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Wildfire Preparedness

Montecito Fire discusses being proactive and evacuation response in July 7 meeting, page 16

101 Updates

More details of the 101 widening project are discussed at the latest MA meeting, page 6

White-collar con artist or active member of the community? The fashionable fraudster lurking in the social tides of Montecito. Read more in a sneak peek of the unpublished Montecito by Michael Cox (chapter one starts on page 5)

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Montecito Reads A Summer Page-Turner That Hits Close to Home

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ontecito is packed with writers. Exceptional ones. So I’ve always thought this would be an ideal platform from which to give our readers a sneak peek of some of the yet-to-be-published novels generated by members of our community. And nothing brings a community together (in a good way) like reading the same good book. So, I’m excited to kick off the Montecito Journal Book Club with the perfectly titled novel: Montecito!

Michael Cox’s gripping (and close to home) novel, Montecito, seems like the perfect story with which to begin. Over the next month, we will run a consecutive weekly chapter of Cox’s novel in the Montecito Journal. Subsequently we will post a new chapter in each of our twice-weekly Morning Mojo newsletters. There’s enough real bad stuff in the world to think about. How about distracting ourselves with some fun summer reading that contains bad stuff that is written as fiction; but is it?

Montecito is a story that could only be written in Montecito!

Gwyn Lurie I was once told, Montecito is “a sunny place for shady people,” and history suggests there is truth to this statement. The number of grifters, con artists, and fraudsters who have infiltrated our community only to leave it in handcuffs is startling. Like the good neighbors they pretend to be, these white-collar bandits cloak themselves in the vitality of our community — volunteering at the MUS carnival, attending bonfires at Hammond’s, trick or treating on Ghost Village Road, and hobnobbing at local charity galas. It is a well-thumbed playbook — as predictable as it is shocking.

Montecito, a novel by me, Michael Cox, is a fictional story inspired by tales of true crime THAT HAPPENED HERE. While con artists know no geographic borders, this is a story that could only be set in a rarified place like Montecito. When Gwyn Lurie and I first spoke about the idea of serializing this novel in the Montecito Journal before its publication, it made perfect sense. For better or worse, this is “our” story, and no one deserves a sneak peek more than Montecito’s residents. I hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 1 As the knickknacks and novelties which formerly adorned my office rattled unhappily in the trunk of my car, I wondered how different life would be if I had been born with the slightest understanding of when to keep my mouth shut. Nothing extraordinary mind you; an upgrade to average would suffice. Just enough to have the good sense to recognize when my opinion was not needed, when a point had been made, when to nod and smile instead of argue. Considering that this was the third time in the last seven years I had been told to clean out my office, it certainly couldn’t have hurt.

I took one of the many, many hairpin turns of Highway 192 a little too aggressively, sending my cardboard box of trinkets from one trunk sidewall to the other, causing a clatter distinctly similar to the sound of breaking glass. Perfect, I thought, picturing the one framed photo I had proudly displayed on my former desk: my daughter, Isabel, in braces, squinting into the sun; my son, Trip, in a Stephen Curry jersey that hung to his knees; my wife Cricket’s toned arms – tan from endless flip turns at the Los Baños Del Mar municipal pool – draped over them both. The bright, optimistic eyes of my family begging me for an explanation as I hastily packed their picture face down in the box o’ shame.

I was driving too fast because – in addition to getting fired and being escorted from my office by a rent-o-cop whose sole purpose seemed to be ensuring that I did not steal a stapler or a stack unused of Post-It notes on the way out — I was late. Late for my kids’ elementary school recital: the Spring Sing. I had already missed the beginning of the recital, but there was time to make the finale, which was the only other moment I could be noticed. I texted Cricket before I started the car: Running late, but I will be

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Upcoming Road Projects

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

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t this month’s Montecito Association Land Use Committee meeting earlier this week, reps from several agencies shared their upcoming schedules related to road construction work in Montecito.

Last week bids were opened on the sewer main relocation at Olive Mill and San Ysidro, which is preliminary work in anticipation of the two roundabouts that are going to be built in those locations.

According to Montecito Sanitary District GM Bradley Rahrer, the construction will take two months, beginning in August.

Flaggers will be navigating traffic in the area, and construction will only take place from 9 am – 3 pm at Olive Mill/North Jameson and 9 am – 2:30 pm at San Ysidro/ North Jameson, to avoid congestion related to school drop-off and pick-up. Rahrer also reported on a sewer main relocation at Oak Creek, which will need to be completed by February 2023 in anticipation of the proposed freeway widening.

Construction is slated to begin on the Olive Mill Roundabout in October of this year. The lead agency on the project is now

Caltrans, as the project is related to the highway widening. Kirsten Ayars, a rep for the Highway 101 HOV project, reported last week at Montecito Planning Commission that planners are determining the best way to stage the freeway project and the two roundabouts at Olive Mill and San Ysidro roads.

More detailed information will be released in August. Preliminary work on the San Ysidro roundabout will begin in January 2023, as Montecito Water District replaces a water main in the area. The roundabout project at Los Patos Way and Cabrillo Blvd is slated to begin in early 2023.

Other local projects include a water main replacement at Buena Vista, paving on various roads, enhanced crosswalk signals on San Ysidro Road, continuation of the Walk Montecito project, and beautification of the triangle in front of Casa Dorinda.

Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor was at the meeting and reported that all agencies have kept his organization well informed of construction, so evacuation plans can be altered accordingly in case of an emergency.

Next month the Land Use Committee will hear from Caltrans, who will give their timeframes for upcoming projects.

The discussion at Land Use turned

to last week’s lively MPC hearing, in which the Commissioners asked difficult and complicated questions to reps of the Highway 101 widening project. The second hearing in a series of three conceptual reviews at MPC, the meeting was to hear Commissioner comments and concerns in preparation for a Santa Barbara County Planning Commission hearing in the fall.

MPC is in an advisory role for this project, as the SBPC is the decision maker; appeals will go to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

The Montecito segment of the project (called 4D) includes widening 1.4 miles of both directions of the freeway, from just before the Romero Creek bridge to Olive Mill Road. The project will add a third, part-time High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane that will be in effect on weekdays from 6 am to 9 am, and 3 pm to 6 pm, and includes replacing the existing roadway pavement with 40-year concrete pavement; removal of 158 oak trees (to be replaced at a 3:1 or 2:1 ratio) and 20 other native trees (to be replaced at a 1:1 ratio); installation of median barriers, guardrails, fencing, retaining walls, and new landscaping; reconstruction of the freeway bridges over Cabrillo Boulevard plus a new southbound on-ramp; and replacement of the bridges over Romero Creek, San Ysidro Creek, and Oak Creek. Earlier this year, the project’s proposed sound walls were removed after analysis showed an increase in water rise during a 200-year flood event.

The flood risk was analyzed using Recovery Mapping that was adopted by the County in response to the 1/9 Debris Flow, which includes data from FEMA. Planning Commissioners took issue with the fact that the analysis that ruled out the sound walls was gleaned from multiple data sources, some of which they felt was outdated as they did not take into effect new resiliency measures including larger (or new) debris basins, creek nets, and enhanced bridges. There is also a discrepancy in which standards are used: the sound walls are held to a 200-year standard, but other portions of the project are being built to 100-year flood event standards, according to former Commissioner Jack Overall, who reported on the hearing to the Land Use Committee.

Admittedly, project planners are trying to capitalize on state funding opportunities which need to be concluded by December of this year. Construction on the project is slated to begin in March, although new issues have arisen including some residents’ desire to remove the southbound freeway entrance at Posilipo Lane, which is being discussed and analyzed by the project team.

During public comment, members of the public lamented about the loss of the sound walls and the need for a larger flood control project from the highway to the beach. Commissioners asked project reps to

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anta Barbara harbor was festooned in red, white, and blue as thousands turned out to watch the 20-minute Independence Day fireworks on West Beach. Former Santa Barbara Yacht Club commodore and uber philanthropist Roger Chrisman and his wife, Sarah, took the post-pandemic opportunity to host an equally colorful nautical bash on their 78-foot cruiser PolarIIs. The handsome vessel was the perfect platform to watch the colorful pyrotechnics from Garden State Fireworks.

Joining in the fun, fireworks, and frolics, while noshing on barbecued fare from the Bear and Star in Los Olivos were Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld, Elsbeth Kleen and Ken Clements, Michael Anise and Roberta Griffin, Peter and Kathryn Martin, and Jim Litchman and Caren Rager.

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they have been working on for more than a year as part of their multimillion-dollar deal with the streaming giant, according to the New York Post’s Page Six. Garbus was seen in the background with the tony twosome last September during their trip to New York with a small camera crew who hid their equipment in an apparent bid to keep the top-secret project under wraps.

The cameras followed them to a red-carpet gala aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Intrepid in Manhattan, and at a lunch at Joint Base McGuire-DixLakehurst in New Jersey.

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Looking for Reliable 911 Service

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e live on Channel Drive in Montecito and along with the neighbors we have sent several emails regarding the lack of Sheriff ’s presence since COVID and the increase of illegal activities. Last night was 4th of July and sadly Channel Drive had far fewer families enjoying the fireworks and many more people drinking, flying drones over our backyards, and playing loud music. That’s a distinct change from only a few years ago. The other difference was the complete lack of Sheriff presence to keep things under control.

Finally, at 3:30 am I called 911 because someone(s) was shooting fireworks multiple times directly towards our house. After giving my address to the 911 Operator, and reporting the problem, the Operator said she’d transfer me to the Sheriff ’s Department. I was put on hold and then disconnected. I called 911 back and the exact same thing happened. The fireworks continued so I looked up the phone number for the Sheriff ’s Department and called them directly, but I received a message that they were closed and in case of emergency, call 911. So I called 911 for a third time and began the conversation with “please don’t transfer my call...” but as soon as I stated my address I was once again disconnected. I stayed awake for another thirty minutes, assuming someone would call us back, or we’d see police lights, but nothing happened. Why do we not have reliable 911 service in Montecito?

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Ban Short-Term Rentals It’s interesting to see the immediate rally and coverage of the Montecito

Association’s concern with Pacaso/fractional homeownership. While I don’t disagree with their concerns (in fact, I support them), I find the outrage here over TWO houses to be somewhat, well, outrageous. I am a Montecito native, born and raised. I am also a renter, battling with this current market. As Mr. Vogt references in your article, short-term occupancy properties have a negative impact on neighborhoods and remove a property from being purchased (or, consider – rented) by someone who would live and work in the area. I agree wholeheartedly with this argument.

My question is this: Where is the outrage and media coverage of the more than 1,000 short-term rentals in the Santa Barbara/Montecito area on Airbnb alone? Each and every one of these properties could be rented (or purchased) by someone who could live in, work in, and contribute to our community. Volunteer here. Vote here.

Shop here. Enroll children in schools here. Be a neighbor. Be a friend. Take a look at the map of properties on Airbnb. You just might be surprised to see there are quite a few in your own neighborhoods already. (A search for “entire place to yourself ” yields over 1,000 results – these aren’t couches being rented that I reference – they are homes.)

Short-term rentals are without a doubt the single biggest problem in our community’s housing market. Just like the two Pacaso properties that have garnered so much ‘not in my backyard’ concern, I beseech the community to channel this outrage into the problem at large and put a full stop ban on short-term rentals. Call it a short-term emergency housing relief experiment – let’s ban all short-term rentals for three

years and see how quickly the housing woes you speak of are solved. Imagine – over 1,000 properties immediately available. They already exist. They do not need to be built. They use no more water than what’s already being used.

No new developments for “affordable housing” need to be debated. Hotels and their employees get more money.

Can we join forces and advocate for all, since our desires for community and arguments against short term housing are the same? I would love to have the weight of the Montecito Association behind me with this proposition to our mayor and city council. Together, we can work to ban short-term housing and re-build our long-term community. What do you say, Montecito Association? No Pacaso, no Airbnb.

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Trump has brilliantly assembled a “dream team” of legal scholars led

by Rudy Giuliani (“We’ve got lots of theories. We just don’t have any evidence”), Sidney Powell (pleaded not guilty on the grounds that “no reasonable person” would have taken her fraud claims seriously), Lin Wood (Mike Pence should be tried for treason and executed), and John Eastman (pleaded the 5th – 146 times). There can be no doubt that the results will be overturned once these cases get to courts overseen by Trump appointed judges. Should the cases get to the most reactionary, right-wing Supreme Court in this nation’s history, the Larry O’Brien Trophy and the Stanley Cup will rightfully be passed on to the losing teams. Sports “integrity” will

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Trump’s Dream Team In the NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics four games to two. In the NHL Finals, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lighting by the same four games to two margin.

In both cases, Donald Trump (AKA: the rotting Jack-o’-lantern) is claiming fraud and demanding a recount. League offices have been broken into and vandalized by angry and violent Trump inspired mobs. Players, coaches, their families, referees, league officials and others have had their lives threatened.

Trump sycophants and other enablers (such as those at a local Santa Barbara daily) cry that many points and goals were suspiciously “mailed in” or scored by dead people and illegal aliens. They insist these acts of violence were either normal tourist visits, misdemeanor trespassing, minor disagreements among well-meaning sports fans, peaceful and law-abiding protests that got out of hand, or a sinister plot entirely instigated by BLM, Antifa, the FBI, or by a collaboration of all of these radical left-wing saboteurs.

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Thank You for the Most Amazing Village 4th Ever!

by Sharon Byrne

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f you came out and watched the Village 4th motorcade roll by, you know it was a smash hit. From the flyover of vintage planes that kicked it off, to a slew of historic autos in the Loudest, Proudest motorcade, all festooned with July 4th decorations, our terrific Grand Marshall Diane Pannkuk, the Sheriff ’s Paddy Wagon, Dana’s 1937 Fire Engine / Wonkamobile, Adam’s Angels on the Trolley… to the after-party on the lawn in front of Via Vai…well, it was a spectacular day of honoring our country that we’ll long remember.

We’d be entirely remiss if we didn’t share that by far, the most thrilling thing about the Village 4th parade is YOU – all the neighbors who come out to wave the parade on, and yell, “Happy 4th!” The motorcade format’s biggest gift is to see so many neighbors on the route, and experience how much we love being in and part of this very special, wonderful community. Every parade entry team reported that seeing YOU was the biggest happy surprise of the day for them.

So here’s to YOU – the neighbors that came out, cheered, and firmly wove thousands of new threads into the already strong fabric of this community. It takes a village, and we got to see a lot of this village on the 4th, and you’re all looking wonderful, and full of spirit!

You’ll see a slew of Village 4th images on page 44 from ace photographer Joanne A Calitri. Check and see if she got you!

There’s a huge cast of characters to thank for pulling all this together: Fabulous sponsors: Montecito Community Foundation – our presenting co-sponsors Montecito Bank & Trust Noozhawk Montecito Journal Pacific Tree Company Jean von Wittenburg Susan Petrovich Sybil Rosen Dusan Toman Kath Washburn Sandy Stahl Paige Rockecharlie Nina Terzian Leslie and Phillip Bernstein Diane Bloodgood Sally Hanseth Catherine Haslem Walter Moore Cindy Feinberg Jennifer and Stephen Rogers 7 – 14 July 2022

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Congrats to our Grand Marshall Diane Pannkuk! You started all this 27 years ago, and we’re so glad you did! Thank you for bringing us this wonderful tradi tion.

