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www.VoiceSB.com AKA: CASA Magazine Friday, January 31, 2020
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Theatre
Eensemble Theatre Company’s production of Jane Austen’s Emma opens Thursday, February 6th 8
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Music
Enjoy a Pop Up performance by Opera Santa Barbara at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for 1st Thursday 11
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Understanding Genetics and Cancer
Itzhak Perlman brought his magic to The Granada Theatre. Review by Daniel Kepl
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Featuring Dr. Mary-Claire King, the Scientist Who Discovered the BRCA1 Cancer Gene
Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara
Poetry
Festival Cover Photo courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures
The Ticket: SB Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Community News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 23 Sigrid Toye: Harbor Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Open House Invitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Beverley Jackson: Mixing Yesterday & Today. . 16 Photo by Matika Wilbur
Priscilla: Santa Barbara Seen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SBIFF Wrap & 3rd Weekend. . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 21 Harlan Green: Economic Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19
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Movies & Theatre...8
Enjoy a Cultural Night Downtown on February 6th, 5 to 8pm
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U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to speak on February 5th Poetic Voice by Richard Jarrette
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Friendship Center’s Festival of Hearts will be held February 8th
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Special FREE Community Event Thu, Feb 6 / 7:30 PM UCSB Campbell Hall
(805) 893-3535
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UCSB Arts & Lectures to host Dr. Mary-Claire King
Ground-Breaking Geneticist and Tireless Human Rights Activist Dr. King has served on multiple councils and study sections of the N.I.H. and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. She was consultant to the Commission on the Disappearance of Persons HE SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED THE BRCA1 GENE, Dr. Mary-Claire King, renowned of the Republic of Argentina and carried out DNA human geneticist will share a free public lecture titled Understanding Genetics and identifications for the United Nations War Crimes Cancer on Thursday, February 6th at 7:30pm at UCSB Campbell Hall presented by Tribunals. She is past president of the American Society UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Santa Barbara Cancer Foundation. Dr. King’s lecture of Human Genetics and a past member of the Council will be followed by a panel of experts discussing genetics, cancer, and you. of the National Academy of Sciences. King discovered the genetic mutation responsible for breast cancer, a finding that has In addition to the National Academy of Sciences, revolutionized the course of cancer research and transformed the way patients are diagnosed Dr. King has been elected to the American Academy of and treated. A recipient of the Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine National Medal of Science for her (formerly IOM), the American Philosophical Society, bold, imaginative and diverse and as a foreign member of the French Academy of contributions to medical science Sciences. She has received 19 honorary doctoral degrees, and human rights, Dr. King will from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Brown, discuss the genetics of inherited Rockefeller, Leuven (Belgium), Tel Aviv (Israel), and cancers. Ben Gurion (Israel) Universities; the University of Following the talk, the panel of Michigan; the State University of New York; Rensselaer experts will address issues including: Polytechnic Institute; University of Hong Kong; the lifestyle and cancer risk reduction; University of British Columbia; and Carleton, Smith, family history and ethnicity Complex Structure Bard, Dartmouth, and Williams Colleges. Her awards of BRCA1 risk factors; genetic testing as cancer include the Gruber Foundation Prize in Genetics, the prevention; privacy of genetic testing Dan David Prize, the Shaw Prize, the Lasker Foundation results; benefits and perils of ancestry testing; Special Achievement Award in Medical Science, and the and local resources for cancer risk assessment and counseling. United States National Medal of Science. Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., is American Cancer Society Professor in the Department Understanding Genetics and Cancer is co-presented of Medicine and the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington in by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Cancer Foundation Seattle. She was the first to show that breast cancer is inherited in some families, as the result of Santa Barbara in association with Breast Cancer of mutations in the gene that she named BRCA1. In addition to inherited breast and ovarian Dr. Mary-Claire King Resource Center, Ridley-Tree Cancer Center at Sansum cancer, her research interests include the genetic bases of schizophrenia, the genetic causes Featuring Understanding Clinic, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics and UCSB Department of Molecular, Cellular Dr. Mary-Claire King, of congenital disorders in children, and human genetic diversity and evolution. She pioneered the the Scientist Who and Developmental Biology. It is sponsored by the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara, proud Genetics and use of DNA sequencing for human rights investigations, developing the approach of sequencing Discovered the supporter of the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center and its Genetic Counseling Program. mitochondrial DNA preserved in human remains, then applying this method to the identification Cancer BRCA1 Cancer Gene UCSB Arts & Lectures 2019-20 season Community Partners are the Natalie Orfalea Foundation of kidnapped children in Argentina and subsequently to cases of human rights violations on six Presented by & UCSB Arts Buglioli & Lectures and Cancer Foundation ofSeason Santa Barbara Lou and Corporate Sponsor is SAGE Publishing. continents. Her Ph.D. dissertation with Allan Wilson was the demonstration that protein-coding For info, call 805-893-3535 or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu. sequences of humans and chimpanzees are 99 percent identical.
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SB TICKET Your Guide to everything Santa Barbara ~ January 31st to February 9th ~
Friday, Jan. 31st
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS COFFEE WITH CANNABIS FARMER
CHILDREN & TEENS
DROP-IN OPEN PLAY W/ YOUR CHILD
Pre-Shabbat open play time • Bronfman Family Comm Ctr, 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 • 10:30-Noon Fr.
With Farmers Collin Dvorak and India Amarino of Pacific Grown Farms • The Food Liaison, 1033 Casitas Pass Rd • Free • RSVP: 805.881.1218 • 8:30-9:30am Fr, 1/31.
MUSIC
SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP
Practice your Spanish speaking skills & learn new vocab • Montecito Lib, Community Hall • Free • 805-969-6063 • 1:30-2:30pm Fr.
SPECIAL EVENTS DJ DARLA BEA AT MARGERUM TASTING ROOM
Sip on Wine & Twirl to Tunes • Ages 21+ • 19 E Mason St • www.NightOut.com • $5 • 7-10pm Fr, 1/31. SANTA YNEZ VALLEY RESTAURANT WEEKS
Tastes from the Valley’s finest restaurants and creative chefs with special three-course meals for $20.20 • For participating venues: www.DineSYV.com • Through 1/31. MONTECITO FARMERS MARKET
1100 & 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd • Free • 805-962-5354 • 8-11:15am Fr.
Saturday, Feb. 1st
BABY MUSIC & MOVEMENT CLASS
PSYCHEDELIC CUMBIA! WITH OCHOS OJOS
MUSIC & MOVEMENT CLASS
TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
BABY BASICS CLASS
SISTER CITY RECITAL
CACHUMA LAKE JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM
LIVE MUSIC WITH THE VOICE’S WILL BREMAN
EXPLORATION STATIONS
A safe space for people to come together, connect, and share their experiences • Independent Living Resource Center, 423 West Victoria St • Free • Call to confirm: 805-450-1994 • 10:30-11:30am Fr.
STRINGS & KEYS!
DANCE
Meditation study program • Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Av • $75 Membership • 805-563-6000 • 7-9pm, Tu, Fr.
PROXIMA PARADA
With Sierra Noland. For community health care professionals and care givers • 334 S Patterson Avenue #120 • Free • www.recoveryroadmc.com • 12-1pm Fr.
OUT OF TOWN
Babies 0-14 mo • Children’s area, Central Library • Free • 805-564-5603 • 10:30am Fr. Ages 2-4 • Faulkner Gallery, Central Library • Free • 805-564-5603 • 10:30am Fr.
HEALTH GRIEF WALK & TALK
Easy-paced walking group. Presented by Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care • Call Dairine Pearson for location: 805-690-6201 • Free • www.vnhcsb.org • 10-11am Fr. HEARING VOICES SUPPORT GROUP
FOUNDATION PROGRAM
YOGA AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
QIGONG/ TAI CHI ON THE BEACH
Easy stress reducing practices to restore Balance & Harmony • Linden City Beach, Carpinteria • $12-$18 • 805-705-3426 • www.QigongSB.com • 9:30-10:30am Fr.
On the heels of debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, UCSB Arts & Lectures will present award-winning classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang, with her impeccable technique and captivating stage presence on Saturday, February 1st at 4pm at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall. For tickets ($25/ General; $9/UCSB students) visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
Latin Fusion • MultiCultural Center Theater • $5/$15 • http://bitly. ws/6Yny • 6pm Fr, 1/31.
CHILDREN & TEENS
With support from Woodburning Project • Lobero Theatre • $50$125 • www.lobero.org • 8pm Fr, 1/31.
Postpartum Education for Parents • Trinity Lutheran, 909 N La Cumbre • $25 • Register: 805-564-3888 • 8:45am 1st Sa.
Santa Barbara - Kotor, Montenegro • UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall • Free • https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1998 • 1pm Fr, 1/31.
Kids earn a badge & learn about the natural environment • Lake Cachuma Nature Ctr • $3+$10 parking • 805-688-4515 • 12:30-1:30pm Sa.
Ages 21+ • Carr Winery, 414 N. Salsipuedes St • Free • 805-9657985 • 6-8pm Fr, 1/31.
Children 2-5 & their caregivers play and learn together • Central Library • Free • 805-564-5642 • 10:30am-12pm Sa.
Andrija Jovović, Piano; Katrina Agate, Cello; Nastasja Vojinović, Violin; Sara Bashore, Viola & Violin • Music Academy of the West, Weinman Hall • $50/$10 • www.sbkotorsistercity.com • 7pm Fr, 1/31. Opening set from More Fatter • Ages 21+ • SOhO • $12-$15 • www.sohosb.com • 8:30pm Fr, 1/31. CENTER FOR NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP
Ojai O’Daiko
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with an afternoon of great entertainment, including music, dancers, drummers, and storytime for the whole family on Saturday, February 1st, from 2 to 4pm at the Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria. Enjoy performances by Hula Anyone, Ojai O’Daiko, and Educator Monica Robarge with Howard School Students. Admission is free. www.thealcazar.org Celebra el Año Nuevo Lunar con una tarde de gran entretenimiento, que incluye música, bailarines, percusionistas y cuentos para toda la familia, el sábado, 1 de febrero, de 2 a 4pm en el Teatro Alcázar de Carpinteria. Disfruta de las presentaciones de Hula Anyone, Ojai O’Daiko y la educadora Monica Robarge con los alumnos de Howard School. La entrada es gratis. www.thealcazar.org
WORLD DANCE FOR HUMANITY
HANZHI WANG, ACCORDION
HEALTH
THE MUSIC LESSON
SB Dance Center, 127-A W Canon Perdido St • $10 • 805-966-5439 • 9-10:15am Sa, Su. GOOD TIME YOGA, LEVEL 1-2
All levels • Kimpton Goodland Hotel, 5650 Calle Real • Free • Info: www.taniaisaac.com • 9:30-10:30am Sa.
UCSB Arts & Lectures • Music Academy of the West, Hahn Hall • $9/$25 • https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 4pm Sa, 2/1. Songwriters book club concert & pot luck • Palm Loft Gallery, 410 Palm Ave, #A1 • 805-684-9700 • 6-9pm Sa, 2/1. GRATEFUL SHRED
Ages 21+ • SOhO • $25 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm Sa, 2/1.
How to Get M.O.R.E from your Asks (Six-Part Series) with Sandy Point Ink • Cal Lutheran - Oxnard Ctr, 2201 Outlet Center Dr. • $225/$175 • Register: 805-493-3740 • 9am-12:30pm Fr, 1/31-3/6.
QIGONG/ TAI CHI ON THE BEACH
SOCIAL
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Live Music from various musicians • La Cumbre Plaza • www.shoplacumbre.com • Noon-3pm Sa.
MAGIC FISH WORKSHOP
OUTDOORS
FRIDAY NIGHT SIERRA CLUB HIKES
Meet active new people in a healthy setting • Free • Meet at SB Mission at 6pm • 805-770-7656 • Starts 6:15pm Fr.
Easy stress reducing practices to restore Balance & Harmony • Linden City Beach, Carpinteria • $12-$18 • 805-705-3426 • www.QigongSB. com • 9:15-10:15am Sa. With Sharon Nigh • Art From Scrap, 302 E Cota St • $8 • https:// exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm Sa, 2/1. HERB WALK: INFUSED OILS & SALVES
With Herbalist Emily Sanders • SB Botanic Garden • $25/$35 • www.sbbg.org • 10am-12pm Sa, 2/1. KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT: READING & DISCUSSION
The History of the Point Conception Lighthouse with local author Willard Thompson • SB Maritime Museum • Free • https://sbmm.org • 1-3pm Sa, 2/1. GUITAR RESTRINGING WORKSHOP
MASTERCLASS WITH PIANIST WARREN JONES
Central Library • Free • Register: 805-564-5621 • 1:30-4pm Sa, 2/1. MUSIC AT THE PLAZA
ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOURS
2-hour guided walking tours • $10 • Res: 805-965-6307 • 10am Sa (from City Hall Steps) & 10am Su (from Central Library). FUNK ZONE TOUR LED BY JOHN UMMEL
90 min tour • Starts & Ends at palm plaza, across from Hotel Californian (36 State St) • Free • RSVP Date/Time: www.freewalkingtoursb.com. WATERFRONT TOUR LED BY JOHN UMMEL
2-hour tour • From Maritime Museum (113 Harbor Way) to Visitor Ctr (1 Garden St.) • Free • RSVP Date/Time: www.freewalkingtoursb.com.
income-tax-assistance-vita • 2/1-4/15. MAKERS MARKET
Shop local SB artisans & makers. Presented by Blissful Boutiques • Paseo Nuevo, De la Guerra Place at State St • Free • 10am-6pm Sa. SB & COTA ST. FARMERS MARKET
119 E. Cota St • Free • 805-962-5354 • 8:30am-1pm Sa. FERNALD MANSION TOUR
Groups of 5 or more. Presented by the SB Historical Museum • 414 W Montecito St • Free-$10 • 805-966-1601 • 11am-Noon Sa.
Sunday, Feb. 2nd DANCE
SB DANCE TRIBE
Gustafson Dance Studio • $15 • 805-403-3439 • 11am-1pm Su. WORLD DANCE FOR HUMANITY
SB Dance Center, 127-A W Canon Perdido St • $10 • 805-966-5439 • 9-10:15am Sa, Su. CONTRA DANCE FOR ALL
With live music • Carrillo Ballroom, 100 E Carrillo St • $12 • Info: 805-699-5101 • www.sbcds.org • 6:30-9:30pm Su.
HEALTH
With Girls Rock. Bring a new set of strings along with the guitar • Central Library • Free • Register: 805-564-5605 • 2-5pm Sa, 2/1.
CACHUMA LAKE NATURE WALK
MEDITATION FOR WORLD PEACE
SPECIAL EVENTS
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Interactive “Plankto” peg board game • Sea Center, 211 Stearns Wharf • Free with admission • 805-962-2526 x103 • 10am Sa, Through 5/9.
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
DAVE DENNISTON: A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
Success with Succulents with the UC Master Gardeners. Presented by Deana Rae McMillion • Central Library • Free • Register: www.sbplibrary.org • 2-3:15pm Su, 2/2.
POETRY: PSALMS OF CINDER & SILT
With Karen Haddigan • Central Library • Free • Register: www.sbplibrary.org • 1-3pm Su, 2/2.
PORTAL TO THE PLANET: CLIMATE FEEDBACK LOOPS
WINE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
Photo by Matt Dine
Tras los debuts en el Carnegie Hall y el Kennedy Center, UCSB Arts & Lectures presentará a la premiado acordeonista clásica Hanzhi Wang, con su técnica impecable y su presencia cautivadora en el escenario el sábado, 1 de febrero a las 4pm en el Hahn Hall de Music Academy of the West. Para boletos ($25/General; $9/ estudiantes de UCSB) visita www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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60 min. wine education & tasting experience • Jamie Slone Wines, 23 E De La Guerra St • $60$45 • RSVP 805-560-6555 • 11am-12pm Sa.
MUSIC A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH & ELVIS PRESLEY
Feat. Danny Millsap & Danny Memphis • Lobero Theatre • $46-$66 • www.lobero.org • 8pm Sa, 2/1.
Half-mile on Don Wimpress Nature Trail • Nature Ctr • Free/Parking is $10 • 805-688-4515 • 10-11:30am Sa. Entertainment, Crafts, & Refreshments • Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave • Free • www.thealcazar.org • 2-4pm Sa, 2/1. Denniston passed away right before the Christmas Holiday • SB Maritime Museum • www.sbmm.org • 4:30-6pm Sa, 2/1.
