THURS., MARCH 30

'Les Miserables' Oak Park High School drama students will present the school edition of "Les Miserables" at 7 p.m. tonight through Sat., April 1 (also a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday) in the Pavilion on campus, 899 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park. $3.50 to $10. (818) 735-3300

Moorpark Strings "Moorpark Unifies Strings" will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Walnut Canyon Performing Arts Building, 280 Casey Road, Moorpark, featuring string orchestra students from throughout Moorpark, performing marches, traditional, Spanish and blues. Free.

Business Expo Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Chamber of Commerce hosts Spring Business Expo and Trade Show from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Fifties rock n' roll theme, raffle and door prizes, food, refreshments. Free. (805) 370-0035

FRI., MARCH 31

RSVP for Club Show The RSVP deadline is today for the Fri., April 21 "Fashions on Parade" fundraiser of the Westlake Women's Club at 10 a.m. at Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Event features complimentary champagne reception, piano music, silent auction, boutique shopping, awards ceremony (New West Symphony is honoree), raffle and door prizes, gourmet luncheon and fashion show courtesy of The Oaks Shopping Center, Thousand Oaks. $65. (818) 889-8705

Hamlet with a Twist Moorpark College's Theatre Arts Department presents "Hamlet" by Shakespeare but with a Hollywood twist, on the Main Stage of the Performing Arts Center on the campus at 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark. Begins at 8 p.m. tonight and continues at 8 p.m. April 1, 6 to 8; at 2 p.m. April 2 and at 1:30 p.m. April 4. $8 to $15. (805) 378-1485

Rock Concert Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas hosts a rock concert at 7 p.m. featuring the Agourapalooza Battle of the Bands winner "Eleven Penny Life" and Cellphish, the Exotentialists plus two other bands. $7. (818) 880-2993

SAT., APRIL 1

House Concert Concerts at the Bodie House will present Kenny Edwards, a founding member of the Stone Poneys with Freddy Koella (Bob Dylan's guitarist) at 8 p.m. at an Agoura Hills home. Dessert/appetizer bar. $15. Location provided upon RSVP: (818) 621-8309

Hear Bangkok Five The Bangkok Five headlines a concert for high school students from 7 to 11 p.m. at Thousand Oaks Teen Center, 1375 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Also performing will be Strays, Skywalker, Ferona Vei and Sound the Alarm. $10. (805) 494-5156

Equine Open House Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship, 401 Ronel Court, Newbury Park, hosts an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with lunch served by Newbury Park Rotary Club 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn about their services, watch demonstrations, children's activities. Free. (805) 375-9078

RSVP GOP Women An RSVP is required by today for the April 6 special luncheon of the Thousand Oaks Republican Women Federated at 11:30 a.m. on Thurs., April 6 at Sherwood Country Club, 320 W. Stafford Road, Thousand Oaks featuring Dr. Wulien Wei discussing "Relations Between Taiwan and the U.S." plus music from A Class Act from Westlake High School. $32 to $49. (818) 889-4839

Artist Reception Meet artist Johanna Spinks from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gardens of the World, 2001 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. An exhibit of her artwork titled "About Face" will be on display through May 1 in the Resource Center.

Hike the Ranch Join docent Stephanie Westfall for a leisurely exploration of Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Highway, Agoura (at Troutdale Drive) from 9 to 11 a.m. and learn about the site's interesting cultural history. Free. (805) 370-2301

Dance Club Dates The Thousand Oaks Dance Club hosts dances from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. tonight and Sat., April 15 at Goebel Senior Adult Ballroom Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Tonight music is by the Rhythm Kings and on April 15 it is Moore Music. $5 to $7. Singles, couples welcome. (805) 381-2744

Percussion Contest Westlake High School Instrumental Music Department hosts Southern California Percussion Alliance Drum Line Show from 1:30 to 9 p.m. in the school auditorium featuring 36 teams from middle and high schools. $7

Square Dance Thousand Oaks PI-R Squares host a plus level square dance with A-1 tip at 7 p.m. at Borchard Community Center, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park. $6. (805) 492-1442

Bike Rodeo Kiwanis Club of Thousand Oaks will sponsor a Bike Rodeo for youth and their families from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Sears parking lot, Hillcrest Drive and Wilbur Road, Thousand Oaks. Conejo Valley Neighborhood for Learning will sponsor car seat safety inspections; reservations for this required so call (805) 498-8391. Bike Rodeo has free admission and features food, music, drawing for a free bike, prizes.

