ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events

by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Anka’s Aweigh – Octogenarian singer-songwriter Paul Anka may not be churning out hits anymore, but the Canadian one-time heartthrob is still crooning and charming his way on stage in his eighth decade of performing. Anka’s “Diana,” with its aching refrain, hit No. 1 on a Billboard R&B chart way back in 1957 when the singer was just 16, and he placed four more Top 20 songs in the next year, including “It’s Time to Cry” and “(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings.” “Lonely Boy” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart just a year later, followed immediately by “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” which rose to No. 2. Fifteen years later, Anka again topped the pop chart with “(You’re) Having My Baby.” A prolific songwriter, Anka also penned “Johnny’s Theme,” the theme song for The Tonight Show that played every weeknight for Johnny Carson’s 30-year stint as host, and he also wrote the lyrics for the Frank Sinatra hit “My Way” and Tom Jones’s “She’s a Lady”, and co-wrote Michael Jackson’s posthumous No. 1 single “This Is It.” Tonight’s Anka brings his smartly titled “Greatest Hits: His Way” tour to the Samala Showroom at the Chumash Casino Resort up in Santa Ynez, where you are likely to hear lots of folks singing along for the trip down memory lane.

WHEN: 8 pm

WHERE: 3400 E. Highway 246, Santa Ynez

COST: $79 to $139

INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www.chumashcasino.com

Centuries of Chamber Music – Veteran Santa Barbara pianist Betty Oberacker gets the lion’s share of the work this afternoon, when the Santa Barbara Music Club continues its 2022-23 season of free bi-weekly concerts downtown with a program that spans works by composers from the Baroque, Romantic, Impressionist, and contemporary musical periods. Oberacker, a UCSB professor emeritus who enjoys an active chamber music performing, teaching, and coaching schedule, opens the concert with Bach’s “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903,” then joins clarinetist David Singer for Schumann’s “Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces), Op. 73,” and violinist Nicole McKenzie for Debussy’s “Sonata Violin and Piano in G minor.” All three conclude the concert by performing Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b” by Darius Milhaud, one of the early faculty members at Music Academy of the West.

WHEN: 3 pm

WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. (at Garden) COST: free

INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org

Kodō’s Career in Taiko – In a new production, Kodō, the professional taiko drumming troupe based on Sado Island, Japan, looks back at its impressive 40-year history and peers forward to its next chapter, with the drummers continuing to bring a youthful joy to their endlessly energetic, intricately designed and meticulously choreographed displays. Tonight’s “Tsuzumi” program opens with “Dyu-Ha,” created by Maki Ishii, a modern composer who was introduced to Kodō by conductor Seiji Ozawa, as a gift to congratulate the ensemble on its debut in 1981, and is being performed for the first time in North America since 1989. Ishii’s masterpiece “Monochrome” and other Kodō signature pieces such as “O-daiko,” “Yatai-bayashi,” and “Zoku” will follow, coupled with new compositions by the next generation of taiko creators.

WHEN: 8 pm

WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State St.

COST: $46 to $71

INFO: (805) 899-2222/www.granadasb.org or (805) 893-3535/ www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Rhythms & Soul on the Horn –Arturo Sandoval, the Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer who been playing his instrument for more than six decades, is surely among the most decorated of jazz musicians as he has won 10 Grammys, six Billboard Awards, an Emmy, the Hispanic Heritage Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was recently honored with a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the prestigious University of Notre Dame. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie and has become one of the great guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist, and composer. At 73, Sandoval remains one of the most multifaceted musicians of our time and is still recording, having last year released Rhythm & Soul, receiving rave reviews for his collection of new originals that draw on a wide swath of Latin music, from traditional Cuban Son to Brazilian Bossa-Nova and Samba to Caribbean Soca. Ever the showman, Sandoval remains capable of delivering the effortless high notes and improvised runs of dizzying speed and accuracy, and he continues in concert to present a diverse and exhilarating show featuring Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop, straight ahead jazz, and more.

WHEN: 7:30 pm

WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.

COST: $46 & $56 ($106 VIP tickets include premier seating and a pre-show reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres)

INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12

Jazz Jam with Jeff – After a break that started with distance and was exacerbated by the pandemic, erstwhile beloved Santa Barbara trumpet and keyboardist Jeff Elliott heads back to his old stomping grounds of SOhO to lead an old-time jam session for the Santa Barbara Jazz Society. Elliott held down a weekly jam session slot at SOhO for more than a decade before he moved up to San Luis Obispo County. Today, he’ll be backed by S.B.’s finest rhythm section in bassist Randy Tico and drummer Kevin Winard – with Elliott often playing trumpet and keyboard simultaneously – for a procession of professional and want-to-be instrumentalists and singers sitting on SOhO’s stage. It’ll be like old times, grounded by the trio of old-timers who just keep getting better.

