Most Recent Stories
Local Talent to Perform at the Sunstone Winery
On Saturday, June 22, 2013, Sunstone Winery will be hosting their second annual Summer Solstice Celebration.
Up Close with Rachael Yamagata
The lyrical powerhouse will play SOhO Restaurant & Music Club on Sunday, June 23.
iCAN Play Music
This El Sistema–based music program aims to achieve social change through pursuing musical excellence.
Dive In with Y La Bamba
Portland’s bilingual folkies join forces with The Olivia Darlings and try to save synchronized swimming.
S.B. Winery Lafond Grenache
Review of Santa Barbara Winery Grenache Lafond Vineyard 2009.
2013 Summer Arts Preview
The Independent’s arts editors present their picks for this season’s must-see arts events.
The Dog Wore Black
Police state or paranoia? The answer's looking ominous.
The All-Stars of Solstice
Solstice kicks off a summer of art making in Santa Barbara.
The American Turnaround
When I was growing up in Chicago in the 1930s and ’40s, there were no gays among the millions of residents.
Summer Arts Preview 2013: Dance
East and West Coast dance companies come together on July 26 and 27.
Lines ’n’ Lies at Disney
Recent stories exposed a disturbing trend: families hiring disabled tour guides to escort them through the theme parks so they can skip to the front of ride lines.
Summer Arts Preview 2013: Classical Music
The Music Academy of the West continues to innovate this summer with new formats for vocal music and a new string quartet program.
The Baby-Faced Assassin
San Marcos High graduate Zachary Belway finds quiet in full-contact martial arts.
Summer Arts Preview 2013: Visual Art
Speaking of Picasso, UCSB’s AD&A Museum will be examining his friendship with Santa Barbara’s Channing Peake this summer.
Eric Cole Kitchen: 1950-2013
Often, the most enchanting of us arrive in the most complex of packages.
Summer Arts Preview 2013: Pop, Rock & Jazz
Ben Gibbard, Jenny Lewis, and local boy Jimmy Tamborello reunite under the stars on July 20.
Summer Arts Preview 2013: Theater
Summer’s the time for musical spectacles and frivolous farce.
Wrong Tree
Recently there was a mention in The Independent of the death of a Monterey cypress in the Douglas Family Preserve, and of a plan to replace it later this year.
Brandon Fastman
Brandon Fastman, who covers education and business as a staff reporter for The Santa Barbara Independent, was awarded a doctorate of English at a UCSB graduation on June 14.
volume 27, number 388, June 20-27, 2013
The Parade, Parties, and Other Great Arts Events of the Season
Story Archive
Click the dates below to read all available stories...





Previous Month


