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Drone zone: new rule clips Condor Express owner Hiroko Benko’s filmmaking aspirations, p. 6

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, P. 8 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 27 • SPIRITUALITY, P. 16

GOTTA DANCE! Russian National Champion dancers Vasily and Anastasia Banderovskaya open Dance Fever in Coast Village Walk, offering private, group, and children’s classes (story on p.12)

We’re Floored!

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Remembering Patty Hearst

The heiress’s kidnapping plays a big part in playwright Claudia McGarry’s Kiddo and Patty Hearst, p.24

Music Academy Matters

Tenor Ian Walker discovered opera late in life; he is now a MAW Fellow and continues to sing rock ‘n’ roll, p.39

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Guest Editorial

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

Bob Hazard looks at the recent national controversy in black and white, crunching numbers and explaining the need to defend law enforcement Hiroko Benko; Ellen on motherhood; Nesbitts attend Hamilton; Michael Gross’s book; Gigi on Vogue; Kenny Loggins rocking; MAW summer fest; City College Theatre Group; Convivo eatery; Katy Perry tops Forbes; Michael Caine, scripted; and lighting up

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Gene Sinser bids farewell; Anonymous resident upset about graffiti; Stacey Reed on MOXI; Christina Allison’s threat; Michael Edwards grateful; Houghton Hyatt’s high praise; Dennis Naiman on fire (as it were); Daniel Seibert drops anchor; a friend talks about rules; Larry Bond knows; and Katcho Achadjian concedes

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JULY METER-READING DATES: Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday: July 27, 28 & 29 Please contact the District with questions regarding your water bill or allocation.

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Sunset Sips; Channel City Club; shark feedings; MBAR meeting; watercolor landscapes; summer movies; author Jessica Anya Blau; Mad Science at library; knit and crochet; The New Yorker; treasure hunt; Mindfulness Meditation; Katherine Smith May leads workshop; MAW festival; art classes; Adventuresome Aging; Cava entertainment; brain fitness; Story Time; Pilates; farmers and artisans markets; Bible study; Cars & Coffee; French talk; and Boy Scouts

Tide Guide

Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach

12 Village Beat

Dance Fever Studio opens on Coast Village Road; RMS Flooring opens showroom; flamingos take over ELMO lawn; library tutors needed; and mobile vet comes to Montecito

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner provides comprehensive reports on the AHA’s Ball; Navigators Circle for SB Maritime Museum; Art Foundation; and Braille Institute Santa Barbara

16 Spirituality Matters

Chanting mantras; SpiritSings; Walking Meditation; SB Dance Tribe; Conscious Networking seeks speakers; Ojai Halayudha; meditation workshops

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Steven Libowitz chronicles Claudia McGarry’s play Kiddo and Patty Hearst; and Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage at Chumash Casino Steven Libowitz converses with violist and Music Academy regular Richard O’Neill; Fellow and singer Ian Walker, a Goleta native Ashleigh Brilliant recalls his favorite book, Around the World in Eighty Days, and dispenses a history lesson about traveling the globe

30 Fitness Front

Karen Robiscoe catches up with Jay Campbell, owner of SB’s Nite Moves Aquathlon and Fun Runs, a contest observing its 28th straight year

32 Off The Beat Travel

Dale and Geoff Zurawski jump-start their three-month global adventure in Beijing, aboard the Tsar’s Gold train, which traversed Siberia en route to Moscow

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Joanne Calitri attends the French Festival at Oak Park, where participants paid tribute to the victims of the Nice, France, terrorist attack

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Concerts in the Park, Ventura Music Festival; SCAPE at Faulkner Gallery; Billy Strings; art curatorial at UCSB; North County Artists; La Fiesta del Museo; HAPA at SOhO; Secrets by Kate Bennett; Robert Cray plays Lobero; and Nate Birkey at SOhO

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Guest Editorial

Building

Peace of

by Bob Hazard

Mind

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

The War on Law Enforcement

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ast Sunday, six police officers responding to a 9-1-1 call in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were ambushed by a black man. Three of the officers were summarily executed, one black and two white, while three more were wounded. On that same day, the last coffin lid was closed on the five police officers gunned down while protecting Black Lives Matter protesters in Dallas.

There are some 800,000 police officers in this country protecting the public safety of 319 million people, or one officer for every 400 people. How have we reached the point where those law enforcement officers, who risk their lives as first responders, are routinely subjected to signs such as “Cops Kill Kids,” “Who Do You Call When a Cop Kills,” “Hands Up...Don’t Shoot,” and “Pigs in a blanket... Fry ‘em like bacon?”

It is unfathomable, for example, that an accomplished woman such as Kalyn Chapman James, the first black woman to be crowned Miss Alabama, can state publicly that she finds it “hard to be sad for the Dallas police officers,” but can’t help feeling like “the shooter was a martyr.”

The man who ambushed and murdered five police officers and injured nine other officers who were protecting Black Lives Matter protesters’ right to free speech is a “martyr?”

Can a White Man Feel Black Pain?

Many will say I cannot understand Black Lives Matter or systemic police racism in black communities because I am not black. Worse, I am one of 8,965 privileged people living in Montecito. Ninety-two percent of my neighbors are white (8,267); only 6% are Hispanic (605); 2% Asian (218); and just 0.8% are black (75).

Even more off-putting is that the median age in Montecito is 50 (compared to 35 in the rest of California).

The popular putdown is that a community of old, rich, educated white folks, cannot possibly understand the rage of ordinary black Americans who claim they are regularly targeted for discrimination and unwarranted abuse by the police, but all solutions begin with agreement on facts.

For example, blacks make up 13% of the nation’s population, yet are the victims of 49% of the nation’s homicides. Ninety-two percent of black murder victims are killed by other black people, according to the FBI. Households without fathers in the black community are at an unimaginable high of 72%: approximately three times the level of absentee fathers that existed in the black community when the War on Poverty was launched in 1964.

The breakdown of the black family is neither the result of civil right abuses nor by-products of white racism. Gone is the glue for holding black families together. Teenage pregnancies and fatherless families exact a devastating cost for black children in terms of inferior education, hopelessness, and a cycle of violence.

Our welfare system erodes both family life and a sense of personal responsibility. According to a study released by the Center for Immigration Studies in 2012, 82% of black households with children receive welfare in the form of food programs, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, or public housing assistance. One-hundred ten million Americans are now receiving welfare out of a population of 319 million, or 34% and rising.

Defending the Police

As Dallas Police chief David Brown pointed out: “We are asking our police officers to do too much in this country. They are paying the price for every societal failure. Not enough mental health funding? Expect the cop to be a community psychiatrist. Are suspects mentally deranged, or just plain drunk or on drugs? If the cop guesses wrong, he or she could be dead.”

When a policeman is forced to draw his gun on the run, he is expected to hit the suspect where it doesn’t hurt. He or she must tackle men twice their size without using excessive force. The police officer must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy, and a gentleman, as well as a genius to feed his family on a policeman’s salary. I’m paraphrasing a renowned broadcaster, the late Paul Harvey, but his words still ring true today.

At the beginning of each episode of TV’s Hill Street Blues, sergeant Phil Esterhaus advised the men and women in blue under his command to “be careful out there.” It is advice we hope and pray all law enforcement officers take to heart every day in the face of this new and dangerous Black Lives Matter environment.

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But, sadly, it was not to be.

“We got some great footage of the whales and dolphins, with people being engaged in a big way,” laments Hiroko. “I wanted to capture shots overhead with the boat in the background and saw stunning aerial footage taken by other people, so I invested in a drone.

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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

Regrets Upon Leaving Montecito

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he time has come for my wife, Patty DeDominic, and me to leave our beloved Montecito, home for the last 20 years. We had a great run, moving here originally from Los Angeles in 1996. We are downsizing and found an ideal spot in Solvang to live out the remainder of our lives.

We made a great many friends, attended and sponsored many community events, and we feel lending our time and dedication to many organizations across the Santa Barbara region was worthwhile and enjoyable.

I especially enjoyed the camaraderie of the Montecito Tennis Mafia, founded by the wonderful Peter Murphy, playing regularly on a variety of private courts.

I successfully ran for election to the board of the Montecito Fire and Protection District. I felt my mandate was to give a close look at the financial condition of the district, which I concentrated on in the first couple of years. Due to the fact that I am moving out of the district, I had to resign my

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One always feels that one leaves an organization better off than how one found it. This is probably true for me as well. Other than reorganizing some of the financial reporting, aligning the budget process to a bit more business like fashion was all that was needed.

The district is running well, is financially extremely well off and with chief [Chip] Hickman and his terrific crew in charge, it is in very good hands. The board got along and dealt with disagreements very well.

Do I have any regrets? Yes, there is one regarding the approach taken about a Fire Station 3. As most of you know, Mr. Palmer Jackson had offered an option to the district to buy about two acres of his land for the location of that Station 3. A couple of years ago, when Mr. Jackson put his ranch on the market, he withdrew that option.

There were difficulties with the EIR. It had to be done over (at no charge to the district, by the way). At the last meeting in June 2016, the final EIR was presented and approved by the board (I had to recuse myself as a neighbor living too close to the potential location).

At several meetings, I urged the board to start the discussion and planning for the very distinct probability that the selected location on Mr. Jackson’s ranch was not ever going to be available. I proposed several times to have that subject put on the agenda.

That was denied two or three times, but it finally actually got discussed once. One alternative location near Jameson was considered acceptable to the district but had to be dropped because of vehement opposition by nearby homeowners. I do regret that this subject was never seriously considered by the board. As of this moment, a Station 3 is very much in limbo. Since it is not being discussed, never mind planned for, I ask “Why not”?

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(Editor’s note: People should call Santa Barbara Road Yard at 805-681-5678, a branch of the County of Santa Barbara Public Works. If you live in the city of Santa Barbara, you can call the Graffiti Abatement Hotline at 805-897-2513.)

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As I leave the area, it is my sincere hope that the board of the Fire District will have the strength to come to a decision as what to do if it really wants a Station 3 (or not) located on the eastern side on Montecito. It has the funds and the manpower but no location. Why was it so critical to push the EIR for a piece of land that the district does not have under control and which, for all practical purposes, does not exist?

I wish the people who manage the Montecito area continue to protect it firmly and fairly so that the folks living here will continue to enjoy this beautiful enclave.

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THURSDAY, JULY 21

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) FRIDAY, JULY 22 Channel City Club Presentation Speaker Rachel Stohl will speak on “Grading Progress on US Drone Policy.”

Following the release of the Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drone Policy, which outlined eight recommendations designed to ensure the policy is transparent, accountable, and consistent with long-term U.S. national security goals, foreign policy ideals, and commercial interests, an analysis was conducted from July 2014 to December 2015, grading the progress of the Obama administration in implementing these recommendations. On July 1, The White House announced new drone measures, which Rachel will discuss during the morning presentation.

When: 9 am Where: the Hill-Carrillo Adobe, 15 E Carrillo Street Cost: $22 for members; $30 for non-members

SUNDAY, JULY 24 Shark Feedings Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center presents a shark-feeding exhibit in the Shark Cove. Bring your curiosity, questions, and cameras. Included with admission to the Sea Center.

When: 3:30 pm Where: 211 Stearns Wharf Info: www.sbnature.org

MONDAY, JULY 25 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: 2 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

TUESDAY, JULY 26 Put it All Together: Creating Two Textural Watercolor Landscapes Learn to paint two landscapes that incorporate a variety of watercolor textural

techniques.

You will grow in confidence and experience as a watercolor artist as you integrate creative effects. Led by Joni Chancer, who has facilitated art workshops for 20 years, inviting participants to celebrate the inspirational beauty of the natural world.

When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $109 (includes lunch); $95 (bring your own lunch) Info: www.lacasademaria.org Summer Movies for Kids Carpinteria’s Plaza Playhouse Theater presents family friendly films for $5; today is The Emperor’s New Groove.

When: 10 am Where: 4916 Carpinteria Avenue Cost: $5; children under 3 free

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Jessica Anya Blau signs her new novel, The Trouble With Lexie.

When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787

THURSDAY, JULY 28 Mad Science Marvels of Motion Come one, come all… to the Mad Science Physics Olympics! This interactive event is all about the fundamentals of moving science, including Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion and all sorts of surprises such as dancing, chemically assisted football tossing, and even amazing “space-age” rocket packs.

Children will have a chance to compete in wacky events, while the mad scientists prepare to unveil their top-secret motion machine. Come and discover the science behind some of your favorite Olympic sports and find out why this show is such a “blast!”

When: 10:30 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

Sunset Sips Guests can drink in the view – and local wine – at Sunset Sips, four evening summer events held at the Santa Barbara Zoo’s scenic hilltop on the third Thursday of June through September. This year brings more local wineries, more live music, more tasty treats, and more art by local artists. New are “The Wine Down,” post-“Sips” talks by local food and wine experts.

When: 5:30 to 8 pm Where: 500 Ninos Drive Cost: $30 Info: www.sbzoo.org Knitting and Crocheting Circle Fiber art crafts drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library. Must have some manual dexterity for crochet and knitting.

When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road

SATURDAY, JULY 30 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: 956 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112

SUNDAY, JULY 31 Mindfulness Meditation A half-day retreat with guided meditations from Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD. All levels welcome.

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

ONGOING Writing Your Life from Journal to Memoir The Montecito Library presents Writing Your Life from Journal to Memoir. The workshop will be taught by Katherine

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May is a professor emeritus with 30 years of teaching experience. She teaches the Art of Storytelling and Memoir Writing in Phoenix. This is a three-part class suitable for all levels of writing experience. Bring a journal for writing, best memories of your childhood, family, home, best friends, and other precious moments to be remembered.

