Santa Barbara Infoshop is a community space built around alternative ideas and do-it-yourself culture to provide our city with mutual aid, resources and support for discussion and action to create positive social change.
sbinfoshop@gmail.com 421 N Alisos Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, Open Wed, Fri, & Sat 12-6
UPDATE: The Infoshop is closing temporarily, re-opening when we are able to find a more permanent and affordable location!If you know of a location, or a person who has space to offer and is sympathetic to the cause of community building and social justice, or if you'd just like to help with volunteering or by donating funds, please send us your information at sbinfoshop@gmail.com!
The projects at the infoshop will continue in a variety of ways:
-books will be temporarily housed in the Biko Co-op in Isla Vista!
-Food Not Bombs will continue out of a new location on the Mesa! Come to the serving to find out more.
-Workshops and meetings will have to be held in houses or parks, but we are also contacting local groups who may be sympathetic.
-We're excited to announce that the Isla Vista Food Co-Op will be hosting a portion of our Zine Library!
-A new group has been formed with the goal of acquiring a community space for all-ages, drug-free shows and events, and with the potential of carrying on infoshop projects! This group meets Sundays in the Biko Garage at 6:00 PM.
The Infoshop has been an inspiration for projects and people around the country, and we're confident it won't be long before more spaces like it sprout back up. You can even start your own!
Community Calendar
Click event titles for more details!
Hey! You! If you would like to host an event, workshop, show, party, or extravaganza of sorts,
feel free to email sbinfoshop@gmail.com . We are more than willing to provide a time and space
for you, however... it is ultimately up to YOU to make it happen (flyer, invite people, contact us, etc)
About
Santa Barbara Infoshop is a community space built around alternative ideas and do-it-yourself culture to provide our city with mutual aid, resources and support for discussion and action to create positive social change.
sbinfoshop@gmail.com 421 N Alisos Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Open: Wed, Fri, Sat 12-6PM
Hours may vary.
What is an Infoshop?
The Santa Barbara Infoshop is a local part of a worldwide movement to provide space and resources for ideas and activities that are difficult to find in chain bookstores and for-profit spaces.
An infoshop is a volunteer-run reading room, library and community center that offers information on issues such as politics, race and anti-racism, the environment, feminism, anti-authoritarian ideas and movements, alternative economics, gay and lesbian studies, social theory, history, fiction, non-fiction, and creative non-fiction.
Infoshops also typically serve to support local movements for social justice, environmental protection, peace, democracy, and political and economic liberation.
More Information About Infoshops!
And Learn Even More About Infoshops On Wikipedia!
The Santa Barbara Infoshop is run by the Santa Barbara Infoshop Collective, which consists of locals
and transplants from varying ages and backgrounds, who all share a
desire to build community and support democratic social movements. We
pool our resources and time in order to create and support this space that we feel our community is in need of.
The SB Infoshop Collective has meetings at the Infoshop (421 Alisos) every Thursday at 6 PM. The meeting is open to those who would like to contribute resources or volunteer, and would like to be a part of this project. Decisions are made through group consensus, and without group officers.
What We Provide
A BOOK AND ZINE LIBRARY
FREE INTERNET COMPUTERS
MEETING SPACE FOR GROUPS
FREE WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
ART, POETRY AND CRAFT SPACE
A TOOL LIBRARY
A COMMUNITY GARDEN
FREE BOX (TO GIVE, SHARE, AND TAKE CLOTHES, FOOD, ETC)
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Santa Barbara Infocomun es un espacio comunitario construido alrededor de ideas alternativas, autosostenimiento, información, la cultura 'hazlo tu mismo' y eventos para crear un cambio social positivo.
Infocomunes tipicamente ofrecen soporte local a moviemientos de justicia social, protección ambiental, paz, democracia y liberación política y económica.
Mas información acerca de Infocomunes!
Aprende mucho mas sobre Infocomunes en Wikipedia
Como funciona el Infocomun
Santa Barbara Infocomun es organizado por un grupo colectivo de SB Infocomun , el cual consiste de gente de diferentes nacionalidades, edades e ideologias, quienes comparten el mismo deseo de construir la comunidad del futuro y soportar movimientos sociales. Nosotros donamos nuestro tiempo y recursos para crear y soportar este espacio, el cual creemos va a cambiar el errado sistema en el que vivimos.
- LIBROS Y FOLLETOS EN LA LIBRERIA
- INTERNET Y COMPUTADORES GRATIS
- ESPACIO PARA REUNIONES
- TALLERES Y CLASES GRATIS
- ARTE, POETRIA, Y ESPACIO PARA ARTESANIAS
- LIBRERIA DE HERRAMIENTAS
- JARDIN COMUNITARIO
- CAJA GRATIS (PARA DAR, COMPARTIR, LLEVAR ROPA, COMIDA, ETC)
- CALENDARIO COMUNITARIO
Events Around Santa Barbara
Lots of wonderful, radical things happen in Santa Barbara all the time, including, but not limited to:
Food Not Bombs
Food Not Bombs is a worldwide, grassroots, anti-authoritarian movement with the goal of collecting donated food that would otherwise be wasted, and serving that food for FREE to anyone who would like some. The name comes from the simple notion that the resources of society should go towards providing for people rather than manufacturing weapons.
Food Not Bombs serves food in Santa Barbara at the following times and locations:
Monday, 1 PM, at the Santa Barbara Public Library
Saturday, 4 PM, at the Santa Barbara Public Library
Sunday, 5 PM, at Acorn Park in Isla Vista
Really Really Free Market
The Really Really Free Market is a community event that puts the Gift Economy into practice: Goods and services that are in excess are given away freely rather than for barter or cost.
