Farmers Market
The S.B. Farmers Market is one of the tastiest and entertaining ways to help support area farmers and our beautiful environment. These winter hours will be in effect until Daylight Savings Time begins in the spring.
Year: 2007
The Inns
The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation will present its 17th annual celebration of Una Noche de las Posadas this Saturday, December 15, at 6 p.m. at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park. Las Posadas (The Inns) is the time-honored reenactment of Joseph and Mary’s search for shelter in Bethlehem as it was once celebrated in early California and is still observed throughout Mexico and South America.
Calling All Trendsetters
The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum upcoming juried exhibition, The Bellwether Effect: At the Forefront of Design is asking designers of all walks-architects, graphic artists, fashion designers, electronics engineers, and other creative minds-to submit their works.
Question: ‘What is the story behind this drawing of Santa Barbara?
This pen and ink drawing of Santa Barbara, dated 1844, was executed by a Swede traveling through California in the years 1842-43, G. M. Waseurtz af Sandels. Sandels kept a journal during his travels, with comments on the places he visited and, periodically, with sketches. His journal, thought lost until published by the Society of California Pioneers in 1926, offers a fascinating portrait of California toward the end of Mexican rule.
Eugene Chadbourne, with Bill Barrett and the Colter Frazier/Rob Wallace Duo.
Colter Frazier’s Experimental Music Nights continued this month with a visit from free improvisational guitarist, avant-garde comedian, and all-around musical archivist/political activist Eugene Chadbourne.
Boys and Girls Club Now Open on Saturdays
A ribbon-cutting on 12/8 at the Boys and Girls Club located on the city’s Eastside celebrated the fact that it will now be open on Saturdays.
Adult Ed Woodworking Classes Create Toys for Kids
Elves might not be able to handle the noise and the dust, but it’s Santa Central all year in Room 10 at the Wake Center. Six hundred toys are turned out in this mini factory that’s a class in woodworking on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
SB Film Festival Honors Ryan Gosling
Santa Barbara International Film Festival organizers announced on 12/6 that the inaugural Independent Award will be given to actor Ryan Gosling.
Griffin Saxon
>FRESH TALENT: When he’s not calling galleries to make sure their holiday listings are accurate, dropping files onto the Web site, and otherwise earning the gratitude of The Indy staff, intern Griffin Saxon spends his time courting one or another of his creative muses.
Point Sal Access Still Unresolved
Once visited for its remoteness and natural beauty, recent visitors to Point Sal State Park have found barbed wire fences adorned with no trespassing signs and military security patrols to greet them.