Closing the Revolving Door of Homelessness
When otherwise sane elected officials throughout the South Coast eagerly announced a few months back that they were embarking on a “10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness,” we assumed the worst.
Year: 2006
Cuts of Honey
A LITTLE BIT OF HOME: It’s been good times for ex-Santa Barbarans recently up in the Bay Area: The Coral Sea had its first shows in both San Francisco and Oakland, Petracovich regularly plays tiny bohemian cafes, and even Nerfherder Renaissance Man Parry Gripp does art shows here.
Best of all, Tony Sevener‘s new project Honeycut had its live debut as part Noise Pop 2006. Since his days with Summercamp, Sevener has played up here in multiple acts as a drum machinist, pioneering the live use of the MPC drum machine/sampler.
White Asparagus
Hard work builds character, if not in adolescents, than at least in asparagus. White asparagus, prized all over Europe for its delicate flavor and tenderness, is also one of the most labor-intensive crops.
Whimsical Wanderings
Point. Click. Laugh!
At the Jewish Community Center, through May 26.
In capturing everything from the irregular to the illogical, photography has always been well equipped to create enduring moments of irreverence. Scattered across the gallery walls of Santa Barbara’s Jewish Community Center is Point. Click. Laugh!, an exhibition of photographic works by both professional and amateur photographers that reaffirms this perspective. In aligning itself with salon photography, a tradition not as feverishly pursued in America as it is in the rest of the world, the exhibition throws together an eclectic mix of imagery, all of which gravitates toward the central theme of humor.
EARLY CHRISTMAS:
Members of the Santa Barbara City Council played Santa Claus on Monday, dispensing $8.5 million in Redevelopment Agency funds to organizations large and small.
A LAWYER’S FAREWELL:
During a final farewell ceremony, longtime county attorney Alan Seltzer received a standing ovation from the five county supervisors and a tearful farewell from his boss, the normally sardonic Shane Stark.
Mind at Work
Will Rogers’ America
Adapted and performed by Rich Hoag, featuring and directed by Jennifer Shepard. At Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre, Friday, April 14. Shows through April 29.
By the light of Circle Bar B’s flickering dura-log fireplace, Rich Hoag continues to grow into the role of a lifetime as legendary cowboy philosopher Will Rogers. As Rogers’s wife Betty Blake, Jennifer Shepard adds dimension to Hoag’s portrait of Rogers, and brings a strong presence of her own to the production.
The Shawl of the New
Current Sounds
At First United Methodist Church, Monday, April 3.
As ceaseless rain pattered outside, the latest edition of the Current Sounds series unfolded last Monday, a mostly accessible program of chamber music from the last 50 years-including scores by Claus Ogerman, Chen Yi, Osvaldo Golijov, and William Grant Still. Who knew that new music could be such a comforting force?
Spotlight On… Whistle Stop Studios
Many artists say they need absolute quiet to work. That’s not the case at the Whistle Stop Art Studios, located within spitting distance of the train tracks at 115 Kimberly Avenue in Santa Barbara. There, when the train chugs in with its whistle blowing, it’s accepted as a welcome sign of daily life by the artists who work there.
Celebrate Easter with a Good Egg
With the efficiency of a truck stop, the Cajun Kitchen cranks out the shells in more than a dozen formats, but we like Steve’s Special: a big hunk of egg, a big hunk of chili. Many locations, but we’re partial to 901 Chapala St.
