Be ready to help your neighbors and community in times of need.

Your time and talent can make a real difference in people's lives. Whether helping one displaced family or thousands, providing care and comfort to victims of disaster, or teaching others how to respond in emergencies, it's through the efforts of ordinary people that we can do extraordinary things!

We'll be offering two presentations to learn about volunteer opportunities throughout Central California to celebrate National Volunteer Week, on April 22 & 23!

Join us in our new virtual format, via video conference, to learn about Red Cross volunteer opportunities + how you can help during COVID-19.

Join St. Gaudens and her colleagues Joseph Morsman and Maureen Siegel as they share the challenges and rewards of rediscovering the remarkable California women artists featured in their book Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California. The women profiled worked in a range of styles spanning the Realism of the 19th century to the Modernism of the 20th century.

Art à la carte, sponsored by the SBMA Women’s Board, is a series of luncheons featuring acclaimed speakers that will inspire new ways of thinking about art, culture, and travel.

Each luncheon and lecture will be held at the historic Santa Barbara Club located at 1105 Chapala Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Proceeds from Art à la carte benefit the Museum’s exhibitions, education, acquisitions, and special projects.

Join St. Gaudens and her colleagues Joseph Morsman and Maureen Siegel as they share the challenges and rewards of rediscovering the remarkable California women artists featured in their book Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California. The women profiled worked in a range of styles spanning the Realism of the 19th century to the Modernism of the 20th century.

Art à la carte, sponsored by the SBMA Women’s Board, is a series of luncheons featuring acclaimed speakers that will inspire new ways of thinking about art, culture, and travel.

Each luncheon and lecture will be held at the historic Santa Barbara Club located at 1105 Chapala Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Proceeds from Art à la carte benefit the Museum’s exhibitions, education, acquisitions, and special projects.

Barbara Ben-Horin, CEO of Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, and Luz Reyes-Martin, Executive Director of Public Affairs and Communications at Santa Barbara City College, will be honored by the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications at the 2020 Women of Achievement luncheon presented by Women Connect4Good.

On April 25, at 5:30 pm join Casa Serena in their 3rd Annual Serenity Supper.

The three-time Grammy-nominated group Stile Antico is one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles, renowned for vibrant and expressive performances of Renaissance polyphony. Working without a conductor, this innovative 12-member ensemble presents fresh material, whether drawing out thematic connections between works to shine new light on early music, or premiering new works. Based in London, Stile Antico makes its Santa Barbara debut with a performance showcasing their highly-praised immediacy, expressive commitment, sensitive and imaginative response to text and compelling programming.
“Perhaps the most ravishing sound I heard this year.” – Alex Ross, The New Yorker

$40 : General Public
$15 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
$15 : All Students (Student ID required for high school age and up)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4203

Join our Director of Land Stewardship, Jesse Smith, for a journey around our flagship farm in Summerland, CA.

TITLE: UNDERSTANDING DIABETES: what it is, how to treat it, how to avoid it.
BY: Dr. Jennifer Hone, MD
Come and learn about Diabetes! Dr. Hone will talk about causes and treatments, hold a Q and A session, and discuss our community's resources.

The Wildling Museum is pleased to announce our 17th annual Spring BBQ Fundraiser, taking place Sunday, April 26, 2020 at the beautiful Firestone Vineyard in Los Olivos. This year's event is sponsored by Northern Trust and will also be a celebration of the Wildling Museum’s 20th anniversary.

A moderated conversation with Yvon Chouinard and featuring clips from Patagonia’s upcoming film, This Land. In a time of growing divisions, Americans still share something in common: 640 million acres of public lands. And yet, they face unprecedented threat from entrenched industries and regressive politicians. This conversation will explore the future of our public lands and our planet.

FREE event; no advance tickets required
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4314
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for more info!

Incandescent pianist Yuja Wang returns in an exceptional duo alongside the dazzling French cellist Gautier Capuçon, her close friend and source of inspiration. One of the world’s finest performers celebrated for her keen musical insight and quicksilver versatility, Wang is an artist armed with the ability to challenge the status quo. Capuçon is acclaimed internationally for his deeply expressive musicianship and exuberant virtuosity. Their partnership promises consummate technical skills, inexhaustible creative imagination, unmatched artistry and charisma in abundance in this must-see recital of Chopin and Franck.
Program
Chopin: Sonata in G minor, op. 65
Chopin: Polonaise brillante in C Major, op. 3
Franck: Sonata in A Major

“ the rare performer who can bring such ease and refinement to this music, while still giving everything he plays a sense of dramatic urgency.” San Francisco Chronicle
“ can create the startling juxtaposition of a flashy young star…while evoking the legendary piano gods of old playing warhorse concertos.” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

$51 - $131 : General Public
$20 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Includes facility fee
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4205

Please join the Breast Cancer Resource Center every Monday @ 12:15-1:15 for Guided Mediation over zoom. You may contact Pam @ 805-569-9693 for the zoom link