Is our future really so bleak? The year is 2027. The last child was conceived 18 years ago, and Mankind is slowly stagnating. Nobody knows why the human race has become infertile- although with a hopeless future, with every human life that much more precious, it seems we've become eve...
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Local playwright combines morals, humor
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com
      Local actor and author James Egan created a book of plays to help teach the morals found in the Bible. "Justus' Lament and Other Short Plays for Church Groups" contains four comedies, two monologues, three holiday productions and two dramas. Each of the 11 works is designed ...
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Film examines the suspicious demise of the electric car
By Dave Workman Special to The Acorn
      One of the better "ecological" efforts in recent memory, Chris Paine's provocative documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?," now available on DVD, is a cinematic equivalent of the familyrequested autopsy, examining the brief life span and suspicious demise of the battery-pow...
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Conejo Players opens 'Angel Street' auditions
      Conejo Players Theatre will have auditions for "Angel Street" at 7:30 p.m. Sun. through Tues., Jan. 21 to 23 The audition will be a cold reading from the script, but actors may also perform a prepared monologue. No appointment is necessary. There is no pay.
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Mediterraneo Restaurant in full swing
Westlake Village Inn dining gets a face-lift
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      When manager Sandro Coppola was ready to unveil the new Mediterraneo restaurant, formerly Le Café, there was no grand opening celebration. To have time to work out the kinks, Coppola quietly opened the doors to the newly transformed dining spot at the Westlake Village Inn about...
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Tour local movie locations
      Harry Medved, co-author of "Hollywood Escapes," will lead a familyfriendly walking tour of locations seen in various Hollywood films from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 28 through Malibu Creek State Park, off Las Virgenes Road, three miles south of the 101 Freeway.
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