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Led by Frank Almond
Public masterclasses have been at the heart of the Academy experience since its inception
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Gun Sense in America 2022 is the theme of an online Community Forum on Friday, July 15, to be presented by four Southern California women who have been working against gun violence.

Topics of the 7 p.m. forum on Zoom will include federal and state legislation past and present, grassroots successes, gun violence and racial justice, and what we can do.

The four presenters at the forum are:

--Bette Empol and Karen Peters, Co-Chairs of the Ventura County chapter of Brady: United Against Gun Violence. They will speak about firearms legislation, including the federal measure recently signed into law by President Joe Biden.

--Donna Finkelstein of Women Against Gun Violence will talk about her successful grassroots campaign with school districts to educate about safe storage of guns in the home. Finkelstein's daughter Mindy was 16 years old in 1999 when she was hit in the legs by one of 70 rounds fired by a white supremacist gunman at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills. Mindy recovered from her wounds but has dealt with ongoing emotional trauma. Her mother decided that concentrating on safe gun storage would be an effective grassroots way of reducing firearms violence.

--Regina K. Hatcher-Crawford, President of the Ventura County chapter of the NAACP, will speak about gun violence and racial justice. "It takes each of us to make a difference," she says on the chapter's website. "For if we believe we can, we will."

The online event is organized by Chalice Community Forum, a program of Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley. The public is invited to the forum and can receive a Zoom link by registering at forum.chaliceuu.org. For information, contact Randall Edwards by e-mail at forum@chaliceuu.org or call the church office at (805) 498-9548.

Join us for an intimate and casual performance in Lehmann Hall
A new chamber music curriculum pairing fellows with Academy artists for intensive coachings results in five unique evening concerts. Each event stars the fellows in a curated program of full-length masterworks to music of the 21st century.

As a part of the experience, guests are invited to enjoy complimentary wine during the performance.

Each concert in this new series takes the audience down a different path.

Experience the virtuosity of Academy artists, focus in on specific instrumentation or repertoire, or hear new music of our time.

Featuring Academy artists in works by Brahms, Copland, and Grieg.

Powerful and poignant, heartfelt and humorous, Santa Monica Playhouse is proud to present one show only of film, television and stage personality Stogie Kenyatta’s acclaimed NAACP Award-Winning solo show about African-American artist-activist Paul Robeson.

Robeson – internationally renowned actor, recording artist, concert singer, football player, All-American athlete and Phi Beta Kappa Society laureate at Rutgers University, was witness to the artistic wonders of the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz/Be-bop era, the horrors of the slave trade, the shame of the Holocaust, McCarthyism, blacklists, racism and oppression. His life’s work celebrates our common humanity as he fought globally for social justice.

“Armed with nothing more than the strength of his convictions and his vision of a world where men live as brothers, his message was his life," says Kenyatta. “He shows us that in spite of our differences, we still have more in common than we do in conflict.” Jamaican born and Brooklyn bred Stogie Kenyatta has been seen on everything from sitcoms and film to soap operas, from Bernie Mac and Jake and the Fat Man to HBO’s Tyson (Co-star) to The Bold and The Beautiful. He co-headlined a USO comedy tour in Tokyo, Japan and Okinawa. “The World Is My Home – The Life of Paul Robeson” had its first performance at the National Civil Rights Museum and has become the number one show on the American college scene, honoring a great American hero.

"Using Theater as a vehicle for Social change, Kenyatta is powerful & poignant, entertaining & educational, heartfelt & humorous, the show celebrates our common humanity." Cape Cod Times.

Santa Monica Playhouse is supported in part by the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the Ahmanson Foundation, the Santa Monica Rotary Club Foundation and Playhouse PALS.

Led by Academy artist Jeremy Denk.

Public masterclasses have been at the heart of the Academy experience since its inception.

Cheer on the fellows and learn more about the music and the art of performance.

Led by Richard O'Neill.

Public masterclasses have been at the heart of the Academy experience since its inception.

Cheer on the fellows and learn more about the music and the art of performance.

x2 Series: Academy artists paired with the brilliant 2022 fellows.

Featuring Mosher guest artist Augustin Hadelich.

Academy Festival Orchestra
Conducted by Hannu Lintu
Gustav Mahler’s epic First Symphony is paired with The Oceanides by Jean Sibelius.

Join Ventura County Astronomical Society for a family Night Under the Stars at the Moorpark College Observatory. Telescopes will be set up and ready to go 8pm on Saturday July 16th at 8 pm.
• 8 pm Professor Hal Jandorf will use a laser pointer to point out what’s up
• 8:15 a mystery guest from JPL or NASA will speak on the latest in Space Technology
• 8:45 – 11 pm Round-Robin observing through dozens of telescopes
Admission and Parking are FREE