On Saturday, July 20th, Better Angels will be hosting a Red-Blue Workshop in downtown Santa Barbara that brings members of each group together to have a conversation that helps us to understand one another a little better.

Come join us for our annual Japanese Obon Festival On Saturday, July 20 from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Admission is free and we are located at the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara, 1015 E. Montecito Street (2 blocks up from Trader Joe's on Milpas Street). For more information you can call (805)969-4691 or email setsuko_furuike@yahoo.com or visit the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara website: www.buddhistchurchofsantabarbara.org/obon

The Belmond El Encanto Robert Skene Trophy Finals takes place on Sunday, July 21 at 3:00 pm at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club!

Learn about the artist's distinctive and participatory approach to making music and art as he discusses past projects and the development of his current installation at SBMA. Rethinking the traditional audience/performer relationship, Kallmyer's workshops, installations, and site-based explorations of sound and listening have been presented in museums, concert halls, and other unexpected spaces.

Image: Chris Kallmyer. Photo by Ian Byers Gamber.

As part of the Fiftieth Anniversary Carillon Recital Series, Jeff Davis (University Carillonist, UC Berkeley) will present a recital from the carillon in UCSB's Storke Tower on Sunday, July 21st at 3 pm. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.

Polo enthusiasts won't want to miss the popular Ladies Hat Day on Sunday, July 21 at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club!

Join Rev. Karen S. Wylie at The Ojai Retreat on Sunday, July 21, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. for her Mid-Month Devotional Retreat, this month celebrating “Happy Independence Day!”

Animal Adventure
Ages 5 - 12
Monday - Friday
9 am - 3 pm

Campers search for inspiration both inside and outside SBMA, as they sketch and study in the Museum’s galleries and in nearby parks. Then, back in the studio, use a variety of materials to draw paint and sculpt animals in their habitats and in the Museum collection.

Silo118 presents an exhibition of photo sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Salvatore Matteo at Synergy One Lending in Montecito, 1250 Coast Village Road, open weekdays 9am-5pm.

The blood donation process should take about an hour in total. You will have a private meeting with a Red Cross volunteer about your history with blood donations. After the blood donation, there will be free snacks. By donating blood, you have the chance to win two tickets to Knott's Berry Farm.

The blood donation process should take about an hour. You will have a private interview with a Red Cross volunteer about your blood donation history. After the blood donation, there will be free snacks. Also, you have the chance to win two tickets to Knott's Berry Farm.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the USA’s moon landing, retired Mechanical Engineer and Manager at General Motors’s DELCO Division, Richard (Dick)Temple), will speak at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Goleta Noontime on July 23, 2019.