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visited with Doctors Without Walls volunteers, and signed up for health care. Steven Waterman (left) picks up a plate of hot food.

Shelter from the Storm

Forecasts for the unyielding rain that soaked Santa Barbara this week prompted warming centers to open their doors and provide dry beds for homeless residents on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Four of 18 organizations in the center rotation activated — the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, First Congregational Church of Santa Barbara, Peace Lutheran in Lompoc, and the Salvation Army in Santa Maria — and provided approximately 200 beds on Tuesday night and, as of press time, the potential for nearly 300 beds on Wednesday evening, said organizer Maria Long. “People get a really good sleep if it’s two nights in a row,” she said.

Doctors Without Walls provided medical care at the Unitarian Society, which Long deemed likeliest to host the highest number of people, and a volunteer group distributed rain ponchos, socks, jackets, and backpacks. Tuesday night also marked the centers’ first foray into checking in visitors via an electronic records system, which Long said will help them track trends in who uses the centers most. The drought has substantially affected the centers’ rates of opening, Long added, noting the 30 nights (and 2,200 beds provided) activated in dry 2013 compared to the wetter 2012, which saw 48 nights open and 4,168 beds provided.

From December through March, Casa Esperanza offers up 100 of its 200 total beds for winter shelter. Unlike the warming centers, Casa’s winter beds are only open to sober Santa Barbara residents, said Joe Tumbler, interim executive director. Those who use the winter beds aren’t required to join Casa’s programs but are admitted on a case-by-case basis and must abide by the organization’s “Good Neighbor” policy, meaning no loitering or nuisance-making, Tumbler said. He estimated that about 30 people currently occupy winter beds — a “much larger” number of people showed up but didn’t meet the sobriety and residency rules — and expects that figure to jump — Lyz Hoffman as the month continues.

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n a quick vote with little discussion, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday to award themselves a $9,964 — or nearly 12 percent — pay raise. They approved a $5,850 annual car allowance and a $7,234 annual benefit allowance, which goes straight into their paychecks, but rescinded their $3,120 annual retirement offset. The raise is effective in February and will be tacked onto the supervisors’ $84,200 salaries, which have been frozen — along with their benefits — since 2006.

The decision, objected to by 4th District Supervisor Peter Adam, was supported by a report from county staff that found Santa Barbara’s supervisors have been paid 30 percent less than The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors their peers in comparable counties and weren’t receiving some of the perks offered to their own chiefs of staff, whose salaries range from $78,164 to $88,560 and whose yearly car and benefit allowances won 4 percent pay increases, from $180,515 to $187,763 each. The addiweigh in at $4,966 and $6,149, respectively. tional cash, effective January 5, 2015, will come alongside an end to their The vote also granted raises for the county’s five elected department retirement offsets and their ability to trade vacation hours for dollars. heads, who haven’t seen their salaries increase since the recession. DisThe fatter paychecks will cost the county an extra $884,000 this fiscal trict Attorney Joyce Dudley received the biggest bump — 14 percent year, about half of which will come from the General Fund. In future — bringing her salary from $179,899 to $205,540. Sheriff Bill Brown got years, the raises will cost $1.6 million, with $747,000 out of the General a 6.3 percent boost, from $189,266 to $201,193. Bob Geis, the auditor- Fund. County staff proposed covering the General Fund withdrawals controller, will be earning 5 percent more, with a raise from $180,515 to with increased property-tax revenue, with the remainder of the bill going ■ $189,763. Clerk-Recorder Joe Holland and Treasurer Harry Hagen both to the affected departments.

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A Santa Barbara gang member already serving a 17-year prison term for attempted murder was sentenced 12/2 to an additional 40 years behind bars for a separate attempted murder that took place in jail. In 2010, Erick Roman, along with two other Eastside gang members, pleaded guilty to a 2007 attack on a rival Westside gang member. The three used knives and a bat to stab and beat the victim. During one of his stays at the jail, Roman, now 27, attacked another inmate with a razor blade. That victim sustained cuts to his head and a laceration to his neck that nearly sliced his jugular. “Mr. Roman, in my opinion, is just an unsuccessful killer,” said Senior Deputy District Attorney Hans Almgren, who prosecuted both cases.

Two members of the anti-government “sovereign citizen” movement have been convicted by a Santa Barbara jury of trying to file a false lien against the home of a North County judge.

Tom Murphy and Jeff Lind were found guilty of multiple felonies, including one count of perjury, and face a maximum of three years and eight months in prison. Without prior records, they are eligible for probation. Murphy, a Missouri resident, has an outstanding warrant in Arizona for impersonating a judge and was ordered into custody out of worry he would not return to Santa Barbara for his sentencing on 12/11.

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City police performed three homeless camp cleanups last week, bringing the total to 29 cleanups this year. Last year, there were 16. The effort is part of an ongoing program that police — along with the city Public Works department and SWAP (Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program) — have carried out for the last several years, though recent crackdowns have been sporadic due to a problem coordinating resources. The department gives 72-hour warnings so people can remove their belongings. When asked if the recent efforts have anything to do with the approaching holidays, officials said they did not, adding that the cleanups are done on an asneeded basis when there are enough resources.

COUNTY Although voters didn’t approve Measure O, the ballot initiative that would have hiked county bed taxes from 10 percent to 12.5 percent, the Board of Supervisors indicated this week that they will still push to increase the 24-year-old rate in the future. In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, the bed taxes generated by hotels in cities — most of which charge a 12 percent tax — and the unincorporated regions raised a combined $46.3 million in revenue. In the last two fiscal years, according to a county report, all jurisdictions saw higher bed-tax revenue than in previous years, and county officials expect to see that revenue grow 5 percent over the next five years.

San Benito County’s Measure J, the drilling ban written by the law firm that authored Santa Barbara County’s Measure P, has been slapped with a $1.2 billion claim by Citadel Exploration.

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The Board of Supervisors this week awarded $645,892 worth of grants to 12 nonprofit organizations. The Community Action Commission received the largest award ($105,058), followed by $79,494 for Catholic Charities and $63,226 to the Santa Maria Valley Youth and Family Center. The remaining recipients are the Legal Aid Foundation ($61,818), Good Samaritan Shelter ($54,275), Domestic Violence Solutions ($52,982), Family Service Agency ($52,530), Isla Vista Youth Projects ($47,950), the Salvation Army ($37,632), Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People ($29,140), and Child Abuse Listening Mediation, and the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse ($30,906 each).

Environmental analyses of the Gaviota Coast Plan and the Goleta Valley Community Plan are moving forward and will be conducted by RECON Environmental, Inc., per a vote by the supervisors on Tuesday. The study for the Gaviota plan could cost up to $203,500, which had already been set aside; since 2009, when work on that plan got underway, a related committee has hosted dozens of public meetings seeking input. Finalizing the analysis of the Goleta Valley plan — the county initiated a committee for that project in 2008 and has since also hosted dozens of hearings — will cost $38,600 on top of the $86,000 already spent on a first draft; that additional money was previously allocated.

HEALTH The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released much-anticipated guidelines that will require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on their menus. “It’s been a long time coming,” said Larry Fay, the county’s Environmental Health Services director.

“More of the large names are going to be subject to [the requirements] even if we only have one or two [locations] in Santa Barbara.” Fast-food joints, sit-down chain restaurants, and convenience stores that sell prepared foods will be subject to the new regulations. Fay said moni-

toring the requirements will be folded into his department’s regular inspections.

GOLETA Councilmember Paula Perotte was selected to be the City of Goleta’s mayor for the next year, with Jim Farr becoming the new mayor pro tempore. Perotte, elected in 2010, and Bennett, elected in 2006 (along with Councilmember Roger Aceves), were reappointed to the dais this year after no candidates challenged their reelection bids; Farr was elected in 2012. Goleta’s councilmembers rotate the mayor position every year, rather than having a specific election for that position.

ISLA VISTA Efforts to bring a representative voice to Isla Vista took a big step forward this week with the introduction of a bill that would establish a community services district in the unincorporated college town. Drafted by Assemblymember Das Williams, AB 3 would create a governing mechanism with taxing powers. Some longterm residents have been opposed to the plan, fearing that short-term students would vote in taxes and then skip town. Williams acknowledged these sentiments and said he will hold stakeholder meetings during the next three months. Any amendments to the bill will be finalized by March before it goes to the Assembly floor next summer.

For years, students who frequented the Isla Vista Teen Center had to study in a dilapidated modular classroom in Estero Park, its leaky roofs and crumbling entry ramp in a state of continuous disrepair. The broken-down building became an official thing of the past on 11/18, as a construction crew broke ground at Estero Park for the new St. George Family and Youth Center, a much-improved 3,200-square-foot facility slated for a February 2015 opening date. The new center, an outpost of the YMCA’s Youth and Family Services, takes its name from Ed St. George, an area developer and philanthropist who offered to build the new center for free.

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Capps Faults Diablo Testifying at a Senate hearing on the safety of nuclear power plants in the Unites States in a post-Fukushima world, Congressmember Lois Capps expressed skepticism that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had been sufficiently “transparent” for the peace of mind of her constituents living near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Avila Beach. “More clearly needs to be done to address these concerns,” she said.

Capps noted that two seismic fault lines have been discovered off the coast from the Diablo Canyon plant; one three miles out was detected only after construction started, and the other — less than a mile out — was identified in 2008, well after the plant began generating enough electricity to power three million homes. “Considering how and when these faults were discovered, many of my constituents are understandably skeptical about the NRC process and the reliability of the seismic safety information they’ve been given,” Capps said.

The congressmember urged the NRC to subject the new seismic study results — provided by Diablo Canyon operators — to independent review. “Limiting public review,” she warned, “only feeds this skepticism.” Capps was one of many speakers to testify at the hearing, the first and most significant legislative review of nuclear safety precau— Nick Welsh tions held post-Fukushima.

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n court on Monday, Santa Barbara police painted Aubrey Wadford as a hard-hearted killer who showed little emotion after allegedly stabbing his exgirlfriend to death while their 2-year-old daughter watched TV in the next room. Officers also described how Wadford and victim Angela Laskey frequently argued behind closed doors in the weeks and months leading up to the October 29 attack and that neighbors would hear Laskey yell things like “Leave me alone!” and “Don’t touch me!” during the fights.

When the preliminary hearing ended three hours later, Judge Brian Hill ruled that there was enough evidence for Wadford to stand trial for murder.

THE ACCUSED: Authorities say Aubrey Wadford repeatedly First on the stand was Officer abused his ex-girlfriend before killing her.

Nathan Beltran, who responded to a domestic disturbance call from the West side the complex. They reported that the two Los Olivos Street apartment complex at 1:40 fought approximately twice a month, and that a.m. Beltran spoke to the person who had Wadford recently confided that the relationship called 9-1-1 after hearing “banging around” had ended and he had lost his job but that he and a woman “screaming bloody murder” in was still living at the apartment and sleeping on the one-bedroom apartment across the hall, the floor or futon. Wadford was suspicious that which was occupied by Wadford, Laskey, and Laskey had a new boyfriend and worried that their daughter. The violent noise subsided as the she would take their daughter to Scotland. The neighbor was on the phone with dispatchers. night of her murder, Laskey reportedly texted a Now accompanied by Officer Blake Bur- friend, “I so need to get out of here.” gard, Beltran knocked several times. A minute Another neighbor told detectives of witnesslater, Wadford cracked the door then quickly ing Wadford and Laskey engaged in a yelling retreated into the apartment, which was lit only match approximately six months ago, telling by a TV on low volume. Upon entering, the Wadford to “back off ” at the time. The same cops immediately noticed a pool of blood at neighbor saw the pair out on the street less than their feet and Laskey lying facedown between two hours before the 9-1-1 call was made. Lasthe living room’s couch and bed. As Wadford key, normally “open and friendly,” was sitting on faced the officers with a “blank, calm stare” and the curb quiet and sullen as Wadford “loomed” put an unlit cigarette in his mouth, the offi- over her. Minutes later, Wadford wandered into cers saw blood on his sweatshirt, hands, and a dry creek bed nearby, and the neighbor told cigarette.

Laskey, “Everything is going to be okay.”

Beltran cuffed Wadford while Burgard Monday’s last comments came from Detecrushed to Laskey, who had a deep cut to the tive Crystal Bedolla, who said that Laskey’s back of her neck and three more cuts on the autopsy found bruises on her face, chest, foot, front of her neck, lacerations that the autopsy and arms as well as multiple cuts — likely would reveal were 3½ to 5 inches deep. Burgard defensive wounds — on her hands. Wadford’s applied pressure to Laskey’s wounds with a baby attorney, Mindi Boulet, repeatedly questioned blanket and started chest compressions, but the Bedolla over why police had not taken photoparamedics arrived and pronounced her dead. graphs of her client’s body, other than his hands Beltran said Wadford’s only visible emotion was and feet, to document any possible injuries he the dirty look he gave when denied permission sustained that night. Boulet also grilled the detective over the fact that she could not recall to smoke.

Burgard found the couple’s daughter sitting the results of Laskey’s toxicology report. in bed in her diaper watching TV, and he closed Wadford, a licensed respiratory therapist, the door so she wouldn’t see the horrific scene has no prior criminal record in Santa Barbara. in the living room. Laskey’s mother, who lives Laskey, originally from Dumfries, Scotland, in Scotland, has since taken custody of her. The worked as a customer service manager for police also found a large kitchen knife covered U-Haul and has been described by friends and in blood and bagfuls of Wadford’s clothing near colleagues as warm and giving and as a devoted the front door. mother.

The hearing also included testimony from The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Disdetectives Ryan Dejohn and Brian Larsen, who trict Attorney Von Nguyen. Wadford is schedinterviewed neighbors who regularly drank and uled to appear back in court on December 23. smoked with the pair in the cul-de-sac out■ december 4, 2014

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BY LY Z H O F F M A N he wettest weather since March descended on the South Coast this week. As of Wednesday morning, rainfall totals — tracked by the county’s Public Works Department — measured close to two inches and in many places surpassed that.

San Marcos Pass clocked 4.3 inches in a twoday period, Gaviota scored 3.25 inches, and the Ellwood area received 2.75 inches. More than 2 inches of rain soaked UCSB, the downtown County Administration Building, and Montecito.

The National Weather Service, which issued several rain- and wind-related advisories ahead of the storm, predicted one to two inches for coastal areas and two to five inches for the mountain regions across Southern California, including Santa Barbara County. While the first few days of the week brought substantial sogginess, the agency forecasted cloudy but dry conditions going into the weekend.

The Santa Barbara area last got significantly saturated on Halloween, when rain gauges measured between 0.75 and 1.6 inches across the county. But this week’s storm came close to rivaling the one that hit the region in late

February and early March. During that fourday period, 5.7 inches of rain fell in downtown Santa Barbara, according to County Public Works.

The deluge prompted the county’s Environmental Health Services to issue a warning about storm-water runoff making its way into waterways and the ocean, as contact with the water could increase the likelihood of fever, chills, ear infections, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Swimmers and surfers were warned against entering the waterways for at least three days after the storm, and shellfish fishermen were cautioned against harvesting for at least 10 days to prevent shellfish-bed contamination.

Although welcome, the drenching won’t mean instant help for the drought conditions, said county water czar Tom Fayram. Multiple, successive storms — and 10-15 inches over the season — are what’s needed for improved runoff levels, Fayram said, adding that Lake Cachuma, currently about one-fourth its capacity at 55,000 acre-feet, could come up a couple of inches. “It’s not going to help in terms of the drought immediately,” Fayram said. “We definitely need it. You have to start ■ somewhere.”

Fracking Fracas in Court

The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday alleging that the oversight agency known as the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) hastily approved 51 oil drilling permits to allow acidizing and fracking from six offshore oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel. Most permits were issued in the last 18 months, and the lawsuit states the federal agency failed to adhere to the public process and complete environmental impact analyses for the proposed operations. More than a dozen cases of fracking from platforms were occurring within the channel at the time, according to a report published by the EDC last year, but the environmental watchdogs knew very little about where or how often the high-intensity drilling took place.

The lawsuit alleges that for the 51 applications, the environmental impact statement was merely two pages long or not completed at all. Of the permits, 19 were applications to drill, which require the bureau to prepare an environmental impact statement and circulate it to the public. However, BSEE rubber-stamped the 19 drilling applications by way of “categorical exclusions,” which should only be used when the agency has determined the impacts are insignificant after studying them, the lawsuit claims. Even worse, the suit goes on, the agency prepared no environmental impact statements at all for the 32 permit modifications.

EDC Senior Attorney Brian Segee further contends the chemicals associated with fracking are some of the most dangerous fluids utilized in an industrial process, adding that many of the chemicals are undisclosed due to “trade secret” laws. He said in a statement, “We call on the Obama administration and Interior Department to put a halt to offshore acidizing and fracking unless and until they can be proven safe for — Kelsey Brugger California’s irreplaceable coastline.”

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What began as a few dozen “That’s not protesting.” huddled at the Sunken He added none of those aggressors were black Gardens holding candles — many were the white in paper cups quickly young urban travelers mushroomed into an estimated 500 people chanting, who often get harassed “Hands up, don’t shoot!” by the police. In the and “No justice! No peace! future, they plan to wear No racist police!” UCSB stuT-shirts to identify who dents continued to rally this is part of the organized group. week, gathering on campus in unison with college stuSo far this year, police dents nationwide. have arrested 203 people for resisting an officer, The three-hour event on PEACEFUL OUTRAGE: Keith Terry November 25 was void of of YStrive addresses the crowd as which is about 50 lower any arrests or injuries, and police line the march route. than in the previous two the demonstration lacked years. On top of that, the furor and violence that’s been seen in big- there have so far been 31 cases of obstructing ger cities. But by Santa Barbara standards, the an officer in a violent manner, which is about march was notable. Protesters — students, 10 cases more than there were 2013 and in 2012. activists, and onlookers who spontaneously In the past year, there was one officer-involved joined — were given free rein to march through shooting in the city; figures for previous years the streets and stop traffic. Because their actions were not readily available. (This excludes the were protected by the First Amendment, the Brian Tacadena case, which occurred in Sepgroup was assisted by police officers on motor- tember 2013.)

According to reports from the Sheriff ’s cycles who cleared the way for them until they got within 30 feet of Highway 101. At that point, Office, the number of people who have been several police officers standing behind riot charged with resisting a deputy has increased shields stopped them because, according to in the past five years, peaking at 314 cases so far police spokesperson Sergeant Riley Harwood, this year. The lowest number of cases occurred a few had indicated they intended to climb onto in 2011, when there were 201 cases. Sheriff ’s the highway. records indicate that there have been between As the march continued, the growing group zero and four officer-involved shootings each stopped a couple of times — to join hands year in the last six years, except in 2012, when at the large lot next to Starbucks on Carrillo there were eight.

Street and to briefly sit in the intersection at “I went because I was angry,” said Terry, Carrillo and State streets. The group ended a who has worked on gang intervention with short distance from the Santa Barbara Police at-risk male youth in Santa Barbara since 2002.

Department, where officers again stopped the Regardless of whether Ferguson police officrowd, which had dwindled to 250 people or cer Darren Wilson was innocent or guilty, the so. Throughout the evening, dozens of police case should have gone to trial, Terry said. He officers descended onto the streets and were steered away from discussing the larger issue supplemented with a number of CHP officers, in a black-white paradigm. “It’s getting to the UCSB Police officers, and about 20 Sheriff ’s point where police are starting to treat everydeputies, along with the city’s BearCat and a one with a very heavy hand,” he said, adding county helicopter. The law enforcement pres- that the U.S. needs to address fixing the justice ence was heavy, but authorities demonstrated system as a people. “As a whole, you can’t profile young black and brown people, and you can’t discipline throughout the night.

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f nothing else, the timing was impeccable.

Just as Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) finds itself pressed to address mounting concerns about the school’s growing impact on a tight housing market and the unneighborly conduct of some students, college officials just announced they’d hired Geoff Green — Santa Barbara’s preeminent grassroots fundraiser for politically progressive causes — as executive director of the school’s foundation.

For the past 18 years, Green has served as executive director for the Fund for CHANGING HATS: Geoff Green of the Fund for Santa Santa Barbara, a relatively Barbara will now be leading the charge on behalf of small but well-respected Santa Barbara City College at a time when the school is morphing from local to regional powerhouse. nonprofit dedicated to social change. In those 18 years, he has managed to be both low key in personal College’s Adult Education program — now the demeanor but ubiquitously high profile in Center for Lifelong Learning — ignited several terms of community engagement. He was years ago, Green served as moderator for some first approached by City College President exceptionally heated community discussions.

Lori Gaskin in August. “I had to ask, ‘Do you In the bond election this November, some of know who I am? Do you know what I do?’” those old concerns resurfaced and a few new he recalled. Gaskin stated she was “excited ones emerged with a vengeance. and thrilled” that Green agreed to run SBCC’s In response to simmering unrest on the foundation, adding, “Education is apolitical. Mesa and the lower Westside over unruly City It has to be.”

College students and the “Isla Vistafication” The Foundation for SBCC gives out $3.5 of those neighborhoods, Gaskin created a million a year for scholarships, books, and neighborhood task force and appointed two support for financially strapped students who trustees to sit on it. That task force is focusing could not otherwise afford to attend the school. on possible remedies for noise, traffic, parking, Gaskin is hoping to expand that mission to and housing congestion. At the most recent underwrite the cost of faculty positions, as meeting, held this Monday, much attention well. It’s a function of economics, she said. The was spent discussing ways to bring absentee state funds community colleges to the tune of landlords and slumlords in line.

Traditionally, City Hall has paid little $6,000 a student. By contrast, she noted, UC schools receive $22,000. As Gaskin reads the attention to City College’s impact on the area political tea leaves, neither the governor nor housing market. That’s because City College the Legislature are likely to increase funding had made it clear the provision of student for community colleges in significant fashion. housing was way beyond its responsibility or And with the failure of Measure S, it will fall ability. That’s changing. Task force meetings increasingly to the foundation to make up are typically attended by Santa Barbara’s the difference Gaskin insists is necessary to Mayor Helene Schneider, a couple of city maintain the college’s “level of excellence.” councilmembers, and a handful of highGreen, the son of educators, said he was ranking City Hall officials. They’ve all made drawn both by the mission of City College and it clear they want to pursue broader planning by the appeal of a new challenge. “There are discussions over housing and traffic. freshmen at UCSB who weren’t born when I Although City College President Gaskin first started with the Fund for Santa Barbara,” was emphatic that Green was not hired to solve he joked. Gaskin’s passion for educational the college’s housing issues — “He’s got more access, he added, resonated with him. “How immediate challenges,” she said — it hardly do I explain it?” he mused. “She’s smart. At a hurts that he sits on the Santa Barbara City gut level, I like her; I trust her.” Green said he Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. won’t leave the fund until February, adding Given the stiff challenges confronting City that the organization — founded in 1980 — is College as it morphs from the area community strong enough financially and organizationally college that it’s traditionally been into a more to weather the transition. regionally identified institution, Green’s skill Over the years, Green has emerged as a set would appear to fit Gaskin’s needs. Or as skillful facilitator for community groups, some Green explained it, “I guess I have a shot at in serious crisis. When the meltdown over City co-wrestling some of these alligators.”

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IT’S ISLA VISTA, JAKE: Really? This is really

the best plan we could come up with to put the crazed genie of Isla Vista back in the bottle from which it maniacally escaped 60 years ago? On the table is a plan to create yet another community services district endowed with exceptionally vague and wishy-washy powers of “selfgovernance”— pardon me while I gag — even vaguer powers of taxation, and some dubious scheme by which some district representatives would be elected and others appointed. And if that weren’t febrile enough to put me into a home for the terminally dead, Assemblymember Das Williams has just introduced a bill in Sacramento to bypass the local process by which such governmental travesties are traditionally concocted — the Local Agency Formation Commission. Presumably, that way he and his pals can craft something to their liking behind closed doors and deliver it as if from on high.

Did I say “Pardon me while I gag”?

What’s most galling is not the rabidly insipid nature of this proposal. It’s that in the world of realpolitik — to be intoned in your best Henry Kissinger-is-the-Devil voice — this might actually be the best deal to be had. If politics is the art of the possible, Isla Vista is famously impossible. I.V., in a nutshell, is the syphilitic bastard brainchild of T.M. Storke — former owner/ publisher of the News-Press and Santa Barbara’s de facto Über Boss who single-handedly crowbarred UCSB into existence. Storke sold his UCSB dream to the area real estate goons as one

would sell feces to flies, and the landlords have been swarming ever since. With single rooms renting there for $1,400 a month, why not?

This year, however, we got the proverbial wake-up call. Actually, the alarm clock has yet to stop ringing. Most obviously, there was Elliot Rodger’s lethal rampage. Then there was Deltopia coupled with a few spontaneous flash mob riots. Two high-profile gang rapes commandeered newspaper headlines, obscuring a quieter, more pervasive undercurrent of sexual violence. The price of UCSB doing business as usual, it seems, has come to include the deaths of six or seven stupid drunks — unless they happen to be your kids — who fall to their doom from the bluffs every year.

The creation of another special district — via the smoke-and-mirrors magic of Williams’s backroom deal — just won’t cut it when it comes to creating an effective political nucleus for 23,000 wild-and-crazy electrons crammed into sixth-tenths of one square mile. The simplest and only rational solution has been for Isla Vista to be part of Goleta. But when the malcontents demanding cityhood for the Good Land finally won incorporation back in 2002, they deliberately excluded Isla Vista for fear that student voters might take over the government and enact rent control. It’s worth noting — derisively, of course — that Guten Landers have since grown so bored by the existence of their own city that no one bothered to run for the city council this November.

