Santa Barbara Black Culture House will open this season’s events under the theme !00 Years of Black History Month, commemorating educator Carter G. Woodson’s efforts to institutionalize Black History Week on Feb. 7, 1926.

In 1976 Black History Week was expanded to Black History Month.

Culture House will also have a specially curated display in the main lobby of the Santa Barbara Public Library starting Sunday, Feb. 1.

The first event will also be Feb. 1, when Santa Barbara Black Culture House presents a free screening of Taylor Hackford’s “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N Roll,” a documentary about one of the cornerstones of rock ‘n roll music — Chuck Berry. Berry would have turned 100 years old on Oct. 18, 2026.

The film will be shown in the library’s Faulkner Gallery. Following the film, McNeill, SBBCH co-founder, will lead a Q&A on Berry, his life, his music, and his legacy.

Santa Barbara Black Culture House events are made possible through grants from Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture, The Towbes Performing Arts Fund and sponsorship by the Black Rock Coalition.