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Gallery Josephine Opens in Former Victor the Florist Flower Shop

Gallery Josephine Opens in Former Victor the Florist Flower Shop

Visual Arts By Anya McCue

Josephine Tournier Ingram repurposes space for her art and community.

Review | The Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College’s ‘Anything Goes’ Pairs Well with the Season

Review | The Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College’s ‘Anything Goes’ Pairs Well with the Season

Theater By Maggie Yates

‘Anything Goes’ is a breezy summer cocktail with a happily-ever-after chaser.

ON Culture: Music Academy, PCPA, and Nicole Strasburg Start the Summer Out Strong

ON Culture: Music Academy, PCPA, and Nicole Strasburg Start the Summer Out Strong

ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg

ON the Stage Imagine going to a talent show where everyone was good? That’s a bit what last week’s Music

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ONE805LIVE! Adds Slightly Stoopid to Star-Studded Lineup

ONE805LIVE! Adds Slightly Stoopid to Star-Studded Lineup

Music By Tiana Molony

San Marcos High School Students Create 270-Foot Mural with Artist Michael Matheson

San Marcos High School Students Create 270-Foot Mural with Artist Michael Matheson

Visual Arts By Anya McCue

Operatic Powerhouse on the Town and on Campus

Operatic Powerhouse on the Town and on Campus

Music By Josef Woodard

ON the Beat | Alive and Kicking and Thinking at the Music Academy

ON the Beat | Alive and Kicking and Thinking at the Music Academy

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

A Visual Review of Israel Vibration at SOhO

A Visual Review of Israel Vibration at SOhO

Music By John Isaacson

Photo Unfinish

Visual Arts By Josef Woodard

Maxwell Caulfield Brings ‘Pilate: The Lost Gospel’ to Carpinteria on July 23

Maxwell Caulfield Brings ‘Pilate: The Lost Gospel’ to Carpinteria on July 23

Theater By Maggie Yates

American Grain Meets German Grandeur

American Grain Meets German Grandeur

Music By Josef Woodard

This One Time at Film Camp

This One Time at Film Camp

Film By Leslie Dinaberg

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Music

ONE805LIVE! Adds Slightly Stoopid to Star-Studded Lineup

ONE805LIVE! Adds Slightly Stoopid to Star-Studded Lineup

Music By Tiana Molony

Operatic Powerhouse on the Town and on Campus

Operatic Powerhouse on the Town and on Campus

Music By Josef Woodard

A Visual Review of Israel Vibration at SOhO

A Visual Review of Israel Vibration at SOhO

Music By John Isaacson

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Visual Arts

Gallery Josephine Opens in Former Victor the Florist Flower Shop

Gallery Josephine Opens in Former Victor the Florist Flower Shop

Visual Arts By Anya McCue

San Marcos High School Students Create 270-Foot Mural with Artist Michael Matheson

San Marcos High School Students Create 270-Foot Mural with Artist Michael Matheson

Visual Arts By Anya McCue

Visual Arts By Josef Woodard

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ON Culture

ON Culture: Music Academy, PCPA, and Nicole Strasburg Start the Summer Out Strong

ON Culture: Music Academy, PCPA, and Nicole Strasburg Start the Summer Out Strong

ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg

ON Culture: So Long to the Mistress of the Morning Mojo

ON Culture: So Long to the Mistress of the Morning Mojo

ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg

ON Culture: Art in Unexpected Places

ON Culture: Art in Unexpected Places

ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg

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Theater

Review | The Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College’s ‘Anything Goes’ Pairs Well with the Season

Review | The Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College’s ‘Anything Goes’ Pairs Well with the Season

Theater By Maggie Yates

Maxwell Caulfield Brings ‘Pilate: The Lost Gospel’ to Carpinteria on July 23

Maxwell Caulfield Brings ‘Pilate: The Lost Gospel’ to Carpinteria on July 23

Theater By Maggie Yates

Review | ‘Frozen’ Brings a Snow Globe Adventure to Solvang

Review | ‘Frozen’ Brings a Snow Globe Adventure to Solvang

Theater By Maggie Yates

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Reviews

In the Chamber Café, Delectably

In the Chamber Café, Delectably

Music By Josef Woodard

Review | Mozart Meets the Moderns

Review | Mozart Meets the Moderns

Reviews By Josef Woodard

Review | Ten Years After Paris, Eagles of Death Metal Soar

Review | Ten Years After Paris, Eagles of Death Metal Soar

Music By Stuart C. Paul, Photos by Stuart C. Paul

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Film & TV

This One Time at Film Camp

This One Time at Film Camp

Film By Leslie Dinaberg

Everywhere All at Once, at One Time

Everywhere All at Once, at One Time

Film By Josef Woodard

Vive le French Cinema, New and Vintage

Vive le French Cinema, New and Vintage

Film By Josef Woodard

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ON the Beat

ON the Beat | Alive and Kicking and Thinking at the Music Academy

ON the Beat | Alive and Kicking and Thinking at the Music Academy

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

ON the Beat | The Art of Beating and Bowing, On Parade

ON the Beat | The Art of Beating and Bowing, On Parade

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

ON the Beat | Music Academy Notes from All Over, Opening with a Crossover Anomaly

ON the Beat | Music Academy Notes from All Over, Opening with a Crossover Anomaly

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

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Dance

Support Flamenco at ‘Fiesta in the Grove’

Support Flamenco at ‘Fiesta in the Grove’

Dance By Maggie Yates

Choreographer Gianna Burright to Premiere New Work at Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York

Choreographer Gianna Burright to Premiere New Work at Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York

Dance By Jatila van der Veen

Swinging in Style

Swinging in Style

Dance By Meaghan Clark Tiernan

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Books

Book Review | ‘Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures: A Biography of Denis Johnson’ by Ted Geltner

Book Review | ‘Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures: A Biography of Denis Johnson’ by Ted Geltner

Books By George Yatchisin

Book Review | ‘Agnes Lives!’ by Hallie Elizabeth Newton

Book Review | ‘Agnes Lives!’ by Hallie Elizabeth Newton

Books By Brian Tanguay

Dipping Into the 2026 Santa Barbara Writers Conference

Dipping Into the 2026 Santa Barbara Writers Conference

Books By Leslie Dinaberg

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All Booked

All Booked | Summer Love — with a Twist

All Booked | Summer Love — with a Twist

All Booked By Tessa Reeg

All Booked | A Collection of Collections

All Booked | A Collection of Collections

All Booked By Tiana Molony & Tessa Reeg

All Booked | Notable Novellas

All Booked | Notable Novellas

All Booked By Tessa Reeg & Emily Vesper

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Comedy

Walk Your Laugh Off

Walk Your Laugh Off

Comedy By Meaghan Clark Tiernan

Dinner, Drinks, and a Dose of Laughter at the Wine Cask Gold Room

Dinner, Drinks, and a Dose of Laughter at the Wine Cask Gold Room

Comedy By Tiana Molony

Review | DIY Comedy with Nick Offerman

Review | DIY Comedy with Nick Offerman

Comedy By Tiana Molony

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Poetry Matters

Poetry Connection: Connecting with the Santa Barbara Writers Conference

Poetry Connection: Connecting with the Santa Barbara Writers Conference

Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

Poetry Connection: Connecting with Fiesta Poet Laureate, Father Larry

Poetry Connection: Connecting with Fiesta Poet Laureate, Father Larry

Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

Poetry Connection: Connecting with Santa Barbara’s 11th Poet Laureate, George Yatchisin

Poetry Connection: Connecting with Santa Barbara’s 11th Poet Laureate, George Yatchisin

Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025

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