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District Consolidation – A letter from Heal the Ocean regarding the consolidation of the Montecito Water and Sanitary districts, P.8 Insurance Commissioner – The California Insurance Commissioner Position is up for reelection and fire hardening homes is a hot issue, P.9

Magic Castle Materializes – The Magic Castle has a new owner and the plans for our own home of mystique are revealed, P.10 Exceptional Silliness – Candid Q&A with John Cleese, plus his advice for some local British residents, P.20

SERVING MONTECITO AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA

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NEW EATERY OPENS IN COAST VILLAGE PLAZA AND IS BRINGING ITS OWN FLAVOR OF GLOBAL CUISINE, LIVE MUSIC, AND LOCAL ATMOSPHERE (STORY STARTS ON PAGE 5)

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CASEY ROGERS AND KIAH JORDAN TELL OF THEIR ANTARCTIC JOURNEY AND WHAT LOCAL LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR SOUTHERNMOST CONTINENT THIS EARTH DAY, PAGE 6

A look at the individual and family support that Hospice of Santa Barbara provides, P.24

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

23 In Passing – Family and friends remember the life, interests, and enthusiasm of Kirsten Marie Donnelly

Brilliant Thoughts – Lose yourself in the metaphors, objects, and other ways we experience loss

24 The Giving List – Hospice of Santa Barbara offers compassion and support to those with life-threatening illnesses and their families

26 On Entertainment – The sound of Cream, a Nebula of dance, Chaucer’s plays ball, and literary spirits

27 Your Westmont – David Brooks returns to Montecito, the theater department’s edgy Fringe Festival, and two students win David K Winter Servant Leadership awards

new owner, a wedding soirée, celebrating the Ranger, plus more

14 Seen Around Town – The SBMA adds new members to the Women’s Board, art exhibits abound, staying true to Hippocrates, and spending A Night in the Old West

20 Our Town – John Cleese stands up while sitting down and gives his thoughts on creativity, the press, and his place in comedy

22 Perspectives by Rinaldo S. Brutoco – Inflation, the Economy, and More! A Leviathan Lurking.

The Optimist Daily – 3D-printing may make a safer intubation device and research helps clarify the issue of kidney stones in space

34 Calendar of Events – Reggae at Elings, a flamenco film fest, Justin Lyons debuts at Maune, and other happenings this week

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

39 Mini Meta Crossword Puzzles

Local Business Directory – Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer

Village Beat Local Opens in Montecito

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

Montecito’s newest restaurant, Local, opens next week, located on the lower level of Coast Village Plaza (1187 Coast Village Road). The new, vibrant eatery is the brainchild of owner Michael Sheldon, who retired from his role as CEO of Goleta-based Curvature in 2017. “I’ve always loved food, cooking, wine, and the experience of eating in nice restaurants,” he told us recently. “I figured now was the time to take my first foray into restaurant ownership and create something amazing here in Montecito. When this space became available, I knew I had to have it.”

Sheldon has assembled a stellar team to help bring his ideas to fruition, including three high-level chefs to create the seafood heavy, Mediterranean-style menu. Jonathan McDermott, formerly from Sear Restaurant in Solvang, Jason Carter from Pure Joy Catering, and Adam Sanacore, formerly of The Lark, have been busy putting the finishing touches on the menu, which Sheldon said was crafted from memories of the 50 best meals he’s enjoyed during his travels worldwide. After living in London, Switzerland, and New York, and traveling heavily during his career, Sheldon says he fell in love with food and wine. “We started with a list of my favorite meals ever, and then tailored it for cohesion,” he said. “Everything on the menu is exemplary for what it is, and there is an incredible attention to detail.”

The all-day menu features lunch and dinner favorites including an array of salads and sandwiches, fresh fish, cioppino, steak frites, brick chicken, and more. The menu will be enhanced by nightly specials featuring the freshest ingredients. A raw bar will feature crudo, oysters, and other delicacies, and there are small plates, appetizers, and plentiful dessert options. “Eventually we’ll be open on the weekends for brunch as well,” Sheldon said.

The eatery offers a wine list featuring local and European options, as well as vintage champagnes from the ‘80s and ‘90s, an array of high-quality varietals, and house wines by artisanal winemaker Paul Lato. A diverse liquor menu will feature scotches, aged bourbons, and more, as well as carefully curated cocktails.

Local Montecito is set to open next week in Coast Village Plaza

Local’s open air patio

Owner Michael Sheldon gets ready to open his new Montecito eatery next week Village Page 114

MASTERSERIES AT THE LOBERO THEATRE

SEASON SPONSOR: ESPERIA FOUNDATION

SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022, 7:30PM

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BAYRAKDARIAN, soprano

MARK FEWER, violin ⫽ JAMIE PARKER, piano

Program: “Glorious and Free”

Romani-inspired Songs and Operetta Arias

Featuring works by Brahms, Dvořák, Iradier, Valverde, Sarasate, Yvain, Lehár and Kálmán

Internationally acclaimed soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian returns to CAMA’s Masterseries. She is joined by extraordinary Canadian chamber musicians Mark Fewer and Jamie Parker for a not-to-be-missed concert of Romani-inspired art songs and arias!

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Local Residents Travel FAR South to Bring Back Lessons and Stories

by Zach Rosen

Think globally, act locally. It is a phrase often used in regard to the environment, especially on Earth Day. But sometimes, to really know how to think globally, it helps to get out into the globe. Traveling to other parts of the world helps us understand the interconnectivity of our world communities and the impact our local actions have on them. Antarctica is one part of the globe, not often traveled to, but just as affected by our local and global actions.

Casey Rogers, Director of The Ellen Fund, and Kiah Jordan, Founder of Impact Family Office, recently returned from an Antarctic voyage aboard the Ocean Victory. This ecofriendly ship uses 60% less energy than comparably sized boats and has the lowest carbon emissions per passenger in the entire industry. Organized by polar explorers Robert and Barney Swan, this trip brought along

150 leaders (ages 14-70 years old) from 37 countries for two weeks of climate talks, brainstorming, and eco-minded adventures. Joe Bourdeau, through the newly formed RSO Foundation, nominated and funded Rogers and Jordan’s trip, recognizing their aptitude for leadership and ability to help communicate the lessons learned along the way. The following is an abridged interview with Rogers and Jordan. Visit monteci tojournal.net for the full interview and news on their upcoming talks around the community.

Zach Rosen (ZR): Could you tell us a little bit about the purpose of this expedition?

Casey Rogers (CR): The 2041 Foundation and ClimateForce host this leadership expedition and the goal is ultimately to make champions for Antarctica. So that when this international treaty

“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.” – Rodney Dangerfield

Photo by Zach Mendez

Casey Rogers (left) and Kiah Jordan recently returned from a two-week eco-minded journey through Antarctica

Antarctica is, on average, the driest and windiest place on Earth

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Letters to the Editor

A Response to Water and Sanitary Districts Consolidation

Bob Hazard’s recent piece, “Should the Montecito Water and Sanitary Districts Consolidate?” needs a host of corrections, out of respect for the intelligence (and ratepayer costs) of the citizens of Montecito, particularly Water District customers. As part of the “Montecito Water Security Team,” Hazard praises a number of studies –MORE STUDIES – on studies already done, and studies on pie-in-sky projects that will never, ever happen. Montecito Water ratepayers should be asking for an audit on the amount of money MWD is spending on these studies that will go nowhere. For example:

1) Shipping Montecito’s wastewater to Carpinteria for treatment, injecting it into Carpinteria groundwater basin for Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR) purposes, then shipping it back to Montecito can never happen. Because Caltrans will never allow pipes going and coming over such distances – Heal the Ocean struggled with Caltrans to get a short pipe along a frontage road from the Rincon community to the Carpinteria wastewater plant, and it took CA Assembly action to make it happen; CSD Manager Craig Murray has already explained to the consultants doing this incredible study that CSD cannot spend its ratepayer money accommodating ratepayers from another district, his answer is already No; pumps needed to pipe wastewater for such a long, and non-gravity, distance is a huge energy issue that will never be permitted. Yet Hazard praises a $250,000 study that has been initiated by the “Water Security Team” to investigate this.

2) Sanitary Districts run wastewater operations, Water Districts (are supposed to) grapple with water issues.

A single board of individuals who are not versed in the unique requirements of each one is futile. Community Service Districts started out that way (including Santa Barbara’s wastewater/ water resources division), they were not formed by hostile takeover.

3) Montecito Sanitary had a pilot recycle plant up and running years ago. The nearby Cemetery (which uses huge amounts of potable water to keep the grass green) wanted that water badly. The “Water Security Team” stopped the project and is now studying a recycled water operation – AGAIN.

4) Desalination. If the Montecito Water District had asked the State Water Board FIRST, before initiating studies for siting a Desal plant in Montecito, they would have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in studies that went nowhere –because the State does NOT want desal plants up and down the coast. They want regional plants and we already have one, the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant in Santa Barbara. Yet MWD spent thousands of dollars for a study of six sites, including: Lookout Park, Summerland; Sheffield left hand turn off from 101; the Miramar Hotel property (before the hotel was built); the Cemetery, and MWD’s own property on upper San Ysidro –all ludicrous. MWD’s answer? “We’re exploring concepts.” They might as well have studied the moon.

Separate agencies have cooperated to build recycled water facilities with state funds. Prop 1 funding was being given out years ago for planning studies. Goleta said yes, Carpinteria said yes (and is now building their recycled water facility), but when it came to Montecito Sanitary District/Montecito Water District cooperating to access these funds, the Sanitary

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District said yes, and the chairman of the Montecito Water District board of directors said, “Over my dead body!” I was there, and I heard it.

Heal the Ocean’s recommendation is that there be an audit on MWD studies, that the “Water Security Team” be dissolved, and separate district boards be reinstated so that fantasies can stop and real business proceed.

Hillary Hauser Heal the Ocean

Carpinteria Housing

Kudos to Sharon Byrne for her informative articles about housing. I’ve lived in Montecito and Carpinteria. I’ve seen changes over the decades, but nothing compared to what’s happening now. The rampant push for more housing is, historically, not the answer. There will never be enough housing. We need to act to protect the uniquely special places that are Montecito, Summerland, and Carpinteria.

In Carp right now we have development proposals for both the Bluffs and Bailard’s Organic Farm. The latter is dangling “workforce housing” – which sounds good amidst skyrocketing prices – but “workforce housing” is a buzz word with no clear definition without answering: What is the rental price of each unit proposed? What is the average income of the local workforce? Will 30% of annual income be sufficient to rent the unit? And finally, will this be priced forever at a level that is affordable for our local workforce?

Red Tail Development’s proposal for the north end of Bailard (organic farm selling produce at 12 farmers’ markets and local restaurants) includes 128 units they would like us to believe would be affordable for the workforce, but plans label them “Market Rate” – owned and managed by the Red Tail conglomerate (not the Housing Authority) and able to be rented to anyone at any price.

The ultimate price to the community: the permanent loss of open space and agriculturally significant land in

exchange for, well, more people. The City of Carpinteria has officially asked that the project be abandoned for a plethora of reasons, but it is on County land and the proponents are pushing ahead. Montecito and Carpinteria have a common concern of insatiable demand for housing at any cost. Please contact your reps and let them know what you think:

Supervisor Williams: dwilliams@countyofsb.org

Senator Limón: sd19.senate.ca.gov/contact

Assemblymember Bennett: a37.asmdc.org/contact

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Who Can Fix California’s Homeowners Insurance Woes? Insurance Commissioner Race Heats Up

by Sharon Byrne

Things are getting hotter regarding California homeowners insurance, and threat of wildfire is just one factor. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is up for reelection this year and at least one candidate is laying out a viable case to replace him.

Last week, former California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner (2007-2011) ran an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times titled “Wildfires never threatened my home. But my insurer said they do — and dumped me.” Poizner’s story will be familiar to many in Montecito struggling to obtain homeowners insurance. He lives in a hilly area in San Jose, and cleared brush for defensible space, put in the ember-resistant vents, etc. He was renewed year after year, until now. Here’s what his insurance company finally admitted as to why he wasn’t renewed:

His home is suddenly “’ineligible due to the wildfire risk assessment of the dwelling location’… Eventually, the company revealed that it now relies on confidential software that predicts wildfire risk by geographic regions in California. But the insurer was unwilling to share details with me. The new approach ignores steps that people take to protect their homes by following guidelines from fire prevention authorities.”

Present California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s response ran Monday in the Los Angeles Times, referencing his proposed “Safer from Wildfires” framework to protect existing homes and communities. Lara issued a press release on February 25 saying that insurance companies would be required to factor consumers’ and businesses’ wildfire safety actions into their pricing of residential and commercial coverage. The new regulations also will provide consumers with transparency about their “wildfire risk score” that insurance companies assign to properties.

On April 13, we attended the public hearing on this proposal. We’ve been working with Lara’s office since 2019, when a slew of Montecitans received non-renewal notices. Chubb was bus-

ily shedding their previous 60% market penetration in Montecito, and AIG stopped writing policies. We worry about Montecitans on fixed incomes, whose premiums increased tenfold, possibly rendering them unable to remain in their home.

In this and prior hearings, insurers blame the Insurance Commissioner. They purport they need to increase rates to adequately cover their risks. If they want to increase their rates more than 7% annually, a public hearing is required. Public pressure naturally flares at the hearing. So, insurers just raise rates annually by 6.9%, and then drop people in high-risk areas, forcing them onto the market to buy less coverage at much higher rates.

None of this is surprising. Insurers are seeking to avoid financial losses in markets affected by climate change. The United Nations produced a report in 2021, working with insurers worldwide, on adjusting financial models for climate risk. People in certain flood and hurricane zones are finding insurers have fled the market, as Californians have experienced, for high fire risk.

