On the Town

Chabad of the Conejo’s The Power of Hope Gala 2021 will be livestreamed from 7 to 9 p.m. Wed., June 9. In past years Chabad’s annual galas were held in such venues as the Westlake Four Seasons Hotel and the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, where attendance was limited to donors and ticket-holders. This year’s celebration will be online, allowing […]

When Federal Communications Commission Chair Newton Minow famously called television a “vast wasteland” in 1961, he included a complaint about the paucity and wretchedness of children’s programming. Eight years later, Minow played a key role in obtaining funding for “Sesame Street,” the landmark children’s program that he called “an answer to my dreams.” “Sesame Street” helped pave the way for […]

Grit. Tenacity. Innovation. That is what it has taken to bring the high school performing arts rendition of “Godspell Jr.” to the stage, even a virtual one. Like every aspect of life, COVID-19 has affected the performing arts, from shutting down Broadway in New York City to eliminating K-12 school productions nationwide. But the show must go on, and Oaks […]

Whether you call it “car-cappella” or “carbershop quartet,” the Agoura Hills Harmony Chorus hasn’t let the pandemic stop them from congregating to sing their favorite tunes. The all-female a cappella singing group is one organization that has found a Zoom-free method of rehearsing together, and the singers are having a lot of fun doing it. Each Tuesday, about two dozen […]