Making big things happen in a small town like Santa Barbara is all about connections. And this Saturday, February 24 at the Arlington, the Solutions for Dreamers eco-festival represents one of the highest levels of S.B. connectivity ever.
Five minutes. That’s the amount of time I can handle talking about my upcoming wedding without feeling like my head is going to explode.
January’s SBIFF, February’s African Heritage Film Series, March’s Jewish Film Festival : for a town the size of Santa Barbara, we’ve got film festivals up the wazoo.
After working up a small appetite discussing wedding photography, I asked for an appetizer menu and mulled over the choices. Though at first I was slightly dismayed by what seemed to be uncreative bar bites-have my taste buds been spoiled by our town’s uber creative chefs?
Maybe you were thinking this column would only be for the finer drinks in life. Nope. Even malt liquor and the 40 oz. bottle gets plays here.
On Wednesday, February 21, at noon in De la Guerra Plaza, hundreds of people are expected to show up to support the unionized newsroom staff of the Santa Barbara News-Press and call for owner Wendy McCaw to return ethical standards to her newspaper, rehire the reporters and editors wrongfully terminated, and remind her that owning a newspaper means caring about your community and acting like a responsible professional. Does Santa Barbara care enough to make this rally successful? We hope so. (Illustration by Bob Aul, for the OC Weekly.)
This Indianapolis hip-hop trio achieved some national recognition recently thanks to a Super Bowl anthem for the Colts called “Go Blue.” Their fourth album, Basementality, tastefully mixes smoothed out beats and smart lyrics for an album worth giving a listen.
The 8th Annual African Heritage Film Series Comes to Town
It’s a common observation by many an out-of-towner that Santa Barbara lacks a visible population of African Americans. But, explained Gwendolyn Hampton, who cofounded the S.B. African Heritage Film Series with her husband, Friday, back in 2000, “We are here. Just because there’s not quote-unquote a community or a neighborhood doesn’t mean we don’t exist.”
A documentary directed by Sasha Snow; Asiemut, a documentary directed by Olivier Higgins and Melanie Carrier. Part of the Best of the 31st Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival, which screens on Tuesday, February 20, and Wednesday, February 21, at UCSB’s Campbell Hall.
Mountainous wilderness has always fascinated humankind, a species whose innate curiosity makes even the most remote regions ripe for exploration. The Banff Mountain Film Festival was started in 1976 as a testament to both that drive and the inhabitable landscapes themselves, and we’ve been lucky to enjoy a “Best Of” rundown every year at UCSB’s Campbell Hall.
On Tuesday, Bob Guiliano – the editor who was fired on Friday, January 26 for “performance-related” reasons (not for attending Anna Davison’s goodbye party after she was fired, as was first reported) – filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. Then on Wednesday, the Teamsters were talking about filing another one as well, this time because News-Press attorney David Millstein barged into a Tuesday night union meeting, which is allegedly against federal law.
