THURS., MARCH 21 Simi Valley Art Association 6 p.m. at Rancho Simi Rec and Park District Activity Center, 4201 Guardian St., Simi Valley. Demo by animator Pete Michels, supervising producer at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Burbank, and director for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim show. Admission: $5 SVAA members, $7 nonmembers. Web: simivalleyart.org. Ventura County Rose Society 6:30 p.m. doors open and […]
2019-03-21
Director returns to helm musical
PLAY PREVIEW /// ‘Matilda: the Musical’A familiar face from the not-too-distant past has returned. 5-Star Theatricals welcomes back Lewis Wilkenfeld, who was the company’s artistic director back when it was known as Cabrillo Music Theater. From 2005 to 2016, Wilkenfeld led the troupe during some of its most rewarding as well as challenging years as the Conejo Valley’s resident professional theater company. Wilkenfeld was asked […]
Performance makes a racket at Kavli
play review /// ‘Stomp’“Stomp,” that jubilation of rhythm which has intoxicated theater audiences since 1991, swept (literally) into Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza’s Kavli Theatre on March 12 for a single performance. Possibly the most unusual show ever staged on Broadway, “Stomp” includes no music, no story and no dialogue, just an irreverent crew of eight virtuoso percussionists who create a symphony of […]
Chalk it up to a fun day
Cal Lutheran University will host a Chalk Festival Mon. and Tues., April 1 and 2 on its campus sidewalks. The public can watch the artists and view their work. Professional artists will create art on the theme of imagination, Artists Lori Escalera of Vista and Dawn Morrison Wagner of Thousand Oaks will teach chalk drawing to CLU art students, who […]
When you’re just dying to see a good show
Actors give their blood and sweatYoung Artists Forever will present “Evil Dead The Musical” April 5 through 14 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays and one Thurs. performance at 7:30 p.m. Book and lyrics are by George Reinblatt with music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris […]