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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial

Bob Hazard checks his math while sifting through Montecito homeowners’ property taxes and expounding on the impact of Oprah Winfrey and Ty Warner

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Letters to the Editor

Katy Perry’s property; Drew Barrymore’s divorce; Fork & Cork Classic; Alvin Alley American Dance; pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; National Charity League gala; SB Food & Wine Weekend; Conan O’Brien at Arlington; Blue Water Ball; SB Museum of Art; Westmont men’s polo team; and Camerata Pacifica Martha Blackwell gets up to speed; Dan Seibert writes about sign language; Jane Orfalea on farmers market; Gordon Hartwig, by the numbers; Joe Rution at the end; Eli Jahthe Tishbite details climate change; David McCalmont approves of Ivanka Trump; J.W. Burk on taxes and minimum wage; and Larry Bond delves into Panama Papers and Confucius Photography: Juan Martin Pinnel

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Fraud protection; Judy Crowell book signing; playing bridge; art exhibit opening; Sedgwick Reserve Hike; public workshop; Art Career Day; SB Republican Women Federated luncheon; Sylva Kelegian at Tecolote; Mindfulness Meditation; Agatha Carubia at Chaucer’s; Zoos Line is it Anyway: Gale McNeeley at library; The New Yorker; MA Water Committee; Barrett Conference for Women; Carp Home & Garden Tour; free music; SB Mission treasures; MFPD chipping schedule; art classes; brain fitness; and Story Time

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Carnival at Montecito Union School; Cold Spring School update; Laura Dinning hosts Gwendolyn Strong Foundation benefit; and winds cause power outage

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner makes magic with Girls Inc.; Oliver North addresses audience at Reagan Ranch Roundtable; Thompsons host gala; and Conan O’Brien

20 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz interviews Fenlon Lamb before her Opera SB debut; comedy improv at Santa Barbara Zoo; Q&A with musician Chuck Prophet; The 1975 performs at SB Bowl; and Art on Film series

21 Movie Guide 22 Our Town

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38 Calendar of Events

Ventura Music Festival; teens and climate change; Annual Day of Movement; Calder Quartet; Don Marquis at libraries and Grange Hall; UCSB Department of Music; Agatha Carubia at Chaucer’s; Cecile McLorin Salvant at Campbell Hall; and SB Fair & Expo

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Steven Libowitz takes a closer look at SB’s Police Activities League; Transition House’s Mad Hatter Luncheon; Al Fresco Afternoon; and Off the Wall campaign

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Taxing Times II in Montecito: Property Taxes

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his year, Montecito’s 4,184 homeowners will send $93 million to the County of Santa Barbara in property taxes. That’s up from $70 million in pre-recession 2007-08 and $82 million in 2011-2012, representing a 33% increase in the last eight years.

For Santa Barbara County as a whole, property taxes in 2015-16 are expected to climb to $718 million, compared to $577 million in 2007-08 and $620 million in 2011-12, a 24% increase in the last eight years.

Does Montecito Pay Its Fair Share of Property Taxes?

With 2% of the county’s population (8,965 residents of Montecito out of 426,878 county residents), Montecito will pay $93 million in property taxes this year, or 13% of the $718 million collected by the county.

Montecito’s 4,184 parcels have an assessed value of $9.3 billion, or an average of $2.3 million per parcel, compared to the total county’s 128,817 parcels with an assessed value of $63.4 billion, or $500,000 per parcel.

How Are Property Taxes Determined?

Proposition 13 limits California property taxes to 1% of the assessed value of the property, with an annual inflation of no more than 2% per year. When an owner sells his property, it is reassessed at 1% of the selling price, plus the cost of any improvements made by the purchaser. Property taxes are payable in two installments, the first due on November 1 (late, if paid after December 10) and the second due on February 1 (late, if received after April 10). There is a late surcharge of 10% of the amount owed.

Who Pays What in Montecito?

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The bounteous bash with 23 food vendors and 26 wineries, co-chaired

by Elise Geiger and Katie Hershfeld, was expected to raise a record $60,000 for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, which distributes 10 million pounds of food annually to more than 100,000 people from Carpinteria to Santa Maria.

Jeff Kramer and Jack Motter of Ellwood Canyon Farms, and winemaker Steve Beckmen won Modern Master awards, while three culinary wizards, Justin West of Julienne; Michael Blackwell, formerly of the Montecito Country Club; and Mossin

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Let’s Slow Down out There!

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veryone seems to be doing it. On the way to work, school, church, even yoga. They’re doing it in front of their family, complete strangers, and even their impressionable children who grow up, turn 16, and do it the exact same way as their parents have modeled.

They speed.

We hear about distracted driving all the time and scorn it. But what about speeding? And tailgating? Why is that acceptable? Speeding on the 101 is one thing, but speeding throughout our serene, oak-canopied residential roads doesn’t make any sense. And yet we are doing it. Everyone is doing it.

The residents of Montecito regularly purchase the latest and greatest models of cars that are turbo, V-8-engine, 500+-horsepowers of FAST. They are a few notches below being able to enter the Indy 500, and we drive them as if we might be heading there.

What is so cool about pressing the pedal to the metal?

Nothing.

Why not instead try purchasing the latest model of fast running shoes and try sprinting your way up San Ysidro Trail to the top? Or, if you feel compelled to spend more, buy a $20,000 road bike and haul it up Gibraltar.

The exercise will feel much more alive than driving like an idiot, and if you do manage to make it to the top at a fast pace, the reward will be thrilling.

boys managed to skid out of the way.

The other one was directly hit from the side. It was said that two local women, each driving a high-powered SUV, were tailgating the truck driver, perhaps causing him to feel pressured to turn.

The driver claimed he didn’t see the boys.

Maybe he didn’t.

But more likely, given the scene, he didn’t want to stop. He didn’t want to wait that extra second for them to safely pass through the intersection on their way home from school. That one second turned into hours for him, and a near-nightmare for others. The boy was lucky and only needed several stitches. But that scene could have been played out several other ways in which... well, it could have been bad.

Let’s slow down and respect life – all life – in our beautiful town. If you’re late for work or school or, God forbid, yoga, relax a little. We live in laid-back Santa Barbara after all: Life’s a Beach, right, dude? And, hey, if anyone is up for the challenge, I’ll race you to the top of San Ysidro any day.

Martha Blackwell Montecito (Editor’s note: Ms Blackwell is “Mom of son who also rides his bike to and from MUS every day.”)

No Sign is a Good Sign There hasn’t been a real reason for a Stop sign at the top of Channel Drive since the roadway was closed to two-way traffic more than 20 years ago, and now, finally, there is no more Stop sign

Trust me on that one.

On April 11, a fifth-grade boy was hit riding his bike down Santa Rosa Lane after school. He was riding alongside another student, and as they were closing in on the intersection of Santa Rosa and Sinaloa, a truck decided to not stop for them to pass and instead turned left in front of them. One of the

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Thank you to the person who ordered the stop sign removed from Channel Drive and Fairway Road. It’s been a decade or more that every car stopped for no apparent reason. And the crazy thing is I still stop, for no reason.

Dan Seibert Santa Barbara

(Editor’s note: Automobile traffic became a one-way affair some time in the mid-1990s after the roadway collapsed, but the Stop sign was retained. All of which goes to point out that common sense does sometimes prevail, even in bureaucracies. – J.B.)

Where to, Farmers Market?

I support Farmers Market Friday in Montecito. Please come join me. There are so few shoppers these days, that many of the farmers are starting to

leave. It’s one of the most charming elements of our community. Don’t let it disappear!

Jane Orfalea Montecito (Editor’s note: Thank you for the headsup. Montecito’s farmers market takes place every Friday from 8 to 10:30 am on the south side of Coast Village Road on a rotating basis somewhere between Coast Village Circle on the east to Coast Village Circle on the west. MJ editorat-large Kelly Mahan plans to feature the market in an upcoming Village Beat column. – J.B.)

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As a former tax attorney and CPA, I noted a number of errors in Bob Hazard’s article [“Taxing Times in Montecito” MJ #22/15].

The Internal Revenue Code is not 70,000 pages long; It is approximately 2,000 pages long and contains about 400,000 words. The last comment that the average tax rate in Montecito is roughly 50% is blown way out of proportion You need to run these figures by a tax attorney or tax CPA before it is published. It makes one wonder about anything else in the Journal.

Gordon Hartwig Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: In referencing the 70,000

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pages in the tax code, I am in good company with The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Tax Foundation, the Tax Policy Center, Wolters Kluwer CCH Standard Tax Reporter (73,954 pages), the Commerce Clearing House (CCH) Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Carly Fiorina, and TurboTax, which have all referred to the “more than 70,000 pages in the tax code.” Included in that number are the Congressional Statutes at 2,652 pages, plus the letter rulings and case laws that accompany and explain the code.

As to the 50% tax estimate, payroll taxes (Social Security, Medicare) plus federal income taxes on incomes between $73,800 and $148,850 combine for a marginal tax rate of 25% for married couples, filing jointly, according to the Pete Peterson Foundation in 2014. Add in a state income tax rate of 10%. Next, add a property tax rate of 1% of average home assessed value in Montecito of more than $2.5 million, or $25,000, or 25% of a $100,000 income. Finally, add in sales taxes, gasoline, cigarette, liquor, hotel, airline, rental car, licenses and permits, energy taxes, death taxes, and corporate taxes, and it is not too difficult to reach a 50% tax load. – B.H.)

The End is Near

Why not end this interminable and irresolvable debate [about global climate change and man’s influence on it] with a little wisdom – and irrefutable truth – from (if I remember right) Bertrand Russell. It goes something like this: When one is confronted by two points of contention, both of which are supported by at least marginally plausible rationale, it is almost guaranteed he will adopt the one that most closely coincides with his personal prejudices, philosophical or political orientation, or self interests.

Bert probably would have agreed with this one from Dale Carnegie: One who is convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still Joe Rution Santa Barbara

It Fails Sniff Test

I am not an award-winning scientist. I am not an M.D. I am a plain, ordinary American who has no axe to grind or investment in solar or anything to preclude me one way or the other about the manmade climate change argument. I am quite content to be convinced either way with solid evidence.

But so far, for me, the “scientific” data projections on man-made climate change seem to be a moving target.

I am inclined to believe against the whole thing once I consider it all from Common Sense and apply the Sniff Test (or see Malcolm Gladwell’s 21 – 28 April 2016

Blink). Here are the three things I have observed: Point One: History All during the 1980s, we were warned and threatened with the upcoming “nuclear freeze.” Remember, we were preparing for the next Ice Age to surpass all previous Ice Ages because we drove cars. That did not happen .

Then a dozen years or so later, we switched to global warming. We were all going to die from global warming because we still drove cars. (I remember three years ago the House Committee on Global Warming could not meet because of an unprecedented blizzard.) So, that did not happen.

Now – three times a charm! – we have currently switched to “Climate Change.”

The point is, this has gone on for 30 years, and they could not even get the recent El Niño scare right... so, does not this give one pause? Since the predictive models have not been doing too well on predictions and the computer modelers who supposedly have it right, still do not have it right, is it not possible they have it wrong?

Point Two: Language Since we have established that there is a case history for error, can we agree that we are not certain about the relationship of man to climate? Does that not seem a reasonable view to hold in light of 30 years of error? Just honest and simple here — is it not possible that we do not have a tight case for man-made climate change?

In which case, could we not say, “Many people studying climate believe there may be a significant causal relationship with man, while others feel that while man’s behavior plays a role, it would only minimally be affecting climate. More conclusive data is needed.”

The part that grabs my attention is about those who demur on the subject. They are not called “climate change critics” but rather “climate change deniers.” Why the hyperbole?

The word “denier” implies someone who will not accept the “truth,” which we have already established has been a bit tricky to pin down for 30 years.

Anytime I hear that kind of language, a red flag goes up. Whenever I occasion to observe Orwellian “New Speak,” I instinctively know the argument is bogus.

Point Three: Frivolous Lawsuits We now have the attorney general of the United States plus 15 state attorneys general actually wanting to sue and imprison businesses that do not believe in climate change. Really?

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Book Signing at Tecolote Author Sylva Kelegian will sign her books, God Spelled Backwards: The Journey of an Actress Into The World Of Dog Rescue and a middle-grade book, The Dolphin Princess.

When: 3 to 4 pm Where: 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Senior Scams & Fraud Protection Deputy district attorney Tracy Grossman will educate seniors about protecting their finances and identities during a presentation at The Samarkand retirement community.

When: 10:30 am Where: 2550 Treasure Drive RSVP: www.TheSamarkand.org Book Signing at Tecolote Author Judy Crowell will sign her new memoir, Widow… A Four Letter Word.

Crowell is a Santa Barbara resident and travel writer for Ladue News in St. Louis, Missouri, and Noozhawk in Santa Barbara. She is a past attendee of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and was proud to receive the award for genre of memoir writing from Cork Millner, Barnaby Conrad, and Ray Bradbury.

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Introduction to the Game of Bridge Learn the history and evolution of bridge from experts Alain Cardinal and Carole Bennett.

When: 1 to 2 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Art Opening MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery hosts the opening for Ancient Modern, a twoman exhibit featuring local artists Stuart Carey and Eddie Hall, curated by Jan Ziegler.

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Last year, organizers moved away from the popular Dr. Seuss theme and went retro with a traditional carnival with rides, game booths, fair food, and a raffle. Hundreds of kids and their parents typically turn out for the event, one of the PTA’s largest fundraisers, expected to raise more than $50,000. In addition to inflatable

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The evening began with a cocktail reception of mystical intoxicants or just plain wine and lamb lollipops to sip and savor. The ceiling was hung with cards and the tables adorned with top hats. Four magicians, Mark Collier, Trenton Caine, Don Brittain, and Gene Urban, roamed the room making their magic. Girls Inc. girls were there to help and to sell raffle tickets.

