The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center will host a dinner and show package for their current production of "Fiddler on the Roof" on Sat., June 12 at 3050 Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. Featuring a pre-show catered dinner by May’s Kitchen of Simi Valley, this event will begin at 6 p.m. in the lower gallery for dinner, followed by an […]
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Area softball league is announced
The Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District will offer Adult Slow Pitch Softball leagues for men and women this summer in Oak Park. Games will be played June 14 to Aug. 18 at Valley View Park, 100 Los Arcos Drive, Oak Park. The men’s league will play on Monday and Tuesday evenings; coeds will be scheduled to play Wednesday evenings. […]
Summer tourney draws 70 teams
Simi Valley Acorn Sports WriterBy Kyle Jorrey Simi Valley Acorn Sports Writer Four days. 131 games. 70 teams. What better way to kick off the dog days of summer than with America’s favorite pastime—and lots of it. As it has for the past 13 years, the Thousand Oaks Girls Softball Association (TOGSA) hosted its annual Memorial Weekend tournament, attracting scores of young athletes and […]
Porto still stresses the fundamentals at MPC
By Steve Ames Special to The Acorn Mario Porto and his fellow Moorpark College coaches only have four rules for the student athletes who play baseball for the Raiders: • Be on time. • Communicate. • Respect the game. • Work hard. "If you can’t follow those four rules, then you are in the wrong place," says Porto, who has […]
See ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at the park
The Gypsies in a Trunk theatre group will present "Beauty and the Beast" at 10:30 a.m. Sat., June 5 at Foxfield Park, 31965 Foxfield Drive, Westlake Village and repeat the performance at 4 p.m. in the amphitheater at Rancho Simi Community Park, at the corner of Erringer and Royal, in Simi Valley. Based on the original fairytale, the heroine Beauty […]
Chabad celebrates anniversary
Chabad of the Conejo will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a gala banquet and concert on Tues., June 15, at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. The banquet will begin at 5:30 p.m. and be followed by a concert with Broadway entertainer Dudu Fisher in the Fred Kavli Kavli Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. The event will commemorate the […]
CHP enforces beach patrol
By Michael Picarella pic@theacorn.com The California Highway Patrol will be strictly enforcing all traffic and parking laws for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians that use various canyon roads this summer en route to and from beaches, according to CHP officials. CHP deployment will be increased during random weekends throughout the summer and especially during holiday periods, according to West Valley CHP […]
The Movie Nut
By Dave Workman "The Day After Tomorrow" Directed by: Roland Emmerich Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum and Ian Holm Rated: PG-13 (mild, bloodless disaster-film violence, scenes of frozen corpses) Running time: 122 minutes Best suited for: Action/adventure and disaster flick addicts Least suited for: Environmentalists looking for a proper cause célèbre Acorn’s Rating Guide: Summer’s finally […]
Cancer talk
June is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the American Cancer Society will discuss the disease from 10:00 a.m. to noon Tues., June 8 at Simi Valley Hospital, 2985 Sycamore Drive, Simi Valley, in the arbor behind the Simi Valley Radiation building. The event will include presentations by medical professionals about the latest in treatment, risk factors, screening guidelines and lifestyle […]