On the heels of last year’s record breaking success with Les Miserables, The Adderley Conservatory, Santa Barbara’s preeminent Musical Theater program for youth and teens, ages 4-18, brings West Side Story to The Lobero on May 4th and 5th! In its 13th outstanding season on stage at The Lobero, THE ADDERLEY SCHOOL’S Conservatory is thrilled

The Santa Barbara Music Club presents a free concert at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., 3pm, Saturday, May 4. The program features vocal music by Dvořák, Gounod, Luzzi, Mascagni, and Tchaikovsky; the Pichl Duo in C Major for viola and cello; and the Martinů Sonata for flute and piano.

For information on this or other Santa Barbara Music Club programs and performing artists, visit SBMusicClub.org.

Graduate vocalist Tyler Reece (baritone) will present a DMA lecture recital, titled "Liebe und Leben: Exploring Gender Roles and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Lieder," with pianist Mandee Madrid-Sikich on Saturday, May 4th at 4:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the UCSB Music Building. Reece will feature examples from works by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann.

Author Megan Carney will be speaking about their book The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders. Carney will speak on her work and research in Santa Barbara that she did for the book and the impacts of national policies that have deep and lasting affects on individuals, particularly related to food systems,

Pacific Pride Foundation Announces 2019 Royal Ball Fundraising Event May 4, Rosewood Miramar Beach

The Teacher Education Program at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will hold a School Maker Faire on Saturday, May 4 from 10am-12pm at the Education Building on the UCSB campus. Like other Maker Faires, this event will celebrate “making,” that is hands-on activities related to robotics, circuits, crafts, building, and other pursuits.

Have you heard about Pilates but are still uncertain what it is or how it could help you? In this workshop you will SEE Demonstrations of Pilates with and without equipment, FEEL some basic Pilates movements HEAR about the method and it's many benefits, ASK Questions and GET Answers.

Meet us at the Mart for a Spring Marketplace and shop 20+ brands on May 4th! Along with our Mart family, there will be a curated selection of pop-ups handpicked by Local Mercato!

Curated by Bruce Heavin and Roman Baratiak

From Shepard Fairey's street art to Rem Koolhaas' skyscrapers, from contemplative Japanese architecture to Yayoi Kusama's hallucinatory polka dots, from the Bauhaus' utopian philosophy to Chris Burden's bodily assaults, and much more, this festival of nine films on art and architecture spans distances both physical and ideological as it explores some of the people and projects at the forefront of human creativity, redefining boundaries and expanding the limits of what is possible.

Graduate pianist Ching-Yun Chen will present a recital on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 1:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. The program will include Maurice Ravel's piano duet Ma mère l'Oye, Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for Viola and Piano, Johannes Brahms' Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121, as well as his Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b. Guest performers will include baritone Byron Mayes, violist Besnik Yzeiri, and pianists Marc Evans and Buyun Li. Ms. Chen is a student of Dr. Charles Asche.

Planning a Pollinator Garden
The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardeners announces a free public workshop entitled “Planning a Pollinator Garden” to be presented on Sunday, May 5, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara.

Attendees will learn the importance of pollinators, the different types of pollinators, how to build a habitat for pollinators, and how to analyze soil and climate for plant selection.

Discover the authentic beauty of Motion Theatre Dance Company and experience a performance of contemporary ballet and modern dance including the children’s dance program @ www.sbmovementarts.com. Award winning artist Maria Rendina Frantz will explore uncharted territory with the premier her new work Journey. Emerging choreographers, U.C.S.B. graduates Kelly O’Connor, Sammy Gerraty and Gianna Burright will also present three exciting, original contemporary works.