ON the Beat | Blues Beach Town
It may come as a surprise to outsiders that an affluent and tourist-flocked beach town like Santa Barbara — basking
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Exit Through the Chopin Door
Masterful American pianist Garrick Ohlsson, a Chopin specialist in his element, closes out CAMA season at the Lobero Theatre.
Grooves, Lights, Action, French-Connected
French EDM duo Justice sells out and entrances a sold-out Bowl crowd.
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.
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.
