Something Not So Wicked This Way Comes
SBIFF’s Kirk Douglas Award Gala at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara spotlights veteran “rising star” Cynthia Erivo, of ‘Wicked’ fame.
Author: Josef Woodard
Three-Dimensional Thinking in 2D
Sculptors, including high-profile figures, express themselves in two dimensions in “Between Planes: Exploring Sculpture through Print,” at Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.
Garden of Artly Delights
Exhibition at Sullivan Goss celebrates floral subjects in art, subjected to various degrees of tradition and reinvention.
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.
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.
