“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”–Rumi
Led by founder and director of the Rumi Educational Center, Dr. Fariba Enteshari, participants will learn more about ancient teachings within Rumi’s poetry.

Charleston’s high-spirited Ranky Tanky is a dynamo quintet exploding onto the music scene with their inspired take on soulful songs of South Carolina’s Gullah culture, mixing the lowcountry traditions of their West African ancestors with dynamic doses of jazz, gospel, funk and R&B. In the unique Creole mix of African and English that has shaped art, language and attitude, their name means “work it” or “get funky” – yes they do, and yes you will! Following a standout performance at the 2017 GlobalFest and a top-charting debut album, the exuberant group comes to Santa Barbara for the first time to have you dancing in the aisles.
“One of the greatest gifts of the year.” Afropop

“Unfamiliar enough to be surprising, and yet familiar enough to provoke swinging hips and nodding heads… It’s the best of both worlds.” Paste Magazine

$25 - $38 : General Public
$15 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4175

Santa Barbara Hillel to honor Aaron & Ina Ettenberg, Bruce Corwin, Louise Wyner and Benjie & Alexi Baker at Hall of Fame celebration

Join us in celebrating Earth Day with a Sustainable Spring Market at the Station in Los Alamos on Sunday, April 19th!

Ericka Huggins is a human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther leader, and former political prisoner. For the past 30 years, she has lectured throughout the United States and internationally. Her extraordinary life experiences have enabled her to speak personally and eloquently on issues relating to the physical and emotional well-being of women, children and youth; whole being education; over incarceration; and the role of spiritual practice in sustaining activism and promoting change.

Iconoclastic Brooklyn Rider returns with its new program, Healing Modes, which focuses on the healing properties of music, recognized from ancient Greek civilization to the field of modern neuroscience. At its center is “A Song of Holy Thanksgiving” from Beethoven’s Opus 132, written during a period of recovery in his own life. Brooklyn Rider performs the masterwork alongside responses commissioned from five women composers: Pulitzer Prize-winners Caroline Shaw and Du Yun, as well as Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank and Matana Roberts.
“The eclectic New York–based string quartet is the ultimate transporter, known for creative programming and chameleon-caliber versatility.” Strings Magazine

$25 - $38 : General Public
$15 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4201

Join UCSB Reads 2020 author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore for a free online community talk on Earth Day about Rising and the impact of sea level rise on the United States.

To sign up for this free talk, please fill out the short registration form at
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/free-online-community-talk-ucsb-reads-author

Join Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Assemblymember Monique Limón, and Congressman Salud Carbajal for a teleconference town hall this Wednesday, April 22 at 5:30 p.m. to hear a COVID-19 update from county public health officials as well as have your questions answered.

Thousands of years ago the Syrian goddess of the sea, Atargatis, transformed herself into a mermaid by flinging herself into a lake. She emerged with the lower body of a fish and upper body of a human. Ever since, mermaids and mermen have captivated the imaginations of people and cultures around the world.

Visualizing the myths and legends of mermaids through photography was a part of the underwater photography course Clevenger taught at Brooks. This show highlights images created by Ralph and a few of his former students during extended trips to the Channel Islands.

Turn your love of cooking and cannabis into an art form and learn how to make delicious cannabis-infused edibles and meals. Tickets are $35 and include instruction on techniques such as proper, consistent dosing and decarboxylation. You will also receive a free dairy-free ice cream sample to take home and three recipes for mouth-watering cannabis cuisine you make yourself. Learn more at www.sespe.org/events.

Hotel Santa Barbara Makers Workshop Series - Join Allison Zeager of AZ Designz to create a pair of eco-friendly earrings made from recycled leather samples!

In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city, including the Latino group, the Young Lords Organization and the southern whites of the Young Patriots. Banding together in one of the most segregated cities in postwar America to collectively confront issues such as police brutality and substandard housing, they called themselves the Rainbow Coalition. The First Rainbow Coalition tells the movement’s little-known story through rare archival footage and interviews with former coalition members in the present-day. Post-film discussion with the filmmaker, Ray Santisteban, Young Lords founder, Cha Cha Jimenez, and Black Panther Party leader, Ericka Huggins, to follow. 56m

Dubbed “the bionic woman of good science,” MacArthur fellow, former presidential advisor and distinguished professor Jane Lubchenco is a renowned marine biologist and champion of engagement between scientists and society.

FREE event; no advance tickets required
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for more info!

