The California Dental Association Foundation’s volunteer dental clinic, CDA Cares, provided $1.5 million in charitable dental services to 1,884 people during the April 16-17 event at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. During the two-day event, dentists and dental professionals provided 11,583 dental procedures, including fillings, extractions, cleanings and oral health education. Volunteer technicians in the clinic’s dental lab area worked to provide 188 complete and partial dentures and repairs.
For Mother’s Day several years ago Suz Montgomery and her Activity Director Griselda came up with a novel idea to honor mothers by having students from the Lou Ross Hair Academy do makeup, nails and hair with appropriate outrageous feather boas to residents at senior living facilities.
This year, on Saturday, May 7 they were made beautiful at Aegis Living located at 4964 Telegraph Rd.
Suz stated “Several never washed off the makeup for days. Their families swooned.
This event is so heartwarmingly touching, I cry every time seeing these special ladies preen , they are mom’s, grandmothers and great grandmothers who once again feel beautifully loved and remembered.”
• I don’t usually put a letter to the editor in my column but thought that this was important enough to respond to.
To the Governor
I am amazed at the monthly denial that your editorials have of the crime and homeless situation we have in Ventura. I myself was attacked and suffered a broken shoulder and a concussion in which I am still having complications with tremendous pain. If you would read your own paper the crimes that are committed consistently in this area are out of control. Why do we as a community continue to enable these individuals with stupid programs like needle exchange. Just the other day we called in the police to our complex for a homeless person sleeping in our laundry room and when the police arrived they stated they could not arrest him even though he was on probation and had a needle on him. They stated since he received the needle at the exchange it was legal. Why can’t we demand that our law enforcement force these people out of our community and in places like Fillmore who only have 7 on record. I’m sure in your reply you will still be in denial. Keep your denial in your rhetoric and see as you already do Ventura tourism suffer tremendously. Where is your pride??
James White
James:
Thanks for your comments, and I am sorry to hear that you were attacked, and hurt. I am not at all in denial regarding the homeless situation in Ventura. It is a huge problem for many reasons. Compassion for the homeless is in play, of course, but the negative effect it has on Ventura’s infrastructure/citizens and its impact on tourism are two other reasons.
Your comment, “Why can’t we demand that our law enforcement force these people out of our community” is easily answerable. Unless they are committing a crime the police really can’t do anything about the situation. Being homeless is not actually a crime.
Obviously I have a great pride for Ventura. Why else would I spend 7-days a week publishing a local paper that is marginally profitable?
Our City Council is very aware of the homeless issue and has tried to deal with it but it is a very complex problem that is not easily solved. They are many entities trying to find solutions. There are several non-profits in Ventura who are also assisting the homeless, many of whom are mentally ill.
Let’s keep working on the issue.
Sheldon
PS: I will contact Fillmore and find out if it is okay for our police to round up our homeless and leave them in Fillmore.
• Circus Vargas is coming soon (see their ad in this issue). We went to a show last year with younger grandkids and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well worth seeing.
• Good grief what a strange presidential election year this has been and will continue to be. The presumed Republican candidate Donald Trump is, in the words of Max Boot – a senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations and a lifelong Republican “there has never been a major party nominee in U.S. history as unqualified for the presidency as Donald Trump.” Who am I to argue with Max?
The Democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton, based upon her job history and experience, is one of the most qualified presidential candidates ever and she isn’t very well liked or trusted.
And the Republican Party is in complete disarray with internal fighting and disagreement.
Perhaps a third party will emerge from this political chaos.
• Lamborghini has manufactured a $2 million supercar. I thought that I would take the $10 million cash that I have on hand – because the VC Star wouldn’t sell to me – and buy 5 of them for the family but was disappointed to hear that they only made 40, and they are all already sold. Darn it.
• How upsetting that Cracker Jack no longer contain toys but now includes QR codes (a QR code consists of black modules arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read by an imaging device (such as a camera, phone, scanner, etc.). This QR allows kids to play 4 baseball games.
• Perhaps the strangest opening and closing of a Ventura business so far goes to Ragsdale Kitchen & Bar which was located on Main where Chicago for Ribs previously was. After a very long time and a huge amount of money remodeling, Ragsdale finally opened up about 6 months ago. Reviews weren’t too good but not awful.
