For the 35th year, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art honors the Mexican tradition of remembering the dead with a display of altars created by students in the Museum’s school and outreach programs and local community groups. Día de los Muertos inspired art activities for all ages will be offered on the Front Terrace and in the Family Resource Center.
End the event at 3:45 pm by joining the second Day of the Dead Calenda from SBMA to the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. This festive procession will feature a range of traditional music and dances from the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. All are welcome to participate.
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The Epic Doctor
By Isaac Hernández de Lipa / VOICE
AHOME
GROWN DOCTOR HAS TAKEN
THE LEAD at Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics. Dr. Ali Javanbakht, MD., was named Chief Medical Officer of the clinics, following a stint during the pandemic.
After attending local schools including Goleta Valley Junior High, Dos Pueblos High School, and UCSB, Dr. Javanbakht became an award-winning columnist, stage writer, screenwriter, drummer, and improv comedian. You can see him as part of Santa Barbara Improv every third Saturday of the month, 8pm, at Jefferson Hall, Unitarian Church.
VOICE: What’s special about the people who work at SBNC?
Javanbakht: They have options of working in other places that have more resources, but they choose to work here because that’s their calling. They want to be part of something that helps those in need.
VOICE: If a genie gave you one wish, what would it be?
Javanbakht: Epic. Epic is a ($5 million) medical record system. If there are any resourceful people reading the article, if they could provide the support to acquire it, that would be amazing.
VOICE: How do you sell the idea of Epic?
Javanbakht: Our current medical record system is a drag on our operation. It’s like trying to hike up a mountain with a 50-pound backpack. You can still do it, but it’s going to wear you out. Epic is like putting the backpack down. You still have to climb, but it’s going to be so much easier on your legs and your feet. You’re going to do it so much faster.
Say you’re at my office and you need to go see a cardiologist at Sansum, Cottage, or UCLA. I get your permission, click on the computer, and the notes, the labs, and the studies are there. Instead of: Let’s fax it over and wait for them to get it back to us. And it gets scanned. It comes back to me a few days down the line.
VOICE: It benefits the patient and the doctor.
Javanbakht: The big return will be on our quality measures because it will help us get there and the intangible of the strain it puts on the primary care providers and the burnout. It’s like practicing medicine with handcuffs on. We have to go out of our way to appease the system, rather than the system working for us and helping us.
VOICE: You work both the administrative side and the patient side at SBNC. Please explain as if I were five years-old.
Dr. Ali Javanbakht: Part of what I do is I’m a doctor. If someone is feeling sick, they come to me and I can help them feel better. I also help people stay healthy so they don’t become sick in the first place. The other part is I help the people doing the doctor work, by making sure that they have everything they need.
VOICE: What’s your favorite part on the administrative side?
Javanbakht: Bringing structure and framework to where it’s needed. Certain processes could benefit from having guidelines so everyone knows what to do and what to follow, collaborating and getting people’s input to make it a really useful, helpful process that is consistent. That’s a lot of fun.
VOICE: Your favorite part about the patient care side?
Javanbakht: The little and the big successes. In particular, I find mental health to be very impactful and rewarding, especially people who maybe have never been on medication. And for so many people, it’s life changing.
VOICE: Do you have a favorite side?
Javanbakht: There really needs to be a balance. Doing the patient care side really helps me gain a new perspective. It helps to understand the areas where the process could get better. Another added bonus is getting to connect and relate to people doing the work, and get some more direct input from everyone.
VOICE: What’s your secret sauce?
Javanbakht: My comfort way of engaging with people is through humor. In this kind of work that we do, which can be very heavy, especially in primary care in a community health setting, where we are the focal point of so many challenges that people face from income inequality and the housing crisis and systemic racism or systemic sexism, and food insecurity, and everything.
You can get just drawn into all the seriousness and the heaviness of it. So for me personally, it helps to just bring some levity where I can.
VOICE: What would it be like without SBNC?
Javanbakht: I shudder to think what it would be. I think there would be a big part of the population who would not have a medical home, so to speak, meaning that a big portion of the population, some of the most vulnerable members of the community, of the population, would not get the preventive services they would need, which means that now they’re at risk of preventable diseases, preventable cancers, early death, suffering….
It would also mean that when people have acute needs, they also wouldn’t have a place to go. So then those acute needs, either they just suffer through it and hopefully it gets better, or they suffer through it and it gets worse.
And then that’s a higher level of care and a much more expensive care and much more complicated. And there’s a lot more suffering associated with it because now you’re in ER hospital level care that could have been prevented.
VOICE: What’s your hope for SBNC?
Javanbakht: To set an example for delivering primary care that is accessible and comprehensive. We already took care of the affordable part. What that means is people get the care that they need when they need it, having a no wrong door policy. If you’re due for a mammogram, and you’re coming to see a dentist, we identify you are due for a mammogram, we get it done. We offer it to you at any point of entry.
And to have enough of a process standardized where we can make it efficient so that our providers are whatever their credentialing is, they’re working to the top of their license. So if you don’t need an MD, PA, and pedigree to do that task, someone else is doing it so those people can focus on things that only they can do.
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinic SBNC was formed in 1998 with the merging of the Carrillo Clinic (born as the Freedom Clinic, in 1971), and the Westside Clinic (1973). Currently they operate eight clinics and two mobile clinics in Santa Barbara County, including four medical clinics, two dental clinics, a bridge clinic, and health promotion services. www.sbclinics.org www.sbclinics.org
Dr. Ali Javanbakht, MD Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics Chief Medical Officer
Photo by Isaac Hernández de Lipa
Art Film Center Set to Replace State Street Theater
AN ART FILM CENTER will soon open at the former site of the Fiesta Five Theater in downtown Santa Barbara at 916 State Street. A state of the art facility will soon follow after a lease agreement between the City of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival was signed.
SBIFF is leasing the property from the City to create a destination for film lovers and a hub for their annual Film Festival, which draws about 70,000 people to downtown for a ten day event.
“This is a huge leap forward for the organization while simultaneously helping with the revitalization of the downtown corridor of Santa Barbara,” said Roger Durling, SBIFF Executive Director.
SBIFF revitalized the Riviera Theatre in 2016 and will be building on its mission with this investment in the improvement of downtown Santa Barbara.
“We’re excited to bring this infusion of culture and art to the center of our downtown,” stated Santa Barbara Mayor, Randy Rowse. “The renovation of the Fiesta 5 theater by SBIFF will create immediate cultural and economic benefits for the downtown. The added foot traffic will bring vitality and vibrancy to the center of State Street, the heart of our city’s business district.”
SBIFF expects the Film Center to provide locals with a place for discourse, education, and community, with a commitment to presenting diverse social, political, historical, and cultural realities.
The center will offer year-round screenings of foreign films, independent cinema, documentaries, retrospectives of classic films, family films, and free educational and community programming.
The lease terms include an initial five-year agreement, with the option to renew for
an additional 25 years.
“We’ve successfully run a year-round art house, the Riviera Theatre, for the past eight years. Now we will have five more screens to mindfully curate,” continued Durling. “At SBIFF, our mission has always extended beyond film; we’ve used cinema as an educational tool. This is one of the most important chapters in the history of SBIFF and just as we’re celebrating forty years of its existence.”
According to SBIFF’s current plans, the new Film Center will open on November 15th and remain open through the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival from February 4th to 15th in 2025. Following this opening season the Film Center will temporarily close for full renovations. Once re-opened, the entire center will seek to provide an upgraded experience.
For more information, visit www.sbiffriviera.com or view the October 8th City Council Agenda at www.records.santabarbaraca.gov/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Documents
Olenberger Named El Presidente of Fiesta
TO LEAD SANTA BARBARA’S BELOVED AND LARGEST FESTIVAL, Fritz Olenberger has been named El Presidente of Old Spanish Days. The board of directors of OSD made the announcement and also set the dates for Fiesta 2025 for July 30th to August 3rd.
“I am filled with excitement and optimism. The year ahead offers new opportunities for growth, creativity, and community engagement,” commented El Presidente Olenberger. “I know that our Board of Directors, working with volunteers, the dance community, our sponsors, and the community as a whole, will join together to honor our past while inspiring the future.”
Olenberger is a long-time OSD board member and has served on several committees and is best known as the organization’s official photographer.
Block Party to Kick Off Library Plaza Grand Opening
AFTER
OVER TWO
YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION
DOWNTOWN, Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of the Michael Towbes Library Plaza with a Plaza Palooza on Sunday, November 3rd from 12 to 4pm. The even will kick off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by music, cultural performances, and more.
“The opening of the Michael Towbes Library Plaza marks a new era for Santa Barbara Public Library,” said Kristina Hernandez, Library Services Manager. “As the heart of Santa Barbara’s Cultural Arts District, the community’s new Library Plaza will serve as a gathering space for programs and events, connecting and engaging people of all ages and backgrounds.”
Anapamu Street will be closed to traffic between State and Anacapa Streets during the event, transforming into a pedestrian plaza with nonprofit booths offering activities for all ages. Over 50 local nonprofits such as Girls Inc., MOXI, Doctors Without Walls, Vistas Lifelong Learning, and many more will offer interactive booths. Attendees will have the chance to learn about their work, from health and wellness to arts, education, and environmental conservation. The event will also feature performances from local groups, including CAMA, State Street Ballet, Flamenco Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Symphony, and more. In addition, visitors can enjoy a Friends of the Library Book Sale, Library tours, food trucks, face painting, and film screenings in the Faulkner Gallery.
“The day we’ve been waiting for is finally here!” said Lauren Trujillo, Executive Director. “This event celebrates not only the $5 million community supported campaign, but Santa Barbara’s commitment to arts, culture, and community. We invite everyone to come out, explore the new Plaza, and enjoy this special day with us!”
The 10,000-square-foot outdoor venue is designed to enhance the Library’s role as a community hub by hosting free activities and will be a platform for diverse events such as storytelling, civic forums, music performances, and art installations. www.sblibraryfoundation.org
Romantic Comedy the Featured Book for Santa Barbara Reads
FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR NEW FAVORITE
NOVEL, as Santa Barbara Public Library unveils its 2024 selection Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld for this year’s Santa Barbara Reads. The story follows Sally Milz, a sharp-witted sketch writer for The Night Owls who has given up on love, as she connects with the charismatic pop star set to host this week’s show.
Free copies will be available at the SB Reads Kickoff Event on Thursday, October 17th, where guests can also grab a Romance Novel Bingo card or type one-of-a-kind love notes from vintage typewriters.
Each year, Santa Barbara Public Library distributes free copies of selected titles and aspires to engage our community in reading the same book at the same time in the hopes that readers will connect with one another. The program invites participants to explore themes, participate in discussions, and examine the world from different points
of view. Beginning October 17th until November 15th, the library will continue to celebrate themes of love and romance with a variety of events, including book discussions, a romance author panel, an exhibition on the evocative art of romance novel covers, speed friending on Halloween, a Love Café for seniors, a workshop on building healthy relationships for teens, and Dork Diaries Day for youth.
