Mad Men Riviera Cocktail Set

GR’s midcentury cocktail set sits on a stand made in the 1960’s by The Riviera Company called the “Royal Crown” barware set. The idea of themed, Royalty for example, cocktail …

Public Art Today

Public artist Douglas Lochner, creator of Tiny Libraries on State and other projects, joins Executive Director Sarah York Rubin and Board Member Robert F Adams from the Santa Barbara County …

Encyclopedia Britannica A Slice of History

JP owns 29,000 pages of a major book. Yes, the Encyclopedia Britannica, the famed Eleventh Edition (1910-1911), the BEST encyclopedia EVER. He found it at Goodwill! Let me explain why …

Unity Shoppe Estate Sale

Pat Hitchcock and Cynthia Hooper from the Santa Barbara Unity Shoppe talk about the Estate Sale benefiting the Barbara Tellefson Fund and Unity Shoppe’s mission on Saturday & Sunday, September …

Pipe Holder Made in Occupied Japan

What is this little wooden bird that stands about seven inches tall? His head comes off, and we see a deep scooped out area and a hole in its hindquarters. …

Local Treasures Exhibit at AFSB

Artists Dug Uyesaka, Nance Cole, and Bay Hallowell discuss the opening of the Local Treasures exhibition at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery, with a reception on Saturday, September …

Midcentury Modern Hungarian Vase

Don’t let this tall orange ceramics vase with black crazing fool you. It’s NOT Asian, but a Hungarian vase. Geza Gorka, born in 1894 in Slovakia, created this vase. He …