College of Creative Studies Music Composition student Nick Mazuk will present a recital on Saturday, May 12, 2019, at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the UCSB Music Building.

What do you get when you cross an orchestra, 16 trombones, and a creative madman with determination of stainless steel to pull off seemingly impossible feats of sonic satiation?

Imagine the effervescent feeling instilled by bubbling strings while being bathed in the symphonic syrup that oozes from the bells of hoards of musicians on all sides. It fills you to the brim with excitement and joy. Now, you picture only part of the first piece.

Because there’s more.

This is no ordinary concert. This is no caesar salad. It is a full 5 course meal with vivid vibrations, intrepid ingenuity, radiant resonance, and absurd alliteration.

Imagine no longer, for this is real. You’ve been starving for unimaginable gratification, and you’ve found it. Now take a bite. May 12, 7:30pm.

As part of the Fiftieth Anniversary Carillon Recital Series, UCSB University Carillonist Wesley Arai will present a recital from the carillon in UCSB's Storke Tower on Sunday, May 12, 2019 at 2 pm. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.

The Santa Barbara Symphony concludes its sensational 2018-2019 season with the beloved classic Romeo & Juliet, conducted by Music and Artistic Director Nir Kabaretti on Sunday, May 12 at 3:00 pm at The Granada Theatre (1214 State St).

Concluding their 65th Anniversary, The Santa Barbara Symphony will close the season with Romeo & Juliet and Dvořák Symphony No. 8 on May 11th at 8:00 pm and May 12th at 3:00 pm at the Granada Theater.

The Folded Hills Pope Challenge Final takes place on Sunday, May 12 at 3:00 pm at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club!

A dozen teenagers will take to the stage to perform solo renditions of rock-and-roll covers, backed by Santa Barbara rock star Michael Andrews as a core musical mentor as well as music educator Sio Tepper and vocal coach/AHA! facilitator Mariangelica Duque. Celebrate 20 years of AHA!, a local nonprofit that fosters social and emotional intelligence

Become part of the solution... Take the domestic violence advocacy certification!

PFLAG Santa Barbara May Chapter Meeting - All are welcome. We will be offering "An Extra Helping of Support, Acceptance and Understanding". There will be lots of time for sharing and discussion.

Telescope Tuesday at Camino Real Marketplace

The Santa Barbara Council of Charitable Gift Planners will host Tiffany Goodall, MBA on May 14, 2019, who will “The Effect of the New Tax Laws on Charitable Gifts and Gift Planning”.

Energy drives our world and our economy and the majority of that energy comes from oil and gas. MIT Enterprise Forum this Wednesday, May 15 at the Rockwood Women's Club.

Colleen Reardon (Professor of Music, University of California, Irvine) will present a talk titled "A Tenor’s 'Voice' on the Periphery: Cesare Grandi and the Siena Production of Farnaspe (1750)" on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 from 3:30-4:45 pm in Music Room 1145. Sponsored by UCSB Music History and Theory Forum.

CHIMERA is a science fiction play set in 2050 that centers around a love triangle and an artificially intelligent firefighting cyborg named AICH#805. Entertaining the fate of human existence in an era of climate change, the play discusses technological innovations that move us closer to “the singularity”—the moment when super-intelligent machines evolve without human assistance—as we simultaneously grapple with the more immediate threat of environmental collapse. Our main characters must reconcile the past and save humanity before being expelled from planet Earth.

This presentation will explore what it means for people from Mustang, Nepal, including those who have migrated to New York, to care for each other, steward a homeland across time and space, remake home elsewhere, and confront distinct forms of happiness and suffering through these movements. How do people honor and alter their shared responsibilities and senses of connection to people and place through migration? How do different generations abide with each other, even when they struggle to understand each other? Craig recruits the Himalayan/Tibetan concept of khora—the embodied act of circumambulation as well as a Buddhist philosophical principle that reflects the nature of desire, interdependence, and cyclic existence—to theorize cycles of mobility and patterns of world-making between Nepal and New York. She will interrogate the ways in which migration impacts the bodies and heart-minds of individuals and households as well as how shifts in physical geographies at once reflect and are shaped by understandings of sacred geography that give meaning to land and lineage, up close and from a distance.

Sienna R. Craig is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. Her publications include Healing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine (2012); Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage through the Himalaya (2008); Mustang in Black and White, a collaboration with photographer Kevin Bubriski (2018); and a forthcoming monograph, The Ends of Kinship: Himalayan Communities between Nepal and New York. Craig enjoys writing across genres, from narrative ethnography to creative nonfiction, fiction, children’s literature, and poetry.

Sponsored by the IHC’s South Asian Religions and Cultures Research Focus Group, Dalai Lama Endowment, and Division of Humanities and Fine Arts

Become a beekeeper with confidence, skill, and a compassionate heart. Class on May 15th at 6:30 p.m.

PlayFest Santa Barbara invites all high school student authors and playwrights from Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura Counties to submit One Act  plays  with a scientific bent

We’ll time-travel back to the 1918 New Year’s Eve party at the Potter Hotel to look back at the best stories of the year in Santa Barbara with a “magic lantern” slideshow.

