Sweet Harmonies and Bayou Soul

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The Lobero Theatre’s American Roots Music series brings some pretty fine performers to Santa Barbara and the kickoff show for their fall season was a perfect example of why this series is so, so good. LA based The Dales Band got things started with their beautiful 3-part harmonies, well-crafted songwriting…

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Three Sides to Charlie

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Choreographers Kevin Jenkins, Bill Soleau and Edgar Zendejas pooled their disparate talents to create State Street Ballet’s new loving homage to Charlie Chaplin and his little tramp, touching on his personal life and in the case of Zendejas, an abstract exploration of his place in the unconscious of the world,…

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A Jazz Whirlwind

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Educational outreach to elementary and middle school kids, a fundraising dinner party with performances at a beautiful Montecito estate and an imaginative performance of a new work at the Granada Theatre. What better way to kick off the UCSB Arts & Lectures 60th season: a two day residency featuring Wynton…

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Liars Run Riot

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Wittily barbed rhymes, back-stabbing, hypocrisy by the wheelbarrow load and costumes galore await those lucky enough to attend a performance of David Ives’s “The School for Lies,” Ensemble Theatre’s season-opening show beginning this Thursday. Based on Moliere’s “The Misanthrope,” this is 90 minutes of fast-paced fun so hilarious you’ll be…

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