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Kerri Murray rings Nasdaq’s opening bell as president of SB’s ShelterBox USA, p. 6

ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • MOVIE GUIDE, P. 39 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 45

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Montecito’s Upper Village

Pierre Lafond dominates east, while the Gunners’ San Ysidro Village sparkles on the west side of San Ysidro Road, p. 5

Coming & Going

Stanford grad (and fifth-generation Californian) Susan Keller ready to celebrate 10 years of Santa Barbara Revels, p. 16

Ave, Maria!

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Guest Editorial

In part one of a series, Bob Hazard surveys the scene of Montecito’s upper village, including its businesses from boutiques to restaurants to Gazebo Gardens

6 Montecito Miscellany

Kerri Murray at Nasdaq; Scholarship Foundation lunch; ETC’s Miss Bennet; Catholic Charities Mistletoe Ball; Ben Soleimani; Christmas tree; symphonic sounds; Prince Harry engagement; Smith restaurant; Mozart by Candlelight; Ellen DeGeneres; and Leanne Wood’s book

8 Letters to the Editor

An assortment of correspondence from MJ readers – namely Dave Willett, Arlene and Milt Larsen, Michael Edwards, Jonathan Weiss, Jordana Lawrence, and Justin Ruhge

10 This Week

Knit N Needle; poetry club; art gala; book signing; Sustainable Luxury; Spanish group; Sedgwick hike; concert; holiday bazaar; mindfulness; MUS board; MA meeting; Advent retreat; library tunes; MBAR meets; local shops; Christmas concert; art; brain fitness; story time; yoga; Italian

EAT. SIP. SHOP. CONNECT

Tide Guide

Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach

12 Village Beat

Shop Coast Village’s special offers; Montecito Planning Commission news; Montecito Fire promotions; and Dance Fever Studio

14 Seen Around The World

Lynda Millner ventures to Cuba and chronicles the country’s changes from decades ago to today, when American tourists are visiting en masse

16 Coming & Going

Revel with a cause: James Buckley catches up with the SB Revels and founder Susan Keller prior to their performances at the Lobero Theatre

23 Brilliant Thoughts

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Ashleigh Brilliant leads by example while scrutinizing “credible” leadership – looking at experts, directors, and mentors from all walks of life

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24 Business Beat

Jon Vreeland shines a light on Frank Schipper Construction and its president, Paul Wieckowski, whose family-owned company builds Santa Barbara style

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26 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz chronicles Maria Muldaur at Alhecama Theater; Eric Gutman; The Nutcracker at Arlington; Great Russian Nutcracker; classical music; and A Christmas Carol in Carpinteria

RING IN THE NEW YEAR AT BELMOND EL ENCANTO

27 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz previews Yulia Maluta at Dance Hub; holiday festivities; Kirtan & Vegan Fare; min-retreats; author Diana Raab; inCourage Community Chorus; meditation group; and spiritual sundry

32 On Art

Zach Rosen experiences a brush with greatness, thanks to Richard Schloss, whose landscape and impressionist art sees the Homecoming “Light”

39 Legal Advertising Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events

1st Thursday art and performances abound; An Irish Christmas; Brad Nack’s reindeer; Chris Isaak at Granada; SOhO hosts jazz; Hawaiian sounds; and Christmas parades

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by Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an associate editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club.

The Upper Village of Montecito: Part I One is likely to run into either the charming and helpful Veronica (Vero) Vueno (on left) or the equally charming and almost always bubbly Flor Avila (right) upon a visit to Pierre Lafond Deli

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ontecito is small in size but famous for its natural beauty and relaxed lifestyle. Whether you hike the Montecito trails, stroll Butterfly Beach, order a cup of coffee or a snack – the community character remains the same – unhurried, laid-back, charming, uniquely engaged, small-town friendly service, and locally owned businesses.

The shops and businesses in Montecito’s upper village have all that – and of course, way more. Parking is generous and traffic is light, except around the lunch hour; congestion is minimal. It is a place of safety and serenity, free from the kind of aggressive panhandling and unpleasant street behavior sometimes found in downtown shopping areas.

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by Richard Mineards

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

Murray Christmas at Nasdaq

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erri Murray, president of the Santa Barbara-based charity, ShelterBox USA, had one of her more ap-peal-ing assignments the other day in New York.

The popular nonprofit was selected to participate in the ringing of the bell opening ceremony at Nasdaq’s headquarters in Manhattan’s Times Square on Giving Tuesday, with Kerri doing the honors along with other charity executives, including the Red Cross and World Vision.

Prior to her campanology stint, Kerri was interviewed on the CNBC show Squawk Box, which featured the charity’s work with Hurricane Harvey and the Syrian refugee crisis.

“It was incredibly exciting to ring the bell,” says Kerri. “Normally, that honor is reserved for corporate milestones, like IPOs.

Kerri Murray (second from right) with ShelterBox board member and Rotary District governor Louis Turpin (far right) (photo courtesy of Nasdaq)

“What I found surprising it that you don’t ring an actual bell at all, you press a digital button- screen. There is a lot of pomp and circumstance involved in the occasion, from the countdown leading up to the 9:30 a.m. opening, which involves a lot

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

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

Blue State Payback Time

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ob Hazard’s debunking of tax reform Myth #3 (Guest Editorial, MJ #23/48) was revelatory, but not debunking. His Myth #3 is “Removing the Federal Deduction for State and Local Taxes is Unfair to High-Tax States such as California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Illinois.”

Unfortunately, Mr. Hazard did not address a fundamental issue of fairness. Everyone understands that income equals revenue minus the cost of revenue. For many Americans, state income tax is a required cost of their income. The new tax policy will have many Americans pay federal income taxes on money that is not really part of their income.

Mr. Hazard seemed to revel in the idea of “finally punishing” big-tax states. He repeated the often-expressed claim that these states have “gleefully passed their high-tax burden onto other low-tax states’ taxpayers via their deductions of state and local taxes...”. What Mr. Hazard has in

common with everyone else making this claim is that he doesn’t back it up with evidence.

I did a quick look at the 2015 Federal Tax Revenue by State table on Wikipedia. I compared the five high-tax states listed by Mr. Hazard against the seven no-income-tax states (Texas, Florida, Washington, Nevada, Wyoming, Alaska, and South Dakota).

The IRS collects more from the five high-tax states on a per capita basis (31% more) and in total (87% more) than the seven no-tax states. Exactly the opposite of Mr. Hazard’s claim.

It’s hard not to label Mr. Hazard’s unsubstantiated claim as fake news.

I suspect the reason this fake news is hyped all over the media to provide a fig leaf of cover for more conscientious conservatives who support tax reform, but who feel 1) queasy about implementing a scheme to increase revenue by taxing so many Americans on income that is not really income, instead of reducing spending; 2) queasy about the federal government

taking a “we-know-best” attitude by judging and punishing the tax-andspend policies of individual states; and 3) queasy that, in the absence of sound justification, this policy looks like payback against big blue states that didn’t vote for the president.

Dave Willett Goleta (Editor’s note: Don’t know about the idea of “payback,” but if doing away with the tax exemption for state taxes works to reduce the overall tax burden in those states, it sounds like a good idea to me.

As for Wikipedia, I’d be wary of using anything one found on Wikipedia as an “authoritative” reference. – J.B.)

Magic Castle Cabaret

Santa Barbara is very proud of its Spanish heritage. Although we bought Cafe del Sol, an old Mexican restaurant, I wanted to create the atmosphere of a European cabaret. I found the answer in the history of Spain. Spain is credited with the beginning of modern magic. The Spanish inquisitions led to the confusion of Spanish royalty and many charlatans seized on the situation to claim titles. This is where fact spawns fiction. I love stories.

After the inquisitions in the Middle Ages, magicians used their magic skills to replace witchcraft and black magic. It was an age of phony royalty.

Apparently, at the end of the 19th century there was a Spanish magician who claimed to be a count. His wife, the countess de Lota, loved magic and had a summer palace overlooking a lake in northern Spain. She was famous for entertaining Europe’s finest magicians.

Our Magic Castle Cabaret will recreate what we imagine what her “Casa del Oro” house of gold might have looked like a few centuries ago.

The New Year, 2018, is just around the corner. We will see you at the Magic Castle Cabaret.

Milt and Arlene Larsen Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Readers should be aware that the Magic Castle Cabaret on the site of the former Cafe del Sol in Baja Montecito will operate, perhaps as early as February 2018, as a “private club” and will not be open to the general public.

It will, however, be open well into the night, which is particularly good news for Montecito nightbirds looking for a place to hang out when everything else is closed.

I am personally thrilled to call myself a charter member of Milt and Arlene Larsen’s Magic Castle Cabaret. – J.B.)

A Refreshing Oliver’s

A few Friday evenings ago, I was sauntering about the newly invigo-

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This Week in and around Montecito

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 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 Art Reception Join an internationally acclaimed artist, Yuliya Lennon, Ph.D., for her first solo exhibition in Santa Barbara. Originally from Russia, Dr. Lennon continued her education in the U.K. by researching the techniques of the Old Masters at the National Gallery, London. Her works include portraits commissioned by the British army, and the film and television industry, including the recent Amazon Prime series The Grand Tour, and collaborations with fashion designers.

Yuliya recently moved to Santa Barbara with her husband and 2-yearold identical twin girls, where she works from her downtown studio.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: Lady McClintock Studios, 1221 State Street, Suite 6 Info: (805) 845-0030 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 Celebrate Sustainable Luxury Join in to celebrate Sustainable Luxury for the health of the sea, Sustainable

Food for the health of the body, and Sustainable Action for the health of humanity. Come experience two days of events, champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and golden pearls. Enjoy a preview of the most exclusive collection of Jewelmer Joaillerie’s South Sea golden pearls.

Participate on a plant-based food demonstration by Living Light Culinary Institute. Explore the positive impact of the Save Palawan Seas Foundation and ignite the passion for sustainability.

When: today, noon to 6 pm; tomorrow 11 am to 5 pm Where: Oliver and Espig Gallery of Fine Arts, 1482 East Valley Road Info: 962- 8111 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation group for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish.

Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 Sedgwick Reserve Hike The rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting for a series of monthly interpretive hikes and nature activities open to the public on the 6,000-acre UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. Three hikes with varying themes such as geology, landforms, Sedgwick panoramas, plants, and animals or birds will be conducted, with hiking levels of Easy, Moderate, or Strenuous. These hikes are approximately two to three hours each and are followed by the opportunity to picnic with your own lunch at the reserve. In addition to the hikes, other activities such as a tour

Book Signing at Chaucer’s Author and photographer Macduff Everton partnered up with The Lark owner Sherry Villanueva and executive chef Jason Paluska to create a new recipe book, Around the Table: Recipes and Stories from The Lark in Santa Barbara.

If you love The Lark, you’ll appreciate Chef Jason’s creations in this collection. Recipes and imagery from Macduff Everton will awaken your inner chef. Learn about those who raise and farm for a truly farm-to-table experience. From the farm, ocean, or ranch, you too can create amazing Lark delicacies.

When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 of the newly renovated old barn, the new observatory, the pond, and the new Tipton House, as well as a set-up for painters at the pond, and the use of a bocce ball court are all planned for those who don’t want to hike and would like to just enjoy the reserve attractions while the hikes are being conducted.

Reservations required. In inclement weather, the hikes will be cancelled.

When: 8:30 am Cost: $10 per hiker, or $15 per couple or family suggested donation Info and RSVP: Sedgwick@lifesci.ucsb. edu Benefit Concert Last September, Mexico was struck by a series of earthquakes, leaving families without homes and basic resources. The areas that have not received much aid are the rural areas, including remote areas with Indigenous communities.

El Congreso Nacional Indigena, (National Indigenous Congress), an organization of communities, nations and indigenous tribes of Mexico, has been providing aid to these affected communities to rebuild homes and reactivate the local economy. Local band Ensamble vientos Del Sur is supporting this cause by organizing a benefit concert for the community of Juchitan Oaxaca. The Concert will take place at The Anacapa School.