Goleta will never willingly take on the burden of governing Isla Vista. Given the costs, it would be insane. But there are a few carrots that could change that picture. First, though, I’d like to discuss the stick I’d use to threaten the Good Land into submission. The City of Santa Barbara owns about 900 acres of airport property in the heart of Goleta. It would be an ideal location for a Target department store, and Target has been trying to snag a spot in Goleta for nearly 20 years and has failed repeatedly. Throughout it all, the City of Santa Barbara has steadfastly sat on its hands, trying to be a good neighbor and not jam Goleta’s interchanges with shoppers whose sales taxes would accrue to S.B. To quote boxer Roberto “Hands of Stone” Durán, “No más.” Time for City Hall to throw down on the Good Land and roll out the red carpet for Target at the airport. In the context of local government, that’s the nuclear option. But I’d go even more radioactive; I’d suggest Santa Barbara start drilling new water wells on its airport property. That land overlays — to use the parlance of water purveyors — Goleta’s giant groundwater basin. My understanding is that the overlaying property owner holds senior rights to any subsurface water. Again, Santa Barbara has agreed not to do this. But legally, it could. And unless Goleta gets its ass to the bargaining table, it absolutely should.

So what about those carrots? Ever since Goleta was formed, it’s been sniveling and whining about getting shortchanged by the County of Santa Barbara to the tune of $5 million a

year through a complex accounting of transferred costs, responsibilities, and revenues. The fact is Goleta got royally skunked at the bargaining table, far worse — it turns out — than any newly created city in California. If Goleta agreed to take on responsibility for Isla Vista, the county would have to renegotiate its deal with Goleta. I’m guessing Isla Vista currently costs the county far more than it brings in, so that’s a proverbial win-win. In addition, there are a couple of Goleta sanitary districts floating around, and the Goleta West Sanitary District has an especially rich and dependable revenue stream. Efforts by Goleta to take over Goleta West have all ended in failure. But if Goleta were to accept the burden of Isla Vista, I’d bet the farm that Goleta West would willingly give up its redundant existence in a heartbeat.

But what about all the crazy student voters?

Wouldn’t Goleta go Commie-Pinko-Red if they were included? If Goleta adopted district elections — rather than at large — the hypothetical insanity that student voters could inflict would be contained and restricted to one or two seats on the council. If the so-called civic activists who slept through Goleta’s elections this year couldn’t maintain majority control in this context, they’d deserve whatever they got.

That’s my blueprint, admittedly, to nowhere.

In the meantime, we’ll have to endure endless discussions of “good governance” and community service districts.

Excuse me, but did I say gag me?

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Open Letter to CHP: drive Highway  every day and have a near-death experience at least once a week. People need to slow down. Too often there are bullies behind the wheel, tailgating as if they will run you over, passing over double yellow lines, passing on the bridge, speeding, nearly sideswiping other cars — all just to save a couple of minutes or to get to the bottom stoplight as everyone else does. I see drunk driving, texting, and talking on cell phones. I would love to see more police ticketing these people. It — Staci Manske, S.B. could save lives.

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support the Campaign for a Baby-Friendly Cottage Hospital started by local mom Kristen Walker. We both experienced difficulty breastfeeding after birthing at Cottage and bonded over our painful experiences. For two months following my daughter’s birth, I faithfully attended Mother’s Circle to work on my milk supply.

Charity and Jessica were amazingly supportive, but from the pain I saw on so many mothers’ faces, it seems they wage an uphill battle.

Cottage undoubtedly saves lives and delivers excellent care to our community. So why does the administration brush off the World Health Organization’s Baby-Friendly status — the very thing that would ensure the best breastfeeding outcomes known today? Why does Cottage let us lag behind Ventura, S.L.O., and Monterey counties? Why does Cottage refuse to meet with Kristen and accept her 1,000-plus-signature petition? And why did they reportedly refuse $1 million from the Orfalea Foundation to achieve this critical status?

Perhaps the core of this debate is about efficacy and empowerment. Does Cottage administration believe mothers are capable of nourishing and caring for their children without interference? Or are we merely an assembly line of captive customers?

I have no doubt that many within the maternal ward want to achieve Baby-Friendly status. It’s time for Cottage to be transparent about why they have yet to fully commit to the highest standard of care for our families.

Learn more and sign the petition at babyfriendly cottagecampaign.com. — Sarah McGowan Dear, S.B.

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recently moved here from Orange County, and until I read “Surviving Santa Barbara” [independent.com/ survive], I was a little puzzled by what was meant when people said “welcome to paradise.” I have only been here a short time, but I still have not realized Santa Barbara as “paradise.”

I always thought of paradise as a pleasant and peaceful place where one can enjoy life without a lot of struggles to survive as voiced by the people in the article. What I see are people doing the same things others do anywhere on the planet: eating, working, giving birth, getting sick, dying, and trying to define themselves. Yes, there are beaches, nice weather, and a small-town atmosphere; however, it’s no different from many other places.

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You work twice as hard to make half as much to pay twice the price to live here.

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e moved here two and a half years ago from Green Bay, Wisconsin. I was so glad to read the stories about people Surviving Santa Barbara. Thank you, Ethan Stewart! The stories were very enlightening and comforting for us “newbies.” I read The Independent every week, and I must say that this is the best yet!

—Pat Michaels, S.B.

For the Record

¶ The screening of Party Girl listed in The Week last week for November 28 was changed to December 5.

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BY K E V I N Mc K I E R N A N or reporters who want to get inside a foreign cul-

Buddy had gone to overseas “to fight communism.”When he got home, she said, his fight was with the powers that ture to make a story resonate with readers, listen- ran the BIA like a prison camp. ers, or viewers back home, language and race are Buddy’s casket was full of gifts for the trip to the spirit challenges. Until 1973, when I covered the Indian world: food, chewing gum, and a package of Lucky Strike occupation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, I had never cigarettes. Indians are proud when a young man leaves the seen anyone shot to death, much less been on an Indian reservation to serve his country, and Buddy was dressed in reservation. Then I met Frank Clearwater, a 47-year-old the same army uniform he’d worn when he left home for Cherokee from North Carolina. Clearwater and his wife Vietnam. But his hair was long now, below the shoulders wanted so badly to be part of the uprising that they’d of the uniform, and he was wearing beaded moccasins, hitchhiked from the East Coast to South Dakota’s Pine not military boots, for his trip to the spirit world. Someone Ridge Indian Reservation. By the time they arrived, the had placed a package of razor blades and a can of Gillette famous village was surrounded by hundreds of FBI agents shaving cream on the front of his olive green uniform, by and U.S. Marshals, and federal negotiators had vowed the medals he’d earned defending his country. publicly to “starve out” the Indians. After a long hike Relatives snapped photos with Instamatics. through the reservation backcountry, the Clearwaters Buddy’s grief-stricken sister had come from Denver managed to penetrate for the funeral. I had the government corbeen taking pictures don. I bumped into for two months, but as them outside the tradI raised my camera to ing post. It was a cold photograph Buddy, she night, and I told them stopped me and asked where they could find sarcastically,“How much some blankets. money will you make on Clearwater returned this story?” with the blankets and “What do you mean?” lit up a “ready-made” I stammered, defensively.

“Getting pictures of cigarette he’d bought my dead brother,” she in a store. It struck RETURN VISIT: Kevin McKiernan (right) reunited with Wounded said.“I know you reportme right away that I Knee participant Richard Whitman in recent days. ers. All this is just a job hadn’t seen a store in nearly two months. He for you.” offered to share it with me and several Indians who were In the flash of an eye, my right to be in Wounded Knee standing around. The occupiers had long ago run out was filled with doubt. Suddenly, I was a non-Indian, a of tobacco, and some people had resorted to smoking waiciscu or “a taker of the fat” in Lakota. Here I was at an shavings from cherry bark. A store-bought cigarette was Indian mass grave, a piece of ground heavy with race and something special, and everyone gathered around. We history. I was young, and her remark impaled me like a passed the cigarette around in a circle, like a form of com- rod through the chest. I was a photographer. I thought I munion, until a long red ash could be seen in the dark. had a clean heart. But I put the camera down. As visitors Then the newcomers walked up the hill to the little pine who’d had no part in the long siege clicked away, I would church to look for a place to sleep. have to remember the day without film.

The next morning, just after dawn, a small plane rented As I surveyed the mass grave in front of me, I tried to

by Wounded Knee sympathizers flew over the FBI bun- imagine looking through a viewfinder on the day of the kers and parachuted bundles of food to the besieged 1890 massacre. In my mind’s eye, I saw the archival images compound. The dramatic airdrop ignited a hellacious from Life magazine, the old picture of the th Cavalry firefight between the Feds and the Indians, rousting Frank dumping bodies into the rectangular pit. I thought of all Clearwater from the floor of the church. As he sat up in the skeletons — some 300 — in the ground underneath. By his blanket roll, a bullet ripped through a thin wooden now they had been in this pit for 83 years. I thought of the wall and blew off the back of his head. By the time I got soldiers, members of General Custer’s old unit, who had there, Indians were crouched at the windows with their gotten Medals of Honor for what they had done, and how rifles. Bullet holes marked the walls and blond-colored the Pentagon still refused to recall the awards. I thought splinters of pine lay on the floor. about killing and the clash of civilizations that had taken Clearwater was already dead. A blanket I’d given him place under my feet. I thought about how war distorts the had been used to roll him onto a makeshift stretcher. I truth and how history fights to correct it. Then I wondered crouched down for a moment, thinking. This was the about the role of journalism. And what lay ahead for me. man I’d smoked the same cigarette with a few hours earIt seemed to me that reporting at its simplest was lier. Now his face was frozen, his lips contorted, and the remembering what you saw on the other side of the blanket was covered with blood and tissue. I couldn’t help mountain and faithfully recounting it for people who thinking: Wasn’t I just talking to you about how cold it was? couldn’t make the trip. If I was going to keep doing this The next to die was a Lakota Sioux named Buddy work, I had to find a way to strengthen my purpose, not LaMonte, a Vietnam veteran just home from the war. He to flinch when I got close to what was real. was hit when he popped out of a foxhole with his rifle I needed to find a “low road” to travel on, away from about 50 yards from the trailer where I’d slept the night official truths, a path to witness events up close, a way to before. A federal agent killed him from a distance, prob- demystify a “foreign” story. Most of all, I needed to honor ably using a long-range sniper scope. the work I was choosing. The next time, I vowed, I would Buddy was popular on the reservation, and his mother, get the picture and not put the camera down.

Agnes, worked as a cook for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The local ties earned the LaMonte family the right Kevin McKiernan has reported on crises in El Salvador, to bury him in the historic Wounded Knee cemetery, next Iraq, Burma (Myanmar), Syria, and other places around to the victims of the 1890 massacre. Before the burial, the the world over the course of his career, as well as producing The Spirit of Crazy Horse for PBS’s Frontline. Now, casket was opened and the mourners filed by to pay their with Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, respects. At the grave site, Agnes talked about her great McKiernan is raising funds through Kickstarter to finish a aunt, who was killed at Wounded Knee in 1890, and how film about the events in 1973.

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on the beat

Revolutionaries of Sex

FIRED BY HARVARD: Montecito millionaire Katharine McCormick helped bankroll the creation of “the pill”, and although I never met McCormick, I once interviewed her fellow revolutionary Dr. Gregory Pincus.

Although detractors saw him as some kind of mad scientist back in the 1930s, the physician I sat down with in the 1960s was soft-spoken and neatly dressed in coat and tie.

But during his pre-pill days of the 1930s, studying the reproduction systems of lab rabbits, Dr. Pincus was ridiculed in the press. Nervous officials at Harvard fired him.

Tinkering with the ovaries of Mother Nature’s creatures, much less those of human females, was taboo. Birth control itself was illegal in many states.

Although the New York Times then falsely portrayed Pincus as a sinister scientist trying to grow babies in bottles, “the Times was prescient in at least one respect, explaining that his technology might eventually emancipate women from the demands of childbirth [and] separate love from reproduction …” according to the new book by Jonathan Eig, The Birth of the pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution (W.W. Norton & Co.).

Young women of the 21st century can hardly imagine what it was like before the pill came into the world in 1958, wearing the brand-name disguise Enovid and marketed by Searle pharmaceutical as a method of regulating the men-

strual cycle, not as a means of birth control.

That was a hush-hush subject in respectable homes, even on the groundbreaking eve of president-to-be John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier and the promise of a brave new world.

After all, “in 1958 seventeen states still had laws banning the sale, distribution or advertisement of contraception,” author Eig points out.

In Kennedy’s Massachusetts, where much of the pill work was done, it was still a felony, believe it or not, to “exhibit, sell, prescribe, provide or give out information” about contraceptives, Eig said.

Finally, years of research and human trial tests in Puerto Rico produced the miracle drug, thanks to McCormick’s money, Dr. Pincus’s perseverance, and crusading by the third revolutionary, fiery birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger.

But Searle needed a pitchman, someone to convince the world. He turned out to be the fourth person referred to in the title: Dr. John Rock of Boston. He was perfect. “He was Catholic; he was tall, silver-haired and handsome and he was no one’s idea of a flamethrower,” Eig writes.

“He believed in Enovid. He believed in the birth control pill. He believed it was safe. He believed it would be a great boon for women and a boon to marriage.” He was married with children and grandchildren and possessed a fine reputation in the medical world. Searle

Barney Brantingham can be reached at barney@independent.com or 965-5205 x230.

He writes online columns and a print column for Thursdays.

hired him to write a brochure for doctors. He called it “family planning” rather than birth control.

But would the strict Food and Drug Administration approve Enovid? In 1959, the Enovid application wound up on the desk of an FDA part-timer, ob/gyn physician Pasquale DeFelice, a Catholic and on his way to becoming the father of 10 children.

The future of the pill was in his hands.

Months passed. It had been 10 years since Pincus and Sanger met in a Manhattan Park Avenue apartment on a cold winter night to discuss whether such a pill could be developed.

“Do you think that it would be possible …” she began.

“I think so,” he replied.

“Well,” she said, “then start right away.” He did.

On May 9, 1960, the New York Times blazed out the headline: “U.S. Approves Pill for Birth Control.” The Revolution had begun.

McCormick was 84, and Sanger was 80, ill and showing signs of senile dementia. “Without Sanger to push them, Planned Parenthood did not embrace the pill right away,” Eig writes.

But one day, Katharine McCormick walked into a Santa Barbara drugstore and handed the pharmacist a prescription for Enovid, for a friend.

“She had waited many years and spent great sums of money in the hope that such a simple

REINVENTING SEX: Montecito’s Katharine McCormick helped bankroll development of the pill, says Jonathan Eig’s new book.

transaction might be possible, and that day had come.”

In my interview with Dr. Pincus, I noted that drug companies were on the road to making untold millions from his pioneering work. Had he made any money from it?

No, he replied. Not a penny. He had declined to patent the miracle in a bottle. Pincus died on August 22, 1967. His tombstone reads: “A Great and Kindly Man.” — Barney Brantingham

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t’s easy to be burnt out by the holidays, but why do that?

This year, let’s take a breath, take a stroll, and take in what our enchanting city has to offer this his time of year. There will be parades aplenty, lights in constant onstant twinkle, choirs in harmony, music to soothe and inspire, i movies i anddth theater t tto pullllth the hheartstrings, t t i ddance th thatt amazes, area artisans selling their goods and wares, crafting workshops for the young and older, ugly sweaters, toys for tykes, generosity, community, and so much more that we had to lay it all out for you. Outside the lights are shining, and friends are calling, “Yoo hoo!” Come on, it’s lovely weather to share the holidays in S.B. with you.

ParADes 62nd Annual Downtown Holiday Parade This year’s theme of Winter Nights & Holiday Lights will bring more than 50,000 spectators to the streets of S.B. to watch the fabulous holiday floats, spectacular performance groups, high-stepping marching bands, Grand Marshal Alan Thicke, and, of course, the annual arrival of the big man in red himself, Santa Claus.

Fri., Dec. . Meet and greet with Santa: -:pm; Paseo Nuevo Ctr. Court. Parade: :pm; travels down Sola St. ( block) to Cota St. ( block). Free. Call - x or visit downtownsb.org.

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the holiday spirit, especially when you see Sinterklaas, a k a Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus!).

Sat., Dec. , am. Parade starts at Solvang Veterans Hall ( Mission Dr.), travels west on Mission Dr. (Hwy. ), turns left on Fourth Pl., left on Copenhagen Dr., and ends on Alisal Rd. near the village post office. Free.

Call - or visit solvangusa.com.

61st Annual Milpas Holiday Parade This parade will roll down Milpas Street with Grand Marshal Rick Feldman of the EyeGlass Factory, marching bands, drill and dance teams, martial arts clubs, car clubs, cultural groups, floats all decked in holiday cheer, and Santa, of course!

Sat., Dec. , :pm. The parade travels down Milpas St. from Canon Perdido to Mason St. Free. Call - or visit mcasb.org.

Carpinteria Holiday Spirit Parade This year’s parade kicks off a yearlong celebration of Carpinteria’s 50th year as an incorporated city and will feature parade participants who will acknowledge movies, fashion, icons, music, and historical events from 1965 in a throwback jollification to old Carpinterian traditions.

Sat., Dec. , pm. Parade kicks off on th St. and finishes on th St. Free. Call - or visit holidayspiritparade.com.

29th Annual Parade of Lights Bundle up and bring your blankets to watch the festively decorated boats from along the breakwater or on Stearns Wharf. Santa’s Village will be full of activities preceding the parade on Stearns Wharf in the Harbor with a short fireworks display immediately following the parade.

Sun., Dec. , pm. Parade: :pm; occurs in the water visible from Santa Barbara Harbor, Stearns Wharf, and West Beach (off of Cabrillo Blvd.) Free. Call - or visit santabarbaraca.gov.

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program will feature the Oaks Bible Church orchestra, handbells and choir, the Christmas story and children’s nativity, and an audience sing-along.

Fri.-Sat., Dec. -, pm; Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort,  E. Cabrillo Blvd.

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TreE LigHtINgS anD NatIVitIeS Solvang Julefest Community Tree Lighting Ceremony Enjoy live entertainment with area bands, choirs, and caroling, culminating in ballerinas from area dance studios performing around the city’s 40-foot tree.

Fri., Dec. , -:pm. Mission Dr. and st St., Solvang. Free. Call - or visit solvangusa.com.

First United Methodist Church Outdoor Living Nativity Outside, under a star hanging overhead in a redwood tree, are camels, donkeys, sheep, and goats with volunteers dressed up as Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, wise men, and shepherds. You are invited to wander or sit among the decorated splendor, have some warm cider, or stroll into the church and look at the crèches (models representing the scene of Jesus Christ’s birth) on display, including a few kid-friendly ones that can be touched.

Sun.-Tue., Dec. -, :-:pm. First United Methodist Church,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call -.

Christmas Service: Children’s Nativity Trinity’s annual Christmas Eve service for children and families is a wonderful event where Trinity’s children will tell again the wondrous story.

Wed., Dec. , pm. Trinity Episcopal Church,  State St. Free. Call - or visit trinitysb.org.

Downtown Santa Barbara Christmas Tree Lighting As the kickoff to the downtown parade, this tree will be presented by Consumer Fire Products.

Fri., Dec. , :pm. State and Sola sts.

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Light Up a Life Celebration Bring your family and friends to gather and celebrate the lives and memories of your loved ones as Hospice of Santa Barbara will host three special nights of remembrance with memorial stars that will illuminate the memorial trees through the month of December. Stars may be purchased in advance at Hospice of S.B.,  Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. .

Memorial Trees: Sat., Dec. , :-:pm, Casa de la Guerra,  E. De la Guerra St.; Dec. , :-:pm, Camino Real Marketplace,  Marketplace Dr., Goleta; Sat., Dec. , :-:pm, Seal Fountain at Linden Plaza, Linden Ave., Carpinteria. Suggested donation for a star: $. Call -.

Solvang Nativity Pageant The “Christmas Story” comes to life with a choir, actors, and live animals onstage outdoors.

Seating is first come, first entertained.

Sat., Dec. ,  and pm. Solvang Festival Theater,  nd St., Solvang. Free. Call - or visit solvangusa.com.

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foR EveRyONe Homespun Holiday Opening & Craft Show Celebrate the start of the holiday season with Art from Scrap’s familyfriendly 1st Thursday event. The evening’s festivities include an art opening and reception, a craft show, music by DJ Ted Coe of KCSB-FM ., wine by Santa Barbara Winery, and a Holiday Card and Ornament Making Art from Scrap workshop. Artisans will be selling handcrafted jewelry.

Thu., Dec. , -pm. Art From Scrap,  E. Cota St. Free. Call - or visit exploreecology.org.

Recovery Ranch 3rd Annual Christmas Cocoa Stand Stop by the stand for some old-fashioned d holiday cheer, cocoa, apple cider, r, coffee, homemade cookies, and d crêpes. Santa will be there dancingg nunder the miles and miles of twinkling lights.

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Recovery Ranch,  B. Tivola St., Santa Ynez. Free. Call - or om. visit therecoveryranch.com.

Curated Cocktails: Biblioholidaze daze d 1st Celebrate the holiday season and ktails Thursday with $5 signature cocktails land’s created by Outpost at the Goodland’s eister, resident mixologist Chris Burmeister, bition inspired by the current exhibition oliday Requiem for the Bibliophile. Holiday ea with tunes remixed by DJ Darla Bea al tours Free art activities and educational Thu., Dec. , -pm -pm. will be available.

Museum of Contemporary Art S.B.,  Paseo Nuevo. Free. Call - or visit mcasantabarbara.org.

Make a Holiday Wreath Goleta Library will provide adults with wreath-making materials and instructions. Preregistration is encouraged. Make your wreath perfect enough to show off to neighbors.

Sat., Dec. , am-noon. Goleta Library,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Ages +. Call -.

Santa Paws Stop by this frolicking fun event for a chance to meet and greet other dog-friendly people and have your pooch’s photo taken with Santa Paws!

There will be complimentary hot cocoa and light snacks. The suggested donation for photos is as follows: digital, $10; print, $15; and $20 for both. Proceeds from photos will benefit DAWG (Dog Adoption & Welfare Group), S.B.’s only no-kill dog shelter.

Sat., Dec. . am-pm. Camp Canine,  E. Montecito St. Free. Call -.

Olde-Fashioned Christmas in Downtown Los Olivos Now in its 34th year, this event was created to provide a festive start to the holiday season and will feature a variety of activities ranging from Santa visits and seasonal crafts to train rides and live Christmas music. There will be an abundance of holiday shopping opportunities available as retailers, tasting rooms, and restaurants stay open later in the evening. The traditional Christmas tree lighting will once again take place at the flagpole, and an array of food and beverages will be offered throughout town.

Sat., Dec. , -pm. Downtown Los Olivos, Los Olivos. Free. Call - or visit losolivosca.com.

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Gingerbread Wonderland This event features fanciful, handmade gingerbread houses on display crafted by area children and families. A message was also received from the North Pole that Santa will be stopping by 4-6 p.m., offering a cozy place for kids to share their Christmas wishes. Season music will enhance the merriment, while children can create and decorate Christmas ornaments and prepare the angel halo.

Sat., Dec. , -pm. St. Mark’s-in-theValley Episcopal Church & Preschool,  Nojoqui Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call - or visit losolivosca.com.

The American Scandinavian Foundation of S.B. Dinner & Santa Lucia Pageant This ASF event will hold a dinner, silent auction, Santa Lucia Pageant with Christmas caroling, entertainment, dancing with Papa Heinz, and a visit from Santa. Celebrate the season and help raise funds for scholarships offered to S.B. County high school seniors and college students.

Sun., Dec. , pm. Montecito Country Club,  Summit Rd. Free-$. Call - or visit asfsb.net.

Santa Claus Run Join this fun parade and festivities. Prize money will be awarded for the best three Christmas costumes and medals will be given to finishers. Proceeds will go to Kidz for a Cure and its fight against childhood cancer. A one-mile fun run and a 5K run are available.

Sun., Dec. , am. La Cumbre Plaza,  S. Hope Ave. $-$. Call - or visit sbactionpro.com.

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’ TIS THE SEASON Christian Women’s Connection Christmas Party The CWC will spread Christmas cheer and sing Christmas carols led by Jean Browne.

Bring a friend and enjoy a couple of hours with the girls. Guest speaker and independent businesswoman Esther Clark will share her story.

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Wed., Dec. , :am-:pm. Emanuel Lutheran Church,  Modoc Rd. $. Call -.

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Channel City Chorus Strolling Sat., Dec. , -pm; State St. Sun., Dec. , -pm; Camino Real Marketplace,  Marketplace. Dr., Goleta.

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Hope for the Holidays Create holidays cards to send to women and children currently being held in privately owned detention facilities at our Southern border. There will also be a potluck and a screening of a brand-new documentary about family detention, as well as an opportunity for folks to write letters to elected representatives about this issue.

Sun., Dec. , noon-pm. Jefferson Hall, Unitarian Society,  Santa Barbara St. Free. Call -.

Garden Court’s 14th Annual Holiday Party Come join Garden Court residents at their holiday boutique and open house with music by The Inner Light Gospel Choir and Ron Paris from the Platters, as well as an appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus. There will be a chocolate fountain, Christmas cookies, light appetizers, and holiday-themed crafts. Live Christmas trees will be auctioned off to benefit Garden Court’s Resident Activities Fund, which chooses area organizations to give to.

Tue., Dec. , -:pm. Garden Court,  De la Vina St. Free. Call -.

Channel City Club Festive Holiday Luncheon The Channel City Club brings scientist, explorer, and attorney Kristin Larson to speak about our polar regions in transition and its emerging issues and opportunities in a time of thaw. Pianist Gil Rosas will entertain with traditional Christmas music, and Montecito Union School Chorus, featuring 80 children, will sing.

Wed., Dec. , am. Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort,  E. Cabrillo Blvd. $-$. Call - or visit channelcityclub.org.

S.B. Rose Society Holiday Party & Silent Auction This holiday party will have a wonderful raffle with great prizes, all to raise money for the S.B. Rose Society. A complimentary buffet entree with beverages or wine will be provided; just bring a potluck dish to share. Seating is limited, so an RSVP is required.

Thu., Dec. , -pm. Louise Lowry Davis Ctr.,  De La Vina St. Free. Call () -.

Angels Bearing Gifts Wrapping Party This organization brings happiness to people with developmental disabilities who lack family support by providing gifts on birthdays and holidays.

Be a part of the wrapping parties, and foster compassion within our community.

Thu., Dec. , -pm; Sat., Dec. , am-noon. TriCounties Regional Ctr. Bldg.,  E. Montecito St. Free. Call - or visit angelsbearinggifts.org.