Poets who experienced the disasters in California 2017-18 • Westmont College’s Deane Chapel • Free • 805-440-4683 • 2-4pm Sa, 2/1. FILE YOUR TAXES FOR FREE
United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (Vita) • Various locations • For sites and schedules: www.unitedwaysb.org/volunteer-
Buddhist teachings & meditations • Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Av • $10 • 805-563-6000 • 10:30-11:45am Su. GETTING DIRTY LECTURE
DATING AFTER FIFTY: WHO AM I?
MUSIC MOZART, BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS
Camerata Pacifica • Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St., Ventura • $58 • https://cameratapacifica.org • 3pm Su, 2/2.
SB TICKET Continued...
KIM ROBERTSON & VIRGINIA KRON
SB Chapter of the American Harp Society Concert • Goleta Presbyterian Church, 6067 Shirrell Way • $15 • 805-448-8906 • 2pm Su, 2/2. DUMPSTER CATS
All ages • SOhO • $10 • www.sohosb.com • 7:30pm Su, 2/2. THE CASTILLO TRIO
A wide variety of jazz during Bellini Brunch • Belmond El Encanto • 11am-2pm Su.
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS HERB WALK WITH LANNY KAUFER
Arroyo Hondo Preserve • $25/$10 • www.sblandtrust.org/events • 9:30am-12:30pm Su, 2/2.
OUTDOORS WEST WIND PUBLIC MARKET
SB Swapmeet offers fresh produce, new & used goods, & food • 907 S. Kellogg Ave • 805-967-4591 • $1.25 adults / Children Free • 7am-2pm Su. GOLETA FARMERS MARKET
Fresh produce & goods • Camino Real Marketplace, 7004 Marketplace Dr • 805-962-5354 • Free • 10am-2pm Su.
At the Center of Santa Barbara’s Cultural Conversation | www.VoiceSB.com In June 2019, Joy Harjo became the first Native American to be named United States Poet Laureate. On Wednesday, February 5th at 7:30pm at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Fleischmann Auditorium, UCSB Arts & Lectures will present an evening with Harjo, celebrated for her insightful attention to the spiritual and natural worlds. Her poetry tells an American story of tradition and loss, reckoning and myth-making. For tickets ($20/ General Public; Free/UCSB students) visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
English language learners practice with native speakers • Central Library Adult Literacy Ctr • Free • 805-564-5619 • 1:30pm Su.
MEMOIR IN POEMS WORKSHOP FOR SB SENIORS
• Linden City Beach, Carpinteria • $12-$18 • 805-705-3426, www.QigongSB.com • 4:15-5:15pm Mo.
CONNECTIONS - MONTECITO
Based on an ethos of self-help, mutual respect, and empathy • Mental Wellness Ctr, 617 Garden St • Free • 805-884-8440 • 6-7pm Mo.
ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: PARLIAMO
GLAUCOMA & HEARING SCREENING
MAKERS MARKET
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Monday, Feb. 3rd
STEPHEN TAPERT BOOK SIGNING
Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr, 524 Chapala St • Free • 805-957-1117 • 4:15pm Mo.
Shop local SB artisans & makers. Presented by Blissful Boutiques • Paseo Nuevo, De la Guerra Place at State St • Free • 10am-6pm Su.
CHILDREN & TEENS EXPLORATION STATIONS
For children 2-5 and their caregivers • Central Library • Free • 805564-5642 • 10:30-11:30am Mo. HOMEWORK HELP
Trained volunteers assist students • Central Library • Free • 805-5645603 • 3:30-6:30pm Mo / 2:30-5:30pm We.
DANCE THE DANCE HUB - INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED BALLET
With Susan Manchak • The Dance Hub, 22 E Victoria St • $18 • www.adam-bsb.org • 10-11:30am, Mo. YOUTH AERIAL DANCE
SB Dance Center, 127-A W Canon Perdido St • $12-$190 • 805.966.1409 • 4-5pm Mo & We. ZUMBA WITH JOSETTE
Carrillo Ballroom, 100 E Carrillo St • $15-150 • www.josettetkacik. com • 5:30pm Mo-Fr & 11:15am Sa.
HEALTH JOYFUL CHAIR YOGA
Cottage Hosp. MacDougall Eye Ctr • Free • 805-569-8264 • 11am-1pm Mo.
SB ELECTRONIC RECYCLING
South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station, 4430 Calle Real • Free • 805-681-4345 • 7am-5pm Mo-Sa.
Presented by Alliance for Living and Dying Well • Congregation B’nai B’rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Rd • Free • Register: 805-8455314 • 3-5pm Mo, 2/3.
Surviving Dementia without Losing your Mind & YOU Can Do It: Tools to Better Manage Your Healthcare • Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St • Free • 805-682-6787 • 7pm Tu, 2/4.
MUSIC FRED EAGLESMITH / TIF GINN
All ages • SOhO • $15 • www.sohosb.com • 8pm Tu, 2/4. CHRIS THILE
Mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB Campbell Hall • $15-$55 • https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 8pm Tu, 2/4.
MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ JAM W/ KIMBERLY FORD
All ages • SOhO • $8 • www.sohosb.com • 7:30pm 1st Mo. KELLY GUERRA, MEZZO-SOPRANO
Graduate Student Recital • UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall • Free • https:// music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1988 • 7:30pm Mo, 2/3.
SB Cottage Hosp • Free • 805-569-7201 • 10-11am We. APHASIA RECOVERY GROUP
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital • $15 • 805-569-8900 x 82402 • 12:15-1pm We.
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
AN EVENING WITH U.S. POET LAUREATE JOY HARJO
First Native American to be named US Poet Laureate. Books will be available for purchase • SB Museum of Natural History • Free/$20 • www.sbnature.org • 7:30-9:30pm We, 2/5. DR. LOIS PHILLIPS WORKSHOP
Speaking with Purpose to Pitch, Propose, Amuse, and Toast! • workzones, Paseo Nuevo, 351 Paseo Nuevo, 2nd fl • Free/$20 • Register: http://awcsb.org/ • 5:30-7:30pm We, 2/5. ASTRONOMY ON TAP
ROMANCE BOOK CLUB
TWILIGHT BOWLING UNDER THE LIGHTS
Love is a Rebellious Bird • Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St • Free • 805-682-6787 • 7pm We, 2/5.
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin • Central Library • Free • www.sbplibrary.org • 5:30pm, 1st Tu.
ELAYNE KLASSON BOOK SIGNING
Night lawn bowling lessons & play • Spencer Adams Park, 1216 De la Vina St • Free • 805-636-9748 • 5:30pm Tu & Th.
CAW: DRAWING FROM LIFE AND DEATH
SCHMOOZE ROOM CAFE
Food, entertainers, speakers • Bronfman Family Comm Ctr, 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 • 12-1:15pm Tu. BILLIARDS CLUB
Come shoot pool, all levels welcome • Bronfman Family Comm Ctr, 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 • 2:30-4:30pm Tu.
Drop-in Class taught by Patrick Melroy • CAW: Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St • 4 classes: $70, 8 classes: $130, single class: $20 • www.sbcaw.org • 6-9pm We, 2/5-2/26. SCHOLAR TALK | WILLIAM D. HYDER
Earth’s Pigments – Nature’s Palette • Museum of Contemporary Art SB • Free • www.mcasantabarbara.org • 6-7pm We, 2/5. ZOO TRIVIA NIGHT
Animal-related trivia with SB Zoo staff • Night Lizard Brewing Company, 607 State St • $5 • www.sbzoo.org • 7-8:30pm 1st We.
Tuesday, Feb. 4th
MUSIC
For California State Assembly District 37 • Carpinteria City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave • Free • www.lwvsantabarbara.org • 6pm Tu, 2/4. 4004 Foxen Cyn Rd • Free • 805-686-5080 • 8:30am-4pm Tu-Sa.
OLDTOWN SANTA BARBARA FARMERS MARKET
500-600 Blocks of State St • Free • 805-962-5354 • 4-7:30pm Tu.
Wednesday, Feb. 5th CHILDREN & TEENS
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME
CODING LAB
LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE
BILINGUAL BABY & ME
BABY & ME STORYTIME
SCRABBLE FUN FOR ALL LEVELS
DANCE
Early literacy enrichment for ages 3-5 • Central Library • Free • 805-564-5606 • 10:30am Tu. Develop your baby’s pre-literacy skills, 0-14 months • Central Library • Free • 805-564-5606 • 11:30am Tu. ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE
Dances from an earlier time • First Presbyterian Church, 21 E Constance Av • $5 • www.sbcds.org • 7:30-9:30pm Tu. ADULT AERIAL DANCE
The Training Rm, 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, #110 • $12-$190 • 805.966.1409 • 6:30-7:30pm Tu.
HEALTH COMMUNITY GUIDED MEDITATION & HEALING CIRCLE
Ages 10-17 work on coding, computational logic, and computer science activities and lessons • Central Library • Free • 4-5:30pm We. For babies 0-14 months • Central Library • Free • 11:30am12:30pm We. HOMEWORK HELP WITH TRAINED VOLUNTEERS
Assisting students • Central Library • Free • 805-564-5603 • 3:306:30pm Mo / 2:30-5:30pm We.
GENTLE HATHA YOGA
Bronfman Family Jewish Ctr, 524 Chapala Dr • Donation • 805-9571115 • 10:30-Noon We.
UCSB PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: MOSTLY MALLETS
UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall • Free-$10 • https://music.ucsb.edu/news/ event/1925 • 7:30-9:30pm We, 2/5.
SOCIAL CRIME BOOK CLUB
Discuss the best in mysteries, thrillers, and true crime • Central Library • Free • www.sbplibrary.org • 5:30pm, 1st We. FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP
1 MILLION CUPS - FOUNDER TALK GOODLAND YARNWORKS
Knit items for charities • Goleta Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave • Free • 805-964-7878 • 2-4pm We. All Get to Play non-rated, 5-minute games, in groups of similar strength • Friendship Manor, 6647 El Colegio Rd, Isla Vista • www.sbchess.org • 7:15pm We. ESL CONVERSATION GROUP
English language learners practice with native speakers • Central Library Adult Literacy Ctr • Free • 805-564-5619 • 5:30pm We. OPEN CHESS PLAY
All Get to Play non-rated, 5-minute games, in groups of similar strength • Friendship Manor, 6647 El Colegio Rd, Isla Vista • www.sbchess.org • 7:15pm We.
UNPLUGGED | MINDFULNESS MEDITATIONS
Guided by Radhule Weininger • Museum of Contemporary Art SB • Free, Register: www.mcasantabarbara.org • 6-7pm Tu, through Feb.
CONNECTIONS - MONTECITO
CENTERING PRAYER MEDITATION
Puzzles, games, & memory enhancement exercises • Friendship Ctr 89 Eucalyptus Ln • $50 includes lunch • 10am-2pm Mo & We.
Centering Prayer group formerly located at La Casa de Maria • Friends Meeting House, 2012 Chapala St • Free • www.lacasademaria.org • 10:15-11:45am Tu.
SPECIAL EVENTS
MOTHER’S CIRCLE BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT
Afro-Brazilian martial art • Westside Dance, 2009 De La Vina St •
The Elwoods / Mashugana • Ages 21+ • SOhO • $8-$10 • www.sohosb.com • 8pm We, 2/5.
OPEN CHESS PLAY
Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave • $5 • 805-5636000 • 12:30-1pm Tu, We, & Th.
CAPOEIRA CLASS
SPOOKY MANSION
Followed by a 20-minute Q&A session with the audience • Eastside Library • Free • www.1millioncups.com/santabarbara • 9-10am We.
LUNCHTIME GUIDED MEDITATION
Use the Wellness Recovery Action Plan to make positive changes • Mental Wellness Ctr, 617 Garden St, 2nd fl • Free • 805-252-0483 • 6-7:30pm Tu.
Feat. the Maurice Faulkner Brass Quintet and the Suzanne Faulkner Horn Ensemble • UCSB Music Bowl • Free • https://music.ucsb. edu/news/event/1991 • 12pm We, 2/5.
HEALTH
Central Library • Free • 805-564-5606 • 10:30am We & Th.
For ages 19-30 • Hospice of SB, 2050 Alameda Padre Serra #100 • Free w/ registration • 805-563-8820 • Evening, 1st & 3rd Tu.
HAVE CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE?
WORLD MUSIC SERIES: UCSB BRASS ENSEMBLES
Practice your French • www.sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com • Arnoldi’s, 600 Olive St • Free • 805-569-1659 • 5:30-7pm We.
YOUNG ADULTS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Drop-in support and breastfeeding info • SB Cottage Hospital, Women’s Services Conf Rm • Free • 805-682-7111 • 3:30-4:30pm Tu.
Resolve any questions about using your devices • Central Library • Free • 805-962-7653 • 10am-12pm We & Fr.
WIGGLY STORYTIME FOR TODDLERS 1-3
Healing in America, 107W Aliso St, Ojai • $20 • 805-640-0211 • 7-8:30pm 1st Tu.
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HEART SMART LECTURE SERIES
With Sean Ressler, Jared Goldberg, & Evan Bauer • Ages 21+ • M8RX, 409 State St • Free • https://lco.global • 7:30-9:30pm We, 2/5.
SOCIAL
SB BOTANIC GARDEN VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION
Create your own natural perfume with artisan perfumer and owner of Sol Aromatics, Susan Farber, MFT during a Wildling Museum workshop on Saturday, February 8th – just in time for Valentine’s Day. A morning session will be offered from 10am to 12:30pm, followed by an afternoon session from 2 to 4:30pm. Learn about the dynamics of natural perfume and discover how to intertwine scents with your own personal body chemistry. To register ($95 per person, includes all materials) visit www.wildlingmuseum.org Crea tu propio perfume natural con la perfumista artesanal y propietaria de Sol Aromatics, Susan Farber, MFT durante un taller del Museo Wildling el sábado, 8 de febrero, justo a tiempo para el Día de San Valentín. Se ofrecerá una sesión por la mañana de 10am a 12:30pm, seguida de una sesión por la tarde de 2 a 4:30pm. Aprende sobre la dinámica de los perfumes naturales y descubre cómo entrelazar aromas con la química de tu propio cuerpo. Para registrarte ($ 95 por persona, incluye todos los materiales) visita www.wildlingmuseum.org
Cost covered by most insurance companies • SB Cottage Hosp • 805569-8240 • 1-4pm We, Th.
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY ELECTRONIC RECYCLING
Children read to a trained therapy dog • Goleta Library, 500 N Fairview • Free • Drop in: 805-964-7878 • 4-5pm Tu.
Puzzles, games & memory enhancement exercises • Friendship Ctr Goleta, 820 N Fairview Av • 805-845-7454 • $50 includes lunch • 9:30am-1:30pm Mo & Th.
DIABETES CONSULTATION
MOBILE DEVICE DROP-IN ASSISTANCE
PAWS TO READ
CONNECTIONS - GOLETA
Chanted meditations • Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Av • Free • 805-563-6000 • 10:30-11:30am We.
CANDIDATE FORUM
SPANISH BOOK CLUB - CLUB DE LECTURA
Beginners, intermed, advanced • SB Bridge Ctr, 2255 Las Positas Rd • $15 • Schedule/info: 805-687-1777 • www.sbbridge.org • 7-9pm Mo.
HEART JEWEL PRAYERS
SWEAT SB FITNESS LUNCHTIME FITNESS
CHILDREN & TEENS
W/ Kathy Castaneda • SB Botanic Garden Blaksley Library • Free • www.sbbg.org • 5-6:30pm 1st Mo.
Relaxation & stress relief • Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Av • $5 • 805-563-6000 • 12:30-1pm We.
SPECIAL EVENTS
SOCIAL Rayuela por Julio Cortázar (Argentina). Entirely in Spanish language • Central Library • Free • www.sbplibrary.org • 5:30pm, 1st Mo.
Buddhist Meditations for Everyone • Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Av • $10 • 805-563-6000 • 6:30-7:30pm We.
SPORTS 45-min classes taught by rockstar instructors and trainers • Carrillo Rec Center, 100 E Carrillo St • $12-$79 • sweatsbfitness@gmail.com • 12:05-12:50pm Mo, We, & Fr.
