Saxophonist Joshua Redman conducts a Master Class with the UCSB Jazz Ensemble followed by a Q&A with audience.
Co-presented with the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation SAGE program and the Marjorie Luke Theatre

A double bill of documentaries about Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most respected scientists, featuring My Life with the Chimpanzees and Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey.

The six-time Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet is called “America’s greatest quartet” by Time magazine.
Co-presented with the UCSB Music Department

Monday, April 5 / 4 pm / Campbell Hall

Award-winning poet and best-selling novelist Luis Rodriguez is acclaimed for his chronicles of gang violence (Always Running and The Republic of East L.A.).

A fascinating look at 1940’s Mexico City nightlife. Director Arturo Ripstein and writer Paz Alicia Garciadiego will hold a Q&A after the screening.

A lively and daring satirical romance about two mismatched lovers on a killing spree. Director Arturo Ripstein and writer Paz Alicia Garciadiego will hold a Q&A after the screening.

A powerful documentary that takes an inside look at war- and drug-ravaged Colombia.
Presented with the UCSB MultiCultural Center

An existential road film about an artist on the run through the beautiful Baja California wilderness.
Presented with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art

A sensitive, gently humorous drama about an unlikely love triangle set in Mexico and Montreal.

Films by seven native filmmakers working in a variety of genres, followed by a discussion by the directors about their craft.
Presented with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the UCSB Center for Chicano Studies

An unforgettable documentary about striking Mexican-American migrant workers in Texas.

A special presentation of the documentaries produced by Santa Barbara County Latino students in Youth CineMedia workshops over the past six months.
Presented with the Marjorie Luke Theatre

Billed “the Fab Four of medieval music” by The New Yorker, the women of Anonymous 4 are known for their gorgeous vocal blend.
Co-presented with the UCSB Music Department

Sunday, May 9 / 3 pm / Campbell Hall

Vandana Shiva is a powerful voice for global environmental justice and cultural and ecological diversity.
Shiva is a Regents’ Lecturer in the Women, Culture and Development Program.

This indescribable delight from France was nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song Oscars.

Suzan-Lori Parks, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the play Topdog/Underdog, will make a presentation including reading, singing and story telling.
Presented with the UCSB Davidson Library

Tuesday, May 18 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall

Widely praised Haiti-born Edwidge Danticat is the prodigiously talented author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and The Dew Breaker.
Danticat is a Regents’ Lecturer in the Department of Black Studies.