Jump on the School Bus Holiday Light Tours Jump on the school bus to get a tour of the most festive and brightest holiday light displays in town! Bring yourself, your little ones, and anyone else who could use some holiday cheer for a two-hour tour around S.B., viewing the best light displays around! Advanced ticket purchase is required more than 24 hours before your desired tour.

Fri., Dec. -Tue., Dec. , :pm. Red’s Bar & Tapas,  Helena Ave. Free-$. Call () - or visit nightout.com.

Circle Bar B Holiday BBQ Enjoy a delicious tritip dinner, spend time with old friends, and make new ones. Advanced reservations are required; call to RSVP. Sat., Dec. , pm. Circle Bar B Ranch,  Refugio Rd. $. Call - or visit facebook.com/ circle.barb.

Holiday at the Ranch Come to this holiday open house featuring live music, crafts, tours, story time, and, of course, Santa and his “rein-goats.”

Sat.-Sun., Dec. -, am-pm. Rancho La Patera & Stow House,  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta.

Free-$. Call - or visit stowhouse.com.

35th Annual Chanukah in the Mall Chabad will host this Glo for It–themed evening filled with lighting menorahs, building a giant glo-menorah, making glo-art, and glo-in-the-dark face painting.

The featured entertainer will be West Coast juggler and stuntman Von Jon. Donuts and hot latkes will be served.

Tue., Dec. , -pm. Macy’s Court, La Cumbre Plaza,  S. Hope Ave. Free. Call - or visit sbchabad.org.

League of Women Voters Holiday Party This year, S.B. County Registrar of Voters Joe Holland will speak about the election that just passed and

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Wed., Dec. , noon-pm. Louise Lowry Davis Ctr.,  De la Vina St. Free. Call - or visit lwvsantabarbara.org.

Family Chanukah Party Celebrate Chanukah, the “Festival of Lights,” at this special event for the entire family that will feature a latke dinner, prize-drawing, crafts, stories, and more!

Thu., Dec. , -pm. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr.,  Chapala St. Free-$. Call - or visit jewishsantabarbara.org.

2nd Annual Ugly Sweater Fun Run Join a fun run dedicated to ugly sweaters, holiday cheer, and last-minute shopping. There will be raffles and giveaways and prizes for the ugliest sweaters hosted by S.B. Running.

Sat., Dec. , pm. S.B. Running Co.,  Anacapa St. Free. Visit tinyurl.com/nqkqutc.

Organic Soup Kitchen Holidays The Organic Soup Kitchen (OSK) will serve the S.B. community this holiday season as it brings quality food to you and your family no matter your financial status. On Christmas Eve, there will be gift wrapping and a tree-decorating party.

Snacks and beverages will be served. On Christmas day, OSK will hold its sixth annual traditional Christmas meal, with Santa passing out Wed., Dec. , noon; gifts and music to celebrate.

Thu., Dec. , :pm. Veterans Memorial Building,  W. Cabrillo Blvd.

Free. Call - or visit organicsoupkitchen.org.

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A Crimson Holiday at La Cumbre Plaza This artisan craft gallery features 38 area artisans, designers, and craftspeople that create fiber arts, ceramics, porcelain, woodwork, jewelry, and items for your house and garden and more. Store open through January 31, 2015.

Mon.-Fri.: am-pm; Sat.: am-pm; Sun.: am-pm.

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The Yes Store: 47th Anniversary A celebration of S.B.’s longestrunning artisan co-op, this year’s handcrafted holiday offerings include (but are far from limited to) pottery, jewelry, sculptures, and woodworking. Thu..-Wed., Dec. -, am-pm; Thu., Dec. -Tue., Dec. , am-pm; Wed., Dec. , am-pm. The Yes Store,  State St. Free. Call - or visit facebook.com/TheYesStore.

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Holiday Boutique Garden Street Academy will hold this family-friendly event featuring unique vendors with a wide variety of holiday gifts, professional photos with Santa, a photo booth, carolers, Christmas tree raffles, and sweet treats. Proceeds will benefit the school’s scholarship fund.

Fri., Dec. , -pm. Garden Street Academy,  Garden St. Free. Call - or visit gardenstreetacademy.org.

Holy Daze Art Shindig Come look at the works of art but be prepared to walk out of the Koplin/ Levin Studio with the perfect trinket, treasure, gift, or addition to your collection of art, as this show will be filled with blurs of assemblages, drawings, paintings, fridge magnets, cards, and candles from two accomplished area artists, Dan Levin and Philip Koplin.

Fri., Dec. , -pm. Koplin/Levin Studio,  Gray Ave. Free. Call () -.

Brad Nack  Reindeer Art Show Opening Night Brad is back, and he’s brought more of his abstract reindeer friends painted just for you. If you’re a collector, are shopping for a unique gift, or just want to peruse these holiday creatures, then this show is for you. Shows through January 3, 2015.

Fri., Dec. , -pm. S.B. Arts Fund, -C Santa Barbara St. Free. Call -.

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array of gift-able items for both wine and dog lovers, such as clothing, recycled wine barrel decor, and wine and beers from around the globe.

Fri., Dec. , -pm. Wandering Dog Wine Bar, -C Mission Dr., Solvang. Free. Call -.

Charitable Holiday Artwalk Start the holiday season by walking while you buy a piece of art for a good cause, your neighborhood park. A percentage of the sales from these area artists will go to Girsh Park.

Fri., Dec. -Tue., Dec. , am-dusk. Camino Real Marketplace,  Marketplace Dr., Goleta. Free.

Visit caminorealmarketplace.com.

Shop, Mingle & Jingle Solvang’s holiday season shopping and entertainment opportunities encompass discounts and deals at various merchants, such as shops and galleries, bookstores, wine and beer bars, clothing and accessories boutiques, and more. The town’s merchants will open their doors to celebratory shoppers, with extended hours.

Fri.-Sun., Dec. -, various times. Downtown Solvang. Free. Call - or visit solvangthirdwednesday.com/shop-mingle-jingle.

Folk & Tribal Arts Marketplace Nearly 30 vendors representing more than 50 countries and featuring an amazing selection of baskets, décor, ethnographic art, furniture, jewelry, pottery, rugs, sculptures, and more have returned just in time, whether you are shopping for a holiday gift or adding to your collection. Proceeds from the Marketplace support the museum’s exhibits and science education programs.

Sat.-Sun., Dec. -, am-pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History,  Puesta del Sol. Free-$. Call - or visit sbnature.org.

Wildling Museum Holiday Marketplace Area artists will be showcasing their handcrafted gifts and demonstrating how they create unique items using natural materials just in time to purchase special holiday gifts.

Sat., Dec. , noon-pm. Wildling Museum, -B Mission Dr., Solvang. Free. Call - or visit wildlingmuseum.org.

AHA! and Waxing Poetic Holiday Celebration Join area nonprofit AHA! to celebrate limited edition jewelry created by Waxing Poetic, with 50 percent of the AHA! jewelry sales to benefit the nonprofit’s program supporting and empowering teens in our community. There will be mini tarot and astrology readings, chair massages for all purchasers, hourly raffle drawings, refreshments, and more.

Sat., Dec. , -pm. Waxing Poetic Boutique,  Lillie Ave., Summerland. Free. Call - x.

Holiday Bazaar S.B. Women of the Moose is hosting this bazaar filled with holiday crafts, jewelry, baked goods, and more. Profits will go toward Mooseheart, a residential childcare facility in Chicago, and Moosehaven Home, a retirement home in Florida for Women of the Moose.

Sun., Dec. , am-pm. S.B. Moose Lodge,  W. Victoria St. Free. Call -.

Christmas Art & Craft Fair Living Faith Church’s women’s group provides an opportunity to support area artists and find the perfect holiday gift and the ideal baked good. Proceeds will go toward its Women’s Ministry and Youth Group.

Sat., Dec. , am-pm. Education Bldg., Living Faith Ctr.,  Hollister Ave. Free. Call -.

Holiday Sip ’n’ Shop The perfect way for guests to treat themselves while holiday gift shopping, Wandering Dog Wine Bar’s event will feature an

12th Annual Tone-Up Santa Barbara Holiday Boutique Enjoy the beauty of the holidays and buy locally with vendors like Thomas Rhodes Jew-

ARt! ORigINal elry, Bella Notte clothes and accessories, Merrily Krause handmade bags, the Cupcake Queen, the Spicy Gourmet, and so much more.

Sat., Dec. , noon-pm. Tone-Up Santa Barbara,  De la Vina St. Free. Call -.

LOCALSMITH Holiday Market Here is another opportunity to shop for gifts, from textiles to woodwork and ceramics, all created by area craftspeople. Mulled wine will be served, and Georgia’s Smokehouse Sat., Dec. , -pm. Oreana Winery, food truck will be on hand.  Anacapa St. Free. Call - or visit oreanawinery.com.

Alternative Christmas Market Make your gift lists now for Trinity’s Alternative Christmas Market. This is the opportunity to purchase gifts and make donations in honor of those special people in your life. Participating programs are Episcopal Relief & Development, Heifer International (works to end hunger and poverty by providing livestock), GAIA (Global Aids Interfaith Alliance), Children of Joy (benefits people of Sri Lanka), Fonkoze (benefits Haitian women), Angels Bearing Gifts (benefits adults with disabilities in S.B. County), Diocese of Jerusalem (provides a beacon of hope, peace, and reconciliation in the Middle East), and Kids’ Crafts (created by Trinity children).

Sun., Dec. , am-:pm. Trinity Episcopal Church,  State St. Free. Call - or visit trinitysb.org.

Breast Cancer Resource Center Annual Holiday Tea & Fashion Show Come enjoy fashions provided by Saks Fifth Avenue that will be modeled by BCRC clients while you enjoy a light lunch, divine desserts, and tea. There will be a jewelry boutique, pick-and-choose raffle, and silent auction. Funds benefit BCRC educational programs and services addressing the needs of those with breast cancer.

Sun., Dec. , noon-pm. Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara,  Channel Dr. $. Call - or visit bcrcsb.org.

Solvang Library Booksale and Winter Boutique Find the perfect present, including unique handmade gift items made by volunteers, or read among the loads of new, gently used, and collector books and media. Proceeds benefit the volunteer program at the library.

Sat., Dec. , am-pm. Solvang Library,  Mission Dr., Solvang.

Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

Carpinteria Arts Center Artists Marketplace Come and shop the handmade holiday gifts directly from the artists as they demonstrate their craft and the American Cats play live — all to raise funds for the Sat., Dec. , -pm; Sun., Dec. , am-pm.

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Fri., Dec. , -pm. Casa Dolores,  Bath St. Free. Call -.

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Deck the Halls at Ojai Rancho Inn This annual holiday event will feature designers and artists from S.B. to L.A., along with food, drink, live music, fun, and shopping!

Sat., Dec. , noon-pm.

Ojai Rancho Inn,  W. Ojai Ave., Ojai. Free. Call -.

TheATer/DAnCe A Tuna Christmas Visit the “third-smallest” town in Texas during the most hectic time of the year in this two-man show that will introduce audiences to a myriad of colorful characters from the tiny town of Tuna through dizzying costume and scene changes.

Shows through December . Thu.-Fri., pm; Sat.,  and pm; Sun., pm; Wed.,  and pm. Rubicon Theatre,  E. Main St., Ventura. $-$. Call - or visit rubicontheatre.org.

Christmas Is Here Again This magical musical adventure for the entire family follows young orphan Sophiana and a band of adventurers as they search the frozen north to find Santa’s stolen toys.

Unique to PCPA’s production will be the incorporation of projected animated and still images used in the original Renegade animated feature and created by Frozen art director Michael Giaimo.

Fri., Dec. , , and , pm; Sat.-Sun., Dec. -, -, and -, and Tue., Dec. , : and pm; Wed., Dec.  and , and Wed.-Thu., Dec. -, :pm. Marian Theatre, Allan Hancock College,  S. College Dr., Santa Maria. $.-$.. Ages +; ages + for :pm.

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A Christmas Story This stage version of the 1983 movie will recreate the famous scenes from this ageless holiday comedy full of fun and mischief about 9-year-old Ralphie Parker’s wish to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the Christmas tree. Dec. -; Fri. and Sat., :pm; Sun., pm. $-$. Call - or visit ojaiact.org.

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Tiny Tots Delight your kids with this lively new holiday concert featuring Rubicon’s merry elves, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman! This talented cast of area teens will lead a joyous sing-along. After the performance, the fun continues at Santa’s Wonderland, so bring your cameras for a picture with Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, and the cast while you enjoy hot chocolate and cookies.

Sat., Dec. -, am. Rubicon Theatre,  E. Main St., Ventura. $-$.

Call - or visit rubicontheatre.org.

Gustafson Dance: Rudolph Gustafson Dance presents Rudolph, a ballet of the holiday classic featuring Rudolph, Clarice, the Abominable Snow Monster, and Santa, about the little reindeer who embarks on a journey where he, along with many other “misfits,” learns that everyone, even though they may be different, has something of value to contribute. Children ages 2 and up dance to well-known holiday tunes, along with the State Street Ballet Young Dancers.

Sat., Dec. ,  and pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $$. Call - or visit lobero.com.

Goleta School of Ballet: The Nutcracker The Goleta School of Ballet presents its 25th annual performance of this holiday classic with stunning choreography and beautiful costumes. This is the perfect event to kick off the holiday season for the entire family.

Sat.-Sun., Dec. -, pm. Marjorie Luke Theatre,  E. Cota St. $.

Call - or visit goletaschoolofballet.com.

A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is back in all his pennypinching glory in this 1951 classic movie starring Alastair Sim. If you haven’t seen this story of the meanest miser in Victorian London, who overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, and is visited by three ghosts, then this is a holiday must-see.

Sat., Dec. , pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater,  Carpinteria Ave.,

A Very Eclectic Christmas This creative storyline features nutcracker soldiers with candy canes, naughty Rats, an electric Christmas tree surrounded by presents, glow worms, dancing flowers, and other creatures that light up the stage. Audiences of all ages will enjoy the timeless Christmas classics, including songs from Nat King Cole, Tchaikovsky, Mariah Carey, and of course a few surprises along the way.

Wed., Dec. , pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit granadasb.org.

Una Noche de Las Posadas (The Inns) Come see this time-honored reenactment of Joseph and Mary’s search for shelter in Bethlehem as it was once celebrated in early California and is still observed throughout Mexico and South America. Join in this rich cultural tradition, experiencing firsthand the way in which Santa Barbara’s earliest Spanish and Mexican residents gathered together and celebrated the Christmas season with music and food.

Fri., Dec. , pm. Begins at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park,  E. Canon Perdido St. and concludes at Casa de la Guerra,  E. De la Guerra St. Free. Call - or visit sbthp.org.

A Christmas Carol Based on Charles Dickens’s own performance script, and with a little artistic license, this Independent Shakespeare Co. (ISC) production features cofounder David Melville as Charles Dickens, playing nearly every character with musical accompaniment and dramatic interjections by a young American actress. The performance will be full of the acting pyrotechnics Dickens was famous for as the two actors conjure a magical evening full of wry humor, ghosts, romance, and redemption.

Fri., Dec. , pm. McCune Founders Rm., Granada Theatre,  State St. $. Call - or visit granadasb.org.

S.B. Festival Ballet: 40th Annual Nutcracker Delighting family members of all ages, SBFB will take you on a magical journey with Clara and her Nutcracker Prince, dancing rats, toy soldiers and dolls that come to life, and a Christmas tree that grows before your eyes. A cast of 100 and a full symphony orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s music under the stars of the Arlington sky.

Sat., Dec. , : and pm; Sun., Dec. , :pm. Arlington Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit thearlingtontheatre.com.

The Montecito School of Ballet: The Night Before Christmas and Les Patineurs This glistening celebration of the holiday season features stunningg scenery, beautiful costumes, and outSat., Dec. , , standing choreography. :pm;Sun., Dec. , pm. Marjorie Lukee .

Theatre,  E. Cota St. $-$. g.

Call - or visit luketheatre.org.

Goleta School of Ballet: The Nutcracker Tutu Suite Young dancers ages 3-6 years old will take part in this suite-style performance to the music of The Nutcracker, supplemented by an encore of your favorite dances from the company’s highest level performers.

Sat., Dec. , :pm. Marjorie Luke Theatre,  E. Cota St., $. Call - or visit goletaschoolofballet.com.

La Pastorela (A Shepherd’s Play) La Pastorela, a historic Santa Barbara Christmas tradition, returns to the Presidio Chapel. Dramatizing the epic battle between good and evil, the play invokes elements of spectacle, comedy, and fantasy. This version of the pastorela was transcribed in the mid-19th century

by Pablo de la Guerra and will be conducted in Spanish.

Sat., Dec. , pm; Sun., Dec. ,  and pm. El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit sbthp.org.

The Christmas Revels: An Irish Celebration of the Winter Solstice Take comfort and joy in the songs, dances, rituals, and stories that the Irish emigrants will bring along from their native country, celebrating their culture and heritage as they embark on their adventure as Celtic pioneers. Ask about the family discount when purchasing your tickets.

Sat., Dec. , : and :pm; Sun., Dec. , :pm.

Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. Free-$.

Call - or visit lobero.com.

State Street Ballet: The Nutcracker With live accompaniment by Opera San Luis Obispo Orchestra and featuring the students of Gustafson Dance, this holiday family favorite is based on the classic story by E.T.A. Hoffman and set to the unforgettable music of Tchaikovsky. This ballet will enchant the entire family as it tells the story of young Clara, who receives a beautiful toy nutcracker that comes to life in her dreams on Christmas Eve. Sat., Dec. ,  and :pm; Sun., Dec , pm. $-$. Call - or visit granadasb.org.

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ScReEniNgS White Christmas Here’s your chance to see one of your favorite holiday movies at the Granada. Come see the story of two song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) who, after WWII, take in a nightclub act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen) to save a small Vermont inn owned by their former general.

Sat., Dec. , pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$.

Call - or visit granadasb.org.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation This classic family movie tells the tale of the Griswolds, who are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark (Chevy Chase, pictured), his wife, and their two kids. Clark’s continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, believing that his Christmas bonus is coming soon.

Sat., Dec. , pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit granadasb.org.

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Miracle on th Street This 1947 Christmas gem starring Edmund Gwenn Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara, and a young Natalie Wood will have you believing in the man with the bag in the red hat — you know, Santa! Come see a screening of this story about the Santa who works at Macy’s.

Sun., Dec. , noon. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$.

Call - or visit granadasb.org.

White Christmas Come enjoy the 60th anniversary of this quintessential holiday film that has been beautifully restored, starring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, and Vera Ellen and featuring some of Irving Berlin’s most iconic music ever like “Sisters,” “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep,” “Love, You Didn’t Do Right by Me,” and, of course,“White Christmas.”

Sat., Dec. , pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater,  Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $.

Call - or visit plazatheatercarpinteria.com.

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Songs on a Mid-Winter’s Night Area performers will sing songs of Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Kwanzaa, Diwali, and other traditions. Organizers ask that you bring a new toy for the Unity Shoppe’s annual toy drive or new clothing or nonperishable food as your admission fee.

Fri., Dec. , :pm. Cambridge Drive Community Church,  Cambridge Dr., Goleta.

Call - or visit cambridgedrivechurch.org.

10th Annual Christmas Concert This evening of music will intertwine traditional carols of the season with historic and contemporary choral masterpieces performed by the 60-piece Westmont Orchestra and 100 voices.

Fri., Dec. , pm; Sat., Dec. , pm; Sun., Dec. , pm. First Presbyterian Church,  E. Constance Ave. $.

Call - or visit westmont.edu/christmasfestival.

Shout the Glad Tidings: Music for a New England Christmas Adelfos Ensemble will bring the warmest holiday images and its roots in the sights, sounds, and smells of New England at Yuletide as the group revels in Christmas music, including Colonial carols

by Billings, glees enjoyed in 19th-century Boston drawing rooms, and modern works.

Sat., Dec. , pm. Trinity Episcopal Church,  State St. $-$. Call -.

Edelweiss Choir Annual Christmas Concert The S.B. Edelweiss Choir, accompanied by a professional string quartet and soprano soloist, will performs works such as the Christmas Cantanta “Lauft, ihr Hirten, allzugleich” (“Run, Ye Shepherds, to the Light”), as well as universally loved Christmas songs in English, German, and Latin.

Be ready to sing along! Sun., Dec. , pm. Trinity Lutheran Church,  N. La Cumbre Rd. Suggested donation: $. Call - or visit edelweisschoir.com.

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Trinity Episcopal Advent Organ Series: Second Sunday This is the second of a four-part performance series which prompts noted artists to share their music. Organ music will be

by German composers Nicolas Bruhns, Heinrich Scheidemann, and Robert Schumann and English composers Herbert Howells, John Ireland, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Sun., Dec. , :pm. Trinity Episcopal Church,  State St. Free.

Call - or visit trinitysb.org.

La Purisima Founders Day Concert More than 500 luminaries will lead the way to an evening of candlelight and music observing the 227th anniversary of the founding of La Purisima Mission in 1787. Come enjoy the musical performance by the Santa Ynez Valley Master Chorale in the setting of the historic church by candlelight. After the performance, guests are invited to La Sala to enjoy fellowship and refreshments. Tickets are advance purchase only.

Mon., Dec. , pm. La Purisima Mission State Historic Park,  Purisima Rd., Lompoc. $. Ages +. Call - or visit lapurisimamission.org.

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34th Annual Messiah Sing-Along Come make a joyful noise, and raise your voice on high as the Foodbank of S.B. County and the First Presbyterian Church present this annual community event that will feature an orchestra including members of the SBCC Symphony and area soloists with you as the chorus. Tickets will be available at Chaucer’s Books, Granada Books, or at the Tue., Dec. , :pm. First Presbyterian Church, door.  E. Constance Ave. $. Call -.

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Danú, A Christmas Gathering: Féile Na Nollag Be a part of this festive, heartwarming Celtic Christmas with one of the most acclaimed ensembles of traditional music from the Emerald Isle that hails from historic County Waterford. The band will appear with virtuosi musicians on flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion, bouzouki, and percussion, along with enchanting vocalist Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and guest dancers to create a glorious mix of traditional Irish tunes spanning the centuries and treasured holiday songs.

Fri., Dec. , pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$.

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Teen Star Holiday Showcase Teen Star S.B. presents its first-ever holiday showcase.

This festive evening features the Teen Star 2014 finalists as they share their musical talents, performing holiday songs that celebrate the spirit of the season. Proceeds go to S.B. County schools’ performing arts programs. Fri., Dec. , -:pm. Bacara Resort & Spa,  Hollister Ave., Goleta. $-$. Call () - or visit bacararesort.com.

UCSB Gospel Choir This highly successful gospel ensemble performs several times each quarter, and what better way to start the holidays! Fill the day with voices of the Fri., Dec. , :pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, season.

UCSB. Free-$. Call - or visit music.ucsb.edu.

23rd Annual TubaChristmas Performance A host of more than 40 brass musicians of all ages will perform renditions of traditional Christmas carols, in conjunction with performances taking place all over world, as a tribute to the late William J. Bell. This year marks the 23rd performance in S.B. and the 41st in the world, and it will be conducted Sat., Dec. , noon. Storke Placita,

by SBCC Band Director Eric Heidner.  block of State St. Free. Call - or visit tubachristmas.com.

Santa Ynez Valley Master Chorale, Youth Chorale and Orchestra Holiday Concert 2014 This is the chorale’s 37th year bringing a powerful and harmonious blend of voices and orchestra to the valley with a concert that will fill your heart with the true Sat., Dec. , :pm; Sun., Dec. , pm. Solvang meaning of the holiday season.

Veteran’s Hall,  Mission Dr., Solvang. $-$. Call - or visit syvchorale.org.

S.B. Choral Society’s Hallelujah Project Concert Let this chorus of more than 90 area singers and performers transport you and yours into seasonal bliss with a performance of holiday music. There’s something about this concert that everyone will love — the perfection of Bach, joyous music of Rutter, syncopated rendering of Paulus, traditional cards, seasonal favorites, celebrity narration of The Night Before Christmas, Sat., Dec. , pm; and maybe even a visit by the Jolly Old Elf. Sun., Dec. , pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$..

Call - or visit lobero.com.

Trinity Episcopal Advent Organ Series: Works of Johann Sebastian Bach In the third of a four-part exploration of the breadth and depth of musical expression, Suzanne Duffy and Jane Hahn will explore and celebrate the musical themes of hope, Sun., Dec. , :pm. Trinity Episcopal Church, joy, peace, and love through Bach.  State St. Free. Call - or visit trinitysb.org.

Lois Mahalia Christmas Concert The first show is fun for the whole family and will include a children’s choir of Lois Mahalia’s vocal students. The second show will add a little jazz, funk, and soul to your Christmas season.

Sun., Dec. ,  and :pm. Center Stage Theater,  Paseo Nuevo. $-$.

Call - or visit centerstagetheater.org.

Chamber Choir and Women’s Chorus The UCSB Department of Music presents an evening of the familiar Latin Christmas text “O magnum mysterium,” which speaks of the great mystery “that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger.” The program will feature works spanning several centuries, and turning to the lighter side, the ensemble will also sing arrangements of secular English, French, and Canadian Sun., Dec. , pm. Trinity Episcopal Church,  State St. Free-$. classics.

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S.B. Master Chorale 19th Annual Holiday Concert This is not just a concert but a sing-along and a party, too!

Sun., Dec. , pm. Unitarian Society of S.B.,  Santa Barbara St. $-$.

Call - or visit sbmasterchorale.org.

Winter Concert Santa Barbara Strings will perform this concert that will feature three progressive levels of string ensembles playing a variety of works performed by a multitiered string orchestra program training and inspiring young musicians studying and performing repertoire from the Renaissance/baroque era to the modern period.

Sun., Dec. , pm. First Presbyterian Church,  E. Constance Ave. Free. Call - or visit santabarbarastrings.org.

S.B. Chamber Orchestra Presents Brandenberg Marathon Holiday Season Celebration The Chamber Orchestra will offer the community a musically engaging holiday experience as they will perform J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos - with Heiichiro Ohyama conducting.

