Category: Events

Kaiser Permanente makes changes to ‘A Healthier Future’ Rose Parade float participation due to rising COVID-19 positivity rate

by Community Contributor • January 2, 2022 • Comments Off

Taking into consideration that our Southern California region is experiencing a 26% COVID-19 positivity rate, and Los Angeles County currently has a 17.6% positivity rate and in consultation with our infectious disease experts, we have decided to continue to have our “A Healthier Future” float participate in the Tournament of Roses Parade.?Unfortunately, we will not feature our 20 front-line medical heroes as float riders and “out-walkers.” We must prioritize the health and safety of our front-line medical staff and ensure we are able to treat patients during this recent surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant.

Jan. 6 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present Art Matters Lecture ‘Buried by Vesuvius: Conserving a Monumental Drunken Satyr Bronze Statue from Herculaneum’

by Community Contributor • January 1, 2022 • Comments Off

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present Art Matters Lecture
“Buried by Vesuvius: Conserving a Monumental Drunken Satyr Bronze Statue from Herculaneum,” with Erik Risser, Associate Conservator of Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.

In advance of the international loan exhibition Buried by Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles in 2019, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN) generously lent the bronze statue of a Drunken Satyr for study, analysis, and conservation.

CANCELED — Jan. 7 — Channel Islands Maritime Museum announces live Coast Guard Demonstration event

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The Channel Islands Maritime Museum (CIMM) is pleased to announce a US Coast Guard Live Rescue Demonstration on Friday, January 7 at 2:00 pm. The Coast Guard Demonstration will take place on the water in Channel Islands Harbor directly in front of the Maritime Museum which is located at 3900 BlueFin Circle. This outdoor event is free and open to the public. Visitors may also watch the demonstration from the two inside floors of the Museum. However, the purchase of Museum admission is required for those who would like to view the demonstration from inside of the Museum. (Masks are required for those visitors who wish to view the event from inside the Museum).

Jan. 19 — Channel Islands Maritime Museum Speaker Series Welcomes Award-Winning Artist Karen Loew

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The Channel Islands Maritime Museum (CIMM) is proud to host a Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) presentation featuring award-winning artist Karen Loew at its Speaker Series on January 19, 2022. This evening will also be the opening reception for the Museum’s latest temporary exhibition “Coast Guard Art” in the Museum’s Brenda and Gary Farr Gallery.

Ms. Loew will be illustrating her presentation with images of selected works from the COGAP Collection. As chair of the Coast Guard Art Program, Ms. Loew has traveled across the globe to document activities of the Coast Guard and display her work. A recipient of the Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest recognition given to those who have made outstanding contributions in advancing the Coast Guard’s missions, Ms. Loew has had thirty paintings accepted into the Coast Guard Art Program Collection. Ms. Loew as an artist has received COGAP’s top honor, the George Gary Award for Artistic Excellence, for her work “Harbor Rendezvous” (shown below).

Jan. 20 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative Journalist Andrea Elliott on ‘Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City’ (Rescheduled to March 9)

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents New York Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott on Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City, Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. Pacific at Campbell Hall. The presentation is part of the Justice For All series, featured in the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Andrea Elliott puts a human face to topics ranging from child poverty to Muslim life in the U.S. Her recent five-part series,Invisible Child, examined homelessness through the lens of an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl. The series won a George Polk Award, helped reignite a conversation about the dire state of poverty in America and inspired a bestselling book of the same name. Previously, Elliott’s coverage of Islam in America broke new ground in the study of radicalization and earned her a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.

Jan. 23 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Parallel Stories Controlling the Narrative: Both/And

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Parallel Stories Controlling the Narrative: Both/And” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23.

In a conversation and reading, Emily Rapp Black, award-winning author of Poster Child: A Memoir and The Still Point of the Turning World, a New York Times bestseller, explores art and disability in her most recent book Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg. With elegance, tenderness, and zero sentimentality, she deconstructs the mythologies of words like bravery and resilience and recognizes in Kahlo a twin at the art of creating to silence pain. Joining her is colleague Alex Espinoza, Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at UC Riverside and author of novels Still Water Saints and The Five Acts of Diego Léon, and the recent nonfiction book Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime.

