Thursday, May 11, 7:00 p.m.: Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Santa Barbara County
Free lecture with David Chang. Thursday, May 11, 7:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Solvang Library. Solvang Library, 1745 Mission Drive. Bzzzzz! Are mosquitoes good for anything at all? Join us for a free lecture that will answer many questions, but perhaps not that one. Besides being a nuisance, mosquitoes are a public health pest that can […]
Saturday, June 10: FILM SCREENING: “Gaviota, the End of Southern California”
Free documentary film screening Saturday, June 10, 7:00 p.m. Tipton Meeting House. UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue. Santa Ynez, CA. Join us for a free screening of Gaviota, the End of Southern California. The Gaviota Coast Conservancy says their film “. . . explores one of the most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the world. […]
Thursday, September 15: Global Warming: Could Scientists Be Wrong?
Free lecture and book signing with James Lawrence Powell. Thursday, September 15, 7:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Solvang Library. Legion Wing, Veterans Memorial Hall. 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang. Scientists have been wrong before: think of continental drift, deep time, and meteorite impact. Could they be wrong today about global warming? If so, how exactly? The stories […]
Tuesday, October 11: King Sequoia: The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature
Free lecture and book signing with William C. Tweed. Tuesday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. Legion Wing, Veterans Memorial Hall. 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang. Join us for a fascinating evening as one of California’s preeminent naturalists unspools a history that echoes across generations and continents. Former park ranger William C. Tweed will take us on a […]
Thursday, October 27: Grizzly Bears, Biodiversity, and Fire in the Chaparral
Free lecture with Richard W. Halsey. Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:00 p.m. Legion Wing, Veterans Memorial Hall. 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang. Once home to the California grizzly bear, and where the last California condors were able to hold off extinction, the chaparral remains one of the most misunderstood and under-appreciated ecosystems on earth. Chaparral is found […]
Saturday, November 5: Documentary Film TIME TO CHOOSE
Free screening of documentary film. Saturday, November 5, 7:00 p.m. Little Theater, Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. 2975 East Highway 246. Santa Ynez, CA. The Little Theater at SY High School is located directly across from El Rancho Market in Santa Ynez. Join us for a free screening of TIME TO CHOOSE, a timely […]
Saturday, November 19: Parasites and Food Webs in Our Local Estuaries
Free lecture with Kevin Lafferty. Saturday, November 19, 7:00 p.m. Tipton Meeting House, UC Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Ynez. Join us for an eye-opening talk about the hidden complexities of local aquatic ecosystems. California’s tidal estuaries like the Carpinteria Salt Marsh contain trematode parasites with complex life cycles hosted by both birds and […]
First Lecture of the Season ~ Wednesday, January 20: Rock Creek Wildflowers
Free Lecture with Cathy Rose and Stephen Ingram. Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 p.m. Wildling Museum. 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, CA 93463. Author Cathy Rose and photographer Stephen Ingram will present their new book, Rock Creek Wildflowers, published by the California Native Plant Society. Cathy will discuss the alpine and subalpine flora native to the eastern […]