2024’s Theme: “The time is always ripe to do right.” MLK’s quote from 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. This year’s morning program is dedicated to Derrick Curtis, well known dancer, teacher and producer.  Beginning at 9:00am at de la Guerra Plaza with an opening prayer by Mia Lopez of the Barbareño Chumash Tribe, Keynote Speaker Professor

Come join us for an architectural walking tour experiencing the historic art and architecture of downtown Santa Barbara as it was reborn after the 1925 earthquake. Hear the histories of the Arlington and Granada Theaters, stroll through La Arcada Court and discover hidden courtyards, fountains, murals and public art. The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara

Selah Dance Collective presents Sound and Smoke A Dance Concert by Meredith Ventura January 12-14, 2024 Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Selah Dance Collective presents Sound and Smoke, an interdisciplinary exploration of early modern dance and its intersections with Weimar-era cabaret and "dances of death" as they appear throughout history, particularly in art

In this conversation, resonating with both the past and tradition exemplified in the exhibition Flowers on a River and with the distillation and duality explored in Inside/Outside, Jenny Xie opens up, as US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera described, “multiple terrains of seeing.” With longing and memory, nuance and subtlety, the “anxiety of bilingualism,” and the unknowability of

2024’s Theme: “The time is always ripe to do right.” MLK’s quote from 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. This year’s morning program is dedicated to Derrick Curtis, well known dancer, teacher and producer.  Beginning at 9:00am at de la Guerra Plaza with an opening prayer by Mia Lopez of the Barbareño Chumash Tribe, Keynote Speaker Professor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rebecca Horrigan, (805-569-1811 x235) rhorrigan@rivieraridge.org The Riviera Ridge School Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Arlington Santa Barbara, CA. (January 2024) –  The Riviera Ridge School is taking an active role in the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara’s 17th annual program honoring Dr. King on Monday

Join us on Martin Luther King Day to learn "How Black Queer Culture Shaped History".  We will have speakers and short videos that will guide our meeting topic.  There is always time for sharing, support and discussion.  This is a Zoom meeting and pre-registration is required by emailing pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com

WHEN: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM WHERE: SOhO Restaurant and Music Club 1221 State Street #205 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Hawaiian slack key guitar master presents a program of enchanting ki ho’alu and traditional hula. Kimo is a Grammy winner and two-time Grammy nominee. He is also well known as long-time guitarist “Weird Al”

Please join us for an event to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition of black and white photographs documenting the intergenerational upward mobility of young residents of Dixon, California. Trevor Auldridge Reveles, a PhD candidate in Sociology at UCSB will discuss the research behind this exhibition. Following his talk, Trevor will lead a tour

Dear Members of the Media, We're thrilled to invite you to the Santa Barbara Police Activities League's (SBPAL) 25th-anniversary celebration on January 17th, 2024, at 4:30 pm. Join us at the Twelve35 Teen Center, 1235 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA, as we host Retired Sergeant Chris Hill for a special "Meet the Author" event featuring

The California mission system left behind an architectural legacy, which artist Edwin Deakin began to document in the 1890s. At that time, several of the missions were in a state of disrepair and decay and there was growing alarm that California would lose these architectural monuments of its past. Join Mónica Orozco, Executive Director of Old

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! The Land Trust’s incredible network of volunteers helps keep our preserves and programs thriving and open to the public. Join an information session to learn more about volunteering for the Land Trust in 2024! We hope to find fun and rewarding ways for you to get involved and meet other supporters of our work!

Welcome to the Moon, written by John Patrick Shanley, is a play with five one-acts all with the common theme of Love. This show is entirely Student-Directed and Produced by Santa Barbara High School Theatre. Please come out and support these amazing theater students! Tickets are $10 and available at the door. All proceeds go to the SBHS

Join us for country music, line dancing, and mechanical bull rides at Backstage in downtown Santa Barbara!

