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FUNK ZONE THE LATEST HOTSPOT TO OPEN IN THE FUNK ZONE IS A MEXICAN EATERY, TEQUILA BAR, TAPROOM, AND SOON-TO-BE BREAKFAST JOINT CALLED THE PROJECT. CHEF RAMON VELAZQUEZ BRINGS HIS EXPERIENCE AS FORMER CHEF AT ARIGATO AND CURRENT OWNER OF CORAZON COCINA IN THE PUBLIC MARKET, AND TEAMS UP WITH BAKER EILEEN FOSTER RANDALL AND AWARD-WINNING MIXOLOGIST SEAN SEPULVEDA TO PULL OFF A HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED RESTAURANT OPENING (STORY BEGINS ON P. 5)

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In the Zone – The Funk Zone welcomes The Project, Chef Ramon Velazquez’s newest restaurant The Capitalist – Jeff Harding scrutinizes Andy Puzder’s support of the Trump Administration’s trade wars with China Plan B – Briana Westmacott and her family embark on a European summer adventure, visiting France and The Netherlands The Fortnight – A look at upcoming rock and country shows and dance performances around town What’s Hanging? – Youth Interactive presents “Birds and The Mechanical Age”; Santa Barbara Museum of Art photography exhibition; MCA’s Curated Cocktails night; Annual Teen Arts Mentorship Exhibition; Chris Stone shows photographs; UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture architecture-based shows; 18th Annual Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour; “Mixology: Classical and Contemporary Combinations” at Sullivan Goss On Art – Suzie Richards went from dyeing batik fabrics to fine jewelrymaking; catch her at Carpinteria’s Linda Fairly Art Center and the Artwalk on the Boardwalk this November State Street Scribe – What’s the deal with the line at McConnell’s? Why do parking attendants threaten your life when you try to insert your own ticket into the kiosk? Since when did so many foot massage places exist? The State Street Scribe is here to ask hypothetical questions you may or may not have ever wondered.

Man About Town – Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ 18th Annual Open Studios Tour; Funk Zone Art Walk; Free Classes Week 2019 at Carrillo Recreation Center; Mind, Body & Soul presentation series; AfterParty at MOXI Museum; Big Bouncy House America I Heart SB – Elizabeth Rose shares her knowledge of things you should know if you find yourself in a romantic relationship with a commercial fisherman SYV Snapshot – Events taking place in the Santa Ynez Valley this month include the annual Los Alamos Valley Old Days festival, and a new hospitality venture featuring a wine-tasting room and eatery

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A NEW HEARTBEAT IN THE FUNK ZONE

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hef Ramon Velazquez’s new restaurant, The Project, is instantly one of the hottest new places to eat, drink, and hang in Santa Barbara.

The founder of Corazon Cocina has collaborated with Goleta’s beloved Captain Fatty’s Brewery and their distinctive, ever-changing craft beers to add a truly distinctive, affordable and cool new offering in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone. Velazquez’s Corazon Cocina, bringing unique flavors from all over Mexico, has already made its mark on cuisine in Santa Barbara. With The Project, Chef Ramon extends his vision of what his epicurean Mexican gastronomy can be.

The Project at 214 State Street is so many things at once it is difficult to put everything in one sentence. It’s a curated Tequila and Mescal bar, a bustling restaurant with table service and an epicurean wine list and will soon be a much-needed breakfast location,

Ramon Velazquez and Eileen Foster Randall team up for The Project, the Funk Zone’s newest eatery and taproom

creating a new heartbeat in the Funk Zone.

Situated at State and Yanonali, the gateway to Santa Barbara that is the historic seat of the Chumash, the building has a history as a fish processing location with a little restaurant at the street front. Over the years with many additions and remodels the location had become an awkward space that resulted in a near constant turnover of restaurant ventures.

Architect Kevin Moore, in collaboration with Chef Velazquez, has discovered the spatial key to the

site and developed a design that is comfortable, expansive, and practical.

What had been a dysfunctional cluster of rooms has flow, light, and harmony, all contributing to what has become an immediate smash hit. Moore has been responsible for several recent designs: Modern Times, Satellite, and Shaker Mill. He specializes in creating lively open spaces that are part of the lower State Street revitalization.

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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

These New Conservatives Are Destabilizing World Order

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ndy Puzder has emerged as the latest apologist for the Trump Administration, unashamedly praising Trump’s disastrous trade wars. Mr. Puzder is the former CEO of CKE Restaurants (Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s). In 2016 he was proposed to be Secretary of Labor in the Trump Administration, but he didn’t make the cut due to false #MeToo allegations.

CKE had its headquarters here in Santa Barbara before they moved to Tennessee.

Mr. Puzder now spends most of his public life writing articles and books that flatter President Trump and criticize the Left for ignoring how wonderful everything is under the Trump Administration. Usually people who do this are aiming at political office or a spot on Fox. His latest articles praise Trump’s trade war against China. They border on the bizarre for a person claiming to support free markets and free trade, but not surprising for a wannabe media star.

His most recent egregious article came from Fox News where he urged Americans to be patriotic and back President Trump on his latest threat to further ratchet up tariffs on Chinese imports. Mr. Puzder sees the trade war as America’s valiant struggle to reform China’s communist regime. He calls our relationship with China “corrupt” because we have let Americans buy Chinese-made products. He says: “Throughout this 30-year period, China’s government has exploited the situation, using its leverage over American companies to steal their intellectual property. China has also used its leverage over American consumers and our elected representatives to make us look the other way as it puts American businesses out of business with abusive trade practices.”

Like a politician, Mr. Puzder twists the facts, purposefully obfuscates the real issues, and appeals to patriotism to justify what is in essence Trump’s war on American consumers and exporters.

This trade war is not about China, nor intellectual property theft, nor Americans getting screwed by China.

It’s about politics. Trump is a one-

dimensional megalomaniac who believes his anti-free trade and antiChina policies will get him re-elected.

Painting China as a menace is just a cheap political shot. He doesn’t care that the fallout harms American consumers, manufacturers, exporters, and farmers, as well as our trading

before he opines beyond his expertise.

Mr. Puzder then labels China as a currency manipulator as justification for raising tariffs. That is a joke since the U.S. is one of the world’s biggest currency manipulators. We keep devaluing the dollar, and, since the dollar is the world’s reserve currency, China needs to maintain its parity with the dollar so they can function in international trade. The chaos caused

by Trump is hitting all currencies hard; China is just marking to the market.

He claims that China is destroying American jobs. If so, why is U.S. employment at an all-time high?

If China has destroyed U.S. manufacturing, why has manufacturing

Free trade and economic liberalization have made life much better for the average Chinese citizen. That is good for the world – countries are less likely to declare war on trading partners, partners whose citizens are benefited by the relationship. What we should be doing is promoting economic welfare with China, not economic warfare. Trump’s trade policies are destabilizing the world and a less stable world is a more dangerous world.

China isn’t the enemy here, it’s Trump and America Firsters like Mr. Puzder. His brand of Hobbesian conservatism wants to hold the reins (and whip) of power. George Will in a recent column put it nicely:

This trade war is not about China, nor intellectual property theft, nor Americans getting screwed by China. It’s about politics. partners, and destabilizes the world, making it a more dangerous place.

Mr. Puzder claims to be a free market guy, but he favors massive government intervention to put “America” ahead of “China” in what he sees as a “national competition.” And he gets everything wrong, proving he is just another right-wing America Firster. His new brand of conservatism is more like pre-Enlightenment conservativism which favored a central government with absolute powers. Our Founders thoroughly rejected this concept.

