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Film Premiere: Cowboy MeditationsAn award-winning documentary

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Flier with the sillouette of a man riding a horse illuminated by a full moon

Film premier screening in Los Olivos
Co-hosted by the Santa Ynez Valley Grange
A decade in the making, Cowboy Meditations is the directorial debut for Gary Milliken, a long-time Santa Barbara resident and backcountry explorer. After meeting Dick Gibford while on a backpacking trip in the remote Sierra Madre Mountains of northeastern Santa Barbara County, Milliken inquired if he could make a film about