Arts
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates 40th anniversary with exhibit of early years at Cowell College
Cowell College opened in the fall of 1965 as a “challenging and imaginative experiment” undertaken by 650 students and 40 faculty members. In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the college will present an exhibition titled Reminiscing: Cowell College, The Early Years, focusing on historical highlights from 1965 to 1975. The exhibit runs from April 16…
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Sesnon Gallery features innovative exhibit by three new art faculty
Innovative, kinetic, and sonic installations merging sculpture, electronic media, and performance art will be on display in Faculty Works: 2005 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery. The exhibit, from April 6 to May 7, will feature works by three new art faculty: Dee Hibbert-Jones, Ed Osborn, and Jennifer Parker. Dee Hibbert-Jones was recently hired as an assistant…
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High profile alumni guests introduce UCSC students to real life in Hollywood
Ever wondered what it’s really like to work in the entertainment industry? For the past eight years, students at UC Santa Cruz have flocked to a popular class taught by television consultant and UCSC alumnus Loren Steck for an inside look at the realities of an actual career in Hollywood. Titled Working in TV and…
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UC Santa Cruz Presents Pacific Rim Music Festival featuring artists from 12 countries in nine concerts: April 29 to May 7
Thirty composers, 15 ensembles, and over 100 performers will be featured in the 2005 Pacific Rim Music Festival–a nine-day international celebration that will be presented by the UC Santa Cruz Music Department from April 29 to May 7. Highlights of the festival include a celebration of composer Terry Riley’s 70th birthday featuring the Kronos Quartet…
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UC Santa Cruz guitarist has solo track on Grammy-winning CD
Last year, UCSC Music Department lecturer William Coulter recorded a solo guitar track for a CD titled Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar. On February 13, the disc won a 2005 Grammy Award for “Best Pop Instrumental Album” from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Released on the Solid Air Records label, the CD features…
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Gravity-defying dance performance to be presented by UCSC Arts & Lectures
The work of dancer/choreographer Trisha Brown is well known for its lack of respect for the laws of physics. Throughout Brown’s artistic career that has spanned more than three decades, her dancers have literally walked on walls and down the faces of buildings. Twisting in midair, they have climbed up and down each other in…
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UC Santa Cruz chancellor hosted by Korean consul general
Chancellor Denice D. Denton underscored her value for UCSC’s international perspective at a recent dinner hosted by the Korean Consul General in San Jose. Designed to brief the Korean media and business community about the upcoming Pacific Rim Music Festival at UCSC in May, the event was part of an ongoing effort to promote cultural…
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UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Department establishes new student-run production company
The UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Department has established a new student-run production company to help ease the transition for undergraduates from academia to the professional theater world. Named “Barnstorm” because of its home base in the Barn Theater at the foot of the UCSC campus, it has been created as a model of a…
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Indonesian tsunami benefit set for Feb. 12 at UC Santa Cruz
The UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Department will present a special benefit performance for the tsunami relief effort in Indonesia on Saturday, February 12, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at UCSC’s Second Stage Theater. The event will feature a dance performance by visiting Indonesian choreographers Irawati Durban and Bulan Djelantik, plus Bay Area gamelan players…
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UC Santa Cruz professor makes Broadway debut as lighting designer for comedian Billy Crystal’s hit show
In February of 2003, David Cuthbert received a call from southern California’s La Jolla Playhouse to do the lighting design for a benefit performance by comedian/actor Billy Crystal. The benefit was only scheduled for two evenings, so Cuthbert promptly put together a quick design and moved on with his life. Shortly thereafter, he was hired…
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UCSC to host only West Coast tribute to late actor, writer, and comedic monologuist Spalding Gray on Oct. 23
The late actor, writer, and comedic monologuist Spalding Gray was scheduled to appear at UC Santa Cruz last March as part of the university’s 2003-04 Arts & Lectures performing arts season. But the show was canceled after Gray was reported missing in January. Gray’s body was subsequently found in New York City’s East River on…
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UCSC students collaborate with Museum of Art and History to create innovative gallery exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Big and Bold exhibit now on display at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History is a prime example of the benefit derived from combining university research with an important cultural institution in the community. The gallery exhibit features an array of large and oversize graphic art from…