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SNOT Announces 2025 Reunion Shows with New Vocalist

Jan 10, 2025 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

Snot performs at SOhO on February 8. | Photo: Courtesy In a surprising but exciting turn of events, Santa Barbara nu-metal band SNOT is returning in 2025 for a series of shows and festivals. And the most exciting part: a not-yet-revealed new vocalist. He will be taking the place of Lynn Strait, who passed away in a car accident in 1998 along with his dog, Dobbs.
TV Review | Netflix’s ‘Arcane’ Season 2 Brings End to Award Winning Series

Jan 10, 2025 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

Image from the Netflix series 'Arcane' | Photo: Courtesy The second season of the Netflix hit show Arcane started off with a bang, literally, picking right up from the rocket Jinx launched at the end of the first season. The series is based on Riot Games’ League of Legends, but even without knowing anything about the game, watchers can easily grasp the show’s world and its conflicts.
TV Review | Netflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ Prompts Discourse About Trauma and Mental Illness

Jan 6, 2025 | independent.com | Tia Trinh |Callie Fausey |Nick Welsh |Ryan Sabalow

Released in April 2024, the television show Baby Reindeer took Netflix and popular culture by storm, ending the same calendar year as an impressively decorated show. Its 11 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and six wins only begin to scratch the surface of the uniquely captivating prospect of this series. “This is a true story,” are the five words that plastered the screen at the opening of the series.
Maya Johnson’s Journey and Memoir ‘Searching for a Black Writer’

Dec 4, 2024 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

Maya Johnson’s Journey and Memoir ‘Searching for a Black Writer’ Writing, Publishing, and Being Vulnerable … All While In College at UC Santa Barbara By Tia Trinh Wed Dec 04, 2024 | 7:11pm Add to Favorites Maya Johnson reads from 'Searching For A Black Writer' | Photo: Tia Trinh From the patio of UCSB’s College of Creative Studies (CCS) to the storefront of Chaucer’s Books, UCSB alumna ‘24 Maya Johnson’s memoir, Searching for a Black Writer, is making its way into the hands of new and...
TVLI Releases New Album with Live Show at Kiva Cowork in Santa Barbara

Dec 3, 2024 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

TVLI Releases New Album with Live Show at Kiva Cowork in Santa Barbara Tali Cook Teams Up with Sandala Experiences for Album Release Show on December 6 By Tia Trinh Tue Dec 03, 2024 | 1:36pm Add to Favorites TVLI performing | Photo: Juan Antonio Garcia The Kiva Cowork space on State Street will be transformed on December 6 for an album release show and celebration of TVLI’s latest album, In Momentum, which was released on November 22. From 7:30 p.m. to midnight, TVLI, better known as Tali...
HOMESPUN Handmade Craft Show Returns Home for the Holidays

Nov 25, 2024 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

HOMESPUN Handmade Craft Show Returns Home for the Holidays Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop To Host Holiday Craft Fair on December 7 By Tia Trinh Mon Nov 25, 2024 | 4:27pm Add to Favorites HOMESPUN returns December 7 | Photo: Courtesy Back in time for the holiday season, the handmade craft show HOMESPUN is returning to Santa Barbara at the Community Arts Workshop on December 7 for a holiday craft fair. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., there will be over 50 new and returning artists who will be...
The Waterhouse Gallery to Celebrate 40 Years of Fine Art

Nov 16, 2024 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

Artist Ralph Waterhouse outside the Waterhouse Gallery in 2023 | Photo: Ingrid Bostrom (file) The Waterhouse Gallery will be celebrating their 40th anniversary on Saturday, November 23, with an afternoon and evening outdoor live painting demonstration followed by a reception.
Kaarem Santa Barbara Brings a Sweet Treat to Fashion

Nov 12, 2024 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

A treat in name and style itself, Kaarem Santa Barbara has created a space to be used as both a boutique but also to host events that bring together and uplift the Asian-American community. As a brand, Kaarem originally started in New York and Vietnam simultaneously through co-founders Kathy Minh Bach and Choung Pham. The clothing style is deeply influenced by its roots in Vietnamese garment making, a practice that both Bach and Pham grew up around.
Santa Barbara Teen Grace Gerenser Prepares for the Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show

Nov 8, 2024 | independent.com | Tia Trinh

Santa Barbara Teen Grace Gerenser will walk the runway as part of the ‘Be Beautiful Be Yourself’ Fashion Show in Denver | Photo: CourtesyThere’s no stopping a girl walking down the runway with a purpose, and that’s exactly the case for 17-year-old Grace Gerenser. She’s preparing to walk down the runway for Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s 16th annual Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show on November 16.
Review | Jungle State of Mind

Oct 17, 2024 | independent.com | Josef Woodard |Kat Sophia |Tia Trinh |Isabelle Walker

At their every show, I lose myself to the world that is Jungle. There’s something about this collective of musicians — the way they bind you to their enticing loops of oranges, beiges, and yellows. And for the next two hours, your mind will only move within their shadows and lights. The band started as a DJ duo, initially consisting of members Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland. Today, they play as a full band, playing most of their instruments live onstage.