Alfredo Lerida Artistic Foundation and Copa Airlines present Volver (The Comeback) by Tango Lovers on Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 5 PM. Hailed as one of the best tango companies in the world, the GRAMMY® Award-winners and World Tango Dance Champions have been awarded Best Show and Best Production of the Year numerous times over. Aiming to unite cultures and generations, the show features guest star Mr. Guillermo Fernandez. The iconic tango singer will accompany a cast of extraordinary musicians, dancers, and singers from Argentina and Uruguay.

https://www.lobero.org/events/volver-the-comeback/

For the 34th year, the Museum honors the Mexican tradition of remembering the dead with a display of altars created by students in the Museum’s outreach programs and community groups. Día de los Muertos inspired art activities for all ages will be offered on the Front Terrace and in the Family Resource Center.

Museum Galleries, Front Terrace, Family Resource Center
Free

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,

Join us for an afternoon of pints and painting! Your ticket includes a pint of Santa Barbara Cider and a guided painting session with a fall theme.

Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation presents "Journey Through Jazz" with La Patera Elementary School on Monday, October 23, 2023 at 7:15 PM. The Foundation’s mission is to preserve vocal jazz as an original American musical form and provide vital music programming in schools for the purpose of developing future generations that appreciate and participate in vocal jazz music.

https://www.lobero.org/events/journey-through-jazz-with-la-patera-elementary-school/

Historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Jill Lepore brings her wisdom, empathy and razor-sharp insight to a discussion of the Supreme Court and the looming crisis of the U.S. Constitution’s unamendability.

As part of the exhibition Inside/Outside, (on view until February 18) a survey of recent acquisitions, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is pleased to welcome back Narsiso Martinez for a public presentation. Martinez takes the produce boxes from grocery stores and paints portraits of the agricultural laborers many of whom are undocumented and subjected to

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network presents Booksigning & Talk CROSSINGS -Ben Goldfarb How Road Ecology is Shaping The Future of our Planet FREE EVENT TUESDAY OCT 24 6:30-8:30pm Santa Barbara Community Council (CEC) Environmental Hub 1219 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Road ecology is the study of how roads and other forms of transportation infrastructure

Telescope Tuesday at Camino Real Marketplace. Observe the night sky through telescopes set up by the Astronomical Unit, the amateur astronomy club sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. It's free. We'll be set up in the plaza by the theater on the fourth Tuesday of each month, weather permitting.

4:00–4:45 PM: Visitors are encouraged to arrive early to visit the Day of the Dead altar on display in the Library’s Ethnic & Gender Studies Collection (2nd Floor, Ocean Side). Students from UCSB’s Las Maestras Center will be in the space to talk about the altar they created.

5:00 PM: Reception and panel discussion in the Library’s Special Research Collections (3rd Floor, Mountain Side) begins.

Moderator: Angel Diaz, the Curator for CEMA and the Interim Directory of Special Research Collections at UCSB Library will moderate the panel discussion.

Panelists:
Marvella Muro is the Director of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics (SHG) in Los Angeles. Prior to joining SHG, she was the Community Engagement Manager at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, developing and executing art programs with community partners, artists, and social service groups in the neighborhoods of East Los Angeles, Compton and North Hollywood.

Linda Vallejo is an American artist known for painting, sculpture and ceramics, creating work that visualizes what it means to be a person of color in the United States. She states that these works reflect what she calls her “brown intellectual property”—the experiences, knowledge, and feelings gathered over more than four decades of study of Latino, Chicano, and American indigenous culture and communities.

Phung Huynh is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator whose practice includes drawing, painting, public art, and community engagement. Her work challenges beauty standards by constructing images of the Asian female body vis-à-vis plastic surgery to unpack how contemporary cosmetic surgery can whitewash cultural and racial identity. Her work of drawings and prints on pink donut boxes explores the complexities of assimilation and cultural negotiation among Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees who have resettled in the United States.

Award-winning New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck embraces the role of director with an innovative, handpicked repertoire featuring collaborations with the likes of Michelle Dorrance and William Forsythe.

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Scott Marcus leads a performance by the UCSB Middle East Ensemble of music and dance from a variety of Middle Eastern cultures, performed on traditional Middle Eastern instruments.  Featuring dance by Alexandra King. Bring your lunch and friends at noon to the Music Bowl in the Music Building and enjoy some live music!

