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Palomazo Music Returns to Downtown Oxnard to Celebrate Music, Art & Culture

Oxnard, CA – Pipiripau announces the return of the Palomazo Music Series for its 5th season, featuring three intimate nights under the stars this May, leading into the 2nd Annual Palomazo Music Festival on June 13th. Both events take place at Heritage Square in Downtown Oxnard, now part of the city’s officially recognized Cultural Arts District.


Palomazo Music Series offers a one-of-a kind experience where audiences connect with artists through Q&A, stories, and live music. The series runs Friday nights from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, featuring artists from Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Oxnard:


• May 1 - The Mexican Standoff (Mexamericana w/ Punk Twist)
• May 15 - Carlos y Charlos (Música Norteña)
• May 29 - LaOX (Afro-Latin Fusion)


Series tickets are $20 presale until March 31st. Due to limited capacity, early purchase is highly encouraged, with the option to reserve a table for an enhanced experience.

As the series concludes, the Palomazo Music Festival closes out the season June 13th from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM., bringing together artists from Long Beach, Santa Ana, Los Angeles, Ventura, and Oxnard. Each previously featured in the Palomazo Music Series, including:

• Conjunto Zacamandu (Son Jarocho)
• Los Cool Arrows (Cumbia & Reggae)
• The Almighty Majestics (Vintage Rock & Roll & Soul)
• And TBD

In addition to live music, the festival debuts a new art gallery installation curated by Allee Amore and Sue Franco, highlighting local artists. Guests are encouraged to dress as their favorite musicians from any era or genre, enhancing the immersive community experience.

About Pipiripau:

ounded in 2011 by brothers Rolando and Heriberto Rubalcava, Pipiripau is a contemporary lifestyle brand rooted in Mexican culture, celebrating heritage through apparel, art, and community events, including Palomazo, Panteón, and the new Palabras. In 2024, Pipiripau received the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the West Ventura County Business Alliance for the Rubalcava brothers’ innovation and community

Rooted in community and guided by cultural wisdom, this one-day experience brings together cultural practitioners, holistic healers, educators, and mental health professionals for a day of deep learning, nervous system restoration, and meaningful connection. Through dynamic workshops, somatic and sound-based activations, thought-provoking panels and so much more.

Petty Party delivers a high-energy, heartfelt tribute to one of the most iconic catalogs in rock history. From the first chord to the final encore, the band captures the sound, spirit, and soul of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers with stunning authenticity—faithfully recreating the songs that defined generations. Expect a hit-packed evening featuring classics like “American Girl,” “Refugee,” “Free Fallin’,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” and many more.

Set against the beautiful outdoor setting of the Solvang Theaterfest garden, this concert is the perfect way to launch the summer series—an evening of great music, great vibes, and timeless songs that invite everyone to sing along. So don’t sit at home and have a pity party… come on out and join the Petty Party as they help kick off Music in the Garden with an evening of Tom Foolery.

The Oxnard arts community will launch Arts, Culture & Creativity Month this April with a vibrant celebration of the newly designated Downtown Oxnard Cultural District, bringing together artists, cultural leaders, and community stakeholders for a dynamic public kickoff event.

The Crop Hunger Walk has been called the "granddaddy of all walks" by the Los Angeles Times. The walks first began in 1969 and now they number in the hundreds and have raised millions of dollars to end hunger here in the community and around the world.
The main walk is approximately 4 miles, there is also a 20 minute guided campus stroll for those that prefer something shorter.

This is the 48th time that we will walk in the Conejo Valley, last year we had over 200 walkers and raised almost $40,000. 25% of the money is distributed to local groups fighting hunger: Manna and Harvest Food banks, Harbor House and Meals on Wheels. The rest is distributed by CWS Global here in the US and globally to fight hunger and provide disaster relief through local agencies.

Hunger is a growing problem, and reduced government support has led to a surge in clients for local organizations. Help us end hunger, nobody should go to bed hungry.

The nine diverse works of American art in this exhibition span from 1915 to 2020, representing a remarkable slice of American art history. This selection weaves together ideas of identity, childhood, and environment. Through diverse mediums, styles, and cultural contexts, these works offer insights into the personal, cultural, and artistic conversations that shape our world. This project is made possible through our remarkable partnership with Art Bridges, whose mission is to bring art out of storage and into communities across America.

