| DECEMBER MONDAY 1 FOOD DRIVE All day, campus kiosks Campus Cares Canned Food Drive begins; foodstuff drop-offs accepted through Dec. 12 at east and west entrance kiosks and the Transportation and Parking Services sales office.
TUESDAY 2 UCSB CHAMBER CHOIR 8 p.m., Lobero Theatre The Chamber Choir helps celebrate the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra's 25th anniversary; Heiichiro Ohyama conducts the orchestra. Tickets range from $32.50 to $37.50; call the box office at 963-0761. WEDNESDAY 3 GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES LECTURE SERIES 4 p.m., Webb Hall 1100 Student presenters are featured. NANNY DOCUMENTARY 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center "When Mother Comes Home for Christmas" documents the experiences of a Sri Lankan widow and mother of three who travels to Greece where she is a paid nanny for a Greek child. English subtitles. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 7 p.m., Events Center UCSB hosts Pepperdine. ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION 8 p.m., Arlington Theatre These bluegrass/country musicians helped make the Grammy-winning record "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" a surprise hit. Krauss' wonderful vocals and her championship-caliber violin playing are matched by a band that includes dobro ace Jerry Douglas and vocalist/guitarist Dan Tyminski. Call x3535 for ticket information.
THURSDAY 4 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY EVENT 5 p.m., MultiCultural Center Amnesty International invites the public to send greetings to prisoners of conscience and celebrate the holidays. FRIDAY 5
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LECTURE3:30 p.m., South Hall 2635 H. Porter Abbott, professor of English, will discuss the autobiographical writing of South African author J.M. Coetzee, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature, in a lecture titled "Writing Outside of History: J.M. Coetzee and the Absolute Absence of the Future." SATURDAY 6 AFGHAN CRAFTS BAZAAR 9 a.m., 435 E. Pedregosa St. Santa Barbara A holiday benefit sale of handicrafts, jewelry, carpets and apparel made by Afghan women and children will be sponsored by the Women's Center and Supporters of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.
WEDNESDAY 10 MEN'S BASKETBALL 7 p.m., Events Center UCSB hosts Westmont College. THURSDAY 11 CAPPS CENTER LECTURE 8 p.m., Victoria Hall Alan Wolfe speaks on "The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith." SATURDAY 13 MEN'S BASKETBALL 7 p.m., Events Center UCSB hosts San Diego. MONDAY 15 TOWN FORUM 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church Does the California electorate's recent use of the initiative and recall violate their original spirit and purpose? The UCSB Affiliates Town forum presents Gregory Graves, lecturer in history, discussing "Power to the Voters: Initiative and Recall in California, an Historical Perspective." Call x4388 for reservations. THURSDAY 25 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY FRIDAY 26 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY SUNDAY 28 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 7 p.m., Events Center UCSB hosts Ohio State. TUESDAY 30 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 7 p.m., Events Center UCSB hosts Mississippi State. JANUARY 2004 THURSDAY 1 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 7 p.m., Events Center UCSB hosts Long Beach State. FRIDAY 2 UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY MONDAY 5 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 7 p.m., Events Center UCSB hosts UC Irvine. |
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