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ON the Catwalk DOGwalk
Prepare for a contact of furry glamour on the Miramar, when the “Greatest in Present” occasion takes place on their nice garden on Sunday, August 27. It’ll be a paw-some afternoon (sorry, I couldn’t resist!), hosted by actress Camilla Belle, together with Rosewood Miramar Managing Director Rick Fidel, in honor of Nationwide Canine Day. Proceeds from this second annual profit — offered by STAUD, an L.A.-based model that includes ladies’s fashions and a customized pet portrait assortment — are going to regional shelters, Santa Barbara Humane, and Love Leo Rescue.
Competitors classes embody: Miramar’s Greatest in Present, Trick of the Day, Most Spirit, and Greatest Look, and Paw-garitas that includes cantaloupe, coconut milk, and mint are additionally on the menu. For extra data, click on right here.
ON the (Comedy) State
Relative to the dimensions of our metropolis, we’ve got such an unbelievable full plate of cultural riches in Santa Barbara in so some ways, however comedy is one space that we’re a bit underserved for my part. That’s a part of why I used to be so excited to get a observe from the Lobero that Brad Williams is coming to the stage on January 6 (tickets are presently on presale right here). One in every of my fondest stand-up reminiscences is his Enjoyable Measurement present on the LOL Comedy Pageant on that very stage again in 2014, which finally grew to become his first comedy particular, now streaming on-line. Robin Williams (no relation) referred to as Brad Williams “Prozac with a head.” Belief me, in case you’re a comedy fan, you don’t wish to miss this one! Preserve a watch out for extra nice comedy to be introduced on the Lobero fairly quickly, though sadly it doesn’t appear to be that enjoyable LOL Comedy Pageant is coming again to S.B. anytime quickly — it’s moved to Cancun!
ON the State Road Promenade
One of many many cool programming issues now potential due to State Road’s closure to vehicles, the Granada Theatre’s free Roar & Pour live performance sequence — a collaboration with the stunning of us at The Good Lion — is again in motion each Thursday this month, from 6-8 p.m. It kicked off with The 192s, and up subsequent we’ve received the Dan Zimmerman Band (Aug. 17), adopted by The Doublewide Kings (Aug. 24), and One thing This Manner Magic (Aug. 31).
ON the Web page
Our poetry columnist, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio, can also be a musician along with being a author. She joins the Library on the Go van for a set of songs and poetry on Thursday, August 17, from midday to 1 p.m. at Shoreline Park.
Artist and poet Linda Saccoccio not too long ago returned dwelling after a month-long residency at the Ionion Heart for the Arts & Tradition in Greece (not a nasty option to begin the summer season). Working with a dancer/choreographer Nerissa Tunnessen and poet Nicholas Skaldetvind, they produced this beautiful poetry and dance collaboration, which you’ll be able to view right here.
ON the Stage
It was simply introduced that Reggae artist Mike Love is coming to SOhO on September 18 for a particular profit present for Unite to Mild and REACH For Uganda, two nonprofits coming collectively to make a optimistic distinction on the planet. The Santa Barbara–based mostly Unite to Mild is devoted to offering clear, renewable gentle and power to individuals dwelling with out electrical energy. In line with the organizers, “the live performance goals to offer 2,000 solar-powered Luke Lights to create Mild Libraries at REACH for Uganda faculties. A Mild Library is the place faculties possess a variety of solar-powered Luke Lights for college students to take a look at. By trying out the Luke Lights, college students can take them dwelling to check after the solar goes down. When college students are completed, they will return the sunshine for one more pupil to take a look at. Mild Library initiatives have led to a 30 % enhance in commencement charges.” For extra details about the present, click on right here.
Two of my favourite musical quipsters are at it once more. On October 14, Hale Milgrim (former President/CEO of Capitol Information) and music lover Richard Salzberg (a okay a Music Maniac) will probably be again on the Lobero stage with “Music on the Crossroads,” a musical journey from the Nineteen Sixties to the current that examines how blues, nation, people, soul, reggae, classical, jazz, digital, and rock kinds converge, advised through archival movie footage and nice tales from their intensive library collections. If you happen to haven’t seen one among these nice Go to Hale: Quips and Clips reveals earlier than, you’re in for a deal with. Click on right here for extra data.
Dance followers received’t wish to miss the Colours of Love dance present at Heart Stage Theater on August 26. It’s a mix of dancers and singers starting from latin, samba, stomach dance, and Argentine tango, flamenco and extra, and it’s all a profit for the brand new nonprofit Rework By Arts. Click on right here for extra data.
ON the Podium
UCSB Arts & Lectures introduced two additions to the upcoming lecture lineup: Mustafa Suleyman, creator of The Coming Wave: Expertise, Energy, and the Twenty-first Century’s Best Dilemma on October 5 and Robin Wall Kimmerer, creator of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Knowledge, Scientific Data and the Teachings of Vegetation on November 14. Tech entrepreneur and AI skilled Suleyman will discover a highly regarded subject: how we will include the wave of highly effective new applied sciences that may outline the approaching decade. Plant ecologist, MacArthur fellow, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Kimmerer will focus on the reciprocal relationship between people and nature and embracing the indigenous notion that crops and animals are our oldest lecturers. See artsandlectures.ucsb.edu for added data and tickets.
ON the Calender
If you happen to haven’t had the possibility to see the browsing photographer Dan Merkel’s gorgeous assortment of large-scale pictures and panoramic images of waves, get your self to Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s exhibit The Lure of Lighthouses & Dancing Waves earlier than it closes on August 27. The lighthouse images of pictures of lighthouses from close to and much — from Cape Elizabeth and Cape Hatteras on the East Coast and Level Loma and Level Pinos on the West to Portugal and Australia — are accompanied by Merkel’s images of waves all through the world.
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