Datebook

FRI., FEB. 5

Inaugural Casino Night Fundraiser

6 to 10:30 p.m. in multiuse facility at Padre Serra Parish, 5205 Upland Road, Camarillo. Traditional casino games, dinner buffet, music, hosted bar, raffle, silent auction. All proceeds evenly shared by Pleasant Valley Education Foundation and Camarillo Optimist Club. $50 individual, $75 couple. Phone: 805.389.6699 Contact: Samson Ghaffari Email: samson .ghaffari@edwardjones.com Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: 2/5/2010

‘The Somewhat True Tale Of Robin Hood’

At Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Young Artists Ensemble presents twisted tongue-in-cheek version of Robin Hood story for whole family. Through Feb. 21. Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays 2 p.m. Phone: 805.381.1246 Contact: Megan McDonough Web: www.YAEonline.com Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 2/5/2010

‘Romeo And Juliet’

Shakespeare drama opens at High Street Arts Center, 75 E. High St., Moorpark. In conjunction with California Shakespeare Company. Runs through March 7. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. $8 to $15. Phone: 805.529.8700 Contact: Box office Time: 8:00 p.m. Date: 2/5/2010

SAT., FEB. 6

TOHS Girls’ Water Polo Recycling Fundraiser

8 a.m. to noon in parking lot by tennis courts of Thousand Oaks High School, 2323 N. Moorpark Road. Collecting bottles, cans, printer cartridges, cellphones, MP3 players, laptops. Phone: 805.493.4195 Contact: Sandy Time: 8:00 a.m. Date: 2/6/2010

Free Electronic Waste Recycling Day

8 a.m. to noon at Moorpark Unified School District, loading docks on west end, 5297 Maureen Lane, Moorpark. Fundraiser for Moorpark Education Foundation. Open to public, local businesses. Most electronics accepted. No refrigerators, microwaves, batteries, light bulbs, large appliances.  Time: 8:00 a.m. Date: 2/6/2010

Brandon’s Buddies Playdate

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Brandon’s Village universal playground, 25801 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Calabasas. For children of all abilities. Integrated play, face painting, crafts, entertainment, treats. Free. RSVP requested. Phone: 818.222.8118 Contact: Dina Kaplan Email: brandonsbuddies@pacbell.net  Time: 11:00 a.m. Date: 2/6/2010

10th Annual African American Art Festival

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at STAR ECO Station, 10101 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City. Through Feb. 28, weekday viewings by appointment only. Works by established and emerging artists and performers. Celebrity guests. Live traditional African music, dance performances, ceramics, paintings, food, jewelry and clothing vendors, crafts, games. Free. Admission charge for guided tours of STAR ECO Station environmental science museum and exotic wildlife rescue facility. Phone: 310.842.8060 Contact: STAR ECO Station Web: www .ecostation.org Time: 11:00 a.m. Date: 2/6/2010

Daughters Of The American Revolution

Meets at St. Paul’s Episcopal/ Lutheran Church, 117 N. Seventh St., Santa Paula. Vice regent Susan Johnson presents program on women’s suffrage. Light lunch served. RSVP requested. Guests welcome. Phone: 805.671.9750 Contact: Debbie Miller Web: www.dar.org Time: 12:00 p.m. Date: 2/6/2010

Annual Authentic Italian Pasta Dinner

5 to 7:30 p.m. at Cosgrove Center, Holy Cross Catholic Church, 13955 Peach Hill Road, Moorpark. Mostaccioli pasta, sausage, meatballs, salad, bread, drinks. Fundraiser for Boy Scout Troop 611. $9 adults, $7 seniors over 62, $5 children. Takeout available.  Time: 5:00 p.m. Date: 2/6/2010

In The Mood Pasta Dinner, Big Band Dance

At Thousand Oaks High School cafeteria, 2323 Moorpark Road. Dinner 6 to 8 p.m. Dancing 8 to 10 p.m.. TOHS jazz band provides big band music. Fundraiser for TOHS Lancer Band. $10 adults, $5 seniors and children. Tickets available in advance or at door. Phone: 805.208.5998 Contact: Susan Parris Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: 2/6/2010

Ojai Concert Series

At Ojai Valley Woman’s Club, 441 E. Ojai Ave. Circled by Hounds, wild Celtic fusion band from Portland, with flutist Hanz Araki. $18 advance, $20 at door. Phone: 805.665.8852 Contact: Shane Web: www .ojaiconcertseries.com Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 2/6/2010

MON., FEB. 8

Free Movie Matinee

“Slumdog Millionaire” screens at Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. Phone: 805.449.2660 Contact: Jana Covell Email: jcovell @tolibrary.org Web: www.toaks .org/library Time: 1:00 p.m. Date: 2/8/2010

Conejo Orchid Society

Meets at Westlake Village City Hall, 31200 Oak Crest Drive. George Hafield speaks on cymbidiums. Refreshments, orchid raffle. Guests welcome. Phone: 818.991.1275 Contact: Janice Kobey Web: www .ConejoOrchidSociety.org Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 2/8/2010

