Are anteater antics amusing? Can California condors be comical? And what’s so funny about a monkey’s uncle? Find out at IMPROVology, the Santa Barbara Zoo’s science-meets-comedy show, which has outgrown its nest and flown the coop, landing at the Lobero Theatre. Hear stories from top experts about an animal’s mating practices, survival strategies, unusual behaviors,

Santa Barbara Zoo’s Hit Comedy Series of “Science Meets Improv” Has Debut Lobero Show on Wednesday, May 29 at 8 p.m.

As part of the World Music Series, Victor Bell will direct the UCSB Gospel Choir in a performance of traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 12 pm in the UCSB Music Bowl. The World Music Series is co-presented by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Ethnomusicology Program in the Department of Music.

Geoff Dyer’s earlier book on film, Zona, was about Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker, so it was perhaps inevitable that he should next devote his unique critical and stylistic energies to Brian G. Hutton’s "Where Eagles Dare"—a thrilling 1968 Alpine adventure starring a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a dynamically lethargic Clint Eastwood. "Broadsword Calling Danny Boy" is Dyer’s hilarious tribute to a film that he has loved since childhood, including a scene-by-scene analysis that takes the reader from its snowy, Teutonic opening credits to its vertigo-inducing climax. In this special 50th-anniversary celebration of the movie, Dyer explains why it is indelibly imprinted on his consciousness and that of almost all British males of a certain age. This event includes film clips and, if watches can be synchronized correctly, perfectly matched readings from the book.

Book signing to follow.

David Elfick’s cult classic Crystal Voyager (1973) is a love letter to surf in the Santa Barbara Channel and a portrait of George Greenough, one of the sport’s great innovators. Written and narrated by Greenough and filmed at the height of surfing’s transition era, when riders and shapers were experimenting with new kinds of board design, the

Directed by Paul Bambach, the UCSB Wind Ensemble will present staples of the wind band repertoire alongside new and exciting works by some of today’s most well-known composers on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.

In this reinterpretation of the Greek Medea, Aztec (Mexica) deities descend upon a dystopian U.S. future. Poet-Playwright Cherríe Moraga employs an intimate realism to create a drama of mythic dimension about two exiled women, their love of each other, and of the Indigenous nation denied them.

Performance Dates:

May 24, 29, 30, 31, June 1, 2019 - 8:00 pm

June 2, 2019 - 2:00 pm

Nine student veterans will read stories about their military experiences. Following the reading there will be time for questions from the audience.

Gio Caballaro | Bradley Fry | John Lucero | Adrian Mejia | Andy Molina-Ochoa | Scott Rothdeutsch | Edward Rutherford | Kyle Shipe | Melissa Weidner

Lunch will be provided.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Social Securities series and the UC Santa Barbara Veterans Writing Workshop.

Marshall Sharpe is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new paintings, entitled, “American Cotton” at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Glass Box Gallery. The exhibition will be on view from Tuesday, May 28 through Friday, May 31 from 9-5 pm. A reception and a short artist talk will be held on Friday, May 31, from 4-6 pm at the UCSB Glass Box Gallery.

The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. The Glass Box Gallery is located in the center of the UCSB Art Department, Building 534 (Space 1328), near Storke Tower. Paid parking is available in Lot 22.

This exhibition was made possible by an IHC Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Award.

The Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers is a non-profit organization that works with the International Mountain Bike Association dedicated to creating sustainable trails for all users to enjoy

The new weekly local radio show, “Solutions News Radio,” hosted by Rinaldo Brutoco, president and founder of the World Business Academy, will air live this Friday from 5-6 p.m. on KZSB 1290 AM radio. There will be replay broadcasts Friday from 11 p.m.– 12 a.m., Saturday from 5- 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 -10 a.m. The show is also available on demand as a podcast on Apple podcasts, SoundCloud or the Solutionsnews.org website.

Please join Santa Barbara Permaculture as we host Dr. Brian von Herzen discussing Marine Permaculture on May 31 and June 1