Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. After adding a love for the country-blues

Montecito Groundwater Basin - Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)
Quarterly Board Meeting

In Conversation | Exhibition Makers Vol. 4
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 | 6 - 7 pm

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make an exhibition? How to exhibit music? Ninette Paloma, Aerial Performer, and Robin Donaldson, Architect, share insight into the work that goes on behind the scenes of exhibitions in this panel presentation moderated by Abaseh Mirvali, Executive Director, Chief Curator, & CEO at MCASB, that features the performing arts and the spaces they inhabit.

Please arrive by 5:30 pm to enjoy the last 30 minutes of Kunsthalle for Music.

Future of Technology: Decade of the 2020’s and how it will impact Society, SYV Technology Club Mixer, Wed, Oct 9, 6:30-8:30 pm at The Landsby, Downstairs 1576 Mission Drive Solvang, CA 93463
Food, Refreshments

A free meeting that will give people a chance to learn more about recent Medicare for All legislation.

Film Screening/MCC Theater The film questions the value of higher education in an era when the price of college has increased more than any other service in the United States. It explores the different types of higher education around the nation and how they impact students of color. These include: community colleges, four-year universities, vocational

As part of the UCSB World Music Series, Métis fiddler Jamie Fox will perform on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 12 pm at the UCSB Music Bowl.

Roland Geyer will discuss the history of global plastic production and disposal and will consider the future of both plastic and public outrage against its environmental impact. A reception will follow.

Plastic production, use, and pollution have been growing steadily for decades, without much public comment or concern. But suddenly, and very recently, there has been strong and widespread backlash against the pervasiveness of plastic. What prompted this sudden change in public opinion? Did plastic pollution itself reach a tipping point? Or did public attitudes toward this lethal pollutant undergo a radical shift? Roland Geyer will discuss the history of global plastic production and disposal and will consider the future of both plastic and public outrage against its environmental impact. A reception will follow.

Roland Geyer is a Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB. In his research he uses the approaches and methods of industrial ecology, such as life cycle assessment and material flow analysis, to assess pollution prevention strategies based on reuse, recycling, and material and technology substitution. Roland also combines these approaches with research methods from other disciplines in order to study the relationship between environmental performance, economic viability, and technical and operational feasibility of pollution prevention strategies. His overarching goal is to help develop the knowledge, tools, and methods necessary to reduce the environmental impact from industrial production and consumption.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Critical Mass series

All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art in current exhibitions. Museum Teaching Artists provide general guidance and all materials. Each program is open to 10 participants.

The story of the young woman who was left behind on San Nicolas Island and lived alone there for 18 years—Juana Maria, as the Santa Barbara padres named her—is familiar to many in Santa Barbara and especially to children everywhere who have read The Island of the Blue Dolphins. Paul Goldsmith brings the story of her ordeal and years on the island to life in the film, The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, which will be shown at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

A prequel to Jim Hensen’s beloved 1982 fantasy film, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) builds on Henson’s original worldbuilding premise and maintains its devotion to stunning puppetry. The evil Skesis are the overlords of the planet Thra; when their repeated harvesting of the planet’s lifeforce pushes the world dangerously out of balance, a