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The team that brought you the Kick Ash Bash is roaring back from lockdown with Montecito’s “hot ticket” donor event of 2021 on September 18. Some 50 years of Rock ‘n Roll takes the stage with Robby Krieger of The Doors, left, and Natasha Bedingfield! This year, with large swaths of the West in flames, One805 is putting an emphasis on aiding the Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance. (story on p. 6) Inching Closer

Poor Timing?

A key County of Santa Barbara hearing over a cannabis dispensary on Santa Claus Lane is scheduled for Yom Kippur. Why not change it? pages 5, 23

With the opening of Kismet at the Granada just weeks away, get a sneak peak at the costumes designed specially for the local rendition of this beloved Broadway musical! page 12

‘Search for Higher Truth’

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Inside This Issue

5 Editor’s Letter Just why does an important cannabis meeting have to take place on Yom Kippur? Jews care about Santa Claus, too.

6 Village Beat One805 is making waves with another music event, this one aimed at helping firefighters as they take on Western fires 10 Letters to the Editor Kudos to all for the new neighborhood trail, while a visiting couple is looking for some help on finding an important garment bag 11 Brilliant Thoughts The most hilarious humor is the unintentional kind, when somebody says or does something, not trying to be funny at all 12 Kismet The details mean everything, and each one is being meticulously paid attention to as Kismet is getting closer to its Santa Barbara debut 14 Your Westmont The college tabs Dr. Carol Velas as its new nursing program director; and a new exhibition features talented art faculty 16 On Entertainment Glen Phillips has had quite the journey, all leading back to the mostly original Toad the Wet Sprocket making waves again 18 Montecito Miscellany From lavish hats at the polo fields, to a beautiful evening cruise on the Condor Express, to the Zoofari Ball, it was quite the week to be seen . . .

20 Dear Montecito Lillian Perlmutter knows the pressures that face any teenager

or college students; it’s always about the next ladder to climb 22 Perspectives

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco Hypocrisy ... to Murder? Cold Politics Trumps Safety in Texas Yet Again The Optimist Daily As COVID-19 surges again, here’s how to handle those big emotions 23 Community Voices Jana Zimmer wants to make her voice heard at an upcoming county meeting about a cannabis dispensary — but she has to decide between religion and civic duty 24 Seen Around Town From Miraflores to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art to Lotusland, Lynda Millner’s schedule has been quite full 26 On a Mission Cassie Lancaster has seen what the Mission Scholars program can do for area students just looking for an opportunity 28 Far Flung Travel Introducing a “mystery bird” 32 The Giving List When the world needs help, it turns to Santa Barbara and Direct Relief 35 Mini Meta Crossword Puzzles 36 Calendar of Events From 1st Thursday to the Wallflowers at the Lobero 44 Nosh Town Babcock Winery winds down the summer with Vintage Market and Art + Wine affair 46 Classified Advertising Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales 47 Local Business Directory

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“Any time you fall over, it’s just teaching you to stand up the next time.” — Joel Edgerton

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Editor’s Letter

by Gwyn Lurie CEO and Executive Editor of the Montecito Journal Media Group

Jews Care About Santa Claus Too

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oday’s Community Voices by Janna Zimmer is one I encourage readers, including those who plan for and are elected to serve Santa Barbara County, to read (it’s on page 23).

As Zimmer points out, the County of Santa Barbara has scheduled an important hearing to discuss the naturally controversial proposed cannabis dispensary on Santa Claus Lane for Thursday, September 16.

This day also happens to be Yom Kippur. Even for members of the Jewish faith who are not religiously observant, who are only Jew-ish, this day is considered the most important holiday, the most solemn and holy, in the Jewish faith. It is the Day of Atonement, the day when God decides each person’s fate; it is the day Jews are encouraged to make amends and ask forgiveness for sins committed during the past year. The holiday is observed with a 25-hour fast and a special religious service.

As a highly imperfect human, I personally treasure this yearly opportunity to look inward and ask myself how I can do better in the days ahead.

Why, of all the days of the year, is this the day the county has chosen to hold a hearing that is a prime opportunity for members of the community

to weigh in on granting a permit for a dispensary on Santa Claus Lane? I know the Jewish faith is not the first thing one thinks about in the context of Santa Claus Lane, but come on, would we hold this hearing on Christmas Day?

Why, of all the days of the year, is this the day the county has chosen to hold a hearing that is a prime opportunity for members of the community to weigh in on granting a permit for a dispensary on Santa Claus Lane?

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It may be a simple oversight, but in any case, I could not agree more that the date should be changed.

We will be checking in with our County Supervisors to ask this question and we’ll let you know what we learn. In the meantime, my hats off to Ms. Zimmer for speaking up and I hope you enjoy her article.

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Village Beat

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fter a long 18 months of attempting to execute a follow-up event to its widely successful Kick Ash Bash following the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow, local nonprofit One805 has announced a smaller scale donor appreciation event, slated for September 18. The special event, which is limited to 350 people, will be held at a private estate.

“We deeply want to thank the people who have donated, kept us going, and supported us during the pandemic,” said One805 president and co-founder Richard Weston-Smith.

One805 was formed to create a way for members of our community to support First Responders and contribute to the public safety needs of Santa Barbara County; the organization was formed following the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow in January 2018.

“We are the only organization that supports multiple First Responder agencies,” Weston-Smith said.

“Throughout the pandemic we’ve continued to fund the needs of our local emergency agencies. They are there for us, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year.

When there is an emergency, we pick up the phone and call 911 and we expect them to be there in moments.”

The organization’s February 2018 event, the Kick Ash Bash, drew more than 2,500 people to a largescale, celebrity-filled concert and

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” — Plato

kid-friendly carnival at the Nesbitt Estate in Carpinteria. One of the most successful nonprofit events ever staged in Santa Barbara, the Kick Ash Bash raised $2 million which was used to purchase vital equipment and services for our local emergency organizations, including Mobile Command Units, generators, counseling services, and much more.

“This year’s emphasis is on our courageous firefighters, so we have teamed up with the Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance to kick some more ash,” Weston-Smith said. With fires raging across the state, WestonSmith says it was an easy decision for the emphasis of the event to be on firefighters.

“It’s only a matter of time before the fires come back and visit us again. We all want to forget about it and think we are safe for now, but we are not,” he said.

Funds raised will go towards replacing “jaws of life” equipment, as well as drones and other equipment to help firefighters save lives.

“We address all grant requests swiftly, and get them the funding they need,” Weston-Smith said. Last year, funds raised went to providing decontaminating foggers, masks, and personal protective equipment for local agencies during the pandemic.

In full respect of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the smaller-scale event on September 18 will be an intimate evening in a garden setting, featuring the incredible talent of both Robby Krieger of the Doors, playing in the 50th anniversary year of this legendary band, and top female vocalist Natasha Bedingfield.

“In one incredible evening we will span fifty years of rock ’n roll,” Weston-Smith said.

This year’s “End of Summer Surprise” event is an opportunity for supporters to gather with great friends and have great fun and great food. There will be a firefighter cookoff and an Italian-themed dinner, multiple open bars, and entertainment by Krieger, who was voted by Rolling Stone to be one of the top 100 guitarists of all time, and Bedingfield, who was voted by VHI in the top 100 female vocalists of all time.

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Letters to the Editor

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

Keep Up the Good Work

of concrete block, with dark beamed ceilings. The centerpiece has always been the fireplace.

I distinctly remember my aunt riding her horse into our living room: “If Peggy did it, so can you,” encouraged my dad, with a laugh. I was about six years old at the time. An unforgettable memory!

My Mother’s first puppy was a terrier (which makes me wonder…).

Finally, before my dad passed away in 1995, my 12-year-old son interviewed him. At age 84, he revealed that his favorite car was the Hupmobile.

Astonishing!

Hattie’s article has touched me deeply. Thank you.

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Correction

In the article about Peter Clark’s passing, the date that his late wife, Dallas, passed away was incorrect, as she did so in July 2014.

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Lost Luggage

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The Hot Springs Neighborhood Trail had a ribbon-cutting last week

ongratulations and a big thank you to all of those (whose many names are too numerous to list here) who worked so hard to get the Hot Springs Neighborhood Trail completed.

We have lots of wonderful hiking trails in our local hills and mountains, but safe paths through our community are sorely lacking. Let’s hope that the awesome folks that made this first Neighborhood Trail can continue on with this project that will make our community safer and more pleasant for our children and for everyone else that wants to move about our little slice of paradise without having to get in a car.

Thanks again to all of you.

Stephen Dougherty

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Fabulous article by Hattie Beresford! Please forward my con-

grats and appreciation on to her.

Last Saturday, I returned to Santa Barbara for one day, for a family memorial service. And I just happened to pick up a copy of the Montecito Journal. WHAT A THRILL AND A BLESSING! My grandmother, Emma Riniker Rose, had been Peggy’s bookkeeper.

Peggy cared for Emma when she became ill, and moved her in to the Abigail Guest House, where she died in 1936. Later that year, my father married, and Henry Ravenscroft was his best man. I grew up in Mission Canyon, and was fed on “fairytales” about Peggy, Jack the horse, the terriers, etc. Hattie’s article brought back these rich memories, confirmed how real they really were, and provided new insights.

Our own home (that I still have) was influenced by Ravenscroft, though minuscule in comparison. It is built

I am the former Publisher of the Marin Independent Journal, a long-time newspaper ad guy. Now I own an ad agency. I believe in advertising, and I need your help.

This morning at 6 am my wife and I checked out of the Coast Village Inn. We turned left onto Coast Village Road from Middle Road. A luggage garment bag slipped off our car at that point. We heard something. We even stopped to check if something happened to the luggage in our little Jeep Renegade. We didn’t see any problem inside. It was still dark outside, and we really didn’t look. We didn’t make the connection that an idiot of a husband would have left this particular bag on the top of the car until we unpacked at home.

The bag contains two dresses and a blouse. The dresses are the ones my wife wore this weekend for our son’s rehearsal dinner and wedding. Did I mention he is our only child?

I have filed a report with the SBPD. The hotel is aware. I spoke to the Montecito Fire District, Chase Bank, Renaud’s, the UPS Store, the Tennis Shop of Montecito, Juice Jam, Richie’s Barber Shop and Ca’Dario’s. No one has seen our lost bag.

I am offering a $100 reward no questions asked. I am hoping someone will do the right thing even if these spectacular dresses fit.

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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 since 1973. No children.

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Funny You Should Say That

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he Library of Congress categorizes all published books which are submitted for registration, according to their contents. When my first book, I May Not Be Totally Perfect, but Parts of Me Are Excellent, was published, I had no idea how they would classify it. I had thought I was writing a new kind of one-line poetry, and was very surprised when the word assigned as the primary classification was one I was not even familiar with. The word was “EPIGRAMS,” and I then had to consult a dictionary to find out exactly what it was that I had already been writing for several years. Since then, of course, I have become quite comfortable with the term — and with its derivative designation of a creator of such works as an “epigrammatist” — a class of which I have claimed to be the world’s only full-time professional.

But often, more than one category is specified, and, in my case, whoever makes these decisions popped me into a second pigeonhole, labeled, “American Wit and Humor.” This was, and still is, quite a puzzle.

I’m not sure about “wit,” but you could hardly call some of my expressions humorous — unless you are afflicted with a very morbid sense of humor. What, for example, is funny about my saying, “It’s very inconvenient to be mortal — you never know when everything may suddenly stop happening”?

Or, how about: “What causes the mysterious death of everybody?”

And just what funny bone do these tickle?

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Kismet

by Sara Miller McCune

A sneak peek at a female costume for Kismet

The Devil’s in the Details!

