January 30, Tuesday, A late morning arrival at the famous Farmer's Market with time to sample foods from around the world for brunch or early lunch (on your own). Then to the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) for the special exhibit "Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000"
Depart Library 9:00 a.m. Return 5:00 p.m. Members $34, Non-members $38.

Feburary 16, Friday Deaprting the Oxnard Library we go to the National Weather Service Forecast Office, for a slide show and tour. Our annual trip to the Getty Museum will be our destination for lunch (on your own) and time for viewing some of the new exhibits.
Departure: 9:00 a.m. Return 5:00 p.m. Members $28, Non-members $31.

March, 29 Thursday A Day at Descanso An all inclusive visit to the world famous Descanso Gardens in La Canada There is time to view the Art Exhibit in the Boddy House.
Departure 8:30 a.m. Return 4:30 Members $48.00 Non-members $50.00.

For more information regarding these trips, please contact
PAT CAMP 485-8262 or leave your name at the Gift Shop 385-7506. Payment must be made 30 days prior to the trip. Outing departures and returns are from 2nd and B street parking lot in Oxnard. Arrive 15 minutes before departure. The driver is allowed to wait only 5 minutes. No reserved seating and no smoking on our air-conditioned coaches.

The library gift shop, Friends, Books, & Things, is full of exciting gifts.

Children's gifts include a variety of challenging puzzles that stimulate learning. Triops, the prehistoric swimming monsters, are back as well as a wide variety of poetry kits to stimulate language development. There are many stocking-stuffer gifts: frog puzzle and shark-swallowing-diver key rings; perpetual motion dolphins; assorted mineral bottles and geologic samples; Santa flip books; NASA insignia space vehicles, astronauts, modules -- all with learning information.

Adults will be delighted by the beautiful sterling silver, painted art glass and clove-scented tree ornaments. Lovely onyx and marble gifts that hail from Pakistan; buffalo-horn boxes from India; folk figures from Peru, Mexico, Haiti, Africa, Bali and the Philippines.

New to the shop are beautiful carved boxes from England. Tiny teapots with Christmas or art themes come from China. We have lamps to help you read in bed, little flat flashlights for reading programs or opening doors in the dark. Jewelry runs the gamut from $0.75 to $40.00 (museum replicas) .... all prices that cannot be bettered!

But best of all: the gifts you purchase enable the Friends of the Oxnard Library to support children's programs and many other needful activities.

Our shop is located at the West entrance to the library, 251 South 'A' Street in Oxnard. Hours: Monday - Thursday 11 AM to 5 PM, and Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM. Phone number is 385-7506. For Events year round check the Greater Oxnard & Harbor's Oxnard Festival & Events Guide .