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A&L Director Celesta Billeci Did you know that… with New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz, husband • Ticket sales cover less than John Hajda and new son 45% of Arts & Lectures’ Alexander program costs? • University of California fi nancial support covers only 11% of our annual budget? Dear Friends,Friends, • 100% of your tax-deductible contribution goes directly to In 2007-2008, Arts & Lectures will again present Welcome to the 2007-08 Arts & Lectures Season, featuring a world-class Arts & Lectures? lineup of provocative and exemplary performers and speakers. Each an outstanding selection of world-class events. • Arts & Lectures education year, we offer the community a diverse roster of events, and this season programs serve more than is no exception. 17,000 K-12 and university Two ways to subscribe and save! In addition to my new son Alexander, I am happy to introduce more students annually? than 20 new faces and voices to Santa Barbara, including Hugh • Arts & Lectures relies on Masekela, Olympia Dukakis, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Nina the donations of patrons to Discount Package Series Create Your Own Series Ananiashvili, Salman Rushdie, George Will and Rosanne Cash. Rare present nearly 200 exciting artist collaborations will come to Santa Barbara such as the legendary events each year? Save up to 20% when you Save 10% when you buy fi ve Barbara Cook with opera diva Marilyn Horne, jazz great Chick Corea buy one of these four series: or more of our stimulating with vocal wizard Bobby McFerrin and the musical genius Stephen You can make Jazz, Recital, Word of Mouth, performances and lectures. a difference! Sondheim with award-winning journalist Frank Rich. Four dance Roots. (See pages 2 & 3.) (See page 4.) companies—from Vietnam, Canada, India and New York—each featuring A donation to Arts & Lectures live music on stage, make their Santa Barbara debuts. And A&L favorites ensures the long-term such as Ira Glass, Anne Lamott, Emerson String Quartet and Pink sustainability of quality Martini are back for your enjoyment. programming and helps us fulfi ll our mission to educate, Why subscribe? Arts & Lectures also makes a deliberate effort to bring the arts to the entertain and inspire the Santa • I want to save money. community. For 2007-08, we will present seven events at the newly Barbara community through a renovated Granada theater beginning in March 2008. We will also diverse array of performances • I like to get the best available seats. continue to present in the historic Arlington Theatre, The Marjorie and educational events. Your • I appreciate ticket exchange privileges. Luke Theatre, Victoria Hall as well as the Eichheim House in Montecito. tax-deductible donation can be We hope you join us at all of these remarkable and unique spaces. made with your subscription • I like knowing fi rst about added events. order today. As an audience member, your enjoyment of our series is very important • I never want to wait in line. to us. So is your support. You may already know that your donations • I appreciate knowing I have lost ticket insurance. make our program, commissions, and collaborations possible, but you Contents should also be aware that your contributions support our educational 2-4 Subscribe and Save! • I like supporting Arts & Lectures. outreach, which includes sharing the performing arts with all Series Info communities throughout Santa Barbara. On pages 32-39 you can learn more about how Arts & Lectures connects UCSB and the community 5 Special Events and how you can support our mission. 6 Pearl Chase Society We announce fi lms and public lectures in our quarterly brochures. Music Events I welcome you to our 49th Season and hope you make plans to join 7-30 Events us for an extraordinary year of entertainment and discovery. 31 Performances Plus BeBestst wishewishes,s, & Commissions 32-33 Education and Outreach 34-39 Support Arts & Lectures CelestaCelesta M. Billeci, Director 40 Patron Information 41 Special Thanks Front Cover: Aurélia’s Oratorio, see page 25, ph: Richard Haughton 2 Subscribe Today! 805.893.3535 www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu 1 Subscribe to a series & save up to 20%! Priority seating & free ticket exchange. Word of Mouth Jazz Nancy Updike SERIES SERIES Melanie Wiener ph: Engage in four thought-provoking Explore America’s great tradition with ph: episodes of verbal brilliance certain legendary innovators and brilliant new to entertain and inspire. sensations in these four unforgettable evenings. Ira Glass Steve Tyrell and the Hollywood Jazz Orchestra Sunday, November 4 | 4 pm Thursday, October 11 | 8 pm Campbell Hall Campbell Hall NPR’s Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me Herbie Hancock Quartet Thursday, March 27 | 8 pm Sunday, November 11 | 7 pm The Granada Campbell Hall Anne Lamott Monterey Jazz Festival Sunday, April 6 | 4 pm 50th Anniversary Tour Campbell Hall Monday, January 14 | 8 pm Campbell Hall An Evening with Andy Borowitz Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea Thursday, April 24 | 8 pm and Jack DeJohnette Campbell Hall Tuesday, April 15 | 8 pm The Granada Generously supported by The Warren Family in honor of James Raney Warren SERIES PRICE $102 SERIES PRICE $170 Recital Roots SERIES SERIES Ethan Russell Hear a dazzling array of outstanding Discover the pervasive music of these ph: extraordinary pioneers in five diverse classical stars in four nights of beautiful Smith nights of authentic cultural expression. music by the world’s greatest composers. Bill ph: Music from the Crooked Road Emerson String Quartet Mountain Music of Virginia Tuesday, October 23 | 8 pm Sunday, October 21 | 7 pm Campbell Hall Campbell Hall Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano Sweet Honey in the Rock & Warren Jones, piano Thursday, February 21 | 8 pm Thursday, November 1 | 8 pm Campbell Hall Campbell Hall Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac: In Concert Devon Cass Midori, violin Thursday, March 13 | 8 pm ph: & Robert McDonald, piano Campbell Hall Friday, April 11 | 8 pm Arlo Guthrie Campbell Hall Solo Reunion Tour-Together at Last Salvatore Licitra, tenor Wednesday, April 16 | 8 pm & Warren Jones, piano Campbell Hall Thursday, May 8 | 8 pm Lila Downs The Granada Wednesday, May 7 | 8 pm Campbell Hall John Hancock SERIES PRICE $175 Bill Phelps Pietro Exis SERIES PRICE $175 ph: ph: ph: 2 Subscribe Today! 805.893.3535 www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu 3 Special Events Make sure your seats are secured for our biggest events Jane Richey ph: of the season. There are only two ways An Evening with George Will Or… Monday, November 19 | 8 pm | Campbell Hall to buy your tickets to Create Your Special Events before Jerry Jackson Jerry Own Series! single tickets go on sale Fred Conrad ph: ph: ph: Purchase fi ve or more to the general public on Mitch Jenkins 2007-2008 events and ph: August 18. Purchase a save 10% on each ticket. Create Your Own Series Choose from more than or Discount Package 40 great performances and lectures! Series and add any of these Special Events to Subscriber benefi ts: your order. Stephen Sondheim & Frank Rich • 10% off each ticket you buy. A Little Night Conversation These events are not eligible for • Donors and subscribers enjoy Saturday, March 8 | 8 pm | The Granada priority seating whenever subscriber discounts. available. • Early notice when Arts & Martin Mike ph: ph: Lectures adds events. Sergio Yazbek ph: • Free ticket exchanges when your plans change. Just give us two days’ notice. Nancy Updike ph: • Lost ticket insurance. If you misplace them, we’ll replace them. Free. • Plus, avoid last minute ordering and sold-out shows, and never wait in line. Marilyn Horne and BarbaraBarbara Cook Just Between Friends Saturday, May 17 | 4 pm | The Granada 4 Subscribe Today! 805.893.3535 www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu 5 SEPTEMBER Pearl Chase Society Music Events Pink Martini 20 Thursday | 8 pm Arts & Lectures is pleased to travel to unique and signifi cant architectural “This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly Arlington Theatre cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious. And it settings to celebrate the musical experience. We are also privileged to $45 / $20 students seems to speak to just about everybody… from Ticket prices are subject to partner with the Pearl Chase Society, a group dedicated to preserving grade-schoolers to grandmothers to the young convenience and facility fees. historic sites of enduring community value in and around Santa Barbara. and hip and beautiful.” The Washington Post Together, we will present exceptional artists in three distinguished Santa Pink Martini returns to Santa Barbara after last Barbara buildings. season’s sold out show! The stylish 12-piece mini- orchestra stirs up more than just 1930s nostalgia Please see event listings for artist and concert information. with its elegant musicianship and fabulously retro repertoire. Over the last decade, the broad appeal The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center of Pink Martini’s multi-lingual lyrics and swingin’ Thursday, November 8 | 8 pm world rhythms has packed houses across the globe – First United Methodist Church engaging diverse audiences with a cool concoction of classic cabaret, jazzy instrumentals, and sultry vocals. Designed in the Spanish-Renaissance style, First United Methodist was dedicated in 1927 after the 1925 earthquake severely damaged the previous church. Designed by architect Thomas P. Barber and built by contractor Charles Urton, a long-time Private post-concert reception with Pink Martini for Producers Circle members. church member, the sturdy concrete construction with its 85-foot bell tower has sur- TICKETS NOW ON SALE! vived subsequent earthquakes and has not required seismic retrofi tting. Its stained Not available for glass windows from Munich, Germany are priceless works of art today. The church’s Choose Your Own Series discount. excellent acoustics and warm ambiance make it an idyllic setting to enjoy the spiri- tual language of music and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.