SB Reads Kickoff event will take place Thursday, October 17th, at 1117 State St from 6 to 8pm. Print copies of Romantic Comedy will be available in English and Spanish on a first come, first served basis while supplies last at all SBPL locations. Ebooks and digital audiobooks are available in English. For program dates and more information, visit www.library.santabarbaraca.gov/classesevents/special-events/sb-reads-2024
ARTOBER
Kicking off a Festive Cultural Season
CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF THE CULTURAL SEASON, ARTOBER is a campaign to shine a light on and navigate Santa Barbara’s seasonal calendar of arts, music, theater, and design. The Santa Barbara Downtown Organization, in collaboration with VOICE Magazine, has announced the annual cultural calendar of events.
From highly-anticipated performances by the Santa Barbara Symphony, Opera Santa Barbara, UCSB Arts & Lectures, performances at the Lobero Theatre, Granada Theatre, Arlington Theatre, the SB Arts Collaborative’s Masq(p)arade at the Pianos on State, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s exhibitions, ARTOBER invites the community to engage with a wide range of art, music, theater and architecture events.
This year’s participating organizations are: The Granada Theatre, CAMA, Pianos on State, Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, Masq(p)arade!, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara Symphony, Unite to Light, American Institute of Architects Santa Barbara, Lobero Theatre, Ensemble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Arlington Theatre, UCSB Arts & Lectures, and the ARTS District.
Learn about all the participating organizations’ activities at www.downtownsb.org/events/artober24 or at Voicesb.com
Frances Burns Linn breaking ground for new library on Anapamu St, September 25, 1916.
From the Edson Smith Photo Collection no. 476
Renderings of the newly designed and renovated Michael Towbes Library Plaza
Renderings courtesy of SB Library
Sublime and Rowdy, Cat Power Fired up Dylan Memories
By Jesse Caverly / VOICE
IT WAS A HYPNOTIZING TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE LOBERO, as Cat Power lent her voice to Bob Dylan’s songs in a lyrical, explosive, from-folk-to-rock set that ended with a standing ovation and a satiated crowd.
The power of Dylan’s music lies more in its message than the medium or his delivery. Cat Power is the perfect vessel to give his words weight and vulnerability. Her raspy tone, while it may be a resonant yet distant cousin to Dylan’s, moves far beyond his in its richness, warmth, and jagged edge.
Here, Cat Power takes covering another artist to another level—not just a few Dylan songs, but his entire live album, The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, transporting the crowd through a time capsule in Dylan’s discography.
Cat Power’s vulnerability has always been one of her greatest virtues as an artist. She does such a fantastic job of imbuing loss and grief – she almost takes on your grieving for you, as a listener. “Here,” she seems to say, “I will take this for you.” To hear her apply such curious empathy to a songwriter like Dylan is a welcome revelation.
Her rendition of Just Like a Woman resonates with a whole new spectrum of meaning. So, too, does Mr. Tambourine Man. But just when the set has lulled the audience into a trance-like rapture—just as Bob Dylan did at the famous concert this whole show is based on—the electric guitars kick in and the band starts cooking. Cat Power follows suit, energetic, engaged with her band-mates, full of bellowing high notes and her signature rasp.
The audience seemed split between die hard Cat Power fans and curious Bob Dylan acolytes. As she closed out with Like a Rolling Stone, the audience took to their feet, dancing and swaying, and an electrified and enthralled crowd gave her a well-deserved standing ovation.
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If collaboration and conflict co-exist within art, in this case it is Bob
who
embrace Cat Power, as she makes his songs wholly her own. www.Lobero.org
Hard Copy Archives Purchased by Santa Barbara Historical Museum
By Mark Whitehurst / VOICE
DUSTY BOUND COPIES of the News Press from the past 150 years were purchased for posterity by the Santa Barbara Historical Museum at auction from the bankruptcy trustee, in September.
"The whole collection becomes part of our research library. We will be doing a major inventory of all of the materials, including the microfilm (which we will digitize), photos, negatives, physical newspapers, and news clippings which are already sorted by subject for the purpose of research,” commented Dacia Harwood, Executive Director of the SBHM.
The Santa Barbara Historical Museum was the sole bidder and purchaser of the New Press paper and hard photos archive, for $70,000. The auction took place in a bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday, September 24th,with Judge Ronald A. Cifford III presiding, with the auction organized by bankruptcy trustee Jerry Namba, Esq.
"We didn't bid on the physical archives because we support the Historical Museum acquiring them. We have been in touch/working with them for months. We communicated to them our willingness to take the lead
on bidding for the physical archives with the idea that we would donate them to the Museum. However, we were very pleased they wanted to take the lead, and we are supporting their acquisition and the preservation of the archives financially. We are exceedingly happy they were the winning bidder at the Bankruptcy Court,” stated Ben Romo, consultant and spokesperson for the consortium that purchased the digital NP archive, the NP name plate, email address, and website address.
The newly acquired materials will be organized and processed by Chris Ervin, Head Archivist at the SBHM. The museum already has a large collection of News Press bound editions and other records.
According to Harwood, “the consortium wasn’t involved in our bid, but they’ve since pledged a very generous gift in support of our project... Their help is much needed and sincerely appreciated.”
When Romo was asked if there were plans to revive the New Press, he related, "We personally don't plan to restart the paper. We are not journalists or newspaper people and we would not pretend to be. We got into this whole thing with the intention of preserving the archives for community benefit and we see that as mission accomplished."
Landscaping Near Montecito Country Club Ordered To Be Removed
VIOLATING AN EASEMENT OF THE MONTECITO COUNTRY CLUB, a neighboring property owner has been ordered to remove landscaping and restore the easement.
“By adding landscaping features on the easement, the defendants prevented Montecito Country Club from using the property for any future cart path or greenskeeper purposes,” said Leila Noël, partner with Cappello & Noël LLP, the firm representing Montecito Country Club. Co-counsel was firm associate Richard Lloyd.
A Santa Barbara Superior Court judge ruled on July 30th property owners adjacent to Montecito Country Club must pay for the costs of removing landscaping they installed without permission on an easement owned by the Country Club and restore the property to its previous condition.
According to a case report, Judge Donna Geck found defendants Kevin and Jeannette Root did not receive permission from Country Club principal owner Ty Warner to re-landscape and build on the easement. The plaintiff’s counsel established at trial that Warner was the only individual with the authority to approve the defendants’ landscape plans.
According to attorney Noël, Warner and other Club management personnel explicitly told the defendants they could not alter or build on the easement, but the Roots proceeded with their plans, which included removing an existing hedgerow and landscaping, installing a new hedge on the property line, re-grading the easement area by installing a retaining wall and importing soil, and landscaping within the easement.
The judge ruled that the easement was legally valid, giving the Club the right to continue using the area as it had for decades. Judge Geck issued a mandatory injunction directing the defendants to immediately restore the area to its original condition at their own expense.
Dylan
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Cat Power played an inspired set on the Lobero stage, October 2nd
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SBMA Welcomes Green to Board of Trustees
MITCHELL GREEN has joined the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Board of Trustees. Green is the Founder and Managing Partner of Lead Edge Capital, a global growth equity firm investing in software, internet, and tech-enabled businesses. He has invested in a wide range of companies including Alibaba Group, Asana, Benchling, ByteDance, Duo Security, Grafana, Mindbody, Spotify, and Uber. Prior to founding Lead Edge, Green was a member of the investment teams at Eastern Advisors, a hedge fund backed by Tiger Management, and Bessemer Venture Partners where he sourced the firm’s investments. He is a former nationally ranked alpine ski racer and currently serves as a trustee on the board of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation and the Laguna Blanca School. Green holds a BA in Economics from Williams College and an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His longtime passion for photography and contemporary art has evolved into a robust art collection featuring Yayoi Kusama, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Diane Arbus. Green lives in Santa Barbara with his wife Lisa and four daughters. www.sbma.net
Provost Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D., Elected 2026 APA President
Wendi S. Williams
THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, one of the world’s largest professional organizations dedicated to the advancement of psychology, has chosen Wendi S. Williams, Ph.D., as its 2026 President.
WENDI S. WILLIAMS, Provost and Senior Vice President of Fielding Graduate University, has been involved with the APA for over 16 years and brings extensive experience in executive leadership and governance in academic and nonprofit organizational leadership to her new role. Williams earned a BS in psychology from the University of California, Davis; an MA in general psychology from Pepperdine University; and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Georgia State University. At Fielding, she has spearheaded several academic initiatives and in 2023 Fielding’s APA accreditation for its clinical psychology program was renewed for an additional ten years.
U.S. Navy Veteran Joins Dream Foundation Board
Rupa Dainer
RUPA DAINER, MD, U.S. Navy veteran and medical director, senior patient safety physician of AstraZeneca, has joined the Board of Directors of Dream Foundation. Dr. Dainer has been a member of the Foundation’s Dreams for Veterans Advisory Council since 2023. She will continue to work closely with the organization’s Dreams for Veterans program, raising awareness about veterans' needs, concerns, and Dreams as they face the end of life. Before joining AstraZeneca, Dainer was Chief of Surgery for a joint venture between INOVA and Children’s National Medical Center. During her 17 years of military service, Dainer was Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology for Walter Reed, Bethesda, Md, and participated in medical missions worldwide, including Afghanistan, where her team was awarded the Presidential Joint Unit Commendation. Dainer is also a published author, an Advisory Board Member of Women Veterans in STEM for Challenge America, and an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine.
Westmont President Delegate to South Korea
GAYLE D. BEEBE, having served over 25 years as college president, with 18 at Westmont, will be a delegate at the Fourth Lausanne Congress from September 22nd to the 28th in Incheon, South Korea. Beebe received his invitation through the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. He will be joining about 5,000 delegates from around the world, with thousands more attending virtually. The Lausanne 4, billed as a catalyst for reflection and momentum in global missions, includes evangelical Christian leaders representing different denominations from all countries.
Santa Barbara Foundation Funds $2.5 Million in Multi-Year Grants
WITH GRANTS TOTALING $2,530,000 , Santa Barbara Foundation has ear-marked support for over 50 nonprofit organizations across all of Santa Barbara County. With a focus in the areas of in shelter and safety, food, behavioral health, and health care, the recipients will receive support for two years or more.
