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THE UNFORGETTABLE ART OF RICK SHARP Ethereal lines, dreamy landscapes, and timeless designs… an era captured in the poster art of Rick Sharp. His new memoir reflects on his career and life in his Montecito studio with more to be said at the upcoming Tecolote book talk (story starts on page 5)

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Rick Sharp – His iconic art, style, urated Transitions – From furniture to that hanksgiving Thoughts – Life lessons and 5 PandosterlifeArtist 20 Cheirloom 34 TThanksgiving are detailed in his new memoir from this Pog collection, Karen Martin helps musings from family traditions fabled Montecito artist

illage Beat – Updates from the latest MA 6 Vmeeting, plus the opening of the Santa Claus Bike Lane and rest of Coast Village Week

ontecito Miscellany – Loggins goes out with a 8 Mlyrical bang at the Bowl, Noah benShea takes to the screen, galas galore and more

10 Tide Guide ur Town – Jean-Michel Cousteau receives a 12 Olifetime achievement award for his endless work in the channel and beyond

14 flowers at Casa del Herrero, and a Leica exhibit

Society Invites – Music Academy’s Sip and Swap,

16 Fuss is back for another chat with Stella

Dear Montecito – Singer-songwriter Dawson following the release of his new song “Oblivious”

Elizabeth’s Appraisals – When a loved one 22 passes, what do you do with their collection

of documents? If complete and telling of an important story, it may be able to be sold as an archive.

Thoughts – Machines are the things 24 Bthatrilliant drive us, not to mention the other forms of automation that make our world turn and churn through time

to find where he’s supposed to be going … but where is Pat?

Mojo – Come meet the area’s authors at 28 Ltheibrary SB Public Library’s upcoming Local Author Book Fair

On Entertainment – Bruce Cockburn talks 30 about his legacy and upcoming performance, 18 Flow sprung the incredible Bucket Brigade, and

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Thyme – The holiday season is setting 37 Finoraging and this side shines light on the bejeweled fruit of the pomegranate tree

Petite Wine Traveler – The inaugural meeting of 38 Central Coast Women in Wine and its mission obert’s Big Questions – Want to repair the 39 Rclimate Five Times Faster? Here’s what the

author of that book thinks about it. The Optimist Daily – Sure The Proclaimers say they’d walk 500 miles, but this band actually did for their eco-friendly tour

– The Paris trains are running on 26 Etimernie’sandWorld Ernie is running between them trying

The Giving List – From the tragic 2018 Debris they’re still at it

Holiday Cheers – The oven is warm, the holiday foods are flowing, and so are these fitting wines

people decide what’s worth keeping when moving into a smaller home

Frank Huang and Natasha Kislenko hit Hahn Hall, plus more

alendar of Events – The Doors Unhinged, sock 48 Cskating at the MOXI, plus The Most Serious Fart and more

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Poster Artist Rick Sharp

Ambassador of ‘70s-era Santa Barbara by Jeff Wing

here are people who so inhabit and illuminate their respective epochs, their lives can seem almost foreordained. Add to that list a starry-eyed surfer from Houston named Rick Sharp, whose canon of poster art so deeply captures the ‘70s ambiance it can truly be said to have helped define it. Sharp will be discussing and signing his variously soft-spoken and ribald memoir 1970s Nature Posters: The Lost Art of Rick Sharp on November 18 at 3 pm at Tecolote Book Shop in Montecito’s leafy Upper Village. For those of us who know, love, and even revere our little slice of Central Coast paradise on Earth, Sharp’s delicious book is an immersive journey. Why? His “artist’s way” has been a kismet-riddled life – one that largely blossomed in the beautifully recalled Santa Barbara of the ‘70s. “I really wasn’t cut out to do anything else,” Sharp says today. “There was no other choice. Throughout my career, people would occasionally ask me about living the artist’s dream. I would say something profound like, ‘I guess I’m doing that.’ Sometimes it’s hard to dig what’s happening in the moment.” Producing a full-page commission for Rolling Stone magazine while still in high school, Sharp came fully into his own just in time to describe an indescribable decade. As the kid’s “career” began to fly of its own accord, did his family take note? “Funny, it was such a turbulent

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Rick Sharp spent the ‘70s in his Montecito studio designing iconic posters (photo by David Powdrell)

time in my life: my father and I weren’t getting along much at all. I was escaping into my art studio closet whenever I was home. I think my mother saw my strides and supported me – but I don’t think they saw my progression until they got a book in the mail one day: Reflections on the Natural – The Poster Art of Rick Sharp (published by Variant Press) a couple of years after I graduated high school.” Not that graduating high school was a walk in the park. When Sharp’s profound ineptitude with high school math threatened to keep him from graduating Houston’s Westbury High School, help came from a wholly unexpected quarter. Remedial Math’s Coach Hale – the school’s bull-necked, buzz-cut, football-loving gym teacher – clearly saw in Sharp the helpless thrashings of an otherwise talented math failure. Hale transparently contrived to carry Sharp over the finish line, where his art scholarship awaited. Jaw-dropping deets are in the book. “To this day I still get emotional thinking about that incident,” Sharp says. “I think art strikes a primitive instinct in people.” The free-spirited, appealingly bewildered Texan landed in Santa Barbara in the immediate wake of the ’69 oil spill that would put our previously unknown little beach town on the map – and in the eye of the New Environmentalist hurricane. The “Return to Eden” zeitgeist spawned by the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill played uncannily to Sharp’s artistic strengths. His posters – filigreed elysian scenes of nymph-like figures peaceably exulting in nature’s idyll – are so delicately packed with detail and whimsy, the viewer’s mind wanders in a

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t this month’s Montecito Association Board Meeting, Montecito Fire Chief David Neels, along with reps from the Sheriff ’s Department, Flood Control, and Office of Emergency Management, gave a presentation on the upcoming winter, which is expected to be a heavy rainy season. Chief Neels presented a recap of last winter, in which there was historical rainfall on January 9. Following last winter, watersheds in the Santa Ynez Mountains, upslope of Montecito, have been significantly loaded with sediment. Land surveys show at least 1,200 landslides of various sizes above the community. “We’re using science as much as we can to prepare for this winter season,” Chief Neels said. “Even five years post-fire conditions, we are having significant movements on the hillsides.” There is a one in three chance this winter will become a “historically strong” El Niño, meaning there is a higher chance that El Niño impacts will occur. “Its potential impacts to California are unknown,” Chief Neels said, adding that record ocean temperatures are adding to the phenomenon. County Flood Control Director Walter Rubalcava reported that culvert clearing and winterization of creeks and basins will be complete by early December, and Office of Emergency Management Director Kelly Hubbard says the key going into this winter is to be prepared for wet weather and possible evacuations. Messaging from the Office of Emergency Management is forthcoming, Hubbard said. A discussion ensued regarding road construction in Montecito and issues that might arise during evacuations. Mike Logie, Captain at the California Highway Patrol, said a team of leaders collaborates to determine how to evacuate residents safely, which may include opening thoroughfares through road construction areas. Chief Neels added that the Montecito Fire Protection District is finishing its second evacuation study, which suggests reducing the size of evacuation areas

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to prevent traffic issues. “We are adjusting as we learn new things,” Chief Neels said. Residents are encouraged to sign up for alerts at www.readysbc.org, and to ensure their contact information and address are correct. Also at the Montecito Association meeting, there was a brief discussion regarding the proposed expansion of the Rosewood Miramar Resort, with a rep for the project reporting that after last month’s MBAR hearing, the project team is reworking the proposal to incorporate design and community feedback. The project includes adding more employee housing – 16 units in addition to the four already on-site – as well as 12 new resort shops plus a café, and 12-15 market-rate apartments that would be available for long-term rent. The employee housing would be located on what is currently the eastern parking lot, and the new shops and market-rate apartments would be located on the western corner of the property, at the corner of South Jameson and Eucalyptus lanes. Several concerns were brought up by attendees at the meeting, which included concerns over traffic on the corner of Eucalyptus and North Jameson, parking, size, bulk, and scale of the project, and the addition of more high-end shops. MBAR member Claire Gottsdanker, who was in attendance at the meeting, said: “There is no way that MBAR is going to approve the project they brought to show us. Ultimately, they are proposing a three-story building in that area, and there is no way the board of architectural review is going to approve what they’ve given us to look at,” she said. No word yet on when the project will be back in front of MBAR. During community reports, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi reported on recent crime in Montecito. Those incidents include a drunk driver arrested at North Jameson and Miramar Avenue; a neighbor dispute on Eucalyptus Lane; grand theft of cash and jewelry on Olive Mill Lane; stolen vehicle found on Lilac; 20 pistols and rifles in Summerland turned over to authorities;

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ubbly show woman and former Broadway actress Janet Adderley’s students from four of her five school’s locations – Santa Barbara, Pacific Palisades, Austin, and New Orleans – were front and center when local rock icon Kenny Loggins, 75, performed the soldout final show of his “This Is It!” tour at the 4,500-seat Santa Barbara Bowl. The youngsters, aged 10 to 18 – including Maile Merrick, granddaughter of former Journal receptionist Christine Merrick, who sang with Kristin Chenoweth for a second time at the Granada earlier this month – led by Janet’s gracious and formidable daughter, Alana, accompanied Kenny, who has lived in our Eden by the Beach for more than half a century, singing three part harmony on two songs “If You Believe” and “Conviction of the Heart,” followed by the rocker’s son Lu singing with him and his granddaughter, Phifer – making her Bowl debut – receiving two standing ovations. Earlier in the hugely entertaining concert Michael McDonald, another longtime Santa Barbara resident, longtime collaborator, and formerly of the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, sang the first song they wrote together, “What a Fool Believes.”

Kenny was also joined on the stage by his musician son Crosby and daughter Bella, a true family affair. Janet’s talented troupe then helped Kenny, who has been Oscar nominated and won two Grammy Awards, wrap the show with a rousing performance of Footloose dancing alongside surprise soloist actor Kevin Bacon, star of the 1984 movie, and his brother Michael of the Bacon Brothers Band. A helluva night!

Jacob the Baker, Noah the Movie Maker Pulitzer Prize nominee, poet, and philosopher Noah benShea is now in the movie business! The Montecito resident – who was formerly assistant dean of students at UCLA at the age of 22 – has written a number of books using the character Jacob the Baker, including Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World, which has been made into a 120-minute film of the same name that had its premiere at the 2,000-seat Saban Theatre in Los Angeles last week. “We have plans for a Santa Barbara debut in 2024,” says Noah, who co-stars in the production directed by Gev Miron, who also co-wrote the script with

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another grand theft of jewelry on Olive Mill Lane; and a stolen vehicle recovered on Coast Village and Middle Road. First District Supervisor Das Williams’ rep Darcel Elliott reported that a community meeting is scheduled for November 29 at 5:30 pm at Cold Spring School to discuss a Flood Control Master Plan for Montecito. The County of Santa Barbara is beginning a multi-phase project to investigate flood mitigation options, starting with developing a plan for the community of Montecito. A Flood Mitigation Master Plan will be created to guide the planning, design, and construction of improvements to mitigate flooding and flood water impacts to the community. The plan will investigate potential solutions and improvements for flooding in Montecito, for the drainage areas associated with Montecito Creek, Oak Creek, San Ysidro Creek, Romero Creek, and their tributaries. Pat McElroy reported that the ring nets project is on a long pause, with the nets removed earlier this month. “Unfortunately, we were unable to make a deal with the County regarding keeping the nets in place,” McElroy said. “We ran out of time. It was a goal of ours to give this over to a government agency, and we ran out of time,” he added, saying that the nets had to be removed before the rainy season. For more information about the Montecito Association, visit www. montecitoassociation.org.

Santa Claus Lane Bikeway Opens Last week marked the completion and ribbon cutting of the Santa Claus Lane Bikeway at a ceremony with bicyclists, pedestrians, and local business owners. The new 0.6-mile, Class I bikeway and multipurpose path connects Santa Claus Lane to Carpinteria Avenue and is located on the beachside of Highway 101 between the freeway and the rail-

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road tracks. Pedestrians and bicyclists can now walk and ride between the City of Carpinteria and Santa Claus Lane. “Connecting communities is one of the best ways we can ensure we are building infrastructure mindfully,” said State Senator Monique Limón. “I am proud that the state has invested $7.54 million of SB1 funding to make this project a reality, but that was made possible by the local match from Measure A.” SBCAG voted to use $3.33 million in Measure A funds for the Santa Claus Lane Bikeway, according to SBCAG Chair Jenelle Osborne. In addition to the bikeway, improvements were made to the intersection of Estero Street and Carpinteria Avenue with updates for the multipurpose path connections and crosswalks. On the Santa Claus Lane side, a new vehicular turnaround was built early to improve access to the bikeway and facilitate turning movements for traffic wanting to stay on Santa Claus Lane versus enter the freeway. “This bikeway will unite Carpinteria with Santa Claus Lane like never before. This project has been in the County’s longterm plans since 1977, and now it’s finally here. This bikeway will improve access to the beach and local businesses, and also provide a better regional connection for people who want to commute to work or recreate,” said Board of Supervisors Chair and SBCAG Director Das Williams.

