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S tate Street Scribe – The robot-like Short Édition Short Story Dispenser has arrived in town at the Santa Barbara Public Market thanks to the Morris B. Squire Foundation

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T he Capitalist – Jeffery Harding explores why Rome collapsed, why we should use it as an example on how to preserve our civilization, and the reasons Modern Monetary Theory is a “crackpot idea”

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eer Guy – Zach Rosen heads to Montana, second in the nation for breweries per B resident, to attend the Beer Now Conference

Fortnight – Music Academy of the West’s Summer Festival takes place June 17 to August 10; Rebelution returns to Bowl; Rebecca Kleinmann at SOhO; PCPA TheaterFest summer season begins; Dancing Lessons premieres; The Alexander Project sings Hamilton songs

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What’s Hanging – Inga Guzyte’s “#rebelwomen” solo show at Sullivan Goss; Skye Gwilliam and Matt Rodriguez; Meighann Helene at SBCAST Creative Characters – Jacqueline Lopez and Michael Russer organize groups and conferences in town to spread information about medicinal uses of cannabis and other drugs; their most recent workshop was titled, “Psychedelics & Entheogens: Preparation, Integration, and Transformation”

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Lit: Squire Foundation and SB Public Market Offer Proust to Go

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rancis Ford Coppola – writer, director, producer, Brandowrangler – is a raving fan of the short story. In 1997 (for instance) he launched the much-garlanded literary and art vehicle Zoetrope: AllStory. So it was that when Coppola learned of a nutty Roald-Dahllike gizmo whose minimalist three buttons promised a new approach to literature, his famous auteur beard broke into a grin and he dove in with brio. “He’d found us through his daughter in Paris and was our first client in the U.S.,” says Kristan Leroy, export director for French publisher Short Édition. “The first installation in the U.S. was at his Café Zoetrope in San Francisco.” uh…installation…?

“It took us a year,” says Jana Brody, Program Manager of the Squire

Foundation – Santa Barbara’s artradiating power station in the foothills, and recent broker of dispensed litérature. ”But we were able to buy the machine outright thanks to a very generous grant from the Carroll Simpson Fund. We just had to figure out where to put it.”

What Jana is talking about is a machine [yes] that dispenses short stories

like gumballs. Sort of. It is presently standing demurely in a corner of the Santa Barbara Public Market awaiting your order(s). If you have picked up this Santa Barbara Sentinel from the rack just inside the Market’s Victoria Street entrance, the Dispenser is to your immediate right. Do not. Make any.

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The Capitalist

by Jeff Harding

Jeff Harding is a real estate investor and a writer on economics and finance. He is the former publisher of the Daily Capitalist, a popular economics blog. He is also an adjunct professor at SBCC. He blogs at anIndependentMind.com

How To Kill Off Civilization

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here are lots of ways to kill off a civilization. Wars, politics, economic collapse. But what are the actual mechanics? It might be a useful thing to know considering that we Americans have a civilization.

Ancient Rome is a good place to start.

They had an advanced civilization.

They had running water, sewers, flush toilets, roads, bridges, dams, concrete, an international highway system, mechanical reapers, water-powered mills, public baths, soap, banking, commerce, free trade, a legal code, a court system, science, literature, and a republican system of government.

And a strong army to enforce stability and peace (Pax Romana). They were on their way to modernity.

But Rome collapsed. I often wonder what would have happened if it hadn’t.

Could we have avoided a thousand years of the Dark Ages? Could we have been flying airplanes and driving cars in the year 1000?

What the hell happened to Rome?

Dictators. After 500 years, the famous Roman Republic ended with the dictator Julius Caesar taking power. 400 years later his progeny and usurpers ran the Empire into the ground and Rome fell to invading barbarians.

The standard explanation for Rome’s decline and fall is that they devolved into dictatorships (true). Or they became decadent and corrupt (true, but not the cause of their fall). They fell to barbarian invasions (true, but not the cause of their fall).

Rome fell because the dictators ruined the Roman economy and the institutions that had made it prosperous.

The Caesars were profligate spenders. As emperors usually do, they thought big: roads, temples, palaces, large armies, and a huge bureaucracy.

Massive government spending far outstripped revenue. They had what today we call a deficit problem.

They did two disastrous things to solve their deficit.

First, they kept raising taxes which became punitive. Onerous taxes led to tax evasion. The government’s response was to double down and implement laws that restricted economic freedoms to raise more taxes. Heavy taxes forced property owners, small

and large, off the land. Large feudal estates run by political cronies arose in their place. Laws were enacted that forced peasants into virtual serfdom.

Business owners and their children were prevented from changing jobs or towns. They had to pay taxes in gold or in kind or they would lose everything. And gold money was only lawfully available to the government,

economics.

MMTers believe that the government can cause economic growth and prosperity. They do this by various controls, regulations, and spending programs. They believe proper government spending will stimulate demand, generate consumer spending, kick-start production, and, voila! We have full employment and prosperity. Along the way we can solve various social problems.

The idea of MMT is that the government can spend/buy whatever it wants and print pieces of greenish paper to pay for it. Government doesn’t need to tax us or borrow money to do this — it can print whatever money it needs to pay for it. They instantly

monetary stability because they want no limits on their utopian schemes.

AOC’s Green New Deal is worse than the old New Deal (FDR) in that it places no limit on government’s ability to spend, which means government can command economic resources and control the direction of the economy.

MMT is the economic equivalent of the Perpetual Motion Machine – it ignores the laws of economics. It’s like asking third graders to invent money. (“I’m gonna print me a bunch of money and buy a Ferrari an’ a jet an’ all the coolest video games an’…”)

MMT is a crackpot idea. They confuse pieces of greenish paper with wealth and, as history has repeatedly

We might learn something from the experience of ancient Rome if we wish to preserve our civilization army, and bureaucrats.

Second, they debased the currency which led to inflation. It was the equivalent of printing money to pay for things. The resulting bouts of high inflation destroyed much of commerce and agriculture. Like most dictators they thought they could stop rising prices by implementing price controls, but that just led to gold and goods disappearing from the markets.

Black markets grew despite threats of capital punishment. Unemployment rose. Their large welfare system kept running out of money. Commercial, legal, and moral institutions were falling apart. Corruption was endemic.

By the time the Goths and Visigoths came along, Rome was so weakened that they could not hold back the waves of invasions. At the end, the people saw the government as the enemy and the invading barbarians as their saviors. Rome fell in 410 CE. What emerged was what we now know as the Middle Ages – it lasted for a thousand years. You know what that was like. They didn’t call it the Dark Ages for nothing.

We might learn something from the experience of ancient Rome if we wish to preserve our civilization.

There are some bad ideas that simply won’t die. Proponents of bad ideas are either ignorant of history or just ignorant. One bad idea with ancient precedents is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). MMT is the New Thing among Progressives in America.

Politicians like Alexandria OcasioCortez (AOC) and Bernie think they have discovered the Holy Grail of

solve the deficit problem. MMTers claim, with no shortage of arrogance, that they, Oz-like, can fine-tune the mechanics of how the economy is to be run and prevent inflation.

In other words, everything will be perfect, “just trust us.” It sounds too good to be true.

