Tag archives: Jane Lynch

Haute Dogs
By Lisa Duncan   |   August 25, 2026

“Who let the dogs out?” joked Jane Lynch, as the classic tune played out over the crowd. At the Rosewood Miramar Beach, the answer was more than 40 contenders, taking over the Great Lawn for the fifth annual “Best in Show,” benefiting Santa Barbara Humane. Celebrity hosts Jane – star of Christopher Guest’s cult classic […]

Martha Approves
By Richard Mineards and Friends   |   July 27, 2026

By Lisa Duncan “I come for the garden, and to see the outfits,” laughed Jane Lynch, surveying a sea of floral prints and botanical-inspired couture. “Nobody has let me down today. Everybody looks great! And I’m wearing Oscar.” The Emmy Award-winning actress and Montecito resident perfectly captured the mood at Lotusland Celebrates: Botanical Splendor, Montecito’s […]

CommUnify’s ‘Off the Record’: Laughter is the best medicine
By Steven Libowitz   |   December 30, 2025

CommUnify, the longstanding Santa Barbara County nonprofit, has provided a wide variety of important services to low-income local residents since the mid-1960s. Today, the committed servant of SB County’s most vulnerable is facing dire threats to its budget, and severe challenges to its roster of vital programs. These include the life-changing Head Start early education […]

Rosewood Gets Ruff
By Richard Mineards   |   September 2, 2025

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso’s oceanside hostelry the Rosewood Miramar went to the dogs when it hosted its fourth annual Best in Show hosted by actress Jane Lynch and manager Rick Fidel with proceeds helping Santa Barbara Humane, which is currently expanding its Goleta site, the first development since the ‘60s. More than 430 humans took […]

Angst Over Teenagers: ‘Parents in Chains’ Premieres
By Steven Libowitz   |   March 11, 2025

Hurricane Hilary heading up the coast to California when his own teenage daughter and several of her friends were due to drive back from a weekend in San Francisco was the impetus for prolific writer Jay Martel to create his latest play. But Parents in Chains – which has its official world premiere at Ensemble […]

Jane Lynch: A Montecitan Learning the Oxford Way
By Lola Keech   |   October 24, 2023

I met the American actress Jane Lynch by total coincidence this summer in a store in Oxford, U.K. Jane is best known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical television series Glee, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. She also starred in Best in Show – which is one of the funniest movies […]

Home is Where the Heart Is
By Nick Masuda   |   August 12, 2021

The 101 is synonymous with a need for patience, particularly along the South Coast corridor. But for Jennifer Cheyne, that trip up the coast from Los Angeles was one she treasured each and every time — after all, the destination was Montecito, which was quickly becoming a home away from home. “Who wouldn’t want to […]