Join the Santa Barbara Prime Time Band for a Summer Concert on Sunday, June 2 at San Marcos High School Auditorium

In this reinterpretation of the Greek Medea, Aztec (Mexica) deities descend upon a dystopian U.S. future. Poet-Playwright Cherríe Moraga employs an intimate realism to create a drama of mythic dimension about two exiled women, their love of each other, and of the Indigenous nation denied them.

Performance Dates:

May 24, 29, 30, 31, June 1, 2019 - 8:00 pm

June 2, 2019 - 2:00 pm

Join us on June 2nd for the Environmental Defense Center's Green & Blue: A Coastal Celebration at Rancho La Patera and Stow House

The annual benefit is EDC’s largest and most successful fundraiser of the year held outside in the gardens at Rancho La Patera & Stow House in Goleta. Guests enjoy local wine, hors d’ oeuvres and dessert, live music, and silent and live auctions filled with unique items, all amidst the lush surroundings of the historic Stow House.

The Ramsey Asphalt Vic Graber Cup kicks off on Sunday, June 2 at 3:00 pm at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club!

The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardeners announces a free public workshop entitled "Grow Tasty Tomatoes" to be presented on Sunday, June 2, 2019, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara.

Join HarpWorks Ensemble where 7 harps play at once! Concert is Sunday, June 2nd at 3:00 p.m.

Adelfos Ensemble: The Touches of Sweet Harmony texts by William Shakespeare featuring mostly modern settings for chorus. June 1st at 7:30pm and June 2nd at 3:00pm.

HarpWorks Ensemble
7 harps ~ 7 harpists
in Concert on Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. Goleta Presbyterian Church, 6067 Shirrell Way, Goleta

Come celebrate our region’s wildlife and wild places at the 12th Annual Ojai WILD! on Sunday, June 2, 2019 from 4-7:30pm. 

Directed by Richard North, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will present a variety of traditional pieces for gamelan in both Indonesian and Malaysian styles on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 5:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall.

General ($10)
Non-UCSB students with ID ($5)
UCSB students with ID (FREE)*
Children under 12 (FREE)*

Tickets available at http://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/purchase-tickets or (805) 893-2064

The Santa Barbara Country Dance Society Announces a Free Dance with The Syncopaths Band on Sunday June 2

T Sisters  will be playing at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club on June 2nd at 7:30 pm w/support from The Brambles. Doors at 7:30

The 20th State Street Mile, a unique community event, features a fast, gradual downhill, point-to-point downtown course with something for everyone & every dog who runs, walks or jogs. Events include eight (8) age group categories, YMCA Family Fun Mile, a Dog Mile and elite Masters & Open Mile races for the serious, competitive runner.

The Open prize purse totals $5000 and goes 4-deep per gender ($1000, $750, $500 and $250) plus $1000 Open course record bonus, winner-only (3:49 men / 4:22 women) and $100 Masters-only course record winner bonus (4:12 men / 4:57 women).

NEW THIS YEAR!
20th Anniversary State Street Mile Super Bonus presented by HOKA ONE ONE & InTouch Health
For 2019, we are offering a $10,000 Super Bonus for the first elite finisher, man or woman, who runs faster than the following standards: 3:47.00 (men) and 4:17.00 (women). The bonus will be split 50/50 if both gender winners break the aforementioned time standards. If the Super Bonus is achieved, the $1000 event record bonus will also be awarded.

The State Street Mile is also a local SBAA Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix Series event.

The race starts at Pedregosa & State Streets and finishes at State & De La Guerra Streets. The first heat starts at 8:00am.

All proceeds go directly to the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Victim-Witness Assistance Program’s Crime Victim Emergency Fund.

To register, go to: https://www.sbmile.com/

Come check out our Baby and Toddler Rummage Sale! There will be toys, clothes, furniture, carriers, and many more fun items. If you are interested in attending, or you would like to donate, check out our FB event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2072383559536635/?active_tab=about

Rotary Club of Montecito and the Montecito Family YMCA co-host the second annual Montecito Rubber Duck Race.

On June 2nd, the whole community is invited to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the State Street Mile and to have a lot of fun by participating in an officially sanctioned Guinness World Record attempt for the “Largest Backwards Walk.” 

The UCSB Chamber Orchestra will present an evening of orchestral masterpieces on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 7:30 pm in UCSB's Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. Winners of the quarterly UCSB Chamber Music Competition will perform as the UCSB Chamber Players.

