Sunday Morning Funnies
Is there a rally? What are yellow cards? Go to it readers, talk amongst yourselves.
Year: 2006
Very, Very Verdi
As part of the third season of Opera on the Go-a series of monthly public lectures on operatic composers and the direction of opera as an art form-Opera Santa Barbara presents Verdi: An Intimate View.
The Spirit Informs
Charles Lloyd, in Conversation
Tenor saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd’s career has spanned more than 45 years. Born in Memphis, Lloyd was bathed in the music of Phineas Newborn, Art Tatum, and Charlie Parker at a young age, and came to California at the age of 18.
Fruit Fly Firestorm
Protesters and COLAB Square Off Over Use of Pesticide
A battle over use of the pesticide Naled to fight the Oriental fruit fly turned ugly toward the end of a public hearing on Tuesday before the County Board of Supervisors. Andy Caldwell, perennial spokesman for the powerful Coalition of Labor, Agriculture, and Business, had just spoken in favor of continued Naled use when petitioners against use of the pesticide gel started chanting, “Shame! Shame!”
LAW AND DISORDER
A Huntington Beach man has been charged with having sex with animals one week after sheriff’s deputies arrested him for
Fall Arts Film
Get off the beach. Put away the sun block. Just face it: summer has breathed its last gasps and you must now return to being a real person. But don’t let chilly reality dampen your spirits too much, for Santa Barbara’s movie houses have a delightful autumn season planned. And isn’t better to escape for the afternoon and not have to shake sand out of your pockets?
UNDER ONE ROOF
Santa Barbara tenants who lose their digs due to demolition or condo conversion could soon be eligible for up to
BIG MONEY
Ignoring the pleas of their own staff liaison to the county’s Human Services Commission, the Board of Supervisors delayed for
Car Drama of the Week
The Earthquake Predictor Rides the Bus
The spontaneous and melodramatic nature of live theater leaves much room for innovation, whether via surprising turns of Shakespearean phrase or through casual outdoor settings that turn the venues themselves into meaningful characters. But perhaps never before-at least in Santa Barbara-have theatrical tricks gone as far as in UCSB doctoral candidate Hank Willenbrin’s The Earthquake Predictor Rides the Bus.
Heir of the Dawg
DO AS I SAY : A decidedly morbid sense of solidarity compelled me to attend Tuesday evening’s gathering in response to the death of Jake Boysel, the 12-year-old La Colina Junior High School student who was knocked off his bike, out of his shoes, and into the next world by a sun-blinded SUV driver last week.