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Girls Inc. programs are for all girls, not just at-risk or low-income girls, but scholarships are given and no one is turned away. This evening’s gala and proceeds were provided by the One Hundred Committee to aid the fund.

After dinner, auctioneer Geoff Green got those bid numbers raised for various items including, of course, a thrilling evening at the Magic Castle in Hollywood given by our own Milt and Arlene Larsen. Dancing to DJ Scott Topper ended the magical event.

Some of those enjoying were Brian and Judy Robertson, Margo and Jeff Barbakow, Janet and John McCann, Eileen and Tom Mielko, June and Jorgen Kjaempe, Paige Beard, Connie and John Pearcy – and Harry Houdini might have been hiding in the wings.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6) Court finds property case involving Katy Perry nunsense (photo by Joella Marano)

Honorees Jeff Kramer, Jack Motter (both of Ellwood Canyon Farms), Dario Furlati (Ca’Dario), and Steve Beckmen (Beckmen Vineyards) (photo by Eric Roland)

eatery Ca’Dario, one of the vendors serving tastings of delicious ravioli, said: ‘This is one of my favorite events, and it does so much good for those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to eat properly.”

Perry’s Property Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry will get her chance to live in a former Roman Catholic convent after a Los Angles judge invalidated the property sale to a restaurateur.

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the style of a Roman villa.

Attorneys for 31-year-old Katy, a former Dos Pueblos High student, said in a statement they were pleased with the ruling, and that it cleared the way for her to buy the impressive property.

The case had pitted Katy, daughter of Protestant pastors and one of richest female singers in the world, and the archdiocese against the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The nuns once lived in the convent, formerly the home of Catholic philanthropist Daniel Donahue and his wife, Bernadine, who gave the impressive

Los Feliz property to the order in 1968 when she died, and wanted to sell it to L.A. restaurateur Dana Hollister.

The archdiocese, on the other hand, wanted to sell to the singer, who earned a staggering $135 million last year from her 149-concert Prismatic World Tour, which concluded in Costa Rica in October with a total audience of 1,984,503 people.

Representatives for the nuns and Hollister aren’t commenting on the verdict.

But Michael Hennigan, attorney for the archdiocese, said L.A. Superior Court judge Stephanie Bowick approved the archdiocese’s motion to block the sale to Hollister in its entirety.

Katy, who is currently romancing Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings actor Orlando Bloom – the twosome were canoodling at the San Ysidro Ranch earlier this month, as I exclusively revealed here – offered to buy the eight-acre property for $14.5 million to use as a private residence

for herself.

But the nuns rebuffed the singer, accepting a competing $15.5-million bid from Hollister, who wanted to convert the former convent into a hotel.

The archdiocese filed a lawsuit last June, asserting that it had the final say over disposition of the property for the nuns benefit.

Stay tuned.

Drew and Far Between Actress Drew Barrymore, who is in the midst of divorcing her husband of four years, art dealer Will Kopelman – the couple tied the knot at her $5.7-million Montecito estate in a star-studded ceremony – is losing no time editing him out of her life, if a recent reading from her memoirs is anything to go by.

Drew arrived solo as keynote speaker at the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s spring lunch, but during the address, when she read almost an entire 17-page chapter of her October 2015 book Wildflower aloud, she skipped every mention of Kopelman’s name.

In the chapter – about building a school in rural Kenya referred to as the Barrymore Learning Academy – Drew recalls: “About two years later,

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On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than ten years.

by Steven Libowitz

Opera Strolls in Like a Lamb

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enlon Lamb is making her Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) stage directing debut this weekend with a pair of one-act operas drawn from Giacomo Puccini’s famous Il trittico, but it’s not the first time Lamb has worked with the company. That came a decade ago, when Lamb still spent more of her time as an opera singer; she played a “deliciously vulnerable” Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte back when OSB still performed at the Lobero, and Lamb was praised for a “charismatic characterization [both] flirtatious and impulsive.”

“That’s a great comedy, so it was a lot of fun to do that role,” Lamb recalled last week on a break from rehearsing Puccini’s tuneful and action-packed Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, which will be performed on Friday night and Sunday afternoon at the Granada Theatre. “I loved being an opera singer, but that time is pretty much behind me.”

Critically acclaimed soprano Maria Kanyova sings the title role of Sister Angelica while Italian bass-baritone Stefano de Peppo stars in the role of the friendly fraudster Gianni Schicchi.

Aaron Bried took over conducting duties after José Luis Moscovich had to withdraw.

Lamb – whose given name is a family surname from back in Ireland (“My parents were hippies, so it could

have been much worse,” she said.

“But we never could find license plates or bracelets with my name.”)

– is now the director of Opera at UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, where she recently helmed Die Zauberflöte and The Turn of the Screw.

She has designed and directed productions of Carmen, L’Elisir d’Amore, Madama Butterfly, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le nozze di Figaro, La Bohème, and La Cenerentola at Bar Harbor Music Festival, La Bohème at Palm Beach Opera, and Rigoletto at Arizona Opera.

Next year, she’s slated to return to Arizona Opera to direct the world premiere of Riders of the Purple Sage based on the Zane Gray novel.

Here are highlights of our conversation about Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi and more: Q. Was directing always a goal for you, or something you grew to appreciate?

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Very early on that appealed to me.

But it wasn’t until going through the young artist program, and getting my master’s, when people were always asking me to direct small parts that I realized it. So I was able to transition fairly easily. I should have done it years before. The doors were wide open. It was very quick once I made the decision.

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It’s funny, because I really don’t. I worked a lot. I had a regional career and toured Asia. I performed many of the roles I wanted to. As a director, I get to help everybody get better, not just myself. I’m supporting lots of singers in their quest for good performances, and I like having that bigger picture in mind and being able to edit.

As a singer, I had a lot of the lesser roles, so I get a lot out of directing because I can affect everyone, rather than being centered on my own singing.

And the truth is, it’s a crazy lifestyle being a singer. You run around the country and live out of a suitcase.

When you get there, you meet someone new and have a relationship (on stage) the same day. There’s a lot of pressure because you’re the one out there practically naked. People think opera singers are crazy nuts, but they have every right to be. I get that. So as a director, I think supporting singers through all of that is much better than yelling and screaming and adding to their stress.

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Gianni Schicchi is the flip side. It’s also around family, but they’re a greedy group whose uncle has died and they all want his money, which he has left to the Friars. Gianni is a smart but lower-class gentleman who takes on the role of the dead uncle to re-write the will, and also writes himself into it so that his daughter and one of the clan can get married. It’s a real evening of contrasts. All that opera has to offer in one night. “I laughed. I cried.” That sort of thing.

Is it challenging to stage two such different operas simultaneously?

They’re great little vignettes and because each is about an hour maximum, they really dig in fast. In the first 20 pages of Gianni, there so many moving pieces it’s a bit challenging to manage. The first day of rehearsal was a bit of mess. But once we hit our stride and they understood my style, it went very well. Suor Angelica is a bit slower, so there was more opportunity to talk about it, get the actors’ impulse. But when you put them together, it’s just like a Mozart opera, which usually has both comedy and opera. It’s just like life. You have to have both.

These works are 100 years old. Do modern audiences relate to them from a historical standpoint, or are the issues current enough to resonate?

Women aren’t sent to nunneries any more, but they’re still shamed and shunned for having a child out of wedlock. There are still religious aspects.

And struggle between the classes, in some ways more than ever. There are people who make their way though intelligence and ingenuity, and those who gain advantages through having a rich uncle. Not much changes in human experience. It’s all sex, death, or politics, as it’s always been.

(Opera Santa Barbara concludes its 22nd season with Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi performing 7:30 pm Friday, April 22 and 2:30 pm Sunday, April 24 at the Granada Theatre.

Tickets cost $29-$204. Call 899-2222 or visit www.granadasb.org.)

Lions and Crocs and Improv – Oh, My!

The first two episodes of the Santa Barbara Zoo’s science-meets-comedy-improv mashup known as “Zoos Line is it Anyway?” ferreted out facts about amusing anteaters, majestic California condors, and barely visible parasites, as well as other more cute critters that don’t exactly give people pause. But next Wednesday,

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H ELVIS & NIXON E Fri to Sun: 1:30, 4:40, 7:00, 9:10; Mon to Thu: 3:00, 5:20, 7:30 EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! E Fri to Sun: 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20; Mon to Wed: 2:50, 5:10, 8:00; Thu: 2:50, 5:10 EYE IN THE SKY E Fri to Sun: 1:10, 3:40, 6:20, 8:45; Mon to Thu: 2:40, 5:30, 7:50 H MILES AHEAD E Fri to Sun: 2:00, 3:50, 6:30, 8:55; Mon to Thu: 2:30, 5:00, 7:40 H MOTHER’S DAY C Thu: 8:00 PM

FIESTA 5 916 STATE STREET, SANTA BARBARA H COMPADRES Fri: 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25; Sat & Sun: 11:00, 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25; Mon to Thu: 2:20, 5:00, 7:30 BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT C Fri: 1:50, 4:25, 7:00, 9:35; Sat & Sun: 11:15, 1:50, 4:25, 7:00, 9:35; Mon to Wed: 2:40, 5:20, 8:00; Thu: 2:40, 5:20 H THE JUNGLE BOOK IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D B Fri to Sun: 1:10, 6:30; Mon to Thu: 6:30 PM H THE JUNGLE BOOK B Fri: 2:30, 3:50, 5:10, 7:45, 9:05; Sat & Sun: 10:40, 11:50, 2:30, 3:50, 5:10, 7:45, 9:05; Mon to Thu: 2:30, 3:50, 5:10, 7:45 ZOOTOPIA B Fri: 1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15; Sat & Sun: 10:50, 1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15; Mon to Wed: 2:10, 4:45, 7:20; Thu: 2:10, 4:45 H KEANU E Thu: 8:00 PM

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When: 2:30 to 6 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031

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TUESDAY, APRIL 26 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Agatha Carubia will sign her book, Heart Based Singing Vocal Technique.

When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Show at Montecito Library Gale McNeeley brings his one-man show celebrating the comic genius of author Don Marquis to the Santa Barbara libraries. Don’t miss this performance full of wit, wisdom, and philosophy. The characters speak, dance, and sing the words of Marquis, bringing back great memories for Archy lovers and introducing others to Marquis’s word magic.

When: 3 to 4:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: free to the public Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm

Montecito Association Water Committee Meeting Typically held the last Friday of each month, the committee discusses ongoing issues with water and the drought; meetings are open for the public to attend.

When: 9 am Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-2026 16th Annual Barrett Conference for Women This women’s retreat will explore how we can transform our lives, work, relationships, and world, in ways that empower and promote well-being; using a change-model developed out of two decades of research on consciousness transformation. Led

by Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, who is president emeritus and a senior fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

Her books include Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Living, and Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine.

When: Friday, April 29, 7:30 pm through Sunday, May 1, 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $295-$396 Info: www.lacasademaria.org SATURDAY, APRIL 30

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Annual Carpinteria Home & Garden Tour Carpinteria Beautiful’s Home and Garden Tour features five homes and gardens.

Organizers anticipate the full splendor of spring flowers and budding trees to help showcase the unique lineup of inspiring homes. Wear comfortable walking shoes and plan to spend the day in one of the few remaining quaint oceanside communities.

When: 11 am Cost: $30 per ticket Info: caklink64@gmail.com •MJ

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Anoushka Shankar’s Land of Gold Concert

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aving studied the sitar Ravi Shankar-style with Scott Marcus, Ph.D. professor of ethnomusicology UCSB, it is a pleasure to review the new music composed by Ravi’s daughter, Anoushka Shankar, at her recent concert titled after her new LP, Land of Gold. UCSB Arts & Lectures presented the show at Campbell Hall on April 11 to a soldout audience.

Anoushka has always carved her own musical path, with compositions fusing traditional Hindustani rags with modern world music. Her touring band comprises stellar musicians: Manu Delago from Austria is a co-writer on many of the songs and plays most notably the hang, a percussion instrument by PANArt Hangbau AG that is no longer made, and other percussion instruments; Tom Farmer is on acoustic stand-up bass and electronic keys; and a student of Ravi Shankar is on shehnai, a double-reed Indian instrument.

The concert started with a vacant

On stage at UCSB Campbell Hall performing songs from her new, LP Land of Gold, is Anoushka Shankar with Manu Delago, Tom Farmer, and Sanjeev Shankar

At a private reception with Anoushka Shankar are Scott Marcus, Ph.D. music professor UCSB and his wife, Zaveeni Kahn-Marcus, executive director UCSB MultiCultural Center [photo from Zaveeni Marcus, digitally corrected by Joanne A Calitri].

stage softly lighted with ethereal colored purple and blue stage floods, a constant bath of dry ice smoke-clouds and instrumental earthy music. The band entered after a fashion, dressed in comfortable modern Indian-style clothing, Anoushka herself with a long maroon headscarf, keeping everything uncomplicated and real. Shankar sat on the edge of a mini elevated stage with her amplified sitar, her bare feet on the sitar pedal board, which was nested in front on the main stage. To include in the live concert all the electronic studio effects recorded on the LP, she had a control board, as well as Tom’s keyboards synched for special sound effects.

After their opening movement finished to overwhelming applause, Shankar beamed and said to her band, “See, I told you California was cool! I used to live here and love being back, seeing the ocean, taking yoga, and now doing our first concert at UCSB.” In speaking about Land of Gold, she shared that she created the music the same year the refugee crisis worsened and after the birth of her second child,

“As a parent, I reflected on the crisis and our children. Land of Gold explores themes of disconnection and vulnerability. I hope that the music we share with you tonight will connect us in the face of constant disconnection... [the song] “Crossing the Rubicon” is like going over the line and making it all the way in one’s life at the moment.

