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Feb. 12 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the most prolific private conservationist in history, ‘Kristine McDivitt Tompkins: Rewilding on Continental Scale’ at UCSB Campbell Hall
Feb. 14 — Santa Barbara International Film Festival to present ‘Roads of Fire,’ a migration documentary
Through Feb. 14 — Wadada Leo Smith residency at Ventura College
Feb. 15 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present artist Jane Dickson in Conversation
Feb. 15 — Ojai Music Festival presents legendary Wadada Leo Smith and World Premiere
Feb. 17 — Oxnard Film Society to present ‘I’M STILL HERE’
Feb. 17 — Music Academy of the West’s Mariposa Concert Series Continues with JACK Quartet, other upcoming events
Feb. 19 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents DoosTrio with Kayhan Kalhor, Wu Man and Sandeep Das at UCSB Campbell Hall
Feb. 19 — District216 to present Conscious Connections Roundtable ‘Journey Interpretation and Healing,’ upcoming events
Feb. 20 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness at the Arlington Theatre
Feb. 20 — Ventura County Civil Grand Jury invites the public to annual Open House
Feb. 20 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Formosa Quartet — String Quartet Chamber Music Concert
Feb. 20 — Community Environmental Council (CEC) to present Climate Justice Conversations: An Evening with Author Dr. J. Mijin Cha
Feb. 20 — Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital to Host Blood Drive
Feb. 20 — Register for 2025 Ventura County Economic Forecast at in Thousand Oaks
Feb. 20 — Cal Lutheran Community Scholars for Black Lives Fellowship Program to present ‘An Evening with Judy Fambrough-Billingsley’
Bilingual report — Through Feb. 21 — Allan Hancock College’s new Ann Foxworthy Gallery exhibit explores art, symbolism and advocacy
The exhibition, titled “The Dichotomy of Laundry” and “The New Order Regression”, delves into women’s societal roles and the intersection of gender and environmental issues and will be on display in the gallery through Feb. 21.
The multimedia exhibition features delicate paper laundry pieces, meticulously burned by hand with Morse code imagery, reflecting on social and ecological concerns. Additionally, a large-scale installation within the gallery space aims to spark discussions about shifting gender roles amid environmental changes.
Feb. 21 — Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) — Invitation > Nobody Owns The Beach Pop Up – The Culver Hotel
On the occasion of the Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles and the many events of the accompanying art week, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara presents a pop up of merchandise featuring artwork by David Horvitz. Nobody Owns The Beach celebrates the activist and community efforts in California to ensure access for all to our beautiful beaches. The artwork was originally commissioned for the 2015 MCASB exhibition Requiem for the Bibliophile.
We strongly encourage our communities to join us in Los Angeles next week – showing up, seeing and collecting art right now – is a critical way to support the arts community as it heals and rebuilds.
Feb. 22 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) to present ‘Artist lectures at SBMA–Dario Robleto: The Signal’
Feb. 22 — Ventura County UC Master Gardener Open House — ‘Gardening is Elemental,’ to be held at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula
Feb. 22 — CSUCI Hosts Día de Familia to empower families on the path to higher education
Feb. 23 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental novelist Richard Powers in Conversation with Pico Iyer at UCSB Campbell Hall
Through Feb. 24— California Nature Art Museum Announces ‘A Deeper Love: New Paintings Inspired by Coral Reefs’ on-view
Feb. 25 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the acclaimed contemporary dance troupe Batsheva Dance Company in MOMO at the Granada Theatre
Feb. 26 — District 216 to present ‘Interactive Workshop: Psychedelic Story Catharsis’ with Mareesa Stertz of GPS
Feb. 26 — Nate’s Place in Oxnard to feature keynote speaker Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge Kevin Briggs for second anniversary event
Feb. 27 — Community Environmental Council to film screening on America’s Obsession with Stuff
Feb. 27; March 11 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents four exciting additions to the Winter quarter calendar
Feb. 27 — West Ventura County Business Alliance (WVCBA) to launch a quarterly Statement Series luncheon
“Our goal with these luncheons is to bridge the communities with overarching topics that are relevant to both, so I’m thrilled to launch this series with updates from the city managers,” say WVCBA President & CEO Andy Conli.
