Calendar of Events

JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Ivon Hitchens at canvas and paper through July 17 Grateful Shred at Libbey Bowl, July 30-31

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MAY 19 – JULY 17 Ivon Hitchens: “Flowers”

Location: canvas and paper, 311 North Montgomery Street Times: Thursday to Sunday, 12 noon to 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.

JUNE 24 - JULY 24 “Music Man” at the Ojai Art Center

Times: Thursday - Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Ojai Art Center Theater 109 South Montgomery Street Contact: OjaiAct.org, 805-640-8797 Meredith Willson’s classic, directed by Tracey Williams Sutton

2ND SATURDAYS — JULY 9

Ojai Studio Artists Open Studios

Date: July 9 Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Varied, check website at ojaistudioartists.org Select groups of OSA members artists open their studios to the public in this free event. Perfect for patrons, or just curious lovers of art.

2ND & 4TH SUNDAYS — JULY 10 & 24 Ojai Cars & Coffee

(Image credit: Ivon Hitchens, Algerian Woman No. 1, 1948, oil on canvas © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / DACS, London)

WEEKLY

Certified Farmers Market

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.

Times: 8 to 10 a.m. Location: Westridge Midtown Market 131 West Ojai Avenue Contact: IDriveSoCal.com Ojai Cars & Coffee events take place in a gorgeous setting in the parking lot of the Westridge Midtown Market. Come see beautiful collector and vintage cars and talk with their proud owners.

JULY 22 The Zombies

Times: 5 p.m. Location: Libbey Bowl Contact: 888-645-5006 boxoffice@wmmts.com The iconic British psychedelic pop legends and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees have returned to Ojai.

JULY 23 “An Afternoon with Amanda McBroom”

Time: Saturday, 4 p.m. The Ojai Art Center 113 South Montgomery Street Contact: ojaiartcenter.org, 805-646-0117 McBroom, composer of the much-covered song, “The Rose,” has been described as “anurban poet who writes like an angel and has a voice to match.”

JULY 30-31 Grateful Shred & Friends

Times: 2 to 9 p.m.

Ojai Community Farmers Market

Every Thursday Time: 3-7 p.m. Location: Chaparral High School Courtyard

Location: Libbey Bowl Contact: OVLC.org or 805-649-6852 ext. 2 Eclectic, Locally-Curated 2-Day Festival to FeaturingGrateful Shred, Cayucas, Nate Mercereau, Carlos Niño, Dan Horne, Gifted & Blessed, Shelley Burgon, Service Human, Barbarelle, Chuck & Luisa, Melody Bird and more to benefit the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy

JULY 31 'Rags” A Benefit for Ukraine

Time: 5 p.m. Location: Matilija Auditorium Contact: michaelsongbook@gmail.com “Rags” is a Broadway musical about displaced people finding their way.

THURSDAYS

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