Death and the holidays don’t mix. I imagine death and her cool shadow thriving in the doldrums of January or in April, during tax season, but she should leave the holidays to the living. As the calendar flips over to November and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” takes over the radio, my thoughts usually start simmering with images of big family dinners, thoughtful gifts, too much chocolate, and great conversations with friends.
A $5,200 donation from Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) advanced Santa Barbara’s Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness.
A notably large, grinning, and wriggling crowd filled the Marjorie Luke Theatre on Friday night when the tri-counties’ resident virtuoso violinist/fiddler Gilles Apap returned to the scene of a good time.
Goleta hopes to be the first city in California to implement a new law designed by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Sgt. Greg Nordyke.
Representative Lois Capps won approval for legislation that would prevent plans to convert Santa Rosa Island into a hunting compound.
Westmont College biology professor Jeffrey Schloss will receive two grants totaling $20,000 from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.
LUCKY THIRTEEN: While wrapping up 2007 in music on disc, in the form of this annual cross-genre baker’s dozen list, we were struck by the fact that the rules of the game are rapidly changing.Radiohead‘s name-your-price release of In Rainbows, one of the year’s greatest and most artful hit releases, arrived not as a physical product but rather as a download and a brave new idea (well, not exactly new, considering similar concepts from Jane Siberry and Prince).
‘Twas the day of The Indy’s party, and all through the buildin’
Not an employee was working, ‘cept an intern named Griffin.
Instead we were plotting, to the utmost detail;
The distinctive historical building and patio dedicated to Galerie 707 set the scene for an eclectic mixture of artwork that spans multiple media. Pieces range from dreamlike, abstract oil paintings to colorful silk pillows and scarves to striking and contemporary glass-on-concrete mosaic sculptures, which are displayed at the gallery’s front entrance.
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