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The Voice of the Village
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Nina Terzian hosts Jannelle So’s eponymous cable TV show, which launches this month, p. 19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, P. 10 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 11 • SPIRITUALITY, P. 23
HIS HIGHNESS RIDES HIGH 18-year-old Maharaja of Jaipur and his team arrive soon to compete against four as yet unnamed Santa Barbara Polo Club players (Story begins on p.6)
Coming & Going
Former Coral Casino lifeguard Allyson Leseman is Montecito’s favorite swimming instructor, p.5 (Conor Hanick photo by Josh Wool)
At Their Fingertips
Juilliard-trained pianist Conor Hanick joins Jerome Lowenthal for July 11 concert at Hahn Hall, p.20
Seeing Red
Visiting China, Dale Zurawski scales the Great Wall and espies plethora of surveillance cameras, p.26
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This Week
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For swimming lessons, James Buckley explains, focus on safety with Allyson Leseman; Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation; Rotary’s new president; Tom Wathen, RIP; Cardboard Kayak Race; and Montecito Motor Classic Maharaja of Jaipur at SB Polo Club; George Lucas museum; SO Jannelle at Miramar Beach; age just a number for Ellen; Ty Warner and Davey’s Voice; SB Wine Festival; ETC gala; Kisha Gianni’s kids book; MAW summer fest; Granada film series; and RIP to Bill Cunningham Knit and crochet; Poetry Club; art exhibits; 1st Thursday Trunk Show; Sullivan Goss exhibit; 1st Thursday gala; Abstract & Contemporary Art; MA Water meeting; St. Joseph festival; art at tennis club; Summer Day yoga; Kardboard Kayak races; Lotusfest; Mission treasures; MBAR meeting; MA meets; Japanese journal class; documentary screening; Luce puppets; Sonic Sea; The New Yorker; French conversation; kids’ fishing workshop; Songs of Woody Guthrie; author Firooz Zahedi; writing workshop; and MFPD chipping schedule Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach
10 Letters to the Editor
Louise on lamb; Dan Siebert puts on his detective hat; Sanderson Smith on Brexit; Fred Sidon in support of Italy; and David McCalmont sounds off about young Brits
11 Brilliant Thoughts
Ashleigh Brilliant reflects on story telling – currently all the rage, including a dog tale – dating back to movies, comic books, radio programs, and bedtime stories
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in part one of a series, Lynda Millner chronicles the British Bermuda and ventures on a red-eye flight to participate on a Dancing with the Stars cruise
16 Celebrating History
Hattie Beresford has the inside story about a fundraising campaign to complete the purchase and restoration of 21 acres of oceanfront Carpinteria land known as Carp Bluffs III
20 MAW 2016
Pianist Conor Hanick teams up with Jerome Lowenthal for Barber’s Souvenirs Suite at Hahn Hall
This Week @ the Music Academy
Lyn Harrell, Community Chamber Concert, Bill Williams and BrassFest
22 On Education
John Burk makes note of Santa Barbara School of Squash, its programs director Rebecca Walsh and academic director Sue Green
23 Spirituality Matters
La Casa de Maria hosts Dream Weaving workshop; Michael Meade leads Myth of Genius workshop; also HAI, Kirtan & Vegan Fare, and SBCC’s Center for Lifelong Learning
26 Off-the-Beat Travel
Dale Zurawski ventures to China, land of the dragon, to discover surprisingly few Americans and sparse (but speedy) traffic amid government control, hot weather, and storied landmarks
29 Your Westmont
The college hands out top scholarships to new students
30 On Entertainment
Steven Libowitz chronicles concerts slated for Chase Palm Park; Music at the Ranch series in Goleta; and The Wave film festival comes into focus
32 Montecito Sportsman
John Burk delves into the fishing waters of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he joined Santa Barbara residents Jim and Judy Mitchell
38 Legal Advertising 44 Calendar of Events
Bogie & Bacall at UCSB; Steven Gilbar among 1st Thursday artists; Lyle Lovett in concert; Slaid Cleaves at SOhO; Kardboard Kayak race; LotusFest on July 9; Cara Tower in the house; and The Reluctant Dragon in the books
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Coming
Swimming Safely
& Going by James Buckley
Building
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Four-year-old (now five) Deacon Buckley dives into the deep end of the pool without fear after just four swimming lessons
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the ability to swim the length of our 35-foot pool. He can retrieve items at the bottom of the five-foot section using goggles and a snorkel. Deacon is now completely comfortable in the water, whereas before Allyson took him under her wing, he resisted putting his head completely under water.
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Monte ito Miscellany by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News. He moved to Montecito nine years ago.
Polo Club Welcomes Maharaja
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anta Barbara Polo Club is getting another royal visit, I can exclusively reveal. Having hosted Prince William and his wife, Kate, for the Carpinteria club’s centennial five years ago, it’s now the turn of the dashing 18-yearold Maharaja of Jaipur and his polo team to visit the immaculately groomed equestrian facility next month. His Highness, Sawai Padmanabh Singh, a member of one of India’s oldest dynasties. is the grandson of another legendary polo playing royal, Old Harrovian Sawai Bhawani Singh Bahadur, who died five years ago at the age of 79, but was known by his friends, including polo club patriarch and former U.S. ambassador to Jamaica, Glen Holden, as Bubbles because of all the champagne that
was consumed to celebrate his birth in 1931. The current maharaja, known affectionately as Pocho, has played in a number of major tournaments with high handicapped players, including at the Guards Polo Club at Windsor, just a tiara’s toss or two from the famous castle, and the Rajasthan Polo Club. He will lead his team against four players, yet to be determined, from the Santa Barbara Club at 2 pm on August 6, but, unlike the high per ducat price when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were here, admission is free. While here the maharaja, who was educated at Millfield School in England, and his mother Princess Diya will stay at Bella Vista, the sprawling Summerland estate of hotel magnate,
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This Week in and around Montecito
SATURDAY, JULY 9
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, JULY 7 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 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. Today: Lee Po. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 First Thursday Trunk Show Local artist Randy Meaney offers her whimsical jewelry pieces for 1st Thursday. Working with pearls, stones, wire, fiber, metals, and other materials, Randy creates often colorful, usually happy, and sometimes ironic pieces. Special: 15% off all jewelry during 1st Thursday event. When: 5 to 8 pm Where: Santa Barbara Arts, 1114 State Street Opening Reception Sullivan Goss unveils its newest exhibit, Thirty Years of The Oak Group. Respected as one of the country’s first groups of painters for preservation, the Oak Group is committed to protecting open lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. Exhibit runs July 7 through July 30. When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 11 E. Anapamu Street First Thursday Open House & Summer Celebration
Join the Mental Wellness Center for a special celebration. Enjoy a mix of local art, music, and hors d’oeuvres while connecting with the community and learning more about the organization. When: 5 to 7:30 pm Where: 617 Garden Street Info: aheath@mentalwellnesscenter.org
Celebrate the Lotus Flower LotusFest is a celebration of the spectacular lotus flower that is Lotusland’s namesake. July is peak blooming season, and guests will have the opportunity to view these uniquely beautiful flowers while enjoying a relaxing afternoon at this casual, fun event. Enjoy wine tasting from Santa Barbara County’s premier vintners, delectable hors d’oeuvres, live music, lotus viewing, and more! Lotus flowers open during the day and close at night. When: 2 to 5 pm Cost: $95 for members and $105 for non-members Info: 969-9990
Abstract & Contemporary Art Exhibiting in July: Karin Aggeler, Marilyn McRae, Madeline Garrett, Rick Doehring, Beth Schmohr, Pat Calonne, Stephen Robeck, and Mary Thompson. This month’s exhibit includes abstract paintings, photography, framed recycled paper sculpture, bronze, and ceramic sculpture. The gallery presents a new exhibit every month with a rotating roster of Santa Barbara artists working in a variety of media. Receptions take place monthly during the 1st Thursday Art Walk. When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 10 West Anapamu Info: 770-7711
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Art Exhibit at Tennis Club RT Livingston, Francine Kirsch, and Pamela Hill Enticknap present a new exhibit, Lifelines, on display July 4 through August 5; tonight is the opening reception. When: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Where: Santa Barbara Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Road Info: 862-4722
Montecito Association Water Committee Meeting Typically held the last Friday of each month, meetings are open for the public to attend, as the committee discusses ongoing issues with water and the drought. Today at a special meeting time, the committee will be hearing a presentation from Bruce Reed, horticulturalist at the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, who will be speaking on Saving Specimen Trees during severe drought. Following will be Q&A regarding local water concerns. When: 9 am Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East
St. Joseph Church’s 59th Annual Festival Families and friends come together in Carpinteria to celebrate St. Joseph Church’s 59th Annual Festival. Live entertainment includes Flamenco and folkloric dancers, live bands from many venues both English and Spanish. The festival this year will be opened by local Carpinteria band, The Rincons. When: opening night tonight, 5 to 11 pm; Saturday, noon to 11 pm; Sunday, noon to 9 pm Where: 1530 Linden Avenue Cost: free parking and admission
SATURDAY, JULY 9 Summer Day Yoga Retreat Soothe your body, mind, and soul at the first annual summer day yoga retreat with gently, cooling yoga practices and nature meditation. All levels and abilities welcome.
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SUNDAY, JULY 10 Mission Treasures A tour to learn about the Mission’s architecture, artwork, and some of its greatest treasures in areas not normally open to the public. All proceeds support the Mission and SB Archive Library. When: 12:30 to 2 pm Where: 2201 Laguna Street Cost: $20 per person; no children under 12 MONDAY, JULY 11 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. When: 2 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu TUESDAY, JULY 12 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito. When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road
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LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net
The Veal Dilemma
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have been following the letters regarding the killing of the most innocent baby animals, baby (beef) veal, baby (sheep) lamb, and add to this, baby goat (MJ #22/23, 24, 25). It is wonderful to read the comments of the compassionate caring people of our community. We have a common consensus: “Most people don’t think about what they are eating!” Many don’t even know the difference. It’s time to wake up and understand the terrifying, violent slaughter these babies go through so their little bodies can be eaten. Thank you, Montecito Journal, for your efforts in educating the ignorant. Maybe a place to start is not only our own knowledge, but how about our restaurants? For the love of life, Louise of Montecito (Editor’s note: This issue seems to have legs (if you’ll pardon the expression), and there are many more people who either agree with us non-baby-animal eaters or lean that way after thinking about what they eat. That’s progress, and when tasty artificial meat comes along, the baby-animal slaughtering business will probably grind to a halt quickly. – J.B.)
Gum or Something Else? Regarding the question posed by Ashleigh Brilliant (“Three Mysteries,” MJ #22/25), I believe it is gum. Just hours after reading his column I stepped into some fresh, gooey, green gum. Soon to be a black spot on
the white stripe. Dan Siebert Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We believe a more thorough forensic examination of all the evidence will show that the real culprit is probably ice cream. We’d need, first of all, the address of where Mr. Brilliant spotted the spots. If they are within a block or two of an ice cream store in each case, well, case closed. – J.B.)
Enough is Enough
Brexit. Will it benefit Britain in the long run? There are arguments to support both a yes and no response to the question. One thing is clear: the British voters have clearly said, “Enough! I have conservative views, but I have voted for liberal candidates in the past. I try to grasp the sincerity and genuineness of individual candidates, fully realizing that any candidate will not be the perfect one for me. Regardless of your political views, I encourage voters to think about what happened in the United Kingdom. Then give serious thought to the question, “Have we had enough of the existing political scene here in the U.S.?” In his typical arrogant style, President Obama told the British people that it would be a terrible idea to exit the European Union. Wisely or not, the Brits ignored his “back of the queue” quasi-threat. Personally, I’ve had enough of Obama and his liber-
al views and policies that assume a general dumbness among Americans. I don’t think this overall dumbness exists, and I hope all serious American voters, if they haven’t already done so, will examine the last eight years and decide if they want another term of Obama’s policies, as promised by Hillary Clinton. We live in the U.S. and I certainly respect decisions that differ from mine, but I say, “Enough! And yes, I have said enough to conservative legislators who simply haven’t done the job they were elected to do. While I do believe liberal policies are damaging to our country, conservative representatives are not exempt from blame. All politicians need to appreciate differing views and work to create an atmosphere of respect and cooperation. To my British friends, I admire your grit. I hope we follow your gutsy example and tell our present leaders, “Enough!” Sanderson M. Smith, Ed.D. Carpinteria (Editor’s note: Mr. Smith, an Adjunct Mathematics instructor at SBCC, has stumbled upon the likely cause of a Trump victory in November should one happen. Most of us, while not initially enamored of Mr. Trump, are truly fed up with the crap that continues rolling down the Washington-Sacramento chute and will vote for an end to it. We know too, of
course, that a Hillary Clinton victory will lead to even more annoying garbage from those same sources. – J.B.)
