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The Indy‘s Annual
Peace on Earth Issue

‘Tis the season of peace, joy, and goodwill toward men and women, and as such we at The Independent have, for the past several years, recognized people in our community who dedicate their lives to those tenets year-round.

Maverick Photographer Santi Visalli Calls His Own Shots

For more than 40 years, Santa Barbara-based photographer Santi Visalli has turned his lens upon the world with purpose and grace. From elegant architectural studies to intimate portraits of the rich and famous, Visalli’s portfolio is as diverse as it is prolific, and includes many of the major cultural and social icons of our era.

‘Tis The Season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again, and luckily for you, our self-proclaimed Indy Holiday Enforcer, Rachel Weight, has undertaken the overwhelming yet exciting task of compiling and organizing every single holiday event in Santa Barbara.

Local Heroes 2007

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and with this 22nd annual Local Heroes issue, The Santa Barbara Independent tries to recognize them all.

Edward Borein’s Archetypal Images of the Old West

Exactly 100 years ago, a seasoned cowboy boarded a train for New York, hoping to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional artist. When he returned to his native California a dozen years later, Edward Borein was considered by many to be among the finest interpreters of the American West, an artist whose depictions of cowboys, Native Americans, and the rapidly disappearing culture of the Old West were valued as much for their accuracy as for their artistic merit.

Valley Grown and City Pressed, Jaffurs Wine Cellars Harvests Its ’07s

With the hustle and bustle of midday Milpas Street traffic providing an unexpected backdrop, 14 tons of syrah grapes arrived on Santa Barbara’s Eastside last week, their sweet, intoxicating aroma detectable from several blocks away. Grown in the sun-kissed climate of the Santa Ynez Valley and plucked fat from the vine just hours before, crate after crate of the deeply hued purple delights were being forklifted off a flat-bed truck parked on Montecito Street just outside Jaffurs Wine Cellars, which received the delivery into its state-of-the-art production facility for the next step in the fruit’s seasonal journey.

2007 Surf Issue – Surf Season Returns

Get ready for crowded beach parking lots, neck tan lines, salty post-nasal drip and unexcused absences from work and school-surf season is once again kissing the coastline of Santa Barbara. The all-too-short annual love affair between our beloved cobblestone points and northwest ground swells officially opened this month with a spattering of sublimely surfable days throughout the county, and the hungry hordes were on it.

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