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Exploring the meaning and significance of monuments

By Andrea Weir Estrada / The UC Santa Barbara Current

WHAT IS A MONUMENT? WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE? WHOSE STORY DOES IT TELL? And who gets to decide whether it should exist, and where?

These are some of the questions Santa Barbara area school children are considering as they participate in the Making of Monuments, a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) and the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP).

The object of their inquiry is a statue of Carlos III, the King of Spain in 1782, the year El Presidio de Santa Bárbara was founded. The statue, which stands in the Presidio courtyard, was presented to the City of Santa Barbara in 1982 as a gift from King Juan Carlos I to commemorate the historical site’s 200th anniversary.

But the Making of Monuments is only one of several collaborations between the IHC and the SBTHP, all aimed at strengthening public humanities education. The Trust co-sponsors an internship for students in the IHC’s Public Humanities Graduate Fellows Program, which is designed to prepare humanities Ph.D. students for careers as socially engaged humanists both within and beyond the academic setting. The internship enables an IHC graduate student to spend 200 hours during the summer working alongside SBTHP staff members and getting a firsthand view of public humanities in action.

comparative literature, is, ultimately, “a humanities program designed to support civic participation,” Derwin said. In this program, elementary school students consider a monument that represents colonial interests and perspectives, and they ask how the public narrative about the monument might be rewritten to reflect the histories of past and present communities that have been excluded from it.

In its broader sense, the program introduces students to the experience of actively participating in democratic practices and processes, in this case by considering the significance of historical memory and public narrative and their role as makers and custodians of those narratives. “There is a need in California for civic learning,” Derwin said. “The humanities can help address this need through collaborations, such as ours, between UC Santa Barbara, the Trust and four elementary schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.”

In addition, Anne Peterson, SBTHP executive director, who completed her Ph.D. in public history at UC Santa Barbara, regularly guest lectures in a skills seminar for IHC public humanities fellows that educates them about careers within public organizations and in the nonprofit sector. A trained public historian who went on to become the chief administrator of a major community nonprofit, Peterson’s career trajectory provides graduate students with an important example of the diverse paths available to them as highly skilled humanities researchers and educators.

“There is a need in California for civic learning. The humanities can help address this need through collaborations, such as ours, between UC Santa Barbara, the Trust and four elementary schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.”

—Jen

Griffith, fifth grade teacher at Adams School and workshop participant

In recognition of their publicly engaged humanities collaborations with SBTHP, the IHC has received the Trust’s 2024 Partnership Award. The award “celebrates individuals or organizations who have participated in collaborative efforts that support SBTHP’s mission and made a significant impact toward that end.”

“We were pleased to award the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center the Partnership Award,” said Peterson. “The IHC exemplifies partnership for our nonprofit organization. The IHC staff have gotten to know our organization deeply, and they listen when we discuss our priorities and resources to ensure that we find a project that fits the goals of each organization.

“We have conducted a co-funded internship annually for over five years,” Peterson continued, “and last year the IHC brought a teacher’s workshop called the Making of Monuments to El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, which included the Presidio Research Center collections, several staff members, and monuments at El Presidio SHP. The project dovetailed perfectly with our own priority of assessing monuments in the park for new interpretation.”

The three-part Making of Monuments program began in the summer of 2023 and concluded in May 2024. In early August 2023, eight teachers with the Santa Barbara Unified School District participated in a week-long workshop at the Presidio that consisted of research in the Presidio Central Archive, discussions, meetings and small-group collaborations. “Working with three Ph.D. students from the Department of History, the teachers explored the meaning and importance of monuments and then used these insights to design activities to encourage students to recognize and reconsider monuments in their communities,” explained Christoffer Bovbjerg, IHC assistant director.

Jen Griffith, who teaches fifth grade at Adams School and was one of the workshop participants, noted, “I felt like both organizations gave me the perfect supportive environment to have autonomy as an educator to create my own curriculum on the topic we were learning about: the definition of a monument and the historical significance of local monuments.

“This enabled me to take my students through an engaging learning proves that gave them the exact kind of first-hand learning experiences that I like to provide in my classroom to provoke investigations of real-world problems, spark intellectual curiosity and deepen critical thinking skills,” she said.

“There is a need in California for civic learning. The humanities can help address this need through collaborations, such as ours, between UC Santa Barbara, the Trust and four elementary schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.”

A field trip to the Presidio during the academic year gave school children a chance to get a close-up view of the statue. “They saw the statue in its full context,” Bovbjerg continued. “Well, contexts or lack thereof. It’s sitting in the courtyard at the Presidio without a lot of markers. The Trust staff led the students in a discussion reminiscent of what they worked on in class. They asked questions like, ‘Why do you think the monument is here? Who does it represent? How would you help explain its story?’”

During last week’s visit to UC Santa Barbara, the students applied their newly honed analytical skills to a study of the Gaucho Argentino statue at Mosher Alumni House. They conducted their own research with the help of the graduate students who assisted with their teachers’ workshop last summer.

“The students will finish the academic year with a new understanding of the significance of monuments and the stories they tell, as well as their relationship with the communities in which they reside,” Bovbjerg said. “They will also have developed a stronger appreciation of their own power and responsibility as community members to preserve, change or reimagine the monuments and stories that represent them.”

With support from a 2024-25 UC Santa Barbara faculty outreach grant, Derwin noted, the Making of Monuments program is set to begin its second year this summer, with a new set of teachers.

The Making of Monuments, created by IHC Director Susan Derwin, a professor of

Students from Adams Elementary School at the Santa Barbara Presidio learn about the statue of King Carlos III.

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Santa Barbara’s Student Mathletes Compete at Math Super Bowl

By Destin Cavazos / VOICE

SANTA BARBARA’S BRIGHT YOUNG MINDS BATTLED

IT OUT at this year’s Math Super Bowl. Nearly 350 fourththrough sixth-graders from 30 public and private schools throughout southern Santa Barbara County gathered at Earl Warren Showgrounds to test their knowledge against one another at the annual competition.

The 39th Annual Math Super Bowl, sponsored by Cold Spring School, Montecito Union School, Peabody Charter School, and the Santa Barbara County Education Office, was held on Wednesday, May 29th. After working their way through three rigorous written tests, students tackled a hands-on team challenge: engineering the tallest free-standing tower using 30 paper straws, three feet of masking tape, and one rubber band.

Awards are earned individually and by grade level, with a top award given to the highest-scoring school overall. This year, that distinction was earned by Peabody Charter School, which scored 752 points (out of a total possible of 900.) Second and third place in the “School Overall” category went to Mountain View Elementary and Washington Elementary schools, respectively.

Demian Barnett, Superintendent/Principal of Peabody Charter School, said in his 12 years at the campus, this is the first time the Panthers have earned the top award.

“Earning a first place win schoolwide is a true team effort, and it takes the combined efforts and skills of every student on the team, as well as all of the teachers and parent volunteers who help them,” Barnett said. “A number one spot reflects our commitment to mathematics and to kids. This is just so fun to watch students compete like this, outside of the sporting realm.”

Peabody Charter School fifth-grader Harper Read scored a perfect 50 points on the individual test, earning her a first-place win in her grade. “It felt really exciting when

STEM Student Awarded Radio Club Scholarship

THE SANTA BARBARA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB AND THE SANTA BARBARA WIRELESS FOUNDATION announced Mateo Olin Ferreira as the recipient of their annual scholarship, awarded to an outstanding local high school graduate who plans to pursue higher education in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).

The Orcutt Academy Charter High School senior was awarded the 2024 scholarship at Santa Barbara Courthouse on Monday, June 3rd. Ferreira is set to graduate with a 4.0 GPA and plans to attend Allan Hancock College for initial credits before transferring to California State University, Long Beach to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Business. He plans to continue his education with summer internships to gain practical experience in his field and aims to contribute to the advancement of green energy production.

“Our goal is to ensure that more students choose academic and career paths in science and technology,” said president of the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club and Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation, Brian Milburn. “Mateo has set himself up for success with his plan to attend community college and then Cal State Long Beach.”

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my name was called and it was even more exciting when my whole school was called because we got to do it all together,” the student shared.

Ellen Barger, Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for the Santa Barbara County Education Office, was on hand to announce winners and congratulate the students: “This program unleashes hundreds of curious, confident mathematicians who proudly represent their schools and our community. We are especially grateful to all the volunteer coaches, parents, and teachers who guide students through their frustration and uncertainty to push themselves and each other beyond expectations.”

“It is fun to see the excitement on the kids' faces,” added Jeff Linder, a Math Specialist at Montecito Union School and one of the coordinators of the event. “They are passionate about mathematics and it is wonderful to have the opportunity to create an event for them to display and celebrate their abilities."

Four Teachers Chosen for ‘Exemplary Vocational Service’

THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EDUCATION OFFICE has honored four outstanding teachers with the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara’s Teacher Recognition Awards during the 2023-24 academic year. Continuing a tradition since 1986, this year’s awards celebrate the excellence and leadership of local teachers who are chosen with the assistance of the Santa Barbara County Education Office’s Teachers Network. The honorees are:

Sherri Bryan, Teacher Librarian at Santa Barbara High School in the Santa Barbara Unified School District; Patty Jo “P.J.” Carmean, English and Newcomer English Language Arts Teacher at Santa Barbara Junior High School in the Santa Barbara Unified School District; Chris Cunningham, Special Education Teacher in Hope Elementary School District; and Shawna Ray, Santa Barbara Community Academy in the Santa Barbara Unified District.

The four honorees were each awarded with a plaque and $1,000 check for classroom needs.

“We thank and appreciate the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara for their dedication to education and for their continued support of exemplary teachers,” said County Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido. “The Rotary Club has a long history of building community and bringing out positive change, which aligns with the work we do in schools every day. I congratulate this year’s four honorees for their commitment to creating a positive learning environment for all students, and the many efforts they make to serve their communities well.”

Organization president Brian Milburn, scholarship award winner Mateo Olin Ferreira, and Levi C. Maaia, chair of the scholarship committee.

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Sherri Bryan

Patty Jo “P.J.” Carmean

Chris Cunningham

Shawna Ray

Overall 1st place winners Peabody Charter School

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Young Readers Receive Books from Open Books Project

STUDENTS EAGERLY RECEIVED THEIR NEW BOOKS AT THE OPEN BOOKS PROJECT’S FINAL BOOK distribution event of the school year at Roosevelt Elementary School. Started by the Santa Barbara Education Foundation, the Open Books Project is a literacy initiative that aims to foster a love of reading among young students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District. Through the support of donors, the project distributed over 5,000 new books to Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through 3rd-grade students in 12 elementary schools.

