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Larry Nobles has Found his Family. We Should all be so Lucky.
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appiest Man Alive is a tough claim to quantify – but when they decide to hand out an honorary statuette for the title, Larry Nobles will be a red-carpet nominee. “The way the stars aligned to make all this happen is just unbelievable,” he exults. Nobles and I are sitting at the gorgeous off-hours bar of Coast Village Road’s cozy, communal living room – an adored love nest of conversation, warm laughter, and delicious human congress called Lucky’s. It’s said they serve food there, too. “We have to elevate everything for the guest, making sure that they know when they come in here they’re going to have a friend in all of us, and that we know exactly what they need, exactly where they like to sit, exactly what makes them feel at home. We’re orchestrating an experience.” Nobles is Lucky’s recently anointed General Manager – a role approximately as inscrutable as that of the guy in The Fantastic Four who can flame and fly. How does one “General Manage” a swirling legend like Lucky’s? The enthusiastic soliloquy that pours out of the guy is delivered without the intermittent respiratory featurette the rest of us call “breathing.”
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Gene are the best guys you can imagine working for. We’re so on the same page that it really helps me understand their expectations.” Nobles is talking about Gene Montesano, Jimmy Argyropoulos, and Herb Simon: the exuberant, Montecito-defining triumvirate whose unerring instincts and actionable sense of Family we can thank for the Lucky’s magic. “And for me to come in here and have the support of my management team meant absolutely everything. I mean, number one, René González, my Executive Chef, who’s been here since the year 2000 – as well as my two sous-chefs! We have Abraham and Hugo Alvarado, the brothers back there. To keep that dynamic going and then to have my managers – Brett Sanderson and Adrian Dominguez and Sergio Alvarez – to have all of us glued together, it made us really close. And my two main hostesses Karen Schneider, and Jennifer Brooks who I’ve now promoted to Lucky’s first ever events manager, and it’s well deserved.” Nobles grins and sighs distractedly. “Lucky’s is all about the guests. We are so fortunate to have them as guests, as friends.” Periodically, Nobles will leap off his stool to walk around the empty bar, gesturing as he explains to me the organic alchemy of loving-kindness. He’s a demonstrative guy. “Our guests come in here for a reason. A gentleman tells me that his daughter is going to USC, she’s in cheer, and she has a big
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order Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance – an art exhibition, symposium, and a pair of dance performances – takes over several venues at UCSB and downtown this weekend in a multifaceted celebration of immigrant and BIPOC artists whose work challenges previous histories of dance to consider how war, inequality, and injustice shaped 20th century performance art. The presentations – co-created by UCSB professor Ninotchka Bennahum and former UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum director Bruce Robertson – are meant to demonstrate how exiled and marginalized artists shaped modern dance, giving voice to crucial issues of geopolitical circumstance and structural racism. The concept of crossing borders — whether geographic or otherwise physical, or racial or gender, artistic and Jane Dudley is featured in the upcoming Borders spiritual, and either by choice or by force Crossing exhibit at UCSB (photo by Barbara Morgan) – have become integral to the “modern” element of modern dance, said Bennahum. The new presentations amplify on and extend Bennahum and Robertson’s previous collaboration Radical Bodies: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, and Yvonne Rainer in California and New York, 1955–1972. “I was researching the relationship between war and contemporary performance,” Bennahum explained. “I was curious why we don’t look at dance through the trauma experienced by the body? Why do we see it only in terms of its aesthetic properties? Dance has a contemporary real-world edge to it, and these investigations of war and the refugee body, the exile body, the experience and nature of exile, very much define modern dance. That unlocked for me that we had to reconfigure how we think about modern dance and neoclassicism.” Several years of archival research and procurement of films, photographs, costumes and designs led to conversations with contemporary BIPOC and immigrant artists, Bennahum said. “We wanted the contemporary dance world to weigh in to tell us their stories, and what border crossing means to them, how it affects them,” she said. “How is it inside of their dances, their teaching, their dance making? We wanted to show the vitality of the field today as a public manifestation of the unsung.” The research and discussion are culminating in the exhibit – which opened last year at New York Public Library – and this weekend’s symposium and performances. The AD&A Museum exhibition, which runs January 25 to May 7, features multiple eras and themes over its several spaces and includes works by Tom Two Arrows, Aida Overton Walker, José Limón, Carmen Amaya, La Argentina, Si-Lan Chen, Katherine Dunham, Anna Sokolow and many others, along with recordings of the interviews with contemporary choreographers, including Michelle Manzanales, Kyle Abraham, Eiko Otake, Kiri Avelar, Dianne McIntyre, Preeti Vasudevan, Pam Tanowitz and others. The Border Crossings Symposium on January 25-26 features artists and scholars in the Ballet Studio Theater on campus, including panels, artists’ roundtables, lectures, demonstrations, spoken word performances, rare film showings and receptions as a “live” accompaniment to the exhibition catalog. Highlights include a conversation with Wendy Perron of Dance Magazine, and live dance from members of the José Limón Company and flamenco artist Cihtli Ocampo. The Limón Company are also featured in a full evening performance Saturday night at Granada Theatre as part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ season, which will include a post-performance Q&A with the audience. And company members will participate in the closing event, Border Crossings: Voices of Exile and Hope, a Sunday afternoon
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agnificent classical music reigned supreme with three impressive concerts in our Eden by the Beach, two at the venerable Granada and one at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall. Kicking off the week was the Community Arts Music Association’s first concert of the new year with London’s 79-year-old Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, music director since 2021. This was their 14th visit to Santa Barbara since 1963 when the orchestra was led by the legendary Sir Malcolm Sargent. It was the second stop of an 11-city tour featuring pianist Isata KannehMason, who I last saw perform with her cellist brother Sheku at a UCSB Arts & Lectures event at Campbell Hall last year. He gained worldwide fame after performing at Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 2018. Kanneh-Mason was very much at the top of her game, deftly playing Prokofiev’s 28-minute work, “Concerto No. 3 in C Major,” after the highly entertaining program launched with Debussy’s Danse. It concluded with Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2 in E Minor,” one of his gloomier compositions, and an encore of Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov’s Suite from Raymonda, including the “Dance of the Arab Boys” and “Entry of the Saracens.”
A truly majestic performance. Just 72 hours later it was time for the Santa Barbara Symphony, under maestro Nir Kabaretti, to shine brightly with a 13-piece opera themed show The Ride of the Valkyries, hosted by trained opera singer and KEYT-TV meteorologist Anikka Abbott, which left us anything but under the weather. The two-hour show included four soloists from Opera Santa Barbara – soprano Karin Wolverton, baritone Timothy Mix, mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel, and tenor Harold Meers – singing works from Verdi, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Rossini, Puccini, Mascagni, Offenbach, and German composer
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he Montecito Association has announced several new directors joining its board this year. The new members are Joseph Pennino, Jacqueline Duran, Jillian Wittman, Melissa Miller, and Carol Monteil. Joseph Pennino brings over 31 years of experience in the fire service, having served in the Santa Monica Fire Department in positions ranging from firefighter to fire marshal. He also has experience managing construction and property enterprises. Pennino believes his communication and leadership skills can help preserve Montecito’s unique character. Jacqueline Duran has a background in financial consultation as the President and Founder of Duran Capital Management. She also has experience as a Wealth Manager and Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley. Duran has been active in various local nonprofit boards and is currently on the Board of Trustees at
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Montecito Union School District. Jillian Wittman is a lifelong Montecito resident and Montecito Union School alumna, where her children now attend. She has professional experience in education and property management. Wittman serves on the boards of several local organizations and is dedicated to building community connections in Montecito. Melissa Miller has over a decade of
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The Olive Mill and San Ysidro roundabouts construction continues with irrigation, planting, median improvement, and installation of split-rail fencing and landscaping. Utility work is also underway near the San Ysidro Roundabout, resulting in 5-10 minute traffic delays. In Summerland, final touches are being put on the highway lanes, Evans Avenue Undercrossing, and ramps at Sheffield Drive. Landscaping work is beginning at the Sheffield on and off-ramps. Grinding and re-striping of the Ortega Hill Bike Path will cause nighttime noise between January 24-26. For the Padaro area, northbound highway lanes and ramps remain under construction with work on concrete roadways, drainage, walls, barriers, and fencing. Pavement grinding has also begun. The Toro and Arroyo Parida Creek bridges are having barrier walls and staining installed. Sound walls are continuing near Serena Park. Night work will occur in all segments, resulting in noise. Lane closures on the highway will continue overnight and drivers should expect delays. The speed limit through the construction zone is 55 mph. Project information can be found at www.SBROADS.com.
Construction activities on Highway 101 are ongoing in the Montecito, Summerland, and Padaro segments. Work includes roadway, drainage, bridge, and sound wall improvements. The recent rains have altered the closure schedule and subsequent scheduling of crews for the work at the southbound offramp at San Ysidro Road. The off-ramp closure will begin as early as February 11 (pushed back from January 21). In Montecito, crews are working on drainage systems in the median and will begin rough grading and shoring installation. Work on the Romero and Oak Creek bridges involves removing sections of the bridges and installing temporary supports to widen the structures.
