30 Sep 2025
The Nature of Taste: A Beer Adventure at the Museum of Natural History
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is about to turn its oak-dappled woodland into a living, breathing canvas of taste with the return of the Mission Creek Beer Festival. On Saturday, October 18, 2025, this unique celebration of hops, food, and curiosity will transform the grounds into a flavor expedition unlike anything else on […]
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Jungle Cat Prowls the Village
There are eight million stories in the naked city, but only 8,600 or so in our own sun-soaked jungle, baby. How do I know this? Because I’m your town crier, baby; your chronicler, your truth-teller and tour guide to the dark underbelly of this coiled serpent we call Montecito. Me? You never saw me, you […]
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What’s Trending in the Art World
2019: what a year that was. The art and design world CHANGED. More of us want to forget 2019 than want to remember it, but it marked a watershed moment in the art world, especially at the end of 2019 as we learned of the impending lockdown of our world. The dust has still not […]
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Engineering Program Earns Accreditation
Westmont’s engineering program has earned full ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accreditation following an extensive three-year process that involved reviewing facilities, faculty, students, and funding. Only two other Christian colleges in California have received this accreditation, retroactive to October 2022. The significant designation boosts engineering alums. “I recently talked to a hiring manager […]
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Pit Perfect Avo Fest Artwork
A Westmont art professor has the toast-worthy talent the California Avocado Festival judges wanted. They unveiled Scott Anderson’s playful illustration – an avocado sunbathing on the beach – at the Carpinteria Farmers Market. Available now, limited-edition posters and T-shirts featuring his design will also be sold at the 39th annual celebration, “Peace, Love & Guacamole,” […]
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Alumna Leads ICP with Heart
Alumna Kailie Grinder (‘16), who earned a doctorate in intercultural studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, has returned to campus as Westmont’s intercultural programs (ICP) interim director. A student leader in ICP during her college years, she created spaces where all students, including students of color and those from international backgrounds, could feel they belonged. “God […]
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Camerata’s Season of Sonatas
Camerata Pacifica, the Santa Barbara-based chamber music collective, has an international reputation for both exceptional artistry and laudable century-spanning repertoire. Camerata Pacifica continues to grow apace and now launches its 36th season with eight programs performed at four different venues across Southern California. It’s a fascinating season as it includes the launch of “Beethoven 32,” […]
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All Hands on Deck with SBMC and More Musical Happenings
Another longstanding Santa Barbara-based chamber music program also launches its new season this weekend, as the Santa Barbara Music Club opens its 56th series of concerts featuring purely pianists. The “Six Hands at One Piano: Romantic and Modern Perspectives” program, slated for 3 pm on Saturday, September 27, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (4575 Auhay […]
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Focus on Film
Longtime Santa Barbara resident Andy Davis, director of such classic films as The Fugitive and Under Siege, will be on hand for a free screening of his well-received 2003 dramedy Holes (first feature film of mercurial actor Shia LaBeouf) on Sunday morning, September 28, at SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre. A conversation with Davis about the movie […]
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Surfin’ the Code with Shaun Tomson
The Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival marks its fifth year of cinematic celebration of the area’s rich surf history and surf culture, as well as supporting ocean conservation, in a packed weekend of screenings and other events September 26-27 at the Lobero Theatre. The 2025 festival specifically focuses on showcasing films about iconic surfboard shapers […]
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Believe It or Else
Many people believe in many different things – yet (speaking personally), I find it hard to believe in anything at all. Of course, the primary “belief” hurdle is whatever people think of as “God.” And there is nothing new about this. There is a whole field of study concerning belief without proof, called “Theology.” But […]
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Tune Into Emergency Preparedness
This month, Santa Barbara County public safety officials are joining together to highlight National Preparedness Month with a countywide theme of “Preparedness Starts with You.” Community members are encouraged to take simple proactive steps to protect themselves, their families, pets, and neighborhoods before the next emergency incident occurs here. “Our community knows firsthand how suddenly […]
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Zero Zero: The Regulations Being Defined Right Now
Within California’s high fire hazard areas, Zone Zero is defined as the first zero-to-five feet extending away from any structure. In the coming months, the California Board of Forestry will decide what you are allowed to have in this space nearest your home. If you live in Montecito or Santa Barbara between the Santa Ynez […]
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SCAPE Artists Exhibit at MAW
The SCAPE artist group, aka Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment, held its annual juried exhibit in Lehman Hall at the Music Academy of the West Montecito (MAW) on Friday, September 12 – Saturday, September 13. The artists participating in the show render original works depicting the Central Coast of California, local landscapes created […]
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Montecito’s 41st Annual Coastal Clean-Up Day
It’s that time of year when we reach out in Montecito to join the thousands of volunteers along the California coast and along the shoreline world-wide to participate in the 41st Annual Coastal Clean-Up Day. This year saw a huge increase to approximately 100 volunteers to our shores, with 35 volunteers at Butterfly Beach and […]
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Surf’s Up, Pups, Teacher’s Fund, and More News Bytes
Join the Dog Days of Summer Photo Contest! This year’s theme is all about the beach. Dress your pampered pup in their best seaside style and dive into our end-of-summer pup party. Every photo snapped will be entered for a chance to win! Winners to be announced in the Montecito Journal! The #1 Top Dog’s […]
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Curator’s Choice: CaliforniaSea Otter
September 21–27 is Sea Otter Awareness Week. Were you aware that a California Sea Otter’s teeth can turn purple from eating urchins? This skull clearly shows how the animal provided a helpful service to the kelp forest. When there are too many urchins, the urchins can eat all the available kelp, which can negatively affect […]
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Crime in the Cito: Sheriff’s Blotter 93108
Burglary / 1700 block Fernald Point Lane — Monday, September 1, at 16:40 hours Unknown suspect(s) gained access to the house’s crawl space, cut an air duct, and accessed the inside of the residence through the air duct opening that led to the living room. Some of the breakers were switched off by the suspect(s). Nothing […]
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Thousands Flock to One805 LIVE!
Editor’s Note: As many Montecitans have heard, the MJ’s longtime columnist Richard Mineards experienced some health issues last week. We are told he is in good spirits and the MJ staff is wishing him a speedy recovery. In the meantime, his trusty shutterbug Priscilla and friends, including Maria McCall, will be helping keep his column […]
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