Review | French and Jazz Manners and Matters
Santa Barbara Symphony delivers a highlight of its season, with the Baroque-to-Modern programming of “French Connections.”
Josef Woodard
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Review | Venetian Musical Venturing
Famed Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra returns with an enticing blend of Vivaldi’s ever-popular “Four Seasons,” mixed with gondola songs.
Color and Form Take and Make a Holiday
Danish-American Roland Petersen, the veteran Bay Area painter, brings bursts of color and artistic complexity to the Elverhøj Museum in Solvang.
ON the Beat | Songs, Stories, Masses and Solos of Note
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Jazz Haven in Paso: Blame It on the Wine
The high-end Libretto jazz club in Paso Robles is an unexpected jewel a transformed wine
country town.
Returning Violinist Visionary, with Local Ties
Acclaimed Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returns in recital mode, at the Lobero, with a rich and contemporary-leaning program.
ON the Beat | Ace Blues Belter, Itzhak and All-Star Friend Ship on the Town
Bay Area blues powerhouse Terrie Odabi gets her Blues Society Spotlight, Itzhak Perlman issues friendly classical firepower at the Granada.
Film Review | ‘Bird’ Is an Adolescent Flight Above the Mean Streets
Acclaimed director Andrea Arnold’s new “Bird” tells a gritty yet uplifting tale about a 12-year-old’s life.
Review | Operatic Tears of a Fearsome Clown
Opera Santa Barbara launched a new season with a triumphant, Italian cinema-themed staging of ‘Pagliacci.’
Santa Barbara’s SBIFF Film Center Hits Town, Year-Round
The new center, taking over the former Fiesta 5 theater downtown, opens its doors this weekend.