Jan. 26 — ‘Coffee With A Black Guy’ presents ‘Processing Loss: A conversation on mental health and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 deaths on BIPOC communities’

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“Coffee With A Black Guy” presents “Processing Loss: A conversation on mental health and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 deaths on BIPOC communities” via Zoom at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26.

CWABG founder James Joyce III, will be joined in conversation by Michael Cruse, Bereavement Services Manager for Hospice of Santa Barbara who will offer a “Human” perspective and the role of “Culture” on the subject of bereavement and mourning. That couple with the impacts of several highly visible cultural losses and the processing of loss throughout our history – think Strange Fruit, provides context for an engaging and enlightening conversation about processing loss and grief.

Jan. 27 — Santa Paula Art Museum — Clubs, Classes, and Collabs!

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Premiere Party: En Plein Air: An Exploration of Malibu and Ventura County

Presented by California Art Club

Saturday, January 15, 2022, from 4 PM to 6 PM
Free admission

An exhibition of plein air scenes from Malibu and Ventura County by 32 artist members of the famed, century-old California Art Club. All of the artworks are for sale. En Plein Air will be on view through May 8, 2022.

Jan. 30 — Central Coast photographer Nic Stover to lead January workshop focusing on image review at the Wildling Museum

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The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce an upcoming workshop with Central Coast photographer Nic Stover on Sunday, January 30, 2021, 2 – 4:30 p.m. Stover will lead a photography critique and image review session designed for photographers of all skill levels looking to improve their editing skills and take their work to the next level.

“In this session, class participants will see how the most impactful and compelling images are the those that have the proper balance of technique, vision, and processing,” says Nic Stover. “All of these skills need to be developed and continually refined through our own artistic and creative processes.”

Feb. 3 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Celebrated Violin Virtuoso Joshua Bell, violin and Peter Dugan, piano

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Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Celebrated Violin Virtuoso Joshua Bell, violin and Peter Dugan, piano on Thursday, February 3rd at 7:00 p.m. at The Granada Theatre.
With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Named Musical America’s 2010 Instrumentalist of the Year and an Indiana Living Legend, Bell also serves as music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He appears in recital with Peter Dugan, the “fearlessly athletic” (San Francisco Chronicle) pianist and host of NPR’s From the Top.

Through Feb. 3 — Psychedelic art focus of Cal Lutheran exhibit

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California Lutheran University’s largest-ever exhibit features two centuries of international psychedelic art ranging from famous album covers to religious paintings.

“The Otherworld,” curated by Cal Lutheran art professor Michael Pearce of Thousand Oaks, is on display in the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art through Feb. 3.

All of the art depicts alternative visions of the world. Some of the visions were brought on by drugs like peyote, marijuana and LSD; others were spiritual or religious visualizations.

Included are a Japanese woodblock print from the 1800s, hallucinogenic-influenced art from the mid-20th century, and digital prints representing a new frontier for contemporary artists. While links to drugs once stifled appreciation for psychedelic art, changing laws and societal norms have increased interest today.

Feb. 4 — United Way of Ventura County — Early Bird Special for Virtual Homelessness Symposium Tickets!

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We’re excited to share that our ticket registration link is now LIVE for our second United to End Homelessness VC Virtual Symposium, with keynote speaker, Jessica Bruder, author of “Nomadland.”

If you purchase your tickets by Dec. 31, 2021, we’re offering an Early Bird special — 15% off for both VIP (includes signed copy of the book!) and General Admission tickets.

Learn more about the event and purchase your virtual tickets on our event page.

Feb. 4 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

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Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis on Friday, February 4th at 8:00 p.m. Pacific at The Granada Theatre.

International jazz ambassador, nine-time Grammy winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient Wynton Marsalis returns with the legendary Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), comprising 15 of the nation’s finest soloists, ensemble players and arrangers. The remarkably versatile orchestra performs a vast repertoire ranging from original compositions to rare historic gems and masterworks by jazz greats including Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and many others. Delight in the full vigor and vision of America’s music in this evening awash with Marsalis’ and JLCO’s infinite charm and warmth.

Feb. 5 — Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara’s Annual Fundraiser is back!

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Save the date for this captivating immersive art experience.

Feb. 5 — SCIART Invites the Public to its First 2022 Exhibition, Emergence

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Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) opens its first 2022 exhibition, Emergence, Feb. 5, featuring local emerging artists Maria Laura Hendrix and Andy Lepe, both resident artists at SCIART. The exhibition will also include a curated selection of “emerging artists” work in all visual media by juniors, seniors and recent graduates from local universities. The exhibition takes place in SCIART’s Blackboard Gallery located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd. in Camarillo and is free to attend.

Feb. 8 — UCSB Arts & Lectures to present Contemporary Nordic Folk Trio Dreamers’ Circus

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Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Contemporary Nordic Folk Trio Dreamers’ Circus on Tuesday, February 8th at 8:00 p.m. Pacific at Campbell Hall.

Featuring Danish String Quartet violinist Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Nikolaj Busk on piano and accordion and Ale Carr on cittern, Dreamers’ Circus performs a thrilling blend of contemporary and traditional folk music from Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland and the far reaches of the windswept Faroe Islands. Through their adventurous attitude and their outstanding musicianship, what began as a chance meeting of three musicians at a bar in Copenhagen has brought them to the forefront of the Nordic folk and world music scene and earned them five prestigious Danish Music Awards.

Feb. 10 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents 2021 Time Magazine 100 Honoree Cathy Park Hong in a presentation of her award-winning memoir Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents 2021 Time magazine 100 Honoree Cathy Park Hong who will present her award-winning memoir Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning on Thursday, February 10th at 7:30 p.m. Pacific at Campbell Hall. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Cathy Park Hong is an award-winning poet and essayist whose memoir, Minor Feelings, integrates personal stories, historical context and cultural criticism into a radically honest meditation on the Asian-American experience. In this presentation and moderated conversation, Hong discusses race and identity, utilizing poetry for social change, and the power of creating art that is influenced by politics, culture and the current societal moment.

Feb. 12 — OPAC’s Native Plant Fest sprouts

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The Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation (OPAC) welcomes its first annual NATIVE PLANT FEST on Saturday, February 12th from 11AM-4PM. The event brings together our community to celebrate and showcase local plant-inspired culture, food, traditions, and creativity! This festival is community-led by plant enthusiasts of diverse backgrounds who will share their plants, services, artwork, culinary creations, products, educational resources, and much more!

Feb. 12 — Oceanview Pavilion to present DSB (Journey Tribute) W/Nearvana

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DSB (Don’t Stop Believin’) has been highly revered as the world’s greatest tribute to Journey. They have captured the lush and signature sound of renowned vocalist Steve Perry and Journey in their prime. Complete with a band of world-class musicians, DSB remains true to Journey’s musical legacy and delivers the nostalgic concert experience that will keep you believin’!

Feb. 13 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents A.I.M by Kyle Abraham’s An Untitled Love featuring the Music of D’Angelo

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents A.I.M by Kyle Abraham’s An Untitled Love featuring the Music of D’Angelo on Sunday, February 13th at 7:00 p.m. Pacific at Campbell Hall. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

One of today’s most in-demand choreographers, A.I.M. Artistic Director Kyle Abraham mixes modern, contemporary, ballet and hip-hop dance.

Feb. 16 — Hospice of Santa Barbara Virtual illuminate Speaker Series Returns with Sharon Salzberg

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Since 2020, Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) has adjusted to the new realities that come with COVID-19 by creating their freeilluminate Speaker Series – a series which not only addresses aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic but also offers help on how to navigate through this new reality.

One way the organization transitioned to serve these past two years is by providing helpful resources to our community and beyond as they relate to COVID-19 through this virtual series. Past speakers include Roshi Joan Halifax, Frank Ostaseski, Katy Butler, Sharon Salzberg, Dr. BJ Miller, Dr. Sunita Puri, Jenée Johnson, Daniel Goleman, Nora McInerny, and Pico Iyer.

