The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society invites the community to celebrate the start of Family History Month and the 50th anniversary of the Society at a FREE Open House and exhibit on Sunday, October 2, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Sahyun Genealogical Library, 316 Castillo Street in Santa Barbara.

Parallel Stories

Layering, fragments, appropriation, cutting, higher cribbing, collage, and what artist Marshall Brown has called “creative miscegenation,” are all part of the crucible in which familiar themes are recast in art and literature. Is the resulting cross-disciplinary mashup an homage to what is left, what is kept, and what is removed? Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Lethem joins artist, Urbanist, Princeton University professor of Architecture and critical-thinking futurist Marshall Brown in a conversation about what Lethem termed the “Ecstasy of Influence.” This event is part of the opening celebration and catalogue release for the exhibition The Architecture of Collage: Marshall Brown (October 2, 2022 – January 7, 2023) on view in the Contemporary and Ala Story New Media Galleries.

Book signing to follow.

$5 SBMA Members
$10 Non-Members

https://tickets.sbma.net/event-detail/parallel-stories-2022-10-02/

ME&US, a special event celebrating over a decade of collaboration between Sister Cities, Santa Barbara and Kotor, Montenegro, and introducing the newly established ME&US Fund

Learn the fundamentals of the guitar, bass or ukulele in a fun, relaxed, supportive atmosphere! Connect with others socially and musically while you play popular songs with your new friends in the social club every Monday! Located at 631 1/2 N. Milpas St

FREE, Monthly Garden Talks with UC Master Gardeners- Growing Succulents
October 3rd, 7:00-8:00pm
Registration Required!
Find registration info at: https://ucanr.edu/sbmg

Telescope Tuesday at Camino Real Marketplace

Learn More About NAWBO & Join Today! Learn why NAWBO is the “go-to” premier women’s organization for thousands of women business owners.

Art Matters Lecture with Jan Tichy
Associate Professor, Department of Photography, Art & Technology Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The artist and educator, Associate Professor at SAIC, Jan Tichy shares his work and research on the writer and photographer Lucia Moholy and discusses the place of contemporary art within historical research and preservation.

Bring the whole family to enjoy Teaching Artist-led activities in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Imagine and design a dream building by collaging your favorite details from structures across the globe inspired by The Architecture of Collage: Marshall Brown. Afterward, enjoy the galleries until 8 pm.

Free!

Gregg Hart and Mike Stoker will be asked a list of questions and provided equal time to answer in the Candidate Forum for 37th Assembly District on October 6th @ 6pm.

Teens are invited to join us every Friday to jam out and play their favorite songs together. JAMS is a safe space for kids to meet new people, get creative, and maybe even meet some new band mates! Bring your own instrument, or borrow one of ours! Pre-teens welcome from 6-7pm, Older teens are welcome from 7-9!

EARL MINNIS PRESENTS and Lobero LIVE present An Evening with The Wallflowers on Friday, October 7 at 8 PM. The Wallflowers have held their ground as one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands – continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack. Exit Wounds, the group’s latest studio offering, finds the GRAMMY Award winning band’s signature sound intact, even as Jakob Dylan surrounds himself with a fresh cast of musicians. https://www.lobero.org/events/the-wallflowers-2/
$57 - $106

Friday, October 7 at 7:30pm | Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall

The Corwin Chair Concert Series is excited to present the piece, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Trevor Wishart.

Unite to Light's Community Showcase is a free art installation completely open to the public. The event will be held at the Community Arts Workshop and will have food and drinks available for purchase.

Monthly Public Star Party at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Environmental pioneer and actor Ed Begley, Jr. will be honored by ECO Team for going green before anyone even knew the term.

UCSB Library invites you to join us for an event to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition "Lifting the Veil."

"Coming Out Then and Now: A Cross-generational Panel of Coming Out Stories" - PFLAG Zoom Meeting

Fly fishing for golden dorado in Bolivia. Presentation by Vince Narez, president of the Santa Barbara Flyfishers. Visitors welcome. Tuesday, October 11, 7PM. Rusty's Pizza meeting room. 5934 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117.

Blood drive in need of donors! Held Wednesday, Oct. 12th from 2-5 p.m. at St. Mark's University Parish located at 6550 Picasso Road, Goleta.

The Santa Barbara chapter of the national organization Association for Women in Communications presents Increase Your Value, Use Your Network, and Negotiate to Get What You’re Worth at its next meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 12. 

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Sacre by Circa on Wednesday, October 12th at 8:00 pm at Campbell Hall.

