UCSB Students, Staff Take on Eurydice
In Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, the chorus members are stones and the lord of the underworld rides a tricycle.
Year: 2013
Matt Olivero
UP-AND-COMING: Thoughhe’sayearawayfrom getting his degree in communications from UCSB, Matt Olivero just graduated from posting press releases on independent.com to reporting and writing full-fledged news stories.
Vandenberg Gets New Commander
During a ceremony scheduled for the morning of 5/28, Col. Keith Balts will officially take over for Col. Nina Armagno as commander of the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
volume 27, number 384, May 23-30, 2013
Gridlock 101
Montecito and Caltrans Fight Over Freeway Fix
(Chris Meagher)
ON THE COVER:
Friday traffic southbound on the 101 at Hot Springs Road in Montecito.
Photo by Paul Wellman.
The Adult-Strength Story Hour
Novelist Max Schott brings lit to life Wednesdays at S.B. Central Library.
Waves Break Goleta Slough Siphon
The bureaucratic clogging of the mouth of the Goleta Slough over federal steelhead trout worries discovered by this newspaper last week hit more snags over the weekend.
2013 Independent Theater Awards
The Independent presented its annual theater awards on Monday, May 20, at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
UCSB Dance Company’s Spring Show
The 13-member group will perform a mixed bill at Center Stage Theater on May 29 and 30.
Man Pleads Guilty to Kicking Girlfriend in Head
Tomas Torrez, who was chased down by three members of the Wildcat Lounge security staff after he kicked his longtime girlfriend in the head outside the bar in August 2012, pleaded guilty to five charges in two cases, including assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury and corporal injury to a spouse or inhabitant.
Daft Punk
Our favorite robots return to the fold with their long-awaited — and disco-steeped — fourth studio album.