We support Lara’s move to get insurers to take community-hardening efforts into account. Montecito Fire has done an excellent job on this front, creating the first Community Wildfire Plan, preparing evacuation studies, helping homeowners clear brush, chipping programs for overgrowth, and hiring sheep to graze our mountainous areas. These efforts are community-wide and should be considered along with an individual homeowner’s efforts to defend their property from fire danger.

There are other approaches also in the works.

Last Thursday, Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-10th District, Marin) visited Montecito. He’s running for Insurance Commissioner, against Lara. On February 3, Levine introduced AB1755:

1. Requires an insurance provider licensed in the state to issue a policy to a homeowner that has sufficiently hardened their property from wildfire risk.

2. Effective beginning 2025.

3.Creates the Wildfire Protection Grant to provide up to $10,000 for

homeowners to help pay for costs associated with home hardening and wildfire mitigation improvements.

The bill is currently in the Assembly Committee on Insurance.

At the Randall Road Debris Basin, Levine said he wants to be an ‘activist’ insurance commissioner, unafraid of getting sued by the industry. Levine suggested a penalty where insurers have to refund 25% of your past premiums when they drop you after years of faithful premium payments and fire-hardening, like what happened to Poizner. This is a very interesting idea.

Levine also favors the creation of a good homeowner discount, similar to the good driver discount. Hardening your home and installing burglar alarms and deterrents should be rewarded because they reduce liability and claims.

The Industry Response. Re: AB1755, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association “is opposed to any bill that mandates insurance companies provide insurance without adequate rates and without science-based verification the risk has been reduced.”

The industry has their own vehicles for developing “science-based mitigation standards that actually reduce risk.” Naturally, they want their standards implemented. In addition, the APCIA said, “The bill also ignores the need for community hardening efforts. In the absence of community hardening, home hardening can be far less effective. Embers travel miles, igniting homes randomly. We must have a comprehensive community and individual mitigation effort along with a verifiable risk reduction process.”

Well, that sounds like everything Montecito has been doing! Ricardo Lara’s bill moves more in that direction, requiring insurers to take community hardening efforts into account in pricing and offering coverage. But it doesn’t mandate coverage, so I suspect a lot of horse-trading will lie ahead in negotiating details of what insurers consider ‘enough’ hardening to create significant reduction of risk.

Both approaches have merit, and both would help Montecito. Watch these pages as the situation, and the race, develops.

Sharon Byrne is the Executive Director of the Montecito Association

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Montecito Miscellany Magic Castle Acquired

by Richard Mineards

Los Angeles’ iconic Magic Castle, leased by Santa Barbara dynamic duo Milt and Arlene Larsen since 1961, has been sold. The buyer of the property, just a tiara’s toss or two from the world-famous Hollywood sign, is Randy Pitchford, founder and CEO of the Gearbox Entertainment Company, which developed the Borderlands franchise of video games, who is a lifelong magician and member of the Academy of Magical Arts.

He is also the grandson of the 20th century master magician, the Great Cardini, and describes the Magic Castle as “the bedrock and central point of magic.” I am also told he has bought the rights to the Magic Castle name, although no price has been disclosed.

Scores of magicians have performed there including actor Orson Welles, TV talk show legend Johnny Carson, Montecito’s Steve Martin, and actor Neil Patrick Harris, a past president of the academy. Built in 1908 on a threeacre estate, by the 1960s the Edwardian mansion with French and Gothic elements had become a maze of small apartments, before being leased by the Larsens who have an extensive background in television and entertainment.

“We continue to lease the property in Hollywood for at least another five or six years and own the branch in Montecito outright, so nothing will really change,” Arlene tells me. The club here – formerly the eatery Cafe del Sol – next to the Andree Clark Bird Refuge, after three years of myriad planning and other snafus, is set to open again in October, says Milt, who has been spending most of his time in the Big Orange during the pandemic.

“I plan to spend half my time in Hollywood and half my time in Montecito, once the club opens again. Each week we’ll include a couple of days of cabaret performances, including magic and other subjects.” Can’t wait...

Montecito Matrimony

A planned equestrian fest went from bridle to bridal when Montecito real estate developer Xorin Balbes celebrated his New Year Mexico wedding to floral curator Truman Davies at the charming estate of Lily Hahn

The dashing duo, who live at the former Hot Springs Road home of Leslie Ridley-Tree, tied the knot in Tulum on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, near Cancun, in January with a Mayan shaman con-

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“I have nothing but troubles with my car. Every Sunday I take my family out for a push.” – Rodney Dangerfield

Arlene Larsen, artist Jimmy Mulligan presenting his portrait of Walt Disney and Milt to Birthday Man Milt Larsen, with Richard and Elizabeth Sherman at the Magic Castle

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Designer Marc Friedland collecting his designed love plaques from guests and adhering them to his frame for the betrothed couple (photo by Priscilla)

Local has utilized both lower-level spaces on the property, one of which is the former home of Khao Kaeng (formerly Here’s the Scoop). That entire space has been transformed into the restaurant’s massive kitchen, which allows elbow room for multiple preparation and cooking stations. The other space, at one time home to medical offices, has been turned into an airy restaurant that showcases a stunning bar, complete with a baby grand piano and flanked by a wine room and private dining space. With bi-fold doors leading to the large patio area, the restaurant has an indoor-outdoor feel, capitalizing on the mild climate and beach house vibes of the furniture and décor. The patio, which is partially covered, can host 60 guests at once, while the entire space will eventually accommodate about 140 patrons.

Sheldon envisions that the restaurant will operate from 11 am to 11 pm, and at 8:30 pm, the space will turn into a New York-style cocktail lounge, featuring live music. “I really thought about what the Montecito crowd would enjoy after a nice dinner,” Sheldon said. “It’s pretty clear that there is very little to do at night here, and I wanted to create a place to offer some nightlife.” From piano players, singer/songwriters, duos, and jazz musicians, Sheldon hopes to eventually offer live music most nights of the week.

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The stylish sprung comfort of our Sway Collection seating is combined with the iconic sculpted Carver table to provide the ideal gathering place for family and friends. Visit our showroom and shop the largest selection of outdoor furniture and accessories between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

“While we will appeal to tourists at local hotels, we really want to welcome the locals, and give them another wonderful dining option here on Coast Village Road,” Sheldon said, adding that the restaurant offers many gluten-free options, as well as a kids’ menu. “It’s really for everybody and is a place you’d want to dine for both special occasions and everyday meals,” he said.

Local opens to the public next Tuesday, April 26, and is open 11 am to 11 pm daily, located at 1187 Coast Village Road. For more information and for reservations, visit localmontecito.com.

Teddy Bear Picnic at Montecito Club

Save the date for the 2nd Annual Teddy Bear Picnic at the Montecito Club, scheduled for Sunday, May 15. Along with all the other nonprofit organizations in the tri-counties, Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation (TBCF) learned how to be flexible in their event planning and fundraising over the past two years. By re-imagining their signature events and moving them outside, TBCF’s newest event, the Teddy Bear Picnic, was born.

Last year’s Picnic was designed as a response to ever-changing protocols

around gatherings and events, and TBCF staff and committee organized a family-friendly outdoor picnic with safety, fun, and TBCF’s mission in mind. The Picnic event was such a success that the decision was made to turn the Picnic into one of TBCF’s two annual events.

On Sunday, May 15, TBCF will host the 2nd Annual Teddy Bear Picnic at Montecito Club once again. Tickets are $125 per guest (children are free if registered with an adult by April 30, and $25 each thereafter). Guests will be treated to a buffet lunch with dessert and wine. Activities will include a competitive cornhole tournament, lawn games

The Teddy Bear Picnic Committee at Montecito Club

Teddy bear Picnic Co-chairs Maria Wilson and Sofie Langhorne

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ducting the ceremony, but decided to save their celebrations until the pandemic had abated in our rarefied enclave. Originally the date and locale were set for a polo party, but when that was postponed Xorin and Truman decided it was the perfect time to organize their boffo sunset soirée.

“We are celebrating our love and our love of the community we live in!” enthused Xorin as he welcomed 100 guests to the seated banquet, organized by Duo Catering with exquisite floral arrangements featuring birds of paradise, designed by Lily and Truman, dotting the extravagantly decorated Belshazzar’s feast-sized table.

Los Angeles-based David Bergeaud provided an Oriental musical background, playing an assortment of Indian instruments including a sitar, oud, and dilruba. As the fun evening progressed, Big Orange DJ Robin Parrish took over with decibel thumping hits. Among the colorful crowd helping the tony twosome celebrate were Anne Towbes, Michael Smith, Belle Hahn, Merryl Brown, Marc Friedland, Marsha Kotlyar, Ben Sprague, and the always delightful Thomasine Richards. A blooming glorious fête!...

Ranger Revered

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum suffered major social gridlock when the 1917built vessel Ranger, familiar for leading the annual Christmas Parade of Lights, was officially re-admitted into the Classic Yacht Association’s Southern California Fleet.

The 46-foot-long classic wooden fishing boat has been the museum’s flagship since being donated to the harbor-side institution in 1997 by Jack Morehart.

To mark the occasion, an 1862 Civil War saber was used to cut the commemorative cake by Glen Varcoe , Rear Commodore of the Classic Yacht Association, and Dianna Ettel, commodore. Ranger was built in San Pedro and for many years served as flagship of the Catalina Island Tuna Club, as well as the Los Angeles Motor Boat Club, the Catalina Island Yacht Club, and the Long Beach Yacht Club. She continues to take passengers on tours of the harbor and the channel, with a top speed of ten knots.

Among the marine mavens celebrating were museum director Greg Gorga, Bob Allen, Fred and Nancy Golden, Bud and Sigrid Toye, Tony and Sabrina Papa, Jim Kroeger , Rita Serotkin , James Spellman, Rick and Elissa Olson, and Janet Beggs.

Baroque Bash

Multi Grammy winner Sir John Eliot Gardiner, founder and music director of the English Baroque Soloists, was in fine form when the 44-year-old orchestra performed at the Granada as part of CAMA’s 103rd international concert series. Playing two works from Mozart – “Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major” and “Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major” – and Haydn’s “Symphony

“I haven’t spoken to my wife in years. I didn’t want to interrupt her.” – Rodney Dangerfield

GAYLE D. BEEBE DAVID BROOKS

ROBERT PUTNAM SHAYLYN ROMNEY GARRETT

ERIN MEYER

MARCUS “GOODIE” GOODLOE

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Lynn Kirst with Jack Morehart’s daughters, Miny Morehart Willmon and Marcia Morehart (photo by Priscilla)

Nati and Michael Smith, Anne Towbes, and Thomasine Richards

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New Members for SBMA Women’s Board

was founded in 1951. Board President Julie Blair welcomed the group followed by comments from SBMA Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director Larry J. Feinberg. “The Wall Street Journal ran a full-page ad lauding our very ambitious Van Gogh show, and we could use some new docents. The show inspires students to be more creative.”

by Lynda Millner

Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) Women’s Board held their annual new members meeting at the Santa Barbara Club – this year 12 new names will be added to the roster: Christine Nachman, Kathy Wenger,

Jenn Kramer, Mimi Baer, Hsiu-Zu Ho, Janet Budreski, Debra Joseph, Martha Townsend, Debra CochraneVercammen, and Kathy Hartz.

The mission of the SBMA Women’s Board is to raise funds for and build awareness of the SBMA, while operating under the supervision of the Museum Director and the Board of Trustees. It

Vice president Christine Nachman introduced the new members and also chaired the luncheon. Sustainer Liaison Jeanne Fulkerson honored the 20-year sustaining members. Fran Morrow gave a tribute to Diane Waterhouse for being the longest member to serve the group.

Everyone is happy that the SBMA board is giving their Mystery in Masterpieces fundraiser again and it’s already sold out. Mystery combines with a witty evening of clue hunting within the galleries of the museum, with spirited comradery, competition, and exceptional prizes.

Painting Paradise

had watched them play in the Stanford Tournament when I was in high school and knew it would be a good fit. I arrived on campus for freshman orientation having never visited the campus before, but after the five-hour drive from Palo Alto, I stepped out of the car to the fragrant scent of eucalyptus leaves, salty sea air with a slight hint of tar, and a view of the ocean. Students on bikes whizzed by and I knew at that moment I had landed at the right place.”

Sandy believes living in Santa Barbara turned her into an artist and she’s been a full-time painter for over 20 years. Stop in and have a look and say hello to Thomas.

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Paradise Revisited is what artist Sandy Ostrau feels for Santa Barbara. There is a show of her works at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery from now until the end of May. The gallery is celebrating its one-year anniversary and is located a few doors away from the Arlington Theatre ticket booth, in the artsy part of State Street. There are now several galleries all within a few feet of each other. A good place to browse for art!

As Sandy told me, “I chose UCSB [back then] because I wanted to play for the great UCSB Club Women’s soccer team, before varsity existed. I

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum (SBHM) is having a plethora of exhibits. They recently had an evening with curator Jeremy Tessmer (from Sullivan Goss gallery), who took a personal look at one of Santa Barbara’s most acclaimed artists, Lockwood de Forest. The Museum was lucky enough to have a grand collection of his works given to them by Kathleen and Oswald Da Ros, which form the bones of the exhibit. It also touches on Lockwood’s many talents: interior designer, author, and worldwide traveler. Lockwood was born in New York in 1850 and began painting at an early age. At 19 he began formal training in Rome at the Corridi and used his relative Frederic Church as his mentor (the

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famous Hudson River School painter). Lockwood painted all his life, even while taking on other endeavors. While alive, he was best known as a designer, especially Indian-inspired design. He traveled the world and recorded his travels by painting landscapes.

