Graduate pianist Petra Peršolja will present a doctoral recital featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff on Wednesday, December 4th at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. Peršolja is a student of Professor Paul Berkowitz. This event is completely FREE and open to the public!

By Neal Graffy One hundred and seventy-three years ago, on the very night of this presentation, “The Pathfinder,” Lt. Col. John C. Frémont, and his recently assembled California Battalion were encamped some 20 miles below Mission San Juan Bautista. Their goal? Head south and liberate Santa Barbara and then Los Angeles from the forces of

As part of the UCSB World Music Series, the UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble will perform on Wednesday, December 4th at 12 pm at the UCSB Music Bowl. Directed by Hugo Macario, the UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble will begin its third year with a performance of music and dance from Veracruz, Mexico.

Join us for a dialogue between Dominique Jullien (French and Comparative Literature) and Sowon Park (English) about Jullien’s new book, Borges, Buddhism and World Literature: A Morphology of Renunciation Tales. Refreshments will be served.

FIRST THURSDAY DEC 5 2019 5 PM – 9 PM FEATURING Never before seen night seascapes from local artist Nancy Earle, Beautiful Fiber arts by Isabel Downs, Pastel Abstracts from the fantastical Marlyn Daggett, Specially select jewelry designs with Suemae Willhite, candid snipbids of life by Bruce Berlow and so many more artist. The works

If you could buy a drink for a friend, from anywhere in the world, who would you buy a drink for? At GYDO, we have digitized the age-old concept of buying a friend a drink by creating a social media-driven app designed to buy a friend a drink at any drinking location worldwide. My question is where would you want to buy a friend a drink, and why?

Head on over to Night Lizard Brewing Company on December 5th and find out why the GYDO team is on a mission to connect people, place and drinking spaces!

Hotel Santa Barbara hosts a 1st Thursday event in partnership with the Adelfos Ensemble, Mezza Thyme and Sanford Winery, Thursday, December 5, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at 533 State St.

From the poetry of Sappho to the New Testament, texts written on papyrus have been preserved for millennia by arid conditions in Egypt, excavated, and collected in archives. This timely colloquium examines the legal and ethical problems surrounding these papyrological archives. Roberta Mazza will tell the story of how ancient papyri of unknown provenance were acquired by the Museum of the Bible and are now at the center of a scandal and police investigation. Anna Uhlig will discuss how Egyptian mummies have been destroyed in the quest to “recover” ancient texts and how we can use the Tebtunis archive at UC Berkeley to honor the “missing mummies” lost to us in the name of scholarship.

GYDO is hosting a launch party on December 5, 5-7 p.m., at Night Lizard Brewing Company

GYDO is hosting a launch party on December 5, 5-7 p.m., at Night Lizard Brewing Company

Be one of the first to experience the Folk & Tribal Arts Marketplace! Join the Museum of Natural History for an exclusive VIP night of delicious wine, appetizers, and desserts while getting first pick of an unparalleled selection of unique, authentic gifts from around the world.

Celebrate land conservation in Santa Barbara County with your local Land Trust and friends at our annual holiday open house!