Adams Elementary School Principal Kelly Fresch praised the initiative, sharing, “This will not only contribute to family engagement by including our parents in sharing a love of reading about topics students are learning about in the classroom, but they will also provide our youngest students with two books for their home library.”

Over the past year, SBEF worked to ensure that every TK through 3rd grade student in the district received two new books to take home. This initiative, designed to encourage family reading time, promote literacy, and help students build their home libraries, was made possible through the generous support of donors and a crucial partnership with Louis Torres and his bookstore, Lantern Tree Books. Feedback from both students and teachers highlighted the initiative’s positive impact.

“These are our youngest learners, at the age of four going on five,” Roosevelt

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Elementary TK teacher Allison Throop said of her students. “My class was so excited to receive the free books and instantly came back the next day with wonderful tales of being read out loud to by their families.”

Students from Throop’s class also shared glowing reviews about their new books. “I loved the color book because it had a lot of colors in it,” said Eddy. “My mom read it to me!” While another student, Leo said, “I liked it because my mom read it. Just like Story Time!” For more info, visit www.sbefoundation.org

Moving Up at SDRI

SANSUM DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE HAS PROMOTED four employees to pivotal leadership roles in order to contribute to SDRI’s mission of advancing diabetes research and improving patient care.

KRISTIN CASTORINO, DO, BCADM, has been promoted to Vice President, Clinical Research and Senior Research Physician. Dr. Castorino will continue to lead efforts to develop innovative treatments and interventions for those living with diabetes. Dr. Castorino has authored numerous papers, presented at national and international conferences, and is a soughtafter collaborator in the field of maternal/fetal health. As a research physician who believes in elevating the health of people who live and work in our community, she also spends half-day a week working to provide care to vulnerable, atrisk patients.

KARA HORNBUCKLE, MS, has been promoted to Vice President, Development and Public Affairs. Hornbuckle’s strategic role in the $20 million campaign, Innovative Research, Inspiring Hope, combined with her leadership across the organization in elevating SDRI’s development, marketing, educational, and engagement activities, position her for an even more dynamic external role. Her focus will be overseeing development, marketing and communication strategies, educational programming, and managing SDRI’s public outreach initiatives.

KRISTEN NELSON, MSN, FNP, has been promoted to Director, Clinical Research Operations, a newly created role at SDRI. Nelson has served as a teacher, trainer, and mentor for the research assistants, research coordinators, nurses, and other nurse practitioners who implement the clinical trials that aim to change healthspan and health outcomes for people living with diabetes. Her new position will oversee the operational aspects of clinical research, including trial management, regulatory compliance, and patient engagement/patient safety.

CHRISTIAN FARFAN has been promoted to Director, Clinical Research Business Development. Over the last seven years, Farfan learned and managed a team that designed and delivered every facet of a clinical trial, from contract negotiation to patient recruitment to FDA review. His ability to see the big picture while managing a myriad of details, meant that under his leadership, our team delivered results for our partners. He has forged strategic partnerships and expanded SDRI’s research portfolio. In this newly created role, Farfan will focus on developing business strategies, securing research funding, and fostering collaborations with industry and academic partners.

“We are thrilled to recognize the accomplishments and achievements of Kristin, Kara, Kristen, and Christian with these well-deserved promotions,” said Elizabeth Thompson, SDRI’s CEO. “These roles, and the public recognition of their importance, underscore our commitment to advancing diabetes research, education, and clinical care. Each of these talented individuals brings unique strengths and insights that will be crucial as we navigate the future and strive to make meaningful advancements in diabetes research.”

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Kristin Castorino

Kara Hornbuckle

Kristen Nelson

Christian Farfan

New Beginnings Celebrates 20 Years of Santa Barbara Safe Parking Program

By Jesse Caverly / VOICE

A20 YEAR MILESTONE WILL BE CELEBRATED ON JUNE 20TH at the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club, commemorating the first-of-its-kind program in the United States to offer safe overnight parking, supportive services, and rapid rehousing to individuals and families living in their vehicle.

This event, a 20th Anniversary Luncheon hosted by New Beginnings, will celebrate the Honorable Susan Rose and Congressman Salud Carbajal for the pioneering roles they played in creating and sustaining the Safe Parking Program.

“I can hardly believe it’s been 20 years since we first launched Santa Barbara’s Safe Parking Program,” Congressman Carbajal recently said to VOICE. “This was a result of collaboration between Supervisor Susan Rose, who first brought the idea to the Board of Supervisors; my former boss Supervisor Naomi Schwartz, who I was working for at the time, and our team; and the dedicated staff at New Beginnings.”

An internationally recognized program, the Safe Parking Program manages 200 spaces in 31 parking lots across Santa Barbara County. Now poised to expand nationally through bi-partisan federal legislation introduced by Congressman Carbajal, The Naomi Schwartz and Susan Rose Safe Parking Act would make programs like Santa Barbara’s eligible for grants to support operation and expansion of similar programs. Santa Barbara was recently recognized through an $8 million grant that will resolve 21 vehicle encampments in the county alone.

The luncheon’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Michele Wakin, the author of Hobo Jungle: A Homeless Community in Paradise (2020). Dr. Wakin will share a historical overview of homelessness in the US and in particular the vehicular homeless living in Santa Barbara, and contextualize vehicle living among the many makeshift housing solutions homeless people must choose from.

“We know that people that lose their shelter can be helped in the short term with supportive services and a place to safely stay the night, to prevent longer lasting issues —

Sansum Receives High Ranking by U.S. News & World Report

SANSUM CLINIC’S FOOTHILL SURGERY CENTER and Pueblo GI Ambulatory Surgery Center has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its 2024-2025 Best Ambulatory Service Centers issue.

The ASCs were evaluated in four separate specialty areas: colonoscopy/ endoscopy, ophthalmology, orthopedics/spine and urology. While Foothill Surgery Center provides an array of specialty surgical care, it earned a high performing rating for ophthalmology procedures.

Pueblo GI ASC earned a high performing rating for its colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures. Fewer than 15 percent of evaluated facilities earned a “High Performing” rating. The Sansum Clinic ASCs join ten of Sutter Health’s ASCs ranked as top performers.

“This speaks to the wonderful and skillful care provided by both our surgeons and staff,” commented Tom Parra, Director, Ambulatory Surgery Service Line, Sutter Health Greater Central Coast Market. “We know many of our patients prefer an outpatient experience as opposed to a hospital stay, and we are proud to be recognized for this important service we offer to our community.”

and that is the success of this program,” Carbajal continued. “That’s also why I’m working in Congress to make these kinds of safe parking programs eligible for more federal funding. My bill is bipartisan, and it recognizes the important impact that Santa Barbara’s program has had on addressing homelessness in our community.”

Regarding the Safe Parking Program and vehicular homelessness, Dr. Wakin said, “People want a place of their own, however modest, that offers privacy, autonomy, and respect.”

“We’re excited to celebrate this milestone as the longest running Safe Parking Program in the country,” said Kristine Schwarz, New Beginnings’ Executive Director. “We’re very proud of the program’s success and the many communities who have been helped over the years by our best-practice, evidence-supported model.”

“As with any homelessness program, the hope is always that the future brings less need for these programs, but we all know that housing will likely remain a key issue in the coming decade,” Carbajal concluded. “I hope to continue raising up Santa Barbara’s success in pioneering safe parking, and acknowledging the dozens of similar programs that have joined Santa Barbara in creating this solution, by pushing for federal recognition and support for the important work being done here in Santa Barbara County.”

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Proceeds will support the New Beginnings’ Safe Parking Program. For info on sponsorship and tickets, visit www.sbnbcc.org/safe-parking-program-anniversary-luncheon

Junior League of Santa Barbara Awards $10,000 to Local Non-Profit Organizations

THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SANTA BARBARA (JLSB) has granted a total of $10,000 in awards to nonprofit organizations at the League’s May Annual Dinner. Aiming to improve the lives of at-risk young women, the JLSB assigns funds through the Community Assistance Fund (CAF) program each year to nonprofits that align with this vision.

At the dinner, JLSB’s Director at Large, Strategic Planning, Ashlyn Cavaletto, and the President, Jenni-Elise Ramirez, announced the recipients of this year’s awards. AHA!, Santa Barbara Police Activities League, Storyteller Children’s Center, St. Vincent’s, and What is Love are all programs deemed by JLSB that support educating and empowering at-risk young women to reach their full potential, while working to prevent exploitation and injustice in Santa Barbara County.

“The Junior League of Santa Barbara is proud to be able to give necessary funds to these amazing organizations,” Jenni-Elise Ramirez said. “We want to thank them all for the vital work they do in our community and we are happy to help in any way we can.”

Chartered in 1924, the JLSB is an organization of women committed to developing the potential of women and improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. JLSB has also supported bone marrow and blood drives, and the Eastside Library renovation and Downtown Public Library programs to improve youth literacy.

Applications for the Community Assistance Fund are accepted each year beginning in January. Prospective applicants for 2024-2025 should visit JLSantaBarbara.org

Senator Monique Limon, New Beginnings’ Board of Directors President Jacqueline Kurta, LMFT, PsyD, Congressman Salud Carbajal, New Beginnings’ Executive Director, Kristine Schwarz, MFT, LPCC, and New Beginnings’ Board Treasurer Ziad Elkurjie.

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CAF grant recipients (center); JLSB President Jenni-Elise Ramirez, (left); and JLSB Director at Large, Strategic Planning, Ashlyn Cavaletto (right).

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Susan Rose

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Newly Retired Teacher Shares Her Perspective on the SBUSD Impasse

AFTER A 36-YEAR TEACHING CAREER, I’VE CHOSEN TO RETIRE IN ADVANCE OF WHAT should be a sizable salary increase from the Santa Barbara Unified School District. While the current impasse between certificated faculty and the district will not affect me materially, I have an abiding interest in our schools. When I moved to Santa Barbara, I felt lucky to teach history at San Marcos High School, where the innovative spirit inspired me to stay put for 31 years.

I stand with my former colleagues–proudly and with great sympathy. Through the “Parent-Square” messaging platform, SBUSD has the benefit of regularly amplifying and shaping the narrative to the community in ways unavailable to SBTA, the teacher’s union. The district’s rosy picture of their generosity in a time of budget constraints leaves out important information. It reflects a narrow, protectionist modus operandi that is increasingly under-serving classroom teachers and by extension, the students and their families. Don’t be fooled.

Across three decades in the profession, I have learned to expect that there always will be claims of funding shortfalls. The information provided by SBTA indicates that, irrespective of Covid monies, the district revenues have increased by an average of 7.2% over 10 years, but that teacher salaries have grown only 3.2% in that time.

SBTA illustrates this trend in two charts: “Salaries vs. Revenues,” and “Salaries to Expenditures.”

