As the final concert In her “Bach Series” violist Helen Callus will perform the last two of J.S Bach's six Suites for solo cello, No. 5 in C Minor and No. 6 in G major. Also featured on this special event are outstanding graduate students Linda Shaver-Gleason and Jacob Adams, who will speak about the pieces. In her Bach Series, Helen has previously performed four of the six of Bach's Suites for solo cello in two concerts as preparation for an upcoming recording of these works.
This is a free concert and a wonderful opportunity to hear this outstanding artist play in our sanctuary. Helen is a professor at UCSB and leads the viola studio and in addition is very busy performing around the country and abroad. Free will donations will support the music program at the Society.
September 11th Peace Concert
Saturday, September 11, 3:00 pm USSB Sanctuary.
This concert will be commemorating the ninth anniversary of this historical date, focusing on bringing all communities together, and reaffirming our hope for world peace.
The program will includes well known soprano Carol Ann Manzi , the Inner Light Gospel Choir, and a flute duet with Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) and Native American flute. Admission and reception are FREE. There will be more than 200 concerts throughout the world this year with close to 10,000 performers participating.
This concert is sponsored and organized by the Santa Barbara Sister Cities Board, the Santa Barbara Music Club and the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara.
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
Friday, August 20, 7 PM, Parish Hall, free.
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.
The film opens with the conviction of Ponzi King Bernie Madoff, whose acknowledged criminality drove a $65 billion dollar pyramid scheme. It argues that the wrong doing committed by a few individuals distracts from the real story, implicating the best-known institutions that financed and profited from fraudulent sub prime lending. This connection is now being investigated by the FBI as part of a probe into what it calls a "fraud epidemic."
PLUNDER shows how these firms created special securities to repackage and resell these dubious loans after they were re-rated as Triple A. These firms then bet against many of these toxic assets with credit default swaps and other insurance scams. By leveraging these investments, they recklessly put trillions of dollars and the world economy at risk. Cannes winner 2010. Hosted by Debbie and Gary Welterlen .
Sunday Services
New service times begin this week at The Unitarian Society. Our two Sunday morning services are at 9:15 and 11:00 AM every Sunday. Our worship theme for September's is Vocation.
Please come join us for a cup of coffee during the community social hour between the services.
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros Play - POSTPONED
Could a totalitarian force take over our society? Ionesco’s funny, strange and sad allegorical play Rhinoceros shows how ordinary people can accept warped and inhuman ideas. Come see this first production from our new Unitarian Society Theater Group. Rhinoceros will be performed in the Parish Hall. The actors are Unitarians and Santa Barbarans. Tickets will be sold at the door ($15 for adults; $12 for students or seniors) and will also be sold between church services. To volunteer to help, call producer/director Paul Freeman at (805) 845-6376, or email Kanga LaVrado at
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