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

This summer, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will host a special exhibition, Garden Casitas: Playhouses Designed with Nature in Mind.​

The Tōkaidō, or Eastern Sea Road, was formed in the 17th century to link Japan’s old imperial capital, Kyoto, with the new warrior capital, Edo (modern Tokyo). Along the 320-mile route, 53 official post towns fed, lodged, and supplied travelers. By the mid-19th century, woodblock printed novels, guidebooks, and pictures made famous the road’s natural scenery—and real or imagined experiences.

This exhibition showcases a rare surviving set of the "Comic Picture Scroll of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō," painted in 1921 by eighteen "manga" (“comic pictures”) artists from the newly formed Tokyo Manga Association, along with selected woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), the greatest landscape print artist of the "ukiyo-e" (floating world picture) tradition who memorialized the great highway. Drawn from the Museum's permanent collection and augmented with loans from local collectors, the installation also includes three woodblock prints by the post-war artist Sekino Jun’ichirō (1914–1988) whose "Stations of the Tōkaidō" series, creatively echoed some of Hiroshige’s memorable images, a further testament to the legacy of Hiroshige and Japanese artists’ continued romance with this famed road.

This intimate exhibition was guest curated by Kendall H. Brown, Professor of Japanese Art History at California State University, Long Beach.

Image: Utagawa HIROSHIGE, Japanese, 1797–1858, "Station 10" (detail), Odawara from the series "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road," 1833–34. 1st month of Tempo 5. Color woodblock print. SBMA, Gift of the Frederick B. Kellam collection.

Silo118 presents an exhibition of photo sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Salvatore Matteo at Synergy One Lending in Montecito, 1250 Coast Village Road, open weekdays 9am-5pm.

Join us to listen and feel authentic sound through the vibrations of various instruments such as Tibetan/Crystal singing bowls, voice, bells and chimes. Give your mind a chance to wander into a deeper relaxation and improve overall wellbeing.

Featuring more than 100 seldom-displayed salt prints from the Wilson Centre for Photography, this extraordinary exhibition provides a rare chance to experience some of the earliest photographs ever made, by many of the most important and groundbreaking figures in the history of the photographic medium. "Salt and Silver" surveys the first two decades of photography’s evolution through the salt paper print process, unveiled in 1839 by the English scientist and scholar William Henry Fox Talbot. Talbot’s invention was a scientific and artistic breakthrough that created an entirely new visual experience. The technique—which used the simple compounds of salt and silver—was efficient, portable, and versatile, traits that allowed the practice of photography to spread across the globe from the early 1840s onward. Featuring the work of more than 40 practitioners, "Salt and Silver" traces their networks and geographical reach from England into Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India, China, and North America. The presentation at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art represents the final opportunity to see this exhibition after being on view at Tate Britain, London; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, and the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College, Claremont, CA. Salt and Silver: Early Photography 1840–1860 has been organized by the Wilson Centre for Photography with the Yale Center for British Art.
Image: Studio of Mathew Brady. Mathew Brady, Sixth Corps Staff Officers, "Winter of 1864," 1864. Salted paper print from a glass plate negative. Courtesy of the Wilson Centre for Photography.

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) is pleased to announce the United States institutional debut of Berlin-based artist and composer, Ari Benjamin Meyers.

By definition, the observable universe comprises all matter that can be seen or captured with current technologies. As vast and all-encompassing as that may seem, it still presumes a specific perspective from which all else is viewed and conceptualized—one afforded by the particular viewpoint of being on earth. Our unbridgeable physical distance from other cosmic entities, including the infinite reaches of other galaxies, has forced artists to look to observational sciences like astronomy for inspiration and employ experimental methods to conceptualize the vastness of outer space. In astronomy, there are multiple methods used to visualize celestial objects. Similarly, artists’ perceptions of the universe vary widely, inspired by a variety of cosmological models.

Drawing primarily from SBMA’s permanent collection and supplemented by loans from area collections, "The Observable Universe" explores a diverse range of artistic representations of the cosmos roughly coinciding with the ‘Space Age’ of the last sixty years. From early fascinations with space travel to philosophical questions of humankind’s place within the larger universe, the artwork featured in this exhibition reflects an enduring captivation with outer space and the mesmerizing imagery that the limitless cosmos inspires.

