The Emotional Marathon

SEE International has a clear vision for the future, page 20

THE EMOTIONAL MARATHON

Art Along CVR

Live painting by master artists, surfboards, music, goldsmithing and more are on the palette for next week’s Coast Village Art Walk… bring the family (and pups!) along, page 5

Fiesta Finale

Fiesta’s 100th Anniversary is bringing another milestone –the 25th Anniversary of the iconic final event from the Profant family, page 16

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

5 Coast Village Art Walk – Coast Village Week is here and this special one-day event will bring vibrant color and artisanal magic to the street

Beings & Doings – Think of the worst thing a parent can endure, then treble it. Michael and Gabriella Salsbury know loss – and the refining nature of fire.

8 Montecito Miscellany – Competing millinery at the polo fields, La Recepción del Presidente, SYR’s new tequila, and more miscellany

Letters to the Editor – Readers’ thoughts on last week’s Jeffrey Harding article, Casa Dorinda letter, and Gwyn Lurie’s previous editorial Tide Guide 12 Our Town – With high fire season in full effect, one company is seeking to make Montecito homes more fire resistant

14 Society Invites – Mosaic artist Luca Barberini’s new show, and Tommy Faragher talks about his musical family before their Alcazar concert 16 Fiesta Finale – This marks the 25th anniversary of the event with a special dedication to Lynda Millner – one of the event’s avid supporters

18 This Week at MAW – Clarinet fellow Katia Sofia Waxman chats about her experience with the Summer Festival and upcoming performance

20 The Giving List – SEE International celebrates 50 years of sharing its vision for a world where preventable blindness no longer exists

Brilliant Thoughts – Of all the things humanity has held together, Ashleigh’s musings on fasteners hold fast

26 On Entertainment – Cabaret in Solvang, new plays in Ojai, the One805Live! lineup, plus myriad mariachis music

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Dear Montecito – Trinkets and doodads do more than clutter shelves, they define us – and these “tchotchkes” are the focus of the first group art show from double dutch

29 Elizabeth’s Appraisals – An award vase for ‘Best Dahlias’ tells of early Santa Barbara and its connection with Tahoe and St. Louis

30 Santa Barbara by the Glass – It’s easier to reach for the stars when you start at 2,800 feet, and this elevated winery is doing just that with its Rhône and Bordeaux varietals

32 Stories Matter – From mysteries to memoirs, these thrilling reads will keep you on the edge of your sandy seat this summer

37 Robert’s Big Questions – Do we want to make a better world together? Or do you just want to watch the world burn?

40 Calendar of Events – Fiesta festivities have arrived, 1st Thursday happenings, Ventura County Fair, and more

42 Classifieds – Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

43 Mini Meta Crossword Puzzles

Local Business Directory – Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer

Coast Village Art Walk

One Day Event to Bring Art, Music, and More to CVR

by Joanne A Calitri

In the midst of Coast Village Week is the Coast Village Road Art Walk on August 8, from 4 pm – 7 pm. The addition of art, music, literature, culinary arts, fashion, jewelry, leather, and pet jewelry crafters to celebrate all things art is spearheaded by Beth Sullivan, Executive Director of the Coast Village Association.

The Coast Village Art Walk is a unique opportunity for people to talk directly with creatives, watch live painting, leather work, goldsmithing, and listen to popup live music like the ‘80s band Mixtape which will be playing in front of Renaud’s Bakery, and guitarist Robert Cocker outside Peregrine Gallery.

Here are the highlights:

Cassandria Blackmore: Meet Cassandria and her most recent body of striking artwork, meet the authors of Montecito Style, Firooz Zahedi and Lorie Dewhirst Porter, and sip T. W. Hollister Vermouth with its owner, Ashley Woods Hollister

Caldwell Snyder Gallery: for collectors and enthusiasts, the gallery will feature an exclusive exhibition of Colognebased artist, Alireza Varzandeh – and you will enjoy a glass of chilled Rosé.

Portico Fine Art Gallery: Meet and watch gallery artists – Jordan Pope, Mary Kay West, Dirk Foslien, Dan LaVigne, and Dennis Newel – demonstrate their skills.

CVR Artist’s Corner: next to Homer, Lily, and Peregrine Gallery. Enjoy hosted Tilden Cocktails, La Leiff Wines and small bites with artists: Terry Pillow, former head honcho of Ralph Lauren, Coach and Tommy Bahama now working on his passion project, bespoke leather goods at Homer. Rafael Adón, a leather and fashion designer showing his apparel line. Luna Delphine, a up and coming Montecito silver handcrafted jewelry designer. Karen de la Peña, artist, painting outside of Peregrine.

Silverhorn Design Studio: View works in progress, and meet the goldsmiths to see their handcrafted fabrications, techniques and gemstone setting styles. Consult with Silverhorn designers for a custom one-of-a-kind piece made to your specification.

Kathryne Designs: Meet and chat with Peter Horjus – a local favorite –painting his works.

Whiskey x Leather: Meet Bettina Norton and view her live painting while enjoying libations.

Allora by Laura: Meet fine art photography and surfboard artist Bobbi Bennett, sculptural works by Kristina Grace and an eccentric array of soulful, California exhibits juxtaposed with Allora’s luxury clothing.

Cashy’s Playpen Luxury Dog Boutique: Owner Caroline Martel Miller will be featuring adorable Chicko fine pet jewelry – bring your doggies.

Sullivan shares, “This vibrant event transforms the village into a community celebration for art admirers and collectors, music enthusiasts, and casual strollers alike… offering a new experience everywhere you turn. You will be inspired.”

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Enjoy the works of Cologne-based painter Alireza Varzandeh and more at the Coast Village Art Walk (courtesy photo)

Fine art photographer and surfboard artist Bobbi Bennett will be featured at Allora by Laura (courtesy photo)

Beings & Doings

The Love You Take: Michael and Gabriella

Salsbury’s

by Jeff Wing

OImplausible Parental Nightmare

n a lark, Michael and Gabriella Salsbury walked into Madame Rosinka’s fortune-telling shopfront on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. Rudderless and adrift on the open ocean of unspeakable parental sorrow, the couple were emphatically not looking to Madame Rosinka for the answers that had otherwise so eluded them. The Salsburys were not seekers after the secular metaphysics of daily life. But rationalists have their limits. When they told a dear new friend of their intention to meet with the palm reader, Hospice of Santa Barbara Executive Director Gail Rink nodded appreciatively. “Oh, you’re going to see Sonia!” she said. “Well, make sure you listen carefully. She’s the real deal.” Michael Salsbury – a finance guy who would later found American Riviera Bank in Santa Barbara – had just returned from Geneva, Switzerland, where he’d interviewed for a corner-turn-

ing position with Merrill Lynch. His wife Gabriella was a neonatal nurse at St. Francis Hospital on Micheltorena in Santa Barbara. They had suffered two nearly spirit-breaking losses. One more lay ahead.

“We walked in and sat down,” Michael says of the visit, “and right out of the box she looks at us and says, ‘you both have the worst type of grief inside of you’!” He and Gabriella looked at each other. “Then she

said, ‘I see more kids’. She knew nothing about us at all!”

Michael Salsbury’s memoir Running from Tragedy details a voyage of such mathematical and spiritual implausibility one is tempted to use the word “charmed” to describe the merciless privation that would define his and Gabriella’s stunned days and nights for a decade – a refining crucible that would ultimately reveal itself as numinous. Are there willful forces in the cosmos whose complex lesson plans are illegible in the moment? Are the stars more than fire?

Bahamian Rhapsody

Michael and Gabriella met cute at Club Med Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas (as can happen) where they were both working. From their respective vocational and geographic bases (he: finance in Denver, she: nursing school in Vienna) they’d each lunged at the chance to spend a couple gap months earning a little money and wriggling toes in the white sands of the Caribbean before heading home and carrying on.

Michael was a handsome young guy and avid distance runner whose fresh-faced Americanism and frank absence of verbal panache charmed the confident, amused, and adorable Gabriella. Their intersection was unlikely in other ways. Michael and his brother had been raised in single parent

penury by a loving mother, while Gabriella was descended from Austro-Hungarian blue bloods cast out when that empire collapsed post-WWI. Or as Michael more economically summarizes, “She comes from a family of royalty, and I’m just this poor dumb kid from Denver.” The two fell hard for each other, the unseen fine print heavy with implausible foreboding. They each unknowingly carried heterozygous protein mutations on gene EIF2B2; complementary genetic wrinkles that would combine momentously through their union. Never mind. The cosmos almost gushingly approved their relationship. One night they would find themselves standing on a whispering Bahamian beach and staring up at the faint but unmistakable smear of Halley’s Comet traversing the jeweler’s cloth of densely-packed stars.

Life and the Mysteries

The lovebirds painfully separated when the Club Med job ended, but they’d locked hearts. In fairly short order Gabriella travelled from Vienna to visit Michael in Denver; her first trip to the States. One fateful night they were out for a walk and were accosted by a gang of armed thugs who, finding nothing of value on the two,

Michael, Sebastian, Gabriella, Nicholas and Lauren –photo-bombed by prismatic hand-wave. No one wants to be left out of a family photo. (courtesy photo)

Montecito Miscellany

Hats Off to These Winners

by Richard Mineards

Apositive profusion of creative and colorful tony tête toppers packed the stands and cabanas as the Santa Barbara Polo Club celebrated its 17th annual Ladies Day.

As usual I had the onerous task of judging the mélange of magnificent millinery, including the largest, most colorful and most creative, and the day couldn’t have been more perfect with the sun blazing, low humidity and glorious ocean breezes.

Ben Soleimani’s Carbenalla team celebrating their close win with their family and fans (photo by Priscilla)

The Hat Contest Winners (and so many more) for the day are: Dana Beesen, Jenna Jobst, Judith C, and Lauren Wood (photo by Priscilla)

love wearing hats,” she explained. “They are always so elegant.”

And the event, the Whittier Trust USPA Silver Cup Final pitting Grant Palmer ’s Antelope team against Ben Soleimani ’s Carbenalla players, couldn’t have been closer with the final chucker at 13-13.

The sudden death playoff resulted in Ben’s team hitting the winning goal, with the score at 14-13.

For the second time lawyer Lauren Wood, who moved from Santa Barbara to Woodland Hills, won the most creative hat category with a custom order she made on the website Etsy. “I just

Dana Beesen claimed the biggest hat, a homemade canopy of red roses. “I put it together in just two hours,” said the Los Angeles marketing and communications executive proudly.

Jenna Jobst, a local winemaker who studied millinery in the U.K. making fascinators, won for the most colorful hat, a fluffy concoction featuring a pink flamingo that certainly wasn’t for the birds!

And a last-minute children’s category was won by Era, 6, the daughter of the club’s resident photographer, who made her own hat for the occasion.

Fall Trunk Show

PETER COHEN

August 8-10

Please join us as we present Montecito’s favorite go-to minimalist and every event designer, Peter Cohen. Come take advantage of this fabulous opportunity to browse the entire Fall 2024 collection of captivating attire from dresses to coats (or your favorite Peter blouse) in colors and fabrics you get to choose.

From our boutique to your closet... captivating, modern, luxury awaits.

A Presidential Soirée

Our tony town’s annual Fiesta fest kicked off with the La Recepción del Presidente for 220 traditionally garbed guests, including 18 past presidents and current incumbent Brian Schwabecher, in the Hilton’s Plaza del Sol.

After a blessing from fun loving Franciscan friar Larry Gosselin, the dancing entertainment – emceed by the ubiquitous KEYTTV reporter John Palminteri – began with

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Jenny Ann Alter riding the grey Argentine mare “Reina” at the SBPC opening ceremony (photo by Priscilla)

Letters to the Editor

Separating Opinions from Facts

Ijust read Jeffrey Harding’s article, “It’s Kamala!” First, a disclaimer: I don’t often read articles by real estate investors or financial bloggers, both of which Mr. Harding is/has been. Too much self-interest and too many opportunities to be swayed by investors/clients’ priorities. But this most recent article, published under the MJ’s misleading heading, “An Independent Mind,” caught my eye.

Another disclaimer: Mr. Harding dedicates a one-sentence paragraph to say, “Kamala is a leftist Progressive.” I, too, am a leftist Progressive. I, too, believe in social liberties that Progressives have fought for. Things like the abolition of slavery, the enshrinement of women’s suffrage, the protection of civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and women’s rights. His entire column is filled with misinformation and, frankly, racist undertones. For example, to say in his first paragraph that Democrats “capitulated” to Harris. Right, like they were forced to donate $100 MILLION to her in the first 24 hours. Paragraph 2: you say 70% of the electorate is conservative. You didn’t actually name the poll you used (does it rhyme with “ox”?), but a Gallup poll reported only 36% consider themselves conservative.