MUSIC
Easy Yoga for all ages with Carole Baral • Bronfman Family Jewish Ctr, 524 Chapala St • Free • 805-957-1115 • 12:30-2pm Mo. Easy stress reducing practices to restore Balance and Harmony
SPECIAL EVENTS
ADVANCE CARE PLANNING WORKSHOP
Fun for all ages • Davis Ctr, De La Vina St & Victoria St • Free • 805-897-2568 • 1:30pm Mo.
SUNSET TAI CHI ON THE BEACH
COMEDY CLUB
Best Actress – The History of Oscar-Winning Women • Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St • Free • 805-682-6787 • 7pm Mo, 2/3.
Customized yoga • Santa Barbara Yoga Ctr, 32 East Micheltorena St • $13 • Info: www.taniaisaac.com • 10:45am-Noon Mo. EASY YOGA
MARISA PASQUINI & CATHERINE CALLAHAN
Dargan’s Irish Pub, 18 E Ortega St • Free • 9pm Tu.
Practice Italian • Arnoldi’s, 600 Olive St • Free • www.parliamo. yolasite.com • 5:30-7pm Mo.
Watch the Big Game on the Big Screen • Alcazar Theatre Carpinteria, 4916 Carpinteria Ave • Free • www.thealcazar.org • 2:30pm Su, 2/2.
Four-week workshop with Poet Laureate, Laure-Anne Bosselaar • Central Library • Free • Register: www.sbplibrary.org • 4-6pm Tu, 2/4-2/25.
KARAOKE NIGHT
HEARING VOICES SUPPORT GROUP
SUPER BOWL WATCH PARTY
LUNCHTIME GUIDED MEDITATION
Building Free-Dem Foundations in New Orleans with Jerome Morgan, Robert Jones, Daniel Rideau • UCSB MultiCultural Ctr Lounge • Free • http://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/events • 6pm Tu, 2/4.
Puzzles, games, & memory enhancement exercises • Friendship Ctr Montecito, 89 Eucalyptus Ln • $50 includes lunch • 10am-2pm Mo & We.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave • $5 • 805-5636000 • 12:30-1pm Tu. UNBREAKABLE RESOLVE
SOCIAL ESL CONVERSATION GROUP
EVENING MEDITATION CLASSES
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
En junio de 2019, Joy Harjo se convirtió en la primera nativo americana en ser nombrada Poeta Laureado de los Estados Unidos. El miércoles, 5 de febrero a las 7:30pm Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate en el Auditorio Fleischmann del Museo de Historia Natural de Santa Bárbara, UCSB Arts & Lectures presentará una noche con Harjo, celebrada por su perspicaz atención al mundo espiritual y natural. Su poesía cuenta una historia estadounidense de tradición y pérdida, cálculo y la creación de mitos. Para boletos ($20/Público en general; Gratis/estudiantes de UCSB) visita www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
January 31, 2020
$15 • 805-280-9742 • 6:15pm Tu.
LUNCHTIME GUIDED MEDITATION
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Santa Barbara Ghost Tours Walk with Professor Julie as she shares tales of mystery and history... & meet friendly spirits... Call or text to schedule your walking tour! • 805-905-9019
SBMA MEMBERS & FRIENDS EVENING
After-hours access to the Museum, tasty bites and specialty sips • SB Museum of Art • $15/$10 • www.sbma.net • 5:30-7pm We, 2/5. SOLVANG FARMERS MARKET
Solvang Village, Copenhagen Dr & 1st St, Solvang • Free • 2:306:30pm We. FARMERS MARKET
SB Cottage Hosp Courtyard • Free • 805-682-7111 • 11am-3pm We.
SB ������ CARPINTERIA FARMERS MARKET
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME
CENTER FOR NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP
800 block of Linden Ave • Free • 805-962-5354 • 3-6:30pm Th.
OUT OF TOWN
CHILDREN & TEENS
Fiduciary Responsibilities for Board Members with Casey Summar, Your Guide to everything AttorneySanta • Cal Lutheran - Barbara Oxnard Ctr, 2201 Outlet Center Dr. •
Intro to books & listening for Children 3 to 5 • Goleta Library, 500 N Fairview • Free • 805-964-7878 • 10:15am Th.
$35/$25 • Register: 805-493-3740 • 10am-12pm Th, 2/6. ~ November 29th to December 8th ~
PAWS TO READ
Children read to a trained therapy dog • Goleta Library, 500 N Fairview • Free • Drop in: 805-964-7878 • 3-4:30pm Th.
Friday, Nov. 29th STAY & PLAY
Learn and play, sing and share stories • Eastside Library • Free • 805-963-3727 • 8:30-10:30am Th.
LIBRARIES CLOSED
DANCE CHILDREN & TEENS
LACORE LATIN CLASS DROP-IN OPEN DANCE PLAY W/FITNESS YOUR CHILD
With Yulia Maluta 520 CastilloFamily St • Info: (760) 271Pre-Shabbat open• SB playAthletic time Club, • Bronfman Comm Ctr, 7183Chapala • 6:30-7:30pm Th. 524 St • 805-957-1115 • 10:30-Noon Fr. ADULT AERIAL DANCE
SB Dance Center, 127-A W Canon Perdido St • $12-$190 • HEALTH 805.966.1409 • 6:30-7:30pm GRIEF WALK & TALKTh.
Easy-paced walking group. Presented by Visiting Nurse & Hospice HEALTH Care • Call Dairine Pearson for location: 805-690-6201 • Free • HEALING SUICIDE www.vnhcsb.org • 10-11am LOSS Fr. Support group VOICES for those grieving a loved one • Hospice of SB • Free HEARING SUPPORT GROUP 5:30-7pm 1st &together, 3rd Th. connect, and share their A• 563-8820x110 safe space for •people to come DAYTIME• Independent WIDOW/WIDOWERS experiences Living Resource Center, 423 West Victoria SB, 2050 Alameda Padre SerraFr.#100 • StSupport • Free Group • Call to• Hospice confirm: of805-450-1994 • 10:30-11:30am Free w/ registration • 805-563-8820 • Afternoons, 1st & 3rd Th. FOUNDATION PROGRAM A JOYFUL Meditation studyPATH program • Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff
Guided lunchtime meditation • Mahakankala Av • $75 Membership • 805-563-6000 • 7-9pm, Tu, Fr.Buddhist Ctr, 508 Brinkerhoff Av • $5 • 805-563-6000 • 12:30-1pm Th. SPEECH & MOVEMENT ENHANCEMENT
Cottage Rehab Hosp • $15 • 805-569-8999 • 10-11am Th.
SOCIAL
ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP YOGA MANAGEMENT Practice yourAND Italian •STRESS Montecito Lib, Community Hall • Free • 805-969-6063
With Sierra Noland. • 12:30-1:30pm Th. For community health care professionals and care givers • 334 S Patterson Avenue #120 • Free • BINGO AT SB ELKS LODGE www.recoveryroadmc.com • 12-1pm Fr. Proceeds support our local charities • 150 N. Kellogg Ave • QIGONG/ CHIPack ON$20THE BEACH • Early Bird Admission Free/TAI Bingo • 805-964-6858 Easy reducing practices Bingo:stress 6:30pm & Regular Bingo:to7pmrestore Th. Balance & Harmony • Linden City Beach, Carpinteria • $12-$18 • 805-705-3426 • CONNECTIONS - GOLETA www.QigongSB.com • 9:30-10:30am Fr. Puzzles, games & memory enhancement exercises • Friendship Ctr Goleta, 820 N Fairview Av • 805-845-7454 • $50 includes lunch • MUSIC 9:30-1:30pm Mo & Th. A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION JIM BRICKMAN: LGBTQ YOUTH Best-selling piano artistGROUP • Lobero Theatre • $46/$66 • www.lobero. Pacific Fdn Office #A-12 • Free • 805-963-3636 • org • 8pmPride Fr, 11/29. 4-5:30pm Th. MORLEY BAND THE MAX All ages • SOhO • $5 • www.sohosb.com • 8pm Fr, 11/29. SPORTS CLIENT KARAOKE NIGHT THE RUNDOWN
Ages The Tiburon Tavern, 3116 State • FreeBarbara • 805-682-8100 A fun21+ and•easy run around downtown SB •StSanta Running, •110 7:30-9:30pm 11/29.• www.sbrunningco.com • 6-7pm Th. Anacapa StFr,• Free WEST COAST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SPECIAL Mozart: The LondonEVENTS Connection • 1st Congregational Church, 2101 CANDIDATE FORUM State St • Free • www.cieloperformingarts.org • 7pm Fr, 11/29. For County Supervisor District 3 • Goleta Valley Community Center • SOCIAL Free • www.lwvsantabarbara.org • 6pm Th, 2/6.
HONEYPOT: BLACK SOUTHERN WOMEN WHO LOVE WOMEN
CAW: STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
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THE ART OF SYMEON SHIMIN BOOK LAUNCH
Essays by Symeon Shimin, Josef Woodard, Charles Donelan • Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St • Free • 805-682-6787 • 7pm Th, 2/6.
UNDERSTANDING GENETICS AND CANCER All parents are encouraged to have their Feat. Dr. Mary-Claire King, the Scientist Who Discovered the child car seats inspected by safety experts, BRCA1 Cancer Gene • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB Campbell as up to 80 percent of car seats are not Hall • Free • https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Th, 2/6. properly installed. Santa Barbara Cottage CURATEDTrauma COCKTAILS Hospital Services and the California Feat. DJ LadyPatrol Flash, Contemporary art, Cocktails, & Interactive Highway will offer free, drive-up child art experiences • Museum ContemporaryDecember Art SB • Free • car seat checks on ofSaturday, www.mcasantabarbara.org • 6-8pm Th, 2/6. 7th from 10am to 2pm at the Franklin ART MATTERS LECTURE: Neighborhood Center, JULIAN 1136 E. BROOKS Montecito Michelangelo: BurningisInspiration • SB Museum Art • Free-$15 • St. Registration not needed. Noofcitations www.sbma.net • 5:30pm Th,there 2/6. will be no driver will be issued, and license or registration checks. For more info COMPUTER COACHING call 805-569-7478. Improve your computer skills! Reserve a 30 min or 1 hour session • Se alienta a todos los padres a que lleven a inspeccionar los asientos de MUSIC seguridad POP-UP OPERApara niños por expertos seguridad, yaselections que hasta OperaenSanta Barbara performs in honorelof 80 Blackpor History ciento de los asientos de seguridad Month • SB Museum of Art • Free • www.sbma.net • 5:30-6:30pm no están instalados correctamente. Th, 2/6. El Servicio de Trauma del Hospital LUCIDITY PRE-PARTY Cottage de Santa Barbara y la Feat.Patrulla ILL.Gates, Afrolicious (Live), & More! • Ages 21+ • SOhO • de Carreteras de California $20 ofrecerán • www.sohosb.cominspecciones • 9pm Th, 2/6. gratuitas para FOLK ORCHESTRA OF SANTA para BARBARA el asiento de seguridad niños Telegraph Brewing Company, 418 N Salsipuedes St • Free • el sábado, 7 de diciembre de 10am www.telegraphbrewing.com • 8-10pmNeighborhood Th. a 2pm en el Franklin Center, 1136 E. Montecito St. No es OUTDOORS necesario registrarse. No se darán THURSDAY MARKETchequeo de multas, yFLEA no habrá Earl licencias Warren Showgrounds www.snaauctions.com • Free • 8am-3pm Th. de •conducir ni de matricula de vehículos. Para obtener más información, llama al 805-569-7478.
With Susan Farber • Wildling Museum, 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOURS
• $95/ session www.wildlingmuseum.org • Morning session: 10am2-hour guided •walking tours • $10 • Res: 805-965-6307 • 10am Sa 12:30pm 2/8. Library). (from City/ Afternoon Hall Steps)session: & 10am2-4:30pm Su (from Sa, Central FUNK ZONE TOUR LED BY JOHN UMMEL MUSIC
90BEETHOVEN, min tour • Starts &PROKOFIEV, Ends at palm plaza, BRAHMS across from Hotel Californian (36 StateTheatre St) • FreeChamber • RSVPMusic Date/Time: Lobero Projectwww.freewalkingtoursb.com. • Lobero Theatre • $26-$318 WATERFRONT TOURSa,LED • www.lobero.org • 7:30pm 2/8. BY JOHN UMMEL
2-hour tourBARBARA • From Maritime Museum (113 HarborSHOWCASE! Way) to Visitor Ctr SANTA VOICE ACADEMY (1AllGarden • Free• $8• RSVP Date/Time: www.freewalkingtoursb.com. ages •St.) SOhO • www.sohosb.com • 6pm Sa, 2/8. CACHUMA LAKE NATURE WALK SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB
Half-mile on DonRobert Wimpress • Nature Ctr • Free/Parking Feat. Pianists Else,Nature LeslieTrail Hogan, Svetlana Harris , and isflutist $10 •Tracy 805-688-4515 • 10-11:30am Sa. Faulkner Gallery • Free • Harris • SB Public Library, www.SBMusicClub.org • 3pm Sa, 2/8. SPECIAL EVENTS AREA ANNUAL 51 39TH HOLIDAY FAIRE
Ages 21+ •Valley SOhO Historical • $10 • www.sohosb.com • 8:30pm Carpinteria Museum, 956 Maple Av •Sa, Free2/8.• www. carpinteriahistoricalmuseum.org • 10am-3pm Sa, 11/30. OUTDOORS MOXI MRKT - A HOLIDAY MAKERS MARKET STAR PARTY
Shop for gifts, by enjoy carolers,volunteers mulled wine, festive treats• &Freephotos Tea ceremony Teahouse • Botanic Garden with with Santa •• 11am-1pm Four Seasons2nd- The admission Sa. Biltmore, 1260 Channel Dr • Free • 805-969-2261 • 5:30pm Sa, 11/30.
What Can We Expect in the 2020 Election? with Stephen Frank • Paseo Nuevo Country Center Court, Nuevo • Photos available for• La Cumbre Club 651 • $30Paseo • Reservations: 805-684-3858 purchase https://paseonuevoshopping.com • Through 12/24. 11:30am •Th, 2/6.
Taught by Joseph Velasco. For ages 16+ • CAW: Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St • $300 • www.sbcaw.org • 5:30-8pm Th, 2/6-3/26.
VALENTINE’S PERFUME-MAKING WORKSHOP OUTDOORS
DIRTY MARTINIS FOR CLEAN WATER SPECIAL EVENTS
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION LUNCH & LEARN
Women in the Construction Industry • Uncorked, 432 E Haley St • $45/$60 • https://members.sbcontractors.org/events • 12-1:30pm Th, 2/6.
Live Music from various musicians • La Cumbre Plaza • www.shoplacumbre.com Sa. LECTURES &• Noon-3pm WORKSHOPS
FRIDAY NIGHT SIERRA HIKES PRESIDIO PASTIMES BYCLUB CANDLELIGHT
Mingle with like-minded ocean lovers. Presented by SB Channelkeeper • Bluewater Grill, 15 E. Cabrillo Blvd. • $40 • Holiday cheer, cookies, cider, music and colorful lights • Cachuma https://tinyurl.com/s2m3h5y • 5:30-8:30pm Th, 2/6. Lake • Free • www.sbparks.org • 5:30pm Fr, 11/29.
With E. Patrick Johnson • UCSB MultiCultural Theatre • Free • http://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/events • 6pm Th, 2/6.
Saturday, Feb. 8th
MUSIC AT THE PLAZA
Shop handmade gifts + from goodsthewhile exploring the W/ guest astronomers SB also Astronomical Unitmuseum • Palmer• MOXI, 125 State St • Members Free History / Included with• www.sbnature. admission for Observatory, SB Museum of Natural • Free non-members (Free-$16) org • Dusk-10pm 2nd Sa.• www.moxi.org • 10am-5pm Sa, 11/30.
Meet newdemos, people hands-on in a healthy setting and • Freestorytelling • Meet at •SBEl Livingactive history activities, Mission 6:15pm Fr.• 5-8pm Th, 2/6. Presidioatde6pm Santa• 805-770-7656 Bárbara • Free••Starts www.sbthp.org
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Tune, Duncan Johnstone, O Come O Come Emmanuel & More • El SPECIAL EVENTS Presidio • www.sbthp.org STATE• $36.50 STREET STRUT • 7:30pm Sa & 4pm Su, 11/30 & 12/1. THE SKATALITES / THE red BANDULUS Strut down State Street wearing to shine light on the startling fact Ages 21+ •disease SOhO is• $16/$20 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm Sa, 11/30. that heart the #1 killer of women • Meet at 1436 State St (VillageHOLIDAY Properties) . ENTERTAINMENT Followed by Health Fair at Paseo Nuevo (6LIVE 7pm) •Nuevo, Free • https://paseonuevoshopping.com Fr, 2/7. Paseo 651 Paseo Nuevo • Free • Check• 5:30pm schedule: https:// paseonuevoshopping.com • 11/30-12/24.
TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT CACHUMA LAKE
SANTA BARBARA REPUBLICAN CLUB LUNCH SANTA VISITS & PHOTOS
Friday, Feb. 7th
LET IT SNOW - NIGHTLY SNOWFALL SHOWS
Paseo Nuevo Center Court, 651 Paseo Nuevo • Free • https:// paseonuevoshopping.com • 6 & 7pm Through 12/31. MONTECITO FARMERS MARKET
DANCE 1100 & 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd • Free • 805-962-5354 • 80’S DANCE 8-11:15am Fr. PARTY AT SOHO! Presented by Adams Elementary PTA • Ages 21+ • SOhO • $17-$20 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm Fr, 2/7.
Saturday, Nov. 30th
FOUR SEASONSTEAHOUSE TREE LIGHTING & NIGHT MARKET SHINKANAN & GARDEN
SOCIAL LIGHT UP THE HOLIDAYS & VISIT WITH SANTA FAMILY FOOD BANKmusic, VOLUNTEERS Crafts, photos with Santa, holiday treats, and lighting
Volunteer •asGoleta a family help sort canned & produce ceremony Valley& Community Center,goods 5679 Hollister Ave• Warehouse,• 4554 HollisterSa,Av11/30. • Register for time slot: •Foodbank Free • 805-967-1237 4:30-7:30pm 805-967-5741 • 2nd Sa. SATURDAY BLOCK PARTY SMALL BUSINESS Get familiar with local businesses. Event will include live music, SPECIAL EVENTS games, and more • 00 block of W. Ortega St • Free • www. ROMANCING THE STARS FOR MUSEUM MEMBERS downtownsb.org/events/small-business-saturday • 12-5pm Sa, 11/30. Take a romantic tour of the universe inside Gladwin Planetarium. MAKERS Ages 21+ • MARKET SB Museum of Natural History • Free/$10 • www. Shop local SB •artisans makers.Sa, Presented sbnature.org 5:45 &&6:45pm 2/8. by Blissful Boutiques • Paseo Nuevo, De la Guerra Place at State St Free HEARTS • 10am-6pm Sa. 21ST ANNUAL FESTIVAL •OF FERNALD MANSION TOUR The New Roaring 20’s! • Hilton SB Beachfront Resort • $140 •
SWING DANCES
Groups of 5 or more. Presented• 11:30am-2:30pm by the SB Historical Museum • 414 https://friendshipcentersb.org Sa, 2/8. WEDUCATION Montecito St • Free-$10 • 805-966-1601 • 11am-Noon Sa. JOB FAIR SB & COTA ST. FARMERS MARKET Presented by SB County Education Office • 4400 Cathedral Oaks Rd 119 E. Cota St • Free • 805-962-5354 • 8:30am-1pm • Free • Register: https://bit.ly/2GeHKyn • 9-11am Sa. Sa, 2/8.
BRING THE WILD CACHUMA LAKE INSIDE JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM
LECTURES DANCE & WORKSHOPS
Beginning lesson at 7:30 before the dance • Carrillo Recreation CHILDREN & TEENS Center • $20 • 805-698-0832 • www.dancesantabarbara.com • EXPLORATION 7:30pm 1st and 3rd Fr.STATIONS Children 2-5 & their caregivers play and learn together • Central LECTURES & WORKSHOPS Library • Free • 805-564-5642 • 10:30am-12pm Sa. Learnearnthea badge basics& learn of flower arrangement with Heather WehnauKids about the natural environment • Lake Cachuma Federlein SB Botanic • $30/$45 • www.sbbg.org Nature Ctr ••$3+$10 parkingGarden • 805-688-4515 • 12:30-1:30pm Sa. • 14:30pm Fr, 2/7.
DANCE CAW: HIGH INTENSITY IMAGINATION TRAINING
WORLD DANCE FOR Taught by Patrick Melroy. ForHUMANITY ages 16+ • CAW: Community Arts
SB Dance Center, 127-A WSt Canon St • $10 • 805-966-5439 Workshop, 631 Garden • $180Perdido • www.sbcaw.org • 1-4pm Fr, •2/7-2/28. 9-10:15am Sa, Su.
HEALTH MUSIC
GOOD TIME YOGA, LEVEL 1-2 POSTMODERN JUKEBOX
All levels • Kimpton Goodland Calle hits Realin• Free • Info:of Reimagines contemporary pop,Hotel, rock 5650 and R&B the style www.taniaisaac.com 9:30-10:30am Sa. various yesteryears, •from swing to doo-wop, ragtime to Motown • QIGONG/ CHI ON THE BEACH• 8pm Fr, 2/7. Granada TheatreTAI • $45-$185 • www.granadasb.org Easy stress reducing practices PIANO to restore Balance & Harmony • Linden DANIIL TRIFONOV, City Beach,Program Carpinteria • $12-$18 805-705-3426 • www.QigongSB. All-Bach • UCSB Arts &• Lectures • UCSB Campbell Hall • com • 9:15-10:15am Sa. $19-$40 • https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7pm Fr, 2/7. MOZART, BEETHOVEN & BRAHMS LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
CamerataEDUCATION Pacifica • Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West • $58 • WINE EXPERIENCE
• 7:30pm Fr, 2/7.• Jamie Slone Wines, 23 60https://cameratapacifica.org min. wine education & tasting experience WHISKEY EHONEY De La Guerra St • $60$45TRIO • RSVP 805-560-6555 • 11am-12pm Sa. Cambridge Drive Concert Series • Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Dr, Goleta • $15/$18 • Reservations: 805MUSIC 964-0436ORCHESTRA • 7:30pm Fr, 2/7. OF SB - SCOTTISH FOLK The Skye Boat Song (Outlander Theme), Scotland the Brave, The Sleeping
Sunday, Dec. Feb. 1st 9th
GETTING DIRTY - HERBS FOR STRESS RELIEF FLIP FABRIQUE
With Herbalist Emily Sanders • Faulkner Gallery, Central Library • Nouveau Cirque from Quebec • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Granada Free • Register: 805-564-5621 • 2-4:30pm Su, 12/1. Theatre • $20-$51 • www.granadasb.org • 6:30pm Su, 2/9.
DANCE LECTURES & WORKSHOPS SB DANCE TRIBE MORNING BREW & BOTANY
Gustafson Dance Studio • $15 • 805-403-3439 • 11am-1pm Su. With Scot Pipkin • SB Botanic Garden • Free with admission/$5 WORLD DANCE FOR HUMANITY Suggested Donation • www.sbbg.org • 9:30-11:30am Su, 2/9. SB Dance Center, 127-A W Canon Perdido St • $10 • 805-966-5439 STUDIO SUNDAY • 9-10:15am Sa, Su. Create an oil pastel resist print inspired by the Lia Halloran works • CONTRA ALL • 1:30-4:30pm Su, 2/9. SB Museum ofDANCE Art • Free FOR • www.sbma.net With live music • Carrillo Ballroom, 100 E Carrillo St • $12 • MUSIC Info: 805-699-5101 • www.sbcds.org • 6:30-9:30pm Su. BEETHOVEN, KODÁLY, BRAHMS
HEALTH Lobero Theatre Chamber Music Project • Lobero Theatre • $26-$318 MEDITATION • www.lobero.org • FOR 4pm Su,WORLD 2/9. PEACE
Buddhist teachings & meditations • Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr, 508 SANTA BARBARA JAZZ SOCIETY Brinkerhoff Av • $10 Su. • 1Feat. Janis Mann • All• 805-563-6000 ages • SOhO ••10:30-11:45am $22 • www.sohosb.com MUSIC 3:30pm Su,ON 2/9. THE PATIO - HOLIDAY HORNS
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 820 N. Fairview Ave CURLY & COMPANY •All Freeages • www.liveoakgoleta.org • 11:30am-12:15pm Su, 2/9. 12/1. • SOhO • $5 • www.sohosb.com • 6:30pm Su, DRAG BRUNCH HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR!
Ages 18+ • SOhO • SOLD OUT • www.sohosb.com • Su, 12/1.
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Eastside Lib • Free • 805-963-3727 • 2-5pm Th.
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Rudolph, a ballet based on the story by Robert L. May, will be presented by Gustafson Dance, featuring State Street Ballet Young Dancers at 2 & 6pm on Saturday, December 7th at the Lobero Theatre. Students FLAPPER, aged two DANDY, to 18 will tell the story of the misfit RESS AS A JAZZ-AGE GANGSTER, or however reindeer, Rudolph and other misfit characters. For tickets ($27/$16) visit www.lobero.org
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by local auctioneer Geoff Green. The centerpiece of the event continues to be the Heart-Art sold during a silent auction, CELEBRATION OF THE NATIVITY 564-5642 • 10:30-11:30am Mo. created local artists and celebrities, including Interfaith concert feat. Unity Choir, the Solvang & Goleta Ward byHOMEWORK HELP Jeff Bridges, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Askew, Choirs, various soloists & the San Marcos High School Madrigals Trained volunteers assist students • Central Library • Free • 805-564Provided with a • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2107 Santaand BarbaraRod Lathim. 5603 • 3:30-6:30pm Mo / 2:30-5:30pmblank We. papiermâché heart, the event’s “Heart-ists” paint, sculpt, St • Free • 6pm Su, 12/1. DANCE and decorate in a multitude of ways to create THE CASTILLO TRIO THE DANCE works.HUB - INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED BALLET A wide variety of jazz during Bellini Brunch • Belmond Elthese Encanto unique With Susanfrom Manchakthis • Theevent Dance Hub, 22 E Victoria St • $18 • • 11am-2pm Su. Fundraising supports www.adam-bsb.org • 10-11:30am, Mo. Friendship Center’s HEART (Help Elders At Risk OUTDOORS YOUTH AERIAL DANCE Today) Program, subsidizing the cost of adult day WEST WIND PUBLIC MARKET SB Dance Center, 127-A W Canon Perdido St • $12-$190 • low-income aging SB Swapmeet offers fresh produce, new & used goods, & foodservices • 907 S. for 805.966.1409 • 4-5pm Mo & We.and dependent adults Kellogg Ave • 805-967-4591 • $1.25 adults / Children Free • 7am-2pm Su. and their families. Courtesy photos
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ZUMBA WITH JOSETTE For tickets,Carrillo ($140) visit www.friendshipcentersb.org GOLETA FARMERS MARKET Ballroom, 100 E Carrillo St • $15-150 • www.josettetkacik. or call 805-969-0859 to purchase by phone with creditMo-Fr card. Or mail Fresh produce & goods • Camino Real Marketplace, coma• 5:30pm & 11:15am Sa. your check to 89 Eucalyptus Lane, 7004Friendship Marketplace DrCenter, • 805-962-5354 • Free • 10am-2pm Su. Santa Barbara, CA 93108.
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Customized yoga • Santa BarbaraDE YogaLA Ctr, 32ERA East Micheltorena COMO UN FLAPPER, GÁNGSTER DEL St • $13 English languageÍSTETE learners practice with native speakers • CentralDANDI, • veintiuno Info: www.taniaisaac.com • 10:45am-Noon Mo.Corazones JAZZ o, como desees para celebrar el Festival Anual de Library Adult Literacy Ctr • Free • 805-564-5619 • 1:30pm Su. ESL CONVERSATION GROUP
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Lib, 500 N Fairview Av • Free • 805-964-7878 • 2:30pm Mo. SPECIAL 11:30am aEVENTS 2:30pm en el Hilton Santa BarbaraGoleta Beachfront Resort. Este evento festivo YOGA HOSPICE SB LIGHT UPValentín A LIFE CEREMONY previoOF al Día de San contará con unEASY elegante almuerzo con vinos locales;
for allJan ages Ingram with Carole Baral • Bronfman Family Jewish Hangmúsica a personalized in memory one who has died orconocido in Easy Yoga enstar vivo de Aoflaa loved Carte, también como y Henry Garrett; Ctr, 524 Chapala St • Free • 805-957-1115 • 12:30-2pm Mo. honoryofuna someone living • Lobero Theatre Esplanade • Free • www. subasta silenciosa y una en vivo realizada por el subastador local Geoff Green. lobero.org • 5pm Su, 12/1. SUNSET TAI CHI ON THE BEACH La pieza central del evento sigue siendo el “Heart-Art” (arte de corazones) Easy stress reducing practices to restore Balance and Harmony PHOTOS WITHdurante SANTA una subasta silenciosa, creada vendidos por artistas locales y celebridades, • Linden City Beach, Carpinteria • $12-$18 • 805-705-3426, Bringincluyendo your own cameraJeff • PetBridges, Photos - members only (9-10am) & Julia Louis-Dreyfus,www.QigongSB.com Tony Askew y• 4:15-5:15pm Rod Lathim. Mo. Con un Family Photos (10am-1:30pm) • SB Museum of Natural History • de papel machéforen del evento pintan, esculpen y decoran Free corazón for members/Free with admission Nonblanco, members •los www.artistas HEARING VOICES SUPPORT GROUP de muchas maneras para crear estas obras únicas. sbnature.org • 9am-1:30pm Su, 12/1. Based on an ethos of self-help, mutual respect, and empathy • Mental La recaudación de fondos de este eventoWellness apoyaCtr,el617programa HEART, quien Garden St • Free • 805-884-8440 • 6-7pm Mo. 9TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE ayuda a los ancianos en riesgo hoy del Friendship Center, que subsidia el costo Feat. 15 local artists and vendors, holiday treats, and entertainment GLAUCOMA & HEARING SCREENINGde los servicios adultos bajos ingresos adultosEyedependientes • Wildling Museum, 1511diurnos B Missionpara Dr, Solvang • Freede• www. Cottage Hosp.yMacDougall Ctr • Free • 805-569-8264y •sus 11am-1pm Mo. familias. • 10am-4pm Su, 12/1. wildlingmuseum.org
MUSIC MYPara RELIGION IS LOVE boletos, ($140) visita www.friendshipcentersb.org o llama al 805-969-0859 para UCSB CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & CHAMBER PLAYERS Rumicomprar Ed Ctr Studypor Group: learn about ancient teachings within teléfono con una tarjeta de crédito. O envía tu cheque por correo al Evening of orchestral masterpieces • UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • Rumi’s poetry • Montecito Community Hall, 1469 E Valley Rd • $20 Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Bárbara, CA 93108. • Register: www.rumieducationalcenter.org • 2-4pm Su, 12/1.
Free-$10 • https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1922 • 7:30-9:30pm Mo, 12/2.
Rain or Shine • Starts at Santa Claus Ln (Carpinteria) & ends at SB Carriage Museum, 129 Castillo St • $30 Rider + New unwrapped toy FANTASY: MUSIC FORDonation FLUTE,perOBOE, AND PIANO for Pre-teens & Teens • Register: www.unityshoppe.org 9am Su, 12/1. Feat. Professor of Flute Jill Felber • UCSB Karl •Geiringer Hall • Free-$10 • https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1987 • 2pm Su, 2/9. MAKERS MARKET Shop local SB artisans & makers. Presented by Blissful Boutiques • Paseo OUTDOORS Nuevo, De la Guerra Place at State St • Free • 10am-6pm Su.
All ages • SOhO • $8 • www.sohosb.com • 7:30pm Mo, 12/2.
32ND ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE TOY RUN
Monday, Dec. 2nd ARROYO BURRO BEACH CLEAN UP
Volunteer & make a contribution to a cleaner planet • Arroyo Burro Beach • Free • 805-884-0459x13 • 10am-12pm 2nd Su.
