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Aug. 5 — UCSB Arts & Lectures to present Rush Hour at West Wind Drive-In, Goleta

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Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Rush Hour Thursday, Aug. 5th at 8:30 p.m. at the West Wind Drive-In. Gates open at 7 PM. First come, first served. Arrive early for food trucks, concessions, prize drawings and a live set by DJ Darla Bea!

Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) is the pride of the Royal Hong Kong Police, while Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) is the LAPD’s worst nightmare: a cocky, loud-mouthed officer who prefers to work alone. Following the kidnapping of the Chinese consul’s daughter, cultures clash and tempers flare as the two cops from different worlds quickly discover one thing in common: they can’t stand each other. But with time running out, they must join forces to catch the criminals, mixing punches with punchlines in this hilarious action-comedy. (Brett Ratner, 1998, PG-13, 97 min.)

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Aug. 7 — Oceanview Pavilion to present ‘DREAMING OF YOU (SELENA TRIBUTE)’

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The Oceanview Pavilion will present “DREAMING OF YOU (SELENA TRIBUTE)” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7 at 575 E. Surfside Drive, Port Hueneme.

Come join us as A Tribute to Selena by Dreaming of Youwill have you dancing and singing your favorite songs.

This concert will be live on stage. Tickets are $25.00 with paid admission you will receive (1) free drink.

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Through Aug. 8 — Moorpark College Theatre Arts Offers Complimentary Admittance to ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’

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The Moorpark College Theatre Arts Department is excited to offer admission at no cost to its summer production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The play runs July 22 through Aug. 8 with Thursday through Saturday performances at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. This Tony Award-winning musical is a “Moving Forward Together” event as the college welcomes back students, faculty, staff and the community to the Moorpark College campus.

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Aug. 8 — Channel Islands Maritime Museum to sponsor “Harbor Search and Find Cruise” as part of its continuing 30th anniversary celebrations

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On August 8, 2021, as part of its 30th-anniversary activities, the Channel Islands Maritime Museum will be sponsoring a Search & Find Harbor Cruise. Electric boats and dinghies less than 25 feet are invited to participate in this fun “Search & Find” Mission. Participants will enjoy a Museum visit, a harbor cruise with a mission, and the chance to win some great prizes. Pre-registration is required with a $30 donation to the Museum per boat. All proceeds benefit the Channel Islands Maritime Museum programs. Participants can register online at www.cimmvc.org or at the Museum until August 7th.

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Aug. 12 — UCSB Arts & Lectures to present double feature with ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ and ‘Wayne’s World’ at West Wind Drive In, Goleta

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Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present a double feature with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Wayne’s World on Thursday, Aug. 12th beginning at 8:30 p.m. at the West Wind Drive-In. Gates open at 7 PM. First come, first served. Arrive early for food trucks, concessions, prize drawings and a live set by DJ Darla Bea!

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Aug. 17 — Celebrate Ventura County’s Nonprofits on National Nonprofit Day

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National Nonprofit Day is a day to celebrate our Ventura County nonprofits and give thanks for their immense contribution. While there are many nonprofits to celebrate, it is important to shine a light on those making a big difference to our Ventura County community. 

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Aug. 18 — Hospice of Santa Barbara Virtual Speaker Series – illuminate Presents Pico Iyer

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Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) has adjusted to the new realities that come with COVID-19 by creating their illuminate Speaker Series – a series that started last year which not only addresses aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic but also offers help on how to navigate through this new reality. 

Over the past year and a half, one way the organization has transitioned to serve is by providing helpful resources to our community and beyond as they relate to COVID-19 through this virtual series that features a new world-renowned speaker every month. Past speakers include Roshi Joan Halifax, Frank Ostaseski, Katy Butler, Sharon Salzberg, Dr. BJ Miller, Dr. Sunita Puri, Jenée Johnson, Daniel Goleman, and Nora McInerny. 

Next up on their illuminate Speaker Series is A Conversation with Pico Iyer that will be presented Wednesday, August 18th at 6:00 PM PDT. The event is free, but registration is required. 

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Aug. 21 — Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara — UCSB MFA Exhibition: Unending Opening This Week

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Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara is pleased to present the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Master of Fine Arts 2020 cohort exhibition Unending. Originally intended as the culmination of their 2020 MFA degrees, these artists take up the personal and cultural cycles of grief & transformation in order to congeal a new vision.