This Saturday, November 18, over a dozen businesses on Coast Village Road will take part in the last day – aka the finale – of the first annual Coast Village Week. Here is a list of the offerings taking place: Marcus will host a Catherine Gee Trunk Show with local designer Catherine Gee, who presents her timeless multifaceted collection of silks, luxe velvets, high-quality cottons, and bold, eye-catching jacquards; Montecito Collective will host a Cassy Anne Trunk Show with sips and small bites; Angel Montecito will offer an extended collection of Marit Rae Jewelry; True Love Always will host a trunk show with Barbara Edelston Peterson, jewelry designer of Foreste + Hils; K. Frank will showcase two trunk shows with menswear collection NN07 and Sorellina, a fine jewelry collection known for their timeless aesthetic using 18k gold and fine gemstones; Homer will host artists Rafael Adón and Steven Soria; Maison K will host a jewelry collection trunk show; Allora by Laura will have a trunk show from Ali Grace as well as deep discounts on Ali Grace jewelry. At our local galleries, several meet-theartist events are taking place: Portico Fine Art Gallery will host master artists who will demonstrate painting en plein in the courtyard/garden in front of the gallery; Kathryne Designs Inc. will host artist Dorene White, painting on their front porch and offering specials on her work; Mischief will host fine

artist Kim Snyder, who will be painting on the porch and having a meet and greet. Promotions are being had at Marcus, Maison K, Kathryne Designs, Cassandria Blackmore, Mischief, Montecito Collective, BASKE, and Whistle Club. Various pop-ups will also be held along the road, and be sure to enter to win the Coast Village Association’s raffle, valued at $2,500, which includes a one-night stay at the Rosewood Miramar and dinner for two at AMA, plus items from Honor Market, Folded Hills, Johnny Was, Dry Bar, the Liquor & Wine Grotto, and others. For more information follow @Coast. Village.Road on Instagram or visit www. CoastVillageRoad.com.

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The multipurpose path is a joint effort by the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, Caltrans, the County of Santa Barbara, and the City of Carpinteria. The bikeway is being built in coordination with the Highway 101: Padaro project. The public is encouraged to find more information and sign up for biweekly construction updates on the Highway 101 improvements at www. SBROADS.com, or by calling (805) 8455112, or emailing info@SBROADS.com.

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Music Academy Auxiliary 2nd Annual Sip and Swap Fundraiser Dream team Ashley Woods Hollister, Mari Warner, Shauna Quill, and Sarah Corliss (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Alice Brophy with top item for swap, a floral dress by Magda Butrym (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

by Joanne A Calitri

he beloved Music Academy’s (MA) Auxiliary held its 2nd Annual Sip and Swap Fundraiser at the MA’s Marilyn Horne Main House on Thursday, November 9. The event saw both its members and their friends joining for a lovely evening of libations and top tier swapping of one or more treasured items from one’s closet to another’s.

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Event Co-Chair Mari Warner shared with me that the event was birthed in 2022 with her co-chairs Ashley Woods Hollister and Sarah Corliss. It was so successful and fun that it is now an annual holiday shopping fundraiser for the MA. The sipping and upbeat conversations took place on the back patio with wines, specialty cocktails by T.W. Hollister & Co., and spritzer flavored mineral waters, matched with delicate hors d’oeuvres.

The items to swap were sourced, curated, and arranged for selection by Alice Brophy, who when I arrived was putting the finishing touches on their display layout in the adjacent patio room with lovely live piano music. The swapping spree items were designer clothing, shoes, handbags, scarves, hats, jewelry, and small works of art. Labels included Saint Laurent, Prada, I. Magnin, Roberto Cavalli, Angela Scott, and Magda

Belle Hahn (center) with her son Felix Stephen Cohen and event co-chair Ashley Woods Hollister (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Butrym. Key wardrobe items were donated by Belle Hahn and Lily Hahn, which of course were the first to fly out the door! How it worked: each person who donated an item or multiple items could select one item, and then pay a $25 donation for each additional item. VIP ticket holders had first selection. The event hallmarked newly appointed

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Dawson Fuss: Part 2: What am I going to do with my life? And what am I going to do for dinner? by Stella Haffner

rowing up, moving out, heartache, and more. To quote singer-songwriter Dawson Fuss in his 2023 release: “When will these growing pains give my bones a break?” We last spoke to Dawson in April of 2021 about his musical beginnings. Two years later, the Teen Star and Cate School alum is now a sophomore at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami where he is studying toward his bachelor’s in contemporary vocal performance. With these two years for reflection and growth, I sat down with Dawson to talk about his thoughts on his previous releases, the biggest surprises about music school, and his decision process about whether or not to release his newest song “Oblivious.” Q. I have heard people describe music as a very demanding major. Two years in, what has been the biggest learning curve for you?

Dawson Fuss contemplating what’s for dinner

A. I think learning about copyright and publishing, because it is tricky to discuss a thing that’s not physically there. We are talking about ideas, and how do you copyright an idea, and how do you split an idea among other people. If you’re getting money for that idea, then how does

the money get split up between the people who make the ideas? It’s a very complicated, nuanced subject, so establishing terms at the beginning of the course really helps – realizing something like a song is different from a sound recording. This is your second year in music school, but you have been releasing music for much longer. Last time we spoke, you were getting ready to release your seven-song collection, Edge of Adolescence. What was it like finally being able to release that project? I have been writing music since middle school. I had never really taken it seriously until the beginning of my junior year of high school when I started to record everything. I had gotten used to keeping all these projects to myself, so releasing the music was definitely a unique experience. Learning how to put out something that’s so personal… it’s like putting out a journal entry for the whole world to see. I have grown so much since I released that, both sonically but also as a person. It’s cool to look back on previous releases and be able to see yourself, thinking: “Oh wow, I was at that point in my life when I released that.” It’s kind of like having little breadcrumbs dropped behind me. How does it feel looking back on former projects like this? Is there anything you would change about Edge of Adolescence?

When I look back critically, I remind myself that I was in a different part of my life when I released that. I released Edge of Adolescence two years ago, and for me if I’m looking back on something I created that long ago and thinking it’s not that good, that means that I have grown a lot as an artist. I’m incredibly proud of the work I’m putting out today but know that I’ll look back on it one day thinking it could be better, but that just means I will have honed my skills that much more. A part of me wants to say I would go back to re-write or re-produce projects like Edge of Adolescence. You can produce a song for 10 years and always think it still needs more work. But I think there’s such beauty in having something I don’t think is perfect – it’s always going to be frozen in history. In the last two years, what would you say has changed about your work thematically? Are there major topics you were concerned with back then that aren’t as important to you anymore? I think there are a lot of things that have changed. I am a lot more secure about my identity – who I am, what I enjoy, all these kinds of things. I am more confident and know myself a lot better

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The Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade has been going since the 2018 Debris Flow (courtesy photo)

by Steven Libowitz

ack in 2018, when the Montecito debris flows left huge swaths of the village buried under hundreds of tons of mud and other detritus, the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade (SBBB) was all over the news. The first responders had moved on, and the job of digging out was just beginning. Nearly every outlet around ran photos and videos of people banding together to use shovels and wheelbarrows as well as heavy machinery to help out their neighbors, with such celebrities as Jack Johnson donning wading boots and joining the volunteers spending months in the muck. SBBB founders led an army of caring helpers from all walks of life to not only dig out neighbors’ homes, but also clear and restore open spaces, restore trails, and reconnect the community. But that was more than five years ago. The hoopla has faded, attention has gone elsewhere. But the Bucket Brigade hasn’t let down its guard. In fact, just this last January 9, when the nonprofit had planned to remember the fifth anniversary of the 2018 debris flows with another community ceremony, another massive winter storm had a different idea, instead resulting in evacuations, flooding, and landslides all across California. So once again, the Bucket Brigade loaded up buckets and shovels, sandbags and tarps, and went to work for our community. The 2023 storms were a reminder of the value of SBBB and how it has evolved over the years. The ethos has responded to the knowledge that in the wake of larger and more frequent disasters, just wanting to help our neighbors is no longer enough. We need to become good at helping. Which is why SBBB has been focusing on building a network of experienced volunteer leaders throughout Santa Barbara County so that we can be more prepared to face the challenges of climate change. “Every week, the Bucket Brigade is either organizing, training, or deploying volunteers to restore and improve part of the community,” said Abe Powell, SBBB Co-Founder and Executive Director. “If you want to be good at restoring your community after a disaster, you should practice by doing that exact same work all year long.” Which is why SBBB was able to spring into action so quickly in the 2023 storms, deploying to more than 40 properties after the flooding, tarping endangered areas, installing sandbags, digging out houses on the west side and a trailer park on the east side, as well as homes in Orcutt in North County. “We mitigated flooding and worked to prevent or dig out from landslides,” Powell said. “There were more than 40 sites – almost half as many as we worked at in 2018.” After three months of response work, SBBB returned to training and organization mode, restoring different parts of the community each week. At Harding Elementary The Giving List Page 424 424

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Curated Transitions The Upside of Downsizing by Rebecca Lee Moody

here are a lot of upsides to living in a lusciously spacious home. A downside, however, is when you have to downsize. For many folks, the idea of having to go through a whole houseful of heart-grippingly beloved belongings, and then somehow end up resituated in a smaller place, is an unimaginable scope of activity. There are those long hallways of family portraits and paintings, rooms decorated with travel souvenirs, mega-size furniture, packed closets, and kitchens stocked with everything needed to make anything for any occasion, and more. These are things that tell the story of one’s life. But, the chapters of the tale do march on. And when the need to cull arises, whether due to divorce, empty-nesterhood, moving to a retirement community, or just electing to live in a more diminutive space, the question becomes how to face and deal with multitudes of treasured possessions that fit so nice-

ly in the fantastically-vast living room, high-ceilinged entry foyer, guest wing, and library you will no longer have. And, how to end up happy once resettled within new smaller walls, that too. Karen Martin gets this conundrum. The 50-something Santa Barbara resident has moved many such a mountain herself, starting with when her mother was diagnosed with dementia in 2003. “She was still living in the very big house I grew up in in Chicago,” Martin told me. “My sister and I needed to help her transition to a safer, much smaller home; a one-bedroom apartment. Our mom had lots of stuff and we had to sift through everything. There was no one to help or give advice.” After the gals got the job done, Martin “became the de facto expert on downsizing amongst my friends,” she said. More experience followed when she and her husband, twin daughters, and the family dog Stinson (they’d come to town from Marin) moved four times before finding their ‘just right’ home. Each property purchased along the way was, intentionally, smaller than the last. “We just found we

really enjoy the freedom of having less to manage,” she explained. “Also, we value our life experiences a lot more than much of what was in our well-appointed large homes. I owned so much; wedding gifts, china, silver, crystal, things that no longer fit our lifestyle. We kept only things that really matter.” In 2017, Martin’s skills with scaling down became her profession. She opened a business. Curated Transitions is a move and organization management company that can handle any kind of “plan, downsize, move, settle” situation. Its area of specialty, however, is in the unique elements of senior relocations. I asked what is, for that demographic, the single most difficult part of shifting from lots of square footage to less? “Lack of clarity,” she replied. “Many of my clients find it hard to see how they’re going to get from this home they’ve lived in for many many years, with all these things that are important to them, to moving into a smaller one. But, I have found that having an empathetic person helping, pushing gently gives them the strength and courage to say, about many objects, ‘I don’t really need this.’ It can be empowering simply to have someone to hold their hand through the process and reassure them that what is happening here is absolutely possible. More than possible; we do this every day!” Who’s “we” I wondered, and learned Martin’s team is comprised exclusively of women with interior design expertise. The mission begins when Martin shows up with her rolling tote of tools (clipboards, pens, packing tape, scissors, post-it notes, granola bars, and other essentials) and, together with the client, constructs a plan. Every item in the house is considered, from the grand piano down to the last thumbtack. Martin arranges everything and everyone involved in reaching the goal: All chosen items packed up and transferred to the new home, and the old one emptied, nothing left but an echo. Keeping clients’ eyes on the prize, meaning focused on their streamlined

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surroundings to come, helps the process. “We make a floorplan and discuss where everything’s going in the new home. We want to take their favorite things, but not all their things.” Many of the homes in which Martin works have extensive collections of antiques, books, art, jewelry, etc. and for much of it she calls in consignment and auction specialists, and donation pick-ups. Once that part’s a wrap, Martin and her team unpack and set up, in the new space, everything that was kept. “It’s important to preserve our clients’ stories,” she noted. “So, when they move it feels like their personality is brought in and the things that give them comfort are there. It’s not just a new house; it’s their new home.” While some initially dread the shedding process, Martin finds that once the leap’s complete, her clients rarely miss any of that with which they parted. “Many of them just feel relieved, liberated, and more joyful,” she said. Turns out, it’s enjoyable, too, for the move manager. “Helping people in this way is much more fun than I thought it would be,” Martin added. “I love what we’re doing!” Curated Transitions www.curatedtransitions.com (805) 669-6303

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Elizabeth’s Appraisals The Family Archive by Elizabeth Stewart

reader’s Great Uncle Len lived, for almost 95 years, in a large house close to the Mission in Santa Barbara. Our reader has inherited the contents of Len’s precious steamer trunk, and is asking “WHAT do I do with a trunkful of photos, clippings, photos, schoolbooks, school report cards, ledgers from the family business, programs of concerts heard in Santa Barbara; Len’s life objects and documents collected since 1934? There are far too many objects for me to store in my little condo on East Beach. Sad, but I don’t want these things; where do I sell them?” What does my reader, who inherited Uncle Len’s collection, actually OWN? He has an archive, which is defined as a collection of documents created or gathered by one person or institution, selected for preservation (but my reader does not want to personally preserve this archive), as evidence of a life lived. I see these collections in cardboard boxes in

When a family member passes, there are often a collection of personal books, notes, and papers that are left

homes. Families store these collections and forget about them. Executor or heirs sometimes separate the TYPES of objects into categories: they sell the books, donate the photos, dump the paper things, they give the journals to family, thus the archive is parceled out. But the STORY that an archive tells is,

