Governor Signs School Speed Limit Bill
Santa Barbara area PTA President Paula Perotte, Sheriff’s Sgt. Greg Nordyke, and Safe Routes to School activist Eva Inbar took some bows for Gov. Schwarzenegger’s signing of AB321.
Year: 2007
Turkish Writer Orhan Pamuk Discusses His Love of Literature
Orhan Pamuk is Turkey’s most well-known author, and his works have been published worldwide in more than 50 languages. Last year, he won the Nobel Prize for literature; in announcing the award, the Swedish Academy cited his devotion to “the study of mixture and plurality.” A secular-minded Turk, Pamuk’s novels-which include The Black Book, My Name Is Red, and Snow-are haunting, multilayered explorations of the nature of Turkish identity and the tension between East and West, modernity and Islam.
Jocks to Rocks
Best of Readers’ Poll 2007 – Jocks to Rocks
Talent Needed
Are you a comedian, magician, musician, juggler, or otherwise talented individual? The Silver Follies want you for their variety show this coming December 21 and 22. They’re taking auditions now through November 5, so call 967-2596 to sign up.
Zaca Fire Suspects Appear in Court
Two ranch hands and their defense attorneys, including representation for Rancho La Laguna LLC, appeared in a Santa Maria courtroom on 10/15.
City Coucil Adopts Temporary Parking Plan for Modoc Condos
Amidst complaints from new condo owners that residents from the apartment building across Modoc Road are parking on their streets, the Santa Barbara City Council passed a 12-month program to limit access to the public streets that run throughout the condo complex to residents only.
Quiz: Dawg Days
1) Which movie star dog signed his own contracts with a paw print?
Resurrecting Charles Burnett’s Classic 1970s Film Killer of Sheep
The 1970s have long been regarded as the golden age of contemporary American cinema. Dozens of classics, from Annie Hall to Mean Streets, were produced by maverick directors both within and outside the studio system. Of all the great American films of the 1970s, none has earned a more exalted and esoteric reputation among fans of independent film than Charles Burnett’s debut, Killer of Sheep.
We Own the Night
As with most contemporary Hollywood films, We Own the Night follows a simple enough premise to allow for a capsulated lowdown of a synopsis, suitable for a sound bite or marketing hook. Here, the plot is presumably about two brothers facing off from opposite sides of the law, coming to grips and to blows in the urban jungle of Brooklyn, while their stern-but-wise father tries to corral them toward the right path.
Doppeldressers
Imet an exceedingly pleasant woman last week. Bubbly. Friendly. Open. Chatting at a school event, we found we had much in common: kids in the same class, husbands who were off in the corner avoiding chit-chat, a staggering appetite for potluck. We bonded like Bazooka to the bottom of a ballet flat.
