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Parklet Era Is Over Twenty-five retailers on Coast Village Road urge the city to return the street to its vibrant pre-parklet days, page 11 License to Record Six automated license plate readers to be installed in Montecito as part of year-long trial, page 8 8 – 15 SEP 2022 VOL 28 ISS 36FREE SERVING MONTECITO AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARAJOURNAL www.montecitojournal.net Concours d’Elegance – Each year, Pebble Beach golf course transforms into distinguished car show, P.32 Positive Thoughts – Eight simple but effective tips on how to cultivate a healthy body image, P.36 Food-Wine Connection – Chefs reveal unique approaches to food in Shifting the Lens experience, P.14 Oh My Stars – Las Cumbres Observatory’s monthly Astronomy on Tap events are back, P.41 JOIN DANNY SERAPHINE OF CHICAGO, ELLIOT EASTON OF THE CARS, AND MANY MORE SPECIAL GUESTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AT ONE805’S EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 17 (STORY STARTS ON P.16) The Giving List Santa Barbara Beautiful contributes to the city’s physical aesthetic while also enriching its civic activity, page 12 • TRF\Vtl T LE.1SU1�E 2022 OPENT� LE. 2022 NORTH ME R1CA WORLD TRAVEL 'tJi('II: �PECTATOR. �A�DS 2022 2022 '

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P.42 Calendar of Events – Sunset Opera Cruise aboard the Condor Express, Cat Power at the Bowl, and Margaritas y Más are among this week’s events

Montecito on the Move – SB County Sheriff’s Office to install automated license plate readers to aid in law enforcement investigations

P.11 OP-ED – The Coast Village Road parklet discussion continues

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P.39 The Optimist Daily – Five simple but radical things people can do to make the world a better place

P.14 Santa Barbara by the Glass – Gabe Saglie experiences Shifting the Lens, a program revolving around wine and food P.16 One805 – The nonprofit that was created in the wake of the Thomas Fire and debris flow is putting on One805 Live! at a private oceanside estate September 17 P.22 Montecito Reads – Hollis and Cyrus have trust issues in chapter 14 of Montecito

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P.10 Letters to the Editor – Another consideration for parklets, Connie the Cougar is back, and more voices from the community Tide Guide

P.23 Robert’s Big Questions – What does the Bible really teach about death? Brilliant Thoughts – Deception is the name of the game in this week’s column

P.28 On Entertainment – Native Gardens visits Solvang Festival Theater, Almost, Maine at Rubicon, and more P.32 Concours d’Elegance Pebble Beach – Each year in August, the Monterey Peninsula prepares for Car Week, concluding with the Concours d’Elegance, held on the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach golf course P.36 Mind-Body Matters – Rebecca Capps offers tips on how to create a better body image

Editorial – As she sends her daughter off to college, Gwyn Lurie reflects on the advice she wishes someone would have told her P.6 Montecito Miscellany – L.I.N.Y. team wins Netjets Pacific Coast Open, annual Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast, celebrating Priscilla, and much more

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8 – 15 September 2022 Montecito JOURNAL 5 LICENSE 611341 DESIGN BY CHRIS DENTZEL ARCHITECT BUILD WITH US | (805) 966-6401 | GIFFIN ANDCRANE.COM Building Pea ce of Mind. 3,500 PROJECTS • 700 CLIENTS • 35 YEARS • ONE BUILDER by Gwyn Lurie F rom the day our children are born, we begin the prOcess of teaching them everything they need to know so that one day they can leave home. And then, they do. Little ingrates!Likeso many parents, I took my first born daughter to college last week. I flew across the country and dropped her off to room and study (and God-knows what else) with total strangers who will likely, in no time, be her lifelong friends. And then I said goodbye to my beautiful daughter to whom I was incapable of articulating all that I would have wanted to say without collapsing into a sobbing pathetic pile of mush. “Are you okay?” She asked me. “Of course, I’m okay,” I lied. But what mat tered was that she was okay. Because we spent 18 years making that so. And then I walked away from my nearly grown-up daughter. But not before making her bed. Don’t get me wrong, I could not be prouder of my (not so) little girl (pc term: young woman) who worked very hard to get into the college of her choice. So why do I feel such a sense of loss about something that is so overwhelm ingly positive? And why, as I wait for her call, do I hear the lyrics to “Cat’s in the Cradle” running through my head on a taunting loop? These past few years have been filled with so many challenges – the debris flow. The perpetual evacuations. Two years at home doing high school remotely during the pandemic. And then watching her try to tell a coherent story in her college applications about how she’d been extraordinarily produc tive during her high school years. (In all fairness, she did manage to get through all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls in record time.) So much about these last few years has been so stressful. And I don’t know about you, but I feel like as a parent, I put most of my energy into “getting through this time” rather than enjoying and soaking up every last minute with my daughter. And now that I sit at home, with a deaf ening silence emanating from her bed room, I think about the whirlwind that, in many ways, began the day she was born and culminated with me dropping her off at college. Not knowing if she will ever again live at home with us in any permanent way. I suppose it’s all normal and healthy and beautiful, right; and really, really hard. Because she’s still, and always, to me, the little girl who wouldn’t let me leave her side at preschool class until well after Thanksgiving. During the 18 hours that it took for me to get home from the East Coast (there’s a special place in hell for the airlines), I had plenty of time between Dunkin’ Donuts to think about what this all means. And I wrote down my thoughts to send to my daughter, which I did. For whatever these thoughts are worth, I wanted to also share some of them with the other young people in our community, and the moms and dads who are going through this same beautiful but challenging rite of pas sage. These are some of the things that I wish someone had said to me before I started college, not realizing I would never again in my life have that kind of freedom and opportunity to learn about anything under the sun. A privilege I recognized only in retrospect. Why do I feel such a sense of loss about something that is so overwhelmingly positive?

While dropping my daughter off at school I had the chance to listen to her university’s president speak about his hopes for the incoming students. And so much of it resonated with me. Here are my thoughts, some of which were inspired by his: Over the next four (or five or six) years you will likely be surrounded by some of the most interesting, smart people you will ever know. You will have the chance to learn about things that you never even knew existed. And many of the things you will learn will be completely by accident. And that is, in my opinion, the most beau tiful part of your next chapter!

1) That you discover what you love. To do that, you will have to open your heart and mind to learning; take courses in things that you might not be “good 394

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he 113-year-old Netjets Pacific Coast Open is considered the biggest polo event on the Left Coast, but this year’s final at the Santa Barbara Polo Club was an absolute cracker with the L.I.N.Y. team, con sisting mainly of teenagers, beating the more established Farmers & Merchants Bank, led by two-time PCO winner Dan Walker , 12-11 in the fading min utes of the sizzling two-hour match.

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Miscellany Page 184 of Lucas Criado, 48, Facundo Obregon, 32, and Peke Gonzalez, 24, fought back with a last-minute drive almost equaling the score before the final horn. But Cambiaso roared back, scoring a total of seven goals enabling L.I.N.Y. –the youngest champions in history – to hoist the iconic 8-foot-high silver and gold trophy, as well as being named Most Valuable Player with Ojos, the best“Itpony.wasan historical game on all levels,” says Dan. “FMB was required to play perfect polo while Team L.I.N.Y. was required to play normal polo. We have no regrets, just disappointment we did not have more perfect moments. Our Polo Priscilla)trophytheDellaversonHolden,ambassadorLeighplayerBrecheen,GlenandGriffinwithchampionship(photoby

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Bonner also noted that the sheriffs are “open to feedback, of course. We’re soliciting it. As we work through this trial, we are interested in partnering with community members in the rollout and implementation of this license-plate read er Thereprogram.”will be a portal on the SB Sheriff’s Office website so the public can see where cameras are installed, data retention policies, and more. What about facial recognition? Traffic enforcement? The cameras don’t have facial recognition capability, and won’t be used for traffic enforcement. The City of Santa Barbara already uses ALPRs in its public parking lots.

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How Many Cameras Will Be Installed in Montecito?

Chief Deputy Craig Bonner said the cameras can be used to issue realtime alerts for a specific vehicle, which could be hugely helpful in cases of major crime commission and missing persons. Detectives can also view the camera data to identify vehicles leaving an area at a specific time, which could be used in criminal investigations where a vehicle wasDetectivesinvolved. will need to submit verifi able reasons for searching ALPR system data.

A Flock Automated License Plate Reader (Courtesy: Flock Systems)

The cameras will be installed at major entries and exits to the county, and areas most impacted by significant crim inal activity, including violent crime, high-value property crime, and rural crime. Montecito will have six cameras installed, about a fourth of the total for theChiefcounty.Deputy Bonner said, “We’ve had quite a few high-value property crimes that have occurred in and around the Montecito area. Every indication is that these are professional burglars coming in from out of the area. The ALPRs could be incredibly beneficial in providing investigative leads for the sheriffs. Of course, whenever you have equipment like that, it sends a signal that this is not a good area for criminals to operate in.” In our board meetings, we discuss criminal activity in the area, and Lt. Butch Arnoldi gives a detailed report on recent incidents in Montecito. Over the past year, we’ve noticed an uptick in break-ins, burglaries, and even vehicle theft. People’s homes while on vacation have been getting broken into, as though someone knew they’d be gone. There’s now a lot of interest in starting neigh borhood watches, and the Montecito Association works with the sheriffs and Public Works to get those going.

Bonner will present more informa tion on the license plate readers at our next Montecito Association Board meeting, Tuesday, September 13 at 4 pm. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend, and for your conve nience it’s held over Zoom. Just email info@montecitoassociation.org for the meeting login. In that same meeting, we’re going to hear from the Bucket Brigade on their plans for the latest installation of raised walking paths as part of their Walk Montecito campaign, a $2.5 million project. Property owners along Barker Pass Road, Sycamore Canyon, and Upper Hot Springs should attend.

he Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office will install automated license plate readers to aid in law enforcement investigations as part of a one-year trial. The trial is part of the National Policing Institute’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) study. ALPRs are helpful in crimes where a vehicle was used. The purpose of the study is to expand understanding of the public safety ben efits of ALPR systems, and measure improvements to the speed and clo sure rate of criminal investigations. The study doesn’t utilize our individual license plate data, but rather the SBSO organizational use of the ALPR system, and their ability to investigate crimes that occur within Santa Barbara County. The one-year trial contract is with Flock Safety solar-powered cameras, who covers the cost of the installation. The cameras record license plates, and the make, model, and color of vehicles. They can even record dents and racks, and the footprint of a vehicle. Following the one-year trial the cameras would cost the county an estimated $62,500 plus an annualSheriff’sfee.

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Some things about the proposed student loan forgiveness proposal must be clarified and emphasized: 1) This not a plan to eliminate any student debt... it is a plan to transfer that debt to those taxpayers who don’t owe it.

here are important issues Bob [Hazard] doesn’t address in his arti cle about creative solutions to CVR parking. The first is equity. Why does the wealthiest business owner on CVR get parklets adding 150+ seats to Lucky’s and Tre Lune, for free, for years, and not K. Frank? Angel? All the galleries? Every business would benefit from free outdoor pavilion space, and unless the City is will ing to work on an equitable solution for all businesses, it really isn’t a solution that the community should support. At a min imum the city should auction off parking spaces for private use on an annual lease basis – and we would quickly see just how much those parking spaces are worth. The City would raise significant revenue and it could choose how many spaces to auction, and where they were located. Also unmentioned is the Coastal Commission requirement that every new restaurant ensure sufficient availability of parking per prospective diners, currently one parking space per three diners. On that basis, the parklets create a mandate for almost 100 additional parking spaces – meaning the deficit created is 28 lost + 100 not added = 128, not the 28 lost park ing spaces alone – and this is the deficit felt by surrounding business owners.

Connie, the Cougar, Returns! Connie the Cougar returned to my abode above Summerland a few weeks ago. The video was taken much further away than the last one and therefore is not quite as clear – but you can see where the camera was placed for the last video – and I sent it to you for some fun, as you might not be able to print it clearly. That said, it looks like a good time to write another Carlos, The Bear and send it in, seeing as how Connie is out and about, and we are heading into another heat wave!!

None of us are perfect but can we try to avoid double parking on Coast Village? We all love the laid-back vibe here and double parking not so SB style. Thanks! Kit Cooper How About Them Apples?

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2) There is nothing in the proposed plan that will change the Federal Student Loan Program. Lenders will continue to loan money without any underwriting criteria (quality or cost of education; like lihood of success; down-stream income potential). If nothing changes, we will be back to the current student loan debt totals in just a few years.

