News-Press Quisling Announces Suit of Independent
I would like to assure the powers that be at the News-Press, as well as the community, that it will take more than specious bullying tactics to silence us at the Independent.
Month: October 2006
John Prine Comes to the Arlington
A Conversation with the Legendary John Prine
Here’s the full version of Ethan Stewart’s once-in-a-lifetime chat with songwriter John Prine, who comes to town this Saturday, October 28, with Jim James, frontman for My Morning Jacket.
Everything Endorsements 2006
The Independent’s 2006 Endorsements part III of 3
The Independent’s 2006 Endorsements part II of 3
The Independent’s 2006 Endorsements part I of 3
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Until this summer, I had never protested anything in my life. My mother burned her bra in New York City in 1967 in support of women’s rights, then marched around Manhattan braless afterward, an experience she describes, ironically, as “uplifting.”
CUBAN CHAT
The University of Kentucky’s Enrico Mario Santi will be chatting about Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante on Tuesday, October 31 at 3 p.m. at UCSB’s Wofsy Seminar Room in Phelps Hall.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
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Comedy Divine
Dali’s Divine Comedy. At UCSB’s University Art Museum. Shows through December 3.
Salvador Dali gives me hives. Really. If I see another one of those posters with the melting clock on it, I am not going to be responsible for my actions, which is why I made a point of avoiding the Dali show when I was recently at the UAM.
Power of the Purse
Author Fara Warner Attests to the Wallop of Women’s Wallets
All she wanted was a decent running shoe. In training for a marathon, journalist Fara Warner sprinted into a Nike store with money to burn. But it turns out a female consumer and a powerhouse retailer aren’t always a perfect fit.
Heroic, Bloody Hoisting
Flags of Our Fathers. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, and John Benjamin Hickey star in a film written by William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis, based on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers, and directed by Clint Eastwood.
This year, Clint Eastwood revealed yet another point of heroism in his long and brilliant career as he brought new vision and intelligence to the embattled war film genre.
No Free Lunch
UCSB Lunch Group Claims Religious Discrimination
In a sea of fast food and meals made for students on the go, the UCSB Bhakti Yoga Club (BYC) has been providing faculty, students, and staff with a spiritually centered, delicious, and healthy twice-weekly lunch alternative since the mid 1990s. However, the Wednesday and Thursday afternoon campus gatherings-which often drew in excess of 100 hungry people-were ordered to cease earlier this year by college administrators claiming that the group was in violation of campus and county regulations governing clubs and how they may serve or sell food.