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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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Falling in Love with Rideau Once Again
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (271+ words) National Relaxation Day Brings Some Much-Needed R&R to Our Copy Chief There truly is something in the air in the Santa Ynez Valley. Between the big blue sky, the hawks and turkey vultures that you’ll see gliding overhead, and…...
Gloria Steinem 1934–2026
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (645+ words) The Santa Barbara Independent We lost two of America’s most iconic women during the past weeks. First, Dolly Parton, whose unique blend of femininity, business acumen, and generosity modeled female economic independence when women’s financial autonomy was virtually nonexistent in…...
A Labor Day Question: Is Elon Musk Really Worse than Jay Gould?
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (429+ words) Today, the Top CEO Makes 281 Times More Than the Average Worker SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST: History, it turns out, does not repeat itself. It stutters. Mark Twain did not say that. I did. It’s stuttering right now. Over Labor Day. Every…...
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…...
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…...
Indy Origins: Tyler Hayden Finds the Life of Kings
2+ week, 1+ day ago (462+ words) Getting Hooked on News Reporting Turned Santa Barbara Into Home for Our Senior Editor Like a fool, I let poker and partying derail my time at college for two full years. The downtime back home gave me a taste of…...
An Exploration of Existence with Tom Pazderka
4+ week, 1+ day ago (886+ words) Artist’s ‘All That Remains’ Exhibition at Santa Maria’s Allan Hancock College I recently interviewed Tom in anticipation of his solo exhibition, All That Remains, at the Foxworthy Gallery at Allan Hancock College, on view from August 24 to October 2. You’ve been…...
Full Belly Files | Giving the Toast: A Journalist's Job Hazard and Honor
2+ week, 3+ day ago (625+ words) Journalism comes with a number of job hazards. There are those inherent to the basic work: living under the threat of deadline at all times; working at all hours, whether that means typing away past midnight or waking up at…...
The Home Page | Treasure Hunts for Home Lovers
2+ week, 5+ day ago (172+ words) With four bedrooms, five baths, two offices, two primary suites, a detached yoga room, and more, the newly listed home at 305 Mesa Lane offers more than 3,000 square feet of luxuriously reimagined living space in one of Santa Barbara’s most iconic…...
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…...