ON the Beat | When in Hamburg, Get Thee to the Elphi
The wandering columnist bows in the direction of a great young concert hall, in Hamburg.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Of Roots and Forward Motion at the Ojai Music Festival
Legendary Ojai Music Festival takes a different turn, with Rhiannon Giddens as Musical Director.
Post-Post-Modern Chaotic Funhouse
This year’s MFA Thesis Show at UCSB fulfills expectations of fresh conceptual energy.
ON the Beat | Ojai Calling, in the Greater 805
The Ojai Music Festival, coming soon to an area code near us, has tentacles in our town.
Review | Secret Life of Plant-Keepers
Auteur Paul Schrader’s latest film, “Master Gardener,” tills soil familiar and otherwise.
Dudamel and Company, Pre-N.Y.C., at the Granada
The Los Angeles Philharmonic pays its annual visit, with outgoing Maestro Gustavo Dudamel in charge.
Review | Symphony at Seventysomething, Finale at the Granada
The Santa Barbara Symphony closed its 70th anniversary with a savory musical supper at the Granada
Review | A Mozartean Valediction for the Choral Society
The Santa Barbara Choral Society celebrated 75 years to the tune of Mozart’s Requiem.
ON the Beat | More than Just a Party Weekend
The Lobero Theatre is a hot seat again on Saturday, with Chubby Checker and a street party goin’ on.
Brad Paisley’s Country Powers and Charity Return to the Bowl
Country superstar and guitar powerhouse Brad Paisley, a part-time Montecitan, returns to the Bowl, for a cause.
