WORTH THE DRIVE UCSB ARTS AND LECTURES presents Loudon Wainwright III and Leo Kottke together in concert Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. in the UCSB Campbell Hall, Santa Barbara. Cost is $40, $15 for UCSB students. David Byrne performs “Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno” on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Arlington […]
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SPECIAL EVENTS
THE AUTUMN ARTS GRAPES AND GRAINS FESTIVAL features fine art, photography, crafts, live art demonstrations, youth activities, a char show, a farmer’s market, live music, and beer and wine tasting on Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civic Center along South McClelland St., Santa Maria. Free admission. Info: 937-1112 or 878-5662. […]
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What’s your favorite drink?
Debbie Jo Scruggs fitness manager “Margarita. It’s the girliest drink that gets me f—d up.” Jean Teran substitute teacher “Red wine. For health reasons.” Joy Greenwood Costco employee “Rancho Sisquoc Cabernet. I like the taste.” Tammy Stokes cook “Coors Lite. Because it’s made in the Rockies.”
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Uncork and uncap
In a generous land where row crops and wine grapes thrive in neighboring fields, the happy activity of harvest calls out for a celebration. As Central Coast farmers bring in their crops, chefs create edible masterpieces, and artists interpret the colorful interplay of life all around, what better way to acknowledge the bounty than with […]
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Arts Briefs
257 words David Ryan gets ready for Empty Bowls David Ryan Gallery’s Oct. 3 Art and Wine Party will feature the kickoff for this year’s Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. Stop by to browse bowls made by local ceramists. Most will be available for $20. Buy them at the event, […]
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Welcome Each Passing Day
Each Passing Day—with a sound that resembles Iron and Wine, Damien Rice, and Death Cab for Cutie—explores relationships, both the bliss and the pain. But for lead singer Loren Radis, it was the pain that was the catalyst for motivation. A bad breakup prompted him to seek comfort in his music, and that music helped […]
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Take a local treasure hunt
You don’t need a map to find something special at a thrift store, although having good directions helps. I believe women have a shopping gene. Or, more specifically, a bargain-shopping gene. So when I found myself with a free day and six hours before I had to pick the boys up from school, mine kicked […]
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The farm is here to stay
The people could be a metaphor for the soil. Or the soil could be a metaphor for the people. The farmers are predominantly bipolar, schizophrenic, severely depressed. The land is a dusty four acres of sandy dirt, once home to abandoned machinery. A promise of good things to come isn’t the first thing that comes […]
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Nipomo High students help Mother Nature
A handful of Nipomo High School students worked over a recent weekend to enhance the Nipomo Creekside Preserve. Local volunteers joined members of the high school’s Progressive Club in an effort to help restore the preserve’s natural processes. The club has been helping with workdays at the preserve since 2006. Led by Land Conservancy Stewardship […]
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Million-volt Tesla coil comes to Orcutt
Danger Will Robinson! The Santa Cruz Institute of Particle Physics will bring a million-volt Tesla Coil to Orcutt Academy High School on Oct. 8. The coil, which looks like a cross between a robot and a giant generator, will be on display beginning at 1 p.m. at the Harold Black Sports Pavilion on the Orcutt […]
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Students learn about the importance of safety
Dozens of Santa Maria-Bonita School District students—kindergarteners through sixth-graders—learned all about being “Masters of Disaster” the week of Sept. 22, as part of a joint program between the American Red Cross, Santa Barbara County Chapter and the district’s After School Education and Safety (ASES) program. Red Cross staffers made several presentations to the district’s elementary […]
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SEE International hosts free vision screenings for World Sight Day
Low-income residents of Santa Barbara County who don’t have vision care insurance can come to a free screening day on Oct. 9, presented by Surgical Eye Expeditions International. The screening goes hand in hand with World Sight Day, an event created by VISION 2020, a global initiative to eliminate blindness by the year 2020. This […]