Arts & Lectures turns 65 this season, and it has been my great honor to have led this incredible organization for 25 years. We’re celebrating with a lineup emblematic of the diverse programming that makes A&L a world-class presenter of arts and culture.
Just look at opening week and you’ll see what I mean: Join us for our 65th anniversary kick off Jazz & Gelato party before Snarky Puppy gets funky at the Arlington. One of the world’s reigning sopranos, Julia Bullock makes her first of two very different performances. Hear how AI can revolutionize education from Khan Academy’s Salman Khan. Roots legend Mavis Staples meets The War and Treaty’s joyful fusion of Southern soul, gospel, country and rock ’n’ roll. And the venerable hundred-member London Philharmonic Orchestra performs with incomparable violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
In December, say goodbye to the Sugar Plum Fairy and hello to Sugar Rum Cherry, when Dorrance Dance puts its tap and jazz twist on a holiday classic set to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s The Nutcracker Suite.
Discover literary heavyweight Percival Everett and other just-added lectures on Justice for All. New this fall, we’re providing FREE books at all JFA events, including Everett’s recent tour-de-force James.
Unlock your inner creative genius with free Thematic Learning Initiative events spotlighting Imagination in Action – there’s no shortage at A&L.
Join us for another 65 years of entertaining, educating and inspiring!
With deepest gratitude,
Dear Friends, Season
Celesta M. Billeci
Miller McCune Executive Director
Community Partners
Community members enjoying FREE Summer Cinema at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
Chef, restaurateur and humanitarian José Andrés with Celesta M. Billeci
Find Your Place at Arts & Lectures
Become a member today and enjoy a range of benefits all year long. (See page 41 for details)
1. Franz von Holzhausen, A&L Program Advisor Bruce Heavin and Julia Child Foundation chairman Eric Spivey with humanitarian, restaurateur and chef José Andrés 2. A&L Partners Michael Hurley and Nora McNeely Hurley with Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier
3. A&L Partner Marcia Cohen with forest ecologist Suzanne Simard 4. A&L Ambassador Eva Haller with poet Amanda Gorman
5. A&L Partner Martha Gabbert with author and interviewer Pico Iyer 6. A&L Partners Geof and Laura Wyatt with Pulitzer Prize-winning multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens 7. A&L Council Member and Ambassador Anne Smith Towbes with José Andrés
Arts & Lectures’ Thematic Learning Initiative (TLI) extends the conversation from the stage into the community, enriching lifelong learning and initiating dialogue and empowerment through special events, book giveaways and more.
2024-2025 Theme: Imagination in Action
For 65 years, Arts & Lectures has been a hotbed of art and ideas – a place where great minds and movers from across the globe converge. They leave us changed, challenged and ready to bust through our perceived limitations. Come behind the scenes, go beyond the barriers and discover the creative forces drawing outside the lines to redefine what we think is possible.
Fall Book Giveaway
James
by Percival Everett
A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett’s James is told from Jim’s point of view and shows the fugitive slave’s agency, intelligence and compassion in a radically new light. An instant New York Times bestseller, James was longlisted for the Booker Prize and hailed as “genius” by The Atlantic.
FREE copies of James will be available starting September 27 at Arts & Lectures’ Campbell Hall Box Office at UCSB and the Santa Barbara Public Library (40 E. Anapamu St.). Books available while supplies last.
RELATED EVENT Percival Everett, Oct 25 (p. 24)
With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative
Imagination in Action - Free Events
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles
Documentary screening and Q&A with film director Laura Gabbert
Thu, Oct 10 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall
FREE (registration recommended)
Perfectly capturing the heights of human achievement and the frailty of decadence, chef Yotam Ottolenghi assembles a team of the world’s most innovative pastry chefs to bring the sumptuous art of Versailles to life in cake form. (Laura Gabbert, 2020, 75 min.)
RELATED EVENT An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi, Oct 14 (p. 18)
Move:
Season 1, Episode 1
Documentary screening and Q&A with Lil Buck and Jon Boogz
Wed, Oct 23 / 7 PM / Campbell Hall
FREE (registration recommended)
Discover the brilliant dancers and choreographers who are shaping the art of movement in the first episode of this documentary series. With artistry and originality, Jon Boogz and Lil Buck turn to popping and jookin to tell powerful stories that take street dance to the next level. (Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai, 2020, TV-MA, 48 min.)
RELATED EVENT An Evening with Lil Buck and Jon Boogz, Oct 24 (p. 23)
Community Dance Class
with Michelle Dorrance
Sun, Dec 8 / 1 PM / Carrillo Ballroom, 100 E. Carrillo St. FREE (registration recommended)
Michelle Dorrance, artistic director of the award-winning New York City-based Dorrance Dance, shares her deep dedication to tap dance, its traditions and its possibilities. All levels welcome, no tap shoes required.
