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Jewel in her crown: Olivia Newton-John wears designer Corinna Gordon’s earrings on TV, P. 6

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P.10 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P.44 • OPEN HOUSES, P.53

30 BEAUTIFUL YEARS

Hundreds of volunteers will take to the streets this Saturday to help beautify Montecito; Sue Burrows to be named Citizen of the Year, and three homeowners to be honored for their exceptional properties (story begins on page 12)

Her Journey

Too Ghoul For School

Whiskey & Leather

Designer (and now author) Donna Karan to make surprise appearance at Tecolote Tuesday, November 10, p.22

Ghost Village Road lives up to its Halloween name as students, parents, teachers, and merchants unite, p.38

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5 On The Water Front

Bob Hazard prays for precipitation, measures the ongoing drought’s impact, details desalination while number-crunching, dips into common interests, and looks into the future

6 Montecito Miscellany

Ellen on her coming out; Corinna Gordon and Olivia Newton-John; Thompsons’ Cabana Home; George Lucas donates $10M; Karen Sinsheimer tributes; Sally Todd with Museum of TV & Radio; NY City Ballet at Granada; Brad Nack moving on; Neal Taylor Nature Center; new SB museum exhibition; World Business Academy luncheon; and singers at First Presbyterian Church

8 Letters to the Editor

Sandra Owens on firefighting; J. Lehr addresses mayor and city council; Dana Newquist pays tribute to the late Freeman Gosden Jr.; Susan Koehn on Seamair Farm; the Smiths’s true terror; a poem from Michael Edwards; and Don Thorn sounds off about dangerous times

10 This Week

Poetry Club, Grand Opening party; Alzheimer’s walk; Centering Prayer retreat; Coil Oil Point Reserve; free music; beekeeping; MBAR meeting; Cocktails & Conservatives; Cold Spring School Board; Dr. John McK. Camp lecture; MA meeting; Wednesday retreat; Summerland yoga; German conversation; Prayer workshop; Mesa Artists Studio tour; Porch exhibit; Owls in Wonderland; cooking class; Mindfulness Meditation; adults grieving; Dona Karan Tecolote book signing. Tide Guide Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach

12 Village Beat

Beautification Day award winners; Miramar goes before MBAR; two new businesses open on Coast Village Road; MERRAG prepares for Gibraltar Fire; and Ghost Village Road costume contest winners

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner visits New Beginnings Counseling Center for its annual gala; she also makes note of ex-dancer Twyla Tharp and The Cecilia Fund’s fundraiser; and UBGC at Deckers

22 Coming & Going

Donna Karan set to sign copies of her autobiography at Tecolote on Tuesday, 10 November; Jim Buckley reports on his conversation with the fashion maven; Kostis Protopapas discusses Opera Santa Barbara’s upcoming Don Giovanni, and first but definitely not least important, the true tale of Buckley’s very first golf-course ace

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24 Water Wise

Tom Mosby and Montecito Water District directors explore the drought, new water supply development, and total cost of remedies such as desalination

25 Ernie’s World

Ernie Witham enters the pop top of the Blue Ribbon Classic, settling into the belly of the beast – specifically the Hog and Goat Grandstand

28 Montecito Insider

Ann Pieramici previews the fourth annual fundraising hike to benefit the nonprofit AHA! on November 7 at Romero Canyon trailhead

32 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz sits Still with British musician Richard Thompson before his Friday concert at the Lobero; Invertigo founder Laura Karlin; Hope and Justin Schneir; Classical Corner and all that jazz

34 Our Town

Joanne Calitri observes and partakes of Dia De Los Muertos celebration in Summerland, where she caught up with local artists and business members

35 Your Westmont

A new scholarship makes Westmont more affordable; Stephen Prothero lectures about culture wars; teens learn about the teaching profession; and a new play blends theater and art November 6-7

38 Ghost Village Road

A summary of the annual Halloween event in pictures, with help from the Coast Village Road Association and Montecito merchants

44 Calendar of Events

1st Thursday at Granada; Lake Street Dive at UCSB; Venus at UCSB; Dulcie Taylor at Cambridge Drive Church; Lyle Lovett at Campbell Hall; Veterans Day events; Thile at the Lobero; exhibits at SB Museum of Art; choreographer Akram Khan joins forces for Kaash; and If All the Sky Were Paper at the Lobero

46 Legal Advertising 47 Movie Guide 53 Real Estate View

Mike Hunt shines his spotlight on a quartet of available properties, each of which costs less than $1.5 million

Open House Directory 54 Classified Advertising

Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

55 Local Business Directory

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ON THE WATER FRONT

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Praying for Rain

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hile most Montecito residents turn their eyes skyward, praying that El Niño will deliver a record-breaking downpour this winter, Montecito Water District (MWD) faces a more immediate challenge: negotiating with the City of Santa Barbara for an ample share of the City’s desalinated water at an affordable cost. We are now entering the fifth year of California’s worst-ever-in-modern-times drought. The National Weather Service predicts El Niño rains could either fill our reservoirs, or do little to end the drought; climatologists are uncertain whether El Niño will produce the cold temperatures and snowfall necessary to renew the current non-existent snow pack in the northern High Sierras, which is the primary source of Southern California’s overpromised, but under-delivered State Water.

Desalination on the Table

Montecito and the City of Santa Barbara have received permission from the California Coastal Commission to open negotiations for regional use of the city’s reactivated Charles E. Meyer Desalination facility. The City of Santa Barbara has successfully crafted a reliable, multi-faceted, water supply portfolio that offers its residents’ reliable water at an affordable cost. It has deployed both the will and the wallet to add desalinated water to its water portfolio. Montecito, however, is still struggling to find an affordable way to end mandatory rationing. Back in the early ‘90s, the City of Santa Barbara, the Montecito Water District, and the Goleta Water District, formed a partnership to fund, build and operate the Charles E. Meyer regional desalination plant. After the the 1991 March Miracle rainfall, both Montecito and Goleta opted out of paying their fair share of modest stand-by maintenance costs and permit renewal fees to allow a subsequent start-up. The City alone footed the reduced costs and took sole ownership of the mothballed desalination facility, preserving the right to reopen it at a production level of up to 10,000 acre-feet per year (AFY).

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Fast-forward to today. The City of Santa Barbara is rehabilitating its desal plant with new energy-efficient membranes, while retaining its original openocean intake system, saving millions in costs. The City has moved rapidly and aggressively to secure favorable financing from the State Revolving Fund (1.66% for a 20-year loan), reducing desal water costs from the $3,500 per acrefoot range ($8.04 per billable HCF unit) to a more reasonable $2,350 per acrefoot range ($5.40 per billable HCF). City officials have convinced the California Coastal Commission and the labyrinth of water regulators that its original permits for the $55 million desalination rehabilitation facility are still valid, cutting years off the approval expense, thus saving more millions of dollars. In record time, the City of Santa Barbara has entered into a contract with IDE Technologies Americas and Kiewitt Infrastructure West, to rehab and reopen the facility. Site demolition started September 21 this year. Desal water production of 3,125 acre-feet per year (AFY) for city use is scheduled to begin in September 2016. Completion of the contract is set for October 7, 2016. To put Santa Barbara’s efforts into perspective, compare its desalination plant approval process to the 14-year permitting paralysis imposed by State regulators on the Carlsbad-San Diego desalination plant, now scheduled to be opened by the end of this year.

Montecito and Santa Barbara’s Common Interests

For both Montecito and Santa Barbara, their outdated and inadequate surface reservoir systems have failed during this prolonged drought, which may be the new norm in California. Lake Cachuma is going dry. Water releases from Cachuma are being restricted to stored carryover water, downstream releases, and feeding federal fish. The City’s Gibraltar reservoir and MWD’s Jameson reservoir are nearly empty, silt- filled, and approaching mudhole status. Over-promised State Water allocations of 3,000 acre-feet for both Santa Barbara and MWD have dwindled to near zero at a time when

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WATER FRONT Page 244 What we do in life echoes in eternity. – from Gladiator

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Monte ito Miscellany by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News. He moved to Montecito eight years ago.

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he’s happily married to actress Portia de Rossi and has broken taboos by being open about her sexuality. But Montecito comedienne and Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres has revealed she almost didn’t come out in public because she feared she would lose everything if people knew about her sexuality. The 57-year-old TV talk-show host famously announced she was gay in 1997, making TV history and garnering the cover of Time magazine when her character on the sitcom Ellen then also revealed she was gay. Ellen has admitted in a forthcoming episode of Oprah’s Master Class that she didn’t “ever” think she’d be able to disclose her sexuality in public. The funny woman recalled going on a retreat at the Esalen Institute in

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

The Montecito Fire That Wasn’t

he recent Gibraltar incident was yet just another reminder of how vulnerable the Montecito community is to the threat of wildfire. One spark and one night of high-velocity sundowner winds puts us only a step away from total disaster in our tinder-dry area. The first responders for this incident included Montecito Fire Protection District, Carpinteria-Summerland, Vandenberg Air Force Base, the U.S. Forest Service, Santa Barbara County Fire, Santa Barbara City Fire, Cal Fire, and Montecito’s all-volunteer MERRAG (Montecito Emergency Response & Recovery Group) organization. Aggressive air drops of flame retardant and water-bucket-dropping helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft that used Westmont College’s Lovik Field to refill with water made Incident Command’s plans to surround the fire as quickly as possible come to fruition. Thankfully, the fire was contained at 50 acres, and then reassessed to around 40 acres. The aerial tankers dropped approximately 87,000 gallons of retardant. Hot Shot crews were on the scene late into the night and for the next several days. A special recognition is appropriate for the efforts of MERRAG (Montecito Emergency Response & Recovery Group), whose dedicated members, when activated by the Fire District early Thursday morning, dropped any and all personal plans and/or

commitments they may have had planned to assist fire personnel in the protection of our community. I only wish more residents were aware and would support our front-line volunteer community protectors. We all should be sooo thankful for the first-rate Montecito Fire Protection District and our chief, “Chip” Hickman, and all the guys and gals of the department we are so privileged to have protecting us. Sandra Owens Montecito (Editor’s note: No one who has been in this area for any length of time can fail to marvel at the speed and efficiency of the firefighting team and the Incident Commander behind it. Many of us watched from all around the Santa Barbara area as those planes with fire-suppressants onboard unloaded their cargo in what seemed like an endless procession of air power. That a 40-acre blaze in tinder-dry backcountry and 25 to 40 mph winds could be contained so quickly and so thoroughly seems miraculous. Bravo to all. As for your plea for MERRAG volunteers, you are right on with that, too. Interested parties should go online to www.merrag.org for instructions. – J.B.)

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In Passing

Freeman Gosden Jr. On Monday, October 26, our community lost another great man, Freeman Gosden. His obituary in the News-Press gives his historical background. Being son of one of the most famous radio stars of all time, Freeman Jr. made his own significant marks on our world. He was a great husband, father, CEO of several companies, army officer, author, teacher, and contributor to several charitable organizations. In spite of being struck by polio twice, Freeman was always determined, steadfast, positive, and incredibly productive. My journey with Freeman started about 10 years ago when David Myrick held one of his annual Christmas parties at Birnam Wood. David introduced me to Ted Bacon. We instantly

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experiencing a bout of “algae bloom” at the Andree Clark Bird Refuge. “Algae bloom” is our local euphemism for the horrid pig farm-like stench emanating from the pond during periods of hot weather. The stench affects thousands of residents, including young children, living in adjacent areas of Santa Barbara and Montecito, causing numerous cases of headaches and nausea. We know from City pundits that the bloom (read “stench”) is induced by prolonged periods of high air temperatures and inadequate water exchange and oxygenation which lead to growth of anaerobic bacteria emanating (or otherwise causing) the stench.  However, despite all that learned pundit discourse, the City seems to be unable, or is not concerned enough, to find an effective and permanent solution to the problem. Yes, the City claims to be oxygenating the pond from time to time by spraying water in the area adjacent to the zoo. However, such infrequent and random oxygenation efforts are ineffective and do not help address concerns voiced by the City and Montecito residents and businesses.  Accordingly, I call on the City to undertake serious efforts to implement effective and permanent bird refuge stench mitigating measures, to include available biological or chemical treat-

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Public Lecture Dr. John McK. Camp, Director of the Athenian Agora Excavations, will deliver a lecture entitled “The Archaeology of Democracy” on at the Karpeles Manuscript Library. When: 6 pm Where: 21 W. Anapamu Street Cost: free and open to the public

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Grand Opening Party Crimson is a holiday gift gallery tradition, representing 39 local artists, including Montecito jewelry artists Mike and Charlotte Barnard, and offers a great selection of fine art and crafts for home, family, and friends. All are welcome to join for the annual grand opening party. Refreshments will be served. When: 4 to 8 pm Where: La Cumbre Plaza (next to Tiffany’s), 121 S Hope Ave Info: (805) 453-4897 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Walk to End Alzheimer’s The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting the Santa Barbara County community to unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions by participating in the 2015 Santa Barbara Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Last year, more than $190,000 was raised for the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. When: 9 am to noon Where: Earl Warren Showgrounds Info: To start or join a team today, visit act.alz.org/SantaBarbara Centering Prayer Practice Retreat A mini-retreat day for Centering Prayer practice. There will be meditation

walks, journaling, reflection, and prayer practice. Let by Sister Suzanne Dunn, Jeannette Love, and Annette Colbert. Beginners welcome. When: 9:30 am to 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031 Tour of Coal Oil Point Reserve Come join a free tour of Coal Oil Point Reserve. Learn about the cultural and natural history of COPR, observe roosting Snowy Plovers and other fall migratory bird species, and enjoy a walk around the Devereux Slough. To join the group, there is no charge, but RSVP is required. When: 10 am to noon Info: (805) 893-3703 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: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Basic Beekeeping Now is a good time to join the urban beekeeping movement. Honeybees need us and we need them. This workshop will help the novice learn basic skills. Learn about honeybee society and biology, equipment, starting a colony, and fall and

winter management. Bring your own protective gear if you have it. Paul Croshaw is president of the Santa Barbara Beekeeper’s Association, and has 40 years of beekeeping experience. He oversees La Casa’s apiary. When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $75 for workshop and lunch MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. When: 2 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Cocktails & Conservatives Cocktails and Conservatives will be held at the Endless Summer Restaurant. Independents, Republicans, and Democrats are invited to share conversations while enjoying beverages and complimentary appetizers. When: 4 to 6 pm Where: 113 Harbor Way, #180 RSVP: 699-6756 or sbrepublicanwomen@gmail.com Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678