You do not have to attend all three group gatherings; however, it would be wonderful if you did as groups become closely connected through the sharing of their writings. Participants will enjoy delving into their wealth of memory to learn and practice the craft of writing a memoir. Preregistration is requested by calling (805) 969-5063.

Music Academy of the West Summer Festival The Music Academy of the West presents more than 200 classical music events in Santa Barbara, including masterclasses, orchestra and chamber concerts, recitals, and opera.

Artists include 140 fellows from 24 states and 11 countries who have been selected through auditions to participate.

70 faculty and guest artists from the world’s best orchestras, opera companies, conservatories, and universities reside in our community to teach and perform during the festival. Tickets start at $10 every week for every event, and 7-17s are always free.

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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.

When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAYS Simpatico Pilates Buff Bones Join Neela Hutton, Buff Bones instructor, for a medically endorsed workout that combines therapeutic exercise, Pilates, functional movement, and strength training.

All levels are welcome. First class free.

When: 8:30 to 9:30 am Where: 1235 Coast Village Road, suite I (upstairs) Info & Reservations: 805-565-7591 Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative, too.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road Local Artisans Market When: 3 to 7 pm Where: La Cumbre Plaza, 121 South Hope Avenue Info: www.localartisansmarket.com

SATURDAYS Montecito Bible Study All are invited for uplifting hymns and Bible reading; led by David Breed.

When: 6:30 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: donation Info: 570-0910 or www. westcoastbelievers.tv SUNDAYS Cars & Coffee Motorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles, and as close as East Valley Road, park in the upper village outside Montecito Village Grocery to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends, and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty of other autos to admire.

When: 8 to 10 am Where: Every Sunday in the upper village, except the last Sunday of the month, when the show moves to its original home, close to 1187 Coast Village Road.

Info: sbcarscoffee@gmail.com French Conversation Every Sunday at Pierre Lafond in Montecito, look for a small group in the shade and join for casual conversation (and lunch if you’d like). All levels welcome.

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Vasily Golovin and Anastasia Banderovskaya, the owners of Dance Fever Studio on Coast Village Road

his Saturday, July 23, marks the grand opening of Dance Fever Studio, Coast Village Walk’s newest neighbor, located between Sakana and Occhiali. “We’re happy to be here,” said owner Anastasia Banderovskaya, who opened the studio with her husband, Vasily Golovin.

Originally from Russia, the couple moved to Santa Barbara two years ago from Massachusetts, where they worked for a Dance Fever Studio in Boston.

“We wanted to bring a high-level teaching studio to the West Coast,” Banderovskaya said, explaining that several members of the couple’s family live in Santa Barbara. The couple are the owners and dance experts of the studio, teaching a variety of beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes in Latin style (cha-cha, rumba, samba, jive, paso doble), standard styles (waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep), and “American style” and social dances such as salsa, hustle, merengue, and swing.

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have been dancing together for seven years, and contend in competitions all over the world. Behind the front desk of the studio sits a shelf holding dozens of their trophies, including some boasting international championship titles in a variety of dance styles. The studio will be a place for the couple to teach various age groups and levels, from adults looking to get fit, to an engaged couple looking for help on a wedding dance, or a person of any age looking to gain confidence and dance skills.

In addition to private sessions, the studio offers a Latin aerobics class, beginning and intermediate group dance classes, and children’s classes.

The Montecito location is the sixth Dance Fever Studio; the other five are located in Massachusetts. The space, which used to be home to a hair salon, has been completely renovated with new floors, new lighting, mirrors, and a ballet barre.

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Some 200 folks in cocktail attire enjoyed cocktails, passed bites, and music by Rent Party Blues Band. There was a silent auction set up around the pool overlooking the Riviera.

Dinner had stunning views of Hope Ranch and the Channel Islands. Music was by Santa Barbara City College Ensemble. Following was dessert and

dancing with music by DJ Darla Bea. An elegant evening, indeed.

Board president Dr. Michael Shenoda told the group, “Heart disease is the number-one cause of death in men and women in America.

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Co-chairs were Diana MacFarlane and Dr. Joseph Aragon. The latter spoke of Betty’s contributions to AHA that helped fund the fight against cardiovascular diseases and stroke. They thanked their leadership committee: Mara Abboud, Tyler Dobson, David Edelman, Nancy Gifford, Jennie Jacobs, Sarah Jaimes, Travis King, Tori McLaughlin, Kristi Newton, Julie Richter, Terry Ryken, Denise Sanford, and Jon Strandring.

Betty said, “As a little girl in Alabama, I always wanted to do this.

I have the venue and the money.” Her daughter Joi spoke, saying, “When Bruce died, they turned the lights off.

We need to tie your wagons together for the cause.”

A few of the accolades to Betty in the program were, “To Betty, who has the biggest heart in Santa Barbara,” Love Anne and Michael Towbes. From Judith Hopkinson, “Betty has a heart of gold, and her being honored by AHA is both a well-deserved tribute to her, to the impact that cardiovascular disease has had on her life, and to her desire to help others afflicted with this disease.”

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz “Weekly Spirituality” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

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piritual activities take place all the time up at Casa de Maria and its Center for Spiritual Renewal on El Bosque Road in the Montecito Hills. Yet here we were, chanting Kirtan at the community center at the Montecito Library last Friday night for the monthly Mantra Lounge, which relocated to the village after opening at the now-shuttered Ayni Gallery on lower State Street.

There were about two dozen of us

offering call-and-response chanting of Hare Krishna for the hour or so I was there, repeating the simple phrases over a variety of ever-evolving melodies accompanied by harmonium, tabla, and percussion. I wasn’t able to stay for the post-musical connection and sharing of vegan fare, but even in the short visit it was clear that this is a wonderful addition to the community.

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SpiritSings is the name for the monthly gathering where all are welcome to come together to experience whole body bliss via invoking the Divine into our lives, our awareness, and our world, through singing soulful, joy-generating chants, singalongs and mantras – many created by host singer-songwriter-stringed instrument player Noell Grace. The soulful and often rocking chants, songs and mantras are sung in English, Sanskrit, Aramaic, and/ or Pauite. Bassist vocalist Ejé LynnJacobs and Grace will be joined on July 21 at Arden Light House, 318 Arden Road, by Alan Roth on percussion and guest singer Phillippo Franchini. There’s a cookie break including gluten-free selections during the mid-evening so participants can briefly connect. A $10 love offering is requested at the door.

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Santa Barbara Dance Tribe’s Sunday morning gathering this week welcomes Andrew West, otherwise known as DJ Thrifty, as guide for the ecstatic trance dance journey. The Santa Barbara-based Thrifty previously played djembes and doumbeks on the beach in the weekly drum circle and created a custom-built digital DJ rig designed to delve into deep bass at outdoor events. Dance Tribe is an ever-growing and evolving all-ages group of

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heart-centered people who dance as a way to awaken authentic self and commune with others. Everyone and all styles are welcome at the weekly gatherings, 11 am to 1 pm Sundays at Gustafson Dance Studio, 2285 Las Positas Road. Admission is $15, children under 6 free. Visit www.sbdan cetribe.org or www.facebook.com/ sbdancetribe.

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Twenty-two-year old Santa Barbara Conscious Networking founder-organizer Forrest Leichtberg is building on the increasing success of the monthly gatherings of healing practitioners, conscious entrepreneurs, and self-growth devotees. As a result, he’s actively seeking speakers for future events through the end of the year and beyond. Email Leichtberg at info@sbconsciousness network.com with some information about yourself and what you offer to the world for consideration to be booked for an upcoming event.

Ojai Outing

Ojai-based Halayudha, who creates Vedic and Vaisnava culture in a comprehensible manner, is giving a special audio-visual presentation on the Gods and Goddesses of India, 3-7 pm Sunday, July 31, at Gallery 525, 525 El Roblar, in Ojai. The event appeals to lovers of Kirtan and other devotional practices, as it asks “Who are these personalities that we sing about, meditate upon, and propitiate with our prayers and offerings?”

The $25 admission cost includes a delightful, simple organic, vegetarian Indian dinner that will be offered halfway through the program, along with homemade chai tea. Email hugh108@verizon.net for reservations.

Learn to Meditate

Sunburst, the intentional community in Lompoc, offers one of its periodic Kriya Initiation & Retreat workshops, Awaken the Light Within, July 28-31. Guests will learn Kriya meditation in the lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda, while spiritual fellowship, pranayama yoga, enriching classes, beautiful vegetarian meals, and quiet time will be provided to support the transformative Kriya Yoga meditation initiation. Sunburst’s Learn to Meditate e-course – available online at www. sunburstonline.org/our-teachings/ meditation-ecourse – is a prerequisite. Camping on site is available.

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Eduardo Villa greeting opera aficionados John Ambrecht and his niece Rebecca Ambrecht (photo by Priscilla)

the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and to remain true to my principals as the owner of the Condor Express to observe and not interfere, I have decided to scrap the project and have abandoned any plans to launch a drone and record interactions with whales and dolphins.”

Hiroko is now selling the new drone, which has merely been tested and, according to her, “works beautifully” for $4,000. A whale of a bargain.

In the meantime, Hiroko hosted her

annual opera cruise for the second year, with a record 100 guests turning out to hear New York Metropolitan Opera tenor Eduardo Villa sing a sparkling selection of arias from Puccini, Verdi, and Leonard Bernstein.

A nautical jaunt of high note.

Perry Not So Swift Last year, Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry topped the Forbes rankings as the highest-paid female celebrity, earning a whopping $135 million in

the previous 12 months with a global tour of 124 shows, but the former Dos Pueblos High student plummeted to number 63 in the latest list, earning a comparatively paltry, but still substantial, $41 million.

Katy’s newest single “Rise”, the sequel to her 2013 hit “Roar”, is being used by TV network NBC as its anthem for the summer Olympic Games in Rio next month.

Arch rival singer-songwriter Taylor Swift topped the rankings with $170 million, ahead of British singer Adele, 28, at number nine with $80.5 million, Madonna, 57, at number 12 with $76.5 million and Rihanna, 28, with $75 million at number 13.

Montecito TV talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, 58, who was ranked number three in 2015 with earnings of $75 million, earned the same amount this past year but only managed to equal with Rihanna.

British group One Direction, are at the number two position with earnings of $110 million, Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, 31, with $88 million, is at number four, and tennis ace Roger Federer, 34, is ranked 16th with $68 million.

Fox TV chef Gordon Ramsay, 49, cooked up $54 million in earnings, garnering the 34th position, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, 35, who married in our rarefied enclave, ranked 42 with $51 million, and judge Judy Sheindlin, 73, was at 48 with earnings of $47 million.

That’s the Ticket Summerland hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt and wife, Ursula, paid a hefty price to garner seats to the multi-Grammy Broadway smash Hamilton.

The tony twosome were pounced on outside the 1,319-seat Richard Rodgers Theatre in Manhattan by Jesse Watters, who does a regular segment, Watters World, on the Fox News TV show The O’Reilly Factor, which I have appeared on for many years talking about the Royal Family.

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ing describing the musical as “the hottest ticket in town,” were broadcast to the nation.

The peripatetic pair admitted paying $3,000 for their priceless ducats for the production, which just won 11 Tony Awards.

Cheery and Childless TV talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and spouse, actress Portia de Rossi, have long been open about not wanting to have children.

And now Ellen, who is just back from a jaunt to England where she took in the women’s final at Wimbledon in the Royal Box, as I exclusively revealed here, says she remains firm the tony twosome have no regrets about their decision to be childless.

The former Oscars host told Sunday Style: “We talked about it for a minute, about four years into the relationship, but we just decided we like our conversations not being interrupted and our furniture without sticky grape juice on it.”

She added she thought the entertainment industry could be hard on children as “they have to share their parents with the world.”

She and Australian actress Portia tied the knot at their Los Angeles home in 2008, with Ellen coming out as a lesbian in 1997 on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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In the Zone

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Montecito rocker Kenny Loggins would appear to be having quite a career resurgence.

Only the other day he starred on the PBS broadcast from Washington, D.C., Capitol Fourth, as I chronicled here.

Just a few days later, Kenny was on ABC’s highly rated Greatest Hits show singing his Top Gun blockbuster “Danger Zone” with fellow rock stars Bret Michaels, Chicago, Wilson Phillips, and Foreigner on the celebrity roster.

“It’s like lightning in a bottle,” says Kenny. “Thirty years later, we’re still playing it.”

McPhail and MAW It’s hard to believe, but the Music Academy of the West’s popular 69th annual summer festival has reached the halfway mark.

At the Lobero, in the academy festival artists series soprano Courtney McPhail stole the spotlight with Handel’s Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson, with Paul Merkelo on trumpet, Nico Abondolo double bass, Benjamin Kamins bassoon, and Giuseppe Mentucci playing harpsichord.

McPhail and the talented quartet were joined by oboist Eugene Izotov for Bach’s Cantata No. 202 but sneaked in between the two delightful classical pieces was a decidedly contemporary work with Michael Werner’s theatrical solo on a snare drum playing Tap Oratory, combining digital playback, by percussionist Casey Cangelosi.

The entertaining performance wrapped with Goetz’s piano quartet in E Major with violinist Glenn Dicterow and violist wife Karen Dreyfus, cellist Alan Stepansky, and Jonathan Feldman on keyboard.

