Open Studios Tour & Breaking the Code
First artists Pamela Benham and Cheryl Doty discuss the Santa Barbara Studio Artists 20th Annual Open Studios Tour happening this coming Labor Day weekend. Then Claudia Hoag McGarry, Jordana Lawrence, …
Poking Fun with Pillsbury Doughboy
As I despaired before, I’m often asked to appraise dolls, and of course they DO NOT agree with me. This resulted from a scary doll experience at five years of …
Goleta Valley Arts Association
Artists Terre Martin Sanitate, Marie Gionet Arnold, and Patricia Heller from the Goleta Valley Art Association talk about their August show. Watch Video
Homicide at Rough Point
Top Investigative Reporter Peter Lance talks about his book, Homicide at Rough Point: The Untold Story of How Doris Duke, the Richest Woman in America, Got Away with Murder.
Hanging Out with a Midcentury Modern Tapestry
JS sent me a 1980’s Polish handwoven and artist designed midcentury modern tapestry titled “Na Stoku,” meaning “On Slope.” At fifty-four by fifty inch. She wonders about the wool craft …
Reflecting on a Concave Mirror
JR sent me a find from a shed in Victorville, a vintage glass parabolic concave mirror framed in a crude wood box at fourteen inch diameter. What did people use …
Small Town Big Art Part One
Janey Cohen, and David and Valerie Powdrell talk about a stunning new coffee table book entitled Small Town Big Art: 100 Artists of Carpinteria scheduled for release this fall. Proceeds …
9 Tips to Simplify Your Home and Life
For my birthday month, I decided to simplify my home, and my life for my next year. I canvased experts and amassed a guide. I thought MY list might help …
Thunder Mug Not For Bathroom Use
LY, a quite proper frequent reader, surprised me. He sent a recent purchase of a thunder mug. Educated in Britain, I remembered the term for the chamber pot as the …
Santa Bárbara Mission & Rick Reeves
Executive Director Monica Orozco and Community Development Director Suzy Plott talk about the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library. Then guitarist and teacher Rick Reeves discusses Star Jasmine Music’s JAMS.