Kids Draw Architecture Returns with “Sketch Your Communities” Event

We observe a great amount of matter plugging into Black Holes. Where does it go? It is a simple question, but there is no consensus among scientists about the answer. In this lecture, presented by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, Author and Professor Carlo Rovelli will describe what we know about the inside of a black hole, and current ideas to make sense of what we do not yet know about these most astonishing objects that fill the universe.

Graduate violinist Shirley Shang will present a virtual Master of Music recital with pianist Dr. Ya-Ting Liou on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. The program will include Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Gabriel Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13; and Camille Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor. Shang is a student of UC Santa Barbara Lecturer Ertan Torgul.

For further details visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2223

Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) will sponsor free virtual presentations for people interested in better understanding Medicare.

Directed by Jonathan Moerschel, the UCSB Chamber Players will present a recital on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 74 “Harp;" Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Caroline Shaw's Entr’Acte for String Quartet; Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120; Augusta Read Thomas' Cantos for Slava (cello and piano); Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's Duo in F for two violas; Igor Stravinsky's Petrouchka – Reduction for piano duet (1911, rev. 1947); Claude Debussy's Petite Suite for piano ensemble; the premiere performance of an arrangement of John Williams' War Horse by UC Santa Barbara student Max Dei Rossi; an arrangement of Miles Davis' All Blues by Thomas H. Graf; and the "Chaconne" from Malcom Arnold's Brass Quintet.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2227

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

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

Undergraduate vocalist Soohyun Ryu (soprano) will present a junior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Pinshu Yu on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Il pleure dans mon coeur and C'est l'extase from Claude Debussy's Ariettes Oubliées; "Du Gai Soleil" from Jules Massenet's Werther; Schwanenlied, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass, and Gondellied from Fanny Mendelssohn's Sechs Lieder, Op. 1; “S’altro che lacrime” from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito; Lullaby (Spi Ditya Mayo), Op. 16, No. 1 from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Six Romances; as well as The Year's at the Spring, Ah Love, But a Day, and I Send My Heart Up to Thee from Amy Beach's Three Browning Songs, Op. 44. Ryu is a student of UC Santa Barbara Associate Professor Dr. Isabel Bayrakdarian.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2226

The UCSB Chamber Orchestra will present the third audio-visual production of 2020-2021 under the direction of Dr. Maxim Kuzin on Monday, June 7, 2021, at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. Audience members will have a chance to hear one of the most dramatic overtures written by the late Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his overture to the opera Don Giovanni.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2224

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Graduate pianist Zhongxi Lin will present a Doctor of Musical Arts recital with violinist Lee Chia-ying on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube Channel. The program will include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304; Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 24; and Johannes Brahms' Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78. Lin is a student of UC Santa Barbara Professor Robert Koenig.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2238

Under the direction of Graduate Teaching Assistant David Lozano Torres, the UCSB Lumina Choir will present a concert, titled "We Are One," on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The mini-concert will feature "Ubi Caritas" by composer Victor C. Johnson and "Sisi Ni Moja" by Jacob Narverud. As the choir underwent a name change this 2020-2021 school year from Women's Choir to Lumina, the intention and focus became one of unity, inclusivity, and light; being a light to the world through song. Come feel the power of unity as the members of Lumina join together in song to share the message of acceptance and love. Let us all love one another! "We all bruise, we all scar, we all fail but learn to fly. We are one world, one people. We are. ONE."

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio.

For more information and the direct link to the YouTube Premiere visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2234

Undergraduate pianist Flora Sun will present a senior Bachelor of Arts recital on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457; excerpts from Claude Debussy's Préludes, Book 1; and Robert Schumann's Waldszenen, Op. 82. Sun is a student of UC Santa Barbara Professor Paul Berkowitz.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2237

When color is the main event in a work of art, paying attention to the structure “behind the scenes” can be an interesting exercise.

Under the direction of Dr. Sarah Gibson, the UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music will present a concert, titled "A moment alone with millions of people," on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Join the ensemble for an evening of music by Pauline Oliveros, Aidan Gold, and Nicole Chamberlain. Through Oliveros' seminal work, Thirteen Changes, our students respond to evocative lines of text by creating their own individual musical tapestries. We present these musical responses to you in collaboration with gifs made to accompany each movement by UCSB art students from Iman Djouini's College of Creative Studies class "In Translation." The program also includes Aidan Gold's "Elegy" written for an asynchronous ensemble, and a solo flute work featuring Jordana Schaeffer.

Artwork by Sydnie Pace.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2232

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The UCSB Young Artists String Quartet (YASQ) will present their Spring 2021 Recital on Friday, June 11, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Made up of graduate violinists Gulia Gurevich and Anthony Navarro, violist Shirley Shang, and cellist Naomi Stoodley, the YASQ is a group from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and even continents. After a fascinating year of rehearsing, coaching, and recording as a quartet through some of the most unconventional ways possible, they are delighted to present this program featuring movements from Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No.10 in E-flat Major, Op.74 ("Harp") and Jessie Montgomery's Strum.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2236

Strategic Job Search takes place on Saturday, June 12 & June 19. This class will be held 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Course number: PDW NC002 (CRN 21695)
Date: Saturday, June 12 & June 19
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 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.

