Reaching Out

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An essential part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’s mission is to provide community outreach in the form of workshops and demonstration/performances by visiting artists and lecturers for students of local schools in various venues in the Santa Barbara area. Case in point: the recent residency of the famed Harlem Dance…

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Musical Musings About Death

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World renowned composer and pianist Stephen Hough made his 4th appearance on the Lobero Stage since 2005 for CAMA Santa Barbara to kick off their 101st season of concerts with a program of works on the theme of death. The centerpiece of the of the concert was Chopin’s deceptively simple…

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The Many Faces of Richard Thompson

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Richard Thompson’s repertoire of songs is vast and deep and so are the number of faces he puts on while performing, whether belting out his lucid and witty poetry or engaging the audience with edgy, sometimes self-deprecating commentary or deeply engaged in his amazing fretwork. His latest outing at the…

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Flight of the Butterfly

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A roundup of some photos from Opera Santa Barbara’s recent production of Madama Butterfly, beginning with their open rehearsal at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens, a relaxed and amiable presentation of some highlights from the opera. Things moved to the Granada Theatre for the splendid production featuring great…

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