KC sends me a “relief” image of an eagle (a relief is a three-dimensional image), a work created out of plaster; a plaque boxed in the image on three sides, at 17”x28”. KC writes that this was found in the basement of an antique dealer years ago. Instead of the typical spread-wing eagle associated with […]
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I honestly can’t recall if I ever attended a high school football game back when I was actually in high school. I mean, I must have – even though my first three years were spent in Lexington, Mass., at that time home of a number of college professors and Raytheon employees whose offspring, at least […]
Lea másLast week, a dear friend of mine drove her eldest child off to college. It is every parent’s dream – your child is healthy and strong enough to leave the nest, to embark on their own adventures, to experience independence and to become whoever it is they are supposed to be. It is a testament […]
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Where was I…? Oh yeah, last time I was here clacking on a keyboard at a brewery bar (currently, Validation Ale) as the woots, cackles, and calls rang out around me – the world had just started opening up again. The pandemic was lessening but the Santa Barbara Sentinel was closing. For those unfamiliar, “The […]
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Set to begin this fall is the first in a series of reservoir retrofits to address seismic resilience. This important project has been years in the making and will benefit from exclusive federal grant funding that provides 30% principal forgiveness and zero interest loans. The Montecito Water District (MWD) is excited about this opportunity to […]
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The little glass balls we call “marbles” today were once probably made of real marble – but they were no doubt being played with by children thousands of years ago. Just when “having all one’s marbles” became a semi-humorous metaphor for being sane is probably much more recent in origin. And not having all of […]
Lea másEveryone has a perspective and Peter Lewis, who completed our newest 82-unit complex, Soltara Apartments, is no exception. That said, Peter has lived here for 47 years and understands the complexity of creating new SB housing. So we chatted a bit and this is what I learned. In 2024, the state approved our Housing Element […]
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Naked Shakes isn’t just a clever name; it is, in fact, completely representative of the concept. The annual program at UCSB presents Shakespeare plays cast with a mix of advanced BFA theater majors and strangers to the stage as young as incoming freshmen. The program was created by Irwin Appel two decades ago to focus […]
Lea másNot many pianists are still performing professionally when their age is more than the number of keys on a piano. But at age 89, Gil Rosas has arranged to play what he says will be his final large public concert this September 13, at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, in what is, appropriately, a benefit for […]
Lea másChaos meets curation at CAW, as the exhibition Little Shop of Hoarders opens this weekend. The show brings together 10 local assemblage artists whose work will be on view from opening night on September 12 through the 21st. But the first Saturday morning (September 13) is what gives the show its extra oomph, as CAW […]
Lea másCarpinteria’s Alcazar Theatre channels the radical era of the 1960s for the world premiere of Mark J Heller’s Social Insecurity, about an aging couple that long to experience the counterculture movement they just missed in their youth. Bea and Pete Lewis get a second chance at a retro-themed retirement community, where they encounter a free-spirited […]
Lea másWestmont welcomes eight new tenure-track professors this fall: James Davidson (sociology), David Emanuel (religious studies), Kyle Hansen ‘19 (mathematics), Sally Hawkins (education), Raymond Kim (economics), Smaranda Lawrie (psychology), Nicole Marsh ‘17 (biology), and Claudia Molina (Spanish). Davidson has served as an assistant professor at Westmont since 2023, and he frequently collaborates with Westmont professor Blake […]
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Songwriter, rocker, former Montecitan, and SBHS Don (go) – Matt Blitzer is casing the joint, as they used to say. His band, Superet, is on the cusp of releasing a new album, and for some time Matt’s been in search of the perfect venue for the launch. The place should be a sensory analogue to […]
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Social gridlock reigned, equestrian style, when 4,000 spectators descended on the Santa Barbara Polo Club to watch the U.S. Polo Association’s Pacific Coast Open, the biggest tournament on the Left Coast, with the winners lifting a five-foot gold and silver trophy. The six chukker match was hard fought to the final chukker when La Karina, […]
Lea másKevin Costner has revealed whether he plans to retire after a decades long career in Hollywood. The Yellowstone star, 77, made his screen debut in the early ‘80s garnering two Oscars and three Golden Globes. But the Carpinteria-based actor says he has no intention of slowing down anytime soon. “I don’t even think about retiring […]
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Behold: an octopus with a shell! Known as an argonaut, this octopus lives in the open ocean rather than on the sea floor. Females build paper-thin shells to protect their eggs. They live in warmer waters to the south. Summertime currents sometimes bring surface-dwelling warm-water species like this up into the transition zone of the […]
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Although he spent his entire life in Southern California, Brian Wilson never performed at the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara. But it’s hard not to imagine that the founder, chief songwriter and sonic architect behind The Beach Boys would be even more thrilled by the concert coming to the jewel of a theater on September […]
Lea másRory Block got her first exposure to acoustic guitar as a pre-teen in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, fell in love with Mississippi Delta blues guitar before she turned 15, taught herself how to play the style by transcribing songs on old records, and then left home to find the masters in person. She released […]
Lea másTommy Guerrero was a pioneer of street skating as an original member of the iconic Bones Brigade alongside Tony Hawk, then traded that legendary status to take up a career as a musician. At first working as a member of the skate rock band Free Beer and later Jet Black Crayon, in his solo efforts […]
Lea másAlejandra Folguera, founder of Nomad Tango, and Rodney Gustafson, founder of State Street Ballet and co-founder of Nomad Tango, knew they’d hit on something special when Tango Meets Classical, their production of separate pieces of tango and ballet, was a sensation at SOhO last year. This year, things have grown by leaps and bounds as […]
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