Feb. 16 — Amanda Nguyen: “Hopeanomics” and How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Grassroots Activism

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Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Amanda Nguyen “Hopeanomics” and How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Grassroots Activism on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Campbell Hall.

Harvard graduate Amanda Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Rise, a social movement accelerator that teaches grassroots organizing. She helped draft the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights – one of just a handful of bills in U.S. history to pass unanimously through Congress – following her painful experience navigating the justice system as a rape survivor. Nguyen has been recognized on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and Time magazine’s 100 Next lists, and was named one of InStyle’s 50 Badass Women of 2020 and Foreign Policy’s leading global thinkers of 2016.

CANCELED — Feb. 17 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn for ‘Tales of Hope on the American Landscape’

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn for Tales of Hope on the American Landscape onThursday, February 17th at 7:30 p.m. Pacific at Campbell Hall. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Renowned for their relentless chronicling of human rights abuses and giving a voice to the voiceless, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have co-written the bestselling books Half the Sky, A Path Appears, China Wakes, Thunder From the East and most recently, Tightrope. Together, they won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square democracy movement. Their work is the subject of two full programs created by Oprah Winfrey and has inspired multiple PBS documentary series. More recently, Kristof left The New York Times to run for governor of Oregon to address pragmatic problems like homelessness and addiction that afflict his hometown. The husband-wife team will discuss what they learned while researching Tightrope and their reflections on the political landscape in Oregon and America today.

Feb. 20 — Wildling Museum to honor Ansel Adams on 120th birthday with special virtual presentation by photographer and former assistant Alan Ross

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The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce a special virtual program in honor of Ansel Adams on what would have been the iconic photographer’s 120th birthday. The public is invited to tune in to Ansel Adams: The Man Behind the Camera on Sunday, February 20, 2 – 3 p.m. via Zoom for an insightful presentation by photographer Alan Ross, Ansel Adams’ friend and former assistant. The two photographers are currently featured in the Wildling Museum’s exhibition Sharing the Light: Ansel Adams & Alan Ross, on view through March 20, 2022.

Feb. 22 — Teen Vaccination Clinic Set for at the OPAC

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El Concilio Family Services is hosting their third mobile vaccination pop up clinic as a collaborative effort between The Oxnard Performing Arts Center, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme and the Ventura County Public Health Department.

In response to the pandemic and the low vaccination rates amongst teens, El Concilio Family Services Breakthrough Youth for Success Program launched a new initiative called the Youth Leadership Ambassador Program-VaxNation Project in October 2021.

Feb. 22, 23 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Celebrating 30 Years in Santa Barbara!

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UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Celebrating 30 Years in Santa Barbara on Tuesday, February 22nd and Wednesday, February 23rd at 7:30 p.m. Pacific at the Arlington Theatre. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Special Appearance by Roman Baratiak, A&L Associate Director Emeritus

A Santa Barbara institution, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is a perennial fan favorite. Featuring the world’s best films and videos on mountain subjects, the tour awes viewers with thrills and grandeur captured in exotic locations the world over. The show’s wide variety of film subjects – from extreme sports to mountain culture and environment – will amaze audiences. An entirely different program of films screens each night.

Feb. 24 — Museum of Ventura County to present ‘Ivor Davis: Up Close and Personal’ with Harry Benson

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The Museum of Ventura County is thrilled to present the next “Ivor Davis: Up Close and Personal with famous photographer Harry Benson,” from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 at 100 E. Main St,, Santa Barbara. In this popular series, author, journalist, and investigative reporter Ivor Davis speaks with a rotating guest list of extraordinary individuals.

Harry Benson has been featured in LIFE, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Time Magazine, and many more. He’s had 40 solo exhibits, including at The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. He’s photographed every US President from President Eisenhower to President Biden. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; was next to Senator Robert Kennedy when he was assassinated; and photographed the Berlin Wall going up and down.

Feb. 25 — Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara to present ‘This Basic Asymmetry’

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Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) is pleased to announce This Basic Asymmetry a group exhibition featuring work by artists Patricia Ayres, Simone Forti, Miguel Angel Payano Jr., Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Gabriela Ruiz.

Through internal sensation, emotion, and cognition we develop a fluid but strong sense of self that allows us to perceive the complexities and nuances of our personal experience. By contrast, it is only through external sensation, especially vision and observation, that we find the ability to develop an understanding of others, splitting our experience of self from others into an asymmetrical paradigm.

Feb. 26 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Nashville-based Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit with special guest Shawn Colvin

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Nashville-based Singer-songwriterJason Isbell and the 400 Unit with special guest Shawn Colvin onSaturday, February 26th at 8:00 p.m. Pacific at The Arlington Theatre. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Four-time Grammy winner Jason Isbell is at the top of his game. His music – whether solo, with former band the Drive-By Truckers or fronting the 400 Unit – shows his Alabama soul as he drifts between rock, country and roots. Georgia Blue, Isbell’s latest album with the 400 Unit, is a charity covers collection celebrating music from the state of Georgia.

Feb. 26 — Celebrate Black History Month at Family Fun Day at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula

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Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the contributions of African- American Scientists and doing your own experiments.

Attend the Family Fun Day at the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 at 926 Railroad Ave., Santa Paula.

Feb. 28 — SBCC to host discussion with Black History Month featured author

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In honor of Black History Month, SBCC Interim Superintendent/President Dr. Kindred Murillo invites the community to a virtual event, Feb. 28, 12:30-1:30 p.m., when Dr. Helen Benjamin and Rev. Larry D. Smith discuss the new book “How We Got Over: Growing Up in the Segregated South.” Edited by Dr. Benjamin and 23 of her fellow graduates of Peabody High School Class of 1968, the book is a series of vignettes capturing the Black experience of childhood and teen years in mid-20th century Alexandria, Louisiana and the surrounding areas. The stories told reflect the different life experiences of the 24 graduates living with the racial, social, and economic injustices present in an entrenched Jim Crow society of the 50s and 60s.

Through February — Wildling Museum of Art & Nature in Solvang presenting ‘Close to Home…’

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The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, Close to Home, Three Printmakers, featuring artists Claudia Borfiga, Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn, on view in the Valley Oak gallery through February 2022. The public is invited to meet the artists on Sunday, October 17, 2021 from 3 – 5 p.m.

The works of Borfiga, Schroeder, and Woodburn center on a recurring theme of nature as a place of solace and beauty where growth and change can seem intimate or expansive. Layers of color, pattern, and printmaking are the dialogue these artists use to share stories of Earth. They value natural areas and seek to bring inspiration to the viewer.

March 2 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents a FREE Virtual Thematic Learning Initiative event: Meet-the-Artists Talk with Jennifer Koh, Davóne Tines, and their Creative Team titled Why Everything Rises

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UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents the free virtual Thematic Learning Initiative event: Meet-the-Artists Talk with Jennifer Koh, Davóne Tines, and their creative team titled Why Everything Rises Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. Pacific. The meet-the-artist talk will be moderated by Lisa Sun-Hee Park, Department Chair and Professor of Asian American Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Panelists will include Jennifer Koh, Violin and Co-Creator; Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone and Co-Creator; Ken Ueno, Composer; Kee-Yoon Nahm, Narrative Structure and Dramaturgy. Register for the free webinar at https://bit.ly/rises-ucsb-2022.

March 2 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson in conversation with Pico Iyer

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson in conversation with Pico Iyer on Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:30 p.m. Pacific at Campbell Hall. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Erik Larson is a wizard of narrative non-fiction whose many bestsellers include Thunderstruck, Dead Wake, Isaac’s Storm and National Book Award-nominee Devil in the White City, which remained on the New York Times bestseller lists for a combined total of over six years. The Splendid and the Vile, his biography of Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister, is a New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and a Kirkus Best Book of 2020. Larson’s first foray into fiction, the audio-only No One Goes Alone, is a suspenseful ghost story underpinned with actual people and events.

March 5 — LOS FEST Amps Up the Oxnard Performing Arts Center

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The Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation (OPAC) is presenting its first music festival, LOS FEST, on Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 12 noon to 11 pm, in conjunction with Numbskull Shows. The event features 3-stages spotlighting local and regional talent covering a wide range of genres, from the 70’s power pop/punk sound of Ventura’s TV Party and the sludgy indie punk of Romper to Los Hurricanes, serving up Chicano Soul from Orange County, and the Afro-centric house music of DJ Legacy.

