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ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • MOVIE GUIDE, P. 40 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 45

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Evolution and Revolution taken on as musicians, artists, techies, media types, and others go at it onstage and on campus, p.28

Fridays at the Four Seasons

You will not want to go home when Johnny Irion and Jason Libs rock, roll, and rave in the Ty Lounge at the Biltmore, p.37

Montecito Union School’s Tammy Murphy and Cold Spring School’s Tricia Price – both of whom are leaving their respective posts – head up Montecito’s big little parade on July 4 (story begins on page 12)

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial

Bob Hazard asserts it takes a village to help the Village of Montecito; he spells out problems, crunches numbers, expounds on Home Rule, and offers a suggestion

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

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This Week

Tide Guide

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Village Beat

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Seen Around Town

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Our Town

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Spirituality Matters

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Brilliant Thoughts

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On Entertainment

Philippe Sautot with Sloane; Meeker Field; cardiologist Steven Gundry; PATH raises $50K; Carlos Luna’s Santo Mezcal; Ashleigh Brilliant letter; Syncopation at New Vic; Ellen’s property; Paul Walker’s father; and Adnan Khashoggi, rest in peace Dana Newquist’s request; Lynn Gianni on gophers; Bob Askey praises Ashleigh Brilliant; Stuart Chapman gets political; and David McCalmont reviews the latest version of Julius Caesar Healthy Living Tips; Knit ‘N Needle; Zaca Fire; Sunset Sips; The New Yorker; Spanish group; nature films; Mark Nepo at La Casa; juggling at library; Susan St. John; mindfulness retreat; Ukulele Jim; MPC meeting; basket weavers; Summerland yoga; Show & Tell; MBAR meets; treasure hunt; recycling projects; author Teddy Steinkellner; art workshops; art classes; brain fitness; Story Time; and Italian talk Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach Montecito Association meets; Lotusland prepares for annual gala; Los Arroyos opens in Goleta; and dog adoption at Montecito Country Mart Lynda Millner chronicles MAW’s 70th anniversary party; La Primavera gala at Carriage and Western Art Museum; and Edward Borein Gallery Joanne Calitri is drawn to the Arts Fund Gallery, tracing the hands-on work of several artists who contributed to the Disorderly Construct exhibit Steven Libowitz looks forward to Cacao Ceremony at DiviniTree; summer retreat with Dawa Tarchin Phillips; Kevin Griffin at La Casa de Maria; The Pacifica Experience; more BodhiPath; and Non-Violent Communication

Like busy bees, our work together creates sweet results.

Pardon him: Ashleigh Brilliant is all apologies after making mistakes or trivial errors and doesn’t quite understand why it’s hard for one to say, “I’m sorry” Steven Libowitz shines the spotlight on Live Oak Music Festival; singer Johnny Irion; PCPA and Solvang Festival Theater; plus Fiesta Ranchera

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Steven Libowitz encapsulates the Classical Evolution/Revolution Conference; and this week’s events at the academy, which include NPR’s Christopher O’Riley

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Fitness Front

Train event: Karen Robiscoe invites you to watch your “temper” while working out with power-lifter Bruce Mendoza at Fisher Gym

35 Ernie’s World

Safe and sound: Ernie Witham and his wife traverse Malaga, Spain, where rental cars are bruised and battered and La Herradura hides in plain sight

36 Far Flung Travel Linda & David Noll Tim Buynak, Partner Kristy & Dominic Oakley Stacie Nyborg, Attorney Pacific Resources Buynak, Fauver, Archbald & Spray International To find out more, visit BFASlaw.com/stories

Flower power: desert wildflowers at Anza Borrego Desert State Park and Coyote Canyon stop Chuck Graham and a slew of vehicles in their arid tracks

38 Legal Advertising 40 Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events

SB Zoo’s Improvology; historian Ray Ford; GreenScreen at UCSB; Lobero hosts Hale Milgrim and Neil Finn; “Us AND Them”; Scarp Gallery’s new exhibit; The Dance Network’s Series 7; Rebelution in the Bowl; and Becca Stevens at SOhO

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Real Estate

Mark Hunt is the real deal, spotlight available homes – more than an acre apiece – of true value in the $5-million range, stretching from Wyant Road to Green Lane

45 Open House Directory 46 Classified Advertising

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Editorial

by Bob Hazard

Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club

A Tale of Three Cities

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he recent passing of Michael Towbes, a man who changed not only the landscape of our community, but also the love of place that lies deep within our hearts, should spur each of us to become more involved in shaping the future of our not-so-little village.

Montecito is under siege – whether it is gridlock or the deteriorating condition of our roads; the protection of businesses; bridges in need of maintenance and repair; the addition of granny flats and ADUs; restrictions on short-term rentals; or the proliferation of cell phone antennas.

Another Look at Home Rule

Is Montecito’s present governance model – outsourcing most decision-making to the County of Santa Barbara – the most efficient way to deliver good governance? How do other communities of similar size deal with the practical realities of funding local infrastructure and community-based needs? Is it prudent for Montecito to take another fact-based look at Home Rule and the power of a local community to establish its own system of self-government? Would Home Rule offer more efficient protection and preservation of our semi-rural quality of life?

A closer look at three California communities, each of which has chosen Home Rule – one slightly smaller than Montecito, one slightly larger than Montecito, and one that has more recently embraced Home Rule – may provide some needed perspective.

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The town of Woodside (population 5,509) is slightly smaller, but more affluent than Montecito. It is a beautiful, rural residential community located just north of Silicon Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula. In 1956, residents narrowly voted for Home Rule (646 for, 574 against), joining other equally affluent communities such as Atherton, Hillsborough, Tiburon, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley, and Belvedere.

In celebrating its 50th year of Home Rule last year, Woodside mayor Peter Mason noted that incorporation has enabled Woodside to remain a rural residential community which has retained its character and charm for the last five decades. The mayor added, “If the question is ‘Who would you rather have making decisions that determine the quality of life in Woodside, the County Board of Supervisors or an elected mayor from our own community?’ that answer is easy. Under Home Rule, we make our own rules and live by them. Protecting the character and soul of Woodside is at the heart of every decision we make.”

The mayor went on to say, “In a small town, when elected officials understand the gravity of good governance, they forget their personal agendas and gravitate toward solutions that benefit the entire community. When you can’t hide behind a County Board of Supervisors, and you have to take personal responsibility, it makes a big difference.”

Susan George, who served as Woodside town manager for 16 years, added “While the residents of Woodside certainly don’t agree on everything, everybody agrees that Home Rule has been a great decision. Our problems are unique and quite different from other communities in California, which have lower median household incomes and lower home values.”

Governing Principles of the Town of Woodside

Woodside has strict rules: the annual budget must be balanced. Adequate reserves must be maintained at a level of 30% of estimated operating revenues.

Revenues and expenditures are estimated on the basis of reasonable and conservative assumptions. The town incorporates a five-year financial planning model into all its fiscal decisions. No phase of a capital project is initiated until all resources required for completion are available to the town. Neither the mayor, nor any member of the town council, is paid.

Woodside has an annual operating budget of $6.7 million for the General Fund, plus a $1.3 million annual contribution to its Capital Improvement Program. Nearby Atherton, a town nearly identical in size to Montecito, funds its Home Rule General Fund with $11.7 million in tax transfers from the County.

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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, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News.

He moved to Montecito ten years ago.

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ontecito culinary wizard was the main driving force behind the and event planner Philippe group and he composed most of the Sautot is rocking and rolling songs with Jean-Paul Migliara, our again with his band Sloane after 40 keyboardist. years of being apart.

“We used to practice late at night Philippe and the rusty rockers are and in the early morning in an old performing at a fundraising sell-out farm away from our town after work500 guest concert for cancer research ing our shifts in different restaurants. on Friday in one of my favorite From time to time, we would do conProvencal towns, St. Remy, where I certs and the biggest was in Orange in have spent many happy summers 1975 in the old Roman theater in front over the years. of 1,500 people.”

“We lost our lead guitarist, In 1978, the band broke up and

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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 D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

Montecito Museum Needs Volunteers

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uring a recent meeting of the Montecito Museum, it became apparent that we are growing and need help. The Montecito Museum has need for two volunteers to work on specific projects over the summer months.

We seek a volunteer with good organizational skills to assist our board and secretary in a variety of operational tasks. Also, we have need for a person to help update and populate our website, now under construction.

Those interested can contact Anne Christensen at a.christensen1875@ gmail.com Dana Newquist Montecito

other innocent wildlife in danger, owls and hawks in particular, as well as neighborhood cats and dogs. My own sweet little cat died a terrible and painful death at the emergency vet’s as a result of a neighbor using poison to kill gophers. There are traps on the market that do a much more humane and safe job. Please use them instead!!

Gophers have a range of up to 700 yards, so thinking you are only limiting poison to your own yard is quite mistaken. Even if you do not have pets, you are putting your neighbors’ animals at risk.

Thank you.

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Wise Words

Gophers seem to be busier than ever now. Just a reminder: using poison to control them is a very, very bad idea. You may kill some gophers that way, but you also put

Thank you for carrying the columns and other writings of Ashleigh Brilliant. You must feel like Maxwell Perkins publishing F. Scott Fitzgerald. Or you must feel

like the basketball team with LeBron James on its roster. Because I live in Colorado, I read Mr. Brilliant’s work on the Internet.

Bob Askey Longmont, Colorado

Only “Liberals” Need Apply

Donald Trump is president of the United States. Almost half the Americans that voted cast their ballots for him. Now we have a media that abhors our president. So what do they do? They keep up a constant barrage of negative stories and half-truths about him in order to sway public opinion. Information of a biased or misleading nature to publicize a particular political point of view is called propaganda. So, we have the extremely powerful media inundating us with propaganda to sway our opinion.

Trump has called the media “the enemy of the people.” I truly believe that is a correct characterization. We need to be careful, or the media will dictate to us who can and can’t be president of the United States. That means they will only allow a liberal or progressive to be president.

This is an example of what [Nikita] Khrushchev meant when he said: “America will fall without a shot

being fired. It will fall from within.”

He just needed to add “with the media’s help.”

Stuart Chapman Carpinteria (Editor’s note: Though the media often deserves to be treated with the same kind of contempt it has shown toward President Trump, I’d be a little cautious about using a phrase like “enemy of the people.” Too many have been arrested, jailed, assassinated, and/or put to death for being labeled as such by unscrupulous regimes around the world. – J.B.)

Killing the President

New York City’s “Shakespeare in the Park” is rendering its modern version of Julius Caesar every night through June 18 for the edification and emotional nurturing of its farleft followers.

A “Caesar” made deliberately to look like President Trump is pummeled, beaten, and killed six or seven nights a week in Central Park.

The same people who used to decry extreme violence on TV or in Hollywood, because it gives rise in some people to copy behavior they see in works of art in real life, are the first line of defense of such murderous political filth. It all depends

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This Week in and around Montecito

SATURDAY, JUNE 17

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Healthy Living Tips for Seniors Board-certified internist Dr. Todd Engstrom will present “Healthy Living Tips for Seniors” at The Samarkand.

During this free program, Engstrom will share practical, proven tips to optimize wellness through exercise and healthy food choices. Reservations are required.

When: 10:30 am Where: 2550 Treasure Drive Info & RSVP: www.thesamarkand.org/ events or call (877) 231-6284 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 Sunset Sips Guests can drink in the view – and local wine – at Sunset Sips, evening summer events held at the Santa Barbara Zoo’s scenic hilltop this summer. This year brings more local wineries, more live music, more tasty treats, and more art by local artists.

New this year are “The Wine Down”, post-“Sip” talks by local food and wine experts.

When: 5:30 to 8 pm Where: 500 Ninos Drive Cost: $30 Info: www.sbzoo.org FRIDAY, JUNE 16 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 Gaviota Nature Films The beautiful nature film Gaviota: The End of Southern California and the short video, “Losing Ground,” will be screened tonight. The former was shown at the Santa Barbara Film Festival to sold-out audiences, and the latter is about farmers along the Coast. The films will be followed by a speaker from the Gaviota Coast Conservancy, who will make a short presentation and answer questions. The conservancy works with landowners to protect this treasure from over development.

When: 7 pm Where: Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, 1535 Santa Barbara Street Cost: free; donations accepted Info: www.gaviotamovie.com or (805) 280-8206 The Way Under the Way: The Place of True Meaning Through poetry, story, journaling, and dialogue, Mark Nepo will guide participants into conversation with their own gifts and their own wisdom. Nepo has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for more than 35 years. His books include the New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. As a cancer survivor, Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship. This workshop retreat is from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.

When: 7:30 pm Friday through 1 pm on Sunday Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road

Book Signing at Tecolote Susan St. John releases and signs her novel, Mad Mischief, the haunting tale of one woman’s adventure to the edge of her own sanity and an unforgettable testament of her indomitable spirit to survive. Featuring the beauty and primal power of sub-Saharan Africa, Sarah embarks on an elite safari, unaware of the precarious entanglements that await her, setting the stage for a story of love, deceit, power, obsession, and ultimately, escape and redemption.

Event will include a brief reading by MJ columnist Richard Mineards.

When: 3 to 5 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley Road RSVP: madmischiefmarketing@gmail.com Cost: $440 resident, $340 commuter Info: www.lacasademaria.org SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Juggling at Montecito Library David Cousins is back at the library showing off his juggling skills, followed by an ice cream social.

When: 11 am to 12:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SUNDAY, JUNE 18J28 Mindfulness Practice Retreat A half-day retreat with guided meditations from Radhule Weininger, M.D., Ph.D., or other facilitators. All levels welcome.

When: 2:30 to 6 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031 TUESDAY, JUNE 20 Ukulele Jim Music and movement story time with Ukulele Jim at Montecito Library.

When: 10:30 to 11:30 am Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to

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certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed.

