Ventura to host St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday

By: ANNIKA BAHNSEN NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

The County Ventura St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place Saturday in Ventura.

The procession will start at 10 a.m. on Main Street.

Since 1984, the parade has been a spring highlight for the community. It features a wide range of events and participants, including dancers, high school bands, floats, traditional food, and more.

This year’s parade theme is “Let’s Celebrate!,” with the entrants of the parade designing or representing anything they may want to celebrate this year. There will be 62 entrants in the parade coming from all different backgrounds.

Ancient Order of Hibernians, Flags of Ireland, and the Claddagh School of Irish Dance are some of the Irish groups being represented. The stalwart Big Green Pig will also make an appearance, which has been a long standing tradition for this parade.

Other entrants are the U.S. Coast Guard, School on Wheels, and Cal State Channel Islands President Richard Yao. email: abahnsen@newspress.com of

The entrants will be judged by a panel of community members: James Lockwood, Dr. Richard Rush, Celina Zacaris and Clint Garman.

The parade grand marshal this year is Ventura Elks Lodge No. 1430. This organization, which is celebrating its 100year anniversary, supports local programs for veterans and youth in Ventura. They are the lead sponsor of the event and have been since the parade’s inaugural year.

Visitors of the parade are encouraged to walk around downtown Ventura after the parade and enjoy the shops and restaurants. Additionally, the historic Museum of Ventura County, located on 100 E. Main St., will be open for free to the public until 5 p.m.

There is no public parking along the route, so park on adjacent streets and public parking lots in downtown Ventura. Visit venturastpatricksdayparade.com for more information.

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TODAY 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Entangled:

Responding to Environmental Crisis,” runs through March 25 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The museum is open from 10 a.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It’s closed on Sundays and college holidays. For more information, call 805-565-6162 or visit westmont.edu/museum.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Interlopings: Colors in the Warp and Weft of Ecological Entanglements” is an exhibit that runs through March 12 at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The exhibit features weavings dyed with pigments from non-native plants on Santa Cruz Island. The weavings were created by artists Helen Svensson and Lisa Jevbratt. For more information, see sbbotanicgarden.org.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Coast artist and London native Annie Hoffman’s exhibit “Seeing Ourselves in Colour” will be displayed through Feb. 28 at Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. For more information, visit anniehoffmann.com.

Noon to 5 p.m. “Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” is on view now through May at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, which is located in downtown Santa Barbara at 136 E. De la Guerra St. Admission is free. Hours are currently from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and from noon to 7 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, visit www.sbhistorical.org

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “SURREAL

WOMEN: Surrealist Art by American Women” is on display through April 24 at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery, 11 E. Anapamu St. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. For more information, www.sullivangoss. com.

7 p.m. “Four Winters,” a documentary about resistance fighters during World War II, screens at Paseo Nuevo Cinemas on lower State Street in Santa Barbara. A Q & A will follow.

MARCH 11 10 a.m. St. Patrick’s Day parade on Main Street in downtown Ventura.

MARCH 14

Lifeline screening for cholesterol, diabetes risks, kidney and thyroid function, plaque buildup in arteries and more at the Santa Barbara Seventh-day Adventist Church, 425 Arroyo Road, Santa Barbara. Registration is required at www. lifelinescreening.com. Story, B2.

MARCH 16

5:30 p.m . Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi — Lewis Atterbury Stimson professor and chairman in the Department of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center and surgeon-in-chief at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center — will present a public lecture titled “In the Eye of the Storm: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The free talk will take place at the Wolf Education and Training Center, 529 W. Junipero St., adjacent to Ridley-Tree Cancer Center in Santa Barbara. Reservations are required by March 10. To attend, contact J.V. Vallejos at 805-681-7528 or jvallejo@sansumclinic.org.

MARCH 18

7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara Symphony will perform “John Williams: A Cinematic Celebration” at The Granada, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. To purchase tickets, go to granadasb.org. For more information, visit www. thesymphony.org or call 805-8989386.

MARCH 19

3 p.m. The Santa Barbara Symphony will perform John Williams: A Cinematic Celebration” at The Granada, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. To purchase tickets, go to granadasb.org. For more information, visit www. thesymphony.org or call 805-8989386.

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