Robert Bernstein

Robert shares photos of a Sierra Club hike to Mission Ridge in February.

Robert shares some highlights from downtown Santa Barbara's First Thursday event last month.

Figueroa Mountain is usually ablaze with poppies and other wildflowers at this time and we took a trip on Saturday.

Robert shares highlights from the International Women's Day Celebrations that took place earlier this month when it was a simpler time.

Robert shares photos from a pre-social distancing hike from Romero to Buena Vista Hidden Benches with the Sierra Club.

Robert shares a review of the Humanist Society lecture titled "The Translations Project, Secular Rescue, and De-conversion from Evangelical Christianity."

Robert took 21 people for a Sierra Club Hike to see the Carpinteria seals and salt marsh on Sunday.

"Google Chief Economist" is a title that gets attention as Hal Varian was the keynote speaker at a recent UCSB conference, "Mind and Machine Intelligence"

Gamelan Sinar Surya is a Santa Barbara-based music ensemble that has been performing Indonesian Gamelan music since 2002.

Artist Bruce Munro transformed the rolling hills of Paso Robles with an array of 58,800 stemmed spheres lit by fiber optics for "Field of Light at Sensorio".

Robert had a record crowd of 34 people on the Sierra Club hike Sunday to the Gaviota Caves.

Zeyn and Rhyan Shweyk are The Piano Boys. You may have seen them performing on State Street, at Camino Real Marketplace or during First Thursday.

Many cultures celebrate the Lunar New Year, but the Chinese version is perhaps the best known. Santa Barbara often has Chinese New Year events, but they are not always well-publicized.

Robert recaps a lecture on self-driving cars hosted by the Humanist Society.

Robert shares photos and highlights from a recent hike to "The Playground."

Robert shares his report of the local Martin Luther King Jr. march and program at the Arlington Theatre.

Robert hikes the re-opened Cold Springs Trail in Montecito.

Robert shares highlights from travel to the Bay Area over the holidays.

Robert led a small group for his latest Flores Peak Sierra Club hike, but everyone was in a good mood and they took it at a leisurely pace.

"Ready to Hang" is the latest pop-up art show this season. At the Community Arts Workshop which is better known as "The Solstice Workshop" at the corner of Ortega Street and Garden Street.

"This Old Body – And 99 Other Reasons to Laugh at Life." That was the title of the latest Humanist Society talk given by Barbara Greenleaf. It is also the title of her latest book.

Ashleigh Brilliant is one of our local treasures and he has given us his first new book in about twenty years.

La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts opened in a grand way with a variety of performances.

"The Observable Universe: Visualizing the Cosmos in Art" is a new exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art that featured artist Russell Crotty.

A Brief Tour of the Minor Bodies Cluttering Our Solar System was the latest Humanist Society talk given by Joey Chatelain, a postdoctoral researcher at Las Cumbres Observatory.

Teaching evolution was the latest hot topic at the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara.

Robert recaps a talk presented to the Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara on the subject of Community Microgrids as a way to promote sustainable energy and local energy resilience.

Hundreds gathered at De La Guerra Plaza on Friday as part of the Global Climate Strike protest.

Robert shares a recap of the "Salt & Silver: Early Photography 1840-1860" exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Robert shares highlights of the Pacific Pride Festival at Chase Palm Park last weekend.