Teacher salaries have not kept pace with cost of living increases. So the “rainy-day reserve” argument doesn’t hold sway in light of the moral imperative of dignifying the work of the teachers, which has become more complicated and arduous as the world has become fragile and fraught with existential crises. The impasse is less about dollars and cents as it is about ethics and sense. The district has a track record of glossing over the reality of our workload, in spite of reasoned pleas for support for students

and teachers in the classroom. Three examples:

1) The multilingual emergent students arriving from their home countries are placed in cohorts in college prep courses without sufficient bilingual support. According to the district, bilingual support specialists were “just not applying” to fill the need, which meant that teachers were left to translate materials and find ways to integrate them in the learning experience they deserved but couldn’t access. If the district offered bilingual support employees adequate compensation for their vital services (vs. slightly more than minimum wage), there would be an abundance of qualified applicants. I was one of many teachers helping these important members of our learning community gain access to the curriculum. The unremunerated extra hours of labor led to exhaustion and ultimately harmed students who could not possibly gain “equal access to the curriculum.” Maintaining faith in our district leaders, who talk about equity, but don’t deliver when the need is staring them in the face, is difficult.

2) After a year of Covid lockdown, the district, in this particular iteration of “magical thinking,” announced that teachers were ready to welcome students back to in-classroom for hybrid learning. Nothing was further from the truth. They announced “readiness” before the requisite technology arrived. In fact, the Friday afternoon before reopening on Monday, teachers were scrambling to get the cameras, sound system, voice amplifiers, and monitors out of their boxes and wired, or programmed to operate wirelessly, with neither training nor the provision of time to work out how to use it to simultaneously engage students in the classroom and those learning remotely. The district never consulted with the teachers about readiness, but “ready and eager” were the terms they used in their public messaging.

3) It is unconscionable that for two years, the SBUSD has dismissed the poignant stories of young teachers brave enough to speak their truth in the public comment session of

Santa Barbara Planning Commission Votes To

ON JUNE 6TH, the Planning Commission unanimously upheld a neighborhood Appeal of a proposal to demolish most of a singlefamily residence at 1269 Ferrelo Rd. in the lower Riviera and replace it with a modern contemporary flat- topped structure that adds a third story and increases the overall size by 50 percent.

Over a period spanning more than two years, over thirty neighbors had petitioned, through multiple hearings by the Single Family DesignBoard and the City Council, to reduce the height and bulk of the proposed project, however, with this Commission's Hearing, the project was one step away from final approval. In a dramatic 3-hour Hearing, the Commission by a vote of 7-0 determined the height of the house should be reduced to be consistent with the City Council's previous determination.The

Salaries to Expenditures

the Board meetings. We are called to bridge the gap between struggling families and mental health services. The increased, near superhuman levels of responsibility led to a surge in teacher anxiety, compounded by the reality that neighboring districts pay much more. In fact, in a comparison of school districts in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, SBUSD ranks 26th. I have witnessed a mass exodus of young, talented teachers who have left the profession or moved to higherpaying districts. They continue to leave because their salaries aren’t commensurate with the cost of living here. The district remains unmoved by teachers who chose this profession to make a difference and who work hard to not just educate, but to save lives.

SBUSD, where is your sense of mission? Education is fundamentally about the relationship between students and teachers. You cannot serve students if you deny the needs of teachers. I leave behind a beautiful teaching career exhausted and uncomprehending about why the district would be bystanders to the unnecessary, out-going parade of talented teachers.

– Melanie Jacobson

Melanie Jacobson recently retired San Marcos High School teacher and parent of two young adults, for whom Dos Pueblos High School teachers and counselors bent over backward to care for and serve.

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Commission also stated that another Council requirement was to increase the distance between the proposed decks and the neighboring property lines to 15 feet.

The Commission rejected the creative methodology used by the applicant to calculate the floor to area ratio ("FAR"), which would have allowed the applicant to seek a much larger structure than allowed.  The whole process prompted one Commissioner to comment "there is an element of unease of how this [project] has evolved.”

The proposed project would sit between two historic houses by revered Santa Barbara builder/architects:  one by Alex D'Alfonso and the other by the Moody Sisters, which is a "Structure of Merit". The proposed project's total floor area, almost 5,000 square feet, would be two to three times larger than nearly every nearby home on Ferrelo Road.  Illustrations of perspective views provided

by the neighbors show that the additional third- floor level would block the public views from the street, like no other house in the neighborhood, and impose on neighbors' privacy.

This neighborhood contains several "Structures of Merit" and D'Alfonso homes. If this out-of-scale project had been approved, it would have set a precedent for future building, not only in this neighborhood, but for all of Santa Barbara neighborhoods.

Without preserving our architectural treasures, and our neighborhoods that contain exquisite homes that were built in the 1920's, 1930's,1940's and beyond, we will lose the quaintness of Santa Barbara. Our unique architectural spirit would be lost forever.

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Lucidity Cancelled

SUNDAY, JUNE 9TH: The Lucidity Festival has abruptly canceled its annual event set for later this month off Hwy 154 - Live Oak Camp. Organizers say updated permit issues came up. Refunds are being offered. The event will leave Santa Barbara County after years, and go to Monterey County in the Spring.

Collin Bosse Fundraiser

THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH: Collin Bosse, an avid swimmer and surfer, had a traumatic shallow water injury a year ago. The San Marcos High grad is recovering in San Diego and one of the fundraisers for him is today at Yogurtland. There is also a GoFundMe page. Enjoy some yogurt and help Collin’s comeback.

Lifecycle Stops in Santa Barbara

FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH: The AIDS/Lifecycle ride down the California Coast will have the sweetest stop in Santa Barbara Friday. Ice cream, cookies, fruit, and refreshments for the riders will be offered at the annual Paradise Pit. Message everyone’s pal, Sean Dooner if you would like to volunteer. He says he could use a hand with logistics on this event at Leadbetter Beach. The ride raises money in the research, support groups, and all efforts relating to AIDS/HIV.

Freeway Work

THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH: Freeway widening continues in the Montecito and Santa Barbara areas. A 4pm informational meeting is set for today at Montecito Union School. Nearby there’s also a new Cabrillo Blvd. roundabout going in to ease surface street traffic.

A Return to Commencement Green

FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH: After moving some commencement ceremonies from the traditional site at the UC Santa Barbara lagoon lawn earlier this week, the school has decided to return everything back. The seven relocated Commencement ceremonies (the Graduate Division, all College of Letters & Science, and the College of Engineering ceremonies), scheduled for June 14–16, will be returned to the Commencement Green. The times for each ceremony will remain the same. The Bren School and College of Creative Studies ceremonies will remain in their original venues and tickets will not be necessary.

Take the Wildfire Survey

MONDAY, JUNE 10TH: Just a reminder, there is a Santa Barbara County Fire Department wildfire protection plan survey underway, and they would like your input!

1st Responders

SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH: After a lengthy northbound traffic mess and multi car accident this morning, in Montecito, now southbound at Olive Mill Road has a crash in the construction zone with very little room for traffic to get around it. Big back up — up to Santa Barbara.

THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH: Cessna plane crash at a vineyard near the Santa Ynez Airport. One person with major injuries has been extricated out. A second person is out with minor injuries. Santa Barbara County Fire, Sheriff, AMR, Search and Rescue and CalStar on scene. FAA and NTSB notified.

Inspirational Performances that Educate, Inspire, & Entertain

CREATING A DREAM CULTURAL SEASON, UCSB Arts & Lectures marks its 65th anniversary with returning world-renowned artists as well as remarkable contemporary performers, all under the direction of Celesta Billeci, Miller McCune Executive Director, who has led this cultural institution for 25 years.

“65 years of Arts & Lectures is more than a milestone. It's a time to reflect on the organization's storied past and celebrate with our friends and supporters. It's also a time to look ahead and imagine what the next 65 years can bring,” shared Celesta M. Billeci, Miller McCune Executive Director. “We have learned so much, not only from the fabulous, starstudded array of performers, creators, Nobel Prize winners, and civic leaders who have graced our stages but also from the community that has come together around our programming and the heroes who have stepped up and contributed to support our efforts.”

Now more than ever, the programming that Arts & Lectures presents – adventurous and imaginative events that push boundaries and reveal sources of hope both new and old – is not only welcome but necessary.

– Celesta M. Billeci, Miller McCune Executive Director

Challenging, exuberant, thought provoking, the pulsing variety and depth of UCSB Arts & Lectures's 65th season were introduced last Friday during their annual season reveal party for Producers Circle members and donors at the Montecito Country Club.

The first 47 events, a season of dance, music, intimate conversation, and grand ideas is impressive and Billeci reminded the audience additional events, including the Justice for All programming initiative, Thematic Learning Initiative, and more, will be announced throughout the season.

“We see evidence of the program's impact everywhere we look. From the thousands of delighted students who attend our Arts Adventures to the thoughtful, intelligent questions asked by the community members who participate in the talkbacks we stage with artists, the image of our impact shines bright. Now more than ever, the programming that Arts & Lectures presents – adventurous and imaginative events that push boundaries and reveal sources of hope both new and old – is not only welcome but necessary,” Billeci continued.

Experience the Season: Book a Series :

Subscriptions Make Sense

Arts & Lectures subscriptions are an investment in personal enrichment that also enriches the community. It's a commitment to make time for inspiring conversations, magical experiences and a sense of community.

One of the best ways to participate is through committing to a series. Eleven series are now available.