“We are thrilled to announce the recipients of these multi-year grants, which will directly support local nonprofits in their efforts to make Santa Barbara County a safer, healthier place to live,” said Jenny Kearns, SBF Senior Director of Grantmaking. “This is the second round of grants that span two years that SBF has put into action since 2022. This frees our valued nonprofit partners to focus more time and energy on doing their critical work in the community, and less time applying for grants.” SBF uses a rigorous vetting process of research, planning, and due diligence by committees of the foundation staff as well as subject matter experts from the community. The Foundation connects philanthropists and community members facing challenges around those in the greatest need in Santa Barbara County. www.sbfoundation.org
Sansum Clinic Celebrates One Year with Sutter Health
SANSUM CLINIC, NOW PART OF SUTTER HEALTH, celebrated the one-year anniversary of its partnership with the not-for-profit, integrated health system.
“I want to congratulate everyone at Sansum Clinic on all they’ve accomplished in one year,” said Sutter Health President and CEO, Warner Thomas. “The addition of nearly 40 new clinicians by the end of the year will have real meaning for patients on the Central Coast, as the demand for healthcare continues to rise. This success feeds into our ambitious goals to expand access to care across California.”
With Sutter’s resources and investment, Sansum saw a number of milestones in the last year, including reduced patient wait times and three new outpatient operating rooms at Foothill Surgery Center, one which houses the latest minimally invasive technology for spine surgeries. www.sansumclinic.org
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15th Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival
CELEBRATING THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES that once thrived in the Santa Barbara Presidio Neighborhood, the 15th Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival promises a day of Asian art, food, music, and more. Beginning at 11am on Sunday, October 13th, the festival expects a few thousand people to attend throughout the day.
Gamelan from Indonesia, Kung-fu from China, and Hula from Polynesia are among the art forms and regions along the Asian diaspora that will be present. Face painting, calligraphy, artisan booths, free arts and crafts and educational activities, and Asian cuisine will be available, along with a full day of music and performances.
Beyond traditional dance, hip-hop will also be well represented with the UCSBreakin group, and K-pop will take the stage with the RBG Dance Crew. Taiko drumming, always an electrifying experience, will be presented by groups from as far away as Oxnard and Ojai.
Started as a companion festival to the Asian American Film Series, the Neighborhood Festival has grown over the years under the curatorship of the Asian American Affinity group, and has become a Santa Barbara events calendar highlight.
The festival will be held at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, and runs from 11am to 3pm. www.sbthp.org/aanf
A Spooky Family Album
By Jesse Caverly / VOICE
ALL SET FOR SPOOKY SEASON, Out of the Box Theatre Company is offering a cabaret of the macabre, with songs, ballads, bangers, and bops from murderers, werewolves, dianosaurs, robots, zombies, and more. Playing for one night only on October 27th, and the first show of Out of the Box’s 2024-2025 season, Family Album will be a one of a kind experience.
True to its name, Family Album is a collection of snapshots into various characters, artists, eccentrics, and monsters that plays along the line of real and fantasy. According to DC Theater Arts, the play is “Explosive... offers a variety of musical genres, from love ballads to indie-rock anthems, with stories of love, hope, murder, resilience, and connection, as told by misfit children, reckless adults, and various assorted creatures. In the artist’s signature style, it’s at once nostalgic and contemporary, mundane and dramatic, sprawling in scope and intimate in theme, with a wide selection of Iconic classics... and neverbefore-heard songs.”
This production features the talents of Will Breman, Samantha Eve, Aubree Facio, Bella Garcia Holland, Tyler Gilbert, Felicia Hall, Michelle Hernandez, Lana Kanen, Emily Libera, Marisol Miller-Wave, Will Muse, Seth Andrey Oster, Timo Reese, Nicholis Shelley, CJ Smith, and Nik Valinsky.
Family Album is written by Joe Iconis, the composer/lyricist of such Broadway phenomenon as Be More Chill, Things To Ruin, Bloodsong of Love, Punk Rock Girl, and The Untitled and Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical. For tickets ($25), visit www.outoftheboxtheatre.org
Friendship Center’s Halloween Wine Down Set for the Arlington
A SPOOKY SEASON BENEFIT celebrating the Halloween Season will be hosted by Friendship Center and take place under a full moon at the Arlington Theatre on November 1st.
A costume contest will be a highlight of the annual holiday Wine Down event. There will also be dancing, wine tasting, craft cocktails, food, music, and a raffle.
This fundraiser helps to provide quality of life care and supports the cultivation of a caring community for seniors with cognitive conditions.
Early bird tickets ($125), are available until October 18th. To become a sponsor, contact events@friendshipcentersb.org or go to https://tinyurl.com/3jmd3vcv For tickets, visit www.friendshipcentersb.org/wd24
HERE! This Moment for Women Marks Milestone
By Jesse Caverly / VOICE
CELEBRATING OVER 30 YEARS OF COMPELLING AND INSIGHTFUL THEATER IN SANTA BARBARA, DramaDogs has a new production playing at the Center Stage Theater October 17th to 20th. Written by playwright team EM Lewis and James Still, HERE! This Moment for Women is a play that highlights women’s grit, resiliency, longing, sorrow, and wonder.
“Theater is storytelling that is alive, is urgent, it’s about
what is happening in the world and what is happening in our hearts,” said EM Lewis, one half of the playwright team behind HERE! “It’s a way of letting us know that we are not alone. This project lifts women’s voices and experiences in a way that I think is joyful and poignant, and funny, and fierce.”
DramaDogs is the creative brainchild of Gilbert and Lewis, incubated on a road trip over 30 years ago. The two founders wanted to create a theatre group that platformed the physicality of performance, and enabled artists to create characters from the inside out, from their breath, movement, and sound. They set out to find a space to celebrate this “dynamic, living art,” as Lewis puts it. The journey of DramaDogs has lead them, over a storied 30 years, from alternative venues, to Black Box, and to Center Stage.
Directed by DramaDogs Artistic Directors Ken Gilbert and E. Bonnie Lewis, the pair will host a small gala before showtime on the 18th that will include wine, a
light repast, and a meet and greet with playwright James Still. ($45 ticket, includes entry to 7:30 show) HERE! features the acting talents of Samantha Bonavia, Candice Goodman, Meredith McMinn, Kathy Marden, and Isabel Watson.
“HERE! is a show that everyone should see,” Watson said. “The many experiences of women that are shown cover every emotion, capturing the hearts of all. My first time working with DramaDogs has been adventurous, fearful, and so worthwhile. This is my first time working in an environment that prioritizes your body, as opposed to just your mind.... Portraying multiple characters in one show has been very challenging yet so unbelievably fulfilling.”
HERE! This Moment for Women plays October 17th to the 20th, 7:30pm, with additional shows on the 18th and 19th at 2pm.
Courtesy of Out of the Box Theatre Company
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On the Street with John Palminteri
Photos and Stories by John Palminteri Special to VOICE
Pianos on State
EXPERIENCE PIANOS ON STATE until October 20th.
Thirteen pianos have been creatively painted by local artists, tuned up and positioned for the public to play at any hour. From Stearns Wharf to the Arlington Theatre entrance to the steps of the Lobero Theatre you will hear music as you stroll through downtown Santa Barbara. It is a Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative annual presentation with the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation as the lead sponsor and backed by a full list of supporters that can be found at www.pianosonstate.com
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A REPORTED
ASSAULT LEAD TO A LOCKDOWN at Santa Barbara City College. Santa Barbara Police found a victim and a possible suspect. The situation has been controlled and is under investigation.
AvoFest 2024: In Guac We Trust
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A ROLLOVER NORTHBOUND Via Real on to Hwy 101 at Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria through the chain linked fence occured. Driver and a newborn were rescued. CHP, Carpinteria Fire, AMR, and Santa Barbara Towing were on it.
John Palminteri is a veteran news reporter and anchor for Newschannel 3-12 TV and both KJEE and KCLU radio in Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Ventura. Off the air, he’s often bringing his smile and positive energy to the microphone at fundraisers and civic events. John’s social media presence has one of the largest followings in Santa Barbara, and this page has the weekly highlights.
HAVE YOU STARTED TO RECEIVE YOUR ELECTION MATERIALS? Ballots are on the way! As soon as you get your vote by mail ballot you can cast your vote. Election Day is November 5th. In Santa Barbara County there are about 241,000 registered voters.
THE CALIFORNIA AVOCADO FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT was a spectacular success! Followed by three days of peace, love, and guacamole. 70 bands, a youth stage, avocado ice cream, avocado honey ale, avocado tri-tip sandwiches. It’s a zero waste festival for free in Carpinteria. Nicholas and Grace Rogers of Camarillo won first place in the annual Guacamole Contest.
Fiesta Five Theater Now a Home for the SBIFF
THE SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL will be taking over the Fiesta Five Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara and turning it into a $15-million Film Center. The theatre recently became available when Metropolitan Theaters ended a lease there. The City Council unanimously supported the plan. It will help with downtown revitalization. Roger Durling and the SBIFF staff plan to reopen it November 15th with temporary equipment and run it through February. Then it will shut down for a state-of-the-art renovation.
Scenes from Oktoberfest 2024
OCTOBERFEST AT THE SANTA BARBARA BREWHOUSE kicked off with traditional songs, the Bottom Line Brass Band, and generous pours.
Harbor Police Changes
THE SANTA BARBARA HARBOR PATROL will no longer carry weapons or handcuffs, and focus mainly on boating and water safety, inspections, certifications, medical calls, environmental responses, and water rescues. Santa Barbara Police will handle penal code violations.
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Dancing for Literacy at the Red Feather Ball
By Isaac Hernández de Lipa / VOICE
THE MONTECITO CLUB WORE ITS FINEST IN A PALETTE OF SCARLETS to celebrate the 27th annual Red Feather Ball, Soirée en Rouge, on Saturday, October 4th, raising funds for United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC) educational programs and initiatives that serve thousands of local children and their families each year.
After a very lively cocktail hour and heavy bidding in the silent auction, 215 guests were welcomed to the beautifully decorated dining room by the lilting tones of Brandon Wattz,
who entertained during dinner and at the after party dance in the rotunda.
Steve Ortiz, UWSBC CEO, spoke passionately about the organization’s educational programs, which include the United Learning Center for academic support and resources during the year for the littlest learners, plus “Bridge the Break” educational programs for the spring and winter breaks, and their star program, the “Fun in the Sun” summer learning program.
The event honored Belle Hahn and Lily Hahn Shining for their contributions to
TEAM EFFORT
Xorin Balbes and Truman Davies (who presented Belle and Lily with beautiful bouquets of his own creation) were the honorary co chairs. The top-notch Event Committee included, in alphabetical order: Xorin Balbes, Noemie Brish, Berfu Butler, Truman Davies, Carolyn Fitzgerald, Belle Hahn, Lily Hahn Shining, Alice Hampton, Julie Heider-Gray, Melissa Henderson, Erin Moy Vik, Holly Onak, Amber Ortiz, and Vanessa Ringel. The event was designed and produced by the team at Merryl Brown Events.