We will end the concert with the song “Reunion”, to give us all hope.”

The musicians Anoushka surrounds herself with are genius at riffing and being in the flow of the composition, adding nuances beyond what one would expect live. She is generous in giving her band solos lasting more than the usual 1½ minutes.

Manu more than poured his heart and hands out on the hang, utilizing all the notes possible on the top frame while keeping a varied yet rapid percussive beat. Farmer’s bass solos emulated the bass notes of a sitar mixed with a modernist jazz approach and his own stylistic rhythm sequencing.

Anoushka’s fingering flowed over the frets. Using bending, slides, and picking techniques with added electronics via her pedal board, she transcended traditional sitar microtones.

At one point, her sitar’s sympathetic strings were as powerful as a separate instrument, indeed reflecting perfect tuning and more than dynamic main string attack of a true virtuoso to produce such resonance. Electronic mix-ins used on select songs were

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• The Voice of the Village •

21 – 28 April 2016

Brilliant Thoughts

by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

How to be a Coward

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irst of all, let’s get the word straight. “Coward” came originally from “cow-ward,” or “cattle-guard.” It meant pretty much the same as “Cowboy,” which, thanks largely to our legendary American West, has come to connote admirable, manly qualities. As a name – best exemplified by Noel Coward – it is an old and honorable English surname. Then how on earth did the word ever come to mean a despicable weakling? That is something my researches have not yet revealed.

But it is that latter meaning I wish to explore here – because I myself am, and have probably always been, a coward, in the most negative sense of that term, at least in the estimate of many people. In my own estimate, this reputation dates back to 1944, when, at the age of 10, I was so frightened at the sight of the needle which a dentist was about to insert in my mouth that I ran out of his office, never to return.

Looking back, I can understand my panic, because I had just recently undergone the terrible trauma of badly injuring my two upper front teeth – which was why I was there at this strange dentist’s in downtown Washington, D.C. I don’t know how differently things might have gone with me if I’d had a little more courage then. But eventually, the broken teeth were extracted elsewhere, under gas (that blessed relief for all cowards).

Some people apply the word coward to anyone objecting to compulsory military service, a transgression of which I have been wholeheartedly guilty, first in Britain, and later in the U.S., in the days when I was still eligible to be drafted in both countries. I escaped conscription in Britain by having a convenient (but perfectly genuine) nervous breakdown. Otherwise, I might have been among those unwilling troops sent out to suppress uprisings in Kenya or

Malaya or some other last shred of the British Empire.

After emigrating to the U.S. in 1956, I was able to evade the draft simply by not registering for it until I was over the draft age of 26. According to my FBI file (obtained years later, under the Freedom of Information Act), I wasn’t prosecuted because, as an alien, I had, as legally required, faithfully reported my current address every year – so it could hardly be claimed that I was hiding from the government.

But there’s another kind of cowardice which for many years you might have accused me of: the fear of legal marriage. Although I had my own justifications – why should the government be allowed to intrude in a purely private relationship? – it was this trepidation which, for better or worse, caused me to lose my first inamorata. She was more conventionally minded and married somebody else. But I had learned my lesson, and made up for it with Dorothy, whom I have now married three times, the third quite recently at the Santa Barbara Courthouse.

Speaking of Dorothy, we must not forget that well-known friend of her namesake in The Wizard of Oz – the Cowardly Lion (an apparent contradiction in terms). His creator gave him that characteristic, because lions are thought to be naturally courageous –

and it’s true that, as predators, they are at the top of their own branch of the food chain. Still, there is some courage involved, because the creatures that lions kill for food can also sometimes kill them.

But according to Shakespeare, we’re all cowards. What did he mean when he had Hamlet say, “Conscience doth make cowards of us all”? From the context, it seems pretty clear that he was talking about fear of death, together with the quaint notion of a possibly retributive afterlife. Such fears don’t trouble me. I’m too busy worrying about what happens over here on this side of forever, particularly the processes called aging and dying.

But those, I hope you’ll agree, are more or less rational fears, as opposed to such irrational ones as fear of spiders or snakes, or of heights or crowds, which are commonly (and often somewhat dismissively) categorized as “phobias.”

Anyway, whatever qualifies you and/or me as a coward, let me close by sharing with you my hitherto secret admiration for the bravest person I encounter in daily life. He (never “she”) is the Unknown Skateboarder, who with incredible skill and daring defies not only the law and traffic but all the other risks and dangers of surfing our city streets.

•MJ

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ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 20) It will be déja vu at the SB Zoo on Wednesday, April 27

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in a special mid-week edition of the series, even The Wizard of Oz’s brave Dorothy might hesitate as the two animal experts will be giving guests the lowdown on crocodiles and African lions, not the sort that conjure up the warm fuzzies.

African lion expert Dr. Laly Lichtenfeld, executive director of African People & Wildlife Fund who works in human-Big Cat conflict prevention and related issues in Tanzania, joins Dr. Marisa Tellez, the UCSB-based founder of the Crocodile Research Coalition who was out catching crocs a week before she delivered her daughter, as the animal experts who will provide TED Talklike fodder for their counterparts to riff on. That would be the professional improvisers from Los Angeles’s Impro Theatre, including returning players Brian Lohmann, Dan O’Connor, and Edi Patterson and the company’s recent frequent guest, Mike McShane, star of film (Robin Hood, with Kevin Costner) and TV. The latter was a founding cast member of the original British version of the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the inspiration for the zoo’s takeoff.

“Oh, God, I just loved being with a British cast,” McShane recalled over the phone last week. “They were much more polite, and the audiences were too, so we’d tape late into the night. But we’d get punchier and bluer as the night wore on. There’s some stuff nobody will ever see, just out of control. So much came out of those shows. They were so much fun.”

Unlike Ryan Stiles and Colin

Mochery, McShane didn’t travel with Whose Line when it moved stateside, “which was odd, because at that point I was the only American.” But he still tours in Europe with Paul Merton, another series originator, every other year, keeping his short-form/comedy games-oriented chops well-honed.

But it’s the long-form style of improv that appeals to him most.

“I’m as fond of a good joke as anyone and that’s where a lot of the laughter comes from, but much more actually comes from the suspense,” McShane explained. “The audience doesn’t know where you are going, and neither do you. You just have to be one step ahead of them. If something happens that’s dramatic or real, they’ll laugh, even if it’s not overtly funny.

“I used to jump in scenes and push people out. Just swing the improv bat and when it hit, it was great. But long form is a lot more delicate, and you need much more technique. And there’s that slightly philosophical bent in life, where you are more successful if you’re not trying to control. Gathering ideas, having connected communication – that comes when you’re open.

But that only works when you’re not sure what’s coming next.”

Long form is a specialty of Impro Theatre, which has been offering evenings with such themes as Jane Austen or The Twilight Zone for several years.

The “Zoos Line” shows are a bit of a mixed breed, though Wednesday’s event will veer toward longer work as there are only two entries. Anyway, attention on animal is brand-new

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to McShane, who hadn’t yet been apprised of the format – in which the players act out a scene based on the facts revealed by the scientists – or learned which critters were involved in the show.

“I’ve got some entomology in my tool kit, but are we actually improvising with the animals? That would be weird. Hopeful nothing claws my face off.”

McShane said he might enjoy imitating a panda that’s gone rogue, or a bi-polar bear, if called upon (note: impersonating a beast is up to the players), but most enjoys playing dogs on stage.

“I love their focus. They’re all so different. I love to actually get as close to being one as I can. I don’t really care if the camera is rolling. I just like to be in a scene as a dog. And I love the platypus. The fur, the beak, the laying of the eggs. And the spiny back claw that can really mess you up. When I was a kid, I was fascinating by buffalo.

I still love me a good bison.”

Told the only options this time around are lions and crocodiles, McShane sighed, then brightened.

“Yeah, they’re brave, those lions, sure, but that’s a bit cliché. I like that it’s actually the female that protects the cubs. Crocs? They kind of creep me out. When I was a kid, my mom read Peter Pan to me, and the tic-toc

crock really freaked me out. It wasn’t later until the Disney version, which was a bit more friendly, that I felt okay.”

With “Zoos Line” just days away, McShane acknowledged that the clock is ticking. But it’s not just the players who need to sharpen their teeth – er, wits – before the show. The audience gets to toss out suggestions and helps the celebrity judges: John Palminteri (KEYT), Starshine Roshell (SB Independent), and Rico Santana (Q104.7 FM) score the scenes after each one is finished. Even McShane agreed, audience participation can be the mane – er, main – attraction of improv.

“When everyone is in sync and the audience is laughing – it doesn’t get much better.” (“Zoos Line Is It Anyway?” returns to the Santa Barbara Zoo on Wednesday, April 27, at 7:30 pm. Tickets cost $12 general, $10 for zoo members. Call 569-3303 or visit www.sbzoo.org.)

5 Q’s with Prophet

Chuck Prophet was only 18 when he co-founded the rock band Green on Red, and he has never looked back.

A prolific singer-songwriter, Prophet

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Calder Quartet SAT, APR 23 / 7 PM (note special time) UCSB CAMPBELL HALL Tickets start at $25 $10 UCSB students Program

Thomas Adès: The Four Quarters Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, op. 36 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, op. 127 Co-presented with the UCSB Department of Music

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“Brilliantly clever, inventive and funny.” The Guardian (U.K.) Books will be available for purchase and signing

Yuja Wang, piano MON, MAY 2 / 7 PM (note special time) GRANADA THEATRE Tickets start at $35 / $15 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

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LETTERS (Continued from page 9)

straight out of 1984.

So right now, the unproven and constantly evolving theory of man-made climate change is not passing the Sniff Test for me.

Methinks it stinks.

Eli Jahthe Tishbite Santa Barbara

An Impressive Résumé

I’m so-o-o-o impressed with Ivanka Trump.

At 34 years old, she’s a very dangerous and formidable Trump asset in a run against Hillary Rodham Clinton.

I haven’t seen any rough edges in her résumé.

She’s the Real Thing!

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara

Higher Pay: More Taxes, Fewer Jobs

Hurrah, a “living wage” of $15/ hour is on the horizon! But wait, consider this: For a family of four w/ both spouses making $15/hr: their fed tax increases by $3,113 and state tax by $379; their payroll tax increases by $1,290 plus any earned-income tax (EITC) credit is reduced from $596 to zero; oh, and foods stamps valued at $2,400 will be lost. In other words, of the wages

gained by going from $10 to $15 per hour, $7,778 will go to the government.

Is it not better to just increase the EITC for low-income earners rather than inflate the minimum wage? Too late.

The black market of hiring labor or under-the-table wages will increase, especially for illegal immigrants, opening up avenues for risk, abuse, and litigation. Weaker members of society with few credentials will not be considered for a chance at a job at $15 per hour.

Many union and private labor contracts have their other employees’ wages “indexed” by a certain amount above the minimum wage. Watch how other employees’ wages will increase along with their payroll taxes and those paid by the employer. Watch, too, how prices increase for everything.

Many in rural communities in California, with lower standards of living, will have their minimum-wage earners lose their jobs. Marginal businesses throughout the state will either fire people or stop doing business, this being the final nail in the coffin after so many anti-business California laws.

Technological advances, time-saving devices, and even robots will soon be economically feasible when an employer weighs the capital costs against all the incumbent expenses attached to this higher annual wage.

Think increased self-check-out, mandatory online service, automated food services, and robotics in more warehouses.

People will re-think tipping (something you can control) at restaurants when their menu items increase in price as the restaurant pays more for food (think increased farm workers’ wages) and more to their staff and waiters. Will patrons gladly add another 15-20% on top of an inflated bill plus tax, even though it is cheerfully presented with a smile and “Thank you” from a higher-wage server? Maybe 5-10% is more in order as in Europe.

Economics 101 tells us that companies employ workers if the value they get from the workers’ labor exceeds the costs of employing them. The higher the minimum wage, the harder it will be for employers to afford to pay workers. So, if the minimum wage gets too high, job losses are inevitable.

This is a huge wage increase, and a $15/hour state minimum wage puts us in uncharted water. We now risk undesirable and unintended consequences, even though it might be okay in certain high-wage cities. In short, California has no idea what it’s getting into, because it can’t; there is simply no experience from which to learn.

J.W. Burk Santa Barbara

Puzzle of the Panama Papers

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The war on Trump has been relegated to the back burner with the release of the Panama Papers.

The Japan Times recently ran an article on the Panama Papers; here’s a quote: “Panama Papers reveal London as center of ‘spider’s web’… As well as shining a spotlight on the secret financial arrangements of the rich and powerful, the so-called Panama Papers have laid bare London’s role as a vital organ of the world’s tax-haven network.” The Daily Bell on April 14 stated that “The Panama Papers revelations have convulsed Britain in a variety of ways. The personal affairs of Prime Minister David Cameron have been exposed in the leaks, and he may yet have to resign.” Abel Danger had this to say: “Panama Papers: Cameron’s father was a MossackFonseca client. On the 4th of April 2016, David Cameron called for greater transparency in tax havens and a clampdown on aggressive tax avoidance and evasion. But documents leaked from one of the world’s biggest offshore specialists, Mossack-Fonseca, reveal that his late father used one of the most secretive tools of the offshore trade after he helped set up a fund for investors. When Ian Cameron wanted to attend a board meeting of Blairmore Holdings, he had to fly to • The Voice of the Village •

either Switzerland or the Bahamas.

Blairmore, which appears to have been named after the Cameron family’s ancestral estate in Aberdeenshire, held its meetings offshore to ensure the investment fund wouldn’t have to pay any U.K. income tax or corporation tax on its profits. If the meetings had been held in London, then it may have been considered resident in the U.K. and taxed as a U.K. company.”

