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Performances by Black Ant, Mia The Clown, Diahnna Baxter, & a surprise performance by one of hip-hop's emerging artists. BIG DEAL. For one evening artists will combine their crafts into one expression for the unhoused communities of our nation who sleep on the cold concrete, while most are too busy looking to see why. "Don't look, See" screams from the origin of this trauma-- foster care, where children are shuffled from house to house with letters written by abusive handlers, speaking for them long before they arrive. Imagine! You can't. All you can do is listen. The children who knock are never seen. Their voices were never heard, pushed to any corner that will listen after the mandates run out. Every major city has seen a spike in homelessness over the past few years. Don't look at homelessness, see the gift of life! https://bit.ly/DontLookSEE

The acclaimed hit show "La Divina - The Last Interview of Maria Callas" performed by musician-actor-writer Shelley Cooper returns to Southern California, Namba Performing Arts Space, to perform her show, which received resounding audience and critical plaudits this past summer. “We feel fortunate to bring this incredible talent to the community of Ventura,” said Namba Board Chair Tamara Varney, “as part of the Women’s Voices series that began this past October. Shelley Cooper was chosen as a NAMBA Splash Award finalist at the 2021 Hollywood Fringe Festival.”
Winner of the 2021 Orlando Fringe Critics Choice Award for Best Individual Performance in a Drama! La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas is a one-woman show inspired by the life and work of the Dramatic 20th Century Opera Singer Maria Callas. The audience eavesdrops on La Divina’s interview with a nonexistant Mr. Wallace and are taken on a journey through trauma, allowed glimpses of an extremely complex and tormented woman, and treated to some operatic gems including “O Mio Babbino Caro”, “Habanera”, and “Vissi d’arte”. The show provides interesting tidbits from the singer’s life — how opera kept her alive during World War II — and delves some into her complicated relationship with Aristotle Onassis, while offering insight into the singer’s own complications.
Cooper-as-Callas sings selections from Callas’ repertoire, including arias from Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Gluck- a selection of some of opera’s greatest hits, as it were. Cooper’s own thrilling soprano singing works associated with La Divina is perhaps the finest homage one could make to her acclaimed predecessor. It has the effect of making Cooper’s show a concert as much as a narrative.

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Music pulses through hearts and bodies, as Cameron Carpenter and The Symphony show us why the organ belongs in the spotlight. PROGRAM Bach | Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, “St Anne” (for solo organ) Poulenc | Concerto for Organ, Timpani, and Strings in G minor Saint-Saëns | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ Symphony”

Music pulses through hearts and bodies, as Cameron Carpenter and The Symphony show us why the organ belongs in the spotlight. Program Bach | Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, “St Anne” (for solo organ) Poulenc | Concerto for Organ, Timpani, and Strings in G minor Saint-Saëns | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ Symphony”

Violin superstar Anne Akiko Meyers ignites the stage in a program of Mexican and Spanish- inspired music, featuring Fandango – written for her by Mexican composer Arturo Marquez. PROGRAM Georges Bizet | Selections from Carmen Suite Arturo Marquez | Danzón No. 2 Arturo Marquez | Fandango Violin Concerto Rimsky-Korsakov | Capriccio Espagnol

Pairing the Symphony with jazz royalty, and featuring a work of the first African American woman recognized as a symphonic composer, innovation feels wonderfully familiar. Repertoire Gershwin | Piano Concerto in F (arr. M. Roberts, for jazz trio and orchestra) Price | Symphony No. 1 in E minor

Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) will open Emergence, its first exhibition of the year, on Feb. 5 2022 in its Blackboard Gallery located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd. in Camarillo. The exhibition features local emerging artists Maria Laura Hendrix and Andy Lepe, both resident artists at SCIART. Hendrix, a first-generation immigrant, is the inaugural recipient of the Roxie Ray Fund, dedicated to helping SCIART fulfill its mission to help artists develop their practice. Ventura County native and California State University Channel Islands graduate Lepe is the winner of the 2016 Gerd Koch Award for Excellence, an award that helps students launch their artistic careers. The exhibition will also include a curated selection of “emerging artists” work in all visual media by juniors, seniors and recent graduates from local universities.

The exhibition is free to attend and will be on display through Feb. 23, 2022. Visit studiochannelislands.org or call 805-383-1368 for full details.

Wilshire Hospice a local not for profit, offering comprehensive In-Home Hospice Services to terminally ill individuals and their families, is seeking volunteers to provide valuable emotional and practical support to community members at the end of life. Volunteers are needed in all areas of San Luis Obispo County and North Santa Barbara County. Spanish speaking volunteers are a plus. Wilshire Hospice volunteer training is designed to provide a soulful opportunity for personal growth while equipping you with the skills and support you will need for a meaningful experience. Volunteer training, which includes four, four-hour sessions, is held via Zoom.

Training dates are: * Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:30-4:30 p.m. * Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 12:30-4:30 p.m. * Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 12:30-4:30 p.m. * Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Participants must attend all four sessions. If there are conflicts, please let us know and we will work with you. To sign-up, or for more information, please call Wilshire Hospice at (805) 782-8608 and ask for the Hospice Volunteer Coordinator or email ddight@wilshirehcs.org.

The Mesmerizing four hands of the Silver-Garburg Piano Duo create the perfect instrument for Dünser’s reimagining of Brahms’ ode to Schumann’s wife, Clara. Then, close your eyes and be transported musically to Scotland’s rugged, misty, and dramatic terrain. PROGRAM Richard Dünser | Interpretation of Schumann Piano Quartet in E♭ major, Op. 47 (arr. Brahms for 4 hands) World Premiere Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”