Tuesday, March 27
MARQUEE EVENT this day:
World Premiere of
FLOETRY
with its inventor Darakshan Farber
Poetry + Technology + Mad Libs (the “fill in the blank” word game) + Randomness = Floetry.
Experience the “flow” of words that produces surprising, new word art.
Time: 7 pm
Location: spacemonkey in Ojai’s SoMo Arts District, 105 S. Montgomery
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ALL EVENTS on TUESDAY:
Breakfast With Books: “Play of Consciousness” by Swami Muktananada and hosted by meditation teacher, Randee Vaskaloskos | 9:30 – 11 a.m. | Bohemia Coffee House, 214 Ojai Ave. | FREE | Discuss a famous yogi’s journey, a guide for all seekers who aspire to follow the path to enlightenment. www.spiritualtourguide.com.
Writers’ Pad – Read. Write. Doodle. Daydream. Whatever. Yeah, it’s that laid back and that sublime! | 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Bart’s Books of Ojai, 302 W. Matilija St. | FREE | Home to the largest independently owned and operated outdoor bookstore in the U.S.A filled with nearly one million books ranging from the .35 cent specials which line the outside walls (for sale on an honor system: take a book, leave some coins), to rare, out of print first editions, and art books valued in the thousands of dollars.
Toddler & Preschool Storytime | 10:30 a.m. | Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave. | FREE
“Generating Revenue Through Writing” with Patricia Fry | 11 a.m. – Noon | Ojai House, 304 N. Montgomery St. | FREE | Fry will share tips for becoming a career writer or supplementing your income through writing. Patricia began her writing career in 1973 and supported herself as a freelance article-writer for many years. She is the author of 35 books, most of them related to writing and publishing. This is an opportunity for a casual conversation with Patricia.
“Auras and Chakras 911: Essential Tools for Healing and Transformation” | Noon | Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave. | FREE | Presented by Ojai authors Fiona Whitmore and Margaret Elliott of the Healix Academy (published by Casa de La Luna)
“A Woman’s Way” read by its Ojai author Sofia Diana Gabel | 1 p.m. | Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave. | FREE
Writing Workshop: “Creating Context: The Doorway To Great Storytelling” with Ojai author Larry Chambers | 3 – 5 p.m. | World University, 107 N. Ventura Ave. | $39. Pay Online or at Door | Author of more than 50 published books and thousands of articles, Chambers shares the most valuable overlooked step in the writing process: Meaning. What does your story mean, to you and to your readers? Creating context gives meaning to your story. “The most important discovery of my life was the day I realized that I get to be in-charge of the meaning!” – Larry Chambers | Larry is one of the three recipients of the 2012 Ojai WordFest “Local Literary Legend” Award.
“The First Rule of Ten” | 3 p.m. | Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave. | FREE | A new fictional dharma detective series presented by Ojai author Gay Hendricks, Ph.D. | Gay is one of the three recipients of the 2012 Ojai WordFest “Local Literary Legend” Award.
“The Art & Business of Screenwriting” with Catherine Ann Jones | 3 – 5 p.m. | At private residence. Call for reservations (805) 646-7601 | $49 | “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.”- Catherine Ann Jones, NY Times. Learn from an acclaimed Hollywood screen and television writer/producer, professor of graduate screenwriting at USC Film School in Los Angeles. Film, whether narrative or documentary, requires an emotional response from reader and audience. Learn the 7 steps to Story Structure, arc, and point of view, transposing from media to another, in order to successfully realize your film project. “Catherine Ann Jones is in possession of a powerful talent…nothing is more rare in my opinion.” – Norman Mailer. For more information, visit: www.wayofstory.com
“The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” by Sogyal Rinpoche read by Sequoia Hamilton | 4 p.m. | Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave. | FREE | Sequoia Hamilton is a co-founder of Ojai Wordfest and its 2012 Co-Director. Her current focus is a 10-volume e-book series entitled “Before You Die” highlighting things to do and say … before you die.
“Mark Twain: The Cranky Prophet” presented by OQ publisher Bret Bradigan | 5 p.m. | Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave. | FREE
World Premiere of Floetry by its inventor Darakshan Farber | 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. | spacemonkey, 105 S. Montgomery in Ojai’s SoMo Arts District | $5 | Poetry + Technology + Mad Libs (the “fill in the blank” word game) + Randomness = Floetry. Experience the “flow” of words that produces surprising, new word art.
