Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum's galleries as an impetus to writing. Monthly sessions are led by a visiting writer who begins with a conversation and prompt, partially inspired by works on view. Participants write on their own, then reconvene to share and comment on each other's work. Please bring something on which to write.

In October, award-winning author and UCR Associate Professor of Creative Writing, Andrew Winer, leads a session inspired by Édouard Vuillard's Fuchsias and French Marigolds (ca. 1903), on view in Ridley-Tree Gallery.

Museum Galleries

Free with Reservation!

Our Public Lands: A 13,000-mile Journey Through California’s Forgotten Landscapes Free IN PERSON Slideshow Presentation with Q&A Thursday, October 20th, 6:30PM Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA Join Josh Jackson on a photographic tour of the public lands in California managed by the Bureau of Land Management

AEG presents Vir Das Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 7 PM. Vir has become a global comedy sensation as a stand-up comedian and actor. He’s gained worldwide appeal with his five specials on Netflix in the last six years, one of them For India having been nominated for an Emmy Award, and his starring roles in over a dozen films, most recently in the Judd Apatow film The Bubble on Netflix. He’s been hailed by Variety magazine as a “Top 10 Comic To Watch” and honored by The Kennedy Center as one of their inaugural “Next 50” leaders who are lighting the way forward through art and action. https://www.lobero.org/events/vir-das/
$53.75

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) presents “Central Coast Ocean Adventures & the Tall Ship Mystic Whaler” on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 7 pm. This in-person lecture by Christine Healy and Michael Sheehy, of Central Coast Ocean Adventures (CCOA), will share the story of the tall ship Mystic Whaler, her voyage from Connecticut to California and the plans for her future. Cost is free for SBMM’s Navigator Circle Members, $10 for all other members, and $20 for members of the public. There will also be a pre-lecture reception for members only from 6:15-6:45pm. Register at: https://sbmm.org/santa-barbara-event/ and become a member at https://sbmm.org/membership/

At its upcoming 25th annual Salute to Scouting, the Los Padres Council of Boy Scouts of America will recognize local leaders Douglas Scott and Robert Maloy for their contributions to the health, education and safety of youth in Santa Barbara County

It’s Spooky Season! Kick off Halloween by joining the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County at Restoration Oaks Ranch on October 21st for our Tarantula Trails Tour!

Monthly Westmont Public Telescope Night

Friday, Oct 21, 2022- 7:30pm Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall

In this concert the duo AndPlay will present several works for violin and viola from the contemporary American and international repertoire.

http://andplayduo.com/

While the monarchs are en route to the Ellwood Mesa Monarch Butterfly Grove, butterflies of a different sort return to Paradise Found, October 21st through November 2nd.

The Santa Barbara Music Club opens its 2022-23 season of great classical music on Saturday, October 22, 3 PM, at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu. Award-winning organist Tom Mueller performs works by Bach, Conte, Franck and Whitlock, and his own Sonata (2020). Free admission. Details at www.SBMusicClub.org.

This 6-week Intro to K9 Nose Work® (K9NW) Continuing Education course is for dogs and handlers who have completed NACSW Intro to K9 Nose Work® and Intro to Odor® courses.