Fall City of Ventura Classes check out hundreds more on our web-site

Call  658-4726 or 654-7552 to register, if you already have an account online, visit www.cityofventura.net

Classes/Events held the Barranca Vista Center ~ 7050 Ralston Street in Ventura unless otherwise noted.

Bling and Everything In-Between Holiday Boutique
11/14  Sa       10 am-4 pm
Unique artists and vendors join together for a fabulous shopping experience! Come shop for one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone on your list, and maybe find something special for you too!.

Drawing & Painting for Youth  8-14 years
11/12-12/17   Th       3:30-4:45 pm             $64
Explore relevant artists and their styles to create your own acrylic paintings and pencil and charcoal drawings. No class 10/22 & 11/26. Instructor Catherine Broger. Course# 42140

Cityscape Holiday Journal Plein Air  18 years-adult
11/13              F          9:30 am-12:30 pm    $40+$10 materials fee
We’ll sketch vintage downtown buildings and convert an old book into a journal capturing our year end thoughts and holidays using mixed media ephemera, acrylic, watercolors, chalkboard paint and crochet with a stop for self-paid lunch. Meet at Ventura City Hall Atrium, 501 Poli St.

Please wear sturdy shoes that lace. Bring water and sunscreen. Facilitator Alison Mytych. To register call 805-658-4726. Course# 42179

Young Creators: Stop Motion Animation Fun!  8-12 years
11/17-1/19     Tu       3:45-5 pm      $120
Work with your favorite toys to create fun and original stop motion animations using such basic concepts as camera angles, storyboards, scripting elements and theme. Students will also do voiceover work for their animation. No class 12/22 & 12/29. Course# 42172

Primal Feat: a dance/movement intuitive experience  18 years-adult
11/22  Su       4-5:30 pm      $15
Fun, spirited, surrendered dance and movement. We dance in our bare feet or soft dance shoes, comfy clothes to move in and no dance partner required. No dance experience necessary. The body is meant to move! facebook.com/primalfeat Instructor Liz Galvan. Classes at Cosmotion 2343 E Thompson Blvd #A.

Dance & Date Night at House of Dance  18 years-adult
11/29-1/10     Sundays                    Session 1      $69/person
Learn a new dance step every six weeks during one-hour sessions. Select the hour you want to attend and the dance step you want to learn (Tango, West Coast Swing, Cha Cha or Waltz) at www.pmhouseofdance.com. Then register here through the City using the session code# 42238. No class 12/27.

The Breeze photographer almost got there too late for a piece of cake at the City Council meeting.

The City of Ventura is excited to celebrate Ventura’s 150th anniversary on April 2, 2016 and would love your help in making this celebration a success! There are many ways to participate and we encourage you to connect and get involved. Learn more at VisitVenturaCA.com/Ventura150. The celebration had its send off at the Nov.2 City Council meeting.

Ventura Mayor Cheryl Heitmann is asking residents to give our beautiful city a gift by spreading kindness — one million acts of kindness — over the next few months as we prepare to celebrate our city’s birthday.

“If every city resident performs ten acts of kindness by then we will reach our goal,” said the Mayor. “Please spread the kindness and ‘pass it on’ by posting pictures, words and videos of your acts of kindness — big or small — or any that you see performed by others on our various #VenturaKindness social media platforms.”

• www.facebook.com/venturakindness
• twitter.com/VenturaKindness
• instagram.com/venturakindness
• venturakindness.tumblr.com/
• www.pinterest.com/venturakindness/

To observe this milestone the city is working with community partners to present a series of special events, programs and activities over five months (150 days) celebrating the amazing span of Ventura history and culture reaching before and after the California State Senate approved “An Act to Incorporate the Town of San Buenaventura” on March 10, 1866 that took effect on April 2 – from the indigenous Chumash to the waves of Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, European, Yankee and today’s international immigrants who have enriched our city over the years.

On Nov.8 a special reception officially launched the city’s 150th anniversary celebration at the Museum of Ventura County.

Attendees  enjoyed refreshments and special limited edition 150th anniversary souvenirs as they enjoyed stories by a panel of descendants of historic families (Chaffee, Harrison, Smith-Hobson, and Tumamait), a presentation on our local history and performances courtesy of the Ventura Music Festival.

A video created by (CAPS-TV) Community Access Partners of San Buenaventura introduced the Ventura Legacy project. Also on display were simulations of the 1860 census, finalists in the poster contest presented by the Boys and Girls Club, Friends of the Library and the Ventura Unified School District and the museum’s current “Portraits” exhibit featuring local historic photos.

The sesquicentennial finale on April 2 will be a free community fair and picnic in downtown Ventura, followed by a concert in Mission Park by “hometown boys made good,” Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, a partnership between the City and the Ventura Education Partnership to benefit arts in our schools.

The City’s 150th anniversary is made possible by the generous donations of the Ventura Auto Center Dealers and Ventura Townehouse; and this inaugural event is supported by EJ Harrison and Sons.

To observe this milestone the city is working with community partners to present a series of special events, programs and activities over five months (150 days) celebrating the amazing span of Ventura history and culture reaching before and after the California State Senate approved “An Act to Incorporate the Town of San Buenaventura” on March 10, 1866 that took effect on April 2 – from the indigenous Chumash to the waves of Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, European, Yankee and today’s international immigrants who have enriched our city over the years.

Volunteer on November 21 for National Family Volunteer Day — Spend a morning performing acts of kindness with your family and post them online.