Pivot!, produced by Meredith Cabaniss of Selah Dance Collective and Katelyn Carano of Seventh Dimension Dance & Elemental Aerial Arts, will feature a series of aerial and dance performances by local artists.

The California PPC is mobilizing communities throughout the state to participate in the planning, coordination, mobilization, and implementation of public readings (in-person and virtual) of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.”

Gardening in Small Spaces - April 4th 7-8 pm. Registration Required. Register by clicking on the topic on our website: https://ucanr.edu/sbmg

Please join UCSB Library in celebrating its exhibition A Call to Action: Documenting Santa Barbara's Art & Activism and hear from some of the contributors featured in the exhibition. Event will include a reception, curator tours, and zine making station.

This exhibition consists of works donated to two recent community archives: the Santa Barbara Black Lives Matter Community Archives and the COVID-19 Community Archives

The Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award honors those who have committed themselves to work in service of the planet and its inhabitants for thirty years or more, with actual solutions and concrete ways forward that benefit many, often on a global scale.

Joining us to receive the award, Paul Stamets live via Zoom, with Louie Schwartzberg live in theater, it will be an exciting & interactive evening with time for questions from the audience. Paul & Louie will share their life’s work & passion for nature, and how they came to collaborate on projects together, including the amazing Fantastic Fungi book & film. Their work will awe & inspire you!

A special treat for the community will be beautiful time-lapse Moving Art photography of nature’s splendor on the outdoor wall of the Lobero Theatre, that Louie Schwartzberg also showed to audiences on the walls of the Vatican in Rome a few years ago. A reception for all ticket holders follows the evening talk.

PHorum: Perspectives in Healthcare is VNA Health’s annual healthcare platform for national, regional, and local healthcare leaders to discuss relevant issues that affect health and wellbeing. Started in 2014, this distinguished symposium attracts hundreds of participants annually, and fosters collaboration among many voices. In 2022, WISDOM OF GRIEF will feature four notable speakers and a panel discussion moderated by Jerry Roberts to explore grief from a cultural, spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional perspective. Participants will learn about the range of grief and its impact on our wellbeing, ways to promote health through the grief journey, and tools to support grieving individuals. There will be an exhibit area for mental wellness resources from community providers.

Being comfortable on camera is about more than looking good. But what’s the best way to get your message across when you’re on video being interviewed or making a presentation? Join us in person on April 6, when Erica Schweitzer presents an array of video tips — from recapping the basics about looking your best to shaping your content and making sure your message is heard.

Vna Health and Hutton Parker Foundation present Wisdom of Grief at the Lobero Theatre on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 5:30 PM.

Join Jeremy Tessmer, art historian and gallery director at Sullivan Goss, for a talk about artist Lockwood de Forest.

Join Senior Security Software Engineer @ Netflix, and Good Space resident, Bryce Boe for "Techniques I've learned from over a decade of writing python."New to python? Decades of experience too? Doesn’t matter. You are sure to learn something valuable.
Come to Good Space Coworking at 320 Storke Road Suite #101, Goleta (right by Target) at 6pm on Wednesday April 6th!

PK Creedon will lead a discussion on the evolving state of public relations and trends in digital marketing

Come join us for wine and music after hours!
Visit our latest exhibitions as you enjoy the downtown Santa Barbara art scene.

At 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, the UC Santa Barbara Library will host a free public event reviving music from the 1890s with a live performance by Hancock’s California Orchestra in celebration of the launch of the Library’s Early Recordings Initiative (ERI

Founder of Sharing Crossing Project (SCP) and author of At Heaven’s Door, William Peters, hosts Awaken to the Transformational Power of the Shared Death Experience (SDE) with special guest and founder of The Centre for Sacred Deathcare, Sarah Kerr PhD, on Thursday, April 7th at 5:00 p.m. PST.

Join the UCSB Library for an evening of music from the 1890s performed by Hancock’s California Orchestra to celebrate the launch of the Library's Early Recordings Initiative (ERI).

As a pioneer of the modern movement, Van Gogh seems an unlikely fan of what we call Victorian art. But his time in London left him with a love of English painting and illustration. He looked up to the pre-eminent English painter, John Everett Millais, and collected gritty, working-class images from London magazines. “For me,” he wrote to his brother Theo in 1882, “one of the highest and noblest expressions of art is always that of the English.”

The CAW will be featuring "Progress Through Knowledge," a one-night solo art exhibition by artist Diego Melgoza aka Melgo.

KCRW and The Santa Barbara Independent present The Moth Mainstage at the Lobero Theatre on Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 PM.

UC Santa Cruz Professor Pascale Garaud will present a selection of what scientists have learned from stars to date, and what they hope to learn in the future thanks to new advances in stellar seismology and high-performance computing. This virtual lecture is presented by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, and sponsored by the Friends of KITP.

The Corwin Series is pleased to welcome the Boston-based bass clarinet and marimba duo Transient Canvas (Amy Advocat and Matt Sharrock). Listeners will be introduced to an evening of contemporary music by living composers through the works of Yiyang Wang, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Anthony R. Green, and Mikhail Johnson in a program titled: WAVES. UCSB composers and 2021 Corwin Award Winners Alexandra Marie Jones and Stewart Engart will also have new works premiered.

The UCSB Environmental Affairs Board, Sunrise-SB, Society of Fearless Grandmothers-SB and SBCAN are sponsoring a rally as part of the statewide CA Day of Action, led by Last Chance Alliance and CA Youth vs. Big Oil, on Friday April 8 at 12:00 PM at the County Administration Building, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Youth and elders statewide will send a message to Governor Newsom: "No new fossil fuel permits!" 

Old Spanish Days is pleased to announce that the 2022 Spirit and Junior Spirit of Fiesta Final Auditions will be performed before a live audience! The pageantry of Old Spanish Days Fiesta will be on full display April 9, 2022 at 2 PM when 19 talented young dancers step on the stage at the historic Lobero Theatre where Fiesta began in 1924. The community is invited to share in the excitement of the day and watch the talented dancers perform. The show will culminate with the announcement of the 2022 Spirit and Junior Spirit of Fiesta.

Old Spanish Days presents 2022 Spirit & Junior Spirit of Fiesta Final Auditions on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2 PM.

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

Join the Land Trust for a hike at the Secret Summerland Trail! We will explore the trails less traveled in Carpinteria and Summerland. We will pass by beautiful neighborhoods, orchards, and lush foliage around a private polo field.

This Saturday, April 9th, ASAP is hosting another fantastic yard sale and adoption event! Join us from 10am-3pm and browse our wares or help us spring EVERY cat out of the shelter!

This Saturday, April 9th, ASAP is hosting another fantastic yard sale and adoption event! Join us from 10am-3pm and browse our wares or help us spring EVERY cat out of the shelter!