Just days before its season opener, Opera SB is having its first Free Open Rehearsal to the public for Madama Butterfly at the Santa Barbara Courthouse's Sunken Gardens. This event is FREE and open to the SB community.

Halloween fun at the Historic Goleta Depot

Ghost Light Night 2019
Sunday, October 27, 2019; 5:00 pm

LEWIS BLACK, GRAMMY Award-winning, stand-up comedian, is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as a stand-up comedian, actor and author. Receiving critical acclaim, he performs more than 200 nights annually, to sold-out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He is one of

Known as the king of the rant, LEWIS BLACK uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin.

Acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area acoustic fingerstyle guitarists Teja Gerken and Doug Young are coming to Santa Barbara as part of the guitar-themed Santa Barbara Acoustic concert series (www.sbacoustic.com). Drawing from their individual catalogs of original compositions, Celtic tunes, arrangements of jazz standards, and the occasional classical piece, Teja and Doug present a varied repertoire. See them perform together at SOhO on October 27!

On Sunday, October 27th, hundreds of hikers and community volunteers will gather at Elings Park for the 18th Annual Summit for Danny Community Climb.

Join us Sunday morning on the Carr patio for a Halloween-inspired yoga flow and Carr wine!

The 19th Annual Summit for Danny Community Climb will take place on Sunday, October 27, at Elings Park in Santa Barbara, the largest public park in America, located at 1298 Las Positas Road. 

The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation presents this annual free family craft event in the courtyard of Casa de la Guerra to celebrate the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This program celebrates the history and culture of Santa Barbara's Latino families, bringing together parents and children to create holiday

MCC Theater
In this talk, Jordan T. Camp examines the state surveillance and repression of Black freedom leaders. He offers a new trajectory of U.S. state formation during the Cold War and a historically grounded analysis of racism and counterinsurgency. Linking the violent 1949 Peekskill, New York attack on Black activist Paul Robeson to counterinsurgency programs, he demonstrates the relationship between the build-up of the largest warfare state on the planet and what he terms a “long vendetta” against the Black radical internationalist tradition. Jordan T. Camp is Director of Research at the People’s Forum, Visiting Scholar in the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Co-Director of the Racial Capitalism Working Group in the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University.

Tuesday, October 29, Franklin School, 1111 East Mason St., 6p - A moderated panel presentation of 5 property owners from The Eastside Coalition Against 15 So Alisos, a planned Neighborhood Prototype under CA First Housing for Homeless Project by the Salvation Army, using City and County taxpayer funds.