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“GO! You won’t be sorry!” Backstage.

“Enchanting!” Daily Variety

100 reviews! 100 raves! It’s the 50th anniversary production of the joyous, hilarious, touching, and ever-popular classic musical comedy, the longest-running Jewish musical in LA theatre history (4 ½ years in its initial run)! The glorious numbers, poignant moments and delightful humor will have you laughing, crying, tapping your toes and celebrating life like never before. “The best and funniest theatre production in LA!” hails Century City News of the show that put musicals into the LA intimate theatre arena, back to celebrate Sholom Aleichem’s 110th yahrzeit.

“You’ll discover, through the whimsical wit of Sholom Aleichem and the skill of Chris DeCarlo, why the play enjoyed such a long run. It’s a great evening!” Valley Life

A brilliant team of artists present an unrivaled musical comedy classic inviting audiences of all ages to celebrate the humor and pathos of Sholom Aleichem’s world.

“A sparkling introduction to a new generation of theater enthusiasts to the patina-covered world of their brethren on both sides of the ocean, to a world that is no more and will never return.” B’nai B’rith Messenger)

Chris DeCarlo reprises his award-winning portrayal of the world’s most beloved Yiddish author. Joining DeCarlo is original cast member Evelyn Rudie, with Actors’ Repertory Theatre (ART) members Celeste Akiki, Shravana Karthekiyan, J. T.Melaragno and Michala Peltz.

“Chris DeCarlo portrays the Yiddish story teller with such warmth and humor that one actually thinks he is Sholom Aleichem.” HA’AM

The production is helmed by long-time ART director Arthur R. Tompkins, with authentically detailed costumes by award-winning designer Ashley Hayes and lilting tunes by the acclaimed team of Evelyn Rudie and renowned composer Ben Weisman (57 gold albums).

“I thank you for bringing him so beautifully back To Life,” Aleichem’s second cousin, Lillian Aderman Moller

Sholom Aleichem’s tales are so timeless and universal that they have transcended over 100 years of social and cultural change, and become more appealing to audiences and readers with each coming year.

“AUTHOR! AUTHOR! is an unmitigated delight. It is joyous entertainment…It warms the audience and sends them out feeling better than when they went in.” The Picadilly

Author! Author! had its world premiere at Santa Monica Playhouse in 1976 and played for 4 ½ years in its initial run. Actors’ Repertory Theatre has reprised the show every year since then. 2026 marks the show’s 50th anniversary production.

Author! Author! is also available for private temple and weekday school performances. For details, call 1-310-394-9779,

Friends of the Buellton Library present their Inaugural Santa Ynez Valley Community Art Showcase with a Wine & Cheese Artist reception.

Featuring local artists from the Santa Ynez Valley:
Susan Belloni, Laura Scandalis Cross, Ginny Speirs & Sherry Uyeda

The art exhibit will be on display the ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH available for viewing during regular Friends of the Buellton Library hours with a special Wine & Cheese Artist Reception event on Saturday, March 7th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. The event is Free! Everyone is welcome!

Located in the Friends Room at the Buellton Public Library at 202 Dairyland Rd, Buellton.
The Friends’ Room regular store open hours are: Mon. 10-Noon, Tue. 2-4pm,. Sat. 11-1pm.

All art is for display only. Contact information of the artists will be available.

For questions email: FriendsOfTheBuelltonLibrary202@gmail.com or Visit: FOBLbuellton.org

The Friends of the Buellton Library is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to raise money and public awareness in the community to support the services and programs of the library. Visit the website for more info and additional upcoming events.

Celebrating its 40th year, the California Strawberry Festival returns Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds (10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001). The family-friendly event features Strawberry-themed favorites, including strawberry nachos, chocolate-dipped strawberries, strawberry kabobs,
strawberry popcorn, margaritas and more.

Festival goers can also enjoy nearly 150 arts and crafts vendors, an expanded Strawberryland for kids, live entertainment on three stages, carnival rides, and a "build-your-own" Strawberry Shortcake Experience.
Trays of freshly picked, vine-ripened strawberries are available for purchase at the festival and used in festival strawberry-themed foods.

Since its inception, the nonprofit festival has contributed over $4.9 million to Southern California nonprofit organizations.

Limited on-site parking ($30). Visitors are encouraged to use the free park and ride shuttles nearby or take advantage of the Ventura Amtrak Station across the street. Click www.castrawberryfestival.org/getting-here for transportation options.

For more about the festival, go to www.CAStrawberryFestival.org.

What can Shakespeare – or literature more generally – tell us about ethics? In the Pacific Views Talk for Spring 2026, Professor Jim Kearney (English) discusses the ways that Shakespearean theater invites its audiences to be entertained by the vicarious experience of the ethical, often ethics in some extreme or impossible circumstance.

What does it feel like to be enjoined to avenge your father’s death? What is it like to banish your daughter or disavow your community? To forgive the unforgivable? To murder? Shakespeare and his fellow early modern playwrights inherited and developed rhetorical and philosophical practices geared toward the creation of immersive virtual experience.

