VOICE Magazine: February 4, 2022

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Detail of Sunrise by Leon Dabo

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Art

An exhibition of Leon Dabo’s work at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery is a community partnership with SBMA for their van Gogh exhibition 25

Celebrating love in Santa Barbara is especially nice on Valentine’s Day!

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The Brubeck Brothers Quartet to perform at the Lobero. Josef Woodard reports “Sounds About Town”

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Sharon Salzberg will be the next featured speaker in Hospice of Santa Barbara’s illuminate speaker series

“This is music that paints images in your mind, that fires the imagination...

Dreamers’ Circus celebrate more than the color and vibrancy of Scandinavian music, they celebrate the ability it has to drive inspiration and innovation, and place themselves firmly in the vanguard of that movement.” – Folk Radio

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Community News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 15, 19, 24 John Palminteri’s Community Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Josef Woodard: Music Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 Sigrid Toye: Harbor Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Harlan Green: Economic Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Community Market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Galleries & Art Venues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 - 2 7 * Español y Inglés

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UCSB Arts & Lectures

Dreamers’ Circus

Genre-Defying Music at UCSB Campbell Hall

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RINGING THEIR OTHERWORLDLY ORIGINAL TUNES to the U.S. for eight concerts, the Nordic trio Dreamers’ Circus will stop at UC Santa Barbara Campbell Hall at 8pm on Tuesday, February 8th.

With Nikolaj Busk on piano and accordion, Ale Carr on Nordic cittern, and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, who also plays with the Danish String Quartet, on violin, the group’s music is inspired by and rooted in traditional folk tunes of Northern Europe, yet is also unmistakably contemporary, defying genre and categorization – a concoction of jazz, classical, traditional Scandinavian music, and more.

“The watchword here is ‘expansive,” wrote the longrunning Rootsworld, “for the trio crafts remarkably open vistas from humble means.”

Photo by Kristian Wanvik, Courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures

Nordic Folk Trio

Dreamers’ Circus includes Nikolaj Busk on piano and accordion; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, of the Danish String Quartet on violin; and Ale Carr on cittern.

three acoustic musicians on stage treat audiences to an unexpectedly lush, rhythmically intense, multilayered sound. The Dreamers’ outstanding musicianship and adventurous approach has made the band a favorite on the Nordic folk and world music scene, taking them on tours through Europe, Japan, Australia, and the U.S. “We play a mix of newly composed music and traditional music that is rooted in where we are from – Denmark and Sweden. We sometimes refer to it as ‘new Nordic’ music. Our name, Dreamers’ Circus, reflects, in part, what we are trying to do when we play,” says the band.

“We aim to create music that can unlock the imagination and allow listeners to find in our melodies a space for dreaming.”

Dreamers’ Circus pulls their thrilling blend of In other words, the contemporary and traditional folk music from Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and the far reaches of the windswept Nordic Folk Trio For tickets ($20 - $35/General; $10/UCSB Faroe Islands.

Students - Current student ID) & Info: Through their (805) 893-3535, adventurous attitude www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu and their outstanding musicianship, what This event includes an at-home viewing began as a chance option (live stream only; no replay). Many meeting of three 2021-2022 events have a live stream Tue, Feb 8 / 8 PM musicians at a bar option available. Visit the A&L site for a in Copenhagen has completeUCSB list. Campbell Hall

earned them five prestigious Danish Music Awards.

New Single Out in time for tour Dreamers’ Circus celebrated their tenth anniversary in 2020 with Blue White Gold, their fourth (and most recent) full-length CD, which won the prestigious Danish 2021 Carl Prize for Composer of the Year (Roots music category). In anticipation of a limited release of Blue White Gold on vinyl in 2022, they are releasing several new tunes, including the one that dropped on January 31st, which epitomizes their approach to music: personal, historical, and totally original. Befal Du Dine Veje (pronounced “BehFAHL doo deena VIE”) is a hymn tune that likely originated in Germany in the early 17th century. The title does not translate readily into English,

We were asked if we wanted to join the adventure, and of course the answer was yes!

But before we left on what The band encountered the is quite a dangerous trip tune on an extraordinary trip (we didn’t follow them on to the remote Faroe Islands the steepest passages), the in 2018. They were there for a men gathered close together shoot with Danish TV legend to observe a centuries-old Søren Ryge, known for his tradition: many depictions singing a of the natural hymn. On world and the this occasion, people who live they sang Befal in remote places.

Du Dine Veje, “One day, and hearing something those old happened that voices in the wasn’t planned,” green Faroese recalled Blue White Gold Album Cover mountains made such a Sørensen. “Twelve men from tremendous impression on the village were about to us, it inspired us to do our embark on their annual trip own version of the melody.” across the mountain with The single is available to a dozen rams; the animals stream & download at: spend the summer on some https://dreamerscircus.lnk.to/befal extremely steep mountain sides (where the grass is especially nutritious) before they are picked up in the fall. but the gist is, “Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him, and he will act.”

Health & Safety: Proof of

Dreamers’ Circus

Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Ale Carr, and Nikolaj Busk

full vaccination is required for all attendees. Proof of booster vaccination will be required for all eligible attendees beginning February 4, 2022. Masks are required indoors at all times. N95, KN95, KF94 or FFP2 face masks are strongly recommended.

Regardless of the mask type, it is only effective if it is worn over your mouth and nose. Visit https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/SeasonFAQs/ for updates and details.

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BoHoJo Shares New, Chic Styles at La Cumbre Plaza

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ECOGNIZING THE LOCAL NEED FOR ELEGANT, UNDERSTATED, YET DEFINITIVELY CONTEMPORARY CLOTHING, BoHoJo is a welcome addition to the shopping scene at La Cumbre Plaza. Its customers are presented with a delightful range of styles from timeless everyday wear to pieces that can be dressed up with BoHoJo’s selection of handmade local jewelry – with the hope of becomming a mainstay for women who want classic styles with flair.

“I hope to take the place of Nordstrom that the women are missing, and have those lines that women don’t have,” explained owner Jodi Tragerman.

Tragerman opened BoHoJo after Owner Jodi Tragerman 40 years in the clothing business.

Since 1996, she has sold the XCVI clothing line, previously working with the XCVI by Bohotique in La Cumbre Plaza from its 2014 opening until it closed last October. This positive experience enamored Tragerman with La Cumbre Plaza and the surrounding community – and, as a Westlake resident, has motivated her to continue commuting to Santa Barbara to serve plaza customers.

When La Cumbre Plaza’s XCVI closed, Tragerman knew that the plaza was the perfect place to finally launch her longtime dream of operating her own boutique. Passionate about all things fashion, she takes joy in helping people find exactly what they are searching for as well as to feel more beautiful and confident. By working in La Cumbre Plaza for so many years, she has developed strong connections with local shoppers.

“I love the community. It’s small. It’s intimate,” shared Tragerman. “I have clients that I go out to dinner with, and I socialize with, and I’d like to get more involved in Santa

Barbara.”

Located inside the plaza’s former Janie and Jack children’s clothing store, BoHoJo offers displays of shirts, dresses, pants, sweaters, and more for an intimate, high-quality shopping experience. While visitors may anticipate the store offers more bohemian styles given its name, Tragerman explained that “BoHoJo” is an homage to her former workplace, XCVI by Bohotique, and her name, Jodi.

BoHoJo plans to always offer a range of classic styles, mainly intended for middle-aged to older women who want to dress in a sophisticated yet modern manner. Approximately 60 to 70 percent of items are XCVI designs, with the remaining inventory including Wilt styles and Crown Jewel t-shirts. When determining which new styles to include, Tragerman searches for pieces that possess a contemporary element of sophistication, giving preference to longer, sleeved styles that provide greater coverage.

BoHoJo additionally offers a selection of jewelry that is handmade by two local artists: DC Blue Designs and Artisan

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Jewelry by Felicia. From metal hoop earrings and long necklaces to dainty rings and bracelets, each piece complements the store’s atmosphere and styles.

In the future, Tragerman hopes to expand her inventory to include shoes, handbags, lingerie, and pajamas so that BoHoJo becomes a one-stop-shop for her customers.

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Hospice of Santa Barbara’s 2022 Virtual illuminate La serie virtual de oradores illuminate 2022 de Hospice of Santa Barbara comienza el 16 de febrero Speaker Series Kicks off on February 16th Queridos amigos

Dear Friends, Since 2020, Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) has adjusted to the new realities that come with COVID-19 by creating their free illuminate Speaker Series – a series which not only addresses aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic but also offers help on how to navigate through this new reality.

One way the organization transitioned to serve these past two years is by providing helpful resources to our community and beyond as they relate to COVID-19 through this virtual series. Past speakers include Roshi Joan Halifax, Frank Ostaseski, Katy Butler, Sharon Salzberg, Dr. BJ Miller, Dr. Sunita Puri, Jenée Johnson, Daniel Goleman, Nora McInerny, and Pico Iyer.

This year, the virtual series continues with the return of Sharon Salzberg who will present A Resilient Heart on Wednesday, February 16th from 6 to 7pm PDT. The event is free, but registration is required.

In this presentation, Sharon Salzberg will explore the resilience of the human spirit as we look at and practice the tools that help deepen steadiness of mind and compassionate understanding–allowing us to be with the constantly changing and shifting landscape of trying to make a difference in our world. People who care for others play a vital role in our communities, and often it is caregivers (we are all caregivers to those around us) who support the front lines of our society: helping those who face challenges on a daily basis.

However, this support can come at a high cost. How can we best Sharon Salzberg maintain compassion for ourselves while caring for others? How do we infuse our actions with the wisdom that we must do our best, while knowing that we’re not in control of the unfolding of events, of the choices of others, of the rhythm of healing or the pace of change?

This live event will consist of a talk, short meditation practice, and discussion.

Throughout the pandemic, our illuminate Speaker Series has been a very important way for us to provide the community with hope. We are extremely grateful we get to continue the series in 2022 and kick off with the return of Sharon Salzberg, whose presentation inspired us all last year. We hope you join us for this free presentation.

As we all know, people are reeling from this worldwide crisis emotionally, socially, and economically.

David Selberg, People have shared a variety of intense feelings they are CEO Hospice of SB experiencing during this time, among them: fear, deep sadness, anxiety, grief, uncertainty over the present and what the future holds, vulnerability, despair, anger, hopelessness. HSB will have a new nationally-known speaker every other month.

The series continues through 2022 with Amanda Kloots. The rest of the illuminate season lineup will be announced soon. Hospice of Santa Barbara would like to send a special thank you to Natalie Orfalea Foundation and Lou Buglioli for sponsoring this event.

To find out more, and register for this free event, visit http://www.hospiceofsb.org/hsbseries Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish available.

Desde el 2020, Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) se ha adaptado a las nuevas realidades que vienen con COVID-19 al crear su Serie de oradores illuminate gratuita, una serie que no solo aborda aspectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 sino que también ofrece ayuda sobre cómo navegar a través de esta nueva realidad.

Una forma en que la organización hizo la transición para servir en los últimos dos años es brindando recursos útiles a nuestra comunidad y más allá en relación con COVID-19 a través de esta serie virtual. Los oradores anteriores incluyen a Roshi Joan Halifax, Frank Ostaseski, Katy Butler, Sharon Salzberg, Dr. BJ Miller, Dr. Sunita Puri, Jenée Johnson, Daniel Goleman, Nora McInerny y Pico Iyer.

Este año, la serie virtual continúa con el regreso de Sharon Salzberg, quien presentará Un corazón resistente el miércoles, 16 de febrero de 6 a 7pm PDT. El evento es gratis, pero se necesita registrarse.

En esta presentación, Sharon Salzberg explorará la resiliencia del espíritu humano a medida que observamos y practicamos las herramientas que ayudan a profundizar la estabilidad mental y la comprensión compasiva, lo que nos permite estar en el panorama cambiante y en constante cambio de tratar de hacer una diferencia en nuestro mundo. Las personas que cuidan de los demás juegan un papel vital en nuestras comunidades y, a menudo, son los cuidadores (todos somos cuidadores de quienes nos rodean) quienes apoyan la primera línea de nuestra sociedad: ayudadando a quienes enfrentan desafíos a diario.

Sin embargo, este apoyo puede tener un alto costo. ¿Cuál es la mejor manera de mantener la compasión por nosotros mismos mientras cuidamos a los demás? ¿Cómo infundimos en nuestras acciones la sabiduría de que debemos hacer lo mejor que podamos, sabiendo que no tenemos el control del desarrollo de los eventos, de las elecciones de los demás, del ritmo de curación o del cambio?

Este evento en vivo consistirá en una charla, una breve práctica de meditación y una discusión.

A lo largo de la pandemia, nuestra Serie de oradores illuminate ha sido una forma muy importante para nosotros de brindar esperanza a la comunidad. Estamos extremadamente agradecidos de poder continuar la serie en el 2022 y comenzar con el regreso de Sharon Salzberg, cuya presentación nos inspiró a todos el año pasado. Esperamos que te unas a nosotros para esta presentación gratuita.

Como todos sabemos, la gente se está recuperando emocional, social y económicamente de esta crisis mundial. Las personas han compartido una variedad de sentimientos intensos que están experimentando durante este tiempo, entre ellos: miedo, tristeza profunda, ansiedad, dolor, incertidumbre sobre el presente y lo que depara el futuro, vulnerabilidad, desesperación, ira, desesperanza. HSB tendrá un nuevo orador conocido a nivel nacional cada dos meses.

La serie continúa en el 2022 con Amanda Kloots y algunos otros anuncios de oradores próximamente. Hospice of Santa Barbara quisiera enviar un agradecimiento especial a la Fundación Natalie Orfalea y Lou Buglioli por patrocinar este evento.

Para obtener más información e inscribirte para este evento gratuito, visita http://www.hospiceofsb.org/hsbseries Interpretación simultanea al español disponible.

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Check out the entire 2021 illuminate Speaker Series lineup at the Hospice of Santa Barbara YouTube Channel (Search “Hospice of Santa Barbara” on YouTube!).

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Ready For More Rent Control Study Activations Now! To The Editor,

More State Street Promenade Activations Needed Open spaces created by closed streets have stimulated a community conversation like no other in the history of Santa Barbara — identifying the need for more activities!

New activities have animated State Street and are increasing, with the Promenade Market leading the way every Thursday, expansion of the Farmers Market on Tuesdays, the reentry of 1st Thursday Art & Cultural walk once a month, the Makers Market at Paseo Nuevo, Roar and Pour, and the vibrant new parklets wafting aromas of freshly prepared foods from around the world. There are also larger numbers of cyclists, and dozens gathering outside to enjoy the rebirth of numerous street musicians at every possible occasion.

Kudos to the organizations who have stepped up their engagement on State Street. An especially loud shout out to Downtown Santa Barbara under the leadership of Executive Director Robin Elander and her team — who understand programming and activation — and who successfully execute better than any other organization in town. Another shout out to Nina Johnson for her State Street Underpass event, which set the pace for large scale events and was an inspiration for what is possible in our little hometown.

With the Museum of Art’s regional promotion of the Van Gogh Exhibition underway and Santa Barbara International Film Festival launching on the near horizon, our community is moving beyond the pandemic.

But more needs to be done. The strong underpinnings of the Charrette organized by local architects, the State Street Advisory Committee’s review of other downtowns, and the developing nature of parklets guidelines have opened the door to adding more markets to the Promenade, like the highly successful Mujeres Market and Children’s Market. While parades are still lining up to return to our downtown, and the State Street Nationals Car Show continues to wait in the wings, there is still room for light shows, basketball hoops, ping pong tables, and obviously more art and music programing possible. And don’t forget the side streets. There are opportunites there, too.

This vibrancy is attracting new businesses and city sales tax and Transit Occupancy Tax revenues are millions of dollars ahead of previous years.

These indicators assist the business recruitment efforts of Downtown Santa Barbara and the South Coast Chamber of Commerce. Filling the vacant storefronts is also a part of the process of revitalizing Santa Barbara.

All of this adds up to a further call to action for a more animated State Street! Everyone in the community should feel welcome to engage and add to this common space created out of adversity and destined to enhance the already brilliant persona of our community.

– VOICE Editorial Board

I watched the Santa Barbara City Council vote to spend two hundred thousand dollars on a study to decide on a lower rent control cap, from five percent to two percent, I guess. Even most of the council members could not understand what it was they were trying to do.

To me, as a landlord, with many of my tenants not paying me rent because of the COVID related economy and I’m not sure if I will ever be paid the thousands that are owed to me, it is an insult. I am not able to evict the non paying tenants and the idea that the city wants to curb rents is completely irresponsible. I am a private citizen and it’s a private business. If the city wants to help tenants then help them. Give the two hundred thousand out in assistance instead of figuring out a way to control my business.

