Film Review | Tunnel of Bruce
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ chronicles Bruce’s soul-searching period leading up to his daring, mold-breaking album ‘Nebraska’
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Review | Silken and Gutsy Serenader Boz Scaggs Rules the Arlington
Veteran soul-blues icon Boz Scaggs and his ace band serve up a dazzling career-survey show in Santa Barbara.
ON the Beat | Banjo and Organ on the Brain, and Other Living Music
Recent “serious” live music highlights included a true banjo wizard, a young string quartet sensation, and Santa Barbara organ action.
Review | Symphonic-Dance Highs and Wherefores
In an unprecedented collaborative season opening for the Santa Barbara Symphony and State Street Ballet, Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” shines, with a proposal on top.
Film Review | Crime-Com Time
“Roofman” is an amusing and ripe vehicle for the particular talent of Channing Tatum, in good guy/bad guy mode.
Artist/Mentors Get Their Spotlight
“Lines of Inquiry” offers a diverse view of work by Westmont College’s Art educators.
ON the Beat | A Crunch of Concert Options, Serious Music and Beyond
This week offers up a wealth of concert options, in the symphonic, new bluegrass, white R&B and hybrid Mexican zones.
Gospel According to the OG Source
The beloved, veteran Blind Boys of Alabama return to Santa Barbara, with the real deal in tow.
Inquiring Within Cambria
A “close escape” trip reminds us of the strange magic of this beach town that time half-forgot.
Chips Ahoy, When Art Meets Tech
First annual “Brave New Work” symposium and exhibition explores the merger of art and AI, and other technologies, all over town.
