Directed by celebrated Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, Hero) and based on Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan’s novel, Red Sorghum is a landmark in contemporary Chinese cinema and culture. The film blends the stories of three generations of a family with their region’s journey through feudalism, war, and revolution. After several years

Think the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh was divisive? Dr. Laura Kalman provides historical context with President Johnson & Nixon's court battles.

At 3 PM on Saturday, May 18 and Saturday, June 1, at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., the Santa Barbara Music Club will present two concerts featuring winners of the 2019 Scholarship Auditions. Admission is Free.

For information on this or other Santa Barbara Music Club programs and performing artists, visit SBMusicClub.org.

Undergraduate cellist Katrina Agate will present a senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Dr. Natasha Kislenko (UCSB faculty member) on Saturday, May 18th at 4:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. The program will include works by Joseph Haydn, Gaspar Cassadó, and Francis Poulenc. Ms. Agate is a student of UCSB faculty member Jennifer Kloetzel.

The Santa Barbara Community Flute Ensemble is proud to announce our Spring concert. We are a community-based group, featuring the entire family of flutes, from piccolo to bass flute, performing a diverse array of classical pieces.

Experience the Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces perform  “Cathedral Classics” Concerts May 18th at 7 pm and May 19th at 3 pm

Tommy Castro and The Painkillers will play for the Santa Barbara Blues Society on Saturday, May 18. 

UCSB graduate Composition student Scott Perry will present a PhD recital on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UCSB campus. The program will feature original electronic works for eight channel surround sound by Mr. Perry.

HOPs & HAs comedy show

The New Works Lab presents bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a simple 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. Works are selected every November through an open application process. The process is supported by a weekly spring quarter class in which NWL student actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers and publicists working on the productions convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work.

Performance Dates:

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2019 - 8:00pm

May 11, 18, 19, 2019 - 2:00pm

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 28th annual Santa Barbara High School Jazz Festival is  Saturday, May 18th at the Santa Barbara High School Theatre.