VOICE Magazine: February 10, 2023

Imagination & Improvisation A Transformative Light Shines on Classical Music

By Kerry Methner / VOICE

INFUSING SOULFUL IMPROVISATIONAL

The Artists

Nir Kabaretti, Conductor

Natasha Kislenko, Piano

Ted Nash, Saxophone

Josh Nelson Trio

PROGRAM

SPONTANEITY of jazz in the context of a fully orchestrated symphonic composition, legendary jazz saxophonist Ted Nash accepted the Santa Barbara Symphony’s invitation to pen an arrangement of his 2021 jazz ensemble piece for the symphony. That new work, Transformation, will have its world premiere during the Symphony’s upcoming performances at the Granada Theatre on Saturday, February 18th at 7:30pm and Sunday, February 19th at 3pm.

Concert Duration: 2 hrs, 15 min

• Ernst Von Dohnanyi | Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25

• Ted Nash | Transformation for Symphony Orchestra and Narrator – World Premiere

• Richard Strauss | Death and Transfiguration

• Maurice Ravel | Boléro

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Sunday matinee attendees can attend Conversations with Kabaretti with guest Ted Nash to get an insider’s perspective on the music being performed. Join us Sunday, February 19 at 2pm. No RSVP required!

“It has been a dream of mine to write for orchestra, and I can’t think of one I’d like more to be my first experience,” Nash related in an email interview. “Over the years I have come to feel very connected to the community here in Santa Barbara, and having an opportunity to perform this music here with Nir conducting is a natural extension of the love I have for this city and the people here.”

No stranger to composition, Nash noted, “I have a lot of experience writing and arranging for big band and other ensembles, like string quartet, but never for full orchestra. There was a lot to learn about certain instruments, their extreme ranges (like the contra bassoon) and techniques and characteristics (like percussion). Over the years I have listened to and absorbed so much of the sound of the symphonic orchestra and feel that a lot of it is already inside my soul. I just need to let it all out. And now I have an opportunity to do so. I am excited, curious, and a little nervous.”

His piece

will be part of a program focusing on “transformation,” including the opening number Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano, and Orchestra, Op. 25 by Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi. Nash’s work is next, followed by the tone poem Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 (1888-1889) by German composer Richard Strauss. Maurice Ravel’s popular Boléro, will conclude the performance with Nash returning to the stage on saxophone.

The program came to life in the mind of Santa Barbara Symphony Music & Artistic Director Nir Kabaretti, who, inspired by life’s many examples of transformation, designed a program leading the audience through a transcendental experience of symphonic sound. Von Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Song and Ravel’s Boléro represent both physical and mechanical metamorphoses with simple tunes that evolve into complex and imaginative orchestral masterpieces. Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration reflects human transitions and Nash’s personal journey is depicted in Transformation for Symphony Orchestra and Narrator. Each of the works, especially together on the program, exemplify the brilliant potential of musical metamorphosis.

“When Ted told me about his Transformation project and I had a chance to listen to the show, I asked him if he would transform this project for the classical concert hall,” Kabaretti recalled of how the program came together, “he graciously agreed - and we are thrilled to be the ones to share this world premiere with you!”

Inspiration for Nash’s composition Transformation: Personal Stories of Change,

Acceptance, and Evolution (as the first iteration was called) was initially seeded years earlier when he worked with actor Glenn Close on an album.

“Glenn is such a deep artist, and working with her was one of the greatest experiences of my life. She had appeared on my album, Presidential Suite. We kept in touch after that and talked about how we could collaborate on a large piece. We explored several themes, ultimately choosing Transformation. During the process of working with Ms. Close, I asked about her method of acting, what technical approach she took to develop her characters. Her answer: ‘I just use my imagination.’ At the time I didn’t think much about it, but over the next couple years I realized how inspiring an answer that was. Imagination is everything. I talk about that a lot now when I teach composing and improvisation. I mean, you can have all the technique and education, but what is the value of all that if you don’t use your imagination?”

Nash worked long hours creating the new Transformation despite his extensive experience with composition.

“Having great musicians play your music, bringing their expertise and experience to help realize your vision, is such a blessing. I am so lucky to have been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis for the past 24 years and having some of greatest jazz musicians in the world play my compositions. I have composed or arranged at least 150 pieces. I am not sure exactly how I will react when I hear the Santa Barbara Symphony play these pieces for the first time, but I have an idea that it will be quite an emotional experience. Especially hearing Dear Dad, [one of the movements in Transformation] and having my son read his letter accompanied by the orchestra. That might make it hard to keep it together and play.”

Nash explained that “there is more similar than different between these forms of music. Jazz gets most of its harmonic base from European classical music. Charlie Parker can sound like Bach. (In fact, I wanted to be a classical clarinetist until I discovered Charlie Parker.) One big difference is that jazz is largely improvised and in classical music you don’t hear that very much. I love bringing improvisation, with its rich opportunity for personal expression, to the environment of the orchestra, but not in a way that the orchestra takes a back seat and acts as a background,

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Ted Nash, Saxophone

Natasha Kislenko, Piano

Jamie Lee Curtis A True Maltin Modern Master

By Daisy Scott / VOICE

WINNING OVER GENERATIONS OF MOVIE-GOERS with her blunt personality, wit, and impressive emotional range, Jamie Lee Curtis brings an infectious enthusiasm to each role she tackles. In celebration of her illustrious career, Curtis will accept the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Maltin Modern Master Award at 8pm on Saturday, February 11th at the Arlington Theatre.

“Jamie Lee Curtis has long since proven that she has staying power,” said film critic Leonard Maltin, who will be moderating Saturday’s event. “People want to watch her, whether it’s in a Halloween movie or an offbeat character role. She’s talented and charismatic, and in the process does her movie-star parents proud.”

Curtis’ tribute follows on the heels of her first Oscar nomination for her performance as Deirdre, a dowdy IRS inspector, in Everything Everywhere All At Once. In a role that verges on giving viewers whiplash, Curtis shifts between different iterations of her character — including an alter ego that lives with hot dog fingers — constantly returning to the original Deirdre’s tired persona. She has voiced great affection and understanding for Deirdre’s character in the months since the film’s release.

“When people want love and don’t get love, it hardens you,” Curtis told the New York Times in October 2022. “I know a lot of women who go home alone, and it breaks my heart — I know how soft they are, I know how much they long for connection and affection and contact with another human being.”

The daughter of Hollywood icons Janet Lee and Tony Curtis, Curtis began her road to stardom as Laurie Strode in the 1978 horror film Halloween. Curtis has continued to appear as Laurie over the past 44 years, evolving her character from the terrified teenage babysitter seen in the first Halloween film to the

determined, calculative figure of the franchise’s 2022 conclusion, Halloween Ends. The Halloween franchise has now grossed over $800 million.

Her other “scream queen” roles have included The Fog and Prom Night

However, the 1988 cult classic A Fish Called Wanda introduced Curtis to a whole new audience of moviegoers and allowed Curtis to show off her comedy skills. Her funny, sexy, and smart performance as a diamondhungry con artist earned Curtis BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.

Ever faithful to her identity as a “truthteller,” Curtis has since demonstrated her powerful ability to impart heartfelt emotions in coming-ofage stories such as My Girl, wit and wisdom in comedies like Freaky Friday, and intrigue, such as in the mystery blockbuster Knives Out

Curtis spoke about why she works to champion truth in each of her roles and everyday life in a December 2022 LA Times interview.

“We live in a world of lies,” shared Curtis. “Everywhere we look seems somewhat fraudulent. Did I wear makeup today? Yes. Did I do fancy pictures on a fancy panel? Yes. Do I look like this in my regular life? No. I wear fuzzy Birkenstocks and black yoga pants and a very specific black button-down shirt. All day, every day. I don’t wear makeup, I keep my hair short so I don’t have to do anything — because I’m obsessed with truth. I’m obsessed with the demystification of it.”

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A young Jamie Lee Curtis in her 1978 film debut, Halloween

Jamie Lee Curtis in her Oscar-nominated role in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor Jamie Lee Curtis with the Maltin Modern Master Award at the Arlington Theatre on Saturday, February 11th at 8pm

Jamie Lee Curtis in the 2019 murder-mystery blockbuster Knives Out

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Santa Barbara International Film Festival champion actress

Cate Blanchett

in a league of her own

Blanchett to Receive Second Career SBIFF

Outstanding Performer of the Year Award

By Ricky Barajas / VOICE

FOR A TREMENDOUS THIRD

TIME, Cate Blanchett will be awarded at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for her acting prowess. After receiving the 2008 Maltin Modern Master Award, Blanchett has now been selected twice to receive the SBIFF Outstanding Performer of the Year Award—once in 2014 for her role in Blue Jasmine, and again this year for Tár. The tribute will take place Friday, February 10th at 8pm at the Arlington Theatre.

“Cate Blanchett is an artist that has nothing left to prove; she is one of the most brilliant actresses ever - yet she keeps challenging herself and proving over and over again that she’s the most outstanding performer!” said SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling.

Blanchett has almost 100 acting credits to her name. Her first role was in 1990’s Kaboria, where she was an extra during a dancing scene, followed by a short list of Australian films until her breakout role in 1998’s Elizabeth. She received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I and her first Golden Globe win

for Best Actress in a Motion Picture.

Since then, Blanchett has received 20 Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. To date, she has won four Golden Globe awards and two Academy Awards. She is currently nominated for a 2023 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Blanchett’s childhood was marked by the loss of her father at age ten. She worked at a nursing home in her early adulthood, later enrolling to study economics and fine art at the University of Melbourne. She dropped out after a year to travel the world. It was on this journey that Blanchett’s acting career began.

While backpacking through Egypt, she met a casting director who hired her as an extra for Kaboria. Blanchett shared with The Herald that the experience was both “boring” and “embarrassing.” It must have had some strong subliminal impact, however, because Blanchett soon enrolled in the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of

Fine Arts in 1992.

Over the course of her career, Blanchett has proven herself to be amongst the best character actors of her generation, with roles ranging from monarchs, a goddess of death, and most recently, a classical music composer. In Manifesto, Blanchett performs an astounding 13 roles in one film, where she is able to fully display her chameleonic ability to allow characters

to speak through her. 2022’s Tár shows Blanchett as methodical, cruel, and careless of the human toll that her pursuit of artistic perfection takes.

“I think the questions for me, really, are not so much about agenda, but what is permissible when trying to approach something great?” Blanchett said of her role in Tár to Entertainment Weekly. “And what are the costs?”

Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in the 2022 film, Tár

Cate Blanchett for the SBIFF

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Social Justice Spotlight Returns to SBIFF

By Mahil Senathirajah / Special to VOICE

THE SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY FILM

SERIES contributes a unique focus at the SBIFF. The festival has long supported films that entertain and enlighten while addressing some of the most immediate social and environmental issues.  SBIFF is one of very few prominent film festivals that has a dedicated social justice side bar.

In addition, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties supports an ADL Stand Up Award, given to a film “that exemplifies the impact storytelling can have in fostering mutual understanding and respect.” The ADL has recently led a strong response to the antisemitic leafleting in Santa Barbara and Isla Vista. Prior to SBIFF’s opening night, ADL has already announced its 2023 winner, The Quiet Girl, which will play twice: at 6pm on Wednesday, Feb. 15th at Metro 4 Theatre, #4, and at 5pm on Thursday, Feb. 16th, at Metro 4 Theatre #1.

SBIFF is a feast for those looking to consume substantive fare that promises a journey into socially relevant issues. Social justice films can be a bit of a hard sell, often considered what you watch because “it’s good for you” but SBIFF’s programmers ensure the films are compelling and rewarding.

This year’s crop of social justice docs cover the personal to the global, from the Pacific Coast Highway to South Africa.

The following are the social justice films which are all in competition.  Seeing one may be “good for you…”

21 Miles in Malibu: An exposé revealing PCH as one of the deadliest roads in America following a group of committed locals as they try to change its legacy. Director Nic Davis stated, “my goal was to create something shocking and

visceral but also to capture the subtle emotion of those affected.” It will screen at 8:40pm on Thursday, Feb. 16th, at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #3, and at 7:40pm on Saturday, Feb. 18th at Fiesta 5 Theatre Aud. #4.

Black Mambas: The tale of South Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching patrol in Kruger National Park. The story and themes grow richer as the women face race and gender bias from the creators of the unit that control them. As a reviewer remarked, the film is an “twin portrait of both heroic and dubious do gooders.” Screenings will be held at 2:40pm on Thursday, Feb. 9th at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #3, and at 8:30am on Saturday, Feb. 11th at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #4.

The Dirty Divide: Los Angeles’ skid row is a cauldron of human suffering. The issue of people experiencing homelessness dominated the recent mayoral race and policy makers continue to grapple with an effective response. The Dirty Divide chronicles community organizers fighting for the rights of residents to live in dignity and peace. Screenings will be held at 2:20pm on Wednesday, Feb. 15th, at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #2, and at 8pm on Friday, Feb. 17th at Metro 4 Theatre, Aud. #1.

Into My Name (Nel mio nome): A heartfelt documentary that follows four friends who are resolved to selfdetermine their gender identities. The film is an intimate portrait of their struggles, big and small, but never veers into voyeurism. The executive producer described it as “a meditation on trans humanity.” It will screen at 9pm on Tuesday, Feb. 14th at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #4, and at 4pm on Thursday, Feb. 16th at Fiesta 5 Theatre Aud. #2.

Lyra: This poignant but optimistic tale of activism in post-conflict Northern Ireland is told through the life of fearless writer and

activist Lyra who was shot dead at age 29, collateral damage of a riot in Derry. The film carries the perspective of the generation of “cease fire” babies growing up after peace came to Northern Ireland. Screenings will be hosted at 4:20pm on Monday, Feb. 13th at Fiesta 5 Theatre Aud. #4, and at 11:40am on Tuesday, Feb. 14th at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #3.

My Name is Happy: An inspiring film that follows an aspiring Turkish popstar, Mutlu Kaya, who escapes an attempt on her life. However, she doesn’t let the injuries she sustained stop her from pursuing her dream of being a singer, and she now has 1.5 million followers on Tik Tok. It will screen at 11:40am on Thursday, Feb. 9th at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #3, and at 8am on Monday, Feb. 13th at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #1.

The Right to Read: Produced by Levar Burton, The Right to Read is a vivid portrait of Oakland NAACP activist Kareem Weaver, who addresses literacy across a number of dimensions. The film’s center is the notion that “literacy is our greatest civil right.” Screenings will be held at 2:40pm on Saturday, Feb. 11th and at 11:40am on Sunday, Feb. 12th, both at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #3.

Wade in the Water: A Journey into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture: Surfing films that break barriers, honor its history and treat surfing as cultural exchange are a SBIFF specialty. Wade in the Water tells the 1,000 year-old history of Black surfing, with a focus on pioneering surfers out of Santa Monica. It’s a rich and little-known history but a story waiting to be told. It will be screened at 5:40pm on Saturday, Feb. 11th and at 2:40pm on Sunday, Feb. 12th, both at Metro 4 Theatre Aud. #3.

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Bringing Back Our Wetland

By Daisy Scott / VOICE

DEMONSTRATING THE POWER OF COMMUNITY when it comes to environmental action, Bringing Back Our Wetland chronicles a true story of hard work and hope. Written, directed, and produced by local Michael Love, the documentary follows Santa Barbara community members’ efforts to restore a wetland to its natural state after it had been turned into a golf course over 50 years ago.

The film will have its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, with screenings at 8:40pm on Monday, February 13th at the Metro 4 Theatre, Auditorium #3, and at 1pm on Wednesday, February 15th at the Fiesta 5 Theatre, Auditorium #2.

“I hope this film will convey the message that people can reverse environmental degradation by working together with incredible results,” shared Love. “It was certainly not easy, but it can be done, and I hope it inspires more of the same from our wonderful Santa Barbara community.”

Love’s filmmaking career dates back to his teenage years in Mexico City. A successful screenwriter for over 30 years, his past major works have included the Academy Award-nominated biographical drama Gaby, A True Story and For Greater Glory

In 2012, Love made The Santa Ynez River Wilderness, his first environmental film

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examining Santa Barbara County’s breathtaking natural surroundings. This kicked off his ongoing fascination with exploring the region through film.

“Living here inspired me to learn more about the natural world and share it through film,” said Love. “In that process I got the opportunity to work with wonderful scientists and environmental leaders who increased my desire to document the environment and the actions we can take to protect it.”

Love began creating Bringing Back Our Wetland in 2016, working with UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration and its Director of Ecosystem Management, Lisa Stratton. The film follows the community’s efforts to purchase and ultimately restore a golf course back into the wetland it was decades ago.

“I’d say the biggest surprise was how moved I was when the Chumash Community came to bless the restored wetland,” said Love. “This place was part of a wetland complex that included a deep water bay where Santa Barbara Airport is now and Mescalitan Island, which had about a thousand inhabitants. To have that community come and celebrate the achievement was very special and felt like a homecoming.”

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NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN

for the 80th Annual Person of the Year Award

We invite you to nominate an outstanding individual, couple, or family.

Nominations close Friday, February 24.

Save the date for the 80th Person of the Year Luncheon on Wednesday, April 19, at Hilton Santa Barbara.

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WHAT ARE THE PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS?

The Person of the Year Award, formerly known as the Man & Woman of the Year Award, honors Santa Barbara area individuals, couples, and families whose lifetime of volunteer service represents a meaningful commitment to the community addresses a real community need, or has involved acts of generosity, kindness, or innovation, with an emphasis on their accomplishments.

Recipients are selected from a wide range of candidates who have been nominated by community members

By Ricky Barajas / VOICE

GRACE POINT MARKS A PLACE OF DEPARTURE FOR DIRECTOR RORY

KARPF, who, until now, had never directed a scripted film. His first theatrical release was in 2007 for Dale, an archival documentary about the NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt’s life. Since then, he has directed several sports-focused films for ESPN.

Grace Point will be screened Saturday, February 11th at 8:40pm in the Metro 4 Theatre Aud #3, as well as Saturday February 18th at 4:20pm in the Fiesta 5 Theatre Aud #4.

“I started in documentary filmmaking right out of college with NFL Films,” said Karpf. “Career highlights have been creating a series with Snoop Dogg for Netflix and working with Rob Lowe on various unscripted projects. Also, putting my bulldog, Dozer, in my first scripted project was pretty awesome.”

Karpf and Lowe, a Montecito resident, met in 2018 while working on Madness in the Hills, a documentary about the catastrophic Thomas Fire and subsequent 2018 mudslide. It was during this process that Karpf was introduced to Lowe’s son, John, who would eventually come to be the star of Grace Point

“This experience was very personal to me,”

said John Lowe. “I related so deeply with my character and his struggles with sobriety that I knew this could be a special project. I am really proud of what we accomplished.”

Originally written by Paul Russell Smith, Grace Point follows a teen on his way to a rehab program, who has hostile encounters with the locals in a small town while trying to escape his own demons. Karpf rewrote it to fit it to a smaller budget, and also to personalize the story for John Lowe, who has been vocal about his own struggles with addiction and his sobriety journey.

“I’m grateful John Owen has trusted me to tell this deeply personal story for his feature film debut, as I transition from documentaries into narrative storytelling,” said filmmaker Karpf. “As a coming-of-age thriller, I’m hoping Grace Point takes the audience on a thought-provoking, entertaining journey.”

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Film still from Grace Point, directed by Santa Barbara director Rory Karpf

John Owen Lowe in Grace Point

Director Rory Karpf

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Films, Calendar, & Special Events

Friday, Feb. 10th

Baby Ruby

8am • Metro 4 #1 • In noted playwright Bess Wohl’s feature debut, the tightly scripted world (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire) unravels after she becomes a mother • Dir/ Writer: Bess Wohl; Stars: Noémie Merlant, Kit Harington; 93min; Origin: United States; North American Independent Cinema; US Premiere

Dear Memories

8:10am • Metro 4 #2 • Thomas Hoepker is one of the most important living photographers worldwide, whose pictures have become icons of photojournalism. In 2017, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The man whose art has become part of the collective memory is now slowly losing his own memories. His last big dream: a road trip through the USA with his wife • Dir: Nahuel Lopez; 98min; Origin: Germany; Documentary Competition; US

Premiere; Subtitled

Stay With Us (Reste un peu)

8:20am • Metro 4 #3 • Gad returns to France after three years in America, without admitting to his family that he did so to convert to Catholicism. Determined to bring Gad back to

Judaism, they make his conversion

Writer: Benjamin Charbit, Gad

93min; Origin: France; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

Pinto (Ablagh)

8:30am • Metro 4 #4 • Rahele lives with her husband Ali and their daughter Mobina in a poor suburb of Tehran. Her mother, sister-in-law, and Ali’s brother-in-law, Jalal, live in their neighborhood. Jalal, who has the highest reputation and

becomes obsessed with Rahele and attempts to rape her. She resists, but is then forced to reveal the truth to her husband • Dir: Narges Abyar; Writer: Narges Abyar, Parisa Karzian; Shakerdoost, Bahram Radan; 115min; Origin: Iran; Middle

Premiere; Subtitled

Narrative Shorts 4Fear & The Truths We Avoid

10am • Fiesta 5 #2

Are You Awake?

