Business 8-28
Sunday, 8/24, marked the last day for Santa Barbara residents to raid the heavily discounted wares at Morninglory Music, where clerks were literally dismantling CD racks as soon as merchandise had cleared from them.
Year: 2008
Five Films to Enjoy at CAF’s Screening of the Best of the 2007 Ottawa Animation Festival
Few art forms are better suited to entertain today’s short-attention-spanned society than the animated short film.
Education 8-28
The 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of 1,476 of the country’s institutes of higher learning ranked UCSB as the 12th best public national university and the 44th best national university – slightly up from its rankings last year.
League Led Charge
I enjoyed Nick Welsh’s summary of the Miramar and La Entrada developers’ problems and their reluctance to do the necessary EIRs.
News to Yous
Tickets to individual shows and discounted season memberships are now available for the upcoming Broadway at the Granada series presented by the Theater League.
Jazz in the Pending Autumn Air
This Saturday at the Polo Grounds, the inaugural Great Gatsby Jazz Festival launches, picking up where the Santa Barbara Smooth Jazz Festival left off.
Delicious Dish
S.B.’s newest seaside restaurant has opened! The Boathouse (2981 Cliff Dr.) is sure to be a hotspot for years to come, and the sea bass, in season currently, comes highly recommended.
Goleta 8-28
Facing an 8/30 deadline to replace kitchen and bath facilities for farmworkers living onsite, Fairview Gardens is hurriedly getting things squared away.
Outside Lands Festival
In the months leading up to Outside Lands, it became clear that the three-day gathering in Golden Gate Park would not be just any old weekend in the woods.
Health 8-28
Though PathPoint, formerly Work Training Programs of Santa Barbara, announced this week that it was chosen as the lead support agency for all group homes for Santa Barbara Mental Health Services clients, county spokesperson William Boyer said that the contract is still being negotiated.
