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REMEMBERING DAVEY

Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner teams up with Gretchen Lieff to honor memory of fivemonth-old pup tortured by now-deported UCSB student Duanying Chen (story on page six)

Casa Dorinda

Campus expansion given green light by Montecito Planning Commission, including demolition of historic bridge, p.12

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial James Buckley emphasizes our civic duty to vote on June 7 and expounds on the most viable candidates, from Donald Trump to Justin Fareed and Jennifer Christensen 6 Montecito Miscellany Ty Warner and Davey’s Voice; South African students; Katy Perry at Cannes; Gil Rosas’s father; Geoffrey Rutkowski retires; MJ goes global; SB Choral Society campaign; Women’s Work at New Vic; Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center; Flower Empower luncheon; pianist Alessio Bax; United Way of SB awards; SB Museum of Art’s Atelier gala; Joseph Bottoms takes Center Stage; UNICO National awards; and RIP, Morley Safer 8 Letters to the Editor Catherine Miller just says no; Jean von Wittenburg has a laugh; Harry Kolb on 9-1-1 calls; Scott Evers’s gratitude; David McCalmont sounds off; a note from Jane Walker Wood Orfalea and family; Robert Miller writes about hate; bumps in Benghazi’s road, including a Marine’s poem; and T.T.C. makes things clear 10 This Week Knit and crochet; The New Yorker; photography exhibit; Plant & Flower; author Alice Rene; Memorial Day gala; Channel City Club panel discussion; MUS Board meetings; free tech class; poetry club; art at 10 West; Barbara Eberhart art opening; Walk & Roll; Centering Prayer; June Gloom festival; Susan Branch at Tecolote; Mission Treasures; and Tea Dance Tide Guide Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach 12 Village Beat MPC greenlights Casa Dorinda plans; Menelli Trading Co. entertains art showcase; update about Montecito Country Mart; Mollie’s cooking class for Crane students; Make-A-Wish news 14 Seen Around Town Lynda Millner makes note of Channel City Club and The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation honoring veterans; Temple Grandin at the Granada; and Hope & Laughter at El Encanto Hotel

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22 Weekly Spirituality Steven Libowitz expands his horizons with Shane “Thunder” at Yoga Soup; Agatha Carubia’s vocal workshop; and author Don Miguel Riuiz, Jr. 23 On Entertainment Steven Libowitz picks the brain of writer David Rintels about Clarence Darrow; SOhO hosts musician Todd Mosby; UCSB movies; Reel Loud fest; and Summer Film Series 28 Movie Guide 30 Write Stuff Matthew Pallamary takes a behind-the-scenes look at the 44th Annual SB Writers Conference, including its storied history 32 Ernie’s World Hopi trails: Ernie Witham uses his head during the Pueblo Heritage: The Anasazi, Hopi, Navajo and Chaco Canyon “Road” Scholars tour 34 Your Westmont The college hosts a one-day leadership conference June 2, and Commencement honors several outstanding new graduates 35 Our Town Speaking of Stories? Actress and producer Meredith Baxter has plenty to tell on Center Stage, and Joanne Calitri lends an ear. 36 Montecito Insider Julia Rodgers makes waves along with Jen and Skip Abed for Crane Country Day School’s annual celebration “Ahoy Crane!” at Coral Casino 38 Legal Advertising 39 Brilliant Thoughts Hold the sugar: Ashleigh Brilliant’s appetite isn’t tasteful to everyone, but he thinks some restricted diets are – in the whole scheme of things – for the birds 42 Calendar of Events UCSB concerts; Circus Vargas and Quirogas; Walk The Moon at SB Bowl; Cinderella on Center Stage; Art Fund exhibit then/NOW; Lumineers in the Bowl; Chasing Rainbows with Mimi Gilbert; SB Music Club; Peter Feldmann with Blaine Sprouse; Festival of Harpsichords; and author Michael Klassen at Chaucer’s 45 Open House 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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Editorial

Building

Peace of

by James Buckley

The Upcoming Primary Election

Mind

Justin Fareed, who grew up in Montecito and whose family owns and operates ProBand, an internationally renowned medical device company, is our choice to represent the 24th U.S. District

don’t know how we (California and other states) have decided that rather than have an election day or even election weekend, we instead have election month. Are voters that lazy and/or uninspired that they can’t take an hour out of a day to do their civic duty once every couple years? Apparently so. Having a month or more to fill out a ballot no doubt leads to all kinds of chicanery, but it must be to someone’s or some party’s benefit, so it will likely continue until it no longer benefits those people or that party. In any case, there it is. We live with it. And Election Day, at least primary election day, is upon us come Tuesday, June 7. Here are our choices: Donald J. Trump for the Republican nomination for president. Although his “debate” appearances were for the most part wince-worthy, his one-on-one face-to-face interviews reveal a thoughtful and – yes – conservative mind at work. For we libertarians, he’s the right man at the right time. To replace Lois Capps as U.S. Representative for the 24th District, we’re going with Montecito’s own Justin Fareed. We respect his likely general election opponent, Salud Carbajal, but we also know that Salud would vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House, and we simply can’t revisit that sorry era. Justin’s goal, he says during a short interview at our office recently, is to re-establish Congress as an equal branch of government. His top priority is “fiscal discipline” and he hopes to find a seat on the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Sub-Committee of the House’s Energy and Commerce Committee. Fareed supports Donald Trump for president, opining that “He’s an executive. We need somebody who is an executive in the Executive Office.” Justin believes too that Trump will be “a president who is willing to work with Congress and is ready to implement the directives that have been created by Congress.” Justin is also for “water solutions” such as desalination and recycling, “not penalties,” when it comes to dealing with long-term water policy, and is brave enough to say he “would not support an artificial wage increase,” even though he realizes it would be politically expedient to do so. He describes minimum-wage legislation as just “another Democrat unionized policy with unintended consequences.” He believes such mandates undermine the integrity of industry, and that “Job providers are adversely affected and the unemployed are not being helped either.” Justin calls ObamaCare “a boondoggle” and is in favor of repealing and replacing it with “market-driven forces.” We’d do well being represented by Justin Fareed.

Our Other Choices

1st District County Supervisor: Jennifer Christensen, who knows a thing or two about “fiscal discipline” (she is currently Santa Barbara County investment officer and oversees its billion-dollar portfolio) and has made that subject the focus of her campaign. As for U.S. Senator, we’re going with Ron Unz; Colin Patrick Walch for 19th District State Senator; Edward Fuller for the State Assembly’s 37th District; and as for Prop 50, we’d vote NO mainly because this is simply a feel-good measure that will have little to no effect on anything or anybody. •MJ 26 May – 2 June 2016

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Davey, the five-month-old Doberman pup who had to be euthanized after being tortured by 19-year-old Duanying Chen

Davey and his soulmate, Cecil the lion, are now Beanie Baby icons

get it just right. He sent two samples with different types of fur, and we used the children of committee members to choose which they liked. The softer fur is more tactile.” Ty also made a Beanie Baby of a beloved 13-year-old African lion,

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he Montecito Union School (MUS) District should reconsider its intention to place a bond of approximately $16 million on the ballot this November. A bond measure in Montecito Union in 2014 was soundly defeated. There are currently 10 administrative positions at Montecito Union serving about 450 students. These positions – as identified on the district’s website – are: superintendent, principal, assistant principal, chief business official, executive assistant, payroll/accounts payable, senior administrative assistant, senior accountant, school secretary, and administrative assistant. Montecito Union School is projected to decline to fewer than 400 students in the next few years, and the amount of property tax revenue it will receive for each student will exceed $30,000. There is no reason for an MUS bond on this November’s ballot. As in the Cold Spring School District, funding mechanisms from existing revenue sources can be developed to meet facility needs. Catherine Miller Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: As far as we know, the MUS Board of Directors has yet to finalize the amount it may seek in a November bond issue that would be up for approval by Montecito residents. Discussions and planning continue apace, but there is no doubt that a number of things in the 90-year-old school building deserve some serious updates. Our advice is to wait and see what the final proposal will be and then to examine it thoroughly before deciding whether to back it or not. We do agree with you that there should be some mechanism to require a portion of the funds dedicated to the running of the school be

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Still Chuckling

Great assortment of Letters to the Editor in last week’s issue (MJ #22/20). I had planned to comment on several but… I’m still cracking up (no pun intended) on “Home to Roost.” Thanks for the laughs! Jean von Wittenburg Montecito (Editor’s note: Thanks for noticing; my favorite was Brian Williams’s “I crossed the road with the chicken.” – J.B.)

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Responding to Bob Hazard’s article on 9-1-1 cellphone calls, I found it especially interesting when fire chief [Pat] McElroy explained that the national problem, or almost national problem, has already been solved by implementing Enhanced 9-1-1 in, of all places, Washington D.C. Seems all 9-1-1 calls there are handled by the local responsible service along with GPS location service. Interesting that legislators find a way to solve their retirement, healthcare, and emergency services while the rest of the country suffers. Harry Kolb Montecito

A Highlight and a Blessing

Congratulations on the article featuring Janet Adderley’s mom (“Montecito Miscellany,” MJ #22/20). She adores Richard Mineards, and this really was a powerful event for her family to attend. Seeing your article, I was reminded of your amazing support of my son Cole, who has been working with Janet for over three years. We lost Cole’s mom to cancer three months ago, and last weekend’s Hairspray was the first show without her in the front row. I wanted you to know Monique was incredibly touched and grateful when you told Cole’s story in her voice. In a six-year battle with her disease, seeing your story in print was an absolute highlight and a blessing I could never buy. You made my girl very, very happy in the last years of her life, and for that I will always be in your debt.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Opening Reception An art exhibit opening at 10 West, a contemporary art gallery featuring local artists Sophie MJ Cooper, Laurie MacMillan, Pat McGinnis, Maria Miller, Marlene Struss, Iben G. Vestergaard, and Karen Zazon. When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 10 West Anapamu Street Info: 770-7711

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, MAY 26 Knitting and Crocheting Circle Fiber art crafts drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library. Must have some manual dexterity for crochet and knitting. When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker. When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road FRIDAY, MAY 27 Photography Exhibit Carpinteria Arts Center hosts photography exhibit to be juried by Henry Rasmussen. When: 10 am Where: 855 Linden Avenue Info: 684-7789 SATURDAY, MAY 28 Annual Plant & Flower Marketplace Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more. This Memorial Day weekend event also features the annual plant and flower sale of donations to this museum benefit from more than 30 local nurseries. From orchids to cut flowers, garden and

bedding plants, to hanging flower baskets, there is something for everyone. When: 8 am Where: 956 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: www.carpinteriahistorialmuseum. org Book Signing at Tecolote Ojai author Alice Rene will sign her latest book, The Other Side of Him. The book is a provocative look at how darkness can lurk under the most polished exteriors. The story brings to life the terror many people face when someone they know, or even a total stranger, decides to invade and control their lives. When: 3 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley Road Info: 969-4977 MONDAY, MAY 30 Memorial Day Celebration This Memorial Day, join Pierre Clayssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF) at the Santa Barbara Cemetery to remember those who gave the greatest sacrifice for our county. The ceremony will include a Patriotic program, bagpipers, and will culminate with a flyover of vintage war birds doing two passes – the final one being “The Missing Man.” Seating areas and free parking will be provided. Coffee and light refreshments prior to the beginning of the ceremony. When: Please plan to arrive before 9:45 am, as the program will begin promptly at 10 am. Where: 901 Channel Drive Info: www.pcvf.org or 259-4394 TUESDAY, MAY 31 Luncheon & Lecture Channel City Club presents a panel

discussion with Dr. Sung Won Sohn, Dr. Karen Bogart, Larraine Segil, and Dr. Larry Taylor on the topic: “The Global Economy and Corporate Governance Implications.” This program includes a 20-minute presentation on the current state of the global economic markets followed by a corporate governance panel of seasoned corporate directors discussing board deliberations during times of economic uncertainty. Among the panel topics addressed are the impacts of proposed changes to interest rates, corporate tax rates, and other regulations. When: check-in begins at 11 am Where: Fess Parker Resort, Santa Ynez Room Cost: $40; advanced reservations required Info: www.channelcityclub.org Montecito Union School Board Meeting When: 4 pm Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Special Montecito Union School Board Meeting When: 8:45 am Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 Free Tech Class at Montecito Library iPads and iPhones are versatile devices capable of countless useful functions, but many of these remain a mystery to their owners. The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library

