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You can help create a biological baseline for organisms in our counties by identifying as many native organisms as you can using the free iNaturalist app on your smart phone. There is a video class on using iNaturalist (https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/home). You do not have to identify every organism you see as experts will be checking the ids of your observations. Be sure to take a full shot of your observation and a close-up of the flowers or organism you are photographing. The app will put your observations in the City Nature Challenge Santa Barbara County Project or Ventura County Project where you can see our results. You will be joining over 600 groups all over the world for this bioblitz. All ages and experiences welcome.

“Brilliant performances!” The Tolucan Times. “Brilliant portrayals…you will be just as captivated as I was!” broadwayworld.com. “Just plain brilliant!” playwright/performer Wendy Michaels.

This joyous and poignant musical, back for a limited engagement to celebrate the author’s yahrzeit, follows the life of the beloved Yiddish story-teller as he spins tales of loves and losses, fame and failures, travels, travails and the tremendous optimism that kept him going against all odds. Based on his letters and tales, the controversy surrounding his stories and plays, and his passionate quest to honor the universality of the human spirit and celebrate our common humanity, he reminds us always that we have more in common than in conflict.

“I will never forget my evening with Sholom Aleichem and I thank you for bringing my cousin so beautifully back 'To Life'.” Lillian Aderman Moller

Playing to sold-out houses until the day before the lockdown, the delightful musical, back by audience request for a limited run, is written by the internationally acclaimed team of Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie, with lilting songs by Emery Bernauer, E. Rudie and Sholom Aleichem himself. Audiences are treated to an in-depth look at the joyous and poignant events that inspired the foolish philosophers, philosophical fools, comical shtetl folk and not-so-comical scoundrels that populated Sholom Aleichem's world.

“Chris DeCarlo has become the reincarnation of Sholom Aleichem” LASplash

The musical stars veteran performer Chris DeCarlo, who again assays the role of the beloved author, a characterization which has been enjoyed by more than a quarter of a million audience members, and Evelyn Rudie, who has created and portrayed more than three dozen Sholom Aleichem characters in over 2,000 performances to date.

“Evelyn Rudie is an all-around theatrical wizard!” Casting Call

Aleichem Sholom is presented by the Santa Monica Playhouse Jewish Heritage Project, supporting productions that keep the unique richness of Jewish theatre alive, honor the historical and cultural importance of Jewish heritage, and insure that new generations of theatre-goers appreciate and celebrate the life experience of Jewish ancestry, literature and tradition.

“ ‘Sholom Aleichem’ means ‘Hello, peace be with you.’ For Santa Monica Playhouse it means ‘richness in Jewish theatre for the community to enjoy.’ ” The Messenger

Santa Monica Playhouse is supported in part by generous grants from the We Are Santa Monica Fund, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and Playhouse PALS.

Sat 7:00pm, Sun 3pm – May 10 -11, 2025 - wine and dessert reception included in ticket price

Join the California Nature Art Museum and Artist Mona Lewis for an earth pigments & natural paints workshop on Sunday, June 8th, 2025, from 1:00PM-3:00 PM. During this workshop, participants will get an introduction to making and using earth pigments, which are colors collected from the local natural landscape with beauty, sustainability, and fun in mind! You will learn how to identify rocks suitable for paint, best practices for collecting respectfully, and how to turn stones into pigments. Participants will also make their own paints using a mortar and pestle, then use their pigments to paint an image of their choice.
About the Instructor:
Mona Lewis is an artist and arts educator in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, specializing in revitalizing the lost art of using plant dyes and earth pigments and teaching students how to use them in their work. She has been a Waldorf educator since 1998, and is co-director of the Waldorf Practical Arts Teacher Training program.
The class fee for this workshop is $65 for CalNAM Members and $80 for CalNAM Non-Members, all supplies included.
Questions? Contact (805) 686-8315 or email Rachel Metz at rachel@calnatureartmuseum.org.

From Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium to listening rooms throughout the United States, husband-wife duo GOLDPINE has been offering their own brand of bold harmony-driven Americana to audiences large and small. WINNER of the 2022 Rocky Mountain Songwriter Contest, their distinctive harmonies are clearly a channel for their sometimes-raucous, sometimes-reminiscent compositions. With an incredible collection of stories about life, love, and purpose, their live performance is a powerful projection of everything Goldpine is about: striking vocals, bold harmony, and introspection into the human experience.

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“…sharing a sound that’s cast in honesty, emotion and homespun sentiment…the songs say it all, providing clear indication that Goldpine has established a precious standard.” -Lee Zimmerman (Goldmine Magazine)


“Aptly named Two, Goldpine’s sophomore album extends the soft, sensuous sound that marked their highly-lauded debut — that is, an approach flush with low-lit illumination and hushed harmonies that convey sincerity and sentiment.” -The Alternate Root


“Goldpine is folksy and falls within the Americana genre but their musical arrangements are very innovative and eclectic.” - Melissa Clarke (Americana Highways)


“I love these guys...their never-ending onslaught of bold harmony is undeniable.” -Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes), Grammy Award-nominated producer.


“…an Americana band that oozes honesty through the music they make. They are a melding of raw acoustic music with meaningful lyrics that paint a picture of their and our journey. It is heart-warming to see musicians creating music they enjoy for the love of making it and each other.” -Eric Dahl (host of Fox 17 Rock & Review Radio & TV)

Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Field Day from 11:00 AM on 28 June 2025 until 2:00 PM 29 June 2025. Public is invited to see amateur radio demonstrated in an expeditionary environment.

"Debra Ehrhardt possesses a rare ability to mesmerize!" Washington Post

Debra Ehrhardt of Jamaica, Farewell fame is back, with acclaimed performer Christopher Grossett and iconic Hall of Famer Paul Williams as director.

Joining the exciting “Black History [every] Month” 2025 line up is Ehrhardt’s delicious new, true-life story. If you loved “Jamaica, Farewell,” you’ll be moved to tears of laughter and poignancy with this exciting production, written by and featuring Ehrhardt and Christopher Grossett (A Raisin in the Sun-Syracuse Stage; A Wrinkle in Time-Lincoln Center), directed by Hall of Fame Grammy Winner Paul Williams.

Secrets. Lies. Forgiveness. Vulnerability. And a deep-seated desire to break free of the prison that prevents a woman from truly allowing herself the strength to embrace laughter and joy. Because running away from something is not being free.

Admission includes a wine and sweets post show reception with the artists.

The Santa Monica Playhouse Black History [every] Month Project presents African-American theatrical creations not just in February, but throughout the year, recognizing, honoring and celebrating the rich heritage of Black arts, artists, and culture in our community.

Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by generous grants from the We Are Santa Monica Fund, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the Ahmanson Foundation and Playhouse PALS.

The Association for Women in Communications – Santa Barbara (AWC-SB) will honor five distinguished creatives building community through the arts at the 2025 Women of Achievement Awards luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21 at Cabrillo Pavilion. The honorees are: Adriana Arriaga, visual artist, entrepreneur, and activist; Teresa Kuskey, Founder/Artistic Director of La Boheme Dance; Frances Moore, Co-founder/Artistic Director, Santa Barbara Ringshout Project; Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate; and Joanne Wasserman, Artistic Director and Conductor, Santa Barbara Choral Society. The honorees’ disciplines include visual art, dance, choral music, traditional ringshout song and movement, and poetry.

The 17th Annual Women of Achievement awards luncheon is made possible by Presenting Sponsor Women Connect4Good.

This year’s Women of Achievement honorees represent the 2025 Women of Achievement theme, “Creative Communication: Building Community Through the Arts.” As individuals and collectively, they employ the arts as an impactful form of communication and a way to bring people together to build community.

The luncheon will feature performances, an art exhibition, and poetry reading showcasing the honorees’ community-building artistic work. Caroline Feraday, award-winning journalist at KCLU Radio, will emcee the event.

