Guests of all ages are invited to celebrate Día de los Muertos at three locations in downtown Santa Paula on Sunday, November 2, 2025! This free, family-friendly community celebration at the Santa Paula Art Museum, Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery, and the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum offers traditional craft-making activities, music, altar installations, face painting, and more. Día de los Muertos attire is encouraged. Admission and activities are free for everyone.

Visitors can begin at any of the three locations and proceed to the others. Pick up an event passport at any site and have it stamped at all three locations to be entered to win a raffle prize. Free parking is available at the Santa Paula Art Museum, Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery, and the Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum. Hours and activities vary by location. Please see the schedule of events below:

Santa Paula Art Museum’s Cole Creativity Center
123 N 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060
Día de los Muertos activities from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
www.santapaulaartmuseum.org

Guests of all ages are invited to drop in the Santa Paula Art Museum’s Cole Creativity Center to create their own papel picado, tissue paper marigolds, block-printed calacas led by IDEA Center Ventura, and more. Guests will also enjoy free face painting and special Día de los Muertos art installations. Visitors will also have access to the Museum’s current exhibitions, which includes a fun iSpy activity for the kids!

Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery
380 Cemetery Road
Día de los Muertos activities from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
www.pbsantapaula.com

Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery will celebrate Día de los Muertos with a day full of festivities to enjoy with family and friends. Build an ofrenda on a loved one’s grave or contribute to a community altar. Have your face painted, decorate a sugar skull, and listen to Mariachi music. Visit various vendors and enjoy a tamale and cup of champurrado. Experience Aztec and Folklórico dancers, and participate in a procession through the cemetery. Catholic Mass will be held at 1:00 p.m., with the blessing of graves to follow, led by Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish.

Museum of Ventura County Agriculture Museum
926 Railroad Ave., Santa Paula, CA 93060
Día de los Muertos activities from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
www.venturamuseum.org

Join Santa Paula’s Agriculture Museum in celebrating Día de los Muertos with a special DIY turmeric anthotypes activity using marigolds! With this project, guests will learn the cultural significance of marigolds and how plants can be used as natural dyes to decorate handkerchiefs. Visitors will also have access to the Museum’s outdoor garden and exhibition, “Enfoque: Voces Indígenas Mexicanas del Condado de Ventura/ In Focus: Mexican Indigenous Voices of Ventura County.”

AI Unlocked: Shaping the Future
Santa Barbara County businesses are expanding the AI frontier, creating both challenges and opportunities for the workforce. At AI Unlocked: Shaping the Future, business leaders, students, faculty, and employees will come together to explore how AI is transforming local industries—and the future-ready skills everyone will need to succeed.

Through real-world insights, you’ll learn how businesses are adapting, what employers are looking for, and how to navigate your own path to AI literacy. Whether you’re running a business, preparing for your career, or teaching and supporting students, this conversation will give you the tools and perspective to keep pace in an AI-driven world.

Who Should Attend?

• Business Owners
• Entrepreneurs
• Students
• Educators
• Employees

Why Attend?

• Chart Your Own Path to AI Literacy
• Learn From Local Business Leaders
• Gain AI Tools to Use Right Away
• Cultivate AI Career Readiness
• Build Confidence with Using AI

Presented by SBCC Scheinfeld Center, Career Center, South Coast Chamber of Commerce, and the EDC Small Business Development Center.

Location: SBCC West Campus, Fe Bland Forum (BC Building Forum). Free event parking

So, you want to be a consultant/coach/advisor. You have heard about charging $100, $200, or much more per hour. Do the math. 2000 working hours per year and that means $200 to 400 thousand dollars per year. There is an old saying: in theory there is no difference between theory and reality; In reality there is. This program is all about reality. What is the truth about being a consultant? How much can you really make? What are the pit falls? What do you have to do to be successful?

The seminar leader is Steve Epner. He started and built a consulting practice from a solo shop to over 200 professionals. After he sold the practice, he continued to be asked to help various companies – including Boeing. Learn the reality and what mistakes to avoid so that you can have a successful business and enjoy years of working in a great environment. For the right person with the right personality there is no better way to live.

• All attendees will receive a free copy of Steve’s book: “Simplify Everything”

Presenter's Bio: Steve Epner is a successful entrepreneur. He started an international association, a consulting practice, taught innovation and entrepreneurship in the MBA program at Saint Louis University, and after flunking retirement, became the Entrepreneur In Residence for Boeing. Steve was the Chairman of the Gateway Venture Mentoring Service, the St Louis Innovation Roundtable, and had managed the St Louis Regional Entrepreneurship Educators. His goal is to give back to the community that helped him be successful.

Registration Information: 

• Upon registering you will receive a confirmation email with the SCORE Zoom link to attend. 
• You do not need a Zoom account to participate. 
• Please connect 5 minutes in advance to be sure you have a good connection. The workshop begins promptly at 12:00 PM and concludes by 1:00 PM Central Time

SCORE strives to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact: Score St Louis Chapter Admin, ch.admin0021@scorevolunteer.org, 866 726-7340

Registration is $10

This workshop will cover the following key aspects of advertising on Google:

1.      Introduction to Google advertising 

2.      Different types of ads 

3.      Keyword and targeting strategies.

4.      Measuring success

Presenter

This workshop is presented by Matt Cail. Matt started out in the world of message boards and web design. During five years as a Washington, D.C., consultant, he became knowledgeable about emergency communications and competition in the online video industry. He has worked in social media, search engine marketing, web design, and online advertising. Matt leads Super Charge Marketing, which is your one-stop social media firm for all of your social media marketing needs!

Registration is $10

Join us and other entrepreneurs in this hands-on workshop where you will write your “Unique Value Statement” for your new product or service. This is a concise description of your product or service and explain the unique value your product or service provides to your customers. As part of the workshop, participants will receive real-time feedback from a SCORE mentor to help them fine tune their Value Statement. 

In the second part of the workshop you will use the “Lean Canvas” to begin the process of turning your product/service into a business. In this interactive session, you use the canvas to help guide you in expanding the information in the Unique Value Statement by capturing key ideas, concepts and strategies about your business in the canvas. This creates a basic framework that you can use to complete YOUR full, detailed business plan. 

Have paper, a pencil or a pen ready as the goal of this workshop is for all participants to leave with a draft of their “Unique Value Statement” and “Lean Canvas.”

Listen to what others who have attended this workshop have to say about the instructors and the program:

• It was a great help to have time to work on a plan and get direct feedback from the instructor!

• The hands approach of writing my lean canvas in class really helped me think in detail about my business.  

• Really helps simplify the planning process for me!  

• Gave me a structured approach to think through my business.  

• It was a very positive environment; the instructor and other students provided examples on how to improve my plans.

SCORE’s Small Business Essentials Workshops prepares individuals to make the right decisions and create actionable plans when starting a small business. Whether you are starting a business on your own (one-person business) or a business with employees, we have the right set of workshops to help you succeed. All the workshops are about three hours in length and taught by experienced SCORE Mentors. See more information on these workshops here.

Presenter

This workshop is presented by SCORE Business Mentor, Mike Tarino. Mike began his healthcare career by building the consumer experience for the first members of Definity Health, the pioneering consumer-driven health plan. He helped Definity create a new market segment and later served as CEO after the company’s acquisition by UnitedHealth Group. Next, he led DSM Personalized Nutrition, refocusing the business on the corporate wellness marketplace and selling it to a strategic acquirer. Then he spearheaded growth initiatives for Geisinger Health System’s health insurance company by developing population health and performance-based partnerships with innovative health systems. Mike holds a BA from Macalester College and an MBA from Cornell University. For more information about Mike, visit his LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketarino/