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Monday Classes & Activities

Most classes are free of charge (though donations are welcome),
and are held at the JCC, 524 Chapala St. in Santa Barbara.

Family Musiktime FlyerCreative Movement and Musiktime!
Mondays, 10:30-11:30 am
through June 25 (no class May 28)
Let your toddler show us their creativity, in a fun and active class led by local instructor Monica Robarge. This class is targeted for 2-4 year-olds, but younger siblings are welcome to observe. Limited space available!
$10/child/class or $15/family/class
Sign up for 5 classes and receive a FREE instrument and scarf!

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • Children will build rhythm and listening SKILLS
  • LEARN engaging songs, finger-plays, and poems from around the world
  • EXPLORE dozens of instruments that shake, jingle, and tap
  • ENGAGE in music and movement activities
  • Tap into the world of IMAGINATION through interactive storytelling, puppets, and song
  • STIMULATE and develop your child’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical awareness while
  • HAVING FUN WITH MUSIC!

download the flyer (pdf)

Louise "Weezy" Palanker
Comedy Club
for Teens
Mondays
4:15 - 5:15 pm
with Louise “Weezy” Palanker

Want to learn what it takes to be a comedian?
Comedy Club for Teens, 7th to 12th grades, is the place for you! This class will bring out the natural comedian in you. Develop your comedic act and perform at graduation!

Teens also perform at the JCC's quarterly All-Star Comedy Nights which feature professional comedians from the L.A. area.

Please call to arrange first class.
More about the class

Brandeis University
Women's Book Group
fourth Monday of the month (usually)
9:30 - 11:30 am
New members welcome, bring  a friend!

Dec. 26: In Patagonia, by Bruce Chatwin. The exquisitely told account of his journey through the southern tip of South America. Adventure and erudition.

January 23: Old Filth, by Jane Gardam. An "Empire Orphan" is abandoned in Malaya, sent back to England to be educated, and becomes a renowned lawyer and judge in Hong Kong. Funny, cutting, and a dark secret, too.

February 27: My Own Country, by Abraham Verghese. Verghese's own story. An East Indian physician first practicing in the Tennessee mountains at the start of the AIDS epidemic. The American heartland's denial and ultimate acceptance seen through his eyes.

March 26: Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada. Primo Levi called this the greatest book about the German resistance to the Nazis.

April 23: To the End of the Land, by David Grossman. Beautifully written, private life as history. Two men love Ora and her children. Israel, 1967-2000.

May 21 (NOTE DATE): The Sense of An Ending, by Julian Barnes. This year's Booker Prize. A psychological detective story. The narrator lies about his past. Why?

June 25: State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett. The author of Bel Canto tells of two women physicians whose colleague dies mysteriously in South America , their search for him, and the moral crises involved. Detective story.

Contact: Leslie Steinmetz, 805-687-5031, lesliers1@verizon.net