Located in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara, Anacapa School is an independent, co-educational school for grades 7-12 that offers a high-quality education in an enriching environment. Anacapa empowers students to excel at critical thinking, creativity, integrity, and compassion through experiential and project-based learning that serves the needs of the whole student. Through its 5:1

We will be having an Open House at Anacapa School next month, January 18th at 5:00 pm for people in the Santa Barbara community to find out more about the school and learn about the Anacapa Difference.

Support local businesses during the Old Town Goleta Art Walk on January 18th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Hollister Ave.  

As part of, Inside/Outside, an exhibition of recent acquisitions, SBMA is pleased to invite Keith Mayerson for a conversation with James Glisson, Curator of Contemporary Art. Keith Mayerson has long swum in the sea of mass media that we exist in and reframing them by painting them, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art recently acquired

Learn essential oils for stress relief & make your very own aroma oils! Join Certified Clinical Herbalist & Director or the Artemisia Academy, Emily Watson, to learn about 5 essential oils for stress relief.  In this hands-on medicine making workshop you will learn how to make easy herbal remedies for relaxation & take home your

On January 18, Cinema at the Casa will reach new depths to explore regenerative ocean farming happening off the coast of Santa Barbara in The Ocean Solution, directed by Darcy Hennessey. Farming under the sea? Meet Bren Smith, the ocean farming pioneer whose vertical kelp and shellfish farms can transform the way food is produced.

We asked people to bring their voices and share their stories, and they delivered! We have five great presenters sharing about what draws them out into our wild lands and the stories they’ve brought back. Join us for the Library’s second Trail Talks Open Mic Night, Thursday, January 18, 6:30-7:30 PM, in the Faulkner Gallery, 40 E.

Welcome to the Moon, written by John Patrick Shanley, is a play with five one-acts all with the common theme of Love. This show is entirely Student-Directed and Produced by Santa Barbara High School Theatre. Please come out and support these amazing theater students! Tickets are $10 and available at the door. All proceeds go to the SBHS

Ballerina Boys FREE Film Screening Thu, Jan 18 | 7 PM | Campbell Hall Inspired by the Stonewall Riots of 1969, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo were fueled by the spirit of defiance and creative exuberance that the gay rights movement unleashed. This documentary film follows the troupe on tour in an epicenter of

Lobero LIVE presents Lewis Black Live on Friday, January 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM. Known as the King of Rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and finger pointing to expose the absurdities of life. A GRAMMY® Award-winning stand-up, Black performs his critically acclaimed shows more than 200 nights annually, to sold-out

 Join us for our on January 27th, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Plaza Vera Cruz, Santa Barbara, for an extraordinary collaboration between AHA! and Santa Barbara Trapeze Co!  AHA! and Santa Barbara Trapeze Co. unite to elevate Santa Barbara's youth through a blend of elevated education and thrilling trapeze activities.  Event Details:

Join us on Friday, January 19 from 9:00 – 12:45 pm for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting. This meeting will be held at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Please see the meeting announcements webpage for additional participation information, a draft agenda, and meeting materials. We hope to see you there

Join SBCC's School of Extended Learning for an OPEN HOUSE! Friday, January 19, 1 to 4 p.m. Wake Campus: 300 N. Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara Get help with registration while enjoying free giveaways, food, face painting and more!  The event is free and open to all. Come, enjoy giveaways, food, face painting and more! You

WHEN: Friday, January 19, 2024 1 - 4 pm. WHERE: SBCC Wake Campus — Main Courtyard 300 N. Turnpike Road The entire Santa Barbara County community is invited to the School of Extended Learning's Open House on Friday, Jan. 19. Visitors will enjoy free food and giveaways – and even face painting for children –

In this lecture, Khiara M. Bridges argues that the U.S. Supreme Court’s impoverished conceptualization of what “counts” as racism against people of color is a strategy that the Court deploys to accomplish regressive ends. This constrained understanding of racism permits the Court to do nothing to destabilize and disestablish the country’s existing racial hierarchy. When

America’s first all-female mariachi Blazing a trail for women in a male-dominated musical genre, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles brings sensitivity, beauty, warmth, and vivacious spirit to the historic art of mariachi. Established in 1994, the group had a strong beginning thanks to the mentorship of Lola Bertran, La Reina de La Musica Ranchera. Mariachi

