Children Learning Art from the Masters

A music and dance performance for the whole family!
GAMELAN SINAR SURYA of Santa Barbara
The popular Southeast Asian orchestra performs again, including gongs, chimes, flutes, and drums. 

The Voice of the Guitar

“One of the most exciting and communicative classical guitarists today.” The New York Times

Join us for Domestic Violence Solutions’ 12th Annual Luncheon: Strong Voices Together. Enjoy an afternoon filled with celebration and inspiration, highlighting the importance of strength in numbers.

Domestic Violence Solutions’ upcoming 12th Annual Luncheon on Sunday, February 23 at the Four Seasons Resort – The Biltmore

Attend this free seminar to learn about spinal stenosis: hidden back and neck pain. Get tips on everything from maintaining a healthy spine to achieving relief through treatment options when the pain won’t go away

This discussion of "Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza" by Gloria E. Anzaldúa will be facilitated by Marisela Marquez. Reading the materials is suggested but are not required for attendance. This series hopes to cultivate open dialogue, and a spirit of appreciation and intellectual kinship. All are welcome.

Join friends of Garden Preschool for our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper benefit on Feb 25th.

Expand your creative network and learn from our talented presenters as they share how they bridged the gap from hobbyist to working creative professionals. Our speakers (and members) come from very different backgrounds and found success on their own terms - and they want to answer all of your questions. Don't miss it! Moderated by Ben Nitka of the Creative Pro Club.

Telescope Tuesday at Camino Real Marketplace

“It is the sheer physical virtuosity of the company that is so impressive – the sinuous, athletic bodies seemingly inexhaustible.” The Guardian (U.K.)

“The virtuosic dancers of the Brazilian troupe Grupo Corpo carry fire in their veins and history in their muscles.” The Boston Globe

2-for-Tuesday Pizza

Lent is a time to renew commitments grown dull. Come join with three faith communities as they begin the Lenten Season

Singing Our Way to Freedom is a multilayered look at the life of San Diego Chicano musician, composer and community activist, Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez. Borrowing from musical traditions on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, Chunky uses music and humor as powerful weapons in the fight for social justice. This character-driven film reminds us that the battle for freedom has to be fought anew by every generation. Post film discussion to follow with the filmmaker, Paul Espinosa. 1h 29min

In anticipation of our next opera, Il Postino (The Postman), based on the Oscar-winning film about the poet Pablo Neruda, OSB is hosting an Opera Pub Night!

Bird migration is something dear to our hearts here every spring and fall. This months program will provide some current insights into this phenomenon.

Directed by Robert Koenig, the UCSB Chamber Players will present an evening of chamber music favorites on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall. The UCSB Chamber Players consist of a variety of ensembles, from duos to quintets and occasionally larger groups, which study and perform masterpieces of the chamber music literature.

Grammy-nominated JD Souther has penned countless hits for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, James Taylor, Don Henley, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks and Dunn and found success as a solo artist. This led him to being inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2013 and becoming one of the most celebrated songwriters of his generation. On his latest studio album, Tenderness (Sony Music Masterworks), Souther creates a perfect balance of understated Jazz with the ineffable pop narratives that have been the backbone of much of his greatest work. His classic albums John David Souther, Black Rose and Home by Dawn have been released as expanded reissues (Omnivore Recordings).

As part of the World Music Series, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will perform on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 12 pm in the Music Bowl. Directed by Richard North, the ensemble will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, and lively interlocking rhythms.

Admission is FREE and open to the public!

The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) presents  Local to Global Solutions: Fisheries & Aquaculture

The United States Census Bureau will be hosting a work shop to answer all questions in regards to this years census. They will also be helping out those who wish to apply for work with the census. There are numerous jobs available and the event is open to all.

Is your gifted child ready for more? If you're curious whether The Knox School is a fit for your gifted child, join us for a Fireside Chat. Come ask candid questions about the school and its programs, and talk to current Knox parents about their experience.

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. Each program is open to 10 participants.

