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Lynch on Oxford – A run-in with Jane Lynch in Oxford leads to an interview by this eighth-grade student, P.16

Giving ‘Survivors’ a Voice – This renowned play is giving 10 Holocaust survivors a voice that continues to inspire hope, P.18

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The groundbreaking work of Sansum Diabetes Research Institute continues, page 10

IT’S BEAUTIFICATION TIME! Going Green

From a park ranger at Yosemite to the new CEO of CalNonprofits, Geoff Green just keeps on going and here is where he’s been, page 5

The sun is shining, the Citizen of the Year is selected, and the streets of Montecito are soon to be sparkling with community care as citizens don some safety vests and get ready for Beautification Day. As this year’s theme says, “It Takes a Village!” (Story starts on page 6)

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE r. Green Goes to Sacramento – With his recent ane Lynch – After a chance encounter with the The Plumery – What to consider before 5 Mappointment 16 Jacclaimed as CEO of CalNonprofits, Geoff actress in Oxford, Lola Keech reaches 30 housing a bird (hint: it’s not a cage) and more Green discusses his new role and past ones

back out to see what she was up to over there

Beat – It’s time for Beautification Day and Voice of ‘Survivors’ – The play coming to 6 Vtheillage 18 TtheheMarjorie Citizen of the Year has been announced, plus Luke brings to life the voices of 10 parlet updates and details on the Jemma opening

Holocaust survivors

ontecito Miscellany – A Mystic Whaler in the Moms – How Alycia Clark became 8 Mharbor, 20 Mtheontecito the United Way of feathers and diamonds, head pharmacist for Direct Relief, a 80 years of Ralph Waterhouse, and more miscellany

worldwide organization founded in Montecito

he Giving List – The pioneering Sansum Your Westmont – Stargazing at a Screaming Skull, 10 TDiabetes 24 Research Institute continues to lead the the orchestra performs Tchaikovsky, Godspell sells way into the future of diabetes research Letters to the Editor – An objection to the recent installation of the trailhead gate at the Hot Springs and Carlos, The Bear, takes on Medicare Tide Guide

out, and volleyball defender is lauded

n Entertainment – Camerata Baroque’s off 26 Oa tune, the ongoing collaboration of Roe and Anderson, a plethora of dance, and more

Town – The Los Padres Forest Association Brilliant Thoughts – A doorway into the mind 12 Ois urhaving its annual used gear sale and more, plus 28 of Ashleigh and his thoughts on doors and artist Tom Pazderka’s new exhibit at Silo118

where they lead

ociety Invites – A ribbon cutting for Harry’s Big Questions – What question would 14 SHouse 29 Ryouobert’s and the Suffolk University alums unite ask an all-knowing being? What about

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Daily – After being imprisoned 32 Tinhea jailOptimist in Tehran, Narges Mohammadi receives the Nobel Peace Prize for her Women’s Rights activism

Thyme – It’s fall and the perfect time 37 Ffororaging this roasted honeynut squash with currants and hazelnuts recipe

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Mr. Green Goes to Sacramento Local Nonprofit Lion Moves to the Heart of Service

Geoff Green – future CEO of CalNonprofits (courtesy photo)

by Jeff Wing

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eoff Green smiles a lot in conversation, and he’s smiling now. This is not the tactical smile produced through gnashed teeth (you know the one), but a genuine show of pleasure in the moment. This can be disorienting to the part-time social cynic. Or so I’ve been told. Green’s broad grin these days is likely to do with his pending move to the swirling galactic center of the beloved and complex nonprofit mission to which he’s energetically devoted his professional life. As of January 2024, Green will be CEO of CalNonprofits; a statewide member org that wants to empower California nonprofits – thus their beneficiaries – by actualizing the power bloc the state’s disparate nonprofits comprise; if they could just join hands, so to speak.

What would come of consolidating this scattered, would-be power bloc? “We could step forward and lead more, rather than always reacting.”

For the past 10 years Green has already been serving his new employer in various volunteer capacities, including board chair, treasurer, and a seat on the policy committee. He even had a hand in the creation of the California Assembly Select Committee for Nonprofits. Proactive vs.

Reactive remains a keynote in Green’s nonprofit M.O. His most potent iteration of that philosophy may well be his having led – as CEO of the SBCC Foundation – the momentous 2016 rollout of the aptly-named SBCC Promise.

To date, that initiative has seen some 6,500 local high school grads partake of a cost-free two years of higher ed their circumstances might otherwise have made impossible. Can there be a more powerful mission than throwing light and water at a sunflower? More prosaically – how many people in this world ring down the final curtain never having unlocked 19 – 26 October 2023

themselves? The SBCC Promise is a terrific example – both of transfiguring public beneficence into changed individual lives, and of Green’s preference for action over reaction. His imminent departure from SBCC Foundation after nearly nine game-changing years is big news – and throws a helpful light on the deeper nonprofit “brand.” Green is all over it.

“We (nonprofits) are often thought of as the nice people, the helpers,” Green says. “We’re the ones who step in to make things better when there’s a crisis. That’s all true. But we’re also an incredibly powerful economic sector in California. At last count, one out of every 14 jobs in the state were in a nonprofit organization – 15 percent of our gross state product was in the nonprofit sector. Put us all together, we’re the second or third largest employer in the state.” Putting them all together is but one of the aims of CalNonprofits, whose tireless nonprofit advocacies make them regulars in the halls of the CA State Assembly in Sacramento.

Most recently, CalNonprofits worked with an alliance of California nonprofits to craft seven Assembly bills collectively addressing a little-known nonprofit role – contractor to the State of California. The California Nonprofit Equity Initiative is designed to fix some of the deets of this sometimes-bumpy relationship.

“This may be the first time, I think in California nonprofit history, that we really advanced a whole package of bills through the legislature,” Green says. “And I was proud as a Santa Barbarian to see that the two that got to the governor’s desk were authored by our two representatives, one by Senator Limón and the other by Senator Assemblyman Hart.”

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Citizen of the Year Announced

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ave the date for Saturday, November 4, for the 38th annual Montecito Association Beautification Day. Themed “It Takes a Village,” this year’s event is shaping up to be a super successful event, after several years of COVID-induced, pared-down versions of the popular volunteer event. “We’re back! And we are thrilled that so many people and businesses have come together to support us,” said event chair Mindy Denson.

Hundreds of volunteers are expected to participate in picking up litter along Montecito’s trails, roads, and beaches, donning special safety vests and pick-up sticks. The family-friendly day will begin in the village green at 9:30 am in front of Tecolote Book Shop with a continental breakfast provided by the Rosewood Miramar. Participants will then head out to their designated litter site, filling bins provided by MarBorg. Volunteers will return to the Upper Village green around 11:30 am, when there will be a short awards ceremony before lunch – provided

by Montecito Village Grocery and San Ysidro Ranch – is prepared and served by Montecito Firefighters.

This year’s Citizen of the Year has been announced: Sharon Byrne, the Montecito Association’s executive director from September 2018 until her departure in July of this year, is being honored for her dedication to Montecito during her tenure. Byrne took the role of MA executive director in the early aftermath of the 1/9 Debris Flow, coming from the Coast Village Association, where she was also the executive director. She helped the community navigate the rebuilding process, serving as a liaison to County reps and insurance personnel, and played a key role in the messaging of subsequent evacuations during winter weather. Next came the COVID-19 pandemic, where she helped the Association navigate a new normal with remote meetings, sourcing masks and sanitizer, and supporting vulnerable community members including

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helping them to obtain vaccinations. In addition to keeping residents informed about important housing legislation, insurance issues, local building projects, and more, Byrne says one of her proudest accomplishments at the MA was launching the Hands Across Montecito Project, which has helped those affected by homelessness find resources. She was also instrumental in helping Hospice of Santa Barbara expand their Light up a Life ceremony into Montecito, of which she is also very proud. “The amazing thing about this community, which is unlike any other community I’ve worked with, is that there is such a high caliber of talent here that when you need to get something done, it’s lightning Sharon Byrne, the former executive director at the fast. There is always an incredible Montecito Association, is being honored as this year’s community response no matter Citizen of the Year what the issue is,” Byrne said earlier this week.

“I left Montecito to follow an unexpected life-calling to fight for the rights of women and girls, in the USA and world. Nothing less could have pulled me away. I needed the experiences here to ready me, as the hurdles and hate I face are enormous.

I now must create a new global community, one of love and care for women and girls, because Montecito showed me that love is the force by which things will change for

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Montecito Miscellany

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Executive Director Greg Gorga, Captain Christine Healy, Sarah Chrisman, Councilman Oscar Gutierrez, Representative Wendy Motta, Mayor Randy Rowse, and Roger Chrisman (photo by Priscilla)

Setting Sail to New Educational Horizons Aboard the Mystic Whaler with Captain Christine Healy at the helm with crew (photo by Priscilla)

by Richard Mineards

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he pier opposite the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum was heaving with guests when the recreation of the 19th century gaff-rigged 110-foot 98-ton steel-hulled schooner Mystic Whaler was recommissioned in its new role – an educational vessel for youngsters, 10 to 18, run

by Central Coast Ocean Adventures.

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was bought by Santa Barbara tony twosome former Santa Barbara Yacht Club commodore Roger Chrisman and his wife, Sarah, and relocated to Southern California to be run by the nonprofit committed to adventure-inspired learning in the Santa Barbara Channel.

The vessel, with 3,000 square feet of sail, was rebuilt in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1993 and traveled from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to Ensenada, Mexico, via the Panama Canal on an ocean freighter sailing to its permanent berth in the Channel Islands harbor in Oxnard.

For the ceremony Suzanne Malloy, former chaplain of Cottage Hospital, blessed the impressive looking boat which carries 50 passengers and 10 crew captained by Christine Healy, who started her career

doing yacht deliveries in the Caribbean.

“Mystic Whaler, which provides dockside and multi-day voyages, offers a unique and

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Wowing the crowd were conductor Kostis Protopapas with singers Matthew Peterson and Ariana Horner Sutherland (photo

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Letters to the Editor

by Steven Libowitz

n unsightly gate was recently installed at the trailhead to Hot Springs Canyon with the given reason that the trail should be closed on days of high fire danger for safety reasons. This is the same canyon that was closed several months ago after heavy rains and where the authorities imposed draconian penalties of possible $5,000 fines or imprisonment for anyone caught in a closed section of national forest. Warning signs would be sufficient in either case. Draconian penalties and security gates serve another purpose – which is to intimidate the public. It is also the same canyon where several months ago hidden cameras with fake Santa Barbara County Department of Public Works id tags were found in an area where nudity is known to occur. The cameras were quickly removed after being discovered; a tacit acknowledgement they had no legitimate purpose. The public was offered nothing but an incredible explanation from local authorities that appeared in the MJ and the issue was soon dropped.

This is a bad sign in my opinion.

This all occurred in the same county where not long ago public health officials told us to stand six feet apart from one another and that we should be injected with an experimental substance for our own good and that you were a menace to society if you had doubts and did not obey them.

Evidence mounts that many around the world were injured or killed by this experiment. Yet anyone who for any reason questioned these dictates was subject to government-encouraged

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s recently as the early 20th century, a diagnosis of diabetes meant the certainty of a shortened life plagued with complications that would ultimately prove fatal. But thanks in large part to Santa Barbara’s Sansum Diabetes Research Institute (SDRI), the outlook has brightened considerably over the decades.

SDRI’s founder was Dr. William Sansum, a pioneer in the field of diabetes research who became the first physician in the United States to successfully manufacture and administer insulin to patients with diabetes, helping to revolutionize the treatment of the disease.

Dr. Sansum dedicated his life to ensuring access to insulin for every patient who needed it, and SDRI moved to the forefront of researching and developing effective therapeutics to monitor and control diabetes.

Over the years, the organization has made significant contributions to diabetes treatment. Dr. Lois Jovanovic, the former director of SDRI, pioneered research and treatment guidelines that completely changed how we treat diabetes in pregnancy worldwide, as she led global research that now enables pregnant women with diabetes to have healthy pregnancies and children. SDRI investigators were instrumental in the development of the artificial pancreas system, dramatically transforming diabetes management for people living with the disease.

SDRI has also stood at the forefront of investigating and addressing health

Creeping Totalitarianism

The Sansum Diabetes Research Institute is launching a $20 million fundraising campaign to continue its groundbreaking work (courtesy photo)

disparities for underserved populations affected by diabetes.

But while Sansum Diabetes Research Institute has made great advances on a variety of fronts, a great deal of work remains, as living with any form of the metabolic disease remains a challenge.

Diabetes continues to be a major public health problem in the U.S., particularly in underserved populations. People with diabetes remain at high risk for serious medical complications including coronary heart disease, blindness, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, and vascular disease requiring limb amputation.

Accordingly, SDRI has redoubled its efforts to meet the need by vastly expanding upon its legacy of rigorous and complex multi-organ system research. It’s a crossroads moment for the organization, as the future of diabe-

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ridicule and shame and it did not matter if the person was a distinguished scientist or one harmed by a previous medical procedure. This was also an act of intimidation of the public by the government. All this occurred during a time of rampant censorship, which is a defining characteristic of totalitarian government. It seems appropriate for the district attorney to investigate both

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the incident with the hidden cameras and the safety of the injections promoted by the health department.

