VOICE Magazine: April 5, 2024

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MERCEDES DE CÓRDOBA PRESENTED

August 2, 2024

Lobero Theatre 7:30 PM

Pre-Concert Reception 6:00 PM

After Party 9:30 PM

Mercedes de Córdoba is a powerful and authentic dancer who has consistently wowed audiences with her versatility, emotional depth, and unparalleled ability to bring audiences to their feet. For details, go to flamencoarts.org

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Conveniently located near world-class beaches, resorts, fine dining and shopping in Montecito’s coveted Upper & Lower Villages, this ultracharming single-story 1938 Spanish-style Hedgerow home, with a 3 bed/3 bath main residence and a detached 1 bed/1 bath guest house, offers a wonderful layout for indoor/outdoor living. The living room, adorned with a charming fireplace and dual French doors leading to both the front patio and dining area, provides a haven of comfort and refinement. The dining room, illuminated by natural light through oversized windows, offers a welcoming atmosphere for memorable meals while overlooking the meticulously manicured gardens. The kitchen, featuring an envious 60” Wolf range, and a farmhouse sink, seamlessly combines elegance with functionality. The primary suite serves as a spacious retreat, complete with an ensuite bath featuring dual vanities, a tranquil sitting room, and French doors leading to the hot tub for a soothing end to the day. Lush landscaping, citrus trees, majestic oaks and meandering pathways create a tranquil outdoor sanctuary, with stone patios offering stylish venues for gatherings. The iron greenhouse, nestled within the gardens, provides a captivating setting for al-fresco dining, adding a touch of enchantment to the already picturesque surroundings. Montecito Union School District.

Airport to Receive Additional Funds from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

AT THE SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced $3.9 million in new funding from the Federal Aviation Administration, which is from the most recent round of grants from the Infrastructure Law. The new grant is part of more than $30 million assigned to Central Coast airports since 2021.

Congressman Carbajal was joined by Santa Barbara Airport Director Christopher Hastert and Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse for the announcement of the grant. It is the largest grant allocated to Santa Barbara’s airport since the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was signed in November 2021.

“This funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will secure the future enjoyment of Santa Barbara’s airport for thousands of passengers, both those who use it to visit our beautiful slice of paradise and those – like me – who use it for business and to come back home,” said Congressman Carbajal. “Santa Barbara Airport is expecting to serve more than 800,000 passengers by 2041. And to account for that growth, the airport has plans for runway improvement, terminal upgrades, new parking options, more gates, and better services. This federal funding will help make that happen.”

“We thank Congressman Salud Carbajal and his staff for the dedication to our region’s airports, including Santa Barbara through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other funding sources,” Santa Barbara Airport Director Christopher Hastert said. “The Congressman has been instrumental in enhancing the safety, efficiency, and accessibility of our air transportation infrastructure for everyday travel but also strengthens our readiness during natural disasters, where airports serve as critical hubs for relief efforts.”

The landmark infrastructure law, which was championed by Rep. Carbajal from his role on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has also provided funding to Santa Maria Municipal Airport, San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, and the airports in Lompoc, Santa Ynez, and Oceano.

“We are very pleased to be working cooperatively with the Federal agencies through Congressman Carbajal as we bring the Airport Master Plan to fruition,” said Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse. “The enhancement of amenities and public safety are vital to our community, serving both tourism and business interests.”

With the announcement of this funding, Santa Barbara Airport has received more than $10 million in FAA grants since November 2021.

To date, the office of Rep. Carbajal estimates the Central Coast has received more than $800 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support airport and highway improvements, rail and water infrastructure upgrades, expansion of high-speed internet connectivity, harbor and public space maintenance, and more. Find

Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse, Rep. Salud Carbajal, Airport Development Manager

Sara Iza, and Airport Director Christopher Hastert

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New Name, New Era, New Programs, New Exhibits, New Opportunities

The Wildling Museum is now the California Nature Art Museum

By Joni Kelly, CNAM, Special to VOICE

SINCE IT OPENED ITS DOORS IN 2000, THE WILDLING MUSEUM HAS SHARED THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL WORLD by showcasing a vast array of artists and their unique place in nature conservation. Originally founded by local artist Patti Jacquemain, the Museum has grown and changed impressively over the years; yet, two things remain consistent – its mission and vision.

The Museum’s mission is to inspire stewardship of nature through art and education and its vision is to be exceptional and inclusive leaders in inspiring our diverse communities and visitors to value nature through the vision of artists. The Museum collaborates with partners for the benefit of our region.

As the Museum entered its 24th year, it was time to refresh the organization’s image and name. To match its continuing success and growth, the Museum needed a name that was direct and intuitive, while still adhering to the original vision of its founder. After more than a year of planning, the Board of Directors and staff announced the launch of the California Nature Art Museum in January 2024. Continuing to honor their founding legacy, the first-floor exhibition space has been renamed “The Wildling Gallery.”

“This is a very exciting time for our organization as we look forward to the future as the California Nature Art Museum,” said Stacey Otte-Demangate, Executive Director. “And the exhibits and educational programs we offer reinforce that, allowing our community and visitors to experience the beauty of art, and the nature all around us which inspires it.”

It’s a new name and a new era.

The California Nature Art Museum (www.calnatureartmuseum.org) showcases complex issues of conservation and environmental science through art, specifically focusing on the amazing beauty and diversity of The Golden State. Using art to connect people to nature is an impactful way to touch hearts and minds. Never has nature been more challenged than it is right now, and expanding the Museum’s reach is paramount towards building a sustainable future for us all. In response, the Museum is also demonstrating a renewed effort in community education and outreach, offering a wide variety of public programs between now and September 2024 and beyond. The Museum is part of Museums for All, offering free admission to individuals and families on the food assistance/ SNAP program and always gives free admission to children 17 and younger. School classroom tours are also provided for free to teachers.

Current Exhibits & Upcoming Events

At present, many of the upcoming programs dovetail with the Museum’s newest exhibition, The Birds and the Bees and More: Pollinators.

Featuring original art by Ava Roth, Elizabeth Weber, Susan McDonnell, Cynthia James, Sara Woodburn, and John Gould, this collection of pieces boasts a breadth of perspectives on our county’s pollinators. Also included are twelve high-resolution images of rare, local bees provided by the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration at UCSB and actual, preserved bee specimens to accompany them. Visitors can learn more about the selected species of native bees (including the Channel Islands leafcutter bee, which is endemic to Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Island) not only by visiting the first-floor gallery and reading the interpretive labels, but also by picking up one of the provided magnifying glasses to take a closer look!

the Museum’s newest publication of the same name. The coffee table quality hardcover book includes over 140 stunning photographs that capture George Rose’s expansive documentation of California’s complicated and dramatic water story and can be purchased on the Museum’s website for $38.98, with Museum members getting a 15 percent discount!

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Additionally, the second-floor Valley Oak Gallery hosts a solo exhibition by renowned photographer

George Rose which features more than 20 large-format inkjet photographs of the Golden State. Visit California’s Changing Landscape: The Way of Water now through July 8th, or marvel at these photos (and more) with

If you are looking to support the California Nature Art Museum beyond purchasing a book or planning your next visit, you may also consider buying a ticket to their upcoming annual Wilderness Spirit Award Brunch which will be held at the Santa Ynez Marriott in Buellton on Sunday, May 19th, from 11am to 1:30pm. This year’s much-anticipated affair will be a morning filled with can’t-miss auction items, live artist demonstrations, wine pull, incredible food and drink, and of course, a unique chance to support the Museum’s mission. This year, the event honors the Community Environmental Council (CEC) with the Wilderness Spirit Award, as well as the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians with a new Sustainability Award. The Wilderness Spirit Award Brunch is the Museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year, and tickets are on sale now.

The California Nature Art Museum is open weekdays 11am4pm (except Tuesday and Wednesday) and weekends 10am-5pm, and is a non-profit supported by the generosity of its sponsors and members.

www.calnatureartmuseum.org

Painted Lady, oil, by Susan McDonnell

Northern CA Record Flooding 1.11.17, photograph, by George Rose

Chamber Plans State of the City Luncheon

ACONVERGENCE OF VISION AND LEADERSHIP describes the State of the City Luncheon, presented by the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce. It's a key event for the business community across Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria. The luncheon will be held on April 12th at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.

“The State of the City luncheon is more than an annual event; it is a commitment to the future of the South Coast's business community. It is an investment in understanding the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, ensuring that businesses are not only prepared for the future but are active participants in shaping it” said Kristen Miller, President & CEO of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce.

Presenting at the event will be Mayors and City leaders of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria. This will include City of Goleta Mayor Paula Perotte, City of Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse, and City of Carpinteria

Mayor Al Clark. The presentations are to be a vision into the strategic direction of the region, offering insights into projects and initiatives that shape the economic landscape.

Following these presentations, a panel discussion will be held with the city leaders providing depth and context to the updates, The panel discussion will include Goleta City Manager Robert Nisbet, City of Santa Barbara Assistant City Administrator Rene Eyerly, and Carpinteria City Manager Michael Ramirez. The panel dialogue offers a forum for business leaders to understand a larger vision

Registration is now open. Tables for eight or ten are also available for purchase. For more information and to secure your attendance, visit SBSCChamber.com. For questions about the event, contact Chelsea at Chelsea@SBSCChamber.com.

Contact Michele for sponsorship information Michele@SBSCChamber.com: TITLE SPONSORS of the Event: Cox Communications, Montecito Bank & Trust, UCLA Health.

Santa Barbara Zoo Introduces Mini Nubian & Dwarf Nigerian Goats Encounter

THE SANTA BARBARA ZOO’S BARNYARD RECENTLY WELCOMED MINI

NUBIAN AND DWARF NIGERIAN GOATS to their stable, and guests are invited to get up-close and personal with them through a goat brushing experience. This is the newest of the Zoo’s immersive and educational experiences designed to foster a deeper connection between guests and the natural world.

The goat brushing experience is open to the public free of charge, offering a rare chance to engage directly with the goats under the guidance of the Zoo’s staff. Happening on Saturdays and Sundays, with sessions available from 11am to 1pm, and 2 to 4pm, sessions depend on the goats’ behavior and wellbeing, as the animals’ comfort and safety are the Zoo’s top priority.

“We are thrilled to introduce our guests to the mini Nubian and dwarf Nigerian goats through this interactive brushing experience,” shared Rachel Ritchason, the Director of Animal Care at Santa Barbara Zoo. “It’s a fantastic way for guests to connect with these adorable animals, learn about their care, and understand the importance of all creatures in our ecosystem. Our animal encounter experiences are not just about fun; they’re educational journeys that highlight the significance of conservation and animal welfare.”

Zoo general admission is $25/adults, $15/children 2-12, & free children under 2. Parking is $11. www.sbzoo.org

Housing Authority Offers Free Income Tax Services to the Community

LOW TO MODERATE INCOME SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR’S VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE Program. The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara has partnered with the IRS and United Way of Santa Barbara County to provide helpful services & resources to residents throughout Santa Barbara County for tax season.

From now until April 15, 2024, volunteers at VITA sites throughout the community will provide free tax filing services to local residents making $67,000 or less annually. IRS-certified volunteers will provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals, as well as assist with general tax information, ITIN applications, and renewals.

VITA Locations & Hours (through April 15th):

United Way of Santa Barbara County, 320 E. Gutierrez Street: Tuesdays & Wednesdays | 1pm–4pm, Saturdays | 9am–1pm

Eastside Library, 1102 E. Montecito Street, Tuesdays & Thursdays | 4pm–7pm

Transition House, 425 E. Cota Street, Every other Wednesday | 4pm–7pm

SBCC Schott Center, 310 W Padre Street, Mondays & Thursdays | 4pm–7pm

UC Santa Barbara, Phelps Hall, Room 1517, Saturdays | 9am–3pm

Carpinteria Children's Project, 5201 8th Street, Saturday, April 13th | 9am–2pm

Goleta Valley Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave., Fridays | 9am–12pm, 1pm–4 pm (AARP)

Commemorative Tree Plaques...

Great Gifts & Great Memories

Designate a tree as a tribute to a family member or friend.

Santa Barbara Beautiful has funded more than 13,000 street trees in Santa Barbara! Find out more at www.SBBeautiful.org

For more information visit: www.sbbeautiful.org/commemorativetrees.html

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Photo courtesy of SB Zoo

Behavioral Wellness Issues Free Narcan Kits Countywide

IN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO COMBAT THE RISING TOLL OF OPIOID OVERDOSES and empower community health and safety, the County of Santa Barbara Department of Behavioral Wellness is continuing to offer the widespread distribution of Narcan (naloxone), a life-saving medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.

