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Join us on Monday, March 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM for an evening concert with the most popular and sought after big band in the world today. With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time.

Hear all the great classics: Moonlight Serenade, Little Brown Jug, A String of Pearls, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Pennsylvania 6-5000, In The Mood, At Last, and many more.

Reserved seating starting from: $30

For group sales, wheelchair and wheelchair companion seats, please call 321-441-9135, ext 2 (EST).

To learn more about the orchestra visit: https://glennmillerorchestra.com/

Get ready to experience an electrifying journey through sound and rhythm like never before seen locally.

Gather your squad and immerse yourself in a high-voltage EDM experience! An electrifying journey through rhythm and sound, the Transcend Electric Music Festival is the ultimate destination for music and dance! With three stages featuring performers, mind-blowing light shows, themed vendors and food, and an atmosphere charged with local action, you won't want to miss this! It's going to be a banger.

$25 presale ends April 30th, 2023
$35 General Admission
18 and older!

Saturday, July 1st, 2023 | 6pm
Location: TBD
https://www.theopac.org/

Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transcend-electric-music-festival-tickets-600835524227

Stay tuned for more announcements!

A live discussion on the 40+ year history of punk in Ventura County.

To celebrate the County of Ventura's 150th Anniversary, OPAC is honored to present "Talking Nardcore." This rare storytelling event will chronicle 40 years of punk music in our community through a legendary panel of guest speakers. Guests will also enjoy a live DJ set prior to the panel, which will be followed by a performance by Out of Trust.

Discussion includes people from:
Agression • Ill Repute • Dr. Know • Stalag 13 • Dead Heat • The Missing 23rd • Burning Dog • In Control Annihilation Time • Omega Point • It's Alive Fanzine • BYO Records • 185 Miles South Podcast • Salzer's Records

Free admission. All ages.

Friday, October 13th, 2023 @6:30pm
Location: Oxnard Performing Arts Center
800 Hobson Way, Oxnard, CA 93030
https://www.theopac.org/

Channeling Pearl Chase

Wednesday, January 10, 2024
5:30 p.m. at WorkZones in Santa Barbara

Members: FREE, Non-members: $25

We think of her as the person who shaped the Santa Barbara we know today. Yes, she spearheaded downtown's architectural style. But there was so much more! She was active in environmentalism, the arts, conservation, housing issues, and historic preservation. Writer Cheri Rae reveals a woman ahead of her time.

Cheri Rae's book, A String of Pearls, will be available for purchase and signing.

Click here to read the preface of A String of Pearls

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CQfqhKzNFcIpLCMQVzht-TAcl6oOqfmc/view

*A complimentary copy of the book will be given away at the meeting!*

Pacific Jazz Orchestra, led by seven-time Grammy-nominated Artistic Director Chris Walden, launches its 2024-25 season with a program of exceptional straight-ahead jazz, swing, soul, and traditional big band sounds at two leading Southern California venues. The 40-piece hybrid big band and string orchestra features guest artists jazz guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli – hailed for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz” (Boston Globe) – and Sy Smith, “one of the hardest working women in soul music” (Plano Magazine).

The ensemble swings by Santa Barbara’s historic Granada Theatre on Friday, September 6, 7:00 pm.

Stop by the Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) booth at the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival and take home free seedlings courtesy of Plantel Nurseries. This is SEEAG’s 3rd Annual Plantopia Earth Day event designed to raise awareness and support SEEAG’s agricultural education programs. The Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival is on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Alameda Park (1400 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara).

While supplies last, those who come by the SEEAG booth can select a combination of 12 small vegetable plants to fill two six-pack containers.

For more information about SEEAG’s free programs and upcoming events, go to www.seeag.org.

Join us for a curatorial talk from Robyn Wallace and Elana Kundell discussing Studio Channel Islands current exhibition, Transformed. Trans is a Latin prefix, meaning across, beyond, or into another state or place.

Until the morning of November 6th, 2024, the objects on display were tools for living and creating.
On that day, the preternatural forces of the Mountain Fire brought them into another state of being, and our community of Camarillo joined millions of people, plants, and animals around the globe who have undergone a radical transformation as a results of catastrophic natural disasters. Whether functional or sentimental; machine or hand made, the history and functionality of these objects has been displaced by a patina that puts our own existence in perspective.
Like us, they are survivors, unified by the scars of the fire.

The downpours and flooding blocked roads, floated vehicles and delayed the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers.

For more than 15 years, Simon Rentner has worked as a host, producer, broadcaster, web journalist, and music presenter in New York City. His career gives him the opportunity to cover a wide spectrum of topics including, history, culture, and, most importantly, his true passion of music from faraway places such as Europe, South America, and Africa.

The surge in coronavirus cases on the Central and South Coasts continues, with 343 additional cases reported Thursday. Ventura County added 107 cases,…