Live Comedy in Your Living Room is a popular Zoom show where professional comedians perform live (and work clean) from around the country. Many of our regulars live in Santa Barbara and in the Before Times came to our monthly comedy night at Carrillo Rec Center. This Saturday, April 3 marks our one-year anniversary of Live Comedy in Your Living Room.

Family Friendly Workshop | Flower & Herb Shortbread Cookies

Rising in Love!
w/ Rev. Heidi Alfrey
Sun. Apr. 4th @ 10 AM

Come celebrate the Awakening Spirit in you, in your community, in the World, with an inspirational Easter service of music and message at Unity of Santa Barbara! Featuring music provided by Noreen Brooke, Prissy Barbour & Kenneith Perrin!

Plus, an Easter bonnet contest and fun for all!

Indoor & outdoor seating provided. Please call (805) 966-2239 or visit santabarbaraunity.org for more info!

Put some drama in your drawing by working from one of Joseph Anthony Mugnaini’s lithographs from the "Age of Fable" series (1958).

As the most decorated track and field Olympian in history, Allyson Felix is a nine-time Olympic medalist, six-time Olympic champion, world record holder and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. An outspoken critic of pregnancy discrimination in athletics, an advocate for underserved children and a proponent of maternity rights, Felix shares her experiences with racism and discrimination even as a professional athlete. As she gears up for the Tokyo Olympics, Felix remains at the forefront of the fight for equality for all – in sports and in life.

This conversation with Dr. Ingrid Banks, Chair of the UC Santa Barbara Department of Black Studies, will be followed by a Q&A.

Date: Tuesday, April 6
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Price: $10, FREE for UCSB Students
Link: https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4592

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a comprehensive, online training that teaches educators, family members, and caregivers (18+ years old) to approach, assess, and assist a young person with a mental health challenge or substance use concern.

Truth Decay – The Battle to Prevent Lies and Misinformation from Overwhelming Reality at the Santa Barbara chapter of the Association for Women in Communications meeting on April 7, 5:30 p.m. via Zoom

Leadership Skills

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute

Take your leadership from good to great by exploring and applying the top ten skills that every leader must have.
You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Emerging Leaders Certificate. Participants who earn this certificate will be enabled to develop the additional management, supervisory and leadership skills to open up additional work and advancement opportunities. This certificate is also a gateway into other noncredit and credit programs, helping students develop workplace skills and training that will qualify them for even more work opportunities.
To obtain the Emerging Leaders Certificate, participants must complete a total of four required courses:
Required:
(1) Leadership Skills
(2) Supervisory Skills
(3) Motivating Yourself and Others
(4) Increasing Productivity

Leadership Skills takes place on Wednesday April 7. This class will be held 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Course number: PROW NC006 (CRN 67054)
Date: Wednesday, April 7
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free
Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205.

About SBCC School of Extended Learning
The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit.
SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

Join us for the third and final seminar in the NCEAS Winter/Spring 2021 Seminar Series, titled " Indigenous Data Sovereignty: How Scientists and Researchers Can Empower Data Governance".  This event will be held on April 7, 2021, at 12:00 pm.

Microsoft Basic Outlook 1

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce or stay in touch with Outlook for email and work task and calendar management to connect with colleagues, customers, family and friends. SBCC Career Skills Institute’s Basic Outlook course provides a basic hands-on introduction to Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft's premier email and information management program. Students learn how to stay up-to-date at home or work by using Outlook to set up an account and connect with colleagues, customers, family and friends. Topics include how to use basic aspects of Outlook to do email, handle people (contact) lists, maintain a calendar and track tasks.
You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Basic Office Software Skills Certificate. Participants who earn this certificate will learn to navigate computer screens, format text, create simple presentations and spreadsheets and organize a variety of work tasks.
To obtain the Basic Office Software Skills Certificate, participants must complete a total of three required courses and one elective course:

Required:
(1) Introduction to MS Word
(2) Basic Powerpoint
(3) Introduction to MS Excel

Electives:
(1) Word Processing Basics for Beginners
(2) Basic Microsoft Outlook
(3) Basic Spreadsheets for Beginners

Basic Microsoft Outlook 1 takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting March 30 through April 8. Classes will be held 4:00 PM – 6:15 PM.
Course number: CMPW NC58A (CRN 66952)
Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 30 – April 8
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free
Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205.
About SBCC School of Extended Learning
The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit.
SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning

Microsoft Word 2

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce, or improve your personal or academic skills with new computer skills. Learn to use use Microsoft Word to create a novel, family history, dissertation, thesis, operations manual, or business and/or academic reports. This class covers layout/structure features including applying styles; table of contents; outline view; page setup; choosing fonts; controlling line, paragraph and page breaks; and many more.
You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Microsoft Office Skills, Level 2 Noncredit Certificate. This Certificate prepares students for entry-level office clerk jobs and provides a basis for more advanced college training and career laddering. You will learn to format and navigate long documents, work with large and multiple worksheets and workbooks in Excel and modify an existing PowerPoint presentation to improve its overall appearance. Utilizing one of the elective MS Office suite applications will enhance employability skills.
To obtain the Microsoft Office Skills, Level 2 Certificate, participants must complete a total of three required courses and one elective course:

Required:
(1) Microsoft Word 2
(2) Microsoft Excel 2
(3) Microsoft Powerpoint 2

Electives:
(1) Microsoft Outlook 2
(2) Microsoft Publisher 2
(3) Microsoft Access 2

Microsoft Word 2 takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting March 30 through April 8. Classes will be held 6:30 PM – 8:45 PM.
Course number: CMPW NC51B (CRN 66828)
Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 30 – April 8
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:45 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free
Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205.
About SBCC School of Extended Learning
The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit.
SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

Overcoming Fear Part 1
When Thu, April 8, 7pm – 9pm

DescriptionZoom link at: www.bpsbonline.com

United Way of Ventura County is excited to announce its United to End Homelessness Virtual Symposium on Friday, April 9, at 9 a.m. PST. The symposium will feature Matthew Desmond, author of Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” as its keynote speaker. Following Desmond’s address, there will be an opportunity for a Q&A session with the author, which will then lead into a panel discussion with local experts — moderated by Henry Dubroff, editor of the Pacific Coast Business Times — on addressing homelessness.

As part of the Corwin Chair Series, composer Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin will give a lecture titled "Using the Creative Process as a Computational Framework for Unfolding Complex Systems" on Friday, April 9, 2021 at 11 am PDT via Zoom. Kuchera-Morin will discuss how we can apply the creative compositional process in building computational languages and computational platforms in order to represent very complex information through our senses, namely visual, audio, and interactive representations.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2191

Join Dr. Stephen Aizenstat for Out of the Pandemic Underworld: into the Light of Renewal on Saturday, April 10th from 9 am – 12 pm.

The Spiritual Power of Music ONLINE

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Fee-Based Life Enhancement

Introduction to Microsoft Windows

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute

Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce with the computer skills needed for entry-level office jobs with high employment potential jobs in Santa Barbara County and California. SBCC Career Skills Institute’s Introduction to Windows course helps you explore Help, windows navigation and management, file management, desktop customization, and other Windows Operating System and applications.
You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Beginning Computer Skills Certificate. Participants who earn this certificate will have developed the basic knowledge of computer functions in the Microsoft Windows environment. All Career Skills Institute classes are tuition-free.
To obtain the Beginning Computer Skills Certificate, participants must complete a total of two required courses and two elective courses:

Required:
(1) Computers for Beginners
(2) Introduction to Windows

Electives:
(1) Learn to Type
(2) How to Use a Computer Keyboard and Mouse for Beginners
(3) Windows Basics

Introduction to Windows takes place on Mondays starting March 29 through April 19. Classes will be held 4:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
Course number: CMPW NC024 (CRN 66814)
Date: Mondays, March 29 – April 19
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:20 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free
Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205.
About SBCC School of Extended Learning
The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit.
SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

Digital Cameras, Digital Photos

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute

Learn the basics of photography, the features of digital cameras, how to take better digital photos, and how to correct common photo problems using photo editing software. Designed for beginners or students with some experience in digital photography. Students should bring cameras and sample pictures to class.
You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Digital Design Basics Certificate. Participants who earn this certificate will be prepared for entry-level graphic design work in print and online media and also provides a basis for expanded course work and career laddering.
To obtain the Digital Design Basics Certificate, participants must complete a total of three required courses and one elective:
Required:
(1) Photoshop
(2) Photoshop for Digital Photographers
(3) Digital Design Techniques

Electives:
(1) Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
(2) Digital Cameras, Digital Photos
(3) Introduction to Dreamweaver

Digital Cameras, Digital Photos takes place on Mondays and Wednesdays, starting April 5 through April 14. Classes will be held 4:00 PM – 6:15 PM.

