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End of an Era

Giovanni’s – Montecito’s most kid-friendly eatery – closes its doors on Coast Village Road after 32 years in business, p. 12

Better Together

Abe Powell and his Bucket Brigade host a oneyear-later Montecito Rising get-together at ProCore in Carpinteria, p. 6

Raising Our Light

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial

Mandatory evacuation notice issued for much of Montecito, just after the anniversary of last year’s mudslides; donations urgently needed for the completion of Partnership for Resilient Communities’ steel nets

6 Montecito Miscellany

Bucket Brigade bash; SOS soirée; mudslide anniversary vigil; MAW fellows in London; NYT lauds Santa Barbara; Ellen wants Hart to host Oscars; Gwyneth’s cleanses; Michael Douglas wins Golden Globe; Jerry Jones buys new yacht; Chad Dreier passes; sightings

8 Letters to the Editor

A collection of communications from local residents Dick Shaikewitz, Susan Keller, Rachel Altman, Steve King, Michael Edwards, Dale Lowdermilk, H. T. Bryan, and David Samuel McCalmont

10 This Week in Montecito

A list of local events happening in and around town

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Giovanni’s closes its doors after 32 years on Coast Village Road; Raising Our Light walk of remembrance; Montecito Fire Protection District releases draft amendment

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Rescue Mission leads walkthrough of new facilities; Arts Fund Donor Appreciation Night; Stop Oil Seeps holiday party

16 Your Westmont

Art museum examines environment with contemporary photo exhibition; professor’s research aims to detect cerebral palsy in preterm babies

20 Celebrating History

MJ’s own Hattie Beresford chronicles the past 100 years of CAMA music for new book

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Peter Harper plays SOhO; Quote Unquote Collective presents Mouthpiece; more SOhO shows; The Game’s Afoot at Laguna Blanca

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Editorial

by James Buckley

Here We Go Again

his is being written as much of Montecito is under a Mandatory Evacuation Notice. Tuesday, January 15, at 10 am sharp, Montecito Inn hotel guests were required to check out, as were Four Seasons Biltmore guests. Traffic continued to move along critical roadways for a while, but many of those roads began to be closed to traffic; it was difficult, for example, to get to the upper village from Coast Village, as Olive Mill, then Hot Springs were blocked off around 11 am. The Montecito Fire Department, California Highway Patrol, and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, along with others in an official capacity – stung by the unfortunate events of January 9, 2018 –reacted cautiously to weather reports and, really, had no choice but to call for the evacuation of residents in the “red zone,” delineated by the latest FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) map. California Highway Patrol officers, while not stationed at the barriers, monitored much of the traffic, as Highways 101 and 192 are state controlled. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies were also patrolling surface streets. At a time when we should be applauding abundant rainfall, we have come to dread weather forecasts predicting any precipitation more than, say, two inches within a 24-hour period. Which is too bad, as this rain is the best and earliest we’ve seen for a decade. But the caution is understood by all and approved by most. Here’s what the Sheriff’s Department says you should know: “Due to the configuration of the evacuation areas aligning with creeks and channels, road control points will be limited. Nevertheless, the evacuated areas are closed.” By which, they mean that while one could still access the roads, non-residents were advised to avoid the area and could possibly be stopped (cars with out-of-state plates, for example) and turned around. “Law enforcement will be using roving patrols to protect property,” the Sheriff’s Department continues, “and enforce the closures. Anyone in these areas who does not belong will be questioned. Those who live adjacent to evacuation zones should avoid using roads in those areas. These roads could become unsafe during peak periods of rain. People from outside the evacuated communities should avoid the general area during this emergency.” All of which means, of course, that Montecito loses another day or two or three of business at a time when recovery has just begun to take hold. When this is over, remember: buy local!

Donations Needed

The Partnership for Resilient Communities has been working overtime to begin the job of constructing the first six of a planned 11 flexible steel nets to buttress and enhance Montecito’s various debris basins and expanded creek beds. The first such devices were planned for next week and could possibly still go in, but the weather is likely to prevent their immediate installation. In a different world, these life-saving devices would have been approved and installed before the start of the rainy season, but this being California, the process – expedited in record time as it was by the Partnership – was still too lengthy. But, we can hope those nets, which are designed to more than double the holding capacity of our current set of debris basins, go up quickly. Nearly $3 million has been raised by residents (Montecito Journal has donated $1,000) in order to begin installation, but $4 million more is needed to complete the task. So far, no county, state, or federal funds have been obtained, though various grants are in the works. We are told by the company that makes the nets that this is the first time they’ve ever contracted to install the devices with private individuals rather than a governmental entity. It is imperative that this project be successful. In that cause, we are reiterating last week’s call for donations from private individuals and businesses. If you would like to meet or speak with a Partnership member to discuss a gift, please call Alixe Mattingly at (805) 886-6584. You can also e-mail either alixemattingly@gmail.com or Hollye Jacobs at hollyeja cobs@me.com, or go directly to the www.partnershipsb.org website, click on “donate” and make a tax-deductible donation to the Santa Barbara Foundation. You can also simply drop off or mail a check, payable to Resilient Communities, at the offices of Joe Cole, Attorney, 1482 East Valley Road, Montecito, 93108, in the Upper Village, a few doors north of the Post Office. •MJ 17 – 24 January 2019

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Monte ito Miscellany by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, 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 11 years ago.

One Year Later

n the first anniversary of its formation, the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade hosted a Montecito Rising bash at the Procore warehouse in Carpinteria for 500 guests. As darkening rain clouds loomed, the VIP reception, scheduled to be outside, was rapidly moved inside prior to the dinner prepared by a host of local eateries, including the Biltmore, Loquita, Los Arroyos, Omni and Duo catering, Jeannine’s, Rincon Events, Here’s The Scoop, and Merci Montecito. The Bucket Brigade, co-founded by Abe Powell, executive director, was a community volunteer response to the New Year mudslides a year ago when 3,000 volunteers helped those affected by the catastrophic debris flow which destroyed more than 100 homes,

Peter and Mary Richards, with Robyn and Jess Parker and Sue Parker at the Procore warehouse (photo by Priscilla)

Waiting for the bidding to begin is Rob Skinner in the driver’s seat with Megan Skinner (photo by Priscilla)

caused 23 fatalities and injured 150 more in our community. Guests viewed a trailer for Better Together, a documentary by local videographer Isaac Hernandez, featuring the brigade, which has been entered in this year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival, before dancing the night away in the massive venue to the Doublewide Kings. Sharon Bradford chaired the event and donated her 1957 Nash Hudson

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LETTERS

Aera Energy’s

TO THE EDITOR Economic Errors

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

Water Woes Revisited Is the drought over for a while? None of us knows. Is water security important? Of course. Is this security worth having your monthly water bills increase a quarter to a third more? If your average monthly water bill is $150, how happy will you feel if it goes to $200 a month, especially during normal rain times such as now when you use less water and expect your bills to be less. It’s important you attend Montecito Water District Board Meetings. This is primarily what my dispute with Bob Hazard is over. As Associate Editor of the Montecito Journal he gets broad coverage of his views. He helped select, encourage, and finance the five members currently on the Water District Board. He helped raise over $200,000 to get them elected. His group hired the General Manager of the Montecito Association to run their campaign. The same Montecito Association who refused to give us a public meeting as they did for the election two years ago. With only 4,600 water meters in the District, and a large number of people not voting here, no wonder his candidates won. I felt it was immoral to spend the amount of money they did, especially since it takes only three votes to pass any measure on the five-member Water Board. He already had two board seats from the last election and needed only one more. I spent less than $2,000 on my campaign. Could this have anything to do with me getting fewer votes? In the last election, Mr. Hazard needed only one more of the three open Board seats to have his group control the Board. I was the only non-Hazard candidate running. Why was there such a need to have no one with possibly opposite opinions on the Board? The current rain means that the community will be using less water. Unfortunately, most of the Water District’s bills are fixed, such as for plant and pipes. Otherwise, why doesn’t the new five-member Hazard Water Board reduce your rates? It’s because they can’t. The money is needed. In all of his writings, Mr. Hazard has not mentioned the additional cost to the ratepayers of the quarter-billion-dollar 50-year contract for the City’s desalinated water he wants his new Board to sign. Nor has he

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mentioned the additional cost of the recycled wastewater project he wants his new Board to approve that will primarily benefit the two private golf courses. A new Water District rate study has been in the works for about a year. If the desal and wastewater projects are passed, your new water bills will greatly increase. Montecito Water District ratepayers need to attend the Board meetings so that they can understand what is going on, and give their input. Maybe the security is worth the cost; maybe it’s not. But do let the five-member Hazard Water Board know your feelings. Dick Shaikewitz Former Montecito Water District Board Member (Bob Hazard’s note: Unfortunately Dick, if we both agreed, we would both be wrong. Settle down. Let an informed Montecito Water Board do its job, collect the facts and make data-driven decisions with both of us as concerned bystanders. ~ BH)

In the Santa Maria Times and Lompoc Record on December 16, among other publications, Aera Energy’s PR representative claims that development of oil wells in our county will bring major economic benefits, including millions to support schools and other vital services. His figures come from UCSB’s Economic Forecast Project (EFP), whose research team was hired by Aera Energy, LLC. (owned by ExxonMobil + Shell). Aera is an acknowledged sponsor of EFP, and the report admits that it relied primarily on information provided by Aera. Really? “I’m shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on here!” as the bribed police prefect said to Rick in Casablanca. Even if we assume the EFP to be correct, it states that the total economic impact of the Aera project would be under $36 million a year. When put in perspective, agriculture generates $2.8 billion annually and employs more than 25,000 locals; tourism has a $1.9 billion impact. Revenue from oil property taxes makes up less than 1% of our county budget. An added 296 wells will no doubt result in spills, as acknowledged in

the County’s Draft Environmental Impact Report, along with increased air pollution due to truck traffic and drilling. How many jobs will be lost in our much larger leisure and service industry when news of spills, contamination and worsening air pollution make headlines? How much will it cost to repair and maintain our roads due to increased truck traffic back and forth to Kern County? What happens to agriculture when toxic chemicals seep into the groundwater? Who will pay to clean up the mess? Unfortunately, the Aera-sponsored report neglected to include those costs, making the cost analysis incomplete and unreliable as a predictor of the true profit and loss of oil expansion in Santa Barbara County. Rachel Altman Montecito (Editor’s note: We understand and appreciate your concern, but there are those who acknowledge the need for energy exploration and production and agree that it is probably better for our planet that the U.S. do that exploring and producing under the strict guidelines of its Environmental Protection Agency rather than depending upon less regulated oil producers. Just saying... – J.B.)

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Night of Remembrance

Along with the hundreds and hundreds of others who were present, I want to express my sincere and profound thanks to the organizers and volunteers who made possible “Raising Our Light: An Evening of Remembrance in Montecito.” It was exquisitely conceived and executed from start to finish. Every aspect of the program was so thoughtfully created and every participant made such a moving contribution. It was a perfect evening, the culmination of some natural events that seemed to point the way to new beginnings: a double rainbow in the afternoon, a new waxing moon, and a starry sky in the clear post-rain evening. I was one of those daunted by the weather, and I almost didn’t attend; I would have regretted it greatly, as I was profoundly moved by the experience. My home and family were incredibly fortunate in sustaining no damage or injury on that horrific occasion last year, but all of us who live in Montecito have been touched and affected by the events of 1/9/18. I didn’t fully realize that I needed such a night of remembrance and healing, but now that I have had it, I am deeply grateful to those who provided it. Susan Keller Montecito

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(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 CANCELED: MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library. When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 MLK Musical Celebration The community is invited to attend a Community-Wide Musical Celebration of Freedom event in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., featuring the sounds of the Red Sea Rhythm Rockers, the Unity Inspirational Ensemble, and the Shir Chadash Choir at a special MLK Shabbat service. A similar event was held five years ago to coincide with the 50th anniversary of MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech and it was the largest event in CBB’s history at that time. The eclectic, high energy Red Sea Rhythm Rockers perform regularly at Congregation B’nai B’rith while the Unity Inspirational Ensemble will travel from Los Angeles and bring their joyful gospel music to the Santa Barbara sanctuary. Rabbi Daniel Brenner of Congregation B’nai B’rith will deliver the sermon. Free and open to the public.

