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Learn the art of neighborhood sustainability and imagination! 
In this brand-new offering of kids' programming, we are collaborating with Guest Artist Gemma Cooper to create native flower seed bombs and garden collages. Through this event, children will learn about local flowers and plants in the Santa Barbara area and use recycled paper to create seed bombs to share in their neighborhood. In a reflection project, kids will also use reclaimed materials to create collages that explore what their dream garden would look like. All materials are provided, and children will leave with several seed bombs and a collage they have made. Ages 5+

Save the date for Studio Channel Islands’s Fall Fundraiser Event: Sunday, September 21, 2025. Free RSVP for a Celebration of Creativity and Cocktails in the Garden. Or join us for Dinner in the Gallery, featuring an artfully prepared three course meal and live program, for more information please see our website.

“ENCHANTED: An Evening of Magic With Andrew Goldenhersh,” will feature a full magic show starring world renowned magician, Andrew Goldenhersh. A perennial honoree at the legendary Magic Castle, Andrew has received accolades from the prestigious Academy of Magical Arts. Having been voted the Academy's "Parlour Magician of the Year" in 2009 & 2010, Andrew is the only magician to have been nominated for both Close-up Magician of the Year and Parlour Magician of the Year for twelve years in a row.


Andrew is held in high esteem by his peers in entertainment, including Las Vegas superstar Lance Burton (who calls him a "genius") and the world-renowned David Copperfield (who licensed and performs one of Andrew's signature routines). The celebrity list of whom Andrew has entertained includes Johnny Depp, Ringo Starr, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Rod Stewart, Dustin Hoffman, Nicolas Cage, Jason Alexander, Demi Moore, Teri Hatcher, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Carell, Jane Fonda, Robin Leach, Michael Ovitz, and many more.


Following the successful show “ENCHANTED: The Mystery of Mind Reading” featuring mentalist Nader Hanna on July 17 at Bombay, 6 Productions will continue the series bringing world-class magic to Ventura County with this upcoming show on Thursday, September 18. The Enchanted Series of shows have been produced by 6 Productions for the past 4 years in Santa Clarita, where the series saw nine straight sold out shows! The legacy of the series continues in Santa Clarita, and has expanded to Ventura County. Join us for this whimsical series of magic, mentalism and more!


Tickets are $18 and can be purchased through Eventbrite at magicgoldenhersh.eventbrite.com. There is limited seating for this show.

The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum’s 41st Annual Vaquero Benefit Dinner & Auction is Saturday, November 8 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Ramon Becerra, renowned equestrian entertainer, will be honored as Vaquero of the Year in recognition of his decades-long career as a celebrated horse trainer, performer in film, television, advertising, and his live shows. The event at the museum (3596 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez) spotlights the California Vaquero and their influence on modern ranching in California. The evening includes dinner, live music and silent and live auctions. Proceeds benefit the Santa Ynez Historical Museum and the Parks-Janeway Carriage House, as well as its public programs presented throughout the year. Tickets are $225 For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.santaynezmuseum.org/41st-annual-vaquero-benefit-dinner-auction.

Art and science are often seen as distinct, yet both thrive on creativity. Scientists, like artists, seek new perspectives, experiment with ideas, and push boundaries to reveal something novel. The Art of Science competition at UCSB celebrates this shared spirit of innovation, transforming research into striking visual expressions.

Each image in this exhibit is a testament to the imagination that drives discovery. By sharing these creations, we connect as a community in a celebration of curiosity and creativity.

Join us in exploring the beauty of science—where creativity fuels both artistic expression and groundbreaking research!

Join us for our next Film in the Gallery!



This month, we will be screening Andrzej Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament). Based on the 1948 novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski, this film completes the director’s loose war trilogy and is a standalone look at post-World War II Poland. Featuring actor Zbigniew Cybulski in a role which earned him the moniker of “the Polish James Dean”, Ashes and Diamonds has been championed by Martin Scorsese and was included in his Masterpieces of Polish Cinema.



VIP tickets include priority seating and a free drink and snack from our bar.

Join us for our next Film in the Gallery!



This month, we will be screening Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu). A major entrant in the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, this French historical romantic drama revolving around a painter and her commission won the Queer Palm—the first ever film directed by a woman to win the award. Its reputation has continued to enjoy growth since its release, and it is routinely listed as one of the best films of the 21st century. A truly outstanding example of how cinema can utilize diegetic music to maximal effect, this modern masterpiece is not to be missed.



VIP tickets include priority seating and a free drink and snack from our bar.

Join us for another Film in the Gallery! This month, we will be screening Victor Sjöström’s The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen). A sometimes-overlooked standout from the silent era, The Phantom Carriage was voted by FLM—Sweden’s leading film magazine—as the greatest Swedish film of all time, earning the honor above the major of films of Ingmar Bergman and other outstanding Swedish directors. This horror-adjacent film follows David Holm, as he is taken by the ghostly driver of the eponymous carriage and forced to contend with the ways he has selfishly lived his life.



We are beyond excited to present this Swedish masterpiece with the live piano accompaniment of Michael D. Mortilla!



VIP tickets include priority seating and a free drink and snack from our bar.

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Michael D. Mortilla has worked as a full-time, freelance journeyman composer for over half a century. His many commissions include feature films by Frank Capra for Sony/Columbia Pictures, countless scores for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, as well as original scores for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Library of Congress, Olympic Games, Martha Graham Dance Company, and many others. Michael scored the World’s First Internet broadcast of a film in association with the American Film Institute and was resident composer on the faculty at UC Santa Barbara for 14 years. He has lectured at CALARTS and has a teaching license for the City of New York Public Schools. Michael is also the entertainment curator for the Catalina Island Museum for Art & History. He is largely self-taught.

Join us for our next Film in the Gallery!

This month, we will be screening Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru. A tough but enriching look at the last days of a man who is dying of stomach cancer, Ikiru brings together the Japanese master with one of his frequent on-screen collaborators, Takashi Shimura, in career-high marks for both the director and actor. Partially inspired by Tolstoy’s seminal The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Ikiru finds beauty in its search of purpose in ways which are unique within the Kurosawa canon.



VIP tickets include priority seating and a free drink and snack from our bar.

“There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also isn’t an American at all…This is a nation, not a polyglot boarding house.” Although these words might sound familiar considering our contemporary political rhetoric, it was Theodore Roosevelt who uttered these words more than 100 years ago. This course will explore and trace the past, present and future of global authoritarian movements. From the rise of notorious 20th Century dictators such as Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Pol Pot to the present global authoritarian/populist shift, we will examine how and why these forms of government take hold, even in democratic societies. Along these lines, we will play special attention to the American experience with authoritarianism; both its short and long-term consequences and what it tells us about our current global moment.

This course takes place both in-person at the Thousand Oaks campus and online via Zoom.

Course does not meet on Tuesday, September 23.

The Fifty and Better (FAB) program was designed for people ages 50 and older, seeking intellectual stimulation through university-level courses — without the pressure of grades — for the sake of learning and social engagement.