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As the leading figure of an entire movement, Andy Warhol is synonymous with the development of Pop Art in America. Beginning his career as a commercial artist, Warhol rose to fame in multiple media. His vast works are an homage to the everyday world, but also comment seriously on the transience of celebrity and the power of mass media. This lecture will be an overview of the career of Andy Warhol.

This lecture can be attended either in-person at the Thousand Oaks campus or virtually via Zoom.

The Fifty and Better (FAB) program was designed for people ages 50 and older, seeking intellectual stimulation through university-level courses — without the pressure of grades — for the sake of learning and social engagement.

Join Our Monthly Sewing & Mending Club! Pre-registration is required.

Discover the joy of creating and repairing with our welcoming community at the EE Makerspace. Whether you’re a seasoned stitcher or just beginning your sewing journey, our monthly club is the perfect place to bring your creative projects to life.

On the 2nd Wednesday of the month, we invite you to join us with your sewing ideas, projects, or mending needs. Our Makerspace is equipped with nine sewing machines and a wide array of materials to fuel your creativity. Plus, our knowledgeable staff is always on hand to offer guidance, tips, and tricks to help you bring your vision to reality.

From crafting personalized garments to reviving old favorites through expert mending techniques, there’s no limit to what you can achieve with our supportive community by your side.

Join us for an evening of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the EE Makerspace. See you there!

Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, the first all-female mariachi in the United States, is that they have paved the way for other female mariachi groups to exist at the professional level. Reyna, which was formed in 1994, has truly broken the stereotypes surrounding Mariachi music. In a musical landscape of songs that are often written by men, and for men, Reyna has created their own history.

Under the leadership of ten-time Grammy nominee, Maestro Jose Hernandez, Reyna was the first female Mariachi to break out of local level recognition to international stardom with original compositions, arrangements, and interpretations of mariachi classics.

Noteworthy accomplishments include playing private concerts for superstars such as George Harrison, John Travolta, and debuting at the Hollywood Bowl. Perhaps their greatest career highlight was performing at the White House for President Obama's Cinco De Mayo celebration. As performers, their passionate vocals, ability to engage the audience, and stellar musicality are second to none, leading to both American and Latin Grammy Nominations.

FOUR FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
Thursday, January 15 | 7 PM | Carpinteria Vets Memorial Building
Friday, January 16 | 7 PM Isla Vista Elementary
Saturday, January 17 | 7 PM | Guadalupe City Hall
Sunday, January 18 | 6 PM | Marjorie Luke Theatre

For more information please visit:
https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/learn/viva-el-arte-de-santa-barbara/

Join our monthly Sewing and Mending Club!

Discover the joy of creating and repairing with our welcoming community at the EE Makerspace. Whether you’re a seasoned stitcher or just beginning your sewing journey, our monthly club is the perfect place to bring your projects to life.

Every month, we invite you come to this workshop with your sewing ideas, projects, or mending needs. Our Makerspace is equipped with nine sewing machines and a wide array of materials to fuel your creativity. Plus, our knowledgeable staff is always on hand to offer guidance, tips, and tricks to help you bring your vision to reality.

From crafting personalized garments to reviving old favorites through expert mending techniques, there’s no limit to what you can achieve with our supportive community by your side.

Join us for an afternoon of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. See you there!

Ages 13+

Working on a creative project that’s not quite done? Finish it up and cross it off your resolutions list! Join other makers, spread out at our big tables, and use our tools and upcycled materials to finalize your masterpiece. Get expert tips while we cheer you on to the finish line. Ages 13+.

Available Tools & Equipment:
• Laser Cutter
• Cricut
• Sewing Machines
• Serger
• Basic Hand Tools
• Glue Guns
• Tracing Table
• Soldering Iron

$15 General

We had a lot of fun with this topic in November. So once again, at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, January 13th, the Ventura County Interfaith Community will explore what three faiths have to say about the animal kingdom. Join us at Alma Via Senior Living Center (2500 N Ponderosa Dr, Camarillo, CA 93010) and discover how the Jewish community, Muslims, and Hindus view their relationship to animals. Speakers will take questions from the audience.

Admission is free, and all are welcome. Please invite friends and family for what promises to be a fascinating evening.

Join us for a Junk Journaling Workshop, where reclaimed and recycled materials become art. Bring your own journal and we’ll provide a treasure trove of upcycled papers, fabric scraps, vintage ephemera, and more. We’ll introduce inspiring junk journaling techniques--the rest is up to your imagination!

This open-style workshop lets you craft freely and connect with fellow journal enthusiasts.

Open to seasoned journalers or those just starting out.

All materials provided--just bring a journal!

Ages 13+.

Since our founding in 1932, collecting and preserving the material and written history of the Santa Barbara area has been at the core of our institution’s purpose and that task is on-going to this day. Every year the Historical Museum adds to the ever-growing collections to better illuminate and share this rich history.
This exhibition highlights just some of the gifts we have added in recent years thanks to the generosity of our community.

Through May 2026

Free Admission
Open Wednesday-Sunday 12:00-5:00pm, Thursday 12:00-7:00pm

Santa Barbara Historical Museum
136 E De la Guerra Street, Santa Barbara 93101
www.sbhistorical.org
805-966-1601

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Our Lady of Atocha, c. 1800
Collection Santa Barbara Historical Museum

Camerata Pacifica ushers in the New Year with four achingly beautiful chamber works for piano and viola by Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann at four Southern California locations on Sunday, January 11, 3:00 pm, at Thousand Oaks’ Janet and Ray Scherr Forum; Tuesday, January,13, 7:30 pm, at The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall in San Marino; Thursday, January 15, 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall, at Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles; and Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:00 pm, at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West. Principal Piano Gilles Vonstattel and violist Che-Yen Chen are the featured artists.

Among the highlights, Camerata Pacifica’s “Beethoven 32” project continues with Vonstattel performing Beethoven’s poignant Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90, and the affecting Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1. “Beethoven 32” is a momentous three-year Beethoven cycle featuring Vonsattel, “a pianist well worth watching” (The New York Times), on all 32 of Beethoven’s sublime piano sonatas in a hybrid blend of solo recitals and chamber programs.

Additionally, Chen joins Vonstattel on Schubert’s heartfelt Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821, and Schumann’s fairy-tale inspired Märchenbilder, Op. 113, which wraps the program with tender reverie. Chen is hailed for playing “with silken finesse” (Dallas Morning News)

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.

Camerata Pacifica ushers in the New Year with four achingly beautiful chamber works for piano and viola by Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann at four Southern California locations on Sunday, January 11, 3:00 pm, at Thousand Oaks’ Janet and Ray Scherr Forum; Tuesday, January,13, 7:30 pm, at The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall in San Marino; Thursday, January 15, 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall, at Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles; and Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:00 pm, at Santa Barbara’s Music Academy of the West. Principal Piano Gilles Vonstattel and violist Che-Yen Chen are the featured artists.

Among the highlights, Camerata Pacifica’s “Beethoven 32” project continues with Vonstattel performing Beethoven’s poignant Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90, and the affecting Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1. “Beethoven 32” is a momentous three-year Beethoven cycle featuring Vonsattel, “a pianist well worth watching” (The New York Times), on all 32 of Beethoven’s sublime piano sonatas in a hybrid blend of solo recitals and chamber programs.

Additionally, Chen joins Vonstattel on Schubert’s heartfelt Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821, and Schumann’s fairy-tale inspired Märchenbilder, Op. 113, which wraps the program with tender reverie. Chen is hailed for playing “with silken finesse” (Dallas Morning News)

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.