The bands performing at the event are: Grupo Maferefun (Afro-Cuban folklore), Flor de Kanela (Sephardic

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music), Chucumite/ Los Tigres de la Sierra (Son Jarocho), and The Adobes (Anacapa School Ensemble music). There will be food and beverages.

When: noon to 4 pm Where: 814 Santa Barbara Street Youth Interactive Holiday Bazaar Creativity, craft, and entrepreneurship skills will be on full display at the Youth Interactive Holiday Bazaar. This year’s final showcase will feature fine art and handcrafted wares made by the student artists themselves. Youth Interactive students work throughout each semester in five different groups which function as micro-businesses that they manage as a team. The creative groups are based on interests and skills and students collaborate to produce items and works of art, which will be on display and for sale during this special one-day event.

When: 1 to 4 pm Where: Youth Interactive, 209 Anacapa Street SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 Mindfulness Practice Retreat A half-day retreat with guided meditations from Radhule Weininger, M.D., Ph.D., or other facilitators. All levels welcome.

When: 2:30 to 6 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 MUS School Board Meeting When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249

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Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito

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When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 What are You Waiting for: An Advent Retreat Dive deeply into the season of advent by exploring your life through the lens of waiting. What are you waiting for?

A vacation, a break, a job, retirement, a partner, an apology, stability? Using meditation and reflection, you will gain spiritual insight into the depth of the subtle movements of the advent season in your life. The reverend Christine McSpadden, former priest vicar and chaplain, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, has served parishes in San Francisco and Santa Barbara and is author of What Are You Waiting For?, a book of advent meditations.

When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: Donation requested; lunch is available for $14 or bring your own lunch Music at the Library Adam Miller will entertain for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 4 to 5 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Cost: free and open to the public Info: 969-5063 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito.

When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Shop Local on Coast Village Road Coast Village Association presents the first annual Shop Coast Village event; more than 30 retailers will participate in incentives, discounts, and gifts with purchase, and Santa will be on the road for a special photo opportunity!

When: 4 to 7 pm Where: Coast Village Road FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library 7 – 14 December 2017

The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish.

Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 Christmas Concert Come join the Quire of Voyces for our Mysteries of Christmas concert in St. Anthony’s Chapel on the campus of the Garden Street Academy. This event features a cappella works by Spanish Renaissance master, Thomas Luis de Victoria, along with beautiful contemporary and modern pieces that lift spirits at this time of year.

When: today at 7 pm; tomorrow 3 pm Where: St. Anthony’s Chapel at Garden Street Academy, 2300 Garden Street Info: www.quireofvoyces.org ONGOING MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a friendly environment.

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: 969-0859 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages two to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAYS Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 •MJ

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Village Beat

by Kelly Mahan Herrick Kelly has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news

in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and is a member of Montecito and Santa Barbara’s top real estate team, Calcagno & Hamilton.

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Allora by Laura (1269 Coast Village Road) – treats from Andersen’s Bakery, various incentives throughout the store Angel (1221 CVR) – gift with purchase Antoinette (1046 CVR) – 15% off all fall & winter merchandise, excluding jewelry ARA 24K Collection (1253 CVR) – 10% off all purchases, plus a new selection of items that just arrived from their workshop in Turkey Blanka Boutique (1266 CVR) – Holiday Trunk Show featuring local and California-based artisans, annual Wish List event Calcagno & Hamilton (1255 CVR) – photo opportunity with Santa; cookies and hot chocolate Civilianaire (1145 CVR) – free bandana of choice with purchase CO Collection (1026 CVR) – gift with purchase Cos Bar (1253 CVR) – gift with purchase Daniel Gibbings (1143 CVR) – $500 gift card with purchase The Four Seasons Biltmore (1260 Channel Drive) – 50% off signature cocktail from Mica Rousseau in Ty Lounge The Gallery Montecito (1277 CVR) – fine tequila and shot glasses with every purchase, as well as free installation to local clients George Pet Shop (1026 CVR) – 15% off entire store, with exception of meals Here’s the Scoop (1187 CVR) – discount on “Scoopons” Kathryne Designs (1225 CVR) – 10% off holiday items and gifts Kendall Conrad (1024 CVR) – 10% off any purchase of $500 or more K.Frank (1150 CVR) – Free Ethics Supply Co. candle with any purchase over $200 Legacy (1137 CVR) – raffle for $250 gift card Letter Perfect (1150 CVR) – 10% off holiday items Lily (1131 CVR) – 20% off all jewelry Liquor & Wine Grotto (1271 CVR) – 10% off any bottle in store Maison K (1253 CVR) – specials on select jewelry and handbags Menelli Trading Company (1080 CVR) – music and refreshments on back patio and 10% off select gift items and terra cotta pots Montecito Deli (1150 CVR) – drawing for $25 gift certificate Nurture Cottage (1213 CVR) – drawing for a kids’ ride-on Bentley, worth $400 Peregrine Galleries (1133 CVR) – specials on select items Portico Fine Art (1235 CVR) – holiday elves will pay the sales tax on purchases of fine art Read ‘N’ Post (1026 CVR) – 10% off single greeting cards Richie’s (1187 CVR) – 20% off all hair products, plus a raffle to win free haircuts Silverhorn (1155 CVR) – large discounts on current inventory Viva Oliva (1275 CVR) – 15% off olive oils and vinegars Whistle Club (1235 CVR) – additional 10% off sale items and gift with purchase

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alsa and cigars, rum and mojitos, music and the Tropicana nightclub, 1950s cars. Icons of Cuba.

Christopher Columbus is touted to be the first tourist in 1492, but I don’t think he found a nightclub or cigars.

My husband, Don, and I went to Cuba on our honeymoon in 2002 with the Museum of Art sponsorship on a charter airplane. The airplane had mechanical problems, and we had to sleep all night at LAX waiting for the company to send another aircraft. We remember on arrival in Havana an old man getting off the airplane and kissing the ground. I don’t know if he was visiting or staying.

This time, we flew American Airlines from Miami to Holguin on the eastern end, so we could traverse the entire island and not just Havana as before. We needed a visa and to choose between 12 different categories as to why we were visiting. Ours was people-to-people (others were scientific study or family visit), which didn’t allow us to spend time at the beach.

You can’t just be a tourist, so we had to do other activities in the morning so we could have beach time. This is a government rule, and the tour com-

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We stayed in four different hotels during the 12 days, three of them were the Spanish company Melia and one was authentic Cuban in Camaguey because there was no choice. Our guide kindly called it a basic hotel with only one elevator.

Before, the Cuban people were not allowed in the hotels unless they had a job there: look but don’t touch. Today, it is all open to everyone, if they can afford the prices, which are reasonable by our standards but not theirs. There is convertible currency called CUCs (Cooks), which is about one for $1.

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anta Barbara Revels founder and fifth-generation Californian Susan Keller moved to Canada with her new husband after graduating from Stanford but returned to California, sans husband, some years later. She is not only a lifelong stage and TV performer but has also earned a law degree from UCLA. She moved to Montecito in 1994 with her husband, Dr. Myron Shapero, who continues to practice medicine in the Los Angeles area. They have a son, Matthew, who attended MUS, SBJH, and then Cate and now works for the UCLA Agricultural Extension in Ventura as a Range and Livestock adviser.

Susan was “room mother, soccer mom, and in the PTA” when Matthew attended MUS – she enjoys being busy, in case you haven’t noticed – and has been heavily involved in Montecito ever since moving here. “[Matthew] is getting back tonight from a cattlemen’s convention in Reno,” Susan says, bemused, during a Sunday morning conversation on the patio at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Coast Village Road. “It boggles my mind,” she adds, laughing, “because

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that’s not what I expected. But his great, great, great grandparents were ranchers in northern California, so the DNA is there.”

Not only were his forebears ranchers, but Matthew, who was making a living sheep ranching just before earning his two-year master’s degree at Berkeley in range management, was living in a property that had a contiguous border with the 8,000-acre property that had been in his mother’s family for a hundred years, from 1850 until nearly 1950.

A Nutcracker Alternative

Revels, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, came about when Ms Keller was serving as a board member at the Lobero. She (and others) were searching for a “Christmas or holiday show” that would be an alternative to the Nutcracker, “another family kind of entertainment.”

Susan had produced a couple shows at the Lobero: Always Patsy Cline, and Clarence Darrow, which starred Leslie Nielson, who she knew from her days in Canada.

She had a friend in Oakland who had heard that Susan was looking for a project for the Lobero and suggested that what she was doing could be “something that might be right for Santa Barbara.”

Susan went to Oakland, saw the Revels production there in 2005, and discovered that Oakland was one of only nine companies around the United States that perform the show every holiday season (the founding company is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and produced its first Revels show in 1972).

She was duly impressed, and the “audience participation” aspect of the show appealed to her, so she contacted the company in Cambridge and made a deal to produce a Santa Barbara Revels. Although her first show (held at the Marjorie Luke) was placed in the Medieval era, much has changed.

In the proceeding 10 years, they’ve done everything from a Scottish setting in the early 1800s, southern Spain in the late 1400s, to an Appalachian motif set in the 1920s.

Collaborating with Erin Graffy

This year’s production is an original show with an original script that Susan has collaborated on with Erin Graffy (author of Old Spanish Days). “It’s about a page of Santa Barbara history,” Keller says, “when Richard Henry Dana was sailing up and down the coast collecting hides and tallow. Dana was invited to the wedding of Anita De La Guerra (he describes this in his book, Two Years Before The Mast), whose father was Commandante of the Presidio.

She married Alfred Robinson, the local representative of Boston-based Hide & Tallow Company, and the wedding took place in January 1836. “And so,” Susan says, “we’re setting this in December of 1835.”

The show will feature sea shanties, mission music, Christmas music, lots of “audience participation,” and Revels “touchstones.”

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with the material as we can,” she says, “but we do include these Revels elements that may be anachronistic. And, there’s one thing about Revels,” Susan says, “and that is it does embrace anachronisms.” She has contacted an elder of the Barbareno band of Chumash, a story teller, who’ll also be a part of the show.

The first show begins at 7:30 pm on Friday, December 15, again at 2:30 and 7:30 pm on Saturday, December 16, and once more at 2:30 on Sunday, December 17. Tickets are available at the Lobero box office, and prices range from free for children under four (who can sit on a lap). Tickets for children from 4 to 12 are $13; students $15, and the least-expensive adult tickets are $20 “and up from there.” There are also group and family discounts available.

“We really try to make it affordable,” Susan says.

“We’ve brought back the twelve days of Christmas, which everybody loves,” she says, adding, “that will bring many audience members up on the stage to participate. Nobody is required to [sing or dance], but we hope people will feel comfortable doing it because that’s a special part of Revels.”

Cast and crew notables include Paula Lopez, who plays mother of the bride; Frank Artusio as father of the bride; new music director Erin McKibben and her husband, Nick Jurkowski (he’s a recent Ph.D. from UCSB) did all the arrangements. Erin Graffy’s husband, Jim Garcia, contributed a lot of his music and he’ll be playing in the orchestra pit. Luis Moreno plays El Tecolero.

The main set is a representation of a location most attendees will probably be familiar with: the courtyard at Casa De La Guerra, designed and built by the crew from the Ensemble Theatre.

Costumes arranged by Jane Hatfield are early California, not Flamenco, and Diana Remplogle Purinten, leader of the Viale de California, is doing the choreography.

Counting cast members, singers, and dancers, some 70 performers will be involved. Accompanying musical instruments include strings and wind instruments in the pit and percussion in the wings, along with a concertina, guitars, flutes, violins, and a harp.

Revels is financed by a combination of grant money, private donations, and ticket sales. If you’d like to donate, log on to santabarbararev els.org and go to the “donate” page.

Other ways Susan says you could support Santa Barbara Revels is by buying a patrons seat, or even raffle tickets before the show. You could also call Susan at (805) 565-9357. Donors include the Hutton Parker Foundation, the Santa Barbara Community Events & Festivals Committee, Montecito’s Jackson Family, and Anne Towbes’s Poomer Fund.

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also addressing the 330 diners.

Among the guests supporting the cause were Janet Garufis, George Leis, Randy Weiss, Joe Cole, Eleanor Van Cott, Lois Capps, Maryan Schall, Jean Schuyler, Nancy Schlosser, Palmer and Susan Jackson, Peter Jordano, Ed McKinley, Kath Lavidge, Bill Cirone, and Susan Salcido.