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A Bear’s COVID Conundrum Carlos, The Bear, was dancing in his den, earbuds in listening to REM’s “The End of the World,” when he heard the mail mobile stop to deliver his post. He had been expecting a Vinyl record by his new, favorite band, from England, The Wild Things, but it hadn’t shown up yet. Nothing was going as planned since COVID. Grrr.

He scooped the box with his paw and found no 33 1/3 disc, only bills and junk mail.

Grrr.

Ever since his bout with COVID two months ago, it seemed all he ever got was medical bills. So many bills he could wallpaper his den with them. But that isn’t all, so many mailers from real estate agents, stacks of them stuffed in his mailbox every day. It was making him crazy, watching den prices skyrocket in his neighborhood while he recycled the trash.

Grrr.

Carlos went to his laptop and tried signing in to pay his phone and doctor bills, but was asked to create an account to pay the doctor’s bill, he made password after password until finally one worked. The phone company website, notorious for being hard to access, even to pay a bill, rejected his saved password, twenty minutes later and they got the money. Carlos had a box full of passwords for this and passwords for that, he could never remember all of them!

Grrr.

Last week he received his latest COVID booster shot. The pharmacy didn’t have Pfizer, only Moderna, with the Omicron buster. He was a basket bear for three days and his left shoulder hurt horrible.

Grrr.

Being older, meant Carlos had to become a Medicare Bear. The website was not so difficult, but the Plan D choices were very confusing, and he picked a plan at random. Being frustrated, Carlos put his earbuds in and continued dancing, singing along to the lyrics of “It’s the End of the World,” until he felt fine.

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This year the sale is being held in honor of Robert Frederick “Rik” Christensen, Jr. of Summerland, who passed in November 2022. He was beloved by many and respected for his dedication to the local wilderness and teaching his knowledge. In addition to founding the gear sale, he was a Los Padres Forest Volunteer Wilderness Ranger. He taught lightweight backpacking and gave demos to California Conservation Corps interns, to Boy Scout troops and hikers.

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The Los Padres Forest Association team is ready to sell you some gear! (photo courtesy of LPFA)

“My mother always used to say: The older you get, the better you get, unless you’re a banana.” — Rose, The Golden Girls

Gear Sale go towards the LPFA Trail Care Fund. People can still donate gear to the sale. For info see the 411.

Next is a Call for Photos for the Los Padres Forest 2024 Calendar! Photos of the Los Padres Forest taken in the last 12 months and up to 15 photos can be submitted per person. The last day to submit a photo is Friday, November 3. If your photo is used, they will contact you for a photo credit, and you will receive a free 2024 calendar.

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It’s a 2024 wall calendar with photos of the forest’s amazing animals, vistas, plants, sunsets, mountains, trails, waterfalls, trees, canyons, and potreros. The calendars will be 17”×11”, printed on high-quality stock, and will be ready to ship early December 2023 – in time for holiday presents. All proceeds will go to the LPFA Trail Care Program.

The Annual LPFA Working Vacation call for volunteers this year is to restore the historic landmark, the Manzana Schoolhouse. The dates are November 1 through 6. Volunteers need only bring themselves and their personal gear.

The LPFA notes on their Instagram that: “The Schoolhouse (SB County Historic Landmark 2) was built in 1893 by homesteaders in the Sisquoc River area for use when the journey to Santa Maria was impossible due to high water or weather. Dabney Cabin (SB County Historic Landmark 8) was built in 1913 by local landowners for the Dabney family as a fishing cabin back when Southern Steelhead ran all the way up Manzana creek. Together with local landowners and Forest Service staff, we created a

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Rona Barrett Opens Harry’s House for Seniors Rona Barrett (center) cuts the ribbon to officially open her housing for seniors.

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n Friday, October 13, Rona Barrett saw her hard work pay off with the opening of Harry’s House (HH), a housing concept for seniors and especially those with dementia, at the same campus of her first housing for seniors, the Golden Inn & Village in Santa Ynez. Harry’s House is named after her dad, who she cared for and loved.

The ceremony was held outside at the front door canopy area of the building.

The introductory remarks were made by the Rona Barrett Foundation Board Chair Cynthia Manigault, who talked briefly about the team that worked on the project, including Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara Bob Havlicek; COO of the Parsons Family Management Group Inc. Janelle Parsons; President and CEO of the Santa Barbara Foundation Jackie Carrera; and all the donors and sponsors.

Manigault said, “Seniors deserve respect, dignity, and a home they can feel proud to bring their friends to visit. And to our seniors, we see you, we hear you, and

Rona Barrett and Janelle Parsons (photo by Joanne A Calitri) “Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read.” – George Carlin

thank you for your many contributions to our country and community, we welcome you to Harry’s House!”

Havlicek’s speech expounded on Manigault’s thank-yous, and mentioned Executive Director/CEO at Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Rob Fredericks; VP Operations at Heritage House Julie McGeever, who served as the project director of HH; construction by President and CEO of Sunseri Construction Donny Lieberman; Executive Director of HH Christa Hampton; Housing/CD Program Manager at County of Santa Barbara Laurie Baker; all staff at the Santa Barbara County Housing Authority and The Gardens of Hope; Managing Director of Wells Fargo San Francisco Tim McCann for financing construction lenders and tax credit; and major financing by the California Community Foundation investment organization and the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. He also said, “The project went up quickly and by August Harry’s House was ready to be occupied, the applications went up on our site, and it was fully leased by September with 300 people on the waiting list, which is now closed. The rental includes the studio apartment, meals prepared in a commercial grade kitchen, recreation, accounting, insurance, quality control, furniture for those who need it, and more. It took several villages to create this one!”

Wendy Motta for Congressman Salud Carbajal and Ethan Bertrand for State Assemblymember Gregg Hart each presented Barrett with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition and thanked her for her dedicated work for our seniors. They were followed by Third District County Supervisor Joan Hartmann PhD J.D., who said, “I recall working on this project, along with our

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Jane Lynch

A Montecitan Learning the Oxford Way

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met the American actress Jane Lynch by total coincidence this summer in a store in Oxford, U.K. Jane is best known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical television series Glee, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. She also starred in Best in Show – which is one of the funniest movies ever.

I was with my family in London this summer and we decided to do a day trip to Oxford. As we were wandering around a store filled with Oxford merch and supplies, we recognized Jane, who also lives in Montecito. We immediately started talking about Montecito and the three-week course she was doing in Oxford over the summer while living in a student dorm for that entire time.

Jane was telling us some stories of being there and I was impressed how she was learning new things and living “as a student,” and she agreed to tell me about it in an interview: Q. It was great bumping into you at the varsity shop in Oxford by coincidence this summer.

A. Yeah, that was really funny and how kind of synchronistic that we are from the same town?

Yes! I would love to find out more about the program you attended in Oxford when we saw each other.

My spouse is an alumnus of UC Berkeley and she is part of a new alumni foundation. The trip to Oxford is one of the trips that they were sponsoring: going to Oxford for three weeks and taking a class – from a choice of 10 or 11 different classes. So she chose Jane Austen, and I chose Shakespeare. And so we went! We flew into London

and drove to Oxford, moved into a dorm, and started classes. We worked in class from 9 am until 12:30 pm, with a tea and biscuit break around 10:30 am, and three field trips, one each week. It was just magnificent. We had to write a paper and we had to do a presentation.

They were a wonderful three weeks.

That’s great that you got to kind of relive your college experience.

I did. And what was great about it: I wanted to be there, and I wanted to learn. I loved being in college [before], but I wasn’t a curious student. I wasn’t that interested in anything except being in plays. And it was really fun to work with a wonderful teacher, a wonderful tutor, Lynn Robson. With her, we took Jane Lynch is all smiles after her recent visit to five plays that she chose and just took Oxford them apart and really got deep into them. We went to see Romeo and Juliet in London, we visited Stratford-upon-Avon, and also this great walking tour in London from the Middle Ages. It was really a terrific trip.

I wonder if you learned anything in terms of acting skills that were specifically in English technique versus what you studied in the U.S.?

Well, we didn’t study acting. We studied the plays themselves. But I did learn a lot by watching the British actors perform Shakespeare. And I was in a Shakespeare company when I was a young person in Chicago, and I studied Shakespeare – you know from the acting point of view. When I was in school, I went to Cornell and was in

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f the innumerable performances of Shakespeare’s plays are any testament – theater has the ability to preserve a story for centuries. And it is exactly that preservation that the play Survivors hopes to achieve at the Raise Our Voices event at the Marjorie Luke Theatre this Thursday, October 19, at 7 pm.

Written by Wendy Kout – a film and TV writer who worked on such programs as the legendary Mork & Mindy – Survivors tells the stories of 10 Holocaust survivors.

But not just the horrors they experienced, but the hope and inspiration they found along the way. The play will have a heavenly a cappella backdrop provided by the Inner Light Gospel Choir (directed by Dauri Kennedy) and the Dos Pueblos High School Jazz Choir (directed by Courtney Anderson), and will wrap up with a Talkback from the cast and Kout, moderated by the MJ’s own Gwyn Lurie.

The inspiration for Survivors began when Kout received a phone call from Ralph Meranto from CenterStage Theatre in Rochester, New York. Ralph had just returned from a funeral of saying goodbye to yet another Holocaust survivor in his community. He told Kout about the program they had of bringing survivors in to middle and high schools to speak that had been incredibly impactful on the students. “And what was saddening for Ralph – what is saddening for all of us – is that as time goes on, we are saying goodbye to more and more of our survivors,” expressed Kout. Rochester had been a thriving Holocaust survivor community at one time and Ralph felt sorrow about the idea of losing their voices and eventually having to shut down what had been such an influential program.

While Ralph and Kout both acknowledged there had been wonderful testimo-

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nies recorded by different organizations – “But that experience happens on the screen. You are watching the screen and you’re listening and you’re respectful.

You’re not in contact. You’re not being impacted by a survivor.” As the two contemplated the idea of doing something theater-based around this, Kout said to Ralph, “You’re going to do something theatrical with these stories,” and he said, “No, Wendy, you’re going to do something with these stories.”

The two spent the next year discussing thoughtfully about how to do this and what was developed is a one-hour teaching play that tells the history of the Holocaust through the eyewitness accounts of 10 actual Holocaust survivors. While Kout mentioned that this play was born out of “sorrow and a need,” she wanted to bring dimensionality to each survivor that young students and audiences of all ages could relate to. They used a young cast and the story is told in real time as the events of the Holocaust are unfolding – rather than a retelling of historical accounts.

“You’re watching them go from the beginning before the rise of Hitler when life was good and free, and when they just got to have their young issues of – ‘oh, I hate my boyfriend’ and, ‘oh, my mother’s driving me crazy.’ You know, they’re typical teenagers, right? And then they’re thrust into this horror.”

Although the story revolves around the horror of the Holocaust, speaking with Kout – “hope” was the word that came up repeatedly about the play. Kout wanted to not just focus on the trauma felt during their experiences, but rather, uncover how each of these survivors found hope and the drive to continue and overcome while being faced with the unimaginable challenges that they faced.

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n the realm of humanitarian aid and global healthcare, individuals like Alycia Clark stand as beacons of hope and progress. As the head pharmacist at Direct Relief, Clark plays a pivotal role in delivering vital medical supplies and assistance to those in need worldwide. Her dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment to improving global healthcare have made her an inspiring figure in the field. In this article, we will delve into the remarkable journey of Alycia Clark and her significant contributions to humanitarian efforts through her role at Direct Relief.

A Passion for Pharmacy, Rooted Locally Clark is as local as they come. A 4th-generation Santa Barbaran, she grew up in Montecito, starting in Kindergarten at Montecito Union with Dr. Pollyanna Sorensen as her teacher. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School and went on to UC San Diego for her degree in Chemistry. She then continued with her doctorate in Pharmacy from UC San Francisco and dealt with daily crises at Poison Control.

Clark’s journey into the world of pharmacy began with a deep-seated passion for helping others. And that passion for helping others came full circle when she and her family found themselves in the middle of devastation.

January 9, 2018 – a day that most of us will never forget. The Montecito Debris Flow.

Clark recalls her memory of that day, “My family was living in San Diego, but we had renters in my childhood home in the Montecito Oaks neighborhood (off Olive Mill Road). We got a call in the middle of the night and the next thing we knew we were driving up to Santa Barbara. While our renters were able to move out, the house needed a lot of work.”

Clark goes on to share: “Because my sister and I both lived in different cities, we had always stored all our childhood memorabilia, family photos, and mementos in the back room of the home. I was in an area that was considered high-fire risk (San Diego), and my sister lives on the fault line in the Bay Area (earth-

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quakes) – so we assumed Montecito was the safest place for everything to remain.

Sadly, that back room at this house was completely full of mud. Generations of personal items and photos were ruined.”

Ironically, it was this very day Clark came to meet the company that she now represents: “The first people I met when preparing to go into our mud-filled home was Thomas Tighe, president and CEO (whose home was completely destroyed by the debris flow), and former SBHS classmate Damon Taugher of Direct Relief. They were handing out the hazmat suits and other protective gear for reentry, but the kind gesture went far beyond that. It was because of this horrific disaster, that I experienced first-hand how much showing up and supporting others during a crisis meant. I also learned more about Direct Relief ’s focus on providing medications to those who lack access, ranging from insulin to complex oncology therapies, and knew someday I would want to be part of their team.”