Then, Jeff, you give your racism and misogyny away. You write: “She achieved political prominence due to her gender and race.” You go on to say, “I don’t mean to say that Kamala is incompetent.” Which is another racist trope especially given she was AG of California, a Senator, and a Vice-President! And then you repeat yourself (what, you couldn’t borrow someone’s Thesaurus?): “She took

advantage of her gender and race to boost herself into political prominence.”

You criticize her for wanting to achieve universal health care and a Green New Deal-like policy to address climate change. Whoa, so radical!

Finally, you give away your Trumpian scare tactics by writing that we would be heading down “the path to Greeklike bankruptcy” and that “her policies … would lead us to welfare statism and failure.”

If that’s an “Independent Mind,” I’m thinking that a journalistic lobotomy might be in order. I notice that the MJ lists Mr. Harding’s columns online as “Opinion,” but the print version does not.

I’d hate to think that the MJ endorsed every one of Mr. Harding’s opinions. Political debate is a cherished and valuable tradition in our democracy. Let’s be sure we clearly separate opinion from fact.

Sincerely, Lanny Sherwin Montecito, Left and Progressive

Message from the Editor

Regarding the letter in last week’s issue titled, “The Saga of Casa Dorinda, Retirement Home from Hell, continues…,” while we do allow readers to express their opinions within the letters section of the paper, the letter named a specific individ-

ual and should have been retracted. We apologize for this error and will be more vigilant in the future.

Zach Rosen

Content with Casa

It is with considerable dismay that I have read a published letter from one of over 300 residents here at Casa Dorinda. It is the third negative complaint letter from this writer and she does NOT represent the many content residents here, including me.

My REAL issue is WHY you chose to publish a letter that labels a hard-working employee as a “witch” and a “B” with a capital B!? To me this is defamation of character with no proof other than a lavender bath was interrupted by surprise. I strongly believe that naming ONE individual goes well over the line.

I hope that you can consider editing in the future. Yes, freedom of speech, but harming someone is not OK!

Sincerely,

Julia Collins

A Message from Casa’s Happy Residents

We find it hard to believe that Montecito Journal would print the letter from Renée Templeraud, a resident here who should be seeking counseling rather than writing letters. Are you reduced to a gossip magazine like National Enquirer? The maximum capacity at Casa is 360 residents. I would guess that 359 of us love it here and are

getting terrific care. Yes, they check on you if you are ill or recently in hospital or the medical center. They also come to your apartment if you haven’t opened your door by 10 am. This is how they have found people who fall and can’t reach a phone or even a person who died in their sleep recently. A service we appreciate greatly given the age of residents here.

I would think that naming a person – a hardworking, trained medical employee, by the way – and calling them a witch in print would set you up for a law suit.

I know administration does not want to get in a public printed discussion about someone who is unhappy. The procedure is to meet with administration and state your

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problem and work together for resolution. I know in her case that she has been offered her money returned if she wishes to depart. Everyone I talked with today in the dining room is up in arms and furious with the printing of such a letter. Irresponsible was a word used.

We thought you ran a higher-class operation.

Linda & Peter Beuret

7 yr (happy) residents

Positive Economic Policies

In his opinion article, Mr. Harding’s final comment is “instead of hurling insults about candidate Harris, it would be more effective to criticize her policies which would lead us to welfare statism and failure.” She and President Biden, in less than four years, have recovered the national economy that is now the envy of the world. From the Trump economic TRAINWRECK and a fat cat giveaway tax policy that added billions to the national deficit and never created any infrastructure policy that was so badly needed, we now have huge new business investment, many new countrywide infrastructure projects under way and more of them planned, 15 million new jobs, industrial unions making a comeback, the strongest currency in the

world, and a strong stock market that is making investors very happy. Inflation after the COVID disaster was and has been a WORLD WIDE problem but the Biden/Harris team has worked hard to manage a downward inflationary trend in our country. The current Democratic administration has been the mature, responsible, and I dare say progressive force that has led us out of the economic wilderness and to a bright future. I believe the VP Kamala Harris will continue with these positive economic policies as our next President.

Barry Gordon – General Contracting

Re: July 11-18 Editorial

This editorial needs to be read by every college leadership team, and its core tenets need to be enforced. Protest yes – hate, intimidation, violence, and preventing access to anyone based on ethnicity or political or religious beliefs is unacceptable. Your [Gwyn Lurie] editorial motivates me to take peaceful action. Something I/we should do for any group facing this kind of large-scale discrimination, on or off campus. It will continue to get worse, not better until we all stand up and peacefully insist that our local and national leaders and educational institutions do as you suggest – live up to our laws and ideals.

Art Levitt

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-Santa Barbara Resident

Our Town

Mighty Fire Breaker Non-Toxic Fire-Retardant System

by Joanne A Calitri

The MJ was asked to the installation and testing of the Mighty Fire Breaker MFB-31 Citrotech® system. The test took place at a Bella Vista Drive estate in Montecito on Wednesday, July 24. This is the first location in our town to install the fire-retardant system. When I arrived, Steve Conboy, Founder, President and Chief Technologist of Mighty Fire Breaker, LLC and the estate owner [who at the time of this report wished to remain anonymous] greeted me and showed me the system.

With Conboy were two of his five Advisory Board members, Dan Reese a retired CalFire Captain-Paramedic who was awarded the Legion of Merit Medal, and Franklin Otis Carroll, President & Senior Partner of Professional Forest Management, LLC Wildfire Pros. Of interest is the fact that the other three Advisory Board members are retired Fire Chiefs – Jeff Bowman, Peter Brierty, and Jim Thompson

deemed Non-Toxic and Non-Hazardous, having recently passed California Aquatic Bioassay Testing and 90 Day Trout Toxicity Testing by independent testing laboratories. We 100% comply with the Clean Water Act, and our system conserves water use for fire containment. It is safe when used around humans, animals, and the environment, based on ingredients deemed to be safe by the USDA, EPA, and ECHA (European Chemicals Agency). We are the most environmentally friendly fire inhibitor on the planet.”

property owners who implement his proactive, GPStracked wildfire defense program. His system is now being used by the San Diego Fire Department and soon to be installed at Carmel’s “The Preserves,” a private estate and conservation community.

Central to the fire-retardant system invented by Conboy is its having been proven to work effectively to stop the spread of fire, and its non-toxic certifications. Conboy shared, “It’s the only EPA U.S. Safer Choice certified fire-retardant chemistry in the world and I received the EPA Partner of the Year 2023. It is UL GreenGuard Gold™ certified by Underwriter Laboratories, and

Conboy’s efforts, research and passion for all human and environmental safety are founded on, “the fact that his father died from exposure to chemicals that his father was told were safe while serving in the Navy.” Conboy’s background includes working in the building and lumber industries for 45 years, and fire science and mold the last 16 years to invent the MFB-31 fire inhibitor. He has patents on the non-toxic fire-retardant and the equipment used to apply it, was awarded Connect in San Diego and the Edison in Chicago; assigned to the District Export Council Division of the U.S. Department of Trade and Commerce and the International Trade Association; spoken twice at the United Nations and World Trade Conference on carbon sequestration; wrote a Carbon Tax Credit Bill for fire treated lumber and a Wildfire Defense Act that would reward

The Bella Vista Drive estate owner explained his decision, “I’ve done my homework. Ninety percent of my objective is to save my house and my property from being devastated by fire. Montecito Fire District Wildfire Captain Maeve Juarez has been here many times, she’s amazing, incredibly helpful to give me ideas for fire preventative measures all of which I have implemented. This MFB31 system is what I am going to be relying on, rather than the vent guards and foam systems by Fierce Fire L.A. I put in.

“I chose Conboy’s system for my property based on its EPA certification, and a fire-retardant demonstration he did, very impressive. It works! I have a dozen friends in Montecito to whom I am introducing to this product, to help save their homes and help with their fire insurance. If everyone on Bella Vista installs the system, together we would cover this upper area of Montecito and prevent any future wildfires up here from reaching close to town. The insurance company is definitely responding to my installation of this system. My

Steve Conboy and Dan Reese of Mighty Fire Breaker MFB-31 Citrotech® next to the tank they installed on the Bella Vista estate (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Society Invites Italian Artist Luca Barberini at Helena Mason Art Gallery

by Joanne A Calitiri

Society Invites was invited by Natalie Olivas Sanchez, owner of the Helena Mason Art Gallery, to meet with their newest artist, Luca Barberini (b. 1981, Ravenna, Italy) and view his works before he returned to Italy. His exhibition, titled Inner Landscapes, is on view through October. It was fab to reconnect with Sanchez;

its #beenaminute, as we say. Sanchez introduced me to Barberini and his artist wife Arianna Gallo. The exhibition happened through a mutual friend of the gallery – mosaic artist Tami Macala, owner of Santa Barbara School of Mosaic Art – where Gallo taught a workshop. This happily married artist couple have lived – and produced their artwork –in the same building in Ravenna since 2000; the year they opened their studio Koko Mosaico. Gallo shared, “We have

each our own studio and ask each other for advice and opinion. [laughs] My thinking is, whatever Luca says about my art, I do the opposite! And it’s worked out for us for the whole time.”

Along the gallery’s lounge area wall are Luca’s mosaic creations, including his specific work for Santa Barbara titled, 48 Helena Ave Condominium comprised of 48 limited edition windows, 5.5 x 6 inches, mosaic mixed media. It is based on his original similar work of 2,000 windows. The 48 different windows are life in Santa Barbara as interpreted by him.

They forgave my latent Italian and somewhat better French, as they generously spoke in perfect English while we discussed his art process, background, and works on view at Helena Mason Art Gallery. Barberini was very open and happy to share, “My personal interpretation of the mosaic started 18 years ago studying mosaic art. I wanted to have my own signature mosaic art using this ancient technique. I use the ancient technique – a cement base, I cut the mosaic material pieces by hand with hand tools, and my mosaic materials are ceramic tiles, glass, stained glass, Murano glass, Venetian glass, gold, marble stone, and PVC board with print designs made from a UV printer. My designs are modern and

contemporary. The faces of the persons in my art are made from only five cut pieces. My wife and I have a mosaic studio in Ravenna, she does classic mosaic work and commissions. We live and work

I welcome the opportunity to learn about your unique goals and needs. Together we can create a strategy designed to help guide you along the path toward financial well-being.

Call to schedule a consultation today.

Artist Luca Barberini with his works and Tami Macala and Natalie Olivia Sanchez at the Helena Mason Art Gallery (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

tsunami 03 by Luca Barberini at the Helena Mason Art Gallery (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Play. Learn. Discover.

Fiesta Finale The Profant Party Returns for its 25th Anniversary

by Sigrid Toye

It’s Fiesta time again in Santa Barbara! Old Spanish Days is celebrating its 100th year – a Century of tradition! – embraced in a rainbow of colors, sights, and sounds. Brightly colored ruffles rim necklines and hems of the traditional Spanish dress, fluttering fans, the strum of guitars and clicking castanets are all reminders that mid-summer is the city’s special time to celebrate its Spanish heritage. Flakes of confetti will rain down upon the celebrants ogling the the Fiesta Parade, the highlight of the week, as its dancers, equestrians, and dignitaries ride along Cabrillo Boulevard amid the crunch of broken eggshells. Serving as Grand Marshalls of the weeklong 100th Anniversary celebration is radio personality Catherine Remak and 1976 El Presidente Rudy Castillo. The 2024 Old Spanish Days extends from July 27th to August 4th… with cheers of ‘Viva La Fiesta’ from all!

As Old Spanish Days week nears its end, the last event is the Fiesta Finale Gala, hosted by the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts, and is held at the El Paseo Restaurant ‘where it all began’ long ago. Having attended many Fiesta Finale galas, it is my privilege to represent the late, great Lynda Millner in highlighting one of her favorite charities for the Montecito Journal. Millner’s introduction to the Profant family also took place ‘where it all began,’ upstairs at El Paseo, the location of her modeling business. The restaurant downstairs where Millner held fashion shows was also the location of the annual Fiesta Finale and where a 16-year-old Gil Rosas entertained the restaurant’s

diners. Always the Fashionista herself, from that point on Millner judged the yearly costume contest at the Profant Foundation’s annual benefit, her most favorite gig of the year! The history behind the Profant party is a true representation of not only Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Day traditions but that of their own as well, now in its 25th year.

