Goleta Coffee Company is closing after 25 years in business and transitioning to Loca Vivant Kitchen
Final party & celebration: February 15, 177 S. Turnpike
Regular menu items will be available from 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
A special happy hour and “show the love to your local coffee shop & its employees” celebration is scheduled from 3-7 p.m.
All proceeds from the day will go toward the cost of covering severance pay for the employees. Many décor items will also be available, with suggested donations going to the employee severance fund.

Judy Collins' luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations bask in the glow of her iconic 55-album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to thrive in the music industry for half a century. https://www.lobero.org/events/judy-collins/

Hospice of Santa Barbara Virtual illuminate Speaker Series Returns with Sharon Salzberg on February 16, 2022 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm PDT

What is Good Space Developer Day?
It is an opportunity to meet other local area developers at Good Space while enjoying a free cowork day, and a hosted pizza lunch. We open at 8:30am. Bring your laptop, headset, and anything else you need for a productive day. We supply the great wifi, HDMI monitors, Keurig coffee, sodas, call boxes, whiteboards, and cool people like you.

In this two-part presentation, you'll hear from three current League of Women Voters presidents in states where voter suppression is taking place, learn what is being done to fight for voting rights, and what we can do to empower voters and defend democracy. Plus, you'll watch a sneak peek of a new film titled "Just

Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum’s galleries as an impetus to writing. Monthly sessions are led by a visiting writer who begins with a conversation and prompts, partially inspired by works on view. Participants write on their own, then reconvene to share and comment on each other’s work. Please bring something on which to write.

In February, essayist, and lecturer at UC Santa Barbara, Ellen O’Connell Whittet leads her second winter session in Meditated Nature.

No NIRA Now What? with Bryan Conant from the Los Padres Forest Association Free Online Presentation with Q&A Thursday, February 17th, 5:30pm Oh no! NIRA is closed and I can't hike my favorite Manzana Trails...What can I do? Join Los Padres Forest Association (LPFA) Executive Director Bryan Conant as he discusses the Sunset Valley Road

On February 23, 1942, at 7:15 pm, a submarine sitting off the coast shelled the Ellwood Oil Field near Goleta. In commemoration of that event, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will present “They Came, They Saw, They Shelled,” a Zoom webinar with Neal Graffy, Santa Barbara’s unofficial historian, on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 7pm PT. The webinar is free, but registration is required, and donations are welcome. Register at: https://sbmm.org/santa-barbara-event/

Multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Andrew Marlin and fiddler/vocalist Emily Frantz, formerly known as Mandolin Orange, recently recorded their most audacious album yet and decided it was finally time to change their name — to Watchhouse. https://www.lobero.org/events/watchhouse/