Fatback, Life in the Pocket by Eddie Tuduri
Eddie Tuduri, drummer and founder of The Rhythmic Arts Project (TRAP) talks about his new book, Fatback, Life in the Pocket which tells of a lifetime full of notes and …
David Roberts Shaved his Muttonchops to Paint in the Middle East
A client owns a series of works dear to my heart. Scottish artist David Roberts (Edinburgh 1796-1864) painted these landscapes in lithographs. During graduate school at the University of Edinburgh, …
Rod Rolle and Claudia Hoag McGarry
Freelance photographer Rod Rolle talks about the honor he received from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara. Then Claudia Hoag McGarry discusses her new play, I Can …
Telephone Company Commemorative Plaques
“Mr Watson, come here, I need you,” Alexander Graham Bell said to his assistant in 1876. The first words heard, and understood, through a telephone wire. Bell summoned his assistant …
The Fabulous T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle talks about his latest novel, Blue Skies, with the help of true crime author Deborah Holt Larkin. Watch Video
Nunsense at Ojai ACT
Actors Sindy McKay, Dianne Miller, Brianna Turner, and Assistant Producer Sven Shelgren talk about Nunsense at the Ojai Art Center Theater through July 23.
Close Encounters of the Three Wheeled Kind
I received a call to appraise vintage French Bicycle advertising posters, so I headed to my client’s huge garage in Ojai. Not only did I see wonderful early 1900s lithographic …
When Real Men Wore Gloves
Walt Disney put white gloves on Mickey Mouse when he made The Opry House in 1929. Those big white gloves stop at the wrist and fasten at the back with …
Art as an Asset
Senior Wealth Advisor at Northern Trust Corporation Kelli Anderson discuses art as an asset in financial planning. Watch Video
Melmac: A Story of Modernity
In the 1960s in St. Ann, Missouri, my favorite aunt on Dad’s side, used plastic dinnerware made in the 1950s called Melmac in her modest home. When I visited my …