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The Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara is back in action with their opening concert of the season, “Songs of the Sea.” Featuring Maritime Music from all over the world—well-known shanties, such as “The Water Is Wide,” “Haul Away Joe,” “The Wellerman,” and “The Navy Hymn,” as well as a healthy dose of Americana, Spanish, Italian, and much more. Its unique arrangements combine classical instruments with both common and specialized folk instruments in unique arrangements that bring songs to life and are sure to bring a smile. Families welcome!

Storms, betrayal, and revenge are in the air, but so are enchantment, love, and even redemption in Naked Shakes’ new production of “The Tempest,” presented in three outdoor performances in Elings Park’s Godric Grove, held Thursday and Friday, September 11 and 12 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, September 14 at 3 p.m.

Currently celebrating its 20th season, the acclaimed UCSB ensemble presents a new production in its hallmark style of raw, energetic Shakespeare based on the power of the actors and the language of the Bard.

The company not only performs on campus but has also appeared at Italy’s Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival, Southwest Shakespeare Company at Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Arizona), Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Westmont College, and Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Barbara. Visit www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/performance-programs/naked-shakes.

“Naked” refers to the company’s signature style of using minimal props and costumes to focus on the Bard’s brilliant words. Join us for a magical production in celebration of the 20th Anniversary Season of this award-winning UCSB ensemble.

Storms, betrayal, and revenge are in the air, but so are enchantment, love, and even redemption in Naked Shakes’ new production of “The Tempest,” presented in three outdoor performances in Elings Park’s Godric Grove, held Thursday and Friday, September 11 and 12 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, September 14 at 3 p.m.

The company not only performs on campus but has also appeared at Italy’s Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival, Southwest Shakespeare Company at Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Arizona), Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Westmont College, and Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Barbara. Visit www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu/performance-programs/naked-shakes.

“Naked” refers to the company’s signature style of using minimal props and costumes to focus on the Bard’s brilliant words. Join us for a magical production in celebration of the 20th Anniversary Season of this award-winning UCSB ensemble.

The Barnes Theater which was the original of the theater was built in 1916. Over the last few decades it has fallen on hard times. It is being restored by Sean McCulley who will be giving the presentation on its history

The Fillmore SAR was the First Search and Recue Team In the County of Ventura, they have been Proudly serving the County since 1946. In those early years, the team would primarily search on horseback because of the rough terrain. In the late 1950s, the Sheriff’s Office augmented their horses and privately owned vehicles with surplus military four- wheel-drive vehicles. In the early 1970s, the Sheriff’s Office formed its Air Unit, and Search & Rescue went airborne. The Sheriff’s Office also began to acquire newer vehicles/equipment to support the Search and Rescue Teams mission. Members of the team will be telling the story of the team from the early days to today.

Join us for An Important Conversation: Advance Care Planning


The ACP will take place in two parts. In part 1, you will learn about what Advance Care Planning (ACP) is, its importance, and how it can help us in the future. In part 2 of the workshop, program volunteers will assist you in reviewing your document to ensure it is legally and properly written. A Notary Public will be available for FREE to notarize your document.


Save the Date and Join Us:
Thursday, October 16th, 4:00PM - 5:30PM, Carpinteria Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito Rd., In Person

Thursday, October 23rd, 4:00PM - 5:30PM, Carpinteria Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito Rd., In Person


Participants should attend BOTH parts of the workshop unless they are updating an old document.


To RSVP, please call (805) 456-4665 or email CommunityACP@hospiceofsb.org.

Artist Reception: Prufrock’s Days of Hands
Join us for a reception celebrating Prufrock’s Days of Hands, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based photographer Tim Bradley. Developed from a personal archive spanning forty-five years, the project is a visual dialogue with T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, weaving together photography, poetry, and gesture. Bradley’s evocative images explore touch, connection, and transformation—inviting viewers to reflect on how art and memory shape one another.

