UCSB Arts & Lectures - Winter Calendar 2018

Winter 2018

Compañía Nacional de Danza Johan Inger’s Carmen Mar 6 & 7 / Granada Theatre

Dear Arts & Lectures’ Friends and Family, With winter’s shorter days and long chill evenings, there’s no better way to spend our free time than in the company of friends and strangers alike, enjoying beautiful performances and digging deep into thought-provoking ideas at Arts & Lectures events! We’ve packed the winter with dozens of reasons to join your neighbors and friends in theaters and concert halls, and we hope you’ll agree!

Trevor Noah (Jan 19), who keeps us laughing on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show while exploring the human condition like few other comedians, is just one of our winter blockbusters. Following soon is former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (Jan 25), who will reflect on her distinguished career to share insights into national security and global issues. More strategic thinking and brilliant analysis is expected when CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin (Jan 29) addresses Politics, Media and the Law in the Post-Obama Age. And you’ll be wowed by the antics and acrobatics of Cirque Éloize in Saloon (Feb 7), a reminder that A&L is also your “fun factor.”

If you have only one evening out this winter, make time for Carmen, a stunning contemporary dance work by master choreographer Johan Inger performed by Spain’s Compañía Nacional de Danza (Mar 6 & 7). It’s an unforgettable evening-length work – heir to the story ballet tradition but turning that tradition on its head. Not to be missed!

Wrapping up our winter lineup is guitarist Buddy Guy (Mar 16), “the greatest living Chicago bluesman” (Rolling Stone), truly a living legend.

Corporate Season Sponsor

Please join us often in the coming months. And thank you for your support!

Community Partners

With deepest appreciation,

Celesta M. Billeci Miller McCune Executive Director

& Lou Buglioli

cover photo: Jesús Vallinas; opposite page photos: 1, 3 & 5: Dean Zatkowsky ; 2 & 6: David Bazmore; 4,7 & 8: Kimberly Citro

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks with UCSB students at Campbell Hall following his public lecture.

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1. Music Director Zubin Mehta with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Event Sponsors Jill & Bill Shanbrom, Julianna Friedman, Cindy & Steve Lyons and A&L Council member Anne Towbes 2. Former Vice President Joe Biden with Event Sponsor and A&L Council member Marcy Carsey 3. Author J.D. Vance with A&L Ambassador Heather Sturgess and A&L Council member Tom Sturgess 4. Singer Lila Downs with A&L Ambassador Sherry & Jim Villanueva at Opening Night party 5. A&L Council Co-chair Kath Lavidge with J.D. Vance 6. Event Sponsors and A&L Council member Tim & Audrey Fisher with Joe Biden 7. Presidential historian Jon Meacham with Event Sponsors and A&L Council Member Natalie Orfalea & Lou Buglioli 8. A&L Council member Sara Miller McCune with cellist Jan Vogler and actor Bill Murray

Thematic Learning Initiative Transform your life. Transform your community. Arts & Lectures’ Thematic Learning Initiative extends the conversation from the stage into the community, inspiring lifelong learning opportunities that initiate change and empowerment.

Join A&L and other knowledge seekers like you who want to learn more, know more and do more to improve ourselves and the world around us.

2017-2018 Themes:

Creating a Meaningful Life

Our Changing World

Jan 11 Q&A with BJ Miller, M.D.: How Can

We Rethink Our Perspective on End of Life Care?

3 PM / Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, Parish Hall, 1535 Santa Barbara St* Related Event: BJ Miller in conversation with Pico Iyer, Jan 11 (p. 7)

Jan 25 History Book Club Discussion: American Heiress: The Wild Saga of

the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin

10:30 AM / Santa Barbara Central Library*

Related Event: Jeffrey Toobin public lecture, Jan 29 (p. 11)

Feb 13 Cameron Carpenter Meet-the-Artist

Visit www.Thematic-Learning.org for details

Related Event: Cameron Carpenter performs Feb 12 (p. 15)

Feb 13 Q&A with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: All the World’s

a Lab - Analyzing Data to Discover What Customers Want

3 PM / Carrillo Recreation Center Ballroom, 100 E Carrillo St*

Feb 13 Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Public Lecture: Everybody Lies: Big Data,

New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who You Really Are

7:30 PM / Campbell Hall (p. 16)

Feb 22 History Book Club Discussion: Lafayette in

the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

10:30 AM / Santa Barbara Central Library*

Related Event: Sarah Vowell & Tony Kushner in conversation, Feb 20 (p. 16)

