FRI., NOV. 3
Get Acquainted Agoura Newcomers' Club hosts a coffee, 10 a.m. for those new to the area or long-time residents who want to make new friends. For location, (818) 991-6590.
Shop For Grad Nite Holiday boutique features jewelry, clothing, purses and cosmetics, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oak Park Community Center, 1000 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park. Proceeds go to Oak Park High Grad Nite. (818) 865-9304.
Love And Marriage Musical "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" opens 8 p.m., Main Stage, Performing Arts Center, Moorpark College. Continues through Nov. 18. $8 to $15. Adults only. (805) 378-1485.
Books For Sale Friends of Thousand Oaks Library hosts fall used book sale today, 6 to 8:30 p.m. and tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Newbury Park Branch Library, 2331 Borchard Road. More than 10,000 books, audio books, DVDs, CDs. (805) 493-2648.
Get In Shape Gail Holloway, personal fitness consultant, leads outdoor fitness and exercise walk, 9:30 to 11 a.m. rain or shine, Soka University of America, 26800 W. Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. Moderate hike, 60-minute exercise session. Bring bottled water. Free, open to public. RSVP (818) 878-3741.
Time To Buy Senior Center Arts & Crafts Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and tomorrow, Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. Baked goods for sale, too. (805) 583-6363.
SAT., NOV. 4
Pups And Books Children read aloud to therapy dogs for 15 minutes, noon to 2 p.m., Calabasas Library, 23975 Park Sorrento St. Reservations taken beginning 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by Reading Education Assistance Dogs, a program of Intermountain Therapy Animals. Jill Nevins, (818) 225-7616, ext. 2.
Crafty Vendors Holiday Arts and Crafts Boutique, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Borchard Community Center, Newbury Park. More than 100 artisans sell handmade items. Free children's activity area, refreshments. Sponsored by Conejo Recreation and Park District. (805) 381-2791.
Christmas Delights Holy Cross Catholic Church hosts 22nd annual Holiday Boutique, parish activity center/Cosgrove Center, 18955 Peach HIll Road, Moorpark. 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow. Grand prize raffle of $1,000 cash, handmade Christmas quilt. For sale are baked goods, crafts, nativity sets, floral arragements, home and garden, baby clothes, children's books, religious gifts, cosmetic and food product displays. Burrito lunch and hot dogs. (805) 529-1397.
Project Read Project Read at Westlake Village Library. Free program. Children 5 and older read to dogs. 2 to 4 p.m. Availability is first come, first serve. (818) 706-8468.
Write Stuff American Association of University Women hosts Authors Day 2006, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sterling HIlls Golf Club, 901 Sterling Hills Drive, Camarillo. Guest authors Stephen Cannell, Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, Barbara Wood, Randall Hicks. Proceeds to scholarships, Tech Trek for girls. $40 includes lunch, book signing. No tickets sold at door. Diana Dingler, (805) 987-8013.
Blooms For View Ventura County 4H presents "Cornucopia" youth flower show with educational exhibits depicting agriculture. Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. Today, 1 to 5 p.m. Tomorrow, 1 to 4 p.m. Free to public.
Digital Photos Friends of Woodland Hills Library hosts program on digital photography, 10:30 a.m., 22200 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. Free. Photographer Ken Fermoyle discusses selecting a camera, accessories, viewing, processing and printing photos. (818) 226-0017.
Let's Dance Thousand Oaks PI-R Squares hosts plus level square dance, 7 to 10:30 p.m., Borchard Community Center, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park. Doug Houston calls. Refreshments provided. Square dance clothing for sale. $6. (805) 4921442.
Holiday Boutique St. Peter Claver's Holiday Boutique, parish center, corner Cochran, Stove streets, Simi Valley. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow. More than 70 booths, handmade crafts, jewelry, clothing, toys. Festive music, prize drawings, lunch items. Lisa, (805) 583-0466.
Good Book Buys Simi Valley Friends of the Library hosts Fall Blow Out Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Simi Valley Library community room, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road. Fiction, nonfiction, children's books, records. Proceeds benefit library. (805) 584-1266.
Gift Items Galore Annual Holiday Boutique with soup and pie luncheon, Alton Hall, United Methodist Church of Westlake Village, 1049 Westlake Blvd. Boutique 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., luncheon 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Handmade crafts, baked goods, gently used tabletop items. Proceeds benefit mission outreach projects. Also, alternative Christmas gift market. (805) 4977884, (818) 889-5431.
Botany Brief Native, water-wise plant sale, 10 a.m. to noon, Conejo Valley Botanic Garden. Enter 350 W. Gainsborough Road, Thousand Oaks. (805) 494-7630.
