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- Story: Inside The Kite Runner, The Savages, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Juno (Thursday, December 20, 2007)
... the end of the year to release their bes ... the year to release their best stuff, so ... until the end of the year to release their best stuff, so they can capitalize ... year to release their best stuff, so they can capitalize on the many awards b ...
- Story: Klunkerz Is Cool (Saturday, January 27, 2007)
... his documentary that tries to get to the bottom of mountain biking history, w ... history, while sidestepping many of the controversies inherent to the sport. ... any of the controversies inherent to the sport. Doc Attempts to Uncover Moun ... pts to Uncover Mountain Bike History The origin of the mountain bike has long ...
- Story: Holiday Gifts for Conscious Shoppers (Thursday, December 6, 2007)
... al holly wreath sits on a table near the door. Samples of the shop’s chocol ... on a table near the door. Samples of the shop’s chocolate bars tantalize th ... he shop’s chocolate bars tantalize the mouth, while coffee entices the nose ... lize the mouth, while coffee entices the nose. Finally, the eyes rest on a fi ...
- Story: R. B. Kitaj 1932-2007 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)
... dult life in London, Kitaj was among the most ambitious figurative painters o ... ost ambitious figurative painters of the late 20th century. Associated for a ... ry. Associated for a short time with the emergence of pop art in Britain, Kit ... nce of pop art in Britain, Kitaj had the distinction of naming his own moveme ...
- Story: The Men Behind the Myths (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)
... gentine cowboys to tossed tortillas, the true story of UC Santa Barbara’s m ... Santa Barbara’s mascot. In the picturesque riverside town of San An ... an Antonio de Areco, Argentina, a leathery man leans against a wire fence, ov ... nce, overlooking a horse-riding ring the size of several football fields. His ...
- Story: Big Problems, Bigger Men (Thursday, August 13, 2009)
... the gang just might make you a better ma ... ng 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor, others carrying short two-by-fours, were ... -sac — and staring me down. There was something in the eye contact t ... g me down. There was something in the eye contact they made that activated ...
- Story: Letters 1-4-2007 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)
... served tributes have been offered by the nation for former president Gerald R ... for former president Gerald R. Ford. There is one special aspect of his long ... long life that has been missing from them all and should be mentioned for the ... them all and should be mentioned for the record. On September 30, 1949, Geral ...
- Story: Highbrow to Get-Down (Thursday, October 16, 2008)
... ty Oprah Winfrey One year ago, the media-saturating Montecito dweller a ... ists and close personal friends with the $2,300 it cost to mingle on her mead ... ris Rock, Dennis Haysbert, Oprah’s then boyfriend, and a lot of polite gawk ... d, and a lot of polite gawkers, too. The results? More than $3 million raised ...
- Story: Roger Durling Reports from Cannes (Monday, May 21, 2007)
... The man in charge of SBIFF reports from ... man in charge of SBIFF reports from the Cannes Film Festival in France, wher ... asked to be programming director for the American Pavilion. So far, he's seen ... some good ones, and managed to be in the same room as Roman Polanski. Ab ...
- Story: The Telluride Wrap-Up (Thursday, September 13, 2007)
... hat I love film festivals —I’m the happiest and most fulfilled in that ... h is your favorite?” My answer for the past 25 years has been the same: Tel ... nswer for the past 25 years has been the same: Telluride Film Festival. Nothi ... hat I love film festivals —I’m the happiest and most fulfilled in that ...
- Story: Vegas Plays Host to a Music Fest of Epic Proportions (Thursday, November 1, 2007)
... on, and attention to minute details. There is transportation to arrange, expe ... ng, and attention to minute details. There is transportation to be arranged, ... decided to set out for Las Vegas for the third annual Vegoose Festival with n ... annual Vegoose Festival with none of the above. First let me say: Please d ...
- Story: Ventura Film Festival’s First Cut (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)
... my decades of covering Hollywood — the rich, the famous, and the famous for ... of covering Hollywood — the rich, the famous, and the famous for the time ... lywood — the rich, the famous, and the famous for the time being — I have ... rich, the famous, and the famous for the time being — I have a very short l ...
- Story: Introducing SBIFF’s Guest Director, Norman Jewison (Thursday, January 24, 2008)
... y conscious exploration of racism in the South have in common? What do a ... y conscious exploration of racism in the South have in common? A veteran film ... nging interests in a half-century in the medium have added up to a body of wo ... ewison’s role as guest director at the film festival this year, there will ...
- Story: New Essays by Cynthia Carbone Ward (Thursday, August 14, 2008)
... The Savage Faith of the Secret Heart and ... the Secret Heart and Other Essays is Gav ... avage Faith of the Secret Heart and Other Essays is Gaviota resident Cynthia ... ersonal, reflective writing. … the end of all our exploring Will be ...
