Monday, May 25, 2026 • 11:00 am
SANTA BARBARA CEMETERY, 901 CHANNEL DR, SANTA BARBARA
Veterans, their families, and the community are welcome to join us at the Santa Barbara Cemetery for a free one-hour ceremony as we remember those who gave the greatest sacrifice for our country.
The ceremony will include a patriotic program featuring: Santa Barbara Choral Society • The Prime Time Band • Gold Coast Pipe & Drum Band Featuring Rear Admiral John Wiegold
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By Daisy Scott / VOICE
IF YOU WROTE A LIST OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD YOU INCLUDE? Sunshine? Ice cream? How old books smell, or perhaps your favorite color?
Explore all that makes life worth living alongside friends and neighbors as Ensemble Theatre Company concludes its 2025-2026 season with Every Brilliant Thing. Running June 3rd through 21st, the one-man play will transform the New Vic into a theatre-in-the-round, providing ETC audiences with a wholly unique and uplifting theater experience.
“I hope that this play ignites people’s imaginations,” said actor Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, who will star as the play’s sole performer. “When you start engaging your imagination, you begin to see possibilities that you might not have thought of before. And that could be anything, from your relationship to someone with depression, to your own depression, you start to see possibilities. I think that out of possibility—and this is part of the play—out of imagination, comes hope.”
Created by playwright Duncan Macmillan and comedian Jonny Donahoe, and currently on Broadway starring Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing has joined the ranks of modern theater classics-inthe-making. Locally, Santa Barbara audiences may be familiar with the play through the nonprofit New Beginnings, which has presented performances to raise funds for local mental health resources.
take place in Santa Barbara.
“What unfolds is genuinely moving: a roomful of strangers, together, gently building a collective case for being alive,” said ETC Executive Artistic Director Scott DeVine. “By the end, you’ve quite literally become part of the list. You’ve heard your neighbor share their ‘brilliant thing’ out loud.”
The show marks the ETC debut of actor Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, who has performed off Broadway and in the Los Angeles-Ventura area. While this is his first time performing in Every Brilliant Thing, he has long admired the play since he first watched a filmed production during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Led by a single narrator, Every Brilliant Thing follows a boy witnessing his mother’s battle with depression. After she attempts suicide, he begins writing her a list of all the brilliant things in life: the color yellow, laughter, falling in love, roller coasters. As he grows up, so does the list, which attendees help read aloud throughout the night. Each performance varies depending on each night’s audience, creating a singular, honest, and humorous immersive theatrical experience.
To strengthen local attendees’ sense of connection, ETC will reframe the play (which is originally set in England) to
“It struck me as less of a traditional play and more of a community event,” said MongiardoCooper. “It speaks to how deeply universal the experience of depression is and how we can respond to that in a life-affirming, community way.”
Mongiardo-Cooper shared that his own experiences with depression contributed to his understanding of the play and its central list as an emotional path unique to each individual.
He added that he would want first-time audiences to know that while the play’s premise deals with a difficult subject, it is ultimately brimming with hope, humor, and “encourages levity in the face of darkness.”
“One of the things I hope that we have learned as a society is that this isn’t something shameful to talk about, that mental health care is health care and that you shouldn’t be afraid to engage in these conversations because these conversations save lives,” said Mongiardo-Cooper.
Longtime ETC collaborator Jenny Sullivan, who directed last season’s production of Justice, returns as the director for Every Brilliant Thing. Since the play’s highly interactive nature makes it so that each performance is as unique as its audience, she is enjoying the challenge of anticipating all of the show’s possibilities during rehearsals.
“Scott [DeVine] said to me the perfect description: we’re preparing a feast, a dinner party, but we don’t know who’s coming!” said Sullivan. “That’s the joy of this thing, it’s
different every night.”
In addition to setting the play in Santa Barbara, Sullivan is also fostering local bonds by communicating with area nonprofits focused on mental health to ensure attendees are aware of available resources. She plans to host a talk-back night with mental health advocates.
Sullivan and the ETC team are also creating their own list of brilliant things, which will be combined with community-submitted items.
“It’s really great having to contemplate what is that brilliant thing that makes the world so lovely,” said Sullivan. “I lived in Santa Barbara for 30 years, so I have a lot of things about Santa Barbara that are brilliant things for me.”
In a dramatic shift from traditional ETC productions, Every Brilliant Thing will bring attendees onto the stage to sit in a theatre-in-the-round setting. The immediate intimacy will underline the performance’s interactive dynamic.
Share Your Brilliant Thing with ETC!
To engage and inspire community members in the weeks leading up to the show, ETC is inviting all locals to submit their own brilliant things, which will be displayed in the New Vic lobby. Entries can be submitted via ETC’s social media pages on Facebook and Instagram, as well as through their email mailing list. Each person who submits a brilliant thing will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a pair of tickets to a performance of their choice.
“This choice is far more than a design aesthetic; it is philosophical,” shared DeVine. “The play, at its heart, argues that none of us is truly alone—that the person across from you is carrying their own list, their own heartbreak, and their own brilliant things. These are the things that make us unique, while also uniting us in commonality and fostering connections that make us better together. Placing the audience in the round embeds that argument into the very room the moment you sit down. You don’t just watch the play happen; you watch it happen to other people at the same time it’s happening to you. This design beautifully holds space for that profound connection.”
For tickets ($40-119; patrons 35 and under $35; students $25) visit etcsb.org If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or in crisis, help is available 24/7 by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or visiting 988california.org
By Bridget Keon / VOICE
VIBRANT MASTERPIECES WILL UNFOLD BEFORE ONLOOKERS’ EYES when the 40th annual I Madonnari Street Painting Festival transforms the historic plaza at the Old Mission Santa Barbara into a canvas of chalk art from May 23rd to 25th.
With over 150 large-scale chalk artworks, to be created by professionals, volunteers, and students, the event invites visitors to watch artists at work while enjoying live music, local food, and a kids’ square section where children can create their own art.
— it’s become a cultural tradition that generations of Santa Barbara families have grown up with,” said Kai Tepper Jahnke, executive director of the Children’s Creative Project. “What began as a celebration of street painting has evolved into one of the region’s most visible expressions of creativity, community, and access to the arts.”
in the next generation of creative thinkers and makers.”
In celebration of the 40th anniversary, a “Super Square” will return for the first time in ten years with the creation of a collaborative large-scale work from five legacy street painters, including Sharyn Chan, Ann Hefferman, Jennifer Lemay, and Jay Schwartz.
“Over the past 40 years, I Madonnari has become far more than an arts festival
The primary fundraiser for the CCP, a nonprofit of the Santa Barbara County Education Office, I Madonnari supports bringing arts education programming into public schools. The mission of the CCP is centered around making high-quality art experiences accessible to children of all backgrounds.
“What makes I Madonnari especially meaningful is that it directly supports that mission,” said Tepper Jahnke. “The festival is not only a celebration of art — it’s a fundraiser that helps sustain arts education opportunities for thousands of children throughout the region. So when people attend the festival, sponsor an artist, or simply come downtown to experience the work, they are also investing
“This year’s work will be done in the style of William Morris and feature an abundance of flora and fauna,” said Tepper Jahnke. “While the piece itself may not have a direct reference to the festival’s origination in Grazi di Curtatone, Italy, the style and aesthetic of the piece is intended to pay homage to the tradition of Italian street painting.”
Watching artists in action invites the community to interact with not just the artworks, but also the creative processes that builds them. For this year’s featured artist, Marlon Yanes, these interactions with the crowd are the highlights of the festival.
“It’s the process and being able to talk to people and share and motivate kids to also give it a shot and try it in the driveways,” said Yanes. “That motivates me a lot. The conversations that arise from seeing us doing it in person.”
While Yanes has participated in I Madonnari ten times before, this will be his first festival as the featured artist. A street
painter and muralist from the Bay Area, he is known for pushing the boundaries of street painting with richly detailed, largescale works.
The festival will also spread out onto the mission lawn, where visitors can sample food, shop for merchandise, and enjoy performances from local musicians and student groups.
I Madonnari is free and open to the public, there are no tickets required in advance for the festival. For more information, visit: ccp.sbceo.org
I Madonnari takes place May 23rd to 25th from 10am to 6pm
Yardi Systems is negotiating with the city of Santa Barbara to move 600 employees from its Goleta office to the State Street Macy’s building.
By Joshua Molina / Santa Barbara News-Press 5.13.26
THE CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO BUILD HOUSING AT MACY’S IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL, BUT A NEW IDEA HAS SPRUNG TO LIFE.
Yardi Systems is negotiating with the city of Santa Barbara to move 600 employees from its Goleta office to the State Street Macy’s building.
“Our plan would not include housing at the Macy’s site,” said Ben Romo, a spokesman for Yardi Systems. “One of the big motivators here is this would be a big boost to revitalizing State Street. This would be hundreds of employees downtown.”
City Administrator Kelly McAdoo said Yardi Systems approached the owners of the Paseo Nuevo mall lease, Alliance Bernstein, and the city of Santa Barbara about moving office workers downtown.
“Yardi Systems has a great reputation in the community,” McAdoo said. “We are very fortunate to have them. It is not housing, but we believe it is equally catalytic to have employees downtown patronizing businesses and restaurants.”
McAdoo said the proposal is a good alternative for
the community. She hopes to bring it to the City Council this summer.
Santa Barbara had been in negotiations with Alliance Bernstein and The Georgetown Company to build housing at the former Macy’s building, but the proposal blew up over concerns that the city was giving away the land underneath the mall to a private developer and not getting enough affordable housing in return.
The city at the time proposed giving away the land underneath Paseo Nuevo, and a portion of property tax revenue, at a total value of $32 million to $39 million.
In exchange, AB Commercial and its developer, The Georgetown Company, wanted to demolish the former Macy’s building to build 209 market-rate apartments and 24 affordable-housing units.
The council voted against the deal earlier this year, forcing Alliance Bernstein to walk away. The company needed assurance from the City Council that a long-term lease agreement could be worked out, in addition to the land giveaway, in order to make the housing project profitable.
Yardi Systems, however, then approached the city about relocating its headquarters downtown.
“We think it could be a very good thing for the community,” Romo said. “We are very excited about downtown housing and adaptive re-use.”
Some housing is still proposed for the mall. The owners of the former Nordstrom building, Shopoff, have proposed between 80 and 112 units, with ten percent affordable.
Santa Barbara City Councilwoman Meagan Harmon said she is “super-happy” about the Yardi proposal.
“It’s a huge economic win to have Yardi, and also allows (the city) to keep the mall, without razing the building to build housing,” Harmon said.
This story was originally published by the Santa Barbara NewsPress. Printed with permission • 5.13.2026 • newspress.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026
5:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.
Tickets: $100.00 all inclusive
Enjoy an evening at the beautiful Rancho La Patera gardens to sample appetizers, wine and beer from local restaurants, wineries and breweries, as well as a performance by the 2026 Spirit of Fiesta and Junior Spirit, musical entertainment, and dancing under the stars to Area 51!
No tickets will be sold at the door. 21 and older only.
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By Daisy Scott / VOICE
AND HOPE
fostered an afternoon of celebration, networking, and awareness when the Association for Women in Communications Santa Barbara (AWCSB) celebrated its annual Women of Achievement Awards on May 7th.
Themed “Powerful Voices, Purposeful Change — Women Leading Through Civic Engagement,” the awards honored four innovative women who are leading the charge to support local children, students, and immigrant communities.
Honorees included Carpinteria Children’s Project Executive Director Teresa Alvarez; 805UndocuFund Executive Director Primitiva Hernandez; Assistant Dean for Civic and Community Engagement at UC Santa Barbara’s Division of Student Affairs Viviana Marsano; and Immigrant Legal Defense Center Executive Director Julissa Peña.
“Each of these women leads in her own way, in her own space, with her own story,” said Women of Achievement Chair Katya Armistead. “They are women who show up, they listen, they advocate, they organize, they educate, and they make systems more humane and communities more just.”
Dozens of AWC-SB members, local leaders, and community members filled Cabrillo Pavilion for the 18th annual luncheon. News Channel 3-12 anchor Tracy Lehr emceed an insightful panel conversation between the four honorees.
As Executive Director for the Carpinteria Children’s Project, Alvarez leads a team of educators and resource liaisons who support children aged 18 months to five years and their families. Alvarez shared that her family came to America from Mexico when she was one year old, explaining that her lived experiences of trying to access resources while facing language and transportation barriers informs her work with CCP.
“I approach the families knowing where they might be coming from, but also understanding that I’m not living their lives either,” said Alvarez. “The majority of our staff is Latina women and we just come with empathy... Meeting the families where they are is very important.”
CCP is currently working with 58 families who have been affected by ICE
raids. She stressed that the organization prioritizes providing all students with a safe space and stable routine to support their emotional development.
Hernandez is also supporting immigrant families with the 805UndocuFund, tirelessly working with the organization’s Rapid Response Network, which she created in collaboration with Peña, to help locals amidst relentless ICE activity. She expressed that building trust with families is the key to the organization’s mission, work, and call for community activism.
“We all knew it was going to be difficult and that it was going to be cruel, but we were not expecting what we’re facing today,” said Hernandez. “That has been the hardest thing to adjust to, but we’ve done it and done it in a way that really centers impacted families.”
Beyond the Rapid Response Network and her current role with the Immigrant Legal Defense Center, Peña has a long history of defending immigrant communities’ rights, including past work with the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and Border Angels. She shared that much of ILDC’s work focuses on combatting misinformation and treating people with dignity while helping them understand their options.
“We’ve learned that information is most powerful when it comes from
as a graduate student, has been at the university for a total of 41 years. Her career has centered on promoting all students’ access to education, especially those who are first-generation college students and those who come from low-income households. She has especially encouraged students to vote and get involved with civic processes by co-designing and teaching the Civic Engagement Scholars Program.
Originally from Argentina, her quest to champion accessibility extends to language, as conveyed through her co-founding Voices Translation and Interpreting Services and the Language Justice Network, which helps nonEnglish speakers navigate education systems and the community.
trusted relationships,” said Peña. Marsano, who first arrived at UCSB
“I love the connections that I can make through communication between my two lives in civic engagement and as an interpreter,” said Marsano. “I feel that when I’m with the community, I learn so much that I bring back to my students.”