The city can buy more properties. I heard the Mayor say the city already controls 18 percent of the housing. If that’s not enough, then build or buy more.That seems like the most reasonable approach.

The whole country is in the middle of a pandemic. The housing shortage is countrywide and not just a local problem. Santa Barbara will never have enough housing, period. The demand will always be greater than the supply.

Figure a way to help people out without putting the onus on property owners. It is counterproductive to do so.

There are many reasons it is disastrous to cap rents. If you want to help renters, then assist them. That is the most positive approach.

Sincerely, John Whitehurst Santa Barbara

COMMUNITY NEWS Community Formation Commission

Current and Former Police Officers May be Excluded from SBPD Civilian Oversight Board

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AST AND PRESENT POLICE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE SANTA BARBARA POLICE DEPARTMENT, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MEMBERSHIP on the currently proposed Civilian Oversight Board for the SBPD. The Community Formation Commission made the decision on January 19th, almost experiencing an impasse between those who called for complete independence from law enforcement and those who claimed the value of members with lived experience. Ultimately, a six to five straw poll vote ensured that the currently proposed language moves forward.

“I keep going back to... the purpose of this, and that is really independent civilian oversight,” said commissioner Serafina Chavez. “If we have a position, even if it’s just one, of either a current or former police officer, it contradicts with that.”

Established last year in response to local and national demands for greater police oversight, the CFC holds the responsibility of crafting a civilian oversight system for the SBPD. Currently, its proposal draft calls for the establishment of a Civilian Oversight Board as well as an Office of Police Oversight.

Ultimately, the Civilian Oversight Board would allow for community input on SBPD policies, and provide “a mechanism for the impartial and fair review of investigations completed by the SBPD regarding allegations of misconduct brought by members of the public.”

Given this role, commissioners have consistently debated the presence of former law enforcement officers on the board. As of January 19th, their draft outlined that Civilian Oversight Board members should not have ever worked as sworn law enforcement officers. Additionally,

board members can not be immediate family members of current or former SBPD employees or employees of the City of Santa Barbara.

Several commissioners opposed this language, most notably Louis Reynaud, who served as an Oakland police officer 30 years ago. He highlighted that former officers could offer unique perspectives. SBPD Interim Police Chief Bernard Melekian also argued that this move could exclude individuals with insight.

“A person with lived experience as a law enforcement officer who is no longer serving, who has no vested interest in the Santa Barbara Police Department per se, I think brings a perspective to the board in the same way that a person who has experienced homelessness or a person who has experience with the criminal justice system does,” said Melekian.

Some commissioners also proposed changing the draft’s language to allow only one member to be a former officer, or imposing regional and time limits on where and when a member could have served.

Yet the majority of commissioners disagreed, emphasizing that the Civilian Oversight Board needed to maintain its integrity as a fully independent body. Others indicated that the involvement of an SBPD liaison with the board would ensure proper collaboration, and voiced that there was nothing barring a former police officer from serving as the Director of the proposed Office of Police Oversight.

Ultimately, commissioners determined to maintain the current language, with all emphasizing the value of gathering community feedback on this point before recommendations are shared with City Council.

For info on the Community Formation Commission, visit www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/brdcomm/ac/cfc/default.asp

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Uncomfortable Truths

By James Joyce III, Special to VOICE

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Black History Month Area Events

You take the good, you take the bad, you take the both and there you have, the facts of life.

Celebrate the historical and ongoing achievements of Black and AfricanAmerican people nationwide as Santa Barbara County observes Black History Month. With Healing Justice SB and participating community organizations selecting the 2022 theme Black Joy & Legacy Through Family Health & Safety, people of all ages are invited to participate in this February’s lineup of in-person and virtual events.

HE FACTS OF LIFE THEME SONG, from the hit 1980s TV show, was written by the late Santa Barbara-area resident Alan Thicke along with his then wife, Gloria Loring and composer Al Burton. In those simple, but inspiring opening lines, the tune provides great guidance as we, as an American society, continue to grapple and reckon with the raw racial realities that are threaded into the fabric of our American history and systems.

Celebra los logros históricos y continuos de los negros y afroamericanos en todo el país mientras el condado de Santa Bárbara celebra el Mes de la Historia Negra. Con Healing Justice SB y las organizaciones comunitarias participantes seleccionando el tema 2022 Alegría y legado negro a través de la salud y seguridad familiar, se invita a personas de todas las edades a participar en la lista de eventos presenciales y virtuales de febrero.

That last line might be a bit shocking to some of you. Truth is, regardless of your perspective in entering the conversation, you probably understand that as accurate.

Some may just have to think about it harder than others.

It argues that somehow, we are okay with passing down mythology that one of the visionary founding fathers of America, George Washington, chopped down a cherry tree as a child, but we dare not bring up the fact that both he and wife, Martha, enslaved other humans, as was customary for wealthy individuals at the time. Honing in on this as causing division, only highlights our collective cognitive dissonance with the complexities of our American history.

MELANIN GALLERY

The full arc of the story provides better and more complete information. The full arc of our history also is closer to the truth of our many American hypocrisies. A few examples: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”

Need I go further?

CHOCOLATE BABY STORYTIME

To know our true American history, is to understand the parallels between the use of CRT as a beacon for the latest wave of anti-Black backlash and the destructive violence and policies that followed the Reconstruction period in American history. For now, things are thankfully much less bloody, but no less contentious.

RACISM IN POLICING ON CAMPUSES

It seems clear to me that what brings division and shame to some Americans, for others can bring a sense of feeling seen in this American story and a better understanding of self in that context. It is unAmerican to avoid and fear the perception of division or discomfort with such fragility. Rather there is a phrase, often embraced by members of the U.S. Military, “Embrace the suck.” Learning a true and fuller arc of the complex American story may be unpleasant, but it’s up to us to embrace that discomfort, the suck.

After all, if American civil rights icon Ruby Bridges was deemed strong enough at the tender age of six to be the lone Black student escorted to school by U.S. Marshalls during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in Nov. 1960, then it is up to all of us to lean into the discomfort and help usher today’s youth through the uncomfortable truths of the facts of our history. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

James Joyce III is Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Coffee With A Black Guy, an innovative movement in which he facilitates conversations about race and perspective for community groups and organizations. Joyce is a former award-winning journalist and runner up in the 2021 Santa Barbara mayoral election. To learn more about Coffee with a Black Guy, which provides both private and community offerings, visit www.cwabg.com

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There has been a lot of chatter in recent months about this concept of Critical Race Theory or CRT, which in my understanding is a legal and academic framework for the study of institutionalized systems of racism in America – a conversation that has been mostly relegated to specialized lawyers and law school students. However, a bastardized form of CRT popped into mainstream conversations following the mass awakening ignited by the public killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. The topic has been conflated to mean a variety of things, but mostly, detractors of the mere critical thought about the role race plays in our systems point to the division and shame that comes from teaching a fuller scope of our nation’s history.

Virtual story readings • Healing Justice SB • Free • https://tinyurl.com/2s36vy2x • 9am Sa, 2/5.

HORA DEL CUENTO DEL BEBÉ CHOCOLATE

Lecturas de historias virtuales • Healing Justice SB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/2s36vy2x • 9am sábado, 2/5.

Virtual panel conversation • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Free • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm Mo, 2/7.

RACISMO EN LA VIGILANCIA EN LOS CAMPUS

Panel de conversación virtual • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Gratis • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm lunes, 2/7.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA PROCLAMATION

Official city acknowledgment of Black History Month • Free • https://tinyurl.com/n9jdrtdy • 2pm Tu, 2/8.

PROCLAMACIÓN DE LA CIUDAD DE SANTA BÁRBARA

Reconocimiento oficial de la ciudad del Mes de la Historia Negra • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/n9jdrtdy • 2pm martes, 2/8.

VOICES OF LIBERATION: LIBERATED CONVERSATIONS

Conversations with Black community members and BIPOC activists • Healing Justice SB • https://tinyurl.com/mr22e5cv • Free • 7pm We, 2/9.

VOCES DE LIBERACIÓN: CONVERSACIONES LIBERADAS

Conversaciones con miembros de la comunidad negra y activistas de BIPOC • Healing Justice SB • https://tinyurl.com/mr22e5cv • Gratis • 7pm miércoles, 2/9.

Ongoing Events: SB BLACK HISTORY MONTH HISTORICAL MUSEUM & MELANIN GALLERY

Community gallery • Melanin, 833 State St. • Free • 12-7pm We-Su. during February

MES DE LA HISTORIA NEGRA EN SB: MUSEO HISTÓRICO Y GALERÍA MELANIN

Galería de la comunidad • Melanin, 833 State St. • Gratis • 12-7pm miércoles-domingo, todo el mes febrero

Chocolate Baby Storytim e is a 30-45 minute virtu al to loving on program dedicated our melana ted babies.

SBPL BLACK HISTORY MONTH DISPLAY

SB Public Library observes Black History Month • Central Library, 40 E Anapamu St. • Free • All month

ESCAPARATE DEL MES DE LA HISTORIA NEGRA DE SBPL

La Biblioteca Pública de SB celebra el Mes de la Historia Negra • Biblioteca Central, 40 East Anapamu St. • Gratis • Abierto todo el mes febrero

Safari Local

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

BILINGUAL / BILINGÜE

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CHILDREN | NIÑOS

UNA NOCHE MUY ESPECIAL CON KARLA BONOFF

STAY & PLAY POP-UP

La cantautora Bonoff interpreta sus baladas populares • Teatro Lobero • $39-106 • www.lobero.org • 8pm viernes, 2/4.

QUÉDATE Y JUEGA POP-UP

THE BROTHERS COMATOSE WITH CHEYENNE SKYE & THE TASTY CAKES

Share stories with your kids • SB Public Library • MacKenzie Park • 10am-12pm Fr, 2/4.

Comparte historias con tus hijos • Biblioteca Pública de SB • MacKenzie Park • 10am-12pm viernes, 2/4.

STORYWALK IN THE PARK

Outside activities and story • SB Public Library • MacKenzie Park • 10am-12pm Fr, 2/4.

PASEO DE CUENTOS EN EL PARQUE

Actividades al aire libre e historias • Biblioteca pública de SB • MacKenzie Park • 10am-12pm viernes, 2/4.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

SPRING FACULTY RECITAL

Concert by Westmont faculty • Westmont College, Deane Chapel • www.westmont.edu/music/concerts • 7pm Fr, 2/4.

RECITAL DE PRIMAVERA DE LA FACULTAD

Concierto de la facultad de Westmont • Westmont College, Deane Chapel • www.westmont.edu/music/concerts • 7pm viernes, 2/4.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

Jazz concert with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Granada Theatre • $46-131, free UCSB students • www.granadasb.org • 8pm Fr, 2/4.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

Concierto de jazz con el trompetista Wynton Marsalis • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Teatro Granada • $46-131, gratis para estudiantes de UCSB • www.granadasb.org • 8pm viernes, 2/4.

A VERY SPECIAL EVENING WITH KARLA BONOFF

Singer-songwriter Bonoff performs her popular ballads • Lobero Theatre • $39-106 • www.lobero.org • 8pm Fr, 2/4.

West Coast bluegrass, country, and rock concert • SOhO Restaurant & Music Club • $15-18 • www.sohosb.com • 8:30pm Fr, 2/4.

THE BROTHERS COMATOSE CON CHEYENNE SKYE Y THE TASTY CAKES

Concierto de bluegrass, country y rock de la costa oeste • SOhO Restaurant & Music Club • $15-18 • www.sohosb.com • 8:30pm viernes, 2/4.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

FESTIVAL OF HEARTS VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER

Auction supporting Friendship Center • www.friendshipcentersb.org/foh2022 • Through 2/5.

EVENTO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE FONDOS VIRTUAL - FESTIVAL OF HEARTS

Subasta de apoyo al Friendship Center • www.friendshipcentersb.org/foh2022 • Hasta el 2/5.

SPRING GRANT CYCLE GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOPS

Jazz concert • Lobero Theatre • $36-106 • www.lobero.org • 8pm Sa, 2/5.

THE BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET

Concierto de Jazz • Teatro Lobero • $36-106 • www.lobero.org • 8pm sábado, 2/5.

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

LIBRARY ON THE GO

Visit the Library’s van • SB Public Library • MacKenzie Park • Free • 10am-12pm Fr, 2/4.

BIBLIOTECA SOBRE LA MARCHA

Visita la camioneta de la biblioteca • Biblioteca pública de SB • MacKenzie Park • Gratis • 10am12pm viernes, 2/4.

Virtual talk with author Mila Bongco-Philipzig • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Free • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 12pm Sa, 2/5.

LAS RUEDAS DE TONY

Charla virtual con la autora Mila BongcoPhilipzig • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Gratis • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 12pm sábado, 2/5.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

CENTRAL COAST RECORDER SOCIETY MONTHLY MEETING

Play with community members • Goleta Presbyterian Church, 6067 Shirrell Way, Goleta • First time visitors and members free, general $10 • www.centralcoastrecorders.org • 1-4pm Sa, 2/5.

Discover the power of poetry as award-winning poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong joins UCSB Arts & Lectures in conversation at 7:30pm Thursday, February 10th at Campbell Hall. The author of the memoir Minor Feelings, Hong will discuss race, identity, and creating art driven by and for social change. For tickets ($20; students free) visit www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

Artes y conferencias le da la Bienvenida a Cathy Park Hong

Learn about local wildlife and history • UCSB • Coal Oil Point Reserve, Slough Rd., Isla Vista • Free, donations appreciated • https://tinyurl.com/ym8c72m2 • 10am-12pm Sa, 2/5.

TOUR DE LA RESERVA COAL OIL POINT

Descubre el poder de la poesía cuando la galardonada poeta y ensayista Cathy Park Hong se una a UCSB Arts & Lectures en una conversación a las 7:30pm el jueves, 10 de febrero en Campbell Hall. La autora de las memorias Minor Feelings, Hong hablará sobre la raza, la identidad y la creación de arte impulsada por y para el cambio social. Para boletos ($20; estudiantes entran gratis) visita www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

Aprende sobre la vida silvestre local y la historia • UCSB • Coal Oil Point Reserve, Slough Rd., Isla Vista • Gratis, se agradecen las donaciones • https://tinyurl.com/ym8c72m2 • 10am-12pm sábado, 2/5.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

COFFEE & CLASSICS

Admire and learn about vintage cars • The Community Hot Rod Project Inc. • South Coast Church, 5814 Cathedral Oaks Rd • Free • www.thecommunityhotrodproject.com • 8-10am 2nd & 4th Saturdays.

CAFÉ Y CLÁSICOS

Admira y aprende sobre los autos antiguos • The Community Hot Rod Project Inc. • South Coast Church, 5814 Cathedral Oaks Rd • Gratis • www.thecommunityhotrodproject.com • 8-10am segundo y cuarto sábado.

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

Apoyo del The Fund for SB para las aplicaciones • Gratis • https://fundforsantabarbara.org • 1011:30am viernes, 2/4.

Arts & Lectures Welcome Cathy Park Hong

TOUR OF COAL OIL POINT RESERVE

TALLERES PARA LA SOLICITUD DE SUBVENCIONES DEL CICLO DE SUBVENCIONES DE PRIMAVERA

TONY’S WHEELS

Call or text to schedule your walking tour! • 805-905-9019

THE BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET

Sunday • domingo 2.6.22

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

Walk with Professor Julie as she shares tales of mystery and history... & meet friendly spirits...

Juega con miembros de la comunidad • Iglesia Presbiteriana de Goleta, 6067 Shirrell Way, Goleta • Visitantes por primera vez y miembros gratis, general $10 • www.centralcoastrecorders.org • 1-4pm sábado, 2/5.

Application support from The Fund for SB • Free • https://fundforsantabarbara.org • 1011:30am Fr, 2/4.

Saturday • sábado 2.5.22

Santa Barbara Ghost Tours

REUNIÓN MENSUAL DE LA SOCIEDAD DE REGISTRADORES DE LA COSTA CENTRAL

DIY GARDEN DESIGN: SITE PLANNING

Virtual workshop to jump-start garden planning • SB Botanic Garden • $125 members, $150 general • https://tinyurl.com/ry9tspue • 9:30am12:30pm Su, 2/6.

DISEÑO DE JARDÍN DE BRICOLAJE: PLANIFICACIÓN DEL SITIO

Taller virtual para impulsar la planificación del jardín • SB Botanic Garden • $125 miembros, $150 general • https://tinyurl.com/ry9tspue • 9:30am-12:30pm domingo, 2/6.

INTRO TO YOGA FOR HEALTH & WELL-BEING Livestreamed yoga workshop • SB Yoga Center • Free • https://tinyurl.com/2p8fu2x2 • 2-3pm Su, 2/6.

