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Santa Barbara Master Chorale
David Torres, Artistic Director
presents
Holiday Lights
A musical celebration
with audience sing-along

3:00 pm Sunday, December 10, 2023

Svetlana Smolina is described by LA Times as “an outstanding pianist with a luxuriant tone,” and by the New York Times as “mesmerizing and dynamic”. Svetlana has won several prestigious, international competitions, and is among “The Best Pianist of the 21st Century.”

She is inspired by the works of Bach Beethoven Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Maria Callas, Oscar Peterson, Art, Tantum, and Miles Davis.

Thursday, November 16 · 5:30 - 7pm

Join historian Neal Graffy to learn the full story behind John Peck Stearns and his deepwater wharf.

It was Monday, September 16, 1872, was when the first ship tied up at John Peck Stearns’ new wharf at the foot of State Street. Prior to this date, ships had to pause a mile or more off shore while cargo and passengers were transferred to small boats and rowed ashore and back. It was a time-consuming, expensive and miserable experience. But no more! Stearns had built more than a wharf, this was the door that would open Santa Barbara to the world. For 150 years Stearns Wharf has endured storms, fires, earthquakes, changing times and the threat of bombing by the most dastardly of villains. A true survivor, it has overcome all that nature and man has thrown at it.

RESERVATION REQUIRED
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To be alerted about a future talk, email membership@sbhistorical.org.

Santa Barbara Historical Museum
136 East de la Guerra Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-966-1601
reception@sbhistorical.org

Cirque Italia is now presenting:
“PARANORMAL CIRQUE!”
ONE OF THE BEST THRILLING EXPERIENCES!!!
Coming to Thousand Oaks, CA December 1-4

Are you ready Thousand Oaks? Do you love thrilling, wicked, sexy, or even dangerous things? Paranormal Cirque will expose you to a unique creation of combined theatre, circus, and cabaret with a new European style flare. Cirque Italia is now presenting a brand-new show for a MATURE audience!
This innovative horror story features different shades of sexy and an incomparable storyline - the only thing you can be sure of during this unique experience is that you will not know what to expect! It might be hard to divide reality and illusion!
Are you intrigued yet? Dare to let yourself get wicked for one night under our Big TOP and live on the edge with Paranormal Cirque show! You will fall into a parallel world and end up surrounded by monstrous creatures with hidden talents that will amaze you with the circus arts. This show is NOT for the faint of heart. You may have to catch your breath or try to stop your heart from racing during this adrenaline filled performance.
A careful casting selection has united the best artists from all over the world. A few of the circus arts you can expect to see in this new production include the jaw-dropping Wheel of Death, mystifying MAGIC, and more. Our Black unit also follows our strict animal-free policy.
For more information visit www.paranormalcirque.com and make sure to check all our social media accounts. Tickets can be purchased now starting at $20.00 depending on availability. Restricted – under 18 REQUIRES accompanying parent or guardian. This show has adult language and material.
You can purchase tickets through our website (paranormalcirque.com/tickets) or by phone: (941) 704-8572. We also respond to text messages.

When: December 1st – 4th, 2023
Where: 350 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
At: The Oaks Mall

— Under the stunning Black and Red Big Top Tent

· December 1 – Friday: 7:30pm
· December 2– Saturday: 6:30pm & 9:30pm
· December 3– Sunday: 5:30pm & 8:30pm
· December 4– Monday: 7:30pm

Box office hours:
The box office opens on-site on Tuesday, the week of the show.
Non-show days: 10am – 6pm
On show days: 10am – 10pm

Please join us for our Annual Holiday Ice Skating Show on Saturday December 16th featuring a talented blend of coaches alongside local skaters.

Skaters will showcase their skills in a beautiful wintery setting, creating charming memories you won’t soon forget. Enjoy watching the excitement and taking in the festive decorations from ice level or above from the mezzanine. Shows are at 12:30pm and 3:30pm

$20-Mezzanine Seating

$30-On Ice Seating

“A must-see! Never a dull moment! For fun, frolic and fantasy, it’s the perfect ticket. With fairytales to share, the amazing ensemble of singers and dancers brings the pictures on the page to life, painting a canvas of rainbows on stage!” Bonnie Previer, The Tolucan Times

The fairytale world is spiraling out of control, and Santa needs fairytale magic to power the sleigh. Only Cinderella, Snowhite, Gretel and Hansel, Alice, the Queens of Hearts (three of them), Mrs. Claus and YOU can help save the day in this joyous interactive holiday musical. Great costumes, lilting songs (even one where you get to sing-a-long), great humor and fun word play make this Family Theatre Musical a special holiday treat for ages 2 to 102.

