What's new on DVD
      Film and television author Randy Williams reviews the lat est movies, television shows, documentaries and music pro grams now available for purchase online or at your retail store.
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Smooth Jazz to be performed in Westlake
      The Hyatt Westlake Plaza will present Peter White at the last Westlake Jazz Series concert for the year at 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 29 in Hyatt's garden setting. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and food will be available for purchase.
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Music legends perform at VinoJazz
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      Good friends and perfect weather lured legendary songstress Nancy Wilson to perform at the fifth annual VinoJazz Festival at the Simi Valley Town Center Mall earlier this month. The venerable Wilson, who's racked up more than 70 albums and three Grammies in her 55year career, performe...
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Mount McKinley etchings on display at Cal Lutheran
      John Solem's artwork exhibit, "The McKinley Suite: Encounter with the Sacred," will be on display from Oct. 5 through Nov. 13 in Overton Hall at California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. An opening reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 5. At 7:30 p.m., Solem...
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Alliance for the Arts names recipients of awards
      The Alliance for the Arts, the official nonprofit fundraising arm of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, will present the sixth annual AFTA Awards at a formal black tie dinner gala on Nov. 17 at the Janet and Ray Scherr Forum. The public is invited.
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Auditions planned for Battle of the Bands
      Auditions for the Thousand Oaks Teen Center's Battle of the Bands will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Sat., Nov. 3 at the center, 1375 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Bands must be based in the Conejo Valley.
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