Gallery Row Art Walks Every 3rd Friday 5:00-8:00 PM
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Juneteenth Screening & Live Performance
Presented by Toni Scott, Rod Rolle, and Elevate Gallery Friday, June 19, 2026 Location: Elevate Gallery On Gallery Row – La Cumbre Plaza 121 South Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara (behind Starbucks)
Sponsored By LCCCA (La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts)
Featuring: Special footage of Sojourner Kincaid Rolle reading her poem Free at Last First screening 6:00 PM Second screening 7:00 PM Special student reading of Free at Last Toni Scott’s Bloodline Exhibit at the California African American Museum SB Ring Shout – Live Performance 5:15-5:45 PM
Why Juneteenth matters: Juneteenth (June 19) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Often referred to as “America’s Second Independence Day”, it marks the date in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and free the last enslaved Black Americans.
SOJOURNER KINCAID ROLLE – Special footage of the acclaimed poet reading: “Free At Last” Who is Sojourner Kincaid Rolle (1943-2023)? A beloved and internationally acclaimed poet, playwright, environmental educator, and peace activist. She was the Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, CA from 2015-2017.
What is Ring Shout? The Santa Barbara Ring Shout Project (SBRSP), is a local cultural and performance group that preserves the oldest known surviving African American performance tradition in North America.
Bloodlines: An immersive installation by the multimedia artist Toni Scott
Toni Scott Multidisciplinary Artist / Sculpture / Painting/ installation / photography Citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation www.toniscott.com
Rod Rolle Photojournalist / Photographer / Musician Distributed by Sipa USA & Getty Images Published in 300 media outlets www.rodrolle.photoshelter.com
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Wine and Opera Festival and La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts
invite you to an special event on Friday, June 26, 2026 from 5-8 PM in La Cumbre Plaza (behind Starbucks)
“But when the soft lights glint and glance As midnight goes by They hear me sing It’s then that I know why …” —Meine Lippen, sie kussan so heiss from the opera Giuditta by Frans Lehar
If you’d like to know why, and have a few glasses of wine, join us at our upcoming Wine & Opera Festival event. Straight from New York to Santa Barbara.
In collaboration with La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts, New York’s newly established nonprofit, Wine & Opera Festival will be hosting a fundraising event on Friday, June 26th, from 5–8 PM.
The Wine & Opera Festival is a multidisciplinary cultural event combining live opera performances, wine tastings, education, and community involvement in a fun and engaging environment.
The event on June 26th will feature soprano Crystallia Spileou and tenor Michael Karl who live and perform in New York, singing several arias and duets from the operatic repertoire. The musical selections will be paired with wines from La Vieille Ferme and Marqúes de Cáceres alongside live painting from a La Cumbre Plaza featured artist.
Price: $65. Location: La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts La Cumbre Plaza 121 South Hope Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93105