The Profant Foundation for the Arts has a history spanning five generations and is deeply connected to the arts in Santa Barbara. The Profant story began almost a century ago when, in 1922, Dr. Henry Profant and his wife Mabel, both talented musicians, arrived in Santa Barbara to join Dr. William Sansum in founding the S.B. Medical Foundation known at the time as “The Clinic.’ During the early years Henry entertained his patients by playing the piano on house calls and claimed it was never clear to him which was more effective in promoting health – the music or the medicine! Mabel and Henry also entertained their dinner guests with classical music played on dual pianos and eventually their home became the Santa Barbara version of a ‘Salon’ where musicians and artists gathered regularly. Mabel and Henry also established the family’s interests in CAMA, helped to promote the Music Academy of the West, and hosted parties and musical events in the Santa Barbara Courthouse Gardens for Old Spanish Days, a legacy which continues to this day.

In 1950 a young woman and her sister, visitors to the Santa Barbara Courthouse, heard a Docent describe the City’s annual

John and Lyn Profant dancing the night away (courtesy photo)

The Profant sisters (courtesy photo)

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This Week at MAW Fellows Feature: Catching up with Katia

by Steven Libowitz

Clarinet fellow Katia Sofia Waxman is winding up her first and likely only summer at the Music Academy of the West after earning a master’s degree from Juilliard while majoring in both music and economics at Oberlin. The Chicago native said she was lucky to get to attend the “pinnacle summer festival” for its faculty and well-rounded performance opportunities, but the fact that it sits on a campus adjacent to Butterfly Beach didn’t hurt either.

“I’ve been hopping around to beaches all year,” she joked, citing a performance with the Newport (Rhode Island) String Concert last September and a season as the Sarasota (Florida) Opera’s acting second clarinet.

We chatted with Waxman about her experiences here, her spots in the festival’s final weekend, and her plans for the future.

Q. What has been your highlight of the summer so far?

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A. Playing the Samuel ColeridgeTaylor “Nonet” in the x2 series, sitting between (oboist) Eugene Izotov and (bassoonist) Ben Kamins. I grew up listening to Eugene play in the Chicago Symphony, so getting to share the stage with him was really a special experience. When you sit between two great artists, you go up three levels in performance, just rising to the occasion. I also had great orchestral experiences: the Kodály’s “Dances of Galánta” with conductor Xian Zhang in the Academy Chamber Orchestra concert, which is a holy grail clarinet part that’s very luxurious, so I got to flex my creative muscles in a safe and inviting place. That piece appears on a lot of auditions for clarinetists, so playing it with a full orchestra creates a memory of how it’s supposed to sound which you can use when you have to play by yourself. It’s such an invaluable experience the Academy provides. I also did my first Rite of Spring which was also unforgettable.

You’re playing in the final Fellows Fridays concert on Nico Muhly’s “Measured to Fit.” It’s a new piece that premiered in 2021 in Australia, and you can’t even find it online. What can you share about it?

I think that was the only time it was played. There are no recordings, nothing to reference, so we put it together entirely based on the score, working with teaching artists and using our imagina-

tion, a real challenge to mount a piece of this complexity. The music is tricky but it’s gorgeous, and I think audiences will really love it. (Because) Nico worked with Philip Glass for many years when he was a student at Julliard, so it’s very much influenced by that post minimalist looping style. The tempo marking at the beginning is propulsive, so it’s very forward moving, with a built-up sense of kinetic energy. The relaxed lyrical section in the middle still requires intense mental focus and a lot of hyper independence from each of the members of the group. But then there’s also great moments where we all join together at these super powerful unisons. So I’m really looking forward to it, and I hope that we can give the universe a great recording they can hear online.

Mahler’s 6th is the last symphony concert on Saturday. What’s it like for a clarinetist? It requires everyone to use all of the skills that they’ve ever learned. Mahler requires the absolute most of orchestral players – all of the technique, the musicality, the determination and mental focus. So it’s a fitting finale because it’s the summit of the orchestral journey for Music Academy fellows. What I love about Mahler’s writing for clarinet is it’s a lot of tutti, meaning all five of us play together… Also it’s just really loud and that’s pretty fun.

What’s coming up for you?

I’m still living in New York, so I’ll be trying to sink my teeth into the wild freelancing scene, the plentiful opportunities there that don’t really exist anywhere else in the music industry. Then I’ll be starting with auditions for an orchestral

Clarinet fellow Katia Sofia Waxman (courtesy photo)

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The Giving List

by Steven Libowitz

It was back in 1974 that Dr. Harry Brown founded SEE International to address the global lack of access to high-quality clinical eyecare. His team soon developed an efficient mobile eye surgery system consisting of intensive, short-term surgical clinics that could travel to medically underserved populations in remote areas worldwide, performing sight-saving surgeries.

What began with a small group of medical professionals soon grew into a network of what is now over 650 volunteer ophthalmologists, both traveling and host doctors alike, who provide not only the surgeries but tools, training, and expertise to help combat preventable blindness. In half a century, SEE International (which stands for Surgical Eye Expeditions) has had an outsized impact, serving more than five million people in 40 countries and providing more than 750,000 surgeries.

The numbers are staggering, but the stories behind the numbers are even more enlightening, as restoring sight has a massive impact on the individual, their families and their whole community, making everyone stronger and more economically independent.

“There’s so many health issues linked to the eyes,” explained Rachel Tennant, SEE’s Chief Development Officer. “If you lose your sight, you can lose the ability to work, you disengage from society, and that can cause all sorts of issues, especially with mental health. Children might quit going to school, or a family member can’t work anymore. The eyes and eyesight are a very essential part of our bodies, and visual impairments create a perpetual cycle. It creates hardship for not only an individual but a family, a community, and an economy.”

SEE’s ability to provide – through its network of expert volunteer doctors – free sight-restoring surgeries and essential eye care to people who would otherwise not have access to these services, has continued to grow exponentially over the years. The

nonprofit now conducts about 50,000 surgeries or other eye care services each year as well as runs education and training programs and provides direct supply support.

What holds SEE International back from growing even faster and providing more support is the funding necessary to coordinate the care and provide medical supplies and equipment. With more than a billion people worldwide living with treatable vision loss due to a lack of quality eye care, there’s no end to the need. Tennant estimated it takes about $100 per surgery to cover everything, so more support would allow for more logistical coordination and service to a growing number of people.

“Each dollar donated creates a ripple effect in the people that we serve,” Tennant said. “It makes a huge difference in their world. More support allows us to continue to scale up and help more people.”

While much of the impact SEE has is, as its name suggests, international, the organization also has a strong presence here at home in the Santa Barbara community. Its Santa Barbara Vision Care (SBVC) program, which operates five clinics from Goleta to Thousand Oaks, serves upwards of 6,000 patients

SEE International has served more than five million people in 40 countries and provided more than 750,000 surgeries for preventable blindness (courtesy photo)

Getting better never stops.

Sansum Clinic is now part of Sutter Health. For more than a century, our not-for-profit organizations have provided trusted care for our communities. Together, we’re expanding access to quality healthcare on the Central Coast — recruiting more top-quality doctors, investing in new technologies and care centers, and growing our community benefit initiatives to ensure everyone in our community gets the care they need. Learn more at BetterTogether.SansumClinic.org

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Holding Together

by Ashleigh Brilliant

Much of our basic technology has to do with attaching things.

Of course, in the new world of computers, documents can be made to stay together by a very simple command, like “Attach.” But in the world behind those electronic frontiers, the world of actual Things, it was – and still is – not quite so simple.

The first things people wanted to “join” in some way were probably pieces of wood and rock, to create primitive weapons or tools. Assisting in the “binding” process, there were, at first, various kinds of string, cord, or rope, made from vegetable fibers, or from animal parts. Then along came metals, and the development of fasteners

need for methods of holding sheets of it together. There is the ubiquitous paperclip – which has various drawbacks, including the possibility of wrong things getting accidentally clipped together. They also tend to accumulate in collections of unused paper clips, since millions more are being manufactured every year, and, apart from being tossed in the trash, there is no easy way to dispose of them.

But the happy alternative is what we call a metal staple, which is much smaller than a paper clip, and fastens much more securely. These are now in their third century – but what we call a modern “stapler” came into existence almost within living memory. It was a company called Swingline which introduced a device that could hold a whole row of staples and apply them one at a time exactly where needed.

down on the ceiling? It all has to do with what we call adhesives, and their powers of stickiness. For us, there are various kinds of pastes and glues. In some ways, these are less important than they used to be. In the era of the Wright brothers and subsequent early flying machines, that method of holding parts together was preferable to nuts and bolts because weight was a crucial factor. No doubt it still is in the production of spacecraft.

things together – and in the process, giving a new word to many languages : VELCRO, which was invented in Switzerland.

This brings to mind a movie called The Third Man, in which Harry Lime, an underworld figure, compares two cultures:

Modern Medicine has of course devised its own means of stapling human flesh, as in the process of closing wounds and

ing things. Some creatures seem to have it all figured out. How does a fly walk upside

The early kinds of adhesive tape were a big medical advance because they stuck to skin and were very helpful in holding bandages in place. But they were unsightly and didn’t stretch – and you know how much better off your wounds are today.

Then came Scotch Tape, invented by somebody at the 3M Company. It was transparent, like cellophane, but much stronger, and you could tear off just how much you wanted from a suitable dispenser. And it was surprisingly cheap – which was actually how it got its name, from the stereotypical image of a Scot as a tightwad.

Some modern glues are so powerfully sticky that, at least according to their spectacular commercials, a small amount can hold the weight of a full-grown person – though I for one can’t readily think of any likely situation in which I would be dangling so precariously – certainly not voluntarily.

But in nature it is not only flies on the ceiling which have their own ways of adhering to things. It was in fact one of these techniques which inspired one of the most successful modern methods of holding

“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

According to all the songs and many of the stories, there is no more powerful, and more durable, attachment than LOVE; and I might add, to a writer of epigrams, no more useful – as in:

“Aren’t we lucky! Eternity has hardly begun, and already we have found each other.”

Ashleigh Brilliant was born in England in 1933, came to California in 1955, to Santa Barbara in 1973, then to the Montecito Journal in 2016. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” now a series of 10,000. email: ashleigh@west. net. web: www.ash leighbrilliant.com.

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Come to the (Outdoor) Cabaret

by Steven Libowitz

PCPA is bringing Cabaret’s Kit Kat Klub to the sleepy Danish village of Solvang, where the denizens of the famous decadent sanctuary – artists and performers, misfits and outsiders – will perform outdoors under the stars at the Solvang Festival Theatre August 2-25. The Kander & Ebb musical is set in 1929-30 Berlin during the Weimar Republic, at the confluence of the twilight of the Jazz Age and the early days of the Nazis’ rise to power. While the story focuses specifically on an American writer’s relationship with cabaret singer Sally Bowles, the bland indifference to rising fascism within the club’s hedonistic nightlife actually accelerates a Nazi takeover energized in part by the club’s, and by extension the Weimar Republic’s, boldly permissive lifestyle. The carrying on at the Kit Kat Club in the face of growing historical disaster serves as something of a metaphor for the Weimar’s laissez-faire response to the ominous political developments.

The original 1966 Broadway production was a box office hit that also won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, as did the 1998 revival. Emma Stone, Michelle Williams, and Sienna Miller all portrayed Sally Bowles in another Broadway revival in the 2010s, and a current production in New York stars Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee. Will the open-air venue alter the mood of the simultaneously entertaining and disturbing musical? PCPA says Willkommen for you to find out. Info at (805) 922-8313 or www.pcpa.org.

On the Boards Over in Ojai

Audiences will once again have the chance to witness staged readings of potential future classics at the Ojai Playwrights Conference’s 27th annual New Works Festival from August 1-4. The readings are the culmination of a two-week workshop immersion for the five selected playwrights to develop their creations, with the writers joined

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by professional actors and production teams to bring their vision to life in front of live audiences.

Over its long history, OPC has been a breeding ground for such plays as Other Desert Cities, which opened on Broadway in 2011 and was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize, as well as the musicals Fun Home, which won five Tony Awards including Best Musical in 2015, and Caroline, or Change, which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2007.

This year’s readings include Alex Lin’s barren, about an OB/GYN who wants a baby but can’t conceive yet helps her younger sister through her delivery. Thursdays Come at Morning, by Lee Cataluna, is about the connection formed between two brokenhearted men visiting the graves of their loved ones, and grappling with how to live fully when their best days seem to be behind them. Libby Carr’s Calf Scramble finds five Future Farmers of America undergoing an adolescent transformation while confronting the casual brutality of the show cattle world as they wrestle for power over their animals, their bodies, and each other. ¡VOS! by Christina Pumariega also concerns fertility in the very different setting of Buenos Aires and coping with lives lost to Argentina’s Dirty War decades earlier. Mfoniso Udofia’s The Ceremony concerns generational tension between a father and son over a pending marriage.

Visit www.ojaiplays.org/2024-newworks-festival for more information, tickets and festival passes.