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ne of the more interesting things I have learned now that we are getting closer to our Kismet performance dates in late October is the fact that all businesses are full of details — and then still more details.

This should not have come as a surprise to me since I started my own publishing business a little more than 55 years ago and have been something of a detail queen ever since. But Kismet has surely been a great reminder.

I am fortunate to have a terrific team to work with both locally here in Santa Barbara where my partners include a small group of executives from my three local partners: at the Granada Theatre, the Santa Barbara Symphony, and the State Street Ballet. I have also been able to call on colleagues at work and other friends in our community who are advising me as well.

Then there is the group in New York where I am delighted to be working with: Lonny Price, a veteran Broadway director, as well as Ken Davenport and senior members of his team as executive producer. Lonny has in turn brought in a brilliant set

designer, a terrific costume designer, a skilled casting director, and a wonderful lighting designer – and their respective assistants. Lonny (and his assistant, Matt Cowart) are now completing the casting process of the lead performers. Next the casting for the chorus will be selected from Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. This is a little later than we would have liked — but that is due to COVID and some changes by important unions (especially Equity) as well as government regulations changing due to the pandemic, and theatres just beginning to open up in New York next month.

It is also hard to predict what various issues may emerge relating to the COVID variants that are beginning to affect us. This is something we have had to keep an eye on week by week, and month by month. That will continue until the whole production is complete and the last curtain drops on Kismet at the Granada on October 24.

What I am most excited to discover is that bringing life to a treasured show is an exciting experience.

It is awesome to work with gifted

A male costume for the upcoming production of Kismet

and talented professionals in the theater world and see them create the costumes and the scenery, and to be reminded of how much the lighting will affect and enhance the quality of the production. We are also delighted to know that the Granada Theatre has recently installed an enhanced sound system, as well as strengthened the air quality controls and protocols so that our stagehands and actors, musicians, and dancers, will be safe and

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well cared for during rehearsals and each performance. And the air quality controls — along with vaccination requirements — will also protect audience members.

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“I understand the needs of the diverse, vulnerable populations in Santa Barbara County and have developed the curriculum for this pre-licensure program,” Velas says. “I’ve integrated the theory of compassionate care so students will have tools to care for the whole patient throughout their lives and a variety of conditions and diseases.”

The college has renovated the first two floors of Westmont Downtown, the building it owns at 26 West Anapamu Street, to house the stateof-the-art nursing program it will run with Cottage Health.

“Being the founding director of Westmont’s ABSN program gives me the joy of watching students study, graduate, and work in the Santa Barbara community,” Velas says. “My passion as an educator is providing the faculty with the tools they need to teach a diverse student body and reach all learning styles. I will collaborate with faculty to provide the best learning environment available both at Westmont Downtown and in the clinical settings at Cottage Health.”

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al leadership and policy from CSU Northridge. Her extensive nursing experience includes care in oncology, medical/surgical, labor and delivery, post-partum, newborn nursery, and pediatrics nursing.

As an administrator, she has directed a women’s unit, managed a cancer program, developed staff, and served as both an assistant nursing program director and nursing program director. She has taught nursing at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral levels in public and private institutions.

Generous donors contributed nearly $10 million to purchase and renovate the Westmont Downtown building, now equipped with simulation labs, a team-based learning environment and progressive healthcare facilities that support a vibrant nursing program. The college is developing a robust scholarship program to attract exceptionally qualified and diverse students.

“Many local people and neighboring cities have supported the idea of a nursing program with their donations,” Velas says. “I look forward to admitting the inaugural cohort of 24 students and beginning the legacy of educating baccalaureate nurses for Santa Barbara County.”

The nursing program will be grounded in the Christian faith in keeping with Westmont’s mission.

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Phillips’ nine solo albums — most recently his stunning and stirring 2016 divorce-fueled Swallowed by the New — and a half-dozen, full-length releases with assorted musicians from other Santa Barbara stalwarts and such luminaries as Nickel Creek form a body of work that also stand the test of time, a rare thing for a singer-songwriter who started so young and was already contemplating unknowable inquiries while still in his mid-teens.

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Case in point: Starting Now, Toad’s aptly-titled just-released eighth album — with original bassist-vocalist Dean Dinning and lead guitarist-singer Todd Nichols, plus new drummer Josh Daubin after Randy Guss retired last year — which the band is about to start touring to promote, including September 4-5 at the Lobero. Every track on the record deepens the experience, and reveals that, 35 years in, Phillips is still probing.

“I did a lot more preaching in my songs when I was younger, but now it’s time to search for higher truth, and to catch myself when I think I have all the answers,” Phillips said. “There are things that are moral imperatives, and I’ve got my liberal worldview. But there’s also an effort to look at these larger issues and retain some sense of

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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, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 14 years ago.

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year’s boffo bash was cancelled due to the pandemic.

“If there’s one thing for sure about this past year, it’s certainly been wild!” said Rich Block, the zoo’s CEO. “It’s nice to be celebrating together in person finally, and also shining a light on the continued need for support to make up for what was lost due to COVID.” Despite being closed to the public twice for four months, the 57-year-old, 30-acre zoo, which has a $12.5 million annual budget, remained dedicated to the health and welfare of its animals, and in November will open its new $3 million Australian Walkabout with wallabies, kangaroos, and emus on the site of the former elephant exhibit.

Guests at the fab fête, which had Ted and Nancy McToldridge as honorary chairs, included Chris and Mindy Denson, Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld, Ginni Dreier, George Leis, Rebecca Brand, former mayor Helene Schneider, district attorney Joyce Dudley, vintner Fred Brander, David Lacy, museum director Luke Swetland, Richard Weston-Smith, and Donna Reeves.

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Billionaire philanthropist Sue Gross, who bought Montecito TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres’ 1966 contemporary Beverly Hills manse for $35 million three years ago, has put

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Gross, ex-wife of billionaire Pico co-founder Bill Gross, is worth around $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.

Unfollowed . . .

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have lost 700,000 Instagram followers in one year, while older brother Prince William and wife, Kate, gained one million new fans.

British data analysis firm Hypeauditor says the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge now boast 13 million followers on the same platform — gaining one million new fans in 12 months, while Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Family account has 1.3 million more followers.

Royals experts claim people have tired of the attitudes of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live on a $14 million estate in Riven Rock.

A YouGov survey found 43% of Britons had a positive view of Prince Harry, 36, while 49% regarded him negatively.

Did You Really Say That?!

Former Montecito funnyman John Cleese has blasted woke culture ahead of exploiting political correctness in a new TV series.

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The former Monty Python star, 81, previously hit out at the U.K.’s BBC for temporarily removing an episode of Fawlty Towers from streaming services for use of “outdated” language.

Now Cleese is set to investigate “what can be and can’t be said” in the modern day, having previously stated that political correctness started as a “good idea,” but that society shouldn’t be centered around it.

The Cambridge University-educated star will join forces with a string of yet-to-be announced celebrities who have found themselves “cancelled,” as well as those who are perpetuating the cancel culture.

“I want to bring the various reasonings right out in the open so that people can be clearer in their minds what they agree with, what they don’t agree with, and what they still can’t make up their minds about,” says Cleese.

The series John Cleese: Cancel Me is expected to launch later this year.

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Santa Barbara City College Foundation has welcomed four new members to its board of directors: Daniel Emmett, Madeleine Jacobson, Ben Scott, and Kathy Scott.

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Dear Montecito

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ringing my laptop downstairs to work in the few minutes I spend waiting for the kettle to boil is what my flat mates call the “American work ethic,” and they find it more than a little disgusting. For many Montecito kids, you would have to take a crowbar to separate the person from their ambitions, and I think that we sometimes must squint to see this reality. Our aspirational behavior is native to us when we grow up in a town that boasts academic, athletic, and philanthropic achievement as if these entrepreneurial accolades flowed as easily as tap water. In anticipation of the back-to-school season, Lillian Perlmutter is joining us this week to talk about her relationship with ambition and education.

Dear Montecito,

Perhaps it is unfair, but I attribute my injurious relationship with ambition in part to growing up in this place. Santa Barbara boasts a community dotted with public figures — Nobel Prize winners, captains of industry, movie stars, and prominent philanthropists. In my experience, this town also has a tendency to place columns of pressure onto the heads of children to match this pattern of high achievement, to perform above the average level, above the above-average level. It does not affect every child, but it affects some. I write this in the hopes it may resonate with some of you.

In my elementary school classes, no one founded a company at age ten, as is the fad now, but young children occasionally launched their own nonprofit organizations, several adolescent actors I knew were cast in TV shows, numerous girls signed modeling contracts in Los Angeles, and volleyball stars regularly attended the Junior Olympics.

Most of our afternoons were booked past sundown; childhood hobbies were not always just hobbies — they were vocational ambitions.

The pressure to be great bubbled to a breaking point in my senior year at Cate. When college decisions were released, I faced the worst emotional breakdown of my life. I was devastated, caged in a thick gloom of my own creation, as I accepted the reality of attending my eighth-choice school. After my first taste of perceived failure, I felt it meant I had nothing to give, and I was humiliated down to my core.

Watching me disintegrate into a pink, tearful mass was painful for those near to me. In the bitter, lonely wake of what I felt was the ultimate proof I was nothing special, I regularly forced myself to sleep 12 to 14 hours a day to avoid being conscious.

In college, the improvement in my mindset was slight. My sophomore year, I taped all of my A papers to my wall to console my fragile ego after the occasional B. This display made everyone uncomfortable upon entering my dorm room, their mouths falling into an appropriate cringe, as if overcome by nausea. They knew grades didn’t matter, but I was convinced that perfection was a requirement of adequacy.

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made me appear buffoonish to anyone with real sources of stress, like paying off loans, remaining housed, and affording healthcare. It was melodramatic, fringing on comical, and my family was understandably concerned.

In the fall of 2019, I went to Havana for a semester abroad and was shocked when teachers read students’ grades out loud to the class. I was further surprised when no one appeared humiliated, their faces neutral, their minds already elsewhere. No one went to the bathroom to cry in solitary shame. Instead, after class, we huddled together to gossip and went for a bite to eat on the street.

No one in the class wanted to be a household name someday, whereas I grew up in an environment in which my 14-year-old peers talked openly about their goals of becoming Supreme Court justices, President (of this country and of others), and of dancing with a top-tier ballet company.

For me, that idea, that being distinguished from the norm is not necessary to being a person of worth, was revolutionary. I had never considered the reality that just being alive is enough.

Kids like me who grew up with unhealthy attachments to their ambitions sometimes have existential crises once they achieve their goals, as they were fixated on getting through the gate, never considering what they would do once they got inside. “I just want something stable, where the expectations are clear,” a friend from Cate told me after a punishing first year at Yale.

“Why can’t I just be a nurse or something?”

Who would I be if I had spent my childhood and adolescence thinking in terms of collective, rather than individual success? The intense focus on conspicuous, individual achievements inhibits the development of a genuine sense of self and fosters a breeding ground for teenage narcissism. If we’re all consumed by our own reputations, how are we supposed to work cooperatively? How can we fight for necessary societal changes if we’re more focused on how our activism looks, rather than what it creates?

This obsession with a specific definition of success also sets up dominos of inevitable disappointment, as in today’s economy, simple accomplishments our parents took for granted in their 20s and 30s, like buying a house, getting an entry-level job, and even finding an unpaid internship, are steeper mountains than anticipated.

It is ironic that last year, just after I had begun to consider the potential superiority of an “average” life in which I achieved zero of my childhood dreams, my career unexpectedly took off.