A Curator-led Walkthrough of “For Opacity”

William Peters, founder of Sharing Crossing Project and author of At Heaven’s Door, will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, October 13th with special guest Dr. Martha Jo Atkins - End of Life Counselor, Teacher and FilmMaker. This free webinar is an introduction to how to experience a shared crossing - a beautiful experience with someone at the end of a life that suggests loving connection and communication beyond this human realm.

All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art in current exhibitions. Museum Teaching Artists provide general guidance and all materials.

Free with reservation!

The UC Santa Barbara Wildfire Prevention and Policy Lecture Series is excited to host a speaker event on October 14th, 2022 from 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Why have humans lost control of wildfire in the western United States? 
Our guest speaker is Park Williams, a hydroclimatologist in the Department of Geography at UCLA. 

Teens are invited to join us every Friday to jam out and play their favorite songs together. JAMS is a safe space for kids to meet new people, get creative, and maybe even meet some new band mates! Bring your own instrument, or borrow one of ours! Pre-teens welcome from 6-7pm, Older teens are welcome from 7-9!

Join Creating 805 and Jack Dyer, Founder and CEO at Topa Topa, for a conversation around creativity and entrepreneurship.

In a spectacular tour-de-force Season Opening, The Symphony continues its impactful tradition of performing arts collaboration to create new experiences for the community. More than 150 performers from State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Quire of Voyces and Sing!, the Music Academy’s children’s chorus join The Symphony on stage in a program that features a new ballet to Gabrielle Fauré’s pensive Pavane, a wildly decadent ode to wine and fertility with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Bacchanale from the opera Samson and Delilah, and concludes with Carl Orff’s beloved and powerful Carmina Burana. This concert is part of the Granada Synergy Series.

Public forum to discuss local women's healthcare needs on October 15th at 4:00 pm

Solstice Costume Party. on Saturday October 15th, 5-10 pm at LoDO Studios (Oniracom) at 216 East Gutierrez for an informal meet and greet party with the Solstice Board of Directors, Artists in Residence and Staff. 

In a spectacular tour-de-force Season Opening, The Symphony continues its impactful tradition of performing arts collaboration to create new experiences for the community. More than 150 performers from State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Quire of Voyces and Sing!, the Music Academy’s children’s chorus join The Symphony on stage in a program that features a new ballet to Gabrielle Fauré’s pensive Pavane, a wildly decadent ode to wine and fertility with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Bacchanale from the opera Samson and Delilah, and concludes with Carl Orff’s beloved and powerful Carmina Burana. This concert is part of the Granada Synergy Series.

Chamber On The Mountain presents
Anita Graef, Cellist with Louise Chan, Pianist

Sunday, October 16, 2022
3:00 pm

Logan House at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts
8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd.
Ojai, CA 93023
Tel: (805) 646-3381

Tickets $30.00 at www.ChamberOnTheMountain.com

Program
Three Preludes for Cello and Piano, G. Gershwin
Cello Sonata No 4, Op. 102, No. 2, L.v. Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58, Felix Mendelssohn
Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, A. Beach
Sonata in A Major, M. 8, C. Franck

Audience members are invited to stay and meet the artists at an outdoor patio reception following the performance.

Learn the fundamentals of the guitar, bass or ukulele in a fun, relaxed, supportive atmosphere! Connect with others socially and musically while you play popular songs with your new friends in the social club every other Monday!

The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County invite you to attend an information session regarding our 2023 training course! Veteran Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions. We will begin fifteen weeks of instruction beginning the first week of March, 2023.

We currently have three information sessions scheduled: October 17, October 19, and November 9th, all at 7:00pm. You can find out more and sign up for one here: ucanr.zoom.us

With performances acclaimed for both “high-octane” excitement (The Strad) and “dusky lyricism” (New York Times), the Aeolus Quartet has been awarded prizes at nearly every major competition in the United States and performed across the globe. Formed in 2008, the Aeolus Quartet has performed in venues ranging from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series to Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, to Dupont Underground, a subterranean streetcar station in DC's Dupont Circle. They were the 2013-2015 Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School and are currently Quartet-in-Residence at Musica Viva, NY. In addition to extensive touring throughout the United States, the 2021-22 season includes a Morgan Library performance as well as a feature on the Violin Channel.

Returning to SBMA after a lauded performance in 2019, the Quartet will perform Beethoven’s Quartet in Bb Major, Op. 18 No. 6, Caroline Shaw’s Blueprint*, and Schubert’s Quartet in G Major, D. 887.

* Caroline Shaw’s work will be performed three times this season. This New York City-based contemporary musician and composer became the youngest composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2013. She is often cited as proof that classical music has an exciting future.

