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The Fermentation House will host an intimate evening of live music on Friday, March 13, from 6:00–9:00 PM, featuring Southern California artists Dwight Knight and Jayden Secor. The show brings together two distinctive voices in roots-driven and country-rock music for a special night of songwriting, storytelling, and high-energy performance.

Jayden Secor is a country rock artist from Ventura County who delivers a sound that blends modern country with classic southern rock, psychedelic jam, and ’90s grunge influences. As of 2026, Secor has continued to write and grow his extensive catalogue of music while touring regularly with his band across the United States.

Sharing the bill is Dwight Knight, a true rock ’n’ roll raconteur and multi-instrumentalist known for his time with Spitoon, an innovative hick-hop band that shared members with acts such as Heart, Puddle of Mudd, and The Knack. Hailing from Rubidoux, California, Knight’s music is rooted in vivid storytelling that captures life, love, and loss—often delivered with a twang, a grin, and a touch of country flair.

This performance holds special significance as Knight is a former resident of Santa Paula, making the show a homecoming of sorts. After an 18-year hiatus from live performance, he has returned to the Southern California music scene, working on his upcoming record Rust Belt and reconnecting with audiences through intimate venues, coffee houses, and songwriter rounds.

This also marks the first time both artists will appear live in Santa Paula, making the evening a special debut for each in the city. Set against the warm, rustic backdrop of the Fermentation House, the evening promises a compelling blend of seasoned storytelling and emerging country-rock energy.

World Math Day runs for 48 hours, starting on March 25 in Australia and on March 24 in most U.S. locations (due to time differences). It is the world’s largest online math competition, an international celebration of mathematics where 10 million students have answered more than 1 Billion questions. World Math Day is FREE for all and is hosted on the Mathletics platform. All registrants have free access to Mathletics starting on March 12: https://www.3plearning.com/world-Math-day. The 2026 theme, United by Numbers, celebrates the belief that everyone can learn and excel at mathematics when given the right support. Teachers and students need not be Mathletics users to participate.

ABSTRACT: The soil system stores twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and all the world’s vegetation combined. The exchange of greenhouse gases between the soil and the atmosphere controls the composition of the earth’s climate.  Over the last two centuries, human actions have increased the flux of greenhouse gases from soil to the atmosphere. Recent studies highlight soil management's role in reversing the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by implementing climate-smart land management practices. This presentation will discuss the fundamental mechanisms by which the soil system controls the earth’s climate and the potential of different land management practices to bend the curve of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
In addition, Dr. Berhe will discuss her career trajectory from being a professor to leading one of the largest science funding agencies in the nation, infusing the perspective of an earth system scientist into science policy. 

Everyone has a story to tell. Explore ways to tell yours in this workshop hosted by the extraordinary MOTH storyteller Michael David Ker.

You’ll learn simple structure and the best elements to include in your story in this fun, creative and supportive atmosphere.

All experience levels encouraged!

Discover your strengths, clarify your goals, and plan your future. Take the next step with confidence. Start planning your path today!

This two-session workshop focuses on the assessment of your strengths, interests, values, personality and abilities in the context of career and education planning Improve decision-making skills by exploring your own decision-making styles and applying specific models to the career planning process.

Personalized Career Planning takes place on Tuesday, February 20 & February 27, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Course number (CRN): 52331
Date: Tuesday, February 20 & February 27
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Format: In-Person
Location: Wake Campus at 300 N Turnpike Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Class cost: Free, registration required
Contact: Register online at https://sel.sbcc.edu

SELAdmissions@sbcc.edu

For help with registration, visit Schott or Wake Campus Welcome Centers during walk-in hours, or call (805) 683-8201. For hours and more resources, go to sbcc.edu/extendedlearning/get-help.php


SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Career Skills Institute
Boost your career with SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Career Skills Institute courses. Our courses are designed to help you land a job, get promoted, or build your business. Earn a certificate and digital badge to prove your skills and stand out to employers. Ready to sharpen your negotiation skills or build a foundation in computer or design skills? SBCC Career Skills Institute offers the courses and certificates you need to stay competitive and confident in today’s job market. Save the Date: April 29, THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT Job Fair. Find out more at https://www.sbcc.edu/extendedlearning/job_fair.php

On the occasion of her first comprehensive museum survey show, please join Vietnamese American artist and UCSB Alumna Tiffany Chung for an intimate artist talk followed by a moderated Q&A session with AD&A Museum Director, Gabriel Ritter. Chung will discuss the overarching themes and evolution of her artistic practice over the past 25, as well as the process and inspiration behind her site-specific, immersive sound and video installation, Spheres of Time (2026), exclusively on view at UCSB’s AlloSphere.

Tiffany Chung is an interdisciplinary artist globally recognized for her research-driven practice exploring the intersections of history, culture, and geography on both local and global scales. Working across diverse media—including cartography, embroidery, painting, photography, sculpture, video, text, and music—her projects trace shifts in cultural, geopolitical, and natural landscapes shaped by the upheavals of war, displacement, disaster, and global trade.

THE FRIENDS OF THE BUELLTON LIBRARY ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THEIR SPRING ART SHOWCASE IN HONOR OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND MOTHERS’ DAY.

