ON the Beat | Banjo and Organ on the Brain, and Other Living Music
Recent “serious” live music highlights included a true banjo wizard, a young string quartet sensation, and Santa Barbara organ action.
Author: Josef Woodard
Review | Symphonic-Dance Highs and Wherefores
In an unprecedented collaborative season opening for the Santa Barbara Symphony and State Street Ballet, Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” shines, with a proposal on top.
Film Review | Crime-Com Time
“Roofman” is an amusing and ripe vehicle for the particular talent of Channing Tatum, in good guy/bad guy mode.
Artist/Mentors Get Their Spotlight
“Lines of Inquiry” offers a diverse view of work by Westmont College’s Art educators.
ON the Beat | A Crunch of Concert Options, Serious Music and Beyond
This week offers up a wealth of concert options, in the symphonic, new bluegrass, white R&B and hybrid Mexican zones.
Gospel According to the OG Source
The beloved, veteran Blind Boys of Alabama return to Santa Barbara, with the real deal in tow.
Inquiring Within Cambria
A “close escape” trip reminds us of the strange magic of this beach town that time half-forgot.
Chips Ahoy, When Art Meets Tech
First annual “Brave New Work” symposium and exhibition explores the merger of art and AI, and other technologies, all over town.
ON the Beat | Pipe Organ Goes Public, Trifonov Goes Deep
Remarkable Russian Pianist Daniil Trifonov kicks off the UCSB Arts & Lectures season in sublime style; pipe organ gets its close-up with two recitals this week.
Art Review | A Mother’s Artistic Instincts on View
Artist Madeleine Ignon’s Architectural Foundation Show, “the taut and the lush,” deals with her new dual identity as mother/artist.