DANCE Series

Arts & Lectures has booked one of its richest and most ambitious Dance series ever, with six fabulous productions spread out over five months. It begins with the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in November. Mixing folk, classical and electronic music, Cloud Gate’s 13 Tongues is a colorful and evocative journey into the night markets and fantastic imagination of Taiwan. Dorrance Dance follows. Also in the series are: Twyla Tharp celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of

her company, Twyla Tharp Dance; Batsheva Dance Company’s MOMO reveals the depth and intensity of choreographer Ohad Naharin’s vision; and Akram Khan dancing alongside six other renowned practitioners of classical South Asian dance forms and seven live musicians in GIGENIS.The Dance series concludes with two different programs by perennial favorites Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

GREAT PERFORMANCES A series

Great Performances A series opens with Itzhak Perlman and Friends featuring the great violinist along with pianists – Emanuel Ax and Jean-Yves Thibaudet – plus the Juilliard String Quartet. Soprano Julia Bullock will appear with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; the Danish String Quartet will return with 20th century masterpieces and arrangements of Nordic folk tunes and medieval Irish melodies. The series wraps with a two-piano collaboration between Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson

GREAT PERFORMANCES B series

Great Performances B series commences with soprano Julia Bullock in a new production from the American Modern Opera Company produced in collaboration with Ojai Music Festival. HARAWI is a song cycle by Olivier Messiaen. Dancers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber will join in. The London Philharmonic Orchestra with Principal Conductor Edward Gardner will bring violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja for

Now on sale, subscriptions come in two forms – Curated Series subscriptions offer the biggest discounts (up to 25 percent) on a selection of complementary events; and Create Your Own Series subscriptions offer maximum flexibility. CYO patrons build their own series of four or more events for a savings of ten percent on each ticket. New ways to subscribe include the Great Performances Suite (all 8 events from the Great Performances A and B series) and The Works, an all-events-included opportunity to experience the full spectrum of the season at one suite price. Get The Works and save 30 percent off tickets to every event in the season brochure. That’s all of the best tickets at the best price. Series packages and discounts: Save 20%: Dance Series; Great Performances A series; Great Performances B series; Word of Mouth series; Global Sounds series; JAZZ series; Hear & Now series; and Speaking with Pico series; Save 25%: Vanguard series . Series subscriptions are flying out the door. They can be purchased by phone at 805-893-3535, online or in person at the Arts & Lectures Ticket Office at Campbell Hall (parking lot 12 off Mesa Road; walkup hours are Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.) on the UCSB campus. For a season brochure, an order form, or more information, call or visit the A&L Ticket Office or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu. Single tickets go on sale Friday, August 2nd at 10am. Subscriber orders are filled in the order received. Subscribe early for the best available seating. Thu., August 1st is the last day subscribers get first dibs on this season's events before single tickets go on sale Fri., Aug. 2nd at 10am.

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Samantha Figgins of Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater. The company will return for two unique performances on April 15th and 16th

Arts & Lectures Council member Dorothy Largay (center) kicked off Friday's event sharing, the A&L program is "an incredible gem." She is shown here with A&L staff leaders: Caitlin O'Hara, Celeste Billeci, Meghan Bush, and Charles Donelan

Photo by Dario Calmese

Photo by Isaac Hernández de Lipa

Word of Mouth

Global Sounds Dance

a program featuring Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Enduring cultural hero and longtime friend of Arts & Lectures Yo-Yo Ma will present Reflections in Words and Music, a solo evening sharing his favorite pieces and stories. Sibling duo Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano, and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, complete the series.

GREAT PERFORMANCES SUITE

For increased savings, combine the Great Performances A and B series can be combined into the Great Performances Suite of eight events. The curated subscription discount increases to 25 percent!

WORD OF MOUTH series

Today’s most inspiring thinkers address the moment’s essential topics in Word of Mouth. Khan Academy founder Salman Khan will discuss the positive potential of Artificial Intelligence for education. Nobel Prize-winner and co-creator of CRISPR technology Dr. Jennifer Doudna returns in a program co-presented with the Cancer

Foundation of Santa Barbara. Bestselling novelist and essayist Anne Lamott found lasting love later in life and she’s coming with a new book, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Father Gregory Boyle will share thoughts on the values of belonging.

GLOBAL SOUNDS series

A dynamic celebration of the music of Mexico, featuring the queen of mariachi and ranchera, Aida Cuevas, in Canta a Juan Gabriel 40 años después opens Global Sounds. Malian rockstar Habib Koité and his group Bamada fuse African polyrhythms with the propulsive beats of rock, blues, pop and Latin jazz. Each member of the DoosTrio presents a new collaboration highlighting the ancient traditions of Iran, China and India.

JAZZ series

A spirited 65th anniversary year opening night party kicks off the year and the Jazz series when jazz orchestra meets funk band in the collective Snarky Puppy on October 1st. Also featured in the series are: Saxophonist and composer Lakecia Benjamin and her group Phoenix; Hiromi bringing her eclectic quartet Sonicwonder; and the series concludes with the grandmaster of all things jazz, Wynton Marsalis who returns with a 13-piece orchestra to back the fascinating silent film, LOUIS, that depicts the early boyhood of Louis Armstrong.

ROOTS series

The Roots series kicks off with an exceptional double bill featuring the legendary soul/gospel/R&B pioneer, civil rights icon, National Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient and Kennedy Center honoree Mavis Staples and rising stars The War and Treaty. They're followed by: Grammy Awardwinners for Best Bluegrass Album in 2022 and 2023 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway; and guitar boss sisters and Grammy Award-winners for Best Contemporary Blues Album Larkin Poe.

HEAR & NOW series

Discover the stars of tomorrow today in the all-Santa Barbaradebut series Hear & Now. Pianist Alexander Malofeev, who charmed the judges at the Tchaikovsky Competition; Two distinguished contemporary quintets – Imani Winds and Boston Brass – come together for a night of wide-ranging music; Owls are a string quartet with a twist – doubling the cellos rather than the violins; Distinctive violin virtuoso Tessa Lark caps the series with a program of classical and bluegrass.

SPEAKING WITH PICO series

The Speaking with Pico series with beloved host Pico Iyer will

continue again this year, starting with a conversation with author and poet Yung Pueblo, aka Diego Perez. Next, he talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental novelist Richard Powers. Finally, Pico will explore how pioneering performance artist Marina Abramović has pushed the boundaries of contemporary art.

VANGUARD series

Individuals and ensembles that explore the fringes and frontiers of contemporary performance make up the Vanguard seroes. Diverse, the series includes: Fight Night by Belgian theater collective Ontroerend Goed; Lil Buck and his partner in jookin’ Jon Boogz; Yaron Lifschitz and Circa presenting Humans 2.0.

INDIVIDUAL NON-FIXED SERIES

One top of all these events and performances, Arts & Lectures invites folks who aren't part of any of thee series. They are unique and amazing. Consider: An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi including a live cooking demonstration; Disney’s ENCANTO with the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda in a singalong film concert. Fans of all ages can come dressed as their favorite characters; Pink Martini’s swanky holiday shows are a tradition

with Arts & Lectures audiences; razor-sharp New York humor can be found in Fran Lebowitz; Contemporary circus inthe form of Cirque Kalabanté who brings Afrique en Cirque; and two top thinker of the day – Niall Ferguson will explain why we should still study history and Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-creator of Billions for Showtime, author of Too Big To Fail. The last entry is the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary.

For more information about Arts & Lectures, call (805) 893-3535 or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.

Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson, both on piano, will perform February 28th

Yo-Yo Ma's Reflections in Words and Music will take place April 5th

Queen of Mariachi, Aida Cuevas will perform on October 20th

An Evening with Lil Buck and Jon Boogz is set for Oct 24th

Salmon Khan will kick off the Word of Mouth series on Oct 5th

Dr. Jennifer Doudna will discuss CRISPR Gene Editing on Oct 22nd

Tessa Lark will wrap the Hear & Now series on May 20th

Photos courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures

Photo by Julia Weseley

Photo by Mann

Photo by Christopher Michel

Photo courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures Vanguard Jazz

Twyla Tharp Dance is celebrating 60 years and will perform February 11th

The Roots series kicks off with the legendary Mavis Staples and The War and Treaty on October 8th

Wynton Marsalis Ensemble will perform live, accompanying the silent film LOUIS on May 17th

Applebox Free Family Films this Summer

Experience the wonder and fun of Pixar’s animated family favorites this summer when the SBIFF Riviera Theatre hosts free film screenings at 10am on Saturdays, beginning with Inside Out on June 15th and Ratatouille on June 22nd. Screenings will run through August 17th, with all attendees seated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To learn more visit https://sbiffriviera.com

CINEMA THIS WEEK:

Drumbeat of Humanity • Live dance performances accompany documentary film premiere, presented by Transform Through Arts • Center Stage Theater • $20-60 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 7:30pm Sa, 6/15.

Pride Month Movies at the Riviera • Seven LGBTQ+ film screenings • SBIFF Riviera Theatre • $7-12 • www.sbiff.org • Fr, 6/14 through 6/20.

Applebox Free Family Films • Free animated film screenings • SBIFF Riviera Theatre • www.sbiff.org • 10am Saturdays, 6/15 through 8/17.

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Courtesy of SBIFF

Safari Local

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone

Downtown Summer Music Series

Savor summer evenings on State Street when Downtown Santa Barbara presents a series of free, outdoor concerts in front of Apna & Best BBQ (718 State St.) from 5:30 to 7:30pm each Wednesday night, through July 31st. This week, groove to Mark & The Logistics on June 19th. For a full series schedule visit www.downtownsb.org

Friday 6|14

MUSIC

Daryl Hall + Elvis Costello

• Rock legends concert with The Imposters & Charlie Sexton • SB Bowl • $55-165

• www.sbbowl.com

• 6pm Fr, 6/14.

Takács Quartet Recital • Performing Hayden, Ravel, and more • Lobero Theatre • $65-70 • www.lobero.org • 7:30pm Fr, 6/14.

Alan Parsons • Rock concert

• Chumash Casino • $49-79 • www.chumashcasino.com • 8pm Fr, 6/14.

TEENS

The Hangout: A Space for Teens • Crafts, board games, video games, and more for grades 7-12 • Eastside Library • Free • 3:30-5:30pm Fr.

Saturday 6|15

CHILDREN

Musical Learning with Lanny

• Children’s music optimized for language enrichment • Grace Fisher’s Inclusive Arts Clubhouse

• Free • 11am-2pm Sa, 6/15.

Saturday Storytime • Children’s story and activities • SB Public Library • Paseo Nuevo

• Free • 2:30-4:30pm Sa, 6/15.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Joy For the People Block Party • Juneteenth celebration with music, dancing, poetry, food, and more • Juneteenth SB • 100 Gray Ave. • Free, details: https://juneteenthsb.org

• 11am-6pm Sa, 6/15.

Juneteenth–Lompoc • Live music, arts and crafts, baking contest, and more • Santa Maria/Lompoc NAACP and C4 Lompoc • Old Town Lompoc • Free • 11am-5pm Sa, 6/15.

Crafternoons: Summer Nature Crafts • Get creative with nature-inspired crafts • Art From Scrap • $8

• www.exploreecology.org

• 11:30am-1pm Sa.

The Summer Show and Sale at the Marketplace • View works by Goleta Valley Artist Assoc; live music 1-4pm

• Camino Real Marketplace • 10am-4pm Sa, 6/15.

Grads & Dads at Finch & Fork • Dining specials celebrating Father’s Day and graduates • Kimpton Canary Hotel • RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/y2edr6z2

• 5-9pm Sa, 6/15.

COMEDY

Comedy with PRIDE! • Comedians Ian Harvie and Jake Noll • Soul Bites Restaurant • $25

• https://tinyurl.com/2ne6nxtk • 7:30-9:30pm Sa, 6/15.

MUSIC

Music to Inspire! • Concert by Meghan Downing to support Braille Institute • SB Braille Institute, 2031 De La Vina St. • Free, RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/36c4eevd

• 5:30-7pm Sa, 6/15.

