Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington serves as the president and founder of the Washington Consulting Group, a multicultural organizational development firm. His workshops will provide the tools to handle and work through difficult situations while navigating the university. His lecture will take us into a deeper understanding of race, specifically how to combat structural and individual incidents of anti-blackness.

Ghana’s Electric Dreams presents the planning and wide-ranging impact of the Akosombo Dam, Ghana’s most ambitious development project. The film visits sites affected by the hydroelectric dam and by the broader vision of modernization that it represents. Historical footage and interviews with Ghanaians reveal the complexity and contradictions, unintended consequences, social inequities, rural/urban divides, and gender

A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly-rendered story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called "a Grapes of Wrath for our time." The film tells the timely story of Enrique and Rosa, siblings who flee persecution in Guatemala and journey north through Mexico and on to the United States with the dream of starting a new life. With immigration as one of the most pressing and polarizing issues on the national agenda, it has a renewed potency as it portrays the harrowing odyssey to the U.S. and the struggles of adapting to a new life in Los Angeles. This 35th-anniversary screening pays homage to the movie's masterful quality and enduring influence. (Gregory Nava, 1983, 139 min.)

Cup of Culture
Dawnland
Wed, May 1st, 6 PM
Film Screening/MCC Theater

Dawnland is a documentary about cultural survival and stolen children. With exclusive access and never before seen footage, it reveals the untold narrative of Indigenous child removal in the United States. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission discovers that state power continues to be used to break up Wabanaki families, threatening the very existence of the Wabanaki people. Dawnland foregrounds the immense challenges that this commission faces as they work toward truth, reconciliation, and the survival of all Indigenous peoples. Post film discussion with Chris Newell, senior advisor of the documentary. 1h 26m

Bringing fiery, fast-paced malambo to the contemporary stage, the company celebrates the unique South American tradition of the gaucho with an exhilarating percussive dance and music spectacle that offers nonstop thrills for the entire family.

Jo O'Connell will speak on Australian Native Plants for Fire Resistance and Garden Design . Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society

Graduate violinist Kristina Tsanova will present a master's recital on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall. Ms. Tsanova will be joined by pianist Dr. Natasha Kislenko (UCSB faculty member), violinist Sara Bashore, cellist Naomi Stoodley, and harpsichordist Jared Eben on works by Bach, Schumann, Beethoven, and Vivaldi. Ms. Tsanova is from the studio of Ertan Torgul.

As part of the World Music Series and in recognition of El Cinco de Mayo, Santa Barbara-based Mariachi Las Olas, founded and directed by Juan Zaragoza, will perform various music genres from Mexico including rancheras, boleros, corridos, sones and gustos on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 12 pm in the UCSB Music Bowl. Jordan Mitchell will also present some of the music from his senior recital. The World Music Series is co-presented by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Ethnomusicology Program in the Department of Music.

Art Matters Lecture: Todd Cronan
Matisse’s Hands

At the onset of World War II, Henri Matisse's art underwent a startling change of direction. Inventing a dramatic new technique of cut-outs, Matisse explored aspects of the world that were largely absent from his previous work. This talk will trace the development of Matisse's late cut-outs and the new forms of expression they provoked.

Image: Henri Matisse, "Palmette," 1947. Gouache.

Join us for Night at DV8 Cellars on Thursday May 2nd starting at 6 PM. Hosted by our very own Matt Kowallis, we will be offering wine by the glass and bottle but no tasting flights. We have Santa Barbara Popcorn and food will be available to order from Brass Bear Brewing. Prizes will be awarded for each round and a grand prize at the end of the evening. Hope to see you there!

Opera Santa Barbara returns to present crowd-pleasing pop-up performances in the Museum galleries.

Join Santa Barbara Revels singers and dancers in a celebration of the spring.