THE ARTISTS:
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Santa Barbara Choral Society, Jo Anne Wasserman, Music Director
Quire of Voyces, Nathan Kreitzer, Music Director,
Westmont College Choir, Daniel Gee, Director of Choral Activities
Members of the Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus, Timothy Accurso, Artistic Director

REPERTOIRE:
Aaron Copland | “The Promise of Living”, from The Tender Land
Franz Liszt | Les Préludes
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

Our 2023/24 Season opens with a celebration of the 200-year anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In an impressive collaboration of four choral groups and a quartet of soloists, Nir Kabaretti conducts more than 200 performers—all with ties to Santa Barbara. Combined with Copland’s stirring orchestral composition “The Promise of Living”, capturing the essence of 1930s rural America, and Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes, a symphonic poem of sweeping melodies and dramatic mood shifts, this concert is sure to be an Ode to Joy.

Los Padres ForestWatch is excited to announce the return of the WILDEST fundraiser in Santa Barbara. On October 15th, we will be welcoming the community to come together to celebrate our region’s public lands and wildlife. Over 300 guests will enjoy an afternoon overlooking Leadbetter Beach on the Great Meadows at Santa Barbara City College complete with live music, a delicious dinner, silent auction highlighting highly procured items and an exciting live auction.

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network presents Rachel's Farm, with filmmaker & director Rachel Ward attending, on Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 6 PM. Join us for a special evening as Rachel shares her experience of coming to terms with the catastrophic fires & floods that beset Australia in recent years. Q&A with the filmmaker follows.

https://www.lobero.org/events/rachels-farm-sb-permaculture/

Danza Folklorica Quetzalcoatl presents Cruzar la Cara de la Luna in alliance with Opera SB & Mariachi Los Camperos. They join us at the Arlington Theatre on Sunday, October 15th at 6:00pm.

THREE FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
Friday, October 13 | 7 PM | Isla Vista School, 6875 El Colegio Rd, Goleta
Saturday, October 14 | 7 PM | Guadalupe City Hall, 918 Obispo St, Guadalupe
Sunday, October 15 | 6 PM | The Marjorie Luke Theatre, 721 E Cota St, Santa Barbara
Founded in 2011 by artistic director Kareli Montoya, Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles tells stories of Mexican heritage through original choreography inspired by traditional folk dance forms. The company achieved international recognition when they were featured in the 90th Academy Awards ceremony dancing in celebration of the Disney/Pixar film Coco. Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles has performed with Lila Downs, Pepe Aguilar and many other prominent musical groups, including such leading mariachi ensembles as Mariachi Divas and Mariachi Camperos. With as many as 40 dancers on stage at once, their performances offer thrilling precision and a spirited expression of Mexican culture.

Enjoy an extraordinary musical experience in a setting of extraordinary beauty! Please Join Us Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 3 pm as we celebrate the opening of our 11th Season by presenting: Project:CSQ California String Quartet Violinist Luanne Homzy, Violinist Kerenza Peacock, Violist Jonah Sirota, Cellist Evgeny Tonkha Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:00 pm /

SANTA BARBARA REVELS HARBOR SING A Favorite Fall Tradition! Santa Barbara, CA — Cast off for some music and merriment with Santa Barbara Revels and our Harbor Sing! Returning by popular demand, this year’s event takes place on Sunday, October 15th at 5:00pm aboard the Condor Express, departing from 301 West Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara

Community Arts Music Association presents Avi Avital (mandolin) & Hanzhi Wang (accordion) on Monday, October 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM. Season Subscriptions on sale now CAMA Office — (805) 966-4324 — camasb.org

Single tickets on sale September 8th. CAMA’s Masterseries season opens with a very special evening with Avi Avital and Hanzhi Wang, two virtuoso musicians performing together on instruments not normally expected to be part of a classical music recital.

https://www.lobero.org/events/cama-23-24-avital-wang/

Book Banning- Our Public Libraries and Our LGBTQ+ Community.  How are librarians fighting back against the push to ban books?  Please join us and a local public librarian to discuss this timely topic.  This is a Zoom meeting and pre-registration is required by emailing pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com.  There is always time for sharing, support and discussion.

