THURS., JUNE 2

Clogging for All Ages Conejo Valley Cloggers teaches all ages, all levels at 6:45 p.m.

Thursdays at Old Meadows Park, 1600 Marview Drive, Thousand Oaks. A new beginner’s class will start on June 23. $3 to $5 per night. (805) 527-6185 African Violet Lore Thousand Oaks African Violet Society meets 7 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 667 Camino dos Rios, Thousand Oaks and features a culture class and program on different aspects of growing African violets along with a short business meeting. Visitors and their plants are welcome.

(805) 581-0014 Woodworkers Meet Conejo Valley Woodworkers’ Association meets 7 p.m. at Redwood Middle School, 233 W.

Gainsborough Road, Thousand Oaks and will hear from William Ng, founder and director of William Ng Woodworking School in San Diego discussing the use of fixtures in furniture making. Visitors are welcome. (805) 492-2968 St. Max Guest Speaker Gary Wartik, manager of economic development for the city of Thousand Oaks, will address the St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church Employment Ministry at 7:30 p.m. at the church, 5801 Kanan Road, Westlake Village. He will discuss “Thousand Oaks/ Westlake Village: Economy and Overview. Where We Are Today and Where We Are Heading.” (818) 991-3915 FRI., JUNE 3 Village Voices Sing Village Voices Chorale presents “Power of Music” at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night in Scherr Forum Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Musical journey of classical, Broadway and contemporary songs. $15. (805) 449-2787 Spoof at Stage Door Stage Door Theatre, 28311 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills presents the comedy “The Butler Did It!”, a spoof of British mysteries and famous fictional crime solvers, tonight through July 16, with shows at 8 p.m. Thurs., Fri., Sat.

and at 2 p.m. Sundays, June 5, 12, 26 and July 10. $12 to $15.

(818) 889-5209 Newcomers Host Tea Agoura Newcomers Club will host a formal catered tea complete with scones at 11:30 a.m. All members and those new to the area are welcome. For location and information, call Maria at (818) 706-3300 Mesa Verde Musical Eighth-grade theatre class at Mesa Verde Middle School, 14000 Peach Hill Road, Moorpark, will present “Fiddler on the Roof” at 7 p.m. $5. (805) 378-6309 Chamber Events Thousand Oaks Westake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce:

From 7 to 9 a.m. today Debra Sullivan of Motivision will discuss “Too Much to Do, Too Little Time” at the Networking Breakfast of Champions at Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. $25. From 7 to 9 p.m. Fri., June 10 the Chamber hosts the Spirit of Community Awards, honoring educators and law enforcement, at Hyatt Westlake Plaza. Advance reservation deadline is 5 p.m. Tues., June 7. Cost is $25.

From 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wed., June 15 the After 5 Mixer will be hosted by Go West Events & Multimedia at 2248 Townsgate Road, Ste. 1, Westlake Village. (805) 370-0035 for more details on events.

SAT., JUNE 4 Kids’ Nature Festival The Children’s Nature Institute hosts the 15th annual Kids’ Nature Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Temescal Gateway Park, 15601 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades for toddlers to 8-year-olds (older siblings welcome), featuring more than 30 hands-on activity booths, silent auctions, face painting, food and three concerts by Dan Crow at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Two costume parades at 12:30 and 2 p.m. $7 to $8. (310) 998-1151 Help on Trails Day From 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. volunteers can help National Park Service and California Department of Parks and Recreation with trail improvements to Backbone Trail in Upper Solstice Canyon, at the top of Corral Canyon Road off Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. (805) 370-2301 ArtWalk in T.O.

ArtWalk, a benefit for the Conejo Valley Art Museum, will be presented from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow in The Oaks shopping center’s east parking lot.

More than 170 artists, many from the local area as well as from all over the country, will exhibit their work. Children’s hands-on art booth, live entertainment, food.

Free admission. (805) 492-8778 CVBG Happenings 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 in their nursery, and at 2 p.m. tomorrow Ed Hager will lead a walk through the rare fruit orchard. Free.

