It’s time once again to prepare for our annual dance recital! We are very excited to announce that this year is our 18th annual Dance Recital at Santa Barbara High School. Learning to perform in front of an audience is an important part of Arts Education. It provides opportunity for students to showcase their hard work and their development as dancers. Students build confidence and self-esteem while understanding the importance of practice and refinement. This has been such a rewarding experience for us all and we are excited to showcase to the community. Enclosed you will find information regarding our upcoming dance recital tickets. We hope to see you there!

Jazz at The Lobero and The Santa Barbara Symphony present Marcus Roberts Trio on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 7:30 PM.

The Marcus Roberts Trio – a long-term musical partnership between pianist, Marcus Roberts, the phenomenal drummer Jason Marsalis, and gifted bassist Rodney Jordan

​The Marcus Roberts Trio is known for its virtuosic style and entirely new approach to jazz trio performance. While most jazz trios have the piano front and center, all members of the Marcus Roberts Trio share equally in shaping the direction of the music by changing its tempo, mood, texture, or form at any time. And they do this with lightning quick musical reflexes and creative imagination. The trio is known for having almost telepathic communication on the stage. And more than a few concert goers have been heard to say that it sounds like a lot more than three people up there on the stage!

“One way Roberts individualizes his sound is by utilizing orchestral devices initially borrowed from the Ahmad Jamal Trio. In the course of a single piece, he constantly modulates grooves, tempos and keys, plays separate time signatures with the right hand and the left, and, as he puts it, “flips around the roles of the piano, bass and drums by giving everyone an equal opportunity to develop the concepts and themes, to change the form, to get us where we’re getting ready to go.” Ted Panken, Jazziz Magazine

Added to the logic and balanced trio style of Ahmad Jamal, is the swing and virtuosity of the Oscar Peterson Trio, combined with the buoyant joyous sound of Erroll Garner. These influences provide a rich foundation for the ever evolving and expanding sound of the Marcus Roberts Trio. The musical cues combine with musical inspiration from all over the world, which guarantees that audiences never know where this trio is heading; influences from Africa, Europe, and South America are combined with American traditions to give this group an infinite palate of styles, timbres and colors to draw from.

United Way of Santa Barbara County’s Women United Derby Luncheon will be on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, from 11:30-1:30 PM at the Plaza de Sol, Hilton Santa Barbara (633 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103).

Join the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara (LWVSB) together with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) for an interactive discussion about positive changes occurring in Santa Barbara County schools, public safety agencies, and with non-profit providers. •Our juvenile justice system is transitioning from punitive to therapeutic approaches •California is closing its

Earl Warren Showgrounds leadership invites the public to join its Board President, a second board member, Earl Warren Showgrounds CEO and, if available, members of its staff to provide community feedback and to discuss relevant topics.

Tending the Homescape: Traditional Ecological Worldviews in Syuxtun (Santa Barbara) Free Online Presentation with Q&A Thursday, May 19th, 5:30pm What do traditional regenerative horticultural practices of indigenous California tribal members have to do with global responses to climate disruption? Join herbalist and traditional ecological knowledge practitioner Julie Cordero-Lamb as she walks you through her peoples’

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 prompt, 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 March, Nora Gallagher leads the first of her two spring sessions in "Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources."

All participants are required to purchase admission to the exhibition "Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources." Purchase tickets at https://tickets.sbma.net/event-detail/writing-galleries-2022-05-19/12768/

For the first time since November of 2019, The Riviera Ridge School is eager to invite the Santa Barbara community onto their campus for this year’s Middle School Musical, “GREASE!”, directed by Miriam Dance, Director of Visual and Performing Arts. 

On Thursday, May 19 at 6:00pm, 350 Santa Barbara will host an online community conversation about ramping up climate solutions in our region.