Blog Blowback The Daily Bell continues: “The Japan Times is a mainstream media outlet.

As such, we are surprised to find an article critical of the City.” We don’t often read items in the mainstream media that focus on London’s City, certainly not from the standpoint of white-collar criminality. It provides further evidence, as has been broadly speculated that the furtive release of the Panama Papers was a botched mission, possibly led by the CIA. Why botched? Because of the obviousness of the results. Those who had their information released were often those who were in opposition to the West’s current financial structure: people like Vladimir Putin and the prime minister of Iceland who had led an effort to put bankers in jail for various financial transgressions. Most are members of BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) that are on this country’s designated enemies list for having the temerity to start their own financial system.

Meanwhile, individuals such as David Cameron, prime minister of Britain, were caught up in the leaking.

This was surely not its intended purpose and further reinforces the idea that the affair was neither smoothly conducted nor efficiently planned.

It certainly was ambitious in scope, a massive leak that encompassed some 11.5 million emails. The intention is ambitious as well, to embarrass enemies of the Anglosphere and further support international regulation shutting down “offshore” entities.

“But the blowback from this operation,” notes Daily Bell, “is exposing the City itself to an examination that was surely not the intended outcome. There are also several blogs that assert that entities in Tel Aviv, and Washington, D.C., are also tangled in the web of deceit lies, hypocrisy, and financial mischief. It would seem to show that those behind such ventures still have not figured out how to control the free-flow of information on the Internet that accompanies such obvious manipulations.”

Where Power Really Resides And in the U.S., as powerful political forces fight back against popular electoral choices Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, anger over the entire primary process is growing and may 21 – 28 April 2016

eventually result in significant political change. The political process picking the next president is imploding and, as it does, it presents a more naked version of reality. As Trump and Sanders have both pressed successful campaigns to be nominated as presidential candidates by their respective parties, the pushback has clearly revealed that primary results have little or no impact on the ultimate outcome.

That the political-industrial structure has allowed the veil to be ripped away from mechanism of power politics, thus exposing it, is a shocking development.

One can argue about intentions

surrounding this development, but one cannot argue with the result: a mythology of democracy has been decimated.

Here’s more from the Daily Bell: “Throughout the U.S. people now grasp the reality of the political process.

“Articles in the alternative media like, ‘The Year the Americans Found out Our Elections Are Rigged,’ press this point home. And the insights presented have been widely debated on mainstream cable programs, as well as on Anti Media like the Daily Bell: “The 2016 election has been a wild ride, with two insurgent grassroots campaigns literally giving the political establishment a run for its money.

“But as the events of this presidential primary season play out, it’s becoming clear the U.S. election, and even more so, the presidential race, is a big scam being perpetrated on the American people. Events from the last week have exposed the system as an illusion of choice and a farce. They have reinforced at least one study showing the U.S. is an oligarchy rather than a democratic republic.

“As people wake up to the reality of their social structures and their own manipulation, the ramifications will have increasing impacts.”

The Daily Bell concludes by stating: “... the West is run by powerful financial interests residing in London, D.C.,

and Tel Aviv. The decisions themselves are enforced by intelligence agencies that operate outside the law.

The real structure of Western democracy is far different than it has been shown.”

I believe it was the Chinese philosopher Confucius who said, “May you live in interesting times.” It’s hard to see how the times could be anymore interesting than what we have here and now.

Larry Bond Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: After much research, we have come to believe that the so-called “Ancient Chinese curse” is neither Chinese nor ancient. – J.B.) •MJ

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has released a slew of solo albums, as well as collaborated with folks from Warren Zevon to Lucinda Williams to Alejandro Escovedo. This time through town, he’s pairing up with veteran New York singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys, who recorded “Wild in the Streets” with Dr. John just shy of 40 years ago, and is, inexplicably, enjoying a rare creative second wind that has found him releasing two new albums in as many years.

The two will share the stage and Prophet’s band, the Mission Express, Saturday night at the Lobero in another clever concert in the Sings Like Hell series. Prophet gave us the lowdown on the showdown.

Q. Last time you played for Sings Like Hell in 2014, you performed the entire 2012 album Temple Beautiful with strings. How was that experience?

A. Great, because that record gave us a real boost and re-energized us as a band. The album was a love letter to our home in San Francisco at the height of a pretty heated gentrification movement. We loved playing the songs so much that we went back out with the strings and acoustic instruments just to re-imagine them in a different way where the words were more up-front. And the Lobero has its own grand history. We love to rise to the challenge of playing there.

Now you’re coming back with Garland Jeffreys, sharing the same band on stage together. How did that come about?

We’re mutual fans of each other and have met a few times. Then a couple of years ago, he came down to our show at the Bell House in Brooklyn, and we played some songs together and had a great time. We made some big plans about doing a tour together. Normally that doesn’t go anywhere. But after being out touring behind (my 2014 album) Night Surfer, we wanted something different again.

So we put it together.

You’re halfway through the seven-date tour. Any surprises so far?

Yeah, lots of happy accidents. It’s like herding kittens and trying to get off stage alive. It’s been wildly unpredictable in all the best ways. We just put our two songs books together and Garland definitely keeps us on our toes musically, because he likes to take left turns when we think he’s going right. He jabs, ducks, and dances. He’s a wonderful guy to play behind. It’s been very exciting and a joy for us as a band.

You’ve been sort of walking a wire between the inwardly reflective and globally, even politically, active. How do you find that balance?

It’s just intuitive. If it was all “Chuck did this and went there and got his

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his five-piece band.

San Luis Obispo County’s Café Musique – which blends gypsy, swing, tango, folk, and its own self-defined genre “wild classical” – celebrates the release of its fourth CD, Ebb and Flow, with a special brunch-time “Music and Mimosas!” show at SOhO Sunday, April 24. The quintet features violin, accordion, guitar, bass, and percussion, meaning it’s well-armed for the onslaught of eclectic genre-hopping.

Art on Film

Chuck Prophet will “sing like hell” at Lobero on April 23 (photo by Gilbert Blecken)

heart broken,” that would be pretty boring. When I tap into something fresh, it excites me and I just follow it through. This last record reflected the time it was written, because we’re living in a kind of dystopian world. If you see what’s going on and look to the future, there’s no spoiler alert, it doesn’t look good. Going places I’ve never been before informed much of the writing of the record. It’s what keeps me going. Otherwise, nobody really needs to make records.

On the other hand, the records are ultimately hopeful.

I’m generally not a downer kind of guy. There’s a difference between taking a photograph of what’s going on and letting it get you down. You can observe the darkest imagery without having to descend into it. Even the dark matter inspires me, because it’s all just raw meat to gobble up as a writer.

(Chuck Prophet and Garland Jeffreys perform 8 pm Saturday at the Lobero Theatre. Tickets are $39. Call 963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com.)

Tops in Pop

British pop rock band The 1975 made their Santa Barbara debut at the Bowl on Thursday night, hot on the heels of their sophomore album, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it, which not only vies for the longest album title of the year, but also the most fun. Fellow Brits The Japanese House open.

“MUSIC NOW!”, which pairs SBCC student musicians and combos with others from Sound Design studio owner/wizard Dominic Camardella’s recording and production class, takes place Friday, April 26 at the Garvin Theatre on West Campus. Catch the latest trends in

music and electronic composition via original music, both electronic and otherwise, as well as projected images.

Also on Friday, the Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria hosts its second installment of Karaoke! This time featuring the live band Superstoked.

Larry Nimmer curates the evening, but your voice is what makes it rock.... Erstwhile Beach Boys sideman Christian Love (son of original Beach Boy Mike Love) brings his latest band, a.k.a. Christian & Company, to SOhO Friday night on a bill with 10-piece Bay Area salsaroots-reggae-hip hop band Bayonics.

Anthony Smith’s credits include BMI, ASCAP and NSAI awards, as well as Music Row Magazine’s prestigious Breakthrough Songwriter Of The Year award. More than 200 of his songs have been recorded by such superstars of country as George Strait, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Trace Adkins, Faith Hill, Montgomery/Gentry, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Trisha Yearwood, and many more. Smith is teaching a songwriting workshop on Saturday afternoon at The Palm Loft in Carpinteria, followed by an evening concert at the same venue.

He also plays Sunday afternoon at Zinke Wine Co. in Los Olivos, with Santa Barbara’s own Honeysuckle Possums opening.

Santa Barbara soul/rock/reggae singer David Courtenay, who has played a series a local shows at clubs and festivals in the wake of the release of his new Godspeed album, is hitting the road for a spring/summer tour. But first, there’s a celebratory kick-off show at SOhO on Saturday night, with two fellow local bands also on the bill. John Whoolilurie’s new eclectic groove ensemble The Big Whoo and trop-rock heroes LAYOVR sandwich the set from Courtenay and

• The Voice of the Village •

Five art-themed documentaries screen over a four-week period in UCSB Arts & Lectures new Art on Film series. Levitated Mass: The Story of Michael Heizer’s Monolithic Sculpture (which had an installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012) screens on Thursday, April 21, to inaugurate the new series focusing on innovative and creative visual artists, which runs through Thursday, May 12, at Campbell Hall. Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art and Alexander Calder make up a double feature on April 28, followed by Finding Vivian Maier on May 5 and Hockney on May 12. Call 893-3535 or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu for details and tickets.

The Carpinteria Library and the Carpinteria Arts Center are in the midst of their own Art in Film series that screens the fourth Tuesday of each month from February through June. Frida and Tiny: A Story about Living Small already showed at the library, while Tuesday, April 26, brings Spinning Plates, the fascinating documentary careening among the challenges faced by the proprietors of three restaurants that proved popular at SBIFF back in 2013. Still to come: Coming to Light: The Edward S. Curtis Story on May 24 and Grasshopper for Grandpa, the locally produced short film about Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens and Santa Barbara’s Chinatown that premiered at SBIFF 2015. All films feature a brief introduction with Q&A following the screening. Free admission.

Elsewhere, The Mask You Live In, which premiered at Sundance in 2015, follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity. Experts in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, sports, education, and media examine how gender stereotypes are interconnected with race, class, and circumstance. The Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center sponsors a free screening of the movie Saturday afternoon at 1 at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, with representatives from the ManKind Project and UCSB on hand to conduct a discussion following the film.

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Its primary business district, Coast Village Road, was ceded to the City of Santa Barbara in exchange for sewer service some years ago. Coast Village Road properties like the Montecito Inn (assessed at $10.7 million), Lucky’s and Los Arroyos, pay property taxes credited to the City of Santa Barbara, not Montecito.

The Ty Warner Effect

Ty Warner’s Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore Resort at 1200 Channel Drive (assessed at $190 million), will pay $1.9 million in property taxes this year.

Warner’s San Ysidro Ranch at 900 San Ysidro Lane (assessed at $30.7 million) will pay $314,000 in property taxes. Warner’s 78-acre Montecito Country Club at 170 Summit Road (assessed at $32.4 million) will pay $337,000 in property taxes. On the residential side, Warner assembled five parcels for his beachfront home (assessed at $160 million) with a property tax bill of $1.9 million per year.

This means that Warner’s two resorts, a golf course, and his home will pay almost $4 million of Montecito’s $93-million tax bill, enough taxes to fund the entire budget of Cold Spring Elementary School.

The Oprah Effect

By comparison, Oprah Winfrey’s 45-acre estate has an assessed value of $93.2 million and an annual property tax bill of $958,000. Late last year, Oprah purchased the 23-acre Seamair Farm on Santa Rosa Lane from the estate of her old friend, Mary Dell Olin Pritzlaff, for $28.85 million, adding an additional $288,500 to her annual property tax bill, raising her total property tax bill to $1.2 million.

More Major Payers

Other large Montecito property tax contributors include the 83-acre Westmont College at 955 La Paz Road (assessed at $23.4 million), but taxed at $742,375 per year. The 44-acre Casa Dorinda at 300 Hot Springs Road, assessed at $56.5 million and taxed at $580,000 in annual property taxes.

Agricultural land in Montecito pays significantly lower tax rates than residential or commercial properties. For example, Palmer Jackson’s five parcels of homes and orchards off East Valley Road total 209 acres, but Jackson only pays $74,658 in property taxes ($357 per acre) on $7.2 million in assessed value.

Across the street, Craig McCaw will pay $210,130 in annual property taxes, or $2,050 per acre, for his Arabian horse ranch. This means McCaw will pay almost three times as much in property taxes as does Jackson for half the acreage, because of the lower agricultural rate on the Jackson property and McCaw’s more recent purchase.

If the Miramar Beach Resort & Bungalows is ever built at a $180-million price tag, Rick Caruso will contribute $1.8 million to Montecito’s $93 million in property tax contribution to the County coffers.

You can find out what you pay in property taxes compared to your neighbors at www.propertyshark.com/mason and then entering a street address.

Demonizing Oil & Natural Gas

The largest Santa Barbara County property taxes are paid by petroleum companies, with bankrupt Venoco (oil & gas) in Carpinteria paying $7 million; EXXON (oil & gas) on the Gaviota Coast paying $3 million; Breitburn Energy (oil & gas) in North County at $3 million; and Greka Oil & Gas at $1.4 million.

Think about that collective $15 million in annual property tax revenue to the County before you demonize fossil fuels or support punitive legislation to put these private companies out of business.

How are Property Taxes Spent?

Property taxes are all spent locally in Santa Barbara County; nothing is sent to the state or to the feds.

1. County School Districts will receive $419 million (46%) of the $718 million collected in property taxes in the 2015-16 year.

