Lompoc Chalks will return to Lompoc Airport for a weekend of art and entertainment October 4-6. The schedule for this free community event includes a special Food Truck Friday event followed by two packed days of live entertainment, youth activities, food trucks and local vendors. Plus, colorful creations by talented artists from near and far!

Indulge in the flavors of Latin American cuisine, coastal ingredients, and live jazz. Savor delicately crafted desserts as you while away your Sunday morning.

Join the Goleta Valley Historical Society as we welcome Dusty Strings back to the Stow House lawn! Dusty Strings is a dynamic classic rock band comprised of four highly experienced musicians dedicated to delivering the iconic sounds of the 70s. Tell your friends to tag along and bring your chairs, blanket, and a picnic! Donations

Live Talks Los Angeles brings Malcolm Gladwell, author of seven New York Times bestsellers, to Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre on Sunday, October 6, 2024, 3pm, for an onstage discussion about his newest work The Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and The Rise of Social Engineering.  Tickets and details can be found at www.livetalksla.org.

Join local herbalist, Nicole Iaquinto, on a morning herb walk along the shoreline at Haskell's Beach Reserve to learn native medicinal plants of the Gaviota Coast. During this morning walk, you will learn about the folk, medicinal, and culinary uses of herbs, trees, and shrubs that grow in our own backyard. Safe plant id and

ParentConnect is a weekly, drop-in, peer support group for parents and caregivers of a tween, teen, or young adult struggling with a mental health challenge. Registration is required. We will follow up and provide you with the information needed to participate.

Experience Miracle Mondays with Jacob at Unity of Santa Barbara the first Monday of each month at 7 PM! Jacob Glass is the author of a dozen books on spirituality and mysticism. He has been lecturing at Unity Santa Barbara since 1990. Miracle Mondays continue this tradition of meditation, laughter, healing and sharing of universal spiritual

Join us every Monday night at 8:30pm for Trivia Nights at The Cruisery!  Test your knowledge, challenge your friends, and win awesome prizes, all for free! Located at 501 State Street in Santa Barbara, our trivia nights are the perfect way to kick off your week with fun and excitement. Gather your team, grab a drink,

Join us for HIVE with Sara Caputo to learn time blocking, accountability, and deep work - get ready to crush your goals! About this event  HIVE incorporates time blocking coupled and upleveled with accountability. If you have used time blocking in the past, you may have gotten to the end of your day and realized

Blind Fitness to delighted to continue partnering with Power of Your Om in offering YOGA IN THE DARK, a community yoga class.  People sighted and with vision loss, are invited to come together for a sensory experience of connection and expansion. Sighted students will be offered a blindfold to experience the practice. Class will be

From Zero to Tango: Local organizers Chris & Ale team up to bring you the passion, beauty, and FUN of dancing tango. Tired of being a wallflower? Join Ale and Chris to discover Argentine Tango. This class quickly teaches the essentials, so you can confidently dance in tango locally in Santa Barbara, and in halls

Join Art & Soul and Palma Colectiva for a magical evening of music, cacao and community. No experience is necessary, just bring your instrument, whether it's a guitar, drum, or simply your voice, and prepare to open your hearts and sing together!

Rugby Sevens practice & Touch rugby Practice your skills or learn how to play with the SB men's and women's rugby teams! All experience levels welcome. Meet us at Chase Palm Park for: Touch Rugby games (no contact): Tuesdays and Thursdays  6-8pm Rugby fundamentals practice: Wednesdays  5:30 - 7pm   Contact: santabarbararugby@gmail.com

Telescope Tuesday at Camino Real Marketplace. Observe the night sky through telescopes set up by the Astronomical Unit, the amateur astronomy club sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. It's free. We'll be set up in the plaza by the theater on the second Tuesday of each month, weather permitting.