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Chris Goldblatt and crew pouring one of their Sea Caves

Investing in Kelp, Carbon Offsets, and Our Future

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he Santa Barbara-based Fish Reef Project is establishing a blue carbon bank to draw down carbon through kelp restoration and create carbon offsets in the process. Founded in 2012 by Chris Goldblatt, the Fish Reef Project is a nonprofit working to restore kelp and coral reef ecosystems around the world. Their invention, the Sea Cave, is specifically engineered to provide a physically and chemically friendly foundation around which kelp and coral can flourish and provide a habitat for fish and other marine life. In this way, the ecosystem becomes biogenic. “This means that it exports more life than it attracts over time,” said Goldblatt. “We’re creating a reef that looks like a natural reef after it’s grown over and produces at least as well as a natural region.” He started the Fish Reef Project with the goal of restoring kelp ecosystems near Santa Barbara but has found greater success elsewhere. At this point, the organization’s work has been primarily focused

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in Papua New Guinea, along both coasts of Africa, and in Baja California.

Establishing themselves as a blue carbon bank provides an opportunity for investors to get involved and be rewarded for their contribution towards kelp restoration.

“We have a way to sequester large amounts of carbon,” said Goldblatt. “That’s one way we are gonna fund this – is through carbon initiatives. We are going to package and sell the carbon as registered blue carbon that industry and governments can buy as offsets. So, you can build your own offset bank directly out front.” The benefits of this type of restoration are exponential. Kelp grows incredibly fast and can sequester up to 20 times as much carbon per acre as a typical forest. It also lowers the local pH of seawater to levels that can sustain calcium-based life forms like oysters, clams, crabs, scallops, abalone, and lobster whose shells are in danger of disintegration due to ocean acidification.

Furthermore, thriving kelp forests act as a natural barrier for wave energy, drastically decreasing the effects of erosion on beaches. This effect was felt close to home

with the loss of Goleta Bay’s healthy kelp forest and wide beach after the 1983 El Niño storms.

Kelp relies on rocky bottom substrates to attach its holdfasts and sustain growth.

These materials, for most of history deposited into the ocean every couple hundred years through regular landslides and erosion, nowadays, are necessarily restricted from making their way into the ocean. The Fish Reef Project’s Sea Cave technology provides that material upon which kelp can grow and thrive. Restoring kelp in this way provides an additional benefit: habitat creation for flourishing fish populations.

Dr. Jenn Caselle, a Research Biologist at the University of California, Santa

Barbara Marine Science Institute, manages a large-scale kelp monitoring program in coastal Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), zones where commercial fishing and extraction are not allowed. The oldest MPAs in the country lie along the Central Coast in Southern California, but the results of her work are most striking when compared with data from across California. “We want to know if there are more and bigger organisms in the MPAs than in their control areas immediately outside,” said Caselle.

“Those MPA effects are stronger in the south and get weaker as you go north.

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Contemporary Art Curator James Glisson, board chair Nicholas Mutton, trustee Lynn Cunningham Brown, and Pam and Greg Breedlove

Abstract Art at Mid-Century

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arry J. Feinberg, Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director of the Board of Trustees of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, invited various folks to Going Global: Abstract Art at Mid-Century – the latest exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA).

It features 35 works from the Museum’s permanent collection. It runs the gamut of mediums, from painting and sculpture to photography and lithography along with artist-invented mediums.

The exhibition opened with a cocktail party in the main gallery and a brief talk from the Contemporary Art curator James Glisson. According to Glisson, “Going Global shows that abstract art in the middle of the 20th century was an international phenomenon. The artists on view were born in Argentina, Colombia, Germany, France, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Peru, Venezuela, the U.K., and the U.S.A. “Abstraction was a Rorschach test on

Gwen Baker and Jude Little at the reception

to which the anxieties, fears, and hopes of the 20th century were projected. It could reach back millennia into prehistory, ground a museum viewer in the present, or peer into a future world full of utopian promise.”

James has a PhD from Northwestern University. His exhibitions have been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and more. His four books have won many awards. We are lucky to have him.

To make sense of the sprawling topic of global abstraction, the exhibition is divided into four sections: Op Art, Layers, Guttural Abstraction, and Signs & Symbols.

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Stephen Olson, Jeanne Towles, and Henry Baker at the exhibit opening

The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Women’s Board of SBMA. It will be on display until September 25 and there are several related programs from various speakers throughout the exhibit. The Museum is one of the finest on the West Coast and is celebrated for the superb quality of its permanent collection. The goal is to integrate art into the lives of people through internationally recognized exhibitions and special programs.

See you at the exhibit!

Call (805) 963-4364 or visit www.sbma.net for the schedule. The Museum is located at 1139 State Street and is open Tuesday – Sunday 11 to 5 pm and free Thursdays from 5 to 8 pm.

75th Anniversary at MA There was recently a luxe event under the stars for the Music Academy’s (MA) 75th Anniversary Signature Benefit, complete with a red carpet. It’s always

amazing how the committee magically transforms the parking lot into an elegant theater and dining room, along with a couple of grand pianos.

The three people who headed up that group and waved their magic wands were Michele Brustin, Kandy LuriaBudgor, and Val Montgomery.

Metropolitan opera star and Music Academy alumna Sasha Cooke replaced Isabel Leonard and collaborated with alumna pianist Nino Sanikidze for part of the concert. She is a two-time Grammy Award-wining mezzo-soprano and has been called a “luminous standout” by The New York Times and “equal parts poise, radiance, and elegant directness” by Opera News. She has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera, and the list goes on, including singing with over 70 symphony orchestras worldwide.

Sasha attended the Music Academy as a fellow in 2002. “Marilyn Horne was

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your property and make recommendations on how to create effective, and aesthetically-pleasing, defensible space.

Montecito Fire Division Chief of Operations David Neels will walk us through the “Set” step. This includes developing your evacuation checklist, emergency kit, and practicing your emergency evacuation plan. “It’s imperative that community members have a plan and are able to put that plan into action at a moment’s notice because we know wildfire will strike and preparedness is the first line of defense,” Chief Neels said.

As part of being “set,” remember the 6 P’s of Evacuation: 1. People & Pets 2. Papers – phone numbers & important documents 3. Prescriptions & eyeglasses 4. Pictures & irreplaceable items 5. Personal computers 6. Plastic – credit cards & cash

Montecito Fire Hosts Wildfire Preparedness Community Meeting Plus, upcoming test of the ReadySBC Alert system across Montecito

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s we enjoy the sunny, warm summer weather, Montecito firefighters are acutely aware that our landscape is becoming drier and more receptive to rapid fire growth. It’s a reality of living in this stunning place.

“We all live with certain risks,” said Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor. “When it comes to living with the risk of wildfire, preparedness and education are key.”

That’s why Montecito Fire is hosting a Wildfire Preparedness Community Meeting on July 7 at Page Hall on Westmont’s Campus at 6 pm.

This meeting is in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s Office, and 1st District Supervisor Das Williams.

The “Ready! Set! Go!” guide has become a standard in wildfire preparedness. It’s available at montecitofire.com and clearly lays out the steps to being ready for wildfire.

Attending Thursday’s meeting is an excellent way to get “ready.”

Montecito Fire Wildland Specialist Nic Elmquist serves as a qualified Fire Behavior Analyst for major wildfires across the West. He also studies our local fuels and weather patterns to arm our firefighters with critical information about the conditions they are likely to face while battling wildfires on the South Coast.

To help us get “ready,” he’ll provide an update on the fire danger outlook.

“The front country fuels on the South Coast are already drier than they were at this same time last year,” Elmquist said.

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forefront of everyone’s minds,” he said.

With over 20 years of experience in the fire service, Montecito Wildland Specialist Maeve Juarez knows firsthand the difference defensible space and home hardening can make in a structure’s survival during a wildfire.

She says there are three primary ways your home can be exposed to wildfire: 1. Direct flames from a wildfire or neighboring, burning home.

2. Radiant heat from nearby burning plants or structures.

3. Flying embers, which can destroy homes up to a mile away and are responsible for the destruction of most homes during wildfires.

The good news is, there Good example of effective defensible space at a Montecito property are many effective ways to get your home “ready” for Recent wildfires have underscored the “This data helps us predict that if there’s wildfire to prevent damage. During the necessity of evacuating as soon as an a fire on the front country, it will likely community meeting, Juarez will share order is issued, if not sooner. From devgrow rapidly and burn intensely.” helpful information on how to improve astating fires like the Thomas, Camp, and According to the U.S. Drought your roof, gutters, vents, windows, decks, Woolsey, we’ve learned the importance of Monitor, Montecito and the South Coast fencing, and other areas of your home to this message: Leave Early! Leave Now! are in “extreme drought,” just shy of the make them fire-resistant.

Chief Deputy Craig Bonner of the max “exceptional drought” level.

Next, community members need to Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s Office “Our Mediterranean climate is character- consider their defensible space. will walk us through the three emergency ized by seasonal droughts, which cause fire “Home hardening and defensible space protective actions: danger to peak each fall season. However, are part of a holistic approach to wild1. Shelter in Place several years of below normal precipitation fire preparedness,” Juarez said. “In today’s 2. Evacuation Warning has caused the vegetation covering our hill- wildfires, we’re seeing that the homes with 3. Evacuation Order sides to become unseasonably dry,” Elmquist the best chance of survival are said. “Consequently, the plants are more flam- those that have fire-resistant mable and fire danger is higher than what is building materials, landscaping, considered normal for this time of year.” and defensible space around the As the dry summer and fall months property.” wear on, vegetation will only become Let’s be clear: Creating defendrier. The fall months also routinely sible space does not mean you bring the local “sundowner” wind events need a ring of bare dirt around that are known to exacerbate wildfires. It’s your home. Through proper a worrisome combination that Elmquist and thoughtful planning, you says we all need to be ready for. can have both a beautiful land“Given the extremely dry conditions and scape and a fire-safe home. the fact that over 95 percent of California’s Montecito Fire offers comwildfires are human-caused, it is particular- plimentary Defensible Space ly important to understand the current fire Surveys. A member of our Fire Engine 392, our Type 3 wildland firefighting engine, participating danger and ensure fire prevention is at the Prevention Bureau will visit in a local wildland firefighting drill

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In the event your home is placed under an “evacuation warning,” it is time to prepare to leave and if you feel unsafe or need extra time to evacuate safely, leave early!

The moment your home is issued an “evacuation order,” it is critical that you do not hesitate and leave now!

Evacuating early or immediately gives you ample time to get to a safe location and provides first responders with the best chance to access and protect your property.

Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management Director Kelly Hubbard will join us to review the County’s multi-faceted emergency alert and notification systems. Hubbard says the most reliable tool in the emergency alerting toolbox is the local ReadySBC Alert system.

Montecito Fire is working in conjunction with OEM to conduct a TEST of the ReadySBC Alert system on July 21, 2022 at 11 am

In order to receive the test alert, YOU MUST REGISTER at ReadySBC.org.

Did you know you can register to receive alerts for up to FIVE addresses within Santa Barbara County? This might include registering your home address, work address, the address of your child’s school, and addresses of elderly relatives who may have trouble accessing information during an emergency.

Scan this QR code to register for emergency alerts within the Montecito Fire Protection District

If you do one thing today, please head to ReadySBC.org and sign up or verify your information. You may select to receive alerts via text message, email, and reverse calls to your landline or cell phone.

On July 21, only residents who are within the boundary of the Montecito Fire Protection District will receive the test alert. A map of the boundary is available on montecitofire.com.

When you receive the test alert on July 21, we simply ask that you confirm receipt of the message and check your address information to ensure it is updated and correct. No emergency action is required.

Follow Montecito Fire on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Nextdoor for updates on the ReadySBC test alert and we look forward to seeing you on Thursday July 7 at 6 pm at Page Hall on the Westmont Campus for our Wildfire Preparedness Community Meeting.

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Village Beat (Continued from 6) come back with consolidated information related to the analysis of the flood risk, as well as a better explanation of terms related to the project. Ayars reported that the footings used for the retaining walls on the project can accommodate the weight of sound walls, in case standards change and they can be built in the future. In place of the sound walls, a black coated chain link fencing, planted with vines and landscaping, is proposed; Caltrans is agreeable to providing landscape maintenance for five years after the project is built.

The Montecito Association Board of Directors will meet next Tuesday, July 12.

Person of the Year Nominations Considered one of the highest honors of the year in Santa Barbara County, this year’s Person of the Year Award nominations are in progress, with a deadline scheduled for next Friday, July 15 at 5 pm.

The Santa Barbara Foundation, along with co-sponsors Montecito Bank & Trust, Noozhawk, The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, Cox Communications, and Montecito Journal, invites the community at large to nominate an individual, couple, or family whose volunteer service represents a meaningful commitment to the community; addresses a real community need or enhances the quality of life in the Santa Barbara area; or has been

John Daly and Judith Stapelmann were selected as the 78th People of the Year and were honored at a small celebration on October 6, 2021. Pictured here with Jackie Carrera, President & CEO of Santa Barbara Foundation.

involved in acts of generosity, kindness, or innovation, with an emphasis on recent accomplishments and achievements.

“During this time of unrest and uncertainty due to COVID and other concerns based on inflation, societal unrest, and global turmoil, it is such an honor to be able to focus on the positive philanthropic achievements of those in our Santa Barbara area — many who have been quietly doing this work for decades,” said Jordan Killebrew, Communications Director for Santa Barbara Foundation. “While we particularly recognize the winners of the Person of the Year Awards, we also wish to acknowledge the many outstanding unsung heroes who volunteer their time, energy, and financial support to ensure that noteworthy causes in our communities are sustained and thriving,” added Killebrew.

For 79 years, the annual Person of the Year Award (formerly Man & Woman of the Year) has shined a light on those who have gone above and beyond for Santa Barbara communities as role models and ambassadors for their causes. The Santa Barbara Foundation believes that these individuals serve as an inspiration to others, including a new generation of volunteers.

In recent years the award has gone to either individuals, couples, or families.

The award selection process is comprehensive and thorough; after all nominations are received on Friday, July 15, there will be a deliberation period of all applications by a Pre-Selection Committee known as the Collaboration for Social Impact Advisory Board (consisting of nonprofit leaders in Santa Barbara County).

The committee will then provide their top

preferences to the Selection Committee, comprised of former recipients of the Person of the Year Award who will determine the next recipients of the award.

Last year the Santa Barbara Foundation, along with co-sponsors Montecito Bank & Trust, Noozhawk, The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, Merryl Brown Events, and Bryant & Sons, LTD. honored John Daly and Judy Stapelmann. Additional past honorees include Jelinda DeVorzon, David Boyd, Catherine Remak, Tom Parker, Michael and Marni Cooney, Ernesto Paredes, Joni Meisel, Janet Garufis, Jon Clark, and so many more Santa Barbara area community members.

The 79th Person of the Year Luncheon will be held on September 21, with the location to be announced soon.

For more information about the Foundation and the nomination process,

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Seen (Continued from 14 14)) one of the first singers I discovered who drew me to pursue singing. On a human level, I have always been inspired by her devotion to young singers and nurturing talent. I am forever grateful to her and to the Music Academy.”

As president and CEO of the Academy Scott Reed says, “Marilyn’s world-renowned career is an inspiration to our fellows.”

Miraflores, the stunning 10-acre garden estate that has been home to the Music Academy since 1951, was originally the site of the Santa Barbara Country Club. The main building wasn’t a home, it was the clubhouse. The nine-hole golf course soon became too small and the 23-acre site too little for expansion. The Country Club decided to move to its present site, which is now the Montecito Club.

