Santa Barbara Lecture Series: Tune in Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 8-9 a.m. for Gustavo Arellano, staff writer with the OC Weekly and author of the nationally syndicated “¡Ask a Mexican!” column. Arellano spoke at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center in October 2006; his appearance was part of the Race Matters Series, which is partially funded by the Fund for Santa Barbara. It was recorded by KCSB’s news and public affairs department.
Monthly Archive for February, 2007
Oniric Records and Simple Shoes present the first annual enviro-musical Solutions for Dreamers Festival, on February 24, 2007 at the Arlington Theatre, to benefit Santa Barbara non-profit Heal the Ocean. This event is being cosponsored by KCSB 91.9 FM.
Michael Franti and Spearhead is headlining the Festival. Supporting bands beginning at 5:00 p.m. are ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Matthew McAvene, Culver City Dub Collective and Dyson Sphere.
The afternoon portion of Solutions for Dreamers Festival opens at 1 p.m. in the Arlington promenade, featuring an array of booths and exhibits that showcase Santa Barbara non-profit and eco-friendly businesses. This all-ages event brings environmental businesses together with music, activists, and interactive art. The Festival aims to both educate and empower the audience to respect and care for the world we live in. For more information, visit www.solutionsfordreamersfestival.com.
Oniric Records representative and Festival promoter Jacob Tell will be interviewed on KCSB’s “Pythagorean Flux” on Thursday, Feb. 22, between 10am-noon.
KCSB reporter Dhara Vala interviewed Al Gore at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival the day after he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, painter, composer, performer, educator, and writer Oliver Lake; and UCSB Black Studies/Sociology Professor George Lipsitz. Professor Lipsitz and Mr. Lake will discuss jazz and beyond as part of Mr. Lake’s residency at UCSB’s College of Creative Studies.
Oliver Lake is a long-time member and co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet, and was part of St. Louis’ important late 60’s/early 70’s collective B.A.G. (Black Artists’ Group). He has played with a host of musicians and ensembles, won numerous awards, and is an extraordinary performer and educator. More information on Oliver Lake can be found at http://www.oliverlake.net
George Lipsitz is a prolific author and scholar of American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, and Music. He has taught and published on a wide range of topics including social movements, urban culture, and inequality. He currently teaches in the departments of Sociology and Black Studies at UCSB.
A student, faculty, and staff strike in opposition to the war in Iraq turned into a protest march that led to the shutdown of the East Campus entrance to UCSB.
Student protesters gathered at the bicycle entrance to UCSB in Isla Vista around 1pm this afternoon. The crowd began to grow as planned speakers spoke against the Iraqi war. After the speakers concluded, the crowd, which had grown to over 1000, began to march from the west side of campus to the HWY 217 entrance, eventually making their way onto the freeway before being stopped by police just before the Goleta Beach off-ramp. Two protesters were arrested and later released. After a standoff with police that lasted over an hour, the protesters marched to Cheadle Hall and continued to protest until dispersing around 5pm.
Click below to listen to KCSB News coverage of todays events. Aaron Jones will have a follow up on what occurred on campus tomorrow at 1pm on his show On The Real.
“Jazz Straight Ahead,” a mainstream jazz show that airs on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm, will feature an interview with legendary jazz guitarist Jim Hall at noon on Weds., Feb. 14th (tomorrow). Hall, along with bassist Dave Holland, who became well known as a result of his work with Miles Davis, will appear in concert at the Lobero Theater on Friday, February 16th.
Employees who were fired from the Santa Barbara News-Press this week — joined by other dismissed reporters, union reps, and supporters — held a press conference on Feb. 6, 2007, in De La Guerra Plaza. KCSB reporters Harry Lawton, Iris Hanu, and Cathy Murillo recorded the press conference statements and interviews after the event. Order of speakers: Dawn Hobbs, Tom Schultz, Melissa Evans, John Zant, Melinda Burns, attorney Ira Gottlieb (questioned at one point by TV reporter Matt Cota), Tom Schultz again, Dawn Hobbs closing. Interviews: SB City Councilmember Brian Barnwell, John Zant’s wife Kathleen Rodriquez, and John Zant (with questions from Harry Lawton.
James Brown’s death, and the film ‘Dreamgirls’ has stimulated memories of 60s era soul music. Beginning in the late 50s, a number of African American popular performers, including James
Brown, tried to connect the freedom movement to the musical mainstream. This week’s show presents a collage of some of the key songs in that vein. Another program in our African American History Month series.
Hosted by Professor Dick Flacks.
This Friday, The Friday Riff will interview Professor of Ethnomusicology and director of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble, Scott Marcus, and saxophonist and fellow KCSB programmer, Colter Frazier. Prof. Marcus will discuss the complex role of music in Islam, and discuss issues featured in his recent book, Music in Egypt (Oxford U. Press, 2007). Mr. Frazier will report on his recent residency in Cairo and his musical experiences there. Music selections include jazz and Arab music from Ahmed Abdul-Malik (one of Thelonious Monk’s long-time bassists), oud players Anouar Brahem and Rabih Abou-Khalil, and more! The Friday Riff airs on KCSB every Friday at 12p PST.
Tune in to Pythagorean Flux on Thursday, 2/15/07, 11 a.m., to hear an interview with Lejla Mavris, the director of Global Majority, an international local and regional mediation firm based in Monterey, CA promoting a fundamentally new manner of thinking in global relations. Global Majority “calls upon state and non-state actors, including persons of civil society, academia, business, labor, religious communities and the media, to prioritize the use of non-violent means of conflict resolution as a moral imperative of the 21st century.”