Ivalu

Pillow Fortress

The Red Suitcase (La valise rouge)

Thursday Tommies

The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher

10:20am • Fiesta 5 #4 • When Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher wrote about food, she also wrote about eccentricity, intimacy, and desire; about change, endurance, and survival. Known as America’s chronicled her memories of tumultuous relationships and wartime experiences through meticulously detailed scenes at the table • Dir: Gregory Mark Bezat; 86min; Origin: United States; Reel Lives

Exodus

11am • Metro 4 #1 • Two worlds collide when Sam, a professional

Amal, a young girl whose whole family has gone missing in the Syrian war. Amal believes that they are on their way to Sweden. Sam, troubled by the thought of leaving Amal alone in a no-mans land, gets dragged in. This will be the beginning of an unexpected, strong, warm, and crazy friendship on a journey that will change their lives • Dir: Abbe Hassan; Writer: Kristoffer Cras, Abbe Hassan; Stars: Jwan Alqatami, Ashraf

Origin: Sweden; Nordic Cinema, Crossing Borders; US Premiere; Subtitled

The Lost King

11am • Arlington • Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan star in this inspiring true story of a shy, middle-aged writer who sets out

to unearth the long-buried truth about King Richard III’s life and death • Dir: Stephen Frears; Writer: Steve Coogan, Philippa Langley, Jeff Pope; Stars: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan; 108min; Origin: UK; Festival Circuit

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Rachel’s Farm

11:40am • Metro 4 #3 • Film director and actress Rachel Ward is the last person you’d expect to join a farming revolution. grandchild, Rachel is confronted head-on by the impact of our climate crisis as Australia’s Black farm. Besieged by drought and hope in the soil beneath her feet and embarks on a journey of discovery to regenerate the land on her farm — and herself • Dir: Rachel Ward; 84min; Origin: Australia; Documentary Competition, Great Outdoors; World Premiere

El Equipo

12 noon • Metro 4 #4 • In 1984, an unlikely meeting between Dr. Clyde Snow, a legendary American forensic scientist, and a group of Argentine students would ultimately change the course of forensic science and human rights. Told almost entirely through archival material and through a decade of interviews, El Equipo documentary feature, follows

Dear Memories: Thurs 2/9 - 5:00 PM Metro 4 Theatre #1 Fri 2/10 - 8:10 AM Metro 4 Theatre #2

the harrowing experiences of this Latin American team as they of authoritarian regimes, even as the risks to themselves increase

• Dir: Bernardo Ruiz; 80min; Origin: United States; Spanish and Latin American Cinema; World Premiere; Subtitled

26.2 to Life

1pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • Filmed inside California’s oldest state prison, 26.2 To Life explores the transformative power of San Quentin’s 1000 Mile Club, in which incarcerated men train for and run a marathon on the dirt and concrete path circling the prison yard. Through intimate access behind the walls of the infamous correctional facility, the personal transformation within the greater crisis of the American carceral state • Dir: Christine Yoo; 88min; Origin: United States; Reel Lives

Gumbo Coalition

1:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Gumbo Coalition follows two visionary civil rights leaders, Marc Morial and Janet Murguía, as they work to empower African American and Latino American communities through three turbulent years in America. Dir: two-time Academy

Barbara Kopple, Gumbo Coalition takes us on an intimate — and sometimes humorous — journey into their lives, homes, and the family histories that motivate their mission to achieve a more just and equitable country • Dir: Barbara Kopple; 110min; Origin: United States; Reel Lives Snow and the Bear (Kar

2pm • Metro 4 #1 • Young nurse Asli begins a new assignment at a remote village during a long winter. The roads are blocked due to heavy snowfall, and there’s a rumor that bears have risen early and killed some animals. One cold night, a man from herself in the middle of a mystery

Origin: Turkey; Contemporary World Cinema; Subtitled TÁR *FREE ADMISSION

2pm • Arlington • Set in the international world of Western Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composerconductors.

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Films, Calendar, & Special Events

Run

Take Me Home

The Tadpole Trilogy (La trilogie des têtards)

Dr. Tony Fauci

2:20pm • Metro 4 #2 • Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song viewers are exclaiming, “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved nature of the classic children’s literary television show that has introduced millions of kids to the wonder of books. tells the story of the cherished PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow,” its iconic host LeVar Burton, and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television • Dir: Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb; Featuring LeVar Burton; 86min; Origin: United States; Reel Lives

Documentary Shorts 1

Facing Fears To Find A Purpose & Place In The World

2:40pm • Metro 4 #3

Barefoot Empress

Nowhere to go but everywhere

Requiem for a Whale

The Fear Cycle

Will You Look At Me (Dang wo wang xiang ni de shi hou)

You’ll Be Happier

We Are Still Here

3pm • Metro 4 #4 • A unique eight tales to tell a story of hope and survival. Through the eyes of eight protagonists, it traverses 1,000 years from past, present, and future to explore kinship, loss, grief, and resilience. But ultimately, it shows the strength of love and hope to overcome shared traumas that Indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand, and

to face • Dir: Beck Cole, Dena

Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae

Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario

Gaoa, Richard Curtis, Chantelle

Burgoyne; Writer: Samuel Nuggin

Paynter, Tiraroa Reweti, Dena

Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae

Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis; Stars: Clarence Ryan, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Villa Lemanu, Lisa Flanagan, Meyne

Wyatt; 90min; Origin: Australia; Contemporary World Cinema; Subtitled

No Ordinary Campaign

4pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • One couple’s a brutal disease has snowballed into a movement with resounding ALS community, but for millions in our broken healthcare system

• Dir: Christopher Burke; 86min;

Origin: United States; Reel Lives

Soul of the Ocean

4:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4 •

ocean ecosystems. Spectacular underwater cinematography reveals communities of interdependent marine species and highlights the critical role biodiversity plays in maintaining a

part to play. And today, as humans become increasingly intimate with the ocean, we discover that we have a part to play as well •

Dir: Howard Hall; 78min; Origin: United States; Great Outdoors

Other People’s Children

(Les enfants des autres)

5pm • Metro 4 #1 • Dedicated high school teacher Rachel bond with her boyfriend’s young daughter, Leila. Fearing becoming an extra in her own life, Rachel must decide whether to embrace the entanglements of her current situation, or strike out again on her own.

is a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging •

Dir/Writer: Rebecca Zlotowski;

Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves,Yamée

Couture; 104min; Origin: France; Contemporary World Cinema; Subtitled

Narrative Shorts 5 When

5:20pm • Metro 4 #2

Junglefowl Lamb Mud Crab

5:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • Following Anthony Fauci as he battled a devastating pandemic as well as the political onslaught that upended his life and called into this country’s leading advocate for public health. Nothing Fauci had previously faced, including the activists who challenged him during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, prepared him for this crucible. This documentary reveals the man behind the microphone passionate scientist, husband, father, and public servant • Dir: Mark Mannucci; 115min; Origin: United States; Documentary Competition; World Premiere

Know Your Place

6pm• Metro 4 #4 • In this debut feature from Zia Mohajerjasbi, boy of 15, embarks on an errand to deliver a huge and heavy suitcase across town, destined for a sick family member in his parents’ homeland. He enlists the help of his best friend, Fahmi Tadesse, when an unexpected turn transmutes his simple task into an odyssey across the rapidly gentrifying city of Seattle • Dir/ Writer: Zia Mohajerjasbi; Stars: Joseph Smith, Natnael Mebrahtu, Selamawit Gebresus; 118min; Origin: United States; North American Independent Cinema; Subtitled Stellar (Ananghoonska)

7:20pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • As a meteorite catastrophically changes the planet outside, small bar in Northern Ontario, Canada. Across their bodies and spirits, the star-crossed couple transcends the traumas of one new one. As a feature-length, surreal, Indigenous romance, observes human notions of connections between oneself, herself • Dir/Writer: Darlene Tailfeathers, Braeden Clarke, Rossif Sutherland, K.C. Collins, Tina Keeper; 87min; Origin: Canada; North American Independent Cinema; US Premiere

The Nannies (Les femmes du square)

7:40pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Angèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always copes, thanks to the gift of gab and her audacity. To

escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in uptown Paris, working for Hélène, the single mom of eight-year-old Arthur. Upon discovering the work conditions of her colleagues, she decides to stand up for their rights, thanks to a young lawyer who quickly falls for her • Dir: Julien Rambaldi; Writer: Jean-Luc Gaget, Julien Rambaldi; Stars: Drucker; 105min; Origin: France; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema, Crossing Borders; US Premiere; Subtitled

discovery that causes problems with his new colleagues. Director Joachim Back’s Kafkaesque debut feature, adapted by Ted Kupper from Jonas Karlsson’s international best-selling novel, explores how to be sane in a world gone mad • Dir: Joachim Back; Writer: Ted Kupper; Stars: Jon Hamm, Danny Pudi, Christopher Heyerdahl, Sarah Gadon; 101min; Origin: Canada; Festival Circuit Favorites

Ibiza Blue (La corriente)

9pm • Metro 4 #4 • After the death of his daughter, Carlos leaves Madrid to spend the summer in Ibiza with his school friend, Julio, who, after his brother’s suicide seven years prior, abandoned his career to live a simple life on the island. After the death of her father from COVID-19, Alba travels to Ibiza from Barcelona and considers whether to move there permanently. Alba — whom Carlos and Julio know independently — will change their lives forever • Dir: Jesús Lloveras; Writer: Jesús Lloveras, Joan Lloveras Mora; Stars: Jesús Lloveras, Gonzalo Bouza, Alicia Lorente, Alicia Fernández, Isaac Gallego; 103min; Origin: Spain; Contemporary World Cinema; World Premiere; Subtitled

(mostly white male) conservation committees as a vital marketing tool, the women stand at the crossroads of progress and a colonial past • Dir: Lena Karbe; 81min; Origin: Germany; Social Justice Films; US Premiere; Subtitled

A Man (Aru otoko)

10am • Fiesta 5 #2 • After divorcing, Rie has found happiness with her second husband, Daisuke. But, when Daisuke dies in a tragic accident, she discovers her new husband was not the man she thought he was. Rie calls on attorney Akira Kido to help her discover the truth about the identity of the man she loved. Her quest will open larger questions about the nature of identity itself and what makes a person real at all • Dir: Kei Ishikawa; Writer: Based on a novel by Keiichiro Hirano; Screenplay by Kôsuke Mukai; Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sakura Andô, Masataka Kubota; 121min; Origin: Japan; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled 26.2 to Life

10:20am • Fiesta 5 #4

Writers Panel

11am • Arlington • Panelists TBA

Manuela

11am • Metro 4 #1

Documentary Shorts 3

How To Be Your Own Champion

11:20am • Metro 4 #2

Apayauq

Manuela

8pm • Metro 4 #1 • Manuela, a Latina nanny with a dubious

year-old she’s hired to look after. When the child’s mother goes missing, Manuela is faced with an impossible decision • Dir/Writer: Clara Cullen; Stars: Bárbara Lombardo, Alma Farago, Sophie Buhai; 70min; Origin: Argentina; Spanish and Latin American Cinema, Crossing Borders; US Premiere; Subtitled Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

8:20pm • Metro 4 #2 • She’d only just begun. In the 1970s, the Carpenters produced a string of pop masterpieces including and

But behind closed doors, Karen Carpenter’s quest for perfection resulted in low self esteem, a disheartening love life, and a battle with anorexia. Forty years after her death at 32, this captivating, revealing, and unvarnished documentary provides astounding insight into her short life and enduring musical legacy • Dir: Randy Martin; 99min; Origin: United States; Cinematic Overture/Performing Arts; World Premiere

8:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • An absurdist tale about a man lost in his own space. Orson (Jon Hamm), a corporate drone trying to move up in his newly acquired job, discovers a secret room in his

Saturday, Feb. 11th

Lakelands

8am • Metro 4 #1 • Cian Reilly, a young Gaelic footballer, struggles to come to terms with a career-ending injury after a violent attack on a night out. At the same time, he begins a friendship with Grace, a nurse who is back in town to look after her ailing father following some time away in London • Dir: Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivney; Writer: Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivney; Stars: Éanna Hardwicke, Danielle Galligan, Lorcan Cranitch, Gary Lydon; 99min; Origin: Ireland; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere

The Soldier’s Opinion (Daato shel hahayal)

8:10am • Metro 4 #2 • National military service is mandatory for all Israeli citizens over the age of 18. From 1948 onwards, the Military Censor had the authority to open all soldiers’ letters in order to prevent the disclosure of military secrets and protect national security. In practice, the Censor used the information in these letters for entirely different purposes, without the soldiers’ knowledge • Dir: Assaf Banitt; 55min; Origin: Israel; Reel Lives; Subtitled

Dr. Tony Fauci

8:20am • Metro 4 #3

Black Mambas

8:30am • Metro 4 #4 • The Black anti-poaching unit in South Africa, assigned to protect the Leopards, Buffalo) in the Greater Kruger Park. Chosen by the

Becoming Yamazushi

Here to Stay

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers

No Ordinary Campaign

11:40am • Metro 4 #3

Dancing with Mom

12 noon • Metro 4 #4 • When her mother’s mind is unravelling, she’s compelled to care for decades-old family mystery. Sharp, funny, and heartbreaking, with darkly comedic animated scenes, this is a dementia story like no other • Dir: Trish Neufeld; 76min; Origin: Canada; Documentary Competition; US Premiere

The Sixth Child (Le sixième enfant)

1pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • Franck is a scrap dealer who lives with Meriem in the outskirts of Paris. on the way, and serious money problems. Julien and Anna are lawyers who can’t have children. of an unthinkable arrangement

• Dir: Léopold Legrand; Writer: Léopold Legrand, Catherine Paillé; Stars: Sara Giraudeau, Benjamin Lavernhe, Judith Chemla, Damien Bonnard, Marie-Christine Orry; 92min; Origin: France; Contemporary World Cinema, Crossing Borders; US Premiere; Subtitled

The Grab

1:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Quietly governments, private investors and mercenaries are working to seize food and water resources at

The Outstanding Performer of the Year Award honoring Cate Blanchett takes place on Friday, February 10 at 8pm at the Arlington Theatre.

the expense of entire populations. These groups are establishing where the future world powers will be those who control not oil, but food. A global thriller that takes us around the globe, from Arizona to Zambia, to reveal one of the world’s biggest, and least known, threats • Dir: Gabriela Cowperthwaite; 104min; Origin:

United States; Reel Lives

Women’s Panel

2pm • Arlington • Panelists TBA

Gumbo Coalition

2pm • Metro 4 #2

Narrative Shorts 3

In The Hope Of Love & Connection

2:20pm • Metro 4 #2

À la vie à l’amor

All-inclusive (Todo incluido)

Starving

The Soft-Skinned

Three Grains of Salt (Trois grains de gros sel)

The Right to Read

2:40pm • Metro 4 #3 •

To Read shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read • Dir: Jenny Mackenzie; Produced by LeVar Burton; 79min; Origin: United States; Social Justice Films; World Premiere

Bones of Crows

3pm • Metro 4 #4 • Removed from their family home and forced into Canada’s residential school system, Cree musical prodigy Aline and her siblings are plunged into a struggle for survival. follows

Aline’s journey from child to matriarch, a moving multigenerational epic of resilience, survival, and the pursuit of justice

• Dir/Writer: Marie Clements;

Stars: Grace Dove, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Rémy Girard, Karine Vanasse, Alyssa Wapanatâhk; 129min; Origin: Canada; North American Independent Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled Documentary Shorts 2

The Quest To Embrace

Identity On Your Own Terms

4pm • Fiesta 5 #2

Cara Romero: Following the Light Echo

Shirampari: Legacies of the River (Shirampari, herencias del río)

Rachel Hendrix

4:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Creative writing teacher Rachel Hendrix suffers a relapse of grief a year out from her husband’s sudden death. It is early 2021 and COVID has forced the question: how does one handle private grief in a time of public trauma? Someone told Rachel, “If you’re lucky, life reclaims you.” She is working to see if her heart and her will can make it so • Dir/Writer: Victor Nuñez; Stars: Lori Singer, Catherine Dent, Kim Sandwich, Kersti Bryan, Dariush Kashani; 119min; Origin: United States; North American Independent Cinema; World Premiere Rachel’s Farm

5pm • Metro 4 #1

TBA

5:20pm • Metro 4 #2

Wade in the Water: A

and Aquatic Culture

5:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • A historical chronicle that delves into the 1,000-year-old Panstretched across the coastlines of West Africa and has since taken root in America. Weaving historical accounts with modern-

to dismantle racial barriers and chronicles the forgotten history featuring several leading surf historians, community leaders, environmental activists, and the up-and-coming generation of

States; Social Justice Films, Great Outdoors; World Premiere American Dreamer

6pm• Metro 4 #4 • Based on a true story. The story of Dr. Phil Loder (Peter Dinklage), a low-level adjunct professor of economics, whose grand dream of owning a home is tragically out of reach — until an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes his way when a lonely, childless, near-death widow (Shirley MacLaine) offers Phil her sprawling estate for pennies. But Phil quickly learns the deal is too good to be true • Dir: Paul

Stars: Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon, Danny Glover, Danny Pudi; 98min; Origin: United States; Festival Circuit Favorites

and her four brothers. The family argues constantly and is crushed by debts, in a country caught in the grip of international economic sanctions. As her brothers are trying to make ends meet, Leila formulates a plan to start a family business that would save them from poverty • Dir/Writer: Saeed Roustaee; Stars: Payman Maadi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Farhad Aslani, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi; 159min; Origin: Iran; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled Commitment to Life

7:40pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Los Angeles played a critical role in the battle against HIV/AIDS, as an intrepid group of activists came together to change the path of the epidemic. Commitment To Life documents this incredible drama through the stories of those who lived through it • Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz; 115min; Origin: United States; Documentary Competition; World Premiere

La jauría

country boy, is incarcerated in an experimental young offenders institution, deep in the heart of the Colombian tropical forest, for a crime he committed with teenagers perform hard manual labour and endure intense group therapy under the menacing gaze of the camp guard Godoy. to the same center, and with trying to escape • Dir: Andrés Ramírez Pulido; Writer: Jhojan

Jimenez, Miguel Viera, Diego Rincon, Carlos Steven Blanco; Stars: Andrés Ramírez Pulido; 86min; Origin: Colombia; Spanish and Latin American Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

Sunday, Feb. 12th

Call Me Dancer

Viking

8pm • Metro 4 #1 • The Viking Society is recruiting volunteers

Mars. The goal is to form a B-team that will mirror the mission solutions to the interpersonal problems that the Mars-bound tells the story of David, a high school gym teacher, who seizes this opportunity to revive his dream of becoming an astronaut and making a difference •

Boulianne; Stars: Steve Laplante, Larissa Corriveau, Hamza Haq, Denis Houle, Fabiola N. Aladin; 104min; Origin: Canada; Contemporary World Cinema; Subtitled

8:20pm • Metro 4 #2 Grace Point

8am • Metro 4 #1 • Manish, a street dancer from Mumbai, struggles against his parents’ insistence that he follow a traditional path. When he walks into an inner-city dance school and encounters a curmudgeonly ballet master, a hunger develops within him to become a professional, but the odds are stacked against him. A story of perseverance, deceit, family, and an unlikely friendship from the streets of Mumbai to the stages of New York. Original music by Jay Sean • Dir: Leslie Shampaine, Pip Gilmour; 84min; Origin: United States; Documentary Competition, Cinematic Overtures/Performing Arts; World Premiere

Samichay, in Search of Happiness (Samichay, en busca de la felicidad)

For the most current schedule visit SBIFF.org

Other People’s Children (Les enfants des autres)

8:30am • Metro 4 #4

Narrative Shorts 3

In The Hope Of Love & Connection

10am • Fiesta 5 #2

À la vie à l’amor

All-inclusive (Todo incluido)

Starving

The Soft-Skinned

Three Grains of Salt (Trois grains de gros sel)

Commitment to Life

10:20am • Fiesta 5 #4

Producers Panel

11am • Arlington • Panelists TBA

Kerr

11am • Metro 4 #1 • Can is the witness of a murder in the town where he came for his father’s funeral. The police don’t allow him to leave after his testimony. He meets various strange friends of his father while he’s trapped in the town due to a quarantine. The whole town, turned into purgatory with no exit, is almost at the edge of insanity •

Turkey’s Oscar submission; Dir: Tayfun Pirselimoglu; Writer: Tayfun Pirselimoglu ; Stars:

Akin, Gafur Uzuner, Ali Seçkiner Alici; 101min; Origin: Turkey; Contemporary World Cinema; Subtitled

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

11:20am • Metro 4 #2

The Right to Read

11:40am • Metro 4 #3

Bullets

comprehensive portrait of an iconic artist • Dir: Thomas von Steinaecker; 90min; Origin: Germany; Films on Film; Subtitled

Anxious Nation

1:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Academy

Award winning director Vanessa Laura Morton thoughtfully unfold the epidemic of anxiety and explore why we are such out to lift the shroud of shame around mental health, while giving emotional insights into how anxiety shows up in our children’s lives, impacts families, and what parents’ contributing role may be in the journey • Dir:Vanessa Roth, Laura Morton; 100min; Origin: United States; Santa Barbara Features