Join us for an unforgettable night of talent, laughter, and community at our Open Mic Night! Whether you're a seasoned performer or a first-timer, all skills are welcome at this event. Take the stage and showcase your skills with a 5-minute set, and let your creativity and originality shine. You could be a singer, poet, musician, or

CLUE Santa Barbara Clergy & Laity United for Economic and Social Justice is presenting speakers: Fr. Haralambos (Bob) Fox, Maria Elena (Mia) Lopez, Richard Flacks, and Billi Jo Starr. These Speakers will address important local justice issues focused on jails, housing, the environment, and labor. Resumes for these speakers are located at Link to speaker

YouthWell, in collaboration with the SB County Education Office & SB County Behavioral Wellness, hosts a monthly Youth Linkages Network meeting focused on building stronger health linkages for resource navigators, school counselors, psychologists, and family advocates. Each month, we speak on different topics related to youth mental health. Our Nov 15th retreat will be held in SOUTH COUNTY at Direct Relief.

Hello Friends! You're invited to Death Cafe Santa Barbara (in conjunction with The Center for Successful Aging) with Liz Bauer, Lynn Holzman, and Peggy Levine Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Time: 3:30-5 PM Place: First Congregational Church at 2101 State Street, Santa Barbara Parking: The church parking lot access is on State Street For questions, contact: Lynn at cominghomesb@gmail.com or (805) 729-6172 (I rarely check the phone, so

Join the Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI) and Friendship Adult Day Care Center for a dementia-specific respite care community listening session. Respite care provides caregivers a temporary rest from caregiving, while the person living with Alzheimer's or other dementia continues to receive care in a supportive environment. This session will also provide an opportunity

Local and state propositions on the November 5, 2024 Presidential Election ballot will be discussed and include audience participation on Zoom chat. This popular event is hosted by the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara, a non-partisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy.

From AI to social media to election politics, it’s tough to know what to believe online anymore! Local journalists and truth crusaders Starshine Roshell, Lisa Osborn and Amy Marie Orozco are offering practical tips and easy-to-follow advice to help Central Coasters become savvy, responsible media consumers. Learn to spot doctored images, check sources, resist falling

Join Our Monthly Sewing & Mending Club! Discover the joy of creating and repairing with our welcoming community at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. Whether you're a seasoned seamstress or just beginning your sewing journey, our monthly club is the perfect place to bring your projects to life. Every month, we invite you to drop in

Happy Wine Wednesday! Join us for live music, wine, and empanadas on the patio at Carr Winery Santa Barbara from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. We’ll be serving wines by the glass paired with the amazing tunes of Brian Kinsella and Jimmy Rankin. Buena Onda empanadas available for delivery. Free Admission, 21+

Rugby Sevens practice & Touch rugby Practice your skills or learn how to play with the SB men's and women's rugby teams! All experience levels welcome. Meet us at Chase Palm Park for: Touch Rugby games (no contact): Tuesdays and Thursdays  6-8pm Rugby fundamentals practice: Wednesdays  5:30 - 7pm   Contact: santabarbararugby@gmail.com

Approximately 80% of chronic disease and 40% of premature death are associated with unhealthy lifestyle choices. This 4-week course will cover the basics of lifestyle medicine: evidence-based recommendations for nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress reduction, social connection and avoidance of risky substance use. It will also cover how mindfulness can be used as a foundation

Downtown Santa Barbara's sizzling salsa dancing! Join us every Wednesday of October from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in front of M. Special at 634 State St. Event Dates: Wednesday, October 2 Wednesday, October 9 Wednesday, October 16 Wednesday, October 23 Wednesday, October 30 Enjoy free salsa lessons led by the amazing Brenda Ruiz from 6:00

Education series for parents/caregivers of youth, ages 5-12. Skills-building group to strengthen parent-child relationships and improve communication. Learn strategies to recognize your parenting strengths, how to manage stress, and how to handle parenting during conflict. FEB 7, 21, 28  – Virtual via Zoom **We ask that parents attend all sessions in a series.** TOPIC: DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES FOR

Santa Barbara Education Foundation will host a presentation by Superintendent Dr. Hilda Maldonado of the Santa Barbara Unified School District on today’s local education issues. This event provides a unique opportunity for community members and supporters to learn about the state of our local public schools. Reservations are required. Space is limited. Thursday, October 10,

Join us at the Santa Barbara Western Art and Carriage Museum for the tasty competition and world famous Santa Maria Elks' BBQ dinner.  Competition between some of our military adopted units and local first responders.  CHP will be defending their last victory.