Joining Direct Relief Within a few months, the Clarks packed up their lives in San Diego and Alycia was hired as a pharmacist for Direct Relief – a renowned humanitarian organization committed to improving the health and lives of people affected by poverty and emergencies. It was here that she found her true calling – bridging her expertise in pharmacy with her desire to provide critical medical aid to underserved populations around the world.

Clark’s Role as Head Pharmacist As the head pharmacist at Direct Relief, Clark assumes a pivotal role in the organization’s mission. She oversees the flow of donated lifesaving medicines, medical supplies, and equipment. Her responsibilities extend to collaborating with pharmaceutical companies, healthcare partners, and governments to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of essential resources to areas affected by disasters, crises, and poverty.

“Direct Relief has been in Santa Barbara for 75 years, but has significantly ramped up activities since the Debris Flow,” explains Clark. “From the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in

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The Giving List (Continued from 10 10)) tes research – both to prevent and to treat the disease – requires the recruitment of world-class clinical investigators, which itself is contingent upon the creation of a state-of-the-art clinical research facility.

To accomplish these objectives, SDRI has just embarked on a comprehensive $20 million campaign to take diabetes prevention and treatment to the next level. The nonprofit has developed a vision for future research centered around conducting multi-organ system research in individuals that takes advantage of recent advances in research technology.

The research is complex and laborious but essential for making advances relevant to people with metabolic diseases.

And that starts with overhauling its clinical research facility, which has not been modified in nearly 50 years.

“We’re investing in our infrastructure to bring our building up to speed to accommodate a cutting-edge research facility that will allow us to expand upon our current research,” explained Katie Haq, SDRI Director of Marketing. “Our research team is bringing on new clinicians that can help move the needle forward for diabetes research in creating new therapeutic strategies for and developing and hopefully preventing people from developing diabetes.”

To that end, the organization recruited Dr. Samuel Klein, who is internationally respected for his clinical research in metabolic diseases, as its Chief Scientific Officer SDRI to spearhead the aggressive program of sophisticated clinical research. Dr. Klein has consistently received research funding from the National Institutes of Health for 30 years, published over 475 peer-reviewed papers, and received many national and international awards recognizing his research.

“Dr. Klein will be conducting precision metabolism research here,” Haq said.

“Diabetes can cause a great number of comorbidities, including heart failure, liver disease, kidney disease. But the specific abnormalities vary from one patient to the next. This area of research serves to understand the difference in the cardiometabolic function in people in all forms of diabetes and determine specific dietary interventions. Precision metabolism research focuses on what we can do, such as plant diet therapy, to prevent and treat specific diabetes complications.”

SDRI is uniquely equipped to once again step into a leadership role in the cutting-edge field. While major academic centers conduct research in cell cultures or on laboratory animals, precision

metabolic research requires sophisticated, leading-edge studies in people. The investment in its infrastructure and research teams lights the path forward.

But SDRI is also amping up its abilities to serve the local community, both expanding its clinical care arm and support groups and particularly the outreach efforts in the Latino population, which make up nearly 50 percent of the county’s residents.

“We have a very large research program that’s focused on Latino health,” Haq said. “They’re disproportionately burdened by Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

The program is evaluating the efficacy and the dissemination of culturally appropriate diet interventions, which were developed here at SDRI. A huge part of what we do is education. The disease is so prevalent that one in 10 Americans have diabetes, and that’s more than 37 million people. The more education and preventative care that we can reach in our community, the more we are serving our mission of being dedicated to improving the lives of people impacted by diabetes through research, education, and care.

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Orchestra Performs Tchaikovsky’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ The Westmont Orchestra will perform one of Tchaikovsky’s most well-known compositions at the Fall Orchestra Concert on Friday, October 20, at 7 pm in Westmont’s Page Hall; and Sunday, October 22, at 3 pm in Hahn Hall at the Music Ruth Lin conducts the orchestra October 20 and 22 Academy of the West. The concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@westmont.edu.

The performance includes Tchaikovsky’s fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, inspired by the Shakespeare play of the same name, and a lesser-known work, “Symphony No. 1,” from his contemporary, Kalinnikov.

“A composer respected by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and who counted Rachmaninoff among his friends, Kalinnikov was only two days short of his 35th birthday when he died from tuberculosis,” says Ruth Lin, director of music at Westmont. “With memorable themes and lush melodies, Kalinnikov masterfully weaves a musical tapestry of life and nature of his time.”

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n the heels of Saturday’s annual solar eclipse, the Westmont Observatory opens to the public with the two gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, making an appearance in the night sky Friday, October 20, beginning at sunset and lasting several hours. This month’s free stargazing event features the college’s powerful Keck Telescope, a computer-controlled 24-inch reflector, and other telescopes from members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU).

The SBAU, which hosts the weekly Astro Hour on YouTube every Monday, said they will have some Halloween fun at the stargazing event, zooming in on NGC 7789, known as the Screaming Skull. The open cluster in Cassiopeia is also known as Caroline’s Rose because it was first discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783.

That night will also be the best for viewing the Orionids meteor shower, though it’s best to look for meteors with the naked eye, not with a telescope or binoculars.

Free parking is available near the Westmont Observatory, which is between the baseball field and the track and field/soccer complex. To enter Westmont’s campus, please use the Main Entrance off of La Paz Road. The lower entrance off of Cold Spring Road is closed to visitors after 7 pm. In case of cloudy/foggy weather, please call the telescope viewing hotline at (805) 565-6272 to see if the viewing has been canceled.

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Congratulations to director Mitchell Thomas, the cast, musicians and creative team for putting together such wonderful performances during Godspell, October 12-15.

Unfortunately, the student actors and musicians have other artistic and scholarly commitments and the production has run its course. The enthusiasm and energy that emanated from this tightknit group of actors delighted audience members in all five sold-out shows.

Distelberg named PacWest Defender of the Week Junior middle hitter Taylor Distelberg of Yucaipa was named PacWest Defender of the Week, the first player to receive a PacWest weekly honor in Westmont volleyball history. The Warriors, who travel to Hawaii for their next three games, won a pair of conference matches last weekend.

“Her transition attacking, blocking, and presence at the net is amazing,” said women’s volleyball head coach Ruth McGolpin. “She is gritty and works hard

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Camerata Goes Back to Baroque

by Steven Libowitz

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hamber music is alive and well in Santa Barbara, if having three qualifying, locally-generated concerts in a single week is any indication. Camerata Pacifica, the ensemble series founded originally as Bach Camerata by flutist Adrian Spence in 1990 that has become widely respected and revered for the virtuosity exhibited by its world-class musicians and the ambitious nature of its programming, gives something of a nod to its roots in launching a new baroque series. Serving as curator is Emi Ferguson, the acclaimed flutist who has quickly become a favorite of the company after two recent appearances, including an adventurous baroque concert with the early music band Ruckus.

The inaugural concert, which will be performed on period instruments at Hahn Hall on October 20, features five seminal Bach chamber works set against six anonymous pieces composed during the same era in Bolivia that were rediscovered in the past 20 years in a Bolivian Jesuit mission church. The seemingly disparate pieces separated by oceans are bridged by “La Follia” by Doménico Zipoli, an Italian composer who completed his musical training in Europe before moving to Argentina.

“We are so fortunate to have found these incredible pieces of chamber music – keyboard works, preludes, and fugues, the same kind of styles that Bach himself was composing, but written on the other side of the world by anonymous composers,” Ferguson said. “The music shares so much in common with Bach’s way of thinking.

It’s a wonderful snapshot into how European music was being played and combined with local music, elements that are not at all European and creating these moments of fusion that are quite astounding.”

Ferguson, who was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant earlier this year, handpicked the other musicians for the series debut, tapping longtime colleagues in violin-

Emi Ferguson curates and flutes the upcoming Camerata performance (photo by Fay Fox)

ist Katie Hyun, cellist Coleman Itzkoff, and keyboardist Mikael Darmanie to tackle the 400-year-old works.

“We’re all musicians who deeply understand and are immersed in the history of the music but also well-versed in modern music,” she said. “It’s exciting to use our modern sensibilities applied back as we look at this early music with the same lines of inquiry we’d use for a contemporary composer.”

The foursome is also well versed and comfortable with improvisation, capable of real-time collaborative efforts that characterize Baroque music and a big part of the appeal of Ferguson.

“Before composers began to micromanage to make sure that they had ownership over the music, classical music was always considered a collaboration between the composer, the performers, the audience, and the space that they were in,” she explained. “It was constantly changing and evolving, and as a result was always alive. Even though this music is 300 years old, it’s still alive today because we are interpreting it and we are improvising within it and adding our own flavors and decision-making, in a sense collaborating with the composers, each other, and the audience in real time. That’s incredibly exciting.”

Visit www.cameratapacifica.org for more information and tickets.

Roe and Anderson Row On You can’t fault Elizabeth Roe for expressing unbridled enthusiasm for returning to the Music Academy for her first purely public performance in town since spending the summer of 2001 as a fellow at the institute. Jerry Lowenthal was her mentor and Michael Towbes her compeer during the idyllic eight weeks, and now she’s heading back as one-half of the piano duo that has been called the rock stars of the classical music world to kick off Year Two of the Mariposa Series.

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Brilliant Thoughts Doors

by Ashleigh Brilliant

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ne of the strangest sights I ever saw was something I discovered one day when bicycling in the English countryside. In what might otherwise have been open farmland, a new business had apparently opened up. It might just possibly have been a used-car lot – but no, this was a place where what they were selling was used doors.

All the doors were standing upright, as if they could be opened and shut and walked through. There were acres of them, equally spaced, and all facing the same way, in very orderly rows. There were all kinds of doors, of all colors – front doors with their accouterments such as knockers, mail slots, and peepholes – and doors from other parts of a house or building. On some of them, there may have been doornails, but I didn’t know exactly what to look for. All I knew was that, whatever a doornail was, it was not alive. (But was it once?)

I couldn’t find any “doorkeeper” so to speak, on the premises – and I suppose

there was not much danger of anybody walking off with a door without paying for it – but this only added to the slightly eerie atmosphere created by so many doors leading nowhere.

There seemed to be something very significant about this display of an object which, besides its everyday function, is so much a part of our language.

The very expression “Open Door,” for example, conjures up a host of images and associations – mostly positive – unless it is letting in unwanted cold air, or hot air, or noise, or just insects.

But, on the positive side, the same symbol conveys ideas of Welcome, of Opportunity, and of Freedom.

The term has also been used in International Relations, historically, with regard to China. Around 1900, a number of world powers (led by the United States, which, after defeating Spain, had only recently attained World Power status) declared their agreement to an “Open Door Policy,” under which they would all have equal rights to trade with China.

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You may also be interested to know that the Rock Band called The Doors got their name from a widely read book

by Aldous Huxley, published in 1954, called The Doors of Perception, which was generated by his own experiences with hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD. This was some years before the use of these drugs became widespread, a trend which this book helped to bring about.

Incidentally, I had my own encounter with this famous British author, because of a book he had written earlier, about another, more basic, kind of vision – our own eyesight. It was called The Art of Seeing. Huxley himself had very serious eye trouble, and wrote about a method involving eye exercises which he felt had helped him, without the need for glasses. My own vision problems were much less severe, but I didn’t like having to wear glasses at all. I sent him a letter expressing appreciation for the book, and asking where I could get personal help with his method (which was called The Bates System.) To my delight, he actually answered in a hand-written letter, suggesting some private teachers.

I never followed up on this, since, in time, it became much easier for me just to keep wearing the glasses I already had.

But I always thought of Aldous Huxley

as the author of that Art of Seeing book.

And 10 years later, when I was a student at UC Berkeley, and he came there to give a lecture, I made sure to be in attendance, and to get a front-row seat. He was not wearing glasses, but I observed much evidence that his vision was still very bad.

For one thing, I could see that his notes were written out in huge, dark, block letters. Later I saw him in a local market – and he was trying to read the labels on some food with a large magnifying glass.

It was somehow sadly disillusioning to see how little this man, whom I had always thought of as an eyesight guru, had apparently benefited from his own teaching.

Finally, regardless of how you see things, or what doors you are referring to, there will always be a big difference between the prosaic INdoors and the

great OUTdoors.

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Robert’s Big Questions Questions for God?

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recently was delighted to reconnect with one of my favorite high school teachers, Wesley Walker, over 45 years since graduating from high school in the D.C. area. He was my English teacher, but he was much more. He was a gifted musician and a great philosophical thinker. He and I would have heated arguments in class that would cause my fellow students to tell me to stop arguing with the teacher.

Mr. Walker would turn to them and say that Robert was the only one in the class who understood the whole point of being there! One of those arguments was about what is now called, “The Hard Problem of Consciousness,” which I have written about. I was pleased that we both were still thinking about it and each of us had come to value what the other had been saying decades ago.

One of Mr. Walker’s class exercises was to have us write a question for God. He and I are both Jewish atheists, so it was an amusing exercise that I immediately grasped: Suppose you had the chance to ask an all-knowing source of information one question. What would it be?

Mine: “What is space?” Today I might phrase it as “What is the nature of reality?” and/or “What is the nature of consciousness?” But I felt that if I had an answer about what is space, that would get to the root of what is the nature of reality.

