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The Santa Barbara City College Foundation's 6th annual Spring Forward! Gala will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the beautiful Great Meadow of SBCC’s West Campus, overlooking the ocean. Please join us in celebrating SBCC and supporting student success!

Sponsorship opportunities are available — visit the Spring Forward! Gala website for more information. (https://www.sbccfoundation.org/spring-forward-gala/ )

We look forward to celebrating and raising funds to support the SBCC Promise, student support programs, scholarships, book grants, emergency funds, and more.

Grupo Bella elegantly expands the styles of traditional Mexican folk with passionate musicianship and a fresh, evolving sound. Led by Grammy-winning vocalist Vanessa Ramirez, the group blends mariachi roots with Mexican pop, boleros, huasteco, and even American classics, creating music that pays homage to the past while pushing boundaries.

FOUR FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
Thursday, September 18 | 7 PM | Carpinteria Vets Memorial Building
Friday, September 19 | 7 PM Isla Vista Elementary
Saturday, September 20 | 7 PM | Guadalupe City Hall
Sunday, September 21 | 6 PM | Marjorie Luke Theatre

For more information please visit:
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/learn/viva-el-arte-de-santa-barbara/

Grupo Bella elegantly expands the styles of traditional Mexican folk with passionate musicianship and a fresh, evolving sound. Led by Grammy-winning vocalist Vanessa Ramirez, the group blends mariachi roots with Mexican pop, boleros, huasteco, and even American classics, creating music that pays homage to the past while pushing boundaries.

FOUR FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
Thursday, September 18 | 7 PM | Carpinteria Vets Memorial Building
Friday, September 19 | 7 PM Isla Vista Elementary
Saturday, September 20 | 7 PM | Guadalupe City Hall
Sunday, September 21 | 6 PM | Marjorie Luke Theatre

For more information please visit:
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/learn/viva-el-arte-de-santa-barbara/

Grupo Bella elegantly expands the styles of traditional Mexican folk with passionate musicianship and a fresh, evolving sound. Led by Grammy-winning vocalist Vanessa Ramirez, the group blends mariachi roots with Mexican pop, boleros, huasteco, and even American classics, creating music that pays homage to the past while pushing boundaries.

FOUR FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
Thursday, September 18 | 7 PM | Carpinteria Vets Memorial Building
Friday, September 19 | 7 PM Isla Vista Elementary
Saturday, September 20 | 7 PM | Guadalupe City Hall
Sunday, September 21 | 6 PM | Marjorie Luke Theatre

For more information please visit:
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/learn/viva-el-arte-de-santa-barbara/

Grupo Bella elegantly expands the styles of traditional Mexican folk with passionate musicianship and a fresh, evolving sound. Led by Grammy-winning vocalist Vanessa Ramirez, the group blends mariachi roots with Mexican pop, boleros, huasteco, and even American classics, creating music that pays homage to the past while pushing boundaries.

FOUR FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
Thursday, September 18 | 7 PM | Carpinteria Vets Memorial Building
Friday, September 19 | 7 PM Isla Vista Elementary
Saturday, September 20 | 7 PM | Guadalupe City Hall
Sunday, September 21 | 6 PM | Marjorie Luke Theatre

For more information please visit:
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/learn/viva-el-arte-de-santa-barbara/

Join us for a sneak peek with Halloween treats at the New Grotenhuis Pediatric Clinics!

Wednesday, October 29
3–6 p.m.
2401 Bath Street in Santa Barbara
(Across from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital)

Bring the family for an afternoon of Halloween fun and treats! Discover the new Cottage Grotenhuis Pediatric Clinics before it opens for care. Grab your costume, take a tour and celebrate our new expanded space.

Activities:
- Face painters
- Treats and refreshments
- Balloon artist
- Crafts for all ages
- Giveaways

PLUS: Enter our costume contest for a grand prize: Nintendo Switch

Additional Details:
- No reservation required
- Parking available
- Minors must be accompanied by an adult

Santa Barbara Symphony- Romantic Hollywood
Valentine’s Weekend!

Saturday, February 14, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 15, 2026 | 3:00 PM
The Granada Theatre

Attend "Conversations with KUSC" with on-air personality Jennifer Miller Hammel
Saturday Pre-Concert Chat | 6:30-7:00 PM
Sunday Pre-Concert Chat | 2:00-2:30 PM

Valentine’s weekend brings the sweep of cinema’s most romantic melodies. A concert of love themes, stories, and songs from Hollywood classics: Out of Africa, Dr. Zhivago, To Kill a Mockingbird, and more!

The Artist
Richard Kaufman, Conductor

For more info and tickets, visit: https://thesymphony.org/concerts-events/orchestra-concerts/romantic-hollywood/

Santa Barbara Symphony- Romantic Hollywood
Valentine’s Weekend!

Saturday, February 14, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 15, 2026 | 3:00 PM
The Granada Theatre

Attend "Conversations with KUSC" with on-air personality Jennifer Miller Hammel
Saturday Pre-Concert Chat | 6:30-7:00 PM
Sunday Pre-Concert Chat | 2:00-2:30 PM

Valentine’s weekend brings the sweep of cinema’s most romantic melodies. A concert of love themes, stories, and songs from Hollywood classics: Out of Africa, Dr. Zhivago, To Kill a Mockingbird, and more!

The Artist
Richard Kaufman, Conductor

For more info and tickets, visit: https://thesymphony.org/concerts-events/orchestra-concerts/romantic-hollywood/

THRILLER 2025
Saturday, October 25th
Halloween Dance Party 2:00pm / Thriller Performance 3:00pm

Every year, World Dance for Humanity hosts Santa Barbara’s Thriller event, a FREE family-friendly dance party and performance. It's part of “Thrill the World,” a global event that happens each year on the Saturday before Halloween. On that day, about 100 dancing Zombies will rise up at the Courthouse Sunken Gardens, casting away inhibitions to create a SPOOKTACULAR community experience! All ages and abilities welcome!

Practices are ongoing!
Wednesdays 6:00pm, Oak Park Stage
Saturdays 9:45am, Beach (Chase Palm Park Soccer Field)

Thriller Info with PRACTICE VIDEOS: https://worlddanceforhumanity.org/thriller/

Join us for a spectacular evening of jazz and orchestral classics with the Rastrelli Cello Quartet on October 21 at the First United Methodist Church in Lompoc.

The Rastrelli Cello Quartet, while committed to tradition, is totally detached from conventional approach, which only serves as a solid foundation as they play popular music, jazz, klezmer and tango. The ensemble has built up a unique and broad repertoire, the likes of which can't be found anywhere else.

The concert will include classics such as:
Dance of the Furies from Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787); Pirates of the Caribbean, Hans Zimmer (1957-); Moon River, Henry Mancini (1924-1994); Pink Panther and a Rock Song Book to include the Beatles, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.

Tickets can be purchased when the doors open at the First United Methodist Church, 925 N. F Street, Lompoc at 6:45 pm.
The concert will begin at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for active duty military and $5 for students. For more information call 805-588-5971, visit www.lompocconcert.org, or check Facebook and Instagram.