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Join us for open model drawing sessions with nude and clothed models at your Museum, occurring twice a month every other Wednesday night until early November. Every experience level is welcome. Learn with artists Cathy Barroca and Barbara Brown. Chairs and easels will be provided; artists must bring their own supplies. 10-35 participants per class. Pricing per class: $10 for members $10 for students $20 for non-members. About Cathy Barroca: A Ventura County artist and arts educator, she holds an M.F.A. in painting and printmaking from the University of Kansas and has been teaching with the Ventura College Art Department since 1998 and directed the Ventura College Art Galleries from 2001 to 2005. Catherine completed “Portrait of a Neighborhood”, a 100 foot mural in the interior of the Casa de Anza Library in 2001, and is featured in prestigious art collections such as the City of San Buena Ventura, the City of Oxnard, the Ventura County Museum of Art and History and the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas. She presented a one-person exhibit of her bas-relief paintings at the Ventura County Museum of Art in 2008 and represented the Museum at the Los Angeles Art Show in 2009. Learn more about her at https://sites.google.com/site/daybarroca/. About Barbara Brown: Barbara Brown is a California-based artist interested in figurative and landscape work. She is influenced by the Hudson River School, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, John Singer Sargent, Diego Velasquez, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Lucian Freud. She received her MFA in Painting from Laguna College of Art and Design and has studied at Harvard Business School and the University of California Santa Barbara in Fine Art. Much of her work was destroyed in the Thomas Fire in 2017. Her subsequent series on that cataclysmic event was a part of her recovery. Her work since then has been an integral part of her healing process. Learn more about her at https://www.barbarabrownartist.com. Proof of vaccination will be required on arrival for in-person attendees over 12 years of age. Masks will not be required for this event. If you would like a mask, we’re happy to provide one for you.

Ventura, Calif. (February 4, 2022)--The Workforce Development Board of Ventura County has partnered with the California Employers Association to provide Ventura County employers with a free webinar discussing new 2022 employment laws. The "Labor Law Update: What's New In 2022?" webinar is Tuesday, February 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Attendees will learn about the new employment laws that impact California employers. This presentation will provide the latest updates and new bills that touch on almost every facet of employment for 2022. Topics range from new reporting requirements due to COVID-19 to wage theft consequences and a new minimum wage. It will discuss industry-specific laws and recent case law. The presentation is approved for one HR Certification Institute recertification credit and one SHRM professional development credit.

Employment law firm LightGabler is presenting a free webinar, "It's Not Just For Playgrounds Anymore: Handling Bullying and Abusive Conduct in the California Workplace." The webinar is Thursday, April 28 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. California's imposition of formal training requirements and the increasing push for more laws against bullying in the workplace present a new and costly frontier for employee lawsuits, with little guidance to business owners, supervisors and human resource professionals on how to avoid potential liability and workplace strife. In this webinar for employers, supervisors and human resource professionals, employment law attorney Ryan M. Haws will discuss how to recognize, address and avoid bullying and abusive conduct in the workplace. Topics include workplace training requirements for management and staff, responding to and investigating employee complaints of bullying and what to include in anti-bullying policies. Reservations are required. Attendance is limited to no more than two logins per company. Login instructions will be provided upon registration and again via email the day prior to the webinar. To register, go to https://www.lightgablerlaw.com/seminars. For more information about LightGabler, visit www.LightGablerlaw.com or call 805-248-7208.

Local music professionals, organized by flutist Caitlin Boruch, have joined together to channel their talent and passion for performing into Music for Ukraine: Benefit Concert Series for Humanitarian Aid, a fundraising concert series where 100% of donations benefit UNICEF's coordinated response to the crisis in Ukraine. These concerts will feature a diverse selection of classical music, spanning works by the Great Masters to Ukrainian folk songs, which will inspire you while providing a direct means to support those in such desperate circumstances. Please join us for these compelling musical performances, turn your concern into action, and have your spirit lifted among a like-minded community.
Tickets are free to the public and donations are encouraged. Concert series and single event sponsorships are available for a fixed donation. 100% of all donations support UNICEF’s humanitarian response efforts directed towards children and families in Ukraine and neighboring countries offering a safe haven to those displaced.

Local music professionals, organized by flutist Caitlin Boruch, have joined together to channel their talent and passion for performing into Music for Ukraine: Benefit Concert Series for Humanitarian Aid, a fundraising concert series where 100% of donations benefit UNICEF's coordinated response to the crisis in Ukraine. These concerts will feature a diverse selection of classical music, spanning works by the Great Masters to Ukrainian folk songs, which will inspire you while providing a direct means to support those in such desperate circumstances. Please join us for these compelling musical performances, turn your concern into action, and have your spirit lifted among a like-minded community.
Tickets are free to the public and donations are encouraged. Concert series and single event sponsorships are available for a fixed donation. 100% of all donations support UNICEF’s humanitarian response efforts directed towards children and families in Ukraine and neighboring countries offering a safe haven to those displaced.

