2006 - Page 193 of 269 - The Santa Barbara Independent

By Sherilyn Bogatz

Growing Up

Blood Brothers Comes to High School

Normally, when you go to see a high school musical, you don’t expect intense drama or bloodshed. But that is exactly what you should expect from Blood Brothers, which plays at Laguna Blanca School through April 30. Blood Brothers, which tells a dark fairy-tale story of twins separated at birth against the grimy backdrop of 1960s Liverpool, is not just a departure for the school. It is also a local premiere for this musical drama, which has never been produced in the area.

Uncategorized By Indy Staff

From the Pens of Babes

The Independent’s Annual Young People’s Poetry Contest Winners

For the budding writers and blossoming poets in Santa Barbara’s high schools and junior highs, spring proves an important season, for April is the month that The Independent‘s annual Young People’s Poetry Contest comes to a close. This year, the contest-which is administered by the Santa Barbara Public Library and, in particular, by senior librarian Janice Rorick-also featured a Spanish language category, named in honor of Gabriel Mistral, whose visit here last year inspired this award.

Uncategorized By Lindsey Wallace

Testimony ends in SBPD Trial

The trial of Ruben Lino-a homosexual ex-cop suing the Santa Barbara Police Department (SBPD)-raged on last week as both sides battled to prove the real reasons why the department declined to rehire Lino. While Lino claims it’s because he reported other officers’ homophobic remarks, department brass staunchly insist Lino’s credit history disqualified him.

Uncategorized By Matt Kettmann

The Reds

Members: (from left) Jonathan Pugh, guitar; Greg Wilson, vocals/bass; Asher Simon, drums
Style: An energy-driven, loud, fun mix of rock and skate punk
Influences: Jawbreaker, Lagwagon, Glassjaw, NoFX, Foo Fighters, Johnny Cash, Journey
Prior Gigs: The Wildcat, Velvet Jones, The Hard to Find, The Barn, Zelo’s
The Skinny: Formed in February 2005, The Reds say that they do take their music seriously, but that the goal at one of their shows is “to create music that is as equally exciting to play as it is to listen to,” said Wilson, the lead singer. “Anyone who has seen our shows before knows that the friendships and eclectic love of music shared by the members is the key to our chemistry on stage.” The Reds are all set to release their debut five-song EP, called Ripping, Shredding, and Thrashing, which they recorded here in drummer Asher Simon’s Santa Barbara garage and are releasing “on our own dime.”
Next Gig: The Reds’ EP release party is Friday, April 29 at Rocks, with support from The Hero and The Victor and Le Meu Le Purr.

-Matt Kettmann

By Ethan Stewart

Devereux School Days Numbered

The Devereux School in Goleta was rocked last week by news that school officials intend to shut down two of the school’s more popular residential programs, as well as its day school-effectively cutting loose 87 developmentally disabled children and terminating more than 200 jobs in the process.

By Alexis Bird

Haunted Housing

Hide and Seek

At Seaside Theater, Saturday, April 15.
Seaside Theatre, a welcome presence in Carpinteria’s cultural life for a number of years, is currently adding suspense to the community by way of Lezley Havard’s three-act mystery Hide and Seek. The production, directed by Penni Louise, opened April 7th in the cozy and charming Theatre Molley Barbey.

Uncategorized By D.J. Palladino

Selling the Oom Pah Pah

Oliver!

At PCPA’s Marian Theatre, Saturday, April 22.
What does a definitive Oliver! production look like? Should Lionel Bart’s classic be more stylized or more realistic like the great Carol Reed film from 1968, when the play was fresh from Broadway? This production, directed by Dianna Shuster, begins with a heap of set elements in the middle of the stage, like 1990s nouvelle cuisine with the steak piled up on the mashed potatoes and asparagus spears pointing to the sky.

By Nick Welsh

Tea Party Averted

Angry boat owners crowded the City Council chambers Tuesday to protest a proposed five percent increase in harbor slip fees, managing to delay action by the Santa Barbara City Council’s Finance Committee. The slip fee controversy arose after Councilmembers Das Williams and Helene Schneider expressed concern that the City’s Parks and Recreation Department was subsidizing the ostensibly self-sufficient Waterfront Department.

By Indy Staff

RALLYING ‘ROUND ROTC:

About 20 members of Santa Barbara High School’s Junior ROTC program marched to school district headquarters last Friday to protest the program’s slated termination. A controversial vote earlier this spring set the wheels in motion for the nearly 100-year-old program to be replaced next year by a decidedly non-military peer leadership program of the district’s design.

Uncategorized By Felicia M. Tomasko

Performance on the Rocks

Westmont Fringe Festival

At Porter Theatre and surrounding locations, Westmont College, Thursday, April 20.
This year’s spring Fringe Festival at Westmont College presented a selection of eclectic short theater and dance work in venues including a rock, the backstage green room of the main theater, and through the theater’s side window onto the outside lawn. The festivities lasted three days, with rotating programs and shifting times, allowing for a different experience upon each showing.

Year: 2006