Return to Real or Fake Galle
Since I wrote an article about “Real or Fake Galle” glass in 2018, I’ve received questions from all over the world. After a reader from Santa Barbara sent me an …
Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein In Ojai
Artistic Director Richard Camp, Producer Stuart Crowner, and singer Scott White talk about A Grand Night for Ojai: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein, November 4-6. Watch Video
Vintage Maritime Lamp Mystery
I stopped at the Art of Consignment on Gutierrez in Santa Barbara this Sunday, and saw something I’d never seen before. A wood box contained something that looked old and …
Mike Younger coming to SOhO
Nashville-based roots singer-songwriter and bluesman Mike Younger talks about his upcoming show at SOhO on Monday, October 3. Watch Video
Back-In-The-Day Bottle Box
My partner John, a bicycling enthusiast, brings me things he finds in people’s free piles. There’s always the “free stash” these days, as folks grow tired of their spaces. This …
The Great Art Theft & TRAP’s Final Big Show
First Richard and Yvette Franklin talk about The Great Art Theft which returns to the Ojai Art Center on Sunday, September 25. Then Eddie Tuduri, Jimmy Calire, and Bill Bodine …
Do You Own An Original Painting?
In Winter of 2020 LS wrote me that he purchased a nineteen by fifteen-and-a-half inch painting. A note on the back said, “Attributed to Kyffin Williams 1918-2006, British.” LS found …
Wildling Museum of Art & Nature
Artist in Residence Kerrie Smith, President Kevin Patterson, and Founder Patti Jacquemain talk about the Wildling Museum of Art & Nature in Solvang.
Artists and Their Dachshunds
Lump, Archie, Amos, Bear, Stanley and Boodgie, not to mention Pouce, are/were all dachshunds owned by artists. I believe artists become attracted to the fierce independence of these little dogs, …
Suzuki Illustrates Zen
JS picked up this great book in a flea market: Suzuki’s Zen and Japanese Culture. This classic has gone through hundreds of printings in hundreds of languages. I found it …