The Acorn’s guide to what’s going on




 

 

FRI., NOV. 27

Turkey Burn Off

8 to 11 a.m. at Simi Valley Family YMCA, 3200 Cochran St. 30-minute, drop-in group exercise classes for all fitness levels beginning every half hour. No charge. Phone: 805.583.5338.

Dudley House Holiday Boutique

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Dudley House, Loma Vista Road and Ashwood Avenue, Ventura. Also Nov. 28 and 29, Dec. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13. Crafts, home decor, antiques and collectibles for sale. Tea room with refreshments. Silent auction. Flea market on Sundays. Local history expert Glenda Jackson signs her book from 1 to 2 p.m. Nov. 28. Phone: 805.642.3345.

Santa Parachute Arrival

Noon at Janss Marketplace, Hillcrest Drive and Moorpark Road. Mrs. Claus and hundreds of kids meet Santa when he arrives from the sky. Free. Contact: Heather Danko. Phone: 818.426.1529. Email: hdanko@newmarkmerrill.com.

Moorpark High School Alumni Game

5 p.m. at Moorpark High gym, 4500 Tierra Rejada Road. JV girls vs. frosh/ soph at 5 p.m. Varsity girls vs. alumni at 6 p.m. Proceeds go to former basketball coach Adam Wohlstattar, diagnosed with Prion disease. Contact: Megan. Phone: 805.404.5982. Email: meganjnatel@yahoo.com.

Friday Night Bingo

5 p.m. doors open at Goebel Adult Community Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thosasnd Oaks. Sales stop 6 p.m. Games start 6:30 p.m. Papers only. Flash/quickie games. Food for sale. Minimum buy-in $17. Add-ons $5, $10. Proceeds benefit the center. Phone: 805.381.2744. Web: crpd.org.

WED., DEC. 2

Channel Islands Chapter Embroiderers’ Guild

9:30 a.m. at Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive. Holiday potluck. Bring stitching project to work on. Guests welcome. Phone: 805.484.9183. Web: http:// psrega.org.

C.V. Guild UCLA Jonsson Cancer Ctr. Foundation

10:30 a.m. at Westlake Village Inn, 31943 Agoura Road. Holiday luncheon. Newbury Park High School choir sings Hanukkah and Christmas songs. Attendees bring new, unwrapped toy worth $10 or more for UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. RSVP requested. Cost: $30. Contact: Gertie Sanders. Phone: 805. 230.1252. Email: gertiesanders@gmail.com.

Simi Valley Woman’s Club

11 a.m. Rancho Santa Susana Park multipurpose room, 5005 Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. Nicky Vargas and Inderbir (Indy) Gill of It’s a New Day singing troupe sing holiday music. Luncheon. Guests welcome. Contact: Donna. Phone: 805.526.8345.

Ventura County Garden Club

Noon at St. Paul’s Episcopal/Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 117 N. Seventh St., Santa Paula. Holiday potluck luncheon. The Orange Pealers, the Bardsdale United Methodist Church bell choir, performs. Guests welcome. Contact: Marlene Wait. Email: wmewait@aol.com.

THURS., DEC. 3

School Holiday Boutique

8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. in multipurpose room, Red Oak Elementary School, 4857 Rockfield St., Oak Park. Handmade gifts for sale from over 20 vendors. Homemade jams and baked goods. Portion of total sales donated back to Red Oak PFA.

Simi Community Christmas

5 to 9 p.m. today through Dec. 6 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 480 Sinaloa Road, Simi Valley. Display of hundreds of nativities. Live nativity. Kids’ crafts, activities and costumes. Singers and instrumental soloists and groups perform each night. Free admission and parking.Web: www.simicommunitychristmas.com.

Angels On The Tracks Holiday Boutique

6 to 9 p.m. at 4364 Valley Fair St., Simi Valley. Also 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 4, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 5 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6. Handcrafted items benefiting Life Impact International. Web: www.lifeimpactintl.org/events.

Marines And FMF Corpsmen

6 p.m. at Elks Lodge, 1561 Kuehner Drive, Simi Valley. President Ronald Reagan Marine Corps League Det 597 dinner and business meeting. Contact: Ken Honaker. Phone: 805. 416.4063. Email: JrViceMCL597@gmail.com. Web: www.MCL5978.org.