Course number: PHOW NC001 (CRN 66879)
Date: Monday and Wednesdays, April 5 - April 14
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free
Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205.
About SBCC School of Extended Learning
The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit.
SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

Sustainable Building: Repurposing and Refurbishing

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute
Prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce with an introduction to repurposing and refurbishing construction materials. Topics include creative re-design, commercial and residential application, marketing and materials processing.
You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Sustainable Building Module Certificate. Participants who earn this certificate will be offered a two-course module showing the usefulness/sustainability/marketing feasibility of the reuse of construction materials (from remodels and new construction), and the processes leading to reuse: deconstruction, repurposing, refurbishing, and reuse.
To obtain the Sustainable Building Module Certificate, participants must complete a total of two required courses:
Required:
(1) Deconstruction and ReUse
(2) Repurposing and Refurbishing

Repurposing and Refurbishing takes place on Mondays, starting April 5 through May 3. Classes will be held 6:00 PM – 8:35 PM.

Course number: CTV NC022 (CRN 66855)
Date: Mondays, April 5 - May 3
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:35 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free
Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205.
About SBCC School of Extended Learning
The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit.
SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

Community Blood Drive
Give blood during Donate Life Month!
Donations will be tested for COVID-19 antibodies

Put some drama in your drawing by working from one of Joseph Anthony Mugnaini’s lithographs from the "Age of Fable" series (1958).

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Health Psychologist and Bestselling Author Dr. Kelly McGonigal for The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection and Courage on Tuesday, April 13 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific.

PULSE is an inspirational ART CLUB – Sponsored by JBR Visuals
About this Event

Welcome to Pulse Art Club where tunes and visual Artists meet up to show participants their works and how music moves the artist through their medium.

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Gullah Music of the Carolina Coast Ranky Tanky on Thursday, April 15 at 5 p.m. Pacific.

Cost: Free, but registration is required. Donations welcome.
Registration required: https://sbmm.org/santa-barbara-events/

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is delighted to announce that Geoffrey Campbell Beaumont will offer a fascinating presentation about his father Arthur Beaumont’s life and work as the US Navy’s official “Artist of the Fleet.” Beaumont will share personal stories of the various paintings and provide viewers with his unique insight into this incomparable exhibit, the art and the artist.

Overcoming Fear Part 2
When Thu, April 15, 7pm – 9pm
DescriptionZoom link at: www.bpsbonline.com

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present critically-acclaimed Novelist Mohsin Hamid Speaking with Pico on Friday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific.

Santa Barbara Medicare-for-All Activists urge state legislators to publicly declare support for AB1400, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act

A fanfare - a celebration! Streaming LIVE fromThe Granada Theatre!

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a comprehensive, online training that teaches educators, family members, and caregivers (18+ years old) to approach, assess, and assist a young person with a mental health challenge or substance use concern.

Blood Drive at Camino Real Marketplace Tuesday, April 20 2:00pm -6:00 pm in the bloodmobiles near the movie theater To sign up visit www.blood4life.org using sponsor code 1388 or call (805) 542-8500 All Blood Types are needed and there is a severe shortage of O type blood If you have been vaccinated for COVID-19 there

In their Pacific View talk, Kyle Meng and Danae Hernandez-Cortes will share what they learned when they examined what happened to such inequalities following the introduction of California's greenhouse gas emissions trading program, the world's second largest carbon market.

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Urban Dance Innovators Ephrat Asherie Dance Odeon on Tuesday, April 20 at 5 p.m. Pacific.

As part of the UC Santa Barbara Ethnomusicology Forum's UCSB ABD Graduate Student Series, UC Santa Barbara PhD candidate Jared Holton will present a lecture titled "Formulating Difference in Modal Music: The Analysis of Emplacement within Andalusian Music in Tunisia" on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 3:30-5 pm PDT via Zoom. The music of al-Andalus, or medieval Muslim Spain, contributes significantly to the sense of cultural heritage and identity for many people and constitutes one of the oldest living music traditions in the world. In this talk, Holton will explore the process Tunisians undertake in transcribing social and cultural difference within musical structure in order to mobilize meaning.

For more info and the direct Zoom link visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2196

Pour a glass of wine and join the UCSB Library for a screening of America’s Wine: The Legacy of Prohibition, a documentary that offers an unprecedented overview of the legacy of National Prohibition and its continuing impact on the wine industry.

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present the father of environmental justice Dr. Robert Bullard to discuss The Quest for Environmental and Racial Justice on Wednesday, April 21 at 5 p.m. Pacific.