After a few months they closed and a sign on the door read “Closed while we remodel kitchen and bar.” This was nonsense because both were brand new and the remodel, overall, was very well done. They re-opened for a few days then closed permanently. All of the booths have been removed, and I can only speculate that they were never paid for so the installation company removed them. Don’t know if we will ever find out what happened.
• What a great year 1935 was in Detroit. I was born, the Detroit Tigers won the baseball championship and the Detroit Lions won the football championship. My father must have been thrilled.
• Two of my favorite statements in TV ads are, “while supplies last’ and “If you call in the next 10 minutes”. I wonder if supplies ever run out, and if someone called after 10 minutes, would they not be able to buy the advertised product?
by Elizabeth Rodeno
Digital Storytelling is one of our greatly anticipated programs. These classes provide the opportunity for kids ages 10 through 15 to learn to tell their story in a week long program. One of our classes is already sold out with the others filling up. Get your applications in soon. These classes begin the 25th of July and finish up August 5th. It will be great to see the returning students who are always willing to share their experience with the newcomers. The program is so good that adults have asked to participate.
El Camino TV (ECTV) is finishing up their 2015-2016 ECTV year. They are wrapping up a great season of the freshest youth series around. We look forward to next years’ journalists and rumor has it, some of the students will be roaming the halls and studio of CAPS during the Summer.
Ventura Rocks @ CAPS is rolling along. We just filmed our fifth episode featuring Shawn Jones and band. What fun to have such talent in the studio and see our staff and crew working hard to produce a prime product and to have Pam Baumgardner booking the bands and hosting the show. Go to the CAPS Media websites schedules for dates and times to see the show.
On a different note, the CAPS crew covered the Ventura Chamber hosted Election Forum for the Board of Supervisor’s seat on July 7th. This forum is the first in our intense election programming where we cover and broadcast a variety of election forums held later this year. We are also proud to announce the return of the Video Voter program for Election 2016. Video Voter invites candidates to share their platform with the viewers and answer questions about issues important to us all. CAPS Media’s purpose is to uphold the 1st amendment and offer the citizens the opportunity to share their voices and speak out.
Go to the CAPS Media website and check out our facebook and twitter pages for up to the moment information on what is airing and live streaming. We need your help to fund our radio station to be able to share more bands and their music with you. CAPS Media a non-profit membership organization that is here to create an engaged and informed community through participation in electronic media. A yearly membership at CAPS is only $25 and includes training, equipment, use of our studio and edit suites. Keep up to date on what’s happening here at CAPS, on the channels and in our community by going to CAPSMedia.org, CAPS-TV Ventura on Facebook and CAPS Media Center on Twitter.
Don’t miss the best beer festival in Ventura!
For the second consecutive year the Trek Bikes of Ventura Surf ‘n’ Suds Beer Festival in Ventura is mixing surf and craft beer to bring you the best beer festival in town!
On Saturday, May 21st the Surf ‘n’ Suds Beer Festival in Ventura will take place at San Buenaventura State Beach and have over 50 breweries on site!
Live entertainment by local bands After the Smoke, Crosscut 805 and DJ Hecktik of 103.3 The Vibe will keep the vibe flowing throughout the day. There will also be surfboard shapers on site, select vendors and ocean related non-profit groups like Young and Brave, Save the Mermaids, Surfrider and more!
Craft breweries include; 805, Anacapa, Anchor Steam, Angel City, Ballast Point, Belching Beaver, BJs Brewhouse, Captain Fatty’s, Cayman Jack Margarita, Elysian, Enegren, Figueroa Mountain, Firemans, Firestone, Founders, Golden Road, Goose Island, Green Flash, Institution, Island Brewing Col, JT Schmid’s, Karl Strauss, King Harbor, Knee Deep, Kona, Lagunitas, New Belgium, Palm Breeze, Poseidon, Rincon, Saint Archer, SanTan, Sierra Nevada, SLO Brewing, Surf Brewery, Tap it, Topa Topa, Wolf Creek, Washington Gold Hard Cider, M Special, Lucky Luke, Pocock, 101 Cider House, Five Threads, Red Tandem, Common Cider Co., Coney Island, 911 Wine Co., Lucky Dogg Winery, Bloody Cure and Barrelhouse 101. More are being added as well!
