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.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
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.
‘Beyond the Object,’ UCSB AD&A Museum’s In-House Holdings on an Outing
“Selections from the Permanent Collection” lends a public spotlight on an impressive permanent collection.
Review | Boys Night Out, with God on Top
Veteran gospel heroes Blind Boys of Alabama fire Campbell Hall up with spirit, Cory Henry on the side.
Film Review | Fighting Powers-that-be with Cinema on the Sly
Revered and clandestine Iranian Director Jafar Panahi triumphs with his Palm d’Or-winning new film ‘It was Just an Accident’.
