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A tribute and farewell to Army colonel William Patterson, who passed away at age 101, p. 20
LETTERS, P. 8 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42
THE ART OF THE TABLE
MJ Exclusive
Richard Mineards has the scoop on Ty Warner’s thank-you gala for firefighters and first responders, p. 6
Village Beat
Bucket Brigade partners with local contractor to move tons of mud from still-inundated properties, p. 12
A DOZEN DESIGNERS AND ARTISTS, AMONG THEM INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DESIGNER JOHN SALADINO, SACRED SPACE OWNERS JACK AND ROSE HERSCHORN, AND HOGUE & CO.’S JERRY PEDDICORD, CREATE AND DISPLAY VIGNETTES BASED UPON OLD AND NEW MASTERS AT SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART (STORY BEGINS ON PAGE 18) Cover Photo: Edward Clynes
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Ty Warner’s party; The Invisible Hand; Foodbank of SB County; Sir Andras Schiff; Gwyneth’s bachelorette bash; Gigi’s disease; Zsa Zsa Gabor; Fisher Island; and royal wedding
8 Letters to the Editor
An assortment of communiqués from Journal readers comprising Dr. Edo McGowan, Denice Adams, Polly Frost, Jim Thomas, J. Roger Morrison, Dan Seibert, and Diana Thorn
10 This Week
Knit ‘N Needle; Spanish group; STEAM program; Fish Derby; CALM luncheon; “SB Comes of Age”; comeback gala; Republican Club; astrology; free music; disaster fundraiser; Carpinteria exhibit; book signings; MBAR meeting; wine dinner; Spanish; treasure hunt; and koalas at zoo
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Bucket Brigade’s new phase; rebuilding updates; police presence on Coast Village Road; Crane’s Respond-a-Thon
14 Seen Around Town
Lynda Millner reports on Food from the Heart’s “Sips and Nibbles”; Girls Inc. birthday bash; and Hospice of Santa Barbara
16 Aging in High Heels
Beverlye Hyman Fead spotlights music mogul Bob Fead, her husband, as she traces his path from Nebraska to Los Angeles and Liberty Records
18 Coming & Going
On the table: James Buckley frames SB Museum of Art’s permanent collection, from which a dozen designers craft a dining project as part of fundraising
20 In Passing
An obituary for Army colonel William P. Patterson, who passed away in March at the age of 102
23 Brilliant Thoughts
It’s not just about the little black dress...
Ashleigh Brilliant explains why humor isn’t actually amusing. Is it true that “Dying is easy; comedy is hard”? Funny you should ask.
24 Our Town
Joanne Calitri gets the scoop about the AHA! event Rising Together slated for Saturday, April 21, at SB City College West Campus
26 Spirituality Matters
Steven Libowitz interviews EntheoMedicine founder Jacqueline Lopez; Santa Barbara Dance Tribe; and DiviniTree weekend
28 In Business
Suit yourself: Jon Vreeland talks with Rocha Swim founder Danielle Rocha, who designs swimwear for ladies with petite physiques
30 On Entertainment
Steven Libowitz interviews Alison Moritz about Center Stage’s operatic double bill; SB Symphony; Camerata Pacifica concert; classical music; Fringe Festival; word for word; Spirits in the Air; by the book; and Liv On
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Go to Hale; CALM authors luncheon; Honeysuckle Possums; Bollywood and Nachle Deewane; SB Earth Day; Portugal. The Man; Buckles n Brews; and climate change at Granada
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ON THE WATER FRONT
by Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club.
Can Montecito Become Drought-Free?
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his town could use a little good news. It has been a little more than a year since we elected two new members to the Montecito Water District Board of Directors. Are we any closer to the goal of water security? Montecito Water District (MWD), its board, its management, and its employees have all been severely tested by the twin disasters of the destructive Thomas Wildfire, and the related January 9 debris flow that took the lives of 23 of our neighbors and friends and destroyed or severely damaged 10 percent of our Montecito homes. The debris flow caused significant damage to our water delivery system. That arrangement has been repaired, and the cost of infrastructure losses will be covered for the most part by FEMA and Cal OES. The efforts of MWD general manager Nick Turner during this recovery phase have generated high marks for leadership, judgment, and professionalism, so there is reason for optimism.
Development of a Strategic Planning Process
The former management team had failed to file a State-mandated Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) in both 2010 and 2015. The State requires all water utilities that serve more than 3,300 customers to file a strategic plan once every five years or face a cutoff in eligibility for state loans or grant funding. In June 2017, the MWD Board unanimously adopted its first Urban Water Management Plan since 2005. In developing the new strategy, all five directors were actively engaged in reshaping the Board culture into a collaborative team, capable of crafting a focused strategic plan and implementing its proposed solutions. Something, apparently, the previous board was unable to do.
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Monte ito Miscellany by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 11 years ago.
Ty-High Gala of Gratitude
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ontecito firefighters were out in force at the San Ysidro Ranch, but there were no flames to extinguish or new mudslides to clear up. Just the opportunity for more than 100 blaze busters and other VIP guests to enjoy the bounteous hospitality of Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner, who hosted a dinner party in a beautifully decorated transparent marquee on the five-star resort’s upper lawn, for the firefighters and a number of the tony hostelry’s frequent guests. The 500-acre ranch’s new manager, Maxine Rutledge, explained: “Ty was deeply appreciative of all the hard and extraordinary work done by the firefighters and first responders, and wanted to show his thanks in a tangible way. “This was scheduled earlier after
the Thomas Fire, but the flash flood and mudslides delayed matters.” She is hopeful the ranch’s popular eateries, the Stonehouse and the Plow & Angel, will be open by October, but many of the cottages, particularly creekside, will not be available until year’s end. Guests at the boffo bash were ferried in Mercedes Benz buses from the Montecito Union School to the resort, which looked surprisingly unscathed by the January disaster that destroyed or damaged 296 homes in our rarefied enclave, as well as extinguishing the lives of 22 residents, a testament to the hard work put in by Ty’s employees and other agencies to deal with the massive cleanup. Before the dinner, prepared by Stonehouse chef Matt Johnson, a moment of silence was held for vic-
Montecito Fire Department chief Chip Hickman being welcomed and thanked by Maxine Rutledge, resort manager at the San Ysidro Ranch, Cat Pollon, and Sandi Nicholson (photo by Priscilla)
tims of the carnage that brought our Eden by the Beach together like never before. After a reception with free flowing Perrier-Jouet champagne, Margerum, Babcock, and Brewer-Clifton wine and cocktails, together with handsome canapés including oysters, the guests – many still in uniform – sat down for the very in-tents occasion, decorated beautifully in an orchid theme by Bella Vista Lighting and Design and Imagine, with flowers by Camellia Floral Design, with tables, arranged banquet style, boasting Limoges china and gold-colored cutlery, to feast on the pan-seared halibut and prime filet mignon, donated by Newport Meat,
and dessert of violet mousse cake and fresh berries, donated by the Berry Man. TV mogul and Montecito’s most famous resident, Oprah Winfrey, who moved here 17 years ago, paid homage to the Montecito battalion. “There is a price to be paid for tranquility, peace and paradise,” said Oprah. “My home is called the Promised Land. Martin Luther King never reached it, but I got here. “Every day is a gift. When I heard my five dogs had been evacuated, I dropped on my knees in prayer. Thank you for putting your lives on
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This event features dramatic and imaginative tablescapes created by twelve designers of local and national acclaim, each inspired by a specific piece of artwork from the Museum’s permanent collection. From traditional and elegant dining tables to fantasy and whimsical installations, these memorable creations are sure to awe and amaze. Tickets are still available for the reception on Friday, April 27, 6 – 8 pm. During this elegant event, guests meet the designers and delight in their imaginative artistry.
Public viewing of the displays follows on April 28 and 29 and is free with Museum admission. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit sbmawb.org. Presented by the SBMA Women’s Board, proceeds from the event support the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s acquisitions, exhibitions, and education programs.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1130 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 www.sbma.net Top to bottom, left to right: Yinka Shonibare MBE, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Asia) (detail), from the series The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, 2008. Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Austin Fund in honor of Wright S. Ludington. • Jules Bastien-Lepage, The Ripened Wheat (Les Bles Murs) (detail), 1884. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by Suzette and Eugene Davidson and the Davidson Endowment Fund. • Chinese, early Qing dynasty. Zun-shaped Vase (detail), 17th century CE. Porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue. SBMA, Gift of Clay Tedeschi in memory of Lewis R. Bloom. • Aaron Morse, The Kingdom of Nature (detail), 2008. Watercolor, graphite and collage on paper. Museum purchase, Art Visionaries. • Relief of Three Dancing Nymphs (detail), Roman, Libya, 1st century CE. Marble. SBMA, Gift of Frank Perls. • Jules Breton, The Pardon (detail), 1872. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of Kenneth W. Watters in Memory of Elizabeth Converse Strong Watters. • Jehan-Georges Vibert, At the Breakfast Table (detail), n.d. Watercolor. SBMA, Gift of The Estate of Barbara Darlington Dupee. • Ernest Ange Duez, Woman in Grey on Board Ship, Gazing at the Sea (detail), 1873. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Suzette and Eugene Davidson Fund. • Claude Monet, Villas in Bordighera (detail), 1884. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick in memory of her husband, Stanley McCormick. • Roman. Head of Aphrodite (detail), 2nd century CE. Marble. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington.
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LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net
Recharging Our Dried-up System
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ith respect to our creeks, their drainage, and the topography, there is a direct correlation with aquifer recharge. But, thus far, there seems to be an absence of discussing the overlap between recharge basin placement and debris basin placement. Is there the possibility that these structures, by their careful placement, could be doing double duty? The system is drying down and becoming more erratic, while water is becoming yet more scarce. Possible topic for consideration, if not already being done? Dr. Edo McGowan Montecito (Editor’s note: The entire Central Coast has been drying out for the past 30 years. A lot of it has to do with changing weather patterns, but equally culpable has been the growth of our population and the nearly exponential surge in the drawdown and overuse of local water storage and sources of supply. That Montecito, for example, was prevented from clearing its creeks seasonally allowed the overgrowth of plants and actual trees into those now almost yearly dry stream and creek beds. Most homes pre-1920s, I understand, had systems of catch basins in which to capture and store rainwater during the winter for use in the summer. Nearly every home has a gutter system and could be hooked up to store rainfall. That would go a long way toward helping match our water desires with our water capacity. Government has subsidized solar panels and electric cars. Why not tax deductions for installing above-ground rain barrels, either simple ones with a gravity-fed system, or more complicated and larger underground systems that require pumping? We have the know-how and the ability to create these rather basic systems. All we have to do is promote the political will to kick-start the effort. – J.B.)
Wasting $2 Million on “Montecito Recovery Center”
Tell us please, what elected official honestly cares about disaster victims and recovery, other than of course to get property tax money rolling in? What County supervisors other than Peter Adam raises issues of local government waste, reducing taxes, and requiring accountability? County Budget Hearings start next week. Immediately, let’s cut $2 million from the Recovery Center. Close down all the “Satellite Montecito Recovery
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There have been few to no takers in search of “recovery” help at this Santa Barbara Countysponsored and paid-for State Street “Montecito Recovery Center”
Help Centers,” starting with the one in the empty arcade at 1129 State Street. There are two paid Montecito Recovery Wellness workers who can be seen sitting and waiting, who haven’t talked to any Montecito resident all week, or even last week, except for me and a few others who stopped to ask, “What the heck are you two doing hiding down here on State Street on the taxpayers’ payroll? Nobody’s ever around here.” Their answer? “Yeah, it would be better if we were across the street at La Arcada, so we could watch the turtles in the fountain.” Montecito, taxpayers, wake up! Your, our, my only value is to write a check, which is then wasted by incapable politicians far removed from reality with little or no interest in results. Take the $2 million, hire experienced proven insurance lawyers to give every victim three hours of Countypaid legal consultation. Mental wellness will improve dramatically as uncertainty and anxiety are reduced with facts, hope, and an action plan. Denice S. Adams Montecito (Editor’s note: County finances would be a whole lot better off if there were more people such as yourself out analyzing the effectiveness of taxpayer-paid programs; thanks for watching out for us! – J.B.)
Raleigh is an outdoor bird who often enjoys contemplating serenity and the meaning of life on Polly Frost’s dining room floor
Darwinian wars of the ‘burbs. Polly Frost Montecito (Editor’s note: As an erstwhile participant in your monthly salon gathering, I can attest that your avian associate Raleigh is there for the conversation and camaraderie, though perhaps a little of your excellent cuisine, though I believe most of what you cook up suits us humans way better than birds; see you on an upcoming Sunday afternoon. – J.B.)
