Tag: Santa Barbara International Film Festival

October 8, 2024

Downtown Santa Barbara Is Getting an Arthouse Cinema

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take over the former Fiesta Five cineplex in order to create a hub for the film festival and screen films the rest of the year. 3

May 9, 2024

The Film Festival Might Take Over a Downtown Movie Theater

Other recent news: Sea Smoke sold to giant beverage company; UCLA Health opened a clinic downtown; turmoil at the Boys & Girls Club; history of the Barnsdall-Rio Grande Filling Station in Goleta; commuter rail progress; winemakers trying again for a business improvement district; seaside bluff named after artist Chris Potter.

April 18, 2024

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

May 2, 2023

Sistine Chapel Exhibit Is Coming to the Mission

Plus: Quonset hut for rent; Loma Alta Drive reopens this week; renderings of The Lofts at the Mill; 2024 dates for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; abstract art at My Pet Ram; when the City Hall parking lot is open to the public. 6

February 13, 2023

Rooms & Gardens Is Moving to Montecito

Plus: MarBorg's price hike for "non-curbside" service; Goleta Beach County Park has partially reopened; Zodo's bowling alley has been rebranded; documentary about the cool house on Pepper Hill; city survey about the Single Family Design Board design review process; contemporary photos of old buildings; Highway 101 construction updates. 12

January 21, 2023

A-List Boutique to Open in Montecito’s Upper Village

Plus: Kismet will open a dedicated lingerie studio; Jack Johnson to play the Lobero Theatre; the slate for the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival; the Montecito Tea Gardens gets another $10 million price cut; are you Santa Barbara's next poet laureate? 5

July 13, 2022

Bossie the Cow Is Getting Rebuilt and Moved

Plus: The Randall Road Debris Basin is just about done; the Chumash are working on a 31,000-square-foot commercial building in Santa Ynez; 2023 dates of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; the city's ugly new solar arrays; this year's French Festival has been canceled; what not to do with used corks. 5

February 13, 2022

Seven-Foot-Tall Sunflower Sculptures Proposed for State Street

Plus: Over-the-top Valentine's Day decorations on Foothill Road; plans to tear down a 20-year-old estate on Picacho Lane; the 747 Designs shop is having a big sale before it closes; this year's Santa Barbara International Film Festival slate; a revised take on a big Eucalyptus Hill house. 1

December 1, 2021

A Production Designer Has Opened a Stylish Shop

Plus: Lots of great vendors at the Victoria Court holiday market; the Goo Goo Dolls play the Bowl next fall; what's happening at Summerland's gas station; pop-up gallery on De La Guerra Plaza from Oat Bakery's Louise Ulrich; Slingshot/Alpha Art Studio is moving; three new local books for your gift list. 1

November 15, 2021

33-Unit Apartment Complex in the Works for Garden Street

Plus: Santa Barbara's Parade of Lights is back on this year; a new rendering of the SoMo Funk development taking over an entire Funk Zone block; Hot Springs spec house pre-sells for a big number; good news about the Highway 101 construction ramp reopenings; bluff landslide in Isla Vista; online Q&A with actor Christopher Lloyd; $4 million price cut for Butterfly Beach house.