“Fun in the Sun”, and their encouragement to include yoga and meditation in the program. Belle couldn’t contain her tears as they received a standing ovation and twin Shining Star Awards. The sisters shared about their experiences with “Fun in the Sun” and the impact it has on children.
Two of those children, kindergartener Chiara and secondgrader Thiago, both siblings and guests of honor, watched in awe as they ate chicken and fries. They also received a standing ovation from an audience that included Carrie Towbes, David and Stefanie Jackson, Cameron and Julie Heider-Gray, Berfu Butler, Thomasina Richards and Amber Ortiz. This was the biggest party they’d ever attended. And everyone was there to premiere the release of the “Fun in the Sun” film, in which they star. (Disclaimer: the video was filmed and produced by yours truly. See it here: https://bit.ly/Fun-in-the-Sun-2024).
After the screening of the four-minute film, Andrew Firestone led a very successful paddle raise. All in all, the 27th Red Feather Ball, which had US Bank as Title Sponsor, raised more than $370,000.
www.unitedwaysb.org
Singer Brandon Wattz Honoree Lily Hahn Shining and Belle Hahn
Photos by Isaac Hernández de Lipa
Steve and Amber Ortiz
Xorin Balbes and Anne Towbes
Noemie Brish
Standing: Richard Scibird, Belle Hahn Steve and Amber Ortiz, Lily Hahn Shinning, and Stewart Shinning. Front: students Thiago and Chiara
Emcee Andrew Firestone
A Painter’s Palate of Flavors
By Richard and Amanda Payatt Special to VOICE
THE CRUISERY HAS AN IMPRESSIVE MENU which they carry off with excellent finesse. They have four very different kinds of fries, six kinds of tacos that are all quite different, a bunch of sliders, and a dozen sandwiches. Everything that we tasted was delicious and full of widely varying flavor profiles. In short, we were delighted.
Chef Juan Pedro Muñoz has assembled and trained an amazing staff which can pull it off even when he is not there. As he puts it, “Everyone on the line can make every dish.” Then he pauses with a smile, “The only thing I do by myself is the tiramisu.” And everything the kitchen does is right on the money. The dishes are complicated. Unexpected flavors mix with unusual ingredients. And it all works! Pistachio mole made of white chocolate and
plantains on pork belly? Yup. Peruvian style ceviche of halibut and shrimp, drizzled with tiger’s milk (a Peruvian sauce of the Aji Amarillo pepper,) corn, sweet potatoes, and fried plantains? Perfect. It may be daunting when you look at it on the menu, but all becomes clear when it hits the table. A native of Guadalajara, Chef Juan makes the best of the diversity of the cultural and culinary milieu of Mexico and South America, with a hint of Japanese flair. For over fifteen years he has been mixing and matching in high style.
What is good on the menu? Order the bread as a starter. We can only think of a handful of restaurants in town we could say that about. And we have to give special praise to the bone marrow starter.
Three beautiful hunks of bone with the marrow neatly braised with garlic mayonnaise and cilantro. Simply sublime, and this is a dish that requires a lot of care and attention in the kitchen. The winter menu will feature short ribs with sweet potatoes, as well as a smoked pork belly dish.
LEAGUE of WOMEN VOTERS
OF SANTA BARBARA
ELECTION FORUMS
MONDAY, SEPT. 30, 6PM SANTA BARBARA CITY COUNCIL
CEC Hub, 1219 State Street, S.B.
THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 6PM STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 37
CEC Hub, 1219 State Street, S.B.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9, 5PM
PROS AND CONS FORUM FOR BALLOT MEASURES
Zoom webinar. Link is on calendar at /wvsantabarbara.org
THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 6PM
GOLETA CITY COUNCIL & MAYOR
Goleta Union School Board Headquarters, 401 North Fairview Ave., Goleta
The forums are free and open to the public. They will also be recorded by TVSB in English and Spanish and posted for later viewing on our youtube channel. Silvia Uribe of transilpro will be providing simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.
Happy Hour is a lovely time to drop in and try out the Cruisery. There is a baked Buratta with balsamic vinegar as a light bite. And the cocktail menu is solely made of in-house infusions and syrups, as well as fresh squeezed juices. The Fig and Haley, made of fig bourbon and more was a personal favorite. The Lavender Lemonade did not disappoint, either. And, both were full of complex, unexpected flavors that just happened to match the adventurous food.
Breakfast is a favorite of the friends who introduced us to Chef Juan. It is lovely and wide-ranging in its possibilities.
The atmosphere is casual. Long communal tables and high bar stools stretch across the room. Special seats for smaller dogs are available in this pooch friendly place. (They even have special
doggie cakes if you ask nicely.) And with the kitchen so well trained, you just might see Juan Pedro wandering around the dining room. He might be talking to the guests, or maybe even wiping down a table. He likes that he has the ability to look into every little detail of the restaurant. The pride shows. And the pride keeps the menu ever changing, and decidedly delicious.
and wine industries (both are sommeliers), they bring readers “In the Kitchen/In the Cellar” with a focus on the people that create the food and wine we enjoy.
LIGA DE MUJERES VOTANTES DE SANTA BÁRBARA
FOROS ELECTORALES
LUNES SEPT. 30, 6 P.M.
AYUNTAMIENTO DE SANTA BÁRBARA
Centro CEC, 1219 State Street, S.B.
JUEVES OCTUBRE. 3, 6 P.M.
DISTRITO 37 DE LA ASAMBLEA ESTATAL
Centro CEC, 1219 State Street, S.B.
MIÉRCOLES OCTUBRE. 9, 5 P.M.
FORO PROS Y CONTRAS DE LAS MEDIDAS ELECTORALES
Seminario web zoom. El enlace está en el calendario en /wvsantabarbara.org
JUEVES OCTUBRE. 10, 6 P.M.
AYUNTAMIENTO Y ALCALDE DE GOLETA
Sede de la junta escolar de goleta union, 401 north fairview ave., Goleta Los foros son gratuitos y abiertos al público.
También serán grabados por tvsb en inglés y español y publicados para verlos más tarde en nuestro canal de youtube. Silvia Uribe de transilpro brindará interpretación simultánea en español.
Richard and Amanda Payatt have 40+ years of publishing experience between them. With decades in the food
Photos courtesy of Richard and Amanda Payatt
Chef Juan Pedro Muñoz
Short ribs Buratta
Regina Fernandez and Adam Hagenbuch
Photo: Zach Mendez
By Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
by Jamie Torcellini
CENTRAL COAST CALENDAR
Masq(p)arade!
Take part in a piano parade when Masq(p)arade! returns to Pianos on State locations on Friday, October 18th for a free progressive series of 15 minutes-long concerts. Mini concerts will begin at 5:30pm on the corner of State and Figueroa Streets and conclude at 7:45pm at the Arlington Theatre, with performers including Out of the Box Theatre Company, Jackson Gillies & Connie Gillies, Brasscals!, Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus, and Zach Gill & Friends. For a full schedule and map of locations visit www.masqparade.org
Friday 10/11
MUSIC
A Tribute to Billy Joel with Billy Nation • Featuring Adam Shapiro • Lobero Theatre • $50-75 • www.lobero.org • 7:30pm Fr, 10/11.
SB Chamber Players concert • First United Methodist Church • $20, free for ages 18 and under • www.sbchamberplayers.org
• 7:30pm Sa, 10/12.
OUTDOORS
California Native Plant Irrigation
• Guided workshop and walk • SB Botanic Garden • $25-40 • www. sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-11am Sa, 10/12.
White Cane Awareness Day
Walk with Blind Fitness
•Awareness walk about local accessibility/inaccessibility • Skater’s Point near the intersection of Anacapa and Cabrillo St. • $10 • https://tinyurl.com/4j87dpdf • 9:30am-12pm Sa, 10/12.
Student Tea Session • Observe a Japanese tea ceremony • SB Botanic Garden • Free with admission • www. sbbotanicgarden.org • 10am-12:30pm Sa, 10/12.
Star Party • Explore the night sky with a free Palmer Observatory opening • SB Museum of Natural History
• 8-10pm Sa, 10/12.
Walk like MADD Santa
Barbara 5K fundraiser • Walk/ run to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving • Chase Palm Park • Register: walklikemadd.org/ santabarbara • 9:30am Sa, 10/12.
Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds
Month Community Event • Free trapeze lessons, resources, food, and more • SB Trapeze Co, 131 E Haley St. • 3-6pm Sa, 10/12.
SPORTS
USPHL Junior Hockey Game •
Ontario Junior Reign vs. San Diego Sabers • Ice in Paradise • $15 • www.iceinparadise.org
• 8:30pm Sa, 10/12.
Sunday 10/13
CHILDREN
Bilingual Storytelling • Spanish and English stories, art, and activities
• SB Museum of Art • Free • 1111:45am Su, 10/13.
COMEDY
Brincos Dieras • Presenting the Irreverent Tour • Granada Theatre • $91-255 • www.granadasb.org • 7pm Su, 10/13.
LECTURES/MEETINGS
Storytelling Thru Zines–Zine Making Workshop • Creative workshop led by Dez Alaniz and Chaucer’s Books • CoreSport • Free, register: www.chaucersbooks.com
• 2-4pm Su, 10/13.
Mary Cassatt’s Alterity and her Radical Modernism • Art Matters Lecture with Dr. Hollis Clayson
• SB Museum of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium • Free-$15 • www.sbma.net • 3pm Su, 10/13.
MUSIC
Valdivia Marketing Group Presents • Regional Mexican music performed by six bands • Earl Warren Showgrounds • www.vmgconcerts.com/ticket-outlets • 1-7:45pm Su, 10/13.
Follow a wildlife biologist on her journey to reintroduce endangered Peregrine falcons, Hawaiian crows, and California condors to the wild when SB Audubon Society and Friends of California Condors Wild & Free welcomes author Sophie Osborn to discuss her new book Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds at the SB Museum of Natural History at 7pm on Wednesday, October 16th. Free, books will be available for purchase and signing. www.sbnature.org
Sing For Justice • Benefit concert for Immigrant Legal Defense Center • Trinity Episcopal Church • $50 • https://tinyurl.com/ywe6tsse • 3pm Su, 10/13.
OUTDOORS
Beach Cleanup • Show the beach some love • Arroyo Burro Beach • Info: https://exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm Su, 10/13.
SPECIAL EVENTS
No Gala Gala • Online auction fundraiser for Dream Foundation • www.dreamfoundation.org • 10am Su, 10/13, through 7pm 10/20. Free Resident Day • Free museum entry for tri-county residents • SB Museum of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium • www.sbma.net • 11am5pm Su, 10/13.