Last September, I began writing world news pieces for VICE while finishing my senior year of college, racking up hundreds of thousands of clicks on some of my more recent articles. My most popular article is about a special breed of marijuana, traditionally grown by Rastafarians, destroyed by an erupting volcano on a tiny Caribbean island. I love this job, and I work hard to avoid ruining it by ruminating on how my career appears to others.

A few months ago, I complained to a friend from college that my articles were not good enough and that I needed to be writing better pieces, longer features, for many more outlets. She rolled her eyes, and I realized I had slipped back into an old pattern. My brain has been coached to search for ladders to climb, even when I am forced to create those ladders out of thin air. Often it seems an impossible task to stop, walk over to the monitor, and turn it off.

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Perspectives

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Cold Politics Trumps Safety in Texas Yet Again

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y now anyone who follows the news knows Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas contracted COVID19 even though he has had both the regular two vaccine injections, and to almost everyone’s surprise, has already received a third booster shot. He received the extra shot despite possibly not being in a category authorized to receive it yet. Within hours of testing positive, Abbott was put on Regeneron’s incredibly effective monoclonal antibody treatment. This is the same drug that was “experimental” when it saved Donald Trump’s life last year, and which very few in the U.S. even know where to get.

Seems like the Governor sought, and has received, special treatment many dying citizens in his state will never live to see.

The Governor received such good treatment that he was already testing negative for COVID as of Sunday.

Turns out COVID was no big deal for Abbott, which may be why he carelessly disregards the health of the citizens of his state, particularly children, who need to get vaccinated (when possible) and wear masks, if they are to keep the Texas hospital system from collapsing. Instead of supporting these important public-health actions, Abbott is forbidding any officials from requiring them. What hypocrisy!

Unfortunately for Texans, and frankly the rest of us Americans, Abbott has engaged in this type of hypocrisy for political advantage for decades. When asked about his main objectives as Texas Attorney General before being elected governor, he sniped, “I go to the office in the morning, sue Barack Obama, and then I go home.” In fact, he filed an amazing 31 suits, 44 if you add the ones he authorized in his first term as governor, against the Obama Administration.

He sought to kill the Affordable Care Act despite personally having free healthcare for life; to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency even though Texas disproportionately suffers from environmental disasters; and, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a key case involving separation of Church and State seeking to permit the display of a large version of the Ten Commandments at the Texas capitol. In keeping with his track record of pandering to the

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Koch Brothers and his other major donors, he blocked the state from issuing its “Tier II Inventory Reports” listing dangerous chemicals that Texans could be accidentally exposed to. The donors got what they wanted — secrecy to engage in poisoning the public — and the citizens he represents will pay the price with their health. Yet, he claims to represent the people of Texas! What hypocrisy.

In his latest act, this Texas hypocrite-in-chief has issued mandates against wearing masks even for school children who can’t yet be vaccinated. Fortunately, major school districts in Austin and Houston are defying Abbott’s order as the cases of infected Texas children skyrockets due to the far more transmissible Delta variant.

According to the Texas Tribune, from July 1 through August 9, children hospitalized in Texas from COVID numbered 783. On August 12, the Houston Chronicle reported that the rate of new pediatric hospitalizations was running at 40 per day and climbing quickly. Because masks are so effective, and because the risk to students and their families is so high, the brave school superintendents and principals in 58 separate school districts in eight separate counties, including Houston’s massive Harris County, have insisted on some form of mask mandate despite the ban. Developments in Texas are advancing rapidly as several state courts, including the State Supreme Court last Thursday, have refused up to this point to uphold the Governor’s “no mask” mandate.

Abbott is a cold political player, but he is no fool. I believe he knows wearing masks in indoor settings (e.g., schools) will, not may, reduce background infections; he knows a percentage of the hundreds of children who have already gotten infected, and the many hundreds more to come, will be hospitalized; and he knows his anti-mask mandate ensures that more children will be harmed.

Given the certainty of the data that vaccinations would save thousands of Texas lives, and that an Abbott “no mask mandate” is likely increasing the rapid spiking of COVID in the last few months, it seems to this neutral observer that it is time to call Abbott’s conduct

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n June, it felt like the end of the pandemic was in sight, but as cases continue to rise, feelings of hopelessness, anger, grief, and frustration are rearing their heads once again. Today we share some tips from psychology writer Stacey Colino on managing that “here we go again” feeling.

Practice acceptance — It may sound silly, but it can be beneficial to practice saying acceptance statements like “I can get through this again” out loud or writing them in your journal.

Find emotional outlets — Try journaling about your anger or sadness when you’re feeling emotionally heated or visualize the release of anger as you exercise.

Embrace the positives — Find joy in what you can do right now like spend time with friends outdoors, exercise, cook great food, and enjoy new hobbies you’ve picked up over the last year.

Shift your attention — If you find yourself heading into a negative headspace, try to actively shift your mind in a more positive direction by going for a walk or putting on a compelling podcast.

Use your experience — The pandemic is a new type of challenge, but this doesn’t mean we can’t address it with old tricks. Think about a challenging time in your life before the pandemic and what helped you get through it.

What are the Benefits of Leisure?

Depends on Your Beliefs About It What do you like to do in your leisure time? Watch TV? Go for a long hike? Whatever you enjoy doing in your free time, a new study from Rutgers University finds that you are more likely to reap the benefits of leisure time if you believe that it is a valuable use of your time.

In the study, researchers asked over 300 people to reflect on what they did on Halloween, whether they enjoyed it, and what their attitudes were towards leisure in general. They found that those who believe leisure time is wasteful enjoyed the holiday less than their peers who valued recreation as a part of a healthy, balanced life.

Are you someone who has a hard time enjoying leisure without feeling guilty or lazy? Don’t worry, the researchers had some tips for changing your beliefs and reaping the benefits of rest. The study recommends taking up purposeful leisure activities like meditation, reading, yoga, or knitting. •MJ something beyond hypocritical. It is time to start calling it what it really is: Child Endangerment. There actually is a Texan Child Endangerment statute (Texas Penal Code Section 22.04) under which Abbott’s crimes could be prosecuted and receive a sentence of two to 20 years in prison.

What about manslaughter?

Technically, manslaughter is the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder. Candidly, I do think Abbott is engaging with “malice aforethought” as he is maliciously looking to sacrifice the safety of Texas children for his own political gain. He knows refusing to let school districts mandate masks is sentencing hundreds of children to illness, and potentially hospitalization or death. Sounds malicious to me. Given his three-dose vaccination and his keeping tabs on where the nearest Regeneron was stashed, sounds like “aforethought” to me.

“Aim for success, not perfection.” — David M. Burns

If convicted of the manslaughter of one person, you can receive up to 20 years in a Texas prison (Texas Penal Code Section 19.04).

While current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will likely never bring those state charges for his own political reasons, it doesn’t mean Abbott will necessarily walk free.

President Biden ordered the U.S. Department of Education to take legal action against governors who have banned universal masking in public schools, and to “get tough” on any governor who is trying to “bock or intimidate” local school authorities. That is not an idle threat. Under Title 42 Of the United States Code annotated, Section 1983 permits civil suits to be filed against organizations or individuals, that can carry large punitive damages, for violating the civil rights of those children.

Shouldn’t we draw a Federal legal line to prevent what’s happening under Abbott’s watch? Think about it, folks!

•MJ 2 – 9 September 2021

Community Voices The Cannabis Kings Meet Yom Kippur

by Jana Zimmer

by playing lawyer for someone else, when I have my own accounts to settle. I’m quite firm about that.

So, I am annoyed, quite annoyed, that this year, the County of Santa Barbara has scheduled a hearing that is important to my client, on Yom

coastal access and recreation on Santa Claus Lane. It boils down to parking deficiencies. If people can’t park, they cannot access the beach, with their umbrellas, and blankets, and coolers and kids’ water toys. And then of course, there is the need

I suggest that, instead of compounding the transgressions of the past, the county should join in the Day of Atonement, and start making amends to the community for the years of rolling due process violations that have thwarted meaningful public input into the whole cannabis implementation fiasco.

The County of Santa Barbara has set a hearing for September 16, which is also Yom Kippur, to discuss a cannabis dispensary on Santa Claus Lane

I

am not a religiously observant Jew, but on Thursday, September 16, I have an appointment with God. Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement — is a once-a-year thing, a standing appointment, and it is important to me. I have kept it on the steps of a temple in France, on a Greek Island, in Prague, wherever I am. When I am in Santa Barbara, the night before, at sunset, I go to the synagogue to hear a chant called Kol Nidre.

It brings my soul back to the bottom of a well in Jerusalem and it always makes me cry identity tears. On the day of, sometimes I stay home in the morning and I play various versions of Avinu Malkeinu (Hebrew: “Our Father, Our King”) on my computer — Barbra Streisand’s is the best.

(I’m old. Maybe Billie Eilish will do a version.) In the afternoon, I go for the Yizkor service, the memorial for the dead. I used to bring my mother

to B’nai B’rith. It was tough. We had a duty to remember those who died by fire. By the gas, first, and then by fire.

And I sat with my mother every year as she steeled herself to remember everyone she had lost, as her most solemn duty.

But the main reason it remains important, for me, to observe Yom Kippur, is that during the High Holy Days, the “gates” of Redemption, I’ll call it, are open. At sunset, they are closed. We bargain with God as the sun sinks into the ocean. Our fate is sealed. We don’t know if we will die that next year, or if so, whether by fire, by water, or by war or pestilence (all are real options, these days), or if we will be spared until the next opening of the gates. But Someone knows.

So, although I don’t attend the services all day, or even sometimes at all, the one thing I absolutely do not do on Yom Kippur is distract my soul

Kippur. In this particular hearing, county staff people are going to discuss a proposed cannabis dispensary on Santa Claus Lane and “advise” the applicant, each from their silo. And do the same for two other dispensaries. I’m guessing there are observant Jews living near all of them, who might have input on this topic, but cannot because they have the same appointment with God that I do.

But when I contacted the planner to ask whether they might continue the matter to the next hearing, one of the 364 days when it is not Yom Kippur, they said, “Oh no, we can’t do that. Staff have already marked their calendars.” Well, God marked my calendar, and that is quite literally set in stone. I didn’t say that, to the pleasant young planner who has no authority and probably has been warned about how difficult I am. So, for now, I have politely requested that the fourth floor issue a directive to change the date.

It’s three weeks’ notice.

The short version of the Santa Claus Lane dispensary debacle is that the cannabis industry, with the knowing acquiescence of county czars and czarinas, has chosen the worst possible site in the county. This is both worse than, and different from, any other cannabis dispensary location because of its direct conflicts with

to explain the armored trucks and armed guards.

For six months, I’ve been pointing out that, under the Coastal Act, the public’s right to coastal access is going to trump the county’s need for tax revenue. Simple as that. But the county cannot bring themselves to admit the error they made at conception, when, behind closed doors — by their own admission — they allowed the industry to designate Santa Claus Lane as an appropriate site. Instead, they are forcing my client, and the community, to go through a year or more of hearings and appeals, only to arrive at the place where they started.

Now, they’ve scheduled the first real opportunity for the public to weigh in on this project on Yom Kippur, the Jewish equivalent of Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Easter all rolled into one.

I suggest that, instead of compounding the transgressions of the past, the county should join in the Day of Atonement, and start making amends to the community for the years of rolling due process violations that have thwarted meaningful public input into the whole cannabis implementation fiasco. There are opportunities to attend Yom Kippur services on Zoom.

The prayer book is translated. I could help them tune in.

•MJ

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MAW event co-chairs Michele Brustin and Stephanie Shuman

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ou can be sure when the Music Academy of the West (MAW) has an affair it will be elegant.

