Gray Whale Off Stearns Wharf
See this photo gallery of yet another gray whale seemingly stuck in the waters off of Santa Barbara’s coastline.
Month: May 2007
Pianist Stephen Hough at the Lobero Theatre.
Pianist Stephen Hough makes things clear. On Tuesday night, he played the opening theme of Mendelssohn’s Variations serieuses, Op. 54 in a straightforward, yet artful manner, and then he played its variations so well that you could understand every note. Like a great ballplayer, he made the nearly impossible look easy.
Leana Orsua Quits the News-Press
UPDATED AT 2:30 PM: The News-Press‘ most senior South Coast reporter quits.
Measure D Plan Proposes Funds Split Between North, South County
Plans to widen the 101 would still be a priority.
Give a Little
• Pacific Pride Foundation is looking for volunteers to help with its Postal Carriers Annual Food Drive at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 in the PPF parking lot. Volunteers will help sort food for the HIV food pantry. Call JB at 963-3636 x101.
Do This- Holiday Haps
Itchin’ for a little Latin-inspired pre-Fiesta fun? Head out to any of the Cinco de Mayo events this weekend and disfruta la marcha incre-ble:
Fair Trade Musical Goods
Stars have aligned, and two of the more enticing names in jazz are passing through Santa Barbara in the next week. Go figure.
Yo Perro Tambien
Self Inflicted Fragging:Perhaps if juvenile humans were half as important as rats, they’d have a few friends in high places. But there were precious few on hand two weeks ago to witness the Santa Barbara School Board taking out a butcher knife and gutting-albeit reluctantly-$2.5 million worth of classes, services, and after-school sports programs from the school budget.
Safe to Dance
“You can dance if you want to.” That’s the message the Santa Barbara City Council gave patrons of Sandbar by turning down an appeal and approving a dance permit for the State Street club Tuesday. The approval brings the grand total of dance permits for the State Street entertainment district to 21, out of a citywide total of 25.
One Young Author Speaks Up
Everyone knows teenhood is a tricky time, even in paradise. Still, when teenagers turn to desperate measures in our fair city, we wonder where exactly we went wrong and how we could do better. Often, we end up blaming socioeconomic injustice and a lack of support for the subgroup of young people we call “underprivileged.”
