Professor Michael Kalichman will discuss "Research Ethics: Uncertainty, Reproducibility, and Truth in Science" on March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. for a free lecture.

Bill Bryson is the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods. In this event based on his new book, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, the evening is guaranteed to provide a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular.
"There is really no story more amazing than the story of us." – Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods. In this event based on his new book, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, the evening is guaranteed to provide a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular.
"There is really no story more amazing than the story of us." – Bill Bryson

Earl Minnis, along with the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse are presenting Patti Smith, an Intimate Concert by the Sea, March 3rd of 2020

This moderated discussion will provide an in depth and critical look into the intersections of race, religion, and politics in the United States. Joseph Blankholm is an Assistant Professor at UCSB in the Religious Studies Department whose work focuses on atheism and secularism, primarily in the U.S. Juhem Navarro-Rivera is the Managing Partner and Director of Political Research at Socioanalítica Research, co-chair of the Latinx Humanist Alliance, serves on the board of directors of the American Humanist Association, and is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Humanist Studies.

You're invited:
Death Cafe Santa Barbara in conjunction with The Center for Successful Aging
with Liz Bauer, Lynn Holzman, and Peggy Levine
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Time: 3:30-5 PM
Place: Hill-Carrillo Adobe building at 11 East Carrillo St., Santa Barbara
Parking: Public parking lot 8 on Anacapa between Carrillo and Figueroa (enter the adobe from the back door. It's convenient!).
For questions, contact: Lynn at cominghomesb@gmail.com or (805) 729-6172

At Death Cafes people come together in a relaxed and safe setting to discuss death, drink tea and eat delicious cake. It's free. Please join us! And tell a friend...the more the merrier!
2020 Dates (All at the Hill-Carrillo Adobe):
Wednesday, April 15
Wednesday, June 3
Wednesday, July 22
Wednesday, September 2
Wednesday, October 14
Wednesday, December 2

As part of UCSB Ethnomusicology Forum, Dwight Reynolds (Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara) will present a lecture titled "Music in the Medieval Mediterranean" on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 from 3:30-4:45 pm in Music Library Seminar Room 2406. Why were musicians and singers able to move through different regions of the medieval Mediterranean so easily? What types of cultural interactions took place before the construction of ‘national cultures’ and before Western Europe defined itself as the center of the world? Stop by to learn more about the answers to these questions and more!
Admission is free and open to the public!

What does Circular Economy mean to you?

Isn't the Circular Economy just recycling? Is it more about efficiency or effectiveness? An does that even matter?

Northwestern Professor Barry Wimpfheimer will lecture on the Talmud as an icon, March 5 at UCSB.

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is thrilled to host the 17th annual ocean-inspired Student Art Show, "What the Channel Means to Me."

Beginning in the late 1940s, Frederick Hammersley experimented with artworks that had a limited range of shapes and color choices often created through elaborate procedures and scripted processes. As this lecture will explore, Hammersley used control as way to free himself, to open his mind to new ideas, to play. It will begin by focusing on the SBMA’s Hammersley painting, "Four awhile" (1974), and will share insights drawn from scientific analysis and archival research. The discussion will conclude by expanding the discussion to other artists from the mid-20th century who applied rules to structure their art making.

Image: Frederick Hammersley, "Four awhile" (detail), 1974. Oil on linen. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. MacElhenny, Jr.

Sansum Clinic will gather expert physicians from multiple specialties for an afternoon roundtable on the picture of teen health in Santa Barbara County on Friday March 6, 2020 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm in the Lovelace Conference Room at Ridley-Tree Cancer Center at Sansum Clinic 540 W. Pueblo Street.

WHAT: This week’s Solutions News live radio broadcast will interview Sandy Blair
WHEN: 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020
WHERE: Tune in to KZSB 1290AM

Join us Friday night for live music in the Barrel Room with Cyrus Clarke and the Blue Sky Flyers!

The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum is pleased to announce that the spirit of Dr. Seuss will once again come alive during their 2nd annual Read Across America “Eggstravaganza.” The
family -friendly event for all ages will be presented in collaboration with the Santa Ynez Valley Libraries, is free and open to the public. It takes place Saturday, March 7, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the Museum, located at 3596 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez, CA.

What makes this a special experience is that it will feature a read-aloud of Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum! - a newly published New York Times #1 Bestseller, illustrated by Andrew Joyner.

The Santa Barbara Music Club, the largest year-round concert series in Santa Barbara County, celebrates its 50th year! The program for Saturday, March 7, 3pm, is co-presented by the Santa Barbara Music Club and Santa Barbara Public Library, which features works by Liszt and Rachmaninoff, towering figures in piano music. The free concert is located at the Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu St., 3pm, Saturday, March 7. For more information visit www.SBMusicClub.org.