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On Entertainment (Continued from 6) multi-company dance performance featuring the excerpts from LDC’s Exiles (1950), Danzas Mexicanas (1939), and Chaconne (1942). UCSB Dance Company will perform “The Running Dance” from Psalm (1967), and a suite of dances from Missa Brevis (1958), while Santa Barbara Dance Theater will share a restaging of Rosie Herrera’s Querida Herida (2018), which was originally commissioned by the Limón Dance Company, and La Luz/The Light (2023) by LDC dancer Eric Parra, both of which were previewed last fall. Another post-show Q&A closes out the performance. “It’s very important to work between fields, interdisciplinarily, with both exhibition and performances,” Bennahum said. “We’re asking people to bear witness, to become to some extent responsible, become woven into it. We want people to carry this small critique of the (the misleading) history of modern dance and to change it.” Visit www.museum.ucsb.edu for details about the Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance exhibition and events.
Gaviota Gathering An interdisciplinary event on a much smaller and more local scale takes place at the Lobero on January 30 when Scojo and The Keel hosts a record release concert for their new album, Gaviota. The evening is planned as a celebration of the Gaviota Coast with poets, painters, wildlife experts, geologists, and surfers who, along with the band, have been inspired by this unique stretch of nearby California. Scojo is led by Scott Claassen, a lifelong multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who has penned hundreds of songs and appeared on dozens of records as well as the soundtracks of Grey’s Anatomy and several films. Claassen is joined by 10 other musicians for the concert, while the speakers include artists Chris Chapman and John Iwerks, former preserve managers of Arroyo Hondo Preserve; Guner Tautrim, a sixth-generation rancher-farmer in Gaviota; Meighan Dietenhofer, wildlife biologist and district representative for supervisor Joan Hartmann; Tanya Atwater, UCSB emerita professor of geological sciences; and Doyle Hollister, a poet, therapist, mystic and member of a multigenerational family on the Gaviota Coast. A blessing by the Coastal Chumash will launch the event.
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he Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee (SBWPC) held its annual January Endorsement meeting to review and qualify the candidates for the 2024 election season they are endorsing. For Santa Barbara County District 1 Supervisor, the vote yielded a “no endorsement” of any candidate. This is an important clarification for voters, as written campaign materials for Roy Lee are stating, “In the recent endorsement process by the Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee, a notable decision was made: for the first time, incumbent Supervisor Das Williams did not receive their endorsement. This decision is more than just a moment in a campaign; it’s a clear indication that the winds of change are blowing through our community.” What Paula Lopez, President of the SB Women’s Lee’s campaign fails to mention is that Political Committee (courtesy photo) Lee was not endorsed by SBWPC either. In our in-person conversation Tuesday, January 16, SBWPC President Paula Lopez explained the process and endorsements for 2024: “We put out a call to all of the candidates for an opportunity to be endorsed if they choose to, some declined. After doing a questionnaire, we determine if interested candidates qualify for an interview. The main determining factors are if they meet our principles, and many are knocked out because of that; for example, if they are not pro-choice, and do not support LGBTQ rights. If they qualify, they have an interview with our CAT [Candidate Assessment Team] of three members, one of whom is a board member. For this First District race, all three CAT members are also Board members. We have a team for each electoral race. This year we have five races, so five CAT teams. The CAT conducts interviews, writes a report and makes a recommendation to the Board. At our January 10 endorsement meeting, all the candidates, their representatives and their supporters have a chance to speak. We had Gregg Hart speaking to us from Sacramento, Salud Carbajal speaking to us from Washington, D.C., they made a great effort to speak on their own behalf. After that our Board goes into closed session with the CAT teams to go over the reports and ask questions. Then we conduct a blind vote. In order to receive our endorsement, the candidates must have a two-thirds majority vote. At that meeting we had 15 voting members. In all the races but one there was a clear winner. In the First SBC District neither of the two candidates, [Das Williams and Roy Lee], received the two-thirds majority for endorsement. We notified them that evening. The SBWPC vote holds throughout the election. We wholeheartedly recommend the candidates we endorse, and hope the electorate takes that into consideration when they go to
The SB Women’s Political Committee 2024 Endorsements (photo courtesy of SBWPC)
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SB Museum of Art Women’s Board New Members’ Luncheon
The SBMA Women’s Board: Linda Butterwick, Susan McLean, Paula Farrington, Amada Cruz, Isabel Wendt, Deb Joseph, Mimi Baer, Christine Nachman [not pictured: Pei Shu] (photo by Joanne A Calitri)
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n Thursday January 17, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art [SBMA] Women’s Board held its annual New Members luncheon at The University Club downtown. The event was chaired by Board Vice-President Christine Nachman with her team Emiko Kirshman, Floral Design, and Linda Wortham, Floral Presentation. The luncheon began with formal photo ops of the Executive Committee with new SBMA Eichholz Foundation Director Amada Cruz, the Women’s Board 20-year honoree Mary Garton, and the Event Committee members.
The program began with a welcome by SBMA Women’s Board President, Isabel Wendt, who said, “It is great to be with all of you in our tradition of a luncheon to introduce our new members, and to honor our members who have been with us for over 20 years. This is our 73rd year of raising funds for the SBMA by you, who are vibrant and dynamic members of the Women’s Board, who love art and the SBMA.” Wendt introduced Cruz who spoke briefly, and said, “Thank you for being so welcoming to me. The Women’s Board is one of philanthropy and important to the museum. Following someone who has Mary Garton and Isabel Wendt (photo by Joanne held my position for the past 15 years is A Calitri) going to be difficult, and there are lots of exciting things which I can’t mention yet that are coming. We want the museum to be welcome to everyone and to the community and thank you for being such loyal supporters of the museum. We’re going to get through this transition together.” With that, Cruz excused herself from the luncheon due to other appointments. Following lunch, Nachman addressed the attendees, “We are a wonderful group with 43 active members, three ad hoc and 60 sustaining members. First let us honor our 20-year members; present is Mary Garton who has served as President. Not able to attend is Harriet Mosson who told me that she served on the hospitality committee and threw lots of cocktail parties – we need to get her back on that job! I would also like to thank Diane Waterhouse for 14 years of service.” Nachman then introduced the new members to the Women’s Board: Gina Bell, (Montecito) who worked in education and counseling, serves on the Alzheimer’s Association, and collects art with her husband Martin.
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Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre, with the “Ride of the Valkyries” its signature piece. I first heard it played at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London in 1970 as part of the full five-hour production, during which my music master Michael Nicholas, who later went on to be choirmaster and organist at Norwich Cathedral in East Anglia, fell fast asleep! Kostis Protopapas, artistic director of Opera SB, also took over the conducting daïs, to perform works from Verdi’s Il trovatore, a story of superstition, revenge and ill-fated love, which the company is presenting at the Lobero next month (Feb.) starring many of the principals on the Granada stage. Wrapping up the tony triumvirate of shows was Camerata Pacifica’s first performance of 2024 at the Music Academy’s
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Nicolas Covarrubias, seen here in his popular role as Gaspar de Portola for the 1909 festival at San Francisco. His great grandfather, José Raimundo Carrillo, had come to California in 1769 as a soldier with the Portola Expedition. Among other things, José Raimundo served at the Presidio in Santa Barbara for a time and was the progenitor of the Carrillo family of California. (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
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Ozempic: Is it the next Fen-Phen? by Deann Zampelli
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n the 1990s, a wonder drug took the step aerobic, Atkins-dieting, slip dress wearing population by storm. Fenfluramine/phentermine, the pharmaceutical treatment known as Fen-Phen, appeared to be the panacea that cellulite battlers worldwide had been searching for. Effects included loss of appetite, feel good hormones surging and fat melting off at a staggering rate. It was a miracle. Until it wasn’t. By 1997, it had been pulled off the market as new data showed that it could cause heart valve damage in as many as a third of its 77 million users worldwide. Which it did. Today, we are experiencing a similar phenomenon with the medicine Ozempic, the brand name for semaglutide injection, approved by the FDA in 2017 to help treat Type II diabetes. Ozempic has been extremely
effective in helping to lower blood sugar by increasing insulin production. For diabetics. Once it was discovered that one of the side effects of Ozempic was weight loss, Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of Ozempic, developed a sister drug, Wegovy, to treat obesity. Both contain the same active ingredient – semaglutide – and both injections come at a price. In addition to the actual cost of the drug, which can reach thousands of dollars per month depending on your insurance coverage, the side effects can be crippling. Gastrointestinal disorders are among the most common, and include nausea, cramping, constipation, and diarrhea. But the real party starts when you learn about things like gastroparesis, a condition that can slow or stop the food moving from your stomach to your small intestine, worsening diabetes by elevating blood sugars (insert ironic joke here). Like any drug, the list of possible side effects
is long. However, if faced with Type II diabetes, the pros might outweigh the cons. Or, if you are obese and facing the health concerns associated with it, you might take the chance. But why would anyone risk getting pancreatitis, thyroid cancer, or kidney failure if they aren’t a diabetic or obese? To get thin. Really thin. While social media is getting better at encouraging body positivity, we are still a thin-obsessed/diet-oriented culture that has 11-year-old girls suffering from body dysmorphia. Celebrities appear to be ageless and superhuman with their chiseled abs and timeless bodies, some even openly touting the benefits of these weight loss drugs. Is it any wonder that there has been a consistent shortage of Ozempic over the past two years, creating major health concerns for the diabetics who are actually in need of the treatment? The effects are so drastic, there is a term, “Ozempic-face” to indicate the gaunt cheeks of those who have lost significant amounts of facial fat. We need these natural stores of adipose to maintain our facial integrity. Otherwise, the skin sags, making us look like a deflated balloon discarded at the end of a parade. Some users are turning to facial fillers to counteract Ozempic’s cosmetic side effects. And we are seeing this being practiced in our town. The new trend of “not drinking anymore” – which for some is actually motivated by health reasons – also has a darker side. As there is a stigma attached to admitting to using
Ozempic, some have used the guise of caloric deficit from alcohol abstention as the reason for their scale’s dramatic plummet. As you aren’t meant to drink alcohol while on Ozempic anyway, the ruse is a natural fit. Semaglutide injections are meant to be long-term or lifelong treatments initially designed to lower and maintain blood sugar levels. One of the reasons for the weight loss is that the medication actually slows the rate at which the stomach empties, thereby creating a more prolonged feeling of fullness. However, once the medication is stopped, it only takes around four to five weeks for it to leave your system completely and for your appetite to return to normal. This is where it gets tricky. Stay on the medication for an indefinite period of time and risk the myriad side effects or go off of it and face gaining the lost weight back or possibly even more. Most studies have shown that users gain some if not all the weight back within a year. The most significant concern, however, is a potential health crisis in the future and whether the real cost will be in dol lars, or in human life.
