Visitors of all ages are welcome to participate in this hands-on workshop with SBMA Teaching Artists in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. On the second Sunday of each month participants explore a different medium, including clay, metal, ink, wood, photography, and paper. All projects are inspired by works of art in the Museum’s permanent collection or special exhibitions. Participants also receive free passes for entrance to the museum.

Nicaragua’s first artists to be nominated for a Grammy, La Cuneta Son Machín has created a unique style based on popular Nicaraguan folkórico, infused with rock, marimba, cumbia, and ska. Friends and cousins, the group came together in 2009 when the musicians were inspired to join Managua’s annual Santo Domingo Festival parade as it passed by in the street, leading to the name “la cuneta,” meaning “the sidewalk,” and “son machín,” a play on the English words “sound machine.”

During the month of February the Museum galleries will be enriched by a series of musical performances provided in partnership with UCSB and Westmont College. Covering a range of cultures, time periods, styles, and instruments, these pieces will be performed by members of the UCSB and Westmont Music Department faculty and students, as part of a combined desire to offer music and art together as an opportunity for solace, beauty and comfort in our community.

During the month of February the Museum galleries will be enriched by a series of musical performances provided in partnership with UCSB and Westmont College. Covering a range of cultures, time periods, styles, and instruments, these pieces will be performed by members of the UCSB and Westmont Music Department faculty and students, as part of a combined desire to offer music and art together as an opportunity for solace, beauty and comfort in our community.

Tony Michels will be providing a free lecture on American Jewish History at the UCSB Corwin Pavilion on Monday, February 12 at 5:00 pm.

Tony Michels will be providing a free lecture on American Jewish History at the UCSB Corwin Pavilion on Monday, February 12 at 5:00 pm.

Tony Michels is the George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Jewish Radicals: A Documentary History (2012) and A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York (2005). Michels is the co-editor of The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 8. The Modern World,

Join Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center Aquarist, Thomas Wilson as he discusses the history and current state of the White Abalone fishery.

Please join us for Gender Queer 101 with the Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network. Our transgender experts from SBTAN, will delve into the difference between sex, gender, gender expression, gender roles and sexual orientation. There will be time for sharing and support.

305 E Anapamu St
First United Methodist Church

PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of LGBTQ) is an all volunteer , non profit organization. We are not affiliated with any religious or political group.

February 2018 Lecture - ‘Recognizing and Managing the Caregiver Role’

Santa Barbara, CA, January 23, 2018 – for immediate release

Santa Barbara Village and the University Club of Santa Barbara announce the ‘ Free to Care: Recognizing and Managing the Caregiver Role’ presentation that will take place Tuesday, January 13, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the University Club of Santa Barbara, 1332 Santa Barbara St., 93101. Cynthia McNulty, LCSW, Senior Services Program Manager from Family Services Agency will be the featured speaker. The Empowered Aging Monthly Lecture Series takes place on the second Tuesday of each month at the University Club and is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so reservations are requested prior to the scheduled presentation.

How to use data and analytics to create a successful social media strategy - Led by Henry Rosas, founder, and principal of Common Thread Digital, the December BizArts workshop will present what it takes to create a strategy to make social media sites a powerful marketing tool.

Romantic Valentine’s Day Sunset Sailing Cruise aboard the Sunset Kidd