Santa Barbara Gets a New Italian Festival Music By Meaghan Clark Tiernan La Piazza: A Celebration of Italian Culture, a music and food festival at the Santa Barbara Library Plaza, is April 10-12.
Film Review | Cosmic Follies and Friendships Film By Josef Woodard “Project Hail Mary” scores as a warm, fuzzy sci-fi adventure, with Ryan Gosling and an alien in an extra-close encounter.
How Oil Companies Shaped Early Cinema in Iran and Iraq Film By Debra Herrick, UCSB’s ’The Current' UC Santa Barbara Scholar Mona Damluji’s new book examines the intersection of culture and history.
ON Culture | A Full Dance Card of Performances, Films, Art and Entertainment ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg
Review | Ten Years After Paris, Eagles of Death Metal Soar Music By Stuart C. Paul, Photos by Stuart C. Paul
Book Review | ‘The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy’ by Steven J. Ross Books By Brian Tanguay
All Booked | Dragons, Shadow Daddies, and the Politics of Escapism All Booked By Tessa Reeg & Ella Heydenfeldt
Poetry Connection: Connecting with Santa Barbara’s 11th Poet Laureate, George Yatchisin Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025
Poetry Connection: Connecting with the Poetry Zone, a Santa Barbara Institution Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025
Poetry Connection: Connecting with Poetry, Art, and Neighbors in Need of a Repair Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2023-2025