“Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” at Historical Museum
“Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” at Historical Museum: new exhibit explores artist’s 40+ year career as sought-after portraitist; early works on view for the first time.
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Fitness Swimming for All Levels
Swim for Fitness classes begin at SBCC: Improve your technique and fitness level by swimming at Los Banos Pool. Instructor: Sally Saenger
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Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning Made Easy and Painless
Free educational event to teach you the Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes by local attorney Juliana Malis. TWO DATES: January 25 or 28 from 10:30a-12:00p
Surfing, Swimming, Stretching, Spanish, Senior Fitness & So Much More!
LifelongFitness.org will hold an Open Office Hour on Thursday at 5:30pm to answer your questions about a variety of healthy and fun activities for all ages and abilities. Go to www.LifelongFitness.org for more information.
Mental Wellness Center presents NAMI with speaker Brandon Staglin, One Mind President
On Thursday, January 26 at 7 p.m., the Mental Wellness Center (MWC) will host its monthly National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) event with this month’s speaker, Brandon Staglin. Staglin, president of One Mind, a brain health nonprofit committed to healing the lives of people impacted by brain illness and injury, will share his story of resilience after being diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
The Lure of Lighthouses & Dancing Waves Photographs by Dan Merkel
SBMM) presents The Lure of Lighthouses & Dancing Waves, an exhibit featuring more than 35 photographs of lighthouses and waves by the renowned and Emmy Award-winning surfing photographer and videographer Dan Merkel. The lighthouse photographs include images of lighthouses from near and far—from Cape Elizabeth and Cape Hatteras on the East Coast and Point Loma and Point Pinos on the West to Portugal and Australia. The images are accompanied by Dan’s breath-taking photos capturing waves throughout the world. Beginning on Thursday, January 26, the exhibit will be on view in SBMM’s Gallery and Munger Theater through August 27, 2023.
Emanuel Ax – Leonidas Kavakos – Yo-Yo Ma
Emanuel Ax, piano
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Running time: Approx. 90 minutes with Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, op. 60 (arr. Shai Wosner)
Adagio – Allegro vivace
Adagio
Allegro vivace
Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, op. 97 (“Archduke”)
Allegro moderato
Scherzo (Allegro)
Andante cantabile, ma però con moto
Allegro moderato
SBMA Museum Collectors Council Film Screening: From Page to Silver Screen: The Maltese Falcon
Julie M. Rivett, Dashiell Hammett’s granddaughter and archivist, will discuss Hammett's noir in literature and how it was adapted for the big screen.
Based on the 1930 novel by Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, and indebted to the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with the latter appearing in his film debut. The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette.
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Matthias Pintscher, Music Director/Conductor
Co-presented with the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara
The world’s greatest contemporary ensemble performs a new score to a 1924 silent movie that predicted the horrors of antisemitism.
Local Musicians Launch New Orchestra; Announces First Concert
The Santa Barbara Chamber Players announces its formation with its first concert to be held in January 28, 2023
Santa Barbara Chamber Players Orchestral Concert
The Santa Barbara Chamber Players is a group of local musicians who perform high caliber, accessible and affordable concerts for the local community, under the baton of Emmanuel Fratianni. Our inaugural orchestral concert will be on January 28, 2023 at 7:30 at First United Methodist Church and will feature Dvorak's Symphony No. 7, Copland's Appalachian Spring and Ravel's Mother Goose Suite. To learn more and buy tickets, go to sbchamberplayers.org
Santa Barbara Master Chorale sings Haydn’s The Creation
On Saturday, January 28, at 7:30, and Sunday, January 29, at 3:00, the Master Chorale will present The Creation by Joseph Haydn.