RELATED EVENT Dorrance Dance, The Nutcracker Suite, Dec 5 (p. 34)
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Cloud Gate
Dance Theatre of Taiwan
13 Tongues
Sat, Nov 2 / 7:30 PM Granada Theatre
Dorrance Dance
The Nutcracker Suite
Music Arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Thu, Dec 5 / 7:30 PM Arlington Theatre
Twyla Tharp Dance
Diamond Jubilee
Tue, Feb 11 / 7:30 PM Granada Theatre
Featuring Third Coast Percussion
Batsheva Dance Company MOMO
Tue, Feb 25 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre
Akram Khan
GIGENIS, the generation of the Earth Thu, Apr 10 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre
LOUIS: A Silent Film with Live Musical Performance Sat, May 17 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre
Larkin Poe
Lakecia Benjamin
photo: Elizabeth Leitzell
Illuminating a wide spectrum of systemic injustice, the Justice for All programming initiative looks to today’s great minds and creators and to the courageous leaders across the globe who are forging a new path forward. Join us as we learn from those confronting uncomfortable questions, solving difficult problems, and guiding us all toward a more equitable world.
Josie Cox, Oct 17
Advancing gender financial equity
Uché Blackstock, Nov 20
Closing the gap in racial health inequities
Percival Everett, Oct 25
Disrupting conceptions of race in American culture
Tommy Orange, Jan 29
Highlighting the complexities of Indigeneity
Look for additional events to be added throughout the season.
JUSTICE FOR ALL Lead Sponsors: Marcy Carsey, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Eva & Yoel Haller, Dick Wolf, and Zegar Family Foundation
JUSTICE FOR ALL UCSB Faculty Advisory Committee: Gerardo Aldana, Daina Ramey Berry, Charles Hale, Beth Pruitt, Susannah Scott, Jeffrey Stewart, Sharon Tettegah
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Fran Lebowitz, Jan 25
Lil Buck, Oct 24
Wynton Marsalis Ensemble, May 17
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, Apr 25
A&L’s 65th Season Opening Night
“A quintessential live band.”
The
Jazz & Gelato Season Kickoff Party
Arrive early at 6 PM and celebrate with a live KCRW DJ set, prizes, complimentary sweet treats from local creameries, light installations, open art galleries and more!
Presented in collaboration with the historic Arts District
Jazz, Funk and More from North Texas
Snarky Puppy
Tue, Oct 1 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $52 / $16 UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
“A barnstorming, groove-centric instrumental act with a rabid fan base and a blithely unplaceable style.” The New York Times
Are they a jazz orchestra, a funk band or a jam-based collective? With Snarky Puppy, the answer is all of the above. Rousing solos set amidst a deep rolling groove will give the audience plenty to shout about as this powerhouse ensemble shows what has made them a festival favorite worldwide. Known for forging a new path through the thickets of the music industry, Snarky Puppy has earned a reputation as one of the hardest working and most sophisticated proponents of jazz funk. Dueling drummers and a rotating roster of elite soloists keep the funk fires burning whenever these imaginative musicians come to town.
Jazz
Series Lead Sponsor: Manitou Fund
photo: Ignacio Orrego
New York Times
“Blindingly impressive.”
The New York Times on AMOC*
“Julia Bullock [is] an essential soprano for our times.”
– Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
Co-presented with
One Night Only!
Olivier Messiaen’s HARAWI
An American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) Production
Fri, Oct 4 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets start at $32.50 / $15 UCSB students
Zack Winokur, director
Julia Bullock, soprano
Conor Hanick, piano
Bobbi Jene Smith, dancer/choreographer Or Schraiber, dancer/choreographer
HARAWI realizes Olivier Messiaen’s deeply affecting hour-long song cycle for voice and piano in a newly physicalized and dramatized version. Throughout a dozen interconnected love songs, two dancers bring Messiaen’s romantic surrealism to life through their original choreography. All the artists are contributing members of American Modern Opera Company, an adventurous, enterprising collective. Their unique production of HARAWI connects the relationship between movement and music and adds a new dimension to Messiaen’s searing portrayal of love and loss in the human experience.
Great Performances Suite Sponsors:
G.A. Fowler Family Foundation and Shanbrom Family Foundation
Presented in association with UCSB Department of Music
Pre-concert Talk by Charles Donelan, Arts Writer Fri, Oct 4 / 7 PM
1010 Henley Hall, UCSB FREE to event ticket holders
photos:
Hanne Engwald; Allison
Michael Orenstein (inset)
Khan Academy
“The best model we have for how to develop and implement AI for the public good.”
