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The UCSB MultiCultural Center in Santa Barbara
An Evening of Spoken Word with Ryan Yamamoto
Muddy Waters Café- 508 E. Haley St., Santa Barbara
The MCC is excited to feature spoken word artist, Ryan Yamamoto in our quarterly MCC in Santa Barbara poetry series. Ryan draws on daily observations and his mixed-race heritage to weave together poems that are empowering and heartfelt. The young poet has opened for a number of internationally acclaimed artists such as Rudy Francisco, Mayda Del Valle, and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and has performed at the Mixed Roots & Literacy Festival, Lab Art LA, and SoHo.
Cup of Culture
Narco Cultura With Introduction by Steven Osuna
MCC Theater
Narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws, glorified by musicians who praise their new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by an addiction to money, drugs, and violence. This is an explosive look at the drug cartels’ pop culture influence on both sides of the border as experienced by an LA narcocorrido singer dreaming of stardom and a Juarez crime scene investigator on the front line of Mexico’s Drug War. UCSB PhD candidate, Steven Osuna, will share his research on this new subculture and will introduce the film. Shaul Schwarz, 102 min., English & Spanish with English subtitles, 2013, USA/Mexico.
Art Exhibit
Between the Stripes Doris Bittar
Conversation with the Artist
Interdisciplinary artist Doris Bittar's paintings, photos, and interactive installations explore the intersection between the decorative arts and history. Marrying seemingly oppositional icons, the paintings probe the concepts of loyalty, identity, nationalism, and power. The installation addresses multiculturalism and heritage, which are continually redefined within the discourse of social anxieties. Bittar has shown in several exhibits in Europe, the Middle East and the United States, and her art is in several public collections. Bittar graduated from the University of California San Diego with a Masters of Fine Arts and participated at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. She is a curator, writer, and teaches at California State University, San Marcos.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and EOP-Middle Eastern Resource Center.
Discovery Days
MCC Annual Kickoff!
MCC COURTYARD
Join the MultiCultural Center for our Annual Kickoff party! Voted Austin’s best world music band for the past six years, Atash (“fire” in Farsi), combines master musicians from around the globe to create a powerful, worldly original sound that inspires people of all ages and from all walks of life to dance and commune in a celebration of life!