Tue., Dec. , :pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com.

The Venice Holiday Show Venice is a well-seasoned rock ’n’ roll outfit with each member’s résumé flush with high-profile appearances and performances, including gigs and recording sessions with Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, and Ozzy Osbourne, to name a few. If you desire Christmas tunes with a slightly harder edge, look no further.

Fri., Dec. , :pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $-$.

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Quire of Voyces’ Song of Songs This a cappella performance from Quire of Voyces will continue its holiday tradition with an array of choral gems by composers both ancient and modern, from Palestrina, to Durufle, to as-yet-unheard commissioned works by composers Daniel Brinsmead and Michael Eglin.

Sat., Dec. , pm; Sun., Dec. , pm. St, Anthony’s Chapel at Garden Street Academy,  Garden St. $-$. Call - or visit quireofvoyces.org.

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Trinity Episcopal Advent Organ Series: Parisian Masters of the 20th Century In the fourth and final performance of the Advent Organ Series, the church will be filled with organ music by Marcel Dupré, Jean Langlais, Olivier Messiaen, Charles Tournemire, and Charles-Marie Widor.

Sun., Dec. , :pm.

Trinity Episcopal Church,  State St. Free. Call - or visit trinitysb.org.

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EsPecIaLlY fuN foR ChiLdREn Santa at La Cumbre Plaza It’s time to put on your holiday sweater, get your picture taken with Santa, and visit his winter home located near Macy’s. Pet photos will also be available Monday, December 8 and 15 (5-7pm). Thu.-Sat., Dec. -, and Mon.-Thu., Dec. -, noon-pm; Sun., Dec. , am-pm; Fri.-Thu., Dec. -, am-pm; Fri.-Tue., Dec. -, am-pm; Wed., Dec. , am-pm. $.. La Cumbre Plaza,  S. Hope Ave. Call - or visit shoplacumbre.com/events for schedule.

Candy Cane Train All aboard this festively decorated miniature train. One ticket buys you a ride and a coupon for a future ride and entrance into the holiday display of Toy Trains and Teddy Bears. Riders must be at least 34 inches tall. Receive a discount and avoid the line by buying your tickets in advance online!

Closed December - and -. Thu., Dec. -Wed., Dec. , -pm (weekends) and -pm (weekdays). South Coast Railroad Museum,  N. Los Carneros, Goleta. $.-$. Call - or visit goletadepot.org.

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Kids’ Holiday Fused Bead Craft Need more decorations, ornaments, and handmade gifts this year? Spend an afternoon creating holiday-themed fused beads.

Sat., Dec. , pm. Goleta Library,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Ages +.

Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

Snow Leopard Festival Learn about the beautiful and endangered snow leopards and how to save them at this one-of-a-kind family festival. Kids ages 12 and under can sled down the zoo’s mini-Himalayan mountains while parents chill out at an extra minimal cost. There will be snow-related arts and crafts plus Santa returns for photos.

Sun., Dec. , am-pm (am early access for members). S.B. Zoo,  Niños Dr. Free-$. Call - or visit sbzoo.org.

Holiday Festival of Trains All aboard this holiday event! All are welcome to the library to experience a large model train collection that will be chugging around a winter wonderland display.

Fri.-Sat., Dec. -, am-:pm; Sun., Dec. , -pm. Multipurpose Room, Goleta Library,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

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All Wrapped Up: The Art of Giving This one-day workshop provides the opportunity for children to gain inspiration from works in the museum’s collection and create handmade cards, prints, ornaments, and more. Students draw, paint, print, collage, and sculpt artful gifts to share with friends and family.

Sat., Dec. , am-pm. Ridley-Tree Education Ctr., McCormick House,  Santa Barbara St. $-$. Ages -. Call - or visit sbma.net.

Holiday Kids’ Craft ’Tis the season for crafting! Create a festive salt dough ornament for the holidays. Crafts will be provided for the first 50 participants.

Sat., Dec. , :-:pm. Goleta Library,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Ages +.

Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

Zoo Day Families can create a new tradition at the zoo on Christmas Eve or Christmas.

Keepers will keep things jolly with special talks and holiday enrichment for the animals.

Wed.-Thu., Dec. -, am-:pm. S.B. Zoo,  Niños Dr. Free-$.

Call - or visit sbzoo.org.

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Santa Barbara Museum of Art AFTER-SCHOOL CLASSES ATHENA TO ZEUS: EXPLORING THE ART OF ANCIENT GREECE & ROME

Ages 6–12 • Thursdays, January 8 – March 26 • 3:30 – 5:30 pm Paint and sculpt the magical adventures of Ancient Greek and Roman gods and goddesses inspired by the myths depicted in the Museum’s Antiquities collection.

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Ages 7–12 • Tuesdays, January 6 – March 24 • 3:30 – 5:30 pm Learn the basic techniques of sculptural and functional ceramics including hand building and wheel throwing in a fun and relaxed environment. Students create simple clay forms and experiment with surface decoration and glazing techniques, inspired by the upcoming exhibition Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums.

$300 SBMA Members, $350 Non-Members

Location: Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House

Register online at www.sbma.net/kidsfamilies or contact Rachael Krieps at 884.6441 or rkrieps@sbma.net

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Thu., Dec. , -pm. Casa Blanca Restaurant & Cantina,  State St. Free.

Call - or visit screenwriterssb.org.

Ugly Sweater Crawl Throw on your tackiest holiday sweater and spend an evening sojourning through five downtown S.B. bars and restaurants, enjoying one drink per stop. You will meet at the first stop, navigate to the remaining stops, and meet at the final stop for the after-party. Please bring a donation for the Toys for Tots Foundation!

Thu., Dec. , :pm. First stop: TBA. $-$. Ages +.

Call () - or visit nightout.com.

S.B. Young Professionals Club 18th Holiday Gala This Fire & Ice–themed event will begin for VIP admission with special cocktails and appetizers where the Charity of the Year will be announced as well as Young Professional of the Year with Mayor Helene Schneider. General admission will begin after the VIP party, where you will enjoy appetizers, incredible decorations, dancing, and an awesome raffle.

Thu., Dec. , pm-:am (VIP admission at pm). Blind Tiger,  State St. $-$.

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Julefest Holiday Wine About Get a taste of all that Solvang has to offer by taking a stroll among the tasting rooms that have opened their doors and hearts in the name of Julefest cheer. Ticket includes a two-day wine- and beer-tasting passport and a souvenir wine glass, which you can easily re-gift and present to your in-laws or boss.

Sat.-Sun., Dec. -, am-pm. Solvang Park,  st St., Solvang. $.

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Blair Fox Winemaker Pouring and Holiday Party Winemaker Blair Fox, named Andre Tchelistcheff Winemaker of the Year in 2008, will pour his handcrafted small-lot wines for a fun and educational wine tasting. Light appetizers will be provided with the wine tasting.

Advance tickets are necessary.

Sat., Dec. , :pm. S.B. Art Foundry,  Santa Barbara St. $. Ages +. Call - or visit meetup.com/inside-wine-santa-barbara.

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Up on the Rooftop Holiday Party Join the hipsters as they head up to the rooftop of the Canary for some delicious drinks, awesome music curated by We the Beat, and, hopefully, some reindeer sightings.

Fri., Dec. , :-pm. Canary Hotel,  W. Carrillo St.. $-$. Ages +..

Call () - or visit nightout.com..

8th Annual Vodka Latke Party The Young Adultt Division of the Jewish Federation’s event is open to all! l!

This party will feature DJ Darla Bea, dancing, a gourmet latke and donut bar, appetizers, an open bar, dreidels and gelt, a menorah lighting, an auction, and more! Party with a Sat., Dec. , -pm. S.B. Art Foundry,  Santa Barbara St. $-$. purpose.

Call - or visit jewishsantabarbara.org.

Fourth Annual Winter White Ball What a magical way to spend the actual winter solstice by listening to harp music, dancing to Area  and a deejay, eating light appetizers and desserts, and getting a chance to buy last-minute gifts at a silent auction, all while raising funds for the 2015 S.B. Summer Solstice Celebration.

Sun., Dec. , :pm-midnight. Butler Event Ctr.,  State St. $/person; $/couple.

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/: Family 1st Thursday: Animal Locomotion Everyone in the family will enjoy drawing elephants or raccoons on sheets of acetate film to create the illusion of animals in motion. This project, inspired by Eadweard Muybridge’s Art to Zoo: Exploring Animal Natures, which can be viewed after the arts and crafts activity. :-:pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call - or visit sbma.net.

THURSDAY 12/4 /: Michael Kessler: Water & Stone This special solo exhibition by Michael Kessler will present works inspired by the rough mountainous environment around his studio in the Utah wilderness. Join him during the opening reception. Exhibit shows through January , . -pm.

Artamo Gallery,  W. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit artamo gallery.com. /: Tyrone Wells: A Mostly Christmas Show Singer/ songwriter Tyrone Wells, whose songs have appeared in movies and television, will bring on the holiday cheer with irresistible acoustic and pop. According to his Facebook page, he’s excited to play for us “SoCal folks.” pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit sohosb.com. /: Prenatal & Postpartum Yoga, Dance and Relaxation Join Tracy Schmidt, natural child-

birth, yoga, dance instructor, and doula (woman trained to assist others during childbirth) for  years, for important yoga stretches, rhythmic movement, support, and relaxation skills meant for new and pregnant moms. :am-pm.

Jewish Federation of Greater S.B.,  Chapala St. First class: Free-$.

Call - x or visit jewish santabarbara.org. /: Mike Birbiglia Comedian, actor, and filmmaker Mike Birbiglia returns with more painfully awkward stories in Thank God for Jokes, his all-new show about jokes and how they can get you in trouble.

Join him through his arrest, heckling, zombie rodent attacks, and more. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit arts andlectures.sa.ucsb.edu. /: Paul Willis This Poetry Club will have guest poet Dr. Paul Willis, English professor at Westmont College and poet laureate, read a selection of his poems and share some of the joy of writing and teaching. :-pm. Montecito Library,  E. Valley Rd., Monte-

cito. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org. /: Jean Swiggett: A One Man Renaissance This new show, and first solo exhibition of Jean Swiggett, will feature a dozen paintings and drawings created between  and  that will trace the full arc of the artist’s career from the army to painting on  murals for the Works Progress Administration. Exhibit shows through March , . -pm. Sullivan Goss An American Gallery,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit sullivangoss.com. /: Public Market’s 1st Thursday: Make Smith Leather Co.

Make Smith Leather Co. focuses on handmade, one-of-a-kind leather goods. The workshop has expanded to include private label manufacturing and product line.

Santa Monica Seafood will be featured as the food purveyor, while Telegraph Brewing Company provides craft beer tastings. -pm.

S.B. Public Market,  W. Victoria St. Free. Call -.

/: Brian Andreas The newest book by area artist Brian Andreas, Something Like Magic, is filled with love, magic, and all sorts of secret notes to help you remember the most important things in your life. With pages of stories, marvelous colors, and black-and-white drawings, this book is one you can treasure for years. -pm. S.B. Arts, La Arcada Court,  State St., Ste. . Free.

Call - or visit sbarts.net. /: abstraX@Karpeles This group art exhibition features works by  Abstract Art Collective members. Celebrate the growing excitement and popularity of abstract and contemporary artwork in S.B. and explore the diversity of styles ranging from carefully planned minimalism to explosive manifestations of color and gesture.

Exhibit will run through April , . -pm. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum,  W. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit abstractartcollective.com. /-/: The Best Brothers Join Kyle Best as he reunites with his brother after the death of their mother in a freak accident at a gay pride parade. Get into the debate of whom Mom loved more and who’ll get her dog.

This bittersweet comedy is filled with surprises. Shows through December . Thu.-Sat.: pm; Sun.:  and pm; Tue.: pm; Wed.: pm. The New Vic,  W. Victoria St. $-$. Call - or visit ensembletheatre.com. /: Fat Trel Hip-hop artist Fat Trel promises to deliver with robust rhythm and an airtight flow. He started out as an -year-old open-mike-night performer and now opens for performers such as Juicy J and Joey Bada$$. pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. $. Call - or visit velvet-jones.com.

FRIDAY 12/5 /: The Tallis Scholars Founded in , Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars establish the sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as one of the great repertoires of Western classical music.

Let the music of purity and clarity of Renaissance music fill your ears. pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com. Read more on p. . /: Internet Safety and Security Come learn the basics of protecting your computer and personal information. Discuss antivirus software, scams and phishing (the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity), passwords, online shopping, banking, and social media.

Preregistration is required. -pm.

Goleta Library,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

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/: Felix vs. Fido Watch a curated collection of looped cat and dog videos, from six-second videos to short films and everything in between, then cast your vote (cat versus dog) on slips of paper to see who wins, kitties or pooches. -:pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call - or visit sbma.net.

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SATURDAY 12/6 /: Wild Rabbit � Folk-stomp Americana band Wild Rabbit will revamp classic string-band instrumentation with homespun percussion, ukulele, and cello as they demonstrate a sound and presence that is both original and familiar. :pm. Creekside Inn,  Hollister Ave. $. Ages +.

Call - or visit creeksidesb .com.

/: The Art of Travel � Owners and staff of Santa Barbara Travel will present a historical perspective of the travel industry, discussing how it has changed, the evolving and hottest destinations today, and why it’s important to work with a professional travel advisor. -pm. S.B. Travel Bureau,  State St. Free. Call -.

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/: Christian Martin, Seven Lions � Since , Christian Martin has been exploring electronic music all over the world. As you listen to his tech house music, you understand his devotion to the large-scale bass. Joining him will be Seven Lions, instrumentalist and deejay from S.B. Enjoy this night of remixes, deejays, and dance. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $-$. Ages +. Cal - or visit nightout.com.

/: 4th Annual Repeal Day � Celebrate the end of Prohibition in  when the passing of the st Amendment ended  years of Prohibition. Santa Barbarians Joe Andrieu and Ted Mills have turned this unsung moment in history into a lively gathering of history buffs and cocktail aficionados, as revelers in vintage garb will find fellow celebrants at eight different locations in downtown S.B., all of which will be offering deals to those dressed to the nines. pm.

Downtown S.B. Free. Visit repeal daysb.com for locations.

/: Land Trust Meet & Greet � Meet other members, staff, and board to learn about the Land Trust. What better way to connect with other likeminded people who love the land and our area agriculture?

From open space to ranches to critters, the Land Trust is part of what makes S.B. County great. :-:pm. Land Trust Office,  Santa Barbara St., Ste. B. Free. Call - or visit sblandtrust.org.

/: Chrissie Hynde � Two reasons not to miss legendary singer/ songwriter and guitarist Chrissie Hynde are that she will be singing songs from her first-ever album to be released under her own name, the critically and commercially hailed Stockholm, and “She’s still the toughest punk-rock chick on the planet,” according to Rolling Stone. pm. Arlington Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit thearlingtontheatre.com.

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/: College Men’s Basketball: Seattle University at UCSB � A six-page spread in the December  edition of Sports Illustrated profiles the “Beast of the Beach,” UCSB’s ’”, -pound senior Alan Williams. Six games into the season, Williams is the nation’s top rebounder (. per game) and is averaging . points.

Seattle’s Redhawks defeated Cal State Northridge - last Saturday and features senior guard Isiah Umipig, who averages . points per game. On Thursday, December , UCSB will host the University of San Diego. :pm. Thunderdome, UCSB. $-$. Call -UCSB ().

/: Why We Ride � This documentary is about the passion of motorcycling and the story about those who seek a life outside the daily confinements and share those moments together. This screening will reinforce the importance of the journey, not the destination. All proceeds will go to the Unity Shoppe. -pm. S.B. Motorsports,  Hollister Ave., Goleta. $. Call - or visit whyweridesb.nightout.com. /: Suemae Willhite Pop-Up Shop & Calligraphy Demonstration � Calligrapher Suemae Willhite will demonstrate the art of brush painting, also called Japanese sumi-e painting. Experience her unique style, which is a fusion of East meets West. Noon-pm.

S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call - or visit sbma .net. /: Sallie Ford � Blessed with a strong, distinctive, and versatile instrument, vocalist and guitarist Sallie Ford incorporates vintage jazz, blues, and rock. Blending different eras of music from the ’s through the ’s, she will bring music that everyone will enjoy. pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. Free. Call - or visit velvetjones.com. /-/: Adderley December Workshops � Students from the Adderley School for the Performing Arts will present musical theater performances as a culmination of their recent workshop training. Sat.:  and am and :, , :, and :pm; Sun.: , :, and pm. Center Stage Theater,  Paseo Nuevo. $-$. Call - or visit centerstage theater.org. /: Tower of Power � This band has been creating its own kind of soul music for the past  years that combines a horndriven sound with outstanding

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/: Set List Stand-Up Without A Net � This evening of laughs will bring skilled performers in this virtual comedy high-wire act in a show that gives absurd, never-beforeseen topics to comedians as they create an instant, spontaneous, and original stand-up set. Come see Hal Sparks, Henry Phillips, Eliza Skinner, Faith Choyce, and Kimmie Dee. pm. Telegraph Brewing Co.,  N. Salsipuedes St. $-$.

Visit nightout.com. Read more on p. . lead vocals. This dynamic group of musicians will bring a night of “Soul With a Capital S.” pm.

Granada Theatre,  State St. $$. Call - or visit granada sb.org. /: Vaud and The Villains � Get ready to dance to this -piece, s-style New Orleans orchestra and cabaret. With echoes of Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Session Band, they are Americana Noir meets Moulin Rouge. Bring your souls and sins to this unique night of dance and revelry. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit sohosb.com. /: Light Up the Western Sky: A Benefit for Sarah House � This evening will feature dinner and dancing, silent auction, live music, and more. Proceeds will go to Sarah House S.B., which provides a home and end-of-life care for people with low income. :-:pm.

S.B. Woman’s Club,  Mission Canyon Rd. $. Call - or visit sarahhousesb.org. /: Liszt in Instanbul � The S.B. Music Club will perform a program consisting of works that Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer Franz Liszt performed when he visited Istanbul in . Pianist Zeynep Üçbaşaran will focus on juxtaposition of impressive technique with soaring Italianate bel

/: Chocoholics Party Desserts � If you are looking for a healthier spin on desserts or are allergic to gluten or dairy, come explore new recipes you can take to a party, serve at your holiday gathering, or whip up when you have a yen for chocolates. Treats such as chocolate-covered peanut butter balls, chocolate walnut truffles, and others will be made. RSVP is encouraged. pm. S.B. Public Market,  W. Victoria St. Free.

Call -. /: The Jazz Project Calling all jazz lovers to an evening of eclectic jazz funk fusion that will feature Justin Claveria on the saxophone, George Friedenthal on keyboard, Derol Caraco on guitar, Donzell Davis on drums, Dr. John Davidson on bass, and a special guest vocalist. :pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Call - or visit sohosb .com.

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Read more on p. . /: Inside Out: A Comedic Look At Prison and Re-Entry � Poetic Justice Project presents its first Commedia dell’arte play, a style of masked, slapstick comedy dating back to thcentury Italy. Follow Damian from trial to prison to parole as he wears whatever mask he needs to survive. pm. Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta.

Free. Call -. /: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell � This event will feature jazz artist Kimberly Ford and musicians George Friedenthal, Tom Buckner, Tom Etchart, Charles Levin, and Lee Rollag singing songs from Joni Mitch-

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/: Audra McDonald � In , Audra McDonald made Broadway history and became the Tony Awards’ most decorated performer when she won her sixth award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. If you haven’t been lucky enough to see her before, now is your chance to see her live as she will be joined by a small ensemble and sing her favorite showtunes and songs from her latest album, Go Back Home. pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

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with the joy of Yiddish. “Zingt Zhe Kinder!” or “Singe Out Children!” and celebrate with Lorraine’s new album. Noon. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr.,  Chapala St. Free. Call -.

/: Diabetes NOW � This educational session will give you an opportunity to learn how the William Sansum Diabetes Center improves the quality of life and health for people with diabetes.

You will meet experts and get your questions answered. Noon.

William Sansum Diabetes Center,  Bath St. Free. Call - x or visit sansum.org. /: Meiko � With distinctive alto vocals, acoustic guitars, and pianos, Meiko’s music finds common ground between indie pop and coffeehouse folk. Be a part of this, as well as her newly unveiled moodier, bass-heavy sound of her third album Dear You. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Call - or visit sohosb .com. Read more on p. .

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4–10  years ago. Filled with humor and details, this lecture will be informative and fascinating. am-:pm. S.B. Historical Museum,  E. De la Guerra St. Free-$. Call - or visit santabarbaramuseum.com. /: Straight Talk About Men’s Health � Led by urologist Dr. Daniel Curhan, this seminar will educate men about advancements in the treatment of ED (erectile dysfunction) and male incontinence, something more than  million men in the U.S. experience. pm. Sansum Clinic Medical & Surgical Ctr.,  Foothill Rd. Free. Call -. /: Not Just Trivia � This evening will be a more exciting and fun alternative to watching a boring quiz show on television. This night will feature comedy and mini games like Let’s Make A Deal and “show and tell.” pm. S.B. Brewing Co.,  State St. Free. Call -.

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Rick’s work is on display and for sale during December at: The Yes Store, 629 State Street • Gallery 113, 1114 State Street #8 Faulkner Gallery, SB Public Library Casa Magazine Gallery, 23 E. Canon Perdido SB Museum of Art Store, 1130 State Street Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street • SB Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Road Gallery 855, in Carpinteria, 855 Linden Ave

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/: Robert Cray � Blues guitarist Robert Cray is one of his generation’s great musical storytellers. Having written or performed with Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and more, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. He will step in the downhome sound and rich emotion of Southern soul. Sway your “hip tight onions” to Robert Cray. pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com.

TUESDAY 12/9 /: Yiddish Folk Music Legacy Album Release Party � Educator and folk singer Lorraine Gutenplan Silverberg Klein will share her passion for music

/: Theatre Book Club � If you love the theater, and especially our theater scene, then this discussion group is for you.

This program will provide copies from the current Ensemble Theatre Company production of The Best Brothers (about two brothers who deal with the death of their mother and get her dog) for members to read, analyze, and talk about. :pm. S.B. Library,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org. /: New to Medicare � This discussion group will answer those confusing questions you may have about Medicare. Topics will include a general introduction, Advantage plans, prescription drug plans, and more. This seminar is hosted by Heath Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program, a nonprofit organization providing unbiased information and counseling. :am. S.B. Library,  E. Anapamu St. Free.

Visit sbplibrary.org. /: Betsy Green � What was it like to live in Santa Barbara in ? Author Betsy J. Green introduces her latest book, Way Back When: Santa Barbara in , which is filled with tales of everyday life

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Go.” I remember leaving and turning toward my husband, saying , ‘We need to do these costumes now.’

And I’m so glad we did because it’s so popular.”

This holiday, Greenfield, who works at Savoy on weekdays, will play Anna when she and her Tea in Tiaras Adam and Heather Greenfield coscoworkers play as Frozen’s Kristoff and Anna. participate in the annual holiday parade up State Street. The event will be a family affair, too, with her husband Adam as Kristoff and her sister Holly as Elsa. “There is a section where all of the princesses will dance to generic Christmas music; then it feeds off to an instrumental version of ‘Let it Go,’ and my sister and I will do a routine together,” she said. “I hope we put on a good show.”

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See the princess at the Downtown Holiday Parade on Friday, December 5, at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit downtownsb.org.

WINE, CHEESE, AND DOGS: Each Sunday at La Cumbre plaza, Give a Dog a Home: ReTail Adoption Center (GDH) trots out a batch of cute, cuddly canines from the county shelter for the buying public to meet and pet. On Sunday, December 28, GDH and its pooches are heading to Montecito for a special holiday appearance at Wendy Foster. Enjoy wine and cheese and the tail-wagging attention of adoptable dogs in need of homes on Sunday, December 28, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Wendy Foster (516 San Ysidro Rd., Montecito). For more information, call 222-4459.

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right: A regular around the harbor, this osprey makes an impressive landing atop a ship’s mast. Also known as a fish eagle, this bird of prey subsists nearly exclusively on the bounty of scaly swimmers (i.e., fishies) that dwell in the big blue.

It may be news to Santa Barbarans, but there is a princess in our midst. She may not have royal lineage, but that is no matter for Heather Greenfield, who dons princess gowns each weekend and bewitches kids with her true-tocharacter portrayals. Greenfield’s regal duties come via her job with Tea in Tiaras (teaintiaras.com), a Santa Barbara– based entertainment company run by Karrinne Galle.

So how did Greenfield become a part-time princess?

“It actually started out as a hobby,” she said. “My husband took me to my first [Comic-Con-like] convention … and I thought ‘This is so magical.’” That experience in 2009 led her to engage in cosplay, a word merger of costume play, where folks dress up and “role-play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context,” according to Wikipedia.

Greenfield’s first creation was Rapunzel. “She’s my favorite. I had a floating-lantern Rapunzel-themed wedding, too. [My husband and I] are huge fans of Tangled.”

Next came Belle. Now there are nine princesses in her arsenal, including Snow White, Cinderella, Pink Sleeping Beauty, Blue Sleeping Beauty, Merida, and Ariel, which she expects to have completed this month. Greenfield doesn’t make the outfits herself but sources them from different seamstresses on Etsy and eBay. “I do a lot of research because I want everything to be perfect.”

She also has gowns of Frozen’s Anna (her coronation gown and her winter wear) and Elsa, which she put together before the film had even hit theaters. “I went to [the] D23 conference, the big Disney conference,” Greenfield explained.“I was sitting in one of the panels, and they were talking about Frozen before anyone knew what it was. And then Idina Menzel came out and sang “Let it

Get your pets in on the holiday spirit with a photo of them on the lap of Santa Paws — a canine version of Kris Kringle. The shoot will take place at Camp Canine, a “pet resort and spa” established in 1984. For the people, there will be complimentary cocoa and light snacks. Suggested photo donations: $10 digital, $15 print, $20 both. All proceeds benefit DAWG. The yuletide fun takes place Saturday, December 6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Camp Canine (803 E. Montecito St.). Call 962-4790 for more information

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magine lying on y, a gurney, waiting for surger y, h sedated with wValium, knowing that thee outcome willl be as good ass medical sci-ence, training, and technology can provide these days, and that your pain will be, if not minimal, at least dealt with by strong drugs.

