The End of Caruso’s Miramar?
Montecito Planning Commission sends project back to drawing board, but Caruso won’t go.
Year: 2008
Heroes, Antiheroes, and Other Summer Thrills
Even though last month’s Hot Off the Press was the official “summer reading” edition, we’ve still got a bit of the season left, which means we’re going to need a handful of additional summer reads to get us through.
Rama Seltzer 1926-2008
Barbara Ruth Weiss, Bela Ruchel bat Rifka, Rama Seltzer, our lion and mother, has left us.
The Residue of Merriment
Summer Solstice is touted and marketed as Santa Barbara’s ode to wild abandon, a haven for pagan sun worshippers, temporary hippies, free expressionists, and gonzo suburban fun-lovers of all ages.
Much Ado About Nothing, presented by Shakespeare Santa Barbara
Shakespeare’s glorious language rarely gets upstaged, but it almost happened last Saturday night.
News to Yous
This past Saturday, The Seymour Duncan Band, fronted by guitar innovator and S.B. resident Seymour Duncan, took to the main Fiesta stage to perform.
Tilly and the Wall
This album identifies the band as your model indie rock outfit.
State 8-7
In light of the state’s budget crisis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a three- to four-year one-percent sales tax increase on 8/4.
Media 8-7
Santa Barbara-based progressive talk radio station KIST (1340 AM) will be sold for $1.44 million by its current owners, R&R Radio, LLC, to California Lutheran University, according to news reports this week. Its programming will change to be more like the university’s existing station, KCLU: noncommercial, with National Public Radio content.
Ragtime, presented by PCPA
“We’ll ride on the wheels of a dream,” sings the Harlem ragtime musician Coalhouse Walker Jr., echoing the longing of the many characters in this story who hope to fulfill the American Dream.