Cause for Celebration
Unbeknown to many, this is the 150th anniversary of the annexation of the Veneto (including Pordenone and Udine, but not Gorizia) to the Kingdom of Italy, as well as the 155th year of the Unification of Italy (Il Risorgimento). It occurred to me that this would be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the occasion, as so many of the local people stem from the Veneto (Bassano and Crespano del Grappa). The idea appeared to please the Italian consul general when I mentioned it to him, and he agreed to allow us to say that it would be “under the auspices of the C.G.” and he would come join us. So I reserved La Cumbre Country Club for lunch on October 20, the first day in 1866 that Venice was handed over to the Italian Army by the French general LeBoeuf, sent there by Napoleon III for the event. I wrote and obtained a series of menus from Italy’s 1866-67 celebrations and had the chef at the club see what he could replicate to make it more authentic. I am wondering
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Brilliant Thoughts by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com
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tories have always been popular, partly because of all the “folk wisdom” they are supposed to contain. Long before there were books, there was the “oral tradition” hallowed by modern anthropologists. Today, story telling has become a sort of academic industry, with conventions, prizes, and professional practitioners, traveling like minstrels of old, from festival to festival. When I was a child, my favorite fiction came in the form of movies – but they were only a once-a-week treat (17 cents, every Saturday). On a daily basis, there were “comics” (both books and strips) and radio programs, which usually advertised breakfast cereals. But, like most children, I also enjoyed hearing bedtime stories. And years later, when I was a camp counselor, I found I enjoyed telling them, too. The 12 boys in my cabin would be in their cots, and all the lights would be out, except the flashlight which I sat and held, until the story was over, when I would turn it off, with a “Good night, boys.” I made up the stories, but alas, unlike Lewis Carroll, I never wrote them down – and all I can remember was the title of one, which at the time I remember thinking particularly good: “The Lubu Fish.” No such opportunities ever again arose in my career, and, having no children of my own, my story telling talent remained unutilized – until quite recently, when it occurred to me that not only children, but people at the other end of their lives (a hitherto untapped market) also enjoyed being read to. This was particularly true of my wife, Dorothy, for whom I then set about composing a whole series of bedtime stories, all tailored to her own special interests – a wide range, which included ice-skating, bears, plumbing, deserts, and Coca-Cola. One of those interests has always been dogs – so that is how the following story came about.
The Dog Who Thought He was God
The dog’s name was Aspercreme – but this was too much to write on his forehead (besides, he didn’t have much of a forehead) – so all that was written there was “DOG.” One day, after an unhappy confrontation with some birds who had been gathered at a puddle, he happened to look at his reflection in the puddle and saw that the letters on his forehead 7 – 14 July 2016
now spelled “GOD.” “Why, of course – that is why they all either love me or are afraid of me. Obviously, I have immense power, which so far I haven’t been using. What shall I do with it?” The first thing he did was urinate in the puddle. “That puts it off-limits to all sub-dog creatures,” he thought. “And I alone am super-dog. This puddle will be the center of my Empire.” All that day, this newly divine dog roved his expanding urine-marked territory, performing miracles. The first miracle was to make a bright ball appear on the horizon – so bright that it lit up the whole sky. “How did I do that?” he thought. Next, he made a whole procession of big clumps of fluff move majestically across the sky.
There was one more miracle yet to be performed Then he caused steel boxes on wheels to start rolling down the streets, all going in different directions, but somehow avoiding one another. His next miracle was the greatest of all. Somewhere behind a building, he found something with a good smell; and, using his teeth and jaws, he was able to take this stuff into his body, and make it a part of himself. “Truly, I am GOD,” he thought. But there was one more miracle yet to be performed. Feeling a little tired, and having nothing else special to do, he found a comfortable place, curled himself up, and somehow put himself into a trance, of which he could remember very little afterward, except that he seemed to be visiting a different world, which was like this world in some ways, only everything was all mixed up. But the real miracle was that the trance somehow ended by itself – and, when he came out of it, he felt refreshed, and ready for another day. The first thing he decided to do was re-visit the puddle where that astonishing revelation had turned him from a DOG into a GOD. But the puddle had all dried up! There was no way he could tell if he was still a god or only a dog. And for the rest of his days, he had to go on living with this beautiful uncertainty. •MJ
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Our three-year-old grandson, Kessler, watched those lessons intensely and can now lift himself out of the pool and is quite willing to put on a pair of goggles, something he eschewed before watching his big brother do so. He readily and joyfully jumps in the pool and into his dad or mom’s arms. We all credit Allyson with the two boys’ marvelous transformation. If you have a swimming pool, the very first thing you must teach your children, regardless of their age, is how to get out of it if they happen to fall in. Next, of course, is to teach them how to swim. If you are a member at Coral Casino, you may recognize Allyson, as she has been a lifeguard there and continues to offer swimming lessons to club members. She has been teaching “for about seven years,” she says during a short conversation poolside after Deacon’s last lesson. Allyson’s most powerful ability is that, while she creates a comfortable and easy relationship with her students, she is also a “no-nonsense” instructor who does not abide by shirkers or someone who refuses to pay attention. “Water safety is too important to allow that,” she says, adding, “everyone should learn how to swim.” Allyson is lifeguard certified, knows CPR, First Aid, and is a certified Water Safety instructor. Put it this way: you’ll feel safe in the water with this young lady, regardless of your age. She began as a junior guard at the age of 11 (in Loma Linda) and at 15 was officially hired as a lifeguard at the Drayson Rec Center at Loma Linda University. In addition to giving classes to beginners through advanced strokes, Allyson also taught Special Ed students, such as the blind, amputees, and others. “That really gave me a broad spectrum of different types,” she says. Allyson also played water polo from age 11 on a co-ed team (CHOP) and swam competitively.
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She moved to Santa Barbara after graduating from Redlands High School and took care of her grandparents up until their dying day. “Medication, toiletries, meals, doctor appointments, I’ve seen it all now,” she says, but the experience instilled in her the desire to go into nursing. She was about to move to Arizona to attend ASU but a friend told her about the nursing program at Santa Barbara Community College, and she now attends SBCC and is in the Licensed Vocation Nursing program. From there, her plan is to become a registered nurse; she already has her Certified Nursing Assistant degree. Allyson made Deacon’s lessons rewarding. “Challenging, yet rewarding,” she injects, “If we’re just playing all the time they never learn. You have to be firm when it’s time to be firm, fun when it’s time to have fun.” She brings a basketful of goodies when she arrives, “because every lesson has to end on a good note.” She brings a kick board, goggles, retrievable items, and other fun stuff. She doesn’t, however, believe in float devices. “Water wings are not effective, and actually they can be poisonous in the water; they give people a fake confidence because when they take them off, then what?” If you’re interested, give Allyson a call at (909) 915-9163 or e-mail her: allysonleseman@gmail.com. My son is glad he did.
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Our first view of Bermuda, from the deck of Holland America’s MS Veendam
fter traveling the world together, my husband, Don Seth, and I discovered we’d neither one been to Bermuda. The Holland America ship the Veendam was heading that way, to stay in port for four days. Perfect! They don’t call it the red-eye for nothing. After climbing aboard an airplane at LAX in the middle of the night, we arrived in Boston in the morning with four red eyes. While waiting for the bus to the ship, the couple beside us said, “We’re so excited. We’re going to Bermuda on a “Dancing with the Stars Cruise.” We’re what? Don doesn’t even watch TV, so he hasn’t a clue what we’re talking about. Turns out, we had inadvertently booked ourselves on a cruise featuring celebrities Florence Henderson (the Brady Bunch mom) and Carson Kressley, fashion guru, as well as dance professionals Kym Johnson and Tristan MacManus. As they said, “Prepare to sashay and shimmy to the motion of the ocean as we set sail for
Bermuda.” I’m still trying to explain to Don what Dancing with the Stars is all about. I took seasick pills during our oneday at sea heading to Bermuda where we had another nice surprise. Our good friend, Gary Gulbransen had warned us, “You know, you’ll be docked at the Royal Navy dockyards across the bay from the main town of Hamilton.” Not convenient to town. It turned out we happened to be on the one ship that is small enough (1,200 passengers) to dock right in the middle of Hamilton on Front Street. So we had our floating hotel to walk on and off. No buses, taxis, or ferries. We managed to see the other main town on the island, St. George, by taking a mini bus tour for five hours that also included the whole island. St. George is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Governor’s Mansion is located here, and they re-enact a town ducking – the old English public punishment administered to wenches, town gossips, and disobedient
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wives. You can visit the First House of Assembly or have your photo taken in the stocks. The Royal Naval Dockyard is a favored tourist spot where Royal Navy barracks and warehouses have been transformed to retail shops, restaurants, and museums. Bermuda was named after Juan de Bermudez, who accidentally discovered it in 1505. It has a population of 65,000 and is 22 miles long and 2 1/2 miles wide. In the olden days, many ships wouldn’t visit because of the wild sounds from the wind. It was called the Isle of Devils. There were many shipwrecks as well and many are still buried. One ship was headed to Jamestown, and the survivors stayed long enough to build another ship and continue their trip. Today money, banking, and insurance keep things booming. Mark Twain is noted for saying, “You can go to heaven if you want to. I’d rather go to Bermuda.” He did admit to going through hell to get there because he was seasick. This is the land of Bermuda shorts that
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should be two inches above the knee, worn with a blazer, shirt, tie, and the ubiquitous knee socks. It’s told that the English cut off their pants because of the heat in India, inventing the beginning of Bermuda shorts. On our first walk, I saw a gentlemen approaching us in full regalia. I stopped him to ask, “May I take your picture?” He replied, “Do you want me or my shorts.” I responded, “Your shorts, of course.” So Don took a photo of the both of us. Actually, Don used to dress that way in the summers on Madison Avenue in New York in the 1950s. I can’t imagine. We strolled into the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and they told us they are the oldest Royal Yacht Club in the western hemisphere. They were very welcoming and explained they’d be having the 35th America’s Cup races there in 2017. They beat out bids from San Diego and Chicago. It’s a big deal for Bermuda. Defending champion Team Oracle USA made the decision. It will be the first time an American team has not defended the title on home territory. Some of the teams are already there. Cars first came to Bermuda in 1906 but were banned for 30 years. Now only one car per household is allowed, so there are lots of scooters. Gas sells for $8 per gallon, and they drive on the wrong (right) side of the road. In the middle of Front Street is a “bird cage” where an English bobby used to direct traffic. Sadly, he has been replaced with traffic lights. Speed bumps are called rumble strips in this British territory. There is another icon in Bermuda who is a live person named Johnny Barnes who stands on the street corner from 5 to 10 am every day waving to the residents that drive by. He is about 90 years old. There is even a statue erected of him, so when he’s gone he’ll still be waving. There used to be a greeter like that in Laguna Beach years ago. Bermuda boasts the smallest drawbridge in the world, an 18-inch plank of wood, which opens just enough to walk a mast through. All the build7 – 14 July 2016
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Florence Henderson on board ship for Dancing with the Stars
ings and houses have white limestone roofs, which are used to collect rainwater. If you own your house, you can paint it any color and they do. There’s a rainbow of colors – turquoise, lime, pink, lavender. No building in Bermuda may be taller than the cathedral, which means three stories and that includes the fort. There are about 100 religions and more churches per square mile, supposedly more than anywhere in the world. No guns are allowed except for the police. All children wear uniforms in both private and public schools. There is a military base with
A chorus girl aboard the ship
a McDonald’s that is open to the public for two hours each day. Famous folks abound such as Ross Perot, Bloomburg, and Michael Douglas, who owns a new hotel. The Island is known for its 150 caves. The Queen of England appoints a governor but it is quite democratic according to our guide. Next time you peel an onion, think of Bermuda. Easter lilies also come from there. They are supposed to have introduced tennis to the United States. Slavery
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A group of supporters ranging from members, citizens, donors, and elected officials or their representatives were on hand for the formal announcement of the campaign to Save the Rest of the Bluffs
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n June 14, the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs spoke to an audience of supporters on the easternmost bluffs in Carpinteria. There, they announced an ambitious fundraising campaign to complete the purchase and restoration of 21 acres of oceanfront land dubbed “Carp Bluffs III.” The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, has protected nearly 23,000 acres of natural and rural open space in Santa Barbara County. In Montecito, they were instrumental in purchasing Hot Springs Canyon and placing it in the public domain, negotiating a permanent trail easement for West Fork Cold Spring Trail, and creating a conservation easement for the San Ysidro Oak Woodland in Ennisbrook. In Carpinteria, the bluff-top land, once site of the Thunderbowl race track, had been slated for development of a Bacara-like resort, a proposal that pleased some people and horrified the rest.
Chet Work, executive director of the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, speaks to supporters of preserving the easternmost of the Carpinteria bluffs
Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Chet Work, executive director of the Land Trust, revealed that when the potential developer did not renew his option, the Trust secured the contract to purchase and preserve the 21 acres. “We saw a narrow opportunity, and we jumped on it,” said Mr. Work. In 1998, Carpinteria residents and the greater community had rallied to purchase more than 50 acres of bluffs when an oil company attempted to construct a refinery there. The result was the popular Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve frequented by walkers, strollers, joggers, bikers, and ocean-view and seal watchers. “The City of Carpinteria has managed the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature
Preserve since 2000, and has done so with pride,” said mayor Gregg Carty. Nor is the Preserve the exclusive domain nearby residents. Campers from the state park and residents from nearby communities make a walk or ride along the bluffs part of their regular routine. The purchase of the new property will result in more than 2/3 of Carpinteria’s bluff lands being preserved as open space. The Trust has a campaign goal of $7.9 million, of which $5.4 million has already been raised. Many of these generous donors attended the announcement ceremonies. Anticipating that $1 million could be obtained through public grants, the Land Trust and Citizens for Carpinteria Bluffs are now looking to the community and additional grants to raise the remaining $2.5 million needed to complete the purchase,
restore the landscape, and provide ongoing stewardship. Arturo Tello, Oak Group artist and president of Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs, presented his painting of a view from the bluffs to Chet Work to acknowledge “the man who would be doing the work.” Recognizing that as a landscape, Carp Bluffs III had been heavily used and was in rough shape, Tello said, “There are no unsacred places, only desecrated ones. It is up to us to reconsecrate this land.” Tentative plans are already being formed for plant restoration and the construction of trails and viewing areas and benches. And there are exciting dreams for the future. With the addition of this parcel and the construction of a bridge over the rail line, the possibility exists of stretching the bike path from Ventura all the way to Linden Avenue in Carpinteria.