To learn more visit awcsb.org
The candidates will face off in the June 2 primary for the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors’ Second District seat
By Joshua Molina, Santa Barbara News-Press, 5.8.26
ELIJAH MACK CALLS HIMSELF
A “LOCALIST” who would listen to the people and avoid partisan agendas if elected to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Incumbent Laura Capps says county government is compassionate, effective, and accountable, has developed affordable housing, and that she is “just getting started.”
The two met Thursday night at a forum held by the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara.
Capps, who was elected in 2022, touted Santa Barbara County’s record on housing, the environment, and protecting immigrants. Mack said he wants to “radically foster local business,” restore the community’s traditions and festivities, preserve the natural environment, ensure that locals can afford to remain locals, and minimize “how deeply the county digs into your wallets.”
“Anyone who lives an upright life, who lives in our society, who lives in our communities, who is a beneficial neighbor, is a citizen of my community in my mind, regardless of whether they have had the opportunity to, or made the poor decision to, not pursue American citizenship,” Mack said.
He said he would like to see ICE agree to no longer engage in neighborhood raids if law enforcement cooperated with their efforts to apprehend convicted, violent felons who are in the country illegally.
Capps said she has taken the lead in efforts to battle ICE.
“We are not powerless when it comes to ICE, even though they have run roughshod over our Constitution, roughshod over our local laws, and put this community in fear,” Capps said.
About 50 people attended the two-hour event at the Goleta Union School District board room. Mack, who ran unsuccessfully against State Sen. Monique Limón as a 19-year-old in 2024, is running for political office again against the widely popular, deeply entrenched Capps, this time for the Second District Santa Barbara County Supervisor’s seat.
The two answered a wide array of questions, ranging from housing and the environment to ICE and disaster preparedness.
Both candidates agreed that neighborhood raids by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement should stop.
first, middle-class housing.”
Capps agreed that housing is the largest challenge facing the county, and said it has been working to improve affordability.
“We’re building thousands of new affordable units,” she said.
He said he has talked to local farmers at the farmers market, and local businesses and developers to “pass a bundle of legislation that comes from their own concerns.” He said he wants to rely on the general public as much as he can.
She pointed to the Board of Supervisors recently voting to restrict ICE from enforcement actions on county property.
“(People) need to know that if they are going to a clinic, or if they are going to an establishment that is county, they are not going to be confronted by ICE,” Capps said. “We are making county buildings protected.”
Mack said the biggest challenge facing the county is housing.
“The lack of viable housing for multigenerational locals and the working middle-class,” he said.
He said the county should “cut the needless, subjective criterion for permission to develop in the area,” including cutting fees and offering incentives to developers to build “locals-
Capps said she has led efforts to convert underutilized county land into housing. Santa Barbara County, she said, has identified 6,000 acres of land that could be turned into affordable, workforce housing.
“In my mind, the government can’t just talk about the affordability crisis; we have to put our own skin in the game,” she said.
Regarding disaster preparedness, Capps said the county has worked to improve 911 response times. She touted the work that firefighters do.
“They are there when you need them. Whether it’s a heart attack, a kid who has fallen, they are there,” Capps said. “They are in Isla Vista helping those students.”
Mack said he would like to redirect county funding from legal battles to environmental hazard preparedness regarding oil infrastructure. He said he wants to “preserve our wilderness,” and continue to maintain and improve infrastructure in Montecito, “preventing mudslides and things of that nature.”
Mack, 21, said he is set to graduate from college in a couple of weeks. He portrayed himself as an outsider to local government, dissatisfied with Capps’ performance, and as someone who would listen to the general public.
“I even would like to run polls for my district to determine my vote on highly contentious issues,” Mack said.
He said he is a proponent of regenerative agriculture.
Capps, 53, is a former member of the Santa Barbara Unified School District board of trustees. She said she has strong partnerships on the Board of Supervisors.
She noted that she has partnered with Fourth District Supervisor Bob Nelson, whom she described as “the most conservative” of her colleagues.
“We’ve partnered on things together like permitting reform, cutting red tape, cannabis reform,” Capps said. “We think alike about a lot on things that are not necessarily partisan.”
She said she is proud of the way that the Board of Supervisors conducts itself and works together.
“I do come in with an open mind to a lot of issues,” Capps said. “While I am fiercely representing my district, I want the others to support my projects.”
The event was recorded by TV Santa Barbara for later broadcast on television and YouTube.
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz has repeatedly targeted the state over hospice care.
By Robert King / Politico / 5.13.26
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS WITHHOLDING $1.3 BILLION IN MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS TO CALIFORNIA for failing to combat fraud, escalating a feud with the state over its management of hospice care.
“The state of California has not taken fraud very seriously,” said Vice President JD Vance during a press conference Wednesday at the White House.
Though the administration has repeatedly criticized California’s fraud oversight, this is the first time the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has targeted payments to the state. In recent months it has withheld
more than $300 million in Medicaid reimbursements to Minnesota for suspect claims.
Medicaid is a joint federal-state partnership. California has already paid providers serving the lowincome patients in the program. CMS will not pay the federal government’s share unless the state meets the agency’s requirements for showing eligible patients actually received services. The state did not immediately return a request for comment on CMS’ action.
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said at the press conference the $1.3 billion is the agency’s largest deferral ever, though it’s a small portion of California’s total federal Medicaid funding. CMS reimbursed California more than $92 billion in fiscal 2024, according to the most recent data.
“We would like the state to come to the table to explain to us how these outlier payments have been
generated,” he said.
Oz has repeatedly targeted hospice fraud in California, especially in Los Angeles. “There aren’t that many people dying in Los Angeles,” he said. “We believe half of the hospices in the entire area around Los Angeles are fraudulent.”
CMS recently suspended payments to 800 hospice facilities in California and less than 20 have complained, which Oz said means his agency is “on the right track.”
What’s next: CMS earlier on Wednesday announced a six-month moratorium on adding new hospice and home health providers to Medicare, which serves seniors.
The agency is also asking every state’s Medicaid fraud control unit to detail their actions combating fraud. Vance said units in some states are not doing enough to combat fraud, despite getting federal funding.
Printed with permission: Politico article, May 13, 2026
JUST WONDERING WHEN CITY STAFF intends to complete the “Circulation Study” related to the State Street Master Plan promised to us in the early days of the State Street Advisory Committee?
Or, if it is completed, when you plan to share it with the public?
We know some work on this issue had been discussed under Rebecca Bjork, our previous City Administrator, because those findings led to the opening of the 1300 block of State for “public safety” reasons.
We also know that Kelly McAdoo has on several occasions promised to present Council with a detailed Circulation Study but has pulled the item each time from the agenda.
Questions—has a thorough study of emergency egress from the Waterfront area been done? Does the City believe that a possible emergency evacuation of the lowlying areas from Cabrillo to the 101 could be safely accomplished without access to State St.? Think carefully before you answer.
Now Moules & Polyzoides, our newest of serial Consultants, and City Council and Staff are proposing a complete re-structuring of the entire downtown grid without a single real Circulation Study ever being presented. Long time one-way streets to become twoway without any real thought.
What would be a massive alteration to the downtown traffic grid is being presented without any supporting background information, evidence, or study. City Council voted to advance this “plan” without any questions or any study on the issue. Why?
Regarding the Downtown Farmers Markets, has anyone at the City given any thought to the obvious results of narrowing State St. to 20’ as detailed in the new State Street Master Plan.
• Currently State Street’s width is 34’ to 36’ +/- depending on the block or section.
• Farmers Market stands require 10’ to 12’ +/- depending on their set-up, parked trucks, etc.
• Currently on State St., with stands on both sides, this leaves approximately 10’ to 12’ of pedestrian space in the middle. On Saturdays this space can be crowded and difficult to negotiate.
If the City narrows State St. to the suggested 20’ there will only be room for Farmers Market stands on one side of the street, with the remaining 8’ to 10’ for pedestrian shoppers.
This will create several problematic conditions.
• 8’ to 10’ of pedestrian shopper space will be extremely cramped. It won’t work.
• The 8’ to 10’ of open space will preclude ANY pretense of “emergency vehicle” access.
• Stands on only one side will mean the State St. section will need to be at least twice as long. Probably involving another block or two of length. If this is necessary it will mean that emergency vehicles from Fire Station 1 will be forced to travel even farther up or down Chapala in order to cross over to the East side, increasing response time on Saturdays.
The current Carrillo St. Farmers Market section avoids these issues because the street is 60’+ wide, leaving a 20’ish lane for
pedestrian shoppers and a nominal potential “emergency vehicle” access.
The proposed “bollards” at each intersection will need to be in the “up” or deployed positions at all times to protect the State St. market section and patrons from potential vehicle entry. This will mean that farmer’s vehicles will be “locked in” until the bollards are lowered.
Given the long history of street market accidents and attacks, public safety should be a major consideration.
Has any thought been given to these issues? If so, why hasn’t the City Administrator and City Staff communicated it with the Council and the public?
Is another Farmers Market relocation in the works?
Regarding both the above Farmers Market conflict and the lack of transparency on a Circulation Study, how, after six years, can the City Council and City Staff possibly expect us to trust them?
It cannot be overstated—proceeding with a closed State Street for six years, and now proposing a permanent narrowing and permanent closure of the primary access from Downtown to the Waterfront, without a thorough and transparent study of the circulation, access, and safety issues is a gross civic malpractice.
Best, Kevin Boss
Editor’s note: This letter to the editor references the draft State Street Master Plan, which can be read in full at statestreet.santabarbaraca.gov
I MOURN THE TIMES when State was the place to be, eat, shop. I would walk it early mornings down to the wharf. But now when I think of State Street, I think empty store fronts and reckless speeding ebikes. Repels me. Very sad. Never want to go there.
Many people feel the same way. Vicious circle of negatives. Even stores owners are complaining about reckless ebikers chasing away customers. And less sales equals less city revenues. I wish the city council and police force would protect us pedestrians from injury and death by ebikes. Try to implement speed bumps, ticket offenders, confiscate bikes. My idea is to license bikes so offenders can be reported by the public.
The ebikers have also taken over pedestrian walkways everywhere. Doing their high speed racing and wheelies past people in walker and wheelchairs at Shoreline. I have seen them doing wheelies even at night at Shoreline while people are walking their dogs. Even our sidewalks are no longer safe. Shoreline is the place where many seniors, wheelchair and walker users go to enjoy the beachfront. But it has become dangerous now.
Please do something. We have been begging for too long.
- Karen Luckett, OTR CLCP CCM CDMS
Citywide event returns June 13, connecting neighbors and reducing waste.
THINKING ABOUT HOSTING A YARD SALE? The City of Santa Barbara’s Sustainability & Resilience Department is now accepting registrations for its annual Community Yard Sale on Saturday, June 13th, from 8am to 2pm. This citywide event invites residents to host a yard sale at their home, declutter, earn extra money, and give gently used items a second life.
Registered hosts will receive free promotional support, including yard signs to increase visibility, placement on an interactive online map to help shoppers find participating local homes, as well as advertising and a resource guide for donation drop-off options.
“This event gives residents a simple way to declutter, reduce
waste, and connect with neighbors,” said Julie Lawrence, Clean Community Manager. “Last year, more than 100 households participated, keeping usable items in circulation and out of the landfill. We encourage anyone interested in hosting to register early to be included on the official event map, and we invite shoppers to explore neighborhoods across the city.”
Participants must reside within the City of Santa Barbara. Those living in apartments or condominiums should check with their property manager or landlord before signing up.
For event details or to register as a host, visit SantaBarbaraCA.gov/YardSale
El evento de la ciudad regresa el 13 de junio, conectando a vecinos y reduciendo residuos.
EL DEPARTAMENTO DE SOSTENIBILIDAD Y RESILIENCIA DE LA CIUDAD DE SANTA BÁRBARA ya está recibiendo registros para su Venta Anual Comunitaria de Yardas, el sábado 13 de junio, de 8:00 a.m. a 2:00 p.m. Este evento en toda la ciudad invita a los residentes a organizar una venta en su hogar, deshacerse de artículos que ya no utilizan, ganar dinero extra y dar una segunda vida a artículos en buen estado.
Los anfitriones registrados recibirán apoyo promocional gratuito, incluyendo su ubicación en un mapa interactivo en línea para ayudar a los compradores a encontrar los hogares participantes, así como publicidad, una guía de recursos con opciones de centros de donación y letreros para el jardín que aumentarán la visibilidad.
“Este evento brinda a los residentes una forma sencilla de deshacerse de lo que ya no necesitan, reducir residuos y convivir con sus vecinos”, dijo Julie Lawrence, Gerente de Comunidad Limpia (Clean Community). “El año pasado, más de 100 hogares
Artists: To participate: email images of up to three entries that reflect the metaphor “SummerDance” to: Art@voicesb.com.
Images must be received by May 17 at midnight. Sculpture and 2D work are welcome.
Label images with artist name and the title of the piece. Email must also include: artist’s name, telephone number, material, dimensions, price.
ACCEPTED entries pay fee during the ingathering
$40: 1st piece; $35: 2nd piece; $30: 3rd piece. No piece more than 48” wide without approval. Diptychs and Triptychs discouraged.
All pieces must: be wired or pedestal ready. NO brackets, saw tooth, etc.
Sales: 70% to artist / 30% to gallery
Ingathering: Drop off between 9am-12pm, Sunday, May 31st.
Tear Down: Pick up between 3-5pm, Saturday, June 27th
Exhibition Dates: June 1st to 27th, 2026
(Pick up artwork Saturday, June 27th, 3 to 5pm)
1st Thursday Reception: June 4th • 5-8pm
Questions? Call Kerry Methner • 805-570-2011
participaron, manteniendo artículos en buen estado en circulación y fuera del relleno sanitario. Invitamos a quienes estén interesados en participar a registrarse con anticipación para aparecer en el mapa oficial del evento, y alentamos a los compradores a explorar los distintos vecindarios de la ciudad.”
