Charles Donelan, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Arts & Entertainment By Charles Donelan | Tue Aug 13, 2013 | 6:00am

Review: Music Academy of the West Cabaret

Gerald Sternbach led the Academy’s voice fellows in a dazzling revue at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort on Thursday, August 8.

Theater By Charles Donelan | Thu Aug 08, 2013 | 12:00am

Some of the most celebrated writers in American theater have gathered in Ojai this week to help each other work on new material.

Visual Arts By Charles Donelan | Thu Aug 08, 2013 | 12:00am

Channing Peake’s friendship with Picasso is the subject of a new exhibition at UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum

Arts & Entertainment By Charles Donelan | Tue Aug 06, 2013 | 2:00pm

This annual concert of mostly baroque music has become one of the Music Academy’s most popular.

Arts & Entertainment By Charles Donelan | Tue Aug 06, 2013 | 6:00am

Chaucer’s celebrates The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing with a book-signing.

Arts & Entertainment By Charles Donelan | Mon Aug 05, 2013 | 3:00pm

Mozart’s unpredictable masterpieces shines in this thrilling production.

Visual Arts By Charles Donelan | Wed Jul 31, 2013 | 6:00am

British artist Grayson Perry gave an inspiring talk at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Sunday, July 28.

Arts & Entertainment By Charles Donelan | Fri Jul 26, 2013 | 4:00pm

The Music Academy invaded the Funk Zone (adjacent) on Wednesday, July 24.

Theater By Charles Donelan | Thu Jul 25, 2013 | 12:00am

Master farceur Ken Ludwig’s newest play looks at a pair of comic country clubs.

Visual Arts By Charles Donelan | Wed Jul 24, 2013 | 6:00am

The meaning of these improbable and often shocking images is very much in the eye of the beholder.