Three Q’s with Paul Brady
If you were sitting in a pub somewhere in Ireland and the conversation turned to music, Paul Brady’s name would be first to surface. But it’s not just in his homeland where his music is passionately embraced.
Year: 2006
Lavender Cocktails
Ogden Nash once wrote, “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.” Chocolate may be a time-tested route to Valentine’s Day hijinks, but it won’t score you any points for originality. (Not that I’d turn it down, mind you.)
Art Gets Serious
Art and its role in education often take a backseat to fields like science and ecology, but this spring, art will get a little more academic.
The Beats Go On
For any professionally driven and/or neurotically habitual visitor to the NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Center each January, the
Hang Up
When a Stranger Calls. Camilla Belle, Tessa Thompson, and Tommy Flanagan star in a film written by Jake Wade Wall and directed by Simon West.
Irish in America
Maura Conlon-McIvor will read from her best-selling memoir, She’s All Eyes: Memoirs of an Irish-American Daughter on Wednesday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m., at the Santa Barbara Club, 1105 Chapala Street.
Love or Money
Pianist Timothy Smith, professor of piano and head of piano studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage, will play a recital in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall (UCSB) at 8 p.m. Friday, February 10.
A Pale View of the Hills
Flautist Linda Holland is an artist of the pleasant surprise. In this concert, as in the Current Sounds concerts, the appearance of a contemporary composition on the program presents no occasion for resistance.
Rocking, Instrumentally, in the Free World
Stephen Perkins, the be-mohawked drummer, has rocked South Coast houses many times throughout the years-houses like the Arlington Theatre, the Bowl, and Ventura Theatre, where Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros, and Love and Rockets have landed.
Wave Rider
It’s only fitting that the name of the environmental foundation being launched at SOhO this Friday is called “Next Wave.”
