Pakistan’s acclaimed Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers are making waves around the world for their riveting interpretations of qawwali, an ancient Sufi improvisational vocal tradition that dates back more than seven centuries. Akram and his brothers are the 26th generation of their musical lineage, trained in qawwali since childhood. With lively, rhythmic hand-clapping and drumming, joyous melodies, inspirational poetry and powerful call-and-response vocals, their mesmerizing performances include songs ranging from 13th-century mystical Persian poems to more recent Punjabi poems that speak of the intoxication of divine love.
“Jaw dropping performances… through the beautiful recitations and narratives.” Lahore Daily Times

$30 - $42 : General Public
$15 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4195

WHAT: This Week Solutions News Features Voices from the Climate Strike
WHEN: 5 to 6pm Friday, April 17, 2020
WHERE: KZSB 1290AM

The 6th Annual Cooking Up Dreams is a culinary extravaganza that features a chef competition, wine raffle, live auction, and entertainment.

Known for his ingeniously-crafted literary works, the Pakistan-born novelist Mohsin Hamid has quickly emerged as a clarion voice of his generation. The award-winning author takes on ethnic identity, class disparity and mass-urbanization in his bold, inventive novels including Exit West, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Moth Smoke.

$20 - $35 : General Public
$10 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4215

Feel the Music and continue the celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday! The Santa Maria Philharmonic will perform an extraordinary concert for the Santa Maria community, with music by Verdi, Beethoven, and Copland, with violin soloist Roger Wilke.

The Robert Cray Band will be performing at Solvang Festival theater for the first time on Saturday, April 18.

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network joins the Great Work of Our Time with John D Liu & Guest, Free livestream on April 18th.

Santa Barbara kids and families won't want to miss the Santa Barbara Summer Camp Fair taking place Saturday, April 18 on the Great Meadow lawn at Santa Barbara City College. This is a free event where you can meet camp directors and camp counselors from over 40 different camps and programs and learn about their programs for summer 2020. It's like a "one stop shop" to find the best camp for your kids! It's Santa Barbara's biggest, best and FREE summer camp expo where you can meet all the camp representatives in person, ask questions, pick-up free brochures from the participating camps and so much more. Many of the camps will even be doing sample camp activities and demonstrations your kids can enjoy at their booths, and you can enter our exciting raffles and drawings for your chance to win free camp sessions from participating camps. You've probably been to wedding expos, boat shows, and every other kind of expo you can imagine. But this one's just for camps! We hope to see you there. It's absolutely FREE and fun for the whole family. Tickets are free but going fast...get yours today and we'll see you Saturday, April 18 at the Santa Barbara Camp Fair!

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”–Rumi
Led by founder and director of the Rumi Educational Center, Dr. Fariba Enteshari, participants will learn more about ancient teachings within Rumi’s poetry.

Charleston’s high-spirited Ranky Tanky is a dynamo quintet exploding onto the music scene with their inspired take on soulful songs of South Carolina’s Gullah culture, mixing the lowcountry traditions of their West African ancestors with dynamic doses of jazz, gospel, funk and R&B. In the unique Creole mix of African and English that has shaped art, language and attitude, their name means “work it” or “get funky” – yes they do, and yes you will! Following a standout performance at the 2017 GlobalFest and a top-charting debut album, the exuberant group comes to Santa Barbara for the first time to have you dancing in the aisles.
“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

$25 - $38 : General Public
$15 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4175

Santa Barbara Hillel to honor Aaron & Ina Ettenberg, Bruce Corwin, Louise Wyner and Benjie & Alexi Baker at Hall of Fame celebration

Join us in celebrating Earth Day with a Sustainable Spring Market at the Station in Los Alamos on Sunday, April 19th!