Past Events
- Mon, 09/22/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Tue, 09/23/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Wed, 09/24/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Paseo
Join us in the Library Paseo (1st Floor) to collect some free goodies, enter a chance to win a prize or two, and learn more about how our services and library partners support you in your research! Read on for a sneak peek of what awaits you at the UCSB Library Week of Welcome tables:
Makerspace
Chat with Makerspace staff in the Paseo to get free goodies, and enter a contest for a chance to win a UCSB-themed...
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- Mon, 09/22/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Tue, 09/23/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Wed, 09/24/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Paseo
Join us in the Library Paseo (1st Floor) to collect some free goodies, enter a chance to win a prize or two, and learn more about how our services and library partners support you in your research! Read on for a sneak peek of what awaits you at the UCSB Library Week of Welcome tables:
Makerspace
Chat with Makerspace staff in the Paseo to get free goodies, and enter a contest for a chance to win a UCSB-themed...
More
- Mon, 09/22/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Tue, 09/23/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Wed, 09/24/2025 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
Location: Paseo
Join us in the Library Paseo (1st Floor) to collect some free goodies, enter a chance to win a prize or two, and learn more about how our services and library partners support you in your research! Read on for a sneak peek of what awaits you at the UCSB Library Week of Welcome tables:
Makerspace
Chat with Makerspace staff in the Paseo to get free goodies, and enter a contest for a chance to win a UCSB-themed...
More
- Thu, 05/08/2025 - 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
Registration for this event is currently full, however there will be a standby line in case of no-shows.
Ross Gay, the author of the UCSB Reads 2025 book The Book of Delights: Essays, will...
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- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Fri, 05/02/2025 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, off-campus
Location: St. Michael’s Community Garden, 6586 Picasso Rd, Goleta, CA 93117
Join the UCSB Library and the Edible Campus Program for a peaceful afternoon of literature, nature, and reflection in the garden. In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads selection, The...
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- Thu, 05/01/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads book, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay, the Library invites you to learn a new skill. Join us for a free 3D modeling workshop where you create a design that can be printed in the Makerspace. We will use a beginner friendly app called TinkerCAD. No download is required, but you can make a free account in...
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- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Tue, 04/29/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
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 local poet and...
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- Sat, 04/26/2025 - 1:30pm
Location: Makerspace
Take a tour of the Library's new Makerspace and see the innovative technologies available to UCSB students, faculty, and staff for academic, research or personal exploration. Tours are free and open to all alumni.
Register now to save your spot as space is limited!
All participants will receive Library swag items from the Makerspace and ...
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- Sat, 04/26/2025 - 1:00pm
Location: Makerspace
Take a tour of the Library's new Makerspace and see the innovative technologies available to UCSB students, faculty, and staff for academic, research or personal exploration. Tours are free and open to all alumni.
Register now to save your spot as space is limited!
All participants will receive Library swag items from the Makerspace and ...
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- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Mon, 04/21/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads book, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay, join us for a joyful arts and crafts night. For Earth Day, collage together your vision of what makes our campus beautiful. We will be using reclaimed fabric materials and all work will be photographed and distributed to participants as a virtual quilt. No experience is needed and all materials are provided...
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- Sat, 04/19/2025 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: UCSB Pollock Theater
Advanced registration is recommended.
This event is presented by the Carsey-Wolf Center in conjunction with UCSB Reads 2025. This screening will be introduced by Carsey-Wolf Center Assistant Director Miguel Penabella, who will provide a critical and historical overview...
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- Thu, 04/17/2025 - 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Connect with nature through a guided nature tour and hands-on restoration activity at sites around the Campus Lagoon. Join UCSB Reads 2025 and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration in the ongoing effort to restore Campus Point...
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- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Special Research Collections
Join us for a conversation between long-time local activist and author Jane Honikman and historian Rachel Louise Moran (University of North Texas) on postpartum depression and parental mental health. This event celebrates the establishment of the...
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- Mon, 04/14/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
In collaboration with UCSB Reads, Health and Wellness invites you to an interactive afternoon of Speed Friending (similar to speed dating, but for making friendships!).
Participants will be provided with a set of questions based on the UCSB...
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- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Wed, 01/22/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Join the UCSB Reads Student-Led Book Club for an engaging, student-driven exploration of this year’s UCSB Reads selection, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Connect with peers, share insights, and dive deeper into the themes, and ideas of the book through lively...
