ON the Beat | Inclusive Chamber Music Manners, Mardi Gras Appetizer
Sphinx Virtuosi, with black and Latinx Focus, brings its vibrant sound back to the Lobero, Jon Cleary kicked up serious N’Awlins jams at Campbell Hall.
Author: Josef Woodard
Fabric as Form, Content, and Context
Veteran fabric artist Julia Ford presents a small 50-year survey of work in the Atkinson Gallery pop-up show.
Cello Sweets, Old and Very New
Master cellist and human Yo-Yo Ma returns to town, this time with fresh musical produce to present.
Trumpet in the House, No Chucho
Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chucho Valdés cancels, but co-headliner Arturo Sandoval is still headed for Campbell Hall.
ON the Beat | On the Plugged/Unplugged Trail
The Meet-up of Third Coast Percussion and Jlin artfully grooved up Campbell Hall; David Starkey peers into the navel of public access TV.
Wartime Child’s Play
“The President’s Cake” is a superb Iraqi film, portraying the country in painful transition, through children’s eyes.
Baroque Carnivalia, in Period Finery
Venice Baroque Orchestra Brings its period music power and mission to the Lobero, with last-minute substitute violinist Rachell Ellen Wong seizing the spotlight.
Palestine Calling
‘All That’s Left of You,’ Jordan’s Oscar submission, is a sensitive and awakening family portrait of Palestinians in crisis and solidarity
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.
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.
