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Community Clayworks, a ceramics studio in Buellton is sponsoring an Empty Bowls fundraiser on November 11th at St. Marks Church in Los Olivos benefitting the Food Distribution Program at Bethania Church in Solvang. 100% of the proceeds go to this program which serves the local Santa Ynez Valley. Tickets entitle guests to pick a hand made bowl and enjoy a simple dinner of soup and bread. Soup will be provided by local restaurants including Coast Range, Campo del Sol, Pico, Ramen Katori, and Clean Slate.

BOOK SIGNING & TALK
with Author Erica Gies
Award Winning Journalist & National Geographic Explorer
Water Always Wins - Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge
A field guide to a wetter & better future

Tuesday, November 15 6pm-8:30pm FREE
with Panel of Community Members
The Community Arts Workshop (SBCAW)
631 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Erica Gies is an award-winning independent journalist who writes about water, climate change, plants and critters for Scientific American, The New York Times, Nature, The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The Economist, Washington Post, bioGraphic, Wired, and more.\
https://ericagies.com/about/

Her stories hail from North America, especially California and British Columbia, and the wider world. In a quest for commonalities that bind us and innovations that inspire, she has reported from many intriguing places: Iraq, Peru, Cambodia, India, Syria, Kenya, China, Qatar, Laos, the United Kingdom, Guyana, Vietnam, France, and Indigenous nations and territories, including those belonging to Navajo (Diné), Kwiakah, Makushi, Kitasoo/Xai’xai, ‘Namgis, Heiltsuk, and Native Hawaiian peoples.
Her book, Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought and deluge, is about what she calls “Slow Water” innovations that are helping us adapt to the increasing floods and droughts brought by climate change.


Hosted by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network www.sbpermaculture.org

Moorpark College, Oxnard College, Ventura College and Ventura College East Campus are holding free evening Cash 4 College workshops to help students apply for funds to help with college costs. Funds can be used for tuition, books, housing, transportation, childcare, computers and more.


In-person and online Zoom workshops are scheduled for Nov. 8 and 15, depending on the campus. The workshops are free and open to the community; anyone may attend a workshop on either date and can drop in at any time during the events.


Bilingual financial aid staff will assist students in completing applications for the 2023-2024 school-year Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). Students can also access information about basic needs support (food, clothing and housing assistance), tutoring, academic counseling, mental health services and other student services.

AB 469 now requires school districts to confirm seniors have completed the FAFSA or California Dream Act Application before graduating in 2023. Cash for College events can help students get ahead.

For more information, visit vcccd.edu/cash4college.

Peers Alley Media takes pleasure in inviting the scientific community across the globe to attend the 2nd NOVEL Ophthalmology World Congress during June 14-15, 2021 at Berlin, Germany with a motto to Visualizing Global Enhancements in Ophthalmology. The gathering will address health care professionals in the area of Ophthalmology, while laying emphasis on innovative methodologies in Ophthalmology and Vision Science. NOVEL Ophthalmology 2021 will be the best venue for Doctors, surgeons, Research Associates, Research Scientists, Directors, CEO’s of Noble laureates in Health Care and Medicine, Deans, Students, Professors, Researchers, medical devices companies. NOVEL Ophthalmology 2021 will encourage Young Researcher’s Forum, scientists and the researchers in their early stage of career graph to widely discuss their outcome so as to enrich and develop the idea. The ‘Best Poster Award’ is meant to encourage students in taking active part in the International Science platform to sharpen their skills and knowledgebase. The important tracks that are part of NOVEL Ophthalmology 2021 include Basic Ophthalmology, Optics, Refractions, Contact Lenses, Ophthalmic Pathology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ocular Emergencies & Injuries, Glaucoma, Oculoplastics, Diagnostic Tests in Ophthalmology, Neuro Ophthalmology, Uveitis & Scleritis, Cornea & Conjunctiva, Ocular Pharmacology, Retina & Vitreous, Ocular Oncology, Ophthalmology Diseases & Disorders, Eye Safety& Care, Ocular Microbiology and Immunology, Research Trends in Surgical and Medical Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Research and Drug Development, Advanced Ophthalmological Care, Optometry and Vision Science, Ophthalmology Practice, Cataract Risk Factors, Influences of Other Diseases on Cataract and Refractive Conditions, Refractive Errors, Optometry Instruments, Benefits, Costs and Management of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Ophthalmology Community For more about conference, please visit: https://novel-ophthalmology.peersalleyconferences.com/ For further details, please contact: Juliana Katelyn | Program Director NOVEL Ophthalmology 2021 Peers Alley Media 1126 59 Ave East, Vancouver BC Canada V5X 1Y9 E: novelophthalmology@speakerscouncil.org 

Informational Sessions for people interested in being a Mentor to an adult with intellectual/physical disabilities. California Mentor's purpose is to match Mentors (Adult Foster Families) with these special individuals looking for a place to live. We partner with Tri-Counties Regional Center to meet the individuals. Every Tuesday at 10 am and Wednesday at 6 pm we host Zoom Informational Sessions to people who want to learn more about our program. It would be great to post this information on your calendar of events.