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Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Wednesday Retreat Day According to Dawn George, PhD, LMFT, the Earth is alive with many intimations of the divine. Explore experiences of dreams, synchronicities, and telepathy, especially in nature, during this La Casa de Maria retreat. When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation; lunch is available for $14 Info: www.lacasademaria.org Summerland Evening Yoga A longtime Summerland tradition, taught by Bob Andre. Small Hatha 1 yoga class with brief meditation and breathing work. When: 5:30 pm Where: Summerland Church, 2400 Lillie Avenue Cost: $12 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 German Conversation The German Conversation Group meets on the second Friday of each month at Montecito Library. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop Centering Prayer is a way of cultivating a deeper relationship with yourself and your beliefs. Participants will learn basic guidelines to begin a new practice or support an ongoing practice. Taught by Suzanne Dunn and Jeannette B. Love, who are meditators, Centering Prayer facilitators, and spiritual directors. When: today, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm,

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Art Exhibit at Porch New work by long-time Santa Barbara artist Virginia McCracken will be on exhibit at Porch through December 30. Porch will host an artist reception today; please join in to meet Virginia and enjoy refreshments and beverages. Virginia is a Santa Barbara–based artist who creates small-scale assemblages: imaginary worlds inside boxes that are inhabited by papier-maché figures. The expressively detailed characters are of unknown species, generally related to cats, dogs, rabbits, and horses, but not quite, and sometimes not at all. The artist is inspired by make-believe and the notion of secret interior worlds. When: 3 to 5 pm Where: 3823 Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria Info: 684-0300 and tomorrow 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $95, includes lunch Info: www.lacasademaria.org Mesa Artists Studio Tour Eleven artists, whose output includes abstract, representational, landscape, and figurative work in watercolors, pastels, oils, acrylics, and other media host annual Mesa Artists Studio Tour, opening their homes for a pre-holiday exhibit and sale. Follow red balloons and signs to enjoy the art of Karin Aggeler, Liz Downey, Morgan Green, Nancy and Bill Hull, Cree Mann, Margaret Nadeau, Erin Williams, Deborah Breedon, Sara Carr, Sara Woodburn, and Ellen Yeomans. When: Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm Cost: free Map and info: www. santabarbaramesaartists.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Owls in Wonderland Laguna Blanca School hosts carnival with an Alice in Wonderland theme. Attractions and activities include a Mad Scientist, scavenger hunts, games, arts and crafts, tea parties, live rabbits, and owls for photo ops, and of course, Alice herself will be there to entertain. Admission is free, and the event is open to the community. When: 11 am to 2 pm Where: 260 San Ysidro Road Cost: free admission Info: 687-2461 Cooking Class Event The Saint Barbara Philoptochos is proud to present an afternoon with Diane Kochilas, celebrity chef, award-winning cookbook author, and cooking school director, Ikaria – Cooking for Life, who has been at the forefront of bringing healthy, 5 – 12 November 2015

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Beautification Day Winners John and Suzanne Sanford’s charming cottage on Hill Road is a recipient of a Beautification Award. Here is the back of the cottage, where the Sanfords helped beautify Channel Drive.

his Saturday, November 7, marks the 30th annual Montecito Association (MA) Beautification Day, when hundreds of Montecito residents will help further beautify Montecito by picking up litter along streets, trails, beaches, and roads. The event, co-chaired by Mindy Denson and Jean von Wittenburg, will be held rain or shine. A large part of the annual event is the recognition of several Montecito homeowners committed to keeping their properties maintained and beautiful. This year, there are three award recipients chosen by the Beautification Committee, which includes Cindy Feinberg, Trish Davis, Jean von Wittenburg, Caryl Crahan, Christy Venable, Heidi Winston, Patty Zucherman, Jane Burkemper, Nina Terzian, Helen Buckley, Dana Hansen, Andrea Newquist, Michael Edwards, Monica Babich, Connor Rehage, Sylvia Easton, Marie Larkin, and Alicia St. John. The first award will be given to John and Suzanne Sanford for their

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hanging Lives One Person at a Time.” That is the mission of New Beginnings Counseling Center (NBCC) who recently held their annual gala at the El Encanto. After wine on the terrace with David Grossman at the piano, we were seated in the ballroom for dinner. Board president Diane Pannkuk told us, “Mental illness is often overlooked. One in five adults suffers from it. Twenty percent of youth are also afflicted,” Mental illness is certainly front and center in the news with all the school shootings. One of my favorite NBCC programs is safe parking, which honoree Susan Rose established in 2004. Assemblyman Das Williams remembered living in a car after high school. The safe parking program provides case management and outreach to the homeless and safe overnight parking to those living in the vehicles. Numerous churches, governmental, and non-profit agencies and businesses offer up their parking lots. NBCC provides confidential daily-monitored parking places if individuals cannot provide themselves with affordable housing. There are 115 of these spaces. Executive director Kristine Schwarz is a psychotherapist with extensive experience in building organizations. Also on staff is Lesley Wilson, who is supportive services program coordinator, case manager and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Besides safe parking, there are programs in parenting education, a community-counseling clinic and supportive services program especially for veterans and their families. The Community Champions award went to Susan Rose and her husband, Allan Ghitterman, presented by Sara Miller McCune (founder and executive chairman of SAGE). Allan is still practicing law, and Susan served eight years on the Santa Barbara board of supervisors. They have pages of credits for serving on a multitude of

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boards. As Cheryl and Gary Justice said, “Susan and Allan have dedicated their lives to fighting for human rights, supporting women in the quest for higher education and working tirelessly on behalf of the environment and our community.” Or as new homeowner Michael shared, “New Beginnings was truly the new beginning to a better life for our family.” To learn about all that NBCC does, call 963-7777 or check out rsvp@sbn bcc.org.

Twyla Tharp

The Santa Barbara dance community was all atwitter about the number-one choreographer in the United States and former dancer Twyla Tharp appearing at the Granada brought by UCSB’s Arts & Lectures on her 50th anniversary tour. It was co-presented with Santa Barbara Dance Alliance,

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Santa Barbara DANCEworks, and the UCSB department of theater/dance. The dance series is sponsored in part by Annette and Dr. Richard Caleel, Margo Cohen-Feinberg and Robert Feinberg, and the Cohen family fund. Twyla’s dance company didn’t disappoint. They never stopped moving. As The New York Times wrote, “mind-boggling stamina.” Her choreography expands the boundaries of ballet and modern dance. She has choreographed more than 160 works since graduating from Barnard College in 1963. She’s done TV specials, movies,

ballets, Broadway shows, and even figure skating routines. There’s a Tony, two Emmys, and 19 honorary doctorates in her lifetime collection, and much more. Tharp appeared on stage after the performance for a Q&A. Her answers were succinct. When asked why she loves to dance, she replied, “It’s healthy. It makes you feel good.” Regarding the dance climate today, “I don’t know what that is. I go to the studio and work.” About when she began to dance, she says, “I never started. I always danced.” The dancers

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Affair of the Heart

The oldest philanthropic organization in Santa Barbara, The Cecilia Fund, chartered in 1892, gave a fundraiser called “El Asunto del Corazon” or “An Affair of the Heart”. They took over one of the covered terraces and part of the garden at the Music Academy, which is undergoing a major renovation of the estate house. There was definitely a flavor of Spain with wine, sangria, tapas, and strumming guitars. You could even sample olive oils. The Jalapeno olives were delicious as well. Catherine Remak acted as emcee, welcoming all. Debbie Arneson told her personal story of when her baby was born with a severe cleft palate. They couldn’t afford to get to Stanford for the surgery, and The Cecilia Fund gave them the money. She still remembers how much that meant even after all these years. Co-chairs of this delicious event were Sigrid Toye and LaShon Kelley. Board co-presidents are Marion

Cecilia Fund board members Sally Coughlin and Charlene Nagel with emcee Catherine Remak

Schoneberger and Susan Johnson. The rest of the board is Victoria Bessinger, Sally Coughlin, Barbara Howell, Charlene Nagel, Nikki Rickard, and Bette Saks. There are about 150 members, 10 board members and no staff. All the work is volunteer. They took their original name, St. Cecilia Club, from the patron saint of music because the members formed a small orchestra. Through their benefit concerts, they raised money to assist patients at the new Cottage Hospital. To keep up with the times, in 2013 they became The Cecilia Fund. There is no longer any musical performances, but they continue to provide healthcare funding for the most vulnerable members of our community – last year $100,000. The recipients are vetted by local social services and much of it is needed dental work, and there is a waiting list. If you’d like to join, there will be a tea at the Santa Barbara Club on January 28, 2016. You can donate online and learn more at www.ceciliafund.org or mail a check to The Cecilia Fund, P.O. Box 50136, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. There are no administrative fees.

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May the Fortune Be with You George Lucas, who founded one of Hollywood’s most lucrative and successful franchises with Star Wars and is listed at 94th in the Forbes 400 rankings with a fortune of $5 billion, is giving back. George, 71, who owns a Carpinteria beach house near Oscar winner Kevin Costner and TV talk-show host Conan O’Brien, has just donated a hefty $10 million to his alma mater, USC’s film school, to provide financial assistance to black and Hispanic students, who he feels are underrepresented in the entertainment industry. The money, the largest single donation for student support in college history, will be used to establish the George Lucas Foundation Endowed Student Support Fund for Diversity. Nine years ago, he also donated a whopping $175 million to USC, including millions to rebuild the film school. The force is clearly with him. Picture-Perfect Friends of the late Karen Sinsheimer, for 25 years the curator of photography at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art growing the collection to more than 7,500 pieces, have been receiving a most impressive tribute to the much loved scholar, who died in July at the age of 73 from pancreatic cancer. Longtime photographer friend and UCLA Medical Center urologist Rich Ehrlich, along with widower Robert Sinsheimer, chancellor emeritus and professor of biology emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, and Mac Holbert, artist and printmaker, who worked on a number of projects with Karen, have sent out nearly 50 copies of Rich’s new 88-page photographic glossy, Reverie, to her friends and members of her group, PhotoFutures. founded in 1998, which support’s the museum’s curatorial efforts. “The book was going to press in China, and we stopped the presses five days before Karen died so we could include a salutation to her,” says Rich. “Everyone was taken with her. She was unique and extraordinary, and everyone loved her. She touched and enriched everyone. “The book serves as an encomium to Karen and a reminder for all that she aspired to in the photographic world. Profoundly energetic, uncompromising, brilliant, kind, yet modest to a fault, she represented the highest of artistic taste and prescience. “Karen was the epitome of the ‘curator’s curator’ the very paradigm of excellence. The title Reverie seems particularly apt – carrying her memory and dream forward.” A great many positives from a lot of negatives.

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The fearsome (fearless? fearful?) foursome of (from left) David Owen, Dennis Franz, James Buckley, and Carlos Lopez celebrate Jim’s first hole-in-one with an iPhone selfie taken on the 17th green at Glen Annie Golf Course by Mr. Owen

y First Hole-in-One: Where: 17th hole, Glen Annie Golf Course; when: Wednesday, 28 October 2015; details: par 3, 178 yards to the pin in the far left quadrant; wind: 15-20 mph in our face; club choice: driver. If you are a golfer, you are probably saying, ‘Now, wait a minute. Driver?

For a 178-yard shot? Nay, nay.’ Well, you would be wrong. The other three golfers in our foursome: Carlos Lopez, David Owen, and Dennis Franz, chose lesser clubs and scoffed at my choice of driver. The wind, however, had other ideas and was howling directly in my face as I got up to the tee box. I hit first, and

let the record show that only one of the aforementioned sportsmen made the green, and that was power-hitting David, who hit last, and chose a 3-wood. David is a consummate sailor and noticed that the wind had begun to swirl in both directions by the time he got up to tee off. One swing with my trusted 9-degrees-of-loft handcrafted Wishon driver sent the Titleist ProV1 hurtling toward the center of the green, fighting the wind all the way. It looked like it stayed on but it was difficult to tell, as the pin was simply too far away. When we arrived at the green, there was only one ball in evidence: Dave’s. We play a dollar for closest to the pin, and David scratched in what he thought was the winning tee shot for himself. As we contemplated where my ball may have landed, I tiptoed up to the hole and shot a furtive glance downward... just in case. And there it was, that handsome little orb with the red line on it was snuggled up against the pin at the bottom of the hole like a little chickadee. To make the accomplishment that much sweeter, we were playing a buck a hole, two bucks for a par, four bucks for a birdie and eight dollars for an eagle (for non-golfers, an “eagle” is two under par on any hole, which is a one on a par 3). And, we were playing carryovers. My hole-in-one earned me a grand total of $33, just for that hole. Did I mention what a glorious day it was? Oh.

