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You are an invention! Discover more at
TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™.
Swirl, Sip, & Savor...
For more information about
how to support the Museum,
call Caroline Grange at
805-682-4711 ext. 109.
sbnature calendar
May / June 2013
Vol. 8 No. 3
Free calendar
Published bi-monthly by the
Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Saturday, June 29, 2013 . 2:00–5:00 PM
TICKETS: Members $70; Non-members $95; At the door (if available) $105.
Proceeds benefit the Museum’s exhibits and science education programs for school children.
www.sbnature.org/winefestival
Sponsored in part by The Berry Man, Town & Country, Chumash Casino Restaurants: The Willows and Root 246,
Mission Wealth Management, Riviera Insurance Services, and Whole Foods Market: Santa Barbara.
TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™
Opens Saturday, May 25
TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™
is an exhibit that features the timeless
TINKERTOY® construction set in fun
and educational activities inspired
by GE technologies that enrich our
lives and our global community.
Unique activity stations invite you to
explore renewable energy and clean
water technology, create your own
inventions as you experiment with
design & engineering, and work as
collaborators in this exhibit’s hands-on
environment. Construct and test a
wind-powered TINKERTOY model,
experiment with filtration, collaborate
on a design using linked computers,
create a TINKERTOY structure using
nature as inspiration, and so
much more!
TINKERTOY® Build Your Imagination™ was
created by the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
in collaboration with PLAYSKOOL® and GE.
TINKERTOY is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. and
is used with permission. © 2013 Hasbro.
All Rights Reserved.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805-682-4711 • Daily 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Members free; non-members $12/adult, $8/senior or teen; $7/child
The latest in a series of exhibits featuring
seldom-seen highlights from the Anthropology
collections, this unique exhibit features
rare items, including a Lakota Winter Count
depicting significant events in the years
1798-99 through 1904–1905, and a unique
Cheyenne coat painted with depiction of a
horse raid, in addition to other artifacts from
the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Images from the Sea Shore
Special events
(If purchased by Friday, June 28 at 5:00 PM.
General Admission $95.)
Now open
Opens Friday, June 7
See a snapshot of the sea shore this
summer in the Maximus Gallery.
Nineteenth century prints from the
Museum’s art collection will be on
display. Learn about current research
by our Museum scientists on birds
and marine animals.
JELLIES
Now open
Enter the mesmerizing world of jellies
and watch these elegant animals as they
undulate, pulse, and move gracefully
through the water. Experience the
beauty and wonder of our local jellies.
Made mostly of water, they are
100% captivating.
Saturday, June 29
Museum closed for the Santa Barbara Wine Festival.™
Ty Warner Sea Center
211 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-962-2526 • Daily 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Members free; non-members $8/adult, $7/senior or teen; $5/child
members
Annual Members’ Party
& Family Fair
Friday, May 24
5:00–7:30 PM
Grab your letter
sweaters and
coonskin caps for a
trip to Fiftiesville and
a return to the days of hula
hoops, sock hops, and TINKERTOY®.
Be the first to see the new TINKERTOY®:
Build Your Imagination™ exhibit. This is
an Exclusive Members-Only Sneak Peek
event. Come dressed in your favorite
1950s attire!
Leadership Circle Spring Trip
to the Autry National Center
Friday, June 7
8:00 AM
Our spring trip will be led by Museum
President & CEO Luke Swetland and
will feature a special tour of The Autry
National Center and Museum in Los
Angeles. Transportation and lunch
will be provided.
This tour is open to members of the
Museum’s Leadership Circles of Giving.
To join or upgrade your membership,
call 805-682-4711 ext. 124 or
email [email protected]
$13/adult, $7/child
Leana Orsua at [email protected]
or 805-682-4711 ext. 114
Conversations with a Curator
with John R. Johnson,
Curator of Anthropology
Ty Warner Sea Center
805-962-2526 ext. 110
Museum Members save $15 on
Santa Barbara Wine Festival™ tickets
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Plains Indian Beadwork and Regalia
from the Anthropology Collection
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
805-682-4711 ext. 170
2013
Special Exhibits
MAY/JUN
Thursday, May 2
6:00 PM
In 1987, Dr. Johnson began research on
two human bones discovered nearly 30
years earlier by Museum archaeologist
Phil Orr. The bones, found buried 37 feet
below the surface and exposed in the
canyon wall, proved to be the oldest
yet dated in the Americas. Join us for
an exploration of the prehistoric past
through archaeological clues unearthed
during excavations at the site.
By invite only for Naturalist-level
members and above. Space is limited
and reservations are required.
Leana Orsua at [email protected]
or 805-682-4711 ext. 114
Members
Whether you’re a science genius or simply
curious, join our fun and stimulating
conversation and partake in some
lively libations.
I Invade With a Little Help from My
Friends: How People Moved Plants
Around the World
Nate Emery & Nicole Molinari;
Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
Department, UCSB
Monday, May 27
Science Revolution! How the
Transformation of Science Will
Change Your Life
Dr. Jai Ranganathan, National Center for
Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, UCSB
Monday, June 24
Science Pub is open to ages 21+ and
no tickets or reservations are required.
We meet at Dargan’s Santa Barbara on
18 E. Ortega St. from 6:30–8:00 PM.
Be sure to get there early for a seat.
www.sbnature.org/sciencepub or
[email protected]
or 805-682-4711 ext. 170
Pre–registration required
Information
Tickets
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Saturday, June 29 ~ 2:00–5:00 PM
Alexander & Wayne
Alma Rosa
Andrew Murray
Vineyards
Au Bon Climat
Arthur Earl Winery
Babcock Winery
Beckmen Vineyards
Bedford Winery
Blair Fox
Brander Vineyard
Brewer-Clifton
Byron
Cambria
Cargasacchi
Carr Vineyards and
Winery
Coghlan Vineyard
Cold Heaven
CORE Wine Company
Daniel Gehrs Wines
Dierberg & Star Lane
Estate Vineyard
Epiphany Cellars
Feliz Noche
Fess Parker Winery
& Vineyard
Fiddlehead Cellars
Firestone Vineyard
Flying Goat Cellars
Foley Family Wines
Foxen
Gioia Wine
Grassini Family
Vineyards
Guy Riedel Wines
Jaffurs Wine Cellars
Kalyra
Ken Brown Wines
Kenneth Volk Vineyards
Kinton
Koehler Winery
Kunin
Lincourt
Melville
Mosby Winery &
Vineyard
Municipal Winemakers
Oreana
Palmina
Presqu’ile
Qupé
Rancho Sisquoc Winery
Refugio Ranch
RN Estate
Santa Barbara Winery
Sunstone Winery
Sweeney Canyon
Vineyard
Tablas Creek
Tercero Wines
Toucan Wines
Transcendence Wines
Vogelzang
Whitcraft Winery
Zaca Mesa
TICKETS
Purchased by Friday, June 28 at 5:00 PM:
$95 / $70
$105 at the door (if available)
Museum Parking: $10 per vehicle
FREE offsite parking and shuttle service
is available.
www.sbnature.org/winefestival
Saturday, June 8
10:00 AM–4:00 PM
“One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish”…
Enjoy Dr. Seuss-themed hands-on
learning fun as we celebrate the ocean.
Get up close and personal with ocean
life—investigate what lives on a kelp
holdfast, and check out marine animals
as they eat a special treat! Head to West
Beach afterwards and continue the
excitement at the Santa Barbara
Ocean Festival.
Free for kids with paid adult admission.
Thursday, May 30
7:00–8:30 PM
Saturday, May 18
8:00 AM–Noon
Grab your binoculars and join Santa
Barbara Museum of Natural History
Dr. Fahy for a coastal birding adventure
at Carpinteria Salt Marsh. Encounter
migratory marsh birds and hear
year-round residents signing as they
enter the breeding season.
$25 / $20
Pre-registration required; limited enrollment.
[email protected] or
805-682-4711 ext. 170
adults
In this innovative program, four scholars
explore social, religious, and artistic
responses to massive epidemics. Ranging
from nineteenth-century Italy, to Buddhist
Japan, to the 20th century United States,
the program shows the diversity of
human responses to contagion, while at
the same time highlighting our common
humanity in response to unimaginable
death and suffering.
The inaugural event of UCSB & SBMNH’s
“Culture and Nature” series, the program
will include a performance of selected
scenes from the award-winning play
Angels in America.
$10 / $8
Co-Sponsored by UCSB’s Interdisciplinary
Humanities Center.
Members
Inland Birding Field Day:
Figueroa Mountain
with Paul Collins & Peter Gaede
Sunday, May 19
8:00 AM–1:00 PM
Join Birds of the Southern California Coast
illustrator Peter Gaede and Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History Curator
Paul Collins for a birding adventure to
Figueroa Mountain. Explore the avifauna
of this conifer forest and learn which
birds are year-round residents and which
are seasonal migrants.
$25 / $20
Pre-registration required; limited enrollment.
[email protected] or
805-682-4711 ext. 170
Pre–registration required
Information
Blue Visions: Underwater
Photography from Mexico to
the Equator
with Richard Salas
Thursday, June 13
7:00–8:30 PM
Jump in feet first to an adventure
with photographer Richard Salas in a
visual presentation of his book, Blue
Visions : Underwater Photography from
Mexico to the Equator. Salas brings
the audience along on a dive with
hundreds of hammerhead sharks;
through the undersea world of the
Pacific Islands; and shares the plights
of many underwater animals.
$10 / $8
Photo credit: Richard Salas
Ty Warner Sea Center
805-962-2526 ext. 110
Thursday, May 16
7:00–8:30 PM
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
805-682-4711 ext. 170
Q & A with director Michael Love;
Cristina Sandoval, and John Johnson
to follow.
$10 / $8
Culture & Nature Series:
The Plague! Making Sense
of Epidemics, Contagions
and Pestilence
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A movie four years in the making,
The Santa Ynez River Wilderness has
been described as a love letter to the
upper Santa Ynez River watershed.
This wildlife-rich and comprehensive
natural history of the Santa Barbara
back country features prominent local
experts in biology, anthropology, and
geology, and offers a deeper understanding of our mosaic of habitats
and wildlife.
Tickets
SUMMER CAMP 2013
World Oceans Day Festival
The Santa Ynez River Wilderness
- A Natural History
Photo credit: Larry Jon Friesen
Events & Programs
families
Coastal Birding Field Day:
Carpinteria Salt Marsh
with Krista Fahy, Ph.D.
kids & tweens
9:00 AM–3:00 PM
$255 / $240
* $204 / $192
3:00–5:00 PM
$60 / $45
* $36 / $48
Plus Extended Day Option
8:30–9:00 AM and
*4-Day Camps July 1, 2,3, and 4
Partial scholarships available, call 805-682-4711 ext. 171
Full scholarships available:
www.santabarbarapal.org/campership-alliance for details
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!
 www.sbnature.org/education/ocs
Ages 8–10
Backyard Investigators
June 24–28
Spa Science
July 22–26
Earth Explorers
July 29–August 2 / August 19–23
Jr. Naturalist: Science in the Field
August 5–9
Dinos
August 12–16
Ages 9–12
Sea Center Marine Investigator
July 8–12
Jr. Aquarist
July 15–19
Ages 10–14
Jr. Naturalist
July 1–5*
Marine Mammal Science
August 5–9 (FULL)
Marine Academy
August 12–16
Wait list now open for
Camps Ages 4–6 and Ages 6–8.
Call 805-682-4711 ext. 171
GLADWIN PLANETARIUM
Daytime Planetarium Shows
may
Sunday
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
805-682-4711 ext. 170
www.sbnature.org
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
May 1–May 31
FREE in may
Wednesdays
3:00 PM Your Cosmic Quest
Fridays
3:00 PM Kids’ Space Adventure
Weekends
11:00 AM Twinkle, Twinkle for Little Stars
Noon
Tales of the Maya Sky
1:00 PM Kids’ Space Adventure
2:00 PM Astronaut
3:00 PM Your Cosmic Quest
(in Spanish on Sundays)
June 1–June 30
Tickets available in the Admissions Office.
