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Local Triathlete Wins Prestigious Competition

Published on May 16, 2012 in Web Exclusives.

Lauren Capone, member of Santa Barbara-based triathlon club Elite Racing Team, took  home the gold in the women’s amateur division at the 30th annual Wildflower Long Course Triathlon on Saturday, May 5. She completed the 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run in 5 hours, 4 minutes and 21 seconds.

Wildflower attracts competitors from around the world, and we’re proud to have a local girl come out on top. Lauren got her start with the Triathlon Club as a freshman at UCSB, and is now the current Ironman 70.3 World Champion in the women’s 20-24 category. After the race, she reflected, “I never felt particularly fast out there, but I felt strong, and I was able to fight my way into the lead on the run and hold it to the finish line.”

-Alex Francis

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2012-2013 City Arts Grant Applications Now Available Online

Published on May 14, 2012 in Web Exclusives.

Santa Barbara County Arts Commission released new online applications for grants in three categories: Community Events and Festivals, Organizational Development, and Community Arts.

The Community Events and Festivals Grant Program is offering a grant of up to $40,000 to local nonprofits that put on events, festivals, or programs that attract tourism, enhance Santa Barbara’s culture and preferably take place in tourism’s off-season between Memorial Day 2012 and mid-May 2013.

The Organizational Development Grant Program is focused on cultivating Santa Barbara’s artistic and administrative development, stability, and vitality. This up-to-$18,000 grant is intended to help support new programs and audience-development initiatives in all artistic disciplines.

Community Arts grants of up to $6,000 are available for organizations or individual artists with projects aimed at making art more accessible to underserved communities.

There will be three Technical Assistance Workshops, mandatory for first-time applicants, throughout May, and the application deadline for all three grants is June 11. Click here for more information, or contact Linda Gardy at  gardy@co.santa-barbara.ca.us or 805/568-3990.

-Alex Francis

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Environmental Education for the Next Generation hosts “Investing in Our Youth” Gala and Auction

Published on May 7, 2012 in Web Exclusives.

Join Environmental Education for the Next Generation (EENG) at the premiere “Investing in Our Youth” Gala & Auction on May 13 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Chase Palm Park Plaza. The event will feature a speech by assemblymember Das Williams and a live auction emceed by Geoff Green, executive director of Fund for Santa Barbara.

EENG was founded in 2009 by a group of UCSB undergraduates who saw a gap in children’s education and took the initiative to fill it. The up-and-coming organization sends teams of college-student volunteers out to first and second grade classrooms for an eight-week course designed to impart the importance of sustainability and empower the younger generation to take action. What started with five environmentally minded UCSB students and 25 second graders at Isla Vista Elementary School has now evolved into hundreds of college kids teaching more than 2,300 elementary school children throughout California.

With live music, a live auction and an open bar, this event promises to provide a very enjoyable Mother’s Day. For more information, contact Vanessa Duenas at vanessaduenas@eeng.org or click here.

-Alex Francis

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Coastal Housing Partnership’s Inaugural Home Buying Fair

Published on May 1, 2012 in Web Exclusives.

If you are even considering buying a home in Santa Barbara, don’t miss this opportunity to learn the ins and outs of today’s real estate market! On Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coastal Housing Partnership is hosting the inaugural Home Buying Fair at Earl Warren Showgrounds.

Geared toward helping home buyers save money and make good decisions throughout the process, the fair will feature booths from local real estate agents, lenders, home inspection firms, and residential builders. There will also be free “how-to” sessions throughout the day on key aspects of the home-buying process and local market conditions.

For more information, call 805/969-1025 or visit http://www.coastalhousing.org/home-buying-fair/index.html.

-Alex Francis

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Lotusland Lecture

Published on April 16, 2012 in Explore SB and Web Exclusives.

Horticulturalist and Curator of the Lotusland Living Collection Virginia Hayes will discuss Lotuland, Montecito’s internationally famous botanic garden, in a free lecture, open to the public, on Tuesday, April 17, from 7-8 p.m. in Westmont’s Adams Center Room 216.

With more than 18 distinct gardens housing numerous rare and beautiful plants, Ganna Walska Lotusland is definitely a must-see in Montecito, and this lecture is a great opportunity to gain fascinating insight into this inspiring place.

In addition to this event, Westmont College is also featuring a Lotusland art exhibition in its Voskuyl Library throughout the spring semester. Visit http://libguides.westmont.edu/lotusland for more information.