In 1915, the John Jeffersons bought the former country club and named it Miraflores (Spanish for “Look at the Flowers”) and converted it to a dwelling.

Miraflores was regarded as one of the showcase gardens of Montecito and was shown off in Pearl Chase’s annual benefit garden tours. When Mrs. Jefferson died, the property was eventually sold for $100,000. The owner gave 18 acres to the Music Academy, stipulating the property be used for a conservatory of music only – and so it has been.

Since 1947, the Music Academy has

been making a unique and enduring contribution to the world of music.

It is among the nation’s preeminent summer schools and festivals for gifted young classically-trained musicians.

The Fellows have advanced study and performance under the guidance of internationally renowned faculty artists, guest conductors, and soloists.

They present an amazing 200 public events on campus and downtown. The summer school is taking place now through August 6.

Hiroko Benko, Maria McCall, Roger Durling, and Gerd Jordano at Lunch and Learn

Visit musicacademy.org or call (805) 6957916 for information and tickets.

Cinema in Flux MClub (Montecito Bank & Trust) met at the Santa Barbara Club for a Lunch and Learn, featuring the executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) Roger Durling. MClub director Maria McCall introduced Roger, who also teaches film at SBCC. For over 30 years the SBIFF has grown to be one of the premier film festivals in the United States, attracting over 100,000 attendees and offering 11 days of 200 films, tributes, and panels while featuring many free educational programs, film camps, and events under Roger’s direction.

My husband, Don Seth, and I met

Roger shortly after he came to town and started the French Bulldog coffee shop in Summerland. Who knew he would soon be running the SBIFF! Growing up in Panama, he had always been a film fan and offered the SBIFF a year of free work to turn around the festival. They said “yes,” and he did.

That was all over 20 years ago. Roger has a gift for choosing the winners of the Academy Awards and getting them to Santa Barbara.

For the festival, the staff and Roger start with 5,000 film entries and whittle it down to the final 200, a monumental job. The next festival will be February 8 to 18, 2023. During COVID, Roger recommended films to the followers of

the festival. Because of an overwhelming number of positive responses his work became a book, Cinema in Flux: A Year of Connecting Through Film. Over 100 of his reviews are featured in this anthology and all of the proceeds go to the Festival! The book is available at Chaucer’s and Tecolote bookstores.

“And that’s a wrap!”

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IDEAS CORNER:

On Money, Politics and other Trivial Matters

Perspectives

We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident A Call to “Duty”

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

Fog nets from Chile to Morocco. And soon California?

W

ith the 4th of July Holiday just past, it is more important than ever to reflect on the Nation’s founding “energy,” what the Germans would call our Zeitgeist.

Famously observed, America is not a nation that arose due to geographic isolation of a singular genealogical population, as the British Isles or Japan. Nor did it arise as a theocracy from one religion, like modern-day Iran or Israel. On the contrary, apart from the Native Americans, who have yet to be integrated into the mainstream of American life after two centuries of genocide, no one was born from a single race, creed, or genetic inheritance. Apart from those native Americans, we all are descendants of emigrants. What attracted emigrants, and still does today, is the awareness that America is more than a physical place, but an idea they longed to embrace. As we bathe in the afterglow of BBQ parties and celebratory fireworks, it is critical to stop and take stock of what that “idea” is and how it all began.

It all started with the Declaration of Independence from the British Crown on July 4, 1776. The first words in the Declaration stated that it represented the unanimous view of the 13 colonies after observing the “course of human events” that compelled the call for independence. Then the Declaration began with declaring a complete break from the British Crown, until then the “mother country.” What followed were some of the most powerful words ever recorded in human history: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all [wo]men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…– That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

Amazing! What a powerful concept. The Declarants viewed as “self-evident” all those rights we say we hold and concerning which they were able to achieve unanimous agreement – something we could not achieve today on any major policy issue. In fact, it is unlikely the Declaration of Independence itself could be agreed upon today if it was proposed for a plebiscite.

To salvage our “noble experiment” in self-government precariously perched on a razor’s edge, we best look at the next powerful words in the Declaration speaking directly to our times: “Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; ... But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security [emphasis supplied].

WE, the 65-75 percent of all citizens who agree on most of the major issues of the day, have suffered similar “usurpations” and have continued to see these outrageous developments leaving us ruled by a minority actively seeking to undermine our very government.

What are the comparable “usurpations”?

The Republican Senate has held Supreme Court nominations in abeyance for 10 months to “pack” the court with “conservative” jurists. However, they are not “conservative,” and we must stop referring to them as such. They are radical. They refuse to be bound by normal judicial principles like stare decisis. They present a challenge to our Nation as dangerous as any other rogue group of secessionists.

The Republican party has become a cult best referred to as the party of Trumpism, seeing its “God-given” goal to deny equal votes to citizens of color; utilize their minority position to frustrate the ability for the majority to conduct its routine business by resorting to a “filibuster rule” (a rule created to frustrate free voting by former slaves); seek to establish their version of Christianity (not mine); compel a breakdown of the separation of Church and State by fostering Christian prayer at high school football games; protect a clearly guilty President from two separate Impeachments and overtly support his plans to foment an insurrection against our very government while assisting him in frustrating the honest counting of votes; for perpetually opposing immigration reform of any kind

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Harnessing Fog and Desert Rainstorm Fragrances

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og nets are screens of overlapping horizontal and vertical mesh that catch moisture from fog and collect it once gravity brings the droplets down. In remote villages in drought-stricken Morocco, these devices not only bring drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people but also let them irrigate fields.

This isn’t the only place where fog nets make the unlivable livable. One of the first places where fog nets were used was the Atacama Desert in Chile, where there has never been recorded rain. The inhabitants there depend on these devices for their drinkable water.

Experts now believe that this is another solution from the harder-living parts of the world that can apply to the drought-stricken American West, California in particular. The coastlines of San Francisco, Oakland, Point Reyes, Monterrey, and Santa Barbara are prime spots for collecting moisture from fog. Unlike some other proposals for accessing more water, fog nets are relatively cheap and can be placed in several different areas.

Fragrances after desert rainstorms may have health benefits Researchers from the University of Arizona have found that oils and chemicals released from plants may explain the health benefits and euphoria following Sonoran rainstorms.

Gary Nabhan, a research social scientist at the University of Arizona Southwest Center, was inspired by the practice of “forest bathing” from the coniferous forests of Asia. This is known to reduce stress and improve overall well-being, and Nabhan wanted to investigate the health benefits of desert flora.

“The fragrant, volatile organic compounds from desert plants may in many ways contribute to improving sleep patterns, stabilizing emotional hormones, enhancing digestion, heightening mental clarity, and reducing depression or anxiety,” Nabhan says.

“Their accumulation in the atmosphere immediately above desert vegetation is what causes the smell of rain that many people report. It also reduces exposure to damaging solar radiation in ways that protect the desert plants themselves, the wildlife that use them as food and shelter, and the humans who dwell among them.”

During the Summer, when temperatures reach yearly highs and the monsoons come, desert plants release more fragrant oils to protect themselves from the heat. When the rains come, these oils are washed off the plants and into the air. Creosote is one of the most known plants in the Sonoran Desert, with the most identifiable smell. It contains

trans-caryophyllene, which has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. (one of the charges leveled against the King in the original Declaration); chosen to have “sold out” the country to fossil fuel companies as a threat to our very survival; and, been anxious to put their private interests and their “party” over the Nation’s interests.

Clearly, not all Republicans are “bad.” While someone can readily disagree with Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger on policy issues, it cannot be disputed they are acting as patriots in their attempt to stop the next insurrection from succeeding. Equally clear, not all Democrats are good. Most aren’t even that capable, but as a party there is no comparison. They do believe in our Constitutional democracy and are doing their best to preserve it. Republicans are not.

It’s long past time for traditional Republicans to start their own party to once again embrace conservative principles and leave the Trump mob, no matter what political advantage they perceive losing. They need to embrace our democratic institutions and join with Democrats and Independents to: 1) overthrow Minority Rule; 2) begin restoring the country to the “shining city on the hill”; 3) drop every gerrymandering and vote suppressing tactic in every state favoring any political party over another; 4) restore a woman’s right to control her own body; 5) reduce the powerful lobbying interests from running the country for their prospective advantage like Big Pharma and Big Oil; 6) embrace diversity and expand lawful immigration as healthy for society; 7) provide an immediate path to citizenship for all DACA “children”; 8) reduce the epidemic of gun violence; 9) embrace meaningful judicial reform; and, 10) restore the EPA’s authority to fight climate change.

That’s the “duty” the Declaration requires of all politicians, and every citizen, at this

gravest moment of historical crisis.

“I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.” — Toni Morrison

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Brilliant Thoughts What’s Good for You

by Ashleigh Brilliant

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he Guinness Brewing Company of Dublin, Ireland became famous by providing its customers with one thing they needed in addition to beer. That was INFORMATION. Conversation in bars often degenerated into arguments over facts, particularly facts concerning extremes – of such matters as speed, or altitude, or age. This of course was the origin of the Guinness Book of World Records, which became so popular throughout the world that the book itself was a record best-seller.

Guinness was already well-known all over Britain and had its own chain of pubs — so that, wherever you went, you could hardly avoid that name, which was often embodied in a slogan: “GUINNESS IS GOOD FOR YOU.” This raises some interesting questions: Is Guinness, or any beer, really good for you? And, for that matter – to open this article’s whole bag of worms – what, in this life, on this planet, really is, or is not, good for you, or for me, or for anybody?

Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle have been debating the concept of “The Good” for thousands of years, without perceivably making the world any better.

So maybe we should start with some notion easier to grasp than Philosophy, such as Medicine. Medical practitioners of all kinds, past and present, have been telling us what and what not to put into our bodies to keep them healthy.

But here, I’m afraid, we come back to beer, which has been used for ages because of the ALCOHOL it contains. And how good or bad for you is alcohol? On the “Very Bad” side were the Prohibitionists who, almost within living memory, tried to eliminate the sale, manufacture, or transportation of “intoxicating liquors” in the U.S.A. by amendment to the Federal Constitution.

The “badness” of alcohol continues to this day, with uncounted road deaths, marital breakups, and other calamities attributable to it. But that notorious Amendment lasted only 13 years and was then repealed.

Does this mean that alcohol is good for you? Here we come up against words like “addiction” and “moderation.” The English expression has it that “A little of what you fancy does you good.” Certain religions, including Christianity and Judaism, make whole elaborate rituals out of the drinking of wine.

But alcohol is only one of many widely consumed ingredients whose goodness for you, or otherwise, is almost maddeningly controversial. Another one is CAFFEINE. You probably don’t need me to tell you that caffeine is a psychoac7 – 14 July 2022

tive drug which is legal and unregulated almost everywhere in the world, that it is to be found, to varying amounts, in tea, chocolate, cola, and of course coffee. But only relatively recently have its potentially harmful effects become so much a matter of public awareness that its removal from substances such as coffee or tea is itself a popular element in marketing. It was probably Sanka (from “Sans Caffeine”) which first struck this rich vein in the commercial goldfield.

Since then, various forms of “decaf” products have proliferated.

Such tampering with a favorite beverage has not necessarily endeared itself to growers of the derivative bean. According to a once-popular song, everybody in one country was expected to take it straight, and plenty of it. In fact: A politician’s daughter Was accused of drinking water, and was fined a great big Fifty Dollar Bill – They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil.

And what do we put in our coffee?

One essential, for many people, used to be SUGAR, a product on which empires have been built, but that is now nutritionally as much of a no-no as caffeine itself. I was made starkly aware of this by one true incident in a book called Sugar Blues, wherein a ship whose cargo was chiefly sugar, was wrecked on an island, and the marooned crew had nothing but sugar to eat for weeks. Its effect on their health was disastrous. No restaurant table is now complete without artificial sweeteners.

Finally, let me remind you of the evils of SALT, whose known importance in our diet goes far back in time, but the dangers of whose excessive consumption have now led to whole lines of “low-salt” and “no-salt” products.

Similarly FAT, which, as in “The Fat of the Land,” was once a by-word for prosperity and plenty, is now another double-edged sword, leading us to seek low-fat and no-fat foods.

All-in-all, nowadays, you had better be very careful in your eating, if you

know what’s good for 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.

Letters (Continued from 10 10)) be restored, and America will be great once again. Hallelujah!

Robert Baruch

Questionable Customers?

As a longtime resident of Carpinteria, I can personally attest to the growing cannabis industry in our area.

One of the more interesting issues to come up is the controversy over of the planned Roots dispensary on Santa Clause Lane. I’m not writing to disparage anyone, but I do find the argument against the opening of a dispensary is based on the misconception of just who visits such an establishment. It seems to me, the opposition have something against people 50 years and older. My adoptive father, a ninety-one-year-old Korean War veteran, happens to enjoy his edibles. My neighbors, who make well over one hundred thousand dollars a year and who are in their fifties, also enjoy their gummies. My wife’s good friend, a retired lawyer for Sony, relies on THC to ease the side effects from her cancer treatment. These are the people who will come to the dispensary. Besides, wouldn’t it be beneficial for all the businesses if more people with disposable income came to Santa Claus Lane? I’ll answer this for you: YES. Maybe, just maybe, those opposed to a dispensary are being a tad disingenuous.

I wonder if they would put up this much protest if Sunstone Winery wanted to open up a tasting room at the same spot.

I’m guessing, no.

Knowing Santa Claus Lane well, I can attest this attention is misplaced.

If those opposed to Roots opening are doing so because they “care” about the area, the children, etc., then I invite them to join Maire and her family as they pick up five to eight Caltrans sized bags of trash every Sunday. I implore you to install, and keep filled, conveniently located doggy bag stations. At least get MarBorg out there more than twice a week.

Bottom line is this, like it or not, owning a dispensary is legal, and they are

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Sincerely, Bryan Mootz

A Call for Freedom I write this letter in direct response to Gwyn Lurie’s editorial “A Lifeboat to Roe.” Without hesitation I agree millions of women in this country have been “stripped of a fundamental constitutional protection” by an overzealous, overly conservative Supreme Court, despite the fact that the majority of Americans believe in the right to abortion.

I’m troubled and curious why this Supreme Court even decided to take on this issue at this time? There is no urgency here, no national destabilization affecting our country that required the court to address this issue of abortion at this particular time.

We are AMERICA, land of the free, where WE as AMERICANS, decide our course and destiny. How is it that we have now LOST the ABILITY, to decide what is best for US… the ability to shape the LIVES and the FUTURES of ourselves and our families?

Ultimately as Ms. Lurie points out, “denying someone the right to make decisions about their family and future is a violation of both human rights and religious freedom.”

I call for us COLLECTIVELY… as Americans together… to ROAR back “NO”.

Whether Republican or Democrat TOGETHER we have fought for freedom and justice for CENTURIES… This is not a partisan issue… This is a HUMAN issue involving women children men families.

