West Beach Music & Arts Festival
Kicking off Friday afternoon and wrapping up beneath clear skies and a full moon on Sunday, the second annual West Beach Music & Arts Festival came to life on the dusty sands west of Stearns Wharf over the weekend.
Year: 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno
The Talking Heads frontman and the so-called “Father of Ambient Music” re-team some 26 years after their first collaboration effort, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, to craft an album that is equal parts orchestral pop genius and stripped down brilliance.
Camerata Pacifica
The music of J.S. Bach made a fitting opening selection for the first night of Camerata Pacifica’s new season at Hahn Hall on the Music Academy campus.
Law and Disorder 9-18
A 9/14 crash on Highway 1 killed a 15-year-old Lompoc resident and sent three people to the hospital with major injuries.
H is for Hitching Post II
The Hitching Post’s second location in Buellton is known for their Santa Maria-style barbequed sirloin, as well as for being home to Hartley Ostini wines.
Center of the Jazz World,
Up the Road a Piece
With this weekend’s edition of the Monterey Jazz Festival, the second half century officially begins.
vol. 22, no. 140, Sept. 18-25, 2008
Dominic Balli, winner of The Independent‘s Road to West Beach contest, earned a spot onstage at last weekend’s West Beach Arts & Music Festival.
News to Yous
Former Disney character animator and current Montecito resident Blaine Gibson will give a very special guest lecture through the Santa Barbara City College Art Department on Wednesday, September 24, at 4:30 p.m.
West Beach Music & Arts Festival Peeps
Last weekend marked the triumphant return of the ambitious Twiin Productions’ West Beach Music & Arts Festival to a wide swath o’ harbor-side sand-not to mention the culmination of a certain weekly rag’s Road to West Beach battle of the bands.
World’s Largest Ice Cream Social!
Cold Stone Creamery stores throughout S.B., as well as nationwide, invite ice cream lovers to experience the joy of ice cream at the nostalgic 7th Annual Ice Cream Social, which promises wholesome family entertainment, fun activities, and lots of ice cream!
