$340 million
The amount of money the movie Grease grossed at box offices around the world when it debuted in 1978. It is still the biggest-grossing movie musical in film history.
source: garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~jah1644/grease.html
Year: 2006
The Low End Theory
Camerata Pacifica’s May Concert
At Victoria Hall Theater, Friday, May 19.
The basset horn is a straight bass clarinet that was popular in the 18th century, particularly as played by Mozart’s friend and musical associate, Anton Stadler. On Friday, Bil Jackson produced one of these remarkable instruments to give us an original-instrument version of Mozart’s famous Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581, known as the “Stadler,” after the performer for whom it was written.
Measure for Measure D
MEASURE FOR MEASURE D: The county counsel’s office will examine Measure D informational materials distributed by the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments in order to help SBCAG tread the thin line between education and propaganda.
Rum, Ivey, Boxes
RIDE THE RUM TRAIN: Hot Buttered Rum leads an existence tailor-made for cartoon adaptation. Cruising the country in a veggie oil-fueled bus, the five bluegrass minstrels come across with such overwhelming positivity, one might question whether they’re for real. Leaving a wake of good vibes onstage and off, these guys have established themselves as ambassadors of a bluegrass renaissance.
Wine & Fire
Santa Rita Hills Winegrowers Celebration
The Santa Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance of Santa Barbara County will be holding its inaugural Wine & Fire event Friday, June 9Sunday, June 11, throughout the Santa Rita Hills appellation. The Wine & Fire weekend begins Friday evening with a relaxed celebration of Santa Rita Hills pinot noirs and chardonnays, paired with artisanal wood-fired pizzas from the American Flatbread Company of Los Alamos.
Vandetta Politics
Sheriff’s Race Rocky as Four Candidates Square Off
Remember the chaos theory head-scratcher about the flap of a butterfly’s wings causing a hurricane on the other side of the planet? In November 2004, the favorite adage of barstool philosophers was rewritten in the inner sanctum of Santa Barbara County Sheriff Jim Anderson’s department as the “bitch-slap effect.” Eighteen months after good-old-boy posturing between Sheriff’s Council insiders became a physical scuffle that ended when Montecito millionaire James Towle “bitch-slapped” high-rolling Hope Ranch resident and council president-elect Chris Edgecomb in Anderson’s presence, the looming June 6 primary election will determine whether the “bitch-slap”-the term used by Edgecomb in official reports-will result in an election hurricane or whimper.
Noleta Knocking
NOLETA KNOCKING: The City of Santa Barbara moved one small step closer to absorbing the eastern Goleta Valleyor Noletaon Thursday afternoon, when the Planning Commission unanimously supported expanding the city’s “sphere of influence” to include the unincorporated region between the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara, beginning at Mission Canyon Road.
Follow the Red Road
Mitch Robles
At Red Road Studios, ongoing.
Walk around the corner of Mason and Helena in downtown Santa Barbara and you’ll find an unexpected and unassuming red arrow reading simply: “art.” Follow the arrow and you’ll find something even more unexpected: Red Road Studios. Showcasing Native American art from around the United States, Red Road is the only gallery of its kind in Santa Barbara.
Vote By Numbers
VOTE BY NUMBERS: As of Wednesday morningtwo days after the voter registration deadlinethe number of voters registered countywide for the June 6 election totaled 181,888 out of a county population of 400,000.
Lovers Not Haters
LOVERS NOT HATERS: Several local schools were recognized this week for their commitment to eradicating hate from their hallways and discrimination from their classrooms.
