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“This is a complete game-changer for a lot of us,” said Leslie Leavens, a fourth-generation farmer whose family grows avocados and lemons on 800 acres in Ventura Country.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2017

Unhurriedly directed by Nick Leavens and delicately lit by Greg MacPherson, it’s a small, exhilarating ambush of a play.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2015

Curators Shelly Leavens and Jana Brevick mix new-media work with what Brevick warmly describes as "good old regular sculpture."

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2012

For the Die-Hard Trout Slayer “We are in the place in Montana where there are no tourist attractions,” said the guide Dan Leavens, of his Stonefly Inn in southwest Montana.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012

The next day, being out with Mr. Leavens, near the same place, we heard a similar sound, and it soon became evident that a whole troop of monkeys was approaching.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir