First Thursday with CEC and Santa Barbara Botanic
Join the Community Environmental Council (CEC) and the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden for an evening celebrating native plants and local
Film/Movie
Shadows & Secrets: A Film Noir Series
A journey into film noir: 12 rare, restored classics at the Ojai Art Center. May 3–July 26. Series runs Sundays
Cowboy Meditations, A New Film by Gary Milliken
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Two showings — 4:00 pm and 6:30 p.m. Cowboy Meditations, a new film by Santa Barbara’s
Storytelling for the Screen: Hamnet
Register Now Director Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet (2025) revolves around Agnes (Jessie Buckley), a singular woman sensitive to the natural world around her.
Film, Fabric, and the Feminist Imagination
In her lecture Film, Fabric, and the Feminist Imagination, artist Sabrina Gschwandtner examines the intersections of film, textiles, and feminist histories
Connectivity: Cinema Paradiso (Director’s Cut)
In Cinema Paradiso (1988), filmmaker Salvatore “Totò” Di Vita (Jacques Perrin) returns to his small Sicilian community of Giancaldo to attend the
John Lilly and Earth Coincidence Control Office
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (2025) uncovers the story of daring experimenter Dr. John C. Lilly, a scientist
Connectivity: An Evening with Rea Tajiri
The Carsey-Wolf Center is honored to welcome filmmaker Rea Tajiri for a one-night retrospective of her work on ancestral time
Connectivity: “Grand Theft Hamlet”
In the SXSW, Grierson, and British Independent Film Award-winning Grand Theft Hamlet (2024), actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen find themselves out
Connectivity: “Only in Theaters”
Only in Theaters (2022), a film by actor/director Raphael Sbarge, is an intimate and moving journey taken with the Laemmle family,
