At Timbers Supper Club, Saturday,
February 10. Shows through March 18.
The 1980s saw a proliferation of cabaret-scale satires of the Broadway musical. Viewed through the irreverent camp culture lens of the piano bar, musical comedy was a perfect point of departure for all kinds of madcap entertainments.
A documentary directed by Sasha Snow; Asiemut, a documentary directed by Olivier Higgins and Melanie Carrier. Part of the Best of the 31st Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival, which screens on Tuesday, February 20, and Wednesday, February 21, at UCSB’s Campbell Hall.
Mountainous wilderness has always fascinated humankind, a species whose innate curiosity makes even the most remote regions ripe for exploration. The Banff Mountain Film Festival was started in 1976 as a testament to both that drive and the inhabitable landscapes themselves, and we’ve been lucky to enjoy a “Best Of” rundown every year at UCSB’s Campbell Hall.
While 
everybody else is finding ways to poke fun at diapered homocidal astronaut Lisa Nowak, Starshine points out that Americans might be endorsing a double standard for women on the losing end of romantic infidelity.
Santa Barbara foursome The Snobs don’t think they’re too good for Goleta. Catch them the evening of Friday, February 16, at the Creekside Inn in Goleta.
Elizabeth Schwyzer speaks with the author of the Maisie Dobbs mystery series, England native and Ojai resident Jacqueline Winspear, about her entry into the world of fiction and where she draws her inspiration.
Of Montreal put out their eighth album this January called Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? The name of this album sums it up pretty well.
On Tuesday, Bob Guiliano – the editor who was fired on Friday, January 26 for “performance-related” reasons (not for attending Anna Davison’s goodbye party after she was fired, as was first reported) – filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. Then on Wednesday, the Teamsters were talking about filing another one as well, this time because News-Press attorney David Millstein barged into a Tuesday night union meeting, which is allegedly against federal law.
UCSB Students opposed to the escalation of the war in Iraq have chosen to strike from school on Thursday, February 15, in recognition of the four-year anniversary of a similar protest before the war began. The event will be followed next week with “Peace Out University,” a program that encourages professors to lecture in an Isla Vista park and discuss war-related issues.
Perfect for Valentine’s Day, Montage drops the info on who’s giving love to who, from those who love Jack Overall to those who gush over Rick Caruso and his plans for the Miramar, including Steve Traxler (pictured).
Love is one thing when you are first taking the plunge. It is quite another when you are midstream, and yet something altogether different when you are reaching the other shore. While Mr. Hallmark continues to make his fortune pandering to those who are gleefully jumping in, I toil on the banks, trying to help those already well down the river; the ones who are floundering a bit with fatigue, treading water, or fantasizing about bailing.
