Mar 23 Sunday
The members of the Valley Watercolor Society have submitted their paintings to be judged for inclusion in the exhibit be Joseph Stoddard, a well known local artist. Award winners will be announced at a reception, open to the public on Sunday March 9 from 3 to 6 PM. Refreshments will be served.
Exploring Creativity - Ages 6 – 11 Exploring Creativity nurtures and promotes creativity in Elementary students through fun activities and art projects. Classes cover a variety of mediums.
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network’s2025 Annual Eco Hero AwardHonoring Bill & Athena Steen & Roxanne SwentzellNatural Building Pioneers
Sunday, March 23, 6:30-9pm, 2025TICKETS $10, $20, & Friends of Eco Hero $100 (students & kids free)
Location: Lobero Theatre33 E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tickets on Sale Now: Lobero Ticket Office
Reception follows in the Lobero Courtyard for all ticket holders
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network celebrates its 5th Annual Eco Hero Award, continuing to honor those making significant and positive change, this time honoring Natural Building pioneers, Bill & Athena Steen & Roxanne Swentzell, joining us in person on Sunday, March 23, 2025.
All three hail from the American Southwest, they are natural builders, authors and acclaimed artists, each one devoted to the beauty of the land, with a commitment to building with care of the earth as a priority.
Mar 24 Monday
Artists often work and create together to formulate new styles. Just as often, they compete and respond to each other's work, leading to breakthroughs and new developments. In this course, we begin in the Renaissance with the ideological rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and then between Michelangelo and Raphael. We then move forward in history, exploring different artistic rivalries and how they fueled artistic creation. Other frenemies include Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock.
Week 1: Renaissance Rivalries (Brunelleschi and Ghiberti, Leonardo and Michelangelo, Michelangelo and Raphael, Caravaggio and Baglione)
Week 2: Manet and Degas
Week 3: Van Gogh and Degas
Week 4: Matisse and Picasso
Bio:
Katherine E. Zoraster is an Art Historian and a Professor of Art History at several local colleges specializing in Western art from the Renaissance to the 20th century. She graduated with a double major in English Literature and Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Following her undergraduate degree, she received a Master’s Degree with Distinction in Art History from the California State University at Northridge.
In addition to the courses Katherine teaches for other lifelong learning programs, she also works as an Art History Instructor for the full-time program at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Arts. Katherine also serves as a commissioner for the Burbank Cultural Arts Commission and volunteers at the Burbank Animal Shelter. In her free time, Katherine is an avid runner and travels extensively.
The Fifty and Better (FAB) program was designed for people ages 50 and older, seeking intellectual stimulation through university-level courses — without the pressure of grades — for the sake of learning and social engagement.
Join us for Queeraoke and games at Tipsy Goat in Thousand Oaks. This is an all ages party for the gender diverse community and friends.
We'll be on the back patio at The Tipsy Goat.
Mar 25 Tuesday
“The Lost Art of Instrumental Music” focuses on a time in popular music history when creativity in composing music without vocals not only flourished but was commercially viable. Today, you rarely hear memorable melodies that do not feature lyrics. Television shows don’t have theme songs and film scoring has hit a new low in memorable melodies. The apex of instrumental music was the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, when all of these elements came together in a variety of different forms.
Week 1: Musical Miniatures
Week 2: Mood Music and Sonic Explosions
Week 3: Television Theme Songs
Week 4: Movie Theme Songs
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Cary Ginell is a Grammy-nominated writer and author of 12 books on American music. After a 30-year career in radio, he has spent the last 20 years as a public speaker, talking about music in classrooms, at conferences, and on cruise ships. Cary brings a lifelong passion for the recording industry to his work and is one of the world’s foremost authorities on his specialty, western swing. Cary previously served as President of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, an international organization of music scholars and world-renowned institutions.
The Fifty and Better (FAB) program was designed for people 50 years of age and older, seeking intellectual stimulation through university-level courses — without the pressure of grades — for the sake of learning and social engagement.
