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Join university organist and organ faculty Adan Fernández in a Halloween celebration as he performs “Night on Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky, Symphonie “Gothique” by Widor, “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saëns, “One-Winged Angel” by Nobuo Uematsu from Final Fantasy VII, and more favorites.

Come in your costumes and enjoy Halloween treats at the end.
Admission is free. Donations will be accepted.

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

Join the Cal Lutheran community and the Latin American Student Organization for a Día de los Muertos celebration honoring the lives of deceased loves ones. Día de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and Central and South America that reunites the living and the dead using altars made for loved ones who have passed. The evening will include family-friendly activities such as face painting, crafts, a piñata, music and raffles. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. A traditional altar will be displayed, and community members are invited to bring pictures of their loved ones to include.

Admission is free. The ground-level patio is located past the breezeway of Ullman Commons in front of the Mail Center. Sponsored by Student Life and the Latin American Student Organization. For more information, contact Yuliana Montes at ymontes@CalLutheran.edu or Jerry Tovar at jerrytovar@CalLutheran.edu.

International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative of the U.S. departments of State and Education, is an opportunity to celebrate and promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences. This week is a chance for Cal Lutheran to commemorate the cultures represented on campus and learn about differences that make the community beautiful.

The Center for Global Engagement, in collaboration with Cal Lutheran partners, will host programs throughout the week including lectures, a photo contest, presentations, international performances, an international-movie watch party and more. To see the schedule of events, visit https://bit.ly/3AQWTDQ.

Events are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Global Engagement. For more information, call 805-493-3750 or email global@CalLutheran.edu.

“Flipping the Script” is a history lecture series that highlights people, groups or events in world history that are typically ignored or considered irrelevant in mainstream cultural narratives.

For the final lecture of the series, Samuel Claussen, PhD, will discuss several Renaissance women who wielded power as effectively as their male counterparts. In addition to being a moment of intellectual dynamism and cultural innovation, the Renaissance was also marked by intense warfare and violence. We often think of the Renaissance as a movement dominated by masculine leadership and patriarchal organization, with women serving in passive, submissive or supportive roles. But such a view only tells part of the story.

This series is presented by the History Department faculty and other experts, focusing on different periods in world history. 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.

This is not your typical film festival. We’re bringing you to the very edges of cinematic programming. With workshops on video editing and monster makeup to creating spaces to zen out Tinseltown-style, we’re heightening every olfactory, tactile, optical, and auditory point of contact. Event tastebuds will be rewarded with themed drinks and curated bites between film segments covering narrative, nonfiction, student shorts, and vids created for the web. Come early and stay late for specially selected feature length films… and the afterparties.

Locations:
Friday, Sept. 30 @ Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard
Saturday, Oct.1 @ Oxnard College, 4000 S. Rose Avenue, Oxnard
Sunday, Oct 2 @ Plaza Cinemas in Downtown Oxnard, 255 W. 5t Street, Oxnard

Tickets: $10-$15 per person.

For times, film schedule and other details please check the website: http://www.sightplussound.com/

The 38th annual Vaquero Show weekend, our most popular event of the year, is on the near horizon! We hope you will join us at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum for one of the few such gatherings of artisans dedicated to traditional Vaquero style craftsmanship.
Preview Sale, Gala Dinner & Live Auction

Friday, November 11th.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m.
Honoring the notable Paul McEnroe, our Vaquero of the year, the Gala Dinner and live auction is one not to be missed! Guests will have the first opportunity to view and purchase auction items showcased in the Carriage House while enjoying a selection of locally inspired appetizers. As dusk approaches, dinner will be served in the courtyard, catered by Testa Catering, paired with local wine and accompanied by music before the action begins with the live auction!

Fine Western Items & Collectibles Sale
Saturday November 12th, 10 am -5 pm
Sunday November 13th, 10 am -3 pm

This is the place to obtain amazing items, including bits, spurs, saddles, braided rawhide, silver ornaments, fine art, Vaquero memorabilia, and even...wagons! Enjoy demonstrations from the winner of the popular show Forged in Fire, Jordan Kempler, and enjoy traditional dancing by Baile de California.

Barn Dance & Pig Roast
Saturday, November 12th 5:30 - 9:00 pm
At the Pork Palace

Put on your best dancing boots and head to the Pork Palace on Highway 101 just south of Buellton for an evening of great music, food, beverages and company. Monty Mills and the Lucky Horseshow Band will get you up on your feet and help burn off those calories from the BBQ!

The Santa Barbara chapter of the national organization Association for Women in Communications presents Increase Your Value, Use Your Network, and Negotiate to Get What You’re Worth at its next meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 12. The meeting will be held at Workzones, 351 Paseo Nuevo in Santa Barbara.
Suitable for employees, solopreneurs, freelancers, coaches, and interested others, Increase Your Value, Use Your Network, and Negotiate to Get What You’re Worth will feature Patricia Schwartz leading a panel discussion with Amy Ramos and Luz Reyes-Martin on opportunities for upskilling, using your network, and increasing your confidence to get what you’re worth. Topics include relationship building and leveraging influence, differentiating yourself, and negotiating with assurance for concrete results.
Free for members, $25 for nonmembers. For specifics, visit awcsb.org or Facebook.

