The Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival (SBSGOAF) is having an Instagram silent auction from October 11-18, with 100% of the proceeds going to @sbmaritimemuseum. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has been closed for the duration of the pandemic and may not be able to reopen until the end of the year. We wanted to help them out, and we are hoping you will support our efforts. 12 amazing professional artists are transforming wood fish into beautiful original art for you to bid on!

Hookman by Lauren Yee

Directed & adapted by Michael Bernard

An early play by a rising contemporary playwright, Hookman has been described by some as a “slasher comedy.” Sometimes mysterious, often hilarious, Hookman is a biting story of teen angst and loss.
URL: https://www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/news/event/747

Event Price: $13-19

UCSB Performing Arts Theater

FEB 15, 2020 / 1PM, 7PM
FEB 18 - 20, 2020 / 8PM
FEB 21 - 22, 2020 / 7PM
FEB 22 – 23, 2020 / 1PM

Santa Barbara artist Sol Hill has an exhibition of Metagraphs in Montecito.

Silo118 and Santa Barbara artist Sol Hill present an exhibition of camera-based work called Metagraphs.

This is the first exhibition organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art devoted exclusively to the specific artistic medium of sculpture. The presentation features over 50 objects from the permanent collection, many of which have yet to be exhibited. The selected works of art reveal the impressive historical and geographical breadth of the permanent collection, including Pre-Columbian, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek & Roman, 11th- to 17th-century Southeast Asian, Ancient to 13th-century Chinese, 19th-century African, and 19th- to 21st-century French, English, and American sculpture. An unorthodox juxtaposition of works from such a diverse array of cultures allows for a more global interpretive approach to these works of art. Because the installation is organized thematically (Dance and Music; The Human-Animal; Flight; The Head; The Body), rather than by culture or time period, the unexpected visual proximity of such an eclectic variety of art provokes unexpected trains of thought. This show is guest curated by Gülru Cakmak, Associate Professor of 19th-century European Art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, at the invitation of Deputy Director and Chief Curator Eik Kahng.

Image: Augusto Escobedo, "Dancing Figures," n.d. Aluminum. SBMA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lewin

An 11th-century Chinese painting, "Old Tree, Rock, and Bamboo," recently appeared on public view, and is widely regarded as the only surviving painting by Su Shi (1037–1101), one of the greatest names in Chinese cultural history. A statesman, scholar, poet, writer, calligrapher, and painter, Shu Shi is considered the fountainhead of the so-called “literati” painting tradition that came to dominate much of later Chinese art. This exhibition celebrates the ideals of literati painting as first formulated by Su Shi and his circle of friends, and further developed by succeeding generations of artists and calligraphers. The exhibition includes 12 paintings and calligraphy from the 17th through 19th centuries from the Museum’s permanent collection, supplemented with private loans.

Image: LUO Ping, Chinese, 1733–1799, "Finger Painting of Crane," From “Album of Miscellaneous Subjects” with WANG Feng. Ink and color on paper; album leaf from a set of 12. Anonymous loan.

Come enjoy music from Salty Strings, taste local wine from Grassini Family Vineyards, eat yummy local, organic eats, and win up to $1000 in prizes! We cannot wait to see you May 17 from 3-8 PM. Located at Kineci Health & Movement Center at 22 West Mission Street, Suite B.

Please RSVP here: https://kineci.lpages.co/grand-opening-rsvp/

April: 4, 11, 18, 25
May: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Inspired by works of art in the Museum's permanent collection and current exhibitions, students of all skill levels are able to develop and refine both sculptural and functional techniques of ceramics through hand building, throwing, surface decoration, and glazing techniques. This course features small group instruction and individual attention for beginners, while advanced students are welcome to work independently. Drop-in classes available by appointment. Contact Rachael Krieps at rkrieps@sbma.net to inquire.

Suitable for beginners, the classes include both small group instruction and individual attention.

Course includes all materials, firings, and a docent-led tour of the Museum.

Registration Fee: $400 SBMA Members/$485 Non-Members
No fewer than 10 participants required for this class to run.