When: 9 am Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Basket Weavers Group The Basket Weavers Group is a place to connect with other basket weavers. Beginner and all levels are welcome. Basic materials are provided. Meets every third Wednesday of the month.

When: 2:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: Free Info: 969-3786 Summerland Evening Yoga A longtime Summerland tradition, taught by Bob Andre. Small Hatha 1 yoga class with brief meditation and breathing work.

When: 5:30 pm Where: Summerland Church, 2400 Lillie Avenue Cost: donation Show & Tell for Adults Join Marcia Orland for a grown-up version of Show & Tell.

When: 6 to 7 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAY, JUNE 22 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, 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.

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When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 8:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road SATURDAY, JUNE 24 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 Build With Recycled Materials Help build a better world by engaging in recyclable craft projects.

Bring your own recyclables from home, or you may select from an available collection. Pre-registration is requested.

When: 11 am to 12:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SUNDAY, JUNE 25 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Teddy Steinkellner signs his newest book, Two Roads From Here.

When: 2 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 ONGOING Montecito Fire Protection District’s Fire Prevention Chipping Schedule June 19 – Sierra Vista, Nicholas, Ridge View, Canyon View, Sycamore Vista, Calle Elegante, Calle Hermosa, Crest View, and Ranchito Vista Vines, grass, palms, succulents, and other small trimmings can be put in dumpsters that have been donated by MarBorg Industries.

The dumpsters are placed at preidentified locations within the participating neighborhoods during the week of the project. Participants are asked to stack larger shrub and tree limb materials at the edge of the nearest passable access road for 15 – 22 June 2017

free chipping.

For more information, call 565-8018.

A Series of Art Workshops The Alzheimer’s Association, California Central Chapter is collaborating with Friendship Center Adult Day Services for Art Talks, an eight-week early-stage support group for those who live with mild memory loss and their partners, Tuesdays this summer through July 25 (excluding July 4). Art Talks is the creative space where people affected with mild memory loss paired with their partners come together to advance memory and communication through participation in art, by offering a support system that addresses nonverbal communication strategies.

Space is limited to 12 people, so pre-registration is required.

When: 10 am to noon, Tuesdays through July 25 Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Road Cost: $25 per pair, which includes art materials for all seven sessions Info: www.friendshipcentersb.org MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a friendly environment.

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: 969-0859 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages three to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

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Tammy Murphy and Dr. Tricia Price are this year’s Village Fourth grand marshals

t this month’s Montecito Association (MA) meeting, Rick Lemmo from the Rosewood Miramar Resort gave an update on the project, which is set to open in the summer of 2018.

“Foundations have been poured, and construction on the lanai buildings and the main building is well underway,” he said to the board. It is expected that tours of the property’s construction zone will take place during the fall of this year.

During the public-comment period, Montecito resident Dennis Naimar spoke to the board, asking them to get involved with some safety issues on Sheffield Drive and East Valley Road. Naimar has been in contact with Caltrans regarding the dangers posed between bicyclists and vehicles. Sargent Mike McCoy with Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department

weighed in, saying that bicyclists are required to ride single file, but that rule is not always followed. Naimar suggested having more signage on the roadways; the MA Transportation Subcommittee will take on the issue.

Sargent McCoy also announced an uptick in car burglaries at trailheads and on the beach. There have also been some car burglaries in front of residences, even on driveways. “It doesn’t happen frequently, but we have had a few reports of these,” he said. He reminds residents to ensure their homes are lit and looked lived-in during vacations.

Montecito Fire chief Chip Hickman reported a few calls his crews have responded to recently, including a small plane down above Carpinteria, in which the only soul onboard, the pilot, survived. There was also a major accident on Highway 101 earlier this

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week, causing a six-hour delay with no injuries or fatalities. There have been a few brush fires in neighboring areas, but nothing in Montecito, at least not yet.

“We are well into fire season right now. We are coming into a very warm period, and weather drives fire,” Hickman said. “If you haven’t done your hazard abatement, I suggest you do so. My captains inspect every single parcel in the community every year. Look for notices to go out in the next two days,” he added. MFPD Public Information officer Joyce Reed announced the newer Aware & Prepare notification program, reminding residents to sign up online for emergency notifications. “We can’t reach you if we don’t have your contact information,” she said. The program warns residents of fire, floods, hazardous spills, active shooters, extreme weather, and other emergencies. To sign up, visit www.awareandprepare. org. Even if you were signed up to Nixle, you need to sign up at Aware & Prepare, Reed said.

Village Fourth organizer Mindy Denson announced this year’s grand marshals: superintendents from both Montecito Union School and Cold Spring School. Both women are moving on from their posts: Tammy Murphy is taking a new superintendent position in Dubai, and Dr. Tricia

Price is moving on to other educational opportunities. Both women are being honored for their dedication to Montecito’s youth and public education system. Dr. Amy Alzina will take the role of CSS superintendent, and Anthony Ranii is Murphy’s replacement. Both outgoing superintendents thanked the MA board for the acknowledgement. “I leave this community after seven years with nothing but warm memories,” Murphy said.

“This could not mean more to me to be honored by this community,” added Dr. Price.

We’ll have more about the Village Fourth in an upcoming edition. The next Montecito Association meeting is Tuesday, July 11.

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55 of them. Adding to the prestige, according to president and CEO Scott Reed, “was a performance by two of the world’s most highly acclaimed pianists: Yuja Wang and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.”

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Among her many credits, Yuja has been named as Musical America’s Artist of the Year for 2017. Among pages of honors, Thibaudet was awarded the title officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012. The main piano recently arrived from Hamburg – a Steinway concert grand piano – which the Music Academy dedicated to event co-chairs Maurice Singer and Hyon Chough for their leadership, generosity, and profound commitment to the Academy’s mission.

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Along the way were Steinways in a variety of colors. My favorite was the bright-red one, with many photographers there for photo ops. A couple of the Steinways were player pianos pounding out songs without a person at the keyboard. There were also cocktail tables with stunning sequined clothes and waiters with wine for the opening hour.

Then it was time to enter Hahn Hall for the performance by Yuja and Jean-Yves. They kept us enthralled with their style, sometimes playing with four hands, sometimes solo, and ending with two pianos. There was a standing ovation and several curtain calls for this electric performance.

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La Primavera

The Carriage and Western Art Museum was transformed from the old west to “A Street in Spain” for the annual La Primavera (springtime) celebration that kicks off the official 2017 Fiesta season in Santa Barbara.

La presidente Rhonda Henderson and her entourage greeted all the guests in a formal receiving line. Then into the “Street in Spain” with carriages all around the courtyard and tables set in black and red. All the wines were authentically from Spain, and the tapas Spanish with manchego cheese, chorizo, olives, and more. Yum! Rhonda’s theme is “Unity through Community”, which she purposely chose to honor the late father Virgil

La Presidente Rhonda Henderson and her husband, Ben Feld

Spirit of Fiesta Norma Escarcega and junior spirit Eve Flores in the receiving line

After 10 long years, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum (SBHM) held a celebration of the completion of a permanent gallery dedicated to Edward Borein. Since he has a place alongside the likes of western artists Charles Russell and Frederick Remington, it was only fitting the gala be a western-themed barbecue complete with cowboy “lemonade” served in Kerr jars. Some of the “cowboy” guests were Hattie and David Beresford, Bob, Bill and George Burtness, Missy Deyoung, Neal Graffy, Joanie and Palmer Jackson, Laurie and Thad MacMillan, John Saladino, Sheri and Jack Overall and Eleanor Van Cott.

There were more than 75 donors to the Borein Gallery.

Cutting the ribbon was curator Marlene Miller and husband Warren, board president Sharon Bradford, executive director Lynn Brittner, and trustee Chris Greco. And so began the VIP reception with bubbly to celebrate.

The exhibit is stunning and showcases some of Borein’s best oil-and-watercolor paintings, many etchings and tells the story of his life.

Borein was born in 1872 in northern California, and as a young man

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Another uniting was the La Primavera program itself. For the first time, five different local dance schools came together to dance flamenco choreographed and directed by local artists Linda Vega and Danila Zermeno.

It also featured nine Past Spirits.

This year’s spirit of Fiesta Norma Escarcega and junior spirit Eve Flores performed as well.

The unveiling of this year’s poster is always one of the highlights. La Presidente chose an original artwork

by Nicholas S. Firfires (1919-1990) titled “Gathering for Fiesta”. She says, “When I saw this lovely piece of art, it truly was the image of Unity through Community.” The Fiesta pin is an elegant rose surrounded by a red border. As Rhonda said, “Roses are such

an important element of our fiestas with ladies putting them in their hair and a special way to honor our Fiesta Flower Girls.”

Rhonda is a fifth-generation Californian whose family arrived as immigrants and established a dairy farm on the Rancho Los Osos. “I am deeply humbled this year to serve our amazing community as La Presidente,” She is the seventh lady to serve in Fiesta’s history. There were 11 past presidentes at the event all who were there during Father Virgil’s time. El Presidente 2010 Michael Dominguez served as master of ceremonies for this event.

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Marlene Miller and husband Warren at the opening of the permanent Borein Gallery, which she curated

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roamed the western states and much of Mexico working as a vacquero.

With his artistic talent, he recorded these adventures as a real cowboy. But in the early 1930s, he decided to move to New York and become a professional artist. He did many illustrations for current magazines and his studio was a hangout for Will Rogers and Buffalo Bill Cody among others.

He then returned to California and set up a permanent studio in Santa Barbara’s El Paseo in 1921 and spent his final years here, passing in 1945.

Among his legacy is helping to organize the first Old Spanish Days Fiesta

parade and the Rancheros Vistadores riding group. He had married Lucile, and upon his death she decided to donate many of his works of art and personal objects to SBHM. The museum has added Borein material to its collection ever since.

As curator Marlene said, “With the opening of the Borein Gallery, the SBHM is affirming its commitment to give Borein the recognition he so justly deserves as an artist who accurately interpreted an important part of our past.” Check out the Gallery at 136 East De la Guerra and call (805) 9661601 for hours.

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came to California to visit in May last year and we spent the day catching up on old times.”

Philippe and his wife, Jennifer, went back to France on vacation last year and were invited to lunch at a restaurant in Eygalieres, a tiara’s toss from St. Remy.

“As we walked in, a long table was waiting for us and around the table were all the old band members. It was very emotional and I had tears in my eyes. We embraced, talked, laughed, and reminisced about the good old days.”

In November, Claude suggested recreating the band and giving the fundraising show.

“Not having played bass guitar for the last four decades, I have had a lot of catching up to do,” says Philippe. “I bought myself a new instrument and amp and started practicing every day.

Claude sent me new songs he created, and I have been rehearsing endlessly.”

The benefit will start with a cocktail reception, followed by dinner and the one-and-a- half-hour concert.

“We are fully sponsored, and this all feels like a dream,” adds Philippe.

“Our vision is to do a similar concert in Santa Barbara next year. A non-profit organization has been created, Sloane Square Band, and a DVD and CD will be made of the concert, with all proceeds going to fight cancer.”

Rock on, mon ami.

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Meeker Inherits the Earth After more than two years on the market, Santa Barbara Polo Club patron Scott Wood has found a buyer for Meeker Field, a 60-acre magnificently restored site on two parcels near Bella Vista, the Summerland estate of polo-playing hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt.

Houston, Texas, resident Scott, whose ERG team has won the prestigious Pacific Coast Open tournament twice, put the property on the market in November 2014, for around $20 million, as I reported exclusively here.

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by Beverly Hills based Sarah SiegelMagness, wife of billionaire investor and film producer Gary Magness, who has been playing in Mexico at the Careyes Polo Club.

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Disorderly Construct Exhibit opening with artists [from left] Karl Petrunak, Maria Rendon, Guiliana Mottin, Linda Daniels, Nancy Gifford, and Hank Pitcher with curator Hugh Margerum, at the Arts Fund Santa Barbara [not present at opening for photo: artists George Sanders and Richard Ross]

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isorderly Construct, by guest curators Hugh Margerum and Giuliana Mottin at the Arts Fund Gallery, opened May 26 with works by artists Linda Daniels, Nancy Gifford, Karl Petrunak, Hank Pitcher, Maria Rendón, Richard Ross, George Sanders, and Mottin. The artists were selected after submitting their proposals of original art work that explored unfamiliar artistic territory, side projects in different media than normally used, or entirely new subject matter.

The opening was well turned out with high-profile guests: Julie Joyce, curator of Contemporary Art SB Museum of Art; Elyse Gonzales, curator of Exhibitions at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum UCSB with her husband, Emilio; Judy Larson, director Westmont Museum of Art; Sarah Cunningham, director Atkinson Gallery SBCC; Sarah York Rubin, executive director of the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture with husband Eric; Gwen Stauffer, executive director Ganna Walska Lotusland; Museum of Contemporary Art SB Board members: Georgene Vairo,

Jenn Kennedy, Debby Peterson, Laura Macker Johnston, Eileen and Alex Rasmussen, and Davin Mantell; Montecito’s Rob & Judy Egenolf, Francesca Hunter, and Beverley Jackson.

Art sold in the first hour were three of Pitcher’s works: Self Portrait Coal oil Point, Maenad Surfing and Satire Surfer; and two of Gifford’s works: Dread and Heaps of Trouble.

At the opening, I asked the curators how the show came about. Guiliana said, “I volunteered to guest curate and came up with a concept to challenge the artists to create something new outside the box and their comfort zone. I showed my idea to Hugh and asked him to help me out, as he has more experience with the local artists than I do. The artists we selected are very different from each other and range from established to new artists.” Hugh added, “This is my second guest curator show for the Arts Fund.

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Pitcher surprised his fans by creating this new series of black painted high-fire ceramic tiles, each 4x4 ¼ inches, titled: Self Portrait Coal Oil Point, A Dog Going Two Way at Once, Maenad Surfing, Bull With Spots, The Dovecote and a Pelican, The Hand of Fatima, and Satire Surfing. The series is placed in a singular horizontal line across the gallery’s left back wall.

