Santa Barbara Youth Ensemble Theatre celebrates its twelfth season at the Lobero with an awe-inspiring production of “Les Miserables.” This Broadway-quality performance is the culmination of nine months of theatrical enrichment featuring approximately 40 actors ages 8-16. Led by Creative Director Janet Adderley–a Broadway & TV veteran herself–these talented children bring to the stage an unforgettable, and emotionally evocative show.
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Santa Barbara embraces the third year of Transgender Day Of Visibility with an event that will richen your awareness and set your heart on fire. The “Hearts On Fire Fashion Show” celebrates gender diversity in our community by showcasing talented local performers coming together to provide a valuable message through song, dance, and a dazzling array of fashion.
Local Transgender Hero and 2017 Queen of Pride Deja Rea will host, and Santa Barbara’s award winning best DJ Darla Bea will deliver the finest tunes. Area boutiques including Sirena, Loveworn, Indian Summers, Love Bird, and Mission Tuxedos will be presenting their finest apparel, and Los Angeles designers Angelina Versage and Moiises Aguirre will showcase their glamorous and elegant spring gowns. Ian Harvie, a transgender Comedian/Actor (“Transparent”), will make a special appearance to share his personal story of being a transman in today’s society.
Transgender Day of Visibility was founded by Michigan Transgender Activist Rachel Crandall in 2009 to celebrate transgender people with advance awareness of their lives and contributions, and is celebrated in March all around the world.
The Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network provides education for organizations on best practices for transgender and gender expansive clients, patients, students, congregants and families; creates and develops spaces, actions, and policies that advance the welfare of transgender and diverse gender non-conforming individuals, their families, and allies in California’s central coast communities.
Learn more at sbtan.org.
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Hosted by Danny Trejo, this evening features of speeches and special messages from some of Hollywood’s top prison reform activists, actors and best-selling authors, live music from Them Guns, and a Q&A with cast and crew of “Idiot Savant: The Savage Life of Ryan Leone.” Some proceeds benefit the Prodigy Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering national prison reform including expanding literacy.
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The 4th annual Raw Science Film Festival honors the best media centered on science and technology from around the world. The mission of the festival is to celebrate science media and ensure fact-based experts stay at the forefront of popular culture. This “Bridge between Science and Media” will honor luminaries and celebrities in science, technology, media, and entertainment and showcase best-in-class films.
The culmination of the three-day event is a black-tie red carpet awards ceremony on Saturday, January 6 at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, CA. The 100th birthday of Sir Arthur C. Clarke will be celebrated with inspiring experts on interstellar travel, human longevity, scalable healthcare, the ethics of space travel, and lunar colonization! Recent Nobel Prize winner Kip Thorne will roll down the red carpet via Beam robot to present the annual Kip Thorne Gravity Award. Partners include UCSB Department of Physics, Arthur C Clarke Center For Human Imagination, Rosalind Franklin Society, Conrad Foundation, Explore Mars, and the Anti-Defamation League.
The three-day event also includes a VIP reception, film screenings, exhibitions, lab tours, and sic-com workshops. The festival brings science fiction to life and to work in an inspiring weekend of fun, entertainment, and public service.
For more information, please visit www.rawsciencefilmfestival.tv
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Rob Bell is the New York Times best selling author of Love Wins, What We Talk About When We Talk About God, The Zimzum of Love, How To Be Here and What is the Bible?. His podcast, called the RobCast, is the #1 spirituality podcast and iTunes named it Best of 2015. He’s been profiled in the New Yorker, toured with Oprah, and in 2011 Time Magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. He has a regular show at Largo, the legendary comedy and music club in Los Angeles, where he lives with wife Kristen and their three children.
Pre-show Q&A begins at 6:45pm, doors will open at 6:30pm for Q & A ticket holders.
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The Santa Barbara Youth Symphony now serves the region by providing musical enrichment to young people through the avenues of orchestral performance and instruction in our community’s schools. There are three components to the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony Programs: the String Workshop, Junior Orchestra, and Youth Symphony.