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Casa Dorinda Plans Approved

t their monthly hearing on May 18, Montecito Planning Commissioners (MPC) voted unanimously to approve the much-discussed remodel plans for the Casa Dorinda campus. More than 30 hours and five hearings were spent over the last seven months discussing the expansion plans, in addition to countless other meetings at Montecito Association (MA) and Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) over the last year. “Decisions come when there are no options left,” noted commissioner J’Amy Brown, who heard the project as chair of the commission during three of the five hearings. The Commission was faced with a large project with multi-faceted potential impacts, and during last week’s hearing, commissioners weighed in on a number of the project’s conditions, in an effort to mitigate the impacts for both Casa residents and the greater Montecito community. “It is the commission’s job to discov-

er any future potential impacts and weigh them against the project’s current needs,” explained Brown, adding that the long hours were needed to align the endeavor to community plan consistency and provide some enhanced community use benefits. Casa reps have continually said this would likely be the last expansion of the campus, as the current conditional use permit sets a cap on number of residents to 360 (there are currently about 320 residents; once finished, the project would bring that number up to 357.) More than 100 people are on a wait list for the facility. The expansion project includes demolition, renovation, and 90,000 sq. ft. of new construction on the 48-acre Montecito campus, including new residential units, memory care facilities and personal care facilities, a new dining facility, and new maintenance accommodations. Additional enhancements: landscaping improvements, removal of a historic bridge and the building of a new one, a

Casa Dorinda’s southern bridge will be demolished as part of the planned campus expansion, which was approved by Montecito Planning Commission on May 18. The Commission had originally asked Casa Dorinda for a focused Environmental Impact Report on the demolition of the bridge, after hearing conflicting testimony from experts. Casa appealed that decision to the Board of Supervisors; their appeal was granted, and a mitigated negative declaration was used for the project. According to staff, it is estimated that the bridge will degrade over the next two decades, to a point where it will be structurally unsound.

modified entrance and exit plan, and realignment of public trails. Two of the most significant issues the commissioners had involved the removal of the bridge and the future care of the protected oak woodlands surrounding the campus. In the revised conditions, MPC required that MBAR weigh in on several important design areas, including working on the bridge and entry design, so that it keeps with the existing neighborhood’s historic community character. MBAR will also decide on appropriate lighting and signage; the project is expected to be in front of MBAR as early as June. Casa Dorinda has committed to perform the majority of the large construction work within 36 months. The preliminary schedule for the phasing

of the project begins with the bridge, then the personal care units, memory unit, garage, apartments, independent units, cottages, theater, and new restaurant. Per MPC conditions, Casa residents will have access to a 24-hour complaint hotline, giving them somewhere to voice concern or grievances about dust, noise, and other construction impacts. There were dozens of additional issues and each one took study, negotiations and decisions, according to county staff. “All and all, given the complexity of this case, the size of the project and the many items we needed to wrestle with, I think MPC did a yeoman’s job of moving through it as proficiently as we did!” Commissioner

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The Forgotten War

Front row: honorees Lt.Col. Jack Harris; Sgt. John Suzuki; PFC Frank Heintz; PFC Margarito Delgadillo, Army; Maj.Gen.Phil Conley, USAF; back row: presenters BGen. Fred Lopez; John Blankenship; Bill Brown; Capt. Joe Danely; and Col. Phil Conran

s Pierre Claeyssens (19092003) always said, “To be killed in war is not the worst that can happen. To be lost is not the worst that can happen... to be forgotten is the worst.” Channel City Club (CCC) in collaboration with The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF) made sure that didn’t happen, particularly

for five Korean War veterans. Three hundred folks, including many veterans of several wars, gathered at The Fess Parker for a stirring luncheon of remembrances. Those five were PFC Margarito Delgadillo, Army; Sgt. John Suzuki, Army; PFC Frank Heintz, Army; LtCol. Jack Harris, USMC; and

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Maj. Gen. Phil Conley, USAF. CCC vice president and chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations Brian Robertson welcomed the group and introduced PCVF co-founder John Blankenship. David Gonzales sang our national anthem. The Korean National Anthem was played for special guest Los Angeles Korean consul general Lee Key-cheol. The presenters gave us a live history lesson, with Blankenship telling how we got to Korea. Bgen. Fred Lopez described the start of the war. Sheriff Bill Brown explained Pusan to Inchon. Col. Phil Conran told about the air war and MiG alley. Lopez remembered the China attacks, and Capt. Joe Danely told of the stalemate through today. There never has been a peace treaty signed with North Korea, only an armistice. The war lasted from 1950 to 1953 and was referred to as “the dirty little war” by president Truman. America lost 33,000 troops and California lost 2,611. The United States was caught off-guard because they were downsizing after World War II and were sorely undermanned with both troops and equipment, even though we were the greatest power on earth. As the consul general said, “South Korea’s development after the war is unprecedented in world history.” He thanked the vets for their sacrifices. An interesting tidbit of trivia is the Korean War was the first time AfricanAmericans were integrated into our military. In the wake of anti-Japanese feelings because of Pearl Harbor, as a teenager Sgt. Suzuki was sent to a Japanese detention camp in Arizona with his family. After WWII they returned to Santa Barbara, where he graduated

from Santa Barbara High School and went to Korea for his country. He’s now an accountant and lives on the same street where he was raised. He belongs to several veterans’ groups and certainly has the quality of forgiveness. There was a film clip presentation showing Hollywood’s version of the Korean War. As one “soldier” actor said, “Where do we get men like that?” The PCVF is committed to honoring the men and women who have served in U.S. military efforts. They are developing a Veterans Museum in downtown Santa Barbara, as well as the “Wings of Honor” public art piece at the airport. The foundation is funded solely by private donations. For more information, visit www.pcvf.org or call (805) 259-4394. One of my favorite things is the PCVF Memorial Day ceremony at the Santa Barbara cemetery May 30 at 10 am. There are singers, speakers, live music, and it ends with a heart-tingling flyover. Pierre must be smiling down.

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In alignment with their mission to celebrate local artisans, last week Menelli Trading Company on Coast Village Road held a pop-up gallery in their new showroom. “This is a beautiful space, and we want to share it!” said owner Jeff Menelli. The 1,300-sq-ft space, filled with a variety of floorings, countertops, and specialty tiles, was turned into a sort of salon-type atmosphere, exhibiting the work of local painter and sculptor Hélène Webb. Hélène’s love of the sea and sailing spans her artistic career throughout various mediums, including drawing, graphic art, cartography, oil, watercolor, painting, and sculpture. She told us that she fell in love with clay and sculpture while teaching visually impaired students at the Braille Institute in Santa Barbara. Several of Webb’s former students also displayed their art at the opening. “The tactile and sensual nature of clay influences both teachers and students,” Webb said. “Sculpture is three-dimensional, and it’s meant to be touched,” she added. A table with

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Jeff and Susanna Menelli with artist Hélène Webb (center) at a pop-up gallery last week

clay on it on Menelli’s courtyard was an invitation for attendees to create their own art. The evening also included cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and the music of John Payne. The exhibit was a first in a series of pop-ups; Webb’s art will be on display for about a month until Thursday, June 16, when Santa Barbara-based, couture wedding gown designer Amy Michelson launches a new line of wall Malas that she calls Sacred Wall Jewelry. Each piece of Sacred Wall Jewelry is a large-scale, hand-crafted Mala made from 108 wooden Buddhist Prayer Beads. Michelson gilds each individual bead by hand using a multi-step application of delicate gold or silver leaf. Beads are embellished with Swarovski crystal jewels on Greek leather cord. “We look forward to decorating our space with these unique pieces,” Menelli said. A family-run business for nearly 40 years, Menelli Trading Company sources natural stone, tile, and fair trade worldly goods for architects, designers, and homeowners. The showroom, located at 1080 Coast Village Road, is open Monday through Friday,10 am to 4 pm. Visit www. menellitradingco.com for more information.

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Chef Mollie Ahlstrand oversees pasta making during a cooking class for Crane School students at Trattoria Mollie

Last week, nine lucky Crane Country Day School 3rd, 4th, and 6th graders spent the afternoon with chef Mollie Ahlstrand, owner of Trattoria Mollie on Coast Village Road. The students were treated to a cooking class from Chef Mollie, who taught them the ins and outs of the kitchen, as well as her philosophy on preparing and eating healthy, nutrient-dense meals. “Good food helps your brain, skin, hair, and your overall quality of life!” she explained to the kids, who donned mini Trattoria Mollie aprons. The hands-on class was part of a series of learning experiences at the 26 May – 2 June 2016

Laguna Blanca 6th graders at Here’s the Scoop during the May 15 Make-A-Wish fundraiser

school that don’t take place in the confines of a classroom. Chef Mollie taught the students how to make pizza, pasta, chicken and fish dishes, and gave tips on healthy eating throughout the lesson.

Make-A-Wish Update

Earlier this month, we told you about a fundraiser at Here’s the Scoop to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Organized by Laguna

Blanca’s 6th-grade class, the daylong fundraiser yielded $748. The entire class was at Scoop’s for the benefit, which was organized by Madeleine Nicks. Local farmer Tom Shepherd was also there, explaining how to make gelato and sorbet from local produce. A check was presented to a Make-AWish Foundation. The check included 20 percent of Here’s the Scoop’s sales that day, as well as extra donations made by customers. •MJ

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Cecil, that was shot by an American big-game hunter in Hwanga National Park, Zimbabwe, to great outcry in July last. To date, it has sold nearly 250,000 copies. The new version of Davey also comes with a poem which states: “He was very young and small, And

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girls in South Africa paid off in a big way earlier this month with the first group of her “daughter-girls” graduation from American colleges. Tabitha Ramotwala got her degree from Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts as did Noluthando Diomo and Nompumeleo Nobiva, who both attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. The three young Zulu women were all part of the inaugural class of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg, and Montecito’s most famous resident has not only paid tribute to them, but also gave the commencement address at Noluthando and Nompumelelo’s graduation. It was a busy weekend with Oprah starting her day at Mount Holyoke before flying to Johnson C. Smith, and then later to Spelman College in Atlanta, to watch as another one of her Academy for Girls alumnae got her diploma. Oprah, 62, worth around $3 billion according to Forbes, said she had made a promise to the late Nelson Mandela back when her school first opened that she would attend the graduations of the first group of girls. She not only spoke at the Johnson C. Smith graduation but also received an honorary doctorate of humane letters. There had been some calls for Oprah to skip the ceremony in response to North Carolina’s controversial transgender bathroom law, but she says she never for a second thought about missing the big day. “I got calls from members of the press asking me if was I going to boycott being here because of North Carolina and y’all’s issues,” she told the graduating class and their families and friends in her speech. “And I said,’ Listen, anybody who knows me knows I don’t believe in or support any law discriminating against anybody, ever. But I will be at J-C.” At that point, the graduating class jumped in and yelled back “S-U,”

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Yoga, from Soup to Nuts – and Bowls

’m not a master. I’m more of a student.” That might appear to be a strange thing for someone leading a process to proclaim. Yet for Shane Chunephisal, who has offered his Metacine Sound Bath Healing at yoga studios around town for almost three years, employing crystal singing bowls, chimes, and pan drums to realign chakras and effect healing is an art, one that you never fully master. Chunephisal, who is also known as Shane Thunder, had just led about a dozen of us through an hour-plus long session at Yoga Soup, where we lay in a semi-circle on blankets, yoga mats, and pillows – head facing in toward the sound – as he ran his finger of the bowls’ rims or lightly tapped the other devices. Now it was time to return from the journey and get ready to leave, and his calming words came off like ancient wisdom. “The bowls are not here to teach us, but to remind us of what we already know.”

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Indeed, Chunephisal found his own inner healing via hearing the ringing tones of the bowls, back around 2011, when he still lived in Los Angeles. He’d walked into the Mystic Journey Bookstore, heard someone playing the crystal bowls, and found himself transfixed. “It was long before I knew about any of this stuff – sound healing, chakras, anything having to do with spirituality,” he said. “But I was mesmerized, almost hypnotized, by the sound, because you could not only hear it but also feel it.” Fascinated by the experience, Chunephisal dove deep into the world of sound healing. “I was going through some intense experiences in my life, and actually I was completed shattered,” he recalled. “Then I began my own inner journey of healing, decoupling from society’s traditional ways. I know it sounds weird, but I healed myself. After that, you can’t really go back to living a ‘normal’ life.”

