FREE summer cinema at the Santa Barbara Courthouse

Matt Pickett with Oceans Unmanned will be in the brewery for one of our Science On Tap's this Saturday at 3pm. He will be representing the Oceans Unmanned group and will be going over how the use of commercial drones are being utilized for a variety of ocean and coastal research methods.

Santa Barbara Summit for Tibet invites the community to honor, celebrate in a day of compassion celebrating His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama’s 84th Birthday

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is excited about hosting the 17th annual Kardboard Kayak Race Team Challenge, in conjunction with Semana Nautica.
WHEN: Saturday, July 6, 2019
Registration: 12:00pm
Building: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Racing begins: 2:00pm
WHERE: West Beach, Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum invites entire families and teams to compete in the 17th annual Kardboard Kayak Race Team Challenge, in conjunction with Semana Nautica. 

The High Goal Challenge takes place on Sunday, July 7 at 3:00 pm at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club!

LotusFest! - Sunday, July 7 – 2:00 to 5:00 PM. A wine and beer tasting festival at Lotusland. Enjoy an afternoon of libations, live music, hors d’oeuvres and the opportunity to explore our spectacular Garden.​​

Join Planned Parenthood Young Advocates for Comedy for a Cause! Come see headliner Erica Rhodes & other guests at the Santa Barbara Comedy Hideaway this Sunday, July 7 at 7 PM.

50% of proceeds go to Planned Parenthood!

Women's World Cup Viewing Party at the Arlington Theatre Courtyard on July 7

The Tōkaidō, or Eastern Sea Road, was formed in the 17th century to link Japan’s old imperial capital, Kyoto, with the new warrior capital, Edo (modern Tokyo). Along the 320-mile route, 53 official post towns fed, lodged, and supplied travelers. By the mid-19th century, woodblock printed novels, guidebooks, and pictures made famous the road’s natural scenery—and real or imagined experiences.

This exhibition showcases a rare surviving set of the "Comic Picture Scroll of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō," painted in 1921 by eighteen "manga" (“comic pictures”) artists from the newly formed Tokyo Manga Association, along with selected woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), the greatest landscape print artist of the "ukiyo-e" (floating world picture) tradition who memorialized the great highway. Drawn from the Museum's permanent collection and augmented with loans from local collectors, the installation also includes three woodblock prints by the post-war artist Sekino Jun’ichirō (1914–1988) whose "Stations of the Tōkaidō" series, creatively echoed some of Hiroshige’s memorable images, a further testament to the legacy of Hiroshige and Japanese artists’ continued romance with this famed road.

This intimate exhibition was guest curated by Kendall H. Brown, Professor of Japanese Art History at California State University, Long Beach.

Image: Utagawa HIROSHIGE, Japanese, 1797–1858, "Station 10" (detail), Odawara from the series "53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road," 1833–34. 1st month of Tempo 5. Color woodblock print. SBMA, Gift of the Frederick B. Kellam collection.

"Fathering the LGBTQ Community: A special panel of Dads". Hear the struggles and experiences of Dads dealing with their children coming out. There is always time for support and discussion. All are welcome.

Art Road Trip
Ages 5 - 12
Monday - Friday
9 am - 3 pm

Paint, print, collage, and draw your own real or imaginary summer road trip inspired, in part, by Japanese woodblock prints depicting famous stops along the Tōkaidō road.