ON the Stage
Bulletins are slowly rolling out for the following season on the Santa Barbara Bowl, and it appears like one other doozy. To date we’ve obtained Social Distortion and Unhealthy Faith (Apr. 10), Willie Nelson & Household (Apr. 25), Jody Jinks (Could 18), Brothers Osborne (Could 31), and the newest announcement of the Indigo Ladies and Amos Lee (Sep. 21). I used to be lucky to have the ability to interview Amy Ray of the Indigo Ladies prematurely of her different venture (The Amy Ray Band), which can seem alongside Dar Williams on the Marjorie Luke Theatre on Jan. 15. Ray’s most up-to-date solo album, If It All Goes South, is an equally tender and turbulent triumph. Preserve an eye fixed out for the interview in January, get extra data concerning the Luke present right here.
ON the Good Checklist
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The State of California lately granted the Lompoc Theatre Undertaking $2,285,000. The theater additionally has a $150,000 match grant from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians which Board President Barbara Satterfield stories means “the following $22,000 in particular person donations will likely be doubled.” For extra details about the marketing campaign to renovate the 1927 theater, see lompoctheatre.org.
One other worthy group, The Rubicon Theatre Firm in Ventura, obtained $1.5 million from the state this month on the opening night time efficiency of The World Goes ‘Spherical, which additionally marked the start of the theater’s twenty fifth anniversary season. That present closes tomorrow (Dec. 23). Up subsequent (Feb. 21-Mar. 10) is a brand new American play by Richard Hellesen titled Eisenhower: This Piece of Floor. It stars Tony Award–successful actor John Rubinstein (Pippin/Youngsters of a Lesser God), contemporary from his acclaimed off-Broadway run of the present. See rubicontheatre.org.
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Whereas that is the time of the 12 months that the music calendar slows down a bit, there are a pair exhibits price noting at SOhO, the primary of which is 2 nights with Chris Shiflett (hometown boy who’s now a Foo Fighter) Dec. 22-23 (see Josef Woodard’s story for the news). Then subsequent week there’s Orgōne, an L.A.-based band that exhibits off a myriad of groove-oriented kinds, together with however not restricted to deep funk, ’60s Memphis soul/blues, Fela-inspired Afro-beat, hip-hop, Latin jazz, and digital dance and home hits the stage on Dec. 30; then on Sunday, Dec. 31, it’s New 12 months’s Eve occasion time with Space 51 and DJ Darla Bea placing on a cool dance occasion. For tickets and extra data about each of those exhibits, see sohosb.com.
The Santa Barbara Symphony’s annual New 12 months’s Eve live performance on Sunday, Dec. 31 at The Granada Theater guarantees to be a rousing night of pop, rock, and Broadway classics, together with acquainted classical choices and a champagne toast. “It is a one-night-only spectacular occasion, actually to not be missed,” stated Nir Kabaretti, Santa Barbara Symphony Music & Creative Director. “Andrew Lipke, our visitor conductor and host, and singer Christina Maxwell can have the viewers on their toes with pleasure and singing alongside for the right end-of-year celebration.” Click on right here for tickets.
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ON the Huge Display screen
Jeffrey Wright, star of American Fiction, will likely be honored with the Montecito Award on the thirty ninth annual Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant on Feb. 15. Wright is a Tony, Emmy, AFI, and Golden Globe Award–successful actor who has loved an illustrious profession spanning the worlds of theater, movie, and tv, together with a critically acclaimed function in Westworld, in addition to this 12 months’s ensemble movie by West Anderson, Asteroid Metropolis. Different SBIFF Awards introduced lately embody the whole Virtuosos honorees. Danielle Brooks (The Colour Purple), Colman Domingo (Rustin & The Colour Purple), America Ferrera (Barbie), Lily Gladstone (The Killers of Flower Moon), Greta Lee (Previous Lives), Charles Melton (Could December), Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph (The Holdovers) and Andrew Scott (All of us Strangers) will likely be honored on Feb. 10 on the Arlington. Passes for the 2024 Pageant are on sale now at sbiff.org.
ON the (Small) Display screen
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I’m woefully behind on my movies this 12 months (which I hope to rectify a bit over the vacation break), however in the case of tv, I can wholeheartedly advocate all three of the highest Emmy nominated exhibits: Succession, The Bear, and Solely Murders within the Constructing (starring someday Santa Barbaran Steve Martin). Previous to the ultimate, wonderful concluding season, right here’s my evaluate of Succession, a present which — in contrast to so many — solely obtained higher with age.
ON the Partitions
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Silo118 proprietor Bonnie Rubenstein is altering issues up on the Funk Zone gallery. After the present exhibit — titled Silos at Silo and that includes the luxurious landscapes of photographer David Rubenstein — closes January 13, she says “The gallery house will turn out to be out there for artists to hire to showcase their very own work. It is a idea in progress, so keep tuned.” In the meantime, you’ve nonetheless obtained a number of weeks to see David’s work. He has a selected fondness for previous grain silos. Additionally on view are three-dimensional works by sculptor James McAninch.
ON the Internet
Whereas the calendar 12 months is slowing down, our arts & leisure group on the Unbiased is busier than ever. Listed here are some evaluations and tales you will have missed:
Music
Chloe Shanfeld profiles Voracious Data, a brand new indie file label on the town
Spencer the Gardener’s new album, Shine On (his first since 2012)
Rebecca Horrigan evaluations MJ Lenderman and Karly Hartzman at Ojai Deer Lodge
Joe Woodard evaluations Samara Pleasure’s vacation present
Kat Sophia’s tackle Laufey’s Bewitched Tour
My evaluate of musical theater nice Audra McDonald at UCSB
Movie
Joe Woodard’s tackle Fallen Leaves, Finland’s entry into the Academy Awards competitors
UCSB Lecturer Wendy Eley Jackson writes the historic Hallmark vacation movie, Napa Ever After
Books
Charlotte Smith appears on the new guide The Lineup, a photographic exploration of a long time of Isla Vista surfers
Brian Tanguay evaluations By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
From Acre to Zagjewski, listed here are David Starkey’s prime poetry guide picks for 2023
Right here’s my tackle the native Web page Churners at Santa Barbara Public Library
Visible Artwork
SBMA’s Inside/Outdoors Present will get an outline by Joe Woodard
Joe Woodard on Little Huge Hearted Artwork at Westmont
Theater
Maggie Yates evaluations Poor Clare at Westmont
Maggie’s evaluate of Ensemble Theatre’s Ring of Fireplace: The Music of Johnny Money
My evaluate of “Whose Stay Anyway” comedy present
ON the Calendar
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The Nationwide Gallery of Artwork in Washington, D.C. takes the highlight on the Santa Barbara Museum of Artwork on Jan. 4, when Gregory Most, its Chief of the Division of Picture Collections, offers a particular presentation on the historical past of the Nationwide Gallery of Artwork and the numerous assets of its analysis collections. With over half one million books, 16 million photographs of world artwork and structure, in depth uncommon holdings, and an revolutionary program to make extra digital assets on artwork accessible on the web, the Library workers on the Nationwide Gallery of Artwork assist individuals be taught extra concerning the historical past of artworks not solely in museums they go to but in addition assist individuals be taught concerning the works they might personal. Get tickets (free for college students, in any other case $10-$15) at tickets.sbma.web.
For an entire calendar of occasions this week and past, go to unbiased.com/occasions/.