Their opening night gala, “The Return of Miraflores,” was no exception.

There were more than 300 guests in attendance dressed in festive attire and excited to see their old friends once again. The whole event was alfresco in the parking lot, disguised to look like a terrace. There was a grand piano, a player piano, at work on the “terrace” during cocktail hour.

The bar was buzzing.

The three event co-chairs, Michele Brustin as well as Stephanie and Fred Shuman, wanted to say, “Thank you for taking part in this special evening to support the Music Academy and to honor our Distinguished Alumni recipient, Richard O’Neill, and 2021

Summer Festival dedicatees Mary Lynn and Warren Staley. Your support of the Opening Night Gala makes a transformative impact in the lives of our fellows (students) and enriches the Santa Barbara community with affordable world-class music and musical engagement.” There was no auction or fundraising ask during the evening, but donations are always appreciated. They support the summer full scholarship programs.

The grand curtain was opened to the “dining” room for the main extravaganza, so beautifully set with floral arrangements on every table.

During the dinner of fine food and wine we were treated to a musical smorgasbord beginning with faculty artists Jeremy Denk and Conor Hanick playing John Adams’

“Hallelujah Junction.” Then tenor Ben Bliss was accompanied by Nino Sanikidze doing Tchaikovsky and Mozart. He also did lighter fare with “Maria” from West Side Story. The program ended with faculty artists Takács Quartet: Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes, Richard O’Neill, and András Fejér playing Johannes Brahms and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

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On a Mission

by Cassie Lancaster

I

Embracing our Community’s Children

magine a kid.

He’s your son, and he has big plans. He wants to attend college, launch a startup, and make it big. He wants to change the world.

He’s always been like this. He always aims high, and he usually succeeds, even when the odds are stacked against him, which they always seem to be. You’re a single mother, and you never went to college yourself, or even considered it an option. Every dollar you earn as an embroiderer is stretched to the breaking point, and half of every dollar your son earns from his afterschool job at Panda Express helps pay for rent and groceries.

But the odds don’t seem to faze him. When his peers at school want to learn coding, their parents enroll them in a coding boot camp. When your son wants to learn coding, he collects spare parts, builds his own computer, and devours how-to vid-

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You worry, though. Your son is brilliant, diligent, and driven, but you don’t know how to help him reach his full potential. His wealthier peers have private tutors, private coaches, and private college counselors. They have connections.

Your son has none of these things.

Now imagine a community that sees your son the way you do.

Imagine a group of people who sense his potential, and who want him to succeed. They step in, and they give your son the things they give their own kids: the tutors, the counselors, the connections. Your son knows an opportunity when he sees it, so he works harder than ever, and he aims even higher, and he lands a spot at one of the best colleges in the world, UC Berkeley.

Now stop imagining. This kid is not a fictional character. He’s a real person, and his name is Christian Reyes. The community that stepped in to help him isn’t fictional either.

It’s Santa Barbara. It’s us.

It’s you.

I first met Christian at Handlebar, not by accident, but by appointment.

His counselor had nominated him for the Mission Scholars program, raving about his poise and ambition and intelligence. We had to cram his interview into the hour between school and his shift at Panda Express.

I knew within minutes that his counselor was right, and that Christian was special.

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Here’s the rub, though. The battle against inequity doesn’t end with a college acceptance letter. For many low-income students, that’s when the hard part begins. Only 11% of low-income students who make it to college graduate by age 24. Even for students like Christian, who would never, ever consider dropping out, the privileged nature of our top institutions can be daunting and, at times, deeply unfair.

Take internships. While many of his wealthier peers have access to a family network of high-level professionals to help them build their careers during college, Christian does not.

Now imagine a community that sees your son the way you do.

Imagine a group of people who sense his potential, and who want him to succeed.

I know — and you know — that summer internships are a critical opportunity to forge connections and open doors for a student’s future.

They provide essential experience for the intern, and they are also a key recruitment tool for forward-thinking companies. Many low-income students don’t realize this.

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ence and calls them EA’s single best source of new hires, they’re apt to listen.

Christian may not have deep pockets or family connections, but through our program he has access to something better: highly qualified and motivated people from his hometown who want to see him succeed.

For college guidance, we give him his own dedicated college coach, volunteer Erin Morey, a San Marcos High School grad with a Masters in Postsecondary Educational Leadership who is now a Student Advisor at UCSD. For inspiration, Mission Scholars advisory committee member Estefania Contreras, another SMHS grad and a Berkeley Haas alumna, introduced him to other first-generation Cal grads who, like Christian, studied tech and business as students there.

And when Christian needed that internship after his first year at Cal, our program connected him with local data solutions company Carpe Data, who stepped up to the plate, offering him a paid position for the summer.

Christian is not an isolated case.

Our program has many others like him, and many other wonderful volunteers and advisors like Bruzzo, Morey, and Contreras. I love to watch them come together to help make such a profound difference in these students’ lives. I love watching the Santa Barbara community in action.

It’s a special place, and we all know it. It’s not just about the money, either, although that plays a crucial role in our ability to make great things happen. Woven into the fabric of this community is a unique blend of volition and resources, of remarkable goodwill and a capacity to look at a kid like Christian and imagine, just for a moment, that he is our own.

After all, he is.

•MJ

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Brilliant Thoughts (Continued from page 11)

narrowest sense, of being first published in the U.S. My humor, such as it is, has always been seen as basically British. In fact, when I took some of my early work to England (where I’d been born and partly raised), people there, when I showed it to them, used to say things like “No doubt it will be popular over here (which it was), but in the States, people will never understand it.”

What is this thing called “humor” anyway? The word’s meaning has changed over the centuries, but nowadays the ultimate test is, does it make you laugh? In case you still think that all cultures laugh at the same things, one classic contradictory example shows the difference between British and German senses of humor.

During World War I, Punch magazine published a cartoon showing two British soldiers examining a ruined building. In one wall, there is a huge hole. “What made that?” asks one of the Tommies, and the other replies “Mice!”

Even with the war still on, the publishers of a German humor magazine reprinted this cartoon, with a correct translation. But the editors felt obliged to add a footnote, explaining that “the hole was not, of course, made by mice, but by a German shell.”

Generally speaking, however, laughter is international — perhaps never more so than in the case of so-called “slapstick” humor — which derives its name from a hinged stick which was devised centuries ago to make a loud “slapping” noise, when a performer was struck with it. Even today, audiences all over the world seem to enjoy that same kind of humor, which is based on people behaving violently towards each other, or suffering accidently, e.g., by falling down open manholes, slipping on banana peels, or simply by having something like a wall fall on them. And no words are necessary, which is why some of the old silent movie comedies are still enjoyably funny today.

But to me, the most hilarious humor is the unintentional kind, when somebody says or does something, not trying to be funny at all. Once, at school in England, I myself was the guilty party. We were having a class discussion about theater admission prices, and I said, “I object to the tax on the seats.” There was a pause, and somebody said, “Then why don’t you take them off?” It took some time for me to realize why everybody was laughing.

At that same school, the longest and loudest laughter I can ever remember hearing came when a very prim female art teacher was explaining to our drawing class how clothing follows the contours of the body. When drawing a clothed woman, she said quite innocently, “You’ve got to feel the leg beneath the skirt.”

•MJ

Cannabis

Smells Like Compromise:

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Cannabis Farmers, Activist Group Strike Deal to Address Odor Issues

fter months of back-and-forth stemming from ongoing concerns over what some claim is a stench of cannabis throughout Carpinteria Valley, the Santa Barbara Coalition of Responsible Cannabis and CARP (Cannabis Association for Responsible Producers) Growers have struck a deal to “resolve odor issues in a proactive and cooperative way” across the valley.

According to a co-authored release, the “agreement holds all CARP Growers member farms accountable to a partnership with the coalition and a detailed odor abatement plan outlining a new expanded odor response process, and a comprehensive program to develop and implement next-generation odor technologies. Community engagement in the plan will be encouraged for reporting, investigating and resolving cannabis odor incidents.”

It was met with applause by Graham Farrar, one of the area’s top cannabis farmers with his Glass House Farms brand.

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“Two groups trying to resolve an issue versus trying to bring back prohibition,” Farrar told the Montecito Journal. “Both the growers and the coalition were collaborative and constructive — community working together is what community is all about.”

The coalition was formed in 2019, with the goal of advocating for closer oversight of cannabis farming and potential odor obstacles throughout Santa Barbara County.

Part of its work is appealing cannabis projects that don’t meet what it deems its own community focused standards.

“All CARP Growers members will comply with that program, and unlike today, odor will not be tolerated in schools, parks, and public areas,” said Rob Salomon, a coalition board member.

“We credit CARP Growers and its member farms for coming to the table with sincere dedication and a shared interest to make local cannabis farming better.”

-Nick Masuda •MJ

County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF HEARING:

September 14, 2021

SUBJECT:

Extension and Amendment of Temporary COVID-19 Zoning Ordinances Amendments County Administration Building, Board Hearing Room, Fourth Floor 105 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara Virtual Hearing begins at 9:00 A.M.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: On Tuesday September 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider the recommendations of the County and Montecito Planning Commissions regarding ordinance amendments concerning extending and amending temporary zoning ordinance regulations related to COVID-19 and including economic recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.

Proposed Ordinance Amendments. The ordinance amendments extend the expiration of temporary allowances to suspend compliance with certain requirements of approved permits, nonconforming uses, and a hardship time extension to accommodate physical distancing due to the COVID-19 virus and/or to support the subsequent economic recovery. The temporary allowances are currently set to expire when the Board of Supervisors terminates the proclaimed Santa Barbara County Local Emergency from the COVID-19 virus or when the COVID-19 provisions are terminated by ordinance amendment. The proposed amendments will extend the ordinance expiration date to the earlier of June 30, 2023 or another date as determined by the Board of Supervisors, or when the COVID-19 provisions are terminated by ordinance amendment, and to make other amendments to support economic recovery.

The project to be considered by the Board of Supervisors includes the following items: a)

Montecito Land Use and Development Code (Case No. 20ORD-00000-00007): i) Make the findings for approval of the MLUDC Ordinance Amendment, including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings, of the proposed Ordinance; ii) Determine that the adoption of this MLUDC Ordinance Amendment is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), 15301, 15303, and 15305; and iii) Adopt the Ordinance (Case No. 21ORD-00000-00007) amending Section 35-2, the Santa Barbara County Montecito Land Use and Development Code (MLUDC), of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code.

b)

Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Case No. 21ORD-00000-00006): i) Make the findings for approval of the Article II Ordinance Amendment, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance; ii) Determine that the adoption of this Article II Ordinance Amendment is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), 15301, 15303, 15305, and 15265; and iii) Adopt the Ordinance (Case No. 20ORD-00000-00009) amending Article II, the Santa Barbara County Coastal Zoning Ordinance, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code.

c)

Land Use and Development Code (Case No. 21ORD-00000-00005): i) Make the findings for approval of the LUDC Ordinance Amendment, including CEQA findings, of the proposed Ordinance; ii) Determine that the adoption of this LUDC Ordinance Amendment is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), 15301, 15303, and 15305; and iii) Adopt the Ordinance (Case No. 20ORD-00000-00010) amending Section 35-1, the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code.

Please see the posted agenda and staff report available on the Thursday prior to the meetings at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged or the item may be continued.

The project involves a legislative act including Ordinance Amendments to the Land Use and Development Code (LUDC), Montecito Land Use and Development Code (MLUDC), and the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II).

