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 …

Lit Moon Theatre and Tampereen Teatteri Present
Nils Holgersson and the Wild Geese
June 4 and 5
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, …

Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country during which Axel challenges Eyal’s values. Eytan Fox, 103 min., English, Hebrew, and German, 2004, Israel. Co-sponsored by the Israeli Palestinian Film Festival.

Walk on Water
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 6pm
UCSB Multicultural Center – End …

Which Way Home – Film Screening
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6pm
UCSB Multicultural Center – end of UCen Rd
Directions

Films by: Sweetgrass Productions, Teton Gravity Research, Powderwhore, Snow Lion & Others
Beer & Wine Tent in the Courtyard
Tickets available at: Mountain Air Sports, 14 State St, Santa Barbara
or online at alpine-exposure.com
For more info call 805/302-8254
2010 Backcountry Film Festival
Victoria Hall Theater, 33 West Victoria, Santa Barbara, CA
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7pm
$10 in advance, $12 at the door

“A Passage to India” will feature Jim Lashly and others reading stories by a diverse group of authors including Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie and Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri writing about India.
Passage to India
Sunday, January 31, 2010, 2:00pm
Monday February 1, 2010, 7:30pm
Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara
$25 general, $10 students
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The Speaking of Stories 2010 season will start in January with Christina Allison, Jay Thomas, and others reading stories by Garrison Keillor, David Sedaris and other funny people in “Nothing but Laughs.”
Nothing But Laughs
Sunday, January 10, 2010, 2:00pm
Monday January 11, 2010, 7:30pm
Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara
$25 general, $10 students
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Double Feature: La Danse and Strictly Boishoi

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet – 6 PM
“An absolute treat for balletomanes.” Variety
Documentary master Frederick Wiseman turns his attention to one of the world’s greatest ballet companies, The Paris Opera Ballet, as they rehearse and perform seven ballets including Le Songe de Medée by Angelin Preljocaj, Orphée and Eurydice by Pina Bausch, and Romeo and Juliette by Sasha Waltz. (2009, 158 min.)

Strictly Bolshoi – 9 PM
“Even if you aren’t a dance fan you will appreciate the drama and laughs…” The Times, London
This Emmy …

From the streets of Brazil – a country where beats are celebrated and dance is a generation’s second language – Artistic Director Bruno Beltrão and the powerhouse Grupo de Rua bring the lightning-fast head-spins and stands, hand-jumps, turns and tumbles honed in the back streets of Rio de Janeiro to Campbell Hall for a totally new and fresh look at street dance. The brilliant all male company will perform Beltrão’s newest work, H3 that dispenses with heavy beats and macho posturing to create a minimalist, almost meditative interpretation of hip-hop …

Coraline
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 7:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
Free!