Olmstead for Sheriff
At a time when the relationship between our public safety agencies is paramount, we need to consider who is best-suited to work cooperatively as the voice and leader of our Sheriff’s Department going forward. Sheriff Bill Brown, without a doubt, has had a long and distinguished 40-year public safety career. He deserves every
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Junko Junket
In addition to a monthly salon gathering of humans at my home near Miramar Beach, we also hold regular salons for wild birds. Here’s Raleigh, a Buddha of a Junko who likes to sit near us on our floor. I like to think he’s contemplating the meaning of life and knows a lot more than I ever will, or maybe he just likes to come into our place and get away from the
personal honor he has earned. He is a fine man and has a wonderful family, and I publicly supported him in both of his previously contested elections. However, the sheriff has since lost the support of his own rank and file, the majority of the County supervisors who will regulate the sheriff’s budget next year, our county’s firefighters, emergency managers, and so many more. The men and women of the Sheriff’s Department are more important than the person who holds the elected position. As a former 12-year elected sheriff and three-year appointed County Fire chief, I learned that there comes a time when change is good and necessary. I believe for the Sheriff’s Department, that time is now. Of the three candidates for the office of sheriff, I believe lieutenant Brian Olmstead is the best choice to lead the Department going forward. Lieutenant Olmstead is a highly experienced law enforcement professional. He is smart, well educated, and will surround himself with the best available men and women who understand the mission of the agency and the necessity to keep staffing adequate to accomplish the variety of challenges they face 24 hours a day. Lieutenant Olmstead has received the public support of the vast major-
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SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Koalas on Display Two furry, eucalyptus-loving marsupials will take up residence at the Santa Barbara Zoo for a one-year visit to increase awareness of the challenges facing them and other native Australian species. Koala “ambassadors” Edmund and Thackory go on view in a special outdoor exhibit near the Zoo Train station beginning today, during regular hours. Edmund and Thackory are on loan from the Los Angeles Zoo (LAZ) and San Diego Zoo (SDZ), respectively. As with all koalas in American zoos, the pair officially “belong” to Australia. The SB Zoo has committed $2,500 per month during the koalas’ residency to Australian koala habitat conservation as part of the SDZ’s Koala Loan Program. Where: 500 Ninos Drive Info: www.sbzoo.org
(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 19 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library. When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, APRIL 20 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 After-School STEAM Program Build with Legos, do snap circuits, and drop-in craft activities at Montecito Library. Ages 5 and up. When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Fish Derby The Fish Derby is the major fundraiser for The Neal Taylor Nature at Cachuma Lake, which is a non-profit organization. This year’s Fishing Derby will again include prize categories for multiple types of fish such as crappie, bass, catfish, trout, and carp. The prize pool dollar amount has been increased this year, which means everyone has a chance to win great cash prizes, fishing gear, and more! Anglers of all ages are encouraged to enter. All anglers 16 years and older must have a fishing license, which may be purchased at the marina. Free arts and crafts activities will be offered to children Saturday afternoon of
Derby weekend at the Nature Center, which will also host a special Books & Treasure sale on both Saturday and Sunday. When: 6 am today through noon tomorrow, April 22 Where: Neal Taylor Nature Center, 2265 Hwy 154 Info: www.troutderby.org Authors’ Luncheon CALM Auxiliary’s 32nd Annual Celebrity Authors’ Luncheon features interviews and book signings by a variety of critically acclaimed authors, including Lisa See, Simon Tolkien, and Rona Barrett, with Andrew Firestone serving as master of ceremonies. Dianne Dixon and Tom Weitzel return to the stage this year as interviewers. Ruta Lee will also be on hand as a guest interviewer. This event is a fundraiser to benefit CALM, whose mission is to prevent childhood trauma, heal children and families, and build resilient communities throughout Santa Barbara County When: Book sales and signing will begin at 10 am, and lunch will be served at 11:45 am. Author interviews will begin at 12:45 pm. Where: Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort, 633 Cabrillo Blvd. Tickets: $150 Info: http://calm4kids.org/events/ celebrity-authors-luncheon
Wrapping herself in romanticized Spanish tradition, she nevertheless bobbed her hair to create the institutions that prepared the way for the Santa Barbara of today. Sharing tales and photographs from her new book, The Way It Was ~ Santa Barbara Comes of Age, Beresford will take listeners on a journey into the past that explores the mountain trails, joins elaborate celebrations, and revels in the mania created by the town’s first horseless carriages, as well as introducing some incredible citizens whose vision and work created the underpinnings for today’s city. When: 10:30 am Where: First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance at State Street Cost: free Info: Glenn Avolio, PR chair, glennavolio@gmail.com
“Santa Barbara Comes of Age” MJ columnist Hattie Beresford will present “Santa Barbara Comes of Age ~ An Exuberant and Joyful Beginning” at the SB County Genealogical Society’s monthly meeting. During the 50 years between 1880 and 1930, Santa Barbara threw off its Victorian cloak and donned the mantilla of a thoroughly modern town.
Community Comeback Celebration The SB Community Comeback Celebration, presented by California Fire Lawyers, will offer free food and fun for the entire family. This celebration will support individuals, families, and businesses impacted by the Thomas Fire and mudslides. Food catered by Jeannine’s Bakery;
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wine and beer (21+) from Cava; face painting by Santa Barbara Face Painting; bounce houses by Just 4 Fun Rentals; family games and prizes! When: 11 am Where: Lower Manning Park, 449 San Ysidro Road Info: https://www.cafirelawyers.com/ Political Pep Rally The Santa Barbara Republican Club and the Carpinteria Republican Club have joined together to hold a Political Pep Rally with a long list of office holders and office seekers speaking to the group. They include candidates Justin Fareed and Jennifer Christianson. The office holders include sheriff Bill Brown, County treasurer Harry Hagen, County clerk Joe Holland, and others. The public is invited to come and hear from these multiple candidates. Don’t miss this opportunity to get the information needed for the coming elections! The menu will be a taco bar with drinks by the Carpinteria Club. Valet parking will be provided. When: noon to 3 pm Where: 5522 Calle Ocho Cost: $10 RSVP: 684-3858 Astrology with Ute: The 2018 Forecast Topics include overview of the year, Uranus in Taurus, Santa Barbara chart, mood wobbles, Mercury retrogrades, and monthly analysis. When: 1 to 3 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Information: please call Ute at 319-5192 Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town
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since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public. When: 3 pm Where: First United Methodist Church, Garden, and Anapamu streets Cost: free Debris Flow Fundraiser Honeysuckle Possums Bluegrass Band perform to benefit Unity Shoppe; special performance by Tom Reed, honoring neighborhood first responders. When: 3 to 5 pm Where: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 4575 Auhay Drive SUNDAY, APRIL 22 Carpinteria Plein Air Painters Art Exhibit An exhibition of new paintings; 10 percent of all sales will support the Carpinteria Art Center. When: April 22 through July 1 Where: Zookers Restaurant, 5404 Carpinteria Ave MONDAY, APRIL 23 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Come and celebrate Earth Day with an entertaining and enlightening evening with John Howard Weeks as he signs his new book, The Healthiest People on Earth: Your Guide to Living 10 Years Longer with Adventist Family Secrets and Plant-Based Recipes. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Support local professor Jeffrey C. Stewart as he signs his new book, The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke. Locke emerged from Philadelphia in the early 20th century to mentor a generation of artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence. He called his protégées the New Negro – those whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black Americans to greatness. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 THURSDAY, APRIL 26 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, 19 – 26 April 2018
Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library. When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Wine Maker Dinner at El Encanto Enjoy the regionally inspired cuisine of executive chef Johan Denizot in an exclusive wine dinner event that offers a multi-course menu, with each dish meticulously designed to complement a different Château d’Esclans bottling of Rosé. Hosted by Alain Riviere, Chateau d’Esclans ambassador, this wine dinner will take place at The Dining Room at Belmond El Encanto. The reception with passed appetizers begins at 6:30 pm, followed by a seated fivecourse, wine-paired meal. When: 6:30 pm Where: 800 Alvarado Place Cost: $120 per person Reservations: 770-3530 FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 After-School STEAM Program Build with Legos, do snap circuits, and drop-in craft activities at Montecito Library. Ages 5 and up. When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more. When: 8 am Where: 965 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 •MJ
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Village Beat
An estimated 70 truckloads of mud still sit on a property in Montecito Oaks
by Kelly Mahan Herrick
Kelly has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and is a member of Montecito and Santa Barbara’s top real estate team, Calcagno & Hamilton.
Bucket Brigade’s New Phase
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early three months after launching the grassroots effort of organizing volunteers to clear mud from residents’ homes following January’s mudslides, the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade is launching a new pilot program to further help mudslide victims. Bucket Brigade founder Abe Powell and co-founder Josiah Hamilton explained to the Montecito Association board last week and at the Community Meeting at MUS on Wednesday, that their focus has now shifted to homeowners who are uninsured or underinsured and still have tons of mud on their properties, months after the January 9 debris flow. “We can’t heal this community if we have to continue to stare at piles and piles of mud in our neighborhoods,” says Hamilton, who met with us earlier this week in the hard-hit neighborhood of Montecito Oaks. He explained that many of the residences damaged and destroyed
by the mud flow belong to property owners who have little to no insurance, and removing mud from their properties is proving to be a major financial burden. One example: one homeowner in Montecito Oaks was granted $20,000 from his insurance company to remove debris and mud from his damaged property; a bid from a local contractor to remove the mud came in at $140,000. “This is a financial hardship for people, and we need to help,” he said. “No one else is taking care of these people.” The Bucket Brigade is partnering with local grading contractor Mac Brown Excavating, paying the contractor fees out of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations the non-profit organization has received. Mac Brown Excavating owner Mike Isaac is offering the Bucket Brigade a volume discount on the excavation services, and will start the program by clearing out two properties on Santa
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Piles of mud remain on a Santa Clara Way property; the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade is partnering with Mac Brown Excavation to remove it
Clara Way. The mud will be sifted to remove small debris, and then it will be available to be used as topsoil for those who want it. Santa Clara Way, which backs up to Jameson, is peppered with damaged properties in all phases of rebuilding: from homes with 70 truckloads of mud still in the backyard, to homes that have been completely cleaned up, to homes that have been demolished, and everything in between. “It just shows us how varied the financial situations are of these residents,” said Hamilton, who used to live on the street and has sold several of the homes there. More than 70 percent of the homes in Montecito Oaks were affected by mud and debris flow, and at least five homes in the Oaks and along the Olive Mill corridor have been completely demolished in the last month, as residents navigate the rebuilding process. The Bucket Brigade, which originated after the Tea Fire in 2008 to help fire victims sift through the ash on their properties, has ballooned since re-launching in late January, with large-scale weekend digging events that have brought out more than 2,600 volunteers. Last weekend, Montecito resident Oprah Winfrey came out to support the Brigade, hearing stories from mudslide survivors and applauding the Brigade’s efforts. Winfrey also spoke at a special first responders pop-up dinner Saturday night at the currently closed San Ysidro Ranch, at which the Bucket Brigade founders were in attendance. “Meeting her and hearing her gratitude for the work we are doing was life-changing,” Hamilton said. The Brigade has been the recipient of fundraising efforts
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large and small: from donations from Ellen DeGeneres, to funds raised by local lemonade stands; a shopping event on Coast Village Road on Saturday, April 28, will also benefit the Bucket Brigade. “The cruel thing is that this dirt is from other properties in Montecito, and this happens to be where it landed,” Hamilton explained, pointing to piles and piles of mud covered by tarps in the front yard of a Santa Clara Way home. “This isn’t just this homeowner’s problem, it’s our problem as a community.” “You can’t drive by here and not remember the trauma we’ve been through. It’s hurting the homeowners, the real estate industry, and the tourism industry,” he said. “We have to get rid of this mud.” For more information about the Bucket Brigade, and to donate, visit www.santabarbarabucketbrigage.org.
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On Tuesday, at a special Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) hearing that was also attended by the Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR), the MPC discussed proposed ordinance amendments pertaining to rebuilding following the 1/9 debris flow and made a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to wait on approving the new ordinance language, until more topography studies and revised FEMA maps are made available. The proposed ordinance amendments, if approved by the Board of Supervisors, will revise existing regulations, devel-
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Seen Around Town
Food from the Heart
FFH chef Aaron Casale and founder Evelyn Jacob at the wine tasting
by Lynda Millner
Food from the Heart executive director Sharon Byrne and board president Kelly Onnen at the Sips and Nibbles event
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ips and Nibbles” was the title of a benefit for Food from the Heart (FFH) – a nonprofit I’d never heard of. Founder Evelyn Jacob informed me, “We have been around for 24 years.” I would soon learn Food from the Heart is all about feeding people. We were gathered in the courtyard of El Paseo with wine glasses in hand from three tasting rooms – Grassini, Happy Canyon, and Margerum. There was also delectable donated appetizers from the Wine Cask Restaurant,
Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro, C’est Cheese, and the Chocolate Gallery, plus creations from Food from the Heart’s own professional chef, Aaron Casale.The silent auction was set out doors in the center of the courtyard. About 100 folks were “sipping and nibbling.” I spoke with Food from the Heart executive director Sharon Byrne, who told me, “The nonprofit serves as a hive of activity for gathering fresh produce and bread around the Santa Barbara and Goleta areas and distrib-
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uting it to those most in need.” A volunteer crew along with Chef Aaron prepares high-quality foods: deli salads, casseroles, fruit, bread, and a homemade cake each week. The Trinity Lutheran church lends them their kitchen three days a week. The volunteers make up large bags of food that would cost about $90 each if procured separately. They spend only $30 and deliver to 160 housebound, seriously ill people each week. When FFH began, there were only 25 deliveries. “It’s a fabulous, heartfelt program,” says board president Kelly Onnen. Most clients are referred from Hospice, Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, Cottage, and Visiting Nurse, but they will accept self-referrals. FFH is expert at gleaning food from it growing in someone’s backyard, on a tree, or sitting on a bakery shelf. As Sharon said, “A small crew of 12 to 15 volunteers gathers about 50,000 pounds of produce and bread each year with partners like Veggie Rescue. Whatever is not used is then distributed to the Foodbank, Salvation Army,
Catholic Charities, the Teddy Bear Foundation, the Rescue Mission, and the Organic Soup Kitchen. We drank and ate for a good cause. If you would like to know more, call Sharon at (805) 636-0475.
