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DV8’s To Be Straight With You
London-Based Physical Theater Company Delivers a Powerful Production
London-based physical theater company delivers a powerful production at the Lobero on Wednesday, November 18. Read story.
Rabbit Hole at UCSB
UCSB Stages David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole
Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores the impact of losing a child on a couple, their family, and their neighbors. Read story.
20 Years of Arts Fund Individual Artist Award Winners
Santa Barbara’s Best Show of Recent Work at Channing Peake
This curated show of new art by winners of the Arts Fund’s IAA is a delight. Read story.
Camerata Pacifica Offers Auerbach
Ani Aznavoorian and Lera Auerbach Play Twenty-four Preludes for Cello and Piano
The west coast premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Preludes for Cello and Piano was a success with the Camerata Pacifica audience. Read story.
Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Granada
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Brought 16th-Century Sensibility to the Early Comedy
Bawdy Language: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre brought a 16th-century sensibility to the early comedy. Read story.
Pirate Radio
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, and Kenneth Branagh star in a film written and directed by Richard Curtis.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman leads a pack of rock ‘n’ roll gurus in this real-life tale of the renegades of 1960s British radio. Read story.
Saul Williams at Velvet Jones
Acclaimed Rocker and Lyricist Plays to a Packed Crowd
Fans came out in droves to see the acclaimed lyricist headline the premiere Afro-Punk Tour. Read story.
Carolina Chocolate Drops at UCSB
Banjo and Fiddle Music Is Surprising and Delightful
The Carolina Chocolate Drops brought Piedmont-style banjo music into the 21st century on Friday night. Read story.
The Box
Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, and Frank Langella star in a film written by Richard Kelly and Richard Matheson and directed by Kelly.
Writer/director Richard Kelly squanders plenty of potential in this remake of a 1980s Twilight Zone script. Read story.
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe, Mo’Nique, and Paula Patton star in a film written by Geoffrey Fletcher and directed by Lee Daniels.
Gabby Sidibe takes on the title role in this inspiring and uplifting tale about self discovery. Read story.
Ed Moses: Processed Art Shows Evolution of Pure Spontaneity
Contemporary Artist Has Earned Place in History
Ed Moses is considered one of the founding fathers of the Los Angeles contemporary art scene. Read story.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore at Center Stage
McDonagh’s Dark Comedy About the IRA Connects
The new Genesis West play at Center Stage is another irreverent and outrageous hit. Read story.
A Christmas Carol
The voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine, and Colin Firth star in an animated film adapted and directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Director Robert Zemeckis turns out a lackluster version of the famed Dickens tale, complete with CGI tricks. Read story.
California Calling at S.B. Museum of Art
Show Embodies Golden State: Bright Colors, Big Dreams
Fun and rebellious, absurd and pretty, exhibit running through December 20 embodies the Golden State. Read story.
(Untitled)
Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, and Eion Bailey star in a film written by Jonathan Parker and Catherine DiNapoli and directed by Parker.
There is no doubt that the contemporary art world is ripe for heavy-duty lampooning, but (Untitled) makes you wish there was a good film on the topic that this mediocre movie fusses on and on about. Read story.
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