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Aug 4, 2024 | 
independent.com | Mark Alvarado |Josef Woodard |Tiana Molony |Ryan Cruz
Review | Mid-Summer Symphonic High, on John Adams Turf Academy Festival Orchestra Delivers Music Academy Season Pinnacle, with help from Leila Josefowicz and John Adams By Josef Woodard Sat Aug 03, 2024 | 10:28pm Add to Favorites David Robertson conducts the Music Academy Festival Orchestra with Leila Josefowicz, July 27, 2024 | Photo: Emma Matthews In what may have been the mid-summer night’s symphonic high point of the year, last Saturday night at The Granada Theatre, the Academy Festival...
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
independent.com | Jean Yamamura |Josef Woodard |Mark Alvarado |Ryan Cruz
The annual Jerry Day SB Celebration is Thursday, August 1 at SOhO | Photo: Courtesy In 1965, Jerry Garcia co-founded the legendary rock group Grateful Dead which blew up in San Francisco county and shook the U.S. with its powerful and psychedelic melodies in the midst of the era of counterculture.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
independent.com | Josef Woodard |Ryan Cruz |Mark Alvarado |Margaux Lovely
This edition of ON the Beat was originally emailed to subscribers on July 25, 2024. To receive Josef Woodard’s music newsletter in your inbox on Fridays, sign up at independent.com/newsletters. There’s a buzz in the air for aficionados of classical music proper, contemporary music in particular, and music that generously reaches across demographic/musical taste party lines.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
independent.com | Vanessa Vin |Matt Kettmann |Mark Alvarado |Margaux Lovely
Summer Soiree Series at the Canary Kicks Off with a Rainbow Glow Aura Photography is a Fun Window Into Your Energy By Leslie Dinaberg Thu Jul 25, 2024 | 9:37pm Add to Favorites Some aura portraits by Hado Being | Photo: Courtesy Happy hour is pretty much always my happy place to be, but this week’s inaugural experience at the Kimpton Canary’s Summer Soiree “Artist in Residence’ Series” was a particularly cool one. In addition to great prices on drinks and snacks on the happy hour menu — where...
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
independent.com | Leslie Dinaberg |Andrea Estrada |Josef Woodard |Mark Alvarado
Adrienne De Guevara defines herself as a sculptor, social practice artist, and public artist. Her first solo exhibit, entitled Mythography, opens this Saturday, July 27 at the Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop. The opening, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., is intended to be an interactive event that brings together attendees to engage with one another and discuss the art collaboratively. As an assemblage artist, De Guevara’s forté is creating art from various disparate objects.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
independent.com | Aidan Kenney |Nick Welsh |Mark Alvarado |Margaux Lovely
Santa Barbara Is in the Middle of a Summer COVID Comeback Urgent Care Centers Report Uptick in Cases as Wastewater Rates Show Surge in Coronavirus The virus causing COVID-19 is making a comeback this summer with elevated levels of illness across California.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
independent.com | Callie Fausey |Tia Trinh |Roman Trovato |Mark Alvarado
Amy Stephens, a Goleta resident, has been selected by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation as a national advocate for family members and friends caring for a wounded veteran at home. She is now part of the 2024 Class of Dole Caregiver Fellows, which recognizes 15 military and veteran caregivers to represent their peers in local and national advocacy initiatives. The class of fellows will have the opportunity to speak with local and national leaders to share and expand resources for caregivers.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
independent.com | Marisa Kendall |Nick Welsh |Margaux Lovely |Mark Alvarado
Newsom Issues Executive Order For State Officials to Remove Homeless Encampments Directive From Sacramento Comes In Response to Supreme Court Decision Giving More Authority to Local Leaders A homeless camp at the Garden Street off-ramp in Santa Barbara in 2021 Credit: City of Santa Barbara California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Thursday allowing state officials to take action toward dismantling homeless encampments. The order comes in response to a recent Supreme Court...
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
independent.com | Tyler Hayden |Margaux Lovely |Aidan Kenney |Mark Alvarado
Santa Barbara Man Arrested After Speargun Standoff Jaime Keith Meyer, 46, Was Arrested After Allegedly Brandishing Loaded Spearfishing Gun at Officers Credit: New Africa - stock.adobe.com Santa Barbara Police officers arrested 46-year-old Jaime Keith Meyer on July 24, for allegedly brandishing a loaded spearfishing gun at law enforcement while they were investigating a welfare call at the home near the downtown area. According to a statement from Santa Barbara Police Department spokesperson...
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
independent.com | Maggie Yates |Mark Alvarado |Margaux Lovely |Ryan Cruz
The Pacific Conservatory Theatre’s (PCPA) 61st season will showcase a variety of performances ranging from traditional musicals to renditions of Disney classics to Shakespeare and more. Starting in November, PCPA will be entertaining audiences in theaters in Santa Maria and Solvang. This season is merely a continuation of PCPA’s long-established tradition of featuring their talented trainees, putting the next generation of theater professionals on display.
