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State Street Scribe – Jeff Wing teaches his daughter to drive and tears off the armrest in fear iweekly Capitalist – Jeff Harding analyzes America’s economic B classes, with guidance from Ray Dalio, who oversees the massive hedge fund Bridgewater Associates

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Man About Town – Mark Leisuré chronicles festival fundraisers; an array of artists; Jersey Boys; and Opera Santa Barbara Beer Guy – Winter is coming, so Zach Rosen is bellying up to the throne and raising a pint to holiday-style brews, including Our Special Ale

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Fortnight – Love Letters takes Center Stage; Black Market Trust; Arturo Sandoval; An Irish Christmas; Trump; SB Choral Society; and Christmas Revels

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Business Beat – Jon Vreeland airs it out with David Gilkey, owner of Coastland Salon and Barber on Coast Village Circle

Plan B – Briana Westmacott proves ‘tis the season as she provides a list of gift recommendations for everyone young and old On Art – Margaret Landreau discovers that less is Moore, as in Shelly Moore, an inspirational ceramic sculptress

Mom About Town – Apple of her eye: Julie Bifano learns about AAPLE, the Accelerated Academic Program Leadership and Enrichment Academy

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What’s Hanging – Ted Mills previews the Holiday Crafts Fair in Goleta; Artamo Gallery; “FOUND”; Marilyn Daggett; SBCAST with “Winter Whites”; Sullivan Goss show; reindeer show; Breakfast art; Susan K. Guy; and more events

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Creative Characters – Zach Rosen spotlights Katelyn Carano, an aerial dancer who performs at Winter ForeCAST on First Thursday, December 7

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I Heart SB – Look who the wind blew in: Elizabeth Rose reminisces about getting her “sea legs” from Oregon to Crescent City, California SYV Snapshot – Eva Van Prooyen makes note of Los Olivos Lemons; wine and cheese at Zaca Mesa; and Olde Fashioned Christmas

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Jeff is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. A long-time 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.

We Have Nothing to Fear but Teaching our Children to Drive

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ne sunny afternoon in the deeply felt 1970s, I broadsided a light pickup truck driven by a school acquaintance named Bud. I was driving home from work when Bud’s lil’ Japanese economy truck leaped spontaneously away from the curb and into a hurried U-turn, which my grimacing Chevy Vega was fated to interrupt. The effect was an unwelcome but timely demonstration of a couple of Newton’s Laws; those boring little science class aphorisms one struggles to memorize for the unit test, but whose felt effects are unforgettable.

Because I had just left work, I was dressed, to my sorrow, in the standard fast-food worker’s uniform of that time; an industrial-brown shirt-and-trouser set with cruel Flying Nun lapels that nearly reached the shoulders, ostentatious pant cuffs for trapping falling McWaste and wildly overfed McBacteria, and that visor which burger flippers still have to wear, presumably so the patron equates all this caloric intake with a sunlit sporting event of some kind. When

our vehicles sought to occupy the same coordinate, Bud’s and my respective masses collided in a burst of textbook inertia. Although it all happened in a quick, loud, metal-crushing instant, the accident played out in that surreal Einsteinian time dilation that stretches our worst calamities into terror-taffy.

OBJECTS IN MOTION In the super-slow-motion Crash Test Dummy footage of the accident I’ve replayed in my head over and over through the intervening years, at the moment of impact I jerk heavily forward against the restraining shoulder strap, my superfluous brown visor dreamily cartwheeling off my puffy hairdo, my lapels waving languidly in the brief storm of physics like flags in an Army recruitment video. Down on the floorboards, a flood tide of sparkling crap lurches out from under the seats in a coherent fan of flotsam. Unidentifiable bits of dust and whatnot, yanked from every hidden corner of my passenger compartment, float forward through the

charged air with ballistic determination.

I just had time to raise my braking foot and make the alarmed Home Alone face before I plowed into the side of Bud’s Toyota pickup.

I still vividly remember the police car, the lights, and my own exulting in the moment. An acne-riddled teen wallflower, I was already a blabbermouth observer, excited by everything and largely unaware that hollering one’s thoughts at an annoyed public was an express ticket to “The Room Where Nobody Else Is” – a place I later came to call Ice Station Jeffry. “I’m just glad I had my seat belt on!” I hollered giddily at the police guy, who in a long glance took in my clown suit and went on scribbling. My bright-orange Chevy Vega was now a smoldering Platonic ideal: Automotive Ruin. It would be a while before I would have a car again.

My second would be another Chevy Vega.

HOW TO SENSIBLY NEGOTIATE TURNS WHILE DADDY BLUBBERS

As Mike Douglas described so movingly in his song “The Man in My Little Girl’s Life” (which in my haunted memory he sang once a day on the baffling Mike Douglas Show), the sands of time pour unrelentingly through the hourglass. This bittersweet Life blossoms and fades like a timelapse passionflower, or a Venus Fly

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Trap grasping hungrily at some awfullooking airborne bug. Which is to say, my own baby girl – who just yesterday was creeping along the floor with a pixie grin and button eyes, is now a willowy young woman with attitude, swagger, her own indecipherable lingo and fashion sense – and a Learner’s Permit from California’s damnable Department of Motor Vehicles. Because my ex-girlfriend (my wife) is a shameless and transparent coward, it has fallen to me to teach my little girl how to drive.

Awww — she’s doing great! And the experience has turned my bald spot into a bald area.

I did manage to forestall the scary “driving through neighborhood streets” portion of my baby’s training by spending some weeks with her tooling around in the parking lot of our neighborhood church. Where better to get closer to G*d as one prepares to join him in the cloud city, or whatever? My main object, though, was to familiarize my eager new driver with the pitch and yaw of the rolling tennis court we call a car. Our 1990s-era sedan is 60 feet long and painted in attention-getting gold; the sort of car a teenage girl dreams of, before waking up in a full-throated scream. This nimble little buggy has plush seating, a sunroof, generous trunk space, and the carbon footprint of a coal-fired battleship. ...continued p.22

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Dear Ray Dalio

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ay Dalio runs the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. According to their website, they “manage about $160 billion for approximately 350 of the largest and most sophisticated global institutional clients.” Forbes says Mr. Dalio is worth about $17 billion. By any measure, he is one of the most successful investors in the world.

I’ve followed him a bit over the years, including his ideas that culminated into his best-selling book, Principles, a guide to his philosophy of life, business, and achievement. He gave a pretty good TED talk on this subject. I like Mr. Dalio because he has shown the ability to think independently, often bucking the conventional wisdom – an act I highly value.

Dalio recently published a thinkpiece on Linkedin entitled “Our Biggest Economic, Social, and Political Issue” which, he writes, is wealth inequality: the disparity between the upper 40% and the bottom 60%. The media glommed on to this popular progressive meme, which got a lot of attention because of his prominence.

His article recites the woes of the middle and lower economic classes of American society, many of which we have heard: income disparity between the 40% and the 60%; wealth concentration in the top 1-percenters; lack of growth in earned income of the lower rungs; lack of savings for emergencies or retirement; loss of manufacturing jobs for the middle class; rising death rates and drug addiction of whites (especially men) without college degrees; rising divorce rate for middleage whites without college degrees; a declining healthcare system; and a loss of trust in government, finance, and the media. There are lots of charts to support his assertions.

Where to start?

I have written about the “bifurcated economy” for many years. It is true that Main Street is not doing as well as Wall Street. Many of the problems Mr. Dalio cites are superficially true, but many are incorrect or overstated. We need to have an understanding of why these problems exist before we try to throw solutions at them.

Let me start with the supposedly declining middle class. We’ve all heard the ditty about statistics: “There are lies,

damned lies, and statistics.” Mr. Dalio believes the popular meme about the middle class’s decline. Not quite true.

First, the “decline” is in part because these folks have gotten richer and moved upward in income (the $100,000 level) according to official U.S. Census data. Second, while wages have been rather stagnant, that fails to take into account the fringe benefits

scores have been the lowest in 40 years.

Yet charter schools, even public charter schools, for example, take inner-city kids and get them into college. Our public schools are failing these people. If Mr. Dalio is serious about bettering the lives of these people, perhaps he should look into funding private or charter schools for low-income students.

