Gale McNeeley Performs A Tom Lehrer Tribute
Gale McNeeley talks about his show A Tom Lehrer Tribute coming up Sunday, November 2, 3 pm at the Ojai Art Center. Watch Video
Disk Music Box From 1900
Imagine a breadbox-sized box with a round metal disk inside, a music box with a coin slot for a nickel. In 1900 one found this box in taverns, pool halls, …
War of The Worlds: The Panic Broadcast
Actors Bryan Daniel Porter and Matthew Floyd Miller discuss Ensemble Theatre Company’s production of War of The Worlds: The Panic Broadcast which runs through October 26. Watch Video
I LOVE Art Deco Clocks
Art Deco clocks are special to me. My mom recently passed “out of human time” and into the next realm at the age of 96. She collected clocks, especially those …
Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery
Guest host art historian and storyteller Brigette Ginter talks with owner Fanny Seimandi of the new Seimandi & Leprieur contemporary art gallery in downtown Santa Barbara. Watch Video
Lady’s Stirrups Silver or Not?
PS asked about a pair of silver stirrups, necessary for riding a horse. Imagine a time before cars in our world, and we rode horses—or they pulled us. For thousands …
The Impressionist Revolution and Encore
Art historian and storyteller Brigette Ginter talks about The Impressionist Revolution and Encore exhibits at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art through January 25, 2026. Watch Video
William “Bill” Shinn: Master of Ceramic Extrusion Techniques
MC inherited a pottery floor vase, a quirky work from the mid-1970s by genius Santa Maria potter, William “Bill” Shinn (1932-2011). Did Shinn get inspiration for the design from a …
Redwoods of the Sea
Photographer Ralph A. Clevenger and Curator Emily Falke discuss the Redwoods of the Sea: Life in the Channel Islands Kelp Forests exhibit at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum through January …
Common American Washboard
Why did people use washbats, a washboard, washbox, washing dollies, peggylegs, possers, posssticks, dollypegs, peggy, maiden, plunger, ponches, and punchers? They used these to wash clothes with or without a …