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for example, an entire story, like the story of Len’s life here in Santa Barbara from 1934-2023. Dear reader, you may be able sell an entire archive, and sell it well, because the value of a complete and relevant archive has risen greatly in the last five years. Why? Rarity! We don’t collect like this in the information age. Folks today do not WRITE on paper, and they certainly don’t collect greeting cards and concert programs and ticket stubs, and photos. Those handwritten or printing press things are fast becoming obsolete. My favorite dealer for your sale of Len’s archive is Marco Panella of Marlboro, Vermont, at Auger Down Books: Graphic and Archival Americana. Check out the prices he asks for archives at augerdownbooks.com; he regularly sells to institutions like the Bancroft. To sell to him, however, the archive has to tell a compelling story of a life (more about that following). Some executors who are saddled with an archive do not want to negotiate a sale (perhaps because that may be perceived as disrespectful), and I am asked: to whom can I donate?? If you donate to a not-for-profit organization like a university or local library, you may apply for a Federal Income Tax deduction by submitting IRS form 8283 (found on the IRS website) with your income tax filing in the given year of that donation. However, millions of these archives end up in the landfill. They are just too much trouble. An archive is a story that is told as an event is happening and is in fact evidence that that event happened and was perceived by ONE PERSON; a collection of documented events is an archive. And they are indeed collected: the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library contains 35,000 printed volumes, pamphlets, broadsides, and 2,000 linear feet of literary archives and manuscripts featuring the work of over 400 authors. Reader, if you approach a library

An archive tells a story of not just that person’s life, but also records how they view their identity within the time and place of their life

or museum with Uncle Len’s archive, try to keep it together. Resist the urge to sell or donate separate PARTS of the archive; consider how every item relates to the rest of the collection. Furthermore, it is of more value because it was collected by one source (provenance). An archive usually answers the question posed by that person compiling it: Who am I? Who do I think I am in my time? Thus, taken as a whole, it is all about identity, and how one person has documented identity. Here is a list of where you might donate: try to find the theme of the archive, based on the objects collected, and find a match below. Was Len a scholar? A police officer? A vet? A performer? A business leader? A churchgoer? An alum? National Archives such as the Smithsonian, Veterans Archives, police departments, county archives, community archives, university archives (each university’s “Special Collection Department” has a mission statement regarding what they collect), schools, or church archives. Certain businesses have archives, for example, the company where Uncle Len worked for 40 years. An art gallery or a local theater – these sometimes collect archives of artists and performers associated. Document the archive before you donate in photos because one day you will want to source that collection of Len’s life, I will wager.

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Brilliant Thoughts Machines Make the Scene by Ashleigh Brilliant

n this age of ever-advancing technology, we have become accustomed to non-human contrivances doing things which used to be done by humans (if they were done at all). Along with this, there has been the process of seeing everything in mechanical terms. Our bodies are machines; our homes (as Le Corbusier called them) are “machines for living in”; our cities are planned to function like well-oiled mechanisms; we travel within them, and between them, in self-propelled mechanical boxes. The whole Universe is seen in terms of celestial “systems.” And our very minds and brains are being aided, and increasingly replaced, by thinking-machines now called computers (although computing, in the classic mathematical sense, has long ago ceased to be their chief function). Of course, there have been machines of some kind since ancient times. But the big difference has been in the means by which they were powered. For millennia the forces of nature, in the form of wind and running water, were widely available and utilized – but not the Sun, not the tides, and not the inner heat of the Earth itself – which are all recent newcomers to the community of power sources. Instead, we have exploited non-renewable “fossil fuels,” particularly coal, oil, and natural gas. At the same time, modern use of steam and electricity has transformed the technical landscape. But they

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in turn require the generation of power. My own experience of machines began with the bicycle, which is still considered to be the perfect mechanical aid to human locomotion. I got my first bike when I was 11 years old and fell off on my first ride. My hand hit some broken glass, and I still have the scar. However, once I got the hang of it, I could go safely on long rides. That happy situation lasted into my 70s and early 80s. The bike was my major transportation around town. Then I started falling off again. One fall apparently resulted in my acquiring Bell’s Palsy. Another gave me several lacerations, one of which somehow led to an infected leg. It was, alas, time to hang up my helmet (which I never used anyway) and again rely on those primitive, but relatively dependable, mechanisms called “feet,” which are connected to not-quite-swivel joints called “ankles,” “knees,” and “hips.” It all seems to be a reverse of the process through which humans are supposed to be replaced by robots. In case you’ve ever wondered, the word “robot” has its origins indirectly in the Czech language, where it connoted forced labor, and more directly in a play by Karel Čapek called R.U.R. (happily, in translation, those initials remain the same) which stands for “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In what to us seems a familiar scenario, these machines, made to serve human purposes, revolt, and the result is the extinction of the human race. But real workers’ conflicts with technology can be traced back to the early 19th century, when spinning and weaving devices in Britain – the country which was in those days, and for long afterwards, known as the “Workshop of the World” – were replacing the people who previously had done that work by hand. Huge factories developed, with endless rows of those machines. Then came gangs of so-called Luddites (deriving their name from a mythical “King Lud”), who raided factories and destroyed machines, finally requiring suppression by troops of the regular Army. Nowadays, of course, it is computers, and the whole process of what is called “Automation,” which many see as a threat to their livelihoods. But, for those not too personally involved, there was also humor to be found in this whole historical process. A prolific cartoonist named Rube Goldberg, created a whole series of incredibly intricate methods of doing simple tasks, and thereby gave his name (which is now in dictionaries) to any type of unnecessarily complicated machine. But my favorite example is that of Charlie Chaplin, who played a factory worker, in a movie called City Lights. His job is at an assembly line, where all he has to do Ashleigh Brilliant born is twist two bolts, using both hands in England 1933, came to the same way, over and over again. This California in 1955, to Santa work is so maddeningly repetitive that, Barbara in 1973, to the at the end of the shift, when he comes Montecito Journal in 2016. out of the factory, he can’t stop doing Best-known for his illustrated the same movement with his hands – epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” and when he sees a woman wearing now a series of 10,000. a coat with a pair of buttons which email: ashleigh@west. resemble those same bolts, he tries to net. web: www.ash twist them on her! leighbrilliant.com.

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he driverless Metro flew into the station and stopped on a euro. The doors opened. There were so many Parisians crammed into the front car, I thought it might have been an AI-generated crowd image. Trois got off. Dix got on. Including moi. Yeah! But not my wife. Oh-oh! She mouthed, “See you at Saint-Sulpice.” I mouthed back, “What?” But the train started and Pat disappeared. I could only hope she remembered me. And called the Paris lost and found. I looked at the station map above the door. I saw Saint-Sulpice! Whew. But the train was going one way, and the little red dot was going the other way. Les crap! I was going backwards! I jumped off at the next stop, whipped out my iPhone and took it off airplane mode, even though I knew Verizon would probably charge me the 10-bucks-a-day “courtesy” fee. “The dot is weird,” I yelled into the phone. “I’m going to reroute.” Before I could run around to the other side of the track, the next train came. Did Pat get my message? I looked into the jam-packed car. It was like trying to find Waldo in one of those cartoons. Only being France, a lot of people were wearing scarves. But there she was! She looked great. Hadn’t aged a bit. I leaped into the fray. “What message?” Pat asked. I pointed at the moving red dot. Huh. It seemed to be headed to Saint-Sulpice after all. “Guess they fixed it. Never mind about the lost and found.” Pat just stared blankly at me, as I have seen her do many times. A week earlier we had tickets for the high-speed rail from Paris to Bordeaux. The train was so long I thought we might get to Bordeaux on foot before we got to our car. “Which one?” Pat shrugged in a very French way. So, we got on Car 11, put our bags in the back and settled in. I went upstairs to see if I could find seats with a better view. I did, but just as I was about to celebrate a guy came along and said I was in his seat. When I went back downstairs Pat was standing in the aisle. “We are supposed to be in car 16!” We had to leave our bags and run to get onto our car. The train took off before we could even say “Bonjour.” “Hope they have underwear stores in Bordeaux in case we never see our bags again.” But no one grabbed them. Little did they know that some of my underwear was less than a year old. Bordeaux was great and we rented a car and drove to Dordogne, staying in medieval villages and eating medieval food. “Should we get the foie gras pizza or the canard burger?” But our week in the 12th century ended. So, we drove back to the station where we had to catch the train from Bordeaux back to Paris. We asked which train was ours. The helpful attendant pointed over her shoulder, so we “merci’d” her and dragged our suitcases beside the seemingly endless train. But this time we knew how to read our tickets. We were on the second level on car 18, the one near the caboose, if they have cabooses. We were definitely winded when we got there, but at least it wasn’t crowded. Matter of fact, the only other people on the second level was a couple from Oakland. We were having a great conversation about California and French cuisine and how the flaky crescent and café crème compared to an omelet the size of a Frisbee and 11 refills of coffee-of-the-day. They were fun and we were thinking we might join them in their four-seater if no one else showed up. Then someone did – a train official – Ernie Witham has been to inform us we were on the wrong train. writing humor for more than We ran off and onto a train on a different 25 years. He is the author of set of tracks. Once again the train took three humor books and is the off before our butts hit the cushion! humor workshop leader at “What happens when we get back to the prestigious Santa Barbara Paris?” I asked Pat. Writers Conference. “We have to walk to the taxi loading area... somewhere.” We are definitely going to need new shoes when we get home.

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Library Mojo

The Santa Barbara Public Library shines a light on local authors

SBPL Invites You to Our Local Author Book Fair by Kim Crail

anta Barbara Public Library (SBPL) will be hosting local authors, particularly independent authors, to participate in this year’s Local Author Book Fair, taking place in the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Central Library on Saturday, December 2 from 2-4 pm. The public is cordially invited to come, meet the authors, browse a selection of original works by local writers, and celebrate Santa Barbara’s diverse and thriving literary landscape. This event series began in 2016 when Indie Author Day was first celebrated in Santa Barbara and across the country. A team of SBPL’s librarians organized a day for writers that included a panel discussion about paths to independent publishing, featuring two authors, a librarian, a bookseller, and two publishing professionals. After the discussion, the community participatedth in a

your independently published book into bookstores and libraries, as well as marketing and design tips from book cover to page layout. After a brief hiatus, this event returned in January of 2020 with a new name, SBPL Local Author Day, which included a panel discussion titled “Art & Craft of Writing” as well as “Nuts & Bolts: Get Your Book into the Hands of Readers.” Participants at all three of these in-person Come meet the minds behind your favorite local books author events particularly enjoyed the ability to network with each other and speed-dating style networking opportu- participate in a book sale at the end of the nity to meet others working on indepen- day, where they were invited to sell their work to the public. dent publishing projects. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The following year Indie Author Day 2017 featured a discussion with a local our Local Author Day went online in independent author, morning breakout 2021 with a fully digital event that sessions on writing for various audiences spanned two weekends planned by two and genres, group sessions on how to get SBPL Librarians. For those looking to hone their writing skills, a presenter-led “Writing the Compelling Opening” th had participants engaged in developing and critiquing the opening sentencth th es and paragraphs of narrative pieces they were working on. Authors who wanted support on the publishing side of things joined two local authors for a workshop that covered the process of approaching literary agents, from developing a savvy pitch, to crafting Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 a compelling and professional query Wednesday, Nov. 5:00 29, pm 2023 - 8:00 pm letter. 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We very much look forward to gathering this wonderful community of local authors and readers together for this celebration at Santa Barbara Public Library’s Local Author Book Fair! List of SBPL Local Author Book Fair’s participating authors: Ana Ellickson, Annette Bletcher, Avrom Altman, Becky Brown, Bee Bloeser, Betsy J. Green, Betty Fussell, Bonnie Runjavac, Brooks Firestone, Bryan Snyder, Cameron Walker, Caryl and Jay Casbon, Cecilia Aguirre, Cheri Rae, Chryss Yost, Cynthia Hamilton, Cynthia Waring, Dale Figtree, Dale Zurawski, Darrell M. McNeill, David Starkey, David Unger PhD, Diana Raab, Elayne Klasson, Elizabeth Foscue, Elizabeth Morse, Eric von Schrader, Erin Graffy, Evelyn Ruiz, Gary Delanoeye, Genevieve A. Antonow, George Yatchisin, Gillian Osborne, Jack Reed, James Buckley Jr., Jane Hulse, Jenifer Sanregret, Jenny and Harry Bruell, Jess Johnston, Jessica Winters Mireles, Jinny Webber, John Perlin, John Holman, John McKinney, Karen Telleen-Lawton, Katelyn Yates, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Leanne Roth, Lisa Angle, Lorissa Rinehart, Marc McGinnes, Marilee Zdenek, Max Talley, Melinda Palacio, Michelle Detorie, Nikki Barthelmess, Patrick Shattuck, Perie Longo, Rachel Corry, Ralph Chapek, Rodney H. Chow, Shauna C Murphy, Shirley Lim, Stephen Figler, Sue Perry, Susan Read Cronin, Victoria King Kondos, Vince Burns, W. Royce Adams, William (“Bill”) MacKinnon, William R. Johnston

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On Entertainment

Bruce Cockburn doing his thing in the studio (courtesy photo)

The Divine Sounds of Bruce Cockburn by Steven Libowitz

inger-songwriter Bruce Cockburn has released some 35 albums over his half-century career, enjoying enough success stateside to sustain making music, but also falling far short of the household name recognition of fellow Canadians like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, or even Gordon Lightfoot. Now at 78, Cockburn – whose catalog includes such transcendent love songs as “This is One of the Best Ones” and polemics like “If I Had a Rocket Launcher” – has released a new album, O Sun O Moon, that shares how time takes its toll and slipping the mortal coil, but also invites us “out of the armor and into the now” and exclaims when “push comes to shove, it’s all about love.” He talked about all of it in a far-reaching conversation from his San Francisco home in advance of a solo show at the Lobero Theatre on November 18. Q. Let’s just jump right in: How do you think your songwriting has changed and evolved over the years? A. The perspective I have now is as an old guy, and you can probably trace how that’s changed. But not the point of view. Opinions might be different, but it’s more a deeper understanding because when I was young, I didn’t really understand anything… The songs have always just been a product of the time in my life that they appear – triggered by what I encounter that produces a strong emotional response, and what happens in my heart and mind. So is songwriting a way of processing, a method of making sense of the world and yourself, sorting that through in search of understanding, or more a way of communicating what’s internal?

