With the carcass of Measure D-the countywide congestion relief measure-still smoldering in the ashes of last week’s crushing election defeat, some South Coast politicos are actively trying to figure out some substitute funding scheme to finance road repair and alternative transit projects.
HEADS U WIN, TAILS I LOSE: The down-and-dirty showdown taking place at the bottom of State Street gives special urgency to that age-old philosophical dilemma-would you rather be eaten alive by a lion or a tiger?
At the Marjorie Luke Theatre, Saturday, November 11.
With its debut performance just last March, Ballet Santa Barbara (BSB) is new in town. This ambitious, full, and varied program was the work of a company entering the dance scene with dynamism and confidence. That confidence is well founded; the nine dancers performing last weekend were without exception technically strong, versatile, and dramatic-the kind of performers we’re lucky to have in Santa Barbara.
PROUDLY LEFT OF THE DIAL: What was this, Kenny G being played on KCSB last week? It was an oxymoronic “what’s wrong with this picture?” moment on the airwaves, hearing the king of anti-jazz cheese being spun on one of the West Coast’s most proudly independent-and alternative-minded-non-commercial stations.
Flying in the face of federal drug laws, nearly 17,000 Santa Barbara City residents hit the polls last week and voted to make marijuana-related offenses the “lowest priority” of the Santa Barbara Police Department.
It’s not every day you get to interview a punk rock legend. Thus, when I found out I would get to speak with Jello Biafra-former frontman for the Dead Kennedys-my wires were a bit crossed. The arrangement was made to preview this Sunday’s politically bent spoken word appearance at UCSB and I should’ve been focused on questions about the California political climate, the upcoming elections, and methods of getting progressive-minded individuals politically active.
“Why is thinking something women never do? And why is logic never even tried? Straightening up their hair is all they ever do. Why don’t they straighten up the mess that’s inside?” These much beloved lyrics are from Alan Jay Lerner’s My Fair Lady, which poses the immortal question: “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?”
According to a recent study by the RAND Corporation, illegal immigrants to this country avail themselves of available health services
At The Hard to Find Showspace, Wednesday, November 8.
Upon arriving at The Hard to Find Showspace-located at an unlit church at the darker end of Hollister Avenue-a line of silhouettes has already formed around the edges of the parking lot that Wednesday night. Eager to see Xiu Xiu’s melancholy in the making, the flock of hipsters had migrated to The Space for the venue’s final show ever (or so they say).