“It is up to us to reconsecrate this land,” said Arturo Tello, president of Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs (left), as Carpinteria City Council members Fred Shaw and Al Clark observe
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Stacey Reed and Chris Anderson of Armstrong Associates on the roof of the MOXI building; south of them lies the ongoing reconstruction of lower State Street, Stearns Wharf, and the Pacific Ocean. Nearby is the new Rusty’s Pizza (formerly Be Bop Burger), condominiums, hotels, retail spaces, Sonos’s new headquarters in the old Bekins Storage building, and all buffeted by a stonewall husbanding the creek all the way from Yanonali, under State Street, to the ocean.
The unusual un-built-upon-for-a-century lot at 125 State Street is soon to become the Wolf Museum Of Exploration + Innovation
The Speed Track on MOXI’s second floor includes a main exhibit called “Build It. Test It. Race It.” where guests can design their own car and race it down a track that collects data about the car’s speed and motion (Image credit: Gyroscope, Inc.)
the projects’ main donor. He headed up the $25-million capital campaign (now only $3 million short of that goal) that will pay for the building, cost of the exhibits, and also the establishment of an endowment. We bring this up because lower State Street is nearing the end of its transformation from neglected Santa Barbara orphan to what is likely to be
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the city’s biggest draw. And it will all be done in, well, probably in less than a year now, after 20, perhaps even 30 years of starry-eyed planning by developers, dreamers, and the usual assortment of city officials. MOXI will be a big part of that appeal, so I joined Stacey Reed and Chris Anderson of Armstrong Associates, general contractors of the
The as yet unfinished but dramatic entry to MOXI at 125 State Street, as seen from the inside (photo credit: Lindsey Haun)
MOXI project. Chris, a Santa Barbara native, is Senior Project manager whose wife, Claire, is a kindergarten teacher at Harding; Stacey moved here from Ventura two years ago. Construction at the oddly shaped triangular 25-30,000-sq-ft lot began in 2014. Curiously, even though this parcel is directly across from the Santa Barbara train station, it was never built on. At least not in the past hundred years or so. The building (19,000 sq ft under roof, another 6,000 sq ft on the rooftop Sky Garden) was designed by Barry Berkus, who spent nearly 10 years on the project up until his death in 2012. AB Design Studio principals Josh Blumer and Clay Aurell took over from Berkus, tweaked it somewhat and are now doing the work; Aramis Arciga is their project manager. The idea behind MOXI is a museum for all age groups but one that will have a special appeal to children, in which science and math will be stressed in each of its nearly 70 planned exhibits. “Every exhibit will be interactive, both mechanically and electronically,” Chris explains. Gyroscope Inc., which designed the Bay Area Children’s Museum and many others throughout the U.S. and Europe, will install the exhibits after Armstrong finishes construction sometime before the end of summer. The museum expects to be open before Christmas. The entire building will be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified, the first museum in the tri-county area so certified. Among those feverishly putting the finishing touches on the building before Gyroscope brings its stuff in are Armstrong superintendent Ish Castillo, project engineer Julieta Ramirez, and construction team key Brian Buckner. It’s too complicated to go into any real detail, but the Pedestal paver
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waterproofing system on the roof is a work of genius. “Water is what keeps contractors up at night,” Chris says, so the roof design has been heavily thought-out and designed to make everyone comfortable. With the right slope leading to the correct drainage pattern, using dense foam, high-density board, and compressed 60-mil plastic, which is nearly impossible to puncture, water will run off quickly and harmlessly. The design of the structure is somewhat whimsical, featuring almost Gaudi-like lines, unlike the sharp angles often favored by Mr. Berkus. The rooftop exhibit space will include a dramatic water feature; a planter wall topped with glass will surround the exterior, creating a garden-like atmosphere. “Trees will grow but views will not be obscured,” Chris says. And, topping it all off is a tower with a copper finial on its roof; inside, there will be telescopes for viewing. If you’d like to learn more, you can visit Armstrong’s website: armassoc. com, moxi.org, or call them at (805) 708-2282
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New Rotary Club of Montecito president Bernadette Bagley
Our favorite Rotary Club – that of Montecito – has a new president. Bernadette Bagley officially took over her duties as president of the Rotary Club of Montecito on July 1. Ms Bagley, director of Learning & HR Systems at QAD, Inc., has lived in the area for 35 years and has been active with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, and Partners in Education, as well as her membership in the Rotary Club of Montecito. The group meets every Tuesday for lunch at the Wine Bistro, 516 San Ysidro Road. If you are thinking of joining (and you should be), you are invited to contact membership director Dusty Baker at (805) 570-0102.
We’ll Miss You, Tom
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His Highness The Maharaja of Jaipur and his team playing at Santa Barbara Polo Club
Pat Nesbitt – a former executive with the Federation of International Polo – which has its own polo fields to practice on and is just a short gallop from the club. It is going to be, like the curry of his home country, a very hot event. Museum is History For Carpinteria resident George Lucas, Chicago may well be a galaxy, far far away. The Star Wars director and creator invented an entire sci-fi universe and multi-billion dollar empire. But could not manage to build his legacy museum in the Windy City. Thwarted by local politics, the 72-year-old filmmaker says his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art could now be built at a location in California. He had planned to spend some $700 million of his own fortune to erect the museum on prime real estate along Lake Michigan, which the city offered to lease for 99 years at a price of just $10. That plan, which would have seen the museum replace a parking lot, went awry soon after it was announced in 2014 when a local preservation group sued to prevent construction. They contended the museum should be built on another site away from the lakefront, which is considered land reserved for public use. George has strongly criticized the organization’s stance. “No one benefits from continuing their seemingly unending litigation to protect a parking lot,” he thunders.
He had hoped to display his formidable art collection that focuses on narrative forms such as comic art, photography, film and magazine illustrations, as well as Star Wars memorabilia. The museum would also have included his collection of paintings by Norman Rockwell – the celebrated 20th-century master illustrator of everyday American life. But plans were stopped in their tracks when U.S. district judge John Darrah refused to dismiss the case against Lucas, saying there was a persuasive argument the proposed museum would “impair public interest in the land.” Attempts to negotiate between the parties soon thereafter stalled. Soon after George’s announcement, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel lamented the loss of “a gift worth approximately $1.5 billion.” “Chicago’s loss will be another city’s gain,” said Emanuel. “This missed opportunity has not only cost us what will be a world-class cultural institution, it has cost thousands of jobs for city workers, millions of dollars in economic investment, and countless educational opportunities for Chicago’s youth.” Juanita Irizarry, executive director of Friends of the Parks, the group that brought the suit, reiterated that point. “It is unfortunate the Lucas Museum has made the decision to leave Chicago rather than locate the museum on one of several alternative sites that are not on Chicago’s lakefront.” The location was supposed to have
Jamaal “Silk” Wilkes, hostess Nina Terzian, Jannelle So of SO Jannelle; Liza Wayne, Wilkes’s assistant; and Curt Pickering, SB basketball “Court of Champions” director (photo by Priscilla)
been one of the museum’s key draws, putting it in close proximity to other institutions with which it hoped to collaborate, including the esteemed Art Institute of Chicago. The director’s previous efforts to build the museum on federal parkland in San Francisco, where he also has a home, also failed. And So It Goes It was lights, cameras, action at the magnificent Miramar Beach house of bubbly entrepreneur Nina Terzian when the Filipino-American TV show SO Jannelle, which officially launches this month on cable TV, filmed at the impressive residence overlooking the Pacific. Media pioneer Jannelle So, who created the first and only locally produced daily talk show for Filipinos in southern California, even being syndicated in Hawaii, interviewed the former Santa Barbara High student and four-time NBA champion Jamaal Wilkes, discussing his career with the Warriors and the Lakers. Producer Maureen Roque says it will be one of the debut shows. “It went particularly well, and you couldn’t beat the location,” says Maureen. Say that again. Delivering Davey Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner, who has made cuddly versions of Davey, the five-month-old Doberman Pinscher puppy who had to be euth-
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Music Academy of the West Success at Hanick’s Fingertips
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onor Hanick started off studying viola and violin in elementary school back in Iowa City and still harbors a love for the latter, but a violin career wasn’t in the cards. “I would have much rather been a violinist, but I didn’t have the discipline for that kind of music making, which involves so much meticulous information, so I never got to be very good,” he recalled recently. “But when I started piano at a local music store a couple of years later, it quickly became obvious that I had an affinity and an aptitude.” Apparently, Hanick long ago solved the discipline issue, because the graduate of Northwestern University (double major in music and journalism) spent, by his own count, eight hours a day “locked in a studio making up for lost time” before heading off to the Juilliard School, where he earned a master’s degree and doctorate. Since then, he has become one of the in-demand young pianists, acclaimed for solo and chamber performances around the world, and one who has
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collaborated with big-name instrumentalists, conductors, ensembles, and composers, including John Adams, Pierre Boulez, David Robertson, and James Levine to name just a few. Hanick maintains a special love for contemporary music – this past season, he played Milton Babbitt’s Second Piano Concerto at Alice Tully Hall and György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto with Alan Gilbert for the New York Philharmonic – but as New York Times chief critic Anthony Tommasini wrote, the pianist’s “technical refinement, color, crispness, and wondrous variety of articulation… benefit works by any master.” It was through Juilliard, where soonto-be MAW vice president of artistic planning Patrick Posey worked with the orchestras, that Hanick landed at MAW’s summer festival for the first time back in 2014, and the short stint turned into a full eight weeks for this season. Last year, Hanick partnered with MAW (and Juilliard) piano icon
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Jerome Lowenthal for a recital focusing mostly on piano four-hand. On Monday (July 11) evening, the pair team up again at Hahn Hall, this time sharing the spotlight for individual pieces before closing with Barber’s Souvenirs Suite for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 28. For his portion, Hanick, not surprisingly, is championing a more modern composition (a change from the program published in the festival brochure) as he’ll be playing Olivier Messiaen, Le moqueur polyglotte from Des Canyons aux Etoiles, and Tristan Murail’s Cloches d’adieu et un sourire... in memorium Olivier Messiaen. It’s a deliberate attempt to play off Lowenthal’s choice of Poulenc’s Aubade for Solo Piano in the first half. “I wanted to do something modern that’s in a weird way part of the French tradition,” he explained. “Poulenc is one of the figureheads of early 20th-century French avant garde even though his music is very conservative in some ways. So I’m doing two pieces that are the opposite side.” Murail is part of the spectral school of composition, which Hanick said “gets a bad rap because people think it’s merely a scientific method of composing, which isn’t true. They’re concerned with sound as the basic building block. They look at the behavior of a sound, map the harmonics and overtones and how it behaves over time, and then use that as the basis of a piece or a method. It sounds weird and technical, but it’s the starting point for music that’s incredibly beautiful and sonorous, and concerned as much with resonance and space and delay and the way tones behave after attacks as with the notes and harmonies itself. It’s unlike any other music for piano.” In the second half, Hanick plans to offset the Barber with the last movement from Frederic Rzewski’s North American Ballads, Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, a virtuoso piano piece based on an old work song. “It’s a great sound-effects piece,” Hanick said. “Where Messiaen is translating bird song, Rzewski is taking the grinding noise of the cotton mill and translating it into the sound of the piano. It’s very cool. The piano is a limitless box of sonic tools. Those kinds of approaches – pursuing a sonic goal that doesn’t have anything to do with what the instrument traditionally produces – always fascinate me.” The musical conversation is especially appealing to Hanick as he prepares to once again share the stage with Lowenthal. “We’re getting to do pieces we care about in another chance to collaborate. It feels like a piano family concert,” he said.
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This Week @ the Music Academy Thursday, July 7 – Avery Fisher Award-winning cellist Lyn Harrell, one of this year’s Mosher guest artists, perform in recital with pianist Victor Asuncion at Hahn Hall, director of collaborative art studies at University of Memphis, on a program featuring works by Mendelssohn, Verdi, Ravel, Faure, Schubert, and Debussy (7:30 pm; $55)... International Emmy Award winner, two-time Grammy nominee and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Richard Yongjae O’Neill is still quite young: he attended MAW back in 1998-99. And he’s also quite familiar with Hahn Hall as he serves as the principal of Camerata Pacifica. O’Neill – who has been praised by the London Times as “ravishing,” The New York Times for his “elegant, velvety tone,” the Los Angeles Times as “energetic and sassy...exceptional,” and Seattle Times as “sublime” – makes his 2016 MAW debut this afternoon leading the viola master class (3:15 pm; Lehmann Hall; $13). But we won’t hear in concert until Week 7, when he performs Caroline Shaw’s Limestone and Felt with cellist Robert deMaine at the Lobero on July 26. Saturday, July 9 – The inaugural Community Chamber Concert is being dubbed as a new series in which the Academy Fellows perform chamber music concerts at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery for free on Saturday afternoon. But really all that’s changed is the date and venue; through last summer, the young artists played most Thursday afternoons at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Mary Craig Auditorium, which hosts periodic concerts from touring string quartets during the non-summer months. The new schedule doesn’t conflict with fellows’ master classes and private coaching sessions, so the artists and repertoire should expand this season, plus Faulkner, the site of Santa Barbara Music Club concerts two Saturday per month during the school year, seats a lot more patrons (1pm; free)....Marilyn Horne, the legendary mezzo-soprano who directs MAW’s vocal program, teaches her first solo masterclass of the summer. But you’ll have to schlep to the far reaches of Santa Barbara to attend (2:30pm; Lotte Lehmann Hall on UCSB campus; $30)....The Concerto Competition also has an altered schedule this summer, with the piano hopefuls vying next Thursday evening, separately from the other instrumentalists who faced off back in late June. The winners from that early competition (which happened after press time due to the holiday) perform tonight during the Academy Festival Orchestra concert at
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the Granada. Case Scaglione, who just completed his stint as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, guides the soloists through their performances in front of the full ensemble as the centerpiece of the concert, which begins with the Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wagner’s only comic opera. The fiery Suite from the ballet The Firebird (1919 version) by Igor Stravinsky closes the concert (7:30 pm; $40-$60). Monday, July 11 – Professional performance coach Bill Williams – visiting faculty member at The Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan School of Music – and select instrumental fellows wind up “The Path to Optimal Performance” class with an afternoon devoted to Mock Performance (1 pm; Lehmann Hall; free)....New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert makes his 2016 debut leading the Chamber Music masterclass, which used to be separated into strings and piano ensembles until its consolidation led to varies days on the schedule. Gilbert also conducts next Saturday’s AFO concert.... Fellows join the faculty for tonight’s Festival Artists Series concert at the Lobero, kicked off by Handel’s Let the Bright Seraphim sung by soprano Courtney McPhail accompanied by Paul Merkelo, trumpet; Benjamin
Kamins, bassoon; Nico Abondolo, double bass; Giuseppe Mentuccia, harpsichord and Academy String Fellows. Percussionist Michael Werner (MAW 1990) then shows off his snare drum skills on Casey Cangelosi’s Tap Oratory, followed by Bach’s Wedding Cantata, BVW 202, with oboist Eugene Izotov joining McPhail, Kamins, Abondolo, Mentuccia, and the string Fellows. The concert closes with husband-andwife Glenn Dicterow (violin) and Karen Dreyfus (viola) – who played the world premiere of Paul Chihara’s Duo Lyrico last week – joining cellist Alan Stepansky and pianist Jonathan Feldman for Goetz Piano Quartet (7:30 pm; $42). Wednesday, July 13 – Press time also came too early to report the program for BrassFest, which features Academy brass fellows – in various small and large ensembles – playing hallmarks of the brass repertoire from a variety of genres, with some surprises. The concert, conducted by Mark Lawrence, used to be a novelty; now it sells out (7:30 pm; Hahn; $25).
