Santa Barbara High School Theatre presents FIREBRINGER, A STARKID Musical, January 24 - 26

Santa Barbara High School Theatre's 20th annual student directed production starts a new tradition! In the place of Music of the Night, SBHS seniors, Carter Beaudette, Logan Fleming, and Josie Gillingham are directing full musical: FIREBRINGER, a STARKID musical.

At the dawn of humanity, one tribe of cave-people survives the many trials of prehistoric life under the wise leadership of Jemilla, The Peacemaker. Jemilla taught her people to express themselves, rather than bashing each others' heads with rocks and eating each others' babies. But one member of the tribe doesn't seem to fit in: Zazzalil. She's always trying to invent things to make life easier… for herself. While out hatching her latest scheme, Zazzalil stumbles upon the most important discovery in history. One that will pit her tribe against wooly mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and change the world forever. She'll travel from omega to alpha, and become… the Firebringer!

Showtimes:
Friday, January 24th @ 7pm
Saturday, January 25 @ 2pm & 7pm
Sunday, January 26th @2pm
GA: Students/Seniors $10, GA: Adult $15, Reserved Seating: $25
Tickets available at the door and, in advance, at purplepass.com/sbhstheatre.

UC Santa Barbara University Carillonist Wesley Arai will present a recital from the carillon in UC Santa Barbara's Storke Tower on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 2 pm. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.
This event is FREE and open to the public for more information visit, https://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1981

Two years since the catastrophic incidents in Santa Barbara County, their effects continue to be felt. In addition to the terrible direct impacts of these events on our community, ash from the fire and mud relocated to beaches also affected the health of the Santa Barbara coast and channel.

Join us to hear about the latest ongoing research assessing the extent of these impacts, and what it might tell us about how to improve our response to future disasters. A series of flash talks by experts in the biological and social sciences will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q&A with experts and local policymakers.

The public is invited to a free community conversation on Sunday, January 26 to hear from local experts and discuss the impacts of the Thomas Fire and January 9 Debris Flow two years later.

Don’t miss the Santa Maria Philharmonic’s presentation of their popular concert "Fly Me to the Moon: From JS Bach to Mr. Spock." 

Gullah Music of the Carolina Coast

“One of the greatest gifts of the year.” Afropop

“Unfamiliar enough to be surprising, and yet familiar enough to provoke swinging hips and nodding heads… It’s the best of both worlds.” Paste Magazine

The Santa Barbara Zoo’s annual Snow Leopard Festival - Sledding at the Zoo event has been moved one week later.

On Sunday, January 26, First United Methodist Church of Santa Barbara and Via Maestra 42 restaurant will serve their annual “Feast for the Children” benefit luncheon, with this year's proceeds to benefit the Unity Shoppe.

Thanks to the generosity of Via Maestra 42 owners Renato and Lisa Moiso and friends, all food, beverage, and service for this sumptuous Italian buffet is donated so that 100% of the proceeds can go to relief efforts. The traditional Italian menu includes antipasti, lasagna, butternut squash ravioli, polenta with mushrooms, mixed greens salad, and vanilla cream puffs with chocolate sauce for dessert. Come, feast, and support the Unity Shoppe!

Tickets for the three seatings: 11:30am, 12:30pm and 1:30pm, are available at the door or in advance at the church office, 305 E Anapamu (corner of Garden and Anapamu)

$25 Adults; $10 Children 6 - 10; Children 5 and under FREE

Free parking onsite, enter from Garden Street

For more information call 805-963-3579, email office@fumcsb.org, or visit our website http://www.fumcsb.org , or Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/FirstUMCSantaBarbara

On Sunday, January 26, First United Methodist Church of Santa Barbara and Via Maestra 42 restaurant will serve their annual “Feast for the Children” benefit luncheon, with this year's proceeds to benefit the Unity Shoppe.

Thanks to the generosity of Via Maestra 42 owners Renato and Lisa Moiso and friends, all food, beverage, and service for this sumptuous Italian buffet is donated so that 100% of the proceeds can go to relief efforts. The traditional Italian menu includes antipasti, lasagna, butternut squash ravioli, polenta with mushrooms, mixed greens salad, and vanilla cream puffs with chocolate sauce for dessert. Come, feast, and support the Unity Shoppe!

Tickets for the three seatings: 11:30am, 12:30pm and 1:30pm, are available at the door or in advance at the church office, 305 E Anapamu (corner of Garden and Anapamu)

$25 Adults; $10 Children 6 - 10; Children 5 and under FREE

Free parking onsite, enter from Garden Street

For more information call 805-963-3579, email office@fumcsb.org, or visit our website http://www.fumcsb.org , or Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/FirstUMCSantaBarbara

This discussion of Allegra Goodman's book, "The Family Markowitz," will be facilitated by Cheri Gurse. Reading the materials is suggested but are not required for attendance. This series hopes to cultivate open dialogue, and a spirit of appreciation and intellectual kinship. All are welcome.

What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Directed by Avi Lewis and inspired by Naomi Klein’s non-fiction bestseller, This Changes Everything presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines of climate change, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Compelling, inspiring and accessible, the film suggests that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. (Avi Lewis, 2015, 90 min.)
“Klein and those impassioned protesters provide something that has been in short supply in the predecessors – namely, a modicum of hope for the future.” Los Angeles Times

In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2020 UCSB Library presents a talk by Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor of Political Science, to be followed by a public reception.