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Theater Review | ‘Crime and Punishment, A Comedy’

1 day ago | independent.com | Maggie Yates

Theater Review | ‘Crime and Punishment, A Comedy’ From Russia to Ridiculous, Theater Group at SBCC Production Works Conceptually, If Not Always Comedically By Maggie Yates Tue Apr 22, 2025 | 2:33pm Add to Favorites Raina Williams, Tyler Gilbert, Rachel Jordan Brown and Benjamin Curtis in The Theatre Group at SBCC’s production of 'Crime and Punishment, A Comedy' by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, directed by Michael Bernard. April 16-May 3 in the Jurkowitz Theatre, SBCC West Campus. | Photo:...
The Home Page | The Bold and the Beautiful … and Bunnies!

2 days ago | independent.com | Sarah Sinclair

This edition of The Home Page was originally emailed to subscribers on April 20, 2025. To receive Sarah Sinclair’s real estate newsletter in your inbox each Sunday, sign up at independent.com/newsletterHappy Easter and Happy last day of Passover! However you celebrate this time of year, we all get to enjoy our happy swirly spring weather. One day it’s beach weather, and the next day we need our windshield wipers.
Sable Offshore Lands in Hot Water with Regional Water Board over Pipeline Repair Work

4 days ago | independent.com | Nick Welsh

Sable Offshore Corporation has gotten so seriously sideways with the state’s Regional Water Quality Control Board — the Central Coast regional branch — over the protracted game of cat-and-mouse the water boardmembers contend Sable has been playing over unpermitted repair work on the company’s oil pipeline that the water board voted unanimously to refer the matter to Attorney General Rob Bonta for judicial prosecution.
All Hands On Deck for the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival

5 days ago | independent.com | Leslie Dinaberg

Our planet needs our support now more than ever, and now in its 55th year in the birthplace of the environmental movement, the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival comes to Alameda Park April 26-27. The two-day festival — which is, as always, free to attend — anticipates all of the fun of past years.
Who’s Pouring at Natural Coast Wine Festival 2025?

5 days ago | independent.com | Matt Kettmann

After years of enduring righteous diatribes from mostly young, typically big-city-based winemakers paired with pours of sour, funky, downright dirty wines, my destroyed faith in the natural wine movement was totally redeemed by one visit to the inaugural Natural Coast Wine Festival in 2023. This is where Satellite S.B. owner Drew Cuddy and co-founder Lindsey Reed gather the sustainably minded winemaking stars of the Central Coast (and a bit beyond) under an appropriately welcoming umbrella.
After 40 Years of Writing Books, She’s Learned to Listen to Her Gut

6 days ago | independent.com | Tiana Molony

Children’s book author Lee Wardlaw prefers to do things her way — after 40 years of writing children’s books, she’s learned to listen to her gut. This proved especially true with her 2011 book Won Ton, a story about a shelter cat that gets adopted. Publishers liked the story but weren’t fond of the haiku format — they wanted her “to just write it straight.” Wardlaw said no.
Review | The Avett Brothers’ Sweet Harmonies and Heartfelt Lyrics Blend Beautifully at the Bowl

6 days ago | independent.com | Leslie Dinaberg

As a writer, certain song lyrics light a spark in me that I have a hard time letting go of — there were a few lines at Friday’s Santa Barbara Bowl season opener with The Avett Brothers that are still running through my brain: “There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light / In the fine print they tell me what’s wrong and what’s right / And it comes in black and it comes in white / And I’m frightened by those that don’t see it / When nothing is owed or deserved or expected / And your life...
From Santa Barbara City College to Google

1 week ago | independent.com | Tiana Molony

Branded Content Presented by Santa Barbara City College Office of CommunicationsWhen Edith De La Rosa’s parents immigrated from Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1990, hoping to give their children a better life, they emphasized the value of education. But having never attended college themselves, they weren’t sure how to help their kids get there.
Poodle to County: Just Show Up!

1 week ago | independent.com | Nick Welsh

SHOW UP: Sometimes, you just got to show up. In the flesh. Even if — especially if — you don’t want to. Who postulated, “Eighty percent of success is just showing up”? Sadly, it was Woody Allen. Some say Allen “stole” that line from Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Harvard Business School leadership guru. She boiled successful leadership down to six rules.
Paris Is in the Process of Being Remodeled

1 week ago | independent.com | Dennis Allen

My favorite city in the world is a favorite of many others as well, holding the number-one spot on the global Top 100 City Destinations Index. Paris, in 2024, hosted the summer Olympics, reopened the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral, and was selected as the most attractive city in the world. However, 2024 was not unique, since Paris has topped the Index for the previous four years as well as welcoming more than 70 million visitors annually.