Past Events
- Wed, 05/06/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Learn to 3D print by creating your own 3D model in TinkerCAD. During the workshop we will cover the basics of designing in TinkerCAD, learn how to remix existing 3D models licensed through Creative Commons, and get acquainted with the 3D printing process. At the end of the workshop, everyone will send a small lidded container to be 3D printed. No experience needed!
All you need to bring is a laptop (and ideally, a mouse). There is no software that...
- Wed, 05/06/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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Come and explore your food memories through a menu of short writing prompts. Join UCSB Reads for a fun, choose-your-own-adventure inspired by the power of food as explored in Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart. This workshop will be led by Assistant Teaching Professor Michelle Petty.
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- Tue, 05/05/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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In collaboration with UCSB Reads, join Health & Wellness for another cooking event that draws on the rich Korean cuisine showcased in Crying in H Mart! Learn how to make the...
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- Tue, 05/05/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
The California Ethnic & Multicultural Archives (CEMA) and Las Maestras Center present a free and public lecture by Melanie Cervantes, artist and cultural worker. A co-founder of Dignidad Rebelde, a graphic arts collaboration that produces screen prints, political posters and multimedia projects that are grounded in Third World and Indigenous movements, Melanie will...
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- Mon, 05/04/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
- Tue, 05/05/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Register on Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2272276
We're hosting two identical seminars, on May 4 and 5. Register for the one that best suits your schedule.
Join us for this 1.5-hour seminar on using Research Computing resources at UCSB. We’ll present several case studies for putting High Performance Computing (HPC) resources to use, including on boarding, moving from local GUI interfaces (e.g. R, jupyter, etc.) to...
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- Mon, 05/04/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Join us for a hands-on workshop where we'll walk you through a simple sewing machine project. Everyone will get to take home a mini snack-sized tote bag they made themselves. We will cover sewing machine operation plus some basic construction techniques. No experience needed and all materials are provided!
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- Mon, 05/04/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Corwin Pavilion
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The Associated Students Office of the President (ASOP) presents the Cultural Comfort Food Fair, an event inviting students to experience a diverse array of comfort foods from various global traditions. This event will highlight this year’s UCSB Reads selection, ...
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- Mon, 05/04/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
- Tue, 05/05/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Register on Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2272276
We're hosting two identical seminars, on May 4 and 5. Register for the one that best suits your schedule.
Join us for this 1.5-hour seminar on using Research Computing resources at UCSB. We’ll present several case studies for putting High Performance Computing (HPC) resources to use, including on boarding, moving from local GUI interfaces (e.g. R, jupyter, etc.) to...
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- Sun, 05/03/2026 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: Other, off-campus
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Faulkner Gallery, Central Library
Santa Barbara Public Library
40 East Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Santa Barbara Public Library and UCSB Library present a free lecture by Melanie Cervantes, artist and cultural worker. A co-...
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- Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
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On May 1, 1517, riots broke out in London because some citizens, convinced that “foreigners” were taking their jobs and livelihoods, demanded the removal of all “strangers.” Thomas More, then a city official, attempted to intervene and restore the peace.
Many years later, William Shakespeare contributed to a collaboratively-written play titled Sir Thomas More (c. 1591–93). Scholars believe that he...
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- Wed, 02/04/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 03/04/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 04/01/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 04/29/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Wed, 06/03/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: Sara Miller McCune Arts Library, Room 1411
Hybrid Event - Join on Zoom
Would you like to work on your open source goals in a focused and motivating environment?
In partnership with UC's new Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network, the UCSB Open Source Program presents the Open Source Lounge, a monthly co-working space for open source activities. Bring your laptop and some work to do, such as programming exercises, a bug to fix, some...
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- Mon, 04/27/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Online
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Research posters are powerful tools for communicating your research and sparking conversation with others. In this workshop, you will learn how to design posters that clearly highlight key findings and guide viewers through your research story. We will introduce practical strategies for organizing content, using visuals effectively, and applying simple design...
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- Sat, 04/25/2026 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: UCSB Pollock Theater
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In the SXSW, Grierson, and British Independent Film Award-winning Grand Theft Hamlet (2024), actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen find themselves out of work when theaters shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Uncertain about their futures, they turn to the virtual space of Grand Theft Auto Online, embarking on the improbable project of...
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- Thu, 04/23/2026 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Location: Online
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Peer review plays a central role in scholarly publishing, but it also faces well-documented challenges. This session introduces emerging models — including open peer review and preprint-based review — and helps you navigate these changes as a researcher.
The Data to Discovery Series is hosted by Research Data Services (RDS) @ the UCSB Library. Every two weeks, we will spotlight a... More
- Thu, 04/23/2026 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Old Gym (Red Barn)
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UCSB Reads invites you to join Shopping List Scores, an art workshop led by artists and educators Lucy Bell and Meiya Sidney. This event is in conversation with the UCSB Reads book Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.
Following the work of performance artists like Yoko Ono and modern dancers...
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- Wed, 04/22/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Join us for a hands-on journey into the world of laser cutting, where you'll learn how to turn your digital design ideas into physical objects. We will create custom designs through a free, open-source software called Graphite and show you how to send these files to the laser cutter. Everyone will take home a small wooden magnet that they designed themselves. No experience needed!
We will provide material for...
- Wed, 04/22/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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Join UCSB Reads and Goleta Valley Library for an afternoon of poetry readings in celebration of National Poetry Month!
The event will kick off with a reading by current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Afterward, other participants will read their selected poems to...
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- Tue, 04/21/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Join us for a hands-on workshop where we'll walk you through a simple sewing machine project. Everyone will get to take home a mini snack-sized tote bag they made themselves. We will cover sewing machine operation plus some basic construction techniques. No experience needed and all materials are provided!
Register now to save your spot!
- Tue, 04/21/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Student Resource Building (SRB) MPR
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Crying in H-Mart has been widely renowned for its lyrical and sensory storytelling. Of all the five senses, scent is the one most closely linked to memory, another essential theme of the memoir. In this workshop, join ...
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- Mon, 04/13/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
- Mon, 04/20/2026 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Register in Shoreline: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2271574
This three-day workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to Python, specifically designed for participants with no prior programming experience. Through the use of Jupyter notebooks, learners will get started coding in Python. The workshop will cover essential skills such as data loading and analysis, automation of data processing tasks, and the creation of basic plots...
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 7:00pm to 9:45pm
Location: Other, on-campus, UCSB Pollock Theater
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Riceboy Sleeps (2022) is a tender and deeply personal work written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim. The film traces the bond between a Korean single mother and her son as they build a life in the suburbs of Canada in the 1990s. Drawing in part on Shim’s own childhood, the film follows So-young (Choi Seung-yoon) and the young Dong-hyun (Dohyun...
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Special Research Collections
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Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture on Religion in American Life at UCSB Library, featuring Dr. Randall Balmer. This annual lecture highlights scholarship and public engagement on American religious history, drawing from the rich resources of UCSB Library’s American Religions Collection.
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- Thu, 04/16/2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
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In the 2026 UCSB Reads book, Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner explores her experience of grief as well as music making as part of the band Japanese Breakfast. We invite you to join us for a special collaboration event inspired by Zauner’s story and artistic expression.
We will create memorial flowers to...
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- Wed, 02/18/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 03/18/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 04/15/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Wed, 05/20/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Online
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Are you experienced with open source software or hardware, or just curious about open source?
In partnership with UC's new Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network, the UCSB Open Source Program hosts a casual, virtual meetup where we discuss all things open source. Open to students, faculty, and staff of all experience levels!