With opioid-related fatalities continuing to challenge communities nationwide, and with the concern that presents with the upcoming unsanctioned Deltopia street festival in Isla Vista, the Behavioral Wellness Alcohol and Drug Division is partnering with the County Board of Supervisors to distribute 900 units of Narcan in Isla Vista prior to the event. Behavioral Wellness will also be participating in three Family Resource Fairs being offered countywide in April and will be providing Narcan kits to individuals and family members who attend.

“Last year during Deltopia, there was a tragic death from fentanyl of a promising student. One death is one too many and I’m committed to doing everything I can to keep our young people and community safe,” shared Second District Supervisor Laura Capps. “I’m thankful for the partnership with the County’s Behavioral Wellness Department, the Isla Vista Community Services District, and UCSB’s Associated Students to distribute Narcan to households in Isla Vista.”

Behavioral Wellness recognizes the critical need for proactive measures to prevent loss of life. Through this community distribution effort, the Department aims to arm individuals, families, and the overall community with the necessary tools and knowledge to respond effectively to opioid overdoses, ultimately saving lives.

Learn more at: www.countyofsb.org/behavioral-wellness

Isla Vista County Beaches Closed April 5th to7th

THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT has announced that the beaches in Isla Vista will be closed Friday, April 5th through Sunday, April 7th due to the potential for a “Deltopia” event. The closure is being declared to prevent a re-occurrence of the conditions that resulted from the 2009 Floatopia. The Santa Barbara County Code (Section 26-11) authorizes the Community Services Department to close any County recreation area including beaches.

Following the Floatopia event of 2009, the beaches at Isla Vista were left strewn with trash and debris, including human waste. This event had no provisions for the health and well-being of the public, including no facilities for human sanitation or refuse collection. The County of Santa Barbara, therefore acted to close the Isla Vista beaches for similar events since 2010.

The Deltopia event planned for April 5th to 7th, 2024 is not a sanctioned event and there are no approved permits issued. As such, the County Community Services Department will declare the Isla Vista beaches closed to public entry to protect public health and safety and to protect the beach from excessive waste and litter. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office will enforce the closure.

Las Playas Del Condado De Isla Vista

Permanecerán Cerradas Del 5 Al 7 De Abril

EL DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS COMUNITARIOS DEL CONDADO DE SANTA BÁRBARA ha anunciado que las playas de Isla Vista permanecerán cerradas del viernes 5 al domingo 7 de abril debido a la posibilidad de que se produzca un evento "Deltopia". El cierre se declara para evitar que se repitan las condiciones que resultaron de la Floatopia 2009. El Código del Condado de Santa Bárbara (Sección 26-11) autoriza al Departamento de Servicios Comunitarios a cerrar cualquier área recreativa del Condado, incluyendo las playas.

Tras el evento Floatopia de 2009, las playas de Isla Vista quedaron sembradas de basura y escombros, entre ellos materia fecal humana. Este evento no contaba con medidas para la salud y el bienestar del público, ni con instalaciones para el saneamiento humano o la recolección de basura. El condado de Santa Bárbara, por lo tanto, actuó para cerrar las playas de Isla Vista para eventos similares desde 2010.

El evento Deltopia planeado para el 5-7 de abril de 2024 no es un evento sancionado y no hay permisos aprobados emitidos. Como tal, el Departamento de Servicios Comunitarios del Condado declarará las playas de Isla Vista cerradas a la entrada del público para proteger la salud y la seguridad pública y para proteger la playa del exceso de desperdicios y basura. La Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Santa Bárbara hará cumplir el cierre.

Campus Point Beach and Sands Beach Closures

CAMPUS POINT BEACH AND SANDS BEACH AT UC SANTA BARBARA will be closed from Friday, April 5th, through Sunday, April 7th, in coordination with Santa Barbara County’s closure of beaches in Isla Vista due to “Deltopia.”

The County Community Services Department declared the Isla Vista beaches closed to public entry to protect public health and safety and to protect the beach from excessive waste and litter.

In addition to the Campus Point beach closure, the University is restricting overnight visitor parking and will be implementing traffic safety checkpoints on campus throughout the weekend.

Large-Scale Volunteer Event Aims to Improve Jesusita Trail

THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT is hoping to recruit up to 75 volunteers for the first large-scale trail volunteer day of 2024. Volunteers of all experience levels are invited to attend the event to learn about trail restoration and maintenance while helping improve trail conditions and addressing heavy vegetation growth after an exceptionally wet winter.

The volunteer day is scheduled for Saturday, April 13th, from 8:30am to 2pm on Jesusita Trail. Volunteers will gather at the Cater Water Treatment Plant trailhead (1150 San Roque Rd.) for a safety orientation and instruction before taking to the trail. The event will wrap up with a group lunch for volunteers from 1pm to 2pm.

No special experience is required to volunteer. Tools and instructions will be provided, and volunteers will be assigned to small work teams based on experience. Work will include repairing and regrading trails and clearing overgrown brush, annual grasses, and tree branches to ensure trails are safe for all users to navigate.

“Assembling a dedicated and skilled volunteer pool is instrumental in offsetting the wear, tear, and love our trails receive,” said Parks Supervisor Steve Biddle, who coordinates the trail volunteer days.

“Jesusita Trail is a great trail for first-time volunteers because it’s welldefined and less rocky and steep than some of our previous worksites. I’d encourage anyone who uses our trails and is interested in learning what it takes to keep them in good condition to join us.”

RSVPs are required for this volunteer event. To sign up, contact Steve Biddle at SBiddle@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or (805) 564-5439.

The Department coordinates multiple large-scale volunteer events each year across City, County, and Forest Service properties to help maintain the community’s network of trails. The upcoming event is held in partnership with Santa Barbara County Parks, the U.S. Forest Service, Montecito Trails Foundation, Los Padres Forest Association, and SAGE Trail Alliance.

Future large-scale trail volunteer days are scheduled for Saturday, June 8th, and Saturday, September 28th.

Learn more at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/TrailWork

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Elings Park Reopens Las Positas Tennis Center After Major Renovation

THE 50-YEAR-OLD LAS POSITAS TENNIS CENTER HAS REOPENED after a 16-month, $2.7 million renovation by Elings Park, which has managed the facility since 2011. The renovation was made possible by donations to the Elings Park Infrastructure Campaign, which has also funded an additional $4.8 million in park improvements since 2020. More improvements are still to come, as funds are raised to complete the project.

“We knew that this beloved tennis facility was in need of attention when Santa Barbara’s Parks & Recreation Department asked Eling Park to take over management a dozen years ago,” said Elings Park Foundation Board Member Bruce Giffin, EPIC co-chair with Board member Lauren Katz. “Though its 1970s design was iconic, the restrooms’ framing had started rotting away, and the asphalt parking lot had turned to gravel. This renovation is a testament to the patience and generosity of the Center’s members and local tennis lovers over the years.”

The Center is home to seven US Tennis Association (USTA) teams, both men’s and women’s, and eight teams that play in local interclub tournaments. It runs a popular summer Tennis Camp for ages six to 14, with eight week-long sessions beginning June 17, 2024.

The Tennis Center improvements begin in the parking lot, which is freshly leveled, resurfaced, and striped, and features upgraded lighting. A new metal gateway, which echoes the design of the original circa 1985 entry gate on Jerry Harwin Parkway, marks the entrance to the improved pathway to the courts. Paved in permeable brick, it now meets ADA guidelines for people with disabilities. The Centers’ six courts have newly installed LED lighting for night play, the stadium-style viewing areas have been improved, retaining walls built, and all pathways regraded and repaved for ADA compliance to be accessible for people with disabilities.

Additional improvements are in the works to complete the final phase of renovations, such as extensive landscaping with California-native

plants, purchasing office equipment, and more. That completes the Tennis Center renovation for $3.2 million total.

“I may be biased, but it’s the most charming tennis center in Southern California,” said Elings Park Executive Director Dean Noble. “It is a real community center and open to everyone. We look forward to hosting more programs, more clinics, and more opportunities for youth.” www.elingspark.org/summer-camp/tennis

DignityMoves to Host Grand Opening of the La Posada Interim Supportive Housing

ARIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY HOSTED BY NCIS ACTOR DUANE HENRY

WILL SIGNAL THE GRAND OPENING of DignityMoves' La Posada Interim Supportive Housing Community on April 12th. The British actor has a personal connection with the work of DignityMoves.

“I was homeless,” said Henry. “The first year I got to California was very tough. I met a couple of friends, you know, couch surfing, trying to figure it out. There are a lot of people struggling and going through it. It's not just me. I'm not special.” said Henry.

La Posada Village will house individuals living in encampments near the 101 freeway and railroad tracks in the immediate area. This community will have 80 rooms, provide 24/7 security, intensive case management for each resident, three meals a day, and mental and physical health care services and transportation.

La Posada is a public-private collaboration between DignityMoves, the County of Santa Barbara, and Good Samaritan Shelter, which will serve as the service provider and operator. www.dignitymoves.org

Tby Zachary T. Elsea. According to motions filed by D’Alba concerning News Press property, "The Trustee seeks to sell by auction the assets of the Debtor that are located at Goleta and Anacapa, i.e., the premises where the Debtor had operated. The assets are those of a newspaper for Santa Barbara, California, that had been published daily. As scheduled, they include a “Printing Press,” scissor lifts, forklifts, a pallet jack, newsprint paper rolls, inks, plates, desks, chairs, tables, computers, printers, and five motor vehicles."

Trustee Namba recently proposed a sale to Weyaweya, Ltd., who formerly published the Santa Barbara News-Press, including an online edition. What will be purchased are the domain names newspress.com and sbnewspress.com; and the website; social media accounts on facebook and twitter; and the registered mark Santa Barbara News-Press. All of these assets will be sold for $250,000 as is, where is, with no warranty or recourse whatsoever, free and clear of all liens, however the sale is subject to any proposed overbids, that include a deposit.

The meeting of creditors in the above-referenced bankruptcy case is being continued from April 4, 2024 at noon to April 25, 2024 at 1pm, according to Michael G. D’Alba.

Women's tennis team Les Raquettes with pros Adam and Daniel Webster Courtesy of Las Positas Tennis Center

Marcia Constance cut the ribbon at the reopening

THE GRANADA THEATRE - 100 YEARS!

Antonio Artese West Coast Trio Enlivens Granada Stage

RBy Robert F. Adams / special to VOICE

HYTHMS OF LATIN JAZZ SIZZLED ON THE GRANADA STAGE, when the Antonio Artese West Coast Trio opened a Centennial event last Tuesday at the Theatre. The special evening was brought to fruition by Joan Rutkowski and the staff of the Granada, which opened in 1924. Palmer Jackson, Granada Board Chair, mentioned the Granada’s Centennial Festival has an elemental interest in providing a spotlight for local artists and that Artese’s West Coast Trio was a launchpad for a series of celebratory events throughout April.

“I have a deep connection to this special place, Santa Barbara…music is what humankind should be doing, and culture and the arts provide a message of peace,” stated Artese. Composer-pianist extraordinaire and local musician Antonio Artese and his comrades in musical arms, Jim Connolly on the double bass and Matt Perko on percussion performed up-close and personal with seating for the sell-out audience on the stage. Artese has worked in Italy for much of his career, performing and collaborating across Western Europe. In 2022, Artese played with this same trio, at the Lobero in the concert Two Worlds, a quiet highlight of that performing arts season. This particular concert touched on his meandering magical chords. A variety of selections encompassed originality and also touched on Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, blues, and samba beats.

A beautifully dissonant and melodic mix of flowing compositions from Artese songs were dedicated to his muse Samantha Stout in his composition My Blonde Girl and also the concluding work to the sponsor Rutkowski. Both were delicately orchestrated from his Steinway piano, and profoundly supported by the expressionistic percussive beats from Perko and the underlying accents from double base player Connally. Throughout the concert, Artese acknowledged the key players who made the concert possible, along with humorous banter between the songs.

A special guest vocalist joining the group was Nuevo Bossa, guitar-playing Téka, a native of São Paulo and now a local resident. She provided some finely expressive moments in the second act of the concert. Her version of Burt Bacharach’s The Look of Love was spellbinding and her other tunes brought to mind the accomplishments of the legendary Brazilian songstress Astrud Gilberto, whom the music world lost last summer.

A mid-month weekend celebration of The Granada’s 100th Anniversary will start with the April 12th screening of a Buster Keaton feature and a restored version of Star Wars: A New Hope, from 1977. The following evening, there will be a concert featuring The Pacific Jazz Orchestra, and on Sunday, April 14th there will be a concert showcase of young Santa Barbara performers. There are many sponsors of the 100 years of The Granada including The Manitou Fund, The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, Yardi, Montecito Bank & Trust, along with a host of individuals and families.

