ON the Beat | ‘Tis the Season to be Choral
Christmas season brings out Santa Barbara’s choral riches, and other seasonal news fit to print.
Josef Woodard
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Film Review | Nordic House Call
Joachim Trier’s quietly powerful ‘Sentimental Value’ addresses family stresses, lingering memory, art vs. life, and a vaunted house.
Punker, Soulstress, Jazz Chanteuse, Holiday Reveler Tina Schlieske to the Rescue
Powerhouse vocalist brings her annual holiday show to the Lobero Theatre.
Molly Tuttle, Rising and Revealing
Bluegrass-and-more sensation Molly Tuttle continues her ascending profile, landing at the Arlington Theatre.
ON the Beat | Past and Present Hotness
Django-phonic jazz at the Lobero, clarinet conceptualism at Hahn Hall, and more on the music beat.
Muralist on the Rise, at Festivals and Santa Barbara’s Walls
Mexican-born interdisciplinary artist Diego Melgoza, a k a Melgo, expands horizons into the mural tradition, in untraditional ways.
A Wilder Frontier
Famous/infamous film ‘Heaven’s Gate’, uncut version, screens at the Arlington Theatre, with one of its stars, Jeff Bridges in-house with photographer wife Susan.
Review | Mozart Meets the Moderns
Santa Barbara Symphony takes on its second famed Requiem this year, following the Brahms with Mozart’s masterpiece, with contemporary works in the programmatic mix.
Review | A Big Ravel Reveal
Respected Canadian — and worldly — pianist Louis Lortie made a dynamic local debut at the Lobero.
ON the Beat | Idaho State of Minding
Captivating Americana Idahoan Eilen Jewell thrills satisfied customers at SOhO; R&B singer/saxist Vanessa Collier to rock Carrillo Recreation Center.
