2013 Summer Arts Preview
The Independent’s arts editors present their picks for this season’s must-see arts events.
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2013 Blue and Green Guide
These early summer days, with their long-lasting and warm evenings and cool foggy mornings, provide the perfect backdrop to get out and enjoy all the wonders of Santa Barbara’s truly vast and varied natural playground.
Legendary El Encanto Hotel Reopens
The legendary El Encanto reopens, ready to make history again.
Tommy & The High Pilots Set Sights on New Album
The Santa Barbara quartet will celebrate the release of their new album this Friday, May 31, at SOhO.
Helping a Historic ‘Hood
A look at the cultures and buildings protected by the S.B. Trust for Historic Preservation.
Semicentennial Shindig
What to expect during the Trust for Historic Preservation’s 50th anniversary party at El Paseo.
Entrusted with the Past
A look back at the first 50 years of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.
Tour de Santa Barbara
The Amgen Tour of California comes through our American Riviera on May 15 and 16.
Wrangling Wide-Open Ranges
The life, times, and legacy of Santa Barbara rancher Louise Hanson.
County Psych Facility Needs More Beds
The psych-bed shortage exceeds critical mass, but something may be done.