Sounds on State • Free outdoor concerts • Paseo Nuevo • 4-6pm Sa.

OUTDOORS

Seasonal Plant Maintenance • Learn how to care for your garden

• SB Botanic Garden • $25-40 • www.sbbotanicgarden.org

• 8:30-10:30am Sa, 6/15.

Hike Arroyo Hondo Preserve

• The first & third weekends, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm. Free

• https://tinyurl.com/mr45upkb

LECTURES/MEETINGS

Pearl Chase: Santa Barbara's Visionary Leader • civic activist and award-winning newspaper columnist Cheri Rae • Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society Meeting • 11am Sa., 6/15

Justin Hayward: The Voice of The Moody Blues

Hear the legend behind “Nights in White Satin,” “Question,” “Your Wildest Dreams,” and more when Moody Blues vocalist and lead guitarist Justin Hayward performs at the Lobero Theatre at 7:30pm on Thursday, June 20th. Special guest Mike Dawes will join Hayward. For tickets ($95.50-155.50) visit www.lobero.org

Solstice Royal Coronation & Reception • Reception announcing Solstice King & Queen • Legacy Art SB, 1230 State St. • $10

• www.solsticeparade.com

• 7-9pm Sa, 6/15.

Mosaic Makers Market • Shop local vendors • Mosaic Locale Courtyard, 1131 State St. • Free • 11am-4pm Sa, 6/15.

12th Annual Buddy Walk & Festival • Walk, activities, music, and more to support SB Down Syndrome Association • Chase Palm Park Great Meadow • $10-25

• www.ds-stride.org/dsasbcbuddywalk

• 11am-3pm Sa, 6/15.

Ojai Wine Festival • Sips, music, dancing, and more supporting local charitable projects • Lake Casitas Recreation Area • $95

• https://ojaiwinefestival.com

• 12-4pm Sa, 6/15.

Jeweled Jubilee Fun • Fundraiser event for PCPA and Solvang Theaterfest • Solvang Festival Theater • $200, email boxoffice@pcpa.org • 5:30pm Sa, 6/15.

John Carney in Carneymagic

• Not your typical magic show • Rubicon Theatre • $20-49.50

• www.rubicontheatre.org

• 7pm Sa, 6/15 & 2pm Su, 6/16. Writer’s Rume • Poetry & prose workshop for writers and creatives of all levels and disciplines • Explore the written word • Free • Wylde Works on State St. • 3-5 pm, Sat 6/15

Sunday 6|16

OUTDOORS

Ocean Ambassador Beach Cleanups • Show our beach some love • Organized by the Sea Center • Meet on beach behind the Skater's Point skate park Register: https://tinyurl.com/yau89vyn • 10am-12pm Su, 6/16.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Juneteenth Celebration with SB Ring Shout Project • Songs and traditional circle dance • Central Library • Free • 11am12pm Su, 6/16.

Bloomsday • Celebrating Joyce’s Ulysses with readings and Irish music • James Joyce Pub • Free • 5-9pm Su, 6/16.

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

Monday 6|17

LECTURES/MEETINGS

PARLIAMO! Italian Conversation • All levels • The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • http://parliamo.yolasite.com • Free • 5-6:30pm Mon.

CHILDREN

Game Day • Board games, puzzles, and free lunch for ages 0-18 • Central Library • Free • 11:30am-1:30pm Mo, 6/17. Lunch at the Library • Free lunches for children and teens, part of USDA Summer Food Service Program • Central Library • 12-1pm weekdays, through 8/16.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

PFLAG Support Meeting • Webinar: Pride Month: A Little Pride History From An Early Eye

Safari Local

Monty Python’s Spamalot

Laugh along to medieval hijinks when Ojai Art Center Theater presents the musical Spamalot, inspired by Monty Python and the Holy Grail, at 7:30pm on Friday and Saturday, June 21st and 22nd, with a 2pm matinee on Sunday, June 23rd. Performances will continue each weekend through July 21st.

For tickets ($20-25) visit https://ojaiact.org

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

Alice, Formerly of Wonderland • World premiere musical about the real-life Alice • Ensemble Theatre Company • New Vic • $44-68 • www.etcsb.org • Opening 8pm Sa, 6/1, through 6/16.

Witness and Instigator • Free, email pflagsantabarbara@gmail. com • 7-8:30pm Mo, 6/17. Chaucer’s Book Signing • Local author Amanda Darcy, Of Love & Beer • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6pm Mo, 6/17.

Tuesday 6|18

CHILDREN

Solstice Float Building

• Ages

7-17 invited to make costumes and help build a parade float • Central Library, lower plaza • Free • 11am-3pm Tu, 6/18 & Th, 6/20; 5:30-7:30pm Th, 6/20; 11am-3pm Fr, 6/21.

SPECIAL EVENTS

AFSB Scholarship Reception and Awards Ceremony • Celebrate local students with Architectural Fdn of SB • Studio 7 at The Meridian Studios, 112 E. De La Guerra St • $40-80 • https://afsb.org • 5:30-7:30pm Tu, 6/18.

SPECIAL EVENTS

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

Wednesday 6|19

LECTURES/MEETINGS

Digital Library Hour •

In-person and virtual dropin 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 • https://tinyurl.com/5ejbd9ye • Free • 5-6:30pm We.

MUSIC

Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors • Musical about a carnivorous plant • PCPA • Solvang Festival Theatre • Starting at $25 • www.pcpa.org • 8pm Th, 6/13, through 7/7.

Spamalot • Musical rendition of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” • Ojai Art Center Theater • $20-25 • www.ojaiact.org • 7:30pm Fr, 6/21, performances through 7/21.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

Chaucer’s Book Signing • Local author Catherine Ann Jones, East & West • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6pm Tu, 6/18.

MUSIC

Whiskey Myers • Country music with special guests Anderson East, Vincent • SB Bowl • $55-105 • www.sbbowl.com • 6pm Tu, 6/18.

OUTDOORS

Tai Chi Flow at Elings • Guided outdoor sessions for all levels • Elings Park, Godric Grove deck • First class free, $10 • 9-9:45am Tu, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2.

Pride Month in Santa Barbara

COMMUNITY, CONCERTS, AND CELEBRATIONS

ABOUND this Pride Month in Santa Barbara! Whether you hope to meet other LGBTQ+ community members or are an ally searching for opportunities to offer support, here are this week’s Pride activities.

Summer Music Series • Free outdoor concerts • Downtown SB, 718 State St. • 5:30-7:30pm We, through 7/31.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Educator Night Workshop: Nature's Keepers Crafts • Teachers and educators class for nature journals and window propagation stations • Art From Scrap • $15 • www.exploreecology.org • 6-7:30pm We, 6/19.

Thursday 6|20

CHILDREN

Art Meets Nature: All-Ages Activity • Create colorful butterfly crafts • SB Museum of Natural History • Free with admission • 11am-12pm Th, 6/20. The Art of Science: Drawing Splendid Plumage • Short drawing session for ages eight and up • SB Museum of Natural History • Free with admission • 1:30-2:30pm Th, 6/20.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

Busy Bee Q&A • Talk with beekeeping expert Melissa Cronshaw • SB Museum of Natural History • Free with admission • 12:30-2:30pm Th, 6/20.

The History of the Goleta Slough • Talk by Tom Modugno, local Goleta historian • SB Maritime Museum • $10-20 • www. sbmm.org • 7-8:30pm Th, 6/20.

Pride Month Movies at the Riviera • Seven LGBTQ+ film screenings • SBIFF Riviera Theatre • $7-12 • www.sbiff.org • Fr, 6/14 through 6/20.

Comedy with PRIDE!

• Comedians Ian Harvie and Jake Noll • Soul Bites Restaurant • $25 • https:// tinyurl.com/2ne6nxtk • 7:309:30pm Sa, 6/15.

PFLAG Support Meeting • Webinar: Pride Month: A Little Pride History From An Early Eye Witness and Instigator • Free, email pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com • 7-8:30pm Mo, 6/17.

SYV Pride Parade and Festival • Parade and community festival with music, vendors, food, and more • Starts at Alisal Rd and Oak St, through downtown Solvang; festival Solvang Park • Free • 11am-5pm Sa, 6/22.

Family Pride Weekend at MOXI • Exhibit connections celebrate STEAM innovators from the LGBTQ+ community • MOXI Museum • Free with admission • Sa & Su, 6/22-6/23.

Photo by Anna Kotula

Courtesy of SYV Pride

Classics

with the Cardinals

Admire dozens of classic cars and savor bites from local vendors when the Classics with the Cardinals car show returns to Bishop Diego High School from 9am to 3pm on Saturday, June 22nd. Admission is free, however all proceeds raised will be donated to Bishop Diego’s athletic department. For more details visit https://classicswiththecardinals.org

English Conversation Group

• Practice English language skills naturally • Eastside Library • Free

• 1-2pm Th.

MUSIC

Justin Hayward: The Voice of The Moody Blues • Rock concert with special guest Mike Dawes • Lobero Theatre • $95155 • www.lobero.org • 7:30pm Th, 6/20.

SPECIAL EVENTS

New Beginnings’ Safe Parking 20th Anniversary • Luncheon honoring Salud Carbajal and Susan Rose • Rockwood SB Woman's Club • $100 • https://tinyurl.com/37asfm6v • 11:30am-1:30pm Th, 6/20.

Fiesta Ranchera • Local bites, drinks, dancing, and music

Your Library

STAY & PLAY • Share stories with kids

• Eastside Library ~ 8:30-10am Tu • Montecito Library ~ 9-10:30am Tu

MUSIC & MOVEMENT • For ages 2-5

• Shoreline Park • 10:30-11am Th • Central Library ~ 10-10:30am Th.

BABY AND ME • For babies 0-14 months

• Central Library ~ 11-11:30am We

• Eastside Library ~ Bilingual ~ 1111:30am Th

LIBRARY ON THE GO • Samarkand ~ 10:30-11:30am Tu, 6/18 • Grace Village ~ 12:15-1:15pm Tu, 6/18 • State St. Farmer’s Market ~ 4-6:30pm Tu, 6/18

• Shoreline Park ~ 10am-12pm Th, 6/20 • Ortega Park ~ 2:30-4:30pm Th, 6/20 • Oak Park ~ 10am-12pm Fr, 6/21 • Franklin School ~ 2:30-4:30pm Fr, 6/21

READ TO A DOG • For grades 3-6 • Eastside Library ~ 3-4pm We.

supporting Old Spanish Days • Rancho La Patera • $100 • www.sbfiesta.org • 5-10pm Th, 6/20.