March 5 — Comedy Night featuring Cat Alvarado to be held at the Alcazar Theatre Carpinteria

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Comedy Night featuring Cat Alvarado will be held 7 p.m. Saturday, March 5 at the Alcazar Theatre Carpinteria Alcazar Theatre Carpinteria, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria.

March 7 — Meadowlark Service League Hosts a Spring Charity Luncheon and Tennis & Pickleball Tournament

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Join the Meadowlark Service League at Las Posas Country Club on Monday, March 7, for their annual Tennis and Pickleball Tournament, accompanied by the outdoor Spring Charity Luncheon, as well as a Silent Auction and boutique which is open to the public. The ladies of the Meadowlarks have been working to create opportunities to raise funds that will continue to benefit the many charities that their events support. “As we look back on the challenges of the past few years, and how many curveballs were thrown our way, I am proud of how resilient the Meadowlark Service League has been through it all” noted longtime Meadowlark and event chair, Gwen Speakes, “and we are so excited to be able to host this luncheon and tournament.”

March 8 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Memphis Jookin’: The Show featuring street dance phenomenon Lil Buck

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Memphis Jookin’: The Show featuring street dance phenomenon Lil Buck on Tuesday, March 8th at 8:00 p.m. Pacific at The Granada Theatre. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

An ode to the birthplace of the singular dance style known as Memphis Jookin’, this evening-length show chronicles how the art form grew from local street dance to an international phenomenon. Starring renowned dance artist Lil Buck (who also conceived and choreographed the piece) alongside ten highly-skilled dancers and a DJ, Memphis Jookin’: The Show transports audiences to the streets and the clubs where the style originated.

March 9 — State-of-the-Art Biotech Lab on Display at Moorpark College’s Open House

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Moorpark College’s biotechnology program offers a comprehensive curriculum in bio-manufacturing that includes hands-on learning in a state-of-the-art biotech lab. Students and the community who are interested in this rapidly growing industry are invited to attend the Biotech Open House, 5 – 7 p.m., March 9.

Visitors can watch lab demonstrations, explore the lab and examine how recombinant cells are grown in bioreactors and see how chromatography columns are used to purify life-saving biotech products.

March 9 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative Journalist Andrea Elliott on ‘Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City’

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents New York Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott on Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City, Wednesday, March 9th at 7:30 p.m. Pacific at Campbell Hall. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Andrea Elliott puts a human face to topics ranging from child poverty to Muslim life in the U.S. Her recent five-part series, Invisible Child, examined homelessness through the lens of an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl. The series won a George Polk Award, helped reignite a conversation about the dire state of poverty in America and inspired a bestselling book of the same name. Previously, Elliott’s coverage of

Islam in America broke new ground in the study of radicalization and earned her a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.

March 10 — Tony Award-Winning Musical ‘Kinky Boots’ Opens at Moorpark College

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The Moorpark College Theatre Arts and Dance departments are proud to announce the opening of “Kinky Boots,” a high-energy and timely story of all the wonderful things that happen when people from different worlds embrace diversity and inclusion. This Spring 2022 production of the six-time Tony Award® Winning Best Musical runs March 10 – 27, Thursday through Saturday nights at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

‘‘‘Kinky Boots’ has been an amazing journey for Moorpark College, our faculty and students on all fronts,” said director and Theatre Arts faculty member John Loprieno. “What started with fully masked outdoor rehearsals in our parking garage on cold January night has miraculously transformed into a fully realized and triumphant return to our mainstage.”

March 12 — Shared Crossing Project presents free live webinar ‘How the Shared Deaths Experience Changes Everything’

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William Peters and Dr. Raymond Moody Host “How the Shared Death Experience Changes Everything” at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 12.

Founder of Sharing Crossing Project (SCP) and author of At Heaven’s Door, William Peters will be joined by philosopher, psychiatrist, physician and author of Glimpses of Eternity, Dr. Raymond Moody on Saturday, March 12th at 10:00 a.m. PST for a FREE LIVE WEBINAR on How the Shared Death Experience Changes Everything.