ABOUT PATRICIA RACHEL SCWARTZ
Patricia Rachel Schwartz is an executive coach, certified team coach, facilitator, and leadership trainer. She works with leaders and teams on stakeholder engagement and strategic visioning, business development, emotional intelligence and change leadership. With 40 years of experience, Patricia has worked with more than 350 C-suite or VP level leaders from six continents. She has been coaching for 23 years. Patricia works across sectors: business, entertainment, local and federal government, health care, higher education, and nonprofits. She holds an MA, PCC (Professional Certified Coach), BCC (Board Certified Coach), and NBC-HWC (National Medical Board of Examiners Health and Wellness Coach), and she is currently writing a book on increasing employee, board, and other stakeholder levels of engagement.
ABOUT AMY RAMOS
Amy Ramos’s professional qualifications include more than 25 years of experience in the Human Resources field, primarily in the public and nonprofit sectors. From 2011 to the present, Amy has served in Human Resources leadership roles in health care and education (both university and K-12 level). As an HR leader, Amy has overseen employee recruiting, compensation, benefits, training, employee relations, performance management, and employee engagement. In addition, Amy has done consulting and project-based human resources work, mostly for public and nonprofit clients.

ABOUT LUZ REYES-MARTÍN
Luz Reyes-Martín is a communications and public affairs professional and a community advocate. For more than 12 years, she has worked in public agencies, private industry, and higher education. She has experience and expertise in the fields of communications, public affairs, education, land-use planning, community development, and marketing. Luz has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Chicano/Chicana Studies from Stanford University and Master’s Degrees in Land-Use Planning and Public Administration from the University of Southern California (USC). She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration. She has served in executive public affairs and communications leadership for a community college and currently serves as the Vice President of Community Engagement at Planned Parenthood California Central Coast. She is an elected school board member for the Goleta Union School District, is currently the chair of the Sierra Club of Santa Barbara, and serves on the Boards of Girls Inc. of Santa Barbara and CALM (Child Abuse Listening Mediation).


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ABOUT AWC-SB
The Santa Barbara Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications (AWC-SB) is the premier organization for communication professionals in the Santa Barbara region. AWC-SB is committed to: Personal, Social, Business, & Organizational Transformation through Communication. We provide access to role models and leaders in the communication fields as well as access to scholarships, current trends and related research and technologies for our members. AWC-SB inspires members to assume leadership roles and /or work collaboratively with others in shaping a better future for themselves and their communities. To learn more, visit awcsb.org.

The Good Good Show is a monthly stand up comedy show featuring the hottest comics working today that you've seen or heard on Comedy Central, HBO, Showtime, NBC, Netflix, Jimmy Kimmel, Amazon Prime, Sirius XM and more.
FEATURING: Sheng Wang, Felicia Michaels, Julie Weidmann, Tracey Hassel and Michael Magid.
Come have a laugh with us and enjoy a delicious craft beer!
7:30pm $10
Show is 21+

William Peters, founder of Sharing Crossing Project and author of At Heaven’s Door, will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, October 13th with special guest Dr. Martha Jo Atkins - End of Life Counselor, Teacher and FilmMaker. This free webinar is an introduction to how to experience a shared crossing - a beautiful experience with someone at the end of a life that suggests loving connection and communication beyond this human realm.

William will follow up the webinar with a 3-day, in-person and online course for people wanting to learn the methods that will allow them to experience a shared crossing with their loved ones and/ or clients. This course will take place Live in Santa Barbara from October 21-23, OR Live Online from November 11-13.

This webinar will introduce you to the methods that will enable you and your loved ones to:
- MANIFEST a conscious, connected and loving end of life experience.
- ENABLE a shared death experience and other shared crossings.
- REALIZE that our bonds with loved ones continue beyond human death.

To learn more and reserve your seat for this FREE spiritually transformational learning experience, please visit: https://www.sharedcrossing.com/Pathway-webinar

*If you are unable to attend the webinar live, please sign up anyway so that we can email you the recording.

A female bootlegger from Prohibition, a Depression-era hobo living near the railroad tracks, a survivor of an 1853 shipwreck, a Japanese “picture bride” from the 1920s, a longtime lady lighthouse keeper, and a newspaper editor murdered in 1880 – these restless spirits may (or may not) have been actual figures from Santa Barbara history. But they are all definitely dead.

Hear their spine-tingling stories from beyond the grave at the first-ever Ghosts Along the Coast, held outdoors at Elings Park’s Godric Grove on October 13, 14, and 16, with guided tours leaving every half-hour between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. (NOTE: no performances on Saturday, October 15)

Each tour makes six stops to visit the spirits, who recount the stories of their lives and untimely demises on lit vignettes positioned under the oaks in Godric Grove. Tours are roughly 90 minutes long and led by Elings Park “Ghost Hunters” who share tidbits of local history, including facts about the park itself.

Tickets are $15, and must be purchased for a specific tour date and time. “Ghosts…” is recommended for ages 9 and older. Purchase tickets online at https://coastghosts.brownpapertickets.com. Space is limited, and advance ticketing is recommended. Tickets are sold at the door if space allows and on a first-come, first-served basis. For information, visit www.elingspark.org or call (805) 569-5611. All proceeds benefit Elings Park Foundation.

The walk is short, but pathways are not well lit. Guests are strongly urged to bring flashlights or cell phones to help illuminate their way. Carpooling and ridesharing are highly recommended. Limited parking is available in Elings Park at the top of George Bliss Drive and Jerry Harwin Drive. No dogs are allowed in Godric Grove during this event.