Prize-winning, globally-admired poet Adam Zagajewski writes with precision and wonder about the calm and courage of ordinary life. He says of poetry that it “is like a human face — it is an object that can be measured, described, catalogued, but it is also an appeal.”

On April 14th at 7:30 p.m. and 15th at 3 p.m., the Santa Barbara Master Chorale will present George Frideric Handel’s Samson.

Know BEFORE You Go! Join the Santa Barbara Public Library and docents from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for an insightful look at the portrayal of the reader in art. This event is part of SBPL's celebration of Poetry Month.

Free Lecture - Nobody Cares When We Die - Patrick Reyes

Since winning the top prize in the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2001, the Daedalus Quartet has impressed critics and audiences with the security, technical finish, interpretive unity, and sheer gusto of its performances. The group has performed in many of the world’s leading musical venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. The program includes "'Harp' Quartet (Op. 74)" from Beethoven’s middle period, "String Quartet Op. 1, No. 3" by Haydn, and Leoš Janácek’s "String Quartet No. 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata'” (inspired by Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was inspired by Beethoven’s "Violin Sonata No. 9."

Mockumentary "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999) centers on a midwestern small-town beauty pageant that turns deadly. Featuring an impressive cast of American comedians including Amy Adams, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, Denise Richards, and Mindy Sterling, Drop Dead Gorgeous opened to mixed reviews, but has since become a cult classic renowned for its biting satire of pageant culture and gun fetishism.

Actress Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers Franchise) will join moderator Patrice Petro for a post-screening discussion.

https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-events/women-comedy-drop-dead-gorgeous/

Mockumentary "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999) centers on a midwestern small-town beauty pageant that turns deadly. Featuring an impressive cast of American comedians including Amy Adams, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, Denise Richards, and Mindy Sterling, Drop Dead Gorgeous opened to mixed reviews, but has since become a cult classic renowned for its biting satire of pageant culture and gun fetishism.

Actress Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers Franchise) will join moderator Patrice Petro for a post-screening discussion.

https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-events/women-comedy-drop-dead-gorgeous/

Telescope Tuesday at Camino Real Marketplace

Join the Central Library and UCSB Arts & Lectures for a FREE screening of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's A Path Appears.

Florestal: Then and Now An Architecture, Garden and Family Chronicle A talk by Marc Appleton at the historic Lobero Theatre In 1925, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cooper Bryce built a Spanish Colonial Revival house designed by architect George Washington Smith on fifty-two acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara, California. Known

Florestal: Then and Now
An Architecture, Garden and Family Chronicle

A presentation by Marc Appleton at the historic Lobero Theatre

Wednesday, April 18
5 pm Reception (Lobero tent)
6 pm Talk (Lobero Theatre)

General Admission Tickets:
$25/per person available now at lobero.org

Patron Tickets:
$200/ per person include VIP seating at the Lobero Theatre and dinner at Wine Cask (and a special gift!) following the talk.
To purchase call the Museum at 805.966.1601 or click HERE.

Florestal: Then and Now
An Architecture, Garden and Family Chronicle

A presentation by Marc Appleton at the historic Lobero Theatre

Wednesday, April 18
5 pm Reception (Lobero tent)
6 pm Talk (Lobero Theatre)

General Admission Tickets:
$25/per person available now at lobero.org

Patron Tickets:
$200/ per person include VIP seating at the Lobero Theatre and dinner at Wine Cask (and a special gift!) following the talk.
To purchase call the Museum at 805.966.1601 or click HERE.