Good for Looking, Better for Party Planning
Keeping your party schedule in order can prove difficult for even the most organized Santa Barbaran. And don’t we all hate that blank spot on the wall that just begs for something to be hung?
Recent Stories
Director Ali Selim
Discusses Sweet Land
The average 21st-century American thinks very little about the life of a German immigrant settling into the Minnesota farming life amid a post-World War I period of raging xenophobia. But as Ali Selim’s insightful film Sweet Land reveals, such an experience is integral to understanding the American dream, and the nightmarish paths that some must endure before acceptance in a new society.
Profant Foundation for the Arts
It is unfortunately a common refrain for classrooms across California: Arts funding is being slashed leaving children with few creative outlets, barely any artistic inspiration, and a life centered solely on reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. Luckily for Santa Barbara, there’s a nonprofit organization whose directive is to give scholarships to “artists of all ages” as a means of “preserving Santa Barbara’s cultural heritage.” This is the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts, and it’s accepting applications for the next round of scholarships until May 31.
Frontlines of the Nojoqui Grade Fire
Here are some frontline photographs from the brush fire on the Nojoqui Grade, which started in the afternoon of Wednesday, May 23.
Dr. Laura’s Son Under Investigation
Conservative radio talk show host Dr. Laura, who started penning a News-Press column following last July’s mass resignations, takes a break after charges that her son posted objectionable images of rape, murder, and child molestation on his MySpace page.
Leana Orsua Goes to KSBY
It’s official: Leana Orsua began working as KSBY’s Santa Barbara bureau chief this week. Plus, more media notes.
The Bowl Raises the Roof, Literally
If you’ve been feeling like something’s missing this spring, you’re right. By this time last year, the Santa Barbara Bowl’s concert series was already in full swing, delivering the best in live music to our ocean-view, hillside venue on the corner of Milpas and Anapamu streets. This year, however, the concerts don’t start until the Norah Jones show on June 22, making it one of the latest Bowl season starts in recent memory.
UCSB Presents the Second Annual Human Rights Festival
Last year, UCSB’s Arts & Lectures successfully combined excellent filmmaking with global awareness by launching the first annual Human Rights Film Festival. This coming Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, May 21-23, the festival returns for round two, once again delivering documentaries and feature films that blend beauty and art with consciousness and consequence. Here’s a rundown.
Leaving More Than a Trace
The ear-splitting roar of a chainsaw throwing showers of splinters and dust up into a cloudless sky penetrates the serene mountain scene. The fresh air’s aroma of sage and wild mint gets overpowered by the reek of grease and oil. The uneven, hardly trampled soil gets unearthed and tamed by a pickax. Gnarled, ancient branches of oak scrub meet their immediate defeat in the jaws of loppers, their shredded remains tossed over steep cliffs. Helmets are worn, sweat pours down faces, hands get cut, eyes fill with dirt, ears ring, muscles grow sore.
Introducing Hawaii’s Paula Fuga
The Hawaiian reggae songstress chats with The Indy‘s Matt Kettmann.
