VOICE Magazine: September 29, 2023

unique art exhibition benefiting the Santa Barbara Museum of

The Chilean Wine Palm graces the SB Courthouse and Lotusland 27

Art, Music, Theatre, Design

celebration of art and music, pianos lovingly painted by local artists will be located across downtown Santa Barbara for everyone’s enjoyment. Oct 3rd-22nd. www.pianosonstate.com

Wednesday, October 4th

Martha Graham Dance Company presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, will perform Hofesh Shechter’s CAVE, Graham’s Dark Meadow Suite and a reconstruction of Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo with live bluegrass ensemble. 8pm at the Granada. wwwgranadasb.org

Rumors Of Fleetwood Mac is a group of musicians who hold Fleetwood Mac very close to their hearts. Formed back in 1999 in Liverpool, England they are now recognized as the “Finest Fleetwood Mac TRIBUTE Concert Experience’’ touring with the blessing of Mick Fleetwood. 8pm at the Arlington.

www.arlingtontheatresb.com

Thursday, October 5th

1st Thursday is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara. Participating galleries and venues offer free access to visual and performing arts in a fun and social environment. Venues feature attractions such as art openings, live music, artists’ receptions, lectures, wine tastings, and hands-on activities. 5-8pm. www.downtownsb.org

The Thanksgiving Play October 5-22, 2023 Written by Larissa FastHorse and directed by Brian McDonald. Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in this wickedly funny satire,

synthesizing country, blues, soul, Cajun, R&B, and other pieces of American Roots music. 8pm Arlington Theatre www.arlingtontheatresb.com

Saturday, October 7th

The 14th annual ArchitecTours will features projects in various communities near downtown Santa Barbara. See newly completed residences on the Mesa, as well as mid-century and cottage-style accessory dwelling units. Tour-goers will also have the chance to visit multi-unit senior and veteran housing projects, Drift Hotel, and SB Biergarten. Tour: 10am4pm. After Party: 4-6pm www.aiasb.com

Inside Stories/Outside Tales: Inwardly Defiant: Yunte Huang and Celine Shimizu Celebrated author, Guggenheim Fellow and UCSB professor Yunte Huang reads from his latest book, Daughter of the Dragon, an exploration of Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American film star. Huang is interviewed by Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Dean of the Division of the Arts and Distinguished Professor of Film and Media at UC Santa Cruz. In conjunction with the exhibition Inside/Outside, on view through February 18, 2024. SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 2:30pm www.sbma.net

ARCHITECTOURS 10.7

The Ranch Table: A Conversation with Elizabeth Poett. Join author Elizabeth Poett, in conversation at the Chapel at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, with Matt Kettman of the SB Independent as they discuss her new book, The Ranch Table, from 5:30-7pm. The Chapel at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park www.sbthp.org

Sunday, October 8th

VALERIE JUNE 10.6 INTOCABLE

Nickel Creek with special guest Hawktail presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. Featuring Chris Thile and siblings Sean and Sara Watkins, revolutionary roots trio Nickel Creek returns to Santa Barbara with an ambitious album’s worth of dazzling new music. 7pm at the Granada. wwwgranadasb.org

Photo courtesy of Arlington Theatre

SB Biergarten, Photo by Riley Yahr

Photo courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures

Photo courtesy of Lobero Theatre

UCSB Arts & Lectures

Thibaudet-Batiashvili-Capuçon

An In Sync and Engergizing Trio

HAMBER MUSIC STARS are traveling across continents and countries to perform together as the opening act of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Great Performances series at 7pm on October 10th at the Granada Theatre. They’re promising an evening of amazing music.

When the music begins on stage, Gautier Capuçon’s powerful cello will blend with the warm, brilliant tone of violinist Lisa Batiashvili and the finesse of Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano in a program of masterpieces that showcases their individual and collaborative gifts.

Not strangers, the Thibaudet-BatiashviliCapuçon (TBC) trio has a wide ranging reputation for their level of cohesion and artistic insight. Thibaudet, Batiashvili, and Capuçon, have been friends and performing together since prior to the pandemic when Arts & Lectures first began preparations for their U.S. debut as a trio.

Their current tour, which UCSB Arts & Lectures booked was initiated in Europe in 2018. Once the pandemic shut everything down, the trio was kept on the calendar and now local audiences will hear the fruits of the longstanding collaboration between these award-winning classical luminaries.

Beginning the musical conversation

The trio will perform Haydn’s Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV:28; Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor; and Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, op. 66.

The Ravel and Mendelssohn trios are considered masterworks of the trio repertoire. Ravel’s work of 1914 reflects some of the turmoil he experienced as World War I broke out. It includes both Basque folk melodies and a complex second movement that Ravel called a “pantoum” based on Malayan poetic forms.

Capuçon put it this way, “When you have the possibility to play incredible music with great friends onstage, this is just pure luxury. There is nothing better than that.”

Lisa Batiashvili

Lisa Batiashvili, the Georgian-born German violinist, is praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity. An award-winning artist, she has developed long-standing relationships with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors, and musicians. In 2021 Batiashvili formed and continues to lead the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation, which serves her lifelong dream and commitment to supporting young, highly talented Georgian musicians to thrive in their musical careers.

Batiashvili lives in Munich and plays a Joseph Guarneri “del Gesu” from 1739, generously loaned by a private collector.

Gautier Capuçon

Gautier Capuçon is a true 21st century ambassador for the cello. Performing internationally with many of the world’s foremost conductors and instrumentalists, he is also a passionate ambassador for the Orchestre à l’École Association which brings classical music to more than 40,000 school children across France. In January 2022 Gautier Capuçon launched his own Foundation to support young and talented musicians at the beginning of their career and increasing his commitment to young artists. A multiple award winner, he is acclaimed for his expressive musicianship, exuberant virtuosity, and for the deep sonority of his 1701 Matteo Goffriller cello “L’Ambassadeur.”

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Program

They played a similar program to rave reviews in 2018 when they appeared at London’s Barbican Theatre. Boyd Tonkin writing for theartsdesk.com emphasized the extraordinary, ego-free blending achieved by the musicians, saying that the Ravel allowed the “cello and violin to braid their wistful lines into the most sophisticated kind of folksiness.”

Haydn: Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV:28

Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, op. 66

www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

The Mendelssohn Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 is one of the most dynamic pieces of chamber music written in the 19th century, wrote Charles Donelan for UCSB Arts & Lectures. “It gives these three distinguished soloists the amplitude necessary to achieve orchestral effects within the more intimate compass of the trio setting. We hope that the audience will sense that these great musicians are great friends as well.”

For more than three decades, Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed worldwide, recorded more than 50 albums, and built a reputation as one of today’s finest pianists. He plays a range of solo, chamber, and orchestral repertoire – from Beethoven through Liszt, Grieg, and Saint-Saëns, to Khachaturian and Gershwin and to Olivier Messiaen, Qigang Chen, James MacMillan, Richard Dubugnon, and Aaron Zigman.

Thibaudet has a lifelong passion for education and fostering young musical talent. He is the first-ever Artistin-Residence at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he makes his home. In 2017, the school announced the Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholarships, funded by members of Colburn’s donor community, to provide aid for Music Academy students, whom Thibaudet will select for the merit-based awards, regardless of their instrument choice.

Single Tickets on Sale

For tickets ($46 - $131: General Public / $20 UCSB Students-Current student ID required) call UCSB Arts & Lectures at 805-893-3535 or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu. Tickets are also available through the Granada box office at 805-899-2222 and www.granadasb.org

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Tonkin continued, “The respectful attentiveness of the three players at every twist and lurch of this myriad-minded music was a joy to behold, and to hear.”

The musicians clearly understand the importance of their work together. Gautier

Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli havve offered generous support of the 2023-2024 UCSB Arts & Lectures season as Community Partners.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lisa Batiashvili, and Gautier Capuçon are presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the UCSB Dept. of Music.

Photo by Andrew Eccles

Gautier Capuçon

Lisa Batiashvili

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Photo by Anoush Abrar

Photo by Sammy Hart

ARTOBER Opens The Season!

SANTA BARBARA’S ANNUAL SEASON

OPENING in October is one of the largest event filled months of the year, with the Santa Barbara cultural scene at its peak. This sensational opening of the city’s cultural season has been designated as ARTOBER.

A wide ranging regional promotion of cultural events during the month of October, ARTOBER is organized by Downtown Santa Barbara in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Independent and VOICE Magazine.

From the elegant Granada Theatre to the internationally

famous Lobero Theatre, and many other venues, dozens of performances will be provided by more than 16 major arts organizations in Santa Barbara, all of whom have joined together to publicize performances and events during ARTOBER.

Dozens of performance listings can be found on page 2 of this week’s issue of VOICE Magazine as well as listings on the Downtown Santa Barbara website through the month of October.

The October 1st kick off will include Opera Santa Barbara’s performance of Carmen at the Granada Theatre and at the

Arlington will be Intocable. Then the first week will see the opening of Pianos on State on October 3rd; The Martha Graham Dance Company, presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures at the Granada Theatre on October 4th; and on 5th, Santa Barbara’s largest cultural and retail event, 1st Thursday.

Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs To Be Honored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Participating organizations include: AIA ArchictecTours, Arlington Theatre, ARTS District, CAMA, Ensemble Theatre Company, Granada Theatre, Lobero Theatre, Metopolitan Theatre, Museum of Contemporary Art, Pianos on State, Pianos on State, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, 1st Thursday Art Walk, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Unite to Light, and Downtown Santa Barbara.

AWORLD-RENOWNED EXPERT ON GLOBAL ISSUES AND SUSTAINABILITY, professor Jeffrey D. Sachs will be honored with the Distinguished Peace Leadership Award by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation at their 37th Annual Evening for Peace, on the rooftop of the Klimpton Canary Hotel, on October 18th.

Prof. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, and academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican. He has been Special Advisor to three United Nations SecretariesGeneral, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary General António Guterres.

The Nuclear Age Foundation has a rich history of honoring remarkable leaders. Past recipients include Beatrice Fihn, the XIVth Dalai Lama, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Medea Benjamin, Noam Chomsky, Setsuko Thurlow, Senator Douglas Roche, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and NAPF’s own David Krieger, the Foundation’s coFounder and President Emeritus.

The Evening of Peace will begin at 5:30pm with a reception, followed by dinner, an award presentation, and remarks by Professor Sachs.

To learn more about the Evening for Peace, visit https://www.wagingpeace.org/37th-evening-for-peace-jeffrey-sachs or call the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation at 805.965.3443.

Premiere Screening of Rachel’s Farm

COMING TO TERMS WITH CATASTROPHIC FIRES AND FLOODS, the film Rachel’s Farm is an inspirational narrative of how regenerative farming changed Rachel Ward’s farm and her life. The premiere of Rachel’s Farm with an in person Q&A after, hosted by the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, will screen at the Lobero Theatre, October 15th, from 6 to 8:30pm.

Writer, actor, director, and filmmaker, Rachel Ward is best known for performances in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) The Thorn Birds (1983) Against All Odds (1984).

In the film, Ward shares her experience of coming to terms with the catastrophic fires and floods that have beset Australia in recent years. The film features intimate interviews with Rachel, her family, and her inquisitive young farm manager who eventually guides family on a regenerative farm learning path, which becomes a transition from the world of entertainment to the world of farming.

See the Film Trailer at: https://theregenerators.org/rachels-farm/

For tickets ($14 plus fees, Kids 12 & under FREE) contact Lobero box office at 805-963-0761, or visit www.Lobero.com; or purchase at the door.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Rising Opera Star and Metropolitan Opera Competition Winner Sarah Saturnino will headline Opera SB’s Carmen on September 29th and October 1st

Westmont Welcomes New Board of Trustees Members

TWO WESTMONT COLLEGE PARENTS HAVE BEEN WELCOMED to the college’s Board of Trustees so far this year: Mary Barbour, whose daughter, Anna, graduated in 2022, and Marcus ‘Goodie’ Goodloe, whose daughter, Hannah, will graduate in 2024.  www.westmont.edu

MARY BARBOUR previously served as president of the Westmont Parents Council and representative to the Board of Trustees. Originally from Pennsylvania, she earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and her master’s degree from John Hopkins University. Her past volunteer experience has included serving on the boards of nonprofits and educational institutions, and her husband, Al, works as an entrepreneur and business owner.

