Tag: Santa Barbara Museum of Art

March 17, 2020

Give Burn Areas a Chance to Dry Out Before You Hike

Plus: City recreation facilities are closed; Lotusland, Riviera Theatre, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art are on hiatus; real-estate agents' caravan is off; Island Packers suspends trips for a while; help spruce up the Sespe Wilderness trails; two recent sales of note.

January 29, 2020

Will Oprah Winfrey Add to Her Montecito Estate?

Plus: The Montecito Association is handing out coronavirus masks; contemporary group show at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; how to weigh in on potential Milpas Street improvements; Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced next year's dates.

January 9, 2020

Checking in on the Big New Underground House

Plus: Local museums participating in free-admission day; Kesha to play the Santa Barbara Bowl in May; volunteer to work at a polling place for the presidential primary; options for those who have resolved to learn something new.

December 27, 2019

Highway 101 to Remain Clogged with Traffic Because of I-5 Closure

Plus: Everything is half off at Botanik in Summerland; the beautiful 1937 Chester Carjola house on Pepper Lane has sold; a talk about India's amazing stepwells at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

December 10, 2019

Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 2: Mate Gallery and Santa Barbara Museum of Art

If you want Santa Barbara to have wonderful independent shops, you need to support them. So this holiday season—and year-round, really—make an effort to spend your money here.

September 1, 2019

The Interminable Renovation of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art

In other recent news: An update on flood-control projects in Montecito; Goleta to get a new 132-room hotel; Heal the Ocean's program to recycle Styrofoam; the Old Firehouse building in Montecito changed hands; tiny libraries on State Street.