For more about the Granada’s Centennial activities, visit granadasb.org

Composer-pianist Antonio Artese

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Téka on guitar, Jim Connolly on the double bass

Matt Perko on percussion

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FACULTY ARTIST RECITAL

Paul Berkowitz

Friday, April 12, 2024 | 7:30 pm Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UC Santa Barbara

Pianist Paul Berkowitz presents a varied program in the Faculty Artist Recital Series with performances of works by Haydn, Poulenc and Schumann in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. Opening with the great Variations in F minor, one of the last works for piano of Joseph Haydn, Mr. Berkowitz will then perform a group of works by the mid-20 th century French composer Francis Poulenc – 3 Novelettes, 3 Intermezzi, Presto and Thème varié – from his new forthcoming CD. He will conclude with the Humoreske, op. 20 of Robert Schumann, perhaps the least known and most fantastical and imaginative of Schumann’s early piano cycles.

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Dancing and Thunder

By Isaac Hernández de Lipa / VOICE

T WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT… and the magic dance and syncopated “zapateado” of the Albuquerque flamenco company Yjastros (old Spanish for “stepchildren”), with Gerardo Morales on cajón, almost blew the roof off the old Covadonga Adobe. It was standing room only.

The performance began with an intimate flamenco session around a table in the back of the room, with Aileen Gonzalez singing to the troupe’s palmas. The program had the Spanish lyrics translated into English by guitarist Eloy Gonzales for those wanting to follow along, but there was no need. The audience was entranced by the softly illuminated musicians. Nevertheless, here are the lyrics to the first Jaleo:

No termino de entender

Cómo es que te puedo amar

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Y odiar a la misma vez

I can not begin to understand

How it is that I can love you

And hate you at the same time

All hell broke loose when the group took center stage, and Talia Vestal hit the “tablao” with grace and fury. A few inches of rain didn’t deter the audience, who broke into their own thunder after each movement of her Alegría (the name of the dance means “happiness”).

And then, just in case there was any doubt that the magic of duende was present, it announced itself loud and clear when lightning struck not far from the old adobe just at the dance’s finale, for a moment of stunned silence before the building rumbled in thunderous applause.

Talia Vestal, who trained in Santa Barbara under the mentorship of María Bermudez and Linda Vega, was truly savoring the moment. Since winning the 2014 Spirit of Fiesta she has gone on to win the coveted Flamenco Vivo Certamen at Lincoln Center in 2022, and now dances all over the world and teaches at the National Institute of Flamenco in Albuquerque.

It was a tough act to follow, but Nevarez “Navy” Encinias stood his ground with plenty of “gracia” in his Tarantos. Navy is a third generation flamenco artist in New Mexico, who learned under the guidance of his father, aunt, and grandmother (Joaquin, Marisol, and Eva Encinias), and as a child studied at the Conservatory of Flamenco Arts in Albuquerque. He went on to earn an MFA in Dance from the University of New Mexico in 2018. And he’s also a 2023–2025 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University.

At the end, as is the habit with Flamenco Íntimo at the museum, different dancers from the audience joined in to dance a joyful Bulerías together. And then they did it all over again the next night, for another sold out show.

The show was co-hosted by Santa Barbara Historical Museum and Flamenco! Santa Barbara, under the artistic direction of Maria Bermudez of Flamenco! Santa Barbara.

To find out more and attend upcoming events, sign up with the SB Historical Museum to be invited. https://www.sbhistorical.org/events/

Photos by Isaac Hernández de Lipa: Dancer Talia Vestal

Clockwise from top left: Issa and Jennifer Guzman, with Denise Ornelas. Roman Baratiak; Rhonda Henderson, SBHM trustee; and Hilary Burkemper, SBHM president. Bethel Mather and Alyssa Gonzales. Nevarez Encinias; Gerardo Morales, cajón; Aileen Gonzalez, singer; Eloy St. Cyr-Trujillo Gonzales, guitarist.

Photos By Isaac Hernández de Lipa

It’s National Poetry Month

In Santa Barbara

KBy Jesse Caverly / VOICE

AHLIL GIBRAN, THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE PROPHET, ONCE SAID; “POETRY IS A DEAL OF JOY AND PAIN AND WONDER, WITH A DASH OF THE DICTIONARY.” Since April is National Poetry Month, we can expect plenty of all that (and poetry) in Santa Barbara over the next few weeks.

National Poetry Month kicked off on April 1st at the Good Lion with the 10th annual “Spirits in the Air” reading—and no, that was not a prank. A gathering of poets around the subject of libations, it was a celebratory beginning for this month, which will also bring poetry lovers readings at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), Chaucer’s Books, Karpeles Manuscript Library, and at our local parks. The end of the month concludes with Amanda Gorman, the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate who is most famous for her poem The Hill We Climb, sitting down with Pico Iyer in a UCSB Arts & Lectures presentation at the Arlington.

According to George Yatchisin, host of “Spirits in the Air” and author of two books of poetry (Feast Days and The First Night We Thought the World Would End ), poetry is a contemplative art.

“Poetry is about elegantly framing questions, exploring ambiguity,” he shared. “In an age when everyone seems to already know all the answers, it gives us a place to contemplate, consider, re-consider. It attests to beauty in the natural world and to the made world — if done correctly it will be beautiful itself. It gives us an excuse to slow down and listen. Carefully.”

Santa Barbara is a town with a vibrant, well established art scene — so too with poetry. Besides this April’s calendar, there are monthly events where poetry, storytelling, and spoken word (all parts of the same art form) are performed and practiced. Long-running series such as the Santa Barbara Poetry Series and Mission Poetry Series are both currently held at the Santa Barbara Library. There is The Blue Whale Series and The Poetry Zone, and venues such as Wylde Works, Karpeles Manuscript Library, and 2nd Level Studio have been supportive of the poetic arts.

For those who want to write poetry, to be in the creative process, that’s where spoken word, the raucous cousin to traditional poetry, comes in. Besides The Moth bringing its national tour to the Lobero this 1st Thursday, April 4th, Backbone Storytelling will have an all-star event of local storytellers on April 13th at the Alcazar. For many poets and performers, it’s these kinds of spaces where they try their craft out for the first time.

The fourth will also be the launch party for Poetry Passages, a collaboration between the City’s transit system and our local poets. You will find, for the month of April, many city buses adorned with couplets from poems about travel, arrival, leaving and coming back to loved ones, and the passage of time itself. Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara’s own Poet Laureate, will be present with other poets at the launch, which starts at 5pm on the Terrace of the SBMA.

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH EVENTS

April 4th, 1st Thursday Launch party for Poetry Passages • 5-6:30pm on the Terrace of the SBMA • 1130 State St.

April 8th

Santa Barbara Literary Journal Volume 10: Reading at Chaucer’s • Featuring seven local Poets Laureate • 6-7:45 pm, Chaucer’s Books • 3321 State St.

April 13th

Lompoc Library • Featuring City of Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, Melinda Palacio • 1pm • 501 E North Ave, Lompoc

April 14th

The Poetry Zone • 1:30pm • back patio of the Karpeles Manuscript Library • 21 W. Anapamu St.

April 18th

Writing in the Galleries • Writing poetry with SBPL Melinda Palacio

• Santa Barbara Museum of Art • 5:30-7pm • 1130 State St.

April 20th

Poetry in the Parks • A special day of poetry at the Alhecama Theatre

• Poetry and musical acts with the Gruntled, UCSB Middle East Ensemble, and Santa Barbara poets

• 215a E Canon Perdido St.

April 30th

Amanda Gorman in Conversation with Pico Iyer • UCSB Arts & Lectures

• 7:30pm at the 215a E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 • 1317 State St.

Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio will be at the SBMA on 1st Thursday for the launch of Poetry Passages Courtesy of Melinda Palacio

Poet Rebecca Horrigan reading at The Good Lion

Courtesy photo

Poet Amy Michelson at “Spirits in the Air”

Courtesy photo

On the Street with John Palminteri

Historic Pine Down

MONDAY, APRIL 1ST: One of the historic Italian Stone Pine trees came down in the 500 block of E. Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara during the current rain event. Cicileo’s spent Saturday morning, carving it up to reopen the street.

Cleanup Continues

TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND: The cleanup continues from the intense rain and hail storm Saturday night in Montecito. It damaged several properties, closed roads, and cut off Highway 101 to all traffic.

Easter Mud

TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND: Caltrans crews were called out on Easter weekend for several emergencies to unclog drains and open mud and debris filled roads. They were working in the driving hail-infused weather Saturday night and many hours afterwards.

John Palminteri is a veteran news reporter and anchor for Newschannel 3-12 TV and both KJEE and KCLU radio in Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Ventura. Off the air, he’s often bringing his smile and positive energy to the microphone at fundraisers and civic events. John’s social media presence has one of the largest followings in Santa Barbara, and this page has the weekly highlights.

Twitter: @JohnPalminteri

• Instagram: @JohnPalminteriNews

• www.facebook.com/john.palminteri.5

Call Out to Artists

TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND: A beautification project for the State St. K-rails is underway. The Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with the City of Santa Barbara, wants design ideas for a new public art project on State Street. The winning proposal will be printed and displayed . The selected artist will also receive a $1,500 honorarium. Proposals are due by April 5, 2024.

New Housing Project Appeal

TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH: An appeal of a proposed 24-unit housing project with retail and a cafe is going to the Carpinteria City Council this evening. It is the Sun Coast Rentals site at 4745 Carpinteria Ave. The project has cleared the Planning Commission.

Another Falcon 9 Launch

TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND: A successful Falcon 9 rocket launch took place last night at 7:30 from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The twilight conditions created a contrail that could be seen for hundreds of miles. About eight minutes after launch a sonic boom could be heard in many areas. The booster came down and landed on an offshore platform. THEN — did you hear the windows rattle again at 1:57 am? Apparently something came down from the atmosphere and it could be seen in many areas. The range of calls to inquire what was happening was from Santa Barbara County to San Bernardino County. No official word on that just yet.

1st Responders

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27TH: This overturned vehicle in a tight two lane construction site northbound on Hwy 101 between Patterson and Fairview in Goleta Tuesday night brought traffic to a crawl. CHP and Thomas towing had to work out a plan for the tow to come in from the opposite direction.

SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH: A driver who reportedly had a medical issue lost control and went off Las Positas Road into a building near Modoc about 10:35am. Santa Barbara Police, Fire, AMR and Smitty’s towing were on the scene. Two people were transported to Cottage Hospital.

Courtesy photo

Photo by Eric Hernandez

Photo by @mattwier

Courtesy of Caltrans District 5

Another Easter Weekend!

By Sigrid Toye / Special to VOICE

LOOKS LIKE THE EASTER BUNNY HAS CYCLED HIS WAY OUT

THE DOOR after the 2024 Easter weekend! Wherever you may have been, hopefully he will have dropped by with a basket full of Easter eggs, Peeps, and other yummy goodies. May you have enjoyed the best of company at home or elsewhere with your little ones together with parents and grandparents celebrating the day and recalling memories of Easters past. The arrival of Spring is always an event to be celebrated, a reminder that the darkness of Winter will recede in the light of Spring. And a time of renewal for us all!

On our Sunday Easter drive, the harbor proper looked less crowded than on a normal holiday weekend. Perhaps this was as many of us were spending the day at home or having Easter brunch elsewhere with friends and family. Speaking of Easter brunch, the Santa Barbara Yacht Club (not to be daunted by winds or weather) hosted its own annual Easter celebration — inside the warmth of the clubhouse. Although there were strollers along the breakwater, the wind definitely made an appearance … although the view was spectacular.

Along Cabrillo Boulevard and Stearns Wharf however, clear skies dotted with cotton candy clouds welcomed lots of visitors, most wrapped in warm jackets. A great many Art Walk vendors had returned, certainly more than on the previous weekend and, by the volume of foot traffic, they were doing a brisk business. The skatepark was once again full of kids having fun on the last day of Spring Break before returning to school. The volleyball courts on East Beach were also looking almost normal with only a few courts standing vacant. Bicyclers were making their way around the Bird Refuge and the playground in front of the Cabrillo Pavilion was full of happy little campers having lots of fun… but also dressed warmly.

Is there really anything more I can say about the weather? Oh yes there is! How about last weekend’s horrific rain storm? Four to six inches of rain soaked the South Coast last Saturday night, most of it from a huge deluge between 6 and 9pm. A storm was predicted, that’s true… but not the likes of what actually materialized! If this was ‘moderate rain’ my brain isn’t able to process what ‘heavy rain’ might actually entail. Yikes! Those three hours, especially during the 40 minutes of non-stop downpour, caused trees to fall, power outages, flooded streets, and along the construction zones of the 101 freeway traffic was forced to come to a dead stop. Fortunately Sunday’s weather brought the blue sky back and the damage to the community was minimal.

Mother nature’s whims will continue to surprise us, so be prepared! In the meantime, a Happy Spring to everyone!

ILLUMINATE Film Festival

NTENT

ON ELEVATING HUMANITY'S SENSE OF SELF, the Illuminate Film Festival will delve into film narratives using wholeness and community as a lens for discovery. The Film Festival, which was established in Sedona, Arizona nine years ago, recently relocated to Santa Barbara and will open April 5th.

