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Create Politically Conscious Entertainment! with CAMPUSBUILLD ILL-Literacy
MCC LOUNGE
CampusBuiLLd is a unique method of addressing political issues that are important to college students while honoring the integrity of entertainment. Engage in this workshop that specifically addresses the different aspects of organizing creatively onstage, on campus, and in the professional world.Co-sponsored by the Middle Eastern Resource Center – Educational Opportunity Program.
USBUiLLD ILL-Literacy
MCC THEATER
Written during the revolution in Egypt and fusing elements of hip-hop, electronic music, and experimental theater, USBUiLLD addresses bubbling societal factors that contributed to the various uprisings we've seen globally. Touching on economic crisis, police brutality, and racism, the show is an interpretation of the way that issues are often fed to us – short and passing, convoluting, and sometimes only surface level. This performance is a narrative piece that appeals to fantasy as a means of unpacking some of the critical issues for communities of color locally and globally. It follows a growing conflict over imagination and who controls it. Co-sponsored by the Middle Eastern Resource Center – Educational Opportunity Program.
An Evening of Balenese Music and Dance Gamelan Sekar Jaya
MCC THEATER
Gamelan Sekar Jaya's delicate and intricate angklung ensemble, its playfully lighthearted tingklik group, and its dynamic dance ensemble come to Santa Barbara with a rich evening of Balinese music and dance. Gamelan Sekar Jaya is the only foreign group to ever receive the Dharma Kusuma, Bali's highest award for artistic achievement. Tickets $5 UCSB students/$15 general. Contact the A.S Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
Cup of Culture
Another Side of Peace
MCC THEATER
This film follows Roni Hirshenzon, a 60-year-old Israeli man who has lost both of his sons to terrorism and his efforts to reach reconciliation and to come to terms with their deaths. He works with his Palestinian partners to connect with other bereaved families in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Their message is simple: No More Death. Ellen Frick, 60 min., Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles, 2004, USA.
