Candlelight Concert Series

The first event in the Season of Cheer festivities presented by Consumer Fire Products, Inc. Come and enjoy live entertainment from Jason Campbell & The Drive on the steps of the historic Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

The Collection offers holiday fun for everyone

’Tis the season to start getting excited about the holidays, and The Collection at RiverPark has plenty of excitement to look forward to. From Thanksgiving dinner and Black Friday shopping to the annual Tree Lighting Celebration and photos with Santa, and gingerbread scavenger hunt, there’s plenty of fun for everyone.

The Government Inspector

​​In “Government Inspector” by Nikolai Gogol, all politics are local. Gogol’s deeply silly satire of small-town corruption offers a riotous portrait of rampaging self-delusion. When the crooked leadership of a provincial village discovers that an undercover inspector is coming to root out their commonplace corruption, the town weaves a web of bribery, lies, and utter madness.

Mecca – Parallel Stories with Susan Straight

The New York Times award-winning author Susan Straight returns to read from her latest and much lauded novel, Mecca. Set in Southern California’s inland and high desert area, this is a story of freeways, wildfires, secrets, and struggles that is, at its heart, a love song for a place and its people. Told from different points of view in interwoven narratives, Mecca speaks of loneliness and grief, family, and home, and the ways in which language, with its power and peculiarities carries a culture’s hopes and fears. With courage and grace, Straight, noted as “an essential voice in American writing and in writing of the West,” looks closely at the California few see, pushes deep into the difficult territories of the past few years, and shifts how we see the land and each other.

Book signing to follow.

Writing in the Galleries

Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum's galleries as an impetus to writing. Monthly sessions are led by a visiting writer who begins with a conversation and prompt, partially inspired by works on view. Participants write on their own, then reconvene to share and comment on each other's work. Please bring something on which to write.

Writing in the Galleries

Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum's galleries as an impetus to writing. Monthly sessions are led by a visiting writer who begins with a conversation and prompt, partially inspired by works on view. Participants write on their own, then reconvene to share and comment on each other's work. Please bring something on which to write.

The History of Rincon Point: From the Chumash through the Surfers

The History of Rincon Point: From the Chumash through the Surfers Free IN PERSON Slideshow Presentation with Q&A Thursday, November 17th, 6:30PM Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA Renowned as the Queen of the Coast, Rincon Point is one of the premier surfing spots in the world,

“Chumash Maritime History—Past, Present, & Future” As told by Chumash Elder Puchuk Ya’ia’c (Alan Salazar)

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) presents “Chumash Maritime History—Past, Present, & Future,” as told by Chumash Elder Puchuk Ya’ia’c (Alan Salazar), on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:00 pm in the museum. As a founding member of the Chumash Maritime Association and one of the group’s most experienced paddlers, Salazar will share his knowledge of the history of the ocean plank canoes, known as tomols.

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