SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 TURF Enough – Twenty-year veteran Santa Barbara choreographer/dancer and producer Misa Kelly partners with five other creators of dance and the arts from Santa Barbara, plus two from Los Angeles and another from New York for her latest offering in the streamlined cooperative model that brings potentially otherwise unavailable dance to our town. TURF: Up Close & Intimate – which builds on the base of Kelly’s experience that began initially as artistic director of SonneBlauma Danscz Theater, then as a collaborator and co-creator with ArtBark International and co-producer with the HIVE initiative – features work from Mindy Nelson, E. Bonnie Lewis, Ken Gilbert, Misa’s husband Stephen Kelly, Valarie Mulberry, Trina Mannino, Barbara Mahler, and Nancy Evans Doede. The intimate studio setting encompasses styles and themes ranging from a modern dance solos to short-form theatrical/movement work on the theme from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, plus playful songs and Kelly’s own “???”, derived from the meditation “What’s the Solution?” in response to observing a planet out of balance. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: Gail Towbes Center for Dance, 2285 Las Positas Rd. COST: $10 INFO: www.mdkellydances.com music, Ford has toured “A Celebration Of Joni Mitchell” through California and the Midwest and as far away as Canada and Ireland. Now a finely honed project that features an L.A. Express-style instrumentation of George Friedenthal on piano, Tom Buckner on saxophone, Charles Levin on drums, Tom Echart on bass, and Lee Rollag on guitar, as well as Ford playing several guitars in Mitchell’s original tunings – offering songs from more than three decades of Mitchell’s career – “A Celebration Of Joni Mitchell” returns home for a fundraising concert at the Lobero Theatre on Mitchell’s 73rd birthday. The performance benefits Vocal Point (previously the Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation) and its hands-on jazz education and instruction in local schools. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $35 ($65 VIP tickets include premier seating and a post-concert private reception) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com Focus on Film – Two film festivals with decidedly different focuses get going this weekend. The Santa Barbara
OUTrageous Film Festival celebrates its Silver Anniversary with three days of screenings kicking off with a free showing of Forbidden: Undocumented & Queer in Rural America on Thursday, November 3, at UCSB Multicultural Center, followed by three more movies on Friday evening and six films on Saturday, encompassing features, documentaries, and shorts, all at the Metro 4 Theatre downtown. Tickets are $10 per film or $50 at the door for a full festival pass, which also includes Saturday night’s wrap party. Info at www. outrageousfilmfestival.org.... Meanwhile, Ojai’s annual celluloid celebration takes place Thursday through next Sunday, November 3-13. More than 80 films spanning shorts, features, documentaries ,and animation categories – culled from more than 400 submissions – will screen at various venues around town over the Ojai Film Festival’s 11-day run, which also offers workshops, panels, and parties, and a free screening of the classic Damn Yankees starring Montecito’s own Tab Hunter, who will participate in a Q&A session. Tickets, details, and a full schedule online at www.ojaifilmfestival.com. •MJ
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
CARMEN FRI NOV 4 7:30PM SUN NOV 6 2:30PM CAMA
WARSAW PHILHARMONIC MON NOV 7 8PM UCSB ARTS & LECTURES
WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY? WED NOV 9 8PM GRANADA THEATRE CONCERT SERIES
VOCALOSITY FRI NOV 11 8PM CINE EN DOMINGO
MACARIO SUN NOV 13 3PM UCSB ARTS & LECTURES
Hip-hop Hour – Los Angeles-based hiphop sensation Versa-Style Dance Company pops, locks, whacks, and boogaloos its way through a Latin-infused dance party that includes salsa, merengue, cumbia and AfroCuban music – part of the company’s mission to break color lines and share their passion for the unifying culture of hip hop. Formed just over a decade ago as a reaction to the widespread media misrepresentation of these dance forms, Versa-Style specifically aims to instill audiences with the roots, history, and social and political issues surrounding the art of its generation. The high-energy ensemble engages young audiences with their exuberant choreography and inclusive messaging that promotes freedom of expression, individuality, hard work, selfdiscipline, dedication, and fun. The afternoon performance is part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Family Fun series, which features activities including balloons, face painting, and crafts for the kids an hour before the event. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $16 general, $12 children 12 & under INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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OPERA SANTA BARBARA
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CAPTAIN SCOTT KELLY MON NOV 14 7:30PM SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY
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