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A brand-new Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical in which not one, not two, but three Dorothys come face to face with the Wizard, the Queen of Hearts, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, the White Rabbit, Fairygodmother, and – well, but we don’t want to give away all the surprises.

“You won’t find more professional theatre – for children or adults – anywhere in Los Angeles!” LA PARENT

Did you know that all Fairytale Portals connect directly to the land of OZ? Did you know that the Ozian witches of the East, North, South and West have a fifth sister? Did you know that Emerald City isn’t always in the same place, and only there at all when you need to find it? The three Dorothys – Dorie, Dotty and Dorotea – didn’t know it either. And oh, what an adventure awaits them, and you, on this wonderful musical journey.

“One of LA’s most respected theatre companies!” The Hollywood Reporter

Not just for girls, all ages will delight in this interactive theatre experience as they help guide our Dorothys from a little farm in Kansas along the yellow brick road to a royal destiny in Emerald City. Featuring Actors’ Repertory Theatre members Holly Gibson, Shravana Karthekiyan, Isabel Lindley, Michala Peltz, with Cydne Moore and Joseph Perez, this delightful musical comedy is written and directed by Playhouse Co-Artistic Directors Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie. Magical multi-media FX by James Cooper and sparkling costume design by the award-winning Ashley Hayes make this the perfect weekend afternoon outing for the whole family to enjoy together.

“Best Parties in LA!” CBS.COM

Birthday parties, hosted by gaily costumed fairy tale characters, are available for every performance

Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by generous grants 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, the Ahmanson Foundation and Playhouse PALS.

UC Santa Barbara Library invites you to a reception celebrating the new exhibition Elena Yu: Weaving Ephemera – 30 Years of the Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection at UCSB Library. Meet artist Elena Yu and learn how she reinterpreted book dust jackets and other materials she found in the Library’s Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection space to make curtains for the exhibition. By abstracting, enlarging, and translating the materials onto curtains, Yu extended the lifespan of both the objects and the histories they remain connected to.

The event will include remarks from Yu, Professor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval (Chicana and Chicano Studies) and UCSB librarians. Light refreshments will be provided.

The event is free and open to the public. Please note this event may be photographed or recorded.

UCSB Library is pleased to present Heejung Kim (Psychological and Brain Sciences) in the Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series for Winter 2026. In her talk, “Culture and Social Support: Implications for Health and Well-Being,” she explores how relationships lie at the heart of human life, strongly influencing our health and well-being. Yet what counts as a “good relationship” can vary widely across cultures. Different cultural values—such as prioritizing personal independence or emphasizing group harmony—shape how people set social expectations, regulate emotions, and interact with those closest to them. In this talk, Kim will present her research on how these cultural differences influence the way people use and benefit from social support when dealing with stress.

Heejung Kim is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB. Her research interests are in cultural psychology, looking at how culture influences psychological processes to understand why and how people engage in a range of everyday behaviors, such as acting pro-environmentally, giving and seeking social support, making product choices, and interacting with others from different cultures. Her research has been funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation.

Kim’s approximately 45-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

Advance registration is recommended as space is limited.

Across the nation, the boundaries of free speech are being tested. From challenges facing journalism, higher education, and peaceful protest to debates over academic freedom and viewpoint diveristy, questions about the First Amendment are taking on new urgency. How can we make sense of these shifts and protect the core freedoms that systain a democratic society?

This luncheon, sponsored by American Association of University Women Interbranch Council (Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley, will feature a panel of faculty and students from The Colleges of Law in Ventura and Santa Barbara that will discuss the topic. Led by Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Brandy Price, JD, the panel will address these questions and more.

Tickets are $40 for buffet Italian lunch and program. Register by January 12th to ensure your spot.

Dive into printmaking with our hands-on workshop designed for artists of all levels. Learn the technique of linocut printmaking on soft, easy-to-cut rubber blocks and create a design to make unique handmade stationery, cards, or art for your home. This workshop will provide you with all of the materials and tools necessary to create stamps and printed stationery from start to finish. Ages 13+.

Ojai Music Festival and Black Barn Sessions present Sound Unseen, a unique musical experience where the visual element of the performance is removed, and the audience is enveloped in sound as the music fills the space and surrounds the listeners. Featuring a new work by Mattie Barbier, created expressly for this event and played by members of the new music collective Wild Up.

Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) is hosting its first free “Farm Day Every Day” tour for 2026 at Allan Hancock College Student Vineyard & Farm in Santa Maria on Saturday, January 31, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Visitors of all ages will tour the student vineyards, fruit orchard, greenhouse and diverse garden areas, and learn about the impact students are having on local agriculture.

SEEAG hosts its annual Farm Day in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and student agriculture education programs. The Santa Barbara County Farm Lab site is at Allan Hancock College and will be open to visitors during the January 31 Farm Day Every Day event.

Farm Day Every Day is a year-round initiative that builds the connection between the public and local agriculture by offering free farm tours in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

Registration for the January 31 tour opens on Friday, January 23 at 10:00 a.m. Limited tickets are available. To learn how to register, go to https://www.seeag.org/farm-day-every-day.

Join us for a ribbon cutting at Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop in Santa Barbara! The first 100 guests receive a free Hot Fudge Sundae and tote bag. Enjoy $5 Mini Sundaes, music from a DJ, and giveaways. Don’t miss this sweet celebration!

Celebrate Douglass Day and Black History Month by participating in a national transcribe-a-thon. You’ll learn how to bring 19th century Black history to life by transforming digitized documents from the Colored Conventions Project into legible text. This groundbreaking archive documents how nineteenth-century African Americans organized around critical issues such as voting rights, citizenship, education, labor, racial equality, and more.

This event is free and open to the public. There will be birthday cake, music, and a live stream of the national Douglass Day program. No previous transcription experience is required.

Please bring your own laptop/tablet or borrow a laptop from the Library Services Desk in the Paseo to participate in the transcribe-a-thon.

Opening remarks will be made at the start of the event and guests are welcome to drop-in as their schedule allows. Registration is recommended, but not required.
This event may be photographed or recorded.

Cosponsored by the UCSB Library, Department of English, Department of Black Studies, Office of Black Student Development, and the Multicultural Center.

This is not a normal play.
Doors fall off. Actors forget lines. The set has opinions.
And somehow it is one of the funniest nights you will have all year.
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG brings award winning comedy and perfectly planned disasters to the Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks, March 13–29.
Tickets are on sale now at 5startheatricals.com/the-play-that-goes-wrong - come watch the chaos unfold!