Calendar of Events

JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JULY 11 Agora Foundation: “Tolstoy, The Forged Coupon and Dostoyevsky: The Honest Thief.” Time: 12 noon to 2 p.m. Location: Agorafoundation.com, register to receive the link, click on the titles to download the readings. Tutors: Kevin Walker and Andy Gilman Contact: 805-231-5974

JULY 18 Agora Foundation’s Series on Love: Nicomachean Ethics: Books 8 and 9 edited) by Aristotle” Time: 12 noon to 2 p.m. Location: Agorafoundation.com, register to receive the link, click on the titles to download the readings. Othello said about himself that he “loved not wisely but too well.” It seems that one can love things too much, but can one really love someone too much? Perhaps more fundamentally: are there different kinds of love? This series will devote itself to a discussion of the mystery and majesty of love. JULY 19 Agora Foundation’s Series on Marcel Proust: “Swann’s Way.” Time: 12 to 2 p.m. Location: Agorafoundation.com, register to receive the link, click on the titles to download the readings.

JULY 25 Agora Foundation’s Series on “The Book of Jonah” Time: 12 to 2 p.m. Location: Agorafoundation.com, register to receive the link, click on the titles to download the readings.

Future Readings in the Series: Augustine, Sermon on Love Dostoevsky, A Gentle Creature Ibsen, A Doll’s House Shakespeare, Othello Sigrid Unset, Gunnar’s Daughter Flannery O’Connor, The Lame Shall Enter First C.S. Lewis, Four Loves

REOCCURING EVENTS

WEEKLY Monday, Wednesday & Friday “Somatic Stretch for Self Healing”

Instructor: Meredith Sands Keator Time: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Location: Anywhere you can find a sturdy internet connection. Contact: somaticsanctuary.com email support@somaticsanctuary Phone: 805-633-9230

MONDAY & THURSDAYS “Introduction to Somatic Stretch”

Instructor: Sultana Parvanka Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Contact: somaticsanctuary.com email support@somaticsanctuary Phone: 805-633-9230

WEDNESDAYS “Offerings with Sarah Grace” — Somatic Satsang, free community gathering and tools for resiliency

Instructor: Sarah Grace Time: 7 p.m. Contact: somaticsanctuary.com email support@somaticsanctuary Phone: 805-633-9230

THURSDAYS “Ojai: Talk of the Town” Podcast

New episodes come out Thursday evenings through OjaiHub.com newsletter. Sign up at OjaiHub.com

OPPOSITE PAGE: Somatic Sanctuary is hosting online events with instructors every week. The Ojai Music Festival will take place online, with Matthias Pintscher, this year’s music director. The Ojai Film Festival

is hosting Friday free screening of highlight films from prior years. The Ojai Farmers Market and Farmer & The Cook are open and providing outlets for local farmers and fresh-food seekers.

FRIDAYS Farmer & The Cook

Location: 339 West El Roblar Avenue, Meiners Oaks Times: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This popular farm-to-kitchen destination has reopened, with usual precautions in place to reduce exposure to coronavirus.

SUNDAYS Certified Farmer’s Market

Date: Every Sunday Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact: 698-5555 Location: Matilija Street city parking lot behind the Arcade. Open air market featuring locally grown produce, plants, musicians and handmade items, including soaps, baskets, beeswax candles and olive oil. Again, with proper social distancing and vendor spacing, the Farmers Market will stay open through the duration of the stay-at-home order.

VIRTUAL PUBLIC ART TOUR UP AND RUNNING

By Sami Zahringer

Ojai art-lovers! The City of Ojai Arts Commission website has now published its virtual tour of the town’s collection of public art. This is your art and now there is a comprehensive guide to take you through it. Conceived as four separate walking tours, members of the public may stroll at their leisure around town following the guide, or peruse it all from home.

At present we cannot offer docent-led tours but they will be available by appointment for groups and individuals in due course.

Myriad surprises await you on these tours; little facts, fancies, curiosities, and tidbits that enrich our Ojai life and community. Did you know, for instance, the story behind that the cast-bronze sculpture near the rear entrance to the plaza behind the arcade, made by iconic Ojai artist, Sylvia Raz? “Early-Bird

Shopper” is the playful interpretation of an eagle that honors the bird-life in the valley. The eagle’s traditionally styled clothes reflect the Chumash Native Americans. A chocolate kiss serves as a hat, representing the sweet richness of Ojai. The artist tells us that, if you rub the little gold button on her purse, it will bring you good shopping luck! “Early-Bird Shopper” disappeared from her plaza position early in 2008 only to be discovered, months later, glued to a lonesome, high rock on Shelf Road, overlooking the valley.

To the relief of all, she was rescued and bolted (now thief-proof!) back on her proper perch.

Take the tour via the following link. Ojai is a magical town for artists and our city is extraordinary in its support of public art. We have a public art collection we can be proud of and now it is configured in such a way as to make it accessible to all.

Have fun!

http://www.artsojai.org/self-guided-tour/