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Just as we were about to put clothing designer Donna Karan (who is set to visit Tecolote Book Shop next week) on speakerphone, we lost power here in Montecito. No telephone, no electricity, no computer. Just like that. I am pleased to report, however, that power was restored and our connection re-established within 10 minutes. The first question I asked when we finally connected was if she got the idea to name her seminal “seven easy pieces” wardrobe concept after the Bob Rafelson-directed film Five Easy Pieces that starred Jack Nicholson and Karen Black. “No, I don’t think so,” she answered as we settled at our respective desks, she in New York, I in Montecito. “Seven easy pieces is exactly what a woman is looking for in her wardrobe,” Ms Karan explains. “To make her life simpler as a working woman, from work to going out at night; how to really make her wardrobe flexible.” Those seven pieces consisted first and foremost of the “bodysuit” over which everything else flowed: skirt, trousers, jacket, sweater, dress, shirt, and scarf, though the items

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changed and shifted over the years. As for how she got into the fashion business, she says, “I was sort of born on Seventh Avenue,” and indeed she was. Donna actually grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, but her mother worked as a catalog model and her father, Gabriel “Gabby” Faske, was a tailor and men’s clothing designer who made custom suits in his New York City shop. Her father died in a car accident (he was not the driver) when Donna was just three years old, and one of the few memories she has of him was watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade through the window in his office, which overlooked the parade route. “It is really my last memory of my father,” she says, “he was such a wonderful man.” Her stepfather, Harold Flaxman, was also in the clothing business; he sold lesser expensive clothing on Broadway. Donna attended Hewlett High School (during which she held her own fashion show and has photos in her book of some of those items), and from there attended Parsons School of Design for two years. She was hired by Anne Klein as a lowly assistant and showed such early talent that Ms Klein dissuaded her from continuing at Parsons. “She [Anne Klein] told me I was getting at least as good an education on Seventh Avenue as I would have at Parsons.” Success and Failure When Anne Klein died (in 1974 of breast cancer at age 50), Donna and a former classmate, Louis Dell’Ollio, teamed up to become chief designers for the Anne Klein collection and continued in that role until 1985, when Ms Karan launched her own line. Donna says that first collection for Anne Klein was an immediate success. “There were many in the fashion business,” she recounts, “concerned that Anne Klein as a brand may have died with their namesake. The response to the collection I had done was absolutely spectacular. It seemed that I was on my way.” The boldest feature of that first collection, Ms Karan recalls, was a body jacket she had designed with zippers up the front. “I had become pregnant and had gained a huge amount of weight, and my aim was to get into that jacket. It was all very seamed and fitted, and my dream was to fit into it,” she laughs. When asked if there were any fashion failures along the way, she says her “green collection” was a complete bust. She put out a collection that featured clothing in every

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SEEN (Continued from page 16) All UBGC guys Paul Menzel, Sal Rodriguez, Matt Marquis, and Rich Ridgway

An Evening of Laughter & Inspiration The United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County (UBGC) held “An Evening of Laughter & Inspiration” at Deckers Brands Rotunda benefiting UBGC outreach program. The Rotunda was filled with tables for dinner decorated in blue and silver to coordinate with the modern room. All around the edges was a silent auction, the hors d’oeuvres were enormous and the bars busy. The new CEO of nine months, Michael Baker, who was being too humble, would have you believe the tremendous strides forward were all due to his staff. The attendance has gone up from 189 in 2014 to 409 in 2015 at the four sites. The clubs are all open on Saturdays now, and besides breakfast and lunch they are serving dinners to some of the kids. Michael presented the Service to Youth award to Angel Martinez, who is CEO and chairman of the board for Deckers Brands. He is a product of Boys & Girls Club who came from the Bronx to the West Coast, wore the wrong tennis shoes, and had an accent. According to him, “I wasn’t popular.” He went to the Boys & Girls Club and found friends and mentors that changed his life. Since he was a camera nut, one of the instructors trusted him with the keys to the dark room so he could use it anytime. “That meant so much that he trusted me.” Angel had grown up poor and on food programs, or as he said, “I wasn’t going to eat.” Then there was a big surprise for

United Boys & Girls Clubs CEO Michael Baker with honoree and CEO of Deckers Brands Angel Martinez and UBGC board president, Jim Crook

A longtime UBGC supporter, Dr. Patricia Bragg, with one of her books

board president Jim Crook. From this day on, the Service to Youth award will be called the Jim Crook award. His kids surprised him by driving here for the presentation. They kept them hidden backstage. When the live auction brought $103,000 instead of the projected $50,000, there was a standing ovation. There followed three stand-up comedians to add levity to the occasion with dancing after that. Something for everyone! To get involved, call 681-1315. Your time, treasure, or talent would be wel•MJ come.

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they are needed most. Both the City and MWD have convinced their customers to conserve water at levels well above governor Jerry Brown’s call for cuts of 25% below 2013 levels. MWD has successfully purchased supplementary water to prevent a more severe shortage. Santa Barbara, with greater stored reserves, has relied less on emergency supplementary water purchases. The City has avoided mandatory rationing, severe rationing penalty payments, and rapidly rising emergency drought surcharges. The City has incorporated the cost of desalinated water into its current rate system, while Montecito continues to offset declining sales revenue and rising operating expenses by depleting reserves, living off rationing penalty fees, and raising emergency drought surcharges. Prudent planning and funded strategic investment have enabled the City to develop a more diversified water portfolio, one that adds desalination as a new source of locally controlled water that is totally independent of rainfall. The City has also incorporated recycled wastewater into its strategic portfolio plan; Montecito still discharges 600,000 gallons a day of treated wastewater into the ocean off Butterfly Beach.

The Tom Mosby Factor

Sources in the City report that one of the best things MWD has going for it in its negotiations is the longstanding personal relationship, built on mutual respect and trust, between the recently retired general manager of MWD (but now re-retained) Tom Mosby, and City of Santa Barbara Public Works director Rebecca Bjork; she is the former Water Resources manager, a position now held by Josh Haggmark. Ms Bjork now presides over the City of Santa Barbara’s $117-million Public Works annual budget that includes the Charles E Meyer desalination facility, the El Estero Wastewater treatment plant, the Cater Water Treatment plant shared with Montecito and Carpinteria, city road maintenance, city parking garages, and all municipal property in Santa Barbara. Meanwhile, Montecito planners are restrained by the challenge of operating under two separate agencies with different priorities: one for water, the other for recycled water. The City believes that friendly negotiations with Montecito have the best chance of success when crafted by knowledgeable, professional staff members, rather than attorneys or paid consultants.

Ongoing Negotiations

At the October 20 MWD Board meeting, Tom Mosby reported to the board that “a term-sheet from the City may be expected within two weeks,” and that the City expects to complete a deal by January 1, 2016. City sources report that a 2½-page term sheet was sent to MWD last week for consideration by the MWD Board. City sources also report that progress has been made in identifying and aligning goals, compiling the advantages of regional cooperation, and estimating the benefits of economies of scale which have the potential to drop desalinated water costs for both parties from the $2,350 range ($5.40 per HCF billing unit) to nearer the $1,450 per acre-foot range (a more attractive $3.33 per HCF billing unit). Still to be resolved is whether to increase the annual capacity of the City’s desalination facility in modular increments from its current 3,125 acre-feet up to the 7,500 acre-feet, which would allow Montecito to become rainfall independent and to maximize economies of scale. Also, MWD and the City still have to negotiate how capital and operating costs might be shared. Can Montecito strike a reasonable deal with the City of Santa Barbara that could augur an end to rationing? Hopefully it can, because MWD is running out of time and money to implement any other options.

The Future

Fifty-four years ago on April 12, 1961, president John F. Kennedy told this country: “If we could ever competitively – at a cheap rate – get fresh water from salt water, that would be in the long-range interest of humanity, and would really dwarf any other scientific accomplishment.” Reliable, affordable water, locally produced, rain or no rain, is technology’s best response to possible global warming and cyclical drought. Israel, Australia, and 14,000 current desalination facilities heeded JFK’s challenge, and have successfully turned their deserts into green gardens by innovatively embracing scientific breakthroughs and delivering fresh water from an inexhaustible supply of salt water at an affordable price. The hope here is that Montecito and the City can negotiate a deal that is fair to all parties and solves our collective water problem for at least the next 54 years. •MJ

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WATER WISE

by Tom Mosby and Directors of Montecito Water District

Creating a Pathway Through the Drought

veryone knows this drought has been bad, but the numbers are astonishing: four straight years of rainfall in Montecito averaging only about half of normal; the lowest four year total recorded by the District since records began in 1930; less than 16 percent of available water supply in both Jameson Lake and Lake Cachuma with no Cachuma Project water allocation in 2015 for the first time in its history; and possibly no State Water allocations in 2016 or supplemental water supply purchase opportunities. Despite continuing drought, and the lack of water from local and state water project reservoirs, Montecito has managed to secure water that should cover customer water demand into 2017, even if the drought continues. How? By being the first south coast water district to adopt a monthly customer water allocation program in 2014, resulting in a cumulative 46-percent reduction in water demand compared to 2013. In addition, since 2012, the District has accumulated and brought more than 8,000 acre feet of water to Lake Cachuma from banked and annual State Project supplies, and from extensive supplemental supply purchases.

New Water Supply Development

In recognizing the severity of this drought, MWD has moved quickly to request the possible regional use of the soon to be reactivated City of Santa Barbara desalination facility. Both Montecito and Goleta originally participated in this facility, but in 1996 had to drop out because the Districts could not afford both that facility and the voter-approved State Water Project obligations. It has become clear that desalination has become the best long-term local supply for Montecito. Last year, when Montecito first sought to reengage with the project, there were state regulatory issues that could have delayed Santa Barbara’s reactivation of the desalination facility and prevent Montecito from participating. Montecito helped clear the regulatory hurdles by meeting with numerous involved agencies: the governor’s office, Natural Resources Agency, California EPA, Coastal Commission, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Regulatory approval was obtained, and the city council unanimously voted to move forward. There is a target date to bring

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a draft agreement forward for City Council, District Board, and public review before the end of the year.

The Cost of it All

All water districts have high fixed costs for water treatment, conveyance, and long-term water supply commitments. MWD’s annual fixed costs account for about 70 percent of its annual budget. When droughts occur, district operating costs increase, not decrease, due to the purchase of expensive supplemental water supplies, and to develop and support conservation and allocation programs. The success of customer conservation has resulted in a substantial decrease in revenues at the same time costs have increased. In addition, the District must maintain the full capability to meet any water need, including for emergencies like the recent Gibraltar fire. The reality is that water now costs more virtually everywhere in the state. Looking ahead, the District will be paying more for a local, secure, and reliable water supply such as the deliveries of desalinated water from the City’s regional facility. These costs are being determined now. Once we know the costs of desalinated water and possibly other sources such as ultra-deep well water, we still have to predict what our water sales will be. The cost of water at the time and amount of rain or drought will impact water demand and revenue. Further, due to the drought, many customers have started permanent or long-term conservation and will use less water. Others have acquired wells that will permanently decrease their need for outdoor water, and others have put in new drought-tolerant landscaping or artificial grass. The District is constantly analyzing its water supplies, demand, and revenues. As the drought winds down and long-term demand and costs become clear, the board will, as soon as possible, lower or remove allocations, penalties, and the emergency surcharge. At the same time, the District will evaluate its finances and identify stable long-term water rates that are fair to customers and adequate to allow the District to provide a permanent, reliable water supply and quality service. As the drought resolves, and we develop more information and prepare to make decisions about water demand, costs, and rates, we will provide opportunities for our customers to be informed and •MJ provide input. 5 – 12 November 2015

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elcome to tha annual Fryeburg Fay-ah Skillet Toss!” the announcer with a classic Maine accent said. We watched as the first woman walked up to the line, hefted the 4.5pound steel skillet, backed up a ways, then took a few quick steps and let loose. The skillet landed on the grass wide of the measuring-tape that ran 100 feet straight down the middle of the throwing alley. Two line judges quickly measured how far wide the throw was and deducted that from total distance. The crowd cheered loudly. We were in the Hog and Goat Grandstand, which was completely full for one of the main events Monday at the eight-day Blue Ribbon Classic held every year during the first week in October. “Mightah been able ta throw it a bit farthah if we’d a put her husband down the-ah,” the announcer quipped in what was probably also an annual joke. But we laughed anyway then

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had a bite of our lobstah, er, lobster rolls. They have a lot of lobsters in Maine, so they cram more lobster meat into a hot dog bun than seems humanly possible. The Fryeburg Fair started in 1851, according to the official website, “when William Walker won $3 for the best acre of corn and William Spring earned $1 for the best seed wheat.” Today, the fair takes up 185 acres and attracts 300,000 people. The 18-29-year-old group was now throwing. Hillary Pelkey, who was thinner than a lot of the contestants, backed way up and ran up close to the foul line, letting loose a high-arcing throw. The skillet cut through the autumn air like an alien spacecraft with a handle. “We have a new fay-ah record! Sixtynine point eight feet.” The crowd went wild. The fair has something for everyone – from oxen pulling and sheep sheering to a demo on giving llama pedicures, even a Whoopie Pie con-

test. Whoopie Pies are very big there. As are a lot of food trucks, including “Everything on a Stick (including fish and chips!),” “Everything Fried,” “Tom’s Jumbo Doughnuts,” and the “Tornado Dog,” a foot-long hot dog inside a foot-long spiral-sliced potato. “You can add bacon for just anotha dollah.” “Thanks. Is there a cardiologist on standby?” But the absolute highlight for us was that Monday was Woodsmen’s Field Day, held at the Racing Grandstand. There were contests going on all day, many of them simultaneously. We were lucky once again to find good seats in the packed grandstand – probably because I was wearing my Montecito Journal sweatshirt. “The heck’s a Montecito?” “It’s, er, a California treat, er, served on a stick.” “Rich?” “You betcha.” The axe throw was going on right in front of us. Contestants threw a large double-bit axe overhand toward a wooden target. There were both men and women competitors. Women who can throw a skillet 69 feet are a bit scary, but a woman who can heave an axe and stick it right in the bull’s-eye is downright frightening. “Do we own an axe?” my wife asked.

“No! And I’m buying you a lightweight aluminum skillet when we get home.” While that was going on, there was also a log-rolling contest, a standing block chopping event, followed by a crosscut saw contest, in which contestants sawed through a large block of wood in just seconds. “I can’t even cut cheese that fast,” I blurted out. “Who’s cuttin’ the cheese?” someone behind me asked. Several people moved over. In the middle of the track, there were two 18-wheelers competing to see who could pick up a piece of wood with a hook on it with their grappler, then use the hook to pick up a pail of water, swing it over the truck to the other side and put the pail on a small stand without spilling any. Then they had to jump down, start the truck, and race in reverse to the finish line. The final contest of the day was a tree-felling contest. Contestants had to chop down trees the size of a telephone pole that had been stripped of all branches – and try to land them on a six-inch pumpkin. “We should get some pumpkin pie after this,” my wife suggested. “Or deep-fried pecan,” I said. Several of the guys around me gave •MJ me a high-five.

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Freeman, we formed a permanent bond. Freeman was an excellent speaker and had much history to recount. Being the son of Freeman Gosden Sr. who was Amos of radio’s Amos & Andy, Freeman Jr. had many great stories to tell. So many famous names flew around our table: Sinatra, Hope, Ford, Eisenhower, Bennett, Day, Temple, Martin, and many others. Freeman never turned me down when I requested that he speak to a group. I wish I had a tape recorder for every lunch. At one of our “Board” meetings, Ted asked how Freeman rid himself of stuttering. Ted had gone to school with Freeman at the Culver Military Academy. Ted had remembered that Freeman stuttered horrifically when there. Freeman answered calmly, “I worked hard at it.” I guess so. Freeman went on to teach and lecture worldwide. Casa Dorinda had been the home for Freeman and wife. Dorothy (“Dot”), for the past 14 years. Freeman lost Dot just 60 days prior to his passing. When Freeman took on a task, it became a challenge. He applied his skills, asked appropriate questions, assembled skilled partners, and expected success with every project. Production was his mantra. After

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On Seamair Farm

I would like to amend a piece of information that appeared in your recent article on Seamair Farm (“Once In A Decade,” MJ #21/42). As a native Santa Barbaran, and “‘Cito rat,” I was familiar with the pony farm on Santa Rosa Lane much earlier than the 1977 date you mention. When I got home from school (on a school bus), I would change my clothes (we had to wear dresses then), and go for a bike ride, often heading up Santa Rosa, to see the ponies at Seamair, and the horses at the Erlichs’ place. There were no hedges then, and many ponies, and a lovely way to spend some time before homework. This was the early to late 1960s, and it was called Seamair Farm then; maybe different owners, but same name and location. I am sure there is a longer history than that described in the article, if I had time to research it. As for the previously mentioned school buses: bring ‘em back! Can you imagine how much easier it would be to drive San Ysidro in the mid-afternoon, and how much less exhaust would be getting pumped into our damaged atmosphere if school buses were in place? Susan Koehn Summerland (Editor’s note: Thank you for the correction. Perhaps our own Hattie Beresford – or even Lynn Kirst – will do a more in-depth article on Seamair Farm in an upcoming issue. – J.B.)

