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While following all heath and safety protocols, we can create theatre together! Now in its 51st year of Theatre for Youth classes, the Santa Monica Playhouse Education Conservatory is delighted to offer a one-week Spring Break Theatre Camp for kids 7 to 14. Activities include theatre games, voice and movement, acting, imagination building, writing, costume creation, camera technique, self-confidence, and a video-taped performance compilation created via “Film Day” on the last day of class. Enrollment is very limited – maximum of 12 students per class. “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 (Booksmart, Ma, Space Force) IN-PERSON: Monday – Friday, March 29 – April 2, 2021, 9am to 3pm. Not comfortable with in-person events? Join us for our Zoom Theatre Classes, Thurs 4-5pm (Mar 18-Apr 22) or Sat 10-11am (Mar 20-Apr 24). Dues $150 per session. Please email education@santamonicaplayhouse.com for more details and to enroll. Let’s create theatre magic together soon!

Award-winning journalist and popular columnist Starshine Roshell will present Truth Decay – The Battle to Prevent Lies and Misinformation from Overwhelming Reality at the Santa Barbara chapter of the Association for Women in Communications (AWC-SB) meeting on April 7, 5:30 p.m. to be held via Zoom. The public is welcome to attend. Be it Russian trolls planting fake narratives, conspiracy theorists colluding against a perceived enemy, or well-meaning citizens sharing misleading memes, the current deluge of information has made it all too easy to disseminate fiction and falsehoods that can topple businesses, spread pandemics, and even undermine democracy. Veteran newswoman, educator, and truth-talker Ms. Roshell will share a look at how we got here, why it matters and the small-but-powerful things one can do to help. A passionate storyteller, award-winning journalist, and content producer for LinkedIn Learning, Ms. Roshell worked at The Hollywood Reporter before joining the Santa Barbara News-Press as a news reporter, arts critic, and Sunday columnist—but resigned with dozens of colleagues in 2006 over the publisher’s breaches of journalistic ethics. Named Best Columnist by Santa Barbara Independent readers for 11 years running, she has written for national magazines, interviewed scads of celebs, and taught journalism at UCSB and Santa Barbara City College. She won the AWC’s national Headliner Award in 2019, and the local chapter’s Woman of Achievement award in 2011. Her most recent book is Lather, Rage, Repeat: Frank Talk on Night Sweats, Day Drinking & Twitler. The meeting also will include its Member Spotlight portion. April’s focus is on Geri Weis-Corbley, founder and CEO of Good News Network, a positive news website launched in 1997, after working for 10 years in television news in Washington, DC. Attendees will learn more about her business, which has an average of 2 million people every month receiving uplifting news at GNN.org—ranked #1 on Google for good news—or through her app and free newsletter. There is no meeting charge for AWC-SB members; there is a $10 charge for nonmembers. Register at https://www.womcom.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=903060&item_id=1396751 to receive a link to the meeting.

Join us for The Changing Faces of Ventura County: Women Taking the Lead, a special Museum of Ventura County Zoom program on Wednesday, March 31st from 6:30-8:00 PM. This online program is free but requires advanced registration. In honor of National Women’s History month, the Museum of Ventura County will host a panel discussion with elected leaders from all 10 cities in Ventura County. At no other time in history have so many women held elected office in Ventura County. Currently, in 2021, the County has 23 women elected to serve as supervisors, mayors, and councilmembers. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Trudy Tuttle Arriaga, Associate Dean of Equity and Outreach, Program Director, Oxnard & Main Campus M.A. in Educational Leadership & Distinguished Educator in Residence from California Lutheran University and the recent co-author of Leading While Female. The discussion will provide candid observations by 10 dedicated and passionate civic leaders. City representatives participating include: Councilmember Susan Santangelo, City of Camarillo Councilmember Christina Villasenor, City of Fillmore, Mayor Janice Parvin, City of Moorpark, Mayor Betsy Stix, City of Ojai, Councilmember Vianey Lopez, City of Oxnard, Councilmember Laura Hernandez, City of Port Hueneme, Councilmember Leslie Cornejo, City of Santa Paula, Councilmember Ruth Luevanos, City of Simi Valley, Mayor Claudia Bill-de la Pena, City of Thousand Oaks, Mayor Sofia Rubalcava, City of Ventura. Join us to learn about their motivation to serve their communities, their trials, and triumphs as elected officials, and most importantly their hopes and aspirations for the future. “I am so inspired that in a time of extreme challenges, local women have answered the call to serve and support their communities through elected office,” stated Denise Sindelar, Deputy Director of the Museum of Ventura County. For more information, please email Denise Sindelar at dsindelar@venturamuseum.org.