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Wearchildren your pajamas. Fundraiser for SBIFF’s Programs For 2-5 and their caregivers • CentralEducational Library • Free • 805-
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• Riviera Theatre, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra • $100/$250 • SOCIAL www.sbiff.org/pajamaparty 3pm Su, 2/9. ORIENTATION SB BOTANIC GARDEN• VOLUNTEER ACADEMY AWARDS VIEWING PARTY W/ Kathy Castaneda • SB Botanic Garden Blaksley Library • Free •
See the stars on• 5-6:30pm the big screen. Come dressed to walk the Red Carpet www.sbbg.org 1st Mo. • Alcazar Theatre Carpinteria, 4916 Carpinteria Ave • Free • www. LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE thealcazar.org • 3:30pm Su, 2/9. Beginners, intermed, advanced • SB Bridge Ctr, 2255 Las Positas Rd • ZOO JOB & VOLUNTEER EXPO $15 • Schedule/info: 805-687-1777 • www.sbbridge.org • 7-9pm Mo. Full time, part time, and seasonal job openings and volunteer SCRABBLE FUN FOR ALL LEVELS opportunities for adults & teens • SB Zoo, 500 Niños Dr • Free • Fun for all ages • Davis Ctr, De La Vina www.sbzoo.org/more/careers • 3-5pm Su, St2/9.& Victoria St • Free • 805-897-2568 • 1:30pm Mo.
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Samantha Eggers and James Daniel Olivas star in the Ensemble Theatre Company production of Jane Austen’s Emma, opening on Thursday, February 6th at the New Vic Theatre
LA CUMBRE JR HS: 13 The Musical - A hilarious, coming-of-age musical about discovering that “cool” is sometimes where we least expect it • 2255 Modoc Rd • $5-$35 • www.daurikennedy.com • 7pm Fr, 2 & 7pm Sa, 2pm Su, 1/31-2/2. GRANADA THEATRE: C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert – Max McLean brings the brilliant Oxford Don to life, taking us on his extraordinary journey from hard-boiled atheist to ‘the most reluctant convert in all England’ • 1214 State St • $49-$99 • www.granadasb.org • 4pm Sa, 2/1. WESTMONT’S BLACK BOX THEATRE: Love & Information - Explores contemporary issues about knowledge, technology, and communication, and our capacity for love • Westmont’s Black Box Theatre at Porter Hall • $10/$15 • www.westmont.edu/boxoffice • 7:30pm Th-Su & 2pm Sa-Su, Through 2/2. GRANADA THEATRE: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – Tells the inspiring true story of Carole King’s remarkable rise to stardom • 1214 State St • Tickets: limited availability - call 805-899-2222 • www.granadasb.org • 7:30pm We & Tu, 2/5 & 2/6.
CENTER STAGE THEATER: Anima 2020 – Local female artists share their deepest longings, secrets, dreams, vulnerable moments, and soul revelations through dance, song, spoken word, and performance art. Presented by Theater of the Feminine Underground • 751 Paseo Nuevo • $24/$29 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 7pm We, 2/5. RUBICON THEATRE: Never, Not Once – When a young biology student raised by two mothers decides to learn more about her DNA, she reaches out to the man she believes to be her father • 1006 E Main St, Ventura • www.rubicontheatre.org • $24-$64 • Opening Night: 7pm Sa ($150); 2 & 7pm We, 7pm Th, 8pm Fr, 2 & 8pm Sa, & 2pm Su, 2/5-2/23. NEW VIC: Jane Austen’s Emma - A beautiful, witty, and determined young woman plays matchmaker in disastrous ways, leading to a whirlwind of complications and, eventually, self-discovery • 33 W Victoria St • $25-$77 • https://ensembletheatre.com • Opening Night: 8pm Sa, 2/8; 8pm We-Sa & 2 & 7pm Su, 2/6-2/23. CENTER STAGE THEATER: Art – A play that humorously questions the meaning of art, friendship, and independence. Presented by Dijo Productions Theatre Co • 751 Paseo Nuevo • $21/$17 • www.centerstagetheater.org • 8pm Fr & Sa, 2pm Su, 2/7-2/16. OJAI ART CENTER THEATER: Shirley Valentine– An ordinary middle class housewife reminisces about life with her husband, her children, her past • 113 S Montgomery St, Ojai • www.ojaiact.org • $10-$25 • 7:30 Fr-Sa & 2pm Su, Through 2/16. OYES PRODUCTION: Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, Jr - The classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress • Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio, 907 El Centro St, Ojai • $12/$15 • www.oyespresents.org • 6pm Fr, 2 & 6pm Sa, 2pm Su, Through 2/9.
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Honeyland: Friday Matinee presented by the Public Library • Free • www.sbplibrary.org • Faulkner Gallery, Central Lib, 2-4pm Fr, 1/31. Harriet: Presented by Magic Lantern Films • $4 • www.ihc.ucsb.edu • Isla Vista Theatre, 960 Embarcadero del Norte, 7 & 10pm Fr & Mo, 1/31 & 2/3. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: Two Nights Only • $6-$10 • https://sbiffriviera.com • SBIFF Riviera Theatre, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, 9pm Fr & Sa, 1/31 & 2/1. SBIFF 3rd Weekend: The Flying Circus (Fr, 6:30pm); The Birdcatcher’s Son (Sa, 6:30pm); Bastards’ Road (Su, 6:30pm) • Free, first come first served • https://sbiffriviera.com • SBIFF Riviera Theatre, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra, 6:30pm Fr-Su, 1/31-2/2. Joker: Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City • $7 • www.thealcazar.org • The Alcazar Theatre, 7pm Sa, 2/1. A Fierce Green Fire – The Battle for a Living Planet: A one-hour documentary chronicling the environmental movement • Free AD #3 •REVISED Register: www.sbplibrary.org • Faulkner Gallery, Central Lib, 4pm Mo, 2/3. TV at the Pollock: The Handmaid’s Tale: Screening of season 2, episode
11, entitled Holly. Post-screening discussion with Kira Snyder • Free, all seats have been reserved - a standby line will be formed at the door • www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu • UCSB Pollock Theater, 7-9pm Tu, 2/4. Schedule One: A documentary about cannabis and cancer. Discussion panel to follow • Free • www.thealcazar.org • The Alcazar Theatre, 6:30-8:30pm Tu, 2/4. OffCenter: An experimental doc emphasizing the attitudes and experiences of unconventional African American, Latinx, LGBTQ people in Texarkana, a twin city in East Texas and Arkansas • Free • http://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/events • UCSB Multicultural Theater, 6pm We, 2/5. TV at the Pollock: Dick Wolf: Writing Television Past, Present, and Future: Screening of Hill Street Blues season 6, episode 9 “What Are Friends For?” (1985) and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit season 1, episode 1 “Payback.” Pre-screening discussion • Free, all seats have been reserved - a standby line will be formed at the door • www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu • UCSB Pollock Theater, 7-10pm Th, 2/6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco: Friday Matinee presented by the Public Library • Free • www.sbplibrary.org • Faulkner Gallery, Tuesday, January Central Lib, 2-4pm Fr, 2/7. Jojo Rabbit: Presented by Magic Lantern Films • $4 • www.ihc.ucsb.edu • Isla Vista Theatre, 960 Embarcadero del Norte, 7 & 10pm Fr & Mo, 2/7 & 2/10.
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Feb 21: Saint Judy (2018) | Director: Sean Hanish; Writer: Dmitry Portnoy; Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Leem Lubany, Common, Alfred Molina. 1hr 46 min. Feb 28 & Mar 6: To be announced
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Itzhak Perlman: a master tells his story UCSB Arts & Lectures
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OST EVERYBODY, CLASSICAL MUSIC FAN OR NOT, recognizes the name of Israeli American violinist Itzhak Perlman. He’s the winner of 16 Grammys, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, four Emmys, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to single out a handful of the panoply of worldwide honors Perlman has garnered over the course of his career. And, the artist is celebrating his 75th birthday with an intimate touring program of delicious personal reminiscences, historic videos from his legendary life, and in-person chats with his wife Toby about the struggles and triumphs of a musical genius who overcame polio and the prejudices of an insensitive world to become arguably the greatest violinist of this age. Touched immediately by the warmth of Perlman’s sense of humor and wealth of anecdote, a sold-out Granada Theatre audience in Santa Barbara on January 21st melted with laughter and applause on several occasions as he described Violinist Itzhak Perlman with his longtime collaborator Rohan de Silva with often hilarious inuendo and anecdote, a childhood of tight financial resources in Palestine before it became the chair, empty for the first half of the presentation, then occupied new state of Israel and his life-changing immigration to the U.S. by Perlman’s wife Toby, for a segment of treasured memories to study at The Juilliard School with violinist Ivan Galamian, about career and family. A screen above and just behind the set where he met his wife and launched his spectacular solo career. facilitated Perlman’s monologue with a charming multimedia With his collaborator of the past several decades, Rohan de show of family pictures and home movies, while nestled in the Silva at the piano, Perlman performed bits of this and that, and middle of it all, was de Silva. chaperoned video clips from his Ed Sullivan Show television After a greeting to the audience and some initial banter, debut as a teen and other milestones captured for all time including a viewing of the famous television debut segment on on film and records, particularly performance clips from his Ed Sullivan’s Cavalcade of Stars in 1958 at the age of 13, Perlman earliest years as a newly discovered prodigy. got down to a little business with pianist de Silva, Fritz Kreisler’s Speaking to the audience from his spiffy, state-of-the-art brief but powerful Tempo di Minuetto in the Style of Pugnani, automated rocket ship (wheelchair would be a ridiculous followed by the first of several discussion points, beginning with misnomer) in a setting on the Granada stage a little like a family how young is too young for a child to begin studying the violin? living room - coffee table of sorts for his fiddle and it’s little Explaining hilariously, his family’s recognition of the dilemma brother, a tiny fiddle that he played as a four year old, an easy about their “young genius” and initial attempts to find a proper
fiddle teacher, Perlman produced a tiny violin and illustrated on the Lilliputian instrument, it’s never too early to begin learning. Addressing two of the core events of his life before marriage and children – the lifelong influence of violinist Jascha Heifetz on Perlman’s aesthetic and the polio epidemic of 1948 which claimed his legs’ mobility – Perlman recounted losing music for a year or so before coming back to the violin at around four, then played for us his parents’ favorite piece, Franz Schubert’s Serenade from the collection Schwanengesang (Swan Song) composed near the end of the composer’s tragic life. An account of his audition and acceptance to The Juilliard School to study with Ivan Galamian as a teenager, a move to the U.S. that transformed his career, and another Kreisler piece, Cambarich Memoir, which Perlman recalled performing often at Jewish fundraisers during his Juilliard days, was followed by an anecdote about dumb luck – his Carnegie Hall debut review, which ran on the front page of the New York Times on account of a newspaper strike – and the profound challenge his handicap presented to his career as he experienced the silent discrimination of presenters and audiences alike. A delightful treat, the appearance of Perlman’s wife Toby for some delicious banter about life and children (they have five) and a review of the 25th anniversary of The Perlman Music Program which Toby, a Juilliard grad herself, administers was followed by the evening’s denouement and perhaps the most moving story of all. Explaining his initial resistance to Steven Spielberg and John Williams’ invitation to play the violin part for the 1994 film Schindler’s List, Perlman recounted finally accepting the offer and recording the famous solo violin theme in Boston’s iconic Symphony Hall while watching a click track of the film. Saying simply, “I lost it,” Perlman described his emotional response to the film, then played for us Williams’ haunting tune. There was not a dry eye in the house. Daniel Kepl has been writing music, theatre, and dance reviews or Santa Barbara publications since he was a teenager. His professional expertise is as an orchestra conductor. For more reviews by Daniel Kepl visit: www.performingartsreview.net
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January 31, 2020
World Health Organization Announces Global Health Emergency
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HE CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN CONTRACTED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA and the World Health organization has declared a global health emergency. California health officials have said the immediate risk in California is low, where 17 people have been tested resulting in two confirmed cases, according to the California Department of Public Health. Americans fleeing Wuhan China have arrived at March Air Force Reserve Base in Riverside County. The 201 individuals, which arrived on Wednesday, are being monitored by California, county, and Federal health professionals. The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, met with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing, on Tuesday. They shared the latest information on the novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) outbreak and reiterated their commitment to bring it under control, according to the WHO. “Stopping the spread of this virus both in China and globally is WHO’s highest priority,” said Dr. Ghebreyesus. “We appreciate the seriousness with which China is taking this outbreak, especially the commitment from top leadership, and the transparency they have demonstrated, including sharing data and genetic sequence of the virus.” Worldwide, more than 7,711 cases have been confirmed and 170 have died, according to the WHO. U.S. officials have set up screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport, New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport, and San Francisco International Airport and new check points are being organized at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta this week. Individuals who have contracted the new coronavirus — known as 2019-nCoV — have reported symptoms like fever, coughing, and difficulty breathing. Those who have died were mostly elderly or otherwise unwell, according to Chinese officials. No deaths have been reported outside China, where travel for millions of people has been restricted.
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1 SBIFF’s Santa Barbara Filmmaker Screening Series: SBIFF Education Ctr, 1330 State St • This month SBIFF will show Zizheng Liu’s Dumpling King which follows Wang, a Chinese fisherman and cook, who fishes in Santa Barbara Harbor and owns a dumpling restaurant in Isla Vista. Showtimes are 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, and 7:30pm. Runtime is seven minutes.
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Street, 805-342-0227 • Join Engel & Völkers Real Estate in commemoration of Rodger Casier’s life and artwork. See a selection of his vibrant and expressive paintings. He has been published in academic journals, magazines, and was featured in the film CrazyArt which took home the 2010 SBIFF Audience Choice Award.
4 Santa Barbara Fine Art: *New Location* 1321 State Street, 805-845-4270 • Santa Barbara Fine Art has moved! Enjoy art and wine tasting by Santa Barbara Winery and LaFond winery. Oak Group Members: Arturo Tello, Richard Schloss, Larry Iwerks, Michael Drury, Marcia Burtt, John Wullbrandt, Kevin Gleason, and Carrie Givens and many more local landscape painters. 5 State Gallery At Youth Interactive: 1219 State
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Street, 805-617-6421 • Intuitive Subconscious: Featuring artists Marge Cafarelli and Cyndee Howard. Led by intuition, these artists navigate the empty canvas, like Braille, by splashing paint, or working in a digital darkroom. It is messy, unorganized, and out of chaos comes beauty. Great music and wine.
Santa Barbara: 653 Paseo Nuevo Terrace, 805-966-5373 • Curated Cocktails | DJ Lady Flash: Enjoy Cocktails inspired by the current exhibition featuring N. Dash. Delicious drinks, interactive art activities, and tunes by DJ Lady Flash make for a memorable evening at MCASB and the Paseo Nuevo Upper Arts Terrace (6 to 8pm).
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step back in time 200 years at El Presidio Santa Barbara for Presidio by candlelight – complete with officers in la comandancia, a cooking demo in la cocina, and Chumash stories by an open fire. There will be music and dancing in the chapel, too!
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Forever is a nine-artist show that explores the divergent threads of human relationships, both with each other and with the world at large. We greet the world when we’re born and our dialogues continue until we die.
19 Misa & Martin Gallery: 619 State St • Join the Gallery for a carefully curated selection of contemporary art featuring emerging through mid-career artists. Gallery artists include: A.L.E.S. Misa Art, Barbara Bouman Jay, Christopher Jeffries, Kaleo, Jim Martin, Jeff Overlie, and Michael Haber.
www.downtownsb.org 12 Gallery 113: 1114 State St, La Arcada Ct #8 • 805-965-6611 • Members of the SB Art Association show their original art at this gallery. Artist of the Month is Wendy Brewer with her mixedmedia mosaics that are expressions of her reverence for life. Featured artists are Karen Haub, Rick Doehring, Julia Stepro, Darlene Roker, and Isaure de la Presle.
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805-730-1460 • Sullivan Goss celebrates the opening of solo shows for two of Santa Barbara’s most iconic and beloved painters, Meredith Brooks Abbott, and Phoebe Brunner. Also on view The Anchors: Masterworks from the gallery’s historic estates.
17 Grassini Family Vineyards: 24 El Paseo, 805-897-3366 • Experience an extraordinary night featuring art by Wabi Moss. Moss wall art is no ordinary art! Each vertical garden brings a unique experience into the environment and is made locally with 100 percent real, preserved moss and ferns. Enjoy with a glass of discounted wine for the ultimate relaxing evening.
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• Borderline between abstract and real, Yuliya’s paintings reflect the relationship between humans and nature utilizing an earthy palette and natural materials like wax and gold. A member of the Painters Guild, Yuliya is currently writing a PhD in Philosophy of Art at the Prince Charles’ Arts School, London.
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805-770-5912 • Featuring local artist and photographer John Baran’s vibrate paintings of animals. His process of traveling the world to interact with them in their natural environments results in inspiring works. Every purchase of Baran’s work supports animal conservation nonprofits. Happy hour prices all day!
