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“Crying in H Mart” explores self-discovery, grief and Korean-American culture through the celebratory lens of food and family.
Michelle Zauner’s “Crying in H Mart” named UCSB Reads 2026 book
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Transdisciplinary composer, violinist and conductor Deniz Çağlarcan
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Iman Djouini, "Limn," hand pulled silkscreen on Rives BFK 19" x 26"
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Jeff Liang
Selina Fillinger’s “POTUS” has been one of the most produced American plays of the past few years, including a hit production on Broadway
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Songs by Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers (background), Rosa Lee "Moonshine Kate" Carson (foreground, left) and Eva Taylor are part of a newly uploaded collection to UCSB Library's Discography of American Historical Recordings
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Jeff Liang
Installation view of "Environmental Communications: Big Bang Beat L.A." on view at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, from Sept. 13–Dec. 7, 2025
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The exhibit features a poster, left, for a 1970s Liza Minnelli vehicle originally titled “Shine It On” when it played in San Francisco. By the time it came to New York, it had a new, much bolder poster, and a new name, “The Act,” right.
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Jeff Liang
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Moe Wakai
Kim Garcia, "What you can never fully hold," 2025
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Fritz Olenberger
UCSB's Santa Barbara Dance Theater
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Alexis Okeowo
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Detail, book cover for "Unfaithful: A Translator's Memoir" by Suzanne Jill Levine, Bloomsbury, 2025