Nursery shelves are loaded with tubers, corms, and bulbs these days. It’s a great time to start a lot of summer-blooming varieties of plants. Some of the showiest are dahlias. These members of the sunflower family grow from underground tubers that are dormant during winter months.
The Arlington Theatre felt like the backyard barbeque to end all barbeques Saturday evening. Youthful and grinning, a capacity crowd of ocean-friendly individuals turned out for the day- and night-long Heal the Ocean benefit concert, swimming in a sea of like-minded people and digging on nearly six hours of ass-shaking good music.
New releases from Peter Bjorn and John, MV & EE with the Bummer Road, Tyrese, and Bright Eyes
Someday, someone will make a compelling story about the tragic inhumanity of the slave trade and the dishonor it brought on presumably civilized societies from an insider’s perspective rather than the angle of white male policy makers.
Perhaps no form of music is more elemental than percussion. Be it rock, jazz, blues, or otherwise, the heart of all rhythm is the drum. Spending the first 15 years of his life absorbing the musical heritage of his native Cuba, Luis Conte realized this early.
In the late 19th century, a significant colony of talented artists began to develop in Santa Barbara. The growth of this artistic community was such that by the late 1920s, Santa Barbara could lay claim to being the most important art center between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Metro Monopoly? “How come Metropolitan Theatres has a monopoly on the South Coast?” a reader asked. She’s heard from others that the Santa Barbara City Council and county had adopted some kind of ordinance bestowing Metro with a monopoly, allowing no other chain in.
Santa Barbara City College President John Romo announced he will step down from his position in June 2008. Looking to spend more time with his wife, children, and grandchildren, Romo opted to offer trustees ample time to find his replacement by making his retirement decision public knowledge some 15 months before he plans to relinquish the reins.
For the third year in a row, Santa Barbara teachers are in an infuriating conflict with our district about our salaries. With medical costs and the cost of living in this expensive town on a continual rise, the Santa Barbara School District has offered us an offensive 1.5 percent salary increase and remains stubbornly unsympathetic to our pleas for compromise.
Be careful what you wish for-it may come true. Among the many themes in this “fantasia” adapted from Aristophanes’ The Clouds, this warning resonated most clearly.
