April 20 — Museum of Ventura County — New Virtual Events + New Journal Flashback + More!

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2021 • Comments Off

Local History Happy Hour with

Roz McGrath

Tue., April 20, 2021 @ 5PM on Zoom

Join us for the first installment in our new Zoom series, Local History Happy Hour with Roz McGrath on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 5—6PM. In this series, local authors and historians will sit down with The Barbara Barnard Smith Executive Director Elena Brokaw to discuss their unique perspectives on our region’s history, and take questions from the audience.

This online program is free, but requires advanced registration.

Roz McGrath, author of Memoir of a Feminist, is a retired educator and farm manager. Roz teaches Women’s History and explores the question of why women are still so under-represented. Her book offers a concise overview of American Women’s History through the author’s own experiences as a young feminist.

New Journal Flashback

The Telephone Comes to Ventura County

In the latest Journal Flashback, “The Telephone Comes to Ventura” offers a snapshot of the evolution of telephone services in the county. While the article itself is now dated, it shows just how much communication technology has changed.

The author writing in 1964 reflected on the rapid advent of new telephone technologies since 1889. However, contemporary readers will notice how much technologies have advanced since Simpson penned the article. In the year before the article was written, the telephone company had just upgraded its equipment to allow Ventura area subscribers to directly call other phones in the U.S. and Canada. It makes one wonder if our cell phones and Zoom calls will seem quaint to readers 60 years later.

Announcing

Changemakers Series: Local Heroes

Battling Climate Change

Thur., April 29, 2021 @ 6:30PM on Zoom

The Museum of Ventura County is pleased to present the next installment in its series of conversations with Changemakers.

You are invited to join us on Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 6:30—7:30PM for Changermakers: Local Heroes Combatting Climate Change. Admission is free with registration.

Panelists include Dr. Chris Funk, Director of the Climate Hazard Center at UCSB and author of Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Recent Catastrophes, Hans Cole, Director of Environmental Campaigns and Advocacy at Patagonia, Florencia Ramirez, Ventura County Climate Emergency Council and author of Eat Less Water, and Michelle Stevens, Founder of the Refill Shoppe, public artist and environmental activist. This is not to be missed!