A (Short) Road Trip to Heaven!

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There is so much beauty and so many things to do (or not do) in the Santa Barbara area, why travel long distances for a vacation, especially if you only have four days? So, I and my cohorts in crime Kendal and Paco packed up the wagon and headed for…

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Just Right

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So many ways this could be a clunker, but, it, is, NOT. Thanks to the just right acting by Trevor Peterson and Leilani Smith and direction by Sandra McClain and an acerbically witty script that successfully covers a lot of ground about Aspergers syndrome/autism, potentially shattered dreams, attraction, intimacy and…

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Oh-High-Lights IV

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There was plenty of heat in Libby Bowl Sunday June 9th as the 63rd Music Fest wrapped up, and a lot of it was happening onstage. Things got off to a humorous start with William Walton’s “Facade – An Entertainment,” a meticulously crafted bit of fluff based on an eccentric…

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Oh-High-Lights III

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The first part of Saturday’s afternoon concert, “Remembering Olly,” a tribute to Oliver Knussen, composer and 2005 OMF Music Director, featured 7 short but concise pieces performed chronologically. Moving through five early works to end with a couple of pieces from the current century that were revisions of earlier themes and fragments,…

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