One805 One Ups Themselves Again

There will probably – perhaps hopefully – never be another benefit concert like the Kick Ash Bash, the 2018 extravaganza staged as a thank you for the first responders who dealt with the late 2017 Thomas Fire and the resultant early 2018 Montecito Debris Flows. Just about every musician, actor and other entertainer who ever called the Santa Barbara area home was on hand to perform and connect and the community came together to heal in a celebratory way.

The nonprofit One805 was formed to put together that event, and in subsequent years has continued to grow and do great work supporting firefighters, police and other public safety organizations in a number of ways, including staging annual concert events that serve as a major fundraiser to fill its coffers. This year’s One805 Live! show is the biggest one yet, with headliners Pink and Dallas Green performing as their folk duo You+Me, and a bill that includes the recently road-retired Kenny Loggins, Al Stewart, Alan Parsons, Joe Bonamassa, Richard Marx, Jordan Asher Huffman, Alyssa Bonagura, and Plastic Harpoons. Also featured for the

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The classic Kander & Ebb musical is coming to the Danish village of Solvang (photo by Luis Escobar)

One805 has announced their full lineup for the fall festivities (courtesy photo)

Dear Montecito

Santa Barbara’s Newest Art Collective: double dutch

by Beatrice Tolan

Look at your shelves. It’s not the framed photos or unread books that make those shelves uniquely yours. It’s those knick-knacks, collectibles, and tchotchkes you’ve kept, moved, and refused to throw away over the years. What do these trinkets mean about us? Sam Fitz and Bella Vasquez, the co-founders of Santa Barbara’s newest art collective double dutch, have curated an upcoming gallery show to find out. double dutch’s first show, “Tchtochke,” comprised of submissions from Santa Barbara artists, intends to “explore our relationships to our possessions.” The art collective’s mission is to “elevate the visibility of young artists” so they may

“share their voices, engage with diverse audiences, and make meaningful impacts in their community.”

I first met the double dutch duo when collapsing my own art exhibition at Elsie’s Tavern. Even after brief formalities, their personalities were clear.

Fitz is a concise, driven, fiercely tattooed creative. Her influences include director Petra F. Collins and self-confessed Lisa Frank enthusiast Alake Shilling. Fitz is interested in the art histories of sapphic and queer communities, archiving how they “radicalize, reimagine, and reconstruct” their stories against “the heteronormative canon.”

Vasquez, the personification of a fuchsia butterfly, is bubbly, passionate, and enamored with editorial photography. An artistic inspiration for Vasquez is Rookie

Mag, a discontinued online magazine written “for and by teenagers,” which featured artists and writers from a variety of artistic disciplines.

double dutch’s branding is an encapsulation of both their aesthetics: nostalgic collectibles – like Troll Dolls and crane machine prizes – stuffed in microwaves and treated in halftone effects and bubblegum colors. Their kitschy socials cater to young creatives who most likely played in the digital arts program Kid Pix during their typing classes in the early aughts.

Fitz and Vasquez spent their formative years discovering their artistry through the academic art communities of Santa Barbara. Fitz attended San Marcos High School and was involved with Teen Arts Council (TAC), an arts mentorship program orchestrated by the MCASB. Vasquez attended VADA, Santa Barbara High School’s prestigious arts-focused curriculum.

Fitz and Vasquez attended UC Berkeley and UC Davis respectively, both initially pursuing film, but their history in fine art spaces drew them elsewhere.

“The ability to connect and create with people from TAC was the catalyst that guided my career in academia,” Fitz notes, leading to her involvement in the video-arts gallery VIDRINE at UC Berkeley. There, she realized her knack for curation: “While TAC was participatory, VIDRINE showed me how to run and see a curatorial program to fruition.”

suggest the name double dutch.

The idea “Tchotchke’’ came from Fitz. “I’ve always been fascinated with how my experience with tchotchkes compares to others,” she noted. “Tchotchkes can mean more to us than what meets the eye.”

Vasquez fully supported Fitz’s vision, fondly recalling a shelf in her college dorm she dubbed her ‘trinket apartment’. “It feels relevant to a lot of artists. We all have certain figurines, plushies, and toys that bring us joy.”

In the fall, Fitz will continue her passion for curation by completing a masters in Curatorial Practices at USC. “I always have an underlying thought process about shows and ideas that I would like to see come to life,” she remarks.

double dutch’s ultimate goal is to provide a “fun, safe space” for local artists to “engage with one another.” An upcoming project Fitz and Vasquez are particularly excited about is releasing a zine publication that will allow art lovers to connect with double dutch “consistently and beyond physical spaces.”

Vasquez’s deviation from film production and graphic design started at a “pivotal” textiles class. “It unearthed my inner child. I didn’t really think, I just did art with my hands.” It was 24/7 access to the textile room that led to Vasquez joining a tight-knit community of fashion design students. “I was surrounded by extremely passionate artists. It’s a different kind of energy you put into handcrafted art.”

After returning from college in 2023, both artists felt a longing to recreate the structure of academic communities. “It’s hard coming back to your hometown from a very curated, school-supported art community… I was looking to either find or create a community that replicated that,” said Fitz.

Though Fitz and Vasquez grew up in Santa Barbara, their interests existing “parallel” to one another, they only formally met six months ago when a mutual friend recognized their shared interest in creating an art community.

When Fitz and Vasquez first met at DART Coffee Gardens, Fitz said they immediately bonded over their “affinity for looser forms of art” that were “more emblematic of childhood, personal.” Vasquez added that their shared love of “childlike wonder” is what led Vasquez to

double dutch’s first show “Tchotchke’’ opens August 9th, 6-10pm, at SBCAW (the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St, Santa Barbara), and will remain on display until August 21st. To find out more about double dutch and ticket information for “Tchotchke,” visit their linktree at https://linktr.ee/ doubledutchcollective. Follow their Instagram @double.dutch.collective for future opportunities and events.

Beatrice Tolan is a fine artist, animator, and writer living in Los Angeles after residing in Montecito for 20 years. She is invested in building community through unique perspectives and stories. beatricetolan@gmail. com

Vazquez’s college trinket apartment in signature double dutch treatment

Vazquez (left) and Fitz (right) show off their tchotchkesonas

Elizabeth’s Appraisals Award Vase

by Elizabeth Stewart

HTsends me a photo of a sterling silver tulip-shaped engraved vase, won by her great-grandfather for ‘Best Dahlias’ in the 1904 Santa Barbara Flower Show. HT’s great-grandfather was quite adept at winning flower shows, as he was a Master Gardener trained in the fine mansion gardens of England. Relocating, he lived and worked in Santa Barbara in the first quarter of the 20th c., becoming one of the foremost authorities on our local foliage. His name was W. Stanley Davis, one of the best in the period of Montecito great gardeners; he was in charge of the gardens of Glen Oaks on East Valley Road, the large estate of millionaire J. Hobart Moore and his wife Lora Josephine Small Moore. HT, his great-granddaughter, writes me that her great-grandfather transformed an expanse of wild sage at Glen Oaks to a field of flowers, which became a show place for the Valley. In fact, the estate was formerly named “Field Place,” previously owned by Dr Alexander Blair Thaw and his wife Florence Dow Thaw; Moore purchased the estate in 1906.

The Library of Congress has a special section called the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection of Gardens and Historic Homes. Johnston was a photographer of gardens in the early 20th century. In the library’s collection we see a 3.25” x 4” glass lantern slide labeled “Glen Oaks: Rustic Bridges in Flower Garden” shot by Frances Benjamin Johnston (18641952). “Lora” Moore, now a resident of Montecito, was interested in architecture and had her eye on a lovely property on Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe. She had a nephew by marriage in her social circle, an architect, who had built an estate in Montecito that he had designed in the Cape (South African) Colonial style, and another property in New York, designed in the old Swedish style. She was very interested in the latter. Her nephew’s name was Lennart Palme (1881-1971).

James Hobart Moore (NYC 1854-1916) was trained as a lawyer, but ended up one of the Nation’s wealthiest men. Along with his brother William, the pair, known as the “Moore Group,” formed at least four great corporations with a combined capital of $187 million, a princely sum in the early 20th c. Amongst their holdings were National Biscuit Co. (Nabisco), Union Pacific Railway, Diamond Match Co., U.S. Steel Co., and the American Can Co. He had a short marriage to Laura (Lora) Josephine Small, herself one of the wealthiest women in America. James Hobart Moore died in 1916; “Lora” married Harry French Knight, President of the St. Louis Flying Club, a club that was instrumental in Charles Lindbergh’s flight in 1927 across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis. Lora Moore Knight had dinner with Lindbergh the night before the flight; she was one of his primary funders. Mrs. Knight, formerly Mrs. Moore, contacted Lennart Palme and asked for his help designing her Lake mansion, which became known as Vikingsholm on Emerald Bay (now owned by the Park Service). Thus, we see the Santa Barbara, Lake Tahoe, and St. Louis connection, and we will soon see the early 20th century connection to the early 21st century connection.

The former Mrs. Moore hired Palme to escort her to his native Sweden to research classic Swedish building techniques and styles which were to be used in Vikingsholm, which Palme began in 1929. Another Montecito architect, Myron Hunt, was busy building another estate for the former Mrs. Moore called “Cima Del Mundo,” which Hunt began for her in 1924. A connection between myself and the Palme family came in the form of Mr. Chris Palme in 2019, the grandson of the architect, an active realtor in Montecito affiliated with Sotheby’s

International Realty, who hired me as an appraiser. When contacted for this story, Chris told me “I’ve been to Vikingsholm many times and I always enjoy seeing the references to my grandfather there.”

And here’s another personal connection to the garden that W. Stanley Davis built from 1906-1916 for the Moore family in Montecito. When a scholarly paper I wrote for a gardening journal – about the historic Mission Cliff Gardens in San Diego –received nationwide attention, a law firm in Santa Barbara hired me as an historian for a case involving an early 20th century Montecito historic garden. That was my first experience in Santa Barbara, and I never went back to San Diego. What they say about 6 degrees is TRUE! The value of the sterling vase is $900.00.

Elizabeth Stewart, PhD is a veteran appraiser of fine art, furniture, glass, and other collectibles, and a cert. member of the AAA and an accr. member of the ASA. Please send any objects to be appraised to Elizabethappraisals@ gmail.com

The sterling silver tulip-shaped engraved vase

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Go Sip It on the Mountain: Elevation is Secret to New Ojai Mountain Wines

by Gabe Saglie

It’s not just the views that impress from atop Sulphur Mountain in Ventura County. It’s the wines, too.

Ojai Mountain Winery is one of the newest wine projects on the Central Coast. Its first releases hit the market just last year, and the buzz around them has been swift and upbeat. Their acclaim stems from the remarkable team behind them, to be sure, including Sonoma County winemaker Erich Bradley. But their secret sauce may well be the vineyard’s very special location, and its remarkable altitude.

“We’re used to high elevation in Sonoma – 1,800 feet, 2,000 feet,” says Mr. Bradley, an industry heavyweight who’s been crafting award-winning wines for close to 30 years under celebrated labels like Sojourn, Pangloss, Texture and Repris. “But here, we’re talking close to 3,000 feet!”

At 2,800 feet, to be precise, Ojai Mountain can claim to be one of the highest-elevation vineyards in the entire state. It was sheer height, then, that lured Mr. Bradley away from his viticultural homebase in the Bay Area to explore the potential of a brand-new vineyard on a remote and rugged mountaintop about 20 minutes from downtown Ojai.

The terrain was overgrown and unkempt, and the topsoil was long washed away, when Olga and Mikhail Chernov, longtime wine collectors and clients of Mr. Bradley, purchased the property less than 10 years ago. But the plot was above the fog line, bathed in steady sunlight each day, and cooled off by ocean breezes each night. Meticulously, and with a focus on regenerative farming, they cleared and

primed the land – “back-breaking work,” the winemaker says – and planted close to 10 acres of wine grapes in 2018.

With vines in the ground, they then tapped Mr. Bradley to join their viticultural journey.

“The high elevation of the site, plus the direct access to marine air – all with beautiful water views and in a forgiving climate like in Ventura County – that was very intriguing,” says Mr. Bradley.

The Ojai Mountain team includes industry experts hand-picked by Mr. Bradley, like viticulturalist Phil Coturri, a pioneer in organic and biodynamic farming, and vineyard manager Martin Ramirez, who’s shepherded grapes for the likes of Ojai Vineyards’ Adam Tolmach for decades. Grapes are picked overnight, loaded onto refrigerated trucks and then driven up to the Sonoma facility where

Ojai Mountain Vineyard is located at an elevation of 2,800 feet, keeping grapes well above the daytime fog line (courtesy photo)

Winemaker Erich Bradley considers the 2021 Syrah to be the best wine on the Ojai Mountain label to date (courtesy photo)

each year, providing free eye exams and eyeglasses to our most vulnerable populations, including children. The local clinics are also growing their capacity to meet the ever-expanding need in town.