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So, Chunephisal said, he taught himself how to conduct a sound bath, drawing on his own prior experiences with music, including working as a DJ and studying sound engineering, and through listening to his intuitive voice. “My own journey led me to want to share it with others, healing whatever traumas people might have.” Chunephisal employs the tuning of A=432 Hz, which was prevalent throughout music history until not much more than century ago. Researchers and scientists have shown that the tuning works better for heart-centered, therapeutic sound work than the standard A=440 Hz. It has a lot to do with mathematical relationships, harmonic ratios, and frequencies found in nature. “(The tuning) has more symmetrical sound waves,” Chunephisal said, explaining that he uses binaural beats, which affect brainwaves. “The listener experiences balanced, pure energy that vibrates more in alignment with the human body.” Chunephisal is slated to conduct sound baths on three successive days this week, beginning Friday May 27 back at Yoga Soup and including Sunday afternoon at DiviniTree Yoga. On Saturday evening, he shares the space at the Salt Cave with Jenn Winzenried in a combined Yin Yoga/ Sound Bath event. What Chunephisal ends up playing during a particular sound bath healing varies with each occasion, as he tunes into the environment and the participants. “It’s mostly intuitive. There are certain patterns that form the structure but no prescribed progressions. I’m not thinking about it at all. When the sound bath starts, I leave my body. I come back when it’s done.” The goal, he said, is to help participants get out of their head, relax, and just be. “I can’t tell you what to expect. I don’t believe in that. But the spectrum runs from feeling very light and airy and relaxed and de-stressed, more clear-headed and focused, to – on the other side – feeling agitated or irritat-

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ed. It doesn’t cause that, but it can be result.” The latter comes from the unusual nature of the sounds produced by the bowls. “It can be like random background noise, a little weird, like noise from outer space. It can take the body awhile to dial into it. Just laying there and listening to weird sounds can bring up levels of uncomfortableness, emotional release, or a struggle resisting letting go.” It’s the ongoing sense of a beginner’s mind that sets Shane apart from his peers, he said. “I don’t see them (the bowls, and other musical objects) as instruments. They’re mediums. They speak to me. I don’t play my bowls. They play me.” For more information on Spirit Maticine, visit www.artistecard.com/ SpiritMetacine.

Vocal Workshop

Speaking of sound healing at yoga centers, Montecito’s Agatha Carubia offers her Heart-Based Singing vocal workshop at two local studios over the next two weekends. Both the two-hour session at Yoga Soup this Saturday and a 150-minute workshop next Sunday, June 5, at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center are based on her new book of the same name, with material drawn from her decades of experience as a voice teacher and vocal coach using an approach to singing, chanting, and speaking rooted in classical vocal technique and its practice through the energetic organization of the seven chakras. You’ll participate in group vocalization and experimentation and be personally guided into your own body to accept your most natural, personal sound. More details at www. heartbasedsinging.com.

All Booked up

Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. is the son of the author of a series of bestselling books topped by The Four Agreements and an accomplished author in his own right whose latest book is called The Mastery of Self. Like his father, much of Ruiz, Jr.’s work is based on the ancient Toltecs, who believed that life as we perceive it is a dream and that problems arise only when we forget that basic tenet. Both father and son lead workshops, retreats, and journeys to help others to achieve their own personal freedom. Ruiz, Jr., will appear in local shops twice this week: an evening conversation and book signing Friday May 27 at 7 pm at Paradise Found in downtown Santa Barbara, and again at Chaucer’s Books in Loreto Plaza on Wednesday June 1 at 7 pm. Info at www.paradisefoundsantabarbara. com/latest-happenings-2 and www. chaucersbooks.com. •MJ 26 May – 2 June 2016

On Entertainment Playwright Provides Order in the Court

larence Darrow, written by David W . Rintels based on the book Clarence Darrow for the Defense by Irving Stone, premiered on Broadway back in spring 1974 with Henry Fonda in the title role, and John Houseman directing. The work earned the actor a nomination for a Tony Award, while the author won the Drama Desk for Outstanding New Playwright. Forty years later, Kevin Spacey produced and starred in a revival of the play – which has been mounted around the world – in London as his swan song as artistic director of the Old Vic, and it proved just as popular critically and commercially. Now, Ventura’s Rubicon Theater is producing Clarence Darrow, with co-founder James O’Neil – who became artistic director emeritus last year so he could spend time developing new works for commercial production as president of OffBroadway Across America – starring as the influential and controversial attorney, famed for some of the most remembered criminal cases in American legal history. Darrow’s landmark cases include the Scopes “Monkey Trial,” Leopold and Loeb (in which he successfully kept the young pleasure murderers off death row), the McNamara Brothers L.A. Times bombing, and others that helped establish child labor laws and the eight-hour workday. Darrow was also the first cousin of O’Neil’s great-grandfather, so the actor has a family connection, as well as a theatrical one. The play will be directed by Rubicon’s artistic associate Jenny Sullivan, who has served in the same role for a string of successful one-person shows at the Ventura venue, including The Year of Magical Thinking with Linda Purl, I Am My Own Wife with John Tufts, and Wiesenthal with Tom Dugan. Rintels – who with his wife, Victoria Riskin, are the first husband-and-wife to have both served as president of the Writers Guild of America – also has a long history of TV movie and series credits, including the two-part Civil War drama Andersonville and Gideon’s Trumpet, about the criminal court case that established a defendant’s right to legal representation. The couple began visiting Montecito for weekends in the late 1980s and bought their first house here in 1999, moving to the village full time in 2008. Rintels talked about Clarence Darrow and more in a recent interview. 26 May – 2 June 2016

them. But there was much more that was fascinating that wasn’t as famous – his defense of Big Bill Haywood, who was accused of murdering the governor of Colorado. His work with labor. And he represented the McNamara brothers in the bombing at the L.A. Times.

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Q. How did you first become a screenwriter and playwright? A. I was on my way to law school when on kind of a dare I wrote a script. I had a friend who knew somebody who got it to Reginald Rose, the creator and producer of (CBS courtroom drama) The Defenders, the legal series with E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed. I’ll be damned if he didn’t like it. He told me he couldn’t use that one but asked for other ideas, and then hired me to write for them. It was a very good credit in those days. That got me an agent out here, and after a few years, I got into the movies for TV business, which was much more active and alive back then. You wrote Clarence Darrow long after doing TV work, right? Isn’t that backwards? I thought back then, playwrights were still being hired to come out to Hollywood to make movies. It wasn’t a great big jump for me. I got a call from a producer who had bought the rights to Irving Stone’s biography, and he asked me to adapt it for the theater. He warned me he had virtually no money, so it would have to be a one-actor, one-set show. There had never been anything like that before, except for things like Hal Holbrook doing Mark Twain, or James Whitmore doing Will Rogers. But those were recitals of their work, not plays with full scenes with other characters invisibly populating the stage – and conflict, chronology, all those things that go into a play. It sounded like a wonderful challenge. So, I tried it. And when the producers sent it to Henry Fonda, that very day he said yes. How’s that for a miracle? But after some vicissitudes – we ran into trouble in rehearsal – Fonda thought he’d made a mistake getting involved with first-time writer and producer on the first one-character play. He asked to be excused. But instead, we got the great John Houseman, who knew more about theater than any of us will ever know. He agreed to direct and came out and spoke to Fonda, and told him it would work and that Hank would be great in it. That saved it. If that hadn’t hap-

Theatre Company’s co-founder James O’Neil plays his legendary relative in David W. Rintels’s compelling one-person drama Clarence Darrow

pened, I probably wouldn’t be writing plays today. What was your process to turn the biography into a play? There wasn’t a lot you could draw on for that type of work. The first decision was to address the four (physical) areas of Darrow’s life, which were all tied together: the courtroom, his home, the office, and in front of audiences as he spoke as a lecturer. So, I figured I could write the play with him moving back and forth among the areas. I wanted as tent poles some of his famous, or in some case, forgotten cases – areas that he was passionate about – from the death penalty, to rights of labor, to free speech, to civil rights, all the great issues of his time. I could have had him just talk at home, but was important to see him in action, questioning witnesses, speaking to a jury. I thought a good actor with a good director could make an audience see the missing witnesses, the jury, all the other people, just fill in who the other party is. An audience will stay with you if they care about the character. After a while, you forget you are writing a one-character play. It becomes just another play with fewer people on stage. The great director William Wyler was a friend of Fonda’s. He came backstage after he saw the play, and said, “Hank, you were wonderful out there tonight. You all were.” Did you always think it would turn out as well as it did? Let me tell you another story: When the play opened and was a success, a friend told me he never had a doubt about it. “Just look at the creative team. You had 100 years in the theater together. Houseman had 51 years, Fonda had 49, and you had zero.” The public was already familiar with Darrow through the (1955) play and (1960) movie Inherit the Wind. Did you make a conscious effort to avoid comparison? It was a temptation to dwell heavily on his two famous cases. But there was so much more to him than just the Scopes Monkey Trial with Williams Jennings Bryant and Leopold-Loeb. You couldn’t do the play without

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It’s been 40 years. How do you think the play holds up? Well, here’s what I can tell you. In 2014, Kevin Spacey asked if he could revive it. He did it for three weeks in London, and people were (clamoring) to get tickets. And then last year, he did six more weeks. There was never one vacant seat the whole time. Look up the reviews. It was astonishing. People were scalping tickets online! Kevin was just wonderful in the part. Kids came up to me after the show and – just like 40 years earlier – told me they want to become a lawyer. It was 60 years ago back when we first did the play, and now it’s been 100 years. But the issues are the same – minorities rights, class distinctions, social justice. What has been your favorite production outside of Fonda’s? George C Scott did it. Mike Farrell did it. He’s one of my close friends and I directed him, so that was a wonderful experience. Leslie Nielsen did it quite a lot. Curt Jurgens played Darrow for a while in Germany, and it did very well. It played around the world. I’ve loved it every time I’ve seen it. And now it’s coming back to the Rubicon... I’m delighted they’re producing it again. It’s a very good theater. I’ve seen a lot of productions there, and I’ve always like their work. Everything that Jenny Sullivan has directed turns out just first-rate. So I didn’t initiate it at all, but I’m very happy. How do you see Rubicon founder James O’Neil starring as Darrow? A. I went to see a rehearsal a week ago, in a special event for friends of the theater. They asked if I’d come and answer some questions afterward. Jim did about three minutes of the show, and I thought it was terrific. So I’m looking forward to it. I already have my tickets for several performances. What are you working on now? I’ve got a couple of new plays. An adaptation of William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice, which I wrote earlier, is opening up at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, in 2018. And I just finished another play which we’re taking out (to producers) next week. I love writing for theater. It’s an oppor-

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Taking Exception

...It has everything to do with what the employee’s political statement says! A local big box employee’s cap reads: America Was Never Great! Wow, I wonder where she got that idea that America is not exceptional, that all the historical accolades that have been piling up over the past 227 years were not earned and the result of jingoistic overhype? Could it be the result of an unrelenting assault on America’s moral legacy by an educational establishment hellbent on transforming this nation away from the shared values that attracted rich and poor alike to our shores since the 17th century? There was a time in my lifespan when black Americans came together in a civil-rights struggle in order to claim their rightful seat as equal shareholders in the boardroom of America. They weren’t revolting against the idea of America. They wanted an equal and respected piece of the action. What we see today is not a civil-rights struggle to squeeze into the auditorium called America. These latter-day “revolutionaries” are interested in nothing less than burning down the auditorium with everybody in it. They have nothing but contempt and disrespect for an exceptional America that they are in denial even exists... ...and they have a visceral hatred for patriotic Americans who stand in their way of putting a torch to it. David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara

Channel Drive Footpath Quandary

As an owner and full-time resident of a property on Channel Drive, my family would like to add our thoughts to the discussion of building a footpath west of the Biltmore (“Pedestrian Safety in Montecito” MJ #22/19), and what implications this may or may not have on road congestion, local property owners, and community residents. One of the main reasons for congestion on Channel Drive is the unrealistic parking regulation. Currently, there is only “no parking” between 2 am and 5 am. Many campers and RVs park along Channel on a daily basis, moving only after sunset, often over to Hill Road. These same vehicles return early in the morning, in order to obtain the best parking spots. While some of these RVs are tourists passing through town, others are people essentially living in their mobile homes. A typical RV takes up two spots and the owners often also have a car, which they use to run errands, so that they don’t have to move their mobile home and lose their spot. In addition to taking up extra spots, RVs are also wider than most cars, making it necessary for pedestrians, bicyclists, and Segway riders to swerve around them. Just restricting parking to a reasonable four-hour timeframe would do a lot to decrease car congestion and open up more parking spots for more tourists and locals. Walking is something my family and I enjoy daily, and at first glance, a continuous footpath sounds like a great idea. However, we’re concerned that adding a footpath could also bring unwanted consequences since the current plan does nothing to improve safety for bicyclists, Segway riders, and people getting in and out of cars with children and dogs, who often

Jane Walker Wood Orfalea suggests that limiting RV parking on Channel Drive would help open up more parking for shorter-term visitors on Butterfly Beach

run, unattended, across the street in their excitement to get to the beach. A continuous footpath, while improving safety for pedestrians on the path, could also inadvertently increase car congestion, as more people would drive to the beach in hopes of finding parking so they could use the footpath. More cars would, of course, decrease safety for bicyclists, Segway users, and people getting in and out of the cars, who are all trying to share the road. The property owners on Channel Drive own the land on the beach side of the road, up to mean tide. These same owners plant and maintain this vegetation, as well as clean up any trash left by tourists and campers. MarBorg, free of charge, supplies and empties the trash and recycling cans at the stairs at Butterfly Lane. A possible concern of ours, is whether or not this plan means removing all vegetation, including the hedges, along Channel Drive. This would increase the amount of camping, barbecuing, and foot traffic that currently takes place on the small ledge on the beach side of the road. This particular section of Channel Drive has only rocks and broken concrete supporting

