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From the Desk of Kate Schwab,
Marketing & Communications Director
Did Somebody Say Shopping?
I have but one prediction: this will be a November to remember.
No matter how you vote on November 8th, you will be voting in an historic election.
But November is so much more than an every-four-years political race. As the daughter of a small town store owner, I'm fiercely supportive of Small Business Saturday. In fact, with the dozens of local shops and restaurants in Downtown Santa Barbara, I'd venture to say this day was invented with Downtown SB in mind.
Click here for a list of participating locations,
and join us throughout the Downtown neighborhood for
Small Business Saturday, November 26th!
Downtown SB Members: click here for Small Business Saturday participation form.
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Your December Events Update
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Let's start with a shout-out to our Holiday Parade sponsors!
Thanks to:
Presenting Sponsor Consumer Fire Products, Inc.; Montecito Bank & Trust and The Towbes Group, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, American Riviera Bank, Canary Hotel, Sonos, Metropolitan Theatres, La Arcada Plaza, SB Nightlife, Marborg Industries, Southern California Edision, Union Bank, Voice Magazine, Noozhawk, Rincon Broadcasting, Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort & Franciscan Inn.
Interested in Sponsorship?
CLICK HERE
to view the professional floats and balloons still available.
Please direct all Sponsorship questions to:
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Calling all young artists (ages 6-10)!
Enter your drawing for the chance to be in the Holiday Parade as our Parade Prince or Fairy! You'll start off the Parade in a cool convertible and use a magic wand to light the huge Downtown SB Christmas Tree. You'll even be on the radio!
Click here for participation form, deadline is Wednesday, November 16th.
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Downtown SB Members: The Holiday Window Decor Contest
The perfect opportunity to show off your decorating skills! Heads up: if you thought the Halloween Window Decor contest was competitive, get ready for the battle we call the Holiday Window decor. The Award of Excellence is highly coveted, with the winner displaying the award for the entire year.
4. Downtown SB Unity Toy Drive
This year, Downtown Santa Barbara and Holiday Parade Presenting Sponsor Consumer Fire Products
have added a new twist to the holidays with the Downtown Santa Barbara Unity Toy Drive. All toys collected will be distributed to over 9,000 low-income children. Their mothers will be referred to the Unity Shoppe by 300 other non-profit agencies, churches, schools and hospitals countywide. Unity's Toy Shoppe will be open between December 1st to the 24th.
All Downtown businesses are invited to participate in the toy drive in one of two ways, with either a toy donation box or a countertop "giving tree," from Sat, November 26
th. Boxes, Small Trees, Wish Cards and posters will be delivered to your businesses. Ads and media attention will encourage donors to visit participating merchants. All Donations will make the holidays brighter for children from low-income families.
If you would like to be a participating location in support of the
Downtown Santa Barbara Unity Toy Drive, please contact Barbara (
[email protected] or Pat at
[email protected] so they can talk to you further if you have any questions or to arrange to deliver the supplies directly to you.
5. Volunteer for the Parade!
We couldn't produce this hometown Holiday Parade without the help of our amazingly dedicated and jolly volunteers! Interested in being an important part of the
64th Annual Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Parade? Contact
Jenna Raimist to sign up or with any questions (volunteer shifts are between 4:30 to 8:30 pm).
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Heads up - here are the events Downtown Santa Barbara is hosting
for the next two
months, and YOU can participate!
November 2016
Thursday, November 3
(5:00-8:00 pm)
Cruise Ship Arrivals
Wed, Nov 2: Ruby Princess
Sat, Nov 19: Crystal Symphony
Mon, Nov 28: Crown Princess
Downtown Christmas Tree
Installation
Tuesday, November 22 (8:00 am)
State Street, between Victoria & Sola
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 24
DSB office closed, 11/24 and 11/25
Small Business Saturday
Saturday, November 26
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1st Thursday
Thursday, December 1 (5:00 to 8:00 pm)
Friday, December 2 (6:30 pm)
Thursday, December 15
Holiday Window Decor Judging
Friday, December 23
DSB Office closed
Friday, December 30
DSB ofice closed
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Halloween Window Decor Winners
With a wealth of horror from which to choose, the Downtown Santa Barbara Decor Committee fought with the tenacity of zombies to narrow the field down to the top three decorated locations, adding categories to showcase the amazingly terrifying window displays on (and off) State Street. And the winners are:
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Once upon a midnight dreary...at SB Public Library.
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1st Place: The Santa Barbara Public Library (40 E. Anapamu) - With mounds of horror novels as inspiration, the library staff plucked Mr. Edgar Allen Poe out of obscurity, turning a corner of the lobby into somewhat of an homage with a beating tell-tale heart, rats, a steaming cauldron and a spooky candelabra, watched over by a hovering sorcerer's apprentice (aka "librarian").
2nd Place: Fine Fabrics (1307 State) - "She craved the type of passion that even brought the devil down to his knees," and that is but one of the dire warnings - paired with stunning couture fashion ensembles. A mermaid, Vincent Price, a black widow spider...ghastly.
3rd Place: Wolf's Head (432 State) - Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of State Street - if you dare.
Best Overall Halloween Experience: Wildcat Lounge (15 W. Ortega) - one word: clowns. Lots of clowns. And eerie snapshots of macabre children. And ghouls. And scariest yet: political and social commentary in the window.
Best Off State Street Décor: Pacific Western Bank (30 E. Figueroa) If there's something strange in the neighborhood, who ya gonna call? The bank added a backlit cityscape, with looming (and handmade) Slimer and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man - yes, even green slime.
Best Use of Materials: Blush (630 State) - sheer volumes of gauze in the window slowly reveal a ghostly head! And not just the window - the Ghost Lady completely takes over an entire table.