The Washington Post
Education Technology Pioneer
Salman Khan
Brave
New Words: How AI
Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
Sat, Oct 5 / 4 PM (note special time) / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $27 / FREE for UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
“Sal Khan’s vision and energy for how technology could fundamentally transform education is contagious. He’s a true pioneer in integrating technology and learning.” – Bill Gates
The visionary behind educational nonprofit Khan Academy, Salman Khan seeks to remove the barriers to education that leave over 600 million children lacking basic math and reading skills. His free, world-class curriculum – available to anyone, anywhere – has made a massive impact, with its videos reaching over a billion views. Now, Khan is using the power of AI to make education even more accessible. Author of the new book Brave New Words, Khan offers a uniquely prescient and practical look into how we can use AI to enhance HI: “human intelligence, human potential and human purpose.”
Major Corporate Sponsor: Sage Publishing
Presented in association with Santa Barbara County Education Office and UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
photo:
“The colossally talented pair continue their commando, no-limits journey to the top of the music world.” Associated Press on The War and Treaty
“If we had the ability to assess who is the most beloved figure in music – not in overall numbers, but sheer adoration, per capita and per peer – it likely wouldn’t be Taylor or Beyoncé but Mavis Staples, who has been taking us there since the late ’60s.” Variety
Special Double Bill
Mavis Staples
The War and Treaty
Tue, Oct 8 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $52 / $24 UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
A chart-topping soul/gospel/R&B pioneer, civil rights icon, National Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient and Kennedy Center honoree, Mavis Staples delivers roof-raising performances with youthful vigor and commanding maturity. Called “one of America’s defining voices of freedom and peace” by NPR, she marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., performed at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration and sang in Barack Obama’s White House. Combining traditional folk, country, R&B and spirituals into a dynamic blend that’s all their own, The War and Treaty (Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter) were the first Black artists ever nominated for Duo of the Year by the Country Music Association. Taking the stage separately, Staples and The War and Treaty promise an unforgettable evening of deep soul and heart-wrenching gospel passion.
Roots Series Sponsor: Laura & Geof
Wyatt
“London’s
most adventurous and dynamic mainstream orchestra.” The Times (U.K.)
Program
Tania León: Raices (Origins)
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 77
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36
One Night Only!
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, Principal Conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja , violin
Sat, Oct 12 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre
Tickets start at $58.50 / $20 UCSB students
A Granada facility fee is included in each ticket price
“It is the character of a great virtuoso to make the instrument become an extension of the player. Kopatchinskaja, though, is the violin. She plays in a state of astonishment and the violin becomes her.” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
Led by principal conductor Edward Gardner, the London Philharmonic Orchestra performs a new piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León. Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja joins the orchestra for Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony takes listeners on an emotional journey with moments of anguish to pure ecstasy. From plucking strings, to rushing scales, and a celebratory ending, this rousing performance will bring you to your feet!
Great Performances Suite Sponsors:
G.A. Fowler Family Foundation and Shanbrom Family Foundation
Additional support from Anne Smith Towbes honoring the memory of Michael Towbes
Presented in association with Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara (CAMA)
Special thanks to Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery
photo: Mark Allan
Includes Live Cooking Demo
“No chef captures the flavors of the moment better than Yotam Ottolenghi.”
Bon Appétit
Chef and Bestselling Cookbook Author
An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi
Mon, Oct 14 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre
Tickets start at $38.50 / $16 UCSB students
A Granada facility fee is included in each ticket price
“The most creative but also practical cook of this new culinary era – a 21st-century Escoffier.” The Wall Street Journal
Spend a delicious evening with world-renowned chef Yotam Ottolenghi as he discusses his new book, Comfort, and prepares one of his dishes live on stage. The author of 10 multiaward-winning cookbooks and a regular contributor to The Guardian (U.K.) and The New York Times, Ottolenghi will share childhood stories, his passion for bold flavors and colorful ingredients, and his influences from across the world. Then, highlighting the way that food brings people together, he’ll combine culinary innovation with suggestions and questions from the audience to create a mouthwatering live experience.
Pre-signed copies of Comfort will be available for purchase, courtesy of Chaucer’s
Event Sponsor: Martha Gabbert
Supporting Sponsor: Jane Eagleton
RELATED EVENT Film Screening: Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles, Oct 10 (p. 5)
photo: Elena Heatherwick
Five contenders. Five rounds. Your vote. Only one will survive.
Theater
“Without even a single political reference… Fight Night makes a precarious analysis of the consensus politics our democratic system has fallen into.”
De Morgen (Belgium)
Hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Fight Night
by Ontroerend Goed
Tue, Oct 15 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets start at $37.50 / $15 UCSB students
Arrive early to enjoy food trucks and a live DJ set
“Funny, revealing, and very invigorating… You will encounter things that no U.S. company would dare do.” Chicago Tribune
In the leadup to the 2024 presidential election, innovative Belgian theater company Ontroerend Goed offers a fun and thought-provoking night of interactive theater. A critically-acclaimed hit of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Fight Night puts digital voting devices – and the fate of its candidates – into the hands of the audience. In five rounds, five contenders are competing for your vote, your attention, your love, your approval, your laughter, your compassion, your weak spot, your heart, your choice. With no political ideology or mention of politics, this production is a sharp, impartial and completely entertaining analysis of how democracy works. Make your vote count!
