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.

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the long-awaited re-opening of the exhibit, Mermaids: Visualizing the Myths and Legends through Photography, 16 images printed on canvas by Ralph Clevenger and friends. Originally scheduled to open on April 22, 2020, the exhibit was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic closures. Now, thanks to the generous support of Mimi Michaelis, the Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation, and the Wood-Claeyssens Foundation the exhibit will be open to the public from November 11, 2021, through April 30, 2022. There will also be mermaid photo opportunities at the museum by appointment on Saturday, November 13, 2021, from 11:30am-12:30pm and 1-2pm, $10 for museum members and $30 for non-members.

Do you enjoy meeting and talking with people from California, across the US, and around the world? Do you want to share your love and knowledge of our beautiful harbor with visitors? Do you have at least three hours a week to volunteer? If so, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is looking for you to join its next 10-week docent training program, beginning Saturday, January 8 and running through March 12, 2022!

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

Acting for Older Adults
Work with others in a supportive environment to foster your artistic and professional growth!
SBCC School of Extended Learning
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Starts: 1/18/22
Sign up for Tuesday and/or Thursday evening classes at:
http://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning
CRN #’s: 65883, 65884, 65930, and 65931
For Questions, Contact Instructor: palevien@pipeline.sbcc.edu
Beginners and Veterans welcome!

AHA!’s Littlest Little Farm
Teens: learn regenerative farming skills in a fun, supportive, caring community!

Learn the essentials of vegetable gardening on 4 Wednesday evenings beginning on February 16th from 7-9pm. Presented by the UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County
Registration is required.
Sign up online: http://ucanr.edu/sbmg

Would you like to learn how to develop and deliver a Talk that will captivate your audience because everything is on the line?

Do you have a 20-minute High-Stakes Talk at a conference coming up, and you want in-person feedback on it?

Have you been invited to do a Talk and want one-on-one coaching to know how to develop it?

Are you speaking at your next board meeting, and you need to persuade the participants so you'd like some live recommendations on it?

Is it time for you to share your idea that can affect change in your industry, and you'd like to work with a team that has done that?

Does that thought of 'why me?' prevent you from developing a Talk that can change lives?

Is your idea that can change the world stuck in your mind, and you wish you could work with experts to help you get it out?

We have worked with Companies and Organizations locally to help them create a Story Strategy for the various audiences they work with: their clients, employees, donors, and the general public.

This three-day workshop is held at the New Vic Theater, Downtown Santa Barbara, and will be fully COVID compliant for all attendees' safety.

Family Art Workshop at Ganna Walska Lotusland inspired by Vincent Van Gogh

This Friday (2/25/22 at 7:30 pm), Saturday (2/26/22 at 7:30 pm), and Sunday (2/27/22 at 2 pm), the UCSB Departments of Music and Theater/Dance co-present a whimsical staging of the opera “The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall at UC Santa Barbara.

Founding and Longest-serving Judge on American Idol is set to Judge Teen Star Competition Sunday, Feb. 27th at the Granada Theater