Living along the coastline in Santa Barbara, SLO and Ventura Counties there are more than a few estuaries. Living under or near, the path of the avian migration super-highway, The Pacific Flyway, which supports nearly a million birds, knowing more about the bird life these areas help sustain is a timely topic. This free program presented by Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) will be a wonderful opportunity to hear, firsthand, from the Director of Bird Conservation for California Audubon, Andrea Jones. The 90-minute Zoom program includes a presentation and Q&A – using the chat section to ask your questions. Moderator for the program is Teresa Fanucchi.

Downtown Santa Barbara invites you to the 2021 Annual Awards Ceremony, Presented by Southern California Edison. This event includes the announcements of the 2020 Volunteer of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Business Champion of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, and the 2021 Harriet Miller Youth Leadership Award recipient.

It’s a Downtown Santa Barbara tradition, more than two dozen years old - the Annual Awards Ceremony, designed as a way to celebrate past accomplishments and share our goals for the coming year. The occasion is also a way to honor people, organizations, even historic buildings that have gone above and beyond to make a difference in Downtown Santa Barbara. Join us, and celebrate Downtown Santa Barbara.

A free Zoom event, a Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Update on Vaccines and Viral Variants.

Sullivan Goss is proud to present an important and timely exhibition devoted to that most American of artistic sensibilities, Realism. 

UC Santa Barbara Opera Theatre and the Department of Music will present a virtual performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s two-act opera Don Giovanni on Friday, February 26, 2021 at 6 pm PST as a YouTube Premiere.
Directed by UC Santa Barbara Associate Professor Dr. Isabel Bayrakdarian, the abridged version of the opera will be sung in the original Italian with English subtitles. The video will be free and available to the public via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel.

For more information visit: https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2171

UCSB Opera Theatre and the Department of Music will present a virtual performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s two-act opera Don Giovanni on Friday, February 26

The Department of Theater and Dance is proud to present Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities, a groundbreaking historical recount of the 1991 Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn, written by Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Risa Brainin. The show opens at 7 p.m. on February 26 on Zoom and runs through the 28th.

TED & Joe in the Morning, a discussion group based loosely on TED Circles, but tailored for the greater Santa Barbara community by staff from all SBPL branches.

Learn the basics of watercolor painting from SBMA Senior Teaching Artist Itoko Maeno.

Dr. Gina La Monica will lead an insightful workshop on College Admissions including the latest changes. Attend and learn how to get accepted to the college of your dreams.
Some of the topics that will be discussed are the following:
What College Is Best For Me?
College Admission Information
Four Year or Community College Transfer
Career Exploration
Financial Aid and Scholarships
The workshop will be held via Zoom on Sunday, February 28 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Please RVSP by Thursday, February 25 at avenuescollegeadmission@gmail.com.

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Chefs in Conversation, Samin Nosrat and Yotam Ottolenghi, moderated by Sherry Villanueva, Managing Partner/Owner of Acme Hospitality on Sunday, Feb. 28 2021 at 11 a.m.