Citizens’ Alert
Ready and Able: Discussion group for disabled people about self-advocacy and community events. 6-8pm. Louise Lowry Davis Center, 1232 De la Vina St. Call 897-2568.
Year: 2007
The Moishe Mobile at Bonnaroo
A vivid green bus and eight recent UCSB grads took a love of art and the message of environmental sustainability on the road last week while en route to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
Bowling for Hollers
From the never-know-what-you-miss-’til-it’s-gone file comes the story of the Santa Barbara Bowl, circa 2007. Construction delayed the start of the summer concert parade and left us with a strange, queasy, unsatisfied feeling every time we rounded the corner from Anapamu Street onto Milpas Street.
Getting My Dog On
OILS WELL THAT ENDS WELL: I’m flat-out jealous. Not only does Mike Brown, the CEO and reigning ¼ber boss of the sprawling county bureaucracy, manage to walk on water, he doesn’t even get his feet wet. It just ain’t fair.
Reality Check
I’ll admit it: There’s nothing particularly artistic about reality TV. Granted, television itself isn’t exactly the most sophisticated medium. But despite its appeal to the masses, there’s almost always some level of artistic content. In dramas, you usually get some genuine character development.
SBMA Nights Again
Don your tightest duds and head to the Museum of Art tonight, June 21, for the next installment of Nights. This time, ancient Egypt is the focus, so prepare for headdresses, Cleopatra portraits, a tarot tent, and immortality vodka drinks.
Quote of the Week
‘We feel like we have been dealt with like the Duke lacrosse team.’
Bathers, by Thomas Zika. At Edward Cella Art+Architecture. Shows through July 29.
Thomas Zika’s pictures of bathers currently on view at Edward Cella are an extension of the direction Cella took in the recent Davis Birks show, toward objects that read as though they belong to traditional genres-painting, photography-but on closer inspection, reveal that they have been crafted in ways that significantly complicate the categories.
Mary Anne Stevens Chapman 1916-2007
My mother taught me to say please and thank you. She was all about pleasing and its byproduct, pleasure. Mary loved fun and a party. And she spoke simply and directly, so I’m not going to use any big words to praise her, for the simple chords will resonate.
Dos Pueblos High’s Austin Ford Is One of America’s Best Snowboarders
Austin Ford will be practicing moves on his board next month, as might be expected of a 15-year-old who lives in Santa Barbara near the beach and started surfing at the age of six. But there will be no waves for Ford to ride. He will be at Mount Hood, Oregon, sliding crazily on a snowboard atop a series of rails in an event known as the Bonfire Pipe to Pipe.
