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Join us for the Love Above All Ball, Santa Ynez Valley Pride's biggest fundraising event of the year, supporting Pride events in 2026, including their landmark Pride Parade & Festival, Youth Connect initiative, and youth scholarship opportunities.

The Love Ball will be held at the Craft House at Corque Hotel in Solvang, CA, on February 28, 2026 from 7pm - 10pm. This elegant and elevated event will feature a silent auction, psychic love readings for couples and singles, passed hors d'oeuvres, a hosted bar for 21+, and incredible music to dance the night away!

Tickets are on sale now at a special price, but prices will increase on January 1st. They are offering special ticket pricing for guests 18-20, emphasizing the importance of inclusivity and community for young queer adults in the Santa Ynez Valley area.

Your ticket purchase will directly support their mission to create a safe, supportive, and empowering home for the LGBTQ+ community in the Santa Ynez Valley.

9-time Grammy® nominated jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton has received a “Best Jazz Vocal Album” Grammy® nod for every project she has released in the last decade. Known for her impeccable voice and imaginative treatments of The Great American Songbook, Sutton is heralded for her abilities as both a jazz storyteller and her ability to use her voice as an instrument. Her 14 recordings as leader have addressed themes such as materialism (“Desire” 2009), the pursuit of happiness (“On The Other Side” 2007), as well as paying tribute to the music of Bill Evans (“Blue In Green” 2002), Frank Sinatra (“Dancing In The Dark” 2004), and pop icon Sting (“The Sting Variations” 2016). Her 2013 Joni Mitchell tribute, “After Blue” featured keyboardist Larry Goldings, drummer Peter Erskine, jazz vocal legend Al Jarreau, and NEA Jazz Master flautist Hubert Laws.

The SBCC School of Extended Learning Arts & Crafts Fair is a beloved holiday marketplace, showcasing handcrafted jewelry, ceramics, paintings, cards, glass art, sewing, and more – from more than 50 local student-artists from SBCC School of Extended Learning classes. Find unique and meaningful gifts for everyone on your list - while supporting local artists and lifelong learners!

EVENT DETAILS
SBCC School of Extended Learning Arts & Crafts Fair
Saturday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
SBCC's Wake Campus (front patio) at 300 North Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Catered lunch available for purchase by Chef Rene's Cuisine
(Free parking on all Wake Campus lots)

https://sbcc.edu/extendedlearning/pdfs/FINAL%20SEL%20Arts%20Crafts%20Fair%202025.pdf

Bestselling author and Grammy-nominated musician Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) shares the moving story behind her memoir Crying in H Mart, a powerful meditation on family, food, identity and loss. Through lyrical prose and emotional honesty, Zauner explores her Korean-American heritage and her mother’s enduring influence, evoking the tastes and textures that shape memory.

The UCSB Reads 2026 book selection is Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. Zauner's debut book spent 60 weeks on The New York Times hardcover non-fiction bestseller list and received a 2022 American Book Award and the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography. It was also named a top book of the year by numerous publications, including TIME, The Atlantic, and Entertainment Weekly.

Michelle Zauner is a young Korean-American musician, singer, songwriter, director, and author. She is the lead vocalist of acclaimed indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. The band’s third album, Jubilee (2021), charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 56, and was nominated for two Grammy Awards – for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. TIME magazine named Zauner one of the 100 most influential people of 2022.

Nonprofit bylaws are not only necessary under the California Nonprofit Law, but also essential to obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status. Aside from the legal and tax requirements, bylaws serve as an important roadmap to guide board governance, operations and decision-making. However, just mention the need to revisit or revise this important document, and most nonprofit board and staff members will shudder! Join us for this engaging discussion with Roy Schneider, Esq. and Jessica Villar, Esq., who will address bylaw basics, required provisions, and the process of taking on bylaw changes, then explore best practice approaches for streamline your governance practices.

Topics will include:

Why Bylaws Matter!
What is required by California law?
Key components of effective bylaws -- what should (and shouldn’t) be in the bylaws
The difference between bylaws and policies
Best practices for revising, amending and/or restating your organization’s bylaws, whether you are a membership or non-membership organization
Resources and checklists to help you navigate this process

Attendees are encouraged to bring a copy of their current bylaws and submit confidential questions for Roy to address during the workshop session.