Delicate yet solid on texture, each tile depicts his favorite subjects: surfing and animals. Using primitive hieroglyphic style images in black paint, each tile tells its own unique story.

Hank said, “My paintings are about illusionistic space, use color and are often large works, in contrast the tiles are symbolic, small, and black-andwhite. My paintings are not meant to be touched – the tiles are haptic. Dane Venaas has a ceramic studio close to my painting studio. A number of years ago, he invited me to paint on ceramics he makes. I find it challenging and humbling. I believe it is good, somehow, for my painting, and I like the way some of the work has turned out.” We did too Hank – well done.

Rendón works titled Two by Two (Loxodonta Africana) and Two by Two (Macropus Giganteus), 37x25 inches each, are both acrylic on vellum mounted on a lightbox, created as an interpretation of the allegorical story that narrates the preservation of living things during apocalyptic times.

Maria, “The forms are loosely based on animals, painted on two sheets of translucent velum, a substitute of a layer of flesh that can be seen through.

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This is the first time I introduce light as a medium, which I see as a source of energy from within each being, light that can ignite the propagation of existence.” The new use of light shifts a 2-D painting to a 3-D zone, so the viewing experience is different than her use of the same in prior acrylic works. Further exploration in shapes and colors on light would be an interesting direction.

Gifford’s works stem from a series she started this year titled, CRAZY TIMES. Six pieces sized 12x12 inches are graphite, graphite on vellum, laminated photographs, and graphite powder on birch panels titled: Dread, Rebekah Is To Blame, Heaps of Trouble, Oh Oh, Redaction, and Gathering Storm.

The seventh work titled Crazy Times, 42x96 inches, graphite and acrylic on paper, is a drawing of the back of a man in a straightjacket looking over his shoulder. The mediums and the compositional elements of the works successfully construct a foreboding tone and personal expression of societal, environmental, and political issues interpolated to a possible future time.

Nancy said, “Leonard Cohen’s parting words were: Make it darker. I took those words to heart. The work is full of contradictions both playfully abstract and painstakingly detailed, uplifting, and uneasy at the same time.”

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two panel works, sized 57x35 inches each, titled 40 Faces, are 40 pen-ink portraits on torn pages from John Fowles’s book Daniel Martin, which he did in 2006. Karl started to read it and began to draw portraits on the pages starting with Fowles’s and went on to create a total of 314 faces.

His facial renderings express a wide range of emotions and personas. Karl explained, “It was spontaneous, the faces emerged. Although I liked doing it at the time, I have not done it since and do not wish to.”

Mottin’s piece titled With My Womb, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 42x42 inches, is the first painting of her new series, In Conversation, a narration of the artist’s experience. Using abstract symbols, shapes, and muted colors to express a personal situation, it’s a highly interpretive piece for viewers.

Mottin said, “I am known for my Daily Candy series, abstracts works that are a color study made with paint drops called an allegorical celebration of chaos. The dots are about repetition and difference. This new work symbolizes stories and actual events that have happened with my womb.”

Sanders, a recent UCSB MFA graduate, is known for a variety of mediums from painting to sculptures of various materials of wood, paint, rope, metal, fabric, and found objects from nature and video. Here, he displays a HD video of solitary typed white words on a solid black background, depicting his thought pattern for seven “ideas” for art projects. The words change in size from small to large to small at a rate of one word per second via looped video. George said, “Potential projects II, uses words as its sole material. The only sculptural aspects are the screen and pedestal, which are used to service the video. It was productive for me to revisit this format, and I would consider expanding on this series in the future.” The video art is perhaps his subliminal response to Wolfe’s The Painted Word.

Daniels does color block abstract

installations and is also a painter. Her work at the exhibit, Large Decoration with Door 2017, 122x141 inches, vinyl film, acrylic paint, push pins, and graphite, is an abstract cut-out design of similar elements and colors she has used prior. The brightly colored design covers both inside walls around the left door of the Arts Fund gallery. The cutouts are placed with pushpins, and underneath but visible is a graphite design she drew on the wall. Linda said, “This installation was created using elements from my 2001 project, Large Decoration with Masks, incorporated drawings of some of Matisse’s cut-out shapes. By working so closely with Matisse’s method and his concept of works having multiple possible states, I hope to transmit his joyous belief in the significance of art making.”

Ross’s nude digital prints from chromes in the exhibit were not photographed by the artist himself. Who did remains a mystery after reading Ross’s somewhat vague artist statement about his father and finding the chromes in the family trove. Given his body of work of children in juvenile detention, one is disappointed.

The mock-Rubenesque rudimentary posed and lighted nudes raised a few hairs of fine art disdain from attendees.

Given this is the only representation of still photography in the art culled for the exhibit and is stated by the artist to be dated circa 1940, it supports why photography was not a recognized medium of the art world at the time, especially in the tightly wound NYC museums. In the 1970s, Samuel Wagstaff Jr, the first museum curator to exhibit Pop Art and Minimalism, discovered photography’s fine art value by way of Robert Mapplethorpe and elevated photography to actually be regarded almost equal on a museum wall. Wagstaff’s personal collection of approximately 26,754 photographic items spans from the 1830s to the 1970s.

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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.

Chocolate Arrows to the Heart

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iviniTree, the yoga studio in downtown Santa Barbara, hosts its third official Cacao Ceremony on Saturday evening. The service, created to facilitate participants in connecting to the heart, consists of a number of activities, centering around enjoying high-grade chocolate and/or heart opening tea (for those who don’t want the caffeine of chocolate or just love tea). Before and after the actual ceremony, enjoy Kirtan call and response singing, plus dancing, drumming, local Native American songs led by Richard, and experiences and exercises to connect with the community. Admission to the 6:30 to 9:30 pm event is free.

DiviniTree Santa Barbara is located at 25 E. De La Guerra St, Call (707) 2356967 or visit www.sb.divinitree.com.

Also related to DiviniTree, Urban Sadhana Level 1, which begins next week, is open for enrollment. Nuria Ellinor Reed leads the eight-week course designed to give participants the tools to develop a meditation practice, demystify yoga, and thereby alleviate your suffering in your life.

Even if you’ve tried meditating and struggled or you think you’re not “advanced enough,” this course will give you a foundation to apply this ancient wisdom in a tangible realworld way for your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being without having to fly to India or study at the feet of a guru, suffering.

The course is aimed at providing a foundation in the ancient wisdom of yoga and meditation for real-world application, and is geared toward anyone, including those who struggle with practices. “There’s nothing woo-woo here,” Reed writes on her Facebook page. “Just a mix of ancient

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Topics covered over the eight weekly meetings – which take place 7 to 9 pm every Wednesday from June 21 to August 9 at a private location – include Physiology of the Breath, History of Yoga, History of Yoga, Basics of Ayurveda, The Importance of Ethics for Enlightenment, Subtle Body Systems, Tools of Tantra, SelfKnowledge, and more. The $225 fee includes a one-on-one session with Reed. Contact Reed via her Facebook page or direct message: www.face book.com/nuria.reed?hc_location=ufi.

The Power of Presence

The 2017 Summer retreat with Dawa Tarchin Phillips – who is also the resident teacher at Bodhi Path Santa Barbara and director of education at the Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential at UCSB – is a five-day experience in mindfulness and meditation that takes place here in Montecito. Participants will take a deep dive into personal and collective presence through mindfulness and meditation practice during this June 21-25 retreat at La Casa de Maria Retreat Center. Through periods of silent meditation, personal inquiry, liberating wisdom teachings, interactive transformational exercises, and Q&A sessions, participants can expect to discover personal access points to awakening greater presence in one’s life and experiencing the transformative power of presence in all areas of today’s busy world.

For more information, including the schedule and fees, visit the retreat’s dedicated website at www.powerof presence.org.

workshop will explore the ways that Buddhism and recovery programs such as the 12 Steps complement one another. The goal is to learn how to bring mindfulness to all activities, which then informs recovery and spiritual growth. Open to all, and beginners are especially welcome.

Fee is $265 for commuters.

La Casa de Maria is located at 800 El Bosque Road. Call 969-5031 or visit www.lacasademaria.org.

Matriculating in Montecito

Pacifica Graduate Institute hosts one of its periodic The Pacifica Experience: A One-Day Introductions to Pacifica’s Graduate Degree Programs this Friday, June 16, timed to coincide with its annual landmark conference. The experience is designed to give prospective students the opportunity to visit the campus, attend program-specific information sessions, listen to faculty-led lectures, and learn more about the admissions process and financial aid during a special weekend in Santa Barbara, June 16-18. Those who take part are invited to stick around at a discount for the conference, which this year focuses on the global and national crisis in politics, culture, and community. Response at the Radical Edge: Depth Psychology for the 21st Century brings together thought leaders and community partners in an effort to engage directly with the numerous threats now at the threshold of the political horizons. Speakers include Michael Meade – whose talks will include the topics “Agents of Creation: Healing and Renewal in Chaotic Times” and “Touching the Soul of the World: A Mythological and Soulful View of Chaotic Times” – plus Donald Kalsched, Mary Watkins, Susan Rowland, and others. Pacifica’s Ladera campus is located at 801 Ladera Lane. For info about either event, call 969-3626 or visit www.pacifica.edu.

at BodhiPath Dharma for Deepening Back Dawa Tarchin Phillips returns to Recovery the Buddhist center for the middle The following weekend brings to La Casa de Maria another teacher who combines traditional and contemporary Buddhist meditation practices, with a special focus on recovery. Kevin Griffin, author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery, leads Dharma and Recovery: Deepening Our Spiritual Path at the Retreat Center from June 30 to July 2. Through a combination of meditation practices, interactive exercises, lecture, and discussion, the

installment of his latest three-part series on finding the precious and rare conditions to awaken the heart and mind, and liberate your life, The 3 Jewels Dharma Course and Meditation. The second entry – slated for 7 to 9 pm this Thursday, June 15, focuses on Dharma. the universal principle of the teaching and the practical tools for awakening and transformation. The course concludes on July 29 with a teaching on Sangha, the universal principle of the conscious community and the social infrastructure providing needed sup-

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port and inspiration. Each session includes a guided meditation, tea break, and teaching. Admission by donation. Bodhi Path Santa Barbara is located at 102 W. Mission St.

NVC News

The energy toward deepening the experience of working with NonViolent Communication (NVC) in the wake of the recent annual conference in Santa Barbara continues on three fronts this week. The book study group that is delving into NVC founder Marshall Rosenberg’s Non Violent Communication, a Language of Life has its second meeting from 4 to 6:30 pm this Sunday afternoon, June 18, to explore how the principles of the book can be put into practice via integrating communicate using language that honors and values everyone’s needs. Books can be purchased online at www.nonviolentcommuni cation.com/store/nonviolent-com munication-language-life-p-166.html.

While it’s helpful to be reading the book, it’s not a requirement to attend the study/discussions. Sunday’s meeting is at a private residence in Goleta; future gatherings (slated for July 9 and 23) will be in in Santa Barbara near Milpas Street. Contact facilitators Lesley Weinstock at lesleyweinstock@yahoo.com or 2120052 or Catherine Cooley at catherinedcooley@gmail.com or 252-6406, for location and details.

Meanwhile, conference founder and coordinator Rodger Sorrow is reviving his practice group with new times and days and adding a new Games Night in an effort to build the NVC community in Santa Barbara. The practice groups will take place 10 am to noon every other week, alternating Fridays and Saturdays, beginning next Friday, June 23. The requested donation is $20 per session, but no one is turned away because of lack of money.

The first Games Night takes place 7 to 9 pm this Thursday, June 15, with participants enjoying such NVCbased games as GROK, Four Ears, Mad-Libs, Empathy Poker, and others.

The evenings are meant as a way to play, laugh, and even sing (Rosenberg has some fun songs with the NVC concepts in the lyrics) while learning and practicing NVC at the same time.

Leadership is shared, so bring a NVC game if you have one and want to lead it. Please RSVP if you plan to attend and confirm there is space, and perhaps bring a snack to share in the potluck snack-a-thon. Admission is free.

Call Sorrow – who is a certified trainer and assessor in training with NVC – at 452-8874 or email RodgerHSorrow@gmail.com to register, find out more information or get directions.

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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

Pardon My Apology

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lthough I’ve now been living in the U.S. for most of my life, there’s one thing that still makes me feel like a foreigner. That is the difficulty which many people seem to have in admitting a mistake, and saying they are sorry. In comparison, in many countries – even England, where I was partly brought up, there’s a tendency to be effusive in expressing regret for having made even a trivial error.

What I find in this country is an apparent sense of shame, which makes people unwilling to confess that they were wrong. At a market check-out counter, for example, if you notice an error, the clerk will tend to gloss over it, and will certainly not thank you for pointing it out. One expression I have noticed, which for some reason I think may have originated among American troops during the Vietnam War, is “Sorry about that.” This is often said in a way that makes you feel the person is not deeply abasing himself – in other words, it is a lighter, softer, and actually less truly meaningful, way of saying, “I’m sorry.”

There are, of course, other cultures, particularly in what we used to call the Far East (which more accurately from our perspective is the Near West) where, at least traditionally, humility was considered a virtue, and one apologized for oneself almost as a matter of form.

But, speaking for myself, I’m glad to tell you that I’ve never had any trouble in apologizing, honestly and sincerely. And people are sometimes so surprised at this that they respond forgivingly and warm-heartedly. Indeed, this ability is apparently such a rare gift that I sometimes find myself wishing I had more things to apologize for.

I’m reminded of a story about a man who, after staying in a certain hotel, wrote them a letter complaining that he had encountered bedbugs in his room. He received in reply an expansively apologetic letter, saying how unusual this was, and how they would take all steps to eliminate the problem. He thought that it was quite a satisfactory response, until he noticed a small note which had inadvertently been left attached, which stated “Send him the bedbug letter.”