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3) The program will do nothing to reduce the high cost of college education which, thanks primarily to the federally guaranteed student loan program, has escalated geometrically compared to the rest of the economy. Colleges will contin ue to expand their resort-rivaling campus es, overpay their tenured professors, create even more administrative positions, and not have to touch their ample endow ments. Anyone with an ounce of common sense can see that college tuition will only continue to increase so long as the Federal Government guarantees that their stu dents can pay any price. What we have here like the Sub-Prime Mortgage bail-out 15 years ago is the Federal Government spending taxpayer money to solve a crisis that that same Federal Government created by injecting itself into a societal role that it was never intended to enter. Lawrence W. Dam Connie the Cougar out and about in Summerland

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8 – 15 September 2022Montecito JOURNAL10 “I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” - Winston Churchill

Here is a business proposition for you. A friend comes to you and says he wants to devote his future energies on a hope to make gold from apples. He wants you to loan him $10,000 at a low interest rate, all of which will go directly to the apple sup plier. There is no business plan. There is no limit on the quality or price he may pay for the apples. There is no requirement that he actually has to work on the project. There is no limitation on how he can spend his own money while he is indebted to you. You would have to be a fool to make your friend the loan unless of course someone with unlimited funds (and no brain) would unconditionally guarantee it. This, of course, is the Federal Student Loan program in a nutshell. The only winner in the apples-to-gold hypothetical when the hoped-for result/pipedream isn’t achieved is the apple supplier (university) who can charge whatever it wants knowing that it will be paid up front by the lender… no questions asked. And the only loser is the guarantor (Federal Government) who will eventually be forced to pay the lender and write off the loan. Recently, President Biden announced that he intends, with no constitutional authority and no vote of Congress, to give close to a trillion dollars, which the Government doesn’t have to students who borrowed money to pay college expenses. It doesn’t matter if the loans are in default or not; it doesn’t matter if the long-term prospects of the borrower show that he or she can repay the loan; it doesn’t even mat ter if the borrower earned a million dollars in 2022 so long as he or she earned less than $125,000 in 2020 or 2021. Anyone who paid their own way through college or who repaid their student loans is out of luck… they get nothing but the obligation to participate as taxpayers in the bailout of those that didn’t. They look like fools.

The Retailers of Coast Village Road

Popularity of Outdoor Dining and Parklets

What Does Randy Rowse, Mayor of Santa Barbara, Have to Say About CVR?

The oddity in this restaurant vs. retailer fight is that the 9,800 CVR customers in Montecito have no decision-making role in the outcome of this parking war, having lost the commercial heartbeat of Montecito to the City of Santa Barbara in the late 1950s because Montecito refused to provide a sewer line for CVR business es with overflowing septic tanks. When questioned, the Mayor and City Council will trumpet their commitment to inclusion of all opinions in future planning deliberations for CVR, but when the votes are counted, as one wag put it, “Montecito’s wishes will carry about the same weight as the broth made from the shadow of a starving chicken.”

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by Bob Hazard H ours after last week’s Montecito Journal went to press, the war between the restaurants and the retailers over the future of Coast Village Road (CVR) got hotter. Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse expressed his writ ten opinion regarding his long-term com mitment to the continuation of parklets on CVR. At the same time, CVR retail er Kevin Frank, allegedly speaking on behalf of a coalition of 25 CVR retailers and seven landlords, shifted away from an earlier compromise position to a strong demand that the city should remove outdoor parklet dining immediately and return 38 parking spaces to CVR.

Randy Rowse, speaking on behalf of himself and the City Council, notes, “I do have some perspective on the [CVR] par klet situation. Having owned a restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara for 38 years, I get both sides of the argument. For myself, there shouldn’t be two sides to the argument (retailers vs. restaurants) because at the end of the day, we are all in this together. I will do everything in my power to ensure the maximum vitality and vibrancy in all of our business districts. Yes, we will disagree on the methods, but that’s why you guys pay me the big bucks…” Rational Randy, with his cool demean or and reputation for win-win solutions, promises to at least redefine the overall shortage of CVR parking spaces as the issue to be solved, avoiding the creation of a win for retail and a loss for restau rants (or vice versa).

Kevin Frank, owner of K. Frank cloth ing at 1150 CVR, representing the 25 CVR retailers who sent a letter to the Santa Barbara Mayor and City Council, has retreated from his earlier concilia tory remarks. He now advocates that there are no alternatives to increased parking opportunities on CVR other than demanding that the CVR restaurant parklets be dismantled and permanently disallowed NOW to recover the 38 lost parklet parking spaces.

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Frank’s feelings are not shared by other communities across the country, espe cially in high-end shopping towns like Aspen, Colorado; Coeur D’Alene, Idaho; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Scottsdale, Arizona; Naples, Florida; Santa Monica, California; and hundreds more. One of the few silver linings from COVID has been to remind residents and visitors that dining in the open air, all year long with heaters, has become the latest new American pleasure. This country’s diners have discovered what Europeans have known all the time.

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The problem on CVR for a long-term shortage of adequate parking spaces for both restaurants and retailers, should not be pitting one group against the other. Clues as to what the City of Santa Barbara will propose as CVR solutions lie in previous Santa Barbara Council decisions for their own State Street revi talization.

Frank writes, “Each restaurant [on CVR] that has a parklet was able to oper ate successfully before the pandemic and the inception of parklets. Their business was not based on the assumption they would receive free public outdoor space in order to increase their profits and sales. Restaurants have added some 353 outdoor dining seats, creating a need for more staff to serve more diners, exacer bating the parking problem even further.

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A return to the parklet-free CVR is not a negative throwback to the status quo but a return to a vibrant street where equal access and usage of public space was the norm.”

Santa Barbara Beautiful also plants seeds. Metaphorical ones, that is, via funding its two ongoing scholarships, one that finan cially supports an environmental horticul ture student at Santa Barbara City College and another to a graduating high school student who will attend college to study in the fields of art and architecture.

Santa Barbara Beautiful’s grant pro gram – in which the nonprofit pro vides “modest collaborative funding” for organizations and projects, focuses on art and culture, both permanent and ephemeral. The nonprofit gave one of

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anta Barbara Beautiful plants trees. A lot of trees. Thirteen thousand of them in its 57-year history, so far. They even name a Tree of the Month, with a photo and profile of the individ ual palm, evergreen, jacaranda, or other species, a series that is quite popular with locals and visitors alike. To be precise, the nonprofit isn’t out in the street physically digging in the dirt, putting in a sapling or mature tree and seeing to its care and feeding. But the all-volunteer nonprofit whose mission centers around community involvement in the enhancement of Santa Barbara’s beauty, provides a large percentage of the funds toward the purchase of new city street trees – the ones growing in the parkway between the sidewalk and curb – while the City of Santa Barbara’s Urban Forestry Division does the actual installing and maintaining.

“We’re investing in young people who are going on to diverse professions where they can carry out this kind of work in their careers,” Schwartz said.

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More than one-third of all such city trees are largely funded by Santa Barbara Beautiful, part of the spectacular green ing of the city in all of its neighborhoods. “That would not happen without Santa Barbara Beautiful,” said Board President Deborah Schwartz. “It’s not just play grounds and public space, but city right of ways all Schwartzover.”said donors to the organi zation can have plaques embedded in front of qualified existing city street trees, perhaps in memory of someone special or another dedication. “That’s part of the recognition that people’s relationships to the natural environ ment, to everything that trees are for us, is as important as anything else in the physical environment.”

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Propane cannons – their loud booms can scare birds away but can be a nui sance to neighbors – and certain pesti cides are avoided, too. Scattered throughout this vineyard, set above the Russian River, I also notice dozens of owl boxes. More than 80 in all. When the falcons have completed their daytime duties, it’s these nocturnal birds who then scour the night-time floor for rodents – pests, too, that are lured by these grapes’ juicy sweetness. Mother Nature, in various ways, providing an eco-inspired alternative to traditional viticultural methods.

Shifting the Lens tapped three buzzy chefs and invited them to month-long residences with J’s own culinary team and to take over the cuisine options inside the Bubble Room, ground zero on the J Vineyards visitor complex in Healdsburg for daily food-and-wine offerings. The goal? To inspire food and wine exploration. The series launched in July with L.A.-based chef Jenny Dorsey, recently profiled by Food & Wine Magazine as a “Game Changer” for her own efforts around social change. My own experience in August starred cookbook author and chef Preeti Mistry, a two-time James Beard Foundation “Best Chef in the West” nominee, a contestant on Top Chef Season 6 and the former owner of the popular Juhu Beach Club and Navi Kitchen in Oakland. An open critic of the lack of diversity in the world of fine dining, and a champion of fringe members of the

Shifting the Lens dovetails from this type of idea: that seeing the industry with wider perspective – through a different lens – can propagate new opportunity within and, for consumers, present new ways of appreciat ing and enjoying the wines they love.

Santa Barbara by the Glass

SB by the Glass Page 204 MJ wine writer Gabe Saglie with Chef Preeti Mistry at August’s Shifting the Lens dinner at J Vineyards in Sonoma County. The rotating culi nary series aims to broaden traditional percep tions around food and wine pairing. J Vineyards’ new culinary series inspired an exclu sive sparkling wine, the Shifting Lens Brut Rosé. Each of the series’ three guest chefs helped design a gift box.

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My visit to J Vineyards last month, along with a small group of wine journalists, was inspired by Shifting the Lens, a rotating culinary program launched this summer with lofty goals around wine and food. Ultimately, though, and more importantly, it’s aimed at exploring how wine can be used as a conversation catalyst around bigger-pic ture concepts, like inclusivity, and to explore the wine industry’s capacity to become an agent for change around things like equity and empathy. “The landscape has definitely changed today,” says J winemaker Nicole Hitchcock as we walk the vineyard, after admitting that her early tenure in the indus try did include moments driven by labels and stereotypes. “Now, we do see a lot more female and ethnic representation.”

J Vineyards’ “Shifting the Lens” Series: Wine as an Agent for Change

by Gabe Saglie n a recent afternoon, on the rolling grounds of Eastside Knoll Vineyard in Sonoma, falcons are on alert. With the 2022 harvest finally underway, and with the pinot noir grapes here quick ly maturing toward optimum ripeness, the birds of prey have been employed as an eco-friendly alternative to netting to keep hungry starlings away. “It’s less labor intensive,” explains Kenley Christensen, of KC Falconing, who’s raised and trained more than a dozen of these swift raptors from the time they were babies. “It’s also about a third of the cost.”

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But out of the ashes and mud rose a brand-new nonprofit called One805, which has not only raised funds to support the First Responders who worked tirelessly during the fire and flows and continue to serve and protect the community yearround, but also brought together the heads of the 11 first responder agencies in the county. Through a uniquely cooperative and transparent process, the agencies work together to sort through grant applications to distribute the donations for purchasing much-needed equipment, essential resourc es, and public emergency preparedness that go beyond their normal budgets.

Alixe Mattingly, a longtime active advocate and board member for area nonprofit organizations including the MOXI, Direct Relief International, Storyteller Children’s Center, Hospice, Lotusland, the Alzheimer’s Association and many others, is also being recognized for her boundless energy, intelligence, and wise counsel.

Alixe Mattingly, one of the Heart of the Community Award recipients

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he Thomas Fire and debris flows that plagued Montecito and the area in over a month spanning 2017-18 was an unprecedented tragedy that caused great devastation to the community.

Danny Seraphine of Chicago Travis Twining and Amanda Winn-Twining with Alastair and Ann Wynn

The concert stars Danny Seraphine, the founding drummer of Chicago who now fronts a jazz-rock powerhouse group called California Transit Authority (CTA), who stepped in last year for One805’s much smaller gala event on just two days’ notice, said Richard Weston-Smith, the organiza tion’s president and one of its co-founders. “His daughter lives here, so he spends quite a bit of time in town and when we asked, he just said sure, absolutely,” Weston-Smith said. “His show was a huge success and everybody loved him, especially our first responders.” This time around, though, Seraphine and CTA will have a lot of musical friends along for the ride, including Wally Palmar, the lead singer and founding member of The Romantics; Elliot Easton of The Cars, who lives in Thousand Oaks; and David Pack of Ambrosia. Which means we’ll hear tons of Top 10 hits from the musicians who collectively comprise two members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and two Grammy Award winners. Dishwalla, the Santa Barbara band whose “Counting Blue Cars” was a massive hit in the 1990s, will also perform, as will rising stars Sofia Guerra and the band Glen Annie, plus DJ LeFunk Sounds. Don’t be surprised if other special guests also make an appearance.

Musical instruments up for bids are an Epiphone electric-acoustic guitar signed by Kevin Costner, a Telecaster autographed by Easton of the Cars, another electric guitar autographed by Robby Krieger, the Doors’ original drummer, and a Seraphinesigned snare drum authenticated with a Rock and Roll hall of fame inductee plaque. Bernie Taupin, the Santa Ynez resident who wrote the lyrics for nearly all of Elton John’s hit albums, will be joining the One805 Live! event as a special guest and contributed two hand-signed prints, one each depicting lines from the songs “Daniel” and “The Bitch is Back.” Russell Young, the American-British pop artist known for his large-scale silk screen paint ings of cultural icons and a Santa Barbara

David Pack of Ambrosia

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Pat McElroy is being recognized for his longtime service to the community

Heart of Communitythe Award

Now the organization is back with a new event called One805 Live!, a festi val-style gathering at a private oceanside estate in the late afternoon and evening of September 17. More modest, perhaps, but still plenty of fun for everyone, with lots of music and plenty of recognition for pillars of the community still at the forefront.

But One805 Live! isn’t just a concert, as the organization will also honor several Montecito residents with the 2022 “Heart of the Community Award” presented on stage at the September 17 event.

One805 also produced the Kick Ash Bash, the now legendary concert in spring 2018 that featured rock stars, movie stars, survivors, and first responders coming together for a celebration that still reso nates today, and first filled the nonprofit’s coffers to make a major splash.

