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Film Review | Roads to Remembrance

Film Review | Roads to Remembrance

Film By Josef Woodard

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

Dance Review | A Swinging Start to the Holiday Season

Dance Review | A Swinging Start to the Holiday Season

Dance By Leslie Dinaberg

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

The 10 Best Books of 2024

The 10 Best Books of 2024

Books By David Starkey and Brian Tanguay with Walter Cummins and George Yatchisin

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

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Film Review | ‘Queer’

Film Review | ‘Queer’

Film By Tyler Morgenstern

Anchor Elf with the Cowbell Takes Center Stage

Anchor Elf with the Cowbell Takes Center Stage

Film By Josef Woodard

ON the Beat | Seasoned Voices, En Masse

ON the Beat | Seasoned Voices, En Masse

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

Magic, Intrigue, Adventure, Princes and Princesses, Dancing Snowflakes, Waltzing Flowers, and … a Rat Queen!

Magic, Intrigue, Adventure, Princes and Princesses, Dancing Snowflakes, Waltzing Flowers, and … a Rat Queen!

Dance By Jatila van der Veen

Wise Blood from Oaxaca

Wise Blood from Oaxaca

Visual Arts By Josef Woodard

Review | ‘The Island of Misfit Gays’

Review | ‘The Island of Misfit Gays’

Music By Maggie Yates

Review | In Tune with an Alternate Musical Cosmos

Review | In Tune with an Alternate Musical Cosmos

Music By Josef Woodard

‘Summer Is Over’ and Lucinda Lane Has a New Album in Time for the Holidays

‘Summer Is Over’ and Lucinda Lane Has a New Album in Time for the Holidays

Music By Madeline Slogoff

New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Go-Go’s, Devo and More to Play the 2025 Cruel World Festival

New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Go-Go’s, Devo and More to Play the 2025 Cruel World Festival

Music By Leslie Dinaberg

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Music

Review | ‘The Island of Misfit Gays’

Review | ‘The Island of Misfit Gays’

Music By Maggie Yates

Review | In Tune with an Alternate Musical Cosmos

Review | In Tune with an Alternate Musical Cosmos

Music By Josef Woodard

‘Summer Is Over’ and Lucinda Lane Has a New Album in Time for the Holidays

‘Summer Is Over’ and Lucinda Lane Has a New Album in Time for the Holidays

Music By Madeline Slogoff

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Visual Arts

Wise Blood from Oaxaca

Wise Blood from Oaxaca

Visual Arts By Josef Woodard

Art & Soul Opens A New Gallery in Santa Barbara’s Arts District

Art & Soul Opens A New Gallery in Santa Barbara’s Arts District

Visual Arts By Madeline Slogoff

Painting Inside the Outside Box

Painting Inside the Outside Box

Visual Arts By Josef Woodard

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ON Culture

ON Culture | Bright Lights and Book Recs

ON Culture | Bright Lights and Book Recs

ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg

ON Culture | An Art-Filled Season is Coming Our Way!

ON Culture | An Art-Filled Season is Coming Our Way!

ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg

ON Culture | Horse Whisperers, Comedy Stars, and Christmas Movies

ON Culture | Horse Whisperers, Comedy Stars, and Christmas Movies

ON Culture By Leslie Dinaberg

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Theater

Theater Review | Singalong on the Range

Theater Review | Singalong on the Range

Theater By Maggie Yates

From ‘Peter Pan’ to ‘Peter Spam’

From ‘Peter Pan’ to ‘Peter Spam’

Theater By Maggie Yates

Theater Review | ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Brings Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll to Santa Barbara

Theater Review | ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Brings Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll to Santa Barbara

Theater By Maggie Yates

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Reviews

Book Review | ‘Dorothy Parker in Hollywood’ by Gail Crowther

Book Review | ‘Dorothy Parker in Hollywood’ by Gail Crowther

Read This By George Yatchisin

Book Review | ‘Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy’ by Katherine Stewart

Book Review | ‘Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy’ by Katherine Stewart

Read This By Brian Tanguay

Review | Omar Apollo Raptures His Audience at the Santa Barbara Bowl

Review | Omar Apollo Raptures His Audience at the Santa Barbara Bowl

Reviews By Callie Fausey

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Film & TV

Film Review | Roads to Remembrance

Film Review | Roads to Remembrance

Film By Josef Woodard

Film Review | ‘Queer’

Film Review | ‘Queer’

Film By Tyler Morgenstern

Anchor Elf with the Cowbell Takes Center Stage

Anchor Elf with the Cowbell Takes Center Stage

Film By Josef Woodard

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ON the Beat

ON the Beat | Seasoned Voices, En Masse

ON the Beat | Seasoned Voices, En Masse

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

ON the Beat | Beginning to Sounding

ON the Beat | Beginning to Sounding

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

ON the Beat | Big Band Jazz, Big Pipe Organ News

ON the Beat | Big Band Jazz, Big Pipe Organ News

ON the Beat By Josef Woodard

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Dance

Dance Review | A Swinging Start to the Holiday Season

Dance Review | A Swinging Start to the Holiday Season

Dance By Leslie Dinaberg

Magic, Intrigue, Adventure, Princes and Princesses, Dancing Snowflakes, Waltzing Flowers, and … a Rat Queen!

Magic, Intrigue, Adventure, Princes and Princesses, Dancing Snowflakes, Waltzing Flowers, and … a Rat Queen!

Dance By Jatila van der Veen

Lil Buck and Jon Boogz Take Street Dance to the Classroom

Lil Buck and Jon Boogz Take Street Dance to the Classroom

Cover Story By Leslie Dinaberg

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Books

The 10 Best Books of 2024

The 10 Best Books of 2024

Books By David Starkey and Brian Tanguay with Walter Cummins and George Yatchisin

UC Santa Barbara Leans Into ‘Delights’

UC Santa Barbara Leans Into ‘Delights’

Books By Johannes Steffens for UCSB’s ’The Current'

UC Santa Barbara Historian Writes Definitive Account of Tsar Nicholas II’s Abdication

UC Santa Barbara Historian Writes Definitive Account of Tsar Nicholas II’s Abdication

Books By Keith Hamm for UCSB’s ’The Current’

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All Booked

All Booked: Favorites for the Holiday Season

All Booked: Favorites for the Holiday Season

All Booked By Tessa Reeg

All Booked: Thankful for Role Models

All Booked: Thankful for Role Models

All Booked By Tessa Reeg & Richelle Boyd

All Booked: Happy Halloween

All Booked: Happy Halloween

All Booked By Tessa Reeg & Richelle Boyd

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Comedy

Review | ‘Asking for Trouble’ with ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ Comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood

Review | ‘Asking for Trouble’ with ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ Comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood

Comedy By Leslie Dinaberg

No Scripts, Just Laughs

No Scripts, Just Laughs

Comedy By Caitlin Scialla

Chelsea Handler is Blunt, Sharp, Funny, and Definitely Rated NC-17

Comedy By Leslie Dinaberg

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Poetry Matters

Poetry Connection | Connecting with Young People

Poetry Connection | Connecting with Young People

Poetry Matters By Melinda Palacio, City of Santa Barbara Poet Laureate

Poetry Connection | Connecting with Poets at the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge

Poetry Connection | Connecting with Poets at the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge

Poetry Matters By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate

Poetry Connection | Connecting with Poets of Different Generations

Poetry Connection | Connecting with Poets of Different Generations

Poetry Matters By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate

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