June 19, 2025
Tag: UCSB Arts & Lectures
April 14, 2025
March 11, 2025
A Massive Vacant Lot in the Funk Zone
Plus: Jeff Bridges and a screening of "The Big Lebowski"; two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows were announced; Pete Buttigieg talk; Valvoline coming to De La Vina Street; Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum appears here to stay; the former Victor the Florist space is available again; rotating cast at Ensemble Theatre Company's new comedy; anyone remember a "family fun center" called Shady Acres? 15
October 31, 2024
The CVS Store on State Street Is Closing
Other recent news: The downtown library plaza has opened; oak trees to replace stone pines on E. Anapamu Street; Caruso and All Saints by-the-Sea church make a deal; the head of UCSB Arts & Lectures is retiring; free digitization of local home movies; the tree of the month. 6
June 9, 2024
June 14, 2023
May 18, 2023
September 28, 2022
The Jake & Jones Men’s Shop Has Soft-Opened
Plus: New salon coming to De La Vina; retro signage is up at the Courtyard by Marriott on State Street; Opera Santa Barbara presents "Tosca"; Santa Barbara County Search & Rescue open house; Ukrainian cultural celebration; "Memories of Mountain Drive" at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. 4
August 13, 2022
June 12, 2022
Burning Questions
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
- What Are Those Old Pilings in Arroyo Burro Creek?
- What’s This Building Under Construction in Toro Canyon?
- What’s the Story Behind the Seal of the City of Santa Barbara?
- Four Questions From the Mailbag
- What’s This Pole With a Flashing Blue Light?
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