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The late sports tycoon Ed Snider’s 9.4-acres estate sells for $35 million, p. 6

LETTERS, P. 8 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42

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Coming & Going

Fred Brander enhances Santa Ynez vineyard with ash and boulders from Montecito’s mudslide, p. 40

History Lesson

Hattie Beresford unveils archives of Angelica and Peter Bryce’s storied Florestal estate, p. 20

Music Academy Goes Global

Tilson Thomas and London Symphony Orchestra team up with Music Academy of the West, p. 26

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5

Guest Editorial

Perfect 10? Bob Hazard analyzes, by the numbers, the Montecito Association Land Use Committee’s “Top 10 Issues” facing the community.

6 Miscellany

Ed Snider’s estate; Allen and Anne Sides; Cooking up Dreams; conductor JoAnne Wasserman; SB Symphony; Rick Sawyer; Julia Bullock with MAW; Frankland’s Crab & Co; Heidi Montag’s close call; and Katy Perry

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Letters to the Editor

A mound of missives from MJ readers including Ray Bourhis, Jean Von Wittenburg, Page McNeil, Frank McGinity, John McIntyre, Gene Tyburn, and Tom Kress

10 This Week Photography by I Heart My Groom

Eat. Sip. Shop. Connect.

MERRAG; MBAR meeting; Knit ‘N Needle; Spanish group; STEAM program; 2nd Friday art; Princess Weekend; Japanese matcha; Kids Draw; MUS food drive; MPC meeting; basket weavers; Fish Derby; free music; disaster fundraiser; support group; arts; and story time

Tide Guide 12 Village Beat

Montecito Association meets; lockdown on school campuses; tax deadline approaches; Poppy pops-up at Montecito Country Mart; dispatchers honored for their service; and Crane’s Respond-a-Thon a huge success

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner reports on “Sophisticated Ladies” with CSA; Lunch & Learn at SB Club; and CAMA concert at the Granada

16 Real Estate View

Michael Phillips weighs in on a quartet of available properties from Ladera to Chapala to Islay, with prices ranging from $594K to $4.795M

18 Our Town

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20 Celebrating History

Hattie Beresford returns to the Journal fold, dusts off Santa Barbara’s archives, and sifts through particulars of the Bryce family and their estate Florestal

22 Your Westmont

Downtown talk exposes hidden prejudices April 12; and an installation and lecture celebrate the work of Sandra Richter April 16

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23 Brilliant Thoughts

Hope to it: Ashleigh Brilliant keeps the faith while delving into the Cape of Good Hope, The Man From Hope, Hope springs eternal, and so forth

26 MAW 2018

As part of its 71st season, Music Academy of the West announces a new four-year international collaboration with London Symphony Orchestra

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The local organization announces new fundraising gala, the California Clame Bake, which is on the table April 26 at Stearns Wharf

29 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz interviews John Tufts about The Invisible Hand; Rubicon Theatre; Emma’s Revolution; Steve Poltz; “Women in Comedy”; and UCSB faculty

30 Real Estate

Despite concerns after Montecito’s natural disasters, Mark Hunt supplies reassuring and promising insight about the market for ZIP code 93108

34 In Business

Jon Vreeland connects with Robbin O’Neill-Gregory’s Recovery Fusion, a specialist agency that offers alternative methods on the road to well-being

39 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz thinks about H.E. Sakya Dagmola’s retreat; Bodhi Path; “Love More, Worry Less”; Dr. Will Tuttle; Unity of SB; support groups; and coping

38 Legal Advertising 40 Coming & Going

James Buckley rolls up his sleeves and works from the ground up with Fred Brander, Vintner of the Year; and the Montecito Motor Classic

42 Calendar of Events

National Poetry Month; Sir András Schiff; UCSB Dance Company; PAW Patrol; Spirit auditions; New York’s Met Opera; SB Master Chorale; SB Jazz Society; Joyce DiDonato; and Daedalus Quartet

44 Movie Guide 46 Classified Advertising

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

47 Local Business Directory

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Guest Editorial

by Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an associate editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club.

A New and Better Vision

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ast month, in response to a public request, Montecito Association (MA) Land Use Committee chair Cori Hayman identified the “Top 10 Issues” facing Montecito. The goal was to focus on making the village better than it was before the twin disasters of the Thomas wildfire and the January 9 debris flow.

The Land Use Committee’s “Top 10” list has been compiled, revised, and presented to MA president Charlene Nagel and the full MA Board this week.

The intent is to “look outside the box” and generate solutions that go up, down, and around established bureaucracies and habitual naysayers.

What follows are the Top 10 issues as defined by the MA Land Use Committee.

The comments about each issue are my own:

Life and Property Safety

All of Montecito has been officially designated by our government as either in an “Extreme Risk” Red Zone or a “High Risk” Yellow Zone. No serious rebuilding effort can begin until the “Extreme Risks” of unstable hillsides and potential destructive debris flows have been mitigated to the greatest extent possible.

What may be needed is the construction of expanded or additional debris basins above Montecito, similar to the 208,000-cubic-yard Santa Monica Debris Basin, built in 1977 by the federal USDA Soil Conservation Service as part of the Carpinteria Valley Water Project. This debris basin saved Carpinteria in the floods of 1995 and again this year.

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FEMA and the county are working together to create a more accurate “Interim Flood Hazard Recovery Map.” Existing mapping data are worthless for land use permitting decisions because survey markers have been demolished, creek channels have been widened or rerouted, and elevations have been dramatically altered by the recent debris flow.

Preliminary topographical mapping will take at least three months to officially designate where and how high mud and debris can be expected to flow in the future. FEMA will determine whether rebuilding permits will be issued – most certainly not in the new, wider, creek channel basins, nor on adjacent creek banks with appropriate setbacks, and probably not on the vulnerable alluvial fans that carry “Extreme Risk” debris to places such as Olive Mill, Montecito Oaks, Tiburon Lane, San Leandro, Bonnymede, or the Biltmore.

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Debris Removal

The county continues to defend its absurd distinction between “public mud” (which will be removed at county expense with probable disaster reimbursement) vs. “private mud,” (which must be removed by those residents unlucky enough to own parcels inundated with public mud).

Mud, trees, boulders, and debris that originated on public land in the Los Padres National Forest, mixed with other peoples’ cars, tires, and household belongings, is not “private mud.” A simple compromise might be for the county to agree to remove any mud and debris pushed to curbsides by local residents.

Bridge Reconstruction

The use of temporary bridges could restore normal traffic patterns along Highway 192, within weeks, not years. Caltrans, restricted to its narrow rightof-way and two-to-four-year bridge re-construction schedule on 192, cannot construct temporary bridges, but the Army Corps of Engineers can wave environmental restrictions and drop in temporary bridges outside the Caltrans right-of-way.

Expect a prolonged and divisive Montecito wrangle over the design of guardrails on the damaged or destroyed six bridges along Highway 192.

Here’s hoping Caltrans will provide dozens of semi-rural railing design options and we can find an acceptable choice, or modify one with local funding, and move on.

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espite the doom and gloom engendered by the flash floods and devastating mudslides three months ago, Montecito’s real estate market is clearly alive and well.

The late sports magnate Ed Snider’s immaculate 9.4-acre estate in our rarefied enclave, with 8 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms, has just sold for $35 million, a record for priciest listings in the 93108 ZIP code in recent years.

The 21,300-sq.-ft. neo-classical, Italian-inspired David Martindesigned villa, built in 2001 on four parcels of land, was originally listed at $52 million following the death of Snider – owner of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, part owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, and former owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team – in 2016 at the age of 83.

The impressive estate also has a separate 2-bedroom guest house.

Sides Effect It was a double celebration for multi Grammy-winning record producer Allen Sides and his wife, Anne, when their 18,150-sq.-ft., 7.5-acre Montecito estate Graholm celebrated not only its centenary, but also, after seven years of residing there, its sale to dynamic duo Bruce Heavin and his wife, Lynda Weinman.

The 8-bedroom, 12-bathroom property, the former Brooks Institute for Photography that the Sides totally renovated when they bought the sprawling ocean view home, was originally built by the heirs of John S. Gray, who initially financed Henry Ford’s auto business, and has been on the market

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for $25 million.

Bruce and Lynda, who sold their online learning company, lynda.com to LinkedIn for a hefty $1.5 billion in April 2015, already have a 4-acre site just a tiara’s toss away on which they are building one of our rarefied enclave’s most contemporary homes, a multi-million-dollar property built into the hillside in the shape of a sand dollar, the flattened burrowing sea urchin.

Bruce showed me the plans for the amazing 3-bedroom house and an image of what it will look like when it is finished on his iPhone, and to say it is extraordinary would be an understatement.

In the meantime, Allen – who has worked with the likes of Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald,

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

What Montecito Needs Now

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oing forward, Montecito home and business owners need to have continuing, affordable, comprehensive, insurance coverage.

As a community, we need to speak with one voice in demanding that public officials ensure that such insurance remains in place.

Here are three of the issues that will have to be addressed by lawmakers, insurance regulators, and insurance companies: 1) Whether insurers will be allowed to not renew homeowners and business policies for any reason other than non-payment of premiums.

2) How deductibles, limits, and coverage on renewed policies will be handled so as to avoid the issuance of policies that provide useless coverage or that price insureds out of the market.

3) Whether lawmakers will need to create a private-public partnership (e.g., the California Earthquake Authority) to address these issues, and if so, what that partnership will look like and how it will affect insureds and lenders.

Hopefully, organizations like Montecito Now will be able to play a role in assuring that consumers will have an important voice in this process. If we don’t demand a seat at the table, we won’t get one.

Ray Bourhis Montecito/San Francisco

Lemon Tree Too

Great article mentioning many “retreat” places for evacuees (Guest Editorial, MJ #24/14), but you did miss the Lemon Tree and we feel like it’s home for us, having stayed there four times. Good location, three excellent meals in the dining room, and a very friendly staff.

And, they have the Montecito Journal sitting at the entrance. We saw lots of Montecitans there.

Jean Von Wittenburg Montecito (Editor’s note: Right you are, Ms Von Wittenburg. I do believe many Casa Dorinda residents camped out at the Lemon Tree, along with many other evacuees, and in fact did enjoy not only the friendly accommodations there but also the excellent food at the Lemon Tree’s restaurant, Crocodile. – J.B.)

Illegal Drop Zone

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heartbreaking months. We too have been trying to make a positive difference by casting away almost 100 tons of mud and debris that landed on our property. It extends from Sycamore Canyon down to East Valley Road.

In the last 10 days, each morning we have noticed fresh debris and mud hauled in and dumped on the lengthy flood plain opposite us, located between the Parra Grande bridge and Sycamore Canyon, alongside East Valley Road. After the flood, it was almost empty; now, it’s a dump.

Who is doing this, and who will remove it? Could the sheriff or the Montecito Association put up cameras and close off the area? Intruders could also enter from Hot Spring. Both roads should be closed at night.

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Failing Montecito

As a full-time student at UCSB who supports herself by serving the residents of Montecito, I believe that Salud Carbajal has failed to protect the interests of our District.

The mudslides that resulted from the Thomas Fire have dramatically impacted Montecito in a negative way.

I have worked on Coast Village Road for three years and I talk to residents daily. Lately, the conversations are with neighbors who have lost their homes, and in some cases all their property and belongings; some grieve the loss of close friends and/or family members.

Not only are the people suffering within the community, but the community itself continues to suffer. Businesses on Coast Village Road have taken a hit – restaurants are seeing less foot traffic, and some retail stores are closing their doors for good.

So, what does this have to do with Salud Carbajal? In 2017, he voted against the Resilient Federal Forests Act. This Act would have allowed for land assessment and proper land management, such as necessary controlled burns in the Thomas Fire area.

His vote is the result of a decision that can only be explained by his history of siding with extreme environmentalists. This is a perfect example of how dangerous it is when politicians are influenced by outside interests – putting political agendas over common-sense public safety measures.

Salamanders should not take precedence over human life.

The Thomas Fire area was extremely dry due to the California drought and clogged with fire fuel resulting from decades of policy-driven neglect. It was the duty of Carbajal to ensure the safety of our community. He put politics before the interests of our district, and now an entire community suffers as the result.

Paige McNeil Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Although we can’t agree that Salud Carbajal’s vote is the cause of the Thomas Fire debacle, we can agree that non-sensible policies that prohibited residents from clearing out debris-and-plantclogged creeks and flow zones before or even after a rainy season left many – especially people living near or on creek beds – at high risk of danger and death. – J.B.)

“Saving” the Steelhead

Most of us are much appreciative of Bob Hazard’s editorials and counsel.

He tackles tough issues and exposes the heavy hand of government at many levels. I was particularly interested in his comments on “endangering non-existent steelhead trout.”

As a board member of Riven Rock Mutual Water Company, we encountered the Fish and Game Department on this specific issue. About four years ago, a representative of Fish and Game met with us at a private residence in Riven Rock. What surprised

us, and without our prior knowledge, a member of the Santa Barbara district attorney’s office was invited by Fish and Game. The result of that meeting was that our 50 years’ access to Cold Spring Creek was shut down, and Fish and Game was discussing possible penalties for accessing the water. From that date, we entered our famous drought period, and we were forced to use an extensive amount of water from the Montecito Water District, which could have been available to others.

Be careful about those non-existent steelhead trout. They can take you down.

Frank McGinity Montecito

Something for Nothing

A man named Tom Nicholson posted on his Facebook account the sports car that he had just bought, and how a man approached and told him that the money used to buy this car could’ve fed thousands of less-fortunate people.

His response to this man made him famous on the Internet.

This is his story, as stated on Facebook: A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said, “I wonder how many people could have been fed for

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This Week in and around Montecito

SATURDAY, APRIL 21

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, APRIL 12 MERRAG Meeting and Training Network of trained volunteers who work and/or live in the Montecito area prepare to respond to community disasters during critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “selfhelp” organization serves Montecito’s 13,000 residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water, and Sanitary districts. This month is Earthquake Preparedness Training.

When: 10 am to noon Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-2537 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. This week’s agenda includes a new two-story home on Nicholas Lane, new accessory structures and trellis on Parra Grande, landscape changes on Parra Grande, demo and new home, art studio, pool pavilion, garage on Hot Springs Road, and many items.

When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library

The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish.

Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

Fish Derby The Fish Derby is the major fundraiser for The Neal Taylor Nature at Cachuma Lake, which is a non-profit organization. This year’s Fishing Derby will again include prize categories for multiple types of fish such as crappie, bass, catfish, trout, and carp. The prize pool dollar amount has been increased this year, which means everyone has a chance to win great cash prizes, fishing gear, and more!

Anglers of all ages are encouraged to enter. All anglers 16 years and older must have a fishing license, which may be purchased at the marina. Free arts and crafts activities will be offered to children Saturday afternoon of Derby weekend at the Nature Center, which will also host a special Books & Treasure sale on both Saturday and Sunday.

When: 6 am today through noon tomorrow, April 22 Where: Neal Taylor Nature Center, 2265 Hwy. 154 Info: www.troutderby.org7

After-School STEAM Program Build with Legos, do snap circuits, and drop-in craft activities at Montecito Library. Ages 5 and up.

