EQUINE FRIENDS—Above, 9-year-old Helena Simon of Calabasas feeds Bayberry at a Horse Tales event Jan. 16 at Rancho Sierra Vista in Newbury Park, hosted by the National Park Service. Below, 4-year-old Taryn Liu of Agoura Hills and her dad, Thomas, meet Ginger, an NPS patrol horse, and Ranger Nancy Burdick, the rider. At the event, guests toured the historic Rancho […]
2016-01-21
Behind the curtain
The Westlake Village Reads One City, One Literary Theme program will host a “What is Theatre?” program at 11 a.m. Sat., Jan. 23 at the Westlake Civic Center, 31200 Oak Crest Drive. Local theater performers and companies will describe the experience from the conception of a production to the final bow with the points of view from actors, stage hands […]
Parks teeming with events during celebration
In celebration of its centennial this year, the National Park Service is planning activities for the public and sprucing up many of its 400-plus parks Visitors to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area will find refreshed trailheads with new signs offering more details about the habitat, spokesperson Kate Kuykendall said. Encompassing more than 153,000 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains, […]
Artwork shows same location in different perspectives
DOUBLE VISION—The National Park Services presents “Two Visions,” an exhibition and sale of the artwork by Donna Jean and Joseph Goldstein of West Hills through Feb. 29 at the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center, King Gillette Ranch, 26876 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. An artist’s reception will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 6. The exhibit contains both Donna’s oil […]
Elsie Ragan turns 100
The Reserve to host party Jan. 27It is not as unusual as it used to be to see a resident in a senior community turn 100 years old. However, Elsie Ragan is unusual in that, as she turns 100, she has been a resident of California for 99 years. She was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Jan. 27, 1917. In less than a year her […]