Halloween Horror

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There Once Was

I hear from the old ones There used to be a place Right here, where a guy, Roy Jensen, Sold gasoline, and repaired cars That station, long gone, Now a corner park Green, with grass And trees tall A sort of vortex.

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Very Dangerous Times

Islam has been at war with the rest of the world for 1,400 years. And it is the most intolerant of all world religions, especially the virulent Salafist version of Islam, according to Michael Savage. It is their way or the highway (death). Even for moderate Muslims who won’t bow to the caliphate. ISIS has declared war on America, just as the Pasha of Tripoli did when Thomas Jefferson took office. Americans have been captured and killed today, just as in 1800 by the Muslim Barbary pirates. Jefferson sent in the Marines, ending the war. Unfortunately, today we have a dogmatic, academic, socialist president, who was educated in Islamic Indonesian schools (from 1967 to 1971), mentored by a black communist leader (Frank Marshall Davis) in Hawaii, and married by a black liberation theology preacher (Reverend Jeremiah Wright) who asked God to damn America. What could ever go wrong? Incredibly, but not surprisingly, Obama refuses to mention or blame Radical Islam or Muslims or even acknowledge ISIS. Never mind that ISIS refers to the Islamic State. America, today we are living in very dangerous times. Sadly, it will get worse. Civilization itself is under attack. Do we have the knowledge, the will, or the leadership to defend it? Why aren’t the clueless idiots running our country waging war against the unchecked rampage of ISIS, instead of waging war against American values? Where are our patriots and true leaders? This is why the 2016 election is so important. We need to elect a president and leaders who love America and will do what is best for the USA. If we continue down the same path, our civilization is doomed. Don Thorn •MJ Carpinteria

On November 18, 2015, the Montecito Planning Commission will conduct a hearing and receive public testimony. Planning & Development is seeking Montecito Planning Commission direction to develop specific zoning ordinance amendments to the County Land Use and Development Code, Montecito Land Use and Development Code, and Coastal Zoning Ordinance for the use or prohibition of STRs within the unincorporated County. Based on Planning Commission direction, Planning & Development will prepare draft ordinance language for both the County and Montecito Planning Commissions’ consideration at future hearing dates. Please see the posted agenda and staff report available on the Wednesday prior to the meeting at http://sbcountyplanning.org/boards/pc/mpc.cfm Written comments can be sent to: Montecito Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, or you may provide verbal comments in person at the Planning Commission hearing. For additional information, please contact the Planning & Development Department: Email: jmetzger@countyofsb.org | Tel: 805-568-3532

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Montecito Insider Hike for AHA!

early 100 people are expected at the Romero Canyon trailhead on Saturday, November 7, for a community-wide hike to benefit AHA!, a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering and supporting adolescents through a variety of programs that foster social and emotional intelligence and create compassionate, connected communities. The goal of the fourth annual hikea-thon – to raise $80,000 – was set by AHA!’s large development committee, a group of 25 women, all but five of whom live in Montecito. All are avid hikers and know the trails well. They also know the challenges of raising teenagers, which is what inspired many to join the development committee and champion AHA!’s mission. “I learned about AHA! when my daughter was a student at Santa Barbara High, and the organization led a workshop in her freshman seminar class,” said board trustee and development committee member Michele Cuttler. “I saw how beneficial the program was for all kids, not just those at risk. My daughter became more compassionate and accepting of others.” In addition to enhancing the high school curriculum,

The ladies behind AHA!’s development committee. Nearly all live in Montecito and will be lacing up their hiking boots and taking to the trails this weekend to raise money for the nonprofit that supports and empowers teens in our community. (photo by Carly Otness)

by Ann Pieramici AHA! leads “Peace-Building” workshops on campuses across the county, teaching a restorative versus punitive approach to conflict resolution and training students to be agents of peace at their respective schools. Fellow committee member MaryAnne Contreras also heard about AHA! when her daughters were teenagers, several years ago. Contreras, who acknowledges that she was the victim of bullies in her middle school years, said that experience made her especially drawn to AHA!’s anti-bullying message. “We are constantly talking about the problem in our country, and here is an organization that is offering solutions,” said Contreras, who participated in AHA!-facilitated workshops with her daughters. “The challenge for AHA! is that it’s a grassroots organization and they don’t currently have the resources to spread their program nationally, yet so many could profit from their programs. We are extremely fortunate to have this organization in our community.” The idea for the hike-a-thon came from committee member Kyle Brace, who recalled all of the jog-a-thons her kids had participated in years ago,

and how bonding and beneficial those events had been. “Given the fact the we have some of the most beautiful hiking trails in Santa Barbara, and anyone can participate in this type of fundraiser, including the teens themselves, it seemed like a no-brainer.” In fact, the first hike in 2012 netted $50,000. Many teens did turn out to “pay it forward,” thereby helping to fund programs to help future participants. “Many get tired of attending the big galas, where typically half of the money raised goes to paying for the event. This event costs very little, allowing proceeds to directly benefit programs,” added Cuttler. Laura Macker Johnston is another development member who will be trading her heels for hiking boots this weekend. Johnston credits AHA! co-founders Dr. Jennifer Freed and Rendy Freedman for the success of the organization, which she says is truly changing lives. “Jennifer and Rendy are so passionate and confident in their ability to change the culture of a community by investing in its teens, that they really believe they can transform the world, one teen at a time. When we invest in our children, we build stronger communities and increase our chances of avoiding tragedies that are currently afflicting our schools and culture.” AHA! was founded 16 years ago by Freed and Freedman, both licensed psychotherapists, educators and mediators, in response to the shootings at Columbine High School. Since that time, they’ve served more than

15,000 teens and families, spreading messages of inclusion, acceptance, and peace. The seven-mile Hike for AHA! takes place Saturday, November 7. Interested parties can register at www. hikeforaha.org. Individuals are asked to raise $500 to participate or $1,000 per team (up to six participants). The first 60 hikers to raise $1,000 will receive a certificate for a pair of Ahnu hiking boots, courtesy of event sponsor Deckers Outdoor Corporation. A post-hike celebration will be held at a private estate and will include massage room, luncheon buffet by Kiwanis barbecue, and live music by Dan & The Dairy Queens, featuring Montecito resident and development member Kelly Simmons. Sponsors of the Hike for AHA! include: BeGreen Packaging, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Marilee and Stephen Gordon, Montecito Bank & Trust, Procure, Simms/Mann Institute, Stacy and Ron Pulice, The Shand Group, Union Bank, and Village Automotive. Other members of the development committee include Nancy O’Connor, Cyndi Richman, Nancy Grinstein, Debby Peterson, Melissa Lowenstein, Beryl Kreisel, Stacy Pulice, Alecia Mayrock, Scout Centrella, Nanette Giordano, Beth Burns, Beverly Weiss, Marla Phillips, Kathy Nicolson, Cassy Brezner, Nancy McGrath, Nohl Martin, and Molly Green. For more information, go to www. hikeforaha.org or contact Molly Green at molly@ahasb.org.

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shade of green. “That did not work,” she says. And, on whether she had ever been “slammed” by the fashion press, she responds, “Oh, God, yes. Actually, some of my best collections were. The ‘cold shoulder’ was one. Hillary Clinton wore the cold-shoulder dress to her first White House dinner; Liza Minnelli wore the cold shoulder. It became very popular, but the press slammed me on it. ‘What’s this shoulder with the cutout?’ they’d ask. And now, the cold shoulder is very in style at the moment.” Celebrities and high-profile clients have been legion over the years. “I dressed Barbra Streisand (who is one of her closest friends), Demi Moore... “I think I’ve dressed practically everyone,” she continues, then adds, “Sting, Bill Clinton – he wore my clothes to the inauguration.” Ms Karan has been in Santa Barbara only once before that she recalls and that was for a Dream Foundation event a few years ago; her longtime friend Eva Hermès invited her to come out for that and is now sponsoring – along with Bui Simon – Ms Karan’s visit to Montecito. I asked where she believed fashion was headed. “It’s an interesting question,” she says. “As a designer, you’re always thinking, ‘Where is fashion going?’

Or ‘where has fashion gone?’ “ She then explains that she’s had “a pet peeve with the scheduling of fashion,” and says she launched her latest concept, Urban Zen, to fight that scheduling. “A patron sees a fall collection in February and it doesn’t come to the store until July or August.” She notes that the way things are now, her clients see what’s on the runway online, but then don’t get to see or purchase the items for at least five months. “The time sequence is off for our customers. I think we have to change our show dates or our show dates shouldn’t go out online. We’ve lost the seasonality of it,” she says. Urban Zen “My Journey,” featuring a forward by Barbra Streisand, was co-written by longtime friend and former Women’s Wear Daily writer Kathleen Boyes, who has worked with Donna for 20 years. “She knows me probably better than I know me,” Donna suggests. Ms Karan originally began writing the book for family members and then for young designers. “It’s a very real story,” she says. “It’s a very personal story. It’s about how to be a working woman, a mother, and a wife, all at the same time.”

Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, joined Donna Karan (center) at the My Journey book launch in New York City’s Urban Zen on October 14 (photo credit: Patrick McMullan)

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Introduced to Haiti by Bill Clinton, Ms Karan has opened up a vocational education center there, working with artisans and helping develop new products for them. Ms Karan, who has been practicing yoga since she was 18 years old, says she’s “not retired” and devotes most of her time to Urban Zen, a concept that attempts to balance philanthropy with commerce. “Zen,” she concludes, “stands for finding the calm in the chaos in the world we live in today.” There are now three Urban Zen shops: one in New York, one in Long Island, and one in Aspen, Colorado. Donna expects to re-open one in Los Angeles in the near future. ••• Donna Karan will be signing copies of My Journey at Tecolote Book Shop in Montecito’s upper village from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 10.

Night at the Opera

We got the chance to speak with Opera Santa Barbara’s (OSB) new

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artistic director, Kostis Protopapas, by telephone recently. He is overseeing OSB’s latest production – Mozart’s Don Giovanni, sponsored by Roger and Sarah Chrisman – at the Granada on Friday, November 6 (it’ll be performed again on Sunday, November 8, at 2:30 pm) and this will be his first outing in Santa Barbara. Ticket prices range from $29 to $204. For more information go to: www.granadasb. org or call (805) 899-2222. Going through the cast, Kostis describes each singer: “American baritone Mark Walters is Don Giovanni,” Kostis reports. “He’s a tall, handsome guy with a big voice with the charisma, the gravitas, the charm, and the layers of personality this role requires. He’s a really powerful Don Giovanni.” The cast was already selected before he was named artistic director, so Kostis says he can’t take credit for that, but calls it “a powerhouse cast” nevertheless. The production will be directed by Kelly Robinson. Don Giovanni’s comic sidekick Leporello is played by bass baritone Daniel Mobbs, who has sung at the Met but who is making his Opera Santa Barbara debut. Donna Anna (played by Marcy Stonikas) was last seen in Santa Barbara as Tosca in 2013). She’s “a big bar house singer,” Kostis says. “She’s a voice with a lot of depth and power. A really fine singer. She is a great Donna Anna, with the star power to be Don Giovanni’s foil.” Donna Elvira is performed by Rena Harms, a graduate of the L.A. Opera program. Don Ottavio is Benjamin Brecher, an associate professor at UCSB; he has sung throughout the country but is making his Santa Barbara debut. Rounding out the cast are Kevin Thompson as Il Commendatore, Ryan Bradford as Misetto, and Selina is

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

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Musician in the Still of the Night British musician Richard Thompson performs at Lobero on Friday, November 6 (photo by Pamela Littky)

The theory is that the guitar solo should extend the narrative of the song. Or you can go the opposite way and work against it. I’m not conscious of that process. But when you do it, you know if it’s right or not. Sometimes at the beginning, I hear a chord sequence and realize how great it would be to solo on, so I’ll write a song built that way. For your last two new studio albums, you’ve worked with Buddy Miller and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Why go that route? I’ve been making records for a long time, and at some point I find my own decisions and methods predictable. You want to break away and do something different, and a new engineer and producer are a way to go. I’m a fan of Tweedy’s productions and always admired him as a musician. I heard the record he did with Mavis Staples, which I thought really put her at the center of her own record and surrounded her with beautiful things. I wanted that same quality.

ichard Thompson, the great British folk-rock pioneer who began his career as a founding member of Fairport Convention before forming a duo with his now ex-wife Linda and later forging a long solo career that has seen him release more than a dozen discs. The latest, Still, is a highly-anticipated project pairing Thompson with American innovative roots singer-songwriter-producer Jeff Tweedy that shows that clearly Thompson’s powers – which include clever and literate lyrics, inventive chord changes, and some of the most tasteful guitar solos ever recorded – are still in growth mode. Thompson talked about Still, which closes with an eight-minute opus to all of his early guitar heroes, as well as his songwriting process and more over the phone in advance of his latest visit to the Lobero Theatre on Friday night, November 6.

ier as the rusty forces become looser and things begin to flow to the point where you start dreaming about songs, thinking of ideas in the middle of eating, doing other things. For me, that really helps the process along. If you wait for lightening to strike, it tends to be infrequent. So you do things to get into the right frame of mind to get to the point of being receptive. There are (tricks), maybe rhyming couplets to get things moving. You might get dross for a few days before things turn around. There’s a lot of staring out the window involved, and a lot of frustration in songwriting. But the rewards are high.

