Before Photoshop and other digital media programs opened up the world of synthesized enhancement, photographers relied on framing, composition, and riveting subject matter to deliver the desired image. Among the many master photographers of the pre-digital age, Oliver Gagliani possessed a particularly preternatural ability to produce complex, imaginary landscapes that to the modern eye appear as if they must be digitally enhanced.
Zona Seca, the counseling organization best known for helping community members overcome substance abuse problems, appointed Santa Barbara Police Chief Cam Sanchez and former Santa Barbara City Councilmember Dr. Dan Secord to its board of directors this week.
A permanent and perpetually positive fixture in area lineups since making the move to S.B. some 13 years ago, Aroyan was recently named a finalist for Surfing Magazine’s prestigious Follow the Light Foundation Grant. Living with his wife, Valerie, and their dog Levi in the shadows of one of our most fickle yet rewarding homegrown waves, Aroyan, who has had his art shown in galleries all around the county and in the pages of countless international surf publications, personifies the type of warm-hearted stoke and easygoing generosity that a good surf session will give you. For more of Aroyan’s work and to scope out some super groovy organic clothing featuring his art, visit lowtiderising.com.
Red Dragon is a cheese-not just a tattoo mentioned in a famous Fountains of Wayne song-and in the hands of Sage & Onion’s (34 E. Ortega St., 963-1012) Steven Giles, that cheese rises to heavenly heights. Right now, Giles is serving a souffle that melts in your mouth, not in the phyllo cup in which in rests but also from which it earns a bit of heft and chew.
Bay Area poet, photojournalist, and painter Judy Jones is sharing her work twice this week, beginning with a book-signing of her Bones of the Homeless book on Thursday, October 25, at 7 p.m., at the downtown Borders.
Teacher, lecturer, and activist; scholar of Buddhism, deep ecology, and systems theory; speaker to the social, psychological, and spiritual issues of the nuclear age-Joanna Macy wants no less than to transform the way we understand our world.
Owners of Lompoc’s La Purisima Golf Course announced this week that they will approach the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission on 11/28 with plans to build a wine-themed resort complex.
Wes’s Shoe Repair, located at 128-B E. Canon Perdido Street, was served with an eviction notice from the city this week.
The first-ever math faculty to win the award, Garcia-Cervera will use the accompanying $400,000 grant to further his research in the field of density functional theory.
“Wait, how did you just give her tickets?” cried an anxious woman beside us as we hurried past the long box office line and into a packed Lobero. At 13 years old, the State Street Ballet (SSB) is outgrowing the cozy confines of its theatrical home, just in time for the March 2008 reopening of the Granada. In the meantime, those of us fortunate enough to have secured tickets early are being treated to terrific dance productions in an intimate, lovely, historical theater-and those left out in the cold have reason to be jealous.
