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January 24, 2025 Date

Upcoming Events

Winter Bird Count for Kids with S.B. Audubon Society
Saturday, January 25
Join the Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) for their eleventh annual Winter Bird Count for Kids.
Let us introduce the young members of your family to the fun o...
9:00 AM–12:00 PM
Chumash Basketry Exhibit Opens to Public
Saturday, January 25
The new exhibit Chumash Basketry: Art & Life opens to the public at noon on January 25, 2025.
Appreciate the living art of Chumash basketry, a tradition with deep roots...
12:00 PM–5:00 PM
Birds of Winter with Rebecca Coulter
Monday, January 27
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment.
Eight-week field courseMondays, January 13–March 3Meet-Up Locations sen...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Birds of Winter with Sophie Cameron
Wednesday, January 29
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment. 
Eight-week field courseWednesdays, January 15–March 5, 2025Meet-Up...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
The Art of Science: Drawing Big Cats & Wild Dogs
Thursday, January 30
Has it been a while since you stretched your creative muscles? Leap back into art with inspiration from the antique hand-colored lithographs of Big Cats & Wild Dogs. Mu...
3:00 PM–4:00 PM
Birds of Winter with Rebecca Coulter
Monday, February 3
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment.
Eight-week field courseMondays, January 13–March 3Meet-Up Locations sen...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Chumash Basketry: Art & Life - Free Talk
Monday, February 3
For thousands of years, baskets played essential roles in all aspects of traditional Chumash life—for gathering, storing, preparing and serving food, holding water, k...
7:30 PM–9:00 PM
Birds of Winter with Sophie Cameron
Wednesday, February 5
Please note: Birds of Winter is currently at capacity and no longer accepting new enrollment. 
Eight-week field courseWednesdays, January 15–March 5, 2025Meet-Up...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
The Art of Science: Drawing Big Cats & Wild Dogs
Thursday, February 6
Has it been a while since you stretched your creative muscles? Leap back into art with inspiration from the antique hand-colored lithographs of Big Cats & Wild Dogs. Mu...
3:00 PM–4:00 PM
The Underground Search for Dark Matter
Friday, February 7
What is the mysterious stuff that makes up most of our universe? Dark matter is invisible, yet it shapes galaxies and holds the cosmos together. What exactly is it, and how...
7:30 PM–9:00 PM