Taken from the January 5 issue of 93106


MONDAY 5
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
7 p.m., Events Center
UCSB hosts UC Irvine.


TUESDAY 6
FACULTY & STAFF CHOIR
6 p.m., Music 2218
In its first session of the winter quarter the ensemble invites all employees and their spouses to meet and consider joining this group of singers. No auditions required, but there is a fee of $20 a quarter. Contact gervais @music.ucsb.edu for details.


WEDNESDAY 7
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES LECTURE SERIES
4 p.m., Webb Hall 1100
Jeanne Hardebeck from the United States Geological Survey is the featured speaker.


THURSDAY 8
MEN'S BASKETBALL
7 p.m., Events Center
UCSB hosts Utah State.

"SCHOOL OF ROCK"
7:30 & 9:30 p.m., Campbell Hall
Jack Black stars as a musician who passes himself as a substitute teacher at a tony prep school, where he trains his 10-year-old charges to form a rock band. Tickets x3535.

"School of Rock" features Jack Black, on drums, as a musician who forms a rock group of 10-year-old preppies. It screens twice (7:30 and 9:30 p.m.) on Jan. 8 in Campbell Hall.



FLUTE RECITAL
8 p.m., Geiringer Hall
A free recital by Northern Arizona University flutist Laura Barron, accompanied by pianist Jeffrey Sykes, will include works by Chopin, Tower, and others.


FRIDAY 9
MEN'S & WOMEN'S SWIMMING 2 p.m., Campus Pool
UCSB hosts Wyoming.


SATURDAY 10
MEN'S & WOMEN'S SWIMMING
1 p.m., Campus Pool
UCSB hosts USC.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
7 p.m., Events Center
UCSB hosts Idaho.


SUNDAY 11
AUTHOR LECTURE
3 p.m., Campbell Hall
Former White House strategist Kevin Phillips, a political commentator for over three decades, discusses his latest book about the Bush family, "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush."


MONDAY 12
FILMMAKER EVENT
7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall
Director and Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel presents his film, "Charlie—The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin," with contemporary interviews with Marcel Marceau, Woody Allen, and Martin Scorsese, plus archival footage and classic film clips.

"Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin" brings director and film critic Richard Schickel to Campbell Hall on Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the great commedian's timeless talent. Call x3535 for ticket information.



TUESDAY 13
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE WORKSHOP
Noon, SAASB 3101
Insurance consultant Diane Doiron presents the basic issues and considerations involved in selecting long-term care coverage in this free workshop. Reservations can be placed at x7323.

LOU CANNON TALK
8 p.m., Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara
Lou Cannon, award-winning journalist and biographer of Ronald Reagan, will examine the links between "reel" life and real politics in this free lecture, "The Rise of the Celebrities: Republican Politics from Reagan to Schwarzenegger."

WEDNESDAY 14
WORLD MUSIC
Noon, Music Bowl
Mesogios, a local group, will play traditional and popular urban Greek music.

GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES LECTURE SERIES
4 p.m., Webb Hall 1100
Thorsten Becker from Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the featured speaker.

DESIGN LECTURE
5 p.m., I.V. Theater
Revolutionizing mundane forms is artist Andrea Zittel's forte in this illustrated lecture.


THURSDAY 15
MEN'S TENNIS
1:30 p.m., Campus Courts
UCSB hosts Westmont.

"MY DINNER WITH ANDRE"
7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall
Theater director, actor and storyteller Andre Gregory will introduce his classic dinner discussion film, which co-stars Wallace Shawn.

Actor, theater director, and storyteller Andre Gregory (above) introduces the 1981 classic "My Dinner with Andre" on Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell Hall.



SATURDAY 17
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
7 p.m., Events Center
UCSB hosts Cal Poly.


MONDAY 19
UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY


WEDNESDAY 21
LIBRARY BOOK SALE
8:30 a.m., Davidson Library
The Friends of the Library will sponsor a library book sale, which ends at 12:30 p.m.

WORLD MUSIC
Noon, Music Bowl
UCSB's a capella group, Naked Voices, will perform songs by Lauryn Hill, Aerosmith, and others.

CULTURE CLASH
8 p.m. Campbell Hall
Culture Clash is a three-man troupe that specializes in a satiric view of American life. Repeats Thursday.

CAPPS CENTER LECTURE
8 p.m., Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara
South African psychologist and member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela speaks about her book, "A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness."
EXHIBITIONS
INSIGHTS: BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY ART
University Art Museum
Through May 16
Artworks from the University Art Museum's permanent collection that link Contemporary American Art with Buddhist philosophy and practice.
 
ONGOING
SWING & BALLROOM DANCE CLUB
8:30-10:30 p.m., Mondays
Rob Gym 2320
<www.sa.ucsb.edu/orgs/sbdc/>

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP
Noon, 2nd Wednesdays
Women's Center

TOASTMASTERS
Noon, Thursdays
SAASB 4101WW

AIDS INFORMATION
Contact Carola Alden, x3434.
 
UC television programming includes cablecasts of past UCSB events and speakers over Cox's cable Channel 21 on the South Coast. Currently, UCTV is on Chan. 21 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, and 8-10 p.m.; on Saturdays and Sundays it airs 7-11 p.m. UCSB-originated programs run during the evening hours, but may be recablecast at different times.
For a complete program guide, go to <www.uctv.tv>. A sample of the material follows:
Jan. 9, 9 a.m.: "The Sense of an Ending: Jeremy Begbie." In a multimedia presentation, Jeremy Begbie, Cambridge University professor of music, expounds upon the relationship between music and theology.
Jan. 9, 11 a.m.: "A Fireside Chat with Nobel Laureate Professor Walter Kohn" Nobel Laureate and UCSB research professor Walter Kohn reflects on his youth in internment camps in Canada and England, his experiences during World War II, and the early influences that led him into quantum physics research.
Jan. 12, 9 a.m.: Legacy of Slavery...Unequal Exchange Conference: "Reparations."
Jan. 19, 9 a.m.: Legacy of Slavery...Unequal Exchange Conference: Rapporteur Charles H. Long, "Reflections on the Legacy of Slavery and Implications for the 21st Century."
Jan. 26, 9 a.m.: Legacy of Slavery...Unequal Exchange Conference: "Trouble in Mind, African Americans from Emancipation to the 1990's."