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Ancestral Materials & Modernism: Textile Artist Porfirio Gutiérrez
Friday, January 9
Drawing on ancestral knowledge of natural materials and a family legacy of treadle loom weaving, Zapotec-American artist Porfirio Gutiérrez creates works that commun...
6:00 PM–7:30 PM
No Science Pub in January
Monday, January 12
Science Pub is on hiatus in January. Meanwhile, satisfy your hunger for research with other programs for adults and our playlist of 20 great talks on YouTube!
6:30 PM–8:00 PM
Intensive Natural Dye Weekend with Textile Artist Porfirio Gutiérrez
Saturday, January 24
Please note that this workshop is fully booked, but there's still room to join us for a talk and special sale of the artist’s functional work on Friday, January...
10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Winter Birding Classes with Rebecca Coulter
Monday, January 26
This class is fully booked. We hope you can join us next time!
8-Week Field Class Mondays, January 26–March 16, 8:30–10:30 AM Meet-up locations sent via e-...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Winter Birding Classes with Sophie Cameron
Wednesday, January 28
This class is fully booked. We hope you can join us next time!
8-Week Field Class Wednesdays, January 28–March 18, 8:30–10:30 AM Meet-up locations sent via e-ma...
8:30 AM–10:30 AM
Dark Matter Under the Gravitational Lens
Friday, February 6
Dark matter is a cornerstone of modern cosmology, successfully explaining the large-scale structure of the universe—from the cosmic microwave background to the rotati...
7:30 PM–9:00 PM
Science Pub: California’s Amphibian Waterpark
Monday, February 9
Take a tour of the frogs and salamanders that inhabit California, a wild waterpark for amphibians! Returning popular Science Pub speaker Emily Taylor, Ph.D., will introduce...
6:30 PM–8:00 PM
Handing Off Your Heirlooms: Lunch & Learn Webinar
Tuesday, February 10
Passing down personal possessions can be meaningful…and complicated. How do you balance financial value, sentimental attachment, and differing expectations among hei...
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
The Courage of Birds: Ways They Survive Winter
Tuesday, February 17
Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Pete Dunne, recipient of the American Birding Association’s Roger Tory...
7:00 PM–8:30 PM
Alien Worlds: Six-class Course
Thursday, February 19
Since their initial discovery 30 years ago, exoplanets have revolutionized our ideas of what other solar systems are like. From worlds that rain glass to potential water wo...
5:00 PM–6:00 PM