We then swapped our questions with our fellow classmates, and we were supposed to answer as if we were God. One of my friends got my question and he made a valiant effort to answer in broad terms of space being what holds everything in the universe.

We then read some of the questions and answers out loud. I was disappointed to hear most of the questions. They took the form of personal questions: Who will I marry? What job should I take?

What would your question be? We are talking about a question to the Creator of the EFU (the Entire Universe).

A fellow grad student here at UCSB offered something similar. He imagined showing up at the gates of heaven when he died and meeting St. Peter. He was about to be sent to eternal bliss or to eternal hellfire. He said to St. Peter: If God gets to make such a powerful judgment about me, can I ask one question of Him? St. Peter agrees that is a 19 – 26 October 2023

fair request and asks for his question.

His question? “How did you let the Holocaust happen?”

St. Peter goes off to ask God and says he will be back in a bit. My friend said he cannot imagine that any answer that St. Peter brings back will satisfy him.

These days we have a power that may come close: Artificial Intelligence. UCSB Professor Stephen Wilson recently gave a talk for the Science and Engineering Council on current research in superconducting materials. I asked if anyone had asked the current AIs for advice. He said they had!

A direct question of what material would be a room temperature semiconductor gave no useful information. But they were able to give an AI some helpful data and it did generate leads for new materials to try. No miracles, but some new research paths.

Quantum Computing is still in its infancy and faces many challenges to develop further. But that has not stopped a new breed of software engineer from writing programs for hypothetical future quantum computers.

While I might prioritize truly cosmic questions about reality and consciousness for a god-like intelligence, I would also have very practical questions. Such as: How can we achieve world peace and justice? How can we solve the Climate Crisis from a technical and a human social engineering standpoint? How can we enjoy the benefits of god-like artificial intelligence without endangering the future of humanity?

The latter seems paradoxically self-referential. But we use machines that are physically stronger than we are without fear they will try to destroy us.

And the smartest people in a tech company are often the engineers and they rarely try to overthrow the management. I welcome a greater intelligence than my own limited intelligence!

Robert Bernstein holds degrees from Physics departments of MIT and UCSB. Passion to understand the Big Questions of life, the universe and to be a good citizen of the planet. Visit facebook.com/ questionbig

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The Plumery

From the Parrot Perspective Oliver sporting his plumage

Oliver also has some sports ball skills

by Leslie Rugg and Erica Brege

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Leslie Rugg, Board of Directors President of The Plumery, a new 501(c) (3) nonprofit dedicated to creating a haven for parrots, would add, “and if you

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go ahead and do, it just means someone else has to act responsibly!”

She applies that cautionary aphorism to the fact that people often plunge into an action without thinking about the consequences. When it comes to our desire to populate our homes and families with pets – those animals that each of us feels a bond with – it really behooves us to think hard about the kind of relationship we expect. Are we getting that dog to experience unconditional love and companionship or to substitute for a child? Are we getting that cat for solace or for its streak of independence? Are we getting that snake to scare people or project our bravado?

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the bird fly free in the house or an aviary or will you clip its wings, allegedly for safety? Do you know that a bird’s respiratory system strengthens and maintains systemic health through wing flapping?

So that gem of a birdcage that costs as much as the parrot but should house a mouse is nothing more than a deathtrap.

Harsh words but true.

Rugg answers the question about what it’s like to live with a parrot by asking whether you’d share your home with a lion, a bear, or an alligator. Sure you can... but should you? That’s what you get in one feathery package, descended from dinosaurs: the loud roar of the lion, the sharp claws of the bear, and the bite of the alligator. Even so, parrots are stunningly beautiful, strikingly intelligent, fiercely emotional and possessive, and prone to self-destruction (feather-plucking) when frustrated. We humans do share some characteristics in being flock/family-oriented, social, and vocal. Even so, parrots are not designed to entertain us, though they can and do.

Highly sensitive, they demand constant attention and interaction. Only a few people live a lifestyle that allows them to develop the kind of relationship a parrot craves, deserves, and would have in its natural habitat.

We tend to want our animals to adapt to us rather than recognize we must also adapt to them. And when that doesn’t happen and natural parrot behavior conflicts with human expectations, often the consequence is to relinquish the bird – basically foist it onto someone else. That’s where havens, shelters, refuges, and sanctuaries responsibly intervene, relieving both parrots and humans from unhappy situations. That is a central mission of The Plumery, established because the need is so great. Almost all existing rescues and sanctuaries are filled to capacity; that happens very quickly, demonstrating that more havens are necessary as long as

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people make impulse buys or find themselves in unanticipated situations such as having to move to a place that does not allow pets or squawking birds.

In some cases, shelters and agencies such as humane societies, designed for dogs and cats, find themselves saddled with a bird they are not prepared to deal with. In one such case, The Plumery and the Humane Society of Ventura County (located in Ojai) are partnering to create a better life for Oliver, an Umbrella cockatoo, who has been like a mascot at the facility for 31 years – about half his life. His cage is located in an office for three staff members, two of whom try to pay attention to him as their work permits. But they have neither the time nor enough knowledge about parrots to satisfy his emotional and social needs. The Plumery’s Executive Director Erica Brege has volunteered to visit Oliver regularly, assess his needs, and help determine a positive plan for finding the right person and home setting for this beautiful bird.

Oliver’s story is by no means unique, yet it does show that even the best intentions don’t always materialize into the best answer for a bird, relinquished at any age, much less Oliver at only six months old. The Plumery, also just six months old, is searching for its ideal location. In the meantime, the Board of Directors, Advisor Panel, and staff are concentrating on community outreach, offering resources, information, education, and fun fundraisers.

Please check out www.theplumery. org and facebook.com/theplumery, and email theplumeryca@gmail.com. Join The Plumery team at The Lynda Fairley Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Avenue in Carpinteria, on November 5, 12-5 pm for a Santa photo/kids and family opportunity, contacting director@theplumery.org. For information about Oliver, also contact

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Iranian Women’s Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi

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arges Mohammadi, an outspoken campaigner for women’s and human rights in Iran, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Her dedication to democracy, freedom, and equality garnered international acclaim and support.

Despite serving numerous sentences totaling about 12 years in Tehran’s Evin Prison, Mohammadi continued to speak out against injustice. She brought attention to jail conditions and inmate violence, making her a symbol of resilience and hope.

Narges Mohammadi’s commitment goes beyond her suffering. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a fellow inmate, describes her as an inspiration and backbone for women in Evin Prison. The Nobel Peace Prize is a testament to the collective effort of Iranian women fighting for their rights, not just a particular triumph.

Mohammadi’s family and allies hope that the Nobel Prize will make activists’ lives safer in Iran. This award serves as a beacon of hope for those who continue to struggle for justice in a country where activists risk harassment, intimidation, violence, and detention.

In her statement upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mohammadi declared, “I will never stop striving for the realization of democracy, freedom, and equality.

Surely, the Nobel Peace Prize will make me more resilient, determined, hopeful, and enthusiastic on this path, and it will accelerate my pace.”

The Norwegian Nobel Committee gave her this distinguished award because of her fight against women’s persecution in Iran and her unwavering pursuit of human rights and freedom for all. Mohammadi’s art connects with the Iranian Woman, Life, Freedom movement, which has shaken the religious establishment in recent years, resulting in the detention and persecution of many activists.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomed the prize as a monument to Iranian women’s resilience and determination in the face of adversity. OHCHR spokesman Elizabeth Throssell noted the difficulties that Iranian women confront, ranging from harassment to rigorous legal, social, and economic measures.

Narges Mohammadi’s recognition as the 19th woman to win the 122-year-old Nobel Peace Prize serves as a reminder of the lasting force of tenacity and the global community’s commitment to supporting those who defend the cause of

justice and equality.

Ukraine, to the recent fires in Lahaina, every day truly brings new opportunities for Direct Relief to support communities all over the world.”

Indeed, it is also interesting to note that Direct Relief was started in Montecito in 1948 by William Zimdin.

Zimdin was forced to flee Europe during World War II, after fiercely opposing Adolf Hitler. The organization’s first assistance packages were assembled at his estate adjacent to the Montecito Country Club, which Zimdin owned at the time. When Zimdin died in 1951, Montecito residents stepped in to maintain the organization’s humanitarian mission as a public charity, funded entirely by philanthropic support.

One of Clark’s notable achievements is her commitment to quality control and safety. Direct Relief has implemented rigorous pharmaceutical standards to guarantee the integrity and efficacy of the medical supplies they provide. This is especially challenging with temperature-sensitive medications that require cold storage and transport until it reaches the patient. Her team’s dedication to ensuring that aid reaches those in need in its best possible form has been instrumental in ensuring patients receive the full benefits of the therapy.

Clark’s contributions extend far beyond the confines of her office. She is actively involved in the strategic planning and execution of Direct Relief ’s initiatives across the globe. Whether responding to natural disasters, pandemics, or ongoing healthcare disparities, Clark’s expertise and leadership shine through in her organization’s efforts. She also works as a liaison with organizations such as California Department of Public Health, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the World Health Organization. Her work has reached remote and vulnerable communities in some of the world’s most challenging environments. From deliver-

ing vital medications to rural clinics in Africa to supporting vaccination campaigns in underserved regions, Clark’s work has positively impacted countless individuals who would otherwise lack access to essential healthcare.

Finding a Balance While she seems to have boundless energy, she definitely needs it to keep up with her family! Husband, Ryan, and two kids, Adelyn (9) and Nolan (8), keep her busy on the home-front when she is not at work. And, of course, being a Montecito native, we need to know what her favorite things are to do in our community: “What every parent does on the weekend? Go to kid sporting events, or a quick camping trip to refresh in nature!”

Clark’s journey as the head pharmacist at Direct Relief exemplifies the incredible impact that a dedicated and passionate individual can have on global healthcare and humanitarian aid efforts. Her unwavering commitment to ensuring that the most vulnerable populations have access to lifesaving medications and supplies has saved countless lives and offered hope to those in dire circumstances. Clark serves as an inspiration to us all, reminding us of the immense power of compassion, dedication, and expertise in making the

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After the ceremony guests repaired to the museum to quaff wine and nosh on canapés, as well as being entertained by Ariana Horner Sutherland, soprano, and tenor Matthew Peterson, singers from the Chrisman Studio Artists

program, also sponsored by Roger and Sarah, accompanied on keyboard by Kostis Protopapas, general director of Opera Santa Barbara.

Among those in the right aria enjoying the works of Puccini, Mozart, and Gilbert and Sullivan, were Hiroko Benko, Fred and Nancy Golden, Ginni Dreier, Greg Gorga, Laura Schlessinger, Palmer

Supporters Jon and Sarah Kerley with their children Moriah, Josiah, Carolyn, Mia, Daniel, Elizabeth, and Katelyn (photo by Priscilla)

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Jackson, Tony and Sabrina Papa, Sigrid Toye, Jarrell Jackman, Francie Lufkin, Oscar Gutierrez, and Kristi Newton.

Lunch’ing for a Cause Domestic Violence Solutions, founded in 1977, hosted its 15th annual lunch at the Montecito Club with 150 guests raising over $90,000 for the cause, which offers safety, shelter, and support for victims.

Last year the organization’s advocates answered more than 4,000 calls to its crisis line, provided 110 children with immediate safety at its emergency shelter, and sheltered 6,898 safe nights for adult and child clients.

The bash, chaired by Paige Batson, featured Dr. Olga Nikolic Damascus as the keynote speaker who spoke movingly about her own encounter with violence from her husband. “My girls are my world!” she declared, after being introduced by Meagan Harmon of Santa Barbara City Council.

The ubiquitous Geoff Green acted as auctioneer, selling off a dinner for 10 at Trattoria Uliveto for $1,000, a Disney experience in Anaheim, also for $1,000, and a VIP polo extravaganza and stay at the Hotel Californian for $1,500.

Among the supporters turning out were Ken Oplinger, Michael Holland, Erin Graffy, Anne Luther, Jim Melillo, Elizabeth Snyder, Ellen Goldstein, Nolan Nicholson of sponsors Farmers & Merchants Bank, Sarah Moray, Terri Zuniga, and Carmen Galzerano.

Here Comes Jemma Jemma Montecito is opening in our rarefied enclave.

The new eatery, which has number of branches including Brentwood and

Hollywood, is at The Post, the reinvented Las Aves complex near the Andree Clark Bird Refuge.

The restaurant, owned by Jackson and Melissa Kalb of Memento Mori Hospitality, boasts 2,761 square feet of interior space and 1,276 square feet outside, and is described as “coastal Italy meets coastal California,” according to the Siteline website.

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An Ode to SBS More than 250 musicians and singers packed the sprawling stage of the venerable Granada when the Santa Barbara Symphony, under veteran maestro Nir Kabaretti, kicked off its 71st season with An Ode to Joy, Hope and Community.

It was the symphony’s first performance of Beethoven’s 9th – marking the 200th anniversary of the German composer’s work – in seven years, with singers from the Quire of Voyces, Santa Barbara Choral Society, the Adolfos Ensemble, and the Westmont College Choir with four talented soloists – Johanna Will, soprano; Christina Pezzarossi Ramsey, mezzo-soprano; John Matthew Myers, tenor; and Cedric Berry, bass-baritone.