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On Environment (Continued from 12 12)) And that is almost certainly because the state-wide by an epidemic. This left the amount of fishing going on in the south purple urchin populations of Northern is generally way more.” This means that California to run rampant without their along the Central Coast, areas not des- sole predator. Already weakened by the ignated as MPAs experience the highest oxygen-low warm waters, the result was levels of fishing. Consequently, it is most a devastation of Northern California bull important to preserve fish populations in kelp ecosystems. In the years since, it these same areas. looks as though MPAs had no effect on The effects of the recent El Niño cycle kelp resilience or recovery. from 2014 to 2016 and adjoining proThe giant kelp of Southern California longed marine heat wave clearly illustrate and the Central Coast had a different story; this need. The heat wave altered ecosystems the heat wave cut down kelp populations, along the entire coast of California, but but not as drastically as in the north. thanks to the presence of fish populations, Sunflower stars were similarly devastated, will have vastly different long-term effects but, in the south, the California sheephead in Southern and Northern California. and California spiny lobster are predators As the heat wave put stress on kelp of purple urchins too. “Kelp was lost pretty populations, a second negative effect equally in and out of the Marine Protected arose: sunflower sea stars were wiped out Areas,” said Caselle. “We’re tracking it post heat wave, and the results are not dramatic, but it looks like the kelp is recovering in the MPAs faster. So, they didn’t necessarily show resistance, but now they’re showing some resilience in terms of recovering faster than the outside areas.”

The kelp within the MPAs has recovered faster thanks to the California sheephead and California spiny lobster that keep purple urchin populations at bay. Both species are fished outside the MPAs, so The Fish Reef Project seeks to build a blue carbon bank off of our their diminished populations local coast

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have far less ability to shield kelp recovery in those areas.

MPAs preserve zones from the effects of fishing, but if surrounding areas aren’t revitalized, they will be overfished and cease providing ecosystem benefits. Using Fish Reef Project sea caves to restore kelp ecosystems and the fish populations that accompany and protect them from predators, is a winwin and provides the unique benefit of being a blue carbon investment. According to Bloomberg, as carbon becomes increasingly more regulated, the price of carbon offsets has the potential to rise significantly, creating a nearly $200 billion market by 2030.

“It is a little ironic, how folks in Africa and Papua New Guinea can rally to put money and resources together to make reefs,” said Goldblatt. “Whereas one of the wealthiest communities in America is letting its own kelp ecosystem languish in front of their bare eyes.” The Fish Reef Project-built reef in Papua New Guinea is thriving. Projects off the coast of both Senegal and Somalia are under way. “We’re not afraid to work in tough areas. We actually kind of like it because people understand the benefits,” said Goldblatt. “I’ve been doing this for 10 years working 40 hours a week and have never taken a salary of any kind, and our incredible volunteers have been here all the way through. This is not something we’ve ever made a living at.”

The Fish Reef Project is looking to secure a million dollars for a pilot study project in Goleta that will include both

The Sea Cave has been designed and engineered to harbor marine life and provide a large substrate for kelp to take hold

deployment and monitoring. Phase Two of the project would be a 65-acre restoration of the kelp at the heart of Goleta Bay with a $15-20 million price tag.

Hopefully, this would spur a greater response and investment in blue carbon kelp restoration that could be extended across the Central Coast.

“We’re not necessarily walking around, asking for donations anymore,” said Goldblatt. “I’m just announcing that we’re building a blue carbon bank, and if folks want a way to get a return on their investment and put the money into kelp, they can reach out to us.”

Visit fishreef.org to learn more about

the Fish Reef Project.

Asher Radziner is a Junior at Brown University, concentrating in Conservation Science and Policy.

He works to find environmental solutions and unite people across boundaries.

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Robert’s Big Questions You Are Dreaming Now?

by Robert Bernstein

H

ow do you know you are not dreaming right now? “I had to pinch myself to be sure I was not dreaming” is an expression. But it is mistaken. It is perfectly possible to pinch yourself in a dream and think you are awake. Would you believe that in fact there is no foolproof test to know you aren’t dreaming right now?

As I have written before, I really only have two interests: What is the nature of reality? And what is consciousness?

In my professional life I studied physics and made a career of it. But I have also studied dreams. I did intensive workshops with Lucid Dreaming pioneer Stephen LaBerge in off-grid retreats in 2011 and 2019.

A Lucid Dream is a dream where you become aware that you are in a dream.

But in fact, you are in a dream right now as you read this. It is just that your dream right now is presumably related to an outside world.

Great philosophers like Descartes and Leibniz have noted that we live in a kind of windowless room or theater of the mind. In that “Cartesian Theater” we have a wide range of experiences involving all of our senses. But the “me show” that we experience is all made of dream stuff.

Did you ever think about the fact that your most dramatic experiences in life all take place in your consciousness and not “out in the world”? Recall your most memorable experiences. Standing on the Grand Canyon rim. Mind blowing sex.

Every one of those experiences is synthesized in your mind.

A “naive realist” believes that when they look out at the world, they are seeing the actual world. But this makes no sense.

Your experience of the world is filled with color, pains, and tingles. But those things don’t exist in the world.

Evolutionary biologists explain that the feelings and colors that we create in our minds have a connection to what is happening in the world. If there were no such connection, we would be suffering a kind of insanity and we would not survive long enough to reproduce.

Our “waking dreams” have been likened to the desktop icons on a computer by psychologist Donald Hoffman and others. The “reality” of the computer consists of voltage changes in microscopic transistors. Yet we sit at a computer and manipulate symbols that in turn control those voltages. In a way that allows us to write an article or create a work of art or a piece of music.

The same thing happens when we go out in the world. We see icons that presumably represent things that we might eat, that might eat us or that might mate

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with us. We manipulate icons when we drive a car or do sports ranging from basketball to paragliding.

Of course, there are sure signs that I am in a “real” dream: Being able to fly. Or seeing a dead friend or relative. You can’t prove you are awake now, but if those things happen you can be sure you are in a dream!

Our survival depends on us believing in the “reality” of these icons. Yet it may also be of value to know that our experience is always of the icons and not of the presumed world out there. Have you ever thought about this? Do you disagree? Are you a naive realist?

My dream work has compiled over 8,000 dream experiences.

Some are so detailed and realistic that it is a shock to wake up and realize “that was a dream.” I have collected an array of “dream signs” that indicate a likely dream. In waking life, I try to notice things out of the ordinary as possible dream signs. It can be as simple as trying to write a note on paper and not having enough room for my note.

Sometimes I do “reality tests” in my dreams and they pass the test of reality!

Of course, there are sure signs that I am in a “real” dream: Being able to fly. Or seeing a dead friend or relative. You can’t prove you are awake now, but if those things happen you can be sure you are in a dream!

According to Advaita philosophy, what we call “reality” is just one big dream of One Dreamer. But even if you are a materialist who believes in hard physical reality, perhaps you should be aware that you are still in a dream world right now?

You cannot escape living in a dream world. But you can see it for what it is.

Some meditators call this “waking up.” I prefer the term “becoming lucid.” That is

the definition of “enlightenment.”

Robert Bernstein holds degrees from Physics departments of MIT and UCSB. Passion to understand the Big Questions of life, the universe and to be a good citizen of the planet. Visit facebook.com/ questionbig

Montecito Reads (Continued from 5) there. Don’t save my seat. Sorry. The rest of the news could wait.

My chosen route from downtown Santa Barbara to Montecito Union Elementary School was not for the faint of heart, especially when the driver was imitating a poorly trained Mario Andretti. Alternately known as Foothill, Mountain, Mission Ridge, Stanwood, Sycamore Canyon, or East Valley Road – depending on where a driver merged – Highway 192 was a quintessentially local road. Its twists, double-backs, unexpected stop signs, and inexplicable name changes had no explanation; it was a road you learned only by getting lost.

Twenty-five minutes after putting my Subaru Outback in drive, I walked past a rainbow of parked Teslas, Range Rovers, and BMW’s, through the school’s arched breezeway, and into the auditorium lobby, where all the other shamefully late parents crowded the doorway, craning their necks to see and be seen.

All except one, that is. Standing in the corner of the lobby with a cell phone pressed to his ear, was a dapperly suited man I had never seen before. He stood at least six-feet-four and paced a triangle while conducting an orchestra with his free hand; a hand that even from my distant vantage appeared disproportionately large. I could not hear his voice for the sound of the elementary singers, but it was safe to call the conversation animated.

I turned my attention back to the performance, hoping to find the eyes of my people.

Cricket would be sitting where she always sat: center section, five rows back, just behind the parents and grandparents who had purchased multi-thousand-dollar reserved seats at the school’s annual gala.

I teetered on my tippy toes, finding the back of her head, her glistening chestnut hair reflecting the sunlight streaming from the auditorium’s windows. The chair next to her was still empty; I cringed. Cricket had left her job on time, arrived early, secured the seats, and then likely fended off inquiries from multiple parents. Sorry! It’s for Hollis, she would have said, defending the territory for my feckless honor. While the implications of my firing from my most recent employer, CryptoWallet, were still burgeoning and would not peak for days, the meaning of this smaller failing cracked me with the weight of an anvil.

Among the performers, I spotted Isabel, our sixth-grader, first. She was stage left, middle row, and appeared to be singing through giggles, though from my poor vantage I could only see one-half of her face. And then I caught sight of my son Trip’s right arm, waving from the top row of the stage right first-graders. Judging by the way his body swayed, he too was on his tippy toes, hoping to find the eyes of his people in the mass of parents. Found me he had, there among the truants. Again, as was becoming a pattern, I cringed.

Just as I raised my arm to return Trip’s wave, a gargantuan hand landed on my shoulder. “What have I missed?” I heard the hand’s owner say just as the unexpected weight of his appendage toppled me sideways into the diminutive woman to my right. My elbow came down on the top of her head, sending her iPhone clattering to the floor.

“What the hell, Hollis?” the woman groaned, both hands clasping the top of her head.

“I am so sorry,” I groveled. I did not know my victim’s name, but I recognized that I should have known it. “I ...,” I looked back at the man whose massive hand had caused me to fall and recognized him as the same man who had been having the animated phone conversation in the corner of the lobby minutes earlier. He looked at me wide eyed, his hand hovering in the air like a satellite; I resisted the urge to lay blame.

“I lost my balance,” I said.

She squeezed out an, “it’s ok,” through gritted teeth, then squatted to retrieve her iPhone.

I turned back toward the singers, attempting to pretend that I had not just executed a professional wrestler’s flying elbow on a fellow first-grade parent. When the coast was clear, the owner of the hand bent down to my height and repeated his whisper: “So, what have I missed?”

I took the stranger in for the second time that afternoon. On a good day, the man had four inches on me; today it felt more like a meter.

With his wavy, blue-black hair, mocha skin, and impossibly white teeth, it was hard not to stare. His nose was Roman, his accent British with a pinch of Middle Eastern, his long fingers – now intertwined at his waist – were skeletal like those of Harry Potter’s Dementors. “Not much,” I said, suspecting that he was not interested in a serious recounting of the recital’s milestones, though I was not sure; I was never sure.

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“Cyrus. Cyrus Wimby,” he said, extending his tentacled hand.

“Nice to meet you,” I said, shaking his hand.

“And you are?

“Oh, sorry,” I said. “Hollis Crawford.”

“Shhhh!” said the woman who I had cracked in the head seconds earlier.

I shrunk at her admonition, cutting my eyes to Cyrus. He raised his eyebrows and shrugged. “You have a child performing today, my friend?” he whispered.

“Yes, two,” I whispered back. “A sixth-grader and a first-grader.” I began to point, then realized the futility. “You?” “I have a first-grader as well,” he said. “What is your first-grader’s name?”

“His name is Trip,” I answered.

“How ironic!” Cyrus said, putting all thirty-two sterling teeth on display.

“My daughter’s name is Priscilla; our children are in the same class.”

I exhaled reflexively. Remembering names was not one of my strengths. I knew none of Trip’s classmates’ names and almost none of Isabel’s, even though she had been a student at Montecito Union Elementary for six going on seven years. I had a fuzzy recollection of countless stories involving a disproportionate number of Sophias, Jacksons, and Rileys, but the individuals remained faceless. “Really?” I said, wondering whether I sounded aloof or clueless.

“I’m almost certain of it,” he said. “I never forget a name.”

“That makes one of us,” I said, which made him laugh.

“Tell me, Hollis,” he said. “Do you golf?”

“Uh, no.”

“Are you a horseman?”

I was on the verge of cracking a joke about not being a horse-man, but instead a hu-man — a joke I was certain would have killed it — but I paused. Maybe just try to play it straight for once, Hollis, my inner voice, which resounded in Cricket’s dulcet, encouraging tone, counseled. “No. I don’t ride horses.” I answered.

He pursed his lips and shook his head. “Ok then. Do you like wine?”

No jokes here, but I did resist the urge to roll my eyes. I liked wine perfectly fine, but, in Santa Barbara County, liking wine in the colloquial sense was insufficient. People in Montecito and Santa Barbara did not just like wine, they owned wineries. Santa Ynez and Los Olivos — made famous by the book and movie Sideways — were a half hour away. Wine tasting rooms dotted Santa Barbara’s State Street and Montecito’s Coast Village Road. Wine, horses, boats, golfing, and surfing: these were not the mere pastimes of Santa Barbara County but its passions. And since I could not surf, did not enjoy riding horses, got seasick on boats, and possessed a golf game best suited to a Putt-Putt course, I defaulted to liking wine with just enough zeal to retain my local-in-good-standing badge.

“Yes. I like wine,” I answered with an enthusiastic nod.

“Fabulous,” he said as the children finished their finale and the crowd rose for a standing ovation. “Bravo!” Cyrus hollered over the heads of the rest of us in the lobby, then put two pipe-sized fingers in his mouth for an

ear-splitting whistle.

“Wine it is then,” he said, placing his palm back on my shoulder, his fingers reaching past my scapula. “Let us put a date on the calendar to get together for a glass.”

People in Montecito and Santa Barbara did not just like wine, they owned wineries. Santa Ynez and Los Olivos — made famous by the book and movie Sideways — were a half hour away. Wine tasting rooms dotted Santa Barbara’s State Street and Montecito’s Coast Village Road. Wine, horses, boats, golfing, and surfing: these were not the mere pastimes of Santa Barbara County but its passions.

“Oh. Uh, ok,” I muttered. This was moving fast. Was I really progressing to a man date with this stranger? I needed Cricket by my side to interpret these otherwise hieroglyphic social cues. That was how our marriage partnership worked: Cricket was my high EQ, social butterfly, subtly translating the signals that were so obvious to everyone else. When it came to reading people, I was in the fog as Cricket kindly put it, and never more so than with this man and his colossal hands.

Cyrus removed his hand from my shoulder and thrust it back at my chest.

I reflexively stuck out my hand only to see it swallowed in a two-handed sandwich. “Now, I must be off to find my wife in that crowd. She will not be happy that I abandoned her during Priscilla’s first school recital.”

“You and me both,” I said, amazed by the easy camaraderie I felt with this stranger. Unfortunately, his comment also reminded me of the ninety-nine percent of my day preceding this moment, and the painful conversations that still lay in front of me.

“Genevieve,” Cyrus hollered through cupped hands over the heads of the crowd now pushing toward us. “Gather Priscilla and I’ll meet you in the courtyard.”

Again, he turned to me: “See you soon, Hollis Crawford,” he said, and

in two giant strides he was gone.

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Your Westmont

sometimes feel hopeless,” she said. “It’s simultaneously the most wonderful thing I’ve ever done and also the hardest and craziest thing I’ve ever done. Teaching is both ends of the spectrum and everything in between.”

Cooperating teachers included Amy Donnell of Hope Elementary (Boelter), Rachel Gonzales-Harris of Cleveland Elementary (Ngo), Kelly Savio and Hannah Krieshok of Dos Pueblos High School (Caragher), Sarah Bardin of Dos Pueblos (Cordes), and Kerry Miller of Dos Pueblos (Janzen).

