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Glacier National Park boasts some of the darkest skies in the U.S., so it's a perfect spot for a stargazing party at the top of 6,000-foot-tall Logan Pass.

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network presents

The State of Fire; Why California Burns
Talk & Book Signing
with Award Winning Author Obi Kaufmann

Thursday, February 20, 6:30–8:30pm, 2025, FREE

Location: Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum
SBCC West Campus, 800 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Joined by a panel of Community Members &
special guest: Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, Melinda Palacio

Please join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network on Thursday, February 20, for a special evening with naturalist, illustrator, and award winning author Obi Kaufmann, sharing his timely book The State of Fire, Why California Burns.

From the creator of The California Field Atlas, Obi Kaufmann shares a book of stewardship, resilience, and hope. Fire is an essential part of California’s ecology and humans have been using it to shape the California landscape for thousands of years. But today many Californians’ relationship to fire is primarily one of fear.


The free event takes place at the Fe Bland Auditorium/BC Forum on the Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) West Campus on Thursday, February 20, 6:30–8:30 pm. For more information, www.sbpermaculture.org, margie@sbpermaculture.org, 805-962-257.

Community Panel Members include:
Ray Ford, Santa Barbara County backcountry author, photographer & journalist; Betty Seaman, Natural Builder, Spirit Pine; Cooper Lienhart, Nature’s Design & SLO Beaver Brigade;
Em Johnson Community Environmental Council (CEC) Director of Climate Programs

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Cosponsors: Community Environmental Council (CEC); Santa Barbara Beaver Brigade; SBCC Environmental Horticulture, & Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
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On location at the Museum of Natural History Gladwin Planetarium, learn to recognize the constellations of the night sky and track the motions of planets. Additional topics from astronomy and mythology will be used to help us to understand our place in the universe. Unravel the Secrets of the Night Sky takes place on Wednesdays, starting March 30 through April 13. Classes will be held 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Course ID: 24129 Date: Wednesdays, March 30 - April 13 Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Format: In-Person Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Gladwin Planetarium Class cost: $19 Instructor: Krissie Cook Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205.

Celebrate the Earth with CMATO and CReATE STUDIO and join us in the galleries as we explore how something old can become new again! Bring a handful of items that you would normally throw away plus a few things that can be recycled and together we'll incorporate them into a beautiful communal mural while discussing ways we can help protect the planet. The mural will then go on display in the Museum for our community to enjoy. Admission to Family Art Day is free for museum members and a $6 donation for non-members. All materials will be provided. Members, use promo code CMATOMEMBER

Kenneth Kamler, Md is a surgeon who also climbs mountains. He was team doctor on three expeditions to the top of Mount Everest, including the disastrous 1996 trip during which 6 people died. Kamler is both storyteller and advisor in his book, Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account including the 1996 Disaster. (The Lyons Press) Blackened limbs due to severe frostbite were the least of his troubles. I-V fluids are frozen solid, and abrasions cannot heal at such high altitudes. Kamler's day job is Director of the Hand Treatment Center in Hyde Park, New York, where he is a microsurgeon. He's done research on telemedicine for NASA and Yale Medical School.

NAMBA’s Playwrights’ Splash Festival, 5 Cultures and 5 Perspectives in 5 Shows presenting 5 Years or 5 Minutes, Sunday, August 6, 7 pm. Written and performed by Jonatan Pinke, directed by MJ Karmi. Winner Hollywood Producers Encore Award. Nominated for Best Solo Show & Splash Award at the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Based on a true experience, a young man says goodbye to his family and friends to find his story. With only a backpack, while Covid closes borders, he finds himself on the streets of Spain scared, hungry and in a lot of pain. See how he survives it all with an epic tale of adventure to tell.

Parents can have an evening to themselves while their kids have fun under supervised care at the Yarrow Family YMCA, Friday, August 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

While parents spend the event out, their kids will enjoy a night of carnival games, races, prizes, and basketball gym free play. All activities are led by YMCA staff.

The cost is $20 per child (YMCA members) and $30 per child (non-YMCA members). The minimum age is 4 (must be able to use the restroom on their own).

The Yarrow Y is at 31105 Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Westlake Village. For more information and to register, go to https://www.sevymca.org/events.

Brittney Burchett is a 30 year old from Ventura, California. She began singing on stage at the age of 6 and started singing even before she could speak. Music has always been a big part of her life, but she didn’t start writing it until she was 16 (when she first picked up the guitar). Since then, she has written over 300 original songs in multiple bands and other musical projects. Her singing styles include but aren’t limited to jazz, blues, R&B, punk, country, rock, and even a little opera. She is mostly compared to the late singer Janis Joplin.

Please join the Santa Barbara Prime Time Band, directed by Dr. Paul Mori, in a Holiday Music Celebration and Community Sing-Along on Friday December 15th from 6:00 to 7:00 pm on the State Street steps of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Guest vocalists Gary Smith and Miriam Dance and the Dos Pueblos High School Choir, directed by Courtney Anderson, will be joining the band in a selection of holiday favorites that include everything from traditional carols to contemporary classics. Bring the entire family to sit back and relax, and then be immersed in a community sing-along. This event is sponsored by Downtown Santa Barbara.

The 78th Ojai Music Festival, June 6 to 9, 2024, welcomes as Music Director pianist Mitsuko Uchida, one of the most universally admired artists of our time. The Festival will include more than 20 concerts and free events in the beautiful setting of the Ojai Valley with programs that span from Uchida’s lifelong exploration of the Mozart piano concertos to music by some of today’s most compelling composers.
The 2024 Festival welcomes Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Brentano String Quartet, violinist Alexi Kenney, cellist Jay Campbell, harpist Julie Smith Phillips and introduces soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon, percussionist Sae Hashimoto, accordionist Ljubinka Kulisic and bassist Rick Stotijn to Ojai audiences.