Chamber Music Concerts at SBMA are supported by the Katharine Putnam and Reginald M. Faletti Concert Fund with additional support from the Curletti Fund

Mary Craig Auditorium

$20 SBMA Members
$25 Non-Members

Gentle, mindful walk to connect with nature with certified guide Tamara Murray. Shortened to fit into your weekday lunch break! Nature connection walks, sometimes referred to as forest bathing, are gentle, mindful walks inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin yoku and are associated with health and well-being.

Join us for a KITP Virtual Public Lecture, "Why Face Masks Work" featuring Eberhard Bodenschatz on Wednesday, October 19 at 6:00 PM PT

Join us for this FREE* webinar led by Rebecca Simonitsch and Gisselle Madrigal. In this 90-minute seminar, you will learn about health equity

Join the Library for an open mic afternoon celebrating the rich poetic community of Santa Barbara. Faculty Emerita and acclaimed poet Dr. Shirley Geok-lin Lim will begin the event, and will be followed by poets from the Department of English and Gevirtz School of Education. Afterwards, community poets are welcome to share their works in an open mic setting.

Visit SBMA for Third Thursday featuring the following free activities and offerings:

• Free Museum admission, 5 – 8 pm

• Music on the Front Terrace, 5 – 7:30 pm

• Complimentary docent Ten Talks for current exhibitions at 6 and 6:30 pm

• Teaching Artist-led art activities in the Family Resource Center, 5 – 7 pm

• Free raffle entry for a chance to win a gift bag of artful treasures from the Museum Store

PLUS, enjoy 1/3 off an SBMA Membership during this event only, and receive unlimited annual free admission, invitations to exclusive Member events, and frequent SBMA news and updates.

Please note: Special price $55 (33% off $80) for a new Member joining at the Friend level. Available monthly on Third Thursday in person only, 5 – 8 pm.

It’s Spooky Season! Kick off Halloween by joining the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County at Restoration Oaks Ranch on October 21st for our Tarantula Trails Tour!

Monthly Westmont Public Telescope Night

Friday, Oct 21, 2022- 7:30pm Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall

In this concert the duo AndPlay will present several works for violin and viola from the contemporary American and international repertoire.

http://andplayduo.com/

The Santa Barbara Music Club opens its 2022-23 season of great classical music on Saturday, October 22, 3 PM, at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu. Award-winning organist Tom Mueller performs works by Bach, Conte, Franck and Whitlock, and his own Sonata (2020). Free admission. Details at www.SBMusicClub.org.

This 6-week Intro to K9 Nose Work® (K9NW) Continuing Education course is for dogs and handlers who have completed NACSW Intro to K9 Nose Work® and Intro to Odor® courses.

Sidewalk book sale to support the Santa Barbara Library

Kevin A. Short, the artist whose show The Peaceful Sea is currently on display in the SBMM gallery and Munger Theater, will teach a class on the museum's patio on Sunday, October 23, from 1-4pm. This class is open to all levels and Kevin will be teaching on an individual level at each participant’s easel or table. Topics that will be covered include color, color harmony, how to design a painting, and how to mix paint. This special event is limited to no more than 15 people, so registration will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Cost is $150 per person

Plate tectonics is the unifying theory of modern geology; Pro. Rioux will discuss the importance of current research.

Celebrating its 75th Anniversary and hailed by the Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the ensemble draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics, while embracing the mission of championing new works.

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Carla Morrison on Thursday, October 27th at 8:00 pm at Campbell Hall.

Join us for this FREE* webinar led by Dr. Dimitris Dimitriou and Dr. Sunny Kim. In this 90-minute seminar, you will learn how to embed cultural diversity into daily practice.

Join us on Friday, October 28th, at 3:30pm at UCSB for a discussion with Professor Mona Oraby (Howard University) about her new book, A Universe of Terms: Religion in Visual Metaphor. Dr. Oraby will discuss her book in conversation with Professors Lisa Sideris (UCSB) and Joseph Blankholm (UCSB).

The gala will raise funds to support our programs and services helping us to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout Santa Barbara County.

World Dance for Humanity presents THRILLER! at the SB Courthouse Sunken Gardens Saturday, Oct.29 raising funds for Rwanda Education +Boys & Girls Club. 1PM Costume Dance Party; 2PM THRILLER! Free for all ages

Learn the fundamentals of the guitar, bass or ukulele in a fun, relaxed, supportive atmosphere! Connect with others socially and musically while you play popular songs with your new friends in the social club every other Monday!