On Education by John Burk
School of Squash Connects Kids to College Things are hopping over at the Athletic Club, where they hold session Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. The other sessions at the YMCA on Hope on Wed and Sat, and then a session at the Wake center on Monday.
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an atmosphere that they “can” and “will” go on to SBCC or a four-year college. Youth need a “boost” and since 2006, Santa Barbara School of Squash, which is a member of the National Urban Squash and Education Association, is in our community to provide it. Starting at 5th grade and through high school, SBSOS gives individual attention to each youth in the program. It takes a select group of 30 committed, low-income public school kids and has each one sign a contract, along with their parents, spelling out the level of commitment SBSOS expects. Once in the program, they are swept-up after school four days a week and brought into a new environment of athletics, learning, and high expectations imbued with the notion that they “will” go to college, a trade school, or apprenticeship. This is something these kids never dreamed of, and it lifts them to higher aspirations because of the atmosphere and energy the program generates. Right now, tryouts are going on to find some special 5th-graders to join the program, which re-starts after the summer session in September. For more information or to make a donation, contact Robert Graham, executive director, by phone at (805) 316-0720 or email him at robert@ sbsos.org. •MJ 7 – 14 July 2016
Spirituality Matters by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.
A Song in Your Sleep?
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ream Weaver” was one of those one-hit wonders for an artist named Gary Wright back in 1975. Dream weaving, on the other hand, is the art of tracking what’s unfolding in our dreams and in our lives, and working with how these two worlds overlap and can collaborate with one another in moving our lives forward. At least that’s according to the workshop description for a six-week class Dream Weaving: Integrating the Power of Dreams into our Waking Lives beginning Monday, July 11, at La Casa de Maria Retreat & Conference Center in Montecito. “In many ways, the dream time is like a hidden river flowing through our lives, and when we gather in groups and focus our intentions and interests around dreaming, more of the dream time becomes revealed,” says James Wapotich, a naturalist, artist, and writer (he pens a regular column on hiking and the Santa Barbara backcountry in the News-Press) who is the creator of Revelation Dreamwork and Wilderness Dreamquest workshops. “Our dreams carry us freely between the known and unknown, between the familiar limitations of our conscious minds and infinite possibilities. Discover how your dreams can connect you to a richer, more dynamic waking life and powerful future. Through this class, we will explore techniques and awareness to enhance and heighten our dreaming abilities, engage in some fun activities and different approaches around dreaming, and create a dream sharing council.” Wapotich is co-facilitating the class with Maya Shaw Gale, MA, a life coach, Expressive Arts therapist, poet/writer, and mindfulness retreat leader. Class time is 6:30 to 9:30 pm on Mondays, July 11 – August 15. Cost is $225, or $180 per person if you register at least two people at a time. For more information or to sign up, call Wapotich at 729-4250 or email jwapo tich@yahoo.com.
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Pursing Myths and More at Pacifica
Michael Meade, a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology, leads the public workshop The Myth of Genius, The Genius of Myth at Pacifica Graduate Institute this weekend. The workshop focuses upon the nature of genius and the necessity of 7 – 14 July 2016
myth for both the individual and collective levels of life. As “resident spirit of the soul” genius is both our natural connection to nature and our secret connection to the divine. As the source of uniqueness and spark of individuation in life, genius is essential for imagining change and re-creating culture. Genius will be considered in its original sense as the innate spark and inner spirit that animates each soul, as the core imagination and mythic seed that makes each person born distinct and never to be repeated again. Whether appearing as guardian angel, inner muse, or divine twin, the genius within is the resident spirit of the soul that gives each person their unique way of being and perceiving life. The workshop takes place July 8-10. Admission is $380, with discounts for students and seniors. Pacifica also hosts Deep Storytelling and Archetypal Activism, an online seminar with Craig Chalquist, a 2003 Pacifica Depth Psychology graduate who is department chair of EastWest Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, executive editor of the Journal of Holistic Psychology and co-editor of Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind. The six-week online certificate program aims to provide understanding of the mythological, folkloric, and archetypal structures of the stories that play out all around us, in many different arenas: politics and finance, environment and health, landscape and locale, education, and religion. The workshop runs July 11 – August 21, and registration is $475, with discounts for students and seniors. Call 969-3626, ext. 103, or visit www. pacifica.edu/current-public.
HAI. How Are You?
The Human Awareness Institute (HAI)’s first free introductory workshop in the Santa Barbara area in several years takes place Saturday at 7 pm. “Communicating with Loved Ones” is one of several free relationship workshop offering the opportunity to connect with others through verbal sharing and exercises designed to open your heart. Discover how your beliefs about love, intimacy, and sexuality affect your relationships, sexual satisfaction, marriage, body image, and ability to find love. The two-hour
workshop is the first step toward making better relationship choices, discovering greater depths of intimacy and love, and creating the relationships you’ve always wanted. The workshop takes place at a private home close to downtown. Contact Niki at (408) 805-5440 or Niki.Schmid@hai.org to register for the address. Visit www.hai.org for more information about all HAI programs.
Kirtan in Montecito
The next Evening of Melodious Kirtan & Vegan Fare in Montecito takes place 7 to 10 pm Friday, July 8, at Montecito Library/Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road. Everyone is invited to join in for a relaxing evening of meditative song, featuring call-and-response chanting, and vegan dining. The organizers provide the ambiance, music, lyrics and vegan eats – all you need to bring is your voice, and perhaps a friend or two. Admission is $7 at the door. RSVP at www.meetup.com/SantaBarbara-Mantra-Lounge-Kirtan/ events/232073176.
Cumes at CLL
Our preview of spirituality-oriented classes at the SBCC Center
for Lifelong Learning (CLL) this summer got truncated for space a few issues back. Here’s what didn’t run: Santa Barbara urologist and veteran spiritual seeker David Cumes teaches Soul Sickness – Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment on Saturday, July 9. The concept is that though we are born with a potentially pure soul, obstacles such as daily challenges, the lure of materialism, or our own shadow, ego, monkey mind, and/or negative spiritual forces can obscure the path to spiritual perfection. Exploring the causes of soul sickness and the remedies – gratitude, forgiveness, an enjoyable spiritual practice helping others, and following our unique destiny – can offer course correction. Cumes also leads Connecting with Spirit Guides, which, according to the course description, exist in “nonlocal in space and time (and) have access to information unavailable to corporal, sentient beings. Participants in the two-hour class on Saturday morning, July 30, will discover how to access their guides’ messages with an altar, sacred space, and a dream practice. Visit www.thecll.org for more information and to register for classes. Registration accepted in class if space is available. •MJ
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Tom Wathen, 5 October 1929 – 20 June 2016 (seen here with his wife, Carol Scott)
Wathen passed away at the age of 86 on June 20. Tom lived a life that most can only dream of. He was an entrepreneur (he bought the 13-employee California Plant Protection business in 1964 and within 20 years had turned it into a booming security business, employing more than 23,000, and arranged security for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics), pilot, experimental aircraft aficionado, airport owner (Flabob), inveterate traveler, and well, he lived an exciting and eventful life. He married another of our favorite Montecito residents – Carol Scott – and the two became inseparable in the final years of his life. Tom was generous with his time and with his money; his engaging smile and positive Midwestern spirit will long be remembered and cherished by those touched by him.
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Cardboard Kayak Race
Put it on your calendar: 1 pm (to 3 pm or so), Saturday July 9, near the Sea Landing pier off Cabrillo Boulevard (West Beach). If you’ve never attended or cheered at this quintessential bit of Santa Barbara madness, you are missing out. Sponsored by Condor Express Whale Watching, teams (up to 4) of various ages receive two pieces of cardboard, a roll of tape, a marker, utility knife, yardstick, and one hour in which to build a device that will not only float but also withstand the elements in a short race distance. Cost is $30 for Santa Barbara Maritime Museum members, $40 for non-members. Call (805) 456-8747 or go online: sbmm.org for more info.
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Montecito Motor Classic It’s only June... well, okay July... but September will be here before you know it. And, along with the shorter days of fall comes one of Montecito’s main attractions: the Montecito Motor Classic on September 25 from 9 am to 3 pm. Last year, some 150 vintage, classic, and modern vehicles were on display along Coast Village Road for the benefit of the Santa Barbara Police Activities League (categories include
domestic pre- and post-WWI, foreign pre- and post-WWII, sports car, race cares, preservation cars, mini cars, muscle cars, hot rods, custom, and vintage commercial vehicles). Prizes will be awarded. Registration costs $100. If you have a car you think deserves to be on display and in competition, you are invited to contact Dolores Johnson (djohnson@ millionair.com) or Dana Newquist (sbdana@aol.com). Sponsors are also sought. •MJ
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if we can get the interest and support of some of the organizations in Montecito, as it is really a historic celebration of the genesis of modern Italy. Another anniversary, intimately connected to all these other dates, is the restitution of the “Corona Ferrea” (The Iron Crown of Lombardy) by the Austrians on the occasion of the ceding of the Veneto. The crown was handed to King Vittorio Emanuele II on the day the Venetians came to the Royal Palace in Torino with the plebiscite announcing that Venetians voted to join the kingdom. So, there are three reasons to celebrate, and your support would be appreciated. Fred Sidon Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We shall proudly support your October 20 shindig. We, in fact, will bring this up with the Borgatello family (owners of most of Montecito’s upper village) and see if anyone would like to join you (and us) in celebration and support. – J.B.)
