‘The Jungle Book’ Performing arts foundation announces scholarship finalists

Finalists are competing for scholarships adding up to more than $27,000 from the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation.

SANTA BARBARA — The

Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation has just announced its 2023 award finalists — a combination of vocal finalists, adult instrumentalist finalists and junior instrumentalist finalists. Each student will receive a financial award to help support their musical studies. Auditions for awards were held on April 6 and 7, and the applicants ranged from 16 to 29. They competed for scholarships adding up to more than $27,000.

The State Street Ballet will perform an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” at 7:30 p.m. April 29 at the Lobero Theatre, 33

E. Canon Perdido St. Tickets cost $38 and $48 for general admission, $58 for VIP seats, and $22 for children and students with IDS. To purchase, go to lobero.org.

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7:30 p.m. The Lompoc Pops Orchestra will perform everything from Broadway hits to a “Star Trek” medley at the First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St., Lompoc. Tickets are $25 for adults, $5 for all full time students, and free for children 12 and under. To make reservations, call 805-733-1796.

7:30 p.m. Acclaimed violinist Augustin Hadelich will perform at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara. Mr. Hadelich will play music by

Bach, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Eugene Ysaye. Tickets for the Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara concert cost $45 and $55. To purchase, go to lobero.org.

APRIL 25

7:30 p.m. The American Theatre Guild will present “Anastasia” at The Granada, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. The new Broadway musical follows a brave young woman on a journey to discover the mystery of the past. This production transports the audiences from the twilight of the Russian empire to Paris in the 1920s. Tickets cost $54 to $129. To purchase, go to granadasb.org.

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7:30 p.m. The American Theatre Guild will present “Anastasia” at The Granada, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. The new Broadway musical follows a brave young woman on a journey to discover the mystery of the past. This production transports the audiences from the twilight of the Russian empire to Paris in the 1920s. Tickets cost $54 to $129. To purchase, go to granadasb.org.

APRIL 27

7:30 p.m. Pico Iyer will talk with movie star Isabella Rossellini at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St., Santa Barbara. Tickets cost $35 for general admission and $10 for

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UCSB students. To purchase, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at 805-893-3535 or go to artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/

APRIL 30

3:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art presents a unique conversation between renowned poet and art critic John Yau and artist Joan Tanner. The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. April 30 at SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara. Tickets are free for SBMA members and students and cost $5, otherwise. They are available at tickets.sbma.net.

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Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Alexa Tarantino, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda, Allison Miller

Sun, Apr 23 / 7 PM (note special time) / UCSB Campbell Hall

“A killer line-up of players… they all converge on this extremely cosmopolitan, sleek, rhythm-forward, modern sound.” NPR

Founded in 2017 under the banner of International Women’s Day, ARTEMIS is a powerhouse ensemble of modern jazz masters, each a composer and bandleader in their own right.

Event Sponsor: Luci & Rich Janssen

Jazz Series Lead Sponsor: Manitou Fund

24th U.S. Poet Laureate

Ada Limón

Why We Need Poetry

Celebrating National Poetry Month!

Tue, Apr 25 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

Tickets start at $20 / FREE for all students (with valid ID)

“A poet whose verse exudes warmth and compassion, Limón is at the height of her creative powers.” Los Angeles Review of Books

The first woman of Mexican ancestry to be named U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry. Her latest, The Hurting Kind, was named one of The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2022.

Celebrating Mother’s Day

Laura Dern & Diane Ladd

Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life and Love

Wed, May 3 / 7:30 PM

UCSB Campbell Hall

Join acclaimed actor Laura Dern ( Big Little Lies, Twin Peaks, Jurassic Park) and her mother, Academy Award-winner Diane Ladd (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Chinatown), for a deeply personal conversation on love, art, ambition and legacy inspired by their own heart-to-hearts.

This year’s finalists for vocal performance are baritone Nathan Carlin attending Westmont College (his teacher, Bryan Lane); Lorenzo Johnson, Jr., a tenor at UCSB (teacher, Benjamin Brecher); Sibo Msibi, a tenor at Westmont College (teacher, Nichole Dechaine); and Ariana Horner Sutherland, a soprano at UCSB (teacher, Dr. Isabel Bayrakdarian).