Happy Birthday
Who doesn’t like birthday parties? Girls Inc. had 220 guests at their 60th one held in their Goleta facility. The decorations reminded me of the “olden days” when getting a new box of shiny colored Crayons was a big deal – never mind cell phones, since there weren’t any. There were balloons and brightly wrapped packages in all the primary colors; blue, red, yellow, and green. All the chairs were bright-orange. Happy colors for a happy occasion. It was all a great camouflage for the fact that we were really eating in a gym. As CEO Barbara Ben-Horin told us, “This event was put on by the Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara One Hundred Committee with the theme “Imagining the Future for Girls.” It is a scholarship fundraising evening for after school and summer camp programming. President of the One Hundred Committee Stina Hans reminded us, “Girls Inc. served 1,500 girls last year.” In 2017, Girls Inc. gave more than half a million in finan-
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Girls Inc. executive director Barbara Ben-Horin with lieutenant Marylinda Arroyo from the Santa Barbara Police Department, and Stina Hans, first responder and former Girls Inc. girl and president of the One Hundred Committee
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AGING IN HIGH HEELS
by Beverlye Fead
Ms Fead moved from Beverly Hills to Malibu and then Montecito in 1985. She is married to retired music exec Bob Fead; between them they have four children, five grandchildren, and a dog named Sophia Loren. Beverlye is the author of I Can Do this; Living with Cancer, Nana, What’s Cancer and the blog www.aginginhighheels.com, and book Aging In High Heels. She has also produced a documentary: Stage Four, Living with Cancer.
The Music Man Aging in High Heels author Beverlye Hyman Fead and her husband of 32 years, “Music Man” Bob Fead, on their wedding day (circa 1986)
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y next subject is someone I know very well. Oh, okay, full disclaimer: his name is Bob Fead and... he’s my husband. But, I would be interested in writing about his life even if he weren’t my husband. Whenever anyone learns he’s been in the music business, these are the answers to the questions he gets asked: “Yes,” “yes,” “yes,” “yes,” “yes,” and “yes.” Did he know Paul, Ringo, John, George, and Elvis? The answer is “Yes” to all the above. He was lucky enough to be starting in the music biz when they all came on the scene. He was at his most active in the “Golden Era,” but I am getting ahead of myself. Bob was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the youngest of four children and the son of a semipro baseball player who died at an early age. Bob’s oldest brother’s took over the parenting job (17 years older) and encouraged Bob in everything he did, especially to leave Omaha. Bob graduated North High, where he was later named outstanding graduate of 1952. He worked for a couple years at an Indian youth center to get enough money to pay for his college; one of his summer jobs was to take photos for the photo finish at racetracks all over the country. That led him to love horse racing the rest of his life. He even was part owner of a race horse, called Good Old Papa. He joined Pi Kappa Alpha in college and eventually became president of
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the fraternity. All along the way, he worked in clothing stores. He could see his future in retail. But life plays funny tricks. After college, he came to California to work for a shirt company. The first night he arrived in Los Angeles, he went to a party, and it changed the course of his life forever. He met a man who said Bob would make a good promotion man in the music business. He was willing to pay $85 a week, which was a lot of money in those days; Bob accepted the offer on the spot. He had no idea what to do, or what a promotion man was. His new employer gave him a record, told him to take it to radio stations to promote. He did. That was how he came to Liberty Records and to a business he has loved to this day. After five years at Liberty, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss came to him and offered a job at a new company they were starting called A&M Records. That launched Bob into a long and illustrious career as a music executive. He became A&M’s senior VP. While there, Bob worked with Quincy Jones, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, Peter Frampton, Burt Bacharach, and many others. Years later, he became president of Burt Bacharach’s publishing company and stayed for 16 years... but I am getting ahead of myself. Before Burt, Bob was named president of Famous Music, a unit of Paramount Pictures. 19 – 26 April 2018
Bob Fead (as a model in a newspaper ad) set his early sights on a career in the men’s clothing business
This is where I come into the picture. A good friend of both of ours fixed us up on a blind date in New York, and as he and a friend approached the table, I thought to myself: “I hope it’s the one on the left.” It was. Thus began a loving, electric love affair that eventually ended up in a marriage that has been going on successfully for 32 years. I had already moved to Montecito, and Bob and I shuttled back and forth, for years, between here and Los Angeles. Bob was president of the music
chapter of City of Hope and was named one of the “men of the year” in 1984. He served as a board member and later became president of Society Of Singers (SOS), a philanthropic organization that helped singers who had financial problems. He would have his friends come to entertain at a small venue in Los Angeles and charge a fee and give all the money to the SOS. There was Mac Davis, Jeff Barry, Jackie De Shannon, Jerry Fuller, Randy Edelman, just to name a few. Every year, there would be a large gala, whereupon all the money raised was given to the SOS. Bob still enjoys serving on an ASCAP board and The Johnny Mercer Foundation. He also loves to help young songwriters find writing partners and publishing. He has spoken at UCSB with fellow “Music Men” that live in and around Santa Barbara. He says Santa Barbara is home to some of the finest musicians, songwriters, and music executives you will ever find in one community. We now live in Montecito, full time with our dog, Sophia, except when we visit one of our four children, five grandchildren, or our favorite spot: Capri. A little golf, breakfast with the guys, and great friends make life good for Bob Fead at 83 – even though he didn’t get into the shirt business after all. •MJ
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Coming
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Table Art
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he idea is unique, at least in Santa Barbara, and we’ve not heard of such an event having been done elsewhere: Put 12 designers together, have each choose a piece of art from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s permanent collection, and then create a dining design to enhance the artist’s choice. All in the name of art, naturally, and in the name of fundraising for art, if truth be told. It’s an illustrious group, headed up by Montecito-based designer John Saladino, who famously (and courageously) brought his 13-anda-half-acre, 11,000-sq-ft stone estate re-named Villa de Lemma (originally tagged “Still Farm” by its designer/ builder Lockwood de Forest in the early 1930s) back to life after decades of decay. The newly renovated estate was later purchased and sold by Montecito’s most notable house-flipper, talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres. Creating separate table settings and choosing art themes along with the estimable Mr. Saladino are Rose and Jack Herschorn and Stacie Bouffard of The Sacred Space in Summerland, Diana Dolan of Porch, Cabana Home’s Caroline Thompson, Margaret
Watson, and Steve Thompson, Early California Antiques’s Eric Berg, Gina Andrews of Bon Fortune, and artist-entrepreneurs Victoria Imperioli, Starr Siegele, Cynthia Belliveau, Kristi Meland and Jerry Peddicord with Hogue & Co., Colette Cosentino, Margaret Matson, and Marc Normand Gelinas. Mr. Saladino has already chosen the “Head of Aphrodite”, a 2nd-century Roman marble sculpture gifted to the museum by Wright Luddington as his featured art, but the list of artwork the designers and artists are to choose from include Yinka Shonibare’s “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters”, a chromogenic print mounted on aluminum; an early 17th-century Qing Dynasty Zun-shaped porcelain vase; a nearly 1,000-year-old wood and gold statue called “Bodhisattva of Compassion”; Jehan-Georges Vibert’s watercolor “At the Breakfast Table”; Jules Breton’s 1872 painting, “The Pardon”; Claude Monet’s “Villas in Bordighera” (oil on canvas, 1884); Ernest Ange Duez’s “Woman in Grey on Board Ship, Gazing at the Sea” oil on canvas, dated 1873; Jules Bastien-Lepage’s “The Ripened Wheat (Les Blés Murs) oil on
canvas, circa 1884; Aaron Morse’s “The Kingdom of Nature”, a 2008 watercolor; Cai Jia’s “Zhong Kui the Demon Queller in Self-Admiration”, a 1733 ink and color on paper; and finally, another Roman artifact: a relief of “Three Dancing Nymphs” in marble, dating from the 1st century. It’s a weeklong event set to begin Friday, April 27, with a VIP preview ($200) of the settings with the designers. Later that evening, the rest of the guests ($150) will join the VIPs and designers for drinks and hors d’oeuvres for the viewings. Money raised is earmarked for the museum’s acquisitions, exhibitions, and education programs.
Attracting Adonis
John Saladino’s table is set for two in honor of “the seduction of Adonis by Aphrodite, as though she is luring him with good food and good wine,” Mr. Saladino’s explains during a short visit to his home in Birnam Wood. “The table is set with pretty costly things and I’m doing a vignette. There’s a seven-foot, six-inch-square marble tile floor, a column with Roman lavabo on top that one has
Cynthia Belliveau, interior designer and antiques dealer, will feature Hermès table top in her design (photo by Edward Clynes)
John Saladino, signature designer, internationally renowned designer and architect (photo by Edward Clynes)
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to imagine is pouring water into an antique silver bowl filled with white marble fruit (you can’t have real fruit in the museum) sitting on a pedestal. To add some tongue-in-cheek levity to this classical production,” Saladino adds, “I have a silver rat peeking its head out from under the tablecloth. It’s always good to take some of the thunder out of the palace.” 19 – 26 April 2018
O PE N N O W Jack and Rose Herschorn, owners of The Sacred Space, gardens and home décor destination (photo by Edward Clynes)
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The tablecloth is “sort of messy,” he says, noting that “It’s pushed toward Adonis because Aphrodite wants him to believe that he has the best of everything.” Saladino’s attention to detail is real and complete and probably goes a long way in explaining the designer’s extraordinarily successful career. “The Art of the Table” sounds like a fun event for a very good cause. For tickets and more information, you are invited to contact Karen Kawaguchi at (805) 884-6428 (kkawaguchi@sbma. net). The Santa Barbara Museum of Art at 1130 State Street is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm and features free entry on Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 pm.
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In Passing
Bill Patterson hiked the Rae Lake Loop in the High Sierras on his 80th birthday
Col. William P. Patterson (22 August, 1916 – 9 March, 2018)
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illiam “Bill” Presbury Patterson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to John Hawkins and Katherine Keyes Patterson. He attended Roland Park School, Polytechnic High, and graduated from Lehigh University in 1937 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. Married in 1937 to his next-door neighbor and childhood sweetheart, Bill and Virginia (“Ginny”) were blessed with a 75-year marriage. Bill’s life covered 10 decades of incredible changes. His first memory is of Armistice Day 1918 and his last, the debris floods in Montecito that took his home of 40 years. Bill passed on March 9, 2018. Ginny passed November 22, 2012. His love for Ginny never ceased, and the family wishes to think of them together again. Bill’s accomplishments were as William Patterson spent nearly 15 years in the varied as his career and life experi- U.S. Army, seeing active WWII combat service ences. From electrical engineering in in North Africa and Italy with the 88th Infantry Schenectady, New York, for General Division, and served as a commanding officer of Electric and working on steam tur- the 42nd Ordnance Battalion in Italy bines in 1937, to graduate U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Aberdeen, Maryland, to active WWII combat service in North Africa and Italy with the 88th Infantry Division, one of the first reactivated reserve divisions
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after the draft of 1940. Bill served as a commanding officer of the 42nd Ordnance Battalion in Italy. Known as the “Fighting Blue Devils”, the 88th saw combat in the Rome-Arno, Apennines, and Po Valley engagements. After the war, Bill and Ginny, with two small children, returned to Austria, where Bill served as commanding officer of the 52nd Ordnance Battalion during reconstruction. Bill, under the G.I. Bill, attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a Regular Army officer, obtaining an Electrical Engineer Professional degree and an M.S. in electrical engineering. Bill never forgot the Alps he saw during the Italian Campaign, and to be closer to the mountains, the family moved in 1950 when Bill took a position as chief of technical staff, at White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico. He was responsible for organization and direction of all government operated laboratories and testing for the newly developing guided missile systems. In 1954, when Bill’s tour of duty was over at White Sands, he choose to leave the military and move to California, where he had been courted by the bourgeoning aerospace industries in Southern California, in particular Radioplane, a division of Northrop Aircraft and United Electrodynamics in Pasadena. From here, professional life had many changes: development and sales of microwave diodes in 1963 to independent engineering consultant of major technical system proposals and business ventures, to environmental impact assessment consulting from 1980-1984 as chief engineer with HDR Ecoscience Division, Santa Barbara. Bill maintained a private consulting practice in systems engineering and project management into the 1990s. The move to California may have been in the plan to be closer to the Sierra Nevada, which reminded him of the Alps. Bill took up backpacking in the 1950s and introduced his children and grandchildren to the High Sierras into his 90s. Bill hiked the Rae Lake Loop for his 80th birthday. In retirement, Bill and Ginny spent every summer for 30 years at Woods Lodge, Lake George, Mammoth Lakes. Bill is survived by his children Joan Schulman, Thomas Patterson, Nancy Greenough, and Sara Brown. Son John Patterson passed in 2010. Bill and Ginny leave many loved grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services will be at Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel on Saturday, April 21, at 11 am, with a gathering afterward. •MJ
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LETTERS (Continued from page 8)
ity of the deputy sheriffs, custody deputies, and Sheriff’s and Fire Dispatcher’s Association. It should be noted that they have not opposed Sheriff Brown in either of his previous three elections. Lieutenant Olmstead is also supported by the Santa Barbara County Firefighters and Santa Maria Police Officers’ Association, and I believe you will see more public safety professionals joining his campaign very soon. These are the men and women who are the first line of contact and support during the challenges we all face on a daily basis. They know who they trust to lead them into the future, and they ask for your support now. They, and I, ask that you vote for lieutenant Brian Olmstead for sheriff on June 5. Jim Thomas Solvang (Editor’s note: Mr. Thomas served as Santa Barbara County sheriff from 1990 to 2002, and was Santa Barbara County Fire chief from 1993 to1996.)
Going, Going, Gone
I took the photo of this big ball of rebar this morning. It’s all that’s left of the house next door. Dan Seibert Santa Barbara
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The Montecito cleanup continues, as once-beautiful homes are razed to make room for brand-new construction
Happy Hour Bob Hazard’s strong endorsement of the Santa Barbara Inn neglected to mention a very important attribute: the Happy Hour at Santa Barbara Inn is worth visiting even without a mandatory evacuation order. J. Roger Morrison Montecito (Editor’s note: The mixologists behind the bar at Convivo do make one fine margarita, so we are pleased to learn they go for less during Happy Hour. – J.B.)
