JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS WEEKLY
exhibits
Certified Farmers Market
Jean Metzinger @ canvas and paper
EVERY DAY 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.
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.
Sergio Aragonés, photo by Myrna Cambianica
MAY 27 – JULY 25 “Paintings by Jean Metzinger” Times: Thursday – Sunday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. Location: canvas and paper, 311 North Montgomery Street Contact: canvasandpaper.org 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.
Parade at 10 a.m. on July 3rd Fireworks Show at Nordhoff Stadium, gates open at 5:30 p.m., Fireworks show at or about 9:15 p.m. Locations: Libbey Bowl, Ojai Avenue & Nordhoff Stadium Contact: 4thofJulyinOjai.com Fireworks tickets are available at Attitude Adjustment, prices are $5 for children and $10 for adults with family prices as well.
JULY 16 “Downtown Ojai — Third Friday” Time: 5 to 7 p.m. 336 East Ojai Avenue Ojai’s monthly free Third Friday Event Series offers a chance to experience conversations with local artists, light refreshments, and live music at downtown art venues. Many stores stay open late with special events and shopping.
JUNE 25 – JULY 18 “Family Furniture” Time: 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays. Location: The Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 South Montgomery Street Contact: ojaiact.org or call 805-640-8797 The Art Center will present the beloved and provocative A. R. Gurney play, starring Benjamin Wilson, Buddy Wilds, KiSea Katikka, Ashley Osler. and Amber Shea Hodge, directed by Tom Eubanks. There will be no performance on July 4th. Tickets are $20 general admission, $18 seniors and AC members, $10 for those under 25.
JULY 9 “The Expandards & Jamie Drake” Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Location: Ojai Valley Museum, 130 West Ojai Avenue The Ojai Valley Museum and the Ojai Underground Exchange present an outdoor concert at the museum featuring Expandards, and Jamie Drake. Enjoy a wonderful evening of music under the stars for the whole family. Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco and Isaac Koren are the Expandards. They will be singing songs from the Great American Songbook. Also performing will be folk artist Jamie Drake. Bring the whole family for the first concert of the season at the museum. Dinner by La Fuente is included. Tickets $35 each, children under 12 free. Underwritten by Tracy Albert and Carey Appel.
THURSDAYS “Ojai: Talk of the Town” Podcast New episodes come out Thursday evenings through OjaiHub.com newsletter. Sign up at OjaiHub.com. Recent interviews include Malcolm McDowell on the 50th anniversary of “A Clockwork Orange,” and Sergio Aragonés of Mad Magazine fame. Available wherever you catch your podcasts.
JULY 2-4 “Fourth of July Weekend Celebrations” Times: Libbey Bowl concert at 6 p.m. on July 2nd,
OM — July 2021
STAY TUNED Tierra Sol Institute’s “Muses on the Mount” The institute is curating shows for the benefit of Meditation Mount, which recently re-opened its doors after the Thomas Fire. Recent Muses on the Mount performances included RyX, Orpheo and Rachel McCord, and also painter Vera Long and sound bowl artists Trinity of Sound. Contact: To be notified of Summer events, go to tierrasolojai.org and meditationmount.org. 11