He loved the light and landscape of the South Coast and began to winter in Santa Barbara, moving here permanently in 1919. He lived here until he died in 1932. SBHM is located at 136 East De la Guerra Street. It’s waiting for you.

Hippocrates and Modern Medicine

The Rape of Hippocrates is a book written by Dr. Roger Dunham, a local retired physician. Montecito Bank & Trust spon-

sored his appearance at their Lunch and Learn event in April, at the Santa Barbara Club. Maria McCall is the director of that active group of goers and doers.

As we sat outside in the lovely garden, Roger spoke to us about the pitfalls of modern medicine. He was born in Pasadena in 1944 and after a year at Junior College, he joined the Navy. There followed three years of intense training in electronics, nuclear power theory and operation, and more. His experiences led to his book Spy Sub. Because it was dealing with classified material, the Pentagon worked closely with Roger.

He married his wife, Keiko, in 1968 and began pre-med studies at the University of Southern California. Roger graduated in 1975. He interned in the Jail Ward and hence, another book called

Final Diagnosis. The years of his medical practice inspired Surviving Mortality.

Today, his latest book, The Rape of Hippocrates: A Pathway for the Rebirth of Medicine, reflects patients in America struggling to find available and adequate primary medical care, just as the accessibility of physicians has plummeted to rock-bottom levels. His book gives various solutions and helps in our quest for doctors that follow the Hippocratic oath. The book also delves into drugs, prescriptions, and costs, and what other countries in the world are doing. This is a book worth reading. For information on MClub, call VP/Director Maria McCall at (805) 722-0144.

A Night in the Old West

As I drove up to the Santa Barbara Carriage and Western Art Museum, there was a trick roping expert twirling her rope and ready to entertain all the Montessori Center School parents, there to fundraise for their kids. That would be toddlers 18 months up through sixth grade.

It had been two years since they could gather for this event. The theme was “A Night in the Old West,” which led to line dancing, margaritas, tri tip, and a room full of “cowboys and cowgirls” who

had dusted off their hats and boots and were ready for whiskey tasting, photo ops alongside a stagecoach, and music by Jake Detar

Head of School Melanie Jacobs thanked everyone for their participation. Most of the auction items were made by the children. One example was the mirror done by the Navy Door group. Each child earned and created traditional Latino paper flowers. These flowers go beyond craft and represent pieces of folk-art dating back hundreds of years. Artisans used paper-crafting to elicit joy, especially when getting flowers were hard to find. The mirror offers an opportunity for self-reflection and love.

Another favorite item was the sign at school reserved for the auction winner. You can pick up your child any time with a place to park. You could also bid to go to New Orleans or Tahoe. The guy who’s so great at getting the bids up is Geoff Green , who is CEO of the SBCC Foundation. He generously volunteers his time to many nonprofits and keeps you smiling while you donate. Dozens need to be thanked, especially co-chairs Kathy Kelley and Morgan McDonald , and all the kids and room reps who made such beautiful pieces. Director of Communications & Marketing Lisa Lavora-De Beule steered me around (pun intended). Yee-haw!

Montessori Center School is located at 401 North Fairview Avenue #1 in Goleta. The phone number is (805) 6839383 x 106.

A community staple for decades, Lynda Millner has helped the Journal, since 1995, keep its connection to the hundreds of events going on throughout the year

Montecito Bank & Trust Vice President Suzi Schomer with keynote speaker Dr. Roger Dunham and MClub director Maria McCall at a Lunch and Learn event

Head of Montessori School Melanie Jacobs and board president Tom Burk at the Western Night soirée

Air Support

I am writing to share Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s appreciation to the Montecito Journal and Joanne Calitri for the outstanding news report about the 122nd Christmas Bird Count. We thank our CBC leaders and SBAS volunteers for their commitment. It takes a village to protect birds and our open space gems, which provide critical and irreplaceable habitat for wildlife. SBAS remains grateful for the vital support that we and the birds receive from our members along the Central Coast region and beyond.

Spring is an exciting time for nesting birds and our community, and it is uplifting to have so many local nonprofits working to protect birdlife and the Earth. In particular, congratulations to Community Environmental Council CEO Sigrid Wright for receiving the Congressional Woman of the Year Award for outstanding environmental leadership. Sigrid’s vision inspires us all to do more. Along those lines, please join us in welcoming our new Peregrine Falcon at the Audubon Aviary at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and celebrating birds at the exciting SBAS – Santa Barbara Botanic Garden collaborative Bird Month in May, the North Campus Open Space Grand Opening and Community Open House in May, and on Earth Day.

Thank you for your continued support as we work together to protect area birdlife and habitat and connect people with birds through education, conservation, and community science. Montecito Journal readers, we invite you to watch our two short films, Why are Birds Important? and How to Start Birding , at: santabarbaraaudubon.org/ learning-resources/ and join us at santabarbaraaudubon.org.

Katherine Emery, PhD Executive Director Santa Barbara Audubon Society

County Wants Revenue from Ticketed Cars, Not Solutions

When it comes to the Hot Springs trailhead issue, Kelly Mahan Herrick ’s Village Beat (April 14, 2022) sounds like a propaganda piece from the elites. She writes “Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi said that issues at the Hot Springs Trailhead continue, and that there have been 793 parking citations issued in the entirety of 2021, and the first quarter of 2022.” She quotes him saying, “We are taking it very seriously, and are doing the best we can.” Then she brings up the issue of emergency vehicle access, which we’ve heard so much about from officials and estate owners living on Riven Rock Road.

Enough of talking points from officials. The fact is a huge amount of easy revenue is being collected from unsuspecting hikers parking on Riven Rock (or on the dirt to the side), and yes –East Mountain Drive – where no white lines have been painted.

The county is more interested in revenue than fire safety. If there’s a fire safety/emergency vehicle access problem on Riven Rock, it can be quickly solved by putting up adequate signage stating: No Parking. A prominent sign placed a short distance up the trail explaining where one can legally park would be of great help. The problem is a big loss of revenue from tickets would occur if the county did these things. If the county were truly interested in emergency vehicle access, such measures would have been taken a long time ago. But there’s only two “No Parking” signs on upper Riven Rock.

So Mr. Arnoldi, you’re not doing the best you can. You’re not making Riven Rock better for emergency vehicle access. Cars continue to clog up Riven Rock because the county is more interested in revenue than fire safety. Actions speak louder than words. County officials know that cars will continue to come from all over since the hot springs are a big attraction. Yet we keep hearing

the same old talking points. Enough already, Mr. Arnoldi, it’s time you and other officials solve the problem you state is serious.

Then, Mr. Arnoldi, you speak about ensuring the trail is vacated at dusk. The Sheriff’s Department has no legal authority to do this anymore than it has the right to close a public road at dusk. People have been walking up Hot Springs Canyon for hundreds of years, including Camacho, a Native American who lived there during the early 1800s.

Closing a trail permanently at a certain hour is a matter for elected representatives (aside from legal issues of doing so, good luck at enforcing it). It’s dictatorship when officials take these kinds of actions without public hearings and public input (have they heard of the Brown Act?). What they’re doing is the opposite of democracy, and it’s not a healthy thing.

Take for example, the process of the white lines being painted on Riven Rock. On February 25, 2021, Sharon Byrne, Executive Director of the Montecito Association, wrote a segment for the Montecito Journal entitled, “Montecito on the Move.” In it were exaggerated statements disparaging hikers for leaving trash, blocking driveways, and partying – I live in the area and have seen that hikers behave well.

Ms. Byrne described how different groups got together to come up with a solution. She wrote “Agencies are working on this, including Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor, Montecito Trails Foundation’s Ashlee Mayfield, Sheriff’s Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi, and more. We think we have a good solution, and it could extend to Mountain Drive, to ensure emergency vehicles can get there, and neighbors can evacuate safely in an emergency.” Elite groups got together and came up with a solution that didn’t work, but hurt hikers, many of them poor people who feel a need for recreation. The effort was a stab at the democratic process. Would the prior leadership of the Montecito Association have tried to solve perceived problems in such an undemocratic way? Not even

the Montecito Trails Foundation argued for a fair, open public process. Aside from the question of their competence, do these groups have any concept of democracy?

It’s been said “the duty of a journalist is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Instead, it’s the other way around with the Montecito Journal and other local newspapers. Do we need yet another article on the Hot Springs Trailhead parking situation that quotes officials, elites, and wealthy residents, while disparaging hikers? Why not take input from hikers and low-income people? Why not some real investigative journalism instead of taking the word of the elites? Does anyone in local media care about the numerous people being given tickets in this entrapment scheme?

Then Ms. Herrick writes “According to County rep Darcel Elliott, there is litigation related to the problems that neighbors are having with the overabundance of vehicles...” This statement doesn’t give the reader much information, nor does it tell who Darcel works for – she’s chief of staff for Supervisor Das Williams. But what is neglected in the reporting is how residents are threatening to sue the county over plans to create some legal parking spaces on Riven Rock that are out of the way of emergency vehicles. It looks like residents are slowing down a solution.

And residents of the general area have no problem calling the police to report hiker’s cars, but don’t do so when workers’ trucks stick out in the road for hours – why are workers’ trucks not a threat to emergency vehicles? For many weeks at the southwest corner of East Mountain Drive and Hot Springs Road there was a long line of such trucks, many sticking out in the road – major work was being done on the estate called, Villa Tragera. Mr. Arnoldi, would you be willing to give tickets to these vehicles belonging to people working for the wealthy?

Bryan Rosen

Night Hikers Spotted

Last Saturday night, while driving home, we saw dozens of flashlights shining at the Hot Springs Trail parking area. We pulled over to make sure everything was okay. Dozens of hikers with flashlights, some strapped to their foreheads, were preparing for their hike. It was 9:30 pm. The two “No Parking After Sunset” signs were being ignored. In disbelief we watched a hiker take a puff off his cigarette before distinguishing it under his foot. Night hiking is dangerous enough but in a high-risk fire area it is an absolute threat to us all. Why is this danger allowed in our neighborhood?

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that governs Antarctica – reserving it for science and peace – comes up for international conversation, there are literally thousands and thousands of “friends of Antarctica,” if you will, around the world who really advocate that no drilling and no mining ought to happen there, and that this continent ought to be reserved for the whole world. Yeah, in a quick way, that’s what I would say.

Kiah Jordan (KJ): I would just add that Antarctica is such a critical place, with holding 90% of the ice in the world and 70% of the freshwater, that it also has such a massive impact if it were to continue to melt – you know, with the projections that we see. So it’s one of those places that you can tangibly experience the effects of climate change, especially as you hear about how it has changed over the last number of decades. And then also how to think about why it’s important to the rest of the world. So it really takes you to a place that is stunning in its beauty, and I think accentuates a bit of the devastation and potential consequences of climate change.

ZR: Which leads me to the next question: what were the most important lessons that you took away from this trip?

CR: My gosh, there are a lot. I sort of feel like just rapid firing, you know, the different ideas. One is harkening back to what Kiah said earlier, which is that amongst people from 37 different nations, there are a heck of a lot of climate positive activities happening

worldwide. And so many more than I was aware of – and I’m somebody who’s in this space looking for good news stories on a regular basis to share with followers of The Ellen Fund. So that was really a tremendous and heartening takeaway. The other takeaway or lesson is just that it’s all about speed and scale, in terms of climate positive solutions, like we know what’s needed, and we now have to increase the pace and increase the scale at which we ramp all that up.

KJ: Yeah, I agree with everything Casey said, and there’s a vein of unity that came through this trip – with the 2041 Foundation focused on 2041 as the date in which the global treaty that governs Antarctica is up for renegotiation. Then there’s a seven-year period before it expires in 2048. There’s, I think, almost 70 countries or so that are involved in this treaty, so [the 2041 Foundation is] highlighting it for attention. That’s going to be necessary at that date to preserve this great wilderness, and for the implications that has on the Earth. In that same way, there was a vein of global unity across this trip – no individual effort of a person or a single nation is going to accomplish this. And as an expedition of 37 countries, that global unity is going to be necessary, not just for this treaty (which I think was an example of that), but to affect the world, issues, emissions, and climate change with the trajectory that we’re on. So that was a huge takeaway for me. And I left going: Gosh, what more can I do? What can my company do? How do we have a bigger impact on the world? Through our company operations; through the clients that we work with; through the people? How can I be a better ambassador to the world in what we’ve learned and what we’ve taken away? And what change is necessary?

CR: Absolutely, yeah, I just want to underscore that collective action idea, Kiah. Because I particularly think in the American context… I mean, we are a very individualistic society. That’s something that’s really lauded and recognized. But to make significant progress at keeping [global] warming to a minimum – it’s collective action. It’s about what are we doing in families, businesses, communities, and countries.

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like bocce, oversized Connect Four and Jenga, sledding hill, kids’ sack races and more. Other activities will include tarot card readings, face painters, and music by

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Co-chairing the Teddy Bear Picnic are Maria Wilson and Sofie Langhorne, both of whom sit on TBCF’s Board of Directors and are event sponsors. “I’m so happy we’re back again at this gorgeous location,” Langhorne said. “We’re planning to make this year’s Picnic bigger and more heartfelt.”

