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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

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/

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/

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.

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.

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute Take your leadership from good to great by exploring and applying the top ten skills that every leader must have. You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Emerging Leaders Certificate / digital badge. The Emerging Leaders Certificate develops the additional management, supervisory and leadership skills to open up additional work and advancement opportunities. This certificate is also a gateway into other noncredit and credit programs, helping participants develop workplace skills and training that will qualify them for even more work opportunities. To obtain the Emerging Leaders Certificate, participants must complete a total of four required courses: Required: (1) Leadership Skills (2) Supervisory Skills (3) Motivating Yourself and Others (4) Increasing Productivity Leadership Skills takes place on Tuesday April 26. This class will be held 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Course number: PROW NC006 (CRN 66892) Date: Tuesday, April 26 Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Format: Online Location: Zoom Class cost: Free Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205. About SBCC School of Extended Learning The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit. SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.