AMIGOS805 BEST BETS
MAY
> May 22 — UCSB Multicultural Center to present film screening of Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
> May 26 — Kimera (2 to 4 p.m.), Trio Guadalajara (4 to 6 p.m.) to perform at Pacific View Mall in Ventura
> May 31 — Cultural competency professional development seminars to be presented in Oxnard
> May 31 through June 15 — Teatro de las Américas to present Josefina López’s “Las mujeres de verdad tienen curvas / Real Women Have Curves” at Oxnard College
> 31 de mayo hasta el 15 de junio 2013 — Teatro de las Américas presenta “Las mujeres de verdad tienen curvas” de Josefina López en Oxnard
SOUTHLAND BEST BETS
> May 23 through June 9 — Primer Festival de Cine Guatemalteco en Los Angeles to be presented at Frida Kahlo Theater in Los Angeles
> Through May 11 — 'The Women of Juarez' to be presented at Frida Kahlo Theater in Los Angeles
UPCOMING
> June 7 — El Concilio Family Services to present 24th annual Latino Leadership Awards
> June 22 — Social Justice Fund for Ventura County to present 5th Annual 'On the Road to Change' Bus Tour — 'Immigration at a Crossroads'
> July 20 — Social Justice Fund for Ventura County to present 5th Annual 'On the Road to Change' Bus Tour — 'Immigration at a Crossroads'
CONTINUING
> Through May 26 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'Myth and Materiality: Latin American Art from the Permanent Collection, 1930-1990'
> Hasta 7 de diciembre — Consulados Móviles, Jornadas Sabatinas y Dominicales en condados de Ventura, Santa Barbara y San Luis Obispo
805 REGIONAL EVENTS
> May 22 — CSU Channel Islands, Ventura County Library to hold 2013 Lecture Series at E.P. Foster Library
> May 25 — Coda (2 to 4 p.m.), Music by TK and Friends (4 to 6 p.m.) to perform at Pacific View Mall in Ventura
> May 29 — 'Hot Markets for U.S. Exporters' to be presented at CLU
CONTINUING
> Through May 26 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'Family Resource Center Installation: Trapping the Moon'
> Through June 2 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs'
> Through June 16 — Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum presents 'Things that Turn Your Brains to Mush,' 'Bloom Projects: Glen Fogel, Recent Video'
UPCOMING
> June 1 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'Mystery in Masterpieces'
> June 1 — Artists’ Marketplace includes demonstrations and kids’ activities, art studio tours & beer garden
> June 1 — Three Exhibits Explore Privacy, Time, and the Human Figure at Studio Channel Islands Art Center. Free Artists’ reception from 4 to 6 p.m. June 1
> June 2 — Museum of Ventura County to present still life drawing class
> June 2 — History and Hollywood meet at Museum of Ventura County latest exhibits
> June 8 — Rancho de las Flores in Somis to benefit the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum
> June 8 — Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to present opening reception for 'Christine Morla: Kaleidoscopic Gaze.' Exhibit continues from June 9 through Aug. 18
> June 9, 16, 30 — Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to present Watercolor Workshop Series: Beginning to Intermediate
> June 13 — Curator reveals orgin of Oxnard in Talk at Agriculture Museum
> June 14 — Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula to present 'Music at the Mill'
> June 15 — Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to present 'Arcade Poetry Series: Amy Uyematsu and Jackson Wheeler'
> June 17-21 — Registration opens for Museum of Ventura County's Chumash Youth Summer Program
> June 20 — Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to present 'CAM Book Club: When the Elephants Dance' by Tess Uriza Holthe
> June 21, July 19 — Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to present STORY TIME @ CAM
> July 2 through Sept. 29 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'Labor and Wait'
> July 7 through Sept. 29 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'Un/Natural Color'
> July 8 — Museum of Ventura County to present 'Art Start' summer program
> July 13 — Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to present opening reception for 'Free Family Day'
> July 14 — Studio Channel Islands Art Center offering Summer Art Camp for kids
> July 27-28 — Oxnard Salsa Festival to celebrate 20th anniversary
> Oct. 13 through Jan. 12, 2014 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'As Far As I Could Get: The Photography of John Divola'
> Oct. 27 through Jan. 25, 2014 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'Delacroix and the Matter of Finish'
> Feb. 22 through May. 25, 2014 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present 'Heavenly Bodies'
ONGOING
> Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to provide free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day as part of Blue Star Museum program
> Exhibition at UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum highlights work of architects Whitney Smith and Wayne Williams
> Majorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara to present events in May
> Museum of Ventura County announces upcoming May events
> CSU Channel Islands announces Spring Semester 2013 performance schedule
> Gull Wings Children's Museum to present upcoming events
> 'Chase Free 1st Thursday Evenings' at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
> Scenery, Story, Spirit: American Painting and Sculpture from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
> Van Gogh to Munch: European Masterworks from the Armand Hammer Foundation and Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
> Contemporary Arts Forum in Santa Barbara presents '1st Thursdays' program
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LOCAL LINKS
> Arts for Action
> Barrio Productions in Oxnard
> Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation
> Café on A in Oxnard
> Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
> Clinicas del Camino Real
> El Centrito Family Learning Centers
> El Concilio Family Services
> Comite Cultural Mexicano
> Future Leaders of America
> Inlakech Cultural Arts Center
> Lideres Campesinas
> Mexican Consulate in Oxnard
> Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project
> National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Ventura County Chapter
> National Latino Peace Officers Association Ventura County Chapter
> Rebozo Festival
> Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
> Social Justice Fund for Ventura County
> Supervisor John Zaragoza
> Teatro de las Américas
> ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara!
