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enowned writer, artist, and self-proclaimed “Goleta Girl” Polly Frost is bringing her artistry from the West Village of NYC back home for one night only. Her newest one-woman show, We Only Get One Father: So Why Was I Given Mine? takes place 3 pm on Sunday, January 10, at Buttonwood Farm Winery & Vineyard. Good things happen to those who don’t wait – reservations only, so get bookin’. 1. Santa Barbara has been part of my life forever. My parents bought a house in 1961 in Goleta built by Frank Robinson, a member of the wild Mountain Drive scene and who one day showed for work in nothing but pirate boots. I’ve been a writer in New York City since the 1980s, but still consider myself a Goleta Girl. 2. As a teenager in Santa Barbara during the Free Love late 60s, I had numerous crushes on hippie dudes, but never liked their taste in music. At 17, I preferred J.S. Bach and the Velvet Underground to Crosby, Stills and Nash. 3. I went to San Marcos High, but my real learning took place elsewhere. One of the best educations I got was at the movie marathons regularly held at that time. I’d watch five Ingmar Bergman movies at the Riviera, or go to the drive-In for an all-nighter of Roger Corman. If I was lucky, captain Joel Honey would shine his flashlight on the car I was in to make sure I wasn’t getting high or making out. Of course, I was! But I also studied the screen. My Santa Barbara movie education served me well. I supported myself in NYC as a film reviewer and became close friends with the movie critic Pauline Kael, who introduced me to my husband, Ray Sawhill.
WITH MIKE MONTALI OF HOLLIS BROWN e saw New York-based band Hollis Brown W open for the Counting Crows and Citizen Cope at the Santa Barbara Bowl, we’ve been
jamming out to their new album, 3 Shots, and mildly stalking them on Instagram. This interview was conducted backstage after Hollis Brown’s performance. Since the interview, the band has completed a full U.S. and European tour with more shows on the calendar to come.
4. Santa Barbara City College is one of the best schools ever. Whenever people in New York City brag about having gone to Harvard or Yale, I proudly announce I went to SBCC. If they ask what the hell that is, I tell ‘em that while they froze their butts off in New England, I went to class on the beach. 5. Our neighborhood in NYC has some of the greatest restaurants in the world, but it doesn’t have Harry’s, the Tee-Off, or Sly’s or The Imperial bar. We head to those places soon as we can. Nice to walk in the door at Harry’s be greeted with “Welcome back, Polly. I’ll get your Pinot Grigio for you right away.” We Only Get One Father: So Why Was I Given Mine? by Polly Frost Sunday, January 10, 2016, at 3 pm Buttonwood Winery 1500 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang By reservation only: pollyfrost@me.com, (805) 450-9955, or pollyfrost.com Tickets are $15 per person. (Wine for purchase during the show.)
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oin Isabella Gourmet Foods, Cultivate Events, and local entrepreneurial incubator Impact Hub Santa Barbara for a weekend of local goodness at the Jingle SB Pop-up Holiday Market from December 18-20 at 1117 State Street. If you can’t make it, it’s all good! Isabella Gourmet has the participating food vendors such as Taste of Ojai (shown here), Exotic Spice Co., Santa Barbara Fudge, Pacific Pickle Works, and more in her shop 365 days a year.
Isabella Gourmet Foods 5 East Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara Instagram: @isabellagourmet www.isabellagourmetfoods.com For more information about this event, visit JingleSB on Facebook or contact Amy Isabella Chalker at info@isabellagourmetfoods.com
Q: So how was it? Playing here? A: This is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to. Definitely top three for me in this tour. What are the other two? Wolf Trap was really nice in Vienna. Wow! (laughing) No, not Vienna, Vienna. It’s in Virginia, near Washington, D.C. Oh, whoops. I got it. The other was Red Rocks. This has been an incredible tour. We (will have) toured the whole country with the Counting Crows, 40-something shows. How the hell did that happen? Jumping on board with the Counting Crows? I had met Adam Duritz because he was a fan of our first record, so I sent our album called 3 Shots to him. Then we played a showcase called The Outlaw Road Show, so I sent him the record and he really liked it. He asked what we were planning on doing, and I told him we have a pretty good following overseas in Europe and we do pretty good out there. I told him we didn’t really have much in America and we’re lookin’ to hop on a tour. He said, “Why don’t you come on tour with us?” And there it is. It seemed like it took just a month to get together, but it was cultivation over a long time of just knowing someone. And karma! Yeah, karma. And hopefully music, because he’s a huge music fan. And so are we all. So are you, hopefully. Most def. Hollis Brown Their album 3 Shots is available on iTunes Instagram: @hollisbrownmusic www.hollisbrown.com