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By Iris Heckes From 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, more than 30 local organizations assembled in the Spencer Adams Parking Lot at 111 West Victoria St. (also home to the Louise Lowry Davis Center). ‘Trunk or Treat’ grew out of the pandemic and the concern
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By Hadleigh Bolton Theater enthusiasts in Santa Ynez celebrated the first-ever Little Film Fest in their Little Theater this week, where they spotlighted famous faces in the arts to raise money for improvements to the theater. Bernie Taupin, best known for his work with rock legend Elton John, starred
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By Lilly Trautwein As the school year progresses, academic workload starts to pick up. Students are gradually settling into more assignments, tests, and overall work that needs to be done outside of class. But despite being called homework, it can sometimes feel almost impossible to complete these tasks at home.
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By Tristan Gerdesic Here are five, mostly new, films worth seeing on the big screen this fall. 1.) Primetime (2026, dir. Lance Oppenheim). Primetime is a feature film following the original run of Chris Hansen’s Dateline NBC program To Catch a Predator, where he entrapped and arrested pedophiles using
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By Iris Heckes On both Oct. 3 and 4, Jack Johnson hit the stage of the Santa Barbara Bowl with bandmates Zach Gill, Merlo Podlewski, and Adam Topol, and opener/special guest Garrett Dutton, “G. Love,” as part of his “SURFILMUSIC” tour. When tickets went on sale in November 2025,
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By Iris Heckes After finishing up the first portion of Salsa instruction, Ruiz announced through her miniature mic, “I love salsa, but my heart belongs to bachata.” Throughout the evening, Ruiz offered insightful tips. She declared, “How do you move your hips? You use the floor.” On Sept. 30, a
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By Lilly Trautwein Carpinteria has avocados. Oxnard has strawberries. Goleta has lemons. Over the weekend of Sept. 26 to 27, citrus fans gathered in Goleta’s expansive Girsh Park for The Lemon Festival to feast on lemon themed desserts, buy jewelry and clothing from local vendors, and celebrate the city’
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By Caroline Wang A handmade piece of ocean art and a $2 used book may seem worlds apart, but both drew Santa Barbara residents to the Earl Warren Showgrounds this week. The Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival and Mary Jane McCord Planned Parenthood Book Sale offered two very different
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By Jordan Volz Sustainable fashion and thrifting are on the rise. Rising temperatures, waste, pollution, and overconsumption are many concerns pushing our planet to the brink. But environmentalism aside, rising costs and inflation are encouraging many to buy second-hand. Everyone can become sustainable… starting by shopping for sustainable clothes.
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By Sadie Bush As the California nights grew warmer, a gaggle of over one thousand Santa Barbara locals dusted off their lawn chairs to soak in Arts & Lectures month-and-a-half run of weekly summer films. Returning to the historic Courthouse location, A&L debuted their newest
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By Tristan Gerdesic The decline of movie theaters since the Covid-19 pandemic has been a well-covered, broadly bemoaned phenomenon. Santa Barbara, for a city of its size, has an unusually large number of cinemas and movie theaters. People, particularly young people, seem unaware that not only are there