Event sponsors include Ergomotion, the Stanley Family, Tom and Charmaine Rogers, Johnny Griggs, Charles and Sofie Langhorne, Debby Mann, Drs. Jon and Karen Tammela, Monte and Maria Wilson , Arlington Financial Services, Wells Hugher, Bob Holzer Towing, Tim and Lisa Couch, Phil Hons , Joe McCorkell at Sotheby’s International Realty, J.P.Morgan Private Bank – Sarai Anderson, and Elizabeth and Peter Nordblad. In addition to the generosity of the event’s sponsors, the following dedicated committee members are assisting TBCF with planning and logistics: Sarai Anderson, Andrea Godinez , Jamie Hansen , Harold Karsenty, Lucy Kohansamad, Lado and Mirjana Ladomery, Debby Mann, Andrew and Giana Miller, Debbie Neer, Fe Peres, Susie Perry, Brittany Rice, and Deborah Stanley.

Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation’s mission is to advocate for families living in the tri-counties who have a child with cancer by providing financial, emotional, and educational support. In 2021, TBCF gifted significantly more financial support to families due to a generous holiday donation, allowing them to disperse $250 gas cards and $250 grocery gift cards to families who were in immediate need of support. This support was in addition to the regular funding offered by TBCF.

The 2021 year included the implementation of two new programs directly benefitting TBCF families. The first rounds of funding from TBCF’s new Bone Marrow Fund were disbursed to five families last year, providing additional relief for families facing the cost of a bone marrow transplant. Also new in 2021 was the expansion of the tutoring program to include siblings. The inclusion of siblings into the Educational Advocacy program was at the request of the families served.

Since 2002 TBCF has provided well

over $2,200,000 to families through direct financial aid. TBCF also provides emotional support groups for parents, children, and teens in both English and Spanish. Their educational advocacy program assists children who are re-entering the school system by offering tutoring for up to $2,000 and neuropsychological assessments.

For more information about all of the services offered by TBCF, visit TeddyBearCancerFoundation. org. For more information about the Teddy Bear Picnic, contact Kirsten Stuart at (805) 308-9943 or Kirsten@ TeddyBearCancerFoundation.org. Last year’s event sold out quickly and this year is expected to sell out once again. Tickets are available at www. TeddyBearCancerFoundation.org/events.

East Valley Road Water Main Replacement

The Montecito Water District will be replacing a 100-year-old stretch of pipeline on East Valley Road near Mount Carmel Church during the coming three to four weeks. This priority project will replace approximately 500 feet of water main that dates back to the 1920s.

The start date of the project is Monday, April 25, with the expectation for completion on May 20 or sooner. The construction will take place on the 1300 block of East Valley Road, near Mount Carmel Church. Construction hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 4 pm, and Friday 8 am to 1 pm.

“Many thanks to the community for their patience and support as we complete this important project. Upgrading aging infrastructure improves water delivery reliability by reducing water loss experienced during main breaks,” said Laura Camp , Public Information Officer with MWD.

Kelly Mahan Herrick, also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond.

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John Cleese Presents “An Evening of Exceptional Silliness” on May 25 at the Granada Theatre

John Cleese has revealed his upcoming tour stop in Santa Barbara, May 25, at the Granada Theatre. In our exclusive interview, he gives an affectionate nod to Montecito, his former home for himself and his daughter Camilla, along with a special invitation to our noted residents: “Tell Orlando, Meghan, and Harry that if they want free tickets, I’ll see if I can find them one!”

Cleese’s new tour is titled “Exceptional Silliness” and features an opening monologue by Camilla, followed by Cleese doing stand-up “sitting down” comfortably in a large armchair. Taking notes is recommended, as he will get into creativity, as “creativity gets educated out of you!” and how being “woke” is anti-creativity. “Woke culture and cancel culture are the same thing, that you shouldn’t hear anything that you disagree with. America right now is a highly polarized society. You realize people aren’t really listening to each other at all.” So compelled by this, he is in the midst of creating a TV series to explore cancel culture, called John Cleese: Cancel Me, for Channel 4 UK. He plans to ask if it is possible to make good comedy without someone taking offense, saying there is no such thing as a “woke joke.”

On Twitter last November, he cancelled himself from speaking at Cambridge University, where he is an alumnus, saying, “I was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler. I regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does. I apologize to anyone at Cambridge who was hoping to talk with me, but perhaps some of you can find a venue where woke rules do not apply.”

Here is our unedited telephone interview when he was working in Los Angeles:

[Phone rings…]

Cleese: [very upbeat] Joanne! How are you? And how is Montecito? Did you recover from the mudslides; are you all back about 50% or so?

Joanne: Happy to report we are back 100%. And we miss you! Any chance of you returning to be Mayor of Montecito?

[laughs] Yes! Really that is great. I loved it there. I’m looking forward to seeing all my old friends. I’ve already made arrangements to meet my friends, you know the Bennett family who owns the great fish restaurant Brophy Brothers, my friend Terry Hughes , who’s a director [Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, 1982], and all my dear friends there. I can arrive on May the 24th and stay through the 26th, and spend some time there. I moved there for my daughter. And I left because I moved back to England and fell in love with a British woman –and thought after two American wives, why not!?

Do you recall I covered your talk with Dr. Brian Bates on the psychology of creativity [Lobero Theatre, 2003]?

Yes. You know that’s right, creativity always interested me because it was never introduced into my life – except by accident when I got to Cambridge University. But none of my teachers ever spotted a spark of creativity.

It’s extraordinary now that a lot of people and writers in advertising are loving the little book I wrote, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide [published in 2020]. The reason it’s little is because I wanted people to be able to read it in an hour to become more creative.

I didn’t want to tell them a lot of the psychologists’ stuff like, “If you travel a lot in your youth, you’re likely to be more creative.” I mean that is interesting, but it really doesn’t help you become

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On Money, Politics and other Trivial Matters

Perspectives Inflation, the Economy, and More! A Leviathan Lurking

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

Most folks are feeling significant pain at the gas pump and the grocery store these days. Remarkably, the cause for that “pain” is the same for both – inflation. The question is, should we all be worried about that issue in isolation, or should we focus on the economic fundamentals that underlie this spurt of inflation and the additional economic challenges lurking beneath the surface?

Worrying about inflation in the abstract is not going to help anyone. We need to look deeper than the headlines and more thoughtfully about the choices we face as a nation, and as a global economy. First, let’s look at the 8.5 percent inflation rate featured in bold headlines last week in every major economic publication. For example, The New York Times reported as follows:

“Inflation hit 8.5 percent... last month, the fastest 12-month pace since 1981, as a surge in gasoline prices tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added to sharp increases coming from the collision of strong demand and stubborn pandemic related supply shortages.” That’s a correct statement as far as it goes. Eight and a half percent year-over-year inflation is a very high number, but it doesn’t tell the full story without putting it all in context.

We need to start by comparing the rapidly growing economy of 2021 to the COVID year that preceded it where we barely escaped a recession, and then only by “printing money.” As President Biden correctly reported earlier this year, “Our economy grew at a rate of 5.7 percent last year, the strongest growth in nearly 40 years.” Correspondingly, applications to start new small businesses also accelerated in 2021, which was more than a rebound. It was about 30 percent higher than pre-pandemic rates, and much higher than anything in the last decade.

In the first quarter of this year the research team at Morgan Stanley issued a report concluding that “…a surge in demand coming out of the COVID-19 recession, coupled with lingering supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages, created a perfect storm for price increases.” They continued, “the economics team at Morgan Stanley Research forecasts that inflation in major markets will ‘peak then retreat’ by more than two percentage points over the course of 2022.”

Those are the “economic fundamentals” referred to above. And, three months ago they looked like solid conclusions. That was before Russia invaded Ukraine. What that did was provide the excuse for oil companies to engage in their favorite pursuit: price gouging.

Unfortunately, President Biden did too little too late with his initial, paltry release from the oil reserves which further signaled to the oil companies that they would not be restrained in whatever price shenanigans they wanted to pursue. Had President Biden responded immediately when Russia invaded with a two-pronged strategy: 1) starting the 100 million barrel/day release now happening, coupled with 2) the imposition of an excess profits tax that would be repaid to every gas purchaser, the price spike at the pump would have been less than half of what we have sustained.

What could have been will be saved for another day. Suffice it to say, when the oil companies were given free rein to charge American consumers the same prices those same companies could obtain on the global market, the horse was out of the barn and running fast. Unfortunately, prices at the grocery store, already rising from supply chain deficiencies and pent up COVID demand for real goods, rocketed even higher as diesel prices shot up. Virtually everything we eat (and the goods we buy) in the U.S. comes by way of a diesel truck. When diesel goes up, we all pay more.

So, will the inflation ease later in the year as predicted by Morgan Stanley? Not likely without a recession — which is becoming a very real possibility for late 2022 or the first half of 2023. It’s a “double whammy,” but we need to realize the aggressive stand the Fed will have to take to counter inflation is likely to create far greater inflationary pressures. It’s a fine balance and being forced to do too much too fast will lead to unintended consequences.

Already, the increase in interest rates has begun to stall the housing market in several states. You can bet that the entire country will soon see a “buyer’s market” taking over from the super-heated seller’s market we’ve seen lately. A $500,000 house with an average down payment now costs an additional $500/month. When you add that to the incredible increases in home prices over the last two years, you have a recipe for bursting the housing bubble. Count on it.

Medical Advances on Earth and Beyond Cameras on intubation devices

Aspecialized, 3D-printed device with a small wireless camera attachment could make intubation safer for patients and easier for medical professionals. An engineering team at Rice University made a design recommended by Kenneth Hiller, a private practice anesthesiologist. “Current state-of-the-art devices have limitations,” said Hiller. “Placing an endotracheal tube can be challenging in a significant number of patients’ airways.” Hiller was looking for something under $500 – way below what the team thought would be feasible. Still, they came up with something they believe will cost under $200. They finished the design, and it seems to meet all of Hiller’s requirements. It even has an LED light near the camera that the user can control with a switch and improve visibility. Other intubation devices have video devices on them, but all of these are wired attached, limiting range of motion. Future versions could be stainless steel for durability. The device could also go beyond the clinic, being used by EMTs or military medics, who might be inexperienced. It could be a great learning tool for future lifesavers.

Kidney stones in space

In addition to the myriad other concerns astronauts have, they also have a high chance of developing kidney stones during space travel. Thankfully, mice in space have given them clues as to why this is. NASA reported that more than 30 astronauts have had kidney stones on return to Earth. One astronaut in orbit almost had to cut their mission short because of the pain from their kidney stones. Researchers aboard the International Space Station looked at mice in space to uncover what was behind these cosmonaut kidney stones. Spending time in reduced gravity decreases bone density, and one theory is that lost bone calcium gets into the blood and could be the cause of astronauts’ kidney stones. Looking at the mice in the ISS, it appears that cosmic radiation could also play a big role. Early evidence shows this and gamma radiation, as well as high-energy particles, cause damage to the DNA in the kidney of the space mice. The mice’s kidneys also had low transportation levels of sodium, calcium, and phosphate ions, and their kidneys’ cells’ mitochondria — the energy producer of cells — were also damaged. These preliminary findings show the issues that doctors and astronauts need to address for improving the health of our final frontiersmen and women, thanks to the mice aboard the ISS.

Those same rising interest rates will work to depress consumer spending even as inflation ravages consumer savings, which will be further depressed by the dramatic fall in bond prices that has already begun and will continue well into the future. When the value of bonds fall, people feel it. These are some of the “other economic challenges” alluded to above. There is one more: the rapidly slowing global GDP. It’s unavoidable as China continues the preposterous “zero COVID tolerance” policy that’s tied its economy up in knots and reduced its ability to lift Western economies. Japan will also be a drag on global GDP as its economy has been built on excessive debt for years, and the price of that debt is about to get very expensive. This in turn will slow Japan’s growth. Morgan’s 4.7 percent global GDP growth prediction for 2022 looks more like it will be 3.5 percent at best. Even that may be difficult to achieve in the face of these economic headwinds. Add to that the cost of energy in Europe which will spike further as Russian gas and oil is cut off, and the seeds are there for a serious inflationary spiral.

The potential negative effects of the seriously over valued stock market also add to this mixture. The high probability of a serious correction being triggered by slowing economic growth (e.g., corporate profits are going to start to fall outside the energy sector), and on weakening economic demand, also is looming. All accompanied by rapidly rising interest rates.If all that sounds to you like a potential “perfect storm,” you’d be right. In assessing the underlying “fundamentals,” there’s one more term we must share at this point: stagflation. That’s when inflation is rising, and economic growth is simultaneously decreasing. We haven’t seen that twin-headed devil since the 1970s, but it is now lurking in the depths. The longer the Ukrainian war goes on, the more likely the stagflation scenario becomes. That, unfortunately, is the most dangerous leviathan lurking below the surface.

In Passing

Kirsten Marie Donnelly

August 21, 1969 - February 22, 2022

Kirsten Marie Donnelly (née van Duinwyk) passed away at home on February 22, 2022 after an incredibly brave battle with cancer. She leaves behind her husband Tom, son Dembelo, parents Susanne and Peter van Duinwyk , sisters Anne-Marie Tucker (Clark) and Lisa Aviani (James), and nieces and nephew, Alison and Chris Tucker, and Clara and Juliana Aviani. Kirsten was a Montecito native and there is no doubt that many members of our community have been touched in some way by her generosity, her humor, her sense of loyalty, and bold spirit.

Born at Cottage Hospital, Kirsten attended El Montecito Presbyterian preschool and Montecito Union School where she left an impression on both teachers and students with her wry sense of humor and athletic skills (as champion of the handball court and the bars). There she also made lifelong friends.

She relished her role as a mother, and in true Kirsten style, dove into motherhood with passion, humor, and many strong opinions.

Young Kirsten loved Snoopy and costumes, her pets (cats, chickens, and geese) and playing outside. She spent her summer days roller skating and riding the family horse Bahada into the hills with her parents, sisters, and friends.

She attended Santa Barbara Junior High where she developed her love of creative writing and was a prolific author of poetry and short stories, as evidenced by the piles of compositions written for her friends in typing class.

At Santa Barbara High School, she swam varsity for the Dons, enduring long bus rides and freezing morning workouts. She loved Duran Duran and enjoyed the freedom of driving her beloved green VW bug, Bert.

When she left for college at UC Santa Cruz, she discovered her second favorite place on earth among the redwood trees. She continued her passion for reading and writing by majoring in Literature. During her four years at college, she accumulated many happy memories and lifelong friends.

During her professional career, first

Brilliant Thoughts

by Ashleigh Brilliant

We have it on good Biblical authority that Humanity’s whole story started with having Paradise, and then losing it. Of course, nobody ever died in Paradise –but since then, everybody has.

One of my favorite poets is A.E. Housman. And I particularly like this four-line epitaph he wrote, honoring some of the British volunteers who died in the first weeks of World War I:

“Here dead we lie, because we did not choose

To shame the land from which we sprung.

lose – your keys, your hat, your cane, your wallet, your phone, your false teeth. Most establishments of any size, where many people come and go, maintain a “Lost and Found” facility of some kind, even if it’s only a big box.

Which reminds me that one of the funniest parts of Oscar Wilde’s hilarious comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, has to do with being lost and found. Jack, who wants to marry Gwendolyn, has to deal with her mother, Lady Bracknell, who naturally asks Jack about his parents. He tells her that “I have lost both my parents.” Her response is: “To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”

as a paralegal and then an accountant, Kirsten was well-respected by her bosses and peers and moved up the ranks quickly wherever she was. Above all, her work ethic became almost mythical; in fact, she worked right up until the day she went into hospice.

Along the way, she met the love of her life, Tom. They created a beautiful home together in Goleta, California, where they opened their doors to friends and family with elaborate birthday parties and BBQs. During this time, Kirsten and Tom welcomed their baby boy Dembelo from Ethiopia, and this became the happiest chapter in their lives together. She relished her role as a mother, and in true Kirsten style, dove into motherhood with passion, humor, and many strong opinions.

Kirsten loved music, NFL football, Diet Coke, Royal Copenhagen porcelain, her Basset Hounds, treasure hunting in second-hand stores, decorating, and gift giving. She had a card for every occasion.

Kirsten hated pretense and snobbery of any kind and had absolutely no patience for any of it! From a very young age, she was concerned with issues of social justice and inclusion, and this remained a focus throughout her life.

We miss her every minute of every day but feel incredibly grateful to have known and loved her. As a childhood friend recently said, “She was warmth and humor and love and courage. She was a loyal and generous friend, and I was so lucky to have her in my life.”

Family and friends will host a private reception in May. If you are interested in more information, please contact Lisa Aviani at lisa_aviani@yahoo. com. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Planned Parenthood in her name, Kirsten Donnelly.

Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is – and we were young.”

You may or may not agree that life is nothing much to lose, but many of us spend much of our lives – especially towards the end – losing things – friends, family, partners, pets – to say nothing of material possessions. It’s one of the jobs of Psychiatrists to help people cope with these losses – a depressing task in itself – which may, at least in part, account for their own high suicide rate. Then, of course, there are the Clergy, who are similarly challenged – but instead of prescribing drugs, they prescribe faith, which involves both hope and acceptance. Sadly, it appears that their suicide statistics are also on the rise.

The best medicine of all – as Reader’s Digest has long reminded us – may be Laughter – to which I would add, Cheerful Songs. One of the many old British music-hall favorites, which I learned from my father, says in part:

“When you die, just bear in mind

All your money you must leave behind—

Finish up just the same as you began, without the slightest doubt –We all came into the world with nothing— and we can’t take anything out.”

But of course, there are many other kinds of losses which you may or may not have to confront, before you lose your life. You can lose your mind, your sight, your hearing, even your looks (which latter inspired me to write: “She became a lawyer, and lost her appeal”). You can lose a game, a race, a war, or your rights. You can lose your way, lose control, or lose interest. A comedian can “lose” his audience, even though they’re still sitting there.

But those are all metaphors. What about real things that you can really

It turns out that Jack himself, as an infant, was, according to his own account, lost, and then found, by strangers – in a handbag, at Victoria Station. In the face of this shocking news, he is advised by Lady Bracknell, if he now wishes to pursue his suit, to find at least one parent.

But, quite apart from such spoofs, the very word and concept of being “lost” carries intriguing, romantic, and melancholy connotations. Many fairy tales, such as the “Babes in the Wood,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” and “The Pied Piper” concern children becoming lost, and sometimes never found again. Then there are legends of mysteriously disappeared parts of the Earth, such as the “Lost Continent of Atlantis,” or any number of lost gold mines or other treasures.

In military history, we have the three “Lost Legions” of Rome – a devastating defeat by Germanic tribes in the year 9 A.D., which decided that Germany would never be a part of the Roman Empire.

There was also an American “Lost Battalion” in the last days of World War I, an episode in which the descendants of those ancient Germans almost succeeded in wiping out a large contingent of recently-arrived U.S. troops, of whom only a minority managed to be rescued.

We’ve come a long way from that lost Eden, where we began – but, let me say that I’m always glad to be found here –by you.

Ashleigh Brilliant born England 1933, came to California in 1955, to Santa Barbara in 1973, to the Montecito Journal in 2016. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” now a series of 10,000. email: ashleigh@west. net. web: www.ash leighbrilliant.com.

Kirsten Marie Donnelly

The Giving List

Hospice of Santa Barbara

by Steven Libowitz

Lots of people in Santa Barbara might have only become more aware of Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) over the last two years through one of its responses to the pandemic. And it wasn’t simply because folks were afraid of catching a fatal case of COVID-19 in those early pre-vaccine days, but because of the nonprofit’s illuminate Speaker Series presentations. This free series connected the community with renowned authors, medical experts, spiritual leaders, and others via virtual presentations addressing feelings of anxiety, grief, and uncertainty, as well as questions sparked by our uniquely challenging time.

The series has featured such experts as Emotional Intelligence author Daniel Goleman; Dr. Sunita Puri, who spoke about “Language as Medicine”; meditation master Sharon Salzberg; Roshi Joan Halifax on “Integrity and Moral Resilience in a Time of Suffering”; and Amanda Kloots, the famed TV host and actress, who spoke about resiliency the day this was printed.

While the series has drawn far more attention across the country than Hospice of SB might have anticipated, especially as the pandemic persisted, the concept of helping people in our community cope with feelings of anxiety, grief, and uncertainty when they or a family member is dealing with an end-of-life situation is the nonprofit’s main mission.

And the thing is, plenty of people still don’t quite get how HSB works, largely because in the nearly 50 years since HSB was established (the second oldest hospice program in the country), hospice has come to be understood from the purely medical point of view in treating patients who have less than six months to live.

“We’re the old psychosocial model, which is not about medical beds and nurses and doctors, but helping people go through that journey of death and dying in a more compassionate way, oftentimes in their home, not in a medical environment like a hospital,” explained David Selberg, Hospice of Santa Barbara’s CEO. “What we really believe these last 45-plus years, is that dying and death is not a medical diagnosis, it’s a very intimate human experience. What we try to do is be there earlier in their journey when we can help them stay in their homes or their living environments, so that they go through that process with their family, feeling supported and connected, and resourced.”

Thus, HSB’s Patient Care Services program provides emotional and practical support for patients and families coping with a life-threatening illness, leaving the medical care to such medical model/

health institution partners as Cottage Health and Ridley-Tree Cancer Center, or Visiting Nurses and Assisted Hospice for the last months.

But HSB also puts an enormous amount of energy and resources into its Bereavement Services program, in which trained counselors provide professional support and coping tools for children, teens, and families, and counseling and support groups for all ages, for anyone grieving the death of a loved one. Meanwhile, its 115-strong volunteer staff handle the non-professional services, spending time with the patients or their families largely through companionship.

“Sometimes the family just needs to go to the grocery store or to get away, so they can sit with the person going through terminal or life-threatening illness for a while,” Selberg said. “Or our volunteers will go to doctors’ appointments to help out with transportation and taking notes, or just to be with them during those challenging times.”

HSB’s volunteers also support families after the patient dies, perhaps assisting with difficult tasks that bring up emotions. “Maybe they’re struggling with cleaning the clothes out of the closet, which can be challenging,” Selberg said. “Having someone with you takes some of the sting out.”

Selberg said he was particularly pleased that since the easing of pandemic protocols, the nonprofit has been able to more directly interact with the children and youth who especially missed face-to-face meetings that helped with coping during the two-year stretch.

“Our work with youth, with kids, with teens, with children really took a hit but we’re back in the schools,” he said. “We’re back to having counselors in all the junior high and high schools doing counseling one-on-one with kids as well as group counseling. We did what we could to help them over Zoom, and supported some of our lower income households that didn’t have the technology capabilities for counseling with equipment. But it was a real hardship for kids that

were going through the death and loss of family members or friends. But now we’re back in the school environments where the kids are, able to be with them in person again.”

This work is especially important, Selberg said, because kids grieve differently than adults do. “Our counseling with younger children, for example, can be art therapy with drawing and sand trays, which is a very different thing than the talk therapy adults do.”

The tech help came from HSB’s Quality of Life Financial Assistance program, which aids low-income families in the Patient Care Services program that are struggling financially as they cope with a life-threatening illness. But all of the nonprofit’s services, for more than 2,300 people annually, are delivered at no cost to its clients. And while Hospice of Santa Barbara has an endowment fund managed by the Santa Barbara Hospice Foundation,

Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Bereavement Services program provides professional support and coping tools for children, teens, and families

about half of its operating expenses depend on the generosity of the community. HSB’s annual fundraiser, Heroes of Hospice, which boasted Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love, as its keynote speaker for last year’s virtual event, plans to go live again this fall, pending COVID’s cooperation. But donations of any size – which can be directed to a specific program if desired – are accepted all year long. Meanwhile, training programs for new volunteers have resumed and are held twice a year. Compassionate care never goes out of season.

Hospice of Santa Barbara

David Selberg, CEO

Christina Ferguson, Development Coordinator

2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 100 (805) 563-8820 www.hospiceofsb.org

Trained patient care volunteers provide social, emotional, and practical support. Their activities may include companionship, respite care, transportation, household help, errands, and shopping.

“My marriage is on the rocks again. Yeah. My wife just broke up with her boyfriend.” – Rodney Dangerfield

Hospice of Santa Barbara CEO David Selberg

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

On Entertainment Cream of the Copy Bands

by Steven Libowitz

Tribute bands are all the rage in music clubs and even theaters these days, and it’s not hard to understand why. Not only is it easier to imitate than innovate, but it’s also relatively simple to put a band together to perform the best-known songs from a classic rock band or famous singer, because so many musicians grew up listening to that music and probably practiced such songs while they learned how to play their instruments. Plus, you have a built-in audience among the likely legion of fans of that band who want to hear the music played live, especially if the group itself is no longer around.

Case in point: earlier this month, The Long Run performed their tribute to the Eagles at the Lobero, and SOhO’s schedule has been littered with cover bands focusing on a single artist all year, including two that are slated to show up at the upstairs downtown nightclub this week: the Tom Petty tribute act, Make It Last All Night, performing on April 22, and Music of Cream (MoC), who will play, yes, the music of Cream four days later. But what sets MoC apart from its brethren is its two principal players – drummer Kofi Baker, who is the son of the late Cream drummer Ginger Baker, and guitarist-singer Will Johns, nephew of Cream founder Eric Clapton (by way of Clapton’s wife, Pattie Boyd).

Johns is also the son of producer/engineer Andy Johns and a nephew to Andy’s brother Glyn Johns, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame producer and sound engineer whose credits include classic albums by the Rolling Stones, the Eagles, The Who, the Beatles, The Clash, and Clapton. So you could say they come by the music honestly, even though neither Baker nor Johns were born until a couple of years after Cream disbanded. “Of course, I was always influenced by Cream and Eric’s music,” Johns said over the phone from a tour stop in Texas earlier this week, recalling that, “Back in the day I used to spend a bit of time at Eric’s house because my parents were a bit unstable, and he encouraged me to play the guitar.” But the truth, he said, is that despite getting first-hand exposure to some of rock’s most classic records, his tastes were as eclectic as any other youngster’s.

“When I was 11 or 12, my first Sony Walkman was loaded with Huey Lewis and the News, the Beastie Boys’ License to Ill and Bryan Adams’ Reckless as well as The Cream of Eric Clapton album,” he said. “But then I got into the blues and had a huge phase of listening to Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson all day every day. In the last 10 years, it’s been all about BB King.” In fact, when Johns isn’t performing the music of Cream – his association with Baker only began five years ago as a 50th anniversary tribute – he’s likely to be working on a blues record of his own (his latest, Bluesdaddy, came out last year) or hitting the road playing pick-up blues with musicians all over the world.

But that’s not such a stretch, considering that Clapton himself cut his teeth with the early Yardbirds, leaving when the band veered from blues rock to radio-friendly pop in order to hook up with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers in the mid-1960s. Even the power trio Cream was originally a space for Clapton to explore sustained blues improvisations, albeit in the growing context of psychedelic music.

That’s the part that also appeals to Johns. “Performing this Cream music really is just sort of like playing big, loud unfettered blues as far as I’m concerned,” he said. “It’s a little bit like being let loose in a padded room and feeling able to just go for it. To me, it’s all just blues anyway.”

The room in question on April 26 is SOhO, where Johns and Baker plus a keyboardist and bassist will perform Cream’s 1967 album Disraeli Gears, the band’s most iconic album and the one that defined the intersection of British blues-rock and psychedelia.

