Ensemble Theatre Company’s (ETC) supporter extraordinaire Dana White was honored at the annual Curtain Up! gala at the New Vic Theatre with a sunset dinner for 160 guests in the garden of the venerable Santa Barbara Club, which helped raise around $230,000. White hails from Connecticut and has called Santa Barbara home for more than […]
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Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, which is marking its 25th anniversary, rocked the harbor when the Los Angeles based sextet Yachty by Nature performed for 120 guests, raising $20,000 for the organization. Featuring music from the ‘70s and ‘80s including Hall & Oates, Boz Scaggs, and Steely Dan, everybody was soon cutting a rug on the […]
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Supporters of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum turned out in droves when Jeanne Buchanan, membership director for more than two decades, marked her retirement. The Minnesota native, who is moving to Milwaukee to join her four sisters in August, was presented with a signed photo of our Eden by the Beach as a memory for […]
Lea másPrince Harry says wife Meghan Markle was “the most trolled person in the world” during a surprise appearance at a New York conference. The Duke of Sussex was speaking at the Nexus Global Summit in the Big Apple in front of 350 next-generation philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, artist, and impact leaders, according to the Archewell Foundation’s […]
Lea másFollowing a rigorous national search, Meghan Bush has been appointed the Miller McCune Executive Director of UCSB Arts & Lectures effective immediately. Bush brings two decades of dedicated service to A&L and a proven record of creative leadership, operational excellence, and deep commitment to the role of arts in public life. In accepting the new […]
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Life in the American Riviera – along the alluring Santa Barbara south coast, and enclaves like Montecito – strikes a special balance: it’s not far from the urban sprawl of L.A., yet a world away. And the appeal of living here goes beyond gorgeous views, perfect weather, and an uncanny ability for property values to […]
Lea másIn our little enclave by the ocean, we meet several high-net-worth individuals and families looking for ways to reduce their taxable estates. One of the more sophisticated tools available is an Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (IDGT). Despite its confusing name, the IDGT is a legal and effective strategy that separates estate tax from income tax […]
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I frequently hear “The Market,” referred to, in a “who-knows-what’ll-happen-next” tone of voice, as if it was your awkward cousin, teetering from the bar at a family wedding, with eyes locked in on the dance floor. Certainly, it is easier to predict what would happen next in that scenario than stay ahead of news headlines about […]
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Sometimes it would happen in the dead of night… Other times, just trying to relax on the couch… in every room, at unexpected moments, a pressing question would rise: “Can you smell that?” When it comes to the comfort and health of a home, few threats are as insidious – and misunderstood – as mold. […]
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When we say Montecito, people in L.A. and from other areas respond differently than they did five years ago or even one year ago, when I first wrote these same words. The secret is out and the perception of Montecito as a “hot spot” is at an all-time high. If you are new to town, […]
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The buzz of background conversations and tinkling of cups and silverware were the soundtrack when Andy Akiho picked up the phone last Friday at noon. Not surprisingly, the percussionist-composer was in a coffeehouse in Portland – where he lives when he’s not in New York – but he wasn’t just picking up a cup of […]
Lea másViolinist Randall Goosby, the first Mosher Guest Artist of the summer, will have already performed his MAW recital by the time this issue hits newsstands, but there’s still an opportunity to hear the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient – which he was awarded at age 25 – in the June 28 Academy Festival Orchestra […]
Lea másLocal residents are reminded to attend the Wildfire Preparedness Meeting hosted by Montecito Fire on Thursday, June 26, at 6:00 pm in the Montecito Union School Auditorium. This panel discussion will bring together representatives from Montecito Fire and adjoining fire departments, MWD, SBC Sheriff’s Office, SBC Office of Emergency Management (OEM), CHP, and SBPD for […]
Lea másCall me crazy, but I just had my first mulberry this past week and wow! How have I never had one of these delectable berries before now? The market is bursting with them at the moment; get them now at Earth Trine Farm while they are in season. Mulberries come in red, black, and white […]
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The Semana Nautica Summer Sports Festival dates back nearly a century, getting its start when local Santa Barbara residents challenged the crews of five U.S. Navy battleships that were moored outside the harbor in 1933 to a series of athletic contests staged along the beach. Dubbed Fleet Week, the events proved so popular that the […]
Lea másWhat I am beginning to understand about homelessness is that it presents much like the game of Whack-a-Mole – once you get a handle on one aspect of the problem, another one rises up. So, how would I assess the 2024 performance of our relatively small 13 employee homeless team? Well, let’s just say “we’re […]
Lea másIn the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Hal is a conscious computer guiding a mission to the planet Jupiter who goes insane. He kills all the crew except Dave who is stranded outside the ship and asks Hal to open the pod doors to let him in. “Open the pod doors Hal.” Hal […]
Lea másIf you’ve been wondering why I’ve been M.I.A from the Dear Montecito column, wonder no further. My last reflective article chronicled my feelings about the L.A. fires, which broke out across Los Angeles six months ago. A thought that stuck with me was that it only took about 15 minutes for me to gather everything […]
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If you’ve ever visited the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Butterflies Alive! exhibit at the Sprague Butterfly Pavilion, it won’t come as a surprise that USA Today ranked it among the top three butterfly exhibits in the nation. Walking through the display feels like stepping into a dreamlike realm, surrounded by creatures so stunning […]
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In 3,300 BCE, Otzi the iceman was murdered high on a mountain between Italy and Austria and was buried in a glacier until 1991. When he was killed, the area between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea (Georgia/Armenia/Azerbaijan) was being settled by diverse ethnic groups gradually leaving areas of the world which had become […]
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