AOC and Bernie Sanders and their supporters heartily embrace MMT. They want to break free of old-fashioned concepts such as fiscal integrity, balanced budgets, and

proven, you can’t print your way to wealth and prosperity. There is nothing “modern” about MMT. It has been tried many times over the centuries and it has never worked. In every case where governments have printed money to pay for things, the result has been cycles of boom and bust, inflation (and hyperinflation), economic stagnation, and social disorder.

It is not unthinkable that we could go the way of Rome.

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Brewed in Montana: A Great State for Beer

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s much as I love hanging out with brewers, the beer writers are the ones I feel most at home among in the beer industry. In its tenth year, the Beer Now Conference (formerly the Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference) is the chance for the beer writers, influencers, and media folk to come together and learn a lot, but largely to drink and have fun. Although I’ve missed a few years here and there, I have been attending this conference since the very first one back in 2010 in Boulder, CO. The conference moves around the nation each year and is held in one main city with optional pre- and post-excursions around the surrounding areas offered to attendees. This year the conference was held in Great Falls, Montana, with a pre-excursion to Helena and a post-conference trip in Kalispell. Having heard so much about Montana beer (second in the nation for breweries per resident) I was excited to explore the beer scene of the state, but more than anything I couldn’t wait to see all of my old friends and make some new ones.

We started this year by making our way to Helena from Great Falls where we stopped in at Lewis & Clark Brewing Co for a quick brewery tour and tasters.

The Helena adventures began with a downtown brewery walk, heading first for beers on the rooftop of Blackfoot River Brewing Co, before making our way to Ten Mile Creek Brewery for a chat with Mike Cooney, Lieutenant Governor of Montana. He gave an impassioned speech about Montana and the role that craft beer has played in the history, economy, and tourism of the state. The evening activities wrapped up with a beer dinner at the historic Montana Club, where we learned about the history of the area alongside beer and food.

As we headed out the next morning, we stopped in at Snow Hop Brewery to meet with Becky Peppelman, the head (and only) brewer there. She had previously received a sponsorship from the Pink Boots Society, the femalefocused beer industry organization, to tour the breweries and brewing institutes of Europe. Her newfound knowledge has inspired several European-themed beers including a notable Grodziskie (gro-jeez-k’ya), an archaic Polish style

Snow Hop Brewery has the obscure-style Grodziskie, a Polish smoked wheat beer

Zach Rosen is a Certified Cicerone® and beer educator living in Santa Barbara. He uses his background in chemical engineering and the arts to seek out abstract expressions of beer and discover how beer pairs with life.

that had a hint of hickory and bacon from the 100% smoked wheat malt used to make this brew.

MALT AND MERMAIDS IN MONTANA We made our way back to Great Falls past winding rivers and countryside spotted with cows, horses, and other livestock. There was just enough time to drop off our bags at the hotel before heading to MaltEurop Malting Co. In Montana, malt is big business and 75% of malted barley in the United States comes from three states. Of the three, Idaho may be number one in malt production, but Montana is the top for seeded acres with North Dakota as a close contender in the malted barley world. These days almost no barley is ...continued p.22

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by Steven Libowitz

Look MAW!

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nyone who now doubts that the Music Academy of the West’s Summer Festival doesn’t belong among the world’s most prestigious classical performing and academic programs probably needs a reality check. I mean, the roster of artists and lineup of exciting events coming our way from June 17 to August 10 is so impressive, the festival’s publicist is able to note in an email that “there are so many incredible items to promote” without resorting to even a scintilla of hyperbole. You’ve got Year 2 of the four-year partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra raising the stakes by performing three different programs over three days in mid-July, offering the fellows and local classical music lovers a wide variety of music in several settings, including a special familyoriented Voyager concert featuring a space-themed program accompanied by a film by Victor Craven at the Granada July 12. The LSO plays a more traditional program at the same venue the following night and winds up its run with a performance alongside the fellows-powered Academy Festival Orchestra in a community concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Elsewhere in the orchestral offerings, the fellows will get guided by Marin Alsop, the music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, while MAW has also enticed Matthias Pintscher to conduct the AFO in advance of the composerconductor returning to the region to serve as Music Director of the 2020 Ojai Music Festival.

Then you’ve got possibly the most potent roster yet of Mosher Guest Artists – visiting superstars who each offer recitals and masterclasses during their residencies. Pianist PierreLaurent Aimard, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (who attended MAW in 2005), flutist Claire Chase, and double bassist Edgar Meyer, a draw in both the classical and bluegrassAmericana music circles make up that impressive list. OperaFest has morphed, at least for this year’s iteration on June 29 and July 1, into Shakespeare Salon, a cutting-edge opera, song and theater production based on the Bard’s texts that features excerpts from Falstaff, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and West Side Story.

Tell us all about your art opening, performance, dance party, book signing, sale of something we can’t live without, or event of any other kind by emailing fortnight@santabarbarasentinel.com. If our readers can go to it, look at it, eat it, or buy it, we want to know about it and will consider it for inclusion here.

Special consideration will be given to interesting, exploratory, unfamiliar, and unusual items. We give calendar preference to those who take the time to submit a picture along with their listing.

Reggae, Rebels & Rebecca

Crowded Kick Off

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ust this first week, which might be one of the more lightly-scheduled ones of the eight-week season, alone brings something in the neighborhood of 15 masterclasses, which serve as the backbone of the festival for the fellows and their fans. But it also offers the veteran Takács Quartet performing an opening night program of Haydn’s Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 “ The Bird”; Bartok’s No. 4, Sz. 91; and Grieg’s No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 the night before they show up to lead the chamber music masterclass barely 18 hours later.

MAW is also diving deeper throughout the summer into the community outreach efforts that include a wide variety of ancillary events including book clubs, film screenings, art lectures, and more, all tied to the West Coast premiere of a new operatic adaptation of Cold Mountain performed in early August, plus more screenings and readings in the area of space exploration and space sciences at Santa Barbara Public Libraries and at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Palmer Observatory and Gladwin Planetarium. Details on all the music and, ahem, MAW can be found online at www.musicacdemy. org, or call (805) 969-8787.

What do Isla Vista-birthed reggae rockers Rebelution share with Brazilian jazz-tinged North Carolinaborn flutist Rebecca Kleinmann?

Nothing at all, save perhaps that both honed their sound here in town and each has a penchant for mixing in influences gleaned from countries beyond our borders. I just wanted to put them in the same item. Rebelution has been big sellers in the reggae world since 2004 and even got a Grammy nomination for the album Falling Into Place. It’s likely the ganja will be going strong when the band returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday, June 16, perhaps even some of their own stuff via Reb’s customized cannabis oil battery pen, herb vaporizer and oil.

Meanwhile, Kleinmann – who earned degrees in both jazz and Spanish then traveled extensively to immerse herself in the cultures of flamenco, tango and Brazilian music – is coming back to SOhO the following evening, Monday, June 17, with Quarteto Jacare, her current collaboration with drummer Rafael Barata, bassist Scott Thompson, and guitarist Rafael Amarante, a foursome that features original music by all the band members as well as new takes on Brazilian classics. We’re thinking that you won’t need any substances to set your head spinning.

