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The joro spider has managed to make its way to the United States from Japan. Those spiders can grow to be about 3 inches long, including a large bulbous body with bright yellow stripes.

Cankerworms and hackberry leafrollers are feasting on foliage and leaving yards in the Dallas-Fort Worth area covered in silk. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains.

The Tiny Desk series producer shares his favorite records of the year.

The No Child Left Behind Act requires low-income schools that haven't met performance targets for three years in a row to provide tutoring services to their students. The tutoring industry is benefiting from the influx of federal money, but critics worry about the quality of the services. In our second and final story on the rise of tutoring, Elaine Korry reports.

“Black Memorabilia” explores the world of racist material, both antique and newly produced, that propagates demeaning representations of African Americans. From industrial China to the rural South to Brooklyn, the film shines a light on those who reproduce, consume and reclaim these items, from banks to Mammy kitchenware, confederate flags, Nazi insignia and other ephemera. Cal Lutheran’s art galleries, Center for Cultural Engagement and Inclusion, and Pearson Library are sponsoring access to this film. To request your free access code, click here. For more information, visit rollandgallery.callutheran.edu contact Rachel Schmid at rtschmid@calltutheran.edu or 805-493-3697.

Please join us at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) on October 23, 2021 from 6 - 8 pm as we celebrate the opening of Drifters, a solo exhibition of LA-based artist Rosha Yaghmai curated by Alexandra Terry, Chief Curator. Rosha Yaghmai (b. 1978, Santa Monica, CA, USA) lives and works in Los Angeles. Through a sculptural practice that melds industrial and craft processes, Yaghmai’s work utilizes these provocations to alter the familiar. Yaghmai was the subject of a solo exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art in San Francisco in January 2019. She was also included in the 2018 iteration of Made in LA at the Hammer Museum. Rosha Yaghmi: Drifters at MCASB is on view from Saturday, October 23, 2021 to Sunday, January 9, 2022.

Join us in the galleries with art historian and curator Susan M. Anderson for an in-depth look at CMATO’s new exhibition, GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956, on Thursday, September 30 at 6:00 PM.

The exhibition features nearly 50 paintings from the Gardena High School Art Collection, often cited as one of the nation’s greatest collections of early 20th century California art. Anderson, a former curator at the Laguna Art Museum, is a specialist in 20th century American art, with a focus on the art of California. Admission is free for museum members and $15 for non-members. Visit www.cmato.org to register.

Wednesday series: May 4, 11, and 25 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Museum of Ventura County Join other artists for a series of three drawing sessions with nude and clothed models at the Museum. Every experience level is welcome. Organized by artists Cathy Barroca and Barbara Brown. Chairs and easels will be provided; artists must bring their own supplies. 10-35 participants per class. Registration required by April 29. Minimum of 10 participants required. Class will be confirmed on April 30. Fee for all three sessions: $50 for MVC members and students. $65 for non-members.

Studio Channel Islands Arts Center (SCIART), a non-profit dedicated to bringing together art, artists and community, will host their annual Collectors Choice fundraising event, 6 to 9 p.m, March 26. Ticket holders will have the opportunity to take an original artwork home with them, valuing up to $1000, on the final day of the Collectors Choice exhibition, which will be on display March 5 through March 26.

Full of entertainment, this event supports Studio Channel Islands in delivering its mission of providing art education programs in the schools and the community, as well as programs focused on helping with dementia and stroke patients.

With 7 studio albums, 3 more with various artists, 1 as a duo and 6 independently, C-KAN has built one of the most solid careers in the Spanish-language rap scene in Latin America. José Luis Maldonado better known as C-KAN was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1987. After the death of his father, when he was 12 years old, he grew up in a strong social environment surrounded by violence and crime, but always under the tutelage of his grandmother who continued to raise this young man.