Jazz trio at Crush Bar & Tap

‘Colors of Love’ at Center Stage Theater

SANTA BARBARA —

Transform Through Arts will present 10 dance companies in “Colors of Love” Feb. 8 at the Center Stage Theater.

The multicultural dance show will start at 8 p.m. at the theater, upstairs at Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara.

“Colors of Love” is a variety Valentine dance show featuring

Ted Nash’s concert at museum

SANTA BARBARA — On Feb.

singer Terrill Williams Carter. The dance styles range from Latin to samba, belly dance and Argentine tango. General admission costs $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Tickets are $25 for students. To purchase, go to www. centerstagetheater.org.

— Caleb Beeghly

12, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Transformation: Personal Stories of Change, Acceptance and Evolution.”

The free concert will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the museum’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.

The concert will feature student composers, performers and writers from a workshop led by Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer Ted Nash. They explore the idea of transformation, both personal and collective. The backdrop for this performance will be created by students, ages 12–14, who are enrolled in the museum’s Emerging Teens Program. The backdrop is inspired by the exhibit “Out of Joint: Joan Tanner,” on view Feb. 12 – May 14 at the museum.

— Caleb Beeghly

Mars to disappear behind moon

LOS ANGELES— Griffith Observatory will host an online broadcast of the lunar occultation of Mars from 8-10 p.m Monday.

You can watch it on YouTube.

The observatory is not conducting an onsite public telescope viewing but is hosting a broadcast viewing on its front lawn, weather permitting. A Mars occultation is when the Red Planet disappears from view behind the moon and reappears on the opposite side. During the occultation, the moon completely blocks Mars.

If the skies are clear, then the occultation should be visible to the unaided eye in Southern California. You don’t need eye protection or a telescope, but binoculars could be beneficial, according to the observatory, which advises people to look up to the south.

— Caleb Beeghly