Cleese Family Helps Fundraise for La Casa de Maria
La Casa de Maria, an ecumenical retreat center owned by the Immaculate Heart Community, can see light at the end
Year: 2007
Zoom Motors Completes Gas Station
Zoom Motors, specializing in vintage cars from the 1930s to the 1970s, announced on 8/9 that it has completed renovations
Pick it Up
ALO’s Roses & Clover: Earlier this year, the former Isla Vistans (and current Ellwood-ian, lead singer/pianist Zach Gill) known as Animal Liberation Orchestra dropped this poppier, radio-friendlier album, full of catchy, tight tunes that should appeal to more than just their longtime jam-rock fans.
New Airport Facility Aims to Attract More Travelers
A newly constructed executive jet facility at the Camarillo Airport is intended by Avantair Elite Services to attract customers from
Vessels: Function and Whimsy in Clay.
Given the number of meanings-literal, metaphorical, nautical, anatomic, botanic-invoked by the word “vessel,” it’s reasonable to expect a ceramics show devoted to the concept to display a certain eclecticism, as does the exhibition now on display at the Arts Fund Gallery through August 25.
The Courthouse Jazz Series
What’s more Santa Barbaran than beautiful people gathering to enjoy great food, fancy drinks, and top-notch entertainment while benefiting nonprofits in a world-class setting?
Schwarzenegger Urges Budget Passage in Santa Maria
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the Santa Maria Wisdom Center – an adult day care facility reliant upon state funding –
Give a Little
• The Rhythmic Arts Project (TRAP) will sponsor a Day of Art at the Carpinteria Valley Arts Council (CVAC). Children and adults are invited to purchase and peruse works made by numerous artists with disabilities, as well as learn oil painting and enjoy live music. Proceeds from all art sales will benefit TRAP and CVAC. Saturday, August 18. CVAC, 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria. Call 745-8280 or visit traponline.com.
Check Out SB Cannes’ Movies with a Message Series
The S.B. County Action Network (aka SBCAN. Get it? SBCannes!) is hosting a new film series that screens popular movies with underlying themes of social justice and then follows the flick with an open conversation between our town’s political and cultural heavyweights. Here’s why you should check out the next one on Monday, August 20, at 7 p.m., at the Metro 4. A $10 donation is suggested.
Animal Shelters Are Bursting with Abandoned Pit Bulls
Of the 45 dogs available for adoption at the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department’s (SBCPHD) Animal Shelter, 15 are pit bulls or pit-bull mixes. Like a MySpace page for pooches, each dog has its own photo and profile on the shelter’s Web site (k-9pals.org). Take Abby, for example, a caramel brown two-year-old female: “This sweet, submissive little girl wants to be your baby.”