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of the time – Henry IV, who bore the title of Holy Roman emperor, and the pope, Gregory VII. I won’t burden you with the details, but it was really all about who was ultimately going to call the shots in Europe. Since Henry wouldn’t yield, the pope not only excommunicated him, which was pretty drastic in itself, but also threatened to dethrone him permanently. To mix a couple of metaphors, it was the pope who held all the cards, so it was Henry who had to eat humble pie.

He did so dramatically, by making a personal pilgrimage over the Alps, in the middle of winter, to the pope’s castle at Canossa, in northern Italy, and waiting there, outside in the snow for three days, before Gregory agreed to see and ultimately forgive him. This incident is remembered so well in the annals of personal humiliation that any such profound apology is still called “Going to Canossa.”

I’ve never had any trouble in apologizing, honestly and sincerely But if individuals find it hard to apologize to one another, consider how hard it is for nations. Despite the niceties of diplomacy, many great and well-known historic wrongs are still waiting for some official expression of regret, let alone any actual redress.

Everywhere you look, there is some aggrieved group harboring injustices that are sometimes hundreds of years old. The ill feelings may be between countries, or even between large groups within a society.

I therefore have to wonder why I myself find it so easy, and almost pleasant, to apologize, when the occasion arises. Can it be because I have so little of that commodity, so highly valued nowadays, called “self-esteem” (I think we used to call it “pride”)?

Maybe lacking such a quality is nothing to be proud of. But there you are.

Anyway, I’ve never understood that now-hackneyed line from Erich Segal’s Love Story: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Perhaps its popularity derives from the fact that, as I began by complaining, most people apparently don’t like having to say they’re sorry anyway – and love has nothing to do with it.

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The “avant-garde style event” will be a party featuring iconic Italian fashion house Valentino presenting installations in Lotusland’s gardens, followed by cocktails and an elegant seated dinner on the grand lawn.

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Los Arroyos Opens in Goleta

One of Coast Village Road’s most popular eateries is once again expanding, this time opening a new location in Goleta in the Calle Real Center. The restaurant opened on June 1 in the former home of Paloma Restaurant.

“The menu and recipes are the same as all the other locations with pricing similar to our downtown Santa Barbara store, but a full bar as our Montecito store offers with our signature Arroyo Margaritas, homemade Sangria, local wines, local craft beer, and Mexican beers!” said Maria Rickard Arroyo, the restaurant group’s pubic relations rep.

Los Arroyos Goleta offers a comfortable patio and a handsome bar with two flat-screen televisions showing popular sports channels, including Mexican soccer. The eatery offers full-service dining, take out, and catering. Restaurant Connection will begin food delivery within the next month to the Goleta community.

“We are excited and honored to be in Goleta after 18 years in business.

It was just a matter of time for us to expand into this wonderful community,” said Tony Arroyo, owner/chef

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of the restaurant. Los Arroyos opened in 1999 in downtown Santa Barbara, and five years later opened on Coast Village Road in Montecito. In 2009, Los Arroyos opened in the Camarillo Outlet Center.

The Arroyo family prides itself on owning and operating a family-run business, which employs many members of the family as well as longtime employees, many of whom have worked for the company upwards of 10 years. The eateries make madefrom-scratch specialties daily, ranging from traditional favorites to more modern cuisine.

Los Arroyos in Goleta is located at 5764 Calle Real. For more information, visit www.losarroyos.net.

Dog Adoption at George This Saturday, June 17, George Pet Shop in Montecito is hosting a special adoption event in an effort to find a home for a dog named Sashay. The occasion will be a meet-and-greet for the 8-year-old mixed-breed canine to meet new potential owners. “He is a really sweet dog, and we would love to find him a home,” said SB County Animal Shelter Shelley Greenbaum.

George, a specialty pet shop in Montecito Country Mart, also helped the County Animal Shelter find a home for Courage, who was adopted shortly after a meet-and-greet last month. “The store is doing a very lovely thing by helping us find these great dogs homes,” Greenbaum said.

The event is from 11 am to 1 pm on June 17. Attendees will enjoy 15 percent off purchases during the event.

For more information, call Shelley at 569-9647. George is located at 1026 Coast Village Road.

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Is there a psychiatrist in the audience willing to weigh in on this?

When it comes to Donald Trump, the far-left is above ‘n’ beyond obsessive-compulsive pathology.

It’s only five months into his presidency. As the Trumpster succeeds in enacting his agenda, what public acts of displayed desperation can top the brutal beating and murder of the president, thinly veiled in a Shakespeare masquerade and defended as free speech, on a nightly basis?

I think you know what they hope comes next!

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: I’m not sure what comes next, but it never ceases to amuse me that the Hollywood crowd that revels in making, starring in, and releasing films featuring on-screen mayhem with close-up and graphic scenes of humans being tortured, blown up, shot at, gunned down, knifed to death, strangled, and otherwise maimed with weapons of increasing lethality, are the same people who call for “gun-control” and refer to themselves as “peace-loving” as they excoriate and harass those who don’t buy into their agenda. – J.B.) •MJ

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On Entertainment Livin’ it up at Live Oak

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French chanteuse Jessica Fichot performs this weekend (photo by Andy Sheng)

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he days when headline artists at the Live Oak Music Festival were the main draws – Richard Thompsons, New Grass Revival members, Arlo Guthrie, Los Lobos, David Grisman, King Sunny Ade, and jazz great Stanley Jordan, to name just a few – might have passed a few years ago. Indeed, this year’s top names – multi-instrumentalist Jackie Greene, the outspoken Grammy-winning ensemble Ozomatli, and laid-back surfer-folkie Donavon Frankenreiter – have not only performed previously in Santa Barbara several times each, they’ve each showed up at SOhO, which has a capacity of only 300. That’s also true of several of the musicians who play earlier at this weekend’s festival – which takes place Friday-Sunday, June 16-18 – including singer-songwriters Paul Thorn and Sara Watkins, New Orleans-cabaret band Vaud and the Villains, and multilingual French chanteuse Jessica Fichot.

But that’s beside the point. Because Live Oak, now in its 29th year, nearly all of which have taken place at the campground located adjacent to Lake Cachuma off the San Marcos Pass that gives the fest its name, is truly a festival that is more than the sum of its parts. And even within the music alone, it’s more about staying true to the original idea of creating an event that would both benefit Public Radio KCBX and reflect its programming position, comprised mainly of non-mainstream music, with historical and cultural roots over a wide variety of genres.

To that end, we’ll hear the still widely underappreciated Birds of Chicago, the collective centered around Allison Russell and JT Nero that never fails to evoke an emotional response; veteran soul man Les Fields, whose

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recordings date back to the ‘60s; the aptly-named modern country singer Sam Outlaw; and Nick Waterhouse, who calls his genre post-post-modern 1950s cocktail R&B mixed with club jazz. Even Ozomatli gets to appear on Stage Two – the much smaller venue with hillside seating a few hundred yards away – under its Ozokidz guise, a special family-friendly set geared toward children. Meanwhile, longtime MC Joe Craven gets a full set this year, playing with his trio The Sometimers, featuring bassist Jonathan Stoyanoff and dobroist Bruce MacMillan.

There’s also plenty of focus on local artists – with “local” defined as KCBX’s audience stretching from Santa Barbara to Southern Monterey county – including Templeton-based Mark Adams, whose “Switcheroo” album gets its official release during the festival, and Santa Barbara’s Bryan Titus Trio, a bluegrass and American roots music threesome who have been called a “Postmodern Barn Dance band.”

Live Oak’s attractions go beyond whoever is standing at the microphone on the mainstage at any given moment, ranging from jam sessions in campsites and other open spaces that almost always welcome guests with open arms to children’s events that include yoga, a juggling show, and workshops for silk painting, pottery

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Los Altos Hills, again nearly the same size as Montecito, funds its Home Rile with $10.5 million in General Fund revenues.

Carpinteria – 45% Larger than Montecito

Carpinteria residents chose Home Rule in 1965. This year, the frugal City of Carpinteria (population 13,040) will collect $16.5 million and spend $16.5 million on city services and needed capital improvements to “preserve the essential character of our small beach town, its family-oriented residential neighborhoods, its unique visual and natural resources, and its open, rural surroundings,” including bike paths, wetlands, library, the purchase of coastal nature preserves, and infrastructure improvements.

Carpinteria receives $3.6 million in County property taxes on a total assessed property valuation of $2 billion. By comparison, Montecito, with 45% fewer residents, remits to the County some $9 million in property taxes on an assessed property valuation of $9 billion.

Carpinteria receives some $2.4 million annually in bed taxes. Montecito, with the new 12% transient occupancy tax (TOT) initiated by the County in January 2017 (up from the old 10%) and the anticipated addition of the new Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort, should generate roughly $8 million in bed taxes, 233% more than Carpinteria.

Carpinteria collects an additional $3.4 million in sales taxes. Sales tax revenue in Montecito is relatively light, generated mostly in the upper village, since Coast Village Road is annexed to the City of Santa Barbara.

The City of Carpinteria will also receive $3.4 million in various federal and state grant programs this year, an advantage missing in Montecito.

Goleta – the Latest to Choose Home Rule

After several failed attempts, Goleta voters approved incorporation in 2001.

Twenty-five years ago, when a new city incorporated, all taxes generated within the city boundaries went into its coffers. Today, newly incorporated cities must negotiate a Revenue Neutrality Agreement (RNA) for sharing tax revenues with the County. The RNA negotiated between Goleta and the County was intended to ensure that all county residents would not be harmed by the transfer of county revenues to the new city. Prior to Goleta’s incorporation, the county was collecting $5.5 million more in revenues than it was spending in Goleta on services.

Goleta’s RNA signed with the County is widely regarded as the most punitive Revenue Neutrality Agreement ever authorized in the State of California. The County insisted it should retain 50% of all property taxes, including all taxes from new city development; 50% of all sales taxes; and 40% of hotel bed taxes.

Ten years after final incorporation, all bed taxes and 20% of sales taxes reverted to Goleta, but the County continues to keep 50% of property taxes and 30% of sales taxes into perpetuity.

Today, despite its punitive RNA, Goleta books some $25.5 million in revenues, of which 89% come from a combination of property taxes, TOT or bed taxes, sales taxes, and franchise fees from utilities for access to city streets. Goleta spends some $24.7 million on community services. It commits the excess of revenues over expenses to reserves.

Community Services Delivery

In Home Rule towns, local residents, not the County, set funding priorities and dollar amounts for the services they want. Some Home Rule towns provide their own public safety and crime prevention; others contract with state or nearby law enforcement providers. Some Home Rule towns provide neighborhood police patrols for local traffic law enforcement, protection of school children, and as a deterrent to home burglaries.

Home Rule towns manage the repair and maintenance of local roads and bridges to keep them from deteriorating. Beaches, creeks, and parks become a local priority to keep them safe and clean. Nearly all fund improved hiking and riding trails, bicycle and pedestrian pathways, open space procurement, and community beautification. All fund local emergency preparedness, while coordinating with special districts for fire protection, education, reliable water, and sanitary services.

Most fund local libraries, art programs, senior services, and special events such as a town 4th of July and recreation facilities. Some negotiate higher-speed Internet connectivity, better cell phone coverage, and undergrounding of utilities. All seek and receive grants from states and federal agencies.

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personal visit with those who have both the power and the purse to solve local problems. This builds trust, community pride, and personal rapport between those who govern and those who are governed.

Most Home Rule towns use standing volunteer committees to address community concerns and make suggestions for improvements, creating shared responsibility, and local involvement. Volunteer committees often include Community Relations, Education, Public Art, Environmental Design and Protection, Finance and Investment, Open Space, Parks and Recreation, Pathways, and Emergency Communication.

Suggestion for Montecito

Over the years, Home Rule has been discussed, debated, and rejected by Montecito residents, primarily out of a fear of unfavorable financial feasibility and a concern over added bureaucracy. Is further research and analysis a waste of time and money, or is it the responsible thing to do?

Perhaps now is the time to ask the Montecito Foundation for a grant to fund a definitive financial analysis of Home Rule for Montecito. Specifically, what County services could be transferred to the Village of Montecito and how would each be paid for? Could Home Rule revenues, expenses, and reserves be fully funded from the transfer of tax revenues from the County to the town?

There is one invaluable asset for our community that did not exist during previous discussions. Bob Geis, who served for 25 years as the auditor and controller of Santa Barbara County before his retirement in 2016, was the County architect of the punitive Goleta incorporation revenue sharing agreement. He knows County government finances like Tom Brady knows NFL defenses; Geis would make an excellent candidate to lead a study on Montecito’s behalf.

The community benefit for Montecito would be the creation of a definitive benchmark for intelligent decision-making to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Home Rule, as well as an evaluation of threats and opportunities.

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Music Academy of the West

by Steven Libowitz

Talkin’ About a Revolution

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n a milestone Music Academy of the West (MAW) season filled with a plethora of premieres and great numbers of new guests, the one debut that won’t feature any live music at all might prove to be the most interesting and influential.

The inaugural Classical Evolution/ Revolution Conference, which takes place on Monday and Tuesday, June 19-20, at Hahn and Lehmann halls on campus, is a pioneering program aiming to make MAW a focal point for thought leadership in music. The event features a wide range of experts in the fields of music, technology, arts, business, finance, research, media and more, coming together to engage in discussions and debates about the intersections between the areas, as well as new opportunities, roles, and responsibilities of the arts and artists.

CEOs and other leaders from various communities will join artists, agents, journalists, programmers, and presenters covering such subjects as the roles of tastemakers and experts in connecting artists and audiences, redefining the live experience, the

effect of technology on the arts and its audiences, changing financial models for both artist and producers, and art as a response to social and cultural issues.