WHEN: 1 to 4 pm

WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State St., upstairs in Victoria Court

COST: $35 general; $25 Jazz Society members; $10 professional musicians, singers, and full-time students; free for participating musicians/singers

INFO: (805) 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or (805) 687-7123/www.sbjazz.org

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13

Czech Mates – The roots of Filharmonie Brno go back to the 1870s, when thenyoung composer Leoš Janáček endeavored to establish a Czech symphony orchestra in Brno, the traditional capital of Moravia that is now the second largest city in the Czech Republic after Prague. The present orchestra was created in 1956 and has been among the leading Czech orchestras in both size and importance, where the programming of works by Janáček has always been at the core of the orchestra’s repertoire. Appropriately, music director Dennis Russell Davies – the American maestro who has conducted many of the world’s finest orchestras and opera companies over his half-century career – has created an all-Czech program for Monday’s CAMA concert with Bohuslav Martinů’s “Sinfonietta La Jolla, H.328,” and Dvořák’s “Symphony No. 6” bookending Janáček’s Taras Bulba, with pianist Maki Namekawa as special guest.

WHEN: 7:30 pm

WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State St.

COST: $36 to $116

INFO: (805) 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

Chumash Maritime Wisdom – Chumash elder Puchuk Ya’ia’c (Alan Salazar) visited the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum last November to discuss “Chumash Maritime History – Past, Present, & Future.” Today, Salazar and Mona Lewis return to talk about and read from their book Coyote Rescues Hawk, a traditional Chumash story in which Hawk is captured by Swordfish and rescued from an underwater abode by the cunning Coyote. The book includes information about the history of the Chumash plank canoes (tomols) and Salazar’s involvement revitalizing their use in modern times, as well as Lewis’s illustrations and art activities for the reader. Following the reading, Salazar and Lewis will conduct a workshop for participants to create their own traditional seaweed rattles.

WHEN: 1 to 4 pm

WHERE: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Suite 190

COST: $25 (includes all materials needed to create the rattles, including nature-based pigments for decoration)

INFO: (805) 962-8404 or www.sbmm.org

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Mariachi Opera Back at the Luke – ÁNIMO Theatre Company is bringing its original work El Bracero – A Mariachi Opera to Santa Barbara. Set in the 1950s at the height of the 15-year-long Bracero program, the one-act work fuses mariachi music, ballet folklorico, and powerful opera-style set pieces in a story that highlights the challenges and injustices faced by seasonal immigrant workers who came to the U.S. as part of the program. Serving as both a cultural and educational experience that teaches an important part of Mexican-American history that is often overlooked, El Bracero premiered at the Oxnard College Performing Arts Center, not far from the fields where the Braceros once worked. El Bracero was written by Visalia’s Rosalinda Verde and features mariachi music performed by Mariachi Águilas de Oxnard de J. Carlos Ozuna

WHEN: Sunday, February 16, 5:30 pm

WHERE: Marjorie Luke (721 E. Cota St.)

COST: Free ($3 processing fee)

INFO: https://animotheatre.org

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Step It Up – Drums were once outlawed among enslaved Africans in the American South as a way of curtailing communication, connection, and culture. But the expression of rhythm could not be suppressed: instead, slaves transmitted through body percussion including juba, hambone, tap dance, and stepping. The 28-year-old company Step Afrika! continues and extends the long tradition of stepping – percussive, highly energetic art form developed through the song and dance rituals performed by African-American fraternities and sororities in which the body becomes an instrument, using footsteps, claps, and spoken word to produce complex poly-rhythms. Step Afrika! integrates contemporary dance and art forms with songs, storytelling, humor, and audience participation to create a cohesive and compelling artistic experience. The blend of technique, agility, and pure energy makes each performance unique and leaves the audience with their hearts pounding.

WHEN: 7 pm

WHERE: Campbell Hall (also available as a livestream)

COST: $30 to $45 general; $15 youth

INFO: (805) 893-3535 or https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

WORLD OF PINOT NOIR MARCH 2-4, 2023

Held at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, the seaside celebration of Pinot Noir will feature more than 150 wineries, tastings, seminars, and delicious pairing dinners.

Use code: MONTECITO23 for discounts on Grand Tasting tickets.

DISCOVER. INDULGE. CELEBRATE. worldofpinotnoir.com

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