Celebrating Local Life and Culture
Food and wine overflow at this yearly event where participants take their logo wine glasses on a self-guided tour of several downtown venues, sampling bounty along the way. End the tour with the final party at Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Several downtown locations.
Imagine this: a volunteer-based educational program completely free from government funding. Sounds too good to be true, right?
Because of state budget cuts, Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) had to cut the adult education program, but the upside of this is that, in September, SBCC will embark on a brand-new enterprise: SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL), a new prototype for education.
Spearheaded by Dr. Jack Freelander and newly appointed executive director Andrew Harper, CLL is becoming a reality, thanks to the devotion of the people of Santa Barbara. “Let me tell you, I have never seen a college supported by a community with such a genuine and driving passion for education. The CLL will offer adults of all ages in the Santa Barbara community diverse and affordable lifelong learning opportunities,” says Harper. Continue reading ‘Realizing the Lifelong Dream: Center for Lifelong Learning’
Courtesy of Broadway World
Memorial Day is an all-American holiday full of backyard BBQs and family fun. Although the Lobero Theatre may not be your neighbor’s backyard or cousin’s house, in the patriotic spirit they are hosting the best howdown in town with an evening of American folk music and a backyard BBQ buffet. The buffet will start at 5:30 p.m. with a delicious spread from Woody’s Bodacious BBQ, featuring oak-smoked chicken and tri-tip. Following the feast, The Lonesome Travelers in Concert take the stage at 7:30 p.m.
Already have Memorial Day plans? No worries! The Lonesome Travelers will play a second concert at Lobero on May 28 at 7:30 p.m. Continue reading ‘Get Full and Folky this Memorial Day with The Lonesome Travelers in Concert’
Come support students receiving scholarships at this event. The awards will take place at Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden.
The Arlington Tavern crew, courtesy of Arlington Tavern
Searching for a fun and comfortable place to eat, drink and mingle with friends? Look no further—come to Arlington Tavern!
The all volunteer 2013 Board of Directors of the Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation, courtesy of SYVCH
The Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation recently welcomed two new directors—Tresha Sell and Ernest “Ernie” Zomalt, Ph. D.
As part of the SYVCHF, Sell and Zomalt will join officers Charles Jackson, Gerry Shepherd, Barbara Anderson and Kathleen Campbell, along with returning directors The Rev. Dr. Randall Day, Kate Firestone, Stewart Fries, Sid Goldstien, William Heringer, MD, Richard Nagler and Sandy Power to fulfill the mission of developing, managing and channeling the community’s financial support for Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital.
Congratulations to the new directors and to the entire SYVCHF for all of your contributions to Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital!
—Colette Taylor
Food is one of the many joys in life. It’s delicious, it’s essential for survival and it’s a great way to bring people together. That being said, food can also have negative effects on our health and well-being. On Friday, May 24 at 7 p.m., experience An Evening with Dr. Will Tuttle and learn how to make positive changes in your eating habits that will promote wellness, encourage wisdom and benefit our planet. Continue reading ‘“World Peace Diet” Author is Coming to SB’
Australia and America (or, as the internet seems to call them these days, Ameristralia) are teaming up at SOhO Restaurant and Music Club tonight, May 20, with Atlas Genius and The Postelles taking the stage at 9 p.m. for a night of melodic memories and dance-worthy jams. Continue reading ‘Ameristralia Hits SOhO with Atlas Genius and The Postelles Tonight’
Although the Amgen Tour of California has come and gone, the wheel print it has left on our memories will not soon be forgotten—or the economic print at that.
According to AEG, an estimated $100 million of positive economic impact occurred over the eight-day bicycle race, traveling 750 miles throughout the Golden State. In our town, which hosted the finish of Stage 4 and the beginning of Stage 5 of the race, there is an estimated minimum of $160,000 of revenue from just lodging the bicyclists, staffers and organizers of the race.
The cyclists also noted that they found Santa Barbara’s beauty and gorgeous weather to be a wonderful way to finish that stage of the race. Hopefully Santa Barbara will act as a destination for Amgen races for years to come!
Check out this video from the Stage 4 finish line, taken by SEASONS contributor Cheryl Crabtree.
By Taylor Micaela Davis
Benton’s “Hollywood” by Jay Schwartz, courtesy of the artist
You could say that creative director, graphic designer and fine artist Jay Schwartz is an idea man of sorts. Perhaps it’s the name of his company, IdeaWork Studios, or the fact that he has produced campaigns for clients with names such as Hard Rock, Caesar’s Palace, Eddie Bauer and Yahoo! Or it could be his incredible ability to create exquisite, transient large-scale works of art, using only homemade chalk and the ground we walk on.
Schwartz trained as a fine artist at UCSB before deciding that the art business wasn’t for him and going into graphic design. After learning the theoretical and technical knowledge behind graphic design at the Art Center and working some jobs in type-setting and production, Schwartz and his friend collaborated to form IdeaWork, a branding, marketing and creative company that has since grown into a cross-country firm working with some of the biggest names in hospitality, nightlife, fitness and more.
But before all of that, there was I Madonnari, 1992.
Continue reading ‘Santa Barbara Spotlight: Jay Schwartz’