Rugby Sevens practice & Touch rugby Practice your skills or learn how to play with the SB men's and women's rugby teams! All experience levels welcome. Meet us at Chase Palm Park for: Touch Rugby games (no contact): Tuesdays and Thursdays  6-8pm Rugby fundamentals practice: Wednesdays  5:30 - 7pm   Contact: santabarbararugby@gmail.com

Incumbent Goleta Mayor Paula Perotte, challenger Rich Foster, along with District 3 candidates Ethan Woodill and Jennifer Smith plus District 4 contenders Stuart Kasdin and Eric Gordon, will address voters at an in-person Candidate Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara. This live event at the Goleta Union School District Office,

Medicinal Herbs along the Gaviota Coast with Emily Watson Free Presentation with Q&A Thursday, October 10th, 6:30pm Faulkner Gallery – Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA Join Emily Watson, local clinical herbalist and founder of the Artemisia Academy of Herbal Arts & Healing, to learn about the medicinal and edible plants

Join SBPL for a very special, virtual event to meet the real-life personalities that inspired the 2023 film, Radical. Sergio Juárez, the teacher who surprised his 6th grade students with his unconventional teaching methods, will join us over Zoom from Mexico to discuss his experience at the struggling, run-down José Urbina López Primary School in

Because Nature Will Blow Your Mind This October The NatureTrack Film Festival announces dates and new location for 6th edition featuring World, US, and California premieres. Unveils new website, launches outdoor summer screening series. A carefully curated program of films from over 30 countries ordinarily only found at BANFF, Big Sky, Mountain Film, and other

All Tickets Are Now on Sale! The NatureTrack Film Festival (NTFF) announces its full festival program, including its full lineup of films and special events taking place October 11-13th at the Camino Real Marketplace and Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta. This year's festival will screen over 80 films across three days. The festival team is thrilled to

Thousands of people worldwide are working together this October in an annual event to digitize biodiversity collections. This event is known as WeDigBio, which stands for Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections. WeDigBio is a virtual science festival, global data campaign, and local outreach opportunity. All around the globe, community scientists (people just like you!) will be

A Day of Reflection and Support The Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD) is partnering with STESA, UCSB CARE, UCPD’s Interpersonal Violence Investigator, and Domestic Violence Solutions to host a Survivors & Allies Self-Care Retreat on Friday, October 11th, 2024. This free, trauma-informed retreat is designed to offer a safe and nurturing space for survivors

Teens, join us to prepare for Dia de los Muertos as we build an ofrenda (altar) together. The Library will supply materials for making paper flowers, luminaries, and other decorations, but feel free to bring your personal photos or other trinkets to help create our community ofrenda. Snacks will be provided. Thanks to SBHS Ethnic

Enjoy the end of the school week with Lego building at the Santa Barbara Public Library! Get creative with Legos in the Children’s area of the Central Library or try one of our challenges to master your Lego-building skills!

For more than 20 years, the Environmental Defense Center’s tgif!s have been a staple of the south central coast’s summer season. The EDC team is very excited to bring our community together again in our downtown courtyard in summer 2024. Known as one of the best happy hours in Santa Barbara, tgif! features live music,

Welcome to the city of Friendly Ghosts! A perfect way to end your evening is with a docent-led ghost tour. All of our 1 hour and 30 minute walking tours have curated content from first hand accounts. You’ll hear ghost stories from as far back the sacred days of the Chumash, Old Spanish Days, and

ADS MUSIC presents A Tribute to Billy Joel with Billy Nation featuring Adam Shapiro on Friday, October 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM. A musical celebration of one of the best-selling artists of all time, Billy Nation engages audiences with a high energy authentic concert experience of three decades of Billy Joel’s hits. Shapiro as Billy

A Living Exhibit! Friday & Saturday evenings at dusk Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend ADMISSION: Donation *Program times vary by week depending on the time of sunset* visit www.clnaturecenter.org/going-batty to see each week's times Meet at the front entrance of the Nature Center. These are wild bats—we never feed or touch the animals.

