Tea Caddies Tell British History Tale
My southern grandmother, Ruth Sophia, and her family loved tea. Aunt Kathleen and the elder Aunt Sylvia drank tea all day long in old Saint Louis. I inherited that love, …
The Arts Fund
Mover and shaker, and aacting Executive Director, Jamie Dufek talks about The Arts Fund of Santa Barbara.
Highbrow, Middlebrow, Lowbrow: to Judge or Not to Judge
For a year I’ve appraised items in Paradise CA destroyed in the fire of 2018. I’m amazed at the variety of objects treasured and collected by many folks in that …
Reader Makes Skram Connection
I get in trouble because I make connections which may not exist. On the other hand, I succeed in drawing conclusions because of my experience with connections which SHOULD exist. …
OVATE, Mikael Jorgensen & Cassandra C. Jones
First Ojai Valley Artists Theater Ensemble (OVATE) Artistic Director Susan Kelejian talks about The FURYUS Collaborative Project on stage March 10th-19th. Then Grammy Award-Winning composer Mikael Jorgensen and remix artist …
Demetrious Created a Local Legacy
JH inherited this twenty-six-inch-tall sculpture. She knows a Santa Barbara artist with a Greek name created it. I found that artist, our local genius in metal, Aristides Burton Demetrious (1932-2021) …
Brewer Medical Stool Comes With Fond Memories
Sad but true…I need a hip replacement, and can hardly walk these days. So my partner bought me a 1950s rolling medical stool at a thrift store. I refuse to …
Restored Tandem a Piece of American Biking History
This tandem sat in a garage, then a storage locker for 25 years. Twelve years ago a bike shop repainted and “repaired” it, then it went back in storage. The …
Performing Arts Review
Daniel Kepl of the Performing Arts Review talks about the job of a critic and his upcoming tour he’s leading to Portugal.
Two Bizarre Real Art World Amusements
Occasionally the art world becomes very bizarre. Picture yourself as a middle aged Italian sewage worker hired to drive a bulldozer to uncover old sewer pipes close to the Apian …