Death of Civil Rights
The left always lectures us on civil rights. And yet, they put the rights of illegals, terrorists, and others ahead of our rights. Today, their civil rights issue is the Republican presidential victory. From day one, President Trump was not elected “fairWhat’s left of ly.” So, we must get rid of him. Their this home is now just a pile actions reveal that they don’t care about the rule of law, the Constitution, or the of rebar American voter. And today, we are told that attorney-client privilege must be sacrificed. As American citizens, we must remember Democracy doesn’t die in the dark; it dies in the sunlight. It dies in hypocrisy, corruption, and contempt. And it dies when those promising to save it break their promise. Diana Thorn Carpinteria •MJ
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WATER FRONT (Continued from page 5)
Restructuring the MWD Water Supply for Added Water Security
For FY 2017-18, MWD projected a customer consumption of 4,000 acre-feet (AF) per year of water, a 31% increase over the record low of 3,125 sold in FY 2016-17, but still consistent with the one acre-foot per household use in conservation communities throughout the state. As of April 1, MWD enjoys a diverse water portfolio with an available water supply of 6,394 AF, subject to the continued ability to purchase supplemental water to replace expected shortfalls in Cachuma, State water, and Jameson Lake.
Rainfall Dependent Water Sources
Lake Cachuma stands at 40% of its full capacity. MWD expects a 40% delivery of its allocation in 2017-18. MWD also has 956 AF of carryover water and 734 AF of stored state and supplemental water in Cachuma. The 2017/18 allocation is expected to generate 1,060 AF. Jameson Lake now stands at 3,300 AF, or 64% of its total capacity of 5,100 AF. Thomas Fire debris flow has temporarily halted deliveries since January, but deliveries of some 30 to 50 AF per month are expected to begin soon, supplemented by water from Doulton Tunnel. Table A State Water is readily available when it rains, but unavailable in drought when needed most. Worse, it has a high fixed-cost component. Expect deliveries of 20% of allocation in FY 2017-18, or some of 660 AFY of a 3,300 AF allocation. Purchased Supplementary Water. At least 2,000 AF will be needed in 201718. If not used, excess is presently stored in Cachuma and San Luis reservoirs where it can be subject to administrative spills, fish releases, and punitive evaporation formulas. Groundwater. Montecito has rather small groundwater supplies relative to its neighbors in Carpinteria and Goleta. MWD wells are currently expected to provide some 40 AF per month, rising to 60-70 AF per month if drought conditions persist. Droughtproof Water: New Sources to be Developed Possible new sources of MWD water, that are more reliable and less rainfall-dependent, include: desalinated water, 1,250 AF, recycled water, 500 AF, semi-tropic water storage, 1,500 AF.
Desalination Negotiations with the City
MWD has restarted negotiations with the City of Santa Barbara for a 50-year water purchase agreement whereby MWD would receive a guaranteed 1,250 AF per year of potable city water from desalination or alternate water sources. In return, the City would receive a guaranteed and substantial fixed payment to recover a proportionate share of its capital costs for its desal plant investment without surrendering any equity ownership. Currently, the City is generating 3,125 AFY of desal water. If furnishing 1,250 AF of water to MWD for the next 50 years becomes a problem in periods of extended drought, the City has the option to increase its desal plant to its permitted capacity of up to 10,000 AFY and lower unit operating costs. Any final deal needs to be a Win-Win for both the City and MWD, and it is in this spirit that negotiations are going forward.
Increased Water Security: Recycled Water
For the first time in history, the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan, addresses a specific and measurable commitment to recycled water. The District is engaged in a Recycled Water Feasibility study. The advantage of recycling is that it is environmentally responsible to reuse the treated wastewater currently being released into the ocean off Summerland Beach and Butterfly Beach. Wastewater, treated to a higher standard, can now be converted into indirect potable use by injecting it into local aquifers for later extraction, or to direct potable use as soon as the law in California catches up with the science. Already astronauts in space stations drink recycled wastewater. So do residents in Israel, Singapore, Australia, and Namibia. San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco have advanced test programs for direct potable reuse, funded in part by state water research grants. Orange County and Silicon Valley have
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taken the lead in direct potable reuse. The City of Santa Barbara has joined the race. How long can an environmentally sensitive Montecito turn its back on the idea of recycling and reuse? It is important that MWD and Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) work together cooperatively to convert Montecito wastewater to recycled use.
Increased Water Security: Groundwater Banking and Storage
For the first time in its history, the board voted unanimously for a new underground “water banking system” to increase the reliability of State and supplemental water. MWD has purchased equity shares in the California Semitropic Water Storage District, an area of 220,000 acres near Bakersfield, with an underground storage capacity of 1.65 million acre-feet. Water purchased by the District and stored in the San Luis Reservoir, was subject to loss from mandated releases and administrative spills, evaporation, fish releases, and pipe and pump restrictions to convey it to Cachuma. Under the new agreement, MWD can bank its excess State or purchased water in times of heavy rainfall in Semitropic’s underground storage basins to be withdrawn during periods of drought. The ability of the District to withdraw 1,500 acre-feet of water each year provides a supply of reliable banked water supply equivalent to approximately 50% of the water used by Montecito and Summerland residents in 2016-17.
Increased Water Security: Purchase of Supplemental Water
Supplemental water purchases allow MWD to build strategic reserves assuming that excess water can be stored without fear of future loss, or to pay down or eliminate previous water exchange liabilities. In 2016, the board purchased 5,000 acre-feet of AVEK (Antelope Valley East Kern) water agency at a cost of $253 per acre-foot, plus 2,000 acre-feet of Santa Maria excess state water at $600 per acre-foot. This year, the board has authorized the supplemental purchase of an initial 3,000 acre-feet at a price not-toexceed $300 per acre-foot as additional future drought protection.
Lower the Cost of Water to Montecito Customers
For the first time in five years, MWD water rates were not increased in July 2017 by a mandatory 7.4% increase. There will also be no automatic 7.4% increase in rates in July 2018. Last year, as a result of improved water conditions, mandatory rationing penalties of some $3 million per year were terminated by the board, eliminating hundreds of contentious customer appeals for overuse of water, undetected leaks, inconsistent meter reads, and arbitrary monthly allocations. This year, the board waived the fixed meter charge for the entire month of January 2018 because service was interrupted for a good part of that month.
Future Challenges
The Thomas Fire and subsequent debris flows have reminded us how critically important our water infrastructure is to the safety and well-being of this community. We have had four major droughts since 1976: 1976-77; 1987-92; 2007-09; and 2012-18. During the last half-century, we have been in drought for 15 years, or 30% of the time, but during the last decade, we have been in drought eight years, or 80% of the time. Drought-proofing Montecito is not an option; it is a necessity. Without water, this community, which is arguably one of the best places to live on this planet, becomes another waterless Cape Town, South Africa, or a driedup desert.
MWD Leadership
This fall, three board seats out of five on the Montecito Water District Board will be up for election. We need board members who have the knowledge and experience to work cooperatively with each other, with other districts, and with our County agencies, to upgrade our infrastructure as it is rebuilt over the next months and years. There are sizeable financial commitments to be made to secure water independence, which makes it even more important to have a MWD Board whose members are both prudent and financially astute. For the first time ever, it is within the power of the board and management of the Montecito Water District to achieve a more reliable and drought-proof supply of water for the community – but only if we make the right leadership choices. •MJ
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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
What’s So Funny?
M
aybe you have heard the story of the man who went to see an eminent Viennese psychiatrist complaining that for some reason he felt sad all the time. After some discussion, the doctor said, “Let me suggest, as a first step, that you go to the theater tonight. The great clown Grimaldi is performing here in Vienna. He is so funny, he makes everyone laugh.” “But doctor,” sighed the patient, “I AM Grimaldi!” There is indeed nothing funny about humor. Making people laugh is a very serious business and has become much more so since the advent of mass media. Not only whole careers, but multi-millions in box-office takes, equipment sales, and advertising dollars depend on it. But what we might call the Grimaldi Paradox is by no means a recent phenomenon. In Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Yeomen of the Guard, one of the characters is Jack Point, a professional jester, sometimes employed and housed by wealthy families. His song about the difficulties of being a “private buffoon” concludes with this stanza: Though your head, it may rack with a bilious attack, And your senses with toothache you’re losing, Don’t be mopey and flat – they don’t fine you for that – If you’re properly quaint and amusing! Though your wife ran away with a soldier that day, And took with her your trifle of money, Bless your heart, they don’t mind – they’re exceedingly kind – They don’t blame you – as long as you’re funny! Although Gilbert and Sullivan are known for “comic operas,” this particular one was more somber and serious than most of the others – and even had a sad ending. When Sullivan died in 1900, Gilbert, who lived until 1911, was asked to suggest an inscription for Sullivan’s monument. He chose the opening lines from a beautiful song in “The Yeomen of the Guard:” Is Life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene’er he call, must call too soon. At this point, thinking about humor, allow me to introduce one of my pet peeves, a product of the Television Age: “canned laughter.” Happily, 19 – 26 April 2018
movies, as shown in theaters, have never succumbed to this curse. And radio programs also often had their own live audiences, whose reactions could be heard by the listeners at home. But sometime in the 1950s, some questionable genius in TV production came up with the idea of a “laugh track” for situation comedies and other supposedly funny programs which did not have audiences in attendance. The result, as can still be suffered through on much TV fare to this day, was a deluge of programs with laughter sometimes so obviously fake that it is (forgive me) laughable. Thank you for letting me get that off my list of unshared grievances. But, returning to our main topic, what really is funny anyway? Nowadays at some universities, whole academic departments are dedicated to the study of humor. I didn’t realize this until I was invited to speak at a humor convention being held at one such institution. This honor was apparently based on my work as a writer of epigrams, at least some of which are thought by at least some people to be, in at least some way, funny. When you come right down to it, the only way you can really measure funniness is by how much it makes people laugh – although there are some people who, where somebody else might be audibly laughing, will merely say, “That’s funny!” However, I’m pleased to tell you that my best memory of that convention was of sitting in a large room in which some of my work was displayed on three sides and to hear one man, going from piece to piece, and, at each one, laughing so uproariously that I could hear him above all the other noises in the room. I never found out his name or had a chance to talk to him. But – as every stand-up comedian knows, there is something satisfying about intentionally making people laugh – because then they are helpless, and you feel you have them in your power. Speaking of comedians, it’s very strange in what extremes they can flourish and finish up. Lenny Bruce, a fearlessly outspoken voice of the counter-culture, led a troubled life and died at 40 of a drug overdose – while both George Burns and Bob Hope had long, relatively smooth, and highly successful mainstream careers – and both lived to see their 100th birthdays. Isn’t that funny! •MJ
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AHA! Teens Fire & Flood Peace & Resources Event
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HA! Co-founders and directors Jennifer Freed and Rendy Freedman are pleased to announce “Rising Together”, a free community event for the South Coast area to find support and resources post the Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslide. The event is set for SB City College West Campus on Saturday, April 21, at 9 am. It was spearheaded by the AHA! Peace Builders and AHA! After-School Creative Group, comprising teens from the SB-MontecitoCarpinteria school districts who took their annual peace event to the next level and addressed what they view as an important immediate need for support and healing our town. The highlight is attendees are invited to form a large “peace dove” formation, to be aero-photographed and designed by artist Daniel Dancer of Art for the Sky. The concept is that the actual victims of the disasters will be the living medium, “a white dove rising from flames and mud, a symbol
of our capacity to come together to joyfully heal and rebuild.” Peeps who wish to be in the formation must register to receive a T-shirt and placement in the formation. Musical guest artist is Ventura’s singer-songwriter Rob Write who launched his single, “State of Emergency”, at Ventura’s fundraiser with Kevin Costner, Olivia Newton-John, Colby Caillat, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Super Duper Kyle. Also at the affair will be local agencies, organizations, and businesses with support and networking information. I interviewed Jennifer while an AHA! Teen group was rehearsing music: Q. Why the name AHA!? A. We started in 1999 after the Columbine High School massacre, so that no teen would feel that much hatred to others and themselves, and coined AHA! to mean attitude, harmony, and achievement, with an
The music section of the AHA! teens group and core leaders meet with the MJ: teens Brandon Battle, Leslie Carbajal, Spike Miller, Auva Nazari, Melany Nuñez, Greta Regan, Alexa Sisney, Cass Stewart, Zoë Temple and Jenna Tico, with AHA! core facilitator Sabrina Geshay and executive director Jennifer Freed
exclamation point to say “YES!” to attitude, harmony, and achievement. It’s a nonprofit. Rendy and I had been working a lot with teens already and saw a need in this community to provide a program that taught young people socio-emotional skills to manage their emotions, set goals, healthy relationships, and resolve conflicts to be skilled for the 21st century. We have 25 staff, work with 3,500 teens directly, reach another 2,000 with teacher training, and our goal is to create a community where our teens are leaders of kindness and compassion. So, your program is integrated in the local public schools – how hard was it to get there? It was quite a challenge to earn the trust of the public school system for the first few years, but it was such a success that we have programs in every junior high and high school in SB-Montecito-Carpinteria. We care about teaching teens skills to help themselves, and each other, life skills. Tell us about Rising Together. It’s an event led by these young people for everyone. We recognize that we’ve all gone through a big disaster. And the young people really care about community and want everyone to rise together. It’s not a fund-raiser! Put the code “FREE” in the event website to register. We have the white T-shirts for people who want to be part of the “dove” formation at the event. We’re all going to be much better in Montecito-SB when everyone knows their futures are linked.
