EXTRA: Montecito Association Frontrunner Withdraws
Citing community confusion, Bob Collector confirms he has withdrawn his name from consideration as president of the Montecito Association for 2007.
Year: 2007
Opening Palms, Opening Night
Carpinteria resident Batya Weinbaum reads the palms of the stars at the premiere of the 2007 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This column marks the launch of her new column, which will detail the world of the palm reading. Look for more Batya at Independent.com.
Leon Is Nuts
The man who professes a lifelong love of all things nutty finds out that-perhaps unsurprisingly-he has an instant fondness for the Everybody’s Nuts brand of pistachios. That is, with the exception of the brand’s sentient pistachio mascot, “Stach.”
Persephone’s Bees
According to Patrick Moore, the buzz around Persophone’s Bees is that the band offers a refreshingly retro take on pop. In its mission to be a little bit different, Persephone’s Bees aims to recall the funkier sounds of the ’60s.
H Is for Horticulture
This week’s brilliant scholar is environmental horticulturalist Jan Scheinle, maven of Santa Barbara Community College’s Lifescape garden, that latter-day Eden where hundreds of edible ornamentals bloom and fruit. In this exchange of emails, she and Martha Sadler discuss the importance (or not) of soil amendments, and the advisability (or not) of peeing on plants.
Oil Spill Threatens Condors
A small oil spill came dangerously close to a watering hole frequented by endangered California Condors in the Sespe Wilderness.
Taking It to the Overpass: News-Press staff protest
On Friday morning, the organized newsroom and former employees of the News-Press hung a banner on Highway 101 from the Anapamu Street footbridge. See more photos of the event inside.
Wising Up
Josef takes in gangster films Election and Triad Election and considers whether they might be the first in a wave of high-quality Hong Kong Cinema. Also included: re-posts of Josef’s previous film festival bloggins.
A Week in the Life Backstage
This represents the first in a series of articles for Independent.com‘s A&E blog in which writer Elena Gray-Blanc follows the process of backstage preparation for theatrical productions. Check back for more installments that reveal exactly how much unseen work goes into making the on-screen magic happen.
Surfer Peeps
The Independent‘s resident Peeper finds that the premiere of wave chasing documentary Forgotten Coast ends with a film festival after party replete with surfing stories and peanut shells.
