Calendar of Events

OCTOBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

events

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

“Hot Summer Day,” by Nelda Gruenthal, among the “ARTrageous Pastel Show exhibitors.

art shows

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 2 Jefferson Starship

Times: 5 to 10 p.m. Location: Libbey Bowl, 210 South Signal Street Door open at 5 p.m. Opening for the classic rock band will be Melted Vinyl and Rubi Ate the Fig Contact: 888-645-5006, libbeybowl.org

OCTOBER 2 to NOVEMBER 2 “ARTrageous Pastel Show”

Times: 10 to 4 p.m. Closed Mondays. Location: Ojai Art Center, 113 South Montgomery Street Contact: ojaiartcenter.org 805-646-0117

OCTOBER 3 Upper Ojai Search & Rescue Fundraiser

Times: 4 to 7 p.m. Location: Boccali’s Restaurant, 3277 East Ojai Avenue Contact: ojaisar.org The Upper Ojai Search & Rescue team was formed in 1951 as an all-volunteer, skilled response team for mountain, urban and canyon settings.

OCTOBER 8-10 38th Annual Ojai Studio Artists Tour

Times: 10 to 5 p.m. Location: headquartered at the Ojai Valley Museum, 130 West Ojai Avenue Contact: ojaistudioartists.org The tour, featuring 63 member artists hosting open studios, is free this year. It showcases local painters, digital, glass and fiber artists.

OCTOBER 28-31 20th Ojai Storytelling Festival

Times: Varies Location: Libbey Bowl and other Ojai venues Many of the nation’s most talented storytellers will be in Ojai. The lineup is as follows: Donald Davis, Bil Lepp, Robert B. Jones, Diane Macklin, Regi Carpenter, Bill Harley, Kim Weitkamp, and special guests, Kimberly Ford and the Dreamland Band’s tribute to Joni Mitchell and Debra Ehrhardt from Jamaica will be at Naughty Tales. Contact: ojaistoryfest.org Phone: 310-890-1439

THURSDAYS “Ojai: Talk of the Town” Podcast

New episodes come out Thursday evenings through our OjaiHub.com newsletter. Sign up at OjaiHub.com. Recent interviews include Rhiannon Giddens on her life work, Sergio Aragonés of Mad Magazine fame and OSA chair Pam Grau talking about this year’s Ojai Studio Artists Tour, as well as Ojai Storyteller Festival featured performer Debra Erhardt. Available wherever you catch your podcasts.

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.