The concert also featured Aaron Copland’s The Promise of Living, capturing the essence of 1930s rural America, and Liszt’s tone poem Les Préludes, a symphonic work of sweeping melodies and dramatic mood shifts.

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Santa Barbara Symphony kicks off its latest season in monumental style (photo by Nik Blaskovich)

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State Street Ballet Dances into a New Era with ‘Giselle’

State Street Ballet (SSB) launches its 2023-24 season, its first under new leadership following the transition from founder Rodney Gustafson to new Artistic Director Megan Philipp and Cecily MacDougall as Executive Director. Philipp, who has been with SSB for a decade, is staging this weekend’s performances of Giselle, one of the most beloved ballets of all time for its ethereal tale of immortal love and redemption that warms the soul. Guest artist Nerea Barrondo, who was a dancer with the company last season, takes on the title role of the peasant girl who is haunted by spirits doomed to dance through darkness in the saga featuring a kaleidoscope of emotions ranging from joyous celebration to betrayal, and finally the redemption of tender forgiveness. Ryan Lenkey portrays Albrecht in his first principal classical role since joining SSB in 2021.

The full-scale production with the classic choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa also features Nir Kabaretti conducting the Santa Barbara Symphony performing the score by Adolphe Adam from the pit at the Granada for the two shows on October 21 and 22.

Visit www.statestreetballet.com and www.granadasb.org for more information and tickets.

Dance Dimensions Elizabeth Roe and her collaborator Greg Anderson have created Billboard chart-topping albums and even Emmy nominations (courtesy photo)

– both then only considering careers as soloists – for a recital at Juilliard, which she called “an electrifying, revelatory experience where we realized that we really had something going on.” That continued connection and compatibility has seen the duo through two decades of collaboration in creating, arranging, and performing pieces that meet their shared mission to make classical music more relevant and powerful in today’s society. The pair’s musical marriage has led to Billboard chart-topping albums, a series of music videos that have even earned Emmy nominations, and an extensive international touring schedule.

Seeing Anderson and Roe’s unbridled enthusiasm on their interpretation of Bernstein’s West Side Story score on a YouTube video led one viewer to comment, “I wonder if anyone has ever had more fun playing the piano.”

Probably not, Roe agreed.

“We just have so much fun on stage and off, and it’s such a joy to work together,” she said. “But it’s also our shared desire to further the music. While the existent repertoire has many gems, it’s a bit limited in piano four hands because a lot was originally written for pedagogical purposes or for children. We were both inspired to create virtuosic over-the-top arrangements that could take the piano four hands genre out of the realm of sisters in pretty dresses sharing the same bench. There’s so much excitement inherent in two people coming together with our individual personalities and ideas and affinities to create something that’s greater than the sum of its parts.”

The Hahn Hall concert on October 26 will touch on all aspects of the duo’s approach, veering from a straight reading of Mozart’s “Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major” to the duo’s Ragtime alla Turca based on the composer’s rondo and Nocturne on Neptune adapted from Holst’s The Planets, and an arrangement of Ravel’s “Lever du Jour” from Daphnis et Chloé. Anderson and Roe then turn to pop music for their compositions Hallelujah Variations based on the Leonard Cohen song, and their “avant-garde dueling piano gospel version” of the Beatles’ “Let It Be.” “These are all pieces that were lovingly handpicked by us to rework,” Roe said.

“We love feeling like we can help demystify the concert experience by making it more personal and more vibrant and true-to-life in the 21st century.”

The project-based Moving Dance Company, whose recent works include View/ Chew for the Versatility Dance Festival in Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, D.C., made its Santa Barbara debut with HOLOGRAM at last year’s Nebula Dance Festival.

MDC returns to Center Stage on October 21 with This is Not Content, a multimedia show that explores the human experience in the digital age; the title is a playful reference to René Magritte’s surrealist painting The Treachery of Images. As lines blur between online and offline, between technology and nature, and between connection and isolation, the piece asks: What is content, who owns content, and are we content?

Combining dance with choreography by Nika Antuanette, original music by Jeremy Cone, and visual projections, This is Not Content aims to be accessible, relatable, and engaging while sharing a viable connection.

Also on October 21: American Dance & Music presents a tribute to veteran

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Visit https://musicacademy.org for more information.

Classical Corner: Chamber Players Continue The Santa Barbara Chamber Players (SBCP), which also began in 2022 on the heels of the pandemic and the dearth of chamber orchestra opportunities after the demise of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, is back for a third performance featuring professional-level performance opportunity for emerging local talent and affordable tickets for the community. Mary Beth Rhodes-Woodruff, the founder and conductor of the Santa Barbara Strings, will wield the baton for SBCP’s performance of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Milhaud’s La Création du Monde. Chamber Players’ concertmaster Sara Bashore leads for Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, while Dvořák’s “Serenade op. 44, for Winds” will be performed sans conductor in chamber fashion at the October 21 concert at Trinity Episcopal Church.

Info and tickets at https://sbchamberplayers.org.

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The ever-popular ballet, Giselle, launches State Street Ballet’s new season (courtesy photo)

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international modern dance teacher Susan Alexander as a fundraiser for The Dance Hub. The evening features a Mediterranean-inspired dinner from Chef Michael Wood, a performance by choreographer/dancer Molissa Fenley, an intro to The Dance Hub’s new ballet and jazz instructor Suzi Winson, and words from Alexander. Visit https://adam-bsb.org.

Nebula Dance Lab is also back in action on October 26 at the Lobero, offering Perspectives, a new evening length piece inspired by the artistic works in a range of media by 11 women artists from the 18th century through today. Chloe Roberts choreographed the work featuring Nebula’s bi-coastal cast of dancers, taking its cue from such sources as Joy Harjo’s poem Remember, painter Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas, Alma Thomas’s painting Starry Night and the Astronauts, and Pauline Powell Burns’s Violets, plus a half-dozen other works of art. Visit www.nebuladance.org.

Chatting with the Bidens is just one of the many places his tireless work with nonprofits has taken him (courtesy photo)

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front. The fiduciary leanness of the nonprofit has long been at odds with the State’s bureaucratic slow pokiness (not a real phrase) in paying for contracted work. “It happens a lot where entities have to self-fund on the front end and wait for the reimbursement much later,” Green says. “One organization actually had to borrow tens of thousands of dollars and use debt to fund the contract work until the state came and paid.”

Green has long enjoyed a regional reputation as the genial (and unofficial) Arm-Twister-in-Chief where fence-sitting donors are concerned and is the face of the complex nonprofit mission here. How does someone ascend to the arguable center of the nonprofit universe the way Geoff Green has? In his case the journey began with – you guessed it – a stint as a Park Ranger/Naturalist at Yosemite. Since graduating with a UCSB degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, that inaugural gig on Green’s CV stands out as the one most aligned with his hard-won diploma.

Apparently, the runway is sufficiently long that we can each change tack as evolving passions dictate (kids, take note). When Green left Yosemite after four years, he pivoted to the Santa Barbara Fund for 17 years, before landing at SBCC. The interviewer personally wonders if it was Yosemite’s ill-mannered Black Bear community or Green’s fear of heights that inspired his full flight into – and public mastery of – the nonprofit world. Pure speculation, of course. “I absolutely own that,” Green says. “I am … the kind word is a ‘Renaissance person’ – the not-so-kind is ‘really unfocused.’” A third candidate is “insatiably curious.” His manifold, restless achievements as SBCC Foundation CEO – including the largest gift ever made to the school – suggest he is plenty focused, and his move to CalNonprofits puts this “lifelong learner” right in the middle of the fascinating, and crucial, nonprofit maelstrom.

A favorite Geoff Green talking (and doing) point is the nonprofit as avatar of bottom-up societal betterment, and public policy that helps smooth that approach.

This challenges the broad-brush conven-

Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb shares his research on the road less traveled – that is, one that examines how our road ecology is shaping the planet’s future for the worse – in a talk at the Community Environmental Council’s downtown Hub on October 24. In “Crossings,” Goldfarb, the award-winning author of Eager (about beavers), shares his eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, which extends far beyond the statistic that a million animals are killed by cars each day in the U.S. alone, actually acting as “agents of chaos” that deform the Earth at all scales. Visit https://cecsb.org/events.

Pacifica Graduate Institute founder and Dream Tending creator Stephen Aizenstat is headed to Chaucer’s Books for a talk and signing of The Imagination Matrix: How to Access the Greatest Power You Have for Creativity, Connection, and Purpose. The depth psychologist’s book offers a step-by-step process to help you gain access to the “source code of imagination” – energizing your capacity to innovate new outcomes, evolve real-world solutions, and nurture your well-being. Aizenstat delivers his powerful message of hope on October 25. Visit chaucersbooks.com.

Two powerhouses of the profession come together at UCSB Campbell Hall on October 26 when Walter Isaacson engages in conversation with Pico Iyer to launch the new UCSB Arts & Lectures series. Isaacson, whose bestselling works include monumental biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, just published a new book on Elon Musk, delivering what has been called an astonishingly intimate story of one of the most fascinating and controversial innovators of our era. Isaacson, who has previously served as president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair and CEO of CNN, and editor of Time magazine, shares the stage with one of our own great thinkers and writers of our time in Iyer, whose non-nonpareil interviewing skills elucidate themes and nuances that often surprise.

The previous evening (October 25), Iyer will also appear at an A&L Thematic Learning Initiative (TLI) event surrounding his book The Half Known Life, the TLI book giveaway for fall. Iyer will engage in a brief Q&A and signing at Santa Barbara Wine Collective downtown, where you can pick up a free copy of the book.

In an incredibly timely event, Israeli-born storyteller and author Noa Baum is coming to town to share stories from her memoir A Land Twice Promised – an Israeli Woman’s Quest for Peace. The 2017 book grew out of conversations she had over long periods with a Palestinian woman when both lived in Davis, with Baum weaving together their memories, and their mothers’ stories, to create a moving testimony that illuminates the complex and contradictory history and emotions surrounding Jerusalem, for Israelis and Palestinians alike. With the parable that “an enemy is one whose story we have not heard,” the book, and Baum’s stories, tell the human story that stands apart from politics in the hope that hearing it will call upon us to listen with compassion Steven Libowitz has covered without surrendering to prejudice a plethora of topics for the and fear, choose dialogue, and comJournal since 1997, and now mit to peace. Baum will be at the leads our extensive arts and Ojai Storytelling Festival next weekentertainment coverage end, and appears the day before at Congregation B’nai B’rith – Trinity Campus (909 North La Cumbre Road) for a free performance on

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Geoff hiking in Santa Ynez and reminiscing on his humble beginnings as a Park Ranger/Naturalist at Yosemite (courtesy photo)

tional wisdom, never fully articulated, of the nonprofit as a well-intentioned but childlike enterprise pretending to be a business and peopled by kind-hearted volunteers in timeworn cardigans whose “day jobs” are elsewhere. As CEO of the SBCC Foundation, Green has been an amused recipient of this read. “In this role I’ve been asked by very smart, educated, lovely people in the community. ‘So what do you do? What’s your actual day job?’ As though being the CEO of the SBCC Foundation is my volunteer work on the side.” The Geoff Green smile is huge on this one. “These questions are coming from a good place,” he laughs, “but they just have no sense that, well, I’m actually running an $85 million

business. This is my day job.”

Jeff Wing is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. A longtime resident of SB, he takes great delight in chronicling the lesser known facets of this gaudy jewel by the sea.

Jeff can be reached at jeffwingg@gmail.com.

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Originally, I created this recipe using butternut squash, but it is even more perfect for the honeynut. I love to serve it during the holidays. It has a beautiful presentation, giving each person their own half a squash. Enjoy!

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment; set aside.

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3. Place the squash, cut side down, on the prepared baking sheet and add the water. Transfer to the oven and roast for 20 minutes.

4. Remove the squash from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes or until it is cool enough to touch.

5. Place the honeynut cut side down on a cutting board, using a sharp knife, cut thin slits (about 1/8”). Do not cut all the way through. (The best way I have found to do this is to grab a pair of chopsticks, brace the butternut squash on each side with a chopstick. Then slice down. The chopstick helps to hold the squash in place as well as helping to not cut all the way through!) Repeat with other halves.

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and intricacies that each individual had, Survivors allows the audiences to personally connect with each one, and maybe even see components of themselves in each survivor.

Four of the 10 individuals were still alive when Kout began writing the play in 2017 and she was able to do extensive interviews with them. She also interviewed family members and friends of all 10 survivors to best capture their character. The result was a play that brought depth to each featured survivor’s story.

Survivors was met with astounding praise and popularity. “Since 2018, we’ve been performing this play, there are now five independent national and international productions that tour,” said Kout.

“It’s not just the telling of history; it’s the ‘Never is Now’ component. And how do we as individuals as a community deal with hatred, intolerance, bigotry, racism, homophobia – all of it – how are we dealing with it? And how do we step up and stop being silent?”

work on aging well in Santa Barbara County. Seniors are currently 20 percent of the population and growing. We are working on housing solutions for people of all situations. Rona created a model solution for us, and it is the gold standard we want to replicate in the state of California.” Parsons spoke briefly echoing the sentiments prior.

Barrett was introduced and fighting back tears as she shared her thankfulness for everyone who believed in the project and worked through to its completion.

