Final 1st Thursday of 2023
The holiday shopping season is as good a time as any to open your doors, and the monthly art and culture walk on lower State Street and environs known as 1st Thursday has a few new folks participating for the December 7 event. Broc Ellinger Gallery (931 State) features artwork by the surfer and photographer… KAAREM (1221 State) boasts art by Hope Okere along with drinks from Sông Cái Distillery and a Creaminal ice cream pop-up, while the same address also features new spaces for PALMA Colectiva, with work by Venezuelan jewelry artist Monica Sordo and Mexican-made essentials from SLOAN, plus tastes of YOLA Mezcal’s new premium collection, Pechuga; and Domecíl with Joslyn Lawrence and Brian Kuhlmann’s photography chronicling disappearing landscapes through traditional portraiture of trees.
Other special events include BOGO tickets for tonight’s performance of Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash by Ensemble Theatre Company (33 W. Victoria); a pair of performances from local luminaries at the first anniversary celebration of Legacy Arts Listening Room (1230 State) with harpist Laurie Rasmussen and an after-hours party with Lois Mahalia, complete with food and wine; and the Quire of Voyces’ preview of its December concerts in Ludington Court at Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1130 State). Info at (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday.