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Brilliant Thoughts Women And War by Ashleigh Brilliant
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lthough I have officially been a Doctor of Philosophy in American History for many years, it was only recently that I got interested in reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This came about through reading another book, Winston Churchill’s History of the English Speaking People, which makes a big point about how important the Uncle Tom book was in helping to bring about the American Civil War, although it was published nearly a decade before the war began. The author was a woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe, and she certainly wrote a devastating and poignant indictment of the whole system of slavery as it existed in the American South. That system, as the book so graphically presents it, took no account of family relationships – and each individual slave (including children, and even babies) – could at any time be separately bought and sold, and at the whim of the purchaser taken anywhere in the States where slavery was legal. Also, no slave could testify in court, regardless of how cruelly they may have been treated. This brings to mind another woman whose writing was intimately connected with the Civil War. In this case, it was a song, which became known as the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” (a title given to it by the magazine in which it first appeared). Julia Ward Howe had a strong religious background, and after actually visiting President Lincoln and hearing Union soldiers singing “John Brown’s Body” as they marched off to fight, took that same melody – which had originally been that of a Methodist hymn – and wrote inspiring words which, in semi-Scriptural language, depicted the war as a Crusade against Evil. As Harriet Stowe had predicted, the war was now seen as a matter of divine vengeance – punishment for all the years of Southern injustice against a whole race of people. The song uses Biblical terms and concepts, such as “Mine eyes,” “grapes of wrath,” “builded Him an altar,” “His judgment seat,” “sifting the hearts,” and “be jubilant.” It
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might be said that Mrs. Howe simply turned the Bible into poetry, and applied it to the great war of her own time. Of course, women have been involved in causing and promoting wars since long before modern times. I need hardly mention the name of Helen to evoke that ancient epic of the siege of Troy as sung by Homer in the Iliad. Hers, as much later characterized by Christopher Marlowe, was “the face that launched a thousand ships.” Then, of course, there have been more or less manipulative warrior queens, as personified by Cleopatra, of Egypt; Christina, of Sweden; Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia; and Elizabeth I, Queen of England. And, in our own time, now that democratically elected women can govern countries, we have women no longer so much being the cause of wars as leading their countries into them. Thus in 1971 Indira Gandhi led India in a war against Pakistan which enabled the completely separate eastern part of that country to become independent as Bangladesh. In 1973, Golda Meir led Israel against its neighbors in what became known as the Yom Kippur War. And in 1982 Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Great Britain in the Falklands War against Argentina. And let it be noted that in each case the woman-led country was victorious. And what used to be called the Fair Sex are still stirring up men to fight. This does not apply to anyone in my family – as far as I know – but during World War II, when I was a child, my mother – like many other women on what was called the “Home Front” – saved fats (to help make ammunitions), went to Red Cross meetings to participate in such activities as rolling bandages, and learned about air raid precautions (which included blacking out windows and having sand ready to put on incendiary bombs) and what to do in case of an actual raid. (Happily, no such crisis ever occurred in the U.S. We were on the East Coast – but even on the West Coast there Ashleigh Brilliant born was only one fatal “raid” when a family in England 1933, came to Oregon, camping out in a wooded area, California in 1955, to Santa came upon an unexploded Japanese “balBarbara in 1973, to the loon bomb,” and made the terrible mistake Montecito Journal in 2016. of attempting to handle it.) Best-known for his illustrated Women have now won the right to epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” fight and die for their country. But for now a series of 10,000. email: ashleigh@west. some reason (perhaps greater wisdom) net. web: www.ash far fewer of them than men have so far leighbrilliant.com. taken advantage of that privilege.
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An Independent Mind AI and the Quest for Utopia by Jeffrey Harding
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veryone has heard about artificial intelligence and the computer program ChatGPT. It seems to have reached some level of intelligence by digesting and synthesizing data from billions of articles on the World Wide Web. It’s a stunning achievement and holds the promise to positively transform society. Let me disclose at the beginning that I wrote this article, not ChatGPT. There is a belief floating around Silicon Valley that intelligent computers will bring a new dawn for mankind through reason, science, and systemic change. The implication is that computers will be able to plan the economy more efficiently than market-based economic systems. That, and solve other major problems plaguing our planet, such as conflict, poverty, and disease. In other words, there is a widespread belief in utopia, a perfect world without the “corruption” of modern society.
Dreams of utopia are nothing new on the planet. There have been many attempts over the millennia to create the perfect society. Some were malevolent like Soviet Russia and Communist China. The U.S. has had numerous communal societies based on theories of utopianism. Edward Bellamy wrote a book, Looking Backward (1887), a fictional account of a utopian socialist America in the year 2000. It sold a million copies over the years (I’ve got a copy). Bellamy paints a glowing account of a utopia brought about by socialism where every product and need is available in abundance, everyone has a wonderful apartment (no one owns anything), and the city is planned with beautiful buildings and plenty of open space. No crowding, no traffic. Everything is centrally planned by wise men (women still seem to be homemakers) and everything works perfectly. No shortages, food in abundance, peace, little crime. There is no money, just “credits” (everyone gets the same amount) and you just
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take what you need. No one is greedy because the New Man has transcended such selfish thoughts. Everyone has a job assigned to him based on his abilities and preferences. You retire in 24 years and then lead an intellectually stimulating life. It’s a fantasy, wishful thinking. It ignores history, economics, philosophy, and human nature. It has never worked anywhere, ever. The designers of AI believe that someday intelligent computers will be able to allocate economic resources in an efficient manner which will change the world for the better. They say they are not pursuing this for profit, but rather they are doing it for the benefit of mankind. They call this movement “effective altruism” (E/A). They believe that technology and effective altruist principles can eventually change society and eliminate poverty, inequality, disease (especially pandemics), masculine domination, and factory husbandry (chickens). Many people in the AI community support effective altruism. Sam Altman, a founder of Open AI, the company that owns ChatGPT technology, admits he is a Democratic Socialist and a supporter of E/A. The manifesto of E/A is “… [T]he attempt to do the most good, according to whatever view of good the individual in question adheres to.” Their philosophy is non-normative which means there are no objective values of right and wrong or good and evil. “Good” is something that will “improve the world.” “Good” can be determined by science and “careful reasoning.” Each individual should choose his or her own path for the good or join nonprofits or government to advocate policies to do good. “Good” is easier to say than do. Especially if one doesn’t have a moral compass. I think there are immutable values. My own colloquy with ChatGPT showed it had been taught that values are totally subjective. The subject was mur-
der. ChatGPT insisted that murder was a subjective value – each group or society can determine if murder is good or bad. My debate showed that concept would lead to the annihilation of the human race. Without a moral compass, one can justify just about anything in pursuit of “good.” Just ask Pol Pot. There are objective values that have worked pretty well: don’t murder, don’t steal, don’t deprive people of their liberty, allow personal freedoms, allow private commerce, allow private property, and a justice system that supports it. These values have delivered more people from poverty and tyranny than any other social system ever conceived. It’s called free market capitalism. Isn’t that a universal “good”? There are laws of economics that these modern technocrat utopians ignore. Billions of people on the planet make trillions of economic decisions every day. We are connected worldwide in voluntary trade. It works pretty well. The idea that ChatGPT10 will have the ability to efficiently direct the economy is a fool’s errand. By enabling it to control the economy we devolve into a system where “wise men” as in Bellamy’s socialist fantasy are replaced by a computer. It is a fantasy to think that a non-human intelligent computer can make these choices for us. It is nothing but another form of socialism. And that, dear reader, is a very slippery slope to poverty.
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game this weekend. When I see the gentleman next week, I’ll ask him: ‘How’d your daughter do at the game last week?’” The thing is, Nobles actually wants to know how the gentleman’s daughter did. This is not a guy from corporate expertly pretending to be a social animal. If Nobles was any more social you’d have to throw a net over him. Nobles’ actual affection for people is his strength. If all this sounds like a dusting of saccharine, it ain’t. Our friend was raised in the aptly named heartland. Nobles’ wide-eyed conversational gee-whizness is 100 Proof.