Drunk is As Drunk Does Walking slowly [on a recent] Saturday evening on State Street in Santa Barbara, I overheard a couple young male Brits berating their own nation to some young male Americans, over what in their opinion was the stupidity of British voters demanding their parliament begin the exit process that will de-link the U.K. from the European Union. The fact that they were bad-mouthing the mother nation of their birth tells us these cads think of themselves as citizens of the world rather than citizens of a sovereign nation with borders, language, and culture unique unto itself. Americans of like mind also feel no remorse about denigrating the country of their birth to anybody who will listen, both at home and abroad. In “my day,” it was considered rude and uncouth to voice disparaging opinions about one’s nation, particularly when outside the U.S. In a similar vein, it was an egregious act of impropriety to air criticism of local political figures while traveling abroad. Learning the hard way (twice), I was delivered a bloody nose on one occasion and a slate rock to the back of my head (as I was running away) on another for besmirching the ancestry of Indira Gandhi back in 1969 in Mumbai and Punjab. (Had I been British instead of American, I would most likely had been beaten into unconsciousness.) I’ve been known to enter conversations of this type unsolicited, especially when I’ve felt my point of view was going under-represented. I interrupted the blokes (who smelled as if they had been hanging out all day watching Euro soccer at The Press Room) and
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informed them that a small majority of his countrymen disagreed with his rash assessment of U.K.’s future, so much so that more people voted “Brexit” than had voted in any prior referendum in Britain’s history, and they voted contrary to the so-called educated, official opinion of 85 percent of the power-sources in the kingdom, which implies a great deal of thought must’ve preceded their votes. After cursing me as an American who is obviously as dumb as his fellow countrymen, he told everybody listening that “old people in the U.K. shouldn’t be permitted to vote on matters of great import to young people.” At the time, I hadn’t heard this bias before, but social media and websites across the U.K. are filled with angry opinions about a bunch of old farts voting to leave the E.U. and depriving Millennials of their happiness. Below the surface, what annoys these young twits more than anything else is the fact that people who generationally differ in opinion from them have the right and the clout to throw obstacles across their path to globalism and world citizenship. The inebriated Cockneys were right in a way: those over 50 voted by a wide majority to say adios to this idea that nation-state interests are passé and the future lies in global control, regulation, and easy access across frontiers. Those under 50, subject to 40 years of public education impugning the importance, relevance, and basic morality of borders, language, and culture, voted significantly to stay a part of the E.U. But such blanket indictments and generalizations obscure the fact that lots of senior citizens voted to remain, and lots of 18-year-olds voted to leave. I’m concerned with the growing intensity, particularly among left-wingers, to jump to the conclusion, whether meant seriously or not, that the left’s problems could be solved if only non-leftists weren’t permitted to vote. Then, they try to target the source of the anti-left resistance, tar the whole group with the same broad brush, and then suggest that perhaps, to make things easy (constitutional democratic process is too complicated), the whole group should be deprived access to the ballot box on issues directly related to the wellness of Millennials. To arrive at this point in their “thought” processes implies strongly that they don’t think much of their adversaries in the beginning and probably wished they didn’t exist. This is a major step toward de-humanizing the enemies of left-wing global politics. From there, it’s only a short hop, skip ‘n’ a jump to dictatorship and concentration camps. David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara •MJ
Off-The-Beat Travel by Dale Zurawski Dale has lived in Montecito for 15 years. She has traveled many places in Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa. Recently retired the Farm Bureau of Ventura County, she plans to devote more time to travel writing. www.DaleZurawski.com
First Impressions Visiting China
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didn’t want to go to China. Honestly, my assumptions about the place scared me. But our reason for traveling to China in July was functional. My husband and I were taking a three-month, around-theworld trip beginning with the TransSiberian Railroad. The train started in Beijing and ended in Moscow. Being in Beijing and not at least peeking at this Communist superpower seemed such a waste. Recently retired, with the health, wealth, and time to travel, I took on the task of planning our two-week trip to China in July to begin our world tour. I reasoned that although July is the hottest month of the year in Beijing, it is also the least crowded. Here is what I discovered when I faced my apprehensions and took a look: there were not many Western visitors anywhere. Even the tourist attractions only have Chinese tourists. But the people in China look diverse. Geoff, my husband, is five feet, nine inches. He was shorter than around 10 percent of the people in a crowd and taller than another 50 percent. The hairstyles and colors for women range from short with exotic reds and pinks to long and straight. Although I imagined everyone in China very thin, I found a large percentage of people are slightly overweight. Nothing compared to American obesity, but many of the people I saw could lose a couple of pounds. Also, it was not nearly as crowded as I imagined. There were no masses of Chinese people running around everywhere. The Beijing airport was deserted when we arrived at 7 pm. There was no traffic on our 90-minute drive to our first destination, the Brickyard Retreat, north of Beijing. Their freeways run smoother at 8 am on a Monday than the 405 in Los Angeles at 10 pm. My biggest concern about China was government control. What was it really like to live under communism? It is hard to know from a short visit, but I did learn that China has us beat on surveillance. They not only have fixed cameras but also cameras with roving lenses. They seemed to be proud of their surveillance and had signs to tell you that you are on video. In addition to every temple and monument being under surveillance, there were traffic cameras at every tollbooth, entry to parking areas, and all along the roads.
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Traveler Dale Zurawski experiences some of the low-down secrets of China’s attractions on her first visit to that country
Surveillance in Tiananmen Square
I took so many photos of cameras, I was worried they may have face recognition software and take away my camera when it was time to leave. As far as government control goes, I found the Chinese are not as obedient as I imagined. One morning, our driver, Mr. Yee, was speeding on the eight-lane freeway along with everyone else and even driving on the freeway shoulder to get us through traffic. We drove by a police officer that had pulled someone over. Mr. Yee moved into the right-hand lane of the freeway, but then he took a look over his shoulder after he passed the officer, and turned onto the shoulder again. Along with not being obedient, Mr. Yee was not intimidated by traffic cameras. Here is how it works for speeding tickets: you get 12 traffic points each year. At the end of the year, when you go in to renew your license, the officials review your record. You will get a fine if you have gotten more than 12 points. Speeding counts for fewer points than an accident where a policeman is involved. In addition to all the traffic cameras you can see, there are also many hidden cameras. They might have 10 cameras on a five-mile stretch of road. Mr. Yee had a radar detector with a speaker in the car that called out his speed each time a camera recorded it. Since the majority of the cars seem 7 – 14 July 2016
The Chinese seemed proud of their extensive surveillance system, which features both stationary and adjustable cameras
to be speeding, how do the Chinese get around having their speed recorded every few miles? Simple: they have developed a black market for traffic points. You can buy a “clean” license plate from someone else. The driver who prefers to speed puts the “clean” plates on his car, and the non-speeder gets the traffic points for the rest of the year. The non-speeder makes some money and the speeder can rack up another 12 points without paying a fine. You won’t learn about speeding tickets in the guidebooks. You will need a guide to serve as your window into current culture as well as your interpreter. Our guide in Beijing, Connie, told us the guides do not speak in public about the three “T”s: Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and Tibet. Connie said they have an expression: “T” is for drinking in China. However, Connie knew all about the student massacre in Tiananmen Square from the Internet and answered all our questions while we were in the car. But when we were actually in Tiananmen Square, she kept to the official history, which did not include the massacre.
An English-Speaking Guide
We used a different, local guide at each of the three cities we visited. Miller was our guide while Mr. Yee was driving. Miller had created an Americanized name to help his English speaking visitors. His father worked in a cement factory, so Miller was required to work there for eight years after he graduated from college. That was long enough to convince him he didn’t want to work in a cement factory. At night, Miller studied Chinese history and passed the exam to become a travel guide. After a long day as a guide for Chinese tourists, he taught himself English at night with the help of his computer. Once he passed the English exam, he became a guide for Westerners. Miller told us his wedding cost 7 – 14 July 2016
him roughly U.S. $100,000. He was $20,000 short, so his aunt lent him the money to satisfy the bride’s family. He dated his wife for a year before he proposed. Once she accepted, it then became a business deal between families. He has one child and his wife’s family babysits during the day. Based upon our experience with three guides, the grandparents in China are raising the kids while the parents are working. In addition to being a cultural window, the guides will help you decide where to eat. My apprehension about eating in China began 20 years ago. My friend, Bridgett, told me when she lived in rural China, she had her food flown in monthly. She couldn’t recognize any of the food sold in stores. Miller recommended a lunch spot on our way to visit the Hanging Monastery. The small restaurant offered a variety of birds on the lunch menu; turtledove, sparrow, and wild pigeon. We never saw dog offered on a menu, but you have serious worries if you are a bird in China. And don’t expect soy sauce or rice with your meals. In northern China, they serve noodles with vinegar. The prices were $4-$5 for a family-size portion, but you’ll need a guide when it comes to ordering food unless you are completely fearless. Another cafeteria-style lunch buffet consisted of duck heads, duck kidneys, duck wings, and duck necks. Don’t knock it till you try it: I won’t say anything other than it looked fresh.
Bathroom Breaks and Sewers
More important than where to eat, your guides will recommend where to go to the bathroom. We took one bathroom break at a rest stop along the freeway between Ping Yao and Datong that had squat toilets. Squat toilets are used in bathrooms without the porcelain toilet bowls we are accustomed to sitting on. Instead, you put your feet on two porcelain pads on
both sides of a dark, wet hole. There is a tank of water above you for flushing but nothing for hanging a purse while you are perched in a deep-knee bend. This bathroom required that you bring your own toilet paper and hand sanitizer. There was water in the bathroom for flushing the toilets and pools of clean water on the floor, but none in the sink. But the problem lies deeper than just a creepy rest-stop bathroom. China is still a third world, developing country when it comes to its municipal sewer systems. The Hutong neighborhood, where we stayed in Beijing, home to 600,000, is still on septic. And that is in the center of the capital of China. They may have built nine subway lines below Beijing between 2007 and 2015, but their sewer infrastructure is poor. Of course, you can’t write a travel piece on your first visit to northern China without mentioning their famous sights. You don’t need to worry about seeing a lot of ancient, impressive sights. Our guide, Miller, was thoroughly trained in Chinese history; all 10,000 years of it! Any guide you get will drag you through so many ancient Buddhist temples, you will want to shoot yourself. And forget trying to knock off a few sights from your daily itinerary, you may get off for one day, but that means you will leave a little earlier the next day to squeeze in that first, oldest, or largest something, ever built anywhere. The most famous sight of all, The Great Wall of China, deserves a word or two. Even in the 93-degree heat and 76-percent humidity, it was impressive in its magnitude. It is really steep. It goes up and down the ridge of a mountain range; that means walking the wall is really climbing the Great Wall. This young boy seemed to be having no problem hiking the steep steps of the Great Wall. Having experienced northern China for 13 days, would I go back? Sure. You can’t judge the United States by seeing New York City and Williamsburg. I’d take another look, talk to more guides, and be a lot less apprehensive. The one thing that stands out in my mind is that the government might be into control, but the people have a healthy disregard for the rules. Tips for first-time travelers: Sleeping Mutianyu, Brickyard Retreat, 90 miles north of Beijing airport. $200 a night. Small village devoted to sustainable tourism plus provides access to the Great Wall. Ping Yao, Jing Residence, $230/ night. The air-conditioning alone was worth the price. Ping Yao, four hours by fast train from Beijing, is the only
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walled city in China to completely maintain its ancient building structures. Datong, Holiday Inn Center City, $65/night. American-style rooms, one person spoke English in this 213-room hotel. Datong, home to three million, was a stopover for the historic sights and a one-hour flight to Beijing. Beijing, Hutong District, The Orchid. $280/night. Friendly, but unless you can handle septic smell, stay in a more modern area. Eating Mutianyu: Noodle House, our favorite restaurant. Noodles served with sauces, vegetables, and garnishes. Ping Yao: Jing Residence. Expensive but worth it. Beijing: Street snacks tour by bike, Bespoke Travel Agency; Xian Lao Man Dumpling, chaotic and packed, but authentic lunch spot; Duck de Chine, for Peking Duck. Considered a traditional dish, but if you don’t like duck, skip it. Bathrooms Bring toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and practice your deep knee bends before going. Money Credit cards are not in widespread use outside Beijing’s large establishments. Visit the ATM before you leave the airport and withdraw the maximum allowable. Prices are comparable to the United States. No tipping, even in restaurants. Smart Phones Gmail accounts don’t work in China. Your phone works, and we received text messages using Internet but no Gmail. Getting Around I would not recommend renting a car. Unless you can write the name of your first hotel in Chinese script, you need someone to meet you at the airport. Most people in China do not speak one word of English. Using a taxi requires you have the name of where you are going written in Chinese. Also, don’t forget to get your hotel name written in Chinese before you leave, so you can get back to your hotel. Guides Consider using a guide for half a day, then digesting and exploring on your own the other half. In Beijing, Bespoke Travel Agency was excellent: $170/half-day for the guide and $170/half-day for the driver. Outside Beijing, Wild China was also good, but they charged for a full day even if we only wanted the guides for half a day. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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was abolished in 1834 and tourists began to arrive in 1883 after the Civil War. One day we took a ride on a glass-bottom boat out to the shipwreck of the Vixen and to see the coral. Bermuda brags about their pink beaches because the sand has tiny bits of pink coral in it. Our guide told us that among the killers of coral is sunscreen. It coats the coral and it can’t breathe to eat algae. Back on the ship there were Dancing with the Stars dance lessons, and a dance-off of fellow guests. You could meet the celebs, have a photo with them, and ask questions during a Q&A. When someone asked Florence, “Who do you least like?” she made it clear she would never work near Marty Engles again. Carson explained there are 40 dance pros who can be called into the show. They try to fit the pro with the celeb. My favorite thing was the fashion show of some of the glamorous costumes from the TV show. They were exquisitely made with all the sequins sewn by hand. We seem to have made it through the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, which is formed between Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. More than
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A “Pink Sand” cab driver in his pink shorts and pink car
1,000 lives and 100 ships and planes have disappeared in 440,000 miles of open sea. The toast the cruise director from the Veendam likes to make about lying, cheating, and stealing is: “Lying about your age, cheating death, and stealing away on another damn ship.” I’ll drink to that! To be continued. •MJ 7 – 14 July 2016
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by Scott Craig (photos by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College
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Augustinian Scholar candidates at the February 26-27 competition
estmont has awarded four-year Augustinian Scholarships to 30 students who arrive on campus for Orientation Thursday, Aug. 25. The Augustinian Scholars, who earn $140,000 toward tuition over four years, are the first to benefit from annual scholarships funded by an extraordinary gift from a generous donor. The college has also offered full-tuition Monroe Awards to three of the Augustinian students, Alyssa Beccue of Westlake Village, Emily Mata of Carbondale, Colorado, and George Mathen of Cupertino. The Augustinian Scholars include Sarah Claud of Chicago; Charlotte Combrink of Malaysia; Kelsey Feustel of Lake Villa, Ill.; Hannah Fisk of Denver; Will Furnberg of Carlsbad; Kaylee Hicks of Lompoc; Annika Mattson of Aurora, Colo.; Festo Mugire Muhire of Rwanda; Austin Nachbur of Jacksonville, Ore.; Odile Ndayishimiyie Unweza of Rwanda; Brianna Newport of Stockton; Brandon Norris of El Cajon; Michael Oldach of Colorado Springs; Cameron Parker of Richardson, Texas; Ryan Radujko of Goleta; Cassidy Rea of Ventura; Beth
Scalise of San Jose; Wesley Stenzel of Monrovia; Hendrik Struik of Lake Oswego, Ore.; Olivia Tandadjaja of Indonesia; Nathan Tudor of Laguna Nigel; Chena Underhill of River Forest, Ill.; Sarah Verdegan of Irvine; Maddie Weicht of Phoenix; Kaylene Woo of La Crescenta; Paul Wuest of Lodi; and Kaylee Yoon of Anaheim. The Augustinian Scholars were chosen from about 100 candidates who applied Early Action and earned excellent high school grades and test scores, demonstrated an aptitude for leadership, and professed a desire to grow in the Christian faith. Beccue, an art major with a 4.51 GPA, earned a National Merit Commendation, along with Fourth Place for Expository Writing at the 2015 National Invitational Tournament of Champions. She has served on 10 service trips and founded a local team to train students preparing to serve abroad through International Students Inc. Mata, an art major with a 4.55 GPA, is a National AP Scholar with National Merit Commendation. She served as junior and senior class president, was
a Model United Nations representative, and Energy Club Member at Roaring Fork High School. Mathen, a biology/pre-med major with a 4.21 GPA, is the captain of volleyball team, club leader of the STEM Club and vice president of the Radio Club at Cupertino High School. By 2019, 120 Augustinian Scholars will receive significant financial assistance each year and undertake challenging coursework. Westmont increased academic scholarships by 38 percent for students who enrolled
in class for fall 2016, which begins Monday, August 29. Augustinian Scholars will benefit from Westmont’s rigorous liberal arts curriculum and Christ-centered education. The honors program features specially designed leadership classes, opportunities to serve as student leaders and gain hands-on experience, semester-long study abroad, training in spiritual formation, and residence with other Augustinian Scholars on campus in the senior year. •MJ
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 19) Age Just a Number Montecito comedienne and TV talkshow host Ellen DeGeneres has never been the conventional kind. And the former Oscars host is proud of the fact she doesn’t fit a specific mold for a woman in her 50s living and working in today’s society. Talking to TV Week, the comedienne says she doesn’t let her age define who she is or what she wants to achieve. “I’m 58 years old and still love to play,” says the star of Finding Dory, the super-successful sequel to the 2003 box-office hit Finding Nemo. She adds that starting her career at 45 and surviving as a businesswoman in the TV industry has brought many challenges. Despite this, or perhaps as a result, she has evolved and grown as a person and professional, comparing her journey in life so far to the famous wide-eyed Dory, who she plays in the Pixar and Walt Disney films of the same franchise. “I’m still finding myself,” she says. “And I’m sure - as I get older – I’ll find more parts of myself, as we change constantly. But I’ve had a very interesting journey, much like Dory’s.” Ellen, who came out as gay in 1997, says we still need “more diversity” in TV and film, and she hinted at her interests in foraying into more acting roles.