Montecito Union Elementary School, with 452 K-6 students will receive $11.1 million ($24,600 per student) and Cold Spring Elementary School with 158 K-6

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Montecito taxpayers also are responsible for a 10% share of the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s funding of $96 million to pay for Montecito’s junior high and high school students, or a value of $9.6 million, plus a 10% share of Santa Barbara Community College’s funding of $25.3 million, or $2.5 million. Montecito legitimately should absorb 2% of the County Education Office budget of $22.8 million, or another $1 million, based on Montecito’s percentage of the County’s population.

2. The County General Fund will receive $129 million (18%) of the total $718 million collected in property taxes in the 2015-16 year.

Santa Barbara County General Fund expenditures can be broken down into six pieces: the largest expenditure is for Health and Public Assistance such as alcohol, drug and mental health programs; child support services; children and families; public health; and social services. Public Safety – County sheriffs, municipal law enforcement, District Attorney’s office, criminal justice, incarceration, public defenders, and probation account for the second-largest portion.

Community-based Resources and Public Facilities provide planning and development, public works, and agricultural commissions. General Government and Support Services fund the auditor, assessor, general services, and debt service. General County Programs and Policy and Executive expenditures support the County Board of Supervisors for executive functions.

Based on Montecito’s 2% of the County’s population, Montecito’s share of the General Fund expense should be less than $3 million.

3. The eight incorporated cities in Santa Barbara County – Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and Solvang – will receive $79 million (11%) of the property taxes collected in 2015-16, as direct payments to the cities or RDA Property Trust Funds.

The unincorporated Village of Montecito will receive zero revenue or services from the funds allocated to incorporated cities in the county and should be allocated none of this expense.

4. Independent Special Districts will receive $34 million (5%) of all property taxes collected in 2015-16.

Independent special districts deliver focused services such as fire protection, sanitary services, cemeteries, lighting, airports, and hospitals to a defined geographical area. Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) will receive $15 million, while the Montecito Sanitary District will receive $500,000 in funding aid. Montecito Water District is supported wholly by user fees.

5. Dependent Special Districts will receive $58 million (8%) of all property taxes collected in 2015-16.

Dependent Special Districts are separate local government entities governed by either a local city council or the County Board of Supervisors. These 19 districts include Santa Barbara County Fire at $44 million, South Coast Flood at $6 million, Santa Barbara County Water at $3 million, and Santa Barbara County Flood Control at $2 million.

Based on Montecito’s 2% of county population, Montecito’s share of these expenses of benefits created by county Fire, flood, and other Dependent Special District services should be $1 million.

Conclusion

Montecito will contribute $93 million in property taxes in 2015-16 and get back some $46.5 million in estimated county services, or about one dollar in services for each two dollars paid to the County in property taxes.

•MJ

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For those of you too young to remember, Oliver North is a combat decorated U.S. Marine, a number-one best-selling author of 13 books, the founder of a small business, an inventor with three U.S. patents, a syndicated columnist, and the host of War Stories on Fox News Channel. He was the government’s counter-terrorism coordinator from 1983-86. He helped plan the rescue of 804 medical students on the island of Grenada and the daring capture of the terrorists who hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro. President Ronald Reagan described North as “an American hero.” North claims his most important accomplishment is being “the husband of one, the father of four, and the grandfather of 17.”

North claims we still have the finest personnel in our military but that Jimmy Carter destroyed our military in his four years as president because he cut it 15 percent every year. Much of the equipment we have today was what Ronald Reagan built up. His motto for the military was to deter war and to win if you enter. North also says, “It’s hard to fight an enemy that not only wants to kill but that wants to die.”

When North asks the young service people why they joined, most say they remember 9/11 or they have a mentor who served. He believes that ISIS wouldn’t exist today if the current administration hadn’t abandoned Iraq in 2011. The soldiers’ dogs are invaluable, and they all agree: never step off a helicopter before your dog.

During the VIP reception, North signed and gave away his latest book, American Heroes on the Homefront. As he says, “These heroes ask for nothing, not even recognition, certainly not

sympathy. They are anonymous warriors who swore before God to protect this nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. They answered the call after 9/11 with more than a bumper sticker; they answered by offering up their lives. They didn’t worry about pension plans or entitlements. They understood then as they understand now, our nation is at war with a foe which will never be satisfied until we surrender or die.”

Art Plus Form

The Funk Zone comes alive when Cabana Home’s owners Caroline and Steve Thompson throw a bash in their upscale furniture and design store at 111 Santa Barbara Street. The courtyard and interior filled with customers and friends to experience Art plus Form.

Up from Los Angeles was artist Brian Hollister, with his large contemporary canvases to provide the art. These oil on canvas adorned all the walls. Brian loves the outdoors and hiking, which inspires his work with the change of seasons and light and nature’s colors. As Steve said, “His paintings give one a sense of color and depth immediately.” Joanne Holderman told me, “I own three of his smaller works already.” The paintings are here, courtesy of Edward Cella Gallery in Los Angeles, formerly Santa Barbara.

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To provide the form was Phil Miller, all the way from High Point, North Carolina, where he is vice president of sales for Thayer Coggin custom and hand-crafted furniture. With drinks in hand and delicious tidbits, we sat on some of the 32 pieces of Milo Baughman’s mid-century designed furnishings made by Thayer Coggin.

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Conan has been making people laugh for more than 20 years beginning as a writer for Saturday Night Live and on to The Simpsons. He currently has a series, Conan on TBS. Oddly enough Conan was educated at Harvard, which seems a long way from comedy. Obviously not. He declares, “I just like to make people laugh by doing crazy things. That’s all I want to do.”

Dick Wolf, who created and was the executive producer of the Law & Order series and many more hosted the event. He and Conan had an unscripted hilarious conversation followed by Q&A. We learned that Conan has a home in Carpinteria and loves Santa Barbara. His latest ventures are to travel to other countries to tape his show. They went to Cuba not long ago and also to Korea. He isn’t on TV in that country, but all the young people knew him from YouTube.

UCSB’s Arts & Lectures and corporate season sponsor SAGE, plus event sponsors Russell Steiner and Bentson Foundation, presented this program.

I inadvertently left out one of the featured local authors at the recent CALM luncheon. Her name is Dana Kent and her book is Brussels to Beirut to Bali: The 1958 World Travels of Four Girls in a Second-Hand Chevy.

So sorry!

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OUR TOWN (Continued from page 22) Backstage before their annual Spring Festival concert at the Lobero Theatre with the MUS and CSS chorus are music directors Pam Herzog (left) and Sara DeSalvo

clips of news radio, rappers, hip-hop, and a children’s choir. For the band’s encore song, a lullaby titled “Say Your Prayers”, Shankar sat on a traditional Indian rug on the main stage with her sitar and band. The song was written for her children, who were in the studio while she was creating the LP. If at all possible, do catch a live show (on tour throughout the 2016 in Europe, North America, the United Kingdom, India, and the United Arab Emirates) and take home her new LP, both quality listening experiences. Of note, the LP includes collaborations with rapper and refugee advocate M.I.A., singer/songwriter Alev Lenz, jazz double-bassist Larry Grenadier, dancer Akram Khan, cellist Caroline Dale, Vanessa Redgrave (who reads a poem by Pavana Reddy), and Girls for Equality all-girl children’s choir on Reunion.

Annual Spring Festival Concert Rocks on

The annual Montecito Union (MUS), Cold Spring (CSS) and SB Jr. High schools’ spring festival concert took place at Lobero Theatre on April 12 to a relatively packed house of enthusiastic fellow students, parents, and guests. The concert, spearheaded by MUS music director Pam Herzog, featured students engaged in music studies and who are members of the MUS Orchestra, the Cold Spring Band, the MUS Band, the CSS Chorus, the MUS 4th-grade Mustang Chorus and the

MUS Chorus.

Opening the concert with a serious upbeat was a special guest, the SB Junior High Jazz Band directed by Karen Dutton, with student musician alumni from both MUS and CSS. Keeping the backbeat going was drummer Tyler Herzog. Trading solos and riffs from a classic selection of jazz standards, stand-out performers included Joshua Park on trumpet, Jordan Short on tenor sax, and Coleman Mortensen with Miguel Alvarado Perez on alto sax.

Classical strings of violin, viola, cello, and bass came together as the MUS Orchestra under the tutelage of Ron Zecher, playing Vivaldi’s Autumn and Handel’s Arioso. CSS band director Jocelyn Tipple conducted the CSS and MUS combined band with a varied selection from Sweeney’s Gallant March to the hand-clapping Westside Blues by Hommel featuring six soloists during the piece. Following a brief intermission to go from instrumentals to chorus, music directors Herzog, Zecher and Sara DeSalvo led various groupings of MUS and CSS singers with American standards

by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rogers & Hammerstein, and others. The final song, “For Good” by Stephen Schwartz, left the audience uplifted with well-meaning lyrics on life.

Special appreciation went to the Lobero Theatre Associates, the SB Bowl education outreach programs, and parents clubs who supported the concert.

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when I started dating my husband, Will, who was just a boyfriend at the time, I got a call the school was ready to be visited.

“I had never taken anyone on these trips. They were very solo for me, and I had yet to share any aspect of this with anyone. But I took a risk and asked Will if he would like to go with me and see it. He said an absolute yes, and off we went.”

But she skipped over that Kopelman mention and others when each guest was gifted the book at the various place settings to follow along as she read the excerpt.

Kopelman features frequently in the tome. A chapter on his parents is called “In-Law Jackpot.”

Perhaps hinting at her emotional state, she said before the reading, “As you women know, laughter and crying are twins. and you men are still struggling with that.”

And “The men will think we’re crazy... We are... but it’s that craziness that evolves into compassion. We wear our heart on our sleeves.”

Battle Hymn After two years of absence, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was back with a vengeance at the Arlington, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures program.

The energized New York-based company, under the directorship of Robert Battle, staged two different performances on consecutive evenings, both ending with the 1960 masterpiece work “Revelations” and the boisterous signature finale “Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham”, which couldn’t fail to please.

The exuberant first-night show kicked off with the 2015 work “Exodus”, choreographed by Philadelphia hip-hop expert Rennie Harris, a wonderful upbeat piece fea-

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in step at the Arlington

On stage before their National Charity League logo are Jeannie Burford, NCLSB Chapter president; and NCLSB Ticktockers is honoree graduating 2016 Senior Ticktocker speaker Georgia Caesar, who has contributed 1,200 service hours (photo by Priscilla)

turing many of the dancers in street clothes and an original composition

by Raphael Xavier, followed by another dance, “Open Door” from the same year, choreographed by Ronald K. Brown.

The penultimate piece, “After The Rain Pas de Deux”, featuring married couple Linda Celeste and Glenn Allen Sims, and choreographed by Royal Ballet and New York City Ballet veteran Christopher Wheeldon, was particularly elegant featuring many balletic qualities.

After the dazzling production, a reception was held in the theater courtyard featuring Montecito sponsors Richard and Annette Caleel, and Robert and Margo Feinberg, as well as Mara Abboud, Susan Keller, Victoria Hines, Leila Drake, Jock and Ellen Pillsbury, Nancy Stouffer. and Robert Sternin.

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A hoard of industrious local teenagers were honored when the Santa Barbara chapter of the National Charity League threw its annual din-

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The 500-guest bash, with a Breakfast at Tiffany’s theme and co-chaired by Luann Caesar and Lisa Kimball, honored 23 members of the 2016 class of Senior Ticktockers from five area • The Voice of the Village •

high schools, youngsters who donated 6,492 hours of their personal time to twenty local organizations, including Direct Relief, Cottage Hospital, the Dream Foundation, Unity Shoppe, Santa Barbara Zoo, and CADA 21 – 28 April 2016

Patroness Julia and Chip Siegel, parents of graduating senior NCL Ticktocker Lauren Siegel, who did her volunteering at the Montecito Library (photo by Priscilla)

Patronesses for the NCLSB are event co-chair Lisa Kimball, Ann Marquis, Ticktockers incoming president; and co-chair Luann Caesar (photo by Priscilla)

(Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse).

Over the past six years, the local chapter has collectively volunteered

more than 47,000 hours.

The Senior Service Award went to Santa Barbara High student Georgia

Caesar, who over the past six years has given 1,200 hours volunteering for charity, including the HEARTS Therapeutic Equestrian Center.

Highlight of the evening was a wonderfully choreographed fashion show, directed by Julie Walsmith, featuring bounteous bling by Churchill Jewelers and clothes from Calypso, BCBG, Montecito’s Wendy Foster Sportswear, Chasen, K. Frank, Diani, Angel, and Whistle Club.

“All the girls are pretty impressive and have given many hours of their personal time to good works,” says Jeannie Burford, chapter president.

Music Master Just 24 hours later, it was time for French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet to shine at the Lobero, part of the CAMA (Community Arts Music Association) Masterseries.

It was the talented keyboardist’s second appearance in our Eden by the Beach in recent months, given he performed with the august London Philharmonic Orchestra, part of the CAMA International Series at the Granada, playing Prokofiev’s rarely heard concerto No. 3.

Bavouzet, who won a Gramophone Artist of the Year Award four years ago, kicked off his concert with three Beethoven works – Sonata No.24 in F-sharp Major, Sonata No. 27 in E

Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet captivates (photo by Benjamin Ealovega)

minor, and Sonata No. 28 in A Major.

The concert concluded with Ravel’s 1904 work Miroirs and Debussy’s work from the same year, L’isle Joyeuse.

A performance as polished as his Steinway.

Child’s Play Gourmands and oenophiles were out in force at the Bacara when the tony hostelry hosted the 3rd annual Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend, which featured 80 vendors, in aid of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and Culinary Arts.

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slides and bounce houses, the carnival will feature a climbing wall, small fair rides, and dozens of old-fashioned game booths including a bean bag toss, milk bottle toss, ring toss, lollipop walk, face painting, fish bowl toss, and more.