First of all, there is no “national competition” with China. “America” doesn’t do business with “China” – individual American companies do business with individual Chinese companies. That’s why it’s called free trade. It doesn’t matter that “China” doesn’t “play fair” by subsidizing businesses which export to the U.S. Who benefits from this “unfairness”?

It is us, American consumers who have access to cheaper products which makes all of us more prosperous. Who is harmed? Chinese citizens who see their government use their hardearned taxes to subsidize inefficient companies.

To punish these Commies, Mr. Puzder approves punishing Americans by raising tariffs on Chinese imports.

These tariffs are a tax on us: we pay more for these products and are poorer as a result. This is stuff Adam Smith figured out in 1776. I guess Mr. Puzder never heard of comparative advantage and how free trade makes everyone better off. He ought to read Wealth of Nations

in real dollars been about the same 12%-13% of GDP since 1947? Puzder is resorting to false narratives to get the attention of the Trump media claque.

Yes, the Peoples Republic of China is a repressive, corrupt totalitarian state.

But it’s not America’s job to break the regime. History has proven that those kinds of policies haven’t worked well in the past.

If you really want to take the regime down, trade with China would help.

“America’s current administration has ‘national conservatives.’ They advocate unprecedented expansion of government in order to purge America of excessive respect for market forces, and to affirm robust confidence in government as a social engineer allocating wealth and opportunity.

They call themselves conservatives, perhaps because they loathe progressives, although they seem not to remember why.”

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PLANB by Briana Westmacott When Briana isn’t lecturing for her writing courses at UCSB and SBCC, she contributes to The Santa Barbara Skinny, Wake & Wander and Flutter Magazine. Along with her passion for writing and all things Santa Barbara, much of her time is spent multitasking through her days as a mother, wife, sister, want-to-be chef and travel junky.

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SHIFTING GEARS

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e travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves.” – Pico Iyer We were in a manual four-door Peugeot in the middle of France when I decided I should take the wheel. My family and I had enjoyed a dinner that included frog legs and fondue alongside a creek in the countryside of Burgundy when I declared my desire to drive our French ride back to the hotel. My husband looked at me questionably, “Really?”

“Yes, of course,” I replied as I reflected on learning to drive on a stick shift thirty years ago. What the hell, it’s like riding a bike right?

I pushed my foot down on the clutch and jumped into first gear (not gracefully by any means), and within a few shifts, I was managing that Peugeot without a problem. In fact, the clutch moments only intensified my want to get that thing onto the highway to see what it had to give. Unfortunately, those

country roads only allowed me to get into fourth gear (with much hesitation from my family), but that was enough.

I had shifted.

HIT THE ROAD While Santa Barbara is a paradise, every year I plot and plan on how to leave. You see, I’m addicted to travel.

There it is. I admit it. I spend months figuring out how to get out there in the world. Because it’s moments like this when I can drive a stick shift on a back road of Burgundy after eating frog legs, when the shift happens.

This summer’s trip began differently than years past. We usually set off as a unit, my husband and I and our two girls. We started this tradition when our girls were young and we haven’t stopped: Asia, Europe, Central, and North America… thus far. This year, my mom joined us for the first leg of the adventure in Paris; a city she has had on

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her bucket list.

Nana flew from her hometown in Northern California to Los Angeles to connect with our flight and surprise my kids in the airport. The plan was for her to walk up to us and simply say hello at the gate to our flight. However, we now have a teenager in our brood and due to her attent listening skills, she was well aware of the plan in advance. Nana surprised our youngest and we all set off for France.

Paris, the city of love. My husband and I had been before we had the kids. We decided to begin our summer travel with a week here since our oldest daughter is slightly obsessed with the city. As a gift for her 8th-grade graduation, we wrapped a travel book with ribbons and gave a fourteen-year-old girl her dream: a ticket to Paris.

Seven days in Paris is a lot and also nowhere near enough. I’m not sure if seven years in Paris would be enough.

We toured and ate and walked and drank. Beyond a couple of predictable rude French waiters, the people were kind and lovely to us. We took my mom and kids to museums, restaurants, Monet’s garden, Van Gogh’s grave, and the Eiffel Tower at midnight. It was unforgettable.

We checked out of our Paris apartment and took my mom to the airport. She caught a flight home and we picked up a Peugeot and headed southeast to the French Alps. Lake Annecy was our next stop. Putting words to Annecy is not easy. It was hands-down the most beautiful lakeside village I have ever seen. Nestled on the edge of the Alps is this translucent lake with canals that stretch through a picture-perfect old town. I told people it was like we were living in a postcard. Spending a summer here is now on my bucket list because our six days were not enough.

We left Annecy and made our way

back up to Paris to catch a bullet train to Amsterdam. We hit rain and a big fiasco trying to return the car to the airport which almost caused us to miss our train. The kids got a good dose of the stress that travel can cause as we dashed through the train station with only minutes to spare. Hurry up to wait, that has become our motto on travel days.

As we stepped out into the streets of Amsterdam from its Grand Central Station, our eyes widened. The city is spectacular, with canals swirling through unparalleled architectural design. We made our way to a houseboat/barge I had booked for us on the canal in the Jordaan district. We embarked (literally) on a new experience as we settled into our floating home.

Watching the city go by from the rooftop of our barge gave us a good picture of Dutch life and culture. Lots of bikes interspersed with many smiles.

We loved the healthy markets, vintage shops, modern art, and the entertaining stories the Dutch people told. It all felt warm and friendly. This was our final stop on this summer’s trip.

For us, there is a difference between vacation and travel. I’ve surmised that vacation turns into travel around the two-week mark – there is a shift. Home becomes where you are at the moment and where you will go next, not where you came from. You stop trying to see and do everything and you start to feel the place where you are at. It’s my favorite part of the journey.

September has us shifting into an entirely new gear; our oldest, Elli, is entering high school and Lila starts middle school. This will be a big transition for the girls with different structure, schedules, and a whole new school for Elli. Once we get going in the right direction with school, I’m going to start mapping out our next travel adventure.

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S aturday S epte mb e r 21 st Music Academ y o f the W e st 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Live Music • Live and Silent Auctions Hors d’oeuvres • Wine & Beer You are invited to the Gaviota Coast Conservancy special event on Saturday afternoon, September 21st at Santa Barbara’s gorgeous Music Academy of the West Gaviota Coast Conservancy (GCC) is a Santa Barbara based conservation organization that has been actively protecting 76 miles of coast stretching from Coal Oil Point Reserve to Point Conception for more than 20 years. The Gaviota Coast is a globally significant bioregion with features qualifying it as a National Seashore.

In 2017 the biggest privately-owned ranch on the Gaviota Coast was preserved in perpetuity by philanthropists Jack and Laura Dangermond. The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, now under the direction of Michael Bell and The Nature Conservancy, protects 24,500 acres of the Cojo-Jalama Ranches (aka Bixby Ranch), with spectacular, undeveloped and largely undisturbed lands. We are thrilled to be honoring these two outstanding conservation heroes at our upcoming September event with the Coastal Legacy 2019 Award.

Michael Bell, Director, The Dangermond Preserve, will be accepting the award on their behalf.

GCC has been holding the line on Gaviota Coast development since our inception in 1996, working with farm and ranch owners to keep land in productive agriculture, and keeping the coast open for the public to explore and enjoy for generations to come.

Join us at this fabulous event to protect the last rural stretch of undeveloped SoCal coastline.

