DATEBOOK Have a Sparkling Time Conejo Gem & Mineral Club hosts Shirley Brown in demonstration of jewelry making using clay silver at 7:45 p.m. at Arts Council Center, 484 Greenmeadow Drive, Thousand Oaks. (805) 498-4220 Genealogy for Free Newbury Park Family History Center at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 35 S. Wendy Drive, Newbury Park presents beginning genealogy research class at 1 p.m. on U.S. birth, marriage and death certificates. Repeated at 10 a.m. on April 13. Other subjects covered in Thurs. or Sat. classes from April 18-May 4. Free. (805) 498-9181 Support Group Meets Grief recovery group helping parents cope with loss of a child due to drug or alcohol abuse meets 7:30 p.m. every Thursday. Free. (818) 292-2809 Preschool Planning Oak Park Neighborhoods for Learning hosts first meeting to discuss creation of preschool that meets needs of area children at 7 p.m. at Brookside Elementary School, Oak Park. (818) 597-0714 FRI., APRIL 12 Online Abuse Association of Marriage and Family Therapists hosts Paul Booth, M.A. from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Banquet Facility, 340 Mobil Ave., Camarillo, discussing "Cybersex," addressing warning signs, consequences and recovery steps from problematic online abuse. RSVP (805) 655-5625 Reserve NAWBO Now Reservations due today for April 18 dinner meeting at 6 p.m. at Hyatt Westlake Plaza Hotel of National Assn of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Business executives Patricia Bramhall and Bernadette Williams are guest speakers. $35-$40. (805) 445-7121 What’s a Banana Slug? The Banana Slug String Band entertains with music, theatre, puppetry, audience participation while teaching about the planet at 6:30 p.m. in Scherr Forum Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. $9.50. (805) 492-2522 Acoustic in Agoura Local band Sparkman and Nature Girl perform irreverent, acoustic rock/folk act from 8-10:30 p.m. at Coffee Island, 5015 Cornell Road, Agoura Hills. No cover charge. (818) 991-0125 Let’s Get Stretching Soka University, 26800 W. Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas: Gail Holloway leads stretch and exercise classes from 8:30-9:45 a.m. today, April 19 and 26. $8. Reservations: (818) 878-3741 SAT., APRIL 13 Jerica’s Toy Drive Lindero Canyon Middle School seventh grader Jerica Ladin collects new, unwrapped toys for patients at Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles from 9 a.m.-noon at 29550 Woodbrook Drive, Agoura Hills. (818) 889-6825 Run for a Good Reason Trail Runners Club sponsors "Malibu Creek Trail Challenge" at Malibu Creek State Park with choice of 14-mile race at 8 a.m. or 4-mile race at 8:30 a.m. Registration begins 6:30 a.m. All proceeds from race go to Kiwanis 911 Victims Children’s Fund. $25-$40. (310) 281-6083 Painting at the Point Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains & Seashore, Inc. sponsor paint-out at 10 a.m. at Point Dume Headlands in Malibu. Paint beach scenes, rock formations, coastline views. Take free shuttle from parking lot on Westward Beach Road up to Headlands. (310) 457-9130 A Lark at the Lake Westlake Yacht Club celebrates traditional Opening Day of yacht club seasonal activities beginning 12:30 p.m. at their clubhouse on the Landing of Westlake Lake, 32123 W. Lindero Canyon Road, Westlake Village. (818) 879-0612 Concert for Kids Singer and storyteller Keith Bilderbeck and Friends perform "The Firebird," musical adventure story for kids ages 5 and up at 2 p.m. at Yoga Desa, 120 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Pine Tree Circle, Topanga. $5. (310) 455-2526 A Bowling Benefit Westlake Village Junior Women’s Club hosts Cosmic Bowling and Silent Auction fundraiser from 7-11 p.m. at Brunswick Valley Bowl, 5255 Cochran St., Simi Valley, to raise funds for local children’s charities they support. $25 non-bowlers, $50 bowlers includes entertainment, pizza dinner. (818) 775-3904 Community Forum Community forum from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Malibu Conference Center, 327 S. Latigo Canyon Road, Malibu, assits people in understanding impacts of proposed Malibu Land Use Plan by California Coastal Commission. Free. RSVP: (818) 652-2972 Summer Sign Up Triunfo YMCA hosts Summer Day Camp Sign-Up and Healthy Kids Day from 9 a.m.