One would think that with all his resources he could have dug a little deeper into the data.

What is puzzling is that he offers no solutions to these problems – other than to say, stay tuned to this channel. He does offer some hints as to the directions he is going: “directing resources so that they are used productively” and “productive wealth transfers.” In fairness, he says

the Fed has been the prime mover of boom-and-bust economic cycles.

The solution to the problems he cites is to create a dynamic, growing economy that allows all people to succeed. The best and most effective way to do that is to free capital, markets, labor, and education from that heavy hand of government. History has proven that letting entrepreneurs and capitalists such as himself decide where capital should be invested is the best way to increase productivity and wealth for all actors in the economy.

For a contrarian thinker, Mr. Dalio has come up with a tired, conventional progressive meme. I am curious why he focused on wealth inequality as the major problem in America. He

The “decline” is in part because these folks have gotten richer such as health benefits, pensions, paid leave, and other things deducted from pay. If you add in this compensation, it shows that the bottom income group had a 31% increase in total compensation over the period when they were supposed to have stagnated, and for the middle class, a 37% increase. Third, add on top of this the influx of women and immigrants into the labor force that suppressed wages but created 30 million new jobs. It has nothing to do with wealth disparity.

If you delve a bit further into the issue, it turns out that income itself is not even the proper way to look at the matter. If you measure what people spend (consumption), over the past 50 years, the spending disparity between the top 10% and the other 90% of us grew just 7%. In other words, not a lot of “inequality” between the “haves” and the “have-nots.”

Mr. Dalio goes into detail about the economic and social decline of lower middle-class whites. Much of what he says about them is true. I have written about these folks whom I call the “Dispirited Class” because of declining measures of income, illness, disability, addiction, death rates, obesity, withdrawal from the labor force, and lack of labor mobility. There is a common theme to these problems, and it is not wealth disparity.

The real problem is the lack of a good education from public schools and a corresponding lack of a college degree. People with college degrees tend to be in the upper 40% and have better outcomes. Even without a degree, people with a good high-school education would be much better off.

The education statistics are not encouraging. Recent national SAT

that we shouldn’t just give money to the lower 60% to spend, but rather allocate it “for improving production.” He urges policy-makers, especially the Fed, to understand that things aren’t as good as they seem, and “keep an eye on the economy of the bottom 60%,” whatever that means.

This is a disturbing conclusion, because it assumes the guiding but heavy hand of government to make decisions about the allocation of capital.

Mr. Dalio also seems to think that the Fed can actually do some good. These are dubious solutions, since history has shown that government is the worst at allocating capital to productive uses and

of all people should understand that economic and social equality is a myth: it has been with us for millennia and will remain with us for millennia.

People have different abilities, goals, and drive. Unless there is some genetic breakthrough making us all Einsteinian clones, that won’t change.

I think the root of his discomfort is that in the next down cycle, the havenots will rebel against the haves and elect someone worse than Donald Trump – perhaps socialist Bernie Sanders, who would wreak havoc on the economy. I share Mr. Dalio’s concern. But doubling up on ineffective solutions will only hasten the worst outcome.

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Mark spends much of his time wandering Santa Barbara and environs, enjoying the simple things that come his way.

A show here, a benefit there, he is generally out and about and typically has a good time. He says that he writes “when he feels the urge” and doesn’t want his identity known for fear of an experience that is “less than authentic.” So he remains at large, roaming the town, having fun. Be warned.

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t seemed almost surreal that there were fewer than 100 people on hand – including staffers and tech crew – when the highly accomplished and prolific American filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen “interviewed” the equally laudable and important music producer T-Bone Burnett on a Saturday in late October at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort. Consider, if this event took place as a tribute two months later during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, it likely would have sold out the Arlington. But FestForums is a specialty conference for festival creators, one that is only in its third year and still finding its footing on the landscape. So, we got to witness the Coens/Burnett conversation on a couch with just a few other folks.

There were a few interesting tidbits in the talk between the artists who have collaborated for decades, dating back to The Big Lebowski, starring our local actor-hero Jeff Bridges, who was also on hand for a Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Burnett that followed; he also gave singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins a Living Legend award. Among the nuggets was Burnett explaining that he transitioned from performer to producer because he “didn’t feel at home on the stage,” was definitely not apparent to those of us who caught him fronting roots-rock friends at the Lobero in a Sings Like Hell concert back in the 2000s. Instead, Burnett explained, he liked the recording studio because “It’s private – you can do what you damn well please.” Indeed, Burnett’s time behind the dials has resulted in some of the finest Americana records of our era.

Still, he let on at the after-party that he’s giving the stage another try, with some exciting Los Angeles dates planned for the new year. Alas, no local shows are yet in the works.

YOU FROM JERSEY? WHICH EXIT? Apparently, Carrillo Street off the 101. That’s one of the entryways to the Granada Theatre, where Jersey Boys will have done its thing in town twice in the span of two weeks. Actually, the true touring version of the Broadway show about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons made its Santa Barbara debut at the end of November as part of the new Theaterleague season. It was a rare sell-out for the series, with the audience interrupting the performance more than once for extended ovations. The singing was really remarkable, especially Jonny Wexler as the pint-sized, power-voiced Valli. But personally, I’m still partial to the previous show, Dirty Dancing, which also featured virtually non-stop music with a story that was acted rather than largely narrated.

But Jersey Boys has been a monster hit wherever it’s been, from years on Broadway to two different tours of the country. The Valli boys are still all the rage, as evidenced by The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse’s 2017 Amethyst Ball at the Bacara last April, which was dubbed “Oh, What A Night” and featured a performance by the Los Angeles group Walk Like a Man. Anyway, Jersey Boys is also a big part of what’s next up at the Granada: Under The Streetlamp, which stars recent leading cast members of the Tony Award-winning musical. Their “Hip to the Holidays” show features seasonal classics, doo-wop hits and other 1950s and ‘60s radio favorites and Christmas songs as seen and heard on their live PBS Specials and studio album Every Day’s a Holiday. Expect perhaps even tighter harmonies and much slicker dance steps when the quartet works ...continued p.12

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p until the past 200 years, many beer styles were identified by the season in which they were produced.

Although commercial refrigeration has allowed most beer styles to be brewed year round, winter ales remain one of the few styles that are still only released during their own season.

For millennia, there has been various brews produced in different cultures for the winter solstice and holiday season.

The historic egg flip combines warmed ale with egg, brandy (or rum), and spices stirred with a red-hot fire iron. One of the first accounts of wassail, a medieval English Christmas custom, dates back to 1140 AD. There is still debate about whether wassail and its close relative, lamb’s wool, refers to more of a mulled cider or mulled ale, though the term still is used in both industries.

Many of these original winter warmers were ales (did not contain hops), but over time beer (does contain hops) became the more prominent beverage.

The bitterness in hops becomes harsh when heated, and winter warmers slowly fell out of fashion. Not all winter warmers were mulled and many received an extra dose of alcohol and spices to give the brew a warming character. By the 1960s, there were only a handful of examples found throughout the world and the style was near extinction.

BRINGING IT BACK Anchor Brewing Co.’s Our Special Ale (sometimes just called Christmas Ale) is considered the beer that brought back the winter warmer style. It was first brewed in 1975 as a discreet release during the season. At first, Anchor Brewing’s Fritz Maytag did not want to draw attention to this blending of a religious holiday with beer, so the original label featured a simply drawn Christmas tree. Fortunately, the beer was well received, and the following year it received a flashy label with a giant sequoia on it. Every year since then, the label is adorned with a different handdrawn tree for each vintage (visit the Anchor website to see all 43 labels).

The original label was drawn by Bay Area artist James Stitt, who continues to draw the label each year.

In addition to a new label, the brewery also changes the recipe each year. The first version was an English-style brown ale dry-hopped with Cascade hops. It wasn’t until 1987, when Fritz produced

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a spiced ale for his own wedding, that the brewery began using spices in the recipe. To this day, they have never released any of the recipes, and each year beerdoes have animated debates over which additions found their way into the brew. The only spice that Fritz has confirmed has never been in the recipe is cloves. This phenolic aroma is produced naturally during fermentation (think hefeweizen), so the clove-like aroma people pick up on is from the yeast and not from the addition of actual cloves.