Due to the nature of this event, late seating will not be permitted
photo: Michiel Devijver
Just added!
Financial Journalist and Author
Josie Cox
Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
Thu, Oct 17 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets $18 / FREE for UCSB students
FREE copies of Cox’s new book, Women Money Power , will be available while supplies last (pick up at event; one per household)
“Josie Cox reminds us how far we’ve progressed toward equality, and what’s stalling the progress. Every person alive today needs to know and understand the struggles women have had in the workforce for generations.”
– Lisa Napoli, author of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie
While our laws have caught up to the importance of gender pay equity, our culture and the mindsets of those in power still lag behind. As a journalist at the intersection of business, economics and gender, Josie Cox makes the case that inequality affects us all and is thus everyone’s problem, and not just a burden to women. Through insightful profiles of women who have fought for equal pay, Cox reveals the biases we must overcome on an individual level along with the systemic failings we must address on a societal level in order to bring about a more equitable working world.
Lead Sponsor: Dorothy Largay
Presented in association with the following UCSB partners: Feminist Futures; Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Department of Feminist Studies
“Cuevas is to Mexico what Aretha Franklin is to the United States: a powerful voice that encapsulates the essence of her nation’s spirit.”
The Kansas City Star
The Queen of Mariachi
Aida Cuevas
Canta a Juan Gabriel 40 años después
Sun, Oct 20 / 7 PM / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $37 / $16 UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
A Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning icon of Mexican music, Aida Cuevas is beloved for her devotion to traditional mariachi and for her mastery of its demanding vocal forms. An impassioned performer with a striking voice that evokes life’s greatest joys and most profound longings, Cuevas was the first female singer of the genre to win both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. In her return to Santa Barbara, the “Queen of Ranchera Music” will lead a mariachi spectacular celebrating her late mentor and friend, pop legend Juan Gabriel.
Presented in association with Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival
“I had been told that girls don’t do science. And fortunately, I ignored that.”
– Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Innovative Genomics Institute founder, 2020 Nobel Laureate and co-inventor of CRISPR technology
“The technology of gene editing will be the most important advance of our era, one that will create astonishing opportunities combined with frightening moral challenges… and what it portends for our future.”
– Walter Isaacson
Co-presented with
Nobel Prize-winning Biochemist
Dr. Jennifer Doudna
CRISPR Gene Editing and the Future of
Human Health
Tue, Oct 22 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre
Tickets start at $43.50 / $16 UCSB students
A Granada facility fee is included in each ticket price
The world stands on the edge of an era when gene editing can address many serious ills plaguing humankind, says biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who earned the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for co-developing CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering technology. New discoveries in this field continue at a rapid pace. The FDA approved the first CRISPR-based gene therapy for the treatment of sickle cell disease. At Doudna’s Innovative Genomics Institute, CRISPR is being harnessed to reduce climate change-causing emissions from cattle and edit the microbiome to solve intractable health issues such as asthma. In cancer, a novel technique dubbed “cancer shredding” uses CRISPR to destroy tumor cells. Co-author of A Crack in Creation and the subject of Walter Isaacson’s bestseller The Code Breaker, Doudna will explore this profoundly powerful technology, its ethical implications and its breakthrough applications in agriculture, environment and medical science.
Supporting Sponsors: Martha Gabbert and Judy Wainwright-Mitchell & Jim Mitchell
photo: Christopher Michel
Dance, Theater and Film
An Evening with Lil Buck and Jon Boogz
Thu, Oct 24 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets start at $37.50 / $15 UCSB students
Arrive early to enjoy food trucks and a live DJ set
“Fueling it all is the emotion that drives his magnetic dancing. There is struggle and pain, joy and healing, and ultimately, a transformation.” The New York Times on Lil Buck
An award-winning performing artist and advocate for the arts, Charles “Lil Buck” Riley defies gravity with a repertoire that spans Memphis Jookin’, hip hop, ballet and contemporary dance, to name just a few. A world-renowned artist, Lil Buck has performed original works created in collaboration with such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma and Mikhail Baryshnikov. In 2023, choreographer and movement artist Jon Boogz became the first Black street dancer honored by the Emmys when he won Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming. He has received numerous accolades for constantly pushing the boundaries of movement, storytelling and dance.
Major Sponsor: Jody & John Arnhold
Presented in association with UCSB Department of Theater and Dance
RELATED EVENT Film Screening: Move: Season 1, Episode 1, Oct 23 (p. 5)
Lil Buck Jon Boogz
“Our current Great American Novelist.” Chicago Tribune
Just added!