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Dollars for Scholars Community leaders gathered at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree for the annual Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara lunch.

The 55-year-old organization, which started giving $100 awards, this year gave away $8.5 million to 2,700 students from across the county, bringing the total to a handsome $107 million awarded to more than 47,000 college-bound youngsters over the past five decades.

“College accessibility and affordability remains a challenge for local students and their families,” says Don Logan, chairman of the foundation’s board.

Gerd Jordano, who was named Santa Barbara’s Woman of the Year, and Jonathan Cleek, a Westmont College student and scholarship foundation recipient, were the main speakers, with Candace Winkler, president,

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Ensemble Theatre Company’s charming production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is a real Yuletide cracker!

The New Vic show, directed by Andrew Barnicle and written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, follows the colorful characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice two years later as they gather at Pemberley, the stately pile of Fitzwilliam Darcy and his wife, Elizabeth née Bennet, in 1815, the year of the Battle of Waterloo.

Donnla Hughes plays bookish Mary, the last unmarried Bennet sister, who meets Arthur de Bourgh, the scholarly nephew of the insufferably grand Lady Catherine and Darcy’s cousin, artfully played by Paul Culos.

Throw in Christian Pedersen as Darcy, Paige Lindsey White as Lizzy, Matt Koenig at Bingley, Erin Barnes as Jane, Caroline Innerbichler as Lydia, and Samantha Eggers as Anne, Lady Catherine’s imperious daughter, and you have a delightful holiday mix spotlighting Regency England’s complex class hierarchy.

It is the perfect not-to-be missed amusement for the holidays. It runs through December 17.

Under the Mistletoe Balloonacy reigned at the Coral Casino’s La Pacifica ballroom where hundreds of balloons festooned the ceiling of the oceanside hotspot for the 26th annual Catholic Charities Mistletoe Ball, which attracted 217 guests and raised around $100,000 for the 93-year-old organization serving 44,000 people with an annual budget of $1.8 million.

The Yuletide beano, co-chaired by Carol Wathen and Debbie Saucedo, honored my Journal colleague Erin Graffy and her psychologist husband, James Paul Garcia, as community stars, presented by Anne Towbes.

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In support of Catholic Charities are Daniel Grimm doing the introductions, with presentations by Anne Towbes to celebrate Community Stars honorees Erin Graffy and James Paul Garcia (photo

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Patrons Alyce Boyd, Karol Schulkin, Marya Barr, Charlie Johnson, David Boyd, Paula Johnson, David and Nancy Gustafson, Kelstan O’Donnell, Barbara Kummer, and table host John Fowler (photo

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At the 26th annual Mistletoe Ball is Lawrence Seyer thanking the generous support from Charlie Alva and Marion Montgomery (photo by Priscilla)

Neal Graffy emceed the bustling bash, while regional director Dan Grimm introduced guest speaker Los Angeles author and theologian Bishop Robert Barron after a prayer from charismatic Mission monk Larry Gosselin.

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rated Coast Village hub and had the pleasure to take a break at Oliver’s, the newest restaurant in the ‘hood.

I found the decor, which included a nice French racing blue Bugatti at the gate highly approvable. The bar was abuzz and so crowded that I couldn’t belly up and order an Arnold Palmer, but no worries there, because one of my favorite movies, On Any Sunday, was playing on the bar’s big screen.

Mr. (Craig) McCaw clearly had some bright minds help him with the libatious end of the eatery, and I wasn’t hungry at the time, so I will check in on the munchables in the future.

I can only hope that Formula 1 racing becomes a feature during race season, as I used to join a group of friends every Sunday after Cars & Coffee for some food and drink, and since our host has moved out of the area, I’ve been searching for a worthy viewing venue. This could be the one.

I’ll be back!

Michael Edwards Montecito (Editor’s note: I’ve been there a couple times so far and agree that the bar and outdoor patio have brought an absolutely refreshing presence to Coast Village Road.

– J.B.)

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I am the manager at Kathryne Designs on Coast Village Road and was reading the article about the businesses on Coast Village Road written

by Bob Hazard (Guest Editorial, MJ #23/47). We were happy to see the article, as we all are trying to bring awareness of the street to one and all.

But in reading the article it was a surprise that of all the businesses mentioned, Kathryne Designs was not. As one of the oldest businesses on the street (we have been on Coast Village Road for 14 years), it would have been nice to have been mentioned. As all of the other home décor shops were.

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include everybody, especially those who are and have been important to us and to Montecito; somebody gets left out who should have been included. We apologize for the slip and promise to make up for it in as many ways as we can. Kathryne Designs is one of our favorites! – J.B.)

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Breaking the Climate Deadlock

I am a retired physicist and engineer who appreciated Ray Winn’s common-sense, scientific discussion on the “global warming” controversy in your recent issues (Ray’s Ramblings). Here are my thoughts, sent to governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.: “CO2 is not the problem; we are.

“We do not know what effect the seven billion people and their 20 billion domesticated animals are having on the earth. We cannot run a controlled experiment to prove anything.

The so called “warming” can be the result of the last ice age going full around. Have we not seen this phenomenon before in the past ice ages – a long warm spell after the big melt?

“If we assume that humans are the cause then we must reduce the population, but how? You do not include population control in any of your promotions and neither does the Paris Accord.

“The ‘first world’ population is decreasing on its own – women are too busy to have kids in Europe and the U.S. But the “third worlds” – everywhere else – are going crazy with growth.

“Without dealing with this issue, your carbon taxes are useless.

“In the end, we are going to use up all of our legacy/heritage fossil fuels unless we stop using them. Our only choice then will be nuclear, wind, and solar. But all these take energy to construct. The biggest bang for the buck comes from nuclear. New nuclear systems are powerful and efficient. But small solar/wind power systems can be provided for most home use now without a main power source. The big important development is efficient affordable battery storage units such as Tesla is offering.

“Still, world population must be contained.

“And our ‘big power’ needs can only be met with nuclear.

“We must stop the use of plastics for anything. They are not bio-degradable and they float on water and do not sink, so plastic of all kinds must be replaced by glass and paper and wood: all renewables.”

Justin M. Ruhge Lompoc (Editor’s note: It is curious that so many “climate change” warriors fail to suggest that population control would go further than virtually anything else to help contain the ongoing degradation of our planet.

Thank you for your input. – J.B.) •MJ

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EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5) The father-and-son team of Richard and Michael Gunner have won plaudits and praise for the design of the relatively new San Ysidro Village shopping plaza, situated just north of the pharmacy at 525 San Ysidro Road, where mountain views and blue skies prevail

(from left) Laura McGuire, Nancy McClure, and Lise Deinhard are the talented team that make Wendy Foster in the upper village worth a visit, whether one is interested in buying or to simply admire the store’s window treatments, wares, and inside displays

Upper Village Charm

The upper village is a community gathering spot. You are just as likely to encounter Montecito Fire chief “Chip” Hickman as talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey. Both are acknowledged with a simple nod of the head, and both are as likely to return a welcoming smile.

The challenge for Montecito residents is to preserve this treasured character and charm and to pass the experience on to future generations. In a world of commerce that is shifting to smart phones, drone delivery, and mouse-click marketing, our local businesses will thrive and survive as long as residents support them.

Upper village shopping is divided into multiple components:

Plaza del Sol

Dominating the northeast corner of San Ysidro and East Valley roads are the five family shops operated by Pierre Lafond and Wendy Foster: • Pierre Lafond Market & Deli was built in 1964 on the site of the former Hodges lemon orchard. Today, residents and tourists can sit outside the stylish deli overlooking a blue-tiled bubbling fountain, sip wine from the Pierre Lafond Winery, read and relax, and meet neighbors and friends.

• The Wine Bistro, successor to Café del Sol and Piatti, has been dedicated to the concept of “farm to table.” A varied menu, combined with cozy fireplaces and picturesque front-and-back patios, have created a dining experience embraced by both residents and out-of-towners.

• Wendy Foster Montecito features a selection of European casual clothing, offered by a “personal shopper” experience. Wendy Foster has been a style setter and Montecito tradition for more than 30 years.

• Wendy Foster Sportswear supplies subtle and sophisticated resort casual wear for shoppers of all ages.

• Upstairs features one-of-a-kind art, textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and handpicked gifts for home interiors. Buyer Shelley Koury is the secret sauce.

Two for the Road

Sitting down with Pierre Lafond and his wife, Wendy Foster, is a history lesson in winemaking, women’s clothing, gift giving, gourmet delis and restaurants. As the original tenants of Plaza del Sol, the Lafond-Foster team has now leased the entire complex, creating the perfect synergy of a delicious sidewalk deli, a casual sit-down restaurant, convenient parking, sportswear, and the sale of women’s clothing: Santa Barbara style.

Mr. Lafond began his career as an architect, after graduating from McGill University in Montreal. In 1962, at the age of 32, he founded the first post-prohibition commercial winery in Santa Barbara County. Pierre now owns two wineries in Santa Ynez – the original Santa Barbara Winery in partnership with winemaker Bruce McGuire, and the Lafond Winery & Vineyards in partnership with his son, David.

Ms Foster owned a print business when the two first met and married 44 years ago. She traveled the world as a young woman, including stints as an UNESCO ambassador in Paris and a chef in Israel. It wasn’t until she was nearly 40 years old that she landed in Santa Barbara to launch her fashion career by opening her first boutique on State Street. Since then, she has opened the three stores in the upper village, Angel on Coast Village Road, and a Wendy Foster in Los Olivos.

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by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

Lead Us Not

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verything is supposed to depend on how you look at things. Reality is simply what you tell yourself. But you have to be convincing. (The trouble begins when you stop believing your own lies.)

A good leader (in my view) ought to do that job for you, e.g., by providing you with inspirational pep-talks – but they must be credible. (It’s no good telling you you’re the best, when you know you’re not, and never will be.)

Those expensive “Personal coaches” people are hiring may well be worth what they cost.

I’ve always been impressed by the fact that, in this country, the highest-paid member of many a sports team is a man, or woman, who takes no direct part in the game – but whose influence is apparently thought to be crucial to the chances of winning or losing – yes, the coach. If they don’t win enough games, they are dumped as soon as their contract expires (if they’re lucky enough to have a contract.)

Similarly, both here and abroad, the member of a symphony orchestra whose role is considered most critical is the one who plays no instrument, but simply waves a baton. And we might carry this over into the military arena, where, in combat, the leader, who was once the first in the field – now is rarely to be seen anywhere near the front lines (if there are indeed front lines anymore).

What I think we are talking about is the person referred to in crimespeak as “The Brains of the Outfit.”

What I wonder, though, is whether such people aren’t often mere figureheads. Shouldn’t a really good group of musicians – even as large a group as an orchestra – be able to function satisfactorily or even magnificently – without a conductor? Might not a metronome serve just as well?

(Here in Santa Barbara, I have often watched a group of 10 or 20 musicians, who gather regularly in a local park, doing what they call “jamming,” – playing “Old Time Music” on a variety of instruments – with no conductor, and apparently without even a planned program.

Yet they move on from piece to piece with impressively smooth coordination.)

Might it not be likewise with a sports team, or even an army?

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leadership, you will tell me, is essential. But what about ants and bees, and any number of other organized insects? Don’t their colonies manage to function effectively without any single leader or group of commanders? Since they’ve been on this planet so much longer than we have, does this mean they have they evolved to a point at which they somehow communicate so well with one another that no “central command post” is necessary? Or, on the contrary, are we not, with our gigantic brains, far ahead of them in having already recognized the power and value of a structure based on leadership?

How could a modern movie ever get made without a highly organized production framework, and particularly a director? How could a skyscraper get built, or a great ship constructed, with no firm leadership at the top? Isn’t our whole society essentially a pyramid?

Well, that’s certainly one way of looking at it. Yet, when it comes to creativity, the greatest works of art, literature, and music are, with rare exceptions, the products of a single mind. It seems ludicrous even trying to imagine someone leading or conducting a bunch of Shakespeares or Picassos.

