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Morning

UCSB Sedgwick Reserve Hikes

The beautiful and rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting for a series of monthly hikes and nature activities open to the public each fall and spring on the 6,000-acre UCSB Sedgwick Reserve.

8:30 a.m. to noon, UCSB Sedgewick Reserve (Free)

Holiday Art Bazaar and Benefit

Fundraiser for the Unity Shoppe

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Reds Coffee House

Tour of Coal Oil Point Reserve

A Tour Leader trained by the nonprofit Shorelines & Watersheds will take you for a walk around this beautiful Reserve owned by UCSB.

9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Call for location (Free - $5)

Mistletoe Hike

Sierra Club Hike

9 a.m., Call for location

Saturday Art Market

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 624 Santa Barbara St.

Holiday Gifts

Art From Scrap

10 a.m. to noon, Art From Scrap ($6)

La Cumbre Plaza Holiday Walk

With live acoustical guitar Xmas music featuring Anthony Ybarra.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., La Cumbre Plaza

Annual Holiday Nature Craft Workshop

S.B. Botanic Garden

10 a.m. to noon, S.B. Botanic Garden ($35 - $45)

Holiday Open Alpacas Ranch Day

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Silver Sun Alpacas, 3030 Baseline, Santa Ynez. (Free)

Jami Lula Voice Workshop

Open to singers and "non-singers" alike.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Center of the Heart (Free - $150)

LifeChronicles Gift-Wrapping

Holiday giving

10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Borders Books & Music on State

Santa Paws Photo-Op

10 a.m. to 1 p.m., OffLeash ($15)

Casa del Herrero Holiday Tours

10 a.m., Casa del Herrero ($25)

Patchi, Le Chocolat Open House

10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Patchi, Le Chocolat, 1221 State St., ste. 206.

Wreath Making Workshop and Demo

11 a.m., Island View Nursery (Free)

Battle of the Bands

Marching Bands Competition

11 a.m. to 5 p.m., S.B. High School ($3 - $7)

Snowy Plover Docent Training

Volunteers needed to protect the Western Snowy Plover, an endangered shorebird that nests at Coal Oil Point Reserve.

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Coal Oil Point, call for directions. (Free)

Afternoon

5th Annual El Zoco Artist Holiday Open Studios

Noon to 4 p.m., 211 W. Gutierrez St. (Free)

Paintings!

Contemporary Landscape Painters

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Weldon Art Ranch

15th Annual Candy Cane Train

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., South Coast Railroad Museum ($3.50)

Holiday Horns

1 p.m. to 3 p.m., State St. and Anapamu St.

Holiday Home and Garden Tour

To Benefit Vieja Valley School

1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Call for location ($30)

Jesse Alexander Book Signing and Discussion

Ferraris on display and great photographic moments.

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Samy's Camera

Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Book Signing

Westmont Professor

2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Barnes & Noble

You Can't Take it with You

Theater

2 p.m., Rubicon Theatre ($34 - $57)

All in the Timing

SBCC Theatre Arts Department

2 p.m., Jurkowitz Theatre ($5 - $10)

Poetry Zone and Open Mike

Memorial in honor of Walt Hopmans.

2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Karpeles Manuscript Library (Free)

Holiday Carolers

Strolling downtown

2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Strolling downtown S.B.

Online Foundation Research Training

2 p.m. to 3 p.m., The S.B. Public Library (Free)

Moxy

Live Music

2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Cold Spring Tavern (Free)

Casa del Herrero Holiday Tours

2 p.m., Casa del Herrero ($25)

Stacy Robin

Live music on the patio

2 p.m., Borders Books & Music on State (Free)

Gordon Snider Discussion and Signing

Author of The Seperatist

2 p.m., Borders Books & Music - Goleta (Free)

Santa Barbara County Wineries Book Discussion

With author Janet Franks

3 p.m. to 6 p.m., The Book Loft

Warren Zevon Tribute

4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. ($35)

Holiday Food Drive

Volunteer Opportunity

4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Pacific Pride Foundation

Placticas en el Foro

Manuel Unzueta y Rafael Perea de la Cabada, Moderated by Gerardo Ayala

4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Contemporary Arts Forum (Free)

Avant Duck Opening Reception

Work by Martha Mayer Erlebacher

5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sullivan Goss Gallery

Nativity Pageant

5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Solvang Festival Theater (Free)

Hospice of S.B. Light up a Life Celebration

A night to remember those we love by lighting a star for the Hospice Tree.

5:30 p.m., 789 Linden Ave., Carpinteria.

S.B. Republican Club Holiday Party

Social with dinner to follow

5:30 p.m., Moby Dick Restaurant ($35)

Evening

Santa Barbara County Wineries Book Discussion

With author Janet Franks

6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Taste of the Valley, 1672 Mission Dr., Solvang.

Light Up the Night - The Artizans' Ball!

6 p.m. to 10 p.m., S.B. Woman's Club ($100)

Soul Biscuit

Live Music

6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Cold Spring Tavern (Free)

Dos Pueblos Winter Concert

Holiday Festival of Voices

7 p.m., First Presbyterian ($10 - $12)

The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge

Lompoc Civic Theatre

7:30 p.m., Lompoc Civic Auditorium ($10 - $12)

Moscow Nights

7:30 p.m., Matilija High School ($15 - $20)

S.B. Beethoven Festival

7:30 p.m., Marjorie Luke Theatre ($25)

Santa’s Starry Ride

7:30 p.m., S.B. Museum of Natural History ($3 - $6)

You Can't Take it with You

Theater

8 p.m., Rubicon Theatre ($34 - $57)

The Uneasy Chair

Ensemble Theatre Company Production

8 p.m., Alhecama Theatre ($27.50 - $40)

All in the Timing

SBCC Theatre Arts Department

8 p.m., Jurkowitz Theatre ($5 - $10)

Tom Russell and Eilen Jewell

Sings like Hell Series

8 p.m., Lobero Theatre ($42.50)

Santa’s Starry Ride

8:30 p.m., S.B. Museum of Natural History ($3 - $6)

Night

Colter Frazier Quartet with the Gove County String Quartet

9 p.m., Muddy Waters Cafe ($8)

StompRocket, Waking the Destroyer, and +1 Mase

Metal

9 p.m., Velvet Jones

Caddie Shack Party

Dress in plaid and get ready for tee-off.

10 p.m., Sandbar ($5)

Time not available

17th Annual Festival of Toy Trains

Time TBA, Goleta Library

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