Pairing the Symphony with jazz royalty, and featuring a work of the first African American woman recognized as a symphonic composer, innovation feels wonderfully familiar.

Community Arts Music Association presents James Ehnes violin with Orion Weiss piano on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 7:30 PM.

The Good Good Show is a monthly stand up comedy show featuring some of the best comedians working today!

Directed by Scott Marcus, the UCSB Middle East Ensemble will present an evening of music and dance reflecting the great variety of cultures found in the Middle East on Saturday, May 21, 2021 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The ensemble performs music and dance from Arab, Turkish, Persian, Armenian, Greek, Jewish, and even Assyrian cultures, with everything from classical pieces to popular songs, as well as folk and cabaret-style dances.

The UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will present a concert showcasing gamelan, the celebrated gong orchestra of Indonesia, on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 5:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. Led by Richard North, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, and lively interlocking rhythms.

On Saturday, May 21, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, the public is invited to help Channelkeeper’s Watershed Brigade remove derelict lobster traps from Black Rock Beach below More Mesa.  

Goleta's second city-wide Beautify Goleta Community Cleanup is this Saturday, May 21st from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society is pleased to feature the Society's own Elizabeth Swanay O'Neal as presenter at the Society's monthly meeting on Saturday, May 21.

The Bonsai Club of Santa Barbara will hold its annual show, sale and demonstrations Saturday and Sunday May 21 and 22 in the Fellowship Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 La Cumbre Road at the corner of Foothill Road. Admission is free and open to all who may be interested. Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday noon to 4 p.m.

Women's Self-Defense Class $40

Santa Barbara Festival Ballet presents
Ballet in Bloom & The Toy Shoppe

Join Santa Barbara Festival Ballet for a celebration of dance on May 21 and May 22 at Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Barbara.

Join us @ a fun Mix & Mingle Fundraiser this Sunday, May 22@ M Special Brewing Company. Benefiting the Center for Successful Aging, only $40/person and includes drinks/food. Special thaink you to our sponsors – Vista del Monte; SBSOS; Senior Living Consultants and Next Best Home. Learn more and grab tix! https://csamayevent.rsvpify.com