Picasso in Two Centuries
Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s “Picasso on Paper” exhibit reveals much about both the Spanish artist and the museum itself.
Charles Donelan
Recent Stories
Brian Wilson’s That Lucky Old Sun Tour Rises at the Lobero
When former Beach Boy and pop music legend Brian Wilson takes the stage at the Lobero Theatre on Wednesday night, he feels there will be a lot riding on the reception of his new record, That Lucky Old Sun.
Harlequins and pie
El Capitan Ranch made a beautiful setting for this holiday weekend party.
Picnic Concert
The Music Academy’s annual Picnic Concert series, which ended last Thursday, extends an invitation for us to eat, drink and be generally merry in elegant fashion, and then partake of concerts by students in the sumptuously renovated Hahn Hall.
Nate Birkey Reaches Home
It’s been four years since Nate Birkey left Santa Barbara for New York City, and on Wednesday, August 27, he will be back in town to celebrate Almost Home, his fifth album on the Household Ink label.
Music Academy Rakes in Two Major Donations
$3 Million from longtime supporters Shirley and Seymour Lehrer and an avocado ranch from soprano Irene Cummings.
Steve Miller Band
It’s hard to think of two better ’70s soul mates than Steve Miller and Joe Cocker.
Ken Bortolazzo, Optikinetics III
This glistening, effervescent, and quietly transformative show represents the next stage in an already illustrious career for sculptor Ken Bortolazzo, and marks the maturing of Bortolazzo’s playful synthesis of two established art movements: optical and kinetic art.
A Wedding, presented by the Music Academy of the West
This rambunctious comedy had the audience alternately laughing and gasping with shock.
The Making of Selden Edwards’s Novel, The Little Book
Never give up” is an attitude that’s easier to espouse than to embrace, especially when the project in question has gone on for decades and the chances of success seem slim.
