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Join Our Monthly Crochet and Knitting Circle!

Yarn Buddies is a welcoming crochet and knitting circle held at the Explore Ecology Makerspace! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just beginning your fiber arts journey, our monthly club is the perfect space to bring your projects to life.

We invite you to drop in with your most recent project and fiber arts questions every month. Our knowledgeable staff will be there to offer any tips and tricks to help bring your project to life. The Makerspace will provide crochet hooks, knitting needles, stitch counters, and yarn that participants can borrow and even leave with their ball of yarn each month.

Join us for a night of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. See you there!

Join Our Monthly Sewing & Mending Club!

Discover the joy of creating and repairing with our welcoming community at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. Whether you're a seasoned seamstress or just beginning your sewing journey, our monthly club is the perfect place to bring your projects to life.

Every month, we invite you to drop in with your sewing ideas, projects, or mending needs. Our Makerspace is equipped with nine sewing machines and a wide array of materials to fuel your creativity. Plus, our knowledgeable staff is always on hand to offer guidance, tips, and tricks to help you bring your vision to reality.

Join us for a night of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. See you there!"

Welcome the fresh scents of spring in this Candle Making Workshop with special guest artist Claire Giroux! Using reclaimed jars, we’ll craft beautifully scented candles, blending eco-conscious creativity with custom fragrance combinations. Claire will guide you through the candle-making process, sharing expert tips on wax pouring, scent mixing, and upcycling materials. Whether you love floral, herbal, or citrusy aromas, you’ll create a unique candle to brighten your home or gift to someone special.
All materials provided. Open to all skill levels. Come spark your creativity with sustainable candle crafting!

Celebrate the breezy beauty of spring with a one-of-a-kind Beaded Windchime Workshop! Using reclaimed beads generously donated by Zadd, we’ll craft colorful, musical windchimes that bring charm to any space. Learn how to repurpose beads, upcycle found materials, and design a unique piece that sings with the wind. This workshop blends sustainability with creativity, perfect for all skill levels, giving new life to discarded treasures. Join us for an evening of eco-friendly crafting, and let your creativity chime in! All materials included!

Let your imagination take the lead at Crafternoons, every Wednesday from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm and Saturday from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, in the EE Makerspace above Art From Scrap.
Join us for our May Crafternoons: Tinker Lab, where creativity meets sustainability! This month, we're working on creative machines that jump, fly, and walk with reclaimed materials. Perfect for all ages and skill levels, these eco-friendly projects encourage kids to craft purposefully while having a blast.
Craft for the Earth Projects include:
Jack & Jill Jumpers – Craft classic pull-string jumping jack toys using reclaimed paper and brads—watch their arms and legs spring to life with a tug!
Marionettes – Create your own characterful puppets using upcycled materials, string, and imagination—then bring them to life with a tug of a string!
Upcycled Aviators – Build playful airplanes from repurposed bits and bobs, and let your creativity take flight!
Come craft and create with us! Sign up now!
Cost: $8.00 per person. Crafternoons are for kids ages 5 and up. Please note that our workshop is upstairs and utilizes hot glue guns. Adults must remain in the EE Makerspace with their child.
We have something for everyone at the EE Makerspace, so bring the kiddos—Crafternoons are just for them!

Unleash your creativity in our Junk Journaling Workshop, where reclaimed and recycled materials become art! Bring your own journal, and we’ll provide a treasure trove of upcycled papers, fabric scraps, vintage ephemera, and more. This open-style workshop lets you craft freely, explore new techniques, and connect with fellow journal enthusiasts. We’ll introduce inspiring junk journaling styles, from layered collages to pocket-filled pages, but the rest is up to your imagination! Whether you're a seasoned journaler or just starting, this is your time to create, relax, and repurpose with purpose.

All materials provided—just bring a journal!

Join us for a hands-on, eco-friendly journey into sewing and mending! In collaboration with the Santa Barbara Public Library and made possible through their generous grant, this free, limited-time workshop series offers community members the chance to learn valuable skills in sewing, repairing, and upcycling clothing and textiles. From beginners to seasoned sewists, all are welcome!

Our knowledgeable staff and volunteers will be on hand to offer guidance, tips, and tricks to help you bring your vision to reality.
Join us for an evening of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the EE Makerspace. See you there!

Space is limited, registration is encouraged to participate.

A Songwriter’s Open Mic
Hosted by Ventura’s beloved troubadour, Henry Stewart

Join us for an enchanting evening of acoustic melodies and lyrical storytelling at NAMBA’s Listening Room! This special event shines the spotlight on both local and visiting talent, offering songwriters a professional yet intimate stage to share their original work—and perhaps one cherished cover song—in front of an appreciative, attentive audience.

Doors open at 6 PM, giving you plenty of time to mingle, relax, and enjoy the welcoming atmosphere of our community. At 6:45 PM, Ventura’s own Henry Stewart, known for his heartfelt and evocative songwriting, kicks things off and sets the perfect mood for a night of musical inspiration.

Each performer gets 10 minutes in the spotlight, supported by NAMBA’s exceptional sound system, microphones, direct-in jacks, monitors, and our beautiful house grand piano. Drinks will be available for purchase, adding to the warmth and camaraderie of the evening.

This event is a community fundraiser, and donations are gratefully accepted to support NAMBA Performing Arts Space.

Led by songwriter Michael Fink, Eaton Young explores the spaces between silence and sound — between the thing you felt and the thing you said too late. With Fink’s rich voice front and center, the band brings you slow burns and sharp turns, tender ghosts and post-punk pulses. Think 80s edge meets handwritten vulnerability. Joined by Erin Kim (cello, keys), Henry Stewart (bass), Michelle Bird (guitar), and Launie Martin (drums), Eaton Young is a shape-shifting, soul-searching opener you don’t want to miss.

From haunting ballads about broken hearts and promises, to groove-driven meditations on distance and longing, Midtown Modern weaves poetic lyrics with dynamic instrumentation. Stewart’s songwriting—sometimes solo, sometimes in partnership with Bird—is the heart of the band’s emotional palette, with each member adding texture and mood in their own way.

This special show is part of a community fundraiser to support the continued magic of Namba Performing Arts Space. Come out, hear something beautiful, and be part of keeping the arts alive downtown.

A young Chicana is sent to her grandmother’s attic to retrieve a pair of shoes tucked away in an old suitcase. Upon opening the suitcase, she appears seemingly unimpressed by the random contents it guards. As she digs through the suitcase, she begins to understand the significance of her abuelita’s belongings and discovers her family’s revolutionary history.

Colibríes Collective is a multigenerational dance company grounded in storytelling, healing, and cultural memory. Inspired by the hummingbird’s symbolism, we use movement to uplift unheard voices and create space for reflection, resilience, and transformation.

Tickets are $20.00 online or $25.00 at the door,