Therefore, please be advised that the Montecito Planning Commission reviewed Case No. 21ORD00000-00007 and 21ORD-00000-00006 on August 4, 2021, and recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the Ordinance Amendment to the MLUDC, and the County Planning Commission reviewed Case Nos. 21ORD-00000-00005 and 21ORD-00000-00006 on August 4, 2021 and recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the Ordinance Amendments to the LUDC and Article II to authorize extending the ordinance expiration date to the earlier of June 30, 2023, or when the COVID-19 provisions are terminated by ordinance amendment and making other amendments to support economic recovery. The County Planning Commission also recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider revising the expiration of this ordinance amendment to October 31, 2023 to allow businesses to continue to operate under this Ordinance Amendment through the summer.

On June 11, 2021 and effective immediately, Governor Newsom issued Executive Orders N-07-21 and N08-21, which rescinded some prior Executive Orders related to COVID-19, but Executive Order N-08-21 additionally states some prior Executive Orders related to COVID-19 still remain necessary to help California respond to, recover from, and mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. For current and alternative methods of public participation for the meeting of September 14, 2021, please see page two (2) of the posted Agenda.

For additional information, please contact Jeff Wilson, Assistant Director, at: Email: jewilson@countyofsb.org | Tel: 805-568-2085 If you challenge these projects (Case Nos. 21ORD-00000-00005, 21ORD-00000-00006, and/or 21ORD00000-00007) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing.

Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 p.m. on Friday before the Board meeting at (805) 568-2240.

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Far Flung Travel

‘Mystery Bird’:

by Chuck Graham

Getting to Know the Ashy Storm Petrel

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t was 9:30 pm, and I was kayaking out to Scorpion Rock, a half-mile east of Scorpion Anchorage on Santa Cruz Island. I was meeting up with several nocturnal seabird biologists finishing their last round of mist netting for 2021 of the secretive ashy storm petrels on the Channel Islands National Park.

If I didn’t know better while approaching Scorpion Rock, I would’ve thought I was attending a concert (albeit of the pelagic avian variety) at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. The fog was thick and dewy. I could see the wispy mist drifting by in the beam of my headlamp. I also saw long beams of light casting brightly off Scorpion Rock where the biologists were busy setting up their mist net. At least 10 private boaters were anchored due east at nearby Little Scorpion Anchorage, various lights illuminated from the top of their masts. As I drew closer to Scorpion Rock, a cacophony of pelagic birdsong bellowed from an MP3 player off the guano encrusted volcanic crag as the sounds wafted upward into the canopy of overcast.

“They are a mystery bird,” said seabird biologist Katy Carter, operations manager for the California Institute of Environmental Studies, who has spent many nights mist netting on Scorpion Rock. “There’s not a lot known about them.”

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After securing my kayak above the high tide mark, I soon joined the seabird crew huddled together amongst dormant giant coreopsis and bushels of saltbush. The soft rattling calls of the ashy storm petrel blurted away from the MP3 player. They had already banded four petrels. It wasn’t another 15 minutes before biologists were busy banding another one of these smokey-colored seabirds.

“They are super aerodynamic,” said Mike Parker, executive director of California Institute of Environmental Studies, as he approached the net for the petrel. “They can see the net. They have great eyesight.”

The ashy storm petrel was gently disentangled and then handled by biologists. Blood was taken for mercury levels. The petrel was measured and weighed and then banded. Then the bird was gently laid on its back in the palm of a biologist to scour its midsection for the brood patch to see if they are breeding.

Their entire lifecycle is documented as biologists gather an index of population densities. If the birds survive, they’ll return to their same nesting site at Scorpion Rock year after year. Afterwards, Parker held the petrel close and walked away from the rest of us to release the seabird back into the pelagic void.

With a flight pattern like that of a bat, the world population of these nocturnal seabirds is 10-12 thousand breeding pairs, and 45% of the entire population utilizes the Channel Islands for breeding and nesting. The Channel Islands are ideal nesting habitat for them, the porous, volcanic rock allowing them to find concealed sites hidden from predators like gulls, ravens, barn owls, and peregrine falcons. The remote Farallon Islands to the north, 27 miles off the San Francisco Bay, are the petrels’ other prominent nesting site.

“Sense of smell is off the hook,” continued Parker. “Their olfactory senses are ridiculous. Possibly helps them find their way. Super phenomenal.”

Their beaks, with a useful spur at the end of it, helps them feed on fish eggs and little shrimp as they travel throughout their limited range from Mendocino in Northern California south to Baja California.

Ironically, these seafaring petrels that live much of their lives on the water do not enjoy saltwater in their food. At a closer inspection, ashy storm petrels come physically equipped with their own tubal desalination plant.

Attached above their beaks is their “tubenoses.” When feeding they can process the salt out of their food through their tube above the beak.

Long-lived

Every time one of the petrels flew into the mist net there was a charge of excitement, all the petrels seemingly relaxed in the hands of biologists.

The seabird crew handled the petrels deftly. The birds appeared fragile, but hardy at the same time where they spend so many challenging days at sea.

As delicate as they seem, ashy storm petrels are long-lived and can survive for 25 years.

As I kayaked back to Scorpion Anchorage, bioluminescence appeared with each stroke of my paddle. The beams of light coming from Scorpion Rock faded into darkness behind me, and my warm sleeping bag beckoned back in the canyon.

The biologists banded nine petrels in all that dewy night. Banding assists in population indexes up and down the West Coast. Each bird matters, the Channel Islands being the main hub for these reticent, night-loving seabirds. •MJ

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The Giving List

by Steven Libowitz

Santa Barbara:

The Epicenter of (Direct) Relief An air charter destined for Haiti that includes 165 pallets of medicines, emergency medical backpacks, IV solutions, medical tents, and other resource to help hospitals care for people affected by the recent earthquake

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irect Relief has been so efficient at serving as one of the country’s most effective humanitarian assistance organizations that it’s easy to overlook the scope and the scale of what the nonprofit achieves.

Just last week alone, for example, Direct Relief airlifted a huge planeload of medical supplies and other equipment to Haiti after the earthquake while at the same time responding similarly to wildfires in Northern California, Oregon, and Minnesota, and delivering 1.75 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico while also helping Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics administer the injections at its own headquarters. Not to mention its regular programs providing medicines and supplies on an ongoing basis to poverty-stricken locales.

That multi-pronged capability is one of the main ingredients that has made Direct Relief so successful as one of the world’s premier nonprofits, said Heather Bennett, Direct Relief’s vice president of partnerships and philanthropy.

“It’s part of what makes us unique, that at any given moment we’re directly responding to a number of major emergencies locally, nationally, and internationally,” she said.

It also helps that the organization is entirely apolitical and doesn’t take any government money, but is instead entirely funded by philanthropy.

“That makes us an ideal partner to help broker these transportation arrangements,” explained Tony Moran, the organization’s vice president of communications. “We’re able to facilitate the transportation of vaccines donated by the U.S. government to Mexico as well as moving Mexico-manufactured vaccines to Central and South America.”

Direct Relief’s COVID campaign started soon after the coronavirus started closing the country, with the nonprofit stepping in to fill a vital role via its ability to move much more rapidly than government bureaucracy might allow, with the organization quickly becoming the largest provider of PPE globally over the last 18 months making sure doctors were able to wear something more protective than garbage bags when treating infectious patients afflicted with the virus.

“Governments are really stretched at every level,” Bennett said. “They’re really pressured but they’re maxed out right now. We’ve been able to step up as one of the largest charities in the country to be able to fill that gap, providing public service on a private and humanitarian basis, and step into that role to help governments out.”

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But perhaps what’s most astonishing is that all these massive humanitarian aid projects and virtually all Direct Relief’s efforts originate here in our comparatively tiny town.

“We were born and raised in Santa Barbara and have been here for more than 70 years,” Moran said. “Our global headquarters is in Santa Barbara and all of these medicines, all of these supplies that are being delivered across the country and around the world for emergencies, they’re coming out of Santa Barbara. This is a really tangible thing that is happening right here in our own backyard.”

“Our global headquarters is in Santa Barbara and all of these medicines, all of these supplies that are being delivered across the country and around the world for emergencies, they’re coming out of Santa Barbara. This is a really tangible thing that is happening right here in our own backyard.”

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But while Direct Relief is locally based, its relationships extend like tentacles to municipalities, nations, and other organizations around the world. Which is why a plane carrying much-needed medical supplies could take off for Port-au-Prince almost even before the shaking from the massive earthquake had stopped.

“We have relationships with hospitals and healthcare facilities in over a hundred countries and all 50 U.S. states,” Bennett explained. “When a disaster happens, we don’t call and just say ‘Nice to meet you. What can we do?’ We’ve built trusted relationships over decades through providing medicines and supplies on an ongoing basis every day — not just during disasters. So, when a disaster does happen, we do what we’ve already been doing. We just do more of it faster.”

What’s also helped Direct Relief respond so effectively to earthquakes and hurricanes is its commitment to following a learning curve.

“We don’t respond to one disaster in isolation,” Moran said. “We’re often coming off another recent response, and one informs the other. The massive, prolonged blackout in Puerto Rico taught us a lot about the precariousness of power and the problems of an unreliable grid, which allowed us to respond better in California when the power shut offs began. When there’s a fire in California, it helps us determine what supplies are going to be needed when responding to one in Australia. What we’re doing in different parts of the world helps us understand the common elements of disaster response.”

The Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow in 2017-18 — during which Disaster Relief got as hands-on as possible, with staff members and volunteers handing out face masks in parking lots — also gave the organization something else that only a local disaster can generate.

“Something on that scale hadn’t happened in our local community before,” Bennett said. “Not only did it bring a different insight and perspective but also that element of empathy because now we’d suffered here too. Some of our staff lost homes, most of us were evacuated at one time or another. It made us a better disaster response organization.”

So, the nonprofit is even more ready to assist if another wildfire threatens Santa Barbara, with deep relationships with Montecito Fire and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, among others, including helping to raise money for the Firehawk helicopter and otherwise equipping firefighters in town.

“God forbid there’s something and it happens again in Santa Barbara, we’re definitely ready to mobilize that same day,” Bennett said.

The impact of the local connection in all of Direct Relief’s operations can’t be overstated.

Not only are most supplies stored and shipped from the organization’s 155,000 square foot warehouse near the airport, but the majority of its funding comes from the Santa Barbara community, Moran said.

“People around the world are surprised that Direct Relief is based in Santa Barbara, and they wonder why a global humanitarian organization wouldn’t be closer to a major airport or port,” he said. But the reason why Direct Relief even exists is a testament to Santa Barbara. It’s very much an expression of Santa Barbara’s philanthropic capacity and generosity.”

Visit Direct Relief at www.directrelief.org. Heather Bennett can be reached at (805) 879-4934.

•MJ

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Kismet (Continued from page 12) sional genius and feel an amazing sense of awe and gratitude for the skills displayed. While budget and technical constraints have required alterations, I am certain that Jim will find solutions. As I began writing this article, the costume designer from New York arrived in Santa Barbara in order to measure and plan the costumes for the State Street Ballet and their wonderful dancers.

The principal costumes will be constructed by Bethany Joy Costumes in New York City. The select ensemble costumes will be constructed by Kjersten Lester-Moratzka in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and the select millinery and crafts will be created

by Arnold Levine in New York City.

Unfortunately, our plans for bringing in silks, as well as other materials (with the help from my colleagues in India) had to be abandoned as COVID exploded in India and we had to fall back to fabric houses in New York.

The casting also affects the costumes. We discovered that the costumes for two of the lead roles could not be designed until casting had been completed since they had to be designed around the body types of the actor and actress who have only recently been cast.