Opens April 5th at the Lobero I

"We intend to entertain while evoking curiosity and critical thinking, planting seeds that can inspire us to take collaborative action toward the greater good. Our 2024 Festival theme, Movies Make Movements Happen, reflects this commitment," shared Illuminate's Executive & Artistic Director, Téana David.

Opening night, will take place at the Lobero Theatre. The Festival will continue through the 7th at both the Lobero and Fiesta 5 theaters in Santa Barbara's Arts District. A special online portion of the Festival will be available, April 8th to 14th.

Attendees may enjoy films, post-screening discussions, filmmaker Q&A's, workshops, and a vibrant festival "hub" at the new Community Environmental Council space on State Street. All-Access passholders are invited to attend receptions, parties, an exclusive meditation and tea experience hosted by Palma Colectiva, and enjoy priority entry into all screenings. Illuminate has programmed eleven feature films accompanied by shorts and compelling Q&As and panel discussions,

covering the environment, social change, science, spirituality and psychology, health and well-being, philanthropy, and the arts.

The 2024 line-up begins with Love Over Money, the surprising story of heir to the Baskin-Robbins fortune, John Robbins, and Wilding, the adventures of a young couple who, against all odds, bravely re-imagine an inherited family estate in the English countryside. Other highlights include the world festival premiere of Source, a documentary film about the breakthrough work of Dr. Joe Dispenza, which will be followed by an interactive session with Dr. Dispenza.

Unveiled: Joyce Tenneson and the Heroine's Journey, celebrates the life and work of renowned photographer, Joyce Tenneson, who has been recognized as one of the ten most important women photographers in the history of photography.

A world-renowned photographer, Tenneson portraits have graced the covers of Time, Life, and Esquire. Her work has been described as haunting, ethereal, and mystical. She focuses on female subjects drawing out dignity, sensuality, and spirituality. The film, is an engrossing window into Ms. Tenneson’s life as she fights to express her artistic voice while suffering the fallout of a 45-year-old secret. It is an engrossing portrait of an accomplished female artist that does not shy away from psychological complexity. The screening of this film is followed by a specially prepared live presentation by Joyce Tenneson bout her unique artistic process. The film screens Sunday, April 7th, at 1pm at the Fiesta 5; followed by the live presentation. Tickets are $22.

A 20th anniversary screening of What the Bleep Do We Know, which was released in 2004 will take place on Saturday, April 6th, at 10am at the Fiesta 5. It will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the film’s co-director, Will Arntz, and a bonus conversation with Mr. Arntz and Holomovement members including author and social activist, Emanuel Kunzelman. Tickets are $15.

What the Bleep Do We Know was groundbreaking in its attempt to explain the emerging concepts of quantum physics and their implications for both our understanding of human consciousness and the untapped powers it may hold. In the film, Amanda (Marlee Matlin), a divorced photographer, embarks on a journey of self-discovery through the fish-eye lens of quantum concepts. WBDWK created some controversy among the scientific community for its extrapolation of then early quantum concepts to human behavior and emotion. However, its prominence grew over time, developing an affectionate audience that appreciated its foresightedness, novel construct, and filmmaking charms.

Dovetailing What the Bleep, the film Everything Everywhere All At Once also addresses quantum physic concepts in film which may have reached their apotheosis when Everything Everywhere All At Once, a muti-verse, philosophical relationship drama won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2023.

"By showcasing uplifting socially-conscious films and by bringing community together around these meaningful stories and evolutionary ideas, we hope to offer an antidote to the despair and overwhelm that so many are grappling with," Ms. David added.

The Festival also will offer workshops for emerging filmmakers and creators of all kinds, including a 5-day Source to Screen Creativity Lab, led by award-winning filmmakers, Paola di Florio and Peter Rader.

The 2024 Festival’s key sponsor is Holomovement.

For more information and tickets visit: www.2024.illuminatfilmfestival.com

While All-Access passes for the ILLUMINATE Film Festival are sold out, tickets for individual films and presentations are available at https://2024.illuminatefilmfestival.com/

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In Person & Online Activities for Everyone

2024 Spring Dance Concert: Transcend

Witness new exciting and eclectic choreography by six senior UCSB BFA Dance students when they present their spring dance concert, Transcend, at UCSB’s Hatlen Theater at 7:30pm on Thursday, April 11th through Saturday, April 13th, and at 2pm on Sunday, April 14th. For tickets ($13-19) visit www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

Friday 4|5

COMEDY

Spring Fling • Short-form comedy show by Carpinteria

Improv • Alcazar Theater

• $12-15

• www.thealcazar.org

• 7-9pm Fr, 4/5.

MUSIC

Emma Wu's Recital • Student recital • Deane Chapel, Westmont College • Free • 7pm Fr, 4/5.

Johnny Mathis • The Voice of Romance tour

• Chumash Casino

• $69-109

• www.chumashcasino.com

• 8pm Fr, 4/5.

OUTDOORS

Tai Chi at the Garden •

Guided session by Master Yun

• SB Botanic Garden • $10-15

• www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-10am Fr, 4/5.

TEENS

The Hangout: A Space for Teens

MUSIC

Westmont College Spring

Sing: "Out Of Order" • Broadway-style skits and songs by Westmont students • SB Bowl

• $21-46 • www.sbbowl.com

6:30pm Sa, 4/6.

Chandler Baker's Recital • Student concert • Deane Chapel, Westmont College • Free • 7pm Sa, 4/6.

SB Chamber Players

Playing Fauré, Piazzolla, and Brahms

• First United Methodist Church • $20

• https://sbchamberplayers.org • 7:30pm Sa, 4/6.

Sounds on State • Live outdoor concerts • Paseo Nuevo, State St. • 4-6pm Sa.

OUTDOORS

Nature Journaling at the Garden

Draw and write inspired by nature

SB Botanic Garden

$25-35

www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 8:3010:30am Sa, 4/6.

Volunteer Day • Care for Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden

• SB Parks & Rec

• Details: https://tinyurl.com/4re8s2pb • 9am-12pm Sa, 4/6.

Star Party • Observe the night sky • SB Museum of Natural History, Palmer Observatory • Free • 8-10pm Sa, 4/6.

Hike Arroyo Hondo Preserve

• The first & third weekends, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm. Free • https://tinyurl.com/mr42ppax

SPECIAL EVENTS

Natural Botanical Dye & Print Workshop

An Evening with The Kingston Trio

Celebrate over 60 years of The Kingston Trio’s iconic folk music when their “Keep The Music Playing” national tour visits the Lobero Theatre at 7pm on Tuesday, April 9th.

For tickets ($26-76), visit www.lobero.org

MUSIC

Prime Time Band of Santa Barbara • "Music of Imagination" Spring pops concert

• Lobero Theatre

• Free

• www.lobero.org

• 2pm Su, 4/7.

Rosario & Roxana Montane & Sophia Chan in Recital • Student concert

• Deane Chapel, Westmont College • Free • 3pm Su, 4/7.

Fatoumata Diawara • Malian singer-songwriter • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB Campbell Hall • $15-45

• www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

• 7pm Su, 4/7.

Mujeres Makers Market

• Shop local women-owned businesses • El Presidio • Free • 10am-4pm Su, 4/7.

Titanic Days • Immersive Titanic exhibit • Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum • Free

• 10am-4pm Su, 4/7, through 4/21.

Sk8 To Elimin8 Cancer

Frozen 5K Event

• Skate to support those affected by cancer and the Scott Hamilton Cares Fdn • Ice in Paradise • $35 • https://tinyurl.com/bdj9c6kv • 12:30-1:30pm Su, 4/7.

• Eastside Library • Free • 3:30-5:30pm Fr.

Saturday 4|6

DANCE

2024 Spirit & Junior Spirit of Fiesta Final Auditions

• Local students dance for the role of spirit

• Lobero Theatre

• $24

• www.lobero.org

• 2pm Sa, 4/6.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

Bonnard’s Worlds

• Art Matters Lecture with George Shackelford, Chief Curator, Kimbell Art Museum

• SB Musuem of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium

• Free-$15

• www.sbma.net

• 5:30-6:30pm Th, 4/4.

Writer’s Rume

• Poetry & prose workshop for writers and creatives of all levels and disciplines

• Explore the written word

• Wylde Works, on State St.

• 3-5 pm, Sat 4/6

• Crafts, board games, video games, and more for grades 7-12

• Dye your own silk scarf

• SB Botanic Garden

• $145-170

• www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-10am Sa, 4/6.

Arts & Craft Faire

• Shop local vendors and artists

• Carpinteria Arts Center • Free • 10am-4pm Sa, 4/6.

Sew Simple: Introduction to Machine Sewing with the Crafter’s Library • Learn sewing basics • The Crafter’s Library • Free, register (10am session) https://tinyurl.com/bddp2fwr; (2pm session) https://tinyurl.com/455322hy

• 10am-12pm Sa, 4/6.

Journey of Sounds • Soothing Sound Bath with Crispin

Barrymore and Solstice's Pali X-Mano • 5:30-6:15 pm Sa, 4/6

Sunday 4|7 COMEDY

Brincos Dieras • Comedy show, the Irreverent Tour • Granada Theatre • $91-225

• www.granadasb.org

• 7pm Su, 4/7.

Seasons Of Broadway: A Cabaret • UCSB students perform beloved musical numbers

• UCSB Studio Theater • Free, donations welcome • www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Su, 4/7.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Fermenting for Wellness: A Simple Guide To Home Fermentation • Vegetable fermentation workshop by dietitian Christina Dominguez • Eastside Library • Free, register: https://tinyurl.com/23965b36 • 10-11:30am Su, 4/7.

Chaucer’s Book Fair • Shop to support South Coast Montessori • Chaucer’s Books • 3-5pm Su, 4/7.

El Dia del Niño • Celebrate kids with music, a talent show, and more

• SB Zoo • Free with admission, www.sbzoo.org • 10:30am-4:30pm Su, 4/7.

OUTDOORS

SB Rollers • Rollerskate with an ocean view • SB City College Lot 3

• Free • 3pm Su.

Courtesy of Lobero Theatre

Photo by Jeff Liang

The Cosmos Will be Alight This April

By Jesse Caverly/ VOICE

CALLED THE ‘MOTHER OF DRAGONS’ DUE TO THE HORNED SHAPE OF HER HEAD, AND NEARLY THE SIZE OF HALEY’S COMET, the lesser known Comet Pons-Brooks is passing close to the earth and sun during March and April. Depending on location and weather, skywatchers may see it with the naked eye or with binoculars. There is also a possibility it can be seen during the total eclipse on April 8th.

Named after two astronomers who saw it 71 years apart, Comet Pons-Brooks was officially discovered in 1812 by French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons, and then again in 1883 by William Brooks. The comet

will appear in the sky near the constellations Andromeda and Pisces. Then in April, when it is the closest to the sun, the comet will travel past constellation Aries towards Taurus. This will be when it is most visible, as the sun’s heat turns the comet’s ice to gas and the tail becomes bigger.

THE ECLIPSE

On April 8th, a total solar eclipse will darken the skies throughout the American Southeast, sweeping from Texas up to Maine. While Santa Barbara is outside the path of totality, we might still catch a glimpse, weather permitting. Protective eclipse glasses are being offered by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History at an official viewing party in Goleta. If glasses are not your preference, the museum will also have several specially filtered solar telescopes set up for viewing. Starting at around 10am, the peak view time will be at 11:11am, tapering off until around 12:19pm.

Monday 4|8

LECTURES/MEETINGS

PARLIAMO! Italian Conversation

• All levels

• UCSB Campbell Hall • $10-35

• www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

• 7:30pm Tu, 4/9.

The viewing party will take place at Camino Real Marketplace in Goleta, from 10am to 1pm. Entrance is free, glasses are $4.59

www.sbnature.org/visit/calendar/7792/eclipse-viewing-party-in-goleta

Wednesday 4|10

LECTURES/MEETINGS

SPECIAL EVENTS

SB County Family Engagement Resource Fair

SPECIAL EVENTS

Sketching in the Galleries

• The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • http://parliamo.yolasite.com

• 5-6:30pm Mon.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

• Free

Poetry of the Santa Barbara Literary Journal • Poetry readings by local poets and SB poets laureate emerita • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6pm Mo, 4/8.

Science Pub: Plants in a Changing Climate

• Talk by UCSB ecologist Leander Anderegg • Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant • Free • 6:30-8pm Mo, 4/8.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Eclipse Viewing Party in Goleta • View the eclipse with solar telescopes and glasses • Camino Real Marketplace • Glasses $2.95 • 10am-1pm Mo, 4/8.

Tuesday 4|9

LECTURES/MEETINGS

Lauren Groff • Bestselling novelist in conversation with Pico Iyer • UCSB Arts & Lectures

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program • Free tax assistance for low-income residents

• Eastside Library • Details: www.unitedwaysb.org/vita

• 3-7pm Tu & We, through 4/30.

