Event Calendar

KidzArt Summer Camp
KidzArt
Date: Every weekday (Jul 7-Aug 15) from 9:00am to 3:00pm
Ages: 5-12 Admission Fees: Price varies based on schedule
Special Instructions: Options for Full Week or partial week. See website for details

KidzArt summer camps take a walk on the wild side. Expect our summer Safari, Caribbean, Mythical and World adventures to be a roaring good time! Using artist quality media, campers draw and paint animals, whimsical creatures, portraits, landscapes, nature, and still life; sculpt clay into keepsake treasures; and create elaborate multi-media projects. With all new curriculum, campers explore and express their creativity, learn techniques, and gain drawing confidence.
No experience needed! Outdoor activity and games included. Campers bring lunch & snack.

Kids Summer Reading Program
SB Public Library
Date: Every Mon, Tues, Wed, Th and Fri (Jun 16-Aug 22)
Ages: ALL

The Public Libraries have a great Summer reading program. It is from June-August!!! Kids of all ages can join in on the fun. Here is what you do:

• Go to the library & sign your name on a critter of your choice.
• Check out a book with your library card.  Read & enjoy your book.
• Return the book & pick up your Reading Record.
  Write the first title your read (You can record up to 5 titles per visit.)
  Tell one of the volunteers about one of the books you read.
  Page count: 180=2 books, 270=3 books, 360=4 books, 450=5 books
• Keep reading & earn PRIZES at 5, 15, & 25 books read!
  

Enter to Win a $500 Paseo Nuevo Shopping Spree!
Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center
Date: Every day (Jul 11-Jul 27)

Back-to-School shopping is right around the corner!

Enter to win 1 of 2 $500 shopping sprees good at all your favorite stores and restaurants in Paseo Nuevo.

Entry forms are attached to the free-standing signs throughout Paseo Nuevo, in the Mall Management Office (upstairs next to Contemporary Arts Forum) and online at www.sbmall.com.

Also, look for our Back-to-School Fashion Page in the News-Press Life section on July 13 & 20.

Summer ArtVenture Camps
SB Museum of Art
Date: Every weekday (Jun 16-Aug 22)

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has much to offer children this summer. 

 

ArtVenture Camps for ages 6-12 are unique week-long art experiences where campers learn a variety of art techniques, cultural history, and creative problem-solving in an inspiring atmosphere. Camps run weekly from 9am-3pm.  $250 ($215 SBMA members)

 

Ceramics Camps are week-long half-day camps designed to introduce sculptural and functional ceramics and include hand-building, wheel throwing, finishing and glazing techniques. Class size is limited to 10. Camps run weekly from 12-3pm.  Each week is a different age group; check the website for details.  $220 ($185 SBMA members)

 

After-camp care from 3-5:30pm is available for either camp Monday-THURSDAY.  $60 per week.

 

Parent/Child Classes:  5 Wednesday morning classes for 3-5 year olds with a parent.  Creative Clay Play: Parents and children learn together as they explore imaginative clay play, which encourages manual dexterity and creative thinking. Class size limited to 6 parent-child pairs.  $160 ($135 SBMA members)
Session I: June 18 - July 16
Session II: July 23 - August 20

 

Scholarships are made possible through the generous support of the Ridley-Tree Foundation, The Santa Barbara Foundation, and The Wright Charitable Trust. To receive an application please call 962.1661 or email rtec@sbma.net 

 

Calling all Kids!
Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center
Date: Every Wed (Jun 18-Aug 28) from 11:00am to 12:00pm
Ages: Children & Parents Admission Fees: Free

Paseo Nuevo wants to see you this summer for super cool activities and adventures. Dance! Art! Theater! Dinosaur bones! Sea Creatures! Every Wednesday from 11am-Noon in Paseo Nuevo's Center Court.
Visit website to view the schedule of events.