- Story: McCaw's Second Letter to Lawyers Alliance (Thursday, January 25, 2007)
... o (pictured) sent a second letter to the Lawyers Alliance for Free Speech, th ... he Lawyers Alliance for Free Speech, the group of 50 or so well respected att ... nd distinct practices who banded together last fall to help those whose speec ... Barry Cappello Says "Free Speech" Is the "Spin" in January 23 Letter On Tue ...
- Story: Letters That Will Live Forever (Thursday, February 9, 2006)
... r and musician Chic Street Man share the relaxed confidence of veteran perfor ... a Tony for It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, and Spunk, Chic Street Man’ ... ion with George C. Wolfe in adapting the work of Zora Neale Hurston, is legen ... Zora Neale Hurston, is legendary in the theater world. Writer/director Rand ...
- Story: The Big South (Thursday, June 26, 2008)
... the great American drives. You set off o ... reat American drives. You set off on the two-lane ribbon of Highway 1 along t ... e two-lane ribbon of Highway 1 along the California coast, with mountains on ... side and pounding surf far below on the other. Exploring Big Sur: It’s ...
- Story: Lawn Bowling for Gold (Thursday, January 29, 2009)
... The afternoon sun is drying out the rink ... the rink, it’s the last end of the mat ... n sun is drying out the rink, it’s the last end of the match, and the jack ... out the rink, it’s the last end of the match, and the jack is surrounded. ...
- Story: Two Modern American Classics (Thursday, January 29, 2009)
... Theatre Company and Ventura’s Rubicon ... atre Company and Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre are reviving important American ... viving important American plays from the late-20th century. For our natio ... truly begin anew until we have unearthed the dark secrets we have been hidin ...
- Story: California Gold (Thursday, May 25, 2006)
... the State For several months after colle ... back home to San Francisco and lived the idle life of day jobs, stale air, an ... grew bored with it all. I turned to the violin for a while, and then dabbled ... urned to the violin for a while, and then dabbled in painting, and out of des ...
- Story: Santa Barbara’s Reigning Film Fanatic Runs Down His Top 10 Films of 2007 (Thursday, December 27, 2007)
... ner year for film, so coming up with the best 10 is a difficult exercise. I s ... lly cutting out some favorites along the way. So before we get to my top 10, ... ner year for film, so coming up with the best 10 is a difficult exercise. I s ... lly cutting out some favorites along the way. So before we get to my top 10, ...
- Story: To the Maxxx Films (Thursday, January 25, 2007)
... the Mountain Dew-soaked ode to extreme t ... ode to extreme that it has been in the past, this year’s To the Maxxx ... en in the past, this year’s To the Maxxx category is a treasure-filled ... s, skateboard devastation tours, a mother’s look at her son’s ri ...
- Story: James Mangold Updates the American Western with 3:10 to Yuma (Thursday, September 6, 2007)
... the Line, his crowd-pleasing and critica ... h, director James Mangold resurrects the Western with a remake of 1957’s 3: ... robbing outlaw and Christian Bale as the rancher who’ll deliver him to just ... her who’ll deliver him to justice, the film proves a deep character study o ...
- Story: From Doggerel to Verse (Thursday, October 4, 2007)
... that Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of the Big Apple and presidential aspirant, ... ially impressed with how Rudy worked the room at Joe’s Café last Friday ... where he conspicuously did not eat either an Omaha, a French dip, or anything ... ing hands with customers and hugging the kitchen help he would presumably mov ...
- Story: TB Among Homeless: A Cry for Help (Wednesday, December 3, 2008)
... think of TB as a disease related to the dark ages, a nightmarish relic from ... dark ages, a nightmarish relic from the past. But it isn’t. Along ... But it isn’t. Along with the cold winds and damp nights ushering ... think of TB as a disease related to the dark ages, a nightmarish relic from ...
- Story: Why Prop. 8 Won (Tuesday, November 11, 2008)
... the numbers for the vote against gay mar ... the vote against gay marriage. The ... the vote against gay marriage. The strange bedfellow alliance of Cathol ... e in California last week represents the most “ecumenical union since the f ...
- Story: And the Beat Goes Marching On (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)
... kles dilemmas that really matter: whether to root for his hometown heroes, th ... her to root for his hometown heroes, the Chicago Bears, or the Cinderella-sto ... metown heroes, the Chicago Bears, or the Cinderella-story New Orleans Saints. ... derella-story New Orleans Saints. In the end, the Bears had the last growl, a ...