Disquantified: Higher Education in the Age of Metrics
www.disquantified.org
May 16-17, 2019
Loma Pelona Center and the UCen (Harbor Room)

Metrics are transforming higher education. The Disquantified conference explores how they are changing teaching, research, and governance in universities. Our questions include:

How are citation analytics affecting the direction of academic research and publishing?
Are wage data influencing how students choose majors?
Are faculty teaching differently as assessment becomes learning analytics?
Have performance indicators changed public funding and oversight?
Given these trends, how might faculty, students, and staff respond?
Please join us as we host an interdisciplinary cast of scholars for lively discussion about how we can use (and when we should reject) higher education metrics. Our goal is to make the university a more exciting, energizing, and equitable place. Faculty, students, and staff members from all disciplines are welcome.

For the full program and more information, visit www.disquantified.org.

Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, National Endowment for the Humanities, Chicano Studies Institute, Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, Office of Research, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Letters and Science, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, Department of English

The new weekly local radio show, “Solutions News Radio,” hosted by Rinaldo Brutoco, president and founder of the World Business Academy, will air live this Friday from 5-6 p.m. on KZSB 1290 AM radio. There will be replay broadcasts Friday from 11 p.m.– 12 a.m., Saturday from 5- 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 -10 a.m. The show is also available on demand as a podcast from Soundcloud.

Local group Key Party returns to Carr Winery this Friday, May 17.

The UCSB Department of Music will present a concert titled "Make a Jazz Noise Here: The Genius of Frank Zappa" on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. The event will feature performances by the UCSB Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combos, and students of the College of Creative Studies Music Composition Program. The program will include arrangements by Zac Erstad, Jarod Fedele, and Tom Håkanson, with special guests Matt Perko (drums) and Milo Bechtloff (saxophones).

Fratelli, A Men’s Chorus, Santa Barbara’s chorus of gay men and their allies, will present its highly-anticipated Spring Concert "Why We Sing!" Friday, May 17 at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Santa Barbara.

Fratelli’s Spring Concert, the culmination of their seventh season, is centered around brotherhood, friendship, and belonging. Members of the group, gay and straight, span five generations and include parents, grandparents, professionals and students.

The talented, enthusiastic singers will showcase an eclectic repertoire through a variety of musical styles, all presented with humor and heart to highlight the joy of friendship and fraternity. Some of the songs that will be featured in the Spring Concert include You Raise Me Up, Thank You for Being a Friend (Golden Girls theme), and For Good (from Wicked).

For more information, visit www.fratelliamenschorus.org.

Date: Friday, May 17th, 2019
Time: 7:30p.m. (Doors open at 7:10 p.m.)
Location: First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara CA 93101

Westmont Public Telescope Night

The New Works Lab presents bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a simple 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. Works are selected every November through an open application process. The process is supported by a weekly spring quarter class in which NWL student actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers and publicists working on the productions convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work.

Performance Dates:

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2019 - 8:00pm

May 11, 18, 19, 2019 - 2:00pm

Robert Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B for the past four decades, with five Grammy wins, a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, recipient of the Americana Lifetime achievement award, countless tours and over 20 acclaimed albums. Cray’s latest record, Robert Cray with Hi Rhythm was recorded at Royal Studios in

The LISO conference promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion in the analysis of naturally occurring human interaction. Papers will be presented by national and international scholars on a variety of topics in the study of language, interaction, and culture.

This year’s conference theme is “Disrupt and Advance.” We understand ‘disrupt’ broadly as actions or ideas that intervene in or challenge the established theoretical, institutional, or narrative frame. The emphasis on disruption is an intentional examination of disciplinary constraints. By including ‘advance’ we hope to encourage submissions that operationalize critique into praxis. We welcome papers that engage in a critique of disciplinary conventions or somehow broaden the scope of (inter)disciplinary research, presenting innovative models for paths forward.

For more information visit http://liso.ucsblinguist.org/

Sponsored by the IHC’s Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) Research Focus Group, Graduate Division, Linguistics Department, Education Department, Sociology Department, and the Communication Department.

Come visit our downtown Santa Barbara location and save 25% on everything in stock! In-store sale runs from Friday May 17 thru Monday May 20, 10:30am - 6:30pm.

Antiques, Decorative Arts & Vintage Show supports nonprofit Child Abuse Listening Mediation at Earl Warren Showgrounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 17-19. Admission $6 or less.

The finest Antique & Vintage Roadshow of the spring at the Earl Warren Showgrounds from May 17 - 19

For many of us today, the artifice of legal personhood — the corporate person in particular — provokes outrage. Focusing on the legal fiction of slave personhood, this paper argues that in the 19th-century U.S. the greater danger came from naturalizing this artifice by attaching it to actual African American people, regardless of condition. This