TUES., FEB. 9

NAWIC Mixer And Dinner

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Monthly meeting of Simi-Conejo Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. Connie Sparks speaks on “Reinventing Yourself.” $26 for members, guests. Advance RSVP and payment required. Contact: Kerry Email: kcoverly @jhcowan.com Web: www .simiconejo.nawic.net Time: 5:30 p.m. Date: 2/9/2010

WED., FEB. 10

Whizzing Around The World With Irma

At Goebel Senior Adult Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Traveler Irma Kackert gives slide presentation on Mayan culture, temples of Guatemala. Phone: 805.381.2744 Time: 12:15 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

League Of Women Voters Camarillo Unit

Meets in community room of Camarillo Police Station, 3701 E. Las Posas Road. Paula Lite, member of Camarillo Work Force Housing Task Force, shows DVD of stories from children of farmworkers. Phone: 805.389.9949 Web: www.ez2.net/lwv Time: 1:30 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

Rancho Simi Senior Citizens Club

Meets at Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. Bingo, refreshments. RSVP required. Phone: 805.955.0788 Time: 1:30 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

Simi Valley Quilt Guild

Meets at Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. Machine or hand sewing for Quilts-In-Force charity sew-in. All levels of quilters welcome. Phone: 805.583.3389 Contact: Sally Leeflang Email: sleeflang @aol.com Time: 6:30 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

Democratic Club Of Conejo Valley

Meets at Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. Mike Young of California League of Conservation Voters will speak. Question-and-answer time. Guests, new members welcome. Web: www.conejodemocrats.com Time: 6:30 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

Conejo Valley Fly Fishers

Meets at Orchid Room, Best Western-Thousand Oaks Inn, 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Steve Cooper discusses fly fishing for smallmouth bass. Phone: 805.498.2944 Web: www .cvff.org Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

Annual Jazz Night Fundraiser

At Lindero Canyon Middle School gym, 5844 Larboard Lane, Agoura Hills. School Jazz “A” Band and professional musicians perform. Dinner, silent auction. $10. Funds raised will help school band to attend Reno Jazz Festival. Phone: 818.889.1188 Contact: Julie King Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

Hollywood Filming Locations Event

7:30 to 9 p.m. at Hollywood Heritage Museum, 2100 N. Highland Ave. across from Hollywood Bowl. Sponsored by Hollywood Heritage Inc., nonprofit organization dedicated to preservation of historic Hollywood. Evenings at the Barn presents Three Stooges Hollywood filming locations with Jim Pauley and Columbia Studios History. Rare photos, discussion with Marc Wanamaker. Slide show of locations then and now where Stooges filmed. Special guests (pending availability) Joan Howard Maurer (Moe’s daughter), Sylvia Lewis, Nancy Saunders. For all ages. $5 Hollywood Heritage members, $10 nonmembers, free parking. Refreshments available.  Phone: 323.874.4005 Contact: Hollywood Heritage Museum Email: membership @hollywoodheritage.org Web: www.hollywoodheritage.org Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 2/10/2010

THURS., FEB. 11

Simi Valley Community Council

Lunch at Lost Canyons Golf Club, 3301 Lost Canyons Drive, Simi Valley. City historian Pat Havens discusses her new book “The Strathearn Letters.” Collecting nonperishables for Care and Share. Free drawing for theater tickets to all paid members. $15.  Time: 11:30 a.m. Date: 2/11/2010

Somis Thursday Club

Meets at clubhouse 5380 Bell St., Somis. Lunch, program by Jon Bindeck on harmonica and guitar. $15. Phone: 805.987.2728 Con tact: Sandi Time: 12:00 p.m. Date: 2/11/2010

Safe Kids Day

3:30 to 6 p.m. at Simi Valley Boys & Girls Club, 2850 Lemon Drive. Emergency training for children. Basic first aid, water safety, fire safety, safe wheels, lost and found, choking prevention. RSVP requested. Sponsored by American Red Cross of Ventura County. Phone: 805.987.1514 Contact: American Red Cross Time: 3:30 p.m. Date: 2/11/2010

Westlake Village Republican Women

Ladies’ Night Out membership social at home of Donna Sollima, 2072 Hyssop Court, Thousand Oaks. Social time 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Casual evening of networking, door prizes, food, desserts, fine wines. Phone: 805.304.8110 Contact: Amy Hawkins Time: 6:30 p.m. Date: 2/11/2010

‘The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People’

7:30 to 9 p.m. at Westlake Village Civic Center, 31200 E. Oak Crest Drive. Public event hosted by Conejo Valley chapter of Mothers & More. Whitney Repetto discusses building effective personal relationships, managing change, taking responsibility, having accountability. Free. RSVP requested. Contact: Lucy Email: Lmchae @yahoo.com Web: www .conejovalleymothersandmore.org

Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 2/11/2010

Conejo Gem & Mineral Club

Meets at Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Cynthia Bromberger shows how to make dichroic glass and its uses in making jewelry. Youth program available. Phone: 805.494.7734 Contact: Deb and Rob Sankovich Email: rmsorca@adelphia.net Web: www.cgamc.org Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 2/11/2010