Coming to the Arlington Theatre is Intocable ("Untouchable" in English), an American band from Zapata, Texas that plays regional Mexican music; specializing in norteño and tejano music. It was started by friends Ricardo Javier Muñoz and René Orlando Martínez in the early 1990s. In a few years, Intocable fused the genres Tejano and Norteño with

Jazz at the Lobero presents Herb Alpert and Lani Hall on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM. Music icon Herb Alpert, his GRAMMY® winning vocalist wife Lani Hall, and their incredible band perform an eclectic mix of American standards, Brazilian jazz, some Beatles, classic Tijuana Brass & Brazil '66 songs, as well as many

On October 12, 2024 drunk driving victims and their allies will gather in Santa Barbara to “Walk Like MADD,” Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s (MADD) annual 5K fundraiser, its largest since the start of the pandemic. Despite being fully preventable, Impaired driving is behind 31% of all U.S. traffic fatalities, according to the National Highway Safety

La Biblioteca Pública de Santa Bárbara invita a nuestra comunidad hispana a un curso de seis sesiones en español, centrado en la alfabetización básica en informática, diseñado para proporcionarle a los participantes las herramientas necesarias para prosperar en el mundo impulsado por la tecnología de hoy en día.

Thousands of people worldwide are working together this October in an annual event to digitize biodiversity collections. This event is known as WeDigBio, which stands for Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections. WeDigBio is a virtual science festival, global data campaign, and local outreach opportunity. All around the globe, community scientists (people just like you!) will be

Come learn Thriller at Chase Palm Park beachside every Saturday 9:45am-11am until Halloween. (Cabrillo Blvd. between Garden St. & Calle Caesar Chavez). No dance experience needed. Come and be part of 100 Zombies rising from the dead to Thrill The World at the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens October 26th.

Please join us for our annual Blind Fitness White Cane Awareness Day Walk on Saturday October 12, 2024. Blind Fitness celebrates White Cane Awareness Day every year to raise awareness, advocate, and educate the community about people who are blind or have low vision. This is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the white cane, a symbol

Start your weekend off with a bang and learn American Sign Language to radio hits while dancing! Performers will get a chance to show off what they learn at local showcases throughout the year. Every Saturday at 10 AM.

Come join us for an architectural walking tour of historic buildings in downtown Santa Barbara. Hear the rich anecdotal history of buildings such as de la Guerra Adobe, El Paseo, Meridian Studios, Lobero Theatre among others. The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara offers its Sabado Architectural Walking Tour each Saturday beginning at 10:00am. Tour leaves

Mensa is an international social organization for gifted youth and adults who score in the 98th percentile or above on standardized IQ tests. One can join by submitting prior evidence. (See https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testscores/.) Or one can take a proctored test through Mensa. This test will be offered in Carpinteria on Saturday, October 12, for those 14

Kids (+ parents!) can come enjoy free entertainment at the Paseo Nuevo Kids Club, with activities such as creative arts & crafts, unique STEM projects and more! *All supplies are complimentary, courtesy of Paseo Nuevo. Activities are suitable for kids of all ages!

Stop by Santa Barbara City College and join us for an important discussion on upcoming issues in the November ballot affecting the Latinx community. Santa Barbara City Council members and candidates will be on hand to answer questions and share their perspectives on key issues. This non-partisan, informational forum will feature a moderated panel discussion.

Lanny is an award winning Children's Musician with over 25 years of experience writing and performing Music for Kids. This class is co-created with Speech Language Pathologists to optimize Language Learning. Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the Month.

All skill levels are invited to experience the tradition of sketching from original works of art in current exhibitions. Museum Teaching Artists provide general guidance and all materials.

Join us every Saturday from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm for a fun-filled Crafternoon in the EE Makerspace above Art From Scrap! Be inspired by our reuse materials and see where your imagination takes you. Theme for August: Exploring Emotions & Mindfulness This month, embark on a journey of self-discovery and emotional exploration. Learn how