When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

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When: 11 am to 1 pm Where: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road Cost: $20 to $30 Info & Registration: www.sbbg.org

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Kids Draw Architecture Annual Sketch Sessions The Architectural Foundation announces the annual Kids Draw Architecture sketch sessions; they are free, and drawing materials will be provided. The award-winning Kids Draw Architecture program was developed by the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara to enrich awareness of the built environment. Young people are encouraged to sketch architectural landmarks, guided by local architects and artists. Celebrating a tradition of more than 25 years, the Kids Draw Architecture program brings together professional architects and artists to sketch significant buildings with Santa Barbara County youth of all ages.

When: 1 to 3 pm Where: Santa Barbara Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street Info: 965-6307

Princess Weekend at the Zoo Join the SB Zoo for this popular event that has been expanded from one day to two – twice the tiaras, twice the fun on April 14-15! Free with admission.

Meet Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and other princesses in person as they help celebrate frogs.

All costumed princesses welcome – as are knights, pirates, and cowboys.

Learn how zoos and aquariums are working to save the world’s threatened amphibians.

When: today and tomorrow, 10 am Where: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive Info: www.sbzoo.org Enjoy Japanese Matcha A hands-on workshop where participants will learn how to make a bowl of tea and enjoy traditional sweets, followed by a visit to the ShinKanAn Teahouse for a demonstration of the Way of Tea (Urasenke). Led by Sokyo Kasai, who has given tea ceremony demos

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donations can be left in the school’s parking lot in the morning during dropoff. Items needed include baby food, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, rice, soup, and canned goods.

Where: 385 San Ysidro Road TUESDAY, APRIL 17 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed.

When: special day; 9 am Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Montecito Union School Board Meeting When: 3:10 pm Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 Basket Weavers Group A way to connect with other basket weavers. Bring your own project or start a new one. Beginner and all levels are welcomed. Basic materials are provided. Someone is available to help you get started and to learn different techniques. Please join for a lively and enjoyable afternoon.

When: 2:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: Free Info: 969-3786 THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 20 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 After-School STEAM Program Build with Legos, do snap circuits, and drop-in craft activities at Montecito Library. Ages 5 and up.

When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music.

A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

When: 3 pm Where: First United Methodist Church, Garden, and Anapamu streets Cost: free Debris Flow Fundraiser Honeysuckle Possums Bluegrass Band perform to benefit Unity Shoppe;

special performance by Tom Reed, honoring neighborhood first responders.

When: 3 to 5 pm Where: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 4575 Auhay Drive ONGOING Grief Recovery Support Group GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics. Seminar sessions include “Is This Normal?” “The Challenges of Grief”, “Grief and Your Relationships”, “Why?”, and “Guilt and Anger”.

When: 10:30 am, each Monday through May 21 Where: Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road Info: call Pam Beebe at 679-1501 MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

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t this month’s Montecito Association (MA) Board meeting, Montecito Union School superintendent Dr. Anthony Ranii gave thanks to the community for the support the school has received following the January 9 debris flow.

Earlier this week, the school held a special event, “A Night of Heroes”, to personally thank the people and groups who helped MUS navigate the aftermath of the disaster. Reps from the Sheriff’s Department, Montecito Fire, the YMCA, SBCC, Santa Barbara Unified School District, the Bucket Brigade, and Hope School District were in attendance. “We have so much gratitude,” Ranii said.

Ranii reported that MUS is slated to lose $1.6 million in revenues in next year’s budget, and the school was recently awarded the California Distinguished School award. The campus has recently donated space to the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, allowing the group to store equipment at a locked facility on the site. Several boulders and rocks left over from the debris flow are also being stored on a portion of the campus.

Montecito Fire Division chief of operations Kevin Taylor reported that the level of service the District offers is the same as it was pre-disaster, despite several road closures and damaged bridges on Highway 192.

President Charlene Nagel thanked the board, executive director Allison Marcillac, and office coordinator Susan Robles for being a constant source of report in the MA office. “I urge you to continue to support the MA. It’s the membership dues that pays our office staff and allows us to do what we do,” Nagel said, as she thanked others in the audience.

Abe Powell and Josiah Hamilton with the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade

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shared with the board their plans to continue to help clean up the community. “I don’t have any clue where we would be as a community without you and your volunteers,” Nagel said.

The Bucket Brigade has helped clean out 80 structures so far and has spent considerable time at La Casa de Maria and Ennisbrook open space. The duo voiced concerns about the main corridors in Montecito still being covered in mud and damaged homes. The Brigade is working with homeowners along these corridors to help facilitate demolition of structures that are covered in mud and not salvageable.

We’ll have more on this in a future edition.

Montecito Trails Foundation (MTF) rep John Venable reported that the trail system throughout Montecito is in need of repair, and estimated costs to clean up the trails is $1.5 million.

The MTF will schedule time to meet with the Land Use Committee to discuss the cleanup and rebuilding. “The trails have been on our radar since the disaster; we look forward to hearing it at the Land Use Committee,” said LUC chair Cori Hayman. “We look forward to getting the trails back up and running quickly.”

Next week, proposed ordinance amendments related to the rebuilding will be in front of the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) next Tuesday, April 17. As we reported last week, the amendments include allowing property owners to rebuild “like-for-like,” allowing flexibility to increase overall height of the destroyed or damaged structure to comply with the new base flood elevations that will exist for the property after a debris flow event. Property owners would also be allowed to relo-

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Seen Around Town

Bandleader Ike Jenkins with CSA producer Rod Lathim

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CSA show producer Bobbi Kroot with executive director Gary Linker at the Sophisticated Ladies concert

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he Center for Successful Aging (CSA) presented “Sophisticated Ladies” which was a tribute to the Assistance League of Santa Barbara for their 70 years of service to our community. The event featured Ike Jenkins and his 20-piece Santa Barbara Big Band described as brassy, jazzy, nostalgic music of the Big Band era. Marjorie Luke Theatre had a full house for CSA’s sixth annual fundraiser.

Ike is inspired by Duke Ellington and Count Basie and likes to combine the sounds of big band with jazz. Ike is presently semi-retired after 40-plus years of teaching in public schools, including Santa Barbara and Dos Pueblos high schools and La Cumbre Junior High. He currently directs the Monday Madness Jazz Band at SBCC. In addition, he judges high school and college jazz festivals throughout the state. He has mentored stars such as Katy Perry, Karl Hunter, and Dirk Shumaker from Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – and the list goes on.

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Ike’s Jazz bands and jazz choirs have won competitions and have performed throughout Europe. The Big Band is an offshoot of the SBCC Monday Madness, which Ike has directed for the past 12 years. The members are professional musicians from Central Coast California. They didn’t disappoint, as indicated by the applause.

Rod Lathim, Bobbi Kroot, and Lashon Kelly produced the show.

Bobbi presented the Assistance League with the “Spirit of Successful Aging Award.” The award is usually given to an individual, but the Assistance League is 300 volunteer members

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strong. As CSA executive director Gary Linker said, “We are honored to recognize a fellow nonprofit in our community for the important philanthropic and volunteer work they do throughout Santa Barbara County.”

They have 17 programs that help men, women, and children of all ages.

Assistance League is known for their fabulous Thrift Shop, which finances their many endeavors.

CSA also has a variety of programs to assist seniors in maintaining their independence and integrity. They have a volunteer staff that works with any senior needing assistance with physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs. One I especially liked was CARELINE, which provides a free phone call each day to seniors who live alone to see if they are okay. Call CSA at (805) 898-8080 to learn about all they do.

Splendid Slippers

It was time for another MClub meeting called “Lunch & Learn” at the Santa Barbara Club, this time with guest speaker Beverley Jackson telling us about “Splendid Slippers – The Chinese Practice of Foot Binding.”

The MClub is a travel club that is part of the Montecito Bank and Trust run

by Maria McCall. We have been to Japan with her as well as local day trips. Our next will be to Coronado by train for three days – a place I lived as a new bride and have always loved, and it hasn’t changed much.

Back to Beverley, who moved to Santa Barbara in 1963 and for almost

25 years did what I do, wrote a society column called By The Way for the Santa Barbara News-Press. She is the author of six books on the history of Chinese costumes and customs, including the prize-winning Splendid Slippers published by Random House.

It delves into the mysterious history of foot binding. Besides talking to us, Beverley has lectured in universities and museums internationally and is a world traveler and a photojournalist.

After lunch, Maria’s husband, Dirk Brandts, introduced his good friend Beverley as she said, “I’m always collecting something, so I began collecting Chinese textiles in 1975 during a trip to Shanghai.” Her collection of Qing textiles, especially the imperial robes, have become known internationally and have been exhibited in museums including the Pacific Museum in Pasadena. And then there is her prized collection of hand-embroidered slippers.

Beverley told us, “When I began to research foot binding, I could find no books on the subject. Now when you go to Google, half the information came from my book.” Her book Splendid Slippers chronicles this ancient and tortuous tradition.

It used to be that if a Chinese woman didn’t have bound feet, they couldn’t find a husband, even among the poor classes. And so began this orthopedic nightmare for young girls. They actually broke the arch and four toes – the big toe remained. This was all over time and with painful bindings. The

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ore people every day are foregoing life in suburbia for a more connected, varied, and mobile urban lifestyle. And it is small, sophisticated cities that are getting most of the attention. Santa Barbara, with extraordinary cultural and entertainment options, offers a sophisticated, small-city lifestyle second to none.

There are, of course, official city boundaries, yet, for me, the “City” is smaller than that; tree lined sidewalks, early 20th-century craftsman and Mediterranean architecture, parks, and walking to the vibrant State Street corridor and the beach. Should you be considering a more urban lifestyle, these are four new listings to consider.

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The Sevilla luxury condo development enjoys tiled courtyards, coastal, Riviera views, and a walk score of 96. It is one block to the State Street restaurants and theatres, two blocks to the Funk Zone, and an easy walk to Stearns Wharf and the beach. Just listed is a spacious, rare corner unit 1-bedroom with walnut hardwood floors, high ceilings, a great kitchen, an in-unit laundry room and office, and a gated underground garage with a dedicated parking space. Double French doors lead to a private patio. $1,180,000

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Built in 1904, the historic Huning Mansion is perfectly situated at East Islay and Santa Barbara streets in the heart of the upper east. Wonderful attention to detail is evident in the handcrafted wood-panelled appointments, coffered ceilings, and intricately patterned floors. With surrounding, historic tree-lined streets evidencing the heyday of early 20th-century Santa Barbara architecture, it is a wonderful walk to both the State Street corridor and the Mission. This impeccably restored 5,600-sq.-ft., 5-bedroom, 4-bath with 5 fireplaces includes a big formal craftsman feel and all the conveniences of modern living. $4,795,000 •MJ

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Our Town

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Public Art on State Street

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itled State of the Art Gallery Exhibition, the new public art installation of eight sculptural works on State Street officially opened on April 5 as part of the monthly First Thursday Art Walk. Although that day a 5.3 earthquake, centered off shore from Santa Cruz Island, shook Montecito and SB ramping social media, the event had a fair-size crowd cruising the main drag, which co-existed with a much smaller event, Peace in Paradise, at Casa de la Guerra held at the same time.

Mayor Cathy Murillo and project sponsor Santa Barbara Beautiful cut the ribbon for its opening, re-inaugurating the once annual State Street sculptural event that had disappeared for the past decade. Taking two years to nurture its re-establishment, kudos go to Sarah York Rubin, executive director Santa Barbara Office of Arts & Culture [SBCOAC] and doing so against unforeseen odds.

With a less-than-attractive budget that awarded a paltry $750 per artist

Artist Nathan Snyder with his sculpture “Tesseract” at the exhibition’s opening

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for their work, submissions barely topped 30 for the entire SB County area. Timing was not supportive either, as after the November 2, 2017, call for entries with a January 1, 2018, deadline, the County was engulfed in a massive fire. When the submission deadline was extended, three times to be precise, the ensuing mudslides and evacuations likely subverted entries.

The award committee began receiving proposals reflective of the disasters. The call was open to all professional artists or artist teams at least 18 years old, who work or reside in Santa Barbara County. Artists were allowed to submit more than one proposal and the review process was “name blind” to ensure impartiality. As a result, one artist was selected twice to exhibit two works. Rubin’s selection panel comprised representatives from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, the SB City Arts Advisory Committee, SB Downtown Organization (State Street business owners), the SB Arts Collaborative, the SB Historic Landmarks Commission, and SB County Arts Commission.

From the eight-corner sidewalk installations, it wasn’t difficult to decide which ones actually represent bona-fide, high-end, and interesting sculptural works: the one-ton, one-story brightly painted iron sculpture titled “Paper Airplane” by Luis Velazquez that resembles a sheet of yellow note paper shaped into a paper airplane; a tall rectangular intricately interlaced stainless-steel construction titled “Tesseract” by Nathan Snyder; a bare steel gigantic human-like frame called “Hammerhead” by Michael Irwin who will next month “dress” the frame with local pampas grass to revive it with life and movement; and the brightly painted red steel moving blades of grass standing eight feet high known as “Leaves of Grass” by Pattie Porter Firestone.

Much public attention surrounded Snyder as he stood next to his

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work in front of Montecito Bank & Trust on State Street answering questions and posing for photos with his “Tesseract”. He told me that he created the work specifically for the exhibit, even though artists could submit previous works: “This M.C. Escher-like steel vertical maze is my expression of what I was coming out of, a state of confusion and chaos to serenity, and at point with what just happened in the community, we’re finding a little bit of more order and serenity, I think, in our lives.”

Others gathered just as strongly around the “Paper Airplane” and red “Leaves of Grass”, amused with the artist’s whimsy and awed by the amount of work that went into the creation of it. One of the panelists representing the SB City Arts Advisory Committee stated the following: “We strongly believe that art experiences, like this special installation of public sculpture, are an economic driver for communities like ours. And that any opportunities to enhance the downtown visitor experience can only benefit our local business and local artists alike.”

Therefore, in that regard, a Robert Studley-Forrest Hughes honorable mention goes to Patrick Melroy for “Public Flag Pole” and “California Love Locks”, Danielle Siano with “Story-Catcher Mailbox”, and Brooke Smiley & Daria Izad for “Permission To Heal”, whereby their works exist in relation to the efforts of the public to interface with it.

To sum it up wisely, my hat’s off to SB City Arts Advisory vice chair and Sullivan Goss Gallery owner Nathan Vonk, who shared, “Having public art on State Street is an invaluable way for us to communicate to both locals and visitors that we have an incredibly rich creative community, and that art is an important part of our local culture.” Indeed, let’s give this another go with more generous funding to attract an even higher artistic level reflective of our town.

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Celebrating History

by Hattie Beresford

Florestal and the Bryces

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onsidered by many to be the first American war bride of WWI, Angelica Schuyler Brown, descendant of a member of the famous 1818 Brown Brother’s banking firm, arrived in Santa Barbara as part of her honeymoon in April 1917.

“Girlie,” as she was known by her society intimates, had been the reigning queen of Caroline Astor’s “400” for seven years and had no shortage of suitable suitors.

None would do, however, except Peter Cooper Bryce, the great grandson of Peter Cooper, designer and builder of the famous Tom Thumb steam locomotive and one-time candidate for president of the United States. Bryce’s father, who studied at Columbia Law School, had served in the House of Representatives from 1887-89 and as ambassador to the Netherlands from 1911-13. Peter Cooper Bryce became an investor and estate manager.

Although they had originally planned an elaborate church wedding at the end of March, when Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, Angelica asked Peter if he’d like to be married the following Saturday at her parents’ Park Avenue home.