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
An Evening with Percival Everett
Fri, Oct 25 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets $28 / FREE for UCSB students
FREE copies of Everett’s new book, James, will be available while supplies last (pick up at event; one per household)
“The times are finally catching up to the satirical genius of this cult literary icon. Everett is a true American genius, a master artist.” Oprah Daily
Percival Everett is one of the most prolific and innovative writers of our time. The author of more than 30 books, including novels, poetry and short story collections, he has won numerous awards and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His most recent novel, James, a retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of a very different, highly literate version of the fugitive slave Jim, is currently longlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2024, American Fiction, the film based on Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. With sharp observations and biting wit, Everett explores race, politics, gender and family from a uniquely contemporary American perspective.
Additional titles will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Chaucer’s
Presented in association with UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Department of Black Studies
“A hero is one who heals their own wounds and then shows others how to do the same.”
– Yung Pueblo, Inward
No. 1 New York Times
Bestselling Author and Poet
Yung Pueblo
in Conversation with Pico Iyer
Tue, Oct 29 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets start at $22.50 / $10 UCSB students
“In a medium driven by knee-jerk reactions (comments), superficial judgments (likes), and the constant need for public approval, Yung Pueblo’s voice reminds us of the better angels of our nature.” Forbes
Yung Pueblo – pen name of Diego Perez – is an author and poet whose focus on self-knowledge and radical self-acceptance has made him a source of inspiration and wisdom to millions. He is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Lighter as well as The Inward Trilogy, a collection of three bestselling books of poetry including Inward, Clarity & Connection and the final installment, 2023’s The Way Forward
Event Sponsor: Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli
Speaking with Pico Series Sponsors: Martha Gabbert, Siri & Bob Marshall, and Laura & Kevin O’Connor
photo: Fernando Samalot
photo: Derek Shapton
“First there was Hendrix, then Stevie Ray, and now Habib.” – Bonnie Raitt
Essential African Pop from Mali
Habib Koité, Aly Keïta, Lamine Cissokho
Mandé Sila
Wed, Oct 30 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets start at $37.50 / $15 UCSB students
“His reputation as a guitar player has become almost mythical, combining rock and classical techniques with Malian tunings that make the guitar sound like a kora or ngoni.” The New York Times
Named the biggest pop star of the West African nation of Mali by Rolling Stone, Habib Koité’s sophisticated acoustic guitar technique brings the pentatonic tuning of the griot’s traditional kora to the slashing solos of classic rock. Koité’s soulful voice and magnetic personality have made him an international star of contemporary world music and inspired collaborations with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Eric Bibb.
photo: Margot Canton
The Times (U.K.)
“When you’re talking about Cloud Gate, magic is not too strong a word.”
Time Out
Immersive Dance Theater
Cloud Gate
Dance Theatre of Taiwan 13 Tongues
Cheng Tsung-lung, Artistic Director
Sat, Nov 2 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre
Tickets start at $48.50 / $20 UCSB students
A Granada facility fee is included in each ticket price
In 13 Tongues, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan brings the sights and sounds of Taiwan’s legendary night markets to life in all their human and spiritual dimensions. Mixing traditional storytelling with futuristic imagery and shifting between folk, classical and electronic music sources, 13 Tongues delivers an unforgettable experience of contemporary dance at its most innovative and spectacular. Drawing on childhood memories of a famous street performer from 1980s Taipei, Artistic Director Cheng Tsung-lung and the Cloud Gate dancers weave a brilliant tapestry of ancient and modern images set to a dazzling range of musical idioms.
Due to the nature of this event, late seating will not be permitted
Dance Series Sponsors: Margo Cohen-Feinberg, Barbara Stupay, and Sheila Wald
Presented in association with UCSB Department of Theater and Dance “13 Tongues is a sensationally big, indulgent, and visually arresting expression of cultural memory.”
photo: Liu Chen-hsiang
“Itzhak Perlman is a superstar of classical music… No other violinist enjoys his level of recognition.”
The New York Times
“Perlman’s great (and undiminished) gift is to deliver timeless, mainstream music to his audiences with uncomplicated affection, directness and humanity.”
The Washington Post
Program
Leclair: Sonata for Two Violins in E minor, op. 3, no. 5
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493
Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, op. 21
Chamber Music’s Magnificent Seven
Itzhak Perlman and Friends
Thu, Nov 7 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre
Tickets start at $58.50 / $26 UCSB students
A Granada facility fee is included in each ticket price
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Emanuel Ax, piano
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Juilliard String Quartet
Two of the world’s most distinguished pianists – Emanuel Ax and Jean-Yves Thibaudet – join the reigning virtuoso of the violin Itzhak Perlman and the “endlessly agile” (The New York Times)
Juilliard String Quartet for an evening of exceptional chamber music. Each member of this remarkable all-star lineup is fully capable of commanding a rapt audience on their own. In this lush and thrilling program of works spanning three centuries, they explore textures and nuances of expression only available to an extended ensemble.
