The Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the hire of Ana Briz as Assistant Director ...

This year, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum marks 25 years of preserving the maritime heritage of the Santa Barbara Channel.

Dario Robleto, a Texas-based conceptual artist, who fuses and confuses layers of history, culture, and the natural order of the cosmos, will talk about ...

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In its 40th year, the Museum of Sonoma County welcomed new Executive Director Karen Wise, who left Los Angeles Jan. 17 amid a ...

Here’s a round-up of the newly-opened and soon-to-open restaurants, hotels, attractions and more, proving why now is the time ...

A temporary exhibit featuring a little-known 1940s American art movement is nearing the end of its run at the Heard Museum in ...

Tumbleweed Art Collective: This artisan boutique displays local artwork, hosts various classes and offers studio space; open ...

Isaac Weintraub, local golf professional and member of the Santa Cruz High School Athletic Hall of Fame, has embraced a ...

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

At the next meeting of the Carpinteria Woman’s Club (CWC) set for Wednesday, Feb. 12, marine biologist and conservationist Holly Lohuis and photojournalist Chuck Graham will present “Hail to the ...