Emily Hunt

January 9, 2014

Jeff Tweedy Breaks Hearts at the Granada

By Emily Hunt

Although Wilco was in Santa Barbara less than a year ago at the Arlington Theatre, surrounded by the excitement and fanfare that now perpetually accompanies the iconic rock outfit, front man Jeff Tweedy returned to the G...

September 26, 2013

Arts & Lectures Ushers Us Into Fall

By Emily Hunt

A preview of UCSB Arts & Lectures impressively wide-ranging Fall Season program. Time to shed the sunglasses and summer tan and to soak up the cultural opportunities.

November 14, 2012

Globe Theater’s Simplified Hamlet is Refreshing

By Emily Hunt

Returning to UCSB after a hit performance and critically-acclaimed (cough, by me, cough) West Coast tour of A Comedy of Errors last year, the actors of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater graced Campbell Hall’s stage once ag...

November 8, 2012

Opera SB’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ is a Triumph

By Emily Hunt

Perhaps the most opportune time to see the biggest and brightest that the Santa Barbara social scene has to offer is at the opening night of an Opera Santa Barbara production. Last Friday, downtown State Street was lined...

November 1, 2012

Comedienne Takes SF By Storm

By Emily Hunt

Maria Bamford follows in a self-deprecating vein similar to many of her comedic contemporaries. Even sitting in on an open mic at a local coffee shop (or burger joint, or abandoned church- turned-community social buildin...

October 18, 2012

Lebowitz Satirizes Variety of Topics at Campbell

By Emily Hunt

Author, social commentator and satirist Fran Lebowitz took Campbell Hall’s stage on Friday night with a cocky shrug of her oversized blazer. Although “An Evening with Fran Lebowitz” was the seasoned New Yorker’s ...

September 27, 2012

A&L’s Fall Lineup Offers Superb Entertainment

By Emily Hunt

I’ll admit it: the reason I initially came to UCSB may not have been its blossoming, burgeoning bevy of arts and culture events. I was skeptical and fairly unaware of the intellectual, artistic and generally badass eve...

May 10, 2012

SF Indie Film Begins ‘Uphill’ Climb at L.A. Festival

By Emily Hunt

Los Feliz 3 Cinemas in Los Angeles opened its doors to the premiere screening of San Francisco director Richard Bosner’s “Falling Uphill” on May 1. The film is as much a study of individuality as it is a romantic c...

May 3, 2012

The Fishtank Ensemble Bring Eclectic Sound To SOho

By Emily Hunt

What was prophesized to be a “rock and roll show” actually manifested into an event much more akin to “dinner and a show” when gypsy rock outfit Fishtank Ensemble hit SOhO’s stage on Wednesday, April 11. Usuall...

May 3, 2012

‘Orpheus’ is a Dark Delight for Local Opera-goers

By Emily Hunt

“It was all so dark, so wonderfully dark,” said a bejeweled older woman, no doubt a Montecito patroness of the arts, as she reached over a lavish pyramid of delicate desserts and, not so delicately, balanced a wine g...

May 3, 2012

Steve Martin and the Rangers Kick Some Bluegrass

By Emily Hunt

“Critics often call me a Renaissance man,” a straight-faced Steve Martin said into the microphone. “But they forget to mention the thing that really makes me a Renaissance man … I carry small pox.” Whether the ...

March 1, 2012

Surfer Blood Makes Being Weird Cool at Velvet Jones

By Emily Hunt

A Thursday night at Velvet Jones in downtown Santa Barbara already has the potential to lean towards absurdity. With sinister graphic art and an unimaginably cramped dance floor (due in large part to the venue’s strict...

February 16, 2012

I.V. Stand-up is on the Rise at Javan’s

By Emily Hunt

“Stand-up in its worst form is distilled ignorance and bigotry. In its best form, it’s a palatable form of philosophy,” fourth-year literature major and amateur stand-up comic William Buescher said as he took a sip...

January 19, 2012

‘The Artist’ is Golden Globe’s Silent Killer

By Emily Hunt

Lights, camera and, most importantly, action! In a cinematic world full of subtlety, nuance, mumblecore and scathing dialogue, Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” proves that the good old-fashioned concept of story i...

January 12, 2012

Snow Crash Humors the End of the World Theory

By Emily Hunt

If Dec. 21, 2012 does indeed signify the end of the world, I’m guessing it won’t be via any natural disaster. No, if our species (or rather, all species) are to conclude their existences within the next 12 months, it...

November 3, 2011

Famous Globe Theater to Entertain UCSB

By Emily Hunt

Next week, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Troupe’s dark brand of comedy will take a sunny southern California vacation. With exclusive touring performances at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica and a three-night schedule a...