In the fields of science and invention, however, it’s a very different story. Although many breakthroughs can be attributed to individuals, such as Marconi or the Wright brothers, accomplishments such as splitting the atom or landing on the Moon necessarily depended on the work of large highly structured teams of experts – and the entire process might extend over several generations.

I myself have, for better or worse, rarely found myself in a position of leadership. Ironically, the people I’ve most wanted to influence have been those least willing to be led by me – particularly members of my own family. I think, for example, of my mother, who would never let me install in her apartment the air-conditioner she so badly needed.

Or my sister, who, to this day, has lived without a computer, despite my offers of help in taking that step.

(Obviously, you are no doubt thinking, this must indicate something wrong with me.)

Well, I never wanted to be a leader anyway.

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hen the American Riviera was pummeled by the 1925 earthquake, the city of Santa Barbara decided on Spanish Colonial and Mission Revival as the prevailing styles of architecture when rebuilding the devastated city. Almost a century later, the wealthy community continues to stand by the Spanish design and architecture which, according to the Pearl Chase Society, was heavily influenced by Ms. Chase, an early-20th-century Santa Barbaran and advocate for the preservation of Historical Landmarks.

For the past three plus decades, Frank Schipper Construction has very much contributed to the still well-known Spanish and classic style, with a slew of different projects spread throughout the area: Pritzlaff Conservation Center at the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, Music Academy of the West’s Hind Hall, as well as six projects over the past 20 years at the Lobero Theatre, to name a select few.

But according to the president of what is now an employee-owned company, Paul Wieckowski, the essence of style and codes that the City of Santa Barbara expects and even requires, is not the only important aspect when taking on any type or style of job – no matter how big or small.

“What’s important is customer satisfaction and keeping the customer happy,” says Mr. Więckowski. “Even jobs we did for clients over twelve years ago always call us back to do more work.”

Frank Schipper Construction is also responsible for more than a handful of variegated projects that involve the city’s many non-profit organizations. For example, the $10-million, 16-month renovation that is currently in progress at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission on East Yanonali Street, where Frank Schipper’s superintendent Gary Church, who began working in the 1960s behind the counter of Ontario Building Supply in Goleta at the age of 7, will oversee what the non-profit and Christian-based organization says is a “much-needed upgrade” for the American Riviera’s lingering homeless issue.

Back in 2011, the award-winning company added a white, concrete mausoleum with a red-shingled roof in the Santa Barbara Cemetery, to their long list of diverse projects. The graveyard’s 3,400-square-foot structure with 219 niches for urns and

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Built by the employee-owned company Frank Schipper Construction, Music Academy of the West’s Hind Hall is the teaching studio structure which opened in mid-July

small statues, as well as 161 “cast-inplace crypts” for above-ground burials, was designed by Santa Barbara architects Leo and Eric Pederson. And according to the Frank Schipper’s webpage, the new concrete structure was designed to “match the historic George Washington Smith style of architecture of the buildings on site.”

In addition to the company’s dedication to all of their customers, and the adornment, strengthening, and modifying of historical buildings and infrastructures – also known as “Seismic retrofitting,” a structural renovation method for future earthquakes – Frank Schipper Construction relies on the quality of teamwork. “It’s so important to have a good team, from estimator to ditch digger,” says Mr. Więckowski, a 30-year veteran of the expanding business.

“We also like the challenge and diversity – I mean, we thrive on it,” adds superintendent Church, who has been with the company 13 years but has known Mr. Wieckowski for 35.

“Not to mention the other superintendents take total pride in what they do and can always feel good about what they’ve done.”

The business offers a five-year vesting program and uses the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a retirement strategy where every employee owns a share, no matter who they are in the company. “Every year we hand out shares depending on seniority,” says Mr. Więckowski. “And when someone retires, they cash out and hopefully live a good life.”

Frank Schipper Construction is located on the lower end of Santa Barbara at 610 East Cota Street. Their phone number is (805) 963-4359. •MJ 7 – 14 December 2017

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On Entertainment Christmas at the Oasis

by Steven Libowitz

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aria Muldaur already had a decade-plus of experience in music that had spanned jugband to folk-rock to bluegrass, when out of the blue she scored a mega-hit in 1974 with “Midnight at the Oasis”.

But as she readily admits, fame, and fortune beyond that blip wasn’t in the cards, nor something she desired.

Eschewing pop, Muldaur instead has explored any number of American roots music genres, from gospel to R&B to big band jazz before she hunkered down with the blues.

Along the way, over the course of 40 albums, Muldaur has earned a total of six Grammy nominations, including one for 2001’s Richland Woman Blues, and another eight years later for her Garden of Joy collaboration.

Most recently, she’s channeled her inner New Orleans with her Red Hot Louisiana Band, the group she fronted her last time through town.

On Saturday, Muldaur returns to Santa Barbara to play the new Wooden Hall concert series at the Alhecama Theatre, and this one is special as it marks her first-ever official performance with John Jorgensen, a guitar master who as a member of the Desert Rose Band won the Academy of Country Music’s “Guitarist of the Year” award two consecutive years.

His extensive list of credits runs from Elton John to Vince Gill, plus a 1990s stint in the guitar trio Hellecasters with Will Ray and Jerry Donahue of Fairport Convention, although these days he mostly fronts a gypsy jazz ensemble.

Muldaur and Jorgensen are team-

never sung a note with him before, not even a rehearsal backstage, so it was completely off the cuff. But there was an immediate magical chemistry, which we both felt. As I left the stage, he told the audience that they had just seen “the first of many collaborations we’ll be doing.” We’re starting off with these holiday gigs.

I am just stunned by his musicianship. He’s a very high-caliber guitarist, but there are a lot of guys who can play fast and show off. He’s in a whole other class of very conscious, evolved music. I was just enthralled and that doesn’t happened very often to me.

Singer Maria Muldaur will join guitarist John Jorgensen at Alhecama Theatre on Saturday, December 9

ing up for Holiday Swing full of hip, humorous, and often irreverent Christmas songs by some of her early blues heroes. She talked about the show over the phone earlier this week.

Q. How did you connect with John Jorgensen for these gigs?

A. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t really aware of him, but we’re represented by the same agency. I was going to see him perform at Yoshi’s in Oakland late this summer, and he asked me to sit in with his quintet. I had literally

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sensuality on stage even as you enter your mid-70s. What’s your secret?

It’s what the music makes me do.

I’m not vamping around for the sake of it, but I’ve never been one to just stand by the microphone and sing. If the band is groovin’, I’m moving... but I’ve always been like that. It was one of my mentors, Victoria Spivey, who talked to me about it when I was 17.

She told me, “It ain’t enough to sound good, honey. You got to look good, too. Get up there and strut your self.

Make all eyes be on you. That’s what they call stage presence.”

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Your voice, as one recent reviewer put it, has “weathered” since the mid-’70s, which he said is now the “perfect instrument to whip up the emotion and roughness required for the blues.” Your thoughts?

Are you kidding? I waited all my life to get this voice! I started out with that light lilting voice you heard on “Oasis”, just an ingénue. But in my heart, I wanted to be Bessie Smith ever since I was 17. It just took all this time to develop my lower register and the gravitas to sing the blues the way I always wanted to. Now I have the experience and the expanding of my vocal range I’ve been longing for. I can still sing light and airy, and I do it on a sensitive ballad. But I’ve got so much more in my arsenal now.

For Eric Gutman, the lure of singing and dancing on stage is so strong, it’s like that line about trying to leave the mafia from The Godfather. The one about “I think I’m out, but they keep pulling me back.”

Gutman spent more than three years with the Tony and Grammy Awardwinning smash hit musical Jersey Boys, both on Broadway and with the touring company, eventually performing three of the four lead roles in the true life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He left behind the popular musical – which just had its Santa Barbara debut at the Granada at the end of the month – in favor of family when his wife got pregnant, trading a studio apartment in Hell’s Kitchen for a homestead in his native suburban Detroit area.

Then his local theater company commissioned him to write a cabaret, which became an autobiographical one-act musical about his road to Broadway and back home again. A planned one-shot show turned into a weekend engagement and eventually led to lots more touring with his original spectacle, and this was after he briefly jumped back into the Chicago cast of Jersey Boys. Now, while he still performs From Broadway to Obscurity, which features many wellknown songs and celebrity impressions along with the heartwarming narrative, Gutman has reunited with other former Jersey Boys cast members as part of Under The Streetlamp, a concert celebration of classic hits of the American radio songbook from the 1950s to 1970s. Described as a doowop quartet with a modern-day Rat Pack vibe, Streetlamp features tight harmonies and slick dance moves that evoke that innocent earlier era when singing on a street corner was a normal pastime.

“My dad brought me up on this music, and I just love it,” Gutman said over the phone this week. “This was back in the days when you didn’t

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Your set list ignores the standard Christmas fare in favor of blues stuff from the 1920s to 1940s and more, from Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Alberta Hunter. How did you find them?

No, they’re fun tunes, but not the usual songs you get bombarded with at the mall and in elevators. It’s way to the left of that. I’ve been collecting all these jazz and blues holiday tunes for years. Christmas for hipsters. I just picked out my favorites. We’ve got John’s rhythm section swinging it. It will be awesome.

I understand you’ve also adapted “Midnight at the Oasis” for Christmas.

Six years ago, I was doing a holiday show with my regular band and I wasn’t planning on doing the song.

But the band said I had to because it was my signature. So I found a napkin and a pen, and in five minutes I changed the words and turned it into a Christmas song. It worked pretty well and audience loved it. So we’ll do it again, “Christmas at the Oasis”.

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

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Holiday Parties

The Sunburst Holiday Family Gathering invites all to join in the holiday spirit at the retreat center in Lompoc from 3 to 8:30 this Saturday, December 9. Come and create a holiday craft, help decorate the lodge Christmas tree, or make cookies to be served at Sunburst’s holiday events.

Bring your favorite cookie recipe and ingredients if you’ve got one, and also bring a dish to share for the 5:30 pm Potluck Dinner where soup and salad will be provided by Sunburst. Free.

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ing, where you can also see the topics for the Sunday morning weekly meditation and gathering, and other upcoming retreats.

Closer to home, the Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center hosts its annual holidays with the Sangha celebration at its regular Thursday evening gathering on December 14. The 7 to 9 pm event starts with a meditation and short teaching by resident scholar and former monk Dawa Tarchin Phillips before merriment ensues.

Bring your favorite vegetarian dish to share. By donation. Info at www. bodhipath.org/sb.

Not-So-Silent Night

In a world filled with mystical seasonal celebrations – from Christmas to Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and others – kirtan remains a universal expression of devotion and an opportunity for connection, with the supreme as well as the self and one another.

That’s the spirit behind December’s Evening of Melodious Kirtan & Vegan Fare at Unity Santa Barbara, hosted by Divya Dasi and Sarvatma, a not-so-silent night of call-and-response chanting in Sanskrit followed by enjoying vegan eats together. As always, all are welcome regardless of belief or quality of voice. Admission is $10 at the door, which includes food and refreshments, and RSVPs are

Deep Diving Mini-Retreats

Both of La Casa de Maria’s monthly donation-based, half-day retreat programs happen this week. The Mindfulness Meditation Practice Retreat with Radhule Weininger, M.D., Ph.D. – who published her first book (Heart-Work: Discovering Compassion in Daily Life) earlier this year and has just formed the new non-profit organization Mindful Heart Programs with husband (and palliative care physician) Michael Kearney – creates a refuge for calming the mind, opening the heart, and finding peace with ourselves and others through gently guided meditations. All levels are welcome to the 2:30 to 6 pm gathering on Sunday, December 10.

The Wednesday Retreat Day “What Are You Waiting For?”, which takes place 9:30 am to 3:30 pm on December 13, delves into the season of advent by exploring our lives through the lens of waiting. What are we waiting for? Be it a vacation, a break, a job, retirement, a partner, an apology, stability, or something else, participants will use meditation and reflection to gain spiritual insight into the depth of the subtle movements of the advent season in your life. Led by the reverend Christine McSpadden, the former priest vicar and chaplain at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London who has served parishes in San Francisco and Santa Barbara and is author of What Are You Waiting For?, a book of advent meditations.