• June 25 Kidz Art
• July 2 & 9 Theatre with Zoo Troupe
• July 16 Sea Creatures (Ty Warner Sea Center)
• July 23 Dance with Gustafson
• Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 Dinosaurs (SBMNH)

GIANTS: African Dinosaurs
SB Museum of Natural History
Date: Every day (May 3-Nov 2) from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Admission Fees: Members free; non-members $8/adult, $7/senior, $7/teen, $5/child.

Step back in time - 135 million years ago - when dinosaurs roamed the Sahara Desert in Africa. GIANTS: African Dinosaurs showcases the African finds of world-renowned paleontologist Dr. Paul Sereno. Through this interactive dinosaur experience, visitors will learn about fossil discovery, be amazed by the art and beauty of ancient bones, and even search and dig for hidden fossils.  Created by Project Exploration.

Admission to this exhibit in Luria Hall included with general Museum admission.

 

THIS EXHIBIT CLOSES NOVEMBER 2.

Endangered Species: Flora and Fauna in Peril
Wildling Art Museum
Date: Every day (Jun 25-Sep 14) from 11:00am to 5:00pm

The Wildling Art Museum is pleased to announce its summer 2008 exhibition, Endangered Species: Flora and Fauna in Peril. This exhibition represents the Museum's first international juried art competition, with 50 artworks selected from nearly 200 entries.

The artworks use a variety of media (drawing, painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture) to depict flora and fauna listed as threatened or endangered in North America by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Over 47 species are represented, among them the California condor, northern spotted owl, grizzly bear, black-footed ferret, Oahu tree snail, Sonora tiger salamander, Mesa Verde cactus, and Texas wild-rice.

For children, the Wildling offers a folded activity sheet called "The Fox Hunt" with each of the four exhibitions displayed during the year. Each "Fox Hunt" is designed to engage children in the current exhibition and stimulate conversations about the pieces on display with parents, grandparents, siblings, and/or the docent.

The Wildling Art Museum is an educational institution dedicated to presenting the art of America's wilderness and preserving our natural heritage. The museum is located in the town of Los Olivos in California's beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, 30 miles from the city of Santa Barbara

Camoflauge
Ty Warner Sea Center
Date: Every day (May 17-Nov 2) from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Admission Fees: Members free; non-members $8/adult, $7/senior, $7/teen, $5/child

Marine predators and prey alike cloak themselves in camouflage to hide in plain sight. Learn the secrets of blending, patterns, disguises, and mimicry. Sharpen your observation skills and see if you can find the clever critters that deceive to survive. They're hiding right in front of you.

 

Admission to the exhibit included with general admission.

Adoption Support Groups
SB County Adoptions
Date: Every Wed (Jan 1-Dec 31)


SB County Adoptions-NEW Adoptive Parent Support Group:
Cottage Hospital - 4th Wed. from 7-8:30 pm
Bakers Square, Santa Maria - 3rd Wed. from 7-8:30 pm

Farmers Market
SB Certified Farmers Market Association
Date: Every Su, Tues, Wed, Th, Fri and Sa (Jan 1-Dec 31)

Special Instructions: Times vary -- see website for details.

Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market Association - Each week the farmers in the marketplace display a colorful bounty of agricultural products grown right in our backyard. Seasonal diversity will be available year round rain or shine. Music and entertainment enlivens the markets while creating a positive ambiance. Come. Shop. Socialize. Certified - the only way to buy. See the Event calendar for our hours. Find us between Carpinteria and Solvang.

 

Schedule:

• Tues - Old Town Santa Barbara- State St. 4-7:30pm in summer
• Wed - Solvang/Copenhagen Dr. 2:30-6:30pm in summer
• Wed - Harding School, 1625 Robbins St 3-6:30pm
• Thurs -  Goleta- Camino Real Marketplace 3-6:30pm
• Thurs - Carpinteria/Linden Ave. 3-6:30pm in summer
• Fri - Montecito- Coast Village  8-11:15am
• Sat - Downtown SB- Corner of SB & Cota St. 8:30am-1pm
• Sun - Goleta- Camino Real Marketplace 10am-2pm

Martin Espino
Kids View
Date: 07/23/2008 from 10:30am to 11:30am
Admission Fees: free

Kids of all ages will watch Martin play dozens of hand made musical instruments...even better...the kids get 'hands-on' time too! We'll all learn new songs, hear musical sounds that are really different, and learn why music makes the world come together!