After offering the entire strange brew in sequence, the group will also play a second set of additional hits and rarities from Cream, Blind Faith, and Clapton’s solo catalog. “That album is a classic, but really some of those tracks were just psychedelic ramblings from that far out and flamboyant time, and not meant to be serious songs, more like candy for the eyes and for the ears” John said. “But it’s gained so much popularity and sold so many millions of copies, so people read a lot more into it than what’s actually there.”

Indeed, Johns said that while he and Kofi Baker were thrilled to join Clapton (as well as Steve Winwood, Roger Waters, Ronnie Wood, and others) at the tribute show for Ginger Baker at the Hammersmith Odeon in 2020, he imagines his uncle won’t likely be attending any Music of Cream shows. “I think he’d probably prefer to see us being hugely successful doing our own thing, playing our own music, or breaking some musical boundary, just like he did.”

HHII: Expanding the Dance Universe

Nebula Dance Lab didn’t have to cancel its annual HHII Dance Festival during the COVID crisis, although last year’s event did migrate to the virtual world. But what also happened in the more than two years since the festival’s last live weekend, was that the world caught up to Nebula and HHII’s concept of inclusivity, as the festival has always had a remarkably broad reach across styles, artists, areas, and approaches to populate its four days of performances.

“Part of the Nebula platform is to support emerging artists, not just present work from our own company,” explained Devyn Duex, Nebula’s founder. “What better way to live the mission than support a festival that offers artists all over a chance to show work in any style, any length, from anywhere in terms of geography.”

So the eighth HHII – an abbreviation of Herbig-Haro, which are small objects associated with newly born stars – continues that tradition of presenting four nights of entirely different work April 21-24 at Center Stage Theater. Each show is curated to balance movement forms, cast size, technical issues, and more, covering modern, contemporary ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and even classic Indian styles.

“It’s organically created by the works that are submitted by the artists we’ve invited or who have otherwise applied,” said Duex, adding that Thursday remains the community/youth evening, followed by Friday’s mix-and-mingle pre-show gathering and a shorter program of nine pieces that run under an hour. Saturday’s show is for the die-hard dance fans as the two-hour program covers the widest range of styles and approaches, while Sunday’s matinee meanders into areas of improv.

Nebula has two slots over the four days, both excerpts from Humanity, the evening-length work premiered at the Lobero last fall and slated to return to the theater with reworked and additional sections this autumn. That’s a mere five percent of the works presented over the four days, which suits Duex just fine as her primary focus is on her colleagues who are coming in from all over California, as well as Chicago and New York, to perform in town.

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The 8th Annual HHII Dance Festival takes place over four days and features dancers from around the country (courtesy of HHII)

Your Westmont

Brooks Tops In-Person Leadership Conference

by Scott Craig

Keynote speakers David Brooks, Erin Meyer, Gayle D. Beebe, Marcus “Goodie” Goodloe, Shaylyn Romney Garrett, and Robert Putnam share insights on effective and purposeful leadership at the 2022 Lead Where You Stand Conference, June 1-3, at Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the three-day event, which cost $499, may be purchased at westmont. edu/lead. Those who buy four seats, get one free.

The Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, the Brittingham Family Foundation, the Montecito Institute, and Sunset & Magnolia interior design sponsor the event.

“As a leader, how do you build an organization that both succeeds and makes an enduring impact on society?” asks Beebe, Westmont president and author of The Shaping of an Effective Leader. “At Lead Where You Stand, you’ll hear from worldclass speakers, who will inspire you to lead well and pursue the greater good. Whether you’re from the business world, a nonprofit organization, or the government, you’ll gain valuable new insights and skills.”

Brooks, New York Times columnist and author of the bestselling book The Road to Character, is one of America’s most prominent political and social commentators. His most recent book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, quickly became a New York Times Bestseller. He writes a bi-weekly op-ed column for The New York Times and regularly appears on PBS News Hour and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered

Meyer, author of The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business, is a professor at INSEAD, an international business school with campuses in France, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. Based in Paris, she analyzes how national cultural differences impact business and speaks about cross cultural management and global teamwork.

Beebe, Westmont president since 2007, has spent more than a quarter century

in higher education. He has authored or edited 10 books and more than 40 articles, including “Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion.”

Goodloe, senior fellow for ethics and justice at Dallas Baptist University’s Institute for Global Engagement, will speak about “Holding Court with the King: Leadership Lessons from the Life and Times of Martin Luther King Jr.” He is a scholar, mentor, speaker, and author of the book King Maker: Applying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Leadership Lessons in Working with Athletes and Entertainers

Romney Garrett and Putnam co-authored The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, which has been hailed as “a magnificent and visionary book,” and “a must-read for those who wonder how we can reclaim our nation’s promise.”

Other speakers include Lynn Aldrich, a sculptor who transforms everyday household or building materials into something unexpected; Anne Snyder, editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and co-editor of the book Breaking Ground: Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year; Reed Sheard, Westmont vice president for college advancement and chief information officer; and Dane Howard, head of UX design and research at Amazon Care and author of the book The Future of Memories.

The annual conference, which began in 2015, has also featured keynote speakers Doris Kearns Goodwin, Geoffrey Moore, and Jon Meacham

Fringe Returns to ‘Unfamiliar Waters’

The Westmont Fringe Festival returns with a four-day, student-led celebration of the arts, April 21-24, beginning at 7 pm in and around Porter Theater. About 80 students are acting, designing, directing, or writing plays and poetry for the performance extravaganza-themed “Unfamiliar Waters.” A four-day, all-access general admission pass costs $20; $15 for seniors/ students. A one-day pass is $10 with no student/senior discount. Tickets may be purchased at westmont.edu/boxoffice.

“The beauty of Fringe is that it’s art that exists on the fringe of mainstream pieces,” says junior Rachel Herriges, Fringe artistic director who has been unable to experience an in-person Fringe due to the pandemic. “A lot of the pieces produced through Fringe are experimental or cathartic pieces for a lot of students, and gives us the opportunity to create what we’ve had lingering in our minds. I’ve always wanted to be a part of it in a large capacity.”

Herriges is writing, directing, and acting in her own piece, “mind(full),” with two other theater students, Ford Sachsenmaier (’24) and Kay Sanchez (’22). “We’re collaborating to make a piece that asks big questions about what a future society could look like, and how those who are the ‘in-group’ in society function with ‘out-group’ people,” she says. “It’s my first time acting in my own writing, so I’m excited to see how things change and bloom out of character discovery.

“It’ll be exciting to see the final products and the fruits of everyone’s labor. We also have a few dance numbers, films, and poems that I’m looking forward to seeing. There are a lot of moving parts to this festival, but that’s what makes it exciting and unique.”

The Fringe, begun in 2005 at Westmont, is curated by Mitchell Thomas, professor of theater, and produced by Jonathan Hicks (’04), assistant professor of theater.

Top Students Earn Leadership Awards

Two Westmont students won David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards for showing vision, courage, humility, integrity, and competence as leaders. Angela D’Amour, dean of student engagement, introduced the 22nd annual awardees, Ebun Kalejaiye (’23) of Rancho Palos

Verdes and Eden Lawson (’24) of Redlands, on April 1 in chapel.

Kalejaiye serves as co-leader of the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Debate Club and team manager of the women’s basketball team. She has also taught Sunday school to fourth and fifth graders at Oceanhills Covenant Church and interned at a nonprofit legal center. “I love being able to know that I made life even just a tiny bit easier for someone else and have had even the tiniest impact on someone else’s life,” Kalejaiye says.

Lawson served in leadership roles as a resident assistant, an admissions intern, and with Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He says his mother, a fourthgrade teacher, made sure each of her students felt seen. “I’m referring to an overwhelming love that has no expectation of identity, success, or emotion,” he says. “Being seen means being loved when you cannot love yourself. Being seen means being affirmed when nobody else has been affirming. If I can just make a few people within my lifetime feel seen, then I’ll have made an impact.”

The award recognizes the late David K. Winter, who served as Westmont’s president from 1976-2001 and returned as interim president and chancellor in 2006-2007.

Ebun Kalejaiye (photo by Brad Elliott) Eden Lawson (photo by Brad Elliott)

Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

more creative, unless you can go backwards in time.

I really think it’s very strange how little the educational establishments are interested in it, and this is a mystery. If someone asks, I will go to a school for an hour and talk to that school about creativity, because it’s so important! Any time people are having ideas about how to do something better, that’s creative!

Will you be talking about creativity and cancel culture on your tour?

Well, I certainly will! What I do, you see, is my daughter Camilla, who is wellknown in Santa Barbara, she’s very funny, she’ll do the first 15 minutes, she’ll open for me. I’ll do about 45 minutes, and then we do questions with the audience. Ask about it, and I’d be delighted to talk about it!

The operative question is, do you have any advice for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Orlando Bloom, who live here?

WHAT! They live there?! I knew they were in California, but I didn’t know they were in Montecito! I rather like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I mean I think they’ve managed quite well after the circumstances.

And of course, I hate the British press, we have the nastiest press in the world, and I’m ashamed of it. You never hear about this because they are

in a kind of conspiracy with the conservatives, and the conservatives like the right-wing press for obvious reasons. The right-wing press resolutely refuse to… what’s the word…? To change the rules about the process to improve our press and the newspapers. If they say something that is untrue, they should print a correction of that with as much providence as the original story, and that seems to be a reasonable thing to ask, and they refused to do it. So that’s why I dislike the press.

I don’t know what the press is like in Santa Barbara… [he pauses] the other local paper [I forgot its name] advocated Trump, didn’t they? [laughing]

Do you mean the Santa Barbara NewsPress…?

Yes, yes, they were the first ones to endorse Trump!

Back to Meghan and Harry…

They are very nice people; I think they’re very nice people! I’m afraid I’m not a big fan of the Royal Family. I mean I think Queen Elizabeth II has been a very, very good queen, a wonderful queen as it is, you know, the word duty really captures the essential decency of people like the Queen. At the same time, Prince Andrew Duke of York was a tyrant you know, makes you laugh.

And dear old Prince Philip , he used to screw around, he had lots of girlfriends, and the Queen was perfectly happy with that, so was everyone else until the press became so intrusive, and then all of a sudden it was just horrible. And they hated Meghan and Harry – at least they sued them successfully. And they gave Andrew a much easier time because although he was doing something much, much worse, he never threatened to sue [the press].

England is in a very considerable moral mess at the moment. Montecito is much better. I think we got to be careful in case the Santa Barbara NewsPress endorses Putin in the next election! [more laughter] You never know, very rich people love authoritarian politicians, don’t they.

[Cleese’s PR interrupts, interview time up!]

Wait, Joanne because it’s you, I’m going to give you an extra question!

Great, thank you… How do you view your role in comedy at the moment?

Well, I’m very lucky because when I do shows like this, if people don’t like me, if they detest me and regard me as a horrible old Nazi – then don’t buy tickets! So as far as I’m concerned, I’m unaware of their existence! The people who like me,

buy tickets and therefore when I walk on stage there is a feeling of affection, because you do feel affection of course for people who make you laugh, and I know the kind of material I do.

Is this your George Carlin period?

Well, you can’t live in the present world, you know, as you get older, you do tend to take a more realistic, I don’t really want to say “cynical,” attitude to life. You realize how many people have a great deal of power, in order to empower themselves, and that their greatest fear is not using the power badly, it’s losing it.

Great! Thank you so much and we look forward to you coming here soon!

Yes! Why don’t you come backstage after the show and tell Orlando, Meghan, and Harry, if they want free tickets – I’ll see if I can find them one! Nice talking with you!

411: At 82 years of age, John Cleese is still the “World’s Funniest Man.” A member of the legendary Monty Python troupe in the 1960s, he writes, produces, directs, and stars in some of the greatest comedic hits of the last 50 years, and has an Oscar nomination for the best screenplay for A Fish Called Wanda. If you’re in the mood for a good laugh (and who isn’t these days?), this is the show for you.

Visit granadasb.org for tickets and more information.

“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met!”

– Rodney Dangerfield

Comedian John Cleese with daughter Camilla (photo courtesy of John Cleese)

Joanne A. Calitri is a professional international photographer and journalist. Contact her at: artraks@yahoo.com

Ballet Hispánico

Noche de Oro: A Celebration of 50 Years

Fri, Apr 29 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre

Includes an at-home viewing option

Vicente Nebrada: Arabesque

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa: Tiburones

Gustavo Ramírez Sansano: 18+1

Major Sponsor: Jody & John Arnhold

Dance Series Sponsors: Sarah & Roger Chrisman, Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Bob Feinberg, Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher, Barbara Stupay, and

Daniil Trifonov, piano

Sat, Apr 30 / 7 PM (note special time) / UCSB Campbell Hall

Includes an at-home viewing option

“Without question the most astounding young pianist of our age.” The London Times

Szymanowski: Sonata No. 3, op. 36

Debussy: Pour le Piano, L. 95

Prokofiev: Sarcasms

Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in F minor, op. 5

Gautier Capuçon, cello

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Wed, May 4 / 7 PM (note special time) / UCSB Campbell Hall

Includes an at-home viewing option

Schumann: Fantasiestücke , op. 73

Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 38

Debussy: Sonata for Cello in D minor

Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, op. 40

Pre-concert Talk by Derek Katz, UCSB Associate Professor of Musicology 6 PM / Whalen Plaza, UCSB Mosher Alumni House / Free to concert ticket holders (805)

Event Sponsor: Albert & Elaine Borchard Foundation

Sheila Wald

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Bands (Continued from 26)

“We’ll have hundreds of artists in town and it’s just a really great opportunity to support dancers that have been so challenged over these past two years,” she said. “There’s a lot of dance in town these days, so I hope the community comes out and celebrates all these great artists.” Even more exciting though, Duex said, is that the festival fosters interactions between the different choreographers and dancers over the weekend, most of which take place behind the scenes. “They can come watch and learn from each other, get to know each other, and network. Over the years, we’ve seen artists go on to co-produce shows together or travel across the country to work together. That’s really rewarding. We want to share with our community, but we also want to celebrate and help artists have more opportunities to perform outside of the festival environment. It’s all about growing dance.” Visit nebuladance.org or centerstagetheater.org.

