2007 - Page 170 of 521 - The Santa Barbara Independent

Arts & Entertainment By Brett Leigh Dicks

Santa Barbara’s Matinee Recordings Celebrates 10 Years of Pristine Pop

As Jimmy Tassos takes a few moments to field some questions about Matinee Recordings’ forthcoming 10-year anniversary, disorder erupts around him. In two weeks’ time, he will be entertaining nine house guests-members of the various bands coming to Santa Barbara to celebrate-and his house is still in the midst of renovations. In orchestrating the happenings of a label that for a decade has remained oblivious to trends, Tassos is obviously someone who thrives on a lack of convention.

Living By Shannon Kelley

StylePhile

Blue-light (but big-label) special: Stylephiles saddled with champagne taste/beer budget syndrome need no longer shelve their label lust. With the launch of S.B.-based Label Spree.com, shoppers can score the designer duds they crave without wreaking havoc on their credit scores-discounts range anywhere from 31-70 percent. Select a designer or category and then search by size, thus circumventing the pesky consumerist version of blue balls that so often befalls online sale shoppers.

Visual Arts By Heather Jeno

Philip Koplin’s Art From Scratch: Notes from Nowhere.

Philip Koplin’s drawings are deceptively simplistic. The minimal compositions, soft-spoken shapes, and restrained lines are so subtle that his works on paper have an unfinished quality, as if the artist had started to speak and lost his train of thought mid-sentence. Much of this aesthetic is due to Koplin’s trademark technique of drawing on the ink-resistant surface of wax paper, a process that results in unexpected broken lines and softened edges.

Living By Shannon Kelley

Work It

While personal style may be difficult to define, it’s easy to recognize. The recipe is elusive (one part confidence, one part taste, one part shoes :), but, in Santa Barbara, the examples are not. So for this year’s Fall Fashion issue, we went on the hunt for stylish Barbare±os and shot them in their natural habitat

Theater By Charles Donelan

Rubicon Takes On Albee’s A Delicate Balance

Ask a drama scholar what makes the history of theater special, and she will tell you about the incredible way exceptional plays make themselves felt across time. Edward Albee, the most gifted living American playwright, won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for A Delicate Balance, the story of an odd three-person household in an affluent New York City suburb whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of familiar neighbors who have been struck by a sudden, unnamable fear.

Briefs By Indy Staff

Nelson Receives Additional Charges From DA

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office filed two additional charges on 9/14 against Bruce Nelson, who has already pleaded not guilty to five charges of sexual assault.

Events By Indy Staff

Fridays at Fairview

Starting Friday, September 21, S.B. food guru Laurence Hauben (editor of Food & Home magazine) dishes up a fun and educational weekly event that is sure to excite even the most amateur culinary enthusiast. During this week’s Fridays at Fairview, Hauben will lead a tour through the Fairview Gardens Farm Stand, where participants will peruse and collect ingredients before heading into the kitchen for a hands-on lesson in cooking with organic, locally grown foods.

Arts & Entertainment By Indy Staff

Tegan & Sara

The identical twins who first made a radio splash a few years ago with “Walking with a Ghost” have done it again with their fifth release, The Con. Whether these Calgary natives are breaking our hearts with “Nineteen” or getting our heads bobbing with the title track, you can bet their poppy, signature nasal-ish sound makes for a good companion to car rides and coffee dates.

Food & Drink By Indy Staff

Peach Poblano Pork Chops

This recipe fulfills my major needs-lots of flavor, tender protein, and pleasing alliteration. It’s particularly good this time of year as peaches and poblanos can be purchased at the Farmers Market. This recipe serves two as a main course.