SANTA BARBARA’S CULTURAL NIGHT DOWNTOWN
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HE 1ST THURSDAY PROGRAM is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara that takes place on the first Thursday of each month. Participating art venues offer free access to art in a fun and social environment from 5-8pm. 1st Thursday venues also provide additional attractions, such as live music, artist receptions, lectures, wine tastings, and hands-on activities. Additionally, State Street comes alive on 1st Thursday with performances and interactive activities.
WELCOME TO 1ST THURSDAY: AFTER HOURS! State St
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Join us for 1st Thursday: After Hours, 7:30pm-9:30pm when the Historic Theatre District venues of The Lobero Theatre, The Granada Theatre and The New Vic extend 1st Thursday culture, art and music offerings to provide the community unique live entertainment and behind the scenes experiences and opportunities to meet other performing arts enthusiasts.
Sola St Floral painting from the estate of Leon Dabo, at Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery.
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Galleries, Museums & Art Venues
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3 SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: 1130 State Street, 805-963-4364
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C CASA MAGAZINE: 23 East Canon Perdido Street, 805-965-6448 Familiar Spirits: An exhibition by area artists focused on deep relationships and shared emotions between sentient beings in a variety of mediums. A reception with artists will be enlivened with poetry, live music, and light refreshments. Also meet local author Tracy Shawn who will sign her debut novel The Grace of Crows.
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D SOJOURNER CAFÉ: 134 East Canon Perdido Street, 805-965-7922 Join us for a wine tasting, live music by Robert Brown and friends and photography by Dorothy Littlejohn. A great place to start or finish your 1st Thursday stroll as well.
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Featuring paintings by some of today’s finest artists. Diane and Ralph Waterhouse were recognized in 2012 by Southwest Art Magazine among “10 Prominent People” in the fine art business. The Gallery features the best in Figurative, Still Life & Landscape paintings. Ralph will give a painting demonstration at 6pm.
powerful and moving music.” The newest CD, “The Five Alley Cats and Me,” is accompanied by his published book, The Five Alley Cats and Me. Moraga tours across the West Coast performing solo, as a duo, or with his group “The Moraga Band” performing a variety of popular, contemporary, original and World music before audiences of all ages.
7 BELLA ROSA GALLERIES: 1103-A State Street, 805-966-1707 THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST, Captures the landscape and wildlife of the American West, photographer Thomas Kelsey. He will be on hand to discuss his latest work and sign his book The Spirit of The West. Working as both a photojournalist and naturalist has allowed him the opportunity to capture many significant events on film. An award-winning artist, he’s studied under Ansel Adams & was inspired by the vistas of the Sierras to publish his book after 30 years in the field. See more of his work at: www.thomaskelsey.com
9 KALINKA: Paseo Nuevo Center Court Kalinka, a Santa-Barbara based acoustic quartet, plays a lively and eclectic blend of Jewish klezmer, gypsy music, vintage jazz, and Eastern European folk music. Their sound is joyous, sweet, and gutsy. To their wide repertoire, they bring consummate musicianship and zest. Performers include: Fred Nadis (clarinet), Jon Brady (accordion), Ann Chevrefils (bass), and Phil Taylor (guitar). Kalinka will be performing January 15 at noon outside UCSB’s multicultural center. (Performance supported by Paseo Nuevo Mall)
8 VIC MORAGA: 900 State Street, Marshalls Patio The accomplished vocalist, virtuoso guitarist and award winning songwriter Vic Moraga will be performing songs from his CDs, “Born Ready” (2004), and “Cool Kind of Loving” (2006). Songs from each CD have aired over national and local radio markets receiving high praise: “A delicate mixture of jazz, country and Latin, proving Moraga’s ability to meld all the best together to create very
ART CRAWL: 735 Anacapa Street The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, in partnership with the Downtown Organization, will lead a curated Art Crawl through the 1st Thursday festivities. The guide for January is acclaimed assemblage artist Sue Van Horsen. The Art Crawl starts at 5:30pm in de la Guerra Plaza on the back steps of City Hall (walk around to the back).