When: 7:30 pm Where: Congregation B’nai B’rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Road Info: www.cbbsb.org SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Pictures at an Exhibition The Santa Barbara Symphony presents the multisensory, orchestral, and visual paring, Pictures at an Exhibition, at the Granada Theatre. This beloved orchestral standard by Modest Mussorgsky is accompanied by an animated film created by students and graduates at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Interpretations of the music are woven into this animated film, rich with fantasy, whimsy, and adventure. In addition, the evening will feature Brahms’ daring Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, highlighting the exceptional talents of concertmaster Jessica Guideri and principal cellist, Trevor Handy. When: tonight at 8 pm, tomorrow at 3 pm Where: The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street Tickets: $29-$135 Info: (805) 899-2222 or info@thesymphony.org MONDAY, JANUARY 21 All Libraries Closed The Santa Barbara Public Library System is closed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 After School at Montecito Library Come play on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month; activities include tech toys, arts and crafts, Legos, and more. Children under

Art Exhibit at MichaelKate In Living Color: A group show of four artists: Ann Shelton Beth, Jennifer Boswell, Tanya Lozano, and Helle Sharling Todd. The works in this show are mostly based on nature, specifically, the south and central coast. Some pieces more abstract than others, the artists use color and expressive brushstrokes to convey their decisive responses to our beautiful and sometimes ominous natural world. Meet the artists today and hear them speak about their work at the 6 pm artist talk. When: 5 to 8 pm Where: MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery, 132 Santa Barbara Street Info: jan@janziegler.com the age of eight must have an adult present. When: 3 to 4:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road SB Audubon Monthly Evening Program Have you ever wondered why telephone poles in California are sometimes perforated with acorns? Or what that striking “waka-waka” sound is that you hear while walking down the street? Variously described as “nature’s clowns” or “clowns of the forest,” the loud and charismatic acorn woodpecker is a common sight throughout the Santa Barbara region. This talk will cover the natural history of this fascinating species, with an emphasis on their unique cooperation and social behavior, and the important role they play in the environment. Thomas Kraft received his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Dartmouth College in 2016, with a focus on the socioecology of

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 pm to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Patrick Kilpatrick shares from his new book, Dying for Living: Sins and Confession of a Hollywood & Libertine Patriot, Volume I. With an entertainment career spanning more than 170 credits as lead actor, producer, screenwriter, director, and global entertainment teacher, Kilpatrick is now sharing his life in his much-anticipated two-volume memoir. Revealing details of a volatile, yet privileged upbringing, and a searing, often hilarious and scandalous literate look behind three decades of working with Hollywood’s elite, Kilpatrick tells

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a rollicking tale that will keep you turning the pages. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The growup is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, handcrafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more. When: 8 am Where: 965 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 Soothe Your Qi A day to relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect with your true essence. Ray and Jessica Kolbe will lead this retreat that will make you say, “I wish I always felt this good.” The day will include breathwork, Qigong, professional massage, guided meditations, sound vibration healing, therapeutic yoga, beach time, and more. When: 8:30 am to 5 pm Cost: $185 Reservation: Jessica@JessicaTaiChi.com Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public. When: 3 pm Where: First United Methodist Church, Garden and Anapamu Streets Cost: free ONGOING MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Group 17 – 24 January 2019

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fter 32 years in business, Giovanni’s on Coast Village Road closed its doors earlier this week. Owner Alex Noormand, who has spent six days a week at the pizzeria for the last 32 years, tells us the closure is “heartbreaking,” and he will miss seeing his loyal customers day in and day out. The space in Coast Village Plaza was once home to Wells Fargo Bank in the 80s; Noormand moved to town after owning a chain of restaurants in Los Angeles and opened Giovanni’s in both Montecito and Carpinteria. He says his four kids and eight grandkids have grown up in the old school pizza parlor, which has been the backdrop for many family parties and celebrations. Noormand and his wife, Sheri, have been married 52 years, and three of their kids, Shannon, Alex, and Shawn, have gone on to own and operate their own eateries. Shannon owns the popular Crushcakes chain of restaurants; Alex owns Yellow Belly on De La Vina Street in Santa Barbara, and Shawn has owned and operated the Carpinteria Giovanni’s for the last decade. Noormand’s son Justin works in computer science. “He was the smart one for not following in our footsteps!” Noormand laughed. The casual space featured arcade games and gumball machines, as well as large TVs, making it a kid-friendly dining option in Montecito. “It’s been a pleasure to serve three generations of families here,” Noormand said. “My customers and I are on a first name basis; they know my family and I know theirs,” he said. Since the beginning, the eatery has served only homemade, authentic Italian food, utilizing old family recipes. “Everything is made from scratch here, including all of the sauces and dressings,” Noormand said. Noormand says that since word got out that his lease would not be renewed, which was not his decision, customers have been extra supportive the last few months, bringing in their families multiple times a week for dinner. “It’s been really incredible, the support and loyalty from the community for all of these years, and especially in the last few months,” he said. In December, on a normal Wednesday evening when Noormand was manning the counter at the pizza parlor, several of his close friends and family

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Giovanni’s on Coast Village Road closes its doors after 32 years in business. Owner Alex Noormand thanks the Montecito community and his loyal customers for three successful decades of serving pizza and authentic Italian food.

members started trickling in the door. “I thought it was coincidence that everyone was going to eat here,” he said. But when over 40 of his friends and family members showed up, he was touched that they had organized a surprise reunion of sorts, a last hurrah to mark the end of an era at the Montecito Giovanni’s. “It was really special,” he said. Noormand, who says he is not yet done with the restaurant business or Giovanni’s, is actively looking for a new space to reopen. “First I’m going to take a long vacation,” he laughed. “But when I get back, I’m going to find another place to open up.” Until then, his massive pizza oven and equipment will be stored away until a new space is identified. “I can’t thank my customers enough for all their support,” he said. With each year better than the last, he has the Montecito community to thank. “They could have stopped coming years ago, and I would have gone out of business. But they didn’t. They just kept returning to support us, and I will never forget it.”

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nd, we did it! CEO Rolf Geyling and Rebecca Weber were at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission hosting a walkthrough of the newly finished women’s part of the $11 million renovation of the whole facility. It’s incredible. Last time I was there, the walls were gone and only studs left. The chapel, a new bathroom, and dorm for 32

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guests are complete. As Rolf told us, “We have been here 33 years with 200 houseguests a night for 32 years. You’d need a remodeling, too.” That would be 42,000 square feet. They needed not only reconfiguring but new plumbing, heating, and air conditioning. The job should be finished in the spring. One of their clients spoke to us

about her tragic life and how she came to the Rescue Mission. She witnessed her stepfather murder her mother. She had been to many psychiatrists; she had been on drugs and alcohol and had two children. She has now been sober for six months and has found a new life with the help of the Rescue Mission. The Rescue Mission is nearly three times over the national rate of success with their treatment program. Untreated people cost the government over $100,000 a year in medical, jail time, etc. The civilian programs are also very expensive, like $19,000 per month. The Rescue Mission is 12 months for $25,000. Your help is always needed. Call 805.966.1316 ext. 105 or rweber@sbrm.org.

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Spanish Garden Inn owners Rich Untermann and Gail Elnicky with Arts Fund executive director Torrie Cutbirth

by two artists, Rich Untermann and Gail Elnicky, who designed the facility some 17 years ago to give guests a true Spanish experience. They graciously opened their doors to all of us donors, partners, and supporters from the Arts Fund, which is located in the Funk Zone. We gathered in the courtyard for guitar music, wine, and tapas around the fountain. The cocktail tables each had a centerpiece made by Rich, which showed the Arts Fund the way it looked and the way it looks now and lit with twinkle lights. Executive director Torrie Cutbirth told us what’s been going on this last

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ming and activities where students will be able to get involved, and explore this topic further.” The lower level of the museum will feature paintings by Rose Compass, a group of six artists with six differing techniques and from six diverse backgrounds with a passion for painting and a love of nature to create and explore through gouache. “Rose Compass: Paintings of Santa Barbara’s Watershed,” which features the works of Connie Connally, Nina Warner, Nicole Strasburg, Holli Harmon, Libby Smith, and Pamela ZwhehlBurke, will be on display until June 22. Michael Kidd is sponsoring the exhibition in memory of Dr. John Janzen and Benjamin Ortega.

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ommunity Arts Music Association (CAMA) is deep in the midst of its centennial season that celebrates the major milestone with a crowded calendar of events. The 100th anniversary kicked off early in the fall with a gala honoring philanthropist Sara Miller McCune at the Four Seasons Biltmore, staged a red carpet reception before the annual appearance in October of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the orchestra whose celebrated history not coincidentally coincides almost exactly with CAMA’s, then hosted the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in a free community concert at the Granada in December for which tickets were snapped up months in advance. Earlier this week, CAMA’s flagship International Series also presented a sixth concert with one of the world’s most treasured soloists, the legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman, whose association with the organization dates back more than half of CAMA’s 100 years to a performance as the 21-yearold soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1967. But while eight more concerts are still to come in the centennial season, plus sponsor and subscriber dinners, a special partnership event with Opera Santa Barbara, the competition finals for the new performing arts scholarship, and the official 100th birthday bash at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens in mid-May, perhaps one of the more intriguing events of the special season – or at least its most enduring in a physical sense – takes place this weekend, when CAMA fetes the publication of a new book chronicling the remarkable milestone. Celebrating CAMA’s Centennial: Bringing the World’s Finest Classical

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Music to Santa Barbara was written by local author and researcher Hattie Beresford, the retired teacher of English and American history who writes the column “The Way It Was” for this newspaper and in the Montecito Journal Glossy Edition. Comprising more than 240 pages and featuring hundreds of photographs, historical illustrations and images of artifacts, newspaper article clippings, and much more, the book is an exhaustive study of the organization’s evolving history from its antecedent as a community initiative in the fall of 1919 to its current role as the region’s premier presenter of classical music concerts with touring artists. It’s a fitting testament to its remarkable achievements, which include bringing an astonishing array of legendary artists to our local stages, among them Pablo Casals, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, Jascha Heifetz, and Igor Stravinsky. CAMA Executive Director Mark Trueblood had nothing but praise for Beresford’s book, noting that she was able to put together information from a wide variety of sources, including by her own count the minutes of the Community Arts Music Branch/ CAMA, the CAMA Women’s Board scrapbooks, newspapers, and other files at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum’s Gledhill Library, and additional files at UCSB Library Special Collections Department. “We’re absolutely delighted,” he said. “CAMA has a rich history, and this book captures our place as an important piece of the musical side of Santa Barbara history. She more than did justice to our story.” Celebrating CAMA’s Centennial: Bringing the World’s Finest Classical Music to Santa Barbara is organized chronologically with its five chap17 – 24 January 2019

ters covering distinct periods in the CAMA’s history: “The Early Years,” “Through Boom, Bust and Wars,” “Post-War Changes,” “The Arlington Years,” and “Into a New Millennium.” It closes with a 65-page archive detailing every CAMA performance over its 100-year history. Beresford will discuss the background, context, and formative years of CAMA, largely covering its first decade, in a free public talk at Santa Barbara Central Library’s Faulkner Gallery at 2 pm Saturday, January 19. “It was fascinating because there were two philosophies regarding bringing classical music to Santa Barbara in the 1920s,” she explained. “One group believed that great music should be performed by the people in the community to enrich their lives as active participants. The other idea was based on quality alone and the desire to share that quality with all the people of Santa Barbara. Hence you have the Civic Music Committee bringing top notch performers and the Community Arts Music Branch working initially to create a local symphonic orchestra. Their entire history shows a blend of these two forces.” One of the most inspiring parts of the organization’s history, Beresford noted, was how CAMA “has managed to overcome a host of historic obstacles, and continues to evolve and

change to meet the challenges of the future.” CAMA will further establish its legacy in the near future with the conclusion of its 2018-19 season that includes appearances by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, under the direction of Nicholas McGegan (February 5, Granada Theatre); the Russian National Orchestra (February 27, Granada); the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (March 9, Lobero Theatre); London’s Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen (March 20, Granada); pianist Garrick Ohlsson (March 30, Lobero); the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (April 5, Granada); violinist Augustin Hadelich (April 17, Lobero); and cellist Mischa Maisky (May 6, Lobero). Celebrating CAMA’s Centennial, which sells for $30 (softcover), will be available for purchase at the January 19 talk, at the CAMA office, and at Chaucer’s Books. Meanwhile, the book has already resulted in at least one new CAMA admirer in the person of its author. “I knew very little about classical music [before writing the book],” Beresford said. “I feel very honored that CAMA entrusted me with it, and very appreciative that I was able to attend some wonderful concerts last year. I’m still a neophyte, but [now I’m] definitely a fan.” •MJ

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Peter Harper returns to SOhO on Saturday, January 19

eter Harper’s grandparents were musicians. They owned Folk Music Center in Claremont, which sold and repaired instruments and served as something of a gathering place for many people back in the day, and served as a pseudo daycare center for Peter when he was growing up. His mother, Ellen, is also a music lover, one who eventually became a recording artist herself. And then there’s his brother, Ben, by far the best-known of the bunch, of course, he of the two dozen albums, two Grammys and a legion of devoted fans. So when it came time for Peter to choose a career, there was no question he would become… a sculptor. “Everyone in the family did music,” Harper explained the other day. “Grew up in the folk music life. My grandmother could play anything with strings, my mother is terrific, and of course my brother. I’m very artistically minded, but I wanted to try something different, cut my own path.” So after studying political science close to home at Pitzer College, Harper headed across the country to pursue a master’s degree in Fine Arts at New York University. It was during a year abroad that he delved deeply into sculpture and found his calling. “It turns out I had a knack for it, much more so than with drawing or painting,” Harper recalled. “I could sit with a pencil for hours and not come up with anything that looked three-dimensional. But with sculpture, getting an object to look like what I could see

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in my imagination came pretty easily to me.” Harper attributes that talent to his early days at the Folk Music Center when he spent every school day afternoon and most Saturdays working with his family, eventually later learning how to repair instruments, starting with 100 broken drum sets cluttering up the store’s back room. “I got used to being very physical with my heads, and when I started sculpting, it was a method of expression for me. There’s a story in a piece of artwork. I was able to communicate clearly through the medium, and for a while it seemed like people were seeing what I was trying to evoke.” But by his mid-30s, Harper discovered that the message was getting muddied, that a tangible three-dimensional object was actually too limiting. “People were seeing sculpture on a surface level, but not diving in to get the message. Even after trying to do things that were more interactive, I felt like it didn’t break through the barrier. So I decided to switch mediums to see what might happen.” Naturally, the family business beckoned. It wasn’t long before Harper realized that his largely long-dormant musical talent could be his expressive salvation. But after counting sculpture clients as famous as Meg Griffin, he was a bit reticent to enter the public arena right away, choosing instead to play mostly for family members and friends. “But everybody who heard me said that I had something there, and that I had to put it out in the world,” Harper

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

recalled. “I was the one in my family that hadn’t focused on music, so I wasn’t sure.” The turning point came when he was playing his song “Make Me Weak” at Ben’s house while his brother was making dinner. “Ben stopped cooking and asked me if I wrote it, and then said it was really good. This is a guy who I know writes great songs. It was really encouraging, and helped me to keep going.” Once he got serious about songwriting, the flood gates opened, Harper recalled. “People really related, understood, and connected with what I was trying to say. It was incredible.” Harper said the songs come from the same inner place that used to spark his sculpture. “When I think creatively, there’s a space where it feels like it’s coming from the back of my head. The medium doesn’t matter, maybe only in the sense that it determines how the viewer will see it. But the sentiment all comes from the same pool. I could just as quickly draw something as write a song.” In fact, Harper said, the music involves a similar process of molding, but it’s landing more directly. “What I’m doing, literally, in my songs, is translating concepts and emotions into sound waves, shaping them, and basically making invisible sculptures to send to people‘s ears. The message that was missing in viewing the sculpture, they’re now catching in the audio, as long as I shape it correctly.” On his most recent album, 2017’s Break the Cycle, Harper appears to be offering aural expressions of his belief in unity and the connections between humans from both the personal and societal points of view via songs that are filled with moments of empathy and compassion. “That’s exactly right! That’s what the whole thing is for me,” Harper said. “Especially right now, in these exceptionally polarized times, with people so far apart, it’s really a time to focus on all that we have in common. [With modern technology], the ability to connect and share information is insanely abundant. But here we are fighting over the most trivial things, like should we have a (border) wall or not. It’s insane. Not that I have all the answers. But we’re not actually communicating. And when we take the time to truly do that, it’s the best experience we can have.” That’s why, Harper said, he has one main goal for his concerts: “When people leave the show, I want them to

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feel ecstatic in a way they never might have expected.” Locals will have that opportunity when the singer-songwriter-guitarist, who played SOhO as a solo act four years ago and again last fall, returns to the club with a full band for a 6 pm show on Saturday, January 19. The prospect of performing as a quartet with lead guitarist Joti Rockwell, bassist Ethan “Pops” Chiampas, and drummer Ray McNamara has him giddy, he said. “I love those intimate concerts with just you and the listener interacting. But with the band it’s more high energy, so many more level of sounds, a lot more frequencies. That brings a whole different experience of joy.”

5Qs with Amy Nostbakken

Theater rarely comes as simultaneously raw and virtuosic as Mouthpiece, co-created and performed by the two co-artistic directors of Torontobased Quote Unquote Collective. Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava have fashioned an hour-long piece that combines spoken text, strenuous movements, a cappella harmony, and vocalizations to express the inner conflict that exists within one modern woman’s head, in the process encompassing an investigation of womanhood itself. The work not only won numerous awards, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Toronto Theatre Critics, it also so enamored actress Jodie Foster that she arranged for the work to be produced in Los Angeles, which then led to a book and a movie version that premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival last September. Barely a week before Mouthpiece makes its Santa Barbara debut at UCSB Campbell Hall on January 23-24 on its final tour before being retired from the stage, Nostbakken delved into its development over the phone from her Ontario home. Q. What was the genesis for Mouthpiece, and why did it take three years to write? A. Devising a work is horrible, and extremely frustrating. You have nothing but your imagination and empty room. You want to pull out your hair and teeth. We kept hitting a wall with what we were doing, which was originally supposed to be a play about different types of female relationships. We’d rent a studio for eight hours and end up talking about our lives instead. Finally, we realized that was actually more interesting. Then we had an “Aha!” moment, where we’d spent all this time denying that it was a feminist piece of theater, when we were actually total and utter

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Going Down in History

t was Edward Gibbon – himself one of the world’s great historians – who said that History was little more than a record of “the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.” I don’t know about crimes, but you might put my own academic career, which included two degrees in History, among my personal follies and misfortunes, if not outright failures. Failure itself has indeed lately become a hot topic – almost what you might call a buzz-word. People bandy such slogans as “Dream big, and dare to fail.” There is even a “Museum of Failure.” But one of my own epigrams on the subject finds no inspiration in it: “ WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM OUR FAILURES – What I’ve learned is how much it hurts to fail.” My own fizzle as a historian, however, seems particularly regrettable, because one of the few really good teachers I ever had, taught History at the school I attended in London. I liked the way he related the past to present events. I remember him saying that, just as Napoleon had dismissed generals for insubordination, he would not be surprised if Truman (in what was just then a crucial stage of the Korean War) dismissed MacArthur for publicly criticizing Truman’s policies. Sure enough, a few days later, that’s exactly what happened! That got me enthused about History. But one of the many times when I learned about failure occurred during an early part of my college career – though it was foreshadowed long before: I will never forget how to spell SEPARATE, because getting it wrong on one occasion in grade school knocked me out of a spelling bee. When I put an E in the middle, instead of an A, the teacher said, “Remember, there is A RAT in SEP-A-RATE,” and that nasty RAT has stayed in my mind ever since. But it took a much more embarrassing mistake some years later to impress another fact indelibly upon me – this time, a piece of history. It happened on January 18, 1955, when I was in my final year as a student at the University of London, where I was actually specializing in History. On that night, I was in the London studio audience of a big Radio Luxembourg quiz program 17 – 24 January 2019

called “Double Your Money.” Unlike the B.B.C., Radio Luxembourg, a commercial enterprise, was able to award large cash prizes. On this particular show, you could win over three hundred pounds. To me, that was a fortune – more than twice as much as my government grant for the whole year. The quiz contestants were selected beforehand from the studio audience, by answering preliminary “test” questions. When the category of History was announced, I put up my hand, and felt very excited when I was actually chosen to be given a chance. In order to get on the program, I only had to answer one question, which was: Which King of England Had the Longest Reign? This question was more tricky than it appeared. If it had asked, which English MONARCH had the longest reign? – that would have been easy. Everybody knew (or at least would have guessed, and been right) that it was Queen Victoria, who was Queen for 64 years (1837-1901). But which KING? That was much less on the tip of anybody’s tongue, especially mine just then. Feeling sickeningly uncertain, I said Henry the Third. It was not a bad guess, since he did reign for fifty-six years (1216-1272). But I was wrong, wrong, WRONG – and all my dreams of dazzling wealth departed. The correct answer was George the Third, who theoretically reigned for sixty years (1760-1820). True, he was totally mad for the last nine of those years, and his son, who eventually became George the Fourth, had to be officially installed as Prince Regent in 1811. But I was too crushed even to think of appealing on this technicality. So, I did not even get on the program. As it turned out, if I had, I would definitely have won the three hundred pounds, for I knew the answers to every one of the other History questions they asked. Fame and fortune would have been mine that night, if only mad old George the Third had not hung on for such a damnably long time. I can’t forgive him for that – but I also can’t forget him. (You would think he had already done enough harm by causing the American colonies to separate – A RAT indeed!) •MJ

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Double Dose of Psychedelics

ntheoMedicine Santa Barbara, which has yet to celebrate its first birthday as a vast local information center and host for experts and prominent speakers in the area of plant medicine and the spiritual benefits of psychedelics, kicks off 2019 in a big way. The organization has not only booked two speakers for a regular event this Saturday night but one week later also launches its Psychedelic Clinical Facilitation 101 program, exclusively for licensed therapists, to provide them with a comprehensive overview of the current state of clinical therapeutic uses of psychedelics. Author and Western Buddhist scholar Allan Badiner, who shares the stage this first Saturday night with Lorenzo Hagerty – host of the Psychedelic Salon podcast, who will share how he was able to build a worldwide psychedelic community by “getting out of the psychedelic closet” to discuss his personal journey – will talk about how psychedelics may profoundly enhance Buddhist practices. Badiner, editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics and author of Dharma Gaia: A Harvest in Buddhism and Ecology, discussed the concepts over the phone earlier this week.