Surf ’n’ Suds Beer Festival was ranked the #8 beer festival in all of the U.S. by BeerYeti.com in 2015!!!
VIP tickets are $65 and include an hour early entry, as well as special VIP beers from select breweries that will not be available during the General Admission session.
General Admission tickets are $50 and include a souvenir glass and unlimited samples from any of the breweries and wineries on site!
Tickets and information available at www.surfbeerfest.com. This event will sell out!
For more events go to VenturaRocks.com
Amigos Cafe & Cantina
546 E. Main St.
805-874-2232
Mondays: Open mic
Tuesdays: Blues
Sun 5/15: 5 pm Corsican Brothers; 9 pm Karaoke
Sat 5/21: 9 pm Dive Bar Messiahs
Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California St.
805-643-4404
Wed 5/11: The Jam with Mark Masson & Friends
Sun 5/15: 11 am – Hard Six, Graveyard Kings, Phantom Pomps, Galactic Polecats, more..
Wed 5/18: Three Bad Jacks, Phantom Pomps, Cursed Bastards, Hard Six
Sat 5/21: Shaky Feelin’ CD Release party
The Cave
4435 McGrath Street
Thurs & Fridays: 5:30 – 8:30 pm Warren Takahashi
Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Mondays: 6 pm The Estrada Band
Thurs 5/12: Toni Jannotta, To Echart & Tom Collins
Dargan’s
593 E. Main Street
Sun 5/15: 4 pm The Sunday Drivers
Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Fri 5/13: Flashback Friday
Sat 5/14: The Record Company
Thurs 5/19: Los Lonely Boys
Fri 5/20: Spencer the Gardener
Sat 5/21: Big Tweed
Sun 5/22: Fortunate Youth, Peni Dean & Sensamotion
El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: 4 pm Xoco Moraza and Friends; 9:30 DJ/Karaoke by DJ Gold Dust
Saturdays: DJ Erock
The Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Fri 5/13: TSOL, Guttermouth, Mother of Dissension, MAASK
