THURS., MAY 5

GOP Women Meet

Westlake Village Republican Women Federated hosts a "Cinco de Mayo" luncheon at noon (social hour 11:30 a.m.) at Chateau Pleasance, the Lake Sherwood estate of Ed and Lynn Hogan in Thousand Oaks. Donna Larkin of Westlake Village will speak on "Identity Theft." $35. (805) 494-4407

Cloggers Teach All

Conejo Valley Cloggers teach all ages, all levels, at 6:45 p.m. Thursdays at Old Meadows Park, 1600 Marview Drive, Thousand Oaks. $3 to $5. (805) 527-6185

For African Violet Fans

Thousand Oaks African Violet Society meets 7 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 667 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand Oaks. Culture class and program on different aspects of growing African violets. Visitors and their plants are welcome to attend. (805) 581-0014

Watercolor Society

California Gold Coast Watercolor Society presents 15th annual Membership Show today through May 30 at Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park. Reception and awards from 2 to 4 p.m. Sun., May 15. Gallery open 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Show features watercolor and aqua-media paintings. (805) 484-7594

Woodworkers Meet

Conejo Valley Woodworkers’ Association meets 7 p.m. at Redwood Middle School, 233 W. Gainsborough Road, Thousand Oaks and the meeting will feature demonstrations of various sharpening techniques for common hand tools. (805) 492-2968

Divorce Recovery

Living Oaks Community Church hosts "Restoring Hope," a series of workshops designed to help individuals coping with the difficulties of divorce from a spiritual perspective, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays through June 30 at Borchard Community Center, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park. $35 for class materials. (805) 230-0055

Royal High School

Presents Classic Play

Royal High School Drama Players will present the musical "Bye, Bye Birdie" tonight and May 6-7 and 12-14 at the school in Simi Valley. Family fare, open to the public. All shows at 7 p.m. $5 to $8.

FRI., MAY 6

For Active Adults

Ventura Chapter of Over the Hill Gang International invites active people ages 50 and over to get acquainted at their 7 p.m. meeting at a member’s home in Camarillo. Club activities include skiing, hiking, biking, dinners and cultural events. Guests may attend free. For location (805) 495-8107 Tom

Fitness Walk at Soka

Personal fitness consultant Gail Holloway leads an outdoor fitness and exercise walk from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Soka University campus, 26800 W. Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. Free. (818) 878-3741

SAT., MAY 7

Arts & Crafts Fair

Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District will present its 30th annual Spring Arts & Crafts Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rancho Tapo Community Park, 3700 Avenida Simi, Simi Valley. More than 80 vendors will display and sell their wares, all hand-crafted. Children’s activities, music, dance demonstrations. (805) 584-4400

Simi Plant Sale

Busy Hands Garden Club’s annual plant sale is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Simi Valley Library, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley. Many different varieties suited to the local area will be for sale at affordable prices. (805) 522-2897

Anime Film at Library

City of Calabasas Library, 23975 Park Sorrento, Calabasas presents at 2 p.m. the sequel to a popular anime/manga movie that they screened previously. Under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Free admission and refreshments to be served. (818) 225-7616

Sacred Texts in Song

Los Robles Master Chorale will present a concert, "Made in America," featuring Thousand Oaks composer Wilbur Skeels’ four-piece song cycle called "Songs of the Dead Sea Scrolls" as well as works by Aaron Copland, William Billings, Alice Parker, Howard Helvey and Randall Thompson’s tribute to poet Robert Frost at 8 p.m. tonight and at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Moorpark College Performing Arts Center, 7075 Campus Park Drive, Moorpark. $6 to $18. (805) 378-1485

Triunfo YMCA Carnival

Triunfo YMCA’s eighth annual Pancake Breakfast Carnival is from 7 to 11 a.m. at Oak Park High School, 899 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park featuring an all-you-can-eat breakfast plus a free carnival with games and prizes for kids and raffle prizes. Breakfast $4. (818) 706-0993

About Lewis & Clark

Ventura County Museum of History & Art presents a slide show and book signing, "The Lewis & Clark Expedition Rediscovered," at 2 p.m. at 100 E. Main St., downtown Ventura. Journalist John Krist will discuss his new book, "Voyage of Rediscovery: Exploring the New West in the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark." Free with RSVP (805) 653-0323, ext. 10

Cyclists’ Big Ride

Conejo Valley Cyclists take their 21st annual "Cruisin’ the Conejo" fun and fitness bicycle ride in and around the Thousand Oaks area. Fully supported rides of 21, 35, 62, 68 and 100 miles of varying difficulty are available. (805) 961-2508

Take a Strauss Stroll

Join a two-hour docent-led stroll of Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy., Agoura and learn about its natural and cultural history. Meet 10 a.m. at the ranch house. Free. (805) 370-2301

Dance Club Events

Thousand Oaks Dance Club hosts dances from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. tonight and Sat., May 21 at Goebel Senior Adult Ballroom Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Music by Unforgettables tonight and Good Vibrations (Western theme) on May 21. $5 to $7. (805) 381-2744

What’s Up at CVBG?

Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, 350 W. Gainsborough Road, Thousand Oaks, hosts a native and water-wise plant sale from 10 a.m. to noon today, and Ed Hager will lead a garden walk focusing on rare fruit at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Free. Rain cancels both events. (805) 494-7630

Square Dance Time

Thousand Oaks PI-R Squares host a plus-level square dance from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at Borchard Community Center, 190 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park. $6. (805) 492-1442

It’s ‘Robin Hood’

Gypsies in a Trunk presents "The Adventures of Robin Hood," where the audience gets to play the parts of Robin Hood’s Merry Band, in outdoor performances at 10:30 a.m. at Foxfield Park (corner of Lindero Canyon Road at Lakeview Canyon Road) in Westlake Village, then at 4 p.m. at Rancho Simi Bicentennial Amphitheater in Rancho Simi Park, corner of Erringer Road and Royal Avenue, Simi Valley. Free. (661) 718-3968

SUN., MAY 8

Chicago Blues at Park

National Park Service presents the Melvin Eddy Blues Band performing traditional Chicago blues at 2 p.m. at Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy., Agoura. Free. (805) 370-2301

Melodies in Motion

Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park hosts Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival at 2 p.m. featuring actress Dawnn Lewis in a Mother’s Day musical cabaret celebration, "Melodies in Motion." Vocalists include Carla Renata of "The Lion King" with other special guests. Music will be country, jazz and rhythm and blues. $25-$35. (818) 347-9938

Mom’s Day Breakfast

Boy Scout Troop 127 will host its 42nd annual Mother’s Day Breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Malibou Lake Lodge, 29033 Lake Vista Drive, Agoura. "All you can eat menu" is $3 to $5. Door prizes awarded. (805) 496-0138

Ballroom Dancing

U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association Ventura County Chapter No. 422 hosts a "Mother’s Day Dance" with an American tango lesson at 2:30 p.m. and music for open dancing from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at House of Dance, 3007 Bunsen Ave., Ste. E, Ventura. Music by DJ Lana. $5-$10. (805) 488-43101

MON., MAY 9

Conejo Orchid Society

Conejo Orchid Society meets at 7:30 p.m. at Westlake Village Town Hall, 31200 E. Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. Paul Isly of Rainforest Fauna will be the guest speaker.

For Women

Biz Owners

California Women Business Owners meets 5:45 p.m. at Maggiano’s Little Italy, 6100 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills. Their interior decorator/design members Marcia Smart, Sonya Roos and Elly Forman will speak on "Creating Functional Office Space in the Home as well as Decorating Tips for the Female Executive." $25 nonmembers. (818) 773-1976

Special Ed Issues

Oak Park Special Education Advisory Committee presents its year- end meeting at 6:30 p.m. in lecture room at Oak Park Library, on OPHS campus, 899 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park. (818) 865-8564

Videomaking Tips

Thousand Oaks Videomakers meet 7:30 p.m. in community room at Commercial Capital Bank, 973 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Speaker Larry Breslow, an expert video editor, will discuss tips and techniques for successful editing. (818) 706-8136

TUES., MAY 10

V.C. Writers’ Club

Ventura County Writers’ Club meets 7 p.m. at Borders Books, 125 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Jeanne Martin, PhD, an expert in Egyptian and Greco-Roman myths and James Bonnet, actor and author, are the evening’s guest speakers. Free. (805) 496-6204

WLV Women’s Club

Westlake Women’s Club celebrates California History Month at their luncheon meeting beginning 10 a.m. at Westlake Village Inn, 31943 Agoura Road, Westlake Village. Miriam Sprankling, curator of history at Stagecoach Inn Museum in Newbury Park will present "The History of the Conejo Valley––A Living History Presentation." $24. Guests welcome. (818) 865-1399

T.O. Women Connect

Thousand Oaks Women’s Connection presents a "Health, Fitness and Beauty Expo" featuring local beauty and healthcare providers from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Clarion Palm Garden Hotel, 495 Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. $20. (805) 497-2949