FRI., FEB. 12

California International Antiquarian Book Fair

4 to 9 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles. 200 dealers from U.S., Europe, Britain, Canada, Australia. Display of rare and valuable books, manuscripts, autographs, fine graphics, prints and maps for sale and viewing. Special exhibit “From Author to Oscar” explores adapting books to screen. $15 three-day pass, $10 daily pass, $5 off for students. Sponsored by Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, Southern California. Phone: 800.454.6401 Contact: R. Silverman Email: labookfair @gmail.com Web: www.labookfair .com Time: 4:00 p.m. Date: 2/12/ 2010

Moorpark Women’s Fortnightly Club

Meeting and luncheon at Moorpark Country Club, 11800 Championship Drive. Jim Woodard, resident storyteller at Reagan Library, presents little-known facts about Abraham Lincoln. $20. RSVP required. Contact: Randi Kramer Email: randikramer@ymail.com Time: 9:45 a.m. Date: 2/12/2010

Las Posas Republican Women’s Club

Meets at Las Posas Country Club, 955 Fairway Drive, Camarillo. Business meeting 11:45 a.m. Lunch at noon, speaker at 12:45 p.m. Abraham Lincoln impersonator will present speeches. $25. Call for reservations, menu choices. Phone: 805.484.0690 Contact: Lynn Time: 11:45 a.m. Date: 2/12/ 2010

Fireside Concert

At Borchard Community Center, corner Borchard and Reino roads, Newbury Park. Folk singer Stephen Mendel, songwriter/entertainer Richard Berman, Gemini with Bruce and Renata Farwell, Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome band (bluegrass). $7 general seating. Adults only. Phone: 805.499.3511 Contact: Bob Kroll Email: folksgr1@aol.com Time: 8:00 p.m. Date: 2/12/2010

SAT., FEB. 13

Democratic Women’s Council Of Conejo Valley

Brunch at Boccaccio’s restaurant, on the lake, Lindero Boulevard, Westlake Village. Don Schroeder gives PowerPoint presentation on where healthcare stands in California. Candidate for 37th Assembly District present. $20. Guests, new members invited. RSVP requested. Phone: 805.495.1515 Email: dwccv2009@yahoo.com Web: www.dwccv.org Time: 9:30 a.m. Date: 2/13/2010

Free Family Movie In Moorpark

“Shrek” screens at High Street Arts Center, 45 E. High St., Moorpark. Part of Free Saturday Family Movie Series. Doors open 11:30 a.m. Free admission, concessions for sale. Phone: 805.529.8700 Contact: Box office Time: 12:00 p.m. Date: 2/13/2010

Sunset Walk For Valentine’s Day

Hike to top of Lizard Rock in Wildwood Park to see sunset with loved one. Meet in Wildwood parking lot, west end of Avenida de Los Arboles. $6. Sponsored by Conejo Recreation and Park District. Phone: 805.495.2163 Contact: Conejo Rec and Park Web: www.crpd.org Time: 4:30 p.m. Date: 2/13/2010

Knights Of Columbus Casino Night

5:30 to 10 p.m. at St. Peter Claver parish hall, Cochran and Stow streets, Simi Valley. Blackjack, craps, roulette, poker, door prizes, raffles, silent auction. Hors d’oeuvres, no-host bar with adult beverages. Fundraiser to assist Knights in charitable works. $25 advance, $30 at door. Phone: 805.527.1280 Contact: Earl Todd Time: 5:30 p.m. Date: 2/ 13/2010

Ventura Music Festival

Latin jazz percussionist Pete Escovedo and orchestra perform at Ventura High School auditorium, 2 N. Catalina St., Ventura. Special appearance by Christian Choh of Agoura Hills, winner of high school jazz competition. $30 to $40, students with valid ID $15.  Phone: 805.648.3146 Web: www.venturamusicfestival.org Time: 8:00 p.m. Date: 2/13/2010

SUN., FEB. 14

Old Time Fiddlers

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Road, Oak View. Sweetheart waltz featured. Family-oriented music and dancing. Free admission, parking. Refreshments available. Phone: 805.640.3689 Email: bjchapmn@earthlink.net Time: 1:30 p.m. Date: 2/14/2010

MON., FEB. 15

Freethinkers Of Ventura County

Meets at Round Table Pizza, 880 Arneill Road, Camarillo. Ventura County grand jury gives presentation on purpose, operation and history of grand jury. Questions and discussion to follow. Free, open to public. Phone: 805.443.8753 Contact: Charlotte Poe Email: FrThVC @yahoo.com Web: www.FTVC.org Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: 2/15/2010

TUES., FEB. 16

Conejo Valley Genealogy Society

6:45 to 8:45 p.m. Valentine’s Day celebration at Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. Cookie exchange, fill valentine box, program on valentine traditions. Box of valentine cards donated to worthy cause. Refreshments served. Guests welcome. Phone: 805.388.5991 Time: 6:45 p.m. Date: 2/16/2010

Program At Platt Library

Noted restaurant critic Merrill Shindler speaks at Platt Library, 23600 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills. Shindler was editor of L.A. “Zagat Guide.” Free, no RSVP required. Phone: 818.340.9386 Time: 6:45 p.m. Date: 2/16/2010