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Congregation Am HaYam, the only Conservative Jewish congregation between Thousand Oaks and San Luis Obispo, celebrates the Jewish New Year 5782. Observances of the holiest time in the Jewish calendar begin on Monday, September 6th at 7:00 pm. All are invited to attend. For information contact 805 644-2899.


Congregation Am HaYam invites all to join us in celebrating the High Holy Days - a time for reflection and recommitment. Although the synagogue depends upon financial support from members and the community, no one will be turned away for financial reasons. Our door are open. All attendees must show proof of COVID vaccination, wear masks and observe social distancing.

The Goleta Valley Art Association will host an art festival featuring original works by local artists on Saturday, August 21, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at La Cumbre Plaza.

The show will be mounted in the outdoor mall area of the plaza and give visitors the opportunity to view and purchase the association’s artwork as well as that of artists affiliated with the La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts, which established three work/display galleries in October 2019.
“This is an opportunity for our association to once again celebrate our vision of ‘Bringing Art to the Community,’ said Elizabeth Flanagan, president of the organization. “We’re very excited to be hosting this show in cooperation with the La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts. Several of the LCCCA artists also are members of GVAA.”


This show is sponsored by La Cumbre Plaza, Art Essentials, The La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts, Limousine Link and Pacific Western Bank.

Join us for Domestic Violence Solutions’ 13th Annual Luncheon: Their Story, Our Story…Celebrating Then and Now.

We can't wait to see you in person (safely outdoors with an amazing view) and have you walk with us through the history of DVS!

This year, our event falls in October – which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!

The Los Olivos Rotary Club is delighted to announce the return of its iconic fundraiser, Jazz & Olive, in a new and “re-imagined” format for 2021, and one we’re sure everyone will enjoy. Operating in strict compliance with all COVID-19 regulations, Jazz & Olive Reimagined is scheduled for October 9, 2021 at the private Buttonwood Farm Pond.

Only 200 tickets will be sold for this exclusive seated luncheon with concert. Each guest will enjoy a gourmet catered lunch (olive-themed, of course), and pours of an extensive variety of Buttonwood Farm’s award-winning wines produced by one of the Central Coast’s most acclaimed winemakers, Karen Steinwachs. Karen will be in attendance to introduce the audience to each varietal, as only Karen can! The chart-topping jazz band, The Idiomatiques, will be performing.

Live and silent auctions will add to the fun. New this year will also be the opportunity for attendees to hear from representatives of organizations that benefit financially from Los Olivos Rotary Club Foundation grants, and to learn firsthand about the amazing work Los Olivos Rotary does in the Santa Ynez Valley and beyond.

Buttonwood Farm Winery & Vineyard is located at 1500 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, CA. Please note, this is not a Buttonwood event and the winery is not selling tickets. For more information, please contact: Mary Ann Norbom, Jazz & Olive co-chair, maryannnorbom@gmail.com

In honor of International Day of the Girl coming up on October 11 the team at The Nieves Law Firm, APC has created the Rising Champion Award. For this recognition, they are hoping to hear about girls in the community who are promoting female empowerment and championing for justice.

This award will recognize a young woman,between the age of 10-18, who promotes female empowerment and
championing for justice. We are asking for your help in recognizing young women who have shown a demonstrated interest in, or taken steps to improve, the lives of others in their community. This could be through speaking, art, humor, activism, writing, volunteer work, creating or participating in a club or afterschool program, or even being a positive role model or example to others.

To learn more about this nomination and how to apply, visit their Rising Champion nomination page. The winner of the nomination will receive a $500 Visa gift card.

This is the first of a series of free 30-minute organ concerts throughout the year. Join us for an afternoon of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann and Pachelbel, presented by university organist Adan Fernandez.

For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit callutheran.edu/music.

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The COVID-19 pandemic renewed interest in the global history of infectious diseases. This year’s lecture History Lecture Series presented by History Department faculty and other experts focuses on different periods in world history when societies faced pandemics and their consequences.

In the first lecture, assistant professor of history Samuel Claussen, Ph.D., will address the bubonic plague and its impact on the late Middle Ages, from the 14th to the 16th centuries. The pandemic resulted in cultural and economic crises and transformed medieval European society and culture.

Admission is free, but registration is required at bit.ly/3j2S2oh. The series is sponsored by Cal Lutheran, the Thousand Oaks Grant R. Brimhall Library and Ventura County Library, and generously funded in part by a Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation grant. For information, contact David Nelson at dnelson@callutheran.edu.

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Featuring works by Pergolesi, Mondonville, Bach, Purcell, Del Aguila, Mallory, Kinsley and Tippet, this concert will contrast rare gems from the Baroque and modern eras.

Joined by soprano Heidi Vass and violinist Keum Hwa Cha, Kinsley’s recital will be a delightful musical tour guaranteed to delight the audience with virtuosic artistry.

The concert will include selections from works by The Carpenters in celebration of Cal Lutheran’s new grand piano donated by Richard Carpenter.

Donations will be accepted. For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit callutheran.edu/music.

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Thursday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m. Ullman Conference Center 100/101

Don H. Doyle, Ph.D., will discuss how the Civil War was viewed abroad as part of a much larger struggle for democracy that began with the American and French Revolutions and spanned the Atlantic Ocean.

Foreign observers held widely divergent views on the war — from radicals such as Karl Marx and Giuseppe Garibaldi who called on the North to fight for liberty and equality, to aristocratic monarchists who hoped that the collapse of the Union would strike a death blow against democratic movements on both sides of the Atlantic.

Nowhere were these monarchist dreams more ominous than in Mexico, where Napoleon III sought to implement his Grand Design for a Latin Catholic empire that would thwart the spread of Anglo-Saxon democracy and use the Confederacy as a buffer state.

Hoping to capitalize on public sympathies abroad, both the Union and the Confederacy sent diplomats and special agents overseas. Doyle frames the Civil War as a pivotal moment in a global struggle that would decide the survival of democracy and the future of equality. Doyle is a professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina and has retired to Folly Beach, South Carolina. His 2014 book, “The Cause of All Nations: An International History of America’s Civil War,” moves beyond the familiar narrative of Civil War battlefields and the homefront to view the conflict from abroad. He is also the author of “Nations Divided: America, Italy, and the Southern Question;” and “Faulkner’s County: The Historical Roots of Yoknapatawpha.” The free event is sponsored by the Department of History, the Alpha Xi Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, and the Organization of American Historians. For more information, contact David Nelson at dnelson@callutheran.edu. Please visit callutheran.edu/events before attending to verify details because event information may change. Please check callutheran.edu/visitors for the latest visitor policies before visiting campus.

Piano faculty member Hui Wu will present an evening of classical music with violin faculty member Keum Hwa Cha and guest clarinetist Margaret Thornhill.

Donations will be accepted. For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit callutheran.edu/music.


Please visit callutheran.edu/events before attending to verify details because event information may change. Please check callutheran.edu/visitors for the latest visitor policies before visiting campus.