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the hillside, whereas the section by the Biltmore is supported with re-enforced concrete. We trust that the county and Montecito will consult environmental experts and engineers to determine whether or not the removal of this vegetation, and resulting increased foot traffic, would negatively affect the stability of the hillside, which would also impact the stability of the road itself. In an ideal dream situation, we believe the county should eliminate parking on the beach side of Channel Drive and create pedestrian and biking paths. To do this, without impacting parking opportunities for locals and tourists, parking times should be limited to four hours rather than 20 hours. In the short term, just restricting the parking timeframe to four hours would do a lot to decrease car congestion and open up more parking spots. Finally, I’d like to suggest a crosswalk at East Cabrillo Boulevard, in order that pedestrians and bicyclists can cross over to the bird refuge foot and bike path. This is a very dangerous place to cross as the cars are speeding to the highway… only to

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Bumps in the Road

A short poem you won’t forget.   Do you recall the president referring to the Benghazi incident as “a bump in the road?”   Recently, I heard an ex-Navy SEAL being interviewed on Fox News regarding a book he has written about how to handle crisis situations in our lives. At the end of the interview, he asked if he could make a comment on Benghazi and, of course, the anchor said “yes.” He then thanked Fox News for keeping the Benghazi story in the news, since other news organizations are not. He said the SEALs who died deserve the public knowing the truth about the whole affair. The following poem was written by an anonymous Marine Corps officer: The Battling Boys of Benghazi We’re the battling boys of Benghazi, No fame, no glory, no paparazzi.  Just a fiery death in a blazing hell,  Defending our country we loved so well.  It wasn’t our job, but we answered the call.  Fought to the consulate and scaled the wall.  We pulled twenty countrymen from the jaws of fate  Led them to safety and stood at the gate.  Just the two of us and foes by the score, But we stood fast to bar the door.  Three calls for reinforcement, but all were denied.  So we fought and we fought and we fought ‘til we died.  We gave our all for our Uncle Sam But Barack and Hillary didn’t give a damn.  Just two dead SEALs who carried the load No thanks to us... we were just… Bumps In The Road.  So, will this reach every American with a computer? Or do we act like the press and give a pass to the people who literally sat there in the White 26 May – 2 June 2016

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tunity to work with real people in real time. There’s nothing like being in the theater during a live performance. Anywhere, any time. Houseman used to say it could be Mississippi on a rainy night; it’s still the best thing in the world. I agree with that. You don’t need to be on Broadway. Live theater, whether in Montecito, Ventura, or the Great White Way, speaks to people in a direct, very personal, human way.

(Clarence Darrow opens Saturday night and continues through Sunday, June 12, at the Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main Street, Ventura. Playwright David W. Rintels will answer questions after the opening night performance. Tickets cost $25 to $54 [$150 opening night includes post-show reception]. Call 667-2900 or visit www.rubicontheatre.org.)

McLaughlin, Jackson Browne, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Jaco Pastorius, and Jean-Luc Ponty, and whose playing was featured on the hits “How Will I Know” and “Baby Come to Me”). All were featured on On Eagle Mountain. We cornered Mosby for a quartet of questions over the phone from a festival before the band headed west. Q. How does a guy go from bluegrass in the Ozarks to Indian music? A. I used to play banjo, which has that drone string. It’s a very tonal instrument which sounds like a sarong. It always sounded like classical North Indian music to me. The similarities are the drones, and the technique, the vast scales. The hammered dulcimer, which you hear a lot in Appalachia, is actually an ancient Indian instrument. So, it’s always been deep seated within me.

guitar and was traveling with my brother, son, and dog. I just started banging something out under a full moon that first night. I caught an idea which felt right and worked on it more as we kept going down the float. I finished it within a week at home. For “Mountain Lullaby”, I was high up in a chalet in the Rockies with my wife, and it’s just the same thing, where I got an idea and played with it. When I write, the goal is to have music to share with others, including the audience so there is an interchange of emotion, a heartfelt connection. If I can bring them to where I am, the feeling of the mountain, that’s everything.

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Guitarist-composer Todd Mosby has spent a career honing his chops in jazz and New Age music while fashioning a parallel interest and immersion in classical Indian raga, so much so that he trained himself sufficiently to become the only American guitarist admitted into the famed Imdad Khani Gharana. If that’s seems like an unusual combination, that might be because there have been few predecessors in the combo genre, perhaps John McLaughlin back in the 1970s, with his Inner Mounting Flame album, a wildly eclectic and electric record. Mosby’s most recent effort, On Eagle Mountain, is a much more quiet affair. It’s an acoustic guitar-based album created with and produced by Will Ackerman, the famed Grammywinning founder of Windham Hill Records, a clearing house for talented improvisational new-age/classical artists such as George Winston, Liz Story, and the Turtle Island String Quartet. The album elegantly blends Indian music with bluegrass, folk, and other American musical forms, synthesizing the elements into a genre of its own. The Berklee College of Musictrained Mosby created the Imrat Guitar, a 20-string hybrid sitar-guitar bridge instrument with a scalloped fretboard that combines the Eastern and Western music cultures in a single instrument. He’ll be bringing the latest version of the Imrat with him when he performs an early evening set at SOhO with the New Horizons Ensemble featuring bassist Michael Manring (who has recorded seven solo albums plus scores more as a collaborator, including nearly a dozen with guitarist Michael Hedges), Grammy-winning percussionist Jeff Haynes (who has toured with Cassandra Wilson, Pat Metheny, and Harry Belafonte, among others), and saxophonist-flutist Premik Russell Tubbs (whose credits include

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I read where you were so devoted to learning how to play classical Indian ragas that you practiced so hard you would pass out from the strain. Why was it so important? I grew up listening to that music but didn’t have access to hearing it live. And once I did, I couldn’t stop. I think it’s part of my m.o., or ADD, or something. Once I start going on something, I don’t give up. The music was so demanding – I worked on the C-major scale for one whole year, literally. It’s such rigorous training to be able to conquer the instrument. I learned more about music in that one year than I did in all my all the formal training at Berklee. Why did you invent your own instrument, the Imrat? I was studying with Imrat Kahn, who was George Harrison’s first sitar teacher and also taught Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. He lives right down the street from me in St. Louis, so I was able to study with him privately. In year seven, I decided I needed to access this music more. I wanted the natural tuning ability, the resonance – the string that rings over the string, and I couldn’t do it on a standard six or 12-string guitar. I didn’t want to have to haul several instruments around with me, and the Imrat lets me do it all on one. The bridge is the only way you can cross cultures. I tune it open triad, so I can also play melodies and accompany myself. The album has a focus on the natural world, the mountains that you grew up around and still visit. How were you able to capture the emotions and feelings that you get when you are in the mountains? Each song was different. For “Jack’s Fork”, I brought my guitar and floated down the river. It’s very remote. You put your canoe in and just float. The water is turquoise. I had my travel

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(Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, 2010), will be screened at the closing presentation of the 201516 academic year at UCSB’s Pollock Theater. The two-hour film follows soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness who are transferred to a temporary clinic where housewife and volunteer Jenjira watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. The medium Keng uses her psychic powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men while doctors explore ways, includadsource@ ing colored light therapy, to ease the stricken soldiers’ troubled dreams. p. 888.737.28 Eventually. Jen discovers Itt’s cryptic notebook of strange writings and blueprint sketches, which might point to a connection between the soldiers’ at 4:43:00 PM caind_met05 enigmatic syndrome and the mythic ancient site that lies beneath the clinic. UCSB Film and Media Studies professor Naoki Yamamoto – who specializes in film theory, Asian cinema, documentary films, intellectual history, and Japanese popular culture – will lead a discussion with the audience following the screening, which takes place at 7 pm on Thursday, May 26. •MJ

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Mr. Pallamary has two short story collections, two nonfiction books, a memoir, and five novels in print, and has been with the Santa Barbara Writers Conference for close to 30 years. His book, Phantastic Fiction - A Shamanic Approach to Story, is based on his workshop of the same name. He can be reached at www.mattpallamary.com.

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he 44th Annual Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC) will be held this year from June 5-10 at the Hyatt on the beach in Santa Barbara featuring a varied mix of evening speakers. The lecture series starts at 7:30 each night of the conference starting on Sunday with Rufi Thorpe, author of The Girls from Corona del Mar, followed on Monday by The New York Times best-selling author Gayle Lynds, author of Assassins. Tuesday night features F. Paul Wilson, whose novel, The Keep, was made into a classic horror film, and Aline Ohanesian, author of the critically acclaimed Orhan’s Inheritance, speaks on Wednesday. Local author Monte Schulz, author of Crossing Eden, ends the lecture series on Thursday. Tickets to these events are open to the public for $10 at the door. The annual conference has a rich literary tradition that includes Ray Bradbury, who kicked the conference off for 37 years, Charles M. Schulz, Alex Haley, Eudora Welty, James Michener, William Styron, Clive Cussler, Gore Vidal, Elmore Leonard,

Ross McDonald, Margaret Millar, and many more. Counted among these luminaries are Montecito’s own Sue Grafton, best-selling author of the alphabet mysteries, funny man Jonathan Winters, Fannie Flagg, who was inspired to write Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café at the conference, and noted actresses Anne Francis and Eva Marie Saint, along with Jeffrey Hayden, Eva’s actor/ director husband. None of this would have ever occurred if not for the wit, wisdom, and shenanigans of Barnaby Conrad, a talented artist and best-selling author of Matador, a novel about the last day in the life of Manolete, Spain’s most famous bullfighter. Who better to write Matador than Barnaby, a bullfighter himself (billed in Spain as “The California Kid”), forced into retirement after getting gored?

That First Year

In 1972, Barnaby and Mary Conrad had recently moved to Santa Barbara from San Francisco. While speaking

Santa Barbara Writers Conference founder Mary Conrad recently completed the first draft of a book about the history of the SBWC in collaboration with her longtime right-hand man Y. Armando Nieto, and veteran workshop leader Matthew J. Pallamary. The book, with a cover designed by MJ’s own Ernie Witham, is planned for a 2017 release. Since last August, Conrad, Nieto, and Pallamary have been working through and digitizing 30 years of Mary Conrad’s photo albums, news clippings, and a treasure trove of recordings from such talented artists as Ray Bradbury, Charles M. Schulz, Sue Grafton, Gayle Lynds, Fannie Flagg, Christina Crawford, and many more. Among these recordings is a spirited performance of Willa Cather’s works by the husband and wife team of Eva Marie Saint and Jeffrey Hayden of Montecito.

with fellow writer Bill Downey at a bi-weekly writer’s luncheon at El Cielito restaurant in Santa Barbara, Barnaby brought up the idea of hosting a writers conference in Santa Barbara. Bill suggested that he find something else to do, such as real estate. Undeterred, Barnaby, fresh from the Squaw Valley Writers Conference, where he had met Ray Bradbury, called Ray on the phone and said, “Hi Ray, It’s Barnaby Conrad, and I’m thinking about starting a writers conference in Santa Barbara. Would you be interested in speaking?” “That sounds like a great idea,” Ray said. “Who else do you have?” Without missing a beat, Barnaby said, “I Have Budd Schulberg, (Academy Award-winning author of On the Waterfront), and Clifton Fadiman (a literary pillar at the time). “I’m in!” Ray said. Barnaby hung up the phone and immediately called Budd Schulberg, saying, “Hi Bud, It’s Barnaby Conrad

and I’m thinking about starting a writers conference in Santa Barbara. Would you be interested in speaking?” “That sounds like a great idea,” Schulberg said. “Who else do you have?” “Ray Bradbury and Clifton Fadiman,” Barnaby said. “Count me in!” Schulberg said. Barnaby hung up the phone and immediately called Clifton Fadiman with the same spiel, getting the same result, which gave birth to the now legendary Santa Barbara Writers Conference, which was first held in 1973 at Cate School in Carpinteria. The cost to attend was $200 for the full conference, or $150 without room and board. Held from June 22 to June 29, the first SBWC featured Ray Bradbury, Clifton Fadiman, Ross MacDonald, Don Freeman, John Leggett, Budd Schulberg, Niels Mortensen, and Jessica Mitford. In total, there were six workshop leaders and 37 students. By the second night, Downey wrote, “You could tell the students by the glazed look in their eyes.” The reason? The aptly Pirate Workshops, a device invented of necessity. Rather than lying awake with comments and critiques from published writers torturing their sleep, students stayed up most of the night reading re-worked endings or beginnings of their great American novels to one another and workshop leaders young enough to participate without 40 winks. “Ray Bradbury showed up that first year with a sleeping bag,” Mary Conrad recalls. “Every night, he bedded down with the students and regaled them with stories,” she continued. “With Ray it was always stories, stories, and more stories.”

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After the 1974 conference, a new Cate School headmaster had unwarranted concerns about profitability, and Mary Conrad had enough of the school’s politics, so she contacted James Gawzner, a friend whose father owned the Miramar Hotel at the time. “Can we hold the conference there?” She asked.