International Directors Panel

FREE Admission

2pm • Arlington • Panelists TBA;

Category: Woman

2pm • Metro 4 #1 • When international sport governing female athletes must medically alter their healthy bodies, under the guise of fair play, four champion runners from the racism, the policing of women’s bodies in sport, and the violation of their human rights • Dir: Phyllis

Lives; Subtitled

Narrative Shorts 2

When A Moment Changes

Everything

2:20pm • Metro 4 #2

Everything At Once (Alt på en gang)

Leila’s Brothers

7:20pm • Fiesta 5 #2

• At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents

8:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • John Owen Lowe stars in this thriller as troubled teen Brandon Hayes. His father, Winston, played by Andrew McCarthy, takes him to a remote rehab facility as a last resort to get his son sober. When they stop for gas, Winston has a violent altercation with a group of men. Brandon is suddenly on the run while detoxing. Can he save his father, while also dealing with the trauma of his past?• Dir: Rory Karpf; Writer: Rory Karpf, Paul Russell Smith; Stars: John Owen Lowe, Jim Parrack, Sean Carrigan, Harlan Drum, Andrew McCarthy; 84min; Origin: United States; Santa Barbara Features; World Premiere

8:10am • Metro 4 #4 • The highest peaks of the mountains rise above the clouds. Sometimes they seem to merge with the sky. There is no god, and neither is there a devil. We are in the heights of the Peruvian Andes, more than 5,000 meters above sea level, where Celestino, a peasant hermit, undertakes a healing journey with his cow Samichay, from the loneliness and the height of the Andes to the chaos of villages and urbanization • Dir/Writer: Mauricio Franco Tosso; Stars: Amiel Cayo, Raquel Saihua, Aurelia Puma; 87min; Origin: Peru; Spanish and Latin American Cinema; World Premiere; Subtitled Snow and the Bear

8:20am • Metro 4 #3

12 noon • Metro 4 #4 • Abdel lives in a segregated area but has an aptitude for school. When his friend Bashir is asked to start dealing for the local gang, Abdel gets drawn into criminal activities. When Bashir gets into trouble and Abdel is forced to help him, he inadvertently discloses the whereabouts of the gang’s hideout. A rival gang launches a retaliatory raid in which one gang

the blame • Dir/Writer: Peter Pontikis; Stars: Tomas Samir, Khalaf Ayoub, Kardo Razzazi, Helen Al-Janabi, Jörgen Thorsson; 94min; Origin: Sweden; Nordic Cinema; World Premiere; Subtitled Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

1pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • Marking the director Werner Herzog’s 80th decade, with exclusive behindthe-scenes footage, rare archive material, and in-depth interviews from Herzog and celebrated collaborators — including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and his wife, Lena Herzog — A

Followers

I have no tears, and I must cry (Sin lágrimas para llorar)

Last Weekend with Jenny and John (Sista helgen med Jenny och John)

More Than Hair (Plus que des cheveux)

Snow in September

Wade in the Water: A and Aquatic Culture

2:40pm • Metro 4 #3

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

3pm • Metro 4 #2 • This is not a documentary about the making of . It is about a humane and groundbreaking gifted people who made it. It is about a troubled era of cultural ferment, social and political change, and broken dreams and strivers, then and now. It is about an era that made a movie and a movie that made an era • Dir: Nancy Buirski; 100min; Origin: United States;

The Maltin Modern Master Award honoring Jamie Lee Curtis will be on Saturday, February 11 at 8pm at the Arlington Theatre.

Tove’s Room (Toves værelse)

4pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • The year is 1963. In Copenhagen, we meet one of the most acclaimed female authors, Tove Ditlevsen, and her husband, the sadistic news editor Victor Andreasen. Tove’s talent is indisputable, known for giving a voice to suppressed women. Only her husband’s destructive envy surpasses it. Coming for lunch is the promising young author Klaus Rifbjerg, who celebrates the modern woman. Klaus expects an afternoon of literature; what he doesn’t know is that a blood bath awaits him • Dir: Martin Zandvliet; Writer: Jakob Weis; Stars: Paprika Steen, Lars Brygmann, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sonja Oppenhagen; 73min; Origin: Denmark; Nordic Cinema; World Premiere; Subtitled

Stellar (Ananghoonska)

4:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4

TBA

16:30:00 • Arlington

Cinema Sabaya

5pm • Metro 4 #1 • A young Motivation) teaching a workshop in a community center puts cameras into the hands of eight women, Arab and Jewish, and As they share their footage, barriers are broken down, beliefs are challenged, and the women learn more about each other -- and themselves • Israel’s Oscar submission; Dir/Writer: Orit Fouks Rotem; Stars: Dana Ivgy, Joanna Said, Amal Murkus, Ruth Landau,Yulia Tagil; 92min; Origin: Israel; Reel Lives; Subtitled Chile ‘76

5:20pm • Metro 4 #1 • Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, ‘76 builds from quiet character study to gripping suspense thriller as it explores a sheltered, upper-middle-class woman’s

engagement • Dir/Writer: Manuela Martelli; Stars: Aline Küppenheim; 95min; Origin: Chile; Contemporary World Cinema; Subtitled

5:40pm • Metro 4 #3

Semret

6pm• Metro 4 #4 • Semret lives a modest isolated life in Zurich with her daughter, Joe. She works at a hospital and is applying to a midwife training program. When Joe starts to ask about her own longer repress her past and has to confront her traumas. With the help of Yemane, a new hospital

tragic memories of her escape

• Dir/Writer: Caterina Mona; Stars: Lula Mebrahtu, Tedros Teddy

Teclebrhan, Hermela Tekleab, Fanuel Mengstab, Manuela Biedermann; 85min; Origin: Switzerland; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema, Crossing Borders; US Premiere; Subtitled

Documentary Shorts 1

Facing Fears To Find A

Purpose & Place In The World

7:20pm • Fiesta 5 #2

Barefoot Empress

Nowhere to go but everywhere

Requiem for a Whale

The Fear Cycle

Will You Look At Me (Dang wo wang xiang ni de shi hou)

You’ll Be Happier

The Harvest

7:40pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • After a car accident leaves his family in need of his help, Thai returns home to his whole world in disarray. With mounting medical bills and secrets of their own, the family watches as Cher, a tough and stubborn Hmong father, suffers through the devastating effects of kidney failure. Thai struggles to choose between his fractured relationship with his family, or a life free from the burden of traditions • Dir: Caylee So; Writer: Doua Moua; Stars: Doua Moua, Perry Yung, Dawn Ying Yuen, Chrisna Chhor, Lucas Velazquez; 110min; Origin: United States; North American Independent Cinema; World Premiere; Subtitled

Narcosis

8pm • Metro 4 #1 • How can Merel peacefully grieve the loss of her husband and protect her children when she knows that she has the special power of connecting with the dead? • Netherland’s Oscar submission; ; Dir: Martijn de Jong; Writer: Laura van Dijk, Martijn de Jong; Stars: Thekla Reuten; 111min; Origin: Netherlands; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

Safe Place

8:20pm • Metro 4 #2 • A traumatic event creates a rift in one family’s everyday life. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The source of the story is autobiographical, highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself • Croatia’s Oscar submission; ; Dir:

and Lottie Marcus, a Jewish couple from Long Island, were savvy investors. They re-imagine

water • Dir: Matthew Mishory; 90min; Origin: Israel; Reel Lives

Soul of the Ocean

10am • Fiesta 5 #2

She’s trying to stay sober, having temporarily given up custody of her young daughters to her ex-husband, Joseph, and his new partner, Bethan • Dir: Stephen Moyer; Writer: Rebecca Callard; Stars: Anna Paquin, Ray Winstone, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Youssef Kerkour, Luca Hogan; 98min; Origin: United Kingdom; Contemporary World Cinema; US Premiere

Autobiography

9pm • Metro 4 #4 • A young man, torn between loyalty and justice, confronts the truth about his them both • Indonesia’s Oscar submission; Dir/Writer: Makbul

Mubarak Stars: Kevin Ardilova, Arswendy Bening Swara,Yusuf Mahardika, Lukman Sardi; 115min; Origin: Indonesia; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

Monday, Feb. 13th

My Name is Happy

8am • Metro 4 #1 • The inspirational story of Kurdish teenager Mutlu. Stardom beckoned at the age of 19,

Turkey’s Got Talent. Days later, she was shot by a man trying to abduct her. Mutlu survived, but with life-changing injuries and a bullet in her brain. Five years later, still recovering, the reality of escalating attacks on Turkish women intrudes when her sister is killed by her boyfriend. Despite her life-altering injuries, Mutlu relentlessly pursues justice

• Dir: Nick Read, Ayse Toprak; 82min; Origin: United Kingdom; Social Justice Films, Cinematic Overtures/Performing Arts; US Premiere; Subtitled Traces (Tragovi)

8:10am • Metro 4 #2 • Being the last member of a once big family, an identity crisis. The changes

of mystical symbols and human traces left in stone mysteriously interlace with her life until she

vitiligo marks that are traces of

The Harvest 2:20pm • Metro 4 #2

Full Circle

Everybody Wants to Be

Loved (Alle wollen geliebt werden)

A

Bit of Light

almost forty, is forced to move back in with her father, Alan.

Narrative Shorts 5 When Change And Danger

Creeps Up From Behind Us

10:20am • Fiesta 5 #4 • Junglefowl

Lamb

Mud Crab Run

Take Me Home

The Tadpole Trilogy (La trilogie des têtards)

Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)

11am • Arlington • After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions • Dir/ Writer: Davy Chou; Stars: Park Ji-Min, Oh Kwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-Young; 119min; Origin: Cambodia; Contemporary World Cinema; Subtitled

The Taste of Apples is Red (Ta’am al tufah, ahmar)

11am • Metro 4 #1 • In the Druze mountain villages between Syria and Israel, Kamel, a respected sheik, must make an impossible decision between family and duty when his estranged brother returns to the Golan Heights after 47 years in

Stars: Makram J. Khoury, Tarik Kopty, Rula Blal; 83min; Origin: Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled Rachel Hendrix

11:20am • Metro 4 #2

T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets

11:40am • Metro 4 #3 • Ralph Fiennes created a new adaptation Four Shot on a combination organic, sensual nature of celluloid and its unique response experience of time and the fragility of moment • Dir: Sophie Fiennes; Featuring Ralph Fiennes; 82min; Origin: United Kingdom; Cinematic Overture/Performing Arts; US Premiere

The Nannies (Les femmes du square)

#4

2:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • If you were faced with a traumatic injury that rendered you permanently disabled, how would you reinvent yourself? In 2014, Trevor Kennison’s life was forever altered by a broken back -- for worse and for better, in equal measures. An unblinking examination of the challenges of life after spinal cord injury, and a celebration of the opportunity for growth that such a tragedy can present • Dir: Josh Berman; 105min; Origin: United States; Documentary Competition; World Premiere

Daughter of Rage (La hija de todas las rabias)

3pm • Metro 4 #4 • Nicaragua, with her mother Lilibeth at the edge of a garbage dump. Their future depends on selling a litter of purebred puppies to a local thug. When the deal falls through, Lilibeth must go to the city, dropping Maria off at a recycling center where she must stay and work. But days pass and she doesn’t return, leaving Maria feeling lost, bewildered, and angry • Dir/ Writer: Laura Baumeister; Stars: Ara Alejandra Medal,Virginia Sevilla, Carlos Gutierrez, Noé Hernández; 91min; Origin: Nicaragua; Spanish and Latin American Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

Documentary Shorts 3

How To Be Your Own Champion

4pm • Fiesta 5 #2

Apayauq

Becoming Yamazushi Here to Stay

John Leguizamo Live at Rikers

Lyra

4:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Born into of Northern Ireland, Lyra McKee was a dedicated journalist and queer activist. She was gunned down at the age of 29 while covering a riot in Derry. The

Ireland 25 years after the Good Friday Agreements • Dir: Alison Millar; 91min; Origin: Ireland; Social Justice Films; US Premiere; Subtitled

The Happiest Man in the na svetot)

5pm • Metro 4 #1 • Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday at a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love, but for forgiveness • Dir: Teona

5:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • A blisteringly hot summer day. Psychotherapist Ina notices something is wrong with her, but she doesn’t have time to worry about it: Patients are waiting at the practice, her daughter is threatening to move in with her father, her boyfriend wants to emigrate to Finland, and her selfcentered mother is celebrating her 70th birthday • Dir: Katharina Woll; Writer: Florian Plumeyer, Katharina Woll; Stars: Anne Ratte-Polle, Lea Drinda, Ulrike Willenbacher, Urs Jucker, Hassan Akkouch; 80min; Origin: Germany; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled El Equipo

6pm• Metro 4 #4

Narrative Shorts 4 Fear & The Truths We Avoid

7:20pm • Fiesta 5 #2

Are You Awake?

Ivalu

Pillow Fortress

The Red Suitcase (La valise rouge)

Thursday

Tommies

Susie Searches

7:40pm • Fiesta 5 #4 • Susie, an awkward college student, seizes the opportunity to bolster her popularity and her under-theradar true-crime podcast by solving the disappearance of a classmate. Her investigation reveals that the truth — and Susie — aren’t at all what they seem to be • Dir: Sophie Kargman; Writer: William Day Frank, Sophie Kargman; Stars: Kiersey Clemons,

Marino, Rachel Sennott; 104min; Origin: United States; Festival Circuit Favorites

95min; Origin: North Macedonia;

Subtitled

Bullets

5:20pm • Metro 4 #2

8:30am

The Variety Artisans Award honoring M. M. Keeravaani, Frank Kruse, Son Lux, Catherine Martin, Florencia Martin, Claudio Miranda, Saindon is on Monday, February 13 at 8pm at the Arlington Theatre.

Three Nights A Week (Trois nuits par semaine)

8pm • Metro 4 #1 • Baptiste, 29, is in a relationship with Samia Kunty, a young drag queen from the Parisian scene who immediately mesmerizes him. Initially motivated by the idea of a photography project revolving around Cookie, he immerses himself into this world, eventually embarking upon a relationship with Quentin, the young man behind the drag queen • Dir: Florent Gouëlou; Writer: Florent Gouëlou, Raphaëlle ValbruneDesplechin; 103min; Origin: France; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

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Free Filmmaker Seminars

Tamsen Gallery at 911 1/2 State Street across from the Fiesta 5 Theatre

Overcoming Adversity/ Fight the Power: Documentary Activism at Work at Say it Loud: How Under-Represented Voices Get Heard

Global Lens: Conversations with International Filmmakers

My So Cal Life: California Filmmakers’ Roundtable

The Joys and Pitfalls of Indie Filmmaking Thursday, Feb

The Long and Short of Short Filmmaking

The Young Arsonists

8:20pm • Metro 4 #2 • With her brother Seamus dead and her beloved family farm seized, 14-yearold Nicole’s world is bleak. When her friend Veronica decides to turn Nicole’s abandoned farmhouse into their headquarters, they are joined by friends Amber and Sara. Together, they create an escape from troubled home lives, the patriarchal constraints. When their world is threatened by a development corporation, the girls’ solidarity is tested to an extreme, and painful secrets erupt • Dir/ Writer: Sheila Pye; Stars: Maddy Martin, Jenna Warren, Sadie Rose, Madison Baines, Kyle Meagher; 97min; Origin: Canada; North American Independent Cinema; US

Premiere

Bringing Back Our Wetland

8:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • Led by visionary environmentalists, a community restores a wetland that had been converted into a golf course in the 60s • Dir: Michael Love; 65min; Origin: United States; Santa Barbara Features, Great Outdoors; World

Premiere

Red Shoes (Zapatos rojos)

9pm • Metro 4 #4 • An old peasant lives in a lost town in the Mexican mountains, where his life passes slowly and without jumps until he receives news from the capital. From there, he must face a brutal and unknown world in search of redemption

Kaiser, José Francisco González García, Adriana Gonzáles del Valle; Solian, Phanie Molina; 82min; Origin: Mexico; Spanish and Latin American Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

Tuesday, Feb. 14th

The Volunteer (La voluntaria)

8am • Metro 4 #1 • Marisa, a recently retired doctor, decides to leave everything and travel to a refugee camp in Greece, where they seem to need people exactly like her. Upon her arrival, she discovers a reality that she could never have imagined and which leads her to explore the boundaries between love and the need to feel useful • Dir: Nely Reguera; Writer: Nely Reguera,

Stars: Carmen Machi, Hamam Aldrarweesh-Almanawer, Itsaso Arana, Arnau Comas, Dèlia Brufau; 99min; Origin: Spain; Spanish and Latin American Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled I Like it Here

8:10am • Metro 4 #2 • People talk or laugh about aging, its irritations and relentless progression, but rarely confront the reality of dying or being left alone. Nor do they consider the lightness and calmness that can come when the

being alive • Dir: Ralph Arlyck; 88 min.; Country of Origin: United States; Reel Lives

Patrick and the Whale

8:20am • Metro 4 #3 • Patrick

Dykstra has dedicated his life to following and diving with whales. Over the past 20 years, he has learned how whales see and hear, how they perceive other creatures in the water, and how they behave at close quarters. He act when within touching distance of a whale. In 2019, Patrick experienced a life-changing event when he had a close encounter with a female sperm whale

• Dir: Mark Fletcher; 72min; Origin: Austria; Great Outdoors; Subtitled

Fathers & Mothers (Fædre og mødre)

8:30am • Metro 4 #4 • Married for a place in the parental group in their daughter’s new class. They encounter parenthood with all its power structures, dominating personalities and an institutional

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culture of traditional agendas that tends to forget the children and bring out the worst in their parents • Dir: Paprika Steen; Writer: Jakob Weis; Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Rasmus Bjerg, Katrine GreisRosenthal, Lars Brygmann; 96min; Origin: Denmark; Nordic Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

Narcosis

10am • Fiesta 5 #2

Category: Woman

10:20am • Fiesta 5 #4

Viking

11am • Metro 4 #1

TBA

11am • Arlington •

Animation Shorts

11:20am • Metro 4 #2

Broken Christopher at Sea; Epicenter

It’s Nice in Here

Money and Happiness

Oskar

See You In My Dreams (Rencontres nocturnes silencieuses) Whiteness at Work

Lyra

11:40am • Metro 4 #3

Ibiza Blue (La corriente)

12 noon • Metro 4 #4

How is Katia? (Yak tam Katia?)

1pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • Anna is a 35-year-old single mother, working hard as a paramedic to provide a better future for her daughter, Katia. A sudden turn of events makes Anna question her moral compass in a society where everyone has lost their own • Dir: Christina Tynkevych; 101min;

Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

1:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4

Red Shoes (Zapatos rojos)

2pm • Metro 4 #1

TBA *FREE ADMISSION

2pm • Arlington

The Baby Daddy

2:20pm • Metro 4 #2 • Brooklyn resident Ari Nagel, a serial inseminator and father to 130 children, was raised in a Jewish Orthodox household. Ari’s parents are terribly ashamed of their son’s lifestyle and suffer from the media attention he is receiving. His eldest son, Tyler, starts to realize that Ari is, in fact, addicted to his “insemination” project, caught up in a vicious cycle of pain and hurt that jeopardizes all the relationships he holds dear • Dir: Adi Rabinovici, Yair Cymerman; 78min; Origin: Israel; Reel Lives

Everybody Wants to Be Loved (Alle wollen geliebt werden)

2:40pm • Metro 4 #3

Three Nights A Week (Trois nuits par semaine)

3pm • Metro 4 #4

Narrative Shorts 2 When A Moment Changes

Everything

4pm • Fiesta 5 #2

Anxious Nation

4:20pm • Fiesta 5 #4

A Letter from Helga (Svar

5pm • Metro 4 #1 • In a remote fjord in 1940s Iceland, young farmer Bjarni begins a passionate, forbidden affair with his neighbor Helga, their emotions running as wild as the ocean waves that surround them • Dir: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; Writer: Bergsveinn Birgisson, Ottó G. Borg, Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; Stars: Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson, Hera Hilmarsdóttir, Aníta Briem, Björn Thors; 112min; Origin: Iceland; Nordic Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

A Bit of Light

5:20pm • Metro 4 #2

Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman (Jane Campion, la femme cinéma)

5:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • Pioneering

Palme d’Or. She has carved out a unique place for herself in the traditionally masculine pantheon of cinema. An iconoclastic director and a subtle portraitist of the human soul, Campion is a and whimsical, and at times misunderstood. Bertuccelli draws the portrait she deserves, in subjective and offbeat, mirroring Jane’s journey in cinema and life • Dir: Julie Bertuccelli; 98min; Origin: France; Documentary Competition, Films on Film; US Premiere; Subtitled

Full Circle

6pm• Metro 4 #4

Second Act (Andra akten)

7:20pm • Fiesta 5 #2 • A story about friendship, hope, and that it’s never too late to dream and to live the life you want to live • Dir: Mårten Klingberg; Writer:Vera Kiiskinen, Anna Heinämaa; Stars: Lena Olin, Rolf Lassgård; 114min; Origin: Sweden; Nordic Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled Santa Barbara Shorts 2 Community, Art & Connection

7:40pm • Fiesta 5 #4

Bourn Kind

Locals Only: The Big Little Pub This is Not a House Whale-Roads

Filip 8pm • Metro 4 #1 • In a world marked by trauma and violence, a young man hides his true identity in order to survive. He appears to be pursuing the life of a hedonist, but in reality, his motivation is diametrically

different as he humiliates his from his circumstance • Dir: Kwiecinski, Michal Matejkiewicz; Caroline Hartig, Zoë Straub, Sandra Drzymalska; 121min; Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)

8:20pm • Metro 4 #2

The House Band

8:40pm • Metro 4 #3 • follows Jacob and his homeless bandmates, who have become the de facto housemusicians for the hippest bar on the Venice Boardwalk. They national debate as Venice becomes ground zero for the battle waged between society’s haves and have-nots. An intimate portrait, set to the beat of music as universal language, that examines the invisible people among us who -- despite life’s challenges -purpose • Dir: Laura Brownson; 83min; Origin: United States; Documentary Competition; World Premiere

Into My Name (Nel mio nome)

9pm • Metro 4 #4 • Nico is 33 years old, Leo is 30, Andrea, 25, and Raff, 23. They come from different parts of Italy and start their gender transitions at different times in their lives. Day by day, they boldly face all the obstacles of a binary world. They need to be resolute, patient, and able to see the humor in the whole matter in order to not only

Bassetti; 93min; Origin: Italy; Social Justice Films; US Premiere; Subtitled

Wednesday, Feb. 15th

The Happiest Man in the World

8am • Metro 4 #1

TBA

8:10am • Metro 4 #2 •

The Lost King

8:20am • Metro 4 #3

TBA

8:30am • Metro 4 #4 •

Susie Searches

10am • Fiesta 5 #2

Nature & Environmental

Shorts

10:20am • Fiesta 5 #4

Big Water Summer: A

Creation Story

Earthbound: Nzambi Matee Range Rider

Autobiography

11am • Metro 4 #1

TBA

11am • Arlington

Woman at Sea (Grand marin)

11:20am • Metro 4 #2 • Lili has left everything behind to travel to the edge of the earth and Northern seas. She persuades Ian,

the captain of a trawler, to let her join the crew. The only woman on board, they call her Sparrow • Dir: Dinara Drukarova; Writer: Dinara Drukarova, Raphëlle Desplechin, Léa Fehner, Gilles Taurand; Stars: Dinara Drukarova, Sam Louwyck, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson, Dylan Robert; 84min; Origin: Iceland; Nordic Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled

The Other Widow (Pilegesh)

11:40am • Metro 4 #3 • A dark years old theater dresser and mistress, who experiences the sudden death of her lover. She attends his Shivah while keeping her identity under wraps and dives into a world once forbidden to her. Through intimate encounters with his brother, parents, and, most especially, his wife, she examines her place in his life and eventually demands her legitimate right to mourn • Dir: Ma’ayan Rypp; Writer: Ma’ayan Rypp, Anat Gafni; Stars: Dana Ivgy, Ania Bukstein; 84min; Origin: Israel; Jeffrey C. Barbakow International Cinema; US Premiere; Subtitled The Volunteer (La voluntaria)

12 noon • Metro 4 #4

The Cinema Vanguard Award honoring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson is on Thursday, February 16 at 8pm at the Arlington Theatre.

The Virtuosos Award honoring Austin Butler, Kerry Condon, Danielle Deadwyler, Nina Hoss, Stephanie Hsu, Jeremy Pope, Ke Huy Quan, and Jeremy Strong will be on Wednesday, February 15 at 8pm at the Arlington Theatre.

Outstanding Directors of the Year Award honoring Daniels, Todd Field, Martin McDonagh, Friday, February 17 at the 8pm Arlington Theatre.

The American Riviera Award honoring Brendan Fraser takes place on Tuesday, February 14, at 8pm at the Arlington Theatre.

Larry J. Feinberg To Retire As Art Museum Director

Compiled by Mark Whitehurst / VOICE

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND THE LEADER of Santa Barbara’s most prestigious art institution, Larry J. Feinberg, the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director and CEO of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art will retire, according to an announcement made by the museum this week.

“Our gem of a museum will long benefit from the outstanding leadership of Larry Feinberg,” stated Nicholas Mutton, Chair of the Board of Trustees. “By far the longest tenured of our past Directors, Larry has guided SBMA to new levels of accomplishment and recognition. Through personal dedication, Larry assisted in raising $50 million for the Imagine More capital campaign and oversaw the most significant renovation in the Museum’s history, which assures the integrity of the building’s structure and permanent collection for the community’s future enjoyment. In addition, he was responsible for bringing many exhibitions of major importance to the Museum to fulfill our mission of ‘integrating art into the lives of people.”

Feinberg took up his post at SBMA in March 2008 and brought with him more than 30 years of museum experience. His plans to leave later in the year will allow him to continue in his position through a transition process that will commence with a formal search for his successor. The Museum’s Board of Trustees will be fully engaged in a search for new leadership and key stakeholders will be involved in the selection process.

“His stewardship of the institution through the very difficult COVID years without impacting the staff has set us up for continued success. The Museum’s outreach programs are back in full force, including those serving schools, teachers, adults, and families,” Mutton continued. “The Board extends a deep appreciation for the outstanding work he has done.”

In describing his 15-year tenure at SBMA, the Museum notes, Feinberg has raised the stature of the Museum nationally and internationally by elevating its exhibitions programs and the diversity of its collection. Under his leadership, major exhibitions were organized and presented at SBMA along with scholarly publications, including Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources (2022), Puja and Piety (2016), Delacroix and the Matter of Finish (2013), Labour and Wait (2013), The Artful Recluse: Painting, Poetry, and Politics in 17th-Century China (2013), and Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910 – 1912 (2011).

Feinberg noted, “With a very talented and hardworking staff and a dedicated and supportive board of trustees, together we have accomplished over the past 15 years virtually everything we set out to do. I feel honored to have been a part of this phase in SBMA’s history and take great pride in the fact that the Museum is in a stronger position to serve the community.”

During Feinberg’s time at the Museum, SBMA’s Education Department greatly expanded its programs, including outreach into the schools throughout Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, and beyond. Before COVID, more than 25,000 students were involved annually and more than 1,100 teachers trained each year in how to use the visual arts to teach across the curriculum. Partnerships were established and strengthened among more than 40 other educational and cultural institutions. Adult education programs were significantly expanded with the development of lecture series and classes, including Art Matters, Curator’s Choice, Director’s Dialogue, Parallel Stories, Writing in the Galleries, Sketching in the Galleries, various art-making workshops, and scholarly symposia.

All the while, the Museum’s leadership achieved continued fiscal stability, and SBMA is one of only a small number of non-profits to receive Charity Navigator’s highest rating of four stars for the last six years in a row.

Previous to SBMA, Feinberg had 30 years of curatorial experience in major museums, including the Allen Art Museum of Oberlin College, The Frick Collection, the National Gallery of Art, and, between 1991 and 2008, the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Curator in the Department of Medieval through Modern European Painting, and Modern European Sculpture.

After his retirement, Feinberg plans to spend more time traveling and writing, and perhaps teaching and consulting. He and his wife, Starr Siegele, will continue to live in Santa Barbara.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is one of the finest museums on the West coast and is celebrated for the superb quality of its permanent collection. Its mission is to integrate art into the lives of people through internationally recognized exhibitions and special programs, as well as the thoughtful presentation of its permanent collection.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St. • Open 11am to 5 pm Tu– Su, free Thursday evenings 5-8pm • 805-963-4364 • www.sbma.net

Carbajal Secures Money for Monarchs

FUNDING FOR CRITICAL MONARCH BUTTERFLY AND POLLINATOR CONSERVATION has more than doubled since the last fiscal year thanks to U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), who managed to secure $10 million.

$3 million of the funds were acquired through the Monarch and Pollinator Highway Program (MPHP), which promotes pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, including the planting and seeding of beneficial local plants. Funding is available to states and Native American tribes to help conserve and protect natural habitats. The MPHP was created as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 with the support of Panetta and Carbajal.

"I proudly represent two major monarch groves on the Central Coast of California: Pismo Beach and Goleta – both of which have been devastated by the dramatic drop off of monarch populations that we have seen over the past two decades. This decline has been a wake-up call for scientists, conservationists, and lovers of the monarch who come from far and wide to see their splendor each year,” said Rep. Carbajal. www.carbajal.house.gov

Voice Magazine Named Newspaper Of Record for City of Santa Barbara

LEGAL NOTICES OF RECORD FOR THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA are now being published by Voice Magazine, subsequent to Voice Magazine being awarded the bid to publish by the city.

“We are honored to be the newspaper of record for Santa Barbara,” commented editors and publishers, Kerry Methner and Mark Whitehurst.

Voice Magazine is a general circulation and legally adjudicated publication in Santa Barbara County, with a weekly circulation of 28,000.

Occupancy Tax Rise Creates Surplus Revenue Results

REFLECTING SUSTAINED GROWTH of transient occupancy tax revenues, the City of Santa Barbara collected $1.7 million in the month ended December 31st 2022. These revenues were about 2.9 percent above the monthly city budget projection. The City has collected $17.6 million through December, the sixth month in the City’s fiscal year and at this rate will exceed the City’s adopted TOT budget of $28.3 million. The City’s TOT tax rate is 12 percent. Ten percent goes to the City’s General Fund and the remaining two percent goes to the Creeks/Clean Water Fund.

Montecito Bank & Trust Closes Year With $2.29 Billion in Assets

REPORTING A NET INCOME OF $18.27 MILLION, Montecito Bank & Trust showed an increase of 4.22 percent year-over-year, while assets closed the year at $2.29 billion, down 2.8 percent or $65.95 million. Loans grew $20.92 million finishing at $1.19 billion, an increase of 1.78 percent. Excluding the payoff of PPP loans, loans grew $64.0 million or 5.66 percent. Deposits ended the year at $2.11 billion, down 1.03 percent for the year ending 12/31/2022. The bank’s total riskbased capital remains very strong at 14.22 percent, far exceeding the ten percent regulatory minimum required to be considered well capitalized.

“The Bank’s strong earnings and profitability performance allowed us to celebrate and honor our Founder, Michael Towbes, by increasing our 20th annual Community Dividends awards to over $2 million this year, while also enabling us to continue investing in our digital platforms, our technology infrastructure, and our cyber security programs,” noted Chairman and CEO Janet Garufis. “With continued weak loan demand and rising interest rates creating headwinds in 2023,” Garufis noted she is “confident that the Bank’s strong balance sheet and highperforming loan portfolio will successfully lead Montecito Bank & Trust through these economic headwinds, and that our locally based teams remain resolute in their commitment to working with our clients, delivering a world-class experience and continuing our unwavering support of the communities we serve.”

Montecito Bank & Trust is the oldest and largest locally owned community bank in the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Founded in 1975, the bank celebrated its 47th anniversary on March 17, 2022 and operates 12 branch offices in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Santa Maria, Solvang, Montecito, Carpinteria, Ventura, Camarillo and Westlake Village.

Larry J. Feinberg, Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director and CEO of SB Museum of Art

The Symphony: Transformation

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but more integrated, bringing the two forms together.”

“I learned so much during the months I worked on this music,” he explained of the challenges. “There are certain instruments in the orchestra I realized I didn’t know enough about. I didn’t want to avoid certain instruments due to my lack of experience with them, so I really tried to embrace them. I have never written for the bassoon, but love the sound so much. So one of the pieces features the bassoon. Again, using Ms. Close’s idea of imagination, I let this guide me as much as possible. Often, I close my eyes and imagine where the piece is going, where it needs and wants to go. If I can hear something I can usually capture it.”

Part of the magic this weekend’s concerts will be the musicians playing the music. Nash himself has led a storied career. A child of a well-known family of jazz and studio musicians in Los Angeles, Nash has become one of the most significant jazz composers of the 21st century. He is co-founder of the New Yorkbased nonprofit Composers Collective.

“I love the collaborative nature of this - jazz meets classical. I am looking forward to hearing the incredible pianist Josh Nelson and his trio with Luca Alemanno on bass and Dan Schnelle on drums in the context of the orchestra.”

Nash, on solo saxophone, joined by the Los Angeles-based Josh Nelson Trio, will perform his new version of Transformation with the Symphony, including two new pieces, and the world premiere of Nash’s extensive orchestrations.

“I love that, after years of working on technique and theoretical understanding, I realize that it all comes down to trust. Trusting you will be in the moment to be creative, trusting you will listen to the musicians you are playing with and be reactive, and trusting that, although this performance is just one moment in time, there will be many more to come,” he shared.

For von Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano, and Orchestra, Op. 25, the Symphony’s very own Natasha Kislenko, Principal Piano, and a local musical virtuoso and faculty member at UCSB and the Music Academy of the West, will also demonstrate the power of transformation through a piece on the piano, playing variations on a theme that everyone in the audience knows and loves – Twinkle, Twinkle.

Also during Nash’s Symphony residency, he has worked with local musicians. The Symphony partners with many area organizations and by creating artist residencies, is providing an enriching learning experience to local student musicians. In collaboration with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and inspired by the Transformation theme, Nash is leading an educational program taking place throughout January and February 2023. Members of the Santa Barbara Symphony’s own Youth Ensembles

will be among the local student musicians benefitting from this exploratory musical experience.

“This workshop is much more than a music lesson,” shared Kabaretti. “With his unique style, Ted shares the concept of transformation with students, allowing them to connect music to their own real-life experiences. Through this connection grows a belief in one’s musical skills and growth as a human being.”

Nash added, “Part of being a teacher is understanding that you are not there to demand, dictate, or decide things for people, but to inspire and encourage them to find their own voice and experience their own journey. Also, I often learn just as much as the students when I teach. And the experience of composing and playing with the Symphony has allowed me to have my own journey and to learn something about myself in the process.”

Transformation is generously supported by Principal Concert Sponsor, Zegar Family Foundation; Artist Sponsor, Marilyn & Richard Mazess; and Selection Sponsors, Mark & Shelley Bookspan, Karen Drown & John Trotti, and Vista del Monte Retirement Community.

70th Anniversary Season Sponsor: Sarah and Roger Chrisman; 70th Anniversary Corporate Sponsor: Montecito Bank & Trust; 70th Anniversary Grand Venue Sponsor: Granada Theatre.

For tickets ($35 to $175 ) and info visit www.TheSymphony.org or call 805-898-9386.

The Santa Barbara Symphony, celebrating its 70th Anniversary, delivers artistic excellence, outstanding music education stewardship and programming, and community collaborationall through symphonic music. Under the artistic leadership of Maestro Nir Kabaretti as Music & Artistic Director since 2006, The Symphony is one of the region’s premier cultural institutions.

Maestro Nir Kabaretti

Photo by Zach Mendez

The Josh Nelson Trio

California Premiere of An American Dream

Exploring a dark chapter of American history

By Sigrid Toye, Special to VOICE

OPERA SANTA BARBARA’S EXPLORATION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN

DRAMAS continues in 2023 with the California premiere of An American Dream by Jack Perla and Jessica Murphy Moo on Saturday, February 18th at 2:30 and 7:30pm at the Lobero Theater. Set in the Pacific Northwest during World War II, An American Dream explores and melds the lives of two women: a Japanese American forcibly removed from her home during the mass incarceration of the Japanese American community, and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied with those she left in Germany. The Seattle Times, in Seattle Opera’s 2015 premiere, called the production “a heart-wrenching opera... eloquent and moving.”

Announcing the California premier, Kostis Protopapas, Opera Santa Barbara Artistic and General Director stated, “Art has a powerful way to illustrate history and cast light into even the darkest corners of the human experience. Having seen An American Dream in Seattle, it’s a powerful piece of musical theater that I have wanted to produce ever since.”

Bringing contemporary opera to Santa Barbara is an essential aspect of Opera SB’s mission. “This is a perfect story for our company and the perfect time … truly a fascinating, often overlooked, chapter in American history,” he added.

In the role of Hiroko Kobayashi, the Japanese-American mother, Opera SB proudly welcomes Santa Barbara native mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida-Nelsen, who created the role of Hiroko in the opera’s 2015 premiere and has appeared in nearly all subsequent productions. She is perhaps

best known for her countless performances of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with opera companies throughout North America and Europe, and for creating roles in seven world premieres. In recent years Yoshida-Nelsen has also played a leading role as an advocate for equity in the arts.

An American Dream began as a community storytelling project with which Yoshida-Nelsen was involved, asking the question: ‘If you had to leave your home today and couldn’t return, what would you take with you, and why is that object – that connection to your past – so important?’ What evolved from this inquiry was a tale based on the personal experiences of several Puget Sound residents. For YoshidaNelsen the story is deeply personal: her grandparents were among those detained behind guard towers and barbed wire along with over 120,000 other Japanese Americans during WWII.

“Bringing An American Dream home to Santa Barbara is an incredible honor for me”, shared Yoshida Nelsen. “The aria I sing in the opera was written specifically for me after the librettist interviewed my grandma about her experiences being incarcerated during WWII. Not only is this opera a privilege for me to share but more importantly, it feels like it is my responsibility to tell Japanese American history that is not often taught in schools. The opportunity to share this story with my community is extremely powerful and poignant to me.”

As the opera begins, we see a Japanese American family burning their precious belongings before they are incarcerated during WWII. The daughter, Setsuko, hides her beloved Hinamatsuri doll before they are forced to leave their home. Newlyweds Jim and Eva move into the home. Eva, a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by her family’s situation in Germany, doesn’t know the circumstances by which her Irish Catholic husband acquired the home. She slowly discovers the truth – about the family in whose house she moved, and the fate of her own.

As an introduction to An American Dream in its historical context, a community conversation was held on February 4th at the Faulkner Gallery. An overflowing crowd attended as Mayor Randy Rowse spoke in behalf of the City, sharing, “The story of the Japanese American community is one of the triumph of the human spirit as our returning residents overcame injustices and succeeded through industry and integrity to build the Santa Barbara we enjoy today. I am honored to have an opportunity to recognize and appreciate their contributions.” Moderated by Yoshida-Nelsen against the background of Hinamatsuri dolls, donated for their significance in the opera, a panel of Japanese American internees and their descendants were introduced: Dr. Paul Mori of Westmont College, Ruke Fukumura, 100 years old, still working at Tri-County Produce, and Hideko Malis, who was detained in a Santa Anita Race Track stable. The panelists shared their experience in the camps and answered questions from the packed gallery. Yoshida-Nelsen exclaimed,“I was pleased and surprised that there was such interest…and am so grateful!”

Opera Santa Barbara’s new production of An American Dream is directed by Richard Gammon in his company debut. He has previously directed two other productions of the piece, with set and projection designer Yuki Izumihara (Semele and Tosca, 2022) The cast features Yoshida-Nelsen, Janet Szepei Todd, and Paul Chwe MinChul An. Portraying two other members of the Kobayashi family in their OSB debuts are Audrey Babcock and Ben Lowe. Houston based conductor Eiki Isomura will conduct the 15-member ensemble from the Opera Santa Barbara Orchestra.

In addition to the public performances, a school matinee performance will be offered on February 16th, at 10am. Teachers interested in bringing groups please contact tim@operasb.org

For tickets visit www.operasb.org

Hiroko Benko and Nina Yoshida-Nelsen at the Faulkner Gallery

Paris Dreams by Galina Richardson

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Standoff by Jan Smith

K-LITE 101.7 FM to Host Valentine’s Day Radiothon Supporting SB Symphony Music Education Programs

AFESTIVE, LOVEFILLED MUSICAL PROGRAM will sweep local airwaves when K-LITE 101.7 Morning Show hosts Gary Fruin and Catherine Remak present the annual 12-hour Valentine’s Day Radiothon. Taking place from 6am to 6pm on Tuesday, February 14th, funds raised will support the Santa Barbara Symphony’s Music Van and Youth Ensembles.

Community members will be able to make live, love-song requests for their Valentine, as well as pledge support for local Symphony students. All day, Gary and Catherine will interview students, parents, teachers, volunteers, and other Symphony supporters about the impact of these music education programs. Callers will be asked to make a minimum donation of $25. The Request Line is 805-8795483. Learn more about the Santa Barbara Symphony at www.thesymphony.org

Santa Barbara Company to Produce its 18th Super Bowl

Scholarship Foundation Honors 23 Student Artists, Presents Students’ Art at SB Museum of Art Through February 12th

23 LOCAL STUDENT ARTISTS received support to pursue their dreams and the chance to share their art with the community when the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara’s 2023 Art Scholarship Competition hosted its reception late last month. Each winner will receive a scholarship and have their art exhibited in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Family Resource Center through February 12th.

“This was our first art scholarship reception in three years, and there was a remarkable electricity in the air,” said Mary Dwyer, interim president and CEO of the Scholarship Foundation. “The student work on exhibit was superb, and it was evident that all assembled enjoyed celebrating the students’ creative triumphs in person once again. The Scholarship Foundation is proud to partner with area art teachers and their talented students.”

