Month: February 2006

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Survival of the Fittest

Best of the Banff Film Festival, presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. At Campbell Hall, Wednesday and Thursday, March 1 and 2.

The ever-popular Banff Mountain Film Festival rolls back into town this week with two action-packed nights of movies at UCSB on March 1 and 2. This year marks the 30th annual installment of the high-octane movie menagerie-a color-soaked swirl of extreme sports, ominous mountain peaks, snow covered inspiration, and far-flung survival tales from all parts of the globe.

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Destination Stoke

Native Surf Filmmaker Screens Latest Flick

From magazines to movies, surf media has long suffered from time delay. All too often local lineups and beachside parking lots will be abuzz with tales of epic swells on foreign shores, heroic contest results, and horrific wipeouts months before the physical documentation of these events ever becomes available for widespread consumption. Such is not the case this week when UCSB graduate and Santa Barbara resident Josh Pomer unveils his latest surf film, Destination Point, at the Victoria Hall Theater.

Uncategorized By Karen Leigh

Farce with a Political Bite

The Last Liberal, presented by Dramatic Women. At Center Stage Theater, Saturday, February 18. Shows through February 25.

Reviewed by Carlos Morton
Playwright Bob Potter has written a thought-provoking play, what he calls “a fable for our times.” Set in the not-too-distant future (2042), liberals are an endangered species, hunted down like buffalo by testy, trigger fingered neo-cons like Dick Cheney.

Uncategorized By Karen Leigh

Maria, Full of Grace

Brown Baby. At UCSB Performing Arts Theatre. Shows through February 25

What is the right thing to do? This question is at the heart of Brown Baby, a politically charged new play which opened last weekend at UCSB’s Performing Arts Theatre. Written by Gaucho faculty member Carlos Morton, Baby shows ambition in tackling the issues of immigration, baby smuggling, and Third World police corruption. Thought-provoking and engaging, it’s part humanitarian effort, part drama.

Uncategorized By Karen Leigh

‘Dogs’ Tap in for 10th Anniversary

Tap Dogs Comes to the Arlington

“It’s rock ‘n’ roll tap dance.” That’s how Ryan Gravelle-an eight-year veteran of Australia’s Tap Dogs-describes the group’s 10th anniversary show, which hoofs into Santa Barbara this week as part of the Broadway at the Arlington series.

Sports By Indy Staff

Meet Team TIAA-CREF Riders As They Refuel at Chipotle!

Owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, a sports marketing and development company led by Jonathan Vaughters, former number one-ranked U.S. cyclist, Team TIAA-CREF features some of the country’s top cyclists in pursuit of a singular goal: becoming the next world champions, Olympians and Tour de France Winners. Riders, including 3-time World Champion and new 2006 team member Danny Pate, will be on hand to greet fans as they dine at Chipotle’s San Francisco and Santa Barbara restaurants on February 17th and 24th, respectively.

Sports By Indy Staff

American Riders in Amgen Lead the U.S. Cycling Revolution

Most kids learn how to ride a bike before they throw a baseball, shoot a hoop or kick a soccer ball. In fact, most children learn to balance on a two-wheels between the ages of four and eight.
Now that you have the keys to the car, are you one of the more than 57 million people in the United State who are still riding a bike today

Sports By Indy Staff

Amgen Team Profiles

The 2005 Pro Tour Team Champion, Team CSC is managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis and sponsored by California-based CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation). The 2005 spring season was the strongest ever for Team CSC, with a number of high profile wins by American Bobby Julich and Jens Voight (GER), in particular Juilch’s win Paris-Nice. With his victory in Paris-Nice, Bobby Julich became the first ever rider to wear the UCI ProTour leaders jersey.

Amgen Tour of California ’06
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Amgen Tour of California ’06

The first annual Amgen Tour of California is set to race into the City streets of Santa Barbara on Friday, February 24th. Fashioned after the renowned Tour de France, the Amgen Tour of California will begin its 8 day journey down the coast of California on February 19th. After a short 3.1 kilometer time trial through the Embarcadero in San Francisco, the race caravan hits the open highway to take in Santa Rosa, San Jose, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo prior to arriving in Santa Barbara.

By Molly Freedenberg

Unleashed and Loving It

You may remember Michelle Shocked from the late ’80s, when her singles “Anchorage,” “If Love Was a Train” (both from the album Short Sharp Shocked), and “On the Greener Side” (from Captain Swing) inched up the pop charts. Or maybe you know her from her more recent appearances at Los Angeles anti-war events, or from the less commercially successful but no less virtuosic independent albums she’s produced since Captain Swing. Or maybe you’ve never heard of her at all. And that would truly be too bad for you, because this Texas native can kick some artistic ass.

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