EVERY FRIDAY
Coast Village Farmers’ Market
Look for booths and market umbrellas and you’ll be there among fresh fruits, vegetables, and flowers
When: 8 am to 11:15 am
Where: Somewhere along Coast Village Road
Info: 969-0303
EVERY WEEKEND
Live at Tsunami
Coast Village restaurant Tsunami, one of Montecito’s few hubs for live music, hosts evening of moxie-sing jazz and standards from Great American Songbook.
When: 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Where: 1014 Coast Village Road
Price: free
Info: 969-7565
AT THE GALLERIES
Montecito Frame
Montecito Frame is featuring works by Craig Marshall Smith, abstract expressionist who taught drawing for a short period of time at UCSB in the ‘70s.
When: Monday thru Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm
Where: Montecito Frame, 1224 K Coast Village Road
Info: 969-1129
Westmont Reynolds Gallery
From January 18 through March 9, Westmont College displays work of Harry Carmean, master draftsman and painter who worked professionally as an artist for more than six decades. He also taught figure drawing at the Art Center of Design in Pasadena for 43 years.
When: Mondays thru Saturdays, 11 am to 5 pm
Where: Reynolds Gallery, 955 La Paz Road
Info: 565-6162
RSVP
The Truth About Muhammad
Join the Santa Barbara Wednesday Morning Club in welcoming author Robert Spencer. The New York Times bestselling author reveals “The Truth About Muhammad” in a reception and book signing. Wednesday Morning Club Executive Director David Horowitz will be on hand.
When: January 23, reception 4 pm; tea, 4:30 pm; book signing, 5:30 pm
Where: Four Seasons Biltmore, La Marina Room, 1260 Channel Drive
Cost: Club members no charge; $45 for non-members
Info: 969-0148
Festival of Hearts
Come enjoy a buffet luncheon, soft jazz, live and silent auctions. Papier mâché hearts decorated by local artists, students and residents will be available for your Valentine shopping.
When: Saturday, February 3, from noon to 3:30 pm.
Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane
Cost: $75 in advance, $85 at the door, $35 children under 12
Info: 969-0859
ONGOING
Meditation & Healing Circle
Kim Vincent and her husband, Roger Ford, host ongoing spiritual workshop for people who “need healing from within.” Workshop is designed for people who are “stuck” and unhappy to people with life-threatening illnesses.
When: First Wednesday of each month, 7:15 pm to 9 pm
Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road
Info: Roger or Kim at 640-0211
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12
Cam Pac’s back
Camerata Pacifica resumes its 2006-07 concert series with Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, Op. Post. 163, D 956. Concert also features Kagel’s “Klangwolfe” and Britten’s “Cello Sonata.”
When: 1 pm and 7:30 pm,
Where: Lehmann Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road
Cost: $20 (1 pm); $48 (7 pm)
Info: 884-8410
Eating Habits of the Sexes
Christina Van Dyke, assistant professor of philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, comes to Westmont College to speak about how cultural myths of female and male eating relate in important ways to how men and women generally react to desire. Her lecture is titled “I’ll Have a Salad and Diet Coke: Eating as a Gendered Act,” is free and open to the public.
When: 3:30 pm
Where: Hieronymus Lounge, 955 La Paz Road
Info: 565-6051
MONDAY, JANUARY 15
Martin Luther King, Jr Day
Federal holiday, all schools are closed. In honor of the late doctor, we remember one of his most memorable quotes: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”