Art: Art Show, Museum Lara Favaretto Lara Favaretto, in collaboration with Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada, features works spanning Lara Favaretto’s more than 20-year career and marks the artist's solo U.S. West Coast institutional debut. Lara Favaretto (b.1973, Treviso, Italy) live...	Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Wed 2/20/19 - Sun 4/28/19 at 11am-5pm
Music: Acoustic, Choral New York Polyphony: Origins The Grammy-nominated New York Polyphony explores the boundaries between ancient and modern music. Its provocative program "Origins" is centered on the "Missa Charles Darwin," which honors the compositional and harmonic conventions of its musical antecedent...	UCSB – Hahn Hall Santa Barbara, CA Wed 2/20/19 at 7pm
Music: Acoustic Jessica Lang Dance The 10-member dance company from New York will debut a repertoire rich in stunning movement, dynamic visuals and beautiful cinematic composition. A 2014 Bessie Award recipient, Lawith the language of classical ballet, resulting in artful contemporary works...	The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Thu 2/21/19 at 8pm
Music: Alternative, Folk Jade Jackson Jade Jackson is a singer-songwriter from central California who began playing local venues at the young age of 14.	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Sun 2/24/19 at 8pm
Music: Acoustic Snarky Puppy Direct from Walt Disney Concert Hall, Snarky Puppy comes to Santa Barbara with an irresistible mix of funk, fever and finesse. The Brooklyn-based collective features a revolving cast of up to 25 musicians who work with some of the biggest names in music (K...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Sun 2/24/19 at 7pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures, Green/Environmental, Business ESG with Nuvee and D.A. Davidson & Co. Join us for a lunch talk with Nuveen and D.A. Davidson & Co. about ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Investment and its impact on companies and businesses. Limited space available. To reserve your spot, please call Tiffany Lopez at 805-620-4711	Impact Hub - Chapala Center Santa Barbara, CA Wed 2/27/19 at 12pm-1pm
Music: Classical Russian National Orchestra Since its formation in 1990, the Russian National Orchestra has won many fans in the U.S. through annual concert tours and frequent performance broadcasts on National Public Radio. It was the first Russian orchestra to win a Grammy Award and to perform in ...	The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Wed 2/27/19 at 8pm
Talks & Readings: Art Talk, Photography Annie Leibovitz Visionary photographer Annie Leibovitz is one of our most astute observers of contemporary culture, depicting the past half century’s great personalities in images that are both iconic and intimate. Throughout her career, Leibovitz has created work that ge...	Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Thu 2/28/19 at 7:30pm
Special Event: Food/Tasting World of Pinot Noir The annual World of Pinot Noir, a two-day event, gathers the planet’s foremost Pinot Noir wineries and winemakers, renowned chefs, sommeliers and leading wine scholars in a weekend-long seaside celebration of this delicious and storied wine. March 1 and 2.	The Ritz-Carlton Bacara Santa Barbara, CA Fri 3/1/19 - Sat 3/2/19 at 9am-7pm
Music: Acoustic, Classical Beatrice Rana, piano Gramophone’s 2017 Young Artist of the Year Beatrice Rana is making waves in the international classical music scene, arousing admiration and interest from conductors, critics and audiences around the world. Winner of prestigious competitions, a soloist wit...	UCSB – Hahn Hall Santa Barbara, CA Sun 3/3/19 at 4pm
Dance: Ballroom The Joffrey Ballet Among America’s premier ballet companies, Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet returns with two spellbinding nights of cutting-edge programs featuring one of Balanchine’s earliest experimental works, two pieces by modern ballet master Nicolas Blanc, the unique cin...	The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Wed 3/6/19 at 8pm
Music: Acoustic, Classical Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, and Lambert Orkis Anne-Sophie Mutter is a musical phenomenon: For 40 years, the German violin marvel has been a fixture on the international stages of the world’s major concert halls, making her mark on the classical music scene as a soloist, mentor and visionary. A four-ti...	The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Fri 3/8/19 at 7pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Lisa Genova Alzheimer’s doesn’t have to be your brain’s destiny, says the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author Lisa Genova. She will share the latest science investigating the disease and promising research on what each of us can do to build an Alzhei...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Sat 3/9/19 at 7:30pm
Music: Rock Tyler Carter	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Sat 3/9/19 at 8pm
Sports: Bicycling, Film Mountainfilm on Tour: Kids Showcase Mountainfilm on Tour returns with a special all-ages program. With a mission to educate and inspire audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving and conversations worth sustaining, Mountainfilm’s fun, engaging...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Sun 3/10/19 at 3pm
Talks & Readings: Signing/Readings, Talks/Lectures Susan Orlean with Pico Iyer From the everyday to the outlandish, bestselling author Susan Orlean has an eye for the moving, the hilarious and the surprising. She is the author of "The Orchid Thief," which inspired the Academy Award-winning film "Adaptation," and "Rin Tin Tin," which ...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Thu 3/14/19 at 7:30pm
Special Event: Stand Up Comedy John Crist Crist has appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and opened for Dave Chappelle, Seth Meyers, Chris D'Elia and other A-list comics. He keeps a busy touring schedule, which takes him to clubs from coast to coast.	Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, CA Sun 3/24/19 at 7:30pm
Music: Acoustic Hot Club of Cowtown & Dustbowl Revival With a reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows, the hot jazz and Western swing trio Hot Club of Cowtown sets up camp “at that crossroads where country meets jazz and chases the blues away” (The Independent, U.K.). Dustbowl Reviv...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Tue 4/2/19 at 8pm
Music: Electronic, Pop Weyes Blood Weyes Blood is the project of Natalie Mering. Influenced by her parents' born-again Christianity – not entirely in a good way – and by the idea of sacred spaces, she and her band made an album, 2016's “Front Row Seat to Earth.” That fall, Mering told an in...	Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Wed 4/3/19 at 8pm
Music: Acoustic Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The world-renowned all-singing, all-plucking ukulele superstars – who last year celebrated “30 plucking years” of ukulele action – are back with their toe-tapping music, hilarious banter and superlative entertainment. Expect anything from Tchaikovsky to Ni...	University of California, Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall Santa Barbara, CA Thu 4/4/19 at 8pm