SUN., APRIL 2

A Real Celtic Treat Westlake Village Library, 31220 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village: Celtic Spring fiddle and dance band will entertain from 2 to 3 p.m. The five Wood children will fiddle and dance to a variety of Celtic music accompanied by Dad on traditional Irish drum. Free. (818) 865-9230

Rotary Street Fair Rotary Club of Westlake Village presents annual Street Festival beginning with a 5K run at 9 a.m. at corner of Lakeview Canyon and Agoura roads, Westlake Village. Festival is at 10 a.m. with arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, beer booth, live music.

MON., APRIL 3

Get Google Savvy Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks presents a program that will explore the special features of Google.com from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Learn basic and advanced search skills. Free. (805) 449-2660, ext. 204

Plants to Attract Birds Native plants can attract certain birds and butterflies to gardens. Local native plant nurseryman Bob Sussman will present a program featuring "stunning pictures of ornamental native plants" at the 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Conejo Valley Audubon Society at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo. (805) 987-2721

Digital Photography The Digital Photography special interest group of the Thousand Oaks Personal Computer Club meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Goebel Senior Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Following a Q & A session will be a presentation of photo fractals. (805) 495-8325

DAR Meets in Simi The Conejo Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meet at 11:30 a.m. at Marie Callender Restaurant, 20 W. Cochran, Simi Valley. Speaker Anita Schmidt will lead a discussion on conservation. (805) 532-1148

TUES., APRIL 4

Expert Artist Shares Learn art techniques from Robert Schaar, whose work is in the Smithsonian and other museums, when he is guest demonstrator at Westlake Village Art Guild meeting. Registration is 6 p.m. at Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, dinner 6:30 p.m. and art demo at 7:30 p.m. $7 to $28. (805) 379-5655

SAT., APRIL 1

Family Eco Day "Stream to Sea" family fun day, an Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration, will be from noon to 4 p.m. at Mountains Restoration Trust headquarters, Headwaters Corner Interpretive Center, 3815 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Calabasas and feature entertainment, food, exhibits, demonstrations and presentations designed to provide a better understanding of watersheds and wetlands as well as local ecology. (818) 591-1701 ext. 186

Networking Breakfast The Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber hosts a networking breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Terri's Cafe, 30135 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills featuring special guest Roberto Barragan, president of the Valley Economic Development Corp. discussing "How to Access Capital for Your Business" and Dr. Demos Vardiabasis, economist and chairman of Pepperdine School of Business. Gourmet breakfast, special door prize, members free. $10 guests. (818) 889-3150

Senior Expo Cities of Agoura Hills and Calabasas host "Senior Expo" from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Agoura Hills/ Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas. Learn about programs, products and services available to older adults/seniors. Free catered lunch for the first 250 seniors who RSVP: (818) 597-7361

Award-Winning Violets African violet expert Leslie Cox of Newbury Park will introduce her many award-winning violets at the Westlake Village Garden Club's 9:30 a.m. meeting at Westlake Village City Hall, 31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. Free. (805) 496-9509

WED., APRIL 5

Beautiful Brass Sounds The ensemble Harmonic Brass of Munich will perform Renaissance music to Ravel's "Bolero" to swing at 7:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 588 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks. $10 to $15. Doors open 6:30 p.m. (805) 498-4502

Prom Fashions at AHS Agoura High School, 28545 W. Driver Ave., Agoura Hills, in the G building: at 7 p.m. is the Spring Prom Fashion Preview, a fundraising event for "Safe and Sober Grad Night." $10 to $20. (818) 7072659

Local Author Chats Local author Louise Cabral will discuss her book "A Pageant of Shadows: The Story of Shakespeare's Mistress" at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. in conference room 2 at the Westlake Village Library, 31220 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing after her talk. (818) 865-9230

Poetry Reading Paradigm Poets, a group of awardwinning Southland poets, will celebrate Poetry Month by reading their poems at Joseph Wahl Arts Gallery, 5305 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills, from 7 to 9 p.m. Free. (818) 340-9245

Plein-Air Painters The Thousand Oaks Plein Air Watercolorists will be painting outdoors on the grounds of Westlake Village Inn today and Wed., April 19. (805) 376-0034 Trish

