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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[For me], it has been at the core of everything,” explained Tomson recently in a conversation with the Independent ... most popular premiere in the history of the Santa Barbara International Film ...

Last weekend’s Ojai Music Festival, designed by flutist Claire Chase, was a nature-leaning contemporary music garden of delights and challenges.

The way that Jolie describes her multifaceted and complex relationship with Lynda is like mine. She joined the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) board (where Roger Durling serves as ...

Every Saturday at 10 a.m. for 10 weeks this summer, SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre is offering free family films from Disney with ...

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Please note... This theatrical screening has reached its registration capacity*. * Except Arts Circle – see 'Registration ...

The parade will travel up Santa Barbara Street ending at the Summer Solstice Festival at Alameda Park on Sola Street. On Saturday the Parade begins at noon at Santa Barbara and Ortega Streets and goes ...