‘Romeo And Juliet’

7 p.m. at Oak Park High School pavilion, 899 N. Kanan Road. Also 7 p.m. Dec. 4, and 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 5. Students present Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. Directed by teacher Don Enoch. Tickets: $8 students, $10 seniors, $18 general admission. Web: www.oppaatix.com.

FRI., DEC. 4

Holiday Big Band Dance/Concert

8 to 10:30 p.m. at Poinsettia Pavilion ballroom, 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura. Ventura Poinsettia Dance Club and Ventura Jazz Orchestra host. Vocalists Donna Greene and Julija Zonic and pianist Smitty West perform Great American songbook and Christmas music. $15 admission includes refreshments and parking. Phone: 805.648.1143.

SAT., DEC. 5

Bird Fest

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Visitor Center, King Gillette Ranch, 26876 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. See live birds. Talks by local

experts, guided bird walks, free hourly drawings. Phone: 805.370.2301. Email: samo@wnpa.org.

Thousand Oaks AAUW

9 a.m. at Stella’s Gourmet Restaurant, 2385 Michael Drive, Newbury Park. Coffee and chat, informal small group. Open to prospective members. Web: www.aauwto.org.

Touch-A-Truck Family Event

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front parking lot, Simi Valley Police Station, 3901 Alamo St. Kids can climb and explore construction, police and fire vehicles. Free child fingerprinting. Giveaways. Sale of baked goods, coffee, hot dogs and soda to support SVPD Baker to Vegas running team. Admission: donation of new, unwrapped toy for toy drive. Contact: SV Police Foundation. Phone: 855.478.7300. Web: www.svpf.org.

School Holiday Boutique

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at MATES Elementary School, 2000 La Granada Ave., Thousand Oaks. Variety of local shops. Email: matesholidayboutique@gmail.com. Web: www.matesmcn.net.

Monarch Butterfly Event

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1491 Mellow Lane, Simi Valley. For families. Put butterflies and caterpillars on your hands. Games and videos for kids. Free. Contact: Rick. Phone: 805.304.0369. Email: thisisamonarchy3@aol.com.

Brandon’s Buddies

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Brandon’s Village universal playground, 25801 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Calabasas. Integrated play for kids of all abilities. Crafts, entertainment, treats. Free. RSVP required. Contact: Dina Kaplan. Phone: 818.222. 8118. Email: specialkidslaw@gmail.com.

Holiday Art Market

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Old Town Camarillo, 2222 Ventura Blvd. Free parking off Elm Street and Ventura Boulevard. 50 artists of Studio Channel Islands sell variety of artwork. Wine and beer garden. Food trucks at various times during the day. Singers and instrumentalists perform. Phone: 805.383.1368. Web: www.studiochannelislands.org.

Nativity Display

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Thousand Oaks Community Art Gallery, 2331A Borchard Road, Newbury Park (beside library). Runs through Dec. 23, Monday through Saturday. Nativities from 100 countries to view. Nativity scavenger hunt for kids. Hosted by St. Julie Billiart Parish community events ministry. Free admission. Phone: 805.551.9279.

Portuguese Fraternal Society Of America

Noon at Four Points Sheraton, Windjammer room, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura. Open to any person of Portuguese descent or interested in the culture. Luncheon cost: $30 adults and $20 children. RSVP requested. Contact: Cora Corella. Phone: 805.483. 6285.

Holiday Open House

1 to 4 p.m. at Camarillo Art Center, 3150 Ponderosa Drive. Free drop-in, handson arts and crafts projects for all ages. Meet local artists. Decorate cookies. Prize drawings. Phone: 805.445.7061. Web: www.CACweb.net.

McCrea Ranch Tour And Matinee

1 to 4 p.m. at McCrea Ranch Visitors Center, Thousand Oaks. Feature film “Primrose Path,” 1940 drama with Joel McCrea and Ginger Rogers. Watch short video about McCrea family. Tour of grounds. Cost: $15. RSVP required. Phone: 805.495.2163. Web: www.crpd.org/mccrea.

SUN., DEC. 6

Holiday Open House At Stagecoach Inn Museum

12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. Tour museum decorated for holidays and grounds.

