Event Calendar

Moms Night Out at Paseo Nuevo
SBParent.com
SBParent.com is hosting a moms shopping night in time for the holidays with special offers and discounts!
Date: 12/07/2009 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Special offers from participating stores (see below) if you have a passport!

 

Pick up your SBParent.com PASSPORT at California Pizza Kitchen where you can also enjoy a complimentary appetizer with your drink OR Print Passport here to bring along.

 

SHOPPING...

• Aerie - 10% off sweaters and hoodies
• Ann Taylor Loft - 15% off
• Artistic Nails - 20% off any service
• Aveda – Free mini facial by local esthetician from Darin Jon Studio valued at $50
• Banana Republic Men -25% regular priced merchandise
• Canfields home & holiday – 25% off storewide 
• Chico’s - 10% off purchase
• Color Me Mine - $1 paint time(normally $10) from 6pm-8pm.  Paint the perfect Gift!
• Express - $30 off $75 purchase   --  $15 off $30 purchase
• Gap – Holiday CHEER, 20% off entire purchase plus holiday cookies
• Gap Kids – Holiday CHEER, 20% off entire purchase plus holiday cookies
• Fred Meyers Jewelers - 10% off purchase
• L’Occitane -will offer a deluxe sample bag with purchase
• Lush- will offer a quarter pound of soap with a minimum purchase of $30
• Macy’s – 25% off.  Present Friends & Family Coupon.
• Merlo’s Cutlery- will offer 30%-40% off all kitchen knifes
• Pacific Sunwear - when you purchase $50 worth of merchandise you will receive a $25 coupon for your next visit
• Rip Curl - 20% off full priced apparel only   
• Sephora –Come in to Sephora for a Complimentary Express Consultation at our Beauty Studio! Your consultation will be performed by one of our Beauty Experts! Services Include: Skincare, HD Foundation, Smokey Eye and Lips! All of which can be tailored to meet your special Holiday Party Needs! And while your there, enter to win a goodie bag and receive a complimentary Fragrance Sample! All brought to you by Santa Barbara’s Beauty Authority! 
• Solstice - $50 off sunglasses priced $195 or more (Some exclusions apply)
• Sunglass Hut - 20% off  sunglasses
• Sports Zone - 20% off full priced apparel only
• T – Mobile – Waive all $35 activation fees & get a $50 credit with a referral 
• This Little Piggy - 10% off purchase
• Wendy Foster -- 30% off
• White House Black Market – 15% off entire purchase
• Barnes & Noble -- 10% off

FOOD & DRINKS...

• California Pizza Kitchen – Free Appetizer
• Ben & Jerry's - 20% off any one menu item
• Panda Express - 10% off purchase
• Chipotle - Free chips & guacamole and a free drink with any entree purchase
• Wahoo's -  Buy one entree get one half off Wahoo's
• California Pasta - 20% off 
• Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro -- Special Mom's Wine Flight for $15 (3 Wine Tasting) -- 516 State Street
• Silvergreens -- Free Fresh Squeezed Lemonade with each Entree Purchase
• Pascucci - 1/2 off one alcoholic beverage with the purchase of an entree
• Wetzel's Pretzels - 50% off any purchase

Holiday Resources...
SBParent.com Tips
Check out our holiday tips and calendar for trees, gift ideas, events, church services and more!
Date: Every day (Dec 1-Dec 25)

Special Instructions: Don't miss out on anything this holiday season!

Click for Holiday Tips:

• Christmas Trees... Big Wave Dave  , Boy Scouts Troop 105 , The Home Depot
  
• Santa Claus... at Pacific View Mall, Camino Real Marketplace, La Cumbre Plaza & Paseo Nuevo
  
• List of 2009 Holiday Events
  
• Winter CAMP DIRECTORY  OR  CAMP CALENDAR
• List of Gift Ideas
• List of Activities & Traditions
• Calendar of Church Services

Movement for Mothers-to-Be
Fredda Spirka
Date: Every Mon from 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Ages: Adults Admission Fees: $15 single class, $12 each for set of 4 or more
Special Instructions: You may register online now at www.sbcc.edu/AdultEd

This class is designed for pregnant mothers with exercises aimed at encouraging freedom of movement, strength, stamina, flexibility and toning of muscles. Discussions will include how best to 'support' the dad-to-be/new dad; composing your birth plan; the role of the labor support person; issues relating to changing body image. Please bring your own mat to class.

