Open Wide Furniture to Close
After six months of operation, State Street’s Open Wide Modern World Furniture & Rugs will close its doors – though
Year: 2007
Bang the Drum Slowly Author Dies at 84
Mark Harris, longtime Goleta resident and Bang the Drum Slowly author, died of complications from a broken hip this past
Speaking Workshop
Speaking of Stories presents Speaking with Confidence, a two-week workshop on public speaking taught by Maggie Mixsell. The two sessions currently planned are June 19-June 29 and July 31-August 10. Tuition is $250, so call 966-3875 or email speakingof@earthlink.net.
Veteran Cultural Reporter Tom Jacobs Leaves News-Press
In the latest of the ongoing departures from the staff of the Santa Barbara News-Press, Tom Jacobs, the paper’s highest-profile full-time arts writer, announced his resignation last week. Jacobs, who has written about theater, classical music, jazz, popular music, opera, and books, will be assuming the role of communications director for the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura.
SB Lawyers Lobby for Accused Friars
Santa Barbara attorneys representing those molested by Franciscan friars will argue in Los Angeles this week in favor of the
Business First National Bank Merges with Paso Robles Branch
Business First National Bank, founded in Santa Barbara in 2001, is merging with Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bancorp, the two
One Suspect Nabbed in Stabbing
Police have arrested Edwin Orlando Bay, 20, in connection with a gang-related stabbing that occurred on 5/24, and are currently
Sojourner Joins Composting Pilot Program
The Sojourner Cafe, established in 1978, has now become the very first business in the county to start composting all
Dads Dream of a Guy’s Getaway
Starshine does a little digging and gets the dirt on the all-male getaway weekend.
1st Thursday
This month’s 1st Thursday, tonight, June 7, will feature non-native exhibits to fit the theme of the travel season. The Brooks Institute of Photography’s Cota Street gallery will be featuring David Litschel’s Images of Northern Italy along with Dan Merkel’s photographs from the Pacific Northwest.