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Writing and Singing at the Soup

Montecito-based author Diana Raab, whose recent memoir Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life has received rave reviews all over the country, offers her final local mini-workshop of the year based on the book at Yoga Soup from 2 to 5 pm on Saturday, December 9. The book is about being mindful of the messages of your heart and tapping into your authentic voice, so attendees will be guided to experiment with different forms of writing, such as journaling, poetry, and memoir. In the process, you’ll journey down a path of self-discovery that cultivates your personal path to bliss. Open to all levels of writers. Bring a pen and a journal.

Admission is $20. Raab’s recent writing on the subject has been published in Yoga Journal, Psychology Today, Berkeley Wellbeing, and Museletter: The National Association of Poetry Therapy – all just this past November.

The inCourage Community Chorus wraps up its inaugural six-week session with – what else? – a community singing event. The Big Sing! – slated for 7 to 9 pm Monday – features two hours of melody, harmony, rounds, call-and response songs, plus a little laughter and the chance to feel the healing power of voices in unity. Free.

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Back in town and once again both teaching (at several studios as well as the Santa Barbara Athletic Club) and creating evenings of performance for herself and others, Yulia has put a lot of what she’s been refining into a single, two-hour workshop that debuts this weekend at the terrific new downtown dance space known as The Dance Hub. “Enlightening Your Relationships Through Tango”, which takes place from 3 to 5 pm on Saturday, December 9, focuses on personal growth, using tango as a metaphor for relationships, the flow of Ying and Yang energies.

“It allows us to balance the aspects of masculine and feminine, of receptivity and intention within ourselves, and become present to communion with Oneness,” she explained in an email. Participants will “explore how to embrace more of true self and let go of what stands in the way of opening to a deeper love inside yourself and with loved ones.”

The Dance Hub, which hosts lots of other workshops, including a new ongoing dance improv offering, is located at 22 East Victoria St. Yulia can be reached at (760) 271-7183, or visit www.face book.com/events/974983939306108.

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“I wanted to create a street by myself that represents who I am and what I believe in,” says Ben, who has a home nearby in Beverly Hills, as well as living in London’s ritzy Mayfair district.

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Among the tony throng turning out to support the cause were Charlie Alva, Hiroko Benko, Terry Ryken, Ricardo Calderon, Hal and Haley Conklin, Missy DeYoung, Lynn Kirst, Ralph and Diana MacFarlane, Tom and Eileen Mielko, Julian Nott and Anne Luther, Tony and Sabrina Papa, Christopher Toomey, and Dana Hansen.

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Ben, Iranian-born and Londonraised, has been dubbed the “Mayor of Melrose” by the Los Angeles Times, given all the properties he owns on oh-so chic Melrose Avenue, including one of my favorite watering holes, the Urth Caffe, when I lived nearby in Hancock Park.

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Tiny, Playful Group of Meditators

Isn’t it grand when your title embodies your message? This new Meetup group, which launches this week, has scheduled the small gatherings for every Wednesday and Friday evening, though dates and times might change as the members desire. The tiny group meditations (six to eight people at a time) will alternate between mindfulness exercises (for example, “catching and releasing thoughts”) and self-inquiry endeavors (paired questions and explorations, et cetera), but with a playful approach.

“While we do meditate seriously, we are more about shattering the stolid beliefs inside that keep us from the bliss of inner depths or a connected group’s energy,” reads the Meetups’ info page.

“Our natural state is the same energy as that silent, echoing space after a good laugh. And so, what good is meditation if you are not effortlessly smiling or laughing during and after?”

The approach is refined from a similar group that organizer Zubin ran in Ojai before he relocated to Santa Barbara a couple of years ago. “I’ve meditated for over twenty-five years, after traveling to the Himalayas… and falling in love with silence,” he wrote. “Nowadays, I do not have a sitting practice, but rather see the stillness infusing every face, tree, car, and peeled-open moment.” Which might also explain his founding of The Santa Barbara Silent Hiking and Activities Meetup (see below) earlier this year. Meetings will be held at his downtown office, and Zubin is also encouraging others to host meetups in their own spaces, helping to build opportunities and community.

More info about the group and what to expect at meditations – which will run 45 to 90 minutes – can be found online at www.meetup.com/TinyPlayful-Group-of-Meditators, which is also where you can RSVP. Meanwhile, Zubin’s hiking Meetups’ next “talking-optional” trek tackles Rattlesnake Canyon Trail on Sunday, December 10, starting at 8:30 am. The 3.5-mile round trip is slated to last 90 minutes to two hours, depending on the period of rest and reflection on boulders at the midpoint. Meet at the stone wall at 1900 Las Canoas Road. Free. Details/ register at www.meetup.com/SantaBarbara-Silent-Hiking-and-Activities.

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fulness and meditation to help make the holidays a peaceful time. Each class begins with a guided breathing meditation and culminates with a second meditation based upon the evening’s topic. Beginners and experienced meditators alike are invited to drop in to any or all of the classes in the threeweek course, held 6:30 to 7:30 pm on Wednesday evenings, December 6-20. ($10; 508 Brinkerhoff Ave.; www.medi tationinsantabarbara.org) “Liberating our True Power” is the newest title for the periodic gathering with Santa Barbara-based End Your Story, Begin Your Life author Jim Dreaver, set for 7 to 8:45 pm on Monday, December 11, at a private residence on Verde Vista Drive. The event is an opportunity to practice shifting into the true power that automatically arrives as we look within and realize we’re not an egoic “I”, the one that gives rise to all emotional suffering – stress, worry, anxiety, self-doubt, resentment, anger, guilt, shame, and fear. Those “negative” states stem from not knowing who we truly are, which is the awareness, the space in which our thoughts arise. By donation; (310) 916-4037 (www.jimdreaver.com) Patricia Muesse’s ongoing Transform Your Mind, Transform Your Heart Meetup has a special guest this week in the discussion of how hypnosis can transform limiting beliefs and negative emotions. Matthew Brownstein, the founder and executive director of the Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy, will talk on the topic of “Honoring the Healing Nature of Sacred Relationships” at the 7 to 8:30 gathering on Monday, December 11.

A 25-year veteran, Brownstein, who is the author of The Sutras on Healing and Enlightenment and Interpersonal Hypnotherapy, has logged more than 18,000 hours of clinical and classroom based hypnotherapy. The talk is also geared to be an empowering group session dedicated to exploring the true nature of miracles, relationships, and the power of the mind to bring the light of spirit into our lives in profound and meaningful ways. (Free; Muesse Hypnotherapy Clinic, 16 West Mission Street Suite M; www.meetup. com/FREE-Transform-Your-MindTransform-Your-Heart.)

Gail Brenner hosts the next “Living in Truth, Peace, and Happiness” Meetup at the clubhouse by her home on Wednesday, December 13. The gathering starts with guided meditation that illuminates the deepest truth of our being, one of awareness that is “boundless and free,” before the floor is opened for questions and discussions about discovering our true nature as awareness, getting unstuck, and awakened, and embracing embodied living. (By donation; 11 La Cumbre Circle; www.meetup.com/Living-inTruth-Santa-Barbara) •MJ

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utive director Sharon Byrne. “The Shop Local event is a great way to encourage the patronization of these local businesses, which keep our street lively and vibrant.”

Participating businesses include Allora

by Laura, Angel, Antoinette, ARA 24K Collection, Blanka Boutique, Calcagno & Hamilton, Civilianaire, CO Collection, Cos Bar, Daniel Gibbings, The Four Seasons Biltmore, The Gallery Montecito, George Pet Shop, Here’s the Scoop, Kathryne Designs, Kendall Conrad, K.Frank, Legacy, Letter Perfect, Lily, Liquor & Wine Grotto, Maison K, Menelli Trading Company, Montecito Deli, Nurture Cottage, Peregrine Galleries, Portico Fine Art, Read ‘N’ Post, Richie’s, Silverhorn, Viva Oliva, and Whistle Club.

In addition to special discounts, gifts with purchase, and raffle items, many businesses will serve refreshments, with several also offering musical entertainment. “It will be a great evening to be on the road for some shopping, mingling, and enjoying the season,” Byrne said. Santa Claus will also make an appearance; Calcagno & Hamilton (located between The Honor Bar and Jeannine’s), will host Santa for a special photo opportunity, along with cookies and hot chocolate.

Last year, the Coast Village Association challenged the merchants and businesses along the road to decorate their windows; this year’s win-

dow-decorating contest has garnered even more participation, and the seasonal window displays will add festivity to the Shop Local event, Byrne says.

“They are really getting into it, and have risen to the occasion,” she added.

Since its resurgence late last year, the Coast Village Association, led by Byrne, board president Bob Ludwick, and a nine-member board of directors, has gotten involved in various issues related to Coast Village Road. In addition to hosting and sponsoring special events, the CVA is working closely with the City of Santa Barbara to evaluate parking and traffic issues along Coast Village, as well as plan beautification projects in the street medians and roundabout. “We are dedicated to making a significant difference along the road,” Ludwick said.

The volunteer group is also working on revamping their website; updates will be available in the coming weeks at www.coastvillageroad.com.

The shopping event is Thursday, December 14, from 4 to 7 pm. See complete list of shops and their special offerings on page 13.

Montecito Planning Commission Updates

At this week’s SB Board of Supervisors hearing on Tuesday,

J’Amy Brown and Susan Keller are reappointed to the Montecito Planning Commission for two-year terms

Charles Newman have just completed their first year on the commission.

On December 20th, MPC and Santa Barbara County Planning Commission will hold a special joint hearing to receive an update on the status of Accessory Dwelling Units in the County.

Montecito Fire Department Promotions

Joe Cole will fill the space left by Dan Eidelson, beginning in January

December 5, First District supervisor Das Williams reappointed Montecito Planning commissioners (MPC) J’Amy Brown and Susan Keller to the MPC, each for another two-year term.

The reappointment marks Brown’s eighth year on the commission and Keller’s third. More changes are in store for MPC in January, when commissioner Dan Eidelson steps down halfway through his term, former COLE CONSTRUCTION ANDwith STRUCTURAL commissioner Joe Cole, who has previously served a two-year term, rejoining • the commission to take over the rest of Eidelson’s term. Donna Senauer and

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On Art

by Zach Rosen

Homecoming “Light”: The Return of Richard Schloss

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ach painter has an objective with his or her subject. Some explore form, line, and curve while others seek an expression and interpretation of an object. For landscape and impressionist painter Richard Schloss, it has been a lifelong pursuit of the intricacies of light.

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such as the walls of the SB Historical Museum or as dioramas surrounding the wildlife found in the Cartwright Interactions Hall of the SB Natural History Museum. After being away for several years, his current exhibit, “The Miracle in Light”, at the Palm Loft Gallery in Carpinteria presents not just a career in the exploration of light but his return to the Central Coast.

Schloss grew up in northern California and knew that he wanted to attend UCSB after high school. He enrolled as a physics major, coming from a family involved in the sciences, yet soon realized that course of study was not for him. During the summer, he took a drawing class at Berkeley and it sparked a flame in him. He had practiced a little calligraphy as a child but had never been particularly artistic. From that point on, there was no looking back.

He returned to UCSB after the summer and immediately transferred into the art department. Teachers would warn the class that there were no jobs as an art major. Hearing this, he simply figured that he would eventually

get a job teaching. Upon graduating, he wanted to first get some experience in the art world so that he would not be regurgitating the same lessons that he had received. The decision was the right one, and though he has taught the occasional workshop, teaching remains a dusty back-up plan with Schloss having sold his paintings for more than 45 years.

When Schloss was attending UCSB in the 1970s, it was rare to paint landscapes, as large abstracts were more the theme of the era. In the beginning Schloss mostly focused on abstract and figure painting. While outdoors on campus, he noticed a grad student who would sit there, observing color and painting outside. This inspired him to grab his own gear and begin to paint the outdoors. A bike was his main form of transportation while at UCSB, and this limited him to mostly painting the areas around the campus and Isla Vista. The days of being a struggling student long behind him, he now paints in his studio.

