THURS., MARCH 24

Calabasas Chamber

Calabasas Chamber of Commerce hosts a membership luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Calabasas Inn in the California room. Topic will be "Social Security: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" with guest speaker Alan B. Ungar, CFP of Critical Capital Management, Inc. (818) 222-5680

AARP Simi Chapter

American Association of Retired Persons Simi Chapter #3605 meets 1 p.m. at Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. Jack Scroggins, volunteer coordinator at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, will be guest speaker. Nonmembers welcome. (805) 527-8304

Marionettes Entertain

Jim Gamble’s Marionettes will present "Peter and the Wolf," the classic tale of a boy who outfoxes a wolf, at 9:30 and 11 a.m. at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. $7. (805) 650-6735

Agoura Chamber

Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking mixer at 5:30 p.m. at Agoura Hills Senior Retreat, 5217 Chesebro Road, Agoura Hills featuring food and door prizes. (818) 889-3150

Rose Society Meets

Ventura County Rose Society meets 7:30 p.m. at Cowan Conference Center, 550 Airport Way, Camarillo. Guest speakers Kay and Bert Grant, district chairs of American Rose Society consulting rosarians program, will discuss "Becoming a Consulting Rosarian." (805) 495-3416

FRI., MARCH 25

AHS ComedySportz

Agoura High School, 28545 Driver Ave., Agoura Hills presents ComedySportz at 7 p.m., interactive entertainment with players performing improv games based on audience selections. $3 to $5. (818) 889-8622

SAT., MARCH 26

Calabasas Easter Fun

City of Calabasas hosts Egg-Stravaganza from 10 a.m. to noon at Grape Arbor Park in Calabasas. Kids ages 2 to 12 can look for 2,000 eggs hidden in park’s fields. Prizes to all, take a photo with Easter Bunny, play with animals in petting zoo, make a craft ($1 fee). (818) 880-6461

Egg Hunt in Oak Park

Rancho Simi Recreation & Park District, Agoura Valley Women’s club and Agoura Hills Community Services Department cosponsor Easter Egg Hunt for kids ages 10 and under at Mae Boyar Park, 130 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park at 10:30 a.m. Features prizes and candy. Free. (805) 584-4400

Martial Arts Might

Local karate Master Esau McKnight will host the second Newbury Park Athletic Club Open Martial Arts Championships. Registration at 8:30 a.m. and tournament at 10:30 a.m. at 161 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park. Many different styles to be showcased. (805) 375-7273

Simi Egg Hunt

Trinity Lutheran Church, 2949 Alamo St., Simi Valley invites kids up to sixth grade to their Easter Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. Bring a basket. Meet Easter Bunny and his special guest. Lots of goodies and prizes. Sponsored by Thrivent Financial Conejo Valley Branch.

Handweavers Guild

Ventura County Handweavers and Spinners Guild meets at 9:30 a.m. at 701 S. Del Norte Blvd., Unit 115 and 120, Oxnard. Guest speaker will talk about and demonstrate "The Way We Felt." Participants will create a small piece of felt. Free. (805) 493-0893

Arts & Crafts Show

Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District hosts Spring Arts and Crafts Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mae Boyar Park, 130 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park. Entertainment, family activities, dozens of arts and crafts booths. (818) 865-9304

Moorpark Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Arroyo Vista Community Park, 4550 Tierra Rejada Road, Moorpark featuring egg hunts with prizes, carnival games, petting farm, pony rides. (805) 517-6300

About Book

Collecting

Ken Fermoyle will conduct a workshop on "Book Collecting for Fun and Profit" at 10 a.m. at the Woodland Hills Library. He’s a writer, editor and book reviewer and will offer free door prizes to attendees. (818) 346-9384

Learn About Bats

Bat biologist Diana Simmons will present a lecture on bats plus introduce guests to a live bat in her "Flying in Darkness" lecture from 2 to 4 p.m. at the National Park Service Visitor Center, 401 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Free. (805) 370-2301

View Wildflowers

Wildflower Show & Wildflower Walk: From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow at Malibu Bluffs Park, on Pacific Coast Hwy. in Malibu at junction with Malibu Canyon Road (opposite Pepperdine University). Members of California Native Plant Society will provide a two-hour guided walk to look at the spring wildflowers at 1 p.m. each day. Native wildflowers will be on display. Plants, books, posters and more for sale. (818) 348-5910

Sagacious Speakers

Free seminar and workshop, learn basic procedures, rules and language (Robert’s Rules of Order) led by Sagacious Speakers Toastmasters Club of Westlake from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2649 Townsgate Road, Ste. 500, Westlake Village. (818) 773-1755 Dale Jackson

Play Egg Croquet

At this Easter Egg Hunt from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Mormon Newbury Park Stake Center, 35 S. Wendy Drive, Newbury Park and open to all, enjoy games, coloring eggs, a game of egg croquet and picture coloring. Free. (805) 498-9181

