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

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.

The Good Good Show is a monthly stand up comedy show featuring the best comedians working today!

Ceylon International Film Festival (CEYIFF) is the first-ever Sri Lankan Film Festival organized outside of Sri Lanka. CEYIFF is dedicated to presenting International and Sri Lankan Cinema to film lovers. We are committed to promoting new filmmakers’ projects and showcasing their films to international audiences. Our mission is to screen independent films of all genres from all around the world.

The educational arm of the organization focuses on providing scholarships and other benefits to the filmmakers with the objective of encouraging them to strive in the filmmaking industry. Further, the educational arm also offers courses and training programs to help them sharpen the saw, using modern tools and innovations.

- Join us for the second annual Paddle Out for SBMM fundraiser on Saturday, June 11, from 1:00-4:00 pm at Leadbetter Beach. The community is invited to participate by sponsoring the event or a paddler, paddling out with us (on a self-powered craft), watching from the shore, and attending the opening ceremony. Attendees will enjoy delicious food from Romanti-Ezer, hear surf music by the Wrinkled Teenagers, and have the opportunity to join in beach games and crafts. Once again, this multi-generational event will be launched by our Honorary Chair, surf legend Shaun Tomson, leading all of the paddlers into the water.

Santa Barbara Music Club Final Scholarship Showcase Concert of 2022

Full Moon Meditation, next Saturday, June 11. This is a nondenominational event and novice and experienced meditation practitioners are both very welcome to attend. Participants will learn all aspects of meditation posture, breath control and use of a mantra of their choice.

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

After more than two years of research and planning, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History proudly opens its new summer exhibit Rare Earth on Saturday, June 11 in Fleischmann Auditorium. 

Learn how to pickle veggies and fruit this Saturday from 10-12pm with Lisa Cousins at Trinity Gardens. Cost is $25 per person and each person will take home 2 half pint jars, one of veggies and one of fruit. Please RSVP by June 9th to 805-455-0860. The class takes place at Trinity Gardens, located at 909 North La Cumbre Road, SB, CA 93110.

Phillip Hockley, a practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will give a free talk on how Christian Science gave him a new view of God as Love itself, divine Love that loved him fully. He also discovered that this loving God was not the source of his troubles but the solution to them. His life began to improve quickly, and he became a healthy man.
Hockley now speaks to audiences all over the world on Christian Science, introducing its core principles. He will present his talk, “A new view of God and its effect on well-being,” on Saturday, June 11 at 11 a.m. Those interested can watch online individually or in-person with others in Solvang. Information is below.

On Saturday, June 11, Stik N Stuk® Creative studios will be having its debut opening and celebration party, coinciding with the revitalization of the monthly Funk Zone art walk and block party, from 12pm to 9pm.