A bedroom of Florestal shows the intricacy of the beamed ceiling and GWS’s signature recessed windows, as well as the furnishings purchased in Spain (Courtesy Marc Appleton)

Harper’s Bazaar published the story of the first war bride, Mrs. Peter Cooper Bryce

Peter agreed, so, as the Des Moines Register reported in May, “Amid bowers of roses and surrounded by smiling maidens, beautiful Angelica Brown was married to her man.”

Word to the Register from Santa Barbara, was that she was the happiest

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Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

bride ever seen. Indeed, she must have been, for the Bryces vowed to return as soon as they could and make Santa Barbara their home. A year later, they took a house for the year in Montecito where their first daughter was born.

Then in June 1921, they arrived for three months at the Miramar, close to Angelica’s aunt Lillian Child of Vegemar (today’s Santa Barbara Zoo).

In 1923, Peter Bryce purchased 52 acres in Hope Ranch and joined Harold Chase as one the directors of Santa Barbara Estates (a.k.a. La

Cumbre Estates). The Bryces, Angelica in particular, became a leader in Santa Barbara’s social, cultural, and artistic life. Having starred in the New York Junior League’s famous societal photoplay (silent movie) The Flames of Kadur in January 1916, she felt quite capable of taking a role in the opening production of the new Lobero Theatre, The Beggar on Horseback, in 1924.

In 1925, the Bryces engaged George Washington Smith to design their estate house. Angelica became enthralled with the project and traveled to Europe and Spain where she, too, studied the architectural features of Spanish style, often making drawings of the details she wanted for her home. In addition to furnishings, she collected architectural remnants and had an enormous impact on the ultimate design of the 12,043-square-foot home.

The one- and two-story house was arranged around three interior courtyards and the second story was accessed from exterior stairways. The house combined Moorish and traditional Spanish features and sat high on a bluff of Hope Ranch. Though the bluff afforded spectacular views of the Santa Barbara Channel, it did not provide beach access. In 1929, Angelica conferred with architect Mary Craig to design a funicular and beach cabana, so the Bryces and their two daughters could enjoy the sands and surf below the cliff.

The Bryces named their estate Florestal, a Portuguese word meaning sylvan. Their lives on Florestal lived up to that poetic image as they developed their acreage with specimen and fruit trees and beautiful and varied gardens. Angelica became known for her experimentation with roses and Peter became an expert on orchids.

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Angelica Schuyler Brown Bryce and Peter Cooper Bryce stand on the bluff of Hope Ranch, where they had just purchased 52 acres (Courtesy Marc Appleton)

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permit to do so, they sold off 37 acres with the house and built a separate dwelling on the remaining acreage.

The next owners stripped the interior walls to open up the floor plan.

Recently, new owners brought local architect Marc Appleton, the Bryces’ grandson, to the estate where he had spent many idyllic days as a young boy, and a new chapter in the life of the estate began.

Appleton’s story of Florestal and the Bryce family will be the subject of a talk at the Lobero Theatre on Wednesday, April 18. Advance tickets are $25 at lobero.com for a 5 pm reception and 6

Aerial view of Florestal reveals its extensive and varied gardens and the grand house that George Washington Smith designed to the specifications of “Girlie” Bryce. (Courtesy Marc Appleton)

pm talk. The event is a benefit for the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and Patron Tickets, which include dinner at the Wine Cask following the slide/ talk, are available for $200 by phoning 966-1601 or accessing the Museum’s website, sbhistorical.org.

(Sources: contemporary news articles; obituaries; ancestry.com; Alexandra Cole Historical Resources Report; The Bryce Estate by Michael Redmon, SB Independent 28 July 2009; California Rich by Stephen Birmingham, 1980, p 264; interview with Marc Appleton, 9 April 2018) •MJ

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Specimen palms and orange and banana trees create a sylvan setting for the entryway while a peacock adorns the Spanish-style chimney (Courtesy Marc Appleton)

sold cut flowers to local and national dealers.

The estate soon became populated with scores of residents from the animal kingdom, and the more traditional dogs and cats vied with geese and 45 peacocks for attention. The great favorite, however, was Gappy, a Galapagos tortoise that was fed a diet of watermelon and fresh fruits

imported from Hawaii and provided transportation for the Bryces’ children and grandchildren. Angelica loved to share her estate, and every day held an open house at 4:30 pm.

Peter Cooper Bryce died in 1964 and Angelica died in 1980. Subsequent owners added to the home, tore out the gardens, and ultimately tried to tear down the house. Not granted a

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In 1925, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cooper Bryce built a Spanish Colonial Revival house designed by architect George Washington Smith on fifty-two acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Hope Ranch. Known as Florestal, historian David Gebhard considered it “one of the great houses of the era and one of Smith’s finest masterpieces.” The house and surrounding gardens, which were developed by Mrs. Bryce with input from the horticulturalist Peter Riedel, became the family home to their children and grandchildren and endured intact and unchanged until Mrs. Bryce’s death. o the grandchildren, noted architect Marc Appleton. Mr. Appleton Join us for a talk by one of will recount Florestal’s story and the magical influence it had in its heyday, as well as its restoration today.

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by Scott Craig (photography by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Downtown Talk Explores Hidden Prejudices

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armel Saad, Westmont associate professor of psychology, examines implicit bias, the unconscious prejudices that are absorbed in childhood and persist into adulthood, in a lecture Thursday, April 12, at 5:30 pm at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street.

The Westmont Downtown lecture, “Hidden Prejudices: How Implicit Bias Affects Our Work and Relationships”, is free and open to the public. This oration is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.

“The importance of being aware of inequities in our world calls on us to first more closely examine hidden prejudices in our own minds,” Saad says. “Human brains gravitate toward biases, as we internalize society’s stereotypes unknowingly. Thus our brains reflect society’s preferences, which can insidiously undermine our best intentions toward social justice. Identifying how our biases affect behavior can help manage their effect on outcomes.”

Saad, who began teaching at Westmont in fall 2012, will discuss the prevalence of certain biases and research on strategies to reduce their impact. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara and earned a Master of Arts and a doctorate from UC Davis. She taught at UC Davis, Napa Valley College, and

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Richter graduated from Valley Forge University, earned a Master of Arts in theology from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a doctorate from the department of near eastern languages and civilizations in Hebrew Bible at Harvard University. Her research focuses on Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic history, Isaiah, the integration of Syro-Palestinian archeology, and the Bible. She is broadly known in the academy for her groundbreaking work in The Deuteronomistic History and the Name Theology and among laity for her celebrated book, The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament. She has recently released an article on “The Question of Provenance and the Economics of Deuteronomy” with the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament and is currently working on a commentary on Deuteronomy for the Two Horizons series with Eerdmans Publishers,

“The Fifth Gospel: A Christian Entry into the Book of Isaiah”, plus a biblical theology on “Environmentalism and the Evangelical”. She remains deeply invested in the well-being of the church and regularly authors lay curriculums with Seedbed Publishers.

Beers, who has been teaching at Westmont since 2012, specializes in Luke-Acts, the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, philosophical hermeneutics, and second temple Judaism.

Longman taught at Westmont for 19 years as the first Gundry professor in Biblical Studies. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 books about the Psalms and other Old Testament books.

Laniak earned a Doctor of Theology from Harvard Divinity School, studied in the Middle East, and worked as a missionary in Europe and Asia before taking his current post at GordonConwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Tsoukalas is the author of 12 books and a number of articles. His expertise is in Hindu Studies, non-Christian and pseudo-Christian religions, and Christian theology. He currently teaches at Emmaus Biblical Seminary in Haiti, and has taught at Wesley Biblical Seminary and Wheaton College.

Maxie Dunnam, president emeritus of Asbury Theological Seminary and a famed speaker and author within the Wesleyan tradition, will attend Richter’s installation ceremony. •MJ

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Brilliant Thoughts

by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

I Hope So

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ere is a question for you: What is the southernmost point of Africa?

If you answered “The Cape of Good Hope,” I’m sorry, but you’re wrong.

The correct answer is Cape Agulhas, which is 150 km farther south. The “Good Hope” Cape was not even given that name originally. Its first European discoverer, Bartolomeu Dias, called it The Cape of Storms.

But his King, John II of Portugal, later renamed it, in view of its hopeful significance as a landmark toward the ultimate goal of India.

We might, therefore, wonder why the settlement established nearby was named “Cape Town,” rather than “Hope Town.” There have, of course, been other places with Hope as all or part of their name. One of the better-known ones is the small city of Hope, Arkansas, which enabled its most famous son, Bill Clinton, to be known significantly, when campaigning for office, as “The Man from Hope” – just as another man from a town with an equally meaningful name – the Missourian Harry Truman – had proudly been called “The Man from Independence.” This, however, raises in my mind the possibility that some equally worthy politician, if born in a place with a less fortunate name, might not care to be known by it. For example, I think you’d agree that “The Man from Buzzards Gulch” might somehow not have quite the same appeal.

But let’s get back to hope. “Where there’s life, there’s hope,” is a timeworn adage. Or, as Alexander Pope put it in his superb Essay on Man, “Hope springs eternal in the human breast.”

I say unto you that even where there is no hope, there can still be life – and even a good life. Many or possibly most of us no longer hope for many of the things our ancestors once anticipated in a Life to Come. Yet even without that expectation (which in any case arose largely as a compensation for miserable conditions on Earth), we can still live fulfilling lives.

In the meantime, we attach the word hope to many earthly objects and institutions, from jewelry (e.g., the famous Hope Diamond) to seagoing vessels – notably hospital ships, such as the S.S. Hope, which from 1960 to 1974 brought free medical service to many parts of the world – to health care organizations such as Project Hope and City of Hope, and even to exclu12 – 19 April 2018

sive residential communities, including Santa Barbara’s Hope Ranch. In many cases, these names (like those of the diamond and the ranch) derive simply from somebody whose name happened to be Hope. But regardless of the name’s origin, the word alone carries its own mystique.

That special aura may go back at least as far as the New Testament, with St. Paul’s listing of the three Christian virtues, which King James gives us as Faith, Hope, and Charity. Of course, there has been endless debate about the meaning and implications of these words. Some newer translations favor the word “love” over “charity.” But faith and hope seem to have remained generally unchallenged. They are actually intertwined in the definition of faith given in the Book of Hebrews (whose author is unknown): “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

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Hope is a word of inspiration and aspiration – even though the great Samuel Johnson, who married only once, and became a widower at the age of 42, characterized anybody’s second marriage as “the triumph of hope over experience.”

But we also have “forlorn hope,” a term which is, or was, applied to any group of soldiers sent on a semi-suicidal mission. That word “forlorn,” which can be defined as “nearly hopeless” was used by Keats to introduce the last stanza of his sadly beautiful “Ode to a Nightingale,” written when he was 24, and had only two years to live. He said the very word was like a bell to toll him away from the magic of the nightingale’s song, back “to my sole self.”

But people who pray have to hope that their prayers are not forlorn. In fact, hoping and praying are often linked in our minds and speech. Prayer is said by many to have great power – which makes me wonder why it tends to be the last thing people in trouble resort to, rather than the first.

And what am I personally hoping for? Quite honestly, at this moment, it is that you’ll feel the time it took you to read this piece was well spent. •MJ

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On April 17, 2018, the Montecito Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider making a recommendation to the County Planning Commission regarding a proposed amendment to Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II). The proposed Article II amendment will streamline the permit process for agricultural employee dwellings in the Agriculture-I and Agriculture-II (AG-I and AG-II) zones in the Coastal Zone. The Montecito Planning Commission will consider the following in order to recommend that the County Planning Commission recommend that the Board of Supervisors adopt the proposed amendment: • A resolution recommending that the County Planning Commission recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve Case No. 18ORD-00000-00003, an ordinance amending Division 4, Zoning Districts, and Division 7, General Regulations, of Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the Santa Barbara County Code; and, • A determination that the Negative Declaration (14NGD-00000-00014) adopted for the 2015-2023 Housing Element Update fulfills the environmental review requirements and no subsequent Negative Declaration or other environmental review document shall be prepared for this project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162.

The staff report and attachments, including the proposed amendment, will be available one week prior to the public hearing at the Planning and Development Department located at 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara and online at the following website: http://sbcountyplanning.org/boards/pc/mpc.cfm The Montecito Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Montecito Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support of or in opposition to the project. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Montecito Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Letters, with nine copies, and computer materials, e.g. PowerPoint presentations, should be filed with the secretary of the Montecito Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Friday before the Montecito Planning Commission hearing. You may also submit comment letters electronically to the Planning Commission Recording Secretary at dvillalo@co.santabarbara.ca.us. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Montecito Planning Commission.

For additional information, please visit the project website: http://longrange.sbcountyplanning.org/programs/Ag%20Empl%20Dwelling%20Units/aedu.php or contact Jessica Steele, Planner: Email: jsteele@countyofsb.org | Tel: 805-884-8082 Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

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Music Academy of the West

by Steven Libowitz

Welcome to the 71st Season

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hen the 2017 Music Academy of the West (MAW) summer festival came to a close, the question arose: How do you follow a four-year partnership with the New York Philharmonic that culminated with music director Alan Gilbert’s final appearance with arguably the country’s greatest symphony orchestra in a massive concert at SBCC’s stadium, the largest classical music event in Santa Barbara history?

Easy. You go global.

The Academy has announced a new international collaboration, a fouryear partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), one of the world’s most venerable and formidable such ensembles known for both innovative programming and exemplary management. Conductor laureate Michael Tilson Thomas – who just visited Santa Barbara leading his other orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, in a CAMA-sponsored concert at the Granada in mid-March – serves as Signature Festival Conductor of the partnership and will oversee its launch in a panel discussion at the Academy this summer. Six LSO musicians will be in residence at the 2018 festival as guest artists, appearing as both teachers and performers, including Elim Chan, winner of the 2014 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, principal second violin David Alberman, principal cello Rebecca Gilliver, principal clarinet Andrew Marriner, principal trumpet David Elton, and principal percussion Neil Percy.

Tilson Thomas and other key LSO conductors and musicians will perform and teach at the Academy, with the full orchestra in residence during the 2019 and 2021 festivals. In addition, 12 Academy Fellows – two more than the N.Y. Phil partnership – will travel to London each winter for 10-day apprenticeships with LSO music director Sir Simon Rattle and the orchestra, while the winners of the Academy’s annual Solo Piano and Marilyn Horne Song competitions will be presented in recital at London’s LSO St. Luke’s in addition to their stateside mini-tour. Other partnership plans include multiple co-commissions by the Academy and the LSO, including a new children’s opera for U.S. premiere at the 2021 festival.

But that’s only one of the big announcement of the ambitious new season, MAW’s 71st, as the 2017 Community Concert stirs the heart of Montecito, which suffered the successive disasters of the Thomas Fire and mudslide/debris flow over the winter.

To honor both the local first responders and serve as a healing offering, the concert that closes the season on August 11 brings the community a redemptive message of hope via a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection.” Gustavo Dudamel – the firebrand music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which visits Santa Barbara every year as part of CAMA’s International Series – will conduct the concert to be performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Academy Festival

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Dudamel will also serve as one of this summer’s Mosher guest artists, along with French pianist David Fray, British baritone Simon Keenlyside, and – combining with another new MAW specialty – the program’s composer-in-residence, Caroline Shaw, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former student of longtime faculty artist Kathleen Winkler who premiered a commissioned piece dedicated to her former teacher at last year’s festival.

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The summer will also bring the MAW festival debut of James Conlon, the Grammy Award-winning music director of Los Angeles Opera, who will conduct the 2018 opera, a new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro from returnee James Darrah at the Granada Theatre in early August.