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- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Tue, 04/01/2025 - 4:00pm
Location: Special Research Collections
**LOCATION CHANGE TO THE SPECIAL RESEARCH COLLECTIONS, 3RD FLOOR, MOUNTAIN SIDE **
UCSB Library is pleased to present Jonathan Schooler (Psychological and Brain Sciences) in the Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series for Spring 2025. This event is...
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- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Wed, 03/05/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/19/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 03/26/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/02/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/23/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/30/2025 - 5:00pm
- Wed, 05/07/2025 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Reads on KCSB-FM 91.9
Starting March 5th, tune in to KCSB-FM 91.9 every Wednesday at 5:00 PM for weekly readings of The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Each 15-minute segment will feature a reading, along with related interviews and discussions about the essays. Don’t miss this engaging weekly broadcast on 91.9 FM and streaming at www.kcsb.org.
- Tue, 02/25/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads book, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay, discover the joy of weaving. On World Bookmark Day, learn how to weave your own bookmark out of embroidery thread. No experience is needed and all materials are provided.
Register now to save your spot!
Light refreshments provided. ...
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- Wed, 02/12/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Makerspace
In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads book, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay, the Library invites you to create a journal for logging your own daily insights of delight. Join us for a free bookbinding workshop where you will bind your own journal.
Register now to save your spot!
Light refreshments provided. This...
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- Thu, 02/06/2025 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: Fish Bowl
In partnership with UCSB Reads, join UCSB Health & Wellness for a 3-week series exploring The Book of Delights, by Ross Gay through three engaging creative projects!
Week 1: Journaling Like Ross
1/23/2025 4:30pm-5:30pm
Kick off your own "book of delights" with a free journal...
- Thu, 01/30/2025 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: Fish Bowl
In partnership with UCSB Reads, join UCSB Health & Wellness for a 3-week series exploring The Book of Delights, by Ross Gay through three engaging creative projects!
Week 1: Journaling Like Ross
1/23/2025 4:30pm-5:30pm
Kick off your own "book of delights" with a free journal...
- Wed, 01/29/2025 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: Fish Bowl
In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads book, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay, the Library invites you to create zines that capture moments of joy. Join us for a free art making workshop where you can share what brings you delight. Participants will learn how to make a zine and collage together a collection of found images.
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- Thu, 01/23/2025 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: Fish Bowl
In partnership with UCSB Reads, join UCSB Health & Wellness for a 3-week series exploring The Book of Delights, by Ross Gay through three engaging creative projects!
Week 1: Journaling Like Ross
1/23/2025 4:30pm-5:30pm
- Kick off your...
- Wed, 01/22/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 04/09/2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 2509
Join the UCSB Reads Student-Led Book Club for an engaging, student-driven exploration of this year’s UCSB Reads selection, The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. Connect with peers, share insights, and dive deeper into the themes, and ideas of the book through lively...
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- Thu, 01/16/2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Paseo
The Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor, and Interim University Librarian will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2025 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2025 selection is The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay.
This event may be photographed or recorded.
- Wed, 05/08/2024 - 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, the authors of the UCSB Reads 2024 book Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us, ...
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- Wed, 05/08/2024 - 3:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
Join us outside the Library for a student hip-hop dance performance!
Inspired by the UCSB Reads 2024 book selection Your Brain On Art: How the Arts Transform Us, students who participated in a free hip-hop dance workshop led by a member of UCSB Untitled Dance Company and Kapatirang Pilipino Modern will perform a groovy combo...
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- Thu, 04/25/2024 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Student Resource Building, Multi-Purpose Room.
In collaboration with this year’s UCSB Reads book, “Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us," UCSB Health & Wellness invites you to an immersive journey into rejuvenation and self-...
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- Wed, 04/10/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
- Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
- Wed, 04/24/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side
Room 1359, the "Fish Bowl"
Sign up for a Book Club
The Library invites you to join a peer-led book club! Each meet up will include a book discussion and related craft activity in conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2024 book Your Brain on Art.
April 10: Book...
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- Wed, 04/10/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
- Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
- Wed, 04/24/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side
Room 1359, the "Fish Bowl"
Sign up for a Book Club
The Library invites you to join a peer-led book club! Each meet up will include a book discussion and related craft activity in conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2024 book Your Brain on Art.
April 10: Book...
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- Tue, 04/16/2024 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side, Fish Bowl
UCSB Library invites you to sign up for a free two-hour Stencil Screen Printing workshop led by Self Help Graphics & Art Barrio Mobile Art Studio.
Registration is full. If you wish to be added to the waitlist, please complete this form.
Participants will learn how to create a handmade stencil with their own designs using cardstock and...