Los participantes deben residir dentro de la ciudad de Santa Bárbara. Quienes viven en apartamentos o condominios deben consultar con su administrador de propiedad o arrendador antes de registrarse.
Para obtener más detalles del evento o registrarte como anfitrión, visita: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/YardSale
SPLISH AND SPLASH YOUR WAY INTO SUMMERTIME when Old Town Goleta opens the first public splash pad in Santa Barbara County at Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park this week. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will celebrate the long-awaited park feature at 3pm on Thursday, May 21st.
“We know the community has been eagerly awaiting the opening of the splash pad and we look forward to seeing it being enjoyed for many years to come,” said Goleta City Councilmember James Kyriaco. “We are pleased there will now be a fun, free, and safe water play space in the heart of our community.”
After the ribbon-cutting, the splash pad will be open for the summer through Labor Day weekend. Hours of operation will be 10am to 6pm daily, except for Wednesdays when it will be closed for routine cleaning and maintenance.
The splash pad features 34 water jets that produce gentle streams in a range of patterns, using a recirculated and treated water system for be mindful of safety and environmental sustainability. Children will be required to have adult supervision, and no pets, food, candy, gum, or glass will be permitted on the splash pad. Showers are available for visitors to rinse off after playing.
By Tom Jacobs • The UC Santa Barbara Current • 5.11.26
STEPHEN SONDHEIM had his ladies who lunch. Melinda Lopez has her students who stretch.
Her new play Standing Still is set in a yoga studio, and features a group of people who come together for a weekly class. On the day the play is set, they strive to find flow in the peaceful studio. But outside, civil disorder is rising in the unnamed nation where they live.
“What is activism?” asked director Risa Brainin, a theater professor at UC Santa Barbara. “If something is happening that you object to, how do you respond? What does it take to stand up?”
Standing Still, which will be performed May 13th to 23rd in UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater, is the latest project in artistic director Brainin’s “LAUNCH PAD” series, now in its 21st season. Noted playwrights submit works in progress, which receive full productions including sets, costumes, lights, and sound.
“What actors bring to a rehearsal is always inspiring — and always different from what I imagined when I wrote alone in my office.”
The acting company includes six students and award-winning actor and professor Annie Torsiglieri. “Annie is a bright light onstage,” Brainin said. “With her decades of experience on Broadway and regional theaters across the country, she inspires our students to create nuanced performances.”
Physicality is an important element of the play. To achieve an organic sense of movement, Brainin engaged choreographer Christina McCarthy and yoga instructor Denise Zaverdas to work with the cast. Most rehearsals begin by practicing yoga.
“In a yoga class, strangers come together, and over the course of a long time, they create a community that is more intimate than family or friends,” Lopez said. “That seemed inherently theatrical to me, and formed the basis for Standing Still.”
What counts as a form of activism?’”
“Risa jokes that I thought I was writing a warning about the future, but I ended up writing a documentary about the present,” Lopez added.
That said, Standing Still is not about any specific nation. “The stage directions state it is set in the near future in a place near here,” Lopez said. “The experience of being in conflict with one’s government is not restricted to one part of the world or one political system.”
naturalism. “I like plays that grapple with the form,” Lopez said. “I write plays that need an in-person audience — that you couldn’t watch on TV. I love what live theater can do. My plays pretend they’re naturalistic until they’re not.”
The unusual setting of a yoga studio also allows Lopez to juxtapose yoga, the ancient practice of acceptance, with a situation that calls for collective resistance.
“I have thought a lot,” she said, “about the courage it takes to stand against injustice while remaining nonviolent.”
For ticket information, go to: launchpad.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/news
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Playwrights can and do continue to refine the script throughout rehearsals, and even during performances. So the version of the show one person sees on the first preview can, and very likely will be, different from the final performance.
“It’s an incredible opportunity,” said Lopez, an award-winning Boston-based playwright. “Readings are great, but when you have phenomenal actors embodying characters in three dimensions, you learn a lot more about what does and doesn’t work. Does this section flow? Does that joke land?
The play was cocommissioned by LAUNCH PAD and the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts. Lopez sent the first draft of the play in the summer of 2024, as the presidential campaign was heating up.
“I remember saying to Melinda at the time, ‘We won’t do this for another year and a half, and I don’t know how relevant this will be,’” Brainin recalled. “Boy, was I wrong. We’re in a moment where people are asking themselves, ‘What can I do personally to respond to injustice? Does protest actually accomplish anything?
Lopez knows that from her family history. Her parents fled Cuba — first to Colombia, where she was born, and then to Massachusetts, where she grew up and still lives. “So much of my work explores the fragility of democracy,” she said.
Lopez is on the faculty of Northeastern University, where she teaches playwriting, performance, and dramaturgy. “I got the theater bug as a kid and never quit,” she said. “I still act professionally too. I have performed in a number of venues, including most recently, the Old Globe in San Diego.”
She described her writing style as a kind of heightened
Professor
Theater/Dance
Risa Brainin is the Founder/Artistic Director of the groundbreaking new play development program LAUNCH PAD at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since creating LAUNCH PAD in 2005, Brainin has developed and directed many new works with the playwright in residence including Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play, John Walch’s The Dinosaur Within, Barbara Lebow’s Plumfield, Iraq and La Niñera: The Nursemaid, Sheri Wilner’s Kingdom City, Biederman’s Match (based on Max Frisch’s Biederman and the Firebugs by Beau Willimon, music by Michelle DiBucci, lyrics by Portia Kamons), Entangled by Lila Rose Kaplan, Untitled IV by Ruth Markofsky by Alison Tatlock, The Talented Ones by Yussef El Guindi, We Want the Funk, a rustbelt lullaby on the one! by Idris Goodwin, Staging the Daffy Dame by Anne Garcia-Romero, The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Cheryl L. West, and Appoggiatura by James Still which premiered at Denver Center Theatre Company in January, 2015.
Photos and Stories by John Palminteri, Special to VOICE
SANTA BARBARA’S NEWEST MUSIC
STORE, Riviera Music, 4141 State St., had a grand opening last Saturday with live music, guitar tune-ups, and many other offerings for musicians of all ages.
GRANT GROTE, age 30, will appear in Superior Court after allegedly using a realistic looking pellet gun to shoot and hit a Santa Barbara Police Officer in the head on Friday, May 8th. The officer was released the same day from Cottage Hospital.
AN OIL PLATFORM FIRE WAS CONTROLLED MONDAY by a united response off the coast of Carpinteria. 26 crew members were safely evacuated from Platform Habitat. Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol used its most powerful vessel to stop the fire with Santa Barbara Firefighters on board.
Two injuries were reported. The cause for the fire was not immediately known and there was heavy fog in the area.
GIRLS INC. NEAR GOLETA at 4973 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93111 asked for community backyard harvest donations recently and on Tuesday, May 12th held a Farmer’s Market between 4 to 5pm to raise money for its programs. Shoppers came to see what their neighbors donated and picked up something for their next meals and snacks.
AN ALERT HAS COME OUT from the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office about a scam with urgent banking claims that are fraudulent. If you believe you are already the victim of a scam, contact the DA scam hotline at 805-568-2442 or email reportfraud@countyofsb.org
Grote was arrested in a La Cumbre Mall bathroom. At the incident scene nearby on La Cumbre Rd., police secured a backpack and trashcan bag. One gunshot was fired at the suspect, who was not wounded, as he ran from the scene through a parking lot towards the north mall entry, where police say he was captured with no further gunshots.
According to Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch, Grote is charged with aggravated mayhem, assault upon a peace officer, battery on a peace officer causing injury, resisting an executive officer through force, and resisting, obstructing, or delaying peace officers during the course of their duties. In addition, Grote is charged with special allegations for personal use of a dangerous or deadly weapon and personal infliction of great bodily injury. Grote is believed to have been on probation at the time of the offense for assault with a deadly weapon and personal infliction of great bodily injury. Grote’s probation case stems from an incident where he stabbed an individual in the neck with a knife in the early morning of January 29th, 2023, near Santa Barbara City Hall.
Grote pled not guilty to all charges and denied special allegations. He is set to appear in Department 11 of the Santa Barbara Superior Court for a preliminary hearing and setting and probation violation setting on May 26th, 2026, at 8am. Grote’s bail is currently set at $1,000,000 in his new case and no bail on his felony probation.
MISSION CANYON RESIDENTS continue to be concerned about evacuation routes in an area with tight Santa Barbara roads and 1500 homes. Issues were raised at the annual Mission Canyon Homeowners Association. Brush clearing plans are coming up with some free services for chipping.
IT WAS A HOME RUN for Elings Park in Santa Barbara. With community help, they reached a $200,000 fundraising goal in eight weeks to unlock a transformational $1 million gift to renovate the fields at the Castagnola Softball Complex. The groundbreaking will be May 28th.
IT’S C.A.R.E.4PAWS’ BIRTHDAY MONTH, and the first Community Cares Campaign—a month-long effort to ensure Central Coast pets have access to the care they need, no matter their family’s financial situation. Every gift made in May—up to $60,000—will be matched to double your impact. care4paws.org/community
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The pedestrian and bike bridge would cross over Highway 101 and connect Eastside residents to the waterfront
By Joshua Molina, Santa Barbara News-Press, 5.13.26
EASTSIDE RESIDENTS might not get a bridge over Highway 101 to the beach after all.
The Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday hit pause on a plan to pursue a grant to fund a pedestrian and bicycle overcrossing, a proposal that has been in the works for several years.
The bridge would begin at south Canada and Pitos streets, cross over Highway 101 and then land on the Santa Barbara Zoo parking lot and eventually end near Dwight Murphy Field.
“There is not a lot of open space on the Eastside,” said Jessica Grant, supervising transportation planner. “This is a time when we can have an overcrossing to get to the waterfront area, to the Zoo, the recreation fields, the entire waterfront and jobs, as well as a route to Santa Barbara City College.”
But on Tuesday, some council members questioned whether the Eastside had more immediate priorities, and even whether the city should apply for a grant to help fund proposed changes on State Street.
In addition, City Administrator Kelly McAdoo said that she has had talks with the zoo about a housing project it wants to build, prompting concerns among some council members about a potential loss of parking with the bridge project.
Councilmember Wendy Santamaria supports the idea of a pedestrian and bicycle connection to the beach.
“I really don’t want to lose sight of the sometimes lack of equity the Eastside faces, and we have noted that the Eastside has the longest commute to get to the waterfront,” Santamaria said. “They are cut off the most from the waterfront.”
Grant said parts of the Eastside were disconnected from the waterfront after the California Department of Transportation removed stoplights from the area in 1991, allowing traffic on Highway 101 to flow through uninterrupted. Grant and city planning staff want to apply for an Active Transportation Program design grant to start the estimated $40 million bridge project. The city would have to pay one percent of the cost, or $400,000.
McAdoo said the zoo housing proposal is
in very preliminary talks, but if approved, it would be raised on top of the surface parking lot.
Santamaria, a housing advocate, also supports the idea of housing at the zoo.
“I would love to see a world where we can complete this bridge project and the zoo’s housing project together,” she said.
About two years ago, the City Council performed community outreach on the bridge project, which was met with widespread support from Eastside residents. But no one showed up at City Hall on Tuesday to talk about the proposal, which concerned some council members.
Still, Grant defended the need for the project.
She said it is the latest effort by the city to improve safety on the Eastside, including new lighting, traffic signals, and sidewalk and bike path improvements.
“We have had millions of dollars in the past dedicated for the Eastside, specifically for safety and Safe Routes to School, and it is continuing,” Grant said.
Safety enhancements include improved sidewalks leading to Franklin, Adelante and Cleveland elementary schools, she said.
“We have many high rates of walking and biking,” Grant said. “We need to have destinations, whether you are going to school or work, for everyone to arrive safely. It has been on top of mind for a long time, and we are continuing to make progress.”
“With funding, you can’t cast an umbrella and fix everything in one day,” Grant said. “We are a decade into millions of dollars in infrastructure on the Eastside.”
Although grant requests from the same jurisdiction to the ATP aren’t competitive with one another, Santamaria raised concerns about also submitting a funding request for State Street.
“I have very serious concerns about us as a council giving direction to essentially prioritize investment on State Street vs. investment on the Eastside,” Santamaria said. “I don’t think they should be pitted against each other. If we are to say we will not invest in this overcrossing and we will not improve equity on the Eastside, and instead we want to apply for the grant for State Street, it is just sending a very clear message to Eastside
residents that the priority is State Street.”
She said as the district representative for the Eastside, “I don’t feel comfortable at all in making that tradeoff or sending that message to constituents.”
The council directed staff to do more outreach to the public and talk to zoo officials about the housing project, and then return for a vote on the bridge funding sometime in June, before the deadline to submit the application.
“This is something the people of the Eastside definitely need to be reminded about,” Councilman Oscar Gutierrez said. “This is something I feel they will take extremely seriously.”
Gutierrez said the bridge is needed. He knows of children who have grown up on the Eastside who have never been to the beach.
“Having grown up there with friends and family, it is very difficult to get to the beach from there,” Gutierrez said. “I find this extremely important.”
The council also voted Tuesday to move forward with a grant application to fund widened, separated sidewalks and bike paths on Castillo Street under Highway 101 and near Pershing Park. That project is expected to cost about $15 million, which means a $150,000 match from the city.
Printed with permission of the Santa Barbara News-Press • 5.13.26 • newspress.com
Saturday, May 16: Fiesta Dog Parade Paseo Nuevo 11am
Thursday, June 18: Fiesta Ranchera Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 5pm-10pm
Saturday, June 27: Fashion Sale Carriage Museum, 9am-2pm
Thursday, July 23: Project Fiesta! Opens Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Saturday, August 1:
Los Niños de las Flores Garden Party Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 11am
Saturday, August 1: La Recepción del Presidente Santa Barbara Club, 5pm-10pm
Wednesday, August 5
La Fiesta Pequeña, Old Mission, 8pm Mercado De La Guerra, 11am-10pm
Thursday, August 6
La Misa del Presidente, Old Mission, 10am Celebración de los Dignatarios Party, Zoo, 5pm-10pm
Las Noches de Ronda, Courthouse, 8pm Figueroa St. entrance Mercado De La Guerra, 11am-10pm
Friday, August 7
El Desfile Histórico (Historical Parade), Cabrillo Blvd. 12noon
Flor y Canto, Courthouse, 7pm Figueroa St. entrance
Las Noches de Ronda, Courthouse, 8pm Figueroa St. entrance Mercado De La Guerra, 11am-10pm
Saturday, August 8
Children’s Parade, 10am
Arts & Crafts Show, Cabrillo Blvd. 10am-6pm
Tarde de Ronda, Courthouse, 1pm Figueroa St. entrance
Las Noches de Ronda, Courthouse, 8pm Figueroa St. entrance Mercado De La Guerra, 11am-10pm
Sunday, August 9
Arts & Crafts Show, Cabrillo Blvd, 10am-5pm
By Daisy Scott / VOICE
CELEBRATING HOW FOOD, MEMORY, AND LAUGHTER
TRANSFORM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GRIEF, Crying in H Mart author and Japanese Breakfast musician Michelle Zauner shared a story that resonated with dozens of UC Santa Barbara students, faculty, and community members as UCSB Reads’ 20th anniversary season drew to a heartwarming close last week.
“I remember being very emotional in this food court and seeing people with this clarity or through this lens where we’re not all just strangers in a food court,” Zauner shared about her initial inspiration to write Crying in H Mart. “We all have this sort of story and there’s a reason why we all come here; we’re all longing for something.”
Poignant, powerful, and pulsing with sincere vulnerability, the memoir recounts Zauner’s experiences of coming to terms with her identity as a Korean-American, a daughter, and an artist in the wake of her mother’s death.
One needed only to glance at the eager audience that packed Campbell Hall on May 7th to understand the profound impact the book had on readers, as well as the program’s many on- and off-campus book discussions, art activities, and even cooking classes.
“Throughout the year, it was clear that readers saw parts of themselves reflected in the book, whether through experiences of loss, navigating cultural identity, the coming of age nature of her story or the way food and ritual connect us to the people we love,” said UCSB Exhibitions & Events Manager Sara Kelly.
Close to two thousand locals read and discussed Zauner’s tender memoir over the past year through UCSB Reads’ free book distributions and events programming.
“What made this year especially powerful was how openly participants engaged with the emotional honesty of Zauner’s writing. The conversations often moved into meaningful reflections on family relationships, life’s milestones, and the ways we preserve memory through culture and tradition.”
Joined in conversation with UCSB
Asian American Studies Department Chair Sameer Pandya, Zauner’s conversation carried the same blend of openness, humor, and meaningful reflection that defined her memoir. As the daughter of a Korean mother and a white American father, she shared that her focus on learning how to prepare traditional Korean meals, both while her mother was sick and after she was gone, is a major aspect of her identity.
“That’s a big part of the book for me, growing up mixed race and suddenly feeling like this major connector to a part of myself is missing,” said Zauner. “For me, not only was it about searching for that taste before I lost my memory of it, but it was also a kind of cultural maintenance.”
Zauner also discussed the value of being able to explore her feelings through interdisciplinary creativity. The lead singersongwriter of indie pop band Japanese Breakfast, Zauner voiced that she was motivated to write her memoir as her first book because songs were no longer sufficient to explore her feelings.
Zauner also talked about her other artistic projects with dry wit and playfulness, describing her recent collaboration with actor Jeff Bridges on a duet as well as her unexpected experience writing the foreword to the 30th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest
The night concluded with a Q&A.
“I feel lucky I get to talk about her [my mom] all the time,” said Zauner, laughing as she joked, “You guys are free therapy for me!”
While the laughter and applause that followed officially concluded the 2026 UCSB Reads season, the program will continue to celebrate its 20th anniversary year with the special exhibition Creating Community Through Books: 20 Years of UCSB Reads. Open through December 11th at the UCSB Library’s Ocean Gallery, the exhibition tells the program’s story through photos, testimonials, posters, custom bookmarks, and more. At the library’s Paseo Commons, visitors can browse copies of all 20 UCSB Reads selections.
“In my view, there is tremendous value in bringing the community together for an in-person author event,” said Kelly. “Reading a book individually is meaningful, but hearing directly from the author adds an entirely new dimension, allowing audiences to understand both the creative process and the lived experiences that shaped the work. Equally important, these events foster a sense of collective experience. Events like this remind us that literature can build community, and encourage connection in ways that feel increasingly important, both on campus and beyond.” library.ucsb.edu/ucsbreads
IN HONOR OF THEIR EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION, four local teachers were presented Rotary Club of Santa Barbara’s Teacher Recognition Awards for the 20252026 academic year. Recipients are chosen with the assistance of the Santa Barbara County Education Office’s Teachers Network, with the award including a plaque and a $1,000 to support their classroom needs.
“These awards are intended to recognize the best and most inspiring teachers in the community,” said Michael Daly, Director of Vocational Service, Rotary Club of Santa Barbara. “All four recipients this year were well deserving of this recognition, and we look forward to continuing our longstanding tradition of honoring outstanding local educators with this vocational award.”
The honorees included: Hannah Barton, social studies teacher at La Cumbre Junior High in the Santa Barbara Unified School District; Pedro Guillen, sixth grade teacher at Franklin Elementary School in the Santa Barbara Unified School District; Eleni Pantages, vocal music teacher at San Marcos High School in the Santa Barbara Unified School District; and Amato Recine, Therapeutic Learning Program teacher at San Marcos High School in the Santa Barbara Unified School District. sbceo.org
BRIANA H. MONCRIEF is the creator of Black + Steel Studio. A graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography, Moncrief began her career as a graphic designer for renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly, where she went on to create Chihuly Black. Her experience in interior and graphic design led her to the Parsons School of Design in New York, later working with hospitality firm AvroKO and serving as Creative Director for experiential marketing agency Relevent. She relocated to Montecito in 2020 and recently married her partner, R. Wesley Moncrief.
VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF ALL ABILITIES are invited to support the Grace Fisher Foundation for two of the biggest upcoming Santa Barbara arts events this season: the I Madonnari Street Painting Festival and the Summer Solstice Parade.
Those interested in supporting I Madonnari are asked on May 25th to help paint a community chalk square. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to be creative and collaborative. For the Summer Solstice Parade, to be held on June 20th, the foundation is looking for dancers and float helpers to be a part of a joyful, inclusive performance that unites artists of all abilities. Rehearsals began at 5:30pm on Sunday, May 10th at the GFF Inclusive Arts Clubhouse in La Cumbre Plaza. A video of the choreography is available as well, with no previous dance experience necessary.
For more information or to get involved, contact hello@gracefisherfoundation.org or visit gracefisherfoundation.org
CLAY BECCUE, local finance professional and communitydriven leader, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Turner Foundation. He is the founder of Presidio Financial Advisors and has held various leadership roles with JP Morgan Chase, American Riviera Bank, Loomis Sayles, and State Street Corporation. He earned a degree in economics from the College of the Holy Cross and holds both the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations. theturnerfoundation.com
COURTNEY TREUT has extensive experience with influential contemporary art galleries, recently leading the opening of Michael Werner Gallery in Beverly Hills. She previously served as Senior Director at Sean Kelly Gallery, Director at Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles, and Director at Anton Kern Gallery in New York. She also serves on the committee for the Hammer Museum’s Kids Art Museum Project. Treut holds a B.A. in History of Art & Architecture from Boston University and lives in Los Angeles and Montecito with her husband, John, and their two children, Jack and Beatrix. sbma.net
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAS NAMED SANTA BARBARA among other West Coast airports to participate in its first-ever Sip and Ship program, which allows customers to check one case of wine with up to twelve bottles at no cost. Wine must be packed in a standard wine shipping box or wine suitcase that meets checked bag requirements.
To view a complete list of participating airports visit southwest.com
INTERESTED IN ADOPTING NEW, CLEANER, EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR HOME? The City of Goleta has launched a new Heat Pump Permit Fee Waiver Program, which kicked off last week and will run until funds are exhausted.
Electric heat pumps are an environmentally conscious alternative to traditional water heaters and cooling/heating systems because they do not burn fossil fuels in the home. Instead, the pumps draw in heat from the surrounding air and transfers it to the water. An electric heat pump can both heat and cool, by moving heat from inside the home to outside in the summer and drawing heat in from outside during winter. In addition to being energy efficient, the pumps are safer to use. The city’s heat pump permit fee waiver program serves as a financial incentive to switch household gas appliances to electric heat pumps.
All interested residents are invited to attend the next Electrify Goleta Lunch & Learn free webinar, which will be held at 12pm on Wednesday, May 20th. To register visit https://tinyurl.com/ElectrifyGoleta
The Alpha Resource Center Booster Line 2010, which begins at the Transit Center and ends at Alpha Resource Center, will be eliminated by June 15th, 2026
By Julianna Lozada, Santa Barbara News-Press, 5.11.26
SERVICES WILL BE REDUCED ON NEARLY
A DOZEN BUS LINES, as the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District faces a $5.8 million budget shortfall next year.
The board voted unanimously at its May 5th meeting to reduce nearly 3.6 percent of its transit services.
The changes will go into effect on August 17th.
On Lines 1 (West Santa Barbara) and 2 (East Santa Barbara) riders will now have to wait 20 minutes for the next ride instead of 15.
Lines 3 (Oak Park), 4 (Mesa/SBCC), 17 (Lower West SB/SBCC), and 5 (Mesa/La Cumbre) will reduce their Saturday service to match Sunday’s schedules, so buses will leave later and end earlier by roughly one to two hours.
Trips will be eliminated on several lines including: the last weekday outbound trip on line 7 (Goleta Old Town), one weekday and Saturday morning roundtrip on line 14 (Montecito), and the outbound trip on line 23 (El Encanto Heights), inbound trip on line 25 (Ellwood/Winchester Canyon), and inbound trip on line 11 (UCSB) on the
last weekday. These were ultimately deemed as “lower performing trips” by the agency’s planning staff.
The Alpha Resource Center Booster Line 2010, which begins at the Transit Center and ends at Alpha Resource Center, will be eliminated by June 15, 2026.
Staff from the Alpha Resource Center, which serves individuals with intellectual and development disabilities, is working on making transportation arrangements for those who use the service. Gina Stabile, the center’s director of programs, told the News-Press that the new arrangements “worked out great, if not better” for the participants.
According to Stabile, only two people regularly use the service.
Staff presented the proposed changes to MTD’s Board of Directors on March 17th, 2026 in its FY 2026-2027 draft service plan.
Throughout April, planning staff conducted three in-person service change meetings in Carpinteria, Goleta, and Santa Barbara, which were “better attended than usual,” the May 5th staff report states. A bilingual survey was also sent out which received 131 responses.
Staff presented findings from community outreach
TO STRENGTHEN ITS VISIBILITY AS A CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL DESTINATION, The Presidio Neighborhood, the historic district surrounding El Presidio de Santa Bárbara, has launched a new brand identity and website. The project is part of a multi-year planning effort led by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.
“The Presidio Neighborhood has long been defined by a rich mix of cultures and communities,” said Anne Petersen, Executive Director of SBTHP. “This new brand and website give us better tools to share those stories and support the people and places that make the neighborhood unique.”
The updated branding includes a new logo, visual identity, and an expanded website highlighting the district’s history, businesses, cultural organizations, and public events. The Presidio Neighborhood is a community of businesses and organizations located within nine square blocks in the heart of Santa Barbara. Since the Spanish fort’s founding in 1782, the neighborhood has been shaped by a variety of communities, including the land’s first Chumash residents, early Mexican and Californio families, and later Chinese and Japanese immigrants.
“The Presidio Neighborhood is a place where historic charm and vibrant creativity intertwine—where live performances fill intimate spaces, galleries radiate bold expression, and cafés, boutiques, and restaurants blend seamlessly into a living canvas—inviting visitors to step in, linger, and be inspired,” said Cecilia Martini-Muth, Director of Marketing at the Lobero Theatre and a Presidio Neighborhood Advisory Council member.
Development of the rebrand was guided by the Presidio Neighborhood Advisory Council in collaboration with Irene Hoffman Design. presidioneighborhoodsb.com
to the Board in May, which found mixed results: some respondents viewed the changes as reasonable, while others were concerned the changes would lengthen their total trip time, according to the staff report.
When considering which services to reduce, planning staff looked at factors like ridership, coverage of neighborhoods, frequency, and span of service.
Apart from the reductions, the Board approved planning additional service areas to Carpinteria and Santa Barbara for the Wave on-demand microtransit service. Printed with permission of the Santa Barbara News-Press • 5.11.26 • newspress.com
A FREE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUTH VIOLENCE in Southern Santa Barbara County will be hosted by the South Coast Youth Safety Partnership (SCYSP) from 4 to 6pm on Wednesday, May 20th at the Faulkner Gallery in the Santa Barbara Public Library.
All are invited to attend the discussion which will be led in a “flip the script” manner with 20 young people leading break-out discussion sessions with members of the SCYSP partnership, which includes the County of Santa Barbara, and the cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria along with elected officials, local government agencies and executives, law enforcement, education, faith community, philanthropic and community-based organizations, youth, and parents. Currently, the SCYSP is threatened by potential funding cuts, and community members are encouraged to attend the event to learn more about its programming.
Participating students are part of the Positive Youth Development Program, which aims to help them gain self-confidence and create success pathways.
To learn more about the SCYSP Youth Summit visit youthsafetypartnership.org or register at eventbrite.com/e/scysp-2026-youth-summit-tickets-1988349938190?aff=erelexpmlt
IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT SAFER TRANSPORTATION for pedestrians and cyclists, the City of Santa Barbara will host a community meeting to provide the latest design updates for the Lower Eastside Transportation Safety Enhancements Project at 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 20th at the Franklin Elementary School Multipurpose Room. The meeting will review the plan’s goals of improving safe routes to school, bike and pedestrian upgrades, enhancements to Salinas Street, and the latest information on the Highway 101 Pedestrian/Cyclist Bridge Overcrossing. santabarbaraca.gov/LECC
"The number of job openings was unchanged at 6.9 million in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires increased to 5.6 million while total separations changed little at 5.4 million. Within separations, both quits (3.2 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.9 million) were little changed." BLS.gov
By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE,
May 7, 2026
THE FRED GRAPH OF THE JOLTS REPORT (U.S. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) shows the sharp decline in the number of job openings from its high of 12 million openings in 2022 at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is another sign of stagnating growth. And though stocks continue to rally to new highs, interest rates are also rising, a sign of higher inflation.
Now combine no new job growth with rising inflation and we have further signs of stagflation, the combination that stopped economic growth for most of the 1970s. It has hovered around seven million job openings during Trump’s second term because of Donald Trump’s almost single-minded job-killing policies.
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It’s not just the illegal on-again, off-again tariffs that disrupt supply chains, but the immigration sweeps taking tens of thousands of workers out of their jobs and off the streets. And most of them pay taxes that would help in reducing our record federal debt.
because more sick days means time lost from the workplace.
Cap that with all the DOGE job cuts that have eviscerated the Labor Department responsible for enforcing OSHA worker safety laws and union wage negotiations. Millions have also lost their insurance coverage because Republicans blocked renewal of subsidies that made it affordable to ordinary nonseniors.
By Harlan Green
“There is a strong correlation between right-wing politics and increased mortality — stronger than many of the statistical associations that guide public health policy,” Krugman notes. “Deep red states like Alabama and West Virginia have life expectancy comparable to, say, Kazakhstan.”
I’ve written in the past about the dumbing down of the Republican electorate that is causing this; its refusal to rely on scientific knowledge, or support vaccines and publicly funded healthcare.
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Job formation is now at a standstill because of Trump’s antilabor antics. Republicans have cut social services to the bone to pay for their tax cuts.
And there is plenty of time for stagflation to worsen as a semipermanent feature of Trumponomics, his version of Reagonomics trickledown economic policies, since Trump has three more years.
Inflation doesn’t disappear when economic growth picks up. It inflates stock prices. All the AI investing will ultimately increase productivity in factories that make cheaper products and need fewer workers. But who will buy its products with fewer employed workers, hence consumers, to buy its products?
Nobel Laureate economist Paul Krugman (in Substack) has pointed out the damage Republican economic policies have done to the health and welfare of Americans and American workers, as well lessen their productivity
Krugman continued, “We’re seeing the forces that keep U.S. life expectancy far below that in other rich countries, that cause Texans (for instance) to die younger than residents of Massachusetts, go into overdrive at a national level.”
This will cause the deaths of more Americans, further shrinking our available supply of workers. It’s already happened—just 15,000 new jobs per month were created in 2025. Professor Krugman warns the carnage will continue while inflation is soaring because of Trump’s many missteps.
“The consequences will be grim,” he warns.
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DANCE AND SING ALONG to the ABBA-inspired musical Mamma Mia when the Alcazar Theatre hosts a special motherdaughter movie night at 7pm on Friday, May 15th. For
($7-10) visit thealcazar.org
Mamma Mia • Special motherdaughter movie night screening of this feel-good ABBA musical • Alcazar Theatre • $7-10 • thealcazar.org • 7pm Fr, 5/15.
Sentimental Value • Joachim Trier’s family drama about two sisters reconciling with their estranged father • Alcazar Theatre • $12-15 • thealcazar.org • 6:30pm Th, 5/21.
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
• Documentary exploring the life and work of Dr. John C. Lilly, a consciousness and communication scientist, screening followed by a discussion with filmmaker Courtney Stephens • UCSB’s Pollock Theater • Free, reservation recommended • carseywolf.ucsb.edu • 7pm Th, 5/21.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s • Screening of the film starring Audrey Hepburn, featuring a seminar on Financial Literacy, raffles, and swag bags • Alcazar Theatre • $20-25 • thealcazar.org • 1:30pm Sa, 5/23.
(PG): Fri, Mon-Thur: 4:50. Sat/Sun: 2:00. (PG13): Fri, Mon-Thur: 7:30. Sat: 4:05, 7:30.
Obsession* (R): Fri-Sun: 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45. Mon-Thur: 3:00, 5:40, 8:20. In the Grey (R): Fri-Sun: 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50. Mon-Wed: 2:00, 4:30, 7:55. Thur: 5:45. (PG): Fri-Sun: 4:00/3D. Mon-Wed: 5:30/3D. (R): Fri-Sun: 1:15, 3:40, 6:45, 9:40. Mon-Wed: 2:45, 4:00, 8:15. Thur: 2:45, 5:30, 8:15. PG13): Fri-Sun: 12:45, 1:50, 4:45, 6:20, 7:45, 9:15. Mon-Wed: 1:50, 4:45, 6;45, 7:45. Thur: 1:50, 4:45, 7:45. (PG13): Fri-Sun: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30. Mon-Thur: 2:05, 5:05, 8:05. Mandalorian & Grogu* (PG13): Thur: 2:15, 3:45/3D, 5:15, 8:30, 9:45.
Obsession* (R): Fri, Mon-Thur: 5:40, 8:20. Sat/Sun: 2:45, 5:40, 8:20. Mobile Suite Gundam Hathaway (NR): Fri, Mon-Wed: 8:10/Sub. Sat/Sun: 2:30, 8:10. (PG): Fri-Wed: 5:25/3D. (R): Fri, Mon-Thur: 5:15, 8:00. Sat/Sun: 1:30, 5:15, 8:00. (PG13): Fri, Mon-Thur: 4:20, 7:45. Sat/Sun: 1:45, 4:20, 7:45. Mandalorian & Grogu* (PG13): Thur: 3:20, 6:20, 9:20.
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PG13): Fri, Mon-Wed:
Fri, Mon-Wed: 4:05,
Read with a Dog • Children practice reading to a furry friend • Central Library • Free • 3:30-4:30pm Fr.
Friday Night Swing • All levels
welcome • Carrillo Ballroom, Rec Center • $20 at door, dance lesson included • 7:30pm lessons, social dancing 8:30-11:30pm Fr, 5/15.
Sean Collyns • Discusses Your Soul Is the Source of Your Power
• Godmothers Books • $23 • godmothers.com • 6pm Fr, 5/15.
Transformational Tales • Live storytelling night presented by the Starfish Connection • Del Pueblo Cafe
• Free • 6:30pm Fr, 5/15.
The Sacred Circle With Diana Raab, Ph.D. • Reflect on Mothers, Mentors & Matriarchs • Godmothers Books • $39 • godmothers.com • 2pm Fr, 5/15.
Oil and Water
• Learn the risks of oil extraction • CEC’s Environmental Hub • Free, RSVP: envirohubsb.org • 5:30pm Fr, 5/15.
Finish-Up Friday • Complete projects
• EE Makerspace • exploreecology.org • $15 • 2:30-5:30pm Fr, 5/15.
Camerata Pacifica Season
Finale • Shostakovich’s 15th Symphony Arranged for Piano Trio and Percussion & “Beethoven 32” Component • Music Academy of the West • $35-75 • cameratapacifica.org • 7pm Fr, 5/15.
The Brasscals • Street brass band
• Night Lizard Brewing Company • Free • 8pm Fr, 5/15.
American Riviera Classic
Pickleball Tournament • SB Municipal Tennis-Pickleball Courts
• $90 • pickleballtournaments.com/ tournaments/the-american-riviera-classic • Fr, 5/15 - Su, 5/17.
SBC Courthouse Docent Tours
• Free • www.sbcourthouse.org • 10:30am Mon-Fri & 2pm daily.
Illuminating Impact
Symposium • Leadership event • UCSB’s Institute for Energy Efficiency
• Free, register: unitetolight.org • 8:30am Fr, 5/15.
SBPL x SBMA Teen Art pARTy
• Work with Artist Carlos Bardales • Central Library • Free, register: calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 3:45-5:30pm Fr, 5/15.
Dreams In Bloom Gala • FSA honors Ron Werft and Marni & Michael Cooney • Ginny & Tim Bliss Estate • $500 • fsacares.org • 5pm Fr, 5/15.
CHILDREN
Crafternoon • Fun crafts, ages 5+
• Explore Ecology Makerspace • $8 • exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm, Sat.
Storytime @ the Sea Center
• All ages, free w/admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
COMEDY
The Good Good Show • Monthly comedy show • Night Lizard Brewing Company • Free • 7:30pm Sa, 5/16.
DANCE
Spring Experience 2026 • Celebration of American composers and dance by SB Festival Ballet • Center Stage Theater • $25-32 • centerstagetheater.org • 7pm Sa, 5/16 & 2pm Su, 5/17.
Madeline: Lost in Central Park • State Street Ballet Academy performs jazz, tap, ballet, and more • Lobero Theatre • $19-32 • lobero.org • 6pm Sa, 5/16 & 2pm Su, 5/17.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
Tutor Training for New Adult Literacy Volunteers • Central Library • Free, register: calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 12-4pm Sa, 5/16 & Su, 5/17.
Diana Raab, Ph.D. • Gathering for mothers, mentors, & matriarchs
• Godmothers Books • $35 • godmothers.com • 2-4pm Sa, 5/16.
Solstice Workshop • Opening reception • Community Arts Workshop • $30-50 • solsticeparade.com • 3-6pm Sa, 5/16.
CBy Gabriella Tarantino / VOICE
ELESTIAL MUSIC WILL SOAR when the Santa Barbara Symphony presents Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony No. 2 as the season’s finale. Conducted by Music & Artistic Director Nir Kabaretti and featuring soloists Johanna Will and Felicia Gavilanes, along with the Santa Barbara Symphony Chorus, performances will be held in the Granada Theatre at 7:30pm on Sunday, May 16th and 3pm on Sunday, May 17th.
“The sheer scale of Mahler’s writing creates an immersive experience that continues to resonate with modern audiences, even in a world saturated with smaller, more fragmented forms of media,” shared Kabaretti with VOICE. “Works of this scale require extraordinary collaboration, hundreds of musicians, chorus members, soloists, and production staff. That level of coordination itself becomes a statement about what communities can achieve together, making the event culturally and socially significant far beyond the concert hall.”
Resurrection was Mahler’s first symphony to combine orchestral writing with choral voices, creating a vivid experience centered on themes of life and death.
“I hope it offers audiences a sense of connection and shared humanity,” said Jessia Guideri, SB Symphony Principal Violin. “There’s something uniquely powerful about experiencing large-scale orchestral and choral music live—the sound itself can feel almost physical, surrounding the audience and drawing everyone into the same emotional space. In a time when so much of life feels fragmented or rushed, this kind of performance gives us an opportunity to slow down, listen deeply, and experience something collectively. I also hope audiences leave feeling inspired by the incredible level of artistry and commitment coming from musicians and singers
within our own community here in Santa Barbara.”
The SB Symphony Chorus, consisting of approximately 100 talented voices from across the county, has already proven itself to be a force of collaboration and creativity within Santa Barbara’s artistic community. Celebrating its second season as an ensemble, members hail from diverse, but equally vibrant, musical backgrounds. They are all united by a common passion for sharing the power of music.
For SB Symphony cellist Jacqueline Greenshields, this community dynamic is a special opportunity and season highlight.
“It means a lot that I get to play alongside so many of my community members,” said Greenshields. “In this time of division and strife, I think the Santa Barbara community is unique in that we can come together to create such a beautiful work of music. We have so much talent and desire to create beauty here.”
The chorus will be joined by two acclaimed soloists: German soprano Johanna Will Gavilanes is an international performer who closed her last season with a concert tour through China before returning to Santa Barbara; and up-and-coming Italian American mezzo-soprano Felicia Gavilanes who is celebrating the recent release of her first full-length album. For tickets ($45-198) visit granadasb.org
SB Symphony Youth Ensemble Masterclass & Spring Finale Concert
Celebrating the next generation of musicians, the SB Symphony Youth Ensembles will host a masterclass with SB Symphony Principal Flute Amy Tatum at 5pm on Thursday, May 14th at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Attendance is free and open to all.
The SB Symphony Youth Ensembles will present its free Spring Finale Concert at the Lobero Theatre at 4pm on Sunday, May 24th.
TAKE A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH TIME WHEN The Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus presents Clocked, a collection of cherished ballads and songs that honor the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community across generations. Don’t miss this joyful celebration of the power of community, memory, resilience and change at 7pm on Tuesday, May 19th at the Lobero Theatre.
For tickets ($30-85) visit lobero.org
Chloe Warner & Elise
Loehnen • Discuss This Must Be the Place: Homes With Atmosphere • Godmothers Books • $23 • godmothers.com • 6pm Sa, 5/16.
Nature Journaling • Led by John Iwerks • SB Botanic Garden, Blakesly Library • $25-35 • sbbotanicgarden.org • 9-11am Sa, 5/16.
Make Your Own Instruments & Jam Session • Led by Cameron Tummel • EE Makerspace, Art from Scrap parking lot • $5 • exploreecology.org • 2-4pm Sa, 5/16
Santa Barbara Go Club • All levels welcome to learn this ancient game • Free • Mosaic Locale, 1131 State St • 805-448-5335 • 11am-3pm Sa.
MUSIC
Pop-Up Opera • Presented by Opera Santa Barbara • SBMA, Front Terrace • Free • 1-2pm Sa, 5/16.
U.S. Elevator with the Coral Sea & Danny Vista • RockAmericana • SOhO • $15-20 • sohosb.com • 6:30pm Sa, 5/16.
Barry McGuire • American singersongwriter • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Sa, 5/16.
UCSB Chamber Choir • Trinity Episcopal Church • Free • 2pm Sa, 5/16.
Annual Harbor Nautical Swap
Meet
• Trade, buy, and sell nautical items • Main Harbor Parking Lot • 8am-12pm Sa, 5/16.
Fiesta Dog Parade • Dog/people costume contest presented by Old Spanish Days • Begins at 800 State Street • Free • 11am-1pm Sa, 5/16.
Bird Fest • Bird activities and crafts • SB Botanic Garden • Free • 10:30am12:30pm Sa, 5/16.
Grand Wine Tasting • 40+ local wineries and food artisans, with live music • El Presidio de SB • $35-125 • sbce.events/grand-wine-tasting • 2-5pm Sa, 5/16.
SB Solstice Workshop
Opening Reception • Learn how you can be a part of the Solstice parade and festival! • Community Arts Workshop • Free • 3pm Sa, 5/16.
Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages • Free w/ admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
Sundays at the Ranch • Fun for the family. Enjoy barn animals and tractor rides • Stow House, 304 N Los Carneros Rd • Free • goletahistory.org • 11am-2pm Sun.
THE INAUGURAL FIESTA DOG PARADE will take place on the 800 Block of State Street between 11am and 1pm on Saturday, May 16th and move into Paseo Nuevo. Free and open the the public.
UCSB Chamber Choir • Oxnard Performing Arts Center • Free • 7pm Su, 5/17.
Derek Gripper & Alam Khan
• Improvisation of African songs and Indian melodies • Marjorie Luke Theatre • $39-49 • luketheatre.org • 6pm Su, 5/17.
Carillon Recital • By Faculty Artist Wesley Arai • UCSB Storke Tower • Free • 2pm Su, 5/17.
Petite Messe Solennelle • Performed by choirs of UCSB, Ventura & Moorpark College with soloists • Free • Trinity Episcopal Church, 2pm Sa 5/16 & Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 7pm Su, 5/17. Mahler’s Resurrection • SB Symphony & Chorus and soloists perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 • Granada Theatre • $45-198 • granadasb.org • 7:30pm Sa, 5/16 & 3pm Su, 5/17.
Santa Rosa Island Day Trip • Guided excursion • Meet at Ventura Harbor • $185-200 • sbbotanicgarden.org • 7:15am-6pm Sa, 5/16.
Architectural Walking Tour • History of buildings in SB • City Hall steps at De la Guerra Plaza • $20 • afsb.org • 10am, Sat.
California Strawberry Festival • Ventura County Fairgrounds • Live music, vendors, rides, treats, and more • Free-$15 • castrawberryfestival.org • 10am-6:30pm Sa, 5/16 & 5/17.
Barn Dance Fundraiser & Auction • Hosted by Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center, with dinner & live music • The Carriage & Western Art Museum • $125 • heartsriding.networkforgood.com • 5-8pm Sa, 5/16.
Empathy Cafe • Practice listening skills and communication • Riviera Theatre, upstairs • Free • 11am-1pm Su.
Lenny Kerley Band • Countryrock band • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1-4pm Su, 5/17.
Freedom Music Festival • Artists raising funds to support immigrants • Arlington Theatre • $79-102 • arlingtontheatresb.com • 6-10pm Su, 5/17.
Sing! • Miraflores & Riviera spring concert • Hahn Hall • Free-$10 • musicacademy.org • 6:30pm Su, 5/17.
Philip Glass and The Poets • Spoken word and piano • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Campbell Hall • $10-43 • artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7pm Su, 5/17.
Beach Cleanup • Care for our shore with Explore Ecology • Meet behind Skater’s Point skate park • RSVP to join • sbnature.org • 10am12pm Su, 5/17.
Mother’s Day Trishaw Rides • Free 1 hour rides each Sun. in May • Email cwa.carp@gmail.com to RSVP, details at cyclemaynia.org • 1-3pm Su.
Sunday Architecture Tour • Meet at Public Library Plaza at 40 E Anapamu St • Architectural Fdn of SB • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Bloomberg Public Art
Installation Ribbon-Cutting • Celebrate debut of new asphalt art at intersection of State & Carrillo St. • 2-4pm Su, 3/17.
School Book Fair • 25% of purchases donated to Garden Preschool of Santa Barbara • Chaucer’s Books • 3-5pm Su, 5/17.
Monday 5/18
Baby & Me • Develop your baby’s preliteracy skills, 0-14 months • Central Library • Free • 11-11:30am Mo.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
PFLAG Santa Barbara May Meeting • Gender affirming care for minors explained • Zoom • Register at pflagsb@gmail.com • 7pm Mo, 5/18.
AI in Action • Simon Billinge & Nina Miolane • UCSB Library • Free • library.ucsb.edu • 4pm Mo, 5/18. Scrabble Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/ Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Mon.
CELEBRATE TWO NEW BOOKS BY LOCAL AUTHORS
MAX TALLEY AND STEPHANIE BARBÉ HAMMER when they host a free, joint book signing at Tecolote Book Shop at 3pm on Saturday, May 23rd. Talley will be discussing his new novel Santa Fe Psychosis and Hammer will share her book The Warbler Chronicles, with a Q&A, snacks, and live music from Carpinteria’s The Dennis & Laura Show to follow!
Parliamo • Italian conversation, all levels • Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • Free • parliamo.yolasite.com • 5-6:30pm Mon.
SB Bridge Club • Play bridge, meets daily • 2255 Las Positas Rd • Schedule and RSVP: bridgewebs.com/sbbc542
SPECIAL EVENTS
Central Coast Energy Ribbon Cutting Ceremony • Celebrate the new location of the 3CE Santa Barbara • 820 State Street, Fourth Floor • 3-5:30pm Mo, 5/18.
COMEDY
Carpinteria Improv Drop-In Class • Learn or practice skills • Alcazar Theatre • $10 • 7pm Tu.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
Meet the Doctor • Dr. Lexine Yurcho on colon cancer prevention and screening • Virtual • Free • cottagehealth.zoom.us • 4pm Tu, 5/19.
Creative Ways to Collect, Understand and Share Data • nonprofit data management • CLU Oxnard • Free-$55 • sbfoundation.org • 9am-12pm Tu, 5/19.
New Research in the Humanities • Presentations by IHC’s 2025-26 Faculty Fellows, followed by a reception • UCSB’s McCune Conference Room • Free • 4-6pm Tu, 5/19.
Tom Selleck in Conversation with Ted Danson • Discuss his new memoir You Never Know • Granada Theatre • $69-89 • granadasb.org • 7:30pm Tu, 5/19.
Chess Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Tue.
MUSIC
Sing! In the Menagerie • Musical journey through the animal world with music in French, Spanish, Italian, Malay and Japanese • Marjorie Luke Theatre • $10 • luketheatre.org • 6pm Tu, 5/19.
Clocked • Performance by Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus • Lobero Theatre • $30-85 • lobero.org • 7pm Tu, 5/19.
SPECIAL EVENTS
School Book Fair • 25% of purchases donated to Kellogg Elementary School • Chaucer’s Books • 5-7pm Tu, 5/19.
Wednesday 5/20
CHILDREN
Creator’s Club • Bilingual, weekly STEAM activity • Eastside Library • Free • 2-3pm We.
Downtown Kickin’ Country Line Dancing • Free line dancing lessons each Wed. in May • 716 State St. • 6-8pm We, 5/20.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
B2B Networking Breakfast • Meet local professionals • SB Chamber of Commerce • SB Zoo • $50-85 • sbscchamber.com • 9am We, 5/20.
Research Focus Group Event • Undergraduate research presentation by Fiona Boborci: Translating Childhood: Untranslatability, Linguistic Hospitality, and Reader Perception in The Little Prince • 6206C Phelps and Zoom • Free • ihc.ucsb.edu • 5pm We, 5/20.
The Funny Thing About Noise
• Evelyn Shih discusses film and sound aesthetics in the Cold War Cinema of Taiwan and South Korea • UCSB’s McCune Conference Rm • Free • 2pm We, 5/20.
Hand-bound Leather Journal • Julia Bickford teaches journal binding and embellishing • EE Makerspace • $35-40 • exploreecology.org • 6-8pm We, 5/20.
A Feast for Santa Barbara • Poetry event with readings • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6-7pm We, 5/20.
Oneika Mays & Jen Pastiloff
• Discuss “Sit with Me: A NoBS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation.” • Godmothers Books • $17-35 • godmothers.com • 6-7pm We, 5/20.
Knitting & Crochet Club • Louise Lowry Davis Ctr • All levels/English/ Spanish • Free • 9-11:30am Wed.
Le Cercle Français • Free French conversation, all levels • The Natural Cafe • https://tinyurl.com/5ejbd9ye • 5-6:30pm Wed.
World Music Series: UCSB Gospel Choir • Traditional and contemporary songs from African American religous traditions • UCSB’s Music Bowl • Free • 12pm We, 5/20.
UCSB Jazz Ensemble • Program showcasing graduate students • Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • $10 • music.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm We, 5/20.
Open Jam • At Revolver Pizza. Jam with musicians • 1429 San Andres St • Free • revolversb.com • 6-9pm Wed.
OUTDOORS
Bike to Work Luncheon • Ride to work and join a free, celebratory lunch • Friendship Center • Register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/cyvn9w5 • 12-1:30pm We, 5/20.
Bluffs to Backyards • Guided walk through Ellwood Mesa • The Sperling Preserve • Free, RSVP
required • sbbotanicgarden.org • 5:307pm We, 5/20.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Final Student Project Open House • Cabrillo High School Aquarium • Free • 6-8pm We, 5/20.
Celebrate Public Works Week
• Kid-friendly event with interactive activities and giveaways • Camino Real Marketplace • Free • 4-6pm We, 5/20.
Poppy Bank Ribbon Cutting Ceremony • Drinks, bites, and connection • 30 E Figueroa st • 4-6pm We, 5/20.
Students on Set! • An evening of Student films from diverse genres • UCSB Multicultural Center and Lounge • Free • mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 5pm We, 5/20.
Thursday 5/21
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
What Would Pearl Chase Do Now? • Cheri Rae dicusses Santa Barbara’s 1960s Highrise Battle • Acheson House • Free, registration required • afsb.org • 6pm Th, 5/21.
Parallel Stories • Eleni Sikelianos reads from and discusses her book Memory Rehearsal • Mary Craig Aud, SBMA • $10-15 • sbma.net • 5pm Th, 5/21.
Josephine Metcalf & Ben Olguín • Discuss their book The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodríguez: In the Long Run • UCSB’s McCune Conf Rm • Free • 4pm Th, 5/21.
Musicking and Listening for Stewardship, Care, and Hope • Professor Ruth Hellier discusses music as a process • UCSB’s Multicultural Center Lounge • Free • mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 4pm Th, 5/21.
Stand Up Against Harassment & Hate • Bystander Intervention Training hosted by SBTHP & Right To Be • Virtual • Free • sbthp.org • 5:30pm Th, 5/21.
How Our Skeletons Can Save Our Reefs • Dr. Marley Dewey discusses connections between human and coral skeletons • SB Maritime Museum • $5-20 • sbmm.org • 7pm Th, 5/21.
2026 SB County Economic Summit • Speakers discuss how AI is reshaping industries, workforces and economies • Granada Theatre • $20-200 • artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 4:30-7:30pm Th, 5/21.
Knit ‘n’ Needle • Fiber arts club • Montecito Library • Free • 2pm Th.
SPECIAL EVENTS
School Book Fair • 25% of purchases donated to Hollister
Elementary School • Chaucer’s Books • 5-7pm Th, 5/21.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
Renegotiating the Algorithmic Contract • Jose Marichal discusses algorithms and AI in social and political institutions • UCSB’s South Hall • Free • 3:30pm Fr, 5/22.
E-Bike Showcase • Discover different models • UCSB East Chemistry Lawn • Free • 11am-2pm Fr, 5/22.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Mandalorian and Grogu VIP Experience • Popcorn, goody bags, Star Wars trivia, and cocktail bar • Arlington Theatre • $20 • arlingtontheatresb.com • 5:30pm Fr, 5/22.
Gem Faire • Gem and jewelry show with vendors • Earl Warren Showgrounds • $7 • gemfaire.com • 12-6pm Fr, 5/22; 10am-6pm Sa, 5/23; & 10am-5pm Su, 5/23.
Crafternoon • Fun crafts, ages 5+ • Explore Ecology Makerspace • $8 • exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm, Sat. Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages, free w/admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
Braver Angels • National Ambassador John Wood, Jr. speaks at panel about finding common ground for immigration • Oceanhills Covenant Church • Free • braverangels.org • Fr, 5/22.
Max Talley and Stephanie Barbé Hammer • Sign and discuss their new books Santa Fe Psychosis and The Warbler Chronicles • Tecolote Book Shop • Free • 3pm Sa, 5/23.
Larry Williams and The Groove • Blues music • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • coldspringtavern.com • 1:30-4:30pm Sa, 5/23.
UCSB Gamelan Ensemble • Gong orchestra of Indonesia • UCSB’s Karl Geiringer Hall • $10 • music.ucsb.edu • 5:30pm Sa, 5/23.
Teen Star • 10 young vocalists compete in a singing competition • Lobero Theatre • $35-67 • lobero.org • 7pm Sa, 5/23.
TRADE, BUY, AND SELL NAUTICAL ITEMS of all kinds at the annual Harbor Nautical Swap Meet in the Main Harbor Parking Lot beginning at 8am and running through noon on Saturday, May 16th.
Spring Soirée • Elegant fundraiser for SB Summer Solstice • Private Montecito estate, location given with ticket • $100 • solsticeparade.com/ gala • 4pm Sa, 4/23.
Summerland CycleMAYnia • Ride to the Summerland Memorial Park for food, prizes, and new bike repair station • Meet at 2375 Lillie Ave • 8-10am Sa, 5/23.
From A to B(icycle): A Scavenger Hunt • Hunt for SB’s bike infrastructure • Meet at Unbearable Skee Lodge • 10am-12pm Sa, 5/23.
Santa Maria Public Art Ride
• Bike ride around town to admire murals • Meet at the parking lot at 110 East El Camino St. • Free • 10am12pm Sa, 5/23.
The Architectural Walking Tour
• History of buildings in SB • City Hall steps at De la Guerra Plaza • $20 • afsb.org • 10am, Sat.
SPECIAL EVENTS
I Madonnari Street Painting Festival • With live entertainment, food, and local vendors • Old Mission Santa Barbara • 10am-6pm Sa, 5/23 through Mo, 5/25.
Port, Starboard & Sails • Families invited to build boats from reclaimed materials in celebration of World Boating Day • SBMM patio in the SB Harbor • 11am Sa, 5/23.
EVERWILD: Earth/Water/ Air/Fire • Fashion show by SBCC Fashion Club • SBMA, Front Terrace • Free • sbma.net • 4pm Sa, 5/23.
Anima 2026: Theater of the Feminine Underground
• Performance art collaborative by women • Center Stage Theater • $32-42 • centerstagetheater.org • 7pm Th, 5/14 & Fr, 5/15.
The SpongeBob Musical • SpongeBob and friends must save Bikini Bottom from a volcanic eruption • Severson Theatre • $10 • pcpa.org • 7pm Th, 5/14 & Sa, 5/16.
Love and Information • A fast paced play following the experiences of over 100 different characters • Severson Theatre • $10 • pcpa.org • 7pm Fr, 5/15 & 1:30pm Sa, 5/16.
CHILDREN
Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages • Free w/ admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
Sundays at the Ranch • Fun for the family. Enjoy barn animals and tractor rides • Stow House, 304 N Los Carneros Rd • Free • goletahistory.org • 11am-2pm Sun.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
Rendy Freedman • Storytelling workshop • Godmothers Books • $35 • godmothers.com • 2-4pm Su, 5/24.
Storytime with Author
Edward Giron • Reads his book Gwen the Racehorse • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 3-4pm Su, 5/24.
MUSIC
Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan • Blues and rag music • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Su, 5/24.
SB Symphony Youth Ensembles
• Season Finale Concert • Lobero Theatre • Free • 4pm Su, 5/24.
OUTDOORS
Mapping the Gaps: the Bike Map Markup • Mark up a physical copy of the new AI bike map of SB • Night Lizard, 607 State St • Free • 2:30-4:30pm Su, 5/24.
Sunday Architecture Tour • Meet at Public Library Plaza at 40 E Anapamu St • Architectural Fdn of SB • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.
Eleanor • Kandis Chappell portrays First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt • Rubicon Theatre • $30-155 • rubicontheatre.org • 7pm We, 5/13 through Su, 5/31.
Standing Still • Six people navigate uncertainty in a yoga studio • UCSB Performing Arts Theater • $17 • theaterdance.ucsb. edu • 7:30pm We, 5/13 through Sa, 5/23.
Bodies Unbound • A OneWoman Theater Piece written and performed by Cynthia Waring • REH Contemporary Gallery • Free • 2pm Sa, 5/16 & 5/30.
Shadows • A journey through Shakespeare’s most famous monologues • Center Stage Theater • $12-29 • centerstagetheater.org • 7pm Sa, 5/23 & 2pm Su, 5/24.
Shakespeare in the Park • A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Elings Park • $32-43 • elingspark.org • 2pm Sa, 5/23. Rec Hallipalooza • An outdoor Cayuma drama performance featuring local artists and performers • Richardson Park • Free • 11am1:30pm Sa, 5/16.
Queen of Cups • New play by Judy Grahn read in sections over the course of three days • MORE Theater, Balboa Building Auditorium • $15-30 • moretheatersb.com • 2pm Sa, 5/16 through Mo, 5/18
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, STUDENTS, TRIBAL LEADERS, AND OTHERS will gather on the 11th anniversary of the Plains All American Oil Spill at Refugio Beach for a community paddle out to oppose new offshore drilling in California waters and call for the halt of Sable’s oil operations on the Gaviota Coast.
The community is invited to join in commemorating the anniversary of one of the worst oil spills in California’s history and call to prevent new fossil fuel projects on the California Coast.
It will take place on Sunday, May 17th. At 8:30am there will be a first-come, first-served breakfast of burritos and coffee. At 9am there will be short speeches, followed by ocean recreationists forming a circle offshore at Refugio State Beach, 10 Refugio Beach Rd, Goleta.
Event hosts include Surfrider Foundation (Santa Barbara County Chapter and UCSB Student Club), Environmental Defense Center, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, Sierra Club, Fearless Grandmothers, UCSB Environmental Affairs Board, Oceana, and Get Oil Out!
Speakers include: Mia Lopez, Member of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation; Surfrider Foundation, Zach Plopper; Environmental Defense Center, Alex Katz; UCSB Students from the Environmental Affairs Board and the Surfrider Foundation Student Club; and business leaders from Patagonia and the Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast.
Right now, California’s Central Coast is under threat from the Trump administration’s plans to open up the coast to new drilling, allow fracking in the Santa Barbara Channel, and empower the Sable oil company to operate its failed pipeline in violation of state laws and court orders.
Eleven years ago, on May 19th, 2015, a severely corroded oil pipeline owned by Plains All American burst and spewed more than 120,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean near Refugio State Beach. Hundreds of marine mammals and birds were killed, fisheries were shut down for over a month, and recreational opportunities were lost, costing local coastal industries millions in lost revenue.
Earlier this year, Sable restarted oil operations using the same pipeline responsible for the 2015 spill. The company relied on a Trump administration order to ignore California state laws and an injunction preventing the restart of Sable’s facilities.
Additionally, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced plans to target the entire California coastline, including the Santa Barbara Channel, for new offshore oil leases. An increase in offshore oil drilling and subsequent spills threatens the inherent value of the Santa Barbara Channel and California’s coast, as well as the state’s coastal recreation economy, valued at over $44 billion annually.
THE NEW BLOOMBERG ASPHALT ART INSTALLATION RIBBON CUTTING will take place May 17th and all ages of the community are invited to attend. The street mural is a collaboration between the City of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture. The celebration will take place at the intersection of State Street and Carrillo Street, the new location of the Santa Barbara Saturday Farmers Market, and will take place on Sunday, May 17th, from 2pm to 4pm.
Lead Project Artist Eduardo Jimenez, a Zapotec weaver, and Lead Graphic Artist Irene Ramirez, hosted a series of workshops at the Farmers Market to develop the design. The opening celebration will highlight local Oaxacan culture and feature live music and dance performances by Danza Flor Bonita, Grupo Folklórico Hauxyacac, Banda Filarmónica Narciso Lico Carrillo LA, and the artisan puppets of Oaxacreation Monos de Calenda.
Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the art design is inspired by Zapotec and Mixtec artisanal weaving, which reflects the culture of the Oaxacan agricultural workers who help make the weekly Santa Barbara Farmers Market possible. The City of Santa Barbara was selected as one of ten North American cities to receive a $100,000 Asphalt Art Initiative grant. The project transforms the State Street and Carrillo Street intersection into a welcoming community gathering space that supports the weekly Farmers Market while enhancing safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
LA CIUDAD DE SANTA BÁRBARA, en colaboración con la Oficina de Arte y Cultura del Condado de Santa Bárbara, invita al público a una ceremonia comunitaria de corte de listón y celebración de apertura de la nueva instalación de Bloomberg Asphalt Art en el centro de la ciudad. El evento se llevará a cabo el domingo 17 de mayo, de 2:00 p.m. a 4:00 p.m., en la intersección de State Street y Carrillo Street, la nueva ubicación del Mercado de Agricultores de los sábados de Santa Bárbara.
Financiado por Bloomberg Philanthropies, el diseño artístico está inspirado en los tejidos artesanales zapotecos y mixtecos, reflejando la cultura de los trabajadores agrícolas oaxaqueños que ayudan a hacer posible el Mercado de Agricultores de Santa Bárbara cada semana.
El artista principal del proyecto, Eduardo Jiménez, tejedor zapoteco, y la artista gráfica principal, Irene Ramírez, organizaron una serie de talleres en el Mercado de Agricultores para desarrollar el diseño. La celebración de apertura destacará la cultura oaxaqueña local e incluirá música en vivo y presentaciones de danza por Danza Flor Bonita, Grupo Folklórico Hauxyacac, Banda Filarmónica Narciso Lico Carrillo LA, y los títeres artesanales Monos de Calenda de Oaxacreation.
La Ciudad de Santa Bárbara fue seleccionada como una de diez ciudades de Norteamérica para recibir una subvención de $100,000 de la iniciativa Asphalt Art. El proyecto transforma la intersección de State Street y Carrillo Street en un espacio comunitario acogedor que apoya el Mercado de Agricultores semanal, al mismo tiempo que mejora la seguridad para peatones y ciclistas.
This project is funded through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Initiative, a global program that provides grants to cities in using art and community engagement to improve street safety and energize public space. Through this initiative, cities across North America and Europe have implemented colorful roadway murals and pedestrian space enhancements that have been shown to increase driver awareness, encourage safer behaviors, and bring more people into public spaces.
The project was produced with the support of Friends of State Street, Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts and Design Academy (VADA), the Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association, Santa Barbara Paint Depot, Delgado’s Quality Painting, PIP Marketing and Graphics, Graphic Ink, Strong Towns Santa Barbara, Oaxacreations Mono de Calenda, the Downtown Santa Barbara Certified Farmers’ Market, Santa Barbara Beautiful, as well as local Oaxacan community members and many talented area artists.
For more information, visit Bloomberg Asphalt Art Initiative. https://www.sbac.ca.gov/bloomberg-asphalt-art-initiative
Este proyecto es financiado por medio de la iniciativa Asphalt Art de Bloomberg Philanthropies, un programa global que otorga subvenciones a ciudades para usar el arte y la participación comunitaria con el fin de mejorar la seguridad vial y activar los espacios públicos. A través de esta iniciativa, ciudades en Norteamérica y Europa han implementado coloridos murales viales y mejoras en espacios peatonales que han demostrado aumentar la atención de los conductores, fomentar comportamientos más seguros y atraer a más personas a los espacios públicos.
El proyecto fue realizado con el apoyo de Friends of State Street, la Academia de Artes Visuales y Diseño de Santa Barbara High School (VADA), Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association, Santa Barbara Paint Depot, Delgado’s Quality Painting, PIP Marketing and Graphics, Graphic Ink, Strong Towns Santa Barbara, Oaxacreations Mono de Calenda, Downtown Santa Barbara Certified Farmers’ Market, Santa Barbara Beautiful, así como integrantes de la comunidad oaxaqueña local y muchos talentosos artistas de la región.Se invita a personas de todas las edades a asistir y participar en esta celebración festiva de apertura.
Para más información, visite Bloomberg Asphalt Art Initiative. https://www.sbac.ca.gov/bloomberg-asphalt-art-initiative
5 to 8pm, Friday • May 15th
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3rd Friday at La Cumbre Plaza! Where good things happen!
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GALLERY ROW WILL FLING OPEN ITS DOORS again this 3rd Friday for the La Cumbre Plaza Plaza Art Walk. There, visitors can enjoy an evening of art, creativity, and fun.
• In the LCCCA galleries, Illuminations, Elevate, and Fine Line, meet artists and enjoy wine and snacks as you view their art.
• In the Fine Line, listen to Dr. Ederer Bamboo Recovery Systems, an exciting bass percussion duo.
• At Voice Gallery see the work of 43 Abstract Artist Collective artists. Get to know the artists as you enjoy sips and treats.
• Visit the newly envisioned Legacy Arts International - a gallery and community space. Listen to live music by Crispin Barrymore and Jimmy Wz as you enjoy refreshments and a sneak peek into future fun events and activities.
• And be sure to drop by the Grace Fisher’s Inclusive Arts Clubhouse where DJ Chris will be hosting and leading a dance party.
• Step outside the Clubhouse for Bloom with Us Pressed Flower Art experience. Create a print using flowers and leaves. All materials will be provided.
Also in the Plaza:
• Visit the Community Painting Booth and help create some new paintings. All ages enjoy participation in this popular event staffed by LCCCA artists.
• Watch Jen, the Bubble Girl, who will be performing. Look out for the big bad bubbles.
• Listen to DJ music while you watch Ruben Arriaga as he creates a new painting.
• Stop by Your SB Real Estate Team (located near Starbucks). They will be hosting a coffee table during the Art Walk. Linda Rosso will be there to tell you all about the luxury car show that will take place on the Santa Barbara Polo Fields on November 7th & 8th, 2026.
• Islands Restaurant will be offering take-out meals which can be ordered and picked up in the Plaza.
Gallery Los Olivos: Ann Wirtz’s Limitless on view through May 31st
DBy Kerry Methner / VOICE
ERIVED FROM MEMORY AND EXCAVATED FROM LAYERS OF TEXTURE AND COLOR, the abstract figurative work of local artist Ann Wirtz is featured in a solo exhibition, Limitless, at Gallery Los Olivos through May. Visitors will notice Wirtz’s distinctive palette and her use of subtle texture, layering, and patterns.
“The theme Limitless developed from the idea of having limitless possibilities as the artist. To me, Limitless speaks to what happens when we open ourselves to something bigger than fear or perfection. It reflects the sense that our potential, opportunities, and imagination can be expansive, and full of discovery. In the pieces in this show, that openness shows up in layers, movement, texture, and the freedom to tell a story through the painting,” Wirtz explained via email. “This perspective allowed me to take creative risks while letting go of perfection. I wanted the paintings to be expressive in the paint application as well as with the subjects. I felt that with these paintings I stepped out of my own box by taking chances in the painting to give a sense of freedom and confidence.”
The exhibition includes 19 figurative works and 20 small 4”x4” “color studies,” that she began creating in July 2025. A full-time teacher with over 20 years of experience in graphic design, Wirtz’s creative process kept her busy. As last fall rolled around, most evenings and weekends were spent in her studio.
The resulting work is divided between two series, Life Lines and Quiet Emergence.
“The Life Lines series was developed from my travels while meeting and observing different people in their daily situations, and Quiet Emergence was developed from putting down the layers of paint and textures to find the images within the layers, and then constructing the compositions from the figures that came through,” Wirtz explained.
Part of the richness of the exhibition could be attributed to the artist’s life experience. “I have always been artistic...” Wirtz shared. “Sometimes when I get an idea for a figurative painting, it will be sparked by people I meet or see, or a sense of feeling from the moment.”
She added, “My graphic design experience has helped me a great deal with understanding composition, hierarchy of design elements, and balancing the use of color, line, texture, and pattern.”
Perhaps most importantly for Limitless, her experience as a teacher played a part. “My teaching experience,” she noted, “has influenced my artwork in the sense of getting comfortable with trying new things, knowing that mistakes are information to lead us to the next step, and that it’s good to be a lifelong learner.” gallerylosolivos.com
RUTH ELLEN HOAG
www.ruthellenhoag.com @ruthellenhoag
805-689-0858 ~inquire for studio classes~
10 West Gallery • In the Pink: May 14 through June 21 • 10 W Anapamu • 11-5 We-Mo • 805-770-7711 • 10westgallery.com
Architectural Fdn Gallery •
Lindsay Skutch: Pinhole Noir, through May 30 • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 some Sa & By Appt • afsb.org
Arrediamo Fine Art & Traditional Rugs Gallery • 911.5 State St • arrediamo.com
Art & Soul Gallery • The Strangers Project through May 17 • 1323 State St • artandsoulsb.com
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB • Closed for installation • reopens May 23 • 12-5 Wed-Sun • museum.ucsb.edu
Art From Scrap • Explore Ecology • exploreecology.org
ArtLabbé Gallery • free art, music, & exercise classes to our individuals with special needs & family members • Tu, We, Th, Sun 12-5:30; Fr 12-5 • 111 Santa Barbara St, #H • artlabbe.org
Atkinson Gallery • Tu & We 10–2 • SBCC Humanities East Campus Rm 203 • atkinsongallerysbcc.com
Bella Rosa Galleries • 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707
The Carriage and Western Art Museum • Old Spanish Days Trophy Saddles; Victoria Stables Wagon • Ongoing • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-962-2353 • 9-3 Mo-Fr • carriagemuseum.org
California Nature Art Museum
• Ocean Forests: Our Coastal Communities through July 20; Lulu Hyggelig: California’s First Thomas Dambo Troll • ongoing • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su • calnatureartmuseum.org
Casa de La Guerra • Fine Print, Hard Lines: Housing and Exclusion in Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara 1925 –2025: A Portrait in Maps; Once a Don, Always a Don • ongoing • $5/Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • 12-4 Th-Su • sbthp.org/casadelaguerra
Casa Dolores • Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032
Casa del Herrero • Gardens & House • by reservation • 1387 East Valley Rd • tours 10 & 2 We & Sa • 805-565-5653 • casadelherrero.com
Channing Peake Gallery • Scaling the Walls • 8-5 M-F • 105 E Anapamu St, 1st fl • 805-568-3994
Colette Cosentino Atelier + Gallery • 11 W Anapamu St • By Appt • colettecosentino.com
Community Arts Workshop • 631 Garden St • 10-6pm Fri & By Appt. • sbcaw.org
Corridan Gallery • Glorious California • 125 N Milpas • 11-5 We-Sa • 805-966-7939 • corridan-gallery.com
Cypress Gallery • Evolving: C. Wood & Chuck Klein • Through May 24 • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Sa & Su • 805-737-1129 • lompocart.org
El Presidio De Santa Bárbara • Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas - ongoing • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 10:30-4:30 Daily • sbthp.org
Elverhøj Museum • Roland Petersen Undiminished: A Centennial Celebration • through Aug 11 • History & Danish culture • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • elverhoj.org
Faulkner Gallery • Covering 40 Years: through May • 40 E Anapamu St • 10-7 Mo-Th; 10-5 Fri, Sa; 12-5 Sun • 805-962-7653.
Fazzino 3-D Studio Gallery • 3-D original fine art • 1011 State St • 805730-9109 • Fazzino.com
Fuzion Gallery & Boutique • Hand blown glass, 100 + artists • 1115 State St • fuzionglass.com
Gallery 113 • Members of the SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 11-5 Mo-Sa; 1-4 Su • gallery113sb.com
Gallery Los Olivos • Ann Wirtz: Limitless: through May 30 • Daily 104pm • 2920 Grand Av • 805-688-7517 • gallerylosolivos.com
Ganna Walska Lotusland • Gardens • by reservation • 695 Ashley Rd • 805-969-9990 • lotusland.org
Grace Fisher Fdn • Inclusive Arts Clubhouse • Paintings by Grace Fisher • 121 S Hope, La Cumbre Plaza • WeSu 11-5pm • gracefisherfoundation.org
Indah Gallery • Mark Russell Jones, opens May 14 • Fri-Sun 12-5 • 2190 N Refugio Rd, Santa Ynez • maxgleason. com/indah-gallery
James Main Fine Art • 19th & 20th
Century Fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St • 12-5 Tu-Sa • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347
Jewish Federation of Greater SB • Portraits of Survival interactive ~ Ongoing • 9-4pm Mo-Fr • 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 ext. 114
Kathryne Designs • Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 Mo-Sa; 11-5 Su • 805-565-4700 • kathrynedesigns.com
La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Fine Line Gallery; Elevate Gallery; Illuminations Gallery • Multi-Artist Studio/Gallery Spaces • La Cumbre Plaza • 12-5 Tu-Su • lcccasb.com
Lompoc Library Grossman Gallery • 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459
Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden • 805-684-7789 • carpinteriaartscenter.org
Maker House • A Gesture Repeated • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • 10-4 Daily • makerhouse.org
Marcia Burtt Gallery • Peggy Gruen and At The Beach through June 21 • Landscape paintings, prints, & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su • 805-9625588 • artlacuna.com
Mate Gallery • Beach images alongside vintage oils, gifts • 1014 Coast Village Rd • 805-895-6283 • mategallery.com
Bo von Hohenlohe
LCCCA Fine Line Gallery
La Cumbre Plaza www.bovonhohenlohe.com
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation • 10-5
Daily • 125 State St • 805-770-5000 • moxi.org
Museum of Contemporary Art
Santa Barbara • 11-6pm Tu-Sun • 653 Paseo Nuevo • mcasantabarbara.org
Legacy Arts International • Wed-Sun 12-8pm • 310-880-6671 • legacyartsb.com
Palm Loft Gallery • Find the Beautiful, through May 24 • 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • 1-6 Fr-Su & By Appt • 805-684-9700 • palmloft.com
Patricia Clarke Studio • An American Girl project; Primal Wild; Correspondences, Erasing Lines, and Facing Ourselves • 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-452-7739 • patriciaclarkestudio.com
Peregrine Galleries • Early CA & American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805252-9659 • @peregrinegalleries
Peter Horjus Design • Studio • 11 W Figueroa St • peterhorjus.com
Pippin • La Aracada’s newest art, antiques, and Lifestyle boutique • 1114 State #24.
Portico Gallery • Jordan Pope & Gallery Artists • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • porticofinearts.com
REH Contemporary • 12 West
Anapamu • Studio of Ruth Ellen Hoag and local artists • 805-689-0858 • RuthEllenHoag.com
Rubenstein Chan Contemporary
Art • Textual Integration • through May 31 • 410 Palm Av, B3, Carpinteria • 805-576-6152: weekends & by appt • RubensteinChan.com
Santa Barbara Art Works • Arts Education for All • 28 E Victoria St • 805-260-6705 • M-F 8:30-4:30 • sbartworks.org
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • sbbg.org
Santa Barbara City Hall Gallery • Scaling The Walls • featuring Arts Alliance members • 735 Anacapa St .
Santa Barbara Fine Art • Places from the Heart • Landscapes & sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 1-6 We-Sa & By Appt • 805-845-4270 • santabarbarafineart.com
Santa Barbara Historical Museum • The Gift; Ludmilla Pila Welch: Serene Santa Barbara through June; Edward Borein Gallery, and The Story of Santa Barbara ~ ongoing • 136 E De la Guerra • 12-5 We, Fri-Su; 12-7 Th • 805-966-1601 • sbhistorical.org
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum • Aquean: through Jul 26 • The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and SB Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Wy, Ste 190 • 10-5 Daily • 805-962-8404 • SBMM.org
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art • Remixed: Entwined Histories & New Forms, through Aug 30; Magical Realism: Latin American Photographers in Dialogue through Jun 14; RandomAccess Memory: Internet Art, through Sep 27; As if in a Dream: History, Fantasy, Future: through January 3; By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity through Jun 1 • 11-5 Tu-Su; 5-8 1st Th free; 2nd Sun free Tri-Co residents • 805-963-4364 • sbma.net
Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural History • The Living Print through May 30 • 2559 Puesta del Sol • 10-5 We-Mo • sbnature.org
Ekphrastic Poetry Reading •
SB Poet Laureate George Yatchisin leads a night of poetry inspired by the exhibit • Rubenstein Chan Contemporary Art • Free, RSVP: rubensteinchan.com • 7pm Th, 5/14.
Opening Reception for Mark Russel • Indah Gallery • 5-7pm Th, 5/14.
La Cumbre Plaza 3rd Friday Gallery Row Art Walk • Six galleries, music, art activities, & more! • 5-8pm Fri, 5/15 (See page 28 for details).
Hunt Slonem Artist Reception • Artist meet-and-greet, book signing • Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery • Free,
Santa Barbara Sea Center • Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing • 211 Stearns Wharf • 10-5 Daily • 805682-4711 • sbnature.org
Santa Barbara Tennis Club - 2nd
Fridays Art • SB Visual Artists, through May 26 • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • 2ndfridaysart.com
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum • 3596 Sagunto St • 12-4pm We-Su • santaynezmuseum.org
Sahyun Genealogical Library •
Research family history • 316 Castillo St • Tue/Thu 10-4; Sun & 3rd Sat 1-4 •
RSVP: sb@seimandileprieur.com • 4pm Fr, 5/15.
Aquean • Gallery walk-through and book signing • Santa Barbara Maritime Museum • Free • sbmm.org • 12:30-2:30pm Sa, 5/16.
Kintsugi Workshop • Learn to repair broken ceramics with gold • SBMA, Luria Activities Center • $275-300 • sbma.net • 1pm Su, 5/17.
Fine Print, Hard Lines • Housing and Exclusion in SB exhibit & reception • Casa de la Guerra • Free • sbthp.org • 2-3:30pm Su, 5/17.
Master Artist Rich Wilkie • Hosts a gesture drawing class • Joy Cafe in Solvang • $99 • 505-270-2332 • 4-7pm Mo, 5/18.
SBGen.org
Seimandi & Leprieur • Hunt
Slonem: a leading figure of American Neo-Expressionism • May 15-Jun 7 • 33 W Anapamu St. • Wed-Sat 11-6 • 805610-1203 • seimandileprieur.com
Stewart Fine Art • Early CA Plein Air Paintings + European Fine Art + Antiques • 539 San Ysidro Rd • 11-5:30 Mo-Sa • 805-845-0255
Sullivan Goss • Meredith Brooks
Abbott: Capturing Our Time through Jun 22; Susan McDonnell: Consider the Lilies, through May 25; Spring Salon II through May 22 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805-730-1460 • sullivangoss.com
Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum • 122 W Canon
Opening Reception, Post Wild: Nature in the 21st Century • Contemporary artists reflect on nature • Betteravia Gallery, 511 Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria • Free • 5-7pm Th, 5/21.
Opening Reception Altered Realities • at Westmont RidleyTree Museum • Juror Andi Campognone • 4-6pm - Awards at 5:15pmm Th, 5/21.
Carpinteria Creative Arts Market • Pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av • Free • 2:30pm-6pm Thu.
SB Arts & Crafts Show • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10am-5pm Sun.
Perdido • 11-4 Fr-Sa; Su-Th by appt • quinlanmuseum.com • 805-687-4623
SYV Historical Museum & Carriage House • Art of The Western Saddle • ongoing • 3596 Sagunto St, SY • 12-4 Sa, Su • 805-688-7889 • santaynezmuseum.org
Tamsen Gallery • Jeff Bridges: Pictures • 1309 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805-705-2208 • tamsengallery.com
UCSB Library Ocean Gallery • Unyielding Voices: Global Resistance and the Black Radical Tradition • through Jun 12 • library.ucsb.edu
Voice Gallery • Abstract Art Collective’s Spring Show, through May 30 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa-Sun • 805-965-6448
Waterhouse Gallery Montecito • Notable CA & National Artists • 1187 Coast Village Rd • 11-5 Mo-Su • 805962-8885 • waterhousegallery.com
Waterhouse Gallery SB • Notable
CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mo-Sa • 805962-8885 • waterhousegallery.com
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum Of Art • Habitual Curiosity: Paintings by Chelsea Roberts (‘18) through Jun 20; Altered Realities May 21 through Jun 20 • Weekdays 10-4, Sat 11-5 • westmont.edu/museum
The Yes Store • Art by Local Artists • 1015 State St • M-F: 11am-6pm;
Sa:10:30am-6pm; Su: 10:30am-5pm • theyesstore.com
2nd Fridays Art @ SBTC Presents Splash • an Annual Jury Call To Artists • Juror Of Awards: Melinda Mettler • Entry Deadline: May 31, 12pm • Notification: By June 1st • Questions: email susantibbles@yahoo.com • www.2ndFridaysArt.com • Entry Fee: $35 first image, add’l images $5 each.
SB Sculptors Guild: Public Art Proposal Exhibition • Proposals continue to be accepted for proposals for Public Art Installations, sculptures, or murals.
All submitted proposals will be included in a public exhibition where visitors can comment and vote for their favorite works. Submission is free and open to all artists. This initiative celebrates Santa Barbara’s heritage and community, fostering civic engagement and artistic dialogue. 12 have been received and an exhibition is being planned for the fall. A maquette (scale model) and supporting documentation are required.
For details contact: Eric Saint Georges at: ericsgc@hawaii.edu
Artists: See your work here! Join Voice Magazine’s Print & Virtual Gallery! Email Publisher@VoiceSB.com
THIRD FRIDAY MAY 15th 5:00-8:00PM
Join us for a hands- on outdoor ar t experience inspired by spring. Create beautiful prints using real flowers and leaves.
�� Friday, May 15
⏰ 5:00–8:00 PM
�� Outdoors at the GFF
120 S. HOPE AVE. / ST. F118
✨ Drop in anytime
✨ All materials provided
✨ No experience needed
For more information please contact us: morgan@gracef isherfoundation.org www.gracef isherfoundation.org.