“No fine words were necessary, no heartfelt plea for peace…Young Israelis and Arabs joined…in a musical expression of solidarity.” The Guardian (U.K.)

Formed in honor of its parent orchestra’s 20th year, the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble draws upon the orchestra’s highly-praised artistry in an intimate chamber formation. The orchestra, founded by renowned conductor/pianist Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian scholar/author Edward Said, brings together outstanding young Palestinian and Israeli musicians in a collaboration that supersedes national and cultural boundaries. The ensemble, created by violinist and concertmaster Michael Barenboim (Daniel’s son) extends the orchestra’s youthful energy, unique personality and profound message – “Equal in Music” – to a diverse program of works by Schubert and Mendelssohn and a recent composition by contemporary French composer Benjamin Attahir, who draws inspiration from both the West and East.

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”–Rumi
Led by founder and director of the Rumi Educational Center, Dr. Fariba Enteshari, participants will learn more about ancient teachings within Rumi’s poetry.

Join us on the second Monday of each month to learn about the mystical poetry of Jalal al Din Rumi. Led by Dr. Fariba Enteshari, this webinar is for people who want to understand the language behind Rumi’s poetry.

Lily Strong RN is back in Santa Barbara and is continuing the journey of solving a monumental diaper waste problem. She is exploring how to do that at a local level.

It’s hard to get things to stick when it’s wet. Nevertheless, many sea creatures secrete robust glues that work underwater. UCSB Ph.D. candidate George Degen will share his research studying the way marine mussels stick to surfaces, which should guide the design of new medical adhesives for use in the human body.

THE URGE TO ACT in an acting class at SBCC School of Extended Learning that takes place on Tuesday evenings at the Wake Center and on Thursday evenings at the Schott Center. Classes start at 6pm; Session 2 begins March 10. Actors will be performing Shakespeare's comedy A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM during the first week in May. Register at Wake or Schott; or online at: www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

At YETI, we talk of the wild. We explore it. We worship it. Hell, every product we make is “Built for the Wild.” Which is why the YETI Film Tour is back again, with all proceeds going toward celebrating and protecting our wild country. Each stop will feature seven unreleased films, telling stories that capture the unbreakable human spirit from Alaska to Bhutan. Exclusive YETI gear, raffles, and ambassador visits across three countries.

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch follows the research of the Anthropocene Working Group, an international body of scientists who argue that the Holocene Epoch gave way to the Anthropocene Epoch in the mid-twentieth century because of profound and lasting human changes to the Earth. From concrete seawalls in China that now cover 60% of the mainland coast, to the biggest terrestrial machines ever built in Germany, the film provides a provocative and unforgettable experience of our species’ breadth and impact. (Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky, 2018, 127 min.)

A Q&A with filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal will follow the screening.

From March 11-15, 2020 at The New Vic Theatre, the highly acclaimed Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival will bring the community together to experience the power of exceptional films from around the world on themes of Jewish culture and identity.

Hotel Santa Barbara Presents our Makers Workshop Series: Dream Catcher Workshop with Sam Powdrell of SB Dreaming

This talk will focus on strategies for building IP portfolios, with the primary focus being on patent and trade secret procurement for small and medium sized science and technology based businesses.

How do you “read” art? Learn to look closely and brush up on your visual literacy skills in our series of monthly one-hour art appreciation meetups. Join a museum professional for an informal conversation about the current exhibition Bloom Projects: Genevieve Gaignard, Outside Looking In and leave equipped with a tool set to unlock the

This Thursday! Join us for an exploration into what works. Let's use our imaginations to construct worlds of cooperation, creativity, and regeneration.
With guest instructor Nicky LaFleur of Lucidity Festivals, we'll make to-scale models of an imaginary, but possible transformational community and build a self-sustaining magical miniature community by working with the forms of reuse materials.

Santa Barbara Rose Society presents Gisele Schoniger of Kellogg Garden Products, who will share tips on how to create the rich soil our roses and other garden plants need in order to thrive.

Celebrate the last week of winter with a glass of wine and live music with John Lyle and the Groove!

WHAT: This week’s Solutions News live radio broadcast will interview Dr. Douglas Metz
WHEN: 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2020
WHERE: Tune in to KZSB 1290AM

In an effort to minimize the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the community, this event has been canceled. Read more about UC Santa Barbara's response to COVID-19 at ucsb.edu/COVID-19-information.