Themes of both celebrated and forgotten identities appear throughout—from the mystery of Richard Prince’s Nurse Elsa to the individuality of Alex Katz’s Dark Glasses and the haunting imagery of Edouard Duval-Carrié’s Lost at Sea. Rachel Rose’s Lake Valley transports us to the bittersweet nostalgia of childhood, where memories feel both real and imagined. Pop culture and American consumerism are brought into the conversation with Robert Gober’s Untitled (butter), which turns the familiar into something strange. Frank Stella’s maze-like Cinema de Pepsi Sketch I and Max Weber’s Interior with Music explore color, shape, and detail in bold ways. Félix González-Torres’ participatory work Untitled (L.A.) and Alfred Conteh’s Malik and Marquis invite reflection on friendship, loss and human connection.

Together, these works explore social issues that feel especially relevant today in the American political landscape—ideas of home, belonging, community, and time. Each artwork tells its own story, but together they create a larger history and experience. This exhibition does more than reflect the world: it helps us understand it and imagine the future we want to create.

Passage Through, New York–based artist Peter Krashes’ first solo exhibition on the West Coast, uses paintings of old and new construction, atmospheric details of public meetings, and ordinary yet meaningful aspects of community work to focus on daily experience in an ever-changing world. For nearly two decades, Krashes was deeply engaged as a community activist, and this lived experience shapes the work throughout the exhibition. Passage Through turns our attention to interstitial spaces and events—what is found in between, at the edges of our awareness, in the overlooked, and in the margins of our vision.

In works like Fences and Trees and Sprouting Seedbomb, barriers divide spaces, block visibility, and keep people separate from one another, but over time, they also provide a place for plants to grow and for birds to roost.  In early works, scenes from community work, such as More Filled Seats Magnify the Message, grew from rallies and community-building practices, while State Attorney’s Public Meeting Notes emerged from the workings of government.  Krashes’ work highlights how a community evolves, and the people, voices, and actions over time that help shape it. 

Recent paintings made for this exhibition, including a series of mockingbirds in flight, recognize change as a constant in our neighborhoods while highlighting that resilience is possible over time. Working primarily in gouache, a medium Krashes describes as humble and open, the paintings leave room for uncertainty and possibility. In their directness, Krashes’ paintings reflect the context in which he lives and works in Brooklyn, yet they offer a passage of entry for any voice trying to make sense of our complicated world.

Join us for the 20th Annual Jazz & Olive Festival presented by the Rotary Club of Los Olivos. Enjoy an afternoon of live music, award-winning wines of Santa Barbara County, and delicious olive based appetizers and desserts. Tickets go on sale April 1st at jazzandolivefestival.org. Tickets are still 100.00 and are all-inclusive. The Rotary Club of Los Olivos contributes all festival proceeds directly to local scholarships and to local and international service projects. Help us help others!

The Good Good Show is Santa Barbara's longest running monthly stand up comedy show featuring the hottest comedians working today that you've seen or heard on Comedy Central, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix Jimmy Kimmel Live, Amazon Prime, , Sirius XM and more.

FEATURING: Blaine Capatch, Logan Guntzelman, Christine Blackburn, Christain Senrud and Julie Weidmann

Tickets are ONLY $10 so come have some laughs with us and enjoy a delicious craft beer (wine available too)!
7:30 p.m. $10


Show is 21+

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Join us for the second event in UCSB Library’s new speaker series, AI in Action Conversations with UCSB Researchers. The event features short presentations by Fabian Offert (Center for the Humanities and Machine Learning) and Eric Wang (Center for Responsible Machine Learning) on innovative applications of AI in their research, followed by a 30-minute discussion on broader trends, challenges, and ethical considerations.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

Advance registration is recommended as space is limited.

About the Speakers
Dr. Fabian Offert is Assistant Professor for the History and Theory of the Digital Humanities and Director of the Center for the Humanities and Machine Learning (HUML) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research and teaching focuses on the epistemology, aesthetics, and politics of artificial intelligence.

Dr. Xin (Eric) Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department and Director of the Center for Responsible Machine Learning (CRML) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also serves as the Head of Research at Simular. His research interests include Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning, with an emphasis on Multimodal and Embodied AI Agents.

About AI in Action
AI in Action: Conversations with UCSB Researchers aims to foster an open, interdisciplinary community exploring how AI can deepen understanding, expand access to knowledge, and inspire new forms of scholarship. The speaker series showcases how UC Santa Barbara researchers are using innovative applications of AI, from accelerating materials science and environmental modeling to uncovering new insights in language, art, and history. Each session includes presentations by UCSB faculty and research teams on how AI tools and methods are shaping their work, followed by discussion on broader trends, challenges, and ethical considerations.