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Theater Review | ‘Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations’
The music is the real star in the Broadway touring show about Motown royalty.
Terminally Ill Mom Gets One Last Horseback Ride with Her Family in Solvang
Dream Foundation and Alisal Ranch helped bring Traci Glynn’s final Dream to life.
ON Culture | The Bowl, Buttigieg, Britain’s Famous Ukes, and a Museum Free-for-All
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Let Your Taste Buds Travel to France
Santa Barbara’s La Gourmandise handcrafted pastries and desserts brings a taste of the délicieux to town.
A Fair Pair Do ‘Fare Trade’
The immigrant experience via taquerias and lunch bars in a new photography exhibition from Patricia Houghton Clarke and Brett Leigh Dicks at Santa Barbara Architectural Foundation Gallery.
A Motown Musical Blast From the Past Comes to Santa Barbara
‘Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations’ brings the incredible true story of one of the greatest R&B groups of all time to the stage.
Economic Observations From Andrew Ross Sorkin
Prominent ‘New York Times’ DealBook founder shares some not very sunny news in Santa Barbara.
Band Applications Open for Santa Barbara’s Concerts in the Park
Musical acts have until March 12 to be considered for the shows at Chase Palm Park.
Baratunde Thurston Takes on Nature, Democracy, and Our Underlying Connections
‘How to Be Black’ author gives a lively lecture at UC Santa Barbara.