Four days later, the Granada was sold out for the Academy Festival Orchestra under maestro Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, with Haydn’s

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by Scott Craig (photos by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Students’ Business Plan is the Bee’s Knees Business is buzzing for Jakob Colombo, Timmy Rizk, Charlotte Cheek, and Mikaela Harn (submitted photo)

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our Westmont students are abuzz about the business project they hope will empower women and children in the developing world through sustainable beekeeping.

Beecause Uganda, created by Jakob Colombo, Charlotte Cheek, Mikaela Harn, and Timmy Rizk, won the Westmont’s 27th business plan competition. This annual event encourages entries that could solve some of the deepest problems encountered by disadvantaged families in poverty-stricken areas.

In 2013, Rick Ifland, director of Westmont’s Eaton Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Westmont, shifted the focus of the completion toward finding solutions to help the poorest of the poor around the world.

The students have been working closely with the Santa Barbara Bee Keeping Association and Empowerment and Care Organization (EACO) in the Mukono district of Uganda. They seek to implement a bee business in Uganda that will pro-

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“For years, the people in the rural villages of Mukono have been struggling to deal with many problems, primarily HIV/AIDS and access to clean water,” Harn says. “The EACO is scraping together funds to feed a seemingly never-ending number of mouths. However, by harnessing the power of the African honeybee and using its natural product, honey, the EACO can create a sustainable way to generate income.”

According to a former director of the Ugandan National Apiculture Development Organization, the country has the potential to produce roughly 500,000 metric tons of honey per year, more than China, the world’s top producer.

“Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for any community anywhere to start a beekeeping farm and generate enough revenue to become self-sustaining,” Colombo says.

“Making this project replicable was at the core of our model. We have created a guide that allows others to duplicate this project in other areas around the world.”

Beecause is licensed under a creative commons license, allowing the students to grant permission to others to share and use their work without obtaining specific authorization for each use. “We want to make it as easy as possible for others to share and build upon our work,” Cheek says.

The team is focusing on its current project and delivering the needed equipment to Uganda. “We have been contacted by another community in South Africa that loves our project and wants to implement it there,” Rizk says. “We’re also pursuing a possible collaboration with a U.S.-based organization that’s empowering women and children through micro-financing in Uganda. They want to see if our project could possibly be micro-financed instead of relying on fundraising.

“We’re passionate about helping people in the developing world and believe that the best way to alleviate poverty is to empower communities to become sustainable and self-dependent. Establishing this bee business in Uganda is the first step in perfecting a

model than can be replicated to help other communities.”

The struggling global bee population benefits from the project as well.

“These insects are directly responsible for pollinating 70 percent of crop species that feed 90 percent of the world,” Cheek says. “Since 2006, billions of bees worldwide have died, including more than three million colonies in America.”

For more information, visit their website at beecauseuganda.com.

Alumna’s Play to Make NYC Premiere

Diana Lynn Small, who was here last October, takes her play to NYC

Mad & a Goat, a two-woman play

by Westmont alumna Diana Lynn Small ’09, makes its New York City premiere July 22-30 at Brooklyn Yard.

Small, who received an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin, wrote and directs Mad & a Goat. Westmont alumnae Heather Ostberg Johnson ’10 and Paige Tautz ’14 perform in the play, which features original music composed by alumnus James Hapke ’09.

Mitchell Thomas, Westmont professor of theater arts, directed Small’s Mad & a Goat at Westmont in October 2015.

Small premiered her first, full-length play, Muevéme, Muevéte, at Westmont in February 2009. At commencement that year, she earned the college’s Dave Dolan Award, given to a graduate whose campus leadership has made significant contributions in our awareness and response to the social and spiritual needs of the community, the nation, and the world.

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your dedication to informing the community that we have a great history and a great future.

Your publication is a delight, and we look forward to continuing to grow our relationship with you.

Stacey Reed Santa Barbara

She’s Calling the Cops

The next person to have a hissy fit when I am trying to make a safe left-hand turn on School House Road and San Ysidro... will have the police called on them.

I was attempting to make the said turn when a woman behind me started honking her horn and waving her arms frantically in the air, à la St. Vitus.

She then attempted to pass me.

However, there wasn’t room and she regained her spot in back of my car. I had no intention of putting myself and other drivers at risk just because that woman was late in picking up her child from school, or whatever her problem was.

Fair warning: if there is ever a next time, I shall call my friends, the cops.

Christina Allison Montecito (Editor’s note: It is weird, as occasionally, when I’m about to make a left into my driveway (blinker on), the car behind passes me on the left, across a double yellow line. Some people are just plain stupid, I guess, so let’s be careful out there. – J.B.)

A Real Village Fourth

It was with great pleasure I lent a hand setting up the festivities in Lower Manning Park in the wee hours of July 4 this year, putting up the tables, chairs, and setting up the generators for the booths. Working in coordinated collusion with the likes of Mindy Denson, Trish and Bill Davis, Cliff Ghersen, Monica Babich, Susan Robles, and Birnam Wood’s Mike Gardner while Connor Rehage held court up on San Ysidro Road with the parade volunteers, was a real joy and

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Thanks, everyone! See you next year.

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A Very Special Day

This is the first summer we were actually in town for the 4th of July. I now know why the Village Fourth is considered Montecito’s most popular community event. We were up early for the Montecito firefighters’ pancake breakfast. My son Jack, now seven, has wanted to be a firefighter since he was two. Being able to play at the firehouse and climb in and out of the fire trucks was huge hit… for all the kids.

It was nice seeing all the familiar faces, as well as chatting with the firefighters and praising them for their service. After several hours, we quickly ran home, decorated the kids’ bikes and headed over to the parade. The kids felt so special being able to ride in the parade alongside their friends from school, with the crowd cheering them all the way to the park.

When we arrived at the park, there was so much to do: games for the kids, live music, good food, and cold beer.

Montecito is truly a special place to live and work, amongst a community unlike any other. Of all the events that go on throughout the year, my children will make sure that we are in town for the next Village Fourth.

Thank you to the Montecito Association for putting together such a fun day of festivities!

Houghton Hyatt (wife, mom, realtor) Montecito (Editor’s note: And lest we forget, it all happened 20 years ago because of the inspiration of one person: Diane Pannkuk, who not only paid for much of what was needed for that first parade in 1996 out of her own checkbook, but, along with Dana Newquist, also organized both the parade and the celebration in the park afterward. – J.B.)

Getting Ready for Fire

As a resident of Montecito for 44 years, I am concerned about the high fire danger in our back hills caused by the current drought. Only a few landowners have taken responsibility to trim weeds and cut down dead branches, bushes, and trees. This irresponsible stewardship of their property places all homeowners at risk should a fire start in the back hills.

It is my understanding from a conversation with an employee of the Montecito Association that the Montecito Water District, the Montecito Association, and Montecito Fire Protection District may, at times, attend each other’s monthly meeting, but there has not been – during our current drought – a joint meeting of these agencies to brainstorm an approach to managing our dry and dead hillsides before our first fire.

I am suggesting a town hall meeting of the three agencies to openly discuss the existing issues and together arrive at some solutions to the existing problems before it is too late. I believe, for example, that the Montecito Water Board waited too long to put restrictions on water usage. Let’s not wait to address fire safety until after our first fire.

Three of possibly many more issues needing to be addressed are: 1) Lack of a fire station in the east end of the Montecito Valley.

2) Narrow roadways that, in an emergency, will slow down movement of fire engines along East Valley Road. On July 11, there was a major accident on 101 and Olive Mill Road, closing down southbound 101. Traffic backed up to Turnpike Road. Traffic from APS up Sycamore Canyon and across 192 was bumper to bumper, as motorists used 192 as an alternate to the freeway. Heavy traffic on 192 occurs daily, Monday through Friday during morning rush hours and again starting at 4 pm, plus Saturday mornings driving west, and Sunday afternoons driving east.

3) Fires use valuable water otherwise used by residents of Montecito.

I appreciate your consideration of this request and will be attending each agency’s July meeting to encourage action that is proactive in warding off potential fire in the Montecito area.

Dennis Naiman Montecito (Editor’s note: Mr. Naiman’s letter was sent to the Montecito Water District Board of Directors, the Fire District board, as well as to the Montecito Association. It was cc’d to Montecito Journal.)

Rules of the Game

There will no longer be a penalty stroke for hitting a ball into the water or out of bounds following the recent FBI ruling regarding Hillary Clinton’s email server and the “inadvertent” and “unintended” propagation of classified material.

The USGA, the R&A, and the PGA, after a private meeting with Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch on a tarmac somewhere where private jets congregate, have recommended that your opponent must prove you intended to hit the ball into these hazards in order for there to be a penalty.

Carelessness or ignorance is not intent.

Yes... It’s the new “No intent-No penalty” policy.

A Montecito Friend (Editor’s note: The good news is that this new policy may create a whole bunch of new golfers. And, of course, lower handicap indexes. – J.B.)

Fools’ Anchorage

As I was driving along on my favorite Montecito street – Channel Drive – I saw a sailboat washed up directly in front of the Biltmore Hotel.

I pulled over, hopped out and took a couple photos. Right away, I was engaged in conversations with people.

The big question was: who removes it? I said it was the responsibility of the owner, and if they don’t remove it then the county will remove it and bill the owner. Since it is right in front of the Biltmore, I imagine the hotel will

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expedite the removal.

Daniel Seibert Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: During the summer, anchoring off the coast in front of Butterfly Beach is usually not a problem. However, those choosing to anchor there during the winter months often find themselves stranded on the shore. The area is known as a fools’ anchorage. – J.B.)

What You Should Know

With justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently interjecting herself into the political arena, with her snide remarks about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, many of us are aghast, and left scratching our heads as to how in the world she is even qualified to be on the court in the first place.

I’ve long suspected she is imbued with an ultra-liberal bias, but always had the hope that while he was alive justice Antonin Scalia would keep the court from drifting too far to the left. After his strange death, however, I am very concerned that the drift to the left will become an avalanche of very bad unconstitutional decisions, especially if Hillary Clinton gets in, and more of the justices die or retire.

The founding fathers had great reservations about the Supreme Court and considered it to be the “fly in the ointment” of the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson warned that “The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, and the government of all be consolidated into one.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821). And this: “One single object... will merit the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining 21 – 28 July 2016

the judges from usurping legislation.”

– Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Livingston, 1825.

The Supreme Court does not have the power of judicial review. It was not given the power of judicial review in the U.S. Constitution nor any subsequent amendment. No one is bound by its judicial review decisions.

U.S. Constitution. Article VI. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

In Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137: The opinion of the court was “Anything that is in conflict is null and void of law; Clearly for a secondary law to come in conflict with the supreme was illogical; for certainly the supreme law would prevail over any other law, and certainly our forefathers had intended that the supreme law would be the basis for all laws, and for any law to come in conflict would be null and void of law. It would bear no power to enforce, it would bear no obligation to obey. It would purport to settle as though it had never existed, for unconstitutionality would date from the enactment of such a law, not from the date so branded by a court of law.

No courts are bound to uphold it, and no citizens are bound to obey it. It

operates as a mere nullity or a fiction of law, which means it doesn’t exist in law.”

Samuel Adams said in a letter to James Warren in 1775, “No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign Invaders.”

If you are ignorant of America’s heritage, you are not entirely to blame, as what passes for an educational system has been usurped by the people who would do us harm. If you would like to be better informed, I recommend a great little comprehensive book that will open your eyes: What You Should Know About The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, by Dr. John Coleman ($23.95). It’s available from American Free Press or directly from Dr. Coleman, whose website is: www. coleman300.com.

Compared to what most young people put into their “education” and remain ignorant of, it is, if not the, certainly one of the greatest documents devised by the mind of man; and it’s a bargain.

Larry Bond Santa Barbara

Katcho Concedes

My immediate impression of this country when I arrived as a young man to further my education was that the United States issues forth a spirit of democracy like no other nation in the world. I have been privileged to pursue the American Dream, to educate myself, to tackle the challenges of free enterprise, and to assume leadership roles in democratic systems for the past 18 years.

To all my supporters, please know that I hold you dear and that I will always remember your enthusiasm for our shared pursuits. I am humbled to have earned your confidence and respect.

My accomplishments only have meaning in the context of my family, who have given me their love and support and accompanied me every step on this great journey.

I thank all the candidates for the many conversations that we had which engaged the constituents of the 24trh District this primary season.

I will continue to serve the people of California’s 35th State Assembly District with all my energies until the last day of this legislative session.

God bless you all for the opportunity to serve you, and God bless our great nation.

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On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

New Play Puts Hearst Back into Spotlight

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ore than 40 years later, the saga of Patty Hearst still captivates folks who weren’t even alive when the then 19-year-old granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst was abducted by a terrorist group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army, only to eventually be convicted of taking part in the organization’s crimes following her being captured 19 months later.

But few can claim to have had a personal encounter with the subject of one of 1974-75’s biggest news stories as did Claudia H. McGarry. “I saw her one day at Ralph’s market,” McGarry recalled recently. “Within a few minutes, there were police cars and fire trucks. But they took off and that was it.”

Now, the former longtime Montecito resident has penned a new semi-autobiographical play that uses the Hearst tale as a metaphor for her own experiences as a teenager who was just two years younger than Hearst when the heiress went missing. Kiddo and Patty

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

Hearst – which has its world premiere in a staged reading at Center Stage Theater at 2 and 6 pm Sunday, July 24 – was written, directed, and produced by McGarry and represents her first piece for the theater after having authored two of a planned 12 psychological thrillers based on the signs of the Zodiac.

“It was a strange summer for me, because I was living with my father right after my parents had separated and he began binge-drinking very heavily,” she recalled. “I’d been very close to him but he’d become very self-destructive, and I was torn about how to be with him. I felt like I was a hostage, too. So I really related to

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a more recent major national story. “She was Shauna’s roommate at NYU back on September 11. They had to stay in their dorm for four days with the National Guard preventing any movement.”

The staged reading will feature a few props but is largely a casual affair, McGarry said.

“It’s been a labor of love,” she said. “They come to my house and we rehearse in my living room.

Still, several theater directors are expected to attend the reading to consider mounting Claudia McGarry’s play highlights Patty Hearst, more than a full-scale production, which four decades after her kidnapping McGarry would welcome.

Patty Hearst. I was obsessed with her Researching the whole Hearst epistory.” sode to polish Kiddo, McGarry discovThe coming-of-age tale of a teen- ered she still felt a kinship with the age girl dealing with an adult issue former heiress. “I identified with her over “one tumultuous summer,” as back then, but I came to really like McGarry put it, began life as a screen- and respect her through writing the play before McGarry’s daughter, TV play. But I’m still a little nervous, even writer Shauna, who wrote episodes though I’m only using information in of 24 and Dexter before co-creating the public domain. It’s really my perand serving as producer and head sonal story with that going on in the writer on the current streaming series background.”

Bajillion Dollar Properties, suggested it As for whether Hearst herself might would work better as a play. show up at the premiere?

After some reshaping, Kiddo and “Her cousin Lisa lives in Montecito, Patty Hearst turned into a one-hour and I wrote to her on Facebook to work that’s also become a showcase invite her,” McGarry said. “I even for family and friends. McGarry’s tried to look up Patty Hearst, but twin sons Kevin and Casey (who are, there’s no public listing. I didn’t hear respectively, director of education at back. But you never know.”

L.A.’s Holocaust Museum and a documentary filmmaker) and who along with Shauna attended Mt. Carmel as children when the family lived on If you don’t know who Jerry the Jesuit property as caretakers, are Seinfeld is, well, get thee to Netflix performing in the band (along with (or is it Hulu?) and binge your way fellow Montecito residents Christina through nine seasons of the comeApostolopoulos and Beverly Van dian’s self-titled sitcom, one of the Wingerden). Five of the cast mem- greatest TV series of all time. Then bers are McGarry’s fellow teachers check out his more recent shtick in in SBCC’s English Department, and the conceit of COFFEE. Next, head three others are the kids’ friends who to YouTube to see some of his standperformed in drama in high school in up routines. Yada yada yada... just Santa Barbara but went on to regular head up to the Chumash Casino in jobs.

Santa Ynez on Thursday, July 21, for “I wanted to open up this world (of the classic comedian’s 9:30 pm set theater) to people who don’t normally of stand-up material (the early show get to do it,” McGarry explained. Even is sold out), and catch the throughthe star, Ashley Jones, a professional lines of his every man’s approach in actress who portrays the McGarry- his observational comedy. Tickets are esque character Marta in the play, is $75-$155. Call (800) CHUMASH (248a family friend, who, coincidentally, 6274) or visit www.chumashcasino. was also peripherally connected to com.

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Music Academy of the West

by Steven Libowitz

Fellow the Leader

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iolist Richard O’Neill has been a staple on the Music Academy of the West scene for most of the past 17 years, first as an MAW Fellow back in 1998-99, then as principal player with Camerata Pacifica that performs at Hahn Hall, and, for the last two summers, back on campus as an MAW faculty member. The highly decorated musician – his accomplishments include an International Emmy Award, two Grammy nominations, and an Avery Fisher Career Grant – talked about all of those local experiences past, present, and future in a recent interview.

Q. How did you decide on viola as your instrument?

A. I come from a non-musical family. But my grandparents were very practical and were obsessed with getting me into college, because we didn’t have any means. They thought music would give me an edge. I start-

ed with violin and began going to the Olympic Music Festival, a chamber festival, near my house in Washington.

I attended from age 12 to 13. But I was lazy and didn’t complete the application in time for the following year, and there wasn’t space for me. But they really needed viola players. I thought, “Oh gosh, it’s not that hard, I’ll just learn it.” My assignment was the Schubert cello quintet, and I’d played the violin part, so I thought it would be easy. What I learned was that it wasn’t easy. But even more importantly, I discovered that viola was a better match. I was lanky and gangly then, and it fit me better – I could dig into the strings more. Even more captivating was the sound. As a violinist, you always hear the top contour of the piece. It wasn’t until I played viola that I finally discovered what was underneath, the inner machinations of the quartet and how harmony happens. For somebody who’s interested

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You are particularly fond of chamber music. What about the form appeals to you?

A lot of the greatest composers confided their most intimate thoughts (there). Beethoven, in the late quartets, created some of the most personal and sublime, life-affirming music ever written. But the medium is very difficult. When you have smaller forces, you really have to be an architect of sound. It’s very minimal. So to do it well, you have to have an amazing ability and write more with fewer means. (As a player), you don’t need a whole symphony to capture that expression. There is something very magical about sitting in an intimate setting with just three other friends exploring some of the greatest music ever written together. It’s an amazing discovery.

You’ve followed Donald McInnes at both Camerata Pacifica and now the Music Academy. How has he helped you?

Don has been one of the more influential people in my life, starting as a music professor at USC, where he brought me out to L.A. after boarding school in North Carolina. He was an amazing teacher; he worked with me at MAW. He’s flown all over the world to hear me play. He’s been very supportive for a long time. At Camerata, Don and I shared responsibilities when I first joined. He is a larger-thanlife presence not only as a performer, a viola pioneer doing incredible things as soloist for the instruments, but also

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his teaching legacy that spans more than 40 years. Those are very big shoes to fill.

You have premiered a number of works here, most recently I believe Huang Ruo’s in other words. Is that the highlight of your Camerata tenure so far?

Number 1 is the friendships with several of my colleagues, chiefly Warren Jones (who is also on the MAW faculty), a force of nature and an amazing musician. But having two amazing commissions written for me to premiere has been incredible.

Being part of the birthing process has been life-changing for me. The one

by Huang Ruo, a dear friend from Juilliard, is a highly technical concerto where I had to sing and do all sorts of things with which I had no experience. It was cathartic to learn, challenging but well worth the effort. It’s an extremely moving work, very deep and spiritual.

You attended MAW in the late 1990s.

Now you’ve been on the faculty for a couple of years. What’s changed?

The quality of the Fellows has gone up dramatically as has the programming. What (MAW president) Scott Reed and (artistic VP of programming) Patrick Posey have created with not only the artistic expansion, the N.Y. Philharmonic and the Global Academy, but also the ChamberFest this summer – it’s grown by leaps and bounds. I’ve chosen the studio for the last three years, and it’s difficult because there are more than 100 applicants of the highest quality. To think of all the amazing people who gave classes in the hall where I teach, the passing of tradition is incredibly special. I have some of my fondest memories being here. It’s amazing to be on the other side of the circle giving back.

What is the format for ChamberFest?

There are four faculty members; we’re splitting up four groups to create the two nights of concerts. What has usually happened at MAW is coaching where the faculty offers external critique with the perspective of space. There’s another style in which you stick a seasoned professional in the middle of the ensemble, not just as first violin, where they can coach from within. They’re not exclusively a coach, but more a part of the ensemble, leading by example. It’s more of an interactive experience. I first participated in that when I attended the Marlboro festival in 2000, and it was incredible because you’re sitting right next to some of your musical idols.

So, of course, you are as prepared as possible and very open. But amazingly, they’re also open to your ideas and suggestions. So I suggested we try it

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Brilliant Thoughts

County of Santa Barbara Planning Commission

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

World Without End

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t’s no great accomplishment these days to go around the world.

I’ve done it myself at least three times, mostly by sea. (I say “at least,” because, if you do enough traveling, you can lose track.)

The man many of us think of as having made the first circumnavigation – Ferdinand Magellan – never actually accomplished that feat, because he rather stupidly got killed on the way, in an unnecessary clash with some Filipino natives. (And this, despite unwittingly avoiding the sailors’ great scourge of Scurvy by having his own private supply of vitamin-C-rich preserved quince). But he still gets all the glory – and, as for the pitifully few survivors of his expedition who actually made it all the way around, and back home to Europe – their names are known, but nobody makes a fuss about them.

History is funny that way. The first man to reach the South Pole (in 1911) was a colorless but efficient Norwegian named Roald Amundsen.

But we prefer to celebrate the man who got there less than a month later but died on the way back: the comparatively inept British Naval officer, Robert Falcon Scott.

What is the big deal about being first, anyway? Before it became reality, I remember somebody saying, “I don’t want to be the first person on the moon – I want to be the millionth.”

Nearly five decades later, that’s something we’re all still waiting for.

The spherical nature of our planet certainly has its advantages.

Theoretically, it’s much harder to get lost, when you need only keep going straight ahead to eventually find yourself back where you started from.

But one of the biggest drawbacks is that it bedevils those who want to put everything neatly and accurately on a flat rectangular map. It just can’t be done, as you can prove to yourself when you peel an orange and lay out the entire skin in one flat piece. Mr. Mercator, whose famous “projection” has long been so popular, would have gone mad if he hadn’t been willing to compromise and make some land masses (such as Greenland) appear too small, and others (e.g., Antarctica) too ridiculously large.

My own experiences of going around the world came about through a fantastic piece of good fortune.

Having secured a doctorate in history at Berkeley, but being unable to 21 – 28 July 2016

find any remotely appropriate college teaching job, I sent out scads of last-minute applications to places that still had openings. One of those was Chapman College, which was then a small Christian school in Orange, California. (It’s now Chapman University).

Only when someone at Chapman called me did I learn that the college had somehow recently acquired an educational program that involved using a converted cruise-ship, and sending hundreds of students and faculty around the world on 3½-month “semester-voyages.” They needed a history professor. Would I be interested?

Would I! It was my academic dream – the then-novel concept of combining education and travel. In one of the songs I wrote and performed while teaching aboard this Floating University, I celebrated our “Home on the Waves:” “Oh, give me a home that can take me to Rome, To Japan and to India too, Where good books abound, and servants are found, And there’s always a beautiful view.”

I had grown up with such fantasies. My favorite childhood author was Jules Verne. His wonderful story Around the World in Eighty Days (published in 1873) thrilled me as it had already thrilled earlier generations.

And I thought (and still think) that it had the cleverest, most surprising, and most satisfying ending of any book I ever read.

If you’re not familiar with the plot, I hope you’ll read the book (avoid the atrocious movie adaptation at all costs). So without giving anything away – I’ll just tell you that it involves a wager made by a wealthy Englishman about being able to go all the way around the world in 80 days. He does the entire adventurous journey, but at the end of it, he appears to have lost the wager. However, a certain factor comes up (which most people in 1873 would hardly have been aware of) that changes everything.

And the world is still full of surprises, which may make some of us feel (on our best days) that life is worth whatever it costs. As Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote (on what must have been one of her best days): “O World! I cannot hold thee close enough!”

•MJ

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Short-term Rental Ordinance Briefing

123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 On Wednesday, August 3, 2016, the County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding ordinance amendments concerning the land use of Short-Term Rentals. The project includes the following items: 1. Case No. 16ORD-00000-00009. Hearing on the request of the Planning and Development Department that the County Planning Commission consider and adopt a Resolution recommending that the Board of Supervisors adopt an ordinance (16ORD-00000-00009) amending Section 35-1, the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code by amending Article 35.2, Zones and Allowable Land Uses, Article 35.3, Site Planning and Other Project Standards, Article 35.4, Standards for Specific Land Uses, Article 35.8, Planning Permit Procedures, Article 35.10, Land Use and Development Code Administration, and Article 35.11, Glossary, to implement new regulations regarding the land use of Short-Term Rentals and make other minor clarifications, corrections, and revisions; 2. Case No. 16ORD-00000-00012. Hearing on the request of the Planning and Development Department that the County Planning Commission consider and adopt a Resolution recommending that the Board of Supervisors adopt an ordinance (16ORD-00000-00012) amending Article II, the Santa Barbara County Coastal Zoning Ordinance, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the County Code by amending Division 1, In General, Division 2, Definitions, Division 4, Zoning Districts, Division 6, Parking Regulations, Division 7 General Regulations, and Division 12, Administration, to implement new regulations regarding the land use of Short-Term Rentals and make other minor clarifications, corrections, and revisions; and 3. Determine that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15301 of the Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA. The Ordinances propose to implement new regulations and other revisions permitting the land use of Short-Term Rentals in Agricultural and Mixed-Use zoning districts, outside of the Montecito Community Plan Area, and permitting the use in certain Commercial zoning districts, where other transient lodging are also permitted, and adding text to prohibit the land use of Short-Term Rentals in Residential zoning districts in both the Land Use and Development Code and the Santa Barbara County Coastal Zoning Ordinance.

Please see the posted agenda and staff report available on the Wednesday prior to the meeting at http://sbcountyplanning.org/boards/pc/cpc.cfm The County Planning Commission meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak on the project. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 or dvillalo@countyofsb.org.

Correspondence should be filed no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the County Planning Commission hearing.

For additional information, please contact the project planner, Jessica Metzger at: Email: jmetzger@countyofsb.org | Tel: 805-568-3532 If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing.

Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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SEEN (Continued from page 15) Navigators Circle board president Wilson Wiley and wife Peggy, SBMM executive director Greg Gorga, and donors Pat and Bruce Hinds

host Handelman is a commercial diving legend, helping to make Santa Barbara the deep-sea capital of the world. He joked, “I have no choice.

