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Join us for the 7th Annual BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre, Oct 15 - Nov 6, offering over two dozen plays and family-oriented events thanks to generous grants from the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission and Playhouse PALS. What’s on today?

Is She a he Or is he A she...will we find out...keep watching. A child of three has her first experience with gender. The questions she faces at that young age pursue her right up to the present...how to cope with people who don t like gender being borderless...especially in 1950...The entire show is told through Tap dance, Spoken mime, characterizations, multi-media and narration. Written & performed by Lynne Jassem who also hosts a post-show Q & A.

The Museum of Ventura County has been partnering with the Ventura County Library to bring bilingual (in English and Spanish) in-person Story Time every first Friday of the month at 3pm. Join us for stories, then play and learn in the Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Chumash Children’s Garden, a fabulous and FREE outing for ALL!

Come celebrate your school and the Goleta Valley at the Lemon Run on Sunday, September 18. There is something for everyone – run, walk, or volunteer with your family and friends as a new school year kicks off. The 10K, 5K and 1K events take place on the flat Obern Trail bike path, perfect for competitive runners and first-timers alike. Races take place throughout the morning beginning at 8:00 a.m.

With great food, family-friendly activities, and prizes from local businesses, this is a Goodland event you don’t want to miss. The Lemon Run is presented by the Goleta Education Foundation and supports educators in Goleta schools who bring new and exciting learning opportunities to students.

For more information and to register, go to https://goletaeducationfoundation.org/goleta-lemon-run/.

Humanizing. Hopeful. Heartbreaking. Honest.

Join us for a night of storytelling closing out OPAC's two-year programming series, CLOSE TO HOME: A Community Conversation Spotlighting the People, Places + Perspectives Surrounding Homelessness. Directed by Juliana Acosta + portrayed by local actors, Stories from the Street profiles the experiences of unsheltered residents in Ventura County as told to + transcribed by writer Craig Rosen.

Free + open to the public. Light refreshments provided.
Event will be held outdoors. Please dress accordingly.

The event is part of OPAC's two-year programming series, Close to Home, which spotlights the people, places and perspectives surrounding homelessness through a community conversation. This two-year programming series (2020-2022) is made possible with support from California Humanities.

Ventura County Area Agency on Aging’s Fall Prevention Program presents:
Stepping On

Stepping On is designed for individuals 60 and older who have fallen or who are fearful of falling. Participants have access to a physical therapist who teaches strength and balance exercises, a vision expert, a public safety expert, and a pharmacist who will discuss fall risks associated with certain medications.

Participants should not have dementia and should not be reliant on a walker. Individuals should be motivated to exercise with gradual use of leg weights at home.

ALL CLASSES ARE FREE!

Thursdays, Oct. 6 - Nov. 17, 2022 | 1 - 3pm
Oxnard Performing Arts Center
800 Hobson Way, Oxnard, California 93030

For more information or to register for classes, e-mail Fall.Prevention.Program@ventura.org or call 805-477-7300 option 6.

Post-Roe: What Happens Now? is the topic of an online Community Forum to be held on Friday, Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. to examine the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24th ruling on abortion.

The high court ruled that women no longer have a constitutional right to abortion, overturning the historic Roe v. Wade decision that mandated federal abortion protections for 49 years. The high court's decision upholds a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and the ruling leaves it up to state legislatures to decide if and under what circumstances abortions will be permitted.

Nearly half of U.S. states are expected to outlaw or severely restrict abortion. Other landmark decisions could also be at risk, including those that legalized same sex marriage and birth control, Supreme Court observers in the media have reported.

Three panelists involved with public policy advocacy will discuss topics including federal, California and around-the-country updates, disparate impacts, funds to support abortion access, and how to get involved.
The panelists are:

--Sandra Fluke, a public interest attorney. She is nationally known for her congressional testimony regarding birth control access under the Affordable Care Act. For two decades, she has worked in the nonprofit sector to advance social and economic justice.

--Tami Martin, Legislative Director of Equality California, where she works to advance the LGBTQ+ community's priorities in Sacramento through legislative, budget and administrative advocacy.

--Adrienne N. Spires-Sar, Reproductive Justice Manager with Black Women for Wellness. She has worked in the anti-gender-based violence field in California as a project coordinator for the last five years and has 20-plus years of nonprofit experience addressing violence, sexual assault and mental health.

The forum via Zoom is presented by Chalice Community Forum, a program of Chalice Unitarian Fellowship of the Conejo Valley. To register for a link to the free event, visit forum.chaliceuu.org. For information, contact Randall Edwards at forum@chaliceuu.org or through the church office at (805) 498-0548.

The City of Port Hueneme in partnership with the nonprofit REACH is hosting the Hueneme Beach Festival, Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Admission is free.

The public can enjoy live music on two stages, fair-style carnival rides and games, arts and crafts, local vendor booths and a variety of food and drink. Adjacent to the festival, professional and aspiring amateur artists will create elaborate chalk designs at a Chalk Art Exhibition. Young budding artists can try their hand at chalk art at the Kids Chalk Zone. A Sand Sculpture Exhibition will be staged daily at the water’s edge. Proceeds from the festival will go toward helping REACH continue to provide financial support to recreational, cultural and educational activities in Port Hueneme. Festival location: Hueneme Beach Park, E. Surfside Dr. in Port Hueneme.

Parking is $10. Information: www.huenemebeachfestival.org.

Calling all Ventura County singers! Come check out Gold Coast Chorus, a non-audition community choir right in your backyard.

If you have been wanting to try choir or are looking for a community to join, we hope you’ll sing with Gold Coast Concert Chorus! GCCC began in 1988 and has been a vibrant part of the Ventura County choral music community for over 30 years. We were founded on the belief that all singers should have access to choral music.

Our “Come and See” rehearsal is an opportunity to try out singing with the chorus at no cost and with no commitment. This is the first rehearsal for our upcoming holiday concert, Sing Joyfully, a collection of wonderful, new arrangements of Christmas carols and holidays songs from some of our favorite arrangers, including two of our own - Ted Mathews and Jessica Helms!

Performances will be Friday and Saturday, December 9-10, 2022. Rehearsals begin on September 12th at Church of the Foothills in Ventura, CA and continue every Monday evening from 7:00pm-9:00pm until the concert. If you choose to continue rehearsing with the Chorus, the membership and music fee is $105 for this concert. Scholarships are available if needed. For more information, please visit www.goldcoastchorus.org

Come join us on Saturday, September 10 (and every 2nd Saturday of the month!) from 11 to 4 at a well curated market featuring local artisans, organic food, vintage items, textiles, and fine art and craft in beautiful downtown Los Alamos, CA.

Each market includes a booth dedicated to raising funds to support People Helping People and Feed the Valley, two vital non profit organizations that address food scarcity in the Santa Ynez Valley. 

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Dr. Kevin D. McKeegan, Professor of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry in UCLA’s Dept. of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences; will bring actual meteorites to display and talk about their origin and composition.

Saturday September 17th
• 6:30 - Dr McKeegan Gives his talk on Meteorites
• 7:30 - Professor Hal Jandorf give us a quick guide to the Autumn Sky
• 7:45 - Public telescope viewing until 11 pm

Free parking and admission. Please arrive early. Please no pets