To celebrate this year’s Leonard Bernstein centennial, a fully staged new production of the composer’s jazz-infused one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti, conducted by KitchenerWaterloo Symphony music director Edwin Outwater, closes out the pair of annual OperaFest offerings.

The Academy’s Classical Evolution/ Revolution Conference, which made its debut early last season, also returns, while Stéphane Denève, music director of the Brussels Philharmonic and the incoming music director of the St. Louis Symphony – which also appeared during the just-concluded CAMA season – makes his MAW debut as a conductor for the Festival Orchestra for a special French-themed “Bastille Day” program on July 14.

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LETTERS (Continued from page 8) the money that sports car cost.”

I replied, “I am not sure. It fed a lot of families in Bowling Green, Kentucky, who built it; it fed the people who make the tires; it fed the people who made the components that went into it; it fed the people in the copper mines who mined the copper for the wires; it fed people in Decatur, Illinois, at Caterpillar who make the trucks that haul the copper ore; it fed the trucking people who hauled it from the plant to the dealer, and fed the people working at the dealership and their families.

“But, I have to admit, I guess I really don’t know how many people it fed.

“That is the difference between capitalism and welfare mentality.

“When you buy something, you put money in people’s pockets and give them dignity for their skills. When you give someone something for nothing, you rob them of their dignity and self-worth.

“Capitalism is freely giving your money in exchange for something of value. Socialism is taking your money against your will and shoving something down your throat that you never asked for.

“I’ve decided I can’t be politically correct anymore (I never was, actually).”

Forwarded by John McIntyre Montecito

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Over the last year, I have been extremely disturbed by the fact that Santa Barbara County and the City of Santa Barbara have neglected to protect its citizens from very dangerous tree problems. The county and some private property owners control some of the trees. I have called both City and County public works and have had minimum response to my pleas.

I have been a tree expert for more than 40 years and I know of what I speak, especially when it comes to trees and limbs that fall unexpectedly on homes and people. It is my due diligence in the past that has saved many homes and people over the last years.

But, there is at this moment too many trees that are, in my expert opinion, ready to go... some of them are now even being held up by phone wires.

Please survey your own property, and if and when you discover a

tree that is dangerously leaning, or whose branches hover dangerously over yards and homes: do something about it before it is too late!

Gene Tyburn Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We’re with you on this, Gene. We are in favor or removing pretty much all eucalyptus trees, though the ironwood pines, redwoods, and other equally hardy trees should remain unmolested. – J.B.)

Disaster Relief Housing

After our mandatory evacuations and natural disasters, this is not the way I had expected to live here at age 74, after 48 years in our wonderfully beautiful Montecito. I have completed 148 architectural building designs during this era, mostly homes, estates, and refurbishment of existing buildings, such as the Montecito Inn in the 1980s. I made my practice and life-long fine art paintings with a low-key attitude to shy away from self-importance. This made the work better and magnified the efforts of those for whom the designs and work were made, and made for thorough listening to their needs.

I supplied full sets of design and working drawings, the incorporated engineering, and permit processing for each project to the owners and their general contractors for each project, handing them completed permitted plans from which to build legally.

During the last couple of years, I have been filing approximately 135+ sets of the plans to the Architectural Archives at 415 Camino del Remedio in Santa Barbara County.

For any folks who have suffered a loss from the disasters and who want to rebuild, these permitted plans may still be available there. The archives are open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 6:30 pm (805-967-3639).

So, I too have lost my rented studio/work place. My needs are a room or one- or two-car garage in which to store my paintings prior to exhibits, and/or a place to work. If any are available, please call (805) 969-5148, or write me at P.O. Box 5354, Montecito CA 93150 (my needs are small).

Thanks in advance.

Tom Kress Montecito •MJ

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Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation

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Hunt, who also sits on the board of the nonprofit. Wilson added: “You never know how important the impact of the Foundation is until you meet some of the families; I hear their stories and see the appreciation in their faces. The money we are raising from this event is allowing these parents to focus on their child in need.”

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The event is being coordinated by co-chairs Sheela Hunt and Maria Wilson and their hard-working committee, including Carolyn Shepard Baham, Melanie Cava, Nina Johnson, Leslie Von Wiesenberger, and Tara Zanecki. “I continue to support TBCF because children battling cancer should always have the comfort of their parents by their side,” said

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The occasion will offer up a special night, beginning at the Santa Barbara Natural History Sea Center from 6 to 7 pm with wine and hors d’oeuvres, a premier silent auction, and raffle and live music by local band the Traveling Hurtados. The festivities then move on to The Harbor Restaurant from 7 to 9 pm for a traditional Clam Bake and Lobster dinner (alternate meals available).

Silent auction items include an exquisite Daniel Gibbings-designed ring; VIP tickets to the May 19 Katy Perry concert at Santa Barbara County Bowl; Premium tickets to a Los Angeles Lakers game with passes to the Chairman’s Lounge for pregame buffet and halftime beverages; and a Girl’s Night Out for 10 at the Painted Cabernet in Santa Barbara, an art studio that hosts painting and sipping parties with instruction and local wines. The raffle prize includes a case of Melville Emory Pinot Noir (the wine is named after a young girl who TBCF served, and Melville is donating 100 percent of the proceeds from its sales back to the organization) along with a midweek one-night stay at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn in Los Olivos.

“Only through the generosity of our community can we continue to support the critical financial, educational, and emotional needs of the families we serve,” said Lindsey Leonard, TBCF executive director. In 2017, TBCF served a record 839 individuals. In addition to the many programs the organization offers – such as tutoring and counseling services, as part of their educational and emotional assistance programs – they granted $238,477 to 78 families, which represented a 34-percent increase in requests for financial aid compared to 2016.

As TBCF continues to grow in scope and reach of services, so does their need to expand their support base.

Each year, more local children are told they have cancer and set out to fight at battle that no child should ever have to endure, says Leonard. TBCF is there to help them, as well as their families, during the most difficult time in their lives.

The Clam Bake event is generously supported by Visionary Bear sponsors Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin; Advocate Bear sponsor, The Painted Cabernet, Monte and Maria Wilson; and Healer Bear sponsors, Julia Delgado, M.D., General Pediatrics; First American Title Company; J Paul Gignac; O’Malley’s: Jimmy Smit and Dan and Carolyn Baham; Peggy and Nathan Rogers; and Mark and Sheela Hunt of Village Properties.

To purchase a sponsorship or tickets, or to find out how you can donate an auction item to TBCF’s California Clam Bake, please contact Eryn Shugart, TBCF Development director, at 962-7466 or visit www.teddybearcancerfoundation.org. The event is Thursday, April 26.

•MJ 12 – 19 April 2018

On Entertainment Greed is Good Theater

by Steven Libowitz

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ohn Tufts’s most recent pair of theater jobs featured the actor playing multiple roles. In I Am My Own Wife – in which Tufts just finished reprising his stunning turn in Doug Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning one-man show that played at Ensemble Theatre in 2016 at the Laguna Playhouse – he played some 40 different roles, from the elegant and eccentric 65-year-old German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf to a Stassi office to the playwright himself. Just before that, he was in New York appearing in an acclaimed new production of Pride and Prejudice as both Bingley and Mary, only two characters, but diametrically opposed in tone and temperament.

Tufts only has one role in Ensemble’s area premiere of The Invisible Hand, a political thriller by Ayad Akhtar, who won a Pulitzer of his own for his previous work, Disgraced, which also addressed issues of Islam in today’s world. But it’s a meaty part.

Tufts portrays American investment banker Nick Bright, who has been kidnapped by an extremist organization and held for a $10 million ransom. But his company refuses to meet the terrorists’ demands, so Bright attempts to save himself by convincing his captors that he can manipulate the stock market to meet their demands.

“The play is about right now,” Tufts said in a recent interview. “It takes many of the issues we are currently experiencing in Middle East and South Asia (and Wall Street) and distills them into this remarkably compelling and furiously fast story.”

But it isn’t the global politics aspect that challenges the Tufts, though it’s hard to draw from your own experiences when playing someone who might face beheading at any moment.

The play has also been characterized as an economics seminar due to the complicated issues that boil down to basic monetary greed exhibited by each of the four characters in the work.

Indeed, the title itself is a reference to concept put forth by Adam Smith in the assumption that a free-market capitalist economy works because everyone is motivated by their own

Now you see it: The Invisible Hand opens on Saturday, April 14, at the New Vic Theatre (photo

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self-interest, which provides a system of checks and balances. In Akhtar’s play, the finance is tricky Wall Streetstyle maneuvering.

For Tufts, language surrounding financial finagling and market manipulation prove a lot tougher to master than Elizabethan language.

“It wasn’t so hard to research what happens to a person in captivity, but a basic understanding of the financial stuff, that was hard,” he said. “As an actor, all I know is money comes in and goes out. So, I didn’t know anything about shorting the market, betting against currency and hedging on stocks decreasing in value.”

Having found himself confused re-watching The Big Short, Tufts turned to his stepfather, who actually could have been the role model for his character. “He was a banker at JP Morgan for 40 years, so he understands all of this. To him, it’s Econ 101, child’s play.”

The other challenge was simply working with present-time material, unlike the period pieces he usually specializes in, Tufts said. “I wanted to challenge myself,” he explained.

“What I found is that the language is as poetic and rhythmic as any classical piece, but with contemporary words and phrasing. So, there’s a visceral kinetic feel to it. I’m really enjoying digging into it.”

Parsing the language also led to another viewpoint on the title. “I think ‘invisible hand’ also refers to something that’s pushing the events of the plot forward rapidly and dramatically and dangerously,” Tufts explained. “It works beyond the control of the char-

Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than 10 years.

acters, but it’s still greed that’s creates what happens.”

Tufts and director Jonathan Fox also have another entryway into playwright Akhtar’s intent, via Jameal Ali, who portrays the volatile PakistaniBritish kidnapper Bashir. He starred in the original New York production of the play. “He’s been so helpful in rehearsals anytime we have a question about understanding the author’s intent,” Tufts said. “We’ve been using him to unlock questions all the time.”

Does the Pakistani jail cell door unlock long enough to free Tufts’s investment banker character? Tufts isn’t saying.

“The audience is just desperate to know if he will earn his ransom to set himself free, if he can he solve the puzzle in time. That’s what gives it such nail-biting tension.”

(Ensemble Theatre’s production of The Invisible Hand previews April 12-13, opens April 14, and runs through Sunday, April 29, at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street.

Tickets cost $20 to $70. Special related events include a Book Club discussion at 5:30 pm before the Wednesday, April 18, performance [Scripts are available for checkout at the Central Library]; Pre-Show Talks at 7:15 pm on April 18 & 25; Martini Night with a complimentary martini and mingle at 7:15 pm on Friday, April 20; and Talk Back with the cast and director Jonathan Fox after the performance on Thursday, April 26. Visit www.etcsb. org or call 965-5400.)

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With Outlaw, written and directed by Richard La Plante based on Christie’s memoir, Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel and Beyond, the biker is taking his journey to the stage, covering all for his trials, tribulations, and triumphs seven years after he left Hell’s Angels for good. The show premieres at the Rubicon on Wednesday and Thursday, April 11-12, plays Palm Desert on April 14, then comes to Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara on May 2-3 in anticipation of a national tour.

Rubicon then moves from Hell to the garden, via Melissa Hammans’s “Back to the Garden” show as part of the theater’s Broadway Concert Series on April 14-15. Hammans’s tribute concert showcases the lives and music of Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, and many others, as through story and song she puts a fresh spin on classic hits including “Walkin’ After Midnight”, “Stand by Your Man”, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, “Jolene”, and more. The Sunday afternoon performance also offers a post-show talkback. Info at 667-2900 or www.rubicontheatre.org.

Closer to home, SBCC’s Theatre Group also examines deviant behavior, but in this case it’s more Crimes of the Heart, the 1981 Pulitzer Prizewinning drama that was adapted into a Oscar-nominated film. The three Magrath sisters have returned to the family home in Mississippi as their patriarch grandfather is dying in the hospital. Each has their own issues: the oldest is unmarried and facing diminishing marital prospects, the

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Real Estate

by Mark Ashton Hunt

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he question being asked of real estate agents in Montecito is simply, “How is the Montecito real estate market doing?” This question comes, of course, in the wake of the recent deadly debris flow that shut down the 101 freeway for weeks, took the lives of 23 of our friends and neighbors, and damaged or destroyed hundreds of properties.

While there is always a sensitivity at the base of all conversations regarding the recent tragedies, homeowners, clients, agents and friends in other cities are curious what the damage has done to our market in terms of sales and values.

The answer is somewhat encouraging if one looks at statistics and momentum, as there seems to be some potentially reassuring news based on recent and improving sales activity.

In looking at the Montecito market over the past few months, we must look back to early December of last year, and to the fires that burned our hills before the rains that affected area home sales considerably.

As the Thomas Fire was finally extinguished and the ashes settled, the holidays continued, and suddenly we were into a new year. Then, just a week into 2018, we got the call to evacuate and a day later came the record intensity rainfall that hit the fire-charred bare hills, carrying trees and boulders in the debris flow that occurred on January 9.

Interestingly, comparing home sales (closed escrows) with the same two-week period last year (March 24 to April 7, 2017)

we are surprisingly ahead of last year by one sale, as there were just eight closed escrows in 2017 in that same time frame

With a total evacuation of the area, the two-week closing of the 101 freeway, home sales in Montecito came to a halt, while the rescue and repair work took place. Then, over the past month or so, slowly but surely, we have seen new listings come on the market, primarily in the less affected or unaffected areas.

Also in recent weeks, we have seen sales in both the red and yellow evacuation zones, as well as the unaffected areas, and in all price ranges. For those not as familiar, and my disclaimer being that I am not an expert, the red zone areas of Montecito are considered most at risk during heavy storms at this point, while the yellow zone areas are less so, but still at risk.

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), along with county officials, are updating this map and expect to have a new one as early as June. This is my basic understanding of the system as it stands now and until the map is updated as things change. There are also areas of the 93108 ZIP code that are not in any evacuation zone, as homes in these areas were not directly affected or damaged by debris flows.

Getting back to sales, during the past two weeks, March 24 to April 7, we saw nine closed escrows in Montecito. That is a considerable uptick over the past couple of months and pretty much in line with supporting the annual average sales rate of approximately 225 to 250+/- properties selling in Montecito per year.

We not only saw sales in each of the red, yellow, and unaffected zones on top of a solid few weeks of sales, we also saw the highest price paid for a home in Montecito in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) online records, a whopping $35 million paid for the 9-acre home next door to Oprah Winfrey.

To look closely at the recent Montecito Real Estate activity, zone by zone, I gathered information from the official evacuation map. To note, there are significantly more homes in the yellow and unaffected zones than there are in the red evacuation zone areas. This would lead one to assume there would be more home sales in these more populated zones, and that is indeed the case.

All statistics below were pulled from the MLS and represent my best efforts at accuracy in breaking down each sale and listing by area and zone, within the 93108 ZIP code, which includes all of Montecito.

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There are currently 104+/- homes on the market in Montecito (as of April 8); 29 in the red zone, 56 in the yellow zone, and 19 in the unaffected areas.

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These numbers show that approximately 25% of the homes on the market are in the red zone, and that is consistent with a similar percentage of recent redzone home sales and homes in escrow (pending).

Recent Sales

Nine properties closed escrow in Montecito between March 24 and April 7: two in the red zone, six in the yellow zone, and one in the unaffected area.

