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Film By Debra Herrick for UCSB’s ’The Current' | Fri Dec 20, 2024 | 9:51am

UC Santa Barbara Lecturer Wendy Eley Jackson’s New Documentary ‘Facing the Falls’ Spotlights Advocacy

Cara Yar Khan’s pilgrimage through the Grand Canyon amplifies voices of people with disabilities.

Books By David Starkey | Thu Dec 19, 2024 | 3:03pm

Here are 31 single author volumes of poetry that our reviewer recommends.

Books By Meaghan Clark Tiernan | Wed Dec 18, 2024 | 3:23pm

The first annual holiday book exchange with Literally Amazing and Loud Flower sparks connection in Santa Barbara.

Film By Josef Woodard | Tue Dec 17, 2024 | 2:01pm

Jesse Eisenberg’s inventive, serio-comic A Real Pain takes on Holocaust legacy-tracing, and sports a firecracker performance by Keiran Culkin.

Poetry Connection By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate | Tue Dec 17, 2024 | 6:00am

Goleta Valley Poetry Series at Goleta Library is a little known gem.

Dance By Leslie Dinaberg | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | 5:32pm

Dorrance Dance’s ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ brings visions of sugar rum pa pa pum to Santa Barbara.

Books By David Starkey and Brian Tanguay with Walter Cummins and George Yatchisin | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | 4:12pm

Our partners at California Review of Books offer an eclectic list of the best reads of the past year.

Film By Tyler Morgenstern | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | 2:33pm

Daniel Craig meets William S. Burroughs in Luca Guadagnino’s latest cinematic challenge.

Film By Josef Woodard | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | 12:28pm

Santa Barbara International Film Festival goes comedic, with a gala tribute to Will Ferrell at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | 12:00pm

This weekend’s Christmas Choral options arrive in triple time.