Protestors Overstay Welcome
The Santa Barbara Police Dept. arrested eight SB Occupy Wall Street protestors for trespassing yesterday evening at the De La Guerra Plaza after warning the rally to vacate the premise. Police began making arrests around 11:40 p.m. after giving the remaining demonstrators a final opportunity to leave the park or face infraction citations and possible […]
A.S. Director Intrudes on Student Rights
Mired in an indefinite haze of structural ambiguity and lacking a functional judicial branch, members of Associated Students Legislative Council struggled to reason with A.S. Executive Director Marisela Marquez as she downplayed recent fluctuations in the organization’s traditional hierarchy at last night’s cryptic meeting. While the council anticipated answers regarding the highly contested and heavily […]
Dog Foster Program Hopes to Increase Adoption
The Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter began its “Love at Home” foster care program earlier this month to provide individualized aid for rescued dogs awaiting adoption. The program lets foster families take in canines that are underage, sick, pregnant or in need of special assistance for a span of one to eight weeks. Two Volunteer […]
‘Scary Wives of Windsor’ at the Park
It is often said that Queen Elizabeth I commissioned The Merry Wives of Windsor, a spin-off of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, out of her fondness for the iconic character, “Sir John Falstaff.” That may be true, but in the Shakespeare in the Park commedia dell’arte adaptation, “The Scary Wives of Windsor,” Falstaff is largely pushed to […]
Malkovich Brings ‘Infernal Comedy’ to the Granada
Thirty minutes after curtain call, Musica Angelica finally started Michael Sturminger’s show, “Infernal Comedy — Confessions of a Serial Killer”, with their beautiful performance of C.W. Gluck’s “Don Juan.” The orchestra, who played with great passion and energy, was brilliantly conducted by Martin Haselbock. As the musicians swayed with each crescendo, working their way into […]
Lisa Hannigan Sweetly Serenades SOhO
Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan played to a full house at SOhO on Saturday night. Dressed in an emerald dress and stylish boots, she looked as beautiful as the music she performed. Many of the songs Hannigan played were from her sophomore album, Passenger, which was released on Sept. 20 in both the U.S. and Canada. […]
KCSB Celebrates 50 Years of Free Radio
In 2010, the Santa Barbara Independent regarded KCSB as “one of the few remaining free form radio stations in the United States.” It was this kind of praise and recognition that KCSB received and commemorated at its 50th anniversary kick-off celebration, which was held at Storke Plaza on Friday. KCSB considers itself a “non-commercial, education […]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Hippies. Homeless. Hipsters. Heaven. These may seem like some incongruous terms, but they actually add up to produce one incredible thing: the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Hardly Strictly is a free festival put on annually by multi-millionaire and bluegrass aficionado Warren Hellman. His “gift to the city,” now in its 11th year, drew over 600,000 […]
Why Music Fans are Inherently Terrible
When you’re talking to someone about what kind of music you like, it can be as treacherous as bringing up politics or religion. Most people hold the music they enjoy as sacred, and many do so to the point of fanaticism and fundamentalism. What might be surprising is how similar all music fans are, despite […]
Students Interview Comedy Central Cast
If you haven’t heard of “Workaholics,” the work-place comedy from Comedy Central that’s now entering its second season, you’re missing out. The comedy, from creators and stars Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson and Anders Holm (as well as director/co-creator Kyle Newacheck) is an irreverent look at life for 20-somethings right out of college, focusing on old […]