Refunds will be issued for all ticket purchases for this event. If you do not receive a refund by the end of March, please contact the UCSB Associated Students Ticket Office at (805) 893-2064 or ticketoffice@as.ucsb.edu.

Directed by Victor Bell, the UCSB Gospel Choir will present traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions on Friday, March 13, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.

The L.A. Times says It’s Magic! is a must for magic buffs of all ages!” You won’t believe your eyes as top magicians, direct from exotic showrooms and Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle perform impossible feats.

The show changes each season and it has been seen regularly throughout the USA. It’s never the same show twice, and sure to astound and amaze magic fans of all ages.

A big Magic Show is coming to the Theater on High Street in Moorpark on Saturday March 14, 2020. There will be two performances, at 3 pm and at 7:30 pm.

The Humanist Society presents "Foreign Policy in the Real World," a lecture by Hugh Neighbours on March 14.

Tryouts on March 15 & March 22 for Santa Barbara's youth basketball club, The Vipers.

TITLE: FATHER OF THE BIG BANG: GEORGES LEMAITRE
SPEAKER: PROF. THOMAS HERTOG, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Leuven, Belgium 

Professor Hertog will recount the remarkable story of the discovery of the Big Bang Theory, one of the most monumental scientific discoveries of all time. A major player was the Belgian priest and astronomer George Lemaitre, who predicted that our universe explains and so must have had a beginning. Prof. Hertog will also give an update on our latest insights. 

Acclaimed equine author and photographer Deborah Kalas to give a presentation at the Wildling Museum on March 15, 2020

A TALK ABOUT GOD’S LOVE by a former alcoholic and unbeliever

Steven Sondheim’s masterpiece “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - School Edition” comes to Garden Street Academy’s Black Box Theater. Sweeney Todd--wrongfully imprisoned by a corrupt judge--returns to nineteenth century London with a vendetta. Aided by the help of a down-on-her-luck owner of a failing pie shop, Mrs. Lovett, the pair scheme a way to exact revenge and reinvigorate the pie shop with a new secret ingredient that has the people of London lining up!

“Sweeney Todd is a complicated show, and we are incredibly proud of the professionalism our cast has been demonstrating through the rehearsal process,” said director Brittany Harter. “We want the audience to feel the unease that comes with a production of this caliber, and we can’t wait to share this exciting and bloody process with audiences.”

Featuring a live band and raw student talent, the show promises to deliver the chaos and carnage of the full musical edition. Performances run March 17th through March 19th on our historic campus in the Black Box Theatre at 7pm. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased through the school office or at the door.

: What does it take to start & grow a successful medical device company in Santa Barbara? Speakers for this event will give participants an overview of the opportunities and challenges on March 18

A FUN family evening of blended and interactive art forms such as interactive dance, visual arts and culinary arts.

THIRD THURSDAY STUDIO | PRINT A PATTERN
Thursday, March 19, 2020 | 6 - 8 pm | $15 | FREE for MCASB Members

Join printmaker and graphic artist Chelsea Willett and create a repeating pattern, carve a block, and print to your heart’s delight! Tools, ink, and paper provided, bring your own fabric,tote, or shirt to design a wearable piece of art. A tour of the exhibition is included in the workshop.

Be part of an engaging evening of creation, experimentation, and conversation over art and a glass of wine. The Third Thursday Studio program invites participants to explore techniques and themes of contemporary art through discussion and hands-on experiences inspired by the artists in the current exhibitions.

Admission to each Third Thursday Studio includes a complimentary glass of wine. MCASB Members receive free admission. RSVP online at mcasantabarbara.org/events to reserve your spot. Space is limited to 12 participants. Please arrive on time, as spaces not filled by the start of the program will be opened to other interested parties.

Home by 9 and you'll be fine! We have designed this show to be able to fit in seamlessly to your work week with time for dinner before the show, wine after, and home before we all turn into pumpkins!

WHAT: This week’s Solutions News live radio broadcast and podcast will interview Rep. Tom Malinowski
WHEN: 5 to 6pm Friday, March 20, 2020
WHERE: KZSB 1290AM

CANCELLED - Monthly Westmont Public Telescope Night

Catch the Plastic Harpoons live in the Barrel Room on Friday night.

What you Need to Know About Leaf Cutter and Mason Bees
You Will Learn:
How to Attract Leaf Cutter and Mason Bees
How to Create Your Own Native Bee House
How to Increase Fruit and Nut Tree Yield
About the Life Cycle of Native Bees

The Santa Barbara Music Club, the largest year-round concert series in Santa Barbara County, celebrates its 50th year! The program for Saturday, March 21, 3pm, is co-presented by the Santa Barbara Music Club and Santa Barbara Public Library and features songs and solo piano works by various composers through the centuries. The free concert is located at the Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu St. For more information visit www.SBMusicClub.org.

