Author: Public Affairs
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Rare Satyajit Ray films to screen in Santa Cruz
After showing to sell-out audiences in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles during a major retrospective of Satyajit Ray’s work, The Expedition (Abhijaan, 1962), a newly restored film by the Oscar-winning director, will be at the Del Mar Theatre in Santa Cruz for one show only on May 25. Ray’s son Sandip Ray, and film archivist…
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Art in the Arboretum events at UC Santa Cruz
If spring is here, can Art in the Arboretum be far behind? This annual event–to be held May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.–showcases the literary, visual, and performing arts talent of UC Santa Cruz students and faculty. The world-renowned gardens of the UCSC Arboretum, showing their full spring colors, are the venue for…
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Innovative theater and film free at UC Santa Cruz
One of the best-kept secrets of the theater and independent film scene in Santa Cruz is the diverse and original productions presented each spring, free and open to the public, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This year marks the 23rd Chautauqua Festival, featuring more than 25 new short plays and films, all written,…
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UC Santa Cruz alumnus wins Mellon fellowship in humanistic studies
When David Jacobson starts his Ph.D. studies this fall, he’ll be able to focus more on learning and less on worrying about tuition and expenses, thanks to his 2002 Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies. The prestigious award, which supports exceptionally promising first-year doctoral students preparing for careers in humanities teaching and scholarship, will…
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Local author James D. Houston to speak at UC Santa Cruz library event
Nearly 40 years ago local author James D. Houston moved into a house where a story was waiting for him. “My wife and I were just looking for a inexpensive place to live and it was just an empty house in Santa Cruz. At the time, I didn’t know it had a story to tell,”…
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Monumental new English grammar helps debunk grammar ‘rules’
If you’ve ever been cited for breaking traditional grammar rules you will rejoice at the publication of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Cambridge University Press, 2002). Coauthor and University of California, Santa Cruz professor of linguistics Geoffrey Pullum hopes that among other things, The Cambridge Grammar will help debunk what he dubs “grammar…
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UC Santa Cruz student wins top honors in statewide poetry contests
A University of California, Santa Cruz, student has earned top honors in two California statewide poetry competitions. “I’m elated,” said Kristen Holden, a junior majoring in literature. “Of course it’s what I wanted, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen.” Both of Holden’s prize-winning works are expansive love poems. “Ten Love Poems Aching from Three…
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UCSC Student Wins in Poetry Contest
UC Santa Cruz student wins top honors in statewide poetry contests SANTA CRUZ, CA–A University of California, Santa Cruz, student has earned top honors in two California statewide poetry competitions. "I’m elated," said Kristen Holden, a junior majoring in literature. "Of course it’s what I wanted, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen." Both of…
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African American musicians reflect on what is this thing called jazz?
Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes representing black accomplishment and virtuosity; sometimes a symbol of segregation and creative limitations. It’s a dichotomy that extends from the word to the music as…
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Local children featured in ‘listening to the earth’ performance
Try this recipe for a special performance event: Take the leadership of Tandy Beal, a theater arts instructor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Add 40 UC Santa Cruz students. Mix well with 200 young local students, their teachers, and community members. Blend in weeks of schools visits, teaching, and practice. The result? Listening…
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Author explores ‘bridge of migrations’ between Japan and Brazil
Japan and Brazil: It’s hard to image two countries further apart, or two cultures more disparate. But after almost a century of economic and social ties, Japan and Brazil have built a “dynamic bridge of migrations,” says author Karen Tei Yamashita. Her book Circle K Cycles (Coffee House Press, 2001) explores these connections through the…
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Film retrospective of acclaimed director fulfills deathbed promise
Satyajit Ray’s movies to be shown in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles A deathbed promise to the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray has led to the first comprehensive American retrospective of Ray’s films. The Complete Satyajit Ray: Cinema Through the Inner Eye, which includes more than 35 feature films and documentaries produced from 1955 to…