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Olympic Medalist and National Champion Gracie Gold, and other champions from around the world, will skate in the Holidays on Ice Show on Saturday, Dec. 17th at Ice in Paradise 6
Photo by Randy Wright/Courtesy SBBG
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Seniors can enjoy a free day at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden on Monday, December 19th
Photo by Fritz Olenberger
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Metropolitan Theatres was one of several local businesses and organizations that sponsored a balloon entry in Holiday Under the Sea, this year’s Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Parade
SBAOR Good Neighbor Honoree Jo Ann Mermis of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Kyle Kemp, District Manager of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices at SBAOR’s annual awards and installation luncheon.
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Photo by Priscilla, SantaBarbaraSeen.com
Fund for SB: A bill to Freeze out ICE. . . . . . . . . 5 The Ticket: SB Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Theatre Review by Alex Henteloff & Listings. . 8 Film Festival & Awards Season Heats Up. . . 14 EmPower’s Advise for the Holidays. . . . . . . . 16 Finance with Harlan Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-18 Local Interest Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SBAOR President Alec Bruice. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Open House Invitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Galleries and Art Venues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Community News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 23
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David M. Kim was named 2017 President of the Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS® 9-11
Dr. Ayesha Shaikh named Physician of the Year for Santa Barbara County 23
VADA students teamed up with mentor and mural artist David Flores to create a new series of murals that will be unveiled in the Funk Zone on Saturday, Dec. 17th at 10am 21
VOICE Magazine cover story see pages
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