Review | In ‘Sr.,’ Junior Pays Respects to Senior
Robert Downey Jr. creates an affectionate, inventive doc about his rebel filmmaker father.
Author: Josef Woodard
Going to the Chapel, Continued, at Santa Barbara’s King’s Chapel
Respected a cappella group Quire of Voyces comes out from the cold for its “Mysteries of Christmas” tradition.
ON the Beat | Family Affair with Friends Attached at UC Santa Barbara’s Campbell Hall
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The Santa Barbara Choral Society, the Premiere Choral Group in Town, Steps Out with its Annual ‘Hallelujah Project’
The Lobero Theatre welcomes this holiday favorite program once again.
Foo’s Paradise Revisited
Q&A | Santa Barbara–grown Foo Fighter guitarist Chris Shiflett returns in solo mode for a “Holiday Hoedown” at SOhO.
Building on Art and Eyes at Montecito’s Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
A healthy sampling of late architect-collector Barry Berkus’s collection lands at Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, on display through December 12.
ON the Beat | ‘Tis Musical Seasonings Time in Santa Barbara
The reliable bounty of local Christmas-timed live music returns.
Review | Non-Wild Kingdom
The brilliant Polish film “EO” exerts cinematic daring in its sympathetic, symbolic donkey’s tale.
Review | Conducting a Mahler-ian Maelstrom
“Tár,” featuring a powerful Cate Blanchett performance, takes classical music to the movies.
Worldly/Local Pianist Hélène Grimaud Returns to Santa Barbara’s Lobero
Celebrated pianist Hélène Grimaud is part of CAMA’s ‘Masterseries’ at the Lobero.