The 2017 Our Special Ale features a Santa Lucia fir on the label and pours a deep cola color. This year’s vintage has a noticeable increase in alcohol (6.7% ABV), body, and foam-head retention when compared to previous years. Overall, the beer has an aroma of cherry and fig with a treacle-like malt flavor and a bitterness that lingers with an herbal note reminiscent of black tea and anise. There is a distinct acidity that balances the malts, keeping the beer fairly dry and giving the dark fruit

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character a cranberry-like sharpness.

This year’s version relies more on a complex roasted maltiness than heavy spicing. The elaborate spice and fruit additions in previous vintages can occasionally make this beer taste a bit muddy, yet that is not the case with the 2017 vintage.

OTHER TRADITIONS After Our Special Ale, Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale is one of the most classic versions of this genre of beer. Charles Finkel, a wine importer at the time, read Michael Jackson’s (the world’s most famous beer writer, not the musician) opus, The World Guide to Beer (originally published in 1977).

The book inspired Charles to leave the wine trade and begin importing beer. He commissioned Yorkshire’s legendary Samuel Smith’s Brewery to brew a range of almost extinct English ale styles, including a winter warmer for the holidays.

By the 1990s, the beer was wildly popular and inspired a range of other breweries to make their own interpretation of the style. The beer is still on the shelves today and is a personal favorite. It has a touch of honey malts and a light apricot note accented by a white pepperlike spiciness. The beer is malty yet light and refreshing, making a good accompaniment to a Christmas ham.

One of the other traditional beers found during this season is Samichlaus Bier, originally brewed by the Hürlimann Brewery in Switzerland; brewing rights were later transferred to the Austrian brewery, Schloss Eggenberg, which continues to brew it today. At 14 percent ABV, it was once known as the strongest beer in the world and still ranks as one of the strongest naturally fermented lagers on the market. Samichlaus is brewed only on December 6, the day that the Swiss celebrate St. Nicholas, and is aged for 10 months before being released the following winter. The rich flavor of the beer pairs well with desserts, but I

usually prefer this brew by itself as an digestif. It’s robust strength makes this beer ideal for aging and high-end beer bars will offer a range of vintages.

La Brasserie Dupont is more associated with the saison style than the winter ale traditions. Their Saison Dupont is considered the definition of the saison style. Lesser known is the special winter saison Avec les Bons Voeux (“with our best wishes”) they release each year. This beer was originally brewed in 1970 as a gift to the brewery’s workers but quickly became a favorite among the few outside of the brewery who got to try it. The beer became an annual tradition and is a nice change from the heavily spiced ales often associated with winter brews. The effervescent saison has a bright floral nose and a distinct lemon-meringue character with a hint of spicy phenols in the finish. These light and sharp flavors provide a nice contrast to goose, duck, lamb, and the other rich meats served during this season.

One of the most festive beers of the season is Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. Unlike most Christmas ales, this beer is not a celebration of the holidays but rather the hop harvest. This IPA is brewed each year using hops fresh from the field. The hop harvest takes place in late fall, and this beer is usually released around the end of November, making it a nice addition to turkey sandwiches made from Thanksgiving leftovers.

This beer was originally brewed in 1981 and in this age of double and triple IPAs, it is easy to forget that back then a fresh hopped ale was a revolutionary concept. It has a caramel maltiness and an American hop aroma of pine and citrus. For many early craft beer aficionados, this beer was considered one of the most extreme beers on the market and thirsty drinkers would eagerly wait for its release. It is still a classic of the season.

Locally, it is Telegraph’s Winter Ale that is most associated with the season. This beer is inspired by Mexican hot chocolate and contains sweet ancho chilies in addition to cinnamon, allspice, and vanilla. With hints of caramel malts and a tart plum note, this beer is refreshing while still providing a spicy warmth to the chest. It goes great with Christmas tamales, but it will only be released in kegs this year – so be sure to swing by the brewery to grab a growler to go. Whichever of these wintry brews you choose, any of them will make a nice addition to your holiday table or just a large sitting chair and warm blanket.

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e’ve seen Love Letters several times in town before, including way back when at the Lobero with Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry, the married couple who portrayed a husband-and-wife on TV’s longrunning L.A. Law, and most recently with Brian Dennehy and Montecito’s own Carol Burnett in a benefit for Antioch at the New Vic in January 2016. And that’s not even counting a couple of other couples who took on the classic two-character epistolary piece, which is in effect a love story spanning half a century, even though the “lovers” barely spend any time together after childhood. Indeed, Andrew and Melissa communicate their personal triumphs and difficult times, through wars and marriages and children and careers, pouring out the secrets in their hearts to each other via the safety of actual letters sent through the U.S. Mail (yes, it was

Tell us all about your art opening, performance, dance party, book signing, sale of something we can’t live without, or event of any other kind by emailing fortnight@santabarbarasentinel.com. If our readers can go to it, look at it, eat it, or buy it, we want to know about it and will consider it for inclusion here.

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written in the pre-email/mobile phone era).

Now, Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter – who played the parents on

the long-running sitcom Family Ties – are set to show up at the Center Stage Theater to take the journey that spans the entire spectrum of human emotions, from joy to sorrow, guilt, shame, envy, and more. The pair have performed the play dozens of times, just not here; the show is a benefit for Speaking of Stories, at which Baxter, who moved to Santa Barbara 14 months, has already appeared.

Why would anyone need to see it again? That’s the beauty of playwright A.R. Gurney’s work. It changes every time, even if the words remain the same, and costumes and sets are non-existent, just through the chemistry between the actors, who are able to bring their own extensive life experiences to their parts. Baxter and Gross had chemistry in spades on TV; that should work wonders here. Show times are 2 and 6 pm Sunday, December 3. Tickets are

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by The Beach Boys – even covering “God Only Knows” on their most recent album – and takes left turns into unexpected territory, as on “Please Stay”, a Black Market Trust original in the style of Jamaican rock. BMT, which has had its songs used on the soundtrack of a TV series and scored a Top 10 hit on the Adult Contemporary charts with their version of the chestnut “Route ...continued p.20

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their way back to you at the Granada on Saturday, December 9.

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY Three evenings before this issue hit the newsstands was one of those magical nights when there was a ton going on in little more than a oneblock radius downtown. At 4 pm at the library, Emily Esfahani Smith, author of The Power of Meaning: Making Your Life, Work, and Relationships Matter, gave a sneak preview of her talk the

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following evening on the UCSB campus that included a mini-version of the community-connecting Ben Franklin Circles she’s been promoting across the land.

When that ended, La Aracada’s Christmas Walk was already in full gear just outside the library’s back entrance, completed with no fewer than four music ensembles offering seasonal favorites via two differently sized a cappella choirs, plus singer Nicole Lvoff with bassist Randy Tico and pianist Woody

celebrating the gift of love.

DeMarco, and keyboardist Konrad Kono fronting a quintet. I’m glad I didn’t have any kids in tow, as the line to see Santa was around the block. Then it was back to the library for an intro to meditation talk by Trinlay Rinpoche, the French-American former monk and scholar who is considered one of the world’s great meditation teachers. It was super-calming after the hectic goingson at the court. Meanwhile, across the street at SOhO, the Kate Bennett organized tribute to Joni Mitchell as a benefit for Direct Relief ’s Puerto Rico campaign was already underway, with performers coming from as far away as Santa Rosa and San Diego to offer up their shockingly good renditions of the onetime folk icon’s songs, diving deep into her catalog and ranging into her experimental jazz era.

IT’S OSB, NOT OMB Press time brought the news that Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) artistic director Kostis Protopapas, who just assumed that position a little more than two years ago, will now also serve as general director for the company, replacing Steven Sharpe. Given the smart choices he’s made so far – including the smashing success he just scored with the challenging Manon,

OSB’s biggest production in its nearly quarter-century history – it sounds like a good plan, especially considering that Protopapas previously simultaneously held down both artistic and interim executive director positions at Tulsa Opera.

