Category: Events

Carnegie Art Museum update for March 8

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   CAM MEMBERS SPECIAL OFFER Pinchas Zukerman Returns to Perform and Conduct the New West Symphony Sunday March 11th | 3:00pm | Oxnard Performing Arts Center In partnership with New West Symphony, we would like to…

Museum of Ventura County update for March 3

Major funding for these programs is made possible in part by the City of San Buenaventura and the County of Ventura. Be Part of the Bee Cause Public Art Project The Museum of Ventura Countyis hosting the City of Ventura’s Public Art Program,…

FREE Community Education Classes and Events for April 2018

As Ventura County’s only non-profit Home Health and Hospice provider, Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association supports the total well-being of our community. As part of our services, we host free monthly education classes throughout the county, which include the following:…

April 5 — ‘Reading: Indigenous Poetry in Contemporary Mexico; Voices, Translations and Cultures’

SANTA BARBARA — U.C. Santa Barbara to present “Reading: Indigenous Poetry in Contemporary Mexico; Voices, Translations and Cultures” noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 4 @ Art, Design & Architecture Museum. FREE. Hosted by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, several…

April 23 — UCSB: Using the Critical Race Tool of Racial Microaggressions to Examine Everyday Racism in Academic and Social Spaces

SANTA BARBARA — The second edition of The Dean’s Lecture Series on Education, Diversity and Democracy, presented by UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, will feature a lecture by Dr. Daniel G. Solorzano—“Using the Critical Race Tool of Racial Microaggressions to Examine…

April 27 through 29 — ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara! presents Mariachi Aztlan in free concerts

SOUNDS OF TEXAS: MARIACHI AZTLÁN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, RIO GRAND VALLEY Summary: U.S.’ most celebrated student mariachi, from the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley 16 members playing traditional Mexican songs and mariachi classics Premiered the stage production…

April 29 — Mariachi Mestizo opens for Mariachi Aztlan in free concert at Majorie Luke Theatre

SANTA BARBARA — ¡Vive el Arte de Santa Bárbara! proudly presents Mariachi Juvenil Mestizo from Delano, CA, who will open for Mariachi Aztlán on Sunday, April 29, 7 pm, at The Marjorie Luke Theatre for the closing event of Viva’s 13th season. Directed by Juan Morales, Mariachi…

Marjorie Luke Theatre update for Feb. 27

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   Upcoming Events Puppet Palooza Santa Barbara! The Muppets Take Santa Barbara Friday, March 2nd 6:30pm Puppetpaloozasb presents The Muppets—and the remarkable performers who bring them to life—will enthrall audiences with an evening of story-telling, interviews,…

Carnegie Art Museum update for Feb. 27

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   UPCOMING EXHIBITION March 11 – May 27, 2018 Black & White & In Between: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation This exhibition features works by artists who have explored the formal,…

Bilingual report: Clinicas Del Camino Real Inc. is hosting a Dental Health Fair on Feb. 24 in honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month

OXNARD — February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. If you have a baby or toddler, you may have questions about thumb sucking, your child’s first dental visit or how and when to clean your child’s teeth. If so, on Saturday,…

Ventura County High School Students Compete for Spot in National Poetry Out Loud Contest

VENTURA COUNTY — The Ventura County Arts Council, which recently received the highest ranking by the California Arts Council, will host this year’s Poetry Out Loud Contest at the EP Foster Library, Ventura. The community is invited to watch nine…

Carnegie Art Museum update for Feb. 22

Click here for the entire e-newsletter CAM STUDIO GALLERY Guest Studio Artists in Residency Hours: Dominga Opazo –  11am – 3 pm     Thurs- Sat Brian Paumier–       noon – 5 pm      Saturdays Jaime Bailon-         1-5 pm             Sundays CAM Studio is located at…

Fourth annual Sal Castro Memorial conference (Feb. 23-24) celebrates the 50th anniversary of East L.A. Blowouts

The Fight for Justice in Education By Suzanna Ackroyd • UCSB SANTA BARBARA — On a gray and cloudy day in March 1968, more than a thousand Mexican American students took a stand against decades of substandard education and walked out…

United Way of Ventura County update for Feb. 20

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   President’s Message  Dear Friends, Thanks to the generosity of over 13,000 donors to the United Way Thomas Fire and Flood Fund, we are  helping our community members who have been directly affected by…

Museum of Ventura County update for Feb. 19

Major funding for these programs is made possible in part by the City of San Buenaventura and the County of Ventura. Figure Drawing Join the Museum’s Resident Artist Ryan Carr for the next scheduled figure drawing session at 6 p.m., February 20, at  Leashless Brewing, 585…