Montecito’s Lamplit Embrace As the new General Manager of Lucky’s – Montecito’s lamplit embrace disguised as a restaurant – Nobles is clearly grateful; and emotionally indebted to another cohort in his life. I’m talking here about You. “The response that I’ve gotten from the community has been very, very … it really gets down there and plucks the heartstrings,” Nobles says, his eyes clouding. “Because they’ve been coming here longer than I have. They know the place more than I do. They know the food better than I do. And to have them say, ‘Congratulations, we’re rooting for you, Larry! If you need anything –’ Nobles is visibly moved. “I mean, what an honor.” The Lucky’s family – what some businesses tepidly refer to as their “customers” – is rallying around the new General Manager. This says everything that need be said about Lucky’s. The place is a “restaurant” like a baptism is a hair 25 January – 1 February 2024
rinse. Nobles is not an arriviste; he’s been at Lucky’s for some seven years. Becoming GM is a corner-turning, though: and a deepening of the guy’s village bear hug. How’d he get here? Hang onto your hat. If you wear a hat.
Hawaiowa to Montecito: A Breakneck Summation Larry Nobles’ journey to Coast Village Road’s warm galactic center begins somewhere in the understated, politeness-suffused farm belt of this crazy-quilt country, which should surprise no one. Having moved as a youth from Texas’ sprawling Dallas-Ft. Worth to the tiny town of Armstrong, Iowa, Nobles adapted. Like a fish painfully adapts to water. “I quickly learned that in the Midwest – and this is something that I’ve carried with me my whole career – in the middle of winter when somebody comes and knocks on your door? You open the door, you invite them in, you offer them something to eat and drink. And then you ask them their name and what else they need.” As an older teen working the restaurants, Nobles began casting about for adventure and opportunity. He and some restaurant-centric friends did a little research and decided to move to Colorado. “A few friends and I moved to Copper Mountain, Colorado at the age of 20. We’d heard you could work dinner service and maybe work at a bar at night, and then you could snowboard all day. I’d never even
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Elizabeth’s Appraisals Award Plaques by Elizabeth Stewart
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Watson, come here, I need you!” So said Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant in 1876, and those were the first words understood – and heard – through a telephone wire. Bell had spilled battery acid on his pant leg, and he needed help before the acid burned through the fabric. Thus began the honor code for telephone people: Service! JE has two bronze commemorative plaques from the 1960s: first, a plaque awarded to two men, Sterling D. Ditchey, Plant Staff Supervisor, and Robert F. Henderson, senior engineers at the Anaheim office, and the other, a plaque awarded to Sidney E. Hutchins, a frame man of Inglewood. Both bronze plaques were given to these three Silver awardees and were adjudicated by the Bell System Committee that reviewed incidences of service and valor, selecting men and women of outstanding service for these yearly awards. Both plaques were awarded at the SILVER level; there were bronze and
The plaque awarded to Sterling D. Ditchey and Robert F. Henderson
gold award plaques as well. The plaques do not state what the three men did to be honored; but they say, “awarded for notable public service.” Once a hero, always a hero: I learned that Sterling Ditchey was awarded, in 2017, the National Order of the Legion of Honor at the rank of Chevalier for his service in WWII. Only 10 such veterans have been so honored. I found an older newspaper article regarding this honor, and found that Ditchey was
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a Californian (Thousand Oaks?), but a search for a close relative yielded no result. Before 1940, silver medals, which were given directly to heroes, were presented in the form of lapel pins with a cash award of $250: after 1940 the award was $500, and a plaque, such as the illustration, was awarded to hang in the hero’s place of employment. Each separate AT&T office was allowed to present only 10 a year, including a narrative description of valor and a painting of the valorous act. On the two bronze plaques collected by JE you see the round image in relief of Theodore Newton Vail, with the Roman numeration of 1845 and 1920. The Vail Medal was created in 1920 in memory of the President of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company from 1907-1919. The top shows three Greek heroes with the words “The Vail Medal for Public Service.” The central figure, a female goddess, holds a modern-day telephone cable, symbolizing “communication speeding down the wire, enabling civilization to move ahead.” The other two male Greek style gods – figures on either side of her – are given the names of “loyalty to service,” and “devotion to duty.” Who was Theodore Vail? Just two years after the famous Mr. Watson call from Alexander Graham Bell, Vail became the President of the Bell Company, with Alexander Graham Bell as Engineer. Various transmitters were tested, and copper wires were adopted, and Bell bought Western Union; hence the American Telephone and Telegraph Company was born. Vail was a high-minded individual, arguing that service should trump profits, but of course that philosophy got him fired two years later. And then, 20 years later, he was asked to return as AT&T’s President. The communication industry was in turmoil and needed a strong leader; because of the chaos of the burgeoning communication industry in the USA, every small town had at least three competing phone service providers, and no one could make a call. There was no standardized system and no universal service. Vail was a remarkable President and
The second plaque awarded to Sidney E Hutchins
stayed with AT&T for 20 more years. His credo? “No business talk after 6pm. Tranquil thoughts are needed. Refuse to be hurried. Love your work and have pride in it. Be courageous: state both sides of an argument openly. Never let them know you are worried. Service is more important than short term gain. If we don’t tell the truth about ourselves, no one else will.” In the many years these awards were given, I have read of heroic exploits awarded to those who were known as heroes: examples include fighting through a blizzard to fix a downed line, saving a child from a burning building or a man from a flood, a female operator remaining at the switchboard for two consecutive days and nights to keep the lines open – or a telephone worker saving a stranded man under a collapsed icy bridge using his cable and a cable car, body belt and safety straps – determinedly winding his way over water and through thick fog to find that one man. The value of these plaques is $450 each.
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ichard Haass, a veteran diplomat, respected scholar of international relations and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, speaks at the 19th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, March 1, from 7-9 am in the Grand Ballroom of Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets cost $125 per person and go on sale Friday, Feb. 2, at 9 am at westmont.edu/breakfast. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Haass, who served as president of the Council on Foreign Relations for 20 years, worked in the State Department under Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, Richard Haass has served for at the White House under George H.W. Bush, and at the four U.S. presidents Pentagon under Jimmy Carter. He was U.S. envoy to the Cyprus negotiations and the Northern Ireland peace process, and after 9/11 was U.S. coordinator for the future of Afghanistan. He has written or edited 14 books on American foreign policy, one book on management, and one on American democracy. His latest work, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, became a New York Times bestseller. He also authors a weekly newsletter, Home & Away, available on Substack. Haass earned a bachelor’s degree at Oberlin College and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he completed master’s and doctoral degrees. He won the State Department’s Superior Honor Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and the Tipperary International Peace Award. The Westmont Foundation, local businesses and individuals sponsor the President’s Breakfast to promote discussion of significant issues. BMO is the Lead Sponsor this year. Special thanks to U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management. Gold Sponsors include Bon Appétit Management Company; Davies; David and Anna Grotenhuis; HUB International; La Arcada Plaza; MATT Construction; Lindsay and Laurie Parton, Reicker Pfau, and Warren and Mary Lynn Staley. To learn about sponsorship opportunities, contact Steve Baker, Westmont associate vice president for advancement, at (805) 565-7156.
Filmmaker Shares Power of Storytelling Wendy Eley Jackson draws on three decades of experience in film and television in her talk, “The Transformative Power of Storytelling,” for a Westmont Downtown
Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 pm at the Community Arts Workshop (631 Garden Street), in downtown Santa Barbara. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Free parking is available on the streets surrounding CAW or in nearby city parking lots. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051. “My talk will resonate with every demographic as I explore why it’s important to harness the influence of storytelling to make a positive impact in communities,” Wendy Jackson speaks about Jackson says. the power of storytelling Feb. 1 She began teaching at Westmont in fall 2020 and founded the Montecito Student Film Festival. Recently she made news for writing the screenplay to Napa Ever After, an historic Mahogany movie premiered on the Hallmark Channel. A native of Atlanta, Jackson earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature at the University of California at Berkeley and her MFA in screenwriting from the University of Georgia. She serves as the CEO of Auburn Avenue Films, a production company specializing in entertainment that brings social awareness and engages audiences to participate in social change. At Westmont, she teaches Documentary Filmmaking, Screenwriting, and Creative Writing for the theater and English departments. “My hope is to find a happy marriage between the written word, the actors, and the production crew that will bring great storytelling to life,” she says. “Story has the ability to build bridges of empathy, understanding and respect, helping to make sense of our lives and the world around us. As a professor, my goal is to help the students develop their stories as expressed through theater and the written word to inspire social impact.” Her experience in the media industry ranges from working in made-for-television movies for TriStar/Columbia Pictures Television, to advertising and marketing with Turner Entertainment Networks, to developing television pilots for major networks. She won the Producers Guild of America mark for her work on the feature-length documentary Maynard, which explores the life and legacy of Atlanta’s first black mayor. She is also co-writing a feature film, 30 Days A Black Man, adapted from the award-winning novel, 30 Days A Black Man: The Forgotten Story of Jim Crow by Bill Steigerwald.
