Color and Form Take and Make a Holiday
Danish-American Roland Petersen, the veteran Bay Area painter, brings bursts of color and artistic complexity to the Elverhøj Museum in Solvang.
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ON the Beat | Songs, Stories, Masses and Solos of Note
This edition of ON the Beat was originally emailed to subscribers on November 21, 2024. To receive Josef Woodard’s music
Jazz Haven in Paso: Blame It on the Wine
The high-end Libretto jazz club in Paso Robles is an unexpected jewel a transformed wine
country town.
Returning Violinist Visionary, with Local Ties
Acclaimed Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returns in recital mode, at the Lobero, with a rich and contemporary-leaning program.
ON the Beat | Ace Blues Belter, Itzhak and All-Star Friend Ship on the Town
Bay Area blues powerhouse Terrie Odabi gets her Blues Society Spotlight, Itzhak Perlman issues friendly classical firepower at the Granada.
Film Review | ‘Bird’ Is an Adolescent Flight Above the Mean Streets
Acclaimed director Andrea Arnold’s new “Bird” tells a gritty yet uplifting tale about a 12-year-old’s life.
Review | Operatic Tears of a Fearsome Clown
Opera Santa Barbara launched a new season with a triumphant, Italian cinema-themed staging of ‘Pagliacci.’
Santa Barbara’s SBIFF Film Center Hits Town, Year-Round
The new center, taking over the former Fiesta 5 theater downtown, opens its doors this weekend.
Orchestrated Folk, Mali Calls and Grooves, Bach Goes Public
Last weekend’s musical menu included a Bach-polished Plaza Palooza, Malian groove machinist Habib Koite and a harvest mooning from the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara.
Going to the Chapel of Pagan Wit, at Santa Barbara’s Lobero
Famed In his own lane, witty Singer-Songwriter John Craigie returns to the Lobero, on the heels of new album, “Pagan Church.”