General ($10)
Non-UCSB students with ID ($5)
UCSB students with ID (FREE)*
Children under 12 (FREE)*

Tickets available at http://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/purchase-tickets or (805) 893-2064

Truth Aquatics is an award winning liveaboard dive fleet, offering unique diving experiences, kayaking and standup paddle boarding activities, as well as island hiking in and around the Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary.
Summer is right around the corner, book now!
https://www.truthaquatics.com/calendar/

As part of the Fiftieth Anniversary Carillon Recital Series, Leslie Chan (Associate Carillonist, UC Berkeley) will present a recital from the carillon in UCSB's Storke Tower on Sunday, August 4th at 2 pm. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.

Alexandra Lippman (UCLA) will present a talk titled "Sonic Governance: Criminalization and Culturalization of Funk Carioca in Rio de Janeiro," on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 from 3:30-5 pm in Music Room 1145. The talk will be followed by an end-of-year party and live DJ set by Dr. Lippman (aka Xandão) in the Music Bowl. Cosponsored by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music (CISM), Ethnomusicology Forum, and Music History and Theory Forum.

Graduate student Brandon J. Rolle will present a PhD Music Composition Lecture Recital on Wednesday, June 5th at 6:30 pm in Room 1145 in the Music Building. This Lecture Recital will be a presentation of Rolle's research, approach, and techniques of composition, demonstrated by a number of live performances, including works for string quartet (Kristina Tsanova, Catherine Patton, Jordan Warmath, Thomas Lin), piano and electronics (Marc Evans), and viola and live electronics (Jordan Warmath, Brandon Rolle). Examples from Rolle's fixed-media and multimedia works will be shown, as well, including excerpts from his audio-video collaboration with Christopher Richmond, Hyperway. The event will last one hour.

Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society. Begonia expert Mike Flaherty will show novel ways of growing begonias, new Australian begonia hybrids that he has introduced to the United States, and other interesting specimens, including tuberous and upright jointed begonias.

Directed by Jon Nathan, the UCSB Jazz Ensemble will present standards and contemporary favorites from the jazz repertoire on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 7:30 pm in UCSB's Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.

General ($10)
Non-UCSB students with ID ($5)
UCSB students with ID (FREE)*
Children under 12 (FREE)*

Tickets available at http://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/purchase-tickets or (805) 893-2064

Former world champion surfer Shaun Tomson will share his personal experiences coping with loss and will discuss the importance of hope and purpose during the grief process.

As part of the World Music Series, Alexandro D. Hernández will direct the UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble in a presentation of string music and dance from Veracruz, Mexico on Wednesday, June 5, 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.

Positive Self-Image Workshop** Each Wednesday in June ( 5,12,19, and 26)
The Breast Cancer Resource Center is offering an uplifting 4 part series workshop designed to provide tools to enhance your sense over overall well-being during or following cancer treatment.

On Thursday June 6,  Roger Battistone will be book signing for 1st Thursday 5-8pm at Santa Barbara Arts in La Arcada Courtyard

Join Hotel Santa Barbara for a special summer kick-off for 1st Thursday! This lively celebration will feature pop-up hula performances by Hula Anyone and live music beginning at 5 pm. Wine tasting provided by Sanford Winery and delicious bites by The Middle Child. Get ready because summer is here! Free and open to the public.

Open i art space is hosting a national group art show June 6 through June 9. The new exhibition will explore interpretations of water.

Join us for the kick-off off of this year’s installation of Project Fiesta: A History of Old Spanish Days.

Enjoy collectively created music and performances by avant-garde and traditional musicians, new age practitioners, and surprise guest artists on a handmade carillon.
Image: "Commonfield Clay," Performance by Chris Kallmyer, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO, 2015. Photograph by Carly Ann Faye.

June 6 Thurs 7 – 9 PM – “Noble Silence” – teaching by Dawa Tarchin Phillips - What the space between our words can teach us about our hopes, our fears and our liberation. Dawa will guide us in accessing it as a portal to our awakened nature.
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Directed by Scott Marcus, the UCSB Music of India Ensemble will present North Indian classical music for sitar and tabla on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 7:30 pm in UCSB's Karl Geiringer Hall.

General ($10)
Non-UCSB students with ID ($5)
UCSB students with ID (FREE)*
Children under 12 (FREE)*

Tickets available at http://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/purchase-tickets or (805) 893-2064

Don't miss Chelsea Peretti and Nick Kroll at the Lobero!

Come make swimmingly good memories at a free, family-friendly beach event featuring ocean experts, live music, games, food and more!

This event, hosted by Paso Pacifico and other nonprofit organizations, celebrates our oceans and the awesome life within them. High tide or low tide, you’ll love it—just make sure to wear blue for the ocean!

