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Star Power

There’s no icon in Montecito more beloved by the community than Lucky’s steakhouse, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this past weekend.

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No Place Like a Festival Home

SBIFF opens its new McHurley Film Center and rolls out a packed 10-day slate of premieres, tributes, panels, and standout films across Santa Barbara.

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Subtle Splendor

Manifattura shares the intimate atmosphere of its popular sister restaurant, Aperitivo, with one key difference…

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Design Driven

The enormous red Adirondack chair fronting William Laman Furniture Garden Antiques on Montecito’s East Valley Road is a treasured local landmark.

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Reflections

Light-filled, airy, with soaring ceilings, Cassandria Blackmore’s new gallery, Blackmore Studios, is the perfect showcase for her innovative reverse-painted glass creations

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Poetry in Bronze

Susan Read Cronin’s sculptures are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Visual puns, clever juxtapositions, playful takes on animals, plants, and body parts (noses!)

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Basque Glow

The latest addition to the arts district, Dom’s Taverna, brightens up a historic building that once served as the headquarters of the California Electric Company

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Shock & Awe

An exciting exhibition, The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse From the Dallas Museum of Art, now on view at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art focuses on Impressionism’s rebellious origins and its extraordinary influence on the art world

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Night at the Museum

A festive crowd gathered downtown at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art to toast Santa Barbara Magazine’s 50th anniversary and to celebrate the publication of its winter Culture Issue.

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Fired Up

A drive through Carpinteria is never complete without a stop to see what ceramicist Miri Mara is bringing to life at the wheel. 

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French Connection

The art scene in Santa Barbara is becoming more global, as evidenced by the recent opening of Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery, helmed by French couple Fanny Seimandi and Julien Leprieur.

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Rustic Revival

“You come here, and there’s a certain magic. We want every guest to feel that,” says Alia Rocher. 

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