Sat 5/14: Widower, Hesian Wolf Child, Pale Hands
Mon 5/16: Loose Nerves, Residuals, Chill Child
Fri 5/20: Mbrero
Tues 5/24: Angelic Upstarts, The Rouse
GiGi’s
2493 Grand Avenue
Thurs & Fridays: Karaoke
Sat 5/21: The Deaf Pilots
Golden China
760 S. Seaward
(805) 652-0688
Karaoke seven nights a week 9 pm
Tuesdays 7 pm: Open Mic
Gone West Cellars
5963 Olivas park Drive
Music Fridays 6-8 pm
5/13: Karen Eden
5/20: National Cat
Grapes and Hops
454 E. Main Street
Wed 5/11: 5 pm The Swilly’s
Thurs 5/12: 7 pm Pete Muller
Fri 5/13: 8:30 pm Jade Hendrix
Sat 5/14: 8 pm Otis Hayes
Sun 5/15: 3 pm Brian Titus Trio
Fri 5/20: 8 pm The Salty Suites
Sat 5/21: 8 pm Shane Henry
Sun 5/22: 3 pm James Broz
The Greek Restaurant
Ventura Harbor
Sat & Sun 7:30 pm
Belly Dancing, Greek music and show; DJ dancing
Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Mondays Karaoke
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band swing night
Fri 5/13: RJ Mischo & His Red Hot Blues Band
Sun 5/15: Teresa and Pat Russell
Tues 5/17: 7 pm Gil Valencia & Friends
Fri 5/20: 8 pm Dallas Hodge
Sat 5/21: 7 pm Del Franklin
Keynote Lounge
10245 Telephone Road
Tuesday and Wednesday: Karaoke
Thursday: Open Mic
Sunday: Karaoke
Fri 5/13: Crosscut
Sat 5/14: Rick Miller Band
Fri 5/20: New Vibe
Sat 5/21: Seymour Doolittle Band
Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor Village
Sun 5/15: 3 pm CRV
Fri 5/20: 5 pm Forbidden Fruit
Sat 5/21: 5 pm Vic Moraga
Sun 5/22: 3 pm Sin Nobre
Now Ventura
185 E. Santa Clara Ave.
Wednesdays: 7 pm Jazz Jam
Thursdays: 7 pm Jazz
Fridays: 7 pm Jazz; 10 pm DJ
Saturdays 10 pm DJ
O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri 5/13: Live Band Karaoke
Sat 5/21: East End Blues Band
Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs
Poinsettia Pavillion
3451 Foothill Road
(805) 648-1143
Mon 5/16: Monday Night Dance Club with Dick Parent Band
Mon 5/23: Monday Night Dance Club with Wyatt Haupt Band
Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Encore
Saturdays: Beach City Sound Club
Rookees Sports Bar & Grill
419 E. Main Street
(805) 648-6862
Fri 5/13: DJ Steezy Steve
Sat 5/14: DJ DJ FredRock
Fri 5/20: DJ Scratch
Sat 5/21: DJ FredRock
Rubicon Theatre
1006 E. Main Street
Sun 5/15: 7 pm Noel Paul Stookey
Saloon BBQ Co,.
456 E. Main Street
Sat 5/14: 9 pm Skin & Bones
Sun 5/15: 6 pm Bob Bishop
Fri 5/20: 9 pm Battlefield
Sat 5/21: The Black Hips
Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 5/14: David Bucci
Sun 5/15: Peter O’Keef
Sat 5/21: Eight Years Gone
Sun 5/22: Jessy Spino
Sans Souci
21 S. Chestsnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karoake
Tuesdays: Transform Tuesday
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 5/13: Kings Ransom
Sat 5/14: The Jelly
Fri 5/20: D.on Darox & the Melody Joy Bakers
Sat 5/21: Beach Buzz
Squashed Grapes
2351 E. Main St.
805-643-7300
Live jazz music 7-10 pm
Wed 5/11: Silent Movies with Rick Friend
Thurs 5/12: George Young & Friends
Fri 5/13: The Black Market Trust
Sat 5/14: Bevan Manson & Friends
Tues 5/17: Jazz Jam
Wed 5/18: Mphaka w/ Karl Hunter
Thurs 5/19: Bill Banister’s Blue Dog Project
Fri 5/20: L.J. & the Boyz
Sat 5/21: Jennifer Lietham Trio
Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Sat 5/14: Nelson Cooper Band
Fri 5/20: 80’s Invasion
Sat 5/21: CRV
The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
Sunday open mics
Karaoke Tuesdays
Metal Music Wednesdays
DJs every Thursday college night
Ventura Beach Club
281 W. Main Street
Sat 5/21: The Barrelhouse Wailers
VFW Hall
3801 Market Street
Saturdays: 4-8 pm Captain Ron
W20 at the Watermark
598 E. Main Street
Thurs 5/12: 7 pm Jade Hendrix
Fri 5/13: 9 pm Redfish
Sat 5/14: 9 pm Ben Bostick Band
Sun 5/15: 3 pm Zeal Levin
Thurs 5/19: 7 pm Karen Eden
Fri 5/20: 9 pm Mini Driver
Sat 5/21: 9 pm The Bomb
Sun 5/22: 3 pm Rick Whitfield
The Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
Music runs 7-11 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
Sundays: B&V Acoustics
Mondays: Open Mic
Tuesdays: Keith Cain
Wednesday: Danielle Stacy
Thurs 5/12: Jon Gindick
Fri 5/13: Tom & Milo
Sat 5/14: Lola Haag
Thurs 5/19: Kiki & the Band
Fri 5/20: Jeff Uzzel
Sat 5/21: Keith Cain
The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Mondays: Estrada Band
Tuesdays: RJ Mischo & the Down Home Trio
Sat & Sun: Noon Kenny DeVoe
Sat 5/14: Live Band Karaoke
Sun 5/15: 3 pm The Swilly’s
Sat 5/21: 7 pm Fred Copplind
by Ana Baker
May 10: The Ventura County Writers Club will be hosting memoirist Lari Newton at the Pleasant Valley Senior Center, 1605 Burnley Street in Camarillo. Newton’s 7 p.m. talk will expand on the importance of theme in writing. Her talk: It’s My Theme and I’m Sticking to It, explains that theme is the “stick’um” that holds the other story essentials together. Contact Breeze contributing writer Sheli Ellsworth at 499-3490 for more information.
