"The African Diaspora: Ties that Bind," Exhibition, Through Feb. 28, Ethnic and Gender Studies Library, Davidson Library    This exhibit on the second floor of Davidson Library is part of UCSB's observance of Black History Month. MORE INFO

"Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen," Free Film, Feb. 10,
6 p.m., MultiCultural Center Theater
As part of UCSB's observance of Black History Month, "Still Black" brings to life the stories of six transmen. A discussion follows with members of the Black Student Union. MORE INFO

"Still Walking," Film, Feb. 10,
7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall    Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's poignant drama about a family haunted by the memory of a lost son. MORE INFO

Sonia Nazario, UCSB Reads Author Event, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m., Campbell Hall    Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper series and the UCSB Reads selection "Enrique's Journey," Sonia Nazario will talk about a young Honduran boy's brave odyssey to find his mother in the United States as part of a discussion on illegal immigration. This event is free. MORE INFO

Vocal Convocation, Free Performance, Feb. 11, 8 p.m., Karl Geiringer Hall    Benjamin Brecher, chair of the UCSB Vocal Program, leads a program featuring outstanding students. MORE INFO

"Kingdom City," Performance,
Feb. 12-20, Performing Arts Theatre   New York director Miriam Bloom inadvertently ignites a culture war in Kingdom City, Missouri when she casts members of a Christian abstinence program in a high school production of "The Crucible." MORE INFO

Akram Khan Company, Performance, Feb. 16, 8 p.m., Campbell Hall    Named after a Bengali word meaning "carrier," "bahok" is the eagerly anticipated collaboration between Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Akram Khan and the National Ballet of China. MORE INFO

Suzanne Vega, Free Songwriting Workshop, Feb. 17, 2 p.m., Karl Geiringer Hall    Suzanne Vega, one of music's most distinctive female singer-songwriters, leads a workshop with UCSB students. MORE INFO

"From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami," Free Lecture, (reservations required - see MORE INFO) Feb. 17, 5 p.m., Engineering Sciences Bldg. 1001    Regents' Lecturer Robert Lang is an origami world master and a pioneer of the cross-disciplinary marriage of origami with mathematics that revolutionized the art in the late 20th century. MORE INFO

"Haiti and the Practice of Vodou" Free Lecture, Feb. 24, Noon, Center for Black Studies Research, 4603 South Hall
Regents' Nobel laureate UCSB Black studies undergraduate Eziaku Nwokocha will present this free public lecture as part of UCSB's observance of Black History Month.

"Traces of Trade: A Story from the Deep South," Documentary, Feb. 24, 6 p.m., MultiCultural Center Theater
Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U. S. history. A discussion follows this free event that is part of UCSB's observance of Black History Month. MORE INFO

"The Great Ideas of Biology," Public Lecture, Feb. 24, 8 p.m., Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Regents' Nobel laureate Paul Nurse, a geneticist and cell biologist, will present this free public lecture. Reservations are required. MORE INFO

"Global Recession: Did We Dodge a Bullet?," Economics Forum Lecture, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, Santa Barbara   Join Benjamin Cohen, Luis Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy at UCSB, for a stimulating discussion about the global economic outlook. MORE INFO

"The Trojan Women," Performance, Feb. 26-Mar. 6, Hatlen Theatre    The women of Troy face an uncertain future after their city is sacked by Greek troops. MORE INFO

Liederabend, Performance, Feb. 27,
8 p.m., Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Benjamin Brecher leads outstanding students in a program of works by Robert Schumann. MORE INFO

Carillonneur Margo Halsted, Free Performance, Feb. 28, 3 p.m., Storke Plaza    UCSB Carillonneur Margo Halsted performs songs by American composers. MORE INFO

University Art Museum Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison February 17 - May 16 Combining aesthetic restraint and slapstick performance, video artists John Wood and Paul Harrison are ingenious inventors and stuntmen. Their video shorts reflect witty references to early cinema and reveal a sophisticated awareness of art and art history, as they highlight the quality of inventive play behind all art.  MORE INFO Artist-in-Residence: Ann Diener February 17 - June 20 In the intricate drawings by noted Santa Barbara artist Ann Diener past and present collide, revealing the ways that Southern California's landscape has changed - from farming plots worked by individual families to large-scale tracts owned by agri-business to suburban housing developments. MORE INFO