The Santa Barbara Zoo is excited to announce the return of IMPROVology, a live, family-friendly mashup of science and comedy. Mix comedians with animal experts, add cool stories about fascinating critters, and everyone ends up happy as clams. In a special Valentine’s Day edition of IMPROVology, improv comedians from LA’s Impro Theatre do a deep

Santa Barbara Zoo's IMPROVology returns to the Lobero Theatre, February 20

If intimacy is collaboratively produced in interaction, as discourse analysts argue, then how do individuals with atypical interactional behaviors achieve it? This paper addresses a sociolinguistic practice noted for individuals on the autism spectrum but rarely analyzed: the sustained adoption of non-local dialect features. For sociolinguists who view second dialect acquisition as a social achievement importantly related to identity, this practice presents a paradox: How do individuals with such a purportedly “asocial” syndrome accomplish an activity that is intensely social? To address this question, the talk draws from data collected by a team of linguists and anthropologists at the University of Colorado Boulder for a multi-year project on accent imitation in the autism spectrum. Focusing on the life narrative of an autistic man raised in Montgomery, Alabama who has adopted what he characterizes as a “South African Welsh” accent, the paper suggests that the cultivation of non-local accent enables autistic individuals to achieve the intimacy often precluded by the use of atypical prosody. Bringing together Bourdieu’s work on ‘shared timing’ with recent work on queer time and spatiotemporal scales, the paper questions fundamental sociolinguistic assumptions about the relationship between place, dialect, and speaker subjectivity.

As part of the Corwin Chair Series, João Pedro Oliveira (Corwin Chair of Composition, UC Santa Barbara) will present a lecture titled "Models of Composition in the 21st Century" on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 3 pm in Studio Xenakis (Room 2215, Music Building). Oliveira will talk about his music and how he uses models derived from the historical past and other arts.

WHAT: This week’s “Solutions News” live radio broadcast will interview David Gershon
WHEN: 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, 2020
WHERE: Tune in to KZSB 1290 AM

Join us this Friday for live music with Dan & the ZimmerMen!

Monthly Westmont Public Telescope Night

“The most prolific, nimble, and interesting writer of American history today, vigorously kicking at the past until she dislodges it from the ossifying grip of received wisdom.” The Washington Post

UC Santa Barbara faculty member Dr. Natasha Kislenko will present a piano recital on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall. Dr. Kislenko will present piano variation sets from different time periods, with pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schnittke, and Lutoslawski. UC Santa Barbara faculty member and pianist Dr. Sarah Gibson will make a special guest appearance.

Tickets are now being sold for $10 (general) and $5 (non-UCSB students with ID).
Admission is FREE for UCSB students with ID and children under 12!
More at https://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1999

Join Architect and Art Historian Anthony Grumbine, Principal at Harrison Design, as he explores the storied history and grand design of this important Structure of Merit.

This year, Hospice of Santa Barbara will host (8) Friday Learn @ Lunch Sessions, each featuring a leader from a different religious tradition to address death and dying. Each will review common concerns, beliefs and rituals around end-of-life issues and practices within their tradition.

Children Learning Art from the Masters