Environmental and climate justice are two emerging crises tied closely with changing climate and sustainable development paradigms. In this talk, we will explore environmental justice through the perspective of co-creating questions of broader impacts in the ecological sciences.

Free classical music concert from your local philharmonic!

While you may not be able to Listen, Local, Live at this time, exciting classical music from the musicians of the Santa Maria Philharmonic , your local, hometown professional orchestra, is just a click away!

The SMPS First Fridays at Four series features an exciting YouTube performance by orchestra members in local landmarks and locations.

The free recorded concerts premier the first Friday of every month at 4:00pm.

Watch again and again, and share with friends! Subscribe to our channel and never miss a show:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXfoemrez9B0zvDSlP58Q9w

Santa Barbara Activists to host car caravan demanding guaranteed health care in California – Saturday, February 6

Could The Knox School be a fit for your gifted child? Join us for one of our Virtual Fireside Chats. Meet with Knox parents for candid conversation about the school & their experiences. Find out what sets our gifted education program apart from other schools.

PFLAG Santa Barbara/Santa Maria February Virtual Meeting - "Stages in the Coming Out Journey for LGBTQ Persons and their Loved Ones". Pre-registration is required.

In partnership with the UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services, New Beginnings Counseling Center is offering a clinical training on February 8 from 10 am to 12 pm (online) with Sherisa Dahlgren, LMFT. 

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures for an evening with the Founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard for Protecting Public Land in Conversation with Hal Herring on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 at 5 PM.

Engage in formal practice with your sangha! The three pillars of spiritual growth are to study, reflect, and meditate. Opportunities to meditate abound, but the support we give and receive when we come together as a community offers priceless and boundless multipliers to our meditation practice.
Everyone is welcome! Donations appreciated.
Bodhi Path Buddhist Center

805-284-2704
sb@bodhipath.org
http://www.bodhipath.org/sb/

The Wildling Museum is pleased to announce its February virtual program, Nocturnes & Envisioning the Night Sky: A Conversation with Nathan Huff & Nathan Vonk, taking place Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 4 – 5 p.m.

In honor of Black History Month, this session examines Jacob Lawrence’s screenprint The 1920’s…The Migrants Cast Their Ballots (1974). Draw details from his unique, modernist depiction of African-American migrant workers in the 1920s voting for the first time. Lawrence created this print as part of the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, with artists contributing to the portfolio responding to the question “what does independence mean to you?”.

View the inspiration image for this class on the Museum’s online collection.

Required supplies:

Prismacolor ebony pencil
Eraser
Pencil sharpener
Meet your Instructor
Tina Villadolid has been a Teaching Artist for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for over 22 years. Connecting with the people in her community through art has brought her so much joy! Tina loves to paint with oils, sculpt with clay, create installation art, draw portraits with charcoal, and write songs. She is conversational in Spanish, has two grandchildren, is originally from New York City, and lives with her cat, Chappie James, Jr.

Ticket Cost:
Workshop via Zoom: FREE

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures for an evening with Sociopolitical Comedian and Host of CNN’s United Shades of America W. Kamau Bell to discuss Ending Racism in About an Hour on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 at 5 PM.