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VILLAGE BEAT
29 AUG - 5 SEPT 2019 VOL 25 ISSUE 34
The Voice of the Village
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Interior designer and antique aficionado Marc Normand Gelinas opens upper village outpost, p. 44
ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 27 • LETTERS, P. 8 • SPIRITUALITY MATTERS, P. 22
SHE’S A LEGEND
TEXAS-BORN MONTECITO RESIDENT CAROL BURNETT’S “THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW” AIRED FROM 1967 TO 1979 ON CBS-TV AND THE POPULAR PROGRAM’S AUDIENCE RAN UPWARDS OF 30 MILLION VIEWERS EVERY WEEK. MS BURNETT HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME, NUMEROUS EMMY, TONY, AND GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, AND NOW, IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HER EXTRAORDINARY AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE, THE COMIC-ACTRESS-HOST WILL BE HONORED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AT THE GRANADA LEGENDS GALA ALONG WITH OPERA SANTA BARBARA AND MEG AND DAN BURNHAM (STORY BEGINS ON P. 14)
Artists On Display
It’s called the Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour, but this year five of the thirty-five open artist studios are in Montecito, p. 18
Palms Down
The spindly (though elegant) palm tree is not only not native to Southern California, it’s dying all over; Just Ask J’Amy, p. 5