2007 - Page 356 of 521 - The Santa Barbara Independent

Bottles & Barrels By Sao Anash

A Matter of Taste

It turns out that talking about balance in a wine becomes a subjective undertaking pretty quickly. Some winemakers consider their wines balanced if they prove to taste integrated in their youth; if there is an ample amount of fruit, oak, and spice in a given wine, then it is, in their eyes, balanced. Other winemakers consider a wine to be balanced if it adheres to certain principles, such as if it is varietally correct. Does it possess a reasonable, but not high, amount of alcohol?

Arts & Entertainment By Indy Staff

Art for Africa

The Damazo Majak Foundation and Arts Aids Art are bringing a contemporary exhibit of South African art to benefit families afflicted with AIDS in Cape Town. The event, which will be at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, features Sudanese-born activist Anna Akot as well as glass-beaded dolls, wearable beads, and other artisan jewelry that range from $6-$250.

Visual Arts By Charles Donelan

SBMA Director Announces His Retirement

Phillip M. Johnston announced this week that he is leaving his position as director of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, although he will stay on until his successor is named. A renowned scholar of American art and antiques and an influential figure in the museum world, Johnston has left a powerful legacy at the SBMA, and he will be missed.

Dance By Laura Zelko

On the Verge, presented by Santa Barbara Dance Alliance. At Marjorie Luke Theatre, Saturday, May 26.

Although it boasted fewer pieces than in recent years, the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance’s 2007 On the Verge Teen Choreographers’ Showcase made up for its brevity in ingenuity, variety, and talent.

Food & Drink By Darian Bleecher

The Anacapa Strut

t’s been a while since I’ve prowled the lower reaches of the downtown club scene and even longer since I’ve participated in the ever-popular collegiate State Street Crawl. But in the last few months there have been some noteworthy changes, and a new arrival on the nightclub landscape is hard to resist. Such trusted options for stiff drinks and go-go-ogling as Joe’s Cafe and the Wildcat Lounge have become venerable downtown mainstays, and even Tonic already has a year beneath its belt.

Theater By Indy Staff

Jackson Pollock Play

Bruce Clarke’s renowned play Fifteen Rounds with Jackson Pollock is coming to Victoria Hall Theater for a three-weekend run starting tonight, Thursday, May 31. Presented by DIJO Productions and Virtual Theatre Company, directed by Aaron Levin, and starring Ed Giron, Jennifer Gimblin, David Brainard, and Kathy Marden, Fifteen Rounds covers the career of the splatter painter and his relationship with his wife, Lee Krasner.

Opinion By Deborah McQuade

Ron Skaggs 1937-2007

his is the thing about Ron: We had been over to Cottage Hospital to meet him before his surgery. He was pretty miserable, with a lot of pain in his belly. Mostly because he did not have any options, he reluctantly agreed eventually to move into our small hospice.

Food & Drink By Michelle Drown

Rockin’ the Hood

Beneath a dim barroom light, Jon Styles walks onto the makeshift stage and takes the microphone. As the singer eases into Live’s 1994 hit “I Alone,” the crowd hoots and hollers with approval. “It’s easier not to be wise/You measure these things by your brains,” he begins with restrained intensity before unleashing the howling chorus. It’s Friday night and karaoke at the Tiburon Tavern is one of the hottest tickets in town, thanks, in great part, to Styles, an extraordinary singer who delivers performances you’d expect to hear at the S.B. Bowl rather than at a neighborhood bar on upper State Street.

Arts & Entertainment By Brett Leigh Dicks

The Various and Sundry Tour

When Glen Phillips returned from his European adventure at the beginning of 2007, he celebrated by inviting a collection of friends to a special Sings Like Hell performance at the Lobero Theatre. Joining Phillips onstage were Grant-Lee Phillips, Sean and Sara Watkins from Nickel Creek, Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz, and Luke Bulla.

Theater By Elizabeth Schwyzer

The Odyssey, presented by Boxtales Theatre Company. At the Lobero Theatre, Thursday, May 24

Until I saw Boxtales Theatre Company’s production of The Odyssey last week, I thought I’d left behind quality physical theater when I left London. All the wild, experimental, thrilling, and effective physical theater I had ever seen was European. I knew vaguely of Boxtales as a children’s theater troupe, and had seen snippets of the company’s work on school cafeteria stages, but I hadn’t realized they trained with James Donlon, a master of movement theater, and I had no idea of the sophistication of their work. I’m learning fast.

Year: 2007