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.​

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.

Opening reception for UCSB Library's exhibition Campus by the Sea, which celebrates the 75th anniversary of UC Santa Barbara.

Join Hospice of Santa Barbara for a costume party with local celebrity bartenders for a night of fun to scare up some FUNds~

Join us on Thursday Oct. 24th for the return of TRIVIA night at DV8 Cellars. This time we will be testing your knowledge of all things Halloween. Fun prizes for Each round including a COSTUME contest! Wine Giveaways and much more! We will be offering wine by the glass and bottle but no tasting flights. We have Santa Barbara Popcorn and food will be available to order from Brass Bear Brewing. Hope to see you there Santa Barbara!

6:00PM-8:30PM Come join a growing community of people who are developing video games, cross platform apps, AR / VR experiences and more using Unity. We meet the last Thursday of each month at workzones (http://workzones.com/) at 6:00 PM and sometimes kick off meetings by playing games. Bring your laptop to show off your work, your

Join us Friday night at Carr Winery for live music with The Reserve!

The opioid epidemic sweeping the country affects virtually every American, directly or indirectly, often in deeply personal ways. The Westmont Initiative for Public Dialogue and Deliberation (WIPDD) hosts a community conversation on the topic Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-9 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Community members may register to participate on a first-come, first-served basis by email at wipdd@westmont.edu. Registrants are asked to arrive at 6:45 p.m. Free parking is available onsite.

Dusty archives have been painstakingly tracked down and remastered to bring a new perspective to one of the most crucial periods in surfing’s evolution. This is a film compiled of never-before-seen footage from surfing’s Golden Age, with outtakes and extras from some of surfing’s most well-known filmmakers to tell a history that has never been told before.

“Spoons: A Santa Barbara Story” is an exploration of how one of the most significant corners of the world produced, and continues to produce, some of the most talented surfers and innovators. Deeper than all is a story of craftsmanship, work ethic, renegades and tradition, a film that goes beyond the time spent in the ocean to define how one spends a lifetime.