Weirdest Happenings in the Art World
Santa Barbara appraiser Elizabeth Stewart discusses the weirdest happenings in the art world today. Watch Video
Finding Lost Art
MN enjoyed buying storage lockers whose owners defaulted on payments. He bought one in the early 2000s in San Diego and stuffed boxes of books and papers into his own …
The Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara
Members Lauren Trujillo, Kerry Parker, Carolyn Jabs, and Janessa Van Vechten talk about how the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara raised almost $1.4 in grants. Watch Video
Butcher Block Comes Home to John Muir Street
In my Lake Arrowhead shed lurks a beast, a four-hundred-pound vintage butcher block table. During one of its many laborious moves, it lost four legs and now only the massive …
Elizabeth’s Favorite Quirky Museums
Santa Barbara appraiser Elizabeth Stewart talks about her favorite quirky museums. Watch Video
Haunted Spirit House at the Museum of Jurassic Technology
A reader found inspiration in my article about a successful donation of a hammer to the Zagreb Museum of Broken Relationships. GG wants to donate a miniature haunted spirit house. …
The Shark is Broken
Director Pesha Rudnick and actors Gildart Jackson, Will Block, and Adam Poole talk about Ensemble Theatre Company‘s production of The Shark is Broken. Watch Video
Vintage Hatbox Collection
Let me tell you the story of Mom’s Doree hatbox. In 1973 my father’s bad taste led him to buy my mother a makeover session at Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door …
Where Mountains Meet the Sea
Executive Director Greg Gorga and artist Rick Delanty talk about the Where Mountains Meet the Sea: Coastal Canvas Comes to Life exhibit at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum through March …
2026: Year of the Western Belt
RM owns a six-hundred piece, fifty-years-in-the-making cowboy clothing collection with vintage leather jackets and tooled western belts. She’s seventy now, so it’s time to sell these objects. She’s in luck! …