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1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States

April 2017

Northern Impressions: The Best of Grieg & Sibelius

April 15, 2017 • 8:00 pm PDT
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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$29

Internationally renowned pianist Lilya Zilberstein will perform Edvard Grieg’s dramatic and fiercely compelling Piano Concerto in A Minor with the Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of guest conductor Christian Arming, at the Granada Theatre on April 15 and 16. Also featuring Festina lente by contemporary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, as well as Jean Sibelius’ majestic Symphony No. 5, the concerts will take place at 8 pm on Saturday, April 15, and at 3 pm on Sunday, April 16. Tickets…

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Northern Impressions: The Best of Grieg and Sibelius

April 16, 2017 • 3:00 pm PDT
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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$29

Internationally renowned pianist Lilya Zilberstein will perform Edvard Grieg’s dramatic and fiercely compelling Piano Concerto in A Minor with the Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of guest conductor Christian Arming, at the Granada Theatre on April 15 and 16. Also featuring Festina lente by contemporary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, as well as Jean Sibelius’ majestic Symphony No. 5, the concerts will take place at 8 pm on Saturday, April 15, and at 3 pm on Sunday, April 16. Tickets…

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Compagnie Hervé Koubi: What the Day Owes to the Night

April 18, 2017 • 8:00 pm PDT
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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Recognized as one of Europe’s most distinctive choreographers, Hervé Koubi makes his Southern California debut with What the Day Owes to the Night, a highly physical, stunningly fluid work that invokes the complex interwoven threads of his French-Algerian ancestral history. Combining capoeira, urban and contemporary dance with powerful imagery evocative of Orientalist paintings and the stone filigree of Islamic architecture, 12 French-Algerian and African male dancers appear in a striking contrasts of light and dark, skin and textile and whirling…

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April 2018

DROUGHT, FIRE, AND FLOOD: CLIMATE CHANGE AND OUR NEW NORMAL

April 25, 2018 • 7:00 pm PDT
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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Tickets: FREE ADMISSION -- Tickets available at the door.    Wednesday, April 25, 2018 7:00PM The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Presents Drought, Fire, and Flood: Climate Change and Our New Normal There is no question that the frequency and ferocity of severe weather phenomena experienced globally, nationally, and most recently locally, are the result of increasingly rapid climate change. Worse, as global warming continues to progress, the events we are seeing and experiencing now represent only the beginning stages…

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November 2018

OPERA SANTA BARBARA SEASON OPENER, LA BOHEME  

November 9, 2018 • 7:30 pm - November 11, 2018 PST
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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FORMER “THE AMERICAN TENORS” STAR AND GREEK SOPRANO TO SING LEADING ROLES IN OPERA SANTA BARBARA SEASON OPENER, LA BOHEME   Nathan Granner and Eleni Calenos headline the first opera in Opera Santa Barbara’s 25th Anniversary Season on November 9 and 11 in Puccini’s beloved La bohème at The Granada Theater.   Santa Barbara, CA – Tenor Nathan Granner and the captivating soprano Eleni Calenos will headline Opera Santa Barbara’s lavish production of Puccini’s most beloved opera, La bohème at The Granada Theater. Performances will take place at 7:30 on Friday, November 9 and at 2:30 on Sunday, November 11. Ranging in price from…

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January 2023

Joyce DiDonato EDEN

January 24, 2023 • 7:00 pm PST
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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UCSB Arts and Lectures presents mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in EDEN, January 24th at The Granada Theatre. Fusing music, movement and theater, this breathtaking tour de force based on DiDonato’s Grammy-nominated album travels seamlessly through four centuries of music. Live accompaniment by Il Pomo d’Oro.

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February 2023

KODO Tsuzumi: One Earth Tour

February 10, 2023 • 8:00 pm PST
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Kodo, February 10th at The Granada Theatre. In the new production Tsuzumi, Kodo looks back at its impressive 40-year history and forward to the next chapter of breathtaking performance. Rigorously trained on the rugged, windswept island of Sado in the Sea of Japan, the soul-stirring taiko drummers bring a youthful joy to their unstoppably energetic, intricately designed and meticulously choreographed displays.

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Ballet Preljocaj’s Swan Lake

February 25, 2023 - February 26, 2023
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents France’s Ballet Preljocaj in Swan Lake, February 25th and 26th at The Granada Theatre. Tackling the Mount Everest of the ballet world, Preljocaj's Swan Lake combines Tchaikovsky’s musical masterpiece with new arrangements in a timeless tale of love, betrayal, and seduction reinvented into a modern ecological tragedy. With 26 dancers, this beautiful tribute takes flight as an ingenious adaptation.

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December 2023

Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday

December 8, 2023 • 8:00 pm PST
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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The first jazz performer since Esperanza Spalding to win the prestigious Best New Artist category at the Grammys, Samara Joy embraces the great tradition of such singers as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald. Her 2022 recording Linger Awhile, filled with gloriously reimagined versions of American songbook standards, won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Don’t miss this Santa Barbara debut, a holiday-themed concert featuring three generations of her family.

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February 2024

Mountain Stage with Host Kathy Mattea

Feb 4 • 6:30 pm PST
The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 United States
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For 40 years, Mountain Stage has been one of the most beloved programs in public radio history. Eclectic, authentic and unpredictable, the show’s varied guests have included iconic artists from John Prine and Townes Van Zandt to Wilco and Phish. Under the leadership of Grammy Award-winning country and bluegrass star Kathy Mattea since 2021, Mountain Stage continues to bring surefire energy and mountain music magic to parts known and unknown. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this live…

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