MISCELLANY (Continued from page 19) live up to his remarkable performance as Hawking, who has suffered from Motor Neuron disease for many years, he exclaimed: “Oh God, I don’t think I can ever think that way. “If our dream is to create interesting stories and play interesting people, they don’t come more extraordinary than Stephen and Jane. I think it’s rare in one’s lifetime to get the opportunity to tell one of those. I feel really lucky for that. “I try not to think of my jobs as competitive with each other. Just retaining employment, frankly, is a wonderful thing.”
That’s Italian! One of the most colorful and impressive exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is now taking place with the Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Paintings from the Glasgow Museums. The show, which received an astounding 1250 RSVPs when a reception was held to launch the exhibit, explores the evolution of art and reflects the outstanding quality and remarkable 500-year range, from the late 14th to the 19th centuries, of the Scottish museums’ Italian holdings. Included are works by some of the greatest masters of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods, such as Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Domenichino, Salvator Rosa, Luca Signorelli, and Titian, many of which have never before been exhibited outside of Glasgow. Several have been newly restored for the exhibition. The show, organized by Robert and Mercedes Eichholz and museum director Larry Feinberg, consists of more than 40 pieces, beginning with early religious works in the gallery titled The Renaissance:
Tradition and Discover. Among the artistic throng gridlocking the galleries were Leslie RidleyTree, Lee Luria, Robert and Christine Emmons, Starr Siegele, Sara Miller McCune, Ginny Brush, Joseph and Sophia McCabe, Brian King, Valeria Rumori, Nigel Donnelly, Michael Towbes, Tracey Wilfong-Singh, Jeanne Towles, Kathe Parker, Carolyn Amory, Harry Brown, Ricardo and Dinah Calderon, Joel and Doreen Ladin, Bruce and Stacy Stouffer, Steve and Caroline Thompson, Ralph and Diane Waterhouse, and Barbara Woods. The exhibition runs through May 3...
All the Sage Publisher-philanthropist Sara Miller-McCune celebrated the 50th anniversary of her Sage Publications, with a glittering bash at the Biltmore. The company, which has offices in Washington, London, New Delhi, and Singapore, is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. After quaffing the cocktails and snaffling the comestibles, 275 guests attended a lecture in the nearby Loggia Ballroom by Los Angeles-based Sir Ken Robinson, author and an international advisor on education in the arts to government and nonprofits. Among those helping Sara celebrate the half-century were Craig and Susan McCaw, Dan and Meg Burnham, Lynda Weinman, Bruce Heavin, Celesta Billeci, Robert and Christine Emmons, Allan Ghitterman, Jeff Greenfield, Nancy Koppelman, Carla Hahn, Ben Romo, Gwen Stauffer, Mike Towbes, Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp, Lanny Ebenstein, Todd Capps, and David and Gunilla McCune...
Among the guests are Lynda Weinman, Lynda.com; Blaise Simqu, president and CEO of SAGE Publications; Judith Hopkinson, Cottage Health System board member; Susan Rose, Santa Barbara Community leader; Allan Ghitterman, Esquire; Celesta Billeci, Arts and Lectures Miller McCune executive director and seated is Natalie Orfalea of Orfalea Foundation with the celebrated Sara Miller MCune (photo by Priscilla)
Sir Ken Robinson, author and speaker with Sara Miller McCune, publisher, founder, chairman, SAGE Publications; at the reception marking the 50th Anniversary of SAGE and CORWIN celebrating its 25th alongside the McCune Foundation created by Sara and George in 1990 (photo by Priscilla)
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