Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Paul Hawken Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation on Wednesday, October 20th at 7:30 p.m. at Campbell Hall. Paul Hawken is an entrepreneur, author and activist dedicated to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. The founder of Project Drawdown, his

Join us on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 for a virtual event highlighting nonprofit-funder partnerships, re-connecting members of our sector, reflecting on the past year and a half, and moving forward in a pandemic-informed world.

Registration deadline: Friday, October 15, 2021
NOTE: You must register in advance to participate in any part of virtual PFE 2021

Join us on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 for a virtual event highlighting nonprofit-funder partnerships, re-connecting members of our sector, reflecting on the past year and a half, and moving forward in a pandemic-informed world.

Please join us for a virtual conversation about the history and contributions of Filipino Americans on the Central Coast. This event is in conjunction with UCSB Library's exhibition Postcards from Salinas, on display in the Library's Ocean Gallery beginning October 1, 2021.

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is proud to present “Found…A DDT Dumping Ground near LA and Catalina!” a free Zoom webinar with Dr. David Valentine, the Norris Presidential Chair in Earth Science of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). This presentation will take place on Thursday, October 21 at 7pm PDT. The webinar is free, but registration is required, and donations are welcome. Register at: https://sbmm.org/santa-barbara-event/

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s Anthony Rodriguez will lead a COUNYWIDE, Great Shakeout drill over Zoom on October 21 at 10:10 am.

Santa Barbara Visual Artists Fine Arts Gallery
SBVA Closing Reception
Friday October 22 5:30 - 7:30 PM

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.

James Lefevre Studios presents the World Premiere of Amateur Skaters Friday, October 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM. https://www.lobero.org/events/amateur-skaters/

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.