The Really Really Free Market does not currently happen on a regular basis, but anyone can set one up: Simply publicize a flyer, with a date and location and information about the event. Distribute this widely. Also, advertise anywhere else you can think of: Local papers, craigslist, community radio such as KCSB... the possibilities are endless. Make sure the event includes food, music, and anything else you can think of, and that you have a means of cleaning up any extra stuff at the end of the day. Set one up next week! 'Free Markets should proliferate far and wide...
Critical Mass
Every last Friday of the month, 6pm, meet other riders at the Gazebo in Alameda Park. The ride begins when it seems like the group is as big as it will get, and then takes the streets through Santa Barbara.
Eventos en Santa Barbara
Cosas increibles ocurren regularmente en Santa Barbara incluyendo:
Comida no Bombas
Nosotros servimos los dias de lunes (1pm) y sábado (4pm) en la biblioteca pública de Santa Barbara, y domingo en Acorn Park, Isla Vista.
El mercado realmente realmente Gratis
Practica dar y recibir gratis.
La Masa Crítica para Bicicletas
El último viernes de cada mes, 6pm, reúnete con los otros ciclistas en Gazebo que se encuentra en el parque Alameda.
Links
Media & Journalism
Shape Of Voice
Shape of Voice is a youth newspaper that brings out the voice of
todays youth. We fight for social justice, whether it be discrimination,
poverty, or the legal system, you do have a voice!
If you have an interest in learning photography, journalism, social activism, web design, drawing, graphic design or newspaper production come get involved. We also need music reviews, art, comics, and political articles.
Santa Barbara Indymedia
Be the media! Post and read local news to promote the betterment of society.
Santa Barbara Action Groups
SB Anti-War
Anti-war organizing in the community. This group seeks to uproot the military industrial complex from our community.
Music and Arts
Muddy Waters Cafe
locally
owned coffee house, cafe and live music venue. we enjoy tattoos, long
walks on the beach, and being awesome. we do not enjoy having to say
"venti" or "grande" when we are ordering our coffee. we think saying
"veti" and "grande" is stupid. your freedom from oppressive marketing
schemes and public embarrassment for the sake of caffeine begins at 508
e haley.
805 Shows
This is a listing for ALL AGES shows for Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, and San Luis Obispo County
KCSB Radio
As a non-commercial, educational FM station broadcasting for the public
interest, KCSB enters into no commercial contracts which allow access
to the airwaves and it strives to provide programming substantially
different from that carried by commercial broadcast media. It is also
designed to be educational for both programmers and listeners.
La Casa de la Raza Music Venue
601 E. Montecito St.
PO Box 4104
Santa Barbara CA 93140
805-965-8581
More Infoshops
Catalyst Infoshop:
Prescott, Arizona
Iron Rail Infoshop: New Orleans, Louisiana
Bound Together Books: San Francisco, California
The Long Haul Infoshop: Berkeley, California
Free Mind Media Infospace: Santa Rosa, California
And many, many, many, many more!!
Food, Farms, Permaculture
Isla Vista Food Co-op
We're a member owned natural foods store that is open to the public. We
have a great selection of organic produce grown locally here in the
Santa Barbara area.
Fairview Gardens
Based on one of the oldest organic farms in California, the Center for
Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens is an internationally respected
model for small-scale urban food production, agricultural preservation,
and farm-based education.
Strong Hearts Baking Company is an all vegan business - providing 100% cruelty free baked goods made by vegans. We put only the finest ingredients into our products, using certified organic and fair trade ingredients whenever possible. At Strong Hearts we hope that our cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts, and other vegan desserts will not only satisfy your sweet tooth but that they will reflect our deepest respect and reverence for humans, animals, and the earth that we share.
Now Available at:
I.V. Drip
905 Embarcadero del Norte
Isla Vista, CA 93117
(805) 968-4550
Isla Vista Food Co-op
6575 Seville Rd.
Isla Vista, CA 93117
(805) 963-1401
I Want To Ride My Bicycle!
Bicicentro
Bici
Centro is a low to no cost bike program where community members learn
to work on bikes in a multi-lingual, comfortable and fun setting. We
help participants of all ages learn to rebuild good, used bikes and we
maintain an inventory of used bike parts taken from otherwise broken
bicycles.
The SBInfoshop.org Drupal Site
Sat, 02/02/2008 - 13:17 — sbinfoshopThis is a Drupal site for SBInfoshop.org. Infoshop.org itself uses Drupal. The site maintainers are working on converting all older static HTML over to Drupal.
What is Drupal you may ask? Drupal is a content management system. In other words, a system for managing a site's content in an easy-to-use way that many people can collaborate on without needing web development skills. With the Drupal CMS, anyone of us can add and edit content like pages, news stories and events at any time from any computer in the world without having to hassle a web geek. Drupal can do a lot more than just that too. Think of everyone being able to work on the web site as the tip of the empowerment iceberg.
Incidentally, I searched for "drupal infoshop theme" on Google and result #3, #5 and #6 were to EmpowerThyself.com!
Once this site is fully operational and gets consensus approval, we can switch sbinfoshop.org over to point here.
Thanks for making our grand opening a success!
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 14:18 — sbinfoshopWe've posted a gallery of pictures from the grand opening.
Hooray! We have a space!
Tue, 01/01/2008 - 05:00 — sbinfoshopThe SB Infoshop has rented a house - 421 Alisos Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Stop by between 9 and 5 any day of the week and say "hi." We're planning a grand opening party, so stay tuned.
If you'd like to donate books, computers, art supplies, a refridgerator, tools, or other community goodies contact us.
