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29 MAY – 5 JUNE 2025 | VOL 31 ISS 22 www.montecitojournal.net
Voice of theV illage
High-achieving, low-income highschoolers with college Advising Fellows – a match made in Matriculate, page 18
SERVING MONTECITO AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA
Merlin’s Chickens – Art is Life – and occasional gagging into a chicken-joint sink. Are you what they think you are?, P.6
The Diltz Dream – A wistful Paul & Linda McCartney… The Doors gazing out of the Morrison Hotel… the man behind our most iconic rock photos, P.16
Gabbin’ at Godmothers – The slew of authors coming to the Summerland bookstore will set your mind on fire, P.27
LINDEN SQUARE OPENS WHERE CAN YOU BUY A SURFBOARD, DO SOME YOGA, SNAG A FEW GIFTS, AND THEN DROP INTO CARP’S CULINARY COUSINS OF COAST VILLAGE HOT SPOTS, BETTINA AND ALMA FONDA FINA? THE NEW LINDEN SQUARE OF COURSE… (STORY STARTS ON PAGE 12)
Solstice Soirée
Feathered dancers, inflatable madness, a daylong confetti blizzard, and colorful crowds a’gyrating like dervishes – Yep. Solstice is almost here and these Montecitans gathered to support the cause, page 5
Sing it Out
Confidence-building, creative expression, liberated kids warbling like songbirds as you stare tearily from your seat – AHA!’s “Feel Good” event is more than a spectacular show, page 24
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