Adult instrumentalist finalists are Cam Audras, a violist at UCSB (teacher, Jonathan Moerschel); Sofia Malvinni, a violinist studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (teacher, Simon James), and Ilana Shapiro, a flutist at Pomona College (teacher, Catherine Ransom Karoly). Junior instrumentalist finalists are Ellen Butler, a pianist attending San Marcos High School (teacher, Dr. Natasha Kislenko); Holly Hadsall, a pianist and student at San Marcos High School (teacher, Dr. Pascal Solomon); Joey Malvinni, guitarist at Dos Pueblos High School (teacher, Dr. David Malvinni), and Aidan Woodruff, cellist attending Santa Ynez High School (teacher, Sarah Koo of the Colburn School of Performing Arts). For more information about PASF, visit pasfsb.org.

— Kira Logan

Library to offer pottery to-go kits

NORTH COUNTY — The Santa Maria Public Library will be offering free DIY Talaverainspired Pottery to-go kits available for pick up starting Saturday.

The kits will be available for pick up at the libraries in Santa Maria, Orcutt, Los Alamos, Guadalupe, Cuyama and the SMPL To Go Bookmobile.

The kits are available for all ages and include all materials needed to create a painted terracotta pot. This program supports the library’s mission

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Bond movie, filmed in Jamaica and Louisiana. “It was a whole world I had never seen, and I had never been in nice hotels. And I had never traveled like that.”

Ms. Seymour went on to study acting further and starred in the romantic movie “Somewhere in Time,” in which Mr. Reeve’s character, Richard Collier, goes back in time to meet acclaimed actress Elise McKenna (Ms. Seymour). The movie features legendary actress Teresa Wright (“The Best Years of Our Lives”) as well as Christopher Plummer.

Mr. Reeve’s life and career were altered forever when he was thrown from his horse in 1995 during an equestrian competition in Virginia. He became paralyzed from the neck down.

“After he had his accident, I had this whole other relationship with him, when I really got to know what it was like to be in a wheelchair and not to be able to move when you were very independent,” Ms. Seymour said. “I learned so much from him about what life is like when you have spinal injuries, and I became very much a part of trying to help in that world.”

She added ramps throughout her entire home in Malibu so that her friends in wheelchairs could have a sense of independence when they visited her.

In addition to movies such as the one she made with Mr. Reeve, Ms. Seymour succeeded on TV with her title role as a frontier physician in CBS’ “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (1993 to 1998). It was filmed in the Old West town at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills.

She described Dr. Quinn as “an amazing character.”

“I think what was great about the series, apart from the brilliant writing and directing, was that every episode dealt with something we’re still dealing with today,” Ms. Seymour said. “We were dealing with poisoning to promote lifelong learning as well as the city of Santa Maria’s efforts to offer more recreational opportunities. This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Questions may be directed to the Library’s Information Desk, 805-925-0994, ext. 8562. in the water from the Colorado River during the gold rush. We’re still dealing with the mercury poisoning from that today.”

The series also dealt with issues such as traditional medicine vs. spiritual medicine, homophobia, the burning of books, immigration and the mistreatment of indigenous people, Ms. Seymour said.

When CBS announced its decision to cancel “Dr. Quinn,” a large number of fans gathered at Paramount Ranch as well on a sidewalk on a hot day outside CBS Television City in the Fairfax District near Hollywood. This journalist was there, talked to the fans and recalled how CBS welcomed the fans’ support for the show and distributed free bottles of water to them.

Ms. Seymour also recalled the outpouring of support.

“Yes, it was unbelievable,” Ms. Seymour said.

While the fan support didn’t keep “Dr. Quinn” on the air, CBS later brought Ms. Seymour back for “Dr. Quinn” TV movies, and to this day, Ms. Seymour said, “Dr. Quinn” airs in 98 countries.

“I was filming today, and two young people from France flew over, so they could meet me on the set (of ‘Harry Wild’),” Ms. Seymour said. “They were obsessed with ‘Dr. Quinn.’

“It’s one of the best exports America has ever had because every culture loves it. It deals with the human condition. It deals with family. It deals with love.” email: dmason@newspress.com

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Thought for Today

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