One of the most celebrated torch bearers of Indian classical music, Santoor Maestro Pt Tarun Bhattacharya has been a pioneering musical ambassador of India. A Senior Disciple of the legendary Godfather of World Music, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya has revolutionized the 100 stringed Santoor.

Santoor Maestro Pt Tarun Bhattacharya has traversed the globe many times over performing in some of most awe-inspiring venues and cities as Royal Albert Hall, Palace-de-beaux (Brussels), Theater- De-La-Viile (France), Apollo Theatre (Spain), Jubilee Auditorium (Canada), Kremlin (Russia).The mesmerized list of admirers including Prince Charles, George Harrison, Paolo Solaris and many more respected figures across the Globe. The famous Maihar Gharana’s only Santoor Maestro, Pandit Bhattacharya has revolutionized Santoor, the instrument, as well as its style of play. He displayed for the first time ever (1980) that one could ‘meend’ or glide notes at the lower octave in a hammered instrument like Santoor.

See the Transit of Mercury through safely filtered solar telescopes.

"What Does the Bible Really Say and Not Say, About Homosexuality and Gender" - a special panel with time for discussion and Support.

The grand opening will feature displays of the diverse arts created at the new La Cumbre Center for the Creative Arts, including everything from painting, sculpture, photography and 3D printing to dance, music, drama and culinary crafts.

The Nordic lads and fierce friends who’ve captured the hearts of Santa Barbara’s music lovers and the world with their “warmth, wit, beautiful tone and technical prowess second to none” (NPR) are returning with a spirited concert featuring the Danish National Girls Choir. Witness our beloved Danes performing with one of the best girls' choirs in the world – 50 sparkling voices featuring a selection of Danish songs, hymns, modern compositions and pop songs. Not to be missed!

“The playing is exquisitely refined… thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful.” Gramophone (U.K.)

SURVIVING HOME is an intimate documentary that follows four U.S. military veterans from different generations over an eight year period as they rebuild their lives after war. Interwoven with veterans’ voices from across the country, their unique paths of healing and transformation shed light on longterm consequences of war and raise questions about the roots of war and societal cycles of violence.

A severely injured Iraq War veteran discovers a new voice that helps heal his wounds of war, as he and his wife struggle to keep their marriage alive. A Vietnam War veteran becomes a Buddhist monk in an effort to come to terms with the carnage and dehumanization of combat. A female Iraq War veteran fights through the effects of Military Sexual Trauma to take on the U.S. government in a class action lawsuit that could improve the lives of the next wave of men and women in uniform. A World War II veteran, who waited years to receive military benefits, spends time helping others with the support of a young, civically-minded Marine Corps veteran looking out for him.

Through perseverance, humor, inner reflection, courage, and the determination to help others, they overcome many challenges, yet they cannot foresee each bend in the road that lies ahead.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers Jillian and Matthew Moul and local veterans, moderated by IHC Director Susan Derwin.

Copresented by UCSB Veterans and Military Services, the IHC’s Critical Mass series, UCSB Multicultural Center, and the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. Screening made possible through a gift from the Gretler Foundation.

http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/event/screening-and-panel-discussion-surviving-home/

One of the most esteemed and charismatic artists of our time, the ceaselessly innovative saxophonist Joshua Redman has become a legend in his own right. In The Joshua Redman Quartet, Redman evokes a sound that can be challenging, provocative, and forward-looking, but also hard-swinging, melodic, and soulful music with a joyous and celebratory spirit. From McCoy Tyner to Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus, and Brooklyn Rider, Redman has collaborated with a diverse and prestigious list of musicians during his career, all the while emerging as a modern jazz icon.

Whether through donations of funding, skills, or the volunteering of time, our neighbors find ways to fill a philanthropic need. On Tuesday, November 12th, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, please join the Association of Fundraising Professionals Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties Chapter (AFP-SBV) in celebrating the philanthropist on National Philanthropy Day.

Einstein’s ascent to worldwide celebrity was, in large part, not his own doing. The 1919 confirmation of the German Einstein’s theory of general relativity by British astronomers soon after the end of the First World War made him an emblem of how science could rise above nationalism and petty patriotism. But in fact international science – and relativity with it – was nearly shattered by the war. It was only the dedicated efforts of pacifist scientists, chiefly A.S. Eddington, that pulled both Einstein and his theory from behind the trenches and onto the front pages of newspapers around the globe.

Matthew Stanley teaches and researches the history and philosophy of science. He holds degrees in astronomy, religion, physics, and the history of science and is interested in the connections between science and the wider culture. He is the author of Einstein’s War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I (Dutton, 2019), the story of how pacifism and friendship led to scientific revolution. He has also written Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A. S. Eddington (Chicago 2007) and Huxley’s Church and Maxwell’s Demon (Chicago 2014), which explore the complex relationships between science and religion in history. His current project is a history of scientific predictions of the end of the world. Professor Stanley has also worked with a nationwide National Science Foundation-funded effort to use the humanities to improve science education in the college classroom, and was awarded the 2019 NYU Distinguished Teaching Award and the 2014-2015 Gallatin Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Cosponsored by the Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture Fund and the IHC’s Machines, People, and Politics Research Focus Group

The UCSB Library is pleased to present the exhibition Eunice Foote to UCSB: A Story of Women, Science and Climate Change. Eunice Foote was an early American feminist, inventor, and ground-breaking scientist. Despite these achievements, few have heard of Foote. To celebrate the opening of this exhibition, we invite you to attend a special panel discussion and reception.

City of Santa Barbara, Community Environmental Council to Help Residents Prepare for Power outages at Home Energy Storage Workshop

City of Santa Barbara, Community Environmental Council to Help Residents Prepare for Power outages at Home Energy Storage Workshop