Monthly Archives: November 2019

The Santa Barbara Club

Nearly a hundred members and guests gathered at the Santa Barbara Club at the end of October to celebrate the clubhouse’s entry onto the National Register of Historic Places. After an elegant reception featuring tasty tapas, wine and bonhomie, Santa Barbara Club president John Brinker unveiled the brass plaque bearing the distinction of national historic […]

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Women’s Soccer to Host Opening Round

Westmont women’s soccer (14-3-1) earned an at-large berth and the seventh seed in the NAIA National Tournament. As a result, the Warriors will host the Santa Barbara Bracket November 22-23 at Thorrington Field. No. 24 Oregon Tech (13-3-3) and Marymount (10-9-1) will play on Friday at 11 am. The winner will face the Warriors on […]

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Volleyball Peaking for Playoffs

Westmont Volleyball (25-6) will host Point University (Georgia) on Saturday, November 23, at 2 pm in Murchison Gym for the Opening Round of the NAIA National Tournament. This is the Warriors’ 14th appearance in Nationals. This will be the Skyhawks’ first appearance. Westmont volleyball has never played against Point, which changed its name from Atlanta […]

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Exhibition Explores ‘Belly of the Whale’

Kent Anderson Butler, a Los Angeles-based video and performance artist, presents an exhibition November 21-January 18 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum. An opening reception and lecture for “From the Belly of the Whale: Kent Anderson Butler” will be January 9 from 4-6 pm at the museum. “The exhibition explores the current contemporary cultural climate through […]

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Casa Dorinda Open Space Workday

This past Saturday, November 16, more than 50 volunteers with the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade planted, mulched, and watered 150 native plants and trees in the Casa Dorinda public open space, a portion of which was heavily affected by the 1/9 debris flow. The 22-acre site has been under restoration since last year, when a […]

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Field & Fort Opens in Summerland

Nearly two years after the closure of Cantwell’s in Summerland, a new furniture and décor shop, as well as a café, has opened in the prominent building on the eastern end of Lillie Avenue. Field + Fort is the brainchild of Santa Barbara designer Kyle Irwin and his business partner and friend, Susie Bechtel, who […]

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Great Futures Gala

This fall gala put on by the United Boys & Girls Clubs (UBGC) of Santa Barbara County for 35 years raises much needed funds for the ten clubs and their development programs for the 2,000 kids they serve annually. This is where Great Futures begin at this fundraiser at the Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel. Exxon […]

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Ghost Light Night

This event wasn’t about Halloween. According to the invitation the ghost light is a “luminescence in the pitch of night in theaters across the globe. The haunting bulb stands bare-bones and aglow, defying the inky darkness and beckoning spirits to come hither and play.” This was a party orchestrated by the Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) […]

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New Beginnings

Everyone Deserves a New Beginning… New Beginnings Counseling Center held its annual fundraiser in a new way with an evening of theatre at the New Vic. It was a stage reading production with award winning professional actors including a wonderful nine-year-old girl, Hope Dekkers, and Stephanie Edwards, who co-hosted the Tournament of Roses Parade with […]

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Edie’s New Digs

Veteran art gallery owner Edie Caldwell, who used to have venues in San Francisco, Sausalito, and Rockport, Maine, before moving to our Eden by the Beach eight years ago, has just opened her latest locale on De La Guerra Street, just a tiara’s toss off State Street. The 800 sq. ft. gallery, which features Japanese […]

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