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
Nordstrom at Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center
Date: Every day (Jul 18-Aug 3)

Special Store Hours:

• Friday, July 18: 7am-10pm
• Saturday, July 19: 9am-9pm
• Sunday, July 20: 10am-8pm

Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation
SB Museum of Art
Date: Every Su, Tues, Wed, Th, Fri and Sa (Jul 12-Oct 5) from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Admission Fees: $9 adults, $6 seniors, students with ID and children ages 6-17. FREE EVERY SUNDAY

Drawn from the rich archive at the John Kobal Foundation in London, this exhibition focuses on the stars, the sets and the scenes created by the film industry and memorialized by the most important photographers who worked in Hollywood from 1920-1960. From the silent era through the end of the studio system in the late 1950s, camera artists captured and created the magic that Hollywood symbolized. Featuring more than 90 images, Made in Hollywood offers a glimpse into the world of fantasy, glamour and perfection that the image makers produced.

"Ragtime" at PCPA
PCPA Theaterfest
Date: Every Su, Wed, Th, Fri and Sa (Jul 10-Jul 26)
Admission Fees: Santa Maria: Adults: $16.25-$27.75; Student/Child: $10.25-$17.75.
Special Instructions: Special rates for season tickets

Ragtime, the Musical, an epic tale of a young America played out in song and dance: It paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life at the turn of the twentieth century. The musical intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate. The Tony Award-winning score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Seussical) is just as diverse as the “Melting Pot of America” that it seeks to recreate, drawing upon traditional Jewish folk sounds, Vaudeville’s outrageous style, and Scott Joplin to invoke the enlivened spirit of Harlem.
Ragtime plays the Marian Theatre from July 10 through the 26th then the Festival Theater from August 1 through the 24th.
Featured is Equity Guest Artist David St. Louis whose credits include Broadway productions of Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar and Harlem Song, numerous regional credits and TV appearances on Law and Order, One Life to Live, and Trigger Effect. Mr. St. Louis will be playing Coalhouse Walker Jr.
(Contains coarse language)

 

 

 

Summer College Preparation Series
SB Cal-SOAP
Date: Every day (Jul 9-Aug 7) from 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Special Instructions: call to reserve your spot

This summer California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) will be hosting a series of workshops for incoming seniors to help prepare students for the college admissions and financial aid season. Call for more information.

 

The workshop series is open to all students, with individual assistance available for Cal-SOAP eligible seniors (to be determined through the Cal-SOAP application process). The series will consist of five workshops held at Santa Barbara Junior High School in the early evenings during the months of July and August.

 

• Wednesday, July 9th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - College Options, Globe Theater
• Tuesday, July 15th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - College Options, Globe Theater
• Wednesday, July 16th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - College Choice and Fit, Globe Theater
  
• Tuesday, July 22nd (6:00pm-7:30pm) - College Choice and Fit, Globe Theater
  
• Wednesday, July 23rd (6:00pm-7:30pm) - Resources, Globe Theater
• Tuesday, July 29th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - Resources, Globe Theater
• Wednesday, July 30th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - Student Aid, Globe Theater 
  
• Tuesday, August 5th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - Student Aid, SBJHS room TBD
• Wednesday, August 6th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - Plan of action, SBJHS room TBD
• Thursday, August 7th (6:00pm-7:30pm) - Plan of action, SBJHS room TBD

Family Fuel Fundraiser at Taffy's
Family Fuel
Date: 07/23/2008 from 11:00am to 9:00pm
Ages: all
Special Instructions: Print Flier and 20% of your purchase will help fuel healthy families.

Everyone is welcome for the Family Fuel Fundraiser at Taffy's Pizza.  Offer is also good for take out and delivery between the hours of 11am and 9pm Wed. July 23rd.  Must present flier when ordering.  Click here to print flier. 