Welcome to the Moon, written by John Patrick Shanley, is a play with five one-acts all with the common theme of Love. This show is entirely Student-Directed and Produced by Santa Barbara High School Theatre. Please come out and support these amazing theater students! Tickets are $10 and available at the door. All proceeds go to the SBHS

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 Department at Westmont. Observations are

Soloists from Opera Santa Barbara join The Symphony! The most thrilling moments from Grand Opera. By Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Wagner, and others, including Madame Butterfly, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Tosca. Plus, Wagner’s roaring Ride of the Valkyries. With local TV personality Anikka Abbott, a concert program of deception, romance, and drama unfolds!

THE ARTISTS:
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Karin Wolverton, Soprano
Deborah Nansteel, Mezzo-Soprano
Harold Meers, Tenor
Timothy Mix, Baritone
Anikka Abbott, Emcee

A day-long exploration of “itty-bitty” organisms and their often overlooked yet critical ecological roles is presented by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. At “Tiny Taxa Doing Big Things,” their 11th annual symposium, seven scientists who study tiny plants and creatures each present a talk focused on their area of interest, including lichen, moss, biocrust, flies, ants,

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society invites community members to its upcoming General Meeting on Saturday, January 20. The presentation, titled "Finally Get Organized! Conquer the Clutter Using Your Natural Learning Style" will be provided by professional genealogist and Society Education Director Elizabeth Swanay O'Neal. The presentation is tailored to those who struggle with organizing

The Riviera Ridge School Welcomes Community to Create and Innovate at Annual Maker Fair Santa Barbara, CA. (January 2024) – The entire Santa Barbara Community is invited to The Riviera Ridge School’s mountain-view campus on Saturday, January 20th, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm for their sixth annual Maker Fair. Families, students, and the general public

Come join us for an architectural walking tour of historic buildings in downtown Santa Barbara. Hear the rich anecdotal history of buildings such as de la Guerra Adobe, El Paseo, Meridian Studios, Lobero Theatre among others. The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara offers its Sabado Architectural Walking Tour each Saturday beginning at 10:00am. Tour leaves

Join the Santa Barbara Public Library on the Go Van for a monthly family storytime! Enjoy stories that children of all ages can enjoy, along with engaging songs and activities. Improve your children's literacy skills and make reading fun at this open-air storytime, conveniently located in De La Guerra Place. Santa Barbara Public Library is providing a

Come enjoy live music every Saturday at Paseo! Featured Artist: Joseph Barbosa Duo @joseph_b_barbosa *Musicians will be set up at Center Court, on the patio next to the Captain Fatty's Beer Garden!

Exhibition on View: Saturday, January 20 - Sunday, February 18, 2023 Public Opening Reception: Saturday, January 20, 5-8 PM Title: Jill Freedman: A Collection of Works   (Ventura, CA) - The WANTS/NEEDS Art Gallery, a vibrant hub for unique emerging talent in the contemporary art scene, is thrilled to announce its latest exhibition opening on

America’s first all-female mariachi Blazing a trail for women in a male-dominated musical genre, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles brings sensitivity, beauty, warmth, and vivacious spirit to the historic art of mariachi. Established in 1994, the group had a strong beginning thanks to the mentorship of Lola Bertran, La Reina de La Musica Ranchera. Mariachi

Get ready for a night of non-stop laughter as Don't Tell Comedy's Secret Sets makes its long-awaited debut in Santa Barbara! You've seen our Secret Sets on YouTube, now get ready to be a part of our live audience as we film for our next upcoming series! 🌟 SPECIAL LINEUP, HILARIOUS COMEDIANS! We've curated a

The Santa Barbara Blues Society (SBBS) proudly welcomes Rob Rio to headline their annual Member Appreciation Show on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, 1535 Santa Barbara Street. Main Doors open at 6:45 pm and the show begins at 7:15 pm. Known by some as the “Boss of the Boogie,”