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.​

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.

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.

Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1871–1946) was a pivotal figure in the modernist development of Mexican art. He spent his formative years immersed in the artistic life of Paris, returning to Mexico in 1910 on the eve of the country’s Revolution. After becoming director of the famed Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, he established the nation’s first open air schools and encouraged his pupils to create work that captured observations of daily life. In 1929, Ramos Martínez and his family relocated to Los Angeles. For the next two decades, his subject matter focused on the people and culture of Mexico, with the artist receiving many notable mural commissions throughout Southern California. His canvases depict indigenous traditions, local crafts, and religious icons painted in striking hues of umber and sienna accented by bold highlights of color.

While Ramos Martínez was celebrated as a painter, some of his most iconic works of art were created on paper. Said to have always carried a Conté crayon in his pocket, the artist frequently drew on newspaper—the printed columns of text supporting totem-like figures of flower vendors. Working in combinations of gouache, charcoal, Conté crayon, and watercolor, he perfected a signature style in which forms were reduced to essentials to create a structural scaffolding across the paper’s surface. "Alfredo Ramos Martínez: On Paper" is an intimate exhibition of works from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Comprising six drawings, as well as two serigraphs created by his wife María Sodi de Ramos Martínez after his death, the exhibition showcases the artist’s extraordinary draftsmanship, revealing the layered sensibility in his chosen themes.

Alfredo Ramos Martínez: On Paper is curated by Rachel Heidenry, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, and presented in both English and Spanish in the Works on Paper room of SBMA’s Ridley-Tree Gallery.

Image: Alfredo Ramos Martínez, "Mujeres con flores (Women with Flowers)" (detail), ca. 1946. Tempera and Conté crayon on newsprint / Tempera y crayón Conté sobre papel periódico. SBMA, Gift of the P.D. McMillan Land Company, 1963.32.1 © The Alfredo Ramos Martínez Research Project.

Alfredo Ramos Martínez (1871–1946) was a pivotal figure in the modernist development of Mexican art. He spent his formative years immersed in the artistic life of Paris, returning to Mexico in 1910 on the eve of the country’s Revolution. After becoming director of the famed Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, he established the nation’s first open air schools and encouraged his pupils to create work that captured observations of daily life. In 1929, Ramos Martínez and his family relocated to Los Angeles. For the next two decades, his subject matter focused on the people and culture of Mexico, with the artist receiving many notable mural commissions throughout Southern California. His canvases depict indigenous traditions, local crafts, and religious icons painted in striking hues of umber and sienna accented by bold highlights of color.

While Ramos Martínez was celebrated as a painter, some of his most iconic works of art were created on paper. Said to have always carried a Conté crayon in his pocket, the artist frequently drew on newspaper—the printed columns of text supporting totem-like figures of flower vendors. Working in combinations of gouache, charcoal, Conté crayon, and watercolor, he perfected a signature style in which forms were reduced to essentials to create a structural scaffolding across the paper’s surface. "Alfredo Ramos Martínez: On Paper" is an intimate exhibition of works from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Comprising six drawings, as well as two serigraphs created by his wife María Sodi de Ramos Martínez after his death, the exhibition showcases the artist’s extraordinary draftsmanship, revealing the layered sensibility in his chosen themes.

Alfredo Ramos Martínez: On Paper is curated by Rachel Heidenry, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, and presented in both English and Spanish in the Works on Paper room of SBMA’s Ridley-Tree Gallery.

Image: Alfredo Ramos Martínez, "Mujeres con flores (Women with Flowers)" (detail), ca. 1946. Tempera and Conté crayon on newsprint / Tempera y crayón Conté sobre papel periódico. SBMA, Gift of the P.D. McMillan Land Company, 1963.32.1 © The Alfredo Ramos Martínez Research Project.

Glenn Dallas Gallery has teamed up with local artists to host a fun & creative holiday market. Shop for gifts, enjoy nice company & be inspired by artists in our community.

The perfect holiday festival to spend time with family enjoying live entertainment, a magical train ride, shopping and of course Christmas lights (Nov 29 - Dec 23)

The perfect holiday festival to spend time with family enjoying live entertainment, a magical train ride, shopping and of course Christmas lights (Nov 29 - Dec 23)

The perfect holiday festival to spend time with family enjoying live entertainment, a magical train ride, shopping and of course Christmas lights (Nov 29 - Dec 23)

City of Solvang, California Announces Plans for Annual “Solvang Julefest”, Revamped Holiday Season Celebration to Run November 30, 2019 through January 3, 2020 in Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country

City of Solvang, California Announces Plans for Annual “Solvang Julefest”, Revamped Holiday Season Celebration to Run November 30, 2019 through January 3, 2020 in Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country

City of Solvang, California Announces Plans for Annual “Solvang Julefest”, Revamped Holiday Season Celebration to Run November 30, 2019 through January 3, 2020 in Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country

Experience an Abundance of Holiday Celebrations Reflecting Many Faiths and Traditions at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara’s Annual “Twelve Days of Engagement” Event Calendar

Come visit Santa at La Cumbre Plaza in his NEW home across from Chico's.