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I really only know after the fact… It’s not like I have something burning to get off my chest. But when I go for a long time without writing a song, I do feel choked up and confined. But it’s only with hindsight that I can see that a given song was processing something. You’ve been praised for the ability, more than most singer-songwriters, to balance between the outer and inner world, and the gritty details and the spiritual essence. Does that resonate? And if so, how do you navigate between them? I’m aware of the degree to which being able to do that pleases me. It’s how I like to see things. I don’t think any good purpose is served by separating the day-to-day from the spiritual. I think they should mix, and they should influence each other, or at least the spiritual should influence the day-to-day. So it’s never very far from my line of thought, and therefore it shows up a lot in the songs no matter what I’m talking about. What about the permeability of the inner and outer worlds? They’re not distinct at all. The phrase “my journey” sounds so grandiose, but I feel like it’s a thread that’s run through my life from the beginning of being self-aware that the membranes are permeable. The older I’ve gotten, there’s refinement of where I started. Early songs “Spring’s Song” and “Man of a Thousand Faces” I’m asking, “What is this? Where are we? What are we doing?” … I’ve always expressed my understanding of the need for a relationship with the divine. I feel like it’s clearer now, and the weight of it is more evident now. People tend to want to separate your catalog into political and personal songs. But you’ve shared that there’s no difference to you. They’re all love songs. Even “If I Had a Rocket Launcher” – it’s a cry of pain, not hatred. I was expressing anger, but the last thing I wanted to do was go kill anybody. I wanted people to feel what it’s like to be in a situation like that, which is the point of art. Whether it’s something physical like a refugee camp under attack, or dealing with your own inner processes, you’re still singing your truth so that people might see things in new ways. Otherwise, why bother? How have you been able to maintain that equilibrium as our world has become even more polarized? You seem to still seek commonality, practice acceptance, and yearn for understanding. Someone else put it that you have a hope for a better world that you can’t shake. It’s more necessary than ever to allow any worthwhile thoughts and feelings about that out to where they can be heard. It’s not in the dialogue that we see around us, which is so fragmented – everybody’s talking at the mirror. I think it’s really important now to offset that in any way available… When an idea for a song like “Us All” comes along I jump on it, because it means something bigger than some of the other ones, which all have their own significance and meaning and importance to me personally. I really want to get that out there and heard… Don’t get me wrong. I don’t have enough self-confidence to think of myself as influencing people, which is an utterly foolish goal anyway. Or maybe it’s a dodge, I don’t want to accept the responsibility. But what I see myself doing is sharing what I have experienced, felt, questioned, and understood with whoever’s willing to listen. Your new album has the thread of contemplating mortality, but you’ve been doing that for decades, going back at least to “Wondering Where the Lions Are,” which repeats the phrase “I’m thinking about eternity.” It’s just part of the landscape… but you can’t help noticing that the horizon is getting closer all the time … My fear and my hope – the fear leads – is that when I get to On Entertainment Page 324 324

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On Entertainment (Continued from 30 30)) that threshold and step over it, or I’m dragged over it, that I recognize the divine when it shows up. What that means in practical terms, I have no idea.

Moving Mariposa Tunes Violinist Frank Huang is deep into his ninth year as concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, but the joys of performing as part of much smaller ensembles has never strayed far from his heart. “Before I got into the orchestra world, I was pursuing life as a quartet player,” shared Huang, who was the first violinist in the Grammywinning Ying Quartet and co-founded the New York Philharmonic String Quartet in 2016. “I’ve always thought that the intimacy and the ability to quickly change characters and be spontaneous and flexible is incredibly important in music making. “My philosophy on orchestra playing stems from that chamber music approach, where there’s no inherently right or wrong way to play any particular piece or passage. I’ve tried to bring that at least to the Frank Huang performs at Hahn Hall on string section of the philharmonic, the ability November 20 (photo by Chris Lee) to respond to whatever the conductor is asking or whatever your colleagues are doing with the awareness and reaction as if you were in a small group like a quartet.” Huang won’t have any challenges with creating intimacy and responsiveness when he returns to the Music Academy, where he was a fellow for two “glorious” summers at the end of the 1990s, for the first time since the NY Phil played the massive concert at SBCC’s stadium in 2018. He’ll share the Hahn Hall stage on November 20 for the closing concert in the 2023 Mariposa series with pianist Natasha Kislenko, the MA alum who is a longtime teaching artist at the Academy and at UCSB. The pair will be playing a duo program – a rarity for Huang nowadays – that features Beethoven’s “Spring” sonata as well as Pablo de Sarasate’s “Zigeunerweisen,” Clara Schumann’s “Three Romances,” and Saint-Saëns’ “Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28.” “It’s fantastic music – beautiful and flashy, good quality entertainment,” Huang said. “The Rondo is one of the crown jewel showpieces of the violin repertoire, but they’re all very fun to play and very enjoyable to listen to.” But whether it’s huge symphonies or solo sonatas, Huang has the same approach. “My hope is that a few people will really be moved, that the music reaches a few people in a very deep and meaningful way.”

Classical Corner: Premier Pianists Perform Longtime CAMA favorite Stephen Hough – who in 2001 became the first performer of classical music to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (“Genius Grant”)

– returns to CAMA’s Masterseries for his fifth appearance since 2005. Sir Stephen was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022 on the strength of his distinguished international career as a pianist augmented by his work as a composer, writer, and painter. His November 16 recital at the Lobero includes works by Mompou, Scriabin, Debussy, and Liszt as well as Hough’s own “Partita.” Visit www.camasb.org. Liszt isn’t on the program at the following evening’s concert with GrammyAward winning pianist Daniil Trifonov, but a collection of the composer’s works earned Trifonov the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Solo Album in 2018 for Transcendental. The Russian virtuoso will perform an ambitious program at Campbell Hall on November 17 that pairs two 18th century works – Rameau’s “Suite in A Minor” (1727) and Mozart’s “Sonata No. 12 in F Major” (1781-1783) – with two from the 19th century in Beethoven’s technically demanding “Hammerklavier” sonata (1818) and Mendelssohn’s “Variations Sérieuses” (1841). Details at www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu. Celebrated local pianist Robert Cassidy, who teaches at the Music Academy during the non-summer months, is also the Artistic Director of the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series in Los Olivos. Cassidy has booked himself for the next series concert along with baritone Ben Lowe, his partner in a 2022 recording of Franz Schubert’s “Die Wintereisse,” which the pair will perform live on November 19 and at St. Mark’s in-the-Valley. Visit www.smitv.org.

Hanging Around Town Year four of Ready to Hang, a one-day pop-up show open to all local artists to display and sell their one-foot-square creations, takes place 6-9 pm this Saturday, November 18, at the Community Arts Workshop downtown. The free exhibition, which serves as an opportunity to see new works by a wide swath of the artistic community exploring size constraints in a single show, has become remarkably popular since launching during the height of the pandemic. Last year more than 200 artists showed more than twice as many pieces and over 800 people visited over the two-night show. All the works by area painters, photographers, assemblage makers, tattoo artists, fabric artists, and printmakers are for sale with prices set by the artists. Tripform, the duo of Pablo Manzarek and Norm Reed, provide the live soundtrack while video projections come from the Environment Makers. Visit www.sbcaw.org/hang.

Book ‘em Organizational psychologist and best-selling author Adam Grant’s new book Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things, explores a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations, including how to build the skills and strucSteven Libowitz has covered tures for success and create opportua plethora of topics for the nities for those who have been overJournal since 1997, and now looked. Grant will share his concepts leads our extensive arts and in a paradigm-shifting conversation entertainment coverage at the Arlington on November 16 with tennis player Maria Sharapova, whose success ran to winning five Grand Slam tournaments. Visit www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.

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Happy 10th Anniversary to The New Vic Theater! The Ensemble Theatre Company extends our gratitude to the generous donors who, beginning over 10 years ago, supported the vision to re-imagine, renovate, and create its magnificent theatrical home The New Vic, ensuring that Santa Barbara would enjoy exceptional theater for years to come. We are now in our 45th season and look forward to sharing it with all of you. A special recognition to Leatrice Luria and family for making it possible to fulfill our dream of owning the theater. VISIONARY CIRCLE Leatrice Luria & the Luria Family Trust Joan & Robert Rechnitz Redevelopment Agency of The City of Santa Barbara Dana White, in memory of Gail Berkus

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Thanksgiving Thoughts Cousin Julia’s and Victor Borge’s Recipes for Thanksgiving and Life by Calla Corner

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ut the hen in a Dutch Oven. Brown her in butter for 1 minute. If you have a piano in the kitchen, play ‘The Minute Waltz’ 12 times. Add a little water. Put on the lid and let simmer. When you have finished playing half ‘The Dance of the Hours,’ dragging it slightly, you’re ready to eat like an epicure.” The Danish-born pianist and comedian Victor Borge is best known for his virtuosity on the keyboard, his wit, and timing. Most Borge fans don’t know that he was also a shrewd gentleman farmer. Julia Ransom Doty, my father’s first cousin, was a food and fashion editor for the Ideal Publishing Corporation, which published popular, glossy, ladies’ magazines, back in the 1950s. Julia was more of an aunt to me than a cousin, as she was the same age as my mother. When she came out to Weston, Connecticut, from her Manhattan apartment for the occasional weekend, Julia shared my bedroom, gave me all sorts of tips on grooming and comportment and made me walk around the room with a book on my head for five minutes for my posture, while we both giggled; Julia had been an instructor at the John Robert Powers Model Agency before becoming an editor and was elegant, witty, and creative. I really didn’t appreciate Julia’s many talents until I was in my 20s and attended her funeral in 1969, where my father gave a heartfelt and amusing eulogy about Julia that included me and Victor Borge. Occasionally, Julia hosted us for a Thanksgiving dinner at her weekend home in Southbury, Connecticut, where she was a neighbor and friend of Borge’s, who raised Rock Cornish Game Hens on his 310-acre farm. One November, Borge asked Julia, knowing that she was an exceptional cook, if he gave her some of his hens, would she “invent” a recipe for

Thanksgiving that he could use for publicity for his small, exotic fowl. Borge is credited with putting the hen, the result of crossbreeding a stocky game rooster with a Barreled Plymouth Rock hen, resulting in offspring with short legs and big breasts, on the market. The fowl are killed when young, which accounts for their small size. It was praised at famous restaurants around the world. Even the French started putting Rock Cornish Game Hens on their menus. When Julia accepted Borge’s “generosity,” her creative juices started basting her culinary senses and a family story was born. I don’t remember if any of the other family guests at her long, antique farm table, were aware that Julia had “cookedup” for Borge the recipe that now was before each of us. I did recall, however, from my father’s eulogy for his beloved cousin, that, instead of one big, crispy turkey with chestnut stuffing flowing between its thighs, were four, dainty birds, moist from an aromatic blend of thyme, apricots, and nuts, stuffed with wild rice. My father, also an inventive cook and author of The Outdoor Picture Cookbook, helped me carve my half hen, while I wondered where the traditional turkey went. Julia’s grace was a “Turkey and hen tale,” ending with “God bless neighbors who enjoy cooking as much as I do and who make beautiful music and make me laugh.” Julia used her simple and succulent recipe in one of her magazines. Borge put Julia’s recipe on the back of his deliciously tuneful recipe for the birds’ packaging. My father’s eulogy for Julia ended with a “Recipe for Life” from Borge, that fell out of one of the many cookbooks his cousin left him and my father, in turn, left me. Julia had copied the recipe from an article she’d seen about Borge. It read: “The shortest distance between people is humor.” I treasure Julia’s cookbooks. They remind me to be creative in the kitchen, keep it simple, and that cooking for others, especially family, is fun and a fine pleasure. SANTA BARBARA SANTA BARBARA SANTA BARBARA HOPE RANCH HOPE RANCH HOPE RANCH MONTECITO MONTECITO MONTECITO

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Holiday Cheers

A Wine Guide for a Joyful Season by Jamie Knee

he holidays are upon us, and it’s a time of delightful chaos. There’s the turkey to roast, gifts to hunt down, parties to attend, and family clamoring for an invite to the American Riviera for the holidays. As a local Montecito wine specialist, clients often turn to me to curate their wine pairings for festive dinners. It’s a magical time of year, and let’s be honest – the last thing you want to worry about is what wines to serve at your holiday party. As your personal sommelier, the “Petite Wine Traveler,” I’m here to ensure your holiday dinner and party wines are nothing short of pure joy. Thanksgiving, the holiday that kicks off the holiday festivities, is first up. As far as I’m concerned, this holiday, a favorite among many, deserves a sparkling start. There’s no need to save those bubbly bottles for New Year’s Eve – sparkling wines are perfect for Thanksgiving. They set the mood for celebration and whet our appetites before the grand feast. While the turkey (or its herbaceous vegetarian counterpart in my case) takes its time in the oven, I serve a selection of cheeses and accoutrements alongside a chilled bottle of sparkling wine. Its high acidity and effervescent bubbles make it an ideal pairing that extends through the entire meal, cutting through the richness of mashed potatoes and complementing everything from green veggies to savory gravy. A few of my favorite local sparklers include Riverbench 2018 Blanc de Blancs, a soft and lush spar-

