Editing Ojai, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Playhouse Ojai, California (11).jpg|thumb|left|Ojai Playhouse]]
[[File:Bart's books detail.jpg|thumb|Bart's Bookstore, Ojai]]
[[File:Meher mount.jpg|thumb|[[Meher Mount]], a place of spiritual retreat]]
Ojai's culture is heavily focused on [[ecology]], [[health]] and [[organic agriculture]], [[NIMBYism]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weissman |first1=Jules |title=Worth Saving |url=https://www.theojaivortex.com/home/issue-7-letter |website=The Ojai Vortex |date=July 5, 2022 |access-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Santiago |title=Welcome Mat Not Out for Many Projects |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-20-me-302-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 17, 2022 |date=October 20, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Turf Protection |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-01-me-28490-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=October 16, 2022 |date=March 1, 1994}}</ref> [[walking]]/[[hiking]], [[spirituality]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Netburn |first=Deborah |date=2025-02-26 |title=Looking to calm your mind? 6 places in Ojai to meditate, recharge and find peace |url=https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/list/spiritual-meditative-things-to-do-ojai-california |access-date= |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> [[music]] and local [[art]].<ref name="vogue">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/why-ojais-pixie-season-is-the-california-nature-event-to-know|title=Forget Poppies, Ojai's Pixie Season Is the California Nature Event to Know|work=Vogue|first=Alex |last=Schechter|language=en|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-13-me-22486-story.html|title=The Color of Ojai : Relations: Few minorities live in the rustic valley. Many residents say there is no overt racism there, but others disagree.|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=JEFF |last=McDONALD |date= February 13, 1994|access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref> Weekends may include exhibiting [[classic car]]s or [[motorcycle]] clubs touring the area.{{r|vogue}} On July 8, 1999, former Apollo astronaut [[Pete Conrad]], one of the twelve men who walked on the Moon, died of injuries suffered from a motorcycle accident in Ojai.<ref>[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/news/conrad_pr_19990709.html Third Man to Walk on Moon Dies in Motorcycle Accident] NASA Press Release, July 9, 1999.</ref>

The [[Ojai Music Festival]] (founded in 1947) is an annual festival of performances by some of the world's top musicians and composers, and occurs on the first weekend after [[Memorial Day]]. Notable appearances include [[Igor Stravinsky]], [[Aaron Copland]], [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]] and [[Pierre Boulez]], who was festival director in 2003. The outdoor bookshop [[Bart's Books]], subject of news programs and documentaries, has been in Ojai since 1964. Ojai is home to the annual [[Ojai Playwrights Conference]], a two-week playwrights festival that brings professional writers and actors from across the country to Ojai. The community is served by the ''[[Ojai Valley News]]'', a weekly newspaper, the ''Ojai Valley Guide'' (formerly the ''Ojai Valley Visitors Guide'') and the ''Ojai Quarterly'', magazines published every three months.

In early June, often coinciding with the Music Festival, the Ojai Wine Festival is held at Lake Casitas. Over 3,000 wine lovers sample the products of more than 30 wineries. Proceeds go to charity.