Moms Sip and Talk Conejo Valley Mothers of Multiples host a Cappuccino Night and round table discussions at 7 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club, 1980 E. Avenida de las Flores, Thousand Oaks. (805) 520-3884

THURS., APRIL 6

Prom for Senior

Adults Members of Agoura High School's National Honors Society will sponsor a "Senior Prom" for senior adults from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the G Building on the AHS campus at 28545 W. Driver Ave., Agoura Hills featuring "All That Jazz" as a theme. Music of the '20s, '30s and '40s will be featured and there will be a live band, dancers, singers and a juggler. (818) 205-5482

Teach Literacy to

Adults Volunteer training for those interested in tutoring adults to read better is offered at Simi Valley Library. An orientation is from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight then from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, April 20 and 27 and May 4. Training and materials are free. (805) 641-4484

NPHS Spring Concert Newbury Park High School choral music department presents its spring concert at 7 p.m. in Performing Arts Center at the school, 456 Reino Road, Newbury Park featuring wide variety of choral and solo numbers, many traditions and musical styles sung by concert choir, Panther Chamber Singers. $5. (805) 484-0307

Using African Violets A class on using African violet blossoms and plants in floral design along with a short business meeting is on tap at 7 p.m. meeting of Thousand Oaks African Violet Society at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 667 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand Oaks. Visitors and their plants welcome. (805) 581-0014

FRI., APRIL 7

Music, Poetry at CLU California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks: At 5 p.m. Dr. Jan Bowman, professor emerita of English, will read excerpts from her latest book of poetry, "Carved Like Runes," in Pearson Library Foyer (free); at 8 p.m. the CLU Wind Ensemble presents a concert, "Marches of Freedom," focusing on marches and works inspried by the march form. Freewill offering. (805) 493-3306

Networking Breakfast Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. at Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Topic is "Highlighting the Chamber's Networking Groups." $26 at the door. (805) 370-0035

SAT., APRIL 8

OPHS Comedy Sportz Oak Park High School Comedy Sportz team will compete in "March and April Madness" at 4 p.m. at National Comedy Theatre, 733 N. Seward, Hollywood. They'll compete against Downey in the second half. (818) 735-3300

Rumanian Rhapsody Piano virtuoso Arnaldo Cohen is guest artist with New West Symphony at 8 p.m. at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. as they perform Enesco's "Rumanian Rhapsody," and works by Liszt and Sibelius. $18 to $83. (805) 449-2787

Saluting Mozart Westlake Village Music Society presents "A French Birthday for Mozart" at 7:30 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 32111 Watergate Road, Westlake Village featuring music by Mozart, Debussy, Saint Saens. $5 to $10. (818) 889-5431, (805) 497-7884

SUN., APRIL 9

Shimmering Singers Shimmer, a quartet from the Channelaire Chorus, will present a vocal tribute to Library Week and a salute to library volunteers at 2 p.m. at Simi Valley Library, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road. They sing four-part harmony barbershop style. Free. (805) 581-1906

Art Celebrates Nature From noon to 4 p.m. at Headwaters Corner Interpretive Center, 3815 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Calabasas, the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore will showcase their plein-air paintings depicting scenes of local parklands and other scenic locations. Works for sale, with portion of proceeds to benefit Mountains Restoration Trust. Shuttle service from Calabasas High School, 22855 Mulholland Hwy. Free. (818) 591-1701, ext. 202

Tennis Legend in Town Martina Navratilova, winner of 20 Wimbledon titles and 58 Grand Slam titles, will sign copies of her book "Shape Your Self" at 3 p.m. at Costco Wholesale, 5700 Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village.

TUES., APRIL 11

New Music Concert California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks presents New Music Concert with faculty members and students performing works by John Cage, Bruce Broughton and others at 8 p.m. in Samuelson Chapel. Freewill offering. (805) 493-3306

FRI., APRIL 14

Former D.A. is Guest Camarillo Chamber of Commerce: Former Ventura County district attorney Michael Bradbury will speak about his tenure with the county and address issues of employment law at the Chamber's Business @ Breakfast program from 7 to 9 a.m. at Sterling Hills Golf Club, 901 Sterling Hills Drive, Camarillo. (805) 484-4383

SAT., APRIL 15

Camarillo Dance Fun Camarillo Ripsnorters Square Dance Club hosts a plus-level square dance with A-1 tip at 7 p.m. at Camarillo Community Center, 1605 Burnley.. $6. (805) 482-3201

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