This
Month
Eva
Zeisel has survived the politics of modern art and modern nations--Soviet prison, Hitler's invasion of Austria, bell bottoms and Biennials, to put her ceramic designs on tables all over the world. She's been called "the Judy Garland of dish design"; try Garbo.
In the sixties, this tenor sax player shared stages with Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis; Carlos Santana covered him, the people of the USSR asked him to visit; he was the first jazz artist to sell a million units, and then he disappeared. This jazz messenger is back and you can hear what he hears in "Charles Lloyd's Universal Livingroom."
Dick D
ale's left-handed Fender, a signed Velzy Pig, and evidence
of surfing before suntan oil, are all preserved in a string of California
museums dedicated to the prehistoric coastal culture. James O'Mahoney,
curator of the Santa Barbara Museum of Surfing (and number 2 west
coast longboarder) points out the important ukeleles, lp's, and other flotsam of surfdom.
Bibliotheque
Small press books, magazines, comics, CD-ROMs, and now, museum
catalogs.
California
Cities
Guides to museums, galleries, theater, classical music, jazz, architecture, and festivals in five major California cities. More US cities to come soon.
Coming
Soon
A sneak preview, as author Scott Bradfield (The
History of Luminous Motion) walks and talks his way through a chapter of
his third novel Animal Planet, before it gets sent off to the printer.
Reasons why you should tune in: The New York Times called him "a
daringly original literary sensibility," and the Independent said, "A
wild card, the Raymond Carver of the crystal-healing set."
Recycled... Now that
we've been around long enough to have back issues, you'll find director Alan
Rudolph, painter Ray Strong and the Oak Group here in perpetuity. You'll also
find our artists' camping trip in the Eastern Mojave.