Barfoot Snowboards Turns 30
A look back on the history of snowboarding and its lesser known origins in our neck of the woods.
Year: 2008
San Fran Explodes with Five Days of Indie Rock
Heralded as the South by Southwest of the California coastline, Noise Pop offers under-the-radar rock awesomeness.
Santa Barbara County Wine Futures
Forget Fiesta. Eschew Solstice. The best day in town each year is Wine Futures.
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, presented by CAMA
The rightfully esteemed Czech Philharmonic Orchestra showed up at the Arlington Theatre last week and served up a balanced program of two large works penned in the last century, beautifully demonstrating the great diversity and grand ambition of the confusing sprawl of 20th-century symphonic orchestral writing.
Taking the Peeps by the Horn
Line dancing, Mac-tinis, and John Palminteri, riding a mechanical bull. ‘Nuff said?
The Other Boleyn Girl
Bearing only a passing resemblance to the historical novel by Philippa Gregory on which it is based, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces moviegoers to Mary Boleyn.
Bianca Licata
When news intern Bianca Licata isn’t writing for The Independent, she’s reporting and copyediting over at the Daily Nexus, UCSB’s student newspaper.
Lentil Soup
The perfect way to blast away your rainy day blues is to enjoy a steaming bowl of homemade soup.
Best if Far from Busiest
Like anyone with an over-valued sense of self, I wonder why things I like aren’t always immensely popular (and then am grateful they aren’t).
Andrew J. Bacevich on Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Andrew J. Bacevich was an early and prominent critic of the war in Iraq.