MARCUS ‘GOODIE’ GOODLOE travels across the country to deliver talks to students, educators, business professionals, athletes, entertainers, and faith communities about cultural and interpersonal relationships, leadership, character formation, and faith. He is the author of King Maker: Applying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Leadership Lessons in Working with Athletes and Entertainers, Habits: Six Steps to the Art of Influence, and The Next Level: Growing with God … in His word, your walk, and your worship. Goodloe earned his PhD with an emphasis on leadership and social movement theory from Dallas Baptist University. He and his wife, Lucy, have two children.

St. Mark’s Invites all to Celebrate Rector Randall Day on 1st

AFTER DEVOTING 15 YEARS of serving as Rector at St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley and Priest of the Episcopal Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, Reverend Dr. Randall Day has announced his retirement. To honor his years of leadership and dedication to the parish and the larger Santa Barbara community, all community members are invited to a celebratory reception immediately following St. Mark’s Sunday, October 1st service at 10am.

At St. Mark’s, Dr. Day helped develop the Santa Ynez Valley Community Kitchen and the Open Doors policy, which provides free meeting space to community organizations. He also served on the boards of many organizations over his 38 years of ordained ministry, including the Santa Barbara Foundation and Dunn School in Los Olivos. He has also served as a part-time, on-call chaplain for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and will go on to serve Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital as Chaplain in his retirement. He was named Santa Ynez Valley Man of the Year in 2019, “Ally of the Year” in 2022 by the Anti-Defamation League, and received the 2023 Champion’s Award from CommUnify Santa Barbara. www.smitv.org

Jordan Killebrew Announced SBCC Executive Director of Public Affairs and Communications

Five Santa Barbara Unified Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

SHOWCASING SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC ABILITY AND POTENTIAL, seven students from Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, and Santa Barbara High Schools have been announced as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program.

Chosen for their high scores on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), they now join a nationwide pool of 16,000 semifinalists, representing less than one percent of American high school seniors who received the highest scores in their respective states.

“It is so impressive to receive this recognition of academic excellence. These students make us proud, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for them,” said Dr. Hilda Maldonado, Superintendent.

The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. A total of 7,140 scholarships will be awarded next spring.

Dos Pueblos High School winners include Ajay Nandwana, Jay Miller, Victoria Chen, and Anastasia Li. The semi-finalist from San Marcos High School is Rhett Selby, and the winners from Santa Barbara High School are Benjamin Hashim and Addison Sweeney. www.sbunified.org

Beth Olson Earns CDME Certification from Destinations International

JORDAN KILLEBREW has been approved by the Santa Barbara Community College District Board of Trustees to serve as the college’s new Executive Director of Public Affairs and Communications. He assumes this position with great experience in communications and public affairs, with past experiences including working as County Supervisor Laura Capps’ Communications Director and District Representative, and as the Communications Director at the Santa Barbara Foundation for nearly seven years. An active community member, Killebrew founded Project Isla Vista Love and co-founded Juneteenth Santa Barbara. He has served on the boards of the Fund for Santa Barbara, UCSB Healing Space at Hosford Clinic, and the Endowment for Youth Community, and is a former commissioner on the City of Santa Barbara’s Community Formation Commission. twww.sbcc.edu

Jordan Killebrew

BETH OLSON, Director of Sales for Visit Santa Barbara, has earned the title of Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) from Destinations International, a leading organization representing destination organizations worldwide. The certification program is considered one of the highest levels of educational achievement in the field of destination marketing. Olson has worked with Visit Santa Barbara since 2019, overseeing the organization’s sales strategies. She has 35 years of hospitality experience in Santa Barbara, including working 14 years as Director of Sales & Marketing at Fess Parker Resort. Olson earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from UCSB.

Beth Olson

Mary Barbour

Marcus Goodloe

Photos courtesy of SBUSD

Coastal Cleanup Day Removes Over 2.8 Tons of Waste in SB County

Annual Breast Cancer Awareness

Golf Tournament Announces $50,000 Fundraising Goal

TEE OFF FOR A GREAT CAUSE THIS FALL when the LPGA Amateurs Santa Barbara Chapter hosts its Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Golf Tournament at the Glen Annie Golf Club on Monday, October 23rd. With the goal of raising $50,000, this fun, community-focused tournament will support locals who are currently battling or recovering from breast cancer by donating funds to the Breast Imaging Center at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara.

UNITING 1,224 VOLUNTEERS ACROSS SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Coastal Cleanup Day on September 23rd resulted in over 2.8 tons of waste being removed from local beaches, creeks, and waterway areas. Early reports indicate 5,625 pounds of trash and recyclables collected across the 31 cleanup locations, with additional results still to be evaluated.

Part of a global effort to care for the ocean and shorelines, the Satna Barbara event was organized by Explore Ecology in partnership with the County of Santa Barbara Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division. With just 50 percent of cleanup sites reporting across California, the statewide count shows that over 150,000 pounds of trash were removed by 27,000 volunteers.

“Coastal Cleanup Day 2023 was a huge success!” said Jill Cloutier, Public Relations Director for Explore Ecology. “It’s impressive what volunteers can accomplish in three hours at our local beaches, parks, and creeks. Community members of all ages came together for the coast and the result is that our beaches are not only cleaner, but 2.81 tons of litter won’t be flowing into the ocean.”

Explore Ecology will continue to host monthly cleanups at Arroyo Burro Beach from 10am to 12pm on the second Saturday of the month. To learn more visit www.exploreecology.org

Public Comment for Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Open

AIMING TO SUPPORT AND PRESERVE LOCAL MARINE LIFE, the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would designate a 5,617 square-mile area offshore of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties as a protected space. Community members are invited to voice their comments on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s draft proposal between now and October 25th.

“The Sanctuary designation would permanently prohibit any new oil and gas development or production, would conserve the area’s rich biodiversity and marine life, and would highlight the cultural values and connections of the Indigenous communities to the area,” reads an announcement from the Environmental Defense Center. The EDC has supported the proposed sanctuary with the leadership of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council.

The next NOAA public hearing on the proposal will be held virtually at 1pm on Thursday, October 12th.

For more information visit https://chumashsanctuary.org

Locals are invited to support by registering to play in the tournament, becoming an event sponsor, donating a silent auction gift, or honoring a loved one through the tournament’s Tribute Presentation. Monetary donations are also welcome, and event volunteers are needed.

To learn more or register to play visit https://chapters.lpgaamateurs.com/home/chapter/CASB

Volunteers Needed for Landscape Transformation Project at Elings Park

ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT

Santa Barbara’s natural spaces? Volunteers are needed for Elings Park and Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Landscape Transformation Project, with restoration work parties to be held on the third Saturday of the month between 10am to 12pm, now through at least Spring 2024.

Volunteers will assist with controlling invasive plants and planting California native species on a one-acre site on Eling Park’s South Bluff. The project’s first phase consists of installing black plastic (and later, cardboard) to discourage weeds. Recently, Channel Islands Restoration partnered with the project to support its ultimate goal of observing the natural plant area to study its impact on plant and wildlife diversity.

“This multi-faceted project helps us to determine best practices for restoring the rest of the South Bluffs at Elings Park,” said Denise Knapp, Ph.D., SB Botanic Garden director of conservation and research. “We’re super excited to partner with Channel Islands Restoration and to share our combined strengths in habitat restoration, food webs, community building, and scientific experiments.”

Donations of clean, wax-free, cardboard are needed to be used together with wood chips and mulch, as eco-friendly “sheet mulching” to block sunlight and prevent weed seeds from germinating in the project site. Boxes must be broken down. Donations are being accepted at the Elings Park Administration Building on weekdays between 9am and 5pm and at the SB Botanic Garden on Friday, September 29th and Wednesday, October 4th from 8 to 10 am; and Friday, October 13th from 3 to 5pm.

To register as a volunteer or to learn more visit www.sbbotanicgarden.org

Photo courtesy of Chumash Sanctuary

Photos courtesy of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Photo courtesy of Explore Ecology

75 Artists at one address

u Visit LCCCA’s three galleries, Illuminations, Elevate, and Fine Line. Meet with their artists and discover their creative processes.

u See the new Autumn Arias exhibition at VOICE Gallery... paintings, collage, prints, lots of sculpture, photography... a wide range of media.

u Visit the Grace Fisher Foundation's Inclusive Arts Clubhouse and learn about their programs.

u See the new Arts Fund Gallery exhibit: Nuanced Peoples: Exploring Latinx Identities

u Also La Cumbre Plaza offers Ping Pong, Corn Hole, and childrens’ games. u And what about dinner out?

by local and area artists in a range of mediums. Discover sculpture, prints, mixed media, ceramics, oil, aryclic, and watercolor in an exhibition titled Midsummer: Santa Barbara - H

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BY LARISSA FASTHORSE

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Planning Commission Mee.ng

Thursday, October 12, 2023 1:00 p.m.

The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Barbara will review and make a recommendation to City Council on Zoning Ordinance amendments to eliminate the expiration date of the Average Unit-Size Density Incentive Program (Santa Barbara Municipal Code Chapter 30.150). Case No. PLN2023-00389.

For information, please email Brenda Beltz, Planning Analyst, at BBeltz@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

Planning Commission will receive and consider public comment at this hearing. The process for receiving public comment will be described in more detail on the agenda, which will be available by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. Copies of all documents relating to the item will be posted on the Planning Commission web page at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC.

This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/citytv. If you need staff assistance to participate in this meeting, contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 564 5305. If possible, please provide notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

On the Street with John Palminteri

Photos and Stories by John Palminteri / Special to VOICE

Goleta Beach Grows

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH: Goleta Beach grows by six acres in a comeback after winter storms. Santa Barbara County’s plan to bring in sediment

the creeks and debris basins strengthens the coastline.

Water Main

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD: Large water main break at Calle Real and Las Positas in Santa Barbara shuts down bridge, surface streets in the area around 3pm. Roadway safety a concern. Some cars being rerouted through the Earl Warren showgrounds.

Isla Vista Cliffs Risky

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH: The Isla Vista cliffs remain risky if you are at or near the edge. Concerns are raised again about what more can be done to make the area safer near the UC Santa Barbara campus. There was a fatal fall earlier this month.

1st Responders

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND: Santa Barbara City Fire - Airport on scene of a light plane that slid off runway 15. No injuries reported. 2010 Glass Panel sport cruiser, reported to be from Santa Monica.

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The United

Nations of Santa Barbara Peace Prize awards

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

23RD: Sharon Allen from World Telehealth Initiative and Elsa Granados from Standing Together to End Sexual Assault (STESA) are this year’s winners of the United Nations of Santa Barbara Peace Prize awards presented at Pascucci Thursday night. This is the sixth year for this special award from the UN of Santa Barbara, founded in 1948.

The Return of the Shuttle

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH:

downtown Santa Barbara help to stimulate the economy there? That idea is being proposed for the promenade.

Speedy Bikes

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH: Speeding bikes are an ongoing concern in downtown Santa Barbara. The city is considering restriping the State street promenade to have the bikes in one area or lane and not sharing the whole street with pedestrians. What else would you suggest to slow down the speed but still keep the bikes there, which appears to be a priority for the city?

37th California Avocado Festival

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

22ND: The winner of the 37th California Avocado Festival poster contest is Celeste Elliott a UC Santa Barbara art student. The poster, t-shirts, and hats are now available in Carpinteria and a special booth of apparel is up at the Farmer’s Market on Thursday. The free festival is October 6, 7, and 8.

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NatureTrack Film Festival to Light Up Goleta

Nature Track: Film Festival

2 Raffles For Adventures & Gear

TICKET AND PASS HOLDERS ATTENDING

THE MOVIE My Alaskan Journey will have a chance to win a nearly $10,000 package for an Alaskan adventure of a week’s vacation in Alaska exploring Price William Sound. Attendees will need to fill out an entry with email and phone.

The winning ticket includes seven nights for mutually agreed upon dates, three of which are at the Orca Adventure Lodge and include meals, the other four are at the Cordova Yellow House. In addition to the week-long stay, the winner will get a kayaking adventure at the Sheridan Glacier, and a wilderness flight in an Alaskan Bush plane departing out of Cordova.

By Isaac Hernández de Lipa / VOICE

ADVENTURE FILMS ABOUT THE GREAT OUTDOORS will bring the wild and woolies to the big screen for the NatureTrack Film Festival. The Festival is an extension of NatureTrack programs that have enriched more than 35,000 Santa Barbara county students K-12 to become environmental stewards.