A notable sale in this timeframe includes an ocean-view 3-bdrm, 3-bath condo in Montecito Shores that sold for $4 million. This would be an impressive sale within this complex in any up or down market over the past dozen years or more.

An additional sale that caught local attention was an ocean-view estate compound on Glenview Road in the Cold Spring School District that sold

for $9,100,000. This home was not in either of the evacuation zones.

The biggest news of the past couple of weeks is the East Valley Road sale of the estate next to Oprah’s spread, changing hands recently for the sales price of $35 million. This is a statement for the area… the highest price paid for a home on record within the MLS area during the past 30 years. (Oprah paid more for her compound but was never listed on the MLS.) Interestingly, comparing home sales (closed escrows) with the same twoweek period last year (March 24 to April 7, 2017) we are surprisingly ahead of last year by one sale, as there were just eight closed escrows in 2017 in that same time frame.

Properties Pending (Actively under Contract) This oceanview 3-bdrm, 3-bath condo in Montecito Shores recently sold for $4 million

In addition to closed escrow/sold statistics, we can look at properties currently in escrow to see that buyers are indeed making offers and contractual commitments. Currently (as of April 7), there are 13 properties in escrow in the 93108 ZIP code.

Of these 13 properties, six are in the unaffected area, four are in the yellow zone, and three are in the red zone.

The lowest-priced property pending is just less than a million dollars in the western part of Montecito, while the highest-priced property pending is a beach area home listed at more than $6 million.

Feel free to contact me regarding any real estate needs: Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text (805) 698-2174. Or, please visit my website, www.MontecitoBestBuys.com, from which this article is based.

•MJ

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6) Seated are Roman Baratiak, and Mitch Light, Jane Kellard with Alex Rasmussen, Marc Appleton, Joanna Kerns with Hello host Bruce Heavin, and Janice Feldman (photo

by Priscilla)

Surprising everyone is guest celebrity guitarist Steve Vai when he played “Georgia”, complementing singer Adam Aejaye Jackson (photo

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Hosts Allen and Anne Sides with Helene Schneider and Tammy Hughes (photo by Priscilla)

Arriving and greeted by Hello hostess Lynda Weinman are Thomas Rollerson, Lois and Mark Mitchell, with Susan and Jeff Bridges (photo by Priscilla)

Friends enjoying the transaction event are Norm Kravetz, Berty Siegels, Pierre Denis, Bob Carpenter, Rick Kelland, Deena and Gretchen Carpenter, Kimberley Bitetti, hostess Anne Sides, Steve Vai, Glen and Kathy Rosenberg (photo by Priscilla)

Atmosphere of music bestowed by the “Cook Brothers” Jerronmy Collier on bass, Greg Cook on piano and listening

by Jelinda DeVorzon, Denise Lyles-Cook, Barry de Vorzon, hostess Lynda Weinman, and Drew Hunter (photo by Priscilla)

John Williams, and André Previn – and Anne plan to rent a home on Picacho Lane, near Anne Towbes’s estate, while they look for more permanent accommodations in our Eden by the Beach.

Lynda tells me that she and Bruce may one day donate Graholm, situated on Alston Road, to the city to be used as a museum or art gallery.

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Among the 160 guests at the boffo bash, which featured food trucks from Kosi and Border Grill providing bounteous comestibles, were Paul and Jane Orfalea, Marc Appleton and Joanna Kerns, Leslie RidleyTree, Bill and Sandi Nicholson, Jeff and Susan Bridges, Eric and Nina Phillips, Pat and Ursula Nesbitt, Sara Miller McCune, Diana Starr

Langley, Peter Noone, Bilo Zarif, Dan and Meg Burnham, Alan Parsons, Kim and Tammy Hughes, Tom Parker, Jeff and Hollye Jacobs, Anne Towbes, Thomas Rollerson, Nancy Gifford, Merryl Brown, sheriff Bill Brown, Craig Case, Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, Celesta Billeci, Sandy Robertson, Gwen Stauffer, Christopher Lancashire, Jeff and Margo Barbakow, and Mara Abboud.

A real humdinger of a shindig.

What’s Cooking There was certainly food for thought when the 119-year-old Family Service Agency hosted its fourth annual Cooking Up Dreams gala at the Carriage and Western Art Museum, attracting 280 guests and raising around $100,000 for the nonprofit’s work, including counseling students at schools impacted by the recent disasters, providing basic-needs sup-

port to displaced workers and their families and helping relocate longterm care residents.

The boffo bash, featuring a culinary competition between local leading chefs from a number of Eden by the Beach noshetarias, including Casa Blanca, Finch & Fork, Les Marchands, Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro, the FisHouse, Sama Sama Kitchen, Convivo, First & Oak, La Cumbre Country Club, and Industrial Eats, was emceed by former school principal Kris Bergstrom with Marni Cooney chairing the event.

Judges were KEYT-TV anchor Joe Buttitta, Edible Magazine editor Krista Harris and food blogger Emily Nordee, with the culinary winner Renaud’s, which landed both the judges trophy and the People’s Choice award.

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Some of Family Service Agency’s honorary committee are sheriff Bill and Donna Brown, Michael Cooney with event chair Marni Cooney; Jill and John Bishop; and host sponsors Chana and Jim Jackson (photo by Priscilla)

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middle sister has come home following a failed singing career on the West Coast, and the youngest is out on bail after having shot her husband.

Department co-chair R. Michael Gros directs the April 13-28 run at SBCC’s Jurkowitz Theater, the intimate cousin to the Garvin. Details and tickets at www.theatregroupsbcc.com or call 965-5935.

Revving up the Revolution

Emma’s Revolution’s latest album, Revolution Now, which came out last July, features the activist duo’s protest song take on a wide range of issues from reproductive justice to refugees, LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter, and the women’s movement. The album also features “Sing People Sing”, a loving tribute to the late folksinger icon Pete Seeger, who was a friend and mentor to the duo, comprising Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow, who goes by her last initial professionally. They also offer a setting of Woody Guthrie’s lyrics “Revolutionary Mind”, one of the many songs the “This Land is Your Land” songwriter left behind without an existing melody.

The only hot-button topic missing from their fourth album is gun violence in America. But the Parkland school shooting and the astonishing teen-led movement was too important to wait for a new CD. So in February, they recorded a YouTube video of “Another 17”, which begins with the title line followed by “...and you send thoughts and prayers.”

“What’s going on now is like what happened at Kent State,” opined Opatow. “We’re very inspired by having people out in the streets again. It’s an amazing time... (But) we’ve been in place doing activist music for years.”

Indeed, Emma’s Revolution’s “If I Give Your Name”, about undocumented workers killed in the World Trade Center in the September 11 attacks, won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Holly Near has covered their songs, and the duo’s “Peace Salaam Shalom” was performed for the Dalai Lama in Seattle.

“We’ve been doing the music all

along, with all sorts of activists and community organizers who actually are doing the work that’s needed,” Sandy said. “But we’re very encouraged by what’s happening. It’s a huge moment.”

However, Emma’s Revolution don’t want to be seen merely as poetic preachers. Which is why they took as their namesake Emma Goldman, the activist who was famously attributed with saying, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.”

“We are engaged in activist work through our music, and it’s how we live our lives,” Opatow said.

“But we must have joy and fun and all the wonderful parts of life too.

Otherwise, what are we working for? So, our shows cover a wide range of life experience – headlines from the news, but also laughter and love.”

Local residents can be harkened and heartened by the duo heavenly harmonies when Emma’s Revolution returns to town to perform at the Unitarian Society this weekend in their first visit to the venue after at least four previous shows over the last 10 years at Trinity Backstage coffeehouse.

“That’s just because of the way the world has been these days,” Opatow said. “We play at communities of faith, spaces that are open to having a conversation about these things.

It’s a good time for people to know that there’s music like what we do out there to hear.”

(Emma’s Revolution performs at 7 pm Saturday, April 14, at Unitarian Society, 1535 Santa Barbara Street.

Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at the door. Visit www.ussb.org/ emmas-revolution-april-14.)

Further in Folk

A quarter-century ago, Steve Poltz had a band called the Rugburns, which San Diego loved for its spunky and quirky college rock. On vacation in Mexico, he came up with a typical Poltz ditty but decided to offer it to his girlfriend, a barista who was a budding singer-songwriter herself.

She turned the tune into a song called “You Were Meant for Me”, stuck

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it on her debut album, and Jewel became a star. Soon, Poltz scored a major label deal of his own, and Jewel sang on it, as did a few other special guests including Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks and Tom Petty keyboardist Benmont Tench. But the album tanked, Jewel dumped him, and Poltz disappeared from the studio for a while, though he never stopped writing or touring.

The well-traveled still prolific singer-songwriter settles into the Lobero on Saturday, April 14, sharing his alternate tunings and fruitful finger-picking approach with the Sings Like Hell crowd on a bill with Western Centuries, a honky-tonk group comprising three different country-leaning singer-songwriters of their own.

Funny Females on Film

It’s not accurate to term the new film series at UCSB’s Pollock Theater “#MeToo at the Movies”, but there’s also no denying that the increased attention on women in Hollywood played a part in the Carsey-Wolf Center’s “Women in Comedy” screenings that get underway this week.

Five different films will be shown during the series, and the post-screening discussions will feature a number of big names among the special guests, including actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Mindy Sterling, and Laraine Newman.

“We wanted something for the spring that would draw audience and be fun for students and the public,” explained Patrice Petro, professor of Film and Media Studies and the director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, who curated the series. “Comedy has long opened up possibilities for women as a means of expression. But also there has been a new scholarship on women in comedy, so the series is exploring those successes of women as performers, writers, and producers in comedy.”

To that end, the series launches on Thursday, April 12, with a selection of highlights from Saturday Night Live with commentary from Newman, a member of the legendary original cast.

On Tuesday, April 17, Sterling will be on hand to talk about the mockumentary Drop Dead Gorgeous, while UC Irvine professor Bambi Haggins dissects the history of early African-

American star “Moms” Mabley via Whoopi Goldberg’s 2013 documentary on Thursday, April 19. Following a month-long hiatus, the series returns on May 19 with The Royal Tenenbaums with star Paltrow as the special guest to talk about Wes Anderson’s work, before the series closes May 22 with a pair of classic short films from the silent period: Won in a Cupboard (1914) and The Oyster Princess (1919), with live piano accompaniment by Michael Mortilla.

“The series is intended to dispel the myth that women aren’t funny, or that funny women is a new recent thing, or that they were only important with the greats like Lucille Ball or Carl Burnett,” Petro said. “As an academic research center, we’re wanting to show people things they may not have thought about before. But it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

(The “Women in Comedy” screenings take place at 7 pm and feature free admission, though advance reservations are recommended. Visit www. carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock.)

Faculty Foursome Featured

Robert Koenig, keyboard professor and head of performance at UCSB, collaborates with new faculty colleagues violist Jonathan Moerschel – who is a member of the renowned Calder Quartet, a recipient of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant, plus violinist Ambroise Aubrun and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel for a program featuring George Enescu’s Aubade in C Major for violin, viola and cello, and Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major for violin, viola, cello, and piano, Op. 87. The rare faculty chamber music recital takes place Thursday, April 12, at Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.... The UCSB Department of Music has also announced that it will host famed film composer Michael Giacchino (Up, Inside Out, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) for an afternoon event on Tuesday, May 1, in Lehmann Hall.

Giacchino will speak about his career and lead a Q&A session. Admission is free, but guests should reserve seats in advance online at www.music. ucsb.edu.

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or thousands of years, the world has endured a swelling procession of thriving “addictions” that a majority of our population has yet to understand entirely.

People with common dependencies involving substances such as alcohol, narcotics, even everyday necessities which humanity could never exist without – such as food and sex – are often branded with labels that elude the initial problem which may well be the cause of their lust for an overindulgence that strives to mask the sly demon with abilities that could temporarily, and even permanently, sabotage the human soul.

For example, in today’s society, a person who gets drunk on the weekends may easily be classified, alcoholic, a common perspective that stems from the lack of knowledge of not only “addiction and alcoholism,” and the extensive variety of methods that may be conducive to a person’s recovery, but this person’s daily life and overall situation as well.

This is precisely the reason Robbin O’Neill-Gregory’s, Recovery Support Specialist Agency, Recovery Fusion, “implements a thorough assessment and aspires an honest connection with the client on a deep and personal level” before society has the opportunity to brand a scarlet letter (such as A for alcoholic) on their personality, then send them off to a $90,000 a month treatment center across the United States before returning home to the same locale where these plausible and examined “addictions” flourish without a shred of remorse or understanding for the sufferer.

“Our job is to listen, advocate, encourage, and moderate, and send

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Robbin O’NeillGregory, owner of Recovery Fusion, asserts the facility promotes “open-minded philosophy” and unmatched knowledge

you in the right direction,” says Robbin.

In other words, when someone calls Recovery Fusion with his or her own assessment already solidified – “I’m an alcoholic, and I need a residential treatment program” – knowing the U.S. contains more than 14,000 treatment facilities, Robbin and her team first ask the person (who may or may not be stable enough to decide their destiny with this traditional solution), “Well, how do you know?” And the answer, usually, is that said individual doesn’t know, and the traditional treatment facilities that practice the conventional treatment methods are the only option the future client knows to exist.

“Recovery Fusion offers options, and there is a need in the community to provide other pathways,” says the 32-year advocate of Santa Barbara recovery. “Recovery is different today.”

Recovery Fusion regularly takes on clients who’ve exhausted them-

selves from multiple failed attempts at the general rehab facility, residential treatment program, sober living, often traumatized from the slew of new traumatic events and near-death experiences. Clients who insist that “traditional” doesn’t work for me,” and who desire the path of medicine when treating a life-threatening addiction, such as opioids.

“What is addiction, really? It is a sign. A signal, a symptom of distress.

It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood,” author Alice Miller states in Dr. Gabor Maté’s Canadian best seller, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a book that shares the torturous experiences that occur in the world of faux euphoria and utter oblivion. Furthermore, Peter A. Levine Ph.D., who is the clinical consultant for the Meadows Treatment Centers in Wickenburg, Arizona, explains how the United States spends an estimated $15 billion per year and $5 billion per year insuring some 4 million people for treatment services that “specialize” in the cessation of substance abuse.

“There are so many treatment centers that are completely biased, and there are so many unethical places out there,” says Robbin. This commonality, this single path solution where individuals have already spun themselves dizzy from the revolving door have not always – but often – experienced four or five treatment centers.

For some reason, this person keeps falling face-first into the open arms of his or her reoccurring and unanswered dissipation.

“Assessment, placement, stabilization, then aftercare” is Recovery Fusion’s method of recovery with an approach that is “one-hundred percent unbiased.” Their ultimate agenda is to always listen and to strongly connect with the client and the client’s situation to better plan the most-effective one-on-one recovery – accompanied by a dedicated Recovery Coach who promises never to leave the client stranded at any time.

Which brings us to Emily Flood, 22.

She is Robbin’s administrative assistant at Recovery Fusion, and her story consists of a chain of events that begins at an outdoor wilderness program for teens where she quickly earned the label of a drug addict. This decision, of course, was not made by Emily herself, and followed a brief experimentation with marijuana that she had used “five times at the most.”

Immediately after the completion of this first rehab, Emily found herself in Boarding School. Then another rehab, followed by a series of one-path treatment centers that all preached the same method of recovery that may work for some but didn’t for Emily.

