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Cup of Culture
Lost Angeles: Skid Row Is My Home
MCC Theater
The tropic spell of the Balinese photographic archive of Walter Spies and Colin McPhee (European artists) from the 1930s brings out a queer story that is imbricated in the visual representation of power relations between colonized and colonizer. Lim is interested in the kinds of questions that may be raised, in the spirit of Malek Alloula’s The Colonial Harem, around this set of photographs, and how they may relate to the work of Asian/American artists working on queer sexuality, visual culture and performance. Eng-Beng Lim is Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Asian American Studies.
An Evening of Balkan Music with the Varimezov Family Band
MCC Theater
Tzvetanka and Ivan Varimezovi’s musical journey began in 1980. Their love and passion for Bulgarian traditional folk music is shared by their daughters, Radka and Tanya. The four have been performing together in the United States and Bulgaria for the past twelve years using an array of instruments including the bagpipe, accordion, doumbek, and tupan. Join us for an evening of exciting music and dance as the family shares traditional Balkan songs, melodies, and rhythms. Tickets $5 UCSB students and children under 12/$15 general. Contact the A.S. Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
Co-Sponsored by the UCSB After Dark Funding Program.
Campus security checkpoints will be at every entrypoint into campus due to Halloween weekend, but parking in lots 3 and 8 are enabled for concerts for concert attendees. Please let security know you are on campus for this musical performance.
Cup of Culture
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
MCC Theater
Founded in 2011 after Vladimir Putin’s third term as Russian president, feminist art collective Pussy Riot protested Putin’s union of church and state. This film reveals the real people behind the balaclavas highlighting the forces that transformed these women from playful political activists to modern-day icons; exposing the state of Russian justice in the modern era. Official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and recipient of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award. Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, 88 min., English and Russian with English Subtitles, 2013, Russia/UK. Co-sponsored by the Department of Feminist Studies; the Department of Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies; and the Education Abroad Program.
Film
OUTrageous! Opening Night SB Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival
MCC Theater
The MCC is excited to present the first screening of the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival. The film shorts presented will feature the latest and greatest films by and for queer communities throughout the United States.