The Scholarship Foundation invites high school seniors every year to submit a portfolio of original work to be judged by a panel of prominent local artists. Each winner receives a $2,500 scholarship with an additional $1,000 for the winner of best in show. Annabel Contreras from Dos Pueblos High School was awarded the Schall Family Best of Show Prize. The other 2023 art scholarship winners are Aya Al Sabeh (Dos Pueblos HS), Ella Bailey (Santa Barbara HS), Olivia Broughton (Carpinteria HS), Logan Bryce (Dos Pueblos HS), Sophia Chamorro (Santa Barbara HS), Emma Coombes (San Marcos HS), Avala Elwood (Providence School), Elliott Gleason (Dos Pueblos HS), Molly Grant (Alta Vista Alternative HS), Jonathan Guerrero Palma (San Marcos HS), Kassy Guinto (Providence School), Jackson Leck (San Marcos HS), Summer McCeney (Dos Pueblos HS), Andrew McEachen (Dos Pueblos HS), Ava Miller (Santa Barbara HS), Denisse Navarrete (Dos Pueblos HS), Ella Piersma (San Marcos HS), William Roberts (San Marcos High School), Carolina Torres (San Marcos HS), Kiana Torrijos (Dos Pueblos High School), Mia Von Protz (Dos Pueblos HS), and Grace Wyman (Santa Barbara HS).

THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT IN THE US will be broadcast in Spanish throughout Latin America thanks to the efforts of a Santa Barbara-based company. For the eighth time in nine years, Cultural Global Media is coordinating all aspects of the live Super Bowl production for Fox Sports Latin America.

When Philadelphia faces Kansas City it will be a special moment for CGM and its founder and owner David Bolton. A graduate of Santa Barbara High, he is beginning his 35th year of producing live national sports broadcasts.

“We are honored that the NFL and Fox Sports executives in Mexico City again have the confidence in our work to hire us for this 57th Super Bowl,” said Bolton who began his television career at KEYT in 1982. “Every Super Bowl is memorable. We are fortunate to have a strong, talented, and dedicated production team. Some of the camera and audio operators have worked with us for more than 20 years. On the field it’s always a team effort. It’s the same for us on the production side. A lot goes into pulling off a solid broadcast. It’s definitely a team effort in our production truck.”

The Santa Barbara company is responsible for everything from production truck to cameras, satellite coordination, camera, audio and replay operators, plus logistics with the NFL. In nine years of coordinating NFL broadcasts, CGM has produced Super Bowls and multiple NFC playoff and championship games. “These stadiums are so modern and so energetic on game day. It is truly an honor to be able to be a part of these big games,” said Bolton.

One of Bolton’s early career ideas wa s creating a local sports show on Santa Barbara TV, which developed into KEYT’s Friday Football Focus — the longest running non-news show on local television. This weekend it will be the 57th edition of the Super Bowl for an international Spanish-speaking audience.

Major Success for Foodbank Fundraising

THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE SANTA BARBARA COMMUNITY, big things are on the way for the Foodbank. Over the course of an 18-month private campaign and with last fall’s public phase (September 1st-December 31st), the organization was able to raise $20 million.

“This campaign was successful thanks to individual contributions from $20 donations to leadership gifts of over $1 million, along with public, private, and government sources,” explained Foodbank CEO Erik Talkin. “The Sharehouse truly belongs to the entire community.”

Of the $20 million, $1.5 million of the support was federal funding procured by Congressmember Salud Carbajal who advocated tirelessly for the project at the national level. Congressmember Carbajal is expected to make a visit to tour the facility this week to share his comments and speak with CEO Erik Talkin.

During the end-of-year public campaign, the Foodbank additionally raised $4 million to support general operations along with nutrition educations programs and ongoing disaster readiness initiatives, such as Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainings.

The Foodbank’s first step is to purchase and modify their Sharehouse and build a space that will increase their cold storage capacity tenfold. There will also be new Nutrition Promotion Center and Volunteer Center, and administrative offices. Once operational, Sharehouse will allow the Foodbank to increase their services for food insecure community members county wide, and will ensure that south county is adequately prepared for emergency food needs during future large-scale disasters.

The Sharehouse, located at 80 Coromar Drive in Goleta, signals the end of a decadelong search for a comprehensive south county warehouse and administrative facility. The Sharehouse name indicates it will serve as more than just a warehouse; it will be a comprehensive center where the community can “share food, education and hope.”

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David Bolton, founder and owner of Cultural Global Media

Photo by Fritz Olenberger

Selling Kabul

A Timely Story of Family & Determination

By Daisy Scott / VOICE

WORDS ALMOST FALL SHORT of describing the emotional impact of viewing Selling Kabul, the Ensemble Theatre Company’s first 2023 production. Set in Kabul during the 2013 partial withdrawal of American military forces, the drama reckons with family dynamics, questions of moral integrity, and personal identity under the most trying circumstances.

Masterfully tackling this maelstrom of issues is a cast of four seasoned actors, led by director Nike Douglas. Guidance from Dialect Coach and Cultural Advisor Mustafa Haidari, who hails from Kabul, ensures that the production remains as authentic as it is powerful, making Selling Kabul the most compelling drama the New Vic Theatre has witnessed in recent memory. Performances will continue through February 19th.

The play opens on the day Taroon (Rishan Dhamija), an Afghan man and former U.S. Army interpreter, welcomes the birth of his first child. However, instead of celebrating in the hospital with his wife, Taroon is forced to receive all news through his sister, Afiya (Nitya Vidyasagar), who has been hiding Taroon in her apartment for four months. Their conversations are interrupted by Afiya’s neighbor, Leyla (Christine Mirzayan), who becomes an inadvertent accessory to Taroon’s concealment. Tensions rise as it becomes clear that local Taliban forces are

aware of Taroon’s presence in the city, forcing Afiya and her husband, Jawid (Beejan Land) to figure out how to get Taroon out of the country that night.

The knowledge that playwright Sylvia Khoury penned Selling Kabul prior to the Taliban’s complete takeover in 2021 only increases the play’s relevance. An air of dramatic irony surrounds the characters’ conversations, as audience members grow painfully aware that their concerns over Afghanistan’s future will eventually be realized.

Heightening this anxiety is the play’s open-ended nature. As the play is restricted to one day’s events in the confines of Afiya’s apartment, audience members are left with an idea of what will happen to Taroon and those who helped him, but no definitive conclusions. Essentially, Selling Kabul is an insightful work that asks viewers to consider the sheer number of lives upended by totalitarianism worldwide.

Leading the charge of this political family story are two strong female characters, making Selling Kabul at its core a tale of womanhood. As Afiya, Vidyasagar delivers a performance full of love and dignity, full of sisterly teasing, anger, and grief. Mirzayan skillfully matches Vidyasagar’s energy, evolving from a chatty new mother to a woman suffering immeasurable loss. Consistently, the duo demonstrates the struggles of living in a society that oppresses women, revealing their hopes, passions, and vibrant personalities within the safety of their homes.

Dhamija and Land continue this theme of identity through their nuanced performances. As Taroon, Dhamija embodies a man who questions if his hiding is the brave or correct decision to make. Land delivers an especially complex performance, revealing Jawid as a determined husband facing the moral dilemma of taking actions that will protect his family, but will also betray his homeland.

Ultimately, Selling Kabul offers a searing examination of humans’ capacity for resilience, bravery, and love that will linger with viewers long after they exit the theater. Performances continue through February 19th at the New Vic Theatre. For tickets visit www.etcsb.org

Arturo Sandoval

A protégé of legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, 10-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Arturo Sandoval has evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist, and composer.

Nitya Vidyasagar and Christine Mirzayan in Selling Kabul

Beejan Land, Nitya Vidyasagar, and Rishan Dhamija in Selling Kabul

Nitya Vidyasagar and Rishan Dhamija

No More Recession, Period

By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE, 1.30.23

ISAID LAST WEEK, the U.S. economy has done it again with stronger than predicted fourth quarter GDP growth. This time it’s another record employment gain that will shock most economists and professional prognosticaters to their roots.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 517,000 in January, and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. It was double the estimates of job growth for January; whereas just 223,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were created in December.

economic growth continuing as the $trillions in government spending over the past two years gets put into a more productive economy.

“Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and health care. Employment also increased in government, partially reflecting the return of workers from a strike,” said the BLS.

Why wouldn’t this be with a five-year allocation of $550 billion in federal investments in America’s infrastructure to upgrade highways and major roads, bridges, airports, ports, and water systems?

Additional investments cover expansions and improvements to the nation’s broadband access, public transportation systems, and energy grid infrastructure, as I said last week, all boosters to economic growth.

By Harlan Green

In fact, all sectors had job growth except for the information services. Is Silicon Valley cutting jobs because its revenues are shrinking? Apple, Google, Microsoft have all announced layoffs.

President Biden gave a short announcement this morning that a total 12 million jobs were created in his first two years in office, also a record. It’s now looking like we should anticipate a record year of recovery rather than worry about an incipient recession, with

The drop from 3.5 percent to 3.4 percent unemployment was the lowest level since 1969 and the number of hours people work jumped 0.3 hours to 34.7 hours, matching the highest level in a year.

The fall in wage inflation will upset the Fed most, since the report showed that average annual hourly wage growth had dropped to 4.4 percent. And it is falling with a stronger job market.

So, inflation isn’t endangering job growth, the opposite is happening. The most important figure in the Q4 GDP report was the inflation rate rose at an annual 3.2 percent pace in Q4, falling from a 4.3 percent advance in the prior three-month period.

The so-called inflation deflator used in the Bureau of Economic Analysis that

measures the aggregate prices for all goods and services transacted domestically signals inflation will continue to decline. So why shouldn’t we be hopeful that 2023 might be a better year for Americans?

The fastest job growth was in sectors that most benefit the public—Education & Health, Leisure/Hospitality, Professional/ Business, and Government.

In the face of a rising tide of prosperity for all, does the Fed dare to raise interest rates much further?

Harlan Green © 2022 Follow Harlan Green on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarlanGreen Harlan Green has been the 16-year Editor-Publisher of PopularEconomics.com, a weekly syndicated financial wire service. He writes a Popular Economics Weekly Blog. He is an economic forecaster and teacher of real estate finance with 30-years experience as a banker and mortgage broker. To reach Harlan call (805)452-7696 or email editor@populareconomics.com.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA Anacapa Division

In the Matter of the  )    CASE No.  23PR00016

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RESOLUTION NO. 23-008

A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA DECLARING COUNCIL’S INTENTION TO LEVY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND OLD TOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENT

RATES FOR 2023, AT A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 28, 2023, AT 2:00 P.M.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36534 of the California Streets and Highways Code, it is the intention of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara, to conduct a public hearing to determine whether to fix and assess a 2022 Downtown Business Improvement District assessment (hereinafter referred to as Downtown BID), as established by Chapter 4.39 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code, adopted on May 7, 1985;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36534 of the California Streets and Highways Code, it is the intention of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara, to conduct a public hearing to determine whether to fix and assess a 2023 Old Town Business Improvement District assessment (hereinafter referred to as Old Town BID), as established by Chapter 4.43 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code, adopted on June 3, 1986;

WHEREAS, upon the completion of a public hearing, it shall be the intention of the City Council to levy and collect a benefit assessment within Downtown BID and Old Town BID as described in the Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report, Exhibit A; WHEREAS, for Fiscal Year 2023, the improvements and activities to be provided shall consist of marketing and promotional activities for the businesses in the Downtown area.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA:

SECTION 1. It is the intention of the City Council to levy and collect assessments within the Downtown Business Improvement District for the Fiscal Year of 2023 from January 1 to December 31, 2023, within boundaries established upon the enactment of Chapter 4.39 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code on May 7, 1985. It is also the City Council’s intention to confirm the method and basis of assessment as established by the City Council upon the enactment of Santa Barbara Municipal Code Chapter 4.39, and as described in the Report.

SECTION 2. It is the intention of the City Council to levy and collect assessments within the Old Town Business Improvement District for the Fiscal Year of 2023 from January 1 to December 31, 2023, within boundaries established upon the enactment of Chapter 4.43 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code on June 3, 1986. It is also the City Council’s intention to confirm the method and basis of assessment as established by the City Council upon the enactment of Santa Barbara Municipal Code Chapter 4.43, and as described in the Report.

SECTION 3. The time and place for the public hearing to consider the intention of the City Council shall be scheduled for the 2:00 p.m. session of the Council’s regularly scheduled meeting of February 28, 2023, conducted virtually and in person.

SECTION 4. Written and oral protests to the proposed 2023 Downtown BID and Old Town BID Assessments, as described in the Report, may be mailed to the City Clerk or made at the above-described public hearing provided that such protests are in the form and manner required by Sections 36524 and 36525 of the California Streets and Highways Code.

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NOTICE OF PETITION FOR ORDER CONFIRMING TRUST ASSETS, CASE NO. 23PR00016

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, and contingent creditors of GILLIAN KAY MINES and persons who may be otherwise interested in the will or estate, or both:

A petition has been filed by LOREN MINES in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA requesting ORDER FOR COFIRMING FOLLOWING TRUST ASSETS [Probate C. 851(c)]:

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C. University of California, Death and Retirement Benefits of Mattison Mines

The petition is set for hearing in Dept. No. 5 at 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 on 03/09/2023 at 9 am

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court.

DATED: January 31, 2023

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SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall give notice of the above-described public hearing by causing a copy of this resolution of intention to be published in a newspaper or general circulation in the City no less than 7 days prior to February 28, 2023 and mailing a copy of this resolution of intention to affected business owners within 7 days of the City Council’s adoption of the resolution of intention to levy businesses in the area.

RESOLUTION NO. 23-008

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COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on January 31, 2023, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: CouncilmembersEricFriedman,AlejandraGutierrez,Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W.

Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on February 1, 2023..

/s/

Niko Lopez Deputy City Clerk

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing resolution on February 1, 2023.

/s/

Randy Rowse Mayor

Insertion Date: Print: 2.10.23

PUBLIC NOTICE

City of Santa Barbara

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the appeal filed by Julie Kayda, Jeff Harris, and Norman Gardner of the Single Family Design Board’s Project Design Approval and Final Approval at 229 Vista del Mar Dr.

If you challenge the Council’s action on the appeal of the Single Family Design Board’s decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

You are invited to attend this public hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@ SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

Public comment may be given in person at the meeting or remotely via Zoom. Members of the public who wish to give public comment remotely may do so by completing the Zoom registration at the following link: https://santabarbaracagov.zoom.us/webinar/register/ WN_6qBzhd1OQ_iNFgvfSw-R0Q.

Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 931021990.

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. (SEAL)

/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager February 1, 2023

Insertion Date: Print: 2.10.23 Digital included 2.8.23

ORDINANCE NO. 6099

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 15.08 PERTAINING TO THE SANTA BARBARA ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on January 31, 2023.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL)

/s/

Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6099

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on January 24, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on January 31, 2023, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on February 1, 2023.

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 1, 2023.

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT:

The following person/persons/are doing business as FAMILY TACOS IRAPUATO at 213 S. Voluntario St. Unit A., Santa Barbara, CA 93103. JUAN DOMINGUEZ-DIMAS, MARTHA SOTO-JAIME at 213 S. Voluntario St. Unit A., Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on January 6, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000037.

Published January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 2023.

Digital included 2.8.23

ORDINANCE NO. 6100

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE INSTALLMENT SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR THE BRAEMAR LIFT STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT (PROJECT NO. C-068602-110)

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on January 31, 2023.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL)

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6100

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on January 24, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on January 31, 2023, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTENTIONS: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on February 1, 2023.

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 1, 2023.

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Corporation / Limited Liability Company is/are doing business as OLD TOWN COFFEE SANTA BARBARA at 1131 State, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. SIPS AND BITES LLC at 1131 State, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on January 26, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20230000199. Published February 10, 17, 24, March 3, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT:

The following person/persons/ are doing business as STATE STREET CHIROPRACTIC at 1900 State St., Suite H, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. JACOB BASTOMSKI DC A PROFESSIONAL CHIROPRACTIC CORPORATION at 1900 State St., Suite H, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on December 29, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0003128.

Published January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 2023.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT:

The following person/persons/are doing business as COME FROM YOUR HEART at 210 Old Mill Rd. Ap. 36, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. VENERA G. RADU at 210 Old Mill Rd. Ap. 36, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on January 26, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000197. Published February 10, 17, 24, March 3, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT:

The following person/persons/are doing business as SOULE SCENTS at 1373 Danielson Rd. Unit B., Santa Barbara, CA 93108. NANCY J. SCHAAK at 1373 Danielson Rd. Unit B., Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on January 25, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000190. Published February 3, 10, 17, 24 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT:

The following person/persons/are doing business as COLAB at 12 W. Islay St. Unit A., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. JAMIE M. DUFEK at 12 W. Islay St. Unit A., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on January 18, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20230000115. Published January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 2023.

PUBLIC NOTICE

City of Santa Barbara

Renewal of Downtown Business Improvement District **DO NOT REMIT PAYMENT**

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 31, 2023, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara adopted a Resolution of Intention to renew the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) and levy an assessment on businesses within the Downtown BID as set forth in the Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report on file in the City Clerk’s Office at 735 Anacapa Street.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on February 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM, at the City of Santa Barbara Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, at which time the City Council proposes to renew the Downtown BID and levy the proposed assessment as set forth in the Resolution of Intention.

Boundaries: The area bounded by Anacapa, Chapala, Micheltorena and Ortega Streets, and includes businesses fronting on each street within or bounding the area, except the businesses located south of the centerline of Ortega Street.

Purpose: The Downtown Business Improvement District provides marketing and promotional services for Downtown businesses, including the year-round flag display program, Downtown Host program, First Thursday monthly event, Holiday Parade, State Street holiday decor, and promotion of the Downtown area by website, social media, and marketing campaigns.

Assessment: The assessment will be collected on an annual basis by the City of Santa Barbara and forwarded to Downtown Santa Barbara.

Category Charge

Professionals Equal to 15% of business tax paid. Minimum of $50.00

All Others Equal to 100% of business license.

Protest: Any owner of a business within the Downtown Business Improvement District subject to the assessment may oppose the renewal of the assessment. If written protests are received from business owners who represent 50% or more of the estimated annual assessment to be levied, the Downtown Business Improvement District shall not be renewed and the assessment shall not be imposed.

A public hearing will be held by the City Council on February 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM or as soon thereafter as possible, in the City Council Chambers located at 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California. The City Council will consider all opposition against the renewed assessment. Written opposition may be submitted in advance of or at the hearing and may be withdrawn at or before the public hearing. Only one protest is allowed for each business, regardless of the number of owners.

Members of the public may participate via the City’s Zoom remote meting technology, with connection information below:

Web: https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/ WN_6qBzhd1OQ_iNFgvfSw-R0Q

Telephone: Dial 1-669-900-6833, Enter Webinar ID: 859 7587 0615

To file a written opposition, complete the attached form and file it with the City Clerk’s Office before the hearing on February 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM, at the City of Santa Barbara Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Questions: Questions regarding the programs and services offered by the renewed Business Improvement District can be directed to Robin Elander, Executive Director of Downtown Santa Barbara, at (805) 962-2098. Questions regarding filing written opposition can be directed to the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 564-5309.

Americans with Disabilities Act: lf you need auxiliary aids or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation may require additional lead time to arrange.

(SEAL)

/s/

Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

January 26, 2023

I _______________________________ , of ______________________________ , (BUSINESS OWNER’S NAME) (BUSINESS NAME AND ADDRESS) hereby oppose the Downtown Business Improvement District assessment for Fiscal Year 2023 from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

I declare under penalty of perjury that I am the Business Owner who has the authority or has been granted the authority by the other Business Owners at this address, to file this protest on behalf of the business.

BUSINESS OWNER’S SIGNATURE DATE

To file a written opposition, complete this form and file it with the City Clerk’s Office at or before the public hearing on February 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM, at the City of Santa Barbara Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Insertion Date: Print: 2/10/23

Digital included 2/8/23

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

RENEWAL OF OLD TOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT **DO NOT REMIT PAYMENT**

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 31, 2023, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara adopted a Resolution of Intention to renew the Old Town Business Improvement District (BID) and levy an assessment on businesses within the Old Town BID as set forth in the Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report on file in the City Clerk’s Office at 735 Anacapa Street.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on February 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM, at the City of Santa Barbara Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, at which time the City Council proposes to renew the Old Town BID and levy the proposed assessment as set forth in the Resolution of Intention.

Boundaries: The area bounded by Anacapa, Chapala, Gutierrez and Ortega Streets and businesses fronting on each street within or bounding the area, except businesses located north of the centerline of Ortega Street.

Purpose: The Old Town Business Improvement District provides marketing and promotional services for Downtown businesses, including the yearround flag display program, Downtown Host program, First Thursday monthly event, Holiday Parade, State Street holiday decor, and promotion of the Downtown area by website, social media, and marketing campaigns.

Assessment: The assessment will be collected on an annual basis by the City of Santa Barbara and forwarded to Downtown Santa Barbara.