As part of the World Music Series, Scott Marcus will lead the UCSB Music of India Ensemble in a performance of North Indian classical music performed on sitars with tabla accompaniment by Shashank Aswathanaranaya on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 12 pm in the UCSB Music Bowl. The World Music Series is co-presented by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Ethnomusicology Program in the Department of Music.

Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum's galleries as an impetus to writing. Each session is led by a visiting writer/facilitator who begins with a conversation and prompts, partially inspired by works on view. Participants are free to write on their own and then reconvene as a group to share and comment on each other's work. Please bring a journal or notebook, laptop, or tablet on which to write. Each program is open to 12 participants.

Join us at MCASB as we celebrate the opening of James Benning: Quilts, Cigarettes & Dirt (Portraits of America) on May 16th from 6-8pm

Join us for our FAREWELL to Game of Thrones Trivia Night at DV8 Cellars on Thursday May 16th starting at 6 PM. With the Final episode set to air May 19th we will be saying our final goodbye with new questions from all seasons including the final episodes. Hosted by our very own Matt Kowallis, we will be offering wine by the glass and bottle but no tasting flights. We have Santa Barbara Popcorn and food will be available to order from Brass Bear Brewing. Prizes will be awarded for each round and a grand prize at the end of the evening. Hope to see you there!

Earthy Folklore: The Nature Wisdom in Ancient Tales with Craig Chalquist Thursday, May 16th, 6:30PM Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA We find much wisdom for how to relate to the natural world in what seems at first an unlikely source: old folklore, including myths and folk

In his most recent book, Far and Away, Solomon turns to his travels during the past 25 years to offer thought-provoking angles on his enduring themes of life, death and outsiderhood – and the dignity to be found within every one of them.

Anyone who has been following Cowboy Junkies’ three decade-long journey knows the band has always traveled on its own path. From the auspicious debut of Whites Off Earth Now and the subsequent international breakthrough with The Trinity Session, to the group’s Nomad Series of themed albums (2010-2012), Cowboy Junkies have never let music business trends

Gabriel's stand-up comedy is a mixture of storytelling, parodies, characters and sound effects that bring his personal experiences to life.

The New Works Lab presents bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a simple 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. Works are selected every November through an open application process. The process is supported by a weekly spring quarter class in which NWL student actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers and publicists working on the productions convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work.

Performance Dates:

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2019 - 8:00pm

May 11, 18, 19, 2019 - 2:00pm

The Institute for Energy Efficiency at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites you to attend the annual 2019 Emerging Technologies Review on Thursday, May 16th. This all-day review (8:30-5pm) will feature several speakers, covering new developments in areas of energy and energy efficiency.

Divided into several distinct sessions, industrial and academic speakers will cover a broad range of topics in areas such as Production & Storage, Computing & Datacenter Energy Efficiency, Food-Water-Energy Nexus, and Societal Energy Infrastructure.

Lunch will be provided for all registered attendees.

Register Here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerging-technologies-review-2019-registration-60497795535?aff=eac2

https://iee.ucsb.edu/events/2019-emerging-technologies-review

Featured speakers are: Neel Kashkari, President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speaking on interest rates, monetary policy and the economy. He oversaw TARP in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis; Kathy Moe, FDIC Regional Director, speaking about growth cycles, financial innovation and cash-intensive businesses. She oversees the Western U.S., Guam and Micronesia; and Michael Cox, board member at Faciam Holdings, speaking about cannabis and the banking sector. The Santa Barbara County economic report will be delivered by Peter Rupert, Director of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project. Presentations will be followed by a panel moderated by Peter Rupert.

The new weekly local radio show, “Solutions News Radio,” hosted by Rinaldo Brutoco, president and founder of the World Business Academy, will air live this Friday from 5-6 p.m. on KZSB 1290 AM radio. There will be replay broadcasts Friday from 11 p.m.– 12 a.m., Saturday from 5- 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 -10 a.m. The show is also available on demand as a podcast from Soundcloud.

Local group Key Party returns to Carr Winery this Friday, May 17.

The UCSB Department of Music will present a concert titled "Make a Jazz Noise Here: The Genius of Frank Zappa" on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. The event will feature performances by the UCSB Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combos, and students of the College of Creative Studies Music Composition Program. The program will include arrangements by Zac Erstad, Jarod Fedele, and Tom Håkanson, with special guests Matt Perko (drums) and Milo Bechtloff (saxophones).

Fratelli, A Men’s Chorus, Santa Barbara’s chorus of gay men and their allies, will present its highly-anticipated Spring Concert "Why We Sing!" Friday, May 17 at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Santa Barbara.

Fratelli’s Spring Concert, the culmination of their seventh season, is centered around brotherhood, friendship, and belonging. Members of the group, gay and straight, span five generations and include parents, grandparents, professionals and students.

