Since March of 2020, we have been challenged and reshaped -- as a community and individuals -- by our experiences living through the COVID-19 pandemic and renewal of abolitionist and anti-racist activist movements. Amidst the shift to remote learning and working, UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections initiated two ongoing projects: the Santa Barbara Black Lives Matter Community Archives and the COVID-19 Community Archives.

Combine materials and techniques to create mixed media pieces that include painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Depictions of birds and trees crossing cultures and time in the Museum’s collections will ignite imaginations and inspire both individual and collaborative creations.

Ages: 5 – 12

Instructors: Nicola Ghersen + Jason Summers

Email communityprograms@sbma.net or call 805.884.6457 for more information.

Location: Ridley-Tree Education Center

$150/6 weeks SBMA Members
$200/6 weeks Non-Members

See the Undersea World Through the Eyes of a Child
Beginning April 14, 2022

Don’t miss the fun and excitement of whales!
Whales help maintain the stability and health of the ocean and minimize some of the worst impacts of climate change. This April, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is opening Whales Are Superheroes! — a collection of exciting exhibits and programs that explore the many wonders of whales. To kick off the opening of all these events, SBMM has planned an unusual month-long immersive experience, "A Whale of a Tale,” on display from Thursday, April 14 through Sunday, May 15, 2022. And the fun is free with museum admission!

As part of its multi-faceted celebration of whales this spring and summer, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum announces the April 14 opening of its newest art exhibit, The Wonder of Whales: Two Artists’ Perspectives, which features whale paintings by two local artists, John Baran and Kelly Clause. Thanks to the generous support of Chevron, Dreier Family, Emmett Foundation, Mimi Michaelis, Hank and Mari Mitchel, June G. Outhwaite Foundation, and Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, the exhibit will be open to the public from April 14-July 31, 2022. Although their subjects are often similar, each artist brings his or her unique perspective, technique, style, and medium to the work in this exhibit.

In November and December 2021, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) staff worked with students from Laguna Blanca Middle School, Peabody Charter, Santa Barbara Charter, and Santa Ynez Elementary School to teach them about the importance of whales to the environment and to create whale-inspired artwork to coincide with the museum’s newest exhibit, Whales Are Superheroes! The result of those efforts is on display in SBMM’s new student art exhibit, Whales are Superheroes! Saving the Planet One CO2 Molecule at a Time, opening on April 14, 2022, and on display through July 31, 2022.

A 6-week online class to learn how to eat what you love in a way that makes you feel energized & strong without nagging symptoms like shakiness, irritability, anxiety, sleeplessness and more. Learn to balance your blood sugar with food, reduce your risk of chronic disease and feel better than you have in a long time!

Join us on Saturday, May 14 from 3-5 PM to celebrate the opening of the Teen Arts Collective Exhibition Footprints.

MCASB is proud to present Footprints, a group exhibition by the 2022 Teen Arts Collective (TAC) cohort. As the global ecological footprint continues to grow at an alarming rate, these six young artists have united to explore environmental issues that not only affect them personally but also speak to the current state of affairs in their local and global communities. Addressing topics such as sustainability and the human impacts of climate change, Footprints provides a glimpse into each artist's individual journeys of environmental awareness and accountability. TAC comprises six students from Santa Barbara, spanning several different schools and grade levels.

MCASB Teen Arts Collective (TAC) is a hands-on program that makes the contemporary art world accessible for Santa Barbara students ages 15-18. Over the course of the program, TAC members develop visual literacy skills, strengthen leadership abilities, and begin cultivating their own creative networks through exposure to practicing artists and arts institutions in the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles areas.

The Choral Society performs Duruflé's "Requiem" and Vaughan Williams' "Five Mystical Songs".

PUFFS!
or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
by Matt Cox

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too! A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.

his SUPERGROUP with internationally acclaimed artists faithfully recreate the dynamic performances of: The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha and The Vandellas, The Four Tops, Fontella Bass, The Jackson Five, Smokey Robinson and many more MOTOWN Legends.

This amazing show presents many classic MOTOWN hits including: “Reach Out,” “Stop In The Name Of Love,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” “Heatwave,” “Get Ready, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “Dancing in The Streets,” “Uptight,” “Signed Sealed Delivered,” “You keep Me Hanging On,” “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Standing On Shakey Ground,” “My Girl,” “Can You Feel It,” “I Want You Back” and many more.

CHECK OUT the amazing performing credits of our world class band who love to pay tribute to the wonderful music that inspires them.

Monthly Public Star Party at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Students, teachers, and thinkers of all ages are invited to The Riviera Ridge School’s mountain-view campus on Saturday, May 14 for their fourth annual Maker Fair.

Moving sale Saturday 05/14
4591 Cathedral Oaks Rd.

This nondenominational Full Moon meditation program is open to both novice and experienced meditators. The program will offer concise and practical meditation instruction and will provide all of the spiritual tools needed to establish a powerful meditation practice.

Workzones Santa Barbara is holding an experiential workshop on techniques to increase confidence and embrace who you are.

A dozen Santa Barbara artists, most from the Mesa Artists Studio Tour, will show their work for sale in an extraordinary historic garden on the Mesa. Artists and their work will be tucked in among secluded nooks in the shady, hundred-year-old garden at 403 Loma Alta Drive which once belonged to well-known artist, Carl Oscar Borg.
Artwork on display will range from Poppy Jewett’s exuberant, bright paintings, to Sara Woodburn’s intricate woodcut prints, Wendy Brewer’s inspiring mosaics, and Sherri West’s sculptural basketry.

As part of a nationwide show of support for Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose, the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara will rally and march at noon on Saturday, May 14 at De La Guerra Plaza. Look for the League banner. Concurrent rallies are planned in Ventura (651 E. Thompson