Notice Of Cancellation, Please Read carefully

Join us on Sunday March 22nd from 11:30-2:30 for a fun day of Buddhist activities. 

CANCELLED - Telescope Tuesday at Camino Real Marketplace

A literary salon will be the venue for the next Women’s Literary Festival.  This intimate evening will  give  an up close and personal touch to the  conversation with the author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. 

Turn your love of cooking and cannabis into an art form and learn how to make delicious cannabis-infused edibles and meals. Tickets are $35 and include instruction on techniques such as proper, consistent dosing and decarboxylation. You will also receive a free dairy-free ice cream sample to take home and three recipes for mouth-watering cannabis cuisine you make yourself. Learn more at sespe.org/events.

Find out what the founders of Poison Free Malibu have done to provide alternative methods to rodenticides.

Watch "Fantastic Fungi" film at home on March 26.

Join us for a Special Flight featuring five wines (or more) from our 2011 vintage!

On this episode of Solutions News, we interview Jon Aimonetti, Executive Director of Fairview Urban Gardens in Goleta, California. The new nonprofit director left the corporate world of banking in when an opportunity to lead and inspire with the farm opened up in 2019. Fairview Gardens, founded in 1895, provides education to students and community members of all levels. Jon’s financial background has given him a different perspective and he is using his entrepreneurial spirit to revitalize the farm. The main goal of the sustainable farm is to create a future generation that can source healthy, wholesome food with a pleasant connection to the natural world.

Solutions News with Rinaldo Brutoco is a weekly radio show and podcast produced by Kristy Jansen and the World Business Academy. Guided by the motto that there are more solutions in the world than problems, Solutions News seeks to educate, inform and inspire its audience.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit solutionsnews.org/listen

Catch local favorites, the Left Hand Lions, in the Barrel Room tonight at Carr.

The Spirituality of Change, A Workshop. How can spirituality ease the change process.

Join us as we gather at Petros Winery for a traditional Laiki Agora, known in Greece as a People’s Market! 

Join us as we gather at Petros Winery for a traditional Laiki Agora, known in Greece as a People’s Market! 

“The Cantor’s Couch” (book by Mark Bieler), is a journey through Cantor Jack Mendelson’s real life stories growing up in the 1950’s in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

Kineci is proud to sponsor PD-Connect’s First BIG Step™ Program. Join us for this half-day interactive event!

Did you know that exercise can slow and reverse the progression of Parkinson’s disease?

You are living with Parkinson’s disease and want to optimize your function. Come learn at this interactive seminar about WHAT exercise can do for your PD, WHY to exercise and most importantly HOW to exercise for optimal health and slowing the progression of the disease.

Register here: https://kineci.com/parkinsons-exercise-for-brain-change/

Announcing the Channel City Camera Club's Print Exhibition from March 3 to March 30, 2020 in the Goleta Valley Library at 500 North Fairview.

We are the living crew of Lata, the Polynesian culture-hero who built the first voyaging canoe and navigated across the Pacific. We are the only Polynesians left who still use only ancient designs, materials, and methods. In our films we share our history, motivations, and skills through story-telling, canoe building, and wayfinding, and we invite everyone to reconnect with ancestors and sustainable lifeways.

Get started with La Boheme Dance Group for Summer Solstice Parade 2020 - Meet & Greet sign-up event with DJ Darla Bea!

60 years ago, a young Jane Goodall arrived on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania for the first time. Without realizing it, she would soon change the world forever. 26-year-old Jane Goodall was tasked with being the first to formally observe and better understand our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom: wild chimpanzees. Jane’s subsequent groundbreaking discoveries revealed remarkable truths about chimpanzee behavior and humankind. Today, Dr. Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute have redefined species conservation to put people at the center. Dr. Goodall travels around the globe to spread hope and turn it into action to improve the well-being of people, other animals and the environment we share. Hear these stories and more in her own words as Dr. Goodall takes us on a journey of discovery through her childhood dreams of living alongside wildlife, first steps in Gombe, greatest revelations and her reasons for hope.

“Hers is a powerful message to protect the inherent rights of every living creature, to provide hope for future generations and to sound an urgent call against the greatest environmental threat of all – climate change. Anyone who has heard her speak, or heard her story, has been mesmerized by her life’s work and moved by her philanthropic legacy.” – Leonardo DiCaprio, for Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2019