Tag archives: Community Arts Workship

Costumes & Magic in Montecito : Ghouls, Candy, & Beautification, Oh My
By Zach Rosen   |   October 28, 2025

The leaves may be falling off the trees (I think, we don’t have much of a fall here) but the costumes are certainly coming out. It’s Ghost Village Road time along our favorite local haunt of the Lower Village.  Families, friends, and four-legged companions take part in one of the community’s most beloved traditions. The […]

Talk Examines Medieval Suicide and Care
By Scott Craig   |   April 18, 2023

Rebecca McNamara, Westmont assistant professor of English, speaks about care and compassion for those struggling with suicide or affected by the trauma of suicide in late medieval England in a Westmont Downtown Lecture on Thursday, April 13, at 5:30 pm at the Community Arts Workshop (CAW), 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara. “Care in […]

Final Weekend for Flying A
By Scott Craig   |   March 7, 2023

Wet weather and storm watches didn’t keep people away from the opening weekend of the Westmont College Festival Theatre’s world premiere Diamond to Dust: A Flying A Fantasy. Director John Blondell and writer Michael Bernard, a local actor, educator and playwright, have brought Santa Barbara’s treasured cinematic history to the stage in a creative exploration […]

Talk Explores Bringing Flying A to the Stage
By Scott Craig   |   February 14, 2023

Westmont’s John Blondell discusses the world premiere play that will bring Santa Barbara’s silent film history to the stage in a Westmont Downtown Lecture Thursday, February 16, at 5:30 pm in the Community Arts Workshop (CAW), 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara. “The Film Within a Play: Celebrating Santa Barbara’s Flying A Studios on […]