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The Museum of Ventura County has been partnering with the county library to bring in-person Story Time. We’re welcoming you back to the Museum for the first one of the year. We’ll be starting at 3pm, so kids will have time to come right after school. Join us for stories, then play and learn in the Chumash Garden and Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Children’s Garden, a fabulous and FREE outing for ALL! Another reason to rejoice, this will be our very first bilingual Story Time at the Museum!

Ventura, California. February 15, 2022; Namba Performing Arts Space is thrilled to present the HOTH 4tet featuring Hans Ottsen on Saturday March 12, 2022 at 7:00 pm at Namba Performing Arts Space, 47 S. Oak St., Ventura, CA. Tickets for this show are $20 and may be purchased through the website https://nambaarts.com. Please note that proof of vaccination or Covid test must be presented to enter.

A spring auction to raise funds for the Eastside Holiday Parade and Halloween Trick or Treat. Coming under the auctioneers hammer will be an Easter basket and a St Patricks Day basket both packed full of gift certificates and relevant treats for all the family. Local radio personality Drew Wakefield will oversee the event.

On March 22nd at 7:00 PM, the Ventura County Interfaith Community will explore Shinto, an ancient indigenous Japanese religious tradition, with Dr. Bill Garlington, adjunct professor in the Extended Education Program at California Sate University Channel Islands and head of the Adult Education Ministry at Camarillo United Methodist Church. The forum, which will be hosted via Zoom can be accessed by clicking on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85878084694?pwd=eVJOeDN1aWN4K1lTQlh0SWd3SEpOZz09. Or, you can join by phone by dialing 669 900 6833 and entering the meeting ID (858 7808 4694) and passcode (269466) when prompted. The forum is offered free of charge, and all are welcome, so pass the word to friends and family who may be interested!

Join the Newbury Park High School Band as they present the 12th annual Newbury Park Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 19th, 2022. Middle and High School Jazz Bands and Combos from all over Southern California will meet in the NPHS Performing Arts Center to perform for a panel of world class adjudicators. In addition to all of the school bands performing, we are proud to present an outstanding noon concert with Jeff Babko and Friends. Jeff is joined by Brandon Fields (saxophone), Walt Fowler (trumpet), Jimmy Johnson (bass), and Chad Wackerman (drums). Admission is $10 for day which includes access to all performances and venues. Tickets will be available at the door and we will have concessions throughout the day. The Newbury Park Jazz Festival has grown to be one of the premiere jazz education events in the area. You won’t want to miss out!

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute New class! Imagine if your career and the work that you do in the world, was providing benefits to soil, water, wildlife, humans and repairing whole ecosystems. What if you could actually be paid to restore the planet in real and tangible ways? This course will give you the fundamentals in getting you started in the profession of ecological landscaping. Enjoy a balance of hands-on learning, interactive slides, expert guest presenters, group work and local site visits. In this course you will learn how to apply ecological and environmental principles to design regenerative landscapes that are locally sustainable, require reduced inputs and lower costs. Ecological Landscape Design 1 is offered April 12 - April 21. Students who successfully complete both courses receive an entry level ecological landscape certificate granted by the State of California. Ecological Landscape Design 2 takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 26 - May 5. Classes will be held 5:30 PM – 7:50 PM. Course number: EHV NC011 (CRN 68289) Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 26 - May 5 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:50 PM Format: In-person Location: Wake 26 Class cost: Free Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205. About SBCC School of Extended Learning The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit. SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

Join OPAC and Viejitos Car Club on April 2nd, 2022 from 8AM to 2PM for our first ever RUMMAGE SALE! Admission is FREE and we have plenty of parking. We'll have have live music, raffles, food trucks, and more! There are 3 ways to participate - 1. Come as a vendor for just $25 (see registration link below). 2. Come shop! 3. Donate your unwanted items to OPAC. Drop off- times are from M-F from 12-4 pm at the Box Office or by appointment. Contact us at info@oxnardperformingarts.com or 805-385-8147. Proceeds benefit OPAC's youth programming. https://form.jotform.com/220706242218144