She has enjoyed enormous success with her Burbank-based daytime talker, interviewing the biggest names in Hollywood and accumulating fans spanning from young children to nonagenarian men and women. Ellen told the magazine she thinks her success and popularity is all about her being herself. And her ethos clearly resonates with people, as viewers and fans across the world tune in to watch her daily show, where she often dances with the audience and speaks with celebrities as if they’re old friends. She has also become famous, much like her near neighbor Oprah Winfrey, for her generous giveaways, often supporting under-represented groups and communities, as well as struggling individuals. Fine Wine The popular 29th annual Santa Barbara Wine Festival, held at the socially gridlocked Museum of Natural History, sold a record 900 tickets and grossed more than $90,000 for the museum’s children programs. More than 70 wineries and 30 eateries were represented on the 11-acre, oak-shaded campus. “It couldn’t be a more fun day!” says Sherri Frazer, the museum’s publicist. “Certainly one of the most
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Park It on the Lawn for Summer Music
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rab your friends, family, or sweetie and some blankets and lawn chairs – plus whatever shoes you’re willing to get dusty (or leave behind at your site while dancing) – and get ready to head over to Chase Palm Park for the 2016 Concerts in the Parks. The series – which for some reason has been truncated to just four shows all held this month – is one of Santa Barbara’s best-loved summer traditions, as folks from all around the area plus visitors gather on the grass for sea-breeze-fed evenings of music and community. Up to 5,000 people have been known to pack the gently sloping lawn in front of the stage on Thursday nights at the park on Cabrillo Boulevard along the Santa Barbara waterfront, and while the schedule has been shortened, Captain Cardiac and the Coronaries still made the cut. Their 1950s and ‘60s rock n’ roll revival show opens the series on Thursday, July 7, followed the next Thursday by the great R&B, blues and boogie pianist and saxophonist Deanna Bogart, who hasn’t been in town for many a year. Queen Nation offers its tribute to the music of Queen (“Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Killer Queen”, “Under Pressure”, et cetera) on July 21 before the series comes to a close on July 28 with The Tearaways, Santa Barbara’s own perky purveyors of British Invasion music (they’ve performed at the Beatles Festival in Liverpool for years) with their own distinctly California surf music twist. All concerts take place 6 to 8:30 pm
Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than ten years.
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The free Music at the Ranch series out at Rancho La Patera & Stow House in Goleta also gets going this week, with six full evening of concerts slated for successive Tuesday evenings, July 12 – August 16. The shows aren’t quite as popular as Concerts in the Park, but that’s probably a plus, as even when the place gets a bit crowded, the small town feel survives. It’s also a bit farther inland, so you don’t feel the ocean breezes, but the lush gardens have plenty of spots in the shade and lots of room for dancing either in front of the band or down the gravel roads and environs where the music wafts in the air. Feel free to bring blankets, lawn chairs, picnic dinners, and beverages, though no outside alcohol is allowed as they sell beer and wine on site. Or you can take advantage of the fixins from four different food trucks that divvy up the schedule. Three straight cover bands open
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the season, beginning with Nombres this Tuesday, July 12, followed by the up-and-coming party band King Bee on July 19, and perennial favorites Area 51 on July 26. Then it’s Latin music from Mescal Martini (August 2) and Tony Ybarra (August 16), sandwiched around the folk-bluegrass Kentucky String Band on August 9. Show time is 5:30 to 7:30. Info online at www.stowhouse.com/events/ musicattheranch or call 681-7216.
Focus on Film Back in 1981, Maya Lin stunned the world when the 21-year-old Yale
architecture student beating nearly 1,500 competitors, including some of the most prestigious architectural firms from around the world, in being chosen for the commission to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The story of Lin and the controversial beginnings of the memorial that eventually became one of the world’s most inspirational and frequently visited monuments was the subject of the Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, the documentary that won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. The film screens this Wednesday at the Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria as part of the
public educational outreach programs of VVA Chapter 218 as it prepares to bring “The Moving Wall” – a 253-foot replica of the Vietnam Memorial – back to Chase Palm Park from October 12-17. Tickets are $5. Wednesday is also when the next installment of SBIFF’s The Wave mini film festival opens at its new home at the Riviera Theatre. Eleven new French films play July 11-17, each screening twice during the week-long festival that eschews the red carpet and other main festival attractions to focus on cinema itself. Among the movies making their Santa Barbara debut are Microbe & Gasoline, written
and directed by Michel Gondry, an Oscar winner as one of the writers of 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Audrey Tautou, of Amelie fame is one of the co-stars of the road-movie story about a shy, aspiring artist who has trouble making friends at school until he meets a like-minded outcast with whom he hatches a plan to build a car and spend their summer on an epic road trip across France. Admission to individual films cost $10 ($8 students) and passes range from $80-$250. Call 963-0023 or visit www.sbiff.org/the-wave-film-festi val/france-2016 for tickets and infor mation. •MJ
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Host Jim Mitchell, Sue and John Burk all suited up in waders and ready for action near Steamboat Springs Lake in Colorado
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Steamboat Springs in May Author taking advantage of the Mitchell’s spacious kitchen cooking two trout (barely fitting the pan) that were recently swimming in a nearby creek. Nothing like fried trout for breakfast.
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y hands freed it in the frigid water, its gleaming sides accented by a slash of red on each cheek now invisible as it uprights itself and sways in the current, its green-spotted back blending perfectly with the creek’s bottom. Then, words rarely heard were uttered by my guide, “That’s a big fish! That’s the biggest fish caught this year. Send me that photo I just took of you.” Colorado is a beautiful state with thousands of lakes, rivers, and creeks including a feeder creek to Steamboat Lake no wider than a half-hearted horseshoe toss; yet it held forearm-sized trout. As the snow melts in May sending its water downhill, the rivers run fast and cloudy, rendering the fly-fishing both unsafe and unproductive in many rivers so our veteran guide brought Sue and I, a couple (friends) from Indiana, and our host Jim Mitchell (his wife, Judy, did not fish) to this little jewel of a creek that ran fairly clear. Hoots of delight and sighs of despair soon could be heard over the line-catching bushy willows that hugged the creek banks and hid us visually but not audibly from one another as we dappled and shortflipped (rather than cast) our egg-like flies to large spawning trout hidden below. Many fish were hooked and many escaped, many were caught and many released – except two (more on that later). Guests of Santa Barbara locals Jim and Judy at their vacation home in Steamboat Springs, we were graciously introduced to this spacious section
Dr. John Burk is a retired Santa Barbara dentist and a longtime Montecito resident
of northern Colorado just a threehour drive northwest of Denver. The Mitchells offered this hosted trip to benefit Planned Parenthood through a silent auction, and we four bid winners also benefitted. Their expansive home rests just below the skyline on a bench of land that rapidly drops 200 yards down a slope, casting a shadow on their section of the Elk River below. The house, in effect, is perched on the side of a cliff and, with its floorto-ceiling windows, one is eye-level to birds in flight. Sandhill Cranes glide and Kestrels soar past for long seconds providing a real viewing rather than a mere glimpse. We see vultures floating on air currents turning circles before us as thunder clouds sweep in from the horizon; they slowly drift away before the squalls pepper our window and freshen the grass pastures below. As the day ends, starfilled skies spread wide overhead, and after an active day coyotes sing to one another in the distance as our heads hit the pillow. The “chugging” sounds made by the hot springs here sounded like a river steamboat to the ears of early trappers and the name Steamboat Springs stuck. Today, the town of 12,000 at
Not to be outdone, the author embraces probably the largest trout, in this case a 28-inch cutthroat, he has ever caught. It was safely released.
6,700 feet elevation is a popular ski resort in the winter known for its powdery slopes and becomes an outdoor paradise for the hunter, fisher, hiker, and sports-enthusiast most any season. The town is surrounded by ranches of broad grass meadows and valleys dotted with shallow ponds where cattle gain weight. Many trails lead off to mountains, and numerous creeks feed the elk that enter the Yakima River, which swells and journeys toward the Pacific over many miles next joining the Green and then the Colorado, before some of the water is drunk by Southern Californians. One popular hike in town is Fish Creek Falls, where a constant water flow tumbles 165 feet down a ravine in the ski mountain face. It is an easy path that winds beside wildflowers and Aspens as the sound of falling water is like music to this Californian’s ears. The wide streets of Steamboat have many eateries and shops but uniquely, since January 2014, marijuana is legal in Colorado and dispensaries have appeared. Being over 21, I could not resist stepping into one of these “pot shops.” No photos were permitted but picture rows of glass counters,
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some with various aromatic herbs of the cannabis family and others with edibles such as cookies, lozenges, jelly beans, and caramels, all carefully measured and proportioned with exact “doses” of the active ingredient THC similar to a pharmacy. The youthful sales personnel were most informative, answering questions and explaining the subtleties of each item and the effects it may have. I inquired about any increase in auto accidents to which they reported an actual decrease not only in accidents but also in unruly behavioral arrests, not to mention expanding government coffers via the 10-percent sales tax. They suggested most customers rest quietly at home in a most passive mood, obeying the law cheerfully. Cheers. On any vacation where people gather, food and wine seem to have a central role and this was no exception at the Mitchells. Working within their spacious kitchen-with-a-view, all were happy to lend a hand while toasting “Chef Jim” with the other. One surprise meal was partially inspired by our friends from Indiana who caught their first fish. We decided to fry our two “keepers,” one a rainbow and one a cutthroat, for breakfast. After cleaning, their head and tail had to be removed to fit the largest fry pan. I offered to cook and they came out fine – wild and fresh, they were unsurprisingly delicious. It was a fitting end to a vacation in which we experienced nature and wildlife in a most intimate way, finding the words on the state capital building in Denver ringing true for this Western land: “Here is a land where life is written in water.”
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Chef Matt Johnson, from the San Ysidro Stone House, with servers Liz Craig and Tom Lehr (photo by Priscilla)
Finch and Fork’s Damien Gilbert with chef Jamie Siao and guests Heidi and John Frost (photo by Priscilla)
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Greg Roper, honoree Jonathan Fox, Janet Garufis; Lea Luria, hosts Derek and Beth Westen (photo by Priscilla)
J Paul Boehmer of Mauria; Jenny Sullivan; Dianne Graebner, costume designer; Saundra McClain, actor and director; Paige Lindsey White of Julie; Charlie Rohlfs, ETC director of marketing (photo by Priscilla)
popular events in the city.” The boffo bash was positively seething with oenophiles and gourmands, including Gabe Saglie, Terry and Pam Valeski, Willard and Jo Thompson, Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Randy Weiss, and Tom and Robyn Parker. And to avoid any problems with over imbibers, designated drivers were again allowed free admission. I’ll drink to that. Like a Fox Former Ensemble Theatre president Derek Westen and his wife, Beth, opened the doors of their beautiful Hamptons-style Ennisbrook home to celebrate the 10th anniversary of executive artistic director Jonathan Fox with the popular company, which has just wrapped its third season at the New Vic. The boffo bash, with 140 guests turning out to “Celebrate the Fantastic Mr. Fox,” who has overseen 50 plays since moving to our Eden by the Beach after 12 years with the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 2006, to replace Robert GrandeWeiss, even had a Playbill-style program specially printed to mark his first decade that saw Ensemble move from the rustic Alhecama theater to its current West Victoria Street, 300-seat location after a $12.6-million renovation in 2013, launching with Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. “I almost didn’t take the job when
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George Konstantinow, co-chair; ETC 10-year anniversary honoree Jonathan Fox, executive artistic director; and Lisa Reich, co-chair (photo by Priscilla)
I first saw the space,” jokes Jonathan. “As for the finances, at the end of the day when I had all my interviews, my last meeting was with Peter Johnson. “He handed me the financial statements and a tall glass of vodka. That’s one of my fondest memories! It was the opportunity to take the company to a new level.” Opera Santa Barbara director Steven Sharpe emceed the super sunset soirée where Jonathan, a graduate of New York’s Columbia University, was lauded by, among others, Derek, who chaired the New Vic’s successful capital campaign, board member Dana White, director Jenny Sullivan,
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Head in the Cloud Santa Barbara interior designer Kisha Gianni has written her first children’s book, My Pet Cloud, soon after marrying her husband, James Buck, and just before having their baby son, Kai. Gianni, who wrote the Design Intervention column for the News-Press for four years, enlisted the help of her Montecito-based professional artist mother, Lyn, to do the illustrations.