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"An LGBTQ+ History Lesson to Celebrate Pride" - June PFLAG Virtual Meeting

Construction Electrical takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 15 to June 24. These classes will be held 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Course number: CTV NC003 (CRN 21703)
Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 15 to June 24
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free

When color is the main event in a work of art, paying attention to the structure “behind the scenes” can be an interesting exercise.

In Conversation | The Vulnerability of Creativity
Thursday, June 17, 2021
5:30-6:30pm PDT
MCASB

Tango music performed live on Bandoneon and Guitar by Grammy nominated Hugo Satorre from Buenos Aires at the bandoneon and Santa Barbara's own Adam Tully.

Scholarship Opportunity for High School and Junior College students in Civil Engineering! 

In celebration of opening up Santa Barbara, Summer Solstice we invite you to celebrate with us. Our reception is to be held in the La Arcada Court at Gallery 113 1114 State St., Ste 8
Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA
(805) 965-6611.
All are welcome to attend.

Santa Barbara Music Foundation - Ones to Watch Productions presents Songs of Summer - Celebrating Brian Wilson and His Music, a benefit for New Beginnings of Santa Barbara. Tickets are limited. Visit https://www.lobero.org/ to purchase tickets.

Beginning on June 19, The Collection at RiverPark will be hosting a Farmers Market every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in partnership with Raw Inspiration. Presented by Community Memorial Health System, the Farmers Market will be located on Collection Boulevard across from The Annex Food Hall.

Waypoint Church SB is hosting a pandemic-safe, drive-through food drive every third Sunday of the month. The next drive will be held Sunday, June 20th at 3942 La Colina Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Get ready Santa Barbara for the largest outdoor event this year! “SANTA BARBARA RIDES AGAIN!” June 23-27, 2021 and to sweeten the deal, admission is FREE!

Get ready Santa Barbara for the largest outdoor event this year! “SANTA BARBARA RIDES AGAIN!” June 23-27, 2021 and to sweeten the deal, admission is FREE!

Get ready Santa Barbara for the largest outdoor event this year! “SANTA BARBARA RIDES AGAIN!” June 23-27, 2021 and to sweeten the deal, admission is FREE!

Learn About UCSB's Coal Oil Point Reserve and The Snowy Plovers!

LinkedIn for Business takes place on Friday, June 25. This class will be held 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Course number: CMPW NC017 (CRN 21688)
Date: Friday, June 25
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.

Get ready Santa Barbara for the largest outdoor event this year! “SANTA BARBARA RIDES AGAIN!” June 23-27, 2021 and to sweeten the deal, admission is FREE!

“Moving Day” Protest on State st. Calling for the Santa Barbara City Council to Move in Support of the Community Stabilization Initiative as we Approach the End of the Eviction Moratorium on June 30th

Announcing sbmidmod Grand Opening: Santa Barbara Funk Zone, June 26, 6-9 p.m.

Get ready Santa Barbara for the largest outdoor event this year! “SANTA BARBARA RIDES AGAIN!” June 23-27, 2021 and to sweeten the deal, admission is FREE!

Opera Santa Barbara is thrilled to close its unexpected 20|21 Season with the company premiere of its first Richard Wagner opera, Das Rheingold.

On June 27, 2021, the Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) will be presenting the Public Defender’s Office Racial Justice Committee with a Special Recognition Award for its holistic efforts to eliminate racial disparities from the criminal justice system.

Get ready Santa Barbara for the largest outdoor event this year! “SANTA BARBARA RIDES AGAIN!” June 23-27, 2021 and to sweeten the deal, admission is FREE!
Thrilling carnival rides & games for all ages. Delicious fair food, live music, & quench your thirst in our outdoor beer garden. Hours: Wed/Thu 4P-11P, Fri/Sat 11A-Midnight, Sun 11A-10P

Santa Barbara-based educational enrichment company Enriched At Home, will offer four camps this summer for kids aged six through ten

Meditate and Recharge with Yin Yoga takes place on Mondays, June 28 to July 26. Classes will be held 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.

Course number: 23794
Date: Mondays, June 28 to July 26
Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: $32
Instructor: Gabriele Barysch-Crosbie

Construction Plumbing takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 29 to July 8. These classes will be held 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Course number: CTV NC004 (CRN 82144)
Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 29 to July 8
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free

illuminate Speaker Series by Hospice of Santa Barbara presents: Navigating Re-entry Town Hall: How do we cope with the fears and anxiety during this time of transition from the pandemic? Tues June 29 at 6:00pm FREE

CEC Climate Action Webinar Series: Climate and Culture - Using Art to Inspire Activism & Change on June 29 at 12:00 p.m.

Writing your Life into Being takes place on Wednesdays, June 30 to August 4. Classes will be held 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Course number: CREO NC646 (CRN 82325)
Date: Wednesdays, June 30 to August 4
Time: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free