- Homecoming Weekend, October 16, 2025
- 3–5 PM
- William Rolland Art Center, California Lutheran University

Former Hollywood animator, Netflix director, and fine artist, Rich Wilkie, will be hosting a special experience at his private residence. This unique event offers a rare opportunity to delve into the artistic process and personal insights of a celebrated figure who will take you on a tour of his iconic works. He will provide a drawing lab using a live nude model with an emphasis on movement, emotion and mindset. There will be time for conversation and insights with snacks and wine and non alcoholic drinks provided.
● This workshop will explore the state of mind when approaching a quick sketch drawing of a live, nude model, and the understanding that drawing is not about a finished sketch, but the process of creating something of beauty from nothing.
● Rich will share the tips, tricks and lessons he learned working for 25 years in animationHis work includes athletes, celebrities, portraits and his personal deep thoughts on life in general.
● Rich will cover; Goals, State of Mind, Breaking Old Habits, Quick Sketch, Line, Rhythm, and Form - in a fun and entertaining manner.
● Rich will lecture, demonstrate and will work with you one-on-one.
● This is a drawing workshop, but bring the materials you are comfortable working with - except no oil paints.
Bring a chair, small table, or an easel if you prefer.

This event is in Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara. The address will be provided to attendees.

Spaces are limited to ensure an intimate experience. $120 per person. Please RSVP by Date to secure your spot. Adults only.

Contact: Rich@richwilkie.com

See Rich’s work at richwilkie.com

“Mine for the Tribe” is a sermon (I know, no running away yet). Written and performed by Chris Smith, this one person show focuses on mental health in the arts. By following Chris’ journey through growing up on a ranch, attending theater school, being a television producer in LA, leaving LA because of his one-eyed rescue pup and then watching his world crumble as two important women in his life died (one an artist that never faced her demons), he drives home the point that we need to take better care of ourselves and each other to keep creating. Set up in chapters, some are Chris playing cultural avatars from his life phases, interspersed with “book reports” on the ideas that made him know he was an artist and that his brain ain’t like the average person’s (ideas that, as the show points out, make artists go “Fuck, yeah, that!”). Once the greatest tragedy in his life happens, he realizes that once you heal yourself, the mission is to help the other artists around you, so we don’t lose any more. Armed with only a stack of four books and a few easy to add costumes and props, Chris jumps between clowning, character work, intense need to devour interesting ideas and find the honest problem within to help others.

ABOUT CHRIS SMITH
Chris Smith is a country boy who reads philosophy and writes plays. He grew up on a cattle ranch, found theater, went to LA, became a producer for film and TV and then returned to the ranch. These days he’s writing and annoying cattle. As a writer, and due to events that shaped him in this solo show, he’s focusing on two areas that matter to him “Mental Health in the Arts” and “Building Better Men”. After years of acting, writing, directing, producing, designing and other film and theater stuff, he wants to help his fellow artists.

Camerata Pacifica presents landmark works for solo piano by Beethoven and Chopin as well as a Mozart tour de force for woodwinds and horn on a milestone program that launches “Beethoven 32,” a momentous three-year cycle featuring Principal Pianist Gilles Vonsattel on all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a hybrid blend of solo recitals and chamber programs. Setting the tone for this significant project, Vonsattel performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier,” considered among the most demanding and monumental pieces in the solo piano repertoire.

A counterweight to the titanic “Hammerklavier” is Mozart’s Wind Serenade in E-flat Major, K.375, at once ceremonial, seductive, and witty, offering striking aural and emotional contrast to the Beethoven. It features oboists Nicholas Daniel and Claire Brazeau; clarinetists Jose Franch-Ballester and Pascal Archer; bassoonists Eleni Katz and William Wood; and Melia Badalian, horn.

To close the program, Vonsattel, “a pianist well worth watching” (The New York Times), plays Chopin’s Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1.

Presented at four Southern California locations, the performances are Tuesday, October 28, 7:30 pm, at The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall in San Marino; Wednesday, October 29, 7:00 pm, at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West; Thursday, October 30, 8:00 pm, at Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles; and Sunday, November 2, 2025, 3:00 pm, at Thousand Oaks’ Janet and Ray Scherr Forum.

For tickets ($75 at The Huntington, Music Academy of the West, and Zipper Hall; $94.40, including fees, at Janet and Ray Scherr Forum) and information, visit www.cameratapacifica.org.