Everyone’s invited to a free celebration next Friday, May 19, to recognize and trace the history of one of California’s most valuable resources: the farm laborer. The event highlights two photo exhibits: Taking Root: A Century of Migrant Workers in California, at the S.B. Museum of Art, and The New Oakies: A Tribute to the Strawberry Pickers of Santa Maria Valley, at Channing Peake. The Oaxacan-style fiesta takes place in the plaza between the two galleries, from 5-7 p.m.
Physician David Bearman filed suit against the California Medical Board last month for attorney’s fees and pain and suffering stemming from a marijuana prescription case the board brought against him two years ago.
Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard has had the opportunity in the past month to carry out his contemplative practice of meditation. After 40 days in his small hermitage in the mountains in Nepal, he was held up an additional week in the high-altitude kingdom due to political insurgency. He crossed battle lines at 3 a.m. in order to board a plane. Upon arriving in his home country of France, he spent 10 days and nights in a hospital room at the bedside of his father, the celebrated philosopher and writer Jean-Fran§ois Revel (with whom Ricard coauthored The Monk and the Philosopher), before Revel died on April 30.
That age-old problem of several plants having the same or similar common names holds true for those species of plants known as “tea tree.”
Early morning sunlight pierces through the eucalyptus trees
Brynildson and Firestone Walker Brewing successfully defended their titles of Champion Brewery and Champion Brewmaster at the World Beer Cup held last month.
Although we see them from our coastline nearly every day, the five islands that comprise the Channel Islands National Park still seem remote and unreachable. That’s
ELECTRIFYING UKELELE: Ever ponder what Jimi Hendrix might have sounded like if he played a ukulele? Me neither, but Jake Shimabukuro has. While he respects tradition as much as the next Hawaiian, the 28-year-old virtuoso is instilled with a thirst for experimentation. Occasionally transforming the gentle four-stringed instrument into a roaring guitar is his idea of a good time.
The monthly SongTree series, which goes down at Goleta’s Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, is hosting singer-songwriter Rebecca Troon this Saturday, May 6. She’ll be followed by The Tatters, whose sound-three women’s voices in tight harmony, backed by three fabulous multi-instrumentalists (affectionately known as “The Lowly Sidemen”)-has been described as powerful, vintage Americana. For tickets, call 403-2639 and visit songtree.org. To get a better idea for the show, Arts Life chatted with Rebecca Troon.
The proposal to stick Santa Barbara City’s Waterfront Department with the full cost of beach maintenance and waterfront parking lot landscapingabout $186,000 per yearwon the unanimous support of the City Council Finance Committee, despite vehement opposition from boat owners who will see their harbor slip fees increase by 5 percent to cover the increased costs.