Q. I’ve just started to write songs since the last time we talked, so I’d love to hear a bit about your process. What comes first for you: lyrics, melodies, chord progressions, thematic ideas? A. Any way to get started is fine with me. A lyric is good. A tune. Even just a title or guitar riff. They’re all doors that open up into the process. It’s foolhardy to ignore any of the possibilities. You also have to be alert to song possibilities as you go about your daily path. Listening to conversations, alert to ideas that come when you’re out jogging or on the bus. The subject matter can be pretty much anything – my own life, people around you, fictional stories. Whatever works. The proof is in the pudding. I do tend to do office hours. I get up early and get going, and if it’s working I keep going. If I can get successive days or a week or month, it gets eas-

The album is very varied, even for you, both in terms of themes and music. Could you take me through a few tracks? Some songs on this record are really autobiographical. “Broken Doll” refers back to something that happened to me when I was 19. I had a fan who was very disturbed. It’s taken me 40 years of thinking about it to find some resolution and turn it into a song. “Dungeons for Eyes” came from when I was at a charity event, and I was introduced to a politician who in his previous life was a terrorist/ freedom fighter depending on how you view his role, someone I knew had killed people and ordered them killed. I found myself unable to shake his hand, I just couldn’t do it. So that You have such great tastes and restraint, became a song. On the other hand, though, as well as the ability to wail. And “Josephine” is complete fantasy, ficyour solos always seem to be spot-on for tion. You write it and at the end you the song. think, “Well, that’s strange – I wonder

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You also have created almost your own musical language as a guitarist. How did that develop? It was conscious in that I didn’t want to sound like other people. That started back in the ‘60s when everyone in the U.K. was playing the blues, a fat Les Paul (guitar) through a Marshall sound. I wanted to be different. The guitar players I enjoy play with a thinner sound anyway. Then I was in the studio early on, and the engineer asked for a more neutral sound because it was hard to record, so I worked on a more hollow sound to fit into the acoustic picture better. From that point, I really tried to be an individual. But it’s also about touch, how your fingers are on the fretboard. You can hear that. It’s also about taste – the kind of notes that you choose to play, and the vocabulary you have as a musician. The harmony and dissonance, and whatever else you throw in there can make you distinctive.

How was it working with him, and how much of what we hear on Still – the interesting chord progression and quick shifts – are his influence? He didn’t necessarily mess with the songs too much. They’re pretty much as presented with a occasional verse change or the feel. He was very influential in terms of the sonic landscape, and you can hear where he added that atmosphere. But it’s all subtle. It still sounds like my record; he’s not a Phil Spector type who imposes his will. It’s a very sympathetic method.

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where that came from?” But I like the fact that I don’t understand it. Then there are things like “Pony in the Stable”, which definitely has the Celtic dance thing going on, with lyrics that are almost chants. Yeah, it’s a style that comes from Scottish folk music, a waulking song, when they shrink cloth by beating it on the table. I wanted to do that kind of song, a high-speed almost instrumental tune with words that can almost be nonsense because they’re delivered fairly rapidly. You put a lot of key changes in and change the instrumentation to keep it interesting. I was just listening to “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight”, and the first line is “I’m so tired of working every day”. That was 40 years ago. You’re 66. Any thoughts of slowing down? I’m not plagued with multi-talent. It’s what I know how to do. And it’s not the kind of job you retire from. You stay on the road as long as you can. If you can’t physically do it anymore, fair enough, but you do it as long as you’re able and have an audience to want to listen to you.

Reeling with Karlin

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Dance walks into a bar and… No? Doesn’t sound familiar? That’s not surprising. Modern dance and drinking don’t normally go together. But Invertigo Dance Company’s Reeling really is set completely in a dive bar, no joke, one where the dancers engage in a wide variety of interactions that have delighted audiences and critics in the company’s home of Los Angeles. Now, the evening-length work is coming to the New Vic Theatre in the company’s Santa Barbara debut this weekend. We caught up with Invertigo founder Laura Karlin for the lowdown on getting down – and tossed up in the air – on a bar on a stage. Q. Even before I saw the video of clips from Reeling, I thought this would be an interesting dance company just from the name Invertigo. How did you come up with that? A. I love that people can interpret it any way they want. It’s a combination of two words and there’s no right or wrong – just individual experience. For me, it comes from “Invert”: I like to take subject matter or experiences and crack them open, turn them inside out and upside down. I like to look at ideas I work with from different angles. Bodies, too. I see them move in interesting and new ways. Invertigo feels like a tipping point, a space between indecision and decision. That moment before you step off the edge and dive in. That space 5 – 12 November 2015

where possibilities exist. And in the mornings where I’m feeling unmotivated, I think “Invert. I Go!” Your work seems to very much be at the intersection of dance and theater, with even some performance art. It looks like you’re also a believer in context and story vs. isolated impressions in dance. True? I want whoever comes to see the show to have an entry point. Our outreach (which includes an educational arm, and a engagement program for people with Parkinson’s Disease) works with people from two to 96. and I want what we put on stage to be equally accessible. I still want it to be compelling, thought-provoking, challenging – but if you give the audience context and characters, they recognize and can care about, you open that door and they’ll come in and go down the rabbit hole with you into the magical world of ideas. The boyfriends who are dragged there (with their dancer girlfriends) can feel as though they’ve had a rich, vibrant, and exciting experience. My job is to bring you into the world so you don’t even think about whether you’re interpreting it correctly. I’m really passionate about that. Let’s talk about your inspiration for Reeling. Why is it set in a dive bar? It was also initially inspired by word play: reeling can be that feeling of being off balance or off kilter from drinking too much or falling in love at first sight, or something else with extreme emotions. But also why do you go to a bar? To reel someone in. We’ve all had a night out at a bar or at least experienced that search for human connection. And we go in a lot of unexpected directions. It’s not a straightforward play. There’ a magical realism element. But it’s recognizable, and that context allows us to explore themes of human connection and desire, finding out how you connect, whether it’s a cellphone call or fishing line, or outstretched hand or a karaoke serenade. A bar is also on the fringes, the edge of the familiar, which opens even more possibility. There’s a line on your website where you say: “I am nothing without these gorgeous, generous, weird, and wonderful dancers.” They must contribute a lot to the pieces. I come in with the ideas and context and quite a bit of movement, but I work very collaboratively as a choreographer. It’s important for our dancers to be a part of the process in developing their character and movement and also to develop a sense of trust. The work is very kinetic. We launch people high into the air and catch them, and there’s very virtuosic dance with lots of lifts. So we have to be a community, a family, of highly trained 5 – 12 November 2015

individuals who work really well as a group. I challenge my dancers physically – but they’re used to that – and also theatrically and emotionally to create the characters that go into darker places and into comedy, which can be very hard for a lot of dancers who are used to being serious. But this is a funny group of people, genuinely playful. This is your first time taking your company on the road. Why Santa Barbara? I’m so excited. Santa Barbara is a place where it feels this piece would be really great. It’s a very culturally rich city with so much going on. The New Vic is beautiful and stunning. And there’s a sense of whimsy and fun in Santa Barbara that really fits well into what we’re dong.

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Hope & Justin played an hour-long set last month at the Shobefest, the quasi-private music festival held in Ojai each fall, and I have to admit at first I was more focused on socializing than the music. It sounded good in the background, but I had a lot of catching up with acquaintances to do. But then I looked around and noticed there wasn’t a lot of people to talk with anymore – they were all up at the front dancing. So I joined them and it didn’t take long at all to fall under the band’s sway, moving to the groove and bopping along to the lush harmonies between the two main vocalists and the sweet message of the songs. It was clear: Hope & Justin’s music just seems to draw people in, which is nothing new to Hope and Justin Schneir, who found people gathering round a party within an hour after they met on Hope’s first weekend at college, soon as the soon-to-be-a-couple started jamming on their guitars. It still happens even though the band has now expanded to a quartet. Hope herself can’t quite explain it, either. “It’s the relationship. It’s just chemistry,” she said. “You can put two people together and if the spark isn’t there, they won’t be in love. Same thing with bands. There’s a chemistry, which we just have and we’re really grateful. But it is romantic to play music with the person that you love. It’s totally magical.” The connection between Hope and Justin was there that first moment, and is still there in spades almost 20 years, a marriage and seven children later. The music – which Hope calls “the icing on the cake” to their relationship – was put on the back burner once the kids came, even though it was always effortless and fun between them. It was only after a friend bought them five hours of studio time in Ojai that the Camarillo-based couple even

Hope & Justin and company prepare for Plaza Theater in Carp

thought about recording. That was 10 years ago. Now Hope & Justin have finished a third CD and are celebrating its digital release with a special concert at the Plaza Theater in Carpinteria on Friday November 7. “I’m just this country girl who played a little guitar and wrote some songs,” Hope said. “To play with bass and drums that first time we did it blew my mind. I couldn’t believe my songs could sound like that.” The new album, Love & War, is the first with fiddler Sean Wood – part of the Woods family of Ojai of Celtic

Spring fame – as a member of the band. “He’s a phenomenal musician,” Hope said. “He has a standard of excellence that pushes everyone to be better.” But the heart of Hope & Justin is still Hope and Justin, whose songs are complementary and whose voices blend with a rare breed of harmony found outside of siblings. They help each other out with finishing their songs – Justin adding chord changes or a bridge to Hope’s while she’ll

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Summerland Businesses Celebrate Dia De Los Muertos

ummerland businesses along Lillie Avenue hosted a Dia De Los Muertos Celebration on November 1. There was live music at the Summerland Winery, a “Heat” Food Truck parked near Pine Trader, Dora’s homemade Tamales, Fernandos Churros, Chili Tasting at Nugget, Chocolate Tasting from Chocolate Maya, Sugar Skull Cookies from La Patisserie at Bestow Trailer Shop, ice cream tastings at Stackys Seaside, Sugar Skulls for sale at Just Folk, and cupcakes at the Pine Trader. Local artist Pedro De La Cruz had a pop-up art gallery between Bonita Beach and Stacky’s Seaside, there were face-painting experts at Summerland Winery, personal poetry by Lewis, Lewis at Waxing Poetic, the Fabulous Photo Booth on the front veranda of Just Folk and a yoga special class by Evolution Yoga. Rita Villa, owner of Bonita Summerland, and Deirdre Gerry, general manager of Just Folk and mem-

Artist Pedro De La Cruz with his pop-up gallery at the Summerland Dia De Los Muertos Celebration

bers of the Summerland Business Association spearheaded the event. As a focal point of the festivities, participating business created individual hand-made Shrines of Worship of different themes marked with orange

marigolds. Themes ranged from dedications to artist Beatrice Wood, mermaids, and relatives past. I spent the day journeying through the shops and shrines, and talking with Rita and Deirdre, who mentioned that day included many shoppers and browsers. Although not planning to have the annual holiday street faire, they both concluded it wouldn’t be the holidays without it! Look for the date in MJ’s weekly schedules com- Dia De Los Muertos co-chairs Rita Villa, owner of Bonita ing up. •MJ Summerland, and Just Folk general manager Deirdre Gerry

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eginning in fall 2016, Westmont will award scholarships covering 85 percent of tuition to 30 applicants each year. An extraordinary gift from a generous donor will fund the new Augustinian Scholarship and Honors Program. By 2019, 120 Augustinian Scholars will benefit each year from significant financial assistance and challenging coursework. “In the fifth century, Augustine made the finest defense ever for the enduring presence of thoughtful Christians in every society,” says president Gayle D. Beebe. “We seek to educate a new generation of Augustinian Scholars to engage every sphere of society with skill, savvy, and competence while making a winsome defense for their faith. “We’re committed to making a Westmont education affordable for all students and families, and we deeply appreciate this incredible gift that will make a difference for so many students.” Augustinian Scholars will benefit from Westmont’s rigorous liberal arts curriculum and Christ-centered education. The honors program features specially designed leadership classes, opportunities to serve as student leaders and gain hands-on experience, semester-long study abroad, training in spiritual formation, and residence with other Augustinian Scholars on campus in the senior year. The criteria for Augustinian Scholarship candidates include applying Early Action to Westmont, earning excellent high school grades and test scores, demonstrating an aptitude for leadership, and professing a desire to grow in the Christian faith. Westmont also announces a 38-percent increase in financial aid for students enrolling in fall 2016, making the college more affordable for many applicants. “Thanks to substantial support from our many friends, we’re able to offer additional scholarship assistance to incoming students,” Beebe says. “We continue to seek ways to help bright and committed students afford the cost of college.” Aurelius Augustine, who lived from 354-430 A.D. in Northern Africa, served as bishop of Hippo and published numerous works about the Christian faith that continue to inspire believers today. Recognized as the most significant Christian thinker of his time, Augustine created an influential and 5 – 12 November 2015

Dr. Stephen Prothero from Boston University explores culture wars (photo by Vernon Doucette)

compelling theological system. He wrote The City of God in response to Roman leaders who blamed Christians for the sack of Rome in 410 A.D. Excavating the history of the Roman Empire, he argued that Christians had not contributed to the demise of Rome. Instead, he identified them as the moral thread holding the empire together.

“Why Liberals Win Culture Wars”

Stephen Prothero, professor of religion at Boston University, examines culture wars within the context of a centuries-long struggle of right versus left and religious versus secular in a lecture “Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars,” Wednesday, November 11, at 3:30 pm in Winter Hall’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210). The World Christianity and Adams Mission Lecture is free and open to the public. Prothero has authored numerous books, including the soon-to-be released Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections): The Battles That Define America from Jefferson’s Heresies to Gay Marriage. He has also written God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World and The New York Times bestseller Religious Literacy: What Every American Need to Know. He has commented about religion on dozens of National Public Radio programs, as well as on television, including appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert and The Oprah Winfrey Show. “Dr. Prothero’s public lectures are relevant to understanding American social history as well as being accessible to educated audiences without specialized knowledge,” says Charles Farhadian, professor of world religions and Christian mission. “What I appreciate about Prothero is that he takes religion seriously, without being dis-

missive or defensive.” Prothero, a Yale alumnus, earned a master of arts and doctorate from Harvard. “The talk will feature important ideas from his new book, particularly as the United States is fraught with moral and cultural wars that seem to be undergirded by religious perspectives,” says Farhadian, chair of Westmont’s religious studies department. “I look forward to hearing his understanding of the role of religion in American social history, as well as in our contemporary moral discourse.”

For more information about the conference, please contact Michelle Hughes at mhughes@westmont.edu or (805) 565-6257.

Theater, Art Collide in Secondhand

Allison Heiduk, Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, will be the keynote speaker at the third annual Let’s Talk Teaching Conference on Thursday, November 5, at 9 am at Westmont’s Page Multipurpose Room. Heiduk, a third-grade teacher at Vieja Valley Elementary School in the Hope School District, will speak to about 75 Santa Barbara County high school students interested in the teaching profession. “In light of the current state and national teacher shortage, we need passionate, intelligent and creative young people to choose to teach,” says Michelle Hughes, associate professor of education at Westmont and conference organizer. Westmont’s student teachers organize and provide inspirational handson workshops for participants to learn about the teaching profession. The conference, sponsored by Westmont Admissions and Partners in Education, is free to students and includes a full program, lunch, campus tour, and materials. Heiduk, whose son Tim is a student athlete at Westmont, earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara and a multiple-subject teaching credential from Notre Dame de Namur University in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her teaching career in the Belmont School District about 23 years ago.

