Sucker Punch
Don’t believe the critics; this action- and effects-packed flick is both a guilty pleasure and a potential cult classic.
Year: 2011
The Baseball Project Takes Goleta
The Minus 5’s Scott McCaughey teams up with REM’s Peter Buck to form the ultimate indie-rock band for sports fans.
Ghosts by Ibsen at ETC
Spare new translation gives life to classic.
American Eden by Wade Graham
This comprehensive history of landscape design is destined to influence the way people look at all kinds of settings.
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba to Play UCSB
The Cuban supergroup brings their Buena Vista Social Club-style tunes to Campbell Hall this Sunday.
Ill-Wishers
Nick Welsh’s even-tempered and informative article on homelessness is a welcome change from the recent weeks of charged-up griping and grandstanding about how to serve, or mainly how not to serve, or even more popular, how to wish ill upon our homeless population.
Everyday Resistance in Syria and Iran
Ordinary people challenge the sovereignty of the state throughout their day-to-day lives.
Nuclear Energy Worth the Cost?
Since the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan with the resultant nuclear power plant catastrophes, many are questioning the safety of the Diablo Canyon plant in San Luis Obispo County.
Blues Explosion
The KCSBeat searches for what’s unusual in the university’s blues library.
Spring Cleaning Poisons
As the days grow longer, many of us spend time spring cleaning in the house or starting our gardens. Learn which products are harmful to your pets.
