Doggedly Tasteful Guitar Hero’s Return
Great genre-stretching guitarist Bill Frisell makes a long-awaited return to the Lobero Theatre, with “Good Dog” band.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Music Review | Southerly Sisterly Rock Mastery
Acclaimed Southern rock sister act Larkin Poe rocks the Arlington, with intelligence and roots to boot.
Salonen’s Triumphant Return, Boulez Gets the Boot
Los Angeles Philharmonic’s annual CAMA concert features famed maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen, but on a program minus the promised Boulez music
Art Review | Soulful, Savory Pairings
Site-Sensitive Photographers Brett Leigh Dicks and Patricia Houghton Clarke join forces and visions of taquerias and Aussie lunch bars in “Fare Trade” exhibition.
ON the Beat | Symphony Seasonings, Euro-Homing
Santa Barbara Symphony dives into the profound turf of Brahms’ ‘A German Requiem,’ blended with Mahler songs marking a return to Euro-repertoire.
Film Review | Burning the Olive Branch
Pre-Gaza crisis Israeli-Palestinian tensions come to the fore in the powerful Palestinian film ‘The Teacher.’
Illuminate Film Festival, Cinema Seeking Higher Ground
The second annual, four-day Illuminate Film Festival kicks off with a new Dalai Lama documentary at The Granada Theatre, with dance and song attached.
Jazz-Fusion Piano Wonder Makes Local Debut
Fast-fingered jazz-fusion pianist Hiromi, with band Sonicwonder, makes Santa Barbara debut at Campbell Hall.
ON the Beat | Keeping the Big Band Torch Afire, on Mondays
Monday Madness, Santa Barbara’s finest jazz big band, brings its swinging heat and finery to SOhO.
Art Review | Where Text and Art Mix and Match Up
In UC Santa Barbara Art, Design & Architecture Museum’s “Public Texts” exhibition, California art about and using words rules.
