Community Calendar

Join Many Mansions’ 21st Annual Bowls of Hope on Sunday, October 12, 2025, in Thousand Oaks!

This beloved community tradition raises vital support for the work to provide homes and life-changing services to our neighbors overcoming homelessness and housing insecurity. Enjoy delicious food from our partners at Slate Bistro, hands-on activities like bowl painting, family-friendly fun, and immersive experiences that bring our mission to life. Together, we’ll celebrate hope, community, and the vision of building homes, enriching lives, and uplifting communities.

New Beginnings of Santa Barbara County presents two benefit performances of: Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing returns to Santa Barbara for the second time with the show’s original co-creator and star, Jonny Donahoe.

This unique and critically acclaimed play has become a global stage phenomenon, playing more than six hundred times over four continents, including five months off-Broadway and currently being performed in London’s West End.

Donahoe, a Drama Desk Award-nominated writer and performer will bring back his wildly popular and magnificent one-man show, previously showcased by New Beginnings in 2022.

Every Brilliant Thing follows a child who, to lift his mother’s spirits, begins a heartfelt list of life’s small joys—a list that grows over the years and comes to shape their own journey.

Both poignant and funny, the play explores the extraordinary ways we care for the people we love.

Donahoe will reprise his role in a performance that will be featured on Friday, October 24th, and a matinee show on Sunday, October 26th.

The show was filmed by World of Wonder and screened as a special on HBO.

Join us at the Gatehouse at Bien Nacido in Santa Maria for a pawsitively inspiring gathering! Enjoy wonderful wine, light hors d’oeuvres and live music by Jon Millsap while discovering the latest news about C.A.R.E.4Paws’ work to improve pet family welfare on the Central Coast—from the expansion of our mobile veterinary clinics to the launch of the region’s first confidential Pet Refuge for dogs and cats whose families are navigating life crises. Our friendraiser is free to attend, and well-behaved dogs on leash are welcome to join the fun!

Plus, Bien Nacido donates 10% of all weekend sales to C.A.R.E.4Paws! It’s the purrfect time to connect and be part of meaningful change for pets and their people.

New Beginnings of Santa Barbara County presents two benefit performances of: Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing returns to Santa Barbara for the second time with the show’s original co-creator and star, Jonny Donahoe.

This unique and critically acclaimed play has become a global stage phenomenon, playing more than six hundred times over four continents, including five months off-Broadway and currently being performed in London’s West End.

Donahoe, a Drama Desk Award-nominated writer and performer will bring back his wildly popular and magnificent one-man show, previously showcased by New Beginnings in 2022.

Every Brilliant Thing follows a child who, to lift his mother’s spirits, begins a heartfelt list of life’s small joys—a list that grows over the years and comes to shape their own journey.

Both poignant and funny, the play explores the extraordinary ways we care for the people we love.

Donahoe will reprise his role in a performance that will be featured on Friday, October 24th, and a matinee show on Sunday, October 26th.

The show was filmed by World of Wonder and screened as a special on HBO.

New Beginnings of Santa Barbara County presents two benefit performances of: Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing returns to Santa Barbara for the second time with the show’s original co-creator and star, Jonny Donahoe.

This unique and critically acclaimed play has become a global stage phenomenon, playing more than six hundred times over four continents, including five months off-Broadway and currently being performed in London’s West End.

Donahoe, a Drama Desk Award-nominated writer and performer will bring back his wildly popular and magnificent one-man show, previously showcased by New Beginnings in 2022.

Every Brilliant Thing follows a child who, to lift his mother’s spirits, begins a heartfelt list of life’s small joys—a list that grows over the years and comes to shape their own journey.

Both poignant and funny, the play explores the extraordinary ways we care for the people we love.

Donahoe will reprise his role in a performance that will be featured on Friday, October 24th, and a matinee show on Sunday, October 26th.

The show was filmed by World of Wonder and screened as a special on HBO.

The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum’s 41st Annual Vaquero Benefit Dinner & Auction is Saturday, November 8 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Ramon Becerra, renowned equestrian entertainer, will be honored as Vaquero of the Year in recognition of his decades-long career as a celebrated horse trainer, performer in film, television, advertising, and his live shows. The event at the museum (3596 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez) spotlights the California Vaquero and their influence on modern ranching in California. The evening includes dinner, live music and silent and live auctions. Proceeds benefit the Santa Ynez Historical Museum and the Parks-Janeway Carriage House, as well as its public programs presented throughout the year. Tickets are $225 For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.santaynezmuseum.org/41st-annual-vaquero-benefit-dinner-auction.