Westmont senior Connor Bush directs and stars in a new play, Secondhand, on Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7, at 8 pm and 9 pm both nights in Westmont’s Black Box Theatre. The 40-minute production is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Seniors Kevin Hammer and Cole Erickson also perform in Secondhand, co-written by Bush and Hammer. Senior Brent Starrh is lighting designer and senior Lindsey Twigg is stage manager. “This is less of a traditional play and more of an installation/performance art piece of theater,” Bush says. “It has been a challenge, but it has been very exciting to be working with Kevin and Cole, who come from different artistic mediums.” Erickson is an expert in photography, which is a large component of the show. “We use printed photographs and project live-streamed photographs that Cole takes during the production,” Bush says. “It is a dizzying study on light, sound, and color.” Bush says he came up with the idea for the project while watching Cole work on photo projects. “Something about the mysterious nature of setting up shots, rearranging lighting instruments, and then disappearing behind a camera seemed deeply theatrical to me,” Bush says. Hammer, who has experience with sculpture and writing, joined the two. “The project has taken many twists and turns,” Bush says. “The final form has roots in nostalgia and the confusion of growing up, longing for the past, longing for the future, and longing for things to make sense. “I hope audiences feel charged by the performance and excited that theatre can be a hands-on, invigorating experi•MJ ence.”

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From left: Montecito resident Alan Porter; actress and author Sally Todd; manager Peter Clark; publisher, Alicia St. John (in the background is the “Absolutly Notorious” ad) (photo by Priscilla)

Sally Forth To the Museum of TV & Radio in Beverly Hills to moderate a discussion with Santa Barbara author, former Playboy playmate and colorful octogenarian actress, Sally Todd. The revelatory tome on the screen siren, Notorious, published by Montecito’s award-winning Alicia St. John, who organized this year’s July 4th village parade, starts with Sally’s upbringing in Boone, Missouri, and Bel Air resident prince Frederic von Anhalt and Phoenix, Arizona, before being signed Sally Todd (photo by Priscilla) to a contract with 20th Century Fox at the age of 18 and appearing with the late Jane Russell in 1954’s The French Line. Romances and relationships with some of Tinseltown’s top names pepper the red-hot pages, including musical veteran Howard Keel, Peter Lawford, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Dragnet’s Jack Webb, Rod Steiger, the debonair Michael Rennie, Montecito’s Robert Mitchum, hotel MJ columnist Richard Mineards does Q&A interheir Nicky Hilton – who later married view with Sally Todd (photo by Priscilla) and divorced Elizabeth Taylor –, fiancé Vince Edwards, James Dean, Troy by Hugh Hefner for two years to do Donahue, Columbia Pictures chief a spread in early versions of Playboy, Harry Cohn, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis but only agreed if it was a discreet Presley. back shot. In 1961, Sally married jazz great “I was not into total nudity and Charlie Cochran in a star-studded cer- initially refused to do it,” huffed Sally, emony, but the marriage was short- who was also a former Carson Cutie lived. She then tied the knot on the on the late Tonight Show host Johnny rebound with amateur racketeer Bill Carson’s eponymous New York-based James in Las Vegas, another brief rela- CBS comedy program in 1955. tionship. Joining Alicia, who also creatSally, who moved to our Eden by the ed Sally’s Absolut vodka campaign Beach in 1980 and has been managed “Absolutely Notorious”, which sponfor the past 30 years, by Montecito sored the event at the Paley Center musician Peter Clark, was also chased For Media, named in honor of the late founder of CBS, were members of Women In Film, the Directors Guild of America, and the Los Angeles Jazz Society, Montecito’s Geonine Moriarty, Alan Porter, Linda Moskow, Christine Souci, Rita Susan Murdoch, and Prince Frederic Von Anhalt, husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, who I used to lunch with often at her Bel Air home, which formerly belonged to Howard Hughes and Elvis Presley. The interview was filmed and can be accessed on NotoriousSallyTodd.

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Santa Barbara Veterans Day Weekend Saturday Nov. 7 - Sunday Nov. 8

SATURDAY Half Marathon, 7:15 am: Starts on the ocean-front campus of the University of California Santa Barbara. This one-of-a-kind beach-to-beach course will take runners on Route 217 to Leadbetter Beach. Veteran’s Mile, 8:30 am - 12 noon: Cheer the runners! Line the final mile of the race, dedicated to all veterans. The Veteran’s Mile will be decorated with flags, military vehicles and a special flyover of a vintage aircraft around 9:30 a.m. Leadbetter Beach. Military Ball, 5 pm - 10 pm: Join Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation for a formal evening, and to meet members of the armed forces as well as many veterans in a social setting. The evening will include a cocktail hour, host and no-host bars, a three-course dinner and dancing. The Fess Parker, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd., rsvp@pcvf.org SUNDAY Parade, starts at Noon: More than 20 different vintage WWII military vehicles, local veteran’s groups, the Sea Cadets, UCSB ROTC Surfrider Battalion, floats from the local bases, WWII re-enactors and the Primetime Band will get the red, white and blue flying in music and spirit. Watch for the special flyover of a vintage aircraft. Concert, starts at 2:00 pm: This 75-minute concert of patriotic classics and classical pieces from the Westmont Orchestra led by Dr. Michael Shasberger is a wonderful way to end the Veterans Weekend. The Fess Parker, Plaza del Sol, Outdoor Pavilion – FREE

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ur town’s annual Ghost Village Road was celebrated on October 31, a huge change for many of the kids, parents, and merchants from the usual afterschool Friday before Halloween day. The turn out was moderately in force, with Montecito Union School sporting the highest attendance, thanks to the parents and supportive teachers car-pooling the students. For those wondering, the word is the annual celebration will return to Friday after school next year, according to the CVR (Coast Village Road) Association. The weather, a definitive change from typical October blustery winds and overcast skies as in years past, was hot and sunny. MJ thanks the CVR Association and merchants who were open for their goblin-giving generosity at Our town’s traditional Halloween event. Here are the highlights of the day:

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Giovanni in a film noir setting and he liked that idea very much. “The mystery, the shadow play, the eroticism of film noir play very well in the story of Don Giovanni,” he says. The opera is placed in the 1940s or ‘50s. “It’s not black and white, obviously,” Kostis admits, “but it has those elements of the shadow play, the air of mystery, the cocked hats of the period. It’s a very interesting way of casting new light on a classic opera.” The costumes and sets come from Kentucky Opera, but many of the costumes are new, made for this cast.

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There are two local shows you should try to catch if you can: one is the MaryGrace documentary playing at the Ojai Film Festival on Monday, November 9. It is scheduled to unspool at 8 pm. The documentary’s world premiere was actually at the Cannes Film Festival in May (curiously, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival turned it down when it was offered in time for this year’s fest). It is inspirational, compelling, heart-throbbingly emotional, and at 14 minutes, way too short to really give teen star Mary Grace Langhorne her due, but you’ll come away loving the film and, naturally, loving Mary Grace. It’s an entirely local production, written and produced by Claudia Lapin, Pam Brandon, and Dave Jenkins, and directed by Pam Brandon. Pippin is Santa Barbara High School’s latest production. I haven’t seen any rehearsals of this production, but Otto Layman can be depended upon to direct a Broadway musical that competes in nearly every way with a professional production. This time around the play (music by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson), is choreographed by Christina McCarthy, with lighting design by Mike Madden, costumes by Bonnie Thor, vocal direction by Rachel Short and musical direction by Jon Nathan. I saw the original on Broadway too many years ago, starring a young Ben Vereen, but I’ll bet this production will compare favorably. This time around, it’s Bradley DeVine as Pippin, whose work I’m unfamiliar with, but I have seen Camille Umoff’s previous outings, and she is always outstanding and I would not miss seeing her. Pippin plays at the Santa Barbara High School Theatre, 700 East Anapamu, beginning Friday November 6, 7, 13, and 14, all at 7 pm. Matinees are on Saturday, November 14, at 1 pm and again Sunday, November 15, at 2 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students. Go to www.sbhstheatre.com/ tickets to purchase yours, or call (805) •MJ 966-9101, ext. 5029. 5 – 12 November 2015

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com, perfect practice for my host and moderating duties at the Granada when Montecito’s Tab Hunter premieres his much-lauded documentary Tab Hunter Confidential, based on his New York Times bestselling autobiography, on Thursday, November 19.

Full Circle Opera Santa Barbara hosted a boffo bash for Impresario Circle members at the Ennisbrook clubhouse, underwritten by philanthropists Roger and Sarah Chrisman, who live just a tiara’s toss from the venue and had flown back from a Greek cruise just three hours earlier. The tony reception featured the cast from the 21st season’s opening film noir production, Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Granada on Friday and Sunday, including sopranos Marcy Stonikas and Rena Harms, bass baritone Daniel Mobbs, tenor Benjamin Brecher, and bass Kevin Thompson, who were introduced by the opera company’s new director, Kostis Protopopas. Among those checking out a whole new aria were Steven Sharpe, Herb and Elaine Kendall, Christopher Lancashire, and Catherine Gee, and Geoffrey and Joan Rutkowski. Martins’s Moves New York’s incomparable City Ballet, under artistic director Peter Martins, performed two successive energized nights at the Granada, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures dance series. Moves, the 67-year-old company’s touring arm launched four years ago, danced distinctly different shows, and many members of the audience on the first night also took in the second program, which concentrated on solo works by Jerome Robbins, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Christopher Wheeldon and Martins, while opening night displayed group choreography with works by Justin Peck, William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky and Robbins with principals Tyler Angle, Gonzalo Garcia, Sterling

Marcello Ricci, program director; Charles Donelan, “Unintended Consequences” curator; Joanne Holderman; and Anastasia Tharp, operations manager (photo by Priscilla)

A&L Leadership Circle member Maxine Prisyon and ballet master in chief Peter Martins (photo by Dean Zatkowsky)

Choreographer Peter Martins, and dance sponsors Annette and Richard Caleel (photo by Dean Zatkowsky)

Hyltin, Rebecca Krohn Tiler Peck, Amar Ramasar, Teresa Reichlen, Daniel Ulbricht, Andrew Veyette, Zachary Catazaro, and Georgina Pazcoguin, all the cream of the choreographed crop. Martins, who was named co-ballet master with Jerome Robbins after founder George Balanchine’s death in 1983, assumed sole responsibility 25 years ago and is clearly doing an excellent job with an unparalleled repertory and a roster of spectacular dancers. All the facets they are known for

– linear purity, sharpness of attack and overall speed and musicality – were on display with this visit to our Eden by the Beach, sponsored by philanthropist Sara Miller McCune. Hopefully, it will not be another four years before they return. A Nack for It After a year as director of the Arts Fund, Brad Nack is departing, I can exclusively reveal, Brad, who took over in September 2014, succeeding Catherine Gee, says it’s now “time to move on.” “It has been a great experience, but I’m not going far. I remain a friend and supporter of the Arts Fund. It has been an incredible year, but I now have some travel plans and even some film ideas. Lots to do, so little time.” Brad’s latest and last show, Unintended Consequences, curated by Independent arts editor Charles Donelan, also a teacher at Laguna Blanca school, shows work by artists Ro Snell, Tom Pazderka, Alice Wang, Vanesa Gingold, and George Sanders. It runs through December 5. It’s Only Natural The 27-year-old Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake hosted its third annual fundraiser at the Carriage and Western Arts Museum, raising $30,000 for the general fund with 140 guests. Executive director Julie Anne McDonald says the eight-room muse-

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 1st Thursday After Hours – The Granada Theater hosts 1st Thursday After Hours in November, when revelers can keep the night hopping with live music, light bites, and more. Tonight’s fare includes a special performance by Opera Santa Barbara with select members of Mosher Studio Artists, who are readying their production of Don Giovanni taking the stage downstairs tomorrow and Sunday, plus Ruston Slager playing piano favorites, and complimentary wine tasting courtesy of Summerland Winery. But it’s not over yet: the entertainment continues right after with the popular Granada Underground series – strangely named, since it takes place upstairs in the McCune Founders Room – of intimate live music performances with a show from the Doublewide Kings. The Santa Barbarabased band plays a blend of original music and cover tunes that bring span roots rock, Americana, country blues, and popular hits from 1970s FM radio. WHEN: After Hours 7:30-9:30 pm; concert 10 pm WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: After hours free, concert $20 INFO: 899-2222 or www. granadasb.org

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Venus in Fur-ther Exploration – The Department of Theater/Dance at UCSB launches its new season with a fresh take on Venus, an early and well-known play from Suzan-Lori Parks, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-nominated

African-American female playwright. The groundbreaking and provocative work is a tale of exploitation and love that draws from the real-life story of Sarah Baartman, a young woman from South Africa who was lured from her home to star in one of the most famous freak shows of the 19th century. The play examines both Venus’s rise to stardom and her ultimate destruction as she battles society’s fascination, scientists’ cold curiosity, and a lover’s deadly obsession. Parks’s other works include the epic Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), which was staged in 2014 at the Public Theater, and an adaptation of the book for the controversial revamp of Porgy and Bess, which opened on Broadway in 2012. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight and tomorrow and November 10-14, 2 pm tomorrow and Sunday and November 14 WHERE: UCSB Performing Arts Theater COST: $17 general, $13 students & seniors INFO: 893-2064 or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu Taylor-made Music – Dulcie Taylor started playing guitar at 10, after her ukulele got smashed when someone sat on it in a porch chair at the beach. The folksy Americana singer-songwriter has since released six full-length CDs, dating back to her 2000 debut Other Side of the Bed, through Wind Over Stone, out this September and recorded in Atascadero right here on the Central Coast. Taylor – who employs provocative imagery and hopeful if often sad stories – sings about her American heroes including Rosa Parks, what the country might

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 You’ll Lovett at the Hiatt – It seemed a little incongruous when the consummate country-pop singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett and the gritty roots-rock songsmith John Hiatt first teamed up together for a series of acoustic concerts several years ago. But now that they’re coming back to town for a third local appearance, it makes all the sense in the world. The master songwriters are huge fans of each other’s work, and do some good-natured ribbing and cajoling (as well as helping out with instruments and voice) on stage, all while delivering some of the finest songs in the Americana canon of the last two decades-plus. So what if one comes from Texas country-swing with gospel and folk-blues, while the other peppers his pop with sounds from the Mississippi Delta and good old rock ‘n’ roll? Both are keen chroniclers of the human condition, with wry observations and pleasure in both life’s foibles and blessings. Don’t miss the traveling treasure trove of song. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $55-125 INFO: 893-3535 or www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu have been like in the days when Native American were the only ones here, and her upbringing by a church-going single Southern Baptist mother. She has appeared on stage with Jerry Lee Lewis, Asleep at the Wheel, Guy Clark, John Gorka, and Kathy Mattea, among others, and now brings her poetry-filled songs to The Cambridge Drive Concert Series on a bill with Donna Lynn Caskey, known as “The Banjo Gal” for her innovative skill with the claw-hammer banjo playing, whose bluegrass/mountain music-based songs have been said to “resound like modern spirituals.” WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Drive, Goleta COST: $10 with advance reservation, $12 at the door INFO: 964-0436 or www.cambridgedrivechurch.org

