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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Barry Jenkins, Damien Chazelle, Denis Villeneuve, and Kenneth Lonergan will receive the 2017 Outstanding Directors of the Year Award.

The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Nir Kabaretti, will present the West Coast premiere of acclaimed composer Jonathan Leshnoff's Clarinet Concerto - a work co-commissioned by the renowned Philadelphia Orchestra - at the Granada Theatre on Saturday, February 11.

The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of guest conductor David Lockington, will provide stirring orchestral accompaniment to screened excerpts from Disney's beloved Fantasia films at the Granada Theatre on January 28 and 29.

The Opera Lab, Opera Santa Barbara's innovative outreach program for children, will tour area elementary schools beginning next week.

Author and performance artist Cynthia Waring will teach two six-week courses on memoir writing beginning February 27.

The Santa Barbara Conservancy has received this year's George and Vivian Obern Preservation Stewardship Award for its well-received book, Santa Barbara ~ A Guide to El Pueblo Viejo.

Pacific Conservatory Theatre presents Kaufman and Hart's delightful comedy You Can't Take It With You playing in the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria February 16 - March 5, 2017.

THE KING AND I and Feminism and Racism and Rodgers and Hammerstein walk into a bar…

In response to growing demand, the Santa Barbara Symphony will present four Concerts for Young People over two days at the Granada Theatre - a twofold increase over last year.

Theatre students at Dos Pueblos High School recently presented student-driven mini-plays, comprised of micro-scenes stitched together within a theme.

The Sarah Raines Concert Series, which produced the hilarious, sold-out event 'All's Lehrer in Love and War,' presents a Valentine's Day Cabaret Dinner theatre at The Ellery Room on February 10.

The Granada Theatre Concert Series is pleased to present An Evening with David Cassidy on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 7:00pm.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), presented by UGG®, announced today the highly-anticipated lineup for the 32nd edition, which will run February 1st to February 11th, 2017.

The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of guest conductor David Lockington, will provide stirring orchestral accompaniment to screened excerpts from Disney's beloved Fantasia films at the Granada Theatre on January 28 and 29.

Rubicon Theatre Company presents GULF VIEW DRIVE , the third and final play in Arlene Hutton's Nibroc Trilogy, directed by Indy award-winning Katharine Farmer with the same cast reprising their critically-acclaimed roles from the Los Angeles Times "Critic's Choice" productions of Last Train

Artistic Director of Santa Barbara Dance Theater since 2012 (UC Santa Barbara's professional dance company in residence), Pilafian is at this writing preparing for the company's winter season, Anima and Animus, which will roll out over two weekends of performances at UCSB's Hatlen Theater, January 1

 The Granada Theatre's "And The Band Played On" Film Series continues on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 with a screening of Shine a Light, a Rolling Stones concert documentary directed by legendary filmmaker and Stones fan, Martin Scorsese.

The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of guest conductor Bob Bernhardt, will usher in the year 2017 with a rousing New Year's Eve pops concert at the historic Granada Theatre.

'Hard Rain: A Theatrical Protest' offered a workshop view of six new dramatic renderings of the American experience in this time of political turbulence.

At Mira Monte High School, in Bakersfield, California, 12 students recently became members of an international honor society, thanks to a new grant program that is covering the initial costs of membership.

The Jurkowitz Center for Community Engagement is pleased to partner with the Consulate of Mexico in Oxnard to present a screening of El Bracero del Año, the third film in the "Cine en Domingo" Film Series, on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre.

The life of the artist, despite being frequently depicted as glamorously long-suffering and deeply emotional, features pragmatic components.

The Granada Theatre's Holiday Spectacular continues on Today, December 10, 2016 at 8:00pm with the colorfully festive performance, A Merry-Achi Christmas, from two-time Grammy Award nominated Mariachi Sol De Mexico® de Jose Hernandez! Crossing culture and genre categories this holiday season

 Last season's critically acclaimed, World Premiere hit CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL returns to Rubicon Theatre Company this holiday season with Broadway, TV and film veterans Peter Van Norden (RTC's Copenhagen) and Joe Spano ("NCIS," RTC's Bucky) reprising their roles in this innovat

The spirit of the holiday season continues at The Granada Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016 with the signature sound of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, produced by Chip Davis.