In other OSB news, the company’s new-ish Santa Barbara Youth Opera singers celebrate the holiday season with songs from around the world with an intimate show in the candlelit glow of the historic Presidio Chapel on Saturday, December 9. The festive program includes Benjamin Britten’s seasonal classic “A Ceremony of Carols”, which guest artists Christopher Davis on piano, Amy Wilkins on harp, The Piano Boys (Rhyan and Zeyn Shweyk), and vocal soloists Josh Hahs, Savannah Jayaraman, and Joanne Tudor. The music director is Erin McKibben, who recently also took over the same role at Santa Barbara Revels, which itself brings a fresh new original story set in the early days of Santa Barbara to the Lobero on December 15-17 for its annual Christmas program. McKibben is also part of the wonderfully eclectic Santa Barbara Folk Orchestra, whose Scottish show, its final concert of the year, is at the Presidio on Sunday, December 3. Ain’t diversity grand?

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David Gilkey and Cynthia Story in front of the wooden wall Gilkey designed and built when opening his clean-air salon

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CUTTING HAIR IN CLEANER AIR

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ast summer, a new salon called Coastland Salon and Barber found its way to a bone-white, onestory building on Coast Village Circle.

The six-month-old business sits on the cusp of Montecito, where eucalyptus trees and various businesses line the streets of the Santa Barbara village.

Owner David Gilkey, a 30-year stylist who was raised in Ventura, doesn’t use or let his stylists use noxious chemicals on the client’s hair, or in the salon whatsoever. So, the place might smell of towering trees and the nearby ocean, but that’s about it.

“I wanted to work with extremely high air quality,” said the father of four daughters. “And, no Kardashians allowed,” he added with a smile.

About two years ago, David’s asthma was dangerously provoked by an overload of toxins used in a salon where he worked in downtown Santa Barbara, where products for perms and

hair straightening are constantly used, along with aerosol sprays and other air contaminants. As with most salons, the air was polluted with chemicals known to cause diseases such as cancer: ammonia, phenylenediamine (PPD), sodium hydroxide, chemicals in countless hair products that contribute to the low quality of air for people working indoors.

In turn, David opened his own salon, a place where he knew poisons he had breathed elsewhere would surely cease to exist. A place with a wall that David designed himself, using scattered planks of colored wood, with a giant wooden frame to enclose its conventional pattern, like the frame of a giant picture.

And a place where he can serve his 40 to 50 clients a week with modern and “upto-date hairstyles,” but with air that is clean and healthy for all to endure.

A few months later, David hired stylist Cynthia Story. Cynthia has also been a stylist for three decades and only

uses organic hair colors with zero to low PPD or ammonia.

“A lot of stylists give up their career because of chemical build-up and exposure over the years,” says Cynthia.

“You get to a point where your body can’t release them, and you become a big, dirty, chemical sponge.”

Cynthia is former owner of Adagio Salon, also downtown, where natural hair color and cuts, as well as ecocolors, were her number-one focus. But Cynthia has also turned to extensions for what she claims is a “non-toxic form of hairstyling,” since, according to Electrocorp – an organization dedicated

to the management of air quality – “hairdressers have triple the risk of developing breast cancer and are more likely to develop leukemia and multiple myeloma.”

David hired Cynthia for her decades of experience and her whole-hearted, dedicated avoidance of products that contain deadly toxins such as the cancerous formaldehyde, the same chemical that is used when embalming a corpse.

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’TWAS LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

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he days are dwindling. Before you know it, the wrapping paper will have exploded under your tree. Are you prepared for this? As much as I try, I’m never quite ready.

I thought I would provide you with some gift guidance. I highlighted local, small businesses, and I’ve broken it all into categories to help you get it done faster.

Ho-ho-hold on. Here we go. Fasten your seatbelt and let the holiday ride begin.

FOR THE THIRSTY ection Wines: Born from a small group of local Santa Barbara guys, Section Wines launched in 2014 and now has their own tasting room in Solvang. Winemaker Marco Lucchesi is producing limited numbers of delectable bottles that will no doubt impress your family and friends. The original artwork on the labels by artist Wallace Piatt is so stunning, you won’t even need to wrap the Section bottles before you put them under your tree. Visit or call the Section tasting room for purchasing details: 485 Alisal Road, Unit 161 Solvang, CA; (805) 450-2257. Be sure to ask about their wine club!

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FOR HER .R. Leather Goods: Behold these handmade treasures! Each and every one of Emily Dafoe’s pieces is stitched by hand in her new location in Santa Ynez.

E.R. Leather Goods uses exotic hides and leathers to construct clutches and bags that will make any gal on your list grin. Visit www. erleathergoods.com to shop and place your order.

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FOR THE ACTIVE he Dailey Method: In a quaint studio located on De La Vina Street, you will find Michelle Oberto and her team ready to whip any body into shape.

Their barre classes focus on targeting and toning all the right places. Not only is the Dailey Method a fitness studio, but it’s also a way of life. They provide clean eating programs and coaches who can help anyone work off all of the holiday excesses.

You can purchase a series of classes for your favorite fitness fanatic by calling (805) 845-1688.

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FOR THE LITTLES iki the Elephant: Is there a little someone on your list who might want something soft and snuggly? Kiki is the answer!

Created by Montecito resident and animal enthusiast Kristina Lemke-Mckean, Kiki is ready to be “adopted” through her organization The Elephant Project. Kristina designed Kiki so that all proceeds go to foundations that are helping to end the poaching crisis and also care for orphaned, injured, and abused elephants.

Kiki means “new life” and is the perfect charitable gift to bring awareness to children and spread the love this holiday season. www. theelephantproject.com

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ission Canyon Collective: Whether you decide to spoil your own fur ball or a loved one’s, these doggy beds are a deluxe treat for any pawed friends. Handmade by local lady Lynne Sutherland, the unique fabrics will add pop to your living space decor while providing the pooch a lush place to curl up. You can purchase the beds at Jake and Jones located at 136 E. Canon Perdido Street in Santa Barbara. Or visit Mission Canyon Collective’s Instagram page and send a message to Lynne for personal ordering information.

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onos: “Alexa, get me a beer.” Well, maybe that’s a stretch, but the new Sonos voice-activated system is available just in time for the holidays. You can command your speakers to switch songs or playlists in specified rooms all over your home.

Visit www.sonos.com for ordering instructions. And aren’t we lucky that Sonos is a Santa Barbara-based company?

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Happy gifting to all, and to all a good night!

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66”, comes to Center Stage on Monday night, December 4, starting at 7 pm.

Tickets are $20. Details at 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org.

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ore jazz in Santa Barbara just two days later! Cuba native Arturo Sandoval has amassed 10 Grammy Awards, six Billboard Awards, and an Emmy over the course of his career, which spans more than 50 years and received a big boost when the trumpeter was taken under the wing of Dizzy Gillespie. The protégé may never surpass the master in terms of popularity or status – and around San Francisco, Sandoval’s name will never be on par with The Panda, the Giants’s three-time World Serieswinning third baseman – but he’s done a heckuva job helping to advance the cause of the jazz trumpet and flugelhorn even as Sandoval has also served as a renowned classical artist, pianist, and composer. (In fact, the Emmy came for composing the underscore of For Love or Country, the HBO feature film based on Sandoval’s own life.) And he’s stayed true to his Latin roots: Sandoval’s newest CD, Eternamente Manzanero, a tribute to Mexican romantic pianist and singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero.

His concert on Wednesday, December 6, as part of the Jazz at the Lobero series once again pairs the master with one of the finest halls in the land for the genre.

Tickets are $42 & $52. Info at 9630761 or www.lobero.com.