Solstice Flights of Fancy Art

Crawl • Art crawl among local restaurants and retailers; special deals for Solstice volunteers • Downtown SB, participating venues: www.solsticeparade.com

• 5-8pm Th, 6/20.

Summer Solstice Wellness Weekender • Rooftop yoga sessions all weekend long • Kimpton Canary Hotel • Free, RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/33x8jamw

• 6pm Th, 6/20; 9-10am 6/21, 6/22, & 6/23.

Friday 6|21

CHILDREN

Meet the Wildlife Ambassador Animals

• Learn about nature with animal friends

• Central Library • Free • 11am12pm Fr, 6/21.

Dinosaur Safari • Dino fun

or text to schedule your

• 805-905-9019

facts tour, best for ages five to nine • SB Museum of Natural History • Free with admission • 1:30-2:10pm Fr, 6/21.

DANCE

Flamenco Íntimo • Dancer

Manuel Gutierrez & guitarist Andres Vadin • SB Historical Museum • $175

• www.sbhistorical.org

• 7 & 9pm Fr, 6/21.

OUTDOORS

Tai Chi at the Garden • Guided session for all levels • SB Botanic Garden • $10-15

• www.sbbotanicgarden.org

• 9-10am Fr, 6/21.

SPECIAL EVENTS

2024 Summer Solstice

Festival • Live music, activities, and booths • Alameda Park • Free • www.solsticeparade.com • 4-8pm Fr, 6/21; 12-8pm Sa, 6/22; 12-6pm Su, 6/23.

Family Solstice Celebration

• After-hours stories, crafts, and family fun • SB Botanic Garden • $5-10 • Register: www.sbbotanicgarden.org

• 5-7pm Fr, 6/21.

TEENS

Relax & Craft for Teens

• Crochet, make friendship bracelets, and relax • Central Library • Free • 12-1:30pm Fr, 6/21.

DIY Natural Dyes with Mary Gonzalez of Sweet Mountaintop Farm • Learn about dyeing fabric using natural materials • Central Library, Library Plaza • Free, register: https://tinyurl.com/32ypzdpt

• 2-4:30pm Fr, 6/21.

2nd Week at The Music Academy of the West

The Magic of Music Summer 2024 will be kicked off at the Lobero Theatre on Friday, June 14th, with The Takács Quartet. This season features Richard O’Neill (viola), Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes (violin), and András Fejér (cello). First awarded the Critics’ Prize in 1977 at the International String Quartet Competition, the group has gone on to become the first string quartet to be inducted in the Gramophone Hall of Fame in 2012.

Monday 6|17

Collaborative Piano Masterclass • With Jonathan Feldman • Hahn Hall • Free$10 • 3:30pm Mo, 6/17

Tuesday 6|18

Clarinet Masterclass • With Richie Hawley • Lehmann Hall • Free-$10 • 1:30pm Tu, 6/18

Viola Masterclass • With Karen Dreyfus • Weinman Hall • Free-$10 • 3:30pm Tu, 6/18

Viola Masterclass • With Karen Dreyfus • Weinman Hall • Free-$10 • 3:30pm Tu, 6/18

Horn Masterclass • With Julie Landsman • Weinman Hall • Free-$10 • 3:30pm Tu, 6/18

String Quartet Showcase • Playing Schubert, Beethoven, more • Hahn Hall • Starting $40, community access $10 • 7:30pm Tu, 6/18

Wednesday 6|19

Cello Masterclass • With Alan Stepansky • Lehmann Hall • Free-$10 • 1:30pm We, 6/19

Flute Masterclass • With Jim Walker • Weinman Hall • Free$10 • 1:30pm We, 6/19

Trumpet Masterclass • With Paul Merkelo • Weinman Hall • Free-$10 • 3:30pm We, 6/19

Jeremy Denk on Ives • Lehmann Hall • Sold out • 7:30pm We, 6/19

Thursday 6|20

Bassoon Masterclass • With Dennis Michel • Weinman Hall

• Free-$10 • 1:30pm Th, 6/20

Violin Masterclass • With Bing Wang • Lehmann Hall • Free-$10 • 1:30pm We, Th, 6/20

Lehrer Vocal Institute Masterclass • With Tamar Sanikidze • Hahn Hall • Free$10 • 3:30pm Th, 6/20

Trombone and Tuba Masterclass • With Mark Lawrence • Weinman Hall • Free-$10 • 3:30pm Th, 6/20

x2: Takács Quartet • Hahn Hall • Starting $45, community access $10 • 7:30pm Th, 6/20

Friday 6|21

Double Bass Masterclass • With Nico Abondolo • Weinman Hall • Free-$10 • 1:30pm Fr, 6/21

Oboe Masterclass • With Eugene Izotov • Lehmann Hall • Free-$10 • 1:30pm Fr, 6/21

Solo Piano Masterclass • With Jeremy Denk • Hahn Hall • Free-$10 • 3:30pm Fr, 6/21

Opera Scenes • Vocal Institute fellows • Hahn Hall

• Starting $55, community access $10 • 7:30pm Fr, 6/21

Saturday 6|22

Academy Festival Orchestra: Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 • Conducted by Osmo Vänskä • Granada Theatre • $3-78 • 7:30pm Sa, 6/22.

Santa Barbara Ghost Tours Walk with Professor Julie as she shares tales of mystery and history... & meet friendly spirits Call

walking tour!

Ginko Trees Planted Along the Obern Cycling Path

By Roman Baratiak / Special to VOICE

ENLIVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEAUTIFYING A CYCLING PATH, eight Ginko trees were planted to celebrate the final day of CycleMaynia on May 31st. The trees were planted along the Obern Cycling Path as a collaboration between Santa Barbara Beautiful and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments and County of Santa Barbara Public Works.

“This project has great value in regards

to beautifying the path and the neighborhood and bringing together neighbors, County Government, and the non profit Santa Barbara Beautiful,” commented Kerry Methner, President of Santa Barbara Beautiful.

The Obern Cycling Path is near Puente Drive and More Mesa Drive in an unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County.

CycleMAYnia is a month long celebration of bicycles and alternative transportation in Santa Barbara County. SBCAG presents the annual CycleMAYnia celebration with fun and engaging events happening throughout the County including group rides, bike safety and repair sessions, film screenings, and a popular Mayors’ Ride. Santa Barbara Beautiful funded and supported the tree planting event as part of its core mission of supporting and enhancing the natural beauty of the Santa Barbara area.

Local

Eighteen individuals volunteered - some for the first time - in the tree planting including Santa Barbara Beautiful president Kerry Methner and SBCAG Executive Director Marjie Kirn. Also participating from SB Beautiful were former City of Santa Barbara Arborist David Gress who shared his wisdom and expertise as well as digging skills alongside board members, Mark Whitehurst, Melinda Mettler, Jeffrey Sipress, and Roman Baratiak. SBCAG staff included Aaron Bonfilio and Whitney Rush. County of Santa Barbara Public Works participants included Active Transportation Mobility

Manager Mark Friedlander and Mobility Coordinator, Eve Sanford. Also, assisting was Cycling Without Age Santa Barbara founder John Seigel-Boettner whose Danish manufactured peddle-assist e-trishaw helped haul water to irrigate the trees. Special thanks to Juan Zarate and his crew for their hard work preparing the site.

The project was spearheaded by Roman Baratiak and Eve Sanford. Special thanks to the neighbors who came out to provide support and encouragement. www.SBBeautiful.org

Saturday 6|22

DANCE

The Diamond Gala • Showcase by Momentum Dance Company • Lobero Theatre • $56 • www.lobero.org • 5pm Sa, 6/22.

LECTURES/MEETINGS

The Land, Friars, Chumash, and Cieneguitas • Talk by Fr. Joe Schwab, OFM • Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library • Free-$5 • www.sbmal.org • 10am-12pm Sa, 6/22.

MUSIC

MUSIC ACADEMY

FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA: SIBELIUS’ SYMPHONY NO.

2 • Conducted by Osmo Vänskä • Granada Theatre • $3-78 • www.granadasb.org • 7:30pm Sa, 6/22.

OUTDOORS

Summer Picnic on the Great Lawn • Picnic and walk the gardens to live music • Ganna

Walska Lotusland • $25-90 • www.lotusland.org • 2-4:30pm Sa, 6/22.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Classics with the Cardinals • Classic car show with local vendors and food • Bishop Diego High School • Free • https://classicswiththecardinals.org • 9am-3pm Sa, 6/22.

SYV Pride Parade and Festival • Parade and community festival with music, vendors, food, and more • Starts at Alisal Rd and Oak St, through downtown Solvang; festival Solvang Park • Free • 11am-5pm Sa, 6/22.

2024 Summer Solstice Parade • Creative booths, dancing, and summer fun • Ortega and Santa Barbara St. to Alameda Park • Free • www.solsticeparade.com • 12pm Sa, 6/22.

AquaFête: Summer Solstice Boat Celebration • Boat party with live DJ set & saxophone • Sandala, 301 West Cabrillo Blvd. • $55-66

• https://tinyurl.com/a8shrunz • 5:30-8pm Sa, 6/22.

Sunday 6|23

OUTDOORS

Freedom Trax Wheelchair Beach Access • NatureTrack hosts wheelchair devices for accessible beach experience • West Beach, 200 W. Cabrillo Blvd • Free, RSVP to abby@ naturetrack.org • 10am-2pm Su, 6/23.

To have your events included in VOICE Magazine's calendar or arts listings, please email information to Calendar@VoiceSB.com by noon the Tuesday before publication.

The History of the Goleta Slough

Learn about the Chumash roots and ecology of the Santa Barbara airport’s current site when Tom Modugno, local Goleta historian and creator of GoletaHistory.com, presents “The History of the Goleta Slough” from 7 to 8:30pm on Thursday, June 20th at the SB Maritime Museum. For tickets ($10-20) visit www.sbmm.org

Gabriela Radu, CMT

Therapeutic Massage

Specializing in injuries, Sports massage, Swedish, Lymphatic, Somatic massage & Life Coaching v.gabriela@yahoo.com 805-453-1139 www.comefromyourheart.com

Photo by Jeffrey Sipress

Photo courtesy of Roman Baratiak

SBCAG Executive Director Marjie Kirn and David Gress

Where’s the Recession? – Part II

By Harlan Green / Special to VOICE

THE UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT

FOR MAY had little weakness, further evidence that the recent Harris poll results—in which 55 percent of those surveyed believed the U.S. is in a recession—didn’t reflect reality.

In fact, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 272,000 in May, higher than the average monthly gain of 232,000 over the prior twelve months. The unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent from 3.9 percent, slightly higher than the pre-pandemic levels of 3.5 percent when the average inflation rate was under two percent, as portrayed in the truncated FRED graph (gray line is 2020 pandemic recession), that many seem to remember so fondly

More jobs were added to payrolls in almost all sectors. Health-care providers added 68,000 jobs last month, hotel, restaurants, and other leisure companies hired 42,000 new workers, and government employment rose by 42,000.

