Since March of 2020, we have been challenged and reshaped -- as a community and individuals -- by our experiences living through the COVID-19 pandemic and renewal of abolitionist and anti-racist activist movements. Amidst the shift to remote learning and working, UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections initiated two ongoing projects: the Santa Barbara Black Lives Matter Community Archives and the COVID-19 Community Archives.

The Santa Barbara County Adult & Aging Network (AAN) invites the public to attend a regional online forum to learn about California’s Master Plan for Aging, and contribute ideas and perspectives as priorities are discussed for local implementation of the Plan. 

Help Support Our Mustang Athletes!
The Gary Messineo Classic Annual Golf Tournament gives every student at The Riviera Ridge School, whether it’s their first time playing a sport or they have been on a club team for years, the opportunity to participate in the sports they love.
Sign up to play or sponsor: https://rivieraridge.ejoinme.org/gmc21

The Department of Music will present a virtual Corwin Chair Series Lecture featuring composer Leah Reid on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 11 am PT via Zoom.

Community Memorial Altar at Paradise Found, inspired by the celebrations of Samhain and Dias de los Muertos.

The Harbor Festival is canceled this year, but you can still celebrate the season opening of California Spiny Lobster, one of Santa Barbara's leading sustainable fisheries! Join us on the Maritime Museum's outdoor front patio, 1-4pm Saturday October 23, with lobster dishes and live music by Jackson Gillies!

Southern California Artists for the Environment with Climate Realty Project are holding a Live 2-day art show and educational event to benefit the Community Environmental Council and the Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter for their outreach and incentives to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels for a clean and healthy environment.

Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (Scape) with Climate Realty Project (CRP) invites you to a FREE 2-Day ART and Education Event featuring over 130 Scape paintings and climate themed presentations from local heroes with solutions and incentives to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels for a clean and healthy environment..

This Benefit is supporting the Climate Change efforts of the Community Environmental Council (CEC) and Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter.

Date: Saturday, October 23, 1-8pm, Reception: 5-8pm (Awards, wine, music, etc)
Sunday, October 24, 10am-5pm
Location: Community Arts Workshop (CAW) 631 Garden Street

For more information visit https://scape.wildapricot.org

Event Category: FUNDRAISER

Sara Miller McCune brings a fully staged musical and artistic collaboration of Kismet to Santa Barbara. With Acclaimed Broadway Director Lonny Price, featuring the Santa Barbara Symphony, State Street Ballet, and a cast of performers across the globe.

Do you dare…? Come to our annual "Haunt at the Showgrounds" October 22, 23, and 24, 2021 at Earl Warren Showgrounds. 4 Haunted houses, carnival rides, live music, food trucks, carnival bites, & beer garden. Tickets required for the Haunted houses & carnival rides. Face masks will be required indoors. NO COSTUME MASKS OR COSTUMES ALLOWED.

Do you dare…? Come to our annual "Haunt at the Showgrounds" October 22, 23, and 24, 2021 at Earl Warren Showgrounds. 4 Haunted houses, carnival rides, live music, food trucks, carnival bites, & beer garden. Tickets required for the Haunted houses & carnival rides. Face masks will be required indoors. NO COSTUME MASKS OR COSTUMES ALLOWED.

FREE live concert with 13 bands-Drummerheads, exporter, Field Daze, Fin’s Mellow Co. The Framers, Happy Medium, Liquid Blanket, Lizardsmouth, Loc Dawgs, Modern Genre, Odd Army, Sara Pierce, and The Takeouts. FREE parking. Food trucks & beer garden.