When executive director Greg Gorga says do something, I do.”

The assistant director and curator and director of education Emily Falke needs to be mentioned for her tireless efforts in supervising and curating the design and set-up of all the exhibits.

She also arranges the Marine Sciences and the Tall Ship overnight programs, which affect one thousand local students annually.

Among those enjoying our unique Santa Barbara ambience were Judy Writer, past board president Amanda Thomas and husband Jay Williams, past board president Ken Clements and current board members Elsbeth Kleen, Sigrid Toye, and husband Bud, past board member Patricia Hinds and husband Bruce. Others were Hiroko Benko, Mimi Michaelis, Ed and Ann Brady, John and Lana McIntyre, Robert and Claudia Kirby, and Ann Steinmetz and Steve Senesac. As guests left, they were presented with a compass set in a wooden box and engraved as charter members, as well as a coffee-table book, A Maritime History of Baja California.

If you would like to get on board with this dynamic group, call Layla Christian at (805) 456-8571.

Art Foundation of Santa Barbara

The Art Foundation of Santa Barbara has a fun event every year at the Santa Barbara Club (SBC). They bring their favorite pieces of art and sculpture from their homes to be on display at the club. This year, four of the entries had painted their own pieces.

The opening reception began with champagne and hors d’oeuvres while we strolled throughout the club in all the rooms to see what treasures we could find. Curator of the show was Keith Mautino. SBC president Joe Weiland welcomed the guests, and past president John Doordan told us, “The SBC is 124 years old and has quite a collection of art on its own.”

There is a room full of Remingtons and many Edward Boreins (who was a

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Braille Institute director of philanthropy Marsha Marcoe, executive director Michael Lazarovits, and chair of philanthropic committee Claudette Roehrig

The Art Foundation show curator Keith Mautino, Pat Hinds, Mimi Michaelis, and president of the Art Foundation Jon DuPrau at the Santa Barbara Club

club member). Mr. George Steedman, who built Casa del Herrero, and his architect George Washington Smith were both members in the 1920s and ‘30s when it was strictly a men’s club.

Now the ladies have joined, but they still have the signature dead animals on the walls like all proper men’s clubs.

Assistant director and chief curator from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Eik Kahng, gave a talk titled “Treasures or Trolls: One Curator’s Tales of Discovery and Disappointment in the Art World.”

It sounded like a grand Easter egg hunt to me. She never knows when someone calls her whether she’ll find a treasure or a dud. She has had both.

Then it was time for dinner, and SBC serves good food. It’s always a treat to be a guest there. Besides Keith and John, on the foundation board of trustees are Frank McGinity, Robert Dibley, Jon DuPrau, Dr. Robert Meghreblian, and Mrs. C. William Schlosser.

Hope, Encouragement, Support

Executive director Michael Lazarovits reminded us of how many times we’d driven by their beautiful place and never visited. He said, “There are five Braille institutes around southern California. Ours is not the largest, but it’s the best.” I’ll vouch for that. They served 3,000 folks in three counties and have more than 300 volunteers. Michael added, “All our services are free. There is no government funding.” They even offer free transportation.

We had campus tours showing us just a few of the many programs Braille guitar student Miguel Lopez with instructor Michael Holland

too pretty to eat. But we did. There was wine to quaff and music. Volunteer guitar player Michael Holland was on hand with one of his students, sight-impaired Miguel Lopez, who is learning the guitar.

The philanthropy committee comprised Allison Armour, Suzy Cawthon, Carolyn Duncan, Sally Hamilton, Jim Jackson, Vicki Johnson, Janet Lew, Marsha Marcoe, Christina Songer, Randy Sunday, Cerris Tavinor, Kay Utterbeck, and Pamela Vander Heide.

Hope, encouragement, and support are what the Braille Institute Santa Barbara (BISB) helps give people with vision loss – to discover there are virtually no limits to what they can achieve. Guests were invited to visit our Braille institute on De la Vina Street for an open house and to see for themselves the miracles that occur there.

Claudette Roehrig chaired the event, and she and her committee had all sorts of tasty goodies in a gorgeous display, • The Voice of the Village •

offered. The library was amazing with 5,500 books, which works sort of like Netflix. I don’t begin to understand all the fabulous tech stuff that’s there to learn. There’s a state-of-the-art kitchen where they learn how to cook. The art room and pottery room boggle my mind. I can’t do with sight what they do.

For those thousands of residents who last year were told glasses would no longer help, BISB is the place to visit. Call (805) 682-6222 to change a life.

•MJ Missy Chandler DeYoung, Tom and Raquel Heath, president of the Santa Barbara Club Joe Weiland, and past president John Doordan

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FITNESS FRONT

by Karen Robiscoe

Runner Jake Ballantine crosses the finish line during a recent Nite Moves

Ms Robiscoe is a certified fitness trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and conventionally published author of short fictions, essays, and poetry. Her chapbook: Word Mosaics, is available online at Fowlpox Press. E mail Karen at chickenscratch@cox.net, or visit http://charronschatter.com

Gimme the Nite

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ob Seger has nothing on Jay Campbell, as Jay is not only working on his own set of Nite Moves, but he’s also doing it for you. The proud new owner of Santa Barbara’s Nite Moves Aquathlon and Fun Runs, Jay is keeper of that old time rock, run, and in a Santa Barbara swim-’round-the-buoys tradition, he’s keeping it rolling.

“It’s a quintessential, community event,” Jay says as he expounds on the popular swimming and running race that’s celebrating its 28th consecutive year. Bluff and hearty, the race director greets participants by name, bestowing a winning smile along with tasty tidbits to an appreciative post-competition crowd. “It’s grass roots at its purest,” he says, adding, “There’s nothing like it anywhere.”

And he’s right about that; similar things have been tried in Ventura, San Luis Obispo, even San Diego, but none has endured the way Nite Moves has.

“Our community is the reason why” Nite Moves persists, Jay suggests.

Staged every Wednesday evening from the beginning of May to the end of August, the legions of athletes that turn out for the family-friendly event at Leadbetter Beach are a community unto themselves.

What makes Nite Moves so special is possibly the beauty of the route it takes, since it skirts our coastline at its finest. From the 500-meter to mile swim at Leadbetter, to the run wind-

As the sun sinks slowly in the north... uh, west...

Nite Moves turns into a family festival

ing along Shoreline Drive, there’s no bad way to negotiate the distance, whether you pound pavement for only a mile, or run the full 5K. Children of all ages are encouraged to participate. Featuring a cost-free kid’s mile, and Soft Sand Sprint for the youngest runners, real estate broker Kevin Young observes: “It’s a beautiful course with ocean views, and an accurate 5K. The markers gauging the miles you’ve already run are easy to spot, too.” Now in his 20th year participating and volunteering behind the scenes at Nite Moves,

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Kevin also coaches the cross-country team at Santa Barbara Junior High and a youth running camp during the summer. “It’s a nice time of day to run, and just the perfect distance for families that want to run together,” he notes.

What about the activity itself? Is the workout the motivating factor? “It’s a great excuse to get a run in during the week,” Kate Wokowsky says, breathless and bright-eyed from setting a personal best. A soccer player for both a co-ed Parks & Rec team, and a private woman’s league, she adds: “I play soccer three times a week, and this helps keep me in shape for the field. It’s definitely great exercise.”

Run, Santa Barbara, Run!

Top contender Jake Ballantine agrees: “It’s a good training race for me.” Consistently clocking under 19 minutes for the run portion, the 14-year-old adds: “My Dad pushed me in the stroller for a long time, and then when I got big enough, I started running it on my own. I have been running ever since I was seven or eight. Sometimes I do the swim, and that’s a lot of fun, also.” Winner of his junior high division in cross-country, Jake is a legacy, as the whole Ballantine family participates in the Summer Sunset Series.

Then again, Nite Moves’ post-race concert may be what keeps people coming back. Construction company operator Carol Ashley thinks so. “Nite Moves is able to bring high-quality musicians to this event,” she says, observing that “they’ve done so since the beginning. The peppy music is right on target. After you finish running, and swimming,” she continues, “it really helps keep the energy level up.” Carol says she’s been coming for

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more than 20 years, and notices that “the crowd keeps getting bigger and bigger.”

Not literally, of course, though the snacks offered afterward are tempting enough to wonder whether food may be the draw. Catered by such wellknown eateries as Shoreline Café, Pascucci’s, and Chicken Ranch, with beer on tap from Firestone Brewery, the refreshments always find a welcome reception. “I enjoy having a beer with my friends,” Diana Cibrian tells me. “And the food is very good.

Like a reward, almost!” Everything from wraps and tacos, to tri-tips and smoked links are served; non-alcoholic beverages are provided as well, with McConnell’s ice cream scooping up dessert.

From swimmers and runners, to vendors and sponsors, everyone is included in the close-knit feel of the mid-week get together. “The vendors are great,” bookkeeper Karen Mora says. “Last week,” she notes, “there was a software company here, and as a businesswoman, I immediately connected with that. I introduced myself to the people staffing the kiosk, and it turns out we have mutual friends. It’s just a great networking opportunity.”

Naomi Lynn, a representative for Morgan Stanley Women and Wealth, concurs. “I instantly related to all the people I was introduced to,” she says.

Naomi, a novice runner with firm plans for joining in the fun, observes that, “The vibe and location of this event is really cool. It isn’t a serious race where people are focused on running their hardest, or placing first. It’s laid-back and has that Santa Barbara feel.”

If you feel like seeing what Nite Moves is all about firsthand, there’s still plenty of time to get involved.

Sign up online at www.runsantabarbara.com.

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Off-The-Beat Travel

by Dale Zurawski Dale has lived in Montecito for 15 years. She has traveled many places in Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa. Recently retired the Farm Bureau of Ventura County, she plans to devote more time to travel writing. www.DaleZurawski.com

The Trans-Siberian Railroad

Early retirees Dale and Geoff join the rest of the train passengers at a stop along the way

Cheap vodka and Russian cuisine fuel two-hour meals with loquacious fellow travelers on board the Trans-Siberian Railroad

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mericans are fat, eat hamburgers, and don’t know geography,” said our Russian guide, Lidia, summing up an unflattering stereotype. Parroting the official propaganda, she also mentioned the “American invasion” of Ukraine. My husband, Geoff, and I had climbed aboard the Tsar’s Gold train in Beijing.

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The journey was the first leg of a three-month, around-the-world trip to celebrate our early retirement. But as our train pulled out of Beijing, my excitement was mostly drowned out by thoughts of how our marriage would survive nearly two weeks in a cabin the size of our closet. I also wanted to see how Russians function after downing vodka like wine.

Going “First-Class”

We chose a “luxury tourist” train, rather than one connected to the Russian train system. As it turned out, our booking “First-Class” proved important: passengers in second-class shared a shower with an adjacent cabin and a single unisex bathroom with the entire car. For those near a dining car, the bathroom users included the inebriated drinking the night away.

At six feet by seven feet, first-class cabins are no larger than those in second-class, but do have a private bath and shower. The cabin has a bench on one side, folding down into bunk beds. The fight for the bottom bunk

is worth it. Not only is it three inches longer and 16 inches wider, the bottom bunk is closer to the toilet; that means you aren’t navigating a stepladder in the dark if you need to visit the loo before dawn.

Although we were given a complimentary miniature bottle of vodka upon arrival, vodka served on the train costs $2 for a 1.5-ounce shot.

With a quart of vodka sold at train stations for a mere $5, it’s easy to see how Russians can drink so much.

Traveling across the vast region to the east of Moscow opens a window on the country itself, no matter what class you choose.

Passengers on tourist trains pay a flat fee that includes all meals, guided tours at each of the five stops, and a Russian guide – in our case, Lidia – who provides on-train lectures on days without city tours. Downsides of a tourist train include no freedom to stay an extra few days at stops along the way, and your contact with Russians is mostly limited to the tour guides. By luck, Knesia, a Russian university instructor who lived in England, lodged in the next cabin. She was a fellow traveler, not a tour guide, and provided an alternate point of view. Lidia’s view of Russia, Knesia warned us, was on the conservative side.

Going first-class is key for another reason. Siberian summers are hot. In

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second-class, air-conditioning doesn’t work during the frequent and lengthy stops in stations and on sidings as other trains pass. In winter, Siberia is a desolate white wonderland. In summer, it is a green birch forest and swampy. It’s not deserted; farmhouses and fairly large cities line the route.

Barbecue, Read, Swim

Don’t take the TSR if you are hoping for great scenery. Except for Lake Baikal, the scenery is quite less than dramatic. At Lake Baikal, six days into the trip, passengers get off the train for an evening picnic with unlimited shots of vodka, and a chance to earn a bravery certificate for plunging into the “icy” waters of Lake Baikal. The water temperature was recorded as 72 degrees F, hardly icy. Most of the train passengers went for a swim, then enjoyed live music, and an outdoor barbecue.

For me, this was easily the best night of the trip. For lovers of train travel, the scenery can simply provide the backdrop for thought, reflective writing, or a good book. Personally, I love the feel of train travel. Even through less-than-exciting landscape, I can rock endlessly and enjoy the feeling of being suspended in space and time. Mostly I wrote my travel blog and read books, including Mikhail Bulgakov’s 126-page The Dog, the shortest Russian novel I could find.

Though billed as an absurd comic story, I found it to be a stereotypically depressing Russian novel.

Another feature of the scenery is other trains. In six days, I counted four headed toward Mongolia loaded with tanks. I wasn’t even spending that much time looking out the window.