“As we mark our 5th Anniversary,” says Sue Eisaguirre, Founder and Executive Director of NatureTrack Foundation, “we reflect on how this festival has become an enchanting extension of NatureTrack’s enduring mission –to nurture and kindle an unwavering fascination with the natural world, fostering a lifelong love affair with the beauty that surrounds us.”

The line-up includes over 40 nature and adventure films from 13 countries around the world. The star of the festival, Wild Waters, a documentary about French kayaker Nouria Newman will screen on Opening Night, Friday October 6th, at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara, which includes an afterparty with live music and appetizers. The rest of the films will be shown on two screens at Metropolitan’s Fairview Theatre, with showings 11am to 8:30pm on Saturday and 10am to 6pm on Sunday.

Francisco Lopez and Mitchka Saberi, co-directors, curated the dozen features and 30 shorts, focusing on including a great variety of styles.

“Not all are traditional nature docs,” said Saberi. “This year’s audiences will see how we’ve tried to broaden the definition of a nature film. We believe they’ll inspire people to spend more time outdoors and love the earth.”

One of these varied films is the 2022 Academy Award Best Animated Short Film Ice Merchants.

Fourteen of the films look at the current state of oceans, rivers, creeks, and inland lakes. It’s very fitting that The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County is the key sponsor, since the motto and the purpose of NTFF is “Igniting Passion for Nature through Film.”

Students from the UCSB’s GreenScreen program, taught by Chris Jenkins, and from the UCSB Coastal Media Project, a nine-week summer class taught by Summer Gray, Ian Kellett, and Jenkins, have contributed many of the shorts, covering a variety of subjects like conservation and environmental

stewardship woven in with long-distance running and climbing, as well as condors, forests, surfing, and kayaking, with locations ranging from the northernmost tip of Alaska, to the Channel Islands down to Brazil. At the screenings you will have a chance to buy one of 100 tickets for a chance to win an adventure exploring Prince William Sound in Alaska (valued at close to $10,000) or a bundle of outdoor equipment.

Before heading to the theater on Sunday, you can participate in a docentled guided birdwatching walk at Lake Los Carneros, (meet at Goleta Stowe House parking lot at 7:55am on October 8th) so you can get a feeling for what NatureTrack does with students in our community.

The people at Nature Track have organized two Filmmaker Panels on Saturday and Sunday mornings, a VIP/Filmmaker Mixer on Saturday, and an Awards Ceremony / Closing Party on Sunday, 7pm, all at The Leta Hotel. www.naturetrackfilmfestival.org

My Alaskan Journey is playing at 3:10pm on Saturday, Oct. 7th at the Fairview Theatre. A drawing will take place at the end of the film.

NOTE: No airfare is included from Santa Barbara to Alaska.

For the second raffle, only 100 tickets will be sold at $50 each. This is the gear raffle!

First Prize is a luxurious Montana Canvas tent. Described as a traditional 10 oz., 14’ x 17’ canvas wall tent with an aluminum frame. This is the epitome of glamping. Retail value of the tent is nearly $3,200.

Second Prize is from REI Outdoor and you’ll get two co-op flex lite camp chairs in a berry blue; the fun extender to your truck or camper – the Co-Op Tailgate Shelter that gives you added outdoor space with a cover, a cooler, and containers to enjoy and to haul your refreshments. A $500 prize.

Third Prize is a work of art created by Cory Trépanier, Canadian painter and filmmaker, Icescapes of magnificent glaciers. The winner can choose from one of two large canvas prints by Trépanier, who sadly passed away in 2021. See them at https://corytrepanier.com/about/ Prints. Look for CAPE HOTHAN Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada and ALONG THE ICE Coronation Fiord, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut. A $300 Prize.

For tickets contact Sue Eisaguirresue@naturetrack.org or Doug Riedydougriedy@aol.com.

The drawing happens on October 14th at the “Best of the Fest” in Los Olivos. Winners will be notified by e-mail or phone.

Thanks to our sponsors, Orca Adventure Lodge, Cordova Yellow House, Montana Tent, Cory Trepanier and REI for providing these terrific and wellthemed prizes for the 5thanniversary of NatureTrack Film Festival.

Find the Sizzle Reel at: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ErrXDNyDxf4

Get your heart pounding!

https://naturetrackfilmfestival.org/tickets/

Still from My Alaskan Journey

Still from Reel Rock: Resistance Climbing

Have you dreamed of kayaking at the Sheridan Glacier? It’s part of the prize!

Santa Barbara’s Cultural Night Downtown

October 5th

5 to 8pm

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ST THURSDAY is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara that takes place on the first Thursday of each month. Participating art venues offer free access to art in a fun and social environment from 5-8pm. 1st Thursday venues also provide additional attractions, such as live music, artist receptions, lectures, wine tastings, and hands-on activities. State Street also comes alive on 1st Thursday with performances and interactive activities.

Galleries, Museums, & Art Venues

1. Voice Gallery: La Cumbre Plaza, 121 S. Hope Av • Local artists turn their eyes both inward and outward to contemplate Terra Firma - this month’s theme. What allows you to stand firm on solid ground - no matter where you find yourself? Discover local artists’ answers and enjoy live music, a sing-along with Harold Kono, sample local wines & more.

2. SBIFF’s Santa Barbara Filmmaker Series: SBIFF Education Center, 1330 State St. • Featuring Issac Seigel-Boettner’s The Video Shop. A glimpse inside one of the last remaining video rental stores in the country, Santa Barbara’s The Video Shop. Showtimes 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm & 7pm. Runtime: 17 mins

3. Engel & Voelkers: 1323 State St. • Meet world renowned colorist James Paul Brown in our Santa Barbara Engel & Voelkers Luxury Real Estate office. Enjoy refreshments and tasty hors d’oeuvres while viewing his paintings infused with his unique blend of romance and imagination. An inexhaustible love of artistic expression guided by intuition and spontaneity.

4. Santa Barbara Fine Art: 1321 State St. • New Paintings by Santa Barbara’s iconic landscape artist, Richard Schloss. Live music by SB Theatre and Art District’s favorite acoustic guitarist, Bruce Goldish… A Fun Night!

5. Ensemble Theatre Company: The New Vic, 33 W Victoria St. • Ensemble Theatre Company invites you to 1st Thursday at The Thanksgiving Play! Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month. 1st Thursday participants can stop by our ticket office for buy one get one free tickets to our October 5th 7:30pm preview performance.

6. domecíl: Victoria Court, 1221 State St. STE 7 • domecíl hosts Santa Barbara watercolor artist Mary Harrison whose pieces reflect the relaxed colors and style of the California coast. In addition, local leather and jewelry designer Amy di Grigorio presents her unique jewelry pieces that fuse raw and polished materials to create eclectic wearable art.

7. 10 West Gallery: 10 W Anapamu St. • Discover Carte Blanche: new work by eleven contemporary artists. The exhibition includes three accomplished ceramic artists showing vessels, sculptures and works influenced by a passion for Japan. Joining the ceramists are seven painters with styles ranging from abstract expressionism to urban realism.

8. Sullivan Goss: 11 E Anapamu St. • Join us for the opening reception for magical realist painter, Susan McDonnell. Radiant Realm showcases what McDonnell does best - creating magical worlds by combining meticulous realism with elements from her imagination. Also on view: SPACE, and The Fall Salon.

8. Sullivan Goss will host an opening reception for magical realist painter Susan McDonnell’s Radiant Realm.

23. Riviera Beach House invites you to discover their new art gallery and debut exhibit, A Riviera Summer

14. Waterhouse Gallery features figurative works, interiors, and cityscapes

11. Santa Barbara Museum of Art offers Pop-Up Opera on the Front Terrace at 5pm, open galleries, and more!

18. Finch and Fork is offering $1 Oysters and Happy Hour alongside a selection of work the Santa Barbara Abstract Art Collective

9. SB Pride and Joy: Public Library, 40 E Anapamu St. • Join SBPL for a vibrant exhibition in October 2023 showcasing local LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists’ work in the Faulkner Gallery. In collaboration with SB Pride & Joy, the library aims to empower and uplift queer and trans people of color.

10. Create and Curate: Teen Art Show: Public Library, 40 E Anapamu St. • Step into another world of color and creativity at our Squee-Gee Art exhibit! Join us for an art show where talented teen artists experimented with vibrant hues to craft their mesmerizing abstract paintings.

11. Santa Barbara Museum of Art: 1130 State St. • Join SBMA for Pop-Up Opera on the Front Terrace at 5pm featuring music from Opera Santa Barbara’s Spanishinspired season. Then, stop by the Family Resource Center for a Teaching Artist-led activity from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8pm. All

12. Ace Rivington: 1106 State Street STE

A • Yasmin Z. Lawrence (aka YAZ) obtained an Associate’s in Arts in Interior Design in London circa 2003. The PLUR Effect is an autobiographical reflection to the artist, six pieces using mixed media and all will be printed on the soft Ace Rivington Supima cotton. Collaboration with the Santa Barbara Food Bank allows YAZ to give back to her community which she dearly loves.

13. Gallery 113: La Arcada Court, 1114 State St. #8 • Santa Barbara Art Association members exhibit their original artwork here. Artist of the month is Michael Marzolla and featured artists are Manny Lopez, Kelly Hildner, Deidre Stietzel, Diane Zusman, Julianne Martin, and Elizabeth Flanagan. The group show includes many other members’ work in various media.

14. Waterhouse Gallery: La Arcada Court, 1114 State St. #9 • The Gallery features figurative works, interiors, and cityscapes, by some of today’s finest nationally known local and Oak Group artists. Enjoy works by Ray Hunter, Derek Harrison, Wyllis Heaton, Camille Dellar, Ann Sanders, Thomas Van Stein, Nancy Davidson, Rick Garcia, Ellie Freudenstein, and Ralph Waterhouse.

15. The Crafters Library: 9 E Figueroa St. • Stop by The Crafter’s Library for an evening of fun with crafting, cocktails, and karaoke! You can let your inner child out or your inner diva out or both at this fun and free event (cash bar).

16. The Yes Store: 1100 State St.

• Join us for 1st Thursday, enjoy snacks, beverages, and see work of our featured artist Gaby Mandelik.

Her functional ceramics are one of a kind and inspired by the seasons. Looking for locally handmade gifts or something for yourself? Look no further than The Yes Store - Local Arts Gallery.

17. Slice of Light Gallery: 9 W Figueroa St. • Join us for a magnificent evening at our photography gallery, featuring the natural beauty of earth and space. Every piece is captured by a Santa Barbara local, J K Lovelace. Enjoy fine wine as you explore our new spookythemed exhibit, Spirits and Bones.

18. Finch and Fork: 31 W Carrillo St. • Enjoy $1 Oysters and Happy Hour priced drinks whilst browsing work from a selection of artists from the Santa Barbara Abstract Art Collective. The art is available to purchase and a portion of the proceeds will go to The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation.

19. The Blue Owl: 5 W Canon Perdido St. • The Blue Owl will present a jam on the first Thursday of each month. Hosted by guitarist Tony Ybarra, this Jam session will feature local jazz instrumentalists and vocalists. Backed by Santino Tafarella and Matt Perko, it will be a fantastic night of Jazz!

20. Santa Barbara Historical Museum: 136 E De La Guerra St. • Enjoy access after-hours with wine and music while you explore our galleries, including our newest exhibit California Missions by Edwin Deakin.

21. Paint at Paseo: 651 Paseo Nuevo, Center Court • Celebrate your inner artist with Yurico C. Rivera Vera aka Riko Rivera, a transgender multimedia artist from Santa Maria, California, by joining him for an evening of outdoor painting at Paseo Nuevo. Follow along as Riko leads you through a 90-minute painting session inspired by the fall season. All materials will be provided including canvases, paints, aprons, and brushes. You’ll take home a beautiful painting for yourself or a loved one!

22. Elizabeth Gordon Gallery: 15 W Gutierrez St. • Join us at Elizabeth Gordon Gallery in downtown Santa Barbara on Thursday, September 7th from 5 - 8pm to enjoy wine, cheese, and beautiful artwork by America Martin, Greg Miller, Rafael Gaete, Stanley Boydston, David Matthew King, Dan Lencioni, Richard Mann, Lesley Grainger, Karen Simon, and more of our locally loved artists.

23. Riviera Beach House: 121 State St. • We invite you to discover our new art gallery as part of Santa Barbara’s 1st Thursday Art Walk. Our debut exhibit, A Riviera Summer, celebrates the season with artwork inspired by the vibrant mood of summer as part of a rotating series curated by the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation.