May 12: Local author Ken McAlpine will compare the experience of solitude on the Channel Islands to the bustle of life on the mainland as he shares excerpts from his book, Islands Apart: A Year on the Edge
of Civilization, during the May From Shore to Sea lecture. Thursday, at 7p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, January through December, at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center.
May 13: The General George S. Patton, Jr. Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution May luncheon meeting will feature the program “The Magna Charta”, presented by Louis Kreuzer, Esq. at 11:30am. Friday, in the Garden Room, Marie Callender’s Restaurant, 1295 S. Victoria Ave. Lunch is $20 per person. For information call Bill Bays 650-3036 or Robert Taylor 216-7992 or http://pattonpatriots.org.
May 14: Audubon BBQ and Annual Meeting at Hedrick Ranch Nature Area. Sandy Hedrick 340-0478, birding along the recently dedicated Reed Smith Memorial Trail, along with some additional trails that lead to new birding locations. Bring water, hats, field guides and sun protection. Arrive at 8:30 a.m. for birding, and the BBQ and annual meeting will follow.
May 14: “Creating a Power Point Presentation” will be presented to the Ventura Beginners PC Users Group by Martha Navarrete on Saturday in the Cypress Place Independent Living third floor lounge. The workshop is on more Microsoft Word features. The group meets 9:15-12:00. All beginners and intermediates are welcome. Call 648-1368 for further information.
May 14: Bank of Books, 748 East Main St. Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lida Sideris Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Philip Brown Light Runner
5p.m. to 7 p.m. Mike Casper, The Sing Son Child, a love story
Lida Sideris like her heroine, Corrie Locke worked as an entertainment attorney for a film studio.
Philip Brown, A contemporary fantasy author, is motivated by the power of words to change lives.
May 14: Coastal Housing Partnership’s 5th Annual Home Buying Fair at the Ventura Beach Marriott 2055 Harbor. The Home Buying Fair is a one-stop shop for potential home buyers to access valuable tools, resources and information on how to navigate the home buying process and get on their path to home ownership. This event is designed for first time home buyers, move-up buyers, buyers interested in getting back into the market or for anyone just thinking about buying a home.
May 15: Ventura and Santa Barbara County chapter of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) will meet Sunday, in the Campus Student Center of Ventura College.
The regular meeting starts at noon and at 11 a.m. there will be an informal. There will be a mart where items will be for sale followed by lunch and an informational meeting and a program. Program will be “Master Clocks that Henry Warren used to solve the Alternating Current power dilemma” presented by Alan Bloore. There is a $3 admission charge. Lunch is available for $5 more. www.nawcc.org. Monthly meetings are held on the 3rd Sunday of each month at the Ventura College. www.nawcc-ch190.com.
May 16: CA Zeta Chi parliamentarians will meet at 7 p.m. and will feature a lesson by Sharon Hillbrant titled “What’s New?” Main Street Restaurant and Steakhouse, 3159 E. Main St. Those wishing to eat should arrive at 6 p.m. Non-members are welcome. Membership is $25 per year. Sharon Hillbrant, 479-6738.
May 17: Audubon 8:30 a.m. Ventura Settling Ponds. Adele Fergusson 415-4304. The Settling Ponds at the Ventura Harbor is a reliable place to find summer gulls and terns, as well as songbirds and raptors. The water treatment plant is on Angler, a left turn before Spinnaker curves to the right.
May 19: Ventura Water’s Assistant General Manager, Joe McDermott, will discuss new water policies and updates during the meeting of the East Ventura Community Council. Patrick Davidson of CAPS TV will show a PowerPoint presentation telling about CAPS’ role in producing programming and information. Adrienne Stephens, Development Coordinator, and Derek Poultney, Executive Director, of the Ventura Hillsides Conservancy (VHC), will discuss the local land trust’s mission, projects and progress.