The fair will also have several food vendors, including a lemonade stand, Ellie and Bob Patterson’s Here’s the Scoop gelato and sorbet, Santa Barbara Juice Company, Garden Club Sides by Valerie Rice, California Pizza Kitchen, Ruby’s Shave Ice, and of course, the extensive PTA bake sale featuring homemade desserts. Raffle prizes include an iPod, iTunes cards, Magic Mountain tickets, Cloud Ten and Sky High packages, tickets to the Santa Barbara Zoo, a Kernohan’s Toys gift certificate, a gift certificate to local boutique Chasen, and more.

There will once again be an entertainment stage, featuring Boom Chaka drummers, Adderley School performers, Santa Barbara Dance Arts performers, and a teen band doing covers of popular songs.

Proceeds help to fund ongoing PTA programs, including yoga, mime and movement, Art at Lunch, Garden Club, Walk N Roll, Animal Encounters, Drumming with Sowah, and various field trips. “From experience and teacher observation we have learned that these PTA-funded experiences translate into stronger academic performance and helps us continue to be a California Distinguished School,” Toye said.

Entrance is free, and there is free valet parking during the carnival; self-parking is available in the Upper Manning parking lot. The annual carnival is from 10 am to 3 pm, at 385 San Ysidro Road. Check out www.monte citou.org for more information.

Cold Spring School Update

Last week California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson, announced that Montecito’s Cold Spring School is one of 772 elementary schools in the state of California that are being honored under the Gold Ribbon Schools Awards Program. “Our staff, students, parents, and community members are to be congratulated for being recognized for this honor,” said superintendent Dr. Tricia Price.

The Gold Ribbon Awards recognize California schools that have made gains in implementing the academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education. These include the California Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, California English Language Development Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards. “It’s

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point this year, while the Division of State Architect will be the deciding body to approve and oversee the venture.

Public workshops are expected to be held later this spring. For more information, visit www.coldspringschool. net.

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Cold Spring School’s new Student Services & Safety business is still progressing, despite changes with the project’s potential funding (courtesy KBZ Architects)

nice to know our school is being recognized for providing and maintaining an exemplary learning environment that prepares students to be tomorrow’s pioneers and complex problem-solvers,” Price added. The award was created to honor schools in place of the California Distinguished Schools Program, of which Cold Spring had been recognized for during prior years, and is now on hiatus while California creates new assessment and accountability systems. Nearly 6,000 elementary schools were eligible to apply this year.

According to Torlakson, the Distinguished Schools Program honored public schools that showed improved student outcomes as measured through Standardized Testing and Reporting scores and additional measures. As programs and policies evolve, the CDE looks toward the same recognition of educational quality with the implementation of academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education for all pupils, including English learners.

Five separate awards ceremonies will be held in May throughout the state to honor the schools.

Cold Spring School is still in the process of moving forward with a new entrance plan for the campus, which will feature a new building, called the Student Services and Safety building. The structure, which will replace the two portable classrooms that are currently located near the campus entrance, will house administrative offices, the school nurse, the PE specialist, two student restrooms, and two 1,000-sq-ft classrooms. “We are still moving forward with the project, despite the fact that some budget numbers have changed,” Price told us earlier this week.

The school board has been contemplating the idea of the campus remodel for several years, both to remove the aging portable buildings and create a more secure campus. Originally slated to break ground in January 2017, the project may now be delayed due to funding. The building will cost roughly $2.2 million, and the school

board had earmarked about $1.6 million for it from the school’s general fund. “After digging in a little deeper, we realized our cash flow would be affected if we use that amount from the general fund,” Dr. Price said, adding that the board does not want payroll and bill paying to be affected.

The board has about $300,000 less to go toward the project than originally believed.

In May, the board will discuss other funding options, including a higher-value capital campaign, a Certificate of Participation (COP), and a possible voter bond, which board president Bryan Goligoski told us earlier this year was unlikely, given two failed bond measures in 2006 and February 2008. “Now there is a possibility we will try for a bond, but it’s unlikely it will be on this year’s ballot,” Dr. Price said.

Measure C for $2.4 million passed in November 2008, and funded an infrastructure remodel in 2010, which included updates to 80-yearold restrooms, upgrades to flooring, cabinets, and instructional surfaces, repair and replacement of roofs, ADA upgrades, electrical and mechanical system updates, and an overhaul of the school-wide alarm, camera, and communication systems. A final decision on funding will be made in May or June, according to Dr. Price.

Meanwhile, a committee of staff, board members, parents, teachers, and community members continues with the schematic designs on the building, which will house two classrooms: one for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) classes, and one for art. The lobby area of the building will act as a more formal entrance to campus, where visitors will be required to check in. The design of the building will be cohesive with the school’s current architecture: a Spanish-style building with white walls and a terra cotta colored roof, made to look like it has been part of the campus for years.

The project will be seen by the Montecito Association and the Montecito Board of Architectural Review for courtesy review at some

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On Saturday, April 30, Allora by Laura boutique owner Laura Dinning will host a trunk show event to benefit the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation (GSF), a local Santa Barbara nonprofit dedicated to increasing awareness of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), which is the leading genetic killer of young children.

The event will feature the clothing of designer Stacy Twilley’s “Atelier” collection, which includes luxury imported fabrics, elegant-yet-playful silhouettes, and couture pieces. “We are so thrilled to welcome her to our store,” Dinning told us. Twilley has spent more than 15 years in the fashion and media business, first co-founding what came to be the largest luxury fashion magazine company in the United States. In 2014, she switched to designing the clothes and has since made a name for herself in both the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles luxury fashion world. Her focus: craftsmanship, luxury fabrics, and attention to detail.

Twilley only hosts trunk shows when they are aligned with a charitable organization, and Dinning said she chose GSF after meeting co-founder Victoria Strong at another non-profit campaign, when she dressed Victoria for a photo editorial in Santa Barbara Life & Style magazine. Victoria and her husband, Bill, started the foundation after their daughter, Gwendolyn, was diagnosed with SMA at six months of age. The Strongs have become wellknown in the community, documenting Gwendolyn’s battle with the disease on social media and through their foundation, which gives grants to researchers trying to find potential drug therapies to help treat the disease. SMA affects the motor neuron cells in the spinal cord, eventually hindering the ability to swallow, breathe, walk, stand, and eat without assistance. Gwendolyn passed away from the disease in July 2015, at 8 years of age.

The disease is similar in nature to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which mostly affects adults and causes progressive muscle weakness. “My brother-in-law has been diagnosed with the adult version of the disease and the research that the GSF is doing is making a difference in the cure for both adults and children,” Dinning told us, adding that the GSF’s campaign slogan, “Never Give Up,” rings 21 – 28 April 2016

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Designer Stacy Twilley will be at Allora by Laura on Saturday, April 30, for a trunk show benefitting the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation

true for her. “After our loss in the Tea fire and my subsequent ‘better late than never’ career choice in opening Allora, I find those words repeated as a mantra in my life.”

Ten percent of all proceeds from the trunk show will go to benefit GSF. Refreshments will be served all day, and customers will have the chance to meet Twilley. The event is Saturday, April 30, from 10 am to 7 pm.

For more information, visit www. thegsf.org and www.twilleyatelier. com. Allora by Laura is located at 1269 Coast Village Road.

Wind in Montecito

An extreme wind event caused a major power outage in Montecito last Friday, resulting in multiple fire department responses throughout the evening, according to MFPD communications coordinator Jackie Jenkins.

Wind gusts surpassing 60 mph separated power lines from power poles, triggering transformer fires and extreme power surges inside residences.

According to Jenkins, MFPD fielded many phone calls, with residents reporting loud popping noises, charred electrical outlets, and smoke inside their homes. Montecito Firefighters, along with assistance from Carpinteria-Summerland and Santa Barbara City Fire departments responded to a reported seven structure fires, two transformer blazes, and multiple residential fire alarms.

“We want to remind people to be safe during such events,” Jenkins said. Residents should stay away from downed power lines and leave Edison crews to safely repair outage damage and hazards. “If you see a downed power line, do not touch it, and call 911 immediately,” Jenkins said.

For updated information about power outages, visit www.sce.com, and visit www.montecitofire.com for emergency preparedness tips.

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A voice from the back of the room wisecracked, “It still does!”

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folk. Plus other area companies, organizations, and individuals gratefully and graciously mentioned in each and every letter along the way. So, how about it?” His campaign slogan is “Sue Has Done Her A, B, C – Let’s Give Her Our City’s Key.”

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Ashleigh Brilliant, newest addition to the Montecito Journal cadre of columnists, noted an old decorative bench in his neighborhood, newly uncovered when homeowners trimmed back their hedges!

Mr. Brilliant, the clever creator of Potshots, never leaves a stone bench unturned. Having reached the ripe old age of 82 with all his faculties intact, he opened shop as seen here. It is a bargain, considering he charges 5¢ less than Lucy. No word on whether he has established regular office hours.

Virtual Sister City

“How’s about proclaiming Santa Teresa as an official Sister City to Santa Barbara?” says local resident Sol Morrison.

Shouldn’t we recognize Sue Grafton for single-handedly putting Santa Teresa on the map? adds Morrison, a recovering punster. “She fought her way from A to Z (almost), overcoming many dangerous miscreants – (not to mention the powerful Sesame Street Gang, Campbell’s Soup Company, and the dreaded Daniel Webster Syndicate.)”

He suggests that “She has done more for S.B. than Rand or McNally, with well-sung help from local librarians, police and sheriff, and school

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Ain’t no secrets in a small provincial town, where everything is three degrees of separation. Santa Barbara’s own “California Gurl” — a.k.a. Katy Perry – has been recommended and accepted for Coral Casino membership.

Where It’s “No Big Deal” (new verse!)

Big bucks, and a Starbucks, Mon-te-cito out in Mercedes (This is how we do) Santa Barbara clean, at Coral Ca-sin-o, sipping tea, playing with babies (This is how we do...)

Also, she donated a signed acoustic guitar for the auction at the Amethyst Ball, to be held on Saturday, April 30, at the Bacara. What a music fest that will be! Alan Parsons – yes, of the Alan Parsons Project – will be the star performer, in our own private concert.

With him as special guest will be his good friend David Pack (Ambrosia).

There are just a few tables open, so if you want in, contact me, or call Wendy at Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) at 722-1325.

Oh, in fact, they will be selling their tickets to a private concert with Eric Burdon and The Animals at a Very Hot Local Recording Studio!

This is your chance to see Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Burdon up-close and personal. Seriously close-up and personal – limited to just 75 people.

You will be in at an exclusive dress rehearsal the night before his new world tour begins, to benefit the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

This takes place Saturday, May 7, at the beautiful Rose Lane Studios in Carpinteria from 6 to 8 pm. The cost is $500 per ticket or $1,000 per couple.

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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)

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Teens Tackle Climate Change – These 13-18-year-old creatives haven’t outsmarted scientists in figuring out how to cope with global warming, but the youngsters who participated in “Beyond 2°: Millennial Impact” have used their artistic talents to bring attention to contemporary environmental concerns. The exhibition’s aim was to offer teen artists the chance to speak out and show that their generation is passionate about the environment. A collaboration between Explore Ecology and the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Teen Arts Council, the multimedia art exhibition has been on display at the Art From Scrap Gallery since March 19, but the artists’ reception is slated for tonight, the official Earth Day, and just a day before the show closes. The public is invited to meet and celebrate with the artists of the teen curated show at the closing party tonight featuring art, food, and other festivities. WHEN: 6-8 pm WHERE: Explore Ecology/Art From Scrap Gallery, 302 East Cota Street COST: free INFO: 884-0459 or www.exploreecology.org/afs-gallerysanta-barbara.php

Moving Day – Everybody Dance Now! presents its 2nd Annual Day of Movement, an afternoon bursting with performances and opportunities for participation in electric and exciting dance genres. The first two hours offers free or low-cost hip hop dance classes open to the public, followed by a brief performance by local troupes populated

by EDN! students. The event culminates with rousing 2 vs 2 battles in break dancing and all-styles in which teams face off against each other competing for a $500 cash prize in each division.

The special guest instructor/performers include Ynot (from Rock Steady Crew), Miss Funk and Breeze Lee (Versastyles), Sho Tyme, DJ Sparx (from radio station 103.3 the Vibe), and others. EDN! Santa Barbara is the founding flagship chapter and model for EDN!’s national network of programs that provides free, on-site hip-hop dance programming, and coordinates outreach performances, cultural dance classes, and master classes with guest instructors, as well as developing a pre-professional dance troupe. WHEN: noon – 6 pm WHERE: Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St. COST: free-$20 INFO: www.ednsb.org

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Purl of a Performance – The Ventura Music Festival (VMF) has not only changed the dates of its annual festival – which moves from spring to mid-summer this year with a special headlining gig from Sergio Mendes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Brasil 66 – they’re also introducing a new annual Cabaret program designed to feature an outstanding singer, honor an individual distinguished by his or her contributions to the arts and community, and benefit the VMF Young Artists Fund.

Tonight’s soirée stars Linda Purl, the celebrated singer and actress known for turns on TV, most recently and, and in live theater, where his roles have included appearances on and off-Broadway and at the Mark Taper Forum and South Coast Repertory, and locally at Ensemble Theatre Company and Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre. Her cabaret act has earned her rave reviews as sultry, mesmerizing show that combines intimate stories, humor, and delicious song styling. Tonight, Purl lends her new Midnight Caravan salute to the great female singing stars of the ‘40s and ‘50s, from Ella Fitzgerald to Judy Garland to Rosemary Clooney.

