Even if our coastal gardens are tottering along toward summer under the morning fogs, interior valley gardens are busting out with all the most flavorful summer crops. Very sweet corn, luscious peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots, and many others are showing up in supermarket bins.
PIPE DREAMS AND SLIPPERY SLOPES: Calling all crackpots! If you’ve got a half-baked, hair-brained scheme for creating rain and making the desert bloom, it’s high time to haul it out of the closet.
Last week, my grandmother passed away. It was, relatively speaking, pretty quick and painless, and not entirely unexpected. Although those details were beside the point when talking to my dad, who’s mourning his mother and dealing with the shock of his newfound status as an orphan.
U and S.B.: The next Plan Santa Barbara meeting allows citizens to give input regarding the future of the city. 6-9pm. Westside Community Center, 423 W. Victoria St. Email info@youplansb.org.
Evening is a deeply emotional film based on the beloved novel by Susan Minot, who adapted it for the screen with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham (The Hours). It deals with the timeless love that binds mother and daughter, seen through the prism of one mother’s life as it crests with optimism, navigates a turning point, and ebbs to its death.
The names Payton and Jordan go together like Sweetness and Air, which happen to be the nicknames of Chicago sports legends Walter Payton and Michael Jordan. But long before they made headlines, a lad named Payton Jordan from Pasadena was one of the fastest human beings you never heard of.
Studio Three East’s director, Erika Carter, makes the most of her extensive social network with this exhibit, which allows Philip Koplin and Virginia McCracken, who happen to live together, to show as a team.
Summer’s here and the time is right for cocktails with fresh juice. There’s no better way to squeeze that lime, Meyer lemon, or orange than with an “all-metal clasp down on the ripe sucker” juicer. And I’m not being coy leaving out what company’s tool you should buy.
For most people, the word “prefab” conjures up images of trailer parks, grim industrial complexes, or sprawling suburban tracts. But among certain forward-thinking, ecologically conscious folks with an inclination for contemporary design, pre-fabricated modular housing is fast becoming the hottest thing around.
Carol Burnett is the winner of six Emmy awards and creator of The Carol Burnett Show, one of America’s most beloved TV programs, which aired from 1967-1978. Burnett has also written books and plays, and acted for television and film. She continues to appear in stage productions, most recently a staged reading in Los Angeles.
