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Guest Editorial
Bob Hazard calls for leadership in Montecito, as he expounds on the community, vexation, Montecito Association, and the need for residents to huddle up
6 Miscellany
Amethyst Ball; Community Microgrid Initiative; Natalie Portman; Michael Imperioli’s house; CALM authors lunch; Camerata Pacifica; Storyteller Children’s Center; Joyce DiDonato; N.Y. Daedalus Quartet; Georgey Taupin; Julia LouisDreyfus; Gwyneth’s Goop; and Matthew Mellon, RIP
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Letters to the Editor
10
On Entertainment
This Week
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Village Beat
14
Seen Around Town
20
Your Westmont
23
Brilliant Thoughts
26
Spirituality Matters
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Tide Guide On Stage
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School Stuff
A collection of communication from Journal readers including Diane Meehan, David McCalmont, Denice Spangler Adams, Maxwell Dickinson Decker, Roger Morrison, Andrew Fletcher, Matthew Bourhis, and Das Williams Steven Libowitz interviews George Christie, Jr. about his one-man play; Lisa Citore; violinist Jennifer Koh; classical music; dance fever; SB Revels’s May Day; and Rogue One score
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MBAR meets; Knit ‘N Needle; wine dinner; gift-wrapping; Spanish group; STEAM program; wine dinner; Spanish; treasure hunt; koalas at zoo; spring fling; Art Career Day; Nathalia music; yoga on wharf; book signing; MA Land Use; poetry club; free music; Mariachi; Roar & Pour; Quire of Voyces; polo season; and support group Pearl Chase Society’s Historic Homes Tour; YMCA Healthy Kids Day; Spring Fling on CVR; block party; and sheriff ’s blotter and new lieutenant Lynda Millner reports on Planned Parenthood’s Birds and Bees Bash; Carpinteria Girls Inc. luncheon; and SB Historical Museum presentation
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Steven Libowitz looks into Mark Ruskin on the Mesa; Hansavedas activities; reverends reflect; plus salt and sound therapy
Santa Barbara High School Performing Arts members shine the spotlight on Urinetown, The Musical, which takes the stage Friday, April 27 Sigrid Toye pays a visit to Cold Spring School, where principal Amy Alzina roams the hallways and Lisa Ishikawa’s kindergarten classroom
35 Our Town
Joanne Calitri surveys the scene of the downtown Earth Day gala, which honored Explore Ecology Environmental Stewardship Award winners
39 Legal Advertising 42 Calendar of Events
SB Fair & Expo; Peter Harper; TAO drumming; Gauchos reunion; Alcazar Theatre; Mexican music; pianist Josiah Alexander Sila; Accordionaires Pops Orchestra; and teen singers
46 Classified Advertising
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