Students Participate at World’s Largest Math Meeting “I was surprised at the sheer size of the math world,” said first-year student Isaiah Conway, reflecting on his trip with fellow students and faculty to the world’s largest mathematics conference Jan. 3-6 in San Francisco. Ten students and three faculty members were among nearly 6,000 other mathematicians at annual Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), hosted by the American Mathematical Society. “I had never been exposed to the different fields, the different problems, the
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Sarah Hammett studied film at Brooks Institute, holds a degree in creative arts, and is a designer-builder of residential properties. Her grandfather Buell Hammett was a founding member of the SBMA. Tobi Feldman is active in the SB International Film Festival, and the accountant for the SB Independent. Her husband Gregg is the owner of the Eyeglass Factory. Susan Worster holds a degree in environmental biology from UCSB New Women’s Board members Susan Worster and and worked as a clinical lab tech- Tobi Feldman (photo by Joanne A Calitri) nologist. She is active in fundraising and supporting women in the sciences, and a member of the Getty Museum Photographs Council. Her husband Bruce is an SBMA Trustee. Dona Wieckowski is an artist working in painting, mixed media, and jewelry. She exhibits in SB, Ventura and L.A. Counties, and is a member of the SB Art Association. The Women’s Board Executive Committee attending were VP Social Activities Linda Butterwick, VP Development Susan McLean, Parliamentarian Paula Farrington, President Isabel Wendt, VP Communications Deb Joseph, Secretary Mimi Baer, and V.P. Christine Nachman (not attending was Treasurer Pei Shu). 411: The Women’s Board of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art was established in 1951. The Board’s purpose is to support the museum by raising funds for its exhibitions, acquisitions, educational programs, and special projects. The Women’s Board is comprised of over one hundred active and sustaining members, who organize and sponsor fundraising events each year that also promote community awareness of and interest in the Museum. https://sbmawb.org Luncheon committee: Emiko Kirshman, Linda Wortham, and Christine Nachman (photo by Joanne A Calitri)
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John Southworth’s Covarrubias Adobe was bereft of its clay tile protection circa 1927, though the cement work in which Southworth had encased the adobe can be glimpsed behind him to the left (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
the dramatic arts by presenting local author H. Fenner’s one-act tragedy, “The Death Penalty,” with a cast of amateur thespians. The review said, “The old house with its ancient, blackened timbers made a wonderful setting.” Artist and antique dealer Robert Wilson Hyde had lent items for the set, just as he would for the Community Arts Players who formed the following year. In December 1919, Cadillac tycoon and local arts supporter Clarence A. Black purchased the adobe for $5,000 with the intention of using it as artists’ studios and an art school, which was being promoted by several noted community patrons. When Berkeley theater director Samuel Hume and actor Irving Pichel were hired by the Community Arts Association to produce an extravaganza-style version of The Quest, many of the costumes were made at the Covarrubias Art School. Soon, however, the name and venue for
the school changed to the Santa Barbara School of the Arts, which was located in the Dominguez Adobe on the corner of Carrillo and Santa Barbara streets.
The Southworth Era With the art school established elsewhere, Black sold the Covarrubias Adobe to John R. Southworth, a writer and historian who had lived in Mexico for 34 years before moving to Santa Barbara where he opened an antique and curio store in the Oreña Studios. Southworth remodeled the Covarrubias by cladding the interior with asbestos wallboard and redwood in a Gothic style. Outside, he constructed a wall of cement around and underneath the old walls, making a cradle to insure its survival for another hundred
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day of making movies, and now movies have made my life a dream.”
Miscellany (Continued from 16 16)) Diana and Travolta famously danced together at a White House dinner in an iconic moment in 1985, said to be the highlight of the Saturday Night Fever actor’s life. A source connected to the event, which also honored Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez, said Travolta, who won the Living Legends Ambassador of Aviation award in 2007, feels that Diana’s son has carried on her legacy of charitable works. Meghan Markle did not attend the bash, reportedly as one of the couple’s children was ill.
Surf’s Up at Rosewood Get out the Gucci surfboard! Rick Caruso’s Rosewood Miramar is launching a new surf club with the Gold Coast Adventure Company, owned and operated by local surf legend Adam Lambert. “Surfing is a storied tradition in Santa Barbara, and it was time for the resort to celebrate the iconic sport by offering guests a way to hone their skills,” says Rick Fidel, managing director. Lambert – who learned to swim at Miramar Beach – and his team of highly skilled professionals will guide guests through a surfing journey from start to finish. He began surfing at the age of four and opened his Gold Coast Surf School in 2021, with the Gold Coast Adventure Company launching this year. The club experience includes a two-
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Heartthrob Gushes Barbie actor Ryan Gosling is gushing over the love of his life thanks to the movies. The 43-year-old was presented the 16th Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at the Ritz Carlton Bacara at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. He gave a special shoutout to Eva Mendes and their two daughters. “More importantly, I got to meet the girl of my dreams, Eva Mendes, and have two charming children. I dreamed one
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Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed how she manages to stay good friends with her rocker ex-husband Chris Martin of Coldplay. Paltrow, 51, dished out life and style advice in an interview with British Vogue saying: “Remember what made you decide to date them to begin with.” On the topic of love, the Goop founder revealed the best gift she has ever given her current partner, TV producer Brad Falchuk, 52. “A movie was my husband’s present for his 50th birthday,” she said of the gift she gave her husband of five years.
Remembering Mason’s Maison On a personal note, I remember Manhattan uber realtor and society hostess Alice Mason, who has died at her Manhattan home, aged 100. For some reason I became a regular guest at her sprawling Park Avenue apartment for her socially gridlocked black tie dinner parties catered by Daniel Boulud, former chef at Le Cirque and founder of his eponymous eatery a tiara’s toss from the Hotel Carlyle. Alice threw nine dinner bashes annually and those attending included a heady mix of journalists, heads of state, diplomats, and moguls with 60 guests seated at eight small tables throughout the apartment after cocktails and canapés. Those I remember included President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, publisher Malcolm Forbes, Gloria Vanderbilt, Barbara Walters, Norman Mailer, Norman Lear, Alexander Haig, Claus von Bülow, and Cosmopolitan magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown. Extraordinary gatherings...
Dick Meyn Passes I also remember Richard “Dick” Meyn, who left us last month at the age of 94. A New Yorker, Dick studied at Parsons
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discretely watching. And I was like, ‘Okay, we’re here.’” An immersive gig at Stella Mare followed, then several years at San Ysidro Ranch and a GM position at Convivo on Santa Barbara’s East beach. It was then thta Nobles found his family at Lucky’s. The adoption seems to be taking. “I’m chapter three of Lucky’s. We had Sly in the very beginning, followed by the legendary Leonard Schwartz, and now it’s my time as part three.” His tone suggests wonder. “Once I came over here,” he says of his initial entry into Lucky’s those years ago, “…and was working side by side with my counterpart, Brett Sanderson … I mean, it just felt like home.” Nobles’ unlikely story, from heartland to Hawaii to happy, hifalutin hullabaloo, could be a parable about that rare and successful admixture: incredibly hard work + a heart for the human race. What does he make of it? He chews on the question for a minute. “The three partners offering me this role,” he says, “was one of the best days of my life, and the most humbling gig ever thrown in front of me.” He looks up at me with an expression of mild astonishment. “I mean, it’s the wildest Netflix series you could ever compre hend.” Producers, take note.
Jeff Wing is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. He has been writing about Montecito and environs since before some people were born. He can be reached at jeff@ montecitojournal.net
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Westmont students and professors at the math conference in San Francisco
organizations, the people, or even the math celebrities,” Conway said. “I learned so much about the vast community of mathematics in this one weekend and there is so much more I want to learn now.” At the event, Maryke van der Walt, Westmont associate professor of mathematics, spoke about her research, “A function approximation approach to the prediction of blood glucose levels,” and sophomore Sam Tang shared his summer research, “Probabilistic questions relating to a certain type of function that is analytic in the unit disk.” Senior Bailey Hall was part of a poster presentation, “Cutoff in the BernoulliLaplace Model with Unequal Colors and Urn Sizes,” that reported on research from her summer undergraduate research experience at Iowa State University. The group, which stayed at the Westmont in San Francisco House in Pacific Heights, also attended a reception for the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences. “The students had an incredible experience and were astounded at the vastness of the mathematics world as well as the diverse mathematical interests of the attendees, such as art, biology, epidemiology, social justice, climate change and food supply,” says Anna Aboud, assistant professor and chair of the mathematics and computer science department. “It is exceedingly rare for undergraduate students to have the opportunity to attend, much less present at, a national conference in their discipline.”
