Join AHA! Facilitator Orian Lathrop, MA, AMFT, for a one hour Zoom Webinar to learn all the life hacks you need to know to get to the career you want in an affordable way. Not only will this webinar provide information about how to apply for financial aid and other types of financial assistance but it will also show you some resources to figure out what you want to do. Joining this webinar also could make you eligible to apply for a grant provided by aha! for $1000 for college! (other requirements apply)

Tune into Solutions News on Friday, September 4th at 5pm on KZSB 1290am to listen to our show with Lorenzo Kristov. Shows are also converted to podcasts for later listening on all podcast streaming services.

Labor Day weekend the Santa Barbara Courthouse Docents debut a Self-Guided Walking Tour of the Courthouse exterior.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness Meditation for Lawyers with Attorney Arnold Jaffe

Come join our "Pop it up" virtual table!

Coastal Cleanup Month- Let's clean up our neighborhoods every Saturday in September from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm!

Guided tour of local nature reserve.

Dr. Gina La Monica, an educational consultant, will review the process to college admissions in easy to follow steps. There will also be a question and answer session thereafter.

Time and Date: September 6, 2020 at 7:00 PM (PT)

Dr. Gina La Monica is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: College Admissions Made Easy and More
Time: Sep 6, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82836561469?pwd=bzl3ZmNxMWYyb2VZVG14bmwxbFhqZz09
Meeting ID: 828 3656 1469
Passcode: 0Fmmu8

PLEASE RSVP TO AVENUESCOLLEGEADMISSION@GMAIL.COM OR (818) 359-0859.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection with Michael Kearney, MD and Radhule Weininger, PhD

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness with Radhule Weininger, PhD, psychologist and meditation teacher

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindful Self-Compassion Meditation with Anahita Holden and Hattie Bluestone

Los Padres Forest Association invites you to help Clean Up Red Rock: Tuesday September 8th, 9am-2pm

Are you feeling cut off from your customary sources of inspiration and support? Then you’ll want to join AWC-SB for our September 9 networking meeting! 

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness in Recovery Meditation with Arno Jaffe, JD and meditation teacher.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Living Fully with Mindfulness and Compassion with Radhule Weininger, PhD and Japanese Zen Master Souken Danjo

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund, two Candidate Forums – both on September 10th – will be live-streamed on the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara’s Facebook page, and also recorded for later viewing on YouTube via the League’s website: http://www.lwvsantabarbara.org. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided for both Forums.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing Breathwork, Loving Kindness, Sound and Body Meditation with Renee Golan

Tune into Solutions News on Friday, September 11th at 5pm on KZSB 1290am to listen to our show with Riane Eisler, a social systems scientist, cultural historian, and attorney whose research, writing, and speaking has transformed the lives of people worldwide. Shows are also converted to podcasts for later listening on solutionsnews.org all podcast streaming services.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness Meditation for Lawyers with Attorney Arnold Jaffe

Coastal Cleanup Month- Let's clean up our neighborhoods every Saturday in September from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm!

As many of you know, due to current circumstances, the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award event honoring Paul Stamets & Louie Schwartzberg, originally scheduled for March 29 at the Lobero Theatre, has been postponed until September 13, 2020.
But good news! Paul Stamets & Louie Schwartzberg have made their amazing Fantastic Fungi film available in digital format much earlier than planned for home viewing, and will have a special online showing of the film (small rental viewing fee) with a live Q&A session following with both Paul & Louie on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Please share!
A chance to gather as a united global mycelium network from the comfort and safety of our homes.

All tickets for the original March 29 performance will be honored for the rescheduled show at the Lobero Theatre on Sunday, September 13.

If you can’t make the rescheduled date, you can request a refund by contacting the Lobero Theatre Box Office at 805.963.0761 or by emailing boxoffice@lobero.org Monday–Friday 10 AM–5 PM, and Saturday noon–5 PM.

Refunds will be available until Friday, July 17 at 5 PM. Many of you have generously expressed your support and concern by seeking to forego your ticket refund. If you are in a financial position to do so, we greatly appreciate these offers. Please let the box office staff know that you’ll be donating your ticket to support the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network.

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network celebrates their Second Annual Eco Hero Award honoring visionary mycologist Paul Stamets, and award-winning cinematographer, Louie Schwartzberg.

The Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award honors those who have committed themselves to work in service of the planet and its inhabitants for thirty or more years, with actual solutions and concrete ways forward that benefit many, often on a global scale.

Both Paul Stamets & Louie Schwartzberg will be in attendance to receive the Eco Hero Award, and will share their experiences – what inspired them, how they made their projects happen, and what challenges they faced along the way, with time for the audience to ask questions.

