Premiere Party: Saturday, February 2, 2019, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Admission to the premiere is $10.00 for museum members and $15.00 for non-members. “I Am Me: Artists’ Self-Portraits” will be on view February 2, 2019 through May 12, 2019. SANTA…
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Feb. 3 — Free Family Day at the Santa Paula Art Museum
Sunday, February 3, 2019, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. Admission is free for everyone SANTA PAULA — The Santa Paula Art Museum is excited to announce that it will now host a “Free Family Day” on the first Sunday of every…
Feb. 3 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Reading and Conversation: Maggie Nelson’
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Reading and Conversation: Maggie Nelson — Parallel Stories Lecture Series” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3 Maggie Nelson is a writer forging a new mode of nonfiction. Her writing resists categorization—her books span…
Feb. 3 — Free First Sunday at the Museum of Ventura County
VENTURA — Join us at the Museum of Ventura County for Free First Sunday on February 3, 2019 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.. Author Ivor Davis will read his new children’s book, “Ladies and Gentlemen… The Penguins!”, and Alan…
Feb. 3 — Free First Sunday at the Ag Museum in Santa Paula
SANTA PAULA — Join us at the Agricultural Museum in Santa Paula for Free First Sunday on February 3, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.. The Ventura Modern Quilt Guild will be offering quilting demonstrations and interactive activities. Museum…
OC LIVE to present the film screening of ‘SEED: The Untold Story’ on Feb. 7
Hello OC and friends of OC! Coming up this Wednesday, February 7, we will host a special OC LIVE film screening. We are showing SEED: The Untold Story in the Performing Arts Building, with discussion led by OC Professor of Sociology Dolores Ortiz. Please support the Social…
Feb. 5 — SB International Film Festival to Screen Short Film by SBCC Students
The SBIFF program of narrative shorts will begin screening at 8:00 p.m. at the Arlington Theatre on Monday, February 5. Individual tickets are $10 With filmmakers and films from around the world in town for the Santa Barbara International Film…
Feb. 7 — SBCC presents: Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Fundraiser
Santa Barbara City College Vaqueros will once again participate in the California Community College Athletic Association’s “Coaches vs. Cancer” initiative, donating all proceeds from this year’s designated event to the American Cancer Society. Members of the community are invited to…
Jan. 9 — Channel Islands Maritime Museum to present ‘The Early History of the United States Navy’
OXNARD — The Channel Islands Maritime Museum would like to invite you to view the newest paintings on exhibit by a Dutch artist who finds visual inspiration in American maritime history. Painter Maarten Platje ambitious plan resulted in fifteen paintings…
Feb. 9 — 2018 Santa Barbara Go Red For Women Luncheon
Local Montecito Resident Michele Mallet Featured Survivor and Passion Speaker SANTA BARBARA — The American Heart Association wants women on the Central Coast to know that our mothers, daughters, sisters and friends are at risk. Heart disease and stroke kills…
Feb. 9 — Los Cambalache — Constelacion de Sonidos. Songs and Stories of Love, Migration, Displacement and Resistance
SANTA BARBARA — Los Cambalache to perform from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 at the UCSB Multicultural Center. Cambalache, meaning exchange, is a chicanx/jarochx ensemble based in LA. We will be playing traditional son jarocho music, while bringing our Chicanx…
Feb. 9 — Free Family Concert: La Cuneta Son Machin from Managua, Nicaragua
La Cuneta Son Machin: Marimba and More from Managua, Nicaragua FREE concert Presented by ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! Friday, February 9, 7:00 pm Isla Vista School, 6875 El Colegio Road, Isla Vista Doors open at 6:30 pm. Reception…
Feb. 10 — Free Family Concert: La Cuneta Son Machin from Managua, Nicaragua
La Cuneta Son Machin: Marimba and More from Managua, Nicaragua FREE concert Presented by ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! Saturday, February 10, 7:00 pm Guadalupe City Hall, 918 Obispo Street, Guadalupe Doors open at 6:30 pm. Reception follows concert.…
Feb. 11 — Free Family Concert: La Cuneta Son Machin from Managua, Nicaragua
