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Please join us for an in-depth artist talk by Los Angeles-based artist Jackie Amézquita. This event is in partnership with the UCSB Department of Art’s Visiting Artist Colloquium. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Jackie Amézquita (b. 1985, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala) is a Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationships between land, memory, and identity across genealogies. Her practice is channeled through the fuse of biomaterials such as earth, masa, charcoal, and rain, treating them as active carriers of ancestral knowledge. Through installations, performances, and sculptures, Amézquita engages the ecological and spiritual dimensions of place, emphasizing impermanence, transformation, and interdependence among human and more-than-human worlds.

Amézquita received her M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2022 and her B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, in 2018. She has exhibited with The Hammer Museum, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) CA, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) CA, 18th St Art Center CA, The Armory Center of the Arts CA, Vincent Price Art Museum CA, The Annenberg Space for Photography CA, Human Resources Los Angeles CA, MAD (Museum of Art and Design) NY. Amézquita is the recipient of the Mohn Public Recognition Award (2023), Mohn Land Award (2023), Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts Los Angeles Art Fund (2022), and National Performance Network Fund (2022). Her work is in the permanent collections of the Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA and Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. She has been featured in Art in America, Cultured, Flaunt, whitewall, Los Angeles Times, ARTnews, The Art Newspaper, LA. Weekly, hyperallergic, Walker Art Center magazine.

ShelterBox USA President Kerri Murray, who has propelled the locally based disaster relief agency to tremendous growth and recognition in a decade at the helm, will talk about the resilience of women and hope in a conversation open to the public.
• Who: Kerri Murray, President ShelterBox USA
• When: 2 p.m., Wednesday, October. 22
• Where: Santa Barbara Woman’s Club, 670 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara 93105. * This is beautiful, historic building set on 2.2 acres adjacent to Rock Nook Park, blocks from Mission Santa Barbara.
• Free parking on site, 120 spaces
ShelterBox delivers dignity and vital supplies, including tents, repair kits, water filters, cookware and solar lights that can charge phones, to people who have lost everything in disaster and conflict. The United Nations reports there are a record 123.5 million forcibly displaced people on the planet.
‘In my 10 years leading ShelterBox USA, I’ve seen firsthand the extraordinary power of women, from those rebuilding their lives after disaster, to the women in our own community who come together to create lasting change.” Murray said. “It’s an honor to speak at the Santa Barbara Women’s Club this October and share stories of courage, resilience, and the impact women can have when we lift one another up.”
Murray herself deployed for ShelterBox to Ukraine and Poland after the Russian invasion, to Morocco after the 2023 earthquake, and to Grenada in 2024 after Hurricane Beryl levelled 90% of the structures on some islands.

Or, "What do our Faiths say about the Animal Kingdom?"

On Tuesday, November 11th at 7:00 PM the Ventura County Interfaith Community will explore what three faiths have to say about the animal kingdom. Join us at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church (1251 Las Posas Rd., Camarillo) and discover how the Bahá’í Community, Episcopalians, and Jains view their relationship to animals.

Admission is free, and all are welcome, so feel free to invite friends and family who may have an interest in what promises to be a fascinating evening.

“A cat, a dog” by West Zest used with permission CC BY-SA 2.0.

COAST GUARD COURSE UNDERSCORES BOATING SAFETY
OXNARD, CALIFORNIA: Saturday 1 November 2025, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm

The U. S. Coast Guard encourages all boaters to take a boating safety course that meets the National Boating Education Standards before they go boating. The U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's Boat America course is an introductory boater certificate course designed for the novice boater.

The 1-day course consists of seven core lessons, providing up-to-date knowledge for boating safety. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors are experienced recreational boaters with in-depth knowledge of boating safety and skills. Topics include Introduction to Boating, Boating Law, Safety Equipment, Safe Operation and Basic Navigation, Boating Emergencies, Trailering, Sports and Boating tips.

This Boat America course is certified to obtain a California Boater Card. The Boater Card, issued from the California State Division of Boating and Waterways, is required for persons operating a boat.

The next class will be held Saturday 1 November 2025, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Classroom Location: USCG Recruiting Center, 4202 S Victoria Ave, Ventura, CA 93035
Cost is $32.00/person. Make check out to “USCG AUX FL 7-2”
We will provide textbook and morning snack.