Write Stuff

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t’s not too late to join fellow scribes and wanna-be authors at the still-thriving Santa Barbara Writers Conference, which back in the day served as a home away from home for “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz and sci-fi specialist Ray Bradbury, and gave an early boost to local actress-author Fannie Flagg. The six-day beachside words bash -- which

was born at the Miramar Hotel and bounced around a bunch after it closed for a decade-and-a-half before landing at the Santa Barbara Hyatt -- takes place June 16-21, and is geared toward helping writers improve their craft, find support and make lifelong connections via 30-plus writing workshops, panels, speakers, agents and more. But you don’t have to plunk down $699 for the whole enchilada, as now there’s also one-day tickets for $150 (and you can stay up all night at the “Pirate” workshops). Even more economical are the daily speaker events, when you can hear words of wisdom and possibly rub shoulders with the likes of Lisa See, who is slated to receive the Ross Macdonald Literary Award on June 16; Stephen Markley, whose new novel, “Ohio”, depicts an American generation fumbling through disillusionment and a turbulent new age of war, addiction, political unrest, and unemployment on June 18; or National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey C. Stewart on June 20. Plus panels covering agents, marketing and new books and genres. Tickets for those are just $15 each. Visit www.sbwriters.com, call (805) 568-1516, or email info@ sbwriters.com.

Marinating in Musicals

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usicals, save perhaps for groundbreaking historical efforts such as Hamilton, are often fairly frothy fare, weaving melodies and dance numbers into plot points and generally toning down the ask for attention.

Which is why they’re perfect for summer, especially outdoors, and even more so at the Solvang Festival Theater, the magical venue smack in the heart of the Danish-themed village. First up in PCPA TheaterFest summer season is A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, which took home Best Musical and three other wins at the 2014 Tony Awards. Brad Carroll directs the area debut of the “knock-‘em-dead” (groan) comedy that finds a distant heir to a family fortune trying to jump the line of succession by “eliminating” the eight relatives who stand in his way. The plan also requires juggling the affections of his married mistress plus a distant cousin, with the extra added attraction of all of the victims to be played by one actor (Andy Philpot).

Guide’s June 13-30 run is followed by fellow Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, which brings together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley for a concert-oriented show that boasts more than 20 hit songs and a whole lotta shakin’ over its residency July 5-28. The ...continued p.17

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WHAT’SHANGING? with Ted Mills Ted Mills is a local writer, filmmaker, artist, and podcaster on the arts. You can listen to him at www.funkzonepodcast.com. He currently has a seismically dubious stack of books by his bed. Have an upcoming show you’d like us to know about? Please email: tedmills@gmail.com

KNOWNS, UNKNOWNS, AND SIMPLY HANGABLE

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ear readers, your usual gallery and publicist keep shows/website updates close to their chest here in SB, so while this ish covers quite a lot of weeks, there are more known knowns closer to now than later. We do know, for example, that First Thursday will be on Friday this July 5 (because of the holiday) but will return to regular scheduled programming on August 1.

There will also be a Funk Zone Art Walk on July 19. And we also know art won’t fall out of favor and disappear from the earth. So with those caveats, here’s What’s Hanging.

KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE (SKATE) PARK

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or thousands of years many cultures did not consider the psychoactive compounds found in plants as “drugs,” but rather medicine to heal ailments or as a vehicle to induce altered states so that they could speak to their respective Gods. Hemp is mentioned often in the Bible and psilocybin, the active compound in “magic mushrooms,” was known to be used in sacred Greek rituals. There are currently 33 states in the U.S. that have laws allowing the medical use of cannabis, and regardless of one’s feelings of it for recreational use, there have been some fairly evident benefits of its use in everything from cancer patients to sufferers of seizures and chronic pain. With Denver and most recently Oakland decriminalizing natural hallucinogens like psilocybin mushrooms and peyote, many of these compounds are no longer being considered the fuel of hippies and dropouts but taken seriously as a method for naturally healing conditions like PTSD, ADHD, and depression without the use of highly processed pharmaceuticals.

Of course, these discussions are best led by medical professionals who can give those interested in pursuing these natural treatments the proper education and guidance required. Jacqueline Lopez and her life partner Michael Russer, a two-time survivor of cancer, have taken up this mantle in Santa Barbara by organizing workshops and conferences around town with some of the top professionals in the industry. Jacqueline had long been interested in the discussion around near-death experiences and when

she heard of a meetup group at the Unity of Santa Barbara she wanted to go to it. A self-diagnosed sufferer of “date dyslexia,” she visited Unity on the wrong day of the week and happened to meet Michael by serendipity.

They have been together ever since and when Michael was diagnosed with two forms of cancer they began to search for alternative treatments and lifestyles.

Their search for natural options included a change in diet, dropping processed foods and switching over to local and organic ingredients from the farmers market. This was a big change for both of them. Jacqueline came from South America where they eat beef “from Monday to Monday” and Michael grew up in a third-generation meat-packing family from Rochester, New York.

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to experience “ego death” before dying through the use of psychedelics. They attended a conference with the esteemed Professor Martin Ball of Southern Oregon University where they learned more about these natural medicines.

While there they met a shaman who performed ceremonies on federally protected Native American land where these ancient healing practices could be performed in traditional ceremonies guided by knowledgeable healers. Both of them were completely changed from their time spent with the shamans and Jacqueline felt blessed to have experienced these healing ceremonies and wanted to share more information about these traditional practices with those in need of these treatments. While educational programs and discussion groups can be found in other cities around California like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, there was nothing like this being offered in Santa Barbara. She began organizing groups in town and conferences to spread this information to a bigger audience including a Plant Food & Medicine Conference at SBCC and the most recent four-hour workshop, “Psychedelics & Entheogens: Preparation, Integration, and Transformation” at Unity of Santa Barbara.

I recently attended the Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Conference & Expo that took place this past May to learn about current topics in the medical cannabis industry. It was held in the Veterans Memorial Building along Cabrillo Street and when first entering the building it was easy to see that the attendees were focused on medical solutions of cannabis and not recreational use. The average age was above fifty and there were many there who were clearly pursuing cannabis for their own health needs. Throughout the day I learned about a wide range of topics. In the informative talk, “Medical Cannabis and Your Health: From Improving Your Day to Saving Your Life” from the accomplished Stacy J. Shymansky, Founder and CEO of Medicine Women Consulting, LLC, we learned about the array of cannabinoids used in medical practices.

Just to scratch the surface, there are

at least 113 known cannabinoid compounds, of which THC and CBD represent only two.

“Cannabis 101: The Plant, Your Body and How It All Works” was presented by regulatory specialist Liz Rogan, founder of The Cannabis Business Council of Santa Barbara County. The audience was informed on different forms of cannabis and all about the endocannabinoid system found in the human body. Cannabinoids are found in a range of plants and because the cannabinoid containing parts of the plant are often the flower buds, and therefore most aromatic part of the plants, animals would feast on these compounds. In turn, humans would eat these animals and get a steady supply of cannabinoids in their diet. This is why the human body evolved to have a bodywide system to process cannabinoids.

Since modern food is often grown in factories and fed with nutrient deficient corn and soy, humans are not receiving a steady supply of cannabinoids in their diet like they used to, often resulting in a cannabinoid deficiency.

Since the approval of Proposition 64 in 2016 that allowed recreational use of cannabis in California, there has been much more debate on its economic impact and where those funds should go. There have also been some very reasonable concerns about its effect on air quality and other environmental impacts. These are complex conversations that still need much data and debate.