Schloss will visit different areas at various times of the day and season, searching for the right lighting to set the particular mood he would like the painting to have. Using his impressions from these site visits and photographs taken while there, he will craft a scene that focuses on how light interacts with its environment at a particular moment to evoke an atmosphere. Paintings of glowing seascapes

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display the light being dispersed in ocean spray. Sprawl vistas show daybreak warming the treeline. With each painting, Schloss strives to capture the ambiance of a specific moment in time rather than the recording of a specific place.

Over his career, Schloss visited traditional areas abroad such as Venice and England to paint their particular settings. Despite the appeal of those locales, Schloss still found himself drawn to the Central Coast and has spent most of his life here. Santa Barbara, being a relatively small town surrounded by lush hillsides and pristine coastline, offers unrivaled beauty and picturesque scenery that competes with any classical European landscape. Schloss even notes that the lighting of this area is particularly unique. For most of his career, he has been in Santa Barbara, occasionally exhibiting in the Bay Area. Several years back, he relocated to the Marin County and Napa Valley for a change of scene before moving back to Santa Barbara about a year ago.

Schloss had not had an exhibit since returning to the area, but with his new exhibit, “The Miracle of Light”, this has changed. Arturo Tello, co-founder and a fellow member of the Oak Group, a collection of painters dedicated “to protecting open lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming” through painting and fundraising, recently took over the Palm Loft Gallery in Carpinteria. The two had been friends since the ‘80s, and when Schloss returned they discussed having him at the gallery.

“Light” is currently on display until January 21, 2018, at the Palm Loft Gallery. The exhibit will feature older examples of his works, as well as some paintings that are “still wet.” Schloss found himself continuing to paint the Central Coast while living up north and many of the paintings in the show were produced during this two-year period. After more than four decades of painting, Schloss respects the rare opportunity he has had to make a lifelong living as a painter and is happy to see that people are still interested in paintings.

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Capturing a holiday moment with Rob Brandenberg, Taskforce Hotel manager; guests Jen and Skip Abed, Kilho Park, and Julia Chrynko of Baby Coral Rock, and Anthony Rock (photo by Priscilla)

held its second annual family concert Carnival of the Animals at the Granada.

With tickets a mere $10, the 1,500seat venue was packed with parents and children as the ubiquitous Andrew Firestone hosted and narrated the show with the appropriate animal sounds, as Robert Cassidy and Natasha Kislenko played backto-back Steinway grand pianos.

As well as Camille Saint-Saens’s delicious musical concoction featuring 14 episodic portraits of animals and humanimals, the musical menagerie included five other children-oriented classical pieces, including Britten’s

Ted Mullen, Stefani Canin Mullen, and her mother, Pearl Canin, with boys Aidan and Luke along with Mark Danielson of KEYT (photo by Priscilla)

The Ritz-Carlton Bacara Resort and Spa general manager Roberto van Geenen and Goleta mayor Paula Perotte greet guests at their tree lighting with carolers in the lobby (photo by Priscilla) Anticipating the Ritz-Carleton’s tree lighting are Leyla and Nathan Lynn, Samira and Steve Ramirez with their children Isla, Griffin, Connor, Boden, Lincoln, and Milana (photo by Priscilla)

the tony hotel chain for 31 years and moved here from Dallas, Texas, was master of ceremonies, while the Lil’ Dickens Carolers, suitably attired in Victorian period costume, from Los

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Copies of the tree decorations are being sold at the hotel, with profits going to the Gaviota Coast Conservancy.

Musical Youth It was all too beastly for words when the Santa Barbara Symphony, under guest conductor Lara Webber,

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the Granada, which featured another packed house, for the Theater League’s excellent performance of Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons featuring a talented cast of Tommaso Antico, Corey Greenan, Chris Stevens, and Jonny Wexler, directed by Des McAnuff.

A rousing rendition to kick off its 2017-18 season.

Royal Treatment

Richard Mineards talks about Prince Harry’s engagement on KEYT

Prince Harry’s engagement announcement to Meghan Markle, which I predicted in this illustrious organ some months back, kept me busy with calls from CNN, Fox News, the Santa Barbara ABC affiliate, KEYT, and even the San Diego Fox station, KSWB, where Richard Goldner, my former executive producer of the morning show at KTLA, is now news director.

The wedding in May at St. George’s Chapel in the precincts of Windsor Castle promises to be quite an affair showcasing the pomp and pageantry royal events are known for.

I was last at the chapel, built in the 13th century by King Henry III, when I covered the nuptials of Queen Elizabeth’s youngest son, Prince Edward, to Sophie Rhys-Jones for MSNBC in 1999.

The magnificent setting, which is the burial place of such luminaries as Charles 1, King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, and the queen’s father, King George VI, has featured myriad royal weddings.

Harry’s father, Prince Charles, and Camilla Parker-Bowles received a blessing there in 2005 from the Archbishop of Canterbury, religious head of the Church of England, after tying the knot in a civil ceremony in Windsor’s guildhall.

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mentary on the ceremony.

Stay tuned.

A Name by Any Other Name Almost a year to the day that it opened as Somerset, the East Anapamu eatery owned by hotelier and interior designer Steve Hermann is re-opening as Smith restaurant.

The re-styled business will feature the culinary skills of Lauren Herman with “nuanced rustic cuisine” and her spouse Christina Olufson’s dessert and pastry creations.

There will be three separate communal tables and 130 seats inside and outside in the courtyard.

“We want to create a history with Smith that matches the history of our iconic Santa Barbara location,” says Hermann.

Real Deal? Lemma Know TV talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres has knocked nearly $6 million off the $45-million asking price for her Montecito estate, Villa di Lemma.

The former Tuscan-style home of international interior designer John Saladino is now $39.5 million.

Ellen, 59, purchased the property for $26.5 million from Tom and Heather Sturgess in 2013 and subsequently bought two adjacent properties, making the estate almost 17 acres.

The home, where I dined a number of times, has six bedrooms and six full and two-half baths across 10,500 sq. ft.

More Mozart Just 24 hours after Thanksgiving, the West Coast Chamber Orchestra, under conductors Christopher Story and Westmont College’s Michael Shasberger, performed its annual Mozart by Candlelight concert at the First United Methodist Church with piano soloist Frank Basile.

The always entertaining performance featured a host of musical favorites including clarinetist Joanne Kim, flutist Andrea Di Maggio, bassoonist Andy Radford, and John Mason on French horn.

A delightful evening.

Sightings: Rap entrepreneur Russell Simmons noshing at Oliver’s...Actor Christopher Lloyd volunteering at the Organic Soup Kitchen...News-Press co-publishers Wendy McCaw and Arthur von Wiesenberger frolicking at the Coral Casino Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301.

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erosity of the Montecito Community Foundation and its donors and converted to a park. Proceeds from the Pierre Lafond-Wendy Foster businesses maintain the Corner Green in its present pristine condition. Dogs, kids, and diners get to enjoy a romp in the grass after eating or even overeating.

The San Ysidro Pharmacy and Montecito Coffee Shop

The distinctive red building on the northwest corner of San Ysidro and East Valley Road houses the venerable San Ysidro Pharmacy, owned and managed since 2000 by Steven Hoyt, who teaches judo at City College.

The integrated Montecito Coffee Shop, a local favorite with roots dating back to 1929, has been serving break-

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private banking services and responsive commercial support to local businesses.

• House of Honey Home Furnishings is a residential and commercial interior design studio and retail showroom owned by Tamera Honey. The shop features an interesting selection of unique items for the home.

• Julianne is an upscale women’s clothing shop that is so exclusive it doesn’t even have an exterior sign.

It describes its collections as “cutting edge chic.”

The San Ysidro Village

• Country House Antiques. In selecting my favorite shop in the upper village, I would have to name Jennifer Sanan’s Country House Antiques.

Jennifer is both charming and delightful, with a positive, can-do attitude.

This will be her 20th year as the owner of Country House Antiques, selling to local residents, interior designers, and visitors from around the world.

Jennifer specializes in 18th- and 19th-century English, Swedish (her real passion), and French country furniture, which she personally selects on two to three European buying trips each year. Jennifer describes her business like this: “It takes over your life.

It cannot be your source of support.

You have to love it. Why else would you do it?”

• Hogue & Co. In the year 2000, Jerad Peddicord and Kristi Meland, who were then employees of the renowned floral designer Scott Hogue, opted to buy the business when Scott retired.

They relocated the retail workshop to its present location in the San Ysidro Village, where it has grown to 13 employees over the past 17 years.

Kristi focuses on the people side, while Jerry leads the creative design team in their successful partnership.

With more than 25 years’ experience, they have become the region’s premier florist.

• Randy Solakian at Coldwell Banker’s Preview Estates maintains a private professional office to service clients.

• William Laman Furniture Gardens & Antiques. William Laman and his partner, “Hall of Fame” interior designer Bruce Gregga, have a long history of providing Montecito homes with an understated elegance and an exceptional eye for detail.

Their boutique offers a stunning collection of one-of-a-kind home and garden pieces.

San Ysidro Road Antique Shops

(from left) Connie Orud and Veronica Ortiz see to it that prescriptions are ready, customers are served, and aisle displays stay neat and attractive at San Ysidro Pharmacy

Landlords and developers Richard and Michael Gunner have received rave reviews for the architecture and construction of their seven new commercial units north of the San Ysidro Pharmacy. Of the seven new shops created by the Gunners, five are now occupied with tenants; the sixth will be leased to UPS this spring, and the last was vacated by Jennie Kayne when she consolidated her two stores.

• Juniper. In April 2017, Marie Ferris, owner of Matti D in Del Mar was persuaded to move to Montecito to open Juniper in the San Ysidro Village as a replacement for the former Elu. The strength of her new boutique is helping women look good while having fun.

• Jenni Kayne. Jenni Kayne is a young California designer with five shops in California and a sixth in the Tribeca section of New York City. The boutique offers classic styling and beautiful fabrics in both the Jenni Kayne brand and a handpicked assortment of other lifestyle brands.

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Gazebo Gardens

Gazebo has been in business since 1973 creating flower arrangements, providing landscape design, and maintaining home gardens. A year and a half ago, Steve Domines, a local estate manager, bought the business at the southeast corner of San Ysidro Road and East Valley and changed the focus to Gazebo Gardens. The landlords for the complex are Martha and William Gray, partners in Gray & Gray architects, domiciled on the site along with Bob Easton, architect, and Miller & Berryhill, Attorneys at Law. Paul Gray, father of both Will and Martha Gray, was the original architect, builder, and owner when he teamed up with Jack Warner at Warner & Gray.

Next Week: North and south Montecito Village. The amazing Norm Borgatello story.

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David Bertrand, long-time landlord for three of Montecito’s best-known antique shops, has kept his rents low and his leases reasonable.

• Carty & Carty Antiques. Edward & Anne Carty are twin brother and sister who relocated to Montecito from the Antique Collective in Summerland, more than 10 years ago. They both got their start in San Francisco, where their parents were shopkeepers specializing in antique clocks. Today’s business features antiques, custom reproductions, appraisals, and the sale of lovely furnishings that once graced large local estates.

• Haskell Antiques. Michael Haskell, joined in recent years by his son, Eric, has been in business since 1969, specializing in Spanish Colonial antiques and Native American arts. Their business has shifted to developing custom lines for local designers.

• Brostrom’s Antiques. Alan Brostrom has been in business since 1999 featuring Asian furnishings and accessories. Welcoming and knowledgeable, Brostrom has an eye for unique and beautiful collectibles.

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have Sirius with 80 different radio stations. Everybody played this music, and we all appreciated it. We’d take car rides and go back and forth picking songs to sing. I’d do ‘Rockin’ Robin’ or ‘Blue Moon’ and they’d do a Beatles song. Those songs transcend age and race, and I’m so thrilled I get to perform them.”

This time through, Under The Streetlamp returns to the Granada on Saturday night with its Christmas show, Hip to the Holidays. The revue mixes up holiday classics and golden oldies, some drawn from the group’s Every Day’s a Holiday album.

“You get to hear some really cool version of Christmas favorites, done up with our special doo-wop blend,” said Gutman, who is in his first Streetlamp holiday tour having just joined the cast back in March. “It’s a lot fun for us, and the audience is loving it.”