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ake a journey through Ireland at Christmastime with an authentic evening of dancing, singing, and Irish traditional music evoking the spirit

of the holiday season as “An Irish Christmas” makes its Santa Barbara premiere at the Granada on Thursday, December 7. Margaret O’Carroll, who hails from County Kerry, conceived, produced, and directs the show featuring an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by world champions Scott Doherty (Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Rockin’ Road to Dublin) Tyler Schwartz (Magic of the Dance, Gaelforce Dance, Celtic Fyre) and Connor Reider (Chieftains, Celtic Fyre), complemented by the members of the Kerry Dance Troupe and musicians from the Kerry Trad Orchestra, Enjoy such carols as “Silent Night”, “Little Drummer Boy”, and “Carol of the Bells” along with music of the Irish pipes, flutes, fiddles, and bodhráns, plus celebrate the great tradition of “butter making,” chase the wren on St. Stephen’s Day, draw down the half door for spectacular dance, and a few other things whose meaning escapes me. Tickets cost $28 to $88 for the 7:30 pm performance. Details at www.granadasb.org call 899-2222.

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know very little about Trump, a one-man show coming to Center Stage Theatre for one performance only on Friday, December 8.

It comes from Daniel Bollag, the filmmaker whose Blood Ganja, a short documentary about the travails of the early medicinal pot dispensary Hortipharm led to a 2014 minidocumentary pop-up fest at the Arlington Theatre. The show is billed as an intimate evening where “Donald Trump” will speak to you one-on-one in a town-hall setting, with Trump impersonator and provocateur Lauren Watson offered up as “a therapy dummy,” with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions from the audience. Will it be funny? Who knows?

Is anything political funny anymore?

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fter 20 years of painting miniature oils of whimsical reindeer bearing countenances and expressions indicating emotions perhaps even more complex than those experienced by their creator, Brad Nack can be forgiven for a little hyperbole. He’s calling this year’s show “The worlds largest, longest running series of reindeer paintings, ever created in the history of mankind, ever since the beginning of all time.” The thing is, he’s probably right. Who else could deal with the creatures so consistently, spending countless hours with the critters through months of creation and tinkering?

This year’s herd of the small, elegantly framed oil paintings get unveiled at 6 pm at their usual home (on the range) of Restaurant Roy, at 7 West Carrillo St. The opening reception goes until 9, but the cream of the crop are chosen long before then by longtime collectors and newbies alike. Usually, you get to take your antlered avatar home right away, but apparently this year’s show stays up till early January. Either way, they’re well worth seeing on opening night, which is always one of the hippest happy hours of the season. Sneak preview and details at www.bradnack.com.

Cramming in the Choirs

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t wouldn’t be fair to say that Santa Barbara’s vocal ensembles are, ahem, at one another’s throats in December, but you do have to do a little pushing and shoving on your schedule if you want to see the major concerts over the Christmastime fortnight. Santa Barbara Choral Society gets things going December 9-10 at the Lobero with Hallelujah Project 5, its fifth annual offering of seasonal favorites and more music with full orchestra that boasts both Handel Hallelujah Chorus that gives the show its title and a reading of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” by a famed actress. This year’s guest is Angela Cartwright, best-known for her early roles as Brigitta Von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music, and on TV as Linda Williams on Make Room for Daddy and Penny Robinson in Lost in Space. Tickets cost $7 to $70. Info at 963-0761 or www.lobero.com.

Good thing the Projects Sunday show is in the afternoon, because Santa Barbara Master Chorale presents its 21st annual Holiday Concert, Carol Sing, & Party at 7 pm the same day over at Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara.

Featuring Navidad Nuestra, a series of songs composed by Ariel Ramirez, the guest performer will be classical guitarist Anthony Ybarra, a local favorite, with an appearance by the American Riviera Children’s Chorus. Tickets cost $10 to $25. Call 682-6516 or visit www. sbmasterchorale.org, Singers and audience members can then take a breath, as it’s almost a whole week before the next pair of choral concerts. Quire of Voyces annual Mysteries of Christmas concerts, on December 16-17 at St. Anthony’s Chapel at Garden Street Academy, this time features a cappella works by Spanish Renaissance master Thomas Luis de Victoria along the choir’s always astonishing arrangements of contemporary and modern pieces of the season and beyond. Info at 965-5935 or www.theatregroupsbcc.com.

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Santa Barbara Christmas Revels has been known as the “anti-Cracker” ever since its launching in town a decade ago. Now, in danger of entering its own stale era, the company instead marks its milestone year with its first fully original production. An Early California Celebration of the Winter Solstice – written by local author and historian Erin Graffy and Santa Barbara Revels founder/artistic director Susan Keller – is based on an actual event from Alta California’s Rancho period.

The fact-based story centers around the then-upcoming wedding of Anita de la Guerra, daughter of the Presidio’s comandante, to the local representative for a Boston-based hide and tallow trading company. Richard Henry Dana – a young Harvard student spending a year at sea for his health – was invited to the festivities, and he recorded the exciting events in his classic book Two Years Before the Mast.

The new show has plenty of the traditional Revels’s audience favorites, but also augments them with Ernestine DeSoto, the chief elder of the Barbareño Band of Chumash, who will be telling a traditional Chumash story, while Baile de California, which specializes in dances of early California (i.e., pre-flamenco) will perform dances, among other themed elements. The four performances December 15-17 at the Lobero Theatre also mark the holiday show debut of new Revels music director Erin McKibben. Call 963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com.

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YIELD, SWEETIE. YIELD! YIELD! AAAAAYYAAAGGGHHHH!!!

By Church Parking Lot Day 63, my daughter was driving in a big circle like a champ! And she was growing impatient with my Drive in a Big Circle Instructions. These lil’ livewires want it all, and they want it right now! Ha ha!

The kids love life! But I love it more, and I sweatily managed to put her off for another 20 days. Finally, it was truly time for my baby to get out there and plow through someone’s dining room

wall in an explosive shower of masonry and splintered wood. Yes, my attitude needed adjusting. The challenge would be to imbue my baby with New Driver Confidence despite my own crippling terror of being a powerless passenger strapped into a rolling inertial bomb.

Right?

Times have changed. When I was in High School, we had an actual class period dedicated to Driver’s Education.

There were lectures on road rules and “driving practice” in an adjacent trailer

full of simulators. Somewhat incredibly, we occasionally spent class time watching a mandatory Highway Patrol ”hamburger movie;” actual post-crash footage of grisly high-speed accidents meant to inspire sudden projectile vomiting all around the student seating chart. It worked like a bilious charm!

It also prepared we driving students for the DMV’s jarring Organ Donor checkbox, a little-mentioned element of the big day, that momentous leap into the magic of adulthood. The message

was mixed: “A wonderful life of travel, adventure, and independence awaits you, young person! You’re at the start of a marvelous new chapter! Say, can we harvest your organs if things don’t pan out?”

But at this writing, things have panned out. Before I could get out on the road as my daughter’s nervous passenger/trainer, she had to complete at least one session with a professional driver training outfit. When the young driving instructor showed up at our house in his dual-brake-equipped Prius and neatly trimmed Young Guy beard, he was so calm and cheery I figured he must be either a Jedi or a hologram. Or both, as sometimes happens. When my daughter and he returned two hours later, they both happily reported a successful first lesson.

THE DOWNSIDE OF TRAFFIC FLOW In the weeks since, my time as a wise driving counselor has likewise been plain sailing, with only occasional episodes of straight-arming the dashboard and keening like a porpoise when a brake light illuminates a half-mile ahead. I’m proud to say I have only torn the armrest off the passenger door four times in the course of our lessons, and have swooned into a full, Jenga-like collapse on exiting the car only twice. Oh, and I did wet myself once, blaming the sudden acrid smell on an overheated kaboopelator. I know my cars.

It turns out, teaching driving is as easy as driving itself. You just have to trust your kid to sally forth with all the calming wisdom you have brought to bear in your rearing of this nascent adult. Not that my ex-girlfriend and I have even a passing acquaintance with calming wisdom. But it’s all worked out better than we had a right to expect.

The hardest part of prepping your baby for her license? It’s that lingering glance over at your driver on the freeway when things are going well. She’s not trying to stand up anymore, not waving her chubby little arms and falling on her tiny butt again and again, always with that maddeningly adorable grin. It seems that miracle just transpired, like, last Tuesday or so?

Today she is a young woman; beautiful, calm and sure, with a laugh like sudden music, a loving group of her own dear friends, and the happy energy of a sparkler. Scenery zips past as you briefly stare at this driver. Her eyes are fixed on the road, her hands are confidently grasping the wheel in the prescribed “10 and 2” positions – she is headed for the exit. And it’s coming right up.

