It all started with a mug.
Santa Paula-based potter Nate Pidduck recalled the seemingly inauspicious moment that set him on his life’s path.
“Around 2003, while on a road trip to Zion National Park, I bought a mug from Greg Worthington’s gallery in...
by Alex Wilson | Photos by Luis Chavez
Ventura husband and wife team who own a legendary downtown surf shop craft surfboards and artwork inspired by the ocean and community.
Mignonne and William “Blinky” Hubina both grew up surfing at nearby...
Opening up to the many splendors of Tuscany’s walled Renaissance city.
By Mike Nelson
Photo by Janis Nelson
Serene Levanto, a few minutes’ train ride north of busy Cinque Terre, is an ideal place for doing as little as possible.
ity walls, as...
By Kathryn Stelmach Artuso
Mexican Consulate in Oxnard hosts two commemorative art exhibitions.
The eagle wrestling with the snake is one of Mexico’s best known symbols. Yet in the hands of the artist Rafael Perea de la Cabada, the emblem takes...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and it is a miraculous thing. It is one of the primary ways we experience the world, providing tremendous sensory...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer
Rorberto Garcia is in many ways a pillar of his community. Born in Mexico City but a resident of Oxnard for 46 years, he has gotten to know numerous locals…through more than one generation…as the...
