Protect Your Pets
Although Halloween is a good time for humans, it’s not always so pleasant for our four-legged friends. The following are some tips about how to ensure the safety of your pets this trick-or-treat day:
Month: October 2006
Quote of the Week
‘Literally, it’s like preventing the Catholics from giving the wafer because it’s not state-approved.’
– Sarvatma Das, on UCSB’s shutting down of the Bhakti Yoga Club lunch.
LAND AND SEA
Any agricultural landowner in the county may now operate at least a small winery on his or her property, even
MOVERS and SHAKERS
The S.B. International Film Fest announced last week that actor Will Smith will be given the Modern Master award. “The
Whats Your Sign?
Psychological Astrology Brings Science to the Stars
If you’re hoping to learn today’s lucky numbers, or whether it’s a good day to ask for a raise or take a blossoming flirtation to the next level, psychological astrology is not for you. If, however, you’re curious about how the universe’s infinite interconnectedness might affect your personality, your behavior, and your relationships, you will likely be fascinated by what Jennifer Freed and Barbara Yaffee’s Psychological Astrology Training Program has to offer.
1,469 pounds
1,469 pounds
The world’s largest pumpkin was grown by Larry Checkon (U.S.A.) and weighed at the Pennsylvania Giant Pumpkin Growers Association weigh-off on October 1, 2005.
Spooky Music
No rattling chains and screeching cats here. Abandon your long-held beliefs about what Halloween should sound like because Santa Barbara’s finer music venues will be providing suitably festive music that will serve as a better backdrop for this year’s parties.
Camerata’s Soaring Sonatas
October Concert, presented by Camerata Pacifica. At Lotte UCSB’s Lehmann Concert Hall, Friday, October 20.
For the most part this was another Camerata Pacifica exploration of the range of the classical/romantic repertoire, with a relatively brief but nevertheless substantial detour through the early 20th century via the Phantasy Quintet of Vaughan Williams.
Terra Wise
Healing Through Hearing
“A woman’s belief in reproductive freedom doesn’t negate her desire for insight and her right to healing following an abortion,” saidTerra Wise, a certified counselor, therapist, and body worker who calls herself a midwife for the soul.
Marie, Marie
Marie Antoinette. Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, and Judy Davis star in a film written and directed by Sofia Coppola.
Three films in, Sofia Coppola cannot be dismissed as merely lucky in her choice of parents. Not much happens in her films, I admit, but they are far from boring or cinematically pointless. Case in point: Lost in Translation, presumably a May-December courtship…