The Hungarian’s Take

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Sir Andras Schiff took to the stage of the Lobero for his 7th Masterseries appearance, this time as part of CAMA Santa Barbara’s season, for an evening of music by German composers Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms and Bach. Sir Schiff is a masterful and deceptively calm appearing performer who spins amazing…

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Angry and Anxious in the Struggle Between Rage and Love

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Disaffection, drugs, sex, love and war all boil over in the stage adaptation of Green Day’s 2004 punk rock opera, “American Idiot.” Three 20 something buddies trying to escape the ennui of working class suburbia follow 3 different and difficult paths, finally reaching a bitter sweet acceptance of their lives.…

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High Stakes

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The title of the latest Ensemble Theatre Co. production which opens tonight, “The Invisible Hand,” derives from a theory put forward by Adam Smith that there is an unseen force of equilibrium that rules capitalist market economies, and it has long been applied to investing. When American investment banker Nick…

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An Angel’s Death and A New Beginning

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Alban Berg’s 1935 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, beautifully rendered by soloist Gil Shaham and the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, was dedicated “To the memory of an Angel” – Manon Gropius, daughter of Alma Mahler and the Architect Walter Gropius. Berg adored…

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