In the fourth generation of a Big Sur family, Emily Birmingham knows her experience of growing up in Big Sur deeply and, specifically the culture of Nepenthe, the iconic oceanside restaurant and shop that her great grandmother created so many years ago. We discuss the Big Sur Arts Initiative (her parent’s program), within which ‘Stage Kids’ was born. We talk about how Stage Kids provided a shared environment for our creativity and childhood interactions, and I discover how Stage Kids was an inspiration for what is now Secular Sabbath. Emily details her passion for exploring Big Sur in her own way, experiencing life to its fullest potential, while preserving Big Sur culture and her family’s heritage.