Parallel Stories takes a close look at the life-long passions, prodigious productivity, and well-honed writing practice of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley in a far-ranging conversation with longtime friend, fellow author, and colleague in the Creative Writing program at UC Riverside, Andrew Winer. Often epic in scale and yet intimate in telling detail, Smiley’s multigenerational tales tell the story of middle America written, says Winer, “with a classic sense of humanity and compassion that have made her name part of any serious conversation about fiction in our time.” Hailed as one of America’s greatest living writers, Smiley was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001, and in 2006 she received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. Her intimate evocations of American life have been compared to John Updike’s "Rabbit Angstrom" tetralogy; Updike himself praised Smiley for working on what he called “the edge of acceptable novel writing,” where she had replaced “plot and suspense with something freer and more lifelike."

Parallel Stories takes a close look at the life-long passions, prodigious productivity, and well-honed writing practice of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley in a far-ranging conversation with longtime friend, fellow author, and colleague in the Creative Writing program at UC Riverside, Andrew Winer. Often epic in scale and yet intimate in telling detail, Smiley’s multigenerational tales tell the story of middle America written, says Winer, “with a classic sense of humanity and compassion that have made her name part of any serious conversation about fiction in our time.” Hailed as one of America’s greatest living writers, Smiley was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001, and in 2006 she received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. Her intimate evocations of American life have been compared to John Updike’s "Rabbit Angstrom" tetralogy; Updike himself praised Smiley for working on what he called “the edge of acceptable novel writing,” where she had replaced “plot and suspense with something freer and more lifelike."

In all of her work, Rankine’s voice is one of unrelenting candor, and her poetry is some of the most innovative and thoughtful work to emerge in recent years. In this talk, she will share how she came into her work, and inspire us to be as unapologetic in the spaces we take up. Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry and the editor of several anthologies. Among her numerous awards and honors, Rankine is the recipient of the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry and the Poets & Writers’ Jackson Poetry Prize. She is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and teaches at Yale University as the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry.

Announcing a panel discussion open to the public on quantum computing, including preeminent and globally distinguished scientists, UCSB Professor John M. Martinis (and Lead Research Scientists at Google's Quantum AI initiative), Professor Ania Jayich (and Co-director of UCSB's Quantum Foundry), Professor Leon Balents (KITP Theoretical Physicist) and Professor Zhenghan Wang (Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) live streamed using Cinamaker.

Feb 27 Thurs 7 – 9 PM - “The Stages of the Path of Awakening” – teaching by Dawa Tarchin Phillips -

Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage from the National Geographic archives, award-winning director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, whose chimpanzee research challenged the scientific consensus of her time and revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. Set to a rich orchestral score from legendary composer Philip Glass, the film offers an unprecedented, intimate portrait of Goodall – a trailblazer who defied the odds to become one of the world’s most admired conservationists. (Brett Morgen, 2017, 90 min.)
"Watching Jane was like stepping back in time to a moment at which Homo sapiens learned something new and vital about its own family – the great apes. It was extraordinary." The Telegraph (U.K.)

The Santa Barbara Humane Society plans to celebrate World Spay Day in a big way by offering 100 free cat spay and neuter surgeries on Thursday, February 27.

FIERCE MERCY is an epic, cinematic step forward from singer-songwriter Colin Hay, most beloved for his intimate, confessional live shows but most widely known for being an influential and celebrated frontman. The range of artists who have chosen to cite him as a muse or who have found themselves on stage with him in the past year spans the genre landscape from heavy metal, to Americana, to Cuban rhythms and beyond. His inclusion as a playlist favorite from the likes of Metallica to The Lumineers reflects his continuing relevance and broad appeal.

Though many music fans were glad to see the end of 2016, it was something of a breakout year for this career artist that included a three-week run at the Edinburgh Fringe; performances on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and ABC’s Greatest Hits; sharing the stage with Of Monsters and Men, Milk Carton Kids, Choir Choir Choir!, Kings of Leon; being publicly cited as an influence by artists as distinct as James Hetfield of Metallica, Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, and the Infamous Stringdusters; as well as the completion of a documentary film about his career entitled Waiting for My Real Life, named for one of his best known solo recordings. Now finding himself in the unprecedented place of having both ’80s fame and indie credibility, it’s possible that Hay has delivered the defining album of his solo career.

New Beginnings will be co-hosting an all-day free training event with Dr. Darryl Inaba on Saturday, March 7th at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beach Resort. 

