Every so often, Santa Barbara plays muse to an artist on the verge of major stardom. Tierney Sutton, a Los Angeles-based singer who had a Grammy nomination this year, maintains a special relationship with our city through annual shows at the Lobero Theatre. Sutton was back on Saturday, leading her usual band and accompanied by long-time friend and associate, trumpeter Jack Sheldon.
Rarely does a film shatter the medium’s traditional techniques and still manage to be enjoyable and insightful. But that’s exactly what Abderrahmane Sissako has done in his brilliant film Bamako, which screens at UCSB on Wednesday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m.
With practically everyone claiming to be an artist today, it’s not always easy to see who’s actually churning out the goods. Santa Barbara galleries only represent a handful of working artists, which means there’s still plenty of work up for grabs at great prices. Carpinteria’s First Annual Open Artist Studio Tour offers the opportunity to check out 28 artists’ diverse work through private studio tours this Saturday, May 12, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. See artscarp.org. Here are three reasons to go.
California representatives introduced a bill in Congress last week to ensure the high quality of imported avocados. Lois Capps and
Kidnap, assault, and car theft suspect Jose Morales Leon was arrested on 5/7 in Buellton. After the car he allegedly
The Granada Theatre on State Street removed its marquee on 5/3, in preparation for a new design that will match
The Goleta City Council unanimously agreed on 5/7 that diminished visual aesthetics for freeway drivers and railroad riders would not
On 5/7 Goleta’s standing committee on legislative issues reported to the council that it sent a letter to the California
What constitutes an “Earth-friendly” approach to eating? Is it to revisit the vegetarian principles of the book, Diet for a Small Planet, or to look for organic ingredients? Are locally produced foods the answer, and if they are, can we keep these sources from drying out? It seems these questions are on the minds of many, so when nutritionist Gerri French asked me (as a representative of Slow Food Santa Barbara) if I would participate in a workshop titled Earth-Friendly Cuisine: The Farmer, Chef, and You, I, of course, said yes.
A dozen UCSB students began a hunger strike on Wednesday morning, May 9, with some pledging to fast until the University of California agrees to stop “engineering, testing, and manufacturing nuclear weapons.” Last year, the UC system received $15 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Northern California.