Workzones

• Productivity expert

Sara Caputo

• free talk and “power hour"

• Workzones, Paseo Nuevo mall

• 9:30-11:30am 4/9

MUSIC

An Evening with The Kingston Trio

• Folk icon concert

• Lobero Theatre

• $26-76

• www.lobero.org

• 7pm Tu, 4/9.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Textile Recycling Workshop

• Learn how to recycle different materials

• Goleta Community Center

Understanding Medicare

• Free webinar presentation

• HICAP

• www.CentralCoastSeniors.org

• 2pm We, 4/10.

Chaucer’s Book Signing

• Local kids author and illustrator Emma Steinkellner

• Chaucer’s Books

• Free

• 6pm We, 4/10.

Digital Library Hour

• Inperson and virtual drop-in appt. on digital library resources

• Central Library, Faulkner Gallery or https://tinyurl.com/34ab69ts

• 12-1pm We.

Le Cercle Français

• French conversation, all levels

• The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way

• http://sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com

• Free

• 5-6:30pm We.

• Learn about local community resources and services

• SB City College, 721 Cliff Dr. • Free • 4-7pm We, 4/10.

Sunset at the Canary • Mixer for LGBTQ+ community, music by Studio 54 • Pacific Pride Fdn • Kimpton Canary rooftop • Free • 6-8pm We, 4/10.

Thursday 4|11

DANCE

2024 Spring Dance Concert: Transcend • New choreography by six senior BFA Dance Majors

• UCSB Hatlen Theater • $13-19

• https://theaterdance.ucsb.edu

• 7:30pm Th, 4/11-4/13; 2pm 4/14.

• Draw inspired by art • SB Museum of Art • Free, RSVP: www.sbma.net • 5:30pm Th, 4/11.

Friday 4|12

LECTURES/MEETINGS

State of the City from Goleta to Carpinteria • Luncheon with talk by local mayors and city officials • SB South Coast Chamber of Commerce • Hilton SB Beachfront Resort • $150-200

• www.sbscchamber.com • 11am2pm Fr, 4/12.

Ocean Conservancy's Plastic

Free Future • Hear from advocacy, policy, and science experts • CEC Environmental Hub • Free, details:

• Free, RSVP to info@ calpsc.org

MUSIC

• 9am-2pm Tu, 4/9.

Indigo Workshop

• Dye a tea towel or bandana

• EE Makerspace, 302 E. Cota St.

• $30

• https://tinyurl.com/pt2yex7w

• 6pm Tu, 4/9.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

https://tinyurl.com/mshkus8k • 5-7:30pm Fr, 4/12.

Social Distortion and Bad Religion

• Punk rock concert

• SB Bowl

• $54-84.50

• www.sbbowl.com

• 6pm We, 4/10.

Danish String Quartet

• U.S. premiere of new work by composer

Thomas Adès

• UCSB Arts & Lectures

• UCSB Campbell Hall

• $15-65

• www.artsandlectures.ucsb. edu

• 7pm We, 4/10.

Global Legacies of AntiNuclear Activism

• International conference on activism efforts

• UCSB, schedule/details: www.antinuclearactivism.org • 4/11-4/14.

English Conversation Group

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

Free Astronomy Talk: The Race to Find Life in the Universe • SB Astronomical Unit presents Dr. Dave Kary • SB Museum of Natural History, Courtyard Gallery • 7:309pm Fr, 4/12.

MUSIC

Composer’s Concert • Westmont student concert • Deane Chapel, Westmont College • Free • 7pm Fr, 4/12.

Courtesy of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

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Paul Berkowitz to perform at UCSB's Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall

An Evening of Classical Piano with the distinguished pianist and UC Santa Barbara Music Faculty member, Paul Berkowitz, who is renowned for his exceptional talent and masterful interpretations will take place at Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UCSB campus on Friday, April 12th, at 7:30pm. For tickets ($7-10), visit https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/faculty_recital_berkowitz_041224

Faculty Recital: Paul Berkowitz, piano • Playing Haydn, Schumann, & Poulenc

• Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB • Free-$10 • https:// tinyurl.com/3sba2eky • 7:30pm Fr, 4/12.

Corwin Chair Concert Series presents: The Alchemy of Visual Music • Exploratory visual and sonic experience • UCSB Music • Community Arts Workshop • Free, details: https:// tinyurl.com/3kzxusrw • 7:30pm Fr, 4/12.

Americana Alive • Singer/ songwriter collaborations from the CA coast • Alcazar Theater • $25 • www.thealcazar.org

• 8pm Fr, 4/12.

SPECIAL EVENTS

California’s Changing Landscape: The Way of Water

• Lecture and booksigning with

author/photographer George Rose • CNAM

• www.calnatureartmuseum.org • 4:30-6pm, Fr, 4/12

Saturday 4|13

CHILDREN

Kids Club at Paseo Nuevo

• Free arts & crafts and more • Paseo Nuevo, De La Guerra Place

• 10am-1pm Sa, 4/13.

Pathfinders: Nature’s Playground • Ages 8-13 create nature-inspired games •

SB Botanic Garden • Free with admission

• www.sbbotanicgarden.org • 11am-12:15pm Sa, 4/13.

MUSIC

Kirsten Potts' Recital • Westmont student concert • Deane Chapel, Westmont College

• Free

• 3pm Sa, 4/13.

Ava Kimmel's Recital

• Westmont student concert

• Deane Chapel, Westmont College

• Free • 7pm Sa, 4/13.

I Will Rise: Music of Resilience • SB Master Chorale sings the music of Beethoven, Bernstein, and more • First Presbyterian Church • Free-$22

• www.sbmasterchorale.org • 7:30pm Sa, 4/13 & 3pm Su, 4/14.

OUTDOORS

Free Nature Walk

• SB Botanic Garden experts discuss local biodiversity • Elings Park

• Free, details: https://tinyurl. com/584k882r • 10-11:30am Sa, 4/13.

Family Garden Exploration

• Hands-on family gardening class

• Yanonali Community Garden

• Free, RSVP:

https://tinyurl.com/ynwh2z2n

• 2-3pm Sa, 4/13.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Storytelling Showcase

• True stories by regional storytellers and musical guests

• Alcazar Theater

• $20

• www.thealcazar.org

• 7pm Sa, 4/13.

Black and Gold Gala

• Benefit dinner party for United Boys & Girls Clubs of SB County

• SB Polo Fields

• $275

• https://rally4kids.org

• 5-9pm Sa, 4/13.

Sunday 4|14

CHILDREN

2024 Kids Draw Architecture (KDA) Sketch Session •

Local children invited to sketch with architects • AIASB & Architectural Fdn • Old Mission SB • Free • 1-3pm Su, 4/14.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

Soil Preparation Presentation

• Talk by UC Master Gardeners of SB County • Eastside Library • Free, RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/5dbm4c2d • 10am-12pm Su, 4/14.

MUSIC

Donna Greene and the Roadhouse Daddies • Blues & jazz concert • SB Jazz Society • SOhO • $10-25 • 1-4pm Su, 4/14.

Chamber on the Mountain

American Theatre Guild Presents: Little Women

Visit the March sisters as they navigate family relationships, love, and growing up as young women in 19th century America when the American Theatre Guild presents Little Women at the Granada Theatre at 7:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, April 10th and 11th. For tickets ($59-109) visit www.granadasb.org

For tickets ($59-109) visit www.granadasb.org

Theatre

Deer • Dark comedy about a couple’s cabin vacation • Ojai Art Center Theater • $20-25 • https://ojaiact.org • 7:30, Fr, 3/29, through 4/21.

The Lehman Trilogy • The true story behind the Lehman financial institution and its failure • Ensemble Theatre Company • The New Vic • $4064 • www.etcsb.org • Preview 6:30pm Th, 4/4, opening night 7pm Sa, 4/6; performances through 4/21.

Jesus Christ Superstar • An all-female and nonbinary production of this rock opera • Out of the Box Theatre Company • Center Stage Theater • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm Fr, 4/5, performances through 4/14.

Carpinteria Improv • Interactive improv class • Alcazar Theatre • $10 • www.thealcazar.org • 7-9pm Tu.

The Outsider • Comedy about an attention-shy politician and his determined chief of staff • Theatre Group at SBCC • Garvin Theatre • $1026 • www.theatregroupsbcc.com • 7:30pm We, 4/10, through 4/27.

Little Women • Alcott’s classic coming-of-age story on the stage • American Theatre Guild • $59-109 • www.granadasb.org • 7:30pm We & Th, 4/10 & 4/11.

A-TRAIN

• A family meets the joys and hardships of raising a child with autism • Rubicon Theatre • $20-30 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 7pm We, 4/10, through 4/28.

Imagine the Future: The Best is Yet to Come!

• Up-andcoming solo artists and student performers

• Granada Theatre • $21.24 • www.granadasb.org

• 5pm Su, 4/14.

Experience the Present: Pacific Jazz Orchestra

• Special guests Katharine McPhee, Billy Valentine, Sheléa, & Adam "AeJaye" Jackson • Granada Theatre

• $20.24 • www. granadasb.org • 7pm Su, 4/14.

OUTDOORS

Beach Cleanup • Show our ocean some love • Explore Ecology at Arroyo Burro Beach • Register: www.exploreecology.org

• Pianist Dominic Cheli • Logan House, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai • $35

• www.chamberonthemountain.com

• 3pm Su, 4/14.

• 10am-12pm Su, 4/14.

Photo by Josh Murphy

Photo by Jeff Liang

Community Double Feature During the Granada’s Grand Centennial Celebration

In honor of 100 years of serving the Santa Barbara community — including its history as a movie palace — the Granda Theatre will host a double feature of two films first presented at the Granada: the 1924 silent film

Sherlock Jr. and Star Wars: A New Hope. The screenings will begin at 6:30pm on Friday, April 12th and be hosted by UCSB Professor of Film and Media Studies Ross Melnick. Award-winning composer and musician

Godzilla X Kong* (PG13): Fri: 2:45, 3:45, 5:30, 6:30, 8:15, 9:15. Sat: 12:00, 1:00, 2:45,3:45, 5:30, 6:30, 8:15, 9:15. Sun: 2:00, 1:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:30, 6:30, 8:15. Mon: 1:00, 2:45,3:45, 5:30, 6:30, 8:15. Tue-Thur: 2:45,3:45, 5:30, 6:30, 8:15.

Michael Mortilla will provide piano accompaniment for Sherlock Jr. For tickets ($19.24) visit www.granadasb.org www.playingtoday.com

Celebrate the Past: The Movie Palace Years • Centennial double feature screening: Sherlock Jr. & Star Wars: A New Hope • Granada Theatre • $19.24 • www. granadasb.org • 6:30pm Fr, 4/12.

The Granada’s Centennial Celebration will continue with a concert by the Pacific Jazz Orchestra at 7pm on Saturday, April 13th ($20.24). A concert of local up-and-coming solo artists and student performers, titled “Imagine the Future: The Best is Yet to Come!” will round out the weekend at 5pm on Sunday, April 14th ($21.24).

Tickets and more information are available at www.granadasb.org 225

Someone Like You (PG13): Fri, Mon: 2:20, 5:10. Sat/Sun: 11:45.

Dune: Part 2 (PG13): Fri, Mon: 2:30, 6:15, 8:00.Tue/Wed: 2:30, 4:15, 6:15, 8:00.Sat/Sun: 12:30, 2:30, 4:15,

Monkey Man* (R): Fri/Sat: 1:25, 4:;15, 7:05, 9:55. Sun: 11:45, 2:35, 5:25, 8:15, Mon-Thur: 2:35, 5:25, 8:15.

The First Omen* (R): Fri/Sat: 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45. Sun: 11:55, 2:45, 5:35, 8:25.

The First Omen* (R): Fri: 11:45, 2:35, 5:25, 8:15. Sat/Sun: 11:45, 2:35, 5:25, 8:15. Mon-Thur: 2:35, 5:25, 8:15.

5:20, 8:05.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (PG13): Fri: 2:10, 4:50, 7:30. Sat/Sun: 11:30, 2:10, 4;50, 7:30. Mon-Thur: 2:10, 4:50, 7:30.

Dune: Part 2 (PG13): Fri-Thur: 12:30, 4:10, 7:45. Civil War* (PG13): Thur: 5:00, 7:55.

Late Night with the Devil (R): Fri: 4:05. Sat: 2:20. Sun: 4:45, 7:45.

Mon-Thur: 2:20, 4:45, 7:45.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (PG13): Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:20,

It’s Your Library

Do Not Expect Too Much (R): Fri-Thur: 4:00, 7:00

Wicked Little Letters (R): Fri-Thur: 4:30, 7:30.

Monkey Man* (R): Fri-Sun: 2:15, 5:15, 8:15.

Remembering Gene Wilder (NR): Fri-Wed: 4:45.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (PG13): Fri-Thur: 1:40, 4:20, 7:00.