Carnegie Art Museum update for Feb. 15

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   CAM Pulse If you missed last Saturday’s Poetry at the Carnegie – The Jackson Wheeler Series, thanks to Phil Taggart, Ventura County’s Poet Laureate the readings were filmed and can be viewed by clicking…

Santa Barbara Museum of Art update for Feb. 14

Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 am – 5 pm, Free Thursday Evening 5 – 8 pm 805.963.4364 www.sbma.net ½ Price Admission starting March 1   Exhibitions On View   Harold Edgerton, Bullet Through…

Santa Maria Families Empowered to Navigate Healthcare at First-ever Event for CenCal Health’s New Members

SANTA MARIA — Nearly 80 of CenCal Health’s newest members participated in the “Journey of Learning,” a family-focused health education event in Santa Maria. As the health insurance provider for nearly 179,000 people in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo…

Museum of Ventura County update for Feb. 9

Major funding for these programs is made possible in part by the City of San Buenaventura and the County of Ventura. Speaking Of Ventura County Renowned photographer, and Ventura native, Neal Barr will be the featured speaker at the next “Speaking Of Ventura County“ speaker series, Tuesday,February 13, 1:00…

Carnegie Art Museum update for Feb. 8

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   POETRY AT THE CARNEGIE – THE JACKSON WHEELER SERIES  Verónica Reyes and Ellen Reich Saturday, February 10 6 pm  $5 / members free Organized by Phil Taggart & Hosted by Marsha de la O This event is…

Winners announced for 2018 Ventura County Academic Decathlon

VENTURA COUNTY — The Ventura County Office of Education is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Ventura County Academic Decathlon is Calabasas High School. Coming in second place is La Reina High School, followed by Westlake High School, which came…

Ventura Visitors & Convention Bureau update for Feb. 2

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   Build your own Ventura itinerary in minutes!Visit Ventura is excited to announce a new tool that makes travel planning easy, enjoyable and personal by combining artificial intelligence with local expertise to build travel…

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara update for Feb. 1

Click here for entire e-newsletter   UPCOMING EVENTS EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW Cecily Brown: Rehearsal On view January 28 – June 3, 2018 MCASB Main Space Cecily Brown: Rehearsal, curated by Claire Gilman, Senior Curator at The Drawing Center, is the artist’s…

Bilingual report: 9 y 10 de febrero — FEMA ofrece consejos gratis de Jardineria y de Reconstrución contra los incendios en Vivero de Ventura

VENTURA – FEMA ofrece consejos gratis de jardineria y de reconstrución contra los incendios en vivero de Ventura, 6 de 9 am, sábado el 9 de febrero y 8:30 am a 5 p.m. domingo, el 10 de febrero, Green Thumb…

Feb. 9 — Ojai Library to present ‘Expanding the Social Justice Chorus – A lecture by Julia Balén’

OJAI — Professor of English Julia Balén will visit the Ojai Library at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2019, to deliver a presentation titled “Expanding the Social Justice Chorus.” Balén comes to us from CSU Channel Islands (CI) as part of…

March 8 — CSUCI celebration of women centers on ‘my life, my culture, my dreams’

CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s third annual “La Mujer” campus program will be a mosaic of visual, spoken and written stories about Latinas. Open to the public, “Celebrating la Mujer: My life, my culture, my dreams” will be Thursday, March 8 from 9…

March 8 — 14: Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark & Vanessa Lopez

SANTA BARBARA — While the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to those born or naturalized in the U.S., this Constitutional right has endured attacks since its passage in 1868, and it continues to be at risk today. 14: Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark…

March 13 — CLU to present ‘No Más Bebés’

They came to have their babies. They went home sterilized THOUSAND OAKS — California Lutheran University to present “No Más Bebés” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 at the Lundring Event Center. Sponsored by Sarah W. Heath Center for Equality and…

March 17 — LULAC District 17 to present Leadership Brunch honoring Assemblymember Monique Limón

VENTURA — LULAC District 17 will present a Leadership Brunch honoring Assemblymember Monique Limón and featuring Brent Wilkes, chief executive officer of National LULAC, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Wyndham Garden Ventura Pierpont Inn, 550…

March 19 — Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

THOUSAND OAKS — A poetry reading with Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 19 at Swenson Center 101, California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs is an author and…

Through March 23 — La Hija de Jardineros / The Gardeners’ Daughter Alexandra “Lexx” Valdez at the UCSB Multicultural Center

Opening reception on Jan. 16 SANTA BARBARA — La Hija de Jardineros / The Gardeners’ Daughter Alexandra “Lexx” Valdez exhibit will be presented through March 23 at the UCSB Multicultural Center, MCC Lounge. The opening reception will be held at 6 p.m.…