Film clips from their collaboration on joint projects, including the amazing Fantastic Fungi film will be shown. A special treat for the community will be beautiful time-lapse moving photography of nature’s splendor on the outdoor wall of the Lobero Theatre, that Louie Schwartzberg also showed to audiences on the walls of the Vatican in Rome a few years ago. A reception for all ticket holders follows the evening talk.

Paul Stamets is an award-winning author, researcher, and renowned speaker, sharing with the public the unusual and profound connection between humans and mushrooms. He is an entrepreneur and founder of Fungi Perfecti, a family-owned, environmentally friendly company, and has authored many books including, Mycelium Running–How Mushrooms Can Help Heal the World, and Fantastic Fungi, written in collaboration with the Fantastic Fungi film.

Louie Schwartzberg is an American director, producer, and cinematographer recognized as a pioneer in high-end time-lapse cinematography, and visual artist known for breaking down barriers of perception and taking viewers on journeys of time and scale. For more than forty years his passion has been telling stories through film that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, most recently with the conscious shifting film, Fantastic Fungi, where once again, he makes the invisible visible for his audiences.

Discover the endless possibilities of image making by creating a composition in black and white of cut, rearranged, and rejoined circles and triangles, inspired by artist Nathalie Provosty’s "Council, Untitled (16-38)."

View the inspiration image for this class on the Museum’s online collection

Visitors of all ages are welcome to participate in this virtual workshop, led by SBMA Teaching Artists via Zoom. On the second Sunday of each month participants explore a different medium, including clay, metal, ink, wood, photography, and paper. All projects are inspired by works of art in the Museum’s permanent collection or special exhibitions. Materials needed for each activity are posted in advance here. Registration is limited to 24 participants for each event.

Ticket Cost:
Virtual Experience via Zoom: FREE

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection with Michael Kearney, MD and Radhule Weininger, PhD

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.

A Mother Son Story - Meet and Chat with a Founding Member of Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network. PFLAG Santa Barbara and Santa Maria virtual Zoom meeting - support is always available.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness with Radhule Weininger, PhD, psychologist and meditation teacher

Virtual Health Class on Google Meet with Dr. Silver: "Level Up Your Brian"

Charitable Gift Planners of Santa Barbara Presents “Estate Planning during the Time of COVID19” by Attorney David Graff at Sept. 15 Virtual Educational Meeting

CEC Webinar Series: Solarize Santa Barbara – Home Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Battery Systems: Affordable Options for Your Lifestyle

If you’ve considered switching to an electric vehicle (EV) – and would like to add a solar system to charge at home with solar energy – now may be the perfect time to take the leap and learn how to Drive on Sunshine!

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness in Recovery Meditation with Arno Jaffe, JD and meditation teacher.

On Wednesday, September 16th, Hospice of Santa Barbara will hold their 8th Annual Heroes of Hospice event online to honor local community heroes with international Keynote Speaker, Pico Iyer. 

Dr. Chris Lowe is a professor in marine biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), where he and his students work with acoustic and satellite telemetry techniques to study the movement, behavior and physiology of sharks, rays, and gamefishes. For the last 15 years, Dr. Lowe and his students have been studying baby and juvenile white sharks off the coast of southern California and have greatly contributed to the field of knowledge for this enigmatic species. Using a wide array of technology, they have found that white sharks use southern California beaches seasonally as nursery habitat for their young. This brings juvenile white sharks in close proximity to beach goers. Dr. Lowe will discuss what they have learned about white shark behavior, risks they pose to beach goers and what coastal communities can expect in the future.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing Breathwork, Loving Kindness, Sound and Body Meditation with Renee Golan

A Santa Barbara Unified School District Candidates’ Forum will be held on Thursday, September 17 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

On September 18, Sanctuary Centers clients will be completing a mural, “Handprints of Hope,” and Sanctuary will be distributing backpacks full of donations from the community! 

Tune into Solutions News on Friday, September 18th at 5pm on KZSB 1290am to listen to our show with Deepak Chopra, a prominent figure in the New Age movement, author, and advocate for alternative-medicine. Shows are also converted to podcasts for later listening on solutionsnews.org and all podcast streaming services.

From September 18 - September 28, Unite to Light (UTL) will host its first-ever virtual, global 5K for light: a campaign designed to help people stay active and engaged during this time of uncertainty, while also increasing awareness of the 1 billion people living without electricity across the globe.

The 2nd Annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day will take place Saturday, September 19, in the Santa Maria Valley.

Let's clean up up our neighborhoods every Saturday in September for Coastal Cleanup Month!

Santa Barbara County Farm Day will kick off at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 19 with an online tour of Babé Farms

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection with Michael Kearney, MD and Radhule Weininger, PhD

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection with Michael Kearney, MD and Radhule Weininger, PhD

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness with Radhule Weininger, PhD, psychologist and meditation teacher

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindful Self-Compassion Meditation with Anahita Holden and Hattie Bluestone

805 Undocufund Wants You to Hear the Stories of the Undocumented

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness in Recovery Meditation with Arno Jaffe, JD and meditation teacher.