INTRODUCCIÓN AL YOGA PARA LA SALUD Y EL BIENESTAR

Taller de yoga transmitido en vivo • SB Yoga Center • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/2p8fu2x2 • 2-3pm domingo, 2/6.

SANTA BARBARA GHOST TOURS

Professor Julie Ann Brown tours you through Downtown Santa Barbara sharing the stories of local resident ghosts • $35-$150 • www.sbghosttour.com

SANTA BARBARA GHOST TOURS

La profesora Julie Ann Brown recorre el centro de Santa Bárbara compartiendo las historias de los fantasmas residentes locales • $ 35-$150 • www.sbghosttour.com

Photo courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures

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Monday • lunes

2.7.22

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

HIKE THE ARROYO HONDO PRESERVE

Mondays & Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3pm and the first & third weekends, Saturdays & Sundays from 10am to 12:30pm and 12:30pm to 3pm.

Free • https://tinyurl.com/ya3pgxge

CAMINA EN LA RESERVA ARROYO HONDO

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

Tuesday • martes 2.8.22 CHILDREN | NIÑOS

STAY & PLAY

Share stories with your kids • Eastside Library • Free • 8:30-10:30am Tu, 2/8.

QUÉDATE Y JUEGA

Comparte historias con tus hijos • Biblioteca Eastside • Gratis • 8:30-10:30am martes, 2/8.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

DISABILITY, BLACKNESS, AND RACE IN US LITERATURE

Virtual talk • UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center • Free • https://tinyurl.com/44r6yhp2 • 5-6pm Tu, 2/8.

DISCAPACIDAD, NEGRO Y RAZA EN LA LITERATURA ESTADOUNIDENSE

Charla virtual • Centro Interdisciplinario de Humanidades UCSB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/44r6yhp2 • 5-6pm martes, 2/8.

VIRTUAL FICTION BOOK CLUB

Discuss The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett • SB Public Library • https://tinyurl.com/3hnu4frk • Free • 5:30-6:45pm Tu, 2/8.

CLUB DE LECTURA VIRTUAL DE FICCIÓN Discute The Vanishing Half por Brit Bennett • Biblioteca pública de SB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/3hnu4frk • 5:30-6:45pm martes, 2/8.

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN MUSLIM

Virtual talk on Islamaphobia by Dr. Maha Hilal • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Free • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm Tu, 2/8.

INOCENTE HASTA COMPROBADO MUSULMÁN

TEEN ADVISORY BOARD

Charla virtual sobre islamofobia a cargo de la Dra. Maha Hilal • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Gratis • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm martes, 2/8.

JUNTA ASESORA DE ADOLESCENTES

DREAMERS’ CIRCUS

Help shape Library events, programs, and collections • Eastside Library • Free • 4-5pm Tu. Ayuda a dar forma a los eventos, programas y colecciones de la biblioteca • Biblioteca del lado este • Gratis • martes de 4-5pm.

VIRTUAL SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP - INTERMEDIATE

Practice Spanish language in a natural way • SB Public Library • Free • www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/default.asp • 4:30-5:30pm Tu.

GRUPO VIRTUAL DE CONVERSACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL – INTERMEDIO

Practica el idioma español de forma natural • Biblioteca pública SB • Gratis • www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/default.asp • 4:30-5:30pm martes.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

Contemporary Nordic folk trio concert • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall, UCSB • $2035 general, $10 students • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 8pm Tu, 2/8.

DREAMERS’ CIRCUS

Concierto de trío de folk nórdico contemporáneo • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall, UCSB • $20-35 general, $10 estudiantes • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 8pm martes, 2/8.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

HEAD GAMES TRIVIA NIGHT

Weekly trivia for prizes • Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co, 137 Anacapa St F, SB • Free • 7pm Tu.

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ORGULLOSO JUVENTUD DE COLOR

Grupo para jóvenes de color LGBTQ + • Pacific Pride Foundation • Gratis • Reuniones alternas en persona y en línea • Reserva tu lugar: https://tinyurl.com/hnkfvb9t • 4-5:30pm miércoles.

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone CONTINUES / CONTINÚA Actividades en persona y en línea para todos

THE SB PUBLIC LIBRARY VIRTUAL ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP

For all English language learners • Free • www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/default.asp • 4:30-5:30pm We.

BILINGUAL / BILINGÜE

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone Actividades en persona y en línea para todos Nonprofit Spotlight: Colors of Love

BILINGUAL / BILINGÜE

Celebrate love, unity, and cultures from around the world as Transform Through Arts Theater hosts its annual Colors of Love dance show at Center Stage Theater 8pm Saturday, February 12th. A benefit for Art Without Limit, the show will include Argentine tango, samba, swing, Latin dance, singers, and more. For tickets ($25-35) visit www.centerstagetheater.org

Organizaciones sin fines de lucro destacadas: Colores del amor

Celebra el amor, la unidad y las culturas de todo el mundo mientras Transform Through Arts Theatre presenta su espectáculo de danza anual Colores del Amor en Center Stage Theatre a las 8pm el sábado, 12 de febrero. A beneficio de Art Without Limit, el espectáculo incluirá tango argentino, samba, swing, baile latino, cantantes y más. Para boletos ($25-35) visita www.centerstagetheater.org

NOCHE DE TRIVIA DE JUEGOS MENTALES Trivia semanal para premios • Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co, 137 Anacapa St F, SB • Gratis • 7pm martes.

Wednesday • miércoles 2.9.22 CHILDREN | NIÑOS

WIGGLY STORYTIME

For toddlers 14 months to 3 years • SB Public Library • Alameda Park • Free • 10:15-10:45am We, 2/9.

HORA DE CUENTOS WIGGLY

HORA DEL FABRICANTE: COHETE ESPACIAL

Construye un cohete de papel • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Parque Alameda • Gratis, límite de 12 niños • https://tinyurl.com/4bcmu5tb • 3-4pm miércoles, 2/9.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

PROUD YOUTH OF COLOR

Group for LGBTQ+ youth of color • Pacific Pride Foundation • Free • Alternating in-person and online meetings • RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/hnkfvb9t • 4-5:30pm We.

Para niños pequeños de 14 meses a 3 años • Biblioteca pública de SB • Parque Alameda • Gratis • 10:15-10:45am miércoles, 2/9.

BEBÉ Y YO

Clase de prealfabetización para niños de 0 a 14 meses • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Parque Alameda • Gratis • 11-11:30am miércoles, 2/9.

Un grupo de conversación en francés, todos los niveles son bienvenidos • Arnoldi’s Cafe, 600 Olive St., SB • http://sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com • Gratis • 5-7pm miércoles.

VIRTUAL ROMANCE BOOK CLUB

Discuss Whiteout by Adriana Anders • SB Public Library • Free • https://tinyurl.com/4fwu89w6 • 5:30-6:30pm We, 2/9.

CLUB VIRTUAL DE LIBROS ROMÁNTICOS Discute Whiteout por Adriana Anders • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/4fwu89w6 • 5:30-6:30pm miércoles, 2/9.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

SB TREBLE CLEF WOMEN’S CHORUS

Sing with others, no audition needed • Vista del Monte Patio Room, 3775 Modoc Rd. • Free • https://tinyurl.com/4ns8nzvu • 6:30pm We.

CORO FEMENINO DE SB TREBLE CLEF

Canta con otros, no se necesita una audición • Salón del Patio de Vista del Monte, 3775 Modoc Rd. • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/4ns8nzvu • 6:30pm miércoles.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com • 7pm jueves, 2/10.

QUÉDATE Y JUEGA

Comparte historias con tus hijos • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Harding University Partnership School • Gratis • 8:45-9:45am jueves, 2/10.

STAY & PLAY

Share stories with your kids • SB Public Library • Carpinteria Children’s Project • Free • 11am12pm Th, 2/10.

QUÉDATE Y JUEGA

Comparte historias con tus hijos • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Carpinteria Children’s Project • Gratis • 11am-12pm jueves, 2/10.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

2022 COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM INFO SESSION

SENTIMIENTOS MENORES: UN AJUSTE DE CUENTAS ASIÁTICO-AMERICANO Charla con la poeta Cathy Park Hong • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall • $20 general, estudiantes gratis • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm jueves, 2/10.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

ALO WITH ANNA MOSS

Rock concert • SOhO Restaurant & Music Club • $30 • www.sohosb.com • 8pm Th, 2/10.

ALO CON ANNA MOSS

SUBVENCIÓN COMUNITARIA 2022 SESIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN DEL PROGRAMA

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

Concierto de rock • SOhO Restaurant & Music Club • $30 • www.sohosb.com • 8pm jueves, 2/10.

STATE STREET PROMENADE MARKET

Obten más información sobre las áreas del programa de subvenciones de la Fundación SB • Gratis • Virtual, confirma tu asistencia https://tinyurl.com/2p89ff5v • 9-10am jueves, 2/10.

Located on the 900 & 1000 blocks of State St between Carrillo and Figueroa Sts • 3 to 7:30pm Thursdays • https://tinyurl.com/yx9v4pmd

PROUD YOUTH GROUP

Ubicado en las cuadras 900 y 1000 de la Calle State entre las Calles Carrillo y Figueroa • 3 a 7:30pm los jueves • https://tinyurl.com/yx9v4pmd

Group for LGBTQ+ students • Pacific Pride Foundation • Free • Alternating in-person and online meetings • RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/hnkfvb9t • 4-5:30pm Th.

GRUPO DE JÓVENES ORGULLOSOS

Grupo para estudiantes LGBTQ + • Pacific Pride Foundation • Gratis • Reuniones alternas en persona y en línea • Reserva tu lugar: https://tinyurl.com/hnkfvb9t • 4-5:30pm jueves.

HUMANITIES DECANTED: THE FIRST BLACK ARCHAEOLOGIST

Talk on John W. I. Lee’s new book • UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, McCune Conference Room • Free • https://tinyurl.com/2ndt98ez • 4-5:30pm Th, 2/10.

HUMANIDADES DECANTADAS: EL PRIMER ARQUEÓLOGO NEGRO

Visit the Library’s van • SB Public Library • Shoreline Park • 10-11:30am We, 2/9.

Charla sobre el nuevo libro de John W. I. Lee • Centro Interdisciplinario de Humanidades de UCSB, Sala de Conferencias McCune • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/2ndt98ez • 4-5:30pm jueves, 2/10.

BIBLIOTECA SOBRE LA MARCHA

PEE WEE NATURALISTS

LIBRARY ON THE GO

Talk with poet Cathy Park Hong • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall • $20 general, students free • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Th, 2/10.

Learn more about the SB Foundation grant program areas • Free • Virtual, RSVP https://tinyurl.com/2p89ff5v • 9-10am Th, 2/10.

LIBRARY ON THE GO

Visita la camioneta de la Biblioteca • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Shoreline Park • 10-11:30am miércoles, 2/9.

MINOR FEELINGS: AN ASIAN AMERICAN RECKONING

Webinar on introducing nature to kids • SB Public Library • Free • https://tinyurl.com/2p88d434 • 6-7pm Th, 2/10.

NATURALISTAS PEE WEE

Seminario web sobre cómo presentar la naturaleza a los niños • Biblioteca pública de SB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/2p88d434 • 6-7pm jueves, 2/10.

Visita la camioneta de la Biblioteca • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Harding School, desde Gillespie St. • 12:45-2pm miércoles, 2/9.

PFLAG SPANISH SPEAKING MEETING

OPEN MIC STAND-UP COMEDY

REUNIÓN DE HABLA HISPANA DE PFLAG

Support and Sharing • PFLAG • Free • RSVP with pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com • 7pm Th, 2/10.

MERCADO DEL STATE STREET PROMENADE

CARPINTERIA BIRDWATCHERS VIRTUAL MEETINGS

Evening birdwatching classes • Free, all ages & ability levels. 4-5:15pm Thursdays via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/y9rheypj

REUNIONES VIRTUALES DE OBSERVADORES DE AVES DE CARPINTERIA Clases nocturnas de observación de aves • Gratis, todas las edades y niveles de habilidad.

4-5:15pm los jueves a través de Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/y9rheypj

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

LIBRARY ON THE GO

Visit the Library’s van • SB Public Library • Alameda Park • Free • 10am-12pm Th, 2/10.

BIBLIOTECA SOBRE LA MARCHA

Visita la camioneta de la Biblioteca • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Parque Alameda • Gratis • 10am-12pm jueves, 2/10.

2022 POETRY OUT LOUD

Virtual student poetry competition • Corazón del Pueblo and SB County Office of Arts and Culture • Free • https://tinyurl.com/mrye6mrc • 7-8:30pm Th, 2/10.

2022 POESÍA EN VOZ ALTA

Competencia virtual de poesía para estudiantes • Corazón del Pueblo y la Oficina de Arte y Cultura del Condado de SB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/mrye6mrc • 7-8:30pm, 2/10.

Apoya y comparte • PFLAG • Gratis • Reserva tu lugar enviando un correo electrónico a

MICRÓFONO ABIERTO - COMEDIA STAND-UP Los comediantes locales • Mel’s Cocktail Lounge, 209 W Carrillo St., SB • 7pm miércoles.

Outside story and activities • SB Public Library • Lower Manning Park • Free • 2-3:30pm We, 2/9.

Build a paper rocket ship • SB Public Library • Alameda Park • Free, 12 children limit • https://tinyurl.com/4bcmu5tb • 3-4pm We, 2/9.

EL CÍRCULO FRANCÉS

Local comedians • Mel’s Cocktail Lounge, 209 W Carrillo St., SB • 7pm We.

STORYWALK IN THE PARK

MAKER HOUR: ROCKET SHIP

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

BIBLIOTECA SOBRE LA MARCHA

Pre-literacy class for 0-14 months-olds • SB Public Library • Alameda Park • Free • 1111:30am We, 2/9.

Historia y actividades al aire libre • Biblioteca pública de SB • Parque Lower Manning • Gratis • 2-3:30pm miércoles, 2/9.

LE CERCLE FRANÇAIS

Visit the Library’s van • SB Public Library • Harding School, off Gillespie St. • 12:45-2pm We, 2/9.

BABY AND ME

PASEO DE CUENTOS EN EL PARQUE

Para todos los estudiantes del idioma inglés • Gratis • www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/default.asp • 4:30-5:30pm los miércoles.

Photo by Marco Antonio Carranza

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Thursday • jueves 2.10.22 CHILDREN | NIÑOS

STAY & PLAY

Share stories with your kids • SB Public Library • Harding University Partnership School • Free • 8:45-9:45am Th, 2/10.

Antica Furnishings

By Appointment Call or Text 805-845-1285

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It’s a Date! SB Prepares for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and Santa Barbara is ready! Whether you’re hoping to enjoy a romantic picnic or concert, laugh with your friends, or personally learn more about relationships, here are local ways to celebrate the holiday.

¡Es una cita! SB se prepara para el día de San Valentín

¡El día de San Valentín se acerca rápidamente y Santa Bárbara está listo! Ya sea que desees disfrutar de un picnic romántico o un concierto, reír con tus amigos o aprender personalmente más sobre las relaciones, estas son formas locales de celebrar la festividad.

With author Scott Meslow, From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy • Chaucer’s Books • Free • https://tinyurl.com/y5ru4tp4 • 7pm We, 2/9.

DISCUSIÓN VIRTUAL CON EL AUTOR DE CHAUCER’S

Con el autor Scott Meslow, From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy • Chaucer’s Books • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/y5ru4tp4 • 7pm miércoles, 2/9.

COLORS OF LOVE

Variety dance show supporting Art Without Limit • Center Stage Theater • $25-35 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm Sa, 2/12.

COLORES DEL AMOR

Espectáculo de danza de variedades que apoya a Art Without Limit • Center Stage Theatre • $25-35 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm sábado, 2/12.

LOVE SONGS AND DANCES–AN EVENING OF LIEBERSLIEDER

Featuring pianist John Churchwell • Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series • St. Mark’s in the Valley, 2901 Nojoqui Ave. Los Olivos • $20 • www.smitv.org/syv-concert-series.html • 5pm Sa, 2/12.

CANCIONES Y BAILES DE AMOR: UNA VELADA DE LIEBESLIEDER Con el pianista John Churchwell • Serie de Conciertos del Valle de Santa Ynez • St. Mark’s in the Valley, 2901 Nojoqui Ave. Los Olivos • $20 • www.smitv.org/syv-concert-series.html • 5pm sábado, 2/12.

TANGOS AND SONGS IN BLACK & WHITE

Tango, opera, and more celebrating love • Buena Onda + Empanadas, 724 Haley St. • $30 • RSVP https://linktr.ee/lalocamilonga • 6:30-8:30pm Sa, 2/12.

