An Elevated Perspective
Pilot Karen Kahn of Santa Barbara shares her view from up there.
Year: 2011
Hate Speech?
How could so much press call for ending hate speech when it published the hatred of President G.W. Bush for eight years?
Anne Francis and I
I walked up to her table and said, “Miss Francis, I was just looking at your book in the Santa Barbara Library and here you are.”
Nice But No Mensch
Lois Capps either has no real opinion on the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan or refuses to share it because her stated reasons for voting yes on continued war funding can be knocked over with a feather duster.
The Cat’s Meow
How a self-satisfied little carnivore crept out from the wilds and into our hearts.
Good Baja Drugs
Sinking my weight onto the rotisserie entry at to a medical clinic in Baja, Mexico last week, I noticed the doctor sitting right in the front. Right in his chair. “Can I help you?” he asked. “Sure,” I muttered, in a foul gibberish.
Dance Film Installation at CAF
Choreograher Robin Bisio and filmmaker Ted Mills collaborate on Nymphaea, which features performer Erika Kloumann and was shot at Lotusland.
Buellton Councilmember Dies
Russ Hicks, 55, died suddenly in his home on Thursday.
Someplace with a Mountain
The director of this documentary discusses rising sea levels and how it’s already hurting one tribe in Micronesia.
By Day and By Night
The director of this Mexican science fiction epic about overpopulation and family ties talks about his work.