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ON ART

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by Margaret Landreau

In the last 18 years, Margaret Landreau has accumulated 13 years of serving on the Board of Directors of Santa Barbara County arts-related nonprofits and has worked as a freelance arts writer for 10 years. She creates her own art in her Carpinteria studio.

SHELLY A. MOORE, CERAMIC SCULPTRESS

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fter discovering the ceramic sculptures of Shelly A. Moore, I couldn’t resist bringing two of her works home with me. Her style is so strong and unique, it is captivating. Moore talks about her work: “It’s made from plain, natural materials, from person to material. I don’t make clean lines, I’m out of the box. If things are crooked, that’s just me. My art is original; I never duplicate pieces because they always turn out different. I allow it to be what it’s going to be, follow to see where it’s leading me. Hand-formed work is expressive and tells its story without having to be explained.”

When asked if her sketches and sculptures represent herself, she replies: “Yes. But they have their own natures, they are very expressive in the totality of their being. I make ladies with wings, that’s how the ‘angels’ came about. I began to see my works out in public and began to send my creations into art galleries, into the world, into people’s lives. I began to feel I was spreading

my own wings, so I began to put wings on them. People sometimes call them angels, it’s what they relate to – I’m not going to argue.

“I am a female artist, I want to see women gain their places. Throughout history, women have not been considered serious artists. So, I do females with wings. I only do males when in a situation with a female, as in

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If people find a significance to her works, Moore leaves that interpretation to the eyes of the beholder but shares how she feels about some sculptures, their meanings to her: “Feet move along the path people take in their journey, hands are the most important part – hands are always busy with the creative flow.”

The factor of interaction with people about her works is an important part of the process. Moore shares, “I see myself as inspirational, encouraging, and

supportive, going to the root of certain things to cause people to go forward…

I don’t think I’ll teach, maybe do workshops, and help people be handson. I’m better in that arena.

“I can say the journey has been great.

I haven’t tapped into a lot of my talent yet. My best yet is being able to stand before people about it – encompass the whole platform – tell people why I do what I do. If they listen to me tell what I do when I make my work, it’s satisfying and it’s a gift. My main goal is, if my work inspires you, tell me your story.”

Moore can be reached at shellymoore2002@yahoo.com, at Shelly Moore on Facebook, and on Instagram at Sam’s Artistic Creations.

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MOM ABOUT TOWN

by Julie Boe The former Girl About Town is wearing a new hat for The

Sentinel as Mom About Town. When Ms Boe isn’t writing for numerous magazines, she’s zipping around town from one activity to another with her active 15-month-old son, Daniel. Julie and Daniel explore local activities, events, and spaces that are family-friendly and mom-approved.

A IS FOR AAPLE

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lthough my child’s education is years away, I still over-plan it – as many parents plan their kids’ learning.

Where will my son go to elementary school, junior, and high school? With a plethora of schools in the area, research and touring are helpful tools in this arduous process.

Around town, I kept hearing positive praise for the AAPLE (Accelerated

Academic Program Leadership and Enrichment) Academy and was curious to learn more about the program. I had the opportunity to meet with founder and executive director Erik Nielsen, who shared what the program is all about.

Erik started the program in 2010 because he saw an opportunity to direct students’ energy into a skill set nurturing

leadership and service, where kids could solve real problems in the community.

Erik explains, “My short-term vision for the AAPLE Academy was to provide a platform that challenges high-achieving student leaders to solve community problems and to provide structured opportunities to learn to be leaders through sustained civic contribution.”

AAPLE students take one cohort class each semester during their four years of high school. The rigorous curriculum of Advanced Placement and Honors Classes are designed by teachers to integrate leadership and service. Public and historical figures, literary characters, and content all lend itself to ample leadership and community service learning. Guest speakers often share

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their leadership roles in the community and include coaches, CEOs, doctors, UCSB professors, and journalists among others.

These days, excellent SAT scores combined with great grades still don’t always get students into the top four-year universities. The service and learning element of the AAPLE program sets students apart. Its first graduating class was in 2014, and all of those students will be graduating from prestigious universities.

In the long-term, Erik believes most students will want to come back to Santa Barbara after college due to their families and the city’s beauty. Erik says: “I thought that if I could create a program that teaches and instills the value of relationships, leadership, and serving others while the kids are young, they would come back from their fouryear colleges with an instilled value to better our community, social services, civic governance, and healthcare industries. It would be a cyclical longterm benefit.”

Perhaps my son will be shouting, “Go, Royals!” in the future. With a program such as the AAPLE Academy, it looks like a favorable possibility.

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WHAT’SHANGING? with Ted Mills Ted Mills is a local writer, filmmaker, artist, and podcaster on the arts. You can listen to him at www.funkzonepodcast.com. He currently has a seismically dubious stack of books by his bed. Have an upcoming show you’d like us to know about? Please email: tedmills@gmail.com

GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING

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ood Gravy, is it December already?

The answer to that is yes, of course, time marches on like a harried parent slogging through a mall. What better way to celebrate the Tide of Yule than to “Give the Gift of Art,” as an advertising rep once said to hock something that was very much not art. But that is not the case with our artist community, where everything we make is from the heart and the result of hours of toil, not to mention occasional bouts of self-doubt, tears, and unnecessary drinking. (This also describes the holiday season in general.)

In these two weeks, we have some amazing end-of-year exhibitions, a whole raft o’ First Thursday events, along with some must-see arts n’ crafts shows worth the journey. Let’s dive in, shall we?

HIT THE ROAD, RIGHT NOW

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f you just picked this up hot off the press (that is, Saturday, December 2), cancel your plans and get thee north to Homespun, the Holiday Crafts Fair, taking part at the Dos Pueblos Orchid Farm (301 La Casa Grande Circle in Goleta). Dozens upon dozens of artisans will be setting up tables inside the greenhouses here, including Steelhead Fine Goods, Salted Sea Linens, paintings

by Amber O’Neill, assemblage by Dan Levin, and much more. Surely, you can find something here for “the person who has everything.” 10 am to 5 pm. $5 parking benefits the farm (and btw, there is a petting zoo of sorts and beautiful views).

BREAKING NEWS

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rtamo Gallery (11 W. Anapamu) just announced that it will be closing its doors at the end of the year, and this month’s First Thursday will be its last. In an email, they stated: “Over the last years, new art galleries have opened and the diversity of the art offered in Santa Barbara has grown substantially. Many local artists have evolved into new styles and directions during this time. An enrichment of the art scene has taken place for the whole community; so we can leave somehow sad but also with satisfaction.” So, do stop by and say goodbye. We’ll all miss them.

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or one day only – Saturday, December 9, noon to 8 pm – a gaggle

art scene, and therefore one of the best opportunities to pick up brilliant work for relatively-cheap. People get so excited for it that the gallery will be opening at 9 am on Monday, December 4, for first dibs. Now, unlike an iPhone X, that’s worth the wait. (The full exhibition will still be up by December 7, so don’t worry.)

all manner of affordable pieces from up-and-coming artists, if last year’s exhibit is anything to go by. We’re talking medium-size works down to mini-canvases no bigger than your wallet, perfect to stuff a stocking.

“Rhythms” is the name of the show that appears through the month, or maybe January (they’re undecided).

Opens December 7, 6 to 10 pm, and features appetizers and music to make shopping easier.

ONCE AGAIN THAT SHAMELESS PLUG

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usan K. Guy is this month’s featured artist at the Press Room (15 E. Ortega), bringing her Fauvist-style landscapes to town.

Ojai residents know her well, as she’s shown at its City Hall, its Center for the Arts, the Beatrice Wood Center, and elsewhere. The paintings are delightful and the DJ for the evening – who turns out to be yours truly – is also delightful. Opening reception December 7, with the DJ spinning until midnight. of Santa Barbara assemblage artists will be hosting “FOUND,” showing and selling their work at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St. Artists include Sandy Armstrong, Dan Levin, Michael Long, Judy Nilsen, Dug Uyesaka, Sue Van Horsen, and Tal Avitzur (who rarely shows here in town).