TUES., MARCH 29

CLU Choir to Sing

California Lutheran University Choir will present a "home" concert featuring a varied program of contemporary music at 8 p.m. in Samuelson Chapel on the campus at 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Freewill offering accepted. (805) 493-3305

Honoring Heroes

From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 Harbor Blvd., Ventura, the Ventura County Fire Department will host an Awards Ceremony honoring personnel who showed courage and heroism during the flooding rains earlier this year in Ventura County. Public is invited to attend; free. (805) 389-9736

Tax Law Seminar

Warner Center Rotary president Alice Muntean presents seminar, "Changes in Tax Laws for Nonprofits," featuring Ben Wong of State Board of Equalization at breakfast meeting at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Woodland Hills Promenade. $20. Call for meeting time and reservations. (818) 917-5792

WED., MARCH 30

Bridge Club Events

Thousand Oaks Bridge Club offers beginning bridge lessons on play of the hand at 7 p.m. at 77 Rolling Hills Drive, Ste. 108, Thousand Oaks (eight-week class) and at 7 p.m. Mon., April 4 they’ll offer another eight-week class in beginning bridge bidding lessons. For cost and reservations call the Bridge Academy (805) 495-0385 or Jim Lynch (818) 735-9778

SAT., APRIL 2

ScanFest Preview Fun

Barnes & Noble at the Promenade in Westlake Village will help California Lutheran University usher in its globally charged ScanFest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with food samples and demonstrations. Lovers of Scandinavian culture, history, traditions and food won’t want to miss this.

Contemporary Ballet

La Danserie, a contemporary ballet company, presents European classicism with a modern sensibility at 7:30 p.m. in the Scherr Forum at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. $20-$24. (805) 449-2787

A Salute to Swing Era

State Street Ballet will present "Ballroom," a salute to the Swing era, at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge. $15 to $45. (818) 677-2488

Square Dance

Pi-R Square Dance Club hosts rounds 7 to 8 p.m. and squares 8 to 10:30 p.m. tonight at Borchard Community Center, 190 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park and on Sat., April 30 at Goebel Senior Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. $6. (805) 492-1442

Dance Club

Thousand Oaks Dance Club hosts dances from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Goebel Senior Adult Ballroom Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks tonight (featuring the Rhythm Kings) and on Sat., April 16 (featuring Starlighters). $5 to $7. (805) 381-2744

Strauss Ranch Stroll

Docent will lead a leisurely exploration of the history and terrain and native flora of Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy. (at Troutdale Drive), Agoura from 10 a.m. to noon. (805) 370-2301

Wine Tasting Event

The New JCC at Milken, 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills hosts a Wine Tasting Series with Syrah Wines from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. open to ages 21 and above. $25 to $35. (818) 464-3269

SUN., APRIL 3

CLU Choir in Concert

California Lutheran University Choir will present a benefit concert featuring a varied program of contemporary music at 4 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1600 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Proceeds benefit church’s organ completion fund. $10 to $15. (805) 493-3305

Art for Nature Lovers

From noon to 4 p.m. 30 members of Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore will showcase their "plein air" paintings created in parks throughout the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in a garden setting at Mountains Restoration Trust’s Headwaters Corner, 3815 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Calabasas. Free.

MON., APRIL 4

DAR Events

Conejo Valley Chapter, National Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet at noon in the Barn meeting room at the Reyes Adobe historical site, 5464 Reyes Adobe Road, Agoura Hills, when they will present the historical site with various vintage items. Bring lunch, take a tour of the house, barn and grounds. On Fri., April 8 they will be planting three trees at the site at 8 a.m. (805) 532-1148

TUES., APRIL 5

A Steinbeck Classic

Pepperdine University Fine Arts Division Theatre Department will present John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath" at 7:30 p.m. from tonight through Sat., April 9 in the Smothers Theatre on the campus at 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu. $6 to $15. (310) 506-4522

Breakfast RSVP

RSVP is due by today for the Thousand Oaks Republican Women’s Federated brunch on Sun., April 10 at Sherwood Country Club, 320 W. Stafford Road, Thousand Oaks. Reception is at 11:30 a.m. and brunch is at 12:30 p.m. Event to honor Kenneth Starr of Pepperdine. $49. (818) 889-4839

THURS., APRIL 7

Cloggers Dance

Conejo Valley Cloggers meet 6:45 p.m. at Old Meadows Park, 1600 Marview Drive, Thousand Oaks. All ages, all levels taught. $3 to $5 per session. (805) 527-6185

FRI., APRIL 8

‘Stuart Little’ Visits

Young Artists Ensemble presents the E.B. White classic children’s fable "Stuart Little," about an adventuresome human-like mouse, tonight through Sun., April 24 at Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sat.-Sun. $9 to $13. (805) 381-1246