While the conference is free and open to the public, with all of the events also being live-streamed on MAW’s website and Facebook Live, the target audience – as with nearly all MAW events – is the fellows themselves. “The majority of subject matter is geared toward getting them to think in different ways, and exposing them to new ideas and information they might not get in their conservatory training or other preparation to be professionals,” explained Jessica Lustig, managing director of 21C Media Group, Inc., who put together the conference in conjunction with MAW. “They are the people who are the future of this art form. What they think about how the music and its place as our society evolves (makes this) an important part of their continuing education.”

Lustig said only about half of the 18 guests are directly involved in

classical music, with the others coming from industry, technology, and other fields. “The idea was to bring ideas and different types of opinions that we might not normally hear in the classical musical community, to have to think with people outside the industry about where classical music sits in contemporary society.”

The seminars, which run 75-minutes each, are comprised of just three panelists per segment, including a moderator, and few of them know one another, Lustig said. “These are very successful people with strong personalities, so I’m expecting interesting conversations to develop,“ she said. “We’re hoping the chemistry will be there, but I’d expect significant disagreement and differing opinions, which is by design. We’re encouraging

active debate and audience participation.”

One topic that is sure to be of interest to the young musicians on campus this summer is titled “Money (That’s What I Want): How does our music earn income?”, meant to address the vastly different path to predictable incomes than previous generations faced. “Money is typically not talked about in the music school environment, but students often take out debt for education and are worried about paying it down,“ Lustig explained.

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Cardiologist Steven Gundry launches new book

founder-director of the Center for Restorative Medicine in our Eden by the Beach and Palm Springs.

His debut work was Dr. Gundry’s Diet Revolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You and Your Waistline in 2009.

At a launch bash at Tecolote, the lively literary lair in the upper village, Steven talked about his latest New York Times bestseller Harper Collins work, described as “a learned perspective on eating healthy.”

“It lists good and bad food, as well as recipes and dietary programs for good health. Many of the grains, nuts, fruits, and vegetables, considered healthy are actually triggering inflammation, a leading cause of illness.”

Who knew?

Right at Home PATH – People Assisting the Homeless – hit a home run with its first Making It Home Tour, a sell-out event with more than 200 supporters taking a trolley tour of four of our rarefied enclave’s toniest properties and raising more than $50,000 for the nonprofit formed two years ago when Casa Esperanza, started in 1998, joined the 33-year-old Los Angeles based charity as PATH Santa Barbara.

In the last 24 months, 1,413 have been helped and, locally, 187 have been housed in the last year. PATH has 25 locations across California.

Jennifer Hark Dietz, chief operating officer, says: “This debut event has been an enormous success, and I have no doubt whatsoever will now become an annual happening.”

The three-hour tour, which started in the Funk Zone and had food and wine stations along the route, allowed guests access to The Top of the Granada, the charming 110foot-high 1920s duplex 4,000-sq.-ft. penthouse home of Dan and Meg Burnham with 360-degree views of our Eden by the Beach, before visiting the Montecito 18,000 sq.-ft. eight-acre estate of multi-Grammy winner Allen Sides and his wife, Anne, which was formerly the Brooks Institute of Photography.

Nearby was Shangri-La, a 75-year-

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FITNESS FRONT

by Karen Robiscoe

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Temper, Temper

Bench-press champ Bruce Mendoza works out of Fisher Gym on upper State Street Although it resembles a Medieval torture device, this is actually just Bruce Mendoza’s custom-made squat bar

B

efore I met power-lifter Bruce Mendoza, the word “temper” referenced a state of mind, not much more. And, I was not and am not a candidate for an anger-management course. I am, in fact, pretty darn mellow.

After a session with the record-holding champion, however, I learned “temper” can be applied to achieving a state of body, too. Formally known as body tempering, it involves compressing tense muscles with weighted steel cylinders. Widely recognized as a vital tool to prepare athletes for peak-explosive performance, tempering increases both the pliability of soft tissues and ROM, replacing the foam roller for relieving muscular adhesions anywhere in the body. A method initially introduced to the workout world in 2014 by Donnie “Super D” Thompson, the steel was golden in the experienced hands of Bruce Mendoza.

Maximizing the effects of PNF in our post-workout cool down, he targeted an area of tension in my glutes with the cylinder, compressing the knots as I performed leg lifts employing muscles in the problem area.

“Bruce is really good at tempering,” says Ted O’Neil, a colleague with whom Bruce has been exchanging

methods since the turn of the century.

“He uses different strategies on different muscles, and that’s important.”

Coming from the head strength coach for Diablo Barbell’s powerlifting team in Concord, California, it’s no idle praise, but Bruce is as modest as he is muscular.

“Body tempering is simply strength preparation,” Bruce explains. The current holder of the Californian and American records for bench pressing (578 lbs.), he accredits this achievement to two things: 1) his background as a manual laborer, and 2) the Westside Barbell Conjugate Method, a lifting modality invented by Louis Simmons that incorporates resistance bands with cambered, buffalo, and safety squat bars equipped with chains.

“We need some level of strength to perform any activity we do, even just living,” Bruce avers. “Sometimes,” he adds, “that strength is limited by mobility, resiliency, or muscular weakness, and body tempering helps prepare the body for challenges.” When asked why the cylinders he uses to body temper range in weight from 18 to 130 pounds, he explains that he uses heavier weight if the mass of the person is larger, or if the muscle he’s working on is larger and denser.

At the end of my session with Bruce, and despite a truly one-of-akind workout that included a circuit of seated band abductions, corkscrew lunges, ski jumpers, and sled pull – with sled weighing in at a cumulative total of 110 pounds – I was remarkably pain-free. Since many of the pieces of equipment I worked with were designed or modified by Mr. Mendoza to bump up safety features, output, and modus operandi, I’m convinced my post-workout pep was due to his creative engineering. That, and his impressive background in the industry. With certification as USPA Power Lifting coach, and Westside Barbell Special Strength & Conditioning under his belt, along with an ALTIS Foundation Course and BIO Force Conditioning coach in the works, his expertise in the field is indisputable.

“He’s like Santa Barbara’s best-kept secret,” says Mathew Tinley, former rep for Mike Tyson and one-time CEO of what is now Fox Sports. He reveals that he had been away from Santa Barbara “for some time,” but that the first thing he did when he got back was call Bruce. “I’ve been training with him for a couple of years now,” he says, “and have had incredible results. If you’re not serious about getting healthy and stronger,” Mathew advises, “don’t go to Bruce. It’s a waste of his time and your energy.

Tinley says he’s trained “with a lot of the top guys in the professional sports world, and [Bruce Mendoza] is light years better than all of them.”

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“This is a different functional-movement screen that most gyms do in that I get immediate feedback from the individual, inquiring how a given movement feels to them,” Bruce explains, noting that despite the heavy weights with which he and his clientele work, not one of the 250-plus people he’s trained has ever been injured. He watches how a new client walks, sits on a bench, and picks something up. “I don’t like to over-correct people,” he says, “or tell them how to move.” He prefers to observe how they move naturally, and “work within that parameter.”

Shelley Bookspan, a historian consultant who has trained and body tempered with Bruce for seven years and currently works out with him twice a week, notes that Mendoza “has developed an array of exercises that most trainers haven’t [even thought about], along with specialized bars for lifting.“ A petite 5’5”, Shelley nevertheless dead-lifts more than 200 pounds that when she does her squats, the different types of bars Bruce chooses enables her to train accessory muscles, as well as the main ones. “That helps me grow my strength and works my whole body,” she says, “plus, it adds an element of interest to the workout.”

I’ll be going back to train with Bruce Mendoza, for sure. His know-how and keen eye are outweighed only by his genuine concern for the people he trains. Hours after I’d left the gym, he messaged me to check on my welfare, as he does with most of his clientele.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 30) Attending the opening is Downtown Organization executive director Maggie Campbell; SB City assistant manager Nina Johnson; Santo Mezal; Jose Luis Jacobson, general manager; Laurie Recordon, Hotel Indigo owner; and Kathy Jangega Dykes, Visit Santa Barbara executive director (photo by Priscilla)

Funky Food To the Funk Zone for the opening of Los Agaves founder Carlos Luna’s latest outpost, Santo Mezcal.

The 35-seat eatery, formerly the Anchor Woodfire Kitchen and Blue Tavern, is just a tiara’s toss from the new Hotel Californian and the MOXI museum, and boasts contemporary Mexican cuisine from chef Ricardo Garcia and, true to its name, offers an eclectic selection of mezcals and tequilas with a bar program headed by local mixicologist Sean Sepulveda.

Luna tells me another branch is now in the works locally, adding to his restaurants on Milpas and De La Vina streets, Westlake Village, and the

Camino Real Marketplace, and now next to the Indigo Hotel.

An empire in the making.

Note Worthy My Journal colleague and columnist Ashleigh Brilliant has the presidential seal of approval – sort of.

Ashleigh tells me he received a letter from New York developer Donald Trump 27 years ago.

The laudatory missive resulted from The Donald’s appearance at the American Booksellers Association convention with his tome The Art of the Deal.

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“After hearing him speak, my publishers sent him a copy of my own book, We’ve Been Through So Much Together – And Most Of It Was Your Fault,” says Ashleigh.

“Often such unsolicited gifts are lucky to receive any kind of acknowledgement at all, but Mr. Trump was relatively effusive.”

The typed letter, on the letterhead of The Trump Organization, with his distinct, largely illegible signature, said of Ashleigh’s work: “It is delightful and very amusing. There are many truisms, and I find it all very entertaining.”

“Over the years, I’ve received many messages of praise, but this is the first time from a president, even if he wasn’t president yet,” adds Ashleigh I would often appear with Trump on Geraldo Rivera’s eponymous talk show, taped in the CBS studios of West 57th Street, and he would frequently congratulate me on my books while we were getting made up.

I hadn’t the heart to tell him I hadn’t written any!

Addition by Subtraction TV talk-show host and serial flipper Ellen DeGeneres suffered a rare loss on a real estate investment with a property in Beverly Hills.

Ellen, 59, who currently has her Montecito 17-acre estate, Villa di Lemma, on the market for $45 million, almost 50 percent more than she paid for it five years ago, just sold her 3, 800-sq.-ft. two-bedroom, three-bathroom Beverly West apartment, just a tiara’s toss from the oh-so tony Los Angeles Country Club, for $6 million.

She and her actress partner, Portia de Rossi, paid $6.2 million for the property about three years ago.

I trust she’ll cope.

Long and Winding Road The father of the late Santa Barbara actor Paul Walker continues to struggle to come to terms with his 40-yearold son’s untimely death four years ago.

Los Angeles-based Paul Walker Sr. says: “I’m pretty much of a recluse. I don’t go out as much anymore because Paul’s death took a lot out of me.”

The devastated father keeps his son’s memory alive by writing things Paul used to say in a journal, he tells the Daily Mail.

“Paul’s death has changed me though for the better. I’ve become much more considerate, just like he was. I’m more considerate of people, and I realized some of the things he said... I keep a journal, and I remember the things Paul said when he was a little fellow and I write them down.

“I can’t believe how profound he was when he was young. And they

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were totally original thoughts that came from him. He’d figured them out himself.”

Walker said he eventually caught The Fate of the Furious, the first film in the popular series that features the original cast of Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, without the late actor, after rallying friends, and he believes his son, who died in a car crash in Valencia in 2013, would have been delighted the film franchise continues on without him.

When Paul died, his brothers Cody and Caleb helped aid the production of Furious 7 by filling in as body doubles in key scenes that needed to be finished. Since then, Cody has gone on to star in USS Indianapolis opposite Nicolas Cage, has another film he’s about to shoot in Costa Rica, and is taking on the responsibility of being an ambassador for Reach Out Worldwide, just like Paul.

Fond memories.

Goop Scoop Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow began Goop as weekly lifestyle newsletter in 2008 and it is now being turned into a quarterly magazine for New York publishing colossus Conde Nast by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, as I chronicled in this illustrious organ.

And as the now site has given plenty of sage advice, the Oscar winner has admitted she does not exactly understand it all.

The 44-year-old thespian made quite the revelation about Goop during an appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!

“I don’t know what the f*** we talk about,” she confessed.

The exchange began when the 49-year-old chat show host asked about “earthing,” one of the practices promoted on the site.

“One of the things we like to do on Goop is find what the alternative world feels about good in the modern day world,” Paltrow explained.

“I don’t actually know that much about earthing, and it came out of me not knowing anything about earthing, but hearing about it.

“They say we lost touch with sort of being barefoot in the earth, and there’s some sort of electromagnetic thing we’re missing. It’s good to take your shoes off and walk in the grass.”

Paltrow also explained why she had been hobbling around with a walking boot of late.

“I was rushing around my house and I was trying to pack my son for a fifth-grade retreat, and I collided with the sofa. I’ve got to stop this toe-breaking thing.

“I’ve broken toes probably about eight or ten times.”

Sole searching, indeed.

In Sync Ensemble Theatre Company closed its latest season at the New Vic with Allan Knee’s charming work Syncopation.

Set in a dingy sixth-floor walkup on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1911, the entertaining production is a magical blend of drama and dance with two ETC newcomers, Zander Meister and Sara Brophy, telling the unlikely romance between a Jewish meat packer and a shy seamstress, as they try to be that era’s version of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after Meister’s character places ads looking for a partner who wants “to give their life a lift and dance for royalty.”

estates, including a 180,000-acre ranch in Kenya.

Khashoggi’s triplex Manhattan apartment, made from 16 apartments knocked into one in the Olympic Tower, overlooking St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, boasted a waterfall through all three floors, where I was fortunate enough to have been a party guest a number of times.

He also owned the world’s largest yacht, The Nabila – named after his daughter – which was used in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again and was later sold to Donald Trump and renamed The Trump Princess.

Trump, who I have known for four decades, invited me on it when it was Ensemble Theatre Company’s Syncopation (photo by David Bazemore)

In her directorial debut at the New Vic, veteran Maggie MancinelliCahill does a superb job, not to mention New York choreographer William Soleau, who worked in collaboration with Rodney Gustafson’s State Street Ballet and did extensive research into the period when he did An American Tango at the Granada last year.