24. Art & Soul Gallery: 116 Santa Barbara St. STE C • Join Art & Soul SB for drinks, small bites, and big art! Located in the Funk Zone next to Lama Dog Tap Room, our inaugural exhibition showcases oil paintings

Robert Heckes

Environment,

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An Artistic Odyssey with large and medium-scale paintings that hint at

Personal Experience, and Social Media.

9. SB Pride & Joy at the Public Library is a vibrant exhibition showcasing local LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists’ work in the Faulkner Gallery.

21. Paint at Paseo and celebrate your inner artist with Yurico C. Rivera Vera aka Riko Rivera. All materials will be provided.

7. Carte Blanche at 10 West Gallery includes new work by eleven contemporary artists including three accomplished ceramic artists.

5. Ensemble Theatre Company invites you to The Thanksgiving Play! where good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire.

12. Ace Rivington features work by Yasmin Z. Lawrence in The PLUR Effect. Collaboration with the SB Food Bank.

17. Slice of Light Gallery featuring the natural beauty of earth and space as captured by local, J K Lovelace. Also a spooky-themed exhibit, Spirits and Bones.

24. Art & Soul Gallery in the Funk Zone next to Lama Dog Tap Room hosts an exhibition of work by Robert Heckes An Artistic Odyssey

4. Santa Barbara Fine Art is exhibiting new work by Richard Schloss and hosting guitarist Bruce Goldfish

1. Voice Gallery hosts local artists in Terra Firma as well as live music with Harold Kono.

2. SBIFF’s Santa Barbara Filmmaker Series is featuring Issac SeigelBoettner’s The Video Shop.

20. Santa Barbara Historical Museum opens it doors after-hours with wine and music and a new exhibit California Missions by Edwin Deakin.

Image by Patrick Hall

Big Fish!

By Sigrid Toye / Special to VOICE

THERE IS A SUPER IMPORTANT PROJECT about to materialize in the waters of the Santa Barbara Channel in the very near future! Living near the ocean it occurs to me that communities along our coastline and all of the Western United States and Canada, are especially sensitive to the perils and challenges the ocean and its inhabitants face in this time of environmentally unfriendly ramifications stemming from industry, technology, and climate change.

Cetaceans, from the Greek meaning ‘Big Fish’, are the beautiful, highly intelligent, socially complex mammals we call whales, dolphins, and porpoises, the brothers and sisters of those who live on shore. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, and in this case, large in size. As an example, the blue whale reaches a maximum confirmed length of 98 feet and a weight of 190 short tons, making it the largest animal known ever to have existed. They propel themselves through the water with powerful up-and-down movement of their tail which ends in a paddle-like fluke, using their flipper-shaped forelimbs to maneuver. These magnificent creatures reside in all the oceans of the world and are in danger globally. To preserve and care for them is of utmost importance!

Interest here in Santa Barbara has been intense as environmental dangers facing these large mammals are present close to shore and significantly in the shipping lanes of the Santa Barbara Channel. With the increase of cargo and cruise ship traffic during the last several decades, shipping lanes are the greatest threat to the lives of whales. The waters off the West coast are especially deadly as the major ports of Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are the busiest in the nation. Despite requests and laws to limit the speed of the cargo and cruise ships to ten knots, whales continue to die in increasing numbers.

Enter the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) and its flagship global program World Heritage Sites. WCA’s mission is simple: to protect cetaceans and their habitats through global collaboration. The Whale Heritage Sites (WHS) program is an initiative created by the WCA to formally recognize and accredit destinations around the world that support and demonstrate the importance of cetaceans and their ocean habitats.

Also stepping into the frame is Hiroko Benko of whale watching Condor Express fame, whose passion has always been to preserve and protect the marine environment, most specifically the whales.

“I’ve always been passionate about sea life, especially whales who are faced each day with one life threatening danger or another, especially in our out of control shipping lanes,” Benko related.

Along with some of Santa Barbara’s most concerned marine environmentalists, she created a team (and organization) to investigate possibilities for cetacean preservation. The

team includes Jean-Michel Cousteau, environmentalist and founder of the Ocean Futures Society; Holly Lohuis, marine biologist and educator; and Greg Gorga, Director of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, the official home of the Santa Barbara Whale Heritage Area, now a non-profit organization.

With the help of donations and sponsors, the team submitted its application for the Santa Barbara Channel to be acknowledged as an official Whale Heritage Site. WHS status is granted in areas where communities work collaboratively to make and enforce decisions that will benefit cetaceans and their habitats in the long term. Apparently, the team’s effort has been successful. On the Whale Heritage Sites website the Santa Barbara Channel has been listed as a Candidate Site. ‘We are now waiting for acceptance,” shared Benko, “hopefully as soon as November of this year. Keep your fingers crossed … it’s the least we can do to make the channel safer for our whales.” For info and to donate visit www.sbwhaleheritage.org

Sigrid Toye volunteers for the Breakwater Flag Project. She is on the board of directors of the Maritime Museum and participates in Yacht Club activities. An educational/behavior therapist, Sigrid holds a Ph.D in clinical psychology. She loves all things creative, including her two grown children who are working artists. Send Harbor tips to: Itssigrid@gmail.com

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Backstage at One805LIVE!

When Prince Harry and Meghan visited Kevin Costner’s place for the exclusive SB party of the year, headlined by Maroon 5, thousands in the crowd would have paid to be right there onstage. I got that lucky chance.

By Isaac Hernández de Lipa / VOICE

IJOKED TO MY FAMILY IN SPAIN that I’d gone viral. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, were all over social media, and there I was next to them, holding my camera. They’d joined the public in Carpinteria to present the One805! Heart of the Community Awards to Alexa Fullerton, who opened her house in Rincon for firefighters to rest during fires, as well as to Adam McKaig, founder of Adam’s Angels, and to Kevin Costner for offering his ten-acre oceanside estate for this fundraiser that generated a million dollars for One805 and the first responders they serve.

One805 was created in the aftermath of the Santa Barbara Thomas Fire and debris flow. The nonprofit provides much needed

emotional counseling support, as well as emergency and rescue equipment for the entire county.

Oprah Winfrey interviewed Sam Dudley of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department about the traumatic experience of January 9, 2019, when he was among the first on the scene after the gas explosion, when 23 people died in the Montecito debris flows. One805 made it easy for him to get vital counseling and support. And now his station has Rhonda, the therapy dog.

One805 founder Kirsten Cavendish had seen the film I’d directed a few years ago about community activism in Santa Barbara, Better Together, narrated by Christopher Lloyd. She loved it (probably as it’s about the community response to the 2018

Montecito debris flow and earlier oil spills), and so she invited me to film backstage. I had an All Access golden ticket… bracelet and I spent the evening onstage.

I didn’t go to the private cabanas. I don’t know how many celebrities were there. Was Lynda Weinman, who designed and made the awards, there? Was Carolina Herrera, who designed Meghan’s elegant outfit, there? I don’t know. I was focused on the music.

The musicians were incredible and guests were regaled with an unforgettable show. I got to feel the sound an instant before everyone else, and also to share the perspective of a rock star with thousands of people singing along to your songs. That was amazing.

John Fogerty, the founder, lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, celebrated that he’s just received back the rights to his music, with his son Shane playing guitar by his side. Alan Parsons and David Pack (Ambrosia), One805 board members, delighted the crowd with a tightly curated set of favorites, along with Elliott Easton (Cars), Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan). Seasoned pros Dan Navarro and Steve Postell & the Night Train Music Club

accompanied the veteran rockers.

Ellen DeGeneres introduced Maroon 5, who performed an especially intimate acoustic set that showcased Adam Levine’s beautiful voice. The crowd of three thousand people sang along in full chorus. At the end, all the musicians, including opening bands Dishwalla, Peter Muller and the Kindred Souls, and The Plastic Harpoons,

joined together on stage for the heartwarming finale, Hey, Jude.

It was a joyful night for all, including the many hard-working volunteers that helped put this together, “to take care of the first responders that take care of us.”

It was a long eight hours of work, and it was all over too quickly.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle presented a Heart of the Community Award to Adam McKaig

Photo by Isaac Hernández-Black

Maroon 5

Photo by Isaac Hernández de Lipa

Oprah and Sam Dudley of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department

Photo by Quique Hernández-Black

Photo by Quique Hernández-Black

Prince Harry, Adam McKaig, Meghan Markle, Kirsten Cavendish Weston-Smith, Co-Founder/ Chairman & CEO; and Sheriff Bill Brown

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; Richard Weston-Smith, Co-Founder & COO; Kirsten Cavendish Weston-Smith, Co-Founder/Chairman & CEO; Kevin Costner; and Sheriff Bill Brown

Photo by Quique Hernández-Black

Safari Local

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone

36TH ANNUAL AMETHYST BALL–A GREAT GATSBY GETAWAY

CADA benefit dinner and event • SB Historical Museum • $375 • https://ball.cadasb.org • 5:30pm Fr, 9/29.

HARVEST MOON CELEBRATION

Music showcase and Dance Vedette with Milo Gonzalez & Friends, Uru, Alwaz Carey, DJ Spins • Legacy Arts Listening Rm, Santa Monica • RSVP at: www.createlegacyart.com 7pm Sa, 9/29.

PINK LOUNGE GALA

Exciting benefit for Breast Cancer Resource Center • Rosewood Miramar Beach • $650 • www.pinklounge.org • 5:30pm Fr, 9/29.

JOURNEY WEEK–PACIFICA

GRADUATE INSTITUTE

Conference of leaders, scholars, and authors • Pacifica Graduate Institute, 801 Ladera Ln • $125-250 • Schedule: https://tinyurl.com/4u7btp83 • 10am Fr, 9/29, through 10/1.

Saturday, September 30

DANCE

BAILANDO CON CORAZÓN

51st SB Old-Time Fiddlers’ Festival

Stomp your feet and clap your hands to a day full of classic American music when the Goleta Valley Historical Society hosts the 51st Santa Barbara OldTime Fiddlers’ Festival at Rancho La Patera & Stow House from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, October 7th. In addition to an exciting lineup of concerts, attendees will enjoy an instrument petting zoo, food vendors, workshops, and more. For tickets ($5-20) visit https://fiddlersfestival.org

Friday, September 29

MUSIC

GOOSE

Indie groove rock • SB Bowl • $4666.50 • www.sbbowl.com • 6:30pm Fr, 9/29.

CARMEN

Opera SB brings Bizet’s tale of seduction and betrayal to life • Granada Theatre • $69-219 • www.granadasb.org • 7:30pm Fr, 9/29 & 2:30pm Su, 10/1.

MENDELSSOHN’S LATE CHAMBER WORKS

Performed by Dr. Han Soo Kim and Friends • Westmont College, Deane Chapel • Free • 7:30pm Fr, 9/29.

SPECIAL EVENTS

DIABETES INFO AND SCREENING

Info session by Sansum Diabetes Research Institute • Eastside Library • Free • 2:30-4:30pm Fr, 9/29.

SUNSET DELIGHT

Sunset stories, crafts, and snacks for the family • SB Botanic Garden • $710 • www.sbbotanicgarden.org

• 5-7pm Fr, 9/29.

CELEBRATING ‘ZIG’

Day of concerts for Siegwart ‘Zig’ Reichwald’s installation of Adams professor of music and worship • Westmont College, schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yztnw3sa • 10:30am-7:30pm Fr, 9/29.

Regional dances by Xochipilli de Santa Barbara • Marjorie Luke Theatre • $15-30 • www.luketheatre.org • 6:30pm Su, 9/30.

CHILDREN

GIRLS IN OCEAN SCIENCE CONFERENCE

Hands-on learning for middle schoolers • SB Maritime Museum • $30 • www.sbmm.org • 9:30am-3pm Sa, 9/30.

MUSIC

BENISE

Spanish guitar & dance • Lobero • $33.50-97.50 • www.lobero.org • 3pm & 7:30pm Sa, 9/30.

ODESZA

With special guests Bob Moses, TOKiMONSTA, QRTR, OLAN • SB Bowl • $65.50-155.50 • www.sbbowl.com • 5:30pm Sa, 9/30.

OUTDOORS

AN INTRO TO CA NATIVE PLANTS

Class by horticulture educator

Alejandro Lemus • SB Botanic Garden • $25-40 • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-11am Sa, 9/30.

SPECIAL EVENTS

GOLETA LEMON FESTIVAL

Lemon treats, local vendors, classic car show, and more • Girsh Park • Free • 10am-6pm Sa, 9/30 & 10am-5pm Su, 10/1.

26TH ANNUAL CHUMASH

INTERTRIBAL POWWOW

Dancing, singing and drumming • Corner of Meadowvale Road and Highway 246, Santa Ynez • $5 • https://chumash.gov/powwow • 10am10pm Sa, 9/30 & 10am-6pm Su, 10/1.

RICEBALL GOLF INVITATIONAL

Fun-filled day of golf, register by 9/22

WILD NIGHT OUT 2023

Nocturnal benefit for SB Wildlife Care Network • SB Club • $325 • www.sbwcn.org/wildnightout2023 • 5-9pm Sa, 9/30.

MUSEUM MARKETPLACE

Shop dozens of local vendors • Carpinteria History Museum • 8am5pm Sa, 9/30.

Sunday, October 1

MUSIC

JACOB COLLIER

Jazz, pop and R&B • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall • $20-125 • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

• 7pm Su, 10/1.

INTOCABLE

Tejano/Norteño music • Arlington Theatre • $49-105 • www.arlingtontheatresb.com

• 7pm Su, 10/1.

SPECIAL EVENTS

C.A.R.E.4PAWS’ WALK

AGAINST ABUSE

Dog parade, food, music, activities • Elings Park • $25 • https://tinyurl.com/2r3jcfmf • 11am 2pm Su, 10/1.

Monday, October 2

DANCE

MONDAY NIGHT SWING

Learn different variations of swing dance! • Soul Bites, 423 State St. • $815 • 6:45-10pm Mo.

PARLIAMO! ITALIAN CONVERSATION

All levels • Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Garden St. • http://parliamo.yolasite.com • Free • 5-7pm Mon.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

ROCK ART OF THE WORLD: ANCIENT

IMAGES OF POWER, RITUAL, & STORY

Talk by scholar Jeff LaFave • SB Museum of Natural History, Farrand Auditorium • Free • www.sbnature.org

• 7:30pm Mo, 10/2.

Tuesday, October 3

DANCE

WORLD DANCE OUTDOORSCLASS

World Dance for Humanity is offering in-person classes again! Tuesday morning, Oak Park • 9:15am, Tu.

PRENATAL YOGA FALL SERIES

Connect with your baby through yoga

• Flow Yoga & Wellness, 4441 Hollister Ave. • $25 • www.sbflowyoga.com • 9-10:05am Tu; 4:30-5:35pm Th.

LECTURES

UNDERSTANDING MEDICARE

Free virtual presentation • HICAP • www.CentralCoastSeniors.org • 1011:30am Tu, 10/3.

LITERARY CLUB: PAUL RUDNICK

An intimate luncheon with playwright /novelist Paul Rudnick • Belmond El Encanto Hotel & Spa • $75 • RSVP to reservations.ele@belmond.com • 122pm Tu, 10/3.

OUTDOORS

SB MASTER CHORALE AUDITIONS

Audition for the chorale’s fall concert • First Presbyterian Church • Schedule audition with 805-563-2360 or sbmasterchorale@gmail.com • 6:30pm

Tuesdays in Sept.

SPECIAL EVENTS

PINK WEEK!

Virtual and in-person events to promote breast cancer education • SB Breast Cancer Resource Center • Schedule: www.bcrcsb.org/pinkweek • Free • 10/3 through 10/5.

SB READS POETRY WORKSHOP: IN PRAISE OF THE LITTLE & THE LARGE

SB Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio hosts ode-writing workshop • Central Library, Faulkner Gallery • Free, register: https://tinyurl.com/47h7y64s • 6-7:30pm Tu, 10/3.

Wednesday, October 4

CHILDREN

LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY

Free, nutritious meal for kids and teens • Faulkner Gallery, Central Library • 11:30am-12:30pm We.

DANCE

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY

Contemporary dance performance • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Granada Theatre • $20-106 • www.granadasb.org • 8pm We, 10/4.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

1 MILLION CUPS

Network with entrepreneurs • Free • www.1millioncups.com/santabarbara • 9-10am We.

Family History Month Open House

Learn how to uncover your family’s genealogy • SB County Genealogical Society • Sahyun Genealogical Library, 316 Castillo St. • Free • 1-4pm Su, 10/1.

• Lions Club of Goleta • Twin Lakes Golf Course, Goleta • $65 • https://tinyurl.com/ymktwctm

• 1-5pm Sa, 9/30.

Photo courtesy of Rob Hoffman

Safari Local

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone

YOUTH MAKING CHANGE GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOP

Learn to apply for FUND grant money

• CEC Environmental Hub • Register: https://fundforsantabarbara.org/grantee-portal • Free • 5-6:30pm Th, 10/5.

GIFT TO AN AMERICAN CITY: THE PAST, FUTURE, AND PRESENT OF THE CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM

Art Matters Lecture with Director Joyce Tsai • SB Museum of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium • Free-$15 • www. sbma.net • 5:30-6:30pm Th, 10/5.

CHAUCER’S BOOK SIGNING

With Max Talley, When the Night Breathes Electric • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6pm Th, 10/5.

MUSTAFA SULEYMAN

Founder of DeepMind discusses AI • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB Campbell Hall • Free-$40 • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Th, 10/5.

SPECIAL EVENTS

SB PRIDE & JOY

Gift to an American City: The Past, Future, and Present of the Clyfford Still Museum

Dive into the civic potential and wonder of American Abstract

Expressionist artist Clyfford Still’s impressive body of work, which he bequeathed to an unnamed “American City,” when Clyfford Still Museum Director Joyce Tsai presents Gift to an American City: The Past, Future, and Present of the Clyfford Still Museum from 5:30 to 6:30pm on Thursday, October 5th at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Mary Craig Auditorium. For tickets (Free-$15) visit www.sbma.net

LE CERCLE FRANÇAIS

French conversation, all levels • Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Olive St. • http://sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com

• Free • 5-7pm We.

CHAUCER’S BOOK SIGNING

Author Jim Lichtman, Trust & Confidence • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6pm We, 10/4.

PLANT WITH PURPOSE

Talk by SB Botanic Garden Executive Director Steve Windhager • Trinity Lutheran Church Auditorium, 909 N. La Cumbre Rd • Free • 7pm We, 10/4.

MUSIC

WHARF WEDNESDAY

Wharf deals and rock concert by Down Mountain Lights • Stearns

Wharf • Free • 4-6pm We, 10/4.

RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC

Tribute concert • Arlington Theatre • $25-40 • www.arlingtontheatresb.com

• 8pm We, 10/4.

OUTDOORS

HIKE ARROYO HONDO PRESERVE Mon & Wed, 12:30-3pm and the first & third weekends, Sat & Sun 10am12:30pm and 12:30pm-3pm. Free • https://tinyurl.com/ya3pgxge

SPECIAL EVENTS

SENIOR EXPO ACTIVE AGING FAIR Learn about available resources • Family Service Agency • Earl Warren Showgrounds • $5 • 9am-1pm We, 10/4.

Thursday, October 5

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

KNIT 'N' NEEDLE

Knit and embroider with others • Montecito Library • Free • 2-3:30pm Th.

WORD & LIFE FALL VIRTUAL SERIES

Discuss The Time Is Now–A Call to Uncommon Courage by Joan Chittister • Word & Life SB • https://wordandlife.us

• $75 • 10-11:30am Th, through 11/9.

Social, educational, and community LGBTQ+ multi-day festival • Multiple locations, full schedule: www. colorbloq.org/sbprideandjoy • Free • 10/5 through 10/8.

IHC OPEN HOUSE

Learn about UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center • McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB • Free • www.ihc.ucsb.edu • 4-6pm Th, 10/5.

JOY IS A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY: A PANEL CONVERSATION

Community conversation on wellbeing

• Marjorie Luke Theatre • $25 • www.luketheatre.org • 5-7:30pm Th, 10

Friday, October 6th

DANCE

STEVE’S 60’S SOCK-HOP DANCE! All-ages dance to ‘60s hits • Unitarian Society of SB • $5 • 7:30-9pm Fr, 10/6.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

BOOKS AND BREAKFAST

Discussion on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors for Banned Books Week • Pride & Joy SB Event • Central Library, Faulkner Gallery • Free, register: https://tinyurl.com/mrx39xbk • 10-11:30am Fr, 10/6.

FREE ASTRONOMY TALK: WHERE IN THE UNIVERSE?

Talk with astronomer Bob Berman • SB Museum of Natural History • Free • www.sbnature.org • 7:30pm Fr, 10/6.

Martha Graham Dance Company

Mesmerizing contemporary dance exploring life, connection, and community will overtake the Granada Theatre when UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the Martha Graham Dance Company at 8pm on Wednesday, October 4th. For tickets ($20-106) visit www.granadasb.org

MUSIC

VALERIE JUNE

Pop concert with special guest Caitlin Jemma • Lobero Theatre • $37-93.50 • www.lobero.org • 7:30pm Fr, 10/6.

CHARLEY CROCKETT

Grooving country music concert • Arlington Theatre • $35-81 • www. arlingtontheatresb.com • 8pm Fr, 10/6.

SPECIAL EVENTS

CALIFORNIA AVOCADO FESTIVAL

Music, arts and crafts, food vendors, and more! • Downtown Carpinteria • Free, schedule: www.avofest.org • 1-10pm Fr, 10/6; 10am-10pm 10/7; 10am-6pm 10/8.

MONTECITO ESTATE SALE

PRESALE PARTY

Shop and sip cocktails to support Casa del Herrero • 476 Lambert Rd., Carpinteria • $200 • https://tinyurl. com/mr3s76k6 • 5-7pm Fr, 10/6.

ZINES ARE FOR EVERYONE: Hands-on zine-making workshop • Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. • $35 • https://tinyurl.com/zzhmdvwx • 6-8pm Fr, 10/6.

It’s Your Library

Saturday, October 7th

COMEDY

TEO GONZALEZ

One of Latin standup comedy’s biggest stars • Granada Theatre • $44-119 • www.granadasb.org • 8pm Sa, 10/7.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

THE RANCH TABLE: A CONVERSATION WITH ELIZABETH POETT

Author Elizabeth Poett discusses her book on early CA cooking and life • El Presidio Chapel • $5 suggested donation • www.sbthp.org • 5:30pm Sa, 10/7.

MUSIC

LA BELLE ÉPOQUE

Violinist Chavdar Parashkevov and pianist Natasha Kislenko • SB Music Club • St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 4575 Auhay Dr. • Free • 3pm Sa, 10/7.

SPECIAL EVENTS

2023 ARCHITECTOURS

Tour significant local architecture and projects • AIASB • Multiple locations, map: www.aiasb.com • $30-90 • 10am4pm tours, 4-6pm after party, Sa, 10/7.

OLD-TIME FIDDLERS’ FESTIVAL

Day of fiddle, banjo, yodeling, & more • Goleta Valley Historical Society • Rancho La Patera & Stow House • $520 • https://tinyurl.com/mr3x5v6a • 10am-5pm Sa, 10/7.

VIKING CHARITIES CLASSIC CAR SHOW View over 200 classic cars • Downtown Solvang • Free • 10am5pm Sa, 10/7.

Photo courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures

Photo by Joyce Tsai

14th Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival

Uncover and celebrate the music, art, dance, and history of Santa Barbara’s Asian American community when 14th Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival returns to El Presidio from 11am to 3pm on Sunday, October 15th. Presented by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, this free event will feature family-friendly activities, educational booths, and an exciting schedule of live performances. To learn more visit www.sbthp.org/aanf

EXCEPTIONAL PLANTS

Plant silent auction, food, and drinks • Ganna Walska Lotusland • $150 • www.lotusland.org • 1-5pm Sa, 10/7.

SIPS & SHIPS FUNDRAISER

Tour boats and sip wines to support SB Sea Shell Association • Marina One, SB Harbor • $75-90 • https://tinyurl.com/cxnaywje • 4-7pm Sa, 10/7.

ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER’S 70TH

ANNIVERSARY GALA

Testimony, entertainment, auctions, and more

• Alpha Resource Center’s Imagine Park, 4501 Cathedral Oaks Rd. • $200 • https://alphasb.org/gala • 5-8:30pm Sa, 10/7.

