SBPAL : Events for August 2009

Extended Runs

Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre presents
THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940
A noir style comedy murder mystery of madcap proportions and mistaken identities (this is not a musical)
Jul 24–Sep 6
$20–$45
Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre, 967-1962
www.circlebarbtheatre.com

PCPA Theaterfest presents
THE MUSIC MAN
through Aug 1, Santa Maria &
Aug 7–Aug 23, Solvang
$26.25–$37.75
Marian Theatre, Santa Maria
Festival Theater, Solvang, 922-8313
www.pcpa.org

PCPA Theaterfest presents
THE SPITFIRE GRILL
The musical story of hope, hearth, and home
Aug 7–Aug 23, Santa Maria &
Aug 17–Sep 2, Solvang
$26.25–$33.00
Marian Theatre, Santa Maria
Festival Theater, Solvang, 922-8313
www.pcpa.org

Shakespeare Santa Barbara presents
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED!)
37 plays in 97 minutes!
Aug 21 & 22, Aug 28 & 29, Sep 4 & 5, 7 pm
$20 General, $18 Students & seniors
15 East De la Guerra Street, 231-5088
www.shakes-sb.com

Single Performances and Short Runs

Music Academy of the West presents
Chamber Music Marathon
Academy Fellows form ensembles of all sizes and configurations to showcase the glories of chamber music
Aug 1
10 am–12 pm, $8
1 pm–5 pm, $12
Hahn Hall, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Music Academy of the West presents
VOCAL MASTERCLASS WITH WARREN JONES
Gain insight into the collaboration between singer and pianist at this entertaining masterclass led by the “utterly ravishing” (Boston Globe) pianist and Music Academy faculty artist
Aug 1, 3 pm
$30, reserved seating
Lobero Theatre, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Music Academy of the West presents
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Celebrating the Art of Piano Collaboration
Aug 4, 7:30 pm
$25, $18, reserved seating
Hahn Hall, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Music Academy of the West presents
AN OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL OF MIGNON
Enjoy a complete performance of the Academy’s summer opera two days before opening night
Aug 5, 7:30 pm
$38, reserved seating
Lobero Theatre, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Music Academy of the West presents
MIGNON
Ambroise Thomas’s charming opera features lovely and familiar music and an elaborate plot based on Goethe’s story Wilhelm Meister
Aug 7, 7:30 pm
Aug 9, 2:30 pm
$68, $48, reserved seating
Lobero Theatre, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Trinity Episcopal Church presents
LA MUSICA ANTIGUA DE ESPANA—OLD SPANISH DAYS’ FIESTA CONCERT
Old Spanish Days’ Fiesta Concert features vocal, piano, organ, and classical guitar music of Old Spain, Mexico, and Early California
Aug 8, 3 pm
Free!
Trinity Episcopal Church
1500 State and Micheltorena Streets, 687-0189
www.trinitysb.org

Music Academy of the West presents
A BAROQUE EVENING WITH THE ACADEMY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Under conductor Nicholas McGegan’s leadership, the Academy Chamber Orchestra will perform works by Rameau, Purcell, Bach, and Handel
Aug 8, 8 pm
$45, unreserved seating
First Presbyterian Church, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

“These folks are great”—Heinz Trilck
Accordion International Music Society presents
THE BEST OF THE ACCORDIAN
Aug 9, 1 pm
Free!
Valle Verde Main Theater
900 Calle de los Amigos, Santa Barbara, 682-5143
santabarbaraaccordions.com

Prime Time Band presents
POPULAR MEDLEYS CONCERT
Aug 9, 3 pm
Free!
Stow House Lawn, 304 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta
www.ptband.org

Cielo Foundation for the Performing Arts presents
43rd ANNUAL FREE FIESTA CONCERT
Aug 9, 3:30 pm
Free!
Courthouse Sunken Gardens
www.wccosb.org

Music Academy of the West presents
CANADIAN BRASS
The virtuosi of Canadian Brass have made the brass quintet an exciting vehicle for classical music, particularly works of the Baroque era, while also making forays into jazz, contemporary music, and popular songs
Aug 10, 8 pm
$43, reserved seating
Lobero Theatre, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Music Academy of the West presents
TUESDAYS @ 8
The program for this final Tuesdays @ 8 recital of the season will include works by Ibert, Beethoven, Haydn, and Smetana
Aug 11, 8 pm
$33, reserved seating
Lobero Theatre, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Lobero Theatre’s Alternative Film Series presents
TOKYO SONATA (sutitled)
Tokyo Sonata is a portrait of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family, but somehow, an unforeseeable chasm has appeared within the family, threatening to disintegrate them
Aug 14, 7:30 pm
$12
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

Music Academy of the West presents
ACADEMY FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Works by Britten, Copland, and Tchaikovsky, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The 2009 Summer Festival Grand Finale!
Aug 15, 8 pm
$10–$45, reserved seating
Granada Theatre, 969-8787
www.musicacademy.org

Lobero Theatre’s Alternative Film Series presents
BURMA VJ (subtitled)
Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma involving thousands of monks
Aug 21, 7:30 pm
$12
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

Santa Barbara Choral Society presents
2009–2010 SEASON AUDITIONS
Aug 22, by appointment
Music Academy of the West, 965-6577
www.sbchoral.org

First United Methodist Church presents
STEVE HODSON AND ANNE WEGER: AN AFTERNOON OF SPLENDID PIANO MUSIC
Aug 23, 3 pm
$10, $15
First United Methodist Church, 963-3579
www.fumcsb.org

“Masterful guitar work...blistering vocals”—Boston Herald
Lobero Theatre’s Alternative Film Series presents
THE HEADLESS WOMAN (subtitled)
After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a peculiar psychological state
Aug 27, 7:30 pm
$12
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

Lobero Live presents
SUSAN TEDESCHI
Susan Tedeschi has had three Grammy nominations and toured with none other than the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan
Aug 28, 8 pm
$43 Section A, $33 Section B
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.lobero.com

Sings Like Hell presents
THE BELLEVILLE OUTFIT AND NELS ANDREWS
The Belleville Outfit is one of Austin’s most musically accomplished and adventuresome bands, and Nels Andrews plays sparsely arranged, slyly intelligent country-folk
Aug 29, 8 pm
$43
Lobero Theatre, 963-0761
www.singslikehell.com