Mariachi in the Big Al Fresco House
Santa Barbara’s Mariachi Festival, a respected tradition far and wide, hits the Bowl on Fiesta Saturday.
Josef Woodard
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Film Review | Saga of the Pursued Pursuers, and Mr. Downstairs
Santa Barbara–bred actress Maika Monroe shines and Nicholas Cage creeps us out in the masterful horror film “Longlegs.”
ON the Beat | MAW on the Go, CAMA On the Horizon
Checking in with Music Academy of the West’s progress, glancing at the CAMA season to come, and Alejandro, veteran livewire.
Music Review | A Modernized ‘Carmen,’ a Bounty of Pianistic Glass
Last weekend’s Music Academy of the West programming boasted a dazzling ‘Carmen’ to an epic night of Phillip Glass piano etudes.
Stolen Cinematic Kisses for Santa Barbara
‘Steal Big Steal Little’, the quirky, personal film by hometown director Andrew Davis, kicks off the Granada Theatre’s “Home Movies” series.
Art That Keeps Giving
Santa Barbara Museum of Art pays tribute to significant donors with “A Legacy of Giving: The Lady Leslie and Lord Paul Ridley-Tree Collection.”
Art of the Open Door/Gallery
‘The New Art Salon: Arte del Pueblo!’ filling the walls of Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, is an unusually juror-free all-are-welcome group show.
ON the Beat | Kaleidoscope Ears on the Rhine River
An iconoclastic summer escape takes the columnist to the Jazz/Improv-fueled Monheim Triennale on the Rhine River.
Southern Maverick Returns to the Maverick Saloon
Singer-songwriter-raconteur Paul Thorn kicks off Santa Ynez Valley’s “Tales from the Tavern” series.
The Return of ‘Carmen,’ in Academy Finery
Music Academy of the West’s opera of choice this year is ‘Carmen,’ in a modernized version, with acclaimed conductor Daniela Candillari back in tow.