Q. What is the connection between Buddhism and psychedelics? A. In doing interviews and research, I discovered that nearly all of the well-known American-born Buddhist teachers had a previous experience with psychedelics that prepared them for taking on role of a Buddhist teacher and explaining the dharma. Indeed Jack Kornfield said he wouldn’t have become a Buddhist

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teacher without those experiences. Going back further, the people who (first) talked about psychedelics also talked about Buddhism… It seems that after having adventures psychedelics, people wanted something more sustainable and easier to deal with, and many of them found themselves attracted to Buddhism... What do (these pursuits) have in common? Just a few key things: they both have the philosophical position and interest in the primacy of mind, that it’s the controlling force in our lives. The psychedelics offer experiences of the value that dharma puts on coming to terms with your own mortality, understanding impermanence, comprehending reality directly, and an appreciation for the tenuous borders between self and others. Yet most Buddhist teachers advocate against taking any sort of mind-altering substances, right? Quite a few prestigious writers and teachers have been clear about having a view of “mind-only Buddhism,” not adding anything to the mix, and

are vehemently opposed to the use of psychedelics. But there are those who embrace Buddhist teaching who still maintain at least an occasional interest in having psychedelic experiences. There’s no clear line, and my understanding is there nothing specifically Buddhist dharma that directly prohibits it.

stances. You have a profound sense of the presence of nature and feel more connected. It can make you fall in love with nature and energize a desire to be more protective. Stan Grof recently said that psychedelics are the last possible hope we have to avoid a mass suicide through ecological disaster.

What about you? What are your practices? I went the reverse route from most people. I was an absolute abstainer. I wasn’t interested in alcohol and didn’t even drink coffee. But an interview I did with Terrence McKenna convinced me when he called me an “armchair Buddha” and suggested that I had to swallow the dharma. This was after I spent a year in India, and went on a 10-day Buddhist retreat … [at the end of which] I felt a powerful transformation, a sense of being heart open and connected. I wanted to know what brought that on. I meditated, and studied, and studied the sutras, but I could not get that experience back, not even a taste… I was amazed when I took the psilocybin because I had a lot of the same feelings of connection and empathy, much stronger than I’d experienced. That opened the door. I gradually started trying different things, including ayahuasca, which was a very powerful, onetime thing. Other than that, I’m still fairly conservative about psychedelics. My interest is really driven by the ecological crisis. Every day brings more dire news. My belief is that psychedelics have the potential to rehabilitate our sense of connection to the ecosystem and the earth, our feeling that we are part of it, not something separate. And that we will suffer the same fate that it does. So psychedelics have the potential to change minds in these desperate times.

Returning to Buddhism, or rather any spiritual path, are psychedelics an obstruction or valuable? I only see helpfulness, no negativity. Studies have consistently shown that their use makes people more compassionate and empathetic, removing the barriers between self and others. It offers an experience that’s visceral, not only philosophical, and that can help prepare your mind to grasp the Buddhist concept which can be quite difficult. But I’m not advocating that it’s the key to understanding Buddhism. It doesn’t work for everyone. It’s very much about context and intent. And I don’t think you need psychedelics to be effective as a Buddhist.

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(EntheoMedicine’s “Buddhism and Psychedelics – Complementary Paths to Free the Mind?” takes place at 6 pm Saturday, January 19, at Unity of Santa Barbara (227 East Arrellaga Street). Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Visit www. entheomedicine.org.)

Buddhism Bonus: Messages from MLK

Members of the Santa Barbara BodhiPath Center will lead a special session from 7-9 pm on Monday, January 21, the day of the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Lessons on Awakened Living from Dr. King” will start with a short meditation, followed by the playing of a recording of a speech given by Dr. King and a discussion on the spiritual lessons of the speech in consideration how they may apply in the lives of dharma practitioners. Admission is by donation at the door. Visit http://www.bodhipath. org/sb. BodhiPath resident teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips returns to the center on January 17 and 31 for the final two teaching sessions of his course “Hello Awakening! An introduction to Buddha’s teachings and authentic spiritual practice in modern times.” The 7-9 pm teachings alternate with discussions led by Sangha members on January 24 and February 7 to help integrate the foundation in understanding the meaning and aim of the path of awakening in modern times, geared particularly toward newcomers, even those who missed the first session. 17 – 24 January 2019

Design Your Life Workshop

Robin Elander, a yoga instructor, director of Global Good Impact and, most prominently, Executive Director of the Summer Solstice Celebration, is combining her various skills to create a one-day event to kickstart your 2019. The four-hour life-planning workshop focuses on getting clear about priorities, specific about goals, and creating a realistic action plan to guide you toward a more successful future. The goal is to cultivate peace, joy, and fulfillment via employing ways to master juggling inevitable challenges while making a positive impact for the greater good. An introductory yoga class starts things off (don’t worry if you are not a practitioner, the one hour consists of flowing breath to slow movement yoga designed for people of all abilities) followed by meditation and guided visioning to open our minds and hearts to all that is possible. The workshop continues with guided journaling, discussion, and time to envision and plan out the next steps. Clear personal and professional boundaries, strategies to mitigate fear and overwhelm, and how to get past your own “stuff” are just a few examples of discussion topics. Design Your Life costs $45 and takes place 2-6 pm Sunday, January 20, at Impact Hub Santa Barbara, 1221 Chapala Street. For more info email globalgoodimpact@gmail. com, call (805) 216-1223, or register at https://app.moonclerk.com/ pay/15judb5sfmtr.

Pacifica Pursuits

Even if you have no intention or desire to attain a degree or engage in other studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the near future, it might still be well worth a visit on Saturday, January 19, when the school hosts one of its periodic Pacifica Experiences from 10 am to 4 pm at its Ladera Lane campus. The events are intended as an opportunity to be exposed to Pacifica’s unique interdisciplinary graduate degree programs through faculty-led, program-specific information sessions and presentations, and includes talks with Pacifica students and alumni about their PGI experiences and what they are doing with their degrees. You’ll also learn about admissions procedures and financial aid. Pacifica Experience also provides a chance to explore the grounds of the institutes two lovely campuses on the mountain side of the freeway in Carpinteria/Summerland overlooking the ocean that gives the institute its name, and to visit and tour the Joseph Campbell Archives 17 – 24 January 2019

and Library, which houses many of the great mythology scholar ’s (“Hero with a Thousand Faces,” “Myths to Live By,” “The Hero’s Journey”) papers. Even better, the day now includes an extremely truncated short course version of Dream Tending, a program of tools and methods of how to access the power and potential alive in dreams, from Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., Pacifica’s Chancellor and Founding President. The workshop delves into the healing potential of dreams, with specific approaches to support psychological and physical well-being. Who knows? Maybe even that brief exposure may help engage untapped creativity and deep intelligence that lies in the sleeping mind. Those who decide to further their studies at Pacifica will have the $75 application fee waived. And if not, at least there’s a continental breakfast and lunch included in the $75 fee. For details, call (805) 969-3626 ext: 305, email experience@pacifica.edu or visit www.pacifica.edu/admissions/ admissions-events/pacifica-experi ence.

Woodman Memorial

Pacifica is also the site for this weekend’s Marion Woodman Symposium and memorial in tribute to the Canadian mythic poet, author, analytical psychologist, and women’s movement figure who wrote extensively about the dream theories of Carl Jung, and became a hero to women via her books Addiction to Perfection, The Pregnant Virgin, and Bone: Dying Into Life. Woodman, who died last July, will be honored through the Marion Woodman Symposium from 10 am to 9 pm on Saturday, January 19, on the PGI campus, a sacred ceremony to celebration through storytelling, movement, song, ritual, and remembrance put together by Pacifica’s Alumni Association. The $100 fee includes lunch and dinner. A free memorial service, at 9:30 am on Sunday, will be followed by a light reception. Visit https://retreat.pacifica.edu/ marion-woodman.

Spiritualist Soaring

It’s a busy weekend over at the Spiritualist Church of the Comforter (1028 Garden Street), what with five full events surrounding the visit of Rosemary Calderalo, Certified Medium, Commissioned Spiritualist Healer, and National Spiritualist Teacher. Calderalo’s visit starts with a Spiritualist Healing Workshop from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on Friday, January 18, an all-levels, hands-on overview of Spiritual Healing, with explorations of your healing path and the path to healing, experiences of healers and sit-

ters, how spiritual healing principles support us in our daily life. Trance As a Pathway: Mediumship and Psychic Development, which takes place 1:30 to 5 pm, lets participants learn the difference between psychic connection, dialogue with Spirit, and letting Spirits speak for themselves, and includes activities and exercises in intuition, mediumistic abilities, and awareness of trance states. Mediumship and Inspirational Speaking, slated for 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday, January 19, offers a fun and interactive way to learn what happens when we invite Spirit to help bring philosophy and inspiration through us, taking what you already know about intuition and mediumship an additional step. Phobia alert: No public speaking experience necessary. From 7-9 pm, Rev. Calderalo will join both certified and student mediums in An Evening with Spirit to bring messages to some individual attendees. Finally, Rev. Calderalo will both serve as guest speaker, and bring messages from loved ones in spirit, at the Spiritualist Church of The Comforter ’s regular Sunday gathering from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Fees range from free to a suggested $50 donation for each event. Visit https://scotc.org or www.meetup. com/Spirit-Driven for details. •MJ

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NOTICE OF VACANCY MONTECITO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD The Montecito Fire Protection District has a vacancy on its Board of Directors. Pursuant to Government Code section 1780, the Board intends to fill this vacancy by appointment of a qualified applicant to serve as a Director until the next general District election in November 2020. The appointed Director then may seek election to the Board for a regular term of office. Persons interested in applying to fill the vacancy should know the following: • • • • • • •

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An applicant must reside within the boundaries of the Montecito Fire Protection District, and be a registered voter of the District. The appointee must run in the general elections in November 2020 to retain the appointed seat, and preference will be given in the appointment process to applicants willing to run. Regular Board of Directors meetings are held on the fourth Monday of every month beginning at 2:00 p.m. at Fire Station #1 located at 595 San Ysidro Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Directors are expected to be faithful in attendance. Directors are encouraged to serve on at least one Board Committee, and may need to represent the District at other meetings. Education and experience in finance, business, strategic planning, or related fields is desirable. Interested persons should submit a cover letter with a detailed resume to the Montecito Fire Protection District at Station #1 no later than January 23, 2019 by 5:00 p.m. Interviews for the position will be conducted by the Board of Directors at a public meeting on January 28, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., and the appointment will be made at the same meeting, with the appointed Director immediately commencing service on the Board. Applicants’ submittals and requests for further information should be addressed to:

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Sharon Bradford with Tom and Linda Cole in front of the 1957 Nash Hudson Metropolitan auction item donated by the Bradfords (photo by Priscilla)

Melodee Meyer, Nora McNeely Hurley, Steve Nipper, Leila Drake, Lori Zahn, Bobbie Kinnear, and guitarist Chris Fossek at the Bucket Brigade bash (photo by Priscilla)

Ashleigh and Derek Shue with silent auction item bidders Leslie and Dennis Derham (photo by Priscilla)

Cid Frank, Jean Schuler, Sharon Bradford, Kim Busch, and Carolyn Grenier (photo by Priscilla)

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Carla and Shaun Tomson, Diana Starr Langley, Carol Marsch, Vivien Alexander, Vickie Craig, Marc Alexander, Bob Craig, and Bob and Susan Shand (photo by Priscilla)

Drake, David Bradford, Art and Kate Coppola, Eric and Patricia Swenson, Roger and Robin Himowitz, Marc Appleton and Joanna Kerns, Linos and Nancy Kogevinas, Travis and Amanda Twining, Bob and Marlene Veloz, Freddy and Dolores Gillmore, Ken and Jo Saxon, and Bob and Linda Short.

