May 5, 2011 RSS feed / Dining & Entertainment

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Grammy-winner will make appearance at local car wash

Ten-time Grammy Awardwinning recording artist Chaka Khan will visit Janss Mall Car Wash of Thousand Oaks to raise awareness and donations for her foundation at 9 a.m. Fri., May 6. The car wash is at 467 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. More...

Teens jam for Japan

RIFFS FOR RELIEF— Above, Simi Valley resident Bob Curtain, left, and Sean Cook of Thousand Oaks perform with the band Fly By Night on April 29 during a benefit concert at the Thousand Oaks Teen More...

NPR host to tape show in T.O.

Tom Ashbrook, the host of National Public Radio’s “On Point,” will tape his show locally at 8 p.m. Fri., May 13 in the Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. More...

Remodeled school theater wins award

By Anna Bitong
annab@theacorn.com

Westlake High School’s recently renovated and renamed Carpenter Family Theatre has won a 2011 Project Achievement award from Construction Management Association’s Southern California chapter. More...

Oaks Chamber singers promise ‘An Evening in Paris’

A gala cabaret concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 21 in the parish hall of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, One Church Road, Thousand Oaks. More...

Director creates stirring production of ‘Jekyll & Hyde’

By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com

Agoura High School’s recent production of “Jekyll & Hyde,” the musical version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s morality tale, featured not only a duality in the lead role but behind the scenes as well. More...

Restaurants will compete in Margarita Mixoff

Soroptimist International of the Conejo will host the 10th annual Margarita Mixoff at 5:30 p.m. Thurs., May 26 at Conejo Creek Park North, behind the library, Janss Road at the 23 Freeway, Thousand Oaks. More...

Assistance League presents kitchen tour

Assistance League of Conejo Valley will present the second annual Kitchen and Cooks Tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., May 15. More...

Author will discuss merits of self-publishing

Thousand Oaks Library will present the third installment in the new Local Authors Series with an appearance by author Frank Zajaczkowski at 2 p.m. Sat., May 14 in the community room at the Grant Brimhall Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. More...

Chili weather

GOOD TIMES, FOOD— Conejo Ranch booth workers Craig Russell and Diane Rumbaugh load up a customer’s cup with a sloppy spoonful of their spicy chow at the Thousand Oaks Rotary’s 2011 More...

Theater group holding auditions for Simi show

Actors’ Repertory Theatre of Simi is casting “Ragtime: the Musical” with book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow. More...

Brunch benefits Civic Arts Plaza

The Angels of the Alliance for the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza will host a Sunday Table Decorating Brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun., May 15 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. More...

WHS jazzes it up at competition

Members of the Thousand Oaks High School jazz band 2 perform on Saturday during the annual jazz festival hosted by Westlake Hig School’s instrumental music department. More...

Musicians to perform at memorial dinner

The fifth annual Bill Israel Memorial Recital and dinner will be at 5 p.m. Sat., May 21 at David Murdock’s Ventura Farms Orchid Conservatory, 555 W. Potrero Road, Thousand Oaks. More...

Martindale to emcee concert

Longtime host Dick Van Dyke to return next year

Wink Martindale will serve as master of ceremonies for the annual benefit concert for local high school choral programs at 4 p.m. Sun., May 8 at the Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. More...

Mastering the garden

Ventura County Master Gardeners will present a workshop in the 2011 series “Mastering Your Home Garden” from 8:15 a.m. to noon Sat., May 21 at the UC Hansen Agricultural Center in Santa Paula. More...

Gallery’s first all-digital art show runs through May 29

Artists from across Southland showcased

Works of artists from throughout Southern California will be showcased in an art show through May 29 titled “ Elements: Art of the Earth, Wind, Fire and Sea” at the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331-A Borchard Road, next to the Newbur More...