Unending is a registration of the past broken by the present, allowing for deeper contemplation and immersion to take place. This exhibition showcases the collapse of time, tradition, and production, culminating in something more slowly realized and returned to.

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Aug. 28 — Ventura Land Trust Announces 12th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival

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 Ventura Land Trust is pleased to bring back a live experience for its 12th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour on Saturday, August 28th on the campus of Ventura County Credit Union headquarters from 5:00 to 10:00 pm. This signature fundraising event raises $50,000 each year to support Ventura Land Trust’s mission to permanently protect the land, water, wildlife and scenic beauty of the Ventura region for current and future generations. 

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Aug. 28 — Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) announces upcoming Artist Talk events

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Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) Artist Talk series will present “Perceive Me” sculpture panel discussion, Saturday, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Aug. 28. Featuring artist sculptors Debbie Korbel, Tanya Ragir, Susan Amorde and Jess Standlea, the panel will discuss the creative process behind the three-dimensional work within the “Perceive Me” exhibition.

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Aug. 28, 29 — Hueneme Beach Festival Is Back

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After a several year hiatus and its cancellation in 2020 because of the pandemic, the City of Port Hueneme in partnership with the nonprofit REACH is hosting the Hueneme Beach Festival, Saturday and Sunday, August 28 and 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Admission is free.

While at the festival, the public can enjoy live music on two stages, fair-style carnival rides and games, local vendor booths and a variety of food and drink. Carnival rides will feature exciting options for all ages, and will stay open late from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday night.

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Aug. 29 — Wildling Museum in Solvang welcomes community to visit for Summer Open House

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The Wildling Museum invites the public to attend a Summer Open House on Sunday, August 29, 2021, 2 – 6 p.m. Visitors are invited to bring the whole family and enjoy free museum admission during event hours, face painting by Parties and Paint by Kate from 2 – 4 p.m., activities, and more.

“We are excited to host our first in-person event at the museum since Covid,” said Executive Director Stacey Otte- Demangate. “We feel it is important that our open house be something fun that the whole community can enjoy, with a little something for everyone.”

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Bilingual report — Aug. 31 — Board of Supervisors to Host First Redistricting Community Meeting

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The County of Ventura’s Board of Supervisors will host the first of five virtual Community Meetings about the supervisorial redistricting process on August 31, 2021 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Community members are invited to learn about redistricting and provide input to the Board of Supervisors on how district boundaries should be drawn to best represent communities in Ventura County.

The meetings can be accessed with the details below and no registration is required. Spanish interpretation will be available.

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Sept. 1 — Wildling Museum in Solvang launching summer discussion series with contemporary artists highlighted in ‘Bio/Mass’ exhibition

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The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce its upcoming discussion series, Bio/Mass: Summer Artist Talks. The three-part Zoom series will highlight six artists from the Wildling’s current exhibition, Bio/Mass: Contemporary Meditations on Nature, in conversation with one another – Karen Kitchel and Catherine Eaton Skinner, Scott Chatenever and Dorothy Churchill-Johnson, and Maria Rendón and Sommer Roman. The three scheduled discussion dates are:

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Sept. 2 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom) Ashes to Dust: American Art and the Dreadful Thirties with Justin Wolff, Professor of Art History, University of Maine

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present the Art Matters Lecture (via Zoom) “Ashes to Dust: American Art and the Dreadful Thirties” with Justin Wolff, Professor of Art History, University of Maine at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2 at 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.

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Sept. 8 — CLU School of Management to present ‘Creator Economy 2.0’

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We are excited to invite Robbie Nock, director of Entrepreneurship and Professional Practice at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, to discuss key design and content strategy principles and their critical impact on the success of new business in the next era of the creator economy.

Join to learn:

Key design and content strategy principles
Insights from Nock’s career in photography, new media and startups
Design and content strategies needed for startup and new business growth
Emerging market opportunities for new products and services in the creator economy

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Sept. 10 — Friendship Center to present 11th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

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We invite you and your
golf enthusiasts
to join in this popular, fun event!

Friendship Center is this year’s charity recipient for the ever-popular SBAOR (Santa Barbara Association of Realtors) Golf Tournament! This event takes place on Friday, September 10. Spots are filling fast, so please sign up now!

