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Cup of Culture
Walk on Water
MCC THEATER
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country during which Axel challenges Eyal's values. Eytan Fox, 103 min., English, Hebrew, and German, 2004, Israel. Co-sponsored by the Israeli Palestinian Film Festival.
I Am Nothing Like My Mother
Christine Corpuz
MCC THEATER
This one-woman show explores the contradictions we face each day and the means by which we choose to accept or deny, and laugh or cry, through their existence. Written and performed by UCSB alumna Christine Corpuz, MOTHER originally debuted at New York University's Graduate Acting Freeplay Festival in 2007. It was later produced by New York City's Nuyorican Poet's Café in 2008, being the first Asian-American one-person show by the company, and earning Corpuz an Audelco/Vivian Robinson Award nomination in Best Solo Performance.
An Evening of Gypsy Music with the Fishtank Ensemble
MCC THEATER
The LA Weekly calls them 'cross pollinated gypsy music….one of the most thrilling young acts on the planet.' Formed in 2005 and playing everywhere from the hippest LA clubs to festivals, and even on the street, the band includes two explosive violins, the best slap bass player in the world, musical saw, flamenco and gypsy jazz guitar, trombone, opera, jazz and gypsy vocals, accordion and one little banjolele. Tickets $5 students / $15 general. Contact the A.S. Ticket Office at 805-893-2064.
Race Matters Series
Racism without Racists: Contemporary Racial Discrimination in the Age of Obama's 'Post-Racial' America Phil Goff
MCC LOUNGE
If the United States has made such great strides in reducing racial prejudice, then how does one explain persistent racial disparities? Common social science wisdom explains this disconnect by insisting that racial prejudice has merely 'gone underground,' that prejudice is still responsible for inequality but is now more subtly expressed. However, given the historically tenuous link between attitudes and behaviors more generally, is it possible that racial discrimination may exist absent racial hostility? Could there be racism without racists? Phil Goff, professor of Social Psychology at UCLA, suggests that there can be, and that developing a language to describe it may be essential to combating it.
