The Grapeseed Company Opening First Retail Location

Local Eco-Friendly Bath and Body Product Company Opening Store in Santa Barbara

The Grapeseed Company, a Santa Barbara-based eco-friendly company creating natural bath and body products from the byproduct of wine, is opening the doors to their first retail location at 201 W. Carrillo Street on August 28, 2010.

Opening day events will include mini-treatments, a custom scent bar to create your own fragrance, refreshments on the patio and do-it-yourself spa recipes to take home. Goodie bags will be handed out to the first 50 customers.

After founding the online company 5 years ago, Kristin Fraser Cotte decided to open her doors to the local community in a retail store, hosting classes and parties to share healthy, natural skin care.

The Grapeseed Company offers high-quality, eco-friendly products with grape seeds- an antioxidant-rich byproduct of area winemakers.

The Grapeseed Company
Saturday, August 28, 2010
12-6pm
201 W. Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA
805-456-3655
www.thegrapeseedcompany.com

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Citizen journalism is the concept of members of the Santa Barbara community playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information. You can use the Public Posts feature to pen a commentary, submit breaking news, offer a restaurant review, or to promote anything Santa Barbara related. But please think it through, because when you add a Public Post, someone else’s gets knocked down the list. And please keep it clean.

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Director Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon, High Art, Six Feet Under, Hung, The L Word) will be in Santa Barbara on Thursday, August 5th for a Q&A screening of her new film The Kids Are All Right starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. The Q&A will be moderated by Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Roger Durling and will follow the 8:15PM showing of the film at the Metropolitan Fiesta 5 (916 State Street, Santa Barbara) . Purchase your tickets in advance as it should be a full house. The Kids Are All Right is currently playing in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura.

www.kidsareallrightmovie.com

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Santa Barbara High School received a three year accreditation from a committee representing the Western Association of Schools and Colleges from a visitation in April. (Dos Pueblos and San Marcos both received accreditation terms of six years in recent visitations.) A three year term suggests there are major educational issues at the school that must be addressed immediately.

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The Santa Barbara Central Library and the Eastside Branch Library, including the public meeting rooms and Faulkner Galleries, will be closed on Mondays, beginning July 12. The closures reflect a reduction in the Library’s operating budget for the coming fiscal year. The Central Library Administration office will be open Tuesday through Saturday.

The Goleta Library Monday hours will change to 12 pm – 6 pm.  These hours are funded by the Friends of the Goleta Valley Library. �
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The Montecito Library is making several changes to its schedule of open hours.  Monday hours will resume with funding from the Friends of the Montecito Library.  Evening hours are being introduced as the Library will remain open until 7:00 pm on Monday evenings. The library will now open at 9:30 am Monday through Saturday. It will close at 7:00 pm on Monday, at 5:30 pm Tuesday through Friday, and at 4:00 pm on Saturday.
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The full listing of hours for the branches of the Santa Barbara Public Library System will be as follows, beginning July 12:

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RICK WAYMAN, POETRY, MUSIC
& REFLECTIONS
AT SADAKO PEACE DAY—AUGUST 6

Contact: Steven Crandell, 805 965-3443, scrandell@napf.org

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Director of Programs Rick Wayman will be the featured speaker at the 16th Annual Sadako Peace Day ceremony, Friday August 6, at the Sadako Peace Garden at La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road, between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

His theme will be “Persistence and Dedication.” He will discuss the importance of working for a world free of nuclear weapons in spite of opposition – and why the support of many people is required for progress to be made towards nuclear weapons abolition.

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On Monday, June 14, 2010, and continuing through July 2010, the City of Santa Barbara, Public Works Department, will replace the street surface on upper State Street and De la Vina Street. Construction will affect most blocks on State Street from La Cumbre Road south to De la Vina Street and all blocks on De la Vina Street from State Street south to West Alamar Avenue. The existing street will be ground down and replaced with an asphalt overlay to restore the street surface.

Construction will be conducted at night between the hours of 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM. One lane of traffic will be provided in both directions at all times during construction; however, traffic speed may be reduced. Residents and businesses in the area may experience noise from jackhammers, grinders, truck back-up alarms and other equipment noise associated with street construction.

The new asphalt overlay is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and will maintain the City’s transportation infrastructure. When construction is complete, a smooth and safe driving surface for travel will be provided along the upper State Street and De La Vina Street corridors. The Public Works Department appreciates the community’s patience and cooperation during the construction.

For the exact location of the project, please visit the Upcoming City Road Maintenance Work Info and Street Map at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Engineering. If you have further questions, please contact Tim Gaasch, Supervising Engineer, at (805) 897-2502.

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Saturday, June 12, 2010 – Santa Barbara, CA – Kidzmet joins the National Summer Learning Association in celebrating the importance of summer enrichment by awarding two Kidzmet parent members $100 each toward summer camp enrollments in the programs of their choice. Winners will be announced on June 21, 2010 in honor of National Summer Learning Day.

Studies have shown that summer learning programs can have a dramatically positive impact on a child’s development, which is why experts encourage parents to balance education with play over the summer in order to avoid sacrificing educational gains made during the school year.

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I’ve always thought they should be located in the medical areas…and they should also be a non-profit entity.

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Santa Barbara based photographer, Whitney Elizabeth, spent ten days in April in Port au Prince, Haiti, photographing and documenting the days of volunteer doctors and nurses from the organization, New Reality International. Whitney was able to capture poignant interactions through her photographs, and would like to encourage continued awareness towards the relief efforts in Haiti.

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