The Movie Nut
"In the Valley of Elah"
      The war movie has been a typically American ritual for many decades. It's also been a barometer of America's consciousness, a cinematic dipstick plumbing the depths of our patriotic id.
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MC Foundation hosting mystery dinner
      The Moorpark College Foundation will present the Wild West Murder Mystery Dinner Show and Scholarship Roundup at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 at Tierra Rejada Ranch, 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark. A Hollywood dinner theater troupe will perform "Murder in Moorpark" in a tented theater ami...
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Monstrous show now playing at High Street Arts Center
Adapted from 'Frankenstein' by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
      The High Street Arts Center opens a new play, "Victor," by Alistair Faulkner and based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, at 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, Oct. 5 at 45 E. High St., Moorpark. The show runs through Nov. 3. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. ...
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A chance to dance in lederhosen and ruffles
     GERMAN ROOTS- Second-generation German-Americans Nikolai Mollmann, 5, and his sister Gabriella, 3, kick up their heels in traditional costumes at the Oktoberfest celebration in Moorpark on Saturday afternoon. IRIS SMOOT Acorn Newspapers
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Cowboy music concert pays tribute to the West
Performance will feature singers, humorists and poets
      The Western Music Association California Chapter will host a concert of cowboy music at 2 p.m. Sunday Oct. 21 at Rancho Cordillera del Norte, 9015 Wilbur Ave., Northridge.
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New West Symphony appoints new director
      Sharon Rifelli has been appointed director of development and marketing for the Los Angeles region of the New West Symphony.
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Winery will host barbecue, musicale
      The Ventura Music Festival will host its Old California Days Barbecue and Musicale at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 at the Old Creek Ranch Winery, 10244 Old Creek Road in Oak View. The winery will provide wine for tasting. Lunch from the chuck wagon will feature tri-tip and chicken, beverages and des...
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