Calendar of Events

NOVEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

art shows

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

Blind Boy Paxton will be among the storytellers in Ojai October 28-31

Mary Warner’s “Dusk” at Porch Gallery’s “Before the Wilt” show.

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.

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.

OCTOBER 14 – DECEMBER 12 Ivon Hitchens: “Nudes”

Times: Thursday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Location: canvas and paper, 311 north montgomery street 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. Contact: canvasandpaper.org

NOVEMBER 4-14 Ojai Film Festival

Times: Varies Locations: Varies. Contact: ojaifilmfestival. com The Ojai Film Festival returns in-person on November 4 with a free screening at Libbey Bowl. From November 5 to 8 will be the screenings and festival programs. Then November 9 to 14, all festival films will be available online through video on demand. The festival kicks off on November 4 with a free screening of “Up” in Libbey Bowl. All festival films will be available for streaming November 9 to 14. Contact: 805-640-1947 info@ojaifilmfestival.com

OCTOBER 7 - JANUARY 3 Before the Wilt: Works by Renée A Fox & Mary Warner

Location: Porch Gallery 310 East Matilija Street Times: Thursday to Monday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Guest curated by China Adams Before The Wilt features the work of painters Renee´ Fox and Mary Warner. Both accentuate the flower through dramatic scale, rich color and Realism (in places verging on Hyper-Realism). Poised at either ends of the life-cycle spectrum, seen together, the work of Fox and Warner act symbolically to suggest a kind of bookending to the compressed floral life-cycle. Contact: 805-620-7589 porchgalleryojai.com

NOVEMBER 13-14 Holiday Marketplace

Times: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day Location: Libbey Park This event is a benefit for the Ojai Music Festival and its BRAVO education and community program, which offers free music workshops to the Ojai Valley public schools and the community. Begin your holiday shopping with 50+ booths that will provide the perfect find for everyone on your list, including something special for you. Enjoy musical performances at the Libbey Park Gazebo. Create your own decorations at the Ornament and Wreath Stations. Silent auction of decorated tabletop trees and menorahs created by local artists, businesses, and organizations. The Holiday Home Tour will return November 2022!

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