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“She just embodies community spirit,” Weston-Smith said. “She’s also incredibly humble and doesn’t want the limelight, but here we are.” Each of the “Heart of the Community Award” winners will receive a unique 3D printed ceramic award designed and created by Lynda Weinman. And while you can’t buy one of those awards, other unique items are up for bid through the One805 Live! online auction to raise additional funds for Unlike a typical benefit, there are no trips, wine packages, catered dinners, or other such generic gifts – just seven oneof-a-kind treasures directly related to the entertainers and others taking part in the September 17 bash.

Retired Santa Barbara City Fire Chief Pat McElroy will be recognized for his longtime service, including most recent ly his dedication to the installation of the nets above Montecito as Executive Director of the Partnership for Resilient Communities, a huge effort that makes the community safer. “He retired as fire chief and just took on the extraordinarily difficult task of getting the nets put in place, including spearheading raising the millions of dol lars required,” Weston-Smith said.

Travis Twining , Amanda WinnTwining, and Alastair and Ann Wynn, of Giffin Equipment, are being honored for their instant response on the morning of the mudflows. Realizing Montecito had been cut off and many people were stranded, the family immediately called the managers at Giffin Equipment and instructed them to get every available piece of earth-moving equipment to Montecito, and leave it ready on the roadside for whomever needed it. “They just unloaded all the equipment with the keys in it and a full tank of gas for whoever needed it, which really made a difference,” Weston-Smith said. “It was so generous and an extraordinary sense of community.”

Father Larry Gosselin and Dean Wilson (photo by Baron Spafford)

Miscellany (Continued from 6)

Party for Priscilla Social gridlock reigned at Arnoldi’s, one of our tony town’s oldest eateries, when my trusty shutterbug Priscilla cel ebrated the 30th anniversary of her half century with a dinner for her many friends hosted by social gadabout Rick Oshay After eclectic cocktails guests tucked into pasta, steak, and other items from the expansive menu as Priscilla, who like the English singer Engelbert doesn’t like to use her last name professionally, recounted some of the escapades from her colorful life and the innumerable events we have covered for this illustri ous organ over the last 15 years.

“The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.” - Winston Churchill goal was to finish the game with ‘No complaints’ and ‘No excuses.’ We accom plished that goal. “But it was certainly a game to remem ber!”Normally tradition holds that the winners pay for drinks, but club manag er, David Sigman, tells me that because of the team’s young ages it was skipped this year. Prayer Breakfast With the pandemic firmly in the rear-view mirror, our Eden by the Beach certainly has a great deal to be grateful for.

Fast & Furious actress Jordana Brewster, 42, tied the knot with her investment firm CEO beau, Mason Morfit, 44, in an outdoor ceremony at a Montecito estate at the weekend, with guests including actor Vin Diesel After getting hitched, Brewster, who wore a Carolina Herrera couture gown, carried a bouquet of white roses as she held hands with her new husband, who donned a traditional black tuxedo. It was the second marriage for Brewster after finalizing her divorce from producer Andrew Form Her late Fast & Furious co-star Santa Barbara actor Paul Walker’s model daughter Meadow, 22, let the cat out of the bag posting a series of Instagram photos from the ceremony and recep tion, which also showed a number of cars used in the popular film series.

Tom Reed, Keith and Mary Hudson, and Dean and Susan Wilson (photo by Baron Spafford)

More than 500 guests descended on the ballroom of the Hilton for the 63rd annual Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast emceed by retiring Unity Shoppe head honcho Tom Reed with the Pledge of Allegiance from Brigadier General Frederick Lopez, who spent 31 years in the Marines. After a scripture reading from Jaelynne Lay and an invocation from Robert Curtis , a quartet with Adam Cappa from the Calvary Chapel added a musical accompaniment to the sol emn occasion. Dean Wilson, president and CEO of the Turner Foundation, was keynote speaker and recounted the travails in his life, including an early dependence on alcohol and dealing with a child suffering from cerebral palsy. Former police officer Mike McGrew, father of a son who committed suicide after being diagnosed with cancer, closed theAmongprogram.those turning out for the early morning fete, co-chaired by Andrew Tricerri and Reed Spangler, were sing er Katy Perry ’s parents, Keith and Mary Hudson, Adam McKaig, John Daly , Mayor Randy Rowse , Sheriff Bill Brown, Das Williams, fun loving Franciscan friar Larry Gosselin, and Drew Wakefield The tradition was started in 1953 by President Dwight Eisenhower in Washington, D.C. Amen to that...

Vows & Gowns

Fast & Furious actress Jordana Brewster ties the knot in Montecito (photo by iDominick)

“You can’t have Batman without Robin!”

Among Priscilla’s many fans were Dacia and Riley Hardwood, James and Helen Buckley, Brenda Blalock, Teresa Kuskey Nowak, Jerry McGinnis, Miscellany Page 314

Host Rick Oshay, Priscilla, Richard Mineards, and Tom Parker (photo by Brenda Babcock) James and Helen Buckley (photo by Rick Oshay) Priscilla and her niece Teresa Kuskey Nowak with the cake

The polo champions of this year’s Netjets Pacific Coast Open Team L.I.N.Y. with excited fans (photo by Priscilla)

“We come as a package,” I explained.

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J Vineyards in Sonoma County has six estate vine yards, including Eastside Knoll, its first vineyard, planted in 1997

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Lively and fruit-forward, this limited-edi tion bubbly comes in three different gift boxes, each thoughtfully designed in col laboration with each of the three guest chefs. Chef Preeti’s Shifted Lens Brut Rosé ($85) is presented in raucous pink packaging, tiger heads, and justice scales throughout, with myriad quotes that rep resent her passion for inclusion and equity. I loved our dessert of shrikhand, a tra ditional Indian strained yogurt, flavored with saffron and served with puri bread and poached pears. It played beautifully with the 2012 Late Disgorged Vintage Brut ($110), with its own flavors of tan gerine zest, honey and green apple. Throughout dinner and afterwards, and through thoughtful conversation with Chef Preeti and several members of the J team, our group shared thoughts around bucking traditional culinary perceptions, embrac ing less customary flavors and textures and pairing them with more conventional still and sparkling wines and, ultimately, around the bigger topics near and dear to Chef Preeti’s heart. Shifting the Lens rounds out with New York-based chef Shenarri Freeman, known for her holistic approach to eating and for specializing in cruelty-free and vegan Southern cooking. The public will have a chance to experience the way she pushes the boundaries of wine pairing inside J’s Bubble Room from September 29 through October 2 and October 6 through 9, with a special VIP dinner slated for October 1.

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“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.” - Winston Churchill culinary industry, from immigrant to brown to queer, she currently lives with her wife in Sonoma. On the pleasure scale, Chef Preeti’s cre ative menu pushed aside recognizable, Mediterranean- and European-inspired food pairings for wine and, instead, embraced the vibrant, aromatic, intense fla vors of the Indian fare with which she grew up. A deep-fried Nardello pepper, served with fenugreek chutney and a corn-andcurry leaf relish, paired beautifully with J’s 2015 Russian River Valley Blanc de Blancs ($80); an earthy tomato “rasam” soup, with coconut chutney and pickled green tomato, was heavenly with J Vineyards’ rich and vibrant 2020 Strata Chardonnay ($40); and eggplant biryani, doled out with okra and turmeric rice, was a lovely match for J’s layered and refined 2019 Foggy Bend Vineyard Pinot Noir ($70). A Masala quail course, served with tamarind and a pickled melon relish, was paired by the exclusive Shifted Lens Brut Rosé, made expressly for this series and with the input of all chef invitees. This delicious sparkler features pinot noir as its dosage base and includes fruit from each of J’s six estate vineyards, including the aforementioned Eastside Knoll, which was the company’s first, planted in 1997.

Coming Soon: Santa Barbara Wine Auction

Conversations around equality in the wine world are ramping up quickly across the industry, including right here in Santa Barbara, led in major part by the Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation. The char itable group, founded in 1986, strong ly supports local programs, like People Helping People and the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, that benefit underrepre sented residents of the area who are, also, critical members of the regional viticultural workforce. The Foundation’s biennial Santa Barbara Wine Auction, which has raised millions of dollars for Direct Relief over the years, is happening again on November 12 at Ritz-Carlton Bacara, and I’ll have an in-depth preview of this not-to-miss event for MJ readers soon.

Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV, and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips, and trends.

The main course in August’s Shifting the Lens dinner featured Chef Preeti’s Burnt Masala Quail with a tamarind sauce and pickled melon relish. It was paired with J Vineyards’ limited-edi tion Shifting Lens Brut Rosé.

SB by the Glass (Continued from 14)

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Under Investor Relations, were several PowerPoint presentations that I had developed at Cyrus’s direction. He was a verbal communicator, not a written one, so it took time to recreate his magic two-dimensionally.

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And when I saw the work Umed had completed, I was proud that I had kept my nose out of it. The site looked terrific. Plenty of eye candy, graphic slides, and menus that performed intuitively. I was thrilled to see that Umed was up to the task. Cyrus had promised his team was Swiss Army precise and if the website were any indication, I could take him at his word.

“Website is up. Looking sharp. Thank you, Umed,” Cyrus messaged.

Montecito by Michael Cox Chapter 14

The presentations were packed with statistics, declarations, and promises that unfortunately bore no footnotes; Cyrus’s knowledge was the only flashlight in this dark forest. At the end of each presentation were brief bios of the core executive team of six.

I felt a tinge of guilt that I was supposed to be the Chief Executive Officer of this company, yet I had no idea of the human size and scope of our operations. I chastised myself; this was not the kind of executive I wanted to be. I needed to visit our China operations. I needed to see our people and facilities myself. I could not be the man who sat back from his Montecito perch and simply approved financial statements.

I wrote these presentation bios myself – details provided by Cyrus – and our team had now held a handful of Zoom calls. Despite that, I was anx ious to click the Team link, with its tantalizing promise of putting clear faces and complete backgrounds to all our names.

I took a deep breath, reminding myself that this was a just-released beta version of a website. There had been no committee meetings to debate the content or verify its accuracy. We were sculpting on the fly and mistakes were bound to happen. In short, take a chill pill Hollis; these are easy corrections. Below the executive team were at least one hundred smiling faces and names that I had never met before, organized by city – Shanghai or Beijing – and function. All the names were Chinese; all the schools and experiences were fresh to my Anglo eyes.

The next morning, I received a group message from Cyrus to me, Umed, Kai, Noah, and Reuben on the mobile app named BatSignal, Cyrus’s preferred private messaging program. Cyrus liked its security, he said. Certainly, security was what BatSignal touted as its core asset. But from a technology perspective, it was no more secure externally than other similar apps. Curiously, where it did provide extra security was in protecting users from each other. Umed, Kai, Noah and Reuben seemed to enjoy the anonymity. Our group communique listed all participants with first names only and each person was identified by random objects, avatars, and photos. All except Cyrus and me, of course; he in French cuffs and an accompanying pocket square, me in my best navy blazer.

Montecito Reads Trust Issues

by MJ Staff T ake a sneak peek of Montecito by Michael Cox in this ongoing serialization of his yet-to-be-published book. This fictional story is inspired by “tales of true crime THAT HAPPENED HERE.” Cyrus and Hollis share a tense moment when trust issues come to the surface. Chapter 13 is available online at montecitojournal.net and the QR code below.

I rejoined the BatSignal discussion and echoed Cyrus’s praise for Umed’s work on the website. “Nice work, Umed,” I tapped out. “The website looks fantastic.”“Hear,hear,” Cyrus replied.

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Montecito Reads 4 Scan here for Chapters 12 & 13

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The previous version of our website had been thin on details; more of a coming soon site than a true company profile. True to my pledge, I had resisted the urge to offer my services to Umed, letting him handle the task on his own. With the website finished, I felt relief. The same sort of satisfaction someone on a diet feels having made it to bed with out diving into the ice cream carton in the back of the freezer.

At the top left was the company’s patriarch, Cyrus Wimby in French cuffs and blazer, his electric smile burning pixels off my laptop. Clicking on his picture led to a bio, mentioning his distinguished career working for the Saudi royal family and declaring him a graduate of … the University of Oxford? That must have been a mistake. Cyrus had told me that he was a graduate of the University of Amsterdam and approved me putting that in the investor presentations. I made note to let Umed know of the error. To Cyrus’s right was me. The picture looked like me. The bio read of me. On the next row down, came the other four members of the executive team. Wow, these guys cleaned up nice. Almost unrecognizably so. In our Zoom calls, everyone had scruffy beards and sleepy eyes. In these pictures, the rest of the team was clean shaven, freshly coifed, and dressed for busi ness. The difference was stark. Noah’s photo in particular left me scratch ing my head. Acknowledging that Zoom calls using grainy computer video cameras can be hit or miss, I would have bet money that Noah’s eyes were brown. But the Noah on our website had vibrant blue eyes. Strange, I thought. Though, for all I knew, Noah wore tinted blue contacts or liked to photoshop himself for dating and hook-up apps. Also odd, the universities listed for the rest of the team did not match what Cyrus had me list in the investor presentations. Had Noah graduated from INSEAD in Paris or the National University of Singapore? Clear as day I could remember Cyrus telling us all that Kai had a graduate degree from the London School of Economics, but our website mentioned only a degree from the University of Hong Kong. Was Umed a graduate of the Delft University of Technology or the Technical University of Munich? And finally, had Reuben received his law degree from the University of Edinburgh or the University of Melbourne?