Mar 5 Film: An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

4 PM / Santa Barbara Central Library* Apr 5 Exploring Treasures of Our Local Libraries and

Archives featuring Writer/Curator Maria Popova

4 PM / Santa Barbara Central Library*

Related Event: Maria Popova in conversation with Pico Iyer, Apr 5 (p. 27)

* Registration recommended. For registration links go to www.Thematic-Learning.org

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Pico Iyer with Krista Tippett, host of On Being (top), and Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad (bottom), connect with community members

Winter 2018 Thematic Learning Initiative Book Selection

Each quarter, we select a book written by an upcoming A&L speaker that expands upon one of the season’s themes, and provide free copies for the community.

“A deeply humanizing and empathetic book about poverty… Its influence on housing experts has been enormous.” Slate

FREE copies of Matthew Desmond’s Evicted will be available beginning Jan 8 at the A&L Ticket Office (UCSB bldg 402) and the Santa Barbara Central Library (40 E Anapamu St). Books available while supplies last. Tickets to Desmond’s Feb 22 public lecture at Campbell Hall available now (see p 17).

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

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*Select Family Fun series events, Speaking with Pico series events, National Geographic Live series events, and student/youth/child tickets are not eligible for Create Your Own series discount.

An Evening with

Chris Thile

Sun, Jan 7 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall $50 / $35 / $15 UCSB students

Mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist Chris Thile returns with a thrilling program of his arrangements of Bach sonatas and partitas, as well as his own compositions.

Thile solidified his place in Santa Barbara’s heart as one third of last season’s trio with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer. Host of A Prairie Home Companion and a member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, the multiple Grammy Award winner and MacArthur Fellow encompasses classical, rock, jazz and bluegrass to create a new, distinctly American musical aesthetic.

Event Sponsors: Lisa & Christopher Lloyd

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photo: Brantley Gutierrez

“The most remarkable mandolinist in the world.” Independent (U.K.)

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Palliative Care Physician

BJ Miller

In Conversation with Pico Iyer

Thu, Jan 11 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students

“BJ Miller is passionate in this belief: It’s time for all of us to rethink, redesign and reimagine everything we’ve been taught to think about death.” – Oprah Winfrey Dr. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative care specialist at UCSF Medical Center and former director of San Francisco’s groundbreaking Zen Hospice. A powerful voice for designing a better ending, Miller integrates art, spirituality and medicine in end-of-life care. Educated at Santa Barbara’s Cottage Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Miller is leading the way toward a focus on quality of life rather than merely managing pain.

Event Sponsors: Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing Presented in association with Cottage Health Corporate Sponsor: Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 4)

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Co-presented with the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life and the UCSB Department of Religious Studies

Reza Aslan God: A Human History Thu, Jan 18 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students

The visionary host and producer of the documentary series Believer and author of bestsellers including Zealot and No god But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam, Reza Azlan has captured attention with his fascinating exploration of the world’s religions. His new book, God: A Human History, traces how people across diverse times and places have humanized God (or gods). The UC Santa Barbara alumnus will examine the way we think about the divine.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

photo: Peter Konerko

“Aslan has become known for the elegant smoothness with which he toggles between the postures of spokesperson for his own faith and detached scholar of other traditions.” The New Yorker

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Santa Barbara Debut!

An Evening of Stand-up with

Trevor Noah

Fri, Jan 19 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre $150 Gold Circle (preferred seating) / $95 $50 / $25 UCSB students

Very limited availability

An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Trevor Noah was catapulted into the international spotlight when he was selected to fill Jon Stewart’s shoes as host of The Daily Show, and has become one of today’s favorite comics.

Raised in post-apartheid South Africa, Noah brings a unique perspective to his stories and hit comedy specials, including Afraid of the Dark, Lost in Translation and African American, and his award-winning memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. “A cultural chameleon who has learned to mine his surroundings as much for survival and human connection as for comedy” (Newsweek), Noah’s incisive humor slips from jokes to earnest insights for a moving, thought-provoking and hilarious experience.

photo: Paul Mobley

“His comedy is political, trenchant, delivered in an easy style that probes sensitive subject matter without being overtly confrontational.” Newsweek

Kids’ Showcase

Sun, Jan 21 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $10 / $5 children (12 & under) An eclectic and exciting program for all ages built on Mountainfilm’s mission to educate and inspire audiences about culture and the environment. A selection of short adventure films sourced from the festival will awe and amaze.

