Q&A with The Bad Neighbors : Breaking Tunes
Local band talks musical inspirations, songwriting, and all things Isla Vista.
Maya Johnson
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‘Welcome to Isla Vista’ Presents: Breaking Tunes
Isla Vista–based band The Bad Neighbors plays a private show at Indy HQ.
Black Creativity as Living History
Artist Toni Scott and photographer Rod Rolle Host Black History Month Art Salon at Santa Barbara’s Elevate Gallery.
The Marettes: Owning Your Power Through Dance
Santa Barbara City College’s first majorette dance group connects students through Black culture.
Looking for Santa Barbara’s Black Community
A culture and history displaced and almost forgotten.
Trading Queer Pain for Laughter
Pacific Pride Foundation’s screening of “She’s the He” brings happy tears and laughs to Santa Barbara’s Marjorie Luke Theatre.
All Booked | Where the Mysterious and the Mundane Meet
Magical realism gets a spotlight as Maya Johnson shares what she’s been reading.
How It Happened: Timeline of Immigration Raid in Carpinteria
On July 10, a quiet back road became home to a political clash in a matter of minutes.
If It’s Not Your Fight, It Will Be Later
Having the proper documentation or a past free of crime is no longer enough to prevent inhumane detainment or deportation. Every day since January, many Hispanics — documented or undocumented — have lived in fear of possible violence.
Theater Review | ‘How to Say Bowl in Spanish’
A new play is a hilarious and intimate examination of the divide at the border, juxtaposed with everyday life for a student of color.