On Wednesday October 25th The Collection at RiverPark invites princesses, pirates and pumpkins, of all ages to collect fang-tastic treats at The Collection at RiverPark’s annual trick-or-treat event. Reservations are required to ensure our merchants can prepare for all superheroes and goblins, and while the whole family is encouraged to tag along, trick-or-treat tickets are

Nebula Dance Lab presents Perspectives on Thursday, October 26 at 7 PM. Inspired by the work of ten esteemed women artists, painters & poets. A celebration of the unique perspectives of these artistic voices illustrated through the storytelling prowess of Nebula's professional company – utilizing dance, music, lighting, & multi-media.https://www.lobero.org/events/nebula-dance-lab-2023-perspectives/$30 - $75

A former chairman of CNN and editor of Time magazine, Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo DaVinci, CRISPR’s Jennifer Doudna, Steve Jobs and a new book on Elon Musk.

A Panel Discussion with Patricia Sekaquaptewa, Chief Justice, Hopi Appellate Court, and Chair of the Board, The Nakwatsvewat Institute; Ethan Elkind, Director, Climate Program, Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law, and Executive Director, The Nakwatsvewat Institute; Justin B. Richland, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Professor of Law, UC-Irvine, and Associate Justice, Hopi

EVENT EXAMINES SOLUTIONS TO STATE STREET “What Should We Do About State Street?” The Westmont Center for Dialogue and Deliberation (WCDD) hosts a conversation on this pressing issue and invites Santa Barbara residents to share their ideas for shaping and co-creating this special public space. When you RSVP to the free, public event held Thursday,

Join us on Friday, October 27th at 7 for an improv spooktacular featuring The Establishment from Santa Barbara Improv, the Carpinteria Improv Players, and An Embarrassment of Pandas. The evening will feature a combination of Short Form Improv and Long Form Improv. Short Form Improv is an improvisational comedy format where performers quickly create unrelated,

Join us for a night of comedy and candy presented by Carpinteria Improv, featuring The Establishment from SB Improv at the Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria. The talented comedians of Carpinteria Improv, along with An Embarrassment of Pandas and The Establishment, will keep you entertained throughout the night with their hilarious improv performances. As you enjoy

The Ceylon International Film Festival (CEYIFF) will be held Saturday, October 28, 2023 at the Lobero Theatre. Dedicated to presenting international and Sri Lankan cinema to film enthusiasts, CEYIFF is the first-ever Sri Lankan Film Festival organized outside of Sri Lanka. Their mission is to screen independent films of all genres from around the world,

Experience the ultimate Halloween adventure at Camp Arnaz's Tent-or-Treat Extravaganza! Join us on October 28th, 2023, from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, for an evening of family fun.

The Santa Barbara North Rotary club proudly presents Boo Bash, a Fall Family Festival.  This is a free community wide event featuring a Dogs Halloween Costume Contest and a Kids Costume Contest.  For more information go to www.sbboobash.org

Guided Hikes and Native Plants around the Central CoastThe Santa Barbara Region is home to a rich variety of both trails and habitats. Through this series of immersive classes you will learn the basic skills and awareness to explore our backcountry trails; learn about the native plants found on our trails; and deepen your connection

New Beginnings is thrilled to present “War Words,” a Pulitzer Prize nominated docu-play in the words of the men and women who served in the U.S. Military during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Based on the playwright’s interviews with Veterans of the 20-year Long War and their families, “War Words” is composed of heroic and

THRILLER 2023
Saturday, October 28th
Costume Dance Party 2:00pm / Thriller Performance 3:00pm
Practices begin September 20th
Wednesdays 6:00pm, Oak Park Stage
Saturdays 9:45am, Beach (Chase Palm Park Soccer Field)

The Museum welcomes acclaimed poet, novelist, performer, and art journalist Eileen Myles. A trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic work, in the words of The New York Review of Books, “set a bar for openness, frankness, and variability few lives could ever match.” Myles is the author of more than 20 books, including A Working Life, For

The downtown Santa Barbara merchants welcome costumed children and their families to visit downtown for a safe HalloweenTrick-or-Treating! Find the spot by looking for orange "Trick-or-Treat" signs and festive balloons. Map of participating businesses coming soon!

“PIANO ACROSS POLAND, FRANCE AND AMERICA” On Saturday, October 28,  3 PM, the Santa Barbara Music Club will feature pianists Mariusz Adamczak and Pascal Salomon in a joint recital entitled “PIANO ACROSS POLAND, FRANCE, AND AMERICA.’  The concert will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 4575 Auhay Dr, Santa Barbara.  Admission is free. Adamczak

New Beginnings is thrilled to present “War Words,” a Pulitzer Prize nominated docu-play in the words of the men and women who served in the U.S. Military during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Based on the playwright’s interviews with Veterans of the 20-year Long War and their families, “War Words” is composed of heroic and