FRI., JAN. 26

For A Good Cause Oak Park High School's Comedy Sportz hosts charity benefit, 7:15 p.m., OPHS Performing Arts Pavilion. Funds go to Transplant Recipients International Organization. OPHS senior Ryan Roschke is waiting for kidney transplant. Requested donation $10.

Scouts Serve Spaghetti Boy Scout Troop 605 serves fundraising Spaghetti Dinner, Knights of Columbus Hall, 1255 Patricia Ave., Simi Valley. Door prizes. Spaghetti with meatballs, salad, bread, dessert, punch. Sodas at extra charge. Donations $5 to $9, family rate $25. Tickets at door or call Sue Hartlove (805) 522-4177.

Band On The Run High school concert, 7 to 11 p.m., Thousand Oaks Teen Center, 1375 E. Janss Road. Bands: Cicada, Test Your Reflex, The Higher. Headliner: Halifax. $10. High school students only. (805) 494-5156 after 2 p.m.

Music For Kids Calabasas Library presents Wendee's Musical Adventures, 11 a.m. Interactive songs, fun for all ages. Free, no tickets needed. No strollers allowed. (818) 225-7616.

SAT., JAN. 27

Handweavers Ventura County Handweavers and Spinners Guild meets 9:30 a.m., 701 S. Del Norte Blvd., Unit 115 & 120, Oxnard. Gwen Powell shows ways to incorporate Chinese knotting into weaving, knitting, chochet. Free; open to public. RSVP needed for Navajo plying afternoon workshop, Sunday workshop on The Wonders of Sheep's Wool. Paula Kahn, paulakahn@sbcglobal.net.

Bid On A Rose Ventura County Rose Society hosts Rose Auction, 1 p.m. Cowan Conference Center, 550 Airport Way, Camarillo. More than 200 cultivars, many unusual varities. Food, fellowship, silent auction. Naming rights available for micromini rose. Online bidding info, Jim Delahanty, jjjzdelahanty.earthlink.net. Club info, www.venturarose.org.

Bull's-Eye Conejo Valley Archers of Simi Valley shoot every Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tapo Canyon Park, Simi Valley. All equipment provided. Level 1, two NAA certified instructors. $3 for four hours shooting. (805) 5301339, www.cvarchers.org.

Clean Up Creek Great Dry Canyon Creek Cleanup at Headwater Corner. Park at homestead house, 23075 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. 9 a.m. to noon. After cleanup, create "art treasure." Wear wet-foot shoes, mud clothes. Community service credit hours. RSVP (818) 591-1701.

Swing Your Partner Buckles and Bows Square Dance Club hosts plus level square dance with A-1 tip, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., Borchard Community Center, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park. Guest caller Bill (Tex) Gipson. $6 donation. John and Shirley, (805) 499-2920 or Neal and Bobbi, (805) 480-1846.

Computer Club New Corel products demonstrated at Channel Islands PC Users Group meeting, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo, 1500 Temple Ave. Free, open to public. Demos include Corel Painter IX.5, Corel Snapfire Plus, WordPerfect-Office X3, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3. www.cipcug.org.

Young Astronomers Mountains Restoration Trust presents Youth Naturalist program, "Learn All About the Night Sky." 6:30 p.m., Headwaters Corner, 23075 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. With telescopes and guest speaker, navigate through stars, planets, nebulae, constellations. Astronomy-related craft. Ages 8 to 12. $15. Preregister with Susan Haugland (818) 591-1701, ext. 181.

SUN., JAN. 28

Middle Eastern Dancing Middle Eastern Culture and Dance Association presents Ventura Belly Dance Festival, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anacapa Middle School auditorium, 100 S. