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The Steppas
/: Spring Rising Tour:
Through the Roots, New Kingston, The Steppas, and Reeform Get ready to
hear music that will fuse rock and electronic elements with a strong roots reggae foundation and a vocalist/instrumentalist group that consists of three brothers. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, State St. $. Ages +. Visit sohosb.com or call -. /: Be Red Cross Ready Is your family ready for emergencies? Learn the main risks we face on the Central Coast and simple steps you can take to prepare yourself and your family with free Red Cross resources and new smartphone apps. pm. Goleta Library, N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Ages +. Call -.
TUESDAY 4/22 /-/: Abraham.In. Motion: Pavement Dance artist Kyle Abraham creates a conversation of movement that is fresh, unique, and innovative with urban and classical dance influences inspired by the neighborhoods of his youth, the film Boyz n the Hood and W.E.B. Du Bois’s classic essay “The Souls of Black Folk,” while reflecting on the growth and loss of Pittsburgh’s historically black neighborhoods. There is mature content due to language. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu or call -. Read more on p. . /: Live and Let Live Come watch a film about food scandals, climate change, lifestyle diseases, and ethical concerns, and stay for a Q&A with filmmaker Marc
Pierschel, sociologist and cofounder of roots of compassion, an online vegan store. :pm. Faulkner Gallery, E. Anapamu St. $. Visit letlive film.com/en or call -.
/: Parkinson’s Chat Group If you or someone you know has just been newly diagnosed, this intimate support group can help you with common concerns. Meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of every month. :pm. Grace Lutheran Church, State St. Free. Call -. /: Odayaka As part of the film series Nuclear Japan: Japanese Cinema Before and After Fukushima, Odayaka, which ironically means “Calm Daily Life,” exposes the controversial reactions to the Fukushima nuclear fallout when two young women, worried about the radioactivity that escaped from the nuclear power plant, rebel against the common tendency to act as if everything is under control. pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. $-$. Call -. /: Mama Pat’s Inner Light Gospel Choir Don’t you love when you listen to a gospel choir and you get the chills? Now you can give the chills and be a part of the choir. All ages are welcome, no auditions are required, and rehearsals are every Tuesday. pm. First Congregational Church, State St. Free. Call -. /: Food from the Heart
Wine and Food Tasting Benefit What’s better than
a night of wine, cheese, and chocolate? How about the wine tasting rooms and food purveyors of the evening graciously donating their goods and allowing percent of the proceeds to go directly toward operations of this nonprofit that provides meals to the homebound ill in our community? -pm. Margerum, Au Bon Climat, and Grassini Tasting Rms., El Paseo, Anacapa St. $. Ages +. Call -.
Dynamic Events. Fascinating People. Captivating Stories.
Robert Ballard
New Adventures in Deep Sea Exploration SUN, APR 27 / 3 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL $25 / $15 UCSB students and youths under 18 National Geographic Live Series Sponsors: Sheila & Michael Bonsignore
Best-selling Author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder
Ann Patchett
Events. TUE, MAY 6Dynamic / 8 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL Fascinating People. $20 / FREE for UCSB students (limited availability) Captivating Stories.
When she opened an independent bookstore to fight corporate giants, Time named her one of 100 Most Influential People in the World. Her newest book, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir in which she examines her deepest commitments.
Acclaimed Author, Radio Personality and Performer
Sandra Tsing Loh The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
THU, MAY 8 / 8 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $8 UCSB students
Loh is the host of the syndicated radio show The Loh Down on Science and the author of five books, including Mother on Fire, which The New York Times called “a feat of genius.”
Popular Host of NPR’s Science Friday
Ira Flatow
Science is The New Sexy MON, MAY 12 / 8 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL $20 / $8 UCSB students
Science Friday host Ira Flatow will talk about the ways science is infiltrating the living rooms and laptops of a new generation. Principal Sponsors: Marcia & John Mike Cohen Presented in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Books will be available for purchase at each event
/: Free Shredding Day Residents of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria can
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