From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Public Presentation for Libbey Bowl

by Tyler Suchman May 29, 2009

some PR from the OV Museum…
LIBBEY BOWL: PRESERVING THE LEGACY
On Sunday, June 14th the Ojai Valley Museum will offer the first public presentation of final design drawings for the Libbey Bowl reconstruction by Ojai architect David Bury. The event, organized in collaboration with the 63rd Ojai Music Festival, takes place…

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My 60th Birthday: Coincidence or Cosmic Plan?

by Suza Francina May 28, 2009

Here I am the week of my 60th birth day dismantling my whole life and moving all my Earthly belongings (mostly books, manuscripts, journals, photographs, yoga props and daily-life essentials like kitchenware, towels and bedding), into an 8 x 8 x 12′ PODS container. It feels like some kind of…

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Geek Breakfast Ojai

by Kenley Neufeld May 27, 2009

Geek Breakfast

In the past three months a group of Ojai residents and visitors have gathered for breakfast. The official name of the group is Geek Breakfast Ojai. We are loosely affiliated with Geek Breakfast founded in 2007 in Nashville.

A Geek Breakfast is a monthly community-driven meeting for local (and visiting) technology-minded people.…

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OVYF/GenCom

by Tyler Suchman May 27, 2009

from that fine organization…
Local Youth Media Agency a Winner in National Contest
Generation Communications (Gen Com), a program of the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation, has been selected as one of only 2 runners up in the nationwide Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Contest, Social Change Print category. Work submitted by the entrants…

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Hollywood Invades Ojai

by Tyler Suchman May 27, 2009

Currently writing from Ojai Coffee Roasting Co… there are literally twenty five Hollywood types in here sizing up OCRC as a location for some movie. Of course they aren’t grabbing a coffee, they are just creating a ridiculous amount of noise, pointing around where some actor is going to walk,…

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Tuesday Nite Music Club

by Tyler Suchman May 26, 2009

Elvis Costello with The Police
Medley: “Watching the Detectives, Walking on the Moon, Sunshine of Your Love”
From January, 2009 on Costello’s Sundance TV show Spectacle
(h/t Bob Cesca)

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Ojai Myths Series Installment No. 4

by SPK May 26, 2009

Submitted by an anonymous reader. As with all legends, take with your own preferred level of grains of salt. And of course, if you have anything to add, or can share local legends and stories you have heard, please do.
The Last Lady of the Cats
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This is a personal story, including some author speculation, based on encounters with one of Ojai’s not-so-atypical, possibly mystical beings…
Ojai has talking cats. English-speaking, talking cats.
But today, there’s only one Ojaian left who can hear them properly.
And she’s not talking.

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Outside at the OBC

by Tyler Suchman May 26, 2009

The Ojai Beverage Company is opening up their outdoor seating on June 1. Should be a nice hang. Following is guest-article-meets-press-release from Randy Graham…
Ojai Beverage Company Expands
They are located at 655 E. Ojai Ave. and call themselves “The O.B.C.” which is short for The Ojai Beverage Company. Works for me!
The…

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