Conocurs d'Elegance Santa Barbara

24th Santa Barbara

Concours d'Elegance & Vino d'Elegance

Andy Granatelli, Grand Marshall

Saturday, October 30th 10am - 4pm

Car Show
general admission both days $20 

Vino d'Elegance

Trick or Trunk - Halloween Activities for Children

Sunday, October 31 10am-4pm

Concours d'Elegance

Vino d'Elegance

Awards Ceremony

Musical Entertainment

Art Exhibition

Halloween Activities for Children

This event is family friendly!

Located at the

Santa Barbara Polo & Raquet Club

3300 Via Real, Carpinteria, CA

For Event Tickets and Information
for specific ticket costs and inclusions be sure to visit
http://www.elegantcars.com/

800-594-7734 or 805-884-9977

Trick-or-Treat Santa Barbara Style

Friday - October 29 6 pm

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

Upstairs at Paseo Nuevo

Pumpkin Carving Contest & Wine Tasting

all ages are invited to submit a pumpkin between noon Thursday and noon Friday

to be eligible for awards.

Kunin Wines will offer tastings with a focus on autumnal  pairings as part of the

Downtown Organization's epicure.sb series.  Free.

Saturday, October 30; 7-11:30 pm

Canary Confidential Cocktail Party 

Canary Hotel 31 W. Carillo St, SB

Live music, champagne bottle service, Trick-or-Tweet door prizes,

photo booth and specialty drinks.

$35 advance, $40 at door. 884-0300

 

Downtown Santa Barbara Safe Trick-or Treat

Sunday October 31st noon-3pm

Along State St bet6ween Sola and Gutierrez Streets and at Paseo Nuevo

The Downtown Organization welcomes costumed children and their families to visit participating business to provide treats, candy, stickers, coupons, balloons & fun to trick or treaters-Free

 

Shop for Costumes

at the following locations:

World of Magic, 322 State Street, Park in lot 12

BiZerk 432 State Street

Victorian Vogue 4289 State Street

Simply Halloween 290-B Storke Road, Goleta

Music For Kids

Dan Zanes and Friends

October 24, 2010, 3pm

Campbell Hall-UCSB

Tickets $10 each

 

Dan Zanes and Friends returns with exhuberance, handmade rock music for kids and parents alike. The New York Times calls it "true children's music, but executed with sweet and un-gooey humor, casual multiculturalism, and shambling groove that you can call it your own."

Balloons, food, face-painting and family fun just before the show.

Information from the Arts & Lectures Program by the University of California at Santa Barbara

http://www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/



First Thursday Celebrations downtown Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara Downtown Organization's
First Thursdays
October 7th

An evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara.  On the first Thursday of each month, participating galleries and related venues offer free access to visual and performing art in a fun and social environment from 5-8 pm. Venues feature attractions such as art opening, live music, artists' receptions, lectures, wine tastings hand ands-on activities.  State Street comes alive with performances and interactive exhibits.

Cafe Buenos Aires

1316 State Street 805 963-0242

Brazilian Carnival Night!  The Raiz Brazil Dance Grouple explores  different Brazilian rhythms such as Samba, Axe, Samba-Raggae and Frevo, combined with a theatrical approach.  Also featuring photos by Sylvia Abualy. 7 pm

Bamboo DNA

Corner of Victoria and State Streets, Chase Bank

Gerard Minakawa will bring another of his frightening bamboo bugs to State Street !  Minakawa and his Bamboo DNA crew will create a unique new creature in time for the Halloween season.

Kalinka

Corner of Anapamu and State Streets

Come listen to the exotic sounds of local band Kalinka as they dish out their Eastern Euporean Klezmer Gypsy madness

Taco Taste Off

900 State Street on Border's Patio

Cheer on and vote for your favorite  Downtown fish/seafood taco as local celebrity judges taste and critique the finest fish/seafood tacos that Downtown SB has to offer.  Judging will begin at 5:30 pm

A Bit of Flan

Casa Magazine

23 East Canon Perdido Street 805 965-6448

Enter the 2nd annual contest to see who makes the finest flan in Santa Barbara or stop in for a tasting. Judging will begin at 4:30 pm

Information from the Downtown Organization website
for more information on featured events, parking, maps and a calendar of events

http://www.santabarbaradowntown.com/

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

A Santa Barbara Treasure Trove since 1941
1130 State Street, Santa Barbara

Open Tuesday-Sunday 11-5pm

FREE every Sunday

Mission:  to intigrate art into the lives of people

27,000 works of art

An art musem of magnitutde and quality more commonly found in cities eight times the size of Santa Barbara

Includes classical antiquities rivaled in the West only by the J. Paul Getty Musem

No West Coast Museum owns more Monet Paintings

Brings world renowned exhibitions to Santa Barbara

Originates exhibitions that travel to museums across the Americas and Europe

Welcomes 150,000 visitors to exhibitions and activities each year

Receives less than 1% of its budget from government grants and no regular tax dollars

Museum Store: open Monday - Saturday 10 am - 6 pm

Sunday 11 am - 5 pm

Museum Cafe: open Tuesday - Sunday  

11 am - 5 pm

Fearing Library:  open Tuesdays - Thursday 1 pm - 5 pm 

Special programs for school, families and kids

ArtVentures - special educational programs for children during school breaks

http://www.sbma.net

Admission
Members free
Non-members:
Adults $9; Seniors (age 65+) $6
Students with ID $6
Ages 6-17 $6, under 6 free
Sundays - Free