Sat, Dec 9 at 2pm, Sun, Dec 10 at 12:30.

Great birthday parties, hosted by costumed members of the cast, are available in conjunction with every performance.

Helmed by Playhouse Co-Artistic Director Chris DeCarlo, written by Graham Silbert with Evelyn Rudie, words & music by E. Rudie with Matthew Wrather, EVER AFTER TAKE 2 features Holly Gibson, Isabel Lindley, Cydne Moore, Michala Peltz and Megan Wright as Cinderella. Awesome special effects and video projections are by James Cooper, with delightful costumes by Ashley Hayes. George J. Vennes III does double duty as Technical Director and Production Stage Manager.

Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by grants from the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the Ahmanson Foundation, the Rotary Club Foundation and Playhouse PALS.

Families can enjoy a Breakfast With Santa at the Simi Valley Family YMCA, Saturday, December 2. A fresh-cooked breakfast will be served. Kids can get their pictures taken with Santa (and receive a framed photo souvenir), sip hot cocoa, play in snow and make holiday crafts. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Families can then pick out newly-arrived trees at the Simi YMCA’s Christmas tree lot operated by the Y’s Men’s Club.

The cost of Breakfast With Santa is $15 per person ($20 for nonmembers). Children under three are free. Registration for the breakfast is required in advance. To purchase tickets, go to www.sevymca.org/breakfast-santa.

The YMCA will have about 850 Nobile and Douglas fir trees between 5' and 9' tall at its tree lot. The trees are grown in Oregon, harvested, and then packed in ice for their journey south to the Y. Once they arrive, they are unloaded by LDS Church missionary volunteers, given a fresh cut at the base, put in water and set out for display. Y’s Men’s Club members and volunteers staff the tree lot.

Proceeds from the tree sales go to organizations in the community, to underserved families as well as to the YMCA.

Christmas tree lot hours are 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The tree lot and Breakfast with Santa are at the Simi Valley YMCA (3200 Cochran St., corner of Galena Ave. and Cochran St.). If interested in becoming a Breakfast With Santa sponsor, contact Dani Hutchison at dhutchison@sevymca.org.

Phillip McLendon will conduct this performance of George Frederick Handel's choral masterpiece, "Messiah." James Mooy has organized the orchestra which includes members of the Santa Barbara City College Symphony. Erin Bonski-Evans is the organist. Four outstanding soloists will also perform. All are volunteering their talents. That covers everything and everybody except the chorus. That's because the chorus is you -- the audience!
All proceeds go to Unity Shoppe, the Santa Barbara non-profit which helps some 18,000 of our low-income neighbors, children, and the elderly annually. It's great music and great fun for a great cause. Everyone is invited to Make a joyful noise and raise your voice on high. Or come to listen. It’s always a great performance!

Join Alan Parsons OBE, Michael McDonald, Al Stewart, Terry Sylvester (The Hollies), David Pack (Ambrosia) and special guests, in an all-star musical and magic tribute concert to Alan on his 75th birthday. VIP tickets include a special pre-show reception. Proceeds benefit One805 and the First Responders of Santa Barbara County.

Legendary engineer,. Producer and Grammy Award winner Alan Parsons landed a job at the famous Abbey Road Studios at the age of 19,and was fortunate enough to work as assistant engineer on the last two albums by The Beatles. After he qualified as a fully-fledged recording engineer, he went on to work with Paul McCartney and The Hollies among many others. But it was his contribution as engineer on Pink Floyd’s classic The Dark Side Of The Moon that really got him world attention. That soon led to striking successes as a producer – notably with the hugely successful Year Of The Cat album with Al Stewart and two albums with American prog rock band Ambrosia.

Please join us for an event to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition of black and white photographs documenting the intergenerational upward mobility of young residents of Dixon, California.

Trevor Auldridge Reveles, a PhD candidate in Sociology at UCSB will discuss the research behind this exhibition. Following his talk, Trevor will lead a tour of the exhibition.