GOLDEN GALA

Elegant evening supporting Teddy Bear Cancer

Fdn • Les Belles Fontaines Estate, Montecito • $275

• www.teddybearcancerfoundation.org/goldengala

• 6pm Sa, 10/7.

Sunday, October 8th

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

INSIDE STORIES/OUTSIDE TALES

Author Yunte Huang interviewed by film scholar Celine Shimizu • SB Museum of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium • Free, RSVP: www.sbma.net • 2:303:30pm Su, 10/8.

INTRODUCTION TO COMMON CALIFORNIA

GARDEN INSECTS

Learn about local insects • SB Botanic Garden • $30-15 • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 4-5:30pm Su, 10/8.

MUSIC

NICKEL CREEK

Folks & roots concert • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Granada Theatre • $20-106 • www.granadasb. org • 7pm Su, 10/8.

OUTDOORS

BEACH CLEANUP

Show the beach some love • Explore Ecology • Arroyo Burro Beach • 10am-12pm Su, 10/8.

SPECIAL EVENTS

30TH BREAD & ROSES COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

Community luncheon celebrating activism • The Fund for SB • Elings Park • $100 • www.fundforsantabarbara.org • 1-5pm Su, 10/8.

26th Annual Chumash Intertribal Powwow

Witness performances by over 300 Native American dancers and singers from across the United States and Canada when the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians hosts the 26th Annual Chumash Intertribal Powwow on the corner of Meadowvale Road and Hwy 246 in Santa Ynez from 10am to 10pm on Saturday, September 30th and from 10am to 6pm on Sunday, October 1st. Open to the public, the two day event will feature arts and crafts, food, and more. For tickets ($5) and schedules visit https://chumash.gov/powwow

Benise at the Lobero

Fiesta with “The Prince of Spanish Guitar” when Benise performs two cross-cultural music and dance performances at 3 and 7:30pm on Saturday, September 30th at the Lobero Theatre. For tickets ($33.50-97.50) visit www.lobero.org

Goleta Lemon Festival

California Avocado Festival

Celebrate all things “Peace, Love and Guacamole” when the California Avocado Festival returns with live music, arts and crafts, delicious food and more to Downtown Carpinteria next weekend! A Locals Block Party kicks the festival off from 1 to 10pm on Friday, October 6th, the festival will continue from 10am to 10pm on Saturday, October 7th and from 10am to 6pm on Sunday, October 8th. Admission is free and a full schedule is available at www. avofest.org  Poster by Celeste

Santa Barbara Ghost Tours

Elliott

Walk with Professor Julie as she shares tales of mystery and history... & meet friendly spirits

Call or text to schedule your walking tour! • 805-905-9019

Savor lemon treats, sample local brews, dance to live music, admire a classic car show and enjoy famil-friendly fun when the Goleta Lemon Festival returns to Girsh Park from 10am to 6pm on Saturday, September 30th and 10am to 5pm on Sunday, October 1st. Admission is free and open to all, view a full schedule at www.lemonfestival.com

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ROPE

Two university students try to hide their murder • Ojai Art Center Theater • $2224 • www.ojaiact.org • 7:30pm Fr, 9/29; through 10/22.

THE MOUSETRAP

Agatha Christie’s murder mystery • Alcazar Theatre • $15-20 • www.thealcazar.org

• 7pm Fr, 9/22, through 10/1.

154 & PARADISE

Magical realism fills this mystery • The Producing Unit • Center Stage Theater • 8pm Fr, 9/22, through 9/30.

NAKED SHAKES: THE DEATH OF KINGS

The Thanksgiving Play

When a host of “woke” artists attempt to create the ultimate politically correct Thanksgiving/Native American Heritage Month pageant, hilarity and satire will surely ensue! Join the Ensemble Theatre Company as they present Larissa FastHorse’s comedy The Thanksgiving Play, opening at The New Vic at 8pm on Saturday, October 7th and running through the 22nd. Previews will be held on Thursday and Friday, October 7th and 8th. For tickets ($40-78) visit www.etcsb.org

All of Shakespeare’s histories in one epic • UCSB Theater/Dance • Hatlen Theatre • $13-19 • www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm 10/6 & 10/7; 1pm 10/6; 2pm 10/7.

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT

A fact-checker and essayist go head to head • Rubicon Theatre • $30-80 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 7pm We, 10/4. through 10/21.

THE THANKSGIVING PLAY

Satire on “woke” artists creating a politically correct Thanksgiving play • Ensemble Theatre Company • The New Vic • $40-78 • www.etcsb.org • Preview 7:30pm Th, 10/5, runs through 10/22.

MOVIES IN THE PARK

View Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (9/22) • Anisq’Oyo’ Park Amphitheater, Isla Vista • Free • 7:30pm Fr. through 10/13.

Schedule subject to change. Please visit metrotheatres.com for theater updates. Thank you.

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BRINGING BACK OUR WETLAND DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

Learn the story behind restoring Devereux Slough • Faulkner Gallery, Central Library • Free • 6pm Tu, 9/26.

CITIZEN MCCAW

Documentary on the fall of the SB NewsPress; panel discussion to follow • Marjorie Luke Theatre • Free • www.luketheatre.org • 7pm We, 9/27.

MOVIE NIGHT AT THE WATERSHED RESOURCE CENTER

View The Beaver Believers documentary • Explore Ecology, Watershed Resource Center, 2991 Cliff Dr. • Free • www. exploreecology.org • 5:30-8:30pm Fr, 9/29.

REVISITING THE CLASSICS: NASHVILLE

Screening and talk with Nashville director/ producer Paris Barclay • UCSB Pollock Theatre • Free, RSVP: www.carseywolf.ucsb. edu • 2-5:30pm Sa, 9/30.

Let’s Go To The

Photo by Joyce Tsai

By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE

IHAVE FOUND SUPPORT for my contention that the Fed should be done with raising interest rates and in fact drop them sooner rather than later, or we will see a full-blown recession.

Campbell Harvey, a Duke University finance professor best known for developing the yield-curve recession indicator in an interview on MarketWatch, says the Federal Reserve’s read on inflation is out of whack. And, as a result, the likelihood that the U.S. slips into a recession is increasing.

What is Normal Inflation? Economic VOICE

economists’ terms. Yet if prices actually begin to drift into negative territory, it means we are in a recession. And prices have fallen precipitously since June 2022 when it reach seven percent (see CPI graph right), though rising from its low of three percent to 3.7 percent over the past two months.

This is a huge plunge that signaled supply chains wasted little time in catching up to demand. Consumer prices ex-shelter were up +1.9 percent on a year-over-year basis in August, up from +one percent in July, according to the Labor Department.

Why? Because, “Harvey said that if shelter inflation were normalized at around one percent or 1.5 percent (It’s longer term average), overall core inflation would measure closer to 1.5 percent or two percent. In other words, at — or substantially below — the Fed’s two percent target.”

By Harlan Green

That is a very low inflation rate, and skirting an outright deflationary spiral if the trend continues, as prices are wont to behave during business cycles.

(many loan rates are based on ten-year yield) than they borrow (e.g., at one to three months) when inverted, hence credit conditions are tightened, if it is prolonged.

year at their recent FOMC meeting.

Shelter costs are a lagging indicator; rental costs lag behind other costs because rental contracts usually change annually.

That is why there isn’t an accurate measure of today’s retail CPI inflation, particularly, which is still positive.

The inflation rate is declining but still positive, which is called disinflation in

Professor Harvey says he was right in predicting eight of the last recessions when the yield curve inverted. That is a time when the yield curves of the ten-year and three-month fixed rates are inverted from their normal relationship. The ten-year yield is normally higher than the threemonth yield because it is for a longer term (i.e., ten years).

But when reversed, banks cannot profit when they must lend money at a lower rate

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And adding to the possibility of recession are the Fed’s credit-tightening rate hikes for more than one year.

It’s a dicey time when Fed officials seem to believe prolonged inflation is right around the corner. They just lowered their rate-reduction schedule from four to two times next

Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman has been saying this for months. His ‘supercore’ CPI with consumer prices excluding more volatile food, energy, used cars and shelter is at two percent.

Yet we know what can happen when rate hikes are prolonged for too long. When former Fed Chair Greenspan and his Governors raised interest rates from one percent to 5.25 percent with 16 consecutive rate hikes from May 2004 to June 2006—the Great Recession followed.

Harlan Green © 2023 Follow Harlan Green on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarlanGreen

Harlan Green has been the 16-year Editor-Publisher of PopularEconomics.com, a weekly syndicated financial wire service. He writes a Popular Economics Weekly Blog. He is an economic forecaster and teacher of real estate finance with 30-years experience as a banker and mortgage broker. To reach Harlan call (805)452-7696 or email editor@ populareconomics.com.

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TOT Tax Results for the City of Santa Barbara

THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA COLLECTED $3.45 MILLION IN TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAXES (TOT) for August 2023, the second month in the City’s fiscal year, the City reported in a newsletter this week. The result came in 12.7 percent below the monthly budget, reflecting a decline both in demand (especially in mid-week business) and average daily rates, likely exacerbated by the Tropical Storm Hilary warning.

The Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) is a Tax on "Transient" guests staying in any hotel, inn, motel, or other commercial lodging establishment for a period of less than 30 days.

The City’s annual TOT budget for all funds is $33 million, of which $27.5 million is budgeted in the General Fund.

The City’s TOT tax rate is 12 percent, of which ten percent goes to the City’s General Fund and the remaining two percent goes to the Creeks/Clean Water Fund.

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Insertion Date: Print: 9.29.23

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ORDINANCE NO. 6124

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 16.04.120 RELATING TO LOCAL LIMITATIONS ON WASTEWATER STRENGTH

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on September 26, 2023.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL)

/s/ Niko Lopez Deputy City Clerk

ORDINANCE

NO. 6124

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on September 19, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on September 26, 2023, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse.

NOES: None

ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Alejandra Gutierrez

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on September 26, 2023.

/s/ Niko Lopez Deputy City Clerk

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on September 26, 2023.

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV03199

Petitioner: Paige Elizabeth Sleep filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Paige Elizabeth Sleep to proposed name Paige Elizabeth Becker. 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: 10/02/2023; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; 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: [ ] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 08/22/2023 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #23CV03199 Pub Dates: September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as FLOUR POWER and SCRATCH at 2406 Calle Montilla, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. KAITLYN M

WOODWARD at 2406 Calle Montilla, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on August 17, 2023. 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. 2023-0002033. Published September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Corporation/Limited Liability Company is doing business as DEL CIELO MOBILE ESTATES at 3210 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria, CA 93455. GALLION INVESTMENT CORPORATION at 210 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 6, 2023. 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. 2023-0002160. Published September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following person/ persons is/are doing business as C. U. FIX IT at 843 Sienna Way, Solvang, CA 93463. CHANDLER T URBAN at 843 Sienna Way, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 6, 2023. 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. 2023-0002159. Published September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV03740

Petitioner: Rodolfo Albert Rios filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Rodolfo Albert Rios to proposed name Rudy Albert Rios. 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: 11/06/2023; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; 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: [ ] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 09/08/2023 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #23CV03740 Pub Dates: September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

ORDINANCE NO. 6123

AAN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 17.40 PERTAINING TO THE PURPOSE, ACCUMULATION AND USE OF FUNDS WITHIN THE HARBOR PRESERVATION FUND

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on September 19, 2023

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL)

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6123

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on September 12, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on September 19, 2023, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse.

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on September 20, 2023.

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on September 20, 2023.

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV03725

Petitioner: Emilia Grace Wahlberg filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Emilia Grace Wahlberg to proposed name Emilia Grace DiLascio. 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: 10/30/2023; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; 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: [ ] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 08/15/2023 /s/: Collen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #23CV03725 Pub Dates: September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

Tree-of-the-Month, September 2023

By David Gress / Special to VOICE

HE MAJESTIC AND STATELY CHILEAN

Chilean Wine Palm Jubaea chilensis T

WINE PALM is truly extraordinary. It is the largest palm in the Western Hemisphere. Until recently, its massive trunk had earned it the title of the largest palm in the entire world - until the larger African Fan Palm (Borassus aethiopum) was discovered. Nonetheless, it is awe inspiring to see any palm of this size.

Seeds of Chilean Wine Palm were brought to California in the mid-1800s. Young specimens were available for purchase at Ralph Kinton Steven’s nursery here in Santa Barbara, from 1882 until his death in 1896. The remaining 37 acres of that nursery are now the grounds of Ganna Walska Lotusland, where many fine specimens of his enormous palms still stand.

