La LoCA Milonga Presents: Tanghetto

Pablo Aslan, Max Masri of Tanghetto, La LoCA Milonga Co-Founder Alejandra Folguera, and dancer Geraldine Freitag discuss the future of the music for dancing tango, and their event on November …

Fabulous Noble Person’s Trunk

By the coat of arms in double cartouches I know the gent who owned this trunk in the 17th century came from Lyon. The triple fleur de lis and the …

Aeolus Quartet Chamber Music Concert

Members of the Aeolus Quartet, Jia Kim (cello), Nicholas Tavani (violin), Rachel Shapiro (violin), and Caitlin Lynch (viola) talk about their chamber music concert at the Santa Barbara Museum of …

Clay Artists Sewer Connection

C sent me this wonderful figure of a ram. She asked what it is, what they used it for, and who made it. It looks primitive, made of clay, glazed …

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 …

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 …