Yellow Bird Music Summer Classes and Camps
Yellow Bird Music
Date: Every weekday (Jul 14-Aug 30)

Yellow Bird Music has a very exciting line up for summer classes and camps starting this July! Here are just a few....

• Summer Rock Camp *Have you ever wanted to join a band...well now's your chance!* ages 7-12, JULY 21-25 & AUGUST 25-29 3:30-5:30PM
• Yellow Bird Drum Camp *Do your children love to drum, well here's the week long camp for you!* ages 2-5 WOW! JULY 14-18 & AUGUST 18-22 4-4:50PM
• On The Road *Hit the road Jack and head to the carnival, beach, cottage and more!* ages 3-5, JULY 21-25 & AUGUST 11-15 1-3PM
• Confetti Days *Let's head to the circus to see the lions and tigers and bears..oh my!* ages 3-5, JULY 14-18, AUGUST 4-8 & AUGUST 25-29 1-3PM
• Tell Me A Tale *Stories told from around the world through music, dance, and drama.* ages 5-8, AUGUST 18-22 1:30-3:30PM
• Around the World *Head to Germany, Japan, Africa, and more to discover music and culture through art and dance.* ages 5-8, JULY 28-AUGUST 1 1:30-3:30PM
  

SUMMER CLASSES ALSO AVAILABLE JULY 14-AUGUST 30, 2008 ages 3 months - 5 years. REGISTER TODAY!

• Village curriculum - Peekaboo, I love you! With music and dance galore explore one of babies favorite games...peekaboo!
• Our Time curriculum - Zoo Train! Get aboard and head to the zoo where the animals roam and the lions ROAR!
• Imagine That - Creatures in My Backyard" Buzz with the bee's, fly with the butterfly, and hop with bunny as you explore the world just outside your front door!
  

NEW! Instrumental instruction for Piano, Drums, Guitar, and Flute ages 6 and up. Private instruction and Group lessons available. Adults this is for you too!

Public Swimming Pool Hours
City of SB Parks & Recreation
Date: Every day (Jun 16-Aug 23)

• Carpinteria Community Pool - 5305 Carp. Ave., Mon-Fri 6am-8pm, Sa-Su 8am-5pm 566-2417
• Ortega Park Pool - 600 E. Ortega St. Mon-Fri 1:30-4pm, Sa-Su 12-5pm (June 18-Labor Day)
• Oak Park Wading Pool - 300 W. Alamar St., M-Su 11am-5pm (June - Sept. 1)
• SB High School Pool - Adult Lap Swim M,T,W,F 6-8am & 11am-1:30pm - Th 12-1:30pm - Sa 10am-12pm (Youth Swimming Lessons M,T,W,F 10-11am) -- Recreation Swim M-F 1:45-2:45pm

POOL CLOSURE: June 15-Aug 29:

• Los Banos del Mar Pool - 401 Shoreline Dr. Mon-Fri 1:45pm-3:45pm (rec swim), Sa 1:15pm-5pm
• West Beach Wading Pool - 401 Shoreline Dr., M-Su 11am-5pm (June 18-Labor Day) 966-611

Nite Moves
Run Santa Barbara
Date: Every Wed (Jun 1-Aug 27) at 6:00pm
Admission Fees: see website

May - Sept.  is an evening party at Leadbetter Beach Park each Wednesday. Your evening workout can be a vigorious or casual walk, a fun or competitive 5K run, a ocean swim. There is childrens soft sandsprint just for the kids with rewards from McConnells Ice Cream. Fun for the whole family. 5:30pm registration

Ice-Scream for Bugs!
Eastside Library
Date: 07/23/2008 from 6:30pm to 7:00pm

Special Instructions: Please call to reserve your spot - space and ice cream is limited!

Come make your own buggy ice-cream dessert. We supply the ice cream and you add the bugs, like flies (chocolate chips) spiders (raisins), grasshoppers (gummi candy) and other fun "bugs" you can eat. Then join us for our puppet show at 7:00pm! Families Welcome.