SEPTEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS WEEKLY
exhibits
Peter Cook will be among the storytellers in Ojai October 28-31
AUGUST 5 to OCTOBER 3 “Drawings by Henri Matisse” at canvas and paper gallery Time: Noon to 5 p.m., Thursday to Sunday Location: 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. Admission is free TO SEPTEMBER 20 “John Millei - Works on Paper” at Porch Gallery Time: Thursday, Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: 310 E. Matilija Street Contact: Porchgalleryojai.com 805-620-7589 Millei has exhibited at galleries both nationally and internationally and been featured in many leading publications. SEPTEMBER 16 to 19 75th Annual Ojai Music Festival Times: Varies Location: Libbey Bowl and other Ojai venues Music Director John Adams is hosting a program that puts the spotlight on young composers. Artists include Samuel Carl Adams,
concerts
Rhiannon Giddens, photo by Ebru Ildiz
Timo Andres, Dylan Mattingly, Gabriela Ortiz, Rhiannon Giddens, Carlos Simon, and Gabriella Smith. Artists making their Ojai debuts include Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, Attacca Quartet, violinist Miranda Cuckson, and recorder player Anna Margules. Contact: 805-646-2094 Email: info@ojaifestival.org SEPTEMBER 23 to 26 Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s “2021 MountainFilm Tour” Times: 5:15 to 9:30 p.m. Location: Under the Open Sky event will take place Friday, September 24 at the Ventura River Steelhead Preserve. Contact: ovlc.org, 805-649-6852 The tour is back this year but it will be different. MountainFilm screenings will be offered Thursday through Saturday. Friday’s Under the Open Sky will feature a farm-to-table dinner and select films. You must be fully vaccinated to attend. 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: OM — September 2021
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.
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 OjaiHub.com newsletter. Sign up at OjaiHub.com. Recent interviews include Rhiannon Giddens on her life work and first appearance coming up at the Ojai Music Festival, and Sergio Aragonés of Mad Magazine fame. 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.
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