March 13 — Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC) will present ‘IL Divo — Greatest Hits Tour’

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The Oxnard Performing Arts Center will present “IL Divo — Greatest Hits Tour,” with special guest vocalist Steven Labrie, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 13. The concert will feature a special tribute to Carlos Marin. Doors open at 7 p.m.

IL Divo has always stood out for its peculiar mix of opera and pop in songs of different genres, and is the most important reference in the world of the crossover groups of classical music. Since its debut in 2004, IL Divo has triumphed on the most important venues around the world, and has sold over 30 million records.

March 13 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources’ exhibit symposium

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources” exhibit symposium from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 13.

In conjunction with the exhibition Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources, join five scholars for a one-day seminar on the themes of the exhibition.

March 19 — SCIART Presents 2022 Concert in the Gallery Series

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Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) presents its first 2022 Concert in the Gallery, Emergence, March 19, featuring emerging musicians tenor Matthew Miles and soprano Natalie Buickians, in collaboration with world-renowned pianist, Armen Guzelimian and internationally recognized cellist Yoshika Masuda.

Through March 20 — Wildling Museum to present fall exhibition featuring historic photographer Ansel Adams and former assistant Alan Ross in first joint museum exhibition

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The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to announce Sharing the Light: Ansel Adams and Alan Ross, opening to the public on Saturday, September 25, 2021 in the Wildling Museum’s main gallery. The exhibition will explore the American West through the lenses of both Ansel Adams and Alan Ross, and also includes selections from Ross’ international photography projects. The Wildling Museum’s exhibition will mark the first institutional show dedicated to the two photographers’ works.

Sharing the Light highlights the careers of both Adams and Ross, who were close friends and colleagues. Ross, who served as Adams’ longtime assistant, later developed into an internationally-acclaimed photographer in his own right. The exhibition will provide insight into their respective connections to nature, and technical and artistic mastery of photography.

March 20 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present ‘Vincent’

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Vincent” at 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at the Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.

Vincent is the critically lauded one-man play, written by Emmy-nominated actor Leonard Nimoy, that paints a thoughtful, imaginary scenario about one of the most famous names in the art world, Vincent van Gogh. Based on excerpts from the hundreds of letters exchanged between the artist and his brother Theo, this version of the intimately scaled play features Charles Pasternak, award-winning actor and Designate Artistic Director of Santa Cruz Shakespeare, in the dual roles of Vincent and Theo.

March 22 — Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Paris-based Arod Quartet

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Santa Barbara Museum of Art to present Paris-based Arod Quartet AT 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 at SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St.

With all four members only in their twenties, the Paris-based Arod Quartet has already dazzled awestruck chamber-music lovers in concerts at such prestigious venues as the Auditorium of the Louvre in Paris and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

March 23 — Free LightGabler Webinar: Employing the Absent Employee

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Employment law firm LightGabler is presenting a free webinar, “Employing the Absent Employee–Navigating California’s Leaves of Absence Laws.” The webinar is Wednesday, March 23 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

California has more mandatory leaves of absence than any other state. To maintain business operations and avoid costly litigation, employers must understand when a leave is available to an employee, what rights must be provided to the employee, and what employee obligations can be enforced.

March 24 — CADA Announces Annual Mentor Program Gratitude Luncheon

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The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) will hold the annual Gratitude Luncheon celebrating its Mentor Program on Thursday, March 24, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The outdoor gathering will feature “Santa Barbara Foundation 2021 Person of the Year” John Daly, who will speak about the power of mentoring. The luncheon is hosted by Founder and Event Chair Anne Smith Towbes.

According to CADA’s Executive Director Scott Whiteley, Ph.D., “Having a mentor can be a life-changing experience for a young person, particularly in times of uncertainty. Being connected with a caring adult mentor can help a young person learn to navigate challenges, avoid risky behaviors, and develop personal and academic confidence. As the pandemic continues to challenge local youth and their families, the request for mentors is greater than ever, and we are deeply grateful to our supporters for their generosity in helping us meet this critical need.”

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