Selective Slice of Locavore Artistic Life
‘Altered Realities’, this year’s model of Westmont’s annual tri-county exhibit, teems with intrigue, diversity.
Author: Josef Woodard
ON the Beat | Grand News, Ojai Looms, Neo-Moody Bluesman
Grand on State opens its portals, officially, and Ojai Music Festival amps up its magnetic appeal this weekend.
Review | Zito Marks the Blues Spot
Veteran blues star Mike Zito packs a potent punch in his local debut, hosted by the Santa Barbara Blues Society.
Film Review | To Tune or Not to Tune
Daniel Roher’s ‘Tuner’ is a unique kind of thriller, casting an eye on the rarified world of the piano tuner, and the expressive power of sound.
Seismic Attitude Shifts
This year’s UCSB MFA Exhibition goes by the title ‘Fault Lines’ and boasts conceptual gumption, as usual.
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.
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.