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with hints of white cherry, tart tangerine, and toasted almonds, a yummy start to the season. When the time comes for the grand feast, there’s nothing quite like an earthy and fruity bottle of pinot noir to accompany the celebration. This classic Thanksgiving wine with tangy red fruit notes complements the fall flavors splendidly. Feeling adventurous? Why not add some red bubbles to your lineup. Yes, I said red bubbly, and one of my favorites for the holidays is a Sparkling Pinot Noir and Syrah blend, Cuvée M Red from Mumm Napa. This wine with hints of red plum, cassis, and cardamom pairs beautifully with holiday party foods, adding a unique touch to your celebrations. White wine lovers fear not. Dry Riesling is your secret weapon offering refreshment and palate cleansing. I suggest Tatomer Riesling 2018, for its minerality and citrus flavors. For those who favor fuller-bodied white

wines, how about a Chardonnay or Roussanne, which stand up admirably to prime rib and creamy mashed potatoes. My holiday suggestions are The Hilt Estate Chardonnay 2020, with hints of fresh-baked croissant, almond flour, and kumquat on the palate. For those of you who want to try something outside the box, you can’t go wrong with a Stolpman Vineyards Roussanne 2019, with a rich texture and flavors of honeysuckle, lemongrass, and jasmine. Throughout the day, rosé emerges as the perfect, all-day companion. Its crispness, akin to the first bite of a fresh autumn apple, refreshes your palate with every sip, and its food-friendly nature makes it ideal from turkey basting to post-dinner cleanup, ensuring you remain fresh and merry. My favorite pinks for all-day sipping include Curran Grenache Gris Rosé 2022, a dry refreshing pink with hints of white raspberries, strawberries, and honeysuckle. As an alternative, try one of my other favorites, La Lieff Gigi Rosé 2021, with hints of ruby red grapefruit and berries, the perfect Thanksgiving accompaniment. For a vegetarian Thanksgiving course, my favorite dish is stuffed acorn squash; it takes center stage with its delightful mixture of grains, vegetables, nuts, and spices. Here, you have the option to pair it with grenache. With its red fruit notes and soft tannins, it can complement the earthy flavors of the squash and the richness of the stuffing. I’d suggest Beckmen Vineyards 2021 Grenache Estate, or how about a cool climate Syrah, known for its elegant and peppery character-

Paradise Springs Winery 2018 F’ing Merlot (courtesy photo)

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Now, let’s fast forward to Christmas and Hanukkah, where cherished traditions, family gatherings, gift exchanges, and heartwarming stories reign supreme. Classic dishes like roast beef and brisket are likely to grace your table. For meaty delights, consider Cabernet Sauvignon – a full-bodied red wine with dark fruit flavors and robust tannins, a classic choice for hearty dishes. For this occasion, I would suggest a Star Lane Vineyard 2019 Cabernet, with silky dark red fruit flavors of blackberries, and savory herbs. Alternatively, merlot, with its smooth, fruity character, harmonizes beautifully with red meat. A tasty merlot with a racy name is Paradise Springs Winery, 2018 F’ing Merlot, a yummy wine with bright red fruits and toasty oak. As New Year’s Eve approaches, it’s time to raise our glasses and toast to new beginnings. The Champagne region has marketed its wines as the ultimate celebratory choice, and for a good reason. It’s the grand finale of the holiday season, marking the transition to a new year brimming with possibilities. When selecting Champagne, remember that there’s a broad range to choose from. Some of my all-time favorites are Billecart-Salmon Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru, and their Salmon Brut Rosé Champagne, both non-vintage, for a delicious splurge. While top-quality Champagne can be pricey, you can find more affordable options that still offer a taste of luxury. If you’re seeking alternatives, consider Cava, Crémant, Metodo Classico, or our very own California Sparkling Wine as I mentioned for Thanksgiving – delightful options that won’t dent your wallet. So, as you embark on this wonderful holiday season, let the joy of good company and delicious wines fill your heart with warmth. With this wine guide in hand, you’re ready to toast to the holidays in style, savoring every cheerful moment and creating lasting memories with your loved ones. May your celebrations be filled with laughter, love, and, of course, exceptional wines. Cheers!

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he holidays are upon us and I for one am all for the sides, give me all the sides! I tend to make plant-based sides that everyone can enjoy and just not tell people that they are in fact eating vegan. It helps to serve incredibly delicious sides that surpass all your guests’ wildest dreams. We will be making one of these showstoppers in the kitchen today. While walking through the farmers market this week, I stopped by Avila and Sons Farms and saw some gorgeous pomegranates. While this fruit is not the star of this dish we are making, she is a nutritional powerhouse. Pomegranates are breathtakingly beautiful fruit that have a vast history, appearing in the Bible as well as myths. There are thought to be 613 seeds in a pomegranate, one for each of the Bible’s 613 commandments. The shrub, flower, and fruit are all revered and thought to symbolize sanctity, fertility, and abundance. The fruit of the pomegranate, known as an aril, is what we will be using today. This gem-like fruit contains anthocyanins, a type of flavonoid, that has been shown to help lower blood pressure and slow the growth of cancer cells. Chronic inflammation is a precursor for so many diseases, Diabetes and heart disease being two of them. Pomegranates have been shown to help reduce inflammation in the body by their vast array of antioxidants. Vitamin C is another incredible micronutrient found in this fruit, and is vital for immune health, protein metabolism, collagen synthesis, and neurotransmitter production. Pomegranates have also been shown to help prevent the formation of kidney stones. Let’s get cooking!

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n Wednesday, November 1, the inaugural event of Central Coast Women in Wine (CCWW) at La Lieff Wines unfolded as a remarkable evening of celebration and empowerment. The event was hosted by Founders Gretchen Lieff, La Lieff Wines and myself, Jamie Knee (Petite Wine Traveler), sharing a deep passion for the world of wine, and our community. CCWW is a Santa Barbara-based organization dedicated to inspiring, advancing, and supporting women in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries, with a primary focus on the realm of wine. The evening was a true testament to the love and support of the community surrounding this initiative. Over 30 passionate individuals gathered, including women from the wine industry, influential figures in business and the arts, as well as a group of enthusiastic fellows

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Robert’s Big Questions Climate Repair ‘Five Times Faster’? by Robert Bernstein

have written before about bad subsidies and incentives that have gotten us into the Climate Crisis. But there is another way to view the problem. “Nobody thinks we made the transition from horses to cars by taxing horseshit. Nobody thinks that we created the internet by taxing letter writing. Why would it be any different for the transition to the clean economy?” This point was made by Simon Sharpe talking about his book Five Times Faster in a New Scientist interview. His plan to solve the Climate Crisis five times faster than the current path. Sharpe worked on everything from human rights policy to counterterrorism for the U.K. Foreign Office. He realized catastrophic climate change was a likely scenario, and needed to be communicated as such. In short, he says that governments need to actively invest in the technology of the future to make that new technology competitive. It may involve direct funding of research and development as well as subsidies. Once that technology is competitive, government can force private industry to invest in future development. This has been done with forcing car makers to improve their fleet fuel economy and it can be done to force them to reduce fleet carbon emissions. He explains the theoretical economic reasoning. Starting with the flawed reasoning most economists operate under: The equilibrium mathematics of supply and demand. This math doesn’t come out of any actual science. On the contrary, it was invented in the 1870s to look like the real science of equilibrium thermodynamics. Under this flawed reasoning, markets magically balance supply and demand through market pricing. This works well until it doesn’t. Think about the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. It took government intervention to dig out of those crises and it took continued regulation and subsidies to avoid a repeat. But Sharpe goes further and claims that equilibrium is rare and deviations are normal. Equilibrium implies all is well and no intervention is needed. But real economies are dynamic. This is not a bug, but a feature that offers great opportunity. Two years ago I wrote about the Climate Crisis as a “Market Failure.” I suggested that if something is not sus16 – 23 November 2023

tainable, it means someone is not paying the true cost of their behavior. In the case of the Climate Crisis, this means we need a carbon tax. This will restore the equilibrium that was distorted by subsidies for driving and for other carbon emissions. But Sharpe says direct investment in what we do want is far more efficient and solves the problem faster. He calls this complexity economics or evolutionary economics. He is critical of past Climate Crisis diplomacy as a negative sum game. Saudi Arabia does not want to see cars convert to electricity. But the U.S., China, and the European Union make up most of the emissions and the car market. If they convert, then that changes the car market and the world will follow. It is a net environmental, social, and economic benefit in the long run. And governments can operate in the long run, where private interests do not. He criticizes the emphasis on individual action. “Think more about your point of leverage.” How you vote is most important for most people. But some people have more leverage. If you are in academia, what you research and teach is more important than whether you insulate your building. “If you’re an advertising company, withholding your business from media that publish climate misinformation is more important than choosing the vegan option when you take your clients out for lunch.” There is one caveat I would add: Sharpe is talking about picking winners. Which means we need to pick the right winners. I would argue that the emphasis on converting cars from fossil fuel to electricity misses much of the environmental and social impact of cars and misses out on a great opportunity. If we are going to pick winners, we should think about investing in better public transit and high-speed rail. But first we have to acknowledge his central point: Economies are dynamic. We are always picking winners as a society and as individ uals. Let’s pick the right winners.

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n a world where music has no boundaries, the environmental impact of touring has frequently taken a back seat. But now, two musicians from Birmingham, UK, are upending the music industry by embarking on an 870-mile eco-tour along Wales’ gorgeous coast. Meet Seth Bye and Chris Roberts, the dynamic duo of Filkin’s Drift who set out on a quest to promote sustainability in the music industry. Their innovative touring strategy not only complements Mother Nature but also strikes a chord with their fans. Bye and Roberts didn’t just speak the talk; they truly walked the walk. They went out on foot across Wales, carrying equipment and a minimal supply of clothing. They traveled from one job to the next every day, carrying their gear in 33-pound suitcases. “We’re not at all suggesting that everyone give up driving and walk to all their gigs because it has completely taken over our lives,” Chris Roberts jokes. Indeed, the band’s mission is to advocate for sustainable lifestyle choices rather than to embark on a vehicle exodus. Their CERDD // ED tour covered over 40 shows, serenading audiences along the 870-mile journey. This eco-musical expedition, which began in Flintshire on September 3 and ended in Chepstow, Wales, on October 31, has struck a chord with environmentally aware music aficionados. The tour’s name, which combines the Welsh words ‘cerdd’ (music) and ‘cerdded’ (walk), brilliantly reflects the heart of their voyage. Filkin’s Drift believes in the inherent connection between roaming and making music, fusing nature’s rhythms with their melodies. One of the tour’s notable elements is its objective to perform in locations where touring musicians are rarely seen. The band’s humanitarian efforts have been directed toward Live Music Now, furthering their aim of bringing the gift of music to disadvantaged communities. Filkin’s Drift is a source of inspiration in an industry where touring is frequently associated with high carbon footprints and traffic jams. They feel that hope is a palpable song generated from the basic, sustainable behaviors they’ve encountered on their voyage, rather than a distant refrain. The band joins a rising chorus of musicians and industry executives advocating for environmental sustainability. In recent years, major labels and indie artists have joined forces in a Music Climate Pact to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Bye and Roberts add a beautiful note to the ever-changing score of eco-conscious music-making with each stride they take.

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Cousteau Family: Nan Marr, Rigby, Olivia, Violet, JeanMichel Cousteau, and Misha Marr (photo Joanne A Calitri)

introduced Chumash Elder Julie Tumamait-Stenslie who gave a moving blessing, talked about the Native people’s belief to speak and protect all nature, and thanked Cousteau for his life’s work in doing so. She asked him to play a Native American beaded and decorated rattle instrument while she sang a tribal blessing song. Next Cousteau thanked everyone for being there and supporting his organization’s work. “When I look into the eyes of children, I will never stop working for them in preserving the oceans and ocean wildlife, and to educate the children to continue to do the same. If you protect the ocean, you protect yourself; it is vital to all life on Earth.” He acknowledged the work of Holly Lohuis in the Santa Barbara Channel as an environmental steward; she is an oceanographer, educator, and marine biologist. Due to her efforts and Ocean Futures, the Santa Barbara Channel has been named the 9th global Whale Heritage Area by The World Cetacean Alliance. Cousteau was then presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Janicek and Rogers. The evening programming concluded a standing toast to Cousteau. Then it was time to dance, with Cousteau taking the lead on the dance floor with Tumamait-Stenslie, and others joining. 411: www.oceanfutures.org; www.ritzcarlton.com

MA President and CEO Shauna Quill’s first appearance at an MA fundraising event. After being formally introduced, Quill welcomed everyone and thanked the co-chairs for their devoted work to make it happen. She called the lucky winning two raffle ticket holders as well. The event, named after Warner’s great grandmother Martha Ann Edwards – who was a founding member of the MA’s Board of Trustees – is formally titled, “One Night in MAE’s Closet.” The Auxiliary writes: “It is more than just charitable holiday shopping, it is truly about bridging the timeless with the timely, encouraging the merging of generations through fashion and philanthropy, and showcasing the best of what we can all do when we come together for a cause we all collectively love and support, while keeping the Auxiliary’s mission of interconnectedness, inclusivity, and fundraising.” All profits are donated to the Music Academy via The Auxiliary and help to support the SING! Program. 411: https://musicacademy.org/volunteer/ auxiliary

Rose Story Farm Benefit for Casa del Herrero On Friday, November 10, the world-renowned Rose Story Farm (RSF) in Carpinteria opened its doors to the public for the first time in 25 years for a ticketed fundraiser event. RSF owner Danielle Dall’Armi Hahn was talking