Santa Barbara State Historic Park: 123 East Canon Perdido St, 805965-0093 • Enjoy a rare opportunity to visit the Presidio by candlelight and travel back in time to over two centuries ago. Chat with Presidio officers in la comandancia, watch a cooking demo in la cocina, enjoy Chumash stories by an open fire, and dance to Spanish music in the chapel!
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State Gallery at Youth interactive will take a dive into intuition with Intuitive Subconscious: featuring work by Marge Cafarelli and Cyndee Howard. Above see Lesley Warhol by Cyndee Howard and lower image: Water Dance by Marge Caferelli.
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• 805-962-8885 • The Gallery recently celebrated its 35th year and 28 years in La Arcada Courtyard exhibiting some of today’s finest nationally-known painters. Southwest Art Magazine recognized Diane & Ralph Waterhouse among “10 Prominent People” in the Fine Art Business. Live art demo by Ralph at 5:45pm.
A Delivering outlaw, modern country, and beats along with classic country rock to energize your soul, catch Stray Herd at Paseo Nuevo (1130 State St). “The Herd” is composed of some of Santa Barbara’s favorite seasoned musicians: Grayson Dale, Kate Ingalls, Snake Farmer , Nick Hoffman, Ally Shiras, and Steve Clemens.
14 Oppi’z Bistro & Natural Pizza: 1026 State Street, 805-770-7390 • New exhibit of Photo Portraits Of An Italian Family 1850-1950. Alongside the magnificent works of the Botanical Prints 10 Channing Peake Gallery: 105 E Anapamu St, 1st Flr • Celebrate local artists! Visit Wit From The Oppi’z Collection (original prints from the XVIII–XIX c.), and ancient photographs, and Whimsy: Selections from the Collection of Michael and Nancy Gifford, an exhibition enjoy a Aperol Spritz* or Limoncelllo* and tasty bites (*exclusively available for 1st Thursday)! A Stray Herd: 1130 State Street in Paseo Nuevo, 5 to 8pm • Stray Herd is a Santa Barbara showcasing a variety of contemporary works in mixed media by Santa Barbara County artists. based Country Rock Band playing outlaw & modern country & roots tunes along with old classic 15 Amazon, Santa Barbara: 1001 State Street • Be sure to stop by Amazon to enjoy their country rock that energizes and delivers a soulful blend of musical memories from “those thrilling 11 Santa Barbara Museum of Art: 1130 State St • 805-963-4364 • Opera Santa Barbara inaugural 1st Thursday event. Strange Attractors: Drawing machines by Sean O’Brien and days of yesteryear!” presents a Pop-Up Opera performance in the Museum galleries with selections in honor of Abstract Oil Paintings by Taj Vaccarella. Wine and tasty treats will be served. Black History Month (5:30 - 6:30pm). Enjoy free art-making activities in the Family Resource B The Art Crawl: 927 State St, 5:30pm • One of Art Crawl’s original founders, Andi Garcia is Center until 7:30pm and the galleries until 8pm! a passionate warrior for Santa Barbara arts. She has tracked down hidden gems, and off-thebeaten-track locations for this curated Art Crawl. Meet Andi at the steps to the Santa Barbara This map page donated for the past four years by VOICE Magazine. Museum of Art at 5:30pm, and wear comfy shoes so you can crawl in comfort.
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N CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED, the flags on the breakwater have been down. The wild winds of winter have done their work on the lightweight fabric needed to indicate wind direction for mariners on the water. The entire display has spent some QT (quality time) at the Flag Factory in Carpinteria where they were constructed at the end of last year in time for the harbor holiday events of 2019. They did their colorful best to welcome visitors and locals alike to the harbor, be part of the year end celebrations, and to capture the wind for the sailors at sea. And capture the wind they did – or perhaps the wind captured the flags! As everyone living on the South Coast knows, the ‘new normal’ weather has become unpredictable. Those of us living in Santa Barbara, and the thousands of tourists who visit, love the area and its ocean related activities. But, we are told, changes are in store in the coming decades as temperatures and sea levels rise, impacting the local ecology and human systems. According to a new study specific to Santa Barbara and a joint effort between researchers at UCSB, California Sea Grant, the U.S. Geological Survey, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and an assortment of universities nationwide, weather challenges will include temperature changes, frequent weather related events, and rising sea levels. All of this is to say that our flags, although giving it their very best, are among the first indicators of these changes and unfortunately have paid the price. The battered appearance of the flags as last year drew to a close created a considerable amount of feedback from the community. This situation gave the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, as stewards of the flag project in partnership with the Waterfront Department, food for thought as to how to best resolve this issue. Over the years, the idea of having two generations of flags to facilitate a mid-year renewal had been considered, but tabled. The changes in weather, however, have caused the Club’s flag committee to reconsider this possibility and procedures are underway to implement this plan beginning at the end of 2020 for the year ahead. The cheerful multi-colored flags are a highlight in the harbor and having a mid year change with a set of new flags will allow the array to (hopefully) appear colorful and crisp for the entire year. Until November of this year, regardless of weather, the present flags will have to hang in! Thus their current stay at the Flag factory and the resulting empty flag poles on the breakwater. Extra special care will be taken during winter, spring, and summer months to remove and protect them during weather events. The Yacht Club continues to maintain the stewardship of the Flag Project on the Breakwater as a service to the community and hopefully you’ll see them back very soon. Stay tuned!
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Y DAUGHTER TRACEY AND I started talking about the frightening new Coronavirus that had taken off so suddenly and is moving so quickly that it is headline news. It started in a part of China not frequented by Westerners. It couldn’t have hit at a worse time, just before the lunar Chinese New Year when everyone in China seems to be traveling. It is the big holiday of the year and tradition requires one to go home for the New Year, no matter how far. And no matter what their financial situation, Chinese people almost always have found a way to make the trip. By the time you read this, the figures will have multiplied tremendously. At this point the virus has spread from Wuhan as Ready for the soup pot far as Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, France, and the United States. The Wuhan government has stopped all transportation. Not only no planes flying out, but trains, buses, and cars cannot leave the area either. The original source of the virus was thought to have been from a wet marketplace that sold exotic meats and snakes. The snake theory took over fast – and Tracey and I started talking about snakes in our travels. The time in India when I was photographing a gypsy encampment in the distance, two men started chasing us with a basket holding a live cobra. We got locked into the car just in time with the cobra’s frightening tongue lashing out at the glass window. My main snake memory was from my second trip to China, in 1977, when I talked my way into going to a snake restaurant in Canton I knew still existed. In the pitch black street, suddenly two barely lit glass storefront windows appeared. In them were dead trees from which every branch hung a different type of very much alive snakes. My two friends didn’t want to get out of the government taxi, but he’s had his orders and didn’t speak English, so we had to stick to our plan. The women nearly fainted when the waiter who spoke some English explained the menu and even worse when after I had ordered (they each had a cup of tea) two boys Wuhan University came out carrying several live snakes on each arm for me to choose my snakes. I got into this; I was going through with it! So timidly I chose six for my Six Snake Soup and three for the snake and leak stew I’d ordered. When the soup arrived, it looked quite normal except they had cut the snake into long thin strips so you never ceased being aware of what you were eating. Dicing them would have helped. In case you want to try it, I do have a Snake Soup Recipe. It calls for one water snake, one large piece of python!!!, two chicken legs, one pork bone, one cup black fungus, two tablespoons of ginger, one cup dark soy sauce, corn starch, star anise, and of course water. Since A container of bottom fish I don’t imagine any of you will go on with the making of this, I’ll skip the directions. It cooks for about six hours, I will tell you. When visiting outdoor markets in small villages, it wasn’t unusual to see enamel pots filled with squirming snakes sitting right next to a pot of live scorpions. Then there would be all types of the most unattractive red meat, whose ancestry you didn’t want to know. The pots of fish were more appealing. I found one even attractive enough to photograph. “I once ate a chocolate covered ant!” Tracey injected. “What did it taste like?” I asked. Snake dish in China that displays snakes more “Chocolate!” appealingly
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NCE AGAIN, Hollywood marketing maven Madelyn Hammond moderated a spectacular Women’s Panel at the Lobero Theatre on the last day of the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The theatre was packed with eager fans anxious to hear the perspectives of women in key positions who have been recognized by the industry. The panel consisted of a comprehensive selection of artists: Julia Reichert (Director-American Factory), Rosana Sullivan (Director - Kitbull), Aneta Hickinbotham (Producer - Corpus Christi), Bonnie Arnold (Producer – How To Train Your Dragon 2), Anne Morgan (Makeup - Bombshell), Arianne Phillips (Costume Design - Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood), Mayes C. Rubeo (Costume Design - Jojo Rabbit), Regina Graves (Set Decorator - The Irishman), and Sarah Finn (Casting Director - The Lion King). Hammond opened the discussion by recounting promising statistics for increased involvement for women in the Industry. The year 2019 produced a trend definitely on the up-swing; in casting direction as high as 80 percent and in other areas averaging in the 20th to 30th percentiles, considerably up from previous years. “Women are doing well considering, and the trends signal even higher participation in the future,” she stated to a round of applause. Each woman on the panel described her experience on the film with which she had been involved, but all emphasized that the success of the project was always a collaborative effort of the entire team from the director to the artists and crew. Photo by Sigrid Toye
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Arianne Phillips, costume designer for Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood stressed the importance of detail, even as small as a belt buckle, to give a film authenticity. In describing the character of Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie), the effort required to procure the replica of a fur coat Tate actually wore in real life was a story itself. Makeup artist for Bombshell, Anne Morgan, who focuses on creating the actor’s hair, described the female image – in this case, Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) and others like her – that FOX News wished to project to the world. Morgan shared with the fascinated audience a good deal of how the network functions and the requirement for its female correspondents. Julia Reichert, the director of the documentary film, American Factory spoke of the cultural education necessary for herself and her crew to understand the cultural shock and challenges of hundreds of men imported from high tech China to a factory in working class America. Just the stories related by the panelists would fill a series of feature length films! An appreciative audience applauded frequently during and after the discussions with a better understanding of how a character is created, an actor is cast, how a project comes to life, along with a women’s perspective on the film making process.
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HE JUST-RELEASED SINGLE-FAMILY SALES GRAPH highlights a very important fact. New-home sales—especially for single-family residences—are back to historical levels last seen in 2000. The Great Recession and oversupply during the housing bubble caused so much damage to home building that it has taken housing ten years to recover. It augers well for economic growth this year with a fullyemployed economy and more younger homebuyers entering the housing market. So the question being asked is, has the homeownership rate finally bottomed, so that it is now again on an upward trend? Sales of new single-family homes in December were at an annual rate of 694,000, which is 23 percent above the December 2018
rate, reports HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. Builders are finally catching up to the demand for more homes, in other words. There are many reasons the housing recovery has taken so long—there are too few homes in the affordable range, for starters. Entry-level homebuyers (usually from the millennial generation) have been slow to form new households and pay down their college debts, so they are currently buying just 30 to 31 percent of homes, when their percentage has been closer to 40 percent in the past. Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes has also increased five points to 76 in December, off an upwardly revised November reading, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/ Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). This is the highest reading
since June of 1999. “Builders are continuing to see the housing rebound that began in the spring,” said the NAHB, “supported by a low supply of existing homes, low mortgage rates, and a strong labor market. While we are seeing near-term positive market conditions with a 50-year low for the unemployment rate and increased wage growth, we are still underbuilding due to supplyside constraints like labor and land availability. Higher development costs are hurting affordability and dampening more robust construction growth.” The average rate of new home sales in 2019 was 681,000, which was 10.3 percent higher than 2018’s pace. The median sales price for new homes was $331,400 in December, which was up from the previous month. The government estimated there was a 5.7-month supply of new homes available for sale, up slightly from November as well, and is now back to the average supply of new homes on the market before the housing bubble. The Calculated Risk’s Bill McBride has commented on the homeownership rate since the Great Recession, and believes it is also returning to historical levels, per his graph. It is back to 64.1 percent of households, the average that has prevailed since the 1970s. There is still a housing shortage, however, with more than 500,000 homeless living on the streets, according to the latest data. To put it bluntly, this is a sign that not enough affordable, entry-level homes are being built; which means that many in the younger generations will still not be able to afford to buy.
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Let’s get Serious About Supply
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HERE ARE MANY ISSUES NEEDING OUR ATTENTION, but none as crucial as the housing crisis. It affects the ability of our schools, hospitals, and businesses to attract and retain employees. Lack of housing affects the ability of our youth to live and work where they grow up. It affects the ability of parents to retire and remain close to family. It affects our economy, and the quality of our lives. Each year California falls 180,000 housing units short. Artificial market constraints are not a solution. The deficiencies compound year after year after year, putting extreme pressure on the rental market, and limiting housing opportunities for our veterans, seniors, and first-time buyers. The demand simply is not going away. We must get serious about supply. We must do it in a smart and balanced way, seeking solutions which preserve the unique heritage of our region, and the natural beauty which we hold dear. Supply and stewardship must go hand in hand. Staci Caplan Homeownership is in decline. The rate of homeownership in California is at 52 percent, the lowest it has been in decades. There is a lack of affordability, which underscores the supply and demand equation. “With housing supply dropping to the lowest level in nearly seven years, California experienced an unusual jump in its median price at the end of the year when the market is supposed to cool down,” said C.A.R. Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young. “While low rates have been fueling demand in the second half of 2019, supply constraints continued to put a drag on the market and undercut the positive effect of low rates. The surge in price is a byproduct of the imbalance between supply and demand as market competition continues to heat up.” Throughout California, City, County, and State Governments are taking steps to tackle the housing crisis with the support of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The state recently approved bill SB 330 which will increase the housing supply by reducing the barriers to housing development. It labels our housing shortage exactly what it is: a housing supply crisis. This law will create certainty for developers constructing new housing units, if the development is consistent with local planning, zoning, and design requirements. It streamlines the local permitting process for five years in cities with more than 5,000 residents and where rents exceed 130 percent of the national average. The City of Santa Barbara has taken its own action by introducing the Average Unit-Size Density Program (AUD’s). The intent of the program is to support the construction of smaller, more affordable residential units near transit and within easy walking and biking distance to commercial services and parks. This will help ease the demand for housing by adding supply to the markets. It’s time to get serious about supply. REALTORS are at the forefront of the charge to promote housing and home ownership. We care about our communities and are actively involved in promoting housing solutions for our citizens. If you have questions about housing supply, or other real estate-related needs, call your local REALTOR® or visit the Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS® website at www.sbaor.org.
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Rick Benjamin who has lifted the lyre One loss folds itself inside another. It is like the origami held inside a plain sheet of paper. Not creased yet. Not yet more heavy. The hand stays steady. — Jane Hirshfield
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O MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN SANTA BARBARA around Nancy Gifford! People may not know that in addition to heavy rowing in the art-paintingsculpture life of Santa Barbara, that she also curated and sponsored poetry books and readings. Poetry is always breaking into flower in her presence. She bade a heartfelt farewell to us for Scottsdale with a donation of 350 art works by local artists to the County of Santa Barbara. At the first unveiling and reception, I found
fate from dropping roots to what always disappears? Because it isn’t just chains, or trains of thought, or some bloom’s scent we still smell even without knowing it.
myself in earnest conversation with a sparkling UCSB Ph.D candidate about the semiotics of Umberto Eco and she mentioned the lucent poetry of her professor, Rick Benjamin, and rumor of his new book. I was all over that new book news like my Southern Appalachian cuzzos to blackberry pie. From his much awaited, Some Bodies in the Grief Bed —
It’s all the things we can’t repair, don’t
Hardware, Flowers
Maestro Benjamin writes: “My new book evolved as a meditation on both seeding and decay in human and non-human ecologies, as both praise and lament, as a way of reckoning in this moment. As usual, I suppose, the book mixes examination of a human life, mine, with what is always in a process of either gestation or dissolution in the environment which informs, surrounds, contextualizes to human scale.” Benjamin last visited this column with his marvelous Endless Distances (Lawrence & Crane, 2015). That book earned praise by master poets Mark Doty, Coleman Barks, and Michael Glaser, who wrote, “These poems are written with such craft and grace that I am left with gratitude for the deeper understandings they offer my life and my world.” Doty and Barks praised
The grandson of the man who first opened Durfee’s Hardware doesn’t know the name of all the tools & your Pop, who doesn’t suffer fools in hardware stores gracefully asks to talk to the old man. He needs someone who can tell when hundredyear old windows need chain not rope, weights dropping down as panes of wavy glass slide up. Gary Snyder says, learn the flowers, go light, & I know he’s right, but what if the flowers he knows are vanishing at a rate faster than we can remember
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know the names of anymore. It’s every door, & the missing hardware & the fact that you & everyone you love is still going to have to walk through it.