This digital exhibition features the diverse artwork being created by contemporary California digital artists. Juror selections were made by artist Michelle Robinson.

In-person activities still worrisome? Your youngster can have an awesome outlet for their creativity and imagination! Santa Monica Playhouse, with over 50 years of global education experiences, offers exciting on-line classes for kids to build self-confidence, explore the magic of theatre and make new friends from across the country and around the world, as they work with professionals, helping to create a play that includes costumes, hats, wigs, backgrounds, props, and reflects their own personal issues and ideas!! Best of all, each session ends with a professionally-edited video performance you can share with friends and family. Afternoon and weekend classes include: Thursday afternoons 4-5pm (Mar 18 – Apr 22) or Saturday mornings 10-11am (Mar 20 – Apr 24) these highly interactive Zoom sessions include lots of movement, theatre games, voice, acting, writing, costumes, camera technique, self-confidence, and performance. And parents, family and friends get to watch the final show as often as they please. Enrollment is extremely limited – zoom classes have been filling up the day they are announced. “Thank you for teaching me and helping me grow as an actor and person throughout the years. I am eternally grateful for everything you have done for me.” Diana Silvers (Ma, Space Force, Booksmart, Ava). Please email education@santamonicaplayhouse.com for more details and to enroll. Let’s zoom together soon! Thursdays, 4-5pm, March 18 – April 22, 2021 (OR) Saturdays, 10-11am, March 20 – April 24, 2021. For details and enrollment information, contact us at 1-310-394-9779 or education@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com or visit us online.

New West Symphony’s Global Sounds. Local Cultures season continues with A Tour of Iran, exploring centuries old traditions of Iranian poetic and musical cultural influences on the western world. Award-winning mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke and Iranian instrumentalists Pejman Hadadi and Masoud Rezaei join the New West Symphony on this musical voyage. GRAMMY-winning Artistic and Music Director Michael Christie leads the orchestra in western classical masterworks by Handel, Rameau, Gounod and the timeless overture to Mozart’s Magic Flute. Iranian composers Behzad Ranjbaran, Masoud Rezaei and Golfam Khayam share their inspiration from Iranian sites and poetry. This festival is presented in partnership with Farhang Foundation A TOUR OF IRAN Premieres Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 3:00 PM pst MICHAEL CHRISTIE, CONDUCTOR SASHA COOKE, Mezzo Soprano PEJMAN HADADI, Tombak and Daf MASOUD REZAEI, Setar KHAYAM: Seven Valleys of Love for Strings (Simorgh, Murmuration) MOZART: Magic Flute Overture RANJBARAN: Enchanted Garden: Joy RAMEAU: Suite from Zoroastre HANDEL: Xerxes: “Ombra mai fu” GOUNOD: from the Opera “Faust” Entr’Acte | Faites lui mes aveux (Flower Song) |Si le bonheur (When fortune beckons) REZAEI: From album “Nothingness” “Another Birth” | “Cold Autumn” | “Failure” Reception with Michael Christie and guest artists will follow immediately after the concert.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, mixed-media artist Robin Holder addresses the struggle essential workers face carrying the weight of society while scrambling for survival in recent works. The sentimentality and admiration of these pieces stand in contrast to a series of reminiscences from childhood, where the artist visually describes her journey of gradually acquiring social awareness. The final section addresses international children’s labor. Holder’s work centers on the complexities and conflicts of cultural and racial identity. She has completed public art pieces commissioned by New Jersey Transit, the New York School Authority and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. She created 34 glass windows for the New York City subway system. She is the 2020 Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists Executive Fellow and received a Brooklyn Arts Council Individual Artist Grant and a Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Artist as Catalyst Grant. Her works are in the collections of the Library of Congress, Yale University and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. For more information, visit RollandGallery.CalLutheran.edu or contact curator Rachel Schmid at rtschmid@callutheran.edu or 805-493-3697.

Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Psychology and the School of Management will share their scholarly work in virtual sessions delivered live and on-demand. Traditional research, creative work and the application of theory to real-life situations will be featured. The projects are a mix of senior capstones, research related to particular classes and projects completed independently of the curriculum. All reflect months or years of focused work with faculty mentors. Sessions range from film screenings to a ceramics exhibition to a philosophical take on oppression and liberation. For more information, visit https://www.callutheran.edu/research/festival-of-scholars/ or email fos@callutheran.edu.