SPECIAL ACTING WORKSHOP at SBCC's School of Extended Learning: this state funded workshop is FREE and will bring together performers of all levels of experience and from diverse backgrounds

Professor Sarah McFarland Taylor will speak on "Ecopiety" on January 14th at UCSB for a free lecture.

Fielding Graduate University presents "The Pushouts".
The critically acclaimed film "The Pushouts" follows Dr. Victor Rios' journey from school pushout and gang member to tenured professor at UCSB.

MIT Enterprise Forum presents "Press Meets the Bottom Line: Journalism's Survival in the Age of Digital Disruption" on Wednesday, January 15.

MIT Enterprise Forum presents "Press Meets the Bottom Line: Journalism's Survival in the Age of Digital Disruption" on Wednesday, January 15.

Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, this film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs; from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists.” The film offers devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypical images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today. Shaheen shows how the persistence of these images over time has served to naturalize prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab culture. 50m

Nations that successfully navigate crises do so by making selective changes to their identities and actions. When individuals experience crises—mid-life, financial, health, relationship—they may also adopt selective changes to overcome the situation. But some individuals, like some nations, are better at navigating upheaval than others. By drawing on the factors that counselors and psychotherapists have identified that affect the likelihood of overcoming personal crisis, Diamond will examine the extent to which crisis response on the individual scale helps us to understand the outcomes of recent and impending national and world crises.

Jared Diamond is professor of Geography at UCLA and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and other books.

Copies of Diamond’s books will be available for purchase and signing.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Critical Mass series

Image: Kinuko Y. Craft

Is technology addictive? How much technology is too much? What effect does technology have on your body? What about for your kids?

Alia Aizenstat MFT specializes in Digital Responsibility. She’ll be speaking at Kineci on whether or not technology is addictive, how much technology is too much, and how to limit technology use for yourself and your kids (and setting appropriate age boundaries!).

Alia is a fantastic speaker, this one you don’t want to miss! Learn more at www.Kineci.com/Wisdom-Wednesday

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Experience a different kind of drawing through touch! Manipulate paper with your hands “origami-style” and leave the studio with your own deconstructed paper sculptures, origami drawings, and photos.

Backcountry Trails Update with Bryan Conant from Los Padres Forest Association Free Presentation with Q&A Thursday, January 16th, 6:30PM Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA Planning or dreaming of a backpacking trip into the Santa Barbara Backcountry this year, but don't know which trails are overgrown, open,

Backcountry Trails Update with Bryan Conant from Los Padres Forest Association Free Presentation with Q&A Thursday, January 16th, 6:30PM Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA Planning or dreaming of a backpacking trip into the Santa Barbara Backcountry this year, but don't know which trails are overgrown, open,