Continuing its book launch series, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will host a reading of “Jemma and The Mermaid’s Call,” a new children’s book by local author Laura VonDracek and illustrated ...
A captain needs friends at sea. Every day we venture forth onto Mother Nature’s dance floor we call the sea, never absolutely certain what adventure or harrowing experience lies just over the horizon.
King Togbe Yedy, one of the heads of the convent of the Temple of Mami Wata, poses in front of an altar at the Temple in Ouidah, Benin, on Jan. 11, 2025. Credit - Marco Longari—AFP/Getty Images In the ...