Photo by Dewey Nicks
Courtesy photo
CENTRAL COAST CALENDAR
THEATRE
Photo by Zach Mendez
The Crucible • Arthur Miller’s drama during the Salem witch trials • Ojai Art Center Theater • Free-$25 • https://ojaiact.org
• 7:30pm Fr, 9/27, through 10/20.
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors • Gender-bent comedy adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic tale • New Vic Theater • $2998 • https://etcsb.org • Preview 7:30pm Th, 10/10 & 8pm 10/11; opens 8pm Sa, 10/12, through 10/27.
Lost in Yonkers • Two boys discover themselves and New York in 1942 • Theatre Group at SBCC, Garvin Theatre • $10-29 • www.theatregroupsbcc.com • previews 7:30pm We, 10/9 & 10/10; opening night 7:30pm 10/11; through 10/26.
Naked Shakes: Much Ado About Nothing • Shakespeare’s beloved comedy •
Asian American Neighborhood Festival • Free festival with dancing, drumming, arts, food, and more • El Presidio • www.sbthp.org • 11am-3pm Su, 10/13.
Chaucer’s Book Fair • Support Oaks Preschool • Chaucer’s Books • 3-5pm Su, 10/13.
Rooted In Community • Community Day and Plant-Based Food Festival • Community Arts Workshop • Festival free, cooking competition $20 • www.sbcaw.org/upcoming • 2-7pm Su, 10/13.
Figure Drawing Workshop with Eric Saint Georges • Community Arts Workshop • $50 • https://www.sbcaw.org/upcoming • 9am - 12:30pm, Sat, 10/12
Monday 10/14
LECTURES/MEETINGS
Recreational Biology: From Animals in Flatland to Cellular Origami • Free talk by Dr. Manu Prakash, presented by Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics • Kohn Hall, UCSB •
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Embark on a fast-paced, genderbent reimagining of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire in the style of Monty Python and Mel Brooks when the Ensemble Theatre Company presents Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at The New Vic. Opening night is 8pm on Saturday, October 12th, with performances running through the 27th.
• Radio play adaptation of classic Hitchcock tales • Alcazar Theater • $15-20 • www. thealcazar.org • 7pm Fr, 10/11-10/12 & 10/18-10/19; 3pm 10/13 & 10/20.
Fight Night • Interactive theater exploring democracy • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB Campbell Hall • $15-52 • www. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 8pm Tu, 10/15.
HERE! This Moment for Women • Short plays and monologues presented by DramaDogs • Center Stage Theater • $20-45 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 7:30pm Th, 10/17, 10/18, 10/19; 6pm 10/18 mini gala; 2pm 10/19 & 10/20.
https://tinyurl.com/tw4ynsxw • 5-7pm Mo, 10/14.
Housing Crisis Ad Hoc Committee Community Workshop • Share your concerns/ideas with the SB City Council ad hoc committee • Cabrillo Pavilion • 5:30-7:30pm Mo, 10/14.
Science Pub: Cool Marine Fishes with Milton Love • Free talk by UCSB researcher • Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant • www. sbnature.org • 6:30-8pm Mo, 10/14.
An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi • Chef in conversation with Ben Mims, James Beard • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Granada Theatre • $16-68.50 • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Mo, 10/14.
PARLIAMO! Italian Conversation • All levels • The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • http://parliamo.yolasite.com • Free • 5-6:30pm Mo.
improv with friends • Alcazar Theater • $10 at door • 7-9pm Tu.
LECTURES/MEETINGS
Community Connections Office Hours with New Beginnings • Resources for homeless veterans • Central Library • Free • 1011:30am Tu, 10/15.
Humanities Decanted: Vladimir HamedTroyansky • Scholar discusses his new book Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State • UCSB IHC, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB • Free • www.ihc.ucsb.edu • 4pm Tu, 10/15.
Student Tea Session • Observe a Japanese tea ceremony • SB Botanic Garden • Free with admission: https://sbbotanicgarden.org • 10am-12:30pm Tu, 10/15.
Tai Chi Flow Class • Singleton Pavilion • Free • https://elingspark.org • 9am, Tu, 10/15
Wednesday 10/16
LECTURES/MEETINGS
Le Cercle Français • French conversation, all levels • The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • https://tinyurl.com/5ejbd9ye • Free • 5-6:30pm We.
Getting to Know Hillside • Learn about Hillside resources and residents • Hillside House • Free, RSVP to earendt@hillsidesb.org • 12-1pm We, 10/16.
Disturbing the Bones • Director Andrew Davis and writer Jeff Biggers discuss new book • UCSB IHC, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB • Free • www.ihc.ucsb.edu • 4pm We, 10/16.
What’s Brewing in Education & Applied Psychology • Panel talk by Gevirtz Graduate School of Education • Night Lizard Brewing • Free • 6:30pm We, 10/16.
Tuesday 10/15
Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds • Free talk by author Sophie Osborn, presented by SB Audubon • SB Museum of Natural History • www.sbnature.org • 7pm We, 10/16.
MUSIC
Leon Bridges • With guest Hermanos Gutierrez • SB Bowl • $56-156 • www.sbbowl. com • 7pm We, 10/16.
State Street Job Fair Workshop • Learn how to prepare for job interviews • Central Library • Free: https://tinyurl.com/mutyb427 • 2-3pm Th, 10/17.
Second Life: Building Community Around Preservation and Adaptive Reuse in the California Desert • Panel discussion hosted by AFSB and AIASB • The Hub, 1219 State St • $10 • https://tinyurl.com/muv2axuh • 5pm Th, 10/17.
SB Reads Kickoff • Celebrate and pick up your copy of Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld • Central Library • Free • 6-8pm Th, 10/17.
Acclaimed Author Robin Lloyd
Presents Hidden Cargo • Lloyd discusses her historic post-Civil War novel • SB Maritime Museum • $10-20 • www.lobero.org • 7pm Th, 10/17.
Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
• Talk by financial journalist Josie Cox • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB Campbell Hall • Free-$18 • www. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Th, 10/17.
OUTDOORS
Elings Park Transformation Project • Volunteer to help tend to Elings Park • https://tinyurl. com/2njmcfef • 1-4pm Th, 10/17. Volunteer Work Party with SB Botanic Garden • Elings Park • Free • https://elingspark.org • 9am3pm, Th, 10/17
SPECIAL EVENTS
Senior Expo • Access and information to resources for seniors/caregivers • Earl Warren Showgrounds • $5-10 • www. earlwarren.com • 9am-12pm Th, 10/17.
Friday 10/18
MUSIC
Masq(p)arade! • 15-min festive concert sets along State St. • Begins State/Figueroa St, moves up State to the Arlington Theatre • Free • 5:307:45pm Fr, 10/18.
Fall Orchestra Concert • Westmont student concert • Hahn Hall • Free • 7pm Fr, 10/18. 24K Magic: Tribute to Bruno Mars • Tribute concert • Chumash Casino • $20 • www.chumashcasino. com • 8pm Fr, 10/18.
OUTDOORS
Sustainably SBPL: Garden Volunteers • Gardening for ages 14+ • Yanonali Community Garden • https://tinyurl.com/5n92pzcp • 4-5pm Fr, 10/18.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Boo at the Zoo • Safe trick or treating, costumes, and Halloween fun! • SB Zoo • $15-25 • www.sbzoo. org • 5-8pm Fr, 10/18-10/20 & 10/25-10/27.
Andersen’s Restaurant Viking Party Night • Special menu and storytelling • Andersen’s Restaurant • $100 • AndersensSantaBarbara.com/ viking-party • 6pm Fr, 10/18. Unite to Light the Night • Twoday celebration with Glow Gala, community showcase, and Bright Bash • Community Arts Workshop
• Activities for ages 8-13 • SB Botanic Garden • Free, register: www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 11am-12:15pm Sa, 10/19.
Community Storytime With Miss Angel! • Storytime and read aloud session • Chaucer’s Books • Free • www.chaucersbooks.com • 11am Sa, 10/19.
LECTURES/MEETINGS
Nootka 1789: The History of an unknown Franciscan mission • Spanish-language lecture by Bárbara Palomares Sánchez, PhD. • Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library • $5 • 10am Sa, 10/19.
Writing in the Galleries • Write inspired by art • SB Museum of Art • Free, register: www.sbma.net • 2-3:30pm Sa, 10/19.
Museum of Natural History • $100-135 • www.sbnature.org • 9am12pm Sa, 9/21, through 11/2.
MUSIC
Concert Series: The Rincons • Free outdoor concert • Carpinteria Arts Center • 6-9pm Sa, 10/19.
Santa Barbara Music Club • Free classical music concert • St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church • 3pm Sa, 10/19.
Tchaikovsky Immersion: The Story Behind the Fourth Symphony • SB Symphony season’s opening concert • Granada Theatre • $45-195 • www.granadasb.org • 7:30pm Sa, 10/19; 3pm Su, 9/20.
Summit for Danny
Join friends, family, or neighbors in hiking to support CADA’s Daniel Bryant Youth & Family Centers when the Summit for Danny returns to Elings Park from 9am to 1:30pm on Saturday, October 19th. Two trail options ranging from easy to intermediate options are available, with the day ending in a BBQ celebration and concert by The Tearaways.
To register ($25-50, children aged seven and under free) visit www.summitfordanny.org/santabarbara
OUTDOORS
Summit for Danny • Trail walk and entertainment to support Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse • Elings Park • $25-50 • www.summitfordanny.org/santabarbara • 9am-1:30pm Sa, 10/19.
Pruning California Native Plants • Guided workshop • SB Botanic Garden • $25-40 • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-11am Sa, 10/19.
SB Cemetery Walking Tour • Guided tour with historian David Petry • 901 Channel Drive • $20-30 • www.sbhistorical.org • 10am Sa, 10/19.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Housing Santa Barbara Day • Workshops, resources, and learning about housing • De La Guerra Plaza • Free • www.housingsantabarbara. org • 10am-1pm Sa, 10/19.
Fall Makers Market • Art and goods made by local craftspeople • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd. • Free • 124pm Sa, 10/19.
Oktoberfest 2024 • Food, beer, and traditional games • brewLAB, Carpinteria • $5-20 • 1-5pm Sa, 10/19.
Santa Barbara Vintners
Festival • Explore over 50 wineries, small bites, and more • Vega Vineyard & Farm, Buellton • $125+ •https://tinyurl.com/yck63y78 • 1-4pm Sa, 10/19.
Unite to Light the Night Community Showcase • CAW • Free from 5pm to 7:30pm • www.sbcaw.org/upcoming • 5pm8pm, Sat, 10/19
Star Party • Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History • $5 - $10 • www.sbnature.org • 8pm10pm, Sat, 10/12
Sunday 10/20
CHILDREN
SB Reads Dork Diaries Day • Celebrate this middle grade series with crafts, music, and more • Central Library • Free • 10:30am12pm Su, 10/20.