Student Teachers Make the Grade

Linda Ngo (photo by Brad Elliott)

by Scott Craig

A

tight-knit cohort of five Westmont student teachers shared inspirational stories about their experiences in the classroom at an emotional Celebration of Teaching April 28 on campus. Linda Ngo, Sam Cordes, Hannah Boelter, Simon Janzen, and Shae Caragher, who all earned California Preliminary Credentials, spoke at the event, held for the first time since 2019.

“Teaching is joyful and takes heart, compassion, patience, curiosity, skills, pedagogy as well as oodles of energy and courage,” says Michelle Hughes, Westmont professor of education. “And teaching is intellectually demanding work, it’s emotional work, and it’s inspiring work.”

Student teaching during a pandemic meant wearing masks for most of the school year at Westmont and in their schools. They got tested weekly for COVID, were vaccinated and boosted, and overcame student absences. Some had to teach on Zoom while in quarantine.

“They’re passionate, ready, and eager to teach and courageously answered the call and challenge to teach and invest in K-12 students through the pandemic,” Hughes says. “These student teachers and their cooperating teachers kept sane.”

Ngo, who spoke about “Pushing Through Pressure,” said she felt many times that she was not enough. “Throughout this year, every time I felt the pressure of

Sam Cordes (photo by Brad Elliott)

life or teaching, feeling like I would just crumble, those around me reminded me that I was doing it, trying my best, and making a difference. Seeing the complete joy and pride on students’ faces when their iPad updates with their score reminds me how lucky I am to be teaching.”

Cordes, a future U.S. history high school teacher, said he admired the way the teachers he observed navigated the unknown with grace and style. In his talk, “Education as a Bridge,” he explained how he tried to make history less intimidating and more inspiring and fun. “For many students in my U.S. history course, the unknown is everywhere,” he says. “It may take the form of having a question about the Gilded Age or perhaps understanding economic concepts of inflation. It has

Simon Janzen (photo by Brad Elliott)

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been a blessing to make U.S. history accessible to students and move them from the unknown toward knowledge.”

Boelter, a kindergarten teacher, sensed her students’ frustration that their art projects failed to look exactly like the one on the board. “Their George Washington face and hat kind of looked like an Eiffel Tower sitting on top of a garden gnome,” she said. “At that point, I paused the lesson and told my students my own version of an art tip I learned from Bob Ross. I told them it’s OK to make happy mistakes and that every line gone askew can be added to and become a beautiful and unique version of the original.”

When Janzen took over two college-prep physics classes, he worked to make them fun, exciting, and real. “I wanted students to look at something happening and know why it worked, or at least ask why it worked,” he said. In his talk, “The Power of the Demo,” he explained the importance of engaging demonstrations, including experiments with water balloons and a game of tug-of-war.

“Students are naturally curious and want to know what happens next, but it’s hard when scary math surrounds the cool physics,” he said. “That’s why I worked so hard to push students to stretch their curiosity and their creativity in my classroom.”

Caragher is a big fan of crying. In her talk, “Creating Space for Laughing when Everyone is Crying,” she said that during her time as an English student teacher, every one of her students had something to cry and laugh about. “Teaching is both life-giving and so draining,” she says.

“It’s exciting and encouraging, hopeful and terrifying and discouraging, and I

The popularity of Westmont Summer Youth Sports Camps has soared to new heights following a reduced schedule in 2020. The camps returned to full capacity the last two years with about 1,400 campers enjoying Westmont’s athletic facilities at 20 different camps during nine weeks this summer.

With summer camp coordinators Jeff Azain and Johnny Whallon at the helm, Westmont has sold out the last two summers. They hired more than 120 staff members with more than 50 earning community service hours.

Hannah Boelter (photo by Brad Elliott)

Campers race in gunny sacks across Thorrington Field (photo by Brad Elliott)

More than 30 youths from the Santa Barbara Eastside took part in summer camps this year thanks to the work of alumna Holly Gill (’93), who leads Querencia: A Santa Barbara Neighborhood Partnership. “This has been a longstanding tradition and relationship, and we were glad to partner with them again,” Whallon says. “Last May, several kids from the Eastside who attended summer camps as kids graduated from Westmont.”

Azain says Westmont also placed some children from Ukraine, being hosted by families in Santa Barbara,

into the sports camps.

Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

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The entrancing rhythm of Sō Percussion comes to the MA on Saturday, July 9

by Steven Libowitz

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ō Percussion’s mission, which is both straightforward and very ambitious, is to serve as a “percussion-based music organization that creates and presents new collaborative works to adventurous and curious audiences and educational initiatives to engaged students… in order to exemplify the power of music to unite people and forge deep social bonds.

Pretty much all of that will be evident this week when the two decades-plus veteran quartet hunkers down at the Music Academy to share its precision- and passion-packed vision with both pedagogy and performance, via a master class and a concert featuring the foursome side-byside with fellows.

“We think of percussion as an approach that allows us to collaborate with different types of artis ts and music makers, which means jumping into a variety of genres, embracing classical, but also looking to make music in a pretty broad way that is as inclusive as possible,” said Jason Treuting, who co-founded Sō Percussion with fellow grad students at Yale in 1999.

Sō Percussion will perform with the fellows for the world premiere of Robyn Cee Kay Jacob’s Collective Ungraspable, which was commissioned for the group

The SoCal native is a self-admitted late bloomer to classical music, who originally found his way into a percussion career via manning the drum kit as a teenager playing Led Zeppelin and Pearl Jam covers, before exposure to a classical approach and technology led

him to Eastman conservatory. Hearing Steve Reich’s seminal Music for 18 Musicians was revelatory, as he “discovered that classical music could also have groove and energy.”

That basic drive for the beat and rhythm by striking something still informs the ensemble’s ethos and its connection to the audience, Treuting said.

“Everybody knows what it’s like to make sound by hitting something, and a certain amount of the accessibility of what we do comes from the fact that the audience can imagine actually producing each of the single sounds that we make on stage,” he said. “It’s that we put thousands of them together in ways that they don’t understand that creates the tricky part and the magic.

Usually we’re just holding two sticks the way you do on a drum set or in an orchestra. But we just have the ability to map that on to so many different types of sounds.”

Indeed, Sō Percussion’s exploration of realms of imagination and soundscapes have made them a big part of the movement redefining chamber music.

“Percussion is pushing the art form forward and for us collaboration is a big part of it,” said Treuting, who is the only original member still with Sō Percussion, although the current core four have been together for 15 years. “Collaborating with the composers who have something interesting to say and want to go deep with writing for our certain brand of music making, collaborating with each other when we write music for ourselves or put together older pieces, and collaborating with other musicians when we perform bigger pieces on stage.”

The four works in Sō’s program on July 9 offer a sample of all of that, starting with the first two movements, “Gone” and “Go Back,” from a commissioned, still-expanding work from Angélica Negrón, which is the only one in which the quartet appears by itself, although they’ll have some non-human accompaniment. “There are robot percussion instruments playing with us, or rather we’re playing with them in a nature versus technology conversation,” Treuting said.

“Much more organic is Walk, March, Run, a three-movement work from Trinidadian composer Kendall Williams, who is also currently teaching the percussion quartet a different new piece by rote – one note at a time

without writing out a score, the way music is taught in Trinidad,” Treuting said. Walk, March, Run was commissioned early in the pandemic as part of a set of pieces for flexible instrumentation and geared toward other percussion groups, “so that everyone can have their own version of it,” Treuting explained. Percussion fellows will partner with Sō for the octet version on Saturday night.

The fellows are also an integral part of the world premiere of Robyn Cee Kay Jacob’s Collective Ungraspable, which was commissioned for Sō Percussion to perform with this summer’s five percussion fellows.

“The instrumentation is fascinating, moving from everyone playing hi hats then snare drums, both with an intimate and spacious approach, and ends with everyone playing beautiful passages while sharing three marimbas,” Treuting said.

“Everyone is reading off of one score and oftentimes making similar sounds in slightly different tempos or spaces [in time]. It’s expansive, a bit hard to get your arms around in exploring whatever the two words [of the title] mean together, the feelings they evoke.”

The lineup expands even further for a re-working of a subset from Treuting’s own 12 mini-pieces, Amid the Noise, the first piece he wrote for the ensemble, one that blends Reich’s minimalism with the sparer ambient landscapes of Brian Eno. String, vocal, and wind fellows will join the percussion players. “We made it in the studio and only recently finally discovered how to play this music live, which brings other people into the process and makes it a much bigger, more inclusive work.”

In its coaching, the July 7 master class, Sō Percussion will also attempt to impart to the advanced students the ethos that makes the ensembles’ performances such riveting affairs.

“We put a lot of time and energy into getting this tight, precise sound that we have,” Treuting said. “But when we’re on stage, it’s about searching for something that’s higher than precision, some kind of communication and connection between us and the audience, even if it might get a little messy.”

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Celebrating History A Journey Along Santa Barbara’s Historic Trails

Dick Smith’s album of his 1968 trip down the Sisquoc River to visit the sites of the old homesteads is on display courtesy of the Montecito Association History Committee

Ellen Baxley’s painting of the Ellwood Cooper ranch lands (courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

by Hattie Beresford

J

ohn Muir once wrote, “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you… and cares will drop away like the leaves of Autumn.” The Santa Barbara Historical Museum’s latest exhibition celebrates the region’s increasingly popular hiking trails and public lands. Isolated by COVID, locked out of their gyms, and finally satiated with

Rocky Nook Park, seen here in a painting by Augusta Z. Crow, is currently under consideration for County landmark status for the rich pageant of history that this historic landscape encompasses

the almighty screen, people everywhere have rediscovered the healthful and healing qualities of the great outdoors.

Entitled Take a Hike, Save the World, the exhibit is a visual journey through Santa Barbara’s historic scenic landscapes as seen by artists and photographers beginning in 1875. “Our goal is to inspire our visitors to explore, enjoy, and above all preserve the natural beauty that surrounds us,” says muse-

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um director Dacia Harwood. “The exhibition is a reminder of the fragility of these landscapes, which are under threat, not just by development, but from the toll taken by the effects of climate change, wildfires, mudslides, and extreme drought.”

Added to that threat is the overuse and, at times, misuse of the local trail systems by enthusiasts who don’t understand the effects of their actions upon the natural environment. Above Henry Chapman Ford’s evocative rendering of an 1875 Mission Creek (the gateway to several local trails today), is the question, “How can I hike responsibly on our local trails?”

Brian Conant, Los Padres Forest Association Executive Director, answers, “Respect. Practice respect for nature, the wildlife, the land, the land managers, and other trail uses. Simple. That, and try to leave it better than you found it.” Yes, respect and consideration of others. To which I add, stay on the trail, don’t create shortcuts, leave the flowers blooming for the next hiker to enjoy and so they will reseed for next season. Think about consequences and give a ‘hoot.’

Part of a countywide collaboration focusing on raising awareness of the impact of climactic changes, the Museum’s exhibition features late 19th and 20th century paintings whose artists reveled in the beauty of the canyons, mountains, rivers, and fields of the Santa Barbara landscape. An interactive wooden map asks visitors to comment on any of the trails they have trekked by writing on cardboard tags and physically posting on pins.

One display case reveals historic boy scout memorabilia and another a scrapbook, created by preeminent mountaineer Dick Smith, of a horseback trip taken with Dennis Cogan to explore the old homestead sites on the Sisquoc and Manzana rivers. Cartooned maps reveal their adventures as do Smith’s signature photographs. (The albums are on loan from the Montecito Association History Committee.) Dick Smith’s passion for the wilderness led to efforts to protect the California Condor from extinction.

Today, the Dick Smith Wilderness area is named for him.

Other artists with ties to land preservation include Francis M. Sedgwick, who donated nearly 6,000 acres in Santa Ynez to the University of California,

“I love summertime more than anything else in the world.” — Jack McBrayer

The Lyman L. Popes at the tin can shack in the meadow at top of Rattlesnake (then called Las Canoas) Trail are stylishly dress for hiking in 1916.

The exhibit streams historic photos of early hikers.

The charmingly low-tech interactive map asks visitors to reflect on the various trails by “posting” their thoughts on pins. Great to get off the grid and see if you can still write with a pencil.

Santa Barbara as a reserve and research center. Ellen Cooper Baxley depicted a scene from her family’s Ellwood Cooper Ranch. Portions of this ranch today are part of the Sperling Preserve, which includes the Coronado Butterfly Grove.

One can still see evidence of the olive trees that Ellwood Cooper planted in hope of creating a thriving olive culture in California. A painting by Ray Strong, a founder of the Oak Group of plein air artists who promote conservation and donate funds to preservation causes, depicts the countryside beyond the mountain wall.

Take a Hike, Save the World opened in May and will run through November 13, 2022. Museum hours are currently Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 pm, and

every Thursday until 7 pm.

Hattie Beresford has been writing a local history column for the Montecito Journal for more than a decade and is the author of several books on Santa Barbara’s historic past

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The Giving List Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County

by Steven Libowitz

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nyone who has ever watched a police drama on television in the last 50 years is familiar with the fact that everyone who has been accused of a crime has a right to free legal counsel if they can’t afford their own attorney.

But that bright line ends when it turns to civil matters, even ones that could have more dire consequences than a criminal conviction.

That’s where the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County (LAFSBC) – the county’s only organization providing free civil legal services to low-income residents – steps in.

“There are some very serious legal situations you could be facing – a tenant dealing with an unjust eviction, a survivor of domestic violence in need of a restraining order or custody order, immigration issues for victims of crimes – where there is no (constitutional) right to representation,” explained Jennifer Smith, Executive Director of LAFSBC. “But we know that our legal system works best when the scales of justice are balanced, meaning all parties (or neither) are represented by counsel. So we try to bridge the gap by providing our legal services to people with disabilities, low-income families, survivors of domestic violence, and victims of elder discrimination or abuse.”

It’s an admirable but also Herculean mission, as LAFSBC has just a dozen attorneys out of a total staff of about 20 to serve the entire county out of three offices (Santa Barbara, Lompoc, and Santa Maria), on a budget likely dwarfed by the annual income of just a single law firm in town whose attorneys might charge as much as $500 per hour or more. The task grew even more daunting for Legal Aid

The LAFSBC is the county’s only organization providing free civil legal services to low-income residents

during the pandemic when snafues with California’s rental assistance program that was designed to pay past-due rent to provide relief to both renters who were financially impacted by the COVID crisis and their landlords. The issues are becoming even more heightened as eviction moratoriums have evaporated and the housing market has tightened to historically low vacancy rates, making relocation an almost insurmountable obstacle.

“We’re expecting a big wave of eviction activity in July and August,” Smith shared.

“And the huge challenge we face right now as opposed to several years ago is that even if we’re able to negotiate a soft landing so the renter could secure other housing, or other assistance, and avoid having an eviction record on their credit, there’s no places for people to move to.”

LAFSBC is currently taking steps to tackle those who are already experiencing homelessness via its new Housing and Disability Advocacy Program, funded by a two-year grant. The program targets the sizeable percentage of the homeless population, who have a physical or mental disability that prevents them from being able to work full time and make enough through earned income to sustain shelter,

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but are likely eligible for some type of social security income, Smith said.

“They often need help to get on into those programs, so one of our attorneys will provide disability advocacy services on their behalf,” she said. “Most of our recent work has focused on homelessness prevention, but just seeing the ongoing need, it became a priority for us to step up and serve those who are already homeless.”

Despite government grants and funding from foundations for such new programs and its ongoing ones, Smith said Legal Aid organizations across the state were only able to fully resolve about 30 percent of problems or issues presented to them, according to a 2019 study.

