Twenty Years of Naked Shakes
“The Tempest” brings Shakespearean magic to UCSB and Elings Park.
Month: August 2025
Nothing Bygone About Larry Vigon
From iconic album covers to museum-quality paintings, creativity flows through this prolific artist.
Review | Jazz-Lined Groove Machine, Subject to Change
Famed jazz-groove artist Robert Glasper made a hot, hypnotic Santa Barbara debut at the Lobero Theatre.
Film Review | 2:17 Wake-Up Call
“Weapons,” a brilliant variation on the horror genre, is a winning cinematic puzzle, with fear and laughing in the wings.
Spend a Day with Lichen at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
“Join the Enlichenment” showcases unnoticed organism through December 7.
Book Review | ‘Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism’ by Brooke Harrington
Making sense of the economic and political inequality spiraling beyond control worldwide.
History Revived
Living on the San Diego/Mexico border, I still remember the U.S. Border Patrol searching our car at night, looking for people crossing over from Tijuana.
Grow Some Poetry
Free Presidio Neighborhood event toasts Santa Barbara’s bounty.
ON the Beat | Greener Grasses, Rocky Rootsy Impulses at the Bowl
This week’s Santa Barbara Bowl special leans into bluegrass and roots music, with twists, featuring Shaky Graves and Trampled by Turtles.
Gavin Newsom’s Redistricting Plan Is on Its Way to Voters. What You Need to Know
Many California Democrats are reluctant to give up the state’s independently drawn congressional districts, but they say it’s a necessary step to counter gerrymanders in Republican states.