27 straight months below that number.

But that doesn’t explain the Harris results, whereas prices remaining high and inflation still hovering in the three percent range might. No one likes rising prices that boost the cost of everything, and the shock of the sudden rise in prices after the pandemic had to be almost as traumatic as the pandemic itself.

But it was mostly due to the worldwide shutdown of supply chains. Long Beach, California once had more than 50 container ships waiting offshore to unload their cargo that totaled as much as $2 trillion in value during the shutdown. That’s a lot of goods that couldn’t get to markets, a supply shortage that is the major reason for the price shocks.

Economic VOICE

By Harlan Green

It’s more evidence, in my opinion, of a collective amnesia that several historians have maintained. Many Americans don’t want to remember the horrors of one million dead from COVID-19; and haven’t been able to move on in one of the greatest economic recoveries since the Great Depression.

It’s the main reason government employment has risen for state and local jurisdictions as well where most of the infrastructure modernization is taking place.

There were some signs of a weakening labor market. A survey of households showed a 408,000 decline in the number of people who said they were employed, the biggest drop since the end of 2023. The size of the labor force also shrank by 250,000 for the first time in four months. That explains why the jobless rate hit four percent after

So the Harris poll may be measuring the effects of that emotional shock.

What else can explain its divergence from how the U.S. economy is behaving in the post pandemic recovery with its record job creation? More Americans are working than ever.

Professional, scientific, and technical services added 32,000 jobs in May, higher than the average monthly gain of 19,000 over the prior 12 months, said the report. Over the month, employment increased in management, scientific, and technical consulting services (+14,000) and in architectural, engineering, and related services (+10,000). Specialized design services lost 3,000 jobs.

To repeat, the Harris poll said:

• 55 percent believe the economy is shrinking, and 56 percent think the U.S. is experiencing a recession, though the broadest measure of the economy, gross domestic product (GDP), has been growing.

• 49 percent believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year, though the index

went up about 24 percent in 2023 and is up more than 12 percent this year.

• 49percent believe that unemployment is at a 50-year high, though the unemployment rate has been under four percent, a near 50-year low.

“What Americans are saying in this data is: ‘Economists may say things are getting better, but we're not feeling it where I live,'” said John Gerzema, CEO of the Harris Poll. “Unwinding four years of uncertainty takes time. Leaders have to understand this and bring the public along.”

What will it take for more Americans to accept the fact that the U.S. economy is doing very well and more Americans

are working then ever? It probably doesn’t help that this very divisive presidential campaign is just now heating up.

Harlan Green © 2024 Follow Harlan Green on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ HarlanGreen

Harlan Green has been the 18-year Editor-Publisher of PopularEconomics.com, a weekly syndicated financial wire service. He writes a Popular Economics Weekly Blog. He is an economic forecaster and teacher of real estate finance with 30-years experience as a banker and mortgage broker. To reach Harlan call (805)452-7696 or email editor@populareconomics.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

City of Santa Barbara

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing to consider the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption for the project at 515 W. Los Olivos Street. The project proposes to construct a residential housing development consisting of twenty-five studio units on a 12,640 square foot lot. The project consists of a threeunit, two-story building and a twenty-two-unit, three-story building. The existing development on site includes a 1,052 square foot singlefamily residence and 152 square foot detached accessory building, both proposed to be demolished. The twenty-five-unit development is proposed to be 100 percent rent-restricted, with three low-income units (10 percent) and twenty-two moderate-income income units (90 percent). Staff has reviewed the project for consistency with the requirements listed under Public Resource Code (PRC) Section 21155.1 and finds that it qualifies for the CEQA Exemption for transit priority projects.

If you challenge the Council’s action, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

You are invited to attend this public hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or by mail to P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990.

Public comment may be given in person at the meeting or remotely via Zoom. Members of the public who wish to give public comment remotely may do so by completing the Zoom registration at the URL provided on the front page of the agenda.

On Thursday, June 20, 2024, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Additionally, Agendas and Staff Reports are accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

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PUBLIC NOTICE – June 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, the Finance Department of the City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, State of California, declares that the following monetary sums have been held by the City of Santa Barbara and have remained unclaimed in the funds hereafter indicated for a period of over three (3) years and will become the property of the City of Santa Barbara on the twenty nineth (29th) day of July, 2024, a date not less than forty-five (45) days or more than sixty (60) days after the first publication of this Notice. Any party of interest may, prior to the date designated herein above, file a claim with the City’s Finance Department which includes the claimant’s name, address and telephone number, Social Security Number or Federal Employer Identification Number, amount of claim, the grounds on which the claim is founded. The Unclaimed Money Claim Form can be obtained from the City’s Finance Office at 735 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, or from the City’s website at www.santabarbaraca.gov. Proof of identity such as a copy of a driver’s license, social security card or birth certificate may be required before funds will be released. Funds will be reimbursed via check mailed to address on file at the time. Please contact the City of Santa Barbara, Finance Department at (805) 564-5359 with any questions.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as BLUMAKA at 75 Aero Camino, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117. INVONU LLC at 75 Aero Camino, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 20, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001403. Published June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as LUMINARE DESIGN at 125 N. Milpas St., Suite A, Santa Barbara CA 93103. ARTHUR W FEDDERSON at 125 N. Milpas St., Suite A, Santa Barbara CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 20, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001236. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following General Partnership is doing business as CHANNEL VIEW APARTMENTS at 515 Red Rose Lane, Santa Barbara CA 93109. JOHN WHITEHURST at PO Box 30751, Santa Barbara, CA 93130. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 15, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001202. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as CORRIDAN GALLERY at 125 N. Milpas St., Suite A, Santa Barbara CA 93103. KAREN L FEDDERSON at 125 N. Milpas St., Suite A, Santa Barbara CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 20, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001232. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following C Corporation Copartners is doing business as OFF THE CHARTS at 5631 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117. HOLLISTER DISTRIBUTION, INC at 5631 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117 . This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on June 5, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001354. Published June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024.

Insertion

VOICE Magazine • Community Market • LEGAL

PUBLIC NOTICE

City of Santa Barbara

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, during the afternoon session of the meeting, which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, pursuant to Resolution No. 24-037, titled “A Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Declaring Its Intention to Establish the Downtown Community Benefit Improvement District Pursuant to Local Chapter 4.45 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code,” to consider establishment of the Downtown Community Benefit Improvement District.

You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or by mail to P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990.

On Thursday, June 20, 2024, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, including the public hearing to consider establishment of the Downtown Community Benefit Improvement District, will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 805-564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. (SEAL)

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager May 20, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as SAGE HILL RANCH at 480 Glen Annie, Goleta, CA 93117. JOHN R. WHITEHURST at 480 Glen Annie, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 15, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001198. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as CALIFORNIA PATIENT ADVOCACY at 1190 North Refugio Rd, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. KENNETH W PARTCH at 1190 North Refugio Rd, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 15, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0001198. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2024.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER : 24CV02567

Petitioner: Flavia Regina Ferreira DeLucia filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Flavia Regina Ferreira DeLucia to proposed name Flavia Regina Ferreira. 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: 07/17/2024; 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: 05/21/2024 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #24CV02567 Pub Dates: June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE

City of Santa Barbara

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, to consider the recommendation filed by the Downtown Parking Committee’s decision to recommend that City Council accept the Parking and Business Improvement Area Draft Annual Report and approve a status quo assessment for Fiscal Year 2025.

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

You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or by mail to P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990.

On Thursday, June 20, 2024, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 805-564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. (SEAL)

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager June 11, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER : 24CV02527

Petitioner: Benny Arboladura Beveridge filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Benny Arboladura Beveridge to proposed name Benny Arboladura Maturan. 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: 07/22/2024; 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: 05/21/2024 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #24CV02527 Pub Dates: June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

TVSB Celebrates 49 Years of Community Service

By John Palminteri / Special to VOICE

RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING 49 YEARS OF AIRING COMMUNITY NEWS, TVSB held a reception fundraiser at their new digs at the Media Hub, across from the Granada Theatre, on June 7th.

“We are so grateful for the outpouring of support for TV Santa Barbara as we head into our 50th year,” said Erik Davis, Executive Director of TV Santa Barbara. “We have some very exciting announcements coming in the next month so please join us in celebrating community television!”

Several people and organizations were honored at the event that drew 150 community members. Dr. Cynder Sinclair, Host of the 805 Focus was honored with the Nonprofit Champion Award and Bob Lovgren, Sponsor of Closed Captioning received the Media Access Advocate Award. Harvey Emerald, the 2024 Youth Media Intern received the Media Whiz Award. City of Carpinteria for their Transparency in Government received the Government Partnership Award; City of Santa Barbara,

for their 49 Years of Community TV Support, received the Government Partnership Award.

As part of TVSB’s 50th year kick off, it was announced Rick Steves, international travel writer and the host of popular TV and public radio programs, will be in Santa Barbara on Friday, February 21, 2025 at the Arlington Theatre to talk about travel and the importance of community/ public media.

Rebecca Brand, TVSB Board Member, served as the event chair. The event featured local songwriter, singer, and guitarist Glen Phillips as well as the band The New Vibe. The event was catered by The Daisy.

According to Davis, the event, including the auction led by auctioneer Drew Wakefield, raised over $30,000 for community television. TVSB Founder Ira Opper’s dream is still a vibrant reality, 49 plus years later. For more information vist: TVSB.TV

ON STAGE MAY 30-JUNE 16

The true story of the secret romance between the real-life Alice and Prince Leopold the great-grand-uncle of Prince Harry.

Photos by Max Hennard

SANTA BARBARA’S

BY Mark Saltzman DIRECTED BY Jim Fall

Margie Mays and Sam O’Byrne Photo: Zach Mendez

to Present

THE THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER SHOW and Sale at the Marketplace, an art festival featuring local artists, will be hosted by The Goleta Valley Art Association on Saturday, June 15th, at Camino Real Marketplace in Goleta. The art show will be held in the outdoor food court area of the plaza.

Showcasing new and original work, the event runs from 10am to 4pm, and will have local musician Greg LeRoy playing, as well as a displays on the GVAA’s after-school art program.

“We are so excited to be yet another show and sale at the Marketplace,” said Elizabeth Flanagan, president of the organization. “It’s a perfect opportunity for local residents and visitors to take home a piece of original art from members of the GVAA and learn about what we bring to the community.”

A portion of proceeds of sales from the show will benefit DignityMoves, a Santa Barbara nonprofit partnering with Santa Barbara County to bring a new, first of its kind, interim supportive housing community to the county.

