Art Review | Explored and Inherited Memory Banking
Interdisciplinary artist Hương Ngô’s ‘Core Memory’, showing at Riviera Beach House, blends lyricism with family identity and displacement themes.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Review | Life as a Cadenza, Gilles Apap in His Elements at the Lobero
The regional and global star violinist ventures from classical music upward and outward in a Lobero evening in Santa Barbara.
Several Deadly Talents, Storm Large Goes Weill
Famed Kurt Weill interpreter seizes the spotlight in the Santa Barbara Symphony’s take on “The Seven Deadly Sins.”
ON the Beat | Smart Feel-Good Jazz and Folky Treasury Notes
Delfeayo Marsalis’s Uptown Jazz Orchestra and the majestic downhome Gillian Welch and David Rawlings spark up the weekend.
By Land, Sea, Myth, and Imperialist Greed
UCSB AD&A Museum showcases an acquisition of art by important Japanese artist Tomiyama Taeko, critical of her homeland’s imperialist legacies.
Direction Home: A Dylan Compendium at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara
An exploration of archival material from the Bob Dylan Center screens at the Lobero Theatre, with Q&A featuring director Steven Jenkins and Jeff Bridges.
Film Review | Family and Mental Bondage
Walter Salles’ Oscar-winning ‘I’m Still Here’ deals subtly with the political and deeply personal tragedy of the Brazilian dictatorship.
ON the Beat | As the Worldly Musician Turns and Twists
805-based Gilles Apap, a world-renowned violinist/fiddler with deep local roots, brings a notably diverse program to the Lobero Theatre.
Review | Meeting at the Virtuosic Duo Piano Junction
Virtuoso Pianists Yuja Wang and Vikingur Ólafsson summon symbiotic magic at the Granada, inventive program in tow.
Art Review | ‘Modern Life: A Global Artworld 1850-1950,’ 2025
New permanent collection exhibition at Santa Barbara Museum of Art spans a century and conveys the collection’s own story.
