March 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 at 2pm in OJAI at Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts

NEW DATES April 2, 3, 4, 6 at 4pm in Santa Barbara at Aloes in Wonderland Private Botanic Garden

They were famous, talented, alluring, wealthy women who created power through their dedication to beauty. Ganna Walska, Pearl Chase, and Beatrice Wood were contemporaries whose lives and contributions to art and culture live on in Santa Barbara. As do their stories of what and who they loved. What will they share when they finally gather for tea in the garden?

Goleta Train Depot Museum

Wives sometimes do not love their husbands. Men often pursue women they adore but cannot have. The consequences of the heart moved by both love and sorrow can be exhilarating, and tragic.

August 11, 12, 13, 14

Community Arts Workshop (CAW)

The Whale Speaks. Caught inside the famous Whale, is the Captain. An intense psychological examination about obsessions that motivate death and revelations.

TBA

The Harpooners’ Tales. Seaworkers of the famous whaling expedition tell how they know the waters based on their indigenous practices. Are they shamans, or warriors? How is dependency on creature of the sea understood within their culture as they prepare for the hunt?