Having traveled through Mongolia, after leaving China, you experience the vast deserted Mongolian steppe and the nomadic nature of a coun21 – 28 July 2016

try where livestock still outnumber people. Given Russia’s military and industrial strength, I would say that Mongolia does not stand a chance if Russia ever decides to invade.

At 6’x7’, the “first-class” cabin on board the Trans-Siberian Railroad wasn’t exactly spacious, but it did offer privacy and great viewing

The Beauty of Irkutsk

For Americans who haven’t heard of Ulan Ude, it’s the first city and train stop after leaving Mongolia and entering Russia. With crumbling sidewalks and mostly Soviet architecture, Ulan Ude is not pretty. But the next city, Irkutsk, is. Located near the mouth of Lake Baikal and with a European feel, Irkutsk is considered the Paris of

Siberia. Its walkway along the Angara River is reminiscent of Paris along the Seine. A college town of 600,000, Irkutsk boasts nearly two-dozen universities and community colleges. By one estimate, only 6 percent of those exiled to Siberia were criminals. Many of the rest were wealthy aristocrats whom the tsars considered a political threat. Being educated, they built up the town’s university system.

The train took three days to cross Siberia. The stops in Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg did not get much of my attention. I picked up a commu-

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Memorials abounded for French hero’s including gypsy jazz musician extraordinaire Django Reinhardt and singer Édith Piaf

by Joanne A. Calitri

Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist.

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French Festival Memorial to Nice French Festival founder, Steve Hoegerman, with special guest Regina from Nice, sing France’s national anthem at the Memorial Service for those who recently died in the terrorist attack on Bastille Day

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t was a beautiful summer afternoon for the annual French Festival held at Oak Park Santa Barbara.

Drawing its usual number of thousands of day visitors, this year was especially bittersweet, coming just a few days after the violent attacks on Bastille Day in Nice, France.

Memorials abounded throughout the fairgrounds, along with dedications by the performers to those lost in all terrorist attacks in France this year.

French Festival founder, Steve Hoegerman, held a narrative memorial service on the Moulin Rouge stage both days. On Sunday while I was there, he brought up an audience member who only wished to be known as Regina, to sing in French the French National Anthem, “La Marseillaise”.

Hesitant at first, she told Steve she is from Nice and was too overcome to sing in public. With the encourage-

ment of the other attendees, she got up and sang the song with the live band. She received a standing ovation as she blushed and returned to her seat.

There was a memorial wall along the walk way from the Eiffel Tower stage to the Moulin Rouge stage, filled with flowers and posters, and people stopping to add their dedication to their loved ones and to France.

The festival had its usual favorite entertainment acts, some of which have been performing there for more than 19 years: the students of the West Coast Ballet performing the traditional French cabaret dance, the Can-Can in beautiful traditional costumes under the direction of Ellen Schipper; Alexandra King and her belly dance troupe Crystal Indigo; French Polynesian dance by Tina’s Ports of Paradise; the Montecito Jazz

Students of the West Coast Ballet performed the traditional French cabaret dance, the Can-Can, in beautiful traditional costumes under the direction of Ellen Schipper

Original Montecito Jazz Project members Lee Neuenschwander on trumpet, Mark Coffin on guitar, and Mike Conaway with bassist Tom Towle played jazz standards from American jazz greats Miles Davis to Sidney Bechet

Project; Les Femmes Fatales Drag ried a sad heart for the current state of Revue; and the annual Poodles & world affairs, an increase in hugs of Pals Parade. support was noted this year.

Great French foods, wines, and In the closing words of Hoegerman’s shopping booths had continual long memorial speech, let us reflect: “We lines waiting for the treats and people are all connected, we are all in this MontJournal_July20th'16:Layout 2:35France PM Page watching a favorite activity, made1 for7/13/16 together, is a 1happy place, let a wonderful day. Although many car- us be in the joie de vivre!”

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Representation of Chaos from The Creation and Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra filling the first half of the show, and Beethoven’s 48-minute Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major The Eroica wrapping the wonderful evening.

Fashion in Focus My former New York magazine colleague and old friend Michael Gross’s new book, Focus: The Sexy, Secret, Sometimes Sordid World of Fashion Photographers, thumps on to my plush doormat.

Michael Gross’s new tome looks behind the style curtain

Describing fashion snappers as “pop culture royalty,” Michael, whose past New York Times bestsellers have included Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren and Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, says “they are figures in the shadows who make those in front of their cameras glow like members of some special enlightened tribe.”

But Michael, a Vassar College graduate, warns the world they inhabit “is one of striking contrasts: it appears beautiful, but just underneath the pretty surface, like the images they create, the reality can be murkier, often decadent, and sometime downright ugly.”

He draws on files he has compiled over the course of the last 30-plus years and prodigious new reporting to probe the lives, hang-ups, and artistic triumphs of more than a dozen of fashion photography’s great visionaries, including Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, David Bailey, Gilles Bensimon, Bruce Weber, and Steven Meisel.

This is a well-researched book that does indeed accentuate the negative.

Channeling Chekhov City College’s Theatre Group kicked off its 71st season at the Garvin Theatre with playwright Christopher Durang’s Tony Award-winning,

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Chekhov-styled romp Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

The deliciously madcap show, set in the affluent community of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where Stephen Sondheim, Oscar Hammerstein, and Moss Hart have lived and I used to weekend on occasion in New Hope, or No Hope as we renamed it, features characters and themes from Chekhov, as well as references to The Seagull, Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard.

The substantial farmhouse set by Patricia L. Frank is most impressive, as are the stage sextet directed by Katie Laris with creative costumes by Pamela Shaw.

Marion Freitag is a delight as Cassandra, the soothsaying housekeeper, as is Anne Guynn’s famous actress Masha’s toy boy beau. Spike, played by Santa Barbaran Drew Leighty, much of the time in the first half of the production flexing his abs while scantily attired in his boxer shorts, much appreciated by the gay character Vanya, played by Jay Carlander, with Leslie Ann Story as his deeply unhappy sister, and Alizah Walton as a visiting celebrity-awed neighbor.

The two-and-a-half-hour show, which focuses on the challenges and agonies of life in the 21st century, including sibling rivalry, lust and love, is one that will have you “Russian” to attend. It runs through Saturday, July 30.

Feast Your Eyes To Convivo, the charming new eatery at the remodeled Santa Barbara Inn owned by Montecito entrepreneur Richard Gunner.

The impressive nosheteria, which is co- owned by Baghdad by the Bay restaurateur Larry Mindel of Sausalito and chef Peter McNee, who used to work for the legendary Alain Ducasse at the Hotel Bel Soggiorno in San Gimignano, one of my favorite Tuscan towns, has vaulted barrel ceilings and sea urchin-style lighting, reflecting the local fishing industry in our Eden by the Beach.

Convivo, the Latin word for “feast”, features an eclectic menu reflecting California Culinary Academy graduate McNee’s inspirations from Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and the Middle East.

“Conviviality is a central theme of the restaurant,” says McNee, who also worked at an old friend Jeremiah Tower’s San Francisco eatery, Stars, a favorite of mine when I used to appear on the local ABC affiliate, KGO’s a.m. show Good Morning Bay Area, flying out every 10 days from my home in Manhattan and bunking at the Fairmont on Nob Hill.

Among those quaffing the wine and specialty cocktails and noshing from

Convivo’s chef Peter McNee with guests Sandi and Bill Nicholson, Marni Margerum, and sous-chef James Zurlinden (photo by Priscilla)

The Santa Barbara Inn’s hosting general managing partner Amy Svendberg and Convivo’s sommelier/GM Larry Noble with invited guests Randy and Roxanna Solakian with Mark and Alixe Mattingly, who have enjoyed their selections of chef’s nomad Italian cuisine (photo by Priscilla)

Under the pergola of Convivo is restaurateur and host Larry Mindel with guests Renee and Gabe Saglie; William LaVoie, architect; and seated guests Jill and Neil Levinson (photo

by Priscilla)

the extensive 62-seat eatery’s menu were architect William La Voie, Gabe Saglie, John Dickson, Cam Gittler, Tony Arroyo, realtor Randy Solakian, Biltmore manager Karen Earp, Bill and Sandi Nicholson, Texan gadabout Charles Ward, and public relations powerhouse Jennifer Zacharias.

Convivo is managed by Larry Nobles, formerly eatery manager at the San Ysidro Ranch, looking after the Stonehouse and the Plow & Angel.

Yes, He Caine Michael Caine, who I first inter-

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viewed in 1976 while working for the London Daily Mirror, one of Europe’s largest circulation newspapers, is still seeking roles at the ripe old age of 83.

But as memory woes seems to be effecting fellow actors such as Dame Judi Dench and Michael Gambon, the veteran movie actor says he ensures he never forgets his script by rehearsing every line at least 1,000 times before he even sets foot on set.

With six Oscar nominations under his belt – including two Best 21 – 28 July 2016

Supporting Actor wins for Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986 and The Cider House Rules in 1999 – the Cockney actor has appeared in more than 115 films and is as busy as ever.

“I rehearse on my own, and by the time I come on to a set I have said the line to myself a minimum of 1,000 times,” he tells the CBS show 60 Minutes.

“I’ve never used a mirror. I just do it anywhere. I just sit there talking... I don’t want to be in a situation where I know what someone’s going to say. I know what my bloody answer is. I’ve said it a thousand times. So I listen to what he says, and that’s what makes the difference.

“That and having the confidence of knowing you’re not going to forget the line because you know what happens when you get older. In my case, I don’t forget the lines, but it takes me twice as long to learn the bloody things. It takes forever.”

Caine is clearly more than able.

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Gigi Hadid lands first American Vogue cover

It’s not an Oscar, but in the world of modeling it’s considered the next best thing.

Former Montecito Union school student, Gigi Hadid, has just landed her first U.S. Vogue cover.

The 21-year-old beauty has shared the good news on Instagram as the Conde Nast fashion glossy’s editors splashed her cover – which she shares with Olympic decathlete and good medalist Ashton Eaton – all over the internet.

“This one’s dedicated to my biggest inspirations to work hard, my family, to all my coaches throughout my life,” Gigi wrote in an Instagram post, which racked up nearly 300,000 likes in just an hour. “Feeling extremely blessed.”

On the cover, which she calls “an ultimate dream come true,” the blonde beauty dons a long sleeve Versace dress with a distinct scuba feel, her hair swept back in a trendy wet look.

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She holds a javelin in her right hand, ready to throw it as she gives famed photographer Mario Testino’s camera a tough, confident stare.

Behind her Ashton, 28, poses in his Team US gear, seemingly ready to set out on a sprint.

High Lights The world’s most spectacular landmarks may look beautiful lit up at night, but everything comes at a price.

An illuminating new infographic has revealed how much it costs to keep some of the globe’s most famous landmarks glowing – and the amount is staggering in some cases.

The dazzling Las Vegas strip for example, whose neon signs and shining buildings have become a “mustsee” attraction, costs a whopping $127 million a year to illuminate.

After the Nevada gambling mecca, the next most expensive spot is the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

In order to light up the towering 2,723-foot-high monument, it costs $450,000 to power 70,000 LED lights.

Some of the attractions on the list, published by the UK lighting company Lyco, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building, are famous for using colored lights to make statements about current events. This includes lighting up in a particular color or design to indicate solidarity with the rest of the world or in celebration of festivals.

Doing so requires the powering of 20,000 lights on the iconic Paris structure, and 68,000 on the Manhattan skyscraper, costing $105,000 and $270,000 respectively each year.

The cheapest landmark on the list is Queen Elizabeth’s London home, Buckingham Palace, whose 2,200 LED lights cost just $14,000 to keep glowing.

The thrifty monarch, despite her vast wealth in art, jewels, and property, is well-known for turning off unnecessary lights in her home to save money.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3599 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3599 for the LAS POSITAS ROAD AT CLIFF DRIVE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, August 18, 2016 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, “LAS POSITAS ROAD AT CLIFF DRIVE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT, Bid No. 3599".

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, and equipment necessary to construct and deliver a roundabout project including but not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, traffic control, saw cutting, removal of hardscape, construction of curbs, gutters, ADA compliant sidewalk and access ramps, splitter islands, installation of street lighting, excavation, installation of stormwater infiltration system; preparation of subgrade, bedding, base, conforms, striping, sign installation/relocation, installation of irrigation and landscaping, clean up, public notices, and incidentals to complete the work as specified per the project plans and specifications. The Engineer’s estimate is $1,100,000. Each bidder must have a Class A 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 Ashleigh Shue, Supervising Civil Engineer, 805897-2507, AShue@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

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.

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.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the 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.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A & A RX Orthotics, 545 El Bosque Road Unit H, Montecito CA 93108. Dream Up Tomorrow, 545 El Bosque Road Unit H, Montecito CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 12, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20160002034. Published July 20, 27, August 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Shinrin Yoku Walks, 234 Ocean View Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Julie Loretta Hall, 234 Ocean View Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 6, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001974.

Published July 20, 27, August 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Feminist Party, 388 Bell Street, Los Alamos, CA 93440. Sonja Magdevski, 535 Perkins St. Apt A, Los Alamos, CA 93440. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 7, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001994.

Published July 20, 27, August 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Hilton Garden Inn Santa Barbara/Goleta, 6878 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117. Goleta HHG Hotel, LLC, 105 Decker Court, Suite 500, Irving, TX 75062.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 22, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the

County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001849.

Published July 20, 27, August 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Riviera Press, 1011 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Jude Bijou, 1011 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 11, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0002028.