Instructor: Fredda Spirka

German playgroup
Moms
Date: Every Mon from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Ages: 3-4

We meet at different parks and beaches, monday mornings at 10 am.
The children are 3-4 year old german speakers. Anybody interested in joining us please contact me.
sbinternationaltoddlers@yahoo.com

Candy Cane Train
South Coast Railroad Museum
17th Annual Candy Cane Train runs each afternoon!
Date: Every day (Nov 27-Dec 24) from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Admission Fees: $3.50, additional rides $1.50 each
Special Instructions: All miniature-train riders must meet the 34-inch minimum-height requirement.

The 17th Annual "Candy Cane Train," a popular year-end event at the South Coast Railroad Museum, will open Friday, Nov. 27 and continue through Tuesday, Dec. 24. The event runs daily during this period, except for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15, when the museum will be closed.

 

Hours for the event are 1 to 4 p.m. each day. In order to take part in all Candy Cane Train activities, event attendees are urged to arrive not later than 3:30 p.m. Event tickets are $3.50 (adult or child). Ticket-holders each receive a ride on the museum's festively-decorated miniature-train, a candy cane, and holiday favors, plus a coupon good for a future ride on the museum train. Additional Candy Cane train rides will be available for $1.50 each. All miniature-train riders must meet the 34-inch minimum-height requirement.

Tickets may be purchased at the museum during event hours. Admission to the railroad museum is by donation; a $1 donation is suggested for adult visitors. Candy Cane Train attendees will also be able to view the museum's festive holiday display, "Toy Trains and Teddy Bears!" which also opens Nov. 27. The display features objects from the museum's collections and keepsakes shared by members of the museum family.

CHESS/AJEDREZ-Eastside Library
SB Public Library System
Date: Every Mon (Jan 5-Dec 15) from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Ages: young adults and older Admission Fees: Free

PLAY CHESS! Beginners to Masters - for young adults and older. Join your friends for a game of chess! Better your game, make new friends and meet new challengers!

Unity Shoppe Toy Run
Sundance Beach
Date: Every day (Dec 2-Dec 23) from 9:00am to 8:00pm
Ages: All Ages Admission Fees: $10 Cost of Toy
Special Instructions: Toy must be unwrapped and a $10 or more Value

Bring in any NEW UNWRAPPED toy or clothing item of a $10 Value or more and receive 15% OFF* your entire purchase.  All items will be donated to the Santa Barbara Unity Shoppe.

 

Items collected now through Dec. 23, 2009.

 

*Offer cannot be combined with any other discount.

Passport to Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Elementary students and adults can visit us free with their Passport!
Date: Every day (Nov 15-Apr 15) from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Admission Fees: Free

Children in kindergarten to sixth grade are invited to the Contemporary Art Forum (CAF) with an accompanying adult free of admission when they present a Passport to Santa Barbara County booklet. Collect a stamp in your passport booklet and experience the art of our time through a variety of art activities, as part of the Santa Barbara Educators Roundtable (SBERT) Passport to Santa Barbara County program. Children who collect eight stamps will receive a free T-shirt. Passport booklets with a list of participating institutions are available through Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Goleta, and Santa Ynez Valley elementary schools, at participating institutions, and from the Santa Barbara Public Libraries.

Noble Tombs at Mawangdui: Art and Life in the Changsha Kingdom
SB Museum of Art
Wooden Figurines of Musicians, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE). Wood and bamboo, 36 cm H. Excavated 1972, Han Tomb I, Mawan
Date: Every day (Sep 19-Dec 13) from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Ages: All 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.