Rev. Karen S. Wylie will lead a six-week group that will read and discuss Michael A. Singer’s bestseller, "The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself." The group will meet at a private location in Ojai “for a thought-provoking examination of consciousness, who we are, and what we face in our emerging humanity, as Singer presents it,” Rev. Karen says.

Please join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network on October 18th & 19th for an inspiring two day event with renowned ecologist John Todd.

A 3-day business boot camp and retreat for female entrepreneurs and those aspiring to start businesses or lead organizations: October 18-21, 2019.

 

A 3-day business boot camp and retreat for female entrepreneurs and those aspiring to start businesses or lead organizations: October 18-21, 2019.

 

A 3-day business boot camp and retreat for female entrepreneurs and those aspiring to start businesses or lead organizations: October 18-21, 2019.

 

On Saturday, October 19 at 3 p.m. the SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB opens its 2019-2010 season, celebrating 50 years of presenting its stellar series of free concerts of beautiful classical music! Featured are two internationally renowned artists, pianist Betty Oberacker and clarinetist David Singer, performing music by Bach and Brahms at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu.

For information on this or other Santa Barbara Music Club programs and performing artists, visit SBMusicClub.org.

The Humanist Society hosts Dr. Joey Chatelain as he discusses the formation of the solar system on Oct 19th at 3:00 p.m.

The Humanist Society hosts Dr. Joey Chatelain as he discusses the formation of the solar system on Oct 19th at 3:00 p.m.

The SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB, the largest year-round concert series in Santa Barbara County, celebrates its 50th year of presenting its stellar series of free Saturday concerts

The SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB, the largest year-round concert series in Santa Barbara County, celebrates its 50th year of presenting free Saturday concerts, featuring outstanding performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles.

SB Music Club concerts are free to the public, and display a wonderful diversity of historical musical periods and compositional styles, including beloved masterworks and exciting new and seldom-heard repertoire. Of our series, the Santa Barbara Independent exclaimed: "A beautiful day, a beautiful room, beautiful music ... who could ask for more?" and Gerald Carpenter in Noozhawk.com declared, "Every Santa Barbara Music Club concert that I have ever attended has been a sensory joy as well as a consciousness expansion."

A valued cultural resource in the community since 1969, the Music Club's mission is threefold:

(1) Presentation of an annual series of concerts, free to the public.(2) Aiding and encouraging musical education by the
disbursement of scholarships to talented local music students.

(3) Presentation of community outreach activities in, including bringing great music to residents of area retirement homes.

The Klezmatics are globally-renowned world music superstars — and the only klezmer band to win a Grammy award. The Klezmatics emerged out of the vibrant cultural scene of New York City’s East Village in 1986 with klezmer steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights, anti-fundamentalism and eclectic musical influences including Arab, African, Latin, and Balkan rhythms, jazz and punk. Join us for what promises to be a sold out night of entertainment! $5 for UCSB students and youth under 12; $15 for general admission.
Buy Tickets Here:
The Klezmatics: https://events.ucsb.edu/event/the-klezmatics/

A diverse group of panelists will share their perspective on the complicated question of where conservation ends and horticulture begins.

Independent Living Resource Center hosts its first fundraising event in support of promoting independent living and full access for individuals with disabilities through advocacy, education, and action in our communities.

White Buffalo Land Trust, whose 12-acre farm in Summerland is beginning their mission to educate, research and promote regenerative agriculture, will hold their inaugural benefit, Roots of the Future, on Saturday, October 19.

Old Mission Santa Barbara and the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library are hosting a fundraising gala with Spanish flair on Saturday, October 19.

Stop by the Main-Begg Farmhouse (5001 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93111) on Saturday, October 19th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for an estate sale featuring lots of high quality and antique items. Everything is priced to sell!

Things out for sale will include, but are not limited to:

Kitchen items - pots, pans, baking containers, aprons, towels, etc.
Linens
Furniture – desks, dressers, dining chairs, armchairs, lamps, etc.
Yard tools
Auto supplies
Woodworking tools and supplies
Books
Magazines
Pictures and prints - framed and unframed
Fishing gear

We look forward to seeing you then!

Stop by the Main-Begg Farmhouse (5001 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93111) on Saturday, October 19th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for an estate sale featuring lots of high quality and antique items. Everything is priced to sell!

Things out for sale will include, but are not limited to:

Kitchen items - pots, pans, baking containers, aprons, towels, etc.
Linens
Furniture – desks, dressers, dining chairs, armchairs, lamps, etc.
Yard tools
Auto supplies
Woodworking tools and supplies
Books
Magazines
Pictures and prints - framed and unframed
Fishing gear

We look forward to seeing you then!

Stop by the Main-Begg Farmhouse (5001 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93111) on Saturday, October 19th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for an estate sale featuring lots of high quality and antique items. Everything is priced to sell!

Things out for sale will include, but are not limited to:

Kitchen items - pots, pans, baking containers, aprons, towels, etc.
Linens
Furniture – desks, dressers, dining chairs, armchairs, lamps, etc.
Yard tools
Auto supplies
Woodworking tools and supplies
Books
Magazines
Pictures and prints - framed and unframed
Fishing gear

We look forward to seeing you then!

The NatureTrack Day In the Country Almost 5K Run winds through the quaint downtown, charming neighborhoods, and quiet countryside of Los Olivos, California. As you run, in addition to the beautiful views, you'll enjoy knowing that your race registration is supporting NatureTrack Foundation, an organization dedicated to fostering a lifelong fascination with nature through outdoor field trips for school-aged children.

Led by fun-loving, knowledgeable docents, each NatureTrack field trip gives children the opportunity to explore, create, learn about, enjoy and sometimes visit for the first time, a natural treasure in "their backyard." NatureTrack enhances a child's education and brings to life the history, ecology, biology, beauty, importance, and wonders of our natural environment.

After the race, you can enjoy Los Olivos' most highly acclaimed festival of the year...the popular Day in the Country. The NatureTrack Almost 5K Run, (for serious, recreational, and furry runners), kicks-off this Los Olivos tradition that celebrates the magic of small-town, country living. With the NatureTrack Almost 5K Run; a parade; tractor show; over a hundred local and regional crafters, artists, and food purveyors; live music; wine tastings; and a beer garden, you'll find post-race fun for the whole family!

Special thanks to Platinum Performance, our race predecessors, for providing the nutrition bars and winner's gifts for the "first-annual NatureTrack Almost 5K Run."

We hope you'll join us. It's an event you won't want to miss!

Three of the most limitless creators and composers in the history of music, Béla Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (tabla) and Edgar Meyer (double bass) have each put forth an unprecedented array of projects that touch every geographical and stylistic corner of the musical world. Coming together as a trio of musical masters and genre-benders, these longtime friends and innovators create a fusion that is uniquely their own. With astonishing virtuosity and 20 Grammy Awards between them, Fleck, Hussain and Meyer move with ease among the worlds of classical, bluegrass and North Indian music, crossing sonic borders in an alchemical evening of magic that must not be missed.

“Simply the best at what they do… they’re world-class masters of the banjo, the bass fiddle and the tabla conquered mere technical prowess long ago.” NPR

The Santa Barbara Elks Lodge will be taking part in the Santa Barbara County’s Veteran’s Stand Down and will provide over $2500 worth of clothing, along with gift cards, toiletries, and other supplies.

The Rona Barrett Foundation’s annual fall fundraiser will celebrate Woodstock's 50th anniversary of peace, love, and music.

Dela Guerra Plaza hosted by Housing Authority with Spencer the Gardener. Free.

Join Landscape Designer Natasha Elliott to enrich both your diet and your yard with native edible plants including Elderberry, White sage, Wild strawberry, and California bay.

SkyeDyes is a local start-up business run by Skye Ramseyer. These free events promote aspects of Community, Empathy, Education and Creativity. 25% of all of the proceeds we make goes directly to small local non-profits in the Central Coast Area of California and to help bring these events to you around the west coast. So bring a white t-shirt and join us at Shoreline Park on the 19th of October between the hours of 10 am - 5 pm.

• Saturday, October 19th, 11:00am – 1:00pm
• Learn about owls, scorpions, spiders and snakes!

Close-up encounters with living, owls, scorpions, bats, spiders, and snakes along with real skulls and bones!