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*All events, times, and dates are subject to change.



JULIA MORGAN TOUR
Ongoing
Hearst Castle, San Simeon. New to the castle’s offerings is a 120-minute tour about the architect behind the creation of William Randolph Hearst’s legendary residence. View rarely seen areas that highlight her design and photographic displays of her architectural drawings. For more information and tickets please click here. Photo Courtesy of Highway 1 Disovery Route.



SOOLIP CREATIVE ARTS WORKSHOPS
Ongoing
Discovering Soolip Creative Arts Workshops feels like finding a key inscribed with your initials on the forest floor. Open the door to your creativity in the setting of small Soolip gatherings, intimate happenings. Rare opportunities to call up your spirit and express your heart’s desire using an array of media and materials. For more information please click here. Photo Courtesy of Soolip.



PASADENA SHOWCASE HOUSE OF DESIGN
April 21–May 19, 2024
Pasadena. Since you’re perusing 805 Living’s Home + Garden issue, chances are you’ll be eager to see what 27 top designers have done to revamp Potter Daniels Manor, an English Tudor Revival-style mansion. Chat up the on-site interior decorators and landscaping experts to get tips for your home and garden. For more information and tickets please click here. Photo Courtesy of Peter Christiansen Valli.



OJAI TENNIS TOURNAMENT
April 24-28, 2024
Catch Ventura’s own Bryan brothers at the 122nd year of this tournament, where they’ll be watching games at Libbey Park, participating in special events, and being honored at a fundraising dinner at the Ojai Valley Museum. For more information and tickets please click here.



SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
April 25-30 and May 1-5, 2024
Theaters in SLO and Paso Robles screen more than 125 films, representing 25 countries. Categories include feature films, documentaries, shorts, student films, animated films, and music videos. For more information and tickets please click here. Photo Courtesy of San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, Film: Thelma.



ZZ TOP
April 27, 2024
Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Paso Robles. Distinctive looking and distinctive sounding, the bearded members of this band put on one heckuva show representing 50 years of rock, blues, and boogie music. Be on the lookout for spinning guitars. For more information and tickets please click here. Photo Courtesy of Nederlander Concerts.



TINY PORCH CONCERTS
May 12, 2024
Peter Strauss Ranch, Agoura. Commune with nature and live music performed by the Accidentals and the Jems. For more information and tickets please click here. Photo Courtesy of Jayden Becker.



INTRODUCTION TO SPINNING WITH A DROP SPINDLE
May 25, 2024
The Crafter’s Library, Santa Barbara. Take a class in an ancient technique of spinning yarn. For more information and tickets please click here. Photo Courtesy of The Crafter’s Library.



DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Through May 2024
Bank of America Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks. Six evenings set the stage for enlightenment from politician Liz Cheney, former lieutenant general H.R. McMaster, neuroscientist Lisa Genova, author Thomas Friedman, actor Goldie Hawn, and astronomer Moogega Cooper. For more information and tickets please click here.



ICE BEAR
Through May 31, 2024
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. Brrrr. View two dozen images of polar bears in the frozen tundra of Manitoba in an exhibition of work by photographer Ralph A. Clevenger, who captures them in their moments of struggle and survival. For more information please click here. Photo Courtesy of Ralph Clevenger.



JANNA IRELAND: TRUE STORY INDEX
Through June 2, 2024
Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Themes of family, home, and Black identity in American culture are represented in this exhibition, the largest presentation of the photographer’s work to date. For more information and tickets please click here.



NATURE ADVENTURES CAMPS AND CLASSES
June 17-August 16
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Registration is open now, so get kids enrolled in programs. For more information please click here.



FROM FIELD TO FRAME: THE PAC6 SHOW HOW IT’S DONE
Through July 7, 2024
Santa Paula Art Museum. Visit themuseum to view 70-plus landscape paintings that represent the bucket list of six SoCal women who travel the country and paint their dream destinations. For more information and tickets please click here. Photo Courtesy of Marian Fortunati 2023 Magic Hour-Monument Valley, Oil on canvas, 18 x 36.



SLO(W) RAINBOW
Through July 2024
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. You can see artist Leah Rosenberg’s paean to natural surroundings, architecture, the local landscape, changing seasons, light, energy, and color from (and on) the outside of the museum, but do step into this contemporary space to be enveloped in colors, shapes, patterns, and puzzles that further play up the beauty of the world. For more information please click here. Photo: Creekside Wall by Leah Rosenberg.