La Cuneta Son Machin: Marimba and More from Managua, Nicaragua FREE concert Presented by ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! Sunday, February 11, 7:00 pm The Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Junior High 721 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara Doors…
Feb. 11 — La Cuneta Son Machín: Cumbia from Nicaragua
SANTA BARBARA — La Cuneta Son Machín: Cumbia from Nicaragua will be presented a 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara. Free Nicaragua’s first artists to be nominated for a Grammy, La…
Feb. 11— The Art of Fine Art Collecting
CAMARILLO — Tour three very special art collections in Camarillo, hosted by three very generous art lovers and collectors, 2 p.m., Feb. 11 (venue details by invitation). There is a docent on duty in each home to introduce the wide…
Jan. 12 — Grammy Award Wining Mariachi Los Camperos in Free Family Concert
Presented by ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! Doors open half an hour before. Reception follows concert. More info: https://www.facebook.com/VivaelArteSB/ Two-time Grammy winners, Mariachi Los Camperos, kick off 2019 with free family concert on January 12 at 4pm and 7pm at…
Jan. 12 — Paso Pacifico Executive Director Dr. Sarah Otterstrom to Star in IMPROVology at the Santa Barbara Zoo
SANTA BARBARA — Biodiversity conservation and comedy don’t typically fit in the same event, but Paso Pacifico and the Santa Barbara Zoo are making an exception at IMPROVology this weekend. IMPROVology is a live, family-friendly mashup of science and comedy…
Jan. 13 — Be inspired by the work of Manual Álvarez Bravo at the next FREE Studio Sunday at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Sunday, January 13, 1:30 – 4:30 pm Studio Sunday Visitors of all ages are welcome to participate in this hands-on workshop with SBMA Teaching Artists in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. Each month explore a different medium, including clay, metal,…
Jan. 13 — Grammy Award Wining Mariachi Los Camperos in Free Family Concert
Presented by ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! Doors open half an hour before. Reception follows concert. More info: https://www.facebook.com/VivaelArteSB/ Two-time Grammy winners, Mariachi Los Camperos, kick off 2019 with free family concert on January 13 at 4pm and 7pm at…
Jan. 13 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Redrawing the Boundaries: Rachel Cusk. See other upcoming lectures here
Sunday, January 13, 2:30 pm Redrawing the Boundaries: Rachel Cusk Parallel Stories Lecture Series Rachel Cusk has been said to have redrawn the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three “literary masterpieces” (The Washington Post) whose narrator, Faye, perceives…
Through Feb. 13 — Channel Islands Harbor Welcomes back Tall Ships
OXNARD — Ventura County residents and visitors will have an opportunity to raise sails, sing sea shanties, and learn about life on tall ships when the Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington visit the Channel Islands Harbor through February 13. These…
Jan. 15 — Ojai Library to present ‘Mapping Your Successful Midlife Career Reinvention’
OJAI — Dr. Sirena Pellarolo will visit the Ojai Library on Tuesday, January 15, at 12 p.m. to deliver a presentation entitled Mapping Your Successful Midlife Career Reinvention. This interactive workshop will show participants how to effectively set a plan of…
Jan. 16 — Channel Islands Maritime Museum to present ‘Beaches on the Edge’
OXNARD — For our monthly speaker series, CIMM welcomes Kiki Patsch as she speaks on the “Beaches on the Edge,” Wednesday, January 16th, 6:30PM. Refreshments are served and the lecture begins at 7PM. Free for CIMM Members, $7 non-members, $5 seniors/students…
Jan. 16 — Community Invited to Attend Marianna Mashek Art Reception at Hospice of Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — Inspired by her late mother and her artwork, Santa Barbara artist Marianna Mashek is now looking to follow in her footsteps and serve as an inspiration to others. “I draw and paint from a deep and sacred,…
Jan. 17 — Opera Santa Barbara will return to the Ojai Library to present a Free Noontime Opera Concert
OJAI —Opera Santa Barbara will return to the Ojai Library to present a Free Noontime Opera Concert on Thursday, January 17, 2019. The concert will begin at 12 p.m. in the main room of the library and will last approximately…
Jan. 17 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Writing in the Galleries
