George Guntermann 1917-2007
George Guntermann was among the leading Santa Barbarans of his generation. Others had more influence in business or government, but few touched the lives of as many young people.
Year: 2007
Q: ‘What is the history of the area near Carpinteria called Sandyland?’
Sandyland is the beachfront area stretching approximately from Santa Claus Lane eastward to Carpinteria. At one time, the outstanding feature of this region was its magnificent sand dunes. Flanked on one side by the Pacific Ocean and on the other by the Carpinteria Slough, Sandyland was an oasis of solitude, a situation that would change under the impact of humans and Mother Nature.
TALE OF TWO TALKS
UCSB continues to bring notable speakers from all corners of academia and politics-for free! This Tuesday, February 6 at 8 p.m. at Campbell Hall, Martin Sherwin, whose book American Prometheus about atom bomb creator Robert Oppenheimer won the 2006 Pulitzer, chats with UCSB’s Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, an expert on Japanese involvement in World War II. Wednesday, February 7-same time and place-Cuauhtemoc C¡rdenas Sol³rzano, founder of Mexico’s Party of the Democratic Revolution and a three-time presidential candidate, discusses the 2006 election and Mexican politics.
Long Time Passing
Dr. Michael Seabaugh considers the evolution of the Baby Boomer generation and how their collective mores have morphed as they became grown-ups. What might the differences between the Boomers and their offspring portend for the future of the country?
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Starting January 22, many Santa Barbara School District teachers aimed to gain leverage in their ongoing salary negotiations with the
Top Reasons to Get Fit with Bollywood
As an international teacher of Indian dance and Hatha yoga, Hemalayaa will be demonstrating her new DVD The Bollywood Dance Workout, which was inspired by Indian films as well as classical yoga. Hema’s life has been devoted to the teachings of yoga and traditional Indian dance. Here’s why you should care …
Access Gets Sexy!
From Access Energy Transformation, which bills itself as a set of tools that empower you to create your life the way you would like it to be, comes a hot new workshop. “Sex-What Else Is Possible?” will take place next Thursday, February 8 from 7-10 p.m., at the Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort.
Katzenjammer Dogs
WAITING FOR THE OTHER SOCK TO DROP: I don’t know much about art, but I know what I don’t like. What I don’t like is the high-handed manner in which the people behind the Center for the Performing Arts have been acting. No doubt, they’re a great bunch. No doubt I’d like them a lot if I spent any time with them. And no doubt, I’ll love it when their wet dream comes true and the Granada Theatre is rehabilitated to its once and future splendor.
Bowling for Trivia
1 The “Super Bowl Shuffle,” recorded by the Chicago Bears to hype their appearance in Super Bowl XX, earned a
In the Style of a Genius
Itzhak Perlman, violin, with Rohan De Silva, piano. At UCSB’s Campbell Hall, Saturday, January 27.
Itzhak Perlman, gloriously relaxed and confident on a rainy Saturday at Campbell Hall, played an extraordinary concert that reminded everyone present not only of how great live music can be, but also of the living connection with history that attending such performances gives us.
