Eighties Album
Grant-Lee Phillips
If left to mainstream pop culture, the 1980s would be portrayed as a decade of cultural cringe flavored by John Hughes films, hair bands, synthesizers, and Cabbage Patch Kids.
Year: 2006
Q: ‘Who was Percy Heckendorff?’
‘Who was Percy Heckendorff?’
– Joe Toth
Percy Heckendorff was one of the longest-tenured district attorneys in Santa Barbara County history, serving from 1931 to 1942.
Good Deeds Get Noticed
It’s always nice to get a pat on the back for a job well done. Santa Barbara Beautiful has been doing that for more than 40 years at its annual awards ceremonies. This year the list of recipients was long and august.
Traveling the River Shannon
A Tour Down Ireland’s Longest Waterway
Our barge churned along the gently flowing River Shannon, black-and-white cows munched on the starboard bank, and a trio of ruddy-faced fishermen dangled their lines to the port. Fat white swans floated by, trailed by their babies.
Hoop Dreams
Sometime in April, a whistle will blow, a ball will be thrown in the air, and-as two tall bodies leap after it-professional basketball will once again be played in Santa Barbara. Curt Pickering announced last week his plans to form a new S.B.-based team in the 2007 International Basketball League (IBL) season.
Kick-a-Thon
How many kicks can you do in three minutes? Find out on Saturday, October 21 at 1 p.m. at the Martial Arts Family Fitness (122 E. Gutierrez St.) fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Have fun and win prizes while raising money for children who are stricken with cancer, AIDS, sickle-cell anemia, and other catastrophic diseases.
UP FROM AN ACORN
UP FROM AN ACORN: The sun sets on the hills in the Santa Ynez Valley, silhouetting this majestic oak tree,…
Montecitans Welcome Bill Clinton
J’Amy checks out Paul Orfalea’s chat with Bill Clinton at the Arlington Theater last Friday and reports on the former president’s positive message, the Kinko’s founder’s global vision, and all the Montecito villagers in attendance.
Reefer Makes the Ballot
Lara Cassell makes sense out of Measure P : Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, and Dustin Hoffman come to the premiere of Stranger Than Fiction, hosted by the SBIFF : More NPers go to S.L.O. : Richard Berti and Bill Levy on the Appeals docket : Ensemble switcheroo : Chef Rocco mixes it up with Elements’s Paul Becking : Solstice Halloween benefit : Barnaby Conrad at Tecolote
Now They’ve Gone And Done It
A major player enters the News-Press battle. [updated]