"From Fez to Montecito: Moroccan Architectural Aesthetics in Situ and in Spirit"

Dr. Overton provides an overview of Moroccan traditional crafts in medieval cities like Fez and Marrakesh. Her discussion of the global appeal of Moroccan aesthetics includes a Paris mosque, Honolulu home of Doris Duke in the 1930s, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Montecito Country Club.

Art à la carte, sponsored by the SBMA Women’s Board, is a series of luncheons featuring acclaimed speakers that will inspire new ways of thinking about art, culture, and travel.

Each luncheon and lecture will be held at the historic Santa Barbara Club located at 1105 Chapala Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Proceeds from Art à la carte benefit the Museum’s exhibitions, education, acquisitions, and special projects.

"From Fez to Montecito: Moroccan Architectural Aesthetics in Situ and in Spirit"

Dr. Overton provides an overview of Moroccan traditional crafts in medieval cities like Fez and Marrakesh. Her discussion of the global appeal of Moroccan aesthetics includes a Paris mosque, Honolulu home of Doris Duke in the 1930s, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Montecito Country Club.

Art à la carte, sponsored by the SBMA Women’s Board, is a series of luncheons featuring acclaimed speakers that will inspire new ways of thinking about art, culture, and travel.

Each luncheon and lecture will be held at the historic Santa Barbara Club located at 1105 Chapala Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Proceeds from Art à la carte benefit the Museum’s exhibitions, education, acquisitions, and special projects.

Black String is a South Korean quartet led by geomungo (traditional Korean zither) player Yoon Jeong Heo, who incorporates traditional Asian music, jazz, blues and rock, and electronica. It’s a powerful mix, bursting with all kinds of timbre possibilities, a context in which improvisation and traditional forms truly merge. As the band performs, amplified bursts of sound of the geomungo and Korean bamboo flutes, the fierce quake of Korean traditional percussion, and unpredictable melody of jazz guitar will grasp all of your senses. $5 for UCSB students and youth under 12; $15 for general admission.

WHAT: This week, Solutions News radio and podcast welcomes Susanne Chess and Bob Evans
WHEN: 5 to 6pm Friday, Feb. 28, 2020
WHERE: Tune in to KZSB 1290AM

Join us Friday night for live music with Tom and Mike Cantillon of Beta Play!

The UC Santa Barbara Department of Music will present a guest artist recital with ~Nois on Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall. The program will include works by A.J. McCaffrey, Emma O'Halloran, and Pauline Oliveros, plus works by Tonia Ko and Gemma Peacocke written for ~Nois. The ensemble is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet that defies categorization by working between the boundary of contemporary classical music and experimental improvisation.

Admission is free and open to the public! For more information visit https://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2010

The UC Santa Barbara Department of Music will present a guest artist recital with ~Nois on Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall. The program will include works by A.J. McCaffrey, Emma O'Halloran, and Pauline Oliveros, plus works by Tonia Ko and Gemma Peacocke written for ~Nois. The ensemble is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet that defies categorization by working between the boundary of contemporary classical music and experimental improvisation.

Admission is free and open to the public! For more information visit https://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2010

Allow mindfulness and compassion practices, gentle sound and movement to lead you into deeper access with your own authentic voice! We'll experiment with fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and just plain stream of consciousness writing to tap into what we most long to say. No experience necessary.

We launch a year-long celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday with his Symphony No. 8 as a centerpiece of the concert which also offers works by Mozart and Bartók.

On Saturday February 29th, the Ojai Mardi Gras returns to the Ojai Woman's Club in downtown Ojai to celebrate their 30th Annual Masquerade Ball. Tickets are $25 online in advance and $30 at the door.

Of all the challenges the planet faces, none is as large as its fast-heating climate – and no one has worked longer or harder than Bill McKibben to both document and fight that ever-growing crisis. McKibben wrote the first book about global warming for a general audience – 1989’s The End of Nature. He went on to found 350.org, the world’s largest grassroots climate campaign, and write a dozen more books including his latest bestseller, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? McKibben now offers a call to arms 30 years after he first set the stage.

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s

Join us as we launch a year-long celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday with ‘Spirited Symphonies: Es muss sein’. This special concert features his Symphony No. 8 as the centerpiece for a magical evening which also offers works by Mozart and Bartók.