Will your organization have enough cash to cover payroll next month? How about an unbudgeted expense or a fabulous new opportunity? Financial statements are important for board members and leadership to analyze the organization’s historical performance, but cash management is critical for day-to-day financial operations. In this class, we will learn how to develop a cash projection spreadsheet that can be updated regularly so you can successfully plan ahead and avoid surprises. Learning about cash projections is also a wonderful method to get familiar and comfortable with financials, because cash projections tend to be a more intuitive way of looking at financial information.

Learning Objectives:
-Discover 3 methods of projecting future cash flows: mind dump, budget conversion, and hybrid
-Analyze common differences between an accrual-based budget and a cash projection
-Identity strategies for handling shortfall and windfalls

Audience: This workshop is great for Executive Directors, fund development professionals, program managers, board members, and anyone else doing budgeting for nonprofit organizations.

This hands-on workshop is designed to help nonprofits strengthen financial resilience and build sustainable funding. In this session, we will guide participants in understanding their funding options, aligning revenue strategies with mission and capacity, and developing a clear, actionable and diversified annual development plan. In addition, attendees will have access to dedicated “office hours” with the instructors in the weeks following the workshop to review their plans, troubleshoot challenges, and strengthen implementation.

During this workshop, participants will:

- Explore the universe of funding sources available to nonprofits and their strategic implications
- Determine the right mix of revenue drivers that align with your mission, staffing, volunteer capacity, and donor fit
- Begin drafting a balanced 12-month development plan that integrates multiple funding sources into a cohesive strategy
- Start on an implementation roadmap that outlines your organization’s goals, activities, role accountability, and timelines
- Access follow-up “office hours” for personalized guidance and problem-solving

Target Audience: Executive directors, development directors and their staff, Board members and development committee volunteers engaged in fundraising and resource acquisition

Sustainably harvested white and red “silver tipped” fir trees from Northern California will be available for pickup on Tuesday, December 2 through December 5 at McGrath Family Farm (1012 West Ventura Blvd., Camarillo). Proceeds from the Christmas tree fundraiser will help support Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) agriculture education and healthy eating programs for kids in Ventura County. Tree pickup time is from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The trees are harvested in the northern Sierra Nevada mountain range to reduce overgrowth and fire risk and then donated to SEEAG. Trees are 6’ to 10’ tall. The cost is $100 per tree. SEEAG is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization so all tree purchases are tax-deductible. Trees can be pre-ordered by going to https://www.seeag.org/christmas. For questions about delivery, call 805-892-8155.

Is it time to develop the budget? The process of building and monitoring a budget is fundamental to an organization’s planning and financial oversight. It results in a useful tool -- one that can be used on an ongoing basis to anticipate problems and provide a baseline against which programmatic and financial performance can be assessed. In this course we will evaluate how to build a sound budget for managing your organization and explore examples on how this budget tool can be used to deal with multiple programs and multiple funding sources.

Learning Objectives:
-How to build a budget for sound nonprofit financial management
-How to utilize your budget to monitor actual performance

Audience: This workshop is great for Executive Directors, fund development professionals, program managers, board members, and anyone else doing budgeting for nonprofit organizations.

Facilitator: Anne Freiermuth, CPA

Understanding the unique accounting principles and requirements that apply to nonprofits is critical for your mission to succeed. This four module seminar series will introduce students to the basic accounting concepts relevant to nonprofit organizations. Participants will be exposed to foundational accounting principles and their practical applications. This will include understanding cash vs. accrual basis, the matching principle, fund accounting, functional allocations, and how to read and prepare financial statements.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Series participants will be introduced to fundamental accounting rules (generally accepted accounting principles) and financial reports of nonprofit organizations.
Series participants will analyze which transactions get recorded in the accounting system and how.
Series participants will be able to recognize allocation methodologies and how they impact financial statements and external oversight.
Series participants will be able to record common accounting transactions.
MODULE OVERVIEW:

Module I: Introduction and Contributions Accounting
Wednesday, Mar 18 | 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Module II: Internal Controls, Fixed Assets, Reading Financials, Allocating Expenses
Thursday, Mar 19 | 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Module III: Putting it all Together: Case Study Year One
Wednesday, Mar 25 | 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Module IV: Putting It All Together: Case Study Year Two
Thursday, Mar 26| 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

LEVEL: Intro/Intermediate

TARGET AUDIENCE: Executive directors & CEOs, CFO’s, finance staff, Board treasurers and finance committees