Live and Silent Auction items so far: Chris Potter original painting, “El Capitan Panorama,”; Jack Johnson personally signed Ukulele and songbook; three nights in San Francisco Pied-a-terre; a plethora of Patagonia gear; GCC Guided Hike for eight; Dogtown-The Legend of the Z-Boys by CR Stecyk III, Glen Friedman, signed by alumni Zephyr Skate Team, donated by Team Member Peggy Oki; and more. Follow us on Facebook to discover more auction items and other announcements as they come in. http://www.GaviotaCoastConservancy.org/2019legacy Like us on

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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.

Rock On

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o you have any idea how many worthy – even to my jaded ears – rock, pop, singer-songwriter, or jazz concerts take place over the scope of a month in Santa Barbara? Particularly one that marks the beginning of a new season, one that sees students return to campuses? Yikes, it’s exhausting just to contemplate, and beyond burdensome to attempt to be comprehensive in providing a preview. I mean, I can get free press tickets to the vast majority of them, and I doubt I’ll be at more than a handful. But (with an eye on our advertisers, current and future), you should go to as many as possible. Yes, absolutely. Get your tickets now!

But it’s my job to at least try to highlight a healthy handful or so, and mention as many as makes sense. So here’s where you might find me this month, in some sort of chronological by venue or genre order. The operatically-gifted pop singer Josh Groban makes his area debut at the Santa Barbara Bowl on September 5, which would be worth seeing if only to enjoy his longtime musical director Tariqh Akoni – a San Marcos graduate who has done quite well for himself, and, having returned to town, plays lots of local benefit gigs – getting to perform on stage at his favorite venue where he saw so many concerts growing up. Also coming to the amphitheater: singersongwriter/producer Maggie Rogers on Sept 17, Dire Straits turned solo artist Mark Knopfler on September 20, the still-wondrous even though only half their front-men are still alive Steely Dan on September 24, the great Gary Clark Jr. on September 27, and the somehow

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ageless Rod Stewart in an oh-yeah-I’min Night of Hits Tour on September 28.

Time of the Season

The “wow are we lucky to live in such a cool and artistically active small town that we get bigger shows than most cities our size can attract” department is headlined by the pairing of Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson, this time highlighting songs from the underrated Smile album and more, with The Zombies, the ‘60s band that made Odessey and Oracle, the most fascinating studio album that sounds

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concerts to benefit a local nonprofit when he returns to join the SBCC Music Department student band at the Lobero on Sept 14. Steve Miller, who does not live in town but is a longtime friend and client of Santa Barbarabased Seymour Duncan, returns to the Lobero for the pick makers’ annual benefit concert supporting Notes For Notes organization on September 24.

That’s also where you’ll find the New Age/flamenco guitarist Ottmar Liebert on September 15, and the brilliant jazz-fusion guitarist Al DiMeola on September 25. The Lobero is also where we first heard the incredible sibling songs and heavenly harmonies of The Brother Brothers in the final offering from the late and lamented Sings Like Hell series earlier this year. The boys return to SOhO on September 18. Which is also where you can catch singer-songwriter Peter Bradley Adams on September 13, and the veteran Boston folkie Ellis Paul on September 26.

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like Wilson might have produced it.

The group with three original members will play the entire album in sequence along with other hits at the September 8 show at the Arlington. That’s also where you find folk-funk-reggae artist Ben Harper on September 13, while the “My goodness, how is he still so active and compelling at his age?” singer Tony Bennett performs on Sept 17.

Time of their Lives

Michael McDonald, of the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan and a ton of solo hits fame, plays one of his frequent

More opportunities for classic rock in concert includes veteran soul/R&B singer Gladys Knight at the Chumash Casino’s showroom in Santa Ynez on September 6, War at the outdoor Libbey Bowl in Ojai on September 7, and a tribute show to two of rock’s founding geniuses in a show called “Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream Tour” at the Granada on September 26.

Multiple Music Fests Commence with Country

But wait, there’s more! Not uses for a Ginsu knife – more non-classical concerts with multiple artists over a weekend day or more. First up is the inaugural Santa Barbara Country Music Festival, featuring performances

by Hunter Hayes, Devin Dawson, Savannah Burrows, and Honey County, along with a huge dance floor, a K-HAY DJ playing between live sets all day, a huge beer garden, 10 food trucks, 40 vendors, and a kids area. The event takes place on September 8, just a week after the Pacific Coast Open closes high-goal polo season at the club, so hopefully they’ve had enough time to patch up the divots created by fast-turning horses and hard-swinging mallets before us humans tear up the field again. Visit www.santabarbaracmf. com. (More of the twangy-pop stuff at the Boots & Brews Country Music Festival! – Ventura on September 21.)

Acoustic Alchemy

Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association’s inaugural weekend conference a couple of years back gave

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way to the Wooden Hall Concerts, a series of performances at the historic Alhecama Theatre downtown over many months. Now the SBAMA has basically combined the two, kicking off the new series SBAcoustic with a weekend event on September 14-15 that starts with an intimate show of fine handmade artisanal steel and nylon, resonator and harp guitars and ukuleles by their luthier creators on September 14 at the New Vic, followed by an evening concert at the venue by Alex deGrassi and Andrew York. On September 15, deGrassi and York are joined by Carl Veheyen for a series of workshops at the Alhecama before Veheyen, the former lead guitarist for Supertramp, and Dave Marotta present “Blues from My Front Porch” at the theater that night. Then the Wooden Hall Concerts series continues periodically through December 14, including a gypsy jazz show with Smith, Stephan & Hoffman on September 21.

Details, etc. at http://sbama.org.

Ojai Outing and Ventura Ventures

It will almost feel like you never left town at the annual Topa Mountain Music Festival, which takes over Libbey Bowl on September 21 with a roster of artists almost all of whom have played

SOhO or the Lobero multiple times in the recent past, including Brett Dennen, Marc Broussard, Mother Hips, Bryan Titus, with the Brambles, the Timmy Curran Band. Rev. Tall Tree and Quincy Coleman. Except, of course, they’ll be outdoors under a nearby canopy of oak trees, with the mountains that give the festival its name a short distance away, and it’s a benefit for Stand Up To Cancer and the Glioblastoma Foundation.

Details and tickets at https:// topamountainmusicfest.org.

Music is so much in charge this month that even the Rubicon Theatre’s entry for the season is an updated encore run of last year’s world premiere of I Dig Rock and Roll Music, featuring an all new cast in the sequel to Lonesome Traveler, which premiered at Rubicon in 2013 and transferred Off-Broadway, earning Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations. Dig’s celebration of folk-rock then and now digs in for a September 11-29 run at the Rubicon.

Info at (805) 667-2900 or www. rubicontheatre.org.

Classical Corner

the West’s Summer Festival in midAugust. Thankfully, Camerata Pacifica is always the first to pick up the slack.

The ensemble launches Year 2 of its fascinating Beethoven Project at Hahn Hall on September 13. Call (805) 8848410 or visit www.cameratapacifica.org.

Dance Dimensions

There’s almost nothing in the arts I enjoy more than being able to witness the creative process. That’s why I love master classes at the Music Academy of the West, watching staged readings of plays-in-progress or talking with filmmakers before a final edit screens.

That’s also why I’ve often availed myself of the opportunity the last few years to attend DANCEworks’ weekly Friday Club, a rare opportunity to see a choreographer create an ambitious new work over a residency of a month, complete with rehearsals and discussions.

This year’s behind-the-scenes peek has been especially rewarding as the multiple award-winning choreographer and director Doug Varone and his New York City-based company have showed more of the nuts-and-bolts of ho w they do what they do than the previous years’ groups.