The fact that all of them were inconsistent led me to conclude that Umed had just put in placeholders awaiting confirmation. Except of course, that did not explain why his own school would be mislabeled.

“One thing I did notice,” I typed. “The bios in the investor presentations and under the Team section are different. Specifically, all the universities are different. The universities listed in the presentations were supplied by Cyrus. Not sure which is correct.”

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The whole profession of acting is of course based on attempting to convince an audience that the fakery they’re wit nessing is really true. This applies to writing too, which is why we have that rather strange librarians’ divide between “Fiction” and “Non-Fiction.” And, since ancient times, warfare has been largely a matter of misleading the enemy. Even today, armed forces make extensive use of what’s known as “cam ouflage,” to deceive your opponents as to just who and how many and how strong you are, and where you’re located. But, to conclude this solemn catalog, I can’t resist going back to cosmetics, my favorite bugaboo, and to some lines from an old campfire song, which you may recall: “Oh you can’t get to Heaven in powder and‘Causepaint,the Lord don’t like you as you ain’t”

What Does the Bible Really Teach About Death?

It may surprise you to realize in how many ways our lives, literature, and entire culture are based on misleading each other and our fellow creatures.

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” According to the John quote, it doesn’t even matter what you do on Earth. It just matters that you believe in Jesus as your savior. And why does that matter? Because it means that worldly concerns like social justice or preserving the environ ment do not matter. For these Christian believers, all justice happens in the afterlife, not on Earth. And the paradise of the afterlife makes Earthly forests and oceans pale in comparison. For some it is consoling to imagine that your loved one is headed to such an afterlife. But for those who do not believe, it is frustrating that their grief is dismissed. It also reduces the desire to prevent death if death is just a gateway to a better “Recycling,world. Relatedness, and Reincarnation: Religious Beliefs About Nature and the Afterlife as Predictors of Sustainability Practices” was a 2021 study by Arizona State and University of Wyoming researchers. They found that Christians were less likely to follow sustainable practices than those from Eastern religions that believed in reincarnation. The latter believed that it was important to pre serve the Earth’s resources as they will be returning to Earth after death. There is one more reason that I find this of interest: For tens of millions of fundamentalists, evangelical believers, spreading the word of their version of Christianity is the most important thing for them to do. I find it odd that they can have so much passion, yet not take the time to read the very Bible that they think is the source of allChristianitywisdom. was not invented by Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was a Jewish rabbi or teacher. When he asked his followers to follow the word of the Bible, he was talking about the Jewish Bible. That was the only Bible for Jesus. When Jesus was executed by the Romans, his followers first felt betrayed. How could Jesus be the Messiah (Christ in Greek) if he could be killed like any mortal? Some of them invented a story of resurrection. The Easter story. Jesus himself claimed that he would return in the lifetime of his followers. I grieve the loss of Susan and agree these are “made up stories.” But if you are a believer, can you please get your stories straight?

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ast year I lost a dear friend I will call “Susan” when she was on a high-altitude hiking adventure. She had spent most of her life in a fundamentalist Christian religion. But in recent years she had come to realize that religion is “just a bunch of made upWhenstories.”she died far too young, a memorial was held, presided over by a Christian minister. He assured those who loved Susan that she was going on to a better world. When it was over, I asked the minister if he had ever read Ecclesiastes 9. He did not know and asked me to say what I meant. I said that this Bible passage made it clear that when you are dead, you are dead. There is nothing after life. It says, “where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.” Furthermore, it makes no difference what you did in your life; you end up in the same place. “All share a common destiny – the righ teous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean.”

Life is precious because when you are dead you have nothing. “Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart… Enjoy life with your wife.” “Even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!” It is like nothing to be dead and only the living can act in the world. “The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing… never again will they have a part in anything that hap pens under the sun.” The minister was uncomfortable. He said he would look into this and get back to me with the “proper interpretation” of this. It has been a year. Never heard fromWhyhim.does this matter? Because one widespread interpretation of Christianity is based on the idea that this world is merely preparation for what is really important: The afterlife.

If this is all done in the name of sex-ap peal, let me pass briefly over the various pseudo-surgical means of preserving vir ginity in women and the circumcision of men, which in certain religions, including Judaism, is still considered a sacrament.

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To start with, there’s the matter of clothing, and all kinds of other things we put on our bodies, or do to them, to make us appear younger, taller, and more appealing to others, particularly to the opposite sex. In recent times, it has been women more than men who have practiced these wiles. Think of highheeled shoes, underwear designed to produce false shapeliness, or of unnat urally curled (or straightened) hair – to say nothing of wigs, artificial eyelashes, and depilatory methods and substances for removing hair. Then, of course, there is Plastic Surgery, to change the shape of your nose, or even revamp your entire face, accompanied by cosmetic dentistry. – But, speaking of “cosmetics,” I need hardly dwell on the huge international industry based on supplying all kinds of “makeup,” from lipstick and nail polish to “eye-shadow” and rouge. Beyond question, we want to look better than we are. Did I say “look”? – let’s not forget smell, and the age-old perfume trade, to give us presumably pleasant odors that nature forgot to supply. Then there is the ghastly trade in tat toos, relatively new to our culture (except among sailors) – but the practice of coloring and scarifying flesh as a part of “beautification” is world-wide, particu larly among still-primitive peoples. This brings us to the deliberate distor tion of limbs and other extremities, such as the knocking out of teeth, and the hideous not-so-long-ago Chinese custom of binding the feet of girl babies to make them fit into ridiculously small shoes, and thus unable to walk naturally for the rest of their lives.

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In view of all this tinkering with Nature, it is a relief to transfer our attention to the non-human world of Nature itself, in which reproduction, survival, and deception are inextricably intertwined. Why are so many flowers so beautiful – (even to us, who really have no part in the proceedings, unless we are in specialized trades like that of bee keeping)? The truth is, of course, that, in most cases, it is a matter of attracting the insects who transfer the generative pollen to keep the whole system going – with the rare exceptions of plants which actu ally consume insects – like the notorious Venus Flytrap. Even certain plants which among humans have a reputation for obnoxious odors exude those repulsive emissions only because certain insects are attracted by them. But repulsion of enemies is also part of the artistry of the natural world, as in the wing patterns of certain butterflies which look like big scary eyes. And larger crea tures have growls, snorts, and a variety of other fear-producing sounds to make an enemy back off, without realizing how weak its prey may actually be. Deception, whether to attract or repel, is obviously the name of the game. But this brings us back to people (because animals don’t play games, do they?). And we have numerous games based on deception, such as poker, in which the whole idea (as I, a non-player, under stand it) is to make the other players think your cards are more “valuable” than they may actually be. Part of the strategy involves not revealing your “hand” by any facial expression. Hence our tribute to the “Poker Face.”

ool me once, – shame on you –Fool me twice, Shame on me.”

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“I …,” I swallowed, “I think it’s just to double check.” Cyrus shook his head. “That won’t do, Hollis.”

“Fantastic resolution, team,” Cyrus replied. “Nice work, everyone.” I nodded at my screen as a cauldron of acid burned in my stomach. I had tried and dismissed both Rolaids and Tums; I was now taking over the counter Prevacid. I popped one and waited for relief. While I waited, I noticed for the first time that my fingers were shaking and that an unfamiliar trapezoidal tension was roping my back. What was my problem? We had a beautiful, well-designed website. The few identified errors were now fixed. Everyone had been humble and quick to react. Mistakes happen. Why was my body trying to revolt? Eventually the Prevacid slowed the belly boil, and my trapezius muscles relaxed. Part of me wanted to talk to Cricket about this tiny thing that had spooked me. Another part recognized that – professionally speaking – I was the boy who cried wolf. How many more times could I come to her and complain about small inconsistencies and discrepancies built into sandcas tles of worry? Further, what was she going to do? I had already pushed my chips to the middle of the table; there was no recalling them. This internal pep talk worked. My anxiety declined. My fingers stopped shak ing. My stomach relaxed. My old demons had been, at least temporarily, defeated. I did my job as promised, updating the investor presentations then send ing them to Umed for posting. “Updated presentations received and posted,” Umed wrote. “Team section of webpage updated as well. Now consistent. Thanks again for your help.”

“Add it all up, and it is a powder keg, my friend. That is why I structured ExOh Holdings the way I have. Everything is siloed; everything is separable.

John Colton, current patriarch of Miramar Bank and Trust, was now both a significant investor in ExOh and a member of the company’s threestrong Board of Directors. The connection to the bank and John was paying off: John seemed to know everyone that mattered in California and was now arranging private investor meetings. I presume the meetings and the Citation X was the proof of desire Cyrus had envisioned when he told me that he wanted to see John Colton work for it.

“I’m … I’m sorry, Cyrus,” I stuttered. “I didn’t think this would be a big deal. It seemed like a reasonable request to me.” “Reasonable?” he said. He hung his head. “Come. Sit.” He pointed to two wingback chairs in the corner of his bedroom. Scanning the full length and width of the room for the first time, I realized how massive it was. I could have fit four of Cricket and my bedrooms in here. I dutifully took my seat. “I’m sorry, Cyrus.” “Do not worry, my friend,” Cyrus said, his expression pained. “I wouldn’t expect this to make sense to you.” He leaned forward, his elbows on his knees and his fingers interwoven. “Here is the challenge. Our business – global trade –is at the heart of a political football game that began centuries ago. New leaders come and go, promising to open borders, to close borders, to free the economy, to seize the means of production. If you make pencils, you can enjoy this games manship from the sidelines. But if you are in the business of global trade, you must operate with your eyes in the back of your head.”

Once again, I longed for the MBA I did not get and the Macroeconomics classes that I did not pay enough attention to.

The old me would have blurted out an accusation; the new me wanted –needed – to see this as a simple, repairable error.

“Below that overarching challenge lies a sinister underbelly. I am the majority owner of ExOh Holdings, but I am also a brown man – a man of Muslim and Middle Eastern decent – living in a country of and run by white men. I am a visitor here; a visitor whose permission to remain can be rejected at the whim of your megalomaniac President.”

“Ok, great,” I wrote. “And I will update the presentations with your cor rect university and send to you so they can be uploaded.”

“When I return in ten days,” Cyrus declared. “I will be dragging a treasure chest behind me. You worry about getting the stock relisted. Speaking of, do you have a status report on that? It’s just adding and subtracting, right?” Cyrus laughed at his joke, but I sensed some genuine irritation. Either that or I was just nervous about continuing to prove my worth. “Our accountant is nearly done,” I said apologetically. “I’ve gone through his preliminary numbers and they look good. The only outstanding issue is verification of the transactions from Kai’s spreadsheets with the bank statements from the Hong Kong account. I told him that was fine, and I would get him the statements–” Cyrus did not say a word, but his head whipped from his suitcase to my eyes. I instinctively froze. “Why does he need the statements?” he said after a generous pause.

I nodded, feeling guilty on behalf of all fellow Americans.

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“No problem, guys,” I wrote, in the language of the new me. “Umed, you might have some explaining to do! Cyrus wrote that you graduated from Delft University of Technology, but you wrote that you were a graduate of Technical University of Munich. I think you’ve been caught!” I waited; ten minutes went by. “Ah ha!” Cyrus wrote. “What can I say. Apologies to you both. Of course, Umed knows better than me where he went to university!” followed by a handful of exotic emojis I did not understand. “I will fix the others on the website,” Umed immediately replied.

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“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, it’s also what it takes to sit down and listen.” - Winston Churchill

“Ah,” Umed wrote. “I will fix.” This felt sufficient. But something internally nagged me to ask for more clarity. “Which universities are the correct ones?” A few minutes went by. “The ones Cyrus provided,” Umed wrote. “Easy enough to fix, Umed,” Cyrus immediately chimed in. “Thanks for the eagle eyes, Hollis!” Ok, ok, I thought. I appreciated the thanks for having caught the discrep ancy, but something still was not right. If Cyrus’s list of universities was the correct one, then that meant that Umed had written the wrong university into his own online bio. Was that conceivable?

The move felt so good, I typed an email to Cricket’s parents, cc’ing her. “Wanted to share an update on ExOh Holdings,” I wrote in the subject line. In the body, I pasted a link to the redesigned website prefaced with, “Thank you for believing in me.” Within minutes, Cricket’s father replied: “Proud of you, Hollis. Let me know when I can invest!” Cricket wrote back privately with a series of applauding GIFs and the three words that matter most: “I love you.” Chapter 15 I successfully shifted my morning meetings with Cyrus from the Country Mart’s Merci to his home. More often than not, I had ended up paying the Merci bill; as great as the coffee and setting were, I could not afford it. From a financial perspective, I was a de facto retiree, and forty-dollar coffee bills were not in my budget. Our meeting venue was now the Wimbys’ library room with a set time of 10 am. I was physically incapable of arriving late, but Cyrus lived by more flexible constraints. To while away the time, I brought books from the public library on trade policy and macroeconomics. I was still searching for that mythical how-to that would shed incremental light on ExOh’s China advantage.Atthirty minutes after ten, the Wimbys’ nanny – whose job transitioned to maid when Priscilla was at camp or school – notified me that Cyrus want ed me to come back to his bedroom. “Hollis!” he hollered as I entered his bedroom uneasily. Other people’s bedrooms made me uncomfortable; I will blame it on the fog. Cyrus was packing a suitcase which meant I was eye-to-garment with a stack of under wear and socks. Further discomfort ensued. “Where are you headed?” I asked. “Coastal California fundraising trip,” he said. “Demand is high; need to strike while the iron is hot. We are headed to La Jolla, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Palisades, Malibu, Pebble Beach, and Carmel-by-the-Sea.” We? He had not mentioned it before this moment, and sudden schedule changes made me nervous, but a fundraising trip? What an exciting experi ence. “That’s a lot of driving,” I said, casually, biding my time for all of three seconds. “Uh, when you say we, do you mean–” “Sorry,” Cyrus said, shaking his head, no. “John Colton and I,” he clari fied. “These are his connections, his friends. It is just the two of us. Well, us and his Citation X.” Cyrus smiled. “I don’t like to drive.”

