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Accessorize your dollhouse or diorama with EE Makerspace Coordinator Andrew Baker. Use a curated selection of beads, trims, and other tiny treasures to create 1:12 scale lamps, side tables, and seating. Open to ages 13+.

All materials and tools are included.

Pricing:
General: $40
Student/Educator: $35

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Turn up the spookiness just in time for Halloween! Join EE Makerspace Coordinator Andrew Baker for our Mixed Media Ghost Stories Workshop and craft your own eerily illuminated ghost story using weird and wonderful vintage finds. All materials and tools are included. For ages 13+.

Pricing: General $25 | Student/Educator $20
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Don’t miss this chance to craft something spooky, magical, and completely unique!

Santa Barbara Friends Meeting Invites Community to Celebrate World Quaker Day

Santa Barbara, CA — September 22, 2025 — Santa Barbara Friends Meeting (Quakers) welcomes the community to join them in celebrating World Quaker Day on Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Friends Meetinghouse, 2012 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara.
World Quaker Day is an annual event when Quakers around the globe open their doors to neighbors and friends. Quaker worship is simple: a gathering in silence, with no clergy or ritual, where anyone may speak if moved by the Spirit.
Quakers believe there is “that of God” in every person and seek to live out values of peace, equality, integrity, simplicity, community, and care for the earth.
There are about 400,000 Quakers worldwide, including 75,000 in the United States. The Santa Barbara Meeting is a small group that gather weekly for worship and fellowship.
“All are welcome,” said a member of the Meeting. “You don’t need to be a Quaker to attend—just bring yourself and a willingness to share in a time of peace and reflection.”
For more information, please contact Phoenix Hocking (landline: 805-318-1526)
Website: https://www.sbfriends.org/

UCSB Library presents an art installation by artist Elena Yu, exploring histories of the Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection (EGSC) and space in celebration of its 30th anniversary.

In Fall 2023, Yu was invited to create artworks in response to the history of the EGSC. The artist was drawn to two untouched back rooms - former staff offices left exactly as they were when vacated in 2022. Inside, decades of belongings sat frozen in time. In February 2024, the Library was preparing to renovate the rooms. Librarians had sorted and removed items to be sent to the University Archives and gave Yu access to use the remaining materials in her artworks. She was inspired by encountering ephemera related to the history of Ethnic Studies at UCSB and the day-to-day occupations of the library staff, including file cabinets full of book dust jackets and printed correspondences, and bulletin boards whose contents speak to the specific interests of former staff, who were charged with the upkeep of the collections and space.

This exhibition is part of a campus-wide arts partnership with the UCSB Arts Equity Commons (AEC) to support opportunities for engagement of faculty, students, and staff through the presence and practices of contemporary artists. AEC was established in 2022 as a consortium of the Department of Art, Department of History of Art and Architecture, and the Art Design & Architecture Museum through a systemwide grant from the UC Office of the President. The artist would like to thank Gary Colmenar, Angel Diaz, Alyce Harris, Sara Kelly, Marisol Ramos, Jonathan Rissmeyer, and Kim Yasuda for their support of this project.

Experience a traditional European festival at the 4th Annual Holidays in the Village, A European Marketplace, Saturday, December 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Visitors can shop for unique holiday gifts from 60 artisan vendors in a festive, family atmosphere. The Festive Garden and Le French Quarter feature traditional European foods and beverages, including bratwurst, soft pretzels, French pastries, Glühwein warm mulled wine, mimosas, apple cider and hot cocoa. The Kris Kringle Village with Kris Kringle and Mrs. Kringle, includes face painting, Art Trek specialty crafts, a holiday train and a Village Bear Scavenger Hunt. Carolers and live music will entertain visitors throughout the day. Admission and parking are free. The Marketplace is presented by the Rotary Club of Westlake Village and hosted at The Oaks (W. Wilbur Rd. and W. Thousand Oaks Blvd. parking lot) in Thousand Oaks. Proceeds support local nonprofits. For more information, go to http://www.HolidaysInTheVillage.org or email info@holidaysinthevillage.org.

Santa Monica Playhouse is excited to present the 19th anniversary production of its modern Halloween classic, Oct 4 – 26 only. It’s the delectable Family Theatre Halloween musical for Kids 2 to 102 – the heartwarming Rudie-DeCarlo tale of the aptly-named Candy, a sweet young girl who learns some surprising lessons about life, love, laughter, and sugar, from a delightful array of characters who take her on a magical All Hallow’s Eve adventure. And you, the audience, help Cattypuss, Patty Patches, Lester the Jester and Fifika the French Fortune Teller save Halloween for one more year.

Helmed by Playhouse Artistic Director Chris DeCarlo, with book, music & lyrics by DeCarlo, Evelyn Rudie & Matthew Wrather, the ingenious costumes are created by award-winning designer Ashley Hayes, with production and multi-media design by James Cooper and The Attic Room. ABSOLUTELY HALLOWEEN features internationally acclaimed Actors’ Repertory Theatre members Celeste Akiki, Isabel Lindley, J.T. Melaragno, Cydne Moore, Joseph Perez, Charlotte Robinson, Graham Silbert and Megan Wright. Birthday parties, hosted by gaily-costumed members of the ABSOLUTELY HALLOWEEN Company, are available in conjunction with every performance. It’s Around Town’s “Favorite Pick!” It’ll be yours, too! Saturdays, 2pm, Sundays 12:30, October 4-26 only.

The Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Taste of Santa Paula
restaurant and winery event, proudly sponsored by Athens Services, Limoneira and Southern California Edison. Event includes live music and entertainment, door prizes and a poker walk down historic Main Street.

Taste of Santa Paula attendees will have the chance to sample a wide range of local favorites, from high-end cuisine to down-home BBQ. This year’s ticketed event is Thursday, October 2, 5 pm to 8 pm, with an array of culinary partners:

 Clos Des Amis
 El Capricho Restuarant Cantina
 Gunsmoke BBQ
 Parque 1055
 R&Q Kitchen
 Rabalais Bistro
 Santa Paula Cellars
 Sister's Asian Eatery
 Trois Le Fou
 To name a few…more restaurant and winery partners to be announced closer to the event date.

Taste of Santa Paula will be held at Palazzio Event Center at 814 East Main Street in Santa Paula, California.

This powerhouse sax sextet (yes really!) returns with another genre-bending, high-energy, and hilarious mix of jazz, classical, ragtime, and pop brilliance.

Latin GRAMMY-winner and returning festival favorite Diego Garcia fuses Spanish guitar, American roots, and rockabilly flair.

The Simi Valley Mandir Hindu Temple is hosting this year’s Feast of Faiths. This will be our 1st vegetarian dinner in the finest Indian Cuisine since our annual Feast of Faiths began in 2006. First we’re seated at round tables of 8 to 10 people. Then officials from various religions give a blessing and offer some encouraging comments. Then we dine with new friends as we learn from each other and teach each other about our beliefs.

The Mandir Temple asks for modest dress: shoulders and knees should be covered. The Ventura County Interfaith Community [VCIC], who sponsors this event, asks that you not proselytize your religion.

There’ll be a tour of the Temple after the dinner. Shoes may be worn at the dinner but must be removed to enter the Temple.