And what they’re doing this time around is creating an original work of

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contemporary dance set to Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical score of West Side Story in which Varone has stripped the orchestral score of its narrative connotations to reimagine the movements purely on the choreographic energy generated by its sounds and musical structure. It’s been beyond fascinating to watch it happen in real time, with the movements and interactions coming off as completely compelling. And given Varone’s pedigree – his commissions include the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Limón Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Batsheva Dance Company among zillions of other accomplishments – the “finished” product should be well worth seeing.

The premiere of the new work, called Somewhere, will be accompanied by an updated “Lux,” which was created during an earlier Santa Barbara residency (Varone was in residence as part of DANCEworks’ pre-cursor SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara in 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2007). The shows at the Lobero Theatre take place on September 6-7, and it’s your very last chance to check out the program as founder and Executive Director Dianne Vapnek will retire after this season.

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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

BACK IN ACTION

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ope you all enjoyed your summer!

School’s back in session and so is the art scene. September features a jampacked First Thursday on the 5th (my birthday! hey!) and the Funk Zone Art Walk on the 20th. That’s plenty of time to get out, socialize, have a cocktail, and you know, buy some art, why dontcha!

CLOCKWORK BUDGIE

James Hodgson creates beautiful bird paintings straight outta Audubon; Max Neufeldt has made assemblage since the pop-art 1960s. I don’t know if these two great tastes go great together, but stop

by Youth Interactive (1219 State Street) on September 5 to find out. We haven’t mentioned a YI opening for months, so I’m glad to see them back in the art game. “Birds and The Mechanical Age” runs through the end of the month.

TO THE MOON AND BACK

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of

the photography curation at our Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1130 State Street), and any new exhibit to feature such is on my immediate list. Next Sunday, September 8, the Museum unveils “Salt & Silver: Early Photography, 1840-1860.” Named after the salted paper print process used to make photographs at that time, this traveling collection from the Wilson Centre for Photography features over 40 artists from their travels all over the world. As with all photographs, you need to see them up close. (Your instagram ain’t gonna cut it.)

Staying with the museum but opening later on September 29, it’s The Observable Universe: Visualizing the Cosmos in Art. This Space Age-themed show of celestial art reminds me a lot of a previous moon-y show from years back, and that was spectacular. Using works from their permanent collection

as well as loans from other institutions, this show runs through February 16.

PATIO MELT

We haven’t really mentioned Brian Rochefort’s ceramic work at the MCA (Paseo Nuevo), weirdo, melting cups, plates, and lordknowswhatelse that look like the blob compared to a teacup.

MCA’s Curated Cocktails night on September 5 will give you a last chance to see it before it leaves town. KCRW’s DJ Jose Galvan will also be spinning out on the patio. 7 to 9 pm.

LET’S SEE THAT PORTFOLIO

One of the Arts Fund’s missions is to match teen artists with mentors to help develop skills and a portfolio.

And they’ve been doing it for 26 years now. The Annual Teen Arts Mentorship Exhibition opens September 20, 5-8 pm at the Fund’s Community Gallery (205 Santa Barbara Street) and features a selection of works created under the following mentors: Demi Bolsteri (painting), Yuliya Lennon (oil painting), Barbara Lason (printmaking), Joyce Wilson (alternative process photography), and Jamie Dufek’s (portfolio prep).

Students are from a range of middle and high schools around the county.

LAND OF THE RISING STONE

I’ve known Chris Stone for many years as we always stop for a chat during various art walks and gallery events.

Recently he’s been traveling to Japan for business, and apparently he was also taking beautiful photos along the way. “The Japanese Series” is a selection of prints from his travels printed on metal. He’s showing alongside work from I.Niemand Amalgamated, works

by Dug Uyesaka, and handmade jewelry by Shelley Woods at Shelly’s Vintage Collection (28 East Canon Perdido).

IN EVERY DREAM HOME

UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum kicks off fall with three architecture-based shows on September 28 that all run through December 8.

J.R. Davidson was a European emigré who continued to the classic Californian modern look, such as the Stothart House and the Thomas Mann House; Isabelle Greene was a Santa Barbarabased former botanist who went on to design over 100 gardens in her 40year career; filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have created a series of humorous documentaries that focus on mundane daily life in some of the most iconic homes of Southern California.

The films run through December. A full schedule is available at www.museum. ucsb.edu/news/feature/786.

TREASURE MAP

Starting August 31, the 18th Annual Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour allows art lovers to tour the home studios of 35 of our city’s most prominent artists, see how they work, nose about their selection of brushes and paint brands, and get sweet deals buying directly from the source. Tickets cost $50 for individuals, $40 for groups of two or more, and Monday (the last day) is free.

Pick up tickets and the all-important map at Santa Barbara Fine Art (1324 State Street) today and get out there!

ON THE ROCKS

Fancy a cocktail? Sullivan Goss’ September show is “Mixology: Classical and Contemporary Combinations,” a dive into their deep collection to make some interesting pairings of old and new artists, each pair based around a cocktail like a Negroni or a Manhattan. Thirsty?

Nearby neighbors The Good Lion will be pouring cocktails at a no-host bar. I’ll be having mine straight up! Opening reception: Sep 5, 5 - 8 pm. Runs thru Oct 30. 11 E. Anapamu.

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ON ART

by Margaret Landreau

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.

SUZIE RICHARDS, FINE JEWELER

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ocal Carpinteria jeweler Suzie Richards believes the fun she and her mother had creating art influenced her ability to express herself throughout her life. As a teenager she sold her first acrylic painting while still in high school. She went on to own Batik International for 17 years, a company that created batik fabrics by applying wax-resist in her own patterns and designs onto fabrics and then dyeing the fabric. She then used the batik fabrics to design tablecloths, pillows, dresses, and clothing, which she sold to boutiques across the country. She also worked for a dress designer, which gave her the opportunity to test her ideas and skills on a wider audience and to develop new skills.

When Richards began making

jewelry over 40 years ago, she wanted to make her jewelry look different, so she developed her own style and techniques of crimping metal and forming it to the shapes she wanted. She polished her jewelry skills taking enameling and formation classes at Santa Barbara’s Wake Center. She has worked in enamel designs in copper and silver, and silver reticulation, a technique that brings copper to the surface of the silver and gives it a texture and patterned patina that she really likes.

Richards’ current jewelry designs are a delicate and magical weave of fine silver and faceted precious gemstones that she crochets together into different necklace and bracelet styles. Her favorite stones are Tourmalines, Sapphires, Ametrines, and Opals. “How could they not inspire

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me? There are certain aspects of stones with an aura around them, that when I hold them I feel something from them, and begin designing a necklace or bracelet.”

Richards feels, “No one should hold back their creative side. No matter what anyone says – let your art out and teach what you know to the next generation.” She found teaching batik and tie-dye skills to middle school children her most inspiring and joyous project. “If it helps, I’m more than happy to share my knowledge and teach others. That really is the most fun, to teach art.” Her students shared the enthusiasm and often called

her for advice on projects after their classes had ended.

Richards credits some of her success to help from her family and her friend Michael, who supports her creativity and endeavors, and is there for her whenever she needs him. All three of her sons express their artistry, one as a guitar maker, one as a musician, and one as a carpenter/ furniture designer.

Richards sometimes shows her work at Carpinteria’s Linda Fairly Art Center, and will be at the Artwalk on the Boardwalk in Carpinteria this November (date TBD). Contact her at (805) 455-2635 or suzrichards@yahoo. com.

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STATE STREET SCRIBE

by Jeff Wing

Jeff is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. A long-time 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.