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- Sat, 04/13/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: College of Creative Studies
The College of Creative Studies (CCS) and UCSB Reads 2024 invites you to an open studios event hosted by CCS students in the Book Arts, Sculpture, and Painting programs.
Details and a map of the studios will be posted soon.
This event is in conjunction with this year’s...
- Wed, 04/10/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
- Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
- Wed, 04/24/2024 - 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side
Room 1359, the "Fish Bowl"
Sign up for a Book Club
The Library invites you to join a peer-led book club! Each meet up will include a book discussion and related craft activity in conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2024 book Your Brain on Art.
April 10: Book...
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- Tue, 02/27/2024 - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side, Fish Bowl
UCSB Library invites you to join a drop-in art activity any time between 11:00am and 7:00pm. Please note, there will be a break from 4:00-5:30pm so participants can attend Kim Yasuda’s Pacific Views: Library Speaker Series talk "Public Art and Campus Placemaking: Recentering the Artist in Communities of Practice."
Visiting artist Elena Yu will lead...
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- Mon, 02/26/2024 - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side, Fish Bowl
Join UCSB Reads 2024 and the Library's new Makerspace in celebrating the 8th Annual World Bookmark Day with DIY Bookmarks. Stop by the Fish Bowl by the Davidson Library entrance from 10am-5pm, while supplies last, and decorate your own bookmark....
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- Wed, 01/24/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 01/31/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/07/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/14/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Join us for a four-week art series that explores the UCSB Reads book selection, Your Brain on Art. Each week we will have a unique experience that will guide your discovery of art in your daily life through canvas painting, bracelet making, creative writing, and candle making (SRB 1238 Community Room). Advance registration on Shoreline required.
4:00PM-5:00PM Thur. Jan. 24: ...
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- Tue, 02/13/2024 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 1st Floor, Ocean Side, Fish Bowl
Space is limited. Sign up for the Workshop
Light refreshments will be served.
Join us for a free art making workshop at the Library in conjunction with UCSB Reads 2024 and the Art, Design, and Architecture (AD&A) Museum's new exhibition "A Box of One's Own: Women Beyond...
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- Tue, 02/13/2024 - 4:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Art, Architecture, & Design (AD&A) Museum
RSVP for the Tour
In conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2024 book ...
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- Wed, 01/24/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 01/31/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/07/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/14/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Join us for a four-week art series that explores the UCSB Reads book selection, Your Brain on Art. Each week we will have a unique experience that will guide your discovery of art in your daily life through canvas painting, bracelet making, creative writing, and candle making (SRB 1238 Community Room). Advance registration on Shoreline required.
4:00PM-5:00PM Thur. Jan. 24: ...
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- Tue, 02/06/2024 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
This event is cancelled due to weather related travel delays
Join a free workshop to help you discover your path to creativity and creative expression in fostering well-being, with reference to the UCSB Reads 2024 book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross. The focus will be on music and the visual arts.
Refreshments will be served.
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- Wed, 01/24/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 01/31/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/07/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/14/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Join us for a four-week art series that explores the UCSB Reads book selection, Your Brain on Art. Each week we will have a unique experience that will guide your discovery of art in your daily life through canvas painting, bracelet making, creative writing, and candle making (SRB 1238 Community Room). Advance registration on Shoreline required.
4:00PM-5:00PM Thur. Jan. 24: ...
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- Tue, 01/30/2024 - 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Pollock Theater
Filmmaker/curator Márton Orosz will join moderator George Legrady (Media Arts & Technology) for a post-screening discussion of the documentary György Kepes: Interthinking Art + Science. This event is presented by the Carsey-Wolf Center as part of the CWC Docs Series, and is in conjunction with...
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- Wed, 01/24/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 01/31/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/07/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
- Wed, 02/14/2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Join us for a four-week art series that explores the UCSB Reads book selection, Your Brain on Art. Each week we will have a unique experience that will guide your discovery of art in your daily life through canvas painting, bracelet making, creative writing, and candle making (SRB 1238 Community Room). Advance registration on Shoreline required.
4:00PM-5:00PM Thur. Jan. 24: ...
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- Thu, 01/18/2024 - 6:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Studio Theater, Theater & Dance East, 1101 (next to Hatlen Theater)
More Featuring music and video works by composer Gene Coleman, with Fabio Rambelli (UCSB Department of Religion) joining him on stage to play ancient Japanese musical instruments including the shō, the u, and percussion. The performance...
- Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Paseo
The University Librarian, Chancellor, and Executive Vice Chancellor will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2024 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2024 selection is Your Brain On Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.
- Wed, 01/17/2024 - 5:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Location: Social Sciences and Media Studies (SSMS) Building, Conference Room 2135
UCSB Library is proud to co-sponsor "Music Mirrors Mind," as part of UCSB Reads 2024. In his talk, composer and director Gene Coleman, will explore the concepts of Neuroaesthetics and Neuro Music. Coleman defines Neuro Music as an area of research and composition based on the study and application of models...
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- Wed, 05/10/2023 - 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
UCSB Library is excited to present Charles Montgomery, UCSB Reads 2023 author of Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design for a free community talk at Campbell Hall.
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Event is free but registration through the Arts & Lectures portal is...
- Fri, 04/28/2023 - 8:00am to Mon, 05/01/2023 - 5:00pm
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Join UCSB Reads 2023 in 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. The City Nature Challenge is an international community science effort for people to find and document plants and wildlife in cities across the globe.
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- Wed, 04/12/2023 - 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Please RSVP here!
Join us at UCSB Library for a free zine workshop, no experience necessary! Participants will learn how to make a zine exploring themes in the UCSB Reads 2023 book “Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design” by...
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- Thu, 04/06/2023 - 5:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Please join UCSB Library at a public reception to celebrate its new exhibition of student work Happy City: Isla Vista. The exhibition is drawn from the layouts of UCSB's literary magazine The "Catalyst," whose Winter 2023 issue is themed to connect to the ...
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- Fri, 03/03/2023 - 11:00am
Location: Other, on-campus
Space is limited, please RSVP here
In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2023, Silvia Perea, Curator of the Architecture and Design...
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- Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:00am
Location: Other, on-campus
Space is limited, please RSVP here
In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2023, Silvia Perea, Curator of the Architecture and Design Collection (ADC) at UCSB’s ...
- Thu, 02/23/2023 - 3:30pm
Location: Other, on-campus
UCSB Buchanan Hall, Room 1930
Barajas will share findings from two projects within the Mobility Justice in Chicago research study, a multi-year collaboration between university researchers and a racial justice organization in Chicago. The work aims to advance mobility justice by understanding the relationships between everyday experiences and travel barriers faced by people of color in the urban area.
The first study explains how inequities in transportation...
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- Thu, 02/09/2023 - 6:00pm
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Location: Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 East Anapamu Street.
Join UCSB Reads 2023 and Santa Barbara Public Library's Book to Action Program for a panel discussion with local experts who will discuss housing policy challenges and possible...
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- Thu, 02/02/2023 - 12:00pm
Location: Online
The Professional Women's Association (PWA) is a UCSB staff organization which promotes equity by providing opportunities for women to meet, connect, and learn together.
For its February meeting, the group is reading the UCSB Reads 2023 book Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery. Staff, students and faculty are all welcome to join the discussion.
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- Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
Take a slow group ride down to local favorite Hendry's Beach on your bicycle!
This ride, which will be led by UCSB Health & Wellness staff, is inspired by Chapter 8 in Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery. In this chapter of the UCSB Reads 2023 selection, Montgomery...
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- Wed, 01/25/2023 - 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
- Fri, 01/20/2023 - 12:00pm
Location: Paseo
The University Librarian, Chancellor, and Executive Vice Chancellor will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2023 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2023 selection is Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery.
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- Tue, 05/10/2022 - 7:30pm
Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
Event is free but registration through the Arts & Lectures portal is required. Event includes an at-home viewing option (live stream only; no replay). You will still need to register in advance. Learn more here.
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- Thu, 05/05/2022 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: UCSB Pollock Theater
Reserve Tickets starting April 14.
Adapted from the 1998 short story “Story of Your Life” by acclaimed science fiction author Ted Chiang, Arrival (2016) centers on communicating with tentacular alien visitors, whose language changes one’s experience of time. When twelve mysterious extraterrestrial spacecraft...
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi...
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- Thu, 04/14/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join industry and academic experts in the quantum field for a panel inspired by Ted Chiang's story "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." Ted Chiang's Exhalation: Stories is the UCSB Reads pick for 2022.
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- Thu, 04/14/2022 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
In the final story in this year’s UCSB Reads book Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang, quantum computers allow people to explore divergent timelines. At UCSB, scientists are working on developing real quantum computers that do not allow for divergent timelines, but will help address pressing problems such as optimizing delivery routes and strengthening password encryption.
Quantum...
- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi...