Friday • viernes 2.11.22 CHILDREN | NIÑOS

STAY & PLAY POP-UP

Share stories with your kid • SB Public Library • Bohnett Park • Free • 10am-12pm Fr, 2/11.

QUÉDATE Y JUEGA POP-UP

Comparte historias con tu hijo • Biblioteca pública de SB • Bohnett Park • Gratis • 10am12pm viernes, 2/11.

Tango, ópera y más celebrando el amor • Buena Onda + Empanadas, 724 Haley St. • $30 • Reserva tu lugar: https://linktr.ee/lalocamilonga • 6:30-8:30pm sábado, 2/12.

PICNIC DE SAN VALENTÍN EN EL JARDÍN

Picnic y escuchar al guitarrista flamenco Tony Ybarra • Ganna Walska Lotusland • https://tinyurl.com/ycxwzumk • $50 miembros, $75 general • 2-4:30pm sábado, 2/12.

Food, music, photos and more • Topa Topa Brewery, 120 Santa Barbara St. • $30 each, $75 per couple and single friend • https://tinyurl.com/mr3yvyh9 • 6:15pm Sa, 2/12.

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FIESTA DE SAN VALENTÍN: PASIÓN Y PAELLA

COMEDY DATE DIARIES

Valentine’s guitar concert • SOhO Restaurant & Music Club • $3578 • www.sohosb.com • 8:30pm Mo, 2/14.

DIARIOS DE CITAS DE COMEDIA

Concierto de guitarra de San Valentin • SOhO Restaurant & Music Club • $35-78 • www.sohosb.com • 8:30pm lunes, 2/14.

Comida, música, fotos y más • Topa Topa Brewery, 120 Santa Barbara St. • $30 por persona, $75 por pareja y amigo soltero • https://tinyurl.com/mr3yvyh9 • 6:15pm sábado, 2/12.

A VERY SPECIAL VALENTINE WITH OTTMAR LIEBERT

Comedy show on dating • Old Town Coffee, 5877 Hollister Ave. • $12 • https://bearcavecomedy.simpletix.com • 7-9pm Sa, 2/13.

UN SAN VALENTÍN MUY ESPECIAL CON OTTMAR LIEBERT

Programa de comedia sobre las citas • https://bearcavecomedy.simpletix.com

STORYWALK IN THE PARK

Bohnett Park • Free • 10am-12pm Fr, 2/11.

PASEO DE CUENTOS EN EL PARQUE

Visita la camioneta de la biblioteca • Biblioteca pública de SB • Bohnett Park • Gratis • 10am12pm viernes, 2/11.

Outdoor story and activities • SB Public Library • Bohnett Park • Free • 10am-12pm Fr, 2/11.

Historia y actividades al aire libre • Biblioteca pública de SB • Bohnett Park • Gratis • 10am12pm viernes, 2/11.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

A QUEER, QUEER RACE: ORIENTATIONS FOR EARLY JAPANESE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Enjoy manga and anime together • SB Public Library • Free • https://tinyurl.com/4c7u7zhe • 3:30-5:30pm Fr, 2/11.

CLUB VIRTUAL DE ANIME Y MANGA PARA ADOLESCENTES Disfruten juntos del manga y el anime • Biblioteca Pública de SB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/4c7u7zhe • 3:30-5:30pm viernes, 2/11.

SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENTOS ESPECIALES

LIBRARY ON THE GO

Guitarist Ottmar Liebert will play at SOho

Con el autor Dr. Anna Machin, Why We Love: The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships • Chaucer’s Books • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/2p8ruftx • 12pm domingo, 2/13.

VIRTUAL TEEN ANIME & MANGA CLUB

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DISCUSIÓN VIRTUAL CON EL AUTOR DE CHAUCER’S

PASSION AND PAELLA VALENTINE’S PARTY

Charla virtual sobre el nuevo libro del profesor Andrew Way Leong • Centro Interdisciplinario de Humanidades de UCSB • Gratis • https://tinyurl.com/5n7m8zwp • 3-4:30pm viernes, 2/11.

Hypnosis can help.

With author Dr. Anna Machin, Why We Love: The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships • Chaucer’s Books • Free • https://tinyurl. com/2p8ruftx • 12pm Su, 2/13.

Picnic and listen to flamenco guitarist Tony Ybarra • Ganna Walska Lotusland • https://tinyurl.com/ycxwzumk • $50 members, $75 general • 2-4:30pm Sa, 2/12.

QUEER, UNA RAZA QUEER: ORIENTACIONES PARA LA PRIMERA LITERATURA JAPONESA AMERICANA

Reaching into the depths of our unconscious mind, we are able to find the resources needed to remain calm, feel inner peace, and even find joy in the midst of the chaos in our lives and the world. In-person or on-line sessions.

CHAUCER’S VIRTUAL AUTHOR DISCUSSION

VALENTINE’S PICNIC IN THE GARDEN

Virtual talk on Professor Andrew Way Leong’s new book • UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center • Free • https://tinyurl.com/5n7m8zwp • 3-4:30pm Fr, 2/11.

Feeling anxious, fatigued, depressed, or just experiencing isolation challenges?

• Old Town Coffee, 5877 Hollister Ave. • $12 • 7-9pm sábado, 2/13.

TANGOS Y CANCIONES EN BLANCO Y NEGRO

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CHAUCER’S VIRTUAL AUTHOR DISCUSSION

Visit the Library’s van • SB Public Library •

BIBLIOTECA SOBRE LA MARCHA

LIBRARY ON THE GO

Visit the Library’s van • SB Public Library • Ortega Park, by the basketball court • Free • 2-4:30pm Fr, 2/11.

BIBLIOTECA SOBRE LA MARCHA

Visita la camioneta de la Biblioteca • Biblioteca Pública SB • Parque Ortega, junto a la cancha de baloncesto • Gratis • 2-4:30pm viernes, 2/11.

8:30-10:30am sábado, 2/12.

MUSIC | MÚSICA

SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB CONCERT

Concert by oboist Adelle Rodkey and pianist Eric Valinsky • First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. • Free admission • https://sbmusicclub.org • 3pm Sa, 2/12.

CONCIERTO DEL CLUB DE MÚSICA DE SANTA BÁRBARA

Concierto de la oboísta Adelle Rodkey y el pianista Eric Valinsky • First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. • entrada gratis • https://sbmusicclub.org • 3pm sábado, 2/12.

Saturday • sábado 2.12.22 Sunday • domingo 2.13.22 DANCE | BAILE

CHILDREN | NIÑOS

SB RUNNING COYOTE MILE

Kids only one-mile run • Chase Palm Park • $20 online pre-registration, $40 day of • https://tinyurl.com/4ztv4fey • 8:30-10:30am Sa, 2/12.

SB CORRIENDO LA MILLA DEL COYOTE

Carrera de una milla solo para niños • Chase Palm Park • Prerregistro en línea de $20, $40 el día del evento • https://tinyurl.com/4ztv4fey •

AN UNTITLED LOVE

Performed by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall, UCSB • $40 general, $15 students • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7pm Su, 2/13.

UN AMOR SIN TÍTULO

Realizado por A.I.M por Kyle Abraham • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall, UCSB • $40 general, $15

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estudiantes • www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7pm domingo, 2/13.

LECTURES | MEETINGS | WORKSHOPS CONFERENCIAS | REUNIONES

COFFEE & A GOOD BOOK

Author Valerie Cantella talks about her book, OffScript • Goleta Coffee Co., 177 S. Turnpike Rd. • Free • www.valeriecantella.com • 1-3pm Su, 2/13.

CAFÉ Y UN BUEN LIBRO

La autora Valerie Cantella habla sobre su libro, Off-Script • Goleta Coffee Co., 177 S. Turnpike Rd. • Gratis • www.valeriecantella.com • 1-3pm domingo, 2/13.

OUTDOORS | AL AIRE LIBRE

BEACH CLEANUP

Show the beach some love • Explore Ecology • Arroyo Burro Beach • https://tinyurl.com/2p8mwf42 • 10am-12pm Su, 2/13.

LIMPIEZA DE PLAYAS

Muéstrale a la playa un poco de amor • Explore Ecology • Arroyo Burro Beach • https://tinyurl.com/2p8mwf42 • 10am-12pm domingo, 2/13.

RANCHO LA PATERA & STOW HOUSE

Take a tour, support the Museum Store, or enjoy the beautiful grounds • www.goletahistory.org • 11am to 2pm weekends.

RANCHO LA PATERA & STOW HOUSE

Haz un recorrido, apoya la Tienda del Museo o disfruta de los hermosos jardines • www.goletahistory.org • De 11am a 2pm los fines de semana.

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Santa Barbara Symphony

Beethoven in Bloom

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S COMMUNITY MEMBERS EAGERLY AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING, the Santa Barbara Symphony in partnership with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is happy to present Beehtoven in Bloom at the Granada Theatre at 7:30pm Saturday, February 19th, and 3pm Sunday, February 20th. Hosted in commemoration of the Thomas Fire and Montecito Debris Flow, the program will honor themes of rebirth and renewal in the community as well as nature.

The performance will feature The Great Circle created by Emmy award-winning composer Jeff Beal, which he composed after he almost lost his home amidst the Thomas Fire. His piece includes a visual element with photos of the devastation, the heroism of first responders, and the foothill Harpist Michelle Temple rebirth from the SB Botanic Garden’s photographic research collection. Critically-acclaimed composer Jennifer Higdon’s Harp Concerto will also be performed by Principal Harpist Michelle Temple.

The show will conclude with Beethoven’s Pastorale from his sixth symphony.

“It is an honor to present such a dynamic program featuring two amazingly talented American contemporary composers,” shared Nir Kabaretti, Music and Artistic Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony. “We are also excited about our artistic partnership with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, whose restoration work on the land on which Jeff Beal’s piece depicts, is extraordinary, and adds such dimension and emotion to the presentation. This provides such a unique way for audiences to further connect with not only the music but with nature and the Santa Barbara community as a whole.”

To purchase tickets ($31-156) visit www.thesymphony.org

Italian Pianist Antonio Artese to Present

Two Worlds: Jazz/Opera

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HE WORLDS OF JAZZ AND OPERA WILL COLLIDE ON THE LOBERO THEATRE STAGE as Italian pianist Antonio Artese headlines Two Worlds: Jazz/ Opera in a one-night only performance at 7:30pm Tuesday, February 22nd.

A largely improvised program, Artese will draw from popular jazz and opera themes, including jazz versions of Un bel dì from Madama Butterfly and the Habeñera from Carmen, which will be playfully combined with Besame Mucho.

Artese is a first-prize winner of the Rachmaninov International Piano Competition, also studying at the Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” in Rome and at UC Santa Barbara.

“Santa Barbara is like a second home to me,” commented Artese. “I have so many dear friends and wonderful memories built around this beautiful town. Santa Barbara has provided so much inspiration over the years; I look forward to sharing my music with friends old and new.”

Artese will be joined by jazz musicians Jim Connolly on the double bass and Luis Muñoz with drums/percussion for the concert’s second half.

To learn more or purchase tickets ($46) visit www.lobero.org

Photography by Ralph A. Clevenger & Friends Chiara Salomoni John Kelsey Beatriz Moino Eryn Brydon Liz Grady On exhibit now through March 31, 2022 Sponsored by: George H. and Olive J. Griffiths Charitable Foundation, Mimi Michaelis, Jack Mithun and Mercedes Millington, June G. Outhwaite Charitable Trust, Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation, and the Wood-Claeyssens Foundation

sbmm.org 113 Harbor Way, Ste 190, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 • sbmm.org • 805-962-8404 Pianist Antonio Artese

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WILL SMITH KING RICHARD

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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH THE POWER OF THE DOG

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EMILIA JONES CAITRIONA BALFE JAMIE DORNAN CODA BELFAST BELFAST ARIANA DEBOSE ALANA HAIM WEST SIDE STORY LICORICE PIZZA

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Brubeck Family Ties,

Sounds the Return ABOUT TOWN

By Josef Woodard

Tomorrow night in the Brubeck spirit-anointed Lobero, the dynastic lineage continues, as the Brubeck Brothers Quartet performs and presents a multimedia show in honor of what would have been Dave’s 100th birthday. Brubeck sons Dan (drums) and Chris (bass) have played together for decades, and are joined here by pianist Chuck Lamb and guitarist Mike DeMicco, with the famed patriarch in the wings, in spirit.

Over the years, I interviewed the affable but no-guff-ish Dave several times. What follows is an edited collection of snippets from those conversations.

Your breakout album, Time Out was released in 1959. That must have been a real turning point for you, commercially and otherwise.

Dave Brubeck: Yeah, it was. And Columbia didn’t want to put it out.

Too experimental?

Brubeck: Oh yeah. You couldn’t dance to it. Crazy time signatures. Painting on the cover. All originals. They’d never do that. We broke their unwritten laws. Except that Goddard Lieberson, the president, was the one who fought for it. He said ‘I’m so tired of hearing Body and Soul and Stardust. You’re doing something new and I think it’s a real

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I followed it with Time Further Out, Time in Outer Space, Time Changes…

One of your enduring songs, now a jazz standard, Your Own Sweet Way, has a quirky twist at the end of the line in the “A” section. It cocks your ear a bit. How did that sneak into the song?

Brubeck: I just wrote it in a half an hour. So to me, it wasn’t quirky.

Except maybe that I’m quirky.

Photo by Anthony Pidgeon

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ANY IS THE TIME that the Brubeck family name has lit up the Lobero Theater marquee, so to speak. The late, legendary jazz pianist-composer Dave Brubeck, who remained active and prolific up to his death in 2012, aged 91, was one of the more regular and beloved returning heroes in that jazz-kindly venue’s programming. And the Brubeck name had other ties to the town, where Brubeck’s mother lived in her later years as well as his niece Jannie and brother Henry, who left a strong legacy as a music teacher at Santa Barbara and San Marcos High Schools.

breakthrough.’ So he pushed them, against their will, and the company never helped promote that album.

In fact, they worked against it.

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet will play the Lobero Theatre on Saturday, February 5th

On my recording, I go to an E flat, and Miles went to an E natural. When I asked him why he did it, he said ‘why did you write it that way?’ So I guess when I wrote it out for him, I wrote it with an E natural.

That’s the only way I can figure it out. That was his answer.

You studied classical music, specifically with composer Darius Milhaud (whose academic tenure includes the Music Academy of the West). Has that early classical study colored your musical attitude?

Brubeck: Sure, it’s that, but also I listened to something called the Dennis Roosevelt Expedition into the Belgian Congo.

I listened to that in 1946, and that sure gets into complex rhythms, and it’s so African. You can’t say it’s just Europeaninfluenced. And then I went to India in ’58, and I was also aware of Indian music before I went. And that’s extremely complex, rhythmically.

Looking back on your studies with Milhaud, was that a real deciding influence on your musical direction?

Brubeck: Oh boy. Yeah, he was really instrumental in giving me confidence, which I really lacked. I couldn’t read music when I was studying with him. That didn’t bother him.

He’d say, “look, you’ll do it on your own. You’ll do it by yourself. It’s too late for me to give you a European background.”

ONSIDER IT ANOTHER POSSIBLE SIGN OF NORMALCY’S SLOW RETURN: the mighty and ear-friendly “jamband by association” sensation – and Santa Barbara-launched – ALO (aka Animal Liberation Orchestra) finally returns to a local stage, being its old haunt of SOhO, on Thursday. The band, led by charismatic and tall singer-keyboard man Zach Gill (also the piano man in Jack Johnson’s band, whose Brushfire label is ALO’s record company home), is celebrating its 15th anniversary on a “Tour D’Amor.” Get thee to a SOhO.

But he gave me something better, which was the confidence that I should be a composer, in spite of my weaknesses.

In all the concerts I’ve seen of yours, I’ve never seen you avoid your “greatest hit,” Take Five.

Photo by Jay Blakesberg

Brubeck: Oh, well, I want to get out of there alive, don’t I? When I have an

audience hollering for it, you don’t want to have to stay there for two and a half hours. That’s a long time to play. If you don’t play it, people aren’t going to be satisfied. They keep asking for it.

(From 1998 interview) You’ve come into a real active period in the last few years. Are you just more in the public now?

Brubeck: We have steadily had a public, from the late ‘40s on. I was on the cover of Time in ‘54. You know you have to already be in the public mind, or they won’t put you there.

I just think it’s a wonderful period, from the ‘40s on. We’ve been able to work when jazz was in the low period. We could tour Europe. If you think I’m in a hot period now, think of the Top Ten jazz things in Melody Maker, a big magazine in the ‘50s and ‘60s. We had six things in the top ten.

Was there a price to be paid for fame, in terms of critical backlash?