LECTURES/MEETINGS
Santa Barbara Poetry Series Reading • Afternoon of poetry with Mariano Zaro, Christine Penko, and B.D. Salvas • Central Library • Free • 2-4pm Su, 10/20.
MUSIC
Fall Orchestra Concert • Westmont student concert • Page Hall, Westmont College • Free • 3pm Su, 10/20.
Ocean Ambassador Beach Cleanup • Show our shores some love • SB Sea Center, meet behind Skater's Point skatepark • www. sbnature.org • 10am-12pm Su, 10/20
SPECIAL EVENTS
Free Family Day–Dia de los Muertos • Activities, communitycreated altar, music, and dance • SB Museum of Art • www.sbma.net • 11am-4pm Su, 10/20.
STAY & PLAY • Share stories with kids • Montecito Library ~ 9-10:30am Tu
MUSIC & MOVEMENT • For ages 2-5 • Central Library ~ 10:1510:45am We.
BABY AND ME • For babies 0-14 months • Courthouse Sunken Garden ~ 11-11:30am & 5-5:30pm We.
LIBRARY ON THE GO • Samarkand ~ 10:30-11:30am Tu, 10/15 • Grace Village ~ 12:15-1:15pm Tu, 10/15 • Downtown Farmer’s Market ~ 4-6:30pm Tu, 10/15 • Harding School ~ 12:30-2pm We, 10/16 • Bohnett Park ~ 3:30-5pm We, 10/16 • Shoreline Park ~ 10am-12pm Th, 10/17 • Oak Park ~ 10am-12pm Fr, 10/18
READ TO A DOG • For grades 3-6 • Central Library ~ 12-1pm Th.
Community leaders Renee Grubb, Earl Minnis, Dick Berti, Victoria Rightmire, Hilda Maldonado, Jacqueline Kurta, Mayor
Randy Rowse, Alison Brainard, Doris and Gary Clancy, Janet Garufis, Bob Bryant, District Attorney John Savrnoch, Patty Bryant, Captain Mike Logie, Eric Onnen, Dana Gamble and Gordon Auchincloss
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NatureTrack Film Festival
Celebrate the awesome power of nature, the outdoors, and the adventurous spirit of humankind at the 6th annual NatureTrack Film Festival in Goleta at Camino Real Cinemas. Scale mountains, survive 76 days adrift after a shipwreck, and find hope with Jane Goodall. With over 80 films scheduled across three days there will be something for everybody: world premieres, filmmaker panels, and special event receptions.
For tickets and VIP packages, ($12-325) visit www. naturetrackfilmfestival.org/tickets
CINEMA
Spooky Movie Nights at Paseo Nuevo • Screening of Beetlejuice • Paseo Nuevo rooftop, by MCASB • Free • 6:30pm Fr, 10/18
Panic!: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans • 1927 film screening and Q&A with author/historian Nicholas Baer • UCSB Carsey-Wolf Center, Pollock Theater • Free, register: www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu • 2pm Sa, 10/12.
Panic!: Fresh Kill • Screening of this ecosatire, postfilm talk with director Shu Lea Cheang • UCSB Carsey-Wolf Center, Pollock Theater • Free, register: www.carseywolf.ucsb. edu • 7pm Tu, 10/15.
Denis Villeneuve Film Retrospective • Celebrate this director’s career, in-person Q&A on 10/20 •
Go To Hale: Quips & Clips • Concert footage and stories from Hale Milgrim (former President/CEO of Capitol Records) and music lover Richard Salzberg • Lobero Theatre • $30-75 • www.lobero.org • 6:52pm Sa, 10/19.
Green Film Series: Giants Rising • Documentary on coastal redwoods; panel with SB Botanic Gardens & Sempervirens • Marjorie Luke Theatre • $12.51 • https:// luketheatre.org • 4-6pm Su, 10/20.
THE FED IS NO LONGER WORRYING ABOUT INFLATION, since its preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditure Index (PCE), recently dropped to a 2.2 percent inflation rate, close to the 2.0 percent target rate.
Fed Chairman Powell said recently the Fed is more worried that the job market is faltering, hence the -.50 percent Fed Funds rate cut last week with at least two more rate cuts in the offing this year. It would cut the Bank Loan Prime Rate to 7.50 percent that is the basis for most credit card and installment loan rates.
It is still too high for most borrowers, but auto sales have picked up, which means consumers are still buying, that means Q3 GDP growth could also match second quarter’s GDP growth of 3.0 percent.
This is remarkable growth, even with the labor market slowdown, and the unemployment rate up to 4.3 percent in a year.
From the same month one year ago, the PCE price index for August increased 2.2 percent. Prices for goods decreased 0.9 percent and prices for services increased 3.7 percent. Food prices increased 1.1 percent and energy prices decreased 5.0 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 2.7 percent from one year ago.
(That’s why it’s called the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.)
ECONOMIC VOICE
By Harlan Green
Job formation is slowing, as the BLS JOLTS report showed eight million job vacancies, with 5.3 million Hires and 5.0 million Separations in the month. The 300,000 difference approximates the net number of new hires in August.
We are still fully employed, in other words, but the number of vacancies posted by employers looking for workers has come down considerably from the 12 million job opening high during the pandemic and lockdowns.
Consumer spending is the biggest ‘tell’ on future employment and economic growth and it barely dropped to 2.7 percent annual growth from 2.8 percent in August. The savings rate is still a healthy 4.8 percent, close to historical norms, so the surge in vehicle sales is no fluke.
Business activity in the service sector is soaring (mainly dining out, travel, leisure activities), but the manufacturing sector is still contracting.
“In September, the Services PMI® registered 54.9 percent, 3.4 percentage points higher than August’s figure of 51.5 percent. The reading in September marked the seventh time the composite index has been in expansion territory this year,” said survey Director Sterve Miller.
Whereas, manufacturing “Demand remains subdued, as companies showed an unwillingness to invest in capital and inventory due to federal monetary policy — which the U.S. Federal Reserve addressed by the time of this
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I see good growth this year. More reductions in interest rates will certainly boost manufacturing, and consumers are still saving, another sign they aren’t tapped out. But with one political party wanting to cut back on Bidenomics, the policies spurring much of the growth, economic growth next year could depend on which party wins the White House in November.
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AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER : 24CV04260. Petitioner: Maria Guadalupe Vital Diaz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Maria Guadalupe Vital Diaz to PROPOSED NAME: Maria Guadalupe Gutierrez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 11/15/2024; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 4; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 09/12/2024 /s/: Donna D. Geck, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #24CV04260 Pub Dates: September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 2024
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER THE ESTATE OF: AGNES MESSNER Case No. 24PR00512
To the heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the estate of : AGNES MESSNER
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by A. SUZANNE MESZNER-ELTRICH in the Superior Court, County of SANTA BARBARA.
THE PETITION requests that (name): A.SUZANNE MESZNER-ELTRICH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. ( This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held as follows: 11/7/2024 at 9:00 a.m. Dept: FIVE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, Anacapa Division, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107, Santa Barbara, CA 93121.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file a written objection with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Goleta Man Sentenced to 300 Years to Life for Child Sexual Abuse
ATITLE VI PLAN 2025 T0 2027
Public Notice
GOLETA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES and sentenced to 300 years to life in prison in Santa Barbara Superior Court by Judge Deroian in Department 11, according to District Attorney John T. Savrnoch.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program
Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of its services on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability, as protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Notice is hereby given that SBCAG will consider adopting the update Title VI plan for 2025 to 2027.
Proposed Goal for Federal Fiscal Years 2025 - 2027
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance. SBCAG is a recipient of Federal aid through two of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (US DOT’s) operating administrations, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and is accountable for compliance with both Title VI and the following implementing regulations: US DOT’s “Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation” (49 CFR Part 21), FTA’s “Title VI Requirements and Guidelines for Federal Transit Administration Recipients (FTA Circular 4702.1B), and FHWA’s “Title VI Program and Related Statutes” (23 CFR Part 200). These regulations have expanded the original Title VI protections to incorporate subsequent related statutes, including protections against discrimination based on gender, age, and disability; and federal policies regarding environmental justice and limited-English proficiency.
Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) is dedicated to serving our community, including those businesses contracting with SBCAG on Federally funded transit projects. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is designed to remedy ongoing discrimination and the continuing effects of past discrimination in federally assisted transportation contracting opportunities. SBCAG is proposing a three-year DBE goal of zero percent DBE firms because there are no DBE firms that are ready, willing or able to compete for the single transit contract proposed to be awarded during the triennial period - The Clean Air Express Bus Operations and Maintenance project.
Public Information Session
Cirilo Martinez, 62, from Goleta was convicted of with two counts of Penal Code section 288.7 – Sexual Intercourse with a Child under 10; and ten counts of Penal Code section 288(a) – Lewd or Lascivious Acts on a Child Under 14. The jury also found true the special allegation that the defendant committed these crimes against multiple victims pursuant to Penal Code section 667.61(j)(2).
A copy of the draft Title VI plan is available online at www.sbcag.org or can be reviewed during business hours at the SBCAG offices, 260 N. San Antonio Rd., Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
A public online meeting on the goal and methodology will be held:
Date: October 22, 2024
The Title VI plan will be considered for adoption during the SBCAG Board of Directors meeting with inperson and remote virtual participation options on the following date/time:
Time: 11 a.m.
10 a.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2024
Where: Virtual Hearing via Zoom Webinar https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82807151300?pwd=5Gl8rcnzilY84U6PSmoQMZL3LCVp8T.1
Meeting ID: 828 0715 1300
Passcode: 387861
Dial In:
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Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room 511 East Lakeside Parkway Santa Maria, CA 93455
REMOTE
The court found, the defendant’s sister was responsible for babysitting the two victims between 2015 and 2019 at her home where the defendant also resided. Over the course of four years, the defendant took advantage of his position of trust to groom and molest the young girls. At the time of the abuse, the victims were between four and nine years old. The abuse came to light during a therapy session in which the youngest victim disclosed numerous acts of abuse that she and her sister suffered at the hands of the defendant. At the time of the disclosure, she was 9 years old and her sister was 11 years old. The abuse was then reported to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s office. An investigation was conducted by Detectives Nicholas Adomaitis and Martha Sosa who were able to build the necessary rapport with the young girls and their families. They also received a confession from the defendant, according to the court records.
Details on how to participate remotely will be published on the SBCAG Board of Directors agenda at least 48 hours prior to the meeting online at www.sbcag.org
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NOTICE
Comments on the Title VI Plan 2025 to 2027 may also be submitted in writing until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Written comments can be submitted via U.S. Postal Service to 260 N. San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; or electronically by emailing info@sbcag.org.
SBCAG is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for these meetings. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodation requests should be made 48 hours in advance of public meetings to SBCAG at (805) 961-8900 or info@sbcag.org.