Please See the registration form below for details.

SPONSORSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE: FRIDAY, JULY 16TH

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Sept. 10 — America’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College Partnering with Grammy-Nominated Five for Fighting for New Tiger Exhibit Fundraiser

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Moorpark College is partnering with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter John Ondrasik to host the “Concert for the Cats” benefit at 5 p.m. on Sept. 10. Proceeds from the concert will assist in the completion of America’s Teaching Zoo’s Tiger Retreat Habitat for Bengal tigers Neil and Karma. 

Ondrasik, who’s known as Five for Fighting, and his wife, Carla, have hosted multiple charity concerts in the community and proposed to also host this benefit concert. Their son attends Moorpark College.

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Sept. 11-12 — Annual Ventura Art and Street Painting Festival returns to Ventura Harbor Village

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Celebrating its 12th year, Ventura Art and Street Painting Festival takes place September 11th and 12th, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Ventura Harbor Village located at 1583 Spinnaker Drive. Festival-goers are invited to stroll and view over 26 chalk paintings from talented street artists while enjoying a diverse shopping experience that includes hand-crafted jewelry, pottery, handbags, and much more. While attending the summer festival, guests are encouraged to enjoy lunch from Harbor restaurants and sweet and tasty treats from Harbor chocolatiers, bakeries, and an ice cream shop. A portion of this year’s festival proceeds will be donated to FOOD Share of Ventura County and the Boys and Girls Club of Ventura County. 

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Sept. 12 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Talk To Me: T.C. Boyle’ Virtual experience via Zoom

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Talk To Me: T.C. Boyle” Virtual experience via Zoom at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12.

Bestselling author and Santa Barbara’s own idiosyncratic muse, T.C. Boyle returns to celebrate the Museum’s grand reopening and read from his lively and thought-provoking new novel Talk To Me. With an intoxicating mix of humor and profundity, Boyle explores a world where people can really talk to animals as he turns to the questions few of us admit to wondering about. What does it mean to be human? Is fully communicating with another being possible? Can one fully know a person or animal?

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Sept. 12 — 19th Annual Unity & Community Gala Celebration – An in-person celebration hosted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV)

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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley is excited to welcome back guests for an in-person event at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12. Celebrate 20 years of service to the community and honor Club and community heroes who stepped up to support our community’s youth during the unprecedented pandemic. The program will include inspiring stories from youth, families, and team members, as well as opportunities to support Clubs through a live and silent auction. The event is expected to sell out quick due to limited capacity, make sure to secure a table sponsorship or tickets today!

*BGCGCV is committed to making sure our entire community feels safe and welcomed. Please note, masks will be required throughout the venue as well as enforced social distancing guidelines.

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Sept. 13 — Bilingual report — Community Members Encouraged To Provide Input On County Of Ventura Redistricting

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The County of Ventura is offering several ways to encourage and receive input from community members on its supervisorial redistricting process, including hosted virtual meetings, online resources at the County’s website and visiting a local library or by appointment at the County Government Center. Each one enables community members to learn about redistricting and give their input on how district boundaries should be drawn to best represent communities in Ventura County.

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Sept. 16 — Ventura County Freight Corridors Study Workshop

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We welcome you to participate in the third and final Ventura County Freight Corridors Study workshop on Thursday, September 16 at 4:30 p.m. in English and at 6:30 p.m. en Español. We will recap the process to develop the draft Freight Corridors Study and recommended areas of focus for the future of freight movement in the County. This presentation will introduce the draft study, which will be available on the project website (we will send you an email when it becomes available). After the presentation, there will be an opportunity for questions/comments by attendees. 
 
Can’t make the workshops? Not a problem! Recordings of all the virtual workshops will be available on the project website.  If you have comments or questions about the draft study at any point you can submit it through the project website or by phone or email.

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Sept. 16 — CLU School of Management — Now FREE and Virtual: Executive Talent Management Forum

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We’re going virtual again this year 

As we’re sure you’re already aware, the recent surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant has led to reduced confidence by many for attending in-person events and the reinstatement of certain safety protocols that limit indoor gatherings. We have therefore made the difficult decision to move the 2021 Executive Talent Management Forum to fully virtual delivery following multiple requests from attendees as well as strict updates to the Cal Lutheran campus visitor policy regarding these concerns.

