This Week In Santa Barbara –March 8^thThrough March 14^th
	Please Call Ahead To Ensure An Event Is Taking Place!
Visit The Santa Barbara Visitor Center 1 Garden Street, At The Beach Monday-Saturday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Pick Up A Free Visitor’s Map With Many $$$$-Saving Coupons Including: · 2 for 1 Wine Tastings in Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley · Discounts at Museums, Attractions, Restaurants, and Stores Note: The calendar is organized in the following order: 1. Ongoing recreational events, such as tours, cruises, markets, etc. 2. Daily and weekend events 3. Ongoing museum events and plays (end dates included in text if available) 4. Upcoming long-term events, such as museum events, festivals, and plays showing the start and end date 5. Events scheduled by date
March-April	Whale Watching, Condor Express, 2½-hr trips at 9 am, noon, and 3 pm, $48 adults, $28 children (No charge for under 5 yrs.), 10% discount coupon available at the Visitor Center, www.condorcruises.com	1-888-77whale
March	Eagle Cruises, Lake Cachuma, www.sbparks.org/DOCS/lakecruise.html	686-5055
March-May	Harbor Seal Birthing, Carpinteria, view from the bluffs above the rookery, www.santabarbarahikes.com	684-5479
Ongoing	Old Town Trolley Tours, $19.00 adults. One FREE Youth (12 & under) 2-Day Pass per one paying adult. 90-minute narrated tour, includes free pirate cruise, free clam chowder and store & museum discounts. Leaves from Stearns Wharf at 10 am, noon, 2 and 4 pm. Tickets sold at The Visitor Center, 1 Garden Street	965-3021 965-0353
Ongoing	Land and Sea Tours, $25.00 adults. $10.00 children (10 and under). 90-minute narrated tours in town and at sea aboard the amphibious vehicle Land Shark. Daily 12 pm and 2 pm from Stearns Wharf. Tickets sold at The Visitor Center, 1 Garden Street	965-3021 683‑7600
Ongoing	Sunset & Coastal Cruises on the Double Dolphin , (50-ft catamaran), $20 adults & children, (under 2 FREE). Leaves from The Sailing Center. Tickets sold at The Visitor Center, 1 Garden Street	965-3021 962‑2826
Ongoing	Santa Barbara Adventure Company, daily trips including Channel Islands, coastal kayaking, rentals, surf lessons, rock climbing, wine tours by bike and van, high ropes courses and more. Trips starting at $20, www.SBAdventureCo.com	898-0671
Ongoing	Captain Jack’s Tours, wine tasting, kayaking, horseback riding, sailing, whale watching, glider rides, culinary & art tours, paintball courses, high and low ropes courses and more, www.captainjackstours.com	564-1819
Ongoing	Farmers Markets, www.sbfarmersmarket.org	962-5354
Ongoing	Guide to SB County Art Venues, galleries, museums, art events, studio artists, public art, www.sbva.org
Daily	Docent Led Tours, SB Botanic Garden, 2 pm, www.sbbg.org	682-4726
Daily	Docent Led Tours, SB County Courthouse, Monday-Wednesday & Friday at 10:30 am, Monday-Sunday at 2 pm, www.santabarbaracountycourthouse.org	962-6464
Tuesday until summer	Star-Viewing Night with the Astronomical Unit, Camino Real Marketplace, near Border’s Books & Music, 6:30 pm (setup), 7 pm, www.sbau.org	964-8201
Tuesday & Thursday	Reagan Ranch Center Exhibit Gallery, original artifacts and multimedia exhibits, 217 State Street (across from Amtrak station), 11 am-4:30 pm http://www.yaf.org:80/ExhibitGalleries.aspx	957-1980
Thursday	Live @ Enterprise, music & happy hour, Enterprise Fish, 225 State, 9‑11 pm, www.enterprisefishco.com	962-3313
Thursday/ Friday/ Saturday	Late Night in the Barrel Room at Carr Winery, 414 N. Salsipuedes St., 5 pm-Midnight, www.carrwinery.com	965-7985
Friday	Free Train Rides (until Thanksgiving), South Coast Railroad Museum, 11‑4, www.GoletaDepot.org	964-3540
Friday	Dance Party (alcohol-free and smoke-free), SB Dance Center, 127‑A W. Canon Perdido, 9-11 pm	899-2901
Saturday	SB County Parks Presents Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Garden Tour, Sunken Garden, 10:30 am (cancelled when raining)	568-2472
