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Benise FIESTA!

Lobero Theatre

Spanish Guitar Entertainment presents Benise FIESTA! on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 3 PM and Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 7:30 PM. It’s one hot night as “The Prince of […]

$33.50 – $97.50

“Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” at Historical Museum

Santa Barbara Historical Museum 136 East De la Guerra, Santa Barbara

Son of Mattei’s Tavern Founder Created Images of Luminaries, Including a President, Santa Barbara Residents, and Visitors Portraitist Clarence Mattei (1883-1945) captured images of notable figures on the local, national, and international stages of his time. But his roots are deep in Santa Barbara County, as the son of the founder of famed Mattei’s Tavern […]

Free

Lure of Lighthouses & Dancing Waves Photographs by Dan Merkel

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara 93109

Continuing its celebration of coastal living, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) presents The Lure of Lighthouses & Dancing Waves, an exhibit featuring more than 35 photographs of lighthouses and waves by the renowned and Emmy Award-winning surfing photographer and videographer Dan Merkel. The lighthouse photographs include images of lighthouses from near and far—from Cape […]

Free with Museum admission

Alisa Weilerstein (cello) UCSB Music Residency

Karl Geiringer Hall (UCSB)

Join us for an incredible visit by guest artist Alisa Weilerstein, 2011 MacArthur “Genius Award" winning cellist on Thursday, February 2, 2023! The day starts with a Cello Masterclass at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Karl Geiringer Hall (UCSB campus, Music Building) featuring solo performances by talented UCSB students Andrew Hart, Lost, and Ivan […]

Free

IHC EVENT | ISAAC JULIEN’S ONCE AGAIN… (STATUES NEVER DIE): A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara

Join us for a discussion with Isaac Julien about his process of creating Once Again… (Statues Never Die). Commissioned by the Barnes Foundation on the occasion of its 100th Anniversary in 2022, Julien’s immersive, black-and-white, five-screen, on-site video installation Once Again… (Statues Never Die) brings to light the relationship between Dr. Albert C. Barnes, who […]

Presidio by Candlelight

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park

Enjoy a rare opportunity to experience El Presidio de Santa Bárbara after dark! Listen to Chumash stories by an open fire, tour Nihonmachi Revisited about Santa Barbara’s Japantown, enjoy music and dance of 1800s California, experience a cooking demonstration, learn about native and introduced plants, and more — all while enjoying wine, hot chocolate, and […]

Free

Presidio by Candlelight

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park

Enjoy a rare opportunity to experience El Presidio de Santa Bárbara after dark! Listen to Chumash stories by an open fire, tour Nihonmachi Revisited about Santa Barbara’s Japantown, enjoy music and dance of 1800s California, experience a cooking demonstration, learn about native and introduced plants, and more — all while enjoying wine, hot chocolate, and […]

Free

Presidio by Candlelight

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park

Enjoy a rare opportunity to experience El Presidio de Santa Bárbara after dark! Listen to Chumash stories by an open fire, tour Nihonmachi Revisited about Santa Barbara’s Japantown, enjoy music and dance of 1800s California, experience a cooking demonstration, learn about native and introduced plants, and more — all while enjoying wine, hot chocolate, and […]

Free

Presidio by Candlelight

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park

Enjoy a rare opportunity to experience El Presidio de Santa Bárbara after dark! Listen to Chumash stories by an open fire, tour Nihonmachi Revisited about Santa Barbara’s Japantown, enjoy music and dance of 1800s California, experience a cooking demonstration, learn about native and introduced plants, and more — all while enjoying wine, hot chocolate, and […]

Free

1st Thursday Art Walk

Downtown Santa Barbara

st Thursday is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara. On the first Thursday of each month, participating galleries and venues offer free access to visual and performing arts in a fun and social environment. Venues feature attractions such as art openings, live music, artists' receptions, lectures, wine tastings, and hands-on activities. […]

Free

Susan Savage: Of Presence & Promise Opening Reception & Live Music from John Lyle

36 E Victoria St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Come and experience local artist Susan Savage’s contemplative exhibition, “Of Presence and Promise.” Her work directs our attention to the meaning of life and guitarist John Lyle’s soulful original finger-style guitar compositions perfectly complement the artwork. Wine from local Stolpman’s winery will be served. Susan has been an artist and educator for over 40 years, […]

Free

Pop-Up Opera

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

SBMA and Opera Santa Barbara partner to present a season’s sampling of art and music with pop-up performances in the Museum’s galleries, inspired by SBMA’s collection and special exhibitions or other topical themes.

Free

February 1st Thursday at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum

Santa Barbara Historical Museum 136 East De la Guerra, Santa Barbara

The Lobero Golden Eagle flies again! Join us the evening of February 2 at the Museum to view a short film, which tells the saga of the Lobero Golden Eagle. Recovered from an 1854 shipwreck, the eagle graced the stage of the Lobero Opera House for years before disappearing. Learn of its recovery and restoration […]

Free

READING FOR OUR LIVES A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six by Maya Payne Smart

La Cumbre Junior High School 2255 Modoc Rd., Santa Barbara

Join us as we dive into Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six. This is a free event designed to help educate parents and children on the importance of reading. The author, Maya Payne Smart, will be in attendance, presenting and signing books. Taco truck from 5pm - 6pm Free […]

Free

An Evening with Amor Towles

UCSB Campbell Hall UCSB Campbell Hall, Santa Barbara

“As it turns out, not reaching the intended destination becomes entirely the point and power of this mischievous, wise, and wildly entertaining novel.” The New York Times Amor Towles is heir to the American literary tradition of thrilling narratives that follow memorable young men on intricate journeys of risk, discovery and redemption. Through his evocative, […]

$10 – $35

The Gin Game

Center Stage Theater 751 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara

The Gin Game By D L Coburn Directed by Ken Gilbert & E. Bonnie Lewis Starring Kathy Marden & Ed Giron February 2 - 5, 2023 The Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Gin Game gradually and inevitably cuts to the core of two people coming to terms with their own mortality, what they have left behind, […]

$15 – $21