Bunnies, Butterflies, and Birds, for Pop Art’s Sake
N.Y.C. Artist Hunt Slonem takes over a wall at Seimandi & Leprieur with his characteristic post–pop art imagery of bunnies and birds, and butterflies to boot.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Ojai Music Festival: 80 Is the New… 80
World-renowned, contemporary-leaning Ojai Music Festival celebrates 80 years, with the master Esa-Pekka Salonen as the focus and music director.
ON the Beat | Shoegazing and Other Musings Around the County
On our musical radar: Sun Kil Moon, Jalama Ranch, Willie Nile, Ojai Festival calling.
One Space Battle After Another
Action trumps story in ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’, but Baby Yoda oozes charm.
Review | Jim Messina: Country-Pop-Latin-Yacht-Rock Vet, Coming “Home”
Longtime Santa Barbaran and now outta Nashville, Messina pays a nostalgic, career-spinning return visit to the Lobero Theatre.
Heartbreak Hotel
The haunted hotel genre is keenly tapped and rebooted in the Adam Scott-starring ‘Hokum’.
ON the Beat | Blues We Can Use
Santa Barbara Blues Society brings the good stuff, on a Thursday; Lotusland becomes pianoland for a spring afternoon.
Scott Kellaway Express, on State
The Grand on State, the buzzed-about new jazz venue, hosts jazz notables Tom Scott and Roger Kellaway, on Saturday, May 23.
Music About Land, Environment, and Being in a Time and Place
Nathan Sherwood Liang caps off residency at Jalama Canyon Ranch with public performance, on May 23.
ON the Beat | Seasons’ Closing Notes, Symphony and Chamber-sized
Santa Barbara Symphony and Camerata Pacifica close out seasons; Mads Tolling, Lotusland sounds, and Flight of the Conchords tickle ears.