Published July 20, 27, August 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mission Group Architects, 1230 ‘H’ Coast Village Cir, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Richard E. Johnson, 1230 ‘H’ Coast Village Cir, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 27, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania ParedesSadler. FBN No. 20160001907. Published July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cali Girl Cooking, 2626A Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Robin Marie Terry, 2626A Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 28, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania ParedesSadler. FBN No. 20160001918. Published July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Wills and Trusts Law Group, 735 State Street #434,

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Advanced Services Law Group INC, 735 State Street #434, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 9, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2016-0001720.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Montecito Executive Services, 1482 East Valley Road #42, Montecito, CA 93108. Mary L. Ortega, 3109 Calle Madera, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 16, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001785.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lilibeth Salon Hair and Makeup, 1470 East Valley Road Suite C, Montecito, CA 93108.

Lilibeth D. Caplinger, 140 Morgan Lane, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 20, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2016-0001828.

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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02490. To all interested parties: Petitioner Stephany Valladares filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Miguel Angel Rios to Miguel Angel Valladares. 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 17, 2016

by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: August 10, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02463. To all interested parties: Petitioner Alexandra Barton Spurr filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Alexandra Barton Summers.

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 21, 2016

by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: August 31, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV02192. To all interested parties: Petitioner Marissa Aldana Arredondo filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Marissa Aldana. 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, 2016

by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: July 27, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20

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here because it can be a very meaningful experience for both Fellows and faculty.

You are playing Caroline Shaw’s Limestone and Felt with cellist Robert deMaine Tuesday night.

She’s a very talented composer who won a Pulitzer for choral work. This is a light work that’s not too profound.

There are a lot of cool effects, some pizzicato between the two instruments, and lots of colors and vamping, and rhythmic repetition. Robert is the cellist in my string quartet, Anais, and we’ve been attached at the hip playing the Beethoven cycle.

So it’s fun to explore more repertoire together.

Art Song Forced Ex-Pop Singer to Find Opera

Unlike most singers, Ian Walker, a first-time Fellow at the Music Academy of the West this summer, came to the opera world from the rough-and-tumble rock ‘n’ roll scene.

“I didn’t even start learning classical music until I was an undergrad at Cal Arts,” said Walker, who was born in Goleta to his then-UCSB grad-student parents, but moved to northern California at age 2. He chose the So Cal school because he could also study rock and pop performance and composition at the famed academy.

“I was a pop singer-songwriter. I was fronting a band at the time, doing the rock thing, and I thought I’d be in pop music for the rest of my life.”

But exposure to art songs, particularly those by German masters of the genre Schubert and Schumann, shifted his priorities.

“I fell in love with everything I heard, and I wanted to sing those songs,” he recalled. “I just had so much passion for it. But when I opened my mouth and tried, I realized I couldn’t do it at all.”

That’s when he realized that getting some serious training in singing would be very valuable. “Opera is the best way to train the voice,” he said.

Coming to the form so “late” in life – at 23, Walker is among the youngest singers in the MAW vocal department this summer – “I’ve had to work a little harder to catch up. There’s a lot of research to know the repertoire.

But because men’s voices undergo so many changes even after puberty, it hasn’t had too much impact on my singing. Opera is something you need a lot of time to grow into, both physically and artistically, in order to bring something meaningful to the stage. I feel constantly humbled by how much work I have to do, but also grateful for the opportunity to do it, especially working toward the goals we have here (at MAW).”

Indeed, Walker was cast in the early 21 – 28 July 2016

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by Steven Libowitz Thursday, July 21 – Don’t fret if you missed flute virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud’s recital at Hahn Hall. You can still catch the flutist who made history when he won first prize in the Geneva International Music Competition and then bested other players with far more experience at the audition to become principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado at the age of 22 in a public event. Pahud leads the flute masterclass this afternoon, and maybe he’ll need to demonstrate technique or tone to one of the Fellows (3:15 pm; Weinman Hall; free).

Singer Ian Walker, a Goleta native and first-time Fellow at MAW

summer performance of Matthew Aucoin’s Second Nature, conducted by the composer at the Lobero last month. He portrayed David, the father of Lydia, half of the young couple who discover the world outside the biodome constructed as mankind made the Earth unlivable, seduced by an ape in the reverse Garden of Eden story.

While it wasn’t one of the three main roles, there was plenty of stage time – and exposure to Aucoin, with whom Walker established a connection.

“When I first got the score, I was a little concerned because it’s really complex music,” he said. “There are a lot of ways that can be unfortunate for both the singer and the audience. But the piece transcended that because Matt is a tremendous librettist and composer. What he does closely mirrors how we talk in real life. The complexity has to do with that normal speech patterns don’t fall into magical 2s and 4s. So, it took a lot of rehearsal.

But Matt is great at teaching people how to sing his music, which is also very unusual. He guided us through the process, and I’m really pleased with the result.

His work with Aucoin continued earlier this week when he sang on Monday in the cover concert for the full-scale opera production of Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, which Aucoin will conduct next weekend at the Granada, when Walker will sing in the chorus. And he’s also been working on three art songs

by Aucoin based on Walt Whitman texts. The pieces were originally in his opera Crossing, based on Whitman’s life: “The Sleepers”, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, and “A Clear Midnight”.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to sing these pieces and work again with Matt, who might play the piano with me when we perform at an upcoming Picnic Concert,” Walker said. “It’s really fantastic because he’s an awesome musician and a really nice guy.

It’s been the highlight of my summer.”

Having earned a master’s degree

Saturday, July 23 – There’s no early announcement of the personnel or repertoire, except possibly a few hours before show time, but you can’t beat the performance-price ratio: highly accomplished MAW Fellows playing chamber music drawn from eras from classical to modern in various alignments for free! (1 pm; Santa Barbara Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery).

Monday, July 25 – Faculty pianist Conor Hanick, who has performed in recital with mentor and MAW dean of piano Jerome Lowenthal for two straight years, holds down the helm for the penultimate solo piano masterclass of the summer (1 pm; Hahn; $15).

Tuesday, July 26 – A cross-section of MAW faculty come together with a sizable smattering of Fellows for a fascinating program featuring Ingram Marshall’s Fog Tropes (Paul Merkelo, trumpet; Ralph Sauer, trombone; Academy Fellows); Caroline Shaw’s Limestone and Felt (see above); Enescu’s Dixtuor for Winds (Timothy Day, flute; Eugene Izotov, oboe; Richie Hawley, clarinet; Benjamin Kamins, bassoon; Julie Landsman, horn; Academy Fellows) and Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet (Glenn Dicterow, violin; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Karen Dreyfus, viola; David Geber, cello; Natasha Kislenko, piano), a program spanning more than 110 years (7:30 pm; Lobero; $42).

Wednesday, July 27 – MAW’s new ChamberFest concerts are the culmination of a new mentorship program in which academy faculty and Fellows have collaborated over intensive rehearsals to prepare for performances of masterpieces of the chamber literature. The event replaces the old Chamber Music Marathon, which featured exclusively Fellows doing pieces similar to an extended Picnic Concert. Adding the faculty as equal collaborators brings the program to a different level. But not coincidentally, audiences are welcome to picnic in the gardens prior to the performances. Tonight, it’s quartets including faculty O’Neill and Geber, while tomorrow brings ensembles featuring Dreyfus and deMaine (7:30 tonight & tomorrow; Hahn; $35, or $50 for both concerts).

•MJ this spring from UCLA, where he recently performed Guglielmo in Così fan Tutte and Escamillo in Carmen, Walker plans to stick around L.A. and make contemporary opera his specialty. “I’d like to give recitals and work on art songs and opera and with opera musicians.” But he’s also composing modern music and working with a partner in pop-classical crossover duo.

“I don’t see them musically exclusive,” he explained. “I could do a rock gig one night and opera the next, as long as I take care of my voice and

don’t do much screaming. Eventually, what I’d love to do is integrate what I find to be attractive about both art forms. Pop music has the ability to capture attention and imagination, but through classical music and art song is where we get a lot of the content and deep poetic heartfelt expression. I ‘d love to invent or be part of an art form that brings both together.”

But, at 23, the timing isn’t set in concrete. “Maybe I’ll just go vagabond for a while and see what adventure brings.”

•MJ

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Street. Owned by Ryan and Kim Schmitz, the store is the exclusive West Coast carrier of several flooring lines, and the Schmitzes source much of their wood flooring directly from wood mills, providing truly custom hardwood flooring.

Ryan Schmitz grew up in the Napa Valley, helping his family with custom woodworking jobs in wine caves.

He and Kim married 13 years ago, and since then have been building their wood flooring business all over California, eventually settling in Santa Barbara about 10 years ago. They’ve partnered with renowned designer Rose Tarlow, among other notable interior designers, and have provided custom wood flooring for many celebrities and real estate influencers both in town and in Los Angeles.

Despite that, the Schmitzes say their work is affordable and accessible to homeowners at any price point. “Our prices are competitive, and we offer a variety of different brands,” explained Kim, who runs the operational side of the business.

RMS, which are Ryan’s initials, carries such brands as Provence Flooring, Legno Bastone, the Swedish brand Kahrs, the French line Parquets Protat, and others. The couple also carries their own line of flooring, sourced from Amish communities, which allows them to access a wider-planked walnut and oak floor, which Ryan stains himself. “We are one of the few who still stain our own wood,” explained Ryan, saying the process can be time-consuming and complicated to get just the right look. RMS does the staining either on site or in a warehouse facility in Ventura.

The Schmitzes say they are proud of the fact that their business provides local jobs for Santa Barbara-based tradesmen; they never sub-contract out any aspects of any job. “We live here, too, this is our home, and we feel good about giving back to this community,” Kim said. From the first conversations regarding design concept, to picking out plank size and colors, to installation, refinishing, repair, and custom staining, the Schmitzes consider themselves true craftspeople.

Their wood duck logo, which they say symbolizes craftsmanship, is part of their branding and signage, and is easily recognizable from Milpas Street.

The showroom space used to be home to a vitamin and supplement store, and the couple completely renovated the shop earlier this year. With a clean, light, and simple pallet, the space shows off the wood floor offerings, and provides a sitting area for designers and homeowners to discuss ideas and look at swatches. RMS also installs concrete and tile floors, and offers a small selection of quality carpets. RMS can also polish, stain, 21 – 28 July 2016

is offered at all library branches, including Santa Barbara, Eastside, Carpinteria, Goleta, Montecito, Solvang, and Buellton. New volunteers are asked to make a sixmonth commitment to tutoring, and to sign up for the training course by calling (805) 564-5619 or contacting Literacy@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

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ELMO Presbyterian’s lawn gets flocked with flamingos

and repair concrete flooring, install tile floors, and handle commercial projects.

For more information, visit www. rmsflooring.com. The showroom is located at 635 North Milpas Street.

Flamingos at ELMO

Earlier this month, Montecito residents may have noticed a lawn full of pink flamingos at El Montecito Presbyterian Church near Montecito Library. Pastor Jay Shirley tells us the flamingo display was a fundraiser sponsored by Young Life, a multi-cultural ministry with a chapter in downtown Santa Barbara, which aims to give at-risk kids a more positive life during their youth and teen years.

Young Life refers to its flamingo program as Flocking, and participants can donate money to have the flamingos placed in someone’s yard. For the flamingos to be removed, the homeowners are asked to make a donation to the organization. “We left them over on a Sunday so the congregation could see them, and we made a plug for Young Life in our Sunday morning announcements,” Shirley said.

“Of course, we paid a little more than a normal ransom for keeping them several days.”

Young Life offers a variety of faithbased programs including weekly activities, camps, and events. For more information, visit www.santabarbara. younglife.org.

Also happening at ELMO this summer: the church’s weeklong community art camp for kids. The popular camp is run by Children’s Ministry director Uriah Venegas and special guest artist Michele Baginski from Kailua, Hawaii. “She is using all sorts of fun mediums to create pretty beautiful stuff,” Shirley told us.

For more information, visit www.

elmopres.org.

Volunteers Needed

Tutors are needed at Montecito Library: the Santa Barbara Public Library System’s Adult Literacy Program needs new volunteer instructors to help other adults build the reading, writing, English, and other skills needed for work, family, and lifelong learning. Next weekend the library will offer a two-session, nine-hour tutor training course on Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31, from 1 to 5:30 pm each day. The class meets at the Adult Literacy Center at the Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. in Santa Barbara. Both classes are required of new tutors.

Free library tutoring helps adult learners reach their personal goals, including building job skills, preparing for higher education, and learning how to help their own children with schoolwork. Tutors are matched at the library and to the time that they choose. Tutoring

Ventura County-based veterinarian Dr. Tiffany Margolin is bringing her mobile veterinarian care to Montecito and Santa Barbara, launching From The Heart Mobile Vet, which delivers in-home holistic and traditional veterinary care.

“A trip to the vet can be a terrifying experience for a pet and a heart-wrenching one for a pet owner,” explains Dr. Margolin. “My goal is to combine the best possible care with a truly low-stress veterinary experience.” Several residents in Montecito have already used her services, which launched back in April.

Margolin, who is a licensed veterinarian, author, and professional speaker, tells us she draws from both Western and Chinese medicine within her convenient service. “Test results are more accurate and health issues are easier to identify and treat when pets feel most comfortable,” she said.

“The goal is a high-quality and lowstress experience for both pet and pet owner.” The veterinary services Margolin provides include dental care, home euthanasia, holistic/integrative medicine, acupuncture, cold laser therapy, surgery, behavioral consultations, and allergy elimination, Monday through Saturday 9 am to 6 pm, and emergency calls seven days a week.

