Think you got what it takes to blow the taste-buds off your friends? Show your chops at the 4th Annual Salsa Festival at the S.B. and Family Resource Fair. Featuring live DJ music, classic car show, food, and community resource booths, the festival culminates in a “breathtaking” salsa contest. To compete, or to volunteer with the festival, call 963-7605. Otherwise come to De la Guerra Plaza, on Saturday, May 13.
Estimated number of Americans who have high cholesterol. Source: wrongdiagnosis.com/c/cholesterol/stats.htm
Nature lovers organized as the San Marcos Foothills Coalition negotiated an agreement with developer Jeff Bermant to preserve open space in the hills west of Highway 154. Instead of the six mansions for which Bermant has county-approved development plans, the new plan would site 44 less expensivethough still luxuryhomes on the 377-acre parcel.
Thu., May 4
S.B. LULAC Youth Council: Presents an educational forum on students’ freedom of speech rights. 7-9pm. La Casa de la Raza, 601 E. Montecito St. Call 705-8392.
Sat., May 6
Bilingual Conference: Building Bridges for the Future of Our Children. Workshops on financial aid, university requirements, parents’ rights, and more. Free transportation, food, and childcare. 9am-3pm. Girvetz Hall, UCSB. Call 478-6933.
Late surfing legend Miki Dora had an article published (post mortem, I believe) in The Surfer’s Journal titled “The Aquatic Ape,” which inspired third-generation filmmaker Wes Brown (grandson of Gaviota’s Bruce Brown, who made a little film called Endless Summer) to craft a mini-movie called Chasing Dora. The film follows Dora’s dream of a contest devoid of judges, wetsuits, or sponsors, to be held in eight-foot Jeffrey’s Bay in South Africa on handmade, natural boards.
-Former sheriff Jim Thomas, objecting to Sheriff Anderson’s interest in allowing local law enforcement to arrest undocumented workers.
The heart and soul of the South Coast came out in full force this week as the largest public demonstration in the history of Santa Barbara hit the streets for a celebration of immigrants’ rights. As part of the nationwide A Day Without Immigrants rally, more than 20,000 men, women, and children-a vast majority of them Latino-made their way up State Street on Monday afternoon dressed in white, waving American flags, toting signs and banners with headlines like “No Immigrants No Business,” banging drums, and chanting the uplifting rallying cry of the day, “¡Si, se peude!” (“Yes, we can!”).
I’ve rarely gone to the gym for good reasons like heart health or longer life. No, I’m all about vanity, fear, and the occasional bow to peer pressure.
Congratulations to S.B.’s Hilary Brace for winning one of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships for her artistic drawing. Brace is one of 187 artists, scholars, and scientists across the country who won some of the $7.5 million given out, averaging around $40,000 per fellow. Keep up the good work!
Lewis Alsamari, JJ Johnson, Trish Gates, and Polly Adams star in a film written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
Much ink and chatter has been spilled about the very existence of the film United 93, apart from whether it’s any good. This, after all, is the first Hollywood film addressing the dark and ominous subject of that day, and some fear that the film is crassly exploiting, for commercial gain, an American tragedy of mythic proportions.
