2007 - Page 477 of 521 - The Santa Barbara Independent

By D.J. Palladino

Forever Young

The Brothers Pedersen. At SBCC’s Atkinson Gallery. Shows through February 28.

We sometimes fear the rush of mass society might be obscuring its own choicest qualities. Who can keep up? S.B. City College’s Atkinson Gallery, currently our most adventurous S.B. art site under the sway of Dane Goodman, is now showing Aage and Jens Pedersen’s first tandem exhibit, partly to combat a nagging fear for their accidental obscurity. The show also features deeply felt pleasures that prove why this should not occur.

Angry Poodle By Nick Welsh

One Sick Puppy

News-Press owner Wendy P. McCaw is not content having merely a bee in her bonnet. As befitting someone of her exalted status, McCaw has a whole hive living there. Maybe this fact explains the extraordinary longevity of a story-the sad saga of the News-Press meltdown-that has more legs than a herd of centipedes.

Uncategorized By Indy Staff

The Young and the Restless

LEAPS AND BOUNDS: Eliot Morris has been taking some impressive musical strides of late, the biggest of which is his major label debut, What’s Mine Is Yours. Though Morris was eager for the end product during the album’s production stage, the process was by no means rushed. “I recorded it off and on for about a year,” explained Morris.

Travel By Indy Staff

Near and Far Getaways

A bit judgmental, perhaps, but we at The Independent tend to agree with the sentiment that traveling is a good thing. Therefore, we are in the process of expanding our travel coverage-in print and online at independent.com-to include more features, helpful information about popular destinations, and other travel tips we hope you’ll find useful.

Living By Virginia Hayes

Wicked Winter

We put another blanket on the bed, brought in the pets, and wrapped the pipes a couple weeks ago, but there was little we could do for our gardens. Many plants can withstand a few degrees of frost. Conifers are champs at it.

Living By Elizabeth Schwyzer

Sexy and Spirited

Gone are the days when fitness classes addressed only the physical body. Times have changed, and men and women of the 21st century crave spiritual sustenance as much as they yearn to take a break from the ergonomic chair and computer screen and break a sweat.

By Indy Staff

Money Talks

Nearly 10,000 Santa Barbara County residents will take it in the shorts if President Bush’s budget is approved as proposed,

By Elizabeth Schwyzer

Story Tellers Best Sellers

The 2nd Annual Women’s Literary Festival Brings Female Authors to S.B.

by Elizabeth Schwyzer

For years, elementary school teacher Jennifer Adams and her mother, retired county supervisor Gail Marshall, drove to Long Beach every year to attend Literary Women, one of the state’s biggest annual literature conventions. “Every year, we’d say, ‘We’ve got to bring something like this to Santa Barbara,'”said Adams.

Uncategorized By Elena Gray-Blanc

Caution: Women at Work

Four Female Playwrights Flex the Power of the Pen

There are almost as many opinions on the function of art in society as there are members of society, but one of the best qualities of good art is its tendency to provoke discussion and challenge the status quo. Dramatic Women’s new production of four short plays, Women’s Work, promises to deliver on both fronts.

Travel By Barney Brantingham

Twelfth Night in the Big Easy

New Orleans may be Bacchanalia on the Bayou, but this year’s Mardi Gras celebration is also tinged with a gritty determination to overcome the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. The good times are rolling in the French Quarter, largely untouched by 2005’s Katrina, but blocks and blocks of homes in surrounding neighborhoods are boarded up.

Year: 2007