Keepers offer informal activities relating to the zoo’s many turtles and tortoises, coinciding with World Turtle Day, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make personal appearances. Check online or at the entry kiosk for more information.

The Producing Unit, an award-winning Santa Barbara theatre company, is proud to announce their next play, Yankee Tavern, by Steven Dietz. An outstanding cast combined with a thought-provoking script by one of the most produced playwrights in…

The Gaviota Coast Conservancy (GCC) and the Naples Coalition along with SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment) and Reeve Woolpert, fine art photographer, will hold the fourth annual fundraiser Visions Of The Gaviota Coast…

The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Nir Kabaretti, will conclude its 2015-16 season with a pair of exhilarating concerts featuring classical guitar virtuoso Pablo Sáinz Villegas at the historic Granada Theatre on May 14…

The Force is calling to you. Just let it in… at the Pollock Theater. Thirty-two years after the release of Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens brings together the saga’s original characters with with a new generation of heroes…

This talk explores British economic policy in the Middle East in general and Palestine specifically during WWII. Scholarly depictions have focused on the importance of measuring and realizing economic growth. This analysis looks instead at the…

Shop for seasonal local ingredients and learn how to use them to easily create delicious gourmet meals. Our hands-on cooking class is followed by a shared feast paired with wines.  Please call ahead or visit website to see the day’s…

This casual 3 hour walking Santa Barbara food tour takes guests through the historic waterfront and Funk Zone neighborhoods for bites of fresh, local seafood, artisan flatbread, handmade tacos, and delectable sweets. Along the way enjoy sips of…

The Taste of Santa Barbara is an intimate food walking tour that introduces guests to six different tasty locations in the mid-State Street area of downtown Santa Barbara. Over the course of the 3 hour tour, guests get to meet the chefs and owners…

The Santa Barbara coastline offers several fun locations for introductory surfing lessons. We will teach you the basics of surfing on the beach before hitting the water to catch some waves. This is a great way to get a taste of surfing in just a…

Our full day surfing trips are a great foundation to this exciting sport, focusing on the fundamentals reading water, paddling, etiquette, catching waves and riding. Our knowledgeable instructors will use their skills to point out the finer points…

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) Satellite @ Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara presents Shift, Stretch, Expand: Everyday Transformations, a group exhibition of nine Santa Barbara County artists that explores the quiet and inconspicuous…

Combining found text, transcriptions of interviews with contemporary young women, and highly theatrical movement, Too Much Water explores the lives of “good girls,” the social taboos of madness, and the repercussions and reverberations of…

If this is your first time kayaking Channel Islands National Park, then this is where you want to go. No other area of the park offers as many sea cave kayaking opportunities. Some of the most beautiful sea caves in the world can be found at…

This trip takes us into the heart of the Santa Barbara’s wine country, home to several very popular California vintners. We depart by van in the morning and head to the Foxen Canyon Trail or Santa Rita Hills, perfect for cycling through…

90 minutes narrated city tour of Santa Barbara and Montecito. Highlights include the Mission, El Presidio, Wharf/Harbor, Courthouse, family fun spots, celebrity trivia and a breathtaking view from the Riviera. Small lap dogs welcome. The wine…

If you like tasty treats and wine, then you are going to love this Santa Ynez tour! This wine tour features a delicious sampling of wine infused cupcakes in the heart of Santa Ynez wine country. Actual dates may vary – minimum numbers required on…

Join us for a fun day of wine tasting in the beautiful valley and vineyards that is Santa Barbara Wine Country.

Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery is proud to announce their new representation of Santa Barbara-based painter Phoebe Brunner. Further to Fly will be the artist’s first solo exhibition with Sullivan Goss.

This is the 11th annual women author conference organized by the Women’s Literary Festival. The conference highlights well-known and up and coming female writers. Authors presenting this year are Ann Louise Bardach, Grace DeSoto Ferry, Mollie…

Marcia Burtt Gallery presents Peggi Kroll Roberts and Ray Roberts, award-winning painters who tell the story of California through landscape.Continuing in the tradition of California plein air painters, Ray Roberts shows rural California as we…

Hikes are led by trained docents on maintained trails and roads on our nearly 6,000 acre property. On each date we offer two moderate hikes and one easy on one Saturday per month from 9 AM to 12 PM. Upcoming hikes: March 12, April 9, May 14 and…

Captain Jack’s does it all. 5 different wine tasting tours daily. Horseback riding, sailboat cruises, kayaking, whale watching trips & more. Visit their website for details and rates.

Join our award winning wine tour to see and experience the wine country on Santa Barbara backroads. Follow the old stagecoach route to world renowned vineyards with our expert guide. Your epicurean experience is a VIP event that includes about 25…

Each week the farmers in the marketplace display a colorful bounty of agricultural products grown right in our backyard. Seasonal diversity is available year-round, rain or shine. Music and entertainment liven the markets while creating a positive…