Gutman was most tickled by one fan at a recent show at a casino in Oklahoma, he said. “There was this sweet old lady in the front row who turned out to be 84. She was bopping her head most of the night, but then she got up and danced like I’ve never seen anyone dance before. She was all over the place! It was amazing.

Afterward, she came up and told us said we made her forget her age.

That’s the kind of thing we live for.”

The four cast members do their own share of dancing in Streetlamp too, offering choreographed patterns from the quartet’s Shonn Wiley that aim to recreate the iconic steps of the time period, Gutman said. “We’re moving our butts off on a lot of the songs.”

Not so much with the one that currently serves as Gutman’s favorite in the holiday show – a version of “Ave Maria”. “It’s an incredible arrangement, nothing you’ve ever heard before, and it’s absolutely amazing to sing.”

Meanwhile, although Streetlamp reunites him not only with fellow former Jersey Boys stars but also several Four Seasons songs, Gutman is still happy to belt them out again night after night.

“They’re great songs!” he said with a laugh. “We do as much Beach Boys and The Drifters as we sing the Four Seasons. It’s great music. Who could get tired of that?”

New Stars for Festival’s Nutcracker

As always, Festival Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker – at the Arlington on Saturday and Sunday – is performed by a huge cast and backed by a full orchestra conducted

by Elise Unruh playing Tchaikovsky’s iconic score. Kids of all ages who are attend the company’s school are

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Arlington Theatre hosts The Nutcracker, which keeps Patricia Delgado on her toes as the Sugar Plum Fairy

soloists from a number of prestigious Russian companies including the Mariinsky, Kiev National, Perm Ballet, Odessa State, and Almaty State, the largest such cast ever for the three concurrent tours.

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augmented in a big way by several stars from big ballet companies, including Patricia Delgado, who makes her company debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy after recently retiring from Miami City Ballet to dance new Christopher Wheelson choreography for Brigadoon on Broadway.

New York City Ballet’s Chase Finlay, who portrays the Cavalier, returns to the Arlington stage for the third consecutive season, once again choosing the festival production over other offers from around the country for one of just two outside contract performances a year at Nutcracker season.

The new Snow Queen and Snow Cavalier, Michelle Meltzer and Braeden Barnes, perform with Ariel Dance Chicago and Visceral Dance Chicago, respectively; they’re coming to town from another Nutcracker in Florida earlier in the month. And after a few years hiatus, the Arabian Cavalier will once again be portrayed

by Darion Smith, the homegrown Santa Barbara High School graduate who began his career at SBCC studying with Kay Fulton and danced with State Street Ballet before founding Janunsphere Dance Company in New York City.

The production also features a further infusion of new choreography from Festival Ballet’s artistic director Aimee Lopez, a Santa Barbara native who went through Festival Ballet school’s entire program, left for college and her early professional career before returning to serve as a guest artist. She danced opposite Smith in the Arabian number back in 2010.

Lopez took over running the company

and directing the classic from Denise Rinaldi just last year.

“That’s one of the fun parts about the show,” she said. “There is a lot of artistic freedom in how you tell the story. Last year, I wanted to make sure I didn’t just erase what Denise did.

But there’s more of my choreography this time. I’m slowly chipping away.”

One of her innovations – “Journey through the Stars”, a spaced-themed method to get Clara from the Snow Forest to the Kingdom of Sweets, from a concept by Valery Huston – is back again after proving popular in its debut last year.

“Traditionally, we’ve used angels,” Lopez explained. “But we were trying to get away from anything too religious and be a bit more cosmic.

A star backdrop goes behind an otherwise black stage while the dancers have lights in their costumes. “All you see is their skirts together,” Lopez said. “It’s far out there, but pretty neat. They look like little nebulas on the stage.”

More stars on a night already filled with them.

Moscow on the Holiday

The Arlington hosts another big production of Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic on Wednesday evening, when Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker comes to the historic theater as part of its 25th anniversary North America tour. The over-thetop offering – which boasts a 60-foot Christmas tree, seven backdrops, 10-foot tall puppets, 40 dancers, and 100 costumes – assembles leading

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Actress Angela Cartwright serves as special guest narrator for the Santa Barbara Choral Society’s Hallelujah Project 5 at the Lobero on December 9-10. Best known for her early roles as Brigitta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music and as Linda Williams on TV’s Make Room for Daddy, Cartwright will read “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” as part of the concert with full orchestra that brings Handel’s famed Hallelujah Chorus plus seasonal favorites by Vivaldi, Bricusse, Tyzik, and others. Info at 963-0761 or www.lobero.com.

Santa Barbara Youth Opera singers celebrate the holiday season with songs from around the world at an concert in the intimate environs of a candlelit Presidio Chapel on Saturday afternoon, December 9. The program includes Benjamin Britten’s seasonal classic “A Ceremony of Carols”, with several guests joining music director Erin McKibben, who is also readying Santa Barbara Revels’s new original show for next weekend at the Lobero.

Santa Barbara Master Chorale presents its 21st annual Holiday Concert, Carol Sing & Party at 7 pm on Sunday, December 10, at Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, where the program will feature Navidad Nuestra, a series of songs composed by Ariel Ramirez, plus guest classical guitarist Anthony Ybarra, and an appearance by the American Riviera Children’s Chorus.

Details at 682-6516 or www.sbmasterchorale.org

Competing Carols

A cast of local actors take on an abbreviated adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol at the newly renamed Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria (formerly Plaza Playhouse). Åsa Olsson directs the show, which has its final performances on December 8-10. That’s also the same weekend that Rubicon Theatre in Ventura opens its third annual production of the classic play, a critically acclaimed adaptation by company co-founder/artistic director Karyl Lynn Burns. Veteran actors Peter Van Norden (RTC’s Taking Sides, Copenhagen) and Emmy Awardwinner Joe Spano (NCIS, Hill Street Blues) reprise their roles as Scrooge and Marley, respectively, heading a cast of 27 in the innovative telling of the timeless tale of transformation and redemption that plays through Saturday, December 23.

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SEEN (Continued from page 14) Fidel Castro’s ashes are beneath this rock – his choice

Jose Fuster has transformed an entire neighborhood in Havana with his ceramic and sculptural artwork. This is just one of the homes, and the area is called “Fusterlandia.”

use credit cards or spend dollars.

When I went to the beauty shop at one of our hotels that was a beach resort (great beaches on the north side), it cost 18 CUCs ($18), but the hairdresser had a government contract and was only paid $12 a month.

She could keep tips but as she said, “Not everyone tips.” I gave her almost half her salary in a tip. That is why doctors, professors, and attorneys would rather be a guide or a cab driver to get tips, which affords them a far higher standard of life.

Cubans still have ration books and go to the ration store monthly for their quota of rice, beans, oil, et cetera. Rice cooked with beans is their staple food and we had it at many of the paladars along with some meat (fish, chicken, pork, beef). The basic vegetables seemed to be cucumbers and tomatoes. Supposedly, Cubans are beginning to grow more vegetables.

Paladars are privately owned restaurants where the owners usually live on the premises. On our first trip, we went to one in what had once been a beautiful villa on the Malacon (the ocean front street in Havana). Drying laundry was hanging all over what had been the living room. There were small cubicles curtained off where whole families lived side by side. The paladar was on the third floor and all the waiters had to be relatives.

These days, much has changed.

There are many beautiful paladars. At one we went to, the couple had bought an old house and totally remodeled it.

They were known for their cuisine.

They paid the government something (as we do taxes) but kept the rest.

Capitalism at work.

We thought the government was not communistic, though that term is used. It’s socialistic. When Castro confiscated the sugar cane fields, the production went way down, so he formed co-ops and production went up. Castro’s big thing to appeal to the people was free medical and free education even if you went for multiple degrees. That is still true. There are 26

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A horse and carriage ride for Don and I

Street art done in brass in Camaguey noted for its large earthenware jars used in the past and present to store rainwater in the patios of many houses

universities in Cuba. School is mandatory until age 15. The literacy rate is near 100 percent, compared to 25 percent before the revolution. About 95 percent of students graduate from college, then are required to complete two years of public service.

Men are required to go into the military for two years. There is oneyear maternity leave, which pays $20 a month. Abortion is allowed up to seven weeks. There is a doctor for every 176 people, and dental is also free. The schools teach English, give them lunch, and pay for uniforms.

When I lived in Louisiana shortly after the Castro revolution, I met several former sugar barons who had to flee Cuba. I remember one lady who had her former maid somehow go back to her home and rescue her family albums, sending them to the U. S. She was so happy to get them.

Castro’s brother, Raul, says he will

quit his second five-year term in 2018. It is thought that the successor will be current vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez (56). He is an engineer by training (highest-ranking politician born after the revolution) and has spoken for an open press and more Internet access.

Tourists from the United States are flooding into Cuba at a record rate.

Cuba is probably not ready for the onslaught, but as we speak there are no McDonald’s or Starbucks. In fact, foreigners are not allowed to buy property in Cuba. Our tour had a brand-new bus made in China by Yutong complete with a bathroom.

To all tourists’ delight, there are still all the 1950s cars – Ford, Chevrolet, Buicks and others, most in excellent shape. I asked one of the guys where they get parts. He replied, “All different ways. If you have a friend in the States, they might send some. We make others ourselves or salvage from another car.” There’s a Cuban saying that they can make something from the air. Or something from nothing. I think that’s true. There are also many Soviet cars, but only 10 percent of the people own cars at all. You can still see a mule pulling a wagon filled with people or merchandise.

The Cuban people are a mélange of African (slaves until 1868), Spanish,

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South American, and European, all colors of skin. There are no siestas in Cuba. There is no advertising (only political) and no graffiti. Everyone agreed that Cuba suffered hard times with the fall of the Soviet Union when they ate cats and dogs as a last resort.

Some say that when Castro died in 2016, part of Cuba died. Raul doesn’t have that charisma but seems more flexible. The people have more freedoms than 15 years ago.

There was a time when the population was brain-washed and afraid they might be turned in if they talked. No one seemed that way now.

They have five channels of television in their homes, and every home or shack has electricity and TV. There are more channels offered in the hotels. There is some Wi-Fi, but it is slow, they say. I’m not a tech, so I didn’t try. Cuba’s two great domestic products are tobacco and sugar. Rum is another, but the Barcardi people fled during the revolution and now it’s a different company.

Their towns are a rainbow of color.

Residents can paint houses any color they desire and they do – from bright pink, red, purple, blue, green, and yellow, all side by side. A happy sight.

Pickpockets are so rare, no one ever said to be careful. Police cannot use guns and you can’t buy guns.

To be continued...

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

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 The Season to be Arty – 1st Thursday, Santa Barbara’s popular monthly art and culture self-guided tour along lower State Street and environs, celebrates the Christmas season with lots of opportunities to see and savor. December brings a new establishment joining the merriment offered to strolling shoppers, as Keefrider Custom Furniture invites guests to see what the elves have been up to in the woodshop. Grab a glass of wine and tour behind the scenes to see how the furniture is made....

A couple of veteran 1st Thursday locales cater to your inner Santa this month, as Sullivan Goss celebrates the opening of its wildly popular annual “100 Grand” exhibition, featuring 100 works of art on sale for $1,000 or less, while Faulkner Gallery at the Public Library showcases original art in diverse media and subjects by some of the Santa Barbara Art Associations members for a maximum of $300....

Meanwhile, “Modes of Materiality” at the City Hall Gallery offers works by members of the Santa Barbara Fiber Arts and Sculptors Guilds, with a loom demonstration as part of the opening reception. And, of course, there’s the annual Yes Store, a seasonal pop-up of artists now half-a-century strong offering handmade one-of-a-kind gifts

for holiday shoppers.... Elsewhere, Lady McClintock Studios presents a solo show by Yuliya Lennon, Ph.D., whose past commissions include portraits for the British Army, Amazon Prime, and fashion collaborations....

