Come join us for coffee, conversation and community! We meet every Wednesday beneath the beautiful shade of the Oak and Olive Trees at the Casa de la Guerra courtyard. 15 E. De La Guerra St.

9:30am - 11:00am

EVERY WEDNESDAY!

Week 1

Community Conversation

Week 2

Community Events and Concerns

Week 3

Reconnecting to Nature

Week 4

Self Care and Healing

While grief can feel like a lonely island, it’s a journey we all eventually share. We’re creating a soft place to land—a local “Grief Cafe” where you can breathe, talk, and realize there is no “wrong” way to feel.

Come join us under the shade of the oak and olive trees at The Space, right in the heart of town. We’re picking up the beautiful thread of conversation we started last year at the Ortega Park Mental Wellness talks, and we couldn’t be happier to begin this new chapter with Kari O’Driscoll. Weekly hosts are Mia Lopez and Andi Garcia and friends! Fee is $15 to support the weekly commitment.

What to Expect:

A Gentle Space: This is a peer-to-peer gathering with zero pressure. No “fixing,” just being.

Diverse Voices: Each Thursday, we’ll be joined by a different healer, artist, or culture bearer to help us explore the many faces of grief, loss, rage, and our deepest fears.

Creative Comfort: We’ll have paper crafts on hand to keep our fingers busy while we talk.

Community Wisdom: Bring your favorite snacks and any coping tools or rituals that have helped you along the way—we’d love to learn from your experience.

It’s time to move past the stigma of “death talk” and focus on what it truly means to live well. Let’s find that path together.

The SPACE is taking reservations for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade class visits for local schools! We will host your class at our downtown location for an informative conversation about our local Chumash history and students will get to do an activity to learn more about our material culture and craftsmanship.

See our page to learn more about your school visit and reservations!

Ongoing!

Monthly workshops for research! Do you want to learn how to find local historical or family stories but just don’t know where to start? We want to help you become more familiar doing research, and navigating archive libraries!

The SPACE, in partnership with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, is excited to host a research 101! We meet once a month throughout the year in small intimate groups to facilitate your journey into discovery!

Our first group has started, please email to sign up for the next session!