92,101 Stories in the Naked City, Baby

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here are eight million stories in the naked city, but only 92,101 in our own bikini-clad purgatory, baby. How do I know this? Because I’m your scribe, baby; your chronicler, your truth-teller and tour guide to the dark underbelly of this coiled serpent we call Santa Barbara. Me? You never saw me, you never heard me – you don’t know me and you never will. I’m unknowable, see? But I know all. I’m the eyes peering through the darkness as you delicately poke a spoon at your Tropical Acai Bowl outside the downtown Blenders. I’m that fleeting reflection in the window you can’t raise your chins quickly enough to catch as you labor at your third double burger combo at Chubbies. Yes, baby.

I slink like a sinuous jungle cat under watchful starlight, leaping silently from

of darkness, safe in the arms of my one true love, Mother Night. Yesssss. But you will always sense when I’m near – on account of all the garbage juice I got on me. [poof.] What’s that? Who am I? (tilts heads back to laugh with the wisdom of the ages and his little hat falls off and is squashed by passing Tesla.)

Don’t you know? (heh heh heh, and so on) I am…... JEFF [quickly whips around into a martial-arts-like crouch, a box of Chiclets® flying off his person and into the street] WING! And I am State. Street. [whips around again, now facing away from us.] SCRIBE! This city never sleeps, and I have questions. Are they rhetorical? You decide. Baby. [peels off dime store trench coat and erstwhile Richard Widmark persona. The jungle cat is a

last time I could shoulder myself into one. I’m not sure what year that was, but Lorne Greene of Bonanza had a hit on the radio.

2. When did the previously cozy restaurants in this town start using those jet engines for atmosphere? You know the ones I’m talking about. They have them outside all the restaurants now here in the evenings, diners nonchalantly eating and gabbing and tossing heads back in congenial laughter next to what looks like the ass-end of an F-16. Remember candlelight, people?

3. What’s with those guys who play Windham Hell guitar in the Fiesta Theatre parking lot on warm evenings?

Yeah, the acoustics are non pareil, yeah, an entire city block of downtown Santa Barbara is suffused with peaceable vibes and a communal sense of deep, implacable well-being. But enough is enough! You’ll be walking down State Street minding your own business, and suddenly an assaultive wave of offensively pleasant guitar music comes wafting out of the elevated parking lot like a jasmine attack. “Hey! HEY! You

When the sun goes down, why does the Santa Barbara Courthouse lighting so effectively evoke the “It’s a Small World” ride at Disneyland? shadow to shadow in this benighted Byzantium. I’m a suggestion, a tingling sensation at the nape of your neck, an illdefined presence you feel but will never apprehend with the senses. I lurk just there – at the periphery of your vision.

You whip your head around to see me and – *POOF!* – like quicksilver I plow into a metal garbage can, sprawling and yelling in a high-pitched squeal, waving my arms and making a real racket, baby. I’m soaked with garbage juice, baby! You happy? Oh, you just had to see me, didn’t you, baby? Well you can’t! – *POOF!* – I’ve melted back into the shadows! Ow!! OWW! Oh, I’ve bumped my head, baby! Stop trying to see me, baby! Um… well you can’t!

I’m concealed once again in the cloak

paunchy middle-aged man with a lazy eye and hair like the runaway mold that forms on neglected birthday cakes.] This town is a puzzler. Let’s talk!

1. What’s with the Studio 54 lines outside the McConnell’s Ice Cream establishments in this haywire hacienda?

I mean it. Where do you see lines like this? Maybe outside a dust bowl soup kitchen in 1929. “Brother, can you spare a spoonful of Eureka Lemon and Marionberries?” You feel like tapping one of these loopy patrons on the shoulder. “Excuse me, Miss. You’re aware that once you get inside Kubla Khan’s pleasure dome, all they’ve got in there is ice cream?” Don’t get me wrong.

I love me a little “Santa Barbara’s own” McConnell’s ice cream. At least I did the

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4. Why the sudden profusion of pampering podiatry? You can’t walk a city block in this town without stumbling into a foot massage horror film. Night of the Fussed-Over Phalanges. Did I miss something? Did all that pogo dancing at PCDC in the eighties wreak such havoc that an entire generation of regret-hobbled New Wavers need dozens of foot parlors to service their battered Duran Durans? How else to explain it? “You know it’s funny.

I’m suddenly taken with the wildest impulse to have a gaggle of kneeling, fleet-fingered strangers surround my marmadukes and touch touch TOUCH THEM!” The foot places in St. Babs considerably outnumber the Starbucks, if you can believe it. Worst of all? People are allowing strangers to touch. their freaking. feet!! This is what brought down Rome, approximately!!

5. Why does the de la Guerra/Santa Barbara streets intersection look like it was surveyed by a tipsy surrealist? The intersection has a green light and a red light, but that is where its Earthly resemblance to a traffic feature ends. If you are eastbound on de la Guerra and need to turn left onto Santa Barbara Street... I don’t even want to type it.

6. When the sun goes down, why does the Santa Barbara Courthouse lighting so effectively evoke the “It’s a Small World” ride at Disneyland? As justice is meted out, do we really need to heap on the cruel and unusual suggestion that the perp is about to be incarcerated with 10,000 singing dolls? Surely this inference has resulted in many desperate plea deals.

7. When did our young parking lot attendants become so disgusted by us slipping our own tickets into the slot on the little kiosk? You’ve been parked in a downtown lot for maybe 50 minutes – well under the 75-minute mark after which one is obliged to pay for public parking. In the olden days, it was understood that meant you could feed your own ticket into the slot and watch with pleasure as the big barricade arm went up and let you pass, the parking attendant smiling and waving you by.

Hooray, and thank you! Now if you stop short of the attendant in her little guardhouse – feed your ticket into the machine yourself? She sticks her head out and looks you over with a knowing smirk, then starts pacing back and forth in front of your car like a mobster, slamming her fist into her palm. “Oh okay! You don’t wanna hand ME the ticket huh?!”

8. The lovely Arlington Theatre is known far and wide for its distant, starry ceiling and the wonderful illusion it provides that you truly are watching the latest cozy John Wick parlor mystery in a lamplit Mexican Puebla.

Well, for years now, the Arlington ceiling has looked more like the heat death of the universe than a dome of heavenly light, as the stars have flickered out – one by one, until what is left is the denuded firmament of the year 17 billion A.D. Anyone who momentarily forgets they’re in a movie theater? Looks pleasantly up at what they think is the actual night sky? There’s a-gonna be full-throated screamin’. How about it Arlington? Can we get a few more stars up there? Or maybe the pointilistically rendered, planet-eating maw of a gaping black hole? Something to enjoy with our popcorn as John Wick addresses the jury in his stately New England accent.

Yes, there are eight million stories in the naked city. [dons cheap knockoff trench coat anew.] And in our crazy outpost of hipster madness? Something like eight, baby. And counting. You heard it from me! State! Street! [twirls dramatically, loses balance, totters into street and is knocked down and dragged by a Land Shark teeming with UCSB celebrants.] heeeeeelllllp! heeeeelllllp meeee…..! [dragged jungle cat’s pitiable cries fade as LS heads up State Street and out of sight.]

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achievement, elevated to high art while preserving its street appeal in the hands of Chef Ramon. Velazquez’s success comes at a time culinary excellence in Mexican cooking has been recognized world-wide. Three Mexican restaurants were cited in the Top 50 Restaurants in the World for 2019 and Latina Daniela Soto-Innes has become the youngest honoree to be named the World’s Best Female Chef. Selected for the legendary Tacolandia Festival Curated by journalist and author Bill Esparza, Chef Ramon has had his share of honors.

He has also been chosen alongside Chef Daniela Soto-Innes to participate in the annual Valle de Guadalupe Food & Wine Festival and an all-star line-up of renown chefs.