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Dive Deep – Lake Street Dive first gathered in a room together as students at Boston’s New England Conservatory itching to play music outside of the confines of their formal training. So they pooled their familiar elements and irreverently scrambled and recombined them to form a band that were clearly schooled in jazz, but also obsessed with pop music and eager to explore. They took awhile to find their groove, at first sounding a bit overarching and precious. By the time they made their Santa Barbara debut 30 months ago in a Sings Like Hell concert at the Lobero, the Brooklyn-based band had settled nicely into a sound that featured super-catchy songs sporting an irresistible blend of precision and abandon. Now, 10 years after first forming, Lake Street Dive – drummer Mike Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, vocalist Rachael Price, and guitarist-trumpeter Mike “McDuck” Olson – has hit the big time. Last year brought rave reviews all over the land following the release of their debut CD Bad Self Portraits, an exhilarating brew of soul pop with Motown/Stax, British invasion, and gospel blues – groove-driven but still acoustic indie-pop. Check them out at UCSB tonight before they get to big for anywhere but the Bowl. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $25-$40 INFO: 893-3535 or www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

King of the Thile – We’re assuming the master musician will be playing different selections from his astonishingly good Bach Sonatas & Partitas Vol. 1 CD than the ones he performed at the same venue early last year, but it doesn’t really matter. Chris Thile’s musicianship, technique, exuberance, confidence, and charm are pretty much unprecedented, at least on his chosen instrument of the mandolin. Co-founder of the contemporary bluegrass bands Nickel Creek (which began when Thile was 8) and Punch Brothers, Thile has been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant in 2012 and just this summer was named the new host of Garrison Keillor’s iconic radio program A Prairie Home Companion, which he will take over next year. So he’s pretty good on stage by himself, in other words. His concerts – which even solo somehow

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encompass classical, jazz, rock, and bluegrass – are never less than thrilling. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $40 & $50 ($105 patron tickets include priority seating and pre-concert private reception) INFO: 9630761 or www.lobero.com On View x 2 – Two new exhibits are opening today at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the focus of one of them – renowned New York-based painter Peter Halley – will be on hand to give a talk about his work. Halley’s paintings, with their characteristic Day-Glo color and distinctive faux-stucco surfaces, have for more than 30 years engaged in variations on the same closed set of geometric forms, designated by the artist as prisons, cells, and conduits — treat space as a manifestation of social control. The exhibit, titled Geometry of the Absurd, encompasses much of his recent work, eight large paintings produced between 2007 and 2015 that share in common a distinctive double-stack composition with two prisons or cells, one precariously suspended above another. Also opening today is Interventions: Cayetano Ferrer, a site-specific installation involving the artist’s ongoing investigation into what he calls object prosthetics – the reconstruction of broken remains using a variety of conceptual and technological methods. As such, SBMA’s Ludington Court, which normally houses its important collection of Greco-Roman antiquities (which have been moved off-site in preparation for the museum’s forthcoming renovation), is the perfect place for the show. WHEN: Halley’s talk 2:30 to 4 pm; exhibits through February 21 (Halley) and March 13 (Ferrer) WHERE: 1130 State Street COST: Talk $10 general, $6 seniors

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Veterans Day Events – The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation once again presents a series of events to honor the local servicemen and women who fought in battle or otherwise served our country in the armed services. You can watch the runners complete the 7th Annual SB Int’l Veterans Half Marathon at the “Veterans Mile” (Shoreline Drive from La Marina to Leadbetter Beach), which will be decorated with flags and military vehicles, followed by a festival this morning. At the annual Veterans Ball, you can meet current members of our armed forces as well as many veterans in a social setting (5 pm today; Doubletree Hotel; $125). The stirring Veterans Day Parade starts at noon sharp on Sunday at 1400 State Street winding its way downtown to end at 633 E. Cabrillo Boulevard, in front of the DoubleTree, where a parachute team land to mark the transition to the 75-minute concert of patriotic classics and classical pieces from the Westmont Orchestra & Choir led by Dr. Michael Shasberger that closes out the celebration at 2 pm in the Plaza del Sol outdoor rotunda. Admission to all events (except as noted) is free. Details at 259-4394 or www.PCVF.org.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 If All the Sky Were Paper – This theatrical work written by award-winning author Andrew Carroll based upon his bestselling books War Letters and Behind the Lines has received raves around the country and is now in its final preparations for a planned move to a permanent venue in New York. The work is drawn from a vast collection of wartime letters written by soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen – and their loved ones back home – collected by Carroll over the last 15 years. The subjects cover the incredible drama of the human experience in battle to both the pathos and surprising humor of everyday life on both the battleground front lines and back at the homestead, and represent correspondence of those caught up all the conflicts in

U.S. history, from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World Wars I and II to Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The play features the best of the more than 100,000 previously unpublished letters (and more recently emails) that Carroll has archived but also tells the story of his harrowing but inspiring journeys around the world collecting them. The actors portray the roles of the military men and women and their loved ones at home, acting out the full spectrum of emotions and experiences contained in the letters. Proceeds from the performance benefit the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, which provides a variety of services to our veterans. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $45 general, $25 veterans ($105 patron tickets include priority seating and post-performance reception with the cast) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com •MJ

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The Rise of Khan – Choreographer Akram Khan originally teamed up with composer Nitin Sawhney and sculptor Anish Kapoor to create Kaash, his eponymous dance company’s first full-length piece, back in 2002. The work went on to win the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography. Kaash, which means “if only” in Hindi, has been revived for the first time in 13 years for the current tour that arrives at the Granada downtown tonight through UCSB Arts & Lectures. The piece – which represents Khan’s continuing quest to bridge the worlds of contemporary dance and the Indian classical dance form kathak – was inspired by creation and destruction, Hindu gods, Indian time cycles, and black holes, and features a five-strong cast of international performers focused on physicality and precision. Kaash has been enthusiastically received on both sides of the Atlantic, as the The New York Times called it “an exquisitely beautiful shifting tapestry of tightly sewn motion, light and dark” while the Independent (U.K.) raved “The dancing is furiously controlled, explosive, and precise.” More recently, Khan was responsible for creating a work around the theme of mortality for the 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony performed to Emeli Sandé’s song “Abide with Me”. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: $35-$45 INFO: 899-2222/www.granadasb.org or 893-3535/www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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spruce up his lyrics – and recently even wrote one completely together: “Lay You Down,” which is also the album’s first video. “It’s a fun song about the stress of being an adult and wanting to take a break from it,” Hope explained. “It’s about getting older and noticing your eyes are weary from the day. You want to just sit in the grass with someone you love and have a moment to reconnect and recharge – things that were so easy when you were young.” Those kinds of sweet but mature looks at life – songs about “honesty and soul searching and figuring things out with humanity,” as Hope put it – permeate the album, as does that compelling groove that makes you want to snuggle up with the couple, or at least get up and dance. “I know the way we sing just pulls people in,” Hope agreed. “And the people in our band are so happy, they’re always playing with smiles on their faces. You can see the love.”

Classical Corner

Look elsewhere in this issue for a feature on Opera Santa Barbara’s new film noir production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Granada on Friday, November 6, and Sunday afternoon. In between, the Santa Barbara Music Club’s free concert offers a new work from Santa Barbara composer-pianist Leslie Hogan, who presents her Suite for the Senses (2014), written in response to a set of poems by Berkeley poet and therapist David Shaddock, which premiered last year in a ECM concert. The piece is sandwiched by Vivaldi’s Concerto for Bassoon and Strings, No. 6 in E minor, RV 484, and Bach’s sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, BWV 1031, on flute and piano. Soprano Deborah Bertling and pianist Betty Oberacker conclude the program, at 3 pm Saturday, November 7, at the Public Library, with four dramatic arias from Puccini operas. Sunday afternoon also brings French pianist Lise de la Salle to Hahn Hall in her Santa Barbara recital debut. A piano prodigy who began playing at age 4, the 27-year-old de la Salle has already released 10 CDs. She’ll tackle Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, a work composed intentionally to challenge players, full of complex, finger-twisting chords, and dense textures that

make precision near impossible. de la Salle will also perform works by Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms at the 4 pm concert. The Catalyst Quartet returns to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Mary Craig Auditorium on Tuesday at 7:30 pm, November 10, for a program featuring Dvorak’s String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 (American), Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae, Canadian composer Marcus Goddard’s Allaqi, American folk songs arranged by the quartet, and the Romantic String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (“From My Life”) by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana.

Just Jazz

Grammy Award-winners Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play big-band jazz with the flavor of Latin music on Thursday, November 5, at UCSB’s Campbell Hall. O’Farrill, son of the great Chico O’Farrill, earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte and directed his late father’s Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra for 15 years before establishing his own 18-piece orchestra that consists of some of the world’s most accomplished solo musicians. Just across the street but on a much smaller scale, SOhO on Sunday afternoon, November 8, hosts the monthly concert from the Santa Barbara Jazz Society starring vibraphonist Lolly Allen and her quintet. The vibist studied jazz at the New England Conservatory and has performed with such artists as Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Kristen Korb, and Larry Koonze. Joining her at SOhO are saxist Danny Janklow, bassist Richard Simon, pianist Tom Owens, and drummer Paul Kreibich. Barely a year after their Santa Barbara debut, the dazzling French guitarist Dorado Schmitt and the Django Festival All-Stars return to the Lobero on Tuesday evening, November 10, for an encore performance celebrating the legacy of gypsy jazz giant Django Reinhardt. But this time they’ll have the great pianist Roger Kellaway, who lives in Ojai, as special guest as they turn the old opera house into Le Hot Club de •MJ France.

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World Business Academy Team: Judi Weisbart, vice president; Jerry Brown, director; Rinaldo Brutoco, founder and president; Matt Renner, WBA executive director; Becca Claassen, Outreach consultant (photo by Priscilla)

Descendant children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of James Osborne Craig and Mary McLaughlin Craig are Aaron Thompson, James Osborne Thompson, Sarah Thompson, Avery Bennet Thompson, Martin Molinuevo, Polly Anderson, Pamela Skewes-Cox (co-author); Anita McCann, Michael McCann, and Mary Craig Skewes-Cox (photo by Priscilla)

Gathered for updates and plans of the WBA is SB councilmember Dale Francisco; Amanda Mardon, state senator, Hannah-Beth Jackson; mayor pro-tem from Oxnard, Carmen Rameriz, Monique Limon, and Mike Weissman (photo by Priscilla)

Guests at SB Historical Museum for the “Spanish Colonial Style” meeting the authors and viewing the exhibit are SB Historical Museums enthusiasts Sue Adams, Alan and Anne Sides, Gretchen Lieff, Martha Gray, and Lynn Brittner, executive director (photo by Priscilla) Celebrated authors Pamela SkewesCox and Robert Sweeney with Matt Walla, photographer signing the book Spanish Colonial Style for Nancy Caponi and Victoria Hines in queue (photo by Priscilla)

Architect Christopher Manson-Hing, president of AIA; Katherine Pharibe Wise, Casa del Herrero trustee, with featured speaker and architect Marc Appleton (photo by Priscilla)

was socially gridlocked for the opening of the new architectural retrospective exhibition, Spanish Colonial Style, celebrating the work of two seminal architects, James Osborne Craig and Mary McLaughlin Craig, and the publication of a new book on their work. James was instrumental in estab-

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lishing the Spanish Colonial style in our tony town. His design of Casa Santa Cruz for Irene and Bernhard Hoffman and El Paseo downtown set a standard for Santa Barbara’s architectural rebirth in the 1920s. His wife, designer of Plaza Rubio, established her own identity as an architectural designer for 36 years. The 256-page Rizzoli-published book, which includes a stunning collection of contemporary photos by Matt Walla, was written by the Craigs’ granddaughter, Pamela Skewes-Cox and architectural historian Robert Sweeney. Among those supporting the exhibition, which runs through January 17, were Marc Appleton, Lincoln Anderson, Tanny Wheeler, Kent Hodgetts, John and Janet McCann, Aaron and Sarah Thompson, John Woodward, Polly Anderson, and Martin Molinuevo.

