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“Pick of the Month!” Show Time Magazine.

The beloved Rudie-DeCarlo musical CINDERELLA is extended through March only, with a stunning multi-media makeover. It’s Cinderella like you’ve never seen her before, with new songs, hilarious special FX, a silent movie segment that will have you falling out of your seat, dazzling costumes, amazing magical prestidigitation, and a story about being true to your dreams and loving yourself as you are that's as meaningful today as ever before.

"A show that will delight children and adults, even if they think they have seen every possible twist on the Cinderella story." reviewplays.com

Dubbed “The Oracle” for his insights into business and policy, Too Big to Fail author and Billions co-creator Andrew Ross Sorkin has long been a leading voice about Wall Street and corporate America. Sorkin lends his journalistic excellence to nuanced long-form conversations with the world’s biggest newsmakers at his annual DealBook Summit, where his recent guests included Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, President Bill Clinton, Alex Cooper and Serena Williams. On the heels of this year’s highly-anticipated summit, and fresh from the Annual Meeting of The World Economic Forum in Davos, Sorkin shares incisive observations from unprecedented access to the most influential figures shaping the world today.

Celebrating 33 Years in Santa Barbara
Two Nights! Two Programs!

Curated and hosted by Roman Baratiak, A&L Associate Director Emeritus

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns for two nights of exhilarating mountain adventures at larger-than-life scale. Featuring the world’s best films on subjects ranging from ice climbing and extreme alpinism to mountain culture and the environment, the tour delivers adrenaline-packed thrills alongside profound messages about human potential and the natural world. An entirely different program of films (TBA) screens each night.

Dates:
Wed, Mar 5 & 6 | 7:00 PM

Screening and Q&A with the Filmmakers

“You don’t realize the limits of what human beings can do unless you’re tested.”– Cara Yar Khan

“Facing the Falls dares viewers to challenge their perception of what people with disabilities are capable of.” People Magazine

Facing the Falls chronicles international disability rights advocate and entrepreneur Cara Yar Khan’s quest to live an extraordinary life and shatter stigma against people living with disabilities. Deep in the throes of an aggressive muscle-wasting disease and no longer able to walk unassisted, Yar Khan ventures out on a daring, 12-day expedition through the Grand Canyon. In this story of fear, hubris, courage and perseverance against the odds, the expedition team grapples with the remote wilderness and comes face to face with their individual demons and insecurities. Co-produced by UCSB’s Wendy Eley Jackson. (Facing the Falls: Celia Aniskovich, 2024, 34 min.)

Registration is recommended (but not required) for this FREE event. Seating is unreserved/general admission. To ensure the best experience possible, we encourage patrons with accessibility requirements to contact the A&L ticket office in advance.

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network’s
2025 Annual Eco Hero Award
Honoring Bill & Athena Steen & Roxanne Swentzell
Natural Building Pioneers

Sunday, March 23, 6:30-9pm, 2025
TICKETS $10, $20, & Friends of Eco Hero $100 (students & kids free)

Location: Lobero Theatre
33 E Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Tickets on Sale Now: Lobero Ticket Office

Reception follows in the Lobero Courtyard for all ticket holders

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network celebrates its 5th Annual Eco Hero Award, continuing to honor those making significant and positive change, this time honoring Natural Building pioneers, Bill & Athena Steen & Roxanne Swentzell, joining us in person on Sunday, March 23, 2025.

All three hail from the American Southwest, they are natural builders, authors and acclaimed artists, each one devoted to the beauty of the land, with a commitment to building with care of the earth as a priority.

$5,000+ in cash prizes and more! Prize categories for trout, bass, catfish, crappie and carp! Raffles, kids acrtivities, and family fun! Learn more at https://www.troutderby.org/about/

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.

Camping is available at Cachuma Lake Recreation Area during the event, and is booked separately through the Santa Barbara County website. Reservations fill up quick, so make sure you plan far in advance!

This is a family-friendly event, and all are welcome! We look forward to welcoming you to the Fish Derby!


