Surfing on the Musical Cutting Edge in Ojai
Music director and flutist Claire Chase takes charge of the 79th Ojai Music Festival, with a starry cast including pianist Craig Taborn and Pulitzer-winning drummer-composer Susie Ibarra.
Josef Woodard
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ON the Beat | A Happy Traffic Jam of Serious Concertizing
Last week’s extra-busy concert action on the classical-jazz fronts, including season-closers, was a rewarding feast.
Review | Lively History Lesson in Houses of Assorted Repute
Wynton Marsalis’s latest local visit found him expertly leading live accompaniment to modern silent film ‘LOUIS.’
Art About Spaces and Times
Four artists take over the UCSB AD&A Museum for this year’s intriguing MFA exhibition, ‘(it’s about time).’
Every Picture Telling Rock Stories
Famed veteran rock photographer Henry Diltz returns to Santa Barbara with iconic images in tow, teaming up with Hale Milgrim’s ‘Quips & Pix & Flix’ series at the Lobero Theatre.
An Artful, Mythic Mess
Elliott Hundley’s major new exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, “Proscenium,” interacts with the museum’s antiquities-filled entryway and showcases the L.A. artist’s unique aesthetic.
ON the Beat | Frivolity in Serious Clothing
Major jazz icons Bill Frisell and Wynton Marsalis hit town, amid the last busy burst of action on the fall-to-spring concert season calendar.
Countdown to Film Center Ecstasy
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s grand Film Center project plunges into renovation mode, with fundraising efforts afoot.
Review | L.A. Phil Shines, as Expected, in Home and Away Games
CAMA’s orchestral season closed with another dazzling performance by the L.A. Philharmonic at the Granada Theatre, although without the earlier promise of Boulez on the menu.
Embracing the “Viva,” with Access for All
As the idealistic “¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara!” Latin music series nears the 20-year mark, an endowment project signals the final goal of retiring Arts & Lectures director Celesta Billeci.