Come visit Santa at La Cumbre Plaza in his NEW home across from Chico's.

Join us for a dialogue between Dominique Jullien (French and Comparative Literature) and Sowon Park (English) about Jullien’s new book, Borges, Buddhism and World Literature: A Morphology of Renunciation Tales. Refreshments will be served.

FIRST THURSDAY DEC 5 2019 5 PM – 9 PM FEATURING Never before seen night seascapes from local artist Nancy Earle, Beautiful Fiber arts by Isabel Downs, Pastel Abstracts from the fantastical Marlyn Daggett, Specially select jewelry designs with Suemae Willhite, candid snipbids of life by Bruce Berlow and so many more artist. The works

If you could buy a drink for a friend, from anywhere in the world, who would you buy a drink for? At GYDO, we have digitized the age-old concept of buying a friend a drink by creating a social media-driven app designed to buy a friend a drink at any drinking location worldwide. My question is where would you want to buy a friend a drink, and why?

Head on over to Night Lizard Brewing Company on December 5th and find out why the GYDO team is on a mission to connect people, place and drinking spaces!

Hotel Santa Barbara hosts a 1st Thursday event in partnership with the Adelfos Ensemble, Mezza Thyme and Sanford Winery, Thursday, December 5, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at 533 State St.

From the poetry of Sappho to the New Testament, texts written on papyrus have been preserved for millennia by arid conditions in Egypt, excavated, and collected in archives. This timely colloquium examines the legal and ethical problems surrounding these papyrological archives. Roberta Mazza will tell the story of how ancient papyri of unknown provenance were acquired by the Museum of the Bible and are now at the center of a scandal and police investigation. Anna Uhlig will discuss how Egyptian mummies have been destroyed in the quest to “recover” ancient texts and how we can use the Tebtunis archive at UC Berkeley to honor the “missing mummies” lost to us in the name of scholarship.

GYDO is hosting a launch party on December 5, 5-7 p.m., at Night Lizard Brewing Company

GYDO is hosting a launch party on December 5, 5-7 p.m., at Night Lizard Brewing Company

Be one of the first to experience the Folk & Tribal Arts Marketplace! Join the Museum of Natural History for an exclusive VIP night of delicious wine, appetizers, and desserts while getting first pick of an unparalleled selection of unique, authentic gifts from around the world.

Celebrate land conservation in Santa Barbara County with your local Land Trust and friends at our annual holiday open house!

Celebrate the holidays by making gifts!

Contemporary art. Cocktails. Local DJs. Interactive art experiences.

In Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988), Barbara and Adam Maitland (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) find themselves trapped as spirits haunting their old home after their untimely death in a car accident. To make matters worse, the residence has now been sold to the unbearable Deetze family (Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder). When the

Dec 5 Thurs 7 – 9 PM – “ Welcoming the Buddha Home” – teaching by Dawa Tarchin Phillips.
Although most spiritual practices focus on "inner" work, many traditions set up shrines and altars to provide external material support for their practice

Monumental in his contribution to American culture, award-winning historian and perennial bestselling author Douglas Brinkley takes the historical lessons of the past and applies them to the present and our future. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, his new book American Moonshot takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy’s inspiring challenge and America’s race to the moon. Brinkley pays homage to scientific ingenuity, human curiosity and the boundless American spirit through his vivid and enthralling chronicle of one of the most thrilling, hopeful and turbulent eras in the nation’s history.
“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win.” – President John F. Kennedy

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
An Uplifting Holiday Story

Adapted by Joe Landry
From the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling
Directed by Brian McDonald

Fall Dance Concert

Directed by Christina McCarthy

Annual Fall Dance Concert brings new collaborative dance works by senior BFA dance majors and BA design concentration students.

URL: https://www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/news/event/752

Event Price: $13-19

UCSB Hatlen Theater

DEC 5 – 6, 2019 / 8PM
DEC 7, 2019 / 1PM, 7PM

The 2nd Annual Holiday Window Walk is a luxury design and community building event centered on revitalizing downtown Santa Barbara during the holiday season. Vacant and active storefronts will be transformed into one-of-a-kind window designs through a collaboration of local designers and vendors.