Preaching the Gospel of American Opera
Contemporary American opera “Elmer Gantry” closes out the 10th season of Opera Santa Barbara from the multi-hatted Kostis Protopapas.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Kronos Quartet, 51 Years Deep and Counting
Celebrating American stories, Kronos Quartet returns to Campbell Hall with the West Coast premiere of ambitious new multimedia work “Three Bones.”
ON the Beat | Might as Well Jump
A buzzed-about and bedazzling David Byrne extravaganza, Lobero hoppings, serious Indian sounds, and more.
Putting the Art in Artifice, and Vice Versa
‘The Christophers’, the latest in Steven Soderbergh’s prolific output, is an artworldly cat-and-mouse game and an Ian McKellen showcase.
Review | Sonorous Bows and Girls
Danish String Quartet returns to town, with special spotlight on the Danish National Girls’ Choir, and the U.S. premiere of a David Lang piece.
On the Far Side of Normal
‘Normal’ fits neatly in the post-‘Fargo’ niche of film genres, where things seriously go bump in the night of small-town America.
Mexican Jazz Songbirding
Lucía, young jazz vocalist sensation from Mexico, to make local debut as part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ “Hear and Now” series.
Nothing Is Real: Art About Dreaming
Group show “Shapes of Surrealism” graces and mystifies Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery.
Young Art Making Its Way
“Re-Encounter,” this year’s senior art exhibition at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, features themes of young artists processing past and future lives.
ON the Beat | Grand Jazz, Meditative Harp, and Other Music Buzz
Grand on State making soft opening bang, mediation and music intersect, and Nerf Herder does the Lobero.
