Nine years ago, in the bustling heart of Lagos, Nigeria, a dream began to take shape—not just in sketches on paper or fabric cut on a table, but in the heart of a woman determined to build something ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – Feb 20, 2025 – The Couture Pattern Museum, founded by local historian and preservationist Cara ...

Santa Barbara County is blessed with a diversity of vital nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the health, well-being, growth, civic leadership and compassion of our community. Charitable ...

As a young girl growing up in Soviet Russia with few playthings, Ella Pritsker learned to amuse herself with pencil and paper. Her world revolved around sketching clothes for her handmade paper dolls ...