April 18, 2024
Odds & Ends
A Knitting Shop Is Opening Downtown
Plus: Moving sale at Eye of the Day in Carpinteria; a visit to antiquarian Lee Stanton's Upper Village shop; next year's dates for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; opposition to El Capitan Canyon Resort's expansion plan; Opera Santa Barbara‘s 2024-2025 lineup. 3
April 15, 2024
April 9, 2024
The Mesa’s House of the Dragon
Plus: Arrediamo rug store has opened in the Big Yellow House; "Titanic Days" at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum; John Fogerty and comedian Bert Kreischer are coming to the Santa Barbara Bowl; Las Positas Tennis Center is back in action; Royal Bee on State Street; the Chrisman California Islands Center in Carpinteria. 6
March 31, 2024
Five-Story Building Proposed for Downtown
Plus: Show of work by artist/architect Nicklaus Schwaller; Jazz at the Ballroom returns to the Lobero Theatre; “non-emergency city offices” closed tomorrow for a holiday; screening of a documentary about 19th-century courtesans in Paris; indoor skydiving in L.A. 4
March 28, 2024
March 24, 2024
Four More Shops Are Under Construction at the Miramar Resort
Plus: Venture Apparel Co. has opened on State Street; Ziggy Marley at the Santa Barbara Bowl; Montecito's Plant Gallery has closed; massive bounce house returning to Elings Park; new renderings of West Beach hotel; contest to decorate State Street Promenade barriers; Jeff Shelton penthouse is a vacation rental; Tomatomania! 14
March 15, 2024
Meghan Markle’s New Lifestyle Brand Is Called American Riviera Orchard
Plus: Three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows were announced; Aquarius Cocktail and Jeanne Ceramics sample sale; details about the yoga and Pilates studio opening in the 700 Linden complex; the CarPlay black hole at Milpas and the 101; Carpinteria Valley Lumber is having a party. 11
March 11, 2024
March 6, 2024
Mate Gallery’s New Shop Is Bigger and Better
Plus: The monthly SB Funk Zone Live celebration; improvements to the perpetually wet Castillo Street undercrossing; a dirt-road block in Los Olivos finally got paved; downtown bank branch to close; Lauren Daigle to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; "Where in Santa Barbara...?" answer; curb cuts designed to redirect rainwater. 1
March 4, 2024
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