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Join the Goleta Valley Historical Society as we welcome Dusty Strings to the Stow House lawn! Dusty Strings is a dynamic classic rock band comprised of four highly experienced musicians dedicated to delivering the iconic sounds of the 70s. Tell your friends to tag along and bring your chairs, blanket, and a picnic!

Craft beautiful Textile Collages using fabric scraps, felt, ribbon, trim, and picture frames. These unique creations are perfect for gift giving and home decor.

Your ticket includes all materials for the project* and up to 2 hours of workshop time in the EE Makerspace located above the Art From Scrap Creative Reuse Store.

Tickets are $10 for advanced registration and $12 at the door.

This is an all-ages workshop, but please note the following hours:

11:30 – 12:30 Adult & Teen ONLY workshop time
12:30 -2:00 All ages workshop time
*If you desire additional materials than what is provided in the EE Makerspace, you may purchase them from Art From Scrap.

Join us at Studio Channel Islands Art Center for Synesthesia: Exploring The Sensory Symphony, opening Saturday, April 6. This art exhibition features Melanie Roschko and Robin Tripaldi, two Artists in Residence who share a studio here at SCIART!

Synesthesia: Exploring The Sensory Symphony
Opening Reception: April 6
Member Hour is from 4pm – 5pm and includes complimentary beverages.
Free and open to the public from 5pm – 6pm.

Exhibition open: April 6 – May 25

For more information, please visit https://studiochannelislands.org/synesthesia/

Get hands-on with leather in our Leather Accessories Craft Workshop. Dive into the world of crafting while learning to make accessories like leather tassels, keychains, and earrings. No experience is necessary – just bring your creativity and enthusiasm! Join us for a fun-filled evening of creativity and crafting.

Your $20 ticket to the workshop includes two hours of instruction and work time and all materials necessary to make leather tassels, keychains, and earrings.

**Advanced ticket purchase required.

**Workshop takes place in the new EE Makerspace upstairs above Art From Scrap.

“Your Brain on Art explores the new science of neuroaesthetics, a way of reimagining how to live that includes art as an essential part of the human experience and an unexpected doorway to healing.” – Mark Hyman, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever

Can visiting a museum help someone conquer feelings of loneliness, or even stave off the advent of dementia? In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross explore the wide variety of connections that contemporary neuroscience has established between artistic practice, aesthetic experience and optimal cognitive functioning. Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University. Ivy Ross is the vice president of hardware design at Google.

Embark on a musical journey with Kray Van Kirk, where folk Americana intertwines with Celtic roots, celebrating the universal Hero’s Quest that connects us all! “Every time I play cuts off "The Midnight Commander," listeners ask ‘Who’s that?’ It’s Kray Van Kirk and there’s none like him.” A fine finger-style guitarist with a precise baritone, Van Kirk has a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska. After five years of living in his van and playing music across the US and Canada, he thought that a career in the sciences might be a bit more secure than playing music for a living, especially as a single parent. Eventually, however, he realized that he liked writing songs more than statistical models, and he put aside his computer, picked up his guitar, and set out again. He released a new live concert CD, Kray Van Kirk - Live at the Acorn recorded in Three Oaks, MI, and it was selected as “Album of the Month” by Transatlantic Conversations on CelticMusicRadio.net.

What do you do when you can play straight blues or Hendrix style hard rock with equal ease and finesse? A Virginia native, Eli was raised on a strict diet of blues, rock and with a slice of grunge. His guitar work and powerful vocals are moody but very dynamic in delivery that will cause a musical whiplash. “With his fittingly pockmarked voice and virility on guitars, Eli Cook sizes up the old blues music he so clearly values.” – Downbeat Magazine. Tickets are $20 and can be bought on www.NambaArts.com.

Perla Batalla has recorded seven albums, been featured in film and television, and performed and recorded with artists such as Lou Reed, Sonny Rollins, k.d. lang, Jackson Browne and others. Singer/songwriter Perla Batalla was raised in Los Angeles by a family deeply immersed in music: her father, a Mexican singer and DJ; her uncle, a member of the renowned Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán; and her Argentine mother, who ran a bustling Venice record store called Discoteca Batalla. At the age of 15, Perla left home to pursue her music career. She studied opera and performed across a variety of genres including jazz, country, soul, swing, and rock. However, it wasn't until she began working with the legendary Leonard Cohen that Perla's career truly took off. After recording and touring with Cohen for more than a decade, Perla embarked on a solo career, bolstered by Cohen's encouragement.

Hiroya Tsukamoto is a Japanese-born fingerstyle guitarist who moved to the United States in 2000 to attend the Berklee College of Music. Needless to say, he’s not only a dizzyingly agile fingerpicker, but a soulful and transcendent performer, with compositions that combine instrumental guitar work with lyrical performance and spoken stories from his life.

Tsukamoto has been recognized for his talents on stages such as at Blue Note in New York City, Japanese National Television and United Nations, and by scoring second place at the International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship both in 2018 and 2022.

Join the Santa Barbara Chamber Players on Saturday, April 6th at 7:30 pm at the First United Methodist Church at 305 E. Anapamu Street. They will play Fauré Pelléas et Melisande Suite, Piazzolla (arr. Marturet) Adiós Nonino, and Brahms Serenade No. 1, Op. 11 with Emmanuel Fratianni, conductor. Purchase tickets ($20, K-12 free) at sbchamberplayers.org.