Monday Practica in Santa Barbara is in its 10th Year! An unsupervised practica for all levels of dancers. Are you new to tango? Lovely, passionate volunteers will help you with your first tango steps. About Kate TangoGalaxy Chicago-born Katherine “Kate” Chan is a multi-talented artist who has toured internationally as a tango-teaching, DJing, performing tango

Monday Practica in Santa Barbara is in its 10th Year! An unsupervised practica for all levels of dancers. Are you new to tango? Lovely, passionate volunteers will help you with your first tango steps. About Kate TangoGalaxy Chicago-born Katherine “Kate” Chan is a multi-talented artist who has toured internationally as a tango-teaching, DJing, performing tango

EARL MINNIS PRESENTS and Lobero LIVE present An Evening with The Wallflowers on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 7:30 PM. The Wallflowers have held their ground as one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands – continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack. Exit

Probing archaeology, science, history, current events and more, acclaimed author and investigative journalist Jeff Goodell paints a vivid picture of what’s at stake as we battle extreme heat.

Free Senior Day at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden for seniors aged 60+. Advance reservations required.

Emporium presents Jesse Cook: The Libre Tour on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 8 PM. The accomplished guitarist, producer, and equally prolific film maker has performed thousands of concerts worldwide, sold over 2 million albums, filmed 5 PBS specials, has more than 25 million views on YouTube, and his songs have over 400 million streams.

Free Senior Day at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden for seniors aged 60+. Advance reservations required.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023. 7:30 – 9 pm.  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Fleischmann Auditorium Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. A landmark 2019 report in Science describes a loss of 3 billion birds in North America

Santa Barbara-based Mariachi Las Olas, founded and directed by Juan Zaragoza, will perform various music genres from Mexico including rancheras, boleros, corridos, sones and gustos. Bring your lunch and friends at noon to the Music Bowl in the Music Building and enjoy some live music!

Join Therapy Dogs of Santa Barbara for a Halloween Themed Yappy Hour! Attendees are encouraged to dress their pooch in costume and come in costume themselves if they'd like. Prizes will be awarded for Best Overall, Most Creative and Best Dog/Owner Duo. Beverages will be available for purchase from Fox Wine Co. and Topa Topa

Santa Barbara Dance Theater Fall 2023 Season The Ties That Bind | Los Lazos Que Unen SBDT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion by lifting up the creative voices of all artists. This year’s season does just that with work by two guest choreographers of Latine heritage who draw deeply from their personal stories,

Please join the Surfrider Foundation, Santa Barbara Chapter from 7-9 PM on Thursday October 19 for our final General Meeting of the year at the Watershed Resource Center at Hendry's Beach. Our guest speaker will be Doug Kern, Executive Director of Gaviota Coast Conservancy. Doug will delve deep into the pressing issues related to inappropriate

UCLA professor of Art History Hui-shu Lee provides a deep and contextualized reading of the centerpiece of the exhibition—Bada Shanren’s Flowers on a River of 1697—a symphonic landscape of lotus and attached poetic ballad that unfurls in a scroll over 42 feet in length. Flowers on a River counts as one of the most important works by the secretive

Vigil against Genocide Thursday, October 19th, 6pm State and Las Positas Streets, Santa Barbara Info: Rand Clark, 805.450.5704   At this moment of disaster and catastrophe in Israel-Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace-Santa Barbara will be gathering to Stop the Genocide.  With most electeds accepting the possibility of mass extinction/genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, we must forcefully

The Evolution of the Modern Flora of California with Bruce Tiffney Free Presentation with Q&A Thursday, October 19th, 6:30PM Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA Humans live in the present, but the world we walk through has been constantly changing over geologic time. Join paleobotanist Bruce Tiffney

Lisa Citore and Teagan Rose present Anima: Theater of the Feminine Underground An inside peek into the soul of a woman   October 19th, 2023 A performance art collaborative where women share their secrets, dreams, fantasies, revelations, rants, and life's meaningful moments. Anima is an opportunity for female artists to dive deep into their creative

Lisa Citore and Teagan Rose present Anima: Theater of the Feminine Underground An inside peek into the soul of a woman. October 19th, 2023 A performance art collaborative where women share their secrets, dreams, fantasies, revelations, rants, and life's meaningful moments. Anima is an opportunity for female artists to dive deep into their creative expression

Santa Barbara Dance Theater Fall 2023 Season The Ties That Bind | Los Lazos Que Unen SBDT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion by lifting up the creative voices of all artists. This year’s season does just that with work by two guest choreographers of Latine heritage who draw deeply from their personal stories,

Goldenvoice presents ZZ Top at the Arlington Theatre on Friday, October 20th at 7:30pm.

