Legacy Art Santa Barbara starts off 2024 with a special art collection feature for the first and limited time only! They will be showcasing the rare and unique personal collection and Legacy of their in-house artists, the Barrymore’s, consisting of eclectic paintings and one-of-a-kind sculptures from 5 – 7:30pm.

They will also host a 1st Thursday “After Hours” event featuring live music with food and drinks from 7:30 – 9pm with amazing artist Jimmi wZ hailing from the Music recording Mecca of Muscle Shoals Alabama. James Wisniewski is a multi instrumentalist specializing on flute that has studied performed and recorded with master musicians around the globe together with award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Crispin Barrymore. Donations welcome.

Come hang at the back patio tables of M. Special on State Street to practice Spanish, meet new people, and have fun!

All levels of Spanish speaking ability are welcome – from beginner, to intermediate, to native speaker.

This will be a fun and friendly environment to practice language!

This will be an interactive meetup where we will be rotating speaking partners throughout the event.

Kareeta at Whiskey Richards

Friday, January 5, 9:00pm

Kareeta’s second LP “Freeway Junkie Queen” is now streaming worldwide on all platforms with vinyl and CD physical bundles available at kareeta.bandcamp.com



Recorded deep in the Northern California redwoods, the album sees Greg Loiacono return as producer with Dave Schools joining the band on bass, engineer Jason Reed at the board and acclaimed badass Jerry Joseph sitting in on the title track.

Expert art historians offer detailed glimpses into some of the many facets of the flower-and-bird genre in Chinese painting and reveal how these images of intimate nature can be thresholds to worlds rich with beauty and private emotions.

Each talk will be approximately 30 minutes with a Q&A following.

Emporium presents Brad Williams on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 7 PM and 8 PM. One of the most in-demand comedians working today, Brad has appeared on “The Tonight Show,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and in numerous films. His specials on Showtime and Netflix garnered huge ratings and rave reviews, and he recently became the first comedian in the history of Cirque du Soleil to headline and sell out their newest show, “Mad Apple,” in Vegas.

This is a dynamic class with electronic dance music (EDM) as the rhythm and yoga as the vehicle to create a state of being full of energy and life. No matter your experience level or state of being prior to walking in the door, they guarantee an energetic shift as we connect to the magic that is created by music and movement. 

CPR training event at Sol Seek Yoga Studio in Santa Barbara, California!

Learn life-saving skills in person and be prepared for any emergency. Their expert instructors will guide you through hands-on exercises and provide valuable knowledge to help you become a certified CPR hero. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make a difference in your community.

Contra Dance to Andy Shore & Fiddle Tunas

Sunday, January 7, 6:10pm

Contra dance is a fun social dance with a live band and a caller. Enjoyable, good exercise, and you don’t need a partner. Dancers, bring your kids and parents. Dance in the Carrillo Ballroom with the bouncy sprung floor (easy on the feet, knees and hips).

6:30-9:30pm with a free lesson in Contra Dance at 6:10pm.

Join the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History‘s fun and friendly conversation and quench your thirst for knowledge about science and nature in this ongoing series of free science talks held on the second Monday of every month. No tickets or reservations required, but be sure to get to Dargan’s (18 E. Ortega St. in downtown Santa Barbara) early to secure a seat and order your favorite food and drink.

Hannah Atkinson is a wildlife educator and Master-class falconer, and has worked with birds of prey since 2015. In this talk, she’ll share stories of raptor rescue, training, and survival from the lives of these incredible birds.

Join SBPL’s Literacy staff for a fun, informal opportunity to practice your English language skills. All skill levels are welcome.

Únase al personal de alfabetización de SBPL para una oportunidad divertida e informal de practicar sus habilidades en el idioma inglés.

Todos los niveles son bienvenidos.

UCSB History Associates presents, “Beyond Bookselling: How Queer Bookstores Shaped the Gay Liberation Movement,” with doctoral candidate Sarah Dunne in partnership with the Santa Barbara Public Library. This event is free and open to the public.

Sarah Dunne is a doctoral candidate in the history department at UC Santa Barbara. She was awarded a UCSB Graduate Humanities Research Fellowship and is also serving as a 2023-2024 Mendell Graduate Fellow at UCSB’s Walter H. Capps Center. She is spending this academic year conducting archival research for her dissertation: The Migrating Queer Bookshelf: Queer Bookstores and the Making of Queer Communities in the United States and Canada, 1945-present.