Amazingly, Chilean Wine Palm is so cold-hardy that it grows as far north as England, Ireland, and Victoria, British Columbia. More importantly, it grows exceedingly well in our Mediterranean climate, which is very similar to its native habitat in Chile.

Chilean Wine Palm has a straight single trunk that grows slowly to over 80 feet tall. This great trunk height is interesting, since it can take several decades before a trunk even begins to develop on young palms.

At maturity, the trunk is widest at the base, three- to five-feet (or more!) in diameter. After attaining some 30- to 40-feet in height, the trunk gradually narrows to half of that width. This narrowing results in a fully grown palm having the appearance of an elongated wine bottle – and makes identification easy. In addition to its tremendous size and odd shape, the elephantgray trunk is further distinguished by its smooth texture, which is only marred by faint horizontal scars where shed fronds had previously been attached. It is astoundingly hard – as if made from gray concrete.

The trunk is topped with a large dense crown, consisting of 40 to 50 arching pinnate (feather-like) fronds (six- to twelve-feet long), which stand on a petiole (stem) (1½- to 3-feet long) that bears stiff hairs but no spines. Each frond has many leaflets (to two-feet long, one-inch wide).

As with most palms, on seedlings the juvenile fronds are simple (unsegmented) for several years. Once the seedling stage has passed, on young trees the fronds are straight, rigid, and often stand quite upright. As the tree matures, pinnate fronds emerge glaucus (bluish green) or in various

shades of gray-green, depending on genetic variability. The fronds are “self-cleaning” as they will drop when dead, without need of pruning.

Chilean Wine Palm is monoecious, meaning each tree produces both male and female flowers. From April to June, the small (1/2-inch diameter) flowers bloom - maroon in color with a yellow-white center. Large (two- to three-feet long) clusters of flowers emerge from between fronds. The flower clusters are usually very difficult to see from the ground, because they are almost entirely shielded from view by a persistent woody bract (envelopelike sheath) until the fruit is fully formed. However, fallen flowers, like dainty snowflakes, often cover the ground at the base of the trunk.

After pollination, female flowers produce clusters of globose fruit (1½-inch long) covered by an orange-yellow fibrous skin. In late summer to early fall, the fruits ripen and then drop to the ground. Under the fruit skin, there is a round (one-inch diameter) brown nut, which looks like a miniature coconut. When cracked open, the nut reveals a white meat that has the look, texture, and taste of true coconut. In Chile, the nut is called “coquito nut”.

As can be inferred from its name, the Chilean Wine Palm is native to Chile, and is endemic to that country’s central Coastal Range. This palm once covered vast areas in this area, before its numbers were decimated by loggers who harvested it for its trunk sap. As its name also suggests, the trunk sap was fermented to produce “palm wine.” It can also be boiled down to make a sweet syrup called “palm honey” for consuming and cooking.

Unfortunately, the palm wine making process required that each magnificent palm be killed - cut down and drained of its “life blood” - simply to collect up to 100 gallons of its trunk sap.

Fortunately, with protections currently in place in Chile, this logging practice is now legally restricted. Almost all Chilean Wine Palm populations in Chile are presently confined to designated preserves. While there are an estimated 100,000 palms in these preserves, Chilean Wine Palm is still listed as endangered by some conservation organizations. Its preservation is aided by the fact that is being planted - and enjoyed only for its beauty -

in many other parts of the world that have suitable climates – like ours.

Chilean Wine Palm is also known by several other common names: “Chile Cocopalm,” “Syrup Palm,” “Honey Palm,” “Coquito Palm,” and “Palma Chilena.” Its botanical name is Jubaea chilensis. It is the only species in its genus. The genus name, Jubaea, is derived from the name of Juba (85 B.C. to 46 B.C), who was the king of Numidia (present day Algeria) before the Roman invasion. The specific epithet, chilensis, means that it is native to Chile.

This remarkable palm is both cold-hardy (able to tolerate temperature, for brief periods, down to five degrees F.) and drought-tolerant. However, it seems to grow best in a Mediterranean climate, because it does not like excessive heat, humidity, or moisture. It will not survive either salt spray or salty soil, so it is best to keep it away from beach areas. It can live in clay soils - but prefers a well-drained sandy loam. When a palm is young, overhead watering is discouraged, because it may result in “bud rot” – the infestation of the apical meristem (the growing point of new fronds) by a plant pathogen (Phytophthora palmivora) - that will end in the death of a young palm.

Propagation with fresh seeds is easybut requires considerable patience, since it can take one to two years for them to germinate! Growth is painfully slow at the earlier stages - but it accelerates once seedlings are planted out in an area with favorable growing conditions. It should be planted in full sun for best appearance. Occasional ground watering during the dry season and an annual application of slow-release fertilizer can also speed growth.

While Chilean Wine Palm is not a palm for small gardens or spaces, it does make an impressive addition to a suitable park or larger property. It can be planted as a single handsome specimen - or planted in a row or a grouping for great dramatic effect.

Mature specimens of Chilean Wine Palms can be seen in several places in our community: in East and West Alameda Park; in Mission Park, on the south side of Los Olivos Street, right across from the front doors of the Mission (two palms); in the Spencer Adams Lawn Bowling Park (1200 Block De La Vina Street); in the front yard of 2044 Garden Street (two palms); in the front yard of 2005 Laguna Street (two palms); at the Stow House in Goleta (three palms); and, most notably, at Ganna Walska Lotusland (over 40 palms), including two standing on either side of the old main gate on Sycamore Canyon Road at the intersection of Eucalyptus Hill Road.

Tree-of-the-Month articles are sponsored by SB Beautiful, www.sbbeautiful.org

Chilean Wine Palm

Chilean Wine Palm bark

Chilean Wine Palm fruit

Photos by David Gress

Chilean Wine Palm fruit

Revisiting ‘Nashville,’ Robert Altman’s poetic — and still relevant — masterpiece

By Tom Jacobs

The UC Santa Barbara Current

HERE

ARE TWO MOVIES

Tveteran television director

Paris Barclay watches every year. One is Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, which he tends to see on Christmas Eve. The other is Robert Altman’s Nashville.

“It’s really kind of a poem,” he said of Altman’s 1975 mosaic of interconnected vignettes set in America’s country music capital. “It’s a poem I keep reading over and over again. It’s awesome to me.”

Barclay, whose credits range from E.R. and The West Wing to the recent Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, has decided to watch the film this year with a couple hundred friends. He will join Patrice Petro, Dick Wolf Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, to talk about and then screen the one-of-a-kind movie at 2pm Saturday, September 30th, in the Pollock Theater on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

The screening, which is free to the public, kicks off the center’s year-long series Revisiting the Classics. Its goal is to look at great films from the past through a modern lens, and explore their impact on both cinema history and the work of contemporary filmmakers. Widely acclaimed when it was initially released, Nashville is arguably Altman’s masterpiece, the film that best embodies his unique approach and sensibility. Over the course of several days, it tracks the adventures of a diverse set of characters ranging from superstar singers to a smoothly amoral political operative. The remarkable cast includes Keith Carradine, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Shelley Duvall, and Michael Murphy.

“It’s such a picaresque journey,” said Barclay, a member of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s Advisory Board. “There is love and despair and frustration and then, once again, love. Each time I see it, I follow different characters.”

“It’s got 24 characters and multiple storylines, and it examines a specific social milieu,” added Petro. “Today, that combination is commonplace, especially in television. But for its day, it was unique in the way it aligned a social critique, entertainment, and cultural insight.”

On one level, Nashville is very much a work of its era. There is a palpable sense of a nation coping with a series of recent traumas, including the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and the stillfresh assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King Jr.

But the characters created by Altman and screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury are driven by desires that, if anything, are even more ubiquitous in the Internet age: The quest for celebrity, the fragility of fame, the desire for domination. Another of the film’s recurring themes — the unholy mix of entertainment and political ambition — feels more relevant than ever in an age when a television star can be elected president.

“The political story (that is woven through the film) is very interesting,” Barclay said. “The man who is running for president, Walker, is anti-establishment and anti-lawyer. He argues the system is corrupt and he wants to tear it all down. That sounds eerily familiar to me!”

“It addresses the fragility of democracy,” added Petro. “That puts it squarely where we are today.”

Strikingly, Nashville often feels more like a documentary than a fictional film. It’s as if one layer of artifice has been somehow removed. Petro calls it “deceptively observational.”

“That is the genius of Altman,” said Barclay. “He has all these different actors, who are acting in a variety of styles. It all feels like it’s just happening. It doesn’t feel scripted. The actors were given a lot of freedom to improvise.

“He was one of the first directors who had

all the actors wear individual microphones. He would run eight or so recording tracks at the same time. In the editing room, he’d decide on a final mix and who he wanted to focus on (at any given moment). The sound design must have been incredibly complex.”

Thanks to these unusual techniques,

“You feel like the characters have a life outside the movie,” Barclay said. “They feel very three-dimensional, even when we first meet them. Altman shows them to you, and you are free to make their own judgment.”

That last point is an essential one, in Barclay’s view. In an approach to drama that is comparable to Chekhov, Altman simply

allows his characters to reveal themselves. With the possible exception of an obnoxious British journalist played by Geraldine Chaplin, he never suggests how we should feel about any of them.

And in cinematic terms, he never shows off.

“There are a lot of narrative films where you’re constantly thinking about the director: ‘Look at what Tarantino did!’ or ‘There’s another great Chris Nolan shot!’” Barclay noted. “That’s all great, but it can draw your attention to the filmmaking, as opposed to the characters and the story...The story is there for you to experience without the apparent interpretation of the director. The fact Altman does not draw attention to himself is one reason he is one of my favorite directors.” It’s also a big reason his films, which also include M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and The Player, are still widely admired today — none more so than Nashville.

Upcoming films in the center’s Revisiting the Classics series include the 1974 drama Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Oct. 24; Cane Fire, a 2020 documentary about the Hawaiian island of Kauai and how Hollywood has portrayed its inhabitants over the decades, Nov. 2; Our Hospitality, the 1923 Buster Keaton silent comedy, with live music performed by Michael Mortilla, Nov. 4; and Paris is Burning, the 1990 documentary about drag ball culture, Nov. 28.

Tickets to all screenings are free, but reservations are suggested. They can be made at https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/.

Printed with permission of UCSB Office of Public Affairs and Communications

Paris Barclay

It addresses the fragility of democracy. That puts it squarely where we are today.

- Patrice Petro

Courtesy Photos

The Artist’s Table Art Exhibition

By Kerry Methner / VOICE

IMAGINATION AND ROMANCE grounded in natural beauty will come into focus September 30th through October 15th when the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History hosts its fifth iteration of The Artist’s Table.

A brainchild of Diane Waterhouse, who is known for creating spectacular benefits, The Artist’s Table comes in two parts - first an Opening Soiree on Friday, September 29th. Likely already sold-out, the Soiree takes the place of the Museum’s former Artwalk opening reception with the artists, only this reception includes a sit-down gourmet threecourse dinner complete with delicious wines at a eight person table hosted by an artist who will gift each of their guests with an original piece of artwork.

“It is an honor to be a part of the Museum of Natural History, a magical place that I adore and to chair this unique and wonderful event,” Waterhouse shared. The event “would not be possible without the incredible generosity of the participating artists. It is a joy for me and I truly love organizing this beautiful exhibition.”

The lucky attendees also will be the first to take in the second part of the event, The Artist’s Table Art Show, curated by Waterhouse.

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The two-week-long art show will be located in the Courtyard Gallery and feature 16 celebrated local artists, including: Rebecca Arguello, Chris Chapman, Nancy Davidson, Rick Delanty, Camille Dellar, Rick Garcia, Kevin Gleason, Derek Harrison, Wyllis Heaton, Ray Hunter, John Iwerks, Beverly Lazor, Craig Nelson, Michael Obermeyer, Scott W. Prior, and Ralph Waterhouse.

The Soiree and art exhibition are a benefit for the Museum, supporting its “work to connect people to nature for the betterment of both, particularly the thousands of schoolchildren” they serve every year, with 50 percent of proceeds from art sales going to the Museum.

Entry to the exhibition is included in paid Museum admission.

Direct questions about supporting the Soiree to Development Director Caroline Baker at 805-6824711 ext. 109 or cbaker@sbnature2.org.