Now imagine you’re on a hard chair. Three men stand behind you, ready to hold your head and the rest of you in vise-like grips while you scream. Afterward, you’re bundled up in bandages that are most likely dirty, sent home, and good luck to you.

Welcome to mid-19th-century surgery — specifically the decades between 1831 and 1859, when Thomas Dent Mütter taught and performed surgery at Philadelphia’s famed Jefferson Medical College. Mütter’s story is told by author Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz in her new book, Dr. Mütter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine.

It’s a compelling tome; the pen-and-ink, before-and-after drawings of frightful medical conditions will grab you before you’ve even started reading. However, this isn’t a book aimed to shock, although at times it does. Aptowicz spent years writing this book, which shows in her deft mixture of wellresearched history, biography, and social commentary.

Dr. Mütter’s Marvels begins in the 1830s with Mütter earning his medical degree at age 20 and moving to Paris for further training. It ends with Mütter’s untimely death at age 49, shortly before the beginning of the Civil War in 1860. The state of medical knowledge was appallingly scant at that time. There were no anesthetics until 1846, and even then there wasn’t general agreement that they were safe or even moral to use. There was no clear idea of germs, no agreement among doctors that cleanliness had anything to do with the terrible death rates from infection.

Mütter, young and eager to advance medical science, went against the tide of popular practice. For example, when in 1846 a successful demonstration of the pain-killing qualities of ether led Mütter and a few others to promote and subsequently use the anesthetic, the old guard stood firm against it.

The “marvels” of the title refers to the 1,700 medical oddities that Mütter collected during his short lifetime and willed to the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. The Mütter Museum stands today and has a collection of 25,000 specimens. But Dr. Mütter’s Marvels is more about one man’s crusade to modernize medicine. His gift to the world, described eloquently by Aptowicz, was his ability to see his patients’ sufferings and determine to alleviate them.

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ndividuals affected by the Isla Vista killings in May now have an opportunity to make their voices heard in the tentatively titled IVStrong Collaboration: Looking Beyond May 23, a multimedia anthology-to-be commemorating the experiences and resiliency of residents who were there.

Coeditors Kelsey Scarlet, Monica Lopez, and Marisela Márquez have put out an open call for submissions, asking for any media — poetry, fiction, essays, articles, videos, photos, artwork — through which students, I.V. residents, and others may choose to speak their truths.

The anthology is intended to share the stories of those affected by the tragedy as well as be a means of documenting the widespread support that sprang up in the days that followed. The coeditors describe the anthology in a statement as “a collaborative piece that STANDING STRONG: I.V. residents comfort each other in the wake of May’s murders. stems out of the community that was affected — not by the media outlets that tried to define us themselves.”

The three coeditors were all active members of campus life at the “Nationally, Isla Vista is just portrayed as this negative place, but none time: Scarlet served as Internal VP for Associated Students, Lopez of the millions of small actions of students, nor what this community as KCSB’s news director, and Márquez as a faculty member and AS truly stands for, were portrayed at all really,” she said. “It was such a executive director. Between them, they felt a need to commemorate the beautiful community before this happened, and it is an even more shared support between students amid sudden violence and a greater beautiful community now.” need to continue discussions on campus and off, even after national Scarlet hopes the anthology will allow those still reeling from the attention has turned elsewhere. tragedy to express their grief and will demonstrate to other communiWhereas news teams focused on the terror of tragedy, the anthology ties the ways a neighborhood can heal after a shooting. “As of now, will highlight the more positive sides. “No one has really come close to there have been 50 school shootings this year since Isla Vista and 84 describing how people cared for each other,” Márquez said. The anthol- since Sandy Hook, so why is this still happening? I want this to be a ogy will “facilitate a method by which people can speak for themselves project to keep the conversation going, to say, hey, this isn’t over,” she and share what they went through as a way to continue the healing said, mentioning the many underlying cultural issues — among them process,” she said. misogyny and racism — inflamed amid the tragedy but subsequently Scarlet agreed, calling the anthology “our way to show the world snuffed out in media coverage. how we reacted as a community, because we believe the world hasn’t The medium and content of the anthology will depend on submisseen that.” Scarlet expressed her dismay at how much media coverage sions. All work must be submitted with a signed contribution release focused on Elliot Rodger, the shooter, instead of the many kind actions and emailed to IVStrongCollab@gmail.com by January 15, 2015, to be — Richie DeMaria between community members in the moments and months following. considered for inclusion.

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n January 1988, when he was just 10 years old, Eric Friedman traveled with his mother, Celeste, to live in East Berlin for six months with his stepfather, the late, wildly popular UCSB professor Frank McConnell, who had won a Fulbright for the chance to see life on the other side of the Berlin Wall. It’s been 25 years since the wall’s globe-shifting fall, so Friedman, who is a staff assistant for 1st District County Supervisor Salud Carbajal, and his mom are soon releasing a self-published memoir about their time there.

Called Ghosts of East Berlin, the book recounts episodes both quirky and horrific, revealing how these short six months shaped the way that the two came to understand the modern world. Friedman chatted about his memories with me on a Friday afternoon. What follows is a short version of our conversation.

Did you know what kind of situation you were going into? We

had no clue. My world at 10 years old was just Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. That was all I really knew. I’d never even thought about Berlin or living there. It was a shock.

Were there any concerns about your general welfare before leaving? At the time [we moved] there was some international anti-

Semitism, and I am of Jewish descent, so we actually changed my last name on my passport from Friedman to McConnell in case our plane was hijacked. We also did that because I have German ancestry, and we worried that with a different last name, it would look like my mom and Frank were trying to smuggle out an East German kid.

Did you have any sense that the wall would be torn down the next year? We had no indications at all. In fact, just the opposite: As

we spent more time there, we distinctly thought that even if it did come down, they were so at different from West Berlin that there was no way to merge thee two. The best description iss The Wizard of Oz: One side was in color and great, and the other side was black and white. It was two different universes.

Did you return after the wall came down? We went back in 1990

and visited our East German friends. Frank was originally going to teach English to Germans, but it was so chaotic, we quickly found it was falling apart, so we left after a couple weeks.

What prompted you to write the book? We decided to write our memoirs for the 25th anniversary, so that’s what we did over the last two to three years. It was a great process … I really got to reflect on a pivotal six months in my life. … We were part of a historical time in a historical city during one of the key moments in world history.

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dent and prime mover of the SBLA, also brought his knowledge and enthusiasm for the sport from the East. He was a pediatric critical-care specialist at the University of Virginia, in the heart of lacrosseland. His three boys were playing the sport when he took a job at Cottage Hospital in 2010. The SBLA was then a fledgling nonprofit organization. “It had no base,” Lehman said. “I expressed a desire DOUBLE-TEAMING: Darwin Miguel is a lacrosse player who made the Laguna Blanca football team.

The 5�6�, 130-pound junior played cornerback for the Owls this fall. “Playing cornerback is a huge to get it off the ground.”

Lehman began teach- responsibility, knowing you’ve got to make the tackle or it’s in the end zone,” Miguel said.“I’m a goalkeeper in lacrosse.” There is a lower risk of concussions in lacrosse than football, but Miguel said, ing PE classes in lacrosse “There are definitely some injuries in both sports. You’re going to get bruises if you play either one.” at Mountain View School and holding clinThe legal contact zone in lacrosse is between the shoulders ics at other venues. “By the winter of 2011, we had so many kids we decided to run a spring league,” he said. “It’s grown 30-40 and the waist, only at the front of the body. (Different rules apply percent every year.” In 2012, the SBLA fielded its first elite travel- to girls’ lacrosse; no bodily contact is allowed.) There is a lower ing teams. With the support of the SBLA — “over $50,000 worth risk of concussions in lacrosse than in football, but Miguel said, of equipment of uniforms,” Lehman said — Dos Pueblos, San “There are definitely some injuries in both sports. You’re going Marcos, and Santa Barbara highs will compete in the Condor to get bruises if you play either one. The lacrosse ball can hit you League with the established lacrosse teams at Laguna Blanca, hard. You don’t want to drop and cry from pain.”

Cate, Dunn, Midland, and Ojai Valley next spring.

It was his eagerness to try different sports, along with being Lacrosse can complement rather than compete with other a good student, that enabled Miguel — the son of a custodian sports, Lehman said. “We will always advocate kids playing and a house cleaner — to attend Laguna Blanca, like his brother multiple sports,” Lehman said. “We do not want to have lacrosse Brian before him. Both boys joined the Santa Barbara School year-round.” of Squash, another exceptional sport in the community, and The Santa Barbara Showdown in October was an out-of- received scholarships to the Hope Ranch prep school with the season opportunity for elite lacrosse teams to showcase their help of Debbie Brown, director of the squash program. “We’re talents. It was run by UCSB coaches Paul Ramsey and Mike small but mighty,” Brown said. “We give the boys freedom.

Allan in consort with the SBLA, which fielded eight teams.

Brian and Darwin didn’t have to focus on squash.”

Darwin Miguel would have been out there, but he is a Darwin said he was enthralled by the team spirit in football lacrosse player who made the football team. The 5�6�, 130- when he watched his brother, now a student at the University pound junior played cornerback for the Laguna Blanca Owls of Oregon, play on Laguna Blanca’s eight-man team. He is glad this fall. “Playing cornerback is a huge responsibility, knowing he tried it, but if he had to choose, he’d take lacrosse. “Football you’ve got to make the tackle or it’s in the end zone” Miguel said. is definitely a lot more popular,” he said, “but lacrosse is more “Football got me in the mood to hit people. I’m a goalkeeper in unique.”

For information about lacrosse and rugby in the community, lacrosse. I have lots of opportunities to hit people when they see sblacrosse.org and santabarbararugby.com. get into the crease.”

Alan Williams and Summer Garrison Honored Alan Williams and Summer Garrison took care of business on the court to earn Athlete of the Week honors from the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table.

Garrison, a senior on the Santa Barbara High girls tennis team, won three singles matches at the CIF Southern Section Regional individual tournament to earn a spot in the final rounds of the section championships at the Whittier Narrows Recreation complex this week. Garrison also won a marathon match against a highly ranked player

from Torrey Pines during the CIF Southern California Regionals team competition at the Claremont Club.

Williams was a force for the UCSB men’s basketball team at the Great Alaska Shootout, where the Gauchos finished as runnersup. He recorded double-doubles in all three tournament games. In the 65-63 championship game loss to Colorado State, he scored 22 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and blocked four shots. Williams was named the tourna— Barry Punzal ment MVP.

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season, and the sport with the highest participation in Santa Barbara was lacrosse. Eighty teams from up and down the state wielded sticks in the Santa Barbara Showdown, a youth lacrosse tournament on the vast polo fields in Carpinteria.

UCSB has fielded men’s and women’s lacrosse clubs for a number of years, but the formation of teams for children ages 8 and up is a recent development in the community. Proponents say lacrosse is the fastest-growing sport in the country. Annual surveys by U.S. Lacrosse show that between 2001 and 2013, the number of players on organized lacrosse teams grew 194 percent to 746,859 — almost 700,000 at the youth and high school levels. Participation in Santa Barbara has grown from a handful of players at private prep schools to several hundred youths in the Santa Barbara Lacrosse Association (SBLA), and the three city high schools are going to field CIF lacrosse teams in the spring of 2015.

Rugby is another increasingly popular sport that is between football and lacrosse on the scale of physical contact. It has grown by a magnitude of some 300 percent in a decade, to a present total of 115,000 registered members of U.S.A. Rugby.

UCSB, Westmont College, and SBCC have long-standing clubs, while older ruggers keep playing for the Santa Barbara Grunion and the Fossils. Meanwhile, the Santa Barbara Stingrays youth rugby program is entering its fourth year. About 100 children ages 10 and up are practicing to play on age-group rugby teams.

Forrest Galante, head coach of the Stingrays, gives a barbed recommendation to rugby, a sport he played for 20 years: “Rugby is truly a man’s sport of camaraderie and commitment.

Every single kid gets to tackle, run, and score. It’s for rough-andtumble kids. A lot of them play football, too. Lacrosse is for kids who couldn’t make the football team.”

Mike Terry, the lacrosse coach at Santa Barbara High, retorts that his sport has a multifaceted appeal: “From football, it takes physicality. From soccer, endurance. From basketball, set plays like pick-and-rolls. From hockey, the transition game and playing behind the net.”

Rugby and lacrosse coexist on the fields at upper Elings Park.

There is an overlap in their seasons, the rugby youth teams beginning league play in January and the lacrosse season starting in late February.

Terry came to Santa Barbara from Pennsylvania, where he played lacrosse for a small college. Rick Lehman, the presi-

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eafood lovers across the nation can now enjoy the fruits complications in the seafood distribution chain. Locally caught of our ocean waters a little more readily. Community Sea- seafood is a delicacy surprisingly rare to find in area restaurants food, which was founded two years ago in Santa Barbara and grocery stores. Wild-caught seafood, such as Santa Barbara “to support local fisheries,” now offers Shore to Door, fish and shellfish, often goes to higher bidders across the Pacific. a direct-to-consumer program In contrast, almost 90 perwhere paying members across the cent of the seafood Americans consume is imported in the country can receive their share of form of cheaper, farm-raised flash-frozen, vacuum-sealed, seasonal catch straight from the boats alternatives from nations such of fishermen who call the Santa as Chile, Vietnam, and NorBarbara Harbor home. way; about half of it arrives mislabeled. By going straight Started in the summer of 2012, Community Seafood began selling to the source and offering conan aggregate assortment of Santa sumers full information of the fishes’ origins, Community Barbara seafood from a variety of area fishermen; within 48 hours Seafood’s model offers a simof the catch, subscribers can pick pler, albeit pricier, consumer alternative to less-than-fresh, up their catch at a series of distriambiguously labeled superbution points around town. Currently, members choose from four market seafood. differently priced offerings, with “We have complete control each individual piece of seafood of the chain of custody, which labeled with a QR code detailing ensures 100 percent traceabilthe fisherman who caught it, his ity,” said Magna Sundstrom, or her vessel, how the fish was operations director of Comcaught, and how to cook it. munity Seafood. The organiThe program began with 32 zation pays “above dockside members in its pilot season and price” for the catch, which now counts 470 from Santa Bartranslate to bigger profits for bara County down to the South the fishermen, who are otherBay region of Los Angeles County, wise “at the bottom of the seawith pickups in Goleta, Santa food chain” for profit yields, Barbara, Carpinteria, Los AngeSundstrom said. The compales, Hollywood, Santa Monica, ny’s model is second only to buying direct from the fisherAltadena, and more. Beginning men themselves, who sell their December 1, the Shore to Door program will expand the organicatches at Saturday’s waterSEAFOOD TO YOU: Sam Shrout and his son, Kevin (seen here zation’s network nationally, offerfront Fisherman’s Market. back in 2008), are fishermen who sell their catch to Community ing sustainably sourced Santa The organization also notes Seafood. the environmental benefits Barbara seafood to subscribers for sourcing locally — eating via a shipper that specializes in perishables. Delivering the first Monday of each month, the new closer to home means fewer overseas air shipments and ensures program offers four different packages: Smoked Local Catch (cured that your fresh catch are in line with the strict environmental regufish and shellfish), Kings of the Sea (popular and traditional fish lations on California fisheries. The program may also introduce like king salmon, halibut, and sea bass), Classic Catch (fillets and subscribers to new species of fish they otherwise may not have shellfish, from black cod to shrimp), and Fisherman’s Choice (for eaten, like black cod or sand dabs, and thereby diversifies a market in danger of overfishing popular populations. more adventurous palates).

Modeled after Community Supported Agriculture programs, in “Eating local is always the best,” Sundstrom said. “It’s definitely which subscribers receive seasonal produce from nearby farms, the more sound.” program is meant to cut down on the economic and environmental — Richie DeMaria See communityseafood.com.

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Third Window Brewing Company enters the Central Coast ale scene with the release of “Bierbara” on December 4, the

feast day of St. Barbara, at Les Marchands, Hungry Cat, and other places around town. A collab beer with The Bruery, the ale is a Belgian-style quadrupel that gives a nod to the traditional St. Barbara feast day dish of “Burbara” by incorporating raw barley, raisins, apricots, and holiday spices. Third Window expects to open its own brewery next year at the corner of Haley and Laguna streets. ● Leslie “The Accidental Chef” Thomas hosts her next cooking class at the S.B. Public Market on dark, dairy-free, non-processed, and no-cooking-required chocolate recipes for peanut butter balls, walnut truffles, and more on

Sunday, December 7, 1-2 p.m. Call 770-7702. ● Big Dave’s Egg Nog is now on sale by the glass ($10) and to-go until supplies last at the Hungry Cat (1134 Chapala St.; 884-4701) for $38 per refillable one-liter bottle. Chef-owner David Lentz’s recipe goes back three generations and involves spiced rum, brandy, and Jameson whiskey. ● Dinesh Perera, owner of The Spicy Gourmet, is now selling a 24-page, digital Sri Lankan cookbook for $5, with proceeds going to Direct Relief. See thespicy gourmet.com. ● Make Smith Leather Co., Santa Monica Seafood, and Telegraph Brewing Company are teaming up for a free 1st Thursday demo tasting on Thursday, December 4, at the Santa Barbara Public Market. ● The Santa Barbara Public Market’s first-ever Holiday Bazaar, hosted by Wine + Beer and The Kitchen, offers two seatings for a Champagne tasting on Saturday, December 6, at 4:30 and 7 p.m. Call 770-7702 for reservations. See sbpublicmarket.com.

Isabelle Legeron has been championing “natural wine”— wine made with very few or no additives — since 2008, when it was considered weird rather than progressive. The first French woman to pass the grueling Master of Wine accreditation, Legeron gives both a personal and professional perspective on what some consider the most pure of winemaking styles in her new book Natural Wine (Cico Books, $24.95), which excels in explaining the movement without employing the sanctimonious tone often associated with the subject.

The self-proclaimed Crazy French Woman uses real-world examples to illustrate her passion for the style while demystifying the ethos and process involved in creating the wine. Starting in the country of Georgia — often referenced as the birthplace of natural wine and where Legeron’s love affair began — the book takes us all over the world, explaining everything from the benefit of butterflies in the vineyard to the thorny topic of sulfite use in wine.

Among other characters, she spotlights Paso Robles’ Phillip Hart and Mary Morwood Hart of AmByth Estate, explaining how they dry-farm in a droughtstricken region.

On Wednesday, December 10, Los Olivos Café (2879 Grand Ave., Los Olivos) will host a tasting of other natural, organic, and/or biodynamic wines for $25. See losolivoscafe.com or call 688-7265 x6. And here are three more “natural”-leaning Central Coast wines to sip right now.

2012 AmByth Priscus Amphora: Don’t be alarmed by the orange tint to this white Rhône blend — that’s just extended skin contact during fermentation. The Paso Robles–made wine offers Bartlett pears and white flower, nice grip for a white with a chalky stone finish. $45 2013 Lo-Fi Cabernet Franc: Also mentioned in the book, Mike Roth’s recently launched label Lo-Fi is getting high praise. This cabernet franc is excellent with ripe black cherry and bitter cranberry giving bite, plus classic dry leaf and bark, making a perfect autumn treat. $25 2011 Ampelos Lambda Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir: Strictly speaking, Ampelos is biodynamic (where sulfur is allowed), and this is quite a lush little number, full of juicy cherry, rich cassis, and a hint of lead pencil minerality. $35 —Louis Villard

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WINE GUY WITH BEER: After years of running his still-thriving bottle shop Vino Divino, Sean Larkins is now serving rare beers, food, and, yes, still wine (like this lovely Samsara he’s drinking) at his new Villa Wine Bar & Kitchen on Anacapa Street downtown.

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“For Belgian and German beers, it’s just us, Dutch Gardens, and the Brat Haus,” said Larkins a few weeks ago while pouring a Bayreuther Kellerbier into a tall ceramic half-liter stein. “And that’s the other thing: All these beers come in a special glass.”

Included in that draught list is the crisp yet malty Schönramer Gold from Bavaria; the heady and rich St. Bernardus, whose recipe was invented by Trappist monks in West Flanders; and the lushly spiced Gouden Carolus Tripel, by a Belgian brewery that first made beer for a hospital back in the 1400s. The balance of Villa’s eight revolving taps feature a who’s who of American craft brewers, from Telegraph on Salsipuedes Street to Mad River from Humboldt County, Abita from New Orleans, and Pizza Port in San Diego. And the beers are all fairly priced, $6-$9 for hefty pours, a price some bars charge for low-end lagers. Flights can also be had for those wanting samples of all.

Certainly, the wine shines, too, whether it’s regional experts like Qupé or fringier selections like the white wine friulano from Northern Italy, all also priced to sell, creeping up from $20 in increments of $10. But brand-new for Larkins and his wife, Gabi, a critical component to the business, is their food service, allowing their fans to pair libations with good eats for the first time ever. Given that they don’t have a full kitchen — their dreams of a pizza oven are also on hold after taking way too long to figure out — it is simple fare: cheese boards, bruschetta, salads, panini, and desserts.

More options may come in the future, but with solid ales and a very Santa Barbara-esque setting — dripping fountain and red tiles included — a hot panino is just about all you need to complete the experience.

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20 JADENOW GALLERY: 14 Parker Way, 845-4558 Please join us at the JadeNow Gallery for an Evening of Creative Delights with Istara Freedom--featuring sculpture, new works, poetry, performance, and music. Meet the artist!

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1 THURSDAY PROGRAM 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.

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1 DISTINCTIVE FRAMING ‘N’ ART: 1333 State Street, 805-882-2108 Give the gift of Santa Barbara this Holiday Season. Chris Potter presents “Santa Barbara Gems,” mall landscape paintings of all the places we love. Dave of Distinctive Framing will be framing many pieces so they will be ready for gift-giving.

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Granada Theatre departure, 1214 State Street The new Sundial Studio and Gallery invites you to join us on a quick, fun ride to our new location on Kimball Street. Departing from the Granada Theater, art lovers will board a trolley and be transported to and from our gallery to enjoy live music, wine and refreshments and, of course, amazing art! The Sundial Gallery is a venture of UCP WORK, Inc., supporting Santa Barbara residents with disabilities for over 45 years.

7 & 11 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-1460 In December, Sullivan Goss celebrates the opening of four new shows in its Contemporary gallery, including one of our most popular shows of the year: 100 Grand. The show features 100 works of art in a single room, all priced at $1,000 or less. Also opening are Jean Swiggett: One Man Renaissance; Anders Aldrin; and Agoraphobia: Portraits of American Interiors.

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Brian Andreas is the California local artist who founded StoryPeople back in 1993. He currently lives in Santa Barbara with canvas, wire, wooden boards and other tools for storytelling never too far out of reach. Something Like Magic is Brian’s newest book, filled with love, magic and secret notes to help you remember the most important things in life. Brian will be on hand to sign his books, prints and sculptures. Wine poured by Grassini Family Vineyards.

10 WATERHOUSE GALLERY: 1114 State Street #9, 805-962-8885 The Gallery is going on its 30th year and 23 years in La Arcada, featuring artwork from some of today’s finest nationallyknown painters. Southwest Art Magazine recognized the Waterhouses among “10 Prominent People’ in the Fine Art Business. Ralph Waterhouse will give a painting demonstration at 6pm.

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Animal Locomotion: Draw elephants or raccoons on sheets of acetate film to create the illusion of animals in motion after Eadweard Muybridge’s photographs in Art to Zoo: Exploring Animal Natures. (5:30–7:30 pm, Free) Felix vs. Fido: Gather on the Museum’s Front Steps to watch a curated collection of looped cat and dog videos—from sixsecond videos to short films and everything in between. Then cast your vote (Cat vs. Dog) and see who wins! (5–7:30 pm) Quire of Voyces: This dynamic a capella group returns! The group rediscovers the sacred choral music of the Renaissance and modern age. Nathan Kreitzer conducts 25 professional singers who volunteer their talents to present the highest quality of performance in historic settings. (6:30–7 pm; Location: Ludington Court)

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MICHAEL KESSLER — WATER & STONE: presenting brand new works by Michael Kessler, who works in both of his studios in Santa Fe and in the Utah wilderness. More than ever before he is drawn to and pulls his inspiration from nature. In his new work he explores new techniques, playing out the flow and dissolution of the paint, juxtaposed with strong lines or fields, and accented with bold contrasting colors.

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NEAR AND FAR: Plein Air in County Parks: The County Arts Commission and S.C.A.P.E. (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment) celebrate the beauty and diversity of these unique resources with a wide variety of plein air styles and media created by SCAPE members. A portion of the proceeds from this exhibition will benefit the Santa Barbara County Park Foundation. (Tonight’s reception will feature a Leadership in the Arts Award.)

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17 THE YES STORE: 629 State Street, 805-966-9777 The Yes Store is the nation’s longest running artisan holiday cooperative (1968-2014) delighting locals and visitors with an impressive display of high quality local hand-crafted work in different mediums including: jewelry, ceramics, clothing, art

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M SOJOURNER: 134 East Canon Perdido, 805-965-7922 Join Peggy Oki to celebrate her 15th annual exhibit at “The Soj!” Peggy is the founder and director of the Origami Whales Project. Also enjoy the music of Michael Frey and tastings of Teeccino products.

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791 Chapala Street, 805-962-8500 Rock Photographer Amber Paresa presents Scenes from Down Stage Center - A collection of live concert images. Happy Hour will be extended until 8pm.

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653 Paseo Nuevo Terrace, 805-966-5373 Join us for after hours at the museum! MCASB is hosting Curated Cocktails: Biblioholidaze, with $5 signature cocktails created by Outpost at The Goodland’s resident mixologist Chris Burmeister, inspired by our current exhibition Requiem for the Bibliophile. Holiday Tunes Remixed by DJ Darla Bea, plus free art activities.

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1-A West Canon Perdido, 805-560-6888 Join us for Salt Clothing Boutique’s Grand Opening (formerly on Santa Clause Lane)! Incredible gift bags for the 1st ten customers, a drawing for a FREE cashmere sweater, live music by Jamey Geston, champagne and appetizers and artwork by the talented Michael Irwin and Erika Carter.

