Arts, Lectures, and Gatherings

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Johnny Cash: Man and Legend: Parts 1 and 2
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

Across four lectures (summer and fall), we will look at various aspects of Johnny Cash’s life and career.

Nonprofit Leadership Succession Planning

Oxnard Campus

This workshop will help you develop a leadership transition plan if a change is planned and imminent or if the timing is not yet known.

Introduction to PLTS Programs (Online)

Online

Afternoon Organ Recital Series
Adan Fernández

Samuelson Chapel

Join us for a 30-minute organ concert of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more.

The Horror of Auschwitz (Parts 1 and 2)
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT or in-person in Thousand Oaks

This two-part lecture will unearth the history of Auschwitz. It will consider the origins of the camp, its different subcamps, life for the inmates, and attempt to recognize what can happen when racism and hatred are embraced by a society.

The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

Inspired by the recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this lecture explores the art of the Tudor Dynasty in England.

CANCELED: Community Active Resistance’s Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
This event has been canceled.

Kingsmen Park

CANCELED: This event has been canceled.

Behind the Curtain: Backstage at the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival 2023
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

This lecture will celebrate Cal Lutheran’s Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, focusing on The Two Gentlemen of Verona and King Lear, the plays to be performed at this year’s festival.

Auschwitz Exhibit Tour at the Ronald Reagan Library
Fifty and Better Summer Events

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 40 Presidential Dr., Simi Valley

Fifty and Better invites FAB students to the Auschwitz Exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. As a follow-up to his two-part lecture on Auschwitz, Jason Hensley will take a group through the self-guided exhibit.

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

Like a virtual safari, through slides and videos we will experience these wild animals in their natural habitats, observe their behavior and learn of the current efforts to prevent their extinction.

American Art Deco: A Study in Sophistication
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT or in-person in Thousand Oaks

The course will explore the influential factors and chic forms of Art Deco in architectural design, interior decor, furniture and decorative objects.

Art Terrorism on Exhibition
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

This lecture will highlight the history of art vandalism and examine the recent surge in incidents. Most importantly, we will identify the organizations and their silent partners funding these actions.

26th Annual Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival
"Two Gentlemen of Verona"

Kingsmen Park

The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company presents one of our region’s most popular outdoor theatrical events. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, thought to be one of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies, plants many of the seeds that grow to full bloom in later plays

Festival grounds open at 5:30 p.m. for pre-show picnicking and entertainment.

Is the Statute of Liberty Jewish?
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

This lecture will explore the efforts of Emma Lazarus and her work to bring the Statue of Liberty into public display and through her poetic inscription installed at its pedestal that has provided its unique cultural significance.

FAB Nights at Kingsmen Shakespeare: "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
Fifty and Better Summer Events

Kingsmen Park

Fifty and Better welcomes FAB students and their family and friends for FAB Nights at the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival 2023!

The Hidden History of Hollywood West: Ventura County's Classic Movie Locations
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT or in-person in Thousand Oaks

In this lecture we will reveal the rich history of Ventura County’s most popular locations including Ahmanson Ranch/Upper Las Virgenes Canyon.

Debating Women: Arguments in Verse (Two Parts)
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) and Alexander Pope (1688-1744) were two of the most important British authors in the early 18th century. Each lecture will briefly introduce the social and political context and relevant biographical details of these authors.

Afternoon Organ Recital Series
Adan Fernández

Samuelson Chapel

Join us for a 30-minute organ concert of Baroque music from composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Pachelbel and more.

Writing on the Walls: International Street Art and Activism
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

We will investigate how street art went from being viewed as property damage and vandalism to marketable art.

"The Last of Us": Science, Fiction or Both? (Parts 1 and 2)
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT or in-person in Thousand Oaks

How much of this popular video game is fact, how much is fiction and is there room for both? This lecture will answer some of these questions and give you the foundation to answer these questions for others.

26th Annual Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival
"King Lear"

Kingsmen Park

The Kingsmen Shakespeare Company presents one of our region’s most popular outdoor theatrical events. King Lear, an aging pagan king of ancient Briton, divides his kingdom among his two daughters who express their love for him, and banishes the third, who is less flattering to him.

Festival grounds open at 5:30 p.m. for pre-show picnicking and entertainment.

 

The Fourth Estate: Investigative Journalism Yesterday and Today (Parts 1 and 2)
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

This two-part lecture will review some of the history of investigative journalism in the United States.

Hollywood's Golden Age: The 1930s in Los Angeles
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

In this lecture, we will explore and watch clips of some of the greatest films from Hollywood's Golden Age.

FAB Night at Kingsmen Shakespeare: "King Lear"
Fifty and Better Summer Events

Kingsmen Park

Fifty and Better welcomes FAB students and their family and friends for FAB Nights at the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival 2023!

Eyewitness to History: A Foreign Correspondent's Exciting Adventures
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT or in-person in Thousand Oaks

Join us for a fascinating trip through Ivor Davis’s eyewitness accounts of monumental American events. Davis was a foreign correspondent who covered some of the biggest stories in North America in the 1960s and 1970s.

FREE - Time Machine: The James Webb Space Telescope
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

A review of the JWST, its capabilities, most recent observations and what lies ahead for the flagship space telescope will be discussed.

The Brains of Serial Killers and Other Social Deviants
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

Discover what we do know about how the three pounds of tissue we call the human brain dictate’s behavior, whether someone is a non-violent human being or a brutal serial murderer.

AI and You: Promises, Perils and Practical Possible Problems
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

We'll talk about work, jobs, risks, benefits, privacy, security, existential threats, weapons gone rogue and the like. We'll also talk about regulation and the proposed 6-month "pause" on new AI development to provide time to get "guardrails" around AI products.

Art Deco Movie Theaters
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT or in-person in Thousand Oaks

This lecture will provide a view into the stylish era of Art Deco opulence as we review the best in theatrical architectural and interior design.

The Magical Music of Memphis
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

Join us for a nostalgic trip down the Mississippi as we stop at one of the more unusual music centers in America.

Modern Art Invasion: The 1913 Armory Show that Scandalized America (Parts 1 & 2)
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT or in-person in Thousand Oaks

This two-part lecture will take an in depth look at this unprecedented and revolutionary exhibition that changed art in America.

Lon Chaney
Fifty and Better Summer Lectures

Zoom PDT

Join us as we examine the life and art of silent film’s most versatile actor: Lon Chaney.

Measuring Your Mission

Oxnard Campus

How do you measure the impact of your organization and the services it provides? Join us as we introduce an outcomes-based approach to program evaluation.

Grant Writing Basics

Oxnard Campus

Workshop attendees will explore the basics of writing a winning proposal and learn how to craft each component of a grant proposal.

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