This exhibit for the entire month of May is entitled,“Creating from Within,” featuring four local artists from the Santa Ynez Valley, expressing the love-bond between mother and child, the joy of life, sharing thoughts and feelings without words, and visually representing deeply felt emotions as part of a self-soothing process.

The four artists exhibiting in our Spring Art Showcase are Renée Kelleher, Maggie Powell,Sherry Uyeda & Alexandra Yakutis presenting in various mediums: oils, graphite, water colors, colored pencil, charcoal, and ceramic.

This art will be on display for the entire month of May with an Artist Wine & hors d’oeuvres reception on May 2nd from 4-6pm inside the Friends’ Room at the Buellton Library. The art can also be viewed during our open store hours: Mondays 10am-noon, Tuesdays 2-4pm, and Saturdays 11am-1pm.

Our goal for our art showcases is to highlight Local Artists from the Santa Ynez Valley and bring art appreciation to the community. The Friends’ Room is also a used book store, where we raise funds to support the Buellton Library, host lecture series, and other events.

The California Ethnic & Multicultural Archives (CEMA) and Las Maestras Center present a free and public lecture by Melanie Cervantes, artist and cultural worker. A co-founder of Dignidad Rebelde, a graphic arts collaboration that produces screen prints, political posters and multimedia projects that are grounded in Third World and Indigenous movements, Melanie will discuss her work as a visual artist, inspired by the people around her and her communities’ desire for radical social transformation.

CEMA holds the Dignidad Rebelde Graphic Art Collection, which includes eighty-eight social justice-themed prints and posters produced by the collective from 2002-2024.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

Image Description: Art of an Indigenous woman in front of a teal background with purple dragonflies

Join us for the 18th Women of Achievement Awards Luncheon! The Association for Women in Communications – Santa Barbara (AWC-SB) will celebrate four extraordinary women whose work and leadership have strengthened and uplifted Santa Barbara’s immigrant community at the 2026 Women of Achievement Awards luncheon:

Teresa Alvarez, Executive Director, Carpinteria Children’s Project;
Primitiva Hernandez, Executive Director, 805 UndocuFund;
Viviana Marsano, Assistant Dean, Civic and Community Engagement, UCSB;
Julissa Pena, Executive Director, Immigrant Legal Defense Center.

The honorees embody this year’s theme: Powerful Voices, Purposeful Change – Women Leading Through Civic Engagement, highlighting women who use their platforms to advance equity and strengthen communities.

Tracy Lehr, celebrated journalist at News Channel 3-12, will emcee the event.

Thursday, May 7, 2026
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Cabrillo Pavilion
1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara

Tickets to the luncheon are available at AWC-SB Women of Achievement. Tickets cost $125 for AWC-SB members, $150 for non-members. Funds raised support ongoing professional development opportunities offered by AWC-SB throughout the year.

Join us for a transformative day retreat at a serene private estate in Montecito, where you'll reconnect with your soul, community, and the timeless teachings of the East. This immersive day includes mantra meditation, breathwork, kundalini yoga, sound healing, tea ceremony, conscious connection, and a soul-nourishing, plant-based dinner prepared by Chef Florida of Casa De Las Floras & Chef Stephanie.

This year we will explore the concept of inner peace. Together we will explore the essence of true spirituality and cultivate inner virtues that empower you to live with greater peace, purpose, and connection. The evening will close with music, poetry, and a tea lounge, offering space for reflection and heartfelt community.

This is a rare opportunity and extra special because we will be graced by the venerable teacher, Bhai Bahadur Singh Ji, whom will be traveling all the way from the United Kingdom to be with us for a few precious moments.

Each event there will vary as it is an open forum for discussion for true seekers. We will be in a beautiful intimate setting to be able to receive the authentic teachings of the East by someone whom has walked the path for his entire life.

Since his early childhood, Bahadur Singh Ji, endearingly known as “Bhaji”, grew up in the presence of the respected saints. Bhaji is a 4th generational spiritualist that spent 35 years in the service to His Holiness the late Sant Baba Jaswant Singh Ji Khalsa. The foundational teachings are based in the scriptures of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The Sangat of the Divine Light is a lineage of Oneness in diversity, nurtured in the soil of humbleness, love, and compassion for all.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to sit and meditate in the holy congregation with Bhaji and other divine souls seeking connection with the one divine truth.

"Blessed are those who are graced to meditate at the feet of the Sants. Blessed are those who are graced to sit in the company of the true Sangat." - Siri Guru Granth Sahib Dev Ji

The teachings and practices you learn will change not only your spiritual life but also your day to day life. The way you think, reflect, and how you respond to daily stressors such as anxiety, frustration, doubts, fear, worry and other triggers.

These teachings are for all irrespective of your spiritual disposition and background. We will practice in a safe, non-judgmental, and welcoming space.

All are welcome—no matter your background—to experience a day of insight, elevation, and genuine connection.

This event has been sponsored by the generous members of our community to make this experience accessible to all. We are happy to accept a donation to put towards hosting more events like this, but it is completely unnecessary.

Please note there is limited capacity to this event and it sells out every year. Arrival instructions will be emailed to you 24 hours prior to event start.

We look forward to practicing with you.