Immaculate (R): Fri-Thur: 3:00, 8:00.

One Life (PG): Fri-Thur: 2:00, 7:20.

Arthur the King (PG-13): Fri-Thur: 5:25.

The Long Game (PG): Thur: 4:40, 7:20.

The Economic Facts Will Win

By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE

HERE’S ANOTHER REASON we have avoided a recession. Regardless of the looming tax bills due in April that traditionally causes consumers to save more and spend less, consumers are spending more and saving less, per the BEA’s Personal Consumption Expenditure release.

while consumer spending, the main engine of the economy, was revised up to a 3.3 percent increase in the fourth quarter instead of three percent annually as well.

Why the pessimism by ordinary consumers?

Because most economic data is basically unintelligible to Main Street consumers.

Economic VOICE

By Harlan Green

It’s another economic fact that indicates the U.S. economy is doing very well, and that Main Streeters should believe it as well, contrary to the polls. But will economic facts win out over the irrational pessimism showing up in consumer polls?

In a poll by PEW Research I wrote about last week, “About three-in-ten Americans (28 percent) currently rate national economic conditions as excellent or good, while a similar share (31 percent) say they are poor and about four-in-ten (41 percent) view them as “only fair.”

However, consumers are spending more than they earn because they feel better about their own situation, despite what they say about economic conditions. The government’s Personal Consumption Expenditures data, that the Fed watches closely, showed consumers’ disposable income (after taxes) increasing 1.0 percent while spending had increased 4.0 percent, in February. The personal savings rate therefore slipped from four percent to 3.8 percent.

And fourth quarter economic growth was just upgraded to 3.4 percent from 3.2 percent,

Duncan Foley, an economics Professor at NYU’s New School maintains that the economics profession has become so complex that economists are “becoming priestly figures, with arcane knowledge and special powers” in his book, Adams Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theory.

He asserts economics is as much philosophy as a social science, since it attempts to measure financial behavior with economic data and formulas, many of which are understandable only by economists.

More importantly Foley notes, “Thinking like an economist comes hard to many people…the economic way of thinking is just as value laden as any other way of thinking and can foster dangerous mistakes of judgement.”

What is hurting consumer confidence and therefore the poor poll numbers the most? The

Wall Street Prime Rate has risen to 8.5 percent because the Funds rate is 5.25 percent. Consumers must spend more than they save because borrowing costs have soared for those with credit card debt and installment loans.

How much longer can consumers spend as they have when their personal savings continue to be depleted? A recent National Bureau of Economic (NBER) working paper concludes that one reason consumers remain unconvinced that economic conditions have improved is because if borrowing costs were included in the official inflation data published by the government, the actual inflation rate would be much higher than the two to three percent range in the various indicators. And this is what they are reacting to in polls.

“Consumers, unlike modern economists, consider the cost of money part of their cost of living. Interest rates have reached 20-year highs in the wake of the pandemic. With higher rates, mortgage payments, car payments, and other credit payments required to finance everyday purchases have risen as well,” said the NBER authors.

That makes the Federal Reserve part of the problem since the Prime Rate is directly keyed to the Fed Funds rate.

Consumers must deal with the cost of money when they look at their financial condition, which means their moods will improve considerably when the Fed finally decides to cut interest rates.

Helping people find homes that match their lifestyles.

KATHRYN SWEENEY

with 30-years experience as a banker and mortgage broker. To reach Harlan call (805)452-7696 or email editor@populareconomics.com.

Insertion Date: Print: 4.5.24/ Digital included 4.3.24 10.58” times 2 columns = $88.03 • 4.5.24 PC Hearing April 18 re 3805 State St. • Submitted by Mariah Johnson BPO: 32400541 Community Development NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONS

Broker Associate • (805) 331-4100

www.kathrynsweeneysb.com

The Secretary of the Planning Commission has set a public hearing for Thursday, April 18, 2024 beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street.

On Thursday, April 11, 2024, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Thursday, April 18, 2024 will be posted on the outdoor bulletin board at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. Agendas, Minutes, and Staff Reports are also accessible online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC.

Helping people find homes that match their lifestyles.

TELEVISION COVERAGE: This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. See SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTVProgramGuide for a rebroadcast schedule. An archived video of this meeting will be available at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PCVideos.

KATHRYN SWEENEY

Broker Associate (805) 331-4100

www.kathrynsweeneysb.com

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comments may be submitted via email to PCSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the beginning of the Meeting. All public comments submitted via email will be provided to the Commission and will become part of the public record. You may also submit written correspondence via US Postal Service (USPS) addressed to PC Secretary, PO Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. However, please be advised, correspondence sent via USPS may not be received in time to process prior to the meeting and email submissions are highly encouraged. Please note that the Commission may not have time to review written comments received after 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting. All public comment that is received before 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting will be published on the City’s website at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. Comments provided via USPS or e-mail will be converted to a PDF before being posted on the City’s website. Note: comments will be published online the way they are received and without redaction of personal identifying information; including but not limited to phone number, home address, and email address. Only submit information that you wish to make available publicly.

APPEALS: Decisions of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the City Council. For further information and guidelines on how to appeal a decision to City Council, please contact the City Clerk’s office at Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov as soon as possible. Appeals may be filed in person at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall or in writing via email to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov and by first class mail postage prepaid within 10 calendar days of the meeting at which the Commission took action or rendered its decision.  Appeals and associated fee postmarked after the 10th calendar day will not be accepted.

NOTE TO INTERESTED PARTIES: Only those persons who participate through public comment either orally or in writing on an item on this Agenda have standing to appeal the decision. Grounds for appeal are limited to those issues raised either orally or in written correspondence delivered to the review body at, or prior to, the public hearing.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you need services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 5645305. 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.

Courtesy of fred.stlouisfed.org

Submitted by Jason Dane

Notice Inviting Bids

MISSION CREEK AT OAK PARK RESTORATION PROJECT

Bid No. 5019A

1. Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Mission Creek at Oak Park Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday May 9, 2024, at 03:00 p.m., through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids, so plan accordingly. The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

If any Addendum issued by City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from City’s PlanetBids portal. Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

2. Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at Oak Park in the City of Santa Barbara, and is described as follows:

The Mission Creek at Oak Park Restoration Project will consist of removal of historical flood control structures, grading/profiling of the steam bed and natural bench areas, placement of engineered streambed materials, and eucalyptus tree removal. The overall goal of this project is to enhance riparian habitat and water quality. Several permits have been obtained from regulatory agencies. These agencies impose seasonal restrictions on when work is allowed in the creek and working in proximity to nesting birds. Copies of the project permits are included in Appendix A. The permits restrict work in Mission Creek as follows

1. California Water Boards Section 401 Water Quality Certification No. 34216WQ24: Portions of the work that occur below the top of banks or in other waters of the State shall be stabilized prior to October 1 of each year. 2. U.S Army Corp of Engineers Permit No. SPL-2023-00176: Conduct all work during the summer when the creek runs dry. There are notification and approval procedures available to modify the start and end dates of the restricted periods, see the individual permits for details.

2.2 Time for Final Completion. The Project must be fully completed within 40 working days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about August 2024, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $480,000

3. License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A General Engineering Contractor, D-49 Tree Service Contractor.

3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4. Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: http://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959

5. Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of 5% of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to

City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

6. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.

7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

8. Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.

9. Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of onehalf of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

11. Bidders’ Conference. A mandatory bidders’ conference will be held on April 16, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., at the following location: Oak Park, Across from 505 W Alamar Ave, Santa Barbara CA, 93105 to acquaint all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory. A bidder who fails to attend a mandatory bidders’ conference may be disqualified from bidding.

14. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

12. Retention.

12.1 Percentage. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is 5 %.

15. Retention Percentage. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is 5 percent. By: _______________________________________ Date:

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as TINKLE BELLE DIAPER SERVICE, SANTA BARBARA DIAPER FAIRY at 290 Main Street, Los Alamos, CA 93440. JESSICA S BAGGARLY at PO Box 283, Los Alamos, CA 93440. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on February 13, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk.

TO ALL PARTIES: You are hearby notified that the Small Claims Hearing in the above-entitled cause was continued by order of the Court to 06/20/2024 at 8:30 AM in SB Dept 7 of the Superior Court at which time you should be present in this court at 118 East Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara CA 93101.

Reason for Continuance:

x This case has been continued for service. Defendant (s) must be served with a copy of the attached Plaintiff’s Claim and Order.

CLERK’S CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

I certify that I am not a party to this action and that a true copy of the foregooing was mailed first class, postage prepaid, in a sealed envelope addressed as show, and that the mailing of the foregoing an execution of this certificate occurred at (place) Santa Barbara, California on (date): 03/08.2024. Montecito Del Mar Owners Association, 3944 State Street, Santa Barbara CA 93105.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer By Gabriel Moreno (s) Deputy Clerk

AMENDED Plaintiff’s Claim and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court

Filed March 8, 2024, Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Gabriel Moreno, (s) Deputy Clerk. Case Number 23CV02931.

Order to Go to Court:

2/29/2024 8:30am Dept 7 GM 118 E Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara CA 93101.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer By Gabriel Moreno (s) Deputy Clerk

You are the plaintiff. The person you are suing is the defendant. 1. The plaintiff is: Montecito Del Mar Owners Association, 3944 State Street, Santa Barbara CA 93105. Phone 805-569-1121 email RobertB@Bartlein.com. 2. The defendant is: James Handleman, 60 Olive Mill Road, Santa Barbara CA 93108. X Check here if you case is against more than one defendant and attach form SC-100A. 3. The plaintiff claims the defendant owes $4,448.00. a. Why does the defendant owe the plaintiff money? Reimbursement for 1/2 of the cost of a shared fence in 2021. b. When did this happen? Fall of 2021. c. How did you calculate the money owed to you? As per contract with the Fence Factory. 4. You must ask the defendant to pay you before you sue. If your claim is for posseion of property, you must ask the defendant to give you the property. Have you done this? X Yes. 5. Why are you filing you claim at this courthouse? This courthouse covers the area: a. _x_ 1. Where the defendant lives of does business. 2. Where the plaintiff’s property was damaged. 3. Where the plaintiff was injured. 4. Where a contract (written or spoken) was made, signed, performed, or broken by the defendant or where the defendant lived of did business when the defendant made the contract. 6. List the zipe code of the place check in 5 above 93108.

7. Is your claim about an attorney-client fee dispute? x No. 8. Are you suing a public entity? X No. 9. Have you filed more than 12 other small claims within the last 12 months in California? X No. 10. Is your claim for more than $2,500 X Yes. 11. I understand that by filing a claim in small claims court, I have no right to appeal this claim.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information above and on any attachments to this form is true and correct.

Date: 7/7/2023 Montecito Del Mar Owners Association (s).

SC-100A: This form is attached to form SC-100, item 1 or 2.

2. If more than one defendant, list their information below: Other defendant’s name: Cortney Callahan, 60 Olive Mill Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. 3. Is your claim more than $2,500? X Yes. 4. I understand that by filing a claim in small claims court, I have no right to appeal this claim.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information above and on any attachments to this form is true and correct.

Date: 7/7/2023 Montecito Del Mar Owners Association (s). Printed

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE

NUMBER : 24CV01168

Petitioner: Joanna Lauren Schulz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Joanna Lauren Schulz to proposed name Ahni Radvanyi. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/06/2024; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 03/12/2024 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #24CV01168 Pub Dates: March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER : 24CV01161

Petitioner: Wanda Rosina Valdez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Wanda Rosina Valdez to proposed name Rosina Valdez Sanchez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/15/2024; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 3; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 03/20/2024 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #24CV01298 Pub Dates: March April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024

Petitioner: Matthew Ryan Kauk and Sarah June Zuidema filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Matthew Ryan Kauk to proposed name Matthew Ryan Teramae and PRESENT NAME: Sarah June Zuidema to proposed name Sarah June Teramae. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/10/2024; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 4; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 03/19/2024 /s/: Donna D Geck, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #24CV01161 Pub Dates: March April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER : 24CV01298

1. Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Mission Creek at Oak Park Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday May 9, 2024, at 03:00 p.m., through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids, so plan accordingly. The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

If any Addendum issued by City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from City’s PlanetBids portal. Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

2. Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at Oak Park in the City of Santa Barbara, and is described as follows:

The Mission Creek at Oak Park Restoration Project will include removal of invasive vegetation, restoration planting of native plants, installation of temporary irrigation and restoration monitoring. The overall goal of this project is to enhance riparian habitat and water quality.

Several permits have been obtained from regulatory agencies. These agencies impose seasonal restrictions on when work is allowed in the creek and working in proximity to nesting birds. Copies of the project permits are included in the appendices. The permits restrict work in Mission Creek as follows; 1. California Water Boards Section 401 Water Quality Certification No. 34216WQ24: Portions of the work that occur below the top of banks or in other waters of the State shall be stabilized prior to October 1 of each year.; 2. U. S Army Corp of Engineers Permit No. SPL2023-00176: Conduct all work during the summer when the creek runs dry. There are notification and approval procedures available to modify the start and end dates of the restricted periods, see the individual permits for details.