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute New class! Come learn how ecological landscape design can positively transform daily living and the environment. In this 4-session short course, learn how to apply ecological and environmental principles to design sustainable landscapes. This course covers an introduction to the design method and process along with the basic hands-on ecological landscaping tools necessary to build and maintain a regenerative landscape. Ecological Landscape Design 2 is offered April 26 - May 5. Students who successfully complete both courses receive an entry level ecological landscape certificate granted by the State of California. Ecological Landscape Design 1 takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 12 - April 21. Classes will be held 5:30 PM – 7:50 PM. Course number: EHV NC010 (CRN 68287) Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 12 - April 21 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:50 PM Format: In-person Location: Wake 26 Class cost: Free Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205. About SBCC School of Extended Learning The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit. SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

Saturday, March 19, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bethel AME Church 855 S. F St. Oxnard, California Cayenne Wellness Center, which supports people with sickle cell disease in California, will hold the Sickle Cell Disease Conference for the People 2022. The conference is free to attend. Through keynote speeches, videos and discussions, the conference will educate attendees about sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait, including the pathophysiology, complications, management and treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration. To learn more, contact Mary Alcocer at Cayenne Wellness Center at 818-940-0079 or mary@cayennewellness.org. Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sickle-cell-disease-conference-for-the-people-2022-tickets-288025591297 More information if space allows: Speakers will include: • Dr. Keith Quirolo presenting “Pathophysiology, Complications, Management, and Treatments of SCD” • Pat Corley, registered nurse, presenting “Nursing: A Look at the Patient’s Journey Through Their Eyes” • Carolyn Rowley, Ph.D., executive director of Cayenne Wellness Center, presenting “Cultural Competence: Humanizing Sickle Cell Disease” In addition, the conference will present a panel and breakout sessions with seven sickle cell warriors as well as a role-play presentation, “Healthcare Providers Improving the Patient Experience,” moderated by Coretta Jenerette, registered nurse.

CAMARILLO, Calif.--Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) invites the public to attend the opening of E Pluribus Unum: Out of many, one, an exhibition that explores our differences and our commonalities, 4 to 6 p.m., April 2, at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. Through Richard Barnett’s large oil paintings of crowds depicting up to 500 people in one work to Daggi Wallace’s small intimate pastel portraits and Kerstin Zilm’s prose and collected voices, the viewer is invited to contemplate their own place among each other and in this world. The juxtaposition of Barnett’s stylized broad brushstrokes on canvas with Wallace’s finely detailed works on paper is underscored by Zilm’s emotionally charged narrative text. All three artists embody our differences with their mediums, styles and techniques yet speak to the common ground we all share, our emotions of fear and anger, joy and love, frustration and rage. Attendees will have the chance to add their own voices by helping to write a community poem or creating a protest slogan for what matters most to them. Born and raised in Berlin, Germany, Wallace is a self-taught award-winning painter specializing in contemporary figurative realism and portraiture. She has reached the level of Eminent Pastelist of the International Association of Pastel Societies and Master Pastelist of the Pastel Society of America as well as Signature Membership in several pastel societies. Inspired by her dual cultural life she mixes realism with abstraction and personal narrative with social and political undercurrents. Barnett, a Marine who served overseas and returned as an artist with a unique perspective, studied painting and fine art at Roanoke College in Salem Virginia, and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His work has been shown in galleries in Maine, Virginia and California. As a painter, Barnett strives to highlight the drama in the mundane and search for moments that might be missed or too easily forgotten. German-born Zilm is an award-winning journalist and independent producer known for her talented crafting of stories for German and U.S. media. Prior to creating her own company, Zilm worked in Germany as a journalist and broadcast reporter which brought her to California as a foreign correspondent for German Public Radio. In 2008 she founded her company, Soundslikerstin, and in 2019 she published Farwell and New Beginnings: Poetry and Short Stories.