative mixed with deeply personal, deftly political, evocatively historical writing. Allende wrote her acclaimed first novel, The House of the Spirits, in exile from her home country of Chile. She has since written 20 more works of fiction and memoir. In a rare public appearance, “the queen of magical realism” (Los Angeles Times) will weave together her family history, literary trailblazing and the sorrows and heart-stirring beauty of the human condition.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

With support from our Community Partner the Orfalea Family

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photo: Lori Barra

“Allende’s books feel like ornate fairy tales, velvety and otherworldly and sly, as full of mystery as history.” Los Angeles Times

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Southern California Debut

Compagnie Hervé KOUBI

What the Day Owes to the Night

Tue, Apr 18 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Stunning fusion of acrobatics, gymnastics, b-boying, modern dance and ballet.” The Washington Post

Recognized as one of Europe’s most distinctive choreographers, Hervé Koubi makes his Southern California debut with What the Day Owes to the Night, a highly physical, stunningly fluid work that invokes the complex interwoven threads of his French-Algerian ancestral history. Combining capoeira, urban and contemporary dance with powerful imagery evocative of Orientalist paintings and the stone filigree of Islamic architecture, 12 French-Algerian and African male dancers appear in a striking contrast of light and dark, skin and textile and whirling yet chiseled movement to reveal a powerful interpretation of an internal quest.

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

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photos: Nelson Romero Valarezo Saut Guayaquil

“Barechested, wearing only white trousers and split skirts that suggest a dervish’s tennure, the dancers stretch, roll, rise. Soon they’re launching themselves into cartwheels, somersaults, backflips, and breakdance headspins, as if they were trying to free the soul from the body.” The Boston Globe

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Thomas L. Friedman A Field Guide to the 21st Century: How to Live in an Age of Acceleration Thu, Apr 20 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre $40 / $25 / $15 all students (with valid ID) An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Friedman wants to explain why the world is the way it is – why so many things seem to be spinning out of control… as a guide for perplexed Westerners, this book is very hard to beat.” The New York Times Three-time Pulitzer Prize recipient Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist whose bestselling books include The World Is Flat and From Beirut to Jerusalem. His “latest mustread” (Booklist) is Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations. In this essential blueprint for how to think in our time, Friedman looks to innovators – from AT&T executives in Silicon Valley to U.N. experts in Syria – who are finding bold solutions to the pace of change transforming our planet. With vision, clarity and wit, Friedman will show that if we dare to slow down in this age of acceleration, we can use our time to reimagine work, politics and community.

Pre-signed books will be available for purchase

Event Sponsors: Susan & Craig McCaw

More Spring Events

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Aoife O’Donovan 26 Roomful of Teeth 29 Murray Perahia, piano 30 Best of NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival: Kid Flix Mix

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Yo-Yo Ma – Edgar Meyer – Chris Thile An Evening with David Sedaris Elizabeth Gilbert in Conversation with Pico Iyer Brooklyn Rider with Kayhan Kalhor

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This fall, 1,500 elementary school students enjoyed a performance by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at The Granada Theatre, co-presented

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Arts & Lectures’ extensive education outreach programs serve more than 30,000 students and community members each year. We’re making a difference on-stage and off.

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With your help, A&L visiting artists and speakers will continue to impact young minds in the classroom while they are challenging and inspiring audiences from the stage.

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“Friedman wants to explain why the world is the way it is – why so many things seem to be spinning out of control… as a guide for perplexed Westerners, this book is very hard to beat.”

The New York Times

“[Friedman] has made himself a major interpreter of the confusing world we inhabit… He gets the big issues right.”

The Washington Post

An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Thu, Apr 20 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre $40 / $25 / $15 all students (with valid ID)

A Field Guide to the 21st Century: How to Live in an Age of Acceleration

Thomas L. Friedman