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Museum of Ventura County — The Night Bobby Died: An Eyewitness Account of the Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

by Community Contributor • June 5, 2018 • Comments Off

Major funding for these programs is made possible by the

City of San Buenaventura and the County of Ventura.

The Night Bobby Died: An Eyewitness Account of the Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

Join Ventura County writer-journalist Ivor Davis, Wednesday, June 6, at 6:30 p.m. – the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy – for his personal presentation,The Night Bobby Died: An Eyewitness Account of the Assassination of Bobby Kennedy, which vividly brings to life that shocking night in American political history.

Davis, a foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express, was covering Kennedy’s whistle stop presidential campaign which took the popular candidate campaigning in Ventura County shortly before heading to claim victory in the California primary over rival Senator Eugene McCarthy. Davis was in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel half a century ago to witness the horrendous assassination of the man who would be President—Senator Robert Kennedy, younger brother of John F. Kennedy. A fascinating first-hand account of an historic event.

Admission is $5 for museum members, $10 for non-members. No host bar.

For more information call 805-653-0323.

Photo: Robert Kennedy during campaign stop in Ventura, CA, May 1968. Courtesy of Museum of Ventura County Research Library.

Six Week Life Drawing Course at the Museum – Registration Ends June 7

This six week instructed course offers an exploration into the various techniques and methods used to depict the human figure. Instructed by the Museum’s first Artist in Residence and local artist Ryan Carr, class meets 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evenings from June 21 through July 26.

There is a class limit of 25 people, to ensure quality instruction and feedback time for participants. The course is open to ages 16 and up, with a parent signature being required for those ages 16 and 17. The course cost is $145 for nonmembers; $130 for members and students with ID.

Registration deadline is June 7. For registration and payment, visit: https://venturamuseum.org/event/6-week-life-drawing-course-at-the-museum/

Musician Rachel Flowers Performs at Exhibit Opening for Cuban Artist and Special Screening of “Hearing Is Believing”

The Museum of Ventura County will host a screening June 8 of“Hearing is Believing”with a live musical performance by the film’s Rachel Flowers from Oxnard.

Born 15 weeks premature, Rachel soon lost her eyesight. At age two she began playing every song she heard by ear, including Bach fugues, and at age 4, Rachel became a student at the Southern California Conservatory of Music. Today, she is a world-renowned musician with amazing talent.

Rachel will be performing 6 to 7 p.m., as part of the opening reception for Cuban artist Pedro González Pulido, whose series of paintings was inspired by “Hearing is Believing,” a documentary about Rachel, her family and their journey created by award-winning Ventura filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano. The reception will be followed with a special screening of the film at 7:15 p.m.

Post-screening will provide a Q+A with Lorenzo DeStefano, Rachel Flowers, Jeanie Flowers and Patti Channer.

Tickets should be purchased in advance and are $20. All proceeds benefit the Flowers Family, the Museum of Ventura County, and Hearing is Believing Productions.

Limited tickets available at the door. For more information call 805.653.0323

805 641-3845 / info@hearingisbelievingfilm.com

Speaking of Ventura County Presents:

Sergio Aragonés: Art from the Inside Out

Please join us for an entertaining and insightful afternoon with artist Sergio Aragonés as part of the Speaking of Ventura Series on June 12 at 1 p.m. at the Museum of Ventura County.

Sergio Aragonés is said to be the fastest cartoonist in the world today. He is certainly the most honored, having won every major award in the field, including the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award, and the Will Eisner Hall of Fame Award.

Educated at the University of Mexico, studying Architecture, his heart was always in cartooning, a craft he discovered in the third grade.

In 1962, he arrived in New York with only twenty dollars and a folder bulging with his cartoon work. His first contribution — “A Mad Look at the U.S. Space Effort” — appeared in Mad #76, in January 1963. He has been creating and working even since, appearing in every issue of Mad except for one, and co-producing, with wordsmith Mark Evanier, an acclaimed series of works that “trash famous characters.” He lives and works in Ojai, California.

Admission is free for members, $5 for nonmembers.