Small Plates Tell a Story
PC collects hors d’oeuvres small plates. The smallest is a set of six from the International Toasts Series by Fondeville Ambassador Ware. Fondeville NY imported these from England in the …
Our Town & Tony Awards
Guest Host Maggie Yates first welcomes Philip Levien and Beth Yeager to talk about Theatre Eclectic‘s production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Then Samantha Eve discusses the Tony Awards.
80s Mixed Media Flowed From Mentorship
GF owns a surrealistic image of a businessman’s tie, rendered in paper and mounted in a three-dimensional structure of paper supported, and bounced, on little springs. I didn’t find a …
Shakespeare and Sleuth
Guest Host Maggie Yates first welcomes David Paris to talk about the emergence of Shakespeare Santa Barbara. Then dramaturge Anna Jensen discusses the Ensemble Theatre Company‘s production of Sleuth.
HOT NEWS in the artworld?
Oh, YES! Searching two definitive sources for artworld news, this article compiles stories found recently on ArtNetNews, headquartered in NYC, and The Art Newspaper, with offices in NYC and London. …
Rene Lalique Blurred the Line Between Nouveau and Deco
DF sent me a design by Rene Lalique from his later years. The fourteen-inch glass relief vase with silver and black overlay Art Deco designs gives me a perfect opportunity …
Moving Miss Daisy and I Madonnari
Guest Host Maggie Yates welcomes Glenn Novack and Louis John who talk about their Moving Miss Daisy Consignment & Auction House. Then Executive Director Kai Tepper discusses the Children’s Creative …
Reg Manning Bonded with the West
EC owns a wonderful, but not very politically correct, little pocket sized book inherited from her father called Reg Manning’s Cartoon Guide to California (1939). Its almost original condition becomes …
Local Publishers Rocky Nook and American Riviera
Guest Host Maggie Yates welcomes Managing Director and Publisher Scott Cowlin, and Associate Publisher Ted Waitt, who talk about Rocky Nook, a small, independent publishing company founded in 2006 in …
Lufkin Micrometer Set: Unique Precision Instruments
LO owns a midcentury “Inside” micrometer set (680A) by Lufkin Company of Saginaw Michigan. Although I know nothing of tools, I found the micrometer story fascinating, and admired the precision …