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Enjoy an evening with Community Conscience at our Spring Wine and Cooking Festival on Saturday April 10, at 6:00 pm. Zoom with us at our free, fun-filled, at-home celebration. Learn about food and wine pairings from an executive chef and a sommelier, laugh with a comedian you will remember, listen to a professional pianist and bass combo, hear how spirits, those in bottles, are created, and join a sunset tour of Bouchaine Winery at the southern tip of Napa Valley. Viewers can support Community Conscience in two ways: become a sponsor for the event or place bids at the Silent Auction. Interested sponsors should contact Robin Britt, Executive Director of Community Conscience. Bidding at the Silent Auction will begin on March 29th and end on April 12, 2021. Proceeds from this event support Community Conscience, a non-profit that owns and operates the Human Services Center in Thousand Oaks, CA. The Human Services Center supports regional social services by providing free rent (over $300,000 annually) to 13 nonprofits housed in the building. These nonprofits are able to put their rental savings into direct services for over 53,000 clients each year. Community Conscience selects its tenants based on their ability to meet community needs which supplement, rather than duplicate, the services of other agencies housed at the Human Services Center. Because they are located in one place, the nonprofit agencies form partnerships and make cross referrals for their clients.

Just in time for the World Series, the Santa Monica Playhouse BFF Free Festival in association with the Mathewson Foundation presents a special two-performance in-person and live-streaming home series of Eddie Frierson's widely acclaimed theatrical show.

Whether you are a baseball fan or not, Eddie Frierson’s play, “MATTY: An Evening With Christy Mathewson,” is a superb theatrical experience.

“Matty” is the life story of Christy Mathewson, legendary hall-of-fame pitcher for the New York Giants (1900 to 1916), gentleman, philosopher and first true American hero who inspired a whole generation of fans to make baseball America's pastime. Besides his ballpark records, he was an author of books for boys, toured in vaudeville, made a motion picture, and was a war hero, a coach, a sports writer and very likely the first major sports figure to be a product spokesperson.

The 6th Annual BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre, Oct 10 - Nov 9, offers over two dozen events thanks to generous grants from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission and Playhouse PALS.

Local Journalism & What’s New at the Montecito Journal Santa Barbara is fortunate to have many local news sources to keep us informed on everything from the pandemic and other natural disasters, to events, arts, and culture. Join AWC-SB on Wednesday October 6, 5:30PM on Zoom, to hear from one of our local media leaders. There have been a lot of changes at the Montecito Journal over the past few years since Gwyn Lurie, editor and CEO, took over the family-owned community weekly. More issue-oriented stories, the political perspectives have changed (Lurie says “it is attempting to be a paper that gives all perspectives a voice”), publication of The Giving List (which focuses on nonprofits), and more. Join this informative interview to hear Lurie talk about what prompted her to lead an effort to raise funds to buy the paper, the importance of local media, new projects or spinoffs that are on the horizon, and how to pitch stories or get coverage. Bonus: AWC-SB members will receive a tip sheet of Santa Barbara media outlets including contact information and pitch preferences for editors. Register at womcom.org. Zoom link is sent via email 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

Now in its ninth year, Ventura County Farm Day is back with free, in-person, open farm tours on Saturday, November 6. This year's theme is "Meet The Hands That Feed You." Visitors can use a new online Farm Day Trail Map to build a custom itinerary to travel between growers throughout Ventura County.

The public will experience a day of agricultural activities, farm tours and produce and other giveaways, plus meet the local farmers who grow the food we eat. Tour hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Over 20 agricultural entities will participate including Reiter Affiliated Companies (berries), Alpacas At Windy Hills (Alpaca fleece), Blue Ridge Honey (raw honey), Good Farms Making a Difference (strawberries) and Oxnard Historic Farm Park (featuring antique farm equipment, vegetable crops and talks about the agricultural heritage of the Oxnard Plains).

Ventura County Farm Day is organized by the nonprofit Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG). SEEAG’s mission is to help children understand the farm origins of their food through classroom agricultural and nutrition education and free farm field trips.

For more information about Ventura County Farm Day and a list of participating farms, visit www.VenturaCountyFarmDay.com or call 805-901-0213.

The Santa Barbara chapter of the national organization Association for Women in Communications presents Summer Networking and Art-Themed Happy Hour at its next meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on June 8. The meeting will be held at the Sullivan Goss located at 11 E. Anapamu, Santa Barbara.

Jumpstart your summer with an art-themed happy hour—an evening of lively conversation, wine, and snacks in the artful galleries of Sullivan Goss. This annual event is a special opportunity to hear what’s happening in Santa Barbara’s art scene and network with members at the same time. Let us know if you’re an artist, and we’ll tag your id with an “ask me about my art” badge.

We hope to see you for this night of socializing and fun! For specifics, visit awcsb.org for details.

The Lompoc Concert Association heralds spring with a performance by the Covenant Brass Sextet at the First United Methodist Church, 925 N. F St, on Saturday, March 5th. Formed in 2016 by a group of professional musicians and educators in the San Francisco Bay area, the ensemble’s members perform regularly with northern California orchestras, jazz and chamber ensembles, as well as domestic and international tours. Having embraced performing online during the pandemic, Covenant Brass is excited to share live music with a Lompoc audience. The artists include Daniel Santos and Mike Pakaluk, trumpet; Craig Hansen, horn; Esther Armendariz, trombone; Andrew Hill, bass trombone; and Johnathan Hsu, tuba. Covenant Brass’ repertoire encompasses classical, jazz, and popular genres from Mozart to Silvestri’s “Theme from the Avengers.” Ensemble trumpet player Pakaluk’s name is familiar to Lompoc musicians. HIs performances, talent and community engagement while band director at Cabrillo HS and Vandenberg Middle School 2006-2011 are still remembered. Tickets available at the door: Adults: $25, Students: $5, Active Military: $15 Doors open at 6:45pm on March 5; performance begins at 7:30pm More information available at LompocConcert.org and on FaceBook and Instagram or phone 805-588-5971.

What’s it like to refresh a familiar brand? Join the Association for Women in Communications-Santa Barbara chapter as panelists Ana Papakhian (Music Academy), Jaime Eschette (SB Botanic Garden), and Gretchen Lieff (La Lieff Wines) talk about the whys and hows of rethinking their brands and give you some tips for yours.

Museum Director, Martha Gentry, will present information on the St. Francis Dam catastrophe which happened on March 11, 1928. Author John Nichols will tell how he came to write his book, "St. Francis Dam."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with TNT Sports sideline reporter and bracketology expert Andy Katz about final four predictions, championship X-factors and indelible moments from this year's bracket.

For the second year in a row, Spanish teams Barcelona and Real Madrid paid the highest average salaries of any team in a major sport. But in India, cricketers fare better on average than NFL players.