This Week

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Tech Help Sessions Reserve a 30-minute session with library staff for help with basic computer skills (email or internet), downloadable library materials, and the Black Gold App When: 10 am to 12 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Appointments: (805) 969-5063

Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 pm to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: south side of Coast Village Road

Wine & Cheese Tasting Complimentary wine and cheese tasting at Montecito Village Grocery When: 3:30 to 5:30 pm Where: 1482 East Valley Road

Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1 pm to 2:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

Tech Help Sessions Reserve a 30-minute session with library staff for help with basic computer skills (email or internet), downloadable library materials, and the Black Gold App When: 3 pm to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Appointments: (805) 969-5063

MONDAY, MARCH 2

Preschool Storytime The Montecito Library offers this weekly story time session for toddlers and parents When: 10:30 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

Santa Barbara Horticultural Meeting Join Dr. Anabel Ford for her talk titled “Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Garden as Action for Climate Change.” Ford is the Director of the UCSB MesoAmerican Research Center and President of the non-profit Exploring Solutions Past: the Maya Forest Alliance. Her quest to understand the ancient Mayan landscape has grown into several research areas including how does climate change and geography affect settlement patterns. The program includes a free plant exchange, refreshments and a plant raffle. When: 7 pm Where: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 909 La Cumbre Road

Wine Down Wednesday Each week, the Rosewood Miramar invites you to enjoy delectable pours of red, white, and sparkling varietals from local wineries alongside a complementary menu of small bites.

This week features bottles from Santa Maria’s Presqu’ile Winery. When: 5-7 pm Where: The Manor Bar, Rosewood Miramar Beach, 1759 S Jameson Lane Cost: $30 per person including tasting, cheese and charcuterie, excluding tax and service

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

Montecito Board of Architectural Review This group meets bi-weekly for hearings on ongoing and future development projects in Montecito; meetings are open to the public When: 1 pm Where: 123 East Anapamu Street, Room 17

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Montecito Trail Hike Join Montecito Trails Foundation members each Friday morning for a roughly three-mile hike When: 8:30 am Where: Cold Spring East Trailhead

Westmont President’s Breakfast Join Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize-winner, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow. An Israeli psychologist by training, he has been named as one of the world’s most important thinkers by The Economist. When: 7-9 am Where: Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort Grand Ballroom, 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard

Montecito Tide Guide

Day Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt Thurs, Feb 27 5:21 AM 1.4 11:17 AM 4 5:28 PM 0.9 11:55 PM 4.3 Fri, Feb 28 6:07 AM 1.5 11:56 AM 3.4 5:49 PM 1.4 Sat, Feb 29 12:25 AM 4.2 7:06 AM 1.5 12:50 PM 2.9 6:08 PM 1.9 Sun, March 1 1:04 AM 4.2 8:33 AM 1.5 2:41 PM 2.5 6:24 PM 2.3 Mon, March 2 2:01 AM 4.2 10:23 AM 1.1 Tues, March 3 3:22 AM 4.3 11:42 AM 0.6 7:17 PM 2.9 10:05 PM 2.9 Wed, March 4 4:42 AM 4.6 12:32 PM 0 7:35 PM 3.2 11:35 PM 2.7 Thurs, March 5 5:46 AM 5.1 1:12 PM -0.6 7:57 PM 3.6 Fri, March 6 12:32 AM 2.3 6:39 AM 5.6 1:49 PM -1 8:22 PM 3.9

Her Festival Celebrate International Women’s Day with a lineup of inspirational speakers and live music, plus food trucks, family fun activities, and a free prize drawing. When: 12-4 pm Where: Girsh Park, 7050 Phelps Road, Goleta

Price: $125 per ticket Info: westmont.edu/breakfast

Musicology Benefit Concert This one-night only affair will provide 100 percent of proceeds to benefit the Santa Barbara-based non-profit Musicology Foundation to continue providing free 1-1 music lessons for low income youth at the Santa Barbara Police Activities League teen center. It features appearances by Andrew McMahon (In the Wilderness, Jack’s Mannequin, Something Corporate), Mendeleyev Allan-Blitz (recently mentored by John Legend on The Voice), Erland Wanberg (Musicology SB Founder), and Haddon Cord (award-winning singer-songwriter, mentored by T Bone Burnett). When: 6-10 pm Where: Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road Tickets: musicacademy.org/events

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

Rumi Study Group: My Religion is Love This group meets to learn, share, and discuss the ancient teachings within Persian poet Jalal ad-din Muhammad Rumi’s poetry. All are welcome! When: 2-4 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Suggested Donation: $20 Info: rumieducationalcenter.org/events

JACK’S WEEKLY FORECAST by Jack Martin

This week, high pressure and above normal temps are in the forecast. On Thursday, east winds kick in; this might be the warmest day of the week with highs in the 80s. Saturday the 29th (Leap Year Day) will end one of the driest Februaries in recent memory. Sunday, March 1, brings us our next chance of rain, although it’s not a given. Looking into March: After Sunday’s hopeful rain event, the first week in March does not seem to have anything notable. The only bright part to this is that long range models really mean nothing, so just enjoy the warmer temps all week long.