Posted by tracey on: Thu 26th Apr, 2012

Maurie Lord (Genesis West) and Mitchell Thomas (Westmont) have been presenting Wallace Shawn's The Fever around town for the past year. They took a short break but are back with several shows over the next week. Catch it while you can!

Winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play, Wallace Shawn's The Fever is a blistering, funny, compassionate, and challenging one-man show that asks, in a highly original way: is it possible, or even right, for a sensitive person to be happy in today's world?

Performance Dates and Locations:

Thursday- Saturday, April 26, 27, 28 The Space at Porter Theatre
(Westmont College) For tickets, reservations, or directions to the
theatre call 805.565.7140 

Sunday, April 29 Trinity Episcopal Church, Parish Hall 1500 State Street

Wednesday, May 2 Municipal Winemakers 22 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara

All shows 8:00 pm
Runtime: 90 minutes
Performed without intermission
Tickets: $10 at the door

Side note: If I were you I'd catch it on May 2 at Municipal Winemakers, You don't often get the chance to sip some great wine while watching a play. 

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Tags: sbarts, wallace shawn, the fever, mitchell thomas, maurie lord, westmont college, Genesis West

Posted by tracey on: Wed 25th Apr, 2012

Posted by tracey on: Fri 20th Apr, 2012

Be sure to check out the work of Francis M. Dawson in the Living Green section of Earth Day! He'll be working on a living wall display organized by the folks at LoaTree.

You've also seen his work at the Jardin de las Granadas on Anapamu just across from the Library. It's a work called Stochastic Probability which refers to a sequence of random variables which make things happen, in this case, of how plants grow. Check out the video below to see how the sculptures were planted. Then see it for yourself as you head over to Alameda Park and Earth Day!

From Wikipedia:

The concept of the green wall dates back to 600 BC with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. More recently, the larger green walls concept has been utilized with innovative hydroponics technology.

Green walls are found most often in urban environments where the plants reduce overall temperatures of the building. The primary cause of heat build-up in cities is insolation, the absorption of solar radiation by roads and buildings in the city and the storage of this heat in the building material and its subsequent re-radiation. Plant surfaces however, as a result of transpiration, do not rise more than 4–5 °C above the ambient and are sometimes cooler.

Living walls may also be a means for water reuse. The plants may purify slightly polluted water (such as greywater) by absorbing the dissolved nutrients. Bacteria mineralize the organic components to make them available to the plants.

Living walls are particularly suitable for cities, as they allow good use of available vertical surface areas. They are also suitable in arid areas, as the circulating water on a vertical wall is less likely to evaporate than in horizontal gardens.

The living wall could also function for urban agriculture, urban gardening, or for its beauty as art. It is sometimes built indoors to help alleviate sick building syndrome.

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Tags: sbarts, Francis M. Dawson, Jardin de las Granadas, Loa Tree, Green Walls, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, earth day, santa barbara

Posted by tracey on: Tue 17th Apr, 2012

How awesome was it to see Santa Barbara represented at Coachella? I managed to rally at the crack of noon to catch a set by gardens & villa in the Mojave tent on Sunday. I highly recommend checking them out if you're going to the second weekend.

Closer to home you can catch them at the Santa Barbara Bowl for KJEE's Summer Roundup in June.

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Tags: sbarts, coachella2012, coachella, KJEE, Gardens & Villa, santa barbara bowl

Posted by tracey on: Tue 17th Apr, 2012

Found in downtown

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Posted by tracey on: Tue 10th Apr, 2012

You are invited to join Opera Santa Barbara for a free concert featuring members of our Studio Artist Program. The concert will include opera arias and duets, performed with piano accompaniment.

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Tags: sbarts, Opera Santa Barbara, Free Concert, the granada

Posted by tracey on: Mon 9th Apr, 2012

These are some amazing theater people working in Santa Barbara. GO!

Dramatic Women Invites you to

AUDITIONS!

Saturday April 14, 2012 10am-4pm
Lobero Theatre Rehearsal Hall

Two New One-Act Plays:

Unfinished Business by Rod Lathim
Wabi Sabi Underground by Ellen K. Anderson
For performance at Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
In an evening called THREE May 24-27, 2012

 Get all the info at http://dramaticwomen.org/

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Tags: sbarts, Dramatic Women, Lobero Theatre, Center Stage Theater, Rod Lathim, Ellen Anderson, Catherine Cole