Fun Stuff/Entertainment

The Santa Barbara Zoo announces plans to safely reopen its doors to the Santa Barbara community on Saturday, January 30, 2021.

The Santa Barbara Symphony is pleased to announce the annual Santa Barbara Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, a longstanding tradition of providing Santa Barbara County’s finest young musicians the opportunity to be featured as a soloist with the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony.

Source: SBIFF The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced it is launching a new program, Stories Matter, in partnership with and led by best-selling author, actress, writer and award-winning documentarian, Leslie Zemeckis.

Source: Santa Barbara Symphony The Santa Barbara Symphony is pleased to announce Rebecca Roling as its Vice President of Patron & Community Engagement.

Source: Caldwell Snyder Gallery We are delighted to announce our new gallery location in the heart of Montecito on Coast Village Road.

Source: Paint Jam Parties Parties now hosted via Zoom, outdoor parties also available in Santa Barbara County Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Paint Jam Parties, a local SB business since 2006, is now available to serve virtually, via Zoom, for birthdays, corporate events, family gatherings, reunions and other joyous occasions.

Source: Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) is delighted to reopen its doors to the public starting Thursday, October 22, 2020, and we invite you to experience our current exhibition Bloom Projects: Genevieve Gaignard, Outside Looking In .

The Santa Barbara Symphony invites the community to discover a reimagined 2020-2021 performance season, one that will be forever remembered as historic.

Source: NatureTrack WATER IS LIFE – DOZENS OF FILMS IN NATURETRACK FILM FESTIVAL 2020 PROVE IT Once Local Only Festival Will Now Go Worldwide in Its First Virtual Edition Plan to Spend Ten Days in Nature October 9 through 18 (Los Olivos, CA) Water is life and the analogy fits the NatureTrack Film Festival as it’s revving back up and filled with films about water in the third annual edition of the NatureTrack Film Festival (NTFF).

Source: Santa Barbara Symphony The Santa Barbara Symphony is pleased to announce Kristine Pacheco-Bernt as its new Director of Music Education.

Source: State Street Ballet Avoiding a total shutdown, State Street Ballet’s Executive Director Rodney Gustafson has announced an amended 2020-2021 season to begin in October with incorporated COVID-19 restrictions.

Source: PASF The Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors approved the nomination of Neil DiMaggio to its Board at the organization’s July 20 meeting.

Source: Santa Barbara Symphony The Santa Barbara Symphony invites the community to discover a reimagined 2020-2021 performance season, one that will be forever remembered as historic.

Source: Santa Barbara Symphony The Santa Barbara Symphony and Westmont College have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen their ability to bring music education to local school children while creating a pipeline to provide lifelong musical opportunities in the community.

Source: Pu’u Muay Thai Santa Barbara A local martial arts academy spared no expense when it came to the health of its students, their families, and our community.

Metropolitan Theatres announced that it is bringing back Movie Night IN:  Your Favorite Concession Items To-Go to Camino Real Cinemas weekly beginning this Thursday, May 21st and will continue until further notice.

Source: Earl Warren Showgrounds Earl Warren Showgrounds’ is deeply saddened to announce the cancellation of the 2020 Fair & Expo.

Opera Santa Barbara Offers FREE Transportation for North County Residents to Attend Performance of  Il Postino In a pilot program to make opera more accessible to North County residents, Opera SB will be offering free bus transportation for residents to the Sunday Matinee performance of its first opera sung in Spanish, Mexican-American composer Daniel Catán’s Il Postino (The Postman) on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 2:30pm at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E Canon Perdido St.

The Carpinteria Arts Center is excited to announce Paige Van Tuyl as the next Executive Director of the nonprofit arts organization.

The Santa Barbara Adventure Company is excited to announce new tours being offered at Prisoner’s Harbor on Santa Cruz Island! Kayaking the waters off Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island is an exceptional way to experience Channel Islands National Park.

 Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) is honored to welcome Mahri Kerley, owner of Chaucer’s Bookstore and Dr.

Local musician Conner Cherland wants to play music at your house, coffee shop, and/or retail space! Intimate, one-of-a-kind concerts for your friends and family in a location of your choosing.

The Santa Barbara Symphony is excited to announce the election of Janet Garufis as President of the Board of Directors.

Not Your Ordinary Victorian Young Lady! How could she be? “The idea for The Girl from the Lighthouse came to me while I was standing in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art,” author Willard Thompson says.

New Santa Barbara Startup Adds a New Dimension to the Greeting Card Industry A local Santa Barbara artist, Yanagi, has come up with a new, sustainable way to make giving thrilling.

By Bonnie Carroll London born and raised Janet Napier was installed earlier this month to serve as President of the Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls Club, founded in 1937.

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.

Father John Misty, Former Vice President Joe Biden, Daniel Tosh and Kevin Hart Kick Off Shows Within New AXS Ticketing Platform AXS, the global leader in ticketing and technology, is proud to announce a new partnership with the most historic venue in Santa Barbara, CA—The Arlington Theatre.

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.