‘A Crowning Achievement’ Scholar and social justice activist Vilna Bashi Treitler receives two new significant honors for her work
Association has conferred on Bashi Treitler its 2020 Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award, which CHOLAR VILNA BASHI TREITLER, in recognizes an individual for outstanding work in her own words, has had “the great fortune the intellectual tradition of the to live the life of the mind, scholars for whom it is named. since I started life as a black Oliver Cox, Charles S. Johnson girl child of immigrants, who and E. Franklin Frazier “placed became the first in my family to go their scholarship in service to college. to social justice, with an eye “I’ve lived through and seen a toward advancing the status of great deal of injustice along the way, disadvantaged populations.” and as an empath there’s no way I “What means most to me can do nothing about that.” is that it is an award meant She’s done a lot, to say the least. to recognize scholarship in Today Bashi Treitler is service to social justice,” Bashi Vilna Bashi Treitler a prominent sociologist and Treitler said. “I have enormous professor of Black Studies at UC gratitude for those who do this kind of work sight Santa Barbara, a social justice activist and an unseen every day, and for those who work on accomplished artist. For the breadth and depth of her work throughout her “life of the mind,” she has committees to offer recognition to those who toil in social justice work, like me. earned two major honors. “For the same reason, I’m breathless about First, her book The Ethnic Project, an being included in the Zora Canon,” she added. examination and explanation of “why the “I have for all my life devoted my time to nonsensical idea of race persists, despite a century of science declaring the mythology of the concept,” contributing to positive social change in the spaces in which I participate. I have many comrades in was named to the Zora Canon, a list of the 100 this struggle, but they are not always visible to me. best books ever written by an African American These accolades make me feel so seen.” woman. Named for the celebrated novelist and In addition, the American Sociological folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the impressive By Shelly Leachman / The UC Santa Barbara Current
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his “brave vision” and “his spare, clean language music.” Yes, he has continued to ripen as our own master poet of national significance. Of his new work, Renée Ashley writes, “The poems are blessings and prayers, crafted by a keen mind and with unflinching generosity, poems that take us with eyes open to the center of Benjamin’s utterly human and awakened heart.” Prayer Let even winter light linger on floor long enough for the dog to find it, let some of the snow drift in beneath a closed door with cold air because it is good to remember that some are sleeping in lairs tonight. Let the old fight lay down its weapons, surrender to something else we always knew was there—an embrace, her hair brushing your face, the soft air of his voice finding its way into your inner ear. Even after all these years, may the world find you out again & again, like lost souls seeking salvation in this world they left behind & sometimes even finding a halo of warm light to sleep in.
Benjamin gives, teaches courses such as Poetry & Community, Reimagining Social Change, Literatures of Juvenile Justice, Wild Literature in the Urban Landscape, Poetry of the Spirit, and more. He continues to facilitate poetry workshops with elders at the assisted living center and with kids at the Goleta Boys & Girls Club, and more. I love the common word in his poetry, evocative of William Carlos Williams, William Stafford, Gary Snyder, and I love his hand reaching toward Pablo Neruda, Adrienne Rich—holding stones of politics, gems of love. And I cherish that he is doing the work
list on which Bashi Treitler’s book appears also includes works by authors Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Angela Davis, Ntozake Shange, Audre Lorde and many others. “It seems beyond my vocabulary to conjure words to describe what this honor means to me,” said Bashi Treitler, current vice chair of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racism, Afrophobia, and Colorism. “This feels like a crowning achievement, and wearing that crown helps me hold my head higher as I continue my work as an activist artist-scholar.” Said Charles Hale, SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences, “I congratulate Professor Vilna Bashi Treitler on this impressive and richly deserved honor. ‘Scholarship in service to social justice’ — the dedicated purpose of the prestigious Cox-Johnson-Frazier award — is an apt description of Professor Bashi Treitler’s life work, which examines structures of racial and intersectional inequities, with an attentive eye to actionable remedies. This award comes on the heels of her book The Ethnic Project being named to the Zora Canon. “I am deeply proud that our division, and our campus, is home to such a truly original, creative and committed scholar,” he added. Bashi Treitler is a scholar of the history of racial thought and prejudice, the history of ethnic groups in the United States, and how immigrant groups are socially and economically incorporated Press University Stanford Photo By
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Rainer Maria Rilke memorialized in – 9th Sonnet to Orpheus Only he who has lifted the lyre also among the shadows may render infinite praise. Only he who has eaten of the poppy with the dead will never again lose the most delicate tone.
And from Rick Benjamin— Elwood Home to owls, coastal pines still their nervy needles even in wind, bend don’t break, send scent thick as smoke through the window come evening. There was a time darkness & wind & sight of yellow eyes would’ve kept me awake at night. As it was I wept most times waiting for that hurricane to blow through my defenses: cover pulled tight around my body, back to wall, knowing an end was near. The thing itself is easy: spirit leaves body, disappears to its hiding-place where it can still witness what happens. Mean time, a boy will wait long as it takes to find a sleep in which he’s left alone, dreams beyond something he cannot believe is actually happening. So many years asking, who? after nightcreatures in the pines.
The release date for Some Bodies in the Grief Bed (Homebound) will be announced here. Richard Jarrette—author of Beso the Donkey (MSU Press, 2010), A Hundred Million Years of Nectar Dances (Green Writers Press, 2015), The Beatitudes of Ekaterina (Green Writers Press, 2017), The Pond (Green Writers Press, 2019), and Strange Antlers (2021).
into new societies. Her scholarship aims to explain how and under what circumstances we create hierarchies that value some humans more than others (like race, class, gender or unequal world systems), and how these hierarchical systems can change or be dismantled. Her work in many ways continues that of Cox, Johnson and Frazier, notable sociologists who Bashi Treitler described as inspirations for their efforts to advance black people and to edify the public about race as a global scourge, and racism as a mental illness. “What titans!” she remarked of her predecessors. “Their focus on our globe, and not just our own country, is meaningful to me as someone who works at the intersection of race, ethnicity and international migration. Plus, each of these men worked just as hard outside of the academy to shine light on the conditions of the downtrodden, and call out those they saw as complicit with racial denigration. They are stellar models for work that melds activism with scholarship and art, like mine.” “What are we here for if not to improve the world we live in, teach those in our classrooms to do the same, and leave behind works that can inspire future generations?” she continued. “Does the world really need another book or piece of art that doesn’t aim for such things?” Printed with permission of UCSB Office of Public Affairs and Communications
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HE OFFERINGS FROM INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS WERE REMARKABLE at the festival with many compelling foreign films, often with subtitles, where human stories become the primary focus versus visual and computerized wizardry as seen in many released movies. Film Festival programming staff chose carefully from among thousands of entries those Still from 14 Days, 12 Nights offering glimpses of challenging personal and political or societal conflicts as well as the angels and demons that are interwoven into the narrative journeys giving this festival a strong flavor of diversity. Some of the highlights include: 37 Seconds, a story set in Japan featuring the personal journey of a young disabled anime-styled manga artist with cerebral palsy who draws on a tablet. The film was directed and written by Hikari Still from Show Me What You Got and won the Audience Award at the recent Berlin International Film Festival. Awards aside, this was a deliberately slow-moving saga that chose to offer surprises in the realm of sexual exploration and buried regret, covering a universal theme of the ramifications of disability with grace and humor. The unlikely protagonist was new-to-film actress Mei Kayama, cast as the courageous heroine the film follows in three distinct acts. Its storytelling was gripping throughout and emotionally rich. Still from Supernova 14 Days, 12 Nights, a film from Canada in the French language was directed by Jean-Philippe Duval. It looks at a sad adoption story mostly set in Vietnam. Richly illustrated by the camera, the film captures the spectacular coasts of both Vietnam and Quebec as a backdrop to a story centered on female perspectives. It tells a problematic story underlining issues of colonization, class differences, and the war that victimized Vietnam by United States interests. French language films were prominent in the international lineup with a taut and fascinating thriller screened called Only The Animals. With five segmented chapters, the story, directed by Dominik Moll and written by Moll and Gilles Marchand from a novel by Colin Niel, boasted a multi-hued complex plot, and featured French actors that are at the top of their game including Denis Menochet, Damien Bonnard, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, among others. The locations in France and in Africa created a fascinating tapestry of atmospheric scenes and the fast-paced editing by Laurent Rouan was expertly accomplished. Another French film, Papicha, had co-producing partners from Algeria, Belgium, and Qatar. Directed by Mounia Meddour, it was a hard-hitting, violence-laced drama about a young woman aspiring to be a fashion designer resisting the conservative social forces in 1990s era Algeria. The performances were exquisite by the mostly young cast and formed a sobering portrayal of the ongoing conflict between secular and Islamic religious forces that currently provoke mayhem in the Northern Africa and the Middle East. Another honorable mention in the French language was Kuessipan, directed by Myriam Verreault. From Canada, it explored contemporary tensions between the Quebec Innu community and the modern world outside their mostly frozen world. Show Me What You Got, adeptly and creatively directed by Svetlana Cvetko, was set mostly in Los Angeles. This series of scenes was a direct homage to Truffaut’s Jules and Jim, and included charismatic performances from the cast, including Cristina Rambaldi, Mattia Minasi, and Neyssan Falahi. Shot in black and white, the free-wheeling plot explored a trio of friends, with silly adventures and sexual adventures that were mostly charmingly illustrated. Overriding the scenes was a French narrator further adhering to the Truffaut style. Films from other countries provided a rich backdrop of suspenseful cinema including an unforgettable drama from Poland, Supernova. The film was written and directed by Bartosz Kruhlik. Scenes built upon each other. Taking place in the middle of a rural farmland road with multiple lashings of tragedy, it builds slowly throughout the telling of this story. Other intriguing films included the Italian film The Mayor of Rione Sanità, directed by Mario Martone, emphasizing the sinister politics found deep within the poor neighborhoods of Naples. With an extraordinary cast and dialogue dripping with threatening intensity, the film is a devasting portrait of leadership that does not have any checks or balances. Films from Nordic countries included a historical epic from Norway. Wide-scoped and big budget, Amundsen was directed by Espen Sandberg. From Sweden, Call Mom!, directed by Lisa Aschan, was an entrancing and entertaining comedy-drama about modern-day family dysfunction. A gripping film from Georgia, part of the Russian Arc section, included the battle saga, Shindisi, from director Dito Tsintsadze. The film puts the audience right in the middle of a deadly encounter between Russian forces in 2008 when they smashed into a rural community upending a formerly peaceful and poverty laden village. The brutality of war was part of the story and the courage of the few villagers attempting to save Georgian soldier’s lives was deeply compelling. A film from Norway, Richard Hobert’s The Birdcatcher’s Son (Fågelfångarens son) won the SBIFF’s Audience Choice Award. Director Fatos Berisha’s The Flying Circus was awarded as Best International Feature Film. The Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin American Cinema went to Gerardo Herrero’s The Goya Murders and the Valhalla Award for Best Nordic Film was given to Jesper W. Nielsen’s The Exception, a film from Denmark. All in all, the international films were a centerpiece of excellence for festival audiences who enjoyed them on the big screens. Courtesy Photos
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Celebrating Artists & Art Destinations GALLERIES • STUDIOS • MUSEUMS • PUBLIC PLACES
10 WEST GALLERY: Hello Forever ~ Mar 1 • 10 W Anapamu St • Mo, We-Sa 115:30pm, Su 12-5 • 805-770-7711.
BELLA ROSA GALLERIES: Dan LeVin’s Lonely Hearts and Ed Borein prints ~ Ongoing • 1103-A State St • Mo-Sa 116pm/Sun 11-5pm • 805-966-1707. CABADAGRAY GALLERY: Vita Art Center, 28 W. Main St, Ventura • We-Sa 10-4pm/ By Appt • 805-644-9214. CABANA HOME: Fine Art & Design • 111 Santa Barbara St • Mo-Fr 10am-6pm, Sa by appt. • 805-962-0200. CASA DE LA GUERRA: Haas Adobe Watercolors / Wallpaper Discoveries ~ Ongoing • 15 E De la Guerra St • $5/$4 • Tu-Su 12-4pm • 805-965-0093.
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Friday, January 31st, 6-9pm Art from Scrap Gallery Cosmic Daydream reception Saturday, February 1st, 3-5pm Willdling Museum Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky reception Wednesday, February 5th, 5:30-7pm Santa Barbara Museum of Art After-hours special evening, For tickets ($10/members;$15 non-members)visit https:// tickets.sbma.net/eventdetail/members-friendsevening-2020-02-05/ Thursday, February 6th, 5-8pm 1st Thursday A Cultural Night Dowtown! See page 11 Sundays, 10am-dusk: SB Arts & Crafts Show • Cabrillo Blvd (State to Calle Puerto Vallarta), 805-897-1982 Thursdays, 3pm-dusk: Carpinteria Creative Arts Show 800 Block of Linden Av, 805-291-1957
PEREGRINE GALLERIES: Early American & CA Paintings & Bakelite • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-969-9673.
THE GALLERY MONTECITO: Alain, Pierce, Bennett, Bolton, Draper, Webster, Masterpol, Schulte ~ Ongoing • 1277 Coast Village Rd • Tu-Sa 11-6pm • 805969-1180.
GRAYSPACE GALLERY: Three Sides of the Coin ~ Feb 23 • 219 Gray Av • We, Th, Su 1-5pm; Fr-Sa 2-8pm & By Appt • 805689-0858.
ART FROM SCRAP GALLERY: Cosmic Daydream • 302 E Cota St • Tu-Fr 116pm, Sa 10-4pm • 805-884-0459.
ATKINSON GALLERY @ SBCC: Eleven Figures in Two Parts - Part 1 ft. Brian Calvin, Gerald Davis, Karon Davis, Manjari Sharma, and Xaviera Simmons ~ Feb 14 • Humanities Bldg, Rm 202 • 805-897-3484 • gallery.sbcc.edu.
GALLERY LOS OLIVOS: New Artist Britt Friedman and Sheryl Knight: New Visions ~ Feb 9 • 2920 Grand Av • Daily 10-5pm • 805-688-7517.
GOLETA VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: El Corazón de Goleta mural by Barbara Eberhart ~ Ongoing • 55679 Hollister Av • 9-6pm daily • www.thegvcc.org.
ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM, UCSB: Irresistible Delights: Recent gifts to the art collection ~ Apr 26 • 552 University Rd • We-Su 12-5 pm • 805-893-2951.
ARTS FUND GALLERY: 205-C Santa Barbara St • We-Su 12-5pm & By Appt • 805-965-7321.
PALM LOFT GALLERY: Wonder and Humility by Arturo Tello and Whitney Brooks Hansen ~ Feb 9 • 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carp • FrSu 11-6pm & By Appt • 805-684-9700.
GOLETA VALLEY LIBRARY: The Tiny Libraries ~ April • Work by Goleta Valley Art Assoc • Ongoing • 500 N Fairview Av • Mo 126pm, Tu-Th 10-8pm, Fr-Sa 10-5:30pm, Su 1-5pm • 805-964-7878.
ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION GALLERY: Haven by Santa Barbara Printmakers ~ Mar 5 • 229 E Victoria • Tu-Fr (By Appt)/Sa 1-4pm • 805-965-6307.
ARTISTE GALLERY: Brown; LoCascio; Pratt; Luongo; Perez; Watanabe ~ Ongoing • 2948 Grand Av, #E, LO • Daily 11-5:30pm • 805-686-2626.
GALLERY 333: (Artists of Rancho SB): Clubhouse, 333 Old Mill Rd • Mo-Fr 9-3pm • 805-451-6919.
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HOSPICE OF SB, LEIGH BLOCK GALLERY: Gratitude by Monica Bartos ~ April • 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, #100 • Mo-Fr 9-5pm, By Appt • 805-563-8820. INSPIRATION GALLERY OF FINE ART: Local artists ~ Ongoing • 1528 State St • Tu- Fr 11-3pm • 805-962-6444. JAMES MAIN FINE ART: 19th & 20th Cent American & European Fine art & antiques ~ Ongoing • 27 E De La Guerra St • Tu-Sa 12-5pm • 805-962-8347.
