Event Calendar

Corot in California
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Date: Every day (Jul 4-Oct 11) from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Admission Fees: $9 adults, $6 seniors, students with ID and children ages 6-17. Free on Sunday
Special Instructions: Closed Monday. Open Tuesday-Sunday `11 am. to 5: pm.

Corot was the most absorbing, respected, and influential landscape painter in France in the generation before Impressionism. He was much beloved by his peers and collectors alike, and remains an important figure whose exploration of the light and poetry of the French and Italian landscape still resonates today.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is pleased to present more than a dozen paintings, plus several prints and drawings, representing the first exhibition devoted to the art of Jean-Baptists-Camille Corot (1796-1875) in California, and the first in the United States since the major survey in 1996. Drawing from private and public collections, including the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and SBMA's own permanent collection, the presentation examines Corot's development as an artist, from his first views of Rome to his late, delicately-painted landscapes, both real and ideal.

Before developing into the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-19th century, Corot originated from a moderately well-off family whose house in Anvers, about 20 miles southwest of Paris, remained his home for his entire career. Apprenticed to a fabric designer, Corot finally gained the courage to become a painter only at the age of 26, as he was shy and socially awkward all his life.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is a privately funded, not-for-profit institution that presents internationally recognized collections and exhibitions and a broad array of cultural and educational activities as well as travel opportunities around the world.

"The Spitfire Grill" at PCPA in Santa Maria
PCPA Theaterfest
Date: Every Su, Wed, Th, Fri and Sa (Aug 28-Sep 13)
Admission Fees: $19.75- $28/adult $15.25-$10.25/child
Special Instructions: See website for dates and times

This musical story of hope, hearth and home drew its inspiration from Lee David Zoloff's 1996 film about a young woman's search for redemption in a small Wisconsin town. This prize-winning, quintessential American musical fuses a poignant story of reawakening with country, bluegrass and Broadway musical traditions.  Music and Book by James Valcq, Lyrics by Fred Alley

 

Marian Theatre, Santa Maria - August 7 - 23
Festival Theater, Solvang - August 28 - September 13

 

See our Parent Perks page for a special discount!

Butterflies Alive!
SB Museum of Natural History
Date: Every day (May 22-Sep 21) from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Admission Fees: Museum entrance: $6-10, SBMNH members are free

Experience the magic of Butterflies Alive! as you walk through a beautiful garden filled with flowers, luscious greenery, and more than 1,000 free-flying butterflies. Watch as the butterflies flutter past you, and see them as they drink nectar from nearby flowers. Butterflies Alive! will offer many memorable opportunities, so bring your family, friends and cameras. Exhibition entrance included with museum general admission.

California Calling: Works from Santa Barbara Collections, 48-08
Santa Barbara Muesum of Art
Date: Every day (Jun 23-Sep 12) from 11:00am to 12:00pm
Ages: All Ages Admission Fees: $9 adults, $6 seniors, students with ID and children ages 6-17. Free on Sunday

Eclectic, inventive, anti-conformist...these are just a few of the widespread characterizations of artists who have lived and worked in the richest, most diverse, and most populous region in the United States since the end of World War II. California Calling is a two-part exhibition highlighting works from a selection of artists and movements in California from the past fifty years. Drawn from the Museum's permanent collection and selected local collections, works included exemplify the distinctive vitality of art in the region and allude to the significance of the SBMA as a venue for art on the West Coast.

Wyland Clean Water Tour: Exploring the Natural World through Art
Ty Warner Sea Center
Wyland Clean Water Tour combines the worlds of art and science to demonstrate the importance of water and how it connects us all
Date: Every day (May 27-Sep 7) from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Developed with a focus on creativity by renowned marine life artist Wyland, the Wyland Clean Water Tour combines the worlds of art and science to demonstrate the importance of water and how it connects us all. Through exploration, scientific inquiry, artistic expression, and action, visitors will experience the water cycle, understand the science behind water purity, and realize the power each individual has to make a difference. Exhibition entrance included with general admission.

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

"The Spitfire Grill" at PCPA in Solvang
PCPA Theaterfest
Date: Every Su, Wed, Th, Fri and Sa (Aug 28-Sep 13)
Admission Fees: $19.75- $28/adult $15.25-$10.25/child
Special Instructions: See website for dates and times

This musical story of hope, hearth and home drew its inspiration from Lee David Zoloff's 1996 film about a young woman's search for redemption in a small Wisconsin town. This prize-winning, quintessential American musical fuses a poignant story of reawakening with country, bluegrass and Broadway musical traditions.  Music and Book by James Valcq, Lyrics by Fred Alley

 

Marian Theatre, Santa Maria - August 7 - 23
Festival Theater, Solvang - August 28 - September 13

 

See our Parent Perks page for a special discount!

"Distracted" at PCPA in Santa Maria
PCPA Theaterfest
Date: Every Su, Wed, Th, Fri and Sa (Aug 28-Sep 20)
Admission Fees: $19.75- $28/adult $15.25-$10.25/child
Special Instructions: See website for dates and times

This is a modern comedy, cleverly exploring parenting, analysis and the struggle to focus in an era of confusion, the Internet and Ritalin following mother's interactions with teachers, therapists and neighbors as she and her husband attempt to determine if her son's problems are rooted in ADD.
(Mature language and themes)  by Lisa Loomer

 

See our Parent Perks page for a special discount!

Girsh Park's Music in the Park
Girsh Park
End of Summer Sunday Concert Series - Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy live music in a relaxing setting.
Date: Every Su (Sep 6-Sep 27) from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Ages: all ages Admission Fees: FREE

Join Goleta in celebrating the end of summer with Girsh Park's Music in the Park Concert Series, held every Sunday in September from 4:00-5:30 in the beautiful surroundings of Harriett Phillips Meadow at Girsh Park. Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy our free concerts featuring great local music.

 

Sept. 6  Stiff Pickle

Sept 13 New Cats

Sept 20 Foggy Dew

Sept 27 Tony Ybarra

 

 

 

Running the Numbers: An American Self Portrait by Chris Jordan
SB Museum of Natural History
Date: Every day (May 15-Sep 11) from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Admission Fees: Museum entrance: $6-10; SBMNH members are free

Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: 15 million sheets of office paper (5 minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (30 seconds of can consumption) and so on. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. The artist hopes to raise some questions about the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming. Exhibition entrance included with museum general admission.

Labor Day Weekend Sale at Terramor Organic Home
Terramor Organic Home
Save 30% on Organic Mattresses from King to Crib!
Date: Every day (Sep 5-Sep 6)

Saturday, September 5th 10am - 5pm        Sunday, September 6th 11am - 4pm

 

Save 30% on organic baby clothes, organic towels, organic sheets and organic mattresses from crib to king!