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Crossing the Rubicon: Ventura’s world-class theater is revising the script for its next 25...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
The tall and stately building on the corner of Main and Laurel streets in Downtown Ventura has been a distinctive...
Short List: October 2024
GHOSTWALK
Oct. 11-27 | Santa Paula
Ghostwalk 2024 follows its 30-year tradition with historically based stories, real or imagined, told by ghost citizens that lived or might have lived in the...
Poetry Survives the Pandemic: Who will be Ventura County’s next poets laureate?
By Kit Stolz
Poetry in the 805 survived the pandemic and is alive and well in cafes and schools and libraries all around Ventura County, say local poets young and...
Kindred Spirits: New West Symphony’s Alyssa Park shares an enduring bond with her instrument.
By Mike Nelson
Ever meet someone for the first time and feel like you already know that person?
The same can be true of musical instruments. Just ask Alyssa Park, who...
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Editor’s Note: The Great Escape
The arts are more than just a vehicle for creative expression. They tap into the powerful, vulnerable, alluring and repellent parts of ourselves, providing...
Crossing the Rubicon: Ventura’s world-class theater is revising the script for...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
The tall and stately building on the corner of Main and Laurel streets in Downtown...
Short List: October 2024
GHOSTWALK
Oct. 11-27 | Santa Paula
Ghostwalk 2024 follows its 30-year tradition with historically based stories, real or imagined, told by ghost citizens that lived or...
Poetry Survives the Pandemic: Who will be Ventura County’s next poets...
By Kit Stolz
Poetry in the 805 survived the pandemic and is alive and well in cafes and schools and libraries all around Ventura County,...
Kindred Spirits: New West Symphony’s Alyssa Park shares an enduring bond...
By Mike Nelson
Ever meet someone for the first time and feel like you already know that person?
The same can be true of musical instruments....
Ticket to Paradise: Escape to the tropics with Tiki tOny.
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Chris Mortenson
Tiki culture is not Pacific Islander culture. The societies of Oceania — a geographical area...