“The inspiration came from my sister who conjured up the title,” says Kisha. “We all kind of sat on the idea for years until James and I married and decided it was time to write the story about a young boy and his special cloud, Harold. “Our goal was to create a children’s book that delivered a good message. Every kid can have a pet cloud, whatever their background.” Without question, a fair-weather friend. Addition by Subtraction Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who just splashed out $4.9 million on a four-bedroom “fixer upper” in Montecito, has just knocked a hefty $2 million off her Manhattan home, which she owns with her ex partner, rocker Chris Martin. But the Tribeca – Triangle Below Canal – loft penthouse, which has been on the market since March, will still set you back $12.85 million. The 43-year-old daughter of actress Blythe Danner is hoping the pictures of the 3,892 sq.-ft. pad on her website, Goop, will entice a would-be buyer. The “consciously uncoupled” parents of Apple and Moses, who reached a divorce settlement last month, put the three-bedroom, threeand-a-half bathroom terraced aerie, complete with library, on the market for nearly three times the $5.1 million they originally paid for it. In an adjective and metaphor-heavy description of the ritzy apartment, Goop says the “artisanal, bespoke nature” of the property is “surprising.” Adding: “It floats above the cobblestone streets like a pale, dreamy cloud. Pastel silks, hand-embroidered wallpapers, and cool swaths of marble punctuate the space, which balances centuries-old techniques and antiques with a confident, breezy modernism.” Gwyneth said her design firm’s work was then “dark and rich, very layered,” but she “saw how we could instead channel the ethereal palette.” Describing the apartment as a “fam-
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The Music Academy of the West’s performance-jammed 69th annual summer festival goes apace. The Lobero was the place to be when the tony triumvirate of oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, violist Cynthia Phelps, and veteran pianist Warren Jones played two rhapsodies by Loeffler before 26-year-old New York-based opera conductor Matthew Aucoin’s West Coast premiere of his work Second Nature, directed by Victoria Crutchfield with clarinetist Sam Sparrow, violinist Rebecca Reale, and pianist Milena Gligic. Four days later, the Academy Festival Orchestra, again under conductor Larry Rachleff, showed its talents with Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Gershwin’s beloved Rhapsody in Blue, with regular JeanYves Thibaudet on piano wrapping with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor. Chain Reaction Fashion houses often come under fire for their controversial campaigns – and the latest Gianni Versace advert is a good case in point. The new Fall-Winter promotion, which shows former Montecito Union student Gigi Hadid, 21, and Karlie Kloss, 23, playing mothers, each with two children old enough to have made them teen moms, came under fire when it was unveiled last month. And the Italian fashion house is sure to set tongues wagging once more after the release of its accompanying campaign video, which shows the two young supermodels playing doting mothers to their children. As the video rolls, Gigi is seen walking down the street with a man who is presumed to be her husband.
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3804
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3832
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, July 21, 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".
Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3832 for the Santa Barbara Sea Landing Passenger Access Improvements Project will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 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, “Santa Barbara Sea Landing Passenger Access Improvements Project, Bid No. 3832".
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 $3,100,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. 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. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualitifed to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. 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.
The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: remove existing side walk and place new gangway abutment, ADA access gangway and floating landing dock and appurtenances. The Waterfront Facilities Manager’s estimate is $122,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for WEDNESDAY JULY 13, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at 301 West Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. 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 Karl Treiberg, Waterfront Facilities Manager, 805-564-5527. 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. January 1, 2016: The call for bids and contract documents must include the following information: • No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. • No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. • 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. GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Executive Services, 1482 East Valley Road #42, Montecito, CA 93108. Mary L. Ortega, 3109 Calle Madera, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 16, 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 Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001785. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lilibeth Salon Hair and Makeup, 1470 East Valley Road Suite C, Montecito, CA 93108. Lilibeth D. Caplinger, 140 Morgan Lane, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2016-0001828. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mick’s Macs, 3433 State Street Suite E, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Techlease Computer Solutions, LLC, 3433 State Street Suite E, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 16, 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. 2016-0001791. Published June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Simple Pleasures Salon and Spa, 446 Alisal Road, Suite #B, Solvang, CA 93463. Michael Leonard White, 7670 SW Spruce Street #B, Tigard, OR 97223. Nanette Marie White, 7670 SW Spruce Street #B, Tigard, OR 97223. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 18, 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 Marlene Ashcorn. FBN No. 2016-0001468. Published June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): SBB Gourmet Catering; SBB Gourmet Catering Group; SBBGCG; SBB Catering, 1917 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. SBBBQ, LLC, 1917 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 1, 2013. 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 Paredes-Sadler, filed June 7, 2016. Original FBN No. 2013-0003337. Published June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Earth & Sky; Earth & Sky Nature School, 277 Oak Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Juliette Lefevre, 277 Oak Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 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 Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001412. Published June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Zip Kleen, 1998 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Soon Sik Tansen, 142 Loureyro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 6, 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 Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001665. Published June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2016. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02192. To all interested parties:
Petitioner Marissa Aldana Arredondo filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Marissa Aldana. 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 June 6, 2016 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: July 27, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02367. To all interested parties: Petitioner Michael David Silverglat filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Michael David Silverander. 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 June 2, 2016 by Jessica Vega. Hearing date: August 10, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02252. To all interested parties: Petitioner Zachary David Fisher filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Zachary David Impossible. 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 June 7, 2016 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: August 3, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/6 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02141. To all interested parties: Petitioner Salatiel Abrajan Chavez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Sally Abrajan. 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 May 23, 2016 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: July 27, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/6 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02325. To all interested parties: Petitioner Alexis Renee Zamora filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Gia Renee Belivier. 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 June 7, 2016 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: August 10, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/6
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offering a Japanese Journal Class this month as their monthly crafternoon. Make a simple hand-sewn journal personalized with unique paper. Learn four different stitches for this historical Japanese bookbinding structure: four hole, noble, hemp leaf, and tortoise shell. All materials are provided and no experience is necessary. Pre-registration requested. When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAY, JULY 14
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 Luce Puppets Storytelling through traditional puppetry When: 4 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Sonic Sea Film Screening + Q&A Sonic Sea is a 60-minute documentary about the impact of industrial and military noise on whales and other marine life. It tells the story of Ken Balcomb, a former U.S. Navy officer who solved a tragic mystery involving a mass stranding of whales in the Bahamas – and changed forever the way we understand human impact on our ocean. Jean-Michel Cousteau will answer questions about the documentary and the subject. Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way When: 7 pm; members-only reception at 6:15 pm Cost: $10 (members), $20 (non-members) Register: Go to www.sbmm.org or call 456-8747 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, JULY 15 French Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts a French conversation group for those who would like to practice their French language conversation skills and meet others in the community who speak French. Both native speakers and those who learned French as a second or foreign language will participate, 7 – 14 July 2016
and new members are always welcome. When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, JULY 16
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Kids’ Fishing Workshop Kids between the ages of 8 and 15 years are invited to participate in a Kids’ Fishing workshop and they can bring along their parents too (not required)! The workshop is a dry-land occasion focusing on teaching fundamental skills and will take place on the lawn at the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake. When: 8:45 am to noon Where: 2265 Highway #154 Info: 693-0691 Songs of Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer Adam Miller, one of the world’s premier autoharpists, and a renowned folksinger and naturalborn storyteller, brings “The Songs of Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer,” in a free all-ages concert. Woody Guthrie wrote more than 1,000 folksongs in his lifetime including “This Land is Your Land,” possibly the best-known American folksong. Miller performs folksongs and ballads that are the songs of American’s heritage – a window into the soul of our nation in its youth. When: 2:30 to 3:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Book Signing at Tecolote Firooz Zahedi will sign his book, My Elizabeth, a personal tribute in words and photographs to film icon Elizabeth Taylor. When: 5 to 7 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley Road Info: 969-4977 ONGOING Writing Your Life from Journal to Memoir The Montecito Library presents Writing Your Life from Journal to Memoir. The workshop will be taught by Katherine Smith May and held on Wednesdays, July 13, 20, and 27 from 1 to 2:30 pm at the Montecito Library. Katherine Smith May is a professor emeritus with 30years of teaching experience. She teaches the Art of Storytelling and Memoir Writing in Phoenix. This is a three-part class suitable for all levels of writing experience. Bring a journal for writing, best memories of your childhood, family, home, best friends,
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and other precious moments to be remembered. You do not have to attend all three group gatherings; however, it would be wonderful if you did as groups become closely connected through the sharing of their writings. Participants will enjoy delving into their wealth of memory to learn and practice the craft of writing a memoir. Pre-registration is requested by calling (805) 969-5063. Montecito Fire Protection District’s Fire Prevention Chipping Schedule Week of July 5:
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The couple is also walking with two children – a little boy, who appears to be about four or five, holds Gigi’s hand, while a little girl, who looks about two or three, sits in a stroller. At just 21, Gigi would have to have been a teenager when she gave birth to have had two children. And while some people are calling out the designer for the strange casting, others are taking issue with another aspect of the ads, charging that a chain wrapped around the baby’s stroller is racist. “Chain is a bit unnecessary,” reads one of the tamer critiques. “Disappointed in this campaign.” While the chain was likely meant to be an edgy accessory to complement the family’s leather jackets, unhappy followers have pointed out the brand showed a lack of sensitivity by not realizing it would resonate as a symbol of slavery. “The campaign stars Gigi and Kloss, who are best friends in real life, in a series of tableaux, some real-life and some fantastical,” the brand explained on Instagram. “The combination perfectly illustrates the relevance and wearability of modern Versace for all parts of one’s life, from the ultra-glamorous to the everyday.” Zulus? No, We Won To the Granada – which, as part of its popular summer film series – was showing the 1964 epic Zulu, starring the late Stanley Baker and Michael Caine in his first major role, when 150 British soldiers fought back 4,000 Zulu warriors led by King Cetewayo at an army mission depot in Rourke’s Drift, South Africa, in 1879, earning the heroic defenders 11 Victoria Crosses, Britain’s highest award for gallantry. Caine, who was playing officer lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, told me in an interview many years ago that he based his aristocratic character on Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, who always walked around with his hands behind his back. But he nearly lost the role in the Richard Burton-narrated movie when the powers that be in Hollywood, on seeing the dailies, believed he wasn’t animated enough. And the rest is history. Golden Geffen Entertainment tycoon David Geffen’s eponymous foundation is helping former TV gossipeuse Rona Barrett with her 60-room Golden Inn and Village, an affordable senior housing complex, in the Santa Ynez Valley. Geffen, who owns former film mogul Jack Warner’s estate just a tiara’s toss from the Beverly Hills Hotel, joins local rocker David Crosby and his wife, Jan, in their financial support of the nonprofit through its Golden Stars campaign.
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Rona Barrett’s foundation gets support from entertainment tycoon David Geffen
“His foundation’s recognition of my own foundation and the vision for vulnerable seniors is a big step forward in making Hollywood and other billion-dollar foundations aware of the need for greater support to solve a nationwide crisis in how we house and care for the very population that helped build this country,” says Rona, who used to be a regular on ABC’s Good Morning America. Geffen, whose name is now attached to Lincoln Center’s former Avery Fisher Hall in New York, has donated millions to many organizations, including heathcare, the arts, civil liberties, AIDS, and issues of concern to the Jewish community. AHA! is A-OK
Britons, a new study has found. Multimillion-dollar price tags and steep upkeep costs make ownership an incredibly exclusive club, with the first-ever report on luxury yachts revealing there are just 4,476 in the world. Of those, 33 percent of owners are from the U.S. and 11 per cent from the U.K. In third place, Italy is home to five percent of all owners, followed by Australia with four percent and Russia, surprisingly just three percent, says a report from London-based yacht management company Camper & Nicholson and Wealth-X, which analyses the spending habits of the super-rich. Last year, the world’s owners spent a combined $22 billion to operate their vessels. An estimated $2.68 billion was spent on sales in 2015, down 18 percent on 2014 figures largely due to the U.S. dollar’s strength against the euro. However, orders increased slightly to 166. The largest yacht that exchanged hands last year was the 439-foot Serene, the 14th largest superyacht in the world. It was originally owned by Russian tycoon Yuri Scheffler and was rented by Microsoft magnate Bill More than $11K was raised for AHA! at Calcagno & Hamilton event
Montecito realtors Calcagno & Hamilton raised more than $11,000 for AHA!, including a generous donation from former Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres, who happened to stop by the two-day event on Coast Village Road. The 17-year-old charity, whose acronym stands for Attitude, Harmony, and Achievement, reaches 2,500 students annually with state of the art social and emotional programs in Santa Barbara high schools. Executive director Jennifer Freed says she’d also like to reach the three junior highs in the area – Goleta Valley, La Colina and La Cumbre. AHA! is already in SB Junior High.
