The Audrey Rest
Members: Jon Horstmann and Dane Aton (guitar/vocals), Kevin Manchester (bass/vocals), and Nick Sauls (drums).
Year: 2007
Poet Christopher Buckley Wins Guggenheim after 20 years of Trying
While in town for the Santa Barbara Writers Conference last week, Christopher Buckley met me for a glass of wine at Fresco on the Beach to talk about fame, fortune, and summer reading.
Frederick R. Sidon
Knighthoods don’t get bestowed every day in 21st-century California, so when they do, it’s time to celebrate. Fred Sidon has been a resident of Santa Barbara since he retired from strategic consulting in 1992, and in those 15 years, he has put his considerable talents and enormous energy behind a variety of cultural projects, including Opera Santa Barbara.
3 Faulkner Novels to Read This Summer
Getting back to the classics isn’t always easy, but this summer there’s some encouragement available. Our own billionaire and worldwide celebrity, Oprah Winfrey, has put three novels by William Faulkner on her Book Club list. Don’t miss the opportunity to check out one of the greatest writers in the English language.
UCSB Arts & Lectures Screens Two Films About Andy Warhol
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol begins with footage of Andy Warhol’s sadly under-attended Catholic funeral back in Pittsburgh and not the super-glamorous New York memorial service held on April 1, 1987.
Music at the Museum
Classical ensembles from the Music Academy of the West will be painting sonic masterpieces at the S.B. Museum of Art on Thursdays this summer. The free, 45-minute recitals start on July 5 and continue every Thursday at 2 p.m. until August 9 in the Mary Craig Auditorium.
Gwen Stefani at the Santa Barbara Bowl
As Elvis Costello’s “Watching the Detectives” echoed through the Santa Barbara Bowl on Tuesday, dancers began to appear among the crowd. These were the Harajuku girls, Gwen Stefani’s roving entourage of breakdancing Japanese-style fetishists, and they signaled the imminent arrival of her holiness, the reigning queen of Orange County mall chic, the original hollaback girl.
Talkin’ ’bout My Grill
This extended 4th of July holiday, you barbecuers can lay on all the briquettes and pump all the propane you want, but I’m just as happy in my kitchen at my stove with a grill pan. The minus is you don’t get that fresh-fired carbon taste.
This Week in History
July 5, 1946
Parisian designer Louis Reard debuts the first bikini, which he deemed “smaller than the world’s smallest bathing suit.”
Reid Spencer Brings New Meaning to the Phrase ‘One-Man Show’
Since the explosion of John Mayer and, a bit closer to home, Jack Johnson, it seems like every other Joe Schmo with an acoustic has tried his hand at becoming the next big thing.
