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Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
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Full Belly Files | Giving the Toast: A Journalist's Job Hazard and Honor
2+ week, 3+ day ago (625+ words) or making dinner for your family, when important news breaks. There are those that arise depending on...
The Home Page | A Little More Summer, Please
3+ week, 5+ day ago (328+ words) I discovered some “before & after” treasures in a recent post by interior designer Arlyn Hernandez over on the Emily Henderson blog. Arlyn took on a few “Design SOS” situations submitted by their readers. With a few simple suggestions, and some…...
Music to His Eyes
2+ week, 1+ day ago (218+ words) Veteran Ethiopian-Born Artist Wosene Shows Unique Paintings with Roots in His Heritage, Abstract Tradition, and Jazz at Sullivan Goss Although his paintings are abstract on one level, with skeins of busy, almost chattering visual action, he meaningfully tucks in references…...
Special Reading of ‘King of the Wild Frontier’ with Joe Spano
4+ week, 1+ day ago (175+ words) independent.com Join Emmy Award–winning actor Joe Spano (Hill Street Blues, NCIS, Apollo 13) at the New Vic Theatre on Sunday, August 30 at 2 p.m. for a dramatic reading of John Romano’s (The Lincoln Lawyer, Nights in Rodanthe, Intolerable Cruelty) new…...
Bye-Bye to Bibi Ji
1+ week, 3+ day ago (599+ words) Alejandro and Charlotte Medina Have Closed Their Modern Indian Restaurant on State Street “It’s been a good nine years, but the last 18 months is something I’ve never seen before,” said Alejandro of the slow business. “We never thought we’d be…...
School Sex Abuse Bill Going to Newsom. Will He Sign the ‘Hard-Won’ Compromise?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (408+ words) California Recently Lifted the Statute of Limitations On Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits, Leading to Many Cases Against Schools. A Bill Going to Gov. Gavin Newsom Would Raise the Standard for Evidence Schools and local governments facing crippling damages from lawsuits…...
Written Off: Men in Santa Barbara County Jail Learn to Tell Their Own Stories
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1815+ words) ‘Indy’ Reporter’s Journey Leading a Writing Group Inside a Men’s Unit at the County Jail Writing for a living has allowed me a certain level of freedom and gotten me to places I’d never imagined I’d find myself, from flying…...
Launch Pad Summer Reading Series Launches on August 27
4+ week, 1+ day ago (322+ words) independent.com Launch Pad, a development program for new plays, is moving their annual dramatic reading series to the New Vic Theatre on August 27. This year’s program features two works-in-progress: Julia Izumi’s The Banana Factory (directed by Kate Bergstrom) at…...
How Hostages, Ayatollahs, Eisenhower, Trump, and Kinkos Lead to Santa Barbara
3+ week, 1+ day ago (762+ words) was not named. All this, I recognize, is very old news. You almost have to be senile now to still be outraged....
Indy Origins: The Flavor and the Substance Keeps This Contributor Writing
3+ week, 1+ day ago (707+ words) What Started as a Column Pitch Turned into a Decade of Culinary and Culture Journalism Writing has been a must for me for as long as I can remember, so when I moved back to Santa Barbara in 2015, I sent…...