Power Lunch Santa Barbara’s 29-year-old World Business Academy, which promotes safe renewable energy, threw its annual lunch at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree for 250 guests, hoping to raise around $274,00 for its campaign. “It’s essential to the viability of our community,” said Jerry Brown, director of the Safe Energy Project, “It is reliant, resilient, and renewable. Wind, sun, and water are in our future. We have drawn the line in the sand to end nuclear energy.” Santa Barbara philanthropist and publisher Sara Miller McCune donated $25,000 to the cause, which also attracted the likes of state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Das Williams, Judi Weisbart, Becca Claassen, executive director Matt Renner, Mahri Kerley, Allan Ghitterman, Judy Foreman, Bob and Sue Evans, Dale Francisco, Diana Starr Langley, Karl Hutterer, and Independent co-founder Marianne Partridge. Brothers and Singers The voices of 600 singers from 12 California school choirs, including the Cate School Camerata and the San Marcos High madrigal singers, lifted the roof of the First Presbyterian Church when Westmont College host-

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Westmont College conductor Michael Shasberger

Speakers at the WBA are Mary Morrissey, with table host Dan Molina, director of communications; and Diane Boss, Emissary member (photo by Priscilla)

ed its annual fall choral festival. The Westmont Chamber Singers, under director Grey Brothers, and the Westmont College Choir, conducted by Michael Shasberger, wrapped the vocal bonanza with all the schools combining for the last work, Pavel Tschesnokoff’s rousing Salvation Is Created. Next up is the college’s 11th annual Christmas Festival in December at the same venue, with four performances, always a sell-out. Sightings: New York City Ballet choreographer Peter Martins lunching in the private dining room with Sara Miller McCune at Olio e Limone... Rocker Kenny Loggins noshing at Opal...Actor Stuart Whitman picking up his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmineards@ verizon.net or send invitations and other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301. •MJ 5 – 12 November 2015

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12) Dana and Andrea Newquist’s charming street-side garden is also a Beautification Award winner

A re-landscaped property on La Vereda, owned by Gordon and Darlene Reisig, will be honored at this year’s Beautification Day

Sue Burrows has been chosen as this year’s Citizen of the Year

the entryway onto Coast Village Road more pleasant. The garden features bougainvillea and shrubs with drought tolerant mulch chips, and can be seen by drivers making their way to Coast Village Road. The owners say they are pleased their tenant took the time to help beautify the small area, which was previously filled with overgrown bushes and litter. A colonial-style home on La Vereda Road is also being honored, for owners Gordon and Darlene Reisig’s renovated landscaping. The homeowners replaced the former asphalt front yard with pavers, and planted ever-blooming roses throughout the yard. The gardens were designed by Ricardo Godinas, owner of Breathtaking

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Landscape. A small birdbath was also added to the front garden, adding a touch of charm to the yard, according to Denson. Another Beautification Day tradition: the honoring of a Citizen of the Year, given to a steward of Montecito. This year’s honoree is Sue Burrows, who moved to Montecito in 1970. Burrows served as president of the PTA at two local schools, Santa Barbara Junior High and Santa Barbara High School, and served on many non-profit boards. She was also the foreperson of the Santa Barbara Grand Jury, president of the Santa Barbara League of Women Voters, commissioner of Civil Service for Santa Barbara County, a founding board member of Santa Barbara County CASA, co-president of Wildlife Care Network, vice president of the Montecito Association, and more. Most recently, Burrows retired earlier this year from the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) after serving for eight years, with two of her terms served as chair. During her tenure on MPC, Burrows weighed in on such projects and developments as the Westmont Master Plan, the Miramar, San Ysidro Village, the San Ysidro foot path, and many more. “She has been selfless in her giving to this community,” Denson said. “It was an easy choice for her to be honored as Citizen of the Year.” Beautification Day starts at 9 am, when volunteers will be treated to a

light breakfast catered by the Biltmore before they head out to pick up litter. Participants will wear forest-green shirts with a vintage logo, in a nod to “old Montecito,” Denson says. Upon returning back to the village green, where vintage photos of Montecito will be displayed, the awards ceremony will take place, followed by a lunch of hot dogs and chili, served up by Montecito Firefighters and in part donated by Montecito Village Grocery. The Montecito Union School Green Team will provide jugs of water for participants to fill their own reusable water bottles with, instead of using plastic bottles. Informational tables hosted by local organizations will be set up for guests to peruse during the event. Participating groups include Maritime Museum, Santa Barbara Zoo, Westmont, Montecito Landscape, MERRAG, Montecito Association, Montecito Trails, Union Bank, and our special districts: MFPD, MWD, and Montecito Sanitary District. Beautification Day begins at 9 am on Sunday, November 8, in the Upper Village Green, 1470 East Valley Road.

Miramar, which is expected to break ground next year and be open for business in 2017, will bring the county $2 million per year in tax revenue, with $450,000 of that earmarked for the general fund. The projected Transient Occupancy Tax revenue for the development will likely be $1.5-$2 million per year. The project, which is designed by Appleton Partners, will be back in front of MBAR next week as well, as board members asked to see more detailed designs of the ocean-front buildings and landscaping plans. “We’re checking off the boxes, and will provide them all the information for which they’ve asked,” Krenzien said. That meeting will most likely be more in-depth review of the plans; final approvals of the designs are expected in December. The landscape architect on the project is Girvin Associates. “We’re going to get this thing done. Finally,” said Matt Middlebrook, Caruso Affiliated’s executive vice president of development. The next MBAR meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 9.

Miramar Update

New Businesses on Coast Village Road

Last week, Miramar reps were in front of the Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) for preliminary design approval of developer Rick Caruso’s seaside resort. MBAR members were tasked with reviewing design and landscaping details of the project, ensuring the project’s conformity with Montecito design guidelines. “We are pleased with their comments and consider it a favorable meeting,” said project manager Evan Krenzien, Caruso’s vice president of development. The Miramar Resort & Hotel project was approved by the Montecito Planning Commission earlier this year, eight years after Caruso bought the property back in 2007. In that time, the endeavor was revised multiple times, and two other iterations of the project were approved prior to the current plan. The current development includes 200,000 square feet of development, including a main building with a ballroom, conference facilities, meeting rooms, and a spa, as well as a beach club, activity center, 170 guest rooms, a screening room, an ocean-front restaurant, two pools, new landscaping, a sound wall, and four employee dwellings. Caruso reps tell us the current plans are the most financially viable, as well as least impactful on neighbors. After the MPC approval, Caruso appealed several conditions the MPC placed on the project relating to parking and event occupancy; his appeal was granted by the board of supervisors in April. County staff estimated the

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In the last week, two new businesses opened on Coast Village Road: Whiskey & Leather, a locally owned clothing boutique, and ivivva, an offshoot of workout wear brand lululemon athletica, which has opened a showroom in the lower village. Whiskey & Leather, which opened November 3, is owned by friends Zee Chew and Ariel Hujar. The women, both with retail, merchandizing, and styling backgrounds, decided to open their own boutique after working together in the retail world for several years. “We complement each other well,” Chew told us on their first day in business, “Ariel has the business mind, and I bring the creativity,” she said. The eclectic men’s and women’s clothing boutique carries a wide variety of both boutique brands and well-recognized brands, from Adina Reyter jewelry, Hudson jeans, Scotch & Soda clothing, Marie Turnor handbags, Make Smith leather goods, 7 Diamonds outerwear, and many more. There is also a small offering of home décor, and the women tell us everything in the store is for sale, including interesting furniture pieces that display products. According to the duo, Whiskey & Leather is a lifestyle brand, with the location at 1101 Coast Village Road designed to be a comfortable and relaxed place for customers and friends to gather. “We want you to come in, shop, and hang out for awhile!” Chew said. The corner building, which is the 5 – 12 November 2015

former home of Hayward’s, has been vacant for six years. It was recently divided into four different “suites” to make it more attractive to tenants. Another new tenant, JANGEORGe, is a full-service interior design showroom that is expected to open later this month. (We’ll have that story in a future edition.) “We saw it as the perfect corner space to open our doors,” Chew and Hujar said. For more information, visit www.whiskeyleather.com. The shop is open every day from 10 am to 7 pm. Further east on the road, ivivva has taken over the space formerly occupied by Montecito Beach Club, which closed its doors in September after less than a year of operations. The ivivva store is a showroom of active wear designed for tweens and young girls: think leotards, tights, shorts, yoga clothing, hoodies, jackets, and accessories (headbands, workout bags, etc.) Because the shop is considered a showroom, only key pieces from the ivivva line are available for purchase, and the store is open just three days a week: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. For more information, visit www.iviv va.com.

Andreas Shultz, first-place winner

Cold Spring School sixth graders hold up signs thanking firefighters for their swift action in containing last week’s Gibraltar Fire

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As of press time, the 50-acre fire that began in the early morning hours of October 29, is nearly contained, thanks to a firefighting response of more than 500 firefighters and a fleet of emergency response vehicles and aircraft. The evening before, our local volunteer unit, MERRAG (Montecito Emergency Response and Recovery Action Group), was activated in anticipation of the predicted windy weather event, and Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) increased staffing. “MERRAG volunteers came in to set up our District Operation Center (DOC), and they contacted all of their volunteers to determine who would be available to respond in case something happened,” said MFPD rep Geri Ventura. Activating the DOC established the infrastructure in case a fire were to occur – which it did – including emergency phones, maps, and other supplies, making it easier for all of the emergency responders to immediately begin their planning and operational response to the blaze. After it began, MERRAG volunteers staffed trailheads informing hikers that the trails were closed and provided fire information to the public, and they helped place barricades at potential traffic points that would have been closed had the evacuation elevated to a mandatory status. “I am are very proud of their participation, and Montecito is better prepared for emergencies because of their efforts,” Ventura said. 5 – 12 November 2015

An air tanker drops retardant on the Gibraltar Fire (photo credit Mike Eliason)

Four evacuation zones in and near Montecito were placed under evacuation warnings, and several roads and trails were closed due to the fire. Agencies involved included Montecito Fire District, Santa Barbara County Fire, United States Forest Service, Carpinteria/Summerland Fire, Santa Barbara City Fire, Cal FIRE, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department, Santa Barbara City Police and California Highway Patrol. Cold Spring School, Laguna Blanca, Montecito Union, and ELMO closed their campuses on October 29, in case of both mandatory evacuations and air-quality concerns. For more information, visit www. montecitofire.com.

Ghost Village Road Costume Contest Winners

Here’s The Scoop owners Ellie and Bob Patterson have been hosting the Ghost Village Road Halloween Costume Contest for nine years! “We have always based this contest on originality and creativity, not the most expensive costume or the best costume made by parents,” Ellie told us during the event, which took place October 31. “We look for kids that have thought of and made the costume themselves. There were many

Leslie Drucker, second-place winner

Third-place winner (tie), Jack Hirsch

amazing costumes and the choices, as always, are difficult,” she said. This year there were 61 entries in the Costume Contest, many of them groups, and along with handing out more than 1,000 Worms ‘n Dirt gelato cups, the Pattersons chose the winners carefully. The winning photos, along with the Honorable Mention photos, will be displayed on the Scoops Art Wall for the month of November. First Place: For the second year in a row, Andreas Schultz, age 11, from Montecito Union School, wins the costume contest as an aviator flying a racing plane. Andreas’s grandpa’s friend flies a N777XT yellow racing show plane that Andreas modeled his plane costume after. For the wings, he cut a foam boogie board in half, and used cardboard for the body of the plane. “My dad helped me hold the plane together so I could tape it, and I used a lot of duct tape that I was able to cover up when I painted it,” he explained. Second Place: Leslie Drucker, age 11, from Montecito Union School, dressed as author Sylvia Plath (19321963). “What impressed all the judges most was the detail in the typewriter that Leslie made,” Ellie said. “In that time computers were not yet invented, and Leslie used a paper towel roll as the carriage, and cut and glued each letter separately on the keyboard.” Third-Place tie: Jack Hirsch, age 11, from Montecito Union School, dressed as a butcher. “We loved his attention to detail,” Ellie said. The other third-place winner was MUS student Charlotte

Third-place winner (tie), Charlotte Caesar

Cue the sun. – from The Truman Show

Caesar, age 11, who dressed as the Energizer Bunny. She made her battery from a hatbox that she covered. There were five honorable mentions: Merrick Larvig, 12, from La Colina, as Charlie Brown, and sister Dorienne, 12, from La Colina as Lucy. Mom Adrienne dressed as Snoopy. Ryan Slater, 10, from MUS as a newsboy; Francis Bennett, 10, from Summerland School, as an owl. Best Group: Ava Vandever, 12, Christine Venzor, 12, and Chloe Olsen, 12 (all from Providence Hall), and Best Family Costume: The Whitney family (mom Mary Pat, dad Matt, and twins Emily and Kate), dressed as a movie theater. For more Ghost Village Road photos, check out page 38. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL

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Real Estate

by Mark Hunt ing room with fireplace, and

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. His family goes back nearly 100 years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

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good home on a nice-sized lot (1/3 or 1/2 acre) in Montecito can start in the price range of about $1.6 million (fixer) to about $3 million (average price for solid starter home on up to an acre). These are ranges, with exceptions, but generally speaking this is where the market is right now. What interested me when reviewing inventory the other day is that there are a number of less-expensive options on the market with asking prices under $1,500,000 that offer the Montecito lifestyle factor (i.e. being near the beach with a good ocean peek, or a smaller private oasis in the hills with big ocean views). If you are comfortable with less square footage (likely under 2,000 square feet) and fewer beds and baths (1 to 3, not 4 or 5), to get that location near the beach, or the ocean view retreat you have dreamed of… or if you are looking for a vacation property, then here are four current listings to consider:

By the Beach

1359 Plaza De Sonadores: $1,375,000

This ground-floor, single-level, private end unit with patio, offers one bedroom with full bath and a guest half-bath in just under 800 square feet. There are ocean views across the complex from the living room, kitchen, and patio. The contemporary kitchen boasts granite counters, travertine floors, stainless-steel Viking range, and refrigerator and Miele dishwasher. The master suite features a cedar-lined closet, granite shower, and travertine tile bath, and in-unit washer/dryer. The sunny south-facing patio features slate tiles, and is framed with tropical and exotic plants looking out to the lush landscaping and ocean view.   The Bonnymede complex boasts a communal swimming pool, tennis court, private beach access, underground parking, and 24-hour gated entry. Set in a good location within the complex, minutes from the Four Seasons Biltmore, Coral Casino, Butterfly and Miramar beaches, and lower village shops and restaurants, this is a rarely available one-bedroom unit (many Bonnymede and Montecito Shores units have two bedrooms and are in the $1,700,000+ range).

52 Olive Mill Road: $1,495,000

This Montecito del Mar townhouse is situated between the beach and Coast Village Road, adjacent to and over the railroad tracks from the Bonnymede complex. This two-story, three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath unit is 1,843+/square feet and features a remodeled kitchen with high end appliances, liv-

In the Hills

216 East Mountain Drive: $1,449,000

This three-bedroom, twobath retreat above East Mountain Drive offers ocean, island, and harbor views. Resting on approximately one acre, the 1,887+/sq-ft home features vaulted ceilings, light and bright rooms, and a fresh feel. The floor plan is open and boasts unique views from every room. Located in the foothills of Montecito, this home is also close to Santa Barbara and is in the Cold Spring School District.

12 West Mountain Drive: $1,495,000

Set on an acre in the foothills of West Montecito, this south-facing California contemporary cottage was built in 2010. This property is in a natural setting with privacy and broad ocean views from the spacious deck. This two-bedroom, threebath home offers 1,867+/square feet with an open floor plan, cathedral ceiling, and downstairs master. Upstairs, you’ll find an en-suite guest bedroom with private patio and ocean views. There are separate quarters, wide-plank bamboo floors, gas/wood fireplace, and tankless water heater. The drought-tolerant landscaping includes raised gardens, koi pond, and lavender. (Sale pending) For more information on any of these properties or if you would like me to arrange a showing with the listing agents, please contact me directly: Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text (805) 698-2174. For more Best Buys, visit my site www.MontecitoBestBuys. com from which this article is based. •MJ

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doors opening to a comfortable patio and gardens. There is a spacious master bedroom with generous closet space, a fireplace, and balcony. The home is just two blocks to shopping, beach, restaurants, etc. A two-car garage and Montecito Union School District complete the package.

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PIANO LESSONS Santa Barbara Studio of Music seeks children wishing to experience the joy of learning music. (805) 453-3481. FIREWOOD

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CEMETERY PLOTS

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