Apr 30 Wednesday
Let your imagination take the lead at Crafternoons, every Wednesday from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm and Saturday from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, in the EE Makerspace above Art From Scrap.Join us for our April Crafternoons: Craft for the Earth, where creativity meets sustainability! This month, we’re celebrating Earth Month with hands-on workshops that transform everyday recycled materials into artful treasures. Perfect for all ages and skill levels, these eco-friendly projects encourage kids to craft with purpose while having a blast.
Craft for the Earth Projects include:🌎 Paper Bead Bracelets – Roll, glue, and string colorful paper beads to create stylish, upcycled jewelry.🌱 eARTh Collages – Turn scrap paper, magazines, and tabs into stunning Earth-inspired collages that celebrate the beauty of our planet.🐞 Recycled Litter Bugs – Give discarded materials a second life by crafting whimsical bug sculptures using bottle caps, bread tags, and more!Come craft, create, and celebrate Earth Month with us! Sign up now!
Cost: $8.00 per person.
Crafternoons are for kids ages 5 and up. Please note that our workshop is upstairs and utilizes hot glue guns. Adults must remain in the EE Makerspace with their child.
Exploring Creativity - Ages 6 – 11 Exploring Creativity nurtures and promotes creativity in Elementary students through fun activities and art projects. Classes cover a variety of mediums.
May 01 Thursday
The Southeast Ventura County YMCA is hosting its 26th Annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast. The breakfast is on Thursday, May 1 at CLU’s Gilbert Sports Center (130 Overton Court, Thousand Oaks). The breakfast brings the spiritual communities of all faiths together to celebrate fellowship and prayer. The theme this year is “Hope.” The prayer breakfast is from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and will include speakers, and spiritual and community leaders providing invocations and prayers. Former Rams All-Pro tackle Andrew Whitworth is the keynote speaker. Other speakers include Rev. Gary Dickey, CLU President Dr. John Nunes, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff, Simi Valley City Council member Elaine Litster and Thousand Oaks City Council member Bob Engler. Individual tickets are $25 per person. To purchase tickets and for more information, go to https://www.sevymca.org/national-day-prayer.
This event is for someone with a high interest in single-origin dark chocolate, where it comes from, how it's processed and the technicalities behind making shiny, lusciously smooth chocolate from what starts as a small, bitter bean. You’ll get to taste chocolate at every stage, from bean to bar (including sampling through all our single origin dark chocolate bars), as well as other products we make, like caramel and chocolate-covered espresso beans. We’ll describe the stages of roasting, sorting, refining and tempering. You’ll come away having tasted a lot of chocolate and having learned more about our specialty!
1st ThursdayThursday, May 15:00-8:00pm
Don Louis Perceval: His Vision of the West
Join the Museum for 1st Thursday, on May 1, from 5:00-8:00pm, to celebrate the opening of our latest exhibition, Don Louis Perceval: His Vision of the West.
Don Louis Perceval (1908-1979) was born in Woodford, Essex, England and raised in Los Angeles, where he attended the Pasadena Military Academy and Chouinard Art Institute.
As a young man he traveled throughout the Southwest, becoming enamored with the natural beauty of the landscape and its Hopi and Navajo peoples, and began documenting their life through his sketches. After studying at the Royal Academy and service to the Royal Navy, he was drawn back to the west and commissioned to create advertisements for the Rio Grande Oil Company. After a life dedicated to his work he spent his final years in Santa Barbara.
Experience Perceval's passion brought to life in this new exhibition, curated by Marlene Miller.
Santa Barbara Historical Museumreception@sbhistorical.org(805)-966-1601https://www.sbhistorical.org/events/
Join us on a beautifully paired wine and chocolate experience. This guided tour walks you through the chocolate making process, from bean to bar! Taste the cacao every step of the way and finish with a chocolate and beverage tasting that excitingly pairs three truffles with three sustainably-made, small production wines, selected and poured by our local wine partner, WINECULT.
May 02 Friday
Peek behind-the-scenes of our chocolate factory to get a high-level overview of the chocolate-making process, from bean to bar! This event is great for families, corporate groups, bachelorette weekends, and anyone new to chocolate or curious about where their food comes from. You’ll get to taste warm, flowing dark chocolate from our tempering machine, and you’ll get to sample our single origin 75% dark chocolate bars.
Location: St. Michael’s Community Garden, 6586 Picasso Rd, Goleta, CA 93117
RSVP in advance.
Join the UCSB Library and the Edible Campus Program for a peaceful afternoon of literature, nature, and reflection in the garden. In celebration of the 2025 UCSB Reads selection, The Book of Delights by Ross Gay, we invite you to immerse yourself in the beauty of St. Michael’s Community Garden while enjoying a communal reading of select passages from the book.
Inspired by Gay’s practice of noticing and appreciating small joys, participants will have the opportunity to craft their own personal “delight” entries, reflecting on moments of gratitude, connection, and wonder. Whether you come to listen, write, or simply enjoy the garden’s tranquility, we welcome you to slow down and savor the delights of the present.
Please note, this event may be photographed or recorded.
