Now in its 55th year, the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival will return to Alameda Park April 26-27. This year’s theme Our Power, Our Planet invites the ...

SANTA BARBARA, CA — The 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is underway, featuring a slate of 33 world premieres, 74 U.S. premieres from 60 countries along with ...

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Credit: Steve Kennedy / Noozhawk photo Spotlights pierced the rainy skies Tuesday night to declare the start of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The Arlington Theatre was packed ...

The BANFF Mountain Film Festival World Tour rolled back into Santa Barbara March 5-6 for the 33rd time as more than 4,000 ...

The selection process for this program is highly competitive, requiring applicants to submit multiple statements and essays.

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

By Reader Staff The ’90s will come alive at the Festival at Sandpoint on Saturday, July 26 with three popular bands hitting the main stage: Toad the Wet Sprocket, Semisonic and Sixpence None ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Angelina Jolie, Ralph Fiennes, and Adrien Brody were just a few of the A-listers that graced the Arlington Theater for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the ...