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Morning

The Acorn Gathering

Experience the area like the original residents in a tribal setting while learning skills like basket weaving, fire-making, and archery.

9 a.m., Arroyo Hondo Preserve ($100 - $295)

C.A.T.S. Summer Camps

Camp Off Broadway camp for kids ages 5-7.

9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Carrillo Recreation Ctr. ($150 - $275)

Caterpillar Puppets

Caterpillar Puppets to perform, "A Troll's Cookbook," at Santa Barbara Public Library branches.

10:30 a.m., Various Locations (Free)

PathPoint Pinkberry Fundraiser

PathPoint, a local nonprofit organization, is collaborating with Pinkberry Handcrafted Yogurt Bar to hold a fundraiser on May 23.

11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Pinkberry

Afternoon

Caterpillar Puppets

Caterpillar Puppets to perform, "A Troll's Cookbook," at Santa Barbara Public Library branches.

3:30 p.m., Various Locations (Free)

J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood’s Cold War

John Sbardellati, professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, will speak on Hoover's influence on media industries.

4 p.m., HSSB -- UCSB

Websites 101 with Naseem Hyder

Get ready to learn the ins and outs of cre­at­ing and main­tain­ing a web­site, one of the most vital out­lets for artists to rep­re­sent them­selves in this ever grow­ing internet-based world.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m., SB Bank & Trust, Adobe Hill Room (15 E. Carrillo St.) ($15)

Downtown Art & Wine Tour

The Santa Barbara Downtown Organization will once again host the Downtown Art & Wine Tour.

5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., S.B. Historical Museum ($60)

Health Care Forum

Beginning January 1, 2014, many new provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act will be implemented and this event will allow local residents and community partners to discuss what these new provisions really mean for Santa Barbara Cou

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Goleta Union School District (Free)

Reaching for the Stars Fundraiser

Local chefs and Youth and Family Services YMCA invite you to this event that helps our community’s most vulnerable youth to learn, grow and thrive.

5:45 p.m., S.B. Woman's Club-Rockwood ($200)

Evening

Shadows in Space - Media Arts & Technology

An annual display of Master’s and Doctoral student work in Media Arts and Technology at UCSB.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m., UCSB (Free)

Spring Lecture and Dinner Series

Join Bill Poett as he lectures on how to live and love without reservations.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Alchemy Arts Center ($45)

An Evening with Lydia Lunch

Spoken word performer, singer, and actress will perform.

6 p.m., Gallery 525

Gomorrah

The screening is part of the series Matteo Garrone: The Dark Side of Italian Cinema, organized by UCSB Professor Anna Brusutti and co-sponsored by the Film and Media Studies Department and the Carsey-Wolf Center.

7 p.m., Pollock Theater ($5)

SB Public Gardens Month Garden Series

As part of the celebration of garden month, City Parks & Recreation has scheduled a series of 10 free public Garden Talks featuring some of Santa Barbara’s most notable garden experts.

7 p.m., Various locations and times; call for details. (Free)

Recognizing Spiritual Materialism

The Bodhi Path Buddhist Center welcomes teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips for a workshop on mediation.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Bodhi Path Buddhist Ctr.

Oh, Those Hamstrings" with Bob Cooley

Let’s learn about using Resistance Flexibility to give you significantly greater results at a great rate of increase.

7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Yoga Soup ($35 - $40)

Peter Strauss Event

Award-winning actor to talk about his career and life.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Ojai Retreat ($20 - $35)

New Yorker Reading Group

Enjoy selections of the notable magazine with the community.

7:30 p.m., Montecito Branch Library (Free)

Friends of Africa:"Monsters and Everyday Life in a Contemporary Nigerian Masquerade"

Reporting on recent fieldwork in Nigeria, Ethan Rider will present a multimedia show of his compelling masquerade performances that dramatize both folklore and everyday life.

7:30 p.m., Raoul Textiles ($10)

Iron Bunnyhead Show

Santa Barbara folk-blues-rock trance band, Iron Bunnyhead, performs at Mel's.

8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Mel’s Lounge (Free)

Night

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