She then cut the ribbon with the team to officially open Harry’s House by saying, “God bless everyone who lives here!”

Guests were invited to meet Barrett, tour HH, and stay for lunch with the residents.

Melding of the Minds While Survivors has gone on to success, it was with the show’s current producer, Genie Benson, that the performances took on an extra layer. Benson is the child of two Holocaust survivors. Her father was a partisan fighting in the forest and getting people out through the underground tunnels and sewers out of the ghettos. He was the youngest child and tried to warn his family – but they wouldn’t listen to him – so he ran to the forest and hid, losing his whole family except one brother. Benson’s mother, Sidonia Lax, was a young, only child from a wealthy family whose dad left the ghetto one day when he heard there were fresh apples outside the walls and never came back.

Benson’s parents later met in L.A., got married, and had three children – of which Genie was the oldest. During their lifetime, Genie’s father didn’t like Sidonia speaking publicly about her Holocaust experiences. But after his passing nearly 30 years ago, “My mom started being very outgoing about talking about the Holocaust. She went to Jewish schools, non-Jewish schools. She spoke a lot in Burbank and Pasadena and for organizations and everybody knew her … It sort of became her legacy to talk about her story as much as possible,” said Benson.

Sidonia became extensively involved with the March of the Living program, going to Poland each year – a place she thought she’d never return to. Sidonia unfortunately passed last December, but her legacy lives on with her impact on young students, and now with Benson’s work on Survivors.

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Survivors incorporates a young, diverse cast to further connect with students of all ages and backgrounds (photo by Christy He)

Benson saw a Facebook post from Kout of a glowing review of Survivors. The two had met in college and Benson called up Kout and they began to discuss the play.

Benson – who has a production company that brings artists from Israel to the U.S – asked her production questions and more about the play. As the two spoke, they developed a new angle – the casting of a diverse group of performers – for the play and they formed a partnership that day and built a West Coast touring company, Arts for Change!

Their first public performance was at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles to a sold-out crowd and standing ovation. By casting performers from different ethnic backgrounds, they wanted the performers to speak to, and ultimately connect with, students of all backgrounds. Each performance features a Talkback at the end where the audience can ask questions, and they’ve found that oftentimes students and audiences are directing questions to the performers about how they their own experiences and cultural background relate to the character they’re portraying. The hope is to help audiences pull inspiration and understanding from a range of experiences – not just the Jewish one. Or as Kout puts it, “We’re learning from the past to create inclusivity and tolerance in the present and

in the future.”

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Zach Rosen is the Managing Editor of the Montecito Journal. He also enjoys working with beer, art, and life.

Suffolk University Annual Alumni Meeting Suffolk University held its annual alumni gathering for the Southern California area on Wednesday, October 11, at the Jonathan Beach Club Santa Monica. The event was hosted by Trustee Christine Garvey, Juris Doctor (JD) of Montecito; Susan Cappiello, JD Santa Barbara; and Matthew Howard, JD at JP Morgan Chase & Co. Los Angeles, with special thanks to Simone Branigan, Sr. VP Bank of America Los Angeles for securing the club.

Garvey specializes in corporate real estate and serves on the boards of Montecito Bank & Trust, Healthcare Properties, Toll Bros., and Sansum Clinic, prior to being the global head for corporate real estate for Deutsche Bank and Cisco Systems. Cappiello, living in the Santa Barbara Riviera area, practiced law for 40 years.

Alumni attending the event were from all three of the University’s grad schools – Law, Business, and Arts & Sciences – and they graduated from 1960-2020.

Attendees included David Newton MBA from Carpinteria, Caitlin Haughey MED ‘96 Associate Vice President, Advancement Engagement and Alumni Relations, Jeff Foss MPA Senior Director Philanthropic Partnerships, Barbara Kalmus MED, Uyen Le BA, Stanley Sokoloff JD and wife Susan, and myself, an alumni with an MPA. Newton, a resident of Carpinteria for 30 years, started the entrepreneur program at Westmont College, where he worked for 22 years, and is now doing weekend programs for executives at UC San Diego.

During the reception I interviewed Dean Edie Sparks of the College of Arts & Sciences about her presentation, who shared: “The keynote of my talk today is that Suffolk is on the rise. Things are

“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Simone Branigan, Susan Cappiello, Matthew Howard, and Christine Garvey (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

going really well, we have increased applications, increased national rankings in the law school and business school, our alumni network is growing and energized, it’s an exciting moment to be at Suffolk. We are all passionate about the social mobility of our students, it is the thread that ties us all together and that is why I moved from the University of the Pacific in Northern California to be a Dean at Suffolk University. I grew up in Southern California and did my grad work at UCLA.” For the formal program, Garvey welcomed everyone and pitched for generosity in donations for the school saying, “Pay it back and pay it forward.” Next, speaking on behalf of Suffolk University President Marisa Kelly was Sparks.

She presented the Suffolk “Points of Pride” statistics as of fall 2023: a record undergraduate enrollment two years in a row and the first time with over 10,000 applications; U.S. News and World Report ranked Suffolk University 65th in the U.S. out of all nationally ranked universities for social mobility, and it ranked the undergraduate business school upwards 100 spots in the recent four years; Suffolk University Law School leapt 45 spots upward in seven years in the U.S. ranking of law schools and ranked in the top 20 percent of law schools in all four legal skills categories eight years in a row; for three years in a row Suffolk University is honored with the HEED Award for Higher Education Excellence in Diversity. California alumni stats show a total of 2,124 with 923 in the Greater Los Angeles area having 244 in law, 320 in business, and 359 in arts and sciences, and work for Disney, DoorDash, Google, Activision, Deloitte, and many other top businesses, banks, and law firms. She maintained that Suffolk University is committed to remove barriers to learning and education.

The event was a great networking time

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The LPFA assessment on the Manzana Schoolhouse earlier this summer (photo courtesy of LPFA)

game plan to restore both structures over the coming months.”

The daily schedule in brief is to go with the LPF leader to the location by car or hike in and do the work in your area of interest as directed. All equipment to do the work, and how to do it will be given by the LPFA, including food, water, and other amenities. Volunteers can sleep overnight or return daily. Work to be done includes replacing the roof at the Schoolhouse, performing campground maintenance, and restoring the nearby Manzana, Sisquoc, and Hurricane Deck trails, help with cooking, painting, and light construction.

Reminder that the Matilija Trail Restoration continues until December 31, 2023. The LPFA and volunteers seek to restore and maintain the network of trails within Matilija Canyon outside of Ojai, which remains closed due to storm damage. Be careful and respectful of the area, and check in advance for closures.

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and Halloween).

I attended the opening, having known “Paz” for over 10 years and reviewed his works twice prior. “The 13th,” I said, and he replied, “Date very appropriate for these, no?”

Indeed, his meticulously done works require one be of open mind and ready for the solid in-your-face issues he dares to address in a medium most pale to attempt: ash, oil, and charcoal on burnt panel. The process involves seeing from a totally blackened canvas to the varying hues of gray through white via layering, from a complete negative and works outward. This layering is done on board, sized six feet and up on both sides. In this show, he does indulge us in a few medium-scale works as well, which provided the artist an immediate sale at the opening, leaving 12 up for those who dare to understand it all and take one home.

Entering the gallery, we view on the left his Mother and Child portrait 44x31 inches, a billowing flow of brush-like strokes that create motion in two still figures, yet one feels something moving here and with it the child’s face emulates the artist! Directly across on the far wall is The Seven Year VVitch, 30x 32 inches with two V’s, depicting Marilyn Monroe in her famous billowing dress from the subway draft with a skeleton head of an ancient warrior animal adorned with horns, no, not elk, not moose, but the antithesis of Marilyn!

Other works such as Nostalgie XXIV and Nostalgie XXV appear to be cloudlike formations, a drifting of thoughts swirling. These works are 84x48 inches

Mother and Child by artist Tom Pazderka (photo

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and en face his Nostalgie XXVIII at 66x86 inches whose cloud-like form seems more H-Bomb than a walk in the park. Wait, should we not be viewing these so close?

Would not the artist be better served in a more open area to view these at a distance similar to viewing a watercolor

by Monet? Indeed, the works take on different textures and shapes, letting one travel to one’s own points of reference, and that is precisely what the artist is hoping you do.

At the opening, Pazderka and I took 10: Paz: “Can you believe it’s been over six years?...”

Me: “Yes, it’s been quite the time, however these works seem more formalized and contained on one board, looking more like black and white photographs…

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And with that, we did a walk about the gallery and took some photos of him with his selected pieces. Do stop by, take your time, and switch up your viewing distances for the best experience.

Seen at the opening were co-owner of the Basic Premise Gallery Ojai Matt Henriksen, photo-video artist in Los Angeles ‘Alex the Brown’, Curatorial Assistant SBMA Fabián LeyvaBarragán, Jeremiah D. Higgins of the Jeremiah Show Podcast, and Nathan Vonk, Sullivan Goss Gallery owner.

Pazderka produces his works at his studio in Ojai, while also working as the new Head of Preparations at the Art, Design and Architecture Museum UC Santa Barbara, and prior was the Collections Photographer and Senior Preparator, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He holds an MFA from UCSB, and is represented by Patrick Painter in Los Angeles, California and Bender Gallery

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Tom Pazderka ‘Dust to Dusk’ Art Exhibition at Silo 118 Giving a new meaning to Friday the 13th, artist Tom Pazderka opened his show of his latest 13 art works at the Silo118 Gallery in the Funk Zone on precisely Friday, October 13. The show will be up through, you guessed it, 13’s reversed number, October 31st (yes,

an about face from your earlier large-scale installation works with found wood you burned, no?”

Paz: “Yes, exactly… For me, I want people to focus on the work and my process of layers and burning. Do you know I started as a painter in Europe? I didn’t paint for many years when I got here, I was more of a conceptual installation artist. In 2016, I decided to paint again. Yes, this exhibit has my work more formalized on a contained canvas [panel]. Now it’s back to the image right away, not having to think about the images – like my process prior to these where I was more like a conceptual artist, struggling to pull the meaning out of those found wood panels I burned. I wanted to go back to who I was, to create what I am thinking, because deep down I’m a painter. I actually enjoy doing this now, whereas before I felt like I was forcing myself to constantly think of what the next move was; it was stressful.

Now I can separate the two focuses, in the studio I paint, and then my writing is where all the theoretical stuff goes. It took two years to complete this current show, it does take time.”

Artist Tom Pazderka with his The Fat Man and Nostalgie XXV at Silo 118 Gallery (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

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Jane Lynch (Continued from 16 16)) the professional training program there. So I had classical training in the more classic place, but it was really wonderful to see the folks who were born and bred in England using their playwright. You know, Shakespeare is from England, and they just relish the words and were really able to capture the poetry and the drama – and the comedy – all at the same time. It was really fun to watch, just really enlightening. And it didn’t make me want to act Shakespeare, but it did make me appreciate him and just how wonderful it is to go to the theater in London.

Oh, yes, the theaters in London are really beautiful. In terms of dorms in Oxford where you stayed, what was it like to be kind of back in the college experience and set up, and did you eat in the college halls?

So we were in a dorm and because we were together, we were in a room that had two beds. But when I say beds I’m using that phrase very, very lightly because they were cots. So after the first night we’re laying down, I’m going, “I don’t think so.” So we ordered gel foam mattress covers from Amazon and they came the next day and it changed everything. It really made that whole experience much better. And you know, the college buildings are built in the Middle Ages and they’re just gorgeous to look at, and the grounds are wonderful. Three meals a day in the dining hall, which looks like the dining hall in Harry Potter. This beautiful old building that was built in the Middle Ages! We had about three dinners a week where we had to dress up and they were called ‘high table dinners.’ At some point, each of us got to be up at the high table with the tutors and the faculty. We had people serving us, a wonderful crew of waitstaff serving us our food and everybody did the prayer in Latin before we even sat down. We stood at our tables before, and then the president came in. I don’t know if he is actually the president of the university, but he comes in and bangs the gavel, and then after the prayer, we all sit. So the tradition and the regimented ritualization of being in that kind of school that goes back so many centuries was really amazing and inspiring. And really, it touched us deeply. We loved it.

When we bumped into each other in London, we were there because my mother went to St. John’s College in Oxford. We went to look around the college and I also noticed that the dining halls are really beautifully done, and they have the pictures of all the professors there.

It was really interesting to see how students would sit there every day and have their meals.

I love Oxford, because they always say: “This is the Oxford way.” So we did everything the Oxford way. And they’ve been doing this for a thousand years, the Oxford way. What was wonderful about the class is there were only 12 people in our class. I think I might have been one of the youngest – everybody was in their 70s, in their 80s, and had been taking these courses, some of them even had been coming for 20 years. They’re all alumni of UC Berkeley. There’s only 12 people in your class with your tutor, which means it’s very interactive and it’s very much about conversation. When you speak something out loud, and you’re speaking as you’re thinking, it’s a whole different level of learning.

For sure. Apart from the theater visits and things you’ve learned during your lectures, was there anything else fun you did in Oxford or England while you were there? We went punting – thank goodness we didn’t fall into the water, but it was a really cool experience as well.

We didn’t do much, and didn’t tour on the weekends. We basically stayed in Oxford, but I don’t know if you saw near Merton College there’s this beautiful walk along the Thames which breaks off into a little river stream. It’s a gorgeous nature walk, and I did that a lot.