Given the time lapse between

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Kismet offers a unique perspective on a cherished classic. The creative team of Kismet includes cultural consultant Naila Al Atrash (professor at NYU specializing in Arab Theater and Film studies), who is acting as our liaison to middle eastern cultures. Our casting team, Peter Van Dam and Afsheen Misaghi, are actively reaching out to performers in the MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia region) community to find our lead cast members, and every effort is being made to respectfully represent Kismet’s Middle Eastern inspired world.

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when Kismet was first created on Broadway in the 1950s and now, our understanding of our growing sensitivity to other cultures made it important to work with a specialist to better understand and bring to the stage and the audience a newer and fully nuanced respect and appreciation for the cultural differences over the centuries.

With a desire to share the timeless story and lush melodies with today’s audiences, this new production of

seeing the set designer’s work for the first time. Even on Zoom it was possible to recognize professional genius and feel an amazing sense of awe and gratitude for the skills displayed.

Casting has been a challenge due to COVID. All the casting has been done via Zoom. It’s been exciting watching

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the auditions and making recommendations for the leading roles.

I can hardly wait to see the great results that are rapidly coming to life with rehearsals in New York for the leading roles next month!

The exciting new choreography by William (Bill) Soleau has been in the works since mid-May. Kismet was first choreographed by the legendary Jack Cole. His version first appeared on Broadway which won the Tony in 1954. For the past few months, as we are preparing Kismet for the Granada stage, Bill has started to create the dance numbers which will be integral to the show.

One new twist is that the overture to the show will now be an original choreographed opening which has never been done before. Our State Street Ballet dancers will be playing multiple characters and parts in this production. Having worked with Nir Kabaretti and the Symphony on many productions, Bill is looking forward to this collaboration and especially with Broadway’s legendary Lonny Price as director who is bringing the production to life. The choreography will all be new and original to this new version that will grace the Granada stage in October.

I hope that this article will give you a sense of the stunning number of details that go into theatrical production. •MJ

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Seen (Continued from page 24 24)) Past SBMA women’s board presidents Fran Morrow, Jeanne Fulkerson, Helene Segal, Leisa Cosentino, and Julie Blair, the current president

SBMA Board President Nicholas Mutton and wife, Rosemary

200 public events annually including faculty, guest artists and fellows, master classes, orchestra, and chamber music concerts. This is under the stewardship of executive director Scott Reed. He should be proud!

Grand Reopening

After six long years of renovation and $50 million, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) has reopened its doors to the public. As Mercedes Eichholz Director and CEO Larry

Feinberg put it, “If you’re wondering where all the money went, realize that much of it is out of sight like seismic retrofitting; replacement of mechanical, air handling, and climate control systems; replacement of aging roofs; improved ventilation; creation of new storage and conservation areas to safeguard a growing collection, and construction of a new art receiving facility and loading dock to ensure safe and efficient movement of art into and out of the building.”

Larry went on to say, “We can’t wait to share old favorites from the collection after years in storage and to present new exhibitions and installations that will help visitors understand the objects in a new light.” The renovation makes it possible to show more of the 27,000 objects from the permanent collection. There was an opening reception for donors and major supporters recently which began on the terrace in front of the State Street doors. A quartet of musicians added background music along with a busy bar.

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Once inside, there was a champagne toast and the galleries were open for browsing. You need to visit to view it all — it would take pages to write about. Some of the movers and shakers were board chair Nick Mutton and wife Rosemary, Joan Davidson and Marshall Milligan, John Bishop, Ken Anderson, Pat Aoyama, Betsy Atwater, and Starr Siegele.

“SBMA pledges to use its art and resources to transform and enrich the lives of people in our community and beyond.”

Petal to the Metal

Lotusland’s fabulous summer soirée was dazzling as usual, this time mixing motors (cars) with Ganna Walska plants. As quoted by the Los Angeles Times, “For Walska, plants were more than plants; they were colors to paint with, a family to nurture, characters to direct.”

The 30 cars were all privately owned and all Italian, who are renowned for their sense of style and taste. From art and architecture to food and fashion, all things Italian stand out. No surprise that their cars are known world over. This day there were $100 million worth of cars parked all around Lotusland. Pretty impressive!

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Leslie Cunningham, Lotusland board chair, and Rebecca Anderson, executive director

Co-chairs for the Lotusland fête Caroline Thompson and David Jones

When I lived in Naples, Italy, for three years we drove one of the Italians’ iconic cars, the Fiat 500 or as we called it, the Cinquecento (means 500 in Italian). It was perfect for racing across the busy streets of Napoli where people used to cross themselves when the light turned green. It was perfect for the cramped coastal roads and tiny hilltop towns — a micro car for the masses.

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Along the main drive was a clever corner called Madame’s Moment, sponsored by the Caroline Kramer Faust Foundation featuring photos of the Madame herself in various cars — Rolls Royces and such. It was known she usually had a chauffeur because she didn’t like to drive.

back our Garden friends and family for an unforgettable day celebrating the preservation and beauty of this community treasure.” The car show was curated by Lotusland volunteers Ron Hein with Paul Hageman and Andrew Tymkiw. Honorary chair was Hania Puacz Tallmadge.

There were not only cars tucked in every nook and cranny, but many were placed with art installations.

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Caroline Thompson, co-chair of Lotusland Celebrates Petal to the Metal, exclaimed, “The entire event is a spectacular showcase, representing the best of classic Italian automobile design and fine art, set in one of the most beautiful gardens in the world.”

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CALENDAR 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, SEPTEMBER 2 1st Thursday Art — After something of a false start due to the devastating delta variant of COVID-19 descending on downtown before the new mask mandate went into effect — there was no official cancellation, but only a handful of places participated — the Downtown Organization’s signature monthly art-and-culture event is finally back in full force. A couple of locations are not back, but only because today marks their first 1st Thursday. Maison Santa Barbara (323 Paseo Nuevo) hosts its grand opening as a boutique offering a collection of fine vintage and antique estate items for the home. The highlighted artist for September is Lindsey Nobel, whose original abstract and sometimes surrealistic paintings range from monochrome works with fine lines to vibrant and colorful paintings and other media… Also debuting is the nearby new space from Santa Barbara Visual Artists Fine Art Gallery (101 Paseo Nuevo) where visitors can experience a professionally

curated and spacious art gallery with a wide variety of art from sculptures to paintings… Board & Brush Creative Studio (31 East Canon Perdido St.) is also participating in 1st Thursday for the first time and invites all to see their brand-new Creative Art studio; visitors may participate in a small “Do it Yourself” wood design project while learning more about B&B’s DIY wood sign workshops… Over at the new-ish Santa Barbara Fine Art (1321 State St.) two new exhibitions are on view: “Sense of Place” by Oak Group member Michael Enriquez and a show of new pastel works by Morgan Green, Terri Taber, Linda Mutti, and Kris Buck…. Waterhouse Gallery (1114 State Street in La Arcada Court), an old standby, welcomes back the 1st Thursday travelers with figurative works, interiors and cityscapes by some of today’s finest nationally known local and Oak Group artists.

Dubbed “Local Treasures,” the exhibit features a multitude of artists, many of whom will be present tonight, including Ray Hunter, Derek Harrison, Wyllis Heaton, Camille Dellar, Ann

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Highlights of ‘Highlights’ — Highlights for Children magazine, which has been mainly geared to (and endeared to) elementary school students with stories and puzzles for children ages 6-12 for 75 years, saw its circulation top out at 2.8 million copies back in 1995, as the magazine was a staple for so many kids in those formative years. That was also right around the time Christine French Cully became the editor in chief of Highlights, with expanding duties that now include responsibility for shaping the editorial direction of all the company’s products that include a book division and its digital products for kids. Now, she’s also curated a collection of correspondence from the kids, poring over the tens of thousands of letters that have been sent to the magazine every year from children sharing their hopes and dreams, worries and concerns, as if they were writing to a trusted friend. From the beginning, the editors at Highlights have answered every child individually and now Cully — who has answered thousands herself — has turned the selected letters, emails, drawings, and poems into a book called Dear Highlights. The book provides a unique, inside look at American childhood and captures a child’s-eye view of some of the most important events of the past 75 years, including the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Challenger Disaster, September 11, and the current COVID-19 pandemic. Cully’s insightful narrative culminates as a call to action for adults to lean in and listen to children, so that kids know that they matter and what they think matters, and to assure them that they have the power to become people who change the world.

Tonight, Cully carries on a conversation with Chaucer’s Books Mike Takeuchi, in a discussion that should be both nostalgic and inspiring.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82003002106 COST: Free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com/event

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by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Stripped-down Classic — The UCSB Department of Theater and Dance’s Naked Shakes holds as its mission presenting energetic, exciting, raw, and vibrant productions of works

by Shakespeare using only the power of the actors and the Bard’s language to shape the show. In the past, that meant employing the barren physical theater space to take on the identity of whatever locale or piece of poetic language is described without props or scenery. As the first in-person performance at UCSB in 18 months, however, Naked Shakes’ Twelfth Night will take place outdoors on the Commencement Green by the lagoon on campus, which might very well be an enhanced setting as the play is an outrageous comic tale of mistaken identities, this time a post-shipwreck tale of look-alike siblings evincing a classic Shakespeare romantic comedy containing all the beloved tropes of the genre.

Audience members need to bring their own blankets or chairs, the latter of which they might fall out of with laughter. Naked Shakes founder Irwin Appel directs. (Note: the production will be presented again October 1-3 as part of the academic season.)

WHEN: 5 pm today & tomorrow, 1 pm Sunday WHERE: UCSB Commencement Green COST: Free INFO: www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/news/event/892

Sanders, Thomas Van Stein, Nancy Davidson, Rick Garcia, and Ellie Freudenstein… An even more venerable venue, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1130 State St.) celebrates its first 1st Thursday back in its Family Resource Center where Museum Teaching Artists will help you create brightly colored abstract geometric collages layered with soft shapes in chalk pastel, inspired by Eamon Ore-Giron’s 2019 work “Infinite Regress LXV.” Parents and older kids, of course, might be more interested in checking out the massive remodeling of the main building that took more than six years to complete.

WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets COST: Free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/ events/1st-thursday Emphasis on Entertainment — Visitors can only do so much gazing at art, so it seems, at least given the several venues that are beckoning the meandering masses with music and other temptations. Do No Harm, a five-piece multi-genre Santa Barbara-based band formed 14 years ago, are considered one of locals’ favorites as a dance band for all occasions whose styles range from rock, R&B, soul and Motown to jazz, disco, blues, and country. Hear them

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” – Sydney J. Harris

in the plaza at 401 Paseo Nuevo…

Area 51, the veteran party-dance band whose popularity dwarfs all others in town, gets the special slot at Roar & Pour at 1212 State St., a program presented in collaboration with the Granada Theatre, Opera Santa Barbara, and The Good Lion that has been doing the free outdoor music thing for about six months.

With Area 51’s power-packed sets of top hits with propulsive beats, dancing in the streets is a must.

Afterward, head inside The Good Lion for the official 1st Thursday After Hours party, too… Slightly off the beaten path geographically, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum (136 East De La Guerra St.) which is finally shutting down its Fiesta exhibition, you might also find your feet fixin’ to move to the sounds of local guitar hero Tony Ybarra and Friends in the beautiful courtyard while you sip on wine and then check out the art and artifacts inside… Off the beaten track in a different way, Tondi Gelato (401 Paseo Nuevo) offers eye candy, or at least what they call edible art in the manner of all-natural Italian gelato made on-site entirely from scratch using their own recipes and traditional methods. Grab a cup or cone and enjoy live music, outdoor games, and a crafting station.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Send Off Sunday — Music in the Garden at the Solvang Theaterfest comes to a close for the summer with a show by the well-traveled Montecito band Doublewide Kings. The quintet that plays classic rock with a technical fervor that belies their laidback attitude just played Roar & Pour in front of the Granada, but you’ll have to head up to the Danish village to see them do their thing today in the final concert before the venue undertakes its ambitious renovation project encompassing enhancing the technical and audience experience in sight, sound, and structure.