“On top of that, the bank account is in Hong Kong and our principal business operations are in China.”

My jealousy aside, the prospect of more money coming in was tremen dous news. If it was good for ExOh, it was good for me.

If I turn over the Hong Kong bank accounts to a U.S.-based accountant, they become discoverable by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. They are one phone call from seizure. Who

Nanoseconds later, Cyrus again chimed in supportively. “Good work everyone.”Ichuckled to myself. Overreacting was one element of my fog. Thankfully, this time, I had managed to keep from revealing my lunacy to the rest of the team. This was good; this was progress. Maybe the new me was finally starting to gain the upper hand on the old me. Before the old me had a chance to strike back, I pressed my newfound advan tage. I opened my LinkedIn profile and penned a post, announcing the new website and business relaunch. My network boasted a total of 341 connections – rural billboards collect more eyeballs on a Sunday – but for me, this was an important statement of ownership and a further blow to my demons of doubt.

I nodded again, not sure what else to do.

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“This was always the job,” he pleaded. “From the beginning, I told you that we needed you to be the face of our U.S. presence. What is the issue? Do you not trust me?” I pulled my eyes from his, focusing on his size sixteen shoes instead. “I do trust you, Cyrus.”

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“Our problem,” he continued, “is far deeper than the job at hand. We have a trust issue.” I shook my head, no. “I’m sorry, Cyrus. I do; I really do trust you.”

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“Brilliant,” Cyrus said, his radiant smile returning. He slapped his knee. “Talk about burying the lead!” I exhaled relief. “So, I’ll get you the form. You’ll need it to be notarized, and–”“Wait, wait, wait, wait,” he interrupted, his forehead wrinkled like a Pug. “I can’t sign the form.” I was shaking my head no before I could utter the words. “But I haven’t seen the bank statements either.” “I understand,” he said calmly, “but you’ve reviewed the spreadsheet of transactions.”“Yes,but…,”

“I trust you as well,” he said. “I trust you even though I have learned that you have not always been forthright with me.” My eyes darted back to his face.

“When we first sat for coffee at Merci?” he said. “You told me that you voluntarily left CryptoWallet because you were searching for a larger lead ershipAgain,role.”Iaverted my eyes, remembering that moment so clearly. He had not heard of CryptoWallet. What harm would it do? I had thought. A small, innocuous lie, or so I believed.

I reflexively looked away, hiding my backstabbing eyes. “Take your time, Hollis,” he said. “Take all the time you need. But if you want to be the Chief Executive Officer of ExOh Holdings, I need your unwavering, undivided, uncompromised trust. If you cannot do that, then I’m afraid we can’t work together.”

I nodded. For someone who did not lie often, I certainly had chosen a poor time to play that card.

Tune in next week for Chapter 16

Cyrus shook his head. “I cannot do it. It would risk the entire company. There must be another way.” I had never witnessed Cyrus so vulnerable. It appeared he was on the verge of anguished tears. I felt horrible that I had not anticipated this concern. Was it my fog, or was this insensitivity the kind of mistake many coddled white men would have made? “The accountant did offer another option,” I said, trying to recover from my unexpected gaffe.

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Cyrus sighed. “And what would that be?” “Well,” I began, “he said that because we were only going for a Pink Sheets listing, he would accept a signed affidavit from an ExOh officer instead,” I said. “I know that your goal was to get ExOh off the Pink Sheets, but this could be a temporary solution.”

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“Well, here we are,” he finally said. He spun the diamond wedding band around his finger as if tightening a screw but did not raise his head. “You came to me looking for an opportunity at ExOh. I took you on without really knowing you. I put you in a prestigious position. I revealed my vul nerabilities; I trusted you to fill those gaps.” He lifted his head and met my eyes. I wanted to look away but could not.

my latent stomachache surged, I stuck a hand in my pocket for pills but found none. “You can do it!” Cyrus said, placing a hopeful hand on my leg, his fingers threatening to circumnavigate my knee. “I think I’d feel better about signing the form,” I said in the same pitch Isabel uses when asking for something she knows she won’t get, “if I could see the bank statements.” My face cringed. “I mean, just to be sure. You know? Mistakes happen and–” Again, I was interrupted by movement instead of noise. Cyrus dropped his eyes from me and hung his head like the clapper of a bell. I waited.

“I think we both know that story was not true,” Cyrus said.

“Despite that… indiscretion,” he said, “I have found you to be an excel lent partner. I believe you are doing marvelous work, adding real value to the team. Certainly, it would have been well within my rights to let you go once I learned of your lie, but I did not.” More sheepish nods.

“I want to believe that,” he said. “But I’m not sure. And judging by your eyes, neither are you.”

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The concept behind Almost, Maine, written by Tony-nominated actor John Cariani best known for playing forensic expert Julian Beck on Law & Order, is very simple on the surface, according to Stephanie Coltrin, Rubicon Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director, who is helm ing RTC’s production this month. The play is composed of nine vignettes fea turing nine different couples, which take place during the same span of time in the fictional town that’s about as far north as one can get in the continental United States. “The emotions and the things that are happening underneath the surface are so very complicated,” Coltrin said. “It’s exploring how we are as fully developed human beings who, for example, can be depressed and happy at the same time, which is utterly fascinating.”

“Every character is at a crossroads in their life and relationship,” she said. “These are very real characters who expe rience an extraordinary moment that allows them to take the next step to where they need to go, where they could have done one thing and then they have the impetus to do something different, all exploring the fragility of love.”

In the playwright’s point of view, how ever, there’s a lightness of spirit and plenty of funny moments that lighten the load as the characters continue to come together to fight and try to forge a better connection.“There’sa big level of misunderstand ings, and initially they’re not terribly will ing to listen to each other,” Maynard said. “But nobody is a villain, nobody is evil on purpose and the play is what happens when people are willing to walk through uncomfortable moments because they want to understand each other. These four characters make mistakes, but they don’t stop wanting to communicate, and to go to each other and figure it out.”

“She wants us to consider that more than one idea, philosophy, aesthetic or way of living can exist and thrive in a sharedMaybespace.”like a doctor and a patient in the examination room?

That’s part of the beauty of the script by Zacarias, who Maynard knows per sonally and even work on the develop ment of a different one of her works.

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The two couples in the play, which takes place over the course of a week, find a very cordial initial meeting come to a clash when the longstanding, well-culti vated garden that is the passion of Frank, half of an older, retired, white couple, might be threatened by the plans of new neighbor Tania, whose husband is from Chile, who wants to transform her backyard into a natural oasis for native flora and fauna. The conflict confronts issues of race, gender, age, and the many metaphorical walls we build in our lives, and leads to accusations, bitterness, and acrimony as the four characters struggle to come to terms with each other.

Native Gardens, which has proved wildly popular among regional theaters since it was written in 2015, makes its belated area debut as the second and final play in PCPA’s summer sea son at the newly refurbished Solvang Festival Theater, with seven performances September 9-17. Call (805) 922-8313 or visit www.pcpa.org.

Coltrin explained that the Aurora is caused by a solar storm, which propels the electrons to travel through the universe.“Ilovethe poetry that what we perceive is a beautiful thing is actually caused by an actual storm on the surface of the sun,” she said, noting that the location matters, too. “Sometimes we need to feel like we’re at the end of the world to get to the beginning of the next thing. It’s so clever and beautiful.”

When high schools perform Almost, Maine – the play long ago replaced Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the most frequently produced work in teen theater – a different actor portrays each of the 18 characters. Professional companies can choose to have the actors double or triple up. RTC has six actors in the cast.

“It’s interesting to watch how the actors become a different person also at the same time and place,” Coltrin said. “It’s even more fun because sometimes the characters reference each other.”

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CPA Theaterfest could hardly have found a more appropriate director than Catalina Maynard to helm Native Gardens, Karen Zacarias’ 90-min ute play in which a battle between former ly friendly new neighbors over cultivating gardens in their separate yards echoes the polarization and cultural wars currently characterizing the country. Maynard has previous PCPA experience as an actor as part of the summer company in 2006, 2008, and 2010, and is returning to the repertory company for the first time as a director for Native Gardens following years as an award-winning and NEA grant receiving professional actor and director in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

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Coltrin described Almost, Maine as a combination of romantic comedy and magical realism where the action takes place just before 9 pm on a Friday night when the Aurora Borealis appears and irrevocably changes things.

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But it’s also what she’s done away from the stage in the interim that gives Maynard an edge: serving as a Learning Specialist in Narrative Medicine at UCSD’s UniversityLink Medical Science Program. Narrative medicine, which straddles the intersection of humanities, the arts, clinical practice, and health care justice, draws on the study of art and literature to enhance listening and observation skills and expand the view of patients to encompass more than just medical histories. “The number one thing that an actor needs to use is the skill of active lis tening, and that’s also an important component of narrative medicine,” said Maynard, who encountered the field when she was part of the artistic compo nent of a team creating culturally-aware instructional films for residents and future physicians. Given that culture clash is at the heart of both the struggle and comedy in Native Gardens, her work in narrative medicine only enhances her perspective on the play. That and the fact that she grew up in National City, which at the time was replete with chain link fences along prop erty“Theylines.were everywhere in the neigh borhood, and when I read the play I just immediately connected to it,” she said.

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Daryl Joji Maeda’s, Like Water, his mul tifaceted blend of cultural history and biography of Bruce Lee’s legacy, traces how movements and migrations across the Pacific Ocean structured the cultures Lee inherited, the milieu he occupied, the mar tial art he developed, the films he made, and the world he left behind. Watch the September 15 virtual talk on Zoom. Info at (805) 682-6787 or www. chaucersbooks.com.

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Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage said the 2004 work serves as an elixir to the ongoing COVID pandemic, which, coincidentally, started shutting things down right as RTC’s production was just days away from opening back in March 2020.“It’s a play that we need at this moment when we’re still in the middle of this thing,” she said. “We all have the experi ence and a deeper understanding of what it feels like to be disconnected. The con nections in Almost, Maine feel so much stronger.” Almost, Maine performs September 7-25 at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura. Call (805) 667-2900 or visit www. rubicontheatre.org

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Antioch University environmen tal studies professor and local author Dawn A. Murray’s new book Monpa Medicinal Plants, Indigenous Knowledge from a Himalayan Healer illuminates the Himalayan medicinal plants the Indigenous people of Bhutan use for healing and sharing generational knowl edge about their ecosystem. Murray muses on the multimedia project that includes colorful and delicate botani cal watercolors and photographs of the people and the place at Chaucer’s on September 12…

Local mystery-thriller author Max Talley’s My Secret Place contains 17 short stories about musicians and artists, under dogs and eccentrics, apartment managers and stoned teenagers, among others, all the secret heroes of their own lives who are driven by eccentric quests that bewilder friends and family in trying to make sense of a modern world that may have already left them behind. Talley talks about the book at Chaucer’s on September 14…

Museum Moments Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Parallel Stories investigates the concept that while something gets lost in trans lation, maybe also there’s something to be gained in the process, at least in rela tion to poetry, serving to build bridges across borders and between cultures via introducing new syntactic strategies, rhythms, and image repertoires. Poet, translator, and literary editor Patricio Ferrari and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, translator, and novelist Forrest Gander will draw from their own work and share examples between languages including Portuguese, French, Spanish, and Kannada in an in-person afternoon discussion on September 11. Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, which has been focusing on whales over four exhibits and a lecture this year, hosts Charles Vinick, executive director of the Whale Sanctuary Project – who was involved with the film Free Willy and helped move its star orca Keiko to Iceland – in a September 15 talk about his efforts to create the first natural seaside sanctuary for captive whales in North America. The gallery at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara is open ing Mary Heebner’s “Prayer Flags & A Tale of Longing,” a three-part exhibi tion encompassing the artist’s two-sid ed Prayer Flags, a spiral-bound artist’s book called A Tale of Longing, and the “Elemental Offerings” booklet, all originating with Heebner’s travels to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India, to see how prayer flags are made. Check them all out at the opening reception on September 9.

“There’s food and beverages, but this is not a gala,” Schwartz said, noting that the Santa Barbara Beautiful awards event is about community connection and involvement in keeping with its mission. “Everybody is invited to come mingle and network and celebrate with us as we acknowledge these members of the community. Then there’s a quick 45-minute program inside the ballroom before we end with a raffle drawing and enjoy Italian ice.”

