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The MCC in Santa Barbara
An Evening of Spoken Word: Bex Kwan
Coffee Cat, 1201 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara
Bex Kwan is a queer/trans chinese-singaporean multimedia artist who works in words, food, installation, image, and movement. Their creative practice asks questions about family, faith, domestic labor, race, migration, and tenderness. Bex uses performance as an intervention on political and personal complicity, creating gentle moments where people direct their attention inward and consider the heaviness that they have been trying not to carry. Bex has been invited to present at theaters/galleries/universities in Singapore and the US, and is based out of Brooklyn, New York.
Cup of Culture
Meet the Patels
MCC Theater
'A lively and engaging universal story made with an unmistakable sense of fun. ” – Los Angeles Times
This laugh-out-loud real life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year-old Indian-American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams and his parents, began as a documentary and ended up a hilarious and heartwarming film that reveals how love is a family affair. (88 min, English, 2014)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7litSYXbpRs
Children of All Ages
West African Song & Dance with Live Drumming
Music Department’s Music Bowl
If you can talk, you can sing; if you can walk, you can dance! Children of all ages are invited to join Leida Tolentino and drummers for a lively experience of West African music and dance. We will learn children's songs and movements along with the language of the drums and other traditional instruments. Wear comfortable clothing, bring water, and expect to sweat and have a lot of fun!
Race Matters Series
Brown Skins, White Avatars: Racebending and Straightwashing in Digital Games
MCC Lounge
Given recent critiques of the lack of diversity in digital games, this presentation examines the many ways games are stereotypical and normative in regarding race, gender, and sexuality. How are we to unpack the ways characters of color are often rendered as either lighter-skinned protagonists or darker-skinned enemies? Or how might we understand how game design problematically constrains gender and sexuality? Edmond Chang is a visiting Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon.
