Extended Runs

“150 years after it was written, it’s as shocking as ever.”—The Guardian
Ensemble Theatre Company
THÉRÈSE RAQUIN
through Feb 24
Tues–Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm & 7 pm
Alhecama Theatre
914 Santa Barbara Street, 965-5400
www.ensembletheatre.com

Free Noon Concert!
Opera Santa Barbara Italian Passions Festival presents
BROWN BAG BRAVISSIMO
Young Artists Program singers perform bel canto arias in free lunchtime recital
Wednesdays thru Mar 5, noon
Victoria Hall
33 West Victoria Street, 898-3890
www.operasb.com

IV LIVE
IMPROVABILITY
UCSB’s premiere comedy troupe
Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Special Anti-Valentines Show February 8
Every Friday 8 pm
Mar 2, 2 pm
$5 General, $3 Students
Embarcadero Hall, Isla Vista
www.ivlive.net

UCSB Dance and Theatre Department
A Classic of World Theatre
THE KNIGHT FROM OLMEDO
by Lope de Vega
Directed by Leo Cabranes-Grant
Feb 15–22, 8 pm
Feb 17 & 23, 2 pm
Mar 2, 2 pm
$17 General, $13 Students
UCSB Performing Arts Theatre
UC Santa Barbara, 893-7221
www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

A searing tragedy of love and paradox
PCPA Theaterfest
OTHELLO
Feb 7–Mar 2, 7 pm
$16.25–$26
Marian Theatre
800 South College, Santa Maria, 922-8313
www.pcpa.org

On a moonlit night anything is possible
Dramatic Women presents
LAST DAYS OF THE EMPIRE
featuring Devon Bell, Tom Hinshaw, Sylvia Short, Tiffany Story and Matt Tavianini
A new play by Bob Potter, directed by Maurice Lord
Feb 22–Mar 1
$18 General, $15 Students and Seniors
Center Stage Theater
2nd Floor Arts Terrace, Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408
www.centerstagetheater.org

Westmont College
ANON(YMOUS)
by Naomi Iizuka
A contemporary re-telling of Homer’s Odyssey
Feb 22, 23 & 29, Mar 1, 8 pm
$15 Adults, $7 Students & Seniors
Porter Theatre, Westmont Campus
955 La Paz Road, 565-7140
www.westmont.edu

UCSB Dance & Theatre Department
A Pulitzer Prize Winner
IDIOT’S DELIGHT
by Robert Sherwood
Directed by Irwin Appel
Feb 29–Mar 8, 8 pm
Mar 2, 2 pm
$17 General, $13 Students
UCSB Hatlen Theatre
UC Santa Barbara, 893-7221
www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

Single Performances and Short Runs

UCSB Music
UCSB Opera Theatre
Ralph Vaughan Williams
RIDERS TO THE SEA
Feb 1, 8 pm
Feb 2, 2 pm
$15 General, $7 Students
Tickets at the door
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
UC Santa Barbara
www.music.ucsb.edu

Hybrid mix of hip-hop/urban dance with contemporary dance styles
Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
RUBBERBAND DANCE CO MASTER CLASS
Feb 3, Teens 5:30–7:30 pm, Adults 7:30–9:30 pm
Dancers $18, $15 SBDA Members
Observers $8, $5 SBDA Members
Santa Barbara Jazz Arts
1 North Salsipuedes #100, 966-6950
www.sbdancealliance.org

“the Southland’s most adventurous chamber group”—Santa Barbara Independent
Camerata Pacifica
Chamber Music—Intimate. Intrepid. Inviting.
TWENTIETH CENTURY MEMORY
Feb 8, 1 pm & 8 pm
$20 lunchtime, $40 evening, $5 student with ID
Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road, 884-8410
www.cameratapacifica.org

“A raucous, crowd-pleasing singer.”—The Independent, London
UCSB Arts & Lectures
HUGH MASEKELA CHISSA ALL-STARS
Feb 8, 8 pm
$42 General, $19 UCSB Students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“A Niagara Falls of outrageousness.”— New York Times
Lobero Live & Bill Silva present
DANA CARVEY
Comic creations and shocking satires with SNL star.
As “The Church Lady” would say “Isn’t that special?”
Feb 8, 8 pm
$52
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 063-0761
www.lobero.com

Westmont Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert
AN ENGLISH EVENING
Shakespeare Suite by Edward Green, An English Suite by Sir Charles Hubert Parry, Sospiri by Edward Elgar, The Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth
Feb 8, 8 pm
Grand Ballroom, Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard, 565-7140
www.westmont.edu

Mama Pat’s Inner Light Community Gospel Choir
& Keith Berry present
ANNUAL STEVE ROBERTS GOSPEL CONCERT
Featuring Guest Artists Dauri Kennedy & Victor Hurtado
Feb 9, 7:30 pm
Marjorie Luke Theatre
721 East Cota Street
www.innerlightchoir.com or www.luketheatre.org

State Street Ballet
BALLROOM
A SALUTE TO THE SWING ERA
Highlights include Salute to Sinatra, Loves’s Avalon, Stravinsky’s Tango and B.A.N.D.S
Music from Nat King Cole, Andrews Sisters, Billie Holiday, Glen Miller and more
Feb 9, 8 pm
Feb 10, 2 pm
$28–$48 Adults, $22–$42 Seniors, $18 under 12
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

Westmont Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert
AN ENGLISH EVENING
Shakespeare Suite by Edward Green, An English Suite by Sir Charles Hubert Parry, Sospiri by Edward Elgar, The Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth
Feb 10, 7 pm
First United Methodist Church
305 East Anapamu at Garden Street, 565-7140
www.westmont.edu