Brubeck: It’s the same with everybody. I see the young guys today, the ones who get the most publicity, at some point start getting the most criticism. It happened with Duke and certainly with Louis Armstrong and Kenton. I can’t think of anybody who it didn’t happen to, to a greater or lesser degree. It doesn’t matter if you’re the president of the United States or what.

A friend of mine once said “the higher up the mountain you go, the bigger the target you become, and the guys who can’t make it start throwing rocks.”

Does it get easier to create as you go?

Brubeck: No, it gets harder. The challenge is always tougher, because you’re up against what you’ve done before and you want to try to do better. But then there’s a time when I think you say to yourself “beauty and simplicity are probably the greatest and hardest things to achieve.” Then you stop pushing yourself.

Woodard is a veteran cultural critic, who wrote for the Los Angeles Times for 25 years, has contributed to Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, DownBeat, and many music magazines, and a long association with the Santa Barbara Independent and News-Press. To date, he has published two books for Silman-James Press, on jazz legends Charles Lloyd and Charlie Haden, respectively. He recently published a debut novel, Ladies Who Lunch. Woodard is also a musician, a guitarist, songwriter, and head of the Household Ink Records label.

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Scholarship Foundation of SB Art Scholarship Winners

SB Museum of Art Displays Student Art Through February 6th

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N IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY SHOWCASING LOCAL STUDENT ARTISTS’ TALENTS IS ON DISPLAY at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art through Sunday, February 6th. The exhibition encompasses paintings, photography, and woodwork by 21 area high school students, with all

represented artists being winners of the 2022 Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara Art Scholarship Competition. All winners will receive college scholarships for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year.

“We are very happy to renew our partnership with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The work submitted by these talented young artists was consistently strong this year, and we are pleased it will receive a wider audience through this fine exhibit in the SBMA Family Resource Center,” said Scholarship Foundation President and CEO Barbara Robertson.

Every year, high school seniors across southern Santa Barbara County are invited to submit a portfolio of original work for the Scholarship Foundation’s art scholarship competition. A total of 48 student artists competed this year, with Anthony Askew and Patti

Jacquemain acting as competition judges.

All winners will receive a $2,500 scholarship, with Santa Barbara High School senior Katherine Hedrick being awarded the Schall Family Best of Show Prize for an additional $1,000 scholarship.

One work from each winning student’s portfolio is exhibited in SBMA’s Family Resource Center.

The rest of year’s winners include: Eden Andrulaitis, Josh Brennan, Liza Coffin, Sarah Collier, Gabriella Crisa, Jackson Ebbin, Bella Figueroa, Abigail Garcia, Ailee GessertMa, Evan Grant, Emma Holmstrom , Preston Mathis, Kailani Neyra Wahlberg, Ella Noyes, Melina Ochoa, Diesel Pirman, Katelyn Symons, Vicky Tang, Jennifer Vazquez Gonzalez, and Nansy Velasquez.

Katherine Hedrick won best of show

Learn more at www.sbscholarship.org

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John Palminteri’s

Community VOICE

February 4, 2022

Sheriff’s Department to Recalculate Policing Costs

John Palminteri

What’s Been Happening?

Happy Lunar New Year!

Fire Season is Still Here Brush Clearings for Fire Season Underway

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s department has been asked to RECALCULATE COSTS TO POLICE FOUR CITIES. A dispute has been raised over recent bills to Carpinteria, Goleta, Solvang, and Buellton. This issue was reviewed a year ago as well.

One of the Westside’s Oldest Businesses Closes THE CARPINTERIA CHERIMOYA DEMAND is very high for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Many boxes have been sent to Los Angeles restaurants to fill orders, but a Farmers’ Market supply is still available locally. The cherimoya is on a list of lucky fruit. Good fortune comes from many other fruits as well, including oranges, pomelos, pomegranates, pineapples, sugar cane, apples, and grapes.

BRUSH CLEARING projects now will help reduce some fire threats later on this year. 86 acre site in Santa Barbara is among the first to get a targeted effort. More crew work ahead, along with areas where sheep will graze to reduce dangers.

Milpas Vegetation Fire City Council Discusses Chick-Fil-A Drive Thru

VEGETATION FIRE controlled in the PALM trees and brush along Hwy 101 near the Milpas SB ramp in the afternoon on Friday, January 28th. Engines were called in from two sides. Smoke slowed traffic. Police assisted to locate possible suspect. Homeless camp in the area.

Fire on the tracks...

BUSY CHICK-FIL-A drive thru traffic creates a nuisance on Santa Barbara’s upper State Street. City leaders were unable to resolve it with the restaurant, and held a hearing during the February 2nd City Council meeting to look for solutions or penalties.

WEDNESDAY: A small fire near the railroad tracks around Gaviota was stopped by Santa Barbara County firefighters about 5:45 this morning. Cause - under investigation.

RAY’S LIQUOR CLOSES - After 34 years on the Santa Barbara Westside Ray says goodbye. He says it’s been a great time to share with his long time customers and neighborhood families who have stopped in to his San Andres St. location.

Remembering Former Senator Gary K. Hart Former Santa Barbara and Ventura State Senator and Assemblyman Gary K. Hart died last week in Sacramento at age 78.

He served from 1974 to 1994. He later served as the California Secretary of Education. I remember Gary calling me often on his way down from Sacramento to get an update on what was happening in the news before he arrived back in the area.

At times, he also met with reporters at Joe’s Cafe to have a bite to eat and talk about the issues. You don’t see that style much anymore.

Photos by John Palminteri • www.facebook.com/john.palminteri.5 • Twitter @JohnPalminteri • Instagram @JohnPalminteriNews

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Review of Los Angeles Philharmonic, Granada Theater, 1-28-22

Emerging from the Clouds, in Philharmonic Glory

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By Josef Woodard / VOICE

Photo by Willeke Machiels

T’S NO HYPERBOLE OR EMPTY CLICHE to report that the Los Angeles Philharmonic is not a stranger to Santa Barbara. This fact was validated and quantified during an introduction to the LA Phil’s latest local visit, in another CAMA-presented and highly satisfying musical evening at the Granada Theater last Friday. In fact, CAMA’s very creation, 103 years ago, was partly with the objective of bringing to town the then-nascent LA Phil, which gave the first of its now 144 local concerts in the Granada Theater’s inaugural year in 1924.

Digging deeper into the conjoined math of cultural legacies with these parties involved, the last CAMA/LA Phil encounter in the 805 took place in March of 2020, just before the ongoing pandemic kicked in its severe lockdown measures. At that juncture, both organizations had been basking in the glow of their respective centennial celebrations.

Conductor Elim Chan What does this have to do with a specific concert review? In a strangely palpable way, that backstory coated – and encoded – the experience of hearing this great world-class orchestra in our town again, after a forced two-year concert-free chasm. Beyond just musical terms, the evening suggested an emotional reunion of musical entity, presenter, audience, and venue.

There were other key 805 connections making this evening special, particularly in the enlightening presence of esteemed young conductor Elim Chan and American composer Elizabeth Ogonek, both important visitors at the 2018 Music Academy of the West season. Ogonek was essentially the hero of this night, thanks to the atmospheric enthrallment of her new orchestral work, Cloudlines, heard here as part of a four-performance U.S. Premiere program in Disney Hall and the Granada for a night. (For the record, this was a rare occasion when an LA Phil program in Santa Barbara has been dignified by a major premiere).

Elsewhere in the program, we got the elegant musicality of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring Igor Levit, a sublime player with access to easy virtuosity and, more importantly, an abidingly subtlety of approach, along with a sense of interactive intuition with his orchestral comrades. Post-intermission, Chan further demonstrated her Montecito sure command at the podium, smartly Montecito

rendering the warm cozies of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 “Italian” Symphony.

But on this program, the best came first, and in a final analysis, Ogonek’s vibrant new music (“vibrant,” in creative and literal sonic terms) was clearly the ear-opening show stealer. Although it runs only 13 minutes, it is, at once, an eventful and time-blurring, head-in-the-clouds 13 minutes.

In a note about the piece, Ogonek cites the influence of sky-conscious painter Georgia O’Keeffe and other influences, including the surreal experience of writing the music in life-during-lockdown. She suggests the piece is an “expression of the tempestuous and bizarre texture of life during those trying, yet often tender, 16 months.”

Aptly, the musical cloudscape is both trying and tender, tense and sensuous. It’s a fascinating study of shifting orchestral color and motion, with an overall effect at once enigmatic and fluid. Like cloud formations themselves.

The piece opens with layers of sustained tones, atmospheric sound washes, and hazy tensions partly enhanced through the use of microtonal “between Composer Elizabeth Ogonek tones” and multiphonics. Waves of musical energy sweep across the stage, as if willed by some restless internal force. Gestures ebb and flow, more than melodic motifs as such, and harmonic cycles vaguely circulate within the rippling sound masses. Resolution arrives through a side door, in the form of an unexpected minor ninth chord, in a new key and a new mood.

In some way, Cloudlines is a celebration of the unique expressive possibilities of contemporary orchestra writing/thinking, beholden to no stylistic language but its own. At a time when deprived music-lovers are still getting re-acquainted with the joys of hearing live, lofty orchestras again – a format best appreciated in its theater-based spatial glory – Ogonek’s morphing musical wonder triggered, at least in some of us, a fresh brand of ecstatic feeling. The Granada seemed to be in levitation mode, before the grounding force of reality set back in.

Josef Woodard is a veteran cultural critic, who wrote for the Los Angeles Times for 25 years, has contributed to Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, DownBeat, and many music magazines, and a long association with the Santa Barbara Independent and News-Press. To date, he has published two books for Silman-James Press, on jazz legends Charles Lloyd and Charlie Haden, respectively. He recently published a debut novel, Ladies Who Lunch. Woodard is also a musician, a guitarist, songwriter, and head of the Household Ink Records label.

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By Sigrid Toye, Special to VOICE

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OW MANY TRIPS HAVE I MADE TO THE CABRILLO PAVILION during the last several years? Far too many to bore you in this column! Let’s just say that I’ve observed the Pavilion’s transformation from an older but revered historic structure to the spectacular multipurpose event space, fitness location, and restaurant open to the public today. Fully retrofitted while retaining its position as a benchmark Santa Barbara landmark, it continues to be an attraction and recreational facility, both inside and out, for young and old with a view to knock the socks off your feet!

Built just one year after the 1925 earthquake that transformed Santa Barbara, the Cabrillo Pavilion was designed by Roland Sauter and E. Keith Lockard and funded by local philanthropist David Gray. In 1927 Gray donated the Pavilion to the city with the stipulations that the building be self-sustaining and that it should be used for park and recreation purposes as a community service to all of Santa Barbara’s citizens and visitors.

The Pavilion was Gray’s legacy gift to the people of our community.

During my many visits and frequent drive-bys fueled by curiosity, the Pavilion underwent an extensive $20 million renovation that included a new beach boardwalk; stormwater improvements; restoration of the lobby; renovation of the men’s and women’s shower and locker facilities; along with adding multipurpose rooms for gym/fitness, recreation programs, meetings, and special events. This long time renovation project wrapped up in April of 2020, but because of the pandemic the City’s Parks & Recreation Department was unable to open the facility for public use until late summer of 2021.

After almost 100 years, the Pavilion was indeed ready for its newly renovated summer opening. However, it lacked one important thing: a restaurant! It was a mystery as to who would occupy the space that once housed the East Beach Grill. The eatery originally planned, La Sirena, was scrapped due to multiple factors and the Coronavirus lockdown. Rosemary and Scott McIntosh restaurateurs from Orange County with years of experience, were asked to take over the space. A new sign was posted on the Pavilion indicating that the ground floor restaurant space would be the new home of Reunion Kitchen + Drink, an eatery with other locations in Anaheim Hills and Laguna Beach.

On last weekend’s beautiful sunny Sunday, I stopped by Reunion Kitchen having just heard that its doors had been open for over three months! How did that one pass me by?

As I approached, guests were seated outside on the patio behind a glass barrier enjoying the late afternoon ocean view, looking happily relaxed. Kids played on the nearby playground, joggers, bicyclists, and weekend wanderers strolled along the walkway silhouetted against the extended coastline.

Once inside, a friendly hostess led me to Rachel North, the General Manager and, as I later learned, the owner’s daughter! The Reunion restaurants, both here and in Orange County, are family owned and operated; an extended McIntosh clan fully invested in the company’s growth and a welcoming dining experience.

“We’re just excited to be here,” exclaimed North as we chatted, “We’re still working on reconfiguring the space, putting our spin on it, but for me, working outside near the beach here in beautiful Santa Barbara, every day is a great day!” The Reunion menu offers a little bit of everything for everyone. Loosely translated, it’s a whopping (almost) 50 food items with a variety of sumptuous seafood and meat options, fresh bowls, salads, and a full lineup of burgers and sandwiches to compliment the casual atmosphere along East Beach and the Santa Barbara’s beachside ambiance.

Reunion Kitchen + Drink is indeed a place to disconnect and unwind, especially in the late afternoon, with perhaps the perfect cocktail from the full bar and a snack plate, or later enjoying an evening meal under a moonlit sky.

“We want to make sure everyone leaves here with a full tummy … or a To-Go bag,” North chuckled as she escorted me to the entrance. Better late then never for this visit, I thought to myself as I headed to my car. How wonderful it is to see the Cabrillo Pavilion once again in full motion with open doors. Reunion Kitchen + Drink is open daily from 11am to 9pm.

I encourage you to stop on by!

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

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SBIFF 10-10-10 Film Spotlight:

Billiam

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PPROACHING THE CONCEPT OF IMAGINARY FRIENDS FROM AN INTIMATE PERSPECTIVE, Billiam tells the story of a young boy who uses his imaginary friend as a coping mechanism. Later, as an adult, he continues to process the world and his life with the support of his imaginary friend. Written and directed

by Santi B. Musacchio, a first year student at Santa Barbara City College, the film will be screened during the 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

“The film comes from many of the people and stories that I’ve encountered Filmmaker Santi B. Musacchio in my life, and is in essence a true story, but seen through the lens of an exaggerated, cartoon-like character in the imaginary friend,” explained Musacchio.

Musacchio was motivated to apply to this year’s 10-10-10 program due to his previous participation in program while attending Santa Barbara High School. The experience taught him a great deal, and encouraged him to re-apply and undertake a bigger production. Going forward, he plans to continue a career in the film industry, and uploads many of his film works to his YouTube channel, Santi B Musacchio.

SBIFF’s 10-10-10 Screenwriting and Filmmaking Mentorship and Competition provides local high school and college students the opportunity to create their own films and be mentored by professionals. www.sbiff.org

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SBIFF 10-10-10 Film Spotlight:

Railway of the Redwood Valley

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IDDEN IN THE TILDEN FORESTS OF THE BERKELEY HILLS, lies a miniature scale passenger railroad.

Originally getting its start as one man’s backyard passion project, the railway has grown over the course of several years to become a popular attraction with tourists and locals alike. Now, fourth year UCSB Film and Media Studies student KarlErik Mills, will share this story with Santa Barbara International Film Festival Film still from Railway of the Redwood Valley attendees through the documentary Railway of the Redwood Valley.

“My Director of Photography and I both had distinct memories of visiting the railway as children, and the idea of exploring it as a set piece for a film always floated around in our heads,” shared Mills, who grew up near Berkeley.

Initially, Mills planned to use a different script that would include many bay area locations, ultimately pivoting to crafting a documentary when the pandemic prevented this. He applied to the 10-1010 program to focus on his screenwriting skills, later expanding his experiences and portfolio of work by editing and directing his project. He is grateful for the opportunity and program’s support, and plans to pursue full time film industry work after graduation.

Filmmaker Karl-Erik Mills

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Montecito Bank & Trust Reports Record $2.35 Billion In Assets

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ONTECITO BANK & TRUST REPORTED TOTAL ASSETS GREW $398.62 MILLION, an increase of 20.41% during the 12-month period, to $2.35 billion for the year ending 12/31/2021. Strong deposit growth of $401.15 million or 23.15% year-over-year, pushed year-end deposit totals to $2.13 billion. Loan growth declined $143.4 million or 10.88% year-over-year due to Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness with year-end loans totaling $1.17 billion. Net income of $17.5 million was a 46.68% increase year over year. The bank’s total risk-based capital remains very strong at 14.49%, far exceeding the 10% regulatory minimum required to be considered well capitalized.

“Our 2021 record performance is a testament to service excellence and the resiliency and dedication of our over 260 associates, and to the confidence and trust our clients and communities have in our teams. For that, we are forever grateful. Our Wealth Management group, with assets under management in excess of $1.2 billion, continues to excel. Moreover, when coupled with our significant deposit growth, securing over $115 million additional Round 2 PPP funds for central coast organizations, and donating in excess of $1.6 million to deserving non-profits across our communities, I am confident we are making our founder, Michael Towbes, proud,” commented Chairman and CEO Janet Garufis.

