League of Women Voters sponsors a 100% non-partisan forum for City district 3

Presenting a new group show at Silo118! The show will include a rotating collection of large and small paintings, sketches and photographs by Michael C. Armour, Peggy Ferris, Christian Garcia-Olivo, Max Gleason, Yumiko Glover, Tom Pazderka, Roger Eliot Stevens and Toshy. A reception will be held on Friday, May 18 from 5-8pm as part of

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, 1926) is one of the best known films that uses a silhouette animation technique, in which cutout figures come to life through the remarkable color prismatic manipulation of light. The story of the film is based on the “Tale of the Magic Horse” from The Arabian Nights. It features an evil sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse that kidnaps its rider by flight to a faraway land. But the prince foils the evil plan and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures, joining forces with Aladdin and the Witch of the Flaming Mountains, doing battle with the evil sorcerer’s army of monsters and demons, and falling in love with the beautiful Princess Pari Banu.

Novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner will join moderator Peter Bloom (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion.

https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-events/adventures-prince-achmed/

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, 1926) is one of the best known films that uses a silhouette animation technique, in which cutout figures come to life through the remarkable color prismatic manipulation of light. The story of the film is based on the “Tale of the Magic Horse” from The Arabian Nights. It features an evil sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse that kidnaps its rider by flight to a faraway land. But the prince foils the evil plan and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures, joining forces with Aladdin and the Witch of the Flaming Mountains, doing battle with the evil sorcerer’s army of monsters and demons, and falling in love with the beautiful Princess Pari Banu.

Novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner will join moderator Peter Bloom (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion.

https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-events/adventures-prince-achmed/

Progress on Building the Ventura Botanical Gardens and Recovery from the Thomas Fire
Joe Cahill

The Ventura Botanical Gardens (VBA) is in the process of becoming the treasure a small group of Ventura residents first dreamed of late in 2005. They came together to formulate plans for a world-class botanical garden showcasing and preserving native plants and providing educational, recreational, and cultural enhancement for the community. Today, the site has started to realize its potential with 109 acres and a breathtaking 360-degree view encompassing the coastline, mountains, and lush agricultural greenery.

Joe Cahill, Executive Director, will present an overview of the VBA 40 year master plan, and progress made in recent years on infrastructure, organization, and collections. Much of the site was devastated by the Thomas Fire, and Joe will describe the recovery efforts as well as offer a preview of collections that will expand in the next few years, including South African and Chilean gardens, and describe recent collection expeditions to Chile.

Multi-award-winning composer Michael Giacchino will present a talk and Q&A session on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. Giacchino has credits that feature some of the most popular and acclaimed film projects in recent history, including Inside Out, The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Zootopia, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which marked the first score to be composed for a Star Wars film following John Williams. Giacchino’s 2009 score for the Pixar hit Up earned him an Oscar®, a Golden Globe®, the BAFTA, the Broadcast Film Critics' Choice Award and two GRAMMY® Awards.

Learn to dance Argentine Tango!

Learn to dance Argentine Tango!

Learn to dance Argentine Tango!

Panel of Experts on the Art of Managing and Maintaining a Photographic Archive 5/5 from 1 - 4pm

Ronald Rael holds the Eva Li Memorial Chair in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an applied architectural researcher, design activist, author, and thought leader in the fields of additive manufacturing and earthen architecture. He is the author of Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary (2017), which advocates for a reconsideration of the existing barrier dividing the U.S. and Mexico through design proposals that are hyperboles of actual scenarios that have occurred as a consequence of the wall.

Ronald Rael holds the Eva Li Memorial Chair in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an applied architectural researcher, design activist, author, and thought leader in the fields of additive manufacturing and earthen architecture. He is the author of Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary (2017), which advocates for