Datebook

FRI., JULY 10

Used Book Sale At Newbury Park Branch Library, 2331 Borchard Road. 6 to 8:30 p.m. today. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. 35 cents children's books. 50 cents paperbacks, $1 hardcover. Proceeds support library programs, materials purchase. Sponsored by Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library. Phone: 805.480.9737 Contact: Geri Trail Web: www.ftol.org Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: 7/10/2009

St. Rose of Lima Parish

Annual Carnival At school grounds, 1305 Royal Ave., Simi Valley. 6 to 11 p.m. today. 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday. 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday. Live music and dancers, food vendors, midway rides and games, beer garden, wine tasting, used book store, raffle for cash. Live broadcast from KHAY radio Sunday. Admission $2 adults, free for children 12 and under, seniors 65 and over. Phone: 805.526.4486 Contact: Don Runyon Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: 7/10/2009

SAT., JULY 11

T.O. High School Band

Junior Carwash 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at school parking lot, 2323 Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. $5 per vehicle. Fundraiser for Thousand Oaks High School band, color guard program. Donations/tips accepted. Email: tohsbandjuniors@yahoo .com Time: 9:00 a.m. Date: 7/11/2009

Fourth Annual Butterfly

Remembrance Ceremony At Triunfo Canyon Park, Triunfo Canyon Road at Tamarack Street, Thousand Oaks. 400 monarch butterflies released. Time to share, reflect. Violin, harp, song, butterfly crafts for children. Free. RSVP requested. Sponsored by Buena Vista Hospice Care. Phone: 805.777.1133 Time: 10:00 a.m. Date: 7/11/2009

Warm Nights &

Cool Animals Nature Hike 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. easy walk at Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve at end of Victory Boulevard, near Valley Circle intersection, Woodland Hills. See nocturnal animals. Sponsored by Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, presented by Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. Phone: 310.454.1395 Contact: Tracy Email: tracy.young@mrca .ca.gov Web: www.lamountains .com Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 7/11/ 2009

SUN., JULY 12

Rising Sun Meditation 7 to 9:15 a.m. at Bluff Park, 24250 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu. Open-air meditation, healthy love energy breakfast. Free. Presented by Gurudhaam Center Abode of Healing. To celebrate Full Moon Festival of Guru Poorinima. Phone: 818.231.2228 Contact: Sandy Email: sandyreid3@yahoo .com Time: 7:00 a.m. Date: 7/12/2009

Simi Valley Jazz Club 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. Evie and All That Jazz Band performs 3:15 p.m. Qualified jammers welcome. Light refreshments, dance floor. $9 donation. Phone: 805.527.5905 Web: www.simivalleyjazzclub.com Time: 1:00 p.m. Date: 7/12/2009

Music And Art At

Peter Strauss Ranch 3000 Mulholland Hwy., Agoura Hills. Art exhibit 1:30 to 6 p.m. Display, sale of plein-air paintings by Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore. Folk concert 3 to 5 p.m.

Time: 1:30 p.m. Date: 7/12/2009

MON., JULY 13

California Women

Business Owners Monthly meeting, dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy, 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills. Officer installation, scholarship presentation. $33 Guests, members without RSVP. Phone: 818.789.1593 Contact: A. Hillary Grosberg Email: hillary @annhillary.com Web: www.cwbo .org Time: 5:45 p.m. Date: 7/13/2009

Poinsettia Painters Meets at Orchid Building, UFCW local union hall, 816 Camarillo Springs Road, Camarillo. Painting candy cane ornament. Club is local chapter of Society of Decorative Painters. Phone: 805.279.0041 Contact: Peggy Jones Email: tollpainter01 @roadrunner.com Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 7/13/2009

Conejo Orchid Society Meets 7 p.m. Westlake Village City Hall, 31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. Peter Lin will discuss miniature orchids. Refreshments, orchid raffle. Guests welcome. Phone: 818.991.1275 Contact: Janice Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 7/13/2009

TUES., JULY 14

Camarillo Quilters Meets at Orchid Room, Orchid Professional Building, 101 Freeway at Camarillo Springs Road, Camarillo. Melinda Bula demonstrates making fusible flower quilts. Guest fee $5. Phone: 805.482.3201 Contact: Beth Time: 9:30 a.m. Date: 7/14/2009

Ventura County

Writers Club Presents author/actress Harley Jane Kozak at 7 p.m., Borders, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Kozak will discuss and sign "A Date You Can't Refuse." Phone: 805.497.8159 Contact: Lita Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 7/14/2009

WED., JULY 15

Thousand Oaks

Westlake Village

Chamber of Commerce 5:30 to 7 p.m. summer networking fiesta at Sotheby's International Realty, 971 S. Westlake Blvd., Ste. 100, Westlake Village. Refreshments catered by Cisco's restaurant, raffle prizes. $2 Chamber members, $15 nonmembers. RSVP not required. Phone: 805.370.0035 Contact: Chamber office Web: www .towlvchamber.org Time: 5:30 p.m. Date: 7/15/2009

FRI., JULY 17

Kiwanis Citrus Festival Harding Park, 1300 E. Harvard Blvd., Santa Paula. 5 to 11 p.m. today, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Live music, carnival rides, citrus and avocado pavilion, specialty foods, crafts and food vendors, family fun stage, classic car show. Downtown parade on Main Street, 10 a.m. Saturday. Daily admission $5 adults, $1 children 12 and under. Additional cost for rides. Web: www.santapaulafestival.org Time: 5:00 p.m. Date: 7/17/2009