The Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival is back! Come visit El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park on Sunday, October 16th from 11:00am-3:00pm

Sunday, October 16, 2022 - 12pm El Presidio Real, Downtown Santa Barbara

Led by Richard North, ensemble Gamelan Sinar Surya will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, lively interlocking rhythms and traditional mask dance performed by Noah Malik. Free admission as part of the Annual Asian American Neighborhood Festival.

Learn the fundamentals of the guitar, bass or ukulele in a fun, relaxed, supportive atmosphere! Connect with others socially and musically while you play popular songs with your new friends in the social club every other Monday!

The Alcazar Theatre is once again holding an open audition for Miracle on 34th Street. Presented by the Alcazar Ensemble, the 1947 classic film to stage play will cast several roles from children to adults on Oct. 17th & 19th, 2022

The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to attend an information session regarding our 2023 training course! Veteran Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions. We will begin fifteen weeks of instruction beginning the first week of March, 2023.

We currently have three information sessions scheduled: October 17, October 19, and November 9th, all at 7:00pm. You can find out more and sign up for one here: ucanr.zoom.us

With performances acclaimed for both “high-octane” excitement (The Strad) and “dusky lyricism” (New York Times), the Aeolus Quartet has been awarded prizes at nearly every major competition in the United States and performed across the globe. Formed in 2008, the Aeolus Quartet has performed in venues ranging from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series to Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, to Dupont Underground, a subterranean streetcar station in DC's Dupont Circle. They were the 2013-2015 Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School and are currently Quartet-in-Residence at Musica Viva, NY. In addition to extensive touring throughout the United States, the 2021-22 season includes a Morgan Library performance as well as a feature on the Violin Channel.

Returning to SBMA after a lauded performance in 2019, the Quartet will perform Beethoven’s Quartet in Bb Major, Op. 18 No. 6, Caroline Shaw’s Blueprint*, and Schubert’s Quartet in G Major, D. 887.

* Caroline Shaw’s work will be performed three times this season. This New York City-based contemporary musician and composer became the youngest composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2013. She is often cited as proof that classical music has an exciting future.

Chamber Music Concerts at SBMA are supported by the Katharine Putnam and Reginald M. Faletti Concert Fund with additional support from the Curletti Fund

Mary Craig Auditorium

$20 SBMA Members
$25 Non-Members

Gentle, mindful walk to connect with nature with certified guide Tamara Murray. Shortened to fit into your weekday lunch break! Nature connection walks, sometimes referred to as forest bathing, are gentle, mindful walks inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin yoku and are associated with health and well-being.

Join us for a KITP Virtual Public Lecture, "Why Face Masks Work" featuring Eberhard Bodenschatz on Wednesday, October 19 at 6:00 PM PT

Join us for this FREE* webinar led by Rebecca Simonitsch and Gisselle Madrigal. In this 90-minute seminar, you will learn about health equity

Join the Library for an open mic afternoon celebrating the rich poetic community of Santa Barbara. Faculty Emerita and acclaimed poet Dr. Shirley Geok-lin Lim will begin the event, and will be followed by poets from the Department of English and Gevirtz School of Education. Afterwards, community poets are welcome to share their works in an open mic setting.

Join us for the third lecture and demonstration from appraiser Elizabeth Stewart, Ph.D. who will be joined on stage by Louis John, owner of the high end fashion boutique inside Miss Daisy's. Doors open 5 pm; Show begins at 5:30
We invite the audience to ‘dress to impress’ for the event in their favorite iconic fashion designer outfit or your own individual style to be a part of the evenings’ fashion scene.
Louis John said, “It’s the designer’s creation and the wearer’s look that’s the art.”