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Seeping on the Job SOS California, the acronym for Stop Oil Seeps, celebrated the 11th year of its founding with a socially gridlocked bash at the University Club. Co-founder Lad Handelman, describing himself as an “environmentalist,” said he had spent 15 years of his life supporting marine mammal and other resource protection. 2:12 PM “To educate a man in mind and6/8/17 not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“I see myself as being a reality-based steward of the ocean. At this point in my life I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. But neither can I sit back and let a few fear-mongers inflame the public with old information to promote their own self-serving agendas and in the process do more harm than good to our environment and to the best interest of the community.” Lad said that natural oil seep pollution equaled some two million barrels in the last 38 years! And every 12 months some 86,000 barrels of oil pollutes the Pacific in the Santa Barbara Channel “creating a constant state of turbulence” which offshore oil and gas production reduces, including the impact. Among the wave of supporters turn17 – 24 January 2019

Judy Rossiter, Jim Nelson, Lad Handelman, Julian Nott, and Jing Wan at the University Club (photo by Priscilla)

Robert Raffaelli, Linda Seals, Myra Mahoney, Pita and Majid Khorsandi support SOS California (photo by Priscilla)

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 29) Nicki Parv, Laura Catlin, Max Coleman, Kim Cantin, Rev Aimee Eyer-Delevett, and Father Lawrence Seyer (photo by Priscilla)

Chart Topping Santa Barbara has gotten some priceless publicity in The New York Times. The Gray Lady just published a list of 52 spots to visit this year, listing our Eden by the Beach third in the rankings, topped by Puerto Rico with Hampi, India, second. Panama, Munich, Germany, Eilat, Israel, the Setorchi Islands, Japan, Aqlborg, Denmark, the Azores, Portugal, and the Ontario Ice Cave in Canada, complete the top ten. The Times dubs Santa Barbara a “food and wine heaven” and a “foodie magnet,” giving shout outs to Bibi Ji on State Street and Montecito’s new eateries, the Monarch and the Silver Bough, run by talented chef Phillip Frankland Lee. The Santa Barbara Inn’s Convivo and the Funk Zone’s Tyger Tyger and Monkeyshine also receive plaudits.

Kelsey Maloney, Jefferson Litten, Sheriff Bill Brown, Joan Hartman, Captain Cindy Pontes, Commander Craig Bonner, and Lieutenant Mike Logic (photo by Priscilla)

ing out were Jim Nelson, Jack Byers, Bob and Susan Evans, Greg Gorga, Don Barthelmess, Dana Hansen, Julian Nott, Jim Wathen, and Alice Green. Oils well that ends well. Walk to Remember Montecito TV titan Oprah Winfrey, Kenny Loggins, and actor Rob Lowe paid tribute to the 23 people who lost their lives and many who lost everything a year ago, as our tony enclave was ravaged by catastrophic mudslides. Oprah, 64, was among hundreds of local residents taking part in the

first anniversary vigil, walking from Lower Manning Park to All Saints bythe-Sea Episcopal church. Oprah stepped out linking arms with fellow walkers who held lights resembling candles as a symbolic gesture as they walked to the church, which was a focal point just off the 101 during the disaster. She posted an Instagram saying: “A year today our little community was digging out of the mudslides. Searching for survivors. Twenty-three dead, two were never found. Tonight we said our regrets remembering them in a candlelight vigil.” Local school students gathered to

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sing “This Little Light of Mine” and a touching poem, “Blessing for the Longest Night,” was read, while the church bell rang 23 times in memory of those who were lost. A night never to be forgotten and, hopefully, not to be repeated... Big City Fellows Twelve fellows from the Music Academy of the West have been making their mark in London. The talented Keston MAX musicians, aged 18 to 27, have been performing with the London Symphony Orchestra and its maestro Sir Simon Rattle as a part of an intensive ten day training program. The fellows take part in all 21 hours of rehearsal for the orchestral concerts and, in due course, will be given further opportunities in London, as well as coaching from orchestra members audition training, ensemble coaching, and a mock recording session, giving them invaluable insight into the life of a professional orchestral musician. The Miraflores campus’s 2018 winners in the Marilyn Horne song com-

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Breaking Ellen’s Hart Despite Montecito TV talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres’s intervention to help save the Oscars, it looks like her efforts to bring back comedian Kevin Hart as host for next month’s ceremony have been to no avail. Ellen, a former Academy Awards host herself, reached out to the comedian on her Burbank-based show after he quit the role when decade-old homophobic tweets he sent resurfaced online. “I called the Academy today because I really want you to host the Oscars,” she told Hart, who tied the knot to Eniko Parrish in our rarefied enclave in August, 2016. “We want him to host, whatever we can do, we’d be thrilled,” Ellen says she was told. “The Academy is saying what can we do to make this happen.” Hart said he was still angry about how the tweets were dredged up less than a day after he was formally given the hosting job last month. After the tweets resurfaced the Academy told him to apologize. Instead, he stepped down from hosting. Although he told Ellen he would “evaluate” their conversation, he ended up sticking to his decision and now multiple hosts will be in front of the camera for the 91st annual Los Angeles ceremony. Cleansing the Soul Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow may be the doyenne of 17 – 24 January 2019

detoxing, but she admits her controversial diet craze is not without its drawbacks – and once caused her to hallucinate from fatigue. Speaking on her Goop podcast, the Oscar-winning wellness guru reflected on some of her more grueling cleansing efforts, extolling the virtues of the goat’s milk diet and the infamous master cleanse, in which meals are replaced with a drink of lemon juice, water, cayenne pepper, and maple syrup. Gwyneth, 46, admits her first cleansing attempt was “intense,” but believes everybody should try to detox once in their life. “I do think it’s interesting or as an experiment once in your life to do a liquid cleanse of some kind, because it’s a different experience.” The mother of two insisted that even though she struggled with the “horrible” raw goat’s milk cleanse – said to eliminate parasites – she felt “amazing” afterward, so much so that she’s tried it twice. “People think that clean food is impenetrable, difficult, and weird,” she conceded, adding that she sees Goop as “pioneers in that space of making clean food delicious and cool.” She is currently promoting her new book, The Clean Plate, which features recipes such as butternut squash taco shells, sheet pan chicken, broccolini, and cashew turmeric iced lattes. Like Father, Like Son Michael Douglas was the first big winner at last week’s Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, which also praised Montecito residents Carol Burnett and Jeff Bridges. And the 74-year-old Oscar winner, who took home his fourth Globe for his Netflix series The Kominsky Method, after being named best actor in a TV series-comedy, lost no time dedicating his win to his legendary actor father, Kirk Douglas, one of the last survivors from Hollywood’s Golden Age, who celebrated his 102nd birthday in Los Angeles last month. A delightful son-to-father gesture. Living Large Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, 76, a frequent visitor to our Eden by the Beach when his NFL team has summer training in Oxnard, has just splashed out $250 million on a new 357-ft yacht Bravo Eugenia, named in honor of his wife, Gene, who he married in 1963. The impressive vessel can accommodate 14 guests and has 30 crew with not one, but TWO helipads. Jerry, whose personal $2 million bus The Elegant Lady is often parked outside Lucky’s on Coast Village Road when he’s in town, is worth $6.8 billion, according to 17 – 24 January 2019

Forbes, much of it from gas and oil exploration. He purchased the Cowboys in 1989 for a mere $140 million. Since then they have won three Super Bowls and now the franchise is valued at more than $4 billion, making it one of the most valuable in all of sports.

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Invite the Montecito Community to an Information Session About Opportunities to Mitigate Future Debris Flows On a personal note, I mark the move to more heavenly pastures of philanthropist Chad Dreier at the age of 71. The longtime Santa Barbara Zoo supporter, who had a Masai baby giraffe named Chad in his honor, was formerly in the Air Force, eventually becoming president of the Ryland Group, one of America’s largest building companies. He leaves a widow, Ginni, a skilled ceramicist, whom he met on campus as a student at Marymount College. A kind, generous and gentle soul who will be much missed... Sightings: Bachelor host Chris Harrison checking out the Honor Bar... Oscar winner Kevin Costner noshing at Santo Mezcal... Actress Susan Sarandon strolling on Coast Village Road Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301. •MJ

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 5:00—6:30 pm MUS Auditorium 385 San Ysidro Road

An Emergency Permit has been issued by County of Santa Barbara! Authorization has also been received from: • Army Corps of Engineers • CA Department of Fish and Wildlife • Regional Water Quality Control Board To proceed with installation of up to 11 Debris Flow Control Nets in San Ysidro, Buena Vista and Cold Springs Canyons. Authorization is pending for additional debris flow prevention nets on Federal Forest Service Lands in Romero and Hot Springs Canyons. Learn more about this exciting development in making our community safer and more resilient and how you can help! Presenters will include: • MUS Superintendent Anthony Ranii • former MUS President & Trustee Gwyn Lurie • former SB City Fire Chief Pat McElroy • Kevin Taylor, Operations Division Chief, Montecito Fire Department. For more information visit: www.partnershipsb.org PO Box 5476 | Montecito, California 93150 | Federal Tax I.D. #95-1866094

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Thousands of community members gather at Lower Manning Park to mark the anniversary of the 1/9 debris flow last Wednesday, January 9

Local celebrity Kenny Loggins and friend joined the Raising Our Light celebration and walk

Montecito Union School superintendent Anthony Ranii with his daughter, Olivia

Biltmore staff Rachel Rock, Kirsten VanBrunt, Andra Escola, and Christy Sullivan

turned out to mark the occasion with a gathering in Lower Manning Park followed by a candlelit walk down San Ysidro Road, culminating at All Saints-by-the-Sea Church. As community members began gathering in the park, music was provided by Robert Brown, Lynette Gaona, and Peter Melnick. A Chumash blessing was sung by Marcus V.O. Lopez,

Casmali Lopez, and Marcus Lopez, Chumash educators and activists, who were residents of Old Spanish Town in Montecito during the devastating debris flow. David Landecker provided the sounding of the shofar, leading into the short program that began with an introduction by MUS superintendent Anthony Ranii and All Saints Rector Aimee Eyer-

Delevett, followed by the singing of “Amazing Grace” by mudslide survivor Lauren Cantin. A candle-lighting ceremony came next, featuring the lighting of candles by several leaders in our community. The names of each of the 23 victims of the mudslide were read, followed by a moment of silence. Carie Baker-Corey, who lost two of her daughters, Morgan Corey, and

Sawyer Jane Baker Corey, read a poem written by Sawyer before her death. Cold Spring School superintendent Dr. Amy Alzina introduced the multi-school choir, a choir made up of children from Cold Spring School, Montecito Union, Crane Country Day School, Laguna Blanca Lower School,

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The 119th Annual Christmas Bird Count Ellwood Mesa count group of 29 volunteers with leaders Krista Fahy and John Storrer (photo by Vince Semonsen)

he Christmas Bird Count [CBC] is the longest-running citizen science survey in the world, with origins dating back to December 1900 when ornithologist Frank Chapman asked people to count birds instead of hunting them for sport at Christmas time. This shift began an international bird species count to help birds repopulate that had begun to decline due to the annual hunt. Locally, we have a team of experts led by Rebecca Coulter who is the CBC Head Compiler, a 20-plus year birding expert. Her Coordination and Compiling Team is Joan Murdoch, Libby Patten, and Liz Muraoka. Joan manages participants and group development, Libby manages the Santa Barbara CBC website and tracks rarity data, and Liz manages social media content and count day reporting. Shout outs go to Bill Pollock, the count data spreadsheet designer; Glenn Kincaid, the area bird count map-maker; boat captain Peter Grim; local birding expert in Montecito Joan Lentz; the SB Audubon Society; and all the volunteers. Our area for the bird count covers a 15-mile diameter, centered at Highway 154 and Foothill Road. The approximate count circle boundaries are: San Ysidro Road on the east, Paradise Road on the north, Coronado

Road on the west, and five miles offshore on the south by boat. The count includes sea birding onboard a boat, as well as night birding volunteers trained in hearing and sighting night birds, such as the Great-horned Owl, Western Screech Owl, Spotted Owl, the Northern Saw-whet Owl, and the Common Poorwill. This all-volunteer project is powered annually by over 200 local residents, with ten people counting night birds and twelve counting sea birds (two on a boat and ten onshore). Count day was Saturday January 5, during a 24-hour period. Counters battled the rains and winds and the total bird species counted this year is 198, as compared to 203 in 2018. My interview with Rebecca: Q. What are the top five species found this year that are not normally home to Santa Barbara County and which are new to our area? A. This is the first time on our CBC we identified the Dusky Flycatcher, which is only the third winter recorded of this species in the United States. This bird normally breeds at high elevation in Santa Barbara County. And first time here is the Long-eared Owl, considered very rare to be found this close to a coastline. This bird formerly was more numerous in our area, but