RSVP required by email as the classes fill fast and spell your name the way you wish it on the course certificate. Contact USCG Auxiliarist Robert Hamming, rhamming@sbcglobal.net,

Celebrate 30 years of In the Fiddler’s House with the incomparable Itzhak Perlman leading an all-star klezmer band in a joyous evening of music and memory. Originally captured in his Emmy Award-winning PBS special and bestselling album, Perlman’s foray into klezmer is a heartfelt tribute to Jewish musical traditions. Joined by Music Director Hankus Netsky, clarinetist Andy Statman, and members of Brave Old World and the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Perlman brings this irresistible sound to life in a concert guaranteed to lift spirits and move feet.

“One of the country’s keenest political observers.” Foreign Affairs

“We have a startling abundance of the goods that fill a house and a shortage of what’s needed to build a good life.” – Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance

Ezra Klein, New York Times columnist, podcast host and policy analyst, offers a bold new vision for American progress drawn from his book Abundance. For too long, he argues, public discourse has focused on limits – what we can’t do, build or afford. But the real crisis isn’t scarcity, it’s our failure to act. In this timely talk, Klein calls for a mindset shift toward possibility. He explores how regulations, institutions and cultural caution have stalled progress, and how embracing abundance can help us tackle housing, climate, infrastructure and more by building smarter, faster and for the public good.

Oxnard College is proud to host “Día De Los Muertos” on Thursday, October, 30th from 4pm - 8:30pm in front of the Performing Arts Building (PAB). This is a vibrant community and campus celebration honoring the cultural tradition of creating colorful altars for loved ones who have passed. The event brings together local schools, non-profits, the OC Foundation, and the Port of Hueneme in a meaningful collaboration featuring Latino culture, music, and family-friendly activities.

Join us for:

Arts & Crafts
Mariachi Music
Aztec Dancers
Banda Music
Cultural Dances
This is a FREE event that is open to all!
Thank you to our sponsors: The Port of Hueneme, INLAKECH Cultural Arts Center, the Oxnard College Foundation, and Oxnard College.

You’re invited to an online lecture by Dr. Gary Greenberg, Founding Member of Environmental Communications.

On the occasion of the exhibition Environmental Communications: Big Bang Beat L.A. at the AD&A Museum, we are pleased to invite you to an online lecture by Dr. Gary Greenberg, a founding member of EC—a pioneering Los Angeles–based collective of artists, architects, and thinkers active from the late 1960s through the 1980s. The group’s experimental publications, photography, and performances helped redefine how architecture and the environment are perceived, documented, and discussed.

During his talk, Dr. Greenberg will explore:
• The creation of the EC collective of artists, architects, and thinkers.
• The production of the EC catalog as a vehicle for sharing the collective’s work and visionary ideas.
• The multimedia shows and performances the collective created to engage the public in new ways of seeing and experiencing the built environment.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the original voices behind a movement that continues to inspire architects, artists, and cultural historians today.

The Light So Shines — A Theatrical Christmas Celebration of Hope, Joy & Light

Friday, December 12, 2025 · 7:00 PM · Lobero Theatre

This Christmas, the Santa Barbara Master Chorale and Dr. David Lozano Torres present The Light So Shines — a theatrical concert experience where drama and music intertwine to tell a story of hope, joy, and divine light. At the heart of the evening is Gerald Finzi’s luminous In Terra Pax, surrounded by inspiring works by Sarah Quartel, Dan Forrest, Mack Wilberg, and Mark Hayes. Beloved carols such as Angels We Have Heard on High, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and Deck the Hall help guide the unfolding narrative, brought to life by actors, soloists, and chamber orchestra. A stirring and heartwarming holiday experience for the whole family.

Tickets: $30–$60, available at sbmasterchorale.org or the Lobero Theatre box office.

Ride the coastal swell of poetry, music, and movement in Spirit Mending, an intimate new work that stitches heart, body, and sound into one luminous evening. Poetry and music by Ron Fullerton. Poetry by Joelle Hannah. Performance by Megill & Company. Part ritual, part concert, part dance theater—this is SoCal creativity in full flow.