The program features music from icons like David Bowie, Paul Simon, the Beatles, Tom Petty, and many more. What makes it special is the element of surprise — the fresh, unexpected ways these classic ...

Santa Barbara, CA. October 8, 2025–The Lobero Theatre will host Hope Lives Here—an inspiring evening of film, conversation, and music featuring Meg Ryan’s Empowered documentary, actor Duane Henry, and ...

SANTA YNEZ, CA – October 8, 2025 – The Kevin Hart: Acting My Age tour stop at the Chumash Casino Resort, which was scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 11, has been canceled. Kevin Hart’s team has released ...

Runners, racecar drivers, and rare plant fanatics aren’t the most traditional niches for building clientele at a winery, but they’re certainly accelerating the fan base for St. Avalo Wines. “A lot of ...

Truth be told, my familiarity with Australia’s Empire of the Sun did not extend past its breakout hit, “Walking on a Dream,” a track in such heavy rotation on KJEE one would think it came out in the ...

Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker staff writer and author of the new book Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama, will ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The County of Santa Barbara Legislative Program Committee has drafted a 2026 platform of prioritized ...

In Closing: Design isn’t just about grandeur or expense; it’s about creating spaces that support how you live and make you ...

In addition, Donahoe will bring back the now internationally acclaimed Every Brilliant Thing (Oct. 24, 26). All performances take place at Center Stage Theater. I checked in with Donahoe for an update ...

The first time I met Sylvia Barnard — chief cook and bottle washer for the Good Samaritan homeless shelter enterprise — it was at Hedges House of Hope, a former sorority house in Isla Vista that she ...

That is why the Independent is recommending — most urgently — that you vote Yes on Prop 50 in California’s special election on November 4, less than a month away. On the ballot, Prop 50 is formally ...

From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley and “Every Brilliant Thing” in between, this fall’s theater offerings have enough variety ...