Thursday, January 17, 5:30 – 7 pm Writing in the Galleries Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum’s galleries as an impetus to writing. In January, the session is led by author…
Feb. 17 – 18 — ‘Art Comes Alive’ at Channel Islands Maritime Museum
OXNARD — Come celebrate with the Channel Islands Maritime Museum (CIMM) when History Comes to life! from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 and 18. Docents and friends of the museum dress up in costume and activate the…
Jan. 20 — Championship Wrestling from Hollywood at Oceanview Pavilion
PORT HUENEME — Earlier this month, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood rang in the new year in tremendous fashion by taping its 400th episode! The PP3 Cup rolled on, new alliances were formed, and a whole slew of new champions were crowned!…
Through Feb. 25 — Art About Agriculture Inspires Awe and Awareness
Premiere Party: Saturday, November 11, 2017, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission to the premiere is $10 for members and $15 for non-members SANTA PAULA — Art About Agriculture, the popular pastoral art show presented annually by the Ag Art Alliance,…
Feb. 25 — Free Family Day: An Imaginary World at the Santa Paula Art Museum
Admission is free for everyone SANTA PAULA — On Sunday, February 25, bring your family and friends to “Free Family Day: An Imaginary World” at the Santa Paula Art Museum! Visitors are invited to explore the Museum’s current exhibitions, participate…
Jan. 26 — Documentary ‘Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature’ to be presented at Ojai Library
OJAI — At 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, 2019, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) will visit the Ojai Library to host a viewing of a 1997 documentary titled “Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature.”…
Jan. 26 — Ojai Library to present A Man and a Woman – A reading of poetry by Jeff Kustal, featuring Lucy Roadarmel
OJAI — Local poet Jeff Kustal will visit the Ojai Library at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 26, 2019, to deliver a reading of selected poems including the featured title “A Man and a Woman.” Mr. Kustal will be accompanied in…
Jan. 26 — ‘Personal Bookmaking’ Class to be Taught at the Santa Paula Art Museum
SANTA PAULA — Join paper specialist Gail Hercher and indulge in the joy of hand-crafted, personal bookmaking at the Santa Paula Art Museum! Hercher’s January 26 “Personal Bookmaking (Ages 16+)” class will focus on the Japanese Binding technique, with endless potential…
Jan. 27 — Reflections on a Watery World: Tony de los Reyes and Sameer Pandya at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
SANTA BARBARA — Sunday, January 27, 2:30 pm Reflections on a Watery World: Tony de los Reyes and Sameer Pandya Parallel Stories Lecture Series Inspired by the site-specific installation by Los Angeles-based artist April Street, The Mariners’ Grand Staircase (Armoured…
Through Jan. 27 — ‘The Wall: Boundaries Between and Within Us’ to Premiere Oct. 20 at the Santa Paula Art Museum
A premiere party will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. The cost of admission to the premiere is $10.00 for museum members and $15.00 for non-members. SANTA PAULA — With the idea of a wall…
Jan. 31 — OC Live kicks off Spring 2018 semester with ‘El Violín — Patrick Contreras’
OXNARD — OC Live kicks off Spring 2018 semester with “El Violín — Patrick Contreras” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Building, 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard. OC LIVE is back and ready to delight, inspire, and inform…
SWAT Team Spreads Holiday Cheer to Special Needs Kids in Camarillo
CAMARILLO — Special needs students at the Phoenix-Los Nogales School in Camarillo got a big holiday surprise today when members of the Oxnard Police Department SWAT team arrived to present them with holiday gifts. The gifts included new shoes donated by…
Ventura Visitors & Convention Bureau (Thomas Fire) update for Dec. 16
Click here to see the entire e-newsletter 20 good things. In no particular order, here are a few awesome things that happened in Ventura since the Thomas Fire. 1. Surfboards for first responders Neighbors at Ventura’s Surfers’ Point rallied to…
Museum of Ventura County (Thomas Fire) update for Dec. 16
Main Street Museum Pavilion Open for Families and Chaperoned Groups Saturday December 16 and Monday December 18 through Thursday December 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m,. the Museum invites families and chaperoned groups to come to the pavilion and plaza for community,…