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“Sure,” said the elder William Gawzner. By 1975, the SBWC had gained recognition and quickly became one of the premier writing conferences in the country; its tuition remained reasonable: $200 or $175 without accommodations. In addition to a room for fullprice attendees, amenities included tennis courts, two swimming pools, a railroad dining car next to the tracks that served hot dogs and hamburgers, an attractive dining room overlooking the hotel grounds, and, perhaps most importantly for writers, an attached bar. Picture a sea of blue-roofed cottages glimpsed from the 101 freeway against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean. Featured speakers that year included Gay Talese, Eudora Welty, Charles “Sparky” Schulz, Alex Haley, Ross MacDonald, Clifton Fadiman, and George Plimpton. True to form and his word, Ray Bradbury was on hand to open the conference. During the magical week of the SBWC, the Miramar became a world unto itself, complete with a piano bar where you might walk in to find Steve Allen or Barnaby Conrad tickling the ivories. The long hallway that led to the bar and restaurant was nicknamed “Peacock Alley,” as it was where people strutted their stuff; nearby was the spacious conference hall (converted from the resort’s garage years before) where the keynoters spoke. A smaller hall beneath the main hall was where the pirate workshops took place. Couple those items with a beautiful beach front, cottages, tennis courts, and railroad tracks that went right through the middle of the property at all hours of the day and night, and you had the perfect setting for a gathering of creative talent of all levels, dedicated to nurturing and celebrating their shared love of writing. 1975 was the first year that the SBWC’s beloved Charles “Sparky” Schulz came to the conference; he not only decided to stay the entire week, but became a mainstay of the conference all the way through to the end of his life in 2000. The SBWC grew exponentially year by year, and the Miramar was able to accommodate the expansion. From 36 students in the first year at Cate

The Santa Barbara Writers Conference contest was inspired by a competition in the London Spectator that urged readers to come up with “an opening to a novel, or short story guaranteed to deter the reader from reading any further.” In 1993, Grace Rachow, who now writes a regular column for Montecito Journal, penned the winning submission: My mother-in-law’s hair was sparse enough on its own, but she had bleached out the color, tinted it an almost improbable shade of yellow, and then permed the life out of what was left so that raw pink patches showed between the remaining tufts, and I could have taken that I suppose if she would have just kept her mouth closed as we ate, but instead hunks of food stuck to the front of her loose dentures as she told me all the excruciating details of her retirement plan, which I will share with you. School, the third year at the Miramar boasted 140 paid attendees, making the Miramar the bona fide home of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference for the last quarter of the 20th century until it closed in 2000, ending an enchanted era in the history of American literature. With the closing of the Miramar, the SBWC went on a short hiatus, but the conference endured, moving to Montecito’s Westmont College until 2003 when the Conrads retired and sold it; it then moved to Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort for a number of years. Somewhere between 2009 and 2010, Charles Schulz’s son, novelist Monte Schulz, bought the conference, determined to bring it back to its roots as an homage to his father who loved it like family. In 2011, Monte reestablished The Santa Barbara Writers Conference at its present home at the Hyatt on the Beach in Santa Barbara, where it has continued to thrive. For more information about registering for the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, or to learn more about its program and speakers, please visit www.sbwriters.com. •MJ

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y wife thinks I’m going deaf, but I think it’s just that I have so many incredible ideas bouncing around in my head – and I’m quite sure one of them is going to make me incredibly famous, wealthy beyond all imagination, and beloved by the masses – that I’m constantly exploring my own brain. Some people also call it spacing out. But all it takes to bring me back to reality is a simple question such as: “Do you know what is the most common item stolen from the Navajo reservation?” “Turquois?” “Nope. “Pottery?” “Nope. “Navajo rugs?” We were on day two of our “Pueblo Heritage: The Anasazi, Hopi, Navajo and Chaco Canyon” Road Scholars tour. Our guide, Stewart, adjusted the microphone on his headset and turned up the volume on the dashboard of the tour van. “Sheep dung,” he said. I was thinking maybe people in northern Arizona should go to thievery school or at least take a night (burglary) class. But Stewart told us we would soon understand. That’s when we pulled into the Hopi Cultural Center on Second Mesa for a pottery demonstration from esteemed Hopi artist Dorothy Ami. She made a small, perfectly round pot as she talked, using the traditional coil method – adding coils of clay to the base pot and working it into shape by hand; no potter’s wheel. “I was a teacher, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to make pots for a living. Then I began watching my cousin, Mark Tahbo, and he taught me many things. After several years we went to a show and as people bought pots I just kept shoving the money into my pockets. When the show was over, I counted the money. There was $50,000. I decided then I did want to be a potter!” Fifty grand! All the other great ideas swimming around in my brain fluids disappeared. Pots by Ernie. Yes! “It takes nine days for clay preparation,” Dorothy continued. “Much of the clay I find is holding up a big rock, so I have to remove it carefully.” Oops, that was going to be a problem. I just have to look at large rocks and they want to fall on my head.

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Dorothy passed around samples of the clays she uses and the shaping tools, which were shards of other pots. And then she held up her brush. “I use my own hair as the brush,” she told us, as she carefully painted traditional designs on one of her nearly finished pots. Another thing that wouldn’t work well for me. I’d be out of hair after just a few weeks. Plus, I can’t even paint the living room without making a big old splattering mess. Fine lines might not be my forte. “You may notice that the coloration on the finished pot is not even all around.” Wow. Uneven I can do. I’m back. “We fire our pots outdoors at temperatures of 1,400-1,600 degrees. It’s often windy, so the pot’s finish comes out uneven. That’s how you can tell

I can’t even paint the living room without making a splattering mess a traditional Hopi pot. We use dried sheep dung for fuel because it’s dense and burns very hot. I get all my sheep dung from our neighbors, the Navajo.” I wasn’t sure what the neighbors were getting in return, but whatever it was it must have been seen as a good trade on their part. “I pay cash,” Dorothy told us. “They bring a truckload, and I check it to make sure it’s not too salty. I only pay for the best s**t!” I watched as my entire pot-making idea for fame and fortune came crashing down. Not only would the condo association frown on my building a fire in the common area, but even if I could find someone with a truckload of dried sheep dung in Santa Barbara, I could think of only one way to tell if it was too salty. We all thanked Dorothy for her demonstration, then my wife bought one of her beautiful, signed pots at the gift store. Back in the van on the way to our next adventure, Stewart said: “Even though we are driving east, all of this land is actually gradually moving west, at the same speed as fingernails grow.” My brain exploded. •MJ 26 May – 2 June 2016

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a mentor who helped her. She is now one of the very few in the world – a livestock-handling equipment designer. Half the cattle in the United States go to the slaughterhouse in her humane invention. She consults with Burger King, McDonald’s, Swift, and more. She is also a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. She speaks around the world about autism and cattle handling. There was a BBC special titled The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow. She has been written about in many publications and written several books herself. Before Temple’s appearance at the Granada, there was a reception and dinner in the Founder’s Room for Producer’s Circle members. She gave them all a signed book of hers called The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed. She told us, “I think in pictures, so I can’t do algebra. She wants education to focus on what students can do, not what they can’t. Especially regarding autistic students.

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“I couldn’t wait for success, so I went ahead without it,” said Jonathan Winters. Crescend Health held their inaugural “Hope & Laughter” gala at the El Encanto Hotel honoring the late Winters, who battled psychiatric challenges and was an inspiration to others. That’s what Crescend Health (formerly Phoenix of Santa Barbara) does. They are a behavioral health nonprofit honoring three contributors to improving the realm of mental health in our area. They were Lillian Lovelace, Dr. Zev Nathan, and Suzanne Riordan. We got acquainted with them during a wine reception on the terrace. Lillian has donated some of her treasure not only to Crescend but to make groups in Santa Barbara. Dr. Zev is a psychiatrist who has a clinical practice of children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Suzanne lost her son, Ian, at age 23 because of his mental health issues. She has since become an activist in all areas of mental health and substance use disorders. Lucinda Winters Nash told us, “I love honoring my dad. He was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder in 1960. He had 55 years of sobriety and lived to be 87.” Jonathan kept many of us entertained – at the local barber shop, Vons,

Director of behavioral wellness Alice Gleghorn and speaker Jewell Dennis at the Crescend dinner

or wherever he found an audience. Lucinda donated one of Jonathan’s paintings for the silent auction. Congratulations to the co-chairs for creating a first-ever event: board president Julie Kessler Solomon and board member Alex Smariga. Welcoming all were executive director J.T. Turner and clinical director Debra Simon. Event producer was Judi Weisbart and coordinator was Ava Polan, with Mark Magid as emcee. Others enjoying the dinner were Dion Cherot, Jewell Dennis, Lisa Couvillion, Lanny

She listens like spring, and she talks like June. – Train

Ebenstein, board treasurer Murray Ray, and Ann Lippincott. Crescend Health not only has an out-patient division, it has two residential facilities. One is Mountain, located on three acres of oak groves near the Mission. There is room for 14 adults. Then there is Phoenix House on Micheltorena. It houses 12 adult mental health clients. There’s also a fee for a service program called Mainstream. For all inquiries, contact Marit Jergensen at (805) 965-3434, ext. 114. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL

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

Conference Focuses on Millennials

he 2016 Lead Where You Stand Conference features a dynamic, one-day event Thursday, June 2, focusing on leadership and the millennial generation. Held at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, the conference begins at noon, includes four talks and two meals, and ends at 8 p.m. The cost is $149 per person (westmont.edu/lead). President Gayle D. Beebe says, “We’re devoting a conference to millennials because people born from the early 1980s through the early 2000s will soon form the majority of our workforce. Renowned expert Meg Jay will deliver two talks about millennials, I’ll speak about life-changing conversations on leadership, and best-selling author Paul Angone, a Westmont alumnus, will discuss leading and managing millennials. “We’re grateful to the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership for helping to underwrite this conference and for its commitment to developing moral and ethical leaders among the

millennial generation.” This unique symposium will offer key insights into developing the capacity to lead effectively in timely, principled ways amid the complexities of our organizations and society. Participants can step outside their daily routines and do serious work on leadership at this event. Jay, a clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, has spent 15 years listening to, teaching, researching, writing, and speaking about twentysomethings. She considers our 20s the critical period of adult development and believes this group plays an important role in the economy and workforce. Her popular TED Talk, “Why 30 Is Not the New 20,” has received nearly 8 million views and ranks as one of the top 50 TED Talks of all time. A professor at the University of Virginia, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology at UC Berkeley. Read more about her at megjay.com. Beebe, president of Westmont and

author of The Shaping of an Effective Leader, has spent 16 years as a college president and 25 years as a mid-level and senior executive. He has discovered that leaders possessing both competence and character can harvest creative insights and ideas from life-changing conversations about effective leadership. He studied with Peter Drucker and earned an MBA from the Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy of religion and theology. Angone graduated from Westmont in 2005. A national speaker and humorist, he has written two best-selling books, 101 Secrets for Your Twenties and All Groan Up. He shares secrets and strategies for honing, owning, and articulating the key ingredients in your life on his website, SignatureSauce.com. For more than 10 years, he has researched and engaged millennials, becoming a leading voice to and for the generation. He earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership.

Commencement Honors Class of 2016

Under cloudy skies, 299 bright Westmont seniors celebrated their graduation May 7 at a lush Carr Field. About 5,000 family members and

Student awardees: Karlie Storkson, Evan Kramer, Sarah Gowing, Stephanie Hynes, and Joseph Briones

friends witnessed the pageantry as the college honored its top graduates and professors. Of the 299 students, 105 of them graduated with honors. Karlie Storkson and Evan Kramer earned Dean’s Awards for excellence in the classroom, superior contributions to an intercollegiate athletic team, and deep faith in Christ. Kramer, a cross country athlete, was president of Westmont’s chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, an economics honor society. Sarah Gowing received the Dave Dolan Award for leadership and significant contributions to awareness of and response to the social and spiritual needs of the community, nation, and world. Stephanie Hynes and Joseph Briones earned Kenneth Monroe Awards for their academic achievement in the classroom, exceling as leaders on campus, and influencing other students’ lives through their integrity, character, and faithfulness. •MJ

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by Joanne A. Calitri

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Baxter Premieres with Speaking of Stories

Is this your first appearance in live theater? I’ve not done nearly enough live theatre, frankly... only about seven plays, not counting several incarnations of Love Letters, which I adored. Stage is where I learn the most.