Justice Steven Z. Perren of the California Court of Appeal in the Second District, a “dedicated crusader” on behalf of young offenders for whom the new Juvenile Justice Center in Ventura County was named. Perren is also a member of VMF’s board, and is a gifted singer who has appeared on stage at the Rubicon, Opera Santa Barbara, and Cabrillo Music Theatre. A reception and dinner precede the performance. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: Ventura Beach Marriott COST: $150=$1,000 INFO: 648-3146 or www. venturamusicfestival.org/cabaret.php

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by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Calder Gets Bolder – Christopher Rouse, Terry Riley, and Thomas Adés – the latter quite familiar to Santa Barbara audiences through his appearance with the Music Academy of the West’s summer festival – are among the modern composers who have chosen the Calder Quartet to perform their works.

Which is not at all surprising given that the foursome, who are inspired by and took their name in tribute to the inventive American artist Alexander Calder, have been committed to the discovery, recording, mentoring, and commissioning of emerging composers ever since their founding at USC’s Thornton School of Music. The Calder has performed more than 25 commissioned works to date and continues to collaborate with artists across musical genres, spanning the classical and contemporary music worlds as well as rock and visual arts – and performing in venues ranging from Carnegie and Walt Disney halls to art galleries and rock clubs. Winners of the prestigious 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Calder Quartet will be performing Adès’s The Four Quarters, Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, op.

36, and Beethoven’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 127, tonight in Campbell Hall, which, fittingly, hosts everything from rock concerts, to theater, to movies to poetry and political lectures. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $25-$35 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

The Roach that Roared – Satirist Don Marquis introduced the characters of Archy, a cockroach with the soul of a poet, and Mehitabel, an alley cat with a celebrated past, in his newspaper columns back in 1916.

The writer used his character creations to comment on subjects of the day that otherwise might have been off limits, and they followed him to other New York newspapers and eventually magazines and syndication. The great humor writers who followed Marquis, including Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and James Thurber, considered him an inspirational New York icon.

A century later, the clever cockroach and cunning cat still resonate with the general public as they have through the years, including a 1950s musical and a 1990s animated film. Actorsinger Gale McNeeley’s love affair with Archy and Mehitabel began when he was cast as the poetic, singingand-dancing cockroach in the musical version in 1980. An Irish tenor with a wide musical and performance range, McNeeley – who studied physical comedy in Europe and teaches clowning and Commedia Dell’Arte – has honed his wry one-man show using the characters over the last 30-plus years. Now he’s bringing the act to our neck of the woods for performances at three area libraries that should serve

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both as an introduction for newcomers to Marquis’s wit and a celebration for old fans. WHEN: 3 pm today at Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St.; 3 pm Thursday, April 28, at Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road; and 32 pm Saturday, April 30, at Los Olivos Library in the Santa Ynez Valley Grange Hall, 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue COST: free INFO: 564-5641 or www.SBPLibrary. org SUNDAY, APRIL 24 Massive Musical Montage – More than 120 performers share the stage at Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall over the course of just over an hour this evening as the UCSB Department of Music presents its third annual showcase. The production highlights all areas of the school’s Department of Music, with performances by students and faculty touching on all of the varied genres studied at the seaside campus. If that’s not enough, there will also be special appearances by Grammy Award-winning soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, who is currently a visiting faculty member; Santa Barbara Dance Theater’s Christina Sanchez; and Jennifer Johnson, who performs as Second Oboe/English Horn with the Los 21 – 28 April 2016

TUESDAY, APRIL 26 Carubia at Chaucer’s – Montecito singer/voice teacher Agatha Carubia won’t just be signing copies of her new book, , in her appearance at Chaucer’s Books tonight. And the versatile vocalist who attended the Music Academy of the West (MAW) as a teenager before settling here a few years later isn’t only reading from the book and answering questions. She’ll also be offering a mini-lesson into her technique that combines a hybrid of the Eastern chakra energy system and the classical Bel Canto vocal technique. An award-winning soprano with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, Carubia still performs and now also serves as Vocal Coach of MERIT, MAW’s mentoring program. She has created a book that serves as a trouble-shooting template for the voice with practical exercises, tools and solutions for immediate improvement, directing readers to the core of their singing technique with a simplicity and passion inspired by 30 years of teaching success. It worked for Katy Perry back in her formative years, and her lifelong coaching of son Evan Hughes, now a burgeoning bass singer on the opera and recital circuit, has had its own marvelous results. Here’s a chance for a tiny taste for yourself. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com

Angeles Opera. A complimentary reception with the artists follows the show, which is the department’s biggest event of the year. Advance reservations recommended. Also on the schedule for this week: student recitals with pianist Leslie Cain (7:30 pm on April 22), trumpeter Jason Yi, and pianist John Scoville (12:30 pm and 3 pm, respectively, on April 23). WHEN: 5 pm WHERE: Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UCSB campus COST: free INFO: 893-2064 or http://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/ event/777 TUESDAY, APRIL 26 All’s Fair in Spring – It’s “YO HO HO and a Barrel of Fun!” as pirates are the popular theme for the 27th annual Santa Barbara Fair & Expo. Rather, make that Santa ‘Aarrrrbara Fair & Expo, as all hands ahoy will want to sail into the Earl

Warren Showgrounds for the fiveday extravaganza. From carnival rides to farm animals, air food to magicians and hypnotists, carnival rides to arts show, the fair offers shipshape family-style fare, a true treasure right here in our own backyard. As always, the buildings and areas get theme-related names, so you’ll be discovering talent on the Shiver Me Timbers and Walk the Plank stages; exploring exhibits in the Pirate’s Cove; and charting a course to Treasure Island (Warren Hall) to see the expo showcase of local foods, wine and beer, arts & crafts, horticulture and fine arts displays between rides and hot dogs. Get all the details, including a full schedule, admissions prices, descriptions of all the rides, and more online. WHEN: Today through Sunday WHERE: Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 N. Calle Real INFO: 687-0766 or www.earlwarren.com/santabarbara-fair-expo •MJ

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A Singing Savant – It was just last season that Cecile McLorin Salvant made her Santa Barbara debut in concert at UCSB’s Cambpell Hall. The performance was so memorable that the promoters felt compelled to bring her back just 14 months later. Perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky to still be able to see the singer in such a relatively small space, as all McLorin Salvant has done since then is win the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, the highest honor in her genre. But she’s no stranger to prestigious prizes.

Born in Miami to French and Haitian parents, McLorin Salvant won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition back in 2010 when she was just 19. Even then, she conveyed an uncanny ability to bends notes to her will and get inside a song the way an actress inhabits a role. Heralded for “extending the lineage of the Big Three – Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald”, McLorin Salvant earned the notable comparisons with her debut, , which earned a bevy of honors including a Grammy nomination, NPR’s Best Jazz Vocal Album of the Year and Jazz Album of the Year by the DownBeat International Critics Poll. But the new disc, , is a more intimate and confessional project unveiling new dimensions of her artistry that reveals her as a modern-day poet-troubadour capable of creating her own compositions that can stand as the centerpiece alongside the famous covers. Catch her now before she’s too popular for Campbell. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $30$45 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the appeal filed by Rick Frickmann, representing the Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council, of the Planning Commission’s approval of proposed project, as well as the Amendment to the Rancho Arroyo Specific Plan to allow Community Benefit Housing and Recreation/Open Space as the uses in Area A-2 and a Zoning Designation Amendment for Rancho Arroyo Specific Plan Area A-2 to R-3/SP-4/SD-2 (Limited Multiple-Family Residence Zone, Rancho Arroyo Specific Plan and Upper State Street Area Overlay) Zones on a parcel owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, 251 S. Hope Avenue, APN 051-240-008, EResidence, Planned 3/PD/SP-4/SD-2 (One-Family Development, Rancho Arroyo Specific Plan and Upper State Street Area Overlay) Zones, General Plan Designation: Commercial/Medium High Density Residential (15-27 du/acre) (MST2014-00142).

The project consists of a proposal by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara for a new, four-story affordable housing development for very-low and low income senior residents on a vacant 1.76 acre lot adjacent to Arroyo Burro Creek. The proposal would be developed under the City’s Average UnitSized Density (AUD) Incentive Program and the City’s Density Bonus Program with a proposed density of 51 dwelling units per acre. The project includes 89 studio apartments, one-bedroom manager’s unit, kitchen, dining facilities, storage, and common areas (lobby/reception area, conference room, offices, gift shop, salon, and gym). The total building area is 52,858 square feet (gross). The average unit size is 332.5 square feet. The proposal includes 34 uncovered vehicular parking spaces and 5 bicycle lockers. The discretionary applications required for this project are: an Amendment to the Rancho Arroyo Specific Plan, Zoning Designation Amendment, and Modifications (Front Setback, Interior Setback, Lot Area, and Parking). The project requires an environmental finding for a CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Exemption (Project Consistent with the General Plan).

Fiscal Year 2017 Recommended Operating and Capital Budget

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

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

On Thursday, April 28, 2016, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Quick Links, click on Current Council Agenda & Packet. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CouncilVideos.

If you need AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

(SEAL) /s/ Mathew Fore Acting City Clerk Services Manager

if needed)

Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Monday, May 9, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Monday, May 16, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Monday, May 23, 2016, 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 26, 2016, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 4:00 p.m.

Monday, June 13, 2016, 3:00 p.m. (tentative; only

Members of the public are invited to attend, and interested persons desiring to be heard shall be given an opportunity to address the City Council during the public hearings at the above-referenced dates and times. Written comments are welcome and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. All hearings will be held in conjunction with special meetings of the City Council dedicated to the public review of the budget.

A schedule of public hearing meeting topics, which is subject to change on short notice, will be available beginning on April 19, 2016, on the City’s website at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

Copies of the Recommended Budget will be available for public review on April 19, 2016, at the reference desks of the Central and Eastside Libraries, in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and on the City’s website at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov. Copies on CD-ROM can be obtained from the Finance Department located in City Hall.

For more information, contact the Finance Department at 564-5334.

Copies of fee resolutions with proposed changes will be available for public review on April 19, 2016, in the Finance Department at City Hall and on the City’s website; click on the “HOW DO I” tab at the top, then click on “FIND” and Budget Information; finally, click on Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2017.

The City Council is scheduled to adopt the Recommended Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, during the 2:00 p.m. regular City Council session.

Agendas and Staff Reports for City Council meetings are available 72 hours prior to the meeting in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall and at the Central Library. These documents are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov; under Most Popular, click on Council Agenda Packet.

2016. 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)

by Noe Solis. FBN No. 20160001112. Published April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 2016.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE 2010-2015 ENERGY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, AND THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA TO COVER THE 2016 TRANSITION PERIOD The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on April 12, 2016.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal) /s/ Matt Fore Acting City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5742 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on March 29, 2016, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on April 12, 2016, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Bendy White, Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

Councilmember Randy Rowse

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on April 13, 2016.

Meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on City TV Channel 18 (broadcast schedule is available at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV). These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator's Office at 564-5305 or inquire at the City Clerk's Office on the day of the meeting. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

(Seal) /s/ Matt Fore Acting City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on April 13, 2016.

(Seal)

/s/ Matthew Fore Acting City Clerk Services Manager Published April 20, 2016 Montecito Journal

Published April 20, 2016 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Re*Design, 7711 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117.

Re*Design LLC, 7711 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 13,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara has scheduled Public Hearings to consider the Recommended Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2017. The Council will review departmental budgets as well as proposed adjustments to fees and charges. All hearings will be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The dates and times are as follows:

ORDINANCE NO. 5742

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JCS Estates, 4791 8th St. #1, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

John Starks, 4791 8th St. #1, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 18,

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published April 20, 2016 Montecito Journal

2016. 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) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 20160001148. Published April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: W-3 International Realty, 1482 E. Valley Rd #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Robert Pavloff, 1482 E. Valley Rd #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk

of Santa Barbara County on March 17, 2016. 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) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2016-

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City of Santa Barbara Invitation – Notice to Consultants Request for Qualifications RFQ Number: 3826 April 13, 2016 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AT CABRILLO BOULEVARD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT The City of Santa Barbara, Public Works Department, in conjunction with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, is requesting Statements of Qualifications from qualified consultants to perform engineering and environmental services for pedestrian and bicycle improvements on Cabrillo Boulevard between Los Patos Drive and the US 101 southbound ramps, including the replacement of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge.

Copies of the detailed Request for Qualifications (RFQ), including a description of the services to be provided by respondents, the minimum content of responses, and the factors to be used to evaluate the responses, can be obtained by contacting: Brian D’Amour, City Engineer 630 Garden Street PO Box 1990 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 805-897-2661 BDamour@SantaBarbaraCA.gov The RFQ will be made available beginning April 13, 2016.

Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) will be received in the Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. Friday May 13, 2016.

Mailed SOQs shall be addressed as follows: City of Santa Barbara General Services Division – Purchasing P.O. Box 1990 Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990 Hand, courier or next day postal delivery SOQs shall be addressed as follows: City of Santa Barbara General Services Division – Purchasing 310 E. Ortega Street Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990 It is the responsibility of the respondent to see that any submitted SOQ shall have sufficient time to be received by the Purchasing Office prior to the submittal date and time. At that time, SOQs will not be opened; there will be only a public acknowledgment of all SOQs received. SOQs received after the closing date and time will be returned to the respondent unopened.

The receiving time in the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of the SOQs. SOQs will not be accepted by telephone, e-mail or facsimile machine.

William Hornung, CPM General Services Manager PUBLISHED: April 13, 2016 and April 20, 2016 Montecito Journal

0000843. Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sequel Salon, 1187 Coast Village Road #3A, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Fabian Hernandez, 4531 Oak Glen Driven #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 6, 2016. 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)

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by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2016-0001037.

Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Honey B, 209 W. Haley Street #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Katie Belanger, 209 W. Haley Street #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 7, 2016. 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,

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for: BID NO. 5441 DUE DATE & TIME: MAY 18, 2016 UNTIL 3:00P.M. CREEKS CLEAN UP Scope of Work to provide trash, debris and feces removal from City creeks, beaches, and catch basin screens.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on May 4, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., at Bohnettt Park (grass field near basketball court) located at 1200 block of San Pascual St, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Bid Documents are available at the Purchasing Office.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977.

There is no charge for bid package and specifications.

Bidders are hereby notified that any service purchase order issued as a result of this bid may be subject to the provisions and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No. 5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania Paredes Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001046.

Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Memorial Services; SB Memorial Services, 315 Meigs Road Suite A392, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. SB Memorial Services, LLC, 315 Meigs Road Suite A392, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 10, 2016. 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)

by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2016-0000748.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Goodland Signs, 375 Pine Ave #20, Goleta, CA 93117. Paul Strickland, 716 Bath Street,

Published: April 20, 2016 Montecito Journal

Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 29, 2016. 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)

by Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 2016-0000951.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Adama, 2304 Shelby Street, Summerland, CA 93067.

Diana Arrieta, 2304 Shelby Street, Summerland, CA 93067. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 9, 2016. 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) by Noe Solis. FBN No. 20160000726.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nexthome Preferred Properties, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463.

Steven Corl Decker, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 30, 2016. 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) by Noe Solis. FBN No. 2016-0000964.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nexthome Preferred Properties, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463.

Decker Realty, INC, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 29, 2016. 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)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2016-0000963.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sharon Goldberg MD, 5333 Hollister Avenue, Suite 175, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Sharon Goldberg, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 21, 2016. 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) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 20160000864. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Speaks, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Gabriela Goldberg, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Sharon Goldberg, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Zoe Reifel, 3824 Lincoln Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was

filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2016. 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) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 20160000812. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2016.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV01309. To all interested parties: Petitioners Jane Ann Gonzalez and Alfredo Gonzalez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Peter Daniel Gonzalez to Peter Daniel Humpreys.

The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Filed April 6, 2016 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: May 25, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV00954. To all interested parties: Petitioner Mohammed Azam filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Abraham Mohammed Azam. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Hearing date: May 18, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27

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Benefits of the Week

by Steven Libowitz “Benefits of the Week” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area fundraisers approximately 10 days to three weeks ahead of the event. Unusual themes and galas with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

PAL-ling Around with Police

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urning police from adversary to ally has been a goal of Santa Barbara’s Police Activities League (PAL) since its founding back in 2000 as the idea of using cops as cohorts has been a big part of PAL’s mission of “building positive mentoring relationships between teens, the police department, and members of the community through educational, athletic, and leadership development programs.”

“It’s a way to show that law enforcement can be a great assistance to the family,” explained director Michelle Hillman Meyering. “They can help problem solve issues. They’re another advocate. It works to eliminate that negative image of the police that they might have.”

PAL provides safe and educational after-school Teen Center Enrichment Programs, Teen Leadership Training, camping experiences for under-privileged youth, and mentoring – and more than 80 percent of the youth

come from low-income Hispanic families that lack the means to support extra-curricular activities.

In many ways it comes down to putting kids first, which, not coincidentally, is also the title of PAL’s annual fundraiser, which takes place at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort on Friday evening, April 29. Naturally, the kids will be a part of the benefit, as Youth Leadership council members and Explorer Posts kids will meet and greet guests as they arrive. The event features a healthy hosted-bar cocktail hour followed by a threecourse dinner, a flamenco lesson and performance, dancing, and a full program kicked off by the Presentation of Colors by Explorers Ivan Govea and Alisson Martinez, and the singing of “God Bless America” by Joyce Reed.

The evening also serves to honor Sue Bennett, Brophy Brothers’ proprietor and a major supporter of PAL since its inception. “She’s one of the great philanthropists in the communi-

ty, but one who really prefers to stay behind the scenes,” said Meyering.

“So, it’s a huge honor for us that she’s allowing us to honor her.”

The live and silent auctions are a big part of the fundraising effort, with ever-increasing bids helping the nonprofit to meet its goal of $250,000 for the event, funds that will help PAL maintain and add to programs that currently serve 1,000 youth annually.

“We provide a different avenue for the kids, an alternative to a path in life that might not be a positive one,” Meyering said. “Because we have police in our name and an officer on site nearly all the time, kids aren’t going to come in here if they’re affiliated with a gang. So we’re a gate keeper, a safe haven. Our programs help improve their self-confidence and self-discipline, skills that will serve them throughout their lives.”

Tickets for Putting Kids First range from $250 for individuals to $10,000 for two tables for 10 including premium wines and recognition as a major sponsor. Reservations can be made through April 25 by calling Meyering at 962-5560 or by email to michelle@ sbpal.org. More info at PAL’s website, www.sbpal.org.

It’s Not Too Late

Transition House’s Mad Hatter Luncheon at the Fess Parker Resort, slated for Friday, April 22, has a “Polynesian Holiday” theme for 2016.

Enjoy a lovely meal, bid on auction items, and groove to music and dances of the islands by Ukulele Lulus and Hula Anyone? Guests are encouraged to don hats and festive attire to celebrate the theme, or run the risk of emcee Andrew Firestone calling you out – or at least sticking a lei around your neck. Transition House is dedicated to solving family homelessness in the Santa Barbara community by offering shelter, housing, and effective anti-poverty services to motivated families that strive for a better life. Visit www.transitionhouse.com.

Tickets for the luncheon are $125. Info at 964-9742 or email diron5@cox.net.

Garden Variety

Al Fresco Afternoon on the Riviera,

also on Friday, April 22, is set in the beautiful gardens of the Four Seasons Biltmore Santa Barbara.

The benefit for Angels Foster Care features a menu boasting a delicious array of European-inspired food from Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal that guests can enjoy amid beautiful table décor. Add music, floral arrangements, and a fashion show to round out the afternoon that honor our Angels families and supporters, and celebrate National Foster Care Month. All proceeds from the event support Angels foster care program, the 10-year-old nonprofit that has placed close to 200 infants and toddlers in stable, loving Angels foster homes. Tickets range from $150 to $1,000 for a table of 10.

Contact Ellen Dameron at 884-0012 or ellen@angelsfostercare.org.

Raising Funds Off the Wall

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s annual Off the Wall benefit has launched a whole new era of fundraising fun from the museum’s women’s board – much as the song of the same name kick-started Michael Jackson’s solo career. The fan-favorite fundraiser features donated artwork from more than 100 local and regional artists that you literally get to take off the wall and take home with you. Following hors d’oeuvres and drinks on the patio, the action moves indoors where the paintings, sculptures, and photographs line the walls.

The first three picks are allotted via live action, while a random drawing determines who chooses next. It’s fast and furious, but no matter when your number comes up, every ticket holder goes home with an original piece of art.

It all takes place Saturday, April 30, at Junipero Serra Hall, 2210 Garden Street, with a sneak preview of the artwork on Friday and Saturday afternoons. The $400 ticket admits two people who together select one piece of art. Call Karen Kawaguchi at (805) 884-6428 or email contact@ sbmawb.org. Details and a list of the participating artists at www. sbmawb.org.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 33) (From left) Todd Schulkin, executive director, The Julia Child Foundation, Cynthia Spivey, Eric Spivey, chairman of the Julia Child Foundation (photo by Eric Roland)

Blue Water Ball committee members, from left: Talli Larrick, Carla Tomson, Julie Ringler, Kristina Coggins, Suzy Cawthon, Cristina Prichard, and Holly Sherwin (photo by Julia Thompson)

Changing Channels Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s 16th annual Blue Water Ball was a bustling affair, emceed by actor Billy Baldwin in the Deckers Rotunda in Goleta.

The bash, co-chaired by Talli Larrick and Holly Alper, attracted 250 guests, raising around $150,000 for the cause for clean water.

Todd Schulkin, executive director, The Julia Child Foundation (left) and event coordinator, Katie Hershfelt of Cultivate Events (photo by Eric Roland)

Brooke Martin, pastry chef of Bacara Resort & Spa, and Ricquel, chef attendant, Bacara Resort & Spa (photo by Eric Roland)

Eric Spivey, chairman of the Julia Child Foundation with wife Cynthia Spivey (photo by Eric Roland)

Michael Lafayette and Heather Carnes of Santa Barbara (photo by Eric Roland)

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a reception and showing of an entertaining 20-minute film featuring Julia, who spent the last chapter of her colorful life at Casa Dorinda in Montecito until 2004, in a compilation of clips from her PBS TV shows, made by Geoffrey Drummond, her producer.

John Gray, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History – which features Julia’s original kitchen – and Russ Parsons, former Los Angeles Times food editor, spoke on a panel.

Eric Spivey, chairman of the foundation, says that a Julia Child Award has now been set up and the first winner was, fittingly enough, French chef Jacques Pepin, who appeared with her in many of her popular shows.

The second event will take place in Washington, D.C., in October.

The foundation has raised $1.5 million since its founding in 1995 for culinary-oriented charities, with the Bacara weekend netting around $15,000.

Conan Can Do The venerable Arlington Theatre was absolutely heaving when uber producer and longtime Montecito resident Dick Wolf hosted an amusing discussion with Carpinteria newcomer, TV talk-show host Conan O’Brien.

The entertaining double act, part of

Conan O’Brien and TV producer Dick Wolf

UCSB’s Arts & Lectures series, covered every major facet of the Harvard graduate’s eclectic career, including his debut on NBC’s Tonight Show in 2009, following in the footsteps of Jay Leno, and his departure just seven months later, which led to the launch of his aptly titled Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour just three months later.

The chemistry between Dick, who has made millions from his myriad Law & Order brands and his new Windy City series for NBC – Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and Chicago Med – and Conan, who last year bought a beach house in Carp, just a tiara’s toss from Oscar winner Kevin Costner and Star Wars legend George Lucas, was undoubtable.

Now a firm fixture on his popular eponymous talk show on TBS, the comedy-oriented cable channel, Conan, 52, was the ideal subject to be gently “grilled” in An Afternoon with Conan O’Brien, as well as taking a host of questions from the inquisitive audience.

“I’ve always liked to make people laugh,” says the Boston native, who used to edit the Harvard Lampoon and is often traveling the globe shooting segments in Cuba, Qatar, and even the DMZ between North and South Korea.

It was an afternoon to savor.

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Billy Baldwin and Channelkeeper executive director Kira Redmond (photo by Julia Thompson)

Acclaimed waterman and author Christian Beamish, a Carpinteria resident, the keynote speaker, was introduced by his friend and adventure partner Chris Malloy, one of the most influential surfers and filmmakers of the past two decades, known for his 2000 movie, Thicker Than Water.

Among the tidal wave of supporters were politicos Das Williams, HannahBeth Jackson, and Salud Carbajal, Kim and Tammy Hughes, Shaun and Carla Tomson, Jeff and Kelly Ferguson, and Richard and Thekla Sanford.

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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary, just launched its latest exhibition, Puja and Piety, featuring Hindu, Jain and Buddhist work from the Indian subcontinent.

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practice, or puja, in the three native religions of the region.

The exhibition features 160 works from the museum’s permanent collection and loans from regional private lenders created over the past two millennia for temples, home worship, festivals, and roadside shrines.

Centerpiece of the show is a 26-footlong inflatable sculpture, Paranirvana,

by Lewis deSoto, which straddles the museum’s historic Ludington Court, inspired by the 12th-century Buddha at Gal Vihara in Sri Lanka.

Among those attending the opening reception for the exhibition, which ends on August 28, were Henry and Gwendolyn Baker, Al and Christy Close, Karen Earp, Larry Feinberg and Starr Siegele, Ron Gallo, Alan Kennedy, and Joan Simon, Dudley and Margaret Morris, George Konstantinow and Helene Segal, Robert and Irene Stone, Bruce and Tracy Stouffer, and Bill and Kathleen Weber.

Oh No, Polo Westmont College’s men’s polo team, made up of the tony triumvirate of Tony and Hank Uretz, and Mike Esparza, suffered the agony of defeat against the University of Virginia in Connecticut.

Having beaten Stanford in the western regional finals, the team, under the guidance of Santa Barbara Polo Club coach John Westley, lost 10-19, with Texas A&M hoisting the trophy.

“The University of Connecticut’s arena is particularly small compared to the arena the team practices in every day, which made the game strategically different to those played on the West Coast,” says Melanja Jones,

Westmont College’s men’s polo team: Tony and Hank Uretz with Mike Esparza

Connecticut, and grew up in England, had his 2011 work Steampunk performed by the chamber players a couple of months ago.

“We like to push the buttons and the boundaries,” says Camerata Pacifica founder Spence.

Say that again.

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the club’s polo manager. “I have no doubt that made an impact, but they did well to get so far.”

Classical Camerata Camerata Pacifica, which is celebrating its 26th season, staged one of its most unusual performances yet at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall.

The lunchtime concert launched with Nigel Osborne’s Journey to the End of the Night, featuring oboist Nicholas Daniel and percussionist Ji Hye Jung on xylophone, as well as taped street noises, followed by her solo on the vibraphone with Christopher Deane’s Mourning Dove Sonnet.

The performance concluded with Claude Debussy’s Les Chansons de Bilitis featuring French poems from actress Caroline Bloom interspersed with the music from flutists Adrian Spence and Melanie Lancon, harpists Bridget Kibbey and Marcia Dickstein, and Egle Januleviciute on celesta, a keyboard instrument akin to

a harmonium.

In the evening concert, the chamber players debuted the world premiere of David Bruce’s new 20-minute work for oboe, harp, cello, and percussion, which was commissioned for Camerata Pacifica by Bob Klein and Lynne Cantlay.

Bruce, who hails from Stamford,

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