Blue and The Gray Moorpark Rotary presents annual Civil War reenactment with live battles, encampment, today and tomorrow. Doors open 10 a.m. both days. Battles today, noon, 3, 5:15 p.m. and tomorrow, noon, 2 p.m. 3370 Sunset Drive, Moorpark, behind entrance to Underwood Family Farms. $15 adults at door, $10 students, children 5 and under, free. www.moorparkrotary.com.
Prepare Ye Westminster Presbyterian Church youth present musical "Godspell," 7:30 p.m., today and tomorrow, 32111 Watergate Road, Westlake Village. Free. (818) 889-1493, (805) 496-2394.
Attention Scriptwriters West Valley Branch of California Writers Club meets in Katzenburg Building, Motion Picture Television Fund residence, Mulholland entrance, Woodland Hills. Studio writer Doug Woods speaks on script development 1 to 2 p.m. Members meet 1 to 3 p.m. (818) 883-9685.
SUN., NOV. 5
Pets In Need Malibu Pet Companions hosts garage sale fundraiser. Benefits nonprofit medical fund of Agoura Animal Shelter to provide medical care for homeless pets. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 29525 Agoura Road, Agoura. To donate, call Cyndi, (805) 208-6590.
Yuck It Up Comedian Hal Sparks, Daize Shayne and Triple Scoop headline benefit concert with silent auction, 6 to 10 p.m., Canyon Club, Agoura Hills. Proceeds go to Boarding House Mentors, nonprofit that helps at-risk youth through surfing, snowboarding. Ticketmaster, (310) 907-5934 or e-mail grace@ boardinghousementors.org.
SAT., NOV. 4
Gobble Flapjacks Allyoucaneat pancake breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m., Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. Proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels. Sponsored by Simi Valley Council on Aging, Rotary Club of Simi Valley Noontimers. $4. (805)
583-6363.
Look For Birds Bird fielding trip at Mugu Rock, sponsored by Conejo Valley Audubon Society. Carpool from Los Posas Park 8 a.m. or meet at rock 8:30 a.m. Look for coastal migrants, loons, gulls and alcids. Chrystal Klabunde, (805) 522-8023.
Mystic Day RSVP Reservations due today for Conejo Valley Guild of Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation at UCLA annual Mystic Day fundraiser, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sat., Nov. 11, Hyatt Westlake Plaza. Luncheon, fashion show by Coldwater Creek of Thousand Oaks, mystic readers, boutiques, opportunity tickets for gift baskets, cahs prizes. $65. (818) 991-3780.
MON., NOV. 6
Take A Picture Digital Camera Group meets 6:30 p.m., large community room, Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 Janss Road. Discussion: hard copies produced at local retail companies. All welcomed. Photos to share on portable media, CD or Flash. (805) 498-4669.
Moonglow Walk "On the Edge of Two Watersheds" Full Moon Hike. Discover far reaches of two main watersheds in Los Angeles under glow of full moon. Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve. Meet 7 p.m., Victory trailhead (Victory Boulevard, west of Valley Circle Boulevard). Bring water, jacket, flashlight covered in red cellophane. Two-hour
hike is for all ages. Free, $1 fee for
parking. (310) 454-1395, ext. 153, www.LAmountains.com.
Fine Feathered Friends Conejo Valley Audubon Society meets 7:30 p.m., Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo. Linnea S. Hall, PhD., foundation director, discusses the Guatemalan bird field project. (805) 987-2721.
DAR Luncheon Conejo Valley chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, meets 11:30 a.m., gar
den room, Plug Nickel restaurant, 717 Lakefield Road, Ste. 1, Westlake Village. Nancy Kilbourne presents "American Indian tribes that our patriot ancestors knew." $16.50. Carol Satterthwaite, (805) 532-1148.
TUES., NOV. 7
Good Eats "Bandits on the Run" barbecue fundraiser, 3 to 7 pm., Agoura High School. Third of proceeds go to Safe and Sober Grad Night 2007. Sandwiches $6, meals $25 to $70, a la carte items. Preorder of meals recommended. (805) 371-0402.
Fish Story Ventura County Sportsfishing Club meets 6:30 p.m., DuPars restaurant, 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Guest speaker Tom Raftican, fisherman, conservationist, president of United Anglers of Southern California. All adults with interest in ocean fishing welcomed. Bill Berger, (818) 889-1370.
Music Lovers Songmakers (musicians keeping tradition of live acoustic music) meets for pizza and music, 6:30 to 10 p.m., Camarillo Round Table Pizza, 880 Arneill Road near Ponderosa. Public welcome to participate in song circles or visit. TJ Zeiler, (805) 482-0029.
New Kiwanis Club Inagural meeting of Kiwanis Aktion Club, 6 p.m., Big Z's Pizza, Stearns and Cochran streets, Simi Valley. Club involves develpmentally disabled adults in community service, social activities. Madeleine Kolodziej, (805) 583-2857.