“That is what I ultimately love about Robbin and Recovery Fusion; they’re the only recovery source that did not

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label me,” says Emily, who believes a strong connection is vital to a person’s recovery. “Robbin was the first person I trusted in a long time.”

Robbin and Recovery Fusion assisted Emily in her own customized path that continues to work for her. Within eight months of working with Robbin, Emily rekindled a relationship with her sister, with whom she hadn’t spoken with in four years: family therapy sessions where Robbin is present to ensure the support and solace for her client. Today, Emily has a 4.0 at UCSB, and her relationship with her family continues to remain healthy and productive.

Recovery Fusion believes physical and mental stability is detrimental before delving into the clients’ customized aftercare. The initial pain and-or illness that is much more complex is thoroughly examined and thought of with a recovery plan that fits the client’s overall needs and endeavors.

No matter what this entails: a driver’s license, enrollment in school, dance classes, therapy, family therapy, a job – some need everyday motivation: a grown man or woman who plays video games and nothing else is, nowadays, common.

For a person with the daily struggle of alcoholism, a detox may take up to a full week. But for someone whose body endured a continuous flow of opioids, one that might have started prior to when the doctor prescribed painkillers for an injury or surgery, this detox tends to cause a vicious and never-ending stretch of insomnia, while battling acute withdrawal symptoms for up to an entire year, depending on the person and the amount and length of abuse.

Recovery Fusion is “not affiliated with any other recovery support resource or institution.” They do not own detox and treatment facilities or even sober livings. However, for the last 12 years, Robbin and her team at Recovery Fusion, after a psychologist performs the client’s “confidential assessment,” offers an array of “unbiased pathways to recovery” that best suits the client, using only licensed professionals and “recovery support services rooted in Santa Barbara.”

Also, Recovery Fusion is one of the first Recovery Support Specialist Agencies in California. In 2017, Recovery advocated in Europe and Asia, promoting their “open-minded philosophy” and offering what Robbin describes as their unparalleled knowledge and teaming up with ethical practitioners and treatment centers that specialize in addiction.

So, before you spend your life savings on a traditional treatment center that only helps you survive while living at the facility, give Robbin and her 12-person staff a call at (805) 689-1256 for your confidential and potentially life-changing assessment.

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Some of those attending Lunch & Learn were Sunni Thomas, King Straus, Marie Morrisroe, Kathryn Washburn, Lois Moore, and Hiroko Benko.

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CAMA

Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) has been presenting the world’s finest classical artists since 1919. This concert at the Granada was the last of their 99th year. The next show will be the beginning of its 100th anniversary. What a testament to all the people who founded CAMA and to all those who have supported it for l00 years.

The audience was there to see the famous San Francisco Symphony (SFS) directed by the equally famous Michael Tilson Thomas. His tenure of 23 years is a record for any music director in the United States. Besides the music of Gustav Mahler, the program also had Gil Shaham as solo

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violinist. He made his debut at age 10 (born in 1971) with the Jerusalem Symphony and Israel Philharmonic.

The SFS has much longevity, having given their first concerts in 1911.

There list of awards goes on and on, including numerous Grammys. They also have the longest-running education program among U.S., orchestras bringing music to children in grades one through five in San Francisco’s public schools.

After the concert, patrons were invited upstairs to Meg and Dan Burnhams’ penthouse for wine and Michael Hutchings’ treats. Dan was telling conductor Thomas that when he was in Buffalo, Dan and his family would go to the free symphony concerts with their children. “You were responsible for educating my children in classical music.”

Some of those mingling were CAMA board president Robert Montgomery and Val, first vice president Deborah Bertling, treasurer William Meeker, Robert Emmons, and Lynn Kirst.

If you are interested in sponsoring a concert, please contact Elizabeth Alvarez, director of development at (805) 966-4324 or just buy a ticket and enjoy.

•MJ

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was German composer Franz Joseph Haydn’s 1798 work Missa in Angustiis, better known as Lord Nelson’s Mass, especially poignant in light of the recent catastrophes.

The program also included works

by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ola Gjeilo, and Christopher Tin, with soloists soprano Rena Harms, tenor Benjamin Brecher, bass Ralph Cato, and mezzo Nina Yoshida.

The event also offered free tickets to fire and flood first responders.

Music to everyone’s ears. Bravo!

Attending FSA board member Mario Barfield; representing the FisHouse Restaurant is Edward Suer; FSA board member Roberta Heter; from the Casa Blanca restaurant is Graciela Charles; and chef Weston Richards of Les Marchands (photo by Priscilla)

FSA’s maitre d’ sponsor Bob Manning, Lisa Brabo, executive director Family Service Agency; Susan Manning, maitre d’ sponsor; Shirley Ann Hurley, restaurateur sponsor; and of the honorary committee assembly member Monique Limon (photo by Priscilla)

Sound of Music Santa Barbara Symphony’s 65th anniversary season with veteran conductor Nir Kabaretti promises to be a cracker.

“Theater, dance, film, vocal music are all part of the symphony’s DNA, which makes the coming season, opening in October, so exciting,” says Nir. Highlights will include 200 musicians and singers assembled on the Granada stage for Verdi’s Requiem,

Among the gourmands attending the foodie fete were KEYT-TV meteorologist Kelsey Gerckens, sheriff Bill Brown, former mayor Sheila Lodge, Randy Weiss, Mahri Kerley, and Roger Aceves.

Notes Worthy It was an event of high note when the Santa Barbara Choral Society celebrated its 70th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of its director, JoAnne Wasserman, with two well-attended concerts at the First Presbyterian Church, which included alumnae from past decades.

Highlight of the performances

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SB Choral Society director JoAnne Wasserman celebrates 25 years on the podium

Very Clef-er

Up Close and Musical series sponsor Robert Weinman with soprano Julia Bullock and pianist John Arida (photo by Kimberly Citro)

a Stravinsky double bill, and great American music, including an homage to Oscar-winning composer and one-time Hope Ranch resident Elmer Bernstein, as well as classics from Berlioz, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, Gershwin, and others.

The symphony also plans to present Home for the Holiday concerts annually during Thanksgiving weekend.

Chef sponsor is Union Bank with Vince Caballero; honorary committee chair Pascale Beale; Thomas Comte from Renaud’s serving favorite pastry to a blushing Mahri Kerley; with former board members Stephanie Wilson and Jonathan Wang (photo by Priscilla)

Rick, 66, who created the Hollister Ranch and Santa Barbara honey companies in the mid-1970s, has re-launched Within The Shells, a 210page book he originally published in 1973 as a limited 100 copy leather-bound version.

“It is the first of three poetry books I plan to complete,” says Rick, who dedicates his revamp to his six grandchildren.

“I continue to write poems daily or weekly as the passion arises. I am drawn to unique and interesting word phrases and ways to communicate.”

Nine years ago, Rick also published Wildcatting – The Hills of Kettleman, a book about his grandfather, a successful oilman in the 1920s. He has also written a script based on the book, which he hopes will be made into a film.

He will be reading from his work at Tecolote, the bustling bibliophile bastion in the upper village, on Saturday, April 21.

Busy as a Bee Former Montecito beekeeper Rick Sawyer is waxing poetic.

Crab Take After myriad delays Frankland’s Crab & Co, described as a modern American shell shack, opened its doors at the 90-year-old Montecito Inn, formerly owned by silent film

Rick Sawyer celebrates new poetry work

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It was certainly an eclectic program when soprano Julia Bullock, accompanied by John Arida on the piano, wowed the audience at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall.

Bullock, who has appeared with many the world’s great orchestras, including the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, and the London and San Francisco symphonies, sang selections from Franz Schubert, Samuel Barber, Gabriel Faure, and even a blues selection by the likes of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Alberta Hunter, and Spencer Williams.

The charismatic singer, who was a soloist with the New York Phil during a Santa Barbara Bowl performance three years ago and sang new works by jazz composer Tyshawn Sorey at last year’s Ojai Music Festival, made her UCSB Arts & Lectures show an electrifying moment.

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Richard Filippini with men from the Coral Casino: Jon Kellim (Coral sous chef); Joshua Tsui, Grant Danely, Brian Dodero, with Phillip Lee, Franklin Crab & Co. chef and owner; and Daniel Almada (photo

by Priscilla)

Eric Pressly was greeted by Margarita Kallas-Lee, Frankland Crab & Co. pastry chef and owner; along with Gabriel Wischmeier meeting publicist Andrea Sun; and patron Bruno Caputo (photo by Priscilla)

Copus have another bona-fide hit on their hands if opening night, attended

by Gretchen Lieff, Jeff Jacobs, Gene Montesano, and David and Anne Gersh, was anything to go by.

For take-out orders, check out www. franklandscrabandcompany.com Creating fresh seafood favorites are chef de cuisine Tony Wright, Phillip Frankland Lee, chef and owner; and sous chef Lennon Lee (photo by Priscilla)

Allison Jacqua and Rob Robinson dine al fresco attended by server Gabriel Cuellar (photo by Priscilla)

star Charlie Chaplin.

The bustling Coast Village Road nosheteria, part of the Los Angelesbased restaurant group Scratch Restaurants, is run by chef-owners Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee, who were present on the first night to make sure everything ran smoothly as my trusty shutterbug Priscilla, society doyenne Beverley Jackson and I tried out Alaskan king crab legs, the beer-battered Branzino and the breaded chicken breast, wrapping the tasty repast with Margarita’s homemade ice cream sandwich.

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comes in cans from the Underwood, Oregon, company, though the tony twosome plans to have a full selection of bottled Santa Barbara wine in due course when three additional concepts are unveiled: The Monarch, an allday eatery located off the hostelry’s lobby, a fine-dining restaurant, the Silver Bough, and Margarita’s Snacks, which will feature ice cream cones and sweets.

Other goodies on the eclectic all-day menu include local oysters and clams, Maine lobster, a selection of housebaked brioche sandwiches, and fish and chips.

Hotel owners Jason, Jim and Danny

From the Dead Santa Barbara reality TV star Heidi Montag died on a plastic surgery operating table 10 years ago, she’s revealed.

The wife of Spencer Pratt talked about her marathon plastic surgery in 2009 to Paper magazine for its Transformation issue.

Montag says her heart stopped while she recovered from her 10 procedures done in one day, including brow lifts, a second breast augmentation, a second rhinoplasty, ear pinnings, and a chin reduction.

“Spencer thought he’d lost me. I died for a minute.”

Nine years later Montag – who welcomed her first child, Gunner Stone, in October – had her size F breast implants removed.

“I basically hit that rock-bottom moment in my life to realize what was important for me.”

Golden Nugget Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry

has a novel way of curing homesickness while on the Asian leg of her globetrotting 113-date Witness: The Tour.

“I miss Nugget so much,” the 33-year-old, 13-time Grammy nominee says of her pet teacup poodle while visiting a South Korean dog cafe, Bau House.

“I put on Kacey Musgrave’s new record, Golden Hour, during yoga and she made me feel not so alone. Music is so powerful and I am grateful,” she tweeted.

The former Dos Pueblos High student is traveling with her mother, Pentecostal pastor Mary Hudson.

Sightings: Picasso author Leslie James masticating at the FisHouse...

Writer T.C. Boyle enjoying a libation at Lucky’s...Former Charlie’s angel Jaclyn Smith checking out the Honor Bar Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301.

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Reconstruction and Improvement of Roads

Montecito’s meandering roads and country lanes have shaped our community character for the last 100 years. Built for scenic beauty and not for speed of travel, they have taken a horrific beating from heavy equipment and the 50,000 truckloads needed to remove 500,000 cubic yards of mud. With heavy construction traffic expected over the next four years, most local roads cannot simply be surface-coated. They will require restoration and, in some cases, rebuilding.

Delivering a reliable supply of water at an affordable cost, regardless of rainfall or drought.

California has constructed a dysfunctional water system, hideously dependent upon unreliable snowpack in the High Sierras, an exhausted Colorado River system, plus an inadequate and energy-inefficient conveyance system of vulnerable pipelines, dams, canals, reservoirs, and pump stations, which move Northern California water to the southland. Designed to serve 20 million customers, the same inadequate system is now expected to serve 40 million residents, plus a booming agricultural industry, in periods of increasing drought.

The Israelis have built a secure water system based upon a reliable and affordable combination of waterworks that includes desalination, recycled wastewater, harvesting of storm water, groundwater management, and regional cooperation. California politicians and environmentalists have done everything in their power to make desalination unattractive and as expensive as possible.

Thanks to technology, we are close to water independence and permanent freedom from drought. The pieces are coming into place, supported by a more committed Montecito Water District Board and a more flexible Sanitary Board.

We are within “snuggling distance” of secure water, if only we can get the 15 water and sanitary agencies on the south-central coast to work together, not just for themselves, but for a secure water future for all.

Undergrounding Utilities

Montecito is afflicted with a world-class nightmare of overhead visual pollution. The current canopy of telephone lines, power lines, steel and wooden poles, cell phone antennas, and refrigerator-sized control boxes is not only an eyesore but dangerous from the standpoint of fire and frequent power and cable outages.

The first step in an undergrounding effort is to convince Caltrans to remove all Highway 192 (East Valley Road) telephone poles as a life safety and disaster recovery effort. Expensive trenching costs can be mitigated by utilizing the existing commitment by MWD for trenching an already planned 100-year-old water pipe replacement at a cost of $2 million per mile. Caltrans should also apply for a federal grant as part of the Montecito Recovery Plan. Finally, SoCal Edison, Frontier, SoCal Gas, Cox and a host of smaller communication companies should contribute significantly to undergrounding. Edison may suggest a preference for undergrounding in lieu of exposure to potential future legal fees that name them as the cause of Montecito debris flow.

With the widening of the 101, the reconstruction of Highway 192, and the rebuilding of structurally damaged Hot Springs/Olive Mill roads and Sheffield Drive, the undergrounding effort could be extended to at least our main arterials.

Montecito Community Plan

The Montecito Community Plan was crafted a quarter-century ago under entirely different circumstances by community leaders, including Joan Wells, Sally Kinsell, Claire Gottsdanker, Sally Bromfield, Susan Gulbransen, and Dick Thielscher.

We should seek to discover what our community’s current vision is for Montecito, and which new ideas should be incorporated to: (a) Preserve and protect the semi-rural character of Montecito; (b) Maintain public and, where feasible, private views; (c) Respect the privacy of immediate neighbors; (d) Balance site scale with landscape preservation; (e) Maintain semi-rural character of the roads and lanes; and (f) Preserve and protect native vegetation.

There are outside community pressures from developers, FEMA, the county, and from the environmental community, itching to define Montecito as they would like it to be. It is up to the residents of Montecito to step forward now to shape the right vision and ensure its delivery.

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Ideas presented without research, progress reports, measurable performance, cost estimates, engineering design, and specific responsibilities are not terribly useful. What’s needed is to reach into Montecito’s deep talent pool to recruit knowledgeable leaders motivated to commit their time and resources to explore alternatives and craft the best solutions to build a better Montecito.

Conclusion

Water Security

Decision-Making Control

Expected Progress

There are other issues that could be added to this Top 10 priorities list. Among these are the availability and future cost of homeowner and/or flood insurance; preservation of locally owned restaurants, shops, and other businesses; traffic issues, such as the widening of the 101 and relief for Coast Village Road.

I hope these Top 10 priorities mark the beginning of a much-needed and critical transparent community discussion.

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FI CTITI OU S B U S I N E S S N A M E STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: El Bajio Landscaping, 674 Sheridan Way, Ventura, CA 93001.

