Professionally and lovingly known as Bomer to his many friends, family, and fans throughout the world, Bomer was well-recognized for his many talents. He was put ahead in school at an early age and it was predicted he would become a great mathematician. Yet, his amazing abilities as a self-taught musician and songwriter led to his destiny to cocreate with Jason Sears and others the legendary punk rock band RKL in the early ’80s.
As part of a Let’s Beat Pet Obesity campaign run by WhyDoesMyPet.com, Dr. David Brooks explains how to make sure your resident feline is eating the right things – and enough of them.
In the second in a string of four planned rallies this week outside of the News-Press building on De la Guerra Plaza, more than 20 former News-Press employees and their supporters marched and chanted from 3 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon to protest their terminations and the working conditions under owner Wendy McCaw. More rallies are planned in the same spot from 3-5 p.m. for the rest of the week, and they’re asking for all the noisemaking support that the community can offer. Here’s a rundown of the top chants. Can you come up with better ones?
Colombian director, actor, and playwright Hector Aristiz¡bal presents Nightwind: A Performance and Discussion, a disturbing multi-character solo performance that reenacts the true story of his arrest and torture and his brother’s torture-murder by the U.S.-supported military and Columbia.
With a perspective only a former News-Press long-timer could provide, Barney Brantingam discusses the past week’s events at the paper, including the mass firings and the protests the now-former employees have been staging for the remainder of the week.
The campus organization with knack for diverse entertainment has crammed early February full of events, including a performance by Russian folk music by Tuvan singers, an open mic night in Isla Vista and a summit on the culture of hip-hop.
Things were so much simpler when girls had cooties. Back then, my son’s only interest in Valentine’s Day was the promise of foil-wrapped chocolates and the pride of committing his herky-jerky signature to the race car-shaped Valentine cards he would hand out in class. But this year, something is different. The skirt-wearing, hair-twirling half of his class-the half once shunned at all the best birthday parties-is suddenly my son’s favorite topic of conversation.
A representative of the Japanese consulate will be speaking at UCSB on social issues in Japan, as well as the future of relations between his country and the United States.
Levi Michaels takes on the sophomore effort by the Brit rockers who made a big splash when they debuted in 2005. According to Michaels, the new album offers a more mature sound, deeper themes. Overall, it’s spinworthy.
Every year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, The Santa Barbara Independent is proud to sponsor the Audience Choice Awards. This year was especially exciting for us, because there were more ballots than ever before and the race was closer than anyone could remember, coming down to literally the last couple hours before the award was presented.
