They’ve got Chihuahuas galore
It’s Adopt-a-Chihuahua Week, and the Santa Barbara County animal
shelters are right in step, with plenty of the tiny pooches available to loving
homes.
There are more than 100 Chihuahua-type dogs at the shelters in
Lompoc, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria.
“We have terrific dogs that desperately need homes at all three of
our shelters,” said Jan Glick, county animal services director.
“If you’re not sure if a Chihuahua is right for you, stop by a
shelter to see for yourself.”
The shelter adoption campaign notes that many of the tiny canines
in the current film “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” are rescued shelter pets.
Shelter hours start at 10 a.m., Mondays through Saturdays.
Locations are in Lompoc: 1501 W. Central Ave.; Santa Barbara: 5473 Overpass
Road, Goleta; and Santa Maria at 548 W. Foster Road.
Lar Lubovitch Co. dances
at UCSB
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, touring in celebration of its
40th anniversary season, will dance at the University of California, Santa
Barbara’s Campbell Hall on at 8 p.m. Oct. 23.
The program will feature “Concerto Six Twenty-Two,” “Dvorak
Serenade” and a new work choreographed to music of Bela Bartok.
The New York Times has called Lubovitch “one of the 10 best
choreographers in the world” and Variety refers to the company as “a national
treasure.”
Tickets and additional information are available through UCSB Arts
and Lectures, (805) 893-3535 or online at www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.
Marilynne Robinson to speak
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Marilynne Robinson will give a talk
on at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at
Victoria Hall in Santa Barbara, 33 W. Victoria St., with no charge for
admission.
Robinson received her Pulitzer in 2005 for her novel “Gilead,” a
story of a small town Iowa minister. She also is the author of “Housekeeping”
and “Home.” Her books were described in the New York Times as having “a
spiritual force rare in contemporary fiction.”
Symphony season opens at Granada
The Santa Barbara Symphony will launch its season at the
refurbished Granada on Oct. 25-26, with a program of works, old and new, and an
appearance by the Perlman-Schmidt-Bailey Trio.
Maestro Nir Kabaretti will conduct a new work by television and
film composer Bruce Broughton, “Fanfares: Mosaic for Orchestra.” The program also
will feature Gustav Mahler’s mighty Symphony No. 1, known as the “Titan.”
Of special interest to local music lovers is the piano trio
consisting of keyboardist Navah Perlman, cellist Zuill Bailey and violinist
Giora Schmidt, performing Beethoven’s “Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56.”
Schmidt and Bailey were students at the Music Academy of the West and each
young man attracted a devoted local following.
Billed as “the grandest opening,” the
Oct. 25 performance will begin at 8 p.m. and the Oct. 26 performance at 3 p.m.
Tickets are available at the Granada box office, (805) 899-2222 or online at
www.granadasb.org.