With his “virtuoso chops and capacious personality” (The Boston Globe), Jon Batiste “whips up excitement” (The Wall Street Journal) as the leader of the rip-roaring jazz-roots collective Stay Human, igniting the music world – and your TV – as Late Night with Stephen Colbert’s house band. The Juilliard-trained jazz and R&B multiinstrumentalist has forged his own artistic path, from his particular brand of New Orleans-infused funk and pop to his eloquent solo album Hollywood Africans. Following his life-affirming Santa Barbara debut last season Batiste is back with the full force of his band, pounding the keys in a high-octane night of pure musical joy.
“An ebullient mix of Afro-Cuban jazz, seventies funk and revamped standards… high-energy, horn-heavy sound.” Rolling Stone

$41 - $71 : General Public
$20 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Includes facility fee
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4246

We are 805 Youth Film and Arts Festival, a FREE online film and arts festival featuring the work of Santa Barbara teens ages 12-19 to uplift the community as well as raise funds for medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

THE 38TH ANNUAL SANTA BARBARA VINTNERS FESTIVAL

Straight from the score and onto the stage, Mozart appears amid a storm of powder, tumbling and twirling as daredevil artists and an accordionist fuse physical comedy and mischievous antics in this family show with a circus twist.
“Manic and magical.” The Guardian (U.K.)

$20 : General Public
$14 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
$14 : Child (12 & under)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4207

Ed Asner is bringing his political comedy God Help Us! to Solvang Festival Theater on Saturday, May 2.

Guided tour of local ecological reserve.

Saturdays
May 2 & 9
10 am – 1 pm

Studio Saturdays are an informal opportunity for teens of all skill levels to create ceramics without the long-term commitment. Come on the first Saturday to develop or refine both sculptural and functional techniques of ceramics through hand building or throwing. Return the following Saturday to glaze your works of art.

This two-part course features small group instruction and individual attention for beginners, while advanced students are welcome to work independently.

Walk with Dr. Sam Sweet - UCSB professor and herpetologist extraordinaire - to learn a wealth of information about our local reptiles and amphibians, including some rare and protected species that inhabit Arroyo Hondo Preserve.

A free lecture and book-signing by Elizabeth Rush, author of the UCSB Reads 2020 selection Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.

Author of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, Elizabeth Rush explores how humans adapt to changes enacted upon them by forces seemingly beyond their control.

FREE event; no advance tickets required
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4302

Education program on communication, behavior and self-care helps families facing Alzheimer’s on May 5, 12, 19, & 26

The Santa Barbara Council of Charitable Gift Planners is hosting a virtual meeting with the topic “The Impact of the SECURE and CARE Acts on Donors and Charities" on Tuesday, May 5.