{"id":8399,"date":"2018-01-16T18:05:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T02:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=8399"},"modified":"2018-01-16T15:08:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T23:08:15","slug":"trevor-noah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=8399","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Noah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trevor Noah, photo by Paul Mobley.<\/p><\/div>\n

Trevor Noah<\/a>, who was launched into the international spotlight in 2015 when he was selected to fill Jon Stewart<\/a>\u2019s shoes as host of The Daily Show<\/i><\/a>, makes his Santa Barbara debut on January 19 when\u00a0UCSB Arts & Lectures<\/a> presents an evening of stand-up with Trevor Noah, at 8 p.m. at the Arlington Theatre<\/a>\u00a0 (1317 State St.).<\/span><\/p>\n

Raised in post-apartheid South Africa by a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa<\/a> mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison, Noah brings a unique perspective to his stories and hit comedy specials, including Afraid of the Dark<\/i>, Lost in Translation<\/i>, African American<\/i> and his award-winning memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood<\/i><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Newsweek<\/em> called him, \u201cA cultural chameleon who has learned to mine his surroundings as much for survival and human connection as for comedy.\u201d \u00a0Noah\u2019s incisive humor slips from jokes to earnest insights for a moving, thought-provoking and hilarious experience.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n