JOURNAL
The Giving List
13 – 20 FEBRUARY 2025 | VOL 31 ISS 7 www.montecitojournal.net
Voice of theV illage
SERVING MONTECITO AND SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA
Compute This – Jeff Wing welcomes our new AI overlords with a bow to the binary and a smile fit for facial recognition, P.6
Sketch That – The SBIFF animation panel proves that these films are more than just your kids’ morning cereal companions – they’re great cinema, P.18
Giving inmates the Freedom to Choose a new future, page 20
Hear This – Tune into these soothing sound baths happening around town and embrace your inner 432Hz, P.25
THE MARKET IS MOVING
January is a wrap – and boasts the largest number of sold homes in a single month in well over a year. Normally a slow month, this January may be the harbinger of a big year for the real estate market (Story starts on p.5)
Let’s Go LSO
Prepare to move to some Mozart, Ravel, and more this week when the London Symphony Orchestra arrives to party with the Music Academy, page 16
A WOPN Big Deal Get into a pinot daze with days of tastings, pairings, and workshops – it’s the World of Pinot Noir’s 25th anniversary, page 28
Galentine’s glamour in the speakeasy Sip divine cocktails, sway to live music, and uncover your fate with captivating psychic readings to celebrate galentine’s night available february 13th
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