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Santa Barbara Dance Theater Wows Hatlen

January 16, 2014 by

Last night, many members from around the Santa Barbara community visited UCSB’s Hatlen Theater to attend a remarkable performance by the Santa Barbara Dance Theater.
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Fulbeck’s Talented Students Return to SOhO

January 16, 2014 by

Next Wednesday, Jan. 22, local spoken word group Right Side Up Poets (RSU) will bring their remarkable performances back to SOhO for the second annual “Talking to Strangers: An Evening of Spoken Wor...
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Tonight: Giraffage’s Beats Hit Santa Barbara

January 16, 2014 by

The electro-wunderkind has made waves in the last year, and so have Speak Volumes and We The Beat, the impressive local music lovers, bloggers and organizers who hope to make Giraffage part of your Th...
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Presenting: Arts & Lectures

January 9, 2014 by

Winter break is always, always too short. Happily, UCSB Arts & Lectures offers us plenty of events to be excited about for the coming quarter. Here are just a few to help you come down from that fleet...
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Coachella: A Vow

January 9, 2014 by

Coachella, this year I vow to make the most of my time with you. Three hot, sweaty days and nights, and all within walking distance of my parents’ house — what more could a girl ask for?
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Jeff Tweedy Breaks Hearts at the Granada

January 9, 2014 by

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 Twee...
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Acappella Groups Offer Weekend Performances

November 21, 2013 by

UCSB has the fortune of harboring an expansive community of talented musicians, among which stand the ensembles of singers who create music collaboratively using just their voices as instruments. This...
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SB Bowl Summer 2013 Roundup

November 21, 2013 by

Warm summer nights, lying out by the beach and a soundtrack that matches the ideal Santa Barbara lifestyle … Winter has descended on us but it’s nice to reminisce about what the Santa Barbara Bowl...
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Madlib and Openers Energize the Hub

November 21, 2013 by

Last Friday night at The Hub, the crowd’s energy was palpable in the silence between performances. The excitement at this A.S. Program Board event was infectious as we waited for Oxnard-native Madli...
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The Devil Wears Prada” Script-to-Screen at the Pollock

November 15, 2013 by

Director of Pollock Theater Matt Ryan interviewed screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna in Script-to-Screen, a series that examines the creative processes of film directing, screenwriting and acting throu...
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Blues Legends Hiatt and Lovett Inspire at Campbell

November 14, 2013 by

I have never seen Campbell Hall as full as it was this past Tuesday night at the John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett concert. Every seat in the hall was filled with high spirits and enthusiasm for the spectacl...
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Jazz Pianist Blends Genres at SOhO

November 14, 2013 by

On Nov. 11, Armenian-born jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan played SOhO in Santa Barbara as part of his first major U.S. tour.
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‘Reel Rock 8’ Gives I.V. a Higher Perspective

November 14, 2013 by

Dangling off of a cliff 13,000 feet in the air doesn’t seem like the ideal vacation, but for climbers it can be the moment their whole life has been leading up to. Shown at I.V. Theater on Nov. 6, ...
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KCSB Celebrates Vinyl with New Record Label

November 14, 2013 by

KCSB has much to celebrate. Their newest endeavor, Bank Burner Records, signed their first artist, local Santa Barbara band Dante Elephante, and they just hosted a 200-attendee launch party last Satur...
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Redefining a Classic in ‘Carrie the Musical!’

November 14, 2013 by

This month, a spine-tingling reimagining of Stephen King’s first novel Carrie comes to downtown Santa Barbara in the form of “Carrie the Musical.”
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