WHEN: 3-5 pm WHERE: 420 2nd Street, Solvang COST: $30 INFO: (805) 686-1789 or www.solvangfestivaltheater.org

COST: Free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/ events/1st-thursday SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 House Music in the House — EOS brings the noise with a house music double bill that might shake the foundation of the buildings. Sage Armstrong, who began making waves in the house music scene with his debut Dirtybird release “What’s Yo Tempetcha?” has combined his Southern upbringing with exposure to a multitude of genres that continue to inspire his creative flow in the studio and on

stage producing a vibe of bouncy underground beats with original vocals. Arnold & Lane is a collaborative house music duo based out of Los Angeles who had its breakout in 2017 and has solidified itself as one of the most dynamic and magnetic artists to emerge onto the electronic music scene. The duo’s trademark sound and stage presence push the limits of its genres of house, tech, breaks, bassline, and booty with a synthesis and creative reboot all its own.

WHEN: 8 pm-2 am WHERE: EOS Lounge, 500 Anacapa St. COST: $5 INFO: (805) 564-2410 or www.eoslounge.com •MJ

One of the special cars on display at Lotusland

Ganna liked convertibles and said in her memoir: “I always drive in an open car — winter and summer, sun, or snow — for only rain forces me to put the top up.”

The Italians were always known for their racing cars and crews. The focus on sports cars made names like Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Lancia, Lamborghini, and Fiat known round the world. Racing wasn’t all that mattered, so did beauty. The Italians have created some of the greatest cars of all time and we saw many examples this day at Lotusland.

Executive Director Rebecca

LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE It’s Fun! It’s Challenging!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 D-day at the Lobero — The last time Jakob Dylan stepped on stage at the Lobero was more than two years ago during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival when the scion of folk-rock legend Bob Dylan was promoting Echo In The Canyon, the affectionate documentary that looks back at a the mid-1960s when Hollywood’s Laurel Canyon was a creative nexus for young, innovative musicians such as the Byrds and the Mamas & the Papas. Dylan was not only the host and interviewer for the film, but he also spearheaded a four-song set with many of the musicians from the Los Angeles concert captured in the movie. Now Dylan is returning in his more familiar guise as the leader of The Wallflowers, although the band members won’t be so familiar as they are, once again, a new cast of musicians as is the singer-songwriter’s wont in recording and touring. The show comes on the heels of July’s release of The Wallflowers’ first album in nine years titled Exit Wounds, which takes stock of the massive changes in society since 2017. Says Dylan: “Everybody — no matter what side of the aisle you’re on — we’re all taking a lot of exit wounds with us wherever we’re going next. Nobody is the same as they were four years ago.” Fittingly, the record rocks with ferocious full-band electric arrangements as if the attack can wash away the panic and the combination of anxiety and hope in writing songs “during a time when the world felt like it was falling apart.”

Hear the results live for the first time tonight.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $57 & $67 ($106 VIP tickets include premier seating and a pre-show reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com 2 – 9 September 2021

Anderson said the sold-out event (more than 500 guests garnering $500,000) was really two events. The first began at noon with exploring the gardens and Concours exhibition, music, and beverages. The second part began late afternoon and featured dinners at small tables throughout the gardens. These events allow the gardens to exist since a maximum of 15,000 visitors a year won’t sustain the place.

This posh event was made possible because of the dozens of volunteers — a hard act to follow for next year. Be sure to book a visit! •MJ

Beginning Bridge Lessons at the Santa Barbara Bridge Center Tuesdays, Sept. 14-Nov. 16, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Tuition for the ten classes is $200, which includes textbook and materials.

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

Call instructor Nancy Trotter, 805-687-0130, to reserve your space.

Participants must be fully vaccinated and proof of vaccination shown at the first class.

Santa Barbara Bridge Center, 2255 Las Positas Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93105

• The Voice of the Village •

In addition to classes, Santa Barbara Bridge Center offers games sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL).

Visit the club’s website for information about games and classes. www.santabarbarabridge.com

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Casa Royale, 110 Calle Palo Colorado, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Mark S. Cronin, 110 Calle Palo Colorado, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 13, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0002361.

Published September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Medicine Women Health Consulting, LLC, 139 Potrero Ln, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Medicine Women Health Consulting, LLC, 133 E. De La Guerra St. #166, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 23, 2021.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0002445.

Published September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Extreme Grout Clean, 834 W Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Manuel V Barajas, 834 W Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Deborah D Barajas, 834 W Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 6, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0002285. Published August 18, 25, September 1, 8, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rose Café Salsa of Santa Barbara, 834 W Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Manuel V Barajas, 834 W Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Deborah D Barajas, 834 W Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 4, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN No. 2021-0002267. Published August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CBDANDFREE.COM, 5142 Hollister Avenue Num 552, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara

ORDINANCE NO. 6019

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the proposed Development Agreement between the City of Santa Barbara and 711 N. Milpas Partners, L.P. for the property located at 701 N. Milpas Street (formerly 711 N. Milpas Street) (APN 031-121-025) (PLN2015-00561). The site is zoned C-G, Commercial General and has a General Plan land use designation of Commercial/ High Density Residential/ Priority Housing Overlay (37-63 du/ac). The proposed Development Agreement would allow the owner to pursue approval of revisions to a previously-approved project.

The revised project would increase the number of rental housing units from seventy-six (76) to eighty-two (82), designate sixteen (16) of those units as moderate-income affordable units, increase the building height from 45 feet to 48 feet with some portions a maximum of 52 feet, and alter the architecture to Spanish Mediterranean style. The project would also include 1,365 square feet of commercial space.

The project includes 104 residential parking spaces, including 22 spaces created by mechanical parking lifts, and 6 commercial parking spaces.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY

If you challenge the Council's action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

California.

You are invited to attend this public hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

In order to promote social distancing and prioritize the public’s health and well-being, the City Council currently holds all meetings electronically. As a public health and safety precaution, the Council chambers will not be open to the general public. Councilmembers and the public may participate electronically.

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

OFSANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE

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/S/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager Published September 1, 2021 Montecito Journal

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BARBARA AND SENSEEKER ENGINEERING, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, FOR 1,520 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE AT BUILDING 223 AND SURROUNDING AREAS LOCATED AT 94 FREDRICK LOPEZ ROAD The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on August 17, 2021.

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

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 6019 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on August 10, 2021 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on August 17, 2021, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

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Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy

Murillo NOES:

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LOVENOPAIN.COM LLC, 5142 Hollister Avenue Num 552, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 3, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN No. 2021-0002236. Published August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 21CV03216. To all interested parties: Petitioner Hilary Suzanne Molina filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to

Hilary Suzanne Lyn. 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 August 19, 2021 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: October 15, 2021 at 10 am in Dept.

4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 8/25, 9/1, 9/8, 9/15

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on August 18, 2021.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on August 18, 2021.

/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published September 1, 2021 Montecito Journal

“You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.” – Les Brown

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Village Beat (Continued from page 6)

Your Westmont (Continued from page 14 14)) A sample from Scott Anderson’s Play series

Nathan Huff’s “All the Light We Almost See”

Natasha Bedingfield will join Krieger at the garden event

“It’s going to be spectacular,” Weston-Smith said of the event, which will offer tables well-spaced throughout the beautiful gardens.

The event will also feature the inaugural awarding of the Heart of the Community Award, granted to individuals who have gone above and beyond for the community. One of this year’s recipients is Ashley Iverson, whose husband, Cory, was killed fighting the Thomas Fire in December 2017.

“Throughout the pandemic we’ve continued to fund the needs of our local emergency agencies. They are there for us, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year.

When there is an emergency, we pick up the phone and call 911 and we expect them to be there in moments.”

— Richard Weston-Smith

“We felt like she should have an important place in our community,” Weston-Smith said. The award, which is 3D printed pottery, was designed and made by Lynda Weinman.

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“It’s truly a work of art,” WestonSmith said.

One805 was founded by WestonSmith along with Eric Phillips, John Thyne III, Nina Phillips, and Kirsten Cavendish Weston-Smith, and is an agile nonprofit, able to pivot quickly and respond to unfolding emergencies. With a small board and only one employee, decisions are able to be made quickly, and the majority of funds go straight to First Responders.

“State and local budgets move slowly, and often they must wait years to get special safety and emergency equipment they need right away. We have the support of all the chiefs of all local responder agencies in SB County, who sit on our advisory council,” Weston-Smith said.

“More than ever, we need local companies – especially those who have done quite well during the pandemic – to step up to the plate and show their support for this important local cause,” he said. There are one-time donation opportunities as well as annual memberships at multiple levels, ranging from $25/year to $10,000/year.

Friends and ambassadors of the event include Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Gore, Olivia Newton-John, Rob Lowe, Peter Noone, Alan Parsons, and Billy Zane. Parking is provided by Oprah Winfrey.

Guests are encouraged to wear rock ‘n roll attire. Donations for entry range from $750 for an individual to $5,000-$15,000 for a private table for 10. The event is from 5:30 pm to 10 pm.

For more information, and to register, visit www.one805.org.

•MJ

nursing educator. Now as a Christian woman, I thank God every day for life and the ability to continue caring for other people, communities, and populations of his children, including his students. I hope to build a space at Westmont Downtown where nursing students feel safe and excited about learning to care for others holistically using their faith as a guide.”

Contact Westmont’s admissions team to ask questions and apply for the inaugural cohort for spring 2022.

Prospective students should call (805) 565-6200.

Museum Focuses on Faculty in ‘Sight, Insight’

The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum focuses its attention on the college’s talented art faculty in “Sight & Insight: Westmont College Studio Art Faculty Exhibition” September 2 through October 30. The public is invited to a

free, opening reception on Thursday, September 2, from 4-6 p.m.

“Our art faculty are all accomplished working artists in their own right and this show displays the wide range of ability and media that makes our department so creatively diverse,” says Judy L. Larson, Askew professor of art history and museum director.

The exhibition features paintings to watercolors, sculptures to prints, ceramics to photography. Westmont’s studio art faculty work in genres ranging from conceptual art to photorealism to graphic design.

The featured faculty artists include Scott Anderson, Nathan Huff, Chris Rupp, and Meagan Stirling as well as adjunct faculty James Daly, Brad Elliott, Ryan Ethington, Jenna Grotelueschen, Pecos Pryor, and Katie King Rumford.

The museum is open weekdays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, please call the museum at (805) 565-6162 or visit westmont.edu/museum.

Guests will be required to wear face masks while inside the museum. If you are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms, please do not visit the museum.

•MJ

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John Muse with Facundo Obregon, Margarita Lande, Jeff Hall, and Kelo Magrini (Photo by Priscilla) Jan Ray, Suzanne Savoy, Margarita Lande, and Richard Mineards at the polo fields (Photo by Priscilla)

Andrea Holt (Photo by Priscilla)

the opportunity to attend the college full-time at no cost.

To date, more than 5,000 local students have participated in the program.

Hats Off to You!

For the 15th year my millinery skills, garnered from attending the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, England, where outrageous hats are de rigueur for ladies attending the centuries’ old races attended by Queen Elizabeth, for more than four decades, were called on by the Santa Barbara Polo Club to judge the annual hat contest during the Pacific Coast Open playoffs.

