Category: Local

SBCC will make appointment for vacant seat

Trustee Dr. Marianne Kugler announces resignation SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Community College District’s Board of Trustees announced that it will accept applications for an appointment to fill a board vacancy created by the resignation of board member Dr.…

Santa Paula Art Museum update for Jan. 2

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   “Misty Morning” by Katie Fagan, acrylic, Collection of the artist © Katie Fagan. Featured in the Museum’s current Art About Agriculture exhibition. Free First Sunday Sunday, January 7, 2018, 12pm to 4pm Admission to the…

January — Family Service Agency Relationship Classes

SANTA BARBARA — While we all know that spending time together as a couple is key to having a successful relationship, for working parents with young children, it often feels impossible to find that “couple” time. Parents attending Family Service…

January — Art Trek announces upcoming events

NEWBURY PARK — Art Trek, at 703 Rancho Conejo Blvd. Newbury Park, will present the following events: Paint Night for Teens Ages 13-19 Thursday, January 10 6:00p-8:30p $10 Per Teen Art Trek, 703 Rancho Conejo Blvd. Newbury Park, CA 91320 Register Online at…

Jan. 31 — Academy Award nominee Spike Lee to sign ‘Do The Right Thing book at SBMA’s Museum Store

SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Store is honored to host legendary film director, Mr. Spike Lee, for a book signing this Thursday, January 31 at 6 pm. Spike will be signing copies of his book Do…

Through Jan. 31 — CSUCI’s “Oxnard Plain” interactive exhibit celebrates a city teeming with diversity

CAMARILLO — With the busy, diverse city of Oxnard as their muse, a team of artists called the “Oxnard Plain” will display examples of their work at an exhibit now open in the John Spoor Broome Library Gallery. The show opened…

Jan. 31 — OC LIVE to present CENTRAL4 Plays Brahms

OXNARD — OC LIVE to present CENTRAL4 Plays Brahms, Thursday, January 31 @ 6pm in the Performing Arts Building Let’s get classical! Members of piano quartet CENTRAL4 bring the beautiful C Major Piano Trio by Johannes Brahms to the OC LIVE…

Jan. 31 — Workforce Development Board of Ventura County Regional and Local Plan Update to be Discussed at Town Hall Event

VENTURA COUNTY — Plans to increase workforce development in Ventura County through 2021 will be discussed at a Town Hall meeting on January 31, 2019. The plans, one regional and one local, were originally created in 2017 by the Workforce…

Through Jan. 31 — Vexed: The East L.A. Chicanx Punk Scene

SANTA BARBARA — Sal Guerena, UCSB Library Special Research Collections Exhibit/MCC Lounge: Through Jan 31st In the mid-1970s, Chicanx youth in East LA began adopting the DIY punk aesthetic. They expressed their anger and feelings of marginalization through a frenzied musical…

Jan. 31 — OC Live to present an evening of classical music by members of piano quartet CENTRAL4

WELCOME BACK! OC LIVE returns to the Performing Arts Building stage on Thursday, January 31, with an evening of classical music by members of piano quartet CENTRAL4. Leave your umbrellas at the door and get cozy with the intricate, romantic melodies of the beautiful C Major Piano Trio…

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. 2 — Simi Valley YMCA Preschool Open House

SIMI VALLEY — The Simi Valley Family YMCA’s state licensed preschool is accepting enrollment applications for children ages 2 1/2 to 5 for its preschool program at Justin Early Learners Academy (2245 Justin Ave.) in Simi Valley. An open house…

Feb. 2 — America’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College Welcomes the Community to Celebrate Ira the Lion’s Fifth Birthday

MOORPARK — America’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College welcomes the community to join a birthday celebration this Saturday, Feb. 2, for Ira the lion as he marks his fifth birthday. The day of festivities will begin with a behind-the-scenes look at…

Feb. 2 — ‘I Am Me: Artists’ Self-Portraits’ Exhibition to Open at the Santa Paula Art Museum

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…

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…

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…

February — Livingston Memorial presents free Community Education Classes and Events

VENTURA COUNTY — 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:…

Feb. 28 — Gold Coast Transit District and the City of Ventura to Discuss Bus Stop Consolidation at Community Meeting

OXNARD — Gold Coast Transit District in conjunction with the City of Ventura is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, February 28th from 6-7pm to discuss the upcoming bus stop consolidation and balancing project in downtown Ventura, set to begin early Spring.…

Feb. 5 — Distinguished Communication scholars to hold a panel on social change at CSUCI

CAMARILLO — Few would argue that the state of communication in the United States right now leaves something to be desired. “Communication is the thread that weaves through every issue we face today and the thread that has potential to bring…

Through April 10 — Camarillo Hospice is Offering a 10 Week Support Group for Bereaved Parents

CAMARILLO — Camarillo Hospice, a Program of Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association, is pleased to offer a 10-week, closed-ended grief support group program, Understanding Your Grief, written by author, educator and grief counselor, Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD. The program is intended to…

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…

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,…

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. 10 — Tetanus Vaccine Clinic in Montecito

SANTA BARBARA — In collaboration with Direct Relief, the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics will hold a tetanus vaccine clinic in response to those that have been exposed to flood water and debris following the tragic mudslide in Montecito. Anyone who is…

Feb. 11 — Three Local Hair Salons Team up to Raise Money for Thomas Fire Survivors

CAMARILLO — In order to provide some deserving relief for the Thomas Fire survivors, Willem Hair Design is partnering with Rouge Salon in The Collection at RiverPark and The Craft Barber Shop in Camarillo by organizing a fundraising event on Sunday,…