‘‘New Horizons’ at Gallery

Gallery Los Olivos is now presenting a show of oil works by Sheryl Knight and jewelry by Linda Lewis. “New Horizons” will be on display through April 30 at the Gallery, located at 2930 Grand Avenue in Los Olivos. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Sheryl Knight is a plein air representational artist, and lives on the Central Coast. She paints landscapes, including vineyards, pastures, and seascapes, while including some of the architecture. Lewis creates one-of-kind jewelry in sterling silver and gold, adding unusual semi-precious stones.

‘Cats’ slinks into town

The popular Andrew Lloyd Weber musical, “Cats,” is coming to the Arlington Theatre for three nights, April 15, 16 and 17. The touring company of the long-running Broadway hit show – based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” – will play each evening at 7:30, and a live orchestra is featured.

Tickets and reservations are available by calling the Arlington box office at 963-4408.

 

Arlo Guthrie brings it home

Folk artist Arlo Guthrie will bring his blend of music and philosophy to UCSB’s Campbell Hall on April 16 at 8 p.m.

Billed as his “Solo Reunion Tour,” the evening will feature Guthrie recalling his years of social activism since writing and starring in 1967’s classic anti-war film, “Alice’s Restaurant.”

He has promised to deliver “the songs, the humor, the commitment to keep making the world a better place for everyone.”

 

County calls for artists

The County Arts Commission has issued a call for area artists – mid-career or just beginning – to submit works for EDGE, an exhibit of contemporary art at Channing Peake Gallery.

Ro Snell, former director of Ro Snell Gallery, is acting as curator of the show. It will run Sept. 29 through next Jan. 16, at the gallery, located in the County Administration Building at 105 East Anapamu St.

Artists are asked to submit no more than five digital images of their current work, as 300 dots-per-inch jpeg files on a PC/MAC-compatible disk with titles and medium, or five slides with titles. Each submission should be accompanied by a hard copy of the artist’s resume.

Submissions, due no later than May 30, will be returned if a self-addressed, stamped envelope is enclosed. The word EDGE should be written on the entry envelope. They should be sent to:

Ro Snell, Guest Curator

Santa Barbara County Arts Commission

P.O. Box 2369

Santa Barbara County Courthouse

Santa Barbara, CA 93120

Further information is available by calling Rita Ferri at (805) 568-3994.

 

Theater explores ‘Working’

Valley Community Theatre is presenting the musical “Working,” based on the oral history interviews of author Studs Terkel, at the Santa Ynez Valley Grange Hall.

“Working” shows the lives of hard-working American men and women who talk and sing about their jobs, their days, and their aspirations.

It was adapted by Stephen Schwartz, composer of “Godspell” and “Wicked,” along with James Taylor, Craig Carnelia, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead and Miki Grant. The cast includes Joe Lambert, Barbara Brown, Linda Scott, Craig Scott, Amy Calvert, Kris Walters, Claudia Jayne, Michelle Bradley, Laura Birrell, Gary Foshee, Emily Abello, Linda Gail, Jose Ramirez, John Reese, and Rob Marland. The director is Linda Burrows and the music director is Rose Knoles.

“Working” will show on April 18 and 19 and April 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Book Loft, S.Y. Valley Coffee Co., El Rancho Market or at the door. More information is available by calling (805) 686-5830.

 

Mid-East talk at UCSB

Authors Steve Coll (The Bin Ladens — An Arabian Family in the American Century”) and Robin Wright (“Dreams and Shadows — The Future of the Middle East”) will lecture at UCSB on April 17.

Each will give a 45-minute presentation, followed by an onstage conversation, starting at 7 p.m.

Coll, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, has written about the Bin Laden family’s interaction with American ideas, and how Osama Bin Laden rebelled against that family.

Wright is now the diplomatic correspondent of the Washington Post, after years covering the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Tickets for the event can be obtained by calling UCSB Arts and Lectures at (805) 893-3535.