Category Charge

Businesses located on State Street Equal to 100% of business license. Minimum of $100.00

Businesses not located on State Street Equal to 75% of business license. Minimum of $100.00

Automobile Sales and Service Businesses Businesses in Classification “B” of Section 5.04.390 shall pay a maximum charge of $600.00 per year

Other Businesses: Wholesale, Professional, and Real Estate Business as shown in Category 5.04.400 $100.00

Protest: Any owner of a business within the Old Town Business Improvement District subject to the assessment may oppose the renewal of the assessment. If written protests are received from business owners who represent 50% or more of the estimated annual assessment to be levied, the Old Town Business Improvement District shall not be renewed and the assessment shall not be imposed.

A public hearing will be held by the City Council on February 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM or as soon thereafter as possible, in the City Council Chambers located at 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California. The City Council will consider all opposition against the renewed assessment. Written opposition may be submitted in advance of or at the hearing and may be withdrawn at or before the public hearing. Only one protest is allowed for each business, regardless of the number of owners.

Members of the public may participate via the City’s Zoom remote meting technology, with connection information below:

Web: https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6qBzhd1OQ_ iNFgvfSw-R0Q Telephone: Dial 1-669-900-6833, Enter Webinar ID: 859 7587 0615

To file a written opposition, complete the attached form and file it with the City Clerk’s Office before the hearing on February 28, 2030, at 2:00 PM, at the City of Santa Barbara Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Questions: Questions regarding the programs and services offered by the renewed Business Improvement District can be directed to Robin Elander, Executive Director of Downtown Santa Barbara, at (805) 962-2098. Questions regarding filing written opposition can be directed to the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 564-5309.

Americans with Disabilities Act: lf you need auxiliary aids or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation may require additional lead time to arrange.

(SEAL)

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

January 26, 2023

I _______________________________ , of _______________________________ , (BUSINESS OWNER’S NAME) (BUSINESS NAME AND ADDRESS) hereby oppose the Old Town Business Improvement District assessment for Fiscal Year 2023 from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

I declare under penalty of perjury that I am the Business Owner who has the authority or has been granted the authority by the other Business Owners at this address, to file this protest on behalf of the business.

BUSINESS OWNER’S SIGNATURE DATE

To file a written opposition, complete this form and file it with the City Clerk’s Office at or before the public hearing on February 28, 2023, at 2:00 PM, at the City of Santa Barbara Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Harbor Operations Almost Back to Normal

By Sigrid Toye, Special to VOICE

HOW DO WE GO FROM SUNNY TO BLISTERY SUNDAYS AND BACK AGAIN?

Some weekends the harbor and waterfront has that New York City ambiance with wall-to-wall people, others a little more than a few stalls along Cabrillo Boulevard’s famed Art Walk and a similar vibe along the harbor walkway. The occasional visitor is wrapped in winter warmies and wet weather boots: My last visit, on the other hand, had me dressed like summer…well, maybe not quite, it’s still February!

In anticipation of another storm expected to arrive it seemed prudent to check out the results of the dredging progress at the harbor’s entrance before needing an umbrella. It was a good thing because my visit revealed much more that just that. Although higher than average tides remained, the clean-up under the direction of the Waterfront Department had made huge strides to create a semblance of order.

The rock berms had grown higher and the beaches and parking lots were cleared of most of the debris. Cushman Construction had been hired to do the job, one that was well underway. Heavy equipment built a rock wall and sand berm near the Yacht Club with the California Coastal Commission’s emergency permit for a 300- to 400-foot rock revetment to back fill and replace eroded coastal land between the Yacht Club building and the Harbor West parking lot. Additionally heavy equipment materialized to install an underground pipe extending from half the Yacht Club’s parking lot to Marina One, making access to those areas impossible. But what seemed like overnight, the pipe was in place hidden beneath a newly cemented walkway as if nothing had happened. Now how’s that for instant improvements and upgrades in the harbor area?

Emergency dredging operations to clear the harbor entrance had been well underway to remove the large amount of sand and sediment that was pushed into the narrow passage during the recent storms – in fact, 30,000 cubic yards of sand! Official word from the Waterfront Department announced that Pacific Dredge was awarded the contract and its dredge, affectionately named “Sandpiper,” was able to finish the job by the end of last month. Once again watercraft can be seen going in and out of the harbor and I’m told the Yacht Club will resume its racing season despite the clubhouse closure. Other operations and upgrades continue throughout the harbor and waterfront in anticipation of continuing weather surprises in the future.

One of the things I couldn’t resist on a very chilly Sunday a couple of weeks ago was to walk down to the end of Marina One for a closer look at the dredge lodged at the end of the sand spit. On my way I saw how the January 9th storms had impacted the area inside the breakwater. Debris was still strewn about along the walkways of the docks but, even more interesting, was the brown oil-like patterns of sand and emulsified debris that surrounded the boats moored within breakwater’s protective arm. That must have been one stormy atmospheric river to grab the still waters within the confines of the harbor in its grasp.

A clear view of the massive dredge in all its mechanical glory was indeed awesome! The almost mile walk in the cold and wind was worth it just to appreciate the kind of human-constructed power is takes

to make a little dent in Mother Nature’s ongoing agenda. While awaiting her next whim the Santa Barbara harbor is nonetheless in the process of returning to full operating condition thanks to the hard work of the Waterfront Department with the help of so many others. So stay tuned to see what the next chapter will bring...

Sigrid Toye volunteers for the Breakwater Flag Project. She is on the board of directors of the Maritime Museum and participates in Yacht Club activities. An educational/behavior therapist, Sigrid holds a Ph.D in clinical psychology. She loves all things creative, including her two grown children who are working artists. Send Harbor tips to: Itssigrid@gmail.com

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A mixture of sand, oil, and debris surrounding boats in the harbor

Emergency dredging equipment clearing out the harbor

Heavy equipment built a rock and sand berm near the Yacht Club

Opening Night for SBIFF

On The Street

with John Palminteri

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH - Tonight is opening night for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. From Feb. 8th to 18th, there will be 52 world premieres, 78 U.S. premieres, many Oscar nominees, rising stars, red carpet arrival excitement, and free events for students. The festival is in its 38th year. Warm up the spotlights! The Santa Barbara International Film Festival begins tonight with a sold out openingMiranda’s Victim.

2023 Goals for SB County Supervisors

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH - 2023 goals for Santa Barbara Supervisors include over 400 new housing units for the homeless, including a converted motel in Goleta and a development in Santa Maria. They hold a special ceremony and meeting after last month's was rained out. Among those attending include those elected or reelected last November.

Many SB Beaches Wiped Out

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH - The strong ocean surges and high tides have wiped out many beaches this winter already. Some people are worried about the replenishment timeline. Most people who have seen this come and go in Santa Barbara County say by summer, it will all fill in again.

Local Law Enforcement & First Responders Updates

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH - Body of missing 14-year old found by kayakers in the Santa Ynez River. Lompoc Police investigate. He was last seen with two others when a car they were in got stuck in the mud.

Lobero Goes Solar

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST -The historic Santa Barbara Lobero Theatre now has more than 100 solar panels on its roof and it is sending power to the energy grid. The Lobero’s Edison bill will see a reduction with this new sustainable energy project. This year the Lobero turns 150.

Storm Repairs Continue on Highway 101

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD -Cal Trans says recent storm repairs continue along Highway 101 at Gaviota. The #2 lane will remain closed in for the next 4 to 5 weeks while crews install new rock drapery and repair rock netting. About 50,000 pounds of rock has been removed. Emergency work began Jan. 10.

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Safari Local

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone Actividades en persona y en línea para todos BILINGUAL / BILINGÜE

Arturo Sandoval at the Lobero

Delivering swinging, fiery, and dynamic jazz concerts, GRAMMYwinning trumpet and flugelhorn virtuoso Arturo Sandoval will wow the Lobero Theatre at 7:30pm on Friday, February 10th. For tickets ($46-106) visit www.lobero.org

Arturo Sandoval en el Lobero

Arturo Sandoval, virtuoso de la trompeta y el fliscorno, ganador del premio GRAMMY, ofrecerá conciertos de jazz vibrantes, fogosos y dinámicos y sorprenderá al Teatro Lobero a las 7:30 pm el viernes, 10 de febrero. Para boletos ($46-106) visita www.lobero.org

Friday • viernes 2.10

DANCE | BAILE

HEARTS AND DAGGERS

Anti-Hallmark Valentine's dance show

• Dev Dance Theater • Center Stage Theater • $35-55 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm Fr, 2/10; 8pm 2/17 & 2/18.

CORAZONES Y DAGAS

Espectáculo de baile de San Valentín

Anti-Hallmark • Dev Dance Theater • Center Stage Theater • $35-55 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm

viernes, 2/10; 8pm 2/17 y 2/18.

SALSA NIGHT

Live music and dance floor • SOhO • $1825 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm Fr, 2/10.

NOCHE DE SALSA

Música en vivo y pista de baile • SOhO

• $18-25 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm viernes, 2/10.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

CORWIN CHAIR SERIES LECTURE

Webinar by composer Zuriñe

Gerenabarrena • UCSB Dept. of Music

• Free • https://tinyurl.com/3mv9hx9w

• 11am Fr, 2/10.

CONFERENCIA DE LA SERIE CORWIN CHAIR

Seminario web de la compositora

Zuriñe Gerenabarrena • UCSB Dept. of Music • https://tinyurl.com/3mv9hx9w

• Gratis • 11am viernes, 2/10.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

ARTURO SANDOVAL

Cuban jazz trumpeter • Lobero

COLORES DEL AMOR

Variedad cultural espectáculo de danza de San Valentín • Center Stage Theater • www.centerstagetheater.org • $25-35 • 8pm sábado, 2/11.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

COYOTE RESCUES HAWK

Book reading by Chumash Elder Puchuk Ya’ia’c (Alan Salazar) • SB Maritime Museum • $25 • www.sbmm.org • 1pm Sa, 2/11.

COYOTE RESCATA A HALCÓN

Lectura de libro por Chumash Mayor

Puchuk Ya'ia'c (Alan Salazar) • SB Maritime Museum • $25 • www.sbmm.org • 1pm sábado, 2/11.

CHOICE OF COLORS: MULTIETHNICITY IN A DIVIDED AMERICA

Panel discussion about navigating identity with blended backgrounds

• Soul Bites Restaurant • SB Black Culture House • Free • 1pm Sa, 2/11.

ELECCIÓN DE COLORES: MULTIETNICIDAD EN UNA AMÉRICA DIVIDIDA

Panel de discusión sobre cómo navegar la identidad con antecedentes combinados • Soul Bites Restaurant • SB Black Culture House • Gratis • 1pm sábado, 2/11.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

PAUL ANKA

Theatre • $46-106 • www.lobero.org •

7:30pm Fr, 2/10.

ARTURO SANDOVAL

trompetista cubano de jazz • Lobero Theatre • $46-106 • www.lobero.org •

7:30pm viernes, 2/10.

KODO

Japanese taiko drummers • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Granada Theatre • $20-71 • www.granadasb.org • 8pm Fr, 2/10.

KODO

Bateristas taiko japoneses • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Granada Theatre • $2071 • www.granadasb.org • 8pm viernes, 2/10.

Saturday • sábado

CHILDREN | NIÑOS

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF AMERICAN MUSIC

Blues musical artist David Rojas hosts ages 5+ workshop • UCSB

2.11

A crooning concert • Chumash Casino • www.chumashcasino.com• $79-139 • 8pm Sa, 2/11.

PAUL ANKA

Un concierto cantando • Chumash Casino • www.chumashcasino.com • $79-139 • 8pm sábado, 2/11.

OUTDOORS

| AL AIRE LIBRE

ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOURS

Learn about local architecture • Architectural Foundation of SB • SB City Hall on Sa; Central Library Anapamu St. entrance on Su • Suggested $10 cash donation • https://afsb.org • 10am Sa & Sun.

RECORRIDOS ARQUITECTÓNICOS A PIE

Aprende sobre la arquitectura local • Architectural Foundation of SB • Ayuntamiento de SB el sábado; Biblioteca Central Anapamu St. entrada en domingo • Sugerido donación de $10 en efectivo • https://afsb.org • 10 am sábado y domingo.

RANCHO LA PATERA & STOW HOUSE

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

2-1-1 COMMUNITY DAY CELEBRATION

Free resource fair • Dick DeWees Community Center, Lompoc • https://211santabarbaracounty.org/211-day

• 10am-2pm Sa, 2/11.

CELEBRACIÓN DEL DÍA DE LA COMUNIDAD 2-1-1

Feria de recursos gratuita • Dick DeWees Community Center, Lompoc • https://211santabarbaracounty.org/211-day

• 10am-2pm sábado, 2/11.

Sunday • domingo 2.12

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

GOLETA VALLEY LIBRARY

LECTURE SERIES

Women in the Achaemenid Empore of Ancient Persia (550 to 330 BCE) • Goleta Valley Library Multipurpose Room • Free • 2pm Su, 2/12.

SERIE DE CONFERENCIAS DE LA BIBLIOTECA DE GOLETA VALLEY

Mujeres en el imperio aqueménida de la antigua Persia (550 a 330 BCE)

• Salón de usos múltiples de la biblioteca de Goleta Valley • Gratis • 2pm domingo, 2/12.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

SANTA BARBARA JAZZ SOCIETY

Jazz concert by Jeff Elliot, Randy Tico, & Kevin Winard • SOhO • $10-25 • www.sohosb.com • 1pm Su, 2/12.

SANTA BARBARA JAZZ SOCIETY

Concierto de jazz de Jeff Elliot, Randy Tico y Kevin Winard • SOhO • $10-25 • www.sohosb.com • 1pm domingo, 2/12.

TRANSFORMATION: PERSONAL STORIES OF CHANGE, ACCEPTANCE, & EVOLUTION

Composer Ted Nash leads student musicians • SB Museum of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium • Free • 1-2pm Su, 2/12.

TRANSFORMACIÓN: HISTORIAS PERSONALES DE CAMBIO, ACEPTACIÓN Y EVOLUCIÓN

El compositor Ted Nash lidera a los estudiantes de música • SB Museum of Art, Auditorio Mary Craig • Gratis • 1-2pm domingo, 2/12.

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

BEACH CLEANUP

Care for our local shoreline • Explore Ecology • Arroyo Burro Beach • Register: www.exploreecology.org •

10am-12pm Su, 2/12.

LIMPIEZA DE PLAYAS

Cuida nuestra costa local • Explore Ecology • Arroyo Burro Beach • Registro: www.exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm domingo, 2/12.

SB ROLLERS

Rollerskate with an ocean view • SB City College Lot 3 • Free • 3pm Su.

SB ROLLERS

Patinaje sobre ruedas con vista al mar • SB City College Lote 3 • Gratis • 3pm domingo.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

TEA DEMONSTRATION

Observe a Japanese Chanoyu tea ceremony • SB Botanic Garden Tea Garden • Free with admission • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 10:30am12:30pm Su, 2/12.

DEMOSTRACIÓN DE TÉ

Observa una ceremonia japonesa del té Chanoyu • SB Botanic Garden Tea Garden • Gratis con entrada • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 10:30am12:30pm domingo, 2/12.

GLITTER BRUNCH

Hosted by Vivian Storm & Angel D’Mon • Wildcat Lounge, 15 W. Ortega St. • $5 • https://glitterbrunch.com • Brunch 11am-3pm, Show 12:30pm, Sun.

ALMUERZO DE BRILLO

Presentado por Vivian Storm y Angel D’Mon • Wildcat Lounge, 15 W. Ortega St. • $5 • https://glitterbrunch.com • Almuerzo 11am-3pm, Espectáculo 12:30pm, domingo.

MultiCultural Center Lounge • Free • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 12pm Sa, 2/11.

LOS BLOQUES DE CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA MÚSICA AMERICANA

Artista musical de blues David Rojas

organiza taller para mayores de 5 años

• UCSB MultiCultural Center Lounge

• Gratis • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 12pm sábado, 2/11.

DANCE | BAILE

COLORS OF LOVE

Variety cultural Valentine dance show

• Center Stage Theater • $25-35 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm Sa, 2/11.

Take a tour • www.goletahistory.org • 11am to 2pm weekends.

RANCHO LA PATERA & STOW HOUSE

Haz un recorrido • www.goletahistory.org

• De 11am a 2pm los fines de semana.

STAR PARTY

Explore the night sky • SB Museum of Natural History, Palmer Observatory • Free • 7-10pm Sa, 2/11.

FIESTA DE ESTRELLAS

Explora el cielo nocturno • SB Museum of Natural History, Observatorio Palmer • Gratis • 7-10pm sábado, 2/11.

Photo courtesy of Lobero Theatre

WINTER FAMILY DAY

Free museum admission, art activities, and owl/opossum meet & greets • Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang • 11am-4pm Su, 2/12.

DÍA DE LA FAMILIA DE INVIERNO

Entrada gratuita al museo, actividades artísticas y encuentros con búhos y zarigüeyas • Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang • 11am-4pm domingo, 2/12.

Monday • lunes 2.13

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

PARLIAMO!

Italian conversation, all levels • Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Garden St. • http://parliamo.yolasite.com • Free •

5-7pm Mon.

PARLIAMO! (¡HABLEMOS!)

Conversación en italiano, todos los niveles • Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Garden St. • http://parliamo.yolasite.com • Gratis • 5-7pm lunes.

PFLAG VIRTUAL MEETING

Dr. Michael Snavely staff physician

Planned Parenthood specializing in gender affirming care • Register: pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com

• Free • 7pm Mo, 2/13.

REUNIÓN VIRTUAL DE PFLAG

Dr. Michael Snavely médico del personal de Planned Parenthood especializado en atención de afirmación de género • Registrate: pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com

• Gratis

Cross Office, 2707 State St. • 1-7pm Mo, 2/13.

DONACIÓN DE SANGRE

Da sangre a los necesitados • SB Red

Cross Office, 2707 State St. • 1-7pm lunes, 2/13.

SCIENCE PUB

Learn about ancient maritime crossings over drinks & food • SBMNH •

Dargan's Irish Pub & Restaurant • Free

• 6:30-8pm Mo, 2/13.

PUB DE CIENCIA

Aprende sobre antiguos cruces marítimos con bebidas y comida • SBMNH •

Dargan's Irish Pub & Restaurant • Gratis

• 6:30-8pm lunes, 2/13.

Tuesday • martes 2.14

DANCE | BAILE

ANIMA, THEATER OF THE FEMININE UNDERGROUND

Women share their inner world in dance, song, & spoken word • Center Stage Theater • $30-33 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 7pm Tu, 2/14.

ANIMA, TEATRO DEL SUBTERRÁNEO FEMENINO

Las mujeres comparten su mundo interior en la danza, el canto y la palabra hablada • Center Stage Theater

• $30-33 • www.centerstagetheater.org

• 7pm martes, 2/14.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

LUNCH & LEARN WEBINAR: ADVANCE CARE PLANNING

• 7pm lunes, 2/13.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

FILHARMONIE BRNO

Czech Republic orchestra performs all-Czech program • CAMA • Granada Theatre • $36-116 • www.granadasb.org

• 7:30pm Mo, 2/13.

FILHARMONIE BRNO

Orquesta de la República Checa interpreta programa totalmente checo • CAMA • Granada Theatre • $36-116 • www.granadasb.org • 7:30pm lunes, 2/13.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

BLOOD DRIVE

Give blood to those in need • SB Red

Hosted by SBMNH Planned Giving Advisory Council & Hospice of SB • SB Museum of Natural History • Free

• https://tinyurl.com/y5bh8ftm • 121pm Tu, 2/14.

SEMINARIO WEB ALMUERZO Y APRENDIZAJE: PLANIFICACIÓN ANTICIPADA DE LA ATENCIÓN

Organizado por el Consejo Asesor de Donaciones Planificadas de SBMNH y Hospice of SB • SB Museum of Natural History • https://tinyurl.com/y5bh8ftm

• Gratis • 12-1pm martes, 2/14.

PROJECT HEAL OF SB COUNTY

Easily access social services in health, education, career, etc. • Eastside

Library • Free • 2-4pm Tu, 2/14.

PROYECTO HEAL DEL CONDADO DE SB

Accede fácilmente a los servicios sociales en salud, educación, carrera, etc. • Biblioteca Eastside • Gratis • 2-4pm martes, 2/14.

VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE

Free tax help to local residents who make $67,000 or less • Eastside Library • Full list of documents to bring: https://tinyurl.com/287mk23h •

3-7pm Tu & Th, through 2/28.

ASISTENCIA VOLUNTARIA DE IMPUESTOS

Ayuda gratuita con los impuestos para los residentes locales que ganan $67,000 o menos • Biblioteca Eastside • Lista completa de documentos para llevar a la cita: https://tinyurl.com/287mk23h • 3-7pm martes y jueves, hasta el 2/28.

TEEN ADVISORY BOARD

Provide input on library programming

• Eastside Library • Free • 4-5pm Tu.

CONSEJO ASESOR DE ADOLESCENTES

Proporcionar información sobre la programación de la biblioteca • Biblioteca Eastside • Gratis • 4-5pm martes.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

SANTA BARBARA FARMERS MARKET

Shop fresh, local produce and treats • 600, 700, & 800 blocks of State Street • Free • 3-7pm Tu.

