Winning toss of the dice
     BABY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES- Thousand Oaks residents, from left, Harold and Madeline Hess, along with Sharon and Walter Simpson cheer their good luck at the craps table last Sunday evening at the Moorpark Country Club. The games were part of the Las Vegas Cool event sponsored by the Thousand Oak...
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Santa Barbara courthouse serves as backdrop for art
      The ninth annual Santa Barbara Festival of Art will take place Fri. through Sun., Oct. 12 to 14 at the sunken gardens of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse at Anapamu and Anacapa streets. The festival starts at 5 p.m. Friday and at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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New West Symphony planning November blend of music, design
      Glabman Furniture will host "A Symphony of Art, Music and Design" from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 8 at 982 S. Westlake Blvd., Ste. 10, Westlake Village. Boris Brott, conductor of the New West Symphony, will discuss the erhu, also known as a Chinese violin, with George Gao, featured a...
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Newbury Park Rotary celebrates Oktoberfest
      GERMAN ROOTS- Second generation German-American Nikolai Mollmann, 5, has a blast dancing with his father, Thor, and a friend at the Newbury Park Rotary Oktoberfest in Moorpark.
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Meet the artist: Mark Tanner
      The New West Symphony will present "Meet the Artist" with Mark Tanner at 9:30 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 18 in the Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Boris Brott, symphony conductor, will interview Tanner.
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Anderson's passion still strong
By Cary Ginell Soundthink@aol.com
      One of the most unique bands in the annals of rock made a local stop in Thousand Oaks last Saturday night when legendary British band Jethro Tull presented an exuberant, well-received show to a packed house at the Civic Arts Plaza's Kavli Theatre.
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