How to resolve AdBlock issue? Dance into the holidays with Dr. Suess
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“Seussical” performers rock the stage.
You can almost hear Santa's sleigh bells as snow dusts the mountains around the Ojai Valley. With the holiday season comes a magical production to share with your family. Ojai Art Center Theater's 80th season is close to its curtain call, with its final production of "Seussical." The musical runs for one more weekend with matinées on Saturday and Sunday.
Poppies hosts guest artist reception
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Artwork by Wana Klasen of Ventura
Poppies Art and Gifts announces its first Guest Artist of the month. Wana Klasen, of Ventura, will show her work throughout December. A reception with the artist will be held Dec. 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. at 323 E. Matilija St., Ojai.
Parade of lights comes with snow
Channel Islands Harbor kicks off the holidays with its 54th annual holiday Parade of Lights from noon to 8 p.m. Dec. 14, beginning with the parade at 7 p.m. This year’s parade theme is “Musical Notes & Holiday Floats.” Everyone is invited to enjoy a full day of holiday activities and watch festively decorated boats in the parade while listening to carolers sing holiday songs.
Holiday Third Friday Downtown Ojai on Friday, Dec. 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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Potter Julie Wellings’ whimsical kittens, titled “The Couple,” are waiting for a new home.
It’s time for our Holiday Third Friday Downtown on Dec. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Ojai will offer extended open venues with light refreshments and live music to round out the season and the year. OVA Gallery, located at 238 E. Ojai Ave. in the Arcade, will be highlighting the work of all their local artists in the window.
Ojai Art Center's Chamber Music Series set for Jan. 5
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Violinist Yue Deng
Ojai Art Center's 2020 Chamber Music Series begins with violinist Yue Deng on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 2 p.m. at the Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai.
Butterflies, dragonflies, scarabs at Coffee Connection
Art by Seraina Jacqueline
Textile embroidery art exhibition by local artist Seraina Jacqueline will be at the Coffee Connection, 311 E. Roblar Drive in Meiners Oaks through mid-January.
Ojai Short Film Fest to honor Terry Rossio
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Terry Rossio
On Sunday, Dec. 15, the Ojai Short Film Fest will honor Terry Rossio, Academy Award nominee screenwriter, with The 'Awha'y Icon Award, given annually to icons of the entertainment industry worldwide.
The second annual Ojai Short Film Festival — presented by Carl Zeiss of Zeiss Camera Lenses — will be Dec. 13 to 15.
Film Society honors young filmmakers
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The Ojai Film Society announced the Youth Filmmakers Competition winners during the Ojai Film Festival on Nov. 1 at the Ojai Art Center. Winners of the competition answer questions from the audience about inspiration, execution and their school programs.From left to right: second-prize winner Tristen Lemp, Nordhoff High School (“Dear Future Self)”; Grand Prize winner and Audience Choice Award winner Jackson Williams, Matilija Middle School (at time of award), (“Thirteen”); first-prize winners Harrison Love, Villanova Preparatory, and Maya Mouderres, Matilija Middle School, both members of Ojai Arts Conservatory (“Trapped!”). Not pictured are first-prize winners of “Trapped!” Vanessa Delano, Kadin Mouderres and Nate Schmidt.
The Ojai Film Society sponsors an annual competition for Ojai high school student filmmakers. This year, the 219 winning films are presented for the enjoyment of the high school students attending the festival’s Student Filmmakers Program as well as the festival’s patrons.
'Tis the season to be jolly in Ojai this week and next with lots of fun events
Friday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.: Nordhoff Theatre Arts perfomance of comedy, Nordhoff High Black Box, Room B-4:
Nordhoff High School Theatre Arts will perform "The Foreigner" in the Nordhoff High School Black Box, Room B-4, on Friday, Dec. 14, and Saturday, Dec. 14.
Performances will be Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
"The Foreigner" is by Larry Shue and is directed by John Hoj. Tickets are available at www.NordhoffDrama.org.
Tickets for the evening performances are $15 general admission and $10 for students.
Tickets for the matinee performances are $10 general admission and $7 for students.
Silly and sane are merging
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Poeme Howard play Cindy-Lou Who, the tiniest person in the cast.
‘Seussical’
Ojai Art Center Theater production of the musical by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, co-conceived with Eric Idle, will be performed through Dec. 15 at 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai; 805-640-8797. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $25; seniors $20; under 25 $10.
By Rita Moran, Theater critic
“Seussical” is a musical that embraces the spirit and wit of the memorable children’s stories created by Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel. For the young and the young at heart there’s magic in the mention of Seuss and his stream of tales.
Town Talk: An Interrupted Life features Ojai artist
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At this Christmas Eve dinner in 1941 at the Rosario Arms Apartments in Manila, Karen Kerns (Lewis) and her mother, in the apartment of friends, await a knock on the door that would be from either her father, who was making his way on foot down from Baguio City 100 kilometers to the north, or from a Japanese soldier assigned to rounding up American civilians in the bombed city of Manila.
The Ojai Valley Museum presents another in an ongoing series of Town Talks on Sunday, Dec. 8, at the museum, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.