Book Review | ‘No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk’ by Gavin Butt
Follow a select band of art school students through the 1980s British punk-rock movement and what happens next.
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Book Review | ‘I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are’ by Rachel Bloom
The “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star’s memoir is both LOL funny and grimace-making.
Yotam Ottolenghi Cooks and Books Up Comfort
Famed chef comes to the Granada on October 14.
Book Review | ‘The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture’ by Tricia Romano
A mostly oral history of America’s most important alternative weekly paper — and this paper’s Editor in Chief just happened to hold that same title at the Voice.
Santa Barbara Funk Zone Rebranded Bar Nods to Its Namesake
Acme polished its Pearl Social Cocktail Club to a fine luster.
Seven Lands a Heavenly New Location
New spot on Montecito Street is a 10.
Culinary Icon Alice Waters Meets Santa Barbara Elite to Improve How We Eat
Raising awareness for the Edible Schoolyard Project at El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel.
Literary Libations Come to Santa Barbara’s Kingdom by the Sea
Poe-tent potables are coming our way at the Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy.
Book Review | ‘Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show’ by Tommy Tomlinson
A tale told with humor, poignancy, vivid description, and heart.
Good Lion Hospitality Roars Through the 10-Year Mark
With unique outposts in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and S.L.O., and a new one coming to Montecito, this beast of a biz crew is conquering the Central Coast.