GET THE NACK

BRIEFLY, FOR LACK OF SPACE

again be happening at Restaurant Roy (7 W. Carrillo) on Friday, December 8, 6 pm to midnight. Nack spends months leading up to the show painting his sometimes serious, sometimes sillylooking deer in all manner of sizes and mediums, and every year he sells out.

Get there early, trust me.

December 7; City Hall will be showing a selection of the Fiber Arts Guild and Sculptors Guild, also December 7; the Carpinteria Cocktails for a Cause event at the Carp Women’s Club on December 13; and a heads-up for December 16 (Saturday, when the next column will arrive) because the Ojai Rancho Inn will be hosting Deck the Halls, its own huge arts’n’crafts fair.

Just sayin’, because I know you need to plan ahead of time.

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nother long-standing SB art tradition: the annual Brad Nack 100% Reindeer Art Show will once

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here’s still more! MCA SB (Paseo Nuevo, upstairs) will be having its last Curated Cocktails of the year on

DAGGETT. NAB IT!

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unk Zone resident artist Marlyn Daggett will be showing some of her recent dreamy paintings at the Blue Sands Inn (421 S. Milpas) on Sunday, December 3, 4 to 8 pm. There’ll be live music from Connor Cheerland to entertain as well.

CAST ’N’ CREW

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BCAST (513 Garden St.) is celebrating First Thursday with “Winter Whites: Poetry in White”, which features curator Joan RosenbergDent, Nancy Gifford, Skye Gwilliam, and Marilyn Hochhauser filling studios D and E with white works, all who will overlap each other in interesting ways.

Meanwhile the courtyard will feature its own crafts show, “Winter Forecast”, with music and fun. December 7, 5 to 9 pm.

SALON STYLE

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or Sullivan Goss (11 E. Anapamu), the end of the year means its always popular $100,000 Grand Show, where hundreds of mid-size and small artworks are up in the front gallery, ready to buy.

It’s a who’s-who of the Santa Barbara

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CREATIVE CHARACTERS KATELYN CARANO

by Zach Rosen

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lthough each form of dance has its own objective, many of the motions attempt to blend emotion with the forms and movements observed in nature. Various styles of dance interpret this in their own way and have been featured prominently at different times and places throughout history.

Aerial arts, largely developed by circus performers in the 19th century, have become increasingly more popular over time and today is widely performed around the world. Dancing is both enduring on the body and requires a substantial amount of dedication to perform professionally. Aerial dancer and instructor Katelyn Carano has spent years honing her craft to be able to pursue her passion in front of audiences.

Katelyn first started hoop dancing at her high school in San Diego. When she came to Santa Barbara to attend UCSB, she noticed there was no hooping classes and began teaching her own class in the recreation department. While living in a co-op, she discovered the non-profit art collaborative Fishbon, where she began exploring different forms of aerial arts.

During this time, she put a lot of energy into practicing and networking to find gigs.

Her hard work paid off, and today she performs with GoGo Hoop Dance Stars, The Dancing Fire Entertainment troupe, and a range of other independent and group performances. Katelyn still teaches a variety of classes, including her original UCSB hooping class, which has about 20 students. This wide range of experiences has made Katelyn a wellversed aerial entertainer.

From trapeze to the traditional silks, there is a broad variety of apparati used in the aerial arts. While there are similarities in movements between the various forms, each one requires its own special considerations and handling.

A professional aerialist has to consider more than just lighting, music, and

costuming for each gig. Every venue will have its own set of requirements, and the performers must be aware of the space in which they are performing. This includes checking the clearances between their aerial rig and the surrounding walls.

Even the roof height will determine the allowed range of motions and how far they can drop during a performance.

The aerialist won’t always have the luxury of seeing the space beforehand and will sometimes have to adjust his or her performance onsite.

Katelyn’s career as a dancer is about balance. She studies an assortment of aerial arts, including normal dance (you know, the one with both feet on the ground).

By giving equal attention to each style, she is able to find harmony between the different forms. She seeks this balance in her teaching as well, spending as much time learning as teaching to make her a stronger instructor and entertainer all around. Similarly, Katelyn tries to keep a healthy time away from professional dance, making room for social dancing, and finding inspiration while outdoors by observing the organic movements found in nature.

Katelyn will be performing some of these nature-inspired movements at Winter ForeCAST next First Thursday,

December 7, 5-9 pm at SBCAST. This event is organized by the SBCAST residents (including myself ) and is a reimagining of the holiday experience. It will feature festive foods and a holiday marketplace with goods produced by the SBCAST residents, MFA students, and other local artists and craftspersons.

There will be three curated gardens including a gift-wrapping garden, a “Support a Movement” holiday card station, and a beer garden that features flowing fabrics and a silent screening of Cocteau’s romantic-fantasy masterpiece, Beauty and the Beast, served alongside Figueroa Mountain Lizards Mouth DIPA with Dragonfruit, Jasmine, and Cardamom.

At Winter ForeCAST Katelyn, along with aerialist Jame Bishop, will be performing a three-act interpretation of a snowstorm. Both performers will be dressed in dark, their bodies creating negative space along the white aerial structures to represent the interplay between sky and snow as music plays alongside projected visuals. Katelyn will begin by performing the first act, Snowflake. The swirling form of the lyra (hoop) will represent the soft pattering of the first flakes of snow.

The pace will begin to speed up during the second act, Snowfall, performed by Jame, who will be performing on corde.

These long strips of fabric wrap around

the dancer and allow for long drops that bring the swiftness of downpouring snow. The final act, Whiteout, will be performed by Katelyn on hammock (also called “sling”). This sweeping piece of fabric provides wider motions and gives the body room to spread out, filling the space with elongated silk.

There will be an additional performance

by SBCAST co-curator and performance artist Maiza Hixson, who will be playing Lady Santa in an interpretation of the Meet Santa experience one finds in malls. Guests can line up to meet this benevolent Lady Santa and receive a holiday gift from her and a helper elf, played by SBCAST resident Corinna Maharani (on stilts, of course). Also being shown in studios D and E will be the exhibit “Winter Whites: Poetry in White”. This show will explore various white forms displayed in a variety of mediums around the room. Works

by Joan Rosenberg-Dent (curator), Nancy Gifford, Sky Gwilliam, and Marilyn Hochhauser will be featured with their common elements creating a cohesive statement about the elemental interaction among light, shadow, and line that the color white permits.

Come enjoy this evening of holiday revelry as you watch Katelyn’s performance driven by her observations from nature and experience as a performer.

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IHeart SB

By Elizabeth Rose

I Heart SB is the diary of Elizabeth Rose, a thirty-something navigating life, love, and relationships in the Greater Santa Barbara area. Thoughts or comments? Email ihearterose@gmail.com

STATE OF GRACE

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ewport, Oregon, to Crescent City, California was, at the time, the longest passage we made and the sickest I ever got. I didn’t puke, thank God, but 15knot winds and large ground swell every four seconds made my third eye tingle and my gills turn a pale shade of green. I decided early on not to use medicine.

The saltiest sailors told me to get my sea legs the old-fashioned way – get sick and get over it. The cure was helm time, gazing toward the horizon while the ocean air cooled my face. The other cure was to lie down in the quarter birth in fetal position while, every so often, Jason made me a hot cup of peppermint tea and a cube of fresh ginger to chew. But as day broke the next morning, seasickness was gone and replaced with excitement knowing we’d soon cross the state line and into California.

For a year, the dream was to get to California because that meant we had made it down the coast of Washington and Oregon before the hostile winter of the Pacific Northwest set in. Last year, we weren’t so lucky. We waited too long and the weather prevented us from taking this exact trip.

But it wasn’t just the weather. Our boat wasn’t ready and neither were we. For example, I bought white bed sheets at Bed, Bath, & Beyond to “prepare” for the journey. I didn’t have a clue. I just hoped for the best, and if I were to die at sea then that’s how my story would end. But Fate had other plans which, for me, included a long, cold, and depressing winter in Washington without a purpose or a friend to relate to.

