IVFP Endures Arson Attack
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. is conducting an investigation into an arson attempt on the Isla Vista Foot Patrol Station late Tuesday night. At around 7:45 p.m., an unidentified suspect dressed in black threw two Molotov cocktails toward the facility on the 6500 block of Trigo Road and immediately fled the scene. One fire […]
Film Festival To Screen at UCSB
The third annual Festival of (In)appropriation will debut tonight in Santa Barbara at 7 in Pollock Theater. Filmmakers edited previously existing movies with other media sources, including television, recordings, historical documentaries and videogame play, to add new contextual meanings in the footage. The event features 13 short films from six countries, a Q&A session with […]
Opinions Warrant Respect, Just Not in Equal Measure
This week’s question: What is there not to respect about someone’s opinion about religion? Whether it’s about that movie you watch that just never gets old or about how you thought the last midterm went, we seem to form opinions frequently and naturally throughout the course of a day. These however are usually not […]
Why You Can But Shouldn’t Give Sgt. Signa the Bird
It’s been a fun couple of weeks since we last spoke. I got back from Hawaii and, despite the rumors, I was not kicked out of Maui. A few days after my return, I was getting my butt handed to me by a bunch of bad-ass Call of Duty players at Santa Catalina. Then Halloween […]
Common: From the Hood to Doing Good
One of hip hop’s most illustrious and conscious artists, Common, graced Campbell Hall’s stage Tuesday night as part of his book tour to promote his new memoir, One Day It’ll All Make Sense (titled after his third studio album). The A.S. Program Board sponsored lecture aimed to take us through Common’s (born as Lonnie Rashid […]
‘Whose Live’ Ignites Granada
For comedy lovers, the Granada Theater was the place to be on Tuesday night when Arts & Lectures brought the popular improvability troupe Whose Live Anyway to Santa Barbara. The sold-out show produced a diverse range of people, from high school students to retirees, as well as people from all over the central coast. UCSB […]
Magic Lantern Goes Ape-shit
Ever wonder how it all started? As prequels are increasingly in cinematic fashion these last few years, come to one of the Magic Lantern’s screenings of “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” to find out. Starring James Franco and Freida Pinto, this movie goes back to the start of “The Planet of the […]
Menopause Hits Lobero
A has-been soap star; A professional diva; An earth mother guru; An Iowan housewife. Now, you might be thinking: what the heck is this laundry list of women for? What do they have to do with each other? Well, my dears, these women are all going through menopause. And they are SINGING about it — […]
‘Raised by Popular Culture’: The Three Worst Christmas Films to Ruin Your Holiday Spirits
Well, the holidays are just around the corner, and I don’t know about you, but I’m not looking forward to this season. When I think of Christmas, I think of family — and by that I mean drinking, bickering, fighting, secrets and spending time with creepy Uncle Ned. But, I also think of Christmas films […]
Drake’s ‘Take Care’ Shows His Intimate Side
When Drake first exploded into mainstream popularity in 2009 with the now-platinum single “Best I Ever Had,” I was not so much unimpressed as uninterested, carelessly dismissing the former “Degrassi” actor as just another addition to the growing commodity of auto-tune-abusing rappers who compensated catchy, radio-friendly hooks for a lack of any potent lyricism. His […]