To celebrate the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival’s 20th season and the 400th anniversary of the Bard of Avon’s death, the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company will kick off the summer with a play that was one of the most popular with its audiences. Performances of “Henry V” will be at 8 p.m. June 24 through 26, July 1 through 3, and July 8 […]
2016-06-16
Tenor and pianist in classical concert
The Elation Arts Series at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church will present “The Art of Longing,” a classical vocal concert with tenor Bryan Lane and pianist Christopher Davis, at 7 p.m. Fri., June 17 at the church, 588 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks. Lane and Davis will perform works by Beethoven, Debussy and Schumann. In addition, the program will premiere a work titled […]
This musical witty, charming
PLAY REVIEW /// ‘The Addams Family’High Street Arts Center’s “The Addams Family” is the latest of many productions of the musical that have appeared on the Ventura County scene during the past year. The show’s popularity is multi-generational, thanks to exposure in the New Yorker magazine, on television and in film prior to its conversion to Broadway. The musical’s witty dialogue overcomes its unchallenging story, […]
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THURS., JUNE 16 Channel Islands Gulls 11 a.m. at Las Posas Country Club, 955 Fairway Drive, Camarillo. Social hour 11 a.m., luncheon at noon. Fashion show from Draper’s and Damons. Raffle. RSVP required. Contact: Shirley. Phone: 805.263.6062. Channel Islands Maritime Museum Speaker Series 6:30 p.m. at museum, 3900 Bluefin Circle, Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard. Mick Kronman presents “From hooks to […]
Imaginative costumes, superb acting, but no Toto in Simi production
PLAY REVIEW /// ‘The Wiz’With the success of last December’s live NBC production of “The Wiz,” interest in the 1975 “urban” version of “The Wizard of Oz” has been rekindled. “The Wiz” was a huge hit in its day, becoming a cultural touchstone at a time when black music and black pride were in the midst of a renaissance. Along with shows like “Purlie” […]
Keller Williams expands in Calabasas
MORE SPACE, MORE BUSINESS—The Calabasas Chamber of Commerce joins Keller Williams Calabasas in a June 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Realtor’s office expansion at 23975 Park Sorrento. Keller Williams took over an adjacent suite at the end of May. The firm has doubled in the past year and now has more than 200 agents, making it the fastest growing office […]
New Regal cinema opens at Janss
IT’S SHOWTIME—Staff awaits visitors at the June 8 red carpet opening of the new Regal Janss Marketplace 9 theater in Thousand Oaks. All auditoriums feature stadium chair-back seating. Regal Entertainment Group took over the theater at 255 N. Moorpark Road from Regency Theaters at the end of 2015. The Regal portfolio also includes cinemas in Simi Valley and Calabasas.
Photo exhibit of landscapes
“Adventurizing,” a new solo exhibit by local photographer and cyclist Joshua Weinfeld, begins next week at Pedalers Fork, 23504 Calabasas Road, Calabasas. The opening reception will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Thurs., June 23. The show— subtitled “Landscapes of Western North America By Bike”—will continue through June 28. Weinfeld’s photos are from places he’s visited on bike rides, […]
Clubs offers musical theater in summer
Registration is underway for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley’s Musical Theatre Summer Camp, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 5 to 29 at the Rocky and Lon Morton Boys & Girls Club on the Sequoia Middle School Campus, 2855 Borchard Road, Newbury Park. Extended care is available from 7 a.m. and […]