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66th Secretary of State

An Evening with

Condoleezza Rice

Thu, Jan 25 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre $150 Gold Circle (preferred seating) $85 / $50 / $25 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Rice as Secretary of State in the second Bush term emerged as the single most influential voice shaping foreign policy.�

The New York Times As secretary of state and national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice pioneered a policy of transformational diplomacy and heralded the formation of new global governments based on democratic principles. Her most recent book, Democracy: Stories from the Long Road (2017), offers a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy. Dr. Rice will share her unparalleled expertise on global affairs, national security and education.

Pre-signed books will be available for purchase

Event Sponsors: Ellen & Peter O. Johnson

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Back by Popular Demand

Pilobolus Maximus Beyond the Limits of Dance

Sun, Jan 28 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre $70 / $55 / $40 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“A peek or two into the crannies of the heart and lots of humor, both awful and sublime.”

The New York Times “It’s as if we’re being given a fleeting glimpse into the inner workings of the universe.”

The New York Times

For 45 years, Pilobolus has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies. They bring this tradition to audiences across the globe through collaborations with influencers, thinkers and creators in the world. Pilobolus Maximus takes the most diverse and impactful elements of Pilobolus Dance Theater – some old and some brand new – and assembles them in a series of continually changing worlds. From the irreverence of a wild circus to the physical filigree of their most classical work, Maximus is not only the best of Pilobolus but the most revealing of how diverse and surprising Pilobolus’ work can be.

Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz Barbara Stupay

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Community Dance Class with Pilobolus Dance Theater

Sat, Jan 27 / Noon-2 PM / Santa Barbara Dance Arts 531 E Cota St, Santa Barbara Registration: (805) 966-5299. Observers welcome.

Co-presented with Santa Barbara Dance Arts

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Jeffrey Toobin

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Politics, Media and the Law in the Post-Obama Age Mon, Jan 29 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students “Toobin uses his knowledge of the justice system and his examination of the evidence to pierce the veil of spectacle.” The New York Times Book Review A senior analyst for CNN, staff writer for The New Yorker and bestselling author, Jeffrey Toobin has provided analysis on some of the most provocative and important events of our time, including the trials of O.J. Simpson and Patty Hearst. Toobin has also examined the inner workings of the Supreme Court and its fraught relationship with the American Presidency. An unbiased, accessible expert on all matters of American law, Toobin provides invaluable context to today’s events within our judicial, political and media landscapes.

Books will be available for purchase and signing With support from the Harold & Hester Schoen Arts & Lectures Endowment

Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 4)

Back by Popular Demand

José González with special guest Bedouine Wed, Jan 31 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $18 UCSB students

photo: Chad Kamenshine

“He cultivates an atmosphere of deep and unapologetic reflection.” NPR A soulful songwriter with a deep, quiet power, José González’s probing lyrics, intricate guitar melodies and “beautiful yet haunting voice” (Spin.com) converge in his unforgettable mix of indie pop and intimate acoustics. Born in Sweden to Argentinian parents, González seamlessly integrates the sounds of his Latin American roots with sublime introspective folk punctuated by rock panache. “A spellbinding talent,” (The Telegraph, U.K.), Gonzalez returns by popular demand with special guest Bedouine, whose ’60s folk meets ’70s country-funk with a glimmer of bossa nova cool.

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Only West Coast Appearance!

Compagnie Accrorap/Kader Attou Kader Attou, Artistic Director The Roots

“An impressive fusion of hip-hop’s pyrotechnics with contemporary dance elements.”

The New York Times

Tue, Feb 6 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz Barbara Stupay

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Community Dance Class with Compagnie Accrorap/Kader Attou Mon, Feb 5 / 5:30-7:30 PM The Dance Network 4141 State Street, Suite A4, Santa Barbara Registration: (805) 225-6078.

Observers welcome.

Co-presented with The Dance Network

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photos: João Garcia

French-born Algerian choreographer Kader Attou is one of the foremost representatives of French hip-hop dance. Now decades into a celebrated career, the director of Centre Chorégraphique National de La Rochelle has sculpted an aesthetic that blends street moves, Indian kathak and contemporary dance.

Making his West Coast debut with his company Accrorap, Attou brings an introspective look at his journey so far with The Roots, featuring 11 exceptional dancers in a transformative evening-length performance that represents the heart of hip hop.