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A free “Folklorico Dance Workshop with Grandeza Mexicana” will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22 at Casa de La Raza, 601 E. Montecito St., Santa Barbara.
The workshop is presented by Casa de La Raza and ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara!
Call 805-893-3382 for more information.
805 REGIONAL NEWS
> EDC-VC updates community with its May/June Business Line
> Oxnard Fire Dept. to provide update on construction of Fire Station 8 on May 29
> Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard to provide free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day as part of Blue Star Museum program
> Oxnard to hold 2013 special municipal vacancy election on June 4
> Food Share, Ventura County's Food Bank, wins Morgan Stanley's $50,000 Fill the Plate award
> UCSB study shows where scene context happens in our brain
> Food Bank of Santa Barbara opposes cuts to hunger relief in Farm Bill
> UCSB researchers find political motivations may have evolutionary links to physical strength
> EDC-VC reviews April's labor market information report
> Rep. Capps introduces legislation to improve public health preparedness for climate change
> Family law attorney joines Ferguson Case Orr Paterson
> Rep. Capps leads California Congressional delegation in fighting for California’s agricultural priorities in farm bill
> UCLA presents instructor award to Camarillo business owner
> UCSB Assistant Professor Michelle O'Malley receives 2013 DOE Early Career Award
> Gillespie named president at Ventura College
> In honor of EMS Week, Oxnard Fire Department to hold Sidewalk CPR training on May 25
> Is prophylactic mastectomy a universal key to breast cancer Prevention? UCSB Feminist Studies scholar Laury Oaks addresses the Issue
> CSU Channel Islands to graduate more than 1440 students
> UC Santa Barbara scientist studies methane levels in cross-continent drive
> Surgical Eye Expeditions offers tips on Healthy Vision Month
> Social Justice Fund for Ventura County taking reservations for 5th Annual "On the Road to Change" Bus Tour
> KDB to broadcast Santa Barbara Symphony Concert Live on May 19
> CSU Channel Island's biology student wins grant to study women's cancers
> Ojai Studio Artists celebrates 30th anniversary
> Assemblymember Williams touts education funding revise
> UC Santa Barbara history professor's book elucidates, celebrates ‘Visioneers'
> Assemblymember Williams honors Sharon Hoshida
> Gene Haas Foundation donates more than $1 million to charitable and education-based programs to date in 2013
> Aspiranet Ventura district director announces retirement after 17 years
> City of Oxnard’s Community Relations Commission seeks to honor community leaders
> UCSB students receive U.S. State Department language scholarships
> Oxnard Convention & Visitors Bureau announces new president / CEO
> Lawrence D. Bobo, W.E.B. Du Bois professor of social sciences at Harvard, to deliver UCSB's Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture
> CLU Graduate Commencement is May 17
> MICOP seeking administrative coordinator
> CSU Channel Islands announces schedule for 2013 Commencement on May 18
> CLU's 50th commencement set for May 18
> KCLU radio expands along Central Coast
> Gene Haas Foundation makes generous donation to FOOD Share
> Ventura County Public Works Agency celebrates National Public Works Week, May 19-25
> Studio Channel Islands Art Center offering Summer Art Camp for kids July 14 through Aug. 9
May 22 will be the last class before summer break. Classes resume Aug. 7.