2.2 Time for Final Completion. Initial planting and irrigation installation must be fully completed within 60 working days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed and will be followed by an initial 90-day maintenance period. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about November 2024, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $290,000.

3. License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): C-27 Landscaping Contractor.

3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4. Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: http://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959

5. Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of 5% of the

maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

6. Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.

7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

8. Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.

9. Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of onehalf of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

11. Bidders’ Conference. A mandatory bidders’ conference will be held on April 16, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., at the following location: Oak Park, Across from 505 W Alamar Ave, Santa Barbara CA, 93105 to acquaint all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory. A bidder who fails to attend a mandatory bidders’ conference may be disqualified from bidding.

14. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

12. Retention.

12.1 Percentage. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is 5 %.

15. Retention Percentage. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is 5 percent. By: _______________________________________ Date:

Featured Lender of the Month ~ Meet Rick

Rick has over 50 years of real estate experience in the title/escrow business, the last 26 years as a residential mortgage loan officer in Santa Barbara. The last few months he has worked with Cross Country Mortgage. Prior to being a Loan Officer, he worked 23 years at First American Title, in SLO and Monterey Counties – the last 11 years as VP/County Manager of Monterey county. His experience on both sides of the transaction table gives him the knowledge of the complete escrow/loan process - both purchase and refinance. Rick is a graduate of Cal Poly/SLO and has been involved in many community organizations in Santa Barbara such as Rotary, Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table, UCSB Athletics, and Foresters/Hugs for Cubs. He is also a member of the Coastal Housing Partnership.

Rick has been married to Carol Wilson for 39 years. They have 2 grown children who live in Santa Barbara, Alexandra and Peter.

Contact Rick today at 805-455-2629 or rick.wilson@ccm.com

The Passion to Create

on Display at the Architectural Foundation

By Jesse Caverly / VOICE

UTURISTIC AS AN INNOVATOR AND A WOMAN, print-maker

Ruth Leaf’s work is on exhibit here in Santa Barbara at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara throughout May 18th. Her show, RUTH LEAF, Printmaker (1923-2015): Selected Works, is an array of her work: woodcuts, etchings, hand colored intaglios, and viscosities, to name a few.

Leaf has always been passionate about the art of print-making. At age twelve she was enrolled in art classes and by age 16 she had won a scholarship to the New York Art Students League, where she first discovered etching.

Leaf also wrote what is considered the definitive book on print-making, Intaglio Printmaking Techniques, (WatsonGuptil, 1976) and helped push viscosity etchings as an art form to the fore of print-making.

She initially earned her BA in Fine Arts at Syracuse University and studied under Harry Sternberg and Will Barnett. After joining the revered Atelier 17 art school in the late 1940s, and working under the tutelage of Stanley William Hayter, she eventually founded her own studio and school that would at times change venues and names, but was always an institution she ran, well into the 1990s.

Leaf also wrote what is considered the definitive book on print-making, Intaglio Printmaking Techniques, (Watson-Guptil, 1976) and helped push viscosity etchings as an art form to the fore of print-making.

Leaf was so dedicated to the art form, she sold Intaglio Printmaking

for a flat $200, never asking for royalties. She was more concerned that the know-how be made available to wouldbe students. The book would become a centerpiece of classes and studios nationwide.

While the bulk of her work on display and available online for purchase centers on nature and colorful renditions of sweeping vistas, fields, and flowers, her body of work is more than that. It tells a tale of an artist consumed with the act of making art, rather than whatever her lens might have focused on at the time. Her catalog sweeps across cityscapes, jazz musicians, Coney Island, nudes, portraiture, figurative monoprints, and still lifes, to name a few. Her work spanned from re-creating images from the Hubble Telescope to hand coloring etchings of cells she saw under a

When her daughter Anita died in 2001 of pancreatic cancer, Leaf made black and white etchings of Anita’s brain scans. This is perhaps her most personal work.

Her dedication to always reflect the world around her persisted until her passing. Her grand-daughter Mia recently reflected on this, saying, “We would have lunch, but when 2pm comes around, she was off to the studio for four or five hours.”

The Foundation Gallery is open Saturdays 1 to 4pm and weekdays by appointment only at 805-965-6307. www.afsb.org/news-events/

From the top, clockwise: Phantasia, Relief Color Intaglio, 1980, by Ruth Leaf Red Flowers, Hand-colored Intaglio, 2011 , by Ruth Leaf WIldflowers, Viscosity, 2000 , by Ruth Leaf

10 West Gallery Art Venues

www.jomerit.com

JoMeritModern@gmail.com

CASA DE LA GUERRA: Haas Adobe Watercolors

$5/Free

15 East De la Guerra St

12-4 Th-Su

www.sbthp.org/casadelaguerra

CASA DEL HERRERO: Gardens & House

by reservation

HELENA MASON ART GALLERY: Michael O’Guinn & Dan Nimmo in Sawleaf - Two Man Show ~ Apr 30 • 48 Helena Av • 2-6 Fr-Sa • www.helenamasonartgallery.com

1387 East Valley Road

805-565-5653

tours 10 & 2 We & Sa

www.casadelherrero.com

CASA DOLORES: Milagros ~ May 15; Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032 • www.casadolores.org

CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY: New Muralism: Inclusive Visions of Self and Place ~ Nov • 105 East Anapamu St, 1st fl • 805-568-3994

CLAY STUDIO GALLERY: 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • 10-4 Daily • www.claystudiosb.org

COLETTE COSENTINO ATELIER + GALLERY: 11 W Anapamu St • By Appt • www.colettecosentino.com

CORRIDAN GALLERY: California Sojourns by Karen Fedderson • 125 N Milpas • 11-6 We-Sa • 805-966-7939 • www.corridan-gallery.com

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

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY & MUSEUM: Great Women in Herstory ~ April 30; The Queen of the Ocean: Titanic Days ~ April 7-21 • 21-23 W Anapamu • 10-4 Tu-Su • 805-9625322 • https://karpeles.com

KATHRYNE DESIGNS: Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 MoSa; 11-5 Su • 805-565-4700 • http://kathrynedesigns.com

KELLY CLAUSE ART: With a focus on marine life and the sea • 28 Anacapa St, Suite B • Most weekdays 12-5 • www.kellyclause.com

LA CUMBRE CENTER FOR CREATIVE

ARTS: Three Multi-Artist Galleries at La Cumbre Plaza - Elevate, Fine Line, and Illuminations Galleries • noon-5 Tu-Su • www.lcccasb.com

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

10 WEST GALLERY: Spring Fling ~ Apr 3 ~ May 12

11-5 We-Mo

10 W Anapamu

805-770-7711

www.10westgallery.com

ARCHITECTURAL FDN GALLERY: Ruth Leaf: Printmaker (1923-2015): Selected Works ~ May 18 • 229 E Victoria

805-965-6307

1–4 Sa & By Appt • www.afsb.org

ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

MUSEUM, UCSB: Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance 1900-1955 ~ May 5; A Box of One’s Own: Women Beyond Borders ~ May 5 • 12-5 Sa-Su • www.museum.ucsb.edu

ART FROM SCRAP GALLERY: Environmental Ed & Artistic Expression • www.exploreecology.org

THE ARTS FUND: La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S Hope Ave • 11-5 We-Su; www.artsfundsb.org • 805-233-3395

ATKINSON GALLERY, SBCC: Small Images ~ Apr 6

11-5 Mo-Th; 11-3 Fr

805-965-0581 x3484

gallery.sbcc.edu

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

THE CARRIAGE AND WESTERN ART

MUSEUM: SB History Makers Exhibit featuring Silsby Spalding, WW Hollister, Dixie; Saddle & Carriage Collections • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-962-2353 • 9-3 Mo-Fr

• www.carriagemuseum.org

CPC GALLERY: Carol Talley: Abstracted Landscapes ~ Apr • By appt • 36 E Victoria St • Gallery@CPCSB.org

CYPRESS GALLERY: 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Sa & Su • 805-7371129 • www.lompocart.org

ELIZABETH GORDON GALLERY: Emerging artists from around the country • 15 W Gutierrez • 805-963-1157 • 11–5 Tu-Sa

www.elizabethgordongallery.com

LEGACY ARTS SANTA BARBARA: 1230 State St • 3-8 We-Su • www.CreateLegacyMusic.com

LOMPOC LIBRARY GROSSMAN

GALLERY: 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS

CENTER: One World: People, Places & Things ~ Apr 21 • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden Av • 805-684-7789 • www.carpinteriaartscenter.org

PETER HORJUS DESIGN: Studio & Gallery • 11 W Figueroa St • www.peterhorjus.com

PORTICO GALLERY: Montecito Spring Favorites ~ April 30 • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-7298454 • www.porticofinearts.com

PUBLIC MARKET: Quarterly exhibit by local artists • 11-9 Su-We; 11-10 Th-Sa • www.sbpublicmarket.com

RED BARN GALLERY (AT UCSB): By appt • king@theaterdance.ucsb • near bus circle middle of campus

CALIFORNIA NATURE ART MUSEUM (formerly Wildling Museum): CA’s Changing Landscape: The Way of Water | George Rose ~ Jul 8; Message in a Bottle | Elizabeth Criss ~ Jul 24; The Birds and the Bees and More: Pollinators ~ Sep 2 • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su

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

ELVERHØJ MUSEUM: Poetry in Paper ~ Apr 7 • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 ThMo • www.elverhoj.org

www.calnatureartmuseum.org

FAULKNER GALLERY: 40 E Anapamu St • 10-7 Mo-Th; 10-5 Fri, Sa; 12-5 Sun • 805-962-7653

FAZZINO 3-D STUDIO GALLERY: 3-D original fine art • 529 State St • 805730-9109 • www.Fazzino.com

FIRESIDE GALLERY: Holly HungettCapturing the Essence ~ May 17 • Trinity Lutheran Church • M-F 102pm, 909 N La Cumbre Rd

GALLERY 113: SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-9656611 • 11-5 Mo-Sa; 1-5 Su • www.gallery113sb.com

GALLERY LOS OLIVOS: Voices & Vistas: Jim Tyler ~ Apr 30 • 2920 Grand Av • 805-688-7517 • www.gallerylosolivos.com

GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: Gardens • by reservation • 695 Ashley Rd • 805-969-9990 • www.lotusland.org

GOLETA VALLEY LIBRARY: GVAA Artists Exhibit • 500 N. Fairview Av • 10-7 Tu-Th; 10-5:30 Fr & Sa; 1-5 Su • TheGoletaValleyArtAssociation.org

MARCIA BURTT GALLERY: Summer in Winter ~ Apr 7 • Featuring contemporary landscape paintings, prints & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su • 805-962-5588 • www.artlacuna.com

MAUNE CONTEMPORARY: Recognized contemporary artists including Alex Katz, Donald Sultan, Mr. Brainwash, Taher Jaoui, Ted Collier • 1309 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su & By Appt • 805-869-2524 • www.maune.com

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

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

SANTA BARBARA: Changing Nature: recent work by Stephanie Dotson and Madeleine Ignon ~ May 1 • 653 Paseo Nuevo • www.mcasantabarbara.org

MUSEUM OF SENSORY & MOVEMENT

EXPERIENCES: La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Av #F119 • www.seehearmove.com

PALM LOFT GALLERY: Artists for the Bluffs ~ Ap 28 • 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-6849700 • www.palmloft.com

PATRICIA CLARKE STUDIO: 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-4527739 • www. patriciaclarkestudio.com

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

SANTA BARBARA FINE ART: New Paintings by Richard Schloss; SB landscapes & sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 12-6 Tu-Sa & By Appt • 805-845-4270 • www.santabarbarafineart.com

A. Michael Marzolla, Fine Artist Excogitation Services/Marzozart Paintings, drawings, prints Commissions accepted www.marzozart.com

SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: Arriving Home by Justina Freel ~ Jul 14 • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • www. sbbg.org

SANTA BARBARA COMMUNITY ARTS

WORKSHOP: 631 Garden St • 10-6 Fr & By Appt • www.sbcaw.org

SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL

MUSEUM: Seasonal Soirées: Santa Barbara’s Evening Couture 1880-1980 ~ Apr • 136 E De la Guerra • 12-5 We, Fri-Su; 12-7 Th • 805-9661601 • www.sbhistorical.org

SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: Ice Bear, photographs by Ralph Clevenger ~ May 31; The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and Santa Barbara Lighthouse Women Keepers Ongoing • 113 Harbor Way, Ste 190 • 10-5 Th-Su • 805-962-8404 • www.SBMM.org

