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Summer Solstice to go virtual By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Santa Barbara’s Summer Solstice Celebration announced that this year’s event will be virtual. The 47th annual celebration, with the theme “Bloom,” will be a virtual State Street parade filled with light, color, music, dance and motion. The host will be Riccardo Morrison, master of ceremonies and artistic director. The celebration is opening a workshop to groups of 10 or less to be filmed in front of a green screen to be put on State Street post-production for the virtual parade. Filming is by appointment only, and times can be scheduled during the following hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 10; 3 to 7 p.m. May 11; 3 to 7 p.m. May 12; noon to 4 p.m. May 15; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17; 3 to 7 p.m. May 20; and 3 to 7 p.m. May 21. The appointments will take place at the Community Arts Workshop, at 631 Garden St. Groups of 10 or more can schedule to be filmed at Alameda
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Wanda Venturelli has been named the winner of the Summer Solstice T-shirt and poster design contest.
Park between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on May 22. Appointments will be made in 30-minute increments. To schedule an appointment, Please see solstice on a4 Ms. Venturelli, a local artist, will have her artwork “Rain of Flowers” featured for the annual event.
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MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, at 125 State St. in Santa Barbara, reopened to the public on Thursday.
By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
It was when she saw a 2year-old boy who could barely reach the top of the digital DJ tables with his hands “literally jumping up and down with excitement,” that the joy of reopening hit Robin Gose. As president and CEO of MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, at 125 State St. in Santa Barbara, Ms. Gose said that Thursday — the first day back open for the museum after the pandemic — was “terrific.” “It’s been a hard year to not have revenue from the ticket sales, so this is a shot in the arm, not only to see people using the space as it was intended to be used, but also to help us financially,” she told the News-Press. “We certainly face some financial challenges, but this is part of the rebuilding.” Please see MOXI on A6
Children build race cars for a drag race interactive setup at the MOXI Museum in Santa Barbara on Friday.
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