Red tape caused major problems for the kickoff concert of CAMA’s 106th season with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at the Granada when singer Thomas Bauer was unable to make the event because of visa issues. Baritone and three-time Grammy winner Dashon Burton came in as a last-minute replacement, singing Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer” […]
The lunar-tics were out in force for a night on the tiles at the Kimpton Canary hotel rooftop, when Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara hosted a Full Moon, Full Potential bash, their first in-person event since 2019, to coincide with the night’s Super Moon, with 215 guests helping raise around $175,000. After a cocktail […]
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A triple tribute celebration launched Santa Barbara Symphony’s new season at the Granada with Tchaikovsky Immersion featuring the Russian composer’s majestic Fourth Symphony. The event marked the return of renowned classical guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas performing the greatest of all guitar concertos – Rodrigo’s haunting “Concierto de Aranjuez” as part of his weeklong artist residency […]
Santa Barbara Symphony conductor Nir Kabaretti and his wife Gaia are beaming over their 14-year-old son Adam’s golfing prowess, as well they should. Adam, a freshman at San Marcos High School, was selected among 60 applicants to compete in the Tiger Woods – TGR Jr. Invitational golf tournament last weekend. The 30 girls and 30 […]
Carpinteria photographer Christie Jenkins launched her new polo men’s calendar with a bijou bash at Tecolote, the bustling bibliophile bastion in the upper village. Polo: Man & Horse 2025 features 44 lavish shots of players in the barns with their favorite horses. The calendar benefits 16 equine charities across America, with the players choosing the […]
Ricardo Calderon and his wife Dinah hosted a champagne-fueled bash at the Coral Casino for international interior designer Veere Grenney and his new coffee table tome Seeking Beauty. It took the New Zealand native, a longtime friend of the tony twosome, two years to write, with photos by Francesco Lagnese from his three beautiful residences […]
For the eighth consecutive year Atherton, California – 94027 – is America’s most expensive zip code while our rarefied enclave – 93108 – ranked Number 5 with a median property price of $5,052,000. The Hamptons’ Sagaponack and Water Mill ranked number two and three with median property prices just shy of $6 million, according to […]
The Junior League of Santa Barbara, which is celebrating its centenary, hosted its 14th annual gala “Dazzling Though the Decades” at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara with 135 guests raising more than $100,000. Martha Townsend, former president of the organization, was among the tony triumvirate of speakers with current president Jenni-Elise Ramirez, and president-elect Jessica Hawley looking […]
Montecito philanthropist Anne Smith Towbes hosted a decidedly chilly reception at her Birnam Wood home when she organized an ice cream social for John Daly’s Key Class which helps to support and educate at-risk youth with basic life skills, including social etiquette, resume building, and the basics of dining. The curriculum is taught from eighth […]
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Prince Harry has revealed daughter Princess Lilibet has inherited her mother Meghan Markle’s “thick hair” and it is now so long “she can almost sit on it.” The Duke of Sussex, 40, made the rare comment while attending the WellChild Awards in London. “Archie and Lilibet have been blessed with their mother’s thick hair,” he […]
Everybody was seeing red when United Way of Santa Barbara County hosted its 27th annual Soirée en Rouge at the Montecito Club. The Red Feather Ball attracted 215 guests who raised around $400,000 to fund educational programs and initiatives which serve thousands of local children and their families each year. The boffo bash, created by […]
A sea of blue swept over Bella Vista, the sprawling Summerland estate of polo playing hotelier Pat Nesbitt and his wife Ursula, with 500 guests raising around $300,000 with the annual Fun with the Force bash for the Santa Barbara Police Foundation. The popular organization provides financial support for ill police personnel. The bustling bash, […]
Retired psychologist Margaret Wilkinson recently returned from Edinburgh, Scotland, after participating in a historical reenactment of a centuries old tradition, The Riding of the Marches. More than 200,000 spectators were in the Scottish capital for a day of pageantry, tradition and community spirit as the event, dating back to the 16th century, which reaffirms the […]
Montecito author David Gersh, a Harvard Law School graduate and retired attorney, just launched his ninth book – and the third in his comic novel series Unleashed: A Comic Relief – with a bijou bash at the bustling bibliophile bastion Tecolote in the upper village. “It poses the existential question of whether people can trust […]
