Book signing, talk, dinner to launch new series at harbor venues

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is partnering with Anchor Rose restaurant, both located at 113 Harbor Way, to develop a series of collaborative harborside movie screenings and special events. The first of these will launch an exciting new book, “All Hands on Deck: A Modern Day HighSeas Adventure to the Far Side of the World,” at 4:30 p.m. April 29. “All Hands on Deck” will include a reception on the waterfront center’s patio, a presentation based on author Will Sofrin’s book, an optional 18 century-themed dinner and a complete screening of the classic movie, “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” considered by many to be the best sailing movie ever made.

The film stars Russell Crowe as Aubrey, captain in the Royal Navy, and Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin, the ship’s surgeon. Filming took place on the open sea, on replica ships in the water tanks of Baja Studios and on the Galápagos Islands. At the 76th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

The reception will be followed by Mr. Sofrin’s presentation at 5:30 p.m. and will include film clips, commentary and photographs. Mr. Sofrin will share the story of his maritime adventure as part of the crew that sailed the American tall ship, Rose (a 180-foot-long replica of an 18th-century British frigate), 6,000 miles from Newport, R.I., to Hollywood. Anchor Rose restaurant will offer an optional dinner based on food served to officers and crew in the British Navy around the turn of the 19th century.

The cost to attend the reception, presentation and film screening is free for SBMM’s Navigator Circle Members and $35 for all others.

For an additional $40, guests can register for the optional dinner, which includes a glass of wine and a buffet meal featuring lobster bisque, saffron rice, chicken, swordfish and a vegan option.

To register for this event, visit sbmm.org/santa-barbara-event/. Proceeds will enable SBMM to continue offering tall ships and other education and schoolbased programs. This event is made possible

The calendar appears Mondays through Saturdays in the “Life & the Arts” section. Items are welcome. Please email them a full week before the event to Managing Editor Dave Mason at dmason@newspress.com.

TODAY 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Storytelling: Native People Through the Lens of Edward S. Curtis” is on display through April 30 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. For more information, visit sbnature.org.

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “SURREAL

WOMEN: Surrealist Art by American Women” is on display through April 24 at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery, 11 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. For more information, www.sullivangoss. com. By appointment on weekdays: “Holly Hungett: Natural Interpretations” is on view through May 20 at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara’s gallery, 229 E. Victoria St., Santa Barbara. The gallery is open 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and weekdays by appointment. For more information, call the foundation at 805-965-6307 or go to www.afsb.org.

Noon to 5 p.m. “Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” is on view now through May at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, which is located in downtown Santa Barbara at 136 E. De la Guerra St. Admission is free. Hours are currently from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and from noon to 7 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, visit www.sbhistorical. org. to etcsb.org or call 805-9655400.

APRIL 21

8 p.m. Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw will perform at UCSB Campbell Hall. Pulitzer Prizewinner Caroline Shaw joins Sō Percussion as vocalist for 10 songs she co-composed with the quartet members. Tickets are $20 to $35 for the general public and $10 for UCSB students with current student ID. TO purchase, call Arts & Lectures at 805-893-3535 or go to www. artsandlecturesucsb.edu.

APRIL 23

7 p.m. Artemis, an international jazz ensemble made up of six women, will perform at UCSB Campbell Hall. The ensemble consists of pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, trumpeter Ingrid Jenson, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, alto saxophonist and flutist Alexa Tarantino, bassist Norike Ueda and drummer Allison Miller. Artemis’ music ranges from modern compositions to jazz classics by Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter. Audience members may arrive early at 4 p.m. for a free Q&A and behindthe-scenes open sound check. Register at thematic-learning. org/2022-2023.Elubia’s Kitchen will be serving dinner before the show from 5 to 7 P.M., outside of the event. Tickets range from $30 to $45 for the general public and are $15 for UCSB students who show a current student ID. To purchase, go to www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.

APRIL 24

7:30 p.m. The Lompoc Pops Orchestra will everything from Broadway hits to a “Star Trek” medley at the First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St., in part by the support of Scott Newhall, Pauline Sattler and Black Bart Navy Rum.

In the late 1990s, Patrick O’Brian’s bestselling historical novels inspired the film “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.”

While director Peter Weir and stars Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany were signed on, there was one problem. Rose, the replica 18th-century British warship that the filmmakers purchased to serve as the HMS Surprise, was in Newport, R.I., two oceans and thousands of miles away from Hollywood.

Enter a ragtag crew of 30 tallship fanatics, including author Will Sofrin, then a 21-year-old wooden-boat builder and yacht racer looking for some direction in his life. Together, the crew embarked on an epic adventure, racing a ticking clock and fighting against Mother Nature and occasionally each other, to deliver Rose.

“All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas

Adventure to the Far Side of the World” is Mr. Sofrin’s account of this unforgettable voyage. It’s a story of reinvention, of hard work on the high seas, of love and of survival. The crew of the Rose effectively went back in time, bringing the old ways of a forgotten world to life while barely living to tell the tale.

Mr. Sofrin, who grew up in Connecticut, describes himself

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After high school, Will Sofrin became an apprentice shipwright at the IYRS School of Technology and Trades. Then he became a professional sailor, working on yachts, logging more than 30,000 blue water miles and becoming a licensed captain.

FYI as “the guy who didn’t follow any of the rules.” Instead of going to college after high school, he became an apprentice shipwright at the IYRS School of Technology and Trades, learning to build and restore wooden boats. Then he became a professional sailor, working on yachts, logging more than 30,000 blue water miles and becoming a licensed captain.

“All Hands on Deck” begins at 4:30 p.m. April 29 at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara. For more information, visit sbmm.org.

He sailed throughout Europe, the Caribbean, Central America and both coasts of the U.S., competing in numerous sailing events such as the America’s Cup Jubilee, the Prada Classic Yacht Challenge and the 12-meter World Championships.

Mr. Sofrin is a master shipwright who has taught at MIT and built boats for Billy Joel and Estée Lauder.

Today, he is a freelance writer for numerous maritime periodicals such as Classic Boat Magazine, Cruising World, Latitude 38, Ocean Navigator, Pacific Yachting, Sea History Journal, Soundings and WoodenBoat, as well as an accomplished maritime artist. When he’s not writing, Mr. Sofrin is doing all sorts of other creative things, like designing the architecture of a home, overseeing the restoration of historic homes, designing and building furniture or painting a wall mural.

Next year, he will start construction of a cold-molded power boat for cruising off the coast of Santa Barbara, but his passion for yachting persists. He and his wife have a sailboat that they enjoy racing and using to explore the California coast with their 7-year-old daughter. email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

Shelters seek homes for pets

Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets. For more information, go to these websites:

• Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc.

• Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats.org.

ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb.org.

BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Companion Animal Placement

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Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook.com/capaoflompoc.

CAPA works regularly with Animal Services-Lompoc.

• K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare. org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.)

• Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/ phd/animal/home.sbc.

• Santa Barbara Humane (with