Events and Festivals Calendar for Ventura, California

California’s Channel Islands, located just off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura, are a National Park dream-come-true for marine nature lovers. The crystal clear Pacific channel waters, many mysterious and eerie sea caves, breathtaking cliffs, abundant wildlife, and mild weather combine to lure expert kayakers and novices alike to explore their natural wonders. Check out our tours below!

Discovery Tour

Distance- 1.25 miles

Duration: 1-1.5 hours

Difficulty: Beginner to Advanced. Children under age 5 not permitted.

Adventure Tour

Distance: 2.5- 3 miles

Duration: 2.5- 3 hours

Difficulty: Beginner to Advanced. Children under age 5 not permitted.

Ultimate Sea Cave Kayak

Distance: 5-6 miles

Duration: 5 hours

Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced. Children under age 5 not permitted.

Fuddy Meers – A Contemporary Comedy Mar 13-31, 2019

In this outrageously funny roller-coaster ride of a play, Claire wakes up each day having forgotten the details of her complicated life. This morning, like all mornings, her seemingly devoted husband Richard greets her with a cup of coffee and a scrapbook of memories. But when he steps away, a limping, lisping man claiming to be Claire’s brother pops out from under her bed and says he is there to save her. He takes her to her mother’s home in the country, where Claire meets a naïve man with a foul-mouthed puppet, discovers her husband and son have kidnapped an aggressive lady copy, and comes face-to-face with the truth about her past. In this wild and wacky laugh-out-loud comedy, nothing is what it appears to be.

“…fresh, zingy dialogue, a dark, sweet and thoroughly engaging comedy.” – NY Times
“Antically zany.” – Variety

Rubicon Theatre – 1006 E Main St Ventura, Ca 93001 – 805.667.2900

Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire

Directed by Jenny Sullivan 

Come Join us at this month’s Full Moon at Purnamaya Ayurveda & Sound Healing Center in Ventura, California! We will be guiding you through a inward journey through gentle breathing exercizes (Pranayama), guided meditation and a soothing and transformative sound bath using the resonant frequencies of traditional Tibetan Singing bowls. Please bring any pillows, mats, or blankets you need to feel comfortable. Some Blankets and pillows will be available for use. We will be offering a relaxing Ayurvedic Chai. Hope to see you there!

First Full Moon Sound Bath is COMPLIMENTARY– free of charge! Bring your friends and family to bath in the blissful healing sounds of the Tibetan Singing Bowls. Following sessions are $20.

**Space is limited to 20, please RSVP if you are interested- ayurveda@purnamaya.com or (818)631-2714**

Parking- There is street parking in the front of our building,  please enter in through the front entrance.

About Us:
Sujan Maharjan is a classically trained Singing Bowl Therapist from Nepal, Natalie Maharjan is a registered Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Practitioner.

For more events and information visit- www.purnamaya.com

Our sisterhood gathering is a group of women, who like you hear their own call to the wild. We gather around a monthly topic that explore our deepest desires. These themes provide us with different tools that we can incorporate into our everyday life to begin to find our way into our own wildness.

March: Seed of Life

What is this call to the Wild?

The wild is not “out there” It lives within you. You don’t need to jump in your car and drive 1000 of miles into the depth of a forest. You just have to dive within, into the darkness of the unknown that lives within you and that is dying to come out.

This wildness lives within all of us. It comes as that internal voice, the one that is all knowing that we tend to push down and out of the way in order to live the lives that we’ve created. It’s restless and some days it cries louder than others…

• It’s the voice that wants you to leave the job that makes you miserable.

• It’s the voice that tells you its time to let go of unhealthy relationships in your life.

• It’s the voice that tells you to create, to dancing, to sing, and to read when you just don’t have any time.

• It’s the voice that wants you to be free and find happiness.

It might seem impossible at times to answer any of the requests that this inner wildness desires.

What if there was a way to answer that call, without throwing away everything you’ve created for yourself?

As we explore monthly topics you’ll find a support system in place with this sisterhood that allows you to dive into your deepest desires and learn to create from your inner compass.

Expect time in conversation, meditation, journaling and simple movement (ie; yoga) practices. Wear comfortable clothing, bring a journal, yoga mat, water, and an item you can share on our group altar (you’ll receive this back at the end)

No previous experience in any of the above required. Come as you are, as we gather as one.

With an open heart I invite you on the adventure you’ve been seeking.

Much love,

Jessy

@intothewild.yoga

Tickets: https://www.venturewellyoga.com/events/into-the-wild-sisterhood-march

On this tour, guests will explore the bounty of gourmet food available in downtown Ventura, some in the heart of downtown, others a bit off the beaten path. You will also have the opportunity to meet and hear from some of our well known local chefs and shop owners. Always wondered how a mai tai cocktail is made, what makes an olive oil extra virgin, or how to pair cheese with wine? Learn a little bit about the history of downtown Ventura as you sample food at a variety of different stops. For visitors, this tour offers a great introduction into the Ventura restaurant scene; and for locals, it offers an opportunity to play tourist in your own town, try some new restaurants, and meet the proprietors behind some of your favorite eateries.

Macrame Workshop! Hanging Plant Holder!

Learn how to make a macrame hanging plant holder! C By The Sea Shoppe @cbytheseashoppe is bringing her talent to TSV and sharing it with the community!

During this workshop you will learn how to make a detailed hanging plant holder. This design though very beautiful is a beginner friendly pattern!

This workshop includes all materials needed to make your beautiful hanging plant holder, refreshments, complimentary champagne & of course a community of new friends!

March 23rd

11am-2pm

$55.00

Tickets @ https://www.eventbrite.com/o/thespacevta-18949418865

Returning to his roots, renowned photojournalist David LaBelle will appear in Ventura on Saturday, March 23, to commemorate two intersecting golden anniversaries and introduce his new book chronicling them. LaBelle will speak at 3 p.m. at the Museum of Ventura County, in the Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Pavilion. Admission is free for members of the Museum, $5 for nonmembers.

During his appearance, LaBelle will observe the 50th anniversary of his prolific photojournalism career, which began in 1969 with the publication of his photographs in his hometown Ventura Star-Free Press; he also will observe 50 years since the catastrophic Ventura/Santa Clara watershed flood in which 13 people were lost – including his mother.

The flood is at the heart of “Bridges and Angels: The Story of Ruth,” the newly published novel LaBelle penned and will make available at the museum event, kicking off a national and international book tour. “I figured, what better way to introduce the book than by unveiling it in Ventura County, where it all began?” LaBelle said.

LaBelle was 17 years old on Jan. 25, 1969, when the deadly flood took his mother and reset the course of his life. After graduating later that year from Ventura High School, he set his sights on chronicling the world around him in photographs. The next year, at age 19, he became the youngest person ever to win a regional Photographer of the Year Award from the National Press Photographers Association.

After starting his photojournalism career at his hometown Star-Free Press, LaBelle went on to work as a photographer at newspapers across California as well as in Alaska and Kansas before becoming a photo director in 1981, at the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner; over the years, LaBelle managed a number of newspaper photo departments across the country, including at the Ventura County Star, where from 1998 to 2001 he was assistant managing editor and director of photography.

LaBelle also has made a name for himself in academia, including as a longtime photojournalist in residence at Western Kentucky University. In addition, throughout his career, he’s been a regular guest lecturer at universities and other institutions across America and Canada, around the world from Norway to Singapore. And he’s had his work published, in five photography-related books as well as in numerous magazines including Sports Illustrated, People and National Geographic World.

Currently LaBelle and his wife, photographer Erin Moroney, live in Athens, Ohio, where LaBelle is classroom instructor of photography for the Athens Photo Project, a mental health recovery program, and Moroney is a photo instructor and health and wellness coordinator. LaBelle and Moroney have two grown sons, Tucker and Henry.

In support of “Broken: A Holocaust History in Fused Glass”, join us at the Museum of Ventura County in the Martin V. and Martha K. Pavilion on Sunday, March 24 from 2 – 4 p.m. for Women’s Stories from the Holocaust, a panel discussion featuring Celina Biniaz, Inga Boldt, Lee Edwards, and Frances Elson. Donna Granata, Executive Director of Focus on the Masters, will moderate this moving and hopeful discussion focused on themes of family, love and survival.

Admission is free for museum members, $5 for nonmembers.

The Museum of Ventura County is honored to host the new exhibit “Broken: A Holocaust History in Fused Glass”, on display March 2 – April 27, 2019 at the Museum of Ventura County in the Community Gallery. “My parents’ stories were incubating in my soul”, explains artist Frances Elson. The desire to frame her parents’ experience in the Holocaust and their family’s displacement in numerous immigration camps as lessons for others mended perfectly with the artistic medium of fused glass.

The exhibit consists of six beautifully detailed and touching glass panels, as well as a book of poetry by Frances Elson’s sister, a memoir to her great-uncle, a compilation of Cantorial and Yiddish music, and much more. “My hope is that through sharing this project, I can share the legacy of my parents and express the fragility of our freedoms through the fragility and great strength of fused glass”, artist Frances Elson expressed.

In this class we will explore the Ayurvedic perspective on the digestive fire, learning about our own unique metabolic fire and how to maintain and worship our fire through the use of intuitive Ayurvedic philosophy, implementing daily routine, ritual, foods and spices. 

In this course we will explore: 

• Agni- The Ayurvedic concept of digestion and metabolism
• Your Unique Digestive Type- Manda,
  Vishama, Tiksna or Sama. 
• Remedies to balance digestion and burn toxins 
• The six tastes and their effect on the body and mind.