FRI., JUNE 23
Surf's Up in Westlake The hottest surf sounds since the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean will be heard at 7 p.m. at the Westlake Village Civic Center Courtyard, 31200 Oak Crest Drive, when the Surf City Allstars Band performs. Free beach balls to first 250 guests. "Hot Dog on a Stick" vendor will offer food for purchase at 6 p.m. Bring lawn chairs, picnic baskets. Free. (818) 706-1613
Free Family Fun City of Calabasas Community Services Department hosts a combined Family Skating Night and Movies Under the Stars program from 7 to 10 p.m. at de Anza Park, 3701 Lost Hills Road, Calabasas featuring the film "Shark Tale" plus music, skating, games, crafts and more, open to all ages. Picnickers welcome. Free. (818) 880-6461
Solstice Festival California Traditional Music Society hosts 24th annual Summer Solstice Folk Music, Dance and Storytelling Festival on campus of Soka University, 26800 W. Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas, opening tonight at 7:30 p.m. with a traditional contra dance and storytelling event ($10). Continues 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday ($30 per day plus $15 to $25 for Saturday evening concert; Saturday night contra dance $10 and an international dance $15. Features more than 300 hands-on participatory workshops plus children's entertainment, performances by top folk musicians and an Arts and Crafts Faire. (818) 817-7756
Habit-Forming Fun Catch "Nunsense," an irreverent, raucous musical comedy that reveals the funny individuals behind the habit as five nuns put on a fundraising show. Opens tonight (two for the price of one admission) and continues through Sun., July 30 at Camarillo Community Theatre, 330 Skyway Drive, Camarillo (inside the airport). Shows are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $8 to $15. Two for one deal also offered June 30, July 1 and 2. (805) 388-5716
Camarillo Artist Camarillo artist Phyllis Doyon will display her artwork from 4 to 7 p.m. at Fast Frame, 2320 Ventura Blvd., in Old Town Camarillo. Meet Doyon, a long time teacher and owner of Doyon Studio & Gallery in Camarillo, have a change at a drawing to win great prizes. Wine and food will be served. Fast Frame owner Debbie Rice will demonstrate framing techniques. (805) 484-9133
Music/Horror Show Young Artists Ensemble will present "Bat Boy: The Musical," described as a cross between "My Fair Lady" and "The Rocky Horror Show" at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow in the Theatre on the Hill, Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. $20. (805) 381-1246
SAT., JUNE 24
Relay for Life at CHS Fourth annual Calabasas Relay for Life is from 10 a.m. today through 10 a.m. tomorrow on the campus of Calabasas High School, 22855 W. Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas and features a community party atmosphere as participants camp on site and walk relay-style to raise funds for local services and research and education in the fight against cancer. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Opening lap will salute cancer survivors. (818) 388-8251 Jennifer or (818) 876-0720 Shari
Square Dancers Buckles & Bows Square Dance Club hosts a plus level square dance with A-1 tip from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Borchard Community Center, 190 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park. $6. (805) 499-2920
Fancy Footwork Feted Academy of Dance and School of Performing Arts presents "Celebrate 2006" at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza featuring upbeat jazz and hip hop routines and elegant and exciting ballet pieces. Call the Civic Arts Plaza box office for event time and ticket pricing: (805) 449-2787
Get in the Groove Groovesteps is smooth R & B and dance music presented from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Blue, a restaurant and bar with California cuisine at 5017 Lewis Road, Agoura. Live bands the local DJs. $5 cover before 10 p.m. (818) 889-8476
Business Tips Brooks & Brooks Foundation, Inc. sponsors an "Entrepreneurship Workshop for Kids" from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Platt Public Library, Woodland Hills that will teach participants how to choose the right kids' business, how to write a kids' business plan, how to create a marketing plan for kids' business and more. Free but must register by calling (818) 623-7332
Camarillo Concert Time Camarillo Arts Council presents its summer concert and film series at Constitution Park, at Carmen Drive and Paseo Camarillo. Films begin at dusk. At 7:30 p.m. (youth preshow at 6:45 p.m.) the country band Caught Red Handed will perform.
PC Users Know-How Channel Islands PC Users Group meets 8:30 a.m. at Boys and Girls Club, 1500 Temple Ave., Camarillo and will teach attendees how to improve their Internet experience with fiber optics. Public is welcome. Free. (805) 987-1748
Visit Teague Mansion Santa Clara Valley Hospice/Home Support Group hosts "An Evening of Wine & Roses" featuring a circa early 1900s fashion show at stately hilltop Teague Mansion in Santa Paula. Fundraiser is from 5 to 8 p.m. Guests are invited to wear period costumes or cocktail attire. $50. (805) 525-7985
Live Acoustic Music Moorpark resident and recording artist James Hurley is master of ceremonies as well as a performer at "The Last Saturdays Concert Series" featuring live acoustic music at 8 p.m. at Kava Dume, 5653 Kanan Road, Agoura Hills along with rock and R&B singer/ songwriter Brett Mikels of Simi Valley and Americana artist Joan Enguita. $5. (818) 865-8602
Library to Celebrate Grand opening celebration of the children's expansion at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks is from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring library tours, children's activities, jugglers, magicians and numerous musical entertainers plus city officials reading children's books. Don't miss the new 3,600gallon saltwater aquarium, children's garden, outdoor family courtyard. (805) 449-2660
SUN., JUNE 25
Save These Kittens Help is needed for 17 abandoned kittens. Pet adoptions are from noon to 4 p.m. every Sunday at Petco, 140 Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Call Denise at Pet Stop Rescue at (805) 526-4472
House Concert Sloan Wainwright and Penny Nichols will perform a concert at 6 p.m. at the Agoura Hills home of Neil and Renee Bodie. $15. Location provided upon RSVP to (818) 621-8309
Youth Art Show Calabasas Library, 23975 Park Sorrento St., Calabasas, will present a teen art show from noon to 4 p.m. showcasing talent and creativity of local youth. Refreshments served at this benefit for the Friends of the Calabasas Library. $5. (818) 225-7616
Jazz at the Ranch Jazz singer Toni Jannotta will perform at an outdoor concert at 3 p.m. at Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy., Agoura. Her repertoire includes the music of Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie plus Gershwin standards. Free. (805) 370-2301
Special Garden Concert Gardens of the World, 2001 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks: LoVEFest 2006 is from 4 to 8 p.m., a benefit for Lily of the Valley AIDS Foundation, and features live and silent auctions, wine tasting, food from local restaurants plus flamenco guitarist Benise, and the bands Ambrosia and the Bluez Boyz. $55. (805) 277-1827
Jamaican Nightingale "The Jamaican Nightingale" Ana Strachan and her sister, Samantha, will present an evening of classical composers as well as Broadway and the music of Jamaican composer Bob Marley in "Mozart to Marley" at 7:30 p.m. at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 E. Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. $20. (805) 583-7900
Festival in the Park Valley Cultural Center Concerts in the Park series presents a family concert and festival from noon to 6 p.m. at Warner Park, Woodland Hills featuring the band Out to Lunch, the Beatles' tribute band Ticket to Ride and David Brighton's tribute to David Bowie, plus children's games and activities, arts and crafts booths and more. Free. (818) 347-4737