Free admission. Guide animals OK. Phone: 805.498.9441. Web: stagecoachmuseum.org.

‘Holiday Around The Globe’ Concert

3 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 1251 Las Posas Road, Camarillo. Church choir sings holiday favorites and international songs. Donation suggested. Web: www.cicachoir.org.

Hanukkah At The Mall

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Simi Valley Town Center, near the new movie theater, 1555 Simi Town Center Way. Live Jewish music, latkes, Hanukkah crafts and activities, juggler, menorah lighting ceremony. Free admission. Sponsored by Chabad of Simi Valley.

Public Menorah Kindling Ceremony

4 p.m. in Vons shopping center, 4219 Tierra Rejada Road, Moorpark. Public dignitaries and local police chief assist with lighting giant bubble gum menorah. Prior to kindling, a juggler performs. Crafts, activities, hot latkes and doughnuts, music and dancing. Menorahs and candles available for those in need. Free to attend. Phone: 805.242.2232. Email: info@ JewishMoorpark.com. Web: www.JewishMoorpark.com/chanukah.

Hanukkah Family Festival

4 to 6 p.m. at Janss Marketplace, Moorpark Road and Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Traditional Jewish music and food, hot latkes, kids’craft activity. Lighting of 18-foot menorah. Web: www.janssmarketplace.net.

Hanukkah Celebration

4 to 5:30 p.m. at Constitution Park, 1285 Paseo Camarillo, Camarillo. Carving and kindling of giant ice menorah. Kids can make their own menorah at 3:30 p.m. Music, doughnuts, chocolate coins for kids. Free admission. Phone: 805.383.7882. Email: info@chabadcamarillo.com. Web: www.ChabadCamarillo.com.

Westlake Yacht Club Parade Of Lights

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Westlake Yacht Club, Westlake Lake. Walk-in registration of boats at 3:30 p.m. Boat parade organizes on lake in front of clubhouse at 5:30 p.m. Procession of decorated boats around lake at 6 p.m. Singing Santa and Mrs. Claus and A Class Act student ensemble sing at 6:15 p.m. Awards given inside clubhouse at 7 p.m. Chili, hot dogs and cookies available. Any boat with WLMA permit can be in parade. Contact: Howard Brenner. Phone: 818. 383.2859. Email: Howard.brenner@insperity.com.

MON., DEC. 7

Walk In The Park And Book Sale

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. weekends at Strathearn Park, 137 Strathearn Place, Simi Valley. Event runs through Dec. 31. Grounds decorated for the holidays. Docentled tours inside buildings available Wednesday,Thursday, Friday and weekends at 1 p.m. Books on local history reduced in price. Phone: 805.526.6453. Web: www.simihistory.com.

Winter Celebration

2 to 5 p.m. at Leonis Adobe, 23537 Calabasas Road, Calabasas. Take photos with Mrs. Claus. Arts and crafts. Live music by Craig Newton. Feed the ranch animals. Make tortillas. Refreshments. Admission: free for members, nonmembers $4 per person. Phone: 818.222.6511. Web: www.leonisadobemuseum.org.

Family Hanukkah Menorah Lighting

5 to 7 p.m. at Westfield Topanga, 6600 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills. Level 2 inside, near American Eagle Outfitters. Kids can make their own menorah to take home. Free latkes and doughnuts, festive music. Web: www.facebook.com/events.

TUES., DEC. 8

Camarillo Quilters Association

9:30 a.m. at Freedom Center, 515 Eubanks St., Camarillo. Quilts distributed to local charities. Guests welcome.

Phone: 805.647.9679. Web: www.camarilloquilters.org.

Westlake Women’s Club

10 a.m. at Westlake Village Inn, 31943 Agoura Road. Business meeting and luncheon. A Class Act ensemble from Westlake High School performs. Cost: $28. RSVP requested. Contact: Ina Ames. Phone: 818.430. 5885. Web: westlakewomensclub.com.

Camarillo Republican Women

10:30 a.m. at Spanish Hills Country Club, 999 Crestview St., Camarillo. Musical entertainment. Magician Bob Bolivar performs. Holiday boutique. Installation of officers. Cost: $28. RSVP and pre-payment required. Contact: Kay Feller. Phone: 805.604.1798.