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How was this spawned? We have 200 AHA! Peace-builder teens whose mission is to make all communities feel welcome and together, and we wanted to have a project for them to work on with them leading it, and it having a positive result. • The Voice of the Village •
Was the peace project something they were going to do prior to the fires/mudslide? YES! We were going to do some peace event about communities. Then the fires and mudslides happened and many of us were impacted, and we became separated for a while. When we came back after the evacuations, we decided to focus the peace project on us coming together and making a better society and community, and especially around recovering from trauma and disaster. I next interviewed teen Alexa Sisney, who will be the emcee of Rising Together; she is a junior at SB Middle College: Q. Were you affected by the fires? A. Yes, a lot of my mom’s clients lost their homes, and we lost contact with our friends, some of our friends’ friends lost their classmates. How did you “rise” to be the emcee of the Rising Together event? I showed that I really wanted to do it. I took the initiative and said I really want to speak at the event! I have the great pleasure of announcing a great musician, Rob Write, and I get to speak and bring the community together. What would you want to let peeps know about your group? We [the teens] really do embody the spirit of the SB community and are working together as a team, coming together emotionally, mentally and physically, we’re all sharing the same uniting force that we want to enact change and heal our community. That’s the golden nugget. We are the embodiment of what we are doing. •MJ 411: www.ahasb.org 19 – 26 April 2018
Building a Resilient Community: Turning Adversity into Opportunity
Shakespeare and Shaw Like You’ve Never Seen Before!
Moderator: John Palminteri
Mon, Apr 23 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall / $5
Two Nights, Two Different Programs from New York City’s Acclaimed Theater Company!
Saint Joan
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Keynote Speaker
Nicholas Kristof
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Taking Action: Resiliency, Commitment and Responsibility
Thu, Apr 19 / 7 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall Tickets start at $25 $15 all students (with valid ID)
Hamlet
Critics’ Pick
“[An] inspiring guide for anyone who wonders what difference a single person can make in building a more hopeful world.” – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
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Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year Only West Coast Performance of a Dazzling Program of Short Works Specially Commissioned for Jennifer Koh
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Fri, Apr 27 / 7 PM (note special time) / St. Anthony’s Chapel Garden Street Academy, 2300 Garden St. $35 / $10 all students (with valid ID) “Koh has become one of the most impressive and expressive violinists on the scene.” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Back by Popular Demand
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Spirituality Matters by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events 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.
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ack in 2016, EntheoMedicine founder Jacqueline Lopez not only had no interest or experience with psychedelic substances for medicine or any other uses, she was actively opposed. “I thought people who did this stuff were kind of crazy, probably living on the street because they were hooked on it,” she recalled. “Coming from Brazil, where the U.S. has a strong presence in trying to eliminate those kinds of crops, I thought, ‘I would never do such things, ever!’” Then her life partner received a diagnosis that he had two types of cancer, and at least one would be terminal. His health declined and made living their normal life next to impossible, as end-of-life fears produced intolerable anxiety. Desperate for help, they decided to investigate entheogens – psychedelic medicines that have been proven in clinical settings to create mystical-type experiences that can lead to a spiritual awakening and vast improvements in mental health. Along the way, they discovered that they had friends who experimented with Psilocybin and other substances who weren’t addicts. “They were just normal people, with regular jobs, very nice and friendly. They didn’t fit the profile I had in my head at all,” Lopez said. “So, I started questioning. And I realized I needed to investigate, and read about it, not just believe what I’d heard all my life.” By summer 2017, they were ready to dive in and traveled to an Indian reservation in northern California, where they could partake of sacrament as part of a sacred ceremony. The result was immediate, Lopez said. “I started seeing things that showed me all of my BS, pointed out the negative stories I’ve been carrying with me since childhood – things like my mom not loving me, because I once heard her say I wasn’t doing well in school. The ego
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Forte had no trouble passing the test, Lopez said. “He’s like a renegade, a rogue who has a true passion for this work. I really like his style.” The event, which takes place from 7 to 10 pm on Friday, April 27, at Unity of Santa Barbara, will also feature a Q&A session and time for meeting Forte, and networking with organizers and other attendees. Admission is $30 in advance, or $40 at the door. Next up is Dr. Richard Miller, the author of Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca, who will speak on June 16. Call 669-7226 or visit www.entheomedicine.com.
Tribe Takes on Touch and Consent
The #MeToo movement has brought up issues of consent and creating safe space even among the highly evolved ecstatic dance community, where intuitive movement often with concurrent touching is a frequent practice but has also led to occasional issues of discomfort. Accordingly, Santa Barbara Dance Tribe, which hosts weekly ecstatic dances every Sunday from 11 am to 1 pm at the Towbes Center at 2285 Las Positas Road, has developed a new series of workshops with Brooke Smiley, the UCSB dance faculty member who is also an “earth artist” who created “Permission to Heal” currently on display on lower State Street as part of the 2018 State of the Art Gallery Exhibition. (See an interview in my entertainment column.) “Active Consent: How to Not Assume” is a three-workshop series that will place at 10 am just prior to Dance Tribe each Sunday over the next three weeks (April 22 & 29 and May 6) to establish a safe space for all to practice dance and restoring permission and safety in movement and touch. The series is meant to be an opportunity for individuals to deepen their awareness of “self” and how to relate with “other,” a learning of “how to meet oneself and individuals as unique in the present moment through movement and touch.” Participants will undergo guided somatic and embodied movement explorations to create space to observe one’s underlying movement patterns and preferences when relating, and facilitate space for choice and authenticity. The idea is that asking permission is a practice that allows space for choice and consensual movement, and touch is a foundation for embodied learning, safety, and fun. The initial workshop on Sunday, April 22, is titled “Sensing Self: Authentic Yes and No”, asking the question of self “What do I need?” exploring the origins and embodied anatomy of the expressions. “Meeting Other: A New Golden Rule”, on April 29, explores “How do I meet other?”, examining coming into relationships via honoring each individual as unique (rather than a mirror of ourselves) and exploring a somatic and cultural re-organization of the golden rule: Treat others how they wish to be treated. “In Relationship: Meeting vs. Merging” on May 6 explores variations in connection as participants discover play, choice, and boundaries to support greater growth in themselves and others. This final class asks, “How in meeting others do I learn more about myself?” The workshops cost $15 each, or $40 for the full series ($25/$70 with admission to Dance Tribe). Attendance at the full series is encouraged but not required. Call 705-3683, email info@sbdancetribe.com, or visit the Facebook event page at www.facebook.com/events/226108084606034.
ing dark aspects of oneself as a personal power tool. Friday’s 7 to 10 pm session costs $45, Saturday’s 1 to 6:30 pm is $125; admission to both in both in advance costs $125, or $145 on Friday. On Saturday night, DiviniTree hosts Crown of Eternity: A Sound Healing Concert with Mike & Gallina, who use the harmonic resonance of more than 90 overtone-rich instruments including gongs, bells, tuned metal instruments, and hammered dulcimer to transport people “into a timeless space of sonic bliss.” More info at www.CrownofEternity.com. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. DiviniTree is located at 25 East De La Guerra Street. Call 897-3354 or visit http://sb.divinitree.com. •MJ
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In Business
by Jon Vreeland
Jon Vreeland is a writer of prose, poetry, plays, and journalism. His memoir, The Taste of Cigarettes, will be published May 22, 2018, with Vine Leaves Press. Vreeland is married to artist Alycia Vreeland and is a father of two beautiful daughters who live in Huntington Beach, where he is from.
Rocha Swim: Swimwear for the Petite
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ow does an aqueous woman curb her frustration of Spring Break’s arrival, a mere confirmation that summer will soon follow, when every swimsuit she finds and adores does not satisfy her petite yet curvy physique? Well, if you’re Danielle Rocha, 23, you don’t hide from the California sun and ocean, or avoid pool days and jacuzzi nights – not a chance. You simply design, cut, and even sew your own line of self-appeasing swimwear, and then proudly call the company Rocha Swim. Rocha Swim designs swimwear strictly for women with dainty physiques, ladies who spend their days at the beach readjusting their loose-fitting tops and bottoms – yet the smallest size available – pondering why large corporate swimwear companies carry just three conventional sizes: small, medium, and large. This 1980s Brazilian-inspired bikini line made from high-quality
lycra – every suit reversible, giving the buyer two suits for the price of one – sells from Rocha Swim’s online store, primarily in the United States, but has reached as far as Jamaica, Europe, and even down under in Australia. Rocha Swim’s Jaqueline and Sandra lines, just like the Marta and the Stefani, are two-piece suits with dark navy blue and white stripes on one side, with the option of the solid navy blue on the reverse side. The Jaqueline top is the only top that is entirely strapless, with vintage briefstyle bottoms, the waist cut high amid the navel. However, all four tops and bottoms are sold separately, giving the petite buyer stylistic opportunities to mix and match the variety of swimwear. Lastly, Rocha Swim’s one-piece swimsuit – the Daniela –not the conventional two-strap one-piece seen in classic episodes of Baywatch – has one shoulder tie, not a non-adjust-
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Family update: Lily Buckley Harbin and her husband, Jeremy Harbin, expect to welcome into their home their first child – a little girl – on or around the 10th of May. Traveling from all over the United States and even London, England, to
help Lily celebrate the upcoming blessed event, nearly two-dozen of her friends descended upon her parents’ Montecito home (and the place where she lived from infancy through college and beyond; she and Jeremy now live in Silver Lake) to shower her with gifts of baby clothes and accessories. •MJ
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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 10 years.
by Steven Libowitz
Opera Goes to Center Stage
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ising young opera directing star Alison Moritz makes her Santa Barbara debut with Opera Santa Barbara’s (OSB) double bill of centennial celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and Douglas Moore’s backstage farce Gallantry, slotting the two-day run of one-acts at Center Stage on Friday and Saturday, April 21-22, between productions of Madama Butterfly with Syracuse Opera and a re-mounting of her original take on Candide with The Knights at Tanglewood Music Festival this summer. The production feature OSB’s Chrisman Studio Artists, the young singers who serve in supporting roles for the company’s larger operas and perform community concerts all year, in their final appearances of the season. Moritz, who will offer a talk-back with the audience after Friday’s performance, talked about the operas over the phone earlier this week. Q. Why do these two operas work together? A. They’re set in same era of early 1950s and they have similar themes,
Alison Moritz oversees a pair of operatic shows at Center Stage Theater
although Tahiti is a more naturalistic drama while Gallantry is completely over the top. But both are exploring ways of pushing the boundaries of music and theater toward melodrama and are a little bit clever about the idea of making the genre of opera an American art form rather than an inherited European one. With Gallantry, the composer set the opera as a soap opera, almost doing a turduck-en sort of thing, because soaps are inspired by opera to begin with. My idea was to place it within the
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context of a TV sound stage with the audience as one that’s at a live TV taping. So, there’s a pre-show, and three added characters – a camera man, make-up artist, and director. That makes it even more like a backstage play within a play, like Noises Off or Birdman, where you see the bones of how theater gets made and witness the on-screen and off-screen dramas. In Tahiti, the thing that’s more subversive is that Bernstein is adapting opera to the American way of life not only with musical themes – for which he’s well-known in musical theater – but also domestic ones. He’s saying that the tragedies of opera don’t have to be giant historical dramas, or the stuff of legends. Everyday small tragedies also work – going to the movies with your wife, or whether you’re a good parent. Especially since they can’t really communicate about their issues. Everyday trials and disappointments deserve to be treated with great pathos and musical dignity. Bernstein explores the idea of two middle-class parents in suburbia as the American Adam and Eve, where biting into the apple of commercialism – which keeps getting drummed into their heads via the chorus doing radio-style jingles about how great it is in the suburbs – doesn’t make them any happier or wiser than when they began. So, they’re both about façades, either real or self-imposed. How has producing these works in the Trump Era affected your viewpoint? It’s difficulty to squarely address economic issues within the plot because they weren’t designed to. If I pushed that agenda, it would be not in service to the piece. But what is very telling, especially in Tahiti, is the idea of our view of masculinity, how men are raised to not express their emotions, and the costs to both genders from that disenfranchising. That’s a central theme of the opera, and it’s coming to the forefront once again – the issue of true, open, candid communication between the sexes. It’s a perpetual challenge. I believe this is OSB’s debut at Center Stage. How does an intimate black-box space alter the approach? The pieces require a more intimate style of acting, simply because it doesn’t have to travel hundreds of feet to cover the stage, so it feels more like you’re at a keyhole looking in at a private moment. In Tahiti, we are making use of it by stripping away any kind of
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artifice, exposing that they are living in a theatrical petri dish. It’s emotional realism rather than scenic. A piano replaces a full orchestra. Does that allow for artistic freedom or present challenges? We’re in a wonderful moment with opera across the country, in terms of experimenting with alternative spaces, instrumentation, and more. We’re taking opera out of its lock box and letting it speak to anyone’s experiences. It’s great to explore how we can create opera in diverse places and methods so audiences can see it right up close, and taking it back to the essentials: What do you need to simply tell the story? (OSB performs Trouble in Tahiti and Gallantry at 7:30 pm April 21-22 at Center Stage Theater in Paseo Nuevo. General admission tickets cost $35. Call 963-0408 or visit www. CenterStageTheater.org.)