Attendees will enjoy a welcome drink while we give a brief introduction to our bean-to-bar, dark chocolate making process. Ingredients for decorating will abound and inspire, and you'll learn a few tidbits about how we invent flavor combinations for new delicious, sweet products at our chocolate factory. We will fill chocolate bar molds with luscious 75% dark chocolate, and you will get to decorate chocolate bars with local ingredients, like flowers, salt and fruit. While bars are setting up, we will lead a 20-30 minute chocolate tasting experience while you sip on perfectly paired wines to enhance the flavors. We are happy to provide a non-alcoholic tasting experience for anyone in the group who might require that. Your custom chocolate bars will go home with you in beautiful, resealable Twenty-Four Blackbirds pouches. Don't miss out on this delicious experience!

Camerata Pacifica, a chamber music collective renowned for its musical versatility and bold programming, caps its 2024-25 season with an unexpected mix of chamber works by Frédéric Chopin, William Bolcom, and Lara Auerbach.

William Bolcom’s irreverent Orphée-Sérénade, composed in 1984 for piano and chamber orchestra, which deftly shifts from lyrical to witty, and flippant to propulsive, sets the tone for the program.

Providing a luscious musical palate cleanser, Camerata Pacifica Principal Pianist Irina Zahharenkova is spotlighted on Chopin’s virtuosic Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante in E Flat Major, Op. 22. The kaleidoscopic work combines technical brilliance, rich harmonies and tremendous emotional depth.

Concluding the program and the 2024-25 season is Lera Auerbach’s Dreammusik, for cello and chamber ensemble written in 2014 for Camerata Pacifica and Principal Cellist Ani Aznavoorian, who is featured on the work. Commissioned by Sandra Tillisch Svoboda in memory of her husband Al, it reflects the broad musical sensibilities of Auerbach, “an artist of her time” (Gramophone) who creates “music of extraordinary power and intensity” (The New Yorker).

In addition to Zahharenkova and Aznavoorian, the artists featured on the season finale include Jolente De Maeyer, violin; Jason Uyeyama, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Andrew Janss, cello; Tim Eckert, double bass; Sooyun Kim, Flute; Nicholas Daniel, Oboe; Kathleen McLean, Bassoon; Jose Franch-Ballester, Clarinet; Irina Zahharenkova, Piano; and Ji Hye Jung, Percussion.

Camerata Pacifica, a chamber music collective renowned for its musical versatility and bold programming, caps its 2024-25 season with an unexpected mix of chamber works by Frédéric Chopin, William Bolcom, and Lara Auerbach.

William Bolcom’s irreverent Orphée-Sérénade, composed in 1984 for piano and chamber orchestra, which deftly shifts from lyrical to witty, and flippant to propulsive, sets the tone for the program.

A National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize, and Grammy Award-winner, Bolcom is noted for composing “music in a range of styles that all but erases the lines between art music and popular music” (WOSU).

Providing a luscious musical palate cleanser, Camerata Pacifica Principal Pianist Irina Zahharenkova is spotlighted on Chopin’s virtuosic Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante in E Flat Major, Op. 22. The kaleidoscopic work combines technical brilliance, rich harmonies and tremendous emotional depth.

Concluding the program and the 2024-25 season is Lera Auerbach’s Dreammusik, for cello and chamber ensemble written in 2014 for Camerata Pacifica and Principal Cellist Ani Aznavoorian, who is featured on the work. Commissioned by Sandra Tillisch Svoboda in memory of her husband Al, it reflects the broad musical sensibilities of Auerbach, “an artist of her time” (Gramophone) who creates “music of extraordinary power and intensity” (The New Yorker).

In addition to Zahharenkova and Aznavoorian, the artists featured on the season finale include Jolente De Maeyer, violin; Jason Uyeyama, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Andrew Janss, cello; Tim Eckert, double bass; Sooyun Kim, Flute; Nicholas Daniel, Oboe; Kathleen McLean, Bassoon; Jose Franch-Ballester, Clarinet; Irina Zahharenkova, Piano; and Ji Hye Jung, Percussion.