A GEM PACKED LIFE Creating one of a kind, versatile jewelry in high karat gold, beads & gems collected the world over, Ojai’s Donna Diglio will showcase her latest work. glass, graphics, metal-sculpture, mixed media, photography, textiles, weaving and wood. Open 7 days a week through MICRO SCULPTURE by Dan Levin and GEMSTONE CARVINGS by Ronald Stevens will be available for affordable gifting. Enjoy December 24. Please join us throughout the Holiday Season as we present the finest of Santa Barbara’s artisans. edible treats and a Bella Rosa Galleries Cabernet Sauvignon wine tasting to benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara.

18 GALLERY 27 AT BROOKS INSTITUTE 27 East Cota Street, 805-690-4913 13 ZFOLIO GALLERY: 1013 State Street, 805-845-7375 The Portfolio Show: Each year the graduating students select a sample of their work to exhibit in The Portfolio Show.

ZFolio is honored to present select creations from world renowned designer Paula Crevoshay. Paula’s creations blend classic The work is selected by the students with the support of a faculty member and features projects created in the Graphic design elements, stunning gemstones and a passion for history and culture into one-of-a-kind treasures that jewelry Design, Professional Photography, and Visual Journalism programs. Brooks Institute takes this opportunity to celebrate and connoisseurs admire and add to their private collections. This exhibit previews Paula’s donation in support of the State showcase the graduating students’ work with the community, friends and family.

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19 ART FROM SCRAP: 302 East Cota, 805-884-0459 14 JAMES MAIN FINE ART Homespun Holiday Art Exhibition & Craft Show: Bring the whole family to the Art From Scrap Gallery for a Homespun 27 East de la Guerra Street, 805-962-8347 Holiday Art Opening and Craft Show, with fun, food, craft-making and festivities. Homespun Holiday features the work of Works from the Estate of Channing Peake: Channing Peake, modernist painter and cowboy, demonstrates a unique artistic artists Colleen Darling, Elena Mary Siff, Mary Stanley and Syd McCutcheon, who have created smaller-sized works perfect for vision developed over years of training. His relationships with Pablo Picasso and Rufino Tamayo encouraged and inspired gift giving. Make Holiday Cards and Ornaments at our Art From Scrap craft table. DJ Ted Coe from KCSB FM will be spinning his cubist interpretations of ranch life, dynamic abstract compositions and use of color. We offer etchings and watercolors tunes. by early Santa Barbara artist Edward Borein and works by early twentieth century painters and print makers.

136 East De La Guerra Street, 805-966-1601 Vintage Toys & Trains: Join us an enchanting model train display depicting Downtown Santa Barbara (1920-1940), courtesy of model train engineer Ken Kelley. Browse Pacific Coast Rail Road artwork along with our latest exhibition, dedicated to architect Lutah Maria Riggs. Always family-friendly we welcome children of all ages to free “Polar Express” themed activities (story-time, crafts & hot chocolate) from 5:30-7:30 pm. Georgia’s Smokehouse will be onsite serving their delicious BBQ from 5:30 until 7pm.

G HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE: 1100 State Street, 805-845-3343 Introducing Charbonnel et Walker, purveyors of fine English chocolates since 1875, who also enjoy the rare privilege of holding a Royal Warrant to Her Majesty the Queen. Handmade exclusively in Royal Tunbridge Wells in England and world renowned for their dark chocolate, they are made from the finest dark couverture and have a luscious richness and unforgettable silky taste. Luxurious handmade boxes, satin ribbons and complimentary gift wrapping complete the perfect gift for the Holidays. Please join us to sip champagne and taste the most wonderful exquisite chocolate truffles!

I SANTA BARBARA TRAVEL: 1028 State Street, 805-869-1107 Experience the “Art of Travel” at our Open House. Come by to meet the owners and staff of Santa Barbara Travel who will present an historical perspective of the travel industry over the last 60 years. Learn how the travel industry has changed, the evolving and hottest destinations today, and why it is even more important than ever to work with a professional travel advisor. (Presentation: 6pm)

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F ENCANTO: 1114 State Street #22, 805-722-4338 IT’S CHRISTMAS! TRUNK SHOWS + ITALIAN COOK BOOK SIGNING, LIVE JAZZ + LOCAL WINE! We will be hosting a jewelry trunk show, a block print fabric trunk show, and an Italian cook book signing from 3-8pm so come meet the makers. The BLUE MOON QUARTET will be serving up jazz standards from 6-8pm, along with wonderful wine from CARR WINERY. Don’t miss ENCANTO, one of the best venues of the ART WALK!

H WALTER CLAUDIO SALON AND SPA: 11 W. Figueroa Street, 805-963-7579 Walter Claudio invites you to his Holiday Kick-off event, presenting Alston face & body. Fine art by Ruth Ellen Hoag will be on exhibit. Enter to win salon and spa services in a raffle benefitting Dream Foundation, and a “one-night special” for all attendees. Wine, refreshments served.

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1114 State Street, La Arcada Court #8, 805-965-6611 Artist of the Month Allison Wells presents Hereabouts and Nearby. A studio and plein air acrylic artist, she paints landscapes and abstracts with a color intensity and exuberance that punctuates California’s great outdoor places. She has studied with Michael Drury, James Armstrong and Tony Askew, and is a member of four local art organizations. Featured Artists: Liz Tallakson, Carrie Givens, Attila & Eva Danilla, Marlise Senzamici, Suemae Willhite, Nancy Rossi.

C BRASIL ARTS CAFÉ: 1230 State Street, 805-845-7656 Auna Salomé is a multicultural mixed-media visionary artist. Inspired by a deep connection with Mother Earth, her creativity is nourished by the time she spends deep in her Heart, soaking in the power of Nature, her sacred space. The blessing of being steeped in such a diverse heritage has kept Auna Salomé experimenting with the edge and the unknown. This defining experience has fed her art-making, and the trait that most stands out today, as reflected in this show of paintings, is expressed in its title: “Island Fervor (blurred my vision).”

D STUDIO BRIT: 13 West Anapamu Street, 805-770-3838 Phillip Ludlow of Salon Brit invites you to join the holiday party featuring the artwork of Nise Baker. Stay and enjoy refreshments and live acoustic music while you meet the rest of the staff at Studio Brit. Happy Holidays!

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38 West Victoria, 805-770-7702 Make Smith Leather Co. is a family-owned and operated business run by Steven Soria, a third generation leather craftsman.

It was started as a custom workshop, inspired both by Steven’s education and experience in the fine arts and by his family’s artisan traditions, with a focus on handmade one-of-a-kind leather goods. The workshop has since expanded to include private label manufacturing and a Make Smith brand product line. Santa Monica Seafood is the featured food purveyor. Beer tastings will be provided by Telegraph Brewing Company.

1ST THURSDAY SPONSORS: These sponsors continue to make 1st Thursday possible. The downtown community would like to thank these Santa Barbara businesses for their support!

BLENDED CONTEMPO

900 State Street, Marshalls Patio, 5-6:30pm Blended Contempo is an A Capella group consisting of students who enjoy expressing their vocal creativity through song, from Holiday to cover songs. (Call 805-331-5085 for more information about Blended Contempo.)

HOMETOWN HOLIDAY NITES PRESENTS: JOYFUL HOOP DANCE: 900 State Street, Marshalls Patio, 6:30-8:00pm Dana Morton first picked up a hula hoop in 2012, and hasn’t put it down since! She is a certified hoop dance teacher, and enjoys teaching children and adults (we are all kids on the inside anyway, right?). She recently performed and taught at this year’s Solstice Festival, and was honored to perform as a part of the Fire Conclave at Burning Man 2014. To kick off Hometown Holiday NITES, Dana will dazzle with her LED hoop performance, and just might change the way you think about holiday lights!

SANTA BARBARA REVELS

Paseo Nuevo Center Court, 5-7:30pm Santa Barbara Revels presents The Christmas Revels: An Irish Celebration of the Winter Solstice at the Lobero Theatre on December 20th & 21st. Music Director Adam Phillips leads The Solstice Singers in a selection of Irish music from the production, and The Pacific Sword Company showcases its signature sword dance.

WELCOME TO 1ST THURSDAY: AFTER HOURS! THE GRANADA THEATRE: 1214 State Street • 805-8992222 Presenting entertainment by Bryan Titus, a rootsy, gutsy American singer/ songwriter with “whiskey soaked” vocals, Bryan delivers a unique blend of Rock ‘n Roll, Celtic, Gospel, Country, Blues & Bluegrass. Delicious nibbles will be provided compliments of local restaurant partner Cielito, and a “no host” full bar is provided by Marquee Events. There will also be a complementary wine tasting, graciously provided by Summerland Winery.

The Historic Theatre District is pleased to offer 1st Thursday: After Hours events, held at a different Historic Theatre District venue each month.

1ST THURSDAY AFTER HOURS: COMING UP:

Please come back next year when our New Season begins on February 5th!

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hose familiar with Meiko’s music might be a little surprised by the songs on Dear You. For her sophomore record, the Georgia-cum-California songstress took a hard right from the sunny, strummy tunes she delivered on her debut. In its place, Meiko gives us a peek at her darker, more sharptongued side. Taking its cues from the singer’s old relationships and heartbreaks — and, yes, a collection of unsent love letters — Dear You is an effective collage of spite and hope, humility and empowerment. Pushed along by her newfound love of electronics and synthesizers, the songs are also a little tenser and undeniably more complex than anything Meiko has done to date. This Tuesday, December 9, the singer brings Dear You to SOhO Restaurant & Music Club at 8 p.m. Below, we catch up with her via email from China to discuss the album’s inspiration and future collaborations. For tickets, call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com.

As far as non-music life stuff goes, was there a specific event that got you writing these songs?

I was traveling a lot and was generally in a happy place. A lot of the songs from Dear You were written about people in my past. That’s where the gritty stuff really lies anyway — and that’s the kind of record I wanted to make — sort of a recap of old loves and learning lessons.

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I know a lot of the record’s lyrics began as letters, which seems like a really good way to organize your emotions before blurting something out you don’t necessarily mean. Can you think of one experience where writing something down kept you from losing your cool? There are lots of experiences! People call it being passive-aggressive, but I think of it as a means to keep myself from overreacting in real life. A lot of times, writing is a way for me to freak out. Once I’m done with a song, I usually move on.

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Some artists tend to shy away from writing hyper-personal stuff into their songs. Do you ever get self-conscious about sharing too much?

Never. I love connecting with the audience, and I love even more that people can usually relate.

In terms of inspiration, what records/artists had a formative impact on you coming up? Portishead’s Dummy; Patty Griffin’s Living with Ghosts; Edie Brickel’s Ghost of a Dog; Frente!’s Marvin the Album.

What’s the one album that you’ve listened to the most in your adult life? Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue.

If you could work on music with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? I’d love to make a — Aly Comingore record with Jamie xx.

Conversely, can you think of a situation where you wish you had written something down, rather than acting in the heat of the moment?

Ha! Yes, I’m a very passionate person. I’ve been in lots of heated arguments, but I figured out

Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, The Cribs, and  Worlds Collide have all brought Marr on board as a band member at one time or another.

Additionally, he has done session work for the Pet Shop Boys, Beck, and Talking Heads, among others.

Then there is his project, Johnny Marr and the Healers, which released the T. Rex–ish album Boomslang back in 2003. Playland is only Marr’s second solo outing, but it beautifully showcases good, solid Britpop in the tradition of Marr’s peer, Paul Weller. The propulsive “Back in the Box” breaks the disc in, while

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that writing my feelings out on paper helps me to organize what I’m actually dealing with in my head and communicate it in a calmer manner.

JOHNNY MARR PLAYLAND The Smiths’ arguably better — as opposed to bitter — half has always been white-hot guitarist Johnny Marr. Although Morrissey fanatics might vociferously disagree, it did always seem that Marr’s genius jangly guitar playing (influenced by Roger McGuinn of The Byrds) was the fuel that propelled The Smiths’ socially awkward songs into the stratosphere. History being what it is, The Smiths’ trajectory ended acrimoniously in 1987, and while Morrissey has gone on to cult status and a successful solo career, Marr took the road less traveled. The

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the hooky, anti-greed anthem “Easy Money” is easily the album’s most radio-friendly tune. “Boys Get Straight” features invigorating Buzzcocks-inspired riffs, while the guitar line on “This Tension” recalls The Smiths’“Hand in Glove.” Although Marr’s lyrics on Playland aren’t always perfect, his hooks are impeccable.

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FFew ew th thi things ings go toge together ther th h qquite uitite so wellll as a go good odd pi pint intt and a good laugh. Lucky for us, it seems the folks at Telegraph Brewing Company agree. This Saturday, December 6, the brewery’s tasting room plays host to four real-life comics for Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net. This adventurous mash-up of improv and stand-up is a far cry from the normal comedy club shtick, and it’s featuring four industry vets that are undoubtedly up to the challenge.

The lineup includes resident Santa Barbara comedienne Kimmie Dee, along with Eliza Skinner (of College Humor and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell fame), AT Henry Phillips (from Comedy Bang! Bang! and Punching the Clown), and Hal Sparks. (Yes, that’s that guy from Dude, Where’s My Car?) The setup is also worth noting: All four players will be fed “absurd, original, never-before-seen” (by them) topics. With no time to prepare, they’ll deliver a spontaneous — and probably ridiculous — standup set based on the material, live in front of an audience. If the formula sounds inspiring, it’s for good reason. The Set List challenge, which was also turned into a 14-episode U.K. TV series, has been attempted by some of comedy’s heaviest hitters. Fred Willard, Maria Bamford, Reggie Watts, Paul F. Tompkins, Drew Carey, Gilbert Gottfried, and the late Robin Williams have all stepped up to the Set List plate.

Additionally, Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist YouTube channel has revived the idea for a 60-episode web series.

The concept also currently tours to comedy festivals around the globe.

Saturday’s show starts at 8 p.m. and is open to guests 21+. Tickets are 15 in advance, 20 at the door. For a chance to catch these four in action (and chug fancy beer while you do it), visit tiny.cc/ sbsetlist.

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efore becoming one of the most entrepreneurial editorial cartoonists of the 21st century, Daryl Cagle attended 3rd grade at Cold Spring School.

His educational track went up the Santa Barbara ladder from there, from S.B. Junior and High schools to S.B. City College to UCSB. Then he wound up in New York City for about 15 years, working in illustration for the likes of Jim Henson.

Cagle’s foray into the world of editorial cartoons didn’t come until the late 1990s, and while he still draws quite a few new pieces per month, his real impact was more on the business side of the industry. He was one of the first to create a syndication service that was available digitally, and his website cagle.com remains today one of the more popular places for newspapers — including The Santa Barbara Independent — to find the day’s most insightful drawings.

He’s discussing his career and more this Friday, December 5, at his alma mater SBCC. In anticipation, he answered a few of our questions about his unique career.

How has political cartooning evolved over the course of your time in the industry? I started my career as a cartoon illustrator, and I worked for Jim Henson’s Muppets for about 15 years, so I came to editorial cartooning late, after newspapers started their decline with the growth of the Internet.

The changes in the profession made my career possible. … I run a small business that syndicates my work, along with the work of about 50 other cartoonists and a dozen columnists, to over 850 subscribing newspapers.

I started my syndicate in 2000, when the other syndicates were still delivering cartoons by postal snail mail.

I delivered cartoons from a small group of cartoonists by email and a download website, so we had a window of opportunity before the other big players caught up — and we had almost half of America’s newspapers as subscribers by the time the competition caught up.

So for most editorial cartoonists, the decline of print and the rise of the web has been terrible — for me, it made my career possible.

Has the Internet made it more of a relevant art, or were these cartoons a bigger part of the print era? Editorial cartoonists are simply columnists who use pictures instead of words. Cartoonists, columnists, and newsroom journalists have lost their jobs in about the same proportions and tend to make their livings more as freelancers now. Our audiences are bigger, we are more aware of the work of our peers, but our continuing business model remains unclear. So I’ll answer yes to both of your questions: Editorial cartoons are both more relevant now and were a bigger part of the print era.

Does the deeply divided nature of American politics make your job easier? No. There would be plenty to draw about even if Fox News were to disappear and everyone became moderate and agreeable.

Do you see humor about important political issues helping society move forward, or does it more deeply entrench the extremists?

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Editors tend to prefer funny cartoons. The cartoons that timid editors like best are cartoons that are funny, about a topic in the news, but which express no opinion that anyone could disagree with.

I think conservatives are generally humorless. Conservative news media, radio talking heads, and pundits are all about reassurance. Like going to church, their audience likes to hear again and again what they already know to be true.

Liberal media is less reassuring. Top liberal punditry includes Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, late-night comics, and early-morning drive-time radio. The left and the right communicate differently. So, no, I don’t think humor moves society forward or entrenches extremists. Humor can make communication more effective if it is used well, with the right audience and the right issue.

And you still call Santa Barbara home? Santa Barbara is the best place in the world to live (when it is not on fire).

Recently my wife took a teaching job at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and I’ve been living there half the time. People in Nashville love their town, but they haven’t lived in Santa Barbara, where we have better Mexican food and we don’t have to suffer so much from country music, church, football, tornados, floods, winter, and everything being cooked in pork fat. Whenever I’m away, I’m reminded of how much nicer it is to be in Santa Barbara.

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ou only have to listen to the first measures of The Tallis Scholars’ 1980 recording of Gregorio Allegri’s “Miserere Mei, Deus” to be ravished by its broad, majestic chords, which seem to stretch into eternity and scintillate as inner voices rise and descend in mathematically perfect counterpoint. Then, after a minute or so, something astonishing occurs; from the distant echo of the second choir, a solo soprano emerges with a phrase that leaps to a high C. This is one of the truly unforgettable moments in great music, and it was written nearly 400 years ago. The debut recording by the 10-member British a cappella ensemble CAMA BRINGS THE was hugely successful and spelled the beginTALLIS SCHOLARS nings of a remarkable enterprise that has released, on their own Gimell Records label, TO THE LOBERO more than 50 CDs.

by Joseph Miller Founded in 1973 by early-music scholar Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars helped spur the most recent surge of interest in early-music ensembles. Phillips is one of the so-called “Class of ’73” — four directors who drove early-music interest and founded their respective ensembles all in that same year. (The list also includes luminaries such as the late Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music; Trevor Pinnock and his English Concert; and Andrew Parrott’s Taverner Choir.) The early-music revival of the late 20th century was partly a reaction against modern orchestral excesses and a narrow strip of stale repertoire, and partly an affirmation of a broader cultural current of artistic renewal through simplicity and historical accuracy. Beginning with the Academy of Ancient Music’s recording of Handel’s Messiah, familiar works suddenly glowed in older light, as it were, and attention to little-known masterpieces spread. Violins were strung in cat gut rather than steel, trumpets were valve-less, oboes resembled bulbous overgrown recorders, and conductor-less chamber players stood during performances. But most striking (and difficult) of all: Vibrato was eliminated, or placed in the category of sparing ornamental flourish. An effective straight tone evokes an entirely different experience of duration — one that can, quite literally, change your rate of breathing.

The big buzz in the early-music movement was always in the instrumental ensembles, writes Phillips in the British magazine The Spectator, simply because it was so easy to see and hear a difference in the instruments. Changes in vocal approach are less obvious and certain “since we will never know what they sounded like in the distant past,” he explained, “so The Tallis Scholars have had a slower-burning career, though in its own terms no less revolutionary.”

Choristers everywhere regard the group as the elite of the elite, exemplifying the pinnacle of vocal finesse and artistic insight. And they continue as the vanguard of Renaissance polyphony, broadening familiarity with composers like Josquin des Préz, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Orlande de Lassus, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and William Byrd.

This Friday’s performance at the Lobero Theatre will feature works by Byrd, Josquin, and Edmund Turges, including Josquin’s Missa Gaudeamus.

Those who attended the choir’s 2011 Santa Barbara appearance in the deeply resonant Our Lady of Sorrows Church can expect an entirely different sound, as the Lobero’s chamber is smaller and its reverb comparatively thin. This will undoubtedly heighten immediacy and intimacy, while calling forth superhuman breath control. What can be counted on is great singing that stirs a longing for the infinite. In his book, What We Really Do, Phillips compares his own experience of this music to a painting by Kandinsky or Pollock: “The surface is seductive, the meaning obscure, the desire to grasp something that is too abstract to be grasped only causing me to try again and again, a lifetime of agains, a thrall without end.”

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udra McDonald freely admits that, nine times out of 10, she is dissatisfied with her work. Few critics or audience members share that assessment.

The six-time Tony Award winner is “a defining voice of our time,” according to the New York Times.

She’s “a historic talent,” agrees the Los Angeles Times.

UCSB Arts & Lectures will present McDonald in concert on Sunday, December 7, at the Granada Theatre.

In a brief interview with The Santa Barbara Independent, McDonald discussed her inspiration, her process, and her self-criticism.

How do you learn a new song? What comes first, learning the notes or grasping the emotions? I think they come together simultaneously. You look for the clues and cues the composer is giving you. Who is the character singing this song? Why are they doing so? What do they want? That’s Acting 101, of course, but I also think it’s Singing 101, as well. … I don’t think it’s about sounding pretty — unless you’re sounding pretty for a specific reason, like you’re trying to seduce someone or make someone feel better or get someone to go to sleep. But there needs to be the “why” behind DISCERNING TASTE: Tony and Grammy winner Audra McDonald just might be her own everything. That’s where I start. That worst critic. gives me clues to why certain notes need to be specific and exact and why it needs to be a little Is it harder to find that sort of inspiration as you get older? I think you go through phases. It’s comparable to a marriage. freer and looser here.

Some phases are great — others not so much. It ebbs and Your answer reflects your roots as a musical theater performer. flows.

When you are giving a concert, do you still assume a character while singing a particular song? No, but it’s still about “What do I You’ve worked a lot on television as well as on stage and in concert. want?” and “Why am I singing this song?” I don’t have Does working in one medium inform what you do in another? to be the Mother Abbott in The Sound of Music to sing I would say so. It’s a way of getting multiple perspectives “Climb Every Mountain,” but [in my mind] I am helping on your creativity. There are many different ways to find someone get through some journey ahead of them that the truth of a character and a moment. I think they all they’re afraid of. inform each other. If I get back onstage, I’ll think, “I had to get really specific to find that moment and make it a You’ve said you are perpetually looking for new challenges. Why is true moment on film. How can I use that to make my that important to you? Do you fear getting stale or repetitive, like a stage work more specific and yet still be the proper size rock band doing its greatest hits for 30 years? I don’t think there’s for the stage?” anything wrong with doing your greatest hits. They’re part of what made you who you are as an artist. But if you do so, When you’re unhappy with your work, do you beat yourself up about you want to sing those songs differently — asking yourself it, or do you simply think, “I’ll try something different tomorrow”? what you are feeling this time you sing it. As artists, it’s all As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned not to beat myself up as about accessing something within the human condition, much. I’m not looking for perfection because there’s a even if that’s just finding joy or release from pain. But you rigidity in perfectionism. But I am looking for evolution. have to be present for that. Presence and creativity and I want to be better tomorrow than I am today — a better motivation in the moment can’t come from a stale, dead actress, a better singer, a better artist. If I’m not better, I place. want to at least have learned something.

So you need to find something that excites and enlivens you. Yes. “The quickening” is what they call it. Quickening your spirit, your imagination, your senses — that’s where it all comes from.

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LADIES’ NIGHT OUT: The Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde rocks the Arlington this Friday in support of her solo debut, Stockholm.

THE GREAT PRETENDER: As far as formative female rockers go, my childhood list reads like a screwed-up love letter to the late ’80s and early ’90s. From Alanis Morissette and Madonna to TLC, Gwen Stefani, and Fiona Apple — if they were female, mike-toting, and really into feeling all the feels, chances are they were sound-tracking some portion of my young adult life. But looking back now, I realize my proclivity for powerhouse females extended even further, to car rides and family hangs to the tune of greats like Stevie Nicks, Joni Mitchell, and, yes, Chrissie Hynde. In fact, for a few solid years there, I’m pretty sure The Pretenders’ “Back on the Chain Gang” was perpetually lodged in my brain, thanks in no small part to a friend’s mom, who played Learning to Crawl like it was going out of style.

The great part about Chrissie, though, is that she never was and never will.

Thirty-plus years since Crawl was released, “Chain Gang” still totally holds up.

As does “Middle of the Road,” “ Miles,” “Don’t Get Me Wrong,” and the cajillion other records whose liner notes carry her name. As the tall, dark, and feathered-banged head of The Pretenders, Hynde was a gravelly voiced totem for females everywhere. She mixed Annie Hall’s braininess with Joan Jett’s brawn, and onstage she combined the two with a ferociousness that had everything to do with just how freaking hard she could shred the guitar. Hynde was a Midwest girl, repping Akron, Ohio, before The Black Keys were even a glimmer in anyone’s eye, which somehow made her awesomeness slightly more attainable — at least if you were 12 years old and really into belting your brains out in the shower. In hindsight, it was Chrissie who paved my thruway to later-in-life lady loves like Sleater-Kinney and Cat Power and M.I.A. and Karen O. And she hasn’t slowed down, either. Earlier this year, Chrissie released her stunning, longtime-coming solo debut, Stockholm. And this Friday, December 5, at 8 p.m. she’ll headline the Arlington Theatre as part of a 25-date U.S. tour. I recommend you go and bring a niece, sister, daughter, or girlfriend along. Because who says your formative years have to stop when you’re an adult, am I right?

For tickets and info, call 963-4408 or visit thearlingtontheatre.com.

INSIDE OUT: If we’re using this space to make an argument for Chrissie Hynde’s cultural impact, we need look no further than Saturday night at Velvet Jones, when Portland neo-riot grrrrl Sallie Ford takes the stage for a show in support of her latest solo endeavor, Slap Back. Many will remember Ford as the unlikely bespectacled powerhouse at the helm of Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside.

Nowadays, though, Ford is charging forward on her own. On Slap Back, she moves away from the throwback-y soul rock of her full-band recordings to a sound that’s a little more punk, a little more rockabilly, and a little more in step with the rowdy live sets she’s been delivering for years. The show starts at 8 p.m.