Gates, the world’s wealthiest man, in 2014. The report found the average value of a super vessel – defined as a boat measuring 98ft. or more – has dropped to $10 million from around $16 million in 2011, and the average length is 134 foot. The largest superyacht in the world, the Azzam, owned by United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is 592.5 feet. The report analyzed data from 211,000 people who have a minimum net worth of $30 million. They account for 0.003 per cent of the world’s population and have a collective net worth of nearly $30 trillion.
Making Waves While they’re usually associated with Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern royalty, nearly half of the world’s superyachts are owned by extremely wealthy Americans and
Bill the Thrill On a personal note, I mark the passing of one of the greatest cultural chroniclers of our time, Bill Cunningham, who has just died at the age of 87.
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One of the most self-effacing individuals one could meet, sprightly Bill, who rode about Manhattan on his bicycle and wore a blue, Paris garbage collectors jacket at all times, took fashion photos for The New York Times Style section for nearly 40 years. We first met in 1978, when I had moved to Manhattan at the invitation of Rupert Murdoch after working for the Daily Mail in London, my last year in the U.K. being Queen Elizabeth’s hectic Silver Jubilee, where I followed her and Prince Philip on a daily basis as they toured her realm. Bill, who knew even far more people than me, lived humbly in a studio at Carnegie Hall before being moved to an aerie on Central Park South when developers wanted to erect one of Manhattan’s tallest and most expensive buildings on the site. His normal station was at the crossroads of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, just a tiara’s toss from Tiffany and Bergdorf Goodman, where he would snap away daily spotting the latest trends and fashions for his oh-so popular column, as well as attending the city’s glittering galas at night, where he was always a welcome addition to society hostess’s lists. But Bill was never one to get sucked into the social vortex, normally departing early, eschewing the champagne and caviar life style, though a regular guest of fan fluttering fashionista Karl Lagerfeld at his opulent homes in Paris and Monte Carlo. Six years ago, a fascinating documentary, Cunningham New York, was released showing his simple, even monastic lifestyle using a single bed surrounded by rows and rows of filing cabinets for his many thousands of photographs taken over the decades. He didn’t even have a kitchen and shared a bathroom! As my former New York Magazine colleague, Anna Wintour, longtime editrix of Vogue, put it: “I’ve said many times that we all get dressed for Bill.” An enormously self-deprecating character who will be much missed by fans and fashionistas alike. Sightings: Actor Josh Holloway at Olio e Limone...Carol Burnett dining at Lucky’s...Leslie Ridley-Tree checking out Tre Lune Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cillla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301 •MJ 7 – 14 July 2016
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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)
THURSDAY, JULY 7 1st Thursday – Veteran Montecito artist Steven Gilbar – an assemblage, collage artist, and painter who is also the co-founder of the long-running Speaking of Stories series – opens a new showing of his abstract paintings at the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Public Library. The proceeds for sales during the exhibition go to the Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library, of which Gilbar is a member of the board of directors. Elsewhere, Sullivan Goss celebrates the historic 30th anniversary of the beloved Oak Group with an exhibition guest curated by the group’s co-founder Arturo Tello. The gallery will also be celebrating the opening of its annual Fiesta-themed exhibition in advance of next month’s Old Spanish Days, while Summer Impressionists, 2016, remains on view.... Fiesta is also featured at Santa Barbara Historical Museum where “Project Fiesta! Building a Complete History of Old Spanish Days” focuses on the important roles played by the community as memories of the festival come to life with personal stories,
vintage posters, restored costumes, and historical photographs.... Atamo Gallery introduces Donn Angel Pérez as new gallery artist, as he’ll be bringing his paintings that blends cultural and personal history with his artistic vision of painting and architectural drawing skills to Santa Barbara for the first time. Enjoy bubbly and chocolate, and meet the artist at the opening reception.... In the performance arts arena, CorePower Yoga offers its monthly outdoor free yoga class in the courtyard, this month coordinated to flow to the sounds of Spanish guitar played by Adam Peot, followed by a brief sound bath with Tibetan singing bowls.... Grassini Family Vineyards in El Paseo is unveiling Wine Wars, a trivia game all about wine for which you can sample the real thing over popcorn pairings to get you pumped up for Grassini Game Night.... Nectar Eatery & Lounge’s chef and co-owner Aparna Sherman offers a demo and talk about the healing benefits of spices, and visitors can also taste foods from the new lunch menu from the Curry House at Nectar.... In music, Santa Barbara-based One Two Tree, which
ONGOING Bogie & Bacall – Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall only starred in four films together, but more than half a century later their on- and off-screen romance remains the stuff of legends. Now, UCSB’s free summer film series – which has delved into such genres as movie musicals, mysteries, and silent film in previous years – pays tribute to the Hollywood couple by screening not only that fiery quartet of movies but also some of the classic films from Hollywood’s Golden Age in which they appeared separately, movies that remain among the most enduring of the era. The indoor portion of the series – which takes place Wednesdays at 7:30 pm in Campbell Hall on the UCSB campus – got going earlier this week, but many more folks attend Friday’s weekly repeat screenings downtown and outdoors under the stars at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden. Bring blankets and/or low-back beach chairs (34 inches high max), picnic fixins and more, and get there early – it’s not uncommon to see a mad rush for prime spots when guests can officially begin setting up on the lawn at noon every Friday. This week’s screenings: The Maltese Falcon (based on Dashiell Hammett’s thriller and directed by then-newcomer John Huston) stars Bogie as no-nonsense private detective Sam Spade, who gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by femme fatale Miss Wonderly, played by Mary Astor, in this tale filled with murder, deceit, and memorable villains like a quirky lowlife crook played by Peter Lorre (July 8 at the Courthouse, with pre-show live music mix by KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez).... Casablanca, perhaps the most famous film of all that consistently shows up in the Top 10 lists of all time, stars Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a still-stirring tale of love versus duty. Bogie plays Rick, the hard-drinking American running a nightclub in war-time Casablanca which stands at the crossroads for spies, traitors, Nazis, and the French Resistance. He carried on an affair in Paris with Bergman’s lisa, and when she walks into the bar, memories and monumental decisions ensue. (July 6 at Campbell Hall, July 8 at the Courthouse). COST: free INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures. UCSB.edu
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FRIDAY, JULY 8 Lyle & Emmylou – Texas troubadour Lyle Lovett has been a frequent visitor to Santa Barbara over the years, appearing in all sorts of settings, from big production with his large band at the Santa Barbara Bowl dating back to the late 1990s to intimate acoustic pairings with John Hiatt at UCSB’s Campbell Hall and the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, plus a few in-between gigs. The singer-composer-actor has put out a solid 14 albums over his three decade career, broadening the definition of country music by fusing elements of Americana, swing, jazz, folk, gospel, and blues into an original style that has earned four Grammy Awards, the Americana Music Associations inaugural Trailblazer Award, and a whole bunch of other accolades. Even more decorated is his partner in tonight’s concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl: Emmylou Harris, the onetime country ingénue introduced to the world by the legendary, late Gram Parsons who has gone on to forge a 40-yearplus career encompassing more than 25 solo albums and contributions to countless other artists’ recordings. The 13-time Grammy winner and Billboard Century Award recipient, Harris was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. Just this spring, her groundbreaking, Grammy Award–winning album Wrecking Ball, which encased her crystalline voice and pure sensibilities to Daniel Lanois’s production, received its first worldwide vinyl release for Record Store Day, complete with additional bonus material well worth hearing. Harris herself hasn’t appeared in town since a gig with Don Henley at the Bowl five years ago. Pairing her with Lovett for full sets from each – the early start time means four hours before curfew – makes this a progressive country music fan’s must-see. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: 1122 North Milpas St. COST: $40-$80 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com
has roots that stem from the Hawaiian Islands to the South American coast to the Jersey shore, play pop tunes with an inventive reggae groove formed by the flavorful mix of cultures on the patio outside of Marshall’s. Fresh off the main stage last Saturday during the Summer Solstice parade, The Brambles – a.k.a. the duo of Carly Rae and Bethany Rose – play their Americana folk ballads and toe-tapping tunes on the corner of State & Anapamu streets, while FLAMENCO! Santa Barbara plays a pre-Fiesta show at Paseo Nuevo. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: www.santabarbaradowntown.com/ about/1st-thursday FRIDAY, JULY 8 Slaid by Music – The somehow still under-recognized Texas singersongwriter Slaid Cleaves has also been through Santa Barbara a number of times, but pretty much has been limited to gigs at SOhO. Not so good for his wallet, perhaps, but great for those who like their music in more intimate spaces, as the club is a great venue to hear the now 52-year-old veteran who worked as a janitor, warehouse stocker, ice cream truck driver, rope-tow operator, film developer, groundskeeper, meter reader, pizza delivery driver, and
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even a paid subject in pharmaceutical studies before being able to make ends meet as a full-time musician. Cleaves’s two most recent studio albums Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away (2009) and Still Fighting the War (2013) offer, respectively, his singular voicing of issues both personal and global, though the two can be very much intermixed. Here’s hoping for some new songs in tonight’s show; there’s plenty in his catalog well worth hearing again. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $20 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com SATURDAY, JULY 9 LotusFest – There’s never a bad time to visit Lotusland the sprawling, immaculately kept public garden in a residential neighborhood that is home to more than 3,000 plants from all over the world, representing the horticultural passion of Madame Ganna Walska. But there might be a best time: the annual LotusFest celebration of the spectacular flower that is the garden’s namesake. July is peak blooming season, and guests will have the opportunity not only to view the uniquely beautiful flowers in all their gorgeous glory, but also enjoy wine tasting from Santa Barbara County’s premier vintners, sip craft beer, taste delectable hors d’oeuvres, 7 – 14 July 2016
SATURDAY, JULY 9 Kardboard Kayak Race – “Krazy” has been excised from the official title of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s annual battle of wits, design, and courage that begins on the sand on West Beach directly across from Sambo’s Restaurant and East of Condor Express. Teams of up to four people are given just two sheets of cardboard, a roll of tape, a marker, a utility knife, a yardstick – and only one hour to construct a functioning kayak. When the whistle blows, it’s time for the actual race against other teams as one or more team members use the makeshift craft to paddle out to a buoy and back faster than the other competitors. There are two separate heats covering Family Fun (family groups where kayak paddlers must be 14 years old or younger) and the Paddling Pros (adult and/or “skilled” competitors). Prizes are awarded to winners, but anyone who actually make it back to shore with their cardboard craft intact deserves plenty of kudos. Part of the annual Semana Nautica celebration. Early registration is advised, but if space permits, you can walk on – and float off with the title. WHEN: Registration noon, building and racing 1-3 pm COST: $40 general, $30 SBMM members INFO: 451-9358 or www.sbmm.org/events/kayak-race
listen to live music, and enjoy a relaxing afternoon during the casual event that helps raise money for ongoing operations. Reservations are required. WHEN: 2-5 pm WHERE: 695 Ashley Rd., Montecito COST: $105 general, $95 members INFO: 969-9990 or www.lotusland.org Tower-ing House Concert – Ventura County-based multiinstrumentalist Cara Tower’s career dates back to the late 1980s, when she had a recording contract with Virgin Music LTD followed by a short stint in 1996 with Hollywood Records. The versatile Tower now who writes, arranges, engineers, and produces all of her albums, which include soundtracks and song-based CDs; she’s also a classically trained guitarist whose repertory features arrangements of Handel, Bach, Mozart, Carcassi, Guiliani, Calignoso, and Tedesco, among others. In regular
song format, Tower compositions exude uplifting messages, with heartfelt lyrics and melodies that aim to reach the soul. She’ll be accompanied by Rick Friend, who studied piano and composition at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and has devoted most of his career to performing classical music for silent movies. Opening for this third installment at the new house concert series in Mission Canyon is the host, Wayne Marshall, who writes and performs self-described “Soulful, psycho-spiritual radical self-love songs.” His full set comes in advance of recording his debut CD. As always, the event will be preceded by a potluck dinner an hour before show time, and seating is limited, so reservations are appreciated. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 2765 Las Encinas Road West COST: $20 donation INFO: 403-1128 or www.facebook.com/ events/1746498652288571 •MJ
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TUESDAY, JULY 12 Dragons Everywhere – The Reluctant Dragon, an 1898 children’s story by Kenneth Grahame that was originally published as a chapter in his book “Dream Days” served as the key element to the 1941 feature film from Walt Disney Productions. The story has also been set to music as a children’s operetta, presented on TV as a live-action episode starring John Raitt as St. George, and turned into a new work called Kenny & the Dragon as a tribute to Grahame’s story, in which the two heroes are named Kenneth and Grahame. Kukla, Fran, and Ollie also starred in a puppet version on NBC back in the 1960s, and now Luce Puppet Company – which performs on a colorful, portable puppet stage complete with sound system, sets, curtains, and lights – is bringing their version to Santa Barbara’s libraries. The tale of a peace-loving dragon and his only friend, a shepherd boy, who has to convince a daring knight, hired by the townsfolk to slay the beast, that the dragon means no harm and should be left alone. Performances for children and their families include this afternoon at 4 at the Central Library (40 E. Anapamu St.), Wednesday at 10:30 am at Eastside Library (1102 E. Montecito St.), and 4 pm at Goleta Library (500 N. Fairview Ave.), and Thursday, July 14, at 10:30 am in Carpinteria (5141 Carpinteria Ave.), and 4 pm here in Montecito (1469 E. Valley Road). Free. INFO: 564-5663
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$5,495,000 | 117 Crestview Ln, Montecito | 5BD/6BA Marsha Kotlyar | 805.565.4014
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