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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

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+

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 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+.

It’s the world premiere of Lou Stone Borenstein's romantic comedy, based on his multi-award-winning short film, "Jewish for Lunch."

Ruth Cohen finally finds the perfect Jewish man to love, marry, and above all, bring home to her Conservative family. But she neglected to ask one, small question: Is he Jewish? Or, can he at least fake it?

Featuring Kate Huffman, Ryle Decocq, Gregory Cohen, Abby Kohl, Ben Horowitz, Amanda Dolan, Daryl Mendelson. Written by Lou Stone Borenstein. Directed by Jeff Jackson. Presented by the Santa Monica Playhouse Jewish Heritage Series.

“Jewish for Dinner” is based on the short film “Jewish for Lunch,” with most of the same cast. It won Best Comedy at the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival, Best Comedy and Best Actor (Rylie Decocq) at the Mentone Film Festival, and Best Jewish Short Film at the Anatolian Film Festival in Turkey.

'Sholom Aleichem' means 'Hello, peace be with you.' For the Santa Monica Playhouse it means 'richness in Jewish theatre for the community to enjoy. The Messenger. The Jewish Heritage Series creates and presents experiences that keep the unique richness of Jewish theatre alive and honor the historical and cultural importance of Jewish heritage. On the cutting edge of Jewish theatre and education, it has touched the lives of over a million people. More than 500 artists have participated, including Annie Reiner, Brenda Krantz, Sammy Shore, Jerry Mayer, Rose Leiman Goldemberg, Connie Stevens, Milton Berle, Groucho, Harpo and Bill Marx. We welcome the creators and performers of Jewish for Dinner to the fold.

Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by 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, and Playhouse PALS.

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.

Ventura County Interfaith Community will present an introduction to Judaism led by Rabbi Michael Lotker.

Rabbi Michael Lotker is the author of "A Christian’s Guide to Judaism." He' a sought after speaker at synagogues, churches and campuses and in June, 2014, he offered the opening prayer at the United States House of Representatives. He's a second career rabbi having been ordained at age 55 from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in 2003. Prior to his ordination from HUC-JIR (the Reform movement’s rabbinic seminary), he received his Master of Hebrew Letters degree. He's presently Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Ner Ami in Camarillo, California, the Scholar in Residence at Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, CA and the Community Rabbi for the Jewish Federation of Ventura County. He is a member of the Central Conference of America Rabbis and the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. His interest and participation in interfaith dialogue stimulated his rabbinic thesis entitled “Ezer Knegdo: Toward a Theology of Jewish-Christian Partnership.”

"Mozart and American Voices" isn't just a concert; it's a journey. First: Laugh along with the chaotic comedy of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. It's elegant, witty, and timelessly funny. Then: Be moved by the stirring stories of the American stage. Feel the optimism of Bernstein's Candide, the soulfulness of Gershwin and the depth of Barber and Sondheim. Whether you love opera, Broadway, or just great music, this program has something for you.

Reserve Your Seats Now: https://newwestsymphony.org/