ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events

by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, JULY 6

Art Walk Entertainment – Five films, Filippi at Fine Art, and a cover band that says exactly what it does in its name highlight the performing art opportunities at July’s 1st Thursday. SBIFF’s Santa Barbara Filmmaker Series (SBIFF Education Center, 1330 State St.), which usually focuses on a single short doc from a local director, this time features five short films that were made just last month by 30 teenagers during SBIFF’s Film Camp, held in partnership with United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County. The campers/auteurs will be at the screening to present their movies, which screen every half-hour from 5:30-7 pm… Santa Barbara Fine Art (321 State St.) celebrates its sixth anniversary with a special live performance by professional opera singer Alessandra Rossi-Filippi , an L.A.-based Eastman School of Music-trained soprano who has performed at the White House and the Kennedy Center. Enjoy wine and champagne as well as the arias and art songs… As you might expect, The Cover Alls are, yes, a cover band, one that plays a satisfying swatch of styles from pop of the last four decades to Island-style reggae, hip hop, country, and R&B. Song requests are welcome at their sets on the 800 Block of State St.

WHEN: 5-8 pm

WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets

COST: free

INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

FRIDAY, JULY 7

Young at Heart – Neil Young ’s new Coastal tour that ends a nearly four-year hiatus from the road somehow seems even more essential in the wake of the death six months ago of former CSNY band mate David Crosby . But don’t go to the Santa Barbara Bowl tonight for a trip down greatest hits memory lane. Young has promised to focus almost exclusively on songs he’s rarely or even never played live, and the opening night of the solo acoustic shows last Friday in Los Angeles included just a couple outside the deep cuts realm in “Ohio,” “Heart of Gold,” and “Mother Earth.” The rest of the 17-song set pulled from such disparate depths as his 1995 Pearl Jam collaboration Mirror Ball, which he hasn’t played live in 25 years; “When I Hold You in My Arms” from 2002’s Are You Passionate? that was recorded originally with

THURSDAY, JULY 6

1st Thursday – Two new venues and a few old favorites feature in the first official 1st Thursday of the summer.

Community Environmental Council’s (1219 State St.) highly anticipated Environmental Hub hosts its grand opening, celebrating the state-of-theart collaborative space designed to be an epicenter for community activism, education, entrepreneurship, media, and art as well as the new offices for the half-century old nonprofit. First up on the wall space is Return of the Western Monarch , a photographic exhibit and scientific roadmap for protecting this endangered species by resident artist Elizabeth Weber Ribbon cutting at 5:30 pm… Photography is also featured at the new Slice of Light Gallery (9 W. Figueroa St.), with a grand opening invitation to sip on refreshing drinks from the bar while immersing yourself in mesmerizing images of fine art photography and astrophotography by J K Lovelace , Royal Museum Greenwich’s 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year in the Skyscapes category... Elsewhere, Angels Among Us! is the ascending show of archival charcoal drawings by animal “artivist” Dove ( Dolphingirl ), aka Leah , which opens today at The Press Room (15 E. Ortega St.). All proceeds from sales of the drawings that date back more than a quarter-century plus some new ones benefit animal advocacy… With August less than a month away, Santa Barbara Historical Museum (136 E. De la Guerra St.) opens its annual Project Fiesta! exhibit, now celebrating 99 years as Santa Barbara’s largest civic celebration. The exhibit features 99 images of Fiesta curated from the Museum’s Gledhill Library’s extensive archive… 10 West (10 W. Anapamu St.) sinks into the season with Summer Saturation , which explores the depth of color in the natural world and encompasses the immersive effect that art can have on the human mind, soul, and spirit. Participating artists expected at tonight’s reception include Karin Aggeler , Penny Arntz , Bryson Bost , Sophie MJ Cooper , Rick Doehring , Sheldon Kaganoff , Pamela Larsson-Toscher , Dahlia Riley , Eric Saint Georges , Marlene Struss , and Karen Zazon Blessed Assurance is the appropriate name for the new show at Art Works (28 E. Victoria St.), featuring mixed media pieces by the blind artist Joe Colunga , who has created his own techniques that include visual sheet music, textured paint, and typed braille as well as 3D sculptures.