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: Janna Ireland, True Story Index ~ Jun 2; Serenity and Revolution ~ May 26; Made by Hand / Born Digital ~ Aug 25

1130 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su; 11-8 Th • 805-963-4364 • www.sbma.net

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Images of Infinity: James Webb Space Telescope ~ Apr 30; Images of Infinity ~ Apr 30

2559 Puesta del Sol • 10-5 We-Mo • www.sbnature.org

SANTA BARBARA SEA CENTER: Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing; Shark Cove & Intertidal Wonders ~ Ongoing • 211 Stearns Wharf • 10-5 Daily • 805-682-4711 • www.sbnature.org

SANTA BARBARA TENNIS CLUB: SBVA Featured Artists ~ April 6- June 6 • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • www.2ndfridaysart.com

SLICE OF LIGHT GALLERY: Earth & Space Fine Art Photography by JK Lovelace, New Winter Collection • 9 W Figueroa St • Mo-Fr 10-5 • 805-354-5552 • www.sliceoflight.com

STEWART FINE ART: Early California Plein Air Paintings + European Fine Art + Antiques • 539 San Ysidro Rd • 11-5:30 Mo-Sa • 805-845-0255

SULLIVAN GOSS: The Spring Salon; Holy Water by Maria Rendón ~ Apr 22; Phoebe Brunner: Westward, The Land is Bright ~ May 27 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805-730-1460

www.sullivangoss.com

SUSAN QUINLAN DOLL & TEDDY BEAR

MUSEUM: 122 W Canon Perdido • 11-4 Fr-Sa; 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 • 12-4 Sa, Su • 805-688-7889 • www.santaynezmuseum.org

TAMSEN GALLERY: Work by Robert W. Firestone • 911.5 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805-705-2208 • www.tamsengallery.com

UCSB LIBRARY: Cultura Cura: 50 Years of Self Help Graphics in East LA ~ Jun 21 • www.library.ucsb.edu

VOICE GALLERY: Pamela Benham: Rhapsody/ Chromatic Sonatas in Major and Minor Keys ~ Apr 28 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa & Su • 805-965-6448 • www.voicesb.art

WATERHOUSE GALLERY MONTECITO: Notable CA & National Artists

11-5 Mo-Su

1187 Coast Village Rd

Santa Barbara’s Cultural Night Downtown

1A

pril 4 th 5 to 8pm

ST THURSDAY is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara that takes place on the first Thursday of each month. Participating art venues offer free access to art in a fun and social environment from 5-8pm. 1st Thursday venues also provide additional attractions, such as live music, artist receptions, lectures, wine tastings, and hands-on activities. State Street also comes alive on 1st Thursday with performances and interactive activities.

Galleries, Museums, & Art Venues

1. Voice Gallery, La Cumbre Plaza, 121 SHope Av

Experiential, encompassing, engaging - Pamela Benham’s immersive installation of large-scale painting, Rhapsody: Chromatic Sonatas in Major and Minor Keys invites you to enjoy and explore this unabashed progression of emotional states, all embracing our shared humanity.

2. SBIFF’s Santa Barbara Filmmaker Series, SBIFF Education Center, 1330 State St • We are featuring Taylor Scott Mason's Farms And Tables. A documentary chronicling the intricate relationships between a talented chef and the firstgeneration farmers that provide the exceptional ingredients. Showtimes 5:30pm, 6:15pm, 7:00 pm. Runtime: 30 mins

3. Santa Barbara Fine Art, 1321 State St • Michael Drury’s commitment to plein-air painting began when he met Ray Strong in 1970, and virtually all of his work is generated out-of-doors. He has painted extensively in the high deserts of the Great Basin, The wild coast of California and his home grounds of Santa Barbara.

4. Maune Contemporary, 1309 State St • Experience a group exhibition of works by established artists and rising stars from Maune's expansive collection of Contemporary Art, including mixed media paintings by their newest artist, Ali Eckert. The German-American artist, who grew up within both cultures, explores various iconography to reflect the American ongoing cultural transition.

5. Ensemble Theatre Company, 33 W Victoria St • Ensemble Theatre Company invites you to 1st Thursday at The Lehman Trilogy! The Lehman Trilogy is the

8. domecíl is showing the work of conceptual artist Davia King

quintessential story of western capitalism, rendered through the lens of a single immigrant family. Buy one get one free tickets available for our April 4th 6:30 pm performance.

6. Kaarem, 1221 State St #14 • Join KAAREM for First Thursday, April 4th from 5-8 pm, as we feature local womenowned businesses for a night of fashion, food, and fun! A Happy Mush, Ortega Vintage Goods, and Sarina’s Knits and Knots will be in the boutique. Come shop while enjoying exquisite pastry goods made by Kathy Dao of Your Choice restaurant.

7. PALMA Colectiva, 1221 State St #7 • Join Palma Colectiva in collaboration with Illuminate Film Festival to celebrate the work of artist Tricia Evenson. Wine by Artiste Winery. Evenson created the artwork for the 2024 festival poster and is a local based artist.

8. domecíl, 1223 State St

4. Maune Contemporary is hosting a group exhibition including work by Ali Eckert.

• Stop by domecíl to enjoy the work of conceptual artist Davia King whose emotionalism style merges elements of abstraction and action painting. By using bold colors and layering paint she creates a provocative background while focusing on human connection.

27. Art & Soul will be holding an open reception for Diana Postel: Celebrating a Life in Art

9. Legacy Arts Listening Room, 1230 State St • Legacy Art presents a MotherDaughter Reception showcasing Ines Roberts' Photography And Solveig Roberts' desert-themed oil paintings.Reception from 5 pm - 8 pm and Artist Talk from 6 pm6:45 pm. Hors d'oeuvre and wine shall be enjoyed. Come say hi!

10. Santa Barbara Art Works • 28 E Victoria St Juxtapose Featuring a collection of pastel drawings by artists; Scott Ryker and Brian Raleigh. SBAW is a fun studio/gallery that supports adults with disabilities in their creative process. Enjoy live jazz and many other forms of art throughout our studio/gallery.

11. Sullivan Goss, 11 E Anapamu St • Join us to celebrate the opening reception for the latest solo exhibition by beloved painter of magical landscapes, Phoebe Brunner. Also on view, Maria Rendón: Holy Water; and our Spring Salon

3. From Michael Drury's plein-air paintings at Santa Barbara Fine Art

2. Taylor Scott Mason's Farms and Tables, shown by SBIFF at the Education Center

12. 10 West Gallery, 10 W Anapamu St • SPRING

FLING: With both exuberance and reflection, Spring has made a showy entrance into 10 West Gallery.

Ten abstract/ contemporary Santa Barbara area artists featuring new paintings, photography, stitched collage, stone and bronze sculpture. April 3 – May 12.

13. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St • Celebrate National Poetry Month with the launch of Poetry Passages 5 - 6:30 pm on the Front Terrace as current and past Santa Barbara Poets Laureate read from poems included on MTD bus panels. Also, enjoy art making in the Family Resource Center 5:30 - 7:30 pm and gallery access until 8 pm. All free!

14. Gallery 113, 1114 State St#8

• Members of the Santa Barbara Art Association exhibit here. The Artist of the Month is Barbara Cronin Hershberg showing a collection of collages. Featured artists are Lynn Altschul, Julianne Martin, Diana White, Helle Urban, and Diana Zusman. The group show includes original work by many other members in different media.

15. Waterhouse Gallery, 1114 State St #9

• The Gallery features figurative works, interiors, and cityscapes, by some of today’s finest nationally known local and Oak Group artists. Enjoy works by Ray Hunter, Derek Harrison. Wyllis Heaton, Camille Dellar, Ann Sanders, Thomas Van Stein, Nancy Davidson, Rick Garcia, Ellie Freudenstein, and Ralph Waterhouse.

16. The Crafters Library, 9 E Figueroa St • Stop by The Crafter’s Library for an evening of fun with crafting, cocktails and karaoke! You can let your inner child out or your inner diva out or both at this fun and free event (cash bar).

17. The Yes Store, 1100 State St

• Join us as we Celebrate Spring and enjoy a beverage. Featured Artist David Archer creates provocative pieces that evoke local punk and pop culture on surfboards, skateboards and canvas. Looking for locally handmade gifts or something special for yourself? Look no further than The Yes StoreLocal Arts Gallery

18. Slice of Light, 9 W Figueroa St • We welcome you to join us for a magnificent evening at our photography gallery, featuring the natural beauty of earth and space. Every piece is captured by Santa Barbara local, J K Lovelace. Enjoy fine wine as you explore our latest exhibit, "Passage."

19. Mary Kay West Fine Art, 3 W. Carrillo St. # 209 • Award-winning artist and Artist Member of the California Art Club Mary Kay West will have an open studio and exhibit of current work featuring her renowned classical realist trompe l'oeil and bird compositions. She will also do a live painting demonstration from 6-7 pm!

20. The Blue Owl, 5 W Canon Perdido St • The Blue Owl will present a jam on the first Thursday of each month. Hosted by guitarist Tony Ybarra, this Jam session will feature local jazz instrumentalists and vocalists. Backed by Santino Tafarella and Matt Perko, it will be a fantastic night of Jazz!

21. The Eddy, 137 E. De La Guerra St • Join us at The Eddy on April 4th for our first official springtime block party. Enjoy beverages by Buddy's Wine, bites by Pinyon, and art by Tosh. All ages are welcome!

22. Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 136 E De La Guerra St • Enjoy access after-hours with wine and live music by Lil Jazz Group while you explore our galleries, including our exhibitions

Pop Up History: Images from the Gledhill Library, and Seasonal Soirées: Santa Barbara's Evening Couture 1880-1980. Step back in time and see glimpses of Santa Barbara a century ago.

23. Paint at Paseo, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Upper Arts Terrace • Join us to celebrate life with Easter and spring by painting at Paint at Paseo with Ita-Ink who will lead you through a 90-minute acrylic painting session designed for all ages and skill levels. All materials, including canvases, paints, aprons and brushes, are provided. Best of all, this monthly event is free!

24. Idyll Mercantile, 703 Chapala St • Spring fling! We are throwing a party to celebrate all things Spring! We will have a live DJ: Comfort Food Studio, Libations by Wildcat Lounge and Will be sharing art by local artists! A portion of proceeds will be donated to a local non-profit group! See y’all here!

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25. Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, 15 W Gutierrez St • Join us for another exquisite art event featuring works by Sherri Belassen, David Matthew King, Rafael Gaete, Stanley Boydston, and many more. Experience a night of contemporary brilliance, complemented by delightful tunes, wine, and artisanal cheeses. Treat yourself to an unforgettable fusion of creativity and cultural richness.

26. Riviera Beach House, 121 State St • Venture to the Funk Zone to enjoy our exhibition in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Entitled “Changing Nature” , this first installation of the MCASB Satellite at the Riviera Beach House features local artists Stephanie Dotson and Madeleine Eve Ignon.

27. Art & Soul, 116 Santa Barbara St #C • Join us for the opening reception of Diana Postel: Celebrating a Life in Art, with wine, nibbles, and live music by her son, Steve Postell of the Immediate Family, and his sister, Suzan Postel. Art & Soul in the Funk Zone, through the patio at Lama Dog.

ENTERTAINMENT

Riviera Arts Collective, State St, 1100 Block • Visit Satellite’s patio for a freewheeling live music experience from rotating cast of local and roaming professional musicians. Led by local favorites Brett Hunter and Joe Farey, Riviera Culture Club combines high quality sound with Santa Barbara’s best talent, to create unforgettable entertainment experiences.

Santa Barbara Kite Festival, State St, 900 Block • The Santa Barbara Kite Festival invites you to color and build your own kite! Color your kite (free of charge, while supplies last) and get ready for the Annual Santa Barbara Kite Festival, coming to the Great Meadow lawn on the west campus of Santa Barbara City College (Sunday, April 14, 11am -4pm).

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STACKED, State St, 800 Block

• Travel back in time with our amazing 80s rock band. Our high-energy infectious dance music will keep you on your feet! Playing your favorite sing alongs, put on your dancing shoes and get ready to rock out to the hits of the 80s with us!

80s rock n roll cover band, will be playing on the 800

of State

14. Gallery 113's Artist of the Month is Barbara Cronin Hershberg showing a collection of collages. Featured artists are Lynn Altschul, Julianne Martin, Diana White, Helle Urban, and Diana Zusman.

10. Santa Barbara Art Works: Juxtapose, a collection of pastel drawings by Scott Ryker and Brian Raleigh

1. From Voice Gallery's exhibit Pamela Benham — Rhapsody: Chromatic Sonatas in Major and Minor Keys

12. Sullivan Goss, opening reception for Phoebe Brunner. Also on view, Maria Rendón: Holy Water

17. The Yes Store, featuring David Archer

West Gallery: Spring Fling show, featuring

paintings, photography, stitched collage, stone and bronze sculpture. Image by Carol Paquet, Breathwork for Plants