(805) 494-7630 DAR Doings Conejo Valley Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, hosts its 17th annual “4th of July” picnic at 11:30 a.m. It is a potluck at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 3600 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Agoura Hills. (805) 532-1148 Senior Dances Thousand Oaks Dance Club hosts dances from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. tonight and Sat., June 18 at Goebel Senior Adult Ballroom Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks.

Music by Starlighters, and on June 18 it’s the Unforgettables. $5 to $7.

(805) 381-2744 Easy Hike at Strauss Join an easy-paced docent-led walk at Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy., (at Troutdale Drive), Agoura. Meet 10 a.m. at the ranch house. Learn about site’s cultural and natural history. Free. (805) 370-2301 How to Buy a Home Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura, Coldwell Banker and Pinnacle Financial Corporation will sponsor “School of Homebuying” from 10 a.m. to noon at 1400 W.

Hillcrest Drive, Newbury Park, an educational program designed to assist entry level home buyers in the home ownership process. Free enrollment and course materials but advance reservations needed: (805) 499-9960 SUN., JUNE 5 Hazardous Materials Drop-Off Calabasas Landfill, 5300 Lost Hills Road, Agoura: From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

L.A. County residents may dispose of household hazardous waste and e-waste. Free. (888) 253-2652 Flute Concert Flute students of all ages and levels as well as Conejo Valley Flute Society will be presented in recital by professional flutist Toby CaplanStonefield of Westlake Village from TUES., JUNE 7 Calabasas Wine Tasting The Calabasas Chamber of Commerce hosts the 10th annual Calabasas Wine Tasting and Silent Auction from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fins Creekside, 23504 Calabasas Road in Old Town Calabasas. Taste fine wines, bid on auction items. $40.

(818) 222-5680 2 to 4 p.m. in the campus theater at Westlake High School, 100 N.

Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village. Varied program of music periods. Refreshments served. Free.

(818) 992-6375 Reagan Remembered Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley will host from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. a program to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the former president’s death. There will be a ceremony at 12:45 p.m. on the library’s White House South Lawn including a group “planting” of American flags distributed to visitors and the playing of taps. Admission is free to the ceremony; to tour museum $2-$7. (800) 410-8354 MON., JUNE 6 Educator Awards Las Virgenes Unified School District headquarters, 4111 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas: The Las Virgenes Special Education Parent Teacher Association presents second annual Exceptional Educator Award Ceremony at 7 p.m., honoring those who have worked to enrich lives of students with special needs. (818) 878-8228 TUES., JUNE 7 Chamber Breakfast Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts networking breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Terri’s Cafe, 30135 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. Guest speakers are James Bognet, chief deputy for Gov.

Schwarzenegger, who will speak on economic development; and Tony Coroalles, new city manager of Calabasas. $10. Reserve early: (818) 889-3150 School Orientation Oak Park Independent School hosts a New Family Orientation at 6:30 p.m.

at Red Oak Elementary School, 4735 Rockfield St., Oak Park in the multipurpose room. (818) 735-3060 Sportfishing Club Ventura Sportfishing Club meets at Dupar’s Restaurant, Thousand Oaks.

Fellowship is at 6:30 p.m. with dinner following. Guest speaker will be Eric Wacter of Eric’s Tackle Shop in Thousand Oaks. Open to all. (805) 987-6521 WED., JUNE 8 For Civil War Buffs Civil Warriors Round Table meets 6:30 p.m. at Weiler’s West Hills Deli, 22323 Sherman Way, West Hills with a 7 p.m. presentation on “Black Soldiers in the Confederate Armies” presented by Matt Hauck. Buffet dinner $12 (RSVP required); $5 for lecture only plus refreshments. (805) 4922016 Dr. Jeff Wissot THURS., JUNE 9 Flag Day Observance The Don Jose de Ortega Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hosts its annual Flag Day luncheon from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

