ON the Beat | Big Band Jazz, Big Pipe Organ News
SBCC Jazz Ensemble blowout wows, as does a rare organ recital in town.
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Film Review | Exotic Cinematic Dance
Sean Baker’s “Anora,” winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, is a bawdy, genre-tweaking bedazzler.
Bright Colors, Ideas, and Latin American Artistic Rethinking
“Accretion: Works by Latin American Women” exhibition enlivens and reflects an inclusive perspective at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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.”
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.