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By Camille Dellar

10 WEST GALLERY: Carte Blanche ~ Nov 12 • 10 W Anapamu • Wed-Mon 11-5 • 805-770-7711 • www.10westgallery.com

ARCHITECTURAL FDN GALLERY: Portals by Sommer Roman ~ Nov 4 • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • www.afsb.org

ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

MUSEUM: Sandy Rodriguez — Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance ~ March 3, ‘24 • Sat-Sun 12-5 • www.museum.ucsb.edu

Waterhouse Gallery

La Arcada at State & Figueroa Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-8885

www.waterhousegallery.com

ART FROM SCRAP GALLERY: 302 E Cota St • 805-884-0459 • www.exploreecology.org/art-from-scrap

• We 11-4; Th 11-5; Fr, Sat 11-4

THE ARTS FUND: Nuanced Peoples: Exploring Latinx Identities ~ Nov 10

• La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S Hope Av • Wed-Sun 11-5; www.artsfundsb.org

• 805-233-3395

ATKINSON GALLERY: Xicana/o/x Time and Space, Curated by Dr. Thomas

A. Carrasco ~ Oct. 18 • M-Th 11-5; Fr 11-3 • http://gallery.sbcc.edu

BELLA ROSA GALLERIES: 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707

CASA DE LA GUERRA: Haas Adobe Watercolors • $5/Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • Th-Sun 12-4 • www.sbthp.org/casadelaguerra

CASA DOLORES: Candelario Medrano: the surrealist folk genius • 213th Anniversary of Independence ~ Sep 30; Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • www.casadolores.org

CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY: Sunshine on Tuesdays • 1st fl, 105 E Anacapa St • 805-568-3994

CLAY STUDIO GALLERY: Digital Handcraft ~ Nov 14 • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • 10-4pm Daily • www.claystudiosb.org

COLETTE COSENTINO ATELIER + GALLERY: Colette By The Sea • 11 W Anapamu St • By Appt • www.colettecosentino.com

CORRIDAN GALLERY: A Summer Group: Elliott Ciampi’s Koi pond painting meditations; California Sojourns by Karen Fedderson ~ Oct 1 - Dec 23 • 125 N Milpas • We-Sa 11-6 • 805-966-7939 • www.corridan-gallery.com

CPC GALLERY: Dr. Randall VanderMey: Does the Heart Remember Love? ~ Oct 31 • By appt • 36 E Victoria St • Gallery@CPCSB.org

CYPRESS GALLERY: All about Lompoc ~ Sept 24; Picture This...The 2023 Fall Art Show ~ Sept 25-Oct • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • Sat & Sun 1-4 • 805-737-1129 • www.lompocart.org

ELIZABETH GORDON GALLERY: Emerging artists from around the country • 15 W Gutierrez • 805-9631157 • Tu-Sat 11–5 • www.elizabethgordongallery.com

EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA BÁRBARA: Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas • 123 E Canon Perdido St • Th-Sun 11-4 • www.sbthp.org

ELVERHØJ MUSEUM: Looking Back: Tokyo, Gibraltar, Berlin & Sperlonga: Paintings by Glen Rubsamen ~ Sept 23 - Nov 18 • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • Th-Mo 11-5 • www.elverhoj.org

FAULKNER GALLERY: Santa Barbara Art Association ~ Sept • 40 E Anapamu St • 805-962-7653

GALLERY 113: SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-9656611 • Mo-Sa 11-5; Sun 1-5 • www.gallery113sb.com

GALLERY LOS OLIVOS: Woodlands: Kris Buck, Deborah Breedon, Chuck Klein ~ Sept 30 • Thu-Mo 10-5 • 805-688-7517 • www.gallerylosolivos.com

GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: 805.969.9990 • www.lotusland.org

GOLETA VALLEY LIBRARY: 500 N. Fairview Ave • Tu-Thu: 10-7pm; Fri & Sa 10-5:30pm; Su 1-5pm • www.TheGoletaValleyArtAssociation.org

HELENA MASON ART GALLERY: Magnetic by Chris Gocong ~ Sept • 48 Helena Av • 2-6pm, Fri-Sat • www.helenamasonartgallery.com

JAMES MAIN FINE ART: 19th & 20th Fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St • Tu-Sa 12-5 • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY & MUSEUM: 21 W Anapamu • Tu-Su 10-4 • 805-962-5322 • https://karpeles.com/museums/sb.php

KATHRYNE DESIGNS: Local Artists, Ruth Ellen Hoag • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • M-Sa 10-5; Su 11-5 • 805-565-4700

LA CUMBRE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: Three Multi-Artist Galleries at La Cumbre Plaza - Elevate, Fine Line, and Illuminations Galleries • TuesSun noon-5 • www.lcccasb.com

LOMPOC LIBRARY GROSSMAN

GALLERY: 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459.

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS

CENTER: Illusion of Light and Shadow ~ Sept 24 • Thu-Su 12-4 • 865 Linden Av • 805-684-7789 • www.carpinteriaartscenter.org

MARCIA BURTT GALLERY: Late Summer Ramble ~ Oct 15 • 517

Laguna St • Th-Su 1-5 • 805-9625588 • www.artlacuna.com

MAUNE CONTEMPORARY: Contemporary Art • 1309 State St • Tu-Su 11-5 & By appt • 805-8692524 • www.maune.com

MOXI, THE WOLF MUSEUM: Exploration + Innovation • Daily 10-5 • 805-770-5000 • 125 State St • www.moxi.org

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

SANTA BARBARA: Cameron Patricia Downey: Orchid Blues ~ Dec 23 • 653 Paseo Nuevo • www.mcasantabarbara.org

MUSEUM OF SENSORY & MOVEMENT

EXPERIENCES: La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Av #F119 • www.seehearmove.com

MY PET RAM: Hoist Up the John B Sail • 16 Helena Av • Fri-Sun noon7pm • 805-637-1424 • www.mypetram.com

PALM LOFT GALLERY: 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carp • By Appt • 805-6849700 • www.Palmloft.com

PATRICIA CLARKE STUDIO: Barbara Parmet: Roots and Branches Project • 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-452-7739

PEREGRINE GALLERIES: Early California and American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-252-9659 • www.Peregrine.shop

PETER HORJUS DESIGN: Icon by Peter Horjus ~ ongoing • 11 W Figueroa St • www. peterhorjus.com

PORTICO GALLERY: Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-7298454 • www.porticofinearts.com

Evening Glow - Douglas Preserve Original Oil Painting by Ralph Waterhouse

Felice Willat Illuminations Gallery La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts La Cumbre PLaza

Art | Arte

CONTINUED:

RED BARN GALLERY (AT UCSB): By appt • king@theaterdance.ucsb • near bus circle middle of campus.

SANTA BARBARA ART WORKS: Artists with disabilities programs, virtual exhibits • 805-2606705 • www.sbartworks.org

SANTA BARBARA FINE ART: SB landscape artists & renowned sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • Tu-Sa 12-6 & By Appt • 805845-4270 • www.santabarbarafineart.com

SB BOTANIC GARDEN: 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • www.sbbg.org

SB HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Project Fiesta! 99 Years! ~ September • 136 E De la Guerra • Thu 12-5, Fri 12-7; Sat 12-5 • 805-966-1601 • www.sbhistorical.org

SB MARITIME MUSEUM: The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and Santa Barbara Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Way, Ste 190 • Thu-Su 10-5 • 805-9628404 • www.SBMM.org

SB MUSEUM OF ART: Inside/Outside ~ Feb 18, 2024; Stillness ~ Oct 29; Portrait of Mexico Today; Highlights of East Asian Art - Ongoing • Tu-Su, 11-5; Thu, 11-8 • www.sbma.net • 805-963-4364

SB MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: The Artist’s Table Art Show ~ Sept 30 - Oct 15; Mineral exhibition ~ ongoing • Wed-Sun 10-5 • 2559 Puesta del Sol • www.sbnature.org

SANTA BARBARA SEA CENTER: Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing • Daily 10-5 • 805-682-4711 • 211 Stearns Wharf • www.sbnature.org

SANTA BARBARA TENNIS CLUB: Cheryl Ambrecht: Imagine ~ Oct 29 • 10-6 daily • 2375 Foothill Rd • 805-682-4722 • www.2ndfridaysart.com

Art Events

Eventos de Arte

THE ARTIST’S TABLE ART SHOW • Works by 16 local artists to support SB Museum of Natural History • Museum Courtyard Gallery • Included with museum admission • 10am-5pm Sa, 9/30-10/15.

1ST THURSDAY • Downtown Arts & Culture evening 5-8pm Thurs, 10/5/23. See page 16.

SLICE OF LIGHT GALLERY: Earth & Space Fine Art Photography • 9 W Figueroa St • Mon-Fri 10-5 • 805-354-5552 • www.sliceoflight.com

SILO 118: DUSK TO DUST: New Work by Tom Pazderka ~ Oct 4 - 31 • 118 Gray St • Th-Sa 12-5/ by appt • www.silo118.com

SULLIVAN GOSS: Susan Mcdonnell: Radiant Realm ~ Sept 29-Dec 2 • Space ~ Oct 23 • 11 E Anapamu St • 805-730-1460 • www.sullivangoss.com

SUSAN QUINLAN DOLL & TEDDY BEAR

MUSEUM: 122 W. Canon Perdido • Fr-Sa 11-4; Su-Th by appt • 805-687-4623 • www.quinlanmuseum.com

SYV HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CARRIAGE HOUSE: Art Of The Western Saddle • 3596 Sagunto St, Santa Ynez • Sa, Su 12-4 • 805-688-7889 • www.santaynezmuseum.org

TAMSEN GALLERY: Work by Robert W. Firestone • 911.5 State St, 805-705-2208 • www.tamsengallery.com

UCSB LIBRARY: www.library.ucsb.edu

VOICE GALLERY: Autumn Arias: Local Artists ~ Sept 30; Terra Firma Oct 1-30 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa & Su • 805-965-6448 • www.voicesb.art

WATERHOUSE GALLERY MONTECITO: Rick Delanty & Ray Hunter & Notable CA & National Artists • 1187 Coast Village Rd • 11-5 Mon-Sun • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com

WATERHOUSE GALLERY SB: Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mon-Sat • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com

WESTMONT RIDLEY-TREE MUSEUM OF ART: Straddling Circumference…The Art of Linda Ekstrom ~ Nov 11 • 805-565-6162 • Mo-Fr 10-4; Sat 11-5 • www.westmont.edu/museum

WILDLING MUSEUM: Message in a Bottle | Elizabeth Criss ~ February 24; Sedgwick Reserve: A Conservation Story ~ Oct 16 • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • www.wildlingmuseum.org

Goleta

Ca’Dario Cucina Italiana

Northern Italian Cuisine

Santa Barbara: Ca’Dario Ristorante 37 East Victoria 805-884-9419. #1

Ca’Dario Montecito 1187 Coast Village Road 805-884-9419. #2

Goleta: Ca’Dario Cucina Italiana 250 Storke Road 805-884-9419. #4

SB Public Market: Ca’Dario Pizzeria Veloce 88 W. Victoria 805-884-9419

SB ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW • Local artists & artisans • 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd., SB • 10am-5pm Sundays.

CARPINTERIA CREATIVE ARTS • Shop locally made pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, and sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av, Carpinteria • Free • 2:306pm Thursdays.

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Santa Barbara Beautiful 59th Annual Awards Celebration

Sunday, October 1st at the Music Academy

DIGNITYMOVES

Dignity Moves

President’s Award

Honoring: Joan Rutkowski Jacaranda Award for Community Service

And Seven Local Properties:

Single Family Home, Large Lot: 910 Camino Viejo

Single Family Home, Small Lot: 2030 Anacapa Street

Commercial Building: Mixed Use: The Hawkes Building, 1835 State Street

Santa Barbara CHANNELKEEPER Playa de Santa Barbara for Environmental Stewardship

Commercial Building: Historic: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St.

Commercial Sign: The Crafters Library

Architectural Feature: Augie’s Restaurant, 700 State Street - #A

Hugh & Marjorie Petersen Award for Art In Public Places: Tiny Libraries On State Street

For info, admissions, visit: https://sbbeautiful.org/awards/

13600 Calle Real | Riskin Partners Estate Group $25,000,000

3050 Via Rancheros Road | Carey Kendall $ 15,900,000

850 Romero Canyon Road | Riskin Partners Estate Group $10,995,000

767 Las Palmas Drive | Gilles/Sanchez $8,995,000

4199 Tims Road | Michelle Glaus $7,490,000