2006 - Page 186 of 269 - The Santa Barbara Independent

By Carlos Morton

What Lola Wants, Lola Gets

Lola Goes to Roma

At SBCC’s Jurkowitz Theatre, Friday, April 28. Shows through May 13.
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and Josefina L³pez of Real Women Have Curves fame both like to paint intimate self-portraits. “I paint what I know best,” said Kahlo. Both are strong, independent Latinas who are (or are becoming) icons. In Lola Goes to Roma, Roma (delightfully played by Dekyi Ronge) is a stand-in for the 37-year-old author while the mother is based on actress Lupe Ontiveros, a more mature woman whose sexuality L³pez greatly admires-“the kind of woman I wanted my mother to be,” she has said.

By Indy Staff

NITE MOVES

Nite Moves is an evening party at Leadbetter Beach Park in beautiful Santa Barbara, California each Wednesday: May 5th through September 1st. Each week features a Presenting Sponsor, a Featured Buffet Host, local Santa Barbara Entertainment and a Sunset on the shore of The American Riveria. Get results here:

Nite Moves 5K Run 5/3/06,

Nite Moves 5K Swim 5/3/06,

Nite Moves 5K Biathlon 5/3/06,

Nite Moves 5K Run 5/10/06,

Nite Moves 5K Swim 5/10/06,

Nite Moves Biathlon 5/10/06,

Nite Moves 5K Run 5/17/06,

Nite Moves Swim 5/17/06,

Nite Moves Biathlon 5/17/06

Nite Moves 5K Run 5/24/06,

Nite Moves Swim 5/24/06,

Nite Moves Biathlon 5/24/06

Living By Indy Staff

Nursing Honors

Thanks to the generosity of the Bialis family, each month one lucky-and deserving-local nurse will be the recipient of a $3,000 award.

By Nick Welsh

Deputies’ Digits

In the ongoing battle regarding the crucial endorsement of the Deputy Sheriffs Association (DSA), the union revealed that incumbent Sheriff Jim Anderson received just 11 votes more than former sheriff Jim Thomas, 49 more than Sheriff’s Lt. Butch Arnoldi, and 123 more than Lompoc Police Chief Bill Brown.

By Ethan Stewart

Great Tunes, Bad Clapping

Taj Mahal and Mavis Staples

At UCSB’s Campbell Hall, Tuesday, April 25.
It never really came together last Tuesday night during the Mavis Staples and Taj Mahal concert at UCSB. A full house of folks showed up at Campbell Hall for a night of world-class and soulful music to the 10th degree and-while the artists did everything but disappoint-the audience never seemed to bite.

Living By Virginia Hayes

Radial TrenchÄ±ng

How to Combat Soil Compaction Soil compaction is the number-one enemy of plant growth. Excessive foot or vehicular traffic is the most obvious culprit, but it can occur in time anyway. Saturated soils such as we have experienced this spring only exacerbate the condition.

By Elizabeth Schwyzer

Puzzles and Solutions

Paul Taylor Dance Company

At Campbell Hall, Wednesday, April 26.
Paul Taylor loves puzzles: he’s an avid jigsaw fan who approaches choreography as a problem-solving exercise. As his company general manager John Tomlinson put it after Wednesday night’s show at UCSB, “He solves the music.”

Uncategorized By Charles Donelan

To the Heavens

Festival of India, presented by Ravi and Anoushka Shankar

At Arlington Theatre, Sunday, April 30.
The phenomenal musical presence of Ravi Shankar appeared undimmed last Sunday evening, even as the master approaches 86 years of age and an incredible 67 years of continuous activity as a performer. Accompanied by his daughter Anoushka (also a sitarist) and an ensemble featuring the marvelous tabla player Tanmoy Bose, among many others, Ravi delivered graceful, sweeping versions of two classic ragas on Sunday evening to an appreciative crowd at the Arlington.

By Charles Donelan

Color My World

Jane Gottlieb: Beyond Belief

At the Carnegie Art Museum, through June 4.
Santa Barbara artist Jane Gottlieb has a thing about color. She likes it heavy, unnatural, and super-saturated. Fine for a painter, but in a photographer-which Gottlieb is-it’s more often that not a bit over the top, a gesture that arouses and disturbs, often at the same time. Add the fact that this is not color found, as in pictures of brightly colored things, but rather color introduced, as in pictures of things brightly colored by hand, or Photoshop, and always after the picture has been taken, and you have the makings of a potential party, or a clamorous color collision.

Uncategorized By Indy Staff

Top 5 Bitter-Sweet Ballads by the LEMONHEADS

The first incarnation of The Lemonheads imploded when Evan Dando insisted on playing the guitar riff from Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” during every song while on stage. The second time around, a cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” brought the band to the attention of the masses, but Dando’s rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle quickly intruded upon their infectious guitar-laden pop. By the late ’90s, The Lemonheads were no more. Having straightened out and released a gorgeous solo album, Baby I’m Bored, in 2003, Evan Dando has also recently resurrected The Lemonheads. They signed with Vagrant Records and are currently in the studio recording. And while we anxiously await the results, here are but a few of the band’s musical highlights :

Year: 2006