But hitting half a century of service is a major milestone that deserves to be celebrated and SEE International has something in the works for October.

Since its last Night for Sight gala a decade ago, SEE International has generally eschewed the standard nonprofit annual benefit bash as a means to fill its coffers, preferring instead to touch base with potential donors on more personalized levels at micro events such as donor appreciation gatherings, and to put more of its resources into work that directly focuses on its patients.

But this year is different.

“Turning 50 is an opportunity we could not pass up,” said Tennant. “We’re very excited about this gala, which celebrates the fact that since 1974 we have reached great heights in our mission to end preventable blindness around the world and at home. We’re looking forward to celebrating these achievements and advancing our efforts further through the event.”

SEE’s 50th Anniversary Gala, slated for October 24 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, is a BlackTie event that includes a cocktail hour, three-course dinner and live entertainment, plus an after-party across the hall complete with more music, dancing and cocktails. Sponsorships and individual

tickets are available now to further the organization’s goal of a world where preventable blindness no longer exists and the cycle of hardship caused by blindness and visual impairment is halted. Contact development@seeintl.org or call (805) 380-7522 for more information.

“We really want the community to be part of this celebration, to either come to the gala or perhaps make a contribution towards our organization’s needs, which would be phenomenal,” Tennant said.

It’s a wonderful opportunity to connect with this locally-headquartered organization with a huge worldwide impact, whose officers who are only too happy to talk with local philanthropists.

“Please let people know I’m readily available,” Tennant said.

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first time is the Santa Barbara Symphony, who continue to broaden their appeal by offering orchestral accompaniment for some of the acts at the concert held for a second year at Kevin Costner’s oceanside Summerland estate on September 20.

On a different note, organizers have learned from last year’s logistical issues, including some obstructed views and a massive logjam to exit at evening’s end. The fewer cabanas will be located closer to the stage, all obstructions to the view have been removed, and food service will be dramatically improved as will the VIP seating. Plus, both the arrival and departure system are being completely revised, with better traffic flow and a second gate to ensure better crowd control and a safer, more orderly exit. Visit www.One805.org for more information and tickets.

Fiesta Music

If you somehow missed Mezcal Martini at their romp through the July calendar of free outdoor concerts – including Music at the Ranch, Concerts in the Park, and Meet Me in Old Town Goleta – you’ve got another chance this week as the Latin jazz band heads to Fiesta’s Mercado De La Guerra for a 6:45 pm stage slot on August

2, followed by False Puppet. And fear not: even though there’s no more Mercado Del Norte with its full lineup of bands and dancers, Spencer the Gardener still gets the closing night honors, winding up Saturday’s, and Fiesta’s, performances at 8:30 pm on August 3. Meanwhile, in case you haven’t yet heard enough mariachi music on downtown streets or elsewhere during Old Spanish Days, there’s the 27th Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival at the Santa Barbara Bowl, with a full complement of professional mariachi bands including Alex Fernandez & Camila Fernandez, Leyendas del Mariachi, Mariachi Galleros de Danny Rey, and Mariachi Las Catrinas on August 3. Viva!

Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage

CATCH SOME SUMMER TIME VIBES

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Author Gill Paul imagines a friendship between two glamorous women in her latest, Scandalous Women. Jacqueline Susann was the first to shock the publishing industry with her now iconic Valley of the Dolls, which remains one of the all-time best-selling novels in history. Two years later, in 1968, Jackie Collins published The World is Full of Married Men, which also made the best-seller lists. Paul writes of an imaginary friendship between the two ambitious, over-the-top authors sharing a mentor-mentee relationship. The two are fighting against a misogynistic publishing world, critics who loathe both their work, and audiences who eat their books up by the millions. Paul gives the two extraordinary writers their due –women with their fingers on the pulse of the sexual revolution.

‘Behind Every Good Man’

When Beverly Diamond walks in on her husband canoodling with his secretary, she sets out for revenge. She talks her way into a job assisting the senatorial campaign of a young underdog in Maryland, who just happens to be the political rival of the incumbent senator who employs her husband. In Behind Every Good Man, Sara Goodman Confino has written a humorous, yet heartfelt story of a 1960s woman determined to find her place in the work force as a newly single woman in the very male dominated political world of Washington, D.C. politics.

Stories Matter Summer Thrills

by Leslie Zemeckis

‘The Hollywood Assistant’

The Hollywood Assistant is another fast-paced thriller from author May Cobb. Drawing on her years as an assistant for an A-list director and his beautiful actress wife, Cobb crafts a compelling story about Cassidy, a girl who finds herself at a crossroads in life. Bruised from a recent breakup, she leaps at the chance to move to Hollywood and start a new life. Her job seems too good to be true; there are shared cappuccinos in the morning and numerous glasses of wine at the end of the day. The actress is kind, and the husband is hot, and Cassidy quickly develops a crush on him, believing her feelings are reciprocated. All seems fine until he winds up dead in the bedroom with his wife looming over him.

‘The Instrumentalist’

Author Harriet Constable uncovers a fascinating story of a group of orphan girls set in 18th century Venice, Italy. The resulting historical fiction, The Instrumentalist is a moving portrait of a child prodigy violinist. Anna Maria della Pietà knows she is good and will do anything to become the greatest violinist of her day. If not, she will be married off

to someone not of her choosing. Anna Maria comes under the tutelage of the temperamental Vivaldi who seems just as likely to break her as to let her become a serious rival to his talents. Anna Maria refuses to give up under his difficult tutelage, willing to sacrifice everything to become the greatest musician of her day.

‘The Witch’s Daughter’

Musician Orenda Fink has written an incredibly moving, raw and vulnerable memoir entitled The Witch’s Daughter: My Mother, Her Magic and the Madness that Bound Us. Night after night, growing up, Fink sat with her mother who told magical tales of being a witch over countless glasses of booze. Fink, her sisters and both parents lived in near squalor in the south, in homes that battled an infestation of rats along with the demons their mother fought. Fink escapes when she starts a band with a friend. Moving away, she finds herself continually pulled back into the violence and the drama created by her mother. It will be nearly twenty years before Fink can extract herself through meditation, music and the discovery that her mother is most likely an undiagnosed borderline personality. This is a very special memoir of hope and resilience and the power of art and love.

‘When the Night Comes Falling’

Howard Blum ’s When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders is a compelling masterpiece of investigative reporting. On the scene shortly after the four murders occur, Blum delves into the dark side of the college town of Moscow, Idaho, which involves a church sex scandal, drug use, and now the seemingly random kill-

ing of four young students. Unsparingly but with laudable sensitively, Blum delves into the lives of the victims, their devastated families, and the accused: a troubled criminology student. The book has already been likened to Capote’s masterpiece In Cold Blood. There is a reason Blum’s coverage of this tragedy had him nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

‘The Quiet Tenant’

The recently published paperback version of The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon is a heart-pounding and creepy story, a must read for fans of psychological thrillers. The book starts with the “woman in the shed” who has been held against her will for five years. Okay, I know you are already saying “too creepy,” but what is genius about the story is the way Michallon crawls into the minds of all the characters involved. Written from the perspective of the three most important people in the killer’s life; his victim, the girl who wants to be his girlfriend, and his adored and very sheltered young daughter. It’s so good.

Leslie Zemeckis is an awardwinning documentarian, best-selling author, and actor. The creator of “Stories Matter,” professional female authors mentoring the next generation of female storytellers, co-sponsored by SBIFF.

position, going at it for as long as it takes. The unfortunate reality is that this is a hyper competitive industry, and that process can last a long-time during school and for many years after. So I’m trying to steel myself and stay committed to my goals and have the patience to wait it out. Once I get somewhere, I will cultivate the community connections for playing chamber music and solo opportunities. Later, I’d love to teach at a university, partly to give back and also, frankly, to be a great female role model in an extremely male dominated instrument area. I think I would love to be that person for young people who are coming up.

I know you came here for the music, but what have you done here in Santa Barbara that’s not MAW-related?

I went to Santa Cruz Island for the day, kayaking and snorkeling, which was on my national parks bucket list. It was amazing! We saw all sorts of great creatures. And it’s quiet. I love the Music Academy, but it’s very loud all the time. There’s just a silence to the air out there on the islands, which are very untouched.

The end is here. The eight-week wonder that is the Music Academy of the West’s summer festival is finito after this weekend. But there’s still time to catch samples in nearly every category of what MAW offers in just three short days. The even better news? Tickets are available for all of the events as of this writing.

Thursday, August 1: The final violin masterclass of the season is led by the studio’s sixth teaching artist of the summer in Nathan Cole, the LA Philharmonic’s first associate concertmaster. Cole is trading coasts this summer to step into the concertmaster role of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Lehmann, 1:30 pm; $10)... Lehrer Vocal Institute closes out its masterclass series in a session run by John Churchwell, the longtime MAW faculty member and a leading collaborative pianist of his generation who became co-director of LVI last summer. (Hahn Hall, 3:30 pm; $10)... MAW’s x2 concert series – which matches teaching artists with fellows for side-by-side chamber music performances on stage – comes to a close with six faculty members and 11 fellows featured on a fabulous program. David Lang’s “Cheating, Lying, Stealing” is the composer’s attempt to counteract what he calls classical music creators basically boasting about their skills and insight. “What would it be like if composers-based pieces on what they thought was wrong with them?” he muses in notes for the piece. “I wanted to make a piece

that was about something disreputable, looking at something dark. It’s a hard line to cross (because) you have to work against all your training. You are not taught to find the dirty seams in music. You are not taught to be low-down, clumsy, sly and underhanded. There is a swagger (in this piece), but it is not trustworthy.” Indeed, the instructions for playing the work scored for Bass Clarinet, Cello, Piano, Percussion, Antiphonal Brake Drums is “ominous funk.” Also on the bill: Schumann’s rarely performed “Andante and Variations” in its original instrumentation of two pianos, two cellos and horn; and somewhat more standard Brahms’ “String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36.” (Hahn Hall, 7:30 pm; $45)

Friday, August 2: MAW’s final fellows competition for 2024 is also the granddaddy of them all, the Marilyn Horne Song Competition in which there are no preliminary rounds, meaning all of the vocal fellows and pianists will perform during the daylong event, vying for what remains of the most prestigious prizes of the summer. Even a directing fellow is part of the proceedings, as Paige Cameron DirkesJacks worked with the singers on their presentation techniques. (Hahn Hall, 11 am; $10)... In addition to Muhly’s “Measured to Fit,” the Fellows Friday concert’s fascinating finish also features movements from Rachmaninov’s “Piano Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in G Minor,” Prokofiev’s “Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39,” and Smetana’s “String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor” ( From My Life ). Julius Eastman’s landmark 1973 work Stay on It , with the 10 instrumental fellows, as well as the Grammy-nominated Sing! director Erin McKibben and the program’s choral directors joining in on the vocal line, coached by Conor Hanick , come together to close out the program on a joyous note. (Hahn Hall, 7:30 pm; $45)

Saturday, August 3: Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu, who has been praised for his “scrupulous ear for instrumental color and blend” (Washington Post) and brings ‘a distinctive dynamism to the podium’” (Baltimore Sun), returns for a third consecutive summer, this time for the last event of the summer. The Chief Conductor of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet leads the fellows-powered Academy Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s monumental “Symphony No. 6,” the epic work known as the “Tragic” through its exhaustive journey/profound meditation on the human experience, ranging from absolute ecstasy to total despair. (Granada, 7:30 pm; $18-$115)

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Fiesta celebration as a romantic time during the first full moon of August, complete with parades and elegant parties. Lyn and her sister went to El Paseo, the heart of Fiesta activity, where a tall handsome young man asked her to dance. His training as a Jose Monero dancer and hers as a ballerina meant they were a spectacular pair on the dance floor. The young man was John Profant, the son of Mabel and Henry. Dancing with this lovely young woman changed the course of his life. The stars, and their shared interests in the arts, served to guide their future path together. Marie Profant, one of their four daughters, described her parent’s relationship, “My mother often told us that on their first date they went to a CAMA concert and on the ride home on Cabrillo Boulevard in the moonlight my father sang ‘La Vie en Rose’ to her with his beautiful voice … en français! Now how romantic is that?” Marie emphasized that it was a mutual love of the arts and their interest in creative pursuits that influenced their entire life as a couple, and as parents of their children. After establishing a home for his family and having completed a successful career at Northrup Aircraft, John’s dream was to pursue his own creative interests and establish a venue to give back to the artistic community from which he had gained so much. Sadly, this was not to be as he died shortly after retiring. His wife Lyn carried forth her husband’s vision by creating the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts. As an educator, Lyn penned a mission to support developing visual and performance artists regardless of age or circumstance. As Co-founder Mignonne Profant explained, “We realize that life can often get in the way in the pursuit of our dreams. Our scholarship application has no age limits. Our recipients have ranged in age from 9 to 75!”

