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Year: 2011
Lucky Dragons Want to Perform with You, Not for You
The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum will host the L.A. experimentalists on Thursday, February 3.
Great Debate
Cary Nelson, Stanley Fish will discuss modern academic freedom at this year’s Arthur Rupe debate.
Trash Turmoil Stirs Debate over Competition
Rising consultant costs renew focus on single-source negotiations with MarBorg.
The Return of Deeper Shade of Blue
Jack McCoy’s ode to wave riding, which made its debut at this year’s SBIFF, gets a nationwide screening.
127 Hours Late
Critic says James Franco is worth the wait amidst a blissful kickoff to SBIFF 2011.
Saturday Film Fest Report
Our man in the theater spends 160 minutes with the real James Franco; plus, writer’s panel and movies.
Abalone Fishing
By the turn of the century, Santa Barbara was home to one of California’s most successful fishing enterprises.
Land
The director discusses his film about the rush to development in southwestern Nicaragua.
Voices from the Aussie Floods
Our Pet Psychic was recently sent three particularly intriguing pictures of animals that “lived the agony of the floods in Queensland and Victoria, Australia.”