Backstage before their performance with actors Meredith Baxter, John Fink, Sylvia Short, and Anne Guynn, artistic director Maggie Mixsell and author Christian Winn for the season finale of Speaking of Stories at Center Stage Theater

eredith Baxter, five-time Emmy Award nominee and California native, has found a home in our town. As an actress and producer, she has an acting legacy in difficult roles, many which predestined future socio-political issues, such as, a Catholic teacher involved with a Jewish cab driver [Bridget Loves Bernie 1972], the wife of Watergate accessory Hugh Sloan [All the President’s Men 1976], a young divorcée law school student raising a child [Family 19761980], a hippie-mom with a suit-wearing stalwart conservative son played by Michael J. Fox [Family Ties 19821989], a lesbian mom [Other Mothers 1993], domestic violence, teen suicide, addiction, mental illness, marriage betrayal and cancer. Meredith made her premiere performance in our town at the season finale of Speaking of Stories at the Center Stage Theater on May 22. She came on board with fellow thespians via a friend who introduced her to Stories artistic director Maggie Mixsell and suggested Meredith audition. “Meredith was very receptive to performing with Speaking of Stories,” Maggie shared backstage, “I had her read a story that matched her acting style and strengths, and she dove right in.” Reading the novel Arco, Idaho by guest author Christian Winn, she took the written word and made the tragic story come to life with her vocal intonations, carefully executed expressions and the unique talent of getting the audience in line with her energy and interpretation of the story. Here is my interview with Meredith and a review of the show: 26 May – 2 June 2016

of timing and delivery, the value of listening, bouncing off another character, and of course, it all depends on sharp writing. As they say, “If it ain’t on the page, it ain’t on the stage.”

Q. Meredith, how did you come to find Santa Barbara home? A: Santa Barbara was sort of an unknown for me but my wife, Nancy Locke, lived in Santa Barbara for over 20 years before we met in L.A., and it was always a big draw for her. We’ve spent many long weekends in every small hotel or Airbnb around, enjoying the town together. We had our honeymoon (December 2013) in a gorgeous rental up on the Riviera. That, of course, led to us buying a small house in Samarkand that I just adore. We live mainly in Santa Monica but race up here every chance we get. It’s something about the air. What are your top five favorite roles? In the early 80s, I was in a production of Vanities at what was then the Westwood Playhouse, now the Geffen. I really enjoyed playing off-the-wall characters like the women in Winnie and For the Love of Aaron, dealing with mental retardation and schizophrenia, respectively. Betty Broderick loomed large for me in both of the movies about her... fantastic to play a woman with no boundaries! And of course, the seven seasons on Family Ties, which gave me such a strong and steady base from which to work, fine writing, great fellow actors, and all that laughter! Given the countless social-political roles you have played, would you pen yourself as a dramatic actor? Although I do love a juicy dramatic role if it has depth, substance, and good language to roll around in the mouth, I have to say I’m more drawn to comedy. I appreciate the challenge

Speaking of Stories is an atypical theater performance without props and the actor reading all the parts in front of clear podium. Do you find it provides an interesting autonomy for you as an actor? In some sense, it leaves me too much autonomy. While I was working on the text, I’d have momentary longing for some outside hand to rattle my cage and ask, “Are you really going to say it that way?” It’s very naked; that little script stand doesn’t offer much to hide behind. And it’s hardly just reading; I found myself interpreting passages I didn’t find immediately clear. I felt my story asked for an almost dispassionate voice, as I am telling a young girl a disturbing story of what she is and will be experiencing right this minute and far in the future. I was surprised to see how much leeway there is within the confines of this kind of structure to play with the performance. Then again, this is my first time here, and it’s just as likely I’ll be admonished afterward with, “We didn’t think you’d play it like that!!” Is it more challenging than acting in a film and TV, or is not equitable to compare it to either? There is a riskier element to this than film or TV. Even though the material isn’t memorized, which does take a major responsibility off the table, I think this will feel much more exposed. No director, as mentioned, no costume to help find the character, no other cast or big prosthetic nose to share the stage, no action to block, no Feydeau entrances and exits. Just the reader and the text. Yup. Pretty naked. Are there upcoming projects for you as an actor and producer we can look forward to? I am part of a new web series called Skirt Chasers, written by Stan Zimmerman (so funny!) starring Elizabeth Keener and Barry Bostwick, made through tellofilms.com... which will be airing somewhere in not too long. And I’m part of a staged reading of Shadow Box by Michael Christofer this July; hopes are they will mount a production at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles in the near future.

Seem like they be hating from June to January. – Jamie Foxx

The balance of the show included actor John Fink reading Uncle Fred Flits By, a satire first published in 1935 by P.G. Wodehouse, who also wrote for musical comedies such as Anything Goes by Cole Porter. Fink, most widely known for his roles as Dr. Adam Husdson [Nancy 1970-71] and the Batman movies, proved his unquestionable veteran acting talents with a 20-minute seamless delivery. Able to construct the interplay between seven characters in the story, he read with accurate comedic delivery and laughter pause for the audience. His acting resembled nothing short of one reading Joyce’s Ulysses stream of consciousness and unbridled emotions in the final monologue of Molly Bloom in the “Penelope” chapter. Actor Anne Guynn read Beautiful People by prolific American author Charles Beaumont, a story that inspired an episode of The Twilight Zone, also written by Beaumont, who was “one of the seminal influences on writers of the fantastic and macabre.” [Dean R. Koontz]. This is Guynn’s third season with Speaking of Stories, her resumé includes the Rubicon Theatre, the Ensemble Theatre, Theatre Group at SBCC, Circle Bar-B Theatre, Elements Theatre, and Out of the Box Theatre. Quite the story of a future where all beings are made ageless and perfect beauties at 19, she adeptly personified the interplay of a young girl defiantly struggling against “the transformation” and society, and left the audience gasping at the disastrous conclusion. Veteran actor Sylvia Short read Enemies by 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Nadine Gordimer. Ms Short studied with Hallie Flanagan Davis at Smith College, sported a twoyear Fulbright Fellowship at the Old Vic Theatre School in London, trained with Uta Hagen in New York, and taught at the Juilliard School and at the HB Studio. Today her performance and natural British accent lended to the characters’ personas, bringing truth to the story, and its surprise ending. Irish playwright and director Conor McPherson once said, “If you want to play live, you’d better be able to play well. It’s a great feeling to see a talented person perform live in front of you. When we see a good theatre show, we marvel at how, with so few resources, the performers took us on a journey into ourselves and out of ourselves. It wasn’t fixed later. It happened in front of us, and it only worked because of the sheer force of the actors’ talents. It’s unquestionable.” Indeed, with much applause to actors and director. •MJ 411: Speaking of Stories www.speakingofstories.org MONTECITO JOURNAL

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Rachael Stein, Misha Cooper, and Emily Jones co-chaired gala sponsorship

by Julia Rodgers (photos by Teresa Pietsch)

Ahoy Crane! Sets Sail at Coral Casino

itting outside next to the ocean, at long tables underneath colorful nautical flags, Crane Country Day School parents celebrated the school’s annual gala auction “Ahoy Crane!” last weekend at the Coral Casino. For the first time in its history, a husband and wife team took the helm as gala chairs. In addition to being the parents of two young girls who are Crane students, Jen and Skip Abed also own Santa Barbara Sailing Center, one of the largest accredited sailing schools in the country. Skip Abed thought of the idea of a nautical-themed event, which judging by the number of guests dressed in red, white, and blue, proved to be a popular theme. One guest even wore a Navy admiral’s uniform (though it looked official, it was not – his wife ordered it on the internet). The Abeds used working sailing gear as décor, including nautical flags painted by Crane students, official coastal navigation charts on the tables, and lifejackets wrapped around pillars. “It seemed like a natural extension of our lifestyle,” said Jen Abed, whose daughters have been sailing since they

Skip and Jen Abed, Crane Gala co-chairs

were 4 years old. “It’s so much of who we are.” The Abeds have owned the sailing center for 16 years; in addition to sailing lessons, it also offers boat charters, and stand-up paddle and kayak rentals. The husband and wife team came up with many of the details of the event themselves, such as the family-style seating outside at long tables for 240 guests. “We wanted everyone to sit together, and we wanted to take advantage of being next to the ocean because of the theme,” Skip Abed said. In addition to cocktails and dinner outside next to the ocean, the event also featured a silent auction and a

Gala chair Jen Abed with Suzanne Garrett, George and Lisa Hagerman, and Hollye Jacobs

Head of School Joel Weiss, director of development Debbie Williams, and board president Tom Kenny

live auction, with items such as the highly sought-after “Paris, Le Cordon Bleu and You!” or an exclusive Major League Baseball experience for the All-Star game in San Diego. At the end of the evening, guests gathered inside to see a video and hear head of school Joel Weiss speak about a particularly dedicated Crane employee – Debbie Williams, who is celebrating her 40th year at the school. Williams has held many titles at Crane in that time, including first-grade

teacher, head of the lower school, admissions director, and now director of development. “Looking at Debbie’s various job titles is one way to understand her forty years, but an even more powerful lens is reflecting upon the characteristics that mark Debbie’s entire tenure at Crane. Debbie is growth-oriented and is always willing to evolve and change,” Weiss said. “Debbie is also one of the hardest-working individuals I have ever met.” Weiss also said that Williams has always been a tremendous supporter of diversity, which is why Crane created the Debbie Williams Endowment for tuition assistance in 2006 for her 30-year anniversary. He then received overwhelming support when he asked parents to raise their paddles in support of this endowment fund and in honor of Williams’s many years of hard work on behalf of Crane. Major sponsors and donors of the event included Cristina and Erck Rickmers, Noelle and Dick Wolf, Leslie and Robert Zemeckis, Ella and Scott Brittingham, Randi Miller, and Terry Cunningham, Elizabeth and Lee Gabler, and Lisa and George Hagerman. Key gala committee members included: Misha Cooper, Emily Jones, Rachael Stein, Kelly Bilek, Dinah Calderon, Missy Ryan, Hannah Gimbel, and Sarah Muzzy. •MJ

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Beaux Arts, and he ate heartily. And he still lives in his own home, with the help of caregivers. I treasure our long-running gin game and his endless supply of Irish jokes.”

Katy Cannes Do Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry and British actor beau Orlando Bloom landed quite the invitation at last week’s Cannes Film Festival. Russian oligarch Roman Abramovitch invited the tony twosome on board his $2.5 billion, 556foot yacht Eclipse, which boasts two swimming pools, two helipads, and even its own submarine. The dynamic duo, who’ve been dating for four months, as I’ve chronicled in this illustrious organ, were spotted kissing and cuddling on the mega-vessel, which can be rented for $250,000 a day. Last year, Prince Andrew’s eldest daughter, Princess Beatrice 27, was spotted on the yacht off the Spanish coast when Oprah Winfrey and friend, CBS morning show co-anchor, Gayle King, on a nearby boat, invited Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter on board for drinks. Taking a Bow After nearly a half-century of service as a cellist for the Santa Barbara Symphony, septuagenarian Geoffrey

Geoffrey Rutkowski, Santa Barbara Symphony cellist, calls it a day after nearly 50 years

Rutkowski has hung up his bow. Geoffrey, who is a distinguished professor of cello and a director of the strings program at UCSB, joined the popular orchestra in 1968 after studying with the legendary cellist Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico after receiving a Ford Foundation grant. Originally from the Bay Area, Geoffrey, whose wife, Joan, is a founding board member of Opera Santa Barbara, has worked under many world-famous conductors, including Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Sir Colin Davis, and Mstislav Rostropovich, and in 1985 performed and gave master classes in China at the

invitation of the Ministry of Culture. In 1979 and 1980, he was the principal cellist in Florence, Italy, a position organized by the U.S. Consul-General in the Tuscan city. Geoffrey, who plays a 1689 Matteo Goffrillet Venetian instrument, says he now intends “enjoying life” gardening at his one-acre home on the Riviera and reading mystery novels: “I don’t want anything too stressful,” he admits. To mark the end of his long service at the symphony, maestro Nir Kabaretti presented Geoffrey with an inscribed conductor’s baton at the final Granada concert of the 63rd season. Music to his ears. Going Global The Montecito Journal has been getting international attention in some of the world’s wealthiest enclaves. Nonstop, Gulfsteam’s bi-annual magazine for its jet owners worldwide, features a glowing eight-page article on the Santa Barbara Polo Club where they are sponsors for a second year, by Patty Jensen. The piece, in which I am quoted at length, focuses on the Gulfstream Pacific Coast Open, the biggest tournament on the Left Coast with one of the largest trophies in the sport. Current club president Texan John Muse won the competition for three

consecutive years with his team, Lucchese, and the world’s top player, Argentinian Adolfo Cambiaso, on his squad. The article, which goes to 50,000 readers, also has photos of Prince William playing in a round robin when he visited the Carpinteria club five years ago with his wife, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, to mark its centennial. Rome at Home Santa Barbara Choral Society hit a high note at the Rockwood Woman’s Club with its annual fundraiser, When in Rome. The Italian themed sold-out bash for a record 190 guests, which raised around $30,000 for the popular vocal group, was most appropriate as the choir launches its two-week performance tour of Italy, including Florence, Pisa, Milan, Rome and Naples, on June 4. The gala, co-chaired by Mary Dan Eades, Kate Rees, and Marylove Thralls, featured veteran director JoAnne Wasserman conducting pieces from the forthcoming tour, including the world premiere of a choral version of “Santa Barbara,” a piece composed in 1980 by Jeanette Vacca, sister of local artist Mara Abboud,

