Late-Winter Rainmaker
Just days before this week’s Spring Equinox, a much-needed late-season winter storm rolled through the South Coast over the weekend, bringing rain, wind, hail, and even some snow to the foothills above Santa Barbara.
Month: March 2012
Dos Pueblos Robot Wins Major Competition
Despite a rough start to her first day of competition, Lindsay Rose-Bot ultimately clinched the Los Angeles FIRST Robotics Regional Competition and earned her makers — Dos Pueblos High School’s Engineering Academy, called Team 1717 or D’Penguineers — a trip to the upcoming world championships in St. Louis, Missouri.
Five S.B. High Alumni Inducted onto Wall of Fame
After a vote by students, five Santa Barbara High School alumni were selected and officially inducted onto the school’s Wall of Fame last week.
Cults Make It Big on Their Terms
The Brooklyn-based indie duo plays Velvet Jones on Saturday, March 24.
Up Close with Radiation City
The Portland collective talks piano sacrifice and South by Southwest in anticipation of their return to Muddy Waters Café.
Tall Tales and the Silver Lining
For as long as we’ve known them, Ventura’s Tall Tales and the Silver Lining have been great at painting pictures with their songs.
Cinderella at UCSB’s Campbell Hall Reviewed
In this children’s musical, Cinderella gets advise from a mouse.
Various Artists
Pop, rock, and indie stars deliver 73 Dylan covers in this hit-or-miss collection.
Parity, Not Party
New national campaign for gender balance in politics comes to S.B.
Rath Shelton: 1923-2012
His friendliness came from a spirit of both affection and curiosity, and from a conscious sense that we don’t endure life, we celebrate it.