The production of Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta, 1945) began only months after the end of the Nazi occupation of Rome and the arrival of Allied forces during the Italian campaign of World War II. The film triangulates the tension of the German occupation through a rich cast of characters: children, landlords,

Revolution raised them, and the culture of Hip-Hop provided them their own Nueva Canción: a genre of music that emerged during the resistance period in Chile. Through rap, Rebel Diaz has been sharing their stories and those of their people; el barrio, the hood, the poor, los inmigrantes. Hip-Hop and a vision for liberation have taken them around the world.

Described as one of the most fun people in show business by Time magazine, the Scottish-born provocateur and storyteller-for-hire presents Legal Immigrant, a cabaret of songs and stories about his life and loves in his adopted homeland, America.

The UCSB Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) will present "Music Easel" on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 8 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall in the UCSB Music Building. The concert will feature the CREATE Ensemble, three works by UCSB students, and a solo performance by featured guest, Oregon composer and Buchla maven Todd Barton. Mr. Barton will perform on a Buchla Music Easel, no digital electronics involved. The concert will be spatialized in eight channels.

Old Town Coffee Hosts Goleta City Council-member Roger Aceves' Discussion about Who Decides the Future of Old Town Goleta on April 18th at 8:30am. 

The new weekly local radio show, “Solutions News Radio,” hosted by Rinaldo Brutoco, president and founder of the World Business Academy, will air live this Friday from 5-6 p.m. on KZSB 1290 AM radio. There will be replay broadcasts Friday from 11 p.m.– 12 a.m., Saturday from 5- 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 -10 a.m. The show is also available on demand as a podcast.

Karen Lytle and the Santa Barbara All-Star Band perform live at Santa Barbara Wine Collective.

Join us at Carr Winery this Friday for live music by guitarist Teresa Russell, joined by vocalist Tom Buenger!

Featuring innovative new works by the young choreographers of SSBYD
The State Street Ballet Young Dancers, the apprentice student company to State Street Ballet, presents a performance, showcasing the new works of student choreographers, performed by SSBYD dancers. The works feature fresh and inventive choreographic ideas, set to contemporary music, like Joe Bellion, The Walters, and Harry Baker.. The performance is sure to entertain and inspire.

Monthly Westmont Public Telescope Night

The UCSB Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) will present "Living Analog Live," a lecture with Todd Barton, on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 12:30 pm in Studio Xenakis (Room 2215) in the Music Building. Barton will ask questions such as "Why, in this digital age, perform on analog technology from the 1970s?" resulting in a free-wheeling talk about the composer's compositional and performance process.

The Santa Barbara Music Club and Santa Barbara Public Library co-present a free concert at the Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St., 3pm, Saturday, April 20. The program features Bach’s C-Major and F-sharp minor Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II; his Italian Concerto; and the Brahms Sonata in F minor for clarinet and piano.
For information on this or other Santa Barbara Music Club programs and performing artists, visit SBMusicClub.org.