15 Mar 2018
Santa Barbara Blues Society 41 Anniversary
On March 3, the SBBS celebrated its 41st anniversary with an all-star gig at the Carrillo Rec Center. Packing in the all-generational blues fans and band groupies, the celebration was SRO with the peeps dancing in the aisles to the balcony. There were 20 volunteers meetin’, greetin’, and servin’ barbecue and cake. It is the […]
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Bad Names
No doubt you’ve heard of the usher who said, “May I sew you to your sheets?” And you probably know that such slips of the tongue are called Spoonerisms. William Archibald Spooner, the honoree of this eponym, lived much of his long life (1844-1930) at Oxford University, where he was for many years a loved […]
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Benefit Concert Announced
On Tuesday, March 13, it was announced that singer Katy Perry will hold a concert to benefit the community recovering from the Thomas Fire and mudslide, which includes Cold Spring School and its music program. The concert will be at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Saturday, May 19, at 7 pm. Locals-only presale tickets will […]
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Merry Chrisman
Former Santa Barbara Yacht Club commodore Roger Chrisman took delivery of his new 78-foot cruiser Polaris II earlier this month and with his wife, Sarah, held a champagne-fueled launch party in the harbor. The Taiwan-built cruiser, with a 2,400-gallon fuel tank, replaces his original vessel, Polaris, which had a length of 52 feet. “There’s nothing […]
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Never Mind Chain Stores, Here’s Chaucer’s Books!
In 1974, a little more than 100 years after the publication of Arthur Rimbaud’s poem “A Season in Hell” – the same year Stephen King terrified America with his first thrilling novel, Carrie – Mahri Kerley opened Chaucer’s Books, a Santa Barbara business that continues to draw the same loyal customers, 12 hours a day, […]
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Smugness on Parade
The Hollywood crowd must be asking why the Oscar’s ratings continued to decline again this year? Why is it that more people don’t want to watch a bunch of glitzy starlets with boob jobs and drunk on their own self-importance trying to impress each other? Could it be that they can’t help themselves from using […]
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Sheriff’s Blotter
(Information provided by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department) A Santa Paula resident is in custody at the Santa Barbara County Jail after she was located in a vehicle on March 3 in the Painted Cave area with a large quantity of stolen mail, stolen packages, and methamphetamine. Some of the stolen property was determined to […]
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Exhibit Explores Diversity of African Art
Westmont neighbors Fima and Jere Lifshitz, who have collected African art for 40 years, exhibit many of their pieces in “Africa through Its Sculpture: Highlights from the Lifshitz Collection” through Saturday, March 24, at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and Saturdays […]
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MWD Clarifies Water Loss
Last week, Montecito Water District (MWD) officials released a statement and visual chart clarifying the contribution of released water during the 1/9 debris flow event. It had been widely reported that damage to the District’s infrastructure contributed millions of gallons of water to the flooding and debris flow that damaged hundreds of homes and took […]
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Building Bridges
As Montecito residents struggle to absorb the unwelcome financial burden of removing public mud and debris that flowed onto private property, it has become more important than ever to rebuild our community and return it to normalcy in the shortest possible timeframe with generous assistance from the County and FEMA. A heartwarming example of rallying […]
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Evolation Yoga Relocating
In early 2015, we told you about the revival of the Big Yellow House building in Summerland, which included the opening of a top-floor yoga studio, Evolation Yoga, then one of nine studio locations across the country owned by Mark Drost and Zefea Samson. The studio has undergone many changes in three years, including new […]
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Avenue Q – a Road to Inner Freedom
Nearly all the spiritual traditional and psychological systems suggest that suffering comes from how we interpret our experiences. Life is always going to have painful moments – but it’s what we make them mean that determines our level of inner happiness on anguish. There are many paths that aim to help humans alleviate the symptoms […]
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Spelling Bee Winners
Several local students have won the right to compete at the state level after advancing through the Santa Barbara County Spelling Bee, which was held last week at the Santa Barbara County Education Office. Lain Biles, a sixth grader at Montecito Union School, took first place in the elementary division by correctly spelling “effervescent.” Hannah […]
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Old Spanish Days
Old Spanish Days recently announced the theme for Santa Barbara Fiesta 2018. Meet La Presidenta Denise Sanford, (another lady president) who stood in front of the great arch at the courthouse and told us, “I chose the theme Celebrate Traditions. It is the privilege of the president to choose a theme of their choice.” Denise […]
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8 Mar 2018
Berna Desire: Road to Recovery
Recovery Project is new community support group that was born out of the recent doubleheader disasters that have hit our rarefied enclave. Founder Berna Kieler, a Montecito resident since the 1980s, describes it as “grass-roots, neighbors helping neighbors” being carried along by people dedicated to seeing the community and its residents recover. “I was in […]
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Crazy Sale
If any of you have been to the Magic Castle in Hollywood, you probably know its owners are Milt and Arlene Larsen, who live right here in Santa Barbara. There will soon be a Magic Castle Cabaret located at the Bird Refuge. It will be a private club with 200 members and a dress code: […]
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Local Recovery Center in Montecito
On Thursday, March 8, Santa Barbara County will open a dedicated space in Montecito to continue working with members of the Montecito community during the recovery and rebuilding process. The Montecito Center for Preparedness, Recovery, and Rebuilding – dubbed “the Montecito Center” – will provide information and guidance following the closing of the Local Assistance […]
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MUS Latest
On March 5, the Montecito Union School Board voted to move forward with expenditure reductions to help mitigate the reduction in revenue expected from the Montecito mudslides. The exact decrease is not yet known, but it could be as high as 13 percent next school year. Superintendent Dr. Anthony Ranii recommended three categories of reductions […]
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High Note
Singer Caly Bevier is a winner! Not only getting the Golden Buzzer from famously critical judge Simon Cowell on the TV show America’s Got Talent, but beating Stage 3 ovarian cancer three years ago after three months of grueling intensive chemotherapy treatment. After recording a version of Rachel Platten‘s “Fight Song” while still sick, her […]
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A New Montecito
It looks like our “New Normal” is to be the evacuation of upwards of 30,000 residents who live below the Thomas Fire boundary from Carpinteria to Goleta, where the now bare soil has been completely upended and exposed to drying winds and constant desiccating sunshine. Every time a hint of precipitation shows up on a […]
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