The Zaca Fire may nearly be contained, but its effects continue to burn one beloved landmark. Though Cold Spring Tavern, located at 5995 Stagecoach Road, was closed for only one week, business continues to take a huge hit. July and August, generally the tavern’s best months, were essentially lost, and it’s in need of our support.
“There are two ways to see Hawai’i,” a friend once told me. “One, you get off the plane, strip down to your bathing suit in your hotel room and spend a week down at the pool, reading well-written contemporary trash that has absolutely nothing to do with Hawai’i. Two, explore these amazing islands and learn from the Hawaiian people.”
Singer/songwriter Palmer was approached by Zach Madden and Mike Echternacht of Corporate Nightmare Records in 2005 to do a solo album, but came up with a band name too awesome to pass up for a solo career.
Dave Brubeck began Monday evening’s performance by pointing out that there was a music stand onstage-something unusual for this band, three of whom have played together for 30 years. Brubeck excused its presence by saying he is under some pressure right now. Clint Eastwood is making a documentary about him, and there will be cameras rolling when he takes the stage at the Monterey Jazz Festival next month.
Call it the Santa Barbara naturalist’s creation story: In the beginning, everything is a bush. On the first day, we discover some bushes are different than others. On the second day, we learn which is really a bush, which is a flower, and which is a tree. On the third day, we can name a plant or two or five or dozens. On the fourth day, we start to understand the role of each plant in the ecosystem. On the fifth day, we realize these bushes may also be useful to humans, specifically those who lived here centuries before us. On the sixth day, we come to cherish, respect, and protect the plants that surround us. And on the seventh day, we finally get our bible.
Ben Shahn’s “Pulaski County, Arkansas” is just one of a series of black-and-white Depression-era photographs that will be on display at the Channing Peake Gallery (105 E. Anapamu St.) beginning Tuesday, September 4. The exhibit, titled Ordinary to Extraordinary, will run through Friday, October 26.
It may seem devastatingly defeatist to even consider attending a film about Iraq titled No End in Sight; especially if you believe your mindset is well-represented by a bumper sticker that reads: “I’m already upset about the next war.” But don’t let such thoughts prevent you from taking in this brief, powerful, historical tour of the quagmire created by this administration that’s presently sinking our precious youth, our world reputation, and several trillion of our tax dollars.
Among the most difficult questions facing the world’s art collectors, museums, and galleries is what to do about stolen or otherwise illegitimately obtained art objects. Ask Marion True, the former curator of antiquities at the Getty, who has been brought up on criminal charges in Rome over her role in acquiring art for the museum that later turned out to be stolen.
An unidentified body was found on East Beach at approximately 6:50 a.m. on 8/23. The body is described in police
The driver of a Nissan pickup truck rear-ended a slower-moving tanker truck in the southbound lanes of U.S. 101 near