My heart began to pound deeper and faster with every mile Then again, I learned few things: One, Jason, and I can live on a boat and still want to be together. Two, we gained confidence in ourselves and the boat, sailing around the San Juan’s and Canadian Gulfi islands. And three, it gave me room to pause and figure out the trajectory of my own life. Kids, marriage – it was the first time in my adult life I faced those questions about what I want, don’t want, and need. I dug to the core of my soul and had scary conversations with myself and my partner. Jason saw me at my most vulnerable and raw and, existential crisis aside, that period solidified us as a couple.

Although time in Washington was a huge growth period, there was no way in hell I was going to live through another damp, grey sky winter again. “We just have to get to California,” I’d repeat to myself, a mantra, not wanting to think what would happen if we couldn’t take off again. So, we prepped for 10 months, working on endless projects to make sure we’d leave the dock early enough in the year to make the dream happen. And this time, it did.

The morning we neared California, the weather was tranquil and calm, and I climbed into the cockpit just as the sun broke through the clouds. It wasn’t until then that I realized fog had been with us the entire way down the coast and seeing blue sky again almost felt new to me. Rows of mountain ridges ran along the shore as far at the eye could see, and my heart began to pound deeper and faster with every mile.

I was so overcome with emotion, all I could do was dance. I put on a life-vest, tethered myself on deck, then grabbed my earphones and played music. I moved every part of my body that I could and shook the stress out of my muscles, built up from the last year of not knowing what would happen with the trip, us, or myself.

Then I cried. I cried so hard, I could barely breathe. The little girl inside me, the one who kept her fingers crossed that everything would work out, was now unchained from these worries, finally free. I felt California wash over me in a way, transform me, and welcome me home. I was relieved, euphoric, and at peace. I wiped away tears and breathed in deep, trying to etch the moment in my mind forever.

And just like that, the moment was gone. Now a memory hard to grasp, softened around the edges, and never to be felt the same way again.

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SYVSNAPSHOT

Lemon dude Grant Sanregret serves up a zest for life and craft lemonade at Los Olivos Lemons

by Eva Van Prooyen Keeping a finger on the pulse of the Santa Ynez Valley: what to eat, where to go, who to meet, and what to drink. Pretty much everything and anything situated between the Santa Ynez and San Rafael Mountains that could tickle one’s interest.

FRESHLY SQUEEZED HAPPINESS

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rant and Jen Sanregret, a.k.a. “Lemon Dude and Director of Happiness” (as listed on their business cards), are facilitating happiness one cup at a time by serving up all-natural, freshly squeezed, ice-cold, craft lemonade from the walk-up window to their giant, yellow, lemon-shaped trailer in the tiny town of Los Olivos.

The husband-and-wife team owners of Los Olivos Lemons (LOL) peeled back the window to their new lemonade stand at the beginning of September this year.

Grant reports he opened a stand in Austin, Texas, four years ago, called Austin City Lemons, and they plan to move that “lemon” out west to use it for catering throughout the Central Coast.

Patrons can pucker up for a classic 20-ounce lemonade called Cup of Happiness for five dollars or a frozen Cup of Happiness called the Great Day for seven dollars, and yes, you’ve guessed it: Grant and Jen take great pleasure in asking customers, “Would you like to have a Great Day?” and then delivering one. “We believe everyone deserves to be happy. Our mission is simple – make room for happiness no matter the challenges life throws your way. We strive to be a joyful destination where choosing your “Cup-of-Happiness” is the toughest decision you’ll have to make,” says Grant, explaining, “We honed our happiness attitude after our oldest son, Vance, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. CF is a genetic disease that requires physical therapy, multiple breathing treatments, and a variety of prescription drugs dosed daily. At this point, there’s no cure for CF. We see the way our son gracefully handles his challenges and the optimism he shows every day. After getting involved in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, we were able to meet other families with CF and saw the love and hopeful attitudes they too exude.”

LOL offers signature handmade syrups for an additional 75 cents to enhance their “intentionally light on sugar” lemonades. The syrup selection changes weekly and includes flavors such as: blueberry, mint, lavender, and jalapeño. A 12-ounce size for children is available for $4, and “We offer a Friday after-school special called Frozen Slushy Friday where all frozen lemonades are two dollars off,” says Grant.

This one-of-a-kind, non-alcoholic stop along a busy wine tasting strip is located near the corner of Grand and Railway avenues and offers a spot for lounging on oversized red Adirondack chairs. “We want people to zone out, turn off, and relax,” says Grant. Kid- and family-friendly, LOL is surrounded by wine tasting rooms and backs up to the adjoining Saarloos Paark, which is complete with an expansive

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lawn, picnic tables with umbrellas, and oversized games including Connect Four, Jenga, and Corn Hole.

Los Olivos Lemons is open Thursday through Sunday from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm and is located at 2971 Grand Avenue in Los Olivos. For more information, visit www. losolivoslemons.com.

EVA’S TOP FAVES: MY PERSONAL PICKS, BEST BETS, HOT TIPS, SAVE THE DATES, AND THINGS NOT TO MISS! BEAUTY BEHIND THE (BIG) BOTTLE agnums and Jeroboams and Balthazars – oh, my! Large format wine bottles are indeed decadent, and with such a wide variety of wine bottle sizes it’s difficult to know where to begin. Zaca Mesa invites you to “walk through our barrel room and experience an exclusive tasting of our large-format Syrahs and taste what makes them so unique.” Handpicked selections paired with gourmet cheeses from Cailloux Cheese Shop in Solvang are on the menu – and for inquiring minds, here is a complete guide to bottle sizes: Split (1/4 bottle), Half (375 ml), Bottle 1 (750 ml), Magnum (2 bottles), Jeroboam (4), Methuselah (8), Salmanazar (12), Balthazar (16), and Nebuchadnezzar (20).

When: Saturday, December 9, from noon to 2 pm Where: Zaca Mesa Winery, 6905 Foxen Canyon Road in Los Olivos Cost: $40 members, $50 non-members Info: To purchase tickets, contact Dianna@zacamesa.com or call (805) 688-9339, x306

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LOS OLIVOS OLDE FASHIONED CHRISTMAS he small town of Los Olivos invites you to delve into the holiday season by experiencing the warm, friendly small-town fun of an Olde Fashioned Christmas. A fun-filled day of holiday activities has been planned to celebrate Christmas in Los Olivos. Created for the entire family, there will be a variety of crafts and activities for the kids and a ton of Christmas shopping opportunities for the adults. Many folks will want to enjoy the hospitality of the open houses at many shops, restaurants, and tasting rooms.

Start the afternoon with a visit to St. Mark’s In-The-Valley Episcopal Church to drop off a new, unwrapped toy for a child in need for Toys For Tots, and then step into the Gingerbread Wonderland in Stacey Hall. The Gingerbread houses, decorated by local artisans and school children, will transform the hall into a winter wonderland. Visit the Los Olivos Grange to shop the Artisan Boutique and enjoy live holiday music in the park, strategically located food trucks, and the much anticipated tree lighting.

When: Saturday, December 2, from 4 to 8 pm 1 to 8 pm – Artisan Boutique in the Grange 4 to 8 pm – Gingerbread Wonderland at St. Mark’s 4 to 5:45 pm – Santa Claus in St. Mark’s Parlor – Bring your cameras for a special photo 4 pm until “there are no more kids” – Holiday treats and carolers through town 4:30 pm to the end – Summerset Farm & Dale’s Train. The train leaves from Lavinia Park. $5 per child per ride. One parent can ride for free with their child or group of children.

5:45 to 6:15 pm – Official lighting of the Christmas tree at the flagpole Where: Throughout the town of Los Olivos Cost: Free Info: www.losolivosca.com

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Vino Vaqueros Horseback Riding On your next visit to Santa Ynez, come visit the new boutique in town...

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Call or Click for Information and Reservations (805) 944-0493 www.vinovaqueros.com

UPDATE YOUR LANDSCAPE To reduce water use & your bill: • Update your landscape to a beautiful, low maintenance, water wise garden.

• Plant in the fall. For spring color, plants need to put down their roots in the fall • Go Native. Plant native and water wise plants and reduce watering and maintenance needs.

Rebates may be available. For inspiration go on a “Virtual Garden Tour” at SantaBarbaraCa.gov/WaterWise

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