MERCADO DE AGRICULTORES DE SANTA BÁRBARA

Compra productos frescos, locales y golosinas • 600, 700, & 800 cuadras de la calle State • Gratis • 3-7pm martes.

Wednesday • miércoles 2.15

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

1 MILLION CUPS

Virtually network with entrepreneurs • www.1millioncups.com/santabarbara

• Free • 9-10am We.

1 MILLÓN DE TAZAS

Red virtual con emprendedores • www.1millioncups.com/santabarbara

• Gratis • 9-10am miércoles.

POETRY CLUB

Discuss poet Robert Creeley • Montecito Library • Free • 2-3:30pm We, 2/15.

It’s Your Library • Es Tu Biblioteca

WIGGLY STORYTIME • For toddlers 14 months - 3 years

Central Library ~ 10:15-10:45am We

HORA DE CUENTOS WIGGLY • Para niños pequeños de 14 meses a 3 años

Central Library ~ 10:15-10:45am miércoles

Winter Family Day: Wildling Museum

Enjoy a day of creativity and discovery when the Wildling Museum of Art & Nature opens its doors with free admission from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, February 12th. Beyond viewing museum exhibitions, visitors of all ages can participate in fun art activities and meet a neighborhood owl and opossum with animal educators. To learn more visit www.wildlingmuseum.org

Día de invierno en familia: Wildling Museum

Disfruta de un día de creatividad y descubrimiento cuando el Wildling Museum of Art & Nature abra sus puertas con entrada gratuita de 11 am a 4 pm el domingo, 12 de febrero. Más allá de ver las exhibiciones del museo, los visitantes de todas las edades pueden participar en actividades artísticas divertidas y conocer a un búho y una zarigüeya del vecindario con educadores de animales. Para más información visita www.wildlingmuseum.org

CLUB DE POESIA

Habla sobre el poeta Robert Creeley

• Biblioteca Montecito • Gratis • 2-3:30pm miércoles, 2/15.

LE CERCLE FRANÇAIS

French conversation, all levels • Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Olive St. • http://sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com • Free • 5-7pm We.

EL CÍRCULO FRANCÉS

Conversación en francés, todos los niveles • Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Olive St. • http://sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com • Gratis • 5-7pm miércoles.

THE SEARCH FOR QUANTUM GRAVITY

Professor Shiraz Minwalla • UCSB Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Fred Kavli Auditorium • Free • https://tinyurl.com/yc3x7xh9 • 6pm We, 2/15.

LA BÚSQUEDA DE LA GRAVEDAD CUÁNTICA

Profesora Shiraz Minwalla • Instituto Kavli de Física Teórica de UCSB, Auditorio Fred Kavli • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/yc3x7xh9 • 6pm miércoles, 2/15.

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

FREE SENIOR DAY

Free SB Botanic Garden admission for ages 60+ • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 10am-5pm We, 2/15.

& third weekends, Sat & Sun 10am12:30pm and 12:30pm-3pm. Free • https://tinyurl.com/ya3pgxge

LA RESERVA ARROYO HONDO

Los lunes y miércoles de 12:30-3pm y el primer y tercer fin de semana del mes, sábados y domingos 10am-12:30pm y de 12:30pm-3pm. La visita es gratuita • https://tinyurl.com/ya3pgxge

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

2023 ANNUAL AWARDS BREAKFAST

Honoring community members making a difference • Downtown SB • El Paseo Restaurant • $50 • 7:30am We, 2/15.

DESAYUNO ANUAL DE PREMIOS 2023

Para honrar a los miembros de la comunidad que marcan la diferencia • Downtown SB • El Paseo Restaurant • $50 • 7:30am miércoles, 2/15.

Thursday • jueves 2.16

CHILDREN | NIÑOS

BILINGUAL SONGS AND STORIES

For kids ages 0-5 • Eastside Library • Free • 11-11:30am Th.

CANCIONES E HISTORIAS BILINGÜES

Para niños de 0 a 5 años • Biblioteca Eastside • Gratis • 11-11:30am jueves.

DANCE |

BAILE

For babies 0-14 months

BABY AND ME

Central Library ~ 11-11:30am We

Eastside Library ~ Bilingual ~ 1111:30am Th EL BEBÉ Y YO

DÍA GRATUITO PARA PERSONAS DE LA TERCERA EDAD

Entrada gratuita al SB Botanic Garden para personas mayores de 60 años • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 10am5pm miércoles, 2/15.

HIKE ARROYO HONDO PRESERVE Mon & Wed, 12:30-3pm and the first

A NIGHT OF THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES Arthur Murray SB dance show • Center Stage Theater • $25 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm Th, 2/16.

UNA NOCHE DE REPRESENTACIONES TEATRALES Espectáculo de danza de Arthur Murray SB • Center Stage Theater • $25 • www.centerstagetheater.org

Photo courtesy of Wildling Museum

Safari Local

con artes visuales y electrónica • UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • https://tinyurl.com/yy5f3mdk •

7:30pm viernes, 2/17.

Valentine’s Day in SB

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone

CONTINUES / CONTINÚA

AIR SUPPLY

Whether you’re hoping to party with your friends, enjoy a romantic dinner date, or take in a festive concert, Santa Barbara has all you’re searching for this Valentine’s Day!

8pm jueves, 2/16.

• 6pm jueves, 2/16.

Actividades en persona y en línea para todos BILINGUAL / BILINGÜE

Rock concert • Chumash Casino • $49-79 • www.chumashcasino.com • 8pm Fr, 2/17.

San Valentín en SB

LECTURES

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MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

ELECTRIFY YOUR LIFE

Webinar on transitioning to electric power • Community Environmental Council • https://tinyurl.com/ymufd536

• Free • 12pm Th, 2/16.

ELECTRIFICA TU VIDA

Seminario web sobre la transición a la energía eléctrica • Community Environmental Council • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/ymufd536 • 12pm jueves, 2/16.

HOW TO RAISE A READER

Webinar on supporting children’s reading skills

• SB Public Library • Free • https://tinyurl.com/466zwjf6 • 6-7pm Th, 2/16.

Safari Local

CÓMO CRIAR A UN LECTOR

Seminario web sobre cómo apoyar las habilidades de lectura de los niños

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone

• Biblioteca pública de SB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/466zwjf6 • 6-7pm jueves, 2/16.

Actividades en persona y en línea para todos BILINGUAL / BILINGÜE

ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP

Practice naturally • Eastside Library • Free • 1-2pm Th.

GRUPO DE CONVERSACIÓN EN INGLÉS

Practica naturalmente • Biblioteca

Eastside • Gratis • 1-2pm jueves.

KNIT 'N' NEEDLE

Knit and embroider with others •

Montecito Library • Free • 2-3:30pm Th.

TEJIDO CON AGUJA

Teje y borda con otros • Biblioteca Montecito • Gratis • 2-3:30pm jueves.

CRAFTERNOONS

All ages craft workshop • Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. • $8 • https://tinyurl.com/4xp8vtud • 3:305pm Th.

TARDES DE ARTESANÍA

Taller de manualidades para todas las edades • Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. • $8 • https://tinyurl.com/4xp8vtud

• 3:30-5pm jueves.

THE CLIMATE INFOWHELM

Webinar by professor Heather Houser

• UCSB IHC • Free • https://tinyurl.com/2yxefa5u •

4-5:15pm Th, 2/16.

LA INFORMACIÓN DEL CLIMA

Seminario web de la profesora

Heather Houser • UCSB IHC • Gratis

• https://tinyurl.com/2yxefa5u •

4-5:15pm jueves, 2/16.

WRITING IN THE GALLERIES

Write inspired by art • SB Museum of Art • Free • RSVP: www.sbma.net • 5:30-7pm Th, 2/16.

ESCRIBIR EN LAS GALERÍAS

Escribe inspirado en el arte • SB Museum of Art • Gratis • Reserva tu lugar: www.sbma.net • 5:30-7pm jueves, 2/16.

THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM FIGHTS

Talk by Dr. Nadia Kim • UCSB MCC • Free • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm Th, 2/16.

EL PAPEL DE LAS EMOCIONES EN LA LUCHA CONTRA EL RACISMO AMBIENTAL

Charla con la Dra. Nadia Kim • UCSB MCC • Gratis • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu

TRAIL TALKS: EYES IN THE SKY

Learn about and meet owls • Central Library • Free • 6:30-7:30pm Th, 2/16.

CHARLAS SOBRE SENDEROS: OJOS EN EL CIELO

Aprende y conoce a los búhos • Biblioteca Central • Gratis • 6:30-

7:30pm jueves, 2/16.

CONQUERING THE PACIFIC

Talk by UC Davis Professor Andrés Reséndez • SB Maritime Museum • $1020 • www.sbmm.org • 7pm Th, 2/16.

LA CONQUISTA DEL PACÍFICO

Charla del profesor de UC Davis Andrés Reséndez • SB Maritime Museum • $10-20 • www.sbmm.org • 7pm jueves, 2/16.

Friday • viernes 2.17

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

SAL CASTRO MEMORIAL CONFERENCE

Academic conference on Chicano Movement of the late 1960s-70s • UCSB IHC • www.ihc.ucsb.edu •

8:30am Fr, 2/17 to 6:30pm Sa, 2/18.

CONFERENCIA EN MEMORIA DE SAL CASTRO

Conferencia académica sobre el Movimiento Chicano de finales de los años 1960 y 1970 • UCSB IHC • www.ihc.ucsb.edu • 8:30am viernes, 2/17 hasta 6:30pm sábado, 2/18.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

ORCHESTRA TOUR CONCERT

Westmont college musicians • Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church • Free • 7pm Fr, 2/17.

CONCIERTO DE GIRA DE ORQUESTA

Músicos de la universidad de westmont • Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church • Gratis • 7pm viernes, 2/17.

ONIX: LUMÍNICO MAQUIN-ARIAS

Contemporary concert music with visual art & electronics • UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • https://tinyurl.com/yy5f3mdk •

7:30pm Fr, 2/17.

ONIX: LUMÍNICO MAQUIN-ARIAS

Música contemporánea de concierto

AIR SUPPLY

Concierto de rock • Chumash Casino

• $49-79 • www.chumashcasino.com/ entertainment • 8pm viernes, 2/17.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

CHOCOLATE & ART WORKSHOPS

Make a chocolate bar and/or paint a chocolate box • Menchaca Chocolates Factory, 4141 State St. E-1 • Call 646-3697277 • www.menchacachocolates.com •

3-7pm every other Fri.

TALLERES DE CHOCOLATE Y ARTE

Haz una barra de chocolate y/o pinta una caja de chocolate • Menchaca Chocolates Factory, 4141 State St. E-1 • Llama 646-369-7277 • www.menchacachocolates.com •

3-7pm cada otro viernes.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

GEM FAIRE

Shop jewelry, beads, & gemstones

¡Ya sea que deseas salir de fiesta con tus amigos, disfrutar de una cena romántica o asistir a un concierto festivo, Santa Bárbara tiene todo lo que estas buscando para este Día de San Valentín!

FUNDRAISER: SPREAD THE LOVE

• Earl Warren Showgrounds

• $7 • www.gemfaire.com • 12-6pm Fr, 2/17; 10am-6pm 2/18; 10am-5pm 2/19.

FERIA DE GEMAS

Compra joyas, abalorios y piedras preciosas • Earl Warren Showgrounds

Make Valentines for a great cause • Grace Fisher Fdn's Inclusive Arts Clubhouse, La Cumbre Plaza • Suggested $50 donation • 11am5pm Sa, 2/11.

RECAUDACIÓN DE FONDOS:

DIFUNDIR EL AMOR

perform bossa nova, jazz, and more • Crush Bar & Tap • No cover • 6-7pm Tu, 2/14.

SAN VALENTÍN CON NIC & JOE

Nicole Lvoff y Joe Woodard interpretan bossa nova, jazz y más • Crush Bar & Tap • Gratis • 6-7pm martes, 2/14.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER(ISH)

• $7 • www.gemfaire.com

• 12-6pm viernes, 2/17; 10am-6pm 2/18; 10am5pm 2/19.

Saturday • sábado 2.18

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS

CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

TEEN ANIME & MANGA CLUB

Meet other fans • Eastside Library • Free • 2-3:30pm Sa, 2/18.

CLUB DE ANIME Y MANGA PARA JÓVENES

Conoce a otros fans • Biblioteca Eastside •Gratis • 2-3:30pm sábado, 2/18.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

AN AMERICAN DREAM

Two women are displaced during WWII • Opera SB • Lobero Theatre • $69-159 • www.lobero.org • 2:30pm & 7:30pm Sa, 2/18.

UN SUEÑO AMERICANO

Dos mujeres son desplazadas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial • Opera SB • Lobero Theatre • $69-159 • www.lobero.org • 2:30pm y 7:30pm sábado, 2/18.

ORCHESTRA TOUR CONCERT

Westmont college musicians • Calvary Baptist Church • Free • 7pm Sa, 2/18.

CONCIERTO DE GIRA DE ORQUESTA

Músicos de la universidad de westmont • Calvary Baptist Church • Gratis • 7pm sábado, 2/18.

HOME AGAIN

Concert by Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary) • Rubicon Theatre •

Haz San Valentín por una gran causa • Grace Fisher Fdn's Inclusive Arts Clubhouse, La Cumbre Plaza • Donación sugerida de $50 • 11am5pm sábado, 2/11.

ARTSY DATE NIGHT

Guided workshop with small bites • The Arts Fund, La Cumbre Plaza • https://tinyurl.com/yr8ac4e2 • $45 per couple • 4-6pm Sa, 2/11.

NOCHE DE CITA ARTÍSTICA

Taller guiado con pequeños bocados/ vino • The Arts Fund, La Cumbre Plaza • https://tinyurl.com/yr8ac4e2 • $45 por pareja • 4-6pm sábado, 2/11.

COLORS OF LOVE

Variety cultural Valentine dance show • Transform Through Arts • Center Stage Theater • $25-35 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm Sa, 2/11.

COLORES DEL AMOR

Variedad cultural espectáculo de danza de San Valentín • Transform Through Arts • Center Stage Theater • $25-35 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm sábado, 2/11.

VALENTINE'S DAY WITH NIC & JOE

Nicole Lvoff and Joe Woodard

Broadway couple Andrew Samonsky & Kate Reinders sing Disney songbook • Rubicon Theatre •$69-135 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 7pm Tu, 2/14 & 2/15.

FELICES PARA (CASI) SIEMPRE

La pareja de Broadway Andrew Samonsky y Kate Reinders cantan el cancionero de Disney • Rubicon Theatre • www.rubicontheatre.org •

$69-135 • 7pm martes, 2/14 y 2/15.

VALENTINE'S DAY CELEBRATION

Folk-jazzy dinner show by Shawn Thies and friends • SOhO • $20 • www.sohosb.com • 7pm Tu, 2/14.

CELEBRACIÓN DE SAN VALENTÍN

Espectáculo con cena folk-jazzy a cargo de Shawn Thies y amigos • SOhO • $20 • www.sohosb.com • 7pm martes, 2/14.

FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC

SB Choral Society • Trinity Episcopal Church • $10-50 • www.sbchoral.org • 7pm Fr, 2/17 & 3pm Sa, 2/18.

POR EL AMOR A LA MÚSICA

SB Choral Society • Trinity Episcopal Church • $10-50 • www.sbchoral.org • 7pm viernes, 2/17 y 3pm sábado, 2/18.

For the Love of Music, a "musical valentine" that is "like a box of chocolates," will be performed by the SB Choral Society on February 17th and 18th

The Colors of Love dance show will sweep Center Stage Theater on February 11th

Photo by Fritz Olenberger

Photo courtesy of SB Choral Society

SB Celebrates Black History Month

Dance, rock n’ roll, lectures, and more unite as Santa Barbara honors Black History Month! Here’s where community members of all ages can celebrate and explore Black history this February.

SB celebra el Mes de la Historia Negra

¡Baile, rock and roll, conferencias y más se unen mientras Santa Bárbara celebra el Mes de la Historia Negra! Aquí es donde los miembros de la comunidad de todas las edades pueden celebrar y explorar la historia negra este febrero.

CHOICE OF COLORS:

MULTIETHNICITY IN A DIVIDED AMERICA

Panel discussion about navigating identity with blended backgrounds • Soul Bites Restaurant • SB Black Culture House • Free • 1pm Sa, 2/11.

ELECCIÓN DE COLORES:

MULTIETNICIDAD EN UNA AMÉRICA DIVIDIDA

Panel de discusión sobre cómo navegar la identidad con antecedentes combinados • Soul Bites Restaurant • SB Black Culture House • Gratis • 1pm sábado, 2/11.

FORECASTING THROUGH ANTHROPOLOGY AND THEATRE FOR BLACK LIFE

Webinar by Dr. Ugo Edu • UCSB MCC • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • Free • 6pm Mo, 2/13.

PRONÓSTICO A TRAVÉS DE LA ANTROPOLOGÍA Y EL TEATRO PARA LA VIDA NEGRA

Seminario web del Dr. Ugo Edu • UCSB MCC • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • Gratis • 6pm lunes, 2/13.

CELEBRATION OF BLACK JOY, HISTORY, & EDUCATION

Dinner, music, activities, and more • SBCC

$70 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 7pm Sa, 2/18.

DE NUEVO EN CASA

Concierto de Noel Paul Stookey (de Peter, Paul and Mary) • Rubicon Theatre • $70 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 7pm sábado, 2/18.

NICOLE LVOFF JAZZ TRIO

Jazz standards and bossa nova • Crush Bar & Tap

• No cover • 7-9pm Sa, 2/18.

TRÍO DE JAZZ DE NICOLE LVOFF

Estándares de jazz y bossa nova • Crush Bar & Tap •

UMOJA Village Space • Free • 5:30-8pm We, 2/15.

CELEBRACION DE LA ALEGRIA NEGRA, HISTORIA Y EDUCACIÓN

Cena, música, actividades y más • SBCC

UMOJA Village Space • Gratis • 5:30-8pm miércoles, 2/15.

STEP AFRIKA!

Contemporary and traditional stepping performance • UCSB Campbell Hall • $15-45 • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7pm Th, 2/16.

¡PASO AFRIKA!

Presentación de pasos contemporáneos y tradicionales • UCSB Campbell Hall • $15-45 • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7pm jueves, 2/16.

A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY

Lunch program honoring local Black leaders

• Pacifica Graduate Institute, 249 Lambert Rd, Carpinteria • https://tinyurl.com/muzxews8 • Free • 12pm Fr, 2/17.

UNA CELEBRACIÓN DE LA HISTORIA NEGRA

Programa de almuerzo en honor a los negros locales

Gratis • 7-9pm sábado, 2/18.

TRANSFORMATION

SB Symphony performs Strauss, Ravel, Nash & more • Granada Theatre • $35-175 • www. granadasb.org • 7:30pm Sa, 2/18 & 3pm Su, 2/19.

TRANSFORMACIÓN

SB Symphony interpreta a Strauss, Ravel, Nash y más • Granada Theatre • $35-175 • www.granadasb.org • 7:30pm sábado, 2/18 y 3pm domingo, 2/19.

Bookworm Corner: Hidden Figures

By Daisy Scott / VOICE

INSPIRING YOUNG READERS TO TURN THEIR EYES AND DREAMS TO THE SKY, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race highlights a chapter from our country’s history that is just now receiving the awareness it deserves. Written by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling, and illustrated by Laura Freeman, this picture book was published after the 2016 critically-acclaimed film Hidden Figures debuted, telling the story of three Black women who fought racism and misogyny to help NASA send the first man into space.

Written in a style straightforward enough for third grade readers and up, the Hidden Figures picture book ventures a step further than the film to emphasize how mathematicians Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson paved the way for future Black mathematicians. This legacy is outlined in the story of Christine Darden, who helped make the first moon landing possible.

Readers first meet Dorothy Vaughan, who initially helped improve American airplanes during World War II. When the Cold War begins, she is joined by Mary Jackson, who tirelessly works toward becoming the first Black female engineer to work at the Langley Research Center. The duo then meet Katherine Johnson, who was excluded from laboratory meetings due to her being a woman. However, Katherine continued to demand equal participation and treatment, ultimately becoming the first woman to sign her name to a group’s laboratory report.

Throughout these womens’ stories, the book does an excellent job of providing historical context to ensure young readers understand the full weight of their accomplishments. In exploring colorful

y líderes • Pacifica Graduate Institute, 249 Lambert Rd, Carpinteria • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/muzxews8 • 12pm, viernes, 2/17.

BLACK WOMEN ROCK

Pre-recorded panel discussion of Black women in rock music • Black Culture House • Soul Bites Restaurant • Free • 1pm Sa, 2/18.

MUJERES NEGRAS Y ROCK

Mesa redonda pregrabada sobre mujeres negras en la música rock • Black Culture House • Soul Bites Restaurant • Gratis • 1pm sábado, 2/18.

BHM COMMUNITY APPRECIATION CELEBRATION

By Endowment for Youth Community • Wine Collective • RSVP to shevonhooversb@gmail.com

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

IDENTIFYING PLANT FAMILIES IN THE GARDEN

Talk and tour of the garden • SB Botanic Garden • $15-30 • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-10:30am Sa, 2/18.