Finding Focus and Fun on the ‘Fringe’

The pandemic pushed Westmont’s Fringe Festival into the virtual world in 2021 after forcing the festival to furlough completely the year before. So the 2022 version of the entirely student-created fest, which takes place all over the Christian college’s Montecito campus this weekend, April 21-24, is a brand new experience for all except seniors. Maybe that’s for the best. “Everyone is kind of flying blind this year because most of them have never even seen the festival before,” explained theater department chair Mitchell Thomas, who is curating the 2022 festival. “They’re all just putting themselves out there, which is going to be really fun.” Hence the theme of Unfamiliar Waters

Westmont’s Fringe launched in 2005, and is meant as a much smaller college, community-based version of the famous one in Edinburgh that began when eight theatre troupes – who had not been invited to the town’s official theater – arranged their own space to perform simultaneously during the same time frame. Fringe fests now forage into experimental territories, often decidedly unconventional and outside of the mainstream. At Westmont this year, that means mostly shorter pieces incorporating theater, dance, film, aerial arts, poetry, performance art, and other genres from particular points of view will take place at Porter and Black Box theaters, the chapel, and an outdoor area called The Hub.

“It’s about encouraging students to create original art and stories that are multidisciplinary and might completely defy category,” Thomas said. “Sometimes students mix things up enough that they don’t even know what to call them, which is great because we want the students to be theater makers challenging form and finding their own voices.”

It’s not just about artistic expression but also nudging students toward taking on topics that might not be covered in classrooms. “The work can address things that are very

current and on the minds of students – what they want to think about, talk about and create art about,” Thomas said. “There’s a lot going on at the same time, but that’s what gives the festival such buzz and energy.” Visit westmont.edu/boxoffice.

Chaucer’s Choices

This week, Chaucer’s Books’ event schedule includes a rare paid event, an outdoor one at that, featuring Max Brallier, the multiple New York Times bestselling author and Netflix series creator. Ever so clever, Chaucer’s is calling the event “Last Kids on Earth, Day” in honor, not only of Brallier’s epic, eight-book adventure series that was turned into an Emmy-winning Netflix show, but also its timing on Earth Day, Friday, April 22. The event is based on the latest book, The Last Kids on Earth: Quint and Dirk’s Hero Quest, and features photo ops, games, trivia, prizes, fan-club giveaways, and an appearance by L.A.-based author/show producer Max Brallier himself. Tickets for the 4 pm event taking place in the plaza in front of the store admit one adult and one child and include a signed copy of the new book.

It’s “Banter Up” time at Chaucer’s on Monday, April 25, when Occidental urban policy professor Peter Dreier – co-author of the just-published companion books Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America and Major League Rebels: Baseball Battles over Workers’ Rights and American Empire – teams up with fellow baseball fan Richard “Dick” Flacks, the UCSB Sociology Professor Emeritus whose life work is focused on understanding and promoting responsible social change aimed at enhancing democracy and social equality. The books examine the key social challenges in racism, sexism, and homophobia that shaped society and worked their way into baseball’s culture, taking a look at how a century of baseball activists have challenged the status quo and contributed to the kind of dissent that creates a more humane society. Expect the pair of pundits to engage in a lively discussion with more hits than swings and misses.

Literary Libations

Santa Barbara Poetry Month – which brings all of the living and available poet laureates in the city’s history to Chaucer’s on Thursday, April 21 – marks its most immersive yearly event, with the eighth annual “Spirits in the Air: Potent Potable Poetry” reading, back live at The Good Lion, following two years of virtual verses. Gudrun Bortman, Mary Brown, Susan Chiavelli, Michelle Detorie, Rebecca Horrigan, Amy Michelson, Linda Saccoccio, Jace Turner, and former Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Chryss Yost will read their work, and the work of others, all about or alluding to alcohol. George Yatchisin, “Drinkable Landscape” columnist for Edible Santa Barbara, hosts the evening that “attests to the multi-faceted ways poets have found inspiration, solace, and, yes, sometimes sickness in the bottle.” At The Good Lion, listeners can sip or slurp cocktails while savoring the wise (or wobbly?) words. Visit chaucersbooks.com.

Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage

“My wife has to be the worst cook. In my house, we pray after we eat.” – Rodney Dangerfield

This year’s Fringe Fest at Westmont will travel through Unfamiliar Waters

Director of the MIT Media Lab’s Space Enabled Program

Danielle Wood

Space Enabled Earth Justice: Using Space Technology to Improve Life

Fri, Apr 22 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

FREE (registration required)

Breaking down complex, cosmic technologies, Danielle Wood shows us how entrepreneurial spirit and cross-disciplinary collaboration can be used to bring about a more just and innovative future.

Justice for All Lead Sponsors: Marcy Carsey, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Dick Wolf, Zegar Family Foundation, and Anonymous

Event Sponsor: Susan & Bruce Worster

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Author An Evening with

Colson Whitehead

Thu, Apr 28 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall (note new venue)

Tickets start at $25 / $10 all students (with valid ID) Includes an at-home viewing option

Colson Whitehead is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of unforgettable novels such as The Underground Railroad, John Henry Days and The Nickel Boys

Ami Vitale

Wild Hope

Sun, May 1 / 3 PM (note special time) / UCSB Campbell Hall

Includes an at-home viewing option

Ami Vitale’s award-winning work illuminates the unsung heroes and communities working to protect our wildlife and find harmony in our natural world.

North American Presenting Sponsor: Office Depot

Data Scientist and Bestselling Author Cathy

O’Neil

The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation

Tue, May 3 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

Includes an at-home viewing option

FREE (registration required)

Justice for All Lead Sponsors: Marcy Carsey, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Dick Wolf, Zegar Family Foundation, and Anonymous

www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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ORDINANCE NO. 6063

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ADOPTING THE 2021-2023 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE PATROL OFFICERS' AND TREATMENT PLANTS' BARGAINING UNITS (TAP UNITS).

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on April 12, 2022

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal)

/s/

Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6063

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on March 29, 2022 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on April 12, 2022, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my Hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on April 13, 2022 /s/ Sarah

P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on April 13, 2022

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

Published April 20, 2022

Montecito Journal

WESTSIDE COMMUNITY PASEOS PROJECT Bid No. 3914

1. Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Westside Community Paseos Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday May 12, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids, so plan accordingly. The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the City’s PlanetBids portal. Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

2. Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located in the City of Santa Barbara along Mission, Gillespie, San Pascual, Micheltorena, Castillo, Sola, Salsipuedes, Panchita, Victoria, Alta Vista, Anapamu, & Nopal Streets, and is described as follows: the Project will establish safe and efficient connections from the Westside to the Downtown area, the Eastside, and to schools and parks. Work generally includes, but is not limited to: construction of curb extensions, traffic diverters, stop islands, ADA compliant sidewalk and curb ramps, improved signage, speed humps, raised crosswalk, Class I, Class II green lane, and Class III bike routes, and tree removal and planting.

2.2 Time for Final Completion. The Project must be fully completed within 150 working days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about August 8, 2022, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $3,450,000.

3. License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class A.

3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perfor m public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4. Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: http://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959 A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

5 Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award

6 Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and over time work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.

7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

8 Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.

9. Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

By: ___________________________________ Date: ________________

“What a dog I got. His favorite bone is in my arm.” – Rodney Dangerfield

INVITATION FOR BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until the date and time indicated below at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for:

BID NO. 5927A

DUE DATE & TIME: MAY 18, 2022 UNTIL 3:00 P.M.

FIRE SUPPRESSION & MONITORING AT VARIOUS AIRPORT BUILDINGS

Scope of Work: The successful CONTRACTOR shall plan and perform all required visual inspections, functional testing, certification, preventative maintenance and repair on the fire suppression, monitoring and alarm systems as required by NFPA in four Airport building complexes.

Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. The receiving deadline is absolute. Allow time for technical difficulties, uploading, and unexpected delays. Late or incomplete Bid will not be accepted.

If further information is needed, contact Caroline Ortega, Senior Buyer at COrtega@santabarbaraca.gov

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on May 3, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Contractors to meet at the Airport Maintenance Yard located at 1699 Firestone Road, Santa Barbara. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid and allow 1 hour ½ to drive to the various buildings and discuss the specifications and field conditions. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting.

FAIR EMPLOYMENT

PRACTICE ACT

Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

BONDING

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. If the renewal options are exercised, new bonds shall be provided.

Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. If the renewal options are exercised, new bonds shall be provided.

PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on fil e in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm

It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5.

There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813.

Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776.

The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Lab or Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently licensed to perform the work and registered pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5 without limitation or exception. It is not a violation of this section for an unlicensed contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

CERTIFICATIONS

In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid Automatic Extinguishing System (AES) Type 1 license or equivalent licensing acceptable to the California State Fire Marshall at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein.

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE

Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements.

Published: 4/20/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Branding Crew, 1475 Sterling Ave, Carpinteria, CA, 93103. Erika Pruett, 1475 Sterling Ave, Carpinteria, CA, 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 8, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000940.

Published April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Poe, 27 West Anapamu St. #465, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Brittany Harris, 27 West Anapamu St. #465, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 12, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000972.

Published April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Reed’s Restaurant Equipment Service, 524 W. Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Simon Trisler, 524 W. Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Mary Trisler, 524 W. Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 22, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000750.

Published April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Paradise Gardening, 460 Evonshire Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. Fernando Jimenez, 460 Evonshire Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 6, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000912.

Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Keeper of the Books, 5266 Hollister Ave #212, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. Granfort Bookkeeping Services, LLC., 5266 Hollister Ave #212, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000689. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Studio X, 216 E Gutierrez St., Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Alisa M Deen, 311 West Ortega St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 22, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000747. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Recovery, 801 Garden Street STE 101, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Central Coast Recovery Center LLC, 801 Garden Street STE 101, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 24, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000779. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Matchmaking, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Santa Barbara Matchmaking, LLC, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 18, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000723. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

William Hornung, C.P.M.

General Services Manager

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Shalhoob’s At The Market, 38 West Victoria St. #101, #112, #113, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Tipsy Gypsy LLC, 1482 East Valley Road Suite 225, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 31, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000841.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Robles Handyman, 15 Mendocino Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117. Raul Robles, 15 Mendocino Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 22, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000752. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

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by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, APRIL 22

Reggae Returns – Evenings at Elings made its debut late last summer by bringing several reggae legends to town for COVID-safe outdoor concerts on the big ballfields at Elings Park. Now, the series resumes with headliners KBong and Johnny Cosmic, who are both members of the band Stick Figure. KBong is the band’s keyboardist while guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Cosmic also mixes and masters Stick Figure’s albums, including 2019’s World on Fire, which debuted as Billboard’s No. 1 Independent and Reggae album charts, and ended up becoming the top-selling reggae album of 2019. Local reggae bands Cornerstone and The Olés are also on the bill for the family-friendly concert at Elings Park – which is the largest community-supported nonprofit public park in America. Food and merchandise booths round out the fun. Also coming this spring and summer to Evenings at Elings: Arise Roots (May 13), Don Carlos (August 26), Wailing Souls (September 16), and Third World (October 21).

WHEN: 5 pm

WHERE: Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Road

COST: $30 general, free for kids 12 and under

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23

Flamenco on Film – A year in the making, and nearly three years since its last event in 2019, the Flamenco Arts Festival (FAF) launches its first Flamenco on Film virtual festival showcasing three countries, eight short films, and 16 world-renowned artists, featuring some of the most talented and influential figures in flamenco today – performing in beautiful spaces in and around Sevilla, Spain, and Santa Barbara. The films collectively include personal words from the artists, highlights of festivals in Spain and Mexico, and special appearances and introductions, including one by singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. FAF worked closely with Seville-based filmmaker Felix Vazquez in the making of Flamenco on Film, and in the process created new ways to partner and collaborate with other flamenco organizations and individuals in Spain and in Mexico to showcase the shared flamenco traditions. Among the highlights are Sevillanas, which captures performances by more than 30 Santa Barbara dancers of all ages and dance levels, filmed at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and features the world premiere of music for the film called Loco Por Ti by guitarist Andres Vadin and singer José Cortés. The films, which run between five and 50 minutes each, will

FRIDAY, APRIL 22

Camerata’s Concluding Concert – Camerata Pacifica brings its 2021-22 return-to-live-performance concert season to a rousing conclusion with a tasty program boasting Robert Schumann’s “Piano Quartet, Op. 47 for strings and piano,” Bach’s “Overture in the French Style, BWV 831,” and Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen’s grandly embellished version of Handel’s “Passacaglia for Violin & Cello.” The program features some of Camerata’s best loved artists returning to close the chamber music ensemble’s 32nd season, including principals Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Kristin Lee (violin), and Ani Aznavoorian (cello) with violist Melissa Reardon. In an effort to end the season on a high note, CamPac has added available seating while the concert carries the tagline “The big finish” and states: “We’re going for it… Are you going to it?” Are you?

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WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West campus, 1070 Fairway Road

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Concert repeats 3 pm Sunday, April 24 at Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St., Ventura

SATURDAY, APRIL 23

SBMC: 3 Pianists, 1 Cellist – Following spring break, the Santa Barbara Music Club returns to producing free chamber music concerts with a world premiere by UCSB-trained, Thousand Oaks-based piano duo Tachell Gerbert and Bradley Gregory, who will debut 94-year-old Santa Barbara composer Emma Lou Diemer’s “By the Sea” for piano four-hands, the latest Diemer piece written for the pair. Gerbert and Gregory will also play Mozart’s “Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 358,” before cellist Virginia Kron and pianist Betty Oberacker team up to interpret Beethoven’s “Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69.”