The bank’s total risk-based capital remains very strong at 14.49%, far exceeding the 10% regulatory minimum required to be considered well capitalized. “ It is that very commitment to world-class service that earned our teams an additional six Best Bank and Best Places to Work recognitions this year,” stated Garufis, “While we are anticipating more modest financial performance in 2022, we are excited to continue exploring what’s possible with our clients and our communities and to continue supporting our community through reinvestment in the form of loans, corporate philanthropy and volunteerism.”

Montecito Bank & Trust is the oldest and largest locally owned community bank in the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Founded in 1975, the bank celebrated its 46th anniversary on March 17, 2021 and operates 11 branch offices in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Solvang, Montecito, Carpinteria, Ventura, Camarillo and Westlake Village. Montecito Bank & Trust has a history of unwavering corporate philanthropy in the local communities it serves, annually donating over $1.5 million dollars and volunteering over 5,400 hours to nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. For more information: www. Montecito.bank

SB County Awarded Close to $10 Million to Serve People Experiencing Homelessness

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WO FUNDING AWARDS TOTALING NEARLY $10 MILLION TO SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS have been awarded to the County of Santa Barbara. Presented by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the first is a Homekey Round 2 funding of $6.9 million awarded to the county in partnership with Good Samaritan Shelter.

“We are ecstatic to learn that the soon-to-be-named housing project in Isla Vista has been awarded almost $7 million in a Homekey grant,” stated Third District County Supervisor Joan Hartmann. “This project demonstrates that, with the right kinds of support, people who have lived unsheltered for years can indeed get stabilized and turn their lives around. It is an incredibly rewarding effort to be part of, requiring the coordinated work of so many different County and community partners. We are tremendously gratified by this stellar result.”

Homekey is a California program that purchases motels, hotels, vacant apartment buildings and other properties and changes them into permanent, longterm housing for people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.

The second funding award consists of $2.734 million from Emergency Solutions Grants Coronavirus, which was funded as part of the federal CARES Act in response to the pandemic. Last year, the County was awarded $7 million to be used for emergency sheltering, rapid re-housing, and outreach to individuals in the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care service area.

To learn more about the County Housing and Community Development Division of the Community Services Department visit www.countyofsb.org/housing

Employment Survey Offers Chance to Win $500

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N ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, the SB County Workforce Development Board has engaged independent research firm BW Research to collect data. Residents are invited to take an online survey to contribute data, with one respondent being randomly selected to win a $500 Amazon gift card. Individual responses will not be published nor shared, with only aggregate information being used in reporting survey results.

To take the survey, visit https://tinyurl.com/3ayy42dr

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involving, enthralling, informative, transporting. We look for films with subjects we've not seen before. We look for films that powerfully engage the viewer, in several ways, whether they entertain, inform, uplift, captivate, or challenge the audience.

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

An Interview With The Festival’s New Programming Director Claudia Puig

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LONGTIME RESPECTED FILM CRITIC, Claudia Puig is the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s new programming director for their 37th Edition of the Festival.

Ms. Puig is President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and is a veteran film critic for USA Today and NPR. She previously served as head of programming for the AFI Fest, the Mendocino Film Festival, and the Napa Valley Film Festival.

VOICE had a few questions for her, in advance of the Festival, which will be held March 2nd through March 12th, 2022.

Q: Has the COVID era affected the films that your team likes that have been submitted?

Claudia Puig: I think it's impossible not to be affected by the COVID era, since it's inescapable. We've all been living very different lives for almost two years now and the films that have been submitted reflect that. I also think good films are good films, in any era. But I do believe that films with uplifting and inspiring themes may speak more powerfully than ever to us, after what we've all been through. We have a diverse and comprehensive array of films that we've programmed and certainly not everything on our slate is uplifting.

We had thought we might program a separate section of pandemic-related films, since filmmakers have of course been affected by COVID, as we all have.

Then we realized that since we are still living through all this, it would show up in myriad ways in the films submitted. So, we haven't looked intentionally for pandemicrelated fare, but reminders of it are in so many films, whether it was just that some of the people in the films we watched were masked, or if the subject of a film addressed the pandemic more directly. Ultimately, we watched all the films, as we would any other time, with an eye to what

Q: How many Santa Barbara Filmmakers will have films featured this year?

Puig: We have quite a few shorts by Santa Barbara filmmakers and a few features by local filmmakers.

Q: How does your background teaching about diversity in media inform your selection process?

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will resonate powerfully with people.

Q: What are the strongest themes emerging from the films you are selecting, if any?

Puig: I think some themes that have arisen have to do with resilience and rising above adversity and facing challenges head-on. A lot of the films we've programmed have to do with bonds of family, and the complexity and importance of familial relations.

I think films with these subjects and themes generally resonate, but they strike an even more powerful chord than ever in these times Q: How are you coordinating efforts between programming people, is it challenging?

Puig: Our programming team works very closely together and we're a very cohesive team, in terms of our film tastes, collective work ethic, and dedication. I feel so fortunate to work with such a wonderful group of programmers. What we all share is a passion for films and our love for films is evident in all our meetings.

We spend a lot of time urging one another to watch a film we feel strongly about, and then at the next meeting we'll discuss it at length.

Sometimes we write reviews and email them to each other.

Perhaps the one difference from pre-pandemic-era festivals is that none of us work in the office together. We're not even in the same state. I'm in California, and my colleagues are in New York, Michigan, and Arizona. Most of our film discussions have taken place over Zoom, and to a lesser extent, via email and text. Dogs, spouses, and kids can be heard in adjoining rooms, as we have all experienced in work Zooms over the last two years.

We've hit a rhythm and a shorthand as work colleagues do.

Q: Are you looking forward to meeting the filmmakers?

Puig: We are all definitely looking forward to meeting the filmmakers of the films we've watched and loved.

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I've been in contact, mostly via email, with many of them and it's been very gratifying to communicate with such a talented bunch of people from all over the world. We have filmmakers and film subjects coming from as far away as Nepal for the festival. And others from places like Italy, Mexico, France, Ireland, Indonesia, Cuba, Canada, Guatemala, the Phillipines, and more.

Q: Have you ever directed a movie?

Puig: No, I am not a filmmaker.

I have spent most of my career as a film journalist, and over 20 of those years as a film critic. I also teach college, moderate film-related panels and Q&As, and have a film consulting business. The closest I've come to the filmmaking process is my work as a cultural consultant on films, in which I offer cultural advice and guidance to filmmakers. I have endless admiration for directors.

It's a very challenging undertaking, taking an idea and translating that vision into an actual living, breathing, work of art.

Q: How would you describe a strong narrative?

Puig: A strong narrative is a story that works from inception to conclusion, a story that tracks and keeps the viewer engaged, and feels compelling, fresh, inventive, imaginative, and not derivative. The best narratives don't get bogged down with exposition. The old adage "show, don't tell" is definitely true for movies. Pacing is key and letting a story unfold in a way that isn't rushed, but also doesn't drag is essential. They should be surprising, or at least not predictable, and avoid formula or convention.

Q: What is your favorite movie genre?

Or favorites?

Puig: What I learned early on as a film critic is that there are good films in every genre. (And, of course, there are also bad films in every genre.)

Before I began reviewing movies, I thought I had favorite genres – sharp,

witty comedies, compelling legal dramas, and twisting psychological thrillers. I thought I didn't enjoy westerns or war movies. But then I saw some amazing westerns, and some fascinating war films and realized that great movies come in all genres and it's closed minded to prefer certain genres over others.

So, I guess I would say my favorite films are ones that enchant and surprise me, films that take me somewhere I've not been to before, films in which I'm kept guessing and am fascinated by. I refer to them as movies that make you sit up a bit taller in your seat, movies in which you can't wait to see what will happen next. Some examples of those movies are Three Kings; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Ex-Machina; Pan's Labyrinth; Roma; Minari; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Slumdog Millionaire; Snowpiercer; Magnolia; Minority Report; Django Unchained; Out of Sight; The Lives of Others, to name just a few off the top of my head.

Q: About how many of the films showed at the 2022 festival will be world or U.S. premieres?

Puig: About 70 to 75 percent of all our films will be world or U.S. premieres. We have a higher percentage than in previous years.

Q: Are there any themes or driving messages you hope to highlight through this year’s SBIFF programming?

Puig: Mainly we want to highlight the importance of good storytelling as well as diversity in filmmaking. I believe it's essential for film festivals to showcase original stories from a wide range of voices that reflect many different points of view, cultures, traditions, perspectives, and experiences.

Q: What qualities and elements did you search for when curating the 2022 SBIFF film slate?

Puig: We look for fresh, inventive, and imaginative films, whether narratives or documentaries. We search for well-made films that are

Puig: Thank you for asking this!

Diversity and inclusion are subjects that are very important to me.

Actually, they're near and dear to my heart. I have taught a college class on "Diversity in the Media" for the last four years and I am the product of a diversity push in journalism. I began my career in the late 1980s at the Los Angeles Times as a news intern in the Minority Editorial Training Program. From there, I became a staff writer, and worked at the LA Times eleven years. I then spent 18 years as staff writer and film critic at USA Today. I am the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and my first language was Spanish. Growing up in Los Angeles I rarely saw people who looked like me or my family on TV or in the movies. Hispanic names were rarely seen among newspaper staff writers then. Even now, while I am president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, I am the lone Latina in a group of 60 film critics-in Southern California, where Latinos are almost not a minority!

When I was film critic at USA TODAY, there were very few women doing my job at major metropolitan dailies, and no other Latina film critics at major newspapers in the U.S. So, my background teaching about diversity has been informed by my professional life and it definitely informs my selection of festival films.

Two of my programming colleagues at SBIFF are Latino, and Roger Durling, the director of the festival is also Latino. Another programming colleague is a woman. We all agree that a diverse and inclusive slate of excellent, well-made films is our goal.

All of us are deeply committed to a film slate that reflects a wide range of voices and filmmakers of different races, ethnicities, backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, and from all around the world who represent many perspectives. When we announce our slate in February, I think you'll see that we've carefully chosen the line-up with this very much in mind.

For more information on Festival passes and programs, visit to www.sbiff.org

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Other Local Cinema Events WOMAN OF EARTH

Online film screening and Q&A with filmmaker Isadora Carneiro • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Free • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm We, 2/9.

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Proyección de películas en línea y sesión de preguntas y respuestas con la cineasta Isadora Carneiro • UCSB MultiCultural Center • Gratis • https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm miércoles, 2/9.

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Una divertida parodia de Chekov • Teatro del Centro de Arte de Ojai, Ojai • $18-20 • www.ojaiact.org • 7:30pm viernes, 1/21 al 2/13.

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View the Met Live’s performance of Rigoletto at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall

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Sing 2 (PG): Fri-Thur: 4:40, 7:15.

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Parallel Mothers (R): Fri-Thur: 7:20.

Licorice Pizza (R): Fri-Wed: 4:45, 7:45.

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West Side Story (PG13): Fri-Thur: 4:00.

House of Gucci (R): Fri-Wed: 4:10, 7:30. Thur: 4:10.

Death on the Nile* (PG13): Thur: 5:05, 8:00.

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T LOOKS LIKE the Omicron variant has actually spurred higher growth.

Fourth quarter GDP growth exploded to 6.9 percent, surpassing most estimates of five to six percent, as GDP got a big lift at the end of last year from businesses scrambling to restock empty shelves in time for the holiday season and warehouses hit by disruptions during the pandemic.

Massive government stimulus spending was a big help as GDP increased by 5.7 percent for the full year, before tapering in the final quarter. That’s the biggest gain since 1984.

The BEA said, “The increase in real GDP primarily reflected increases in private inventory investment, exports, personal consumption expenditures (PCE), and nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by decreases in both federal and state and local government spending.

Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.”

Both businesses and consumers spent more, but the 24.5 percent increase in Q4 exports was the biggest surprise. It means other countries are buying more of our products and services, which is in turn a sign that their economies are recovering as well.

And consumer spending that powers two-thirds of economic activity rose a remarkable 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter, vs. 2 percent in the third quarter.

The value of inventories soared by $240 billion — one of the biggest increases in decades — as companies ramped up production to try to meet higher demand.

What does this tell us? That the main cause of inflation isn’t too many Federal Reserve $$ in circulation that has put pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates sooner rather than later.

The BEA noted that government aid has in fact decreased. Inflation should decline as the shortages of workers and supplies are reduced. Businesses will eventually

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The chief obstacles? He says “Ongoing shortages of labor and supplies that have boosted inflation to a nearly 40-year high.

Inflation-adjusted incomes actually fell at a 5.8% annual pace in the fourth quarter.”

But surging exports are a sign of a worldwide recovery in demand for American products and services, and that the supply bottlenecks will soon be a thing of the past.

It’s as if the Omicron variant is becoming a mere blip on the screen of future growth.

Harlan Green © 2022 Follow Harlan Green on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarlanGreen Harlan Green has been the 16-year EditorPublisher 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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Jesse Rosenberg Joins SB Education Foundation

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February 4, 2022

JESSE ROSENBERG has joined the Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Board of Directors. Currently, Rosenberg leads the local electric bike-share program BCycle. Her past experiences include serving as a Senior Leader at Zagster, and working in the advertising industry at Centro and NBCUniversal in New York. She has also volunteered with the non-profits Music for Tomorrow, Homeless Children International, and the Entrepreneurship Empowerment Program in South Africa. Rosenberg is an alumna of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse, School of Public Communications, and earned her MBA from Boston College. www.sbefoundation.org

SB Airport to Support Alpha Resource Center with Plane Pull Fundraiser

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OMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO TEAM UP WITH THEIR STRONGEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS FOR A GOOD CAUSE this February, as the Santa Barbara Airport hosts nonprofit Alpha Resource Center’s Inaugural Plane Pull fundraiser on Saturday, February 26th. Held in partnership with Alaska Airlines and Signature Flight Support, this fun and creative event will ask teams to attempt to pull a 100,000-pound Alaska Airlines Embraer 175 aircraft.

“The ability of the individuals we support at Alpha Resource Center is unlimited. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate this fact than our Alpha participants and families joining with teams from throughout the Santa Barbara community to do something we all might think is impossible at first – pulling an actual Alaska Airlines plane! Each of us is going to walk away with a new perspective on what’s possible,” said Josh Weitzman, Executive Director of Alpha Resource Center.

Teams will compete by attempting to pull the aircraft with a rope a distance of 15 feet as quickly as possible. There will be two divisions of teams, with one being for the general community and the other exclusively for public safety personnel such as EMTs, police officers, and firefighters.

Competing teams will raise funds for Alpha Resource Center by gaining sponsors to support their team’s participation with each member of a ten person team required to raise at least $100 to participate. Participants will receive an event t-shirt and an opportunity to win championship prizes.

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MERICAN RIVIERA BANK ANNOUNCED ITS ANNUAL YEAR END RESULTS OF UNAUDITED NET INCOME OF $11,829,000 ($2.30 PER SHARE) for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, this week. This represents a 60 percent increase in net income from the $7,378,000 ($1.45 per share) earned in the same reporting period in the prior year. In 2021, the Bank achieved an annualized return on average assets of 1.04 percent and return on average equity of 13.02 percent. Unaudited net income was $2,747,000 ($0.53 per share) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021, compared to the $2,379,000 ($0.47 per share) earned in the prior year.

Core loans, excluding SBA PPP loans, have grown 17 percent or $112 million over the last year since December 31, 2020. The Bank maintained strong credit quality with no other real estate owned, no loans 90 days or more past due, and only $2.9 million or 0.38 percent of total loans excluding PPP on non-accrual status, which are well supported by collateral.

“We have our loyal clients and dedicated team members to thank for record earnings and strong balance sheet growth in 2021. The pandemic continued to disrupt our business and personal lives, yet our bankers worked tirelessly to respond to the deposit and lending needs of the communities we serve. In turn, the Bank was able to share its success by increasing wages and benefits for our hard-working team, increasing donations and sponsorships on the Central Coast, and reporting strong growth in earnings and tangible book value per share for our shareholders. This is the power of community banking!” noted Jeff DeVine, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Riviera Bank.

ARB continues to experience tremendous deposit growth with a 38 percent or $330 million increase in total deposits since December 31, 2020. Non-interest bearing demand deposits increased 41 percent or $138 million over the last year. Deposit inflows from our clients have been the driving factor in the total assets of the Bank increasing $335 million, or 34 percent, since December 31, 2020 to a total of $1.3 billion at December 31, 2021.

American Riviera Bank continues to be well capitalized with a Tier 1 Capital Ratio of 11 percent (well above the regulatory guideline of 8% for well capitalized institutions). The tangible book value per share of American Riviera Bank common stock increased to $17.92 at December 31, 2021.