Best Restaurant Décor: opal restaurant and bar (1325 State) - a class act all the way...except for those crows, waiting to swoop down upon unsuspecting diners...
Ghost Award: Baja Sharkeez (525 State) - This award is presented to a business that slips under the door (like a ghost) by not officially signing up for the contest, but the judges were drawn in by the costumed staff and ghostly, skeletal décor.
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"I can guarantee the closest shave you'll ever know." Wolf's Head.
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1st Thursday,
Presented by Montecito Bank & Trust
Downtown Santa Barbara comes alive once a month,
for
1st Thursday
, the monthly art crawl on Downtown Santa Barbara streets and historic paseos! Look for art, music, dance, poetry, demos, lectures, book signings and more - free for all participants.
November's theme is Giving Back (*denotes venues supporting a nonprofit).
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Designer/craftsman Arthur Korb has been creating hand crafted jewelry, stained glass and assemblage sculptures since 1967 - find his work at
Santa Barbara Arts (1114 State #24).
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Indigo Interiors (1321 State) hosts "Two Of A Kind," featuring the work of Anthony Askew and Rosemarie Gebhart, two local Print Makers.
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Parker Clay* (133 E. Anapamu) handcrafts luxury leather goods in Ethiopia, transforming communities through trade to create social and economic empowerment.
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Enjoy wine, hors d'oeuvres, and live jazz by the Justin Claveria Quartet and an exhibit: Santa Barbara based artist Briana Miyoko Stanley, at Christ Presbyterian Church* (36 E. Victoria). They are partnering with local nonprofits Immigrant Hope Santa Barbara and Uffizi Order.
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Hospice of Santa Barbara* invites you to share your personal aspirations in a public space on their "Before I die I want to..." interactive display (Marshalls Patio, 900 State).
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The whimsical work of the beloved local artist Pali-X-Mano, best known for his Solstice Parade designs brings his "Cosmic Encounters" to Bella Rosa Galleries* (1103-A State).
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An evening of fine art and artisanal products at Rooms & Gardens (924 State), with artist Garrett Speirs, showcasing his work of inspiration drawn from a recent trip to Rome.
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It's back! Since 1968, the
Yes Store (651 Paseo Nuevo #101) is a seasonal pop-up of artists who come together each holiday season to offer handmade one-of-a-kind gifts for holiday shoppers.
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Student art, board games and family fun are featured as Hotel Santa Barbara* (533 State) and local shops collaborate with The Visual Arts and Design Academy (VADA), a "school-within-a-school" integrating academics with career-focused art and design instruction.
Performances:
The songs
of David Segáll express his love of nature, surfing, sailing and Yoga. Playing a mix of his own Soul, Rock and Reggae music, he also weaves in renditions of timeless covers.(Marshalls Patio, 900 State). Find Capoeira Sul da Bahia - Contra Mestre Chin at the SBMA corner (Anapamu & State), performing the amazing Brazilian art form of Capoeira and Maculele.
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Non-Profits to Know:
LifeChronicles
Memories in the Making - Capturing Lives When it Matters Most
LifeChronicles began simply as a way to preserve memories. It has grown into a remarkable way to bring healing and connection to families with loved ones - whether they be seniors or those facing serious illness - who are facing the end of life, and it allows them to do so with dignity, integrity, and respect.
After 18 years, LifeChronicles has helped more than 1,400 clients preserve memories and expressions of love on video.
Join LifeChronicles on Marshalls Patio (900 State) for
Small Business Saturday. Meet founder Kate Carter, as she and her team wrap your Christmas gifts after a day of shopping with Downtown SB's favorite local shops. The LifeChronicles gift wrapping service is free; donations are always welcome.
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Here's What's New in Downtown Santa Barbara:
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Downtown Santa Barbara
Board of Directors
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President
*Matt LaBrie
LYNX Management
Vice President
*Traci Taitt
The Towbes Group
Treasurer
*Michael Jordan
Secretary
*Bob Stout
Wildcat Lounge
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*Executive Committee members |
Lynn Adams
Santa Barbara Arts
David Asbell
Lobero Theatre
David Beardon
Santa Barbara Frame Shop
and Gallery
*Ginny Brush
Brush & Associates
Scott Burruss
The Shade Store
*Kim Clark
Noozhawk
Genny Cummings
Indigo Interiors
*David de L'Arbe
Santa Barbara Travel Bureau
Roger Durling
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
William Duval
Law Office of William Duval
Tamara Erickson
Hotel Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Joanne Funari
American Riviera Bank
Allison Griffin
Sonos, Inc.
Steve Hinkley
MOXI
Ed Holdren
Holdren's Steaks & Seafood
Kathy Janega-Dykes
Visit Santa Barbara
Laura Knight
Pascucci
Dave Lombardi
Distinctive Framing 'n' Art
Distinctive Art Gallery
*Gene McKnight
IGF Partners, LL
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Dr. Anne Petersen
Santa Barbara Trust for
Historic Preservation
Tracy Pfautch
Pacific Western Bank
Randy Rowse
Paradise Cafe
Brad Sherman
Nectar and Aldo's Italian Restaurant
Sarah Sinclair
Santa Barbara Independent
Craig Springer
SB Center for the
Performing Arts
Tammy Steuart
Metropolitan Theatres
Tina Takaya
Opal Restaurant and Bar
Randy Weiss
Union Bank
*Mark Whitehurst
CASA Magazine
Michal Wiesbrock
Arthritis Foundation
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Downtown Santa Barbara
Staff
Executive Director
Marketing & Communications Director
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Julian Castillo
Plaza Crew Supervisor
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Events Coordinator
Office Manager
Chloe Brooks
State Street Team
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"We need to preserve our neighborhoods,
our small business, our local economy."
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