ON the Beat | Greener Grasses, Rocky Rootsy Impulses at the Bowl
This week’s Santa Barbara Bowl special leans into bluegrass and roots music, with twists, featuring Shaky Graves and Trampled by Turtles.
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Impressive New Art Space in Town, with French-Caribbean Flavor
A welcome addition to Santa Barbara’s art scene, the newly opened Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery specializes in fine art from the Caribbean.
Putting the ‘Pub’ Back in Public House, with Music on Tap
Cutler’s Public House, built up from Ian Cutler’s artisanal distilled spirits, benefits from music on the menu.
ON the Beat | From Sweden, with Love and Jazz
The Columnist Wings off to the Ystad Jazz Festival in Southern Sweden on a Busman’s Baltic Holiday.
Review | MAW’s Masterful Mahler, an Epic yet Friendly Adieu
The Music Academy of the West’s 78th season ended on a warm and epic note, with a powerful reading of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 at a packed Granada Theatre.
Film Review | Winning Formulae
‘F1’— the fast-paced feel good hit of the summer movie crop, is a winning picture on its own modest terms.
Film Review | ‘Sorry Baby’, Finding Light in the Dark, Baby Steps
Eva Victor’s quietly brilliant film deals with sexual and existential trauma in a humane and cinematically quirky way.
ON the Beat | Academy’s Mahler Moment, Writ Large
Music Academy of the West closes out 78th festival with a big, protracted bang, courtesy of Mahler’s sprawling Symphony No. 3.
Jazz Muse in Groove Land: The Robert Glasper Story
Famed keyboardist and bandleader makes his local debut at the Lobero Theatre.
Film Review | ‘Eddington’ — A Masked Manic Fable
Ari Aster’s latest filmic head trip, “Eddington,” skillfully plays with genre and viewer expectations, with Joaquin Phoenix as co-conspirator.
