If the standing room only crowds at Monday’s Bloomsday celebration are any indication, Santa Barbara’s love of literature is ...

Takács Quartet’s 50th Anniversary Concert marks the launch of the Music Academy of the West’s promising 78th annual Summer ...

The NatureTrack Foundation, recently honored as the 2025 Organization of the Year by the Association for Environmental ...

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NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its July Monthly festival, which includes its annual InFocus: Canadian Cinema program ...

In the decades before “Jaws,” white sharks weren’t considered to be among the ocean’s most fearsome predators.

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The art festival features original works by local artists on Saturday ... A portion of proceeds of sales from the show will benefit Hospice of Santa Barbara, a Santa Barbara non-profit, providing ...

Mattie Scariot, Director of the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, said she was thrilled to announce the appointment ...

Somehow, with Familiar Touch — which won Best Acting and Best Director awards at the Venice International Film Festival — Friedland has managed to juggle elements of “the movies” and the arthouse, ...

Santa Barbara, CA – On Saturday, June 28, the community is invited to take to the skies, enjoy a taco in the sun and learn ...

Opera Santa Barbara, the Central Coast’s very own opera company, returns to the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara for a dazzling new season in the 2025-2026 year. With three productions that are ...