Alberto Duarte, 674 Sheridan Way, Ventura, CA 93001.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 30, 2018. 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) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2018-0001003.

Published March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2018.

FI CTITI OU S B U S I N E S S N A M E STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Eat This, Shoot That!, 14 E. Valerio St. #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Taralynn Jones, 14 E. Valerio St. #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 13, 2018. 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)

by Connie Tran. FBN No. 2018-0000782.

Published March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2018.

FI CTITI OU S B U S I N E S S N A M E STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Albertos Metal Finishing, 717 N Milpas St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Adalberto Castellanos, 642 W De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 12, 2018. 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) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2018-0000757.

Published March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2018.

FI CTITI OU S B U S I N E S S N A M E STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DNA Discount, 5048 Cathedral Oaks Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

Gregory R Hons, 5048 Cathedral Oaks Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 12, 2018. 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 theaoriginal statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2018-0000759.

Published March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 18CV01145. To all interested parties: Petitioner Gabriela Cadena Diaz filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Gabriela Delira.

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 about must file a written objection that included 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 March 16, 2018 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: May 30, 2018, at 9:30 am in Dept.

6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2018.

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

“Grandmother Dharma” Teacher Dagmola Returns

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.E. Sakya Dagmola returns to Santa Barbara for a weekend retreat “The Essential Meaning of Ngondro, Preliminary Practices in Tibetan Buddhism”, this weekend April 14-15. Dagmola, who is a senior teacher and acting head Lama of Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism in Seattle – which was one of the first dharma centers in the West – has been a frequent visitor to Santa Barbara over the years, though her last residency was more than four years ago, when she spoke about Guru Yoga in the Sakya tradition.

The retreat is hosted by Tara Ling Santa Barbara, part of a national organization of Tara Ling Centers that were founded by Lama Dagmola, who is one of a handful of revered Tibetan women teachers in the West. (She was an early Tibetan teacher of famed Santa Barbara Buddhist scholar/educator/retreat leader Alan Wallace.) Dagmola will lead two sessions on both Saturday and Sunday, each a combination of dharma teachings, practice, and relevant questions and answers. Refuge & Bodhichitta – cultivating the spirit of awakening, takes place 10 am to noon Saturday, followed by Refuge & Bodhichitta – cultivating the spirit of awakening, from 2 to 4 pm. A Mandala Offering – cultivating merit and wisdom – is from 10 am to noon on Sunday, before the weekend workshop closes with Guru Yoga – Cultivating devotion and Buddha nature transmission, teachings, and practice from 2 to 4 pm.

The retreat takes place at EMID, 224 Vereda Leyenda, near Winchester Canyon in Goleta. There is chair seating, and you are welcome to bring mats or cushions for practice. Tea and light snacks will be provided. A $20 donation is suggested for each session, or $75 for the full weekend, and a catered hot vegetarian lunch is available for an additional $10 each day. Advanced registration by emailing Vidya Gauci at vidya@taralingsb.com or calling 448-8516 is appreciated, though you can also register at the door from 9 to 9:45 am both days. All are welcome to attend, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

More Buddhist Meditation at Bodhi Path

Elsewhere in the Buddhist-teaching community, Bodhi Path hosts a Sanghaled discussion on resident teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillip’s recently concluded course on “Reducing Harm: 10 Ways to Act Like a Buddha Until You Become One” from 7 to 9 pm this Thursday, April 12, where the session will aim to help in digesting the teachings and receive answers to questions. On Wednesday, April 18, Bodhi Path offers a special Awakening Through Community evening featuring a potluck, teaching, and celebration to support the renewal of La Casa de Maria Retreat and Conference Center, which suffered devastating losses in the January 9 Montecito debris flow.

All are invited to bring a vegetarian dish to share both physical and spiritual nourishment in celebrating the role of community as part of the path of awakening. The concept, beyond basic fundraising, is to realize the power of support of community to discover, give, and receive the love and compassion needed to overcome our own challenges with grace and courage. All donations at the 6 to 9 pm event will benefit recovery at Montecito’s La Casa de Maria.

Bodhi Path will not hold its regular teaching/meditation session next Thursday, April 19, as that’s the day before Phillips begins a three-day mini-retreat at the center. Members and visitors alike are invited to experience a deeply personal exploration of awakened presence through mindfulness and meditation, a weekend to discover several personal access points to greater freedom, purpose, and well-being in your life, and gateways to experience the transformative power of presence in all areas of today’s busy world. The retreat features periods of silent meditation, personal inquiry, wisdom teachings, interactive transformational exercises, and Q&A sessions aimed at guiding participants to naturally take their practice – and life – to the next level. The cost for the April 20-22 Awakened Presence retreat is $399. Register online at https://awakeningpresence.eventbrite.com.

Mahakankala’s Mindfulness Offerings

Meanwhile, Mahakankala Buddhist Center, located just a block off lower State Street, launches a new series, “Love More, Worry Less”, on Wednesday, April 11. The meditation and mindfulness series explores methods to transform the way we view ourselves and others via a guided breathing meditation, a lec12 – 19 April 2018

ture/discussion from a resident teacher, and a second closing meditation based upon the evening’s topic. No problem if you missed the first night, as there is no requirement to attend the whole series that is open to both beginners and those with meditation experience. Class fee is $10.

The format is the same for Mahakankala’s ongoing Sunday morning series of Guided Lamrim Meditations for world peace, with the addition of preparatory prayers in English following the first meditation that are aimed to serve as a force for change in our shared world. The 10:30 to 11:45 am sessions also have a suggested donation of $10. Also, Mahakankala’s 12:30 to 1 pm Lunchtime Meditations are offered every Tuesday-Thursday with a suggested cost of $5.

Each day has a special focus: “Simply Breathe”, “Stress Relief”, and “A Joyful Path”, respectively.

Mahakankala Buddhist Center is at 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. in Santa Barbara.

Call 563-6000 or visit www.meditationinsantabarbara.org.

Cow(spiracy)-abunga! Tuttle Talks

Speaking of good karma, Friday the 13th might turn out to be a lucky day for both you and the planet as Will Tuttle, Ph.D., delivers the lecture/presentation “Healing our World: A Deeper Look at Food”, based on his best-selling book The World Peace Diet. The talk covers the hidden dimensions of our culture’s food system, which is perhaps not a new conversation, but Tuttle also offers new connections and information on how to make positive changes that nurture wellness, awaken insight and awareness, and bring healing to the world. Tuttle is a featured expert in Cowspiracy and other documentary films and is a former Zen monk and Dharma master in the Zen tradition. The book has received raves from noted environmental activists including Julia Butterfly Hill (who lived in a 1,500-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days in the late 1990s), who calls it “a guide to empower yourselves and others in making dietary choices that are powerful beyond what you can possibly imagine,” and John Robbins, author of the 1987 book Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness, and the Future of Life on Earth. Tuttle’s talk at Unity of Santa Barbara takes place from 7 to 8:30 pm and carries a $15 suggested donation.

Also at Unity

Artist and Unity member Barbara Eberhart teaches a Healing Art Workshop from 12:30 to 3:30 pm on Sunday, April 15. No skills are necessary for the workshop that uses art as a tool to help express thoughts and emotions and in so doing let them go, and all materials are included in the $25 donation....

Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Jennifer Ferren leads a “Spectacular You!” event featuring a concert, workshop, and talk at Unity at 7 pm on Wednesday, April 18. All are invited to “Come raise the world’s vibrational level with Active Participation, Shared Humor & Jamming Sing-Alongs.” Admission is $20.

Unity of Santa Barbara is located at 227 E Arrellaga St. Call 966-2239 or visit www.santabarbaraunity.org.

Free Support Groups for Fire/Mudslide Trauma

Cottage Health has launched “How We Heal”, a series of free support groups to help area residents as they continue to cope with post-disaster stress and anxiety. Peter McGoey, LMFT, leads a Process Group from 6 to 7:30 pm on Fridays in the Gaviota Conference Room for adults to individually process trauma in a safe space, a psychodynamic group with mostly verbal interventions. Gonzalo Gonzalez, LMFT, leads a Spanish-language group on Mondays in the same location.... The DBT/Skill Building/Seeking Safety Group meets 6 to 7:30 pm on Mondays in Gibraltar #1, where Tinka Sloss, LMFT, runs the adults-only, skill-specific sessions taught in a psychoeducational fashion. Following a series of skills acquisition, participants will have the ability to practice them in a safe space. Stephanie Molina, LMFT, leads similar groups for children, on Tuesdays at 427 W Pueblo Street, Suite B. Ages 7-12 are from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, teens 4:30 to 5:30, which will also include hands-on expressive therapeutic activities such as art therapy.... Chaplain Pam Washburn and the Cottage Spiritual Care Team are running a non-denominational spiritually based support group on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 pm at Sacred Space.... And survivors who directly experienced the disaster, including first responders and patients who were treated at Cottage Hospital are welcome to a special survivors group led by LMFTs Layla Farinpour and Peter McGoey from 6 to 7 pm on Tuesdays in the Gaviota Conference Room.

All of the groups are free and aim to assist in recovery with personal attention to each individual’s unique situation. Attendance for each session is not required but is encouraged. Length of program will be tailored to fit each person’s individual need. Visit www.cottagehealth.org/services/psychia try-and-addiction-medicine/how-we-heal-support-groups.

•MJ

I’m sure the boys are still with us. Let’s cut them a little slack. – Ed Harris in Apollo 13

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Coming

Montecito Mud

& Going

by James Buckley

The boulders, rocks, and mud lined up along a service road at Brander Vineyard in Santa Ynez, came from Fred Brander’s Montecito property above East Mountain Drive

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hen he awoke the morning of January 9, wine maker (2018 “Vintner of the Year”) and longtime Montecito resident Fred Brander found himself sharing space with nearly 900 tons of mud, rocks, and boulders that hadn’t been on his property the night before. His home is north of East Mountain Drive and none of the few homes above him had been affected, so the stuff that spilled over a clogged culvert in the San Ysidro Creek onto his parcel contained no household debris, no fertilizers, spilled gas, pesticides, or other contaminants.

And, once the reality of what happened that dreadful morning was clarified, he wondered if there may be a way for him to help the County remove the soil and boulders quickly.

As a savvy wine maker, he considered what the potential use of the potassium-rich soil and rocks piled up near the blocked culvert on his property might be. To that end, he contacted the trucking company that had begun to transport much of the stuff to Los Alamos and beyond.

When all was said and done, some 80 truckloads were delivered to Fred’s Santa Ynez vineyard, saving money and time, and presenting an opportunity to enhance Brander’s vines.

We met at the Brander “Pink Chateau” tasting room on his property, and Fred brought me down to where the rocks and mud had been delivered and dropped. “This is from my property,” he says, pointing out rows of dirt that had yet to be sorted and sifted. “It amounts to a sixty-foot-

A specially fabricated “separator” was crafted and welded together

by Flynt Cody, Brander’s friend.

“It’s low-tech but effective,” Fred says.

Potassium-rich soil easily falls through the separator’s screen as larger rocks drop to the bottom

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Celebrating 90 years is Ford Motor Company’s Model A; this 1931 Model A is owned and was restored

by Aaron Machado (left) and cost $495 new; SBPD sergeant Eric Beecher is supervisor of Community Services, beat coordinator and director of DRAGG (Drag Racers Against Gangs & Graffiti after-school program); he also serves as police coordinator of the Montecito Motor Classic, which will honor both 90 years of Ford’s Model A and 50 years of Porsche; Montecito Inn celebrates 90 years too; operations manager Jim Copus’s (right) family has owned the property since 1989

by-sixty-foot square of earth and rock.

“If I were to take all the dirty from the debris flow just on my property,” he says, “it would probably be about two thousand tons.”

As far as possible contamination, Fred is optimistic. “There is no evidence of fuel tanks, heavy metals, or anything that would give us concern,” he suggests, but he has taken some soil samples for analysis and expects to get those results soon. He’s confident, however, that it’s “very clean.”

The fire came within 100 yards of his house, and much of the debris that ended up on his property is made of boulders and ashes.

“People have always used ash to supplement soils in vegetable gardens,” he notes, and he’s confident that what he has taken from Montecito will make his vines grow better than ever.

He’s been separating what is 60-percent rock and 40-percent soil, and says he’ll use the rocks for building walls and other decorative purposes, and that the soil will be spread next to the vines, laying the wood-ash-rich mixture next to the vines.

Visit Brander Vineyard seven days a week, open from 11 am to 5 pm.

Montecito Motor Classic

It’s not scheduled until Sunday, September 23, but planning is fully underway for this year’s Montecito Motor Classic. The Montecito Inn, a landmark on Coast Village Road, celebrates its 90th birthday this year, as does the Model A Ford, and the September event will reflect that dual celebration of the two American clas• The Voice of the Village •

sics. MCC founder Dana Newquist will also be honored at the event, which will once again require the closure of Coast Village Road on a Sunday afternoon. This time, however, the event will be seen as an affirmation of the continuing vitality of Montecito’s lower village.

Montecito Inn was to celebrate its official anniversary in February, but the January 9 debris flow and closure of the road caused a delay; operations manager Jim Copus says they are now looking to celebrate the inn’s founding later this year.

The iconic 61-room structure was originally financed by a group from Hollywood, including Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle, and was the stomping ground for groups heading up to Hearst Castle from Hollywood.

There is a small pool on the littlemore-than-one-acre grounds, along with a popular 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartment featuring a kitchen, dining room, private patio, and a fireplace, that rents by the day. Copus says it comes in handy during the film festival.

Copus, who runs the Montecito Inn along with his two brothers, Danny and Jason, believes in the future of Coast Village Road and calls the mud-and-debris slide “a major blip,” but says that “the future couldn’t be brighter.”

The 7th Annual Montecito Motor Classic, sponsored by the Petersen Automotive Museum and the Armand Hammer Foundation, takes place Sunday, September 23, from 9 am to 3 pm. If you’d like to get involved as a sponsor or to enter your car, you are invited to go online to montecitomotorclassic.com for more info.

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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)

THURSDAY, APRIL 12 Schiff’s List: 4 B’s – Sir András Schiff, world-renowned and critically acclaimed as a pianist, conductor, pedagogue, and lecturer, is no stranger to Santa Barbara, having previously performed for CAMA’s Masterseries recitals half a dozen times. Hailed by every major publication for his virtuosity and colorful approach, in tonight’s appearance Schiff – who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music in 2014 – will play music by the famed “Three B’s of classical music” (Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms), plus a fourth B: Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op.28, by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, better known just by the first two names. In a piano lover’s little slice of heaven, the Fantasy opens the concert, followed by Beethoven: Sonata No.24 in F-sharp Major, Op.78 – a Schiff favorite – Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op.116, and Bach: English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $54 & $64 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com Dance Delusions – UCSB Dance Company’s spring concert – which

features new, original works by graduating B.F.A. students – is under the direction of new UCSB prof Brandon Whited, who just joined the UCSB faculty in fall 2016 following a decade-long performing career in New York City as a core member of Shen Wei Dance Arts and as a freelance artist. Titled “Kalopsia”, defined as “the delusion that things are more beautiful than they are”, which could be pointing to the pervasive superficiality of a culture driven by social media, commercialization, and capitalistic concerns. However, the student choreographers are applying nuance, authenticity, and bursts of physical abandon to infuse the works as a reflection of the complexity and range of how we relate to one another. In keeping with that theme, guest pro choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi is offering a re-imagined version of her work Moss, adapted for the company and in response to the tumultuous state of our country and the world. The new version is subtitled “Dialogues on What Makes Us Human”. WHEN: 8 tonight and tomorrow, 2 & 8 pm Saturday WHERE: UCSB Hatlen Theater COST: $18 general, $12 children & seniors INFO: 893-2064 or www. theaterdance.ucsb.edu

ONGOING National Poetry Month – Longtime Santa Barbara resident Mary Freericks’s new book of poetry, Blue Watermelon, was published earlier this year, while the community was dealing with the double disasters of fire and debris flow. Freericks is familiar with external challenges, as she grew up in Iran, where she experienced such issues as facing puberty in a male-dominated culture, nearly being shot by her older brother with a hunting gun, and hiding in a dark basement during the bombing of Tabriz by the Russians.