The talented, enthusiastic singers will showcase an eclectic repertoire through a variety of musical styles, all presented with humor and heart to highlight the joy of friendship and fraternity. Some of the songs that will be featured in the Spring Concert include You Raise Me Up, Thank You for Being a Friend (Golden Girls theme), and For Good (from Wicked).

For more information, visit www.fratelliamenschorus.org.

Date: Friday, May 17th, 2019
Time: 7:30p.m. (Doors open at 7:10 p.m.)
Location: First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara CA 93101

Westmont Public Telescope Night

The New Works Lab presents bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a simple 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. Works are selected every November through an open application process. The process is supported by a weekly spring quarter class in which NWL student actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers and publicists working on the productions convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work.

Performance Dates:

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2019 - 8:00pm

May 11, 18, 19, 2019 - 2:00pm

Robert Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B for the past four decades, with five Grammy wins, a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, recipient of the Americana Lifetime achievement award, countless tours and over 20 acclaimed albums. Cray’s latest record, Robert Cray with Hi Rhythm was recorded at Royal Studios in

For many of us today, the artifice of legal personhood — the corporate person in particular — provokes outrage. Focusing on the legal fiction of slave personhood, this paper argues that in the 19th-century U.S. the greater danger came from naturalizing this artifice by attaching it to actual African American people, regardless of condition. This

The 1st Annual “Bark Party” will take place  Saturday, May 18th from 1pm-5pm at the Sueño Bark Park located at 6650 Sueño Rd in Isla Vista, celebrating the newly opened dog park.

Graduate pianist Pinshu Yu will present a doctoral recital on Saturday, May 18th at 1:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall in the Music Building. Mr. Yu will perform works for solo piano by Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, and Franz Schubert. Mr. Yu is a student of Professor Paul Berkowitz.

The New Works Lab presents bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a simple 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. Works are selected every November through an open application process. The process is supported by a weekly spring quarter class in which NWL student actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers and publicists working on the productions convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work.

Performance Dates:

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2019 - 8:00pm

May 11, 18, 19, 2019 - 2:00pm

Directed by celebrated Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, Hero) and based on Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan’s novel, Red Sorghum is a landmark in contemporary Chinese cinema and culture. The film blends the stories of three generations of a family with their region’s journey through feudalism, war, and revolution. After several years

Think the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh was divisive? Dr. Laura Kalman provides historical context with President Johnson & Nixon's court battles.

At 3 PM on Saturday, May 18 and Saturday, June 1, at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., the Santa Barbara Music Club will present two concerts featuring winners of the 2019 Scholarship Auditions. Admission is Free.

For information on this or other Santa Barbara Music Club programs and performing artists, visit SBMusicClub.org.

Undergraduate cellist Katrina Agate will present a senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Dr. Natasha Kislenko (UCSB faculty member) on Saturday, May 18th at 4:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. The program will include works by Joseph Haydn, Gaspar Cassadó, and Francis Poulenc. Ms. Agate is a student of UCSB faculty member Jennifer Kloetzel.

The Santa Barbara Community Flute Ensemble is proud to announce our Spring concert. We are a community-based group, featuring the entire family of flutes, from piccolo to bass flute, performing a diverse array of classical pieces.

Tommy Castro and The Painkillers will play for the Santa Barbara Blues Society on Saturday, May 18. 

UCSB graduate Composition student Scott Perry will present a PhD recital on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UCSB campus. The program will feature original electronic works for eight channel surround sound by Mr. Perry.

HOPs & HAs comedy show

Rob Bell is the New York Times best-selling author of Love Wins, What We Talk About When We Talk About God, The Zimzum of Love, How To Be Here and What is the Bible?. His podcast, called the RobCast, is the #1 spirituality podcast and iTunes named it Best of 2015. He’s been profiled in

The 28th annual Santa Barbara High School Jazz Festival is  Saturday, May 18th at the Santa Barbara High School Theatre.

The New Works Lab presents bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays. The program provides a simple 'fringe festival' level of technical and design support so that each work may evolve in content and structure through the final performance. Works are selected every November through an open application process. The process is supported by a weekly spring quarter class in which NWL student actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers and publicists working on the productions convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work.

Performance Dates:

May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2019 - 8:00pm

May 11, 18, 19, 2019 - 2:00pm

Learn practical tools and gain insight to dealing with the daily challenges of cancer in a safe and positive environment.

Immerse yourself in the meditative art of botanical illustration on May 18th at 10 am in Solvang.

Thinking about running for elected office in 2019 and/or 2020? The Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee is offering the popular "Run Like a Woman" training workshop event to help you be successful. Current and past elected officials throughout Santa Barbara County will share their strategies and tips that helped them get elected. Featured officials include:

JOAN HARTMANN
3rd District, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

KRISTEN SNEDDON
4th District, Santa Barbara City Council

ROSE MUNOZ
Trustee, Santa Barbara Unified School District

MARY ROSE
Mary Rose and Associates

A nominal attendance fee is required and includes membership in Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee

Barbara Randall Presents “Decoding the National Archives Online - What’s available and how to search successfully.”