When it comes to intriguing live art, fabulous wine, and great food, no one does it better than Downtown Santa Barbara. Join for the Live Art & Wine Tour on May 23.

Montecito Water District is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to replace pipeline and related infrastructure in the District’s service area which was damaged during the January 9th, 2018 debris flow.

The Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance returns to the Lobero Theatre for an evening of art and awe-inspiring dance as performers take to the air in a kinetic journey of ritual and release. Weaving textile installations from New York artist Tamika Rivera with contemporary dance and the ancient tradition of the aerial arts, the

In 2010, after Jafar Panahi was arrested and charged with making propaganda against the Iranian government, he was banned from making films or operating a camera for twenty years. In 2011 he made This is Not a Film, which was shot entirely in Panahi’s home, using the help of his friends, a camcorder, an iPhone,

This evening of choreography offers a whole spectrum of contemporary dance: three new works commissioned for the company, and three re-stagings, including an historically significant work by Jose Limon.

Empowered Aging Speaker Series on Friday, May 24th, 2019, 2:00 - 3:30pm

The new weekly local radio show, “Solutions News Radio,” hosted by Rinaldo Brutoco, president and founder of the World Business Academy, will air live this Friday from 5-6 p.m. on KZSB 1290 AM radio. There will be replay broadcasts Friday from 11 p.m.– 12 a.m., Saturday from 5- 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 -10 a.m. The show is also available on demand as a podcast from Soundcloud.

Roar on for the Left Hand Lions at Carr Winery on Friday!

Roald Dahl’s “Matilda The Musical” to Open New Jo Ann Caines Theatre at La Cumbre Junior HS from May 24-26

Graduate cellist Chenoa Orme-Stone will present a doctoral recital on Friday, May 24th at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. Ms. Orme-Stone will be joined by pianist Dr. Natasha Kislenko (UCSB faculty member), violinists Sara Bashore and Kristina Tsanova, violist Besnik Yzeiri, and cellist Katrina Agate. The program will include works by Shostakovich, Brahms, Griffes, and Dvořák. Ms. Orme-Stone is a student of UCSB faculty member Jennifer Kloetzel.

In this reinterpretation of the Greek Medea, Aztec (Mexica) deities descend upon a dystopian U.S. future. Poet-Playwright Cherríe Moraga employs an intimate realism to create a drama of mythic dimension about two exiled women, their love of each other, and of the Indigenous nation denied them.

Performance Dates:

May 24, 29, 30, 31, June 1, 2019 - 8:00 pm

June 2, 2019 - 2:00 pm

For the past ten years, Brett Dennen – with his poet’s perspective, off-kilter vocals, insane sense of humor, and limitless musical freedom – has turned dancing like no one’s watching into a lifestyle. As a songwriter, performer, watercolor artist, and environmental conservationist and outdoorsman, the shows he performs and the events he hosts generate more