Request for Public Comment on Proposed DBE Goal
SBCAG is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for these meetings. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodation requests should be made 48 hours in advance of public meetings to SBCAG at (805) 961-8900.
The proposed DBE goal and methodology is available for review on the www.sbcag.org website. If you would like to have a hard copy of the report mailed to you, please contact Aaron Bonfilio at (805) 961-8920 or abonfilio@sbcag.org. SBCAG staff is also available to meet through an online meeting or phone call to respond to inquiries and receive comments on the proposed DBE goal and methodology. Written inquiries and comments may also be sent to: Aaron Bonfilio, Director of Multimodal Programs Santa Barbara County Association of Governments 260 North San Antonio Road, Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93110
SBCAG will consider all comments received by November 4, 2024, before submitting the proposed draft goal to the Federal Transit Administration. SBCAG will continue to receive comments up to the SBCAG Board of Directors consideration of adoption of the goal on November 21, 2024.
This notice is in accordance with requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation (49 C.F.R Part 26).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as PALS SANTA BARBARA AUTISM CENTER at 5385 Hollister Ave., Bldg. #9, ST. #215, Goleta, CA 93111. PER ANKH LIFE SKILLS, INC. at 16700 Bellflower Blvd Suite B, Bellflower, CA 90706. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on August 29, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0002082. Published September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 2024.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as CHANNEL VIEW MANAGEMENT at 480 Glen Annie Rd, Goleta, CA 93117. JOHN R. WHITEHURST at PO Box 30751, Santa Barbara, CA 93130. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 20, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0002242. Published September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2024.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as THE LANGUAGE CENTER at 1531 Chapala St. 2 #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. NANCY BAGSHAW SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY CORP at 1531 Chapala St. 2 #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 5, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0002123. Published September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2024.
A report by District Attorney John T. Savrnoch stated, "During the trial, two courageous young women, now aged 12 and 14, confronted their abuser with remarkable strength, supported by their family and District Attorney Victim Advocate Heatherlynn Lemus. The prosecution team was led by Senior Deputy District Attorney Megan Chanda, whose dedication and skill were instrumental in holding the defendant accountable in the case," People v. Cirilo Martinez, Santa Barbara Case No. 22CR06089.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as TACO BELL #41978 at 1045 Casitas Pass Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013. ENGEN ENTERPRISES, INC at 31192 La Baya Drive Suite B, Westlake Village, CA 91362. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 25, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20240002270. Published October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2024.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as TACO BELL #41979 at 1840 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. ENGEN ENTERPRISES, INC at 31192 La Baya Drive Suite B, Westlake Village, CA 91362. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 25, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0002269. Published October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2024.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT: The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as FLEKS FOOTWEAR at 75 Aero Camino, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117. INVONU LLC at 75 Aero Camino, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 24, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0002264. Published October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 2024.
Santa Barbara Icon Celebrated
By Sigrid Toye / VOICE
TALK ABOUT A REALLY BIG SANTA BARBARA BIRTHDAY EVENT! Hiroko
Benko, the force majeure behind the Santa Barbara Channel Whale Heritage Area, celebrated her birthday multiple times last week—as well she should. Her presence in our community, her environmental endeavors, marine interests, business acumen, and generosity makes celebrating only once a year seem … infrequent!
Benko’s path to Santa Barbara began in Osaka, Japan where she lived with her parents, two older sisters, and an extended family–presently represented by Japan’s Grand Tea Master.
“My mother insisted that education include preparation for marriage and motherhood in the Japanese tradition,” Benko remembered. “Along with academic studies I was exposed to the art of flower arranging, painting, music, traditional Japanese dancing, calligraphy, and presentation of the tea ceremony.” International Relations at University brought her to the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo.
for a hamburger special, Fred Benko came into Hiroko’s life.
“I married this tall handsome guy three months after I met him!” she exclaimed. With Fred came her special connection and love affair with the Condor Express, the ocean, and everything whales! For 28 years the couple shared community and business interests until Fred’s passing in 2013.
This fabulous Birthday party was a tribute not only to Benko but to her extensive service in behalf of our community. Friends gathered that day to celebrate her life with with framed pictures and story telling planned with care–and much love–by her friend, and our hostess, Mary Gates. I was honored to be included!
She later located in Santa Barbara, where an evening at Peabody’s
National Childhood Cancer Awareness month Gets Golden Gala
Avila Wazny
By Maria McCall / Special to VOICE
TEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION HELD THEIR GOLDEN GALA fundraising event at the Les Belles Fontaines Estate in Montecito on October 5th as the culmination of September’s Gold Ribbon Campaign held in recognition of National Childhood Cancer Awareness month. Supporters turned up in all of their gold-themed finery to celebrate Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation’s good works in our communities.
This organization advocates for families living in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties that have a child with cancer by providing financial, educational, and emotional support.
They offer three core programs to lessen the immediate financial, emotional, and educational challenges experienced with a pediatric cancer diagnosis, while providing ongoing opportunities for families to connect with each other in a safe space. www.teddybearcancerfoundation.org
Happy Birthday Kathryn Martin!
Hiroko Benko and a cutout of her seven year old self
Hiroko and hostess Mary Gates
Jackson Snyder, Angel Speier and Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation Executive Director Brittany
Photo by Maria McCall Photo by Priscilla
Photos by Sigrid Toye
A timbre of friends gathered for a charming Birthday celebration for our beloved President & CEO of the Santa Barbara Symphony Kathryn Martin at Arnoldi’s for Family style patio dinner with Melissa and Adam McKaig, Hosts Teresa Kuskey and Rick Oshay, Peter and Kathryn Martin, Karen and Scott Davis, Gretchen Lieff, and Jim Melillo. (not pictured) Priscilla and Robert F. Adams
Exploring the connection between memory and film through art
By Debra Herrick / The UC Santa Barbara Current
IN A FORGOTTEN CORNER OF FILM HISTORY, a three-second clip from 1888 captures four figures walking in circles in a garden — a fleeting moment of life, now preserved as the oldest surviving film. This brief glimpse, Roundhay Garden Scene by Louis Le Prince, forms the foundation of UC Santa Barbara art professor Jane Callister’s latest work, Movie Minds: Memories of Film. Callister’s project, which she began two years ago with a Faculty Research Grant, dives into film history and blends it with surreal imagery. Her work combines black-and-white photographs, lifesized sculptures and images of them printed on aluminum inspired by Victorian-era photography.
“I wanted to explore the fragility of memory, how it distorts over time, and how film — through fragmented narratives — creates a space for the viewer’s imagination to fill in the gaps,” Callister explained.
A central feature of her new work is the series Headshots, where masked, anonymous figures — some inspired by small figurines Callister created during the pandemic —
appear in both eerie photographs and sculptures. The series presents disjointed scenes that evoke the strange nostalgia of recalling a movie from just a single image.
“As a whole, the work is both silly and sinister simultaneously,” said Callister, “moving backwards and forwards through the history of film and photography, it is both nostalgic and suggestive of a larger interior world we create in our own minds.”
Select pieces from Movie Minds are currently on view at UCSB’s Glass Box Gallery in the Department of Art(September 25th to October 4th). Her related project, Imaginary Film Stills from a Movie that Never Existed, can be seen at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s (IHC) Platform Gallery throughout the year as part of IHC’s public events series, Key Passages, focused on “processes of transition and experiences of transformation — historical events, social movements, global dislocations, and journeys undertaken — that have altered thought, shifted cultural paradigms, or sparked other forms of consequential change.”
Elverhøj Museum to Exhibit Work of Iconic Bay Area Painter
By Jesse Caverly / VOICE
DESCRIBED AS REVELATORY, COLORFUL, AND BOLD, Bay Area painter Roland Petersen’s work will be on exhibit in Solvang at the Elverhøj Museum of History and Art from October 26th through January 5th, with an opening reception on October 26th from 4 to 7:30pm.
Having built a body of work over 50 years, The Visual Feast of Roland Petersen will feature some of his classic pieces as well as fresh work with his trademark bright abstractionism.
“I deal with color relationships, which I try to think of as a sequence of colors that have a kind of rhythm going, as in music,” said Petersen. “And I try to deal with changing that rhythm upside down, inside out, and in any way that I can vary that. The kind of feeling that I am trying to achieve in my work is pretty much a kind of isolation of a person being alone in his own thoughts.”
A recipient of both the Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright Fellowship, Petersen has been shown in
the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, to name just a few. This exhibit contains several paintings on loan from the Santa Barbara County office of Arts and Culture, as well as work he has donated to Elverhøj Museum of History and Art and to the county and city of Santa Barbara.
Petersen is a seminal Bay Area painter, printer, and emeritus professor at U.C. Davis, where he recruited artists such as Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, and Robert Arneson to the faculty. He attended the Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts in Provincetown, and studied printmaking in Europe studying for six months under Stanley William Hayter.