“There’s just a huge gap between the need and what we’re able to do.”

Locally, having to cancel its Chowderfest, LAFSBC’s annual major public fundraiser, for three years running due to the pandemic hasn’t helped matters, although the organization plans to revive the popular event next spring.

Conversely, private donations are a little bit of a challenge to attract anyway because philanthropists and average citizens alike might think of Legal Aid as being fully funded by the government.

Plus, there’s the image problem of where the money actually goes.

“There’s so much community need, but Legal Aid doesn’t have [that instant heart appeal],” Smith said. “Sometimes I joke that it would be a lot easier if we were helping puppies and kittens instead of funding lawyers.”

The end result of Legal Aid’s work, of course, is helping the low-income and other vulnerable or overlooked members of the community. And the good news is that, unlike with some of the other larger nonprofits that have huge governmental and foundation funding, private donations could have a huge impact on expanding Legal Aid’s capacity to serve the community.

“With more funding we could provide so much more,” Smith said, pointing to legal help with housing that could immediately increase. “Right now, because of limited resources, our housing team has to prioritize (people who seek our help) and focus on those who are immediately in danger of eviction. There are so many other circumstances

LAFCSB provides legal services to people with disabilities, low income families, survivors of domestic violence, and victims of elder discrimination or abuse

our housing crisis tends to create in terms of overcrowding, uninhabitable spaces, unresponsive landlords, and other housing needs.

We could provide a much broader array of basic advice and information.”

A bigger budget could also allow LAFSBC to offer a wider menu of services to survivors of domestic violence, which currently focuses only on assistance with restraining orders.

“We could do more in assisting with greater family law matters, divorces, more in-depth cases, as well as immigration assistance for victims/survivors,” Smith said. “There’s just so much more we could do with additional community support.”

Unrestricted funds from private donations – as opposed to government and some other grants that limit the nonprofit to serving only those that fall within federal poverty levels – might allow Legal Aid to have a broader reach in offering its services when and where they are needed, she said. “[Those grants] don’t reflect the high cost of housing and living that we have in Santa Barbara County,” Smith explained.

“Donations with no strings attached gives us the flexibility to leverage all of the funding sources to more meaningfully respond to community needs… We’re the only one in southern Santa Barbara County doing this work. There is no one else. And the needs are critical.”

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Travel Buzz

The newly redone lobby at The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel (photo by Leslie A. Westbrook)

San Francisco or Bust!

Travel life in the fast lane...

by Leslie A. Westbrook

M

y weekend trip to San Francisco began with a bang. I was bopping along in the fast lane of the 101, when just north of Gilroy and south of Morgan Hill, I heard a loud “clank” at the front left of my car. A few light, rain-filled moments later, I realized I had blown a tire. I attempted to ease my way over to the right and to an exit – just missing hitting a car in the next lane – and hobbled off the freeway to a spot seemingly in the middle of nowhere.

Cars – including a highway patrol officer – whooshed passed me as I waited for a tow truck to come help me change my tire. An hour later, the “helpful” tow truck driver told me, “You should watch a video on how to change tires.” Guess I need to add that to my repertoire.

Fortunately, there was a small rural tire store not far away and I was soon back on the road and smoothly, if nervously, cruising into the city by the Bay. My excuse to travel north? A Modern Elder Academy reunion of some 400 peo-

ple at several fun venues in the city, including a lively food truck area and poolside at the Phoenix Hotel, built by noted former San Francisco hotelier Chip Conley, who founded the Joie de Vivre group of hotels, authored a few books, then beat it to Todos Santos/El Pescadero, Mexico, and Santa Fe, New Mexico to reinvent himself and create the Modern Elder Academy (MEA for short). Conley, along with his partners Jeff Hamaoui and Christine Sperber, have created an incubator for those on the later side of their life journey to figure out where they are headed and where they are at, in a playful, soulful atmosphere. If you’ve never heard of the Modern Elder Academy, here’s the Cliffs Notes: An awesome organic gathering place of beauty, grace, and learning on Pescador Beach, not far from the “Pueblo Mágico” town of Todos Santos (which translates to the magic village of all saints), that is the creative vision of this whip smart, playful, energetic visionary. If you are a 30-something to 80-year-old in transition, I suggest you get your firm to sagging asses South of the Border.

But back to San Francisco and the other reason for my visit: lodging for the week-

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end at the historic Clift Hotel. The downtown hotel has gone through a few iterations and is now branded The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel. The high rise on Geary Street was renovated just before COVID hit and now sparkles with a modern, neutral palette of interior design upgrades.

A number of super long-time, delightful employees who have worked here 10, 15, even 50 years, remain at the ready.

The hotel’s famous Redwood Room, one of the city’s prettiest and certainly most historic bars, is open once again for drinks and nibbles. The Redwood Room bar was installed in 1933 and paneled with wood from one redwood tree. The stunning room has been re-adorned with copies of paintings by Gustav Klimt unearthed after 30 years in storage. Klimt oversaw the re-creation by his students of the romantic works. The drinks were flowing when I popped in and the hotel’s Executive Chef Daniel Corey, who has a trail of Michelin stars following him, has created unique plates of “elevated bar food” to nibble on with your cocktails.

During my weekend stay last spring, only breakfast was offered in Fredericks (also on the ground floor of the hotel) – and no room service – so I cannot opine firsthand to what’s on the Redwood Room bar menu, including one of those $25 double cheeseburgers or fried chicken sandwiches.

My real interest and curiosity in staying at The Clift Royal Sonesta was spurred by a historic Santa Barbara connection. First built and open during the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915 in San Francisco by the hotel’s namesake Frederick C.

Clift, the Beaux Arts-style lodging was later bought by a former owner of the Biltmore hotel in Montecito, Mr. Robert Odell. The Clift was the largest hotel in the state in 1924 – and said to be fire and earthquake proof, which I found reassuring since I was staying in a suite on the 19th floor.

Odell, who also owned the Santa Barbara Biltmore, was famous for his strict suit and tie dress codes at both hotels, and a rule that “long hair” on men could not hit below their shirt collars. Odell became even more famous when he took his own life at The Clift in 1973. Much of that history is scrubbed from, or at least not included in, any online searches.

“It was a gun in the Spanish Room,” a bellman told me, mimicking a pistol raised to his neck, sounding like and reminding me of Colonel Mustard from the old board game Clue. The bellman also informed me that the hotel, located at Geary and Taylor and just two blocks from Union Square, is haunted. Night shift workers have reported ghostly sightings. While I did hear doors banging in the night and footsteps on the staircases during my stay, they were from earth beings, not ghosts.

The ghosts of yesterday are visible in pictures hanging in the hallways and in my room; a ghostly woman was depicted in a print hanging over the bed.

The hotel is located not far from Union Square. A car park around the corner charges $35 overnight vs. about double

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events

FRIDAY, JULY 8

by Steven Libowitz THURSDAY, JULY 7 1st Thursday: Plenty of Pop – Need your Darla Bea fix of the week? Engel & Völkers (1323 State St.) has booked the ubiquitous DJ to accompany artwork from the unique collection of House of Jisan as well as fine wine and hors d’oeuvres… Chris Judge, the nearly as pervasive acoustic guitarist, partners with saxophonist Colin Richardson to provide the soundtrack at the newly named CPC Gallery (36 E. Victoria St.) for Nancy Freeman’s solo oil paintings exhibition… Frequent flier Spencer Barnitz of Spencer the Gardener performs songs for the kiddos from his recent album Organic Gangster to ponder alongside plein air paintings at Wylde Works (609 State St.), while Flight 805 plays high-energy dance rock classics at the Promenade Market (1000 block of State St.)... In the non-music sector, SBIFF’S Santa Barbara Filmmaker Screening Series (1330 State St.) has tapped Nicole Noren’s Betsy & Irv as its movie of the month. Game Night at Paseo Nuevo (De La Guerra Place, 801 State Street) gets the competitive juices flowing with gaming stations throughout the courtyard boasting jumbo chess, jumbo Jenga, hands-free VR games from MOXI Museum, corn hole, bocce ball and more, plus an open roller-skating section with music.

WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets COST: free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

THURSDAY, JULY 7 Summertime Soirée – The first 1st Thursday of the official summer months also features a trio of first-time participants.

Peter Horjus Studio (11 W. Figueroa St.) is the artist’s new studio/gallery that will be exhibiting his artwork ranging from blossoms to baseball and serving wine to of-age visitors…. Frequency Wine Company (804 Anacapa St.) marks its inaugural 1st Thursday with an offer to experience its “energized” wines, elevate to live music, and enjoy tasty bites in an evening to nourish your soul on its historic Presidio patio… Also debuting is Helena Mason Art Gallery, located at 48 Helena Ave., which is deeper into the Funk Zone than 1st Thursday’s typical downtown venues – but hey, if they’re paying their dues, we can give them their due. The opening reception for the pop-art inspired “Collection Two” features works by local artists Wallace Piatt, Nicole Delesalle, Josh Soskin, Chris Gocong, Rod Lathim, Lisa Trivell, and Gigi Crisa alongside pieces from pioneers Andy Warhol, John CRASH Matos, THE SKATEROOM, and Yoshitomo Nara. Live music and libations… On the other end of the longevity spectrum, Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery (11 E. Anapamu St.) hosts an opening reception for tandem solo shows by Leslie Lewis Sigler and Mary-Austin Klein, while Patricia Chidlaw’s The Pool Show still beckons with its cool, shimmering colors. And Santa Barbara Historical Museum (136 E. De La Guerra St.) unveils its annual Project Fiesta: A History of Old Spanish Days exhibition celebrating the upcoming Old Spanish Days festival by featuring beautiful costumes, posters, and historic photos… In between those extremes, Santa Barbara Fine Art (1321 State St.) celebrates its five-year anniversary with cake, premium wine, and champagne amid the Michael Drury exhibition Far and Near, plus 15 local landscape artists and Bud Bottom marine sculptures.

WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets COST: free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

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Horns A’Plenty – Oakland’s Tower of Power have been rocking out the funk ‘n’ soul for more than half a century, ever since their first album, East Bay Grease, hit record stores (remember those?) back in 1970.

Several of their hits remain staples on classic rock radio and with such cover bands as Area 51, including “So Very Hard to Go,” “You’re Still a Young Man,” “What is Hip?” and “Don’t Change Horses.” What’s particularly powerful is that the ensemble still features three original members in saxists/singesr Emilio “Mimi” Castillo and Stephen “Doc” Kupka – part of the famed T of P horn section that has lent their musical talents to records by Otis Redding, Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, Elton John, and Stevie Nicks, to name just a few – plus percussionist David Garibaldi, although the current lead singer, Mike Jerel, just joined earlier in ‘22. The band’s newest recording, Step Up, came out just in time for the pandemic in 2020.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom, 3400 Hwy 246, Santa Ynez COST: $39-$69 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or chumashcasino.com Art That Makes Scents – Today’s Art Matters Lecture with Hsuan L. Hsu, Professor of English at UC Davis, concerns contemporary artists who have been experimenting with olfactory materials that act on a visceral level, entering and biochemically transforming bodies, minds, and moods. Focusing on artwork by Peter De Cupere, Boris Raux, Anicka Yi, Renée Stout, and Tanaïs, Hsu’s talk considers three ways of framing scent as a medium of environmental knowledge and intimacy: as a vehicle for communicating environmental toxicity, as an intoxicating and intimate form of human and more-than-human communication, and as a way of making public “smellscapes” more breathable and meaningful for people and communities whose olfactory experience has been attenuated by Western projects of deodorization and olfactory consumption. Hopefully the presentation passes the smell test.

WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: Mary Craig Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street COST: $15 general, students free INFO: (805) 963-4364 or sbma.net SATURDAY, JULY 9 Tequila, Tacos, and Thugs – The 10th Tequila & Taco Music Festival returns to Surfer’s Point at the Ventura County Fairgrounds bursting with sampling of premium tequila brands, craft beer, and margaritas, sumptuous street tacos, plus a full schedule of live entertainment in the oceanside setting cooled by sea breezes. The alt-pop ‘90s band Sugar Ray – co-founded and still led by singer Mark McGrath and guitarist Rodney Sheppard – headlines Saturday’s lineup still happily playing their hits “Fly” and “Every Morning,” with tribute acts Adelaide and Smooth Sounds of Santana opening. The grooves get deeper on Sunday, topped by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, the early hip-hop hitmakers, with samba-reggae-funk group SambaDá and cumbia groundbreakers La Sonora Dinamita kick off the jams.

WHEN: 1-9 pm today, 12-6 pm tomorrow WHERE: Seaside Park, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura COST: $40 and up INFO: tequilaandtacomusicfestival.com Reality Bites – But not so much for Big Mountain, the reggae band that scored a big million-selling hit out of nowhere with “Baby I Love Your Way.” The cover of the Peter Frampton hit of the 1970s was boosted up the charts by appearing on the soundtrack of Ben Stiller’s 1994 film starring Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke, and has kept the band above water ever since. Lead singer Joaquin “Quino” McWhinney and keyboardist Michael Hyde have both been with the band since before their heyday that included appearing at both the 1994 and

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SUNDAY, JULY 10 The Sound of Art – The Music Academy isn’t the only purveyor of pedagogical seminars featuring professionals mentoring college-aged musicians in Santa Barbara this summer. Sure, it’s only a one-week deal, but the Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Ted Nash is in his fourth summer visit as a Santa Barbara Museum of Art artist-in-residence, where he shares insight and experience with a selection of SBCC students and fellow musicians. As before, the workshop focuses on using improvisation to guide the composition process and is inspired by works from the museum’s contemporary art collection, in this case the Going Global: Abstract Art at Mid-Century exhibition that explores the universal language of abstraction.

The immersion culminates in an always thrilling free concert on SBMA’s Front Terrace, where it draws enthusiasts and passerby alike.

WHEN: 3-4:30 pm WHERE: 1130 State Street COST: free INFO: (805) 963-4364 or sbma.net 1995 Reggae Sunsplash festivals in Jamaica, and they’ll spearhead the 10-member roots-heavy ensemble that keep Big Mountain big, even if the venues have shrunk to the size of SOhO. Ventura County’s reggaefied Bombafiya opens.

WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 in advance, $30 at the door INFO: (805) 962-7776 or sohosb.com SUNDAY, JULY 10 Mann, That’s Music! – Jazz vocalist, Janis Mann, a Los Angeles favorite who often performs in New York at such notable venues as the Blue Note and Dizzy’s, returns to the Santa Barbara Jazz Society with a trio of renowned musicians including pianist Bill Cunliffe, bassist Chris Colangelo, and drummer Dick Weller.

The band’s bailiwick runs from soul-stirring ballads to hard swinging modern jazz, sensuous Latin tunes, and spirited blues, each topped by Mann’s deft improvisational twists. It’s a real afternoon delight.

WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $35 general, $25 Jazz Society members, $10 professional musicians, singers and full-time students

INFO: (805) 962-7776 or sohosb.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 Singing Her Heart Out – Critically acclaimed British soul singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, lauded throughout her 15-year career by both critics and the Grammy Awards, has emerged from the pandemic with the newfound sense of freedom and joy of someone with experience in dealing with grief. Her world collapsed when her first husband died from an accidental overdose back in 2008, and she eventually found love again and has since remarried and given birth to two daughters.