at the Calabasas Inn, 23501 Park Sorrento, featuring a barbershop quartet. $30. (818) 222-4803 Gem & Mineral Club Conejo Gem & Mineral Club hosts guest speaker Dave Feinberg discussing “Volcanoes of the World” at the club’s 7:30 p.m. meeting at Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. (818) 707-9972 Rotary Hosts Mayor Rotary Club of Calabasas/ Agoura Hills hosts Calabasas Mayor Barry Groveman discussing “Regional Issues and Effective Problem Solving” at their weekly luncheon at noon at the Sagebrush Cantina, 23527 Calabasas Road, Calabasas. (818) 773-1351 FRI., JUNE 10 Celebrating Orchids Conejo Orchid Society hosts its annual show and sale, “Orchid Dreams,” from 4 to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow at Newbury Park Library, 2331 Borchard Road. Potting demonstration at 11 a.m., lecture on how to grow orchids at 2 p.m. (818) 8891895 (evenings) Female Jazz Band Saxophonist Ann Patterson’s Maiden Voyage, a Los Angelesbased 17piece all-women jazz big band, will be the featured group at 8 p.m. in the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., at the KCLU-FM’s semi-annual jazz show benefit concert. $27 to $35. (805) 493-3900 SAT., JUNE 11 Fire Truck Pull The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in conjunction with the Ventura County Fire Department presents the second annual Fire Truck Pull to benefit Ventura County Special Olympics and the Moorpark DARE program.

The event will occur during the Moorpark Apricot Festival presented from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark. The Fire Truck Pull is an event that consists of six-person teams pulling a fire truck a short distance for the fastest time. (805) 5322712, (805) 529-0322 Potter’s Guild Show Ventura County Potter’s Guild presents its 48th annual Show and Sale with more than 30 exhibiting artists from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and tomorrow during the Ojai Music Festival, Libbey Park, downtown Ojai.

(818) 889-1856 Bard in Topanga Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” from tonight through June 25 and from Sept. 5 through 24 at 8 p.m. tonight, June 18 and 25; call for other showtimes. $8 to $25.

(310) 455-3723 Singles Dance No Waiting Dating hosts a Singles June Bloom Dance for women and men age 40 and up at Paul’s in Westlake Village. $15 to $20. (818) 773-8333 SUN., JUNE 12 Ojai Wine Festival Ojai Wine Festival is from noon to 5 p.m. at Lake Casitas in Ojai. More than 40 wineries will be pouring. Admission fee covers all entertainment, nine tasting tickets. Ten local restaurants will offer food at reasonable prices. Arts and crafts on display, kids’ activity area. $35 at gate, parking $3. (800) 648-4881 Chili Cookoff and Cars From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Knights of Columbus Simi Valley Council No.

5803 presents 18th annual Chili Cook-off and Car Show on grounds of St. Rose of Lima School (behind church), 1305 Royal Ave., Simi Valley. Rides, entertainment, kids’ activities, arts and crafts, food, plus view classic cars. Chili cooking begins at noon with judging at 4 p.m. $3 to $5, with chili tasting tickets 50 cents each. (805) 526-7960 CLU Organ Recital California Lutheran University, 60 W.

Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks: At 4 p.m. in the university’s Samuelson Chapel, Carl Bertram Swanson, a former professor of music at CLU and the school’s organist, will perform an organ recital including a major work by J.S. Bach as well as a wide range of contemporary organ literature.

Free. (805) 493-3305 Moorpark Tea Dance Moorpark Civic Center community room, 799 Moorpark Ave., Moorpark:

From 2 to 5 p.m., dance to the big band music of the Unforgettables at this Tea Dance. $7. (805) 517-6261 Family Fundays Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga hosts “Family Fundays” at 11 a.m. today, June 19 and June 26.

Creative PlayGround performs “The Velveteen Rabbit,” “Three Tales by Hans Christian Andersen” and “Aesop’s Fables.” All shows feature audience participation. $8 each show. (310) 455-3723

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