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3804 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3804 for the ZONE 3 PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 2, 2016 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “ZONE 3 PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT, Bid No. 3804". The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Repair various streets by performing asphalt dig outs to repair failed areas, tree root repair, asphalt cold milling and asphalt hot mix overlay and final traffic striping and marking to City Streets, construct miscellaneous concrete repairs, construct concrete access ramps, retrofit existing access ramps, perform traffic control, notifications and postings The Engineer’s estimate is $2,300,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING CHAPTER 28.95 OF TITLE 28 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A PROVISION RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND AMERICAN TRADITION, LLC. The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 17, 2016. The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

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The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Eric Goodall, Project Engineer, 805-897-2664. In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

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ORDINANCE NO. 5750

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5750 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on April 19, 2016, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 17, 2016, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Frank Hotchkiss, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

Councilmembers Gregg Hart, Cathy Murillo

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on May 18, 2016. /s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 18, 2016.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for: BID NO. 5458 DUE DATE & TIME: JUNE 16, 2016 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Publication of Legal Ads & Notices Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

Gang Production, 550 N. La Cumbre, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Ashley Chanel White, 550 N. La Cumbre, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 2016. 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 Tania ParedesSadler. FBN No. 20160001489. Published May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Maple & Stan, 210 Las Alturas Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Devin Terrill, 210 Las Alturas Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 28, 2016. 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. 2016-0001267. Published May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Stables, 1374 Virginia Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Rebecca Atwater, 1374

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Virginia Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 9, 2016. 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. 2016-0001374. Published May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Salon Du Mont, 1470 East Valley Road #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Yazmin Carrera, 4515 Chaparral Drive, Carpinteria, CA, 93013. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 15, 2014. 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 Noe Solis, filed May 3, 2016. Original FBN No. 20140002396. Published May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Buena Painting, 1314 Chino Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Marco A Espinoza, 1314 Chino Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was

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filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 9, 2016. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2016-0001364. Published May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 Greens, PO Box 267, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Jeremy Delbianco Mulkey, 414 Figueroa St. Unit H, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 9, 2016. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 20160001383. Published May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: M8RX, 409 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Events SB LLC, 418 Chapala St. Suite A-D, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 3, 2016. 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. 20160001309. Published May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Norcal Electric, 520 Farnel Road Suite F, Santa Maria, CA 93458. Brian Mauro Construction, INC, 1335 Greeley Road, Bakersfield, CA 93314. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 21, 2016. 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

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(SEAL) by Tania ParedesSadler. FBN No. 20160001209. Published May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Corral Solutions; Payment Fusion, 820 State Street, 3rd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Axia Technologies, LLC, 820 State Street, 3rd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 28, 2016. 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 Noe Solis. FBN No. 20160001266. Published May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Sea Urchin, 6 Harbor Way #122, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Christine “Shelli” Stone, 5815 W. Camino Cielo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 2, 2016. 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 Jan Morales. FBN No. 20160001296. Published May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Majestic Commercial Residential Clean Up Services, PO Box 1036, Buellton, CA 93427. Alejandro Moreno, 420 Dogwood St., Buellton, CA 93427; Esmeralda Moreno, 420 Dogwood St., Buellton, CA 93427. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 11, 2016. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2016-0001078. Published May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT:

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CORT, PO Box 50842, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. James Witmer, 2231 Calle Culebra, Summerland, CA 93067. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 27, 2016. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 2016-0001262. Published May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Salon Du Mont, 1470 E. Valley Road Ste C, Montecito, CA 93108. Lilibeth de Dios Caplinger, 140 Morgan Lane, Carpinteria, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 26, 2016. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2016-0001244. Published May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV01197. To all interested parties: Petitioner Isaiah Klein filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Isaiah Mbira Ram Klein to Yitzhak Bira Vanara. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 5, 2016 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: June 1, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25

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

Thought for Food

ho invented food? And what exactly was the big idea? We eat our brother beings, and in the end, we in turn are eaten. What’s the point of that? (On the other hand, what could be more fair?) Don’t get me wrong. I’m as eager an omnivore as the next eater down the line. I can’t help that – it was programmed into me. But I also can’t help feeling sorry for those who want a kinder, gentler world, and restrict their eating accordingly. They may or may not be benefiting their own health. But otherwise, their efforts make hardly a blip in the grand scheme of things. Insects and microbes will continue to prey upon each other, with no regard for kindness, gentleness, and decency. Speaking of which, there does seem to be an overall tendency in human history – at least in some respects – toward becoming more “humane” – with regard to other human beings, and animals with which we can most closely identify. I have to say “in some respects,” because war hardly seems to count. (But as to blood-letting for public pleasure a la the Roman arena, and torturing of animals for sport, which has persisted into more recent times – these have somehow lost their mass appeal. And now even bullfighting seems to be slowly on the way out.) Getting back to food: if we must eat one another, we might as well enjoy it. As is well-known, year after year, the combined sales of cookbooks have rivaled those of that perennial best seller, the Holy Bible. This raises the possibility of an edible Bible, so that chapter and verse might be not only read, but truly digested. Of course, many religions have made eating into a sacrament. Even the Jewish culture, from which I myself may be said to have sprung, and which would never think of ceremonially eating its Savior, if it recognized one, celebrates at least one annual festival with a complex and elaborate ritual meal (called a Seder), recalling supposed events of deliverance dating back more than two millennia. But to many or most of us, the rights and wrongs of food consumption in modern times have become less a matter of religion and more a concern of science. Although words such as “nutrition,” “diet,” and “metabo-

To read a poem in January is as lovely as going for a walk in June. – Jean-Paul Sartre

lism” have ancient etymologies, it is really only quite recently that clear connections have been made between what we eat and how we feel, function, and behave (to say nothing of how long we live.) Not that controversy does not constantly rear its unsettling head when it comes to establishing just what and how we should eat. And, after keeping clear of such matters since time immemorial, governments are now stepping in, having realized at last that good personal health is in the national interest. There is, however, still that persistent pleasure-factor that comes into play with eating, more intensely than with any other activity of humans and other animals, except sex. Desperation will make even normally repulsive organic matter edible. But for preference, we want good-tasting food. And of all good tastes, that of sweetness is nature’s number one attractant – causing sugar, to this day, to be the basis of some of the most thriving world industries, from drinks to cereals to candies. Of course, I’m not telling you anything you didn’t know. But here is something nobody has known, until now: for many years, I was a big sugar consumer, and I do mean big, in the sense of being chronically overweight, though not to the point of obesity. Then I read a book called Sugar Blues, by William Dufty, which included an unforgettable true account of the ghastly effects on a group of shipwrecked sailors who for weeks had nothing to eat but their cargo of sugar. After that, I never ate regular sugar again, but switched entirely to artificial sweeteners. Those sweeteners, in their little pink, blue, yellow, and green packages, are now provided free in practically every dining establishment. But, as a sweet junkie, I will confide in you that I almost always take more than my fair share – not for immediate use, but to add to my stash at home, which constantly needs to be replenished. There’s hardly space for us to discuss those other tasty standbys: salt, sour, and bitter. Somebody likes each one of them, even if you don’t. And even my accountant can’t help us here. Because, as everyone knows, •MJ there’s no accounting for taste! MONTECITO JOURNAL

MISCELLANY (Continued from page 37) Presenting the “Bouquet of Appreciation” is Santa Barbara Choral Society president Debra Stewart; honoree composer Jeanette Vacca; soloist soprano Tamara Bevard, who performed “Santa Barbara” with the choral group, having received standing ovations from guests (photo by Priscilla)

Stewart’s Anne’s Window, inspired by the Dutch diarist Anne Frank, featuring actress Sofia Ross, was a most moving and poignant production, but Newberry’s (con)version, which featured Thomas Fant and Meredith Harrill with an ensemble of nine dancers in an extremely contemporary work, was a standout. It is to be hoped artistic director and founder Rodney Gustafson uses the New Vic again. It’s a terrific, intimate venue. Horsing Around

to watch.” According to Weaver, whose organization was founded in 1985, the repetitive movement of the horse stimulates the body and works a rider’s muscles in a way that cannot be duplicated by machines or in physical therapy. Betty Stephens, Mahri Kerley, and Linda Hedgepeth were among the crowds cheering the riders on. Hour of Flower Dream Foundation put on a blooming good show when its hosted its 6th annual Flower Empower lunch at the Rider Lumi Chen (age 10) with volunteers Karen Powell and Erik Oftebro (photo by Jim Clanin)

SBCS president Debra Stewart with the choral society’s “World of Song” co-chairs Mary Dan Eades, Kate Rees, and Marylove Thralls greeting guests at The Rockwood Woman’s Club (photo by Priscilla)

Family of honoree are daughter Lisa Coleman; granddaughter Lindsay Coleman; honoree Jeanette Vacca, composer of “Santa Barbara; granddaughter Danielle Coleman; Tamara Bevard, soloist soprano in front of the Santa Barbara Choral Society (photo by Priscilla)

who flew in from Boston with her family for the occasion. After noshing on a buffet dinner of risotto, lasagna, and gelato by eatery Via Maestra 42, the ubiquitous Andrew Firestone showed off his abundant auction skills with trips to Provence, Tuscany, Hawaii, and New York among the lots, while choir treasurer, Jim Robbins, emceed. Among the music lovers attending were Brooks and Kate Firestone, Ralph and Diana MacFarlane, Eric and Nina Phillips, Stefan and Christie Riesenfeld, Pat and Ursula Nesbitt, Dan and Mary Secord, Peter and Deborah Bertling, Geonine Moriarty, Ivana Firestone, Gene Sinser, Dolly Granatelli, Arlene Montesano, and Barbara Burger. Vic Clicks State Street Ballet took over the Ensemble Theatre’s New Vic for its entertaining production Women’s

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Veterans Aaron Swaney, Drew and Jeremy Jensen (photo by Jim Clanin)

State Street Ballet’s Women’s Work performance at the New Vic (photo by David Bazemore)

Work, honoring the legacy of the late Montecito philanthropist Leni Fe Bland. The show, featuring five works by female choreographers – Cecily Stewart, Brook Hughes Melton, Sophie Monat, Andrea Schermoly, and Kassandra Taylor Newberry – was a mini festival of four world premieres.

Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center hosted its 26th annual horse show, raising around $25,000 for the nonprofit, which has 80 riders weekly serviced by 100 volunteers from all age groups. “It’s a wonderful occasion to celebrate our student riders and all their accomplishments,” says executive director Alexis Weaver, whose riders on the center’s 15 horses suffer from a variety of disabilities, including cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, and multiple sclerosis. “Our programs have changed countless lives and inspired people from all walks of life with physical, emotional, and cognitive challenges, illnesses, or injuries. It’s truly magical

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historic Bates Ranch House, owned by Robbie and Ed Hutto, overlooking Rincon Point. The 200-guest bash, raised around $100,000 for the charity, which last year delivered 7,500 bouquets to those in need from Goleta to Ventura. KEYT-TV chief meteorologist Alan Rose co-hosted the fragrant fete with Ivana Firestone, wife of Andrew Firestone, who watched her performance with their charming 5-yearold daughter, Anja, just a tiara’s toss away. Montecito Bank & Trust president Janet Garufis was in particularly good mood after winning a seven-day Holland America Caribbean cruise in the raffle. 26 May – 2 June 2016

Flower Empower coordinator Valerie Banks and Kate Coppola (photo by Kelly Sweda)

The floral fete also honored sponsors Tim and Diane Brown, George and Lisa Hagerman, Geoffrey Rusack and Alison Wrigley, Bob Fuladi, and Nissrin Mahmoud, as well as Yoze Van Wingerden, grower of the year, Jay and Jan Anderson, volunteers of the year, and youth volunteer Delaney Werner. Among the tony torrent of guests were Randy and Roxana Solakian, Corinna Gordon, Doreen Ladin, Michelle Ebbins, Justine Roddick, Darren Osti, and Jodi Fishman-Osti. He’s Bax! Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra wrapped up its 37th season at the Lobero with popular Italian pianist Alessio Bax performing Beethoven’s Emperor concerto No. 5 in E-flat major.

