The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced 10/15 that Academy Award and three-time Golden Globe winner Angelina Jolie will receive its Outstanding Performance of the Year Award for her performance in A Mighty Heart.
If the only things you’ve read lately are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Da Vinci Code, you are definitely missing out. There are few new books that show the rich history and environment of Santa Barbara, so the next time you’re in a bookstore, pick up one of these three books.
On 10/10, as the first winter storm hit Santa Barbara’s coast, rumors filtered back from local fishermen that a great white shark-estimated by witnesses to be about 12 feet long-was spotted near Summerland and Carpinteria.
Best of Readers Poll 2007 – Bells to Whistles
UCSB’s Arts & Lectures is only two performances deep into their jam-packed fall schedule, and if Thursday night’s program was any indication, they’ve got quite the season ahead of them. Taking to the Campbell Hall stage promptly at 8 p.m., the 16-piece Hollywood Jazz Orchestra successfully warmed up the crowd with a spirited rendition of Benny Goodman’s “Bugle Call Rag” and William “Count” Basie’s “Blues in Hoss’ Flat.”
The pianists and their fans all turned out for what was surely the solo piano event of the season last Friday night: an all-Beethoven recital by virtuoso Andr¡s Schiff. Schiff, who is in the midst of a very challenging project involving the performance and recording of all of Beethoven’s piano pieces, played the three sonatas of Opus 10-No. 5 in C Minor, No. 6 in F Major, and No. 7 in D Major-all before the interval, and then returned for the Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Opus 13, “Pathetique.”
Best of Readers’ Poll 2007 – Head to Toe
In a settlement regarding the lawsuit over the cost of the city’s 2005 council election, the county agreed to allow the city to pay $50,000 instead of the original $240,000 bill.
Recent bond market fluctuations inspired City of Goleta Finance Director Alvertina Rivera to delay issuing $17.5 million in Redevelopment Agency bonds meant to fund major projects…
You either you like it or you don’t; there doesn’t seem to be much ground in between for the “stinking rose.” Garlic, that is. So, if you don’t, you can just skip ahead to the public service announcement at the end. If you do, then here’s the lowdown on planting this aromatic and healthful crop.
