Fun Stuff/Entertainment

The Santa Barbara Symphony is excited to announce the election of Janet Garufis as President of the Board of Directors. Garufis will succeed outgoing President Don Gilman, and step into this leadership role on July 1, 2019.

Not Your Ordinary Victorian Young Lady!
How could she be?

New Santa Barbara Startup Adds a New Dimension to the Greeting Card Industry

By Bonnie Carroll

The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island documentary premiered in front of a sold-out crowd at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Monday, October 2nd. After the screening, the audience had the opportunity to hear from filmmaker Paul Goldsmith and engage in a discussion about the film and book with an expert panel that also included an archaeologist, an historian and a Chumash elder.

Father John Misty, Former Vice President Joe Biden, Daniel Tosh and Kevin Hart Kick Off Shows Within New AXS Ticketing Platform

We are very excited to announce a new AWoL mentorship between Maestro, Nir Kabaretti, Music Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony, and Daniel Newman-Lessler, who recently earned his Masters of Music from the USC Thornton School of Music.

(Photo by Baron Spafford: SB Museum of Natural History President & CEO Luke Swetland stands with Diane & Ralph Waterhouse in front of Mr. Waterhouse’s Director’s Award-winning artwork.)

Bigg Boss Vote is a public opinion procedure in Bigg Boss Tamil Television series conducted by Vijay Television hosted by our very own UlagaNayagan Kamal Hassan. No wonder folks are already mad about the show, and it has begun voting for their favorite contestants.

The voting for big boss commenced in the next week of its airing. The Show is intended for 100 days and is said to possess seasons in the coming years. People have already started to demonstrate their love and hatred towards the contestants. Let us wait and find out who wins the title of Bigg Boss Tamil Vote period 1.

The 71st annual Los Alamos Valley Old Days hosted its “Greatest Little Small Town Parade” today (Sunday, 9/24/17) under sunny skies starting at 11:00 a.m. featuring more than 350 participants in 37 entries from around the region. The parade and festivities attracted an estimated 3,000 people to the community today according to organizers. This year’s parade theme was “Embracing Our Heritage.”

(SANTA BARBARA, CA) —The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is pleased to announce the addition of a new member to its Board of Directors, which plays a vital role in the organization’s mission and leadership. The nonprofit is also welcoming two new members to its Partnership Council, a broad spectrum of community leaders who act as ambassadors to advocate, network, and promote on behalf of CEC.

Local Santa Barbara sports-apparel startup Airtime Watertime® is asking for your help to raise $5,000 dollars to bring the innovative Floater™ wetsuit to market. Donations will fund the Coast Guard testing process to certify the one-of-a-kind wetsuit as a personal flotation device.

Solvang resident, Marta Jorgensen, has written a musical comedy about the pitfalls of tabloid journalism and pop culture and is raising money for the score through Hatchfund, an arts crowdfunding org.

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is pleased to announce that enrollment is open for its UC California Naturalist Program.  The 10-week program begins on Sept. 6, 2017 and continues through Nov. 8, 2017, at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105. 

MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, has hired Amanda Allen, a veteran Santa Barbara museum and nonprofit leader, as its director of development. In this role, Allen will oversee all aspects of the museum’s fundraising efforts including annual, major and planned giving, membership, corporate relations, and special and private events.

DIJO Productions present A Walk in the Woods, the story of two diplomats, one an experienced Russian arms treaty negotiator (Ed Giron), the other an idealistic American (Bill Waxman). Based on a real incident that took place in the woods outside of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1982, it portrays how these two men exited the formal proceedings of a nuclear arms nonproliferation meeting between the superpowers to take the title’s “walk in the woods," getting to know each other as people.

Single tickets are on sale for Opera Santa Barbara’s 2017-18 season, which will open with a sumptuous production of Jules Massenet’s sultry Manon starring celebrated soprano Sarah Coburn on November 3 and 5, followed by a frolicsome staging of Gioachino Rossini’s enduring comic masterwork The Barber of Seville on March 2 and 4. Ranging in price from $29 to $204, tickets can be purchased at www.granadasb.org or by calling 805-899-2222. Performances will take place at the Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street in downtown Santa Barbara.

Concerts to take place in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Marino.

Since its founding in 1948, SBCS has been singing for Santa Barbara continuously for 70 years, offering area singers the opportunity to study and perform great choral masterworks and, by those performances, contribute to keeping the works alive for the cultural benefit of our community locally, regionally, and even globally through their International Performance Tour series.

Opera Santa Barbara's 2017-18 season includes two spectacular productions at the Granada Theatre:

• Jules Massenet’s sultry Manon (November 3 & 5)

• Gioachino Rossini’s enduring comic masterwork The Barber of Seville (March 2 & 4).

Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast (GSCCC) and MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation have teamed up to offer a new Girl Scout patch, the council’s own GSCCC MOXI patch. This patch program provides girls and troops of all levels a fun and interesting way to engage with the exhibits at MOXI in Santa Barbara.

The Board of Directors and Staff of Solvang Theaterfest are pleased to announce that Santa Ynez Valley resident Mary Ann Norbom has been named Executive Director.  Solvang Theaterfest is a 501 (C)(3) nonprofit organization that owns and operates Solvang Festival Theater.

“We believe Mary Ann can lead Theaterfest in meeting its strategic goals, while expanding relationships in the community,” said Board co-chair Dr. Bob Baehner. 

Program Launches with GIRL CODE Event on Saturday, August 19 at Camp Arnaz with Digital NEST as Co-Curriculum Creator

The 2016 Design Awards Exhibition presented by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Santa Barbara will be on view in the Betteravia Gallery, Santa Maria from July 24th to October 1st, 2017. The exhibition will show the 2016 awards program submissions from Santa Barbara AIA architects and AIA architects outside the county with local projects. The AIA of Santa Barbara conducts an annual, juried, Design Awards Program to honor the very best work of its membership.

Adrian Spence Joins Board of the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation

At its July meeting, the Board of Directors of the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF) formally welcomed Adrian Spence, noted musician and Artistic Director of Camerata Pacifica, to its board.

Mary Jane Cooper, a longtime Santa Barbara Symphony volunteer, was honored with a Most Valuable Player Award at a luncheon held today as part of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras’ (ACSO) annual conference in Los Angeles. Ms. Cooper was recognized for her outstanding efforts on behalf of the Music Van, the Santa Barbara Symphony’s award-winning outreach program for area children.