Trustee, Parent Pens MLK Book Trustee Marcus ‘Goodie’ Goodloe, whose daughter Hannah is currently a senior and will graduate in spring 2024, has written three books, including King Maker: Applying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Leadership Lessons in Working with Athletes and Entertainers. Goodloe travels the country and uses the book to mentor students, educators, business professionals and athletes about character formation and faith. He recently spoke with Eric Bryant, current Westmont parent and pastor of Gateway Church, for a special reflection on King’s legacy for the PostChristian Podcast. Goodloe says that King, who would have been 95 on Jan. 15, would have said that whether you’re a person sweeping the streets or giving a lecture from a pulpit, you should do it with Trustee and parent Marcus ‘Goodie’ Goodloe excellence. “Whatever gifts you have, look at those and see how you can make a difference,” Goodloe says. The great poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said the purpose of life is not simply to be happy, but it is to make a difference. “Part of being a person of influence is recognizing what you’ve been given and how can you use those gifts to make the world better?” Goodloe says. “In Dr. King’s brief 39 years here on earth, he did more than some people will do many lifetimes over. We all can’t be Dr. King, but we all can use the gifts and talents that God has given us to advance the Scott Craig is manager cause of others, to give voice to the of media relations at voiceless, to give hope to people void of Westmont College such, to be repairers of the breach, and to have people have a sense of purpose, knowing that that there’s more to this life than just what they can take. It’s also blessed to give.” 25 January – 1 February 2024
On Entertainment (Continued from 11 11)) But now there’s a new single, “Heaven,” which could also describe how Ringo feels about being back playing with the brothers again. “They’re brilliant, brilliant musicians,” he said. “I would put them up against any songwriters that there has ever been, and melodically it’s just amazing to me because the songs are so timeless. We all write, but it seems so effortless the way that it comes out of them, and I am forever grateful to be their brother and their drummer.” The pair of shows is something of an experiment for Los Lonely Boys, Ringo said. “We’re all getting older and we want to show that part of us as well, how songs were written and what we were thinking about when we were writing them and how we’ve changed,” he said. “That works better acoustically.” Visit http://lobero.org for more information and tickets
Book ‘em: Doors, Wars and Outdoors Gordon Gekko would likely not be interested in reading The Doors’ drummer John Densmore’s new book The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial. But those who don’t subscribe to the “Greed is good” theory might be intrigued by the 30-year member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s exploration of the “greed gene” – that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships, and the well-being of society. The case study here is the gripping account of the legal battle to control The Doors’ artistic legacy; namely the conflict between Densmore and his fellow surviving bandmates as they fought over the right to use The Doors’ name, revealing the ways in which this struggle reflected a much larger societal issue of relentless greed. The story has extra resonance as the passel of iconic rock stars accepting boatloads of bucks for their songs or recording catalogs has grown to include artists from Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan to Stevie Nicks. Densmore, who has long been a decorated writer, discusses the situation at Santa Barbara Museum of Art on January 28 at 2:30 pm, in a make-up date from November. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation hosts a book event at its downtown headquarters that pairs its four-decades-long mission to create a just and peaceful world free of nuclear weapons with the currently foreboding calamity known as climate change. Timmon Wallis, author of Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe and Nuclear War, will discuss these two big threats facing our planet and share what individuals can do toward creating a safer and more sustainable world. Visit www. eventbrite.com/e/warheads-to-windmills-preventing-climate-catastrophe-and-nuclear-war-tickets-794749456017 for a free ticket to the 4 pm event on February 1. Best-selling and award-winning author Susan Straight, whose most recent novel Mecca was a finalist for The Kirkus Prize and named a best novel of the year by The Washington Post and NPR, is taking to heart the theme of UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s 2023-24 series, Imagining California. Straight, who has also taught writing for 35 years at UC Riverside, will share how California geographies outside the typical novel settings of Hollywood or San Francisco are beautiful, tragic and full of narrative depth – set in remote canyons, inland citrus groves, ancient ranchos and hidden deserts, which often give breadth to Straight’s characters. Audience Q&A and a reception follow the free February 1 presentation on campus. Visit https://ihc.ucsb.edu.
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Robert’s Big Questions Slavery Today? by Robert Bernstein
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y recent article on slavery, abortion and states’ rights promised a follow-up. This
is it. My college lady friend was volunteering at a community medical clinic in 1981 for her pre-med program. The clinic was in a very poor minority neighborhood. They educated the volunteers and patients about the history of oppression as part of their mission. One day, my lady friend came home and told me that there are slaves working on potato farms on Long Island. I was not sure if this was a learning moment for me or a moment to think these people were insane. With no easy way to research it I filed it away for decades. Then, in September 2003, National Geographic Magazine had a feature story by Andrew Cockburn titled “21st Century Slaves.” Yes, there really are about 27 million 21st century slaves. And about a million of them are right here in the Land of the Free. The U.S. What is slavery? Very simple: The worker is not paid. The worker cannot leave. Then, in March 2008, I watched a BookTV talk by Douglas Blackmon about his book, Slavery by Another Name. He explained how slavery for Black Americans did not end with the Civil War. It did not officially end until right after Pearl Harbor. In 1941. Why then? After the Civil War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were supposed to end slavery and guarantee citizenship and voting rights to former slaves. But there was a loophole. The 13th Amendment allowed slavery “as a punishment for crime.” They just had to invent new “crimes” to keep slavery going. Notably: Vagrancy laws. Prohibiting being poor, loitering, or simply “suspicious.” Vague laws selectively enforced against Black people. Allowing hundreds of thousands of Blacks to be arrested and convicted of a crime. They were not sent to jail for this trivial offense. Much worse: They were “rented” to businesses and plantation owners to be used as forced labor. U.S. Steel was one of many such businesses that paid $12 a month for slave labor. The situation for these slaves was far worse than for slaves before the Civil War. An antebellum slave was a valuable piece of property. About the same as a Mercedes car today. They may have been mistreated, but they still had to be cared for. But these “neoslaves” had
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no such protection. They were sent into coal mines and worked to total exhaustion, severe illness, and often death. Similar to the Nazi slave labor camps. A woman wrote to President Theodore Roosevelt begging him to save her brother from this fate. It was filed away and never prosecuted. The FBI claimed there were no actual statutes against such slavery. Just the 13th Amendment. It took his distant cousin Franklin Roosevelt to act after Pearl Harbor. FDR argued before Congress that the Japanese would use U.S. mistreatment of Blacks as propaganda. And Blacks might rightly ally with the Japanese against the U.S government to secure a better deal. He ordered FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to prosecute these cases. Hoover was a notorious right-wing ideologue, but he grudgingly complied. So why are there still slaves in the U.S. today? In the case of the potato farms, the workers lived in isolation. They had to buy everything from the “company store.” Prices and wages were set to guarantee inescapable debt. Why didn’t they flee? Occasionally they did and were shot. It does not take many such illegal shootings for the slaves to fear trying to escape. We hear lurid stories of sex trafficking, some of which are true and some of which are not. Many sex workers are voluntary. But many slaves are working in slaughterhouses, hotels, and restaurants. Slavery exists in other forms today. Forced marriage holds another 22 million slaves worldwide. Most Americans are oblivious to how prisoners are treated and used for private profit. If prisoners were paid market wages by law, there would be less incentive for such abuse. The U.S. leads the world in imprisoning its citizens. Teaching this history is being banned in some states. And it is not just in the past.
Robert Bernstein holds degrees from Physics departments of MIT and UCSB. Passion to understand the Big Questions of life, the universe and to be a good citizen of the planet. Visit facebook.com/ questionbig
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Have a Hart: Comedian Cancels Cell Phones The current local comedy cavalcade continues this week at the Arlington, leaving behind the Lobero in favor of the much larger venue, where Kevin Hart, one of the most popular stand-up comedians on the touring circuit, will perform on January 27. Hart has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, receiving two Primetime Emmys nods for his film and TV work, and is the star of the mid-air heist film Lift that started streaming on Netflix this month. He’s released a half-dozen comedy albums, two of which have been nominated for two Grammy awards. He’s hosted three episodes of Saturday Night Live and would have hosted the 2019 Academy Awards but withdrew over backlash over earlier homophobic tweets, despite Montecito’s Ellen DeGeneres offering her support. The latest Hart controversy concerns his long-standing policy forbidding access to mobile phones and other such devices within the performance space. Guests must secure their phones in locking Steven Libowitz has covered Yondr pouches, and can use them a plethora of topics for the only in restricted areas, such as the Journal since 1997, and now Arlington’s lobby. Those of us who leads our extensive arts and are invariably annoyed by fans taking entertainment coverage “surreptitious” videos and even texting during shows can only say “Hear, hear, Mr. Hart.” FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Clementine Carter INC., 388 Bell Street, Los Alamos, CA, 93440. Clementine Carter INC., PO Box 334, Los Alamos, CA 94330. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 16, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0000091. Published January 24, 31, February 7, 14, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Root Kitchen Catering, 595 Avenue of the Flags, 207, Buellton, CA, 93427. Muhsin II Sugich, 595 Avenue of the Flags, 207, Buellton, CA, 93427. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 3, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2024-0000011. Published January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fit Plumbing, 314 W Canon Perdido, 5, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Clarion Call Express, INC, 1401 21st St STE R, Sacramento, CA 95811. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 26, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002911. Published January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Driver Luxury Transportation INC, 115 W De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Af-
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In 1937, the adobe complex took on the name Los Adobes and opened a night club (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
Southworth went often abroad searching for items for his antique business at the Covarrubias. The 1771 painting at the back, The Virgin Purissima by Miguel Cabrera, was purchased in Puebla, Mexico, in 1903. The 1863 painting on the left, Spanish Dancer by T. Rateney, came from Seville, Spain. (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
years. The roof of the adobe had lost its original Mission tiles back in 1886 when they were sold to a Montecito resident. Wood panels now covered the willow canes limed with a heavy plaster of mud in which the original tiles had been set. Also in 1920, the Natural History Museum was under pressure to vacate its premises at 930 Anacapa Street so a women’s hotel, the Margaret Baylor Inn, could be built. They announced the sale of their adobe building and hundreds of old “Indian-made” roof tiles. No buyer stepped forward, and the Native Daughters and the Native Sons of the Golden West advocated demolishing the old adobe, which they felt had no historic significance. John Southworth came to the rescue, purchased the 1836 Malo Adobe, and laid plans to move it next to the Covarrubias. “It will be the first adobe in California to be moved without melting away,” he said. By 1924, its resurrection was complete, and it rested across from the Covarrubias, leaving a charming patio between. For the next 18 years, the Covarrubias and the Historic Adobe were alternately
leased in whole or part by Southworth who periodically lived there and ran his antique business. Lessees included residents who ran a tearoom, antique dealers, a photographic studio, an interior decorating business, shops, and art gallery. In 1932, Mebane Beasley opened a vocal studio at the Covarrubias. After a recital, the reviewer remarked, “The charm of the large room where the recital was held is felt in its lighting of candles and everywhere are to be seen delightful old paintings and furniture while the Steinway piano, in its most original casing, is a work of art.” In keeping with the music theme, in 1935, Roger Clerbois, a founder of the Community Arts Association Orchestra, leased the Covarrubias for his Mozart Society.
