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Madeleine Peyroux
September 20

Emmylou Harris & Buddy Miller
September 27

Alexander Kobrin
October 5

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
October 11

LA Theatre Works
October 14 & 15

Eddie Palmieri
October 16

Will Power
October 25

Keb’ Mo’
October 27

Arlo Guthrie with The Mammals
November 1

Alexander McCall Smith
November 5

Salvatore Licitra
November 6

Yuri Yunakov Ensemble with Ivo Papasov
November 14

Aulos Ensemble with Julianne Baird
December 4

Emerson String Quartet
December 9

Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack! Adventure
January 17–22
CANCELLED

Dee Dee Bridgewater
January 21

Wu Man
January 25

John Cleese
January 28 & 30

Chick Corea & Touchstone
February 7

Meredith Monk
& Vocal Ensemble

February 11

Leahy
February 12

Bonnie Raitt
February 14

Stan Won’t Dance
February 22

Masters of Persian Music
February 28

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
March 6

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
March 7

Bocca Tango
March 12 & 13

Anne Lamott & Mary Chapin Carpenter
April 4

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
April 6

Frank Rich
April 9

Yundi Li
April 11

Lila Downs
April 18

The Actors’ Gang
April 20

California EAR Unit
April 22

Taj Mahal & Mavis Staples
April 25

Paul Taylor Dance Company
April 26

Ravi & Anoushka Shankar
April 30

Sharon Isbin
May 10

B.B. King
May 16

André Watts
May 18

Mark O’Connor
May 21

2005-2006 Performing Arts Season
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Alexander McCall Smith

Saturday, November 5
8 pm, Campbell Hall

“McCall Smith writes the best, most charming, honest, hilarious
and life-affirming books to appear in years.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Enjoy an evening with delightful writer Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the internationally bestselling The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series—with over 4 million copies in print in the U.S. alone—and his new The Sunday Philosophy Club series, which The New York Times hails as “sure to be a second hit franchise.” McCall Smith, a professor of medical law born in what is now Zimbabwe and currently living in Scotland, is the author of over 50 titles, ranging from children’s books to academic texts.

$25 / UCSB Students $12

$100 includes VIP seat and buffet dinner with Mr. Smith
No discount on dinner portion of tickets

Sponsored by Borders, KCLU Public Radio and Hotel Andalucia

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