Bailey Rae is readying a new album, just the fifth of her career, and now, she’s working on new music and is out on the road for her Sunlight/Sunlight! tour, her first solo U.S. headlining run in more than five years. L.A. native Jensen McRae, who is also bi-racial and explores all aspects of identity in her music from race and gender to issues of depression and unrequited love, opens the show.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $59-$75 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or lobero.com 7 – 14 July 2022

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The 2022 Raab Writing Fellows

by Stella Haffner and Zach Rosen

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riting is a process of exploration, discovery, and ultimately, learning. From the research required to study a subject, to the inspiration needed to find the words to describe it, writing is an active experience that guides the author through themselves and the surrounding world. And each year, the Raab Writing Fellows Program guides about 20 students through this entire journey.

Established in 2017, the Raab Writing Fellows Program was funded by Dr. Diana Raab, UCSB Trustee, writer, philanthropist, and lifelong scholar of human potential and transpersonal psychology. In the spirit of Dr. Raab, the program was designed to help students reach their creative potential, providing the fellows with a yearlong opportunity to receive support, encouragement, and inspiration while they complete an original piece of work. The students’ hard work culminated in a showcase, which – for the first time in two years – took place at the Mosher Alumni House as the spring quarter came to a close.

The evening began with a welcome by Raab Writing Fellows Program Director, Ljiljana Coklin, followed by Writing Studies professor, Karen Lunsford, and Mary Hancock, Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts.

The 21 fellows this year were arranged into four groups, in addition to being paired with a faculty mentor that could offer their own experience and guidance.

The grouping of fellows, an idea introduced last year, allows the students to have peer support and camaraderie as they pursue their own individual projects. In 2021, the groups were categorized by the writing style/medium, but for this year these groups were arranged more by subject matter, which included Health and Healing, Innovative Reading and Writing, Memoir Writing, and Exploring Gender and Sexuality.

“In summer, the song sings itself.” — William Carlos Williams

Jinx Martinez, seen here, and other fellows recently showcased their projects at the Mosher Alumni House

During the showcase, the fellows came up in their respective groups to present their individual projects. As each group spoke, it was clear the bonding that took place within them, the group presentations wrapping up with what each group had learned and appreciated about the process. During the individual presentations, students discussed their work while sharing the personal experiences that inspired them to pursue the subject matter.

Attendees at this year’s program experienced the 21 different projects that spanned the creative arts, from novellas and curated interview collections to a choreographed dance number. With explored topics as diverse as the media employed, this year’s cohort have dedicated their time in the Raab Writing Program to investigating themes of identity, community, legacy, trauma, and connection.

The Fellows’ Journeys Many of this year’s fellows were inspired by the role of these themes in current events. In his project, released as an Instagram survival guide, Luis Garcia explored the consequences of social frac-

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Mixing It Up

Let’s Make it a Smashing Summer

to aim for, it is much easier to decide which spirit will go best with the template and the fruit. Finally, I try and choose an herb that will bring the fruit and the base spirit together to create one of those classic flavor pairings where the whole ends up more than the sum of the parts.

Given the loose definition of what exactly a smash is, you still need to remember that we’re trying to create a balanced cocktail.

by Ian Wickman

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his summer it’s time to take advantage of one of the easiest, most refreshing cocktails you can find. Endlessly versatile, and easy to adjust to your tastes, a smash is a cocktail that will make everyone happy. Best of all, they are dead simple to make.

Read on to see how to make your summer a smashing success!

The Concept A smash is not a specific cocktail, but rather a category of cocktails. The idea is so simple and seasonal, you combine a base spirit, fresh fruit, and herbs (often mint) with a little sugar. Muddle them together and voilà a smash is born. The fun comes in the details and endless flavor combinations you can choose. So, without further ado, let’s get to the pulp of this exquisite summer sip.

The Details The original concept dates roughly from the mid-1800s along with the mint julep. There are no hard and fast rules for a smash and thus you may see different recipes executing a smash differently. Do you need to muddle the fruit or just garnish with it? Use mint or another herb? Should you go with classic whiskey or choose your favorite spirit? These are all decisions in making 7 – 14 July 2022

your new summer favorite. Don’t worry if this sounds like too many choices, I have some great tips below to help you through the process.

Given the loose definition of what exactly a smash is, you still need to remember that we’re trying to create a balanced cocktail. Keeping this in mind we lean on common ratios of spirit, bitter/sour, sweet, etc. from classic cocktail templates to come up with new combinations. You can create a smash that is like an Old Fashioned with whiskey, simple syrup, your choice of fruit and herbs, and a dash of bitters: Try one with fresh peach, rosemary, and cinnamon bitters. A sour smash includes a base spirit, citrus juice, sweetener, fruit, and herbs: Think gin, lemon juice, fresh plums, honey simple syrup, and fresh thyme. Another classic option is to lengthen the smash with soda water, ginger beer, or tonic: How about a strawberry jalapeño mint julep. With so many options on the table, you could make a new smash every week this summer. So, where do we start?

My strategy for figuring out what kind of smash to make is to stroll through the Farmers Market and find whatever fruit is at its peak season.

Next, I think about what type of cocktail I am trying to make. Whether it is strong and spirit-forward to have before dinner like an Old Fashioned, or I want to sip something lighter all afternoon like a mint julep or mojito.

Once I know what kind of cocktail

Strawberry Basil Tipsy Lemonade 2 oz vodka 2 oz fresh lemon juice 1 oz simple syrup (if you want it sweeter, you can add a bit more, I like it on the tart side) 2 medium-sized ripe strawberries (roughly 1 large strawberry, or 3 small ones, the riper the better) 3 large basil leaves (more if they are smaller)

Directions Add all the ingredients to a shaking tin and muddle thoroughly. Add ice and shake until chilled and diluted, about 10 – 15 seconds. Double strain into a tall glass with ice. Garnish with a basil leaf or small sprig and a slice of

strawberry.

The Cocktail Inspiration This cocktail came about after we received a container of glorious local organic strawberries from Frecker Farms in our farm box. I wanted something a little lighter, that I could drink in the afternoon, and would appeal

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The Strawberry Basil Tipsy Lemonade is a summer smash

After going through these decisions, simply use the cocktail template ratio as a base, add the fresh fruit and herbs, muddle them all together, and taste.

Then adjust as necessary. With super sweet fruit it might mean using a little less simple syrup, maybe you need to add more herbs to amp up the flavor, or a dash of bitters to round everything out. The result is a refreshing tipple that brings all the best of summer produce into your cocktail glass. Time to check out what is in season and start smashing!

to a group of friends we were having over for a BBQ. Nothing too fancy; I went with a sour template. I had a new vodka to try so that was an easy choice. We also happen to have loads of basil in our garden and strawberry and basil make such a good pair. The result smashed into what I like to call tipsy lemonade. Loads of strawberry, basil, and lemon in a fruity, tart-sweet, package, a perfect afternoon sipper.

The only danger with this one is it’s a little too easy to drink!

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

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Writing Showcase (Continued from 36 36)) ture during the COVID-19 pandemic. increasing interest in medical and mental Through a series of interviews and oral health support for undergraduate students, histories, Luis proposed strategies for cop- an interest shared by peer-fellow Maddie ing with pandemic life that emphasize the Bacon. Bacon produced an inquiry into community, rather than the individual. unprescribed amphetamine use on college Likewise, in her project Sarah Hamm campuses. As part of the investigation, reflected on the consequences of isola- Bacon synthesizes existing research and tion during the pandemic and what this professional advice on the issue. meant for those such as herself who were A desire to explore complex social prestrapped in abusive households. Moving sures was a mainstay of this cohort’s body of forward, Hamm proposes that public work. While Aurora Paget’s project “Lost schools include mindfulness programs in Translation” deconstructed the influence as a measure to mitigate the trauma of of multilingualism on personal identity, domestic abuse and promote healing.

Kiyan Atrian contemplated the role of Healing itself was an important player religiosity as a feature of drag performance, in many of this year’s projects. Grace examining the space of religion as both a Leach began her project “Finding Grace” sanctuary and a source of persecution in the as a therapeutic journey through which to lives of queer and trans people. understand the pain of her early-life expeKenny Moody was also interested riences. But while Leach’s work provided in the importance of performance and a space for her to grow and heal, Luc performance spaces. In “The Sound Le’s project investigated the way in which of Queerness in Tap Dance,” Moody popular media is a barrier to healing. By explores the presence of sexuality and examining pieces of popular fiction that normative gender roles in tap dance, discuss depression and anxiety, such as The including a recorded tap performance Perks of Being a Wallflower and Dear Evan presented to the joy of the audience.

Hansen, Le provides a critical analysis of Like Moody, Grace Wilken’s project culthese stories’ contributions to our under- minated in a video performance, an adapstanding of mental illness. tation of Chekhov’s The Seagull. Wilken’s In a continued investigation of well-be- work was inspired by the reductive depicing, Joshen Mantai spent the last year tions of women written for the stage and creating a multimedia zine that combines aims to produce more thoughtful, nuanced research, anecdotal experiences, and guid- characters while fellow Julia Barrera also ance to mental health treatment on col- explores the multi-faceted space of gender lege campuses. Mantai’s work signals an in “Breaking Binaries,” a zine compiling July 2022 Six Characters in Search of a Pop Song by Pete Muller

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oral histories from non-binary, genderfluid, and genderqueer students.

This year’s writing fellows demonstrated a special appreciation for anecdotal accounts from underserved and underrepresented groups. In her project “Unsafe Passage: A Generational Story of Vietnamese ‘Boat People,’” Kaitlyn Soto tells the story of her mother’s escape from the Vietnam War, weaving it with her grandparents’ story and her own.

Jinx Martinez launched a multimedia project to capture the intersection of racial and sexual identities in the LGBTQ+ community. Like all work in the Raab Writing Fellows Program, these projects prioritize a sensitive, faithful representation of diverse experiences and stories. Resh Grewal’s “Frozen Sunflowers and Tangled Vines” stays true to this mission, peeling away the glamor that usually accompanies fiction on family trauma and addiction, focusing on the experience of transracial adversity.

The subjects of individual and collective identity, fracture and healing, invisibility and representation are present throughout the work of this year’s fellows from the deeply personal – such as Eric Wu’s “Where Oceans Meet,” a thoughtful investigation on the topic of sacrifice through his mother’s journey as an immigrant – to the more cerebral, where Jason Shevach considered the purpose and mechanics of rhyming and Marie-Fleur Borac ruminated on the legacy of democracy.

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Exploring the legacy of cultural pillars, authors such as Brandon Sanderson and Stephen King, Charlie Prindle wrote The Eidolons, the first novel in a young adult science fiction trilogy. Kat Yuen also wanted to use his project to build for the next generation, using the space of the Raab Writing Program to develop a syllabus, available online, for a chronically underexplored sector of feminist and queer academia: asexual studies. While Nicholas Cerofeci set out to study and alleviate the increasingly short attention space associated with an increased consumption of short form media.

In the novella “Scar Siblings,” Connor (Zishi) Ding explored the role of gender and racial bias and the challenges of reconciling parental expectations through the eyes of Chinese international students Holden and Phoebe. Centering the themes of legacy, individual identity, and optimism present throughout the 2022 Raab Writing Fellow Program, Ding examines his guiding questions through comparisons to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. From novellas and zines to video and websites, the fellows explored the range of forms that “writing” can take, producing a diverse collection of topics that spanned family histories and personal stories to original research and analysis. To see the fellows’ hard work and engaging stories, visit

raabwritingfellows.com.

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Miscellany (Continued from 8) mentarian and filmmaker tackling true crime, voter suppression, and the justice system. She also helmed the last season of The Handmaid’s Tale for which she earned an Emmy nomination in 2021.

The magnificent Academy Festival Orchestra performed Mahler’s mesmerizing “Symphony No. 1 in D Major, ‘Titan’” (photo by Zach Mendez)

A Hand for Hannu How fitting that Hannu Lintu, a graduate of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, should be conducting the Finnish composer’s The Oceanides with the Academy Festival Orchestra at the Granada, part of the Music Academy’s 75th anniversary summer festival celebrations.

Lintu, 54, chief conductor of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, was in extraordinary form for the nearly two-hour concert, which concluded with Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1 in D Major, ‘Titan’” with the youthful, energized musicians playing with such unbridled frenzied exuberance I thought the cavernous stage would literally be sucked into the theatrical vortex.

A truly magnificent show...

On the Rise While Prince Harry, 37, has been raking it in signing multimillion deals with Netflix and Spotify, his father Prince Charles, 73, has also been adding mightily to his coffers through the Duchy of Cornwall, established in 1337 by King Edward III to produce income for his son.

Charles, who is also known as the Duke of Cornwall, as well as Prince of Wales, saw his income rise more than $27 million last year.

The value of the duchy estate, 135,000 acres spread across 23 counties, mainly in the southwest and, most importantly, central London, jumped $111,960,468 on the previous financial year – up just over 15 percent – came as the duchy experienced a post-pandemic “bounce back” thanks to staycations and a record year for trading.

Total assets rose $111,756,063 from $1,115,850,000 in 20-21 to $1,454,988,397 in 21-22. Its net asset value hit a record $1,963,231,191, up from $1,154,087,677.

New Bicoastal Digs Santa Barbara billionaire Larry Ellison, 77, continues his property buying spree.

The Oracle computer tycoon, one of America’s richest men, has paid $173 million for a Palm Beach, Florida-area estate from another high-tech billionaire, Jim Clark, who co-founded Netscape, who paid $94 million for the former Ziff publishing family estate in March, 2021.

The property first hit the market in 2015 for $200 million. Before Clark bought the compound, it had been facing a possible subdivision.

The 16-acre Manalapan estate is near another Palm Beach property Ellison bought last year for $80 million. Back in

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monarch’s table. “It was a pretty unique existence,” says McMenamy, who now lives in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Ellen and the Apes

Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu directing the orchestra (photo by Zach Mendez)

2012 he paid $300 million to acquire 98 percent of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, which now serves as his home base.

His latest acquisition has a 62,000-square-foot, 12-bedroom main house. But additional residences on the sprawling property bring the count to 33 bedrooms and almost 40 baths.

It comes with 2,500 feet of waterfront, with 1,200 feet on the Atlantic and 1,300 feet on Lake Worth.

Words from Former Beefeater To the Rockwood Woman’s Club to hear former British Beefeater Steve McMenamy talk about his life in the notorious fortress The Tower of London built by William the Conqueror. McMenamy served 23 years in the Royal Armored Corps before becoming a Yeoman of the Guard, founded in 1485

by King Henry VII, in 2010.

They got their name Beefeaters because they were allowed to eat as much beef as they were able to consume from the

Former TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, 64, clearly loves going ape!

The Montecito resident has been spending time in Rwanda, Africa, where her eponymous gorilla compound has been built. The Ellen DeGeneres Compound is a $13 million project for The Ellen Fund in conjunction with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and the MASS Design Group.

Ellen visited the area in Volcanoes National Park with her actress wife, Portia de Rossi, who financed the compound as a 60th birthday present for the former Oscars host. “Thanks to the fund, the commitment of the Rwandan government and the efforts of many conservation groups, the mountain gorilla population has gone from 300 in the entire world to over 1,000,” says Ellen proudly.

Better Call Carol Montecito comedienne Carol Burnett has signed on for the final episodes of AMC’s Better Call Saul. The 89-year-old actress will portray a character named Marion, with six episodes to go until the season finale airing August 15. She will be joined by Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, who reprise their roles in the sixth and final season.