MADE UCSB is the Media Arts and Technology Program’s End of Year Show at the UCSB on June 7th at 5:00 p.m.

MADE UCSB is the Media Arts and Technology Program’s (MAT) End of Year Show at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Showcasing graduate student work that connects media art, design and engineering, MADE UCSB represents the mission of MAT: to enable the creation of hybrid work that informs both scientific and aesthetic discourses.

The exhibition features over 50 installations, performances, concerts, and technical presentations by artists, scientists, and engineers from the MAT community and beyond. A diverse selection of work spans themes such as virtual reality, robotics, quantum physics, machine learning, electronic music and many other transdisciplinary subjects.

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 on Apple podcasts, SoundCloud or the Solutionsnews.org website.

Live music from the Stiff Pickle Orchestra, wines by the glass, and empanadas make for a stellar Friday night!

Directed by Victor Bell, the UCSB Gospel Choir will present traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions on Friday, June 7, 2019 at 7:30 pm in UCSB's Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall.

General ($10)
Non-UCSB students with ID ($5)
UCSB students with ID (FREE)*
Children under 12 (FREE)*

Tickets available at http://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/purchase-tickets or (805) 893-2064

Santa Barbara’s largest indoor garage sale boasting 10,000+ sq ft of new, almost-new and gently-used items for sale including: baby items, clothing for all, art, housewares, appliances, furniture, wedding dresses, kitchen and dining wares and more!

All proceeds fund JLSB community impact projects focused on improving the lives of at-risk young women in our community.

Under the direction of UCSB faculty member Bill Booth, the UCSB Trombone Studio will present a recital featuring solo and ensemble works for trombone on Friday, June 7th at 12 pm in Room 1145 in the Music Building.

The Wildling Museum is excited to present Painting Big Sur with Pastels. This workshop will take place on June 8 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. in the Barbara Goodall Education Center.

Join us high above the windy roads of Toro Canyon for an unforgettable vineyard experience.

Tickets are nearly sold out for PATH Santa Barbara’s third annual Making It Home Tour, a fundraiser that helps house and assist homeless individuals, that takes place on June 8th from 2:00 pm until 7:00 pm.

with Diana Raab PhD
Saturday, June 8 / 2-3:30pm
$40

Join us for an afternoon to help you access your authentic voice and attain clarity and peace of mind through writing. Diana will gently guide you as you navigate your past and present experiences and express them through exercises.

Celebrate the latest addition to the Summer Art Series at Carr Winery with Unearthed!

Established in 1919, The University Club of Santa Barbara will be turning 100 this year. We will be celebrating the Centennial on June 8, 2019. 

Graduate vocalist Christy Lee Peterson (soprano) will present a master's recital with pianist Jared Eben on Saturday, June 8th at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall in the Music Building. The program will include works by Lori Laitman, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Reynaldo Hahn, Gabriel Fauré, Gioachino Rossini, Antonín Dvořák, and Gerónimo Giménez. Ms. Peterson is a student of UCSB faculty member Dr. Linda Di Fiore.

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

Kayak in the 2nd largest sea cave in North America! Only offered 20 times this summer, Painted Cave is part of Channel Islands National Park and extends a quarter-mile long with an entrance ceiling of 160 feet. See dolphins and whales, explore the cave’s beautiful colors as well as its surrounding caves and admire the crystalline waters below your kayak. Departing from the harbor in the morning, guests will be on the water all day and kayak/snorkel from the boat. Sit back and take in the beauty of the Santa Barbara Channel while we take care of all of the details. You will receive a continental breakfast on the ride to the island and a hot lunch on the ride back.

Learn what’s so special about this downtown club. Watch some games or get on the green with a free lawn bowling lesson!

Learn about AUSB’s socially responsible MBA program with a low-residency design (once-a-month residencies in Santa Barbara plus online learning) which features full- or part-time scheduling.
Click here to sign up- http://bit.ly/2WbuYpV

Celebrate World Oceans Day with hands-on family activities; create Love Letters to the Sea postcards acting as a voice for the ocean; visit an interactive display of puppet characters’ to make self-created videos for social media answering questions like ‘how do you ignite people to care about protecting the ocean’; enjoy other fun activities with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society, Heal the Ocean, and bureo (Jenga® Ocean™ the first board game made from recycled fishing nets), and speak with an expert from the Channel Islands National Park.

On June 8th, the 10th Annual Buddy Walk & Festival, a benefit for the Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara County, will provide live music and activities for all.