Local music professionals, organized by flutist Caitlin Boruch, have joined together to channel their talent and passion for performing into Music for Ukraine: Benefit Concert Series for Humanitarian Aid, a fundraising concert series where 100% of donations benefit UNICEF's coordinated response to the crisis in Ukraine. These concerts will feature a diverse selection of classical music, spanning works by the Great Masters to Ukrainian folk songs, which will inspire you while providing a direct means to support those in such desperate circumstances. Please join us for these compelling musical performances, turn your concern into action, and have your spirit lifted among a like-minded community. Tickets are free to the public and donations are encouraged. Concert series and single event sponsorships are available for a fixed donation. 100% of all donations support UNICEF’s humanitarian response efforts directed towards children and families in Ukraine and neighboring countries offering a safe haven to those displaced.

New West Symphony presents an exciting performance of orchestral music, led by GRAMMY-Winning Artistic and Music Director Michael Christie. Experience timeless melodies that lead us from the heights of ecstasy to the depths of despair. Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony and classic melodies from Mexico and The Great American Songbook connect us to our past and carry us through our lives. Bass virtuoso Xavier Foley will stun audiences with the Bottesini Double Bass Concerto; you have never heard the bass sound quite like this before!

The MARY JANE McCORD Planned Parenthood Annual Booksale begins September 15th and will run until September 25th, 2022 at the Earl Warren Exhibit Hall, Santa Barbara. Thursday, September 15th, is opening night with an admission fee of $30 and the following days will be free admission. This is an opportunity to purchase over 100,000 gently used books in 50 categories, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, games and more. To find see the hours of operation and further details, check out our website: ppcccbooksale.com.

The Santa Ynez Valley Chorale is excited to present a holiday concert, And Peace on Earth , Saturday, December 3rd at 3 P.M., and Sunday, December 4th at 3 P.M. at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 1745 Mission Drive, in Solvang.

The Chorale is delighted to bring you a beautiful and moving concert with orchestra accompaniment under the expert direction of our new Artistic Director, David L. Torres. Torres has been able to breathe new life into the Chorale with his musical talents and pedagogical skills. He has selected some inspirational music for this hour-long performance. Pieces such as The Hands That First Held Mary’s Child and Lunar Lullaby will touch your heart. The audience may also give into their Christmas spirit by joining us to sing some familiar Christmas carols.

So, take a break between the parades and tree lightings to relax in the Veteran’s Memorial Hall to listen to music from the heart.

Tickets are $15 at the Book Loft or at the door. They can also be purchased at the Chorale’s website, www.syvchorale.org with a slight processing charge.

For more information call or text Casey Bemis at 805-451-8099.

"Love Our Water" is the theme of a Community Forum for all ages that will focus on Ventura County's fresh water and its sustainability, to be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Newbury Park.

The forum will feature activities for adults and children, including speakers, a nature video, making a watershed model, planting an acorn, Vegan snack making and a "hungry, hungry water hippos" game for kids. Water-saving grilled veggie burgers will be served at noon.

The event will begin in the Chalice sanctuary, where Cumash elder Julie Tumamait-Stenslie will share indigenous stories about water. Following that will be a showing of a video for all ages, "The Story of Our Oaks," which explains the Ventura River watershed and the importance of oak trees in its ecosystem. Then attendees will move to activity stations in the Chalice fellowship hall and outdoors at an acorn planting station, rotating among activities so everyone can learn and ask questions.

Representatives from sustainability organizations will be on hand to throughout the event, including Caty Wagner, Southern California Organizer with the Sierra Club, Kat Selm of The Nature Conservancy, John Brooks with the City of Thousand Oaks Sustainability Division, Mary Freed from the Organic Gardening Club of Ventura County, and Barbara Leighton and Gordon Clint from the Chalice Climate Action Team.

The event is presented by Chalice Community Forum, a program of Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley. Co-Sponsors are the Conejo Climate Coalition and the Chalice Climate Action Team.
Organizers caution that space is limited to attend the event at Chalice, 3327 Old Conejo Road in Newbury Park. To register, visit forum.chaliceuu.org. For information, visit that website or contact Randall Edwards by e-mail at forum@chaliceuu.org or through the church office at (805) 498-9548.