First Assembly of God Church, 346 N. Kimball Road at 7 p.m. For more information call 804-7558.
May 19: Plant In A Shoe, a free event for children and their parents on Saturday at 2 p.m. Learn the needs of a plant to grow and thrive. Please bring 1 shoe or boot for each child to plant in and take home. Plants and potting soil generously donated by Green Thumb Nursery. Sponsored by Ventura Botanical Gardens Education Committee. Meet at Green Thumb Nursery, 1899 S. Victoria Ave. Drive to the rear of the building park and enter at the gate.
May 21: Audubon Canada Larga 8:30 a.m. Leader: Adele Fergusson 415-4304. Meet near the beginning of the road off Hwy 33 under the bridge. We will carpool from that location as we walk and drive this long county road.
Local Artist Hitting the Big Time!
by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com
Jacob Scesney is making me super proud…not only has he been touring the world with various bands including Postmodern Jukebox, but he’s been making the rounds with Mike Posner on the Ellen Show and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Jacob is one of the most talented sax players and hardest working musicians around. If he’s not scheduled you’ll most likely find him sitting in with local bands from Squashed Grapes, to Bombay’s to Amigo’s. He told me that he’ll be out with Posner for a stadium tour all summer with Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato in the lineup, plus, they’ll be on Saturday Night Live and playing a gig at Wembley to an audience of 100,000 in June. He’s a sweetheart of a guy and I couldn’t be more excited about his career!
Shaky Feelin’ CD release party will be held at Bombay’s on Saturday May 21 which is perfect timing as the band will be in the studio with me at the end of the month recording the next episode of Ventura Rocks at CAPS.
A couple of bands coming up at Discovery you won’t to miss, Los Lonely Boys on Thursday, May 19, Spencer the Gardener on Friday the 20th, Big Tweed on Saturday the 21st and Fortunate Youth on Sunday, the 22nd.
Bad Sam Presents TSOL and Guttermouth at The Garage on Friday May 13. And Numbskull Productions is bringing English punk rock band Angelic Upstarts to the Garage with The Rouse opening on Tuesday, May 24.
Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul & Mary, will be at the Rubicon Theater for one special performance on Sunday, May 15.
You should get your tickets soon for the Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival for May 28th and 29th with Booker T, Leon Russell, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Barbara Morrison, and more including local musicians and friends, Guy Martin and Kelly’s Lot. See www.SimiCajun.org for tickets.
I’m sorry to report that Blues artist Candye Kane passed away May 6. Kane had performed at the Ventura Blues Club for Hi-Hat Entertainment this past December; Jerry McWorter of Hi-Hat said, “Candye was one of our favorites…a true entertainer, singer, song writer and musician.” Kane was known as “the toughest girl alive” and had been battling cancer for eight years.
And finally, a lot of bands are going into the studio lately and a lot of bands are using crowd funding resources to help cover costs. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that unless the band/artist is not giving anything back in return. If I’m contributing $25 or more of my hard earned dollars, then I want a CD or digital download after the recording process is done. Just sayin’.
Do you have any music related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing? Send all information short or long to [email protected], and for updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com.
The Photography Branch of the Ojai Art Center welcomes artists to submit photographic images in black and white for the upcoming 13th annual juried photography exhibit, “Shades of Gray,” opening June 4 with a reception from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Entries may be submitted to the Art Center Thursday, June 2, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. or Friday, June 3, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
All entries must be in black and white photographic media. The subject matter is open, and can be pure photographic or digitally altered images. Amateurs, professionals, and students in grades 7 through 12, are all welcome to enter. Students will have free entry fees. For full information and questions contact: David Baker 558-6460 (call or text) or e-mail at [email protected]
For the Call for Artists please visit: http://ojaiacphoto.org/2016-annual-exhibit.html
Ojai ACT is in the process of formulating its 2017 season and is seeking meaningful suggestions from directors, producers, or anyone involved in the theater world.
The goal for the 2017 season is to present a balanced slate of plays that will offer new and different choices for our patrons, as well as plays that we know to be the backbone of the play-going community.
