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Cup of Culture
Piku
MCC Theater
Piku juggles the demands of her life as a successful architect and caretaker of her 70-year old hypochondriac father. Getting a life of her own just doesn't seem possible—and not for the lack of trying. Piku is a quirky comedy about a daughter and father dealing with each other's conflicting world views while recognizing that they are each other's sole emotional support. There will be a performance by Andaaz Bollywood Fusion prior to the screening. (135 min, Hindi w/ English subtitles, 2016)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGpuVWrhIzE
Diversity Lecture
Plantation Politics in STEM
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Online - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
In this talk, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein will consider the history of STEM and current frameworks around diversity and inclusion in context of the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States and beyond. They will point out the ways in which the past lives on in our present institutional structures and identify features that might characterize an Afrofuturist STEM.
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. Originally from East L.A., Dr. Prescod-Weinstein is a graduate of Harvard College, University of California – Santa Cruz, and the University of Waterloo. One of under 100 Black American women to earn a PhD from a department of physics, she is a theoretical physicist with expertise in particle physics, cosmology, and astrophysics, with an emphasis on dark matter. In addition, Dr. Prescod-Weinstein is a theorist of Black feminist science, technology, and society studies, and a monthly columnist for New Scientist. Her research and advocacy for marginalized people in physics and astronomy have won multiple awards, and her first book, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, is now available from Bold Type Books.
REGISTRATION AT UCSB SHORELINE IS REQUIRED.
Spoken Word
Poetry set with Jade Phoenix Martinez
Jade Phoenix Martinez
Online
Join the MCC in an evening of poetry performed by Jade Phoenix. Jade Phoenix is a fierce story and truth teller, a vulnerable yet dynamic performance poet and actress, an informative and engaging cultural producer of film and media, that uses her platform and art to shift and change the conversations and dialogue, specifically for trans women/femme and gender non conforming people of color in the arts, academia, and film.
Cup of Culture
POSTPONED - Princess Mononoke
TBD
EVENT POSTPONED – UCSB will begin Winter quarter on January 3 with two weeks of remote instruction. In-person instruction will resume on January 18, subject to reassessment of the situation early in Winter quarter. Check back for updates on status and MCC events.
A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, Princess Mononoke is a true epic by Japan's master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a deadly curse. To find the cure that will save his life, he journeys deep into sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit's realm where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolves. It's not long before Ashitaka is caught in the middle of a battle between iron-ore prospecting humans and the forest dwellers. He must summon the spirit-powers and all his courage to stop man and nature from destroying each other.