-noon at Willow Elementary School, 29026 Laro Drive, Agoura Hills. (818) 706-0993 Art-A-Thon is Fun Pause4Kids, advocacy group for creation of programs for kids with developmental disabilities, hosts Art-A-Thon from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Kids can make variety of arts projects. Free. (805) 376-2918 Keri Bowers Eatery Hosts Benefit Ventura Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) hosts dinner at Iliana’s Corfu Island Restaurant, 30135 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills, at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Fifty percent of night’s proceeds goes to JDRF. Reservations: (818) 879-8440 SUN., APRIL 14 Riding in cars with kids SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. group hosts Safety Seat Checkup Day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in parking lot at Petersen Automotive Museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles to teach parents correct way to buckle up the kids. Free. (800) 745-SAFE It’s Trout Derby Time Anglers of all ages compete for cash prizes and merchandise in Cachuma Lake Nature Center’s seventh annual Trout Derby today and tomorrow at Cachuma Lake, Santa Barbara. Registration $5-$30. (805) 961-3910 Stroll ‘Neath Oaks Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy. (at Troutdale Drive), Agoura: Docents lead lazy two-hour stroll among oaks, ferns and past early L.A. history at 10 a.m. Free. (310) 535-9400 Sounds Like Spring Westlake Village Music Society hosts "Sounds of Spring" concert at 3 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 1049 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village featuring violinist Armen Anassian, pianist Christine DeKlotz, Norwegian soprano Signe Kennedy, tenor Chris Feeney. $5-$10. (818) 889-5431, (805) 497-7884 Soap Box Derby Conejo Valley YMCA hosts Soap Box Derby at 10 a.m. for kids 8-11 at 4031 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Driver check-in 9 a.m. All must park at CLU and take free YMCA shuttle. (805) 523-7613 Jewish Students’ Art Hillel at Pierce & Valley Colleges hosts opening reception from 2-4 p.m. for Jewish Student Art Exhibit A Celebration of Valley Artists at Finegood Art Gallery at Bernard Milken Jewish Community Campus, 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills. Free. Meet the artists and view art exhibit which runs from today to May 12. (818) 887-5901 Local Living History Anne Schroeder, fifth generation Californian, shares anecdotes and signs copies of her historical memoir, "Branches on the Conejo: Leaving the Soil After Five Generations," from 1-4 p.m. in Pioner House at Stagecoach Inn Museum, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. $1-$3. (805) 498-9441 MON., APRIL 15 Rallying for OPHS Reservations are due today for Oak Park High School Grad Nite’s Car Rally on Sat., April 20 at 7 p.m. at OPHS parking lot, 899 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park. Car teams solve clues that direct them from location to location. Prizes, refreshments. $20. (818) 735-9596 One for the Panthers Newbury Park High School hosts Golf Classic benefit for NPHS Panther Stadium renovation project at Spanish Hills Golf & Country Club, Camarillo. Register 8:30 a.m.; shotgun start 10:30 a.m.; buffet dinner & awards ceremony 5 p.m. $170; $35 dinner only. (805) 499-4609 Lessons from 9-11 Calabasas Emergency Response Program hosts Robert T. Scott, Ph.D., at 7:30 p.m. in Calabasas City Hall discussing "Preparing the Best for the Worst–Lessons Learned from the World Trade Center Attack." (818) 222-1728 TUES., APRIL 16 Family Fact Finders Conejo Valley Genealogical Society’s Education class from 7-9 p.m. at Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, T.O., explores "Books & Libraries" with emphasis on family history centers and Society’s genealogy collection at T.O. Library. Free. (805) 