Santa Barbara is one of Twelve cities named official Host City partners for the 2013 Amgen Tour of California by AEG, presenter of the race, helping to make up the route which will take riders on a South to North course for the first time in the eight-year race history. more »

Watch the Santa Barbara made movie - The Bet at its World Premiere on April 19th and 20th at the Arlington Theatre. more »

The UC Santa Barbara Triathlon Team's 2013 edition of Kendra's Race get's underway on March 30th. This annual sprint distance triathlon and aquabike starts and ends at UCSB's beautiful campus point. more »

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The annual Rincon Classic marks 30 years in 2013! This is a locals only event has featured many of Santa Barbara's best surfers over the years. The 2013 edition of this locals only surf competition got underway March 2nd under sunny skies at Rincon. more »

Today Show correspondant visited Santa Barbara. The story aired February 20, 2013. In it she visits the Santa Barbara Mission, talks with Tydes Executive Chef Alessandro Cartumini and gets married on the beach. Watch the video. more »

February 22, 2013 is National Margarita Day! We've picked some of Santa Barbara's best places to get a margarita. Feel free to suggest your own or rate any of these restaurants! more »

The 28th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival wrapped today at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. Once again the festival was able to attract some of the Hollywood's biggest actors, writers, directors and producers along with hundreds of independent filmmakers from around the world. more »

We had the opportunity to speak with RADIOMAN director Mary Kerr and Radioman himself on the red carpet! Check out our interview and gallery! more »

SantaBarbarians had the opportunity to sit down with Maxine Trump, director of the documentary Musicwood which had its west coast premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 25th. more »

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2013 the Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced a stellar line-up of top directors will participate in this Saturday Panel. more »

SBIFF’s It Starts With The Script panel features top writers who “lift the lid” on screenwriting and their journey to the big screen. Moderated by IndieWIRE’s Anne Thompson, this ever-popular panel features: Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty), Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being A Wallflower), Roman Coppola, (Moonrise Kingdom), John Gatins (Flight), Rian Johnson (Looper) and David Magee (Life of Pi). more »

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival opened tonight with the US premiere of Henry-Alex Rubin's "Disconnect". A sold out Arlington Theatre played host to the film and red carpet event. more »

Tarantino will be honored on Wednesday, January 30 at the Arlington Theatre. Quentin Tarantino is honored to accept the award as Leo DiCaprio regrettably had scheduling conflicts and cannot attend the previous announced event scheduled for February 1. more »

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis with the prestigious Montecito Award at the 28th edition of the Festival on behalf of his inspirational performance in the title role of Lincoln, and as a celebration of his overall career. more »

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will present award winning actor Amy Adams with the Cinema Vanguard Award on Thursday, January 31, 2013. She will be honored for her exceptional performance in this year’s The Master with a tribute at the 28th edition of the Festival. more »

The Santa Barbara International Film Festiva announced today that Academy Award® nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence will be presented with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 28th edition of the festival. more »

Director, producer and Academy Award-winning actor ROBERT DE NIRO has been chosen to receive The Santa Barbara International Film Festival's seventh annual KIRK DOUGLAS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM at a black-tie Gala dinner at Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara on Saturday, December 8, 2012. more »

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, will honor director, producer and actor Ben Affleck with the Modern Master Award at the 28th edition of the Festival. more »

Twenty four of the top beach volleyball players in the world will descend on Santa Barbara this weekend for the 2012 AVP Championships. See our photos, video and results along with some dining tips for those of you visiting Santa Barbara this weekend for the event! more »

The Santa Barbara Zoo announced today (08/21/12) that their baby giraffe Daniel has died following a surgical procedure. more »

Gillian Linberg started begging her parents for riding lessons when she was five. By the time she was nine they finally gave in and within a few short years she became the youngest rider in the UK to earn her level two certification and was named Equestrian of the Year by the British Horse Society. more »

Images and video are starting to appear from Katy Perry's January adidas commercial shoot. See the finished commercial, making of and some stills... more »

The 2012 Quiksilver Rincon Classic wrapped up February 12th. Local organizers say that the level of surfing was the highest they have seen at this annual event. more »

Santa Barbara, CA, January 29, 2012 - The 27th Santa Barbara International Film Festival played host to the World Premiere of THE SAMARITAN more »

Film Synopsis Bethany Pruitt (Ashley Rickards) is valedictorian of her one-student home-school class. Stuck with younger brother Shayne (Martin more »

A great story that needed to be told. James L. Freedman puts together archived footage and stills of the late Marty Glickman along with interviews more »

Through talent and a nose-to-the-grindstone work ethic, Viola Davis's performance in Tate Taylor's THE HELP only made it seem like the role was more »

The Stars turned out to launch the 27th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theater. The opening night gala more »

The Stars turned out to launch the 27th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theater. The opening night gala more »

The 26th annual edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival gets underway January 27th and runs through February 6th. SantaBarbarians will be on hand to cover the event. more »

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Film Synopsis Darwin is a documentary film about an isolated community at the end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. Propelled from society by tragic turns, the people of Darwin more »

Director Alyssa Price walks the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Alyssa's short The Monstrosity's more »

A packed Arlington Theater was the stage as Geoffrey Rush was presented the Montecito Award at more »

Actors Cohen Holloway and Inge Rademeyer along with Director Mike Wallis walked the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival more »

James Franco arrived a little late to his own party at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). more »

Annette Bening was presented the American Riviera Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this evening. The award recognizes more »

The SBIFF has become renowned for creating smart, insightful and informative panels that feature a veritable who's who in the world of filmmaking, including more »