Busting into the Artworld, Pictorially
‘Stage Craft: Pictorialist Photography and Performance,’ now at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, surveys early photographers seeking a place at the artworld table.
Author: Josef Woodard
On the Beat | Music Tripping to Scotland and Brazil, Directly and Indirectly from the Sources
Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara gears up for its next concert program destination, Scotland; Sergio and Clarice Assad celebrate the legacies of their home turf, Brazil.
High Tea Meets High Fashion
Unique Couture Pattern Museum hosts special high tea/book signing and lecture for new books on ‘Chanel in Vogue’.
Monteverdi on the March
Famed French early music ensemble Les Arts Florissants brings a program of Baroque master Claudio Monteverdi to the Lobero on November 15.
Natural Nuisances, Large and Small
The superb documentary ‘Nuisance Bear,’ a highlight of this weekend’s Wild and Free Film Festival, chronicles the struggles of polar bears in a “wildland–urban interface (WUI).”
Review | Six Strings and Pockets Full of Taste and Heat
Humble jazz guitar hero Julian Lage, sideman to jazz stars (and Bob Dylan), shines in his spotlight moment with an ace band at the Lobero.
Review | A Tale of Two Russians, Plus One
Santa Barbara Symphony opens its new season with strong doses of Russian music, from Rachmaninoff — featuring dazzling pianist Michelle Cann — and Shostakovich, and a sprig of Stravinsky.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Opens CAMA Season
Famed “conductorless” chamber orchestra returns to town, opening the new season of renowned orchestra and chamber music.
Review | Home of the Giants, in Tribute
Fine jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman returns to the Grand on State with another in a string of tributes to legends, this time spotlighting Bill Evans.
On the Baroque Beat: Purcell Gets His Spotlight
Santa Barbara Master Chorale scores, with a new director, and a “Purcell-a-Palooza” adventure; Kabarettis on State.
