Community Calendar

UC Santa Barbara Library invites you to the opening event for Unyielding Voices: Global Resistance and the Black Radical Tradition, an exhibition documenting the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, whose seminal scholarship and activism had wide-ranging influence at UCSB, in academia, and across many public arenas.

The event features a reception followed by a moderated conversation between Elizabeth Robinson, Charlie Hale, SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences, and Lidia Uziel, Associate University Librarian for Research Resources and Scholarly Communication, engaging the exhibition’s central themes—universities as sites not only for preserving freedom of expression but also for promoting social justice and the betterment of societies.

Advance registration is recommended as space is limited.

SLO Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale October 16-18! 7,500 books for adults, teens, and children on sale, priced at $1.50/inch. Music CDs and puzzles will also be available. SLO FOL Members receive early access to the sale from 9 am to 12 pm on Thursday, become a member at the door or at https://www.slofol.org. Sale opens to the general public starting at 12 pm on Thursday. Prices drop to $5/bag all day Saturday.

This special benefit evening supports Good Samaritan Shelter, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of the Central Coast’s most vulnerable populations. The evening will feature the premiere of Hope Lives Here: Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness, a short documentary created for Public Broadcasting Television. The film offers an intimate look at the challenges of homelessness in Santa Barbara County and the impact of programs that provide shelter, support, and hope.

Before the screening, sponsors and VIP guests will enjoy a reception featuring farm-to-table cuisine prepared by Good Samaritan’s Culinary Training Program, with ingredients grown at Bridgehouse Farm. Following the premiere, the audience will be treated to a musical performance by Lois Mahalia and a intimate conversation between actor Duane Henry and Sylvia Barnard, Executive Director of Good Samaritan, about his early life story.

A little magic can take you a long way. After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends- Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and Earthworm. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!

Tickets are available online, or call the box office at (805) 546-3198.

SLO Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale October 16-18! 7,500 books for adults, teens, and children on sale, priced at $1.50/inch. Music CDs and puzzles will also be available. SLO FOL Members receive early access to the sale from 9 am to 12 pm on Thursday, become a member at the door or at https://www.slofol.org. Sale opens to the general public starting at 12 pm on Thursday. Prices drop to $5/bag all day Saturday.

Enjoy and afternoon with Ukulele Boogie Notes, Shuffle Strums, and Riffs from the ’50s and ’60s.

$30 includes both the concert & workshop
Ray Cygrymus and Lil’RevFor Tickets: https://lilrev.com/event/6137769/724626251/slo-strummers-uke-event

Questions? Email nankulele@me.com.

Discover the timeless art of linoleum block printing in this fun, beginner-friendly class. In just two hours, you’ll learn the basics of carving, inking, and printing your own design. With step-by-step guidance and easy-to-use tools, you’ll create a beautiful print on fine paper and take home the hand-carved linoleum block you made, ready to use again and again. No experience is necessary—just bring your creativity and leave with both a frame-worthy work of art and the block that made it.

Step into a haunting and hopeful world where ancient myth meets modern storytelling. Hadestown: Teen Edition reimagines the Tony Award-winning musical for a new generation, bringing the stories of Orpheus, Eurydice, Hades and Persephone to life with electrifying music, poetic lyrics, and a message that resonates across time.

Performed by a talented cast of youth artists from across the Central Coast, this adaptation retains all the soul and spirit of the original Broadway production while offering a unique perspective on love, sacrifice, and the power of hope.

Meet the Prometheus Quartet — an ensemble of exceptional young Music Academy alums selected through a national search as the Academy’s inaugural Emerging Artists String Quartet. United in the fall of 2023 at The Juilliard School, the Prometheus Quartet is inspired by the myth of Prometheus, striving to bring the gift of music to others. Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6, provides a foundation which inspired Caroline Shaw’s Blueprint, a contemporary piece connecting past and present.

A little magic can take you a long way. After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends- Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and Earthworm. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!

Tickets are available online, or call the box office at (805) 546-3198.