The Fish Derby is a fundraiser for The Neal Taylor Nature Center, a non-profit that operates within the Cachuma Lake Recreation Area. Founded in 1988, the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake is celebrating over three decades of connecting kids and adults to discovering the wonders of their own backyard – Cachuma Lake and the Santa Ynez watershed. The nature center hosts thousands of people every year and helps educate the masses about the wonders of the natural ecology and history of the Santa Ynez River Valley. Learn more about clnaturecenter.org/about

Join us for a night of pop, rock, and more with an incredible line-up of vocalists including Shelley Regner (Ashley in Pitch Perfect franchise, original Mezzo member of Disney’s DCappella), John Krause (original Broadway cast of Hadestown, Wicked tour), Molly McCook (Fox's Last Man Standing), Trent Mills (McCoy-Rigby tour of The Little Mermaid, Center Theatre Group's A Christmas Story, 5-Star's Shrek and Music Man), and Isabella De Souza Moore (currently on the national Annie tour) and backed by Music Director & Singer-Songwriter Casey Comstock, guitarist Will Tone, and drummer Austin Farmer.

100% of ticket sales and money raised going directly to benefit two schools and their performing arts programs that were destroyed in the Palisades and Eaton fires. Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School which sustained significant damage by the Eaton Fire and Palisades Charter High School which had extensive campus damage caused by the Palisades Fire.

The Santa Barbara-based Doublewide Kings play a uniquely tweaked blend of original music and cover tunes that brings new passion to the familiar pleasures of roots-rock, Americana, country-blues, and the glory days of ‘70s FM radio.

With sommelier-like precision, these every-day Joes have cobbled together a repertoire that combines the deepest and most rewarding of old vine cuts with their own tasty, freshly-pressed songs, and the heady result is that, in the hands of the Kings, rock’n’roll once again feels urgent, exhilarating, and above all, fun.

From shimmering harmonies and delicate acoustic work to soaring guitar solos and big, bottom-swaying grooves, the Doublewide Kings bring their own crafty magic to every stage they step on, and they don’t quit until band and audience have become one happy, sweaty, satisfied tribe.

If you miss the soul-edifying thrill of live, bold rock’n’roll, the Kings are ready to light you up again. If you’ve never experienced that particular thrill, the Kings would be honored to show you how it’s done. "

Guest speaker Chancellor Lorne Everett will present a lecture on his experience over 35 years as Chairman within the World Federation of Scientist. Dr Everett will present insights into nuclear war, world pollution, plastics, the world water crisis, asteroid impacts, and other Planetary Emergencies and highlight environmental concerns closer to home.

Chancellor Lorne Everett will share his experience over 35 years as a Chairman within the World Federation of Scientists, headquartered at CERN (home of the Large Hadron Collider) in Geneva Switzerland. The meetings on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies are chaired by the Science Advisor to the Pope and are held in 3 repurposed monasteries in Erice Sicily. Over 124 Nobel Laureates have participated in these meetings including numerous key players in the Manhattan Project.

Dr Everett will present insights into nuclear war, world pollution, plastics, the world water crisis, asteroid impacts, and other Planetary Emergencies. Although the annual meeting in August is held in 3 monasteries in Sicily, a second meeting is often held in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican. Rare pictures of the Pope’s private quarters and gardens will be shown. The Pope often sends a letter of welcome to our meetings and has been the keynote speaker.

When: Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake
Meet and greet with light refreshments after the presentation.
Lecture and Admission to the Nature Center – Donation
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Tasty treats have a strawberry twist at the 39th Annual California Strawberry Festival, Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds (10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001). Strawberry-themed nachos, chocolate-dipped strawberries, strawberry kabobs, popcorn, and margaritas are just a few of the choices. The festival also features 150 artists and crafters, a 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 at the festival and used in festival strawberry-themed foods. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. both days. General admission is $15, active military with ID and family and seniors 62 and over, $10, youth ages 5 to 12, $8 and children 4 and under are free. Limited parking onsite. Visitors are encouraged to use the free shuttle service nearby or take advantage of the Ventura Amtrak Station across the street. For more information, go to www.CAStrawberryFestival.org.