According to art critic David Pagel for the Los Angeles Times, “Petersen’s paintings are studies in
balance—between structure and spontaneity, between abstraction and representation. His mastery of color can make even the most controlled compositions seem to shimmer and vibrate with life.” www.elverhoj.org
The Rains Came, Roland Petersen
Roland Petersen
Film still from Roundhay Garden Scene, 1888
Jane Callister, from the series Imaginary Film Stills from a Movie that Never Existed
Courtesy photos
Printed with permission of UCSB Office of Public Affairs and Communications
ART VENUES
Colette Cosentino Atelier + Gallery • 11 W Anapamu St • By Appt • www.colettecosentino.com
Community Arts Workshop • 631 Garden St • 10-6pm Fri & By Appt. • www.sbcaw.org
Corridan Gallery • California Sojourns by Karen Fedderson • 125 N Milpas • 11-6 We-Sa • 805-966-7939 • www.corridan-gallery.com
CPC Gallery • Ginny Speirs: My Escape in Nature ~ Oct 30 • By appt • 36 E Victoria St • cpcgallery.com
Cypress Gallery • Square Perspectives ~ Oct 27 • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Sa & Su • 805-737-1129 • www.lompocart.org
Elevate Gallery@ La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts
RUTH ELLEN HOAG www.ruthellenhoag.com @ruthellenhoag 805-689-0858 ~inquire for studio classes~
Grace Fisher Fdn Inclusive Arts Clubhouse • Paintings by Grace Fisher • 121 S Hope, La Cumbre Plaza • We-Su 11-5pm • www.gracefisherfoundation.org
Illuminations Gallery @ La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Multi-Artist Space • noon-5 Tu-Su • www.lcccasb.com
12 • 653 Paseo Nuevo • www.mcasantabarbara.org
Museum of Sensory & Movement Experiences • La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Av #F119 • www.seehearmove.com
10 West Gallery • Earthy Delights ~ Oct 27 • 10 W Anapamu • 11-5 We-Mo • 805-770-7711 • www.10westgallery.com
Architectural Fdn Gallery • Abstracted by Carolyn Hubbs ~ Nov 2 • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 Sa & By Appt • www.afsb.org
Art & Soul Gallery • Twin Hearts: Introducing Belle Hahn & gallery artists • 116 Santa Barbara St • artandsoulsb.com
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB • POOCH: The Art Full Life of Keith Julius Puccinelli ~ Dec 15 • 12-5 We-Sun • www.museum.ucsb.edu
Art From Scrap Gallery • Environmental Educ. & Artistic Expression • www.exploreecology.org
The Arts Fund • La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S Hope Ave • 11-5 We-Su; www.artsfundsb.org • 805-233-3395
Atkinson Gallery, SBCC • Closed for summer break • gallery.sbcc.edu
Bella Rosa Galleries • 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707
The Carriage and Western Art Museum • SB History Makers Exhibit featuring Silsby Spalding, WW Hollister, Dixie; Saddle & Carriage Collections • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-962-2353 • 9-3 MoFr • www.carriagemuseum.org
California Nature Art Museum (formerly Wildling Museum) • CA, Quilted: Wild in the Oak Woodland ~ Jan 13, 2025; Elizabeth Criss : Message in a Bottle ~ Nov • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su • www.calnatureartmuseum.org
Casa de La Guerra • Haas Adobe Watercolors • $5/Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • 12-4 Th-Su • www.sbthp.org/casadelaguerra
Casa del Herrero • Gardens & House • by reservation • 1387 East Valley Rd • tours 10 & 2 We & Sa • 805-565-5653 • www.casadelherrero.com
Casa Dolores • Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032 • www.casadolores.org
Channing Peake Gallery • New Muralism • Inclusive Visions of Self and Place ~ Nov • 105 East Anapamu St, 1st fl • 805-568-3994
• Great Seal of the Navajo Nation, Monument Valley Photo Exhibition By Rod Rolle ~through 12/24 • noon-5 Tu-Su • www.lcccasb.com
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery • Emerging artists from around the country • 15 W Gutierrez • 805-963-1157 • 11–5 Tu-Sa • www.elizabethgordongallery.com
El Presidio De Santa Bárbara • Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 10:30-4:30 Daily • www.sbthp.org
Elverhøj Museum • The Lion Has to Be Happy ~ Oct 27 • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • www.elverhoj.org
Faulkner Gallery • The Oak Group: Art is Restoration ~ Oct 31 • 40 E Anapamu St • 10-7 Mo-Th; 10-5 Fri, Sa; 12-5 Sun • 805-962-7653
Fazzino 3-D Studio Gallery • 3-D original fine art • 529 State St • 805730-9109 • www.Fazzino.com
Fine Line Gallery @ La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • MultiArtist Space • noon-5 Tu-Su • www.lcccasb.com
Gallery 113 • SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-9656611 • 11-5 Mo-Fr; 11-2 Sa; 1-5 Su • www.gallery113sb.com
Gallery Los Olivos • Deborah Breedon, Kris Buck, Chuck Klein ~ Oct • 2920 Grand Av • 805-688-7517 • gallerylosolivos.com
Goleta Valley Library • GVAA Artists Exhibit • 500 N Fairview Av • 10-7 Tu-Th; 10-5:30 Fr & Sa; 1-5 Su • TheGoletaValleyArtAssociation.org
James Main Fine Art • 19th & 20th Fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St • 12-5 Tu-Sa • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347
Karpeles Manuscript Library & Museum • The flight of Apollo 13 documents & more ~ Ongoing • 21-23 W Anapamu • 10-4 Tu-Su • 805-962-5322 • https://karpeles.com
Kathryne Designs • Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 MoSa; 11-5 Su • 805-565-4700 • http://kathrynedesigns.com
Kelly Clause Art • Watercolors of Sea & Land • 28 Anacapa St, #B • Most weekdays 12-5 • www.kellyclause.com
Lompoc Library Grossman Gallery • 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459
Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center • Gift It Squared ~ Oct 11Nov 23 • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden Av • 805-684-7789 • www.carpinteriaartscenter.org
Maker House • Under Our Roof 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565CLAY • 10-4 Daily • www.claystudiosb.org
Marcia Burtt Gallery • Flora ~ Oct 13 • Contemporary landscape paintings, prints & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su • 805-9625588 • www.artlacuna.com
MOXI, The Wolf Museum • Exploration + Innovation • 10-5 Daily • 125 State St • 805-770-5000 • www.moxi.org
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara • Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Tanya Aguiñiga & Porfirio Gutiérrez en Conversación/in Conversation ~ Jan
NCEAS Art+Science Gallery • 2024 Artist in Residence, computer animator, & media artist Martina R. Fröschl ~ Contemplate the intersection of art & science • 1021 Anacapa St 3rd flr, 805-893-2500. Palm Loft Gallery • Garland of Groovy Gifted Women ~ Nov 17 • 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-684-9700 • www.palmloft.com
Patricia Clarke Studio • 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-4527739 • www.patriciaclarkestudio.com
Peregrine Galleries • Early California and American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-252-9659 • www.peregrine.shop
Peter Horjus Design • Studio • 11 W Figueroa St • www.peterhorjus.com
Portico Gallery • Jordan Pope & Gallery Artists • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • www.porticofinearts.com
Evening Light, Santa Barbara Courthouse - featuring in an exhibition at Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria
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ART VENUES
Santa Barbara Art Works • Artists with disabilities programs, virtual exhibits • 805260-6705 • www.sbartworks.org
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden • In Bloom: Embracing resilience in California’s Native Flora ~ Dec 1 •1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • www.sbbg.org
Santa Barbara Fine Art • SB landscapes & sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 12-6 TuSa & By Appt • 805-845-4270 • www.santabarbarafineart.com
Santa Barbara Historical Museum • Project Fiesta! Centennial! ~ Nov 1 • 136 E De la Guerra • 12-5 We, Fri-Su; 12-7 Th • 805-966-1601 • www.sbhistorical.org
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum • Majestic California Piers ~Jan 19; The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and SB Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Wy, Ste 190 • 10-5 Th-Su • 805-962-8404 • www.SBMM.org
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art • Robert Rauschenberg Autobiography:Works from the Collection~ Nov 3; Moving Pictures: Videos by Liliana Porter/Ana Tiscornia and Christian Marclay ~ Jan 12; A Legacy of Giving: The Lady Leslie and Lord Paul Ridley-Tree Collection ~ Nov 3; Stillness ~ Nov 10; In the Making~ Mar 9; Friends and
We need a wall in Santa Barbara for a mural. We will help with funding and local art group, The Abstract Art Collective, will create the mural. The wall can be any size or shape as long as it’s exterior and public-facing. Email, Info@SBbeautiful.com, if you have a wall for the project. Be sure to include the street address. WOULD YOU LIKE
Lovers ~ Mar 2; Accretion ~ Apr 13 • 1130 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su; 5-8 1st Th free; 2nd Sun free TriCounty residents • 805-963-4364 • www.sbma.net
Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural History • The Artist’s Table ~ Oct 13 • 2559 Puesta del Sol • 10-5 We-Mo • www. sbnature.org
Santa Barbara Sea Center • Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing • 211 Stearns Wharf • 10-5 Daily (Fr & Sat 10-7 until 7/27). • 805-682-4711 • www.sbnature.org
Santa Barbara Tennis Club - 2nd Fridays Art • Color Riot: Susan Tibles & Jane Gottlieb ~ Dec 3 • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • www.2ndfridaysart.com
Slice of Light Gallery • Passage - Photography by JK Lovelace • 9 W Figueroa St • Mo-Fr 10-5 • 805-354-5552 • www.sliceoflight.com
Stewart Fine Art • Early California Plein Air Paintings + European Fine Art + Antiques • 539 San Ysidro Rd • 11-5:30 Mo-Sa • 805-845-0255
Sullivan Goss • Left Brain / Right Brain ~ Oct 28; Mary-Austin Klein: Airspace ~ Dec 1 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805-730-1460 • www.sullivangoss.com
Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum • 122 W Canon Perdido • 11-4 Fr-Sa; Su-Th by appt • www.quinlanmuseum.com • 805-687-4623
SYV Historical Museum & Carriage House • Art of The Western Saddle • 3596 Sagunto St, Santa Ynez • 12-4 Sa, Su • 805-6887889 • www.santaynezmuseum.org
Tamsen Gallery • Work by Robert W. Firestone • 1309 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805705-2208 • www.tamsengallery.com
UCSB Library • Sea Change ~ Dec 13 • www.library.ucsb.edu
Voice Gallery • Goleta Valley Art Association ~ Oct 31 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa-Su • 805-965-6448 • www.voicesb.art
Waterhouse Gallery Montecito • Notable CA & National Artists • 1187 Coast Village Rd • 11-5 Mo-Su • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com
Waterhouse Gallery SB • Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mo-Sa • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum Of Art
• Night Visions: The Black Drawings of Duncan Simcoe, 2014-2024 ~ Nov 9; Fins and Feathers: The Art of Casey Underwood ~ Dec 21 • www.westmont.edu/museum
Art Events
Conversations with Artists Series • Talk by artist Mark Russell Jones • Art & Soul, 116 Santa Barbara St • Free • 5-7pm Fr, 10/11.
Big Cats & Wild Dogs Opens to the Public • Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History • Free with admission • www.sbnature.org • 10am - 5pm, Fri, 10/11 - Sun, 3/9
Sketching in the Galleries • Draw inspired by art • SB Museum of Art • Free with registration, www.sbma.net • 11:15am-12:15pm Sa, 10/12.
SBTAN Opening & Art Show • “Spectrum of Identity Art Show: Celebrating Trans and Neurodiverse Artists” • SB Transgender Advocacy Network • Arts Fund Community
Gallery 113: Call for High School Artists! • Teens are invited to submit original works, contact barbhershberg@ gmail.com for more information • Deadline: Sa, 11/2.
Ready to Hang (SBCAW) • Open call for 12x12” works • Learn more and apply at www.sbcaw.org/hang/artists • Deadline: Tu, 11/19 or when 300 works are received.
SB Arts & Crafts Show • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10-5 Su.
Carpinteria Creative Arts • Shop locally made pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, and sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av • Free • 2:30-6 Th.
Artists: See your work here! Join Voice Magazine’s Print & Virtual Gallery!
To find out more, email Publisher@VoiceSB.com
KICK OFF SB Reads
Join SBPL in celebrating love for this year’s Santa Barbara Reads Program! Pick up your free copy of the SB Reads title Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, use vintage typewriters to type one-of-a-kind love notes, and register for upcoming events and programs!
Scan to learn more about SB Reads
Satellite 1117 State St Thursday, October 17 6:00 - 8:00 PM