Wed, Feb 7 / 7 PM (note special time) / Granada Theatre $65 / $50 / $40 / $19 all students (with valid ID) A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

photos: Jin Mneymneh and Bernd Wackerbauer

“There’s the circus, and then there’s Cirque Éloize.”

The New York Post

Be transported to a dusty gathering place with Saloon, Cirque Éloize’s music-packed theatrical thrill ride inspired by the Wild West. A driving force in the circus art reinvention movement, the Montreal-based circus troupe has been creating award-winning cirque shows for nearly 25 years and ranks among the world’s leading contemporary circuses. In this acrobatic adventure, 11 top-level cast members will perform phenomenal physical feats set to live music featuring songs from Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline. Swing open the doors and rustle up some fun for the entire family.

Event Sponsors: Kay McMillan Susan McMillan & Tom Kenny Mandy & Daniel Hochman Corporate Sponsor:

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Mike Birbiglia The New One Fri, Feb 9 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $42 / $30 / $20 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“The tales Birbiglia tells are so personal and honest and relatable – he’s clearly just as amused and confused by life as the rest of us – that to see him perform almost feels like you’re in his living room.” Paste Magazine From the comedy mastermind behind My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and Thank God for Jokes comes The New One, a hilarious blend of storytelling and stand-up in Mike Birbiglia’s honest, self-deprecating style. His 2016 film Don’t Think Twice was nominated for Best Comedy Feature Film by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, and his film Sleepwalk with Me won the 2012 Audience Award at Sundance. In The New One, he approaches his comedy with the same heart, humor and hilarity we’ve come to expect.

Santa Barbara Debut

Calidore String Quartet Sun, Feb 11 / 3 PM (note special time) / Hahn Hall $35 / $9 UCSB students Includes pre-show party A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“In a scene crowded with excellent young ensembles, the Calidore String Quartet can assert itself with pride.” The New York Times The sought-after chamber ensemble Calidore String Quartet is hailed as “remarkable for the precision of their expression, their understated but relentless intensity” (Los Angeles Times) and heralded as “the epitome of confidence and finesse” (Gramophone).

Demonstrating skill and maturity beyond the musicians’ years, the Calidore received the 2017 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award.

Up Close & Musical Series sponsored in part by Dr. Bob Weinman Program Mendelssohn:

String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, op. 44, no. 1 Mon, Feb 12 / Noon-2 PM / UCSB Geiringer Hall Observers welcome.

Co-presented with the UCSB Department of Music

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Janáček:

String Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”) Beethoven:

String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, op. 59, no. 3

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photo: Sophie Zhai

Master Class with Calidore String Quartet and UCSB students

Back by Popular Demand

Cameron Carpenter

featuring the International Touring Organ Mon, Feb 12 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre $45 / $35 / $19 all students (with valid ID) A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Carpenter means to drag the organ, along with those who would resist changing it, into the 21st century.”

The Wall Street Journal “Carpenter’s touring organ gives him a portable, pitchstable instrument with almost unlimited room for growth – and with a whoosh and a sis-boom-bah, he unleashed some of its outthere timbral capabilities.”

Los Angeles Times A superstar organist with tremendous technical prowess and a flamboyant persona to match, Cameron Carpenter has a rare gift for connecting with his audience. Just ask anyone who witnessed his thrilling Santa Barbara debut in 2016, when he performed an explosive program on his International Touring Organ.

Returning with his monumental self-designed electric instrument, the Juilliard-trained genius combines his “ambition, visual flair, technological savvy, inclusive tastes and bold, boundary-breaking musicianship” (The Wall Street Journal) into a spectacle that leaves the audience as bedazzled as his Swarovski-studded shoes.

Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 4)

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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who You Really Are Tue, Feb 13 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall / FREE “Time and again my preconceptions about my country and my species were turned upside-down... Endlessly fascinating.” – Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature In his groundbreaking work, Harvard-trained economist, former Google data scientist and New York Times writer Seth Stephens-Davidowitz argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong.

