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The Ojai Garden Tour 2007 is approaching. Saturday May 5th is the big day - Cinco de Mayo! Plan on touring Ojai's lush private gardens followed by a pitcher of margaritas at your favorite Mexican establishment.
Get in touch with the Ojai Chamber if you want to buy tickets, sponsor the event or show off your garden.
from the artist...
Bobbi at "A Secret Beauty" will be hosting new work created by Orcas Island Artist Susan Slapin for a One Afternoon Only-Portfolio Show. Susan is a former Ojai resident.
Her paintings are relatively abstract. The work reflects the interior of the human experience, more than show a picture plane that is easily understood. The viewer can interpret their own experience, as both surfaces and mood hold their place in the paintings. These images contain strong colorfields and often inform us of the natural or spiritual world.
Work will be viewed unframed as paintings on paper or canvas, and are available for purchase. We hope you can join us and enjoy the show, and some light refreshments.
Place: A Secret Beauty
Date & Time: Saturday March 10 1:00-6:00
Address: 960 East Ojai Avenue Ojai
Artist's Website: www.orcasonline.com/~slapinarts
Email: slapinarts@orcasonline.com
Phone: (360) 298-2868
from the Ojai Chamber...
Your day and/or business may be temporarily affected by the Amgen “Tour of California” bike race on Saturday, February 24th. Stage 6 of the race travels from Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita. The City of Ojai is preparing to close city roads from approximately 12:15 to 12:30 p.m. via a rolling blockade. For additional information, visit www.AmgenTourOfCalifornia.com
Ojai Art Center Theater is conducting open auditions for “The Heidi Chronicles,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Wendy Wasserstein, from 1-3 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18 at the theater, 113 S. Montgomery.
Callbacks will be Feb. 19 and 21 and the play runs at Ojai ACT from May 4 to June 3. All roles are available for actors between the ages of 20-40. It is a smartly-crafted play dealing with the changing role of women from the 1960’s on, and the production is a tribute to the playwright, who died last year at age 55.
For questions, contact Director Steve Grumette at 649-4000 or email stevo@ojai.net.
Blood donors needed
PLEASE GIVE BLOOD
Hosted by the Ojai Valley Board of Realtors
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Located at the Ojai Valley Women's Club
441 East Ojai Avenue
Please contact Debbie Curry at (805)233-2638 for your appointment
For questions about deferrals or procedures, call 800-843-2949 ext. 7066
Please bring picture ID or Red Cross donor card when you donate
Ojai local Bernadette sent this on over - check it out...
Ukrainian Egg Decoration Workshops
This spring get acquainted with an ancient, traditional art of the Ukraine. Bernadette DiPietro, artist, photographer, and author has been offering these egg workshops since 1972.
This year two one-day workshops will be offered in the Ojai Valley.
For nearly 2,000 years, people from all over the world have been decorating eggs in the spring of the year. The legends related to these decorated eggs all stem towards rebirth and the renewal of nature and life. Each year with the first of spring, Ukrainians’ begin creating their collection of Pysanky eggs. Then on Easter Sunday, a basket of these colorful treasures are taken to church and blessed. Afterwards the eggs are exchanged between friends and relatives. Pysanky (decorated eggs) are believed to contain special powers. The symbolic designs represent a meaning to both the designer of the egg and the person who receives it.
Participants in the workshops will decorate in the traditional manner, combining the legends, customs, symbols, and designs of Ukrainian Pysanky eggs. Using the batik wax method, and a tool called a kistka, they will hand decorate beautiful eggs.
The first workshop will be on Saturday, March 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts located at 8560 Ojai-Santa Paula Road in the Upper Ojai Valley. The fee for this six-hour workshop is $175.00.
The second workshop will be on Saturday, March 31 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Ojai Center for the Arts 113 S. Montgomery Street in downtown Ojai. The fee for this four-hour workshop is $125.00.
The workshop fee includes all supplies, registration, and a set of tools to take home after the class. Early registration is recommended since each workshop is limited to 10 participants.
For registration and information please contact: Bernadette DiPietro at 805-646-2539 or e-mail at: bamboocottagestudio@yahoo.com
