The story of the young woman who was left behind on San Nicolas Island and lived alone there for 18 years—Juana Maria, as the Santa Barbara padres named her—is familiar to many in Santa Barbara and especially to children everywhere who have read The Island of the Blue Dolphins. Paul Goldsmith brings the story of her ordeal and years on the island to life in the film, The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, which will be shown at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

A prequel to Jim Hensen’s beloved 1982 fantasy film, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) builds on Henson’s original worldbuilding premise and maintains its devotion to stunning puppetry. The evil Skesis are the overlords of the planet Thra; when their repeated harvesting of the planet’s lifeforce pushes the world dangerously out of balance, a

Join us for two days of edible education at the Santa Barbara Edible Education Symposium (SBEES) on October 11th and 12th. SBEES showcases and celebrates the work of educators, farmers, school food service providers, and youth leaders across the Central Coast.​

Join Hospice of Santa Barbara as we welcome our 2019 Fall Artist in Residence Joan Giroux, with an opening reception on October 29th for her exhibition Memory Marks.
Joan Giroux is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, compassionate activist, and death acceptance advocate whose work frequently provides context for community and personal reflections on loss, absence, and bereavement through active play and participation. Come see her art first-hand during our opening reception.

Join Hospice of Santa Barbara as we welcome our 2019 Fall Artist in Residence Joan Giroux, with an opening reception on October 29th for her exhibition Memory Marks.
Joan Giroux is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, compassionate activist, and death acceptance advocate whose work frequently provides context for community and personal reflections on loss, absence, and bereavement through active play and participation. Come see her art first-hand during our opening reception.

On this week's episode of Solutions News we will be hearing from U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, an influential Democrat representing California’s 45th Congressional district in Orange County.

As part of UCSB Ethnomusicology Forum, Métis fiddler Jamie Fox will perform on Friday, October 11, 2019 from 5:15 to 6:30 pm at the UCSB MultiCultural Center Theater.

Enjoy drinks, hors d' oeuvres, and live music in the great company of regional nonprofit and environmental organizations and hear about our work in protecting the local environment.

United Way of Santa Barbara County 23rd Annual Red Feather Ball to benefit award-winning Fun in the Sun summer enrichment program and United for Literacy initiative.

American Dance & Music will host a very special fundraising event to acknowledge and celebrate the life’s work of Albert Reid, who will be in attendance. The event looks back on his life in modern dance, including Albert’s tenure with the world renowned Merce Cunningham Dance Company and will feature excerpts of archival film footage, live dance and music performances, exquisite food and drink. All proceeds from this event support The Dance Hub and its community programs. Visit https://adam-bsb.org/events/albert-reid/ for tickets and information.

American Dance & Music and its Board of Directors will host a very special fundraising event, Albert Reid: A Tribute to His Illustrious Life in Modern Dance.

Avengers: Endgame (2019), the culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Infinity Saga, follows the aftermath of the snap felt across the cosmos. With half the population of the universe turned to dust, the surviving Avengers —including Tony Stark, Thor, Black Widow, Captain America, and Bruce Banner—must figure out a way to bring back their allies