Events By Quarter
Art Exhibit + Reception - Finding Joy! in Our Queer Bodies
MCC Lounge
Please note that for our Winter 2024 in-person events masks are highly encouraged due to the rise in COVID-19 and flu activity within the region. KN95 masks will be provided upon request.
The MultiCultural Center’s Winter 2024 art exhibit was put together in collaboration with the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. This exhibit is made of submissions from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members that identify as LGBTQ+. Through this exhibit, we hope to challenge traditional ideologies surrounding body image while celebrating the authentic expression of queer individuals, empower and highlight the resilience and beauty inherent within queer bodies, and offer an exploration of body image within the LGBTQIA+ community.
Co- Sponsor: RCSGD
Cup of Culture
CANCELLED - Iti Mapukpukaw (The Missing)
CANCELLED
UNFORTUNATELY THE ITI MAPUKPUKA FILM SCREENING ON FEB. 28 IS CANCELLED.
Eric lives a rather normal life working as an animator in the Philippines. He has a nice but dirty apartment, a good paying job, and a guy he likes. One thing glaring about Eric though is he does not have a mouth, literally. One day, he receives a call from his mother Rosalinda, asking him to check up on his seemingly lost uncle. Only to find out that his uncle has been dead for days. Iti Mapukpukaw is Filipino-Ilocano rotoscope animated film that follows Eric’s life as it twists and turns after the arrival of the familiar alien, and the death of his uncle; both of which triggers Eric to remember his past and untangle his memories. CONTENT WARNINGS: themes of childhood trauma, death, sexual assault, and child abuse
CANCELLED - Open Mic
CANCELLED
UNFORTUNATELY THE OPEN MIC ON MARCH 1ST IS CANCELLED. CHECK BACK IN SPRING FOR UPDATES.
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!
Resilient Love
VENUE & TIME CHANGE: Mujer sin vergüenza/Woman Without Shame
Sandra Cisneros and Cherrie Moraga
SBCC West Campus BC Forum
IMPORTANT VENUE AND TIME CHANGE: Please note that the location for this event has changed, and is no longer on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, and has been moved to the Santa Barbara City College Business Communications (BC) Forum (SBCC West Campus): https://maps.app.goo.gl/qjwo4YtQR3uZxarY9.
The event will now begin at 6pm.
SBCC Campus: 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.
A Reading by Sandra Cisneros; in Conversation with Cherríe Moraga
Far from the heart-song of Sandra Cisneros’ 1984 signature “The House on Mango Street,” her new book of poems, “Woman Without Shame,” offers an intimate portrait of full-grown desire - for home, for freedom, for sex, and for laughter. In conversation with Cherríe Moraga, co-founder & co-director Las Maestras Center for Xicanx Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Praxis, the writers will discuss a wide -range of topics, including the binational complexity of la MeXicana's return; the marvel of the body in the age of aging, and the pure pleasure of writing poems.
Livestream registration link: https://www.lasmaestrascenter.ucsb.edu/latinxvoice24
Speaker Bios:
Sandra Cisneros: Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working-class. Her novel The House on Mango Street Has sold over seven million copies, has been translated into over twenty-five languages, and is required reading in elementary, high school, and universities across the nation. Her new collection of poetry, Woman Without Shame, was published in 2022 by Knopf Sandals. Cisneros is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico. As a single woman, she chose to have books instead of children. She earns her living by her pen.
Cherríe Moraga: Cherríe Moraga is the co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. A Distinguished Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara, Moraga is the co-founder & co-director Las Maestras Center.