A torrent of tony tête toppers descended on the club’s hallowed Holden Field for the closely fought match between Texan club president John Muse’s Lucchese team and the Santa Clara team, featuring the full complement of the Escobar family from Wellington, Florida, with Muse winning 11-10 in the closing minutes.

It was not the easiest of tasks choosing from the mélange of magnificent millinery, but Palm Springs realtor, Jan Ray, a previous prize winner, won with a frothy concoction she purchased to wear at the Kentucky Derby three years ago, where she was pic-

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tured with Prince Albert of Monaco.

“I’ve had it tweaked since then and thought it perfect for today’s contest,” she explained. “I just love hats. They are creative, but also practical.”

Another winner was Suzanne Savoy, a resident at the polo club, with her two-tone monochromatic bellshaped number, which she bought at a boutique in Summerland, with the final category going to Margarita Lande, who recycled a fab fascinator, appropriately made with horsehair, which was designed by Arturo Rios of Beverly Hills, and worn at the lunch for the visit of Prince William and his wife, Kate, to the club for its centennial 10 years ago.

“It just never dates,” she purred.

Winners received vouchers for the club’s new eatery, The Fieldside Grill.

And at the weekend more than 3,500 turned out to watch the final of the PCO, the biggest tournament on the Left Coast, with local patron Justin Klentner’s Klentner Ranch team beating Ben Soleimani 11-9 in a closely fought game.

Quite the Addition

Mary Dwyer, a former professor and administrator who led the renowned Institute for the International Education of Students through a period of extraordinary growth, has joined the board of directors of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.

After earning both a master’s degree in education and a doctorate in public policy analysis at the University of Illinois in Chicago, she went on to serve as faculty member and executive associate vice chancellor for research at the institution.

Dwyer has worked as a consultant and teacher with an array of U.S. and international organizations across 20 countries.

As president and chief executive for the Institute for International Education of Students from 1996 to 2020, she increased annual revenue from $9.8 million to nearly $150 mil-

lion and expanded annual scholarship outlays from $200,000 to more than $6.5 million.

Remembering Charlie Watts

On a personal note, I remember Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who has died at the age of 80 in London.

I fondly remember sitting next to him at dinner when he and the rest of the band were promoting Hal Ashby’s film, Let’s Spend the Night Together, documenting their 1981 North American tour at Tavern on the Green in Manhattan’s Central Park in 1983 when I toiled on the gossip column of New York Magazine.

Watts at the time lived in Gloucestershire with his equestrian wife, Shirley, and said they were moving to Devon, further southwest, because of the influx of royals, including Prince Charles at Highgrove and Princess Anne at Gatcombe Park.

It was a great story for a London newspaper I corresponded for at the time.

I saw Watts in action many times, including Madison Square Garden and the legendary free concert the Stones gave in London’s Hyde Park in 1969.

One of the greatest drummers of all time, he was a quiet and self-deprecating rocker, the opposite of the group’s

lead singer Mick Jagger.

Whale of a Time

It was a case of High Cs on the high seas when bubbly Condor Express owner Hiroko Benko hosted her fifth annual opera cruise on the popular 75-foot whale watching vessel.

Given the pandemic uptick, guest numbers were kept to around 50 instead of the normal 145 for the two-hour maritime recital by soprano Chelsea Chaves, who sings for the Long Beach Opera and the Pacific Symphony in Costa Mesa, and tenor Chris Hunter, a regular with the Los Angeles Opera, accompanied by pianist Renee Hamaty.

Among those in the right aria listening to music from Mozart, Puccini, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, were Santa Barbara Symphony honcho Kathryn Martin, mayoral candidate Mark Whitehurst, and co-publisher of VOICE Magazine Kerry Methner.

Sightings

An old acquaintance from sailing days in Dark Harbor, Maine, NCIS: L.A. actor Chris O’Donnell picking up his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond... Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez at Milt Larsen’s Magic Castle in Hollywood...

Actress Laura Dern at Merci Montecito Pip! Pip! Be safe — wear a mask when needed and get vaccinated. •MJ

Chris Hunter, Hiroko Benko, Anneliese Kavoian, Chelsea Chavez, and Mary and Bob Gates on the Condor Express (Photo

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On Entertainment (Continued from page 16 16)) objectivity or openness and to look for the question under the question… I’m trying to get myself out of my bubble and understand what might be under the hood of other people’s bubbles.”

That compassion and generosity of spirit extends to the other members of Toad, a relationship that has proved to be challenging over the decades, Phillips said.

“I’m attempting to challenge my own history and presumptions at this inner personal level with the band, more allowing the changes in everybody else to occur and not running my previous models of who they are and how they act. We’ve been doing this a long time and there’s a ton of water under the bridge and we keep coming back to it, so it’s become familial. Probing my inner scape of the relationships in Toad is actually one of the most fertile places for me to learn. Now I’m finding it easier to give them credit for their contributions and appreciate what they bring to the table in a way that sometimes has been really hard for me. That shift has made me really happy.”

The record still has the incredibly catchy jangly, often multiple-melody guitar lines we first heard in the 1990s, and ear-catching harmonies that, along with Phillips’ vocals, give Toad its sound. But underneath the satisfying soundscapes are words that reveal the musings of a mature man, one who can hold both gratitude and sadness, and hope and loss, and urgency and acceptance.

With his first secure romantic relationship since his divorce, a newfound appreciation for his brethren in Toad and on the eve of a tour to deliver his new batch of songs, perhaps a line from the new track “Transient Whales” says it best: “All we have is each other and the songs we share.”

‘Open’ for Business

After canceling due to the coronavirus pandemic last Labor Day weekend, the Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ Open Studios Tour is back for its 20th annual event with nearly 30 local painters, sculptors, mixed-media, and other artists throwing open the doors to the spaces where they create their works.

Once again, art lovers will have the opportunity to drop in on the artists in the self-guided driving tour that stretches from Summerland to Goleta, spanning everything from efficient downtown live-in lofts to expansive detached spaces in the Montecito and Santa Barbara foothills.

Along with a preview/artist reception evening on Friday night — this year located in the largely open-air Community Arts Workshop downtown in a concession to continuing COVID concerns, but also allowing for large-scale works to be displayed — an illustrated guide provides not

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by Claudia Schou

Babcock Winds Down Summer with Vintage Market, Art + Wine Affair

Cynthia Martin

only a map to the studios but also a preview of each artist’s work so visitors can make plans to drop in on their favorites over the three-day event that takes place September 4-6.

And just as the artists’ work varies in approach, media, and style, so too did their reaction to the pandemic, with some producing prolifically while others withdrew, said Francis Scorzelli, SBSA board president.

“Some artists had a hard time creating because of what was going on.

They were upset and weren’t really working,” he said. “But I work from home, so I spent all my time in the studio, so it didn’t really affect me at all. I just kept doing what I do and used the time to work on some big pieces.”

SBSA painter Cynthia Martin, who also works in abstracts, took an opposite approach in reacting to the COVID crisis. The near-50-year resident of Montecito who graduated from UCSB in the early 1960s and basically never left town has focused on the landscape and the vanishing natural world in her life and art ever since childhood.

“I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and around when I was coming up here to go to college, I saw things beginning to change,” said Martin.

“Smog was coming in, the developers were cutting down the trees where my friend and I rode horses and painted… Now, with each piece and series, I’m trying to make a point, usually about the environment and the political message. It’s about expressing a thought or a concept or maybe anger.”

Lately, rising tides in coastal cities due to climate change has been on her mind — and her canvases — while COVID and the politicizing of health protocols also caused her to create some new works.

“I am very interested in the intersection of the pandemic with politics and my environmental concerns,” she said.

“When my mother was dying, I sat in her room for two weeks just looking at the monitor by her bed, and that really imprinted on my brain.”

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Lisa and Bryan Babcock

xpand your culinary palate this week at Babcock Winery’s Vintage Market, Art + Wine Event. Wine lovers can sip crisp or silky wines paired with savory, handcrafted dishes prepared by local catering outfit Valle Fresh. End the summer sipping rosé while shopping for unique finds for your closet and keepsakes for your home.

The hillside winery and vineyard helmed by Montecito residents Lisa and Bryan Babcock will host a vintage market and wine affair complete with gourmet street fare, retro art, and ambient music from 11 am to 6 pm on September 18-19.

The annual event falls on the heels of Bryan being named 2021 Vintner

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of the Year by the Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance. Bryan’s first harvest was in 1984, just a few years after his parents purchased the 110acre property with elevated views.

With 12,000 cases produced annually, Babcock Winery is known for its exquisite grape varietals such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah, as well as intriguing blends from such under-the-radar grapes as Clairette Blanche, Picpoul, Petit Verdot, and Mencia.

Over the years he has received numerous accolades including “Top Ten Small Production Winemakers in the World” from the James Beard Foundation. The Los Angeles Times named him “Most Courageous”

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winemaker one year, and a “Maverick” another year.

Here, nostalgia is a big part of the tasting experience. The vibey retro tasting room, Soulstruck Lounge, is fun and hip with mid-century modern furnishings, vintage vinyl records and a uniquely curated selection of gifts for sale. There’s an entire section of rare and kitschy finds and tchotchkes: I shopped there for Christmas gifts last winter and surprised my motherin-law with a festive mohair poncho and a hand-carved wooden bowl with a pink rose painted inside.

At the event, attendees will enjoy a festive and nostalgic 1970s-1980s playlist while exploring the eccentrically furnished tasting room stocked with vinyl records, clothing, jewelry and accessories, furniture, art, housewares and loads of other treasures, said co-owner Lisa Babcock.

During the pandemic, the winery expanded its outdoor seating to offer some 40 tables and picnic space with views of the vineyard. Babcock said tables will be spread out throughout the sprawling property and vintage items will be placed outside allowing guests plenty of space to sip and shop safely.

“Food, wine, and shopping will all be available outside so guests can spend the entire day outside if they’d rather not be indoors,” she added.

Guests will be required to wear masks indoors when not seated.

One of the event’s highlights is a celebration of William Brun, who will be attending the event to sign his works of art. The acclaimed Los Angelesbased artist is known for modernist, allegorical portrait drawings and paintings created during a career spanning more than five decades. “He is about 81 now... a fascinating and very talented man,” said Babcock, a fan and collector of Brun’s work.

“I found his art and started collecting it, then realized he is still alive and visited him at his home and studio in L.A. He later came up to the winery with his caretaker Jessica,” she said.

“He still draws and is a positive and lovely human being.”

Babcock and her daughter, Chloe, designed a special commemorative poster that will be for sale in the tasting room for $45, along with Brun art

on tees for $19. Many of his works are already for sale in the tasting room, Babcock added.

When it’s time to nosh, Valle Fresh chef Conrad Gonzales will prepare handcrafted taco trios made with oak barbecued beef tri-tip, smoked chicken thighs, and charred broccolini with local mushrooms. Locally grown sides include onion and garlic heirloom pinquito beans and sweet corn, heirloom tomatoes, farro, and feta salad. Tacos will be served from 11:30 am to 2 pm.

Advanced ticket purchase for lunch is encouraged but not required.

A delectable selection of gourmet cheese, charcuterie, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages will also be available for purchase in the tasting room.

Musical artists Tina Schlieske, Sister Laura, and the Graceland Exiles will perform live on Sunday from 4 pm to 6 pm.

BABCOCK WINERY TASTING ROOM OPEN: Tasting room hours are 11 am to 5:30 pm Sunday through Friday, 11 am to 6 pm on Saturdays through September.

WHERE: Babcock Winery, 5175 E. Highway 246 in Sta. Rita Hills.

COST: Tickets for the event are $22 for lunch and $24-$30 for wine tastings. Wine by the glass is $9. Special pricing is available for members.

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