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A rare bird found in this year’s CBC is the Dusky Warbler (photo by its spotter Robb Hamilton)

The Great Blue Heron found in this year’s CBC (photo by Dika Golovatchoff)

its status is largely unknown due to their secretive habits. We also counted a Black-headed Grosbeak, who normally breeds here in the summer, very rare in winter—normally they winter in Central America; a Tufted male Duck normally found in Asia and Europe returned for the sixth winter in the Santa Barbara area; and an Ancient Murrelet, an uncommon winter visitor, this small auk normally breeds in the northern Pacific from China to Canada. What common birds have left or joined our area? The Scaly-breasted Munia. This bird began in California as an escaped cage bird about 20 years ago, established and spread to be common throughout our region, and commonly found at feeders. Any advice for local residents such as feeding or not, plants for birds, etcetera? If you provide feeders, keep them clean. Providing water in shallow birdbaths is always useful in our drought-prone area. The Montecito fire and flood impact of the past year has cleared much of the landscape we know and love. Do your part to bring

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back bird populations by planting California natives or blooming exotics to attract birds to your yard, and don’t over-groom your landscape: birds love a slightly messy yard where there is cover and shelter to hide from predators. Do major tree and shrub trimming between September and January to avoid disturbing nesting species. Why do a bird count in our area? What do our birds teach us about our environment? The CBC is the longest citizen science project in the country, 119 years of continuous data. This long look at patterns and trends can tell us about bird population changes in our area, which in turn allows us to look at the human impact on birds and what we can do to conserve their habitats. Our region is on a major migration path, which allows us to see many species as they make their passages to, from, and through our area. This winter survey is an excellent snapshot through time. And participating in it is great way to connect us to the natural world. 411: www.santabarbaraaudubon. org or http://casbbirdcount.org/ •MJ 17 – 24 January 2019

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Local realtor Jim Alzina, with his wife, Cold Spring School superintendent Amy Alzina, and their son Jack

Marco Farrell, OEM director Rob Lewin, and CHP representatives also joined the Raising Our Light celebration

and our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic School, which sang “This Little Light of Mine” before leading the participants on the candlelit walk. Walkers traversed San Ysidro Road, which was closed off by local law enforcement. Two beams of blue light –one shining from the Montecito Inn, the other from All Saints – led the way. Upon arrival at All Saints, participants were greeted by volunteers with the Organic Soup Kitchen, who

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passed out warm cups of soup. The church bells rang 23 times in honor of the 1/9 victims. People gathered in the church to hear more music and to reflect upon the past year. The large scale event was pulled off by many organizations and entities, including Montecito Community Foundation, All Saints, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Montecito Covenant Church, El Montecito Presbyterian Church, Habitat for Humanity,

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of Montecito Fire Protection District’s Wildland Fire Program During the 2017 Thomas Fire” report. The amendment, which is being reviewed by the MFPD board of directors this week, also provides guidance as to how the District may best move forward given the new environmental conditions that the Thomas Fire and ensuing debris flow created. The District is seeking community input to the amendment; the CWPP was completed in 2016 by consultant firm Geo Elements, and was collaboratively developed with the help of interested parties, key stakeholders, local fire departments, and federal land management agencies. The purpose of the plan is to identify and prioritize areas for hazardous fuel reduction treatment, as well as outline the methods that will best protect Montecito. It also addresses various measures that reduce the ignitability of structures throughout the District. The District will hold a special community meeting at Montecito Fire Station 1, 595 San Ysidro Road on Wednesday, February 20, at 5:30 pm to discuss the amendment. The meeting will offer a positive, solution-oriented environment in which to address the future wildfire threat to our community. All stakeholders including property owners, residents, local agencies, organizations, associations, business owners, community leaders, and interested public members are encouraged to attend. A draft of the amendment will be made available by January 18, 2019, on the MFPD website: www.monteci tofire.com. Also happening at the District, four individuals that have served a collective 100 years of service, retired at the end of 2018. Battalion Chief and Fire Marshal Al Gregson was with 17 – 24 January 2019

Engineer Ed Fuentes and Fire Captain Drue Holthe are both retiring after 30 years of service to MFPD

Wildland Fire Officer Kerry Kellogg has retired after 7 years with the District, but plans on remaining on the Incident Management Team

the District for 33 years. He plans on spending quality time with his family and coaching softball for his daughters’ teams. Fire Captain Drue Holthe has been with the Department for 30 years, and plans to work part time in property management, staying active and traveling with his family. Engineer Ed Fuentes says he feels privileged to have been in such

“It has been an honor and privilege to have worked with these four individuals who have dedicated a combined one hundred years of service to the District, and served the community of Montecito. I am proud to be a part of an organization whose members give selflessly on a daily basis to keep our community safe,” Chief Chip Hickman said of the retirees. •MJ

an honorable position at Montecito Fire. Retiring after 30 years, he plans on spending quality time with his family. Wildland Fire Officer Kerry Kellogg is retiring after seven years with MFPD, after spending 36 years serving the Forest Service. Kellogg plans on remaining on the Incident Management Team, and spend time with his grandchildren.

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Invitation to Bid Sarah House is soliciting sealed bids for the up-grading of its HVAC system. The project is located 2612 Modoc Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105. The scope of work consists of but is not limited to providing all material and labor for the following: Removal and disposal of existing heating system and adding new heat recovery system that does both heating and cooling. Upgrade of electrical service and new panel to serve new HVAC system. Special Notices This is a federally-assisted construction contract. Federal Labor Standard Provisions, including prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts will be enforced. In the event of a conflict between Federal and State wage rates, the higher of the two will prevail. The contractor’s duty to pay State prevailing wages can be found under Labor Code Section 1770 et seq. and Labor Code Sections 1775 and 1777.7 outline the penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages and employ apprentices including forfeitures and debarment. Attention is directed to Sections 1777.5, 1777.6 and 1777.7 of the California Labor Code and Title 8, California Administrative code, Section 200 et seq. to ensure compliance and complete understanding of the law regarding apprentices. Veteran, Disabled Veteran, Minority and Women Owned Business Encouraged: Bidders will be required to document their status as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), a Women-owned Business Enterprise (MBE) or a nonMBE/WBE firm. Non MBE/WBE bidders will be required to subcontract with MBE/WBE firms and/or demonstrate good faith efforts to include firms as part of the contract bid. Conflict of Interest Statements In the procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and services by subrecipients, the conflict of interest provisions in (State LCA - 24 CFR 85.36 and Non-Profit Organizations – 24 CFR 84.4), OMB Circular A-110, and 24 CFR 570.611, respectively, shall apply. No employee, officer or agent of the sub-recipient shall participate in selection, or in the award or administration of a contract supported by Federal funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved. Mandatory Job walk and Contract Award: Sarah House Santa Barbara will receive sealed bids for the above work until January 28, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. at the Sarah House administration office located at 2612 Modoc Road Santa Barbara, California 93015, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. There will be a mandatory job walk for all interested bidders at the job site of 2612 Modoc Road, Santa Barbara California 93105 on January 24, 2017 at 10:00 am. Contact susan@sarahhousesb.org no later than 4:30 pm January 22, 2019 for questions and notification of walk through. Contract documents and specifications may be obtained by visiting Sarah House at 2612 Modoc Road Monday-Friday between 9am - 4:30 pm. All bidders will be required to certify that they are not on the federal Consolidated List of Debarred, Suspended and Negligible Contractors. The contract documents required to accompany all bids (Certifications, bid bond, form of bid, etc.) shall be in an envelope which shall be clearly labeled with the words “Contract Bid Documents” and show the project identifications, name of bidder, name of project and date and time of opening. Project Timeline The work must commence not later than two weeks from the notice to proceed and must be completed no later than one month from the start date. The successful bidder will be required to comply with all nondiscrimination laws, requirements, and regulations pursuant to the provisions of the attached contract documents. Sarah House Santa Barbara reserves the right to postpone, accept or reject any and all bids as Sarah House deems in its own best interest, subject to the terms and provisions of the contract documents. For any additional information please contact Susan Murray at susan@sarahhousesb.org or 805-682-1515. Publish dates: January 9 & 16, 2019

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 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 recommendation from the Historic Landmarks Commission that the Trinity Episcopal Church at 1500 State Street (Assessor Parcel Number 027-232-008) be designated as a City Landmark. You are invited to attend this 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, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102‑1990. On Thursday, January 24, 2019, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Most Popular, click on Council Agenda Packet. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager January 16, 2019

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KIG TECH C O N S U LT O L O GY, 303 W. Taft St, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Kevin Ayala Avila, 303 W. Taft St, Santa Maria, CA 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 4, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20190000032. Published January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 2019. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FDS; Franz Design Studio; Kristen Franz, 920 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Franz Design Studio, A Landscape Architecture Corporation, 920 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 27, 2018.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5720 DUE DATE & TIME: February 13, 2019 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Airline Terminal Jet Bridge Maintenance & Repairs The purpose of this work is to perform routine inspections, preventative maintenance and repair on passenger boarding bridges, including the ground power units and Telford Design accessories. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on January 29, 2019 at 1:00 p.m., at the Airport Terminal Lobby, located at 500 Fowler Road, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be accepted or considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting. Please RSVP via PlanetBids no later than close-of-business the day prior to the scheduled bid walk. The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total for the first/initial year will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. If the renewal options are exercised, new bonds shall be required. Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total for the first/initial year will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. If the renewal options are exercised, new bonds shall be required. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: January 16, 2019 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

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860 Picacho Lane

1-4pm

$11,300,000

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John Henderson

689-1066

2775 Bella Vista Drive

2-4pm

$7,000,000

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Wes St. Clair

886-6741

720 El Bosque Road

2-4pm

$4,999,000

5bd/6ba

Brittney McCahill

770-0797

1429 East Mountain Road

1-3pm

$3,350,000

3bd/3.5ba

Carole Thompson

452-8787

1167 Dulzura Drive

1-3pm

$3,150,000

4bd/3ba

Sandy Stahl

689-1602

1040 Alston Road

1-3pm

$2,795,000

3bd/3ba

Nicki Brown

680-7341

537 Periwinkle Lane

1-4pm

$2,399,000

3bd/2ba

Darcie Dierenfield

637-7772

2728 Macadamia Lane

1-4pm

$2,275,000

5bd/4.5ba

Cindy Campbell

570-4959

1123 Camino Viejo Road

1-4pm

$2,195,000

3bd/3.5ba

Joe Stubbins

729-0778

230 Sierra Vista Road

2-4pm

$1,999,500

4bd/4ba

James Sanchez

448-1148

102 Coronada Circle

12-3pm

$1,395,000

2bd/2ba

Michelle Baney

319-7994

966 Chelham Way

1-4pm

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689-0507

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Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0003260. Published January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 18CV04540. To all interested parties:

Petitioner German Lopez Olvera filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Anthony Herman Lopez Olvera. 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

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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 December 7, 2018. Hearing date: January 30, 2019 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 12/19, 12/26, 1/2, 1/9, 1/16

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can’t let if fly anymore. How did the collaborative process work? Our training is physical theater, so most of it was done up on our feet. We began with a place where women are intimate, spending a day physicalizing what it feels like to share a bathroom with someone you know intimately. That movement piece is still in the play (via the bathtub). We’re also both musical, and I’m interested in translating the pedagogy of movement into music. So we mashed the play together in a lot of ways, with music, movement, and text and we just tried them on and refined.