Freericks, who holds an M.F.A in poetry from Columbia University and “bristles on the heels of courage” through her honest images of her youth in Persian culture, reads from the book and signs copies at Chaucer’s Books.

WHEN: 7 pm Thursday, April 12 WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com.... The Central Library celebrates the season with several events, including “Typewriter / Concrete Poetry” at 5:30 on Thursday, April 12, when teens are invited to create visual poetry on vintage typewriters in the Tech Lab. Also, residents can read aloud a favorite poem (not your own!) or just stop by to listen at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 17, a recurring event on the third Tuesday of every month, while Friday, April 20, brings a 1 pm screening of the Oscar-decorated film Dead Poets Society.... WHERE: 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: 564-5641 or www.sbplibrary.org.... Just across the plaza, prize-winning, globally admired poet Adam Zagajewski – who defines poetry as “a slight exaggeration, until we make ourselves at home in it; then it becomes the truth” – discusses his most recent book, Slight Exaggeration, with writer and chair of the UC Riverside writing program Andrew Winer, in a Parallel Stories Lecture at Mary Craig Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. WHEN: 2:30 pm Sunday, April 15 WHERE: 1130 State Street (entrance in the rear) COST: $6 general, $6 seniors, free for museum members INFO: 963-4364 or www.sbma.net

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by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Gone to the Dogs – PAW Patrol, the Canadian CGI–animated television series that airs on Nickelodeon and has spawned a cottage industry in toy sales and beyond, comes to life on the Granada stage in a thrill-packed “Race to the Rescue”. It’s the day of the Great Adventure Bay Race between Adventure Bay’s Mayor Goodway and Foggy Bottom’s Mayor Humdinger, but Goodway is AWOL. PAW Patrol comes to the rescue as Ryder, the boy who leads the pack of search-and-rescue dogs, summons favorite pups Marshall, Chase, Skye, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, and Everest to rescue the mayor and to run the race in her place. Using their individual skills as well as teamwork, the pups show that “no job is too big, no pup is too small,” and share lessons for all ages about citizenship, social skills, and problem-solving as they make several heroic rescues on their race to the finish line. WHEN: 6 tonight; 10 am, 2 & 6 pm tomorrow WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: $23 to $124 (VIP [Very Important Pup] Package includes a premium seat, special gift, and exclusive access to a meet & greet with three characters after the show.) INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 Spirit-ed Auditions – Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days doesn’t arrive for another 3½ months, but the young women who will take on two of the most cherished roles in the annual celebration will be selected this afternoon so that they can prepare for the pre-events that begin in May. Following the prelim rounds that took place in January, the judges will select both the Spirit of Fiesta and Junior Spirit (who must be Santa Barbara County residents and with ages 16-20 and 8-10, respectively, during Fiesta week) and almost always are drawn from among students at the many local dance schools that teach the multicultural dances of Spain, Mexico, and early California. The young ladies are evaluated on a range of factors, including dance talent, dance history, and experience, poise and communication skills, community service, and involvement in the greater Santa Barbara Community, and a positive working relationship and history with the Old Spanish Days organization and events. Although they don’t get a vote, community members are welcome to watch the competition and then stop by the Los Artistas reception immediately following the audition at The Terrace Event Center, across the street at 649 Pilgrim Terrace Dr. WHEN: Noon to 4:30 pm WHERE: La Cumbre Junior High, 2255 Modoc Road COST: $30 INFO: 962-8101 or www. oldspanishdays-fiesta.org

Church, which hosts two performances by the Santa Barbara Master Chorale of George Frideric Handel’s Samson. The oratorio that is considered to be one of the prolific composer’s finest works recounts the story of the Judge of Israel whose supernatural strength derived from never cutting his hair, until his wife, Delilah, shears his mane while he was sleeping. The three-part piece begins as Samson bewails his fate, progresses through the Israelites imploring divine assistance and ends with Samson pulling down a building upon himself and his enemies. Brian Lane stars in the title role, while Master Chorale artistic director and Westmont professor Steven R. Hodson, a past president of the Western Division of the American Choral Directors Association, conducts the roof-rattling work.

WHEN: 7:30 tonight, 3 pm tomorrow WHERE: 305 E. Anapamu Street (at Garden St.) COST: $22 general admission, $20 seniors and disabled, $12 college students, children in K-12 free INFO: 682-6516 or www. sbmasterchorale.org SUNDAY, APRIL 15

Bringing Down the House – We’re sure of the earthquake readiness of First United Methodist

Santa Barbara Swingers – Just six days after trumpeter Jeff Elliott ended his 20-year-plus stint as leader of the Monday Jazz Jam at SOhO, the Santa Barbara Jazz Society hosts a bunch of veterans of that scene, plus many other area artists in its first-ever Spotlight on Santa Barbara show. The stellar cast of local luminaries includes pianists Debbie Denke and Miles Napier, bassists Brandon Statom and

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SATURDAY, APRIL 14 Domingo Debuts, Again – Plácido Domingo adds another role to his already legendary career at New York’s Met Opera as he stars in the rarely performed Verdi gem Luisa Miller, a heart-wrenching tragedy of fatherly love that features Sonya Yoncheva in the title role opposite Piotr Beczala.

The first Met Opera production of the opera in more than a decade gets beamed across the country as part of the Live in HD series, with Ailyn Pérez serving as host. The New York Times called the 77-year-old Spanish tenor’s performance “a display not to be missed.... You almost don’t believe your ears,” while The New Yorker raved “Domingo continues to defy conventional wisdom and seemingly time itself.” (A repeat screening takes place at 2 pm Sunday, April 22, at Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West). WHEN: 9:30 am WHERE: Metro 4 Cinema, 618 State St. COST: $20 INFO: 965-7684 or www. metrotheatres.com

Hank Allen, drummers Kevin Winard and Darrell Voss, sax players Lito Hernandez, Andrew Martinez, and Justin Clavier, and vocalists Donna Greene and Stu Carey. Special guests are also expected, and a superstar from Los Angeles serves as a ringer: the great Grammynominated pianist Christian Jacob, well-known in town for serving in Tierney Sutton’s band and several gigs with other artists at SOhO and the Lobero. What’s more, the Dos Pueblos High School Jazz Band, which will be receiving the SBJS scholarship award of $1,000 – opens the show. WHEN: 1 to 4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians or full-time students INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or 687-7123/www.sbjazz.org TUESDAY, APRIL 17 Dead-on Debut – Internal instrumental security, technical

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finish, interpretive unity, and sheer gusto are all descriptive phrases that have been deployed for the Daedalus Quartet, which has soared ever since winning the top prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2001. The fearsome foursome has performed in many of the world’s leading musical venues, from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York to the Mozarteum and Concertgebouw in Europe.

While they’ve won plaudits for adventurous explorations of contemporary music, the quartet will play a program featuring Harp Quartet (Op. 74) from Beethoven’s middle period, String Quartet Op. 1, No. 3 by Haydn, and Leoš Janácek’s String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata, in a local space much more intimate than those venerable venues. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Mary Craig Auditorum at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street (entrance in the rear) COST: $25 general, $20 museum members INFO: 963-4364 or www.sbma.net •MJ

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SUNDAY, APRIL 15 The Choice is Joyce – Montecito music lovers will likely be mega-interested in hearing mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato in concert at the Granada tonight. Fans of Marilyn Horne, the mezzo superstar of an earlier generation who makes her summer home at the Music Academy of the West’s festival, will surely want to see DiDonato, the diva who is arguably the greatest mezzo-soprano in the world at the moment.

The ambitious artist who grew up in Kansas is a wizard with words and music, as indicated by her Grammy Award-winning recording Diva Divo that contains arias by male and female characters, celebrating the rich dramatic world of the mezzo-soprano. Her latest and most personal album, In War & Peace, offers powerful interpretations of Baroque arias.

In her Santa Barbara recital debut with pianist Craig Terry, she will perform her exquisite rendition of Handel’s Lascia ch’io pianga, along with her Rossini bel canto and other gems. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: $40 to $125 INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

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cate the structure elsewhere on the property to meet new creek setback requirements.

No design review will be required for rebuilding like-for-like, if the exterior is not substantially different than the previous plans. For homes not being built like-for-like, homeowners in a special flood hazard zone would need to apply for a Coastal Development Permit or Land Use Permit, submit site plans, and submit a substantial improvement worksheet that would be reviewed by Flood Control. Last week, several Land Use Committee members took issue with the lack of design review, given the potential to have new topography that will substantially increase the height of homes.

The MA board discussed whether they should submit recommendations to the MPC related to the amendments, or reserve the right to submit comments once the FEMA maps are released in June. The board voted to allow the Land Use Committee to craft a letter that defines the fact that the MA believes that Planning & Development and Montecito Planning Commission should delay any final ordinance decisions until the FEMA hazard map is available. “I’m concerned about the ramifications if we request a delay or halt in these ordinance amendments,” Hayman said. “I fear that we are going to be obstructionists,” added Peter van Duinwyk.

The motion passed with majority vote, with Hayman voting against it.

The board also discussed a potential moratorium on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), which the Land Use Committee voted on in March. “Construction of additional structures, at the same time we are trying to build primary structures, doesn’t make a lot of sense,” said Land Use Committee member Tom Bollay. The potential moratorium – the length of which was not discussed – was formulated at the Land Use Committee, based on the concept that final debris flow and geological studies have not yet been finalized. Other issues include increased construction traffic on already damaged roads, and complications with future evacuations that could pose safety risks for an increased number of residents. Local realtor Dina Landi, representing 50 realtors in Montecito, voiced opposition to the moratorium idea.

The board voted 6-4 to send the letter regarding the proposed moratorium to the Board of Supervisors.

Lockdown on School Campuses

On Monday, April 9, Cold Spring School and Montecito Union School campuses were both placed on lockdown for a short time after both

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Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies check the campus of Montecito Union School after an email threat was received by multiple schools in the County

schools’ superintendents received an email that threatened students’ safety.

It was quickly determined that the email was a hoax, and it had been received by several school districts throughout the state including three additional school districts in Santa Barbara County.

According to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department, the email appears to be part of a prank that originated out of the United Kingdom, and detectives worked closely with the FBI to determine that the email, which detailed injuring students with bombs, a gun, and knives, was not a credible threat. Operating out of an abundance of caution, Sheriff’s deputies patrolled the campuses to ensure student safety, and the lockdowns were lifted.

“We take these types of things very seriously, and employed our full safety protocols from the start,” said Dr. Anthony Ranii, superintendent at Montecito Union School. Those protocols include using a public-address system to ask every student and staff member to “shelter in place,” which means that students and staff members go inside, pull all the blinds, and do not leave. An automated door-lock system is then triggered to lock down the campus. Teachers ensure all students are accounted for, and facilities and administrative staff check all areas of campus to account for every student.

Tax Deadline Approaches

The post office in the Read ‘n Post Store on Coast Village Road is the only

local post office that will remain open late on tax deadline day, Tuesday, April 17.

“We have received permission from the U.S. Postal Service to extend our hours on tax deadline day,” said Read ‘n Post owner-manager Jan Hendrickson. “We hope this will be a helpful convenience to many people in Santa Barbara, Montecito, Goleta, and the surrounding area.”

Although many people file their taxes electronically online, a significant number of taxpayers still fill out paper returns, and sometimes they need extra time to mail them at the last minute, Hendrickson explained.

All items mailed at the Read ‘n Post before 9 pm will be postmarked April 17, the deadline this year for sending both federal and California state tax returns. Stamps will also be available for purchase until 9 pm on April 17. However, large boxes and other packages cannot be accepted after the normal 6 pm closing time.

To soften the blow of paying taxes, the Read ‘n Post store will offer an allday, 10-percent “Tax Day Discount” on greeting cards and gift items on April 17. “Paying taxes can sometimes be an unhappy experience, so we hope our discount on cards and gifts will help turn some frowns into smiles,” said Hendrickson. Read ‘n Post is located at 1026-B Coast Village Road in the Montecito Country Mart, near the traffic roundabout where Hot Springs Road and Coast Village Road meet. In addition to housing a post office, the Read ‘n Post store also sells greeting cards, gifts, books, magazines, newspapers, and other items.

Tax deadline day normally falls on April 15. But this year, because April 15 is a Sunday and April 16 is a holiday that is observed in the District of Columbia, taxpayers have an extra two-day grace period. The store will be open on April 17 until 9 pm.

Pop-Up at Montecito Country Mart

Also happening at Montecito Country Mart: Poppy Store, a children’s boutique, will take up residence at the Mart for one month; a portion of sales will be donated to Montecito Union and Cold Spring School. Poppy opened for business on April 7 and will be open until May 7.

Poppy Store is a baby and childrenswear boutique with outposts in northern and Southern California.

Founded by moms, friends, and fashion enthusiasts Jenny Belushi and Heather Whitney Rosenfield, Poppy Store, which offers clothing, shoes, accessories, toys, books for kids up to age 10, is housed in the Brentwood Country Mart and the Marin Country Mart.

The carefully curated pop-up fea-

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tures an exclusive selection of sample sale items, as well as an edited capsule collection of their usual offerings. Poppy Store will host a series of family-friendly events on Saturdays throughout the month, including pony rides, lemonade stands, ice cream cones with Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, special trunk shows, and more.

Poppy offers labels such as Bon Ton, Bonpoint, Petit Bateau, Caramel Baby and Child, Lacoste, St. James, and Pépé shoes, among many other beautiful European and American brands.

For more information, visit www.pop pystore.com.

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

Montecito Fire Protection District would like to acknowledge and thank its dispatchers for their dedication, hard work, and expert skills.

“They truly are heroes who provided extraordinary service during the Thomas Fire and January 9 debris flow events,” said MFPD rep Jackie Jenkins.

The Montecito Fire Communications Division (South Coast Dispatch) serves the community with the highest degree of professionalism and strives to render the highest level of service. The division is staffed with three full-time Public Safety Dispatchers who are responsible for the receipt, documentation, and disposition of telephonic and radio calls for routine and emergency “9-1-1” situations for both the Montecito and Carpinteria-Summerland Fire districts.

The Dispatch Center is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. It is the responsibility of the Public Safety dispatcher to identify the nature of a call as quickly as possible and assist the caller in solving the problem. The dispatcher is the critical link between the citizen and the firefighters, as they are responsible for obtaining information from the caller and transferring that information to the firefighters and emergency personnel. Because each incoming call is unique and can vary from requests for general information to reports of life-threatening incidents, the dispatcher must ask specific questions to accurately prioritize the call and assign it appropriately to emergency responders. The faster this critical information is obtained determines how quickly firefighters are able to respond.

“Montecito Fire Protection District is extremely proud of our dispatchers and recognize the daily sacrifices they make to provide excellent service to the communities they serve,” Jenkins said.

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