All Events
Cup of Culture - Meet the Filmmaker
City of Borders
MCC THEATER
In the heart of Jerusalem stands an unusual symbol of unity that defies generations of segregation, violence, and prejudice: a gay bar called Shushan. City of Borders goes inside this underground sanctuary where people of opposing nationalities, religions, and sexual orientations create an island of peace in a land divided by war.
Discussion with the director following the screening. Yun Suh, 66 min., English, 2009, USA.
DIVERSITY LECTURE
You Better Recognize: Visibility, Recognition, and Regulation Herman Gray
MCC THEATER
In this talk Herman Gray considers the continuing desire and push for greater media visibility and recognition of diverse groups, cultures, and histories against the back drop of the changing conditions and means of representation made possible by digital technologies, neoliberalism, and discourse of diversity and post racial cultural politics. Herman Gray is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has written widely about cultural politics, television, and jazz. His most recent book, co-edited with Macarena Gomez Barris is entitled Toward a Sociology of the Trace, a book about memory, trauma, and identity.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy; the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor; and the Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance.
Classical South Indian Meets Jazz with VidyA
MCC THEATER
VidyA is an adventurous new group that merges the virtuosity of Jazz with the melodic and rhythmic nuance of South Indian classical (Carnatic) music and elaborates Carnatic ragas infused with melodic richness. Led by critically-acclaimed saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan along with David Ewell (bass) and Sameer Gupta (Drums), VidyA has emerged with a soulful, penetrating sound that pushes the labels of 'fusion' or 'world music.' The group weaves in and out of the two genres while all the time merging them into one. '...Pioneering trans-cultural terrain.' ? San Francisco Chronicle.
Tickets $5 UCSB students/$15 general. Contact the A.S Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
Race Matters Series
Home(town) Security Majora Carter
MCC THEATER
Majora Carter made her mark on the South Bronx and the nation by connecting one of the most economically and environmentally challenged communities to a new brand of solutions strategy. As green-infrastructure has taken root in advocacy and corporate circles alike, Majora has continued to push the envelope that she helped to create. By re-imagining America through the lens of what she calls, 'Home(town) Security,' Majora Carter illuminates the value of smart environmental management on local economic development and all aspects of our civic and personal lives.
How we manage storm water, redesign food systems, adapt to climate changes, and reduce our public health & incarceration obligations can have profound effects on the well-being of communities. Majora is a living example of the potential for communities to change the world by changing themselves. She now consults clients around the world on how they can achieve their best performance in all areas and unleash the potential of the most valuable resources available: their people. Co-sponsored by the A.S. Environmental Affairs Board.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html
