It’s an age-old question-does art have the power to effect change? The organizers of Pl¡ticas en espa±ol, or “Conversations in Spanish,” at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF) certainly think so. Debuting on August 25, Pl¡ticas en espa±ol is a free series of six lectures on topics that directly affect the local Latino community, presented in both Spanish and English by internationally renowned artists and scholars.
The beauty of polo is the synchronization of horse and rider, making it the fastest ball game in the world. With the horses topping 30 miles per hour, it is safe to say that the games at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club last Sunday afternoon were moving faster than the thick southbound traffic on nearby Highway 101 through Carpinteria.
Earlier this summer, director Judd Apatow and star Seth Rogen teamed up to deliver the delightfully crass Knocked Up. For Superbad, Apatow serves as producer, Rogen co-wrote the screenplay, and Greg Mottola (The Daytrippers) takes over directing duties.
If you’re concerned about an older person, it’s important to know that help is available. The Gatekeeper Program, which aims to assist the vulnerable elderly before a crisis occurs, helps to make people aware of the various community services available. Trained community members, called gatekeepers, open the gates between the isolated elderly and these sources of assistance.
Starting this fall, SBCC will offer a new Creative Writing Certificate program. For info, call 965-0581 or visit sbcc.edu. Coordinator and English professor David Starkey tells all.
The Santa Barbara City Council unanimously voted in favor of a policy statement declaring that commuter rail must be part of any future South Coast transit options.
Boats in the Santa Barbara Channel have reported unusually high numbers of blue whales in recent weeks.
At a cool 87 years old, Dave Brubeck endures and his musical passion continues to inspire. Having recently released an intimate new CD, Indian Summer, he returns to the Lobero on Monday, August 27, at 8 p.m. Brubeck’s remarkably cohesive new album contains both classic standards as well as elegant new material, all done as solo piano work. Boldly, Brubeck recorded most of the material in one take, yet the music nevertheless achieves a beautiful timelessness, even as it evokes decades of images and memories.
Soon after the dawn of the new millennium, a new Wilco arrived on the music scene, ready for a bit of all-American reinvention. The band that Chicagoan Jeff Tweedy built had outgrown its alt-country stylistic wardrobe and was led into more experimental terrain by avant pop guru Jim O’Rourke, and the landmark album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot brought us a newer, rougher, brainier Wilco. Their record label was befuddled, as were diehard fans.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital hired Dr. Alois Zauner to help develop a new neurovascular center at the hospital.