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Sept. 17 — Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) to present Webinar for Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs

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Connect, Collaborate, Learn with WEV. Strong Women, Strong Coffee is WEV’s monthly meet-up/community empowerment group. Join WEV each month (with your favorite morning brew) to connect, collaborate and learn from other women entrepreneurs. Meeting every 3rd Friday of the month from 9:00 am to 10:00 am, you will have the opportunity to share, listen and support one another with reaching your business goals.

Join WEV this September 17th at 9:00 am as they celebrate Latina owned businesses with special guests, Ana Lilia (Lili) Muñoz owner of Colibri and Brenda Garcia owner of Agave Girl Boutique.

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Sept. 18 — Third Annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day – Know The Essential Hands That Feed You

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Santa Barbara County Farm Day is back with in-person, open farm tours on Saturday, September 18. This year’s theme is “Know The Essential Hands That Feed You.”

Visitors can use a new online Farm Day Trail Map to build a custom itinerary to navigate between growers and curated tour routes throughout the Santa Maria Valley. The public will experience a day of agricultural activities, farm tours and giveaways, plus meet the local farmers who grow the food they eat.

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Sept. 18 — Rescheduled from Sept. 4 — SCIART Presents Making/Giving Artist Talk

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Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) Artist Talk series will present the Making/Giving virtual artist talk, Saturday, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Sept. 18. Featuring artists Daggi Wallace, Nurit Avesar, and Janet Milhomme, this talk will consider the parallels between making art and the giving of gifts. This Artist Talk will be an online event. Tickets can be purchased at https://bit.ly/MakingGiving. Admission is free to members; $10 non-members. The “Perceive Me” exhibition will be on display through Sept. 25, 2021, at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo.

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Sept. 18 — 4th Annual Southeast Ventura County YMCA Gala canceled due to rising COVID-19 numbers

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE — Citing the growing number of COVID-19 infections throughout the area, the Southeast Ventura County YMCA has decided to cancel its 4th Annual Gala that was set for Saturday, September 18 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village.

“After careful consideration of the rising uncertainty of the pandemic, our board and staff have decided to cancel our gala for 2021,” says Ronnie Stone, President/CEO of the Southeast Ventura County YMCA. “We look forward to hosting an in-person event in September of 2022.”

Despite canceling the event, the Y’s mission continues.  The Y encourages the community to continue supporting the Y.  Every dollar raised provides vital funding to individuals and families in need.  To donate, please visit www.sevymca.org/mission.

The Southeast Ventura County YMCA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building positive relationships, impacting lives and strengthening the community through youth development, healthy living programs and social responsibility. It serves the Conejo Valley, Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Oak Park, Agoura Hills and Moorpark through its three branches.

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Sept. 18 — Third Annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day Features Two Wineries

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The third annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day, set for Saturday, September 18, will feature two wineries. Farm Day gives the public the opportunity to take part in free, in-person, tours of farms in the Santa Maria Valley region.

Visitors will learn about the agricultural work behind wine production and how lack of rain could affect this year’s harvest. 

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Sept. 21 — Livingston’s Grief and Bereavement Program offers free skills training class

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Livingston’s Grief and Bereavement Program is offering a free Bereavement Skills Training Class. The class will provide the participant with information on grief and loss, dispel myths and misconceptions about grief and teach the key components of companioning someone grieving the death of a loved one. Space is limited. Registration required. The classes will be held on Tuesday, September 21 from 5- 7 pm via Zoom. For more information or to register, please call 805-389-6870.

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Sept. 22 — 9th Annual Heroes of Hospice of Santa Barbara Honors Local Heroes. Keynote is #1 New York Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Gilbert

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On Wednesday, September 22nd at 6 p.m., Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) will hold its 9th Annual Heroes of Hospice (HOH) to honor local community heroes with Keynote Speaker and #1 New York Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Gilbert.  The program will include honorees, an online auction, and more. 

***After consultation with local infectious disease experts, Hospice of Santa Barbara has made the decision to transition Heroes of Hospice of Santa Barbara to a completely virtual event this year. The health and wellness of those in the community are their top priority.  

Throughout this difficult time in our community, the demand for HSB’s services has been growing.  Fundraisers like Heroes of Hospice allows the organization to reach our community members struggling with grief or life-threatening illness, free of charge.