To schedule an appointment, or for more information, call (805) 350-1399.

To find out more, visit www.fromthe heartvet.com.

•MJ

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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)

ENDING THIS WEEK Concerts in the Park – There’s really nothing quite like the weekly summertime events held on Thursday evenings at Chase Palm Park, just across Cabrillo Boulevard from the strip of sand between East Beach and Stearns Wharf. Thousands gather ostensibly for the music, but it’s also the relaxed party atmosphere where picnicking and socializing on the gently sloping field is encouraged, and the always-tepid climate as the sun begins to set brings out some of the most beautiful views of our admittedly gaudily gorgeous environs. This week, July 21, brings the series debut of Queen Nation, the ensemble that has been paying tribute to the rock band Queen for more than a dozen years, and is led by Gregory Finsley on vocals and keyboards as the apparently not-so-inimitable Freddie Mercury. Expect to hear such iconic Queen songs as “We Will Rock You”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Are The Champions”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, “You’re My Best Friend”, “Another One Bites The Dust”, “Under Pressure”, and many more. The series closes July 28 with The Tearaways, Santa Barbara’s own classic rockinspired band combining British Invasion/power pop with California surf music. The veteran ensemble who have had few personnel changes over

the decades play terrific cover songs and catchy and eminently danceable originals with such fun titles as “We Don’t Talk, We Text”, “Much Too Old to Feel This Young”, “Girls Who Love Cars”, “Stuck on Stupid”, and “Sucks to Be You”. WHEN: 6 to 8:30 pm WHERE: Chase Palm Park, 300 E. Cabrillo Blvd. COST: free INFO: 897-1946 or www.santabarbaraca. gov/gov/depts/parksrec/recreation/ events/parkrec/concerts.asp THURSDAY, JULY 21 Mountain Metal – Billy Strings’s press material suggests the bluegrass guitarist crams the energy of a hardcore heavy metal band into his solo acoustic approach. Hard to dispute that when you hear the 23-year-old tear his way through mountain music mainstays such as “Shady Grove” and “Cocaine Blues” or see his “grimacing, growling, head-banging... set of super-charged Americana.” No doubt the kid can pick with the best of them, lacing the hillbilly tunes with a decided punk edge. And you’ve gotta think that were Breaking Bad still producing new episodes, his original “Dust in a Baggie”, a mountain song about meth, would have found its way onto the soundtrack. Check out his local debut in an early set at SOhO tonight that might leave you too exhausted to

ENDING THIS WEEK Ventura Music Festival – Ventura’s longtime multi-faceted festival has now found a comfortable home in the middle of July where the adventurous event continues to broaden its musical horizons. The 22nd annual VMF’s closing weekend begins with the 50-year anniversary celebration of producer, composer, keyboardist, vocalist, and three-time Grammy winner Sergio Mendes at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, where the still adventurous musician (recent collaborations include Justin Timberlake, John Legend, and the Black Eyed Peas) will play a tune-up show before heading to Rio to perform at the Olympics. VMF’s artistic director Nuvi Mehta, who is also a violin virtuoso, teams up with three colleagues Benjamin Jaber (horn), Egle Januleviciute (piano), and Monica Abrego (soprano) for an evening of song, piano, violin, and horn, on Saturday night at Ventura College Performing Arts Center. And in a fitting finale that is a unique blend of symposium and concert, award-winning film composers Bruce Broughton and Larry Groupè draw on film clips and a sextet of live musicians to illustrate how they develop themes and scores for the movies, including Silverado, The Rescuers Down Under, Straw Dogs, and The Contender) at 7 pm at the college. INFO: Get tickets, program information and details online at www.venturamusicfestival.org or call 648-3146

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ONGOING Surf’s Up – The Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Public Library is exhibiting 103 paintings by members of SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment) featuring local beaches from Rincon to Jalama.

Now, the scenery comes to motion as SCAPE and local ocean environmental organization Surfrider present a series of surf films in conjunction with the show. This Friday, July 22, Big Wednesday, one of the classic surf films of all time, screens followed by the lesser-known 10-minute doc titled appropriately Little Wednesday about the making of the longer feature. Denny Aaberg, who appears in the film and with John Milius co-wrote the screenplay for Big Wednesday – a 1978 feature starring Jan Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D’Arbanville, and Lee Purcell – will introduce the film with special attention on the Santa Barbara-area locations. He’ll also conduct a Q&A session afterward. The series closes on July 29 with Beach Blanket Bingo, the 1965 corny cult classic starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. SCAPE artist Bonnie Freeman, who worked as script supervisor on all of the Avalon-Funicello surf films, will introduce the movie and give audience members an insider’s look including behind-the-scene stories and memorabilia. Free popcorn will be served and note: 40 percent of sales from the “A Brush With the Waves” art show goes to Surfrider’s Santa Barbara Chapter to support its work to keep our beaches free and open to the public. Cowabunga! WHEN: Film events 2-4 pm (art exhibit continues through July 31) WHERE: 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: www.s-c-a-p-e.org

do anything after the sunset but go home and rest. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $12 in advance, $15 at door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com The Curator’s Eye – The UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum gives a little peek behind the machinations that make up an exhibit. Join professor Bruce Robertson and curatorial Fellow Lilit Sadoyan in a conversation about the role of quality, condition, and research when looking at the fronts and backs of prints and paintings. Is there more than the eye can see? WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: UCSB campus, across from the lagoon COST: free INFO: 893-2951 or www. museum.ucsb.edu FRIDAY, JULY 22 Views from the North – The Arts Fund Gallery shines the spotlight on Santa Barbara’s North County Artists featuring the work of eight regional artists using diverse media and exploring disparate subject matters. John Hood, professor of art at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, curates the exhibition of work

by Larry Delinger, Felicia Kincaid, Angelina La Pointe, Robert C. Perry, Luis Ramirez, Connie Rohde, Jonas Tucker, and Mark Velasquez, who demonstrate the possibilities of what visual art can achieve. This exhibit of regional art addresses a wide swath

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of subjects and media, ranging from photography, painting, and drawing to mixed media. WHEN: Opening reception 5-8 pm coinciding with the monthly Funk Zone Art Walk; exhibit on display through September 17 WHERE: 205-C Santa Barbara Street COST: free INFO: 965-7321 or www. artsfundsb.org SATURDAY, JULY 23 La Fiesta del Museo – The penultimate pre-Old Spanish Days fundraiser finds the Santa Barbara Historical Museum hosting an elegant evening that’s also a historical approach to the cultural celebration.

Drawing from the museum’s and Santa Barbara’s history, guests will be treated to special performances and dances from Spain, Mexico, and early California paired with authentic cuisine, fine wines, tequila tasting, and magnificent margaritas.

Music, dancing, and a toast to this year’s El Presidente round out the all-inclusive event. The museum is currently exhibiting Project Fiesta!

Building A Complete History of Old Spanish Days, which focuses on the important roles played by the community as memories of the festival come to life with personal stories, vintage posters, restored costumes, historical photographs, and artifacts that connect our community and celebrate our traditions. Reservations required. WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: 136 East De la Guerra Street COST: 21 – 28 July 2016

SUNDAY, JULY 24 Cray Cruisin’ – Five-time Grammy-winning guitaristsongwriter-singer Robert Cray, who is also the youngest living member of the Blues Hall of Fame, is on tour celebrating 40 years of making music as chronicled in his latest release, 4 Nights of 40 Years Live. Considered one of the greatest guitarists of our time regardless of genre (his style is a signature blend of R&B, pop, rock, soul, and traditional blues), Cray has sold more than 12 million records, enjoys his own line of Fender guitars, and has written or performed with such greats as Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, and John Lee Hooker. He’s also a terrific musical storytellers able to cross cultural boundaries with a sound and style that is steeped in the down-home sound and rich, emotion soul of the blues. No stranger to Santa Barbara, Cray and his band return to town for another show at the grand old opera house known as the Lobero Theatre. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $50 & $60 ($105 patron tickets include priority seating and pre-concert private reception) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.comg

$175 general, $150 museum members INFO: 966-1601 or www. santabarbaramuseum.com HAPA Happiness – The veteran band’s Pan-Polynesian music is an amalgam of influences ranging from ancient genealogical chants to the strummed ballads of Portuguese fisherman, Spanish cowboys, and the inspired melodies and harmonies of the traditional church choirs of the early missionaries. Toss in a dose of American acoustic folk-rock to come up with a formula that has worked for decades and found critics raving about HAPA’s “beautiful, fragile, spiritual, powerful” music (Los Angeles Times) and exalting “the most exciting and beautiful contemporary Hawaiian music the world knows” (Maui Times).

Fueled by a blend of majestic tones of the oli (chant), mele (song), the elegant movements of the sacred dance known as hula, and the exhilarating innovative sounds of virtuoso slack key guitar, HAPA’s self-titled debut CD swept the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (Hawaii’s equivalent of the Grammys),

becoming the biggest-selling CD by a group or duo in the history of recorded Hawaiian music. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com Secret Show – The CD release party for Divine Secrets, the first new album in more than a decade from former Montecito resident Kate Bennett – who once served as assistant to Kenny Loggins – takes place up in the Santa Ynez Valley in a serene setting. Bennett’s guitarist-singersongwriter husband Jeff Bisch and album producer/multi-instrumentalist David West (ex of the Cache Valley Drifters) join her at Trattoria Grappolo, the intimate Italian restaurant near the Maverick Saloon. After a 45-minute session for CD sales and autographs, Bennett and company will perform and discuss the new album and her music over a midday mini-concert over lunch.

WHEN: 12:15-2:30 pm WHERE: 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez COST: $25 INFO: RSVP to alchavezups@ yahoo.com •MJ

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 Nate the Great – Longtime Santa Barbara resident, UCSB graduate, and, for the last decade, New York City-based jazz trumpeter-vocalist-composer Nate Birkey is back in town for one of his much-anticipated periodic visits reuniting him with his “West Coast” quintet. Over the past two years, Birkey and his NYC-based group have enjoyed successful tours of Cuba, Russia, and Italy, as well as the release of the gospel themed album Just a Closer Walk, recorded live at St. Michaels Church in Isla Vista and released by Santa Barbara-based Household Ink Records. The new record from the introspective, deeply self-expressive Birkey has been something of a turning point for the musician, as the prestigious Downbeat Magazine opined “Albums like this suggest Birkey is on his way out from under the shadow of all those early Chet Baker comparisons; his musical ideas deserve to stand on their own.” Now, Birkey returns to SOhO with the album’s personnel pianist Jamieson Trotter, tenor saxophonist Tom Buckner, bassist Jim Connolly, and drummer Peter Buck to play selections from Birkey’s nine-album catalog, and a smattering of new works. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

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TRAVEL (Continued from page 33) A Russian Orthodox church in Kazan, inside the walls of the White Kremlin

This concert of classical Russian music from the mid-1800s was put together for the train audience in Irkutsk at the Volkonsky House at the Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum. The music was classical Russian compositions from the mid-1800s.

nal train illness that gave me stomach cramps and a desire to sleep. I did, therefore, see quite a few bathrooms all along the TSR. Although first-class cabins have air-conditioning, they do not let you remain in your cabin during the stops at the cities. Bathrooms at the train stations and city restaurants were all clean and stocked with toilet paper.

Even with a lack of compelling scenery and long stretches between city tours, you won’t get bored; each of the three daily meals lasts two hours.

There is a drawback to all that time spent eating; the only exercise you get is walking back and forth to the dining car and some walking on the city tours. That doesn’t provide enough exercise to compensate for the multicourse meals. With only skinny jeans

to wear, it became painfully clear, only halfway to Moscow, that I had gained weight.

Russian Food and Snickers Bars

Only Russian cuisine is served in the train’s four dining cars. There are roughly 200 people on the train, but you eat each meal with the same group of around 20. On a typical day, lunch and dinner includes cabbage soup to start, fresh salad, cold cuts, caviar, pickled herring or smoked salmon, and a main course of pork, brown sauce, and boiled potatoes.

Even the breakfast buffets include a main course. The chef walked through the dining car, encouraging passengers to try the regional specialties. His

personal appeals worked. But by the end of a trip filled with fine Russian cuisine, I craved a burger and fries.

I rallied myself from my bottom bunk and my illness-induced sleepy stupor for our last stop in Kazan, Tartarstan, an autonomous region in Russia with a population half Sunni Muslim and half Russian.

Kazan, Russia’s third largest city, featured a White Kremlin two centuries older than Moscow’s Red Kremlin.

President Vladimir Putin recently downgraded the region’s president to “governor,” said Marcel, our Muslim guide from Kazan, though the local government still makes most of its own decisions. As the region is on good terms with Russia’s central government, Putin gave money for the restoration of some century-old buildings and the construction of an Olympic-sized indoor pool for a World Aquatics championship held just before our visit.

In our last conversation on the train, Lidia had two questions for me: do Americans eat Snickers bars, and do we eat peanut butter all the time? I showed her the Snickers bar in my purse, and admitted I fed my kids a lot of peanut-butter sandwiches for

their school lunches. By the end of the trip, I felt far more understanding of Russians, including the apparently widespread need many feel to toss back more-than-occasional shots of vodka. The cheap vodka certainly helped this marriage survive the trip.

For the adventuresome traveler, now is a great time to visit Russia.

Russians are very friendly on their own soil. Witnessing the effects of Putin’s policies is educational. So Americans: visit Russia! Just don’t fly over Ukraine. Try a first-class cabin on the Tsar’s Gold from Beijing.

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