••• At the end of January, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art gift shop will be moving to a smaller location near the State Street entrance lobby “to accommodate the need for an expanded education space for the Education Department and its programming,” explained a representative. “It is anticipated both spaces will be reopened in Spring 2025.” Moreover, “The Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House [1600 Santa Barbara Street]—where most of our art classes and workshops have been held—will close for the assessment of the scope and scale of needed repairs and improvements. To ensure there are no gaps in educational programs, the decision was made to convert the current Museum Store space to function as expanded educational space to house this programming.”
••• Fern + Flair, offering “all things beauty and retail,” including home decor and apparel, has opened at 2600 De La Vina Street (Constance/Alamar). It’s a sibling to The Nail Nook next door.
••• Press release from the county: “The Board of Supervisors supported a plan to reduce speed limits on nearly 36.5 miles of road by five miles per hour. The plan will also reduce the speed limit on two sections of roadway by 10 miles per hour. […] The changes will occur over a few months.” Perhaps this will help, but I’m a little unconvinced, seeing as how rarely speed limits are enforced and the main culprit would seem to be drivers distracted by technology. Anyway, here’s a map showing the pertinent streets (including in the third and fourth districts, not mentioned below), where you can click on a colored segment to see the speed-limit change.
FIRST DISTRICT
—Mission Canyon Road from the Santa Barbara City Limits to State Route 192 [from 35 mph to 30 mph]
—San Ysidro Road from State Route 192 to Jameson Lane North [from 35 mph to 30 mph]
—Sheffield Drive from Jameson Lane North to State Route 192 [from 40 mph to 35 mph]
—Via Real from 800 feet west of Toro Canyon Road to the Carpinteria City Limits [from 40 mph to 35 mph]SECOND DISTRICT
—Modoc Road from Via Senda to City of Santa Barbara [from 50 mph to 40 mph]
—Calle Real from San Marcos Road to Old Mill Road [from 45 mph to 40 mph for part of it, and 40 mph to 35 mph for the rest]
—Camino Corto from El Colegio to Abrego Road [from 35 mph to 30 mph]
—Cathedral Oaks Road from the Goleta City Limits to Turnpike Road [from 40 mph to 35 mph]
—El Colegio Road from Storke Road to the UCSB boundary [from 35 mph to 30 mph]
—Hollister Avenue from the Goleta City Limit to Modoc Road [from 40 mph to 35 mph]
—Las Palmas Drive from Via Senda to Via Benita [from 40 mph to 35 mph for part of it, and 35 mph to 30 mph for the rest]
—Marina Drive from Roble Drive to the Santa Barbara City Limits [40 mph to 35 mph]
—Modoc Road from Encore Drive (East) to Via Senda [from 40 mph to 35 mph for part of it, and 35 mph to 30 mph for the rest]
—Nogal Drive from Vieja Drive to Hollister Avenue [from 30 mph to 25 mph]
—Patterson Avenue from Shoreline Drive and the Goleta City Limits [from 45 mph to 40 mph]
—Patterson Avenue from the Goleta City Limits to Cathedral Oaks Road [from 35 mph to 30 mph]
—San Marcos Road from Calle Real to Cathedral Oaks [from 35 mph to 30 mph]
—State Street from Modoc Road to the Santa Barbara City Limits [from 40 mph to 35 mph]
—Turnpike Road from Hollister Avenue to Cathedral Oaks Road [from 40 mph to 35 mph]
••• Two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows have been announced: French dance-music duo Justice (May 23) and Alison Kraus & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas (July 15).
••• The 39-unit apartment complex at 1922 De La Vina Street (Pedregosa/Mission) goes before the Architectural Board of Review on December 9, but the plan has changed: the commercial buildings along De La Vina will be demolished, and the new building will includes both commercial spaces and residential.
••• Lighthouse Skate Shop, formerly in the Funk Zone, has opened at 907 State Street (Canon Perdido/Carrillo).
••• And activewear brand Vuori‘s new shop—it moved from further up State—is open at the corner of State and Ortega.
••• I’ve been on a moviegoing tear lately, seeing Emilia Pérez, Anora, and Conclave in the theater. (Enjoyed them all! Next up is Queer.) But at both the Riviera Theatre and the Hitchcock, the experience was marred by people talking—one couple chatted the whole way through Anora, and another whispered through Conclave. Part of the problem, I think, was that the theaters were pretty empty, so people might have been under the impression that no one could hear them (in which case, I wonder what they thought I was shushing at). But trust me, you can be heard. Please be quiet or stay at home.
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I admire your gumption to shush people talking during a film. Same with chattering in the library, so inconsiderate!
Around the County? You are aware the County includes Cuyama, Santa Maria, Guadalupe, Santa Ynez Valley and Lompoc- the roads you post getting speed reductions are all SOUTH COUNTY.
As I explained in the text, the changes are all around the county, as indicated in the map that I linked to, but I didn’t list them all in the post.
Thank you
I shush people at concerts ALL the time. I don’t pay good money to go to a live show only to have it marred by the gossip that’s happening in your office or with your roommate. Conclave looks intriguing. Thanks for the recommendations Erik!