As host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart uses a sarcastic bite to reveal truth amidst clouds of political spin. He’ll share his wit and wisdom this Saturday, November 18, when he comes to the UCSB Events Center for a rare California appearance, the only West Coast show this season.
With the world finally watching, Irish songman Damien Rice releases 9 this week, and Brett Leigh Dicks digs it the most.
The jury doesn’t buy that Varela’s August 2005 killing of former UCSB student Holly Lake was a crime of passion, instead finding the Oxnard resident guilty of first degree murder.
J’Amy interviews Charles Schulz’s daughter Jill, a Montecito resident who is bringing Snoopy on Ice to the Arlington. Plus, see Kevin Costner’s Christmas tree, meet the new Westmont interim dean, and learn everyone’s secret blog names.
This album shows the singer to be like “a zen poet, or winemaker” for, as the reviewer attests, Jennings is able to distill “enormous ideas into beautiful, potent songs that stick without getting stuck.”
Welcome to Curioser and Curioser: Plain Talk with Brilliant Scholars, yet another new weekly online feature for Independent.com. Each Wednesday in this space, you can find interviews with noted scholars on topics ranging from science to society, arts to arithmetic. We’ll be going through the alphabet for the next six months, starting with this week’s “A is for Astronomy.” So read on, and let us know what questions and topics you’d like us to cover.
The Casa Esperanza homeless shelter became a sprawling public health clinic Monday and Tuesday morning, as Santa Barbara’s various health and social service agencies came together in an all-out effort to vaccinate and screen the homeless population before the winter season’s overnight services begin on December 1st. The three-day event, called Healthy Neighbors, will continue on Wednesday, between 8 and 11 a.m.
J’Amy Brown delivers an extra Montage this week providing Indy readers with the inside scoop on why Martha Smilgis left the News-Press. Apparently, the “Powers-that-Be” wanted more gossip, less politics. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Aside from this EXTRA! report, Montecito Montage has moved to Wednesdays and Eye on Isla Vista now comes out on Tuesdays.]
The lead singer of Powderfinger releases his solo debut on Lost Highway records, and fellow Aussie Brett Leigh Dicks likes what he hears.
Just as I.V. was emerging from its collective Halloween hangover, the county Board of Supervisors establishes a committee to investigate the celebration. Sensing it as a move to kill the buzz altogether, Mollie Vandor gets her fishnets in knot trying to explain why must be a better solution. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Eye on I.V. now comes out on Tuesdays and Montecito Montage is now on Wednesdays.]