The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys – and themselves. For his book Everybody Lies, Stephens-Davidowitz analyzed the traces of information that billions of people leave on Google, social media, dating and even pornography sites, using the digital goldmine to learn what people really think, what they really want and what they really do. Whether his findings make you laugh, shock you or disturb you, they will make you think.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Event Sponsors: Susan & Craig McCaw Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 4)

Tony Kushner and Sarah Vowell In Conversation The Lincoln Legacy: The Man and His Presidency Tue, Feb 20 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students “Among Abraham Lincoln’s many talents was his skill at bringing disparate parties together for the good of all. So it’s him we have to thank for the odd but inspired pairing of Tony Kushner and Sarah Vowell.” Cleveland Plain Dealer From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner and lauded author Sarah Vowell comes a powerful examination of one of American history’s most singular figures: Abraham Lincoln. Best known for his play Angels in America, “the defining work of American art of the past 25 years” (Slate), Kushner also wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic. A selfdescribed “narrative nonfiction wise guy,” Vowell has written seven books about American history and culture, including the acclaimed Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. In this pairing born out of a shared interest in Lincoln’s legacy, two celebrated wordsmiths will discuss one of our nation’s greatest presidents.

Books by both authors will be available for purchase and signing

Event Sponsors: Eva & Yoel Haller Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 4)

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Çudamani Gamelan and Dance of Bali Wed, Feb 21 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $18 UCSB students Hailed as Bali’s most forward-thinking music and dance ensemble, Çudamani is known for their exceptional creativity and superb artistry. Comprised of Bali’s most respected musicians and dancers, the ensemble performs as a spiritual offering for temples and the village communities in their native Indonesia, maintaining the rich treasures of Balinese cultural heritage.

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the 24-member ensemble weaves intricate layers of sound, from deep great bronze gongs to the delicate sounds of the flute. With traditional Balinese dress, instruments and dance, their breathtaking, profoundly moving performances encompass both new and classical works.

2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Nonfiction

Matthew Desmond Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Thu, Feb 22 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students

“A deeply humanizing and empathetic book about poverty… It’s influence on housing experts has been enormous.” Slate MacArthur Fellow and Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond forever changed the way we look at poverty in America with his massively influential book Evicted. Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the book gives pathos to the idea that eviction is a cause, rather than merely a symptom, of poverty. Desmond also co-founded Just Shelter, a database of community organizations working to preserve affordable housing, prevent eviction and reduce family homelessness.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Thematic Learning Initiative Winter Book Selection A limited quantity of Evicted will be given away (see page 5).

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Danish String Quartet Fri, Feb 23 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall $40 / $25 / $15 all students (with valid ID)

“These Nordic lads possess warmth, wit, a beautiful tone and technical prowess second to none.” NPR

The Danish String Quartet find themselves at the core of today’s classical music world, beloved by critics and audiences across the globe who celebrate their “technically adroit and vibrant playing” (The New York Times) as much as the infectious joy they bring to music-making. Comprised of fierce friends who have been playing together since childhood, these darlings of A&L’s Chamber Arts series will once again dazzle Santa Barbara with the same irresistible energy that thrills audiences worldwide.

Event Sponsor: Anonymous

Program Haydn: String Quartet No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 1, no. 1 (“La Chasse”) Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat Major, K. 458 (“Hunt Quartet”) Widmann: Jagdquartett Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, op. 67

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Master Class with Danish String Quartet and UCSB students Thu, Feb 22 / 2-4 PM / UCSB Geiringer Hall Observers welcome.

Co-presented with the UCSB Department of Music

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Terry Virts View From Above: An Astronaut Photographs the World Mon, Feb 26 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $25 / $15 UCSB students and youth (18 & under) Sometimes, a little distance is all you need to see things in a brand new way. For astronaut Terry Virts, his newfound perspective was from the International Space Station (ISS), where he installed the Cupola observation module, granting an unprecedented 360-degree view from the station. When he became the commander of the ISS, he took more photographs than any astronaut before him. Join Virts as he shares the stunning photos and videos from his quest to capture that perfect shade of blue of a sunrise viewed from outer space.

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Event Sponsor:

National Geographic Live Presenting Sponsor:

National Geographic Live series sponsored in part by Sheila & Michael Bonsignore FILM Two Nights! Two Programs!

27 Years in Santa Barbara

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

photo: John Price (John Shiu, Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park)

photos: Terry Virts (UK and Ireland from space), NASA/Sandra Joseph and Kevin O'Connell (Terry Virts)

NASA Astronaut

Tue, Feb 27 & Wed, Feb 28 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 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, Mountain House, Oboz Footwear, Buff, YETI Coolers and Rab with support from Petzl, Kicking Horse Coffee, World Expeditions, The Lake Louise Ski Resort & Summer Gondola, Mammut, and Banff and Lake Louise Tourism

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Spain’s National Dance Company Brings its Spectacular One of Only Three U.S. Dates!

