Ojai ACT and SB Writers Conference

First actor/writer Peter Fox discusses his new play Disappearing Act at the Ojai Art Center Theater, May 5-28. Then Director Grace Rachow talks about the upcoming Santa Barbara Writers Conference, …

‘Old School’ Glassblowers

I’ve known many kinds of artists in my career. Perhaps the most inventive and eccentric artists by MEDIUM are glassblowers. I don’t know if it’s something to do with the …

Tartan Symbolizes Scottish Pride

My last name is Stewart, and, yes, I have a Scottish connection, both by marriage and by heredity. Thanks to my good fortune at the young age of 23, I …

SBHS The Rocky Horror Show

  Lena Szerwo, Margo Carmean, and Hattie Ugoretz talk about the Santa Barbara High School Theatre production of The Rocky Horror Show which runs through April 22.  Watch Video

Four Big Art Stories

Four big stories dominated the art world this week: On the upcoming cover of The New Yorker, a courtroom artist’s sketch of Trump. Whistler’s Mother re-visits Philadelphia (last seen in …

Midcentury Mosaic Quite a Find

RT sent me a midcentury painted mosaic tile plaque, a curious image of a yellow fern with green and red foliage signed EC or CC Bealle. The work has been …

Santa Barbara Tango Workshops

Fernanda Ghi, a true legend in the world of Argentine tango, joins harmonica virtuoso Joe Powers to talk about Santa Barbara Tango workshops this weekend. Watch Video