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Museum of Ventura County update for Oct. 17 — Member Appreciation Day and Dia de los Muertos

by Community Contributor • October 17, 2018 • Comments Off

Major funding for these programs is made possible by the City of

San Buenaventura, the County of Ventura and private and community donors.

In honor of National AIDS Awareness month, the Museum of Ventura Countywill host a reception, October 19, 6:30 pm, to benefit the Museum and the Diversity Collective of Ventura County’s HIV/AIDS prevention and education program. The reception will showcase “Bringing the Boys Home,” four blocks of quilt panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, handsewn by members of NAMES Project Ventura County in the 1990s, brought back by the Quilt Project Gold Coast, Ventura County’s newest AIDS nonprofit. The Museum is located at 100 E Main St., Ventura. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers.

Speaking of Ventura County: Rene Corado

The Museum of Ventura County’sAgriculture Museum will host René Corado, Saturday October 20, 1 pm – 2:30 pm as he reflects on his journey from Guatemala shoeshine boy to collections manager of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. Emphasizing his research projects collecting thousands of eggs and nestsin the Amazon jungle of Ecuador and in Costa Rica. Admission is free for members and $5 for nonmembers. The Ag Museum located at 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula. The Museum of Ventura County’s ‘Speaking of Ventura County’ lecture series is sponsored in part by Rabobank.

Member Appreciation Day

The Museum of Ventura County invites all Museum Members to a day at the Museum! The Museum will be closed to the public, allowing attendees Members Only Access. Enjoy the FREE Pancake Breakfast (RSVPrequired) served by Downtown Ventura Lions Club, 9 am to 11 am, listen to live music, stroll through the At Table Exhibit, make crafts & play games, pose for a fun Photo Booth shot, and enter to win one of our fantastic DOOR PRIZES Members are invited to bring a friend to see what Museum Membership means! You won’t want to miss your day at the Museum! Not a member? Join here. RSVP for Pancakes by Calling 805-653-0323, ext 330 or at click here.

Door prizes generously donated by:

Rubicon Theater ~ B. on Main ~ Cafe Fiore ~ Birkenstock Footprints of Ventura ~ Bonzai Marina ~ 1927 Barber Shop & Shave Parlor ~ Sandbox Coffeehouse ~ Oxnard Performing Arts Center ~ Ash Street North Salon ~ Betty Belts ~ Ocean Room Gallery ~ WeOlive ~ SubZero Ice Cream and Yogurt ~ Yolanda’s Mexican Cafe ~ Snapper Jack’s Taco Shop ~ NAMBA Performing Arts Space ~ Reves de Sabine

Pancakes donated by Pete’s Breakfast House

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos at the Museum – Nov. 1st

From 5:30 – 6 pm, the Museum of Ventura County will host local Chicano artists in the long-awaited Ayer y Todavia catalogfeaturing artwork from the 2017 Ayer y Todavia exhibit and including several rarely-seen works on loan from collectors. Several of the artists will be available to sign catalogs and share insight on their work. Catalogs are $20.

Beginning at 6 pm, the Museum will host the Mexican Consulate of Oxnard, Dia de los Muertos traditions will be celebrated with altars created by Club Uriangato de Guanajuato and music by local composer and guitarist Javier San Roman. Catrina will wander the grounds and greet visitors, Guanajuato artist and master craftsman, Eduardo Serrano Moreno, will create a sawdust “mandala-like” art piece, and several current pageant winners from the different states in Mexico dressed in their states’ official costumes will be on display, courtesy of the Mexican Government. The celebration will be held at the Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St., Ventura. Admission is free to the public.

From 7 to 9 p.m., The Museum will host a Table Talk, a panel discussion on the influence immigrant communities have had in shaping the food culture of Southern California. The panel will include Ventura County Star Food Editor Lisa McKinnon, Alison Costa owner of Ventura Food Tours and Sarene Wallace from Edible Ojai and Ventura County Magazine. Serving as panel moderator will be nationally syndicated columnist and author Gustavo Arellano. The event will be held in the Museum’s Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Pavilion, 100 E. Main St., Ventura. Admission is free for members, $5 for nonmembers.

Save Nov 4 for Dia de los Muertos Performances and more …

On Nov. 4, 10 am – 2 pm, the Ag Museum will host the Mexican Consulate of Oxnard, Oxnard College’s Ballet Folklorico Mestizo, Aztec dancers, musicians and crafts in a community-wide celebration. Free to the public. 926 Railroad Ave., Santa Paula.

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