Santa Barbara Premiere

Compañía Nacional de Danza José Carlos Martínez, Artistic Director Tue, Mar 6 & Wed, Mar 7 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $65 / $50 / $35 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Community Dance Class with Compañía Nacional de Danza Mon, Mar 5 / 5:30-7:30 PM Gustafson Dance, 2285 Las Positas Rd, Santa Barbara Registration: (805) 563-3262.

Observers welcome.

Co-presented with Gustafson Dance

Carmen Johan Inger’s

Adaptation of Carmen to Santa Barbara for Two Nights!

“Spain’s leading dance company [is a superb force.]… Dancers possess exquisite musical reflexes, their bodies display that mix of extravagant talent and hardworking modesty.” The Guardian (U.K.) “Among the top contemporary ballet companies in the world.”

Santa Barbara Independent Founded in 1979, Madrid’s Compañía Nacional de Danza returns to Santa Barbara with a work that is a statement of its compelling artistic direction. Johan Inger’s Carmen is a visionary retelling of mythic and universal elements of passion and violence. Debuting in 2015, and winning the coveted Benois de la Danse prize for choreography in 2016, this contemporary Carmen tells the tale through the eyes of a child, with its heroine a courageous and modern woman, the mountains of Ronda reimagined as poor suburbs, the military now senior executives and the bullfighter recast as a movie star. (mature content)

Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz Barbara Stupay

photos: Jesús Vallinas

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Squirrel Nut Zippers Thu, Mar 1 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $38 / $25 / $15 UCSB students

Combine high-energy showmanship with elements of gypsy jazz, honky-tonk blues and witty swing overtones, and you’ll have Squirrel Nut Zippers. In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hot, the band’s top-charting fastand-loose ode to hot jazz, SNZ creator Jimbo Mathus and founding drummer Chris Phillips have enlisted leading musicians from New Orleans to serve up the band’s unique musical flavor, which owes its roots to that city. “Hot is exuberant, gin house swing without apologies and it rocks without pretense,” raves Pitchfork.com. Swing back to the 1920s and ’30s and salute late-night speakeasy jazz with one of the most vivacious alternative bands of their time.

Multimedia Theater

Manual Cinema The Magic City Sun, Mar 4 / 3 PM / Campbell Hall $20 / $14 children (12 & under) “Manual Cinema’s Magic City lets everyone in.” The Chicago Tribune Loosely adapted from Edith Nesbit’s 1910 fantasy novel, The Magic City tells the story of nine year-old Philomena, whose great love is building miniature structures out of books, toys and found objects. Left alone in a vast mansion belonging to her sister’s fiancé, Philomena secludes herself in the attic where she builds a miniature city, later awaking to discover that the city has come alive. Projections, shadow puppets, live actors, miniature toy theater and live musical accompaniment bring this modern fantasy to life with whimsy, wit and a world of imagination.

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“It’s not easy to categorize the music of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, except that it’s hot.” NPR

Wu Man and the Huayin Shadow Puppet Band Thu, Mar 8 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall $38 / $25 / $15 UCSB students “Watching the musicians let fly on lutes, fiddles and gongs, as the singers roared through lively ballads recounting folk tales and myths, you were swept up by their energy and charisma.”

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photo: Huntz Yen / Wind Music (Wu Man)

Wu Man is the world’s premier master of the pipa, a “one-woman force of nature” (Gramophone). A principal member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, her adventurous spirit and virtuosity leads to collaborations across artistic disciplines. In an evening of traditional Chinese music and other selections with shadow puppetry, the brilliant Huayin Shadow Puppet Band joins Wu Man to perform lively stories of life in rural China, with shadow puppets, lutes, fiddles, wooden clappers and gongs.

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Robert Sapolsky Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Tue, Mar 13 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students “One of the best scientistwriters of our time, able to deal with the weightiest topics both authoritatively and wittily, with so light a touch they become accessible to all.” – Oliver Sacks Robert Sapolsky is one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, known for studying animals to find what they can tell us about human behaviors, dubbed the “world’s funniest neuroscientist” (Salon.com) and described as what you might get “if you crossed Jane Goodall with a borscht belt comedian” (The New York Times). A MacArthur Fellow and a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, Sapolsky’s latest book, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, examines human behavior in search of why do we do the things we do.