The menu includes new creations for the project like the Birria.com with a focus on Braised short rib, surrounded by onions, cilantro, and birria jus.

The Taquitos de Camaron are utterly delicious, serving up Wild Mexican shrimp, in a luscious sofrito tomato broth, finished with an avocado mousse, cabbage, red onion. Taking a favorite from his Public Market location, Ramon has created Ensenada 2.0 with crispy beer and squid ink battered ling cod, avocado mousse, lime-mayo crema, aji amarillo, cherry tomatoes, cabbage, savory house-made tortilla.

Pay attention to the freshly-made tortillas – they are not simply a plate or wrap – they are a unique essential flavorful element paired with each presentation. Another tour de force creation is the Spanish octopus – Tia Juana – with wild Mexican shrimp, avocado, Anaheim chile, Oaxaca cheese, peanut arbol, salsa cruda, and housemade corn tortilla.

At The Project, vegetarians have something to cheer about as well with an exquisitely prepared Camote – sweet potatoes, salsa negra, nut salsa macha, queso fresco, roasted almonds, red rose radish, house-made blue corn tortilla.

After decades in the Santa Barbara food scene many restaurant-goers are familiar with Ramon’s unique approach.

The restaurant expresses Chef Ramon’s key insight finding affinities between Mexican and Japanese food, where sushi and taco meet. He has long drawn on his early experience as a sushi chef at Arigato and that has deeply shaped his cuisine and presentation. He specializes in fusion flavors that are instant, beautiful, tasteful, and precise. Chef Ramon’s original style never sacrifices taste, satisfaction, or his street cred.

For his dream project Ramon has assembled his dream team of collaborators: Eileen Foster Randall, who baked-good aficionados in Santa Barbara know from her Bella Dolce Bakery and the recently opened “Corazon Next Door” in the Public Market. She is one of Ramon’s biggest fans.

“Coming to work is like walking into Mexico,” she remarked. She’s the dessert chef at The Project providing a series of rotating offerings – a delectable orange flan, scrumptious tres leches cakes, coconut rum coconut rice pudding and a specialty flan called jericalla, a cross between flan and crème brûlée, from Velasquez’s hometown of Guadalajara.

All these beautiful concoctions are whipped up on site. She has her own unique take on churros in the works and more. This is a pastry chef, who sources her recipes through her extensive travels in Mexico, who is dedicated to innovation. Chef Randall is sure to make breakfast interesting when The Project begins serving mornings in the next few weeks.

Ramon has also recruited mixologist Sean Sepulveda, who regularly transforms Caje coffee shop into a Prohibition-era themed speakeasy called Lab Social at night on Haley. Sean is an award-winning mixologist who has spearheaded some of the most popular programs in town. The Project will feature fresh twists on the classic South American classics with some gastropub-like local flair throughout. Expect new takes and twists on margaritas, such as the Margarita Vede that uses cucumber, green apple, citrus and

Hoja Santa, an herb commonly used in Oaxacan cooking. They will also present a twist of the wildly popular Paloma Experience that will serve two or more, which includes Mezcal, Tequila, local pressed citrus of Grapefruit, orange and lime, and other ingredients presented in a Traditional Cazuela with smoked habanero salt, local flores, and citrus.

The back bar will focus on agave spirits as well as Rums, Piscos and Cachaca, an exotic program unlike any other in town.

One more piece of the puzzle is an impressive wine list. The Project will serve wines from Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Spain, while featuring locally-sourced options within Santa Barbara County. Rounding out the dream team, Sommelier Remy Giannico has designed wine options that reflect the thoroughness of Ramon’s cooking approach, providing an effortless, easy-to-understand pairing experience. Remy and Ramon have travelled Mexico together to develop the program. The wine list is a juxtaposition of the exotic and familiar, the local and global. There’s the smokiness of a rosé from Austria’s Bläufrankisch, or a crisp mineral driven Muscadet from the Loire Valley, all perfectly matched to the variety of menu selections.

With one liquor license for the entire property including the Tap Room, the dining and drinking experience is effortless and uncomplicated. The Project has solved many of the issues that restaurant collaborations have run up against in Santa Barbara, giving customers maximum freedom to eat and walk throughout the restaurant and bar while their transactions are transparently handled on the back side of the operation.

At a time when so many restaurants struggle for identity and success, The Project has so many positive drivers.

It’s a business that has been extensively designed to endure. Chef-driven restaurants have been particularly perilous in this town. Santa Barbara has seen many brilliant chefs make their mark on the culinary scale yet find the arduous task of restaurant longevity elusive. The business side is hard to pull off in a town with so many variables. The Project draws on vitality of the Funk Zone and its ideal location near the train, the Californian Hotel, and the natural gateway to Santa Barbara and its wide range of welltuned offerings.

The Project answers the question where Mexican cooking is going, and the Funk Zone, too.

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with Mark Léisuré

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.

Finding Ferris: In her Studio, in the Zone or on the Street

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’ll come clean. I’m pretty good friends with Peggy Ferris, an abstract artist whose works I enjoy even if I don’t understand them, which I imagine is part of the point and purpose. The fiery redhead is one of the featured artists on Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ 18th Annual Open Studios Tour, which takes place all Labor Day Weekend, August 31 to September 2, and features around 45 local artists throwing open their studio doors to allow access to their work spaces, located from Summerland to Goleta and beyond. The three-day event allows for leisurely time to not only peruse the pieces that are for sale, but also see where they were created and chat with the artist about their process. Ferris, whose live-work space “Chaparral Studios” shares a couple of outbuildings the former graphic designer remodeled when she moved to the Foothill area about four years ago, has plenty to say about her work and the “reductive” process she employs to create them. The spacious views are worth the trip alone, anyway. (Get details about

the tour at 805-280-9178 or www.

SantaBarbaraStudioArtists.com.)

But even if you did not pick up your Sentinel right away, you can still see a generous sampling of Ferris’ work this month at the GraySpace Gallery in the Funk Zone, where she’ll share a show called “Unhinged” (we’re friends, so no comment on the appropriateness of the title) with fellow SBSA member Fran Scorzelli and Dug Uyesaka.

She’ll be there for the reception during the Funk Zone Art Walk, which takes place every other third Friday of the month (September 20 this time) and highlights the neighborhood’s vibrant artistic community that has somehow survived the insane gentrification of the area. There you’ll find about 20 artist studios, galleries, and art-centric venues coordinating openings for the 5-8 pm event on September 20, and when you’ve had your fill of the art you can also check out the live music and performances, pop-up booths, wine tasting and various other interactive activities just like in the Art Walk’s downtown art-and-culture

self-guided tour cousin 1st Thursday earlier in the month. Plus, you can take in the whole thing by foot, not car, which comes in handy if there’s alcohol involved.

(Visit https://funkzone.net/2019/08/22/ september-20th-funk-zone-art-walk for more details.)

If you want to chat up Ferris on 1st Thursday (September 5), however, you’ll have to find her on her own, as she doesn’t have any art hanging in the galleries and other spaces clustering around State Street this month. You’ll more than likely catch her connecting with fellow creators-on-canvas at the 10 West Gallery (10 West Anapamu Street) or on the other side of State Street at Sullivan Goss. Or perhaps strolling State Street with me – but then I’d prefer you don’t get too deep into discussing dabbing or dollops or other aspects of gestural painting, because I still don’t quite know what that means!

BODY BLOWS If you’d rather move about than take in examples of someone else’s work, I’d recommend Free Classes Week 2019 at the Carrillo Recreation Center from Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation Department September 16-21. They’re hoping you’ll find an activity you love at the annual sneak peek event and then sign up for a full series. But feel free to try out any or all of the classes (other than those that conflict time-wise) during the week at no cost. Among the opportunities are classes in Table Tennis, Core and Conditioning, Martial Arts, Country Line Dance, Stretch and Tone, Hip Hop, Ballroom, Country Two-Step, Pilates, Yoga, Zumba, Jazzercise, and more. Visit www.santabarbaraca.gov/ gov/depts/parksrec/recreation/activities/ freeweek.asp. ...continued p.23

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I Heart SB is the diary of Elizabeth Rose, a thirtysomething navigating life, love, and relationships. She lives on a 34-foot sailboat and navigates that too. Follow her adventures on Instagram or at www.ihearterose.com. Thoughts or comments: ihearterose@gmail.com

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hen Jason and I started dating four years ago, I had no idea how mentally and emotionally involved commercial fishing would be for both of us. Below are a few insights into what partners of commercial fishermen go through each season.

When you date a commercial fisherman, you’re introduced to a world you never knew existed. You’ll learn that people travel long distances (the same area as in the TV show, Deadliest Catch) in gnarly summer weather (milder than the show, but gnarly to you and I just the same) in big expensive boats with lots of expensive gear with big ‘ole expensive permits to legally fish each season. You can’t quite wrap your head around it when he explains his profession to you. Then your head explodes when you learn his sister does it, too. …you’ll eat the freshest seafood you’ve ever had – canned, smoked, frozen salmon – directly from your lover’s hands straight to your plate. You’ll happily pay more for U.S. caught seafood at the grocery store because you know there’s a face behind each catch. You’ll become more aware of the environment and opt for stainless steel straws, cups, and containers (your small part to reduce plastic that ends up in the sea). …you’ll learn about boat parts, engines, and stuff you couldn’t care less about.

You’ll go to dinners with his friends and struggle to stay awake when the conversation only revolves around fishing and other fishermen and women they know. You’ll show support with a polite smile and nod all the while secretly dying of boredom.

You’ll fight the urge to grab your phone to scroll through Instagram, and wish the subject would turn to art or pop culture or books or something (anything!) you can relate to. …some of those previous conversations actually sink in. You’ll learn that over 80% of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported (!) and you’ll rethink every seafood dish on a menu, asking if the fish is locally caught. You’ll learn that China is the biggest consumer of Alaskan seafood, buying over a billion’s worth (with a “b”) in one year. You’ll hope the Chinese economy stays strong and won’t tell anyone that a part of you roots for “the other team.” …you’ll miss him. A lot. Especially when he fishes for salmon in Alaska for three months out of the year. You’ll miss him more when, two months after he gets back, he decides to fish for sea cucumbers because apparently, that’s a thing. But instead of fishing from the deck of a boat, he’ll dive up to sixty feet in forty-degree water in full-on scuba gear. Your nerves are shot once again, but you’ll continue to pray for a white light of protection to surround him for yet another season. …you’ll resist calling the Coast Guard when you haven’t heard from him in two weeks. You’ll remind yourself that he’s working “off the grid” and will call when he can. He’s fine, you’ll think. No need to worry, you’ll say. Then you’ll see a commercial for Deadliest Catch and the worrying starts all over again. You’ll slug through days of no communication, then your heart jumps to your throat when you receive a text from him that says: “Just found a little bit of signal. I love you and miss you so much!” …each reunion after a long season gives you that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling you had on your first date. You’ll notice his face is a bit scruffier, his hair is a bit longer, and his hands are scarred from nets and traps. You’ll admire his body, more defined and muscular than the last time you saw him. You’ll realize that manual labor pays off for you both in more ways than one. …you’ll wonder why he goes through all the trouble for this kind of work – especially since he won’t know how much he’ll make until the end of the season.

It’s such a gamble, you’ll think. Why put yourself in an uncertain position, you’ll say. Then you’ll remember you’re a freelance writer and you essentially do the same.

When you date a commercial fisherman, you’ll slowly appreciate the fishing stories more. At dinners with his friends, you’ll start to engage in conversations and ask questions with genuine interest. You’ll forget about grabbing your phone to scroll through Instagram and search for his hand to hold under the table instead.

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LOS ALAMOS ROLLS OUT A FESTIVAL AND DEBUTS ‘THE STATION’

LOS ALAMOS VALLEY OLD DAYS he historical, stagecoach route stop town of Los Alamos, located 15 miles north of Buellton, continues to welcome off-ramp travelers with its elevated foodie offerings, boast-able selection of wine and beer tastings, and stylish lodging, celebrates its Old West background and allure with its annual Los Alamos Valley Old Days festival – this year running Friday through Sunday, September 27-29. In its 58th year, the festival theme is “Celebrating Old Days, Blazing New Trails” and it aims to spotlight Los Alamos’ progression, with attractions and activities for all ages.

Admission is free, with paid portions of the weekend benefitting a variety of local organizations and Los Alamos Valley Men’s Club (celebrating its 73rd anniversary), which sponsors, coordinates, and hosts the annual event. The weekend’s mix of family-friendly and slightly more adult fun include the following:

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 CHILI COOK-OFF DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION

Featuring handcrafted artwork, collectibles and more, along Bell Street.

When: 9 am to 4 pm Led by Rev. Warren Einolander from the Cottonwood Community Fellowship, Los Alamos. All ages welcome.

When: 9:30 am to 10:15 am Where: Ferrini Park “GREATEST LITTLE SMALL TOWN PARADE”

Parade features more than 50 entries of equestrians, bands, floats, and groups – including the 2019 Old Days Grand Marshals, Sheila Glaser, and John Taller.

Participation in the parade is free.

When: 11 am to 12:15 pm Where: Starts at Bell Street (Hwy 135) and Augusta Street, rolls west down Bell Street, ends at St. Joseph Street Info: Mary Anne Christensen at maclosalamos@aol.com, or (805) 344-4064

TRI-TIP BEEF BBQ

Includes Santa Maria-style oak wood grilled beef, beans, bread and locally made, fresh salsa. Full service bar is available.

When: 12:15 to 2:30 pm Where: Men’s Club, 429 Leslie Street (corner of Centennial and Leslie Streets), in downtown Los Alamos Cost: $12 per adult, $10 for seniors ages 55+ and kids (under 10)

Enjoy chili, corn bread and all the fixings as the celebration begins. Local restaurants and Santa Ynez Valley chefs will compete for the best chili. Tickets will be sold at the door. Full service bar opens at 5 pm; silent auction runs from 5 to 8 pm.

When: 5 to 9 pm Where: Men’s Club, 429 Leslie Street (corner of Centennial and Leslie Streets), in downtown Los Alamos Cost: $12 per person

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 OLD DAYS CLASSIC CAR SHOW

73rd Men’s Club Anniversary Celebrating 58 Years of Annual Los Alamos Valley Old Days celebration concludes at 5 pm.

“Los Alamos Valley Men’s Club is a not-for-profit group of men, women, and families dedicated to preserving the town’s unique Western character and hospitality, providing scholarships and funding to local students and organizations.”

Los Alamos is located at the intersection of US Highway 101 and State Route 135 (Los Alamos’ main thoroughfare of Bell Street), just an hour north of Santa Barbara and 20 minutes south of Santa Maria, in the heart of Santa Barbara County’s ranch, farm, and wine country.

Join the town for their 74th Men’s Club Anniversary and the 59th Annual Los Alamos Valley Old Days, September 25-27, 2020.

Featuring vintage, imports, hotrods, customs, race cars and motorcycles, along Bell Street.