Saturday	Fisherman's Market, Santa Barbara Harbor, 7:30-10 am, www.sbfish.com	965-9564
Saturday	Historic Homes Tour, Fernald House Mansion & Trussell-Winchester Adobe, 414 West Montecito Street, 1 pm & 2 pm	966-1601
Saturday	SB Maritime Museum Docent-Guided Tours, SB Maritime Museum, 2pm, www.sbmm.org	962-8404
Saturday	Carpinteria Salt Marsh Tour, 10 am, www.carpinteria.ca.us	684-5405
Sunday	Arts and Crafts Show, Cabrillo Blvd, 10-5, www.sbaacs.com	897-1982
Sunday	Sea Stories at the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf, 11:30 AM–Noon, www.sbnature.org	962-2526
Weekend	Nature Walks, SB Botanic Garden, 11 am and 2 pm, www.sbbg.org	682-4726
Weekend	Historic Downtown Walking Tours, Saturday from De La Guerra Plaza, Sunday from the steps of the Main Library, 10 am, www.afsb.org	965-6307
Weekend	Tour Rancho La Patera and Historic Stow House, 304 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, 2-4 pm, www.goletahistory.org	964-4407
Ongoing	Gladwin Planetarium Shows, Wednesday & Friday at 3 pm, Saturday and Sundays hourly from 11 am with last show at 3 pm, in Spanish on Sunday at 3 pm, Museum of Natural History, www.sbnature.org	682-4711
Ongoing	Magic Planet (thru ?), Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes (thru 3/28), Preserving Audubon: The Bien Edition Restoration Project (opens 1/5, thru ?), Empire Elegance: The Age of Redouté (thru 4/25), Museum of Natural History, SB Natural History Museum, 7:30 pm, www.sbnature.org	682-4711
Ongoing	Delacroix To Monet: Masterpieces of 19^th Century Painting from Walters Art Museum (thru 5/10); From India and Beyond: Gifts from Stephen Huyler and the Pal Family Collection (thru 5/23); Museum of Art, www.sbma.net	963-4364
Ongoing	Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison (thru 5/16), City, Country, Industry, Agriculture: On the Road with Roy Stryker (thru 6/13), UCSB Art Museum, www.uam.ucsb.edu	893-7564 893‑2951
Ongoing	Preserving Audubon: The Bien Edition Restoration Project, Empire Elegance: The Age of Redouté (thru 4/25), Museum of Natural History, www.sbnature.org	682-4711
Ongoing	Reagan Ranch Center Exhibit Gallery, original artifacts and multimedia exhibits, 217 State Street (across from Amtrak station), 11 am-4:30 pm Tuesday and Thursday only, http://www.yaf.org:80/ExhibitGalleries.aspx	957-1980
Ongoing	Herb Parker: A Nature-Based Installation, SB Botanic Garden, www.sbbg.org	682-4726
Ongoing thru 4/25/10	Touring Santa Barbara through The Magic Lantern: Images From The Pearl Chase Collection, 1915-1926, Casa de la Guerra, Saturday & Sunday noon-4 pm, www.sbthp.org	965-0093
Ongoing thru 1/28/2011	Ceramics Rediscovered: Science Reshapes understanding of Hispanic Life in Early California, El Presidio, www.sbthp.org	965-0093
Ongoing thru 6/10	Portraits in Paradise: The Photography of Edwin and Carolyn Gledhill 1907-1941, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, www.santabarbaramuseum.com	966-1601
Ongoing	Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam (thru 4/24), Film – On the Wings of Eagle (thru 4/30), Painting the Channel Islands by David Gallup (thru 6/30), SB Maritime Museum, www.sbmm.org	962-8404
8	Jazz Jam with Jeff Elliot, SOhO, 1221 State St., upstairs,7:30 pm, www.sohosb.com	962-7776
9	SB Maritime Museum Book Club, SB Maritime Museum, 10 am-noon, www.sbmm.org	962-8404
9	Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet, Lobero Theatre, 7:00 pm, www.lobero.com	963-0761
9	Rashomon (film, new restoration), Campbell Hall, 7:30 pm, www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu	893-3535
9	CAMA Presents: Orchestra Philharmonique , The Granada, 8 pm, www.camasb.org	899-2222
9	UCSB ECM – “Speaking Personally,” UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, 8 pm, www.music.ucsb.edu
10	SB Maritime Museum Book Club, topic TBA, SB Maritime Museum, 10 am - 12 pm, www.sbmm.org	962-8404
