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Beethoven’s Third Symphony is named “Eroica” in honor of a Bohemian Prince, but it has come to have a meaning beyond commemorating Ludwig’s patron Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. It was longer and bigger than any symphony that came before it and is considered a heroic and revolutionary achievement, a product of a time…
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When does being a “do-gooder” go too far? If that happens, what’s behind it? Obsession? An overwhelming sense of altruism? What motivates them to risk the well-being of themselves and sometimes loved ones? What is it about them that makes the rest of us uncomfortable? These are the questions New Yorker writer…
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Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra have done numerous outreach programs for school children here in Santa Barbara courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures and The Children’s Creative Project, with funding from a number of sources. This year 1,400 the students got to experience this wonderful event at…
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There was some sublime tugging at both going on at the Lobero Theatre October 3rd. Jerry Douglas is comfortable (way comfortable) playing many different styles of music and putting his own stamp on them with dazzling virtuosity and impeccable taste. This night he tugged the strings of his Dobro in a…
