It’s been 31 years since their first gig, and The B-52’s still rock the house. For a band of misfits from Athens, Georgia-who laid the foundations of alternative rock with their surreal, sexy lyrics over funky dance beats, thrift store-chic costumes, and gloriously garish beehive wigs-the Chumash Casino Resort is a decidedly strange venue: full of beeping slot machines and super-sized soft drinks.
Robert Grande Weiss died in peace at Sarah House on November 6. Close friends and family were with him in the final days as he lost a valiant fight with recurring pancreatic cancer. Grande Weiss was a true fighter in many ways. Without his self-sacrificing perseverance and perfectionism, Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) would never have flourished and survived for going on 30 years-the longest-lasting professional theater company in Santa Barbara.
Actor John Travolta received an award for a lifetime of distinguished achievement in acting.
You Can’t Take It with You, in many ways the greatest of all screwball comedies, gets a stellar production from director Jenny Sullivan and a wonderful, Rubicon record-setting cast of 19. Robin Gammell is outstanding as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof, the paterfamilias of a zany extended family living on New York’s Upper West Side in the late 1930s.
The other night, my girlfriend Jackie and I were in the kitchen making dinner. We were chatting about our respective days when she dropped a little relationship bomb.
November 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.
Members of Santa Barbara’s Jewish community met on 11/18 for the second annual communitywide Teach-in On Israel.
On 11/14, Donald Kevin Romanik, 50-recently released from prison-allegedly robbed the Bank of America branch at 834 State Street.
Friday night lights have flickered out for all but one South Coast high school football team: the Bishop Diego High Cardinals. They successfully launched their quest for the CIF Mid-Valley Division championship by blanking Mary Star of the Sea 36-0 in their playoff opener last Friday night at La Playa Stadium. Bishop will hit the road to face Temple City in the quarterfinals this Friday night, November 23.
Todd Haynes’s film I’m Not There is the wildest mainstream film you’ll see this year. It’s about Bob Dylan, but Dylan is played by six different actors, including Richard Gere, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and Cate Blanchett.