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The Foundation’s mission continues in the capable hands of Lyn, her daughters, and the members of the Profant family. And in keeping with the contributions, the style and the dedication of Lynda Millner on behalf of the Foundation, this column is written in her honor. For almost a century the Profant family has promoted the arts and cultural heritage of Santa Barbara. The family looks forward to welcoming the Fiesta Finale guests at 5:30 pm on August 4th at the El Paseo Restaurant – where it all began!

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Mr. Bradley and his team take over.

Early on, plantings included several Bordeaux grapes, like cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot and petit verdot, along with syrah. The site’s first wine was a 2020 Estate Red ($60) that’s a blend of all of them, which this writer found to be deliciously balanced – rich and earthy, bright and bouncy, at once. It impressed the winemaker, too. “It was surprising how complex it was, for a wine from firstlead wines in a virgin site,” he says.

Beginning with the 2022 vintage, though, the Rhônes have taken over. Ojai Mountain Vineyard is now planted primarily to syrah, grenache, and mourvedre; there are a few vines of the Spanish grape, tempranillo, too. For whites, the site grows grenache blanc, picpoul, and roussanne.

“So far, the wines have surpassed expectations to retain acidity,” says. Mr. Bradley, “and the grapes really impress with their ability to retain acidity during the growing season. There’s a direct correlation between that and the marine air always zooming by, as winds really like to roll up there. And with all the sunlight the plants get – that produces a lot of carbohydrates, so the grapes don’t struggle to get ripe. We’re able to hit notes with these wines that we’re simply not able to hit anywhere else! And now it feels obvious, of course, considering how unique this site is.”

Among the small batch of early releases, Mr. Bradley’s own favorite wine is the 2021 Syrah ($90). “I’m thrilled – it’s best wine we have, especially considering it’s coming from such a young spot!” he says. This writer found it buxom, concentrated, layered and fresh. It has remarkable aging potential.

The 2022 Syrah is in bottle and will be released in a few months.

On the white front, yields have been small but impressive, and releases have all been blends. The current 2022 Estate White ($75) is remarkably brilliant, with splashy minerality and a bracing mouth feel; the 2023 rendition will be released soon.

and one that’s paying early dividends.

“When you see an opportunity to grow something different, to do something new, to learn – there’s something very appealing about that,” he says. “Even if doesn’t work out, there are lessons there. But in this case, with things really working out, the ceiling is incredibly high for what we can accomplish. For us, we know that the best wines off this property will happen long after we’re no longer involved. But the challenging aspect of getting the vineyard on firm ground, trying to put it into position so that it’s there for a long time, so that it reaches its potential – setting later caretakers up for success and expanding the horizons that we all have for what these wines can be – that’s very rewarding.”

Find out more and sign up for allocations of current and upcoming releases, at ojaimountainestate.com. And follow them on social: @ojaimountain.

Sigrid Toye is an Educational and Behavior Therapist with a PhD in Clinical Psychology, a freelance writer, and a storyteller. She loves all things creative, including her two (adult) artist children.

There’s growth on the horizon for the Ojai Mountain brand. There’s plenty more arable land on the summit estate, and the Chernovs have recently bought up two adjacent parcels. And when I ask Mr. Bradely about the potential for this project to inspire a brand-new AVA, “it’s an obvious candidate,” he suggests. “You can easily make an argument that the grapes being grown here, and the wines being made from them, are very different from grapes and wines being produced in any other area of the Central Coast.”

At its core, for Mr. Bradley and his team, pioneers all, the Ojai Mountain project represents an enticing challenge,

Mr. Bradley will host a consumer event on August 6th at 3:30 pm at The Farmhouse on the grounds of the Ojai Valley Inn. Guests will taste five Ojai Mountain wines, paired with cheese and charcuterie, and be treated to insight and stories from the winemaker. Get your tickets through the “Upcoming Events” section at farmhouseojai.com.

Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV, and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips, and trends.

Erich Bradley dabbled mainly in Northern California grapes for decades, until the unique altitude of the Ojai Mountain vines lured him south to Ventura County (courtesy photo)

Fiesta Finale features an evening of entertainment, song, and food where it all began – El Paseo Restaurant (courtesy photo)

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together with our two teenage boys. I love to share my art. Most of my collectors come from the U.S.”

We talked about his work, tsunami 03 , which is the fourth work in his tsunami series. Barberini, “The tsunami is a metaphor of human society. The books represent our culture and the passing of history, the jellyfish are a species that can be reborn and have a new life, so I use them in a lot of my work, there is a crowd of people of different colors, the carnivorous plants are a metaphor of the revenge of Mother Earth, and the boats represent our first way to move and discover a New World. The work is our history in the ocean and shaped like an ocean wave, the regular movement of the ocean, so to say we still do the same wrong and right things. Society as a tsunami is saying that society is without control.”

My art review: His work is meticulous and has a colorful flow, requiring, however, studied viewing to appreciate the finer details and messages. Here we have an artist using an ancient technique with contemporary design to speak about the world as he views it now. Most impressive and reflecting thinking material. Readers, it’s a #mustsee.

Barberini has received awards for his art, shown his works in museums and has done exhibitions throughout Italy, France, Poland, Tokyo, Dallas, and now Santa Barbara. He graduated from the Istituto Statale d’Arte Gino Severini.

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Faragher Brothers & Family at the Alcazar

I talked with Tommy Faragher this week about his band, The Faragher Brothers, who will be doing a twonight residency at the Alcazar Theatre, Carpinteria, August 9 and 10.

The original band was formed in the 1970s up in Redlands, CA by four brothers, Tommy, Davey, Jimmy, and Danny Faragher. While their long history in the music industry and cult fan base can

be found all over the internet, Tommy and I talked about where the band is at in 2024, and what fans can expect from their upcoming performances.

Q. What is on the set list for the Alcazar performances?

A. This year we have decided to feature our first LP titled, Yellow Album , in its entirety. Last year we did most of that album, and it was so well received that we decided to do all of it. Our songs are written by us, and original. There will be two sets for each performance, and Saturday before the show we will have a meet & greet. There will be our merch for sale.

What band members are playing at the Alcazar?

Original band of our four brothers Tommy Faragher, Davey Faragher, Jimmy Faragher and Danny Faragher, and our sister Pammy Faragher. Davey’s son Charlie Faragher will be on drums, he just graduated from USC with a music major. My daughter Daisy, who is a current UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music student, is performing on alto saxophone and singing vocals. This year we will be featuring our wonderful tenor sax and flautist Danny Moynahan as well as guitarist Marcus Watkins

Where are you with your music in 2024? We sing, we play, no auto tune, no computer-generated tracks. We are doing

the same thing we have been doing all of our lives. Music has always been the gathering point for our family, and that will never change. As the music industry gets more dependent on AI, people who enjoy watching other humans performing and putting their heart and souls into it love what we do. We call it Family Soul.

Has the band stayed in music since the 1970s?

We have all stayed in music, though we have taken different individual paths. Davey has been playing with Elvis Costello in The Imposters for the last 20 some years earning a Grammy and two nominations along the way. Before that he was a founding member of a successful band called Cracker. I have changed my musical journey many times, as a recording artist singing on the soundtrack to Staying Alive (Grammy nomination), to writing / producing top 10 hits for Taylor Dayne (ASCAP Pop Award), Paul Young, Al Green & O’Jays etc. to producing music for TV including “Teenage Dream” for Glee which was a top 10 hit. Jimmy continued to write and perform music in various bands and collaborations and has the voice of a bird which you will hear at The Alcazar. Danny has also worked on various TV shows and recordings and has been teaching and mentoring young students in Los Angeles. Pammy has been singing and developing her following as a performer. Davey’s son Charlie has become a busy session and live drummer in the L.A. scene and is working with

many great artists. My daughter Daisy is studying different ethnic styles of music, sings in fluent Farsi and Spanish and is a big jazz buff.

And where does the band want to go with music?

That’s funny, the title of one of the songs we decided to include in our set at The Alcazar is, “Go Where We Want to Go.” We want to keep playing for our fans and celebrating our musical collaboration on stage. This is a unique situation, and we want to enjoy it while we can. Do you know of another music group with seven family members all playing together on the same stage? We realized that our music from long ago had left an impression on a group of people that never stopped listening to our music and we wanted to reach out to them.

We decided to get the band back together because the owner of Vitello’s Club said to me that he’d be happy if the Faragher Bros would get back together and do a show. I mentioned it to my daughter, Daisy, who decided to listen to our full LPs and encouraged me to reach out to my brothers and start playing.

Daisy happened to walk in when Tommy and I were talking and she shared, “I grew up with my family doing jam sessions, but I never really heard all of the band’s music except one video on YouTube. So, when I recently listened to all their albums, I encouraged my dad to get the band back and play. I listen almost exclusively to music that is from 40 years ago. I’m more interested in stuff from the ‘60s and ‘70s. At UCLA, among music students, it’s impressive, their knowledge of all eras and styles of music.”

Right now, we are being featured on two Spotify playlists “Yacht Rock” and “Soft Rock” and we have over a million streams and almost 60,000 monthly listeners on our Artist Page so who knows what’s to come? We will keep doing what we do and hopefully people will discover our music and our children and grandchildren will carry on our musical tradition.

Grab tickets which are selling out!

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Marcus Watkins, Danny Moynahan, Charlie Faragher, Pammy Faragher, Danny Faragher, Daisy Faragher, Tommy Faragher, Davey Faragher, and Jimmy Faragher (photo by John Nyboer)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Montecito Sanitary District (“District”) will receive sealed bids, electronically, for its BID NO. 2024-02, 2024 Manhole Rehabilitation (“Project”), by or before Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. through its PlanetBids portal. All associated documents, including bonding information, shall be submitted with the bid. Bidders must be registered on the District’s PlanetBids™ portal in order to submit a Bid Proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that their Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids so plan accordingly. The receiving time on PlanetBids’ server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the District’s PlanetBids portal. If any Addendum issued by the District is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids system may prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal.

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Project Description: The Project entails the rehabilitation (lining) of 93 existing sewer manholes. All locations of the manholes are within the Montecito Sanitary District Boundary and the County of Santa Barbara.

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In accordance with the provisions of California Public Contract Code § 3300, and Business and Professions Code § 7028.15(e), the contractor and any subcontractors shall be licensed by the contractors’ state licensing board and registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations at the time the contract is awarded. Failure to possess the specified license shall render a bidder’s bid as non-responsive and shall bar award of the contract to any bidder not possessing the specified license at the time of the award.

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There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference on Monday August 5, at 10:00 a.m. at the Montecito Sanitary District Board Room, 1042 Monte Cristo Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Bidders must attend this pre-bid conference as a requirement for submittal of a bid proposal.

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• Montecito Journal, July 24 and July 31, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Elizabeth Appraisals; Elizabeth Stewart, 400 East Pedregosa St, Unit 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Elizabeth Appraisals LLC, 400 East Pedregosa St, Unit 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 23, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001750. Published July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gold Coast Creative, 1475 Sterling Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Erika M Pruett, 1475 Sterling Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 10, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20240001630. Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tre Lune; Tre Lune Ristorante; Tre Lune Restaurant; Tre Lune Ristorante - Bar 1151 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Quattro, INC, 114 E. Haley St. Suite O, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 1, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001565. Published July 10, 17, 24, 31, 2024

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Bids open at 2:00 PM on Thursday, August 15, 2024 for:

SANTA CLAUS LANE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT - PHASE 1A FROM PADARO LANE TO SAND POINT ROAD IN THE 1ST SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT

COUNTY PROJECT No. 720783

General project work description: Road Improvements and Reconstruction. Retaining Walls and Multipurpose Path

The Plans, Specifications, and Bid Book are available at https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43874

The Contractor must have either a Class A license or any combination of the following Class C licenses which constitutes a majority of the work: C-8, C-12, C-13, C-31, C-50, C-51

Submit sealed bids to the web address below. Bids will be opened available at the web address below immediately following the submittal deadline.

PlanetBids

https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43874

Complete the project work within 150 Workings Days

The estimated cost of the project is $ 9,300,000

An optional pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this project on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at 10:00 AM near Santa Claus Lane and Padaro Lane intersection This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of PCC Section 4104, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code (LAB) Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 7029.1 or by PCC Section 10164 or 20103.5 provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to LAB Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

Prevailing wages are required on this Contract. The Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates. Obtain the wage rates at the DIR website https://www.dir.ca.gov/

Inquiries or questions based on alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications, or estimate must be submitted as a bidder inquiry by 2:00 PM on 08/09/2024. Submittals after this date will not be addressed. Questions pertaining to this Project prior to Award of the Contract must be submitted via PlanetBids Q&A tab.