The Santa Barbara Youth Symphony is an orchestra of 65-70 young musicians from Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. These students, ages 12-18 from our regional schools, are challenged with serious pieces from the standard orchestral repertoire. Each Youth Symphony member is chosen by audition and no student is refused entry because of finances. Students rehearse weekly on Sunday evenings during the school year.
Three major concerts are given yearly. Each one features a Youth Symphony member, who by audition, performs as a concerto soloist. In addition, the Youth Symphony also gives a free Children’s Concert.
Most importantly, the Youth Symphony, through its performances and rehearsals, gives these young people a sense of accomplishment through steady musical and team effort. They learn that others rely on them to be at rehearsals, know their music, and to support one another. The Youth Symphony orchestra is a microcosm of real life, and as such, it prepares these young people well for their future roles in society.
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The Santa Barbara Youth Symphony now serves the region by providing musical enrichment to young people through the avenues of orchestral performance and instruction in our community’s schools. There are three components to the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony Programs: the String Workshop, Junior Orchestra, and Youth Symphony.
The Santa Barbara Youth Symphony is an orchestra of 65-70 young musicians from Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. These students, ages 12-18 from our regional schools, are challenged with serious pieces from the standard orchestral repertoire. Each Youth Symphony member is chosen by audition and no student is refused entry because of finances. Students rehearse weekly on Sunday evenings during the school year.
Three major concerts are given yearly. Each one features a Youth Symphony member, who by audition, performs as a concerto soloist. In addition, the Youth Symphony also gives a free Children’s Concert.
Most importantly, the Youth Symphony, through its performances and rehearsals, gives these young people a sense of accomplishment through steady musical and team effort. They learn that others rely on them to be at rehearsals, know their music, and to support one another. The Youth Symphony orchestra is a microcosm of real life, and as such, it prepares these young people well for their future roles in society.
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The Santa Barbara Youth Symphony now serves the region by providing musical enrichment to young people through the avenues of orchestral performance and instruction in our community’s schools. There are three components to the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony Programs: the String Workshop, Junior Orchestra, and Youth Symphony.
The Santa Barbara Youth Symphony is an orchestra of 65-70 young musicians from Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. These students, ages 12-18 from our regional schools, are challenged with serious pieces from the standard orchestral repertoire. Each Youth Symphony member is chosen by audition and no student is refused entry because of finances. Students rehearse weekly on Sunday evenings during the school year.
Three major concerts are given yearly. Each one features a Youth Symphony member, who by audition, performs as a concerto soloist. In addition, the Youth Symphony also gives a free Children’s Concert.
Most importantly, the Youth Symphony, through its performances and rehearsals, gives these young people a sense of accomplishment through steady musical and team effort. They learn that others rely on them to be at rehearsals, know their music, and to support one another. The Youth Symphony orchestra is a microcosm of real life, and as such, it prepares these young people well for their future roles in society.
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Due to the mudslides and road closures in Santa Barbara, Lewis Black: The Joke’s On US show originally scheduled for Thursday, January 11, 2018 at the Lobero Theatre has been rescheduled to Thursday, January 25, 2018.
Any tickets already purchased will be honored on the new date.
Refunds for the performance can be made at the original point of purchase.
LEWIS BLACK, GRAMMY Award-winning, stand-up comedian, is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as a stand-up comedian, actor, and author. Receiving critical acclaim, he performs more than 200 nights annually, to sold-out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He is one of a few performers to sell out multiple renowned theaters, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center, the Main Stage at the Mirage in Las Vegas and most recently, a sold-out Broadway run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.
His live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. He is a passionate performer who is a more pissed-off optimist than a mean-spirited curmudgeon. Lewis is the rare comic who can cause an audience to laugh themselves into incontinence while making compelling points about the absurdity of our world.
LEWIS BLACK came into national prominence with his appearances on THE DAILY SHOW in 1996. Those appearances on THE DAILY SHOW led to comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime, and Epix. In 2001, he won Best Male Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards. He has released eight comedy albums, including the 2007 GRAMMY Award-winning The Carnegie Hall Performance. He won his second GRAMMY Award for his album Stark Raving Black and has published three bestselling books: Nothing’s Sacred (Simon & Schuster, 2005), Me of Little Faith (Riverhead Books, 2008) and I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas (Riverhead Books, 2010).