Scan here for tickets its highest levels of grant making to the recent Van Gogh exhibit at the Museum of Art, and made a significant gift to the now-under-construction Michael Towbes Library Plaza, for example, and has also supported projects as diverse as Tiny Libraries, Pianos on State Street, the I Madonnari Italian Street Festival, the Airport Terminal Visitor Entrance Medallion, and an upgrade to the East Beach volleyball courts.

To that end, while event sponsors making significant gifts help financial ly underwrite the organization’s efforts, individual admissions are just $50, Schwartz said.

“We keep it very modest to encourage as many community members as possible to attend at the Music Academy,” she said. “Please come, see what we’re about, and have a great time.”

Other special awards include the Griswold Award for Philanthropy to John C. Woodward, the Playa de Santa Barbara Award for Environmental Stewardship to the Foothills Forever Property (Santa Barbara Beautiful also gave grants to the successful effort to keep the preserve wild), the Categories & Street Addresses Art in Public Places award to the Plaza Granada Mural, the Commercial Property to Unity of Santa Barbara, the Common Area/Public Space award to the Cabrillo Ball Field, and awards for both multi-family residence and a single-family home of merit. But there won’t be any longwinded acceptance speeches at the event, nor a sea of tuxes and black dresses as it takes place in the afternoon, just learning about planting trees, and ideas, and fostering community connection in making Santa Barbara ever more beautiful in every way.

All of this will be celebrated next week end when Santa Barbara Beautiful returns to an in-person community awards event for the first time in three years on the stunning grounds of the Music Academy of the West on Sunday, September 18. Schwartz will be presenting the covet ed 2022 President’s Award to the City of Santa Barbara for the recently complet ed Cabrillo Pavilion renovation proj ect. “The original theme of the capital campaign, Restore, Renew, Revitalize, perfectly captured the goals of bringing this 1926 historic landmark building into the future for generations of locals and visitors to enjoy,” Schwartz said in announcing her choice.

The Jacaranda Award for Outstanding Community Service to Sue Adams , of whom Schwartz said “embodies the type of community member who through her volunteer and philanthropic invest ment in the community cut straight across our mission.”

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Supporters of the Santa Barbara Symphony, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary, had to face the music at the historic Lobero Theatre when vet eran maestro Nir Kabaretti outlined the season’s nine programs in the next nine months, kicking off with Carmina Burana in collaboration with the State Street Ballet at the Granada in October. Local composer Cody Westheimer will have the world premiere of Wisdom of the Sky, Water, Earth, with pianist Alessio Bax in November with Plains, Trains, and Violins in the New Year with the world premiere of the “Toccata for Toy Trains” concert suite by the late Oscar-winning

Santa Barbara composer Elmer Bernstein finessed by his son, Peter Bernstein Guillermo Figueroa is violinist. February brings Transformation with legendary saxophonist Ted Nash play ing another world premiere with pianist Natasha Kislenko. Ravel’s “Bolero” is also on the program.

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John Williams: A Cinematic Celebration with works from the five-time Oscar win ner and 12-time Grammy Award recip ient accompanying powerful cinematic moments is scheduled for March. Rei Hotoda will be guest conductor. In a collaboration with the Ensemble Theatre Company, Beethoven Dreams is scheduled for April, with the West Coast premiere of The Eternal Stranger based on a dream by the composer, and in May, Platinum Sounds marks the symphony’s sevenThedecades.specially extended season, spon sored by Roger and Sarah Chrisman, wraps in June with An Evening With Frank Sinatra featuring all the legend ary crooner’s favorites with singer-pianist Tony DeSare Afterwards,. a boffo bash was thrown in front of the historic theater with guests including Nancy Golden , Barbara Miscellany

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Covered by James Buckley T he weather couldn’t have been nicer for this year’s event, held on Sunday, August 21: foggy, over cast, and slightly chilly at 65 degrees. The 71st Concours d’Elegance was held – as it almost always is – on the 18th fairway of the famed Pebble Beach golf course, and if the sun had arrived any earlier than 3 pm, the temperature could have become uncomfortably warm. As it was, wool and scarves conquered the morning… and most of the rest of the day.

Pebble Beach Car on the Monterey Peninsula well-dressed crowd and the beautiful thoroughbred horses on display and in competition during Louisville’s two-week Kentucky Derby Festival culminating in the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs, with the extraordinary (and equally beautiful) vehicles and the fash ionable folks at the week-long Car Week, and Concours d’Elegance’s Sunday finale, you’d experience a similar spirit and fash ion sense at each (though Californians are traditionally less formal). It’s not just Pebble Beach that devotes time and space (not to mention local traffic inconvenience) to the Concours d’Elegance. The entire Monterey Peninsula puts aside a full Car Week, particularly the city of Monterey, whose Friday night and Saturday morning Gooding & Company auctions are worth the trip all by themselves, even if one doesn’t stay for the Sunday ceremonies. The most intriguing vehicle up for auc tion this year was the rare (only 17 ever built) 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante, which sold for $10,345,000. The Concours d’Elegance 2022 Best of Show was awarded to Lee R. Anderson Sr. of Naples, Florida for his 1932 Duesenberg J Figoni Sports Torpedo. Other contenders were Fritz Burkard’s 1937 Talbot-Lago T150C-SS Figoni & Falaschi Teardrop Coupé, Sam and Emily Mann’s 1930 Duesenberg J Graber Cabriolet, and Merle and Peter Mullin’s 1951 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Stabilimenti Farina Cabriolet. Elegance Awards went to John & Heather Mozart’s 1932 Lincoln KB Murphy Roadster convertible, the 1937 Talbot-Lago T15OC-SS Figoni & Falaschi Teardrop Coupé of Fritz Burkard of Switzerland, and Lee & Joan Herrington’s (from Bow, New Hampshire) 1957 Ferrari 250GT LWB Zagato Berlinetta.

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Racing Nearby The Laguna Seca racetrack is nearby and many Concours attendees took some time off on Sunday to witness the first-ever Corkscrew Hillclimb Challenge on the famously difficult 2.238-mile racetrack that normally features the 5-1/2-story-high cork screw descent. Some 60 cars were expected to try their luck going up instead of down the famed twists and turns of corkscrew. Among those were a 1925 Bugatti Type 35, a 2013 Chevy Corvette, a ’53 Porsche Cooper Pooper, 1962 Lotus 23, 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning EV, and a 2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. For the kids (admission $35 for adults; children 15 and under get in for free), there is a Ferris Wheel, go-karts, and other diversions to keep them occupied. Next year’s Concours d’Elegance takes place Sunday, August 20 and is set to feature the elegant coachwork of Joseph Figoni and Pegaso. Another top attraction will be an array of American Dream Cars of the 1950s. It’s not too soon to make plans to spend a week on the Monterey Peninsula next summer. If you’re lucky, you could get a couple rounds of golf in too (try Bayonet Golf Course, just up the road). For more information, visit www.pebblebeachconcours.net.

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Building a Healthier Body Image many, their negative body beliefs devel oped in childhood or early adolescence. And, due to various factors, they learned to equate their worth to that of their body size. If the number on the scale ever goes up (even slightly), they often express how it ruins their day and causes them to feel worthless. The next time you find yourself struggling with negative body-related thoughts, try talking to yourself like you’d talk to a friend. It’s important to note that body image struggles do not occur in a vacuum; no one is born hating their body. Body hate is learned in a variety of ways, including (but not limited to) the pressure to live up to a “thin” ideal represented in popular culture or media, being bullied or teased, and interpersonal influences (like family or peers) who place an undue emphasis on appearance. Regardless of origin, poor body image is linked to lower self-esteem and other psychological dif ficulties, such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. If you’ve strug gled with your appearance for a while, changing how you feel about your body may not be easy. However, healing is always worth it. It’s impossible to heal from a space of self-hatred, which is why the path toward healing body image struggles starts with building greater self-love and awareness. Instead of “burning it to earn it” or focusing exclusively on “calories in versus calories out,” how wonderful would it be to start exercis ing and eating from a space of love and enjoyment?! The great news is – you can! Here are some helpful tips for how you can begin to build a healthier body image: Notice and challenge any nega tive, automatic thoughts. For example, instead of just accepting the thought of “My stomach isn’t flat enough,” try challenging this belief by declar ing that “My stomach allows me to absorb nutrients, which contributes to my health and enables me to do what I love.” Also, if you’ve given birth or are planning to, you could highlight how your stomach exists to nourish and carry new life. The point is that when you begin to pause and objectively examine your automatic thoughts, you’ll become more effective at challenging them so that you can feel better.

o you ever look in the mir ror and tear yourself apart? Do you believe that you’d finally be happy if you “could just lose those stubborn fifteen pounds”? If so, you are not alone; most Americans, especially women and girls, report dissatisfaction with their bodies. According to the National Eating Disorders Association ( NEDA ) , by age 6, girls begin voicing concern about their weight, and by elementary school, 40-60% of females report feeling concerned about becom ing overweight. By adulthood, 86% of women say they suffer from negative body image and want to lose weight. Ultimately, how you view your body impacts how you view yourself and the world around you. The experience of poor body image also increases the risk of engaging in harmful behaviors, such as dieting and other weight control behaviors.First,what is body image? Body image refers to your experi ence of embodiment; it involves your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that relate to your physical appearance. How you feel about your body is a mental rep resentation of how you perceive yourself in the world. As a licensed psychother apist who treats eating disorders, I see many clients with longstanding histories of complex and unhealthy relationships in how they relate to their bodies. For

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The follow ing person(s) is/are doing busi ness as: H S Cottages LLC, 346 Hot Springs Road, Santa Barba ra, CA, 93108. H S Cottages LLC, 360 Hot Springs Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. This state ment was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 22, 2022. This state ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, Coun ty Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20220002098. Published August 31, September 7, 14, 21, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The fol lowing person(s) is/are doing business as: Nacaya Prod ucts, LLC, 123 Natoma Ave nue, A, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Nacaya Products, LLC, 123 Natoma Avenue, A, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This state ment was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara Coun ty on August 22, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The fol lowing person(s) is/are doing business as: The Phleb Mobile Phlebotomy Services, 219 Oceano Ave, 2, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. Juan Cambron Pe rez, 219 Oceano Ave, 2, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109. This state ment was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara Coun ty on August 18, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The fol lowing person(s) is/are doing business as: Veterinary Per formance Dentistry, 5662 Cal le Real #461, Goleta, CA, 93117. Torben Corp., 5662 Calle Real #461, Goleta, CA, 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 5, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 22CV03179. To all interested parties: Petitioner Deborah Susan Hillis filed a petition with Superior Court of Califor nia, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Deborah Richards Hillis The Court orders that all per sons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that in cludes the reasons for the ob jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written ob jection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed Au gust 26, 2022 by Narzralli Baksh. Hearing date: October 21, 2022 at 10 am in Dept. 4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published September 7, 14, 21, 28, 2022

The Court orders that all per sons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that in cludes the reasons for the ob jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objec tion is timely filed, the court may grant the petition with out a hearing. Filed August 23, 2022 by Narzralli Baksh. Hearing date: October 10, 2022 at 10 am in Dept. 5, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barba ra, CA 93101. Published August 31, September 7, 14, 21, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 22CV03021. To all interest ed parties: Petitioner Wayne Edward Bloxham III filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Wayne Edward Pool

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The fol lowing person(s) is/are doing business as: The Cat House Hotel, 1922 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. SB CAL Properties, 60 Via Alicia, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Bar bara County on August 30, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Hol land, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0002154. Published September 7, 14, 21, 28, 2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Revision Aging, 800 Palermo, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Scott E Schonzeit, 800 Palermo, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105; Lindsey East, 800 Palermo, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 26, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I here by certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The fol lowing person(s) is/are doing business as: RD Homes, 590 E. Gutierrez St. Suite B, San ta Barbara, CA, 93103. Reed Floors INC., 590 E. Gutierrez St. Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 23, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the origi nal statement on file in my of fice. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20220002113. Published August 31, September 7, 14, 21, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The fol lowing person(s) is/are doing business as: The Seahorse Club; Sound Vision Buzz, 27 W Anapamu St Num 163, San ta Barbara, CA, 93101. Life style Concierge Services LLC, 27 W Anapamu St Num 163, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 9, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

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3) Finally, I wish for you that you will take whatever it is that you love, and you will go out into the world and do meaningful work. There is nothing better in life than doing what you love and having that thing add meaningfully to the world. Whatever work you do you will likely have to work hard. But to work hard at something you love is the greatest gift in the world. It means that work will never just feel like work.

Author Adrienne Maree Brown writes in her bestselling book Pleasure Activism that “pleasure is a measure of freedom.” She asserts that what activists are fighting for – freedom, equality, and justice – are “joyful states.” Thus, embodying joy and connecting with others can be a radical act.

The environmental crisis has put a spotlight on the downfalls of throwaway cul ture. To take a stand against the throwaway mindset, opt to stitch a ripped sweater or visit a neighborhood repair shop to fix your busted panini press.

