Soirée at Sara’s

Uber philanthropist Sara Miller McCune opened the doors of her Montecito home, just a tiara’s toss or two from the San Ysidro Ranch, to host a dinner, along with her publishing company, SAGE Publications, for a 60th anniversary benefit for UCSB’s Arts & Lectures program featuring CNN host and Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria.

The sunset soirée was preceded by cocktails on the expansive lawns before dinner on the terrace, with all tables named in honor of entertainers from the popular program.

Afterwards Zakaria, who studied at both Yale and Harvard, gave a thought-provoking half hour speech.

Among the cultural crowd of 84 guests were Tom and Heather Sturgess, Tim and Monica Babich, Dan and Meg Burnham, Henry and Dilling Yang, Janet Garufis, Gloria Steinem, Sam and Sandra Tyler, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, and Scott and Ella Brittingham.

The UCSB Jazz Band entertained.