A guided tasting and virtual fundraiser benefiting the Santa Barbara School of Squash (SBSOS). SBSOS is a non-profit after school program serving low-income students through the sport of squash and education. For Santa Barbara area locals, purchase of the Connoisseur and above tickets includes wines by Lincourt Vineyards and Foley Estates Vineyard and Winery and chocolate truffles by Jessica Foster Confections as well as SBSOS party favors. FREE DELIVERY of the items with purchase of VIP Connoisseur tickets. You can join us from anywhere in the world with the $25 Designated Driver ticket. PLUS...Music by Jason Libs and exclusive items in the silent auction. Also, we're still looking for more premier sponsors and in-kind donations for the auction. For questions and inquiries, please contact Executive Director Robert Graham at robert@sbsos.org

A background briefing on the unfolding crisis in the Ukraine.

What are the historical roots of Russo-Ukrainian relations and why a crisis now? What does Putin want? Why are the US and NATO backing Ukraine? What is the game being played; who are the players; what are the stakes? What moves might Putin and the West next play?
Herbert Gooch, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at California Lutheran University. He formerly served as Director of the Masters in Public Policy and Administration program and Assistant Provost for Graduate Studies at Cal Lutheran. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley in History, he holds a M.B.A in Management and both masters and doctoral degrees in Political Science from U.C.L.A.

He has written extensively and is a frequent commentator on political affairs locally and statewide. He has been at Cal Lutheran since 1987 and lives in Newbury Park with his wife. His interests include politics, film and travel.

Fifty and Better was designed to offer university-level courses and lectures (no tests, no homework) taught by experts in the field, and to host social engagement activities for individuals age 50 and older.

The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is having our annual Art in the Garden Show and Spring Plant Sale on Saturday March 26th and Sunday March 27th from 10am-5pm daily.

The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is having a Free Admission Day on Saturday, March 26th from 10am-5pm.

From Perry Como to the 'Edge of Night', Mime to Tapping with Gregory Hines and Tommy Tune - Lynne Jassem has done it all. Hear more about her life's adventures in "Being Richard Greene" a one-women show written and performed by Jassem and part of the Women's Voices Series at NAMBA Performing Arts Space in Ventura.

Lynne Jassem will be teaching a mime workshop for ALL AGES! As an adult, Lynn toured with the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre playing the White House, Boston Pops, Kennedy and Lincoln Centers, later forming her own company, Manhattan Mime Theatre. Lynne was one of the five founding members of the American Tap Dance Orchestra, dancing on PBS with Gregory Hines and Tommy Tune. Lynne Started her own tap company in San Francisco in 1998…Foot Frenzy. She went on to develop her solo performance career with her shows Tapestry, “Billy” and “Rhythm Anonymous” and “From Como to Homo “playing in the USA and Germany, where She Taught Tap and Mime as well as performing.

Two leaders of the League of Women Voters of Ventura County will speak at a Community Forum on Friday, March 18 titled Voting Rights: A Brief History, the Current Climate and Where to Go From Here. League President Betsy Patterson and Executive Board member Matty Park will speak at the 7 p.m. online forum on topics including what's being taken away, what's being secured, what's at risk in the future and what individuals can do to get involved. The forum will be held as state legislators across the country consider hundreds of bills that would restrict or expand voting rights. The Brennan Center for Justice, a national nonpartisan law and policy institute, reported that as of Jan. 14, legislators in at least 27 states have introduced, pre-filed or carried over 250 bills with restrictive voting provisions, while legislators in at least 32 states have crafted more than 399 bills that expand voting access. Last year, at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting, the Brennan Center reported. Patterson, president of the League of Women Voters Ventura, has served on the board since 2016 after retiring from a career in emergency medicine. Park, a longtime advocate of voting rights, women's rights and the environment, has retired after a long career in information technology. The League of Women Voters, founded in 1920 by leaders in the women's suffrage movement, is a nonpartisan grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. The March 18 discussion is organized by Chalice Community Forum, a program of Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley. The online forum is free and open to the public; donations are welcome. For a link to register for access to the event, visit forum.chaliceuu.org. For information, contact Randall Edwards via e-mail at forum@chaliceuu.org or through the church office at (805) 498-9548.