2006-03-10 / Datebook

FRI., MARCH 10 Agourapalooza Agourapalooza translates to "Battle of the Bands" and will be presented from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas. Bands include Security Breach, The Bassix, He
FRI., MARCH 10 Agourapalooza Agourapalooza translates to "Battle of the Bands" and will be presented from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas. Bands include Security Breach, The Bassix, Hey I'm Reuben, Cicada and Eleven Penny Life. Beverages and snacks available. $10 at the door. (818) 597-7361 OPHS Comedy Sportz Oak Park High School, 899 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park: Oak Park Comedy Sportz Team plays at 7:15 p.m. in room G9 pitting parents versus students in a competitive improvisational comedy game where audience votes for winner. $3 to $5. (818) 735-3300 Club for Active Adults Ventura County Over the Hill Gang International invites active people ages 50 and over to get acquainted at 7 p.m. at a member's Thousand Oaks home. Learn about club's recreational and cultural pursuits. Location: (805) 495-8107 School Plant Sale Sequoia Middle School, 2855 Borchard Road, Newbury Park hosts a plant sale featuring Corpus Christi 5-gallon roses for $12 plus a free gift with each purchase, from 2 to 4 p.m. (805) 498-3617 SAT., MARCH 11 Therapeutic Dance Disabled youth ages 13 and up will attend the 16th annual therapeutic dance sponsored by the city of Thousand Oaks and organized by the city's youth commission, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Alex Fiore Teen Center, 1375 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Live DJ, refreshments, souvenir portraits. $5. (805) 449-2743 Big Cat Challenge Rotary Club of Newbury Park and Newbury Park High School sponsor "Big Cat Challenge" from 6:30 a.m. to noon at the school, 456 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park. Event features variety of runs and walks, bike ride, community fair, children's activities, guitar demonstrations, pancake breakfast ($7). Fee for race entrants ($12 to $25). Proceeds benefit local schools. General admission free. (805) 701-7248 Explore Cold Creek Mountains Restoration Trust leads a three-hour interpretive walk in Cold Creek Preserve at 9 a.m. Entrance on Stunt Road. Two-mile guided walk past tunnels of wild lilac and red shanks. Reservations are required: (818) 591-1701, ext. 203 Living with Wildlife The Mountain Lion Foundation presents "On the Edge," a program about the wildlife/human conflict occurring on the urban edges, offering a variety of solutions to these encounters, at 1:30 p.m. in multipurpose room of Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5005-C Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley (805) 581-4340 Dance Lessons Dance instructor M.C. Callaghan will teach beginner's swing lessons from 3 to 5 p.m. and salsa lessons from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center, 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Agoura Hills. $20 per person per lesson. (818) 597-7361

Join a Bird Walk At 8 a.m. join a bird walk in Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve; docent-led, slow-paced, ideal for all ages, bring binoculars and meet at north end of Las Virgenes Road trailhead; at 10 a.m. Sun., March 12 at Rocky Oaks (corner of Mulholland Highway and Kanan-Dume Road South) a similar walk will be offered plus see the seasonal pond.(818) 865-2998

Harry Potter Fun City of Calabasas Library, 23975 Park Sorrento St., Calabasas: A Harry Potter event from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will include trivia, free refreshments, drawing for a Potter DVD and a showing of a Potter film (PG-13). No one under 13 may attend without an adult. (818) 225-7616, ext. 5

Brighter Horizons American Association of University Women presents "Brighter Horizons Conference" from 8 a.m. to noon at California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks to provide youth in grades 5 through 9 an opportunity to explore career options in math, science and technology fields. Student and parent workshops will be offered. (818) 9915055

SUN., MARCH 12

Concert at St. John's The Oaks Chamber Singers perform in concert in the chapel at St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, with sopranos Susan Frye and Bonnie Bowden and tenor Joe Lazzaro featured in a program of secular music at 4 p.m. $10. Reservations: (805) 499-1913

A Salute to Mahler California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks: CLU Symphony will perform selected works by Gustav Mahler at 2 p.m. in Samuelson Chapel including his Symphony No. 1 "Titan," a monumental four-movement piece. Freewill offering accepted. (805) 493-3306

Whale Festival Point Mugu State Park, on the beach at Sycamore Cove (Pacific Coast Highway, four miles west of Ventura County line) is the site of the 10th annual Whale Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join park naturalists to celebrate annual return of the gray whale. Enjoy whale watching, live music, food, arts and crafts. (805) 488-1827

Flute Music at Park Soothing flute music will be performed by Erik "Medicine Wind" Alvarado in cultural workshops at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Satwiwa Naitve American Indian Culture Center at Rancho Sierra Vista/ Satwiwa, a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Newbury Park. Free. (805) 370-2301

Free Concert Singer, songwriter and guitarist Randy Stonehill will perform at 5 p.m. at Gateway Church, 29646 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. Free. (818) 889-4147

Old-Time Radio Days At 2 p.m. in the Scherr Forum Theater at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Stagecoach Inn Museum Foundation presents "Swing, Swing, Swing," a stage production celebrating the golden age of radio featuring Ed McMahon, Sheldon Cohen and the Swing Tones Band, vocalist Talya Ferro, pianist John Rodby, New Horizon Singers and Hammam Shafie Dancers. $44. (805) 449-2787

Jazz Club Jams Mark Tortorici and the Torchlighters will be the featured band at The Jazz Club, which meets 1 p.m. at Elks Lodge, 158 N. Conejo School Road, Thousand Oaks for the enjoyment and promotion of swing and traditional jazz music. Musicians are welcome to join the jam sessions. (805) 527-5905

MON., MARCH 13

For Orchid Fanciers Conejo Orchid Society hosts a lecture on orchids; enjoy refreshments and participate in a drawing at their 7:30 p.m. meeting at Westlake Village Town Hall, 31200 E. Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. (818) 3428074

Slide Show Irma Kackert will present a slide show on her travels in Costa Rica at 4 p.m. at Goebel Senior Adult Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. (805) 381-2744

Calabasas Bird Walk Soka University, 26800 W. Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas: James Abernathy will lead a bird walk on the campus from 8 a.m. to noon (rain cancels). Free with reservations (818) 878-3741

Videomakers Meet Thousand Oaks Videomakers meet 7:30 p.m. in community room at Commercial Capital Bank, 973 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Keynote speaker Chick Hebert will show his video of Ecuador and Bob Forward will show a video of highlights from a recent conference. (818) 706-8136

TUES., MARCH 14

Women's Connection The Thousand Oaks Women's Connection's luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Palm Garden Hotel, 495 Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. They'll present a talent show featuring local performers and hear from speaker Barbara Cozby, with musical guest Oliver Jackson. $20. (805) 497-2949

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