When the Heavens Wept
Fr. Virgil-for many of us in Santa Barbara, his name was a succinct answer to the question: Why am I a Catholic?
Year: 2008
vol. 22, no. 124, May 29-June 5, 2008
Father Virgil George Cordano was a fixture in Santa Barbara, presiding over the Mission and working with Fiesta.
On the Verge Teaches Teen Choreographers
Each year in Santa Barbara, a group of teenagers with dreams of lives as professional choreographers get a chance to learn what it takes in On the Verge: Teen Choreographers’ Showcase, presented by the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance.
Nina Chang
Nina Chang works The Indy‘s classified ads.
Business 5/29
Ultraflex Solar Arrays developed in Goleta by Allied Techsystems (ATK) are powering the Mars Phoenix Lander that touched down on 5/25 to study the planet’s water and potential habitability.
Montecito Cafe
Review of this “gateway drug to fine dining” in Montecito.
Paul Willis Publishes New Book of Poems
Santa Barbara poet Paul Willis’s long awaited book of poetry, Visiting Home, came out this spring. He spoke with me about it from his home in Montecito.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It’s hard to believe, but it was 1981 when Indiana Jones burst on the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, thanks to the imagineering and commercial cunning of Steven Spielberg.
Debra Lee Baldwin’s Designing with Succulents
It’s fun to read books written by people who are recently converted to a subject.
Fired Reporters Denied Immediate Reinstatement at News-Press
The May 22 decision is the biggest courthouse win yet for Santa Barbara’s troubled daily newspaper.
