Spend Juneteenth with Jon Boogz
Live dance performance, short films, and a Q&A moderated by Lil Buck come to the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.
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Kick Up Your Heels with a New Season of Broadway in Santa Barbara Shows
The 2025-26 Slate Includes ‘The Book of Mormon,’ ‘Hadestown,’ ‘Kinky Boots,’ and Pilobolus’s ‘Other Worlds Collection’.
Illuminating Disabilities via Audiobook
Longtime Santa Barbara friends collaborate to bring Neil Marcus’s legacy to a wider audience.
Cheese the Day Part Deux
There’s still time to imbibe Santa Barbara’s most elevated wine and cheese pairing with a pair of events May 7 and May 14.
State Street Ballet Wraps Its 30th Anniversary Season in Santa Barbara with ‘The Brilliance Program’
Featuring iconic works by George Balanchine and Gerald Arpino and a world premiere by Kassandra Taylor Newberry at the Lobero May 9-10.
Creativity Meets Curiosity at Carr Winery
Filmmaker Roberto Varela and artist Dan LeVin pop-up on May 10.
Torture Your Funny Bone with ‘The Addams Family’ Musical
Broadway in Santa Barbara production comes to the Granada May 6-7.
ON Culture | Larkin Poe, Valgur, The Wallflowers, and Gershwin Take the Stage
This edition of ON Culture was originally emailed to subscribers on April, 25, 2025. To receive Leslie Dinaberg’s arts newsletter
A Dose of Rationality, Hope, and Accountability from Pete Buttigieg
Sold-out Santa Barbara appearance offered insight and cautious optimism.
George Yatchisin Is Named Santa Barbara’s 11th Poet Laureate
Longtime ‘Independent’ contributor joins a “League of Laureates” that includes Melinda Palacio, Emma Trelles, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Enid Osborn, Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, Chryss Yost, Paul Willis, David Starkey, Perie Longo, and Barry Spacks.
