Pairing the Symphony with jazz royalty, and featuring a work of the first African American woman recognized as a symphonic composer, innovation feels wonderfully familiar.

In this unique collaboration between the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Opera Santa Barbara and in celebration of the exhibition "Through Vincent's Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources," composer, pianist, Grammy nominee and Guggenheim Fellow Jake Heggie discusses the coming together of "The Starry Night," a song cycle inspired by the art of Vincent van Gogh with text taken from his letters and poetry by Anne Sexton and Emily Dickinson. Performed by mezzo soprano Erin Alford.

Heggie is the composer of 8 full length operas, several one acts, nearly 300 art songs as well as chamber, choral and orchestral works, Heggie has been called by the Wall Street Journal "Arguably the world's most popular 21 st century opera and art song composer."

This conversation and performance is the third in a series of three related Parallel Stories exploring connections between art forms, allowing us to see those influences at work in the process of composition, the performance of music, and the poetry of narrative from the 19th century to the present day.

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street

$25 SBMA Members
$30 Non-Members

Purchase tickets at https://tickets.sbma.net/event-detail/parallel-stories-2022-05-22/

Join C.A.R.E.4Paws for our annual Happy Tails event! You'll learn about the great work we're doing in the community and hear heartfelt Happy Tails from some of the many pet owners we help daily to keep animals healthy and in their homes.

The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce a new yearlong, site-specific installation featuring Santa Barbara-based artist Kerrie Smith. Portals & Pathways, designed for the Michele Kuelbs Tower Gallery, is on view April 2022 through February 2023.

Five local authors will discuss their work, guided by Steven Gilbar. There will be appetizers and wine and a silent auction. The cost is $50 per person as this is a fundraiser for the Santa Barbara Public Library. To register go to the Friends of the Library website: www.friends-sblibrary.org

SB Gay Men's Chorus, directed by Nicole C. Lamartine, present "Tomorrows: Songs for a Brighter Future".

The UCSB Chamber Orchestra will present an evening of orchestral masterpieces on Monday, May 23, 2022 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

Join us as we UNITE IN SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE. This Garden Gathering Fundraiser will take place at the University Club on May 24, 2-5pm.

Leana Movillion presents
Tuned In Together

Join local piano teacher Leana Movillion and her students for their first piano showcase at Center Stage Theater on Tuesday, May 24th at 5 pm and 7 pm. Livestream is available for both performances.

Leana Movillion presents
Tuned In Together

Join local piano teacher Leana Movillion and her students for their first piano showcase at Center Stage Theater on Tuesday, May 24th at 5 pm and 7 pm. Livestream is available for both performances.

James Ehnes has established himself as one of the most treasured violinists of international stages. Acclaimed as “a supreme virtuoso and artist of the first rank” (The Daily Telegraph), James Ehnes plays the “Marsick” Stradivarius (1715). His Santa Barbara debut in July 2019 at the Granada Theatre with the London Symphony Orchestra (presented by the Music Academy of the West) elicited the following glowing concert review: “Ehnes was magnificent throughout, an impressive figure on stage whose playing blazed like a laser beam, though brimming with compassion and heart” (seenandheard-international.com).