Tag archives: dog days of summer

Surf’s Up, Pups, Teacher’s Fund, and More News Bytes
By Montecito Journal   |   September 30, 2025

Join the Dog Days of Summer Photo Contest!  This year’s theme is all about the beach. Dress your pampered pup in their best seaside style and dive into our end-of-summer pup party. Every photo snapped will be entered for a chance to win! Winners to be announced in the Montecito Journal! The #1 Top Dog’s […]

Fundraiser for Film Debuts ‘Dads’ Documentary 
By Steven Libowitz   |   July 29, 2025

The 2023 short documentary film The Dads featured five fathers of trans children who joined Dennis Shepard – father of 1998’s infamously murdered teen Matthew Shepard – for a weekend fishing trip. In the course of the outing, the dads found common ground across racial, geographical, and generational lines in their unconditional love for their […]

Oui, We’re Going to the Dogs
By Steven Libowitz   |   July 15, 2025

UCSB Arts & Lectures’ annual series of free summer film screenings outdoors under the stars at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens might have come up with its smartest theme yet. Dubbed “Dog Days of Summer,” the series sports seven nights of dog-themed movies in one of the more spectacular venues in the heart […]