And much kudos to scenic designer Roman Tatarowicz, also making his debut, with a set that evokes the dinginess and relative poverty of the period in one of Manhattan’s less salubrious districts.

This is Dancing With the Stars – with character.

The play runs through Sunday, June 25.

Can’t Take it with You On a personal note, I remember Saudi arms wheeler-dealer Adnan Khashoggi, a larger-than-life high living jet setter, who just died in London aged 81.

His spectacular wealth in the 1970s and ‘80s was breathtaking, and one of the biographies of him was titled The Richest Man in the World.

With an estimated fortune of $40 billion, Khashoggi, known as The Great Gatsby of the Middle East, was in an exclusive elite and at the peak of his wealth he presided over 12 vast

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moored on Manhattan’s East River, and my abiding memory was the deck loungers that automatically followed the sun without the tiresome task of getting up and moving them.

Khashoggi also had three lavishly refitted commercial-size jets at his beck and call and reportedly spent $250,000 a day supporting his dazzling and ostentatious lifestyle, which also included a 5,000-acre estate in Marbella, Spain, where he held his 50th birthday bash for 400 guests, at which Shirley Bassey sang, which extended over five days.

An enormous character of which true legends are made. Croesus would have been jealous.

Sightings: Former Oscars host Billy Crystal noshing at Olio e Limone....

Oscar winner Jeff Bridges lunching at the Coral Casino...Rocker Kenny Loggins masticating at Opal 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 15 – 22 June 2017

Ernie’s World

by Ernie Witham

Want to turn your vacations into columns? Spend a day with Ernie at the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference, June 18-23. www.sbwriters.com

Searching for La Herradura

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fter a mere 16 hours, we arrived in Malaga, Spain, and dragged our luggage a long way to get to the rental car pick-up spot. The driver went around a large parking structure, through a roundabout, and stopped. “Here we are.”

I looked up and I could still see the airport.

Pat had reserved a car through the Internet at an incredible price. “Here it is,” the guy told us, pointing to a car that had a number of dings and scrapes, including one significant one on the front passenger side.

“Oh, don’t worry about that,” he said.

Then he went around the car pointing out a number of dings and scratches.

“Normal,” he said. “Okay. Not bad.

Fine.”

I took a photo anyway.

Pat found highway A7, where we could do 100 to 110 kilometers – except on hills. “We may need to trade up to a bigger car,” she said, downshifting.

“Maybe one without dings,” I said.

Later, I was to realize there is no such

thing in Coastal Spain.

I was in charge of reading the instructions on how to get to the flat in La Herradura. We wound around curves and roundabouts. “Turn here, I think.

Nope. Try this way. Uh-un.” Finally, we found Andre Segovia Avenue and got the key from the agent’s office.

There was a small Mercado beside the office where we bought the essentials: wine. Then we simply followed the rest of the instructions right to the front door of the flat (that would have been nice).

As it turned out, we got to see many roads and take many turns before we found the huge building atop the hill. I read the next instruction. “After going through the gate, go to the fourth garage door,” I said. “One… two… keep going, down here I think.”

Pat turned into a long narrow section that dead-ended. It was about the same width as our little putt-putt.

“Now, this is funny. It’s the ‘second garage door’ and the ‘fourth parking space.’” Pat was not laughing.

“I’ll help you turn around. If you have to hit the wall, hit it on the side with the big dent,” I suggested, jumping out. Back up, turn, stop.

Forward, turn, stop. Back up, turn, stop. Forward, turn, stop.

Pat finally got us turned around.

We found the garage. I pressed open with the remote. Seemed to open then quickly closed. I pressed again. And again. I noticed another guy parked at a house across the drive. He, too, was pressing the button, trying to help me. He pressed, I pressed. He pressed, I pressed. “Let him do it,” Pat suggested.

The door slowly opened. We entered the long, narrow garage. “Park here,” I said pointing to a space that would have been for “bicycle only” in California.

We took the elevator. “Here it is,” I said, pointing at Unit A. I tried to

get the key into the lock. It wouldn’t go all the way in. I heard a click from inside. “Huh.” I tried again. Another click. “I think someone is in our flat,” I rang the bell. A nice English couple came to the door. I asked if they were the couple we were exchanging with or if they knew them. “Sorry, no.” I apologized. “No problem, I was just making some dinner,” she said. I was tempted to ask if they had room for two more, but Pat thought we should keep trying to find our flat.

I found another Unit A. “I’m sure this is it. Nope. This must be it.

Nah.” After several more unsuccessful attempts, Pat called the owners in England. Turns out, we had been thinking backward; they were in the first building, which looks like the last building in the photos we had seen, because they had been taken from the other side.

“I was just about to suggest that,” I said.

We found “our” Unit A, and in less than five minutes, I figured out how the key worked. We were in!

The flat had two bathrooms; we each headed for one. It had now been more than 20 hours since we had left Santa Barbara. We opened the wine and sat on the balcony overlooking the blue Mediterranean and the Costa Tropical.

“That wasn’t too bad,” I said. Pat gulped her wine.

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Far Flung Travel

Full-bloom Fever

by Chuck Graham

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’ve seen traffic cops working intersections before. There are lots of moving parts. However, this was ridiculous. It was all in the name of desert flora exploding across a dormant desert floor.

The desert wildflowers that brightened Anza Borrego Desert State Park and piqued by the middle of last March were the real deal, a true showstopper in California’s largest state park located within the Colorado Desert. It’s also the second-largest state park in the Lower 48, which not only encompasses the desert floor but also oasis-filled canyons, stunning badlands, and daunting mountains 6,000 feet high.

The funny thing about all that congestion was that it was mostly centered near the Visitors Center, where the traffic cops somehow managed the throng of cars where the S22 met the main drag of Borrego Springs. There weren’t nearly the amount of cars around the outlying areas of the park where the best show of wildflowers were.

There were a lot of cars, though, in and out of Coyote Canyon that

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were driving way too fast and not even enjoying the “super bloom.”

The broad, dry arroyo was something to behold. Fortunately, most of the hordes were moving through in the middle of the day when the desert sun was way overhead and the desert was cooking in the lower 90s. It was also the worst time for photography.

I drove out to Anza Borrego twice;

the second time with my wife, Lori.

The mornings were the most pleasant long before the sun peeked above the mountaintops. We were grateful for the cool air and so were the flowers.

We discovered most wildflower seekers like to sleep in. Pity. In fact, most folks would drive up, stay on the periphery of a carpet, have a gander, and then leave.

The vast profusion of stunning color this year in Coyote Canyon was one of the best blooms in at least a decade.

2010 was real good and so was 2005, but 2017 probably topped them both.

My favorite desert floral displays were those that encompassed several species of flowers clustered together, finally breathing life into the desert after years of stingy drought.

I usually found three species clustered together at a time, and my favorite was definitely purple sand verbena smothering a lone desert lily. Every other desert lily I’ve seen in the past stood alone. Another favorite was the tall desert sunflower towering over low-growing sand verbena and either brown-eyed or dune evening primrose. Other abundant clusters were bushels of desert dandelion and chickory with Arizona lupine standing over them.

While waiting out the hottest hours of the day, I was fortunate enough for a couple of greater roadrunners crossing in front of me. They helped pass the time away while they foraged for lizards and snakes before doing what they do best – running across the road.

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The desert sunflowers in the broad valley on Henderson Canyon Road were the best I’ve ever seen. The yellowish-orange blooms stretched as far as the eye could see to the base of the mountains. Mixed in beneath those tall blooms were sand verbena and dune evening primrose.

Some of my other favorite blooms were those that grew out of cracked mud in the now dry arroyos, a nice contrast to the gravelly desert floor.

Best experiences were those when we left my truck in the late afternoon and wandered off into the desert, just looking for the best blooms with the best backgrounds while waiting for the most optimal light. Time kind of slows down, the temperature drops, and a cool breeze blows down canyon.

The colors of the desert eventually soften, signifying another epic day in Anza Borrego.

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wheel art, and henna hand painting.

Just hanging at the campsite and connecting with friends only seen once a year is also remarkably rewarding.

Day tickets and weekend pass prices for the Live Oak Music Festival 2017 range from $25 (child day ticket) to $130 (adult full festival three-day pass, camping included). For tickets, entertainment lineup, and complete festival details, visit www.liveoakfest. org.

just there to drink while they’re on vacation, plus draw the locals… Jason from The Red Piano has been sitting in – he and I sing really well together.

So, I’m having a lot of fun.

And the SOhO show? Will there be collaborations?

It’s writers in the round. Everyone will play our own songs, and if we’re comfortable playing on someone else’s song we’ll join in. It’s like a workshop at a folk festival. But you don’t have to camp out.

Ironing out the Kinks: 4Q’s with Irion

Singer-songwriter Johnny Irion spent the better part of the last three years living on and off in Montecito with his wife, Sarah Lee Guthrie (she’s Arlo’s daughter and Woody’s granddaughter) and two children. He’s also spent many of those days rejiggering his career, from the folk-exploring duo he shared with Guthrie to leader of US Elevator, his alter ego in classic rock, partial to both towering hook-filled originals and cover songs.

The latter were on fine display in 2015’s endlessly enjoyable self-titled debut, after which Irion and company hit the road for various tours and a few seasons back East in the Berkshires. Now, Irion is back with both a new album ready for release in the fall – Driving Friend, recorded with members of Dawes, Wilco, and Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers – and another residency at the Ty Lounge at the Four Seasons Biltmore, where US Elevator plays 7 to 10 pm every Friday through June 30. The band also opened for Boston at the Santa Barbara Bowl last weekend, while Irion will be joining fellow erstwhile Montecitan Glen Phillips, Nickel Creek co-founder Sean Watkins, and drummer-turned-singer-songwriter Adam Topal for a show at SOhO next Thursday, June 22, dubbed 805 Songwriter Roundup.

Q. If there’s new personnel on the next record, what are you calling yourselves?

A. It’ll be Johnny Irion with US Elevator. That’s the thing, you never know who will be in the band on any given night. It’s what I set out to do a long time ago, just create a family of artists. So it might be Deer Tick backing me up in Providence, Rhode

SOhO hosts Johnny Irion next Thursday, June 22

PCPA’s Summer in Solvang Offers Sunsets and Song

outdoor amphitheater in the Danish village. Songs also flow through Lend Me A Tenor The Musical, the brandnew musical comedy featuring music

by PCPA’s own Brad Carroll for the farce full of mistaken identities and unexpected romance, which runs July 6-23. The Mouse company is back with Disney’s Newsies The Musical – the Tony Award-winning Broadway show based on the movie – set for Solvang July 27 to August 20 before the under-the-stars season closes with the August 24 to September 10 run of the summer’s only straight play, if Shakespeare’s laugh-filled Twelfth Night full of cross-dressing and other low pranks qualifies. For show times, tickets, and more information, call 922-8313 or visit www.pcpa.org.

PCPA Theatre’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which quickly sold out this past winter in Santa Maria even before the live action The Old Spanish Days celebration Can you tell me about some of the new movie of the Broadway musical hit is still almost seven weeks away, but songs? the multiplex, kicks off the summer the annual collaborative event with There’s “Little Water Boy”, which season A at the Solvang Theater Goleta Valley Historical Society, set at community homeschool A community AFestival community homeschool homeschool has a JJ Cale vibe, and “The Blues this weekend. Based on the classic the historical Stow House/Rancho la Enrolling for 2017-2018 School Year Now Enrolling for for 2017-2018 2017-2018 School School Ye Again”, which is kind of a Now NeilNow fairy tale andEnrolling featuring many funny Patera Gardens, is always oneYear of the Young “Tonight’s the Night” meets moments and an unforgettable score most popular preliminaries. And why Badfinger. Glen and I also co-wrote including “Be Our Guest” and “Belle”, not? The evening soirée, which takes a song, “Once In a While”. I had a the show plays through July 2 at the place 5 to 10 pm on Thursday, June chorus and a verse and a vibe for a 15, offers not only an early opportulong time, but it had sat around too nity to enjoy performances from the long. We got together and he helped 2017 Spirit and Junior Spirit of Fiesta, me finish it, really saved the song. It but also a couple of hours to savor blossomed and became a whole difsamples served up buffet-style from ferent thing. local restaurants, including plenty of Mexican favorites and other delectaWhat attracts you to Ty Lounge? It’s ble dollops. To top off the gathering, not exactly a showcase club. guests can trip the (night) light fantasThe other (Santa Barbara) guys havtic dancing outdoors under the stars en’t been touring a lot. I get to town, on the temporary floor installed on we do these residencies, and then we the lawn next to the gardens to the can bust out and play in L.A. or open inevitably irresistible beats of Area 51, up for Boston. It’s a great place to still the region’s favorite party band. work on new material, kind of what Call 962-8101 or visit www.oldspan stage I imagine it might have been like in Beauty and the Beast takes the Solvang ishdays-fiesta.org.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3710A

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3710A for the BRIDGE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM-2ND CYCLE will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 20, 2017 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “BRIDGE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM2ND CYCLE, Bid No. 3710A".

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Deck Treatment with High Molecular Weight Methacrylate (HMWM), Epoxy Crack Injection, Concrete Spall Repair, Bridge Rail Repair and Painting, Wooden Deck Replacement, and other maintenance at seven bridges in the City of Santa Barbara per plans and specs. The Engineer’s estimate is $245,000. Each bidder must have a Class A General Engineering Contractor license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Max Kashanian, Project Engineer, 805-564-5450.

In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. The Federal minimum wage rates for this project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in Appendix B of the specifications and are available from California Deparment of Transportation Internet web site at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/federal-wages/. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of these specifications. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relates for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and Subcontractors must pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City of Santa Barbara will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes “helper” (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage determinations otherwise available for use by the Contractor and Subcontractors, the Contractor and Subcontractors must pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work.

Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority 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 race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

Bidders are advised that, as required by federal law, the State has established a statewide overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal. This Agency federal-aid contract is considered to be part of the statewide overall DBE goal. The Agency is required to report to Caltrans on DBE participation for all federal-aid contracts each year so that attainment efforts may be evaluated. This federalaid contract has a goal of 5 percent DBE participation.

This project is subject to the “Buy America” provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 as amended by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 19991.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free hotline to report bid rigging activities. Use the hotline to report bid rigging, bidder collusion, and other fraudulent activities. The hotline number is (800) 424-9071. The service is available 24 hours 7 days a week and is confidential and anonymous.. The hotline is part of the DOT's effort to identify and investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of the DOT Inspector General.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: May 31, June 7 and 14, 2017 Montecito Journal

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Museum, PO Box 5002, Santa Barbara, CA 93150.

Montecito Historical Archives, 605 Juan Crespi Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 2017. 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 Tania ParedesSadler. FBN No. 20170001583. Published June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Finance Devil, 3831 Center Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Darren Shafae, 3831

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Center Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 23, 2017. 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. 2017-0001551.

Published June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Crush Tasting Room & Kitchen, 432 E. Haley Street Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Crush Santa Barbara, LLC, 25 S. Salinas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 25, 2017.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5530 DUE DATE & TIME: July 11, 2017 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Cater Valve and Actuator Replacement Project An OPTIONAL pre-bid meeting will be held on June 27, 2017 at 1:30 p.m., at Cater Treatment Plant, located at 1150 San Roque Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions.

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

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.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California A - General Engineering Contractor’s license. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that they shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order or a cashier’s certified check, payable to the order of the City, in the amount of 10% of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said City, signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. When submitting a bid via PlanetBids™, the Bid Guaranty Bond must be uploaded as part of your submittal AND the original Bid Guaranty Bond must be received by the bid date and time to be considered responsive.

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

__________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: June 7 & 14, 2017 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

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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: BID NO. 5543 DUE DATE & TIME: June 29, 2017 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Gibraltar Road Repair A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on June 22, 2017 at 8:30 a.m., at 5492 Paradise Road, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions.

Contractors must have 4-wheel vehicle to drive Gibraltar Road.

Scope of Work includes re-grading a 6.6 mile dirt road, cleaning and repairing road drains, re-establishing the inslope drainage ditch, and clearing landslide material. The contractor will also use cement stabilized soil to fill erosion channels and match grades with existing pavement sections.

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the recommendations from the Historic Landmarks Commission that the following properties be designated as City landmarks: 1) The Kem Weber Building, 1301-1303 A State Street, APN 039-131-013, 039-131-014, and 039-131015; 2) Arnoldi’s Restaurant, 600 Olive Street, APN 031-171006; and 3) Ygnacio House, 214 E. De La Guerra Street, APN 031-082-002.

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

http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

On Thursday, June 22, 2017, an agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CAP. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CouncilVideos

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.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator's Office at 564-5309 or inquire at the City Clerk's Office on the day of the meeting. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

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 The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess either one of the current valid State of California General A Engineering “OR” C12 Earthwork and Paving Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order or a cashier’s certified check, payable to the order of the City, in the amount of 10% of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said City, signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. When submitting a bid via PlanetBids™, the Bid Guaranty Bond must be uploaded as part of your submittal AND the original Bid Guaranty Bond must be received by the bid date and time to be considered responsive.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: June 14, 2017 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

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(SEAL) /s/ Deborah L. Applegate Deputy City Clerk June 14, 2017

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. 2017-0001566. Published June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KINECI, 140 Hot Springs Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Politis & Associates Physical Therapy, 133 E. De La Guerra St. #373, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 10, 2017. 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. 20170001429. Published May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT:

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Irvine Winkler Technologies; Santa Barbara Gift Shop – SBGIFTS.COM; SB50PLUS.COM, 3714 Lincolnwood Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Eileen Irvine-Winkler, 3714 Lincolnwood Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 3, 2017.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN No. 20170001345. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bulla Lulla Music; Producers Music Library; Chameleon Music Libraries; West Valley Music; East Valley Music, 1323 East Valley Road, Santa

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. – Frank Clark

Barbara, CA 93108.

Jelinda Music Prod Inc, 1323 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 27, 2017.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 20170001282. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mac Mechanic, 216 E. Gutierrez Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Techease Computer Solutions, LLC, 3433 State Street, Ste E, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2017. 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. 20170001457. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Uncorked; Uncorked Santa Barbara, 1125 Calle Lagunitas, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

Santa Barbara Uncorked, LLC, 1125 Calle Lagunitas, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 17, 2017. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 20170001505. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2017.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 17CV02229.

To all interested parties: Petitioners Leopoldo and Zoila Cano filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Kenneth Luis Sosa to Ethan Cano.

The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Filed June 6, 2017 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 26, 2017 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/5 ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SECOND AMENDED PLANTIFF’S CLAIM AND ORDER TO GO TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT: CASE No. 16CV05629.

Notice to Defendant David Willows: You have been sued by Plaintiff: Manual Teoyotl Vargas (DBA 805-Lath & Plastering).

You and the plaintiff must go to court on July 6, 2017, at 1:30 pm in Department 3 at the Santa Barbara Superior Court, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you lose, the court can order that your wages, money, or property be taken to pay this claim.

Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case.

The plaintiff claims the defendant owes $7,380 for work performed at 6693 Del Playa Drive in Goleta, CA. Filed May 18, 2017,

by Sarah Sisto, Deputy Clerk. Published May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 2017.

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(The full schedule, panelist backgrounds, and more information is available online at www.musicacade my.org/revolution.)

This Week @ The Music Academy of the West

Thursday, June 15: From the Top, with Christopher O’Riley, the NPR show recorded before live audiences in 16 cities each year, arrives at Miraflores to celebrate MAW’s 70th season. On tap for the 90-minute show are Fellows playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 2, Mvt. 1; Poulenc’s Oboe Sonata, Mvt. 1; Sarasate’s Introduction & Tarantella; and Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, Mvt. 3, plus the world premiere of 22-year-old composer Conrad Tao’s Asymptotes.

Host O’Riley not only interviews the participants, he’ll also accompany most of them on piano. (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $55)…. Also, the violin masterclasses get underway this afternoon with Jorja Fleezanis at the helm. We bring this up because you know your program has truly

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arrived when the former 20-year concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, who has had a number of works commissioned for her, has gone from special guest artist to just another faculty member. Also putting the fellows through their paces this summer are Martin Beaver, who spent a dozen years as first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet (June 22); 35-year New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow (July 6); in-demand soloist and chamber musician Pamela Frank (July 20); Nicholas Mann, a founding member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet and chair of the String Department at Manhattan School of Music; and Frank Huang, the MAW alum who has Dicterow’s old post as the New York Phil’s concertmaster. (3:15 pm; Lehmann Hall; $10)

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ing and contracts for artists and institutions will offer a variety of viewpoints.

“Algorithms vs. Humans: How Does Tech Contribute to Cultural Discovery?” brings a London-based pair – Luke Ritchie, digital director of the Philharmonia Orchestra; and Toby Coffey, head of Digital Development at the National Theatre – along with Nik Honeysett, director and CEO, Balboa Park Online Collaborative. The trio use virtual reality and other tools is vastly different ways, which should open some eyes, Lustig said. “The tools are very interesting but we don’t have a clear direction about how they can be used best to serve the art. We’re not going to find the answer in 75 minutes, but we’ll hear from people who are trying things and getting results, whether in creating art itself or engaging the audience.“ Given the current political climate, “Programming the Zeitgeist: Art as Response to Social and Cultural Issues” is also likely to be a sizzling seminar. “Part of being an artist is reflecting your surroundings and the period and system in which you live,” Lustig said. “But this could actually be a golden time for art, as have challenging times throughout history... It can be tremendously rich partly because audiences are more open in general, and come to artistic experiences with an open heart and open mind, wanting to be moved or at least made to think.“ Surely, MAW’s Classical Evolution/ Revolution Conference will do a little of that too.

Friday, June 16: The MAW’s vocal masterclass series has become the envy of classical singers over the years, and the stakes just keep getting higher. Not only do we have public program co-chairs Warren Jones (today and July 12) and Marilyn Horne (Wednesday and July 5) back for two session each, there are also offerings from visiting vocalists, coaches, and composers David Daniels (June 23), Matthew Aucoin (June 30), Martin Katz (July 7) and Speranza Scappucci (July 19). Let’s put it this way: if the MAW Fellow vocalists haven’t ironed out their techniques, engaged their emotions, and perfected projection by the end of the summer, they might have chosen the wrong vocation. (3:15 pm; Hahn Hall; $10)…. Also, it’s time for the first Picnic Concert of the season, where patrons get to dine al fresco on campus before hearing the fellows perform chamber music as solos, duets, trios, quartets, and other ensembles. Today’s opening performance will feature foursome’s from the Academy’s impressive String Quartet Seminar. (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $10 to $35).

Saturday, June 17: There’s no orchestral concert on opening weekend this summer, but the brass Fellows have been busy even before this opening week began preparing for tonight’s Brassfest. All 15 brass Fellows and the five percussion Fellows are led by faculty member Mark H. Lawrence, the former principal trombone of the San Francisco Symphony for 34 years who has also performed on many movie and video game soundtracks at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch.

Small and large brass ensembles perform new works and hallmarks of the brass repertoire from all genres, including MAW’s second world premiere of the week, this one by Timo Andres. (7:30 pm; Hahn; $25).…

Metropolitan Theatres: June 16-22

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SANTA BARBARA ARLINGTON

PASEO NUEVO

1317 State Street

THE MUMMY

(PG-13)

8 W. De La Guerra Place

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FIESTA 5

916 State Street

 CARS 3 (G) (2D) Daily: 10:30 11:45 1:10 2:20 3:50 4:55 6:25 9:00

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS

2D Fri-Mon: (PG) 11:50 2:05 4:20 6:35 8:50 2D Tue: 11:50 2:05 4:20 6:35 2D Wed/Thu: 11:50 2:05 4:20 7:30 9:45

GUARDIANS OF THE (2D) GALAXY VOL. 2 (PG-13) Daily: 6:40

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MEGAN LEAVEY

Tuesday/Wednesday

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE (PG) 10:00 am ALL SEATS $2.00!

METRO 4

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 ALL EYEZ ON ME (R) Daily: 12:30 3:35 6:45 9:55

THE MUMMY

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: (PG-13)

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PLAZA DE ORO

Daily: 2:30

5:00

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WONDER WOMAN

2D Daily: (PG-13) 12:20 1:45 3:25 5:00 6:35 8:15 9:45

371 Hitchcock Way

7:30

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Also, the season’s first entry in the Free Community Series at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery. The non-summer home of the SB Music Club’s concerts hosts hour-long chamber music recitals that are like mini-picnic concerts every Saturday through July 29. (1 pm; 40 W. Anapamu St.; free).

Monday, June 19: Tonight’s Masterclass Sampler could be subtitled “With a song in their hearts”, as the three faculty members fearlessly favoring the Fellows are no strangers to collaborating with singers, both as teachers and performers.

Collaborative piano chair Jonathan Feldman has worked with Itzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, Sir James Galway, Joshua Bell, and Midori, to name just a few. In-demand vocal pianist Martin Katz has appeared and recorded regularly with Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, Jose Carreras, Kiri te Kanawa, and Kathleen Battle, among others. And Seattle Symphony principal percussionist Michael Werner was with the Metropolitan Opera for 13 years. The Fellows will be in good hands. (7:30 pm; Hahn; $10).

Tuesday, June 20: MAW is serious about giving the 70th anniversary summer festival a focus on new music from modern composers. With Jeremy

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9:35

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THE MUMMY

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Fri-Mon: 11:35 2:00 4:20 7:30 9:50 Ends Tue: 11:35 2:00 4:20 7:30

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9:40

IT COMES AT NIGHT

GOLETA

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FAIRVIEW

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11:30 1:45 4:00 6:15 8:30

THE MUMMY

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Turner’s brand-new work serving as the centerpiece for tonight’s opening salvo in the Festival Artists Series (the faculty and guest artists’ recitals still often lovingly referred to by its former name, Tuesday@8), that makes it three world premieres in six days. Also on the program that will be played by various combos of a full dozen faculty musicians are Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Winds and Faure’s Piano Quartet No. 2. Come an hour early for a pre-concert talk with Turner, Werner, and MAW VP Patrick Posey and stick around for the post-performance artists’ reception in the outdoor courtyard. (7:30 pm; Lobero Theatre, 33 W. Canon Perdido St.; $42.)

Wednesday, June 21: Robert deMaine, principal cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a faculty member of The Colburn School at USC, is the first of three distinguished guest artists who will conduct cello masterclasses this summer. The others? Joshua Roman, the MAW alum who will also premiere a new work during his residency, on June 28, and Carter Brey, the 20-year veteran principal of the New York Phil – and part of the Phil’s String Quartet that plays on August 1 – in the orchestra’s final summer of the four-year collaboration with MAW, on August 2. (1 pm; Lehmann; $10).

•MJ 15 – 22 June 2017

Deborah Bertling

Brian Hotchkin

Kacey Link

Enjoy a truly romantic evening cruising out along the beautiful Santa Barbara shoreline aboard the Condor Express. The Sunset Opera Cruise departs the Sea Landing Dock in Santa Barbara Harbor. Arias will be performed by Baritone Brian Hotchkin, and Soprano Deborah Bertling, with pianist Kacey Link together on board the Condor Express. The boarding pass includes complimentary appetizers and a no host bar.

When: Saturday, July 8, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.

Where: Departs from the Sea Landing dock in Santa Barbara Harbor.

Cost: $65 boarding pass includes complimentary appetizers and a no host bar.