Find inspiration at Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s Student Art Show! This year’s virtual show--part of Santa Barbara’s Earth Day on Thursday, April 22 at 3:55 pm--features creative work by local high school students that celebrates the natural beauty and biological diversity of the Santa Barbara Channel. The award-winning artwork will be displayed in the State Street office window of the Community Environmental Council at 1219 State Street for the week of April 26-30th, following the student reception and award ceremony.

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures for Movement Workshop: Shake-a-Leg with Archie & Ephrat on Thursday, April 22 at 5 p.m. Pacific.

The Lompoc-Vandenberg branch of the American Association of University Women, in collaboration with Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara County, will host a panel discussion on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22nd, at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.  

WALK INTO WILDFIRE OPENING RECEPTION
An Immersive Multimedia Exhibit

Saturday, April 24, 2021, 1:00-4:00 pm, Buellton Recreation Center, 301 2nd Street, Buellton, CA
www.BurnCycleProject.com, (805) 688-1086
The Burn Cycle Project and artist Ethan Turpin present Walk Into Wildfire, a free family friendly immersive multimedia exhibit designed to give participants an experiential, proxy view inside a wildland fire. Audiences of all ages can both hear and see how fire moves through landscapes from a rarely seen perspective. This new installation includes recent footage within fires on the Central Coast and wondrous time-lapse video of green, post-fire growth. By having the experience of “being there” viewers have a unique point of view that captures the attention and induces important discussions about fire’s place in nature, fire preparedness, defensible space, prescribed burning, and resilience.

Opening Reception Saturday. April 24, 1 - 4 pm featuring Fire Awareness Resources, Fun Activities, Live Music with Sean & Jaime Montgomery, and Ribbon Cutting. Presented in collaboration with Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council and The City of Buellton Arts and Culture Committee.

The LWV Santa Barbara and CEC will host a forum for the community to learn more about nature-based solutions.

What is the history of ecological land stewardship in this region? How can our agricultural and natural lands build climate resilience? How can our region’s land draw down carbon and improve our carbon and water cycles? What are the barriers to pace and scale ecological land stewardship? Forum Moderator: Allegra Roth, Food and Climate Program

Media representations of minorities, and how they’re shared in our society in the news, media, and social media can adversely affect how minorities see themselves and how others perceive them.
Despite these challenges, continued and unjust disadvantages are known to empower collective action efforts within minority groups and solidarity efforts within advantaged groups to correct the image and position of disadvantaged groups in society.
Join faculty Muniba Saleem and Dan Lane from UCSB’s Department of Communication, and librarian Mary-Michelle Moore for a panel discussion addressing the impact of media misinformation and the importance of media literacy.

Under the direction of Dr. Maxim Kuzin, the UC Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra will present "Nocturne" from Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 on Monday, April 26, 2021 at 7 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Dr. Maxim Kuzin and the members of the UC Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra are proud to present this immortal masterpiece, one of the most beautiful and pure musical depictions of love, to the public.

For more information and a direct link to the Youtube premiere visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2203

Join UCSB Library for the annual UCSB Reads Zine workshop, now virtual, no experience necessary! Zines (pronounced “zeens”) are self-published, DIY collections of photos and text that are printed by hand or photocopied, and independently distributed by the author or ‘zinester.’

The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) will hold the annual Gratitude Luncheon celebrating its Mentor Program on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

My name is Brendan Briggs and I’m hosting a discussion on the following “Hot Topics”
Artstorefronts
Art sy
Artwork Archive

Go to the end of the Earth with Santa Barbara Audubon -- Discover the Sea of Sorrows and all the bird life it supports in the April 28th free online Zoom program.

The County of Santa Barbara Commission for Women is launching a monthly free virtual Town Hall series modeled after its award-winning “Women Speak Up” forum.

On Thursday, April 29, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation will host the Hope Awards to shine its light on individuals and programs making strides for students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District. 

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Artist and Social Innovator, Theaster Gates on Thursday, April 29 at 5 p.m. Pacific.

Join us on an 8-week journey designed to help shift your diabetes paradigm, equip you to reverse diabetes and rewrite your health story!

Get Your Free Cleanup Kit!

In her forthcoming book "Contemporary Painting" (Thames and Hudson, April 2021), Los Angeles-based art historian and critic Suzanne Hudson considers painting as a vibrant and sometimes contentious critic of a dynamic global society.

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Bryan Stevenson for American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity and Making a Difference on Friday, April 30 at 5 p.m. Pacific.