Great Performances Suite Sponsors:
G.A. Fowler Family Foundation and Shanbrom Family Foundation
Master Class with Juilliard String Quartet
Fri, Nov 8 / 1 PM / Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB FREE and open to public observation
“Every writer, truth seeker, parent and activist I know is in love with one or more books by Anne Lamott.” – Gloria Steinem
Bestselling Novelist and Essayist
Anne Lamott
Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Wed, Nov 13 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $32 / $16 UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
“Anne Lamott is walking proof that a person can be both reverent and irreverent in the same lifetime. Sometimes even in the same breath.” San Francisco Chronicle
An enchanting, lyrical writer, Anne Lamott takes on the most complex, intimate parts of life with grace and precision. Her novels and memoirs have won the most sought-after literary prizes and her latest book, Somehow: Thoughts on Love, explores the struggles of love and the transformative power of intimacy. Lamott’s trademark honesty and humor will be on full display as she discusses finding love late in life, the changing ways we love our children and the ways love can keep us going in a painful world.
Books will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Chaucer’s
Lead Sponsor: Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin
photo:
Sam Lamott
Pre-show music and prizes from KLITE host
Catherine Remak
Live Music!
Come as Your Favorite Character!
Fun for the Whole Family!
Encanto
The Sing-Along Film Concert
“Lin-Manuel Miranda provides a spellbinding soundtrack of songs combining salsa, bachata and hip-hop played with traditional folk instruments from Colombia.”
The New York Times
Thu, Nov 14 / 6:30 PM (note special time) / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $42 / $27 youth (18 & under) / $16 UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
Sing along with Disney’s Academy Award-winning film Encanto as the magical tale of the extraordinary Madrigal family unfolds on the big screen. Groove to the Grammy-winning soundtrack, featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda’s chart-topping hits “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure,” with music performed live by a Latin rhythm band. Fans of all ages are encouraged to dress up as their favorite character from the groundbreaking film and to use their voices to transform the Arlington Theatre into one big celebration of the Madrigal family.
“Uché Blackstock is a force of nature.”
– Abraham Verghese, author of The
Covenant of Water
Time 100 Most Important People in Health 2024
Dr. Uché Blackstock
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism in Medicine
Wed, Nov 20 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets $18 / FREE for UCSB students
FREE copies of Blackstock’s new book, Legacy , will be available while supplies last (pick up at event; one per household)
“One of the most insightful and impactful public voices in medicine” – Imani Perry, National Book Award-winning author of South to America
As an ER physician and one of the country’s leading health equity advocates, Dr. Uché Blackstock has a deep and hands-on understanding of how systemic racism is affecting the health of BIPOC communities across the country. She was recognized in 2023 by Fortune Magazine as one of 13 Innovators Shaping the Future of Health, and in 2024 as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Important People in Health. Her generational memoir, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism in Medicine, became an instant New York Times bestseller upon publication in January.
Presented in association with the following UCSB partners: Health Professions Advising; Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Departments of Black Studies and Feminist Studies
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photo: Diane Zhao
“The answer to every question is, indeed, compassion.”
– Gregory Boyle
2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
Father Gregory Boyle
Cherished
Belonging: The
Healing Power of Love in Divided Times
Tue, Dec 3 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets start at $22.50 / $10 UCSB students (limited availability)
“Father Greg Boyle makes amazingly winsome connections between things like service and delight, and compassion and awe – amazing, because he works in an urban setting others describe in terms of crime and despair.” – Krista Tippet, host of On Being
Over the past 30 years, Father Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention program in the world. The program runs on two unwavering principles: 1) Everyone is unshakably good (no exceptions) and 2) we belong to each other (no exceptions). Every community wants to be a safe place, where people are seen, and are cherished. At a time when society is more fractured than ever, Boyle’s forthcoming book Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times invites us to see the world through a new lens of connection and build the loving community that we long to live in. Boyle was named a Champion of Change by President Obama in 2014, and was a recipient of the 2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Books will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Chaucer’s
Event Sponsor: Mary Becker
Presented in association with UCSB Gaucho Underground Scholars
Grammy Winners, Best Bluegrass Album 2022 and 2023
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Fri, Dec 6 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets start at $37.50 / $15 UCSB students (limited availability)
“A vibrant blend of bluegrass with flashes of Old West, anchored by Tuttle’s earthy-yet-angelic vocal and the entire group’s ace musicianship.” Billboard
“Tuttle and her band Golden Highway represent a new class of bluegrass.” Rolling Stone
A gifted songwriter and vocalist, Molly Tuttle’s spellbinding lyrics and exquisitely-crafted sound have garnered her a Best New Artist Grammy nomination and unprecedented backto-back wins for Best Bluegrass Album of 2022 and 2023. She is lauded as “one of the world’s best guitar players” by American Songwriter and is the first woman ever named Guitar Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. Together with her band, Golden Highway, Tuttle weaves modern folk, bluegrass and Americana into an eclectic yet seamless musical fabric that stretches from Del McCoury to Jefferson Airplane and beyond.