This talk approaches Shakespearean theater as a lab or platform in which the experience of ethics in extreme circumstances is simulated. Drawing on his new book Shakespearean Ethics in Extremity: Phenomenology, Theater, Experience (Oxford University Press, 2025), Kearney investigates Shakespeare’s attempts to capture – or conjure or discover or create – forms of what we might call ethical experience.

Jim Kearney is a Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at UCSB. He specializes in early modern literature with research interests that include ethical experience, the history of emotion, phenomenology (including the phenomenology of theater), various materialisms, religious identity and transformation, and the history of reading.

Kearney’s approximately 45-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

Advance registration is recommended as space is limited.

On Tuesday, March 17th at 7PM, the Ventura County Interfaith Community will try to answer the question of Why We Do Interfaith Dialogue. It will do so by suggesting that interfaith dialogue is a pathway both to peace and to personal growth.

Responding to this question will be:
Dr. Tim Helton,
Rabbi Michael Lotker
Imam Muhammed Shoayb Mehtar.

The event will take place as part of the Catholic University Series at Padre Serra Perish. The organizers of the University Series charge a nominal $15 per class (or $10 prior to February 16th if you register at The University Series [link below] with an accompanying friend attending free.

All are welcome to attend whether Catholic or not, so please consider sharing this information with friends and family!

ABSTRACT: The soil system stores twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and all the world’s vegetation combined. The exchange of greenhouse gases between the soil and the atmosphere controls the composition of the earth’s climate.  Over the last two centuries, human actions have increased the flux of greenhouse gases from soil to the atmosphere. Recent studies highlight soil management's role in reversing the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by implementing climate-smart land management practices. This presentation will discuss the fundamental mechanisms by which the soil system controls the earth’s climate and the potential of different land management practices to bend the curve of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
In addition, Dr. Berhe will discuss her career trajectory from being a professor to leading one of the largest science funding agencies in the nation, infusing the perspective of an earth system scientist into science policy. 

Valley Watercolor Society, one of the largest art organizations in our area, will hold its annual exhibit of members' paintings at the TO Art Gallery located next to the library on Borchard Road. There will be a reception open to all on Sunday March 8 from 3 to 6 PM.

Discover your strengths, clarify your goals, and plan your future. Take the next step with confidence. Start planning your path today!

This two-session workshop focuses on the assessment of your strengths, interests, values, personality and abilities in the context of career and education planning Improve decision-making skills by exploring your own decision-making styles and applying specific models to the career planning process.

Personalized Career Planning takes place on Tuesday, February 20 & February 27, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Course number (CRN): 52331
Date: Tuesday, February 20 & February 27
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Format: In-Person
Location: Wake Campus at 300 N Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Class cost: Free, registration required
Contact: Register online at https://sel.sbcc.edu

SELAdmissions@sbcc.edu

For help with registration, visit Schott or Wake Campus Welcome Centers during walk-in hours, or call (805) 683-8201. For hours and more resources, go to sbcc.edu/extendedlearning/get-help.php


SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Career Skills Institute
Boost your career with SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Career Skills Institute courses. Our courses are designed to help you land a job, get promoted, or build your business. Earn a certificate and digital badge to prove your skills and stand out to employers. Ready to sharpen your negotiation skills or build a foundation in computer or design skills? SBCC Career Skills Institute offers the courses and certificates you need to stay competitive and confident in today’s job market. Save the Date: April 29, THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT Job Fair. Find out more at https://www.sbcc.edu/extendedlearning/job_fair.php

On the occasion of her first comprehensive museum survey show, please join Vietnamese American artist and UCSB Alumna Tiffany Chung for an intimate artist talk followed by a moderated Q&A session with AD&A Museum Director, Gabriel Ritter. Chung will discuss the overarching themes and evolution of her artistic practice over the past 25, as well as the process and inspiration behind her site-specific, immersive sound and video installation, Spheres of Time (2026), exclusively on view at UCSB’s AlloSphere.

Tiffany Chung is an interdisciplinary artist globally recognized for her research-driven practice exploring the intersections of history, culture, and geography on both local and global scales. Working across diverse media—including cartography, embroidery, painting, photography, sculpture, video, text, and music—her projects trace shifts in cultural, geopolitical, and natural landscapes shaped by the upheavals of war, displacement, disaster, and global trade.

The Neal Taylor Nature Center Fish Derby is an annual event that has been taking place at Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara, CA since the mid 90s. Every year, hundreds of people venture out for weekend of fun, fishing, and festivities.

The event hosts a variety of activities. People of all ages are welcome to participate. Ages 5 and up can participate in the fish weighing contest, and earn cash and fishing gear prizes. There are also several raffles, with prizes that include fishing gear, gift baskets, local restaurant gift certificates, lake cruises, and more.

Other activities include arts & crafts, workshops, bait-making stations, live music at HOOK’d bar & grill, boat rentals, an on-site disc golf course, and several biking and hiking trails surrounding Cachuma Lake.

REGISTRATION FEES
$35.00 SPECIAL DISCOUNT – Register Online by February 28, 2026
$40.00 – Online or Postmark by April 4, 2026

$45.00 – Postmark by April 11, 2026

$45.00 – Online by April 16, 2026

$50.00 – On-site Fri. 4/17/ to Sun. 4/19/2026

Ages 4-15 years old always – $15.00