American Riviera Bank is a full-service community bank focused on serving the lending and deposit needs of businesses and consumers on the Central Coast of California. The state-chartered bank opened for business on July 18, 2006, with the support of local shareholders. Full-service branches are located in Santa Barbara, Montecito, Goleta, San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles. www.americanriviera.bank

Manuel Esquivel Celebrates 20 Years with PSHH

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MANUEL ESQUIVEL is celebrating 20 years of working with People’s Self-Help Housing, where he acts as a Maintenance Technician. He joined PSHH in 2002 as an Assistant Maintenance Technician, later becoming a Maintenance Technician until last year being promoted to Maintenance Technician II. In this role, he supports the Property Management branch of PSHH, specifically the organization’s Northern Santa Barbara properties. Along with his team, Esquivel ensures properties are well-maintained, beautiful, perform preventative maintenance, and address daily needs.

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Government Meetings • Reuniones gubernamentales COUNTY AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE • 9am Fr, 2/4 •

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COMITÉ ASESOR DE LA RESERVA AGRÍCOLA DEL CONDADO • 9am viernes, 2/4 • https://tinyurl.com/nhfymsf8

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2/8 • www.countyofsb.org/bos

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CITY STAFF HEARING OFFICER • 9am We, 2/9 • www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO

FUNCIONARIO DE AUDIENCIAS DEL PERSONAL DE LA CIUDAD• 9am miércoles, 2/9 •

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COMITÉ DE ESTACIONAMIENTO DEL CENTRO DE LA CIUDAD • 7:30am jueves, 2/10 •

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MONTECITO BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW • 1pm Th, 2/10 • https://tinyurl.com/2p88jwwv JUNTA DE REVISIÓN ARQUITECTÓNICA DE MONTECITO • 1pm jueves, 2/10 •

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CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE DELIBERATION • 6pm Th, 2/10 • https://tinyurl.com/tfpmy6c6

DELIBERACIÓN DEL COMITÉ DE SERVICIOS HUMANOS Y DESARROLLO COMUNITARIO DE LA CIUDAD • 6pm jueves, 2/10 • https://tinyurl.com/tfpmy6c6

COMMUNITY INFORMATIONAL MEETING REGARDING SUPER 8 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT • 6pm

Th, 2/10 • Join Zoom at https://bit.ly/3KISYLv

REUNIÓN INFORMATIVA COMUNITARIA SOBRE EL DESARROLLO DE VIVIENDA DE APOYO PERMANENTE SUPER 8 • 6pm jueves, 2/10 • Únete a Zoom en https://bit.ly/3KISYLv

CENTRAL BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW • 9:15am Fr, 2/11 • https://tinyurl.com/yc2bejv8 JUNTA CENTRAL DE REVISIÓN ARQUITECTÓNICA • 9:15am viernes, 2/11 • https://tinyurl.com/yc2bejv8

CITY INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION COMMUNITY MEETING • 10-

11:30am Sa, 2/12 • Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St. • https://tinyurl.com/y8j8ej32

REUNIÓN COMUNITARIA DE LA COMISIÓN INDEPENDIENTE DE REDISTRIBUCIÓN DE DISTRITOS DE LA CIUDAD • 10-11:30am Sa, 2/12 •

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SBMA VAN GOGH PARTNER ART REVIEW: Leon Dabo, En France Encore. At Sullivan Goss through March 28th

Late Life Light R

By Josef Woodard / VOICE

EGULAR SULLIVAN GOSS GALLERY OBSERVERS and art-watchers will know something of the Frenchman-in-NewYork artist Leon Dabo. The gallery, having acquired the artist’s estate eleven years ago under the aegis of original owner Frank Goss, has presented the quietly majestic art of Dabo (1864-1960) in group shows and a few solo exhibitions with catalogues in tow.

But something different this way comes in the current exhibition, Leon Dabo: En France Encore, a literally late-breaking venture on various fronts.

Much of the delectable show focuses on the artist’s disarming late period, when his muse apparently led him to a more vibrant way of artistic being, in kinship with a certain post-post-impressionist way of artistic being.

Not coincidentally, the exhibition is strategically timed with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s pending blockbuster van Gogh exhibition, opening later this month. That major event, along with this parallel show and other satellite events around the local art scene, was

Apparently, the late period Dabo, already innately an individualist resistant to categorization, felt no hesitation in his “late period” in leaning back into painting idioms whose heyday came decades prior.

Echoes of Cezanne, Gauguin, Vlaminck and, yes, van Gogh buzz about the gallery, particularly in the altered-reality palette of Red Landscape with Lake and Landscape in Provence, both from Sunrise by Leon Dabo 1952, and Untitled (Red Roofed Farm Village). In these canvases, we roll into the spirit of tumbling, rounded forms in land and clouded skies, and winks of Fauvist color distortions.

The original “wild beast” description of the style when it was fresh and revolutionary is better updated here to a kind of “mild beast” style.

While the work here is easily appreciated on artfor-art’s-sake terms, knowledge of the larger backstory of the artist helps to illuminate our understanding.

The exhibition layout conveys its own, vaguely chronological tale, starting with examples of his early, better-known style—the grey-blue Tonalist effect of his muted, maritime 1938 painting Normandy Coast and the white setting versus wilted deep red floral study of Last Roses, from 1937.

Courtesy Photos

Etany de Barre, Near St. Victoire by Leon Dabo

delayed by two years, courtesy of COVID.

Red Landscape with Lake by Leon Dabo

Then, in a stroke of telling contrast, visual/emotional spirits shift abruptly from dark to light, in synch with his personal history. The dark and brooding air of the small Etude, Red Roofed Village Across the Sea, painted in 1939 in his Nazi-threatening homeland, segues into the glowing, luminous wintry crispness of Mont Sainte-Victoire en Hiver (in Winter), after his 1940 escape – with his Jewish wife – to America.

Angst has clearly lifted, presaging a lift in his general palette and nostalgic outlook, back to French countryside and painting isms popular around the fin de siecle.

In his art dating from age 80 on to his death in 1960, aged 96, Dabo blazed new/old personal

trails. In the loosely-brushed Etany de Barre, Near St. Victoire (1951), a lightness of being prevails, in both the palette, brushstroke effects, and landscape overview.

Calligraphically brushed hints of spindly, leafless trees appear as ghostly protagonists in the scene. Two canvases bearing the title Sunrise evoke the mercurial creative impulses the aging artist heeded. The first, circa 1952, is a dreamy blue/green image, with the orange orb neatlyplaced in a crook in the composition.

A double-take may be in order while taking in the strangest painting in the show, his 1954 Sunrise. Here, Dabo surprises yet again by leaning into a quasimodernist variation on his own theme, adopting a strange, askew perspective in terms of compositional order and palette, awash in a surreal yellow-suffused atmosphere. With this painting, Dabo looks outward and inward, but detours around fond memories of French rural scenery and artistic ancestors’ legacies, instead settling into a happy mystery zone of his own devising.

The muse was with him, right to the end.

Mont Sainte-Victoire en Hiver [in Winter] by Leon Dabo Josef Woodard is a veteran cultural critic, who wrote for the Los Angeles Times for 25 years, has contributed to Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, DownBeat, and many music magazines, and a long association with the Santa Barbara Independent and News-Press. To date, he has published two books for Silman-James Press, on jazz legends Charles Lloyd and Charlie Haden, respectively. He recently published a debut novel, Ladies Who Lunch. Woodard is also a musician, a guitarist, songwriter, and head of the Household Ink Records label.

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A rt | A rte • GALLERIES • STUDIOS • • MUSEUMS • • PUBLIC PLACES

Gerald Patrick Showing through Feb. 28

CASA DE LA GUERRA: Currently Closed CASA DOLORES: Navidad Mexicana and Nativity scenes ~ Feb 5; Ongoing: Bandera Ware and traditional outfits, Huichol, Tehuana dress, China Poblana skirt • 1023 Bath St • www.casadolores.org CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY: Remedy: Art is the Cure ~ Mar 25 • 1st fl, 105 E. Anacapa St • 805-568-3994

Evening Glow - Douglas Preserve

CLAY STUDIO GALLERY: Selections from the Don Reitz Collection • 805-565-CLAY • www.claystudiosb.org • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd,

Waterhouse Gallery

CORRIDAN GALLERY: 125 N Milpas • We-Sa 11-5 & by Appt • 805-966-7939 • www.corridan-gallery.com CYPRESS GALLERY: 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • Sat & Sun 1-4 • 805-737-1129 • www.lompocart.org EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA BÁRBARA: Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas • 123 E. Canon Perdido St • Th-Sun 11-4 • www.sbthp.org/presidio ELVERHØJ MUSEUM: Fables, Foibles & Fairy Tales by Artist Susan Read Cronin ~ April 24 • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-6861211 • Th-Mo 11-5 • www.elverhoj.org

A. Michael Marzolla

Contemporary Art / Excogitation Services

www.marzozart.com 805-452-7108

10 WEST GALLERY: New Vibes 2022 ~ Mar 7 • 10 W Anapamu • Thu-Sun 11-5 • 805-770-7711 • www.10westgallery.com ARCHITECTURAL FDN GALLERY: Attention to Loss by Pecos Pryor ~ Mar 5 • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • www.afsb.org ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM: Harmonia Rosales: Entwined; Sound of a Thousand Years: Gagaku Instruments from Japan ~ May 1 • We-Sun 12-5 • 805-8932951 • www.museum.ucsb.edu

Silo118 118 Gray Street Funk Zone ART FROM SCRAP GALLERY: www.exploreecology.org/art-from-scrap ATKINSON GALLERY: Cosmovisión Indígena Art Lab 2.0 with Tanya Aguiñiga, Porfirio Gutierrez, MICOP Mixteco/Indigena Community Organization Project ~ Feb 18 (Gallery closed thru Feb 17) • SBCC Humanities Bldg #202, East Campus, 721 Cliff Dr. • http://gallery.sbcc.edu BELLA ROSA GALLERIES: 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707

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Original Oil Painting by

Ralph Waterhouse La Arcada at State & Figueroa Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-8885 www.waterhousegallery.com

MARCIA BURTT STUDIO: Holiday 2021 ~ Feb 6 • 517 Laguna St • Th-Su 1-5 • 805-962-5588 • www.artlacuna.com

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

MAUNE CONTEMPORARY: Finally Home ~ April • 1309 State St • Tu-Su 11-5 & By appt • 805-869-2524 • www.maune.com

SANTA BARBARA ARTS: Unique fine art & crafts from local artists & crafts people • 1114 State St #24 La Arcada Ct • Th-Su 11-5 • 805-884-1938 • www.SBArts.net

GALLERY 113: SB Art Assn: Lily Sanders: Vibrant Watercolors ~ Feb 25 • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 2-5 daily • www.gallery113sb.com

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SB: This Basic Asymmetry • Feb 5 ~ Apr 17 • 653 Paseo Nuevo • www.mcasantabarbara.org

JAMES MAIN FINE ART: 19th & 20th Fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St • Tu-Sa 12-5 • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347 JARDIN DE LAS GRANADAS: re[visit] 1925

by Cochran & Smith • 21 E Anapamu St.

805 962-5588 www.artlacuna.com

PORTICO GALLERY: Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • www.porticofinearts.com

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

GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: Reservations 805.969.9990 • www.lotusland.org

Marcia Burtt Gallery 517 Laguna St., Santa Barbara

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: Queen of the Coast • Thu-Su 12-4 • 865 Linden Av • 805-684-7789 • www.carpinteriaartscenter.org

FAULKNER GALLERY: AIA Santa Barbara Design Awards 2021 Exhibition ~ Mar 28 • www.aiasb.com

GALLERY LOS OLIVOS: Closed through Feb. due to COVID • www.gallerylosolivos.com

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MUSEUM OF SENSORY & MOVEMENT EXPERIENCES: La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Av #F119 • www.seehearmove.com PALM LOFT GALLERY: 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carp • By Appt • 805-684-9700 • www.Palmloft.com PEREGRINE GALLERIES: Early California and American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-252-9659 • www.Peregrine.shop

SANTA BARBARA FINE ART: Richard Schloss: Painting the Light ~ Mar • 1321 State St • MoSa 12-5; Su 12-4; Closed We • 805-845-4270 • www.santabarbarafineart.com SANTA BARBARA TENNIS CLUB: Abract Nine ~ Mar 3 • 10-2 daily • 2375 Foothill Rd • 805-682-4722 SB BOTANIC GARDEN: Pressed: Botanical Art and The Herbarium • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • www.sbbg.org SB HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Queen on the Hill, Borein & His Circle of Friends, The Story of SB • 136 E De la Guerra • Thur 12-5, Fri 127; Sat 12-5 • 805-966-1601 • www.sbhistorical.org SB MARITIME MUSEUM: Mermaids:

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SB Portraits of Survival • Mo-Th 9am-5pm, Fr 9am-3:30pm • 805-957-1115 KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY & MUSEUM: 21 W Anapamu St • We-Su 12-4 • 805-962-5322.

KATHRYNE DESIGNS: Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • M-Sa 10-5; Su 11-5 • 805-565-4700 LA CUMBRE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: Three Multi-Artist Galleries at La Cumbre Plaza • Wed-Sun 1-6 • lacumbrecenterforcreativearts@gmail.com

Roe Anne White photography

Butterfly Beach 117 www.roeannewhite.com roeannewhite.com

LOBSTERTOWN USA GALLERY: 3823 Santa Claus Ln, Carpinteria • Open Thu-Sa 125pm • www.lobstertownusa.com

John Randall Nelson, mixed media, 72 x 48

Brian Woolford Illuminations Gallery La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts La Cumbre PLaza

3823 Santa Claus Ln, Carpinteria lobstertownusa@gmail.com

www.lobstertownusa.com

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REH | Studio Space

Visualizing the Myths & Legends ~ Mar 31 • 113 Harbor Way, Ste 190 • Thu-Su 10-5 • www.SBMM.org • 805-962-8404

SB MUSEUM OF ART: Highlights of American Art; Portrait of Mexico Today; Important Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection: New Selections; Mediated Nature; Contemporary Gallery - Ongoing; • Tu – Su, 11 –5; Thu, 11-8 • www.sbma.net • 805-963-4364 SB MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: What’s in our Drawers? ~ Mar 31 • Wed-Sun 10-5 • 805-682-4711• www.sbnature.org • (The Sea Center is closed through Spring 2022 • some exhibitions now at Natural History Campus)

Art Events Eventos de Arte PAINT JAM: Find your voice in 15 words of less- Create a “Painted Affirmation” Feb. 2, Feb. 9, Feb. 16 • Virtual workshops start at 5pm ($29-$108) • Register: https://tinyurl.com/5xeccwj5 PAINT JAM: Encuentra tu voz en 15 palabras o menos: crea una “afirmación pintada” 9 de febrero, 16 de febrero • Los talleres virtuales comienzan a las 5pm ($29-$108) • Regístrate: https:/ /tinyurl.com/5xeccwj5 MIXED MEDIA & COLLAGE WORKSHOP: Six weeks-long workshop for all levels • The Art Process • Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St. • $210 • Register https://tinyurl.com/y57bat9s • 4pm, Th 2/3 through 3/10.

TALLER DE TÉCNICA MIXTA Y COLLAGE: Taller de seis semanas para todos los niveles • El proceso artístico • Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St. • $210 • Regístrate en https://tinyurl.com/y57bat9s • 4pm, jueves 2/3 al 3/10.

THOMAS REYNOLDS GALLERY: The Art of California • Th-Sat 12-5 & By Appt • www.thomasreynolds.com UCSB LIBRARY: A Call to Action: Documenting Santa Barbara’s Art & Activism ~ Jun 24 (Special Collections); Art of Science 2020 ~ Dec 31 • in the Learning Commons • www.library.ucsb.edu WATERHOUSE GALLERY: Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mon-Sat, 12-4 Sun • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com

Draw a whale or anything ocean-related. Use only crayons, colored pencils, and/or markers on standard 8.5x 11” white paper.

Sign-Up for the REH | Newsletter Ruth@RuthEllenHoag.com • 805 689-0858

SILO 118: Blaze, Lapalma, Foley & Foley, Patrick • Now re-opened! • 118 Gray St • 12-5 Th-Sa or by appt • www.silo118.com

WESTMONT RIDLEY-TREE MUSEUM OF ART: Marie Schoeff: Amplifying the Between ~ Mar 26 • 805-565-6162 • M-F 10-4 • www.westmont.edu/museum WILDLING MUSEUM: Close to Home, Three Printmakers: Claudia Borfiga, Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn ~ Feb 22 • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • www.wildlingmuseum.org

SULLIVAN GOSS: AN AMERICAN GALLERY: Leon Dabo: En France Encore ~ Mar 28; Juxtaposed ~ Feb 21 • 11 E Anapamu St • 805-730-1460 • www.sullivangoss.com SYV HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CARRIAGE HOUSE: Art Of The Western Saddle; Tales From Mattei’s Tavern • 3596 Sagunto St, Santa Ynez • Sa, Su 12-4 • 805-688-7889 • www.santaynezmuseum.org

FIBER FRENZY SALE: Fiber arts sale • SB Fiber Arts Guild • Free • Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N La Cumbre Rd. • 10am3pm Sa, 2/5.

