Out of Town: Santa Barbara

What’s happening the next few weeks:

* The 13th annual I Madonnari--the Italian street painting festival--runs Saturday through Monday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The plaza of the Santa Barbara Mission will be transformed by artists using color chalk to “paint” 150 sections of pavement. At the corner of Los Olivos and Laguna streets. Free. (805) 569-3873.

* The Santa Barbara Museum of Art holds its eighth annual “Art in Full Bloom” weekend, featuring floral displays, lectures and demonstrations, June 5-6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $7; $5 members; $1 under age 12. (Gala opening is June 4 at 6 p.m., $75 to $85.) “Eclectic Vision: Photographs from the Vernon Collection,” an exhibition of 100 prints from the collection of Marjorie and Leonard Vernon, opens June 26. 1130 State St., Santa Barbara. Open Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. $5; $3 seniors; $2 students; age 6 and younger, free. (805) 963-4364.

* Santa Barbara’s Big Dog Parade & Canine Festival, June 5, is a way to walk your dog for charity. Or just watch as the city’s biggest pooches march down State Street, from De la Guerra Plaza to Chase Palm Park. Registration at 8:30 a.m.; parade at 9:30 a.m. (805) 963-8727 Ext. 1398.

* Old Spanish Days return to Santa Barbara Aug. 4-8. The huge festival includes a marketplace, carnival, parade, tours of the historic courthouse building, rodeo, barbecue, music and dancing. Locations and prices vary. (805) 962-8101.