Charles Donelan

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Pink Martini Plays the Arlington
Arts & Entertainment By | Thu Sep 13, 2007 | 6:00am

Pink Martini Plays the Arlington

Pink Martini is the little orchestra love child of pianist/composer Thomas Lauderdale and vocalist China Forbes. Their distinctive, hyper-glamorous, neo-retro world music has made them best-selling international recording artists and a tremendously successful touring act. They played the grand opening of the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles with the L.A. Philharmonic in 2002, and then returned to sell out two consecutive New Year’s Eve concerts in the same venue.

The Rediscovery of Selden Spaulding.
Visual Arts By | Thu Sep 13, 2007 | 6:00am

The Rediscovery of Selden Spaulding.

Selden “Denny” Spaulding’s work of the 1960s ought to spark a widespread revival of interest in one of Santa Barbara’s most original abstract artists. Spaulding was educated at Laguna Blanca School where his father, Edward Selden Spaulding, was the first headmaster, and at Princeton, where he majored in art and archaeology. After serving in World War II, Spaulding relocated to the French countryside in 1950.

Georges Rouault’s Miserere et Guerre: This Anguished World of Shadows.
Visual Arts By | Thu Sep 06, 2007 | 6:00am

Georges Rouault’s Miserere et Guerre: This Anguished World of Shadows.

This exhibition of prints by the 20th-century French artist Georges Rouault revisits a question that has fruitfully occupied the art department at Westmont College for many years: “Is modernism in art compatible with Christian devotion?” Rouault’s magnificent work answers the question with an emphatic “yes,” and anyone with an interest in modernism, printmaking, the Passion of Christ, or social justice ought to see it.

After More than a Century, the Lobero Theatre Still Reigns Supreme
Theater By | Thu Sep 06, 2007 | 6:00am

After More than a Century, the Lobero Theatre Still Reigns Supreme

With all due respect to its bigger neighbors to the north and west, the Lobero Theatre, more than any other performing arts structure in town, is Santa Barbara. Intimate without being exclusive, elevated without being elitist, and recognized around the world as a magical venue, the Lobero gives Santa Barbara’s creative community a picturesque focal point and a vital connection to some of the greatest performing artists in the world.

The Urban Myth: Visions of the City.
Visual Arts By | Thu Aug 30, 2007 | 6:00am

The Urban Myth: Visions of the City.

City air makes free” was the slogan of medieval serfs, who could escape their enslavement to the great rural landowners by migrating to the city, where such customary obligations did not apply. Out of this early modern political anomaly has risen what this group show terms “the urban myth,” a complex and ever-evolving set of ideas and assumptions about what city life has to offer.

Three One-Act Comedies
Theater By | Thu Aug 30, 2007 | 6:00am

Three One-Act Comedies

The group of performers that has coalesced around director and actor Ed Giron’s various projects has talent and an aptitude for comedy, and this night of one-act comedies may be the best thing the group has done yet.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Arts & Entertainment By | Thu Aug 30, 2007 | 6:00am

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Dave Brubeck began Monday evening’s performance by pointing out that there was a music stand onstage-something unusual for this band, three of whom have played together for 30 years. Brubeck excused its presence by saying he is under some pressure right now. Clint Eastwood is making a documentary about him, and there will be cameras rolling when he takes the stage at the Monterey Jazz Festival next month.

Lost Souls at SBMA
Film & TV By | Thu Aug 30, 2007 | 6:00am

Lost Souls at SBMA

Among the most difficult questions facing the world’s art collectors, museums, and galleries is what to do about stolen or otherwise illegitimately obtained art objects. Ask Marion True, the former curator of antiquities at the Getty, who has been brought up on criminal charges in Rome over her role in acquiring art for the museum that later turned out to be stolen.

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