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Upcoming's interesting and popular events of 2009

January, 25, 2010

2009 was quite a year. Join the Upcoming team in looking back at the events that made it a fun, educational, and inspirational year. Whether you rubbed shoulders with tech innovators or indulged your taste buds at a hip food festival, we hope you had an excellent 2009. Here is a selection of interesting events from 2009. Enjoy.
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Tue 09 Feb

Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes

10:00am at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

'Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes' paints a rarely seen and mesmerizing portrait of our Solar System with incredi...

Tue 09 Feb

Otter and Seal Hunting Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

From prehistoric times to the early twentieth century, otter and seal hunting has been a commercial link between Califor...

Tue 09 Feb

Shore Whaling Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

The story of California shore whaling from 1854 to 1971 (when the last whaling station closed at Richmond) features whal...

Tue 09 Feb

Fred Kavli Diving Technology Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Hardhat diving has been part of local history since the late 1800s when abalone became a sought-after delicacy. Commerci...

Tue 09 Feb

Hides and Tallow Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

The story of the hide and tallow trade and of 1830s California was vividly told in Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s 'Two Years B...

Tue 09 Feb

Chumash Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

This 'living' exhibit proudly displays a 23-foot hand-made wooden tomol, the canoes built to cross the Santa Barbara Cha...

Tue 09 Feb

George Castagnola Family Santa Barbara Waterfront ...

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

This history of the local waterfront includes the building of Stearn's Wharf, Santa Barbara breakwater and more. A histo...

Tue 09 Feb

Compaq/Microsoft Sport Fishing Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Visitors 'catch the big one' at the fishing simulator as part of this interactive exhibit celebrating the abundant fishe...

Tue 09 Feb

NOAA Shipwrecks Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Thrill to shipwreck stories and discover the underwater archaeology used to locate, monitor, and preserve local underwat...

Tue 09 Feb

Channel Islands Exhibit

10:00am at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

This unique exhibit describe the histories of six of the eight Channel Islands: San Miguel, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, San...

Sun 28 Mar

Baroque Music Concert: Julie Jeffrey and Peter Hal...

2:00pm at Goleta Valley Library

The viol was one of the favorite instruments of composers of the Baroque period. Hallifax and Jeffrey will introduce and...

Added Jan 6
Sun 14 Mar

Bats: What Hollywood doesn't want you to know - Ma...

2:00pm at Goleta Valley Library

Bats, often considered pests, are an important factor in a balanced ecosystem: they keep insect population at acceptable...

Added Jan 6
Sun 21 Feb

Why Do Bones Break? Professor Paul Hansma, Physics...

2:00pm at Goleta Valley Library

Loss of bone leads to osteoporosis and bone fracture, and most treatments focus on reversing bone loss. But new research...

Added Jan 6

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