ON the Beat | Beginning to Sounding
When December’s sonic seasonal greetings enter the calendar options.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Painting Inside the Outside Box
Veteran Oak Group landscape coalition stretches out in Westmont College exhibition.
Review | A Kinder, Gentler Modern Touch
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returned to town, between Grammy moments, with a mostly contemporary but friendly program.
Art Pop-Up Lights Up the Funk Zone
“L’image” pop-up art show in Santa Barbara brings together a gallery exhibition and a music and dance celebration.
Early and Late-Breaking Music Mastery Comes to Santa Barbara
JACK Quartet, a premier contemporary-minded string quartet, returns as part of Music Academy’s Mariposa Series, with new and early works.
ON the Beat | Big Band Jazz, Big Pipe Organ News
SBCC Jazz Ensemble blowout wows, as does a rare organ recital in town.
Film Review | Exotic Cinematic Dance
Sean Baker’s “Anora,” winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, is a bawdy, genre-tweaking bedazzler.
Bright Colors, Ideas, and Latin American Artistic Rethinking
“Accretion: Works by Latin American Women” exhibition enlivens and reflects an inclusive perspective at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Review | French and Jazz Manners and Matters
Santa Barbara Symphony delivers a highlight of its season, with the Baroque-to-Modern programming of “French Connections.”
Review | Venetian Musical Venturing
Famed Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra returns with an enticing blend of Vivaldi’s ever-popular “Four Seasons,” mixed with gondola songs.