I’m glad you had a good experience! Could you tell us about the path that brought you to Montecito and what you love about it?

I had been living in Los Angeles, probably for about almost 30 years, and I was working as an actor, living in Laurel Canyon where I had a cute little house. And Jennifer and I always went to Montecito in the summer for a few days. Around 2010, my family from Chicago started coming out too and we had these really big get togethers in Montecito for four or five days, and we’d stay at the Biltmore and it was just lovely. We just loved the town. And I always thought, you know, when I get old, I’d love to move here. Oh my God. And so during the pandemic, we were actually staying at the Montecito Inn because you know, the Biltmore has been closed (although they are opening in October of ‘24). So we stayed at the Montecito Inn and we were walking around and Jennifer said, there’s a house for sale. Let’s go look at it.

We put an offer on it – and we didn’t get it… but now we smell blood in the water!

We were ready to go! So we looked at a couple more houses and we found this one and when we made an offer it was accepted – we love it! I’m sitting at the breakfast bar right now, it is so beautiful. And we have a beautiful front yard and we walk every day down to the ocean.

Sometimes we don’t go all the way to the ocean but we’ll go to Coast Village Road and have coffee, at Bree’osh or Jeannine’s or Lux cafe. I have a friend from Chicago, one of my closest friends, hanging out with me this week and I’m showing her everything we’re doing. We had lunch at the Montecito Coffee Shop, went into the Pharmacy and bought some vitamins. Just wonderful, we love it here!

Hearing the way you talk about Montecito reminds me of the reason we moved here. We visited L.A. and Montecito quite often and we stayed at all the hotels, and at one point me and my brother were like, “Why don’t we just move here?” because we were planning to live in L.A. from Connecticut. And then we decided to move to Montecito and it’s a really great place to be. Are you happy to be home in Montecito?

I don’t want to travel anymore. Although it looks like I’m going to be doing a bit more traveling. I just love being at home. Do you? Did you go to Montecito Union or did you go to a private school?

I did go to Montecito Union and then I’m now at middle school at Laguna Blanca, which is a great school.

It’s wonderful. If I were going to raise kids, you know, I would definitely want to raise them here.

Yes, we love it. And we also lived in Singapore and in London, which is why we have such a close tie to London – as I was born there. So it’s really great to see Oxford and I’m excited because maybe when I’m older I will be able to attend college there.

Yeah, that would be a great place to go to school.

Yeah, really beautiful architecture as well.

Sure. It’s very breathtaking. Just gorgeous.

Well thank you so much for your time. It’s an actual honor to speak with you today and it was fun!

Thank you, Lola. If you see me out and about come up to me and say hi!

The parks are really beautiful, and I feel like England is definitely famous for all the beautiful parks and nature around them.

Yes, especially Oxford. I haven’t been to Cambridge, but I imagine that would be the same. The grounds are so beautiful and they’re so natural. It’s really nice not to be touched by modernity very much. The cobblestone streets and the old storefronts with modern amenities – there was really good coffee, but they’d be in these old stone buildings, which I loved.

Lola is an 8th grade student and has always had a passion for writing. Lola’s background is international. She was born in London and when she was just over a year old, moved to Thailand and then Singapore where she spent the first six years of her life and attended the German European School. At the age of seven, Lola moved to Connecticut and later, in 2020, to Santa Barbara. Lola’s international upbringing has opened her eyes to many cultures, rituals, and backgrounds that she often references in her writing.

In 2017, Lola started a charity (Water Gives Life) raising funds for the water crisis.

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is not appropriate for Coast Village Road. We don’t have a parking structure to offset the parking loss, and we want to do what’s right for the entire district. There are other businesses on Coast Village Road other than restaurants.”

The allowance for businesses to expand temporarily outdoors was a critical response to keeping eateries operational during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the extension to continue to allow businesses to operate expanded outdoor facilities was to help ensure their continued success. More than 200 businesses in Santa Barbara and Montecito benefited from expanding the business areas outdoors, building parklets to allow for outdoor dining.

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This year’s Beautification Committee is hard at work getting ready for the event on November 4

the better,” Byrne added.

Byrne will be honored at Beautification Day while participants enjoy lunch, live music, and peruse the community tables which will be hosted by Montecito Community Foundation, MA, MERRAG, MFPD, Montecito Sanitary District, Montecito Water District, Lotusland, Casa Del Herrero, Friends of the Montecito Library, Montecito Journal, Santa Barbara Zoo, Montecito YMCA, Search & Rescue, Coast Village Road Association, and Adam’s Angels.

Local school kids have been busy creating their “It Takes a Village” artwork, which will be displayed throughout the community at Tecolote, the hardware store, and Rori’s and Toy Crazy in Montecito Country Mart.

This year’s Beautification Day is chaired by Denson and the committee includes Conner Rehage, Michael Edwards, Dana Hansen, Nina Terzian, Jacqueline Duran, Andrea and Dana Newquist, Patty Zucherman, Trish Davis, Cindy Feinberg, Berna Kieler, Lisa Waldinger, Jean von Wittenburg, Houghton Hyatt, Eileen White Read, Kat and Ed Wetzel, and Beth Sullivan. Sponsors include Valley Improvement Company, Jim and Alicia MacFarlane, Robert Pavloff, Westmont, MERRAG, and Eyeglass Factory, among many others.

The event beings at 9 am in the Upper Village green.

For more information, visit www.montecitoassociation.org.

Parklet Update at City Council At a late meeting on Tuesday, Santa Barbara City Council voted to approve a new program regulating parklets within City limits, with the exception of Coast Village Road in Montecito.

City staff was given guidance to draft an ordinance regulating parklets in terms of location constraints (red curbs, blue curbs, stormwater drains, utilities, distance from driveways and street corners), safety, accessibility, egress, plumbing fixture count, parking requirements, and stormwater management, as well as licensing procedures.

Multiple councilmembers voiced support of removing Coast Village Road from the discussion, after Trey Pinner, president of the interim board of the Coast Village Association, asked the Council to not impose a “one size fits all” approach to the parklets on Coast Village Road. “It’s not about whether you like outside dining or not.

It’s more about aesthetics, safety, and equity of use of the public right of way,” Pinner said. “Continuation of the parklets is not the best approach for our area,” he added, speaking on behalf of the CVA Board of Directors.

According to City staff, there are 40 parklets in the City of Santa Barbara, including Coast Village Road, and there have been four recorded accidents of vehicles hitting the parklets, including one that was destroyed over the weekend on W. Anapamu Street.

Councilmembers agreed that safety is the number one concern, and a streamlined process for parklet approval is overdue.

Rob Miller, interim vice president of the Coast Village Association, told us following the meeting that the decision to remove Coast Village Road from the new guidelines does not necessarily mean an end to outdoor dining on Coast Village Road: instead, the CVA is hoping to draft its own outdoor dining ordinance for the road, taking in the unique layout of the street. “We intend on meeting with restaurant owners in the coming weeks to discuss a path forward,” Miller said. “We are very much in favor of outdoor dining. We felt that the City’s one-size-fits-all solution for parklets 19 – 26 October 2023

Last week it was quietly announced that a new restaurant called Jemma Montecito is in the works for the Las Aves complex near the Bird Refuge; the complex traded hands last year for $19M, selling to a Los Angeles-based investment group, the Runyon Group, which has big plans to revitalize the complex and bring in new tenants.

Memento Mori Hospitality group is behind the new eatery, which successfully operates Jame, Ospi, and Jemma di Mare, all based in Los Angeles: El Segundo, Venice, and Brentwood, with another location coming to Hollywood.

Founded by husband-and-wife team Jackson and Melissa Kalb, the restauRestaurateurs Melissa and Jackson Kalb have set rant group is known for upscale Italian their sights on Montecito, and plan to open Jemma food and elevated service with aesthetiMontecito near the Bird Refuge next fall cally pleasing ambiance and furnishings.

According to investor collateral, Jemma Montecito will feature the same beloved Italian cuisine as the couple’s other eateries, along with “imported picnic provisions” such as charcuterie, cheeses, sandwiches, prepackaged salads, and pantry items, available to-go. The restaurant will be open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will have a full bar. Menu items include appetizers such as meatballs, calamari, Brussels sprouts, and homemade garlic bread; first courses such as pasta, salads, and gyros, an array of pizzas, and classic second courses such as chicken and eggplant parmesan, branzino, shrimp scampi, and Kelly Mahan Herrick, also a more. licensed realtor with Berkshire Jemma Montecito will also have Hathaway Home Services, an outdoor patio which will front has been editor at large for the Cabrillo Boulevard. It will be located Journal since 2007, reporting on at 1801 East Cabrillo Boulevard. news in Montecito and beyond.

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Miscellany (Continued from 34 34)) marks the first show of works traveling from China to the U.S. since the onset of the pandemic.

The exhibition premiered at the China Institute Gallery in New York earlier this year, and our Eden by the Beach’s museum is its second and final venue in America.

Among those getting a sneak peek at a VIP opening reception were Larry Feinberg and Starr Siegele, Anders Bergstrom, Penny Jenkins, Karen Lehrer, Nicholas Mutton, and Charles and Betsy Newman.

Curator of Asian Art Susan Tai with Starr Siegele and her husband, SBMA CEO Larry Feinberg (photo by Priscilla)

New Shapes and Flowers at the Art Museum It’s two for the price of one at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art with a duo of new exhibitions.

Shape, Ground, Shadow: The Photographs of Ellsworth Kelly, as well as Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting 1368-1911, Masterworks from the Tianjin Museum and the Changzhou Museum, have just opened.

Shape is a landmark show featuring 60 photographs by renowned artist Kelly, who died in 2015. He perceptively created a commending body of abstract art drawn from forms he found in the everyday world.

Flowers showcases masterpieces of Chinese painting spanning 500 years and

Happy Birthday, Ralph!

Iconic artist and art gallery owner Ralph Waterhouse celebrated his 80th birthday in style with a party for 90 guests at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History with his bubbly wife, Diane.

The dynamic duo have owned an eponymous gallery in La Arcada for 39 years and last April opened a new outlet on Coast Village Road, a tiara’s toss from Ca’Dario.

Ralph, who hails from the north of England, started life as a graphic artist before morphing into a wildlife painter.

In the late ‘80s he turned to landscape paintings utilizing his love of the Californian scenery.

Among friends and family attending were Ralph’s sister, Lesley, from Harrogate in Yorkshire, Mark Whitehurst and Kerry Methner, Luke Swetland, Stephen and Karen Clark, Gary Simpson and Jill Nida, and Bob and Caroline Williams.

Curator Charlie Wylie with Jack Shear and Mary Anne Lee from the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation and Curatorial Assistant Fabián LeyvaBarragán (photo by Priscilla)

Museum CEO Luke Swetland and his wife, Stacy, heralding the birthday man Ralph Waterhouse with his wife, Diane, and daughter Claire (photo by Priscilla)

John Kinnear and artist Camille Dellar reflecting on her artworks (photo by Priscilla)

Ralph Waterhouse celebrated his 80th with guests at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (photo by Priscilla)

A Sparkling Evening Carats were definitely on the menu when United Way of Santa Barbara County held a double celebration at the Montecito Club for 230 guests – the 100-year-old charity’s diamond anniversary and the 26th Red Feather Ball, which raised around $400,000

for the organization that serves more than 10,000 local children and their families annually.

The boffo bash, co-chaired by Belle and Lily Hahn, with Xorin Balbes and Truman Davies as honorary co-chairs, benefits community education programs and initiatives, including Fun in the Sun, a national award-winning summer

Christine Moldauer with Curator Susan Tai and Curatorial Assistant Hannah Karkari (photo by Priscilla)

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Attendees at the 2023 Red Feather Ball: A Diamond Celebration (photo by Isaac Hernandez de Lipa) “People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.” — Elbert Hubbard

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Red Feather Ball co-chairs, Belle (left) and Lily Hahn, and honorary co-chairs, Truman Davies (right) and Xorin Balbes (photo by Isaac Hernandez de Lipa)

learning program, and the United Learning Center providing academic support and resources for youngsters.

The ubiquitous Geoff Green acted as emcee and auctioneer at the Merryl Brown-designed gala, with guests quaffing Fred Brander wines and diamond dust martinis in keeping with the glamorous night’s theme.

Among the feathery throng were President Steve and Amber Ortiz, Marsha Kotlyar, Rick Oshay and Teresa Kuskey, Bob and Val Montgomery, Jeff Scheraga, Tanya Thicke, Robert Ooley and Rodney Baker, David Reichert, and Aaron and Nadine Gilles.

A fun fête of many facets...

Great Performances All Around A tony triumvirate of award-winning classical musicians wowed at the Granada.

French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, 62, joined countryman Gautier Capuçon, 42, playing a 1701 Matteo Goffriller cello, and Georgia, Russianborn Lisa Batiashvili, 44, playing a 1739 Guarneri del Gesu violin, kicked off UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Great Performances series for a hugely entertaining evening of chamber music.

Capuçon’s powerful cello blended with the warm tones of Batiashvili and the finesse of Thibaudet in a program of masterpieces with Haydn’s “Piano Trio in E Major,” Ravel’s “Piano Trio in A Minor,” and Mendelssohn’s “Piano Trio No.2 in C Minor,” showcasing their individual and collaborative gifts.

It was a glorious evening to savor...

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Red Feather Ball guests included Bob and Val Montgomery, Platinum Feather Sponsors (photo

by Isaac Hernandez de Lipa)

At the Summit The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been in New York for a mental health summit, just five months after the tony twosome were involved in what was described as “a near catastrophic car chase” in Manhattan.

The event saw them join NBC Today Show host Carson Daly and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to host a panel discussion at the World Health Day Festival in their first ever in-person event for their Archewell Foundation charity.

Before arriving at the Hudson Yards event Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, paid a visit to the Marcy Lab School in Brooklyn, described as “an alternative to college” for young adults of color for successful careers in the tech sector.

Afterwards the duo winged to Canouan in the Grenadines for a Caribbean break.

Interestingly enough, the island a just a short sail from the island of Mustique, where Harry’s brother, William, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Kate, have now become regular visitors.

I sailed to the Raffles resort on Canouan for a beach lunch some years back while staying a friend’s villa on Mustique, which I have visited many times, following in the footsteps of the late Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth, who had a home, Les Jolies Eaux, overlooking Lagoon Beach.

A small world...

Callas, it will feature Opera SB favorite sopranos Eleni Calenos and Jana McIntyre singing 12 of the diva’s bestknown arias and ensembles, including selections from Norma, The Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor, Othello, and more.

In conjunction with the performances, UCSB will present a lecture called “Maria Callas: The Sacred Flame” by renowned opera scholar Helena Matheopoulos on November 8.

Evenings of high note...

Common Household Items

Geoff Green, CEO of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation for nearly nine years, is leaving for lusher financial pastures.

Geoff, an ubiquitous emcee and auctioneer at myriad local charity galas, is becoming CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits, starting in January.

Under his leadership, the SBCC Foundation has thrived and significantly grown its asset base, expanded partnerships with community-based organizations, and most importantly, provided resources that improve access and success for students at the college.

Geoff also led the creation of the SBCC Promise in 2016, a groundbreaking initiative that offers all recent local high school graduates the opportunity to attend City College full time at no cost and relies entirely on private donations.

To date, more than 7,000 students have participated.

I wish him well...

Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow has found an interesting use for her Oscar – as a doorstop!

In a video interview by Vogue the Goop founder is seen walking through her estate before passing a wooden door being propped open by the golden statuette.

Paltrow, 51, who won the Best Actress award in 1999 for her role in Shakespeare in Love, aged 25, joked: “It works perfectly!”

Arias for Maria On the heels of the opening of its season at the Granada with Bizet’s Carmen, Opera Santa Barbara returns to the Lobero with a special gala concert celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the legendary soprano Maria Callas on November 10.

The concert is presented in collaboration with UCSB’s Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies and will be repeated at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks on November 12.

Entitled La Divina: The Art of Maria

Heading to Green-er Pastures

Sightings Singer Katy Perry and a TV crew from ABC’s American Idol filming an upcoming episode on the pickle ball and tennis courts at the Montecito Club... Rocker Kenny Loggins and girlfriend, Lisa Hawkins, shopping at Pierre Lafond...

The Weakest Link host Jane Lynch at Jeannine’s on CVR. Pip! Pip!

From musings on the Royals to celebrity real estate deals, Richard Mineards is our man on the society scene and has been for more than 15 years

Classical music trio on a roll – and some strings (photo by David Bazemore)

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20

by Steven Libowitz THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 ‘Anima’ Arrives Again – Anima: Theater of the Feminine Underground is a collaborative where women employ spoken word, dance, song, and performance art to share their secrets, dreams, fantasies, revelations, rants, and life’s meaningful moments. Audience members get to share in the experience as female artists dive deep into their creative expression to explore the multitude of what “woman” really means. The theatrical evening features multi-disciplinary performances about mental health, body image, sexual abuse, sex toys, and “that’s-so-not-funny-that-it’s-funny” breakup stories, that are aimed at leaving your heart wide open. Creator Lisa Citore has combined her psychosomatic training with her backgrounds in Tantra and Goddess work in her private work as well as serving as writer-director-producer of four theater productions (The Tao of Sex, Bloodlines/Women’s Moon Stories, Riding the Dragon, and Keep it Wet). She teams with Teagan Rose, a certified Somatic Therapist (CST-L1), movement and voice teacher, actor, and multidisciplinary performer, in presenting tonight’s Anima.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Center Stage Theatre, 751 Paseo Nuevo, second floor COST: $33 in advance, $35 at the door INFO: (805) 963-0408 or https://centerstagetheater.org

Pianos on Parade – Pianos on State, the collaborative project that spurs spontaneously-created music and whimsical art into the everyday environment by placing pianos at prime corners and spots in downtown Santa Barbara, has its only pre-planned performances tonight as the annual installation comes to a close. The 3rd Annual Masq(p)arade! is a whimsical progressive-style performance parade that showcases a series of dynamic piano-based performances with shows every fifteen minutes surrounding sunset time. The pianists and other performers create 15-minute works that are presented in succession, with a brief intermission between acts to allow participants to progress up State Street to the next locale.

The bite-sized shows are geared toward engaging the audience through innovative presentations involving playful masks and the fancifully painted pianos; observers are invited to get in on the fun by wearing festive masks too. Out of the Box Theatre Company gets the show “on the road” at State & Carrillo at 5:30 pm, with additional presentations by Santa Barbara Improv, Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus, New Spain Social Club, and Brasscals as the “tour” comes to a close.

WHEN: 5:30-8 pm WHERE: State Street from Carrillo to Victoria streets COST: free INFO: (805) 679-1061 or www.pianosonstate.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 International Interdisciplinary Yuks – Born in the Philippines and raised in California, JR De Guzman began performing comedy while working as a music teacher, which, as one of his lines might go – he quickly learned it basically meant teaching Taylor Swift songs to teenagers. After exchanging musical training for invoking laughter with his words and guitar, Guzman has entertained all over the world, including performing for StandUp Tokyo and ROR Comedy in Japan, the Jokers Ball in Indonesia, and the Badaboom Comedy Series in Amsterdam among others. JR was the winner of Stand-up NBC in 2016, was named one of Variety’s Ten Comics to watch in 2022, and his debut album Dual Citizen debuted at No. 1 on both iTunes and Billboard. The comedian continues to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 Getting Back with Griffin – The quintessentially American and continuously consequential singer-songwriter Patty Griffin is a far too infrequent visitor to our fabled venues, with her scattered shows including the late and lamented Sings Like Hell at the Lobero, and UCSB’s Campbell Hall way back in 2014. Nine years later, the Grammy winner and seven-time nominee is headed back our way to share chestnuts and deep cuts from her remarkable body of work, including her recent pandemic-induced album that compiled old home recordings of previously unheard recordings that were released with tape hiss warts and all. As has been the case since she was “discovered” in a Cambridge coffeehouse open mic night 30 years ago, Griffin’s music still explores intimate moments that sooth and shatter with what The New York Times hailed as “cameo-carved songs that create complete emotional portraits,” which have prompted the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Kelly Clarkson, and Jeff Beck to offer cover versions. Illness has forced Todd Snider to cancel his opener slot, so perhaps we’ll get even more great stuff from Griffin as a result.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $55 ($105 VIP tickets includes premier seating and a pre-show reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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combine music and comedy to serenade the audience into smiles and peals of laughter with songs, jokes, and stories, including in his Later That Evening show tonight in town.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $54.50 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 ‘Turn It Out with Tiler’ in Town – Award-winning New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck exponentially expanded her audience over the past few years through her viral “Turn It Out with Tiler” classes she launched on Instagram Live to provide community connection and make ballet accessible during the pandemic. The streaming videos reached up to 15,000 participants daily, and inspired Peck to embrace the role of director with a touring version called, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, featuring innovative, handpicked repertoire by some of today’s hottest choreographers. The program includes Thousandth Orange, set to live music composed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw; an electric pas de deux choreographed by Alonzo King; a collaboration with tap star and frequent Santa Barbara visitor Michelle Dorrance; and a dynamic finale reflecting Peck’s creative partnership with choreographer William Forsythe, set to music by James Blake. In addition to Peck performing as the principal dancer, the cast includes Dorrance, So You Think You Can Dance Season 14 winner Lex Ishimoto, and L.A. native Jillian Meyers, whose work includes La La Land, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and Babylon. Tiler also recruited fellow NYC Ballet dancers India Bradley, Chun Wai Chan, Jovani Furlan, Christopher Grant, Roman Mejia, Mira Nadon, and Quinn Starner, while American Ballet Theatre’s Brooklyn Mack and Dorrance Dance company member Byron Tittle complete the cast for tonight’s West Coast premiere of the show.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $51-$106 INFO: (805) 899-2222/www.granadasb.org or (805) 893-3535/https:// artsandlectures.ucsb.edu SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 New Play for New Beginnings – With an eye towards its current focus of putting an end to veteran homelessness in Santa Barbara County, the nonprofit known

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 Unite to Light the Night – The annual two-day light art exhibition and fundraiser celebrating the power of light returns to the Community Arts Workshop to once again showcase light as not only an essential aspect of life, but also a creative medium that can bring people together. The exhibition organized around the theme of light merges art, community, and social impact into immersive experiences starting tonight with a Glow Gala, an exclusive black-tie affair on opening night featuring craft cocktails and fine food along with a guided tour by the artists plus live music. Tomorrow’s Bright Bash is more of a community gathering and party with a moderated artist talk, workshops for youth and adults, onsite eats and drinks, and music DJs and performers. Gather your friends and join us for an evening filled with art, food, dancing, and entertainment. The first part of the evening is free for the community with the multi-sensory dance party and additional interactive exhibits and experiences commencing after dark. Both events support the nonprofit Unite to Light’s mission to bring light and power to the one billion people who live without light at night.

WHEN: Glow Gala 6:30-9:30 pm tonight; Bright Bash 6 pm-12 am tomorrow WHERE: Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St. COST: Glow Gala $200; Bright Bash free until 7:30 pm, $35 general $90 VIP after 7:30 pm INFO: (805) 617-0590 www.unitetolight.org/lightthenight.html

as New Beginnings has secured a special sneak preview reading of the play War Words. Written by Michelle Kholos Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize nominated docu-play was created from the words of the men and women who served in the U.S. military during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Brooks based the piece on her interviews with various veterans, with War Words serving as a dramatic exploration of the veteran experience that captures the true, funny, heroic, and heartbreaking stories about those we brought home, and those we left behind.

The veteran director Jenny Sullivan helms the single performance of the piece in town in advance of its official world premiere in New York City at NewYorkRep starting Veterans Day weekend, which New Beginnings arranged for its annual fall theatrical fundraising event. See next week’s issue for an interview with Brooks.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria St. COST: $50-$75

INFO: (805) 963-7777 or https://sbnbcc.org/annual-benefit-2023

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WHEN: 5 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $55-$135 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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Mini Meta

Last Week’s Solution:

By Pete Muller & Frank Longo For each of the first five mini crosswords, one of the entries also serves as part of a five-word meta clue. The answer to the meta is a word or phrase (six letters or longer) hidden within the sixth mini crossword. The hidden meta answer starts in one of the squares and snakes through the grid vertically and horizontally from there (no diagonals!) without revisiting any squares.

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Down 1 Messing with lines on the screen 2 "Meet James ___" (They Might Be Giants song about a painter) 3 Pool game starter 4 Mighty partner?

5 Establishments with rest rooms?

Across 1 "That'll show ya!"

4 Give a fictionalized account?

6 Taken together 7 Many a pound dog 8 Some detergent containers

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Down 1 With 3-Down, pursue quickly 2 Onetime Turkish title 3 See 1-Down 4 Be a thief 5 Shout likely to be ignored by a thief

Down 1 Like Icee lids 2 Shrunken sea of Asia 3 Hungers 4 Collector of loose change?

5 A waiter might ask you to say it

META PUZZLE

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Across 1 Some Block parties, for short?

5 Its theme song was a #1 hit for Isaac Hayes 6 What ageusia is the loss of 7 "Straight Outta Compton" star ___ Jackson Jr. 8 Component of some necklaces

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Across 1 Downtime for Dracula 4 Brought on a bleep, maybe 6 "That's rough!"

7 Reads Braille, say 8 Up-coming link

PUZZLE #5

PUZZLE #4 1

Down 1 Picked up, in a way 2 Book that has many borders 3 Predecessor of Moses?

4 Speech therapy topic 5 Enthusiastic about

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Across 1 "Love ___ the Other Side" (2023 Fall Out Boy hit) 5 ___ lazuli (deep blue gem) 7 Like the prime minister Haitham bin Tariq 8 Word with spark or fire 9 Phishing string, for short

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Down 1 ___ Rida ("My House" rapper) 2 Skatepark fixture 3 Birthstones for Cardi B, Drake, and Eminem 4 With 6-Down, something with a negative effect?

6 See 4-Down

Across 1 Free (of) 4 Coat put on at Dunkin' Donuts 6 Opposite of leniency 7 How a sucker might feel 8 Group with the 2021 #1 hit "Permission to Dance"

Down 1 Angry drivers might fly into them 2 Big player in the polo field?

3 Augsburg article 4 You get it on when you chow down 5 Word with mailing, shopping, or waiting

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