When: 9 am to 3 pm PEDDLERS’ MART, ARTISAN FAIRE, AND FOOD BOOTHS

Featuring handcrafted artwork, collectibles and more, along Bell Street.

When: 9 am to 5 pm COW PIE BINGO

Held at the corner of Bell and St. Joseph Streets. Onlookers will find out where a cow will do its “do” on a “board.” Bingo winner will be awarded $500 cash prize. Only 222 spaces available for $20 each (advance purchase recommended). For more information, please contact Shirley Williams at (805) 478-0789.

When: 3 pm TRI-TIP DINNER AND DANCE

Dinner and all entertaining accoutrements including a dance party lasting through midnight. Live music by the T-Bone Ramblers.

Where: Men’s Club, 429 Leslie Street (corner of Centennial and Leslie Streets), in downtown Los Alamos When: 6:30 pm to midnight Cost: Tickets at the door; $25 per person for the Dinner + Dance; $15 per person for dance-only. Full service bar is available; event is 21 and over.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 LOS ALAMOS VALLEY OLD DAYS “STAMPEDE” 5K RUN/WALK

All proceeds benefit local youth sports. Trophies awarded to first overall male and female finishers. Medals go to top three finishers in seven divisions.

When: Registration from 8 to 9:15 am; race starts at 9:30 am Where: Sign-up in Ferrini Park (corner of Bell and Centennial Streets) Cost: $25 per runner

Onlookers will find out where three chickens will do their “do” for the first, second and third times on a 4’x8’ “board”; winners awarded cash prizes. Only 512 tickets available for $5 each (advance purchase recommended). For more information, please contact Shirley Williams at (805) 478-0789 When: 3 pm MEN’S CLUB

RANCHOS DE ONTIVEROS WINES AND CISKO KID

California Central Coast winemaker and farmer, and ninth generation Californian, James Ontiveros of Rancho de Ontiveros will open the doors to his new Los Alamos, California wine tasting room, event space and eatery – the latter part of which is in partnership with Santa Barbara County chef, caterer and restaurateur, Conrad Gonzales of Valle Fresh. The new hospitality venture debuts wine tastings, a wine and beer bar, lunch, and dinner service, as well as options for private parties, in a historical venue located on the main Los Alamos thoroughfare of Bell Street, locally-known as “The Station.”

The Station is a 1926 “California Garage” and Santa Barbara County’s 39th landmark, along with its neighboring 1880 Union Hotel. Guests will be greeted by the station’s original gas pumps, beyond which lies an Old California-decorated barroom with a 20-seat bar, where Ranchos de Ontiveros Estate Vineyard brands, Rancho Viñedo and Native9, will be available in a tasting format or by the glass alongside a rotating selection of craft beer, and revolving Central Coast winemaker pop-ups.

The main dining room for the brick-and-mortar restaurant arm of Gonzales’ new food business, Cisko Kid, will offer additional wine tasting and Gonzales’ signature tacos, Santa Maria-style barbecue, and live oak wood-fire cuisine. This space will also serve as an off-site catering base for Gonzales’ ValleFresh catering company, as well as a full-service event venue for on-site, catered events. Parked at The Station, will be Gonzales’ new food truck, “Cisko Kid Mobile Eats,” which is fully equipped

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DO YOU MIND? Explore the connection in the various aspects of being human in Mind, Body & Soul, a new lecture/ presentation series that has its inaugural run over five successive Tuesdays, September 24 to October 15, at the Marjorie Luke Theatre. The presenters – Dave Mochel, Pam Oslie, and Kim Stanwood Terranova – are all local luminaries in the field, and will give talks with such titles as “Practicing a Peaceful & Powerful Life in an Anxious & Divided World,” “How Tuning-In to Your Energy Can Change Your Life and Kindness,” and “Gratitude and Awe: The Neuroscience Behind the Benefits.”

Call (800) 838-3006 or visit www. mindbodysoul.brownpapertickets.com for details.

CHILD ABOUT TOWN There were several opportunities this last month for a Man About Town to shed his leisurely approach, throw on some sneakers and act like a little kid again. (Maybe that’s not such a stretch, because sometimes I feel like my inner three-year-old might be a

little immature for his age.) Anyway, AfterParty at the MOXI Museum offers all sorts of games, including a wallmounted track-ball interactive piece that found some of us who had worked on the thing for longer than made sense leapt for joy when the heavy ball made it all the way through loops and more before dropping into a bucket. (Oh, the simple pleasures.) Trivia, playing I-Spy with the sightseer binoculars on the rooftop, building a race car, were also fun. But we must admit that we did indulge in an adult beverage just to loosen things up a little more.

Forty countries in the Western Hemisphere are now experiencing active, mosquito-borne transmission of the Zika virus, assistant secretary of state for scientific affairs, Judith Garber, told media outlets recently.

“It is only a matter of time before we experience local transmission in continental USA,” she warned.

THAT’S THE WAY THE BODY BOUNCES Jumping around, navigating the obstacle course, and cavorting down the myriad slides – all made out of inflatables! – was a blast when Big Bouncy House America visited Elings Park in late August. Thank goodness it was just the two of us atop the structures during media morning because moments of motion sickness ensued whenever she was close by! I guess I’m still not ready for Wet Wednesdays on the open seas.

and available for all levels of catering, public, and private events.

The restaurant floor will feature a small retail “pantry” section with a selection of hand-crafted gourmet goods like Gonzales’ locally-made jams and salsas, and expansive patios, rambling garden area, a kid and dog-friendly “backyard,” complete the new location, fronted by a towering stone fireplace and a stage for live music.

“We’ve given it a ‘ranch living’ feel,” says Ontiveros, explaining his California family roots stretch back to 1781.

“We have a very similar respect for the land which surrounds Los Alamos, and ties to it… James is looking for the expression of terroir in his wines, and I’m also paying tribute to this region through my cuisine, and even more so, through my local corn farming project,” adds Gonzales.

The Cisko Kid Los Alamos menu will feature a couple of Gonzales’ tacos – all served on 100 percent handmade tortillas, his homage to California-burgers, plus new menu items like Wild Boar Smoked Ribs with Blueberry BBQ and the requisite Santa Maria BBQ. Vegetarian and vegan dishes will be represented on the menu, as well as a selection of kid-friendly items.

A grand opening will be held on Saturday, September 7. The Station is located at 346 Bell Street in Los Alamos. For more information visit www.ranchosdeontiveros. com and www.vallefresh.com or call (805) 344-1960.

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SANTA BARBARA Enjoy almost 2 acres of private woodlands in Hope Ranch in this 4BD/3BA two story home with mountain views.

Olesya Thyne (805) 708-1917 GTprop.com/1200EstrellaDrive $2,350,0000

DRE# 01957288

• An Attorney Trained Realtor® and long-term Santa Barbara resident, Marcos is a local expert!

• Marcos is an experienced property remodeler and helps home buyers see true value along with helping Sellers prepare their homes for listing.

• As an avid surfer, Marcos is laid back but also professional and competent, Marcos is a pleasure to work with!

• Marcos has successfully represented Buyers and Sellers in transactions while helping them achieve their goals and has everyone smiling throughout the process!

Marcos Castro: (805) 636-7589 • MarcosCastro@GTprop.com

SANTA BARBARA Single story 3BD/3BA home is setup for dual living with separate entrance. Spacious bedrooms have their own en-suite bathrooms.

Kevin Goodwin (805) 448-2200 GTprop.com/2414Anacapa $1,700,000

www.GTprop.com • 2000 State Street, Santa Barbara • (805) 899-1100 DRE# 01477382