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LIVING LEGENDS: Tuba player Ronelle Johnson also dazzled on sousaphone during last Tuesday’s Preservation Hall Jazz Band performance at the Lobero Theatre.

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his unusual hybrid concert brought together the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB) and New Orleans R&B songwriter/producer Allen Toussaint. Toussaint, now in his mid-seventies, has lived an extraordinarily influential music career, albeit mostly under the radar. With only the slightest dusting, you find his fingerprints all over the place: hit songs for Lee Dorsey, the Yardbirds, the Rolling Stones, and the Pointer Sisters. Toussaint’s versatility spans Glen Campbell’s greatest career hit, “Southern Nights,” and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’s iconic “Whipped Cream” — a k a The Dating Game theme song.

Purists hoping for straight-up New Orleans jazz were surely disappointed.

But you would have been hard-pressed to find a frown in Tuesday’s audience.

PHJB is a lively octet of entertainingly distinctive characters, every one sporting a New Orleans musical pedigree. Creative director and bassist Ben Jaffe is the son of PHJB founders (1961) Allan and Sandra Jaffe. The 82-year-old clarinetist Charlie Gabriel’s musical genes can be traced to the 1850s. Drummer Joe Lastie, who has played with the band for 25 years, studied at the Dryades Street YMCA with classmates Wynton and Branford Marsalis. On the younger, edgier end of the spectrum, saxophonist Clint Maedgen also leads the alternative cabaret group New Orleans Bingo! And the perpetually dancing presence of sousaphonist Ronell Johnson proved irresistible.

While the evening included a few passages of old-time, collective polyphonic swing, most of the night centered on pop gems by Toussaint, who provided piano and vocals. Tunes included “A Certain Girl” (Yardbirds/Clapton); “Get Out of My Life, Woman” and “Coal Mine” (Lee Dorsey); and “Fortune Teller” (the Stones, but most recently Robert Plant and Alison Krauss). A moment of heartfelt political/social concern found voice during Toussaint’s solo set with “We Are America” and “Yes We Can Can.” Toussaint also demonstrated impressive piano wizardry and wit with an improvised suite of music fragments, fluently moving from R&B to stride piano, knitted together with quotes from Swan Lake, Frédéric Chopin, J.S. Bach, and Christmas jingles.

Trumpeter Mark Braud stepped to center stage with fine vocals on Fats Domino’s “I’m Walkin’.” He then belted out a funeral-procession-slow version of “St. James Infirmary,” with a wonderfully articulate trumpet tribute to Louis Armstrong. In a sly choice of programming smarts, the same tune was immediately recapped upbeat with Maedgen on vocals. Trombonist Freddie Lonzo’s comic sense shone on “Rattlin’ Bones.” And when Toussaint dished up the autobiographical “Southern Nights” as an encore, the familiar song seemed purged of its 1970s country-pop associations, glittering again in the starlight of ■ a child’s-eye view of the Louisiana backwoods. december 4, 2014

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Art, Design & Architecture Museum – Barton Myers: Works of Architecture and Urbanism and Bollywood 101: The Visual Culture of Bollywood Film Posters, through Dec. ; Eric Beltz: The Cave of Treasures, through May , . UCSB, -.

Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – Pamela Benham: Pamela Benham Paintings; Evita, Abstract Art Collective: AbstraX, through Apr. , ; multiple permanent installations.  W. Anapamu St., -.

Museum of Contemporary Art S.B. – Requiem for the Bibliophile and Bloom Projects: Lisa Tan, Sunsets, through Dec. .  Paseo Nuevo, -.

Rancho La Patera & Stow House – Multiple permanent exhibits hosted by the Goleta Valley Historical Society.  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, -.

S.B. Historical Museum – Under the Umbrella: Lutah Maria Riggs, through spring ; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission.  E. De la Guerra St., -.

S.B. Maritime Museum – Patti Jacquemain: From the Mountains to the Sea: Woodblock Prints and Mosaics, through Feb. , .  Harbor Wy., -.

S.B. Museum of Art – Contemporary/Modern: Selections from the Permanent Collection; Art to Zoo: Exploring Animal Natures, through Jan. , ; Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from the Armand Hammer Foundation and the Collection of Michael Armand Hammer and Martin Kersels’s Charm series, ongoing exhibitions.  State St., -.

S.B. Museum of Natural History – John Gould and Illustrators: The Bird Man, through Jan. , .  Puesta del Sol, -.

Ty Warner Sea Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations.  Stearns Wharf, -.

Wildling Museum – Painting the Wilderness, through Jan. , ; Charley Harper: Beguiled by the Wild-ling, through Jan. , . -B Mission Dr., Solvang, -.

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Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing.  S. College Dr., Santa Maria, -.

Architectural Foundation Gallery – Kids Draw Architecture, through Jan. , .  E. Victoria St., -.

Art from Scrap Gallery – Homespun Holiday, Dec.  - Jan. , .  E. Cota St., -.

Artamo Gallery – Michael Kessler: Water & Stone, through Jan. , .  W. Anapamu St., -.

Atkinson Gallery – Art Alumni Invitational, through Dec. .  Cliff Dr., Rm. , SBCC, - x.

Beatrice Wood Ctr. for the Arts – Robert Rheem: Recent Paintings; Source & Inspiration, through Dec. .  Ojai-Santa Paula Rd., Ojai, -.

Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Voices, ongoing.  Chapala St., -.

The C Gallery – Natural Tendencies, through Jan. , .  Bell St., Los Alamos, -.

Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit.  Pueblo St., -.

Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Portals, through Dec. .  Linden Ave., Carpinteria, -.

Casa Dolores – Saintly and Spirited: Art Made of Tin; Objects from the Permanent Collection, through Dec. .  Bath St., -.

Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Samuel Smith, through Dec. .  State St., -.

Elverhøj Museum – Eyvind Earle: An Original American Master, through Jan. , .  Elverhoy Wy., Solvang, -. galerie – Holidaze Group Show, through Dec. .  W. Matilija St., Ojai, -.

Gallery  – Allison Wells: Hereabouts and nearby, through Dec. . La Arcada,  State St., -.

Gallery Los Olivos – Small Treasures, Dec. through Jan. , .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -.

INTERIOR DESIGN: “Two Idols on a Bookshelf” by Mark Lozano is at Sullivan Goss.

Harris & Fredda Meisel Gallery – Friends & Family, through Jan. , .  De la Vina St., -.

Hotel Indigo – The Vastness Is Bearable, through Dec. .  State St., -.

James Main Fine Art – Channing Peake: Self-Portrait, through Jan. , .  E. De la Guerra St., -.

Jane Deering Gallery – The Flat File Project, ongoing.  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

The Lark – Kevin Eddy, ongoing.  Anacapa St., -.

Larry Iwerks’s Weldon Art Ranch – 8x10 ARTXtravaganza, through Jan. , .  Weldon Rd., -.

Los Olivos Café – Sharon Foster: Our Beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, through Jan. , .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -.

Lucky Penny – Campbell Baker, ongoing.  Anacapa St., -.

Montecito Aesthetic Institute – Neo Diversity, through Jan. , .  Coast Village Rd., Ste. H, Montecito, -.

MultiCultural Ctr. – Judy Baca, through Dec. . UCSB. -.

Pacific Western Bank – Celebrating 28 Years of I Madonnari Posters, ongoing.  E. Figueroa St., -.

Pacifica Graduate Institute – Mythic Threads: Art, Healing, and Magic in Bali, ongoing.  Ladera Ln., -.

El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park – Nihonmachi Revisited: Santa Barbara’s Japanese American Community in Transition, 1900-1940; Memorias y Facturas, ongoing.  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

S.B. Artwalk – Arts & Craft Show, ongoing Sundays. Cabrillo Blvd. at State St. S.B. City Hall Gallery – Pursuit of Passion: Early Santa Barbara Women Artists, through Feb. , . De la Guerra Plaza, -.

S.B. Tennis Club – LAX Wax Art, through Dec. .  Foothill Rd., -.

Sojourner Café – Peggy Oki, through Jan. , .  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – Leon Dabo: Art for Art’s Sake and Dan Lutz: Original Expression, through Dec. ; 100 Grand, 2014, through Feb. , ; Anders Aldrin: Color Seeking Form; Jean Swiggett: One Man Renaissance; Agoraphobia: Portraits of American Interiors, through Mar. , .  E. Anapamu St., -.

Tamsen Gallery – R.W. Firestone, ongoing.  State St. , -.

UCSB Library – Images of Africa; An Artist Looks at His African Heritage, through January . UCSB, -. wall space gallery – Barbara Parmet & Christa Blackwood: Unbound, through Dec. .  E. Yanonali St. C-, -.

LIVE MUSIC CLASSICAL

First United Methodist Church – Westmont Music Department: Christmas Concert.  E. Anapamu St., -.

FRI: pm SAT-SUN: pm Lobero Theatre – The Tallis Scholars.  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

FRI: pm S.B. Central Library – Liszt in Istanbul.  E. Anapamu St., -.

SAT: pm S.B. Museum of Art – Quire of Voyces.  State St., -.

THU /: :pm Trinity Episcopal Church –  State St., -.

SAT: Adelfos Ensemble: Shout the Glad Tidings (pm) SUN: Advent Organ Series (:pm)

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DEC. 4 - 11 Trinity Evangelical Church – Edelweiss Choir: Christmas Concert .  N. La Cumbre Rd., -.

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POP, ROCK & JAZZ

Adama –  Chapala St., -.

THU: Greg Harrison (pm) Arlington Theatre –  State St., -.

FRI: Chrissie Hynde (pm) Blush Restaurant & Lounge –  State St., -.

SUN: Chris Fossek (pm) Brasil Arts Café –  State St., -.

FRI: Live Brazilian Music (:pm) Brewhouse –  W. Montecito St., -.

THU /: Valarie Mulberry (:pm) Café Luna –  Lillie Ave., Summerland, -.

SUN: Valarie Mulberry (pm) Cambridge Drive Baptist Church –  Cambridge Dr., Goleta, -.

FRI: Songs on a Mid Winter’s Night (:pm) Chumash Casino Resort –  E. Hwy. , Santa Ynez, () -.

THU /: Melissa Etheridge (pm) Cold Spring Tavern –  Stagecoach Rd., -.

FRI: KRCP (-pm) SAT: Dan Grimm (-pm); Afishnsea the Moon (-pm) SUN: Sean Wiggins and Paul Houston (:pm); Pacific Haze (:-:pm) The Creekside –  Hollister Ave., -.

FRI: Rockit Overboard (:pm) SAT: Wild Rabbit (:pm) MON: Karaoke with Dyno Mike (pm) WED: Country Night (pm) Dargan’s –  E. Ortega St., -.

SAT: Traditional Irish Music (:pm) WED: Karaoke the Band (:pm) Endless Summer Bar/Café –  Harbor Wy., -.

FRI: Acoustic guitar and vocals (:pm) EOS Lounge –  Anacapa St., -.

THU: Huge Thursday with Mackie and Bix King FRI: Live Music (-pm); DNA Presents SAT: DJ Calvin and Kohjay WED: Salsa Night Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. –  Anacapa St., -.

FRI: Live Music (pm) SAT: The Caverns (-pm) Garvin Theatre –  Cliff Dr., SBCC West Campus, -.

SUN: SBCC Concert Band (pm) Granada Theatre –  State St., -.

SAT: Tower of Power (pm) SUN: Audra McDonald (pm) WED: A Very Electric Christmas (pm) Hoffmann Brat Haus –  State St., -.

THU: Live Music Thursdays (pm) Indochine –  State St., -.

TUE: Indie Night (pm) WED: Karaoke (:pm) The James Joyce –  State St., -.

THU: Alastair Greene Band (pm) FRI: Kinsella Brothers Band (pm) SAT: Ulysses Jazz Band (:-:pm) SUN, MON: Karaoke (pm) TUE: Teresa Russell (pm) WED: Victor Vega and the Bomb (pm) Lobero Theatre –  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

SUN: Birds of Chicago (pm) MON: Robert Cray (pm) Marjorie Luke Theatre –  Cota St., -.

THU /: SBJHS Winter Concert (pm) Maverick Saloon –  Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, -.

FRI: The Rincons (pm) SAT: Suburbanoid (pm); Michael-Ann with Fiddle & Pine (:pm) Moby Dick Restaurant –  Stearns Wharf, -.

WED-SAT: Derroy (pm) SUN: Derroy (am) Monty’s –  Hollister Ave., Goleta, -.

THU: Karaoke Night (pm) O’Malleys and the Study Hall –  State St., -.

THU: College Night with DJ Gavin Old Town Tavern –  Orange Ave., Goleta, -.

Karaoke Night (:pm) Palapa Restaurant –  State St., -.

FRI: Live Mariachi Music (:-pm) Presidio Chapel –  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

SAT: Very Lonesome Boys (pm) Reds Tapas & Wine Bar –  Helena Ave., -.

THU: Live Music (pm) Roundin’ Third –  Calle Real, -.

THU, TUE: Locals Night (pm) S.B. Maritime Museum –  Harbor Wy., #, -.

SAT: Ukulele music and singing (-:pm) S.B. Guitar Bar –  Anacapa St., -.

THU /: Student Showcase (pm) Sandbar –  State St., -.

WED: Big Wednesday (pm) SOhO Restaurant & Music Club –  State St., -.

THU: Tyrone Wells, Roy Schenkenberger (pm) FRI: Christian Martin, Seven Lions (pm) SAT: Vaud and The Villains (pm) SUN: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell (pm) MON: The Jazz Project (:pm) TUE: Meiko, Ranger (pm) WED: Bellydance Dinner and Show (pm) THU: Mansions on the Moon (pm) Standing Sun Winery –  Second St., Unit D, Buellton, -.

SUN: Steven Roth (pm) Statemynt –  State St., -.

THU: DJ Akorn WED: Blues Night (pm) Tiburon Tavern –  State St., - FRI: Karaoke Night (:pm) Unitarian Society –  Santa Barbara St., -.

SUN: SBCC Jazz Choir (pm) Velvet Jones –  State St., -.

THU: FAT TREL (pm) FRI: KYLE (pm) SAT: Sallie Ford (pm) THU: Wreckless Inc, Aleyes feat. Multis, Brad Snowball (pm) Whiskey Richards –  State St., -.

SUN: The Hubcap Stealers (pm) MON: Open Mike Night (pm) WED: Punk on Vinyl (pm) Wildcat –  W. Ortega St., -.

THU: DJs Hollywood and Patrick B SUN: Red Room with DJ Gavin Roy (pm) TUE: Local Band Night (pm) Zodo’s –  Calle Real, Goleta, -.

THU: KjEE Thursday Night Strikes (:-:pm) MON: Service Industry Night (pm) FRI, SAT, WED:

Theater Campbell Hall – Mike Birbiglia. UCSB, -.

THU /: pm Center Stage Theater – Adderley December Workshops.  Paseo Nuevo, -.

SAT:  and am and :, , :, and :pm SUN: , :, and pm Live Oak Unitarian – Inside Out: A Comedic Look At Prison and Re-Entry.  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta, -.

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The tension that director Bennett Miller builds into this true-life tale has as much to do with the journey as it does the conclusion.

The story follows the peculiar (at best) relationship between du Pont heir John (Steve Carell) and Olympic gold medal wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum).

WRESTLEMANIA: Steve Carell (right) turns out a career-defining As we learn, du Pont fancied himself a wrestling afiperformance as John du Pont opposite Channing Tatum as cionado and reached out to Schultz as a benefactor, Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz in Foxcatcher. ultimately recruiting the young man to live and train on his Foxcatcher Farm estate in Pennsylvania. Not long into Ruffalo, who makes Dave utterly believable in spite of his his stay, though, things start to go awry. Eventually, John superhuman patience.

Still, it’s Miller’s meticulous treatment of a complex uses his wealth to lure Mark’s revered brother and coach, Dave (Mark Ruffalo), onto the grounds, which leads to a story that moves Foxcatcher from good to great. The tension-filled co-mentorship in the months leading up to tension between Mark and Dave, Mark and John, and, ultimately, John and Dave develops slowly and steadily the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

For a number of reasons, Foxcatcher is one of those as the film progresses, creating a tautness that bubbles magical cinematic perfect storms. Carell, an actor best beneath the surface of every single scene. Combined with known for playing a bumbling idiot, turns in a perfor- cinematographer Greig Fraser’s stark, expansive shots of mance so nuanced, creepy, and disarming it will stick with the farm and unnervingly claustrophobic cuts of men in you for days. Tatum, for his efforts, embodies Mark as he the ring and Mychael Danna’s chilling score, it makes for moves from tortured brother to tortured athlete to some one of the most troubling, tightly wound stories told this complicated amalgamation of the two. And then there’s year.

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PREMIERES Exodus: Gods and Kings (150 mins.; PG-13: violence, including battle sequences and intense images)

Moses (Christian Bale) rises up against Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a path out of Egypt and away from its deadly plagues.

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A comedian (Adam Sandler) tries to make it as a serious actor after his reality-star fiancée convinces him to get married on live TV. Fiesta 5 (Opens Thu., Dec. 11)

CITIZEN SNOWDEN: Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour captures her and reporter Glenn Greenwald’s first meetings with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden (pictured).

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✯ Birdman (119 mins.; R: language throughout, some sexual content, brief violence) A washed-up actor (Michael Keaton) must put his ego aside when he signs on to a Broadway play that could relaunch his career. Birdman is a lot bigger than its injokes and a lot smaller than its faux philosophies suggest. But the reason to love this film lies almost completely in its performances. (DJP) Paseo Nuevo

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Director Volker Schlöndorff ’s historical drama documents the relationship between the German military governor of occupied Paris and the Swedish consul-general during WWII. The best parts of this talky film lie in its stellar performances and unstated truths. (DJP)

Dumb and Dumber To (110 mins.; PG-13: crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language, some drug references) Twenty years after their first adventure, Harry (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd (Jim Carrey) go in search of one of their long-lost kids in the hopes of getting a new kidney.

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When Nick’s wife goes missing and the media starts to swarm, he quickly becomes a suspect in her disappearance.

Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike star.

Director David Fincher makes a sprawling downward spiral seem compellingly watchable. (DJP) Fiesta 5 Horrible Bosses 2 (108 mins.; R: strong crude and sexual content and language throughout)

Dale, Kurt, and Nick decide to start their own company and then get dragged into a crazy kidnapping plan by their investor.

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✯ The Theory of Everything (123 mins.; PG-13: some thematic elements, suggestive material)

James Marsh directs and Eddie Redmayne stars in this story about the early life and trials of physicist Stephen Hawking. While Marsh’s sure-handed direction and Redmayne’s knockout performance anchor the film, it’s Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking that really sets Theory apart. (JF)

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A promising young drummer (Miles Teller) enrolls in a respected music conservatory and is mentored by a militant instructor (J.K. Simmons). Even in a year of great films, Whiplash is an extended thrill, enabled by great acting, brisk scripting, and knife’s-edge editing. (DJP)

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(Mar. 21 - Apr. 19): The National Science Foundation estimates that we each think at least 12,000 thoughts per day. The vast majority of them, however, are reruns of impressions that have passed through our minds many times before. But I am pleased to report that in the coming weeks, you Aries folks are primed to be far less repetitive than normal. You have the potential to churn out a profusion of original ideas, fresh perceptions, novel fantasies, and pertinent questions. Take full advantage of this opportunity. Brainstorm like a genius.

(June 21 - July 22): Now and then, it is in fact possible to fix malfunctioning machines by giving them a few swift kicks or authoritative whacks. This strategy is called “percussive maintenance.” In the coming days, you might be inclined to use it a lot. That’s probably okay. I suspect it’ll work even better than it usually does. There will be problems, though, if you adopt a similar approach as you try to correct glitches that are more psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual in nature. For those, I recommend sensitivity and finesse.

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(Apr. 20 - May 20): I enjoy getting spam emails with outrageous declarations that are at odds with common sense.“Eating salads makes you sick” is one of my favorites, along with “Water is worse for you than vodka” and “Smoking is healthier than exercising.” Why do I love reading these laughable claims? Well, they remind me that every day I am barraged by nonsense and delusion from the news media, the Internet, politicians, celebrities, and a host of fanatics. “Smoking is healthier than exercising” is just a more extreme and obvious lie than many others that are better disguised. The moral of the story for you in the coming week: Be alert for exaggerations that clue you in to what’s going on discreetly below the surface. Watch carefully for glitches in the Matrix.

(July 23 - Aug. 22): What feelings or subjects have you been wanting to talk about, but have not yet been able to?

Are there messages you are aching to convey to certain people, but can’t summon the courage to be as candid as you need to be? Can you think of any secrets you’ve been keeping for reasons that used to be good but aren’t good anymore? The time has come to relieve at least some of that tension, Leo. I suggest you smash your excuses, break down barriers, and let the revelations flow. If you do, you will unleash unforeseen blessings.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Every one of us, including me, has blind spots about the arts of intimacy and collaboration. Every one of us suffers from unconscious habits that interfere with our ability to get and give the love we want. What are your bind spots and unconscious habits, Gemini. Ha! Trick question! They wouldn’t be blind spots and unconscious habits if you already knew about them.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the next six weeks you can catch glimpses of these blocks, and make a good start toward reducing their power to distort your relationships.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): In 1662, Dutch painter Rembrandt finished “The Oath of Claudius Civilis.” It was 18 feet by 18 feet, the largest painting he ever made. For a short time, it hung on a wall in Amsterdam’s Town Hall. But local burgomasters soon decided it was offensive, and returned it to the artist to be reworked. Rembrandt ultimately chopped off three-fourths of the original. What’s left is now hanging in a Stockholm museum, and the rest has been lost. Art critic Svetlana Alpers wishes the entire painting still existed, but nevertheless raves about the remaining portion, calling it “a magnificent fragment.” I urge you to think like Alpers. It’s time to celebrate your own magnificent fragments.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): You now have a special talent for connecting things that have never been connected. You

also have a magic touch at uniting things that should be united but can’t manage to do so under their own power.

In fact, I’m inclined to believe that in the next three weeks you will be unusually lucky and adept at forging links, brokering truces, building bridges, and getting opposites to attract. I won’t be surprised if you’re able to compare apples and oranges in ways that make good sense and calm everyone down.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): In 1989, Amy Tan birthed her first novel, The Joy Luck Club. Her next, The Kitchen God’s Wife, came out in 1991. Both were best sellers. Within a few years, the student study guide publisher CliffsNotes did with them what it has done with many masterpieces of world literature: produced condensed summaries for use by students too lazy to read all of the originals.“In spite of my initial shock,” Tan said, “I admit that I am perversely honored to be in CliffsNotes.” It was a sign of success to get the same treatment as superstar authors like Shakespeare and James Joyce. The CliffsNotes approach is currently an operative metaphor in your life, Scorpio. Try to find it in your heart to be honored, even if it’s perversely so. For the most part, trimming and shortening and compressing will be beneficial.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): With both symbolic and practical actions, Sagittarius-born Pope Francis has tried to reframe the message of the Catholic Church. He’s having public showers installed for the homeless in Vatican City.

He has made moves to dismantle the Church’s bigotry toward gays. He regularly criticizes growing economic inequality, and keeps reminding politicians that there can be no peace and justice unless they take care of poor and marginalized people. He even invited iconic punk poet Patti Smith to perform at the Vatican Christmas Concert. You now have extra power to exert this kind of initiative in your own sphere, Sagittarius. Be proactive as you push for constructive transformations that will benefit all.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at --- or ---.

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): The limpet is an aquatic snail. When it’s scared, it escapes at a rate approaching two inches per hour. If you get flustered in the coming week, Capricorn, I suggest you flee at a speed no faster than the limpet’s.

I’m making a little joke here. The truth is, if you do get into a situation that provokes anxiety, I don’t think you should leave the scene at all. Why? There are two possibilities. First, you may be under the influence of mistaken ideas or habitual responses that are causing you to be nervous about something there’s no need to be nervous about. Or second, if you are indeed in an authentic bind, you really do need to deal with it, not run away.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Science-fiction novelist Philip K. Dick has been one of my favorite authors since I discovered his work years ago. I love how he reconfigured my mind with his metaphysical riffs about politics and his prophetic questions about what’s real and what’s not.

Recently I discovered he once lived in a house that’s a few blocks from where I now live. While he was there, he wrote two of his best books. I went to the place and found it was unoccupied. That night I slept in a sleeping bag on the back porch, hoping to soak up inspiration. It worked!

Afterward, I had amazing creative breakthroughs for days. I recommend a comparable ritual for you, Aquarius.

Go in quest of greatness that you want to rub off on you.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): Do you enjoy telling people what to do? Are you always scheming to increase your influence over everyone whose life you touch? If you are a typical Pisces, the answer to those questions is no. The kind of power you are interested in is power over yourself.

You mostly want to be the boss of you. Right now is a favorable time to intensify your efforts to succeed in this glorious cause. I suggest you make aggressive plans to increase your control over your own destiny.

Homework: What gifts do you want for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Yule, and the winter solstice?

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Bistro/Cafe JACK’S BISTRO & “FAMOUS BAGELS” 53 South Milpas (In Trader Joe’s Plaza) 564‑4331; 5050 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria 566‑1558. $ Extensive menu, beer & wine, on site catering ‑Call Justen Alfama 805‑566‑1558 x4 Voted BEST BAGELS 16 years in a row! www.bagelnet.com

Cajun/Creole THE PALACE Grill, 8 E. Cota St., 963‑5000. $$$. Open 7 days, Lunch 11:30a‑3p, Dinner 5:30p, V MC AE. Contemporary American grill w/ a lively, high‑energy atmosphere & fun, spontaneous events. Featuring fine grilled steaks, fresh seafood, delicious pastas, select American Regional specialties, like Blackened Crawfish‑stuffed Filet Mignon, Louisiana Bread Pudding Souffle.

Cajun Martinis, unique beers & well selected wine list. Lunch starts early enough for a late breakfast & ends late enough for an early supper.

Voted “Best Team Service” since 1988. Rave reviews in Gourmet Magazine, Gault‑Millau Travel Guide, Zagat & Sunset Magazine.

