Wine, Wine, Wine Went the Trolley
Drinking and driving is a no-no, but drinking and riding can be fun, especially when you get to zip about Santa Barbara on the Downtown Wine Trolley Tour, Sunday, July 8, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Year: 2007
Poetry Matters
For the past two years, Barry Spacks, creator and author of this column, has honored poets far and near, so it seems fitting to shine some light on him as he leaves his office. “He just took the ball and ran with it,” a member of the poet laureate selection committee commented on Spacks’s tenure. As new poet laureate looking for some pointers, I asked Spacks how the job was.
Don’t Kick a Dead Dog In the Mouth While It’s Down
ONE YEAR LATER: On this day back in 1687, a mathematical bigwig named Sir Isaac Newton published what would become his runaway bestseller, Principia Mathematica. In it, Newton postulated many of the theorems that have since tormented countless generations of restless high school students. Specifically, Newton’s theory of momentum holds that bodies in motion stay in motion, and his theory of inertia holds that bodies at rest stay that way, too.
You Kill Me
Every summer, along with your typical third-installment sequels (some good, some awful), comes a series of “alternative programming” features from Hollywood. These are independent movies that are good enough so as not to be dumped in the No Man’s Land months of January through March, and not quite good enough for inclusion in the annual September through December Oscar-contender cavalcade.
Down With Uptalk
Word up: Starshine implores you not to ask questions when you don’t mean to.
GoodReads.com
Acouple months ago, I was in Bermuda for vacation, hanging out with my sister, her roommate, and another NorCal pal on the beach. Beach bummin’ being what it is, talk turned to the books we pulled out of our respective bags.
Gove County String Quartet.
Gove County is a real string quartet, even if the leader, Jim Connolly, plays the bass, and the music is sometimes quite far from the traditional classical repertoire. Sunday’s performance included Kirsten Monke on viola, Sally Barr and Laura Hackstein on violins, and Anna Abbey on piano and vocals.
To Market, To Market
Bill and Barbara Spencer are no ordinary farm couple. The duo began farming full time after leaving their jobs in real estate and music, respectively, and had their land certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers in 1999. Since then, they’ve provided homegrown apples, stone fruit, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, turnips, cucumbers, melons, and just about every green veggie imaginable.
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$8,802,500
Get Funny on Campus
School may be out, but the funny times continue at UCSB when comedian Steve Hofstetter comes to the Santa Cruz Residence Hall on Sunday, July 8, at 7:30 p.m. The venue might be a bit bizarre, but Steve’s been funny on Showtime, VH1, and ESPN, so he can surely hold down a dormitory. See stevehofstetter.com.
