Santa Barbara Symphony Maestro Nir Kabaretti on the New Season
Programming at the Santa Barbara Symphony walks the line from universally acceptable to the avant-garde.
Year: 2009
Motown in Motion
State Street Ballet collaborates with Detroit’s Eisenhower Dance Ensemble to present a show based on the great hits of Motown music.
Saul Williams Brings Afro-Punk Tour to Velvet Jones
The rapper, rocker, performance artist, and poet brings his eclectic take on hip-hop to S.B. this week.
Gratuitous Gore on Highway 154
Highway 154 traffic deaths are gratuitous, since a maximum of six minutes is saved by speeding.
Henry Bergmann: Volleyball Legend Took His Own Life
He was an artist of an athlete, a decade before the arrival of professionalism elevated another player of similar stature and skill-Karch Kiraly-to superstardom.
Mad Dog Flu
This week, the Angry Poodle takes on Travis’s surprising departure.
Fighting for Survival
Low test scores threaten the future of Cesar Ch¡vez elementary, but school supporters say it’s all a matter of interpretation.
Missed Point on Cuba
Ann Louise Bardach’s expose on Castro is simply biased opinion about Fidel’s morality and is entirely off-point.
Supes Are Crazy
So, the Board of Supervisors has decided to raise the speed limit on Via Real between Greenwell Avenue in Summerland and Toro Canyon Road.
Van Wolfswinkel’s Public Spirit
As a native of Santa Barbara and a graduate of SBHS (Class of 1941), I find the generosity of another SBHS graduate, Randall Van Wolfswinkel, to be a refreshing breath in the strange conflict between a group of big growth, big profit-seeking developers versus a group of caring, conservative Santa Barbarans who merely want to preserve the small town charm of our citya city that just happens to also be one of the world’s most beautiful.