Covarrubias Ghost Plagued Businesses There seemed to be a dizzying turnover rate for businesses at the two ancient adobes, perhaps because of the strange and uncanny noises attributed to the Covarrubias
Community Orchestra founder Roger Clerbois (at the piano) leased a studio at the Covarrubias for his Mozart Society (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
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ghost; “The White Lady,” whose baby had died in infancy in 1819. A sister of Nick Covarrubias related that at the midnight hour, the bereaved ghostly mother of the deceased child would move silently through the salon, pulling away the blankets of her spectral bed as she vainly sought her lost child. A chilling sight, indeed! Stories of ghosts, however, didn’t prevent various groups in town from using the historic setting of the adobes for their events. In 1927, the Strollers, an amateur drama and music group, held its annual Fiesta dinner in the garden of
the Covarrubias. Comprised of charming patios with fruit trees growing against the old adobe walls, the garden also had a grapevine which draped itself on a low ramada and festooned across doorways and deep-set windows. In 1936, Southworth tried to rid himself of both adobes and put them up for auction. The Morning Press report was a bit wistful as it stated, “The buildings, though privately owned, have been among the principal show places of Santa Barbara for years and have been regarded almost in the light of community possessions.” Back in 1931, the California State Chamber of Commerce
In 1924, a new business called the Historic Adobe offered a tearoom and dinners by appointments. It became wildly popular with the Society set. (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
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California-born Eddie Valencia and his Beach Combers were a hit with their Hawaiian-tinged Big Band sound (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
Overly the years, the romantic Historic Adobe saw use as residence, restaurant, and shops (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
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Way it Was (Continued from 33 33)) had marked them as one of 18 points of historic interest in Santa Barbara County. There were no takers at the auction, however, and they were leased out again. Santa Barbarans must have been pleased when the new business, “Los Adobes,” advertised they had opened a night club with dining, dancing, and cocktails. That August, Eddie Valencia and his Beach Combers entertained with their signature Big Band sound tinged with a Hawaiian twang. Dancing began at 8:30 pm on a newly installed dance floor.
Beyond Southworth In 1938, Southworth was finally able to sell the adobes. Los Rancheros Visitadores planned to restore and preserve them as a club center, complete with museum and art gallery. Leo Carrillo, direct descendent of the pioneer Carrillo family, became head of the building committee and was assisted by architect Joseph Plunkett. They replaced the shingle roof with tile, restored the adobe walls while adding buttressing, and restored the fountain in the courtyard. They named the complex “Los Adobes de Rancheros” and invited the public to visit. Donations of art and other California relics provided décor, as did a unique set of paintings of the California Missions by California artist Will Sparks. Fiestas at Los Adobes saw dozens of temporary stalls for horses, collections of stagecoaches, carriages and silver mounted saddles, and lots of festive parties. In 1941, the Santa Barbara Chamber of
From 1938-1964, the adobes were owned by Los Adobes de Rancheros, an offshoot of Los Rancheros de Visitadores (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
Commerce moved into the adobes. They wanted to have quarters that were more in keeping with the spirit of Santa Barbara, and to move another step forward in preserving its precious landmarks. During WWII, the Covarrubias was used by various groups working on relief efforts. Afterwards it became the United Nations House which promoted international relief and understanding. There were many affiliates such as Russian Relief, the English-Speaking Union, and the Holland and Scandinavian groups. In 1947, the County was told they could buy the Covarrubias. They declined. In 1959, Leo Carrillo unveiled a plaque marking the Covarrubias as a State Historic Landmark. (It is also a Santa
In 1959, the Covarrubias Adobe, then 142 years old, became a State Historic Landmark. Pictured are as follows: (Front row) John J. Mitchell, Yris Covarrubias, Aurora Covarrubias; (Back row) Thomas J. McDermott, Father Maynard Geiger, Leo Carrillo, and Dr. Aubrey Neasham. (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
weddings and community and private events, it has kept Santa Barbara’s history alive by providing a venue for lectures, talks, films, and demonstrations. Maintenance on Los Adobes has been continuous ever since the Santa Barbara Historical Museum took over stewardship of the adobe relics. The latest costly restoration and preservation effort was made after the heavy rains of 2022-23 caused significant damage.
About 10 years ago, then Cicerone and now Montecito Journal editor, Zach Rosen, taught us about the history of beer and invited us to taste several antique brews in the Covarrubias Adobe (author photo)
Sources: Stamps.org. “The Portola Festival” by Harry K. Charles, Jr. at https://stamps.org/Portals/0/ ArticlesDistinction/Portola-Festival.pdf, accessed 26 December 2024; contemporary newspaper articles; Trek Book 1941 of the Rancheros Visitadores, City Directories, U.S. Censuses, Obits.)
Barbara Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places.) Then, in 1963, the Santa Barbara Historical Society broke ground on the site of the former gas plant on the corner of De la Guerra and Santa Barbara streets for their new adobe brick museum. The following year they purchased the adjoining property with the Covarrubias and historic adobes. Now over 200 years old, the adobe walls of the Los Adobes have seen and hosted two centuries of Santa Barbara’s history. Besides being a popular place for
Hattie Beresford has been writing a local history column for the Montecito Journal for more than a decade and is the author of several books on Santa Barbara’s historic past
Today, the Covarrubias is over 200 years old and one of the principal sites in Santa Barbara that help keep its historic past alive. Seen here, dancers demonstrate historic dances. (author photo)
The Rancheros Visitadores Trek Book of 1941 shows the clay roof tiles ready to be installed on the Covarrubias Adobe. The view is from Santa Barbara Street. (photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
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“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou
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the ballot box. The candidates had a deep knowledge of the issues and action plans for the future.”
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Lopez emphasized that the SBWPC is a non-partisan feminist organization that takes their endorsements very seriously and maintains their credibility when making an endorsement. She has served on the SBWPC for eight years and as president for two years. The organization has workshops for women considering to be in office and other events during the year. 411: https://sbwpc.org
Ocean Farming Film Opens the Cinema Series at Casa del Herrero A new Cinema Series has made its debut in Montecito at Casa del Herrero on Thursday evening, January 18. The film series is officially titled “Cinema at the Casa” and is focused on launching the organization as a center for creative and worldly discussions for the community. It follows suit with the Casa’s Book Club. Sheraton Kalouria, Maddelyn Harden, Jordan Chancellor, and Sheraton Kalouria organized Sergey Nuzhdin (photo by Joanne A Calitri) the first of this innovative film series. He welcomed the attendees and thanked Benjamin Goedert, Development Director at Santa Barbara International Film Festival, who suggested this first film for the series by Darcy Hennessey titled The Ocean Solution, which was shown at the 2023 SBIFF. It presents ocean farming as a viable alternative for land farming through the experience of Bren Smith, a former commercial fisherman who changed direction after a few hurricanes and location changes, to doing vertical ocean farming of kelp beds, oysters, and mussels. The film documents what Smith worked out in creating ocean farming that yields high quantities of nutritious food shown to fight climate crisis, clean the ocean, and create an aquatic habitat. Following the viewing, an expert presentation with a Q&A was led by the head of the Nuzhdin Lab at USC, Sergey Nuzhdin PhD, the professor of biological sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He stated his focus is genetics and he received his PhD from the Institute of Molecular Genetics at the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences Moscow. Nuzhdin started the genetic research of kelp five years ago, and since has created kelp seed banks and published studies of the viability of growing it as a food, biofuel, and more. His goal is to keep the seed bank and the research open to public domain, basically to not privatize the seeds. The seeds that are bred and harvested by his lab are not genetically modified. Presenting with him were his research students, Maddelyn Harden, a PhD candidate researching the genetic diversity, variation, and evolution of California macroalgae; and Jordan Chancellor, a PhD student in the Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography program, working on sustainability and global food security, specifically the role that bivalves can play in mitigating the use of terrestrial protein sources. On its webpage, The Nuzhdin lab outlines its mission: “The lab employs molecular biology and bioinformatic techniques to better understand the interactions between genotype and phenotype across a wide range of organisms. Currently, we are broadly interested in how these techniques can be applied to aquaculture in Southern California, specifically with seaweed and bivalves. Our research is conducted not only in a traditional molecular biology lab at Ray R. Irani Hall but also at our sustainable seaweed aquaculture facility down at AltaSea in San Pedro.” Not to miss the next film and book club, check the website link! 411: www.casadelherrero.com/ https://dornsife.usc.edu/nlab/ 25 January – 1 February 2024
USC Director of Development Inara Letdin, Casa del Herrero Board Treasurer Gary Bradhering, and Sergey Nuzhdin (photo by Joanne A Calitri)