WHEN: 5-8 pm

WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets

COST: free

Concerts in the Park – The Paradise Kings – Santa Barbara-based purveyors of rock, blues, and swing –get the honor of performing the opening concert at Chase Palm Park to launch the 2023 edition of the most popular free weekly summertime event in town. As 2017 Winners of Santa Barbara Blues Society’s Battle of the Bands, the Kings should have no trouble getting folks to get down on the dirt patch that serves as the dance floor with a variety of beats and rhythms. Picnics are encouraged as are blankets and low-back chairs but leave the alcohol, cigarettes, vaping pipes, and pets at home for the free family festival-style event blessed with waterfront vibes at the gently rolling hills of the Great Meadow in Chase Palm Park. As a reminder, the concerts are now just a single set from 6-7:30 pm, ending an hour earlier than in past seasons. Next up: The Molly Ringwald Project on July 6.

WHEN: 6-7:30 pm

WHERE: 300 E. Cabrillo Blvd.

COST: free

INFO: (805) 564-5418 or www.santabarbaraca.gov

INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

Booker T. & the MG’s; “Burned,” a Buffalo Springfield song from 1966; and 1982 Trans outtake “If You Got Love.” “They’re old songs. But I wake up with them in my head every morning,” Young told Rolling Stone when he announced the tour. “They are songs that apply to my life right now, and apply to everyone’s lives in this era that we’re in.” Hardcore fans should be in heaven. Americana-blues singer-songwriter Chris Pierce (“We Can Always Come Back To This”) opens.

WHEN: 7 pm

WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St.

COST: $84.50-$284.50

INFO: (805) 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com

SATURDAY, JULY 8

A Garden (State) Grows in Ojai – Your faithful correspondent first started writing about pop music in northern New Jersey, home of The Smithereens, who began their jangly rock jamming in Jersey back in 1980, playing clubs and concert halls all around the local scene – including the Court Tavern smack in the middle of Rutgers University campuses, and Stone Pony in Asbury Park, where Bruce

Out of This World – UCSB A&L summer film series launches with Close Encounters of the Third Kind , the 1977 Steven Spielberg sci-fi blockbuster that not only presaged E.T. – the director’s movie about even closer encounters with alien visitors five years later – but also made it safe for adults to play with their mashed potatoes as an art medium again. The fun begins early! Bring a picnic, low-back chairs, and breathable blankets to protect the lawn and enjoy the evening with friends and neighbors while taking part in the other official offerings at the Sunken Gardens including DJ music, raffle prizes, and other activities before the screening begins just after sundown. Coming next Friday (July 14): Alien , which carried the tagline “In space, no one can hear you scream.” But we can at the Courthouse!

WHEN: 8:30 pm

WHERE: Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens, 1100 Anacapa St.

COST: free

INFO: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

Springsteen cut his teeth – even after scoring with future rock radio staples “Blood and Roses,” “Only a Memory,” and “Behind the Wall of Sleep.” It’s not just me: Kurt Cobain counted The Smithereens as a major influence on Nirvana. Another personal fave at the time: Marshall Crenshaw, the Buddy Holly-inspired singer-songwriter-guitarist whose own eponymous 1982 album remains one of my desert island discs on the strength of such songs as “Someday, Someway,” “There She Goes Again,” “Cynical Girl,” and “Mary Anne.” Crenshaw, who has only played in town sporadically over the last four decades, is also performing as guest vocalist for The Smithereens since the 2017 death of the band’s lead singer Pat DiNizio, alternating touring duties with Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms (who played Libbey last week). I love ‘em both, so they’re getting a whole lotta love (and ink) in these pages. It doesn’t hurt that Dishwalla, one of the more enduring bands to have emerged from Santa Barbara, opens the show. WHEN: 7 pm

WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai

COST: $28-$68

INFO: (805) 272-3881 / https://libbeybowl.org/calendar or https://wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com/libbey-bowl-ojai/

SUNDAY, JULY 9

Dolphin Dive Festival – SB Sunrise Rotary’s third annual fundraiser at Chase Palm Park’s Great Meadow is designed specifically for family fun, with activities including face painting and lawn games, music by The Molly Ringwald Project (who will be back in the same space for Concerts in the Park on July 13) and Do No Harm, and food from Gloria’s Gourmet Kitchen, Cousins Maine Lobster, and Kona Ice. The wine and beer garden is for adults. The signature activity is the Dolphin Races, featuring more than 1,000 numbered miniature plastic dolphins unleashed from a huge water tank at the top of the hill to navigate the 200-foot racecourse (a Slip ‘N’ Slide). The top three finishers earn cash prizes for their adopters – those that purchased sponsorships of the individual dolphins. After four heats produce 12 cash winners, a fifth race is free for children who decorate a dolphin at the Dolphin Decorating Booth.

WHEN: 11 am-5 pm

WHERE: 300 E. Cabrillo Blvd.

COST: free

INFO: www.sbdolphindive.com

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