The Granada Theatre is proud to announce that Sarah and Roger Chrisman recently made a visionary gift of $1 million to the Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA), which owns and operates the historic Granada Theatre.
It was started in 1963 by ophthalmologist Dr. George Primbs, a member of a local Lions club, who repaired a detached retina for a fellow Lion named Len Mayer. Mayer was so impressed he wanted more people to know about this miracle as he had been told that the only place this procedure was available was in Los Angeles or San Francisco.
In an effort to help Santa Barbara’s Unity Shoppe raise funds to purchase a new facility, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation has pledged $300,000 over a three-year period.
Alchemy Arts Center, a world-class urban retreat in the heart Santa Barbara doesn’t believe that one day is enough to celebrate mom, so they have created Mother’s Month at Alchemy Arts Center in May featuring specials that are perfect for Mother’s Day and pampering mom all month long.
Surf Beach here is now open to beachgoers after a spike in beach access violations during the Western Snowy
Plover breeding season prompted base leadership to order a temporary closure.
Hertz Corporation, one of the world’s largest equipment rental businesses and the world’s largest airport general use car rental brand, recently leased retail space for a new location to serve Santa Barbara.
Kelly Choi, an innovative math teacher and faculty leader at Dos Pueblos High School, is the 2013-2014 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year. County Superintendent of Schools Bill Cirone made the announcement Thursday at a press conference during the monthly meeting of the County Board of Education.
A record-tying 71 Westmont students will spend at least four weeks this summer serving communities around the world on 15 teams in 12 countries including Bolivia, China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Madagascar, Nepal, Philippines, Spain, Taiwan/Korea and Uganda.
The California Highway Patrol’s Start Smart program is a driver safety education class that targets new and future licensed teenage drivers between the age of 15-19, their parents, and guardians.
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has set Thursday, January 30 through Sunday, February 9, 2014 as the dates for the 29th edition of the festival and Thursday, January 22 through Sunday, February 1, 2015 for the 30th edition.
