Camerata Pacifica will spotlight the violin, horn, and piano in an engaging program featuring two U.S. premieres, both ...

The impactful and topical Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812 has made its way to the Center Stage Theater. The ...

The beauty chain moved from its previous location near the former Nordstrom building in the Paseo Nuevo Mall to 733 State ...

An Opera in Many Parts—Pauline Oliveros’ uniquely experimental opera devised in collaboration with poet and librettist, Moira ...

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Activities including First Thursday are part of the ongoing efforts to revitalize downtown Santa Barbara. A new non-profit has more plans ahead.

Though separated by 47 years in their Grand Ole Opry inductions, Country Music Hall of Famer Barbara Mandrell and award-winning country performer Kelsea Ballerini were unified on the Ryman ...

Q: What is your background in theater? A: I’ve been doing theater since high school. I went to Santa Cruz High and got the bug there, and then continued with a lot of local community theater ...

Robert Davis, 61, has been charged with first-degree murder in the 1989 disappearance of Barbara Lenz. Davis was Lenz's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and had a history of violence ...

Planned as a three-year partnership, the festival aims to grow into a major event, solidifying Victoria’s place in the North American arts and culture scene. Mercedes Batiz-Benet of Puente Theatre and ...

Brian Kemp named a Southwest Georgia businesswoman Tuesday to serve as the state’s 11th labor commissioner. Barbara Rivera Holmes will step down next week from her role as president and CEO of the ...

the chair of the Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education, said last week’s controversial, eight-hour meeting about whether to cut music and theater classes “was one of the ...