Danielle Dall’Armi Hahn and Heather Biles (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

with fellow rose designers about staging parts of the house for fun on an off weekend, which soon blossomed into a full-on late afternoon event that brought designers in from Ojai, Los Angeles, and Montecito through Goleta. The caveat was Hahn decided to make it an event to benefit Casa del Herrero (CDH). In an interview with me she shared, “Casa del Herrero is one of just a handful of historic landmarks in Santa Barbara County. Our home, the Rose Story Farmhouse, was built in 1880 and we thought this would be a wonderful collaboration because of the historic value of the two properties. In addition,

Nicole Chapman, the designer of the staircase, hallway, and upper deck (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

The Rose Story Farm kitchen (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

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the Casa is kicking off a major fundraising campaign, and every ticket sale will directly benefit the Casa. Originally, we were doing this ‘in house’ and just for the ‘fun’ of it. However, as the list of designers together with the accompanying enthusiasm grew, we knew we needed to open it to the public.” CDH Board of Trustees President Heather Biles, pleasantly surprised by the collaboration, sent the CDH Flower Committee team of Jane Defnet, Cathy Clemens, and Diane Sassen to join with the RSF’s Claudio Cervantes. Designing the rooms of the house were the Who’s Who of high-end floral, namely, Teresa Strong of Container Gardens and Nikki Homan, Visual Designer of Wendy Foster Montecito; Emma Lauter of EmmaRose Luxury Floral Montecito; Kristi Meland and Jerry Peddicord of Hogue & Co. Floral Montecito; Brian Schneider of PacWest Blooms Carpinteria; Holly Vesecky – Holly Floral Ojai/Los Angeles; Ashley Morgan of Ojala Floral Ojai/Los Angeles; Nicole Chapman of Design Ojai/L.A./Malibu; Amy Pihlar of Bright Floral; Becky Knieriem of Haute Blossoms Floral SB; Kim Curtis of Toast SB; Jenn Sanchez Design; Nina Kincaid of Coco Rose Design Goleta; Camille Griswold – Camellia Floral Design SB; Breanna Jane of Burgess Botanicals SB; The Garden Club of Santa Barbara – Cheryl Miller and Pat Tenney; and Creative Light Design Los Angeles – Michelle Selko-Cohen and Michelle Sapio. Guests were treated to a cocktail reception, house tours, talks with the designers, a silent auction and in the house’s music room, opera duets performed by Hahn’s son Geoffrey Hahn with his wife Dorothy accompanied by Bridget Hough on the baby grand white piano. Both singers are graduates of the Houston Grand Opera Studio program. Noted guests were Mary Morouse, Meghan Stoll, Susan Caine, Betsy Coates, Jenna and Avi Reichental, Leesa Wilson-Goldmuntz, Mari and Patrick McAlister, Wendy Foster, Alexandria Ivory, Sheraton Kalouria, Gary Bradhering, Nicole Caldwell, and Rosie Rafferty. Hahn shares, “Honestly, this was a serendipitous idea. Typically, this weekend is the ‘calm before the storm’ of the holiday season, and the house was not booked. We discussed how much fun it would be to ‘decorate’ the individual rooms, and mentioned it to a few of our clients, and with the mix of creative minds we came up with the idea. The designers were excited as they would be able to do whatever they wanted with no constraints except their own imagination. Each designer chose a room in the house and was given free rein to create. We offered ‘foraging’ on the 16 – 23 November 2023

farm for any plant material and of course, roses. We tried not to leave anyone out and we have had close to 100% of designers we contacted, who are mostly local, however as word got out, we had others contact us directly to participate. We are all just doing what we love to do! Family, friends, food, and flowers!” Sponsors were Otto and Sons Nursery (roses); Florabundance; Studio Arna – Arna Behar (photography); Samsara Wine; Margerum Wine Company; Loria Stern, Author of Eat Your Flowers (floral cookies); Patricia Dall’Armi (lemon cakes and biscotti); and Cheryl Miller (cookies). Hahn authored the book The Color of Roses, whose front cover was depicted on gift wrapped epicurean cookies for guests to take with them. 411: https://rosestoryfarm.com and https:// www.casadelherrero.com

‘Faces of Leica L.A.’ Exhibition Paris Chong, Gallery Manager and Curator of the prestigious Leica Gallery Los Angeles since 2013, curated an exhibition dedicated to a select group of accomplished and diverse Leica photographers, titled, Faces of Leica L.A. on view at the Ren Gallery [the Leica Annex] in the L.A. Arts District through November 30. I was invited and attended the exclusive exhibition opening on Saturday, November 4. As expected, the gallery was at capacity with a long line to enter and doorman to confirm you’re “on the list.”

Leica honored photographer Julia Dean in front of her portrait with Julia Dean Photo Workshops faculty Joanne A Calitri at the Faces of Leica Opening (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Once inside, the two-story white walls showcased a flow of two tiered rows of large scale black and white portraits of the 23 honored photographers. The exhibit is a deliberately touching and intimate view of the Leica photographers captured by Per Bernal, hand printed by Dennys Ilic with the printing sponsored by Mike Bundlie of Poets Road (PoetsRoad.com). Here one finds the full range of photographers from Pulitzer Prize winners, film directors, cinematographers, street documentarians, actors and musicians, all with the common thread of a Leica camera as the mark of their work. The graphic detail of the portraits lends a story about the photographers. Studying each work, I couldn’t help but wonder: were their deeply captured expressions saying, “How am I on this side of the lens?” As a whole, the vibe of the portraits in the packed gallery with friends and celebrities chatting over the live DJ music made for an all-encompassing experience. Taking photos of the action, I captured Chong dancing with joy through the

guests in her signature flowing rainbow dress with her portrait on the wall directly in line with her. Next, I spent time catching up with honored Leica photographer Julia Dean, whom I worked with at her school, the Julia Dean Photo Workshops, aka the Los Angeles Center of Photography, where I taught digital post-production. Dean was with her longtime partner, the literary awarded writer and English professor A. Jay Adler. Catching some air outside, Dean, Adler, and I talked shop. We joined Ilic who was talking about printing the show. He explained, “Bernal held a steady exposure for all the portraits even though the work was done at various locations and times. That made it easy to set the exposure for the prints as fairly consistent. The issues I had were finding the best pro printing device to capture the work on Hahnemühle’s Digital FineArt large-scale rag. After field testing a few Epsons and wasting tons of paper and ink, I went to a Canon Professional Large Format printer, [laughs] most Leica photographers use Canon printers, and I now know why. It won out in seamless production quality.” Also seen at the opening were actors Billy Zane (Titanic) who is also an Ambassador of One805 Montecito, Jeff Garlin (The Goldbergs, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Kathryn Brolin, singer Eric Benét, Pulitzer Prize winning photographers Nick Ut (“Napalm Girl”) and Barbara Davidson; film directors Nate Townsend, Michael Muller, and Daniel Sackheim; Victory Tischler Blue (bassist from Joan Jett and the Runaways); Grammy winner Mathieu Bitton, and 1st VP of the American Society of Cinematographers Charlie Lieberman and 2nd VP Johnny Simmons. Chong shares, “Faces of Leica is my love letter to Leica Gallery L.A. and all the incredible photographers and people who have been loyal to the gallery, store, and brand for the nine years that I have been here. Remember to check the exhibition online gallery with work from each photographer available for purchase through December 31!” 411: https://leicagalleryla.com

Leica L.A. Gallery Director and Curator Paris Chong dancing with her portrait behind her on the gallery wall at the Faces of Leica opening (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Leica honored photographers Julia Dean and Dennys Ilic (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

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“Oblivious” is on streaming platforms now, including a newly released music video

It takes a whole crew of volunteers to keep the paths laid and the projects continuing (courtesy photo)

School, the Bucket Brigade organized their volunteers to complete a schoolyard restoration using native plants. They moved back over to Elings Park to create an accessible picnic area and plant a native pollinator garden and food forest, a halfacre habitat restoration, that also serves as a fire break for the nearby homes and Monroe School. Last summer, the nonprofit trained 50 high school students in advanced leadership techniques at Bucket Brigade Academy, which also involved restoring different areas of Elings Park each week. Their projects over time have included creating “safe routes to school” in several locations in Montecito, including the much-publicized path from the Lower to Upper villages without ever having to encounter vehicles, but also, most recently, along Barker Pass from South Sierra Vista to Sycamore Canyon, and along Camino Viejo in the Cold Spring School district. Those two trails were constructed with trained youth volunteer leaders, Powell said. “There’s so much value in this system of training people, especially young people, to deal with the challenges we’re facing by going out and making a difference. Instead of complaining about it or just staring at their phones, the Bucket Brigade gets people out on the side of the road into neighborhoods that need help doing things and helping people. This is a path forward that’s viable, and it really helps young people deal with the stress that they’re feeling associated with what’s going on with the environment and climate change.” It’s all part of SBBB’s formula for the future and whatever that might bring, Powell said. “The Bucket Brigade at its core is a community resilience engine,” he explained. “We’ve been training people all year to be ready to help the community in a time of need. All these projects are ultimately about being ready going into this El Niño winter. That’s where the rubber meets the road.” Of course, running such an organization takes a lot in terms of operating funds and purchasing the necessary equipment. Supporting SBBB includes everything from sponsorships to small monthly donations. Volunteers are also always welcome. “People joining us is what makes all of what we do possible,” Powell said. Details are available on the Bucket Brigade website: https://sbbucketbrigade.org.

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than I did a couple years ago. But naturally, now that I am not worrying about those things, I am going to be worrying about other things like – where am I going to end up in two years? Where am I going to live? Is my career going to take off? Am I going to be able to support myself fully? What is my backup plan if music doesn’t work out? It’s a lot of bigger existential thoughts now mixed in with the smaller things. It is the constant battle of: What am I going to do with my life? And what am I going to do for dinner? You recently released a new music video for your song “Oblivious.” What is the backstory behind this new song? “Oblivious” is one of those songs that has been brewing for a while. To me this is a good sign because if it still has the same impact on me six months after I wrote it, then I know the song must be pretty good. But I contemplated for a long time whether or not I should pursue this song because I had written it about a situation in my life. It was back in my first semester of freshman year, living away from family, you are learning a lot of things about yourself and the kind of people you want to be around. A big thing I learned in college is that everyone’s family situation is completely different, and you will start to spend time with people who have different views on what a healthy romantic relationship should look like. I ended up in a situation where I kind of got led on by a friend and it really had an effect on my idea of what a friendship should look like versus what a romantic relationship should look like. Being a songwriter, I wrote a song about it! I contemplated whether or not to release the song because it’s one thing to write something therapeutically but actually deciding to put something out is another thing. This person still exists in my life, they go to my school. Ultimately, I realized it was a “canon event,” as people call it, so it was important to me. And for me the whole point of making music is to try and put words to experiences some peo-

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ple might not be able to. I know that if I had this experience, I’m definitely not the only person to have that experience. So I ultimately ended up deciding to release it because it felt important to me and I was hoping it would resonate with other people. I just watched the music video and think it looks really good! What was it like filming? Even though I’m living in Miami, I love to come back to California to shoot, so I kind of stockpile my content over breaks. My last four releases were all shot over five days and “Oblivious” was the last video we were shooting. I was exhausted. It was 12-hour days for five days straight – I took on the role of the producer and co-director, so I was organizing locations and people and all different stuff I had never really done before. It was a lot of pre-production work, but shooting it was really fun. I got to ask a lot of friends I hadn’t seen in a while if they would like to be in my video, and I also got to include my family in a scene with my dad’s old ’52 Chevy pickup truck. That was definitely a highlight! Where should people go to watch and listen to “Oblivious” and all of your other music? People can listen to “Oblivious” and all of my previous releases on any streaming platform and the music video for “Oblivious” is now available on my YouTube channel. They can also follow me on Instagram and TikTok @ dawsonfuss to stay updated on my future releases and performances!

From the shores of Scotland, Stella Haffner keeps her connection to her home in Montecito by bringing grads of local schools to the pages of the Montecito Journal

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Kielle Campbell, Lynn Cunningham Brown, Travis and Jessica Hawley, Jenni-Elise Ramirez, and gala chair Hilary Rost (photo by Priscilla)

translated into 18 languages, has lived part-time in Italy since 2000. He came to Montecito 47 years ago as a fellow at a local think tank, the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

Sweet Midori a Ride Along the Silkroad

Noah behShea has jumped over to the big screen (photo by Rick Carter)

Noah and Wendy Kout. Dara Emery and Kathrine Kohl complete the cast in the show. “My creative team was a village of profound talent and caring,” says Noah. “It was shot around the world in the middle of COVID, making a magic carpet of a film changing lives around the globe.” BenShea, who has written 30 books

UCSB Arts & Lectures was on a roll at the Granada last week with two major productions within 48 hours. Kicking off the impressive program was Japanese violinist Midori and the Festival Strings Lucerne, under artistic director Daniel Dodds. Founded in 1956, the Swiss company is now considered one of the world’s most distinguished chamber orchestras with works ranging from baroque to contemporary, with Dodds, who was appointed in 2012, leading the orchestra from the concertmaster’s chair, starting the highly entertaining performance with Honegger’s “Pastorale d’été” and Dubugnon’s “Caprice IV,” as Midori joined them in Schumann’s “Violin Concerto in D Minor,” masterfully played. In the second half, Midori – who has played with the late Leonard Bernstein and Yo-Yo Ma, among many others as she celebrates the 40th anniversary of her professional debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11, played an all-Beethoven program – “Romance in F Major” and “Symphony No.7 in A Major” on her 1734 Guarneri del Gesù instrument. A truly magnificent performance.