CASA DOLORES: José Salazar’s In Sand and Oil; Bandera Ware ~ Ongoing • 1023 Bath St • Tu-Sa 12-4pm • 805-963-1032.
JARDIN DE LAS GRANADAS: re[visit] 1925 by Kym Cochran & Jonathan Smith • Ongoing • 21 E Anapamu.
CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY: Whit and Whimsy: Selections from the Collection of Michael and Nancy Gifford ~ Spring 2020 •105 E Anapamu • Mo-Fr 8-5pm • 805-568-3994.
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SB: 524 Chapala St • Mo-Th 9-5pm/Fr 9-3:30pm • 805-957-1115.
CHESSMAR SCULPTURE STUDIOS: 320 East Anapamu St • By Appt. • 805-637-7548. COLETTE COSENTINO ATELIER + GALLERY: Fine and decorative arts ~ Ongoing • 11 W Anapamu St. • Daily 1-5pm • 805-570-9863. COMMUNITY ARTS WORKSHOP: 631 Garden • 805-324-7443.
KARPELES MUSEUM & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY: Texas ~ April; Anne Baldwin, abstracts by “Hollywood” painter ~ Ongoing; John Herd, blended computer/ photography prints ~ Ongoing • 21 W Anapamu • We-Su 12-4pm • 805-962-5322. KATHRYNE DESIGNS: Pedro de la Cruz, Ruth Ellen Hoag ~ Ongoing • 1225 Coast Village Rd, Suite A • Mo-Sa 10-5pm, Su115pm • 805-565-4700.
CORRIDAN GALLERY: 125 N Milpas • Local Artists ~ Ongoing • We-Sa 11-5pm • 805-966-7939.
LINDEN STUDIO AND GALLERY: Garcia, Schock, Snyder, Sparks ~ Ongoing • 963 Linden Av, Carpinteria • Daily 11-5pm • 805-570-9195.
DISTINCTIVE FRAMING N’ ART: New work by Chris Potter ~ Ongoing • 1333 State St • Mo-Fr 10-5:30pm, Sa 10-4:30pm • 805-882-2108.
LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: Rincon ~ March 2 • 855 Linden Ave, Carpinteria • Thu-Mon 11-5pm • 805-6847789; www.carpinteriaartscenter.org.
ELIZABETH GORDON GALLERY: Contemporary art ~ Ongoing • 15 W Gutierrez St • Mo 11-2pm, Tu-Sa 11-5pm, Su 11-3pm • 805-963-1157.
MARCIA BURTT STUDIO: Arboreal ~ March 15 • 517 Laguna St • Th-Su 1-5pm • 805-962-5588.
EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA BÁRBARA: Nihonmachi Revisited • Memorias y Facturas ~ Ongoing • $5/$4 • 123 E Canon Perdido • Daily 10:30-4:30pm • 805-965-0093. ELVERHØJ MUSEUM: • Elverhøj Around Town & Viking Exhibit ~ Ongoing • 1624 Elverhøj Wy, Solvang • $5 • We-Su 114pm • 805-686-1211. FAULKNER/SB PUBLIC LIBRARY GALLERIES: 40 E Anapamu St • Mo-Th 10-7pm, Fr-Sa 10-5:30pm, Su 1-5pm • 805-962-7653. GALLERIE SILO: Michael C. Armour ~ Ongoing • 118-B Gray Av • Th-Su 12-5pm & By Appt • 301-379-4669. GALLERY 113: 1114 State St, #8 La Arcada Ct • SB Art Association • Mo-Sa 11-5pm/ Su 1-5pm • 805-965-6611.
MASON STREET STUDIOS: Paintings by Pedersen, Galzerano, Denbo, & Morrill ~ Ongoing • 121 E Mason St • Sa 12-5pm. MICHAELKATE INTERIORS & ART GALLERY: Contemporary Art & Interior Design • 132 Santa Barbara St • Mo-Sa 10-6pm, closed We, Su 11-5pm • 805-963-1411. MISA & MARTIN GALLERY: Contemporary Art ~ Ongoing • 619 State St • www.misa-artwork.com. MOXI, THE WOLF MUSEUM: Interactive experiences in science, tech, engineering, arts, & math • 125 State St • Daily 10-5pm • $14/$10 • 805-770-5000. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SB: N. Dash ~ Feb 16 • 653 Paseo Nuevo • We, Fr, Sa 11-5pm/Th 11-8pm/Su noon-5pm • 805-966-5373. MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY: Tweet This ~ Ongoing • 100 E Main St • Tu-Su 11-5pm • $1-$5 • 805-653-0323.
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PERSON RYAN GALLERY @ SUMMERLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS: 2346 Lillie Ave • 805-770-3677. PORCH: GALLERY: This Chapter Mixed Media Assemblages by Virginia McCracken • 3823 Santa Claus Ln • MoSa 9:30-5:30pm, Su 11-4pm • 805-684-0300. PORTICO GALLERY: Work by Newell, & Pope ~ Ongoing • 1235 Coast Village Rd • Mo-Sa 11-5pm • 805-695-8850. RODEO GALLERY & LOVEWORN: Motherland & Freedom! by Wallace • Artisan clothing • 11 Anacapa St • WeMo 12-7pm • 805-636-5611. SANSUM CLINIC LOWER LEVEL: The Art of Ballet II by Malcolm Tuffnell ~ Ongoing • 317 W Pueblo St • Mo-Th 8-5pm, Fr 8-12pm • 805-898-3070. SANTA BARBARA ART WORKS: Encouraging creativity for artists with disabilities • 28 E Victoria • 805-260-6705. SANTA BARBARA ARTS: Local Fine Art & Crafts ~ Ongoing • 1114 State St #24 • Daily 11-5:30pm • 805-884-1938. SANTA BARBARA FINE ART: Oak Group Members & More - Schloss; Tello; Iwerks; Burtt; Drury ~ Ongoing • 1321 State St • Tu-Sa 11am-5pm • 805-845-4270. SANTA BARBARA TENNIS CLUB: Abstract Nine: Group of talented abstract artists ~ Mar 6 • 2375 Foothill Rd • Daily 10-9pm • 805-682-4722. SB BOTANIC GARDEN, Pritzlaff Conserv. Ctr: 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • Mo-Fr 9-6pm • 805-682-4726. SBCAST: 513 Garden St • www.sbcast.org SB HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Capturing the West: The Artistry of Josef Muench • Great Photographers in Santa Barbara History • Story of SB • Henry Chapman Ford • Edward Borein Gallery ~ Ongoing • 136 E De La Guerra • Tu-Sa 10-5pm/Su 12-5pm • 805-966-1601. SB MARITIME MUSEUM: Fishing with Paper & Ink: Nature Prints by Dwight Hwang & Eric Hochberg ~ March • History of Oil in the SB Channel ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Wy • Daily 10-5pm, closed We • Free-$8 • 805-962-8404. SB MUSEUM OF ART: The Observable Universe: Visualizing the Cosmos in Art ~ Feb 16 • Kehinde Wiley: Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan ~ March 22 • Tatsuo Miyajima ~ April 5 • Highlights of the Permanent Collection ~ Ongoing • 1130 State St • Free-$10 • Tu-Su 11-5pm/Th 11-8pm • 805-963-4364.
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A Wild Delight ~ Mar 30 • 100 Grand ~ Feb 3 • The Winter Salon II ~ Feb 3 • 11 E Anapamu St • Daily 10-5:30pm • 805-730-1460. SYV HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CARRIAGE HOUSE: East Meets West: A Collectors’ Choice ~ Ongoing • 3596 Sagunto, Santa Ynez • We-Su 12-4pm, By Appt Tu-Fr • $5/ Chn Free • 805-688-7889. UCSB LIBRARY: Plans for the Future: 19441990 ~ June 26 • 525 UCEN Rd • www.library.ucsb.edu • 805-893-2478. VILLAGE FRAME & GALLERY: 1485 E Valley Rd #1 • Mo-Fr 9-5pm, Sa 11-3pm • 805-969-0524. WATERHOUSE GALLERY: Paintings by Iban Navaro & More • 1114 State St #9 La Arcada Ct • Mo-Sa 11-5pm, Su 11-4pm • 805-962-8885. WESTMONT RIDLEY-TREE MUSEUM OF ART: Contemporary Masters: Works on Paper from the Collection of the Art Museum of South Texas ~ Mar 21 • 955 La Paz Rd • Mo-Fr 10-4pm, Sa 11-5pm, closed Su • 805-565-6162. WILDLING MUSEUM: Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky ~ June 15 • 1511-B Mission Dr, Solvang • Mo, We, Th-Fr 115pm/Sa-Su 10-5pm • $5/Free/3rd Wed Free • 805-688-1082. YULIYA LENNON ART STUDIO: Traditional, atelier-style art studio • 1213 H State St • 805-886-2655.
SB MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Museum Backyard & Nature Club House • Mammal and Bird Halls • Blue Whale Skeleton ~ Ongoing • 2559 Puesta Del Sol • Daily 10-5pm • Free-$12 • 805-682-4711. SLINGSHOT: AN ALPHA ART FORUM: Alpha Resource Center Artists • 220 W Canon Perdido • Mo-Fr 8:30-4:30pm & By Appt • 805-770-3878. SOLVANG ANTIQUES FINE ART GALLERY: 1693 Copenhagen Dr • Daily 10am-5pm • 805-686-2322. STATE GALLERY @ YOUTH INTERACTIVE: Intuitive Subconscious: works by Marge cafarelli and Cyndee Howard • 1219 State St • Mo-Sa 10-6pm, Su 10-5pm • 805-617-6421. STUDIO 121: Works by Irwin, Denzel, Uyesaka ~ Ongoing • 121 Santa Barbara St • By Appt • 805-722- 0635. SULLIVAN GOSS: AN AMERICAN GALLERY:
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SBMA’s New Curator of Contemporary Art
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RINGING EXTREMELY WIDE RANGING INTERESTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF ART AND CULTURE, James Glisson has been brought onto the staff at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as the Museum’s new Curator Of Contemporary Art. Before moving to Santa Barbara, he served at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino as the interim Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art for two years after being promoted from Associate Curator. Glisson will begin his formal duties at the SBMA on February 10th. “With the addition of James Glisson to our talented curatorial ranks, we look forward to a new vision for the future growth of our contemporary art program,” noted Larry Feinberg, SBMA’s Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director. “James is a curator of great intellect, energy, and passion, who will take our contemporary James Glisson program in interesting new directions.” While at the Huntington, Glisson curated, or co-curated, twelve exhibitions including A World of Strangers: Crowds in American Art, Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking, and Real American Places: Edward Weston and Leaves of Grass. He also organized two shows that opened last fall and was instrumental in the founding of /five, a highly successful exhibition initiative that integrated contemporary art into the museum’s programming in order to attract new audiences. Last March, he participated in the Getty Leadership Institute’s NextGen program, an executive education program for museum leaders. Before his time at the Huntington, Glisson wrote for www.artforum.com and contributed to projects on Renaissance anatomical atlases, the French painter Henri Matisse, the American artist George Bellows, and German art of the 1960’s. He has also written articles for the art publications Master Drawings, Panorama, and Afterimage. Glisson has also written a book entitled, Becoming America: Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection of Folk Art, which will be co-published this year by The Huntington and Yale University Press. “For years, I’ve visited the Santa Barbara Museum of Art to see its sophisticated and substantial traveling exhibitions, not to mention its strong permanent collection. The quality and ambition of these projects have long impressed me, and I look forward to contributing to that legacy,” Glisson commented. Also an accomplished speaker, Glisson taught at Occidental College and has given countless talks at various scholarly conferences and museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Berkeley Art Museum, and the Autonomous National University of Mexico, Morelia.
Homestead, the fifth solo exhibition for Meredith Brooks Abbott at Sullivan Goss to open February 6th
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HE DEEP TRADITION OF CREATION IN RESPONSE TO A SOUL TIE WITH THE LAND will envelope Sullivan Goss on 1st Thursday, February 6th when they open Homestead, their fifth solo exhibition of Meredith Brooks Abbott’s work. The Brooks and Abbott families have been farming and ranching in Santa Barbara county for over 100 years. Farming life is marked by the cycle of seasons and Meredith's plein air painting practice keeps her attuned to these same natural rhythms. In the spring, she paints the matilija poppies that bloom - both alongside her house and out in the world - as well as the artichokes. The fruits, vegetables, and flowers that dazzle at the local farmer's market in the summer months then show up in Meredith's summer canvases. The fall brings warm golden hour landscapes and sunflower arrangements that are elegant without being fussy. In winter, she reminds us to appreciate the Chanterelle mushrooms and cloudscapes laden with rain. Decades of immersion have given the painting of these sites and crops the feeling of ritual. She has watched the local landscape mature and develop. As a founding member of the Oak Group, she Succulents by Meredith Brooks Abbott has worked to help preserve local landscapes like the Carpinteria Bluffs. Her family homestead has become a great source for her art, the means of her livelihood, and, in turn, a great part of the meaning of her life. Meredith Brooks Abbott studied under noted local artists Douglass Parshall, NA; Richard Meryman; and Clarence Hinkle before going on to study at Art Center in Los Angeles. She then moved to New York City where she worked as an illustrator and took night classes at the Arts Students League. For over four decades, she has lived, worked, and exhibited in Santa Barbara - exhibiting at many of the area's most successful galleries, including Ellen Easton Gallery, Maureen Murphy Fine Arts, and Gallery de Silva. She has been represented at Sullivan Goss since 2009.
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Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara Honors 25 Student Artists
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara is the nation’s largest community-based provider of college scholarships, having cumulatively awarded in excess of $123 million to more than 50,000 county students since its founding in 1962. A nonprofit organization, the Scholarship Foundation also provides free financial aid advising services. For additional information, visit www.sbscholarship.org.
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HE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA RECENTLY HONORED 25 STUDENT ARTISTS DURING A PRESENTATION AND RECEPTION at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. They were presented as the winners of the Foundation’s 2020 Art Scholarship Competition on January 23rd in the Mary Craig Auditorium and the students had the opportunity to address family members and supporters. Each of the students will receive a scholarship and their selected art submissions were exhibited in the museum’s Family Resource Center through January 27th. Evan Sherman, a senior at Santa Barbara High School, was awarded the Schall Family Best of Show Prize. “We have held this event for 41 years now, and the winning submissions are always impressive,” said Christie Glanville, the Schall Family Best of Show honoree Evan Sherman Foundation’s Board Chair. with Scholarship Foundation honorary board member “We are proud to recognize Maryan Schall in front of one of Sherman’s winning these extraordinarily submissions. talented artists and provide them with scholarships.” Every year the Scholarship Foundation invites high school seniors in southern Santa Barbara County to submit a portfolio of original work for its art scholarship competition. A panel of prominent local artists including Anthony Askew, Ginny Brush, and Patti Jacquemain judged the submissions from 70 competing students this year. Each winner received a $2,500 scholarship with the best of show winner receiving an additional $1,000.
Honorees: Evan Sherman, a senior at Santa Barbara High School, was awarded the Schall Family Best of Show Prize. The other art scholarship winners this year are: Aidan Barcia-Bacon (Santa Barbara High School), Nicole Borden (Bishop Garcia Diego High School), Kristopher Boris (Santa Barbara High School), Charlie Buckingham (Santa Barbara High School), Autumn Coulter (Dos Pueblos High School), Zach Dinklage (San Marcos High School), Emmanuel Flores Garcia (Santa Barbara High School), Amelie Funk (Dos Pueblos High School), Emma Gobbell (Providence High School), Hunter Gomersall (Santa Barbara High School), Magdaline Rose Gooch (Santa Barbara High School), Jacob Grossi (Dos Pueblos High School), Henry Haber (Santa Barbara High School), Kylee Heather (Dos Pueblos High School), Chloe Herdrich (Providence High School), Owen Keithley (Santa Barbara High School), Grace Lewis (Carpinteria High School), Angel Uriel Mateo (Santa Barbara High School), Andrew Mazlumyan (San Marcos High School), Teagan Moehlis (Dos Pueblos High School), Maleeha Mustafa (Dos Pueblos High School), Veronica Sanchez (Santa Barbara High School), Morgan Thornley (Santa Barbara High School), and Madison Young (San Marcos High School).
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