Books will be available for purchase and signing One of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Buddy Guy

Fri, Mar 16 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre $65 / $45 / $30 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

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“He was for me what Elvis was probably like for other people.” – Eric Clapton

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Whether blues guitar legend Buddy Guy is playing a lick behind his back, picking strings with his teeth, “singing with gentle menace or bending new curves into a blue note” (The New York Times), his electrifying live performances showcase his incendiary style that altered the direction of the instrument. A pioneer of electric blues, Guy’s name is as synonymous with the great generation of musicians he played with (Muddy Waters; Howlin’ Wolf) as with the rock titans he influenced (Jimi Hendrix; Eric Clapton). An American treasure with a career spanning six decades, his recent work is some of his richest music yet, confirming that “Guy is the greatest living Chicago bluesman, and one of the most influential guitar players ever” (Rolling Stone).

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Santa Barbara Recital Debut

Julia Bullock, soprano John Arida, piano

Tue, Apr 3 / 7 PM (note special time) / Hahn Hall $35 / $9 UCSB students Includes pre-show party A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price

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“Bullock’s radiant soprano shines brightly and unfailingly… She communicates intense, authentic feeling, as if she were singing right from her soul.” Opera News Julia Bullock is “a beguiling young soprano” (The New York Times) who has established an enviable career showcasing her “luminous full voice, round and shining and shifting and elusive as a ball of mercury” (The Washington Post). With her versatile artistry and commanding stage presence, she has been praised as “a tour de force” (San Francisco Chronicle), and her 2016 Ojai Music Festival debut produced “something with the heart... of a masterpiece” (The New York Times). Making her Santa Barbara recital debut, this captivating artist proves she is equally at home with opera and concert repertoire in a program featuring Schubert, Barber and contemporary blues.

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

Filmmaker & Photographer

Peter McBride and Writer Kevin Fedarko Between River and Rim: Hiking the Grand Canyon Wed, Apr 4 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $25 / $15 UCSB students and youth (18 & under) In an effort to share the Grand Canyon’s uncharted glory and shed light on the myriad threats it faces, writer Kevin Fedarko and photographer/filmmaker Pete McBride set off to transect the length of the canyon… on foot.

photo: Peter McBride

Tour Sponsor: National Geographic Live Presenting Sponsor:

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

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Today’s most sought-after diva in a sumptuous program of bel canto and Handel’s “Lascia ch’io pianga” – named one of NPR’s Top 100 Songs of 2016!

Only West Coast Appearance Santa Barbara Recital Debut

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano

Craig Terry, piano Sun, Apr 15 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre $125 Gold Circle (preferred seating) $75 / $55 / $40 / $19 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

Grammy winner: 2016 Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

“The perfect 21st-century diva – an effortless combination of glamour, charisma, intelligence, grace and remarkable talent.” The New York Times

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato entrances audiences across the globe with “a warmth in [her] voice that can intensify into fire” (The New Yorker). With her latest and most personal album, In War and Peace, DiDonato offers powerful interpretations of Baroque arias. Now, making her Santa Barbara recital debut, she will perform her exquisite rendition of Handel’s “Lascia ch’io pianga” along with her Rossini bel canto and other gems.

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“A great, brave and inspiring artist... Those who know her repertoire are in awe of her gifts, and those who know nothing of it are instantly engaged. Joyce sings and the world is suddenly brighter.” Gramophone

Writer/Curator Behind Brain Pickings

Maria Popova

In Conversation with Pico Iyer Thu, Apr 5 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall $35 / $20 / $10 UCSB students

“A one-woman curation machine, dedicated to surfacing content, old and new, that makes her readers smarter.”

Forbes, 30 under 30 A self-described “reader, writer, interestingness hunter-gatherer and curious mind at large,” Maria Popova is the creative mind behind Brain Pickings, an immensely popular online compendium of treasures spanning art, science, poetry, design, philosophy, history, anthropology and more. With more than one million monthly readers and a six-figure Twitter following, the site explores how different disciplines illuminate one another to glean some insight into that grand question of how to live, and how to live well. Popova has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired (U.K.) and Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab and is a MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow.

Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event (see page 4)

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Grammy-winning band La Santa Cecilia performs for more than 1,400 elementary school children at The Granada Theatre as part of A&L’s Arts Adventure bus-in program

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Anthony Doerr with Pico Iyer Mark Morris Dance Group, Pepperland The Weepies Audra McDonald Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

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