WHEN: 3 pm

WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu (at Garden)

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be added to the Flamenco Arts Festival film library and serve as a historical look at creating art during this unprecedented pandemic times.

WHEN: Separate four-film programs, premiere noon today & tomorrow; viewing through April 29

WHERE: Online

COST: $25 per program or $40 for both

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Soaring Soprano’s Cunning Concert – Isabel Bayrakdarian was a highly sought-after performer at major opera houses and concert halls the world over prior to accepting a full-time role as Head of the Voice Program at UCSB a few years back. In 1999, Bayrakdarian appeared in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s world premiere production of William Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge and three years later made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in the New York premiere of Bolcom’s Bridge. A season later, she won plaudits as Teresa in the Met premiere of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, while at her home-base theater of Toronto’s Canadian Opera Company, her roles ranged from Gluck’s Euridice to Debussy’s Mélisande to Poulenc’s Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites. Bayrakdarian was also the featured vocalist on the Grammy-winning soundtrack from the blockbuster film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Once ensconced at UCSB, where she’s raised the profile of the vocal department measurably, Bayrakdarian has started to perform around town, including starring in the title role of Opera Santa Barbara’s The Cunning Little Vixen Tonight, she makes her CAMA Masterseries debut in a program called Glorious and Free, singing Romani-inspired songs and operetta arias including works by Brahms, Dvořák, Iradier, Lehár, Kálmán, Yvain, and Gilbert, and featuring Canadian chamber musicians violinist Mark Fewer and pianist Jamie Parker

WHEN: 7:30 pm

WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.

COST: $38 & $48

INFO: (805) 963-0761 or lobero.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 24

‘Sing It Out!’ is back – The signature public event from AHA! – the nonprofit that equips teenagers, educators, and parents with social and emotional intelligence to dismantle apathy, prevent despair, and interrupt hate-based behavior (its name is a selective acronym for Healthy Attitudes, Emotional Harmony, and Lifelong Achievement for teens) – makes its return to the Lobero Theatre. The event is the culminating celebration of one of AHA!’s spring after-school groups that shepherds a dozen teens through a 12-week program, where they are coached by music and theater professionals and AHA! facilitators to learn, master, and perform a rock and roll cover song. The teens and two AHA! staff take to the stage and bust out a solo pop song backed by a live band in a performance that publicly displays the process of transformation of learning to overcome fears and individual challenges while support their peers and accept help from others. Seeing the teens (and their teachers) stand tall and sing their hearts open on the Lobero’s venerable stage is what makes this one of the area’s feel-good events of the year.

WHEN: 7:30 pm

WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.

COST: $30 general, $12 students, $150 benefactor, which includes VIP seating and a reception at 5:30 pm

INFO: (805) 963-0761 or lobero.com

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23

‘Truth or Friction’ – That’s the intriguing title of the spring exhibit at Maune Contemporary, a solo show by Florida artist Justin Lyons making his local debut. A self-taught contemporary artist from the Florida panhandle with a decided bent toward the world of “street art,” the raw, expressive, loose, and risky genre that challenges artist and audience alike. Inspired by the lives and work of Cy Twombly, Barry McGee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lyons refined his process and worked to develop a style all his own, that eventually expanded his canvas beyond the streets. Starting in 2012, Lyons’ art has been celebrated and awarded in venues and exhibitions beyond the urban landscape, with appreciation from collectors and galleries fueling his passion for painting and such mediums as wood, acrylic, house paint, spray paint, oil stick, epoxy resin, and pencil. Truth or Friction represents the first solo show at the just-opened gallery that debuted in January with the group show called Finally Home, representing the return to town of owner Heidi Maune, who went to UCSB before opening her original gallery in Atlanta.

WHEN: Opening reception 5-8 pm

WHERE: 1309 State Street

COST: free

INFO: (805) 869-2524 or maune.com

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27

Meet Up at the Fair – Get ready to go Jurassic as the Santa Barbara Fair and Expo returns to its full five-day format at Earl Warren Showgrounds for the first time in three years. Back with a Jurassic/caveman theme, the fair will feature farm animals, fair food, pony rides, a petting zoo, lots of live entertainment including music, illusions, dancing, magic and more, an expo showcase of local foods and wine, arts and crafts, horticulture and fine arts displays, a cooking contest, and interactive exhibits – plus the carnival. A full 30 thrilling rides and games for all ages include a new attraction called “Mega Flip,” which sounds like it might be for daredevils only – or at least those without food in their tummies. And new this year: not only can you have a “Fun-O-Saurus” time at the local Fair & Expo, but a ticket stub will also provide free entry to this summer’s Ventura County Fair in August.

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WHERE: Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 N. Calle Real COST: $4-$6 general admission

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27

Doppelgänger, Debut No. 2 – In October, the Danish String Quartet unveiled the first installment of its “Doppelgänger” four-year commissioning project, that involves contemporary composers creating new quartets in response to specific chamber music masterpieces by Schubert. Concert No. 1, at Rockwood Woman’s Club, paired Danish composer Bent Sørensen’s dark, thoughtful work called, naturally, Doppelgänger, with Schubert’s last quartet, “No. 15 in G major.” Today, the DSQ comes to Campbell Hall to premiere Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski’s “Pige,” which will be sandwiched by two versions of Schubert’s famed “Death and the Maiden,” including one arranged by the DSQ. Once again, expect virtuoso playing underpinning the musical food for thought.

WHEN: 7:30 pm

WHERE: Campbell Hall (also available as a livestream)

COST: $30-$45 adults, $10 students

INFO: (805) 893-3535 or artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

ENVIR NMENTAL ALLIANCE Santa Barbara County Museums

No.103 in E-flat Major, Drumroll,” with Transylvanian violinist Kati Debretzeni and violist Fanny Paccoud, the talented musicians couldn’t fail to please. Obviously going for baroque!

Ailey Company in Good Form

Just 24 and 48 hours later I was back at the historic venue when the New Yorkbased Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returned to our Eden by the Beach for the first time in six years as part of UCSB’s popular Arts & Lectures program.

The 64-year-old company of African American dancers, which has performed before 25 million people in theaters in 48 states and 71 countries on six continents, almost filled the Granada for both shows, both with different programs other than the 1960-work, “Revelations,” ending with the troupe’s signature piece, “Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham.”

The 2018-work “Lazarus,” featuring choreography from Rennie Harris, was of particular note on the second night, while the 2004-work “Mass” and the 2008-piece “Ella,” featuring the music of the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald with choreography from Robert Battle, were

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Travels Abroad

Prince Harry and actress wife Meghan Markle, 40, made a less-than-secret visit to his grandmother Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle en route to the Netherlands for the Invictus Games for disabled veterans. It was the first time the Duchess of Sussex set foot on British soil for two years after she and her husband quit as working royals.

Harry, 37, also had a short 15-minute meeting with his father, Prince Charles, 73, who was staying with his wife, Camilla, at the 1,000-year-old landmark. In The Hague, the tony twosome has been staying in a hotel while being followed by a TV crew from Netflix, part of the duo’s $100 million deal. For security they have been accorded VVIP status by the Dutch government, something that Harry claims has been lacking for his family when they visit Britain, now that he is no longer doing official duties.

Symphonic Support

After tough times during the pandemic, which saw the Santa Barbara Symphony lose $250,000 in concert ticket sales last year, the outlook is considerably brighter given many restrictions being lifted, according to president and CEO Kathryn Martin. With a $3 million annual budget, Martin told major supporters of the Crescendo Society at a bash at Montecito Bank & Trust’s main State Street branch, they were hopeful the books would be balanced by June, with 127 society members contributing $630,000.

Longtime maestro Nir Kabaretti, in announcing next year’s 70th anniversary program – which kicks off in October with Orff’s Carmina Burana in collaboration with the State Street Ballet – said as well as choosing the right music, “it was important to be within budget.” Nir, just back from the U.K. conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, which appeared at the Granada with Sir Simon Rattle last month, added, “Every concert has to be something unique, programming that carries forward. We want to be relative to the community.”

Among the mob of musical mavens turning out and being entertained by a quintet of symphony percussionists playing Handel and Copland, were Brooks and Kate Firestone , Marilyn Gilbert , Mary Dorra , Robert Weinman , Dan and Meg Burnham , Karen Drown , Gillian Launie , Sybil Rosen , Chris Lancashire , Barbara Burger , Mashey Bernstein , and Janet Garufis , president of both the bank and the symphony.

Joe Faces the Music

An old friend, Joe Woodard, who used to be a regular entertainment contributor to the Santa Barbara News-Press and now writes for The Independent, is facing the music rather than writing about it. He has just released a faux folk album Goleta Electric of his “own humble mixes.” Last year, master engineer-musician-vibe king Jesse Rhodes offered Joe his services to cook up superior “remixes,” which are essentially “real mixes.”

Following up his first faux folk album, between in 2002, Joe, a songwriter-guitarist-situationist from such bands as Headless Household, flapping Flapping, Dudley, and more, hunkered down at his

home studio during the pandemic lockdown to produce the 18-track album on Household Ink Records.

Fittingly, the album kicks off with “Falling in with the Out Crowd,” recorded with Rhodes and initially released on Be Love, a 2018 tribute to the late great Santa Barbara studio guru Robinson Eikenberry, who produced between and died all-too-young in 2017. A healthy list of musical guests joined Joe’s party, mostly flying in from remote locations, including Jim Connolly, Julie Christensen, Ellen Turner, Allegra Heidelinde, Shelly Rudolph, Chris Symer, Bill Flores, and Brian Mann

Montecito Miscellany Afar

To Ca’Dario on Coast Village Road for lunch with Laura Pullman of the London Sunday Times writing about our rarefied enclave, particularly Prince Harry and his wife. Next week I am being interviewed by Marc Pitzke, U.S. correspondent for the top selling German magazine Der Spiegel. All this after my appearance last month on the top French current affairs program 50 Minutes Inside on the country’s biggest network TF1, which also aired in Belgium and Switzerland. Our little community is truly on the international map...

Gilbert Gottfried Remembered

On a personal note, I remember the delightful and distinctive-voiced comedian Gilbert Gottfried who has died in New York at the all too early age of 67 after a long illness. I used to appear with Gilbert on shows on the USA cable network. He was best known for the parrot character Iago in the 1992 film Aladdin and also for lending his dulcet tones for the Aflac Insurance duck mascot. A kind and amusing soul who I was honored to work with.

Sightings

Meghan Markle picking up her java jolt at Pierre Lafond... Singer Lady Gaga noshing on the Sicilian cuisine with beau Michael Polansky at Bedda Mia... Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow lunching at Los Arroyos on CVR…

Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when required, and get vaccinated.

From musings on the Royals to celebrity real estate deals, Richard Mineards is our man on the society scene and has been for more than a decade

“I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.” – Rodney Dangerfield

The English Baroque Soloists make their mark (photo by Eric Larraydieu)

Jacqueline Green and James Gilmer of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater impress (photo by Dario Calmese)

Dan and Meg Burnham with Dr. Robert Weinman and Renee Grubb

(photo by Priscilla)

And the individual decisions matter?

Absolutely, they do. But it’s about a roll up of all those decisions, but then also a policy framework that gets at the speed and scale that I mentioned.

ZR: What would you like readers to know about what they can do to help Antarctica?

KJ: I mean, two weeks ago today was when we got off the boat after the trip in Ushuaia, and I think the reflection and processing from that trip is still happening. You know, there’s a bit of reentry when you come back from a culture that’s not been your own. How do you readjust in your own culture? And even though it was only two weeks long, I feel like there’s some reentry I’m going through. So it is: why is Antarctica special? Right. And I think what I’d love for readers to think about, areas to understand, is that when we’re here: you might be able to see and feel the impacts of our consumerism, our world on the environment. Right? We can smell the gas emissions from a car or we can see trash in the streets. So we’re down at the beach. Antarctica is an untouched place. I mean, we washed our boots every time they left the ship and came back to the ship. You don’t pick up a penguin feather. You don’t pick up a

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petal or any of those things. Everything is supposed to stay untouched and preserved. And yet we see the effects of climate change. We see the effects of our decisions on the other side of the world. So our local actions do have a global impact. And when you see it in a pristine place like that… you know, our last day I was walking the beach on Deception Island and found a chunk of Styrofoam on the beach. Like, how did that happen? That could have been from Santa Barbara. So I think what people need to understand is that the [climate change] effects are being shown, even in a place that there isn’t ongoing human contact. That highlights even more for me the impact it’s going to have on places that people are. And that’s where we get into the environmental justice issues. But, you know, to see a place that is separate from humanity, in many ways, being impacted by our humanity, was obvious.

CR: Yeah, that was very beautiful, Kiah, by the way. There’s a wonderful climate scholar and advocate by the name of Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. And I’m just going to paraphrase this… but basically, she talks about how each of us ought to identify what are our core talents, skills, and passions, and what is needed (related to climate), and work

at that nexus. Because there is plenty to do and everything to do when it comes to working towards Net Zero to being climate positive. So I don’t really think that it’s super useful to say like, well, this is better than that. Yeah, of course, we know there are charts, there are resources that will tell you that – an electric vehicle is better than planting one tree or whatever – but it’s really about finding that sweet spot where your unique talents and passions intersect with what the Earth needs and go for it. Run at that. That will have longevity. And really, not only is there room for everybody to be involved – it’s a must.

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