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Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair, as Ice in Paradise presents Be Our Guest On Ice! Jeanne and Jinelle Productions brings a reimagined spectacle inspired by the music of Beauty and the Beast to Ice in Paradise. One show only will be presented on Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 6:30-7:30pm. Tickets are available for Upstairs ($20) or On Ice ($30) Seating.

This Mother’s Day, May 10th, pet lovers and their four-legged family members are invited to celebrate the special bond between moms and their “furbabies” at this fun, family-friendly community event benefiting the Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation.

Join us in charming Old Town Orcutt at the Blast 825 Stockyard for a joyful afternoon filled with costumes, community, and compassion — all while helping raise critical funds for animals in need. Dress up with your dogs, cats, or other beloved companions and stroll through the historic district, visiting local merchants and collecting stamps on your event “paws-sport” passport. Completed pawssports will be entered into prize drawings featuring amazing donations from local businesses and sponsors.

Enjoy a lively costume contest with categories like Best Mom & Furbaby Duo, Funniest Costume, Most Creative, Best Rescue Story, and Crowd Favorite. Winners will be announced during the afternoon celebration, along with raffle drawings, sponsor recognition, and a special spotlight on adoptable shelter animals.

Event Schedule:
• 12:00–12:30 PM: Check-in & Costume Viewing at Blast 825 Stockyard
• 12:30–2:00 PM: Sidewalk Stroll of Old Town Orcutt
• 2:00–3:00 PM: Live Music, Awards, Vendors, Adoptions & Festivities at Blast 825 Stockyard

Proceeds support lifesaving programs including medical care, foster support, and adoption services for Santa Barbara County animals.

Registration is FREE! Sign up here: https://sbcanimalcare.app.neoncrm.com/eventReg.jsp?event=2

Bring your family, invite your friends, and come celebrate the joy that animals bring to our lives — all while making a difference.

For more information about registration, sponsorship opportunities, or to support the event, please visit the Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation website. www.sbcanimalcare.org.

Step into history and spend an evening that lingers long after the lights come up.

Last Call at Maud’s: An Immersive Screening Experience transforms Jo Ann Block’s exhibition into the final night inside San Francisco’s oldest and most beloved lesbian bar. As the documentary unfolds, the gallery becomes Maud’s itself—alive with atmosphere, memory, and community—dissolving the distance between then and now.

You will not simply watch the story. You will stand inside it.

Surrounded by textures of the space, the echoes of conversation, and the quiet gravity of what once was, you are invited into a turning point in LGBTQ+ history.

This is a tribute to the women who built sanctuary, forged connection, and shaped a cultural legacy that still resonates.

Part film. Part installation. Part living history.

Attendance is free; RSVP required.

Doors open 1 hour prior to event start time for mingling with drinks and small bites.

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Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture on Religion in American Life at UCSB Library, featuring Dr. Randall Balmer. This annual lecture highlights scholarship and public engagement on American religious history, drawing from the rich resources of UCSB Library’s American Religions Collection.

Randall Balmer is the John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College and a prize‑winning historian, bestselling author, and public commentator on American religious history. His New York Times–bestselling book, America’s Best Idea: The Separation of Church and State (2025), examines how the First Amendment’s protections of religious freedom have fostered America’s religious diversity, and the challenges it faces today. Balmer’s scholarship combines rigorous historical research with insightful commentary on the intersections of religion, law, and society.

About the American Religions Collection
The American Religions Collection (ARC) was established by J. Gordon Melton in 1968 and is located in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections. Religion or religious practice in ARC is defined very broadly, and includes such diverse interests as unexplained phenomena, spiritual technologies, and dietary practices. Under the curation of David Gartrell, the ARC now includes more than 35,000 volumes, 5,000 serials titles, and over 1,000 linear feet of archival and manuscript collections and is one of the most comprehensive collections of American religious history primary source materials in the US.

About the Series
The Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture Series on Religion in American Life is an endowed fund established by Kenneth Karmiole in support of an annual public lecture series related to the research, scholarship and collection materials within the UC Santa Barbara Library’s American Religions Collection (ARC).

Please join us for a reception and awards ceremony honoring the recipients of the 2026 Library Award for Undergraduate Research. Prizes of $750 for first place and $500 for second place will be awarded in each of three categories: Sciences & Engineering, Humanities & Fine Arts, and Social Sciences.

The 2026 Library Award for Undergraduate Research is generously supported by a gift from Dr. Jenny Cook-Gumperz, faculty emerita.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

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Past LAUR winners and their award-winning works

Teens can pick out prom clothes and accessories at no cost at the Yarrow Family YMCA in Westlake Village from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. during the 3rd Southeast Ventura County YMCA Annual Prom Closet.

All items are donated by community members and retailers and include dresses, suits, slacks, jackets, shoes, ties and purses. Volunteers will help students pick out clothes and accessories.

The Yarrow Family YMCA is at 31105 E Thousand Oaks Blvd., Westlake Village.

Call (818) 707-9622 for more information.

Thanks to VibeWell this event is free. Reserve your place today!
Join choreographer and educator Beth Megill, Artistic Director (AD) of Megill & Company (MeCo), for an inspiring afternoon exploring the creative process behind spontaneous dance.

Making Dance begins with a workshop on improvisational dance techniques at 12:15 pm, followed by a live performance featuring impromptu dance movements at 2 pm..

Workshop participants will discover tools to create playful joyous dances in the MeCo style. Join MeCo company members and explore movement ideas and collaborative dance-making practices. All levels of movers and dancers are welcome.

Directly after the workshop, attendees may perform spontaneous dance-theater for NAMBA audiences. Participants must attend the workshop to perform as part of the afternoon showcase. And of course, you don’t have to perform… if you don’t want to. But, we promise it is super fun!

Beth Megill is a choreographer, performer, and professor of dance at Moorpark College. She holds an MFA in Dance from UC Irvine and co-founded Megill & Company, a Southern California dance theater company known for vibrant, imaginative work that blends humor, intellect, and expressive movement.

Thanks to VibeWell this event is free. Reserve your place today!
Join choreographer and educator Beth Megill, Artistic Director (AD) of Megill & Company (MeCo), for an inspiring afternoon exploring the creative process behind spontaneous dance.

Making Dance begins with a workshop on improvisational dance techniques at 12:15 pm, followed by a live performance featuring impromptu dance movements at 2 pm..

Workshop participants will discover tools to create playful joyous dances in the MeCo style. Join MeCo company members and explore movement ideas and collaborative dance-making practices. All levels of movers and dancers are welcome.

Directly after the workshop, attendees may perform spontaneous dance-theater for NAMBA audiences. Participants must attend the workshop to perform as part of the afternoon showcase. And of course, you don’t have to perform… if you don’t want to. But, we promise it is super fun!

Beth Megill is a choreographer, performer, and professor of dance at Moorpark College. She holds an MFA in Dance from UC Irvine and co-founded Megill & Company, a Southern California dance theater company known for vibrant, imaginative work that blends humor, intellect, and expressive movement.

Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, Poi Rogers performs original and vintage American roots music, with Gerard Egan doubling on acoustic guitar and triple neck steel and Carolyn Sills on standup bass, their timeless harmonies anchoring the show. They won the 2018 and 2024 Ameripolitan Award for Western Swing Group (as ‘The Carolyn Sills Combo’), and Carolyn was named the Academy of Western Artists’ Western Swing Female Vocalist of 2020. They performed at the 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival and are both Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame inductees. What began as a fun way for the couple to explore the vintage musical styles they love turned into an in-demand touring act, with their second album due out in 2026.

Sponsored by The Parcher Family

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.