As part of UCSB Ethnomusicology Forum, Deborah Wong (Professor of Ethnomusicology, UC Riverside) will present a lecture titled "Louder and Faster: Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko," on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 3-4:30 pm in Seminar Room 2406 in the Music Library. Recently published, Louder and Faster is a study of taiko in California, focused on the play of sound, performance, identity, ethnicity, race, gender, and politics.
Admission for this event is free and open to the public!

“A particularly stunning amalgam of theater, modern dance, original music...and top-notch circus skills.” Time Out, New York
“The glamour of a high-flying hotel has found a natural bedfellow in the glamour of contemporary circus... It’s a stylistic match… Beautiful images and inventive acts.” The Toronto Star

$106 - VIP

(VIP ticket includes premier seating and a pre-show reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres)

$55 - Section A

$45 - Section B

(Ticket prices include a $6 per ticket Lobero Facility Fee; other fees may also apply.)

2-for-Tuesday Pizza

MIT Enterprise Forum is hosting a discussion on "Perception and Reality" on Wednesday, February 19th from 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Evolve Benton will host a poetry reading and film screening. Participants will hear poems from Evolve's poetry collection SIR: poetry dedicated to Boihood and Black Queer Love. Evolve will also screen their film the BOI DOC. THE BOI DOC is an artistic manifestation of our desire to add our honest, uniquely provocative, and eloquent narratives about gender and gender expression through the Masculine and Masculine of Center queer voice of the people of the African diaspora to the world. 33m

Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise Meets Today

“Hill was transformed into a symbol and catalyst for the #MeToo movement in support of sexual-harassment victims, decades before it had a name.” The New Yorker

The name Hot Tuna invokes as many different moods and reactions as there are Hot Tuna fans — millions of them. To some, Hot Tuna is a reminder of some wild and happy times. To others, that name will forever be linked to their own discovery of the power and depth of American blues and roots music. To newer fans, Hot Tuna is a tight, masterful duo that is on the cutting edge of great music.

$106 - VIP

$60 - Section A

$50 - Section B

(Ticket prices include a per ticket Lobero Facility Fee; other fees may also apply.)

As part of the World Music Series, Reshma Srivastava will present a sitar concert featuring North Indian classical music on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 12 pm in the Music Bowl. Reshma has performed throughout India, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia, Turkey, Israel, Croatia, Ukraine and across the United States. She has also appeared frequently on All India Radio and Television.

Speaker: Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins; introduced by LWVUS President Chris Carson
Wednesday, Feb. 19, noon-2pm, followed by an Equali-Tea
Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu Street
The Forum is one of many events across the country to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the League of Women Voters, with the theme "Women Power the Vote."

 “The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters” on Weds, February 19th from noon to 2 pm.