How to resolve AdBlock issue? Shirley Valentine at OACT Jan. 24 to Feb. 6
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- Published: Friday, 17 January 2020 10:33
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Ojai Art Center Theater’s Co-Producer Richard Sven Shelgren and set designer Bianca Rice.
Lisa Angle, Special to the Ojai Valley News
Do you know Shirley Valentine? Sure you do. She’s the woman next door, the woman you see at the farmers market or the dog park, but often more than meets the eye bubbles beneath the surface. Let the Ojai Art Center Theater introduce you to playwright Willy Russell’s inspirational character on stage Jan. 24 through Feb. 16.
Nancy Horwick is taking public near and far with art
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Nancy Horwick’s art exhibit opens at City Hall.
The upcoming featured artist at City Hall is celebrated local painter and collagist Nancy Horwick. Selected by the city of Ojai Arts Commission Gallery Committee for her exquisite technique, and the harmony and quiet, meditative intensity of her work, she will be displaying an outstanding collection of oil paintings entitled “Recollections: Near and Far” for the next two months.
Museum to party on Third Friday
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It's a new year and a new decade but all the things you love about the free 3rd Friday event downtown Ojai — Jan. 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. — remain the same. And that's a good thing, right? Free admission at the Ojai Valley Museum. Wonderful exhibitions. Plus music by Licity Collins, thanks to the Ojai Music Festival's Bravo! program.
This is the last weekend to see the "Legacy: Krishnamurti and Ojai" exhibit at the Ojai Valley Museum. Sunday is the last day.
Ojai Art Center Theater launches 2020 season with 'Shirley Valentine'
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Anna Kotula portrays Shirley Valentine at the Ojai Art Center Theater, Jan. 24 to Feb. 16.
Mrs. Joe Bradshaw feels stuck in the same old house with the same boring old husband. When she accepts an invitation to join a friend in Greece, she discovers somebody she forgot about: her true self, Shirley Valentine. The Ojai Art Center Theater’s 2020 season takes off with this life-affirming production Jan. 24 through Feb. 16.
Porch Gallery Ojai exhibit 'Elemental' features two artists
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Douglas Tausik Ryder, “Sticks,” Wood Sculpture.
Porch Gallery Ojai presents “Elemental: Selected Works by Victoria Pearson and Douglas Tausik Ryder” open through March 8.
OYES presents 'Beauty and the Beast Jr.'
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Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio will present “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr.” Jan. 17 through Feb. 9 at the Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio, located on the Ojai Valley Community Church Campus at 907 El Centro St. in Ojai.
Youth performances will be held Fridays at 6 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m.
Ojai Valley Museum holds Town Talk on Krishnamurti
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The Ojai Valley Museum presents a Town Talk:”New Perspectives on Krishnamurti in America” on Sunday, Jan. 12, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Ojai author David Edmund Moody, Ph.D., will present key findings from his new biography, “Krishnamurti in America: New Perspectives on the Man and his Message.”
Discover art of storytelling
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Karen Banfield will teach a six-week class on the art of storytelling on Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m., starting Jan. 6 at Ojai Underground, 1016 Ojai Ave., Ojai.
Acting class offered in Santa Paula
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Taylor Kasch
Santa Paula Theater Center presents monologue and scene study classes with Taylor Kasch "Acting with Intent" Jan. 13 through March 9 — no class on Feb. 3 — Monday evenings from 7 to 10.
'We the People' brings social studies to life
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Theatreworks USA presents “We the People.” From left are Jamie LaVerdiere, Badia Farha, Colin Campbell McAdoo, F. Michael Haynie. This is a photo from the original production, not the current cast.
Performances To Grow On will present "We The People" a musical performance from Theatreworks, the New York-based theater company, on Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks. The performance is geared for grades 4 to 8. Tickets are $10 for groups of 10 or more and are available at http://www.ptgo.org (click on events)
OPAT is holding auditions
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- Published: Friday, 10 January 2020 12:08
Directors Craig Anderson and Richard Camp announce auditions for Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy “Harvey,” to be performed at Ojai Performing Arts Theater March 27 to 29 and April 3 to 5 at Matilija Auditorium.