IDENTIFICACIÓN DE FAMILIAS DE PLANTAS EN EL JARDÍN

Charla y recorrido por el jardín • SB Botanic Garden • $15-30 • www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-10:30am sábado, 2/18.

by 2/11 • 4-6pm Sa, 2/18.

COMUNIDAD BHM CELEBRACIÓN DE AGRADECIMIENTO

Presentado por Endowment for Youth Community • Wine Collective • Reserva tu lugar: shevonhooversb@gmail.com antes del 11 de febrero • 4-6 pm sábado, 2/18.

JELLYROLL

Local blues/rock band concert • Black Culture House • Soul Bites Restaurant • Free • 1pm Sa, 2/19.

JELLYROLL

Concierto de banda local de blues/rock • Black Culture House • Soul Bites Restaurant • Gratis • 1pm sábado, 2/19.

Sunday • domingo 2.19

MUSIC | MÚSICA

TAKÁCS QUARTET

All-Beethoven concert • St. Mark’s in-the-Valley • $20-free • www.smitv.org/syv-concert-series.html • 4pm Su, 2/19.

TAKÁCS QUARTET

Concierto de todo Beethoven• St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley • $20-gratis • www.smitv.org/syv-concert-series.html • 4pm domingo, 2/19.

illustrated pages, students learn how the first computers were people, and that attempting to work as a computer as both a woman and a Black person was extraordinarily difficult in 1950’s society. Topics such as segregation and misogyny are outlined in direct language, providing young readers with a solid basis for future conversations.

The book also introduces much of America’s early space exploration history, including the creation of NASA and the missions to send astronaut John Glenn around the world and the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon. The constant presence of Dorothy, Mary, and Katherine, and later Christine Darden, emphasizes their determination, intelligence, and importance.

As Santa Barbara students continue to celebrate Black History Month, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race offers a positive example of how Black women have and will continue to pave the future of STEM fields of study. As the book’s conclusion reminds us, “with hard work, perseverance, and a love of math, anything is possible.”

Step Afrika! will perform on February 16th at UCSB Arts & Lectures' Campbell Hall

Photo courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectuers

Bookworm Corner is a weekly column dedicated to highlighting children’s and young adult books that carry positive messages. It is penned by Daisy Scott, a lifelong reader and lover of children’s literature who holds her degree in literature and writing from UC San Diego.

OnSTAGE

ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY

SELLING KABUL

Drama about an Afghan U.S. Army interpreter trying to escape the Taliban

• The New Vic • $40-50 • www.etcsb.org

• Through 2/19.

VENDER KABUL

Drama sobre un intérprete afgano del ejército estadounidense que intenta escapar de los talibanes • The New Vic •

$40-50 • www.etcsb.org • Hasta el 2/19.

OJAI ART CENTER THEATER

BECKY’S NEW CAR

Comedy on an average middle-aged woman who meets a millionaire • $22-24 • www.ojaiact.org • Through 2/19.

EL AUTO NUEVO DE BECKY

Comedia sobre una mujer de mediana edad que conoce a un millonario • $2224 • www.ojaiact.org • Hasta el 2/19.

RUBICON THEATRE

THE REALISTIC JONESES

Two suburban couples are united by their identical houses and names • $30-70 • www.rubicontheatre.org • Through 2/12.

LOS JONES REALISTAS

Dos parejas suburbanas están unidas por sus casas y nombres idénticos • $30-70 • www.rubicontheatre.org • Hasta el 2/12.

The Arlington Theatre

THE VOW FROM HIROSHIMA

Documentary on Hiroshima survivor, followed by Q&A with director & producer

• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation • SB City College Fé Bland Forum • Free-$10 • www.wagingpeace.org • 6-7:30pm Fr, 2/10.

EL VOTO DE HIROSHIMA

Documental sobre el sobreviviente de Hiroshima, seguido de preguntas y respuestas con la directora y el productor

• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation • SB City College Fé Bland Forum • Gratis-$10

• www.wagingpeace.org • 6-7:30pm viernes, 2/10.

BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM

Documentary on Texas’ abuse of immigrant labor • UCSB MCC Theater • Free • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm We, 2/15.

CONSTRUYENDO EL SUEÑO AMERICANO

Documental sobre el abuso de la mano de obra inmigrante en Texas • UCSB MCC Theater • Gratis • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm miércoles, 2/15.

Fridays at 6pm • Schott Center, Tanahill Auditorium with Kerry Methner, PhD & Mark Whitehurst, PhD

Next Class: Friday, February 10th

The Imitation Game (2014): Director: Morten

Tyldum; Writers: Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges

Starring: Benedict

Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode

Great discussions follow the screening of a range of thought provoking films.

Schedule subject to change. Please visit metrotheatres.com for theater updates. Thank you. Features and Showtimes for Feb 10-16, 2023

* = Subject to Restrictions on “SILVER MVP PASSES; and No Passes” www.metrotheatres.com

Broad Spectrum

By

M.

OFFERING A SMORGASBORD OF FINE ART IN VARIOUS DIMENSIONS and themes, Broad Spectrum, the newest exhibition at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery, features an artist collective titled Western Edge, or WE.

The collective is composed of twelve women artists living in Southern California, whose work has been widely celebrated. Each visitor should find something tantalizing.

The exhibition is masterfully curated by Andi Campognone, director of the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, CA.

Although a few might resist acknowledging that this is a womenonly exhibition, it is symbolic and important to underline that women no longer are just muses for the canvas or clay. Women are the artists of creation. As such, they have banded together to promote their proximity to the environment on the edge of the Western Continent. Yet, the exhibition is much broader, and its themes universal. Their work could easily hold its own in any other geographic location.

The artists have loosely defined themselves in categories of: Storytellers, Messengers, Beyond Realism, and Abstractionists. Some showcase well in these slots, others slide in under the wire. Cynthia Martin’s colorful stripes and strips in Time Lapse, acrylic on nine panels, beckon us into the gallery like eye candy.

In terms of complex and audacious work, Dorothy Churchill-Johnson’s two massive paintings stand out. Angels and Demons, oil on canvas, 40×60 inches, is more than just a peek into a kaleidoscope of thoughts. If you stand too close you become part of it. She says that, “Through observation I hope to elevate the mundane to the extraordinary.” Last year one of her paintings went into the permanent collection at Butler Museum of American Art. Evidently, they agreed.

Joan Rosenberg-Dent’s porcelain abstraction titled, Haikui, on a wood panel speaks from the wall as a 3-D spatial construct, referencing the

rigid Japanese poem of three stanzas of 17 syllables. The exploration of the spoken word is not lost in this exhibition. Artist Nancy Gifford, notes that, “For me painting is the refuge of the failed poet.”

Her work Tar Sands, acrylic resin on laser cut birch on cradled birch, speaks truth of our environment.

RT Livingston, Cic #3, Sunrise, allows only a narrow band of pink to begin the break of day, which calls us to both the beauty and the darkness when the ocean meets the sky.

Susan Tibbles creates conversations about socio/political issues with undercurrents of satire, yet in complex illustrations and composites, like Balloon Boy collage.

Marlene Struss calls her abstractions

“biomorphic,” which they seem on an intricate level. What Happened Here?, acrylic on panel, is a prime example of wondering.

Artists Kerrie Smith and Cynthia James work with color and refined expression that captures both floral and plants, and an environment we wish would constantly be available to us. Smith’s work is bright, spot on, and engaging, as in Flora Ficciones Series: Gygantha Glorietta, acrylic on cradled wood panel; while James is luminescent and luscious, almost mythical in her use of color and seductive structure, as in Autumn Kiss, oil on canvas.

Everyone loves a good story. Ruth Ellen Hoag tells a lovely tale in Beach Day, acrylic. She says that “Music is inherent in my being,” so pianissimo is visible in her application of color at the beach. Pamela Hill Enticknap, captures the essence of a narrative in her delightful clay figurines. Baby Grand, polymer clay and acrylic, is very thought provoking. Veronica Walmsley’s Lucky Ducks, color pencil and watercolor is basically surrealism, executed precisely in tightly knit colors.

You can read about each artist and their work in a well documented manual at the gallery. The exhibition continues through March 25th at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery at 1331 State Street in Santa Barbara, near the historic Arlington Theater. A second reception with the artists will be held on Friday, February 10th, from 5 to 8pm.

Lynn

Holley / Special to VOICE

Angels or Demons by Dorothy ChurchillJohnson

Time Lapse by Cynthia Martin

Gygantha Glorietta by Kerrie Smith

Lucky Ducks by Veronica Walmsley

Beach Day by Ruth Ellen Hoag

Balloon Boy by Susan Tibles

The CiC #3 sunrise by RT Livingston

What Happened Here? by Marlene Struss

Autumn Kiss by Cynthia James

Tar Sands by Nancy Gifford

Haiku by Joan Rosenberg-Dent

Baby Grand by Pamela Hill Enticknap

10 WEST GALLERY: Food For Thought ~ March 19 • 10 W Anapamu • Thu-Sun 11-5 • 805-7707711 • www.10westgallery.com

ARCHITECTURAL FDN GALLERY: Vein’s: Mining Family History Through Copper by Mayela Rodriguez ~ Mar 11 • 229 E Victoria • 805-9656307 • www.afsb.org

ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM • www.museum.ucsb.edu

ART FROM SCRAP GALLERY: 302 E Cota St • We 11-4; Th 11-5; Fr, Sat 11-4 • 805-884-0459 •

www.exploreecology.org/art-from-scrap

THE ARTS FUND: The Kind of Mother ~ Mar 3 • La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S Hope Av • Su-Thu 11-6; Fri, Sa 11-7 • www.artsfundsb.org

ATKINSON GALLERY: small images ~ Feb 15 - Mar 17 • Mo-Th 11-5, Fr 11-3 • http://gallery.sbcc.edu

BELLA ROSA GALLERIES: 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707

CASA DE LA GUERRA: Haas Adobe Watercolors • $5/Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • Th-Sun 12-4 • www.sbthp.org/casadelaguerra

CASA DOLORES: A Fortune Inside My Piggy Bank / Una Fortuna Dentro De Mi Alcancía De Cochinito ~ Mar 31; Bandera Ware; traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • www.casadolores.org

CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY• 1st fl, 105 E Anacapa St • 805-568-3994

CLAY STUDIO GALLERY: Selections from the Clay Studio Community • 9-5pm, Mon-Fri; By Appt • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • www.claystudiosb.org

CORRIDAN GALLERY: Contemporary Fine Art of Santa Barbara • Central Coast Artists • 125 N Milpas • WeSa 11-6 • 805-966-7939 • www.corridan-gallery.com

CYPRESS GALLERY: Quest for Hidden Gems of California by Susanne Schenck ~ Feb 28 • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • Sat & Sun 1-4 • 805737-1129 • www.lompocart.org

EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA BÁRBARA: Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas • 123 E Canon Perdido St • Th-Sun 11-4 • www.sbthp.org

ELVERHØJ MUSEUM: Ephemera In Form ~ May 7 • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • Th-Mo 11-5 • www.elverhoj.org

FAULKNER GALLERY • 40 E Anapamu St • 805-962-7653

GALLERY 113: Members of SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • Mo-Sa 11-5; Sun 1-5 • www.gallery113sb.com

GALLERY LOS OLIVOS: Color & Light: Neil Andersson & Vicki Andersen ~ March 4-29 • Thu-Mo 10-5 • www.gallerylosolivos.com

• 805-688-7517

GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: 805.969.9990 • www.lotusland.org

GOLETA VALLEY LIBRARY: 500 N. Fairview Ave • Tu-Thu: 10-7pm; Fri & Sa 10-5:30pm; Su 1-5pm • www.TheGoletaValleyArtAssociation.org

HELENA MASON ART GALLERY: 48 Helena Av • 11-5pm Wed-Mon • www.helenamasonartgallery.com

JAMES MAIN FINE ART: 19th & 20th Fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St • Tu-Sa 12-5 • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY & MUSEUM: 21 W Anapamu • We-Su 12-4 • 805-962-5322 • https://karpeles.com/museums/sb.php

KATHRYNE DESIGNS: Local Artists

• 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • M-Sa 10-5; Su 11-5 • 805-565-4700

LA CUMBRE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: Three Multi-Artist Galleries at La Cumbre Plaza - Celebrating Three Years! • Tues-Sun noon-5 • lacumbrecenterforcreativearts@gmail.com

LEGACY ART SANTA BARBARA: Artwork of Susy and Carroll Barrymore • 1221 State St, #7 • 805-324-4971.

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS

CENTER: Thu-Su 12-4 • 865 Linden Av • 805-684-7789 • www.carpinteriaartscenter.org

MARCIA BURTT STUDIO: Summer in Winter - paintings and photographs by gallery artists ~ April 2 • 517 Laguna St • Th-Su 1-5 • 805-9625588 • www.artlacuna.com

MAUNE CONTEMPORARY: Santa Barbara Group Exhibition: Andrew Catanese and Taher Jaoui • 1309 State St • Tu-Su 11-5 & By appt • 805-869-2524 • www.maune.com

MOXI, THE WOLF MUSEUM: Exploration + Innovation • Daily 10-5 • 805-770-5000 • 125 State St • www.moxi.org

MUSEUM OF SENSORY & MOVEMENT EXPERIENCES: La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Av #F119 • www.seehearmove.com

MY PET RAM: Anders Lindseth and Raychael Stine • 16 Helena Av • FriSun noon-7pm • www.mypetram.com

PALM LOFT GALLERY: 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carp • By Appt • 805-6849700 • www.Palmloft.com

PEREGRINE GALLERIES: Early California and American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-252-9659 • www.Peregrine.shop

PORTICO GALLERY: Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-7298454 • www.porticofinearts.com

SANTA BARBARA ART WORKS: Artists with disabilities programs, virtual exhibits • 805-260-6705 • www.sbartworks.org

SANTA BARBARA FINE ART: Winter Show ~ Spring • 1321 State St • MoSa 12-5; Su 12-4 • 805-845-4270 • www.santabarbarafineart.com

SB BOTANIC GARDEN: Interlopings: Colors in the Warp and Weft of Ecological Entanglements by Helén Svensson and Lisa Jevbratt ~ Mar 12 • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • www.sbbg.org

SB HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community; Memories of Mountain Drive: SB’s

Roe Anne White p h o t o g r a p h y roeannewhite.com

Art | Arte

Bohemian Community ~ Feb 28; The Story of SB • 136 E De la Guerra • Thur 12-5, Fri 12-7; Sat 12-5 • 805966-1601 • www.sbhistorical.org

SB MARITIME MUSEUM: The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and Santa Barbara Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Way, Ste 190 • Thu-Su 10-5 • 805-962-8404 • www.SBMM.org

SB MUSEUM OF ART: Scenes from a Marriage: Ed & Nancy Kienholz ~ May 21; Out of Joint: Joan Tanner ~ Feb 12-May 14; Portrait of Mexico Today; Highlights of East Asian ArtOngoing • Tu-Su, 11-5; Thu, 11-8 • www.sbma.net • 805-963-4364

SB MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Native People Through Lens of Edward Curtis ~ Apr 30 • Wed-Sun 10-5 • 2559 Puesta del Sol • www.sbnature.org

SANTA BARBARA SEA CENTER Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing • Daily 10-5 • 805-6824711 • 211 Stearns Wharf • www.sbnature.org

SANTA BARBARA TENNIS CLUB: Abstract 10 ~ Mar 1 • 9-7 daily • 2375 Foothill Rd • 805-682-4722 • www.2ndfridaysart.com

SILO 118: 118 Gray St • 12-5 Th-Sa/ by appt • www.silo118.com

SULLIVAN GOSS: The Search For Modern West ~ Feb 20; Regenerate: The Works of J. Bradley Greer and Lynda Weinman ~ Mar 27 • 11 E Anapamu St • 805-730-1460 • www.sullivangoss.com

SUSAN QUINLAN DOLL & TEDDY BEAR MUSEUM: 122 W. Canon Perdido • Fr-Sa 11-4; Su-Th by appt • 805-687-4623 • www.quinlanmuseum.com

SYV HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CARRIAGE HOUSE: Art Of The Western Saddle • 3596 Sagunto St, Santa Ynez • Sa, Su 12-4 • 805-688-7889 • www.santaynezmuseum.org

TAMSEN GALLERY: Work by Robert W. Firestone • 911.5 State St, 805705-2208 • www.tamsengallery.com

THOMAS REYNOLDS GALLERY: Western Edge ~ Mar 25 • Th-Sat 12-5; By Appt • 1331 State St • www.thomasreynolds.com

UCSB LIBRARY: www.library.ucsb.edu

VOICE GALLERY: Nudes & New Work for the New Year ~ Jan 30; Rendezvous ~ Feb 2-28 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 805-965-6448

WATERHOUSE GALLERY: Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mon-Sat, 12-4 Sun • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com

WESTMONT RIDLEY-TREE MUSEUM OF ART: ENTANGLED: Entangled ~ March 25 • 805-565-6162 • Mo-Fr 10-4; Sat 11-5 • www.westmont.edu/museum

WILDLING MUSEUM: Wildlife on the Edge: Hilary Baker ~ Mar 6; Portals & Pathways by Kerrie Smith ~ February 2023 • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • www.wildlingmuseum.org

Art Events

Eventos de Arte

THOMAS REYNOLDS GALLERY RECEPTION BORAD SPECTRUM BY WESTERN EDGE • Southern California Women artists • 1331 State Street • 5-8pm, Fri,/10.

STUDIO SUNDAY • Create your own Joan Tanner-inspired drawings • SB Museum of Art Family Resource Center • Free •

1:30-4:30pm Su, 2/12.

DOMINGO DE ESTUDIO • Crea tus propios dibujos inspirados en Joan Tanner • SB Museum of Art Family Resource Center • Gratis •

1:30-4:30pm domingo, 2/12.

ARTIST TALK • Mayela Rodriguez discusses Veins: Mining Family History Through Copper • SB Architectural Foundation Gallery, 229 E. Victoria St. • Free, reservations required: 805-965-6307 or molly@afsb.org • 2pm Sa, 2/11.

CHARLA DE ARTISTA • Mayela

Rodríguez habla sobre Veins: Mining Family History Through Copper • SB Architectural Foundation Gallery, 229 E. Victoria St. • Gratis, se requiere

reserva: 805-965-6307 o molly@ afsb.org • 2pm sábado, 2/11.

EARTH, SEA, SKY, ART EXHIBITION AND SALE • Artists Chris Chapman and John Iwerks host art sale to benefit St. Mark’s-inthe-Valley Episcopal Church • St. Mark’s, 2901 Nojoqui Ave at Alamo Pintado Ave, Los Olivos • 11am-4pm Fri, 2/17 & Sa, 2/18; 11am-1pm Su, 2/19.

TIERRA, MAR, CIELO, EXPOSICIÓN Y VENTA DE ARTE • Los artistas Chris Chapman y John Iwerks organizan una venta de arte a beneficio de St. Mark’s-in-theValley Episcopal Church • St. Mark’s, 2901 Nojoqui Ave at Alamo Pintado Ave, Los Olivos • 11am-4pm viernes, 2/17 y sábado, 2/18; 11am-1pm domingo, 2/19. SB ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW • Local artists & artisans • 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd., SB • 10am-5pm Sundays. EXPOSICIÓN DE ARTES Y ARTESANIAS SB • De artistas y artesanos locales • 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd., SB • 10am-5pm los domingos.

Send your art openings, receptions, and events to Art@VoiceSB.com to be included in this free listing. Envía tus inauguraciones de arte, recepciones, y eventos a Art@VoiceSB.com para ser incluido en este listado gratuito.

FEBRUARY 8 - 18, 2023

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4 shows @ 20% off select ticket prices.*Plus bonus early bird ticket opportunity for Charles Lloyd 85th Birthday Celebration. Series on sale now / Single tix on sale Dec. 1.

A protégé of legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, 10-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Arturo Sandoval has evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist, and composer.

ARTURO SANDOVAL THE DEREK DOUGET BAND

Douget has performed with many notable musicians on the New Orleans scene, mixing his Louisiana upbringing with his strong individualism and idiosyncratic voice. The saxophonist will be joined on stage by Ashlin Parker (trumpet), Victor Atkins (piano), and Jason Stewart (bass).

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TIERNEY SUTTON BAND

with guest artist Serge Merlaud

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SPECIAL

CHARLES LLOYD 85TH Birthday Celebration

NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd felt the world needed more tenderness, so he invited these talented musicians to join him in making an offering to humanity. Coinciding with Charles’ 85th birthday, these great artists will all come together for the first time ever – at home on the stage of the Lobero.

with Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade

The Climate Infowhelm

16 FEB THU

Climate infowhelm is the experience of feeling overwhelmed by too much information about the environmental crisis. Heather Houser will discuss how infowhelm feels, sounds, and looks in various media and how contemporary art manages environmental knowledge and provides new ways of understanding environmental change. Audience Q&A will follow.

Heather Houser is the Mody C. Boatright Regents Professor in American and English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction: Environment and Affect (2014), Infowhelm: Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data (2020), as well as numerous academic and public articles.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Too Much Information series and the IHC Idee Levitan Endowment

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