OPAL RESTAURANT & Bar 1325 State St. 966‑9676 $$.Open M‑S 11:30a & 7 nights 5p. V MC AE Local’s Favorite, Eclectic California Cuisine fuses creative influences from around the world with American Regional touches: Chile‑Crusted Filet Mignon to Pan‑Seared Fresh Fish & Seafood, Homemade Pastas, Gourmet Pizzas, Fresh baked Breads, Deliciously Imaginative Salads & Homemade Desserts.

OPAL radiates a friendly, warm atmosphere graced by our fun efficient Service, Full bar, Martinis, Wine Spectator award‑winning wine list, private room. Lunches are affordable and equally delicious.

Coffee Houses SB COFFEE Roasting Company 321 Motor Way SB 962‑5213– NOW WITH FREE WI‑FI! Santa Barbara’s premiere coffee roasting company since 1989. Come in for the freshest most delicious cup of coffee ever and watch us roast the best coffee in town at our historic Old Town location ‑ Corner of State & Gutierrez. Gift baskets, mail order & corporate gifts avail. sbcoffee.com.

Ethiopian AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Featured at Petit Valentien Restaurant 1114 State St. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open Sat‑Sun Lunch ONLY 11am‑2:30pm. Serkaddis Alemu offers in ever changing menu with choices of vegitarian, vegan, and meat options. Catering Avaliable for parties of up to 40 people.

French PACIFIC CREPES 705 Anacapa St. 882‑1123.OPEN Tues‑Fri 10a‑3p & 5:30p‑9p, Sat 9a‑9p, Sun 9a‑3p From the flags of Bretagne & France to the “Au revoir, a bientot”; experience an authentic French creperie. Delicious crepes, salads & soups for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Tasty Crepe Suzette or crepe flambee desserts. Specials incl. starter, entree & dessert.

Homemade with the best fresh products. Relax, enjoy the ambience, the food & parler francais! Bon Appetit! pacificcrepe.com

PETIT VALENTIEN, 1114 STATE ST. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open M‑F 11:30‑3pm (lunch). M‑Sat 5pm‑Close (dinner). Sun $24 four course prefix dinner. In La Arcada Plaza, Chef Robert Dixon presents classic French comfort food at affordable cost in this cozy gem of a restaurant. Petit Valentien offers a wide array of meat and seafood entrees along with extensive small plates and a wine list specializing in amazing quality at arguably the best price in town. A warm romantic atmosphere makes the perfect date spot. Comfortable locale for dinner parties, or even just a relaxing glass of wine. Reservations are recommended.

Indian FLAVOR OF INDIA 3026 State 682‑6561 $$ www.flavorofindiasb. com VOTED BEST 17yrs. Finest, most authentic Indian cuisine is affordable too! All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet $9.95 M‑S dinner combos $9.95+ Specials: Tandoori‑ Mixed or Fish, Chicken Tikka Masala, Shrimp Bhuna. Also: meat, curries & vegetarian.Wine & Beer.

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INDIA HOUSE, 418 State St. Next to 99 Cent Store 805.962.5070. 7 days 11:30a‑ 3:30p ALL YOU CAN EAT Lunch Buffet $8.95. Dinner 5p‑9p. Tandori & North Indian Muglai specialties. World Class Indian Chefs at your service!

Traditional floor seating. Indian & Draft Beers, Local Wines. www.indiahouseusa.com

Irish DARGAN’S IRISH Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. (next to lot 10) SB, 568‑0702. $$. Open 7 days 11:30a‑Close (Food ‘til 10p, 11p on Sat/Sun). AE MC V Disc.

Authentic Irish food & atmosphere in downtown SB. Specialties from Ireland include Seafood & Meat dishes. Informal, relaxed pub‑style atmosphere. Live music Thursday nights. Children welcome. Avail. for private parties. Pool & Darts.

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KYOTO, 3232 State St, 687‑1252.$$. Open 7days M‑F 11:30a‑2p; Sat Noon‑2:30p Lunch; Sun‑Thur 5‑10p Dinner, Fri‑Sat 5p‑10:30p.Complete Sushi Bar. Steak & Seafood Specials! Sashimi, Teriyaki, original Japanese appetizers & Combination Boat Dinner. SB’s only TATAMI Rooms reservations suggested. Beer, Wine & Sake.Take Out. Birthday customers get FREE tempura ice cream & photo on our website!

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RODNEY’S Grill, 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard at The Fess Parker – A Doubletree by Hilton Resort 805‑564‑4333. Serving 5pm NATURAL CAFE, 508 State St., 5 blocks from beach. 962‑9494 Goleta‑ – 10pm Tuesday through Saturday.

Rodney’s Grill Menu is Fresh 6990 Market Place Dr, 685‑2039. 361 and New. Featuring all natural Hitchcock Way 563‑1163 $. Open hormone‑free beef and fresh for lunch & dinner 7 days. A local seafood, appetizers, and incredible favorite for dinner. Voted “Best desserts. The place to enjoy dinner Lunch in Santa Barbara” “Best with family and friends by the Health Food Restaurant” “Best beach. Private Dining Room for Veggie Burger” “Best Sidewalk 30. Full cocktail bar with specialty Cafe Patio” “Best Fish Taco” all cocktails. Wine cellar with Santa in the Independent Reader’s Barbara County & California best Poll. Daily Specials, Char‑Broiled vintages by‑the‑glass Chicken, Fresh Fish, Homemade www.rodneyssteakhouse.com Soups, Hearty Salads, Healthy Sandwiches, Juice Bar, Microbrews, Local Wines, and the Best Patio on State St. 9 locations serving the Central Coast. www.thenaturalcafe. com YOUR PLACE Restaurant, 22 N. Milpas St., 966‑5151, 965‑9397. $$.

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SPENCER’S LIMOUSINE & Tours, 884‑9700 Thank You SB, Voted BEST 18yrs! Specializing in wine tours of all Central Cal Wineries. Gourmet picnic lunch or fine restaurants avail TCP16297 805‑884‑9700 www.spencerslimo.com

Wineries/Tasting Rooms SANTA BARBARA Winery, 202 Anacapa St. 963‑3633.

Open Sun‑Thurs 10a‑6p & Fri‑Sat 10a ‑ 7p, small charge for extensive tasting list. 2 blocks from both State St & the beach. This venerable winery is the county’s oldest‑ est.1962, and offers many internationally acclaimed wines from their Lafond Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills. Try some of Winemaker Bruce McGuire’s small production bottling.www. sbwinery.com

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WAHOO’S GOES GOLETA: Reader Cris let me know

that Wahoo’s Fish Taco will be opening at  Hollister Avenue in Goleta as part of the new Hollister Village Plaza that is currently under construction. Wahoo’s will be joining previously signed tenants Smart & Final Extra!, Zizzo’s Coffee, Supercuts, and PetSmart.

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ounded in 2004 by two longtime friends, entrepreneur Bill Freeman and pizzaiolo Francisco “Patxi” Azpiroz, Patxi’s Pizza is opening on December 9 at  State Street, the former home of Territory Ahead.

Patxi’s is best known for its signature deepdish pizza baked in a traditional slow-rotating pan oven, which was named by Esquire as one of the “Top  Life Changing Pizzas.” The restaurant chain, which began in Palo Alto and now includes locations in Seattle and Denver, also offers a light and crispy Italian-style thin pizza, featuring imported Italian Double Zero flour and baked in a 900-degree imported Italian oven. A thin, gluten-free crust is available, as well.

“The spark for creating Patxi’s started 10 PIZZAIOLO PATXI: Francisco “Patxi” Azpiroz prepares his namesake pizza. years ago in my apartment kitchen, baking pizza in an old Wedgewood oven,” said Azpiroz.

“We still make each pizza by hand and to order using Grill at  West De la Guerra Street in the Paseo Nuevo the finest and freshest ingredients. We hope that Santa mall downtown has closed. Taking its place soon will Barbara enjoys our pizzas as much as we enjoy making be PizzaRev, a build-your-own pizza place that makes them!” Fresh salads and shareable appetizers round out its own dough and uses regional ingredients when posthe menu along with wine and 20 mostly craft beers sible. There’s an all-you-can-top option where diners on tap. can get a pizza with one of every topping on it (about Patxi’s uses all-natural meats and fresh produce, 30 in total) for under $8. including Zoe’s All-Natural pepperoni, chorizo, and hot coppa; Fra’ Mani Salumi Nostrano and smoked pan- ANGRY WINGS CLOSES: Reader Rudy let me know cetta; Creminelli prosciutto cotto, fresh herb-roasted that Angry Wings at  Pardall Road in Isla Vista chicken breast, and garlic-fennel sausage; and fresh closed after two years in business. whole milk mozzarella, fontina, herbed ricotta, aged feta, Point Reyes blue, and Daiya vegan cheese.

FIREHOUSE SUBS CLOSES: Reader Primetime tells The community-minded pizzeria also features a 52 me that Firehouse Subs at  Seville Road in Isla Vista Weeks of Giving program, in which a portion of prof- shut down operations after just a few months. I found its is donated to nonprofits focused on education and it interesting that Firehouse Subs opened for business children. To date, the company has donated more than just before students left town for the summer and then closed after they returned. A sign on the door reads: $500,000 to partnering organizations.

Patxi’s is open Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. and “Thank you Isla Vista and UCSB. Firehouse subs will Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-midnight. Call 564-4888 or visit be closing for business. Happy Holidays.” patxispizza.com. Delivery is available by ordering online.

SANTA’S LITLE HELPER: Mr. & Mrs. “Accidental Santa” have a new volunteer to help with this year’s call center.

OTACO COMING TO I.V.: A company named New

Beats Entertainment Inc. is opening a restaurant named OTaco at  Pardall Road in Isla Vista.

BAY ROADHOUSE CAFÉ CLOSES: After five years in business at  State Street, Bay Roadhouse Bar & Grill is closing. “For the last five years, the Bay Roadhouse Bar & Grill has proudly served the Santa Barbara community providing quality products at a fair price at a family friendly atmosphere,” reads a message on the door. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce our closure today November 30. Thank you Santa Barbara for your support throughout the years. Sincerely, Your Bay Roadhouse Crew.”

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Olivo Santa Barbara at 130 Middle Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Barbara J. Hill (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Barbara J. Hill This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 10, 2014.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fox & Goss at 2830‑B De La Vina Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ashley Fox 212 Canon Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Lauren Goss 128 East Mission St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Ashley Fox, Lauren Goss This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 16, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Adding Technology at 3725 Mariana Way, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Natalie Ann Browne (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Natalie Ann Browne This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 04, 2014.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Horny Toad Activewear at 2020 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 125 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Toad & CO. International, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 03, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003123. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Silver Safari at 7388 A Chapman Pl Goleta, CA 93117; Sylvia Sullivan (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Sylvia Sullivan This statement was

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Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Village Realty, Vaughan Realty at 1975 Inverness Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; George William Vaughan (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: George William Vaughan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 04, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003137. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Produce Plus at 1344 Arabian Trail Santa Maria, CA 93455; Dale A. Johnson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Dale Johnson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 27, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003049. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Kitchen at 38 West Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Public Market, LLC 913 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Margaret Cafarelli This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003099.

Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MK Analytics at 431 Peach Grove Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mathew Kauk (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Mathew Kauk This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003148. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tina’s Tutoring at 1528 Santa Rosa Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Tina Pfadenhauer (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Tina Pfadenhauer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003101. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Capigifts, Capigifts.com at 158 Cameta Way Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Graeme Petterson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Graeme Petterson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 13, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003214. Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: David R. Black & Associates at 1718 Pampas Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101; David R. Black (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: David R. Black This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 13, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003212. Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Law of Attraction Photography; Lawofattractionphotography.com at 475 N Turnpike Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Melissa Cohen (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Melissa Cohen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 06, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003167. Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Stewart Financial at 3493 Foothill Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Bryan James Stewart (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Bryan J. Stewart This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 13, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0003208.

Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Prestige Cleaning at 420 S Canada St Unit C Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Patricia Ramirez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Patricia Ramirez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 4, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales.

FBN Number: 2014‑0003127.

Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mojozono, Riviera Road at 4025‑B Primavera Road Santa Barbara, Ca 93110; Gerald Hill­ (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Gerald Hill This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 14, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0003228. Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Regional Business Consulting at 2142 North Refugio Road Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Kevin O’Connor (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kevin O’Connor This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 17, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003241. Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Almsa, Pierce‑Eislen at 430 South Fairview Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Yardi Systems, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Gordon Murrell, Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 5, 2014. This statement expires five

years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003151.

Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Blue Palm Press at 203 Hitchcock Way Apt 204 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Margaret Kay Dodd (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Margaret Dodd This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003154.

Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Performance Audio at 532 Santa Barbara Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Secure Pro, Inc 1328 Cheyenne Lane Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Secure Pro Inc. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 06, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003158. Published: Nov 20, 26, Dec 04, 11 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ananda Press at 1290 Mountain View Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Gail Brenner (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Gail Brenner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 19 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Brenner. FBN Number: 2014‑0003257. Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: In‑Depth Imaging at 3866 Center Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93110; James A. Thomas (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: James A. Thonas This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 19 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Tara Tayasinghie. FBN Number: 2014‑0003258. Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Baya Recycling Exports at 299 Sherwood Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Mauro Ramon Torrez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Mauro Ramon Torrez (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 30, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003061. Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: My World Productions at 520 W Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Skyler Bennett 521 W. Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Skyler Bennett This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 30, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003091. Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mountain And Sea Dental at 2780 State

Street Ste 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Michael D. Carley DDS, Inc 1115 Cliff Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Michael D. Carley This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 13, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003203.

Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Channel Acupunture at 2600 De La Vina Street Unit D Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Matthew Pesendian 4310 Sunnyslope Ave Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 This business is conducted by a Individua Signed: Matthew Pesendian This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 17, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003317. Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: First Pacific Financial Services at 3892 State Street Suite 215 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; George W. Emerson 245 Moreton Bay Ln. #5 Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: George W Emerson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 17 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0003246.

Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ranch Guys at 3694 Tivola Street Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Recovery Ranch, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Daniel Ross, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 20 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003273. Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Do‑Right Solar at 1094 North San Marcos Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Eric Torbet (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Eric Torbet This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 21 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabrielle Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003297. Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Andersen’s, Andersen’s Restaurant, Anderson’s Bakery And Restaurant, The Andersen’s, Andersen’s Danish Bakery, The Andersen’s Danish Bakery And Restaurant, LLC at 1106 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Andersen’s Danish Bakery And Restaurant, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Charlotte Andersen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 202014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003276.

Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: By Mendi, Mendi Jewlry, The Bazaar Istanbul at 1642 Copenhagen Drive Solvang,

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CA 93463; Mendi International Corp (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Eyyup Mendi‑President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 212014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003293.

Published: Nov 26, Dec 04, 11, 18 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gold Way, LaLa Totes, Where’s My LaLa at 4415 Vieja Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; George Walseth (same address) Susan Walseth (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: George Walseth This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 21, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adele Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003303.

Published: Dec 04, 11, 18, 24 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Corral, Corral Solutions at 1574 Green Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Corral Solutions, Inc. (same address) Susan Walseth (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 20, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Tayasinge. FBN Number: 2014‑0003268. Published: Dec 04, 11, 18, 24 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ocean Jewel Santa Barbara at 5056 Birchwood Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jane M Cinzori (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jane M Cinzori This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 25, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003329.

Published: Dec 04, 11, 18, 24 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: France G Cosmetics at 303 West Valerio Apt 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; France Grissolange This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: France Grissolange This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 21, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003292.

Published: Dec 04, 11, 18, 24 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bixel & Court Limited at 923 St. Vincent Avenue, Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 22483 PCH II, LP 923 St. Vincent Avenue, Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SB State, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Joint Venture Signed: Marc Winnikoff This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 20, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adele Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003270.

Published: Dec 04, 11, 18, 24 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pell Limited at 923 St. Vincent Avenue, Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SKL Walnut II, LLC; SLO Walnut, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Joint Venture Signed: Marc Winnikoff This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 20, 2014.

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END USER SUPPORT TECHNICIAN

ADMINISTRATIVE & RESIDENTIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Provides IT service desk support for IT incident and problem resolutions for all departments of the Division of Administrative Services. Maintains an advanced technical understanding of current Windows operating system, office productivity software, and standardized workstation to provide tier two support to Admin Services IT technical staff. Maintains regular end user communication with strong ability to maintain effective client and colleague rapport. Reqs: 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise Windows desktop operating systems and Microsoft Office Suite products, including MS‑Exchange/Outlook.

Strong knowledge of PC computer hardware. 3+ years of experience in troubleshooting, diagnosing problems involving software, hardware or combination of the two. Excellent Customer Service and problem solving skills. Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related discipline and experience and/or certified understanding of ITIL practices are desired. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. $49,193 ‑ $68,932/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 12/10/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20140555

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DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Provides essential administrative and financial support that is critical to the successful operation of a complex fund raising program. Assists the Directors within the SAGD unit with all aspects of analysis, planning and implementation strategies for the Team, to support the University’s overall mission by securing support from private donors. This requires strong analytical skills as well as the ability to act professionally, independently, and exercise discretion and sound judgment. Also provides administrative support, which includes but is not limited to scheduling appointments, travel arrangements, directing critical calls, updating databases, and handling confidential, high profile, and time sensitive matters involving UC Santa Barbara administrators, faculty, staff, collaborating institutions and the donor community. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent. Highly proficient in Excel and Word including mail merging and data manipulation.

Demonstrated ability to quickly learn various software programs. Strong professional and organizational skills and unfailing attention to detail and accuracy. Notes: Fingerprinting required.

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ARTS AND LECTURES Works independently to coordinate, plan, procure, and oversee all necessary backstage needs, onstage properties, and provide basic support for all on/off‑campus performances and designated lectures, and special events.

Coordinates Artist residency logistics, including hotel accommodations, outreach activities, and transportation.

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Name Change IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CRYSTAL PEREZ ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1469163 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: DENISE MICHELLE ORTEGA TO: DENISE MICHELLE PEREZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Dec 17, 2014 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated Oct 22, 2014 by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Nov 20, 27. Dec 4, 11 2014.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF AMY THOMPSON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1469113 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: AMY MICHELLE ELISABETH THOMPSON TO: AYME M’CHEL ELSBETH TOMSON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Jan 7, 2015 9:­30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated Oct 22, 2014 by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Nov 20, 27. Dec 4, 11 2014.

Summons SUMMONS ‑ (Family Law) CITACION­(Derecho familiar) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: NANCY ACEVEDO MENDOZA AVISO AL DEMANDANDO: Petitioner’s name is: APOLONIO SANTOS GARCIA Nombre del demandante: CASE NUMBER: (Numero del caso) 1469096 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120 or FL‑123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp, at the California Legal Services Web site www.­ lawhelpcalifornia.org, or by contacting your local county bar association.

Tiene 30 dias corridos despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120 o FL‑123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica no basta para protegerlo.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales.

Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas.

Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abgados de su condado.

1. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre, direccion de la corte es) SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara CA 93101 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, is: APOLONIO SANTOS GARCIA 930 San Pascual St. #E10 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) El nombre, la direccion

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the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adele Bustos.

FBN Number: 2014‑0003269.

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y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o de demandante que no tiene abogado, es) Date (Fecha): Oct 8, 2014.

Clerk (Actuario), Darrel E. Parker, by Susan Donjuan, Deputy (Asistente).

Published Nov 20, 27. Dec 4, 11 2014.

Trustee Notice NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File No. 7233.26153 Title Order No. NXCA‑0146928 MIN No. APN 057‑410‑033 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/03/04. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): KIM K CHISHOLM Recorded: 09/14/04, as Instrument No. 2004‑0098473,of Official Records of Santa Barbara County, California. Date of Sale: 12/10/14 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA The purported property address is: 4018‑A OTONO DRIVE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93110‑3415 Assessors Parcel No. 057‑410‑033 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $199,152.30. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest.

The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and

clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 877‑484‑9942 or 800‑280‑2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA‑Foreclosure.­ com or www.Auction.com using the file number assigned to this case 7233.26153. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: November 11, 2014 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Andy Tran, Authorized Signatory 1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 250, Santa Ana, CA 92705 866‑387‑6987 Sale Info website: www.USA‑Foreclosure. com or www.Auction.com Automated Sales Line: 877‑484‑9942 or 800‑280‑2832 Reinstatement and Pay‑Off Requests: 866‑387‑NWTS THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE ORDER # 7233.26153: 11/20/2014,11/27/201 4,12/04/2014

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12 “The Bluest Eye” author Morrison 13 Pick up a few things 18 Cold and clammy 22 Dennis’s sister, in “Always Sunny” 24 Washington-area airport 27 Supposedly crazy birds 28 Join the club 30 Start the pot 31 In need of jumper cables 32 X, in a love letter 33 “Because freedom can’t protect itself” org.

34 Fashionable school for hybrid outerwear? december 4, 2014

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FEATURED PROPERTY 234 MAGNA VISTA STREET

FEATURED PROPERTY 483 LINFIELD PLACE D

OPEN SUN 1-4pm

National Reach, Local Experts, Outstanding Results

P.J. WILLIAMS REALTOR®

SANTA BARBARA Wonderful Family

P.J. Williams is a long-time, local, successful businessman. As a high-level Realtor®, he works diligently to maximize savings to all of his buyers and sellers. P.J. will serve all of your real estate needs, including commercial, residential and property management.

$749,000 www.GTProp.com/234MagnaVista

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KEVIN GOODWIN

NEW LISTING

Serves on Montecito YMCA Board of Directors Diligent follow through Vacation Rental and Property Management Attention to detail JOHN J. THYNE III 24/7 service

Don’t settle:for less, call us• today!

(805) 899-1100 P.J. WILLIAMS (805) 403-0585 PJWilliams@GTprop.com 100-102 E. HALEY STREET

211 BOESEKE PARKWAY

53 VISTA DEL MAR

home w/ pride of ownership. Great floor plan flows into large granite kitchen w/ vaulted ceilings. Brick patio & large yard for entertaining. located close to Schools, shopping, parks, bike path & beach.

GOLETA The only unit currently with a one car Garage. Nicely updated end unit with balcony off the master. Great for investor or Owner occupant. Close to UCSB, Shopping and Beach. Four units in complex with low HOA dues. $369,000 www.GTprop.com/483LinfieldD

1320 PLAZA PACIFICA

1119 ALSTON ROAD

MONTECITO Renovated 2BD/2.5BA ground floor, single level Bonnymede flat w/ ocean views – luxury at its very best!

MONTECITO Luxurious 5BD/6BA home ready to be built. Views of the ocean & islands.

$3,340,000 GTprop.com/1320PlazaPacifica

$2,450,000 GTprop.com/1119Alston

710 W PEDREGOSA ST.

6244 MARLBOROUGH DR. OPEN SUN 1-4pm

PENDING SANTA BARBARA Mixed use downtown property. 4 residential units above 2 commercial spaces (+/-2,300 sq.ft/floor).

MONTECITO Located in prestigious “Ennisbrook”, this 1.55 acre parcel is located across from a private 2-acre grass park

$2,200,000 GTprop.com/100EHaley

$1,575,000 GTprop.com/211Boeseke

925 WELDON ROAD

501 BRINKERHOFF AVENUE

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SANTA BARBARA Contemporary,

PENDING

SANTA BARBARA Opportunity to own 1.3 acres near Hendry’s Beach w/ Panoramic mtn views. A lot of potential.

SANTA BARBARA 4-plex w/updated owner’s 2BD/1BA & 3 1BD/1BA units all w/ private yards. Tons of potential!

GOLETA 2 story 5BD/3BA home in quiet neighborhood close to parks & shopping w/ 3,015 sq. ft. & dual living possibility!

$1,224,500 GTprop.com/53VistaDelMar

$1,199,000 GTprop.com/710WPedregosa

$889,000 GTprop.com/6244Marlborough

1036 W. MICHELTORENA ST

3229 SAN JUAN ROAD

915 E. COTA STREET

PENDING

PENDING

NEW LISTING HOLLISTER 3BD/2.5BA on 1 acre of private land. Wood flrs, tiled kitchen & baths, large bonus room & more!

SANTA BARBARA 2006 construction 2BD/2BA, bamboo floors, dual pane, deck, garage. Convenient location.

$695,000 GTprop.com/1036WMicheltorena

$639,500 GTprop.com/3229SanJuan

$549,000 GTprop.com/915ECota

6985 CAT CANYON ROAD

858 HIGHLAND DRIVE #4

1222 CARPINTERIA ST. #C

SANTA BARBARA C2 zoned mixed

SANTA BARBARA Fixer!! 3BD/1BA

$789,000 GTprop.com/925Weldon

use property on a corner lot. Excellent investment for an owner & business.

corner lot, room for improvement.

Lower mesa area, contractors special.

$699,000 GTprop.com/501Brinkerhoff

133 POR LA MAR CIRCLE

231 COTTAGE GROVE AVE.

3BD/2.5BA home, 2 car garage. 1700+ sq ft living space, wood flrs, & more!

PENDING

SOL

PENDING

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PENDING

SANTA BARBARA Peaceful 2nd

SANTA BARBARA 3BD/2BA Com-

SANTA MARIA 76 acre parcel with

floor unit w/ mountain views. Close to tennis courts & picnic area.

mercial/Residential. Front yard, side patio, detached garage. Priced to sell.

potential for home sites, horses and farming. Easy access to and from Cat Canyon

SANTA BARBARA Updated 2BD/1.5BA home on cul-de sac, updated kitchen, cathedral ceilings, loft & more.

SANTA BARBARA 2BD/1BA Private & secluded townhome near East Beach. Close to conveniences.

$549,000 GTprop.com/133PorLaMar

$539,000 GTprop.com/231CottageGrove

$495,000 GTprop.com/6985CatCanyon

$459,000 GTprop.com/858Highland4

$450,000 GTprop.com/1222CarpinteriaC

424 COMMERCE COURT

118 SOUTH J STREET

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NEW LISTING

LOMPOC Flat, level, .9 acre commercial

LOMPOC Desirable commercial/

lot in sought out area. Close to airport & businesses. Perfect for owner/investor.

residential. 28 acres of useable land to build a myriad of commercial buildings.

$389,000 GTprop.com/424Commerce

$189,000 GTprop.com/118SJ

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