Evolve Treatment Centers is opening a new outpatient PHP/IOP center in downtown Santa Barbara for teens struggling with substance abuse and mental health. All are invited to the Grand Opening celebration on March 13, 2019 from 12-4pm at 1029 State St. 

The View-Master is one of the most familiar, yet least investigated, formats of stereoscopic photography. This talk will outline its history, from its invention and debut at the 1939 New York World’s Fair to its 21st-century reinvention as a virtual reality system. After considering key products and marketing strategies, I will suggest some reasons for the View-Master’s absence from histories of mass visual culture and its enduring popularity among children and collectors alike.
Image: Advertisement for View-Master, c. 1955.

Elaine Ibarra, Director of Animal Care at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, will speak about the evolution of oil spill response, how that shaped the Refugio incident and her personal experiences during the spill

Mar 7, 14, 21, 28 Thurs 7 – 9 PM - The Practice, Art and Science of Meditation – with Dawa Tarchin Phillips.

The next meeting of the Santa Barbara Rose Society is on Thursday, March 14, 2019 from 7 – 9 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Road at Foothill in Santa Barbara. Meetings are FREE. We invite everyone to come at 7 pm to socialize, enjoy the Little Rose Show at 7:15 and sample our refreshments before the program begins at 7:30.

Our presentation this month is “Hot New Roses – and What Bugs them!” a free program featuring well-known Southern California's rose farmer Scott Klittich of Otto and Sons Rose Farms.

Municipal Watercolor Club

Formed in 1983 in the German wine region in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, three Schmidt siblings – Sebastian, Nanette and Bernhard – join with violist Andreas Willwohl in a partnership dedicated to exemplary performances of chamber music. The Mandelring Quartet’s success in winning some of the world’s great competitions – the Munich (ARD), Evian, and Reggio Emilia (Premio Paolo Borciani) – launched an impressive international career that brings them to all corners of the globe. Today, their performing commitments take them to international musical centers such as Vienna, Paris, London, Madrid, New York, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, as well as regular tours to Central and South America, the Middle East, and Asia. Their discography include more than thirty CD recordings, which have been repeatedly awarded the German Music Critics’ Prize, and been nominated for the International Classical Music Award, confirming the Mandelring Quartet’s exceptional quality and wideranging repertoire.

The Santa Barbara Executive Roundtable (SABER), Santa Barbara’s premier small business educator and networking organization, presents an engaging talk on Thursday morning, March 14, on a variety of topics including idea formation, raising capital, and executing a successful IPO.

Everyone is welcome at the HomeBased Partnership's Annual Open House from 11:30-1:00 on Thursday, March 14. 

The new weekly local radio show, “Solutions News Radio,” hosted by the president and founder of World Business Academy, Rinaldo Brutoco, will air live this Friday from 5-6 p.m. on KZSB 1290 AM radio. There will be replay broadcasts Friday from 11 p.m.– 12 a.m., Saturday from 5- 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 -10 a.m. The show will also be available on demand as a podcast.

The perfect soundtrack to a Friday night? The alt-americana vibes of The Reserve, playing the Barrel Room March 15 from 6-8pm. Pair it with a glass of wine and you're set!