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Each August Santa Barbara artist Susanna Vapnek throws a special Fiesta party for friends and family who have the pleasure of eating a spectacular gourmet dinner prepared by Mexico based international food and wine writer, bon vivant and sometime chef Nils Bernstein. The high point of the festivities for the kids…
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The Lobero Theatre presented “Viva Comedy” during Fiesta week, and boy was it different form the usual fare that pervades Santa Barbara’s annual celebration of our city’s Spanish and Mexican heritage. Comedians Phil Medina and Alex Reymundo regaled a whooping, mostly Latino and Latina audience with hilariously raunchy material. Medina…
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Rounding out UCSB’s 2018-19 season were two very different masterclasses: one for cello with Yo Yo Ma at The Granada Theatre and one for piano with Jeremy Denk at Geiringer Hall on the UCSB campus. Mr. Ma moves around the stage and his is as much a performance as a…
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Some things I missed posting about from April and May, beginning with this: Celebrating their 2oth anniversary, Silkroad Ensemble presented the world premiere of “Heroes Take Their Stand” at Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre on April 26th. A new multi-media extravaganza co-comissioned by UCSB Arts & Lectures, this wide-ranging, visually and musically…