WED., MAY 11

Broadway Tunes

San Fernando Valley Male Chorus presents its annual spring concert, "From Broadway to the Silver Screen" at 8 p.m. at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 E. Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley and at 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., May 13-14 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 23838 Kittridge St., West Hills. $15. (818) 783-2733

Local Dems to Meet

Democratic Club of Conejo Valley meets 6:30 p.m. in Hillcrest Center board room, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Panel discussion on "Election Integrity and Voting Machines." (805) 675-8785

THURS., MAY 12

Business Expo

Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce hosts Business Expo and Trade Show from 5 to 8 p.m. in Garden Terrace of Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village, with the theme "Viva Las Vegas." More than 70 exhibitors, raffle prizes, restaurant food samples. Free. (805) 370-0035

Gem & Mineral Club

Conejo Gem & Mineral Club meets 7:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Jan Wittenberg from "Fluorescent Mineral Society" will discuss fluorescent minerals in a show-and-tell demonstration and talk about hidden visual treasures. (818) 707-9972

Students’ Story Time

Eighth-graders from Lindero Canyon Middle School, dressed in costume, will read their favorite children’s stories to young people from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. today and tomorrow at Barnes & Noble in the Westlake Promenade

FRI., MAY 13

Cowboy Poetry Fest

Conejo Valley Players Theatre, Inc. hosts seventh annual Conejo Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Festival at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow at 351 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Pre-shows from 7:15 to 7:45 p.m., receptions with performers 10 p.m. each night. $25. (805) 495-3715

Youth Dance Party

Oak Park Community Center, 1000 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park will host a dance party for youth ages 11 to 14 (with school ID) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Host DJ Rich will play popular tunes. $7. (805) 584-4400

SAT., MAY 14

Summer Camp Info

Agoura Hills Recreation Center hosts an Ice Cream Social and Camp Meet ’N’ Greet event for kids and parents from 2 to 4 p.m. at 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Agoura Hills. Learn about their summer camp options, meet staff and instructors. With games, face painting and ice cream sundae-making for kids. (818) 597-7361

Simi Street Fair Fun

Simi Valley Street Fair and Emergency Expo opens at 9 a.m. on Cochran Street between Galena and Sequoia, Simi Valley, featuring a Bike Rodeo teaching kids about bike safety plus a world-class bike demonstration; children’s activities, business information, healthcare booths, arts and crafts, food, free giveaways, display of police, fire and emergency equipment. Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce produces event: (805) 526-3900

SUN., MAY 15

‘Pirates of Penzance’

The Oaks Chamber Singers featuring lyric coloratura soprano Bonnie Bowden will present "an excursion into musical satire and hyperbole" when they perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta "The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty" at 7:30 p.m. in the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. $17 to $20. (805) 449-2787

Fiddle Contest

and More

The 45th annual Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Paramount Ranch on Cornell Road in Agoura. Family-oriented event is staged on outdoor film sets and mountain locations and features instrumental and singing contests, dancing, all genres of folk music, bluegrass, cowboy and children’s tunes, kids’ crafts activities, folk art booths, park service exhibits and much more. $5 to $10. (818) 382-4819

Kids’

Classical Concert

Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra presents "First Classic Concert for Children and their Parents" at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 32111 Watergate Road, Westlake Village featuring a program that will introduce youngsters to classical music and offer audience participation opportunities. Free. (805) 523-8045

‘A Taste of the Town’

"A Taste of the Town" is annual fundraiser for Ventura County’s Support for the Kids organization from 4 to 7 p.m. at Gardens of the World, 2001 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Nine area restaurants will provide food samplings; also silent auction items and live auction items. Proceeds benefit underprivileged and foster kids. $75. (805) 373-6661

TUES., MAY 17

Senior Fair

The New Jewish Community Center at Milken hosts "How to Protect Yourself Against Fraud and Abuse," a Senior Action Fair, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills. Complimentary breakfast and lunch. Free but reservations required. (310) 394-9871, ext. 261

member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, will perform on Sunday. $6-$12. (310) 455-1980

SUN., MAY 29

Matilija Poppy Fest

Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, 350 W. Gainsborough Road, Thousand Oaks presents its annual Matilija Poppy Festival in the garden’s nursery area from 1 to 5 p.m. See this tall, dramatic flower, hear speakers on gardening topics, take special tours; plus kids’ activities, plant sale, free popcorn and more. Free. (805) 494-7630