- Story: The Savages (Thursday, January 10, 2008)
... t received much love or support from their parents, and as the story begins, ... r support from their parents, and as the story begins, they face their fortie ... ir parents, and as the story begins, they face their forties with diminishing ... , and as the story begins, they face their forties with diminishing expectati ...
- Story: Radio Daze (Wednesday, October 4, 2006)
... came across crystal clear when TV on the Radio took the SOhO stage and oblite ... stal clear when TV on the Radio took the SOhO stage and obliterated the dista ... took the SOhO stage and obliterated the distance between band and crowd: Ind ... ssfully programmed in Santa Barbara, the Classic Rock Valhalla. TV on the Ra ...
- Story: Home on the Range (Friday, February 27, 2009)
... ecticut on February 16, resulting in the chimp’s death. Sandra Herold, Trav ... ith a shovel in an attempt to thwart the attack on her friend. Travis critica ... ily member. He was toilet trained, bathed himself, drank wine from stemmed gl ... around town, and could even log onto the Internet to look at pictures on her ...
- Story: Don’t Try This at Home (Thursday, February 1, 2007)
... The Rite Part, presented by Stephen Petr ... tic straps. One man leans heavily on the other’s back, slips off, grasps at ... traps. One man leans heavily on the other’s back, slips off, grasps at a da ... n into a whipping corkscrew turn. Scythe-like arms slash through the air with ...
- Story: Westmont College Owed a Public Apology (Thursday, November 20, 2008)
... e for Sheriff Brown to apologize for the way he handled the news conference T ... to apologize for the way he handled the news conference Tuesday, and the lac ... led the news conference Tuesday, and the lack of information provided since. ... -agency investigation had determined the cause of the Tea Fire, Brown describ ...
- Story: Ralph Auf Der Heide 1915-2008 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)
... it’s become a bit more exclusive. The death at 93 of Ralph Auf der Heide ... e—writer, artist, and cofounder of the Wine Cask empire—made me reminisce ... e—made me reminisce of a time when the city was smaller yet somehow freer a ... sure. Ralph’s departure feels like the end of an era. Nobody who knew hi ...
- Story: 2009 Wedding Guide Listings (Thursday, February 26, 2009)
... rillo Blvd., east of Milpas, next to the Cabrillo West parking lot. 564-5418. ... pacities: sitting 230, standing 500; theater capacity 80.sbmm.org S.B. Mus ... ted, 300 standing.stellamares.com The Stow House GardensContact events Coo ... arksandrecreation.com Wineries of the S.B. County Vintners Assoc.688-0881. ...
- Story: Shrek the Third (Thursday, May 24, 2007)
... ons are supposed to be about defying the laws of imagination. From the beginn ... efying the laws of imagination. From the beginning, they’ve constituted the ... of imagination. From the beginning, they’ve constituted the fantasy end of ... the beginning, they’ve constituted the fantasy end of the cinematic spectru ...
- Story: Remember When... (Wednesday, November 22, 2006)
... sef Woodard History writes itself on the walls and the front pages of a small ... story writes itself on the walls and the front pages of a small coastal town ... oastal town on an unnamed continent. There was once a swell-looking cat fresh ... oosed from college, ready to take on the world, ready to accept its praises a ...
- Story: Club Advocates Abolition of Columbus Day (Sunday, October 12, 2008)
... legacy of abuses. As much of the country observes Columbus Day this M ... olumbus Day this Monday, October 13, the Santa Barbara City College’s Nativ ... Club will hold an event to call for the abolition of the holiday, which its ... n event to call for the abolition of the holiday, which its members believe u ...
- Story: Westmont Professor at LACMA (Thursday, September 28, 2006)
... n Savage is showing her paintings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's A ... n Savage is showing her paintings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's A ... objects from everyday life, such as the silver bowl featured in "Inside Out" ... ;but can become evident if one takes the time to ponder the relationships tha ...
- Story: A Prairie Home Companion (Thursday, August 21, 2008)
... a Christmas Day live broadcast from the Town Hall in New York. Admittedl ... a Christmas Day live broadcast from the Town Hall in New York. When Keillor ... nounced a Bowl show, I knew I’d be there. The Bowl was their only Californi ... a Bowl show, I knew I’d be there. The Bowl was their only California appea ...
- Story: The Beaver Awards (Thursday, October 11, 2007)
... this weekend’s Festival of Art at the Sunken Gardens, the Santa Barbara Ar ... stival of Art at the Sunken Gardens, the Santa Barbara Art Association will p ... Barbara Art Association will present the annual Beaver Awards to the winners ... present the annual Beaver Awards to the winners of an art show juried by Wes ...
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