New Board Member at Camerata Pacifica Joan Davidson, who currently serves on the Santa Barbara Museum of Art board, where she co-chaired the recent $50 million “Imagine More” capital campaign, has joined the board of 32-yearold Camerata Pacifica.

Davidson also served as Third District member of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and its county art in public places committee, and on the

New Jewelry Line Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow has been branded “out of touch” and “stone-deaf ” after launching her very pricey jewelry collection retailing for $500 for a single earring to an $8,000 diamond necklace.

The Oscar winner, 48, released her new limited bling line, entitled G Label, through her company Goop, but many people on the internet were not happy with the high prices.

The Iron Man star received a furious backlash from followers who branded her “shameful and insensitive” for promoting the expensive jewelry “during a time the majority are struggling to afford even the basics.” Ouch...

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knife, allegedly screaming: “I’ll f---ing kill you and her” to Grande and her security team.

Ariana Grande’s longtime stalker has been put behind bars again after breaking into the singer’s Montecito home on her 29th birthday, according to TMZ. Aharon Brown, 23, who has repeatedly violated restraining orders from Grande in the past, was arrested last month after breaking into her house while she was away.

Brown, who is in custody on stalking and burglary charges, was also arrested in September 2021 turning up at Grande’s Los Angeles home with a large hunting

“Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” — Debasish Mridha

Joan Davidson joins Camerata Pacifica board

board of Arts Outreach.

“Joan’s perspective will help guide Camerata Pacifica into its next chapters,” says Randy Shulman, board president.

“I look forward to the depth her experience will bring to our organization.”

Sightings Actor Matthew McConaughey at the Rosewood Miramar... Talk show host Conan O’Brien on his bike at Starbucks in Carpinteria... Oprah’s beau Stedman Graham picking up his Montecito Journal at Pierre Lafond.

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On Entertainment

An Adventure Made Up in Real Time

by Steven Libowitz

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n recent years, Santa Barbara Improv (SBI) has added long-form format opportunities, in both workshops and performance, to its longstanding tradition of hosting weekly short-form classes and a monthly performance of the format most folks might be more familiar with via Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Now, SBI is trying something brand new for the group – a long-form fully improvised theater piece called UnQuested: The Improvised Epic. Described as “a fabulous tale of improvised fantasy adventure, à la NeverEnding Story, Princess Bride, and Labyrinth, UnQuested features a cast of 11 improvisers – some of whom boast more than a quarter-century of experience in the genre – who have been eager to take on the challenge since former Portland resident Holly Mae Haddock first proposed the idea several months ago.

While the show each night truly is made up on the spot, it’s not accomplished through smoke and mirrors, but rather built on a basic structure and, even more importantly, confidence and mutual trust in fellow actors.

It’s improv, intrigue, and adventure in the hourlong saga from SB Improv

“There’s the storytelling concept of the hero’s journey, a fantasy adventure of good and evil fighting each other,” explained Alan Irwin, who has run SB Improv for decades. “We have a sense of the rhythm and where the beats are, and how we can accomplish that. But everything else comes

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The action starts with the audience providing a “MacGuffin,” an object or device that serves as a trigger for the plot in movies or books. Here, Irwin said, that might be “an element or profession or an old-time skill, something historic we can riff on for a little while to build up the world. Then we just go enact the whole piece, usually getting more suggestions about obstacles, or situations, along the way.”

Practicing the show in private has been a fun challenge for the company, Irwin said. “We’re learning the ability to create an epic hour-long adventure together just from a couple of suggestions and making it be completely different every time.”

But it’s also been an unmitigated thrill for the creators, especially Irwin, a devoted fantasy adventure fan who is in his element with UnQuested, which will be offered on Fridays, July 8-29, plus two Saturdays, July 9 & 23, at Unitarian Society’s Parish Hall.

“Words cannot express how joyous this is for me,” he said. Probably for you, too.

For details and tickets, or information on other SB Improv workshops and performances, visit sbimprov.com.

A Flash of Theater Elsewhere on stage, Out of the Box Theatre Company, which most recently brought Tick, Tick... BOOM! to its usual home of Center Stage Theater this spring, will perform pieces from the musical The Lightning Thief at the Santa Barbara Central Library’s Faulkner Gallery from 2-5 pm on Saturday afternoon, July 9. The mini-concert performance of selected songs from the musical, adapted from the bestselling 2005 young adult American-fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology by Rick Riordan, is suitable for all ages.

Women’s Voices Festival at Namba Performing Arts Space in Ventura presents three award-winning one-woman shows straight from the Hollywood Fringe fest on July 9-10. Katierose Donohue Enriquez’s Queen of Fishtown is a hope and profanity-filled character comedy about struggling to maintain one’s authenticity while facing inevitable change in both body and environs. Teruko Nakajima’s Made in America, which won the Fringe’s 2022 Solo Award, is based on the first-generation Japanese artist’s raw autobiography that touches on immigration issues, mental health, domestic violence, child abuse, and more. Jenna Wadsworth McCarty actually creates a new piece of visual art onstage, sharing her songs and poetry while telling her story of how she became an artist in Emergence: First Flight.

Streaming available. Visit nambaarts.com for details and tickets.

Focus on Film Hot Fun in the Summertime, UCSB Arts & Lectures’ return to its weekly series of classic movies projected onto a huge inflatable screen at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden, returns for the first time in three years. Monster hits and cult favorites are among the summer-inspired buddy and adventure films that range from silly comedy to thrilling dramas, kicking off with the even-morenostalgic-now American Graffiti on July 8. Dirty Dancing, Thelma & Louise, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Moonrise Kingdom, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and In the Heights follow, screening at 8:30 pm each Friday night through August 26 save for Fiesta week. Free admission. Picnics, permeable blankets (no plastic/nylon/tarps) and low-backed chairs are encouraged, with set up beginning at 12

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Thursday, July 7: Here’s something noteworthy that sets tonight’s Showcase Series Faculty Artist concert apart from all the rest this year: all of the six musicians on stage tonight are veteran MA artists with at least half a dozen years at the institute. I’m not doing the math of their total combined years, but if familiarity with the hall and each other means anything, clarinetist Richie Hawley, cellist Alan Stepansky, violinist Jorja Fleezanis, and pianists Margaret McDonald, Conor Hanick, and Jonathan Feldman will be bringing a little extra to chamber works by Brahms, Copland, and Grieg at the Lobero.

(7:30 pm; free; $10-$40) Friday, July 8: The Academy’s fellows-powered picnic concerts may not carry the same chamber music cachet as they once did as the fellows are also now appearing on stage in many other guises. But they’re also by no means passé as the works are chosen by the fellows rather than assigned, and they put together their own ensembles, or appear solo by choice. Plus, you get to actually picnic seated at tables among the gorgeous Academy gardens, which is part of what made the concerts such social events of the season. The programs are usually not announced in advance, but tonight’s season debut has been made public and includes solo performances of works by Bach, Messiaen, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, plus Elgar’s “Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84,” which boasts faculty great Jeremy Denk on the ol’ 88. (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free-$40) Monday, July 11: Teddy Abrams is the prolific 35-year-old conductor, composer, and clarinetist/pianist serving as both one of the Academy’s orchestra conductors and composers-in-residence this summer. Tonight, in deference to his penchant for pieces performed by smaller ensembles, Abrams will lead the first-ever Festival Orchestra concert in the cozy confines of Hahn Hall, which usually serves as the rehearsal space before Granada concerts. Abrams own Sixth Floor, named after the ensemble he co-founded with fellow graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2008, is joined on the program by Entr’acte

by Caroline Shaw, the youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize in music and a former MA composer-in-residence, plus “La création du monde, Op. 81,” by Darius Milhaud, an early-days star of the Academy in this 75th anniversary season, before the concert closes with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 “Classical.” Good news for latecomers: nearly one-third of the 300 tickets were still available 7 – 14 July 2022

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at this writing. (7:30 pm; free-$55) Abrams will also talk about the program in the Academy’s new Meet the Conductor Event at Kuehn Court 90 minutes before curtain. (6 pm;free-$20) Tuesday, July 12: Tonight’s x2 Series concert pairing fellows with Academy artists actually only features one work with that focus out of three.

But the centerpiece of Ravel’s “Violin Sonata No. 2” boasts superstar ca former Grammy winner and Musical America “Instrumentalist of the Year” who plays a 1744 Guarneri, who is no stranger to locals as he has also been a frequent guest of CAMA at the Lobero and Granada. (He returns again next spring in a true solo performance.) The opener of Charles Martin Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano has three faculty stars in Eugene Izotov, Cynthia Phelps, and Natasha Kislenko, while the closing of Dvorak’s popular American String Quintet has three fellows performing alongside faculty stars Martin Beaver and Richard O’Neill. That’s a lot of star power for one concert! (7:30

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Montecito’s 27th Village Fourth Parade signs was led by CHP, and featured Boy Scout Troup 33, the Montecito Association, the Montecito Community Foundation, Grand Marshall Diane Pannkuk with her family, Hands Across Montecito, Blankenship’s Veterans Jeep, Dana Newquist, Santa Barbara County Park Ranger Douglas Norton, Mission Linen, Sheriff Bill Brown, Nina Terzian’s most decorated car, Cold Spring School, the Bucket Brigade, La Boheme Dance Troupe, Adam McKaig’s Angels, Montecito Bank & Trust, MERRAG, and our trusty Montecito

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I Christine Giordano, a retired teacher, was leading the Murals on Mission walking tour (photo by Leslie A. Westbrook)

for valet parking (you can drop your bags ahead of time). I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the sad state of street people/ houseless not far away in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District if one walks in that direction, as I did. I did a ton of strolling over my weekend visit (tens of thousands of steps daily) and wove between the two worlds: those of the more fortunate and the unfortunate, including street folks smoking pot and what I assumed was crack on the street and safer, more scenic cultural sites in the city.

I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Mission Dolores neighborhood on a terrific City Guides of San Francisco free walking tour. Led by one of the many volunteer guides who provide fascinating historical and architectural city tours (tips at the end support the nonprofit organization), my friend Thea, who lives in Marin County and turned me on to these tours, joined me on a Murals of Mission tour.

Our guide, Christine Giordano, a retired teacher, was knowledgeable and passionate about the history of the murals and the area. Other free tours include Billionaire’s Row and Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco among some 80 options. I only wondered why I hadn’t signed on to one of these fun tours previously.

I ended my stay the next day with a visit to the de Young Museum for the phenomenal and enlightening Alice Neel: People Come First exhibition that runs through July 10, and a casual Sunday lunch of sizzling, scrumptious chicken mango “Hot Stone pot” large enough to share, which I did with another friend, Mary, who lives in the city. I wish someone in our town would recreate that newly discovered dish from the menu at the bustling “American Thai” restaurant Blackwood in the Marina District.

All in all, it was a perfect weekend getaway. With inexpensive (under $200 round trip), a little over one-hour direct flights on United Airlines from Santa Barbara to San Francisco, there’s no excuse not to take off for a fun-filled weekend in San Francisco, with or without ghosts… or scary interruptions like

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It is our town’s great privilege to start the parade with the annual flyover of four 1955 Vintage Beech T-34 Mentors, two A models and two B models, Air Force and Navy planes, in a diamond formation over San Ysidro Road, led by pilot Michael ‘Viper’ Maloco, on his right and left pilots Kent Field and Jon Russell, and in 4th position pilot Brian Smith.

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Last Week’s Solution:

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3 Company named after a volcano 4 Play again, in a way 6 Nickname for jazz musician Lester Young

Across 1 Org. for the Gamecocks and Gators 4 "Out of the way!"

5 Cook with overhead heat. maybe 6 Took a step towards tying a knot or tying the knot?

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MONTHLY MARKET Sisters Second Saturday Open Air Market- Come us in beautiful downtown Los Alamos at our carefully curated open-air artisan + farm market! Great vintage finds, handwoven + hand dyed

Down 1 Hog caller's shout 2 They may be necessary 3 Certain ancient European 4 Molecule used in modern vaccines 5 Kindle downloads: Abbr.

textiles, hand-spun yarn, organic body care products + locally grown organic eats. Next market is Saturday, July 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. SISTERS GIFTS + HOME, 439 Bell Street, Los Alamos.

Vendors interested in joining us pls call 805-722-4338

LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY SHARON BREESE INTERIOR DESIGN

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Montecito JOURNAL

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LUCKY’S . . . for lunch Seafood Louie ....................................................................................42 two shrimp, 2 oz. crab, egg, romaine, tomato ,cucumber, avocado

Arugula, Radicchio & Endive, reggiano, balsamic vinaigrette .. 16 Caesar Salad.................................................................................... 14 Farm Greens, balsamic vinaigrette ............................................... 14 Jimmy the Greek Salad, french feta ............................................. 18 Giant Shrimp Cocktail (4 pcs) ...................................................... 32 Grilled Artichoke, choice of sauce ................................................ 15 Burrata, tomatoes, arugula, evoo .................................................. 20 French Onion Soup Gratinée ........................................................ 15 Matzo Ball Soup or Today’s Soup ................................................ 15 Lucky Chili, cheddar, onions, warm corn bread .......................... 19 Fried Calamari, two sauces ............................................................ 20

Sliced Steak Salad, 6 oz. .................................................................32 arugula, radicchio, endive, sautéed onion

Iceberg Lettuce Wedge ................................................................... 15 roquefort or thousand island dressing

• Main Course Salads •

• Smaller Plates and Starter Salads •

Cobb Salad, tossed with roquefort dressing ...................................29 Chopped Salad ..................................................................................24 arugula, radicchio, shrimp, prosciutto, beans, onions Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad ..................................................32 Old School Chinese Chicken Salad ...............................................26 Chilled Poached Salmon Salad of the day .....................................28 Lucky’s Salad ....................................................................................25 romaine, shrimp, bacon, green beans, avocado, peppers and roquefort

• Sandwiches •

Lucky Meatballs, tomato sauce, grilled ciabatta ......................... 18

• Tacos and other Mains • Chicken or Swordfish Tacos .............................................................25 Steak Tacos ........................................................................................29 all tacos served with beans, guacamole, salsa, tortillas Fried Chicken Breast Sandwich .....................................................26 topped with coleslaw. served with fries Chicken Parmesan, San Marzano tomato sauce ...........................32 imported mozzarella, basil Salmon, blackened, grilled or steamed ...........................................32 lemon-caper butter sauce, sautéed spinach Sautéed Tofu, Japanese vinaigrette, green onions, shiitakes ........20 Prime Filet Steak Frites, 7 oz. ........................................................55 red wine shallot or peppercorn cream sauce Cambridge House Rope Hung Smoked Salmon, ................................28 toasted bialy or bagel, cream cheese & condiments

Fries, Farm Greens or Caesar

Lucky Burger, choice of cheese ..................................................... 26 Vegetarian Burger, choice of cheese (burger patty is vegan) ..... 22 Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. ..................... 29 mushroom sauce Reuben Sandwich, corned beef, kraut & gruyère on rye ............ 25 Grilled Chicken Breast Club on a Soft Bun ............................... 25 bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado Chili Dog, onions, cheddar & kraut - all on the side .................. 16 Maine Lobster Roll, warm buttered brioche roll ......................... 39

• Sides • Skinny Onion Rings or Herbie’s Potato Skins .............................12 Lucky’s Home Fries or Fried Sweet Potatoes ...............................12 Lucky’s Half & Half ..........................................................................12 Sautéed Spinach................................................................................12 French Fries .......................................................................................12

Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness

20% Gratuity added to parties of six or more