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Welcome Week/Discovery Days
La Misa Negra
San Miguel Stage
La Misa Negra is a 9-piece band from Oakland, California that plays a unique blend of 1950's and 60's style cumbia and high energy Afro-Colombian dance music. Powered by horn and accordion-driven riffs, a fierce rhythm section, and a vintage Colombian sound, La Misa Negra delivers an electrifying performance that explodes with infectious dance grooves and punk rock energy.
Listen to their music: Misa de Medianoche
Resilient Love in a Time of Hate
AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD WITH SUNNI PATTERSON
St. George Family Youth Center (889 Camino del Sur, Isla Vista)
A New Orleans native, Sunni Patterson is a compelling dynamic, and internationally-known Def Poetry artist and activist who creates music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. She uses her gift to reach, teach, and heal.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/779401045535399/
Resilient Love in a Time of Hate
RESILIENT LOVE IN A TIME OF HATE: A DISCUSSION
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Please join poet and educator, Sunni Patterson, and Department Chair of Religious Studies at Connecticut College, David Kyuman Kim, in conversation with Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at UCSB, George Lipsitz, for an evening of Resilient Love. Help us kick-off the academic year in the spirit of strength and movement, in contrast to the current climate of hate.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1159297037474004/
Cup of Culture
DOPE
MCC Theater
'“Dope” traces the rise—and steeper rise—of a geeky high-school senior who learns how to work the system.' –Wall Street Journal
A critical hit and audience favorite out of the Sundance Film Festival. In DOPE, Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. (English, 2015, 121 min)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L41xwM8tIRQ