The Women’s Fund SB (WFSB) is celebrating its 20th year anniversary and has announced its 2024 Board of Directors. The board is an all-volunteer member group that is voted to office by the organization’s 1,300 members. The 2024 Board Officers are: Board Chair Jamie Dufek, Vice Chair Carolyn Jabs, Treasurer Kathy Dunlap, and Corporate Secretary Sabina White. Dufek stated, “Two decades ago, the Women’s Fund was born out of a visionary belief that women, when united, can be an unstoppable force for positive change. It is only because of each and every one of you that we can extend our philanthropic reach to address critical and emerging needs of women, families, and children in our community. A massive round of applause also goes out to the 2022-2023 Board of Directors and the leadership team for their tireless dedication and service over the past year.” The Women’s Fund SB is also welcoming newly elected Board Members: Roberta Collier, Kerry Parker, Linda Putnam, and Suzi Schomer, who are joining current members Mary Brown, Sarah de Tagyos, Yonie Harris, Nancy Harter, Denise Hinkle, Kathy Hollis, Lynn Karlson, Lauren Trujillo, and Laurie Tumbler. The board’s focus is on setting policy and assuring the financial stability of the all-volunteer working members of the organization. The WFSB welcomes new members: Bev Abrams, Delene Goodell Bliss, Danielle Bolster, Rena Brawer, Jessica Caruso, Regina Cordova, Bonnie D. Cummings, Somayeh Dodge, Nadra Ehrman, Julia Elman, Clara Firestone, Monica Micon Fried, Rebecca Golgert, Maureen Grattan, Deborah Holmes, Felicia Luong Boyd, Leyla Lynn, Amanda Moose, Jane Murray, Natalie Orfalea, Diana Pereira, Kate Rees, Debby Rexford, Kathy J. Scroggs, Karen Shoener, Coriander Stasi, and Jillian Wittman. Upcoming is their annual grants awards which will be combined with their 20th Anniversary Celebration, scheduled for May 7 at the Lobero Theatre. Since inception, the organization has funded $10.5 million to 142 local nonprofit organizations who Joanne A Calitri have met its criteria and passed is a professional a strict application and interview international process. Funding is set to address photographer and critical needs of women, children, journalist. Contact and families. her at: artraks@ 411: http://www.womensfundsb.org
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by Steven Libowitz FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 Shooting Stars in Ojai – Ojai Arts Center Theater offers up one of its own as part of its 85th anniversary, presenting the belated hometown debut of Steve Martin’s comedy Meteor Shower. The play, which was originally written to be set in Ojai, premiered on Broadway in 2017, and is coming home to the picturesque mountain village seven years later. The comedy takes place during a 1993 meteor shower, unfolding over an evening brimming with twists, laughter, and unexpected events as Corky and Norm host Gerald and Laura for what is supposed to be a straightforward dinner party under the celestial sky. But the night quickly evolves into a whirlwind of flirtation, hilarity and absurdity, courtesy of Martin’s witty mind weaving the evening into a whimsical journey, challenging the characters’ perceptions of reality and the complexities of everyday relationships. Lunacy and levity abound in a rollercoaster ride that blurs the lines between the mundane and the extraordinary. Brian Robert Harris directs the production of the play that received largely mixed reviews in New York (where Amy Schumer was nominated for a Tony) and L.A. The cast features Kimberly Demmary, Evan Austin, John Medeiros, and Anna Kotula. WHEN: Today-February 18 WHERE: Ojai Arts Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai COST: $20-$25 INFO: (805) 640-8797 or www.ojaiact.org SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 ‘Family Ties’ Meets ‘Love Letters’ – Actors Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter, who portrayed husband and wife Steven and Elyse Keaton for seven seasons on the hit TV sitcom Family Ties, reunite in the heartbreaking tale of a couple who never quite made it to matrimony in a special performance of Love Letters to benefit Ensemble Theatre Company. A.R. Gurney’s two-hander, which has become a staple of both repertoire and special readings at theater houses across the country, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 Ballet Boys Keep on Trockin’ – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 to present an all-male company as a playful, entertaining view of classical ballet in parody form. But the Trocks quickly progressed from late shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts to touring across the country in tutus and toe shoes in ever-larger legitimate theaters, due to both their acumen as men dancing en pointe and an impeccable comic approach. The fact that men dance all the parts – their relatively heavy bodies delicately balancing on toes as swans, sylphs, water sprites, princesses and Victorian ladies – is meant to enhance rather than mock the art form, with the comedy coming from incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents and underlying incongruities of serious dance. Half a century in, the world’s original gender-skewering comic ballet company now finds the world catching up with their once highly-subversive viewpoint, allowing their style of ballet – satirical, silly, slapstick, and supremely skilled – to be viewed simply as entertainment. A week after their documentary Ballerina Boys screened at Campbell Hall, the Trocks return in person for a repeat performance at the Granada tonight. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $41-$106 INFO: (805) 899-2222/www.granadasb.org or (805) 893-3535/https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
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Hey, Abbott – Sullivan Goss’ first solo show of the new year is also the gallery’s second solo exhibition for Whitney Brooks Abbott, the native Carpinteria artist partial to painting scenes of the central coast. Abbott’s new body of work focuses on the everyday sights around her home, exploring the agricultural shift and progression of the Carpinteria valley with introspective yet expansive paintings. The artist has archived for posterity how the area has shifted from avocados and orchids to cannabis production, a trend evident just down the lane from her home, where greenhouses lie fallow and deteriorating, echoing the rusting farming equipment and trucks of her earlier works. WHEN: Today through March 25 (Reception on 1st Thursday on February 1) WHERE: Sullivan Goss, 11 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: (805) 730-1460 or www.sullivangoss.com
unfolds through a series of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, grew close but then went their separate ways, while continuing to share confidences in their correspondence. Gross and Baxter have played the roles dozens of times dating back nearly 40 years, their undeniable chemistry continuing to grow as they age in their portrayals much as the characters do in the poignant play. Today’s afternoon delight is followed by a special VIP-only reception with Gross and Baxter, the latter a member of ETC’s Board of Directors. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: New Vic Theater, 33 W. Victoria St. COST: $40-$100 ($400 VIP) INFO: (805) 965-5400 or www.etcsb.org SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 Cello Fellow Fung – Zlatomir Fung became the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition’s cello division in 2019 – the first American winner in four decades – and a year later added a 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Still just 24, Fung is already well on his way to becoming one of the preeminent cellists of our time, ready to take his place among the next generation of world-class musicians. He’s currently serving as an Artist-in-Residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and he follows that legendary ensemble – who just appeared at the Granada for CAMA – to Santa Barbara for a recital at the much more intimate Hahn Hall. Fung has been astounding audiences with his boundless virtuosity and exquisite sensitivity, impeccable technique and mastery of the canon, bringing exceptional insight into the depths of contemporary repertoire. The cellist will partner with acclaimed pianist and conductor Benjamin Hochman for his Santa Barbara debut in another coup for UCSB A&L’s emerging artist series at the Music Academy campus, performing works by Robert Schumann, Benjamin Britten, Marshall Estrin, and Sulkhan Tsintsadze. WHEN: 4 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $40 INFO: (805) 893-3535 or https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 This is Your Brain on… – As CEO of The Atlantic and former editor-in-chief of Wired, Nicholas Thompson has had unparalleled access to the tech companies developing artificial intelligence. He was in the room when OpenAI first activated ChatGPT, affording him a unique perspective on how it has advanced through each iteration. Nita Farahany – Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School and a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies – is a frequent commen-
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 Almost Elton – Kenny Metcalf has been performing some of Elton John’s most popular hits like “Benny and the Jets,” “Rocket Man,” and “Candle in The Wind” in a tribute to the legendary singer for many years. Now that John has taken a final spin down the Yellow Brick Road and joined the ranks of the icons who have recently retired from the road, Metcalf can proudly say he’s still standing. The former touring keyboardist with the rock group Stryper and a studio owner with experience as an audio engineer, Metcalf has carefully curated his act to bring the full essence of early Elton John’s spectacular shows to each performance, complete with costumes, backup singers and musicians, and more. Hopefully, his spot-on show will include your (favorite) song, but if not, don’t expect any apologies, as tickets are just $20; and sorry seems to be the hardest word. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Samala Showroom at the Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 East Highway 246, Santa Ynez COST: $20 INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www.chumashcasino.com
tator for national media and radio shows and presenter at TED, the World Economic Forum, and Aspen Ideas Festival. She’s the author of the 2023 book The Battle for Your Brain: Defending Your Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. The two come together to examine how artificial intelligence and robotics will change the way we work, earn a living, fight wars, solve problems – and even what it means to be human; offering an insider’s view of what AI can mean for society, and how we can thrive in a future defined by new rules, values, and possibilities. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall COST: $3-$45 INFO: (805) 893-3535 or https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Renée’s Range: From Soaring Song to Seminars – Soprano Renée Fleming, affectionately and appropriately called “America’s Diva,” is in an exclusive club of one member, having sung at the Super Bowl, Buckingham Palace, a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, and a presidential inauguration, in addition to all the world’s major opera houses. Fleming also boasts five Grammy wins, an indie rock album, and a Tony-nominated Broadway appearance. One of the most acclaimed singers of our time, Fleming has won five Grammy awards and the U.S. National Medal of Arts, collected a Tony nomination, and has recorded everything from operas and song recitals to indie rock and jazz, all with her trademark warmth and sensitivity. Fleming unfurls her range in a rare recital program in our little burg’s grandest hall, singing everything from Liszt, Handel and Grieg to modernists Nico Muhly and Kevin Puts to Academy Award-winning music from composer Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit trilogies) to pop artists Burt Bacharach and Björk. But beyond the stage and studio, Fleming also acted as a leading advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health and neuroscience. Inspired by the NEA’s Sound Health initiative, which brings together leading neuroscientists, music therapists, and arts practitioners to better understand the impact of arts on the mind and body, Fleming has created a program called Music and Mind which she has presented in more than 50 cities around the world. So after we hear in concert tonight, tomorrow Fleming will host a Music and Mind panel discussion with local experts across the street at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $40-$125 INFO: (805) 899-2222/www.granadasb.org or (805) 893-3535/https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu
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