Events By Quarter
Cup of Culture
Labor Women
MCC Theater
From director Renee Tajima-Peña, this portrait of three immigrant daughters reveals the new generation that is transforming the American labor movement. Quynh Nguyen is a trilingual organizer who moves easily between Vietnamese, Spanish, and English as she mobilizes meatpackers in their demands for a union contract. Sri Lankan American Karla Zombro confronts the challenge of being a lead organizer as well as openly gay within the “Respect at LAX Living Wage” campaign for airport workers fighting for a contract. Jun Chong is a Korean American activist with a labor-community coalition in South Central Los Angeles, representing the most marginalized of workers – welfare-to-work recipients.
These dynamic Asian American women are not the submissive lotus blossoms of the past nor the young “model minorities” of today. They are passionate advocates for social change, and theirs is the story of the American labor movement as it progresses in the 21st century. Runtime 35 minutes
Open Mic
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!
DJ Darla Bea, a UCSB Alumni and local Santa Barbaran has become the go-to name in events around town. If you’ve been out and about over the last fifteen years, you probably danced to a DJ Darla Bea mix at least once at a corporate party, non-profit fundraiser, wedding, parade or community party.
She hosts the two-hour KCSB-FM 91.9 campus radio show “Rock It Properly” featuring a high-energy mix of nostalgic songs and rare tracks from a wide range of artists and genre themes from Afrobeat to Zydeco music every Sunday since 2007.
Last year, Santa Barbara residents voted Darla as Winner of the “Best Event DJ” Award in the Santa Barbara Independent’s Annual Readers’ Poll for the 7th year in a row – a happy honor for someone who loves her hometown and the many celebrations that populate its busy calendar. For more information visit www.DJDarlaBea.com.
Cup of Culture
Powerlands
MCC Theater
Directed by Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, a young Navajo filmmaker, Powerlands investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey, she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents. Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes
Week 10 Study Jam: Winter Quarter 2023
MCC Lounge
WEEK 10
- MON., MARCH 13, 12PM–10PM
- (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER: 3/14)
- WED., MARCH 15, 10:30AM – 10PM
- THURS. MARCH, 16, 10:30AM – 10PM
- FRI., MARCH 17, 10:30AM – 3PM
Coffee - Tea - Fruit - Snacks - Scantrons - Bluebooks
