Think Hawai’i-surfing, sand, sun, hula, and pineapples, right? Better add cowboys to that island mix, because the 49th state is home to one of the proudest horse-riding and cattle-corralling cultures in the world, a ropin’ ‘n’ wranglin’ tradition that harkens back to the 1800s and persists today on some of the largest ranches in the United States.
There’s a place in the backwoods of southern Virginia where grandpas play banjo, their grandkids play fiddle, and everyone else in town sings along. This is the birthplace of American music, the geographic locale where the European fiddle (in the hands of the Scots-Irish) met the African banjo (brought over by slaves) and spawned country music, bluegrass, and the like.
An emergency closure is announced due to hot weather, high winds, and other fires.
Almost everyone’s heard the true tale of the person who taught a gorilla named Koko to use sign language, so it’s pretty well accepted that primates can learn a lot from humans. But did anyone consider the opposite: Humans might actually be able to learn how to live better by watching our primate cousins?
UCSB archaeologist Anabel Ford brings El Pilar forest gardeners to town this weekend.
As fall delivers chillier weather and darker skies, there’s no better place to be than the rustic Cold Spring Tavern (coldspringtavern.com) off San Marcos Pass, where warmth is exuded everywhere, from the comfort food and homey staff to the burning fireplaces and historic decor. What better way to temper that encompassing heat than with a few quaffs of brew from Carpinteria’s Island Brewing Company (islandbrewingcompany.com), which is hosting an informational beer-pairing dinner there on October 17.
Aren’t great artists always tortured?
That seems to be the case for one America Martin, a successful Los Angeles painter whose fans include such actors as Kirsten Dunst, Danny Devito, Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, and Ted Danson. She’s coming to Koehler Winery in the Santa Ynez Valley for a gala on Saturday, October 6, from 3 to 6 p.m., which is how I stumbled upon her artist’s statement. Artists’ statements tend to be out there, but Martin’s is a real doozy.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s Imperial Life in the Emerald City dissects postwar Iraq.
Who said there’s no homegrown music scene in Santa Barbara? We here at The Independent have always believed our town’s music-making tradition was alive and well, so we decided to put our opinions to the test and publish this inaugural live music issue. When we asked Santa Barbara musicians to tell us about their bands, we figured 30 submissions would be a success. We were clueless. More than 100 bands and singer/songwriters responded. Now, we are presenting the fruits of our findings to you in our first-ever Locals Only music issue, a comprehensive list of the musicians who submitted the required materials.
News-Press owner tells her side of the story as NLRB hearing nears the end.