VENTA DE FIBRA FRENÉTICA: Venta de artes de fibra • SB Fiber Arts Guild • Gratis • Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N La Cumbre Rd. • 10am a 3pm, 2/5.

OPENING RECEPTION: THOMAS VAN STEIN AND WYLLIS HEATON: Waterhouse Gallery, La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • Reception 4-6pm Sa, 2/5.

RECEPCIÓN DE APERTURA: THOMAS VAN STEIN Y WYLLIS HEATON: Waterhouse Gallery, La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • Recepción 4-6pm sábado, 2/5.

SKETCHING IN THE GALLERIES: Sketch inspired by art • SB Museum of Art • Free • www.sbma.net • 5:30pm Th, 2/10.

DIBUJANDO EN LAS GALERÍAS: Haz bocetos inspirado por el arte • Museo de Arte SB • Gratis • www.sbma.net • 5:30pm jueves, 2/10.

STUDIO SUNDAY - PRINTING INK: Informal printing workshop • SB Museum of Art Family Resource Center • Free • www.sbma. net • 1:30-4:30pm Su, 2/13.

DOMINGO DE ESTUDIO - TINTA DE IMPRENTA: Taller informal de impresión • Museo de Arte de SB, Centro de Recursos Familiares • Gratis • www.sbma.net • 1:304:30pm domingo, 2/13.

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VER 150 OF VINCENT VAN GOGH’S PAINTINGS, including some of his most famous works, were created after he voluntarily committed himself to a mental hospital in Saint-Rémy-deProvence, France. Van Gogh made the decision after he continued struggling with his mental health following cutting his ear in Arles.

He was also briefly forced to stay in an Arles hospital after residents wrote a petition to the mayor stating he was a community danger.

In the Saint-Rémy hospital, van Gogh was given an extra room for his studio. Depending on his mental state, he fluctuated between Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890), Hospital painting outside in at Saint-Rémy, October 1889. Oil on canvas. the hospital gardens Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, The Armand Hammer Collection, and surrounding area Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. or working indoors, inspired by the view from his window — including The Starry Night and the painting above which will be on view in the coming SBMA exhibition. Consistently, even after suffering several relapses that prevented him from painting at all, van Gogh returned to his art as a creative outlet.

“When you receive the canvases that I have done in the garden, you will see that I am not too melancholy here,” he wrote to his brother, Theo.

Image courtesy of SB Museum of Art

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To learn more about van Gogh, visit www.vangoghmuseum.nl

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s exhibition, Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and his Sources, opens February 27th, 2022. www.SBMA.net

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La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts

Van Gogh on the Plaza

CALL FOR ARTISTS Ingathering: March 7th (in person) • 9am - noon Juried exhibition in the galleries of the La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts featuring work by Santa Barbara area artists that is related to or influenced by van Gogh. The exhibition is in cooperation with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Van Gogh exhibit in February, March, and April and will run through April 3rd.

LCCCA will provide: • Gallery space for hanging 2D pieces • Pedestals for 3D work.

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Send your art openings, receptions, and events to Art@VoiceSB.com to be included in this free listing.

Submissions must: 2D art cannot exceed 11” x 14” framed. Unframed art must be 1.5” in depth. All 2D artwork must be wired and ready to hang. 3D art must be free standing, fit on existing pedestals, and weigh no more than 50lbs.

Fees: will be paid at the ingathering: $20 for the first entry, $10 for subsequent entries with three entries maximum.

Commission: LCCCA will deduct 20% from each sale.

More information: https://lcccasb.com/call-to-artists/

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UCSB MULTICULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS

Racism in Policing on Campuses

CONSCIOUS CONVERSATIONS SERIES

Racism, racial violence, and police Panelists: brutality impact our local community CHARMAINE CHUA, Assistant Professor of Global 1 Thursday is an and evening of art and our youth.

This conversation Studies at UCSB. Her4interdisciplinary scholarly FEBRUARY SANTA BARBARA ART WORKS culture in downtown Santa Barbara. and political work is on logistics, racial capitalism st 28 East Victoria Street seeks tomonth, highlight the current and 1 THURSDAY On the first Thursday of each and terrains of internationalist struggle under This month Santa Barbara Art participating galleries and cultural U.S. empire. She organizes for prison and police PARTICIPATING VENUES on-going racial injustices, both in Works will focus abolition with the Abolition Collective and is aon the art of art venues are open from 5-8pm pattern.

Our founding member of Cops Off Campus.featured artist Ryan offering the publichigher free access to art education and K-12, that Sebits, loves to work in patterns 1 SBIFF’S SANTA BARBARA FILMMAKER in a fun and social environment. In and will include them in some SCREENING SERIES arecomes embedded through policing on addition, State Street alive with DYLAN RODRIGUEZ, Professor in the Department way in almost every art piece he SBIFF Eduction Center, 1330 State Street performances and interactive exhibits. of Media and Cultural Studies at UC Riverside and campuses. Learn the racist origins makes.

Many other works on display by 20 other artists.

This month we are featuring named to the inaugural class of Freedom Scholars.

Abigail Fuller ’s SHEPHARD ’S He is a teacher, scholar, and collaborator who of policing, the impacts of policing works with and within and other SONG. After her parents’ death, LONETREE 5 abolitionist rt as a guide to all 1 Thursday destinations. radical communities and movements.

Jenya embarks on a new path 1221 State Street, Suite 24, on communities of color, and how nues are open to the public 5-8pm. restoring ecosystems with 805-892-7335 police divestmenther is flock an investment of sheep. In healing Join (she/her/hers) us at LONETREE in Victoria KRYSTLE FARMER SIEGHART is pating Venues Performances the land, we heal ourselves.

Court, a new home furnishings store a mother, Black femme, a grassroots activist, a in our future.

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SantaMichelle Barbara, Beamer. and starting at 5:30 through 7:30. Runtime: 18co-founder minutes. of Healing Justice designer Offering has served more then 6 years as an experienced a selection of new, vintage, custom designed pieces, 2 f venues are providing alcohol for your community organizer, facilitator and mentor. as well as collections from amazing sources. Join SANTA BARBARA FINE ART evening. In order to continue to offer this us for Kompas Club wines and a showcase of new 1321 State Street, 805-845-4270 st ask that you follow some simple rules: sofas, lighting, case pieces, art, and much more.

KAVYA SURESH (she/her/ella) is a sophomore Join us for Painting the Light by at San Marcos Senior High School and a founding Original Oak Group member must be 21+ to drink on the tour. member of the Cops Off Campus SB Youth and renowned Santa Barbara 6 DOMECÍL ease be prepared to show I.D. Coalition, an organization of students working landscape artist, Richard Schloss.

1221 State Street, Suite 7, to abolish police presence from Santa Barbara We feature works by some of Santa consume alcohol ONLY inside the 805-324-4971 Unified District’s schools.

Barbara's best local landscape galleries and venues. domecíl showcases items for artists, including 13 Oak Group members. Champagne the home, including fiber Moderated LUCERO may NOT travel between venues and wine will be served. Live music by Bruce Goldish. by GEOVANY a“GEO” rts, ceramics, woodwork, (they/them), a non-binary, queer, and Latine th any alcohol in your glass. fine art,at and original bespoke, fifth year Feminist Studies major UC Santa s m a l l b a t c h clothing. This Barbara and a UCSB student organizer. Currently We reserve the right to st 1 Thursday, we local figurative artist Hannah they are serving the student body as one ofpresent five refuse service to anyone. executive officers for Associated Students as original paintings based on the Jaffe, exhibiting @UCSBMCC the Student Advocate General. female form. Also shop works by floral designer ACE MASKS REQUIRED * 3 MAUNE CONTEMPORARY M a rg i e M c A l e e r, s e l l i n g r u s t i c l i ve a n d d r i e d per Santa Barbara County Public Health, 1309 State Street, 805-869-2524 bouquets, all in the heart of beautiful Victoria Court. + must wear face masks while indoors, Please join us for the grand opening of Maune Contemporary's Santa of vaccination status. Please stay safe!

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Santa Barbara’s

Cultural Night

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Downtown

February 3rd • 5-8pm

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

Galleries, Museums, & Art Venues ❶

SBIFF’S SB FILMMAKER SCREENING SERIES • SBIFF Education Center, 1330 State St • Featuring Abigail Fuller’s SHEPHARD’S SONG. After her parents’ death, Jenya embarks on a new path restoring ecosystems with her flock of sheep. In healing the land, we heal ourselves. Showtimes every 30 minutes, 5:30 - 7:30. Runtime: 18 min.

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SANTA BARBARA FINE ART • 1321 State St, 805-8454270 • Painting the Light by Original Oak Group member and renowned SB landscape artist, Richard Schloss. We feature works by some of Santa Barbara's best local landscape artists, including 13 Oak Group members.

Champagne and wine will be served. Live music by Bruce Goldish.

ceramic vessels, porcelain wall sculptures, and figurative and botanical paintings. Open 11am - 5pm, closed Tuesdays.

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❾ CRUSH BAR & TAP • 1129 State St, Suite A, 805-770-8077

• At Crush Bar we strive to provide a safe, inclusive, loving, and respectful space for all to gather and enjoy. Come try our locally sourced bites, participate in our rainbow social, sing karaoke, and enjoy our all-day happy hour. Come by, relax, have a drink, and be a part of the fun!

10 SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART • 1130 State St,

805-963-4364 • Bring the family to enjoy a free teaching artist-led activity in the Museum’s Family Resource Center (5:30-7:30pm). Sketch dragons onto a line drawing of a vase. Finish with a watercolor wash inspired by a 19th-century Korean-painted vase. Enjoy the galleries until 8pm. FREE!

custom designed pieces. Join us for Kompas Club wines and a – lighting, AN AMERICAN GALLERY 8 SULLIVAN showcase ofGOSS new sofas, case pieces, art, and much more.

11 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-1460 ❻ DOMECíL • 1221 State St, Suite 7, 805-324-4971 • Presenting Sullivan Goss celebrates the local figurative artist Hannah Jaffe, exhibiting original paintings based on opening of LEON DABO: the female form. Also shop theEn work of floral designer Margie McAleer, selling rustic live &adried France Encore, s h bouquets, o w o f in the heart of Victoria Court. p o s t❼ - i m10pWEST re s sGALLERY i o n i s t• 10 woWest r k sAnapamu St, 805-770-7711 • t i m eNEW d tVIBES o c o2022 i n ccelebrates i d e w ithe t hnew year with the latest work of eleven local artists. Abstracts of diverse media, large contemporary SBMA's upcoming Van Gogh ex h i b i t i o n . Al s o o n v i e w : Juxtaposed - The Art of Curation, and The Winter Salon.

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1129 State Street, Suite A, 805-770-8077 At Crush Bar we strive to provide a safe, inclusive, loving, and respectful space for all to gather and enjoy.

Join us for our monthly 1st Thursday. Come try locally sourced bites, par ticipate in our rainbow social, sing karaoke, and enjoy our all- day happy hour. We hope you will come by to relax, have a drink, and be a part of the fun!

0 SANTA OFon ART ❹ BARBARA Santa Barbara MUSEUM Art Works focuses the art of

1130 pattern State Street, 805-963-4364 – including work by featured artist Ryan Sebits.

Bring the whole family to enjoy a free teaching artist-led activity in the Museum’s Family Resource Center (5:30 - 7:30 pm).

13 GRASSINI FAMILY VINEYARDS • 24 El Paseo, 805-897-3366 • Join us for another night of delicious food from @EatingWithJo and stunning local jewelry by @PerlinaDesigns. Pair your favorite Grassini wine with traditional Filipino dishes on our patio in the historic Presidio Neighborhood and browse locally designed jewelry inside by the fire.

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MAUNE CONTEMPORARY • 1309 State St, 805-869-2524 • The official grand opening of Maune Contemporary's Santa Barbara location! Featuring a selection of artists from 7 countries. Paintings, sculptures, and limited edition prints. Finally Home.

The group show including abstract, abstract expressionism, pop, realism, & figurative art.GALLERY WEST

10 West Street, ❹ Anapamu SANTA BARBARA ART805-770-7711 WORKS • 28 Victoria2022 St • This month SBAW will NEWEast VIBES celebrates the ❼ focus on the art of pattern.

Featured artist new year with the latest work of New Ryan Sebits, loves to work in patterns and Vibes eleven local artists.

On way display are will include them in some in almost every artof piece he makes.

Many other abstracts diverse media, large resound at 10 West works on display by 20 other artists. contemporar y ceramic vessels, Gallery as they ❺ LONETREE 1221 State St, and Suite 24, porcelain wall •sculptures, bothcelebrate figurative the andnew year, including 805-892-7335 • Join us at LONETREE botanical paintings on canvas. Open 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, in Victoria Court, a new home furnishings works by Patrick closed Tuesdays.

(Image: “Megavase” by Patrick Hall) store owned by interior and furniture Hall. designer Michelle Beamer. New, vintage,

11 Members of one of Santa Barbara’s longest running art collectives, the SB Art Association, will feature Artist of the month Lily Sanders and her vibrant watercolors of Santa Barbara. Featured artists include Jerry Martin, David Peacock, Darlene Roker, and Mary-Gail King.

SULLIVAN GOSS – AN AMERICAN GALLERY • 11 East Anapamu St, 805-730-1460 • Sullivan Goss celebrates the opening of LEON DABO: En France Encore, a show of post-impressionist works timed to coincide with SBMA's upcoming Van Gogh exhibition. Also on view: Juxtaposed - The Art of Curation, and The Winter Salon.

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GALLERY 113 • 1114 State St, La Arcada Court #8, 805-965-6611 • Members of the SB Art Association exhibit here. Artist of the month is Lily Sanders with her vibrant watercolors of Santa Barbara. Featured artists are Jerry Martin, David Peacock, Darlene Roker, and Mary-Gail King. Many other SBAA artists exhibit in the group show.

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WATERHOUSE GALLERY • 1114 State St, ThankLayou forCourt joining us for 1•stFigurative Thursday!

Arcada #9, 805-962-8885 works, interiors, & cityscapes, by some of today’s finest We'll see you next month March 3rd. nationally known local &again Oak Group artists.

Works on

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15 A Historical Scavenger Hunt and Wine

at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum!

(5:45pm).

14 JAMIE SLONE WINES • 23 East De la Guerra St, 805-560-6555 • Come sip on delicious, local wine. Experience and enjoy a local artisanal pairing. Enjoy select white wines for $11 & select red wines for $13 in our cozy tasting room or outside on our Terraza.

15 SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL MUSEUM • 136 East De la Guerra St, 805-966-1601 • Do you know where the oldest building in Santa Barbara is? Or which famous citizen predicted the 1925 earthquake? Visit the Museum for a historical scavenger hunt through the signature gallery, The Story of Santa Barbara. Prizes will be rewarded! Wine until 7pm.

16 LA PALOMA CAFÉ • 702 Anacapa St, 805-966-7029 • Featured artist Stephen Harper specializes in oil and acrylic mediums, both in paint and print. He has been painting since 2016 in addition to a full-time career as a fashion model. Harper was born and raised in San Bernardino and is currently based out of Ventura.

Performers & Special Events:

THE ART CRAWL • 1130 State St, 5:30pm • One of Art Crawl’s original founders, Andi Garcia is a passionate warrior for Santa Barbara arts. She is the perfect person to track down hidden gems and off-the-beaten-track locations for this curated Art Crawl. Meet Andi at the front steps at SBMA and wear comfy shoes so you can crawl in comfort.

STATE STREET PROMENADE MARKET • State St, 900 & 1000 Blocks, Thursdays 3-7:30pm.

MISSION CANYON • Corner of State and Anapamu St, 5-8pm • Mission Canyon brings to life songs and good memories with acoustic instruments and vocally rich arrangements. Patrons will hear everything from Americana to Motown, songs that are widely known and loved, and specializing in instrumental solos and harmonies. Check them out!

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA CREEKS DIVISION • 1000 Block of State St • Visit the City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division’s booth in the State Street Promenade Market, to learn more about the City ’s creek restoration and water quality improvement efforts. Hope to see you there!

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BIG TECH IS UNDERMINING OUR FREE AND VIBRANT PRESS Quality local journalism is key to sustaining civic society, strengthening communal ties, and providing information at a deeper level that national outlets cannot match.

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