Celebrate 1st Thursday with Pop-Up Opera on February 6 at 5:30 pm! In February, Opera Santa Barbara returns to perform selections in honor of Black History Month in the Museum galleries. Afterwards, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm. Free!

It’s here – the presidential election year, and we have our work cut out for us. ISB and our country need all hands on deck in order to defeat Trump in November, hold the House, and take back the Senate. With your help, we can to map out a strategic vision for 2020.

FREE event; no advance tickets required
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!

Campbell Hall
UCSB Campus, Campbell Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

JANE AUSTEN’S EMMA
A Musical Romantic Comedy

Book, Lyrics, and Music by Paul Gordon
Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Andrew Barnicle
February 6–23, 2020

Serving pizza and refreshments, Good Space Coworking is inviting the greater community this Thursday, February 6th, at noon for “Sneak Peek” before their official grand opening in March 2020

The UC Santa Barbara Department of Music will present a guest artist masterclass with violinist Ida Kavafian (Curtis Institute of Music) on Thursday, February 6, 2020 from 10 am-12 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. Kavafian will work with students from the UC Santa Barbara Strings Program on pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Henryk Wieniawski, and Johannes Brahms.
This event is FREE and open to the public!

As part of the Corwin Chair Series, Rodrigo Cadiz, Professor at the Center for Research in Audio Technologies Music Institute at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, will present a talk about interfaces and the creation of new musical instruments on Friday, February 7, 2020 at 3 pm in Studio Xenakis (Room 2215, Music Building) on the UC Santa Barbara campus.
This event is FREE and open to the public!

WHAT: This week’s “Solutions News” live radio broadcast will interview Laura Capps,
WHEN: 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2020
WHERE: Tune in to KZSB, AM 1290.

On this episode of Solutions News we interview Laura Capps, President of Santa Barbara School Board, mother, small business owner, former president of the Community Environmental Council, and Santa Barbara local. Laura is currently running for Santa Barbara County 1st District Supervisor to make local government listen to the people again. Topics she will address will include our severe housing and homeless crisis, the need for better emergency and climate safety infrastructure, an overhaul on campaign finance, and fixing a botched cannabis ordinance. For the past 25 years, Laura’s work has been about forging a more environmentally sustainable future, combatting poverty, fighting for immigration reform, and supporting the rights of all people. Laura has devoted her career to public service and is passionate about making our community, and our country, the best it can be for everyone.

Solutions News with Rinaldo Brutoco is a weekly radio show produced by Kristy Jansen and the World Business Academy. Guided by the motto that there are more solutions in the world than problems, Solutions News seeks to educate, inform and inspire its audience.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit solutionsnews.org.

“One of the most awesome pianists of our time.” The New York Times
“He is, no other word, a phenomenon.” The Guardian (U.K.)

ART by Yasmina Reza stars Bill Waxman, Ed Giron, and Geren Piltz in a play that humorously questions the meaning of art, friendship, and independence.

Simon Fox, Executive Director of Adventures In Caring Foundation, will present their most recent innovation, Oxygen for Caregivers: How to Guard Against Burnout, Build Resilience and Sustain Compassion, on Friday February 7,  9:00

In collaboration with UCSB Reads, The Goleta Valley Library will host a panel discussion with UCSB faculty focused on themes found in the 2020 selection Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush. Q&A to follow the panel. All are welcome. This event is free.
Panelists include Sarah Anderson (Bren School, Political Science), Ed Keller (Earth Science), Eckart Meiburg (Mechanical Engineering), Monique Myers (Marine Science Institute) and Andrew Plantinga (Bren School, Economics),

Location: Goleta Valley Public Library Multipurpose Room. 500 N Fairview Avenue, Goleta 93117
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Phone Number:
Goleta Valley Public Library: (805) 964-7878
UCSB Library: (805) 893-2478
Contact email: outreach@library.ucsb.edu