Sadly, one of the tour’s longtime participants is packing it up at the end of the year. Artama Gallery is closing its doors after 13 years of hosting contemporary abstract art from different areas, countries, and cultures – but at least the prices are drastically reduced from this final 1st Thursday until the final day. WHEN: 5 to 8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/events/1stthursday 1st Thursday Performances – There are lots of special shows in recognition of the approaching holidays all over downtown this evening. At Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces performs short programs of choral music – a preview of their upcoming concerts. The offering has become so popular, it’s finally moving from the atrium to the Mary Craig Auditorium in back, from 6:30 to 7 pm. Visitors are also invited to design a floor-based installation with air-dry clay letters inspired by the soon-to-close exhibition “Valeska

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 An Irish Christmas – World champion dancers Scott Doherty (Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Rockin’ Road to Dublin), Tyler Schwartz (Magic of the Dance, Gaelforce Dance, Celtic Fyre), Connor Reider (Chieftains, Celtic Fyre), and Kelly Pearson lead an awardwinning cast of Irish dancers that spearhead this celebration of music, dance, and tradition, with nary a Nutcracker or Sugar Plum Fairy in sight. This authentic look at the traditions of the Irish people at Christmas – which was taped and aired by PBS during the holidays a couple of years ago – takes the audience on a journey through the Emerald Isle sparkling with charm and magic. Celebrate the tradition of butter making, chase the wren on St. Stephen’s Day, draw down the half door for spectacular dance, and enjoy plenty of Christmas carols and more music with the pipes, flutes, fiddles, and bodhráns. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $28 to $88 INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 A Nack for Antlers – It’s hard to believe that Brad Nack is already marking a double decade of wonderful whimsy in his annual “100% Reindeer Art Show”. Just as the title suggests, it’s an exhibition that exclusively features the antlered beasts, a collection of critters in a variety of up-close poses of whatever strikes the fancy of post-expressionist/ abstract artist Nack. The painter puts a lot of time and effort into creating the annual herd of small (most around 12” by 12” or smaller) oil paintings of reindeer, which are then elegantly framed and put on display just in time for Christmas – though it’s a good bet that Santa wouldn’t want any of these moody if colorful creatures pulling his sleigh. The works also go on sale at the same time, and nearly all of them are often sold within the first few minutes, so get there early if you want to go home with one. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: Restaurant Roy, 7 West Carrillo Street COST: free INFO: 966-5636 or www.bradnack.com

Soares: Any Moment Now”. The show is also the inspiration for the museum’s Scent Studio extension inside Hotel Santa Barbara further downtown. Meanwhile, the hotel also hosts the Santa Barbara Chamber Singers in the lobby....

Paseo Nuevo’s Center Court sponsors the “Silent Night” Silent Disco, a holiday dance party for the entire family where the participants dance and sing-a-long to favorite holiday tunes that are only coming through your headset. Make it even weirder by wearing your ugliest sweater, which will keep you warm for the snowfall at 6 and 7 pm. Upstairs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, enjoy music from DJ Ash, apps from Eureka!, signature cocktails from bartender Mary Valdez, wine from August Ridge, and beer from Telegraph Brewing Company on the terrace, or step inside to make an ornament inspired by the current exhibition, “Guatemala from 33,000 km”.... Ensemble Theatre Company, which is currently presenting a new holiday show that serves as a sequel to Pride and Prejudice, does a little pre-show warm-up at the New Vic with holiday festivities and carolers...

Even the usual venues get into the holiday spirit, as Santa Barbara Revels previews its brand-new, locally written The Christmas Revels:

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An Early California Celebration of the Winter Solstice on Marshalls Patio while the Santa Barbara Trombone Society plays Christmas favorites and other selections from its massive library of tunes at the corner of State & Anapamu streets....

Finally, 1st Thursday After Hours is back in December, this month at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, where Noche de Museo offers cookie decorating and other holiday activities, including dancing under the moonlight in the courtyard to Area 51. WHEN: 5 to 8 pm (7:30 to 9:30 for After Hours) WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/ events/1st-thursday SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 Jazz Jam – Pianist Woody DeMarco, bassist Hank Allen, and drummer Rusty Cummings hold down the rhythm section for the Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s annual holiday party, a rousing jam session where all the closet singers and instrumentalists are invited on stage to take a turn at the mic. The trio forms the house band for the procession of players – professionals and amateurs alike – performing on stage at SOhO, home to the organization’s regular monthly concerts. Christmas classics 7 – 14 December 2017

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 World Music Matchmaking – Hawaiian musician Makana began singing when he was seven years old, took up the ukulele at nine, and began learning the indigenous art of slack-key guitar at 11. Once a protégé of slackkey legend Sonny Chillingworth, Makana has focused on both perpetuating and evolving the traditional Hawaiian art form, coining the term “Slack Rock” for his style that fuses elements of bluegrass, rock, blues, and raga into his playing. Among the now singer-songwriter’s accomplishments are appearing on the soundtrack of the Academy-Award winning film The Descendants, winning a Na Hoku Ki Ho’alu (Slack Key) Legacy Award (the island equivalent of a Grammy), and performing at the White House, not to mention having his song “We Are The Many” being coined the “Occupy Anthem” by Rolling Stone Magazine and recording a music video, “Fire is Ours”, for then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Completing an inspired double bill, the opener is Joachim Cooder, who first cut his teeth playing drums behind his father, the legendary guitarist Ry Cooder, both in the studio and on the road – including for the Buena Vista Social Club. He also composed several score for films, including the cult surf classic Shelter and Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story, which premiered here in town at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, where it took home an award. His debut recording under his own name, 2012’s Love on a Real Train, began as his score of the view out of his Echo Park home but turned into songs when he had some of his (somewhat famous) friends write lyrics and sing. More recently, after his wife and long-time collaborator, Juliette Commagere, became pregnant, he began writing and singing his own songs while playing electric mbira, which became the EP Fuscia Machu Picchu, featuring songs are about longing, love, plants, and the inner life of inanimate objects. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 in advance, $20 at door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

are great, but so are any other songs that the band can play (bring your charts if you think they don’t know it). No worries if you prefer to just watch and listen, though – someone’s got to be in the audience, right? The Dos Pueblos High School Jazz Band will also be on hand to play a couple of numbers before picking up a $1,000 award from the SBJS

scholarship fund. WHEN: 1 to 4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $10 SBJS members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians or full-time students (Free for those who join or renew a 2018 membership at the door) INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or 6877123/www.sbjazz.org •MJ

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Parade of Christmas Parades – Goleta might be new a city ‘hood, but the suburban center has its own Christmas parade already entering Year 2. The Goleta Old Town Association hosts the march through Old Town along Hollister Avenue beginning at 6 pm on Saturday, December 9, with former Goleta mayor Jean Blois serving as grand marshal. The entourage moves from Orange Avenue to the Goleta Valley Community Center, which then hosts a Christmas tree lighting on its lawn, where kids can get their picture taken with Santa Claus. Info at www.goletachristmas.com.... Saturday afternoon also brings Carpinteria’s holiday parade to the beach-side town’s micro-downtown beginning at 3 pm. Info at www.carpinteriachamber.org/events.… Meanwhile, the Milpas Community Association annual holiday parade is set for 5 pm Sunday and features children’s groups, live performances, and classic cars on the route from Canon Perdido Street south to Mason Street. Details at www.mcasb.org.... The 32nd annual Parade of Lights takes place later on Sunday, when approximately 30 vessels brightly illuminated and highly decorated in keeping with this year’s theme of Hollywood Holidays cruise through the harbor before heading down to East Beach to turn around and parade alongside the west side of Stearns Wharf. The 5:30 pm parade is followed by a brief but spectacular fireworks display lighting up the water and harbor. (www.santabarbara.ca.gov.) (photo by Frank Vincentz)

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 30) Mariya Usanina of Montecito’s Dance Fever Studio danced her way to the finals at the largest dancesport event of the year, the Ohio Star Ball located in Columbus

Rod Walkup, Ben Hauser, and Scott Chapman were officially promoted and pinned at last week’s MFPD board meeting

Montecito Fire on May 1, 2008. He and his his wife, Peri, have two children: son Mason and daughter Brooklyn.

Scott Chapman was promoted to battalion chief. He started his career with American Medical Response in 2000, joined the U.S. Forest Service Hot Shot Crew in 2001 and was hired by Montecito Fire on May 16, 2006. He is married to Ashley; they have two children, daughter Emery and son Samuel.

News from Dance Fever Studio

Montecito’s Dance Fever Studio would like to congratulate Mariya Usanina for making the finals, out of 27 high-level couples, in Amateur Latin at the largest dancesport event of the year, the Ohio Star Ball located in Columbus, Ohio.

Already this year, Mariya has won

many titles as Open Amateur Latin champion at competitions including the Hollywood Dancesport Championship in Hollywood and the Harvard Invitational in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mariya has been an Amateur Latin finalist in many high-level competitions in the United States. She was born in Perm, Russia, and first started dancing at the age of 4. She began ballroom dancing at age 5, became a rising star and won her first competi-

tion at 7. She went on to dominate the youth division, winning many titles in both Latin and Standard.

At the age of 22, Mariya, along with her dance partner, decided to move to America to pursue her career in Latin and Standard dance. After coaching by some of the best professional instructors in the United States, Mariya has excelled in Amateur Latin in every competition entered.

For more information, visit www. sb.dancefeverstudio.com.

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Tri-Counties Only Complete Game Center

Holiday Gifts for the Whole Family Sales • Service • Party Rentals (805) 569-1444 26 W Mission Street in Santa Barbara

805.565.1860

7 – 14 December 2017

805 560-0630

Mission Pool Tables & Games

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Woodworking Remodel Specialist Kitchens / Cabinets / Furniture / Mouldings / Built-ins / Wainscoting / Beam Ceilings / Room additions & conversions / Commercial Tenant Improvements Small Jobs OK! Call Erich @ 805-252-1246 www.digmydesigns.com License # 822764

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Mon – Fri 9am-5pm

HOME SERVICES One Day Tree Service Fast, efficient, friendly Sr Veteran discount Call Greg (805) 585- 8578

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED K-PALS need volunteers to be foster parents for our dogs while they are

waiting for their forever homes. For more information info@k-9pals.org or 805-570-0415.

DONATIONS NEEDED Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary Menagerie 2340 Lillie Avenue Summerland CA 93067 (805) 969-1944

Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. – David Suzuki

Sat 9:30am-4pm

Donate to the Parrot Pantry!

At SB Bird Sanctuary, backyard farmer’s bounty is our birds best bowl of food! The flock goes bananas for your apples, oranges & other homegrown fruits & veggies.

Volunteers Do you have a special talent or skill? Do you need community service hours? The flock at SB Bird Sanctuary could always use some extra love and socialization. Call us and let’s talk about how you can help.

(805) 969-1944

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$5,495,000 | 2281 Featherhill Rd, Montecito | 4BD/5½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

$3,795,000 | 975 Mariposa Ln, Montecito | 4BD/3½BA Calcagno & Hamilton | 805.565.4000

$16,900,000 | 2692 Sycamore Canyon Rd, Montecito | 7BD/8BA Mary Whitney | 805.689.0915

$10,500,000 | 1174 Glenview Rd, Montecito | 5BD/5½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$8,850,000 | 3493 Padaro Ln, Carpinteria | 3BD/2BA Kathleen Winter | 805.451.4663

$8,200,000 | 706 Park Ln, Montecito | 4BD/5½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$5,995,000 | 700 Riven Rock Rd, Montecito | 2± acs (assr) Calcagno & Hamilton | 805.565.4000

$3,495,000 | 89 Butterfly Ln, Montecito Lower | 3BD/4½BA Jason Streatfeild | 805.280.9797

$3,150,000 | 3715 Santa Claus Ln #C, Carpinteria | Mixed use Calcagno & Hamilton | 805.565.4000

$2,625,000 | 541 Hodges Ln, Montecito Upper | 3BD/3BA MK Properties | 805.565.4014

$2,395,000 | 1414 La Vereda Ln, Montecito | 4BD/4½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$2,395,000 | 2718 Macademia Ln, Montecito Upper | 3BD/4BA Mary Whitney | 805.689.0915

$2,295,000 | 7410 Shepard Mesa Rd, Carpinteria | 3BD/2½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

$2,049,000 | 66 Tierra Cielo Ln, El Cielito/Las Canoas | 3BD/2½BA Team Scarborough | 805.331.1465

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