El Concilio Family Services announces 2018 Latino Leadership Award Winners

Awards ceremony to be held April 6 at Oxnard Performing Arts Center OXNARD — El Concilio Family Services has announced the 2018 Latino Leadership Awards Winners — Dr. Tiffany Morse, René Corado, Rick Torres, Consuelo Camberos, Leticia H. Cazares, M.S.; Lilian Bello,…

Dreamers, Arizona Rep. Grijalva, Jewish and Latino Faith and Community Leaders Urge Congress not to Delay DREAM Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The DREAM Act must be passed immediately to protect the nearly 800,000 Dreamers whose lives are in limbo pending congressional action, Dreamers, Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-AZ, and Jewish and Latino faith and community leaders said during a Capitol…

Feb. 1 — Las Cafeteras Bring it Home. Oxnard/Ventura Natives Headline their First 805 Concert, Work to Move the Arts Forward in VC

OXNARD — As part of its 50th anniversary season, The PACC is excited to present Las Cafeteras in concert with special guests The Villalobos Brothers on February 1, 2019 starting at 7PM. Las Cafeteras remix roots music and tell modern…

Feb. 8 — The League of Women Voters joins in the presentation of ‘Equal Means Equal’

VENTURA — The League of Women Voters of Ventura County (LWVVC), a nonpartisan political organization, in collaboration with The Acorn Project, Ventura College, Ventura County Women’s Political Council, Ventura County Women’s Forum Collaborative, Ventura County Reproductive Rights Network, Justice for All,…

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…

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. 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. 17 — Dr. Gina A. Garcia gives the talk ‘Decolonizing (Hispanic Serving Institutions: Moving From Theory to Practice’

SANTA BARBARA — The UC Santa Barbara Multicultural Center—along with Academic Initiatives, Chican@ Studies, and the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education—will host Dr. Gina A. Garcia on Thursday, January 17th at 6 pm in the MCC Theater giving the talk “Decolonizing…

Feb. 23 — History and Lore of Baseball in Photos—Free Talk at CSU, Channel Islands

CAMARILLO — The Cal State University, Channel Island’s Spring 2018 Speaker Series will kick off with “The History and Lore of Baseball in Photos,” Friday, February 23 from noon to 2:00 p.m. on the CSU Channel Island campus (Malibu Hall…

Feb. 28 — OC LIVE @OxnardCollege to present ‘Breaking Bounderies— GO. MEET. LEARN’

Hello OC and friends of OC! Coming up next for OC LIVE on Wednesday, February 28, we welcome to the stage Oxnard College Geography Professor Jim Danza! Professor Danza will inspire the audience to expand their horizons and travel abroad. Using stunning photos and videos…

Grammy Award Wining Mariachi Los Camperos in free family concerts Jan. 11 through 13

SANTA BARBARA — Two-time Grammy winners, Mariachi Los Camperos, kick off ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara!‘s 2019 season with free family concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 at the Isla Vista School,  6875 El Colegio Road. Doors open at 6:30…

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…

EDC-VC Business Line update for Dec. 22

Click here to view the entire e-newsletter President’s Message   Bruce Stenslie Our hearts go out to all those who lost homes and so much in the Thomas Fire disaster.  While the emergency isn’t over, it is both humbling and inspiring…

Carnegie Art Museum update for Dec. 21

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   CAM HAPPENINGS Check out the CAM Pulse: Click here to view the photos from theExpressions of Life / Ricardo Palavecino opening reception held on Saturday, December 9th.  And, click here to view a video that captures the voices…

Registration is Now Underway for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley 2018 Winter Sports Leagues

AGOURA HILLS – Registration is now underway for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley’s Winter 2018 coed Jr. NBA Basketball League. The Jr. NBA Basketball League is open to ages 3-12. The eight-week session starts January 28-March 25,…

Peoples’ Self-Help Housing Resident Celebrates 105th Birthday at Creekside Gardens

CENTRAL COAST — Paso Robles resident Vera Maddan celebrated her 105th birthday on December 18 surrounded by about 20 of her family, friends and neighbors at her home, Creekside Gardens Senior Apartments. Creekside Gardens is an affordable housing complex for…

Make an ornament for your tree on Dec. 22. They’ll make one for a first responder/someone impacted by the Thomas Fire

CAMARILLO — KidSTREAM, an emerging children’s museum committed to bringing hands-on STEM learning to the Ventura County community is hosting a “Give and Get” 3-D Snowflake Ornament Workshop. Families are invited to bring their holiday spirit as they make 3-D…