Jeff Goodell: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Probing archaeology, science, history, current events and more, acclaimed author and investigative journalist Jeff Goodell paints a vivid picture of what’s at stake as we battle extreme heat.
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Free Senior Day at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Free Senior Day at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden for seniors aged 60+. Advance reservations required.
Jesse Cook: The Libre Tour
Emporium presents Jesse Cook: The Libre Tour on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 8 PM. The accomplished guitarist, producer, and equally prolific film maker has performed thousands of concerts worldwide, sold over 2 million albums, filmed 5 PBS specials, has more than 25 million views on YouTube, and his songs have over 400 million streams.
Free Senior Day at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Free Senior Day at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden for seniors aged 60+. Advance reservations required.
Bird Conservation around the World and in Our Own Backyards: From Awe to Action
Wednesday, October 18, 2023. 7:30 – 9 pm. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Fleischmann Auditorium Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. A landmark 2019 report in Science describes a loss of 3 billion birds in North America
Free
World Music Series: MARIACHI LAS OLAS DE SB
Santa Barbara-based Mariachi Las Olas, founded and directed by Juan Zaragoza, will perform various music genres from Mexico including rancheras, boleros, corridos, sones and gustos. Bring your lunch and friends at noon to the Music Bowl in the Music Building and enjoy some live music!
Free
Yappy Hour Dog Costume Contest
Join Therapy Dogs of Santa Barbara for a Halloween Themed Yappy Hour! Attendees are encouraged to dress their pooch in costume and come in costume themselves if they'd like. Prizes will be awarded for Best Overall, Most Creative and Best Dog/Owner Duo. Beverages will be available for purchase from Fox Wine Co. and Topa Topa
Free
SBDT: The Ties That Bind – Los Lazos Que Unen
Santa Barbara Dance Theater Fall 2023 Season The Ties That Bind | Los Lazos Que Unen SBDT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion by lifting up the creative voices of all artists. This year’s season does just that with work by two guest choreographers of Latine heritage who draw deeply from their personal stories,
$22
Surfrider Foundation General Meeting & Chapter Mixer
Please join the Surfrider Foundation, Santa Barbara Chapter from 7-9 PM on Thursday October 19 for our final General Meeting of the year at the Watershed Resource Center at Hendry's Beach. Our guest speaker will be Doug Kern, Executive Director of Gaviota Coast Conservancy. Doug will delve deep into the pressing issues related to inappropriate
Free
Flowers on a River: Bada Shanren’s Lotusland
UCLA professor of Art History Hui-shu Lee provides a deep and contextualized reading of the centerpiece of the exhibition—Bada Shanren’s Flowers on a River of 1697—a symphonic landscape of lotus and attached poetic ballad that unfurls in a scroll over 42 feet in length. Flowers on a River counts as one of the most important works by the secretive
$5
Jewish Voice or Peace vigil against Gaza genocide
Vigil against Genocide Thursday, October 19th, 6pm State and Las Positas Streets, Santa Barbara Info: Rand Clark, 805.450.5704 At this moment of disaster and catastrophe in Israel-Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace-Santa Barbara will be gathering to Stop the Genocide. With most electeds accepting the possibility of mass extinction/genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, we must forcefully
The Evolution of the Modern Flora of California
The Evolution of the Modern Flora of California with Bruce Tiffney Free Presentation with Q&A Thursday, October 19th, 6:30PM Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA Humans live in the present, but the world we walk through has been constantly changing over geologic time. Join paleobotanist Bruce Tiffney
Free