Oct 21 Tuesday
The Cottage Ob/Gyn Clinic is hosting a FREE virtual “Meet the Doctor” event on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The program will feature Dr. Britta Gray, a board-certified specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, who will discuss women’s wellness exams and the importance of regular gynecologic care.
Dr. Gray will cover what every woman should know about a wellness exam including:• How often to see a gynecologist and what to expect• Updated recommendations for cervical cancer screening• HPV vaccination guidelines and understanding HPV results• Risk assessments for hereditary cancer syndromes
The event will also feature a Q&A session, providing participants the opportunity to have their questions answered directly by Dr. Gray in a confidential setting.
To register for this free virtual event, go to cottagehealth.org/obgynmtd
Oct 22 Wednesday
Lincoln’s assassination is perhaps one of the most infamous events of American history. Nevertheless, while many have a broad understanding of what took place, they’re also missing numerous details. Who was John Wilkes Booth before he tarnished his own name? With whom did he work in this assassination and who else was targeted? How did he get away, and how was he finally caught? Even more, what did he expect would happen after he killed the President? This course will dive into these questions and tell the story of Lincoln’s assassination.
This course takes place both in-person at the Thousand Oaks campus and online via Zoom.
The Fifty and Better (FAB) program was designed for people ages 50 and older, seeking intellectual stimulation through university-level courses — without the pressure of grades — for the sake of learning and social engagement.
ShelterBox USA President Kerri Murray, who has propelled the locally based disaster relief agency to tremendous growth and recognition in a decade at the helm, will talk about the resilience of women and hope in a conversation open to the public.• Who: Kerri Murray, President ShelterBox USA• When: 2 p.m., Wednesday, October. 22• Where: Santa Barbara Woman’s Club, 670 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara 93105. * This is beautiful, historic building set on 2.2 acres adjacent to Rock Nook Park, blocks from Mission Santa Barbara.• Free parking on site, 120 spacesShelterBox delivers dignity and vital supplies, including tents, repair kits, water filters, cookware and solar lights that can charge phones, to people who have lost everything in disaster and conflict. The United Nations reports there are a record 123.5 million forcibly displaced people on the planet.‘In my 10 years leading ShelterBox USA, I’ve seen firsthand the extraordinary power of women, from those rebuilding their lives after disaster, to the women in our own community who come together to create lasting change.” Murray said. “It’s an honor to speak at the Santa Barbara Women’s Club this October and share stories of courage, resilience, and the impact women can have when we lift one another up.”Murray herself deployed for ShelterBox to Ukraine and Poland after the Russian invasion, to Morocco after the 2023 earthquake, and to Grenada in 2024 after Hurricane Beryl levelled 90% of the structures on some islands.
Oct 23 Thursday
American Regionalism is a realist modern art movement that focused on local, representative scenes of distinctly American locales. It was the dominant style in American art during the 1930s and into the 1940s, in reaction to European Modernism and Abstraction and as a response to the Great Depression. In this course, we explore the varied works of Regionalist Triumvirate—Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, as well as the New York-based Edward Hopper and Pennsylvania's Andrew Wyeth.
This course will introduce students to the history of wine making and the difference between “old world” and “new world” wines. We will then tour the globe to explore the different wine regions. Each region is known for its style, terroir, and local wine varietals. Students will gain an appreciation of the art and science of wine making.
This course takes place online via Zoom.
Oct 24 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.
Oct 25 Saturday
Oct 27 Monday
This course focuses on the most popular, influential, and enduring artists of the British Invasion, which spanned roughly the years 1964 to 1968. We will examine the roots of those artists in their native Great Britain, and then show how they crashed the U.S. charts on the heels of the Beatles, who paved the way for their compatriots to take advantage of the lucrative American market. The Beatles were not just the first to do so – in spectacular fashion – but they also set a standard for British groups that came after them; groups that were self-contained, meaning they wrote their own songs, developed their own style, and had unique visual and musical trademarks.
In the first 4 weeks, we’ll be focusing on the following acts:
Part 1: The Bee Gees, Gerry & the Pacemakers
Part 2: The Dave Clark 5, The Hollies
Part 3: The Zombies, The Yardbirds
Part 4: Donovan, Herman’s Hermits
Oct 28 Tuesday
On the fog-swept coastal bluffs overlooking California’s Golden Gate Bridge near the Marin Headlands, rises an imposing concrete bunker with the rusted remains of a 15-inch naval gun. Battery Spencer, a vestige of a bygone era, and many others in the area have kept watch over the coastal approach to San Francisco Bay since 1895. The West Coast of the United States from the Mexican to the Canadian borders is dotted by similar sites. Constructed during the Spanish American War, these coastal defensive positions gradually fell into disrepair, but still remained in various levels of service during WWII and the Cold War. This course will take a closer look at the history of these sites and in so doing provide an overview of how California and the West Coast experienced WWII and the Cold War. From the shelling of the Ellwood oil piers by a Japanese submarine near Gaviota to coastal radar and missile defenses, we will examine the role played by sites such as the Marin Headlands throughout this era. We will also explore what people living on the West Coast and California in particular feared as a result of WWII and how these responses shaped their daily lives. Today, you can still explore these unique sites, many of which are open to the public and this course will offer tips and suggestions for planning a visit.
Oct 29 Wednesday