Switch off

Years ago, Santa Barbara’s wise city fathers created a number of pay-for-park ing garages just off State Street to revi talize its downtown Santa Barbara hub. Still, with an increasing, highly visible homeless population, combined with the ease of online shopping and the demise of Nordstrom, Saks 5th Avenue, Macy’s, two bookstores, and most high-end retail, State Street declined to a far less vibrant, less appealing venue of vacant store fronts, t-shirt and tourist retailers, and teenage music and sports bars. Once the most beautiful and beloved downtown in America, State Street morphed into a seedy shadow of itself. It wasn’t until the eight-block closure of State Street to all motorized traffic, and the emergence of restaurant par klets, that the Santa Barbara Promenade with its focus on people, began a serious makeover to turn the tide from a tourist embarrassment to a city in renewal.

2) That you get much better at what youYoulove.are arriving at college with lots of talent. And there are already things you’re good at. But like every other stu dent, you can be much better at what ever it is you decide you love. And that will take hard work. I hope you’ll lean into that challenge. That you will not be afraid of working hard. That you will not panic when you arrive at a moun tain that feels too tall to scale. That you will gather all the equipment you need and that one step at a time you will climb that mountain. And I promise, when you get to the top, you will look around and see the most beautiful view of life imaginable.

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What Can You Do in Montecito?

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Editorial (Continued from 5) and the people passing by. Outdoor din ing is a lot more relaxing when you know you can retreat indoors when it’s too cold or too stormy, a rarity in the year-round mild climate of Santa Barbara. According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials, “Parklets are public seating platforms that con vert curbside parking spaces into vibrant community spaces.” As cities plan for a successful future, they have a unique opportunity to build upon this progress by making parklets a permanent and prevalent fixture of 21st century lifestyle.

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To help you create boundaries, consider making your bedroom a screen-free zone, detoxing your devices of unnecessary applications, and turning off notifications. You can also invest in a real alarm clock, watch, and old-school calendar or agenda to really meet the challenge. Take a nap Instead of “grinding” constantly, join the “rest is resistance” movement, led by Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry. Hersey’s initiative encourages people to slow down and enjoy being human. It fights against the idea that we have to be produc tive all the time and promotes care for ourselves and others.

Five Simple Yet Profound Ways to Make the World a Better Place Today

It’s short for “Random Acts of Kindness activist,” who is a person that is a part of a global community on a mission to make the world a better place through spontaneous acts of kindness. Right now, there are 43,209 signed-up RAKtivists in 89 countries. at.” Yet. You can’t know this now, but you will never again in your life have this kind of chance to simply learn.

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said: “Success is peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.” At the ripe old age of none of your business, I would agree with the good coach.

Permanent Parklets Picking Up Speed Across America

City of Santa Barbara Votes to Extend Outdoor Dining and Restaurant Parklets

On June 28, 2022, the Santa Barbara City Council narrowly voted 4-3 to pass a motion by Councilmember Kristen Sneddon to continue outdoor parklet dining on the State Street Promenade until a long-term revitalization has been presented and endorsed. A narrow reprieve – but still a win. State Street remains closed to vehicles but open to parklets. Disappointingly, Mayor Rowse voted with the minority. Santa Barbara created a State Street Advisory Committee to solicit com petitive bids to re-envision State Street over the next 30 years. On July 27, 2022, the city authorized a consultant agreement with MIG, Inc. at an initial cost of $709,156 plus expenses. MIG, based in San Francisco but with cli ents in Sonoma, Berkeley, Pasadena, San Diego, Denver, Portland, San Antonio, and Seattle, calls itself a community of designers, planners, engineers, and sto rytellers, engaging, involving, and acting with people in creative problem solving.

We are so used to our screens and devices that more of us are scrolling through life rather than living it. Be intentional about limiting time spent on devices so that you have time to truly connect with yourself and others, doing things you actually want to do.

Permanent parklets are picking up speed all across America from New York to Vancouver to San Francisco, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Denver, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Small towns like Aspen, Colorado welcome public spaces where residents and visitors sit and gather, to encourage people to slow down, to connect with strangers and to spend more time in their own neighborhoods on foot. Aspen, with mind-numbing traffic congestion, recognizes the positive downstream effects for local businesses, as increased foot traffic has been shown to drive revenue and complement those restaurants and cafes that offer outdoor seating as well as retail shops. San Francisco in July 2021 unani mously voted to make “Shared Space Programs” (parklets) permanent. Today, only unenlightened legislators fail to see permanent parklets as a positive com munity asset, especially when combined with innovative, practical ways to design, fund, and build more parking spaces to replace those lost to parklets.

Fix something

he word activism can bring up images of aggression and vehemence, but it turns out that activism can be practiced in gentle ways, too. Here are five simple yet radical things anyone can do in their day-to-day lives to make the world a better place. Find joy These days, the simple act of being joyful can be a profound way to positively impact your community. Joy connects and unifies people—and unity is what we need more than ever.

It is highly likely that whatever MIG decides is best for State Street will be deemed best for CVR, but with a lower level of city financial support. Hopefully, if pushing boundaries and reinventing downtowns means anything to city offi cials, they will allocate the necessary funding to provide projects that improve people’s lives, and permanent restaurant parklets will be part of that solution.

Become a RAKtivist What is a RAKtivist?

Although you may have no official voice in negotiations, if you believe as I do that CVR has been improved by the addition of outdoor dining parklets, drop a quick e-mail to Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse at rrowse@santabarbaraca. gov asking him to (1) Keep the CVR restaurant parklets, and (2) Find the proper pathway to work together to plan, fund, build, and maintain 120 new park ing spaces on CVR to replace the 38 lost to COVID. Mr. Hazard is a guest columnist of this paper and a former president of BirnamGolfWoodClub

He will work closely with HUJI col leagues studying the neurobiology of sub stance use disorders, advise faculty and graduate students in their research projects, and guide the development of systematic research programs in addiction science.

The Lady Davis Trust was established 50 years ago in honor of Lady Davis (Henriette Marie Meyer), an eminent philanthropist and benefactor of multiple institutions.

A Westmont professor has received a prestigious fellowship to serve at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI).

Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Your Westmont Art, Science, Spirituality Collide in Exhibit

Ron See Earns Top Fellowship in Israel

Belt’s Whisper”“Gentle Adam Belt’s “Wish You Were Here,” an LED Spotlight, clock motor, and metal disc (Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann)

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Last year’s winner, Barbara Peacock, author of Soul Care in African American Practice , will speak in chapel on Wednesday, September 21, at 10:30 a.m. “We chose Relational Spirituality because of its lucid, convincing presentation of an interpersonal paradigm of Christian spir itual transformation,” says Mark Nelson, Westmont’s Monroe professor of philoso phy and director of the Willard Research Center. “Drawing on historical theology, biblical interpretation, clinical psychology, and neurobiology, Hall takes a multidis ciplinary approach to Christian spiritual formation seeking to overcome the his toric split between theoretical knowledge of doctrine and experiential knowledge of Christian life.” Hall’s book joins other recent winners, including Responsive Becoming by Angela Carpenter; Becoming Dallas Willard by Gary Moon; Christ-Centered Mindfulness by Katherine Thompson; The Science of Virtue by Mark McMinn; and You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith Dallas Willard (1935-2013), a philoso phy professor, thinker, and pastor, wrote more than a dozen books, including The Spirit of the Disciplines and The Divine Conspiracy. Now regarded as modern spir itual classics, these works have inspired thousands of ordinary Christians to become extraordinary Christ-followers, influencing an entire generation of writ ers and teachers regarding Christian spir itual disciplines and formation.

The two-month fellowship from October to December is part of See’s yearlong professional sabbatical, during which he will lecture at multiple institu tions in the U.S. and abroad.

See has extensive international experi ence, serving as a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, a visit ing fellow at Oxford University, and twice as a visiting professor at Kuwait University. Before coming to Westmont in 2015, he taught for three years in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. As an undergradu ate, he studied for a year at Georg-August University in Germany. He graduated from UC Berkeley before earning a master’s and doctorate at UCLA.

Dallas Willard Book Award Announced

A dam Belt explores the point where art, science, and spirituality con verge in an exhibition, “Adam Belt: Wish You Were Here,” September 1 through November 5 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Belt, who was born in Seattle and grew up in Albuquerque, began his career as a landscape painter before shifting his inter ests to making visible the unseen energies at work in our universe, especially those forces beyond our meager understandings. “His work is simple and minimal, yet it asks complex questions and reveals profound truths,” says Judy Larson, R. Anthony Askew professor of art history and museum director. “Curiosity is at the core of Belt’s works. He explores the intersec tions of science and the visual arts, inviting his viewers to see our world in new ways.” “His interest in the environment has led his art to correlate with the scienc es, from geology to astronomy, and he portrays his explorations through unique and exciting means,” says Chris Rupp, museum collection manager. In 2001, Belt received a Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate University, where he was introduced to the Christian monastic tradition and became particularly interested in the prac tice of contemplative prayer. The aspects of prayer, silence, and time became key components in his work along with an understanding of his creative practice as a religious vocation. He has exhibited his work in a vari ety of museums and galleries, including RCM Galerie in Paris, Franklin Parrasch Gallery in New York, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas, and the Museum of Contemporary Art SanTheDiego.museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. It’s closed Sundays and college holidays. For more information, please visit westmont. edu/museum or contact the museum at (805) 565-6162.

Belt’s “Cameo” is a high-altitude video from the Salton Sea showing the shadow of the Earth rising in the east

“I’m excited to represent Westmont at such a prestigious international university,” See says. “I look forward to sharing new insights that I may gain in Israel when I return to teaching neuroscience and psy chology courses after my sabbatical leave.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr. by Scott (photographyCraig by Brad Elliott)

“Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.”

The Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and the Dallas Willard Research Center (MIDWC) at Westmont have cho sen Relational Spirituality: A PsychologicalTheological Paradigm for Transformation by Todd W. Hall as the winner of their annual book award. Hall will accept the award in person before speaking in chapel on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at 10:30 am in Murchison Gym.

The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust selected

Ronald See, professor of psychology and neuroscience, as the Marie and Matthew Heller visiting professor in medicine at the Institute of Medical Research. HUJI is the premier academic institution in Israel and is well recognized as a leading center of biomedical research.

Todd W. Hall Ronald See will share his knowledge about addic tion science in Jerusalem

Howell is known for his expertise of astrophysics, as a consultant to scifi movies, and his extra-dry sense of humor supported by anecdotal com mentary via scrupulously found news clips online, no media outlet spared. His highlight joke of the evening came at the close while discussing the aster oid that landed in the ocean just off the coast of Iceland and discovered two hours prior by astronomers. The event was published widely with the most interesting headline by the U.K.’s Daily Mail : “Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth off the coast of Iceland” –yes, Young Jedi, you read that right! The remarks from the attendees went on for a few, along with Howell’s slide show of tweets on the topic, concluding with a faux report on April Fool’s Day from Physics Daily discussing the realm of meter measurements to animals.

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Joanne A. Calitri is a profes sional international photogra pher and journalist. Contact her at: artraks@yahoo.com

The monthly events are free, and donations are accepted via LCO merch, such as posters and t-shirts. Guests can also purchase raffle tickets and win a prized LCO beer glass. After each pre sentation, guests can text in a question via a QR code provided on the mon itors. Note to self, be #techsavvy and bring your smart phone. Seen at the event were LCO’s newly appointed Director Dr. Lisa StorrieLombardi , with her husband, astro biologist Michael Storrie-Lombardi, and their two dogs both hailing from Starfleet’s elite research centers like the Jet Propulsion Lab and NASA, as well as black hole scientist Joseph Farah (see Montecito Journal on June 2, 2022, Issue 22).

LCO Director Lisa Storrie-Lombardi and husband, Michael (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

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Our Astronomy on Tap Is On!

Andy Howell and his LCO team Joey Chatelain, Emily Manne-Nicholas, Megan Newsome, Jennifer Smith, and Sandy Seale (photo by Joanne A Calitri) supernova led by UCSB grad student Daichi Hiramatsu working with the LCO and a worldwide research team; the increase in diversity of space mis sion crews to include Black people, the LBGT communities, women, and Native Americans like Nicole Mann scheduled for her mission on September 29 this year; and more. Also re-launched is the LCO’s Science Talk Series, with the next one on September 13 at 7 pm at the New Vic Theatre. Dr. Tim Lister is presenting the DART Mission scheduled September 26 byForNASA.more public space events and astro news, log onto the LCO website and subscribe! Meanwhile, may the force be with411:you!https://lco.global

Speaking of asteroids hitting the Earth, watch for the upcoming DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mis sion by NASA on September 26, 2022 at 4:14 pm PST that will purposely propel a spacecraft into the moon of the double asteroid Didymos to change its velocity and orbit – useful? You decide.

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by Joanne Calitri T une in you star trekkers, gaz ers, and galaxy aficionados, Las Cumbres Observatory’s (LCO) Astronomy on Tap is back on the plan et every month in a new location: the outside patio at M Special Taproom on State Street. The new venue allows for the Astro on Tap monthlies to be an all-ages event, while still be true to its love of science x beer. Its first re-launch was held on star date 76131.5, aka Wednesday, August 31 from 7 to 9:30 pm, led by astro-sci entist Andy Howell and his LCO Starfleet team Joey Chatelain, Emily Manne-Nicholas , Megan Newsome , and Jennifer Smith. Using the Star Trek shirt motif, the LCO team sported star pins that glowed in the dark and changed colors. Sandy Seale, LCO’s director of development, shared that it took about a month of hard work behind the scenes to get the venue’s four audio-visual monitors around the patio bar and the wall projection system up to LCO presentation standards.