However, one widely accepted fact is that the cannabis plant has many medicinal applications and offers a natural treatment for those in true need of healing. Some of the pharmaceutical treatments for ailments like chronic pain, PTSD, and depression have often been associated with more severe side effects than cannabis, including death. With cannabis becoming more prominent in our culture, it is becoming increasingly more important to have open discussions of its use and education to assist the public. Thankfully we have Jacqueline and Michael to help us in that department.

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“flight of the caffeinated bumblebee” world. They believe they may have hit on something, as they curate original fiction, purvey public domain classics, and even pay out residuals to authors whose original short works they publish and whose work is dispensed around the globe via the charming magic of the SESSD. Many of these artists are previously unknown. Some may soon hail from Santa Barbara. “We are first and foremost a platform for writers around the world to showcase and share their work,” says Short Édition’s Kristan Leroy. “We are not vending machine sellers but the creators of ‘button fiction,’ wherein we offer passersby a quick chance to read, discover, and have a bit of take-away on their daily journey. We attempt to build a more poetic world. Thanks to our clients like the Squire Foundation, we offer an art form for free.” The Short Story Dispenser may just be Short Édition’s penultimate realization of its lit-minus-the-sit model.

HOW IT WORKS It works like this: you push a button and a short work of fiction emerges from the grimacing yap of what seconds before had seemed a cold, if attractively appointed, machine. Okay? No money is transacted. This is the Free Art part.

The Squire Foundation got word of the Short Story Dispenser when one of its number read a NYT article about it, in 2018. Gears started turning, Squire’s generous and art-besotted Grantor fronted the resources, and a ball got rolling. Once having acquired the actual machine (yeah, it’s as odd and thrilling an idea as it sounds), Squire, in the person of the indefatigable, alldoing, and just shy of omnipresent Jana Brody, sought a home for the Dispenser in Santa Barbara. Ideally that would be a place whose patrons typically spend time waiting for something to arrive; a food order, a train, Cutty one rock, your reluctant date.

(as they say); out comes a short work of fiction on a scroll of eco-friendly, certified FSC and BPA-free paper that uses no ink and no cartridge. As for the Robot Army concern, this ‘bot is one of us – a squishy emotional font.

Squire’s Jana Brody, far right, and scroll-clutching Exec Director Ashley Hollister joined by Squire staff at ribbon-cutting

“I think it was Sarah York Rubin of the Arts Commission who suggested, ‘why don’t you try Marge (Cafarelli)?’”

Jana says. “‘She owns the Santa Barbara Public Market, she’s big in the arts community’…” Jana pitched to Marge.

“And she loved it!” Jana and her Squire colleagues were stoked at The Public Market’s perfect fit, what with its diverse patrons gabbing and gesturing and hanging around waiting for their cauliflower tacos and other delectable whatnot. As the Short Édition content writers state on their site, “The Short Story Dispenser offers intellectual breaks to enchant readers, while enabling businesses with lengthy wait times to improve upon their customer experience.” All of which is inarguable.

Jana had a thought about how best to spread these riches around the American Riviera. “My initial vision, since I’m the public outreach manager for Squire, had been to outreach it.

You know, let someplace have it for two months and then move it around.”

But Marge of the Public Market had her own vision and pounced, asking if her uptown foodie bazaar could host SESSD for a solid year, which in the event began with the April 2 ribboncutting. “We said okay!” Jana exults, laughing. “We also knew having it stay in one place that long meant we could

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do the research, see the peak hours, see how the one-minute story fared versus the three- and five-minute stories…”

A huge database in France contains an even one gazillion stories and poems, and the genre and type of dispensed literature may be tailored by Squire at this end to best accommodate the venue. No Henry Miller will emerge from your Public Market buttonpushing, for example.

LEX UX We know what you’re thinking.

“What does it look like, and might it join the cold-hearted but warlike robot army now gathering strength to our common doom?” The Short Édition Short Story Dispenser (SESSD) is a gorgeous, graduated cylinder standing about four feet tall and topped by a canted control panel whose childishly simple user interface consists of three big illuminated buttons. They are labeled “1 min,” “3 min,” and “5 min” – delineating and announcing the duration of the read about to be dispensed, in the manner of much digital content consumed these days by a reading public reluctant to partake of an Immersion In Living Language® without the promise of a proximal exit. Beneath the ergonomically canted button panel is a stylized horizontal slot like a stern, lipsticked mouth. When you look at the dispenser head-on what you see is a three-eyed even-tempered clown.

Select your preferred story duration, press the appropriate button and voila!

SQUIRE ON FIRE Morris B. Squire – painter, sculptor, and pioneering psychologist – retired from a wildly successful professional life with liquidity-o-plenty and one modest remaining ambition: to foster individual and cultural creativity as a means of bettering the world. In 2009 he created Santa Barbara’s Morris B. Squire Foundation (SqF), a nonprofit fueled in part by the fruits of his success. SqF’s Artist in Residence program, public art shows, poetry readings, pottery classes – SqF wants to save the world through our collectively empowered right brain. Since this is the 21st century, it seems only natural that SqF should pivot to a machine with a bookworm’s heart. The issue now is getting everyone else to make the same pivot. Squire Foundation’s Jana Brody is seeing to it.

“One day – before a show I was seeing at the Vic – I sat at the Market, watching,” she says with a furtive grin.

“And I thought ‘gee, there’s so many people walking by and not pushing the button!’ But the people who were pushing it were really smiling as they walked off. So I’m like ‘okay.’ When I got up to walk across the street to the theater, I purposely let my printout hang down. I wanted to see if people would say ‘Hey! What’s that?’ Some people did, and I said ‘Oh... what, this? You should check out what they have across the street at the Public Market!”

Kristan Leroy had a similar moment, wandering confusedly up State Street with a Samsonite millstone, having just flown in from – you know – France? “As I walked up with my luggage this guy asked if I was lost, and I told him I was on my way to the SB Public Market. He directed me, then said ‘don’t forget to look for the coolest idea I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a short story machine. I printed ten and read them aloud to my friends in the bar tonight.’”

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Addams Family musical settles in August 2-25 before the only non-musical (but still hilariously impeccably metered) The Importance of Being Earnest closes out the season August 29-September 8. For details and tickets, call (805) 922-8313 or visit www.pcpa.org.

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peaking of Hamilton, that humongous Broadway hit musical won’t be showing up on our local stages any time soon as the official national tour won’t get any closer than San Francisco, and even that’s not until next February. But June 22 does bring The Alexander Project, “a dedicated tribute to the powerful music of Hamilton,” to the Lobero for a one-off show. The “gritty hip-hop throw-down” employs a live band and vocalists to bring to life selections spanning the entire catalog of music from the Original Cast Recordings, The Hamilton Mixtape, and Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamildrops.

The production features actors fresh off runs with pop musicals including The Book Of Mormon, In The Heights, Big Band Beat, December 63, Evita, and others, including Ryan Alvarado, who originated the first National Tour of Hamilton: An American Musical as the alternate for Alexander Hamilton

and standby for Aaron Burr and King George III. But the producers also take pains to proclaim that “This show has no ties to the original Broadway production and only aims to bring this important music to the masses.”

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Mark spends much of his time wandering Santa Barbara and environs, enjoying the simple things that come his way.

A show here, a benefit there, he is generally out and about and typically has a good time. He says that he writes “when he feels the urge” and doesn’t want his identity known for fear of an experience that is “less than authentic.” So he remains at large, roaming the town, having fun. Be warned.