Reservations: Call 805-882-0088 / 888-779-4253 / condorexpress.com.

For more information on this and other specialty events, go to: condorexpress.com/party-cruises/ 15 – 22 June 2017

No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word: father. – Lydia Maria Child

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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)

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Animal Activists – What do stinging insects, reproducing fish, and Los Angeles’s famed P22 mountain lion have in common? Well, unless there’s some sort of earth-shattering interspecies thing going on, it’s got to be that they’re all the subjects of the Santa Barbara Zoo’s next installment of Improvology tonight. Formerly known as Zoo’s Line Is It Anyway in tribute to the popular TV show, the periodic evenings pairs prominent animal experts who share their stories, which then become the fodder for improv comedy skits created on-thespot by members of L.A.’s Impro Theatre Company. Created with the concept that making animal science hilarious could be a fun way to impart information, the evenings are also friendly competitions with local celebrities “judging” the comedy skits, which feature musical accompaniment provided by Santa Barbara’s Konrad Kono. Tonight’s episode features Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, California director of the National Wildlife Federation, who has studied and written extensively about the mountain lion who lives in Los Angeles’s Griffith Park.

Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt, the author of The Sting of the Wild, has become a minor celeb as creator of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, which measures how much it hurts to get attacked by the mini-animals. He has been stung more than one thousand time by 83 different species of insects.

Rounding out the scientific competitors are Gita Kolluru, Ph.D., associate professor, Biological Sciences, Cal

Poly, who studies evolutionary “fitness” in animals and the dramatic ways that animals have evolved in response to the challenges imposed by natural selection. John Palminteri (KEYT) and Catherine Remak (KLITE) serve as judges. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive COST: $15 general, $12 zoo members INFO: 962-5339 or www.sbzoo.org (Also at the zoo this week: Carissa Luminess’s Watercolor “Playshop” in the zoo’s Tropical Aviary, in which the teacher guides participants through an easyto-follow method of creating your own watercolor painting. The 2 to 6 pm event on Saturday afternoon costs $70 and includes painting materials and one glass of wine.)

GreenScreen Goings-on – If you’re a TV weatherperson, that term refers to the chromakey process that allows for superimposing subjects onto virtual backgrounds through the magic of video effects and technology – like your smiling face and waving arms on top of maps and isobars. At UCSB’s Pollock Theater, GreenScreen sans the space between the words is about students’ imposing their point-of-view takes on various environmental and ecological issues.

Four student-produced films focused on eco-consciousness will premiere at the annual event: Tipping Point (which explores the efforts of local Santa Barbara organizations and scientists to fight back against the suppression of science in today’s political climate), Under Her Wing (about Jamie McLeod, the creator

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Zaca Fire Plus 10 – Popular and prolific Santa Barbara author and wildfire historian Ray Ford provides a look back at the Zaca Fire, tracing its path through the Santa Barbara backcountry a decade ago. The fire started July 4, 2007, as a result of sparks from a grinding machine that was being used to repair a water pipe on private property – and kept burning on through that summer, destroying nearly one-quarter million acres and costing more than $115 million before it was finally contained on September 2. Ford will provide a sense of Zaca’s context within the history of fires that have occurred here over the past century – at the time, it was California’s second-largest fire in recorded history – as well as discuss the impact the recent Rey Fire has had on the San Rafael and Dick Smith Wildernesses. Co-sponsored by the Los Padres Forest Association and the Santa Barbara Public Library, this free event is part of the Wilderness Hiking Series held on the third Thursday evening of each month at the Central Library. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: 564-5641 or www.SBPLibrary.org

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EVENTS

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 To Hale and Back – Rock ‘n’ roll fan and music lover Hale Milgrim – who began is career in “the biz” behind the counter at Isla Vista’s Discount Records and rose all the way to a stint as the president/CEO of Capitol Records – is headed back to his favorite venue in town for another carefully crafted series of special evenings featuring rare concert footage and insider stories. Go to Hale Film Series 2 kicks off tonight with volume 5 of Quips and Clips encounter, volume 5 this time, Milgrim’s visual and visceral musical journey over the last half-century of pop music, complete with his memorable insights, illumination and commentary that’s both informative and folksy, familiar to those who tuned into his Sunday radio show, Go to Hale, which aired for more than six years on KTYD. We’re told there are excerpts from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, U2, CSNY, Bob Marley, and the recently departed Chuck Berry planned for this latest installment, which also features pre-show refreshments, auction, and memorabilia for sale, and other fun stuff from Lobero LIVE and KTYD, on the patio and during intermission. As always, all proceeds benefit live music at the Lobero. Also in the new series: Neil Finn and Friends 7 Worlds Collide/The Sun Came Out, with Crowded House front man Finn and a slew of guests in the concert film culled from a series of five shows in his native New Zealand back in 2001 (August 11), and Bill Graham: His Friends… and his Enemies, featuring Fillmore: The Last Days, when the legendary concert promoter brought together some of the biggest acts of the 1960s through the ‘90s at the Fillmore West in San Francisco in 1971 (October 20). Both shows also feature mini additional Quips & Clips. WHEN: 6:57 pm WHERE: 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $17.50, or $39 for the three-show series ($75 “I’m with the Band” series tickets include seats in the VIP Reserved section and an extra donation) INFO: 9630761 or www.lobero.com

the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary), Breathing the Air (about Richmond’s refinery town om the shadows of an oil Goliath), and Adventures & Outings (about the Bay Area program for physically disabled people with a never-ending passion for adventure and exploration). A reception with the filmmakers in the theater’s lobby follows the screenings. Free admission, but a reservation is required in order to guarantee a seat. WHEN: 7 to 9:30 pm WHERE: Pollock Theater, UCSB campus INFO: 893-5903 or www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock FRIDAY, JUNE 16 “Us AND Them” – Unity Interfaith Pride Alliance’s six-part educational series about prejudice as it relates to racism, religionism, disabilities, sexism, economic status, and LGBTQ issues carries the intention of helping raise awareness and compassion through community dialogue in a safe and loving environment. The second discussion in the series, “DISABLISM: Discrimination Against Disabled People”, takes place tonight and features film clips and a panel discussion, with time for comments and questions from the audience. Among the panelists are

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Darcy Keep, director of Psychiatric Nursing at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital; Jacob Lesner-Buxton, community organizer at Independent Living Resource Center; and Lauren Katherine Miller, an advocate for deaf children, who will be accompanied by ASL interpreter Katie Voice. The initial offering in the series reportedly brought tears to the eyes of the panelists and many audience members. WHEN: 7 to 9 pm WHERE: Unity of Santa Barbara, 227 E. Arrellaga St. COST: $5 love offering INFO: 966-2239 or www. santabarbaraunity. org/interfaithpride-alliance- us-and-them SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Step into the New Math – The Dance Network’s fourth annual studio showcase is titled, for some reason, Series 7. But even if the numbers don’t add up, the dance numbers surely will as the performers – who range in ages 2 to almost 80 – are set to go for broke for a night of highenergy, diverse, and entertaining offerings. Included are pieces from the studio classes, plus the Dance Network’s professional performance companies, and guest dancers from the community, covering such genres 15 – 22 June 2017

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 “Objects, Meaning, and Matter” – Art From Scrap Gallery’s new exhibition of work from renowned assemblage artist Ron Robertson includes his recent “abstract assemblage,” as well as many pieces of the artist’s previous work. The show, curated by artist and friend Mary Price, pays tribute to Robertson, who has worked in many media over the course of his long career, including as a car designer in the golden age of American automobiles, and as a print maker and calligrapher who later taught at UCSB and Santa Barbara City College. Much of Robertson’s work expresses a fascination with found objects, an exploration of their purpose and meaning, and an obsession with their inevitable decomposition in the natural environment – including influences from when he was a commercial abalone diver in local waters. WHEN: Opening reception 6 to 8 tonight; exhibit continues through August 13 WHERE: Art From Scrap Gallery, 302 E. Cota St. COST: free INFO: 884-0459 or www.exploreecology.org/art-from-scrapsanta-barbara.php

as tap, hip hop, jazz, contemporary, break dancing, and more. This year’s choreographers feature well-known Santa Barbara dance creators plus guests Meredith Cabaniss, Lauren Hovey, Karyn Laver, Colleen Mayer, Emma Neumann, Deja Re, Daniel Rojo, Grace Salsido, Hector Sanchez, Bethany Sutherland, and Kyle Ybarra.

WHEN: 7 pm tonight, and June 2324 WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra streets COST: $20 general, $13 children INFO: 9630408 or www.centerstagetheater.org MONDAY, JUNE 19 Good Vibes at the Bowl – Fans of the Santa Barbara Bowl would argue

that there are always good vibes at the hilltop amphitheater just blocks from downtown. But tonight’s concert actually carries that title to encompass the quartet of reggae-based acts performing just days before summer officially arrives. The show also represents the return of Rebelution, the Isla Vista-born band whose albums consistently top the reggae charts even as the members mix a mature perspective as men of the world with their ever-youthful attitude of celebration. Consistent touring has resulted in a new live CD/DVD package Live at Red Rocks, recorded at the legendary mountaintop venue.

Also on the bill are Collie Buddz, Hirie, and DJ Mackle. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $44.50-$50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com •MJ

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MONDAY, JUNE 19 Becca Beckons – North Carolina bred, Brooklyn based singer-composer-multiinstrumentalist Becca Stevens draws on elements of pop, indie-rock, jazz, and traditional Appalachian folk to craft compositions both for her own band and for artists who cross the genre spectrum from folk-rock hero David Crosby, to singer José James to Timo Andres, the classical pianist-composer who, coincidentally, has the world premiere of one of his own works at the Music Academy’s brass concert this weekend. Stevens has collaborated with jazz greats Brad Mehldau, Esperanza Spalding, Billy Childs, and Vijay Iyer (who just completed a turn as the musical director of last weekend’s Ojai Festival). Already a critic’s favorites who The New York Times described as “impressively absorbing”, Stevens just released a new album, Regina, featuring guests Crosby, Laura Mvula, and Jacob Collier, and coproduction by Troy Miller, known for his work with Gregory Porter and Amy Winehouse. Opening is Emily Elbert, the singer-composerguitarist who recently spent a year touring as a member of Esperanza Spalding’s experimental music and theater project, “Emily’s D+Evolution”. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 in advance, $14 at the door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

15 – 22 June 2017

CONCERTO CELEBRATION & AUCOIN PREMIERE SAT JUL 15 7:30PM MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST

DONIZETTI’S THE ELIXIR OF LOVE THU JUL 27 7:30PM SAT JUL 29 2:30PM MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST

RENÉE FLEMING & ALAN GILBERT SAT AUG 5 7:30PM

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Real Estate

by Mark Ashton Hunt

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. His family goes back nearly 100 years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

Four in the Fives

W

hile late spring and early summer are usually the busy seasons in real estate, we are not seeing the usual uptick in sales volume, nor increase in available inventory, that we have seen in recent years.

Prices remain higher, yet many well-priced homes are having trouble finding buyers, prompting price reductions, increased marketing efforts and busy open house weekends.

Based on land values, construction costs, and comparison to other homes on the market, the homes presented today all offer what I believe is real value to a buyer looking for a substantial home on more than an acre in Montecito.

Additionally, all homes featured are within the Montecito Union School District.

This Spanish-style 5,000+/- sq-ft residence was built in 2006 and is located on a low-traffic street on a 1.5-acre lot just a couple blocks from Miramar Beach.

The gated home offers 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and grand mountain views.

Features include 20-ft ceilings, towering glass doors, detailed iron work, custom fireplaces, programmable lighting and a first-floor master suite and office.

The chef’s kitchen includes a Sub-Zero refrigerator, Viking Range, Bosch appliances, and a walk-in pantry. A spacious, 3-car garage, guest parking, private yard, and bocce court add to the value and desirability of this property.

Recently reduced in price.

645 El Bosque Road: $5,495,000

1422 East Valley Road: $5,000,000

This newly remodeled home is located on approximately 1.5 very private acres and is in a top Montecito location near the upper village. Offering privacy and the feeling of being at the San Ysidro Ranch Hotel, this home has been extensively remodeled and was recently reduced in price.

The first-floor master suite features a large walk-in closet and windowed doors opening to the backyard and pool area. There are two additional bedrooms, an expansive great room and mountain views. A butler’s pantry, cathedral ceilings, hardwood, marble, tile flooring, and air conditioning are among the selling points.

1574 Green Lane: $5,650,000 Tucked behind private gates and located on a shared lane near Montecito’s upper village rests this single-level, 3-bedroom home with attached guesthouse.

The house is on 1.1 acre of level grounds and is surrounded by gardens and landscaping that include a trickling entry fountain, rolling lawns, a bubbling creek with a bridge, a greenhouse, and a swimming pool and spa that offer mountain views.

The home has a grand living room with fireplace, a formal dining room with a wet bar, and a great room with chef’s kitchen and fireplace, all of which have French doors that open to the many patios, verandas, and gardens. The attached guesthouse offers three more bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a kitchenette, and its own laundry room.

1421 Wyant Road: $5,295,000

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This historic 1926 Spanish Revival home was designed by Mary Craig and is located down a private tree-lined drive in the Hedgerow area of Montecito. The property is well-maintained and preserved in its original character and design, featuring modern improvements throughout.

Set on 1.3 lushly landscaped acres, the estate offers a gated entry that opens to a motor court with passage to a 3-car garage and separate 2-bedroom guesthouse. The main residence has 3 bedrooms on the main floor and 3 bedrooms upstairs. Grand public rooms with French doors open to the patio and terraces that feature impressive gardens.

••• For more information on any of these listings or to have me arrange a showing with the listing agents, please contact me directly, Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text (805) 698-2174. Please view my website, www.MontecitoBestBuys. com, from which this article is based.

•MJ • The Voice of the Village •

15 – 22 June 2017

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She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her was the love of her father. – Harper Lee

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