FEBRUARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS galleries
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Certified Farmers Market
(Image credit: Ivon Hitchens, Algerian Woman No. 1, 1948, oil on canvas © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / DACS, London)
Painting by Cornelis Kick (Dutch, 1635–1681
TO FEBRUARY 13 Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike Times: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays & 2 p.m. on Sundays Location: Ojai Art Center Theater 113 South Montgomery Street Contact: 805-646-8797 ojaiact.org This award-winning Christopher Durang comedy follows middle-aged siblings, played by Peter Schreiner (Vanya) and Laurie Walters (Sonia), living together, when chaos enters in the form of their movie-star sister Masha (Tracy Williams Sutton.) The play opens with Vanya and hSonia stewing in the remote Pennsylvania country house they inherited from their parents. Both middle-aged, they bicker like they hate each other, yet they appear resigned to their situation. TO MARCH 14 “It’s My House” at Porch Gallery Times: Location: 310 East Matilija Street Contact: 805-620-7589 porchgalleryojai.com CURA Art, in collaboration with Porch Gallery, invites you to Its My House!, a collective space and exhibition celebrating the role of collectors in their embrace and support of creativity. This immersive installation-exhibition uses the building’s former life as a domestic space and creates a united “house” and cultural hub for inspiration, debate and sanctuary, surrounded by the joy that artistry brings. Artists included: Adia Millett, Alex Asher
Peter Schreiner and Laurie Walters onstage in "Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike"
Daniel, Alexandra Grant, Beatrice Wood, Ben Todd, Brett Childs, Chad Attie, Firoozeh Neman, Hormazd Narielwalla, Jonathan Prince, Margaret Mellis, Michael Shaw, Patti Oleon, Pia Pack, Rebecca Farr, Sean C. Flaherty, Senon Williams MARCH 3 to MAY 8 canvas & paper present Cornelis Kick, William Scott & Louis Valtat Location: 311 North Montgomery Street Times: Thursday to Sunday, noon – 5 p.m. Contact: canvasandpaper.org Free admission — canvas and paper is a non-profit exhibition space showing paintings and drawings from the 20th century and earlier in thematic and single artist exhibits. FEBRUARY 5, 12, 19 & 26
Ojai Valley Improv’s Classes on Saturdays Times: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and Mondays Location: The Raymund Room at The Ojai Art Center, 113 South Montgomery Street Contact: 818-648-9540 Learn to own your power, embrace your feear, develop better listening skills, learn the value of collaboration, learn to adapt and be agile. Build a great ensemble troupe. Beginner’s Improv Classes are also available Mondays at Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio. Cost is $10 per session, first class is free.
Every Sunday Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact: 805-698-5555 Location: Matilija Street city parking lot behind the Arcade. Open air market featuring locally grown produce, as well as plants, musicians and handmade items. Ojai Community Farmers Market Every Thursday Time: 3-7 p.m. Location: Chaparral High School Courtyard
Every 1st and 3rd Monday Times: 7 to 9 p.m. Location: Ojai Main Library, 111 East Ojai Avenue Contact: Laurie at 805-646-3733 ojaibard@gmail.com Join our lively reading and discussion. Whether you like to read aloud or just listen, everyone is welcome ! Drop in and join the fun. We read and discuss Shakespeare’s play.
THURSDAYS “Ojai: Talk of the Town” Podcast New episodes come out Thursday evenings through OjaiHub.com newsletter. Sign up at OjaiHub.com
February 7 & 21
Shakespeare Reading Salon — OM — February 2022
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