Rain Forest Journey

The David Taylor Dance Theatre of Colorado presents "Rainforest," a magical journey through different levels of life in a tropical rain forest, at 7:30 p.m. in Kavli Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. $16 to $22. (805) 449-2787

SAT., APRIL 9

Grad Nite Garage Sale

Agoura High School’s Safe and Sober Grad Nite committee will host annual garage sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the teachers’ parking lot, 28545 Driver Ave., Agoura Hills, proceeds to benefit Agoura High’s Class of 2005. (818) 991-0095

Celebrate Scandia

California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks: The campus is host to the ScanFest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow, honoring CLU’s Norwegian roots and paying tribute to international communities of the world. Music by Incendio and others, Viking Village, Swedish Royal Court, Tivoli Gardens for kids, marketplace and food. One-day and two-day passes available ranging from $6 to $15. (805) 493-3712

Event Celebrates Youth

"Our Community Celebrates Youth" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at deAnza Park, 3701 Lost Hills Road, Calabasas features special safety and health activities, pie-eating contests, sheriff’s deputy dunk tank, rock climbing wall, sack races, hayrides, country picnic barbecue and entertainment by school bands plus Western entertainment and stunts by U.S. Territorial Marshalls/California. $2. (818) 878-1808, ext. 4653

Kids to Discover Fun

Moorpark College Child Development Center hosts "Discovery Day" for parents and kids ages 2 to 10 on the center’s patios and grounds on Moorpark College campus, 7075 Campus Road. Sunshine Band entertains noon to 1 p.m. Toymaker Gene West will visit. $3 to $5. (805) 378-1401

Spring Fest

The Acorn Newspapers and the Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce will host 2005 Spring Fest and Business Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Oak Park Community Center, 1000 Kanan Road, Oak Park, featuring kids’ activities, food sampling from top local restaurants, live music and other entertainment, merchant booths, raffle. Free admission. (818) 889-3150

Dance Workshops

Learn to dance classic Swing and hot Salsa with beginners’ lessons from instructor M.C. Callaghan from 2 to 4 p.m. (Swing) and from 4 to 6 p.m. (Salsa) at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center, 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Agoura Hills. $20 per person per lesson. (818) 597-7361

SUN., APRIL 10

Round Meadow Fun

Round Meadow Elementary School, 5151 Round Meadow Road, Calabasas hosts a Carnival plus live and silent auctions at a fundraiser at 11 a.m. (818) 883-6750

FRI., APRIL 15

Astronomical Society

Ventura County Astronomical Society will hear from Peter Wilson, a product engineer at Lumicon, discussing "The Contracting Universe," painting a portrait of the other side of the expanding-universe saga, that of a universe falling together, at 7:30 p.m. in Forum Auditorium on Moorpark College campus, 7075 Campus Road. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, the society will host a celebration of National Astronomy Day at Sycamore Plaza, 3006 Cochran St., Simi Valley featuring displays, demonstrations. At 8 p.m. in the Charles Temple Observatory at Moorpark College there will be a presentation, "Enjoying the Eve- ning Sky." Free admission to all events. (805) 520-9666

SAT., APRIL 16

Bike Safety Seminar

From 9 a.m. to noon safety experts from Liberty Mutual Group of Westlake Village, Agoura Cycles and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will present a Bike Safety Fair at Willow Elementary School, 29026 Laro Drive, Agoura Hills. (800) 345-4584, ext. 235

SUN., APRIL 17

Garden & Patio Tour

Westlake Village Garden Club hosts its 32nd annual Garden & Patio Tour from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring tours of outstanding gardens in Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park. $15 includes a self-guiding map to sites; kids under 12 free. (805) 371-7471

MON., APRIL 18

CERP Open House

CERP will host its third annual Open House from 6 to 8 p.m. at Calabasas City Hall. Meet fire and sheriff’s representatives, see gas and electric shut-off demos, learn fire extinguisher operation training and more. (818) 878-4225, ext. 294

TUES., APRIL 19

Seniors’ Book Club

Agoura Hills Senior Recreation Program (SRP) hosts a book club for ages 50 and up from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Agoura Hills Recreation Center, 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Agoura Hills. Today they will discuss Dan Brown’s "Angels and Demons." Participants must bring their own copy of the book and must be member of the SRP program ($12 annual fee). (818) 597-7361

THURS., APRIL 28

Ventura Music Festival

With the theme "Music in Motion" the Ventura Music Festival will be presented today through Sun., May 8 in historic and architecturally unique venues throughout the city of Ventura, featuring 12 concerts. For a complete schedule and ticket information, call (805) 648-3146

SAT., APRIL 30

Oak Park Garden Party

Oak Park Community Garden celebrates its one-year anniversary with a Spring Fling from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on northwest corner of Sunnycrest and Kanan Road. The fundraiser includes a silent auction and sale of unique plants. (818) 889-3518