Review: The Academy Festival Orchestra at the Lobero Theatre
This exciting concert pitted Romantic music by Richard Strauss against classical symphonies by Prokofiev and Beethoven.
Charles Donelan
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Review: Camelot in Concert at the Granada Theatre
Robert Sean Leonard and Brandi Burkhardt led a stellar cast in this one-off production.
Summer Arts Preview: Classical
Contemporary composers are well represented in the MAW’s programming this year.
Summer Arts Preview: Visual Art
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has been shopping, and its impressive haul in contemporary art can be seen all summer.
Summer Arts Preview: Theater
From existential stand-up to glorious four-part harmony, this season has it all.
The End of AMASS?
The murals at the corner of Mason and Helena will be refreshed once more before the building there is demolished.
Review: Ojai Music Festival 2014
Moving easily from shimmering brilliance to zany humor, Jeremy Denk used his turn as musical director to probe tradition.
Review: Perseverance at the Japanese American National Museum
This exhibition traces the Japanese practice of irezumi from its roots in the Edo period to its latest incarnations in America.
Globetrotting with Uri Caine
Caine is at the forefront of 21st-century classical music. He’ll perform multiple concerts during 2014’s Ojai Music Festival.
Review: Drawings by Beatrice Wood at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Although her ceramics made her famous, Beatrice Wood never stopped drawing, or causing trouble.
