A & E BRIEFS
Healing to help youth
The Santa Barbara Chapter of Healing the Soul of America is
sponsoring a series of events this week, raising funds for local youth groups
such as Unity Youth, Info Shop, City at Peace, and Just Communities. A variety
show will take place June 28 at the Marjorie Luke Theater, 721 East Cota St.,
at 5:30 p.m. It will be followed on June 29 at 11 a.m. with an open-mike brunch
at the Arts Fund, 205 Santa Barbara St. The brunch is free, but tickets and
further information about the events are available at
http://www.HealingSoulofAmerica.org.
Kevin Starr will lecture
California historian Kevin Starr will speak at a Lecture and
Luncheon on June 29 in the Olive Grove at Rancho El Zaco. This is the second
such event in a series Sandy Hill and Thomas H. Dittmer are hosting, touching
on state government, politics and history. Kevin Starr is an historian,
best-known for his multi-volume series on the history of the Golden State,
collectively called “America and the California Dream.” Starr is currently
University Professor and Professor of History at the University of Southern
California, but has been a professor or visiting lecturer at numerous
California universities, including UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC
Santa Clara, the University of San Francisco and Stanford University.
Lurch, from here to Santa Fe
Los Olivos painter Martha Inman Lurch has developed a rapport with
New Mexico’s stark beauty. She is featuring “From Here to Santa Fe,” her
present exhibit at Gallery Los Olivos 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. The exhibit
runs July 1-31, and will include paintings of subjects from the Santa Barbara
area, as well.
There will be a reception on July 3 from 3 to 5 p.m., where
visitors can talk with the artist about her work.
Lurch is a member of the Santa Barbara Art Assn., the Goleta
Valley Art Assn., SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the
Environment), the Los Padres Watercolor Society and the Artists Guild of the
Santa Ynez Valley.
Vineyard House features jazz
The Vineyard House restaurant in Santa Ynez is now offering live
jazz every Wednesday evening through Oct. 1.
For a nominal fee, patrons can hear smooth jazz while enjoying
cocktails or dinner, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Reservations are available by calling
688-2886,
The Vineyard House is located at 3631 Sagunto St. in Santa Ynez.
Entertainment listings are posted on the website at www.thevineyardhouse.com.
Meet ‘The Band’ at UCSB
A critical favorite, the film “The Band,” will show at UCSB’s
Campbell Hall on July 2 at 7:30 p.m. The story involves Egypt’s Alexandria
Ceremonial Police Orchestra coming to Israel to play at the opening of an Arab
cultural center. The band arrives, but the hosts and transportation fail to
materialize. The musicians embark on a series of misadventures and, according
to the story synopsis, “the unlikeliest of romances blossoms in an isolated
desert town.” The film was the Israeli Academy Award winner for Best Film.
Tickets can be purchased at http://www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu, or by
telephoning (805) 893-3535.
SYV July 4th will pop
The day-long July 4th fun in the Santa Ynez Valley will culminate
with a spectacular fireworks extravaganza after the sky is dark.
SYV Rotary Club is planning a full day of celebration, at the Old
Mission Santa Ynes, from 1 to 9 p.m. Admission to the festivities is free to
valley residents and visitors alike.
Area bands will perform, and MIX 96.7 will broadcast from the
mission grounds. Rotary will also provide special activities for children.
There will be a variety of food booths, a wine and beer garden serving valley
vintages and brews, and games and trinket booths for all ages.
All proceeds from the festivities will be used to support the
charities and institutions that Rotary assists through the year. The club, in
announcing the events, stated that “Rotary . . . recognizes, in addition to
many other corporate and individual sponsors, Knight Broadcasting and the Santa
Ynez Valley Band of Chumash Indians.”
Greet the Fourth with music
Santa Barbara’s annual Fourth of July extravaganza, featuring the
Santa Barbara Symphony and the Choral Arts Society, will take place in the
Sunken Gardens of the Courthouse.
Festivities start at 5 p.m. and there is no admission charge.
Families and individuals can bring beach chairs, blankets and picnic suppers to
enjoy. Guest conductor Diane Wittry has chosen a theme of “Travel Across the
Country.”
Selections will include “Fanfare for the Common Man,” the “Star-Spangled
Banner,” themes from “Rocky,” John Williams’ “Liberty Fanfare,” “Dyess,” “New
York, New York,” “St. Louis Blues,” “Mardi Gras from Mississippi” and “I Left
My Heart in San Francisco.”
The Santa Barbara Choral Society, under the direction of JoAnne
Wasserman, will join the orchestra in singing patriotic favorites such as “This
Land Is Your Land,” “God Bless the USA,” “An American Hymn” and “Armed Forces
Salute.”
Before the concert, Peter Feldman and the Very Lonesome Boys will
entertain with bluegrass music, starting at 4 p.m.
The concert will
conclude with Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky’s rousing “1812 Overture.”