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Sept. 23 — Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) announces ANTX-Coastal Trident 2021 Technology Open House

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The Advanced Naval Technology Exercise, or “ANTX,” is conducted by the Naval Research and Development Establishment in order to inform and align technical innovation with operational needs. The program is intended to facilitate collaboration between industry, academia and government research and development organizations, providing a forum in which the naval community can evaluate the utility of new technologies before decisions are made on investment priorities.

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Sept. 22 — 9th Annual Heroes of Hospice of Santa Barbara Honors Local Heroes with Hybrid Event including #1 New York Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Gilbert

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On Wednesday, September 22nd from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) will hold their 9th Annual Heroes of Hospice (HOH) – Hybrid Event to honor local community heroes with Keynote Speaker and #1 New York Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Gilbert. Elizabeth will be livestreamed for her presentation. The program will include honorees, a silent and online auction, and more. As COVID-19 guidelines continue to change, Heroes of Hospice will adapt accordingly.

HSB has decided to hold a hybrid event to accommodate attendees who can choose to attend in-person outside at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort or to watch virtually from the comfort of their own homes to honor local heroes. 

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Sept. 23 — OC LIVE Online — Tres Vidas ~ Kahlo, Amaya, and Storni

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Join us on September 23 at 6:00 PM in our Zoom Room for a very special online performance in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Core Ensemble’s mesmerizing Tres Vidas is a musical theatre work celebrating the life and work of three pioneering Latin American women – Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadoran peasant activist Rufina Amaya and Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni.

Written by Chilean poet Marjorie Agosin, Tres Vidas offers powerful portrayals of each woman and includes the singing of traditional Mexican folk songs as well as Argentinean popular and tango songs made famous by Mercedes Sosa and Carlos Gardel. Additional music by Astor Piazzolla, Orlando Garcia, Pablo Ortiz, Alice Gomez, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Michael DeMurga and Osvaldo Golijov round out the musical score.

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Sept. 23 — Explore Lompoc Partners with NASA and USGS to Celebrate 50 Years of Landsat Ahead of September’s Landsat 9 Launch

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The NASA/USGS Landsat 9 satellite scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 16 has been pushed back to September 23 because of transportation issues involving liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen is needed to support launch site activities.

For nearly five decades, the Landsat mission has provided the longest continuous record of Earth’s land surfaces from space, and this data archive informs and influences not just the U.S., but countries across the world. Information gathered by Landsat helps world leaders and policymakers gain a deeper understanding of environmental change, respond to natural disasters, and even forecast future crop production.

To commemorate Landsat and its importance to our understanding of Earth, Explore Lompoc, NASA, and USGS are hosting many “Launch Week” events in the city of Lompoc during the days before and after the launch.  Here are the activities with the rescheduled times.

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Sept. 23 — Bilingual report — Ventura County Behavioral Health Hosts Annual Suicide Prevention Online Forum

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Ventura County Behavioral Health (VCBH), a part of the Ventura County Health Care Agency, will be hosting their 6th Annual Suicide Prevention Forum as a virtual event on September 23, 2021, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

This year’s conference, entitled “Conversations About Suicide, Help & Hope”, will feature four different speakers who will share their inspirational stories of overcoming trauma and creating meaning in their lives. During the second part of the forum, participants will be able to choose one of the four speakers to join for a breakout session, where additional information will be provided, along with time for questions.

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Sept. 24 — The Inner View series welcomes special guest Rickie Byars livestream and in person at Global Truth Center, Westlake Village

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Bringing together luminaries in art, music, literature and sports, “The Inner View” series welcomes an intimate evening of discovery with special guest Rickie Byars Friday, September 24 at 7:30pm at Global Truth Center Los Angeles located in Westlake Village.

As one of today’s most acclaimed and beloved singer-songwriters of inspirational music, Byars has spent a lifetime impacting audiences around the globe with deeply soulful and uplifting songs of “realness” as both a solo artist and Founder/Director of the world-renowned Agape International Choir, amassing over 200 original compositions, including special performances for Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She also generates social change through Soul Sisters Today and Voices4Freedom, working to free those enslaved worldwide. 