“Beautiful music played beautifully. Who could ask for more?”—Independent
Santa Barbara Music Club
MORNING CONCERT
Piano, String and Vocal works by Dvorák, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Ramsay & Sonquist
Feb 13, 11 am
Free Admission
First United Methodist Church
Garden & Anapamu Streets, 683-0811
sbmusicclub.org

UCSB Music & CAMA present
JORDI SAVALL, VIOLA DA GAMBA
Director of Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Feb 14, 10 am
Free Admission
Karl Geiringer Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 963-0761
www.music.ucsb.edu

CAMA’s Masterseries presents
LOST PARADISES
JORDI SAVALL, Director & Viola da Gamba
Music of 15th Century Spain
Feb 14, 8 pm
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com or www.camasb.org

“The major touring classical theatre in the United States.”—The New York Times
UCSB Arts & Lectures
THE ACTING COMPANY: SHAKESPEARE’S THE TEMPEST
Feb 14, 8 pm
$35 General, $19 UCSB Students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“Truly inspiring...the music will make your heart smile.”—Variety
UCSB Arts & Lectures
SIERRA LEONE REFUGEE ALL STARS
Feb 15, 8 pm
$42 General, $19 UCSB Students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“A fabulous singer...exhilarating originality. Nobody else sounds like Amy X.”—Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Iridian Arts & Contemporary Arts Forum
The Strike Series
AMY X NEUBURG WITH THE ROBIN COX ENSEMBLE
Fresh sonic gems from San Francisco vocalist/electronic sound artist Amy X Neuburg
Feb 15 & 16, 8 pm
$18, $13 Students & CAF members; $5 UCSB Students
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Paseo Nuevo, 966-5373
www.sbcaf.org

Passionate Valentine’s program!
Santa Barbara Symphony presents
SYMPHONIC SEDUCTIONS
Guest conductor Edward Cumming leads romantic program of Brahms, Schumann & more
Feb 16, 8 pm
Feb 17, 3 pm
Arlington Theatre
1317 State Street, 963-4408
www.ticketmaster.com

“Kelly Willis ultimately blows away the year’s biggest noisemakers.”—The New York Times
The Greatest Music You’ve Never Heard
Sings Like Hell presents
KELLY WILLIS + CHUCK PROPHET
Feb 16, 8 pm
$42.50
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.singslikehell.com

Open to the Public for the First Time!
Opera Santa Barbara Italian Passions Festival presents
CAST CABARET
Festival stars perform solos and duets from musicals, popular song, and opera
Feb 17, 5 pm
$75 includes appetizers & open bar
Fleischmann Auditorium, Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol Road, 898-3890
www.operasb.com

Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
Russian Classical Ballet at it’s best
GEORGIAN BALLET MASTERCLASS
Feb 18, 7:30 pm
Dancers $18, $15 SBDA Members
Observers $8, $5 SBDA Members
Gustafson Dance Studio
322 State Street, 966-6950
www.sbdancealliance.org

“The star presence she brings...invariably fills every scene with drama.”—The New York Times
UCSB Arts & Lectures
STATE BALLET OF GEORGIA
with Nina Ananiashvili in Giselle
Feb 19, 8 pm
$48–$63 General, $28 UCSB Students
Arlington Theatre
1317 State Street, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

“messages with luminous, virtuosic singing...in a spectrum of styles few other ensembles could match.”—The New York Times
UCSB Arts & Lectures
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
Feb 21, 8 pm
$45 General, $19 UCSB Students
Campbell Hall
UC Santa Barbara, 893-3535
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

FREE Classic Italian Film
Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of SB & Opera Santa Barbara Italian Passions Festival present
CINEMA ITALIANO CLASSICO
Free screenings of Luchino Visconti films
Feb 22, 7:30 pm Il Gattoprardo (The Leopard)
Feb 28, 7:30 pm Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice)
FeBland Forum
Santa Barbara City College, 898-3890
www.operasb.com

“Beautiful music played beautifully. Who could ask for more?”—Independent
Santa Barbara Music Club
CAMERON MEMORIAL CONCERT
Works by Bach, Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninoff, performed by the Channel Islands Quartet, Gail Embree, Betty Oberacker and Audrey Sharpe
Feb 23, 3 pm
Free Admission
Faulkner Gallery, SB Public Library
40 East Anapamu Street, 683-0811
sbmusicclub.org

“Bravo to Opera Santa Barbara!”—Santa Barbara Independent
Opera Santa Barbara Italian Passions Festival
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI
Fiery double-bill of passion, jealousy and murder
Pre-concert talks, English supertitles
Feb 23, 7:30 pm (Opening Night)
Feb 29 & Mar 8, 7:30 pm
Mar 2, 2:30 pm
Lobero Theatre
33 East Canon Perdido Street, 963-0761
www.lobero.com or www.sbopera.com

Food & Opera!
Opera Santa Barbara’s Italian Passions Festival presents
OPERA NIGHTS AT TRE LUNE
Cast members perform opera highlights
Feb 26, 6:30 pm
Tre Lune Restaurant
1151 Coast Village Road, Montecito
Reservations suggested: 969-2646

“It was as illuminating a performance as one could ever hope to hear.”—SB News-Press
SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & QUIRE OF VOYCES
Feb 26, 7:30 pm
$32
First Presbyterian Church
21 East Constance Avenue, 963-0761
www.sbco.org

CAMA presents
CZECH PHILHARMONIC
LEOS SVÁROVSKY, Conductor
performs Mahler’s Fifth
Feb 28, 8 pm
Arlington Theatre
1317 State Street, 963-4408
www.ticketmaster.com/venue/73731