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May 22, 2025

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Meiya Sydney '25, College of Creative Studies and art honors

Ceramic artist connects Taiwan and California with Mingei folk art traditions

Meiya Sidney ???, a fourth-year College of Creative Studies and art honors student, shares her ceramic practice shaped by summers in Taiwan.

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Erico Caruso Jr. (center) on the set of the 1935 musical ''El Cantante de Napoles''

Opera archive honoring famed Italian tenor donated to library

With a generous gift from scholar Andrew Farkas, UCSB Library has established the Enrico Caruso Jr. Collection, named for the son of famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.

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A play about young women on the cusp of their teenage years, “Dance Nation” portrays their conflicting impulses to stand out and blend in.

UCSB stages ‘Dance Nation,’ a play about ambition, competition and coming of age

Directed by faculty member Pesha Rudnick, the new production from Theater and Dance runs May 22–31 in the Performing Arts Theater.

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Featured Events

“Alcohol and Accelerating Aging”

Thursday, May 22

For the third lecture in its ongoing series, the Center for Aging and Longevity Studies presents Professor Karen Szumlinski of psychological and brain sciences.

Graduate Composers Concert

Friday, May 23

A performance of original music by emerging composers will feature Deniz Ça?larcan, Drew Flieder, Alysia Michelle James, Raphael Radna and Yifeng Yvonne Yuan.

Longleash, Piano Trio Concert

Friday, May 23

The renowned NYC-based trio premieres a collection of new works written by CCS composers: Luca LaMarca, Leah Graalfs, Angus Malcomson, Kai Jenkin, Zachary Davis and Talia Kennedy.