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The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is pleased to host an Artist Pop-Up featuring Pedaling Paper & Art; 805 Stix&Stones; Ocean Jewel; Misa Art; and Bella Notte Due. The artists’ work will be on view and available for purchase on the museum’s patio overlooking the harbor from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The pop-ups are free to attend and open to the public.

The first jazz performer since Esperanza Spalding to win the prestigious Best New Artist category at the Grammys, Samara Joy embraces the great tradition of such singers as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald. Her 2022 recording Linger Awhile, filled with gloriously reimagined versions of American songbook standards, won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Don’t miss this Santa Barbara debut, a holiday-themed concert featuring three generations of her family.

Relay For Life of Conejo Valley will be held on September 30, 2023 at Cal Lutheran Memorial Field in Thousand Oaks.

The Relay For Life is a yearly event brought to you by community volunteers and The American Cancer Society. The event is a fundraiser that supports research, lodging, wigs, and transportation for those with cancer.

The event will feature games and food all day.

Live bands scheduled to perform are Doc Rogers Band, Vinyl Gypsies, Breaking Bored, Electric Vinyl, and Three Rivers Band.

From Maui and now in the 805, Ventura musician Jason Ho performs his original music and covers in a mellow island style. Jason is a Hawaiian Music Award’s winner + Independent Music Awards winner.

UCSB Library and Santa Barbara Public Library (SBPL) invite residents of Santa Barbara's Eastside neighborhood and surrounding communities to a local history showcase presented at the SBPL Eastside Branch. As part of the Santa Barbara Community Archives Project (SBCAP), the showcase will feature highlights from community member contributions of home movies and family photographs, a reading by Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio of her poem “Santa Barbara Poem,” and presentations about local history.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

This event will be photographed or recorded.

Program:
Introduction, Yolanda Blue, Angel Diaz and Laura Treat (SBCAP, UCSB Library)
Santa Barbara Poem, Melinda Palacio (Poet Laureate, City of Santa Barbara)
UCSB Library’s Santa Barbara Community Archives Project Home Movie Presentation
Eastside Library History, Jace Turner (Santa Barbara Public Library)
Ortega Park History, Michael Montenegro (Chicano Culture de Santa Barbara)

This event is made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.

Nashville artist Stacy Antonel makes clever, country-leaning Americana that feels both vintage and hyper-modern. Her “country jazz” vocals conjure the great singers of the 20s-30s, with the emotive power of country icon Patsy Cline. Rooted in classic country and laced with elements of jazz, pop, and R&B, Antonel’s narrative songs often feature unconventional themes. Opening act: Pi Jacobs. NAMBA Performing Arts space is a multi-use venue for the performing arts; music, dance and theatre. Come enjoy an up, close and personal 'Listening Room' experience.

Jill Martini & the Shrunken Heads bring the tiki party to you! We perform mid-century cocktail jazz, smokin’ hot exotica, Hawaiian/Hapa Haole, and surf rock – all on acoustic instruments!

This group is popular for their variety of song choices that surf the various waves of tiki music and for their musical flexibility of styles using acoustic instruments such as the ukulele and kiku, upright bass, percussion, and Hawaiian Steel guitar and guitar.

Whether you’re looking for upbeat surf, dark exotica, Hawaiian Hapa or traditional, this group does it all. They like to say: “Aloha! We do that.”

Radiant soprano Renée Fleming’s lustrous voice is the stuff of legends. Affectionately called “America’s Diva,” only she can claim to have sung at the Super Bowl, Buckingham Palace, a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and a presidential inauguration, in addition to all the world’s major opera houses – not to mention boasting five Grammy wins, an indie rock album and a Tony-nominated Broadway appearance. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear “one of the truly magnificent voices of our time” (Los Angeles Times) lend her trademark warmth and sensitivity to a rare recital program.

Your Brain on ChatGPT: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything


How will Artificial Intelligence and robotics change the way we work, earn a living, fight wars, solve problems – even what it means to be human? As CEO of The Atlantic and former editor-in-chief of Wired, Nicholas Thompson has had unparalleled access to the tech companies developing AI. He was in the room when OpenAI first activated ChatGPT, giving him a unique perspective on how it has advanced through each iteration. Nita Farahany, a leading scholar on the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging technologies, is the author of the recent book The Battle for Your Brain: Defending Your Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. Together, Farahany and Thompson offer an insider’s view of what AI can mean for society, and how we can thrive in a future defined by new rules, new values and new possibilities.

Join The Cool Hand Ukes weekly ukulele jam at Harbor Cove Cafe!
All Skill Levels Welcome to Join.