About Partnership for Excellence: For over 25 years, The Foundation Roundtable has sponsored Santa Barbara County nonprofits and foundations to convene for Partnership for Excellence. This premiere sector gathering highlights learning, sharing and networking together — building connections and exploring ideas, strategies, and skills that can enhance our organizations, our work, and our communities.

CEC Announces Earth Day Live Festival on April 22: Kenny Loggins, Glen Phillips, more to perform at 50th anniversary event; Former Vice President Al Gore, other celebrities, environmentalists to speak

Estate planning and tax attorney John Ambrecht will share his expertise at two upcoming national professional conferences that have moved online this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak

April 9, 16, 23 – Thurs 7-9 PM – “What the Buddha Taught” – with Dawa Tarchin Phillips -
Three evenings of teachings, exploring your own life’s journey, in light of the Buddha’s wisdom, from the perspectives of personal maturation, liberation, awakening and service.

In this talk, Hill will offer a critical analysis of the current social and political moment. By identifying key issues, challenges, controversies, and trends that have emerged or lingered as of recent, Hill spotlights the work that must be done to sustain the progress of the freedom struggle. Moving beyond mere critique, he also provides concrete solutions as well as sites of hope and possibility for healing our national, local, and university communities. Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is one of the leading intellectuals in the country. His work, which covers topics such as culture, politics, and education, has appeared in numerous journals, magazines, books, and anthologies. Dr. Hill is Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College. Prior to that, he held positions at Columbia University and Temple University.

A multi-faceted performer and Emmy and Tony Award winner, John Leguizamo has established a career that defies categorization. With boundless creativity, his work in film, theater, television and literature covers a variety of genres, continually threatening to create a few of its own. Leguizamo recently starred in the hit one-man Broadway show Latin History for Morons (now a popular Netflix special), inspired by the near total absence of Latino figures in his son's American history class. On the heels of a special 2018 Tony Award for his lifetime body of work as both a playwright and performer, Leguizamo brings his irresistibly irreverent brand of comedy to a new evening inspired by his entire life story.
"Leguizamo’s brashness is back. The strut, the salaciousness and the sneaky smile are in full wattage." – Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
"John Leguizamo is back, as smart, provocative, bracing – and wise – as ever." The Huffington Post
"Harshly funny, surprisingly poignant." The New York Times

$30 - $45 : General Public
$18 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4285

Be ready to help your neighbors and community in times of need.

Your time and talent can make a real difference in people's lives. Whether helping one displaced family or thousands, providing care and comfort to victims of disaster, or teaching others how to respond in emergencies, it's through the efforts of ordinary people that we can do extraordinary things!

We'll be offering two presentations to learn about volunteer opportunities throughout Central California to celebrate National Volunteer Week, on April 22 & 23!

Join us in our new virtual format, via video conference, to learn about Red Cross volunteer opportunities + how you can help during COVID-19.

Join St. Gaudens and her colleagues Joseph Morsman and Maureen Siegel as they share the challenges and rewards of rediscovering the remarkable California women artists featured in their book Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California. The women profiled worked in a range of styles spanning the Realism of the 19th century to the Modernism of the 20th century.

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.

Join St. Gaudens and her colleagues Joseph Morsman and Maureen Siegel as they share the challenges and rewards of rediscovering the remarkable California women artists featured in their book Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California. The women profiled worked in a range of styles spanning the Realism of the 19th century to the Modernism of the 20th century.

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.

Barbara Ben-Horin, CEO of Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, and Luz Reyes-Martin, Executive Director of Public Affairs and Communications at Santa Barbara City College, will be honored by the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications at the 2020 Women of Achievement luncheon presented by Women Connect4Good.

On April 25, at 5:30 pm join Casa Serena in their 3rd Annual Serenity Supper.

The three-time Grammy-nominated group Stile Antico is one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles, renowned for vibrant and expressive performances of Renaissance polyphony. Working without a conductor, this innovative 12-member ensemble presents fresh material, whether drawing out thematic connections between works to shine new light on early music, or premiering new works. Based in London, Stile Antico makes its Santa Barbara debut with a performance showcasing their highly-praised immediacy, expressive commitment, sensitive and imaginative response to text and compelling programming.
“Perhaps the most ravishing sound I heard this year.” – Alex Ross, The New Yorker

$40 : General Public
$15 : UCSB Students (Current student ID required)
$15 : All Students (Student ID required for high school age and up)
Call the Arts & Lectures ticket office at (805) 893-3535 for your tickets!
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4203

Join our Director of Land Stewardship, Jesse Smith, for a journey around our flagship farm in Summerland, CA.