Year: 2012

Local Portrait Series Legacy: the Face of Ventura by Johanna Spinks

September 5, 2012

Johanna Spinks discusses her Face of Ventura portrait painting project of 57 subjects, along with Co-Creators, Sheldon Brown, publisher of the Ventura Breeze; and Bonnie Weigel, CEO and President of FOODshare; as well as a whole cast of sitters and participants who offer their insights into this historical community legacy.
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Save Our Water (PSA)

September 4, 2012

Water conservation public service announcement for SaveOurH2O.
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Poetry of Geoff Pocock

September 1, 2012

Geoff Pocock reads three original poems.
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Expanding Ventura Arts through the Ventura Cultural Affairs Commission

August 30, 2012

Ventura Cultural Affairs Commissioner, Phil Taggart, talks with Our Ventura Host, MB Hanrahan, about the Ventura Cultural Affairs Commission and the Ventura Cultural Plan. The Commission endeavors to expand the role of the arts within the cultural fabric of Ventura.
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Home Arts at the Ventura County Fair

August 28, 2012

Valerie Ulmer talks about the Home Arts exhibits at the Ventura County Fair.
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Motorcycle Safety Karma

August 27, 2012

What is the right mental approach to motorcycle rider safety?
Award-Winning Author, Ken McAlpine: The Adventure of Writing

August 24, 2012

Ken McAlpine speaks with Our Ventura host, Ed Wehan, about writing and the writing life and gives some insight into what it takes to be a professional writer. He also sheds light on one of his characters in his novel FOG, who is “a philosophical killer, a mooncusser who walks a stoic horse along the ridgeline of the Cape’s towering beach cliffs, bending fate to his aims.”
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Lyme Disease Public Service Announcement

August 23, 2012

Annie Gabriel presents a public service announcement about Lyme Disease.
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Agriculture at the Ventura County Fair

August 21, 2012

Charlotte Crocker talks about the exhibits in the Agriculture Building of the Ventura County Fair, including local grown fruits and vegetables, as well as a small amount of commercial produce.
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The Benefits of Drinking Kombucha

August 19, 2012

Joanie Blaxter discusses the benefits of Kombucha, a healthy, fermented drink, which is rich in probiotics and supportive of digestion. It can be purchased at most natural health stores and it can be made at home. Joanie talks about making Kombucha tea with a SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast).
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