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t’s disappointing that after spending just shy of three decades at Live Oak Camp just 15 minutes up the San Marcos Pass, the Live Oak Music Festival has moved back to San Luis Obispo County, whence it originated for just two years in the mid-1980. Sure, the festival supports benefits KCBX Public Radio, which is headquartered in SLO, so we’re imagining they’re happy to be back home. On the other hand, the dang thing wasn’t even called Live Oak until it moved down here to the so-named camp.

So there’s that part of me that thinks, “If you’re going to take back your festival, you can’t take the name with you!”

But then again, the beach towns and its folks were awfully nice to us South Coasters when many of us migrated en masse as part of the seemingly monthslong evacuations during the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow two winters ago. Can’t begrudge them reclaiming

something for themselves. And as pretty as Live Oak is with its canopy of oak trees and stunning backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains and river, this 31st annual festival’s new locale at El Chorro Regional Park is also a beautiful setting, with SLO County’s iconic volcanic peaks, the Morros, as the backdrop.

Most importantly, of course, the threeday fest remains a terrific event, a (still) much-closer-to-home mini-Strawberry Music Festival or poor man’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The programmers are still booking lots of the same players, including Friday headliner Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones as well as Ventura’s own Phil Salazar and the Kin Folk. (Apparently the 90-minute longer drive is worth it when you’re getting paid and allowed access to the wine and beer taps.) There are also some intriguing first-timers such as Afrobeat band, the Cuban big band

Antibalas Orquesta Akokán, and Brett Dennen, the singer-songwriter who just played the Lobero late last month.

The indie folk trio T Sisters and singersongwriter John Craigie are also on the bill, also having just appeared in our clubs. If you’re up for the journey, you can get details, line-up and way more stuff including tickets and camping passes online at www.liveoakfest.org.

I’LL FOLLOW THE SUN As for me, I think I’ll be staying right here in town over that weekend, June 2123, seeing as it’s the same time as Santa Barbara’s Summer Solstice Celebration.

Back in the few years that the events conflicted, it wasn’t a big deal to go back and forth halfway up the mountain and back. Not gonna happen now. The parade itself, which begins at high noon on the Saturday closest to the actual day of solstice, June 22 this year, still appeals a quarter-century after I witnessed my first one because of its unbridled creativity, ephemeral nature, and organic rules of no live animals, motors, or signs. Especially since 2019 has the theme of “Wonder,” an all-encompassing word that evokes all sorts of next level associations in my ADHD-riddled mind. Consider, for example, that wonder could mean awe, or astonishment, or pondering.

Or it could conjure the great Motownbred singer Stevie Wonder – one could dress as “Sir Duke,” or concoct a float all about “Suspicion.” Personally, I’m toying with the idea of marching up lower State Street, or maybe just wandering around Alameda Park, with a giant blank journal, and asking folks to inscribe a line or two about what the word “Love” means to them, compiling my very own literary version of the ‘60s rock song “The Book of Love.” As in, “I wonder, wonder who, who, who wrote the book of love.” (Yes, I know it’s a stretch. But that’s my brain when it’s not on drugs.)

Visit www.solsticeparade.com for all the info, including how you can participate, even if you can’t come up with any ideas (and don’t want to steal one of mine), by joining in at the ongoing workshop.

STOKE THE WORLD Back at Live Oak Camp, the site serves as host of a brand new event which has me all interested just by the title alone, so much so that I’m good with the fact that the event represents another San Luis organization schlepping down the 101 and halfway down the pass to hang out in the campground by Lake Casitas.

(I doubt it’s a direct replacement, more likely a case of easy go, easy come.)

The Stoke the World Gathering, slated for June 28-30, is an immersive, participatory weekend-long music, arts and community-building experience for

people to cultivate connection.

The festival grew out of an idea from SLO resident Greg Junell, who came up with the concept of creating and renting pods of fun-ready equipment and supplies to make it easier for others to fashion parties, events, and other cool gatherings in the spirit of fostering connection. But after he was diagnosed with late-stage cancer, he asked his friends to throw a big party for those that knew and loved him to spread the positive vibe and to “Be a Lighter for Others’ Lamps.” The wake at Pozo Saloon, dubbed “Stoke the World,” spanned a full weekend and featured workshops, art, music, and communitybuilding sessions. Wanting to carry the idea into the future, Jean Mussen Balsz founded the California nonprofit Stoke the World to bring together a group of similarly inspired people to help put this goal of lighting people’s lamps into real practice.

The initial World Gathering in late June features four stages of music, workshops and more spread over three days and two nights. But, it’s “more than an invitation to have an amazing experience. It’s about creating that experience for yourself and our Stoke community – both at the event and beyond.” It’s meant to be a place where artists and performers can share their passions, where skilled and knowledgeable members of the community are provided a platform to share their wisdom while gaining new experiences in turn, and where people from all over can come together to learn and grow in an environment of mutual respect, community-building and – most importantly – fun. Visit http:// stoketheworld.org/music for details, STW’s mission statement, musical lineup and passes, which run $20-$110 plus camping and parking.

STILL WITH US There was much of note (pun intended) to take away when twentysomething singer-songwriters showed up at Center of the Heart in early June to celebrate the release of Be Here Now, a 40-song double-CD tribute to Robinson Eikenberry. Not in the least of which were the heartfelt messages in both story and song to the longtime Santa Barbara producer-engineer-songwriter and coach-colleague-cohort who died unexpectedly on July 4, 2017. Spines tingled, tears flowed, hugs abounded.

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Tracks typically begin with a long “lift hill” followed by a big drop that leads to a series of loops. Lately, I have found myself answering the commonly asked “How are you?” with a reference to fastening my seat belt, because I feel like I am on the twisting, turning, sometimes the upside-down world of the end-of-the-school-year.

It happens at the beginning of the school year too, that is when the ride takes off and we climb the “lift hill” as the kids’ schedules shift from summer’s blank slate and quickly peak to a maximum. At the end of the school year, I just hold on for dear life – sometimes screaming, sometimes laughing.

Every other day there is some sort of culmination, play, performance, recital, or project due. It’s as if each teacher and instructor must have a grand finale.

The kids definitely have their harnesses strapped. Especially my eighth grader, Elli.

Eighth grade has a great deal more loop-de-loops in the end. This is because it’s the consummation of the lower and middle school years. In our case, Elli is graduating from an Independent Kindergarten through 8th-grade school and moving on to the high school level.

To finish 8th grade, students need to create a force that demonstrates the end of one era and that will propel them into the upper grades. Roller coasters use potential energy that is converted into kinetic when needed; if ever a time that energy is required, the end of 8th grade would be it. Elli isn’t a child anymore, she is a young adult and this entails more demands. And hormones.

Did I already mention screaming?

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I can’t say that Elli’s transition from child to teen has been smooth. In the past year, I have found myself reading a plethora of parenting books and attending parent workshops. There was a lull in the need for parenting manuals during those mid-range years (from say age 5-12) when, in retrospect, it felt easy.

The infant years are taxing because you simply don’t know what you’re doing.

Unexpectedly, I found the same panicky feelings resurfacing during the teenage years. There have been many moments when my husband and I have looked at each other with a complete loss of how to handle the situation. Enter the revival of parental education.

“How do I talk to my teen?” “How much freedom do I give them?” “What do I do about all of the crazy emotional outbursts?” The questions began to spring up like weeds. One after another. Along with the questions came moments of turbulence, confusion, excitement, and sometimes pure pain.

