Rob Bell is the New York Times best-selling author of Love Wins, What We Talk About When We Talk About God, The Zimzum of Love, How To Be Here and What is the Bible?. His podcast, called the RobCast, is the #1 spirituality podcast and iTunes named it Best of 2015. He’s been profiled in

The 28th annual Santa Barbara High School Jazz Festival is  Saturday, May 18th at the Santa Barbara High School Theatre.

Learn practical tools and gain insight to dealing with the daily challenges of cancer in a safe and positive environment.

Immerse yourself in the meditative art of botanical illustration on May 18th at 10 am in Solvang.

Thinking about running for elected office in 2019 and/or 2020? The Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee is offering the popular "Run Like a Woman" training workshop event to help you be successful. Current and past elected officials throughout Santa Barbara County will share their strategies and tips that helped them get elected. Featured officials include:

JOAN HARTMANN
3rd District, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

KRISTEN SNEDDON
4th District, Santa Barbara City Council

ROSE MUNOZ
Trustee, Santa Barbara Unified School District

MARY ROSE
Mary Rose and Associates

A nominal attendance fee is required and includes membership in Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee

Barbara Randall Presents “Decoding the National Archives Online - What’s available and how to search successfully.”

Undergraduate oboist Lexie Callaway-Cole will present a senior Bachelor of Music recital on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 1:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. Ms. Callaway-Cole will be joined by harpsichordist/pianist Dr. Natasha Kislenko (UCSB faculty member), bassoonist Jacob Fernandez, violinist Noelle Barr, violist James Chung, and cellist Britta Thomas. The program will include works by Benjamin Britten, Antonio Vivaldi, Gaetano Donizetti, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ms. Callaway-Cole is a student of UCSB faculty member Gabrielle Castriotta.

The New Works Lab presents bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a simple 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. Works are selected every November through an open application process. The process is supported by a weekly spring quarter class in which NWL student actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers and publicists working on the productions convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work.

Performance Dates:

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2019 - 8:00pm

May 11, 18, 19, 2019 - 2:00pm

TITLE: A Merger in Space: Black Holes and Neutron Stars
SPEAKER: Prof. Duncan Brown, Physics Dept., Brown University
The first detection of colliding black holes rocked the scientific world, establishing that gravitational waves are REAL and measurable. Scientists have also achieved the first detection of colliding neutron stars. Prof. Brown will discuss the implications of these cosmic mergers, what they create, and how they change our view of the Universe.

Inspirational, funny, poignant and moving stories, a free for all of great stories performed by fabulous actors! Please join us on May 19 & 20.

Premier Car Show

The Kopu Lisle Nixon Memorial tournament kicks off on Sunday, May 19 at 3:00 pm at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club!