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Behind the Scenes at the “Flying A”
Edhat columnist and local historian Betsy J. Green will discuss highlights, hijinks, and hazards at the “Flying A” film studio on Sept. 27!
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Behind the Scenes at the “Flying A”: A talk by Betsy J. Green
Santa Barbara became the center of the movie-making world when the Chicago-based American Film Manufacturing Company opened the largest production facility in the country in 1913. Known as the “Flying A" due to its winged logo, the studio produced over twelve hundred films. Local papers and national movie magazines published the adventures – and misadventures – of the silent movie actors and film crews who gathered here all together for the first time.
Following the Phalaropes kicks off Audubon season
The Audubon program season begins Wednesday, September 27 with "Following the Phalaropes: A Journey along the Migration route of a Shorebird. Free to the public, the talk starts at 7:30 p.m. in Farrand Hall, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. It will be presented by Nora Livingston, lead naturalist and field seminar presenter at Mono Lake.
Hermanos Gutierrez
R&H/S2BN presents Hermanos Gutierrez on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 8 PM. Guitar duo Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez make music that evokes expansive plains and rough wildernesses, saguaros and surfs, spaghetti westerns and Morricone soundtracks, Lynch and Jarmusch. With their guitars, the brothers travel through landscapes haunted by vaqueros, cancioneros, wanderers, fugitives, lovers, family — and whatever ghosts their listeners bring to the music.
Devereux Creek Tour in Goleta
Thursday, September 28: Devereux Creek Tour, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
City of Goleta Parks & Open Space Manager George Thomson will lead this tour of Devereux Creek. Meet at Santa Barbara Shores Drive and Sea Gull Drive. Please RSVP to gthomson@cityofgoleta.org to reserve your spot.
Get The Led Out
Lobero LIVE presents Get The Led Out on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM. From the bombastic and epic to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out (GTLO) has captured the essence of Led Zeppelin’s recorded music and brought it to the concert stage, in all its depth and glory. The Philadelphia-based group
Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association to Host BEAM— A Free Career Fair for Alumni, Students, and the Public on September 28th
Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association will host its BEAM Career Fair, free and open to the public, on Thursday, September 28th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
BEAM Career Fair
Open to All: Alumni, Students & Community Members!
PGIAA’s BEAM Fair will provide identity-centered career programming to support alumni/ae, students, and our local community from different backgrounds on their journey to finding meaningful work.
36th Annual Amethyst Ball – The Great Gatsby Getaway
The 2023 Amethyst Ball, The Great Gatsby Getaway, will be a glamorous 1920s speak easy style event with casino games, a magician, and tango dancers. There will even be a photo opportunity with an old vintage style car. Bring your diamonds and pearls and enjoy a night that will take you back to the roaring twenties!
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Opera Santa Barbara presents CARMEN
The world’s most popular opera returns to the Granada Theatre after seven years. September 29 and October 1!
San Jose Creek Tour in Goleta
Join City of Goleta for a “Green Streets, Clean Creeks: San Jose Creek Tour.” Meet at Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park (170 S. Kellogg Ave) for a tour with City of Goleta Environmental Services Manager Melissa Nelson and Brian Trautwein of the Environmental Defense Center. Reserve your space by emailing environmentalservices@cityofgoleta.org.
WILD NIGHT OUT: NOCTURNAL, Benefitting the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Wild Night Out, the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network’s annual fundraising benefit, returns on September 30th for another year of wild fun!