Et Tu, Opera Santa Barbara?
Santa Barbara Opera returns to the world of Handel opera with “Caesar and Cleopatra” this weekend at the Lobero Theatre.
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Mapping a World in Flux
Now at UCSB’s AD&A Museum, “Tiffany Chung: indelible traces” celebrates the rich career of the respected UCSB alum artist.
ON the Beat | Leo, Yo-Yo, and other Musical Matters that Matter
Leo Kottke soothes, rambles, and juices Up the Lobero; Yo-Yo Ma returns, with contemporary music in store.
Reel Love in Symphonic Terms
Santa Barbara Symphony’s February program, “Romantic Hollywood,” synced up with Valentine’s Day and the tail end of the Film Festival.
L.A. Way, Ansel-ized
Ansel Adams exhibition at Westmont College Ridley-Tree Museum of Art offers a glimpse of the photographer’s classics, but mostly vintage L.A. imagery.
The McHurley Year
SBIFF 2026 presented a full and satisfying slate of celebrity tributes and a chock-full global survey of cinema, but the main event was the opening of the McHurley Film Center.
Final Festival Act, Full Day of Quality Content
SBIFF 2026 closed out on Sunday with Apartheid-themed ‘Laundry’, capping off a full filmic day, including the unique prison doc ‘Alabama Solution’.
Great American Cultural Heroism, Beyond Chicano Culture
‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’ fills the void of tributes to an American hero, among the highlights of SBIFF on day nine.
ON the Beat | All-American Early Music, Reconsidered
Fascinating concert with renegade early music group Ruckus and famed bass-baritone Davóne Tines strikes multiple musical and social chords.
Sinners, Saints, and Appalachian Vistas
Thursday’s schedule at SBIFF brought back the mighty Michael B. Jordan, and assorted cinematic byways from Africa to Appalachia.