Renee Grubb, Valerie Amparan, honoree Megan Chanda, Lindsay Cortina, and Lauren Trujillo (photo by Priscilla)

Then it was time for the multi-faceted Silkroad Ensemble and two-time Grammy Award winning singer and banjo playing artistic director Rhiannon Giddens to shine brightly with the West Coast premiere of American Railroad with a 12-member group of talented musicians illuminating the impact of African American, Chinese, Irish, indigenous and other immigrant communities on the creation of the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad. It amplified untold stories to paint a richer, more accurate picture of the origins of the American Empire, which

The Silkroad Ensemble was smooth (photo by David Bazemore)

Midori and Lucerne Festival Strings strumming along (photo by David Bazemore)

Noah benShea and his wife, Julia, in famed Green Room at the Saban prior to the global screening (photo by Richard Mora)

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profoundly reverberate today. Ireland-based Giddens, who won a Pulitzer Prize this year for her first opera Omar, and her fellow musicians were very much on the right track...

Centennial Celebration with the Junior League Glitz, glamour, and grandeur reigned when the Junior League of Santa Barbara, which marks its centennial next year, hosted its 13th annual gala at the Rosewood Miramar, with 170 guests raising around $50,000. The boffo bash, chaired by Hilary Rost and co-chaired by Rachel Brown and Ally Meier, kicked off with a VIP reception on the Great Lawn with harpist Anahita Holden strumming her strings, before a welcome from president JenniElise Ramirez in the ritzy hostelry’s 6,560-square-foot Chandelier Ballroom. Jill Rode was presented with the Sustainer of the Year award by Lindsay Cortina, former president. With over 10 years of experience, she has raised millions of dollars for organizations including the Girl Scouts, Santa Barbara Symphony, the Red Cross, and Santa Barbara Zoo. Rode currently serves as Director of Philanthropy at the Music Academy and Conference Chair of So Cal Charitable Gift Planners. In 2021 she was named Volunteer of the Year for the Dream Foundation’s Flower Empower. Megan Chanda, a senior deputy district attorney with the Santa Barbara County District, was presented with Woman of the Year by Valerie Amparan, also a former president. She is responsible for

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Sunstone Winery’s Teddy Cabugos, Seth Taylor and Crystal Rem of American Riviera Bank, and Sunstone’s Erin Moone and Nick Cabugos (photo by Priscilla)

prosecuting all human trafficking cases for the southern half of the county and dedicates her life outside the courtroom to training law enforcement officers on the investigation process of domestic violence cases and cases involving internet crimes against children. Chanda joined the district attorney’s office in 2015 and served as an executive board member of the Santa Barbara Deputy District Attorneys Association for seven years, holding the position of Vice President for much of that time. The night of opulence and high-end sophistication concluded with guests including Kielle Campbell Lindsey, Rob Barthelmess, and Antonio and Isela Trujillo dancing the night away to DJ Edu. Quite the blast...

The popular charity, founded in 1899, hosted its inaugural pickleball tournament with 68 players organized by local realtor Natalie Collins-Smith, raising $20,000 for senior service programs and

youth mental health with sponsorship from Farmers & Merchants Bank and Mission Wealth. “It couldn’t have been a nicer day,” says director of advancement Jan Campbell. “It was a lot of camaraderie and competition for a good cause.” After each division was played, winners received medals for the first three places and then quaffed mimosas and devoured a heaving selection of canapés to celebrate. Pickleball, which started as a children’s backyard game in Bainbridge, Washington, in 1965, now has more than 50 million participants nationwide. Quite the racket...

Going Big at Operation Bigs

FSA’s Turn to Serve The Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County got into quite a pickle at the Montecito Club at the weekend.

Competitors Koroush Davatolhagh, Kelly Avery, and Nolan Nicholson (photo by Priscilla)

Joey Khoury and Jan Campbell with first place pickleball winners (second set) Cindy Steffen and Mark Juretic (photo by Priscilla)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle paid a visit to Camp Pendleton, the U.S. Marines base near San Diego, ahead of Veterans Day. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stopped by Operation Bigs, a mentoring program tailor-made for children of military families, according to the couple’s Archewell foundation. Meghan wore a $1,490 Carolina Herrera cardigan embroidered with poppies for the occasion, while Harry was sporting a real poppy in his jacket lapel buttonhole in honor of the U.K.’s Remembrance Day, which also took place last weekend. They also opened a new Navy Seal training facility for the West Coast Warrior Fitness Program. Harry, 39, served in the British Army for 10 years, including two tours of duty in Afghanistan.

A Dynamic Duo

Steve Gable, Kadie Chronister, Lisa Gable, Bob Hyde, and Roxie Solakian (photo by Priscilla)

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Mariposa series at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall. The tony twosome performed works by Telemann, Jessie Montgomery, Brahms, Teng Yu-hsien, Lee, and Von Weber for the sold-out audience. McGill was a Mosher guest artist at a special recital this summer. Chien, a 2001 Music Academy alum, made her orchestral debut with the Boston Symphony at 16. They have collaborated for more than 15 years, and it clearly showed. It was also the first official concert for the academy’s new president and CEO Shauna Quill, who replaces Scott Reed. Welcome to the ‘hood...

New York Philharmonic principal clarinet Anthony McGill and Taiwanese pianist Gloria Chien were quite the dynamic duo when they performed in the second concert of the

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Anthony McGill and Gloria Chien taking to the stage (photo by Zach Mendez and Dune Alford)

The Cost of Living The nation’s top 10 most expensive zip codes have been revealed and, of course, our Eden by the Beach features prominently. Homes in the Hamptons on Long Island and the Bay Area sell for more than eight million dollars, with Atherton, a tiara’s toss from San Francisco, and Sagaponack, where I used to stay at a friend’s beach house between the homes of the late Jaws actor Roy Scheider and magazine magnate Peter Brant, taking the first two spots on Property Shark’s annual rankings. Santa Barbara, including our rarefied enclave, comes in at number four after Fisher Island in Miami Beach, Florida, with a median sale price of $5M. We first gained a top 10 spot in 2021

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when Santa Barbara ranked 7th with a median sale price of $4.1 million. Beverly Hills ranked fifth with $4.8 million.

Hillary Hauser welcoming HTO Honorary Chair Julia LouisDreyfus, Brad Hall, and Jean-Michel Cousteau (photo by Priscilla)

The Holiday Buzz Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow, like fellow resident Oprah Winfrey, has just released her much anticipated Christmas gift guide on her Goop website, which includes a private island escape, a $1,925 Hermès doghouse, a pair of $5,000 Chanel roller skates, and even a 24-carat gold vibrator for $15,000. There are many Goop present ideas to choose from on The Ridiculous but Awesome guide for discerning recipients including a week-long airship luxury cruise to the North Pole, and a $50,000 stay at a solar-power safari camp. The Inez gold G-spot vibrator promises an “impressive powerful rumbling motor.” Great expectations...

Surfing for Support at FisHouse A tsunami of supporters turned up at the FisHouse for a Heal the Ocean sunset soirée to thank donors for helping raise a most impressive record $350,000 from its fourth consecutive imaginary Silver Anniversary gala.

“It’s the perfect kind of event,” enthused Hillary Hauser, president and executive director of the popular charity. “Very little overhead and very generous supporters.” The bounteous bash with oyster, lobster, ahi tuna, and clam chowder was hosted by Tom White, owner of the popular oceanside eatery a tiara’s toss from Stearns Wharf, who is also on the charity’s board of directors. Among the 90 guests were Mayor Randy Rowse, Laura Capps, JeanMichel Cousteau, Harry and Randi Rabin, Gretchen Lieff, Julia LouisDreyfus and Brad Hall, Hannah-Beth Jackson – just back from a visit to the Victoria Falls, Linda Krop, Pat

Heal the Ocean co-founders Jeff Young and Hillary Hauser, Mayor Randy Rowse, Heal the Ocean Event Manager Heather Hudson, and Program Director Harry Rabin (photo by Priscilla)

Dan’l Lewis, SBC Supervisor Laura Capps, Hiroko Benko, Pat McElroy, Mayor Randy Rowse (photo by Priscilla)

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McElroy, Greg Gorga, Heather Hudson, Eric Peterson, Hiroko Benko, and Freddy Maldonado. Guitarist Sam Adams entertained...

Case Settled Local warbler Katy Perry can go ahead with the purchase of a $15 million estate in Montecito after a judge ruled that painkillers did not prevent the founder of 1-800-Flowers from being able to make the deal for the 8.9-acre East Valley Road property. The high-profile fight over the 11-bedroom home pit the “I Kissed a Girl” singer against Carl Westcott, a former private equity manager and army member in the 101st Airborne, who claimed he didn’t want to sell his home and wasn’t of sound mind when he made the deal. Judge Joseph Lipner, who oversaw a non-jury trial in Los Angeles last month, said in his tentative judgment there was no “credible evidence” that Westcott, 83, was unable to make the deal in 2020. “The contract Westcott negotiated and signed yielded a $3.75 million gross profit,” Lipner said in his decision. “Moreover, Westcott entered into contracts shortly before and shortly after the contract at issue here. Westcott has not attempted to rescind any of these other contracts for lack of capacity.” Lipner ordered the sale take place and scheduled a February hearing to determine whether additional charges are appropriate. Perry, 39, is seeking $1.4 million to cover what she could have earned renting out the property had the sale proceeded as planned.

In the Banned Band Montecito actor Steve Martin has hit back at a Florida school district that banned his book Shopgirl from libraries because it features “sexual content.” Martin, 78, wrote an Instagram response saying he’s “so proud” his novella was one of more than 300 books to be pulled by the Collier County Public

Steve Martin has his book banned in Florida (photo by Forrest L. Smith, III, via Wikimedia Commons)

School district last week. “Now people who want to read it will have to buy a copy!” He joked, while garnering 30,000 likes and thousands of comments on social media. Shopgirl was published in 2000 and then made into a movie starring Martin alongside Claire Danes. It tells the story of a department store employee who meets a wealthy businessman with the pair embracing an unconventional love affair as she struggles with a relationship with a man her own age. Martin’s book was banned thanks to a new Florida law that has also seen other authors such as Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, and Toni Morrison having their work censored. At least Steve is in very good company...

Sightings Montecito rocker Adam Levine and wife Behati Prinsloo at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York... Gwyneth Paltrow at the Council of Fashion Designers of America gala in Manhattan... Oscar winner Kevin Costner noshing at Tre Lune. Pip! Pip!

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fining posters and SB’s ‘70s adolescence is elegiac. The man is a messenger from one of our town’s most beloved epochs and is that glowing era’s artist-of-record. Drop into Tecolote and meet the guy who exquisitely illustrated a chapter adored by all, and whose final love affair with Montecito is a matter of artistic record. “I roamed this area long ago with sketchbook in hand,” Sharp says wistfully. “I captured the mountains, foothills, beaches, and the beautiful people I found here. I was a lucky young man.”

Rick Sharp (Continued from 5)

The Bag End – “Fashions from Middle Earth on Coast Village Road”

mimicry of the awe actual nature inspires. Yes, you’ve seen the man’s art. You may not immediately recognize his name, but Sharp’s gorgeous work is as familiar as a gust of patchouli at a Dead concert. His charming memoir chronicles a lost Santa Barbara whose pre-tourist-hive innocence and organic-naif spirit are nearly heartbreaking to recall. One of his early sponsors was a guy he bumped into at Santa Barbara’s Ecology Center. Eco-warrior and future Santa Barbara mayor Hal Conklin would enlist the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Still Point Santa Barbara Corp; Stillpoint Santa Barbara Corp; Stillpoint Santa Barbara; Stillpoint SB; Still Point SB; SSB; Stillpoint, 212 Cottage Grove Ave Ste B, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Still Point Santa Barbara, 212 Cottage Grove Ave Ste B, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 3, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002580. Published November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: In-Shape Family Fitness, 1318 S. Broadway, Santa Maria, CA, 93454. In-Shape Solutions, LLC, 2800

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hopeful, long-haired walk-in to illustrate the covers of the center’s magazines as they assiduously bird-dogged the cleanup of the oil-soaked beaches. The org would later be rechristened the Environmental Defense Center. Sharp describes his short and disastrous gig bussing tables at John Dory on the harbor – the future Brophy Brothers restaurant. Taking art classes at the Brooks Institute of Fine Art and Photography, Sharp’s burgeoning local success as an illustrator, and the News Press’ attendant Brooks-free publicity, would so rankle the school’s leadership they asked Sharp to leave. When they realized his potential as an instructor of “commercial art,” they sheepishly invited him back to teach. All the while, Sharp was embedding himself in the nascent American Riviera – producing poster art for KTYD, Channel Islands Surfboards, the Natural History Museum, Donovan at the Lobero, and Arlo Guthrie at the Bowl. His posters were, for a time, everywhere you looked. Sharp would later take on such clients as O’Neill wetsuits, expanding his territory from San Diego to San Francisco, Oregon, and beyond. As his star rose so did his star-crossed dalliances. Sharp’s book charmingly paints his own life into the day’s Santa Barbara scene; his early apartment on Islay, his emotionally searching evening walks around the lamplit Mesa neighborhood where for a time he had a working space. The last of his domicile-studios, in Montecito, dovetailed with his role as unofficial caregiver for an aging, genteel

March Lane Suite #220, Stockton, CA, 95219. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 31, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002552. Published November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cherry Bomb Cocktail and Bartending Services, 480 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. Joseph W Cordero, 480 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 4, 2023. 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 state-

ment on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002373. Published November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Via Maestra; Enoteca; Via Maestra Enoteca, 3413 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Bitar Restaurant Group Enoteca LLC, 3413 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 23, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002478. Published November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Farm to Fork Social Club Catering,

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scion whom Sharp refers to as “Mrs. B.” Through an arrangement orchestrated by her late husband at the disbursement of his rancho holdings, Mrs. B was able to inhabit a home in Montecito whose small adjacent cottage became Sharp’s last California studio, in exchange for which Sharp would become cook, security guard, maintenance man, gardener, and in one particularly frightful instance, rescuer for the lovely lady. When ‘80s synth music came to dominate the charts, so did artists like Patrick Nagel, whose cover for Duran Duran’s Rio typified the hard-edged new wave aesthetic. The ascendant synth army would bleat out a digital siren’s song for Sharp’s organic woodland and beachfront fantasias. As the curtain rang down on his Golden Age, his dear Mrs. B. quietly passed. Sharp closed the book on what had been a deeply felt and glorious decade for his art. The cross-pollination of Sharp’s era-de480 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. Joseph W Cordero, 480 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108; Angelina E Cordero, 480 Toro Canyon Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 4, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002372. Published November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Serenidad Therapy, 7142 Del Norte Dr., Goleta, CA, 93117. Susan Gonzalez, 7142 Del Norte Dr., Goleta, CA, 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 27, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the

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The author will be signing and discussing 1970s Nature Posters: The Lost Art of Rick Sharp on Saturday, November 18 at 3 pm at Tecolote Book Shop – 1470 East Valley Road in Montecito’s Upper Village. For more information, call (805) 969-4977. For those who cannot attend the book signing and talk at Tecolote on Saturday, a pop-up book talk will take place at Island Brewing Company in Carpinteria at noon on Sunday; followed by a musical performance of Flower Power songs at 1 pm. To see the complete collection of Rick Sharp’s ’70s posters, visit www.ricksharp.com/early-poster-art

Jeff Wing is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. A longtime resident of SB, he takes great delight in chronicling the lesser known facets of this gaudy jewel by the sea. Jeff can be reached at jeffwingg@gmail.com.

Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002326. Published November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Carpinteria Community Alliance, 532 Arbol Verde Street, Carpinteria, CA, 93013. Louise Moore, 532 Arbol Verde Street, Carpinteria, CA, 93013; Gail Marshall, 5559 Canalino Drive, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 12, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002412. Published, October 25, November 1, 8, 15, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 23CV04571. To all interested parties: Petitioner Irina Georgieva Chongova filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Irina Chongova Nau. The Court orders that all persons 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 includes the reasons for the objection 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 objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed October 26, 2023 by Narzralli Baksh. Hearing date: December 15, 2023 at 10 am in Dept. 4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published November 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023

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by Steven Libowitz FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Hack-ing his Genesis – Progressive rock guitar veteran Steve Hackett revisits his stellar string work with Genesis on the tail end of a tour that features the 1972 album Foxtrot performed in sequence plus additional fan favorites from both days with the superstar British band and other endeavors. Long considered a classic prog release, Foxtrot spawned such all-time great Genesis tracks as “Watcher of the Skies” and the over 20-minute long epic “Supper’s Ready.” After joining Genesis at the beginning of 1971 as the guitarist in the band’s classic line-up alongside Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford, Hackett provided the intricate guitar work that was a key element of Genesis’ albums from Nursery Cryme (1971) to Wind and Wuthering (1977), a period that also included the beloved Selling England By The Pound. Hackett’s 45-year solo career now spans more than 30 albums, with his compositions taking influences from jazz, classical, and blues and, most recently, world music. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $79.50-$161 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Collaboration Central Continues – Fresh off its powerful pairing on a trip through the Van Morrison catalog with Montecito classic rock band Doublewide Kings last weekend, the Santa Barbara Symphony resumes its regular programming in a concert boasting the Grammy-winning string trio Time for Three. The infectious high-energy boundary-busting trio – Nicolas “Nick” Kendall and Charles Yang on violin and vocals and Ranaan Meyer on double bass and vocals – will take center stage in a performance of acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Kevin Puts’ Contact, a triple concerto that explores the human experience. Contact received the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Densmore in Discussion – John Densmore occupies a rarified space in pop culture, propelled by his time as the drummer of The Doors, the seminal L.A. countercultural rock band that enjoyed six years of stupendous success from 1965 through 1971, when singer Jim Morrison joined Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin as rock stars perishing at 27 in less than 10 months. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold LPs, and continue to remain both an influence on modern music and a commercial force, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Densmore has continued to play percussion in a variety of configurations – he’s participated in the TRAP benefit concerts on and off over the years – but he also became an accomplished writer, a New York Times bestselling author whose work has also appeared in a range of publications including the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. His latest, The Doors Unhinged offers a powerful exploration of the greed, which prioritizes accumulation of increasing wealth at the expense of our principles, friendships, and the well-being of society through his account of the legal battle to control The Doors’ artistic destiny. Densmore discusses the book and its implications with novelist and art essayist Andrew Winer. WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St. COST: $10 general INFO: (805) 963-4364 or https://tickets.sbma.net

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Estrin: Emphasis on Entertainment – It’s one thing to get heaps of praise from a niche magazine such as Living Blues, which called Rick Estrin and The Nightcats: “Hugely entertaining, intelligently conceived and executed roots rock with a wickedly cool and otherworldly twist on tradition.” It’s quite another when such a venerable publication as DownBeat also touts your work: “Estrin sings and writes songs like the brightest wiseguy in all of bluesland and blows harmonica as if he learned at the knee of Little Walter.” The Bay Area-based Estrin and The Nightcats – Estrin on harmonica and vocals, Kid Andersen on guitar, Lorenzo Farrell on keyboards, and D’Mar on drums – has also taken home the Blues Foundation’s award as Band of the Year three of the last five years, while Estrin has won twice as Harmonica Player of the Year. So it’s understandable that the Santa Barbara Blues Society is all agog over bringing it back to town for its first local visit in seven years, trumpeting its musical virtuosity, danceability, and wry sense of humor for tonight’s Carrillo Ballroom gig, where they’re sure to play such tongue-in-cheek classics as “Dump That Chump” and “My Next Ex-Wife.” The Lenny Kerley Duo opens the show. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St. COST: $35 general, $45 VIP seating INFO: (805) 668-6884 or www.sbblues.org

while Puts, whose operatic adaptation The Hours returns to the stage of The Met this spring, collected the Pulitzer for his first opera, Silent Night, back in 2012. The program also includes Borodin’s “Polovtsian Dances” that also evinces energetic rhythms before mellowing with Georges Bizet’s “L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2.” WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight, 3 pm tomorrow WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $35-$175 INFO: (805) 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org Seaside Sock Skating – MOXI Museum’s Climate Change Awareness Expo today helps families slide into winter by adapting to climate-friendly fun with iceless skating and other activities designed to engage the next generation of climate crusaders. The program features education in the environment and ice-themed activities encouraging climate action, with local organizations onsite to share their expert climate change knowledge, research and solutions, plus the opening-day for MOXI’s rooftop sock skating rink. The new seasonal exhibit lets both kids and adults kick off their shoes to enjoy frictionless fun by sliding across a specialty tile floor reminiscent of ice – but without the chill. WHEN: Expo 10 am-2 pm, sock skating continues through January 7 WHERE: 125 State St., COST: Free with museum admission INFO: (805) 770-5000 or https://moxi.org SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Whose Live Anyway? – It’s double the laughter, and double the fun when the touring version of TV’s most successful improv series returns to town for two nights. The always fresh act of comedic acrobatics featuring rapid-fire wit, nonstop jokes, and all sorts of impromptu interventions features a very veteran cast anchored by Ryan Stiles, who has been at it so long he actually was part of the original British TV Whose Line Is It Anyway? troupe dating back 35 years. Greg Proops, a longtime regular of the ABC version, is also part of the show, which also features Jeff B. Davis (Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show and Improv-a-Ganza) and Joel Murray, the youngest of Bill Murray’s eight brothers who had a sizable role as Freddy on Mad Men. The short-form improvisational scriptless spectacular is a games-based, songfilled extravaganza with everything made up on the spot as the fearsome (fearless?) foursome relies on teamwork and trust to build entire scenes, characters, and

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Prime Time in the Afternoon – It might seem disingenuous to name your group the Prime Time Band when most of the concerts take place before dark. But the moniker here refers to a vibrant group of more than 60 local amateur musicians whose ages range from a minimum of 40 to more than 90 years old, who share getting serious about making music worth hearing to spread the joy via free concerts for the community. Bassoonist Paul Mori, a Santa Barbara native who teaches at his alma mater Westmont College, serves as Musical Director for tonight’s Fall concert program “Flights of Fancy,” with highlights including selections from Man of La Mancha and ABBA on Broadway, plus Arabian Dances and a tribute to march king John Philip Sousa. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: San Marcos High School Auditorium, 4750 Hollister Ave. COST: free INFO: www.ptband.org or primetimebandsb@gmail.com

storylines that should keep you laughing all the way home. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $74 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com WWW: William Wegman & Weimaraners – William Wegman, the king of Weimaraner art who became well-known for his long and fruitful collaboration with his dog Man Ray, has spent decades depicting his canine friend and successors in painting, drawing, photography, and video. Man Ray, beloved in the art world and beyond for his endearing deadpan presence, was so popular that when he died in 1982 he was named “Man of the Year” by the Village Voice. Four years later, Wegman acquired another Weimaraner named Fay Ray, and has continued the collaboration through two more generations. Wegman makes a pair of appearances in Santa Barbara today, first speaking about his work at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and later participating in a one-day exhibition at Arm Studio, where he’ll unveil several Santa Barbara-inspired paintings alongside his classic Weimaraner photography in a collaborative show with Marc Selwyn Fine Art of Beverly Hills. WHEN: 11 am & 12 noon-5 pm WHERE: SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St. & 8 E. De la Guerra St. COST: $15 & free INFO: www.sbma.net & https://arivieramedia.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 ‘The Most Serious Fart’ – We’re all about coming up with clever titles for calendar entries, but there’s no point trying to top the actual name of local children’s book author Mike Bender’s latest release. Bender is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Awkward Family Photos and The End Is Just the Beginning, the latter inspired by his own healing journey from Lyme disease. The Most Serious Fart is, well, a seriously fun illustrated picture book about not taking ourselves so seriously. Siegfried is a fart who is sick and tired of farts being a laughing matter. So he sets out on a mission to change the fart as we know it, but ends up learning to embrace his fartness and the fun and friendship that come with it. The book also features over 300 hidden butts from legendary Highlights Hidden Pictures illustrator Chuck Dillon. Bender will obligingly bend the ears to all who park their butts at Chaucer’s Books this afternoon, so gas up and get ready. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com 16 – 23 November 2023

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Last Week’s Solution:

By Pete Muller & Frank Longo For each of the first five mini crosswords, one of the entries also serves as part of a five-word meta clue. The answer to the meta is a word or phrase (six letters or longer) hidden within the sixth mini crossword. The hidden meta answer starts in one of the squares and snakes through the grid vertically and horizontally from there (no diagonals!) without revisiting any squares. PUZZLE #1 1

A S I A N M U N R O O P C I T R E U S E E R R E D

B OW L F U R R Y A C T O R C K O N E T O N G S

S A G O T E R O H E L L O N A M E D OM A N

L B S U R A L S C I V E T K E E N E F R OM

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GOOD

LUCK

CHARM

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PUZZLE #3 3

Across 1 Like pleasant weather 5 Take a stab at 6 Folks taking unauthorized flights? 7 Like pleasant weather 8 With 5-Down, lead-up to checkmate, perhaps

Down 1 Like catch-22 situations 2 Declaration after a lousy deal 3 Lacking compassion 4 People may leave them in stitches, for short 5 See 8-Across

Down 1 Bad thing to be driven to 2 Sleep study diagnosis 3 Class full of posers? 4 Dance loved by Lilo 5 Speller's clarifying words

Across 1 Ample, in dialect 5 One of the Jackson 5 6 Language spoken by 5+ million people in Russia 7 Part of WRT 8 Lena who played Eva Braun on "Hunters"

PUZZLE #5 5

Down 1 Like a poker face 2 Fix, as a loose lace 3 Preceder of friends and other things? 4 See 6-Across 5 Its 48th season ended on Apr. 15, 2023

Across 1 So-called "damages" 5 In a ___ (very quickly) 6 Makeshift coasters, maybe 7 Signs of things to come 8 Overseas pop?

Down 1 It utilizes virtual shopping carts 2 Frank who was played by Stallone in "Capone" 3 "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" cast member, e.g. 4 "Wait ___ U" (2022 #1 hit by Future) 6 Card that never wins in war

META PUZZLE 4

Across 1 Trumpet composition 6 With 4-Down, prized food flatfish 7 One of 26 comprising the Maldives 8 Square that's no longer a square when turned upside down 9 Oktoberfest order

Across 1 Word after Canada or Turkey 4 Brother of Chico and Groucho 6 Like many rehab enrollees 7 First field to fill in on some forms 8 Crooner disguised as Broccoli on "The Masked Singer" in 2020

PUZZLE #4 1

Down 1 With 3-Down, perpetration location 2 Source of a big spill, perhaps 3 See 1-Down 4 Julia Roberts's role in "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve" 5 Muscle car roof option

Across 1 Having more wisdom 6 Owen who played Bill Clinton on "Impeachment: American Crime Story" 7 Yitzhak of Israel 8 Mosey along 9 Insane Clown ___ (horrorcore hip-hop duo)

Down 1 Eighty-six 2 Landmark near the Crockett Hotel, aptly 3 Brothers who sang "Stayin' Alive" 4 Pandora releases? 5 Zellweger who played the title role on "The Thing About Pam"

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