By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer In the hillsides behind Ventura’s City Hall are several acres of natural paradise. A place where picturesque trails wind through...
by Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer When Michael Christie joined New West Symphony as music director in 2019, he brought with him a Grammy Award, a...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer Photos by Luis Chavez Mike Adams of Santa Paula Craftsman did something many of us only dream about: He left his...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Luis Chavez Vic Thasiah loves to run. And he loves the natural world. The California Lutheran University...
Lila Francese, founder of OHI Home, offers insight into what makes a house — and a life — more beautiful. BY EMILY DODI L ila Francese of sought-after...
Talking art, Italy, the magic of creation and “stretching the creative cord” with bead artist Mara Colecchia. By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by...
Donna Granata on the power of creativity and documenting an artistic legacy. By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer Arts archive and library Focus on the Masters has...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Matt Titone/Indoek/Italic Studio Artist, photographer, designer, surfer: Matt Titone contains multitudes. From a young age, the East...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik The very things that make up modern-day living — roads, buildings, tunnels, dams, bridges, water...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik With Feb. 14 just days away, chocolates, wine and flowers will be on every sweetheart’s...