Noble Tombs at Mawangdui: Art and Life in the Changsha Kingdom, China (3rd Century BCE - 1st Century CE)
September 19 - December 13, 2009

Originating from the Hunan Provincial Museum, this exhibition travels to the United States for the first time and highlights one of the most important archaeological excavations in China-the unearthing of Mawangdui, the tombs of the prime minister of the Changsha Kingdom and his family in the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 8 CE). The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is the second and only west coast venue for this presentation which includes some of the finest and among the earliest lacquers, silks, bronzes, jade, paintings, calligraphy, and books.

Diana Thater Exhibition
Santa Barbara Muesum of Art
Date: Every day (Oct 28-Feb 2) from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Ages: All 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.

Internationally renowned pioneer of film and video art Diana Thater creates what she describes as "sculpture with images of nature in space." Phenomena of the natural world are recurring motifs for the artist, whose site-specific video and light installations explore the relationship between beauty and technology, and nature and the way it is mediated through human intervention. Two major works are the focus of this compelling exhibition, including Untitled Videowall (Butterflies) (2008), which stems from the Monarch Butterfly Project, the artist's response to a call by curators, collectors and environmentalists to draw attention to encroachments upon the species' winter home in Michoacán, Mexico. The Museum debut of this work coincides with the arrival of the Monarchs on the central coast during their annual migration.

California Calling: Works from SB Collections 48'-08'
Santa Barbara Muesum of Art
Karl Benjamin, F.S. #1, 1961. Oil on canvas. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum Purchase
Date: Every day (Oct 27-Mar 7) from 11:00am to 5:00am
Ages: All 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.

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 sixty years. Drawn from the Museum's permanent collection and selected local collections, works included exemplify the distinctive vitality of art in the region and the significance of the SBMA as a venue for art on the West Coast.

Holiday Gingerbread House
Olsen's Danish Bakery
Date: Every day (Nov 20-Dec 31)

Bent Olsen creates the impressive 8' x 11' x 10' tall gingerbread house using 250 lbs. of gingerbread dough, 150 lbs. of powdered sugar, and 3 gallons of egg whites. Come by and enjoy the delightful sight and smell of this unique creation!

Free Holiday Light Exchange
South County Energy Efficiency Partnership
Free Holiday Light Exchange - Turn in your old lights for more efficient and longer lasting LED lights
Date: Every day (Nov 30-Dec 20)
Ages: All Admission Fees: FREE

All Southern California Edison residential customers are invited to participate in the South County Energy Efficiency Partnership's (SCEEP) Holiday Light Exchange. Bring your old holiday lights to exchange for one strand of LED lights which use up to 90% less energy than incandescent bulbs. LED lights are safer and can last up to 10 times longer.

Supplies are limited. For availability or other questions, please visit www.sceep.org.

When: November 30th - December 20th while supplies last. Times vary by location.

Dates & Locations:

Carpinteria

 

Carpinteria City Hall
5775 Carpinteria Ave.
(805) 684-5405
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm


Goleta

Goleta City Hall
130 Cremona, Ste. B
(805) 961-7500
Mon - Thur, 8am - 5pm


Santa Barbara

Central Library
40 E. Anapamu St.
(805) 564-5601
Mon - Thurs, 10am - 8pm
Fri, Sat, 10am - 5:30pm; Sun, 1 - 5pm


Community Environmental Council
26 W. Anapamu St, 2nd Floor
Mon - Fri, 9am - 6pm

La Leche League series meetings
La Leche League of Santa Barbara
Date: The 1st Mon of every month from 10:00am to 11:30am
Ages: Moms, babies and toddlers

La Leche League offers breastfeeding support and information through:
• Local monthly meetings
• Telephone help from accredited leaders
• Lending library, pamphlets and books for sale
• Fifty years of experience helping breastfeeding mothers
• Current breastfeeding information and research
• NEW BEGINNINGS, a bimonthly magazine for parents

Topics include:
Advantages of Breastfeeding
Birth and Life with a Breastfeeding Baby
Nutrition and Weaning
The Art of Breastfeeding and Overcoming Difficulties