Symphony’s Scales Mt. Mahler
Maestro Nir Kabaretti conducts business at the Granada
There’s just one piece on the program for Santa Barbara Symphony’s pair of concerts this weekend, but it’s a big one: Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 6 (“Tragic”). The 112-year-old, nearly 90-minute work scored for more than 100 musicians is finally making its debut with the Symphony 64 years after the ensemble was founded and a dozen years into the tenure of maestro Nir Kabaretti on April 21-22 at the Granada. As Kabaretti himself noted, it’s an important artistic statement to perform a work of this magnitude, one that indicates both increasing ambition and confidence. In a nod to the enduring disagreement among musicologists as to the work’s proper movement sequence, Kabaretti and colleagues will perform Mahler 6 – known for its “nerve-wracking intensity” and hammer strokes, or so-called “blows of fate,” that arise at climactic points in the work’s finale – in both forms. The movement order for Saturday’s concert will be Allegro-Andante-ScherzoFinale with the two interior movements reversed for Sunday afternoon. 19 – 26 April 2018
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Pacifica Premiere
Tickets are scarce for Camerata Pacifica Friday concert at Hahn Hall, where the ensemble will play the world premiere of Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Viola & Piano, the latest work from the composer commissioned by Camerata Pacifica, this one for Richard Yongjae O’Neill, its principal violist and faculty member at Music Academy of the West, to be played with fellow Cam Pac/MAW colleague Warren Jones. The pianist is joined by violinist Paul Huang and cellist Ani Aznavoorian for Schubert’s gorgeous B-Flat Major Piano Trio, Op. 99, to round out the program. The program will be repeated at The Museum of Ventura County in Ventura on Sunday afternoon. Tickets are $48 to 56. Info at 884-8410 or www.cameratapacifica.org.
Classical Corner
Mary Jo Hartle on flute, Adelle Rodkey, oboe, and Per Elmfors, clarinet, will perform Paul de Wailly’s Aubade (1906) before being joined by cellist Nicoletta Browne for Swedish composer Dag Wirén’s 1956 Kvartett Op. 31 as the opening numbers of the Santa Barbara Music Club’s concert Saturday, April 21, at First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu Street. Also, pianist-composer Leslie Hogan premieres his “Moments” for solo piano and will accompany oboist Evan Losoya on Hogan’s 1996 work “Call”. The Westmont Chamber Singers, directed by Grey Brothers, conclude the program with a set spanning several centuries and including 16th-century madrigals by Luca Marenzio and Giles Farnaby, recent setting of Shakespearean texts by Andrew Carter and Bob Chillcott, and the classic tango Naranjo en flor, arranged by Aurelio Tello. The 3 pm concert is free. Visit www.sbmusic club.org.
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result of MFA students working with undergrads during a week-long developmental process. This year’s crop of creations – which are written, produced, choreographed, arranged, created and/or directed solely by students, including many non-arts majors – explore themes that range from the decidedly current issues of feminism and the female body, sexual identity and racism, to other serious subjects such as faith, family relationships, authoritarianism, surrealism, and postmodernism, to lighter fare focusing on bananas, fairy tales, and the TV show Twin Peaks. The vast majority of performances take place in and around Porter Theatre on campus, which in addition to its traditional seated space will also feature poetry readings and improvisational games outside in the fest’s hub while the hall’s conference room transforms into a mini art gallery. “Every space is buzzing with rehearsals, creating something wacky, tasty, and jabby,” said co-artistic director Karly Kuntz in a press release. But Fringe is also heading to a downtown destination in another alternative space, the Alhecama Theatre, formerly the home of Ensemble Theater, which has a different feel than the on-campus sites, according to co-artistic director Leslie Duggin. “Every room influences a piece in different ways,” she said. “The Westmont campus has a specific atmosphere and cultural context, (while at) the Alhecama students can express themselves and their art without that weight and from a different point of view.” A full schedule wasn’t available online at press deadline, and anyway that basically goes against the culture of Fringe, though you can likely get one on campus during the fest hours, which are 7:20 to 10:30 pm on Thursday, April 19; 7 to 11:15 pm Friday, April 20; 2 to 4 & 6:30 to 11:15 pm on Saturday, April 21; and 6:30 to 11:15 pm on Sunday, April 22. Full festival passes cost $15 general, $10 students & seniors, while daily tickets are $10 & $7. Buy them online at www.westmont.edu/boxoffice or call 565-7140.
4 into 49 = Bedlam
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York’s acclaimed theater company Bedlam makes its Santa Barbara debut on April 19-20 with a twonight stand featuring two different programs of classic works. The four actors take on 49 characters in adrenaline-fueled performances unexpectedly funny, stripped-down stagings of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan, each the most famous and iconic of the author’s works. Even more Fringe-y, onstage seating is available for both shows. But make no mistake, this is a fully professional quartet of actors, as indicated by a rave from The New York Times: “The troupe calls itself Bedlam, which gives you some idea of its ferocious energy, but none at all of its clarity, precision, and blissful good sense.” Tickets for the 7 pm shows Thursday and Friday at UCSB Campbell Hall cost $25 to $40, students $15. Call 893-3535 or visit www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu. Speaking of great storytelling theater, Speaking of Stories’s next show, titled and themed Speaking of Friends, features tales read by well-known actors Meredith Baxter (“Proper Wolf” by Ron Carlson), Joe Spano (John Roman’s “Take My Hand”), and Pamela Dillman (“Monster Ball” by Anabelle Gurnitch), plus actor/SBCC theater prof Matt Talbott reading his own “War”. Performances are Sunday afternoon and Monday night, April 22-23, at Center Stage Theater in Paseo Nuevo. Tickets cost $18 to $28. Info at 963-0408 or www.CenterStageTheater. org.
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this early spring week, beginning with Nicholas Kristof at 7:30 pm on Monday, April 23. The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and human rights advocate who has been a New York Times columnist since 2001 is offering a Town Hall-style on a timely topic, “Building a Resilient Community: Turning Adversity into Opportunity”. Radio/TV newsman John Palminteri will moderate the community conversation with the audience and Kristof following the keynote lecture at UCSB Campbell Hall, with tickets set at $5. At 4 pm the same day, Kristof will also participate in the moderated discussion “Taking Action Matters: Santa Barbara Organizations as Global Change Makers” at the Santa Barbara Central Library, in a related, free Thematic Learning Initiative event based on the book A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity by Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn.
Word by Word
Author Anne Lamott – whose books Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird became unofficial handbooks for parents and writers whose “lives lean toward the joyously messy” – returns to Santa Barbara for an evening exploring where to find meaning in life, taking place Tuesday at the Granada Theatre. Lamott, admired for her ability to address such complex subjects as addiction, motherhood, and faith with self-effacing humor, wisdom, and uncompromising honesty, last year published Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy. Tickets are $20 to $35. Info at 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.
Spirits and Sonnets
The fourth annual Spirits in the Air: Poetry and the Liquid Muse reading takes place Wednesday, April 25, at The Good Lion next door to the Granada. Hosted by George Yatchisin, Drinkable Landscape columnist for Edible Santa Barbara, food writer for the Santa Barbara Independent, and author of the poetry chapbook Feast Days, the event features invited poets reading their work, and poems by other writers, all about libations. The Good Lion, meanwhile, serves up a special menu of literary-themed cocktails for purchase. Among the poets are two former Santa Barbara poet laureates (David Starkey and Chryss Yost), plus Ron Alexander, LaureAnne Bosselaar, Mary Brown, Susan Chiavelli, Natalie D-Napoleon, Linda Saccoccio, and Emma Trelles. The 6:30 to 7:30 pm event is free.
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Healing through Harmony: Liv On Live
Singer-songwriters Olivia Newton-John, Amy Sky, and Beth Nielsen Chapman – who in the in fall of 2016 co-created Liv On as a collaborative grief and healing album instigated by the loss of loved ones – are bringing the project to Santa Barbara to help with recovery from the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow disasters. Produced by local thespian/playwright/producer Rod Lathim and Dream Foundation founder Thomas Rollerson, the special performance at the Lobero on Wednesday, April 25, is a free community concert offered as a gift of love and music for emotional healing. The singers will perform selections from the album, as well as some of each’s best-known songs and hit singles, including Chapman’s “This Kiss,” a bit hit for Faith Hill. Complimentary tickets were first offered to victims as well as organizations directly caring for those grieving loss and supporting recovery, while those that remain are available to the general public at the Lobero box office. Call 963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com. •MJ 19 – 26 April 2018
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opment standards, permit procedures, and definitions to accommodate the rebuilding of structures that were damaged or destroyed during the debris flow event. Planning staff outlined statistics for the MPC: there are currently 42 redtagged structures (deemed unsafe to occupy) in the coastal zone and 80 in the inland portion of the County. There are 64 yellow-tagged homes (limited entry) in the coastal zone and 92 inland, and 64 green-tagged (habitable) structures in the coastal zone and 67 inland. This is not including the homes that were 100-percent destroyed during the debris flow: 2 in the coastal zone and 57 inland. In addition to structural damage, the debris flow events also resulted in significant changes to topography, expanded creek beds and banks, and general alteration of drainage features. As a result, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for Santa Barbara County are no longer representative of on-the-ground conditions, according to the Staff report. The topographical and drainage feature changes will result in new base flood elevations for numerous properties in the Montecito area. To address changes to floodways, flood hazard areas, and base flood elevations, FEMA is
preparing new FIRM maps for the Santa Barbara County area, which is anticipated to take three to five years. In the meantime, the County is working with FEMA to produce Flood Hazard/Recovery Mapping (which will include advisory base flood elevations, among other items) that is anticipated to be completed by June 11. This map will provide property owners with critical data needed for rebuilding on their lots, so that rebuilding can occur prior to the completion of new FIRM maps. “The reason we think these interim maps are important, is that we want rebuilding to take place sooner rather than later, and we need some type of practical guidance to make prudent decisions moving forward,” said Jon Frye, the County’s Flood Control engineering manager. “All parcels that want to rebuild will be allowed to rebuild,” he added. The proposed MLUDC Ordinance Amendments provides specific standards for the “like-for-like” replacement or restoration of a structure that was damaged or destroyed as a result of the debris flow event. The amendment specifies that the replaced or restored structure 1) may be relocated, as necessary, on the lot to meet topof-bank setbacks; 2) may exceed the height of the destroyed or damaged
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structure (as measured from existing grade) if necessary to account for the post-event grade (i.e., the grade on the lot after the debris flow or other catastrophic event that resulted in a change in topography) and comply with the base flood elevation that exists for the lot after a debris flow event; and 3) shall not require Design Review unless the exterior design of the structure is substantially different from the prior structure. Thus, if a structure needs to be relocated on the lot or have a higher finished floor elevation, and is otherwise substantially the same as it was before the event, it may be considered to be within the like-for-like rebuild exemption. According to staff, residents may make interior changes to their rebuilt home, also without review. While Land Use and Coastal Development Permits may not be necessary under the exemption, building permits and grading permits would likely be required. Public comment included several community members, most of whom asked the commission to move forward with the ordinance amendments. Cori Hayman, speaking on behalf of the Montecito Association, asked that the County wait for the final hazards map before adopting the ordinance amendments, and for property owners to inform their neighbors of their
plans for rebuilding. “I would suggest that we have notice provisions both inland and coastal,” Hayman said. MBAR member Bob Kupiec suggested that any homeowners moving their structure on their property due to topographic changes should be required to have design review by MBAR. Member Claire Gottsdanker added that not having design review for properties which have varied base flood elevations is “inappropriate.” John Watson suggested setting thresholds related to relocation of structures, height after new grading, and setbacks, to determine if a property should be seen by MBAR. After hours of discussion and deliberation, the Commission recommended to the SB Board of Supervisors that they obtain more information from FEMA, including a comprehensive resiliency plan, before approving the ordinance amendments. They also made suggestions to staff on how to revise the ordinance amendments to address concerns including drainage, height, and relocation of structures. The board of supervisors will hear the proposed amendments in May. Also happening in the recovery process: United Way of Santa Barbara County announced last week that individuals and families affected by
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Sponsor of wines with an impressive group of responders are captain/assistant fire marshal Richard Lauritson and wife Cathy; firefighter/paramedic Kurt Hickman and wife Melissa; Kim and Nick Eubank, Wanda Kelley, Keith Powell, Anna and husband, battalion chief Alan Wilding, Bucket Brigaders Linda and Thomas Cole with guitarist David Pratt (photo by Priscilla)
Taking their break are Rod Walkup, MFD engineer; captain Jordan Zeitsoff; and Alex Broumand, firefighter/paramedic being welcomed by San Ysidro chef Matt Johnson, and firefighters Eric Kelmowicz and Steve Cochran (photo by Priscilla)
At Ty Warner’s San Ysidro Ranch home turf in a comfortable setting for responders and their significant others, being treated to various specially delicious appetizers, spirits, plus dinner and dessert with specialty coffees (photo by Priscilla)
Grabbing a moment to share thoughts and thanks are Montecito Fire Department battalion chief Bob Wilding, Montecito residents Bob Veloz and Richard Mineards (photo by Priscilla)
Representing members of the hard-working Bucket Brigade are Josiah Hamilton, Jessica Powell, Abe Powell, Linda and Thomas Cole (photo by Priscilla)
Marlene Veloz, SBPD pastor Charles “Chuck” Reed; Michael Keaton, Bob Veloz, and MFD chief Chip Hickman (photo by Priscilla)
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Cole, Oscar winner Michael Keaton Montecito Fire chief Chip Hickman, Leslie Muller – a fire despatcher who handled more than 100,000 calls during a three-month period – Kevin French, David Johnson, Greg Brewer, Jack and Vicki Kearns, who split their time between Santa Barbara and Oregon, Jordan Zeitsoff, Rod Walkup, Melitta Ramsey, Keith Powell, Travis Ederer, and Cat Pollon, dressed in summery Oscar de la Renta couture, before winging to New York for the Save Venice gala. Guitarists David Patt, Bill Coon and Chris Wooley provided entertainment. Money Magnet TV talk-show titan Oprah Winfrey’s former vacation home, Fisher Island in Florida, has the wealthiest ZIP code in America. The 216-acre, 722-residences island, a short 3-mile boat ride from Miami, had an average income of $2.5 million a year in 2015, with local residents including former tennis ace Boris Becker and comedian Mel Brooks. Oprah, 63, sold her 6,170 sq.-ft. 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom penthouse condo in 2008 for $2,090,000, along with other apartments she owned in the ritzy enclave. Atherton, California, a favorite of tech magnates, is runner-up, given
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:
Notice Inviting Bids MARINA DRIVE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT Bid No. 5627 1.
Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Marina Drive Waterline Replacement, by or before Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.
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Project Information.
BID NO. 5642 DUE DATE & TIME: MAY 9, 2018 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Repower Harbor Patrol Boat #3 and Converting Gasoline Engines to Diesel Scope of Work to re-power a 1999 Norsco Marine 30’ Harbor Patrol Boat #3, converting it in the process from gasoline to diesel power. The vessel is currently propelled by a pair of 2002 Crusader 8.1 liter gasoline engines coupled to Velvet Drive model 30-10-004 gear boxes attached to 1.5” shafts with 19x24 propellers. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on April 30, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., at the Harbor Administration Office, located at 132 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA, to inspect Patrol Boat #3 before bidding so that bidder is aware of the location, layout, and existing features so to be satisfied in executing the work. After attending the Mandatory pre-bid meeting, bidders can schedule subsequent inspections by calling Greg Lowe/Harbor Division at (805) 560-7529.
2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at Marina Drive and Cliff Drive, and is described as follows: Install approximately 1,700 LF of new 8 inch diameter ductile iron water main. Reconnect services and hydrants following acceptance of new line 2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 40 working days. 2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $336,100. 2.4 Optional Bidder’s Conference. A bidder’s conference will be held on May 15, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., at the following location: David Gebhard Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. Attendance at the bidder’s conference is not mandatory. 3.
The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at
3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class A General Engineering Contractor. 3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
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 electronically via PlanetBids.
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Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.
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Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.
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Prevailing Wage Requirements.
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.
6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. 6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.
_____________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Published: April 18, 2018 Montecito Journal
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SCSB Protective Services, 2225 Las Tunas Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Sergei Onishenko, 2225 Las Tunas Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 13, 2018. 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 Margarita Silva. FBN No. 2018-0001167. Published April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito
Ranch Estates, 205 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Montecito Ranch Estates, Inc, 3250 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 350, Santa Monica, CA 90405. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 20, 2018. 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 2018-0000870. Published April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Ranch Estates, 205 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Montecito Ranch Estates,
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License and Registration Requirements.
6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code Published: April 18, 2018 section 1771.4. 7.
Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide separate performance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount. Montecito Journal
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Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.
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Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
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Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
By: ___________________________________
Date: ________________
William Hornung, CPM, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) April 18, 2018 2) April 25, 2018 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS
Inc, 3250 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 350, Santa Monica, CA 90405. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 20, 2018. 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 2018-0000870. Published April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cedar Structural, 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez Suite 102, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Mounir Salem El-Koussa, 302 W. Anapamu #8, Santa Barbara,
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April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: El Bajio Landscaping, 674 Sheridan Way, Ventura, CA 93001. Alberto Duarte, 674 Sheridan Way, Ventura, CA 93001. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara
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Notice Inviting Bids Bid No. 3917 1. Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Carrillo Recreation Ballroom HVAC Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted. 2.
Project Information. 2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at 100 E Carrillo Street and is described as follows: HVAC replacement and upgrade to central air handling unit. Remove existing gas fired air handling units serving the ballroom. Install two (2) 6,500 CFM Air Handling Units at the mechanical room. Install two (2) new 15 Ton Condensing Units on the gym roof and install new refrigerant piping. New electrical service will be required for the condensing units. The building is currently used by Parks & Recreation Department for classes and events. The building was designated as a Historic Landmark in 1993. 2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is:
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Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $125,000-$175,000.
3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions. 4. Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop at contractors cost, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155. 5. Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of 10 percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents. Prevailing Wage Requirements. 6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. 6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. 6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4. 7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide separate performance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount. 8. Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300. 9. Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents. 10. Mandatory Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., at the following location: 100 E Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory. A bidder who fails to attend a mandatory bidders’ conference will be disqualified from bidding. 11.
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License and Registration Requirements. 3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): B-General Building Contractor or C20 Warm-air Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning.
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County on March 30, 2018. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2018-0001003. Published March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2018. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
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FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 18CV01145. To all interested parties: Petitioner Gabriela Cadena Diaz filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Gabriela Delira. 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 about must file a written objection that included 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 March 16, 2018 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: May 30, 2018, at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2018.
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Board member Paige Beard, executive director Barbara Ben-Horin, and sponsor David Jackson from the Zegar Foundation
Hospice. The invocation was by Dawa Tarchin Phillips, who remembered how special and unique David Crouch made everyone feel. Testimonials and shared memories of David were told by the many there that knew him. Then it was poetry time. David’s widow, Margaret, read her own poetry that each had titles to match a painting done by her husband. There was also poetry by published poet Steve Braff again corresponding to
Girls Inc. board members: Sudi Staub, Claudette Roehrig, Karen Mims, Betsy Manger, and Lois Rosen
cial assistance. The One Hundred Committee has been working for the girls for 33 years. The Girls Inc. speaker was the amazing Roz, who has been coming there since kindergarten. As she said, “My single mom needed a safe place for me to go after school, and she found Girls Inc.” Roz’s early dreams were to be a ballerina and have morphed into forensic science and creative writing. She is a 9th grader at San Marcos High School and currently volunteers in Girls Inc.’s Boost! Tutoring Program, where she mentors 1st and 2nd graders at the Goleta Valley Center after school. Roz attributes her personal growth to Girls Inc. and her original mentors: her mom, Farfalla, and grandma E.J. She loves to imagine what the girls she tutors will become. Geoff Green from SBCC Foundation brought his good humor to the live auction table with a dinner for 10 donated by Barbara & Yoav BenHorin and caterer Rincon Events, along with 12 different wines to pair. There was also a private helicopter tour for two and a pearl bracelet from
Silverhorn Jewelers. Some of the premier sponsors were R. Chad and Ginni Dreier, Stina Hans and Joel Kreiner, Nurture Cottage, Connie and John Pearcy, Claudette and Jim Roehrig, Margo and Jeff Barbakow, and the Zegar Family Foundation. The sponsor list goes on and is so necessary to Girls Inc.’s success. Behind this organization is the large board led by president Brian D. Lloyd. This evening grossed about $275,000. A great start for the next year! If you’d like to help the girls be strong, smart, and bold, please call marketing and communications manager Kristen Weaver at (805) 963 4757.
Hospice emcee Steve Braff and poet Maggie Crouch
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scientific illustrator for the University of California. David’s paintings and drawings are in private collections in Australia, Germany, Austria, Canada, across the United States and in professional publications such as the Yale University Press. There was food and wine as we checked out the displays and harp music by Ellen Beckerman. Hospice CEO David Selberg welcomed the cozy crowd by reminding us, “This is the second-oldest hospice in the United States.” He loves saying that, and they survive solely on donations. All their programs are free, so 25 percent of the gallery’s sales will go to
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the art. Pianist Donna Massello-Chiacos had her classical piano recording playing, rounding out the artsy evening. Hospice is a volunteer organization but with licensed professionals to carry out the therapies. There is individual help as well as group, and also services for children and their families. “I Have A Friend” is program that gives to the child who has suffered loss an adult mentor. It is all free and bilingual. For more information, call (805) 563-8820 or visit www. hospiceofsantabarbara.org. They are located on the Riviera near the theater. •MJ 19 – 26 April 2018
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impressive in their roles. In due course, the sophisticated and energized production moves to Frankfurt, Germany, as part of a co-production arrangement between Ensemble and the English Theatre. Bride to be Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow had a wild celebrity-packed bachelorette party in Mexico at the weekend. The Oscar winner, who is marrying Glee producer Brad Falchuk, 47, considers this wedding to be her first, having previously eloped with ex-husband, Coldplay rocker Chris Martin. Good friend actress Cameron Diaz chartered a private jet for 12 guests to fly to Cabo San Lucas, where the amazons partied at the 1,000-acre Four Seasons Costa Palmas, where a 5-bedroom villa rents for $7,000 a night. Among the partygoers, according to reports, were designer Stella McCartney, former Montecito resident Drew Barrymore, Kate Hudson, and Reese Witherspoon. “I never had a wedding before, so even though I’m 45, I sort of feel like a 21-year-old,” says Gwyneth, who also attended a black tie engagement party for 400 guests at the Los Angeles Theater, including her mother Blythe Danner, 75, Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, and Liv Tyler.
Weight for It Former Montecito Union School student and supermodel Gigi Hadid is suffering from Hashimoto’s disease, a condition that affects the thyroid, causing her to rapidly lose weight. The 22-year-old peripatetic beauty, featured in Harper’s Bazaar May issue, says she wishes she still had her curvier physique. “But, honestly, we can’t look back with regret – I loved my body then, I love my body now.” Gigi says the disease, which affects 14 million people in the U.S., has forced her to healthily work out. “When I had a more athletic figure, I was proud of my body because I was an amazing volleyball player and horseback rider.” Her revelation comes on the back of her mother Yolanda’s highly publicized battle with Lyme disease, which her younger sister, Bella, also a model, and younger brother, Anwar, also suffer from. Seventh Heaven Hungarian pianist Sir Andras Schiff, making his seventh CAMA appearance since 1985, mesmerized with his Master Series performance at the Lobero. The concert, the penultimate show in the popular series, featured 65-year-old Schiff, who is appearing
with the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony this season, on his Bosendorfer grand playing works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Brahms, and Bach’s enchanting English Suite No. 6 in D minor. We can’t wait until he makes his eighth visit. Nothing’s Sacred The late Zsa Zsa Gabor, who died in December 2016, aged 99, is taking one last suitably flashy curtain call. Prince Frederic von Anhalt, 74, her ninth and surviving husband, sold off more than 1,000 possessions at the weekend. Up for grabs were a diamond necklace spelling “Dah-ling”, an ornate gold-painted Steinway grand piano, plunging evening gowns that once exhibited one of Hollywood’s most famous cleavages, a mountainous pile of monogrammed Louis Vuitton luggage, and even her prescription pill bottles. I would often have tea with Zsa Zsa at her Bel-Air mansion, formerly owned by Howard Hughes and Elvis Presley, dancing afterward in her Moulin Rouge discotheque, named after one of her more famous films. Fond memories. Royal Report Prince Harry is keeping the memory of his late mother, Princess Diana,
alive for his nuptials to Meghan Markle, 36, next month. Prince Charles’s 33-year-old youngest son is close to his uncle, Earl Spencer, 53, and aunts, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, 3, Lady Jane Fellowes, 61, and their children and wants them all to be part of the celebrations at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. His cousins, including Dolce & Gabbana model Lady Kitty Spencer, 27, have nabbed the “golden ticket” for the intimate all-night party at nearby Frogmore House, which will have 200 guests. And, of course, I will be doing the commentary on the glittering occasion for the ABC affiliate, KEYT-TV. Stay tuned. Sightings: Singer Peter Noone and wife Mireille noshing at Olio e Limone...Oscar winner Natalie Portman sashaying down State Street...Actor Christopher Lloyd at the Granada Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301. •MJ
This is ‘Spring Lamb’ Do you really need to eat these babies? Only weeks old, they are pulled away from their mothers, crying as they are taken to be slaughtered! “Baby
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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)
FRIDAY, APRIL 20 Rock & Reefer – The Lobero Theatre hosts the return of “Go To Hale: Quips & Clips”, another one of Hale Milgrim’s unique periodic presentations from the lifelong music devotee and former record company exec who got his start behind the counter at Isla Vista’s Discount Records before working his way up to president of Capitol Records. Stoners & Songwriters (420) is the subtitle for the high-ly anticipated event that celebrate marijuana’s mojo with music not coincidentally scheduled for April 20. As always, Milgrim will share stuff from his personal archives, including rare concert footage and insider stories – and, apparently, plenty of puns as the promo material says “Allow us to be blunt, this show is going to be a hit. Let’s add one ourselves: people should pack the joint for this one. WHEN: 6:57 pm (pre-show refreshments and memorabilia sale, plus items and giveaways from Lobero LIVE and KTYD begin at 6:03 pm) WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $15 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Book It to Keep CALM – There are just three book authors being interviewed on the dais at this year’s CALM Celebrity Authors Luncheon, but the authors are about as accomplished as any who have ever graced the event. Rona Barrett is the famed