Pros and Cons of each of the 12 Propositions on California’s November 2020 ballot will be discussed.

If hindsight is 20/20 vision, Arlo Guthrie has a vast perspective looking forward. After decades of perpetually touring, the folksinger is dialing it back a bit. But the road has become a way of life for Arlo: sharing songs and stories, getting to the heard of what really matters, and of course being a comic agitator. It’s in his blood. It’s who he is. It’s what he does. Stirring the pot, questioning the powers that be, and reminding us what it’s all about with humor and passion.

Initially making a name for himself in the sixties with the iconic Alice’s Restaurant Massacree and providing perhaps the most often repeated phrase from Woodstock (“The New York State Thruway is closed, man.”), Guthrie helped define the singer-songwriter genre burgeoning in the seventies. With over thirty albums in his discography, Arlo delivers an astounding time capsule from the works of his dad, Woody Guthrie, to the present day.

As part of a global celebration to honor Dr. Maria Montessori's 150th birthday anniversary, Montessori Center School will be hosting a series of free speaker sessions with individuals who embody Montessori's values. On Thursday, September 24th, at 4 p.m.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing Breathwork, Loving Kindness, Sound and Body Meditation with Renee Golan

In a wide ranging and informal conversation with the audience, artist Edgar Arceneaux shares his thoughts about his art, current and past projects, and how we construct history and memory in a racially divided country.

Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux constructs drawings, installations, video, and film works as complex arrangements between implausible relationships. Constantly working in new modes, Arceneaux directed his first play at the Performa Biannual in NYC in November 2015 and was awarded the Malcolm McLaren, Best of Show Award. Solo exhibitions have been presented at the Vera List Center at MIT in Cambridge, MA; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Studio Museum in Harlem; and Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Basel, Switzerland.

A special ZOOM evening of stories, poetry and music benefiting the Santa Barbara Library.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness Meditation for Lawyers with Attorney Arnold Jaffe

Over 100 Exciting Silent Auction Items Support Local Families who have a Child with Cancer During Pediatric Awareness Month - Auction items viewing, Drawing, Wine Pull, and Honor Wall Event, Saturday, September 26, 8-11 AM in Montecito 

Let's clean up up our neighborhoods every Saturday in September for Coastal Cleanup Month!

The Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Oxnard Walk to End Alzheimer’s event will look a little different this year. The event will be held on Sept. 26, 2020, but instead of a large gathering, the Alzheimer’s Association is encouraging participants to walk as individuals or in small groups on sidewalks, tracks and trails across their local communities. To add to the festivities, The Collection at RiverPark, which hosted the walk in previous years, is offering a view-only Promise Garden for participants.

At 9 a.m. on the day of the event, the Alzheimer’s Association will kick things off with a virtual Opening and Promise Garden Ceremony, which will be live-streamed on the Walk to End Alzheimer’s app. The Opening Ceremony will feature presentations from local speakers, and the Promise Garden Ceremony will honor the personal reasons participants join together to fight Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.

After the ceremonies, participants are encouraged to complete the walk anywhere they choose. When they are finished walking, participants are invited to safely experience the view-only Promise Garden at The Collection near the Splash Pad on Town Center Drive any time before 4 p.m.

For more information about the virtual event and Promise Garden, visit http://thecollectionrp.com/connect. To learn more about the Oxnard Walk to End Alzheimer’s, go to https://act.alz.org/oxnard.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Healing and self-care in Mindfulness, Compassion and Nature Connection with Michael Kearney, MD and Radhule Weininger, PhD

How-to books and photo blogs often represent the rules of photography as timeless or inherent to the medium. In fact, though, what we define as a “good picture” is constantly changing. In her new book,  "Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography," Kim Beil traces 50 stylistic trends through 175 years of photographic practice. In this informal hour-long conversation via Zoom, she discusses elements of contemporary pictures that seem unassailably good (the “best” angle for selfies, the “best” light for portraits), and shows that these judgments are actually recent developments, which overturn decades of previous advice on how to make good pictures.

In the second half of the hour, Beil comments on pictures submitted in advance by you, the audience, placing your own family photos (1880 – 1980) in the context of photo history. Send pictures of your favorite vintage photos to communityprograms@sbma.net by 9/21 to have your photos included in the conversation. Kim Beil teaches art history at Stanford University

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness with Radhule Weininger, PhD, psychologist and meditation teacher

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindful Self-Compassion Meditation with Anahita Holden and Hattie Bluestone

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness in Recovery Meditation with Arno Jaffe, JD and meditation teacher.

A conversation about being Black and creating a diversity sensitive environment on Weds, September 30th at 6:30 p.m.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Living Fully with Mindfulness and Compassion with Radhule Weininger, PhD and Japanese Zen Master Souken Danjo