All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Apr 28-May 1: City Nature Challenge. UCSB Reads 2023 is participating in the Santa Barbara City Nature Challenge! Let's celebrate the nature in and around our urban areas by documenting all the species we can find.
7:30PM, Wed, May 10: UCSB Reads 2023 Author Talk. Charles Montgomery, author of Happy City, will present a free public talk in UCSB's Campbell Hall.
5:30PM Thursdays through May 11: KCSB 91.9 to Air Selected Readings from Happy City. Interested in being a volunteer reader? Please contact Ted Coe at advisor@kcsb.org, or Lisa Osborn at nd@kcsb.org.
Past Events
6PM Wed. Apr. 19: UCSB Reads 2023 Book Club. Join a student-led book club to discuss this year’s UCSB Reads book selection, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery, which explores how our communities do or do not make us happy. Sign up here! (UCSB Library, Instruction & Training Room 1312).
5PM Wed. Apr. 12: Drop in Zine Workshop: A Happy City/UCSB Reads 2023 Event. Join us at UCSB Library for a free zine workshop, no experience necessary! You can learn more about zines and how they are made here. (UCSB Library, Instruction & Training Room 1312).
5PM Thurs. Apr. 6: Opening Reception for Happy City: Isla Vista. Please join UCSB Library at a public reception to celebrate its new exhibition of student work Happy City: Isla Vista which is drawn from the layouts of the Winter 2023 issue of UCSB's literary magazine The "Catalyst." (UCSB Library, Instruction & Training Room 1312).
6PM Wed. Apr. 5: UCSB Reads 2023 Book Club. Join a student-led book club to discuss this year’s UCSB Reads book selection, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery, which explores how our communities do or do not make us happy. Sign up here! (UCSB Library, Instruction & Training Room 1312).
11AM, Fri. Mar. 3: Behind-the-Scenes-Tour of the Architecture & Design Collection and Exhibition. The tour of the Collection will include a special tour of Genius Loci: Domesticity and Placemaking in Southern California, an exhibition celebrating the Collection's 60th anniversary. Space is limited. Click here to register. (UCSB AD&A Museum).
11AM, Thurs. Mar. 2: Behind-the-Scenes-Tour of the Architecture & Design Collection and Exhibition. The tour of the Collection will include a special tour of Genius Loci: Domesticity and Placemaking in Southern California, an exhibition celebrating the Collection's 60th anniversary. Space is limited. Click here to register. (UCSB AD&A Museum).
3:30PM Thurs. Feb. 23: Illuminating Hidden Barriers and Knowledge: Findings from the Mobility Justice in Chicago Research Study, a talk by Jesus Barajas (UCSB Buchanan Hall, Rm. 1930).
6PM, Thurs. Feb. 9: Housing in Santa Barbara: Challenges and Opportunities
Join UCSB Reads 2023 and SBPL’s Book to Action program for a panel discussion with local experts who will discuss housing policy challenges and possible solutions. (Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 East Anapamu Street).
12PM, Fri. Jan. 27: Slow Bike Ride. Join UCSB Health & Wellness for a slow bike ride to Hendry's Beach. To register, please click the Shoreline link here. (Student Resource Building). UCSB affiliates only.
4PM, Wed. Jan. 25: Urban Place Making Over the Next 30 Years. A panel discussion about city building through the eyes of those involved in planning our urban community, with Elias Isaacson, James Kyriaco, Laurel Perez, and Kim Yasuda. Moderated by Andrew Plantinga (UCSB Library Instruction & Training Room 1312).
4PM, Tues., Jan. 17: Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series Presents: Spatial Data Science Solutions for Better Bicycling a talk by Trisalyn Nelson, UCSB Geography (UCSB Library, Pacific View Room, 8th Floor).
12PM Fri., Jan. 20: Free Book Giveaway for UCSB Students. The Chancellor, University Librarian, and Executive Vice Chancellor will be handing out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2023 book while supplies last. (UCSB Library, Paseo). UCSB students only.
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