10	SB Music Club, Faulkner Gallery, Main Library, 11 am, www.sbmusicclub.org	687-5537
10	Malcolm Gladwell, Arlington Theatre, 8 pm, www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu	893-3535
10	UCSB Symphony Orchestra – Up with Solos, UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, 8 pm, www.music.ucsb.edu
11	UCSB Music of India Ensemble, UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall, 7 pm, www.music.ucsb.edu
11	UCSB Men’s & Women’s Choruses – My Song Rings Out, Trinity Episcopal Church, State and Micheltorena, 8 pm, www.music.ucsb.edu
12	Camerata Pacifica, Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1 and 7:30 pm, www.cameratapacifica.org	(800) 557-2224
12	Comedy Jam, SOhO, 1221 State St., upstairs, 5:30 pm, www.sohosb.com	962-7776
12	Somos Son, SOhO, 1221 State St., upstairs, 9:300 pm, www.sohosb.com	962-7776
12	Cinema Italiano Cpntemporeneo: Casanova 70, Fe Bland Theater, SBCC West Campus, 7:30 pm, www.italianheritagesb.org
12	UCSB Gospel Choir, UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, 8 pm, www.music.ucsb.edu
12-13	BASSH, Ballroom, Tango, Swing, Salsa & Hip Hop, Lobero Theatre, 8 pm, www.sbdancealliance.org, www.lobero.com	966-6950 963‑0761
12-14	65^th SB International Orchid Show, Earl Warren Showgrounds, 9-5, www.sborchidshow.com	637-4578
13	Princess Day, SB Zoo, 10-3, www.sbzoo.org	962-5339
13	65^th SB International Orchid Show : Annual Orchid Show Dinner, Earl Warren Showgrounds, www.sbbg.org	682-4726
13	Gladwin Planetarium Star Parties, Museum of Natural History, 7-10 pm, www.sbnature.org	682-4711
13	Gladwin Planetarium Show: Tales of the Maya Skies, Museum of Natural History, 7:30 and 8:30 pm, www.sbnature.org	682-4711
13-14	Santa Barbara Youth Ensemble Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, Center Stage Theater, 2 pm and 4:30 pm, www.centerstagetheater.org	963-0408
13-14	SB Master Chorale – Pablo Neruda/Mikis Theodorakis Canto General, First Presbyterian Church, State & Constance, Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm, www.sbmasterchorale.org	967-8287
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14	Technique as Influence: the Painter’s Odyssey of Craft and Communication with Graydon Parrish, Museum of Art, 2:30-3:30 pm, www.sbma.net	963-4364
14	Travel Film – Sea to Sea in a Model-T, Museum of Natural History, SB Natural History Museum, 3 pm, www.sbnature.org	682-4711
14	Lecture: Gardens of the World with Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, SB Botanic Garden, 3 pm, www.sbbg.org	682-4726
14	21^st Annual Silent Auction for San Marcos Parent-Child Workshop, SB Museum of Natural History, 4-7 pm	964-8994
14	Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, Marjorie Luke Theatre, 4 & 7 pm, www.luketheatre.org	884-4087
14	Fitz minor, SOhO, 1221 State St., upstairs, 8:00 pm, www.sohosb.com	962-7776
14 (thru 3/18)	3rd Annual Restaurant Week, 7 restaurants with special 3-course tasting menus, www.SolvangUSA.com	(800) 468-6765

FARMERS MARKETS (www.sbfarmersmarket.org 962-5354) Summer Hours – Daylight Saving Time Winter Hours – Standard Time
Saturdays Downtown Santa Barbara Corner of Santa Barbara & Cota Streets 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (year-round)	Sundays Goleta-Camino Real Marketplace 7004 Marketplace Drive (In front of Borders) 10 am – 2 pm (year-round)
Tuesdays Old Town Santa Barbara 500 & 600 Blocks of State Street 3-6:30 pm (winter), 4-7:30 pm (summer) Thursdays Goleta 5700 Block of Calle Real 3-6 pm (year-round) Carpinteria 800 Block of Linden Avenue 3-6 pm (winter), 3-6:30 pm (summer)	Wednesdays Harding School 1625 Robbins St., just south of Valerio 3-6:30 pm (year-round) Solvang Village Copenhagen Drive & 1^st Street 2-6 pm (winter), 2:30-6 pm (summer) Fridays Montecito 1100 & 1200 Blocks of Coast Village Road 8-11:15 am (year-round)

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