UCSB Arts & Lectures presents indigenous environmentalist Robin Wall Kimmerer delivering a lecture on her book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants on Tuesday, November 14 at UCSB Campbell Hall. $40/
Thursday, November 16 · 5:30 - 7pm Join historian Neal Graffy to learn the full story behind John Peck Stearns and his deepwater wharf. It was Monday, September 16, 1872, was when the first ship tied up at John Peck Stearns’ new wharf at the foot of State Street. Prior to this date, ships had
Unity of Santa Barbara presents “Speaking on the Akashic Records” with Mary Madeiras, on Sunday, November 19th at noon. Tickets are $20. Click here for tickets. About Mary Madeiras: Mary’s career spans 40 years as a network television director and an Akashic Records practitioner. As a director, she received three Emmy Awards and a Director’s Guild of America
The California mission system left behind an architectural legacy, which artist Edwin Deakin began to document in the 1890s. At that time, several of the missions were in a state of disrepair and decay and there was growing alarm that California would lose these architectural monuments of its past. Join Mónica Orozco, Executive Director of Old
In this lecture, Khiara M. Bridges argues that the U.S. Supreme Court’s impoverished conceptualization of what “counts” as racism against people of color is a strategy that the Court deploys to accomplish regressive ends. This constrained understanding of racism permits the Court to do nothing to destabilize and disestablish the country’s existing racial hierarchy. When
Join Los Padres ForestWatch for a free educational event about wildlife and wildfire, featuring Sonoma-based wildlife biologist, writer, poet, and filmmaker Maya Khosla. Maya's talk will focus on the incredible biodiversity of life after wildfire—including the natural restoration of conifers and other native plants, and the comeback of raptors, songbirds, woodpeckers, and other wildlife. Sharing
On January 30, Medora’s Book Club features a taut, international thrilled called Bond Hunter, written by Kia McInerny, that explores little known facts of Wall Street's role in financing Germany's war on Europe. The book, set in October 1994, occurs four years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Stunned by the mysterious death of
Author Janet Dowling Sands returns to present new insights and little-known episodes of history from the just-published 2nd edition of her popular book On a Mission: The Real Story of the California Missions. The California missions are beloved historical sites, but they tell a far more interesting and important story than one might imagine—one that is linked to global
On February 6, Medora’s Book Club explores The Life and Times of Hannah Craft, a novel that pieces together the story of America’s First Black Woman Novelist, Hannah Crafts. In 1857, a young black woman escaped enslavement from a North Carolina plantation, fleeing to a farm in New York. In hiding, she worked on a
Join Simon Kerry for a presentation on his new publication, Miss Chase: Santa Barbara's Trailblazer, chronicling the life, prescience, importance and legacy of Pearl Chase and her work in Santa Barbara and beyond. Pearl Chase’s strength of personality, maturity, intelligence and leadership qualities formed the bedrock that enabled her to look outwards and achieve so
The Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life will present Lerone A. Martin's lecture, "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism," at UCSB's MCC Theater on February 20, 2024, at 5:00pm. This event is free and open to
An understanding of the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its deep roots in white Christian nationalism does not exist without an understanding of J. Edgar Hoover, who ruled the agency for nearly half a century. To discuss the details — many of which were revealed in newly declassified FBI documents — Lerone
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