Review | Demon Rocker of State Street
Queens of the Stone Age special “Catacombs Tour” of historic theaters dazzles at the Arlington with fresh chamber rock character.
Josef Woodard
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Review | The Art of Going Scottish
Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara featured the welcome return of well-known Scottish Folk duo Alastair Fraser and Natalie Haas.
ON the Beat | Sitting on Top of the World
Locally spawned, kinder, gentler rock star Jack Johnson stages an Arlington party with surfing film and music in a “SUFILMUSIC” mix; Gaby Moreno glows, bi-lingually.
Re-Channeling the Hot Jazz Master
Django Festival Allstars, joined by vocalist Veronica Swift, bring back their unapologetically Django Reinhardt–style guitar wizardry to the Lobero.
Review | Sicilian Amore, Gone Dark
Opera Santa Barbara scores again with its season-opening production of the ever-popular “Cavalleria rusticana,” at the Lobero Theatre.
Film Review | Psychopathic Parlor Games
Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest mind-tripping film, ‘Bugonia’, is a darkly comic, twisted joyride with a message.
Review | ZZ Top Is Bad, Nationwide, and Bowlside
Veteran Texan rockers ZZ Top close out the Bowl season with a boogying, tongue-in-cheek one-two punch, plus openers Night Ranger.
Art Review | Impressionist Field Day
Major traveling exhibition showcasing Impressionist art lands at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, its blockbuster of the year.
Requiem Adventures, Part Two
Santa Barbara Symphony takes on the ambitious Mozart Requiem, with an instrumental and choral cast of 200-plus.
ON the Beat | Honoring the Man, the Store, the Myth
Recently closed Jensen’s Music, and owner Chris Jensen, were paid a loving tribute on a SOhO Sunday, eyeing a music-stuffed weekend.