Roots Series Sponsor: Laura & Geof Wyatt
West Coast Premiere / One Night Only!
Dorrance Dance
The Nutcracker Suite
Music Arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
Tap and jazz take on Tchaikovsky in Dorrance Dance’s vibrant version of this beloved holiday classic. The renowned tap company boogies, slides, struts and dives through the magical story of a young girl and her fantastical Christmas adventure.
Taking their cue from Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s extraordinary reinterpretation of The Nutcracker Suite, Michelle Dorrance and co-choreographers Hannah Heller and Josette Wiggan transform the Sugar Plum Fairy into a slinky Sugar Rum Cherry, while the “March of the Toy Soldiers” becomes a swinging “Peanut Brittle Brigade.” Featuring live music.
Lead Sponsor: Jody & John Arnhold
Dance Series Sponsors:
Margo Cohen-Feinberg, Barbara Stupay, and Sheila Wald
Presented in association with UCSB Department of Theater and Dance
RELATED EVENT Free Community Dance Class: Dorrance Dance, Dec 8 (p. 5)
“More than any group I can think of, these artists revel deeply in the underestimated art of play.”
The Washington Post
“The orchestrations are playful, surprising, imaginative. Ms. Dorrance and her collaborators… have responded in kind.”
The New York Times
Spread holiday cheer to someone in need. A&L is partnering with United Way of Santa Barbara County for the 2024 Gift Drive. Bring a new, unwrapped gift or gift card ($25 suggested) to donate at the event!
photos: Christopher Duggan
“Multilingual and defiantly cosmopolitan… using lush string and horn arrangements that hark back to the days before rock’n’roll.”
The Sunday Times (U.K.)
30th
Anniversary Tour
Pink Martini
Featuring China Forbes Holiday Show
Tue, Dec 17 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $47 / $24.50 UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
“Lauderdale pulls out numbers from around the world like trinkets from his jacket lining.” JazzTimes
Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Pink Martini brings its signature blend of jazz, classical and pop music to a festive holiday show. With a dozen musicians and songs in more than a dozen languages, “this multi-denominational, multicultural jubilee overflows with enough holiday spirit to warm your entire family” (NPR). Performing classics like “White Christmas” alongside Chinese New Year tunes and a samba-inspired version of “Auld Lang Syne,” as well as fan favorites from the band’s 11 studio albums, this joyous, globetrotting concert is sure to make you merry.
Major Sponsor: Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher
Event Sponsor: Ellen & Peter O. Johnson
photo: Hornbecker Photo
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New York Times Bestselling Author and Relationship Therapist
An Evening with Esther Perel
The Future of Relationships, Love & Desire
Tue, Jan 14 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $47 / $24.50 UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
“The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives.” – Esther Perel
Join Esther Perel for an evening unlike any other as she helps us rethink how we connect, how we desire and even how we love. With her signature wit and captivating charm, Perel will interact with the live audience to talk about desire, heartbreak, sex and other topics we usually only discuss with the lights off. Described by Nylon Magazine and The Today Show as an epic 3,000-person group date, this is your invitation to meet Esther Perel in real life, explore the intricacies of modern love and flirt with curiosity as the evening unfolds.
Lead Sponsor: Heather
&
Tom Sturgess
photo: Leeor Wild
Just added!
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
An Evening with
Tommy Orange
Wed, Jan 29 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
Tickets $20 / FREE for UCSB students
FREE copies of Orange’s new book, Wandering Stars, will be available while supplies last (pick up at event, one per household)
“Tommy Orange is building a body of literature that reshapes the Native American story in the United States. Book by book, he’s correcting the dearth of Indian stories even while depicting the tragic cost of that silence.” The Washington Post
Tommy Orange is the author of the bestselling There There, a thrilling multi-generational story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: the lives of urban Native Americans. Orange, a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for There There and is longlisted for the Booker Prize for his latest novel, Wandering Stars. He shows us violence and recovery, hope and loss, identity and power, dislocation and communion, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people.
Presented in association with the following UCSB partners: American Indian and Indigenous Collective; Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Department of American Indian and Indigenous Studies
photo: Michael Lionstar
Just added!