The UCSB Corwin series presents a virtual masterclass with composers Isabel Urrutia and Jose Luis Campana. The composers give an inside look into their creative composition method, “World timbres mixture”.   Join on ZOOM -- Check our website for updates and for the link https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/ucsbcorwin_isabel_urrutia_jose_luis_campana_102023

Goleta, CA (October 2023) — Join THE SANDBOX Goleta in celebrating their One Year Anniversary on Friday, October 20 with a complimentary day of coworking and a celebration from 4:00pm to 8:00 pm at their shared office and gathering space location at 69 Santa Felicia in Goleta. Guests can enjoy a complimentary day of coworking

SANTA BARBARA ARTS COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE PRESENTS THIRD ANNUAL PIANOS ON STATE MASQ(P)ARADE! Progressive Performance Parade Showcases Piano-Based Acts  at the Pianos on State Painted Pianos The 3rd Annual Masq(p)arade! performance progressive will take place on Friday, October 20, 2023, with shows every fifteen minutes from 5:30pm to 8:00pm. This whimsical progressive-style performance parade

Monthly Westmont Public Telescope Night Westmont Public Telescope Night. See cool stuff in the night sky through telescopes set up by the Astronomical Unit, the local amateur astronomy club sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Most months the large telescope at the observatory is also available for viewing, run by the Physics

The Corwin Concert Series Presents: Recital by GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist Nadia Shpachenko and the Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble. A “gifted and versatile pianist” (San Francisco Chronicle) and GRAMMY® Award winner Nadia Shpachenko enjoys bringing into the world things that are outside the box—powerful pieces that often possess unusual sonic qualities or instrumentation. Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, she is a Steinway Artist, Schoenhut

Santa Barbara Dance Theater Fall 2023 Season The Ties That Bind | Los Lazos Que Unen SBDT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion by lifting up the creative voices of all artists. This year’s season does just that with work by two guest choreographers of Latine heritage who draw deeply from their personal stories,

The Good Good Show is Santa Barbara's longest running monthly stand up comedy show featuring the hottest comics working today that you've seen or heard on Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, NBC's Last Comic Standing, Jimmy Kimmel, Sirius XM and more. FEATURING: Sheng Wang, Reem Edan, Julie Weidmann, Brenda Pontiff and Andy Benedetti. Come have a

In its 71st year, Breakfast with the Authors is an exciting opportunity to interact with local authors, poets, and illustrators and hear them share about their craft while enjoying a delicious breakfast. The Santa Barbara County Education Office is hosting the Breakfast with the Authors event on Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 9:30 am -

Part of a series of free Nature Walks to explore the biodiversity of the 230-acre Elings Park as part of a new collaboration between the Park and Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Each hike has a different natural history focus, such as plants, pollinators, or birds, and are led by Garden experts.

CREEPY CREATURES
Admission: Donation

For more information, call 805-693-0691 or email: info@clnaturecenter.org

How fabulous will this be? If only these hats could talk! Join Lotusland for an intimate presentation by Kaye Spilker, Curator Emerita of Costume and Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. History has seen many kinds of crowns on the heads of kings and queens, socialites and tradespeople. Hats have been fascinating

Santa Barbara Dance Theater Fall 2023 Season The Ties That Bind | Los Lazos Que Unen SBDT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion by lifting up the creative voices of all artists. This year’s season does just that with work by two guest choreographers of Latine heritage who draw deeply from their personal stories,

The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara, announces another spectacular opportunity to indulge in the finer things in life while enjoying the beauty of the premier resort on the Gaviota Coast. The Meet the Makers event will be hosted at the new Cohiba Experience at Bacara, the first permanent Cohiba lounge in the US, on October 21st

Moving Dance Company presents This is Not Content Music & Lyrics by Jeremy Cone Choreography by Nika Antuanette October 21, 2023   This Is Not Content is a multimedia show that explores the human experience in the digital age. The title is a playful reference to René Magritte’s surrealist painting, “The Treachery Of Images.” As lines

Moving Dance Company presents This is Not Content Music & Lyrics by Jeremy Cone Choreography by Nika Antuanette October 21, 2023 This Is Not Content is a multimedia show that explores the human experience in the digital age. The title is a playful reference to René Magritte’s surrealist painting, “The Treachery Of Images.” As lines blur

Santa Barbara Dance Theater Fall 2023 Season The Ties That Bind | Los Lazos Que Unen SBDT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion by lifting up the creative voices of all artists. This year’s season does just that with work by two guest choreographers of Latine heritage who draw deeply from their personal stories,