Sponsors include Art Essentials, Camino Real Marketplace, Limousine Link, Island View Law, and VOICE Magazine.

GVAA began as a small group of artists who first met in March 1963, showing their artwork at a Goleta bank. From its first meeting place in the office of the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce to its present-day site at the Goleta Public Library, the Association has grown from 16 members to over 200 members. www.thegoletavalleyartassociation.org

RANCHO LA PATERA & STOW HOUSE

THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024

5:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Tickets: $100.00 all inclusive

Join us for an evening at the beautiful Rancho La Patera gardens to sample appetizers, wine and beer from local restaurants, wineries and breweries, as well as a performance by the 2024 Spirit of Fiesta and Junior Spirit, musical entertainment by Tony Ybarra and dancing under the stars with Area 51.

21 & older only

Event Sponsors

Tickets https://goletahistory.org / esta-ranchera/

Silver: Kellogg Square, Teledyne Flir, The Towbes Group, Bronze: Stanton and Janice Howell, Insulate SB, Inc., Poulter Family

Benefi ting Old Spanish Days & Goleta Valley Historical Society

Goleta Valley Historical Society Rancho La Patera & Stow House 304 Los Carneros Rd., Goleta

Playtime at Sunset by Colleen Janee

Summer Solstice Celebration: Here Comes the Fun

A sneak peek into the 50th Anniversary Summer Solstice art workshop

By Isaac Hernández de Lipa / VOICE

THE GLUE GUNS ARE WORKING AT HIGH TEMPERATURE; CLOTH IS BEEN CUT AND SEWN; PAPER BAGS ARE BEING TORN AND PLASTERED. It’s almost solstice time and the Community Arts Workshop is beginning to boil with activity late into the evening.

Little by little, fantastic creatures are being born, like a Phoenix flying above, or a flying pig who’s just now getting its legs before it grows wings. The scale model of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang still needs wheels. A giant cardboard pegasus hides under a tarp.

“The most rewarding part of my job is when people realize the thing that they were trying to make,” shared Ricardo Morrison, who’s been artistic director for 20 years. “Once it comes together and it becomes an object that is a float, it’s a great moment of both success and gratification.”

Irene Ramírez, graphic design instructor at SBCC is an artistin-residence. She’s working on the float When Pigs Fly, together with Ellen Dameron. “We will have different flying creatures as part of our float,” Ramírez says, “and a kinetic sculpture.”

The dancing group La Boheme will have a float with three different theater facades, Mariano Silva will be drumming on the street, and newcomer Adriana Reyna (@adrianareynamusic) will be singing Gloria Estefan’s Mi Tierra together with the Los Angeles group Los Flamencos on a float that will be a representation of Cuba (with palm trees, traditional homes, and sugar canes), accompanied by dancers. “I hope you guys can dance with us,” said Reyna, who’s from Mexican and Salvadoran ancestry and got one of the artist grants Solstice offered this year.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary, the Summer Solstice Celebration, whose theme is Flights of Fancy, will expand to more than just the parade.

“On Thursday June 20th, there’ll be an art crawl,” added Morrison. Several performing groups will be in front of different establishments and one at El Encanto. It’s one way to bring the energy back to State Street, but we still have the parade on Santa Barbara Street.

“I actually like Santa Barbara Street,” continued Morrison. “It’s a bit shorter, four blocks, which actually helps the participants. Rather than change where we do the parade, we extend the festival to reach State St.”

There will be an outdoor art exhibit at Alameda Park all the way through Sunday. There is also a 50th anniversary exhibit, Here Comes the Sun, on display at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum until June 27th. The historic inflatable dragon by Hungarian artist-in-residence Pali X-Mano that visited the museum for the exhibit opening will be leading the parade, and then will be at the park over the weekend.

If you want to be part of the creative community at the workshop, it’s not too late. For a fee of $50, you can play with cardboard, cloth, or paint, use the workshop space, supplies, and assistance from staff and other artists.

If you want to be part of the parade but don’t want to pay the $25 fee to participate in it, there’s a way to be part of it for free. “We desperately need volunteers to be pacer monitors, to keep the parade at an even pace,” Morrison noted. “And we need pushers and pullers.”

Asked, “Do you miss making art because you’re so busy organizing everything?” Morrison offered, “I’m a movement and theater improviser, so I feel like I’m actually doing art.” www.SolsticeParade.com

Photos by Isaac Hernández de Lipa

Ricardo Morrison, Artistic Director of the Summer Solstice Celebration

www.ruthellenhoag.com @ruthellenhoag 805-689-0858 ~inquire

10 WEST GALLERY: Lost In Thought ~ June 23 • 10 W Anapamu • 11-5 We-Mo • 805770-7711 • www.10westgallery.com

ARCHITECTURAL FDN GALLERY: Timely by Joan Rosenberg-Dent & Caroline Kapp ~ Aug 24 • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 Sa & By Appt • www.afsb.org

ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM, UCSB: 12-5 Sa-Su • www.museum.ucsb.edu

ART FROM SCRAP GALLERY: Environmental Educ. & 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: • 805965-0581 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

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 • www.calnatureartmuseum.org

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 • 1387 East Valley Rd • tours 10 & 2 We & Sa • 805-565-5653 • www.casadelherrero.com

CASA DOLORES: Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805963-1032 • www.casadolores.org

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

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 • 805966-7939 • www.corridan-gallery.com

CPC GALLERY: Francis Scorzelli: Color Interaction ~ Jul • By appt • 36 E Victoria St • Gallery@CPCSB.org

CYPRESS GALLERY: Kristine Kelly: The Magic of My World ~ Jun 22 • 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

EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA

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

ELVERHØJ MUSEUM: Under the Same Sun: From Low Riders to Farm Workers ~ Jul • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • www.elverhoj.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 • 805-730-9109 • www.Fazzino.com

GALLERY 113: Jerry Martin, Featured Artist in June, SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 11-5 Mo-Sa; 1-5 Su • www.gallery113sb.com

GALLERY LOS OLIVOS: Far From Home: Martha Inman Lorch ~ June 30 • 2920 Grand Av • 805688-7517 • 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

GRACE FISHER FDN INCLUSIVE ARTS CLUBHOUSE: Paintings by Grace Fisher using only her mouth • Partial proceeds go directly to the Fdn • 121 S Hope, La Cumbre Plaza • We-Su 11-5pm • www.gracefisherfoundation.org

HELENA MASON ART GALLERY: Contemporary Art • 48 Helena Av • 2-6 Fr-Sa • www.helenamasonartgallery.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: The flight of Apollo 13 documents & more~ Ongoing • 21-23 W Anapamu • 10-4 Tu-Su • 805-962-5322 • https://karpeles.com

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

KELLY CLAUSE ART: Fine Watercolors of Sea & Land • 28 Anacapa St, #B • Most weekdays 12-5 • www.kellyclause.com

LA CUMBRE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: Three MultiArtist Galleries at La Cumbre Plaza - Elevate, Fine Line, and Illuminations Galleries • noon-5 Tu-Su • www.lcccasb.com

LEGACY ARTS SANTA BARBARA: A Multi-Cultural Gallery & Listening Room • SB Visual Artists ~ Jun 30 • 1230 State St • 3-8 We-Su • LegacyArtSB.com

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

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: Generations of Love ~ Jul 7 • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden Av • 805-684-7789 • www.carpinteriaartscenter.org

MAKER HOUSE: Summer Member Exhibition ~ June 28th • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • 10-4 Daily • www.claystudiosb.org

MARCIA BURTT GALLERY: Featuring contemporary landscape paintings, prints & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 ThSu • 805-962-5588 • www.artlacuna.com

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

MOXI, THE WOLF MUSEUM: Exploration + Innovation • 10-5 Daily • 125 State St • 805-7705000 • www.moxi.org

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SANTA BARBARA: • 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: Fine Bunch of Cool Cats ~ Jul 21 • 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-684-9700 • www.palmloft.com

PATRICIA CLARKE STUDIO: 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-452-7739 • www. patriciaclarkestudio.com

PEREGRINE GALLERIES: Early California and American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-2529659 • www.peregrine.shop

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

PORTICO GALLERY: Jordan Pope & Gallery Artists • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-7298454 • www.porticofinearts.com

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

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

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

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

SANTA BARBARA ARTS WORKSHOP: Solstice workshop now open! • 631 Garden St • 10-6 Fr & By Appt • www.sbcaw.org

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM: years of Solstice la Guerra • 12-5 We, Fri-Su; 12-7

Th • 805-966-1601 • www.sbhistorical.org

SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: Coastal Moments ~ June 13 - Aug 18; 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; Made by Hand / Born Digital ~ Aug 25 • 1130 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su; 11-8 Th • 805963-4364 • www.sbma.net

• 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 MoSa • 805-845-0255

SULLIVAN GOSS: Patricia Chidlaw: Nighthawks ~ July 22; 2024 Wonderland ~ Jun 24 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805730-1460 • 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 • 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: Blooming ~ June 29 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa-Su • 805-9656448 • www.voicesb.art

WATERHOUSE GALLERY MONTECITO: Notable CA & National Artists • 1187 Coast Village Rd • 11-5 Mo-Su • 805-9628885 • www.waterhousegallery.com

WATERHOUSE GALLERY SB: Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mo-Sa • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com

WESTMONT RIDLEY-TREE

MUSEUM OF ART: 2024 Tri-County Juried Exhibition: To Be Honest... [tbh] ~ Jun 15 • 805-565-6162 • Mo-Fr 10-4; Sat 11-5 • www.westmont.edu/museum

ARTIST AWARDS AND RECEPTION:

AQUATIC • Local artists explore the theme of water • Santa Barbara Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Rd. • Free • 4:30-6pm Fr, 6/14. THE SUMMER SHOW AND SALE AT • View works by Goleta Valley Artist Assoc; live music 1-4pm • Camino Real Marketplace • 10am-4pm Sa, 6/15.

• Waterhouse Gallery • Documentary short on Derek Harrison 5pm; Reception 4-6pm

TIMELY: PANEL TALK #2 • Exhibit panel with James Glisson and Jeremy Tessmer • Architectural Foundation Gallery, 229 E. Victoria St. • Free • 2-3pm Sa, 6/15. SB ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10-5 Su. CARPINTERIA CREATIVE ARTS • Shop locally made pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, and sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av • Free • 2:30-6 Th.

blossoming & moving on June 2nd - 29th

Reception:1st Thursday, June 6th, 5 to 8pm

Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5:30, Sat & Sun 1 to 5

Joe Campenelli

Fred Lehto

Sandy Fisher

Merith Cosden

Edward Rodgers

Melissa Knapp

Barbara Cronin Hershberg

Sharon Hall