Members free; non-members $4/person
with paid Museum admission.
Weekdays
1:00 PM Kids’ Space Adventure
2:00 PM Astronaut
3:00 PM Your Cosmic Quest
(in Spanish on Sundays)
Weekends
11:00 AM Twinkle, Twinkle for Little Stars
Noon
Tales of the Maya Sky
1:00 PM Kids’ Space Adventure
2:00 PM Astronaut
3:00 PM Your Cosmic Quest
(in Spanish on Sundays)
5
6
7
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
12
13
14
20
21
28
Science Pub
at Dargan’s
Thursday
2
Conversations
with a Curator
Eyes in the Sky
9
15
22
Planetarium Show
27
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
8
Planetarium Show
Inland Birding Field Day
Family Nature Day*
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
26
Planetarium Show
Leadership Circle Reception
Planetarium Show
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
19
Ty Warner Sea Center
805-962-2526 ext. 110
29
Planetarium Show
Friday
3
AU Meeting
Planetarium Show
10
Eyes in the Sky
16
The Plague!
Eyes in the Sky
23
Eyes in the Sky
30
The Santa Ynez
River Wilderness
Eyes in the Sky
Planetarium Show
17
Planetarium Show
24
Saturday
4
june
Sunday
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
805-682-4711 ext. 170
Ty Warner Sea Center
805-962-2526 ext. 110
www.sbnature.org
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
Saturday, June 8
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Saturday
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
11
2
18
Coastal Birding
Field Day
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
25
Members’ Party & TINKERTOY®:
Build Your
Family Fair
Imagination™ Opens
Planetarium Show
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
31
Planetarium Show
3
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Star Party &
Evening Exclusive
9
4
Sundae Mondays
Planetarium Shows
10
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
5
Planetarium Shows
11
6
Planetarium Shows
12
Sundae Mondays
First Monday of each month
June 3–September 2 . 5:00–6:30 PM
Members are invited to bring their families to the Museum to
enjoy an old fashioned ice cream sundae and after-hours evening
17
18
19
in our interactive TINKERTOY®:
Build Your Imagination™
exhibit.
16
Family Nature Day*
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
23
Cost per sundae: $3
Includes whipped cream and fun various toppings.
[email protected] or 805-682-4711 ext. 114
24
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Stories
Shark Sunday
25
Planetarium Shows
Science Pub
at Dargan’s
26
Planetarium Shows
Planetarium Shows
7
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
13
Blue Visions
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
20
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
27
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
8
Leadership Circle World Oceans Day
Spring Trip
Planetarium Shows
Images from the
Eyes in the Sky
Sea Shore Opens
Star Party &
AU Meeting
Evening Exclusive
Planetarium Shows
14
Planetarium Shows
21
Planetarium Shows
28
Planetarium Shows
15
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
22
Planetarium Shows
Eyes in the Sky
29
MUSEUM CLOSED
30
* Free admission
TM
* No Free days in June, July, and August.
Evening Exclusives
Tickets available at the Planetarium door.
$6 / $3
Extreme Planets
Saturday, May 11
7:30 PM
Star Parties
Cosmic Improv
Saturday, June 8
7:30 PM
Saturday, May 11
Saturday, June 8
7:30–10:00 PM
$2/adult, $1/child, Free
Thank you to our Business, Foundation, and Media Sponsors for helping to bring
TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™, JELLIES, and Images from the Sea Shore!
The Museum
League
For the next 100 years, the Museum will continue its mission to
inspire a thirst for discovery and a passion for the natural world
by accomplishing these NATURE goals in its Master Plan.
If you are interested in helping the Museum achieve these goals
please call 805-682-4711 ext. 178.
TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™ was created by the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in collaboration with PLAYSKOOL® and GE.
TINKERTOY is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. and is used with permission. © 2013 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.