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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us at 1st Thursday, happening October 2, from 5:00-8:00pm.

Join us for a special evening co-created with Michael Montenegro of Chicano Culture SB, with a pop-up history exhibit of images from the Museum's Santa Barbara News-Press archive, lowriders in the courtyard, and entertainment including Mariachi Reyes, Folklorico Dancers, and Freddy Castro & Friends!
Free admission, bring a friend! All ages welcome.

Image:
Manuel Unzeuta in front of his mural at Ortega Park, with kids who also helped paint.⁠ Photo by Doug Pensinger, September 14, 1986. Collection Santa Barbara Historical Museum

Santa Barbara Historical Museum
reception@sbhistorical.org
(805)-966-1601
https://www.sbhistorical.org/

In honor of National Recovery Month, Good Samaritan Shelter will be hosting events to bring people together and celebrate individuals and families in recovery while showcasing the incredible resources and support systems available throughout the surrounding communities.


Save the Date and Join Us:
Recovery Day – Santa Maria
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Good Samaritan Campus, 401 W Morrison
Recovery Day – Santa Barbara
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Carousel House, 223 E Cabrillo


Community organizations can host a booth at any or all of these events. This is a great opportunity to connect with the community and celebrate recovery. Please contact Kirsten Cahoon, GSS Director of Homeless Services, at kcahoon@goodsamaritanshelter.org or (805)354-9307.

This self-guided, three-day tour offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience a wide range of original artwork—including painting, sculpture, fiber art, mosaic, collage, jewelry, glass, prints, and mixed media—in the unique and often surprising environments where the art is created. The weekend kicks off with a free public reception on Friday, October 10, from 5–7 PM at the Ojai Valley Museum. Guests can meet the artists, view a special preview exhibit featuring work by all participating tour artists, and pick up tour brochures and maps.

In a decaying Victorian hat shop, a reclusive milliner begins to unravel into madness after a series of strange visits—driven by grief, obsession, and the poisoned whispers of his father’s legacy.

The Last Hat is a one-act ensemble horror play written by Chris Levine, who is also featured as The Mad Hatter. Set in a once-thriving Victorian hat shop, the story follows a quiet and eccentric hatter whose life begins to spiral following visits from a grieving old client, a mischievous boy, and a curious young woman named Eliza.

What begins as a strange but tender connection with her quickly fractures as hallucinations, mercury-induced madness, and the weight of his father’s gruesome legacy consume him. With haunting imagery, dark humor, and stylized horror, the play weaves obsession, craftsmanship, and unrequited love into a final act of beauty and brutality that no one will forget.

The Last Hat is directed by Megan Ripchik, produced by Erica Tenaglia. Proceeds support the Santa Monica Playhouse Save the Main Stage Benefit Campaign. Rated 18+

The beautiful Main Stage was destroyed in a water damage disaster in July 2024. Wonderful support is helping us make major inroads towards the rebuild - but we need your help! Please join Chris Levine, Megan Ripchik, Erica Tenaglia and their wonderful company of artists in bringing this iconic theatre back to life. Add a donation to your admission ticket or donate online at SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com.

Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by generous contributions from the We Are Santa Monica Fund, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, and Playhouse PALS.

Saturday, October 25 at 8pm
Sunday, October 26 at 4pm

Join Many Mansions’ 21st Annual Bowls of Hope on Sunday, October 12, 2025, in Thousand Oaks!

This beloved community tradition raises vital support for the work to provide homes and life-changing services to our neighbors overcoming homelessness and housing insecurity. Enjoy delicious food from our partners at Slate Bistro, hands-on activities like bowl painting, family-friendly fun, and immersive experiences that bring our mission to life. Together, we’ll celebrate hope, community, and the vision of building homes, enriching lives, and uplifting communities.

In honor of National Recovery Month, Good Samaritan Shelter will be hosting events to bring people together and celebrate individuals and families in recovery while showcasing the incredible resources and support systems available throughout the surrounding communities.


Save the Date and Join Us:
Recovery Day – Santa Maria
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Good Samaritan Campus, 401 W Morrison
Recovery Day – Santa Barbara
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Carousel House, 223 E Cabrillo


Community organizations can host a booth at any or all of these events. This is a great opportunity to connect with the community and celebrate recovery. Please contact Kirsten Cahoon, GSS Director of Homeless Services, at kcahoon@goodsamaritanshelter.org or (805)354-9307.

UC Santa Barbara Library invites you to the opening event for Unyielding Voices: Global Resistance and the Black Radical Tradition, an exhibition documenting the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, whose seminal scholarship and activism had wide-ranging influence at UCSB, in academia, and across many public arenas.

The event features a reception followed by a moderated conversation between Elizabeth Robinson, Charlie Hale, SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences, and Lidia Uziel, Associate University Librarian for Research Resources and Scholarly Communication, engaging the exhibition’s central themes—universities as sites not only for preserving freedom of expression but also for promoting social justice and the betterment of societies.

Featuring materials from the Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive and other special collections, the exhibition reflects on the archive as a living space for dialogue, resistance, and the re-imagining of institutional responsibility, while exploring the power of archives to preserve, reinterpret, and amplify movements of resistance across the globe. By foregrounding voices historically silenced or marginalized, Unyielding Voices challenges patterns of inequity and envisions new possibilities for archival practice, community engagement, and collective memory.

The event also includes welcome remarks by University Librarian Todd Grappone and reflections from Maegan Miller-Likhethe, Assistant Professor of Global Studies, on her new role as Faculty Director of the Robinson Archive Project and the future directions of the project.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

Advance registration is recommended as space is limited.

Panteón Fest returns to Downtown Oxnard for it's 3rd Annual Día de los Muertos Festival. Hosted by Pipiripau, a local brand celebrating the beauty of Mexican culture through art, music, and tradition.

This year’s event features live performances from four acts, including LA-based band Poco Pocho, a theatrical play highlighting storytelling and heritage, and traditional dances from across Mexico. Guests can also experience Aztec dancers, community altars, an art gallery showcasing 21 local artists, and the popular Catrín & Catrina Contest.

More than just a festival, Panteón Fest is a day of remembrance and celebration—honoring loved ones while uniting people across generations.

Compose poems using found words from vintage printed materials and create a unique collage to display your work. Share your poem in an impromptu reading and celebrate your creativity! All materials and tools are included in this workshop taught by EE Makerspace Coordinator Andrew Baker. For ages 13+.

Pricing:
General: $25
Student/Educator: $20

Spots are limited. Reserve your seat today!

Join guest artist Karen Schroeder in the EE Makerspace to explore the magical, dimensional world of tunnel books. Also called “telescopic books.” a tunnel book creates a three dimensional depth illusion when viewed from a single point, like looking through a peephole. When the book is pulled open, a miniature scene or landscape is revealed.

For ages 13+. All materials and tools are included.

Pricing:
General: $40
Student/Educator: $35

Spots are limited. Reserve your seat today!