Tag archives: Christmas
by Jeff Wing and Zach Rosen ‘Tis that time of year… the parking lots are getting thick and the shelves are slimmin’ as seemingly everyone hurries around town to wrap up their holiday shopping. If you’re similarly behind in the holiday hustle, these downtown Santa Barbara stores can help you fulfill that loving checklist faster […]
Tchaikovsky might not have approved, but a packed audience at the Arlington Theatre watching the New York-based Dorrance Dance company’s Nutcracker Suite, part of UCSB’s popular Arts & Lectures series, showed their approval after a 75-minute jazzy new version of the Christmas tradition. Set to a new arrangement of the Yuletide classic by Duke Ellington […]
La Arcada, the charming thoroughfare off State Street, had its 29th annual Christmas Walk with carolers in Dickensian costume, a real snow machine and free popcorn for 1,000 guests. Youngsters were even able to send letters to Santa Claus with typewriters in the Crafter’s Library which, given their age, was probably the first time they’d […]
And it’s Bigger and Brighter Than Ever! It’s finally here, Montecito’s moment for ultimate holiday cheer! Ring a jingle bell? The Montecito Association and the holiday powers that be are throwing the 4th Annual Holiday Magic Car Parade on Saturday, December 14th! And our sleigh bell sources tell us that this year will be even […]
If you walked along Coast Village Road this week you may have noticed that there have been some holiday elves (okay, let’s just call them what they are – very hard workers) adding festive color and décor – including the monolithic 25+ foot tree that stands in front of Renaud’s – along the Lower Village’s […]
Until I was five years old, I had never heard of Santa Claus. Instead, being born in Holland, each year I anticipated the December 5th arrival of Sinterklaas and his stalwart assistant Zwarte Piet. Supposedly, they arrived from Spain on a steamship complete with the blessed bishop’s white horse, which huppelt het dek op en […]
Tickets have been selling briskly for the 20th annual Westmont Christmas Festival which will be held Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 pm and Sunday, Dec. 15, at 3 pm at the Granada Theatre. Tickets, which cost $22 each, may be purchased at westmont.edu/christmas-festival. This wonderful evening of music features the Westmont Orchestra, College Choir, and […]
Society Invites says it is time to bring your holiday cheer to our neighboring towns and fire departments. Jot down these dates in your holiday outings schedule, which follow with Montecito’s holiday events – you can easily move from one party to the next on the same day! Let the hot cocoa and champagne begin! […]
Most towns with an “Upper” and “Lower” Village release the buildup of civic tension by staging occasional rumbles – West Side Story style. We all remember with great fondness the finger-snapping Pierre Lafond crew pirouetting in tight formation as they surrounded international master jeweler Daniel Gibbings – and the high-kicking Grande Battement with which Gibbings […]
Grace Fisher Foundation’s seventh annual Winter Music Showcase also marks the 10-year milestone since then-high school senior Fisher contracted a rare virus that suddenly spread to her spine, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down. Confined to her wheelchair, Fisher quickly resumed her interest in art and music via specially-adapted devices, and less than three […]
The Lobero Theatre has two holiday concerts in the lineup for this week, including Johnnyswim, the American folk-pop duo of married singer-songwriters Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez, presenting their Johnnyswim Christmas show on December 10. Two days later, it’s the return of “Christmas with The Petersens,” the concert full of Christmas classics delivered the way […]
A wintry evening and you are momentarily alone. Your friends will be by soon to collect you. You’re all headed to starry Coast Village Road, where your lovely gang will walk, arms linked, straight into the welcoming embrace of the lamplit Lower Village. For now, though, you’re lost in reflection. December. Another year! Cupping your […]
Bob and Holly Murphy celebrated the 14th anniversary of their colorful La Arcada two-story gift store Coast 2 Coast Collection with a boffo bash for more than 150 guests, a fun fête so large they took over the eatery State & Fig, just across the way to accommodate everyone. The locale – formerly Hampstead Village, […]
It’s that time of year again! Are you looking for unique and special gifts for your friends and family? Check out this epic gift list that’ll help you shop local this holiday season! This stunning blue tourmaline cabochon ring, features accents of indicolite tourmalines & diamonds set in platinum Since 1976, Internationally recognized Silverhorn Jewelers […]
SBCC Theatre jumps the gun on the holiday season, turning to Tony Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang’s Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge for its student showcase, even before the campus collectively takes a break to talk – er, eat – turkey. A twist on the classic A Christmas Carol, Binge gets all unhinged in a […]
Ghost Village Road: On October 31st, join the community for Ghost Village Road family fun on CVR, where the magic of trick-or-treating comes truly alive. Businesses will be generously lavishing the best treats on those in costume, and you’ll love seeing all the creative Halloween outfits ! Some so adorable you’ll be made helpless by […]
The much looked forward to Casa del Herrero “Home for the Holidays”evening was held at the organization’s rare jewel outdoor area – its Spanish Patio and Blue and White Garden off the formal living room – on Saturday, December 9. The 150 guests were treated to the blissful Spanish guitar of Chris Fossek, while they […]
The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission (SBRM) Women’s Auxiliary (WA) held its annual Bethel House Christmas Tea for its women in recovery program on Wednesday, December 13 at the home of Susan Hughes. Dianne Davis, Hospitality Chair, organized the event, and Kirsten Walters, Membership Chair, organized the activities for the event, including the prayers, singing Christmas […]
Guitarist Chris Shiflett grew up on Santa Barbara’s Eastside just a short walk from the Santa Barbara Bowl, the local amphitheater he would eventually play with as the lead guitarist in Foo Fighters. But back in the ‘70s and ‘80s it was the bar scene and house parties for Shiflett, who went to the junior […]
Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, and Declan Kelly, better known as the Irish Tenors, are all well on in years and miles on the road, but have piled into one hotel room in Plymouth, Massachusetts, like a band out on its first tour. The Tenors have a history of hits with classics from the Emerald Isle […]