NASA claims it is a test to determine how to divert asteroids that might be on a collision course with Earth. However, Chatelain could not resist to point out the logo of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office and its motto, “Hic Servare Diem” translated as “Here to Save the Day”! Other key astro news presented includ ed: the crash and burn of the Arecibo Observatory due to poor maintenance December 2020; the launch of the James Webb telescope with comparison images between it and the Hubble Telescope; NASA’s Artemis series of missions to the moon with a “no comment” about Elon Musk’s Space X working with NASA; the theorized first electron capture of a

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Never one to tour simply to promote a recent release, Power will likely revisit anything from her 11-album-strong career and beyond tonight at the Lobero, continuing to follow her music and her passion. Los Angeles native profession al skater and musician Austyn Gillette is special guest.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $49-$89 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the lines between work and play.” — Arnold J. Toynbee

WHEN: 6-8 pm WHERE: Departs from the Santa Barbara Landing dock in Santa Barbara Harbor COST: $75 includes complimentary appetizers (no-host bar) INFO: (805) 882-0088 or https://condorexpress.com/opera-cruise

Outdoor Opera Opportunities – Four former and current members of the Chrisman Studio Artist Program, Opera Santa Barbara’s young artist cadre, get a chance to project their voices in the great outdoors as OSB returns to Elings Park to kick off the new season with a laid-back afternoon concert. Mezzo soprano Max Potter, baritone Matt Peterson, mezzo soprano Christina Pezzarossi, and bass Colin Ramsey – all of whom now call Santa Barbara home – will perform an hour of opera and musical theater favorites in Godric Grove, the gorgeous tree-lined amphithe ater at Elings Park. Patrons can enjoy an afternoon of music from emerging young artists while taking in the stunning ocean, city, and mountain views from the top of Elings Park, the largest community-supported nonprofit public park in America. Arias and art songs al fresco in the afternoon sounds pretty appealing. WHEN: 4 pm WHERE: Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Road COST: $25 general, includes parking INFO: (805) 569-5611 or www.operasb.org/events/event/opera-in-the-park-2

Prime Time in the Afternoon – On TV, prime time means the coveted slot be tween 8-11 pm, although in the streaming era that doesn’t mean as much any more. In Santa Barbara, Prime Time is the name of a concert band featuring more than 60 musicians whose members are all at least 50 years old. The group has performed free concerts as a public service for more than 25 years, and today is its annual visit to the grounds of Rancho La Patera at the Stow House in Goleta.

WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: 304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta COST: free INFO: (805) 681-7216 / www.goletahistory.org or www.ptband.org

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Calendar of Events by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Opera on the Sea – Alternatively or additionally, just two hours later opera arias will be performed by soprano Chelsea Chaves and tenor Nick Preston, accompa nied by pianist Renee Hamaty, as part of an evening cruising along the beautiful shoreline aboard the Condor Express. Tonight’s Sunset Opera Cruise event features selections from La Bohème, Phantom of the Opera, Faust, La Traviata, and more.

Spinning Wheel Rolls to Ojai – What goes up must come down. Even in the case of Blood, Sweat & Tears. One of the first bands to fuse a horn section with rock, jazz, R&B, and even classical music, they found immediate success, soared even higher two years later and then, after one more hit album, came crashing down to earth, dropped by their record company, although the band has continued to record and perform in one form or another straight on through for 55 years. They’re the rare band to have a major change in personnel, including the departure of lead singer, chief songwriter, keyboardist, and producer Al Kooper after just one album, not only surviving the shift in focus but thriving. Where Child Is Father to the Man made it to the top 50 on the album charts, and included such memorable songs as Koop er’s “I Can’t Quit Her” and “I Love You More than You’ll Ever Know” and a cover of Harry Nilsson’s “Without Her,” the self-titled second album was a far bigger hit. The record, which launched the 30-year tenancy of lead singer David Clayton-Thomas, topped the album chart for seven weeks in 1969 and spawned three successive singles that reached No. 2 in “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” “Spinning Wheel,” and a cover of Laura Nyro’s “And When I Die,” while virtually every track on the album still gets performed in concert. Blood, Sweat & Tears capped off the year by winning Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards over the Beatles’ Abbey Road BS&T has gone through numerous iterations over the decades, of course, and none of the original members are still a part of the band. But the ethos of smart arrange ments and top-flight musicians who have multi-genre chops remains, as evidenced by the fact that the guitar chair is currently held by Julian Coryell, son of the late great jazz guitarist Larry Coryell. The horns and all will soar through the air tonight

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WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai COST: $29-$98 INFO: (805) 272-3881 or https://libbeybowl.org/calendar Margaritas y Más – Santa Barbara is blessed with a bounty of cultural events that would rival a community multiple times our size – and it’s something of an ac complishment that the legacy also includes adventures with alcoholic beverages as a main appeal. Even more so in recognition that today’s festival that features unlimited tastings of tequila and mezcal from Mexico’s top purveyors in a sig nature cocktail or straight up is at Elings Park, which has not only hosted beer festival and wine events but also hot air balloon gatherings, reggae concerts, and, a little later today and in a different location in the huge nonprofit park, even a concert of opera music. In addition to sampling the agave-derived spirits from more than two dozen purveyors, visitors to Margaritas y Más will also enjoy live music from Los Mixos Band and jumbo lawn games in the ball fields and can buy snacks and vittles from local food trucks. Viva la festival!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Marshall Your Forces – The indie folk-pop artist Chan Marshall, who goes by the name Cat Power for her now three-decades-long musical career, has been praised as a singer-songwriter who is willing to follow her muse wherever it leads, and a vulnerability to bare her heart through emotionally unflinching songs. That combination had led her to investigate art rock and electronics as well as folk, blues, and soul, and to lend all of that influence and experience to a series of three cover albums that are anything but typical. The latest, released last January, is simply called Covers, although maybe a title of radical reinterpretation might have been more accurate, as Power careens through versions of songs by Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey, Nick Cave, The Replacements, Kitty Wells, and others that are at times almost unrecognizable although never less than artistically intuitive.

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in the open air in Ojai.

WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Road COST: $65, parking $25 (drop offs allowed)

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New Noise From the Nails – Even if Nine Inch Nails’ industrial rock sounds isn’t something you normally project from your favorite streaming site onto your hi-fi Bluetooth soundbar, you’ve got to respect the heck out of singer-songwrit er-multi-instrumentalist-producer Trent Reznor for his ambitious and arty adven

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $45-$100 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

Flamenco Without Borders – Multi-award-win ning Antonio Rey, one of the most important and popular Spanish flamenco guitarists-com posers performing around the world, makes his Santa Barbara debut tonight. Rey, who has composed for and played alongside artists such as Antonio Canales, Rafael Amargo, Richard Bona, Farruquito, Paco de Lucía, and the Japa nese dancer Yoko Komatsubara, won the presti gious National Flamenco Guitar Award in 2010, and a Latin Grammy in 2020 for his album Flamenco sin Fronteras. Rey will be accompa nied by guitarist Jose Tanaka and percussionist Diego Alvarez in the evening that also features dancer Maria Bermudez

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: New Vic Theater, 33 West Victoria St.

Fall at the Tavern – Tales from the Tavern, the singer-songwriter series at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez, has somehow survived years after Sings Like Hell, which booked somewhat similar acts into the Lobero Theatre, bid happy trails to its fans. Now in its 20th season, TFTT is bringing back some old favorites along with introducing some series newcom ers to the tavern venue that, if you visit on any other night, wouldn’t seem like a listening environment. But TFTT turns the room into a sacred space for songs and stories, which is why artists such as tonight’s performer Eliza Gilkyson, who hails from a folk family, along with Peter Case, who played the first-ever Sings Like Hell show in the mid-1990s and returns to TFTT on September 21, keep coming back.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: The Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez COST: $34 INFO: (805) 688-0383 or www.talesfromthetavern.com tures. Especially ever since, with collaborator Atticus Ross, he ventured into film and television scores, creating the soundtracks and stunning soundscapes for many of David Fincher’s films, including The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), and Mank (2020), plus the animated movie Soul. It’s also been four years since NIN has toured live, and if a NIN show at the Santa Barbara Bowl doesn’t make a believer out of you, maybe it’s time to check your pulse. Experimental electronic artist Yves Tumor opens the show.

COST: $45 INFO: (805) 965-5400 or https://etcsb.org/whats-on/community-events

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

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‘Accentuate the Positive’ – That’s the upbeat title of the program from Jazz at the Ballroom featuring the unforgettable music from the catalog known as the Great American Songbook. Taking inspiration from Bing Crosby’s 1944 hit song of the same name, “Accentuate the Positive” celebrates the music that debuted during the 1920s-1950s, spanning the big band era and early heyday of Broadway musicals. Comedian-host Dan Cronin shares the stage with bandleader Konrad Paszkudzki on piano and the Lineage Trio with singers Niki Haris, Tony Desare, Champian Fulton, and Lia Booth. Sounds like a ‘S’Wonderful’ night.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $85-$135 INFO: (805) 962-4711 or www.sbbowl.com

Flipping Out

An old New York friend Ben Widdicombe, editor of Avenue Magazine, called to interview me on my neighbors, Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle, for the top Conde Nast U.K. society glossy Tatler

From musings on the Royals to celebrity real estate deals, Richard Mineards is our man on the society scene and has been for more than a decade Mary Jo Swalley, Susan Anderson, and John Douglas (photo by Priscilla)

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Vlocity partners Mark Armenante and Young Sohn, who paid $7.2 million for a 2009 contemporary home in Montecito, have now splashed out $18.5 million for a 6,600-square-foot four-bedroom, sev en-bathroom home on 42.69 acres perched on a promontory plateau in Carpinteria. A two-bedroom guest cottage aug ments the accommodation, bringing the total space to 8,453 square feet.

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Retired TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, barely six months after spending $21 million on an historic Moorish-style 11,947-square-foot man sion on 2.45 acres on Hot Springs Road, has lost no time in flipping it. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom 2014-built property has been snapped up for $36 million by uber music man ager Scooter Braun, who looks after the careers of singers Justin Bieber and fel low Montecito resident Ariana Grande. Modeled on the Alhambra Palace in Spain, Villa Tragara also includes a one-bedroom guest house and a 16-seat covered pergola for al fresco dining and entertaining.LastyearBraun purchased a Mandeville Canyon home for $65 million, the high est residential sale in Brentwood history, and sold another Montecito estate for $28 million at the same time.

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Sightings: Actor Chris Pratt doing pushups while filling his auto at the Chevron station on CVR... Singer Katy Perry and actor fiancé Orlando Bloom frolicking in Positano, Italy... Author T.C. Boyle noshing at Ca’Dario on CVR Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when necessary, and get vaccinated.

44 Burger , Marylove Thralls , Robert Weinman, Dan and Meg Burnham, Eduardo Villa , Marilyn Gilbert , Jonathan Fox, Leila Drake Fossek, and symphony president Kathryn Martin. Quite an Honor Local nonprofit One805 is honor ing several Montecito residents at the One805LIVE! gala in Summerland next week.The honorees are retired Santa Barbara City fire chief Pat McElroy and executive director of the Partnership for Resilient Communities, Travis and Amanda Winn-Twining, and Alastair and Ann Wynn for their magnificent help during the mudslides, and Alixe Mattingly, long a keystone in our area’s nonprofit organizations. Lynda Weinman designed and created the beautiful and unique 3D printed ceramic awards that will be presented to theCongratulationshonorees. to all... Home Sweet Home Our rarefied enclave now feels like home for Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince Harry and his former actress wife, Meghan Markle The 18,671-square-foot nine-bed

Toeing the Line Carpinteria actor Ashton Kutcher has lost 12 pounds as he gets ready for the New York City marathon in November. Ashton, 44, tells Entertainment Tonight he has been building muscle mass on his legs while preparing for the 26.2-mile race that ends in Manhattan’s Central Park. And the That 70s Show star says his actress wife Mila Kunis has been “super supportive.”

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Toasting Bendle Local bling emporium Silverhorn is pop ping the corks for head designer Noel Bendle, celebrating 25 years with the company. Bendle has been creating award-win ning custom designs for Montecito cli ents and international visitors alike. With Silverhorn’s workshop now on the main floor of their CVR gallery, you can stop by and marvel at his talented skills...

Top music manager Scooter Braun snaps up Moorish Hot Springs estate for $36 million (photo by Ashley Graham) room, 16-bathroom home on five acres in Montecito, where the tony twosome have lived for two years, evokes a classic Tuscan villa, a Napa Valley vineyard, and a manicured Beverly Hills coun try club, according to The Cut writer Allison P. Davis, who interviewed the Duchess of Sussex. “We were looking in this area and this house kept popping up online in search es,” explained Meghan. At first they resisted visiting. “We didn’t have jobs, so we were not just going to come and see this house. It wasn’t possible. It’s like when I was younger and you’re window shopping. It’s like I don’t want to go and look at things that I can’t afford. That doesn’t feelThegood.”Sussexi ultimately toured the prop erty and immediately fell in love with it. And could afford to purchase it after striking a $100 million deal with Netflix and a $25 million deal with Spotify. “We did everything we could to get this house,” adds Meghan, 41. “It’s heal ing. We now feel free.”

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