Social Psychologist and Author
Jonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Thu, Feb 20 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre
Tickets start at $18 / FREE for UCSB students
An Arlington facility fee is included in each ticket price
“The shift in kids’ energy and attention from the physical world to the virtual one, Haidt shows, has been catastrophic, especially for girls.” The New York Times
“His common-sense recommendations for actions are excellent.”
The Washington Post
Jonathan Haidt discusses why Gen Z (born after 1995) has such extraordinary rates of mental illness. He explains how their loss of independence and free play in the 1990s combined with the move to a fully phone-based childhood in the early 2010s to cause a collapse of mental health. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison and perfectionism. Most importantly, Haidt issues a clear call to action, proposing four simple rules that might end this epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.
Event Sponsors: Jillian & Pete Muller and Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli
photo: Jayne Riew
2025
January
Tue, Jan 14
Coming in Winter and Spring
Esther Perel, The Future of Relationships, Love & Desire
Tue, Jan 21 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Fri, Jan 24
Julia Bullock, soprano
Alexander Malofeev, piano
Sat, Jan 25 Fran Lebowitz
Wed, Jan 29 Tommy Orange
Fri, Jan 31 Danish String Quartet
February
Sun, Feb 2 Imani Winds and Boston Brass
Thu, Feb 6 Cirque Kalabanté
Fri, Feb 7 Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix
Sat, Feb 8 Sir Niall Ferguson, Why We Study History
Tue, Feb 11 Twyla Tharp Dance, Diamond Jubilee
Wed, Feb 19 DoosTrio: Kayhan Kalhor, Wu Man, Sandeep Das
Thu, Feb 20 Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation
Sun, Feb 23 Richard Powers in Conversation with Pico Iyer
Tue, Feb 25 Batsheva Dance Company, MOMO
Fri, Feb 28 Yuja Wang, piano Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
March
Sat, Mar 1 Andrew Ross Sorkin, Inside the Minds of Today’s Changemakers
April
Tue, Apr 1
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Sat, Apr 5 An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma, Reflections in Words and Music
Tue, Apr 8 Circa, Humans 2.0
Thu, Apr 10 Akram Khan
GIGENIS, the generation of the Earth
Fri, Apr 11 Owls
Tue, Apr 15 &
Wed, Apr 16 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Fri, Apr 25 Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
Sun, Apr 27 Larkin Poe
May
Tue, May 6 Marina Abramović in Conversation with Pico Iyer
Sat, May 17 Wynton Marsalis Ensemble
LOUIS: A Silent Film with Live Musical Performance
Tue, May 20 Tessa Lark, violin
Thu, May 29 Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Circa, Humans 2.0
photo:
David Kelly
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1. Randall Goosby leads a workshop at Goleta Valley Junior High School 2. Community members in a free surf lesson with The Sea League, part of A&L’s Thematic Learning Initiative
3. Robert B. Reich in conversation with UCSB history students 4. Story Pirates visits Guadalupe Elementary School
“Every child moved by art is a victory / inspired to learn history but also to make it / To shape it, to speak it / Until the world glows with sound.” – Amanda Gorman, “House of Light”
Thank you to our Education and ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! Sponsors
Arnhold A&L Education Initiative
Connie Frank & Evan Thompson
WILLIAM H. KEARNS FOUNDATION
Sara Miller McCune
Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher
Eva & Yoel Haller
Kath Lavidge & Ed McKinley
Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing
University Support:
Office of the Chancellor Office of Education Partnerships
Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor
¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! brings people together to share the rich cultural heritage of Latin America, serving more than 15,000 students and community members each year throughout Santa Barbara County.
Created in 2006 out of a commitment to arts access for all, Viva works with dozens of local partners to present high-quality artists who share their knowledge and passion. Schools, neighborhood spaces and community centers come alive in these free programs for youth and families.
Coming in Fall of 2024
Las Cafeteras
September 6-8
Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuellar
November 22-24
1. Dancers from Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles perform at Franklin Elementary School 2. Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles performs a free concert at The Marjorie Luke Theatre 3. Members of Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles with Viva Coordinator Alíz Ruvalcaba and her family
4. Young audience members enjoy a free family performance
5. Charro Esteban Escobedo delights audiences at The Marjorie Luke Theatre 6. Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles performs a free concert at The Marjorie Luke Theatre
¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! is a collaboration between UCSB Arts & Lectures, The Marjorie Luke Theatre, the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center and the Isla Vista School Parent Teacher Association serving Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Lompoc, Santa Maria, Guadalupe and New Cuyama.
Performances are FREE (no registration required)
Learn more about the awardwinning ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! program. Call Jenna Hamilton-Rolle, Director of Education & Community Engagement, at (805) 893-5829 for information.
photos: Isaac Hernández de Lipa
“Everyone should have access to art and music. Viva is awesome. It provides world-class musicians and artists to the community at no charge.”
– Salud Carbajal, U.S. Congressman
Representing California’s 24th District
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