That journey to the ends of the Earth seeking enlightenment you had planned won’t be necessary — profound answers to your deepest questions about the multiple meanings of life are soon to be available at Campbell Hall, the Granada Theatre, the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall, and the Arlington Theatre. Through the 12 series subscription plans available for its recently announced 2015-16 season, UCSB Arts & Lectures brings an entire year’s worth of fantastic events well within reach.
Although the five-concert Marquee series, which includes the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma at the Granada on Sunday, February 21, or Monday, February 22, and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear Renee Fleming sing in a space as intimate as Campbell Hall just a week later, on Sunday, February 28, tops the list, the cost for one subscription to all five events is still comparable to the check for one dinner for two at many of our city’s fine-dining establishments.
The season kicks off with a party, as New Orleans phenomenon Trombone Shorty makes the transition from Campbell Hall, where he has appeared in the past, to the Granada on Friday, September 18. If you have ever wondered what the Granada would be like if it were in the French Quarter on Mardi Gras, here’s a way to find out. Watch out for false fire alarms, because it is going to get hot in thurr.