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- Tue, 04/12/2022 - 6:00pm
Location: Online
Join Goleta Valley Library for a virtual discussion of Ted Chiang's latest collection of short stories. Event is in conjunction with UCSB Reads 2022 and is free and open to the public.
- Mon, 04/11/2022 - 5:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join the UCSB Reads student book club and connect with other students over this year’s UCSB Reads...
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi...
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- Fri, 03/11/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
UCSB Library invites you to join us for a public reception to celebrate the opening of Picture This: From Text to Image, an exhibition of paintings by student artists responding creatively to the UCSB Reads 2022 book Exhalation by Ted Chiang.
Event will include light refreshments and remarks by several students...
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- Tue, 03/08/2022 - 5:30pm
Location: Online
Santa Barbara Public Library Fiction Book Club will be reading the UCSB Reads 2022 selection Exhalation by Ted Chiang for the March 8 gathering. Open to the public. More information here.
- Thu, 03/03/2022 - 12:00pm
Location: Online
PWA, Professional Women's Association, will be joining the 2022 UCSB Reads! UCSB Reads is a program of UCSB Library. We will be reading "Exhalation: Stories" by Ted Chiang for our upcoming Winter 2022 meetings. Read the below stories of the book by the meeting(s) date, no pressure to finish. And join us for a lively discussion.
February 3rd, 12-1pm Meeting - Story 1 -...
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- Wed, 02/16/2022 - 12:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Library and the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning (CITRAL) invite you to a moderated discussion about incorporating the UCSB Reads book into a course. Hear from UCSB faculty across the disciplines who have done this successfully and learn how the UCSB Reads program can support your instruction.
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- Tue, 02/08/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
Please join UCSB Library for an interdisciplinary discussion of the UCSB Reads 2022 book Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Panelists include Rudy Busto (Religious Studies), Jane Callister (Art), erin Khuê Ninh (Asian American Studies), Misha Sra (Computer Science), Sharon Tettegah (Black Studies). Moderated by David Weld (Physics).
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- Tue, 02/01/2022 - 10:00am
Location: Paseo
This event will be held outside, in front of the Library's West Paseo entrance.
UCSB Library will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2022 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2022 selection is Exhalation: Stories, a...
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- Tue, 01/25/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
This talk is in conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2022 book Exhalation by Ted Chiang, a collection of short stories that addresses essential questions about human and computer interaction, including...
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- Wed, 05/12/2021 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
Please note that Arts & Lectures is UCSB Library's partner for this event and advance registration through their website is required. You will be required to create a free UCSB Arts & Lectures account. Register Here
You will be able to replay the talk for one week following the event.
- Tue, 04/20/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
There is mounting evidence that economically disadvantaged and racial minority communities bear a greater share of environmental harms. This systematic pattern can be found across the world and over time. In California, existing large disparities in pollution exposure underlie many environmental justice concerns.
At the same time, policymakers increasingly rely on market-...
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- Tue, 02/02/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2021, UCSB Library, the Art Department, and the College of Creative Studies are happy to present this event with Tia Blassingame, a book artist and printmaker whose work explores the...
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- Mon, 01/25/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
Join Sameer Pandya and Terence Keel for a discussion of Pandya’s recent novel Members Only, which engages with issues of racial politics and campus culture and considers the nature of brownness.
Sameer Pandya is an Assistant Professor in UCSB’s Department of Asian American Studies and author of the story collection The Blind Writer, which was long-listed...
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- Tue, 01/28/2020 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2020 UCSB Library presents a talk by Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor of Political Science, to be followed by a public reception.
Whether it’s sea level rise in the Bay Area, hurricanes in New York City and the Bahamas, or fires and extreme rainfall leading to mudslides in our own Santa Barbara, we are already experiencing climate change. Stokes will discuss the...
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- Wed, 05/22/2019 - 9:30am to 10:45am
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join students in the upper division English 197 Spring Quarter 2019 class "Reading in Santa Barbara: Past, Present, and Future." ...
- Tue, 01/22/2019 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
UCSB Library presents a talk by Maryam Kia-Keating, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education to be followed by a public reception.
Mass migration and forced displacement of communities due to disruptions by violence, climate change, and economic and political instability, have heralded an era of global movement that has reached crisis levels. Approximately half of the world’s refugees are...
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- Tue, 04/03/2018 - 8:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
The UCSB Library is excited to offer this free lecture and book-signing by Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl. Lab Girl is the selection for UCSB Reads 2018. No tickets needed; seats are on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 7:20pm. Location: UCSB Campbell Hall.
A UCSB Reads 2018 event.
