JUBILATING AND TRIBULATING: It’s all over but the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I, for one, will miss it. Not the cacophony of dueling TV commercials per se or the din of direct mailers, but the sense of companionship that election season always brings. Now when the telephone rings, I know it will be just another solicitor hawking yet another line of credit cards, or perhaps time-share opportunities anywhere but lower State Street.
At the Lobero Theatre, Saturday, November 4.
Leo Kottke’s devoted fans got what they came out for-and more-on Saturday at the Lobero. Kottke delivered a powerful and typically eccentric set, and openers Honkytonk Homeslice showed themselves to be more than equal to the task of warming up for this acoustic guitar legend.
The Sheriff’s Department is conducting a series of parenting classes in Buellton. It is an unusual crime prevention measure for
If you think the holiday jingle “the most wonderful time of the year” might be more accurately sung as “the most stressful time of the year,” an upcoming seminar may be just what the jolly, red-clad man ordered.
At UCSB’s Campbell Hall, Wednesday, November 1.
When ushers hand out earplugs, one knows it’s going to be a special performance. But as Lou Reed ambled onstage, it became clear that we were not only in for his trio’s musical onslaught, but also the deafening response that met their arrival.
Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, and Ian McKellen star in a film written by Sam Fell, Peter Lord, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais and directed by Fell and David Bowers.
Potty humor can be sophisticated, don’t you know. As proof, consider Flushed Away, the new cartoon from the studio that brought forth Wallace & Gromit.
Executives with Waste Management, the trash hauling company, have resumed negotiations with the Santa Barbara County Counsel’s office over allegations
THE WONDER TWINS: Even if you haven’t yet heard of Matt Costa, putting him on a lineup that includes the Watson Twins lends him a credibility that no other indie rock backup singers could provide.
At the Center Stage Theater, Saturday, November 4. Shows through November 18.
When the unthinkable enters the lives of a happy, highly accomplished couple, how do the husband and wife speak about it? With difficulty surely, but speak they must, even if their words are like daggers.
Sacha Baron Cohen and Ken Davitian star in a film written by Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, and Todd Phillips and directed by Larry Charles.
Infamous right out of the box, Borat! dares to ask the cinematic question: If the world is careening toward oblivion, why not go down laughing?