Did we electively board this ride?

Eighth graders do have a great deal of pressure to handle. Beyond finalizing all of their work, they also must pick a high school to attend. I believe that it is beneficial for young adults to be able to manage their own lives. Independence is gained through direct experience. I also feel that young adults these days have a lot more stress than we did back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I didn’t have a choice of high schools; in my tiny hometown there was one school and you either attended or not. Elli toured over eight different schools and academies before going through a rigorous application process. It truly resembled what I did to get into UCSB decades ago.

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is my phrase for phone collection. I manage that device constantly. Do I know what I’m doing? Absolutely not. But I do know that I am here to be Elli’s parent and not necessarily her friend. This might be the hardest role to uphold. I believe I already mentioned pain. It hurts to stand your ground.

WON’T YOU STAY THIS LITTLE? The other day, after dropping both girls off at the same school (which is going to end soon), I pulled out of the parking lot and realized I was still listening to Elli’s playlist. As I went to change it, an old number from Taylor Swift came on called “Never Grow Up.” The tears sprung from my eyes. Elli had titled the playlist “Comforting Songs.”

T Swift was the first real concert that we attended with Elli. For years, she had posters and CDs and an obsession. It’s all gone from Elli’s room now; T Swift was swept out with the transition into a teen. Driving along, it dawned on me that maybe T Swift wasn’t totally gone.

Listening to “Oh darling, don’t you ever grow up,” I smiled through my tears and realized that my baby was still in there under the teenage cover. A Billie Eilish song came on next and I quickly shut it down.

It’s inevitable – kids grow. Parents age.

Graduations happen. As we step up and out of the lower school years, we are excited (and nervous) about the future.

Just as important, we will take moments for reflection on all the stairs that led us to this point. Elli is a bright, calm, and kind young woman. She loves to write, listen to music, and draw. While

most of these activities now take place behind her closed door, down deep she is the same baby girl we raised and know. I make a conscious effort to go and sit in her room, just sit, until she decides to talk to me. Sometimes she simply asks me to leave, but other times she will share her sketches, poems, or questions about schoolwork and life. It takes patience, but when it happens the reward is genuine.

When engineers design roller coasters, they take into consideration a need for balance between speed, height, and safety. If the ride is built to be too fast, the experience will be too intense. If there are too many loops and turns, it will be nauseating. As we enter into fullblown teenage years, I’m planning on tightening my harness and hoping for a balanced ride. And with every ride, there will be moments when all you can do is throw your hands in the air, close your eyes, and let go.

BRIANA’S BEST BET This past fall we went on tour – high school tours were a weekly event.

Santa Barbara has so many options for young adults and it truly depends on your child’s interests. Some of the best academies and schools that we toured were: Laguna Blanca High School, Cate School, the AAPLE Academy at San Marcos High School, the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy, and the International Baccalaureate Program at Dos Pueblos High School. Again, these are all very specific to student interests, but we were very impressed by these programs.

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podcasting by Chris Luecke of Pubcast Worldwide to my own talk, “ReImagining Beer: Crafting a New Voice for the Industry” that discussed how to break out of traditional dialogues with beer and discover more creative approaches to writing, social media, and beer events. A few of us wrapped the festivities up Saturday night by taking a break from beer and grabbing a cocktail at Elevation 3330. We found this lively local bar past office spaces on the second floor of a building and finished the evening with the gripping ginger bite of a Kentucky Mule to refresh the mind before heading to bed.

The Beer Now Conference included a pre-excursion to Helena where we met with Montana Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney

primarily grown for feed, having been surpassed by the soy and corn industries, and most of the barley in the country is destined for malting to supply breweries and distilleries with their grain of choice. We spent the afternoon outside the massive factory learning about the malting process and industry as trucks passed by, dropping off loads of barley to be malted. The final crescendo of the night was a stop off at the infamous Sip ‘n Dip Bar where you can grab a brew or cocktail while watching mermaids swim around a tank, waving at the customers as they sip on their drinks in this dark and dive-y bar.

Cold Smoke seemed like one of the more well-rounded versions with the other particularly popular Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Co Mountain Man Scotch Ale having a cleaner finish. One of the other novelty items found in the state is huckleberries and you better believe they find themselves in beer (among a slew of other items). The aroma of this fruit is somewhere between a blueberry and boysenberry. Among those I tasted, the Wild Huckleberry Wheat Lager from Great Northern Brewing Co had a ripe huckleberry aroma floating atop a light honeysuckle and fresh baked bread flavor.

MONTANA SCOTCH With the emphasis on malt in the state there are many more malt-forward beer styles brewed in Montana than you find along the West Coast. One of the novelties of Montana is the proliferation of Scottish and Scotch ale styles. These malt-centric styles often focus on a sweet caramel theme with accents of a coffee bean toastiness and peated smoke undertone. Arguably one of the reasons for the wide spread of this style (besides being in malting country) is the popularity of Cold Smoke Scotch Ale from KettleHouse Brewing Co, which really put Montana beer on the map (along with the massive Big Sky Brewing Co). I tried as many of these Scotch ales as I could during my travels and found every one of them notably better than the ones found in California. Among the ones I tried,

AT BEER NOW NOW The Beer Now Conference officially began Friday morning and after a welcome from the organizers, each year traditionally starts with an update on the current stats and trends of the industry from the one-and-only Julia Herz of CraftBeer.com and the Brewers Association. Julia being Julia, the presentation was a positive affair (despite some of the turmoil we’ve seen the past year) full of stats and trends that precisely (and clearly) followed the past year’s movements of this monumental industry. Some of the things to note, consumers are making healthier choices, which may or may not be related to the rising popularity of non-alcoholic, low calorie, and hard seltzers we’ve seen over the past year. The conference presentations span Friday and Saturday with a wave of information. From

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creating a better website to malting innovations there are far too many details to document here but check my personal site PairBeer.com for further details on the presentations.

The keynote speech was from the talented Josh Noel of the Chicago Tribune and author of Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuzer-Busch and How Craft Beer Became Big Business. His talk covered his origins in beer writing and findings from studying the major buyouts by ABInbev as they have slowly purchased key parts of the industry including RateBeer. com, Northern Brewer homebrewing supplies, and their founding of the new beer lifestyle magazine, October, among others. The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) has been a strong supporter of the conference and this year featured a great presentation by stats master Lester Jones, Chief Economist of the NBWA, that covered the beer industry in both a historical and current context with numbers and laughs to support the story. Chimay was one of the key sponsors this year and we got a chance to learn about their history and process while tasting their range of beers and a sampling of Le Grande Classique, one of their beer washed cheeses that has soft flavors of grass and sweet buttercream. A key highlight of this year was a pairing by Cheeses of Europe and Julia Herz that covered six beer and cheese pairings.

The presentations also include smaller talks from the attendees like the “Lightning Talks,” quick five-minute presentations of 20 slides on a 15-second timer, that cover topics like cask ales

by Owen Ogletree of Brewtopia or cooperatively owned breweries from Andrew Bieber of CyclingCicerone. com. There were also four 30-minute presentations that ranged from

GLACIERS, TAXIDERMY & BEER Early Sunday morning we jumped on a bus and headed to Glacier National Park. We munched on a brown bag lunch while listening to a park ranger inform us about the awe-inspiring facts of this stunning area before heading off to a boat tour. After days of drinking, the soft lapping of water and cool wind kissing my face brought a moment of rest and peace as I gazed out on pristine forests and snow-capped mountains.

