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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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 in which the movement itself becomes its own pulsating rhythm.

Grupo de Rua
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 8:00pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $40.00, UCSB Students $19.00
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The Yes Men Fix The World
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:30 & 9:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $6.00, UCSB Students $5.00
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An absurdist political comedy with razor-sharp dialogue, In the Loop satirizes the ineptitude of our highest leaders and their culture of spin in a film that is “relentlessly funny – vicious and delicious” (The Guardian, London). With everyone looking out for number one and the fate of the free world at stake, the hilarious ensemble cast of characters (Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini) bumbles its way across continents and through Machiavellian political dealings to unforeseeable comic resolutions. (Armando Iannucci, 2009, 106 min.)

Sponsored by Santa Barbara Independent and KCSB Radio.

In The Loop
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $6.00, UCSB Students $5.00
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They Might Be Giants
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 4:00 PM
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara
General public $27.00, UCSB Students $10.00

Wild, witty, forever beguiling to all who see him, Philippe Petit has extended the boundaries of theater, music, writing, poetry, drawing and filmmaking to become an inimitable high wire artist. In 1974, Petit accomplished what may be the most astounding “artistic crime” of all time: he walked a high wire illegally stretched between the rooftops of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He will discuss this and other unparalleled feats of artistry. For information about a private, pre-event dinner with Mr. Petit, call 893.3465.

Saturday, November 7, 2009, 8-10pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall
Admission: $15-$25
Information: 805.893.3535
http://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu

Diwali Festival of Lights
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 4-10:30 pm
UCSB, Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara