Editing Ventura, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Music venues===
[[File:Ventura Theater in 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The historic [[Ventura Theatre]] was built as a [[movie palace]] in 1928.]]
The [[Ventura Theatre|Majestic Ventura Theater]] is an early 20th-century landmark in the downtown. It has been a venue for concerts such as [[The Doors]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[Van Halen]], [[X (U.S. band)|X]], [[Ray Charles]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Social Distortion]], [[Bad Religion]], [[Fugazi]], [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], [[Tom Petty]], [[They Might Be Giants]], and [[Johnny Cash]], as well as homegrown artists like [[Kyle (musician)|KYLE]], [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]], [[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy]] and [[Army of Freshmen]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McAlpine|first=Ken|date=January 3, 2017|title=Exclusive Interview {{!}} For Big Bad Voodoo Daddy lead singer Scotty Morris, Ventura is home sweet home|url=https://visitventuraca.com/blog/exclusive-interview-for-big-bad-voodoo-daddy-lead-singer-scotty-morris-ventura-is-home-sweet-home/|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=Visit Ventura|publisher=Ventura Visitors & Convention Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Locey|first=Bill|date=April 17, 2008|title=Tom Petty takes a run at the charts with his first band|language=en|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|url=http://archive.vcstar.com/entertainment/tom-petty-takes-a-run-at-the-charts-with-his-first-band-ep-373938591-352596031.html/|access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref>

The [[Ventura County Fairgrounds]] is the home of the annual [[Ventura County Fair]], and over the years has hosted such acts as [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[The Grateful Dead]], [[Phish]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[All American Rejects]], [[Smash Mouth]], and [[Sugar Ray]], as well as the [[Vans]] [[Warped Tour]]. The [[Ventura station|train station]] for [[Amtrak]]'s [[Pacific Surfliner]] route is adjacent to the fairgrounds.

===Downtown===
[[File:Ventura, California (2) (4051708522) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Historic [[California Churrigueresque]] architecture in Downtown Ventura]]
Downtown Ventura is home to the [[Mission San Buenaventura]], museums, galleries, dining, and shopping. Located in downtown is the historic Ortega [[Adobe]], once home to the Ortega family known for chili products. Downtown Ventura is home to [[Ventura County Courthouse|Ventura's ornate city hall]]. Downtown includes restaurants, wine bars, breweries, and the Rubicon Theatre Company.

In Plaza Park (Chestnut and Santa Clara streets, downtown) stands a large [[Moreton Bay Fig|Moreton Bay fig tree]].  Across the street, the main post office has [[United States post office murals|murals on interior walls]] commissioned by the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]] of the [[U.S. Treasury Department]] as [[New Deal#Works of art and music|New Deal art]].<ref>Department of Geography, [[University of California, Berkeley]] [http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/projects/ventura-post-office-agriculture-and-industries-of-ventura-ventura-ca/ "Ventura Post Office "Agriculture and Industries of Ventura" – Ventura CA"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027002614/http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/projects/ventura-post-office-agriculture-and-industries-of-ventura-ventura-ca/ |date=October 27, 2013 }} ''Living New Deal'' Accessed March 3, 2014</ref>

===Other sites===
[[File:USCGC Blacktip, hosts visitors in Ventura, California -a.jpg|thumb|right|Ventura Harbor is the headquarters for the [[Channel Islands National Park]].]]
Ventura Harbor has fishing boats, seafood restaurants and a retail center, the Ventura Harbor Village. The [[Channel Islands National Park]] Headquarters is also located at the harbor, and boats to the [[Channel Islands of California|Channel Islands]] depart daily.

The [[Olivas Adobe]], one of the early "California Rancho"-styled homes, is operated as a museum and performing arts venue. Living history reenactments, demonstrations of Rancho life and ghost stories are presented. A summer music series of performances held in the courtyard features an eclectic assortment of artists from [[blues]] to [[jazz]] to [[country music|country]].

"Two Trees" is two lone trees on a hilltop, visible from much of Ventura. Access to the hill is private property. In early October 2017, one of the trees was destroyed by high winds.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cason|first=Colleen|date=October 14, 2017|title=Rest in peace, Two Tree; you will be missed but not forgotten|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/columnists/2017/10/14/rest-peace-two-tree-you-missed-but-not-forgotten/759964001/|access-date=March 30, 2021|newspaper=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Martinez|first=Christian|date=October 9, 2017|title=Windy weather takes out one of Ventura's 'Two Trees'|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2017/10/09/windy-weather-whips-up-trouble-monday-ventura-county/746298001/|access-date=March 30, 2021|newspaper=Ventura County Star|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:First National Bank of Ventura (1926) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|200px|First National Bank of Ventura]]
There are three branches of the [[Ventura County Library]] in the City of Ventura: E.P. Foster Library<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-01-me-44016-story.html|title=E. P. Foster Is Deemed Top Candidate for Main Library|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Hilary E. |last=MacGregor|date= April 1, 1997|access-date=June 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vencolibrary.org/locations/epfoster |title=E. P. Foster Library &#124; Ventura County Library |publisher=Vencolibrary.org |access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> on Main Street, Avenue Library<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vencolibrary.org/locations/avenue |title=Avenue Library &#124; Ventura County Library |publisher=Vencolibrary.org |access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> on Ventura Avenue, and Hill Road Library on the east side of the city.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://venturafriendsofthelibrary.org/?p=7561|title=Hill Road Library Grand Opening – Ventura Friends of the Library|website=venturafriendsofthelibrary.org|language=en-US|access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref> Saticoy Library<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vencolibrary.org/locations/saticoy |title=Saticoy Library — Serving Saticoy, Somis and Ventura's East End &#124; Ventura County Library |publisher=Vencolibrary.org |access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> is in the unincorporated area of Saticoy outside the east end of the city of Ventura.

The Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Library of [[Ventura College]], dedicated in 2005, serves the students, faculty and staff of the college as well as the general public of Ventura County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.venturacollege.edu/departments/student-services/library/about-the-library-0|title=About the Library {{!}} Ventura College|website=www.venturacollege.edu|language=en|access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>

The Research Library of the [[Museum of Ventura County]] holds books and archival materials related to the history of the county and surrounding regions. Its holdings are catalogued in the Ventura County Library system and the Central Coast Museum Consortium, and the library is open to the public.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://venturamuseum.org/research-library/|title=Research Library - Museum of Ventura County|work=Museum of Ventura County|access-date=December 7, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

Ventura County Law Library, located in the Ventura County Government Center, makes current legal resources available to judges, lawyers, government officials, and other users.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vencolawlib.org/about-us/|title=About the Library|date=November 10, 2012|work=Ventura County Law Library|access-date=December 7, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>