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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma reigned supreme when he performed to a sold-out crowd at the Arlington, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures series. The Paris-born musician talked about his fascinating life dedicated to music, and played a number of his favorite pieces. Yo-Yo’s career has been multifaceted and a testament to his belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. His music and words ask us to consider: What is music for? And how it can guide us on a path towards hope?
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
The verdict is in on Meghan Markle’s long awaited and rebranded As Ever raspberry spread. “It might be time for her to ‘concentrate’ on a new formula,” is the withering opinion by Jane Herz in London’s Daily Mail, my former employer, who managed to get her hands on a $9 7.6-ounce jar ($14 for “keepsake packaging”). It is not described as a “jam” which has to be equal parts sugar and fruit, according to the FDA.
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Writer, actor and pianist Hershey Felder excels with the Ensemble Theatre Company’s latest world premiere production Rachmaninoff and the Tsar at the New Vic.
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Nolan’s New Role at Farmers & Merchants Nolan Nicholson, new regional relationship manager (courtesy photo)Farmers & Merchants Bank has named Nolan Nicholson to the newly created position as Regional Relationship Manager of the Tri-County Region encompassing Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties.
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Sweet Sopranos & Notes of Support Robert Adams and Nancy Caponi with Teresa Kuskey and Rick Oshay (photo by Alma Rose Middleton) It was an evening of decidedly high note – not to mention a few in between – when Opera Santa Barbara hosted its annual La Dolce Vita gala for 155 guests dying to be in the right aria at the Montecito Club, raising around $150,000.
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Prince Harry has sensationally quit as patron of the African charity he started in honor of his late mother Princess Diana in 2006. The Duke of Sussex, 40, said he is “disturbed” and “in shock” to step down from Sentebale, the youth-focused organization he co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, a tiny landlocked nation in South Africa.
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Gina Carbajal Honored Gina Carbajal honored (photo by Phil Channing)Gina Carbajal, chief programs officer at the Scholarship of Santa Barbara, was one of 11 women from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties honored by state senator Monique Limón in separate Women of the Year ceremonies.
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montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Channelkeepers Making Waves Ocean intelligentsia Holly Lohuis, Hiroko Benko, Michele Hall, and Mimi DeGruy (photo by Nell Campbell) A tidal wave of munificence enveloped the Santa Barbara Channelkeeeper’s 23rd annual Blue Water Ball at the Cabrillo Pavilion with 175 guests raising an impressive $180,000 for the popular nonprofit.
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2 weeks ago | 
montecitojournal.net | Richard Mineards
Drinks of a Higher Dimension Rosewood staff with guest publicists tasting The Manor Bar’s Volume IV of the “Chronicles of Cocktails” (photo by Priscilla) To the clubby Manor Bar at Rick Caruso’s Rosewood Miramar Hotel for the launch of its new creative and colorful cocktail collection.