Plays should be accompanied by a short statement.
Please drop it off at: Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery St., Attn: Richard Camp. For mailing, use Ojai ACT, PO Box 331, Ojai CA 93024, Attn: Richard Camp. For any questions, email [email protected].
At 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016, local humorist poet John Gentry will visit the Ojai Library to read from his 2012 edition of Treading Lightly: Not So Modern Poetry in the Post-Modern Age. Mr. Gentry is a retired teacher and an unapologetic rhymer—a rare appellation in this age of modern, free verse poetry.
This event is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Ron Solórzano, City Librarian, at 218-9146
On Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Ojai Valley Green Coalition invites the public to the 7th annual Green Living Tour & Home Show. Tickets are $10 (kids 18 and under are free). Information on the Tour and tickets, free Home Show, biking the tour and much more can be found at ojaivalleygreentour.com.
Throughout the Ojai Studio Artists’ Angles: Best of OSA exhibit, the Ojai Valley Museum will host Art Talks every Saturday morning from 11 am – noon. This Saturday May 14, Stephen Edwards, Brian Berman and Richard Flores will be the featured artists. For further information, call 640-1390.
Second Saturday Open Studios: April 9, May 14, June 11, July 9, August 13 and December 10, Artisan’s Holiday Gift Tour. Studios open 10 am – 3 pm. Admittance is free.
Advance Tickets: $30 in advance, $35 day of event, $20/person for groups of 10 or more, $15 for students, 17 & under free. Ticket includes studio visits all three days and admission to Saturday’s Gala Reception. Tickets and Tour brochures available at ojaistudioartists.org.
Acting Workshop at The Ojai Art Center: “Act Up – Act Out”
For beginners and Experienced actors – children and adults. Gai Jones, founder of CA Youth in Theatre, National Educational Theatre Association Based on the book THE STUDENT ACTOR PREPARES, the 2 hour workshop for actors, artists, and even those who feel non-creative, invites the public to learn, have fun, and discover themselves. The event will be held at the Ojai Art Center, Literary Branch, at 113 S. Montgomery, Ojai. Sat., May 28th, 2 p.m. Suggested Donation is $5
There’s a reason why Sir David Hare’s play “Skylight” has a shelf full of major awards and successful revivals in England and America; it speaks to hearts, and those voices are at to the Ojai ACT stage in dramatic fashion until June 5.
Behind the scenes are many other players who make it real. It all starts with Steve Grumette, who loves to act and direct comedies, “but the plays that appeal to me most are those in which the author makes a serious attempt to explore and illuminate the human condition.”
“Skylight” runs until June 5 at Ojai ACT, 113 S. Montgomery St, at (note earlier time) 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15 general and $12 for seniors, students and Art Center members. For tickets, call 640-8797 or visit: www.OjaiACT.org
The City of Ojai announces the hiring of Cheryl Shaw as records manager. Shaw comes to the City from the Ventura County Civil Service Commission, where she has served as the manager and staff for the Commission for the past seven years. With the Commission, Shaw has been responsible for all aspects of management and staff support for the commission and its commissioners, including the preparation of agendas and minutes of commission and committee meetings, Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) filings, commission appointments and elections, records management, public records requests, the commission’s budget, and the filing of appeals. Shaw, a resident of Ventura, holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego.
Eco Shumaker, a Ventura mixed-media artist, will present her first solo exhibition of works, titled Wanderlust, until May 28 at the Buenaventura Gallery in downtown Ventura.
“These are the paintings that have come from my travel to Costa Rica and Hawaii. I am feeling the pull to travel and have been intuitively painting whatever moves me through traveling, reading and dreaming,”
Shumaker said she started painting in high school, then studied fashion design in Los Angeles and worked in the garment industry for many years. “I found painting again in 2008 and haven’t put my brush down since,” she said.
Examples of Shumaker’s art can be found online at indigoarthouse.com.
Buenaventura Gallery, 700 E. Santa Clara St., is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. For more about the nonprofit Buenaventura Art Association, visit the website www.buenaventuragallery.org or call 648-1235 during gallery hours.
