Literary Branch
CURRENT EVENTS
Lanny Kaufer & Kit Stolz
Saturday, March 25th
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Lanny Kaufer and Kit Stolz at the Ojai Art Center, March 25, 2023.
For almost half a century, Ojai resident Lanny Kaufer has been offering “herb walks,” nature hikes and workshops focused on edible and medicinal herbs and ethnobotany of California. Now he has authored a book, Medicinal Herbs of California: A Field Guide to Common Healing Plants. On Saturday, March 25, from 3 to 4 p.m., Lanny will be at the Art Center to discuss his book with longtime Ojai journalist Kit Stolz, in an event sponsored by the Art Center’s Literary Branch.
Lanny studied naturopathic medicine at UC Santa Cruz while earning a degree in biology. He taught science, health and natural history to middle school and high school students at Santa Paula High School, the Happy Valley School (now called the Besant Hill School), the Ojai Valley School, and other schools. Now retired as a classroom teacher, he continues to lead his herb walks, during which he discusses and demonstrates the traditional and modern uses of herbs for food, home remedies, botanical medicine, survival, sustainable foraging, wildcrafting, landscaping, camping, crafts, ceremony and more.
Admission: a $5 suggested donation requested at the door.
For more info., contact Mark Lewis.
For almost half a century, Ojai resident Lanny Kaufer has been offering “herb walks,” nature hikes and workshops focused on edible and medicinal herbs and ethnobotany of California. Now he has authored a book, Medicinal Herbs of California: A Field Guide to Common Healing Plants. On Saturday, March 25, from 3 to 4 p.m., Lanny will be at the Art Center to discuss his book with longtime Ojai journalist Kit Stolz, in an event sponsored by the Art Center’s Literary Branch.
Lanny studied naturopathic medicine at UC Santa Cruz while earning a degree in biology. He taught science, health and natural history to middle school and high school students at Santa Paula High School, the Happy Valley School (now called the Besant Hill School), the Ojai Valley School, and other schools. Now retired as a classroom teacher, he continues to lead his herb walks, during which he discusses and demonstrates the traditional and modern uses of herbs for food, home remedies, botanical medicine, survival, sustainable foraging, wildcrafting, landscaping, camping, crafts, ceremony and more.
Admission: a $5 suggested donation requested at the door.
For more info., contact Mark Lewis.
PAST EVENTS
ATTICA 50 Years Later
Video credit: Stephen Adams
Fifty years ago the deadliest prison riot in U.S. history erupted at the Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y. Longtime Ojai attorney Len Klaif began his career by representing one of the inmates charged in connection with the inmate uprising, which claimed the lives of 43 people. (Most of the victims were shot by state police and Attica guards when they retook the prison.) Klaif will join Literary Branch chair Mark Lewis to discuss the uprising, the court proceedings that followed, and prison conditions and racial justice.
When the Attica uprising took place in September 1971, Klaif was just starting his senior year of law school at the University of Iowa. After getting his degree, he returned to Buffalo, where he had lived while an undergraduate, and was sworn in as a member of the New York Bar. The next day he was appointed to represent one of the inmates charged in the uprising. Over the next three years, Klaif spent countless hours working with the Attica Defense team, until Governor Hugh Carey granted pardons to those charged, ending the prosecutions. Klaif and Lewis also will discuss some of the books that have been written about Attica, including “A Time to Die” by Tom Wicker. See video above for full interview.
When the Attica uprising took place in September 1971, Klaif was just starting his senior year of law school at the University of Iowa. After getting his degree, he returned to Buffalo, where he had lived while an undergraduate, and was sworn in as a member of the New York Bar. The next day he was appointed to represent one of the inmates charged in the uprising. Over the next three years, Klaif spent countless hours working with the Attica Defense team, until Governor Hugh Carey granted pardons to those charged, ending the prosecutions. Klaif and Lewis also will discuss some of the books that have been written about Attica, including “A Time to Die” by Tom Wicker. See video above for full interview.
