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Everything Everywhere All At Once
MCC Theater
Grappling with the onset of middle age, a Chinese immigrant discovers that she can traverse across time and space. Teaming up with her alternate lives, the unlikely allies realize that they alone possess the power to protect the world from calamity, plunging them into the midst of an outlandish quest. (2022).
Starring: Michelle Yeoh Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan
Runtime: 140 minutes
Open Mic
MC David Rojas and DJ Dan Le
MCC Lounge
The MCC hosts a quarterly open mic for all to artistically express themselves using any creative outlet including spoken word, poetry, music, and dance. All are welcome to attend and participate!
David Rojas is a professional musician and director of music programs. He oversees the Turner Foundation’s Music & Imagination program (TFMI), a Santa Barbara based nonprofit that provides a free out-of-school resource for young people. Mr. Rojas also plays professionally as a guitarist and lead vocalist for one of Santa Barbara’s top blues bands, Rent Party Blues.
Dan Le (known as yunglay) is an Isla Vista based DJ and co-founder of Sound Society, a music production club at UCSB. He promotes local artists and provides opportunities to showcase talent through his organization. His love for electronic music translates into his energetic mixing, specializing in bass house and trap music.
Cup of Culture
Pan’s Labyrinth
MCC Theater
In this fairy tale, a small family in Spain moves into an old house in 1943 after the rise of Fascism. Their eldest daughter, at age 12, falls in love with a fawn that lives in the old ruined labyrinth behind their decrepit home. (2006).
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Runtime: 112 minutes
Language: Spanish, English subtitles
Dia de la Monarca
Orfalea Family Children's Center
Please join the UC Santa Barbara’s Early Childhood Care and Education Services and the MultiCultural Center in welcoming the Monarchs back to their overwintering habitat. A family-oriented day of fun and learning is planned with hands-on activities, games, presentations, and performances, all connected to the fascinating and inspiring world of the monarch butterfly!
Monarch butterflies migrate to Goleta each November through February. This festival – which also coincides with World Children’s Day – invites you to celebrate the beautiful monarch butterfly with fun activities, music, art, dance and food. The monarch butterfly remains an important cultural symbol for many indigenous groups and within the national culture of Mexico. The monarch has become a metaphor for transformation and hope.
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR VISITORS:
- Those who do not feel well, or have tested positive for COVID within the week prior to the event, are asked to stay home.
- Kids (and adults) who wish to wear butterfly wings/costumes are encouraged to do so!
- Parking is limited: car-pooling is encouraged.
- NO pets, please!
