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Listen in as people who grew up on Rancho Sespe share their memories and stories.

A talk by Vince Burns and Stephen Bates

In 1875, the decomposed corpse of John Norton was uncovered in a shallow grave at Rincon Point. Learn the details of the sensational trial as well as other true tales that have given Rincon Point a reputation both famous and infamous as told by Vince Burns and Stephen Bates in Murderers, Bootleggers and Surfers: Rincon Point, Then and Now.

Vince Burns is a longtime publishing executive who writes regularly on surf history. He helped build his grandmother's house on Rincon Point. Stephen Bates is a professor of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Bates family owned Rincon Point for more than a century.

Reservation required through Eventbrite - Click "Get Tickets" on this page to purchase tickets.

Members $10, Guests $15

Museum Director, Martha Gentry, will present information on the St. Francis Dam catastrophe which happened on March 11, 1928. Author John Nichols will tell how he came to write his book, "St. Francis Dam."

Employment law firm LightGabler is presenting a free employment law webinar, “What Have You Done for Me Lately?--Evaluating Employee Performance.” The webinar is Wednesday, April 26 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Preparing employee performance evaluations is a task often dreaded by managers and human resource professionals alike. And yet, documenting performance is critical for employee productivity, workplace morale, effective supervisor-subordinate communication and legal protection. Like all employment documentation, poorly-prepared evaluations can be more dangerous than no evaluations at all.

In this webinar for employers, supervisors and human resource professionals, LightGabler employment law attorney Karen L. Gabler will discuss issues related to preparing and presenting employee evaluations including kinds of employee evaluations, categories to include, what to say during evaluations and how to present the results to the employee.

Reservations are required. Attendance is limited to no more than two logins per company. Login instructions will be provided upon registration and again via email the day prior to the webinar. To register, go to https://www.lightgablerlaw.com/seminars.

For more information about LightGabler, visit www.LightGablerlaw.com or call 805-248-7208.

Now in its 25th year, the tour blends a variety of elements to create a truly delightful afternoon of fun and friendship. In addition to five amazing gardens, the tour features art exhibits and demonstrations, a delightful garden-themed boutique, enticing raffle, live music and delicious refreshments.

We were delighted to welcome back the Pastel Society of the Gold Coast. They have supported the Garden Tour for many years. Talented artists gave first-hand demonstrations at each garden.

All proceeds from the event directly support our most vulnerable neighbors — parents, grandparents, children and friends. Your support provides care, comfort, support, counseling, and education to those facing a life-limiting illness or grieving the loss of a loved one — all without charge.

In 1997, Elliott K. Perkins was working as a potter and ceramics lab technician at a small arts college in Portland, Oregon, when he met Marcia C. Harvey, who was there for the semester as an artist in residence in painting. Their first conversations were about art and poetry.

At SLOMA, they will be exhibiting together for the first time.

https://sloma.org/exhibition/call-and-response/

No matter what genre of music he composed, Mozart did so with masterful skill – operas, choral works, concertos, chamber music, solo songs, sonatas, chamber works, and symphonies – making him what many consider the greatest composer in history. Highlights from more than six hundred works will take you on a Grand Tour of Mozart’s musical genius.

Michael Christie, conductor
Cedric Berry, baritone
Natasha Kislenko, piano
Joshua Ranz, clarinet
New West Symphony Chorus
Dr. Wyant Morton, director

MOZART:
Symphony No. 25, Allegro con brio
Overture from The Marriage of Figaro
“Non più andrai” from The Marriage of Figaro
Piano Sonata No. 11, “Alla Turca,” Andante grazioso
Piano Concerto No. 24, Allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Allegro
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593, Larghetto-Allegro
Clarinet Concerto, Rondo
Requiem (selections), Kyrie, Dies Irae, Lacrimosa, Amen, Lux Aeterna, Cum Sanctis

No matter what genre of music he composed, Mozart did so with masterful skill – operas, choral works, concertos, chamber music, solo songs, sonatas, chamber works, and symphonies – making him what many consider the greatest composer in history. Highlights from more than six hundred works will take you on a Grand Tour of Mozart’s musical genius.

Michael Christie, conductor
Cedric Berry, baritone
Natasha Kislenko, piano
Joshua Ranz, clarinet
New West Symphony Chorus
Dr. Wyant Morton, director

MOZART:
Symphony No. 25, Allegro con brio
Overture from The Marriage of Figaro
“Non più andrai” from The Marriage of Figaro
Piano Sonata No. 11, “Alla Turca,” Andante grazioso
Piano Concerto No. 24, Allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Allegro
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593, Larghetto-Allegro
Clarinet Concerto, Rondo
Requiem (selections), Kyrie, Dies Irae, Lacrimosa, Amen, Lux Aeterna, Cum Sanctis

Grab a glass and join us for this presentation in your living room!

Author and UC Santa Barbara Alum Renée Patin Farrington reminisces about student life as well as the fashions and fun on campus and in Santa Barbara in the latter half of the 1950s.

UC Santa Barbara moved to its Goleta location in 1954 with a student body numbering a little over 1,700. For the next several years most of the buildings on campus were leftovers from the World War II-era Marine base – a far cry from the major educational institution of today.

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Renée Patin Farrington is the author and publisher of In the Shadow of the Sign, a personal memoir of her upbringing in Southern California as the daughter of a Disney animator.

This talk is VIRTUAL and FREE. Register for the Zoom webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_31DeeS6uQz6bnBeXvhVaKA#/registration

In the early 1940s, author and Utopian Bobby Hyde bought 50 acres of wildfire scarred land in the foothills above Montecito. He sold one-acre lots to like-minded souls for $50 down and $50 a month. In the years following World War II, a bohemian community of free thinkers built their homes of adobe, raised their families, threw countless parties, and became legend in Santa Barbara.

Join author Lee Chiacos and archivist Chris Ervin for the inside story and rediscovery of Santa Barbara’s most well-known counterculture and alternative lifestyle community – Mountain Drive.

The museum's current exhibition about the Mountain Drive Community is open through June 25, 2023.

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Author and journalist Elias (Lee) Chiacos collected the stories and wrote the definitive local history book, Mountain Drive: Santa Barbara’s Pioneering Bohemian Community.

Chris Ervin is Head Archivist for the Gledhill Library at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

Reservation Required. Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/memories-of-mountain-drive-tickets-607856112997