Mouthpiece makes its Santa Barbara debut at UCSB’s Campbell Hall on January 23-24

hypocrites. We thought we were liberated, progressive, forwarding-thinking individuals, but we were just as oppressed as our mothers, a result of the patriarchy, and hadn’t come as far as we thought we had. It was, damn we have to make a play about that, confessing all of our embarrassing and private moments. Once we got there, the writing came very quickly. We just had to say out loud the things we’d never voiced before. So did it turn out to be something more

political? No. The story is 24 hours in the life of this woman who wakes up to discover that her mother is dead, she has no voice, and she has to write and deliver a eulogy the next day. It’s simply a description of what it’s like inside a woman’s head, our heads. The inner dialog, the dissonance. Part of that is feelings of anger and frustration, but the narrative thrust isn’t overtly political. It’s simply my experience. But it’s systemic – the patriarchy is being upheld by all of us. We

You’re both playing the same woman, both her inner and outer self. And it’s autobiographical. How does that work? It’s a blending of our own stories. We provoked each other with questions to come up with the content, things like, “Confess something you would never want anyone to know.” We’d write for 20 minutes and then read it to each other. We were shocked about how often they were exactly the same, things about what we actually think of ourselves. We figured if two people who just met have this in common, it’s probably also true for others. That led to playing one character, and anyway we needed at least two performers to describe what it’s like to be inside either of our heads. And the white bathing suits? We’re trying to be as vulnerable in appearance as we possibly could. And every other costume we tried felt so loaded: whether it was trousers, or a skirt, or a dress and high heels. This was vulnerable but also the most neutral. When we tried them on, we both had a feeling of being in a petri dish, like we were being examined. Uncomfortable, physically too, but appropriate.

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Just two days after the Brother Brothers made their Santa Barbara club debut at SOhO following a fan-evoking debut opening for I’m With Her at the Lobero last year, the downtown nightspot hosts another set of identical twins in The Mattson 2, a jazz-rock duo that also first made its local home elsewhere, in their case the cozy retro confines of the Mercury Lounge in Goleta. Stepping up to SOhO for a second time on Thursday, January 17, guitarist Jared and drummer Jonathan bring their tribal jazz/ hard-bop/rock exploration to town hot on the heels of three recent discs that show their versatility. Friday, January 18, brings spare and succinct singer-songwriter Matthew Perryman Jones to SOhO, headlining a bill that also features fellow Atlantanurtured folkie Molly Parden. The “The giving of love is an education in itself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

club also hosts a two-day singer-songwriter showcase extravaganza on January 22-23, with Sweet Clover and Jena Douglas playing Tuesday, and former Teen Star winner Jackson Gillies sharing the stage with Victoria Vox, Tom Cole, Marcella Quirin, and the Jason Frost Trio on Wednesday. Elsewhere, John Kay, the now Montecito-dwelling founder/lead singer-songwriter of Steppenwolf, gives new meaning to his half-century-plus old hit “Born to Be Wild” in a presentation at The Sacred Space in Summerland at 4 pm on Sunday, January 20. In “Of Elephants and Orangutans,” the rock and roll legend will speak about his lifelong fascination with pachyderms, his family’s efforts on behalf of the animals its nonprofit Maue-Kay Foundation (with wife Jutta Maue), and how the purposeful work has evolved over time. The event includes a screening of videos of interactions with the animals plus personal film clips and photos of Steppenwolf’s development and rise to stardom, and closes with a “Q&A” session.

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Elsewhere in theater: SBCC presented a professional production of The Game’s Afoot just this past fall on campus. This weekend, Laguna Blanca Theatre takes on Ken Ludwig’s semi-backstage comedy-mystery set in December, 1936, when real life Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry but has to turn into an actual sleuth when one of the guests is murdered. Performing Arts Instructor Dana Caldwell directs the performances, slated for January 17-19 at the Spaulding Theatre. Shrunken Heads Production Company might be UCSB’s only entirely student-run musical theater society, but that doesn’t mean you should give their next show the, ahem, brush-off. The youngsters are taking on Hair, the groundbreaking 1968 rock musical about a group of activist, long-haired hippie friends navigating the struggles of living with the draft and war in Vietnam, complete with themes of drug use, free-love, racial tensions, a once again current love/ hate relationship for their own country (although they’re eschewing the famous nude scene that concludes Act 1) – along with a memorable set of songs including “Aquarius,” “Good Morning Starshine,” and “Let the Sunshine In.” Performances take place Friday-Sunday, January 18-20 at UCSB Campbell Hall. Details and tickets at www.facebook.com/ events/268450520515011. •MJ 17 – 24 January 2019

SEEN (Continued from page 14) SOS secretary Alice Green, board member Don Barthelmess, and executive director Judy Rossiter

Arts Fund board president Jamie Dufek, founder Joanne Holderman, supporter Chris Emmons, and board member Stephen Hiatt

New board member Myra Mahoney and Susanne Chess at the SOS celebration

Artist and board member Nancy Gifford, Ginny Breesh, and board member Gary Elkins at the Arts Fund thank you party

year and what the Arts Fund does. One of their core programs is the Teen Arts Mentorship. Since 1993 they have offered tuition-free art education programs to Santa Barbara County’s students, which includes the underserved and low income. Another is the Public Art Program, which was established in 2015 to keep art alive and maintain a creative signature in the Funk Zone neighborhood. In three years, 13 murals and two sculptures have been completed. They also support over 24 Santa Barbara County artists with a minimum of four artists per show in eight annual unique exhibitions. One show each year is dedicated to the Teen Arts Mentorship. The Arts Fund allows members of the community the opportunity to submit proposals for The Community Gallery and to curate professional exhibitions. They are very proud of the Funk Zone Art Walk that supports artist studios, galleries, and businesses – an open community event. They provide free marketing, outreach, and promotional materials to over 29 different venues in the Funk Zone. The Arts Fund has had many milestones and successes through the years. It’s known that art strengthens communities so we all benefit from their projects. As past chair of the American Bankers Association Ken Fergeson says, “I have visited busi17 – 24 January 2019

nesses in almost every city and town in my state. There is a visible difference in places with a vibrant arts community. Stores are staying open late, and restaurants are packed with diners. The cash registers are ringing.” If you’d like to know more about the Arts Fund located at 205 C, Santa Barbara Street, call 805.965.7321 or check out www.artsfundsb.org.

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The non-profit SOS (Stop Oil Seeps) held their annual holiday soirée in January at the University Club. Co-founder Lad Handelman was holding court with all his friends and the Club was full with members and guests sipping wine and scoffing down sliders and pizza. As Alice Green said in her blog,

“Natural processes can wreak havoc on us like fires and debris flow. Another of these processes is natural oil seeps. Every 12 months, approximately 86,000 barrels of oil seep into the ocean along the Santa Barbara coast – the equivalent of the quantity of oil spilled in the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill.” It is the second largest marine oil seep in the world. Oil in the marine environment is a pollutant, whatever the source. The pollution from natural oil and gas seeps keep our offshore coastal and air environment in a constant state of turbulence. What does SOS do? They inform the public that studies have shown that offshore oil and gas production reduces oil and gas seep quantities and their impacts. These operations are really extracting pollution. Exxon Mobil is proposing to carry oil by truck as a way to enable re-activation of oil and gas production from their SYU (Santa Ynez Unit) in the Santa Barbara Channel. It will be SOS co-founder Lad Handelman, board treasurer Jim Nelson, and Lad’s wife Linda Seals

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an interim solution until a pipeline alternative becomes available to transport crude oil to a refinery destination. Exxon Mobil was previously using the Plains All-American Pipeline, but it has been shut down since the Refugio spill. SOS thinks that keeping oil in the ground has two immediate results: increased seep activity and depriving Californians of the economic benefit from producing the underlying oil and gas reserves. Last year the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) debuted their newest exhibit, which was the History of Oil in the Santa Barbara Channel. It says, “Oil has been a part of our maritime history for thousands of years. The Chumash utilized the natural seeps in our channel for their tomols (canoes) and baskets. The world’s first offshore oil well stood off Summerland Beach. Commercial diving technology flourished in Santa Barbara due to oil production and the modern environmental movement grew out of the 1969 oil spill. There are 21 seeps in our Channel and it is the largest source of air pollution in the County. The world runs on oil. SOS California board consists of co-founder Lad Handelman. The other founder was the late Bruce Allen. More board members are Jim Nelson, Alice Green, Peggy Ewing, Byron Ishkanian, Don Barthelmess, Myra Mahoney, and executive director Judy Rossiter. SOS California has been around since 2007. For more information call 805.969.9259 or visit SOScalifornia.org. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL

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

ENDING THIS WEEK: ‘Distance & Desire’ – Santa Barbara Dance Theater’s first recital of the year features a plethora of premieres, both by artistic director Christopher Pilafian and guest artists Josh Manculich, a recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace award, and Yusha-Marie Sorzano, a former company member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Complexions Contemporary Ballet, plus a special guest appearance by the acclaimed New York City-based Doug Elkins Dance Company. Manculich’s “The Grey Area” explores the theme by delving into the middle ground between poles where we can listen and learn to coexist. The piece features a trio for three female dancers, each dressed differently (black, white, and gray), considering the duty of decision-making and appreciating the vital moments of reflection and pause. Sorzano’s “To All Our Ends,” another all-female contemporary work, examines how women balance nature and instinct with expectations of self and community. The work echoes the folkloric dances, the isolation of the hips and the rhythms of Sorzano’s native Trinidad, while at the same time drawing upon the vocabulary of classical concert dance. Pilafian’s “Chanson” – featuring a cast of 14 dancers including 10 SBDT apprentices – shifts tones as it moves

through a cycle of states and textures with a quality of longing and dash of insouciance. “O, round desire” – from Elkins, familiar to local dance lovers through his multiple residencies with Santa Barbara DANCEworks – explores the connections that bind us, both emotional and corporeal, as figures constantly orbit each other, being drawn together and pulled apart in ethereal and intricately grounded configurations. WHEN: 8 pm Friday & Saturday, January 18 & 19, 2 Sunday, January 20 WHERE: Hatlen Theater COST: $12-$27 INFO: 893-2064 or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 Allred Up and Ready for a Fight – Over the course of her four decades-plus career, women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred has never backed down from high-profile cases, no matter how controversial. Among the notable celebrities, sports figures, and others she has contested lawsuits against are O. J. Simpson, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Scott Petersen, Roman Polanski, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Herman Cain, to name just a few. Her law firm has handled more women’s rights cases than any other private law firm in the nation, in the process winning hundreds of millions of dollars for victims. Among her accolades are Lifetime Achievement Awards from

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Picture this – Modest Mussorgsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874 as a tribute to his friend, the artist, architect, and designer Viktor Hartmann, with the suite serving as a musical accompaniment to 10 Hartmann works of art that were exhibited after the artist’s death. Now, the Santa Barbara Symphony, with the help of students and graduates at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, is returning the favor, as they will perform Ravel’s orchestration of the masterwork accompanied by an animated film that has been likened to such landmark works as Disney’s Fantasia. The film features a series of 15 vignettes that takes audience members through a spectacular range of animation styles and tactics, rich with fantasy, whimsy, and adventure. The multi-sensory spectacular will be followed by a performance of Brahms’ Double Concerto for Violin and Cello featuring Santa Barbara Symphony’s concertmaster, Jessica Guideri, and principal cellist, Trevor Handy. Guideri should have no trouble leading the orchestra on the Mussorgsky/film piece as she has recorded hundreds of motion picture and television soundtracks, and is featured on the Emmy-winning public television series, All Star Orchestra. For his part, Handy also enjoys an active career in Los Angeles and teaches at Westmont College. WHEN: 8 pm tonight, 3 pm tomorrow WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $29 & up INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

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EVENTS by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Red Hot Mama – Tony Award-nominee Sharon McNight has received rave reviews for her one-woman show that pays tribute to Sophie Tucker, the consummate performer on stage, screen, and radio whose remarkable career spanned six decades and dated back to the Ziegfield Follies. Red Hot Mama – the Sophie Tucker Songbook, which McNight also wrote, is a biographical concert chronicling the life and career of “the first lady of show business,” whose particular strength was the “naughty song,” delivered with such gusto that many commentators began to categorize her as “a force of nature.” The show itself features the music and history of burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway, and Las Vegas, and it boasts more than two dozen songs made famous by Tucker including compositions by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, DeSylva & Brown, and Tucker’s 1928 million-record-selling, “My Yiddishe Momme.” Richard Riccardi directs the show that serves as the season opener of Rubicon’s Broadway Musical Concert Series. WHEN: 8 pm tonight, 2 pm tomorrow WHERE: Rubicon Theatre Company, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura COST: $30-$55 INFO: (805) 667-2900 or www.rubicontheatre.org