Bax, who has appeared as a soloist with more than 100 orchestras, including the London and Royal philharmonics, the Dallas and Houston symphonies, the St Petersburg Phil and the City of Birmingham symphony with Sir Simon Rattle, was at the top of his form opening the concert after conductor Heiichiro Ohyama flip-flopped the program to make it top the entertaining show. Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Reformation, wrapped the performance. Two days later, orchestra executive director Kevin Marvin hosted a reception at the University Club to showcase what’s in store for the 38th season with venues including the venerable Lobero, as well as the Museum of Natural History’s Fleischmann Auditorium, Montecito’s All Saints

by-the-Sea, and the University Club. “We wanted to create more intimate events at historically significant locations to enhance the musical experience for our audience,” explains Kevin. “It’s new and exciting programming.” United They Stand United Way of Santa Barbara County’s 93rd annual awards celebration at the Biltmore’s Loggia Ballroom was a bittersweet moment for president and CEO Paul Didier, who is retiring after 40 years at the helm of the organization. When he joined in 1975, United Way provided funds for 112 charities and groups, and now supports 2,100,

both financially and with parallel programs such as Fun in the Sun and United for Literacy. Didier, who leaves his job in February, says: “From the board, to donors, I’ve been blessed. I get to rub shoulders with the captains of industry and ask them for money for their own community.” Radio host Catherine Remak was mistress of ceremonies at the bash, which handed out dozens of awards to various individuals and organizations, including Montecito twosome Jim and Stephanie Sokolove for outstanding philanthropy, longtime supporters James and Joyce Tamborello

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ONGOING UCSB Music – The final few concerts in the university’s quarter start with two in a row beginning Thursday, May 26. That’s when the University Wind Ensemble, directed by Paul Bambach who’s assisted by graduate assistant Steven Cohen, perform a concert of music from the 20th century nearly all of which was originally written for wind ensembles, with two works composed in the last decade as a bonus. Hear Eric Whitacre’s Ghost Train (1993), Aaron Copland’s Emblems (1964), Frank Ticheli’s Sanctuary (2006), Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Toccata Marziale (1924), Roger Cichy’s Divertimento For Winds and Percussion (1994), Morton Gould’s American Salute (1942), plus Ticheli’s San Antonio Dances (2010).... The UCSB Chamber Choir, directed by Marc Gervais, and the UCSB Women’s Chorus, helmed by Pascal Salomon, team up for the final performance of the year, this one taking place off campus at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street. The ladies open the concert with a program highlighting British composer Robert “Bob” Chilcott, including his “Catch a Falling Star” and Five Songs for Upper Voices, preceded by John Hilton’s “You lovers that have loves astray” and Thomas Morley’s seasonally appropriate “Now is the month of Maying”. Post-intermission, the Chamber Choir will sing Paul Mealor’s “Ave Maria”, Gabriel Jackson’s “Not No Faceless Angel” and “Salve Regina”, Karol Beffa’s “De Profundis” for mixed choir and viola, and “In Paradisum” by Christine Donkin and by Jackson. (COST: $15 general, $10 students [$5 for UCSB students], free for children under 12).... On Wednesday, the UCSB Jazz Ensemble presents music for large and small ensembles in the funk, rock, and fusion styles, back on campus at Lehmann. Included on the program are Chris Walden’s “This Is Not For You,” Maceo Parker’s (of James Brown Fame) “Uptown Up,” and Gordon Goodwin’s “Hot Monkey Love.” WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall,

UCSB campus COST: $10 general, $5 students, free for UCSB students and children under 12 INFO: 893-2064 or www.music.ucsb.edu

THURSDAY, MAY 26 Vargas Vacation – In days of yore, kids used to dream about running away with the circus. Nelson and Katya Quiroga – the husband-and-wife who have owned and run Circus Vargas for more than a decade, basically did that, though they didn’t have a lot of choice having been born into the business. Circus Vargas is now a family operation, where every member of the family performs and/ or is involved in the day-to-day operations of the traditional traveling circus, a dying breed in the face of European circus arts. Circus Vargas is headed to the Earl Warren Showgrounds June 16-20, but you can get an early peek at their new show just 30 miles away in Ventura. iLUMINOUS, the company’s updated high-energy extravaganza, illuminates the wonders of modern life and the imagination of children. As always, the program features a variety of death-defying stunts, flying aerialists, exhilarating acrobats, and uproarious clowns under a music-filled, blue-and-yellow Big Top. And the activities aren’t confined to the actual performance, as children (of all ages) can create their own magic during an interactive pre-show experience under the big top 45 minutes before showtime, and meet and take pictures with the performers afterward. WHEN: today through Monday, 11 shows in total WHERE: Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura COST: $15-$70 INFO: (877) 468-3861 or www.circusvargas.com

FRIDAY, MAY 27 Princess in Ballet Slippers – Santa Barbara Festival Ballet presents Cinderella, a young performers’ version based upon the classical ballet. Company co-founder Denise Rinaldi, who oversees Festival

FRIDAY, MAY 27 Moon Shot under the Moon – Unless you’re down in the Pit, it might be hard to heed Walk The Moon’s exhortation to “Shut Up and Dance”, the alt-pop band’s smash hit single that set a record for the most time spent on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart. The “spirited and quirky” Cincinnati-based Walk the Moon – formed a decade ago and purportedly named for the early 1980s’ hit “Walking on the Moon” by The Police – has just two major-label albums out, but has quickly captured both critics and fans and appeared on just about every major TV talk show. New York City-based indie pop band MisterWives open the show that should keep the kids off the streets for the night. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 North Milpas St. COST: $35-$55 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com

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EVENTS by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, MAY 28 Lighting up the Bowl – It took four years for The Lumineers to follow up their platinum-plus, multi-Grammy-nominated, self-titled 2012 debut, an album that saw the band move from small clubs to large theaters and even bigger venues (they played the Lobero back in 2014). During that time, the first single “Ho Hey” became a ubiquitous folk-rock ditty singalong classic, spending 62 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 (though it never rose past No. 3), placing a song on The Walking Dead, and supplying the music for the song “The Hanging Tree,” which appeared in the film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. Now there’s Cleopatra, which largely eschews the infectious rhythms of its predecessor in favor of a more melancholy and sullen sound, which some critics posited was a reaction to the charge that the band was “merely a boisterous retro-throwback.” Still, the album debuted at No. 1. Opening is Soak, 19-year-old Bridie Monds-Watson, who released her intimate, critically acclaimed debut album, Before We Forgot How To Dream, last summer when she was barely old enough to vote. Also. Virginia-based Sleepwalkers. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: 1122 North Milpas St. COST: $40.50-$50.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com Ballet’s annual massive production of The Nutcracker, serves as artistic director for this much more intimate show in the black box theater atop Paseo Nuevo shopping center. WHEN: 7 pm today, 2 pm tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $20 general, $15 students and children INFO: 963-0408 or www. CenterStageTheater.org then/NOW – The Arts Fund’s new exhibit, being billed as an examination of long-term artist development, features works from some of Santa Barbara’s most accomplished veteran professionals in the visual arts, including Dorothy ChurchillJohnson, Doug Uyesaka, Francis Scorzelli, Joan Rosenberg-Dent, Karen Lehre, Metrov, Peggy Ferris, Sara Lytle, and Virginia McCracken. Curated by Metrov, each artist will exhibit one current work alongside one vintage work that is at least 20 years old, chosen to examine and demonstrate how style, vision and/or content may or may not have evolved over time. Among the pieces are hyper-realistic work by ChurchillJohnson, abstract oils by Scorzelli, mixedmedia installation with video by autoexpressionist Metrov, and a lively “abolish blandness” painting by Lytle contrasted with her yarn work from the early ‘90s. WHEN: Opening reception with the artists 5-8 pm today during the monthly Funk Zone Art Walk; exhibition on display through July 16 WHERE: 205C Santa Barbara Street COST: free INFO: 9657321 or www.artsfundsb.org

SATURDAY, MAY 28 World Folk-rock – Ojai-raised singersongwriter Mimi Gilbert – who splits

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her time between the Central California Coast and New Zealand – last year put out the charmingly accomplished album Strangers Won’t Exist, which finds her singing her own compositions in a variety of acoustic settings from super spare to nearly fully orchestrated. She shares the stage at the Mercury Lounge with Chasing Rainbows, a Santa Barbara/ Netherlands-based ensemble that refer to themselves as “birthed by art school noisemakers and dive bar dirt rockers... reminiscent of The Beatles and Jonathan Richman... muddy rock n’ roll... with such influences as Lou Reed and Crazy Horse.” The retro space at the narrow nightclub would seem to be the perfect venue. WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: 5871 Hollister Ave, Goleta COST: $5 INFO: 967-0907 or www.nightout.com/ca/santa-barbara/ mercury-lounge

SUNDAY, MAY 29 Breakin’ up the Bluegrass – Peter Feldmann – the longtime Santa Barbara mandolinist and more who founded the Old Time Fiddlers Convention and created the Bluebird Cafe – joins forces with fiddler Blaine Sprouse, his frequent partner in a number of settings, for a rare opportunity to see them as a duo in an intimate setting. The pair will offer their unique interpretation of traditional American music featuring ballads, folk songs, and fiddle instrumentals focusing on the early days of bluegrass, including ancient melodies, songs, and stories, on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and guitar; hill tunes from West Virginia; banjo breakdowns from Kentucky; lasie-makin’ songs from Tennessee; and low-down blues. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: private home near Fairview Avenue in Goleta (call or purchase tickets

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SATURDAY, MAY 28 Scholarship Winners Concerts – The Santa Barbara Music Club’s 46th season of presenting admission-free chamber music concerts and vocal performances by and for the classical music community comes to a close with the annual endof-the-season Scholarship Showcase Recitals. The two concerts, today and next Saturday, feature nearly all of the young winners of the awards that are available, via competition, to instrumental and vocal music students from Santa Barbara County who study in local schools and teaching studios. The concept is to encourage those who show promise of becoming future soloists, orchestral musicians, opera singers, and other music professionals who, hopefully, stay in or return to the area to pay it forward with SBMC and other performances. Dr. Charles Asche (piano) of the UCSB Department of Music, Dr. Han Soo Kim (strings) of the Westmont Department of Music, and two other professionals adjudicated this year’s contests, and now the winners get their chance to shine in a much larger venue than the Music Club’s bimonthly home at the Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery. This week’s performers are David Childs, 21, baritone; Chelsea Chaves, 26, soprano; Vincent Lertchareonyong, 13, piano; Brianna Gilman, 16, cello; Aidan Woodruff, 10, cello; Henry Woodruff, 8, piano; Sofiya Prykhitko, 20, violin; Barbara Uzun, 12, violin; Ilana Shapiro, 16, flute; Olivia O’Brien, 16, soprano; Juliet Ho, 17, flute; and Michael Sikich, 24, piano. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu Street COST: free INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org

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for address) COST: $20 INFO: 688-9894 or www.bluegrasswest.com

MONDAY, MAY 30 Harpsichord Heaven – The annual Bach by Candlelight concert has terrific twist for 2016: the concert is a humdinger of harpsichord music in increasing numbers of the plucked keyboards. The Memorial Day spectacular Festival of Harpsichords features Bach’s Concerto No. 5 in F minor (BWV 1056) for a single harpsichord, Concerto No. 2 in C mior (BWV 1060) for two harpsichords, Concerto No. 2 in c Major (BWV 1064) for three harpsichords, and Concerto

for Four Harpsichords (BWV 1065) – all in succession. The harpsichord heroes are Frank Basile, Steve Hodson, Marischka Hopcroft, and Tom Joyce. For a break, the West Coast Chamber Orchestra presentation, conducted by founder Christopher Story VI and Westmont music professor Dr. Michael Shasberger, will also feature chorales Sleeper Awake and Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring and Bach’s breathtakingly beautiful Air on the G String. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu Street COST: $25 general, $20 seniors (55+), $10 students (under 20) INFO: 963-4408 or www. CieloPerformingArts.org •MJ

MADAGASCAR

26 May – 2 June 2016

JUN 15 6 PM

SPONSORED BY MONTECITO BANK & TRUST MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST

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AFTERNOON OF A FAUN & PINES OF ROME

JUN 25 7:30 PM

SUMMER CL ASSIC MOVIE SERIES

MON

JUN 27

ZULU

THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Hippie, Inc. – That’s the seemingly contradictory title of Michael Klassen’s new book that aims to tell the story of the original hippie community and how the counter-cultural revolutionaries actually conceived or popularized innovative ideas and products that over the course of half a century, in the process creating employment for millions of Americans, pumping billions of dollars into the nation’s economy, transforming U.S. consumer culture and business practices, and shaping the most commercially lucrative social movement in American history. The author spent seven years and conducted dozens of interviews with “original hippies,” most now in their 70s and 80s, to gauge the impact of the Haight-Ashbury movement – a small group of young writers, artists, comedians, retailers, war veterans, and self-made millionaires – had on American commerce. On his website, Klassen says his goal is to “stimulate debate, educate, and, most of all, inspire future generations of America’s hippies to have the courage to do their own thing and lead their fellow citizens into the next era of entrepreneurship, innovation, and values-based business.” We’re just wondering if members of the original Mountain Drive community will turn up for his book-signing event this evening at Chaucer’s. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com

WED

7 PM

SPONSORED BY MONTECITO BANK & TRUST COMEDY TONIGHT: THE FILMS OF MEL BROOKS

TUE

JUN 28

SPACEBALLS

7 PM

SPONSORED BY MONTECITO BANK & TRUST REEL COOL SUMMER SERIES

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WED

JUN 29 6 PM