PUEBLO names new director
The social justice activism group PUEBLO finally hired a new executive director, Belen Seara.
Year: 2007
Quiz: Pass (on) the Fruitcake!
1) The average American gains how much weight between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day?
Through Darkness and Light
Audiences witnessed all sorts of choreographic statements this weekend when undergrads in UCSB’s Dance Department showcased their original work at Hatlen Theatre. The show, called Through Darkness and Light, explored dramatic themes through choreography that ranged from playful to moving. The inconsistency of dancers and styles of movement, however, fell just short of full realization.
Las Positas Creek Development Denied by Court
Judge Thomas Anderle made final a tentative ruling to send developer Mark Lee back to the drawing board on 12/4.
Kiddie Art
Kids Draw Architecture is an annual exhibit that matches professional architects with the community’s youth to create inspirational (and adorable) drawings of S.B. landmarks.
Record Auto Theft This Year Say City Police
On 11/29, the Santa Barbara Police Department reported 40 automobile burglaries in the city in the past month.
Made in Santa Barbara
Nothing proves it’s the holidays like crowded sidewalks, heaps of traffic, and stressed-out shoppers. So, every year, we try to take some of the hurt out of the season of gift-buying by suggesting alternative venues to peruse that offer unique goodies made by Santa Barbara artisans. Fortunately, our town overflows with clever, creative persons and so handmade gift ideas abound.
Luis Mu±oz
Local Latin jazz aficionado Luis Mu±oz has done it again. Following the critical success of 2006’s Vida (which garnered Mu±oz the title of 2006 Producer of the Year from Costa Rica’s ACAM), the multi-talented multi-instrumentalist’s Of Soul and Shadow picks up right where its predecessor left off.
Butterfly Tours to Commence in Goleta
Docents will give interpretive tours of the monarch butterflies and their Ellwood Mesa Open Space habitat.
Issa (formerly known as Jane Siberry).
What makes Canadian singer Jane Siberry a standout among other contemporary female artists is her ability to create eclectic songs that range from pensive and insightful-such as “Taxi Ride,” from 1985’s The Speckless Sky, which tells of the heartache of a one-sided love affair-to quirky and unexpected, like the toe-tapper “Everything Reminds Me of My Dog.”
