The Channel City Club
now including the Committee on Foreign Relations
Santa Barbara’s Window on the World
The Channel City Club
now including the Committee on Foreign Relations
Santa Barbara’s Window on the World
Now approaching its 80th anniversary, the Channel City Club was founded by Louis Lancaster in 1946 to provide Santa Barbara with a local venue for leading experts on state, national and international topics through lectures and discussions.
Sponsorship of this program has been generously provided by
Channel City Club members Kevin & Lori Snyder
Recent Events
Annual Christmas Brunch: 4 OF THE 11 FIVES: General Dwight David Eisenhower; General Omar Nelson Bradley; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; General Douglas MacArthur
Speaker: John Blankenship
Founding Director, Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation; former Lt. US Navy pilot; local military historian; Viet Nam veteran
Featuring a Montecito Union School Chorus performance, under the direction of Pam Herzog
Can a Competitive World Avoid Conflict?
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, GCMG
United Kingdom's Diplomatic Service; Special Advisor to the NGO Forward Thinking
Will Tariffs Make America Weak or Strong?
Daniel Crocker
Channel City Club's Board Director; Former Senior U.S. Department of Commerce Official and Diplomat
Capture the Spirit
Annual Fiesta Party
Channel City Club Member and this year's Fiesta Parade Grand Marshalls: sisters Henrietta Holsman Fore and Marta Holsman Babson. Channel City Club members and past Fiesta Presidentes: W. Scott Burns, Stephanie Petlow, Denise Sanford, and Herb Barthels
Performers: Fiesta Spirit Natalia Trevino and Junior Spirit Victoria Plascencia
The Golf 100: A Spirited Ranking of the Greatest Players of All Time
Best Selling Author Michael Arkush Speaks about his New Book
Former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times; he has also contributed to the New York Times and Washington Post
Who Needs Soft Power?
Goli Ameri
Served as the US Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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Brooks Firestone, CCC/CFR presiding; John Blankenship, Co-Founder PCVF, Sheriff Bill Brown, Bd. Membe PCVF; and Cadet Daniel Keefe, UCSB ROTC Surfrider Battalion, leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Photo credit: Drew Wakefield
Looking Back to 1983
Santa Barbara News Press photo by Bob Ponce – President Jimmy Carter with Mrs. Curtis C. (Yvonne) Jordan, Vice President of the Channel City Club Forum (January 31, 1983). Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum.
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