Bidders (Plan Holders of Record) will be notified by electronic mail if addendums are issued. The addendums, if issued, will only be available on the County PlanetBids website, https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43874

By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara this project was authorized to be advertised on 06/04/2019

Christopher Sneddon Director of Public Works

Published July 24 and July 31, 2024 Montecito Journal

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 24CV03463. To all interested parties: Petitioner Paul Douglas Seaman filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Paul Bouchard. 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. Filed July 15, 2024 by Preston Frye. Hearing date: August 30, 2024 at 10 am in Dept. 4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 24CV03344. To all interested parties: Petitioner Gisselle Berenice Sanchez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Gisselle Berenice Monterroza Gonzalez. 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. Filed July 10, 2024 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: August 23, 2024 at 10 am in Dept. 4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14, 2024

would leave them shaken but unharmed. Elsewhere in the city that evening, the gang would rob and murder seven people in a furious crime spree.

The terrifying episode was so out of nowhere it seemed almost to signify something. Michael and Gabriella had been spared. Their story would now unfold in a not-readily-identifiable state of grace.

Denver to Austria to Boston to Santa Barbara, then off to Geneva and back again. The two packed a lot in. They would tie the knot in an Austrian civil ceremony with picturesque Salzburg as backdrop. Michael would next have to embrace Old World Catholicism in order to marry in the requisite church ceremony, taking communion lessons and effecting a functionally shallow dive into the divine Mysteries. This was coursework at which the practical Salsbury briefly bridled. The man’s New World naivete and baked-in American alacrity may be best reflected in his initial query. “Couldn’t we just tell everyone I’m Catholic?”

In March of 1990, the transplanted Bostonians welcomed baby Nicholas into their lives. Soon thereafter, Michael’s Best Man role in an old friend’s Ojai wedding would introduce he and Gabriella to California, and a laughably delicious Erewhon called Santa Barbara.

Before long they were hitching an overstuffed U-Haul to their worried-looking Subaru wagon and heading west, following a longish transcontinental tradition.

Stephanie. Jennifer. Gracie.

The arrival of their second child was a bit more fraught, but joyous. Five months in, though, little Stephanie began exhibiting strange behaviors that were soon identified as seizures, the episodes initiating with a strangely fluttering left eye. As the doctors feverishly worked to figure out what was happening, Stephanie’s seizures became more frequent and she began to dwindle.

Her doctor offered aloud that she may be experiencing the effects of leukodystrophy, an indescribably rare neurological condition in which the “white matter” of the brain – the collective insulating material that both sheaths the axons and conducts their electro-chemical messages – begins to inexplicably vanish. Still, they were stumbling around in the dark. Stephanie would pass in her parents’ arms, the devastated family taking her to their beloved Butterfly Beach to share with her unseeing eyes a final moment at the shoreline they’d come to love. A disturbance in the gently turning

waters caught Nicholas’ eye. “Look at all the dolphins!” he cried out. Just offshore, several dozen dolphins gamboled about, some of them arcing out of the water in playful leaps. The Salsbury family stood and stared. And wept copious, indefinable tears.

Energies (plural)

The family’s journey was just beginning. Bogglingly rare medical misfortune would test the Salsbury’s perception of a largely benign universe again and again. And again. These manifold losses would themselves provide science the means to finally identify the exact nature of the family’s physiological haunting.

Today siblings Nicholas, Lauren, and Sebastian round out the Salsbury clan. Through it all, Michael’s lifelong running habit had seen him through the deepest emotional valleys and, at the birth of his and Gabriella’s youngest, would curiously remanifest in a young man who would discover the sport of trail running the way a fish discovers water.

Sebastian Salsbury’s accomplishments and preternatural endurance have, at this writing, given the young man a global reputation. It’s almost as if he is running on the unspent energies of his departed sibs, energies now happily on loan from wherever these ledgers are drawn up – the First Law of Thermodynamics as a gift from the next room. Believe it.

Sebastian’s competitive running has, from an early age, stunned onlookers, trainers, and casual observers, and he is just coming into his own. A lifetime of running gives a guy a heart like a thoroughbred, and while there are few hearts that can’t be broken, there are fewer still that can’t be made stronger in the reassembly.

Robert’s Big Questions Some Want to Watch the World Burn?

by Robert Bernstein

In the 1980s I was Action Coordinator for the Central America Response Network. We were a small group of very dedicated volunteers who worked to stop Reagan’s terror campaign of rape, torture and murder in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. We did direct aid to the victims, public education, political lobbying, organizing rallies and protests as well as cultural events.

One of our recurring events: bringing former CIA officials to speak about the terror and disinformation operations that they witnessed and/or participated in.

Those events were very popular, including overflow crowds at UCSB Campbell Hall and the Victoria Street Theater.

At the end of these events, we would announce our pending meetings and invite people to get involved to help put an end to these atrocities. Yet we rarely had anyone new come to a meeting. I could not grasp how a thousand or more people could come to such an event and listen very attentively. Yet they had no interest in doing anything to stop the horror.

After years of this, I had an awful realization: They were not coming to get informed and motivated to act to make the world a more humane and peaceful place. They were coming to listen to how everything was going to hell and enjoying having a front row seat to the spectacle.

This may be obvious to you, dear reader. But I was very slow to grasp this.

I was reminded of this, reading a New York Times article this week by Michelle Goldberg: “The Trump Shooter and the Growing Nihilism of Young Men”. She quoted a line in the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight: “Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

We used to have political debates about policies and issues. But the Trump era seems to be a personality cult rather than about any issues. We know little about the young man who shot Trump. He was a registered Republican. Those who knew him said he was not especially political, but the views he expressed were clearly to the right.

Goldberg expressed it this way: “Though details remain sparse, this appears to be a story less about fanatical partisanship than about the crisis of lonely and disconnected young men being radicalized into pure nihilism.”

She went on to say, “The reporting

that has emerged so far describes him as an outcast, not an activist.” In high school he apparently had a passion for gun culture and was bullied. He had tried to join a rifle team, but he was rejected for being a bad shot. When he was killed after shooting Trump, he was wearing a “Demolition Ranch” t-shirt. Demolition Ranch is a meeting place for gun fanatics. Goldberg cites researcher Jacob Ware, who wrote a report “The Third Generation of Online Extremism.” Ware wrote, “Not only are organizations less important; ideologies are less important.” Instead, these individuals are driven by chat rooms where they whip up a sense of impending doom.

Many of these individuals are “Incels.” Young men who are “involuntarily celibate” because they can’t find female companions. They talk about “Going ER.” A reference to Elliot Rodger, who committed mass murder right here in Isla Vista. A suicidal, homicidal rage to express their frustration.

Goldberg quotes journalist Elle Reeve: “If the present reality is corrupt and dying, then you are no longer bound by its moral and ethical restraints.” These people feel liberated by this sense of impending apocalypse.

It is ironic that someone with this view tried to assassinate Trump. Trump is exactly such a person himself and attracts such people. A Trump-supporting Facebook friend of mine posted “We are Nineveh, hopefully.” These people are not ideologically right wing. They are enraged by Biden because he believes there can be a better future if we work together to make it happen.

It is worth noting that Reagan also believed he would preside over Armageddon. How easy it would be to wait for a glorious apocalypse and ascend to an imaginary heaven. Some of us would rather build a better world here on Earth. That is the real struggle we face.

Robert Bernstein holds degrees from Physics departments of MIT and UCSB. His passion to understand the Big Questions of life, the universe and to be a good citizen of the planet. Visit facebook. com/questionbig

Michael Salsbury will be discussing and signing his book Running from Tragedy on Thursday, August 8, at 6 pm at Chaucer’s Books

Sebastian today as a professional trail runner (courtesy photo)

Lonely Hearts Club

After more than 50 years as a journalist and TV commentator, I took on one of my most unusual assignments when the Polo Training Center hosted its 10th anniversary Denim and Diamonds benefit

dinner, raising more than $50,000 from the 120 guests in a giant fieldside marquee at the Carpinteria-based polo club.

Club president Rhys Williams asked me to conduct bids for one of the live auction items donated by Cybèle Jordan of the Eldorado Polo Club, near Palm Springs. The item in question? Horse sperm – courtesy of her stallion Sergeant Pepper, named after The Beatles 1967 eighth album.

“It’s certainly one of the more unusual auction items we’ve had and I think you’ll have fun with it,” Rhys assured me.

The precious commodity is sold in “straws,” which are injected into the mare.

“With the name Pepper, I presume it will be a hot encounter,” I quipped, as a buyer snapped up the auction item for $700.

Talk about liquid assets!

three dance troupes, as well as the Spirit of Fiesta Georgey Taupin, 16, daughter of Sir Elton John’s lyricist Bernie Taupin, and the Junior Spirit Aleenah Soriano, 10.

Among the flurry of fiesta fans were Mayor Randy Rowse, Riley and Dacia Harwood, Fritz and Gretchen Olenberger , Mark Whitehurst and Kerry Methner, Oscar Gutierrez, and David Bolton and Gonzalo Sarmiento

A cracking starts to a fulsome week of Andalusian activities...

The ubiquitous Mindy Denson chaired the boffo bash, with supporters including polo club president banker Henry Walker, Pat and Ursula Nesbitt, Paige Beard, Grant Palmer, Ben Soleimani, Carter Thicke, Hope Arellano, Jeff Hall, Andrew and Amza Bossom with sons Bayne and Piers, Kevin Mokarow, and Jeff and Naima Scheraga.

Robertson Rocks Granada

The Music Academy of the West celebrated the penultimate week of its 77th summer festival with a performance at the Granada of the Academy Festival Orchestra under conductor David Robertson, who was chief director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and formerly led the St. Louis Symphony from 2005 to 2018.

Robertson, who is also director of orchestral studies at Juilliard in New York, was in top form as he directed Canadian violinist Leila Josefowicz, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, in John Adams’ 1993 “Violin Concerto.” Malibu-born Robertson, who studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, then wrapped the one hour 38-minute concert with Prokofiev’s “Symphony No. 5 in B-flat.”

A sublime evening...

From the Reserves

Social gridlock reigned at the 500-acre San Ysidro Ranch when billionaire Beanie Baby owner Ty Warner threw a launch bash for more than 150 guests for his new tequila SYR x Código Ty Warner Reserve.

The new heady libation, produced in Amatitán, Jalisco, is aged in French white wine barrels from one month to six years. There were only 111 bottles produced that can be purchased and consumed at the hotel. It sells for $24 an ounce or $125 a bottle.

Among those indulging in the scrumptious canapés, Beluga caviar and blinis, and myriad tequila concoctions at the Merryl Brown-organized bash were singer Kanye West and his scantily clad wife Bianca Censori, Jane Lynch, Belle Hahn, leather clad magazine mogul Jennifer Smith, Lucy Firestone, Casey Williams , Michael Bollag, tourism executive Karna Hughes and hostelry manager Ian Williams.

2024 Junior Spirit of Fiesta Aleenah Soriano, portraying St. Barbara is Caroline Wedderburn, and Spirit of Fiesta Georgey Taupin (photo by Priscilla)

The Energetic Planning Team: Paige Marshall, Maggie Hine, Jeff Scheraga, Hayley Heatley Bray, Mindy Denson, and Rhys Williams in center (photo by Priscilla)

David Robertson directing the AFO at the Granada (photo by Emma Matthews)

Leila Josefowicz played the invigorating “Violin Concerto” by John Adams (photo by Emma Matthews)

Victoria Redman, Grant Palmer, Rhys Williams, and Mindy and Chris Denson (photo by Priscilla)

El Presidente’s Table with Tom and Holly Harmon, David and Laura Hall, El Presidente Brian and Emily Schwabecher, Ann Marie Powers, Stephanie Ornani, and Scott Powers (photo by Priscilla)

The traditional presentation of Old Spanish Days: present and past El Presidentes with 2024 El Presidente Brian Schwabecher in center (photo by Priscilla)

Maco Llambias, Santi Wulff, Hope Arellano, Jeff Scheraga, and Mia Bray (photo by Priscilla)

Local Nuptials

For once Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey wasn’t the center of attention when he came to Montecito. McConaughey, 54, was one of 13 groomsmen at the lavish wedding of Matthew DeVorzon, son of Oscar nominated composer Barry DeVorzon and his wife Jelinda, to Crystal Daly at their charming estate, just a tiara’s toss from

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Matthew’s brothers Michael and Daniel were best men, while Yellowstone actor Cole Hauser joined The Dallas Buyers Club star as a groomsman.

I wish the tony twosome well...