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A BRASIL ARTS CAFÉ: 1230 State Street, 805-845-7656 Introducing Brazilian culture to Santa Barbara with an Eat Drink Move vibe. Eat and Drink in the restaurant, which features traditional Brazilian menu items, most of which are organic and healthy, while still indulging in some of the country’s most delectable offerings and popular street food. Move inside the 1400 square foot studio where you can learn Capoeira – Brazilian martial arts or take exciting Samba classes, learn Afro Brazilian dance, sweat it out in intense boot camp, or learn Brazilian Portuguese. This 1st Thursday, participate in an authentic Capoeira experience and admire art from local artists. As you step inside Brasil Arts Café, feel the beat of Brazil and get immersed in our culture! Junte-se a nós – Come join us! B ENCANTO: 1114 State Street #22, 805-722-4338 Come join us! We’ll be serving up wine + live jazz music by the BLUE MOON QUARTET: Christy Martin/vocals, Bones Howe/drums, Debbie Denke/keyboards + Kim Collins/bass.
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Mark Robert Halper Book Signing (Located in the Museum Store), Between Seer and Seen:Celebrating the Artists of Santa Barbara County. The 71 artist portraits and 14 still life images of Between Seer and Seen reflect on the creative interactions that transform the artist’s view of the world into the physical reality of art. Published in 2013, each beautifully reproduced photograph in the publication is allowed the visual luxury of a two-page spread in this 188 page, hard cover edition. Barry Spacks, Santa Barbara artist and its first Poet Laureate, wrote the introduction to this meditation on the visual artists of our time.
6 WATERHOUSE GALLERY: 1114 State Street # 9, 805-962-8885
• March 6 at The New Vic
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2 CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY: 105 East Anapamu Street, 805-568-3990 Channing Peake-Beyond Cubism, The Anne and Walon Green Collection: At 6pm, join Cheri Peake, widow of artist Channing Peake and Elizabeth Rabe de Fernandez, for The Life and Times of Channing Peake, a short gallery walk-thru tour that includes highlights of his life, both ranching and artistic. This exhibition celebrates the donation of 10 modernist paintings of artist Channing Peake, collected by Anne and Walon Green and gifted to the County of Santa Barbara. It also features drawings and paintings from other area collectors that expand on the experimentation of this talented and gifted artist who was a master draftsman and colorist and a modernist force within our midst for many years. (Gallery located on the 1st floor of the County Administration Building)
5 GALLERY 113: 1114 State Street #8, 805-965-6611 Artist of the Month, George Radon: “From life’s experiences, studies, and work emerges the artist’s impressions, whatever the chosen medium.” The featured artists are Donna Richey, Katy Zappala, and Gail Lucas. (Open 11am - 5pm, Monday-Saturday & 1pm - 5pm on Sunday)
• February 6 at The Granada Theatre
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7 & 11 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-1460 We are pleased to announce an exhibition of floral paintings from the Estate of Leon Dabo, NA (1864¬-1960), painted between the early 1890s and 1954. This will be the first exhibition dedicated solely to his floral oils and will be accompanied by a hardbound catalog of known floral oils with essays by eminent American art historian, Dr. William Gerdts and Nathan Vonk. Also on view Hank Pitcher: The Long View; and 100 Grand.
Featuring Judee Hauer, an avid dumpster diver/collector from the age of eight from Brooklyn, New York, now living in Ventura. Judee creates whimsical “people” figures that she likes to remain ambiguous and defies putting a label on them. J.L.‘s work has been shown at Carnegie Museum, Ventura County Museum of History and Art and several galleries in Ventura, Santa Barbara, Ojai and Cambria.
The schedule for 1st Thursday: After Hours for the coming Winter/Spring season will be as follows:
E MCCONNELL’S FINE ICE CREAMS: 728 State Street, 805-324-4402 Presenting Hail to the Nail: string theory art piece by unknown artists. F BLUSH RESTAURANT & LOUNGE: 630 State Street, 805-957-1300 For 1st Thursday, we have solo guitarist and vocalist, John Lyle, for our musical entertainment, and Firestone Winery will be hosting a complimentary wine tasting. Join us at Blush to enjoy some fine music, our featured artist, plus sips and bites. “Like” Downtown Santa Barbara on Facebook Follow us on Twitter @SBDowntown Instagram @DowntownSantaBarbara for the latest events, specials and downtown information! www.SantaBarbaraDowntown.com
1ST THURSDAY SPONSORS: These sponsors continue to make 1st Thursday possible. The downtown community would like to thank these Santa Barbara businesses for their support!