New Muslim Cool
Wednesday, May 26, 6 pm
UCSB Multicultural Center
Film Screening/MCC Theater

New Muslim Cool takes viewers on Puerto Rican American rapper Hamza Perez’s ride through the streets, projects, and jail cells of urban America, following his spiritual journey to some surprising places – where we can all see ourselves reflected in a world that never stops changing. Discussion with the director and Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, Senior Project Advisor for the film, following the screening. Jennifer Maytorena, 86 min., English, 2009, USA. Co-sponsored by the Center for Black Studies Research; the Center for New Racial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; and the Muslim Student Association.

Story by Selma Lagerlof
Adapted for the stage and written by Naomi Iizuka

Lit Moon Theatre celebrates its 18th birthday with peview performances of its new show, Nils Holgersson and the Wild Geese. Charmed by an elf, the ne’er-do-well Nils flies toward Lapland on the back of a goose…

The Saturday, June 5, performance will be followed by a birthday party at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street.

Come celebrate Lit Moon’s 18th season of making theatre in Santa Barbara, and support the company’s 2010 season, which includes the Lit Moon World Theater Festival, September 10-19, 2010.

Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Friday, June 4, at 8:00 PM ($7 general)
Saturday, June 5, at 4:00 P.M. ($30 general, $100 families of 4 or more)
Saturday tickets include admission to the birthday party afterward.

All seating is general admission.
All ticket sales are final at the time of purchase.
There are no refunds or exchanges.

Why not come and enjoy our popular relaxation days, the perfect way to unwind after a hectic week! Relaxation days are especially suitable for those who have busy lifestyles and would like to learn to meditate to improve the quality of their lives.

These retreats are designed to leave you feeling relaxed, refreshed, and inspired. Simple and easy to learn, these meditations will calm your mind. We’ll also explore our ability to create joyful, positive states of mind.

Each session will include a brief introduction and explanation of the meditation and a guided meditation.

Sessions:
9:00am – 10:15am
11:00am – 12:15pm
1:00pm – 2:15pm

Meditation for Relaxation: Day Retreat
Mahakankala Buddist Center, 22 W Mission St, Santa Barbara
Saturday, January 30, 2010
$10 – $20, All Ages
805/563-6000

Hidden Paris
The Travel Store, 12 W. Anapamu St, Santa Barbara
Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 7 pm
Free!

Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, P.W. Singer reveals how science fiction is fast becoming a reality on the battlefield in his new book Wired for War. Singer argues that a massive shift in military technology and the advent of robotic warfare is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself. The author of the eerily prescient award-winning books Corporate Warriors, about private military contractors, and Children at War, about child soldiers, Singer will discuss his recent work.

Admission is free for UCSB students with valid UCSB ID.

P.W. Singer
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $12.00
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PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author T.C. Boyle, “a writer who can take you anywhere” (The New York Times), follows 2009’s critically-acclaimed novel on the romantic life of celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright, The Women, with a rich new collection of stories titled Wild Child. With nature as the dominant player, Boyle’s fourteen tales engage, shock, and ultimately gratify in a powerful investigation of what it means to be human. The author of twenty books of fiction including World’s End and Drop City, a National Book Award finalist, Boyle will read and discuss his recent work.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

T.C. Boyle
Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:30 pm
Victoria Hall Theater, 33 West Victoria Street, Santa Barbara
General public $10.00, UCSB Students $8.00
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One of television’s premier interviewers, Emmy Award-winning journalist Charlie Rose is the executive editor and anchor of the nightly one-hour interview program Charlie Rose that engages in one-on-one interviews and roundtable discussions about important issues and ideas, and contributing correspondent to the CBS news program 60 Minutes. Rose’s in-depth hours with Nobel Laureates and extraordinary men and women of science, politics, art, business and technology have made him the cultural and intellectual custodian of our time. He will address the most salient issues of the day from his own unique perspective, developed over years of first person interviews with the biggest newsmakers.

Generously supported by Meg & Dan Burnham, Fred Kavli and the Orfalea Foudations.

Sponsored by Inn of the Spanish Garden.

Charlie Rose
Saturday, January 16, 2010, 8:00 PM
Arlington Theatre, 1317 State Street, Santa Barbara
General public $43.00, UCSB Students $23.00
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An Evening with the Author of Better, Complications and The Checklist Manifesto

Acclaimed surgeon and MacArthur Fellow Atul Gawande – author of the bestselling books Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance and Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science – will discuss his newest work and innovative remedy based on the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. A surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Gawande is also a staff writer for The New Yorker and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Associate Director for the BWH Center for Surgery and Public Health.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Generously supported by Mark R. Collins, the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, and the Linked Foundation.

Sponsored by The Upham.

Atul Gawande
Friday, January 15, 2010, 7:30 pm
Victoria Hall Theater, 33 West Victoria Street, Santa Barbara
General public $10.00, UCSB Students $8.00
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The Wheel of Life: A Concise Overview of the Interdependence of All Things
Monday, January 4, 2010, 7 – 9pm
Bodhi Path Buddhist Center – 30 W. Mission St #7, Santa Barbara
Free!

Italian Conversation Group
Mondays from 5:30-7pm
Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Olive St, Santa Barbara