Royal Bequeathment

Prince Harry is set to receive a hefty payment when he celebrates his 40th birthday on September 15.

The Duke of Sussex will get the substantial payout thanks to a bequest from the late great-grandmother, the Queen Mother.

The widow of King George VI put $90 million in a trust fund for her family and indicated when Harry came of age he was able to access his share of the trust, according to the London Times.

Still, Harry will have to pay tax on his future commercial earnings, the paper reports.

The father of two is reportedly set to receive $8.5 million from his share, which is more than older brother, William, the Prince of Wales, who, as heir to the throne

benefits from the tax-exempt Duchy of Cornwall, 130,000 acres of property in the southwest of Britain and, more importantly, wealthy areas of central London.

Friend Support

Meghan Markle, who is preparing to launch her lifestyle brand of her own, American Riviera Orchard, has been promoting a new makeup of her friend, model Victoria Jackson, who is part of her “Montecito mafia.”

Jackson has released her iconic cosmetics brand, No Makeup Makeup.

The Duchess of Sussex wore it at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, when Prince Harry picked up the prestigious Pat Tillman Award.

Meghan is plugging the line out of friendship, given no money is changing hands, say friends.

Feelings Among ‘Friends’

Former Carpinteria TV host Conan O’Brien has admitted he was “jealous” of Friends star Matthew Perry when his girlfriend Lisa Kudrow started filming episodes with him.

O’Brien, 61, and Kudrow, 60, dated between 1993 and 1998, so they were in a relationship when she filmed Series One of the show with Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc

During an appearance on her ex’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Kudrow said Perry, who died in October 2023, was “phenomenally hilarious.”

“You were saying he’s so funny and part of me was jealous. I used to make you laugh pretty hard and you were like, ‘No, no. You don’t understand, this guy’s really funny!’”

New ED for Meals on Wheels

Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels has a new executive director, Tracy Pfautch.

She brings 30 years of experience with various companies and nonprofits and has expertise in finance, people management, marketing and fundraising. Having lived in our Eden by the Beach since 1998, she will elevate the profile of the charity and expand its outreach, which currently serves about 350 clients each year. Volunteers delivered more than 51,000 nutritional meals in 2023.

Prior to going SBMOW, Pfautch worked for Montecito Bank & Trust. She also served as President of the Junior League of Santa Barbara. She was also recognized as Volunteer of the Year by the Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara.

New Members on Board

Five new members have joined the Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation board.

Anna Burnbaum, senior associate at the law firm of Klein DeNatale Goldner, earned a Master of Law degree in dispute resolution, while Julia Carver earned a master’s degree in English literature at UCSB and held a board position with the American Red Cross.

Tim Figueroa is a financial adviser with Asset Preservation Strategies, while Yolanda Garcia had a 39-year career at UCSB as an educational opportunity program counsellor. Since retiring she has served on the board of the YMCA’s Youth and Family Services branch.

Emilio Handall serves as the superintendent of the Guadalupe Union School District. He spent four years in the U.S. Army after graduating Carpinteria High School and went on to attain a master’s degree in educational leadership at Azusa Pacific.

Sightings

Ellen DeGeneres checking out the Honor Bar... Meghan Markle and actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley noshing at Tre Lune... Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones dining at Lucky’s.

Pip! Pip!

From musings on the Royals to celebrity real estate deals, Richard Mineards is our man on the society scene and has been for more than 15 years

Tracy Pfautch new executive director of SB Meals on Wheels (courtesy photo)

The tequila received a warm welcome from the audience (photo by Ama Behar)

Only 111 bottles of SYR x Código Ty Warner Reserve were produced (photo by Ama Behar)

Matthew DeVorzon and Crystal Daly (courtesy photo)

Matthew DeVorzon with the groomsmen (courtesy photo)

A few of the patrons enjoying the agave-themed libations (photo by Ama Behar)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Calendar of Events

by Steven Libowitz

ENDING THIS WEEK

Ventura Music Festival – The long-running, boundary-busting two-weekend festival just 30 minutes down the coast comes to a close this weekend with three more concerts, starting with a special performance on August 2 by Perla Batalla that represents her first of 2024. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter – praised for both her powerful voice and the emotional honesty and musical left turns of the songs – will present the unofficial kick-off and sneak preview of songs from her newest album, A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend. As one of Cohen’s longtime harmony singers, Batalla was actually asked by Cohen to continue to sing his songs after he was gone. The new record shares the singer’s unique perspective of the Cohen canon and adds two of her originals inspired by Cohen. Batalla will be backed by a full seven-piece band. August 3rd brings classical guitar-accordion duo of Jason Vieaux and Julien Labro, the former a Grammy-winner who NPR called “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation” and the latter considered the foremost accordion and bandoneón player in both the classical and jazz genres. August 4 heralds the local return of Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Roe, the piano duo dubbed the “rock stars of the classical music world” for the breadth of their repertoire and the success of their YouTube videos. Anderson & Roe appeared at Hahn Hall just last October as part of the Music Academy’s Mariposa Series.

WHEN: 7 pm Friday/Saturday, 3 pm Sunday

WHERE: Ventura College Performing Arts Center, 4700 Loma Vista Rd., Ventura

COST: $15-$99

INFO: (805) 648-3146 orwww.venturamusicfestival.org/events

ONGOING

Free al Fresco Music – The Nombres, the five-piece band of local music veterans who adopted their moniker for a Cinco de Mayo gig back in 2008, actually play

Ventura County Fair – There’s still no better bang for your buck than the Ventura County Fair, the massive 11-day oceanside event that has taken on “Fair-ever Young’’ as its 2024 theme – somewhat ironic in that the VCF is 150 years old, and has been in the same location of Seaside Park for more than a century. The fair boasts an array of activities ranging from 4H and other agricultural competitions to arts and crafts shows, commercial exhibits, belly-busting fair food and a huge carnival as well as a bevy of classic rock, country and comedy acts. Entry to the Grandstand Stage concerts – al fresco in the grandstand – costs absolutely nothing more than the price of admission to the fair itself. Headliners include Brantley Gilbert (Aug. 1), Sublime with Rome in its last tour before the late singer Bradley Nowell’s son takes over as Sublime’s lead singer (Aug. 2), Dustin Lynch (Aug. 3), Los Tucanes de Tijuana y Tap Quintero (Aug. 4), Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias (Aug. 5), Ludacris (Aug. 6) and Gary Allan (Aug. 7) before the Flying U Rodeo takes over the space for five shows on Aug. 9-11 ($8-$10 additional). The 805 Stage this year turns to tribute acts, with shows focusing on Queen, Tina Turner, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Selena, Zeppelin, Elvis and others. Saddle up and sidle down the 101.

WHEN: Grandstand 7 pm, 805 Stage 9 pm

WHERE: Seaside Park, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura

COST: $16-$21

INFO: (805) 648-3376 or www.venturacountyfair.org

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1

1st Thursday Finds Fiesta – Old Spanish Days is the opportune focus for a few of the venues in this month’s installment of the art-and-culture tour of Downtown Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Historical Museum (136 E. De La Guerra St.) stays open after-hours to show off its exhibition Project Fiesta! that traces the 100-year history of Old Spanish Days through costumes, posters and other artifacts, augmented by local Fiesta dancers from 5:30-6:30 pm, plus free wine and live music… Santa Barbara Fine Art (1321 State St.) presents “Viva Santa Barbara!” to mark the centennial celebration, an exhibit that features local artists’ favorite locations and events, including Richard Schloss’s Late Morning, Leadbetter Beach and showcasing works by premier pastelists Terri Tabor, Kris Buck, Kelly Hine, and Linda Mutti… Sullivan Goss (11 E. Anapamu St.) is displaying the original painting by fast-rising local artist Holli Harmon that became the poster for the Fiesta 100 while also hosting the opening reception for the latest solo show with internationally acclaimed artist Wosene Worke Kosrof… The Canary Rooftop (1 W. Carrillo St.) is putting on a “Paella Fest” on the hotel’s poolside patio that offers panoramic views of the city and beyond. A cookout, Fiesta-themed drinks, local vendors showcasing their products, and dance tunes by DJ Darla Bea are all part of the upbeat fun up on the roof… CPC Gallery (36 E. Victoria St.) hosts oil painter Ginny Speirs new show My Escape in Nature featuring her capturing on canvas the plants and animals she encounters on her daily walk. Guitarist David Patt performs Bossa Nova and Spanish influenced music of South America to enjoy while sipping free local wine from Stolpman Vineyards… On the entertainment front, SBIFF’s Santa Barbara Filmmaker Series features five shorts that were made last month by the 30 teenagers who participated in SBIFF’s Film Camp, many of whom will be on hand to present their entries… Cuso’s Bike Talent Showcase (600 block of State Street) makes its 1st Thursday debut with an open mic event featuring local musical artists.

WHEN: 5-8 pm

WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets

COST: free

INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

a mix of country, R&B and rock & roll, this week at the Music at the Ranch Tuesday night concert series. Picnics (responsible imbibing allowed), blankets, and low-backed chairs are encouraged at the tree-lined lakeside space at the Stow House-Rancho La Patera for the August 6 event.

WHEN: 5:30-7:30 pm

WHERE: 304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta

COST: free

INFO: (805) 681-7216 or www.goletahistory.org/music-at-the-ranch

Concerts in the Park is dark this week (August 1) in deference to the dominance of Fiesta, but the Great Meadow in Chase Palm Park will rock out to close out the series on August 1 with Santa Barbara 1980s hard rock cover band Echoswitch. WHEN: 5 pm opening act, headliner 6-7:30 pm

WHERE: 300 W. Cabrillo Blvd.

COST: free

INFO: (805) 564-5418 or www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/parksrec/ recreation/events/parkrec/concerts.asp

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2

UB40 on the 246 – UB40, the English reggae-pop band from Birmingham named for the required attendance form for people claiming unemployment benefits, are back on the road this year, bringing their biggest hits to venues

Flamenco Arts Festival – The festival recently smartly moved its main event to the middle of Fiesta to take advantage of the attention afforded by Old Spanish Days, which is already well-earned by the evening-length presentation at the Lobero tonight. SER, ni conmigo ni sin mí, (Being…neither with me nor without me), is created, choreographed and danced by Mercedes de Córdoba, with four onstage musicians (guitar, percussion, and two singers) providing the propulsive rhythms and more. SER – which received critical acclaim at the 25th Festival de Jerez, the 21st Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, and the 6th Festival Flamenco Madrid – features five scenes depicting the stages the main character passes through via her memories, conflicts, fears and hopes. The journey is guided and provoked throughout by singing, guitar-playing and costumes that come to life and then are lost, mirroring the inner world of the artist as she grapples with what is, was, will be, could be or should be.

WHEN: 7:30 pm

WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.

COST: $51-$111 ($151 VIP includes premier seating and Gala After Party.

INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

across North America once more after 45 years. With co-founding members Jimmy Brown on drums, Robin Campbell on guitar and vocals, Earl Falconer on bass guitar and vocals, Norman Hassan on percussion, trombone and vocals and new lead singer-guitarist Matt Doyle, UB40 draw on decades of hits that date back to when they were one of the most influential reggae outfits of the 1980s, leading the British ska revolution alongside The Specials and Madness. The four-time Grammy-nominated group has had more than 50 singles on the UK singles chart, and twice hit No. 1 in the U.S., with covers of “Red Red Wine” and “(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love with You.” Other UB40 hits include “One in Ten,” “Please Don’t Make Me Cry,” and “Kingston Town”. Expect extra fun with the show at the Samala Showroom, as security unhooks the ropes and lets folks dance right up against the stage for the final half hour. WHEN: 8 pm

WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $49-$79

INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www.chumashcasino.com

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4

JB back in SB – Jackson Browne, the most iconic singer-songwriter of the ‘70s, turned 75 last year, and hasn’t toured at all in 2024. But the Lobero is one of Browne best-loved venues dating back decades, and Santa Barbara has been a second home since early in the ‘70s. So Browne, who is also an environmentalist and social activist, has bought into the concept of adding his name to artists and entertainers performing at the Lobero as of its special Centennial Celebration series of benefits to mark 100 years since the theater’s post-earthquake grand reopening post-earthquake, revisiting his catalog that contains some of the most literate and moving songs in pop music history, including such indelible efforts as “For a Dancer,” “Late for the Sky,” “Before the Deluge,” “Fountain of Sorrow,” “These Days,” “Lives in the Balance,” “For Everyman,” and “The Pretender,” as well as “Take It Easy,” “Doctor, My Eyes,” “Running on Empty,” “Tender Is the Night” and “Somebody’s Baby.” The show, of course, was an instant sell out.

WHEN: 8 pm

WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.

COST: $157

INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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