496-0653 For Moms, Moms to Be La Leche League of Agoura Hills meets 11 a.m. at First Federal Bank, 5701 Kanan Road, Agoura Hills to provide breastfeeding support, education. Free. (818) 597-2674 Reservations Due Reservations due today for Conejo Valley Republican Federated Women’s Club meeting/luncheon at 10:30 a.m. on Fri., April 19 at Clarion Palm Court Hotel, 495 Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park featuring psychologist Terry Paulson, Ph.D., as guest speaker. $20. (805) 495-3409 WED., APRIL 17 Follow the Leads Calabasas chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Clubs meets 7:15 a.m. every Wednesday at Bagel Nosh, 23683 Calabasas road, Calabasas. Business people participate in word-of-mouth marketing. Free. (818) 225-1709 Sophia Corbett Keep Up with Hi-Tech Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, T.O., presents demonstration from 7-8:30 p.m. of new electronic resources. Learn how to search library’s catalog plus other online resources. Free. Reservations: (805) 449-2660, ext. 204 Give Blood, Save Lives American Red Cross partners with Electronic Clearing House, Inc., 28001 Dorothy Drive, Agoura Hills for blood drive from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Refreshments, lunch provided. Walk-in donors okay or reserve a time slot: (818) 706-8999 Lisa Shop & Benefit OPHS Eagle Marketplace, an open-air bazaar designed to increase awareness and generate funds for an all-weather track at Oak Park High School, will feature more than 25 local vendors welling wide variety of gifts from 2-7 p.m. on school’s quad, 899 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park. The band Clear Static to perform. Free admission. (818) 991-0723 A Spring Fling Thing Conejo Valley Encore Club celebrates Spring with luncheon buffet and fashion show at 11:30 a.m. at Paul’s Italian Villa, 2585 Cochran St., Simi Valley. $23. Reservations: (805) 498-1615 Senior Safety AARP Thousand Oaks Chapter 1575 hosts Det. Sgt. Larry Logan of Ventura County Sheriff’s Dept. discussing "The Seniors–Their Personal Safety" at 1:30 p.m. at Goebel Senior Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. (805) 493-4072 THURS., APRIL 18 A Taste of the Islands California Lutheran University’s Hawaiian students host an "Aloha Luau" at 5:30 p.m. in gym/auditorium, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks featuring Polynesian specialties, music, dancing. $10-$15. (805) 241-2361 Chamber Mixer Calabasas Chamber of Commerce hosts mixer from 5:30-7 p.m. at Prudential California Realty, 23925 Calabasas Road, west of The Commons Shopping Center. Free. RSVP: (818) 222-5680 For Wildflower Fans Take an uncrowded weekday self-guided 2.5-mile (one way) stroll along lush easy trail past woodland stars, blue larkspur, canyon sunflower, fiesta flowers, prickly phlox, ferns and other spring wildflowers on Backbone Trail between Kanan Road-lower Zuma Ridge. Free parking off Kanan Road South at Newton Canyon. Best displays in shaded areas. (805) 370-2300 FRI., APRIL 19 But Will He Bark? Agoura Hills Mayor Denis Weber will read "Bark George" to preschoolers at 10:30 a.m. at Agoura Hills Library, 29901 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills. (818) 889-2278 Transplant Support Ventura County/West Valley Chapter of TRIO (Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc.) meets 7 p.m. first and third Fridays at Los Robles Rehab Center, 4415 S. Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village. Free. (805) 492-9810 Jackie Green Flash, Moon Dog Ventura County Astronomical Society hosts Lu Rarogiewicz, who lived and worked on Mount Wilson and discusses how to experience sky’s wonders like the green flash and moon dogs at little or no expense at 7:30 p.m. in Forum Auditorium, Moorpark College. (805) 642-5166 La Reina High Presents La Reina High School, 106 W. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks presents "The Wizard of Oz" at 7 p.m. tonight and April 20, 26, 27; 2 p.m. matinee on April 27. $3-$8. (805) 495-6494, ext. 320
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