Westmont College is located on 955 La Paz Rd., Santa Barbara.

-Alex Francis

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Off the Wall at SBMA

Published on March 14, 2012 in Uncategorized.

Wind in the Valley- Nina Hyatt

 

Join Santa Barbara Museum of Art supporters for a creative fundraiser, Off the Wall,on April 20, from 6-9 p.m. at the Ridley-Tree Education Center. The third annual rendition of this popular fundraiser features more than 100 regional artists and benefit SBMA’s education programs, acquisitions, and exhibitions. Enjoy refreshments and music before the evening’s big excitement as the suspense of what art of work they will take home increases. Tickets are randomly drawn and  guests then select a work of art “off-the-wall” to take home. Media represented include oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, assemblage, collage, sculpture, and photography by the well-known and local artists, Dorothy Churchill-Johnson, Ron Freese, Anne Luther, Rebecca Fraser and Nance Cole. For more information and to view the featured work, visit www.sbmawb.org.

Sargasso- Lauri MacMillan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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James Hapke Prints at The Arts Fund

Published on March 13, 2012 in Uncategorized.

The Arts Fund will have a new exhibition of prints by the 2011 Individual Artists Award winner, James Hapke in the The Arts Fund Gallery from March 23- May 19. The exhibition will open with a public reception for the artist on Friday, March 23 from 5:30- 7:30 p.m.

James Hapke: Prints will present a diverse range of works on paper by Hapke. His prints communicate an honest sense of discover and self-examination. Hapke creates collographs, lithography, etchings and aquatints to uncover ideas relating to the passage of time in both the human body and the geological landscape through the use of layering images.


He was one of three artists who received The Arts Fund’s Individual Artist Award in 2011. These awards identify and reward artistic excellence in Santa Barbara County. This solo exhibition is part of the award. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information please contact The Arts Fund at 805/965-7321 or visit www.artsfundsb.org.

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Santa Barbara Fresh

Published on December 6, 2011 in Uncategorized.

The Culinary Culture section of Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine Winter 2011/12 issue features local dish about new foodie favorites Casa Blanca Restaurant & Cantina, Le Cafe Stella, El Taco Tequila Taqueria, Cadiz, Padaro Beach Grill, Seagrass Restaurant and Le Crepe Shoppe.

We also dish on wine tasting rooms Au Bon Climat, Deep Sea Wine and La Tour Wine Merchant.

John Givens Farm takes the spotlight in our Farmer’s Market Profile, along with our guide to sweet local confections from Jessica Foster, Chocolate Maya, Chocolats du CaliBressan, Chocolate Opulence and Twenty-Four Blackbirds.

You can read this feature story from Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine Winter 2011/12 issue online here: Santa Barbara Fresh. Story by Nancy Ransohoff, with photographs by Tony Mac.

 

 

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In the Kitchen With Chef Kim Schiffer

Published on November 21, 2011 in Exclusive Videos.

We spend quite a bit of time with the people whose homes take center stage in our architectural features, and we all fell a little bit in love with the Schiffer family, who share their heartwarming tale of rebuilding their Mission Canyon home after losing it in the Jesusita fire (“From Hope to Home”) in the winter issue of Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine.

Family, friends and food are foremost in the hearts of these lovely people, and the food part of that equation is on full video display as Kim Schiffer, a professional chef, gives us a tour of her dreamy “kickass kitchen.”

Trust us, the food was every bit as delicious as it looks!

 

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Oreana Winery Fundraiser For Alzheimer’s

Published on November 8, 2011 in Web Exclusives and Wineries.

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Enjoy a delicious glass of red blended wine from Oreana Winery while raising funds for research of Alzheimer’s. Since November is Alzheimer’s Awareness month, award-winning local winery, Oreana has decided to donate 10% of its new blended “Tilly” wine sales to the local Central Coast Alzheimer’s Association chapter starting November 1.

The savory blend received its name from winemaker Christian Garvin to honor his grandmother who passed away from the disease. Alzheimer’s Disease is a devastating one without a current cure, so funding research is necessary to find one. On Friday, November 18, from 7-9 p.m. at Oreana Winery, there will be a tasting of the 60% Sangiovese and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon Italian style wine, “Tilly,” to help fight this terminal disease.

Oreana Winery is located at 205 Anacapa St. The tasting party is free to attend and open to those 21 and older as wines will be sold by the glass. For more information or questions contact Oreana Winery at 805-962-5857 or email at <oreanawinery.com>.

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