Santa Barbara Calendar of Events

"Brass Along the Beach @ UCSB" is a Drum Corps International competition beginning at 7:00 PM featuring 12-time World Champion Blue Devils and Open Class Champion Vanguard Cadets, as well as the visiting Bluecoats-Canton, OH, Academy - Tempe, AZ, Pacific Crest - Diamond Bar, CA, Mandarins - Sacramento, CA and Blue Devils "B" - Concord, CA. Tickets are on sale through www.DCI.org for a general admission price of $25 ($30 on the day of the show and $20 for a pre-arranged group rate of 20 or more). Spectator gates will open at 5:30 PM. UCSB will offer free parking on the event day.

Celebrate our nation's independence by joining the 47th Annual Santa Barbara Fourth of July Parade. The grand march begins at 1:00 p.m. at Micheltorena Street and proceeds down State Street to Old Town Santa Barbara, concluding at Cota Street. This year's theme is "America: Land of Promise" Potential participants are invited to contact Paul Lamberton at lamberton_1776@yahoo.com.

This easy guided kayak tour will bring you closer to the fireworks than you've ever been before. The tour will start before sunset and last until the fireworks conclude and we paddle back. Your tandem kayak will allow you to adjust your seat so you can be comfortable as you view the show. No one will block your view. Captain Jack Guarantees it. These exciting fireworks, coupled with the beauty of the harbor and Stearns Wharf will provide an evening you will not soon forget. Call soon, space is limited. $50 per person. Call us at 805-564-1819 or visit www.CaptainJacksTours.com

Join Art From Scrap where you can make art out of just about anything! All ages welcome.Children age 5 and under must have adult supervision.

Market Forays offers a guided shopping tour of the Santa Barbara Fishermen and Farmers Markets,followed by hands-on cooking class and shared gourmet meal accompanied by local wines. July 4th menu Fresh Local Crab "Nachos" (Local rock crab steamed and chilled, served atop crisp wonton cups with homemade guacamole) Plum wood smoked Jimenez Farm pork roast glazed with avocado honey, served with fresh creamed corn and grilled peaches Hearts of butter lettuce with walnut vinaigrette Cheese course Star-Spangled berry tart All inclusive cost: $135 per person. Call (805)259-7229 to reserve

Join the Goleta Historical Society at Rancho La Patera & Stow House for the 35th annual celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Experience turn-of-the-century traditions with hayrides, vintage cars and engines, dancing, ongoing on-stage musical entertainment, games and races for kids of all ages, tours of Stow House, BBQ, and much more. Admission is $6 adults and children admitted free. Bring folding chairs, blankets and spend the day. Please, no dogs please. 304 N. Los Carneros,Goleta. For more information call 964-4407 or www.goletahistory.org.

Bring your family and friends to the Botanic Garden and enjoy a Docent-guided tour highlighting the beautiful Japanese Teahouse and Garden exhibit. Tours are free to members and are included in the price of Garden admission for non-members.

The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) and Santa Barbra Conservancy present "A Legacy Set in Stone: Santa Barbara Stone Architecture, 1870-1940" at the Casa de la Guerra Historic House Museum, Santa Barbara, Calif., January 29 through July 26, 2009. Incorporating research and photographs used by the Santa Barbara Conservancy in their forthcoming book, Stone Architecture in Santa Barbara, the exhibit explores the tradition of stone construction in Santa Barbara.

Tours of Lotusland are offered at 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM, Wednesday through Saturday between mid-February and mid-November. Knowledgeable volunteer docents interpret the garden and its history on the two-hour walking tours, designed for visitors age ten and older. Family Tours are available for groups with children under age 10. Family Tours are separate from regular adult tours and are child and parent friendly.

Firfires learned all the skills of a working cowboy on local ranches. His passion became drawing what he saw from his saddle: animals, cowboys, Native Americans, vaqueros, and Western scenery. He studied at the Art Center School and the Otis Art Institute. There he developed a style he called “realistic impressionism.” In addition to his fine art paintings, Firfires produced illustrations for magazines, posters, books, and event programs.

1130 State Street, Santa Barbara. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. Closed Monday. Free every Sunday. 805.963.4364. www.sbma.net Exhibition Opening Brett Weston, Cactus, Santa Barbara, 1931. Silver gelatin photograph. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection. Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow This exhibition is the largest retrospective of Brett Weston’s art in over 30 years. Co-organized by The Phillips Collection and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and curated by Stephen Bennett Phillips, the presentation surveys Weston’s nearly 70-year career presenting more than 130 photographs that range from early vintage prints made in Mexico and California in the 1920s and 1930s; East Coast images from the 1940s; to later landscape and nature photographs as well as prints made shortly before his death in Hawaii in 1993. Examining both the familial and artistic relationship between Brett and his father, Edward, this exhibition illuminates their influence on each other, simultaneously freeing Brett from his father’s shadow and allowing him to take his own place in the pantheon of American photography.

Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: 106,000 aluminum cans (30 seconds of can consumption) and so on. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. The artist hopes to raise some questions about the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming. Exhibition entrance included with admission.

For 15 years The Arts Fund's Teen Art Mentorship program has provided a unique opportunity for talented high school students to work with master artists in our community. In a collaborative studio setting, participants receive individual guidance, produce portfolio-quality work, and explore career opportunities in the arts. A collection of works in photography, mixed media, and painting will highlight the diverse talents of twenty high school students who participated in three mentorship programs led by award-winning master artists Nell Campbell, Ron Robertson, and Rafael Perea de la Cabada.

Experience the magic of Butterflies Alive! as you walk through a beautiful garden filled with flowers, luscious greenery, and more than 1,000 free-flying butterflies. Watch as the butterflies flutter past you, and see them as they drink nectar from nearby flowers. Butterflies Alive! will offer many memorable opportunities, so bring your family, friends and cameras. Exhibition entrance included with admission.

Developed with a focus on creativity by renowned marine life artist Wyland, the Wyland Clean Water Tour combines the worlds of art and science to demonstrate the importance of water and how it connects us all. Through exploration, scientific inquiry, artistic expression, and action, visitors will experience the water cycle, understand the science behind water purity, and realize the power each individual has to make a difference. Exhibition entrance included with admission.

From the elegant architecture of plankton, revealed in the black and white photographs of German photographer Claudia Faehrenkemper, to the dazzling, colorful undersea images taken near the coastlines of the Channel Islands by Richard Salas, to the large-scale photographs captured by Ernest H. Brooks II of sea animals, the exhibition "Wildlings from the Deep" provides the first deep-sea adventure hosted by the Wildling Art Museum. Come see the summer exhibition in our new Museum, and also look through the education center, research library, and gift shop. Activities for the whole family!

In a rotating show over summer Artamo Gallery presents fresh works by artists Janet Bothne, Michael Kessler, Elana Kundell, Hyunmee Lee, Michael Moon, Julia Pinkham, and additionally Peggy Ferris as guest artist.

With this show we also introduce and welcome to Artamo Gallery established abstract artist Tamar Kander, who was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and grew up there and in South Africa, where she received her B.A. in Fine Arts with Honors at the University of the Witwatersrand and was awarded a Scholarship for Best Art Student. After a six-month artist residency in Italy, she studied at the University of London, England, finishing with a Masters in Fine Art, followed by the printmaking program at the Art Student's League of New York, 1984–87. She lives and works now in Nashville, Indiana. In the last two decades her work was shown in many solo exhibitions in the Midwestern U.S. and can also be found in the collections of many of the museums in that region.