Charitable Gift Planners Hosts Dr. Jeremy Lurey on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Topic: “Creating High-Performance Families to Enhance Charitable Giving"

This year, the UCSB library acquired the complete 44-volume facsimile edition of William Faulkner’s most important manuscripts, now housed in the UCSB Library's Special Research Collections. To celebrate this, the UCSB library and the English Department invites everyone to an afternoon of lively presentations that uncover the creative process of this celebrated author.

Talks by undergraduate and graduate students who have engaged in archival research on William Faulkner’s writing processes and famed peculiarities will be followed by a roundtable discussion of this Mississippi author, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. Discussions will feature the place of the blues, gender, race, sexuality, the environment, and the role of animals as revealed in the missing parts and added passages exposed in these manuscript and typescript facsimiles.

Professional actor Clare Carey will teach you techniques that will help you act like a pro and can help train you to boost your confidence!

Fine Art Conservator, Scott M. Haskins will entertain and educate with stories and examples from his quest to save today’s artistic paintings for future generations.

From her escape from slavery through the dangerous missions she led to liberate hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad, the story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman is told. 2h 5m

Dr. Jonathan Snyder will present a talk, titled "Overlooked Horn Music from the Czech Republic, Finland, and Lithuania," on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 6-8 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The talk will focus on the "Concerto for Horn and Orchestra" by Balys Dvarionas. Snyder received a Master of Music degree in Horn Performance from UC Santa Barbara, where he studied with Dr. Steven Gross.
Admission for this event is free and open to the public!

As part of the World Music Series, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa will collaborate with UCSB students to perform The Dawn of the Rooster, an opera that she composed to tell the story of her family during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 12 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall (Music Building, UC Santa Barbara). Tanyaradzwa is a PhD student at the University of Kentucky and an award-winning performer on the African mbira, piano, and cello. She sings in African, African American, and Western classical traditions including opera.

(IN)LARKIN Hosts a Sip & Shop Valentine Pop-up Event at the Belmond El Encanto on Thursday, February 13, 2020, 4-8:00 PM

Meet fellow wine lovers and learn more about winemaking with Inside Wine Santa Barbara and winemaker Karen Steinwachs.

Hotel Santa Barbara presents its Makers Workshop Series. Join us for a beginner-friendly, interactive art workshop exploring the romantic traditions of henna.

“This is feel-good party jazz, harking back to the ’20s and ’30s. It’s brassy, stomp your feet and dance music, and it’s got the raw, uplifting vibe of a New Orleans street parade.” SF Weekly

Candle lit, four course, authentic Italian dinner with live music (6pm-9pm). Enter drawing for 2 VIP tickets and entrance to preshow VIP party to Dianne Reeves at the Lobero 2/18 at 8pm.