"10,000 B.C."
      Directed by: Roland Emmerich Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Nathanael Baring and Reece Ritchie Rated: PG-13 (intense action and mostly bloodless violence) Running time: 108 minutes Best suited for:
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The Buccaneers to play Bodie's
      Concerts at the Bodie House presents The Buccaneers at 8 p.m. Sat., March 15 in Agoura Hills. The band consists of Rodger Leeder on vocals, mandolin, bass guitar, guitar; Seán Sabraw on vocals, guitar, bass guitar, bodhran, mandolin; and Jim Samuelson on vocals, saxophone, penny whistles,
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Scenic artwork exhibit opens on March 30
      The Mountains Restoration Trust will host the fifth annual art exhibit by Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., March 30 at the Headwaters Corner at Mulholland Highway and Old Topanga Canyon Road, Calabasas.
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Photo contest displays entries
Winners receive scholarships
      A reception and judging of the photography exhibit "From Generation to Generation" will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sun., March 30 at the Agoura Hills Senior Retreat, 5217 Chesebro Road in Agoura Hills.
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Viewpoint stages classic 'Waiting for Godot'
      The Conservatory of Theater at Viewpoint School in Calabasas recently presented Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot" in the school's Ahmanson Black Box Theater.
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Play from New York comes to Malibu theater
      Malibu Stage Company, with the financial help of the company's president Jacqueline Bridgeman, will co-produce the New York production of "West Bank, UK" with La MaMa ETC. The company will bring the entire cast, musicians, costumes and set to the Malibu theatre at 29243 Pacific Coast Hwy.
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Juried art show to open
      Westlake Village Art Guild's open juried art show will run Tues., March 18 through Sun., April 13 at the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331 Borchard Road in Newbury Park. Take-in for artwork is from noon to 4 p.m. Sat., March 15.
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Blues Festival in Simi Valley
      Blues Festival will be Sat., April 26 at Oak Park in Simi Valley. The headiner is Grammy nominee Robben Ford, whose CD "Truth" recently garnered his fifth nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album of the Year.
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'Mikado' pokes fun at authority
Play review
By Cary Ginell Soundthink@aol.com
      The Ventura County Gilbert and Sullivan Repertoire Company continues its run of classic Gilbert and Sullivan works with "The Mikado," probably the most famous and certainly the most often performed of the duo's comic operas.
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Fashion show fundraiser
     WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY- La Reina High School student Colleen Murphy, 15, talks about some of her favorite activities at the NCL Stars and the City 2008 Modelette fashion show Sunday at the First Neighborhood Community Center in Westlake Village. Tenth- and 12th-grade Ticktockers modeled fashions and spoke about their personal passions to help raise money for the Theraputic Recreation Unit of the Conejo Valley.
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Apply now for artist marketing workshop
      Reservations are due from both visual and performing artists for the "Arts Marketing for the 21st Century" workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. Wed., April 16 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.
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JPL engineer will speak to astronomy club
      The Ventura County Astronomical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fri., March 21 in the multipurpose room at Mesa Union School, 3901 Mesa School Road in Somis. The speaker will be Dr.
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