We left the park and made our way to Kalispell to jump back into the fray of beer.

We began at SunRift Beer Co, a brewery with definite local vibes, before making our way to Kalispell Brewing Company that had a strong focus on (and good execution of ) the German styles, including a helles bock with spiced honey maltiness. Next on the path was Bias Brewing Co that had a rather delicious coconut stout slushie.

The whirlwind downtown tour ended with a private event at the historic Kalispell Public School House. The walls of this brick building were lined with taxidermy animals, old National Geographic issues, and other antiques where we spent the evening drinking brews from the eight breweries found in the Flathead Valley and listening to an enthralling conversation between some of the most influential beer people in the area. We finished this year’s adventures in the iconic Moose’s Saloon where there were peanut covered floors, Budweiser lamps, and no hogwash from the bartender. Exhausted and full of beer and cheer we made our way back to the hotel for a round of final goodbyes and hugs.

It is always inspiring to be part of an industry that is doing so much good for every area it is in. This year we got to see how the Montana community has rallied behind its impressive beer scene. But as with every year, the best part of attending this conference is the time you get to spend with the other attendees.

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is about to blow up big time, much like her friend David Flores. Working in her favorite medium, carved up skateboards, Guzyte has created a series of portraits of righteous female figures, from Lady Gaga to Michelle Obama, from AOC to Malala. The detail is astounding, and I’m not sure where she’s going to go after this, but the show – through July 23 – is essential viewing...Sullivan Goss will also be showing their “Summer Salon” (through July 21) a curated selection of their favorites, living and dead: Meredith Brooks Abbot, Colin Campbell Cooper, Lockwood de Forest, and more.

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he second appearance of Inga Guzyte is in “The Long Game”, along with Claudia Borfiga, Barbara Parmet, and Blakeney Sanford, in a show curated by Charles Donelan, the Independent’s art critic. Guzyte’s work here is a selection of her landscapes, along with Sanford’s towering blue cocoon, Borfiga’s witty prints, and Parmet’s staggering large form cyanotype. All have to be seen in person to do ‘em justice, and if anything that’s Donelan’s point.

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he Glenn Dallas Gallery (927 State St.) continues to fascinate, with its numerous nooks and crannies and often baffling assortment of art.

It has the funkiest vibe on anything on State, and part of that I think is down to Laila Alamiri, whose tastes run pretty eclectic. Right now she is hanging large canvases by Marlyn Dagget (one of my faves in the FunkZone) and Lisa Trivell (from SBCAST), but on July 20 she opens “Stardust and Satisfaction: Art & Music”. As of this writing, Alamiri is still doing a call for artists, so I have

noooo idea who will be hanging, but I’ll tell you this: you will want to be at the opening.

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In the last 18 years, Margaret Landreau has accumulated 13 years of serving on the Board of Directors of Santa Barbara County arts-related nonprofits and has worked as a freelance arts writer for 10 years. She creates her own art in her Carpinteria studio.

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lmost every day of the week, Marlyn Daggett can be found in her studio.

Or outside of it, if she’s painting one of her 8’ by 6’ oil paintings. When the tour guides bring groups from the lower State Street hotels to the studios in the Funk Zone, she is a destination not to be missed, and visitors listen to her stories of her artwork and inspirations and clap with delight. Her smallest paintings are 30” x 40”, and she wants to go even larger than 8’ x 6’.

An art major with a BA in studio art and a digital art certificate from UCSB, Daggett lived for many years in Sacramento and the Bay Area before returning here and finding a studio to work out of. She has worked in sculpture, drawing, printmaking, digital graphics, and oil painting. She worked for Pueblo Radiology building digital websites for them. She has

painted a series on wooden doors, but currently she primarily works in oils on canvas and likens her recent figurative works to German Abstract Expressionism.

Since her sales and commissions have taken off, she explains she “just can’t stop painting.” Daggett paints in many layers and will often begin with positive affirmations, words and phrases that become obscured by additional layers of paint, partially or completely hiding them. Having discovered transparent UV pigments she uses aqua, red, and blue that “charge” during exposure to light and can be revealed when exposed to UV light. She will often be working on two or three large canvases at a time, shifting to another while paint is drying on one. She gives her work more texture by scribing and scratching through the

layers of paint to bring covered parts to the surface. Often after painting them she will blend figures and faces to be less realistic. The themes of hidden mysteries and things partially obscured are prevalent throughout her works.

Daggett shares, “I am an artist and have finally figured out that it’s not a dirty word. I’ve figured out that it’s okay to be myself, and I did it through art.

It’s given me faith in myself, helped me believe in and accept myself, and that it’s okay to be an artist. I have forgiven myself for being a full-time artist. I’m the happiest I’ve been in my life, it’s great and wild. Being an artist is amazing – really amazing.”

See Daggett’s works at 10 West Gallery May 30 through June 30, at Glenn Dallas Gallery from May 2 to July 5, and at The Impact Hub and her studio in the Funk Zone at 111C1, at MarlynDaggett on Instagram, and at MarlynDaggett.com. Contact her at (415) 269-0690 or info@ Marlynd.com.

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GOODBYE BOAT LIFE: PART 2 The stranger looked at Astrologer, pointing out various spots while Jason nodded in agreement. Not wanting to interrupt them as I neared, I smiled while scooting past to climb aboard and continue packing. As if on cue, Jason popped in the cabin. A knot appeared in my stomach which, five seconds ago, was not there. He informed me that the stranger’s name was Greg, and as Jason picked up a box of animals crackers, I leaned against the counter to brace myself for what was next. “It’s crazy,” he said, throwing a gorilla cookie into his mouth. “I think he’s interested in buying the boat.”

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o… how did this happen?” I said, swallowing the knot which had now traveled to my throat. Jason threw another animal cookie into his mouth, unfazed. A giraffe, I think. “Greg approached me and said he’s been looking for a small sailboat with a cabin tall enough to stand in. We’re about the same height,” he said, polishing off another cookie. “So, he’s coming back with his friend in an hour for a tour.” Shoulders slumped, I nodded and shuffled to the v-berth to finish packing.

I thought back to the first moment I stepped on Astrologer (and maybe you’ll understand what I mean). Sometimes, when you visit a place or meet a new person,

Astrologer was more than a boat. She was irreplaceable. it feels familiar like you’ve connected before in some parallel universe. That’s how it was on Astrologer. When I climbed into the cabin for the first time, it immediately felt like home. Like all the adventures we were about to have were already inside of me, waiting to be relived. From that moment, the adventures began even before we left the dock: A winter in Washington, complete with snow, rain, howling winds, and a bout of depression (me) broke us in as a couple. And sailing from Washington into the Pacific, along the coast of Oregon and California, from the top to the bottom of the Baja peninsula, into the Sea of Cortez, and down the mainland coast of Mexico solidified our strong partnership. Sailboat life became an identity. We were a “boat couple” and Astrologer was our second mate. The experiences we had on this little vessel – rough seas, learning to live together in a small space, the tricks of finding alone time when you’re out at sea, and the emotional places we’d visit in between – was our first home together. So, it wasn’t just selling a boat for me. It was the end of a huge chapter of our life together. Astrologer was more than a boat.

