Wow, really cool mural!
From the HLC submission: "The painted mural is scheduled to be in place for the calendar year and will be painted over before February 2025." I'll try asking the SBTHP whether that's what was passed.
Any update on the deli in the public market?
Is the mural permanent or temporary? Can’t figure it out from the original article.
Went to Best BBQ today: ordered on line so it would be ready when I got there as I was on a short break: had one pork and one beef rib: they gave me a bit of regular and a bit of the hot sauce. The pork won by a narrow lead, but both were delicious. The hot sauce is on the edge of too much but mixed with the regular and it was perfect. Delicious, tender, affordable: this is a great place.
However Best BBQ is legit - went today, their tri-tip is excellent!
Noooooo, Taza was delicious and one of the rare places open late :-(
MCA = Museum of Contemporary Art
Director Cruz was hired this fall. Things were probably approved by the previous administration before that point.
I had lunch at Three Monkeys and spoke with folks setting up Wexler's. They said they hope to open Thursday, February 8.
The new wines pouring at Garagiste all sound like sup-par stringers from Terravant, with the exception of Cross Hatch, which is known for?
First of all, thank you for your generosity towards the arts.
I am trying to understand fully what happened at The Santa Barbara Art Museum with laptop and iPhone in hand. Acronyms are not my forte as I have lived abroad for so long. I have found out what DEIB stands for but I am still in the dark for what MCA stands. Another thing that I do not understand; Didn't Museum Director Cruz have the opportunity to study the list of participating artists that curator Eik had in mind when the project was first proposed? It all sounds so nuts that what sounds like a good show should have been cancelled so late on. I'm afraid this is very counter productive for any of the goals behind Diversity and Equity.
Congrats on building of are time 100 years from now it maybe the only record of what we can build today.
They lock that gate all the time
The underpass has always been horribly noisy, especially when a motorcycle or someone with no muffler passes through. Jeff Shelton will add visual appeal, but let’s hope acoustics will be addressed.
Franceschi is a well used park. Living in the neighborhood, I'm there 3x a week and see others starting there day enjoying the sun rise or viewing sunsets , enjoying picnic lunches or using the paths and stairs of the Lower park for Cardio. Visitors are from all parts of the town, young and old. Only recently has there been any weekly maintenance which isn't much more than emptying trashcans, a 20 min. stop before moving to the other places in town.
We do not need infill of our Historic open spaces.
I totally agree! It's a wonderful historic property and beautiful as is.
Also -- I agree with Maureen. So very disturbingly woke. Woke in practice is the opposite of what it is trying to be. Woke in practice abused time & finances of an institution, lost a major donation(s), and canceled what would have been a coup of an exhibition for Santa Barbara Museum of Art. This would have been a PHENOMENAL show and would have brought a lot of people to town to see it. Again, horrified that this happened.
I was horrified to hear this on many levels. So much of the museum's time and money must have gone into planning this exhibition. For an institution always looking for donations and grants, this is an abuse of finances. Securing loans from other institutions isn't easy and often is the result of years of building relationships-- to cancel after securing is flagrant. Why couldn't the next show feature an artist who is a person of color? To base exhibitions on a person's skin color is not diversity...
The City should not waste any more taxpayer money on this project... much better option would be to sell the property to the highest bidder, who would then quite likely return the property to its original splendor, in an efficient and tasteful manner. The City could then use those much-needed proceeds to repair and improve the rest of the city parks that the residents actually use. Not to mention the current ongoing City costs that would cease (full-time onsite caretaker, repairs and maintenance, etc etc).
Agree that this is an appalling development for SB, and that your decision to adjust a gift is appropriate. The City needs to discontinue funding all of these organizations at least until the housing/homeless crisis is solved. There is sufficient opportunity for private corporate and other public funding of the Arts in SB and those donors can waste their time ignoring art for the sake of politics and DEI if they want to. That is the beauty of America!
Samarkand, in my experience one man’s quota can legitimately be seen as another’s racism/sexism/ageism and that in this free country it is always appropriate to express your opinion… even if someone disagrees or it deviates from what the cool kids, or those who think they are, consider “appropriate”.
To me it’s just sad to see a respected institution get dragged into the mud. But maybe they have bigger donors who want to exclude art based on revisionist thinking or figure they can extort it from the City.
But mostly it makes me sad for the City to waste money on this form of elitism especially when political agendas are played through it - especially while there are people pooping in the bushes of the Museum property and elsewhere around town.
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Wishing each and every one of you a safe and uneventful weekend. All of the latest evacuation warnings and updates can be found here: https://www.countyofsb.org/4135/February-2024-Storm
Take good care of yourselves and your neighbors - the enduring values of compassion and perspective have historically served our city well through moments of real crisis.
The Coral reopened but only to ultra rich that could afford $2,500 a month. The community that supported it for so many years have been left out so that the greedy owner could visit his elite friends when he flys in from Chicago and not have to see the local riff raff.
Talent, Talent, Talent - Not Color, Race or Sexual Orientation - DE & I is Racism Woke Crap!!!
I believe the 3rd Window owner's husband is related to the Neiman Ranch family, so that'll be the reason for the high quality meat, they get a really good deal on beef
