State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing On the evening of November 25 I stood in our condo complex driveway and stared like a Cro-Magnon Dimwit at the fire sweeping the […]
December Song (A Healthy Search for Sanctity)
Zanti Love Song
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing I am a jug-eared jackanape of 7 years old. My close-cropped air force brat haircut reveals a misshapen head like a lopsided jelly bean. […]
Hot Pig in the City
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing When the invitation arrived we were excited by one of its particulars. The hosts, our dear old friends the Smiteepupps (names have been changed […]
Q&A w/ Dub Trio: Opening for Incubus @ SB Bowl, 9/26/2019
Dub Trio talks art, masochism, and the importance of putting a value on your artistic skills in our exclusive Sentinel interview.
Lit! Squire Foundation and SB Public Market Offer Proust-While-You-Wait
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing Francis Ford Coppola—writer, director, producer, Brando-wrangler—is a raving fan of the short story. In 1997 (for instance) he launched the much-garlanded literary and art […]
Once Upon Our Time
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing It’s said that in all the vast panoply of living things on Earth, only the human animal is conscious of the fact that death […]
When Reality Stars Go Retail: Why We Love Shep Gear
by Megan Waldrep In the Sentinel office, we’re huge fans of the Bravo TV show, Southern Charm. And if we had to pick one cast member to hang out with, […]
Immigration and Artistic Representation: A panel discussion featuring artist Tom Pazderka presented by LUM Art Zine
by Megan Waldrep “I find artist talks boring,” says artist Tom Pazderka as we gathered in a gallery surrounded by his art. “One of the reasons I had everyone here […]
CSA Wants YOU – Santa Barbara High School’s Computer Science Academy is Turning Heads
State Street Scribe by Jeff Wing “Open the pod-bay doors please, HAL.” When nervous astronaut Dave Bowman—all helmetless and helpless in his space pod—tries to re-enter the mothership Discovery, he […]
Review: Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Ruthie Foster presented by Arts & Lectures of the University of California Santa Barbara
by Megan Waldrep Exactly one year to the day of 2017’s canceled show due to the Thomas fire, the audience represented a community which had since experienced heartache and recovery […]