entertainment reporter/variety columnist who began her career at 13 by starting the first international fan club, started reporting on Hollywood when she was 20 in 1957 and later had a role in inaugurating Good Morning, America. In the 1970s, she was considered the undisputed gossip queen, covering the decade’s most scandalous stories, attending exclusive parties in Hollywood while hobnobbing with the era’s biggest stars. As an author, Barrett published a novel The Lovemaniacs and her autobiography, Miss Rona. But the last couple of decades have found her working out of Santa Ynez to provide affordable and dignified housing and care for seniors, an area she addresses with her recently published book about aging, Gray Matters.... Lisa See’s 22year career has included several New York Times bestsellers: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, Dreams of Joy, China Dolls, and her latest, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, all of which have been celebrated for their authentic, deeply researched, lyrical stories about Chinese characters and cultures.... Simon Tolkien – whose grandfather was J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) – is the Hope Ranchdwelling former lawyer whose novels include Final Witness, The Inheritance, The King of Diamonds, and his most recent, No Man’s Land, inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather during the first World War. Andrew Firestone once again serves as
SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Sweet Relief – The Honeysuckle Possums – Santa Barbara’s nearly decade-old, highenergy all-woman band that play bluegrass and old-time mountain music along with a fair share of originals – are the latest local entertainers to take up the winter disasters recovery effort. The quintet has three lead singers: Susan Marie Reeves (guitar, strumstick, ukelele), Rebecca Troon (banjo, fiddle, bodhran, tin whistle), and Susan’s daughter Sierra Reeves (guitar, mandolin, stand-up bass), who replaced original member Nicola Gordon last year. They’re augmented by Lisa Macker, who plays stand-up bass and mandolin while joining in on vocals and harmonies, and Ruth Alpert, an Appalachian-style flat-footer who is the band’s dancing percussionist. The Possums’s intention is “to create and share bliss through music,” which this afternoon means lending their carefully crafted harmonies and spirited style to the Montecito Debris Flow Fundraiser at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Hope Ranch Annex. The event that honors neighborhood first responders and features community wellness displays has no admission charge, but contributions are being accepted to support Unity Shoppe disaster services, whose executive director, Tom Reed, a former singer-songwriter who entertained at men’s conferences throughout America and Chile and produced a radio program for 12 years, will also perform. WHEN: 3 to 5 pm WHERE: 4575 Auhay Road INFO: 967-6327 or www.unityshoppe.org/event/ honeysuckle-possums-bluegrass-band-fundraiser
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SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Earth-y Entertainment and Education – We’re thinking in these post-Thomas Fire/Montecito mudslide days, Santa Barbara’s Earth Day celebration might resonate as deeply as it did when the event was created following the famous 1969 oil spill in the Santa Barbara Channel. The massive but earth-friendly event features a huge slate of informational opportunities, including the popular Green Car show, where visitors can ogle and test drive the latest offerings in automotive technology, including electric and plugin hybrid vehicles and e-bikes; and Public Square, where eco-specific and other nonprofit organizations congregate and compete for your attention. Over at the EcoVillage, booths offer green products, smart technology, cool gadgets, organic clothing, and fun eco stuff you didn’t know you needed until now. Plus there are environmental hero awards, brief talks from, and opportunities to visit with local governmental officials, and plenty of yummy and enviro-friendly foods and drinks. But even if somehow you don’t care about the environment, there are plenty of entertainment-related reasons to head over to Alameda Park, where the Main Stage boasts such local luminaries as Jamey Geston, The Brambles, Grooveshine, Spencer The Gardener, The Grateful Shred, and One Two Tree, plus yoga from Santa Barbara stalwart Nuria Reed, and sets from visiting artists such as the harmony-laden folk-rock duo The Easy Leaves. The Kids Stage boasts Ukulele Jim, Duncan the Dinosaur from the Santa Barbara Zoo, Capoeira Time, and Karate for Kids, among other acts, while even the Roots Stage – which mostly hosts such workshops as Herbal Learning, Waste Sorting Competition, and The Waste Free Kitchen – offers music by acts The Ukulele Club, indie folksoul artist Conner Cherland and bluegrass with Trio Grande, plus many more. And this year, the Beer and Wine Garden stays open till 8 pm. WHEN: 11 am to 8 pm today, 11 am to 6 pm tomorrow WHERE: Alameda Park, 1400 Santa Barbara St. COST: free INFO: 963-0583 or www.sbearthday.org
emcee, while Dianne Dixon, Tom Weitzel, and Ruta Lee share the interviewing duties. Another dozen Santa Barbara-based authors will also be on hand to talk about and sign their books before and after the formal program. As always, the funds raised go to Child Abuse Listening Mediation, which aims to prevent childhood trauma and heal children and families. WHEN: 10 am to 1 pm WHERE: Fess Parker Double Tree Resort, 633 E Cabrillo Blvd. COST: $150 INFO: 965-2376 or http://calm4kids.org/ events/celebrity-authors-luncheon/
Bollywood & Bhangra at Lobero – Nachle Deewane, the Indian dance competition hosted annually by UCSB’s Dhadkan, has become the largest multicultural event held by a UCSB student organization – and one of the largest ethnic celebrations in Santa Barbara of any kind – in just four years. Back at the Lobero Theatre downtown, the event features 10 different collegiate teams coming from Southern California and beyond competing in two different categories (five each). UCSD Da Real Punjabiz, Northwestern Bhangra, Cal Bhangra, UCLA Bruin Bhangra, and Stanford Bhangra will vie to be the best in Bhangra, which is a fusion of music and dance that originated in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, traditionally a celebratory • The Voice of the Village •
folk dance which welcomed the coming of spring that has evolved into a more modern mélange of hip-hop, house, and reggae. The BollywoodFusion competition – which combines contemporary, jazz, and hip-hop with 2,000 year old Indian art forms – features a face-off among UCSD Zor, ASU Andaaz, UCSC Kahaani, UCR Afsana, and USC Zeher. There also will be exhibitions from UCSB Ravaani, the school’s competitive a capella team, and UCSB Agni, its classical club, which will showcase a repertoire of Indian classical music. The PropheC – a.k.a. Nealveer Chatha, a Canadian-Indian singersongwriter and producer who has released a couple of dozen singles over three albums – serves as featured guest artist. As Dhadkan’s mission is “Philanthropy through artistry,” all proceeds go toward assisting the Akshaya Patra Foundation, the world’s largest NGO-run school lunch program, serving more than 1.6 million children in thousands of schools across India. After the dancing is done and the awards have been handed out, head back out to Goleta for the official After Party at the Flight Line, formerly the High Sierra Bar & Grill, where PropheC spins more of his original mixes including some unreleased tracks. The post-show party also features a set from Vinit Parikh, more popularly known as DJ 19 – 26 April 2018
SATURDAY, APRIL 21 The Man Playing by Hand – The Alaskavia-Portland rock band Portugal. The Man has found plenty of success amid a music biz filled with hip-hop and pop. Tonight, they come to Santa Barbara after finishing a second weekend stint at Coachella, where, as the Los Angeles Times noted, they are “one of the most prominent rock acts on a bill that features no rock headliners for the first time in the festival’s 19-year history.” Bucking trends as well as their own history is not an issue for the group, though, as indicated by their decision to toss out three years’ worth of work for a new album to write and release their latest record Woodstock, inspired by both lead singer John Gourley’s desire to respond to the times and his discovery of his dad’s ticket stub to the original Woodstock festival. The album’s first single, “Feel It Still”, dominated the charts and radio airwaves last year, reaching to the top slot at nearly all radio formats, including Top 40, as well as Alternative, where it set a new record. Feel it with them tonight at the Bowl, where Chicano Batman and Deap Vally open. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: 1122 North Milpas St. COST: $49.50 to $55.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl. com
VP, a former competitor as a captain, choreographer, and dancer for UCLA Nashaa and Bhangra Regiment, plus sets by UpsideDown, who produced the hits “Phone” by Mickey Singh and “Rooftop Party” by Amar Sandhu, and Soham, the co-founder of Dhadkan, a DJ who mixes for Indian dance teams and also goes by @stikerproductions. The teams will all be on hand for the nonstop dance party. (Tickets $25 to $35). WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: Lobero, 33 East Cano n Perdido St. COST: $15 to $25 ($35 to $45 with after-party) INFO: 963-0761 or www. lobero.com WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 Getting Ready for a Repeat? – “Drought, Fire and Flood: Climate Change and Our New Normal” bring together The Community Environmental Council, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Santa Barbara Foundation, the Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts, and UCSB
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Buckles ‘n’ Brews – These days, there are plenty of brew fests to go along with the seemingly endless list of wine-and-dine events, but this one is about as countrified as things get. Start with the fact that it’s reasonably priced at just $50 for general admission tickets, though you’ll have to fork over more moolah for food – mouth-watering barbecue by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Barbara, natch – but it does include a souvenir glass and unlimited samples from any of the craft breweries on site. Among the beer purveyors are Belching Beaver, Ballast Point, and Brass Bear, as well as two dozen others breweries including several local faves. Live music comes from the Dusty Jugz, the Carpinteria country band that you can often find at that city’s The Palms, or up at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez. And the whole thing takes place on the grounds of the Santa Barbara Carriage and Western Art Museum, the historic location where they house those cool old vehicles we normally only get to see during the Fiesta parade. There’s even hard cider on site for your tasting pleasure, while the vino comes from Lucky Dogg, a winery with an appealing name. As before, proceeds from the third annual event go to the Kiwanis Club to support their programs of community service and assisting children locally and worldwide. WHEN: 1 to 5 pm (VIP admission at noon) WHERE: 129 Castillo Street COST: $50 ($65 VIP) INFO: 448-7070 or www.bucklesandbrews.com
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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 34) the Thomas Fire and/or January 9 floods can apply for direct financial assistance through the United Way Thomas Fire & Flood Fund as of April 16. The application window will be open through Friday, May 11. The fund was jointly established by the United Way of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties to help the region recover. It has raised more than $4.2 million in generous community donations; 100 percent of these donations will go directly to affected individuals and families, as well as the organiza-
tions serving them. To date, more than $3 million has been allocated from the fund and additional distributions are forthcoming. A total of $600,000 will be available for this distribution. In Santa Barbara County, the Fund’s goal is to assist with the long-term recovery of the families of the 23 individuals who lost their lives, the hundreds of individuals and families whose homes were damaged or destroyed, and the many others who were unable to work and are now struggling to make ends meet.
For the second phase of United Way Thomas Fire & Flood Fund distributions, applications from affected individuals and families will be solicited and approved for direct grants. This funding cycle will be carried out in partnership with Family Service Agency, UWSBC’s designated case management agency for the fund. The following classes of individuals are eligible to apply for funding: next of kin for individuals who lost their lives as a result of the January 9 debris flow. Eligible claimants include the estates of individuals who lost
their lives as a result of the January 9 mudslide; Santa Barbara County residents who have suffered damage or total loss of their primary residence (including renters) and/or personal property (includes vehicles) due to the Thomas Fire or January 9 debris flow; and Santa Barbara County residents who were unable to work during or after the Thomas Fire or January 9 debris flow. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they were residents of Santa Barbara County and/or employed in Santa Barbara County at the time of the disasters. In order to be eligible for funding, individuals must submit an application for individual assistance. For expedited review, applications may be submitted online at www.unitedwaysb.org/thomas-re covery. Applications will be accepted through Friday, May 11, and must be received by 5 pm on May 11 to be eligible for funding from this distribution. Late applications will be accepted past May 11, but will only be reviewed at a later date, should additional funding become available.
Police Presence on Coast Village Road
This week, Santa Barbara Police Department increased patrols along Coast Village Road, in an effort to identify speeders and drivers illegally using their cell phones while driving. Both patrol cars and motorcycle units will be on the road, at times hidden, to deter motorists from speeding down the parking aisles during high-traffic times. “As we move toward summer and traffic increases, SBPD will help make the street safer for our businesses and nearby residents,” said Coast Village Association president Bob Ludwick. The CVA’s Traffic & Safety Committee has been monitoring the traffic issues along the road closely. For more information, visit www.coastvillageroad. com.
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by Elizabeth Karlsberg for Crane School March 23 was the last day of school before students at Crane Country Day School were set to head off for spring break, yet they had one important assignment they wanted to complete. It didn’t involve homework. It didn’t require writing a paper or even reading a book, but it did mean they had to lace up their running shoes. That assignment, albeit an optional one, was Crane’s first ever RespondA-Thon and Spirit Day. Whether they sprinted, jogged, or walked, every student who took part in the event had the same idea: to raise money for some of the key organizations that supported Santa Barbara County residents • The Voice of the Village •
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in the wake of the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow disasters. The all-school fundraiser was the brainchild of Crane staff/faculty member Hayward Kwit, who described it as “a spirit rally, jog-a-thon, and philanthropic event all rolled into one fantastic day.” Many of the runners donned their favorite green-and-white Crane garb. Seventh grader Audrey Gifford showed her true spirit, painting her face in the school colors, decorating her hair with multiple green ribbons, and wearing a beloved, green Crane sports jersey. “We were asked to run as many laps as we could in 30 minutes,” shares Gifford, her cheeks still rosy from her efforts. “We ran around the parking lot, basketball courts, and blacktop,” she adds. “I hope the money we raise will help the organizations either get new equipment or be able to buy more food, supplies, or medicine. They helped people when everyone was evacuated, so this will help them cover the costs of that and be able to help more people in the future if they need it.” According to Kwit, who teaches the school’s Service Learning classes and advises its extracurricular Service Learning Club, when she presented the Respond-A-Thon idea to the club’s members, they immediately jumped at the idea. The Service Learning Club primarily comprises Crane eighth graders. “They’d been looking for a way to do something after the tragic events of January 9,” Kwit said, “But they also wanted it to be an activity where every Crane student could participate.” And participate they did. A few threatening storm clouds couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the runners, who were showered with confetti blasts as they began the designated course. Despite a mandatory evacuation order that had closed the school’s campus for the prior three days, and despite the impending spring break, Crane staff reported that a great majority of its students showed up for the Respond-A-Thon. The funds raised will benefit the Santa Barbara County Animal Services, the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, Direct Relief International, Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue, and the Unity Shoppe.
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Crane runners were greeted by a cloud of confetti as they began their Respond-A-Thon laps (photo credit Teresa Pietsch)
According to school officials, all of Crane’s students, from kindergarteners to eighth graders, learn the importance of service. In fact, each class has some element of service embedded in their curriculum. The youngest students, for instance, made cards for Meals on Wheels recipients this year. Other grades made Valentine’s Day heart garlands for The Friendship Center. With each successive grade, students receive more hands-on opportunities to participate in serving their community. Kwit explains that during the final two years at Crane – that is, in seventh and eighth grades – service-learning classes are part of the curriculum. In those classes, students explore volunteerism and learn about philanthropy in greater depth. These older students study the specifics of how a service organization operates: whom or what it seeks to help, the group’s personnel and volunteer structure, and its funding goals. In addition to learning about the service providers in their own backyard, they explore national and international groups as well. The students then vote on which of these groups they’d like to support, and finally plan volunteer activities and fundraising projects to meet the goals they’ve set for themselves. If you’d like additional information about Crane Country Day School, please call 969-7732 of visit www. craneschool.org. •MJ
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