SANTA BARBARA — UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) announces Race to Justice Winter 2021 virtual events, part of A&L’s season-long, in-depth look at systemic racism. This effort engages leading activists, creatives and thinkers to expand our understanding of racism and how race impacts society and to inspire an expansive approach to advancing racial equality. Race to Justice Winter 2021 virtual events include: Anna Deavere Smith; Minnijean Brown-Trickey; W. Kamau Bell; Dr. Mae Jemison; LaToya Ruby Frazier; and Michelle Alexander. These virtual events are created exclusively for UCSB Arts & Lectures and can be purchased by anyone, anywhere. Presentations will be followed by Q&As with the audience. Most virtual programs are an hour long starting at 5 p.m. Pacific and will be available for replay by ticket buyers for one week following the broadcast. The winter quarter includes FREE community and educational events.
Ticket Information:
- A Race to Justice Winter 2021 complete series package is available for $60.
- Single tickets for Race to Justice virtual events start at $10 for the general public and are FREE for UCSB students (registration required)
- Tickets and info available at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu or by calling (805) 893-3535
- For tickets and more information, visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu or call the UCSB ticket office at (805) 893-3535.
WINTER 2021 LINEUP
Legal Scholar and Social Justice Advocate
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Thu, Mar 4 / 5 PM Pacific
$10 / FREE for UCSB students (registration required)
Ticket holders will be able to replay this event for one week
New York Times columnist Michelle Alexander is the author of The New Jim Crow, the acclaimed bestseller that “struck the spark that would eventually light the fire of Black Lives Matter” (Ibram X. Kendi). Marked by a special 10th anniversary edition released this January, her celebrated book continues to peel back the curtain on systemic racism in the American prison system. A legal scholar, social justice advocate and visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary, Alexander takes a hard look at racial injustice in the modern legal system to reveal how mass incarceration has come to replace segregation. She offers a new perspective on the challenges facing the civil rights community and a rousing call-to-action for a multi-racial, multi-ethnic human rights movement for justice in America.
This conversation with Victor Rios, UC Santa Barbara Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Social Sciences, will be followed by a Q&A.
FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Encore Presentation
FREE Virtual Performance and Conversation
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis
Available for on-demand viewing Wed, Jan 20 & Thu, Jan 21
While our original intention was to bring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis to Santa Barbara to perform this season, travel restrictions prohibit even a fanless performance at this time. However JLCO’s year-long residency continues virtually. On this Inauguration Day, please enjoy this free replay of The Sounds of Democracy, followed by a special one-hour conversation and audience Q&A with Wynton Marsalis and Pulitzer Prize-winner and UCSB professor Dr. Jeffrey C. Stewart. (Originally live-streamed on Nov. 6, 2020. Encore presentation available for 48 hours.)
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet’s performance of The Sounds of Democracy aims to entertain, inspire and uplift audiences with the full vigor, vision and depth of America’s music. Led by trumpeter/composer Wynton Marsalis and featuring seven of jazz’s finest soloists, the concert’s unique repertoire celebrates jazz’s embodiment of freedom and democracy. The evening will feature The Democracy Suite, a new Marsalis composition written during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis as a response to the political, social, and economic struggles facing our nation. The Democracy Suite is a swinging and stimulating instrumental rumination on the issues that have recently dominated our lives as well as the beauty that could emerge from a collective effort to create a better future.
This concert was filmed on September 27, 2020 at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City in accordance with the New York State Department of Health Interim Guidance on Media Production.
Dedicated to the late Milton Warshaw, friend of Arts & Lectures and passionate benefactor of arts education.
Lead Sponsor: Sara Miller McCune.
With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative.
Free, all-ages intensive musical programs
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Residency
“Webop,“ “Swing University” and “Jazz for Young People”
Experts from JLCO’s Jazz Academy in New York lead virtual sessions to elevate musicianship, broaden perspectives and spread the gospel of jazz through various educational programs for everyone from toddlers to adults, illuminating America’s music and its development.
Beyond the Stage
Saturdays, Jan 30 – Mar 20
9:30 AM – 10:10 AM PT
Zoom (Online)
WeBop is Jazz at Lincoln Center’s award-winning, early-childhood jazz education program for little ones and their parents/caregivers. We strongly believe in children’s natural ability to improvise and we are committed to exploring their creativity through fun interactive classes! This 8-class series is for students ages 3-5 years old.
Thematic Learning Initiative
Tuesdays, Jan 19 – Feb 23
6:30 PM – 8 PM PT
Zoom (Online)
In this Beginner’s Guide to Jazz, we’ll develop your ears to hear the many intricacies that make this music so endlessly fascinating and guide you through the history and development of the styles. With instructor and Swing University curator Seton Hawkins; no musical knowledge is required.
Arts Adventures
Thu, Feb 4 / 10 AM
Virtual (A&L website)
“Marsalis uses serious scholarship, as well as a loving, commanding tone, to engage the kids and make them shout, whisper, sing and show their learning.”
Noozhawk
Let Jazz at Lincoln Center and Wynton Marsalis introduce your students to the infectious energy of swing. Recommended for grades 3-8.
Education Sponsors: William H. Kearns Foundation, Sara Miller McCune, SAGE Publishing, Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing, UCSB Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, UCSB Students.
EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACT
Paramount to Arts & Lectures is amplifying Race to Justice’s impact In the community. An extensive educational and community outreach schedule will be integrated with Race to Justice programming, providing additional opportunities for UCSB students and members of the community to engage with the speakers and creators and their ideas.
For virtual events taking place from February through March, Race to Justice speakers will be meeting virtually with UCSB students from across the campus.
In addition, UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Thematic Learning Initiative is creating FREE opportunities for further engagement through partnerships with Santa Barbara County organizations focused on human services, at-risk populations and leadership, as well as tools for interested individuals and small groups to further explore race in society and promote racial equality. Members of the community interested in the Thematic Learning Initiative can learn more about how to participate in Race to Justice activities throughout Santa Barbara County at www.thematic-learning.org.
RACE TO JUSTICE PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
Arts & Lectures is proud to present Race to Justice in association with the following UC Santa Barbara campus partners: Department of Black Studies; Center for Black Studies Research; Division of Social Sciences; Division of Humanities and Fine Arts; Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences; Division of Student Affairs; Gevirtz Graduate School of Education; Graduate Division; College of Creative Studies; College of Engineering; MultiCultural Center; The Carsey-Wolf Center; UCSB Reads; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.
Race to Justice Lead Sponsors: Marcy Carsey, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Patty & John MacFarlane, Sara Miller McCune, Santa Barbara Foundation, Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin, Dick Wolf and Zegar Family Foundation.
Race to Justice Media Sponsors: Santa Barbara Independent, KCRW,Voice Magazine, Noozhawk.
UCSB Arts & Lectures gratefully acknowledges our Community Partners the Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli for their generous support of the 2020-21 season.
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