14 Oct 2025
A Marvelous Benefit Gala En Pointe
Elevated by a weekend of generosity, the 31st Anniversary Gala for State Street Ballet threw a spotlight on the longstanding mission: raising funds to nurture and launch the next generation of terpsichoreans. The evening’s opening pas de deux, “Flames of Paris,” showcased the rarely seen classic white tutu, its tule delicately adrift through the serial […]
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Sir Paul McCartney: We Don’t Know You, But We Love You
By Maria W. Long “I don’t know you, but I love you.” – Sir Paul McCartney (Aug. 26, 2025) …And the crowd loved him back! Sir Paul McCartney’s Friday night appearance at the Santa Barbara Bowl was the most spectacular show many of us would see in our lifetime. Lines stretched down the block beginning […]
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Shhhh… It’s a Surprise!
A lively crowd gathered at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum to celebrate Montecito resident Bob Gates’ surprise 80th birthday, planned to perfection by his wife, Mary Gates. Cleverly, Mary told Bob they were attending a Caribbean masquerade party for their friend Hiroko Benko – until he arrived to discover family and friends who had traveled […]
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8th Annual Night at MOXI Fundraising Gala
It was quite the Night at MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, at their annual gala held this year on Saturday evening, October 4, at the museum. The theme was “NEON” with bright colors and black light décor. This lovely event always brings out the best in everyone. Here men donned their neon […]
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24th Annual Bayou Down Under
This weekend was packed with society events and yours truly was there! An experience to be had was at Ty Warner’s Sandpiper Golf Club which provided the perfect new setting for the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission’s 24th Annual Bayou Down Under fundraiser, formerly held at the Dos Pueblos Ranch. The more geographically central location was […]
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Crime in the Cito: Sheriff’s Blotter 93108
Car Vandalism / Olive Mill Road — Thursday, September 25, at 16:20 hours On 9/25 at approximately 15:15 hours, the victim parked his vehicle on Olive Mill Road near the railroad tracks. The victim was gone for approximately one hour and when he returned, he found his front passenger side window had been broken with an […]
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Curator’s Choice: The Work of Albertus Seba
A splendid menagerie of natural history specimens filled four large volumes of Albertus Seba’s 18th century publication Thesaurus or Cabinet of Curiosities. A Dutch pharmacist and collector of curiosities, Seba amassed a vast collection of exotic natural objects by trading medicine and services to sailors at the port of Amsterdam as ships arrived from the […]
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An Arms Race to Love, and More Theater Things
Arms and the Man, which performs at SBCC’s Garvin Theatre October 8-25, goes back even further in history, as Shaw’s 1894 play is set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war. Though the work – the first in Shaw’s “Plays Pleasant” catalog – is much more of a romantic comedy, it skewers class discrimination, the politics of […]
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NatureTrack Film Festival and More Focus on Film
The 7th Annual NatureTrack Film Festival, a celebration of nature and outdoor adventure through film, returns October 9-10 to kick off a year-long celebration of nature, adventure, and environmental stewardship that marks NatureTrack Foundation’s 15th anniversary year. The new slimmed-down format begins with a special opening night event at the Riviera Theatre that has already […]
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Wellesian Theater on Radio on Stage
War, both real and made up – as well as the battle between the sexes and the standoff between truth and fiction – runs through season-opening productions from the two major theater companies in town. To launch the season with a bang, Ensemble Theatre presents War of The Worlds: The Panic Broadcast while SBCC Theatre […]
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Battalion Chief on Zone Zero
The recent article “Zero Zero: The Regulations Being Defined Right Now” leaves readers with several incorrect impressions about Zone Zero and California’s wildfire mitigation strategy. I have close family ties to the Montecito community and care deeply about its future. I also bring over 34 years of frontline and policy experience in wildfire suppression and […]
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Fashion in Motion: Where Body Meets Art, and Soul Meets Community
Dance has always felt like the truest artistic expression of the soul… an untamed yet measured outburst of our innate and most intimate instrument – our body. Similarly, fashion feels like the truest artistic expression of the body… a chance to show the world the hues, textures, and lines – framed by the canvas of […]
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7 Oct 2025
60th Annual Intertribal Powwow & 20th Annual Chumash Charity Golf Classic
News from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians marks two milestone anniversaries. This year is their 60th Annual Intertribal Powwow and the 20th Annual Charity Golf Classic that benefits local nonprofits. Celebrating 60 Years The annual intertribal powwow is open to the public and takes place Saturday, October 4, 10 am – 10pm, and […]
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Something to Look Forward To: Fannie Flagg at Tecolote
I will say it on our common behalf: We Love Fannie Flagg! But which one? Fannie Flagg has been all over the map, and it is one of those largish maps one can never hope to refold. Are we endeared to the Literary Grande Dame of Fried Green Tomatoes (and a score of other beloved […]
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MUS Reaches $7.5 Million Settlement
The Montecito Union School (MUS) Board of Trustees has announced the approval of a $7.5 million settlement to resolve litigation stemming from alleged sexual abuse by a former staff member between 1972 and 1978. The settlement, which includes no admission of liability, was reached after careful consideration of the financial risks posed by continued litigation. […]
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Tropical Wonders: Santa Barbara Zoo’s New Exhibit Is an Adventure
Imagine a miniature Jurassic Park-like adventure, an amazing world of discovery, with awesome surprises and new connections – almost as if you’d stepped into another era! Tropical Wonders, the newest exhibit at the Santa Barbara Zoo, definitely transported this California girl into the rainforests of the world! The exhibit is turning heads, opening eyes and […]
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Organic Growth of a Local Meal Service
Oren Giladi, owner of organic meal service Organic Oren, never set out to be a chef. Yet the path revealed itself almost effortlessly, as though he’d been destined for it from the beginning. His original plan was to become an artist. In college, he studied art as an undergraduate in New York. While he cooked […]
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Freedom
America has always meant Freedom (or Liberty, which means (more or less) the same thing to people all over the World. We even have a gigantic Statue of “Liberty Enlightening the World” facing outward from our busiest harbor. Yet the Founders of our Nation, gathering together to draw up a Constitution, had to face the […]
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The Outcome of Sculpture and Shinn
MC, who is NOT from Santa Barbara, has inherited a pottery floor vase – a quirky and unique work from the mid 1970s by our genius Santa Maria potter, William “Bill” Shinn (Santa Ana, CA 1932-2011). Was Shinn’s inspiration for the design a native American marriage vessel, typically with two spouts? Wait, this has THREE! […]
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