Los Padres Re-Opened
The U.S. Forest Service announced the reopening of Los Padres National Forest on 11/8. The San Rafael Wilderness, Dick Smith Wilderness, and areas affected by the Zaca Fire will remain off-limits until further notice.
Year: 2007
A Preview of College Basketball in Santa Barbara, from UCSB to Westmont and SBCC
John Zant gives the complete rundown of the upcoming college basketball season in Santa Barbara, featuring the UCSB Gauchos, Westmont Warriors, and SBCC Vaqueros.
New paintings by Stella Lai.
An interest in what lies beneath the surface is at the heart of artist Stella Lai’s work. Lai was born in Hong Kong but now lives in California, and each of the five gouache paintings in her current exhibition contains obvious and oblique references to two recurring themes: the female body and Chinese symbolism.
Theater Teachers Wanted
UCSB’s Department of Theater and Dance is currently on the lookout for three professors of acting/directing, theater studies, and playwriting. A PhD, MFA, or equivalent is required, and the university is starting to review candidates this week, so hurry up. Send materials to theatersearch@theaterdance.ucsb.edu.
Michael Jackson Is Innocent
Michael Jackson is 100 percent innocent, and his 2005 trial on charges of child molestation was an outrageously expensive witch hunt solely designed by then Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon to dethrone a successful black celebrity.
Lynn Hunt’s New Book, Inventing Human Rights: A History
For the vast majority of humankind’s existence, there’s been no talk whatsoever of rights. Throughout most of our history, we’ve seen ourselves as an undifferentiated mass, any given unit of which can and should be sacrificed for the good-real or imagined-of the whole.
Keeping Ants Out of Doors
There are all kinds of signs that we need rain. One is that the ants are marching through my kitchen. Ants come out of their holes when it is either too wet or too dry. Their favorite stop on my kitchen sink is the damp dish rag.
Ingrid Fliter, presented by CAMA
Ingrid Fliter, the Argentine-born pianist, is becoming an international sensation, and for good reason. She boasts the imprimatur of winning the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award last year, and her Santa Barbara debut at the Lobero Theatre last week, as part of the cherished CAMA Masterseries, masterfully took on Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven, and Chopin. She seemed to make the room full of true believers.
Finding Festive Fashion at Sears
It’s not that I’m a snob. I just really, really like clothes. I guess 12 years spent sporting plaid, pleated, polyester skirts will do that to a girl. “Free Dress” days, as they were called at my private, Catholic schools-the days when I could skip the uniform and actually dress myself-were special; they meant freedom, but more than that, they meant fun.
Study Says Men Dig Curvy Women
According to a study co-authored by UCSB anthropology professor Steven Gaulin, most men find voluptuous women more sexually alluring.