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Sept. 25 — Girls Inc. of Carpinteria Gala to Honor Community Leaders Diana and Clyde Freeman

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Girls Inc. of Carpinteria will host its annual fundraiser gala, Pacific Dutch Group Presents: An Evening in Bloom, A Roaring 20’s Affair, honoring Diana and Clyde Freeman on Saturday, September 25 at 5:00pm. The fundraiser gala will take place outdoors in the courtyard of the Girls Inc. campus at 5315 Foothill Road in Carpinteria.

Featuring an elegant roaring 20’s theme, this year’s event will honor Diana and Clyde Freeman for their commitment and service to the Carpinteria community, including over one decade of service to Girls Inc. of Carpinteria. The fundraiser will also commemorate the organization’s 50th anniversary.

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Sept. 25 — YMCA Adventure Guides Information BBQ at Yarrow Family YMCA

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The Southeast Ventura County YMCA is holding a Welcome BBQ for parents and their children interested in taking part in YMCA Adventure Guides. The BBQ will be Saturday, September 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Yarrow Family YMCA (31105 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Westlake Village). The event is free and open to the community.

YMCA Adventure Guides is for fathers and their children. It is designed to strengthen and build a lifelong relationship between parent and child through outdoor adventure activities, camping trips and monthly events. Parent-child pairs join a “Circle” with families in their neighborhood or school. Campout locations include El Capitan, Catalina, Kern River and Big Bear.

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Through Sept. 26 — Annual Mary Jane McCord Planned Parenthood Book Sale is Coming to Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara

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Planned Parenthood California Central Coast (PPCCC) is excited to announce that their annual Booksale is back! The ten-day 47th annual Mary Jane McCord Book Sale will take place September 16th – 26th, 2021. The sale of carefully curated books is the largest in the Tri-Counties, offering 100,000 used books, spanning 50 categories from current best sellers to antiquarian treasures. The sale will be held at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in the Exhibit Hall (the main, large, round building), located at Las Positas Road and Highway 101.

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Oct. 1 — SJFVC announce opening of Elibet Valencia Munoz exhibit at Bell Arts Factory in Ventura

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The Social Justice Fund for Ventura County (SJFVC) would like to invite you to an opening of an exhibition and performance organized by our Fellow, Elibet Valencia Munoz.

Elibet was awarded a fellowship grant to make a photo documentary on the elegant Oaxacan dance called “La Danza de los Diablos”. This dance includes the wearing of horned, devilesque masks.

The goal of Elibet’s project is to bring awareness to the diversity of culture and heritage within Ventura County and to advocate for more just representations and services for the Mixtec and afro-indigenous community.

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Oct. 2 — Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) to present ‘The Next Big Thing Juror Talk with Peter Mays’

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Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) invites the community to The Next Big Thing Juror Talk with Peter Mays on Saturday, 4:30 p.m. (doors will open at 4:00 p.m.), Oct. 2.

Mays, executive director of the Los Angeles Art Association, will discuss the pieces in the exhibition, explain the selections he made, and announce the winners. This talk will be in-person at the Blackboard Gallery, 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. Tickets can be purchased at https://bit.ly/NBTJurorTalk. Admission is free for members; $10 for non-members. Submissions for the Next Big Thing Juried Exhibition close Aug. 30.

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Oct. 2 — Ventura Land Trust Presents OAKtober, an Event Series Celebrating Our Community’s Oak Trees

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Through the month of October, Ventura Land Trust will celebrate its first annual OAKtober with a series of events that acknowledge and celebrate Ventura County’s oak trees and ecosystems.

Oaks are the foundation of several major ecosystems in Ventura County. Each oak is central to home to a hundred interdependent plant and animal species. Trees work for us by cleaning air and water, sequestering atmospheric carbon, buffering climate extremes, and reducing energy usage. Oaks reduce flooding and support our native wildlife. Oaks, and trees in general, provide important benefits that provide the foundation for our individual and planetary health.  

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Oct. 2-3 — Santa Paula Museum of Art announces upcoming events

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Art Class: Color Theory for Painting (Ages 16+)

Four Saturdays starting Saturday, October 2, 2021, from 11 AM to 2 PM

No matter what type of art you practice, an understanding of color theory is crucial to the success of any artwork. Join teaching artist Gabriel Islas inside the Museum’s Cole Creativity Center to learn the essentials of Color Theory for Painting, including the science and character of pigments and how to develop a successful color palette. The cost of this four-part class series is $140. All materials will be provided, and preregistration is required.

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