The National Trial Lawyers and the National Organization for Women (NOW). Meanwhile, criticism that has included the media labeling her as “the ambulance chaser of feminism” hasn’t tamped down her knack for appearing at the side of nearly every famous female to find herself the victim of sexual harassment, discrimination, or worse, as she has been quoted as saying, “I start every day with the knowledge that helping people and fighting for justice is my duty and that nothing worthwhile comes without sacrifice, self-discipline, and courage.” Allred will share her experiences of fighting for justice in what promises to be an illuminating, thought-provoking and unapologetic event, sponsored by Standing Together to End Sexual Assault as a benefit for STESA and Santa Barbara Women Lawyers. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $36.50-$256.50 (Sponsors & VIP tickets include a reception with Allred) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 Funk Zone Art Walk a ‘Sisyphean’ Task – Sisyphean Justice, an exhibition of four multidisciplinary local artists focusing on social justice, mental health, and identity, serves as the centerpiece for the monthly art-and-culture event in Santa Barbara’s still super-trendy oceanfront neighborhood. Matt Brown, Kevin Claiborne, Elisa Ortega, and Toni Scott have contributed works on the theme likening the seemingly never-ending fight for justice and freedom to

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats

the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was burdened with rolling a heavy stone up a hill only for it to fall once reaching the top, forcing him to begin again, repeating this cycle for eternity. The multidisciplinary artists utilize various mediums to convey the resilience, resolve, and resistance of disenfranchised or marginalized communities struggling for justice, with each artist using their works to analyze and dissect various aspects of the human condition with the goal to empower diverse communities and ultimately create progressive social change. Among the other dozen or so artist studios, galleries and art-centric venues are MichaelKate Interiors (hosting In Living Color, Art inspired by nature), Studio One Eleven (ATMOSPHERE + LIGHT, New Works in oil by Steve Richardson), Santa Barbara Wine Collective (Pour: Rich in Abstraction, collection by Alessandra Villegas) and Pali Wine Co. (abstract work by Mary Thompson). WHEN: Arts Fund opening reception 5-8 pm tonight during Art Walk; exhibit continues through March 1 WHERE: 205-C Santa Barbara Street COST: free INFO: (805) 965-7321 or www. artsfundsb.org  SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Dowling in the Hall – Acoustic guitarist Mike Dowling launched his career as a sideman in famed fiddler Vassar Clements’ first touring band back in 1975. Before embarking on a solo career 20 years later, Dowling also worked and recorded with mandolinist Jethro Burns and jazz violin great Joe Venuti, participated in 17 – 24 January 2019

MONDAY, JANUARY 21 Hammond Song – The upcoming annual massive NAMM Show will bring thousands of musicians of a range of genres to instrument, manufacturer, and other display booths in Anaheim next weekend, but you don’t have to travel further than downtown Santa Barbara to catch the great Hammondendorsed jazz organist Brian Charette. A serious yet playful stylist on the famed Hammond B-3, Charette has dazzled audiences and critics alike since settling in the East Village more than 20 years ago. A staple of the downtown NYC scene, Charette has also recorded a series of soaring albums that capture chops and his wide range in eminently listenable style that blends timeless soul-jazz with modern approaches. Charette brings his NYC trio for an early week treat at SOhO tonight. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

hundreds of Nashville sessions, and wrote songs for such artists as Del McCoury, Kathy Mattea, and Emmylou Harris. The transition came easy, as armed with an engaging voice, selfdeprecating wit, and an arsenal of elegant interpretations of old blues, swing, ragtime, and original tunes, Dowling found his first solo album, the critically acclaimed Swamp Dog Blues, leading to lots of fans. In 1996, he left Nashville for a little mountain town in northwest Wyoming where he and his wife opened Wind River Guitar, a unique residency school for private master instruction. He continues to write and record from his Wyoming retreat, having released eight albums on his own label, and sharing a Grammy for his contribution to a Henry Mancini compilation recording called Pink Guitar. The “master of all things sixstringed” who is equally comfortable in rural blues as he is in jazz, bluegrass and country, still tours, too. His concert tonight serves as both the annual membership appreciation show for the Santa Barbara Blues Society and a kickoff bonus for the new year for subscribers to the Wooden Hall concert series from the Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association. WHEN: 7 WHERE: Parish Hall at Santa Barbara Unitarian

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MONDAY, JANUARY 21 MLK Jr. Day – The annual weekend of events honoring the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. culminates with several events on the anniversary of his birth. A morning program (9 am) in De la Guerra Plaza features music, dance, comments from elected officials and other speakers before the Unity March departs for a stroll up State Street to the Arlington Theatre. That’s where guests will be welcomed by jazz and pop music from the David Gorospe Trio, followed by a gospel concert with the Santa Barbara and Coast West Community Choirs, plus readings from the winners of the Essay and Poetry awards. Earlier events include an evening of poetry and art at The Impact Hub from 5:30-8 pm on Saturday, January 19, and an exhibition of the original handwritten “I Have a Dream” speech and other related documents at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum from January 16-25. For details, visit www. mlksb.org. •MJ

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Peter Pays Paul’s Expenses

Government and public servants are just like companies and entrepreneurs, but without the free market requirements of competition and customer satisfaction. Therefore, ego and self-interest are unrestrained and may degenerate into unbridled greed and/ or pompous arrogance. “Customers” have no alternatives. I don’t have enough faith in humanity (or I understand humanity all too well) to willingly grant any elected official free rein (or reign!) over my life, liberty, or property. No one is more dangerous to our aforementioned rights than the legislator, administrator, judge, or bureaucrat. (Those who despise any president, past or present, understand). Public servants aren’t any worse than the rest of humanity, it’s just that they aren’t any better. We all must be accountable to one another, without exception. “Social justice” and “greater good” are beguiling phrases that often justify violence and/or theft against others. The only rights the law should protect are life, liberty, and property. Food, shelter, education, health care, etc. are not “rights” that should be provided by some for the benefit of others. To do so necessarily violates the rights of those who must sacrifice and/or pay for the benefits of others. Those in need must either provide for themselves or rely on the voluntary charity of others. Not pervert the law to covertly rob their neighbors. Steve King Carpinteria

Montecito’s Best

As we roll into the New Year, I thought I would take note of what I enjoyed about living in Montecito throughout years past: Hikes up Saddlerock, Walking on Butterfly Beach; Drives on East Valley.

Bistro Happy Hour, Morning coffee at Pierre’s; Ty’s Biltmore sunsets. Strolls on Coast Village, Music Academy Summer; Food shopping at Vons. Montecito Meetings, Book Checkout at the Library Via Vai pizza. Miramar Beach walks, July 4th parade party; Beautification. Miramar Thanksgiving, Putting up Library lights; Hathaway Tree trim. nd so much more to look forward A to in this coming year. Happy New Year, Montecito! Michael Edwards Montecito

Musical Hate Speech

In 1974, the Randy Newman song “Rednecks” and his 1977 song, “Short People,” may have planted the seeds for modern-day racism. Here are just some of the lyrics to his 1977 hatespeech-set-to-music… You be the judge. hort people got no reason to live S They got little hands and little eyes And they walk around tellin’ great big lies They got little noses and tiny little teeth ... They got grubby little fingers and dirty little minds They’re gonna get you every time I don’t want no short people, round here. Newman’s earlier song, “Rednecks,” uses the “N-word” so many times that a Google search for the lyrics shows nine (9) censored items. A search for the same title, by rock the band, Lamb of God, allows the uncensored “MF” term (aka MoFo) 12 times. Okay Google, WTF is that all about?

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Despite being criticized as “tacitly homophobic,” the 1985 song “Money for Nothing” by the rock band Dire Straits, won a “best performance” trophy at the 28th Grammy Awards and won “video of the year” at the 3rd MTV Video Music Awards. This song held the number 1 spot for three weeks on US Top Rock Tracks. Could these 1970’s and 1980’s subliminal hate songs be responsible for generating the spontaneous (?) residual prejudices being reported daily on CNN, ABC, PMSNBC, CBS and the Disney Channel? Cautiously defending Montecito’s short people, Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: One thing MJ “hates” is leaving a letter ending with a question mark and not responding to it with some kind of answer, so here is our two-cents worth: We’d all be in jail or at least stuck in the middle of myriad lawsuits if we had to defend our 1960’s or ‘70’s positions on virtually everything. As for songs, just listen to John Lennon when he sings “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man. Better run for your life if you can, little girl... Catch you with another man, that’s the end of... little girl.” I remember singing happily along with those threatening words. That we should retrospectively destroy Mr. Lennon’s career, or that of the Beatles, or anybody, because of those and other equally alarming phrases in any song is ludicrous. So, thanks for bringing up “Short People,” which I can still sing along to, Torquemada be damned! – J.B.)

Cash Is King

Investing in the current stock market is a disastrous and financial mistake. The market is controlled by Computer Program Trading Computers (trading against themselves), with their logarithms and high frequency trading, Index trading, Short Sellers, Hedge Fund players, all seeking to manipulate the market to financial advantage. If you are a investor naively believing in the validity and honesty of the market and broker promotions, and you are an investor investing for retirement, you are going to lose big time. The market is controlled by manipulators for their gain not yours. Get out of the market and all related promoted investment goodies, including Mutual Funds and broker-promoted Exchange Traded Funds, etc. A full Congressional investigation is needed. Don’t hold your breath, or continue to invest. Cash is king. H. T. Bryan Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Maybe you’re right, but “cash” is being phased out all over the world. And had you put away a million dollars in cash in 1980, it would now be worth less than $200,000, or at least that is all it would buy in goods and services.

“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” – Clarence Thomas

You should probably rethink your position. – J.B.)

Former Neocon’s Lament

I, myself, was a “Neocon” when Donald Trump walked down the Trump Tower staircase back in June 2015. I have since, due to arrogant behavior of Inside-the-Beltway Establishment Neocon Elitists... stripped myself of any/all vestiges of Neo-Conservatism. I’ve taken my 50th Anniversary Copy of “Making It” by Norman Podhoretz and given it away. No longer a need to consult it or bask in its glow. Neo-Conservatives have made the “360-degree turn” back to anti-American Trotskyite Soviet-style communism. Jonah Goldberg, in defense of the vulgar and indefensible William Kristol, has chosen between going with President Trump or returning to the modernist brand of ideological socialism of their youth. Mr. Kristol calls on neocons to treat the president with disdain and disrespect and to go back to the left. This cabal of renegade, roguish, erstwhile aristocrats of the left never did like American patriotism and traditionalism, for starters. The professional neocons were anti-Stalinist socialists-communists who got their comeuppance at the hands of the New Left barbarians back in the ‘sixties. Neocons hi-jacked political positions on the right (the only slots open on the political spectrum) as a means of getting back at their enemies on the left. They had the upmost disgust for traditional patriots on the right such as Patrick J. Buchanan and William F. Buckley, Jr. They loved Big Government as much as the Democrat Party left. They saw themselves managing and maneuvering a global American Colossus, remaking the world on behalf of a utopian democratic socialist vision, naturally, infused with the standards and principles of High Modernism. NeoConservatives are no more “conservative” than Neo-Liberals are “liberal.” A message to Goldberg, Kristol, et alia: Don’t let the door kick you in the butt on the way out. David Samuel McCalmont Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Many of us were struck dumb by the revelation that editors of the so-called conservative Weekly Standard and the National Review preferred a Hillary Clinton administration over a Donald Trump administration. Many readers let their subscriptions to both lapse shortly after their anti-Trump tirades. The Weekly Standard is no more and, well, there’s probably room for the National Review, but its influence has been greatly diminished. Your analysis is a refreshing reminder of why there is so much that is so wrong with our national politics. – J.B.) •MJ 17 – 24 January 2019

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