Textile art by Porfirio Gutiérrez. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in January will host Zapotec-American ...

Jean‑Michel Cousteau The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum invites community members to Love Boat: Sailing to Alaska, a land-based gala, 5 p.m. Friday, March ...

What defines a “coastal moment”? It might be the vivid hues of sunlight cascading over the cliffs at Butterfly Beach. Or the shimmering lights that create constellations in the harbor at night. Or ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – Feb 20, 2025 – The Couture Pattern Museum, founded by local historian and preservationist Cara ...

A three-inch long Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) was spotted at a local Santa Barbara County business this ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum welcomed four members to its board of directors Monday. Below is a press release on the newest members of the museum: The Santa Barbara ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. The first inhabitants of Santa Barbara were the Chumash, a Native American tribe known for their canoes, shell ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has closed its "Chumash Life" hall and is awaiting consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians as one of a number of museums and educational ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. In Santa Barbara, the Maritime Museum is celebrating Women's History Month by honoring the women making history ...

HOUSTON, January 15, 2025 — Asia Society Texas (AST) is proud to announce Vian Sora: Outerworlds, a multi-venue mid-career survey of internationally renowned abstract painter Vian Sora (b. 1976, ...

A print from Willard Boepple's Double Zigs (2017) series. Boepple is one of eight artists who signed a letter protesting the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's recent cancellation of Three American ...

The Children's Resource and Referral of Santa Barbara County held its Very Merry Christmas themed event at the Discovery ...