She was irreplaceable.

Yet, at the same time, I realized how selfish it is to keep her to ourselves when we didn’t plan to live full time on her anymore. And to think of her rotting away in a boatyard only pained my heart more than letting her go. Astrologer was meant to be loved and enjoyed. Even if I wasn’t onboard.

Greg came back with his friend the next day and as Jason showed them around, I sat on deck. I’d chime in with tips for the radio and how we only filled the water tank with filtered water. Jason pointed out the weather cloths lining the cockpit and port light covers I sewed. As the men checked the engine, I climbed under the boom, silently wishing the boat goodbye. Less than an hour after the tour, Greg came back to make an offer. But while Greg and I kicked around small talk waiting for Jason to return from taking another load to the van, I couldn’t help but be skeptical. How could you not be of someone who is interested in buying your home? But right at the moment in our conversation when I thought that Greg and I had nothing in common, he said something that made me realize we were actually on the same page. He said that life is like a big puzzle, and each person you meet and each experience we have are the little pieces that complete the full picture. As he looked towards the horizon, he told me Astrologer was a sign for him, a serendipitous moment he’d been waiting for. At that moment, my heart unclenched. You know the saying, if you love something, set it free? Well, as Jason and I shook Greg’s hand later that day to seal the deal, that’s exactly what I did.

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appy Canyon Vineyard in Santa Ynez presents the 8th Annual Polo Classic benefiting People Helping People with champagne, fancy hats, beautiful horses, and highly skilled polo players. Three tiers of entertainment are offered with a VIP Tent, Club Seating, and General Admission. At the conclusion of the featured match, an awards ceremony is conducted at midfield for guests to gather, mingle with the players, and view the presentations of the perpetual winner’s trophy, Carlos Gracida Sportsmanship Award, Best Playing String of Ponies, and Best Playing Pony.

10:30 am VIP Champagne Reception and Junior Player Polo Match Begins 11:00 General Admission and Club Seating Gates Open 11:15 am Women’s Polo Match Begins 12:15 -1:15 pm VIP and Club Luncheon Served 1:15 pm Colors and Teams Presented 1:30 pm Feature Polo Match Begins 1:45 pm 1st Intermission and Divot Stomp 2:15 pm 2nd Intermission and Hat Contest Winners Announced 2:45 pm Match Ends 3:00 pm Presentation of Awards VIP tickets are $275 and include priority parking, tented seating and dining, champagne and appetizer reception, entertainment, three-course luncheon, goody bag, silent auction, and hat contest. All guests are invited to dress for the occasion, with creative hats for the ladies encouraged.

When: Saturday, June 29 from 11 am to 4 pm Where: Piocho Ranch, 1100 Secretariat Drive in Happy Canyon in Santa Ynez Cost: $15 for general admission to $275 for VIP package Info: (805) 686-0295, visit www.syvpoloclassic.com. All tickets can be purchased with bus transportation from stops within the Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande, and Westlake. Prices for transportation are posted on the ticketing website and vary by point of embarkation.

PEAKE RANCH VINEYARD OPENS ocated on the eastern end of the Sta. Rita Hills AVA tucked into a picturesque corner of the southeastern quadrant of Santa Barbara’s Santa Rita Hills on Santa Rosa Road, Peake Ranch is a 105-acre parcel with 50 acres of vines. The plantings include seven different clones of Pinot Noir, three clones of Chardonnay and two each of Syrah and Grenache. The plantings are all along a hill that covers most of the ranch, exposing the vines to the cool air that comes off the Pacific and into the Santa Ynez Valley.

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second location, Osteria Grappolo, in early May in Solvang. Osteria Grappolo is now serving authentic Italian fare every day for lunch and dinner When: Monday through Thursday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm for lunch; dinner from 5 pm to close everyday Where: 1546 Mission Drive in Solvang Info: (805) 688-8281 PAINTING IN THE VINEYARD AT ANDREW MURRAY rab a glass, a paintbrush, and step into the vineyard. Gypsy Studios invites you to join them at the beautiful, stress-free environment of Santa Ynez Valley Vineyards to sip and toast with estate vino while capturing the scenery on canvas.

Walk away with a masterpiece to commemorate the occasion. A trained artist will walk new and experienced painters through the entire painting process step-bystep. No previous painting experience necessary.

When: Sunday, June 30, 11 am to 2 pm Where: Lincourt Vineyard, 1711 Alamo Pintado Road in Solvang Cost: $65 per painter – includes a full tasting of Andrew Murray Vineyard wine, a souvenir wine glass and all the supplies necessary to create your landscape Info: GypsyStudiosArt.com/events/ for more information

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GOING FOR GOLD IN GREEN – ZERO WASTE he Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has become the first casino in the United States to earn TRUE© (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste certification from Green Business Certification Inc. Through innovative recycling programs and community partnerships, the Chumash Casino Resort diverts more than 90 percent of its waste stream from landfills.

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O’Connor Pest Control works with local bee keepers to save bees. For a modest charge to set up the rescue, our technicians can retrieve the queen and the hive into safe containers with appropriate screening to allow the bee keeper to arrive later to pick up the bees. A win-win situation for people and mother nature.

Vino Vaqueros Horseback Riding Private Horseback Riding with or without Wine Tasting in The Santa Ynez Valley Call or Click for Information and Reservations (805) 944-0493 www.vinovaqueros.com Currently, there are more than 120 TRUE-certified projects throughout the U.S., but the Chumash Casino Resort is one of just 11 to be certified at the Silver level.

In addition to becoming the first casino to earn this distinction, it is also the first in Indian Country and the first in Santa Barbara County.

“As the original stewards of the Santa Ynez Valley, our tribe understands the importance of minimizing our impact on the environment by any means necessary, and this is a source of pride for our tribal members and all of the employees at the Chumash Casino Resort who have remained dedicated as we sought to achieve our zero waste goal,” says Tribal Chairman Kenneth Kahn.

To reach its ambitious goal of 90 percent waste diversion, the Chumash Casino Resort’s participated in extensive in-house recycling efforts including: CARE (Cups Are REcyclable): Styrofoam cups are collected, compressed and sent to the Dart Container Corp., which reprocesses Polystyrene (PE No. 6) into picture frames, crown molding and other products.

TerraCycle: Trenton, New Jersey- based company buys discarded cigarette butts and turns them into plastic shipping pallets, park benches, picnic tables, and other products.

Veggie Rescue: Santa Ynez-based nonprofit collects excess produce from farmers markets and prepared food from the Chumash Casino Resort then distributes it directly to those in need.

Engel & Gray: Santa Maria-based company accepts landscape trimmings and pre-consumer food scraps that are composted into an organic tropical mix and sold as Harvest Blend Compost.

Clean the World: Orlando, Florida-based nonprofit sterilizes and reprocesses used hotel amenities (soap, shower gel, shampoo) and sends them as part of hygiene kits to countries in need.

Textile Waste Solutions: Santa Barbara-based company takes used uniforms and transforms the material into industrial wiping cloths.

Frontline International: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based company accepts cooking oil waste and transforms it into bio-diesel.

One of the highlights of the waste diversion program has been the partnership with Veggie Rescue, which accepted more than four tons – 8,478 pounds – of prepared food from the Chumash Casino Resort buffet in 2018 for use at a senior center in Buellton and its Meals on Wheels program.

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