THE WEEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 LIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Living Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Peace on Earth
Paddling Through the Storm Ethan Stewart’s Year of Living Dangerously
Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Starshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Food & Drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
A&E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Arts Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Vitamin Angels
Santa Barbara–Based Nonprofit Attacks Malnutrition in the Philippines
As a junior at UCSB, Ginny Chung was looking for something different when she applied to intern in The Santa Barbara Independent ’s calendar department. “I love going to different events, but I always ended up staying on campus,” she confessed. “I wanted to know what was going on in greater Santa Barbara.” Ginny dove right into our annual ’Tis the Season calendar, buoyed by her love of the holidays. “I was blown away by the number of events that people submit,” she said, adding that it was fun putting it together alongside the listings editors. The feeling is mutual — Ginny’s love of discovery makes her a lot of fun to work with, too.
Classical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Pop, Rock & Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Arts & Entertainment Listings . . . . . . . . 52
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FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ON THE COVER: Watercolor painting of aloes in bloom by Karin Shelton (karinshelton.com).
Movie Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
MY LIFE
Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Joy Ehle celebrates Christmas farolitos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . independent.com/living
NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ODDS & ENDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Angry Poodle Barbecue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Silvia Uribe interviews the Neighborhood Clinics’ Trula Breuninger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . independent.com/goleta
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology . . . . . 58
Dining Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Restaurant Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
GOLETA GRAPEVINE
Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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UCSB’s Suk-Young Kim discusses North Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . independent.com/ucsb
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