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Tim Minchin is an Australian, musician, actor, comedian and writer who has been performing his unique brand of musical comedy in front of appropriately excitable and ever growing audiences since 2005. Without wanting to go on and on about it, he’s done some pretty successful live shows since then, often in Australia or the UK, but also on the North American continent (yes that includes you too Canada). His current songs span topics such as environmentalism, rationalism, prejudice(ism) and his amour de boobs(ism). During his shows he plays the piano, always nicely and oftentimes wildly and excitingly, whilst looking wonderfully athletic, in a pair of delightfully uncomfortable skinny jeans.
“Minchin is a bright, fearless performer with an outstanding audience rapport and vivid point-of-view.” – Time Out Chicago
“One of the most talented, creative and entertaining performers out there.”– Brooklyn Vegan
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Over the course of five albums, various EPs, and numerous prominent placements in such high-profile outlets as TV’s Sons of Anarchy and Californication, Jake Smith– singer, songwriter, guitarist and sole charter member of the White Buffalo–has built a powerful body of work that marks him as a genuine original.
The California-bred artist writes timeless, vividly detailed character studies, tapping into the emotional lives of various misfits, outsiders and troubled souls with insight and compassion. His songwriting is matched by his rough-hewn, deeply expressive voice, and by his distinctive instrumental arrangements, which are simultaneously intimate and epic.
The Bryan Titus Trio sings and plays some rootsy, gutsy American music. Rock ‘n Roll, Gospel, Country, Blues & Bluegrass … all stewing in the same pot. This is a hard-working local band that puts it down in the studio and backs it up on the stage.
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Acclaimed songwriter and guitarist David Rawlings released his freshly pressed third album, Poor David’s Almanack, on August 11 via Acony Records. For Poor David’s Almanack, Rawlings leaves the Dave Rawlings Machine moniker behind and serves up a wry mixture of acoustic and electric music rich in ageless American vernacular. The album of ten new songs was crafted by studio wizards Ken Scott (Beatles, David Bowie) and Matt Andrews on analog tape during a week of sessions at legendary Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Rawlings and longtime compatriot Gillian Welch joined together with Willie Watson, Paul Kowert, Brittany Haas, Ketch Secor, and Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes to produce an album for all seasons.
Dave will have a full band including longtime compatriot Gillian Welch, Paul Kowert (of The Punch Brothers), Willie Watson and Brittany Haas.
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Jeanne Phillips, better known as “Dear Abby”, is taking her voice from the page to the stage, spending a personal evening with her devoted readers. She’ll be sharing the intimate stories of how her mother started Dear Abby, the long-storied “feud” with her sister Ann Landers, insights from her journey as a writer, and a few things not fit to publish. Those who have ever wondered what advice Dear Abby would have, now have the chance to ask for themselves. A moderated Q&A will round out the evening. You will not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime theatrical event.
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In celebration of his 80th birthday, Charles Lloyd presents an evening that spans the colorful arc of his life in music – from Memphis and the Mississippi Delta with Booker T. Jones to the universe beyond with Gerald Clayton, Julian Lage, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland, and other special guests.
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On October 5, the Historic Theatre District ( The Granada Theatre, The Lobero Theatre, and the Ensemble Theatre Company at the New Vic) will kick off a new season of live performances with a large-scale art installation illuminating the performing arts, and shining a light on Santa Barbara’s collaborative spirit.
Curated by local projection artists, The Environment Makers, this free event will light up the outdoor walls of the three theaters with a specially designed, coordinated installation of projected moving images, and feature interactive elements for pedestrians.
You’re invited to enjoy all the Historic Theatre District has to offer while experiencing an art installation the likes of which downtown Santa Barbara has never seen before!
The light show will begin at dark (around 7 pm) and continue for about 90 minutes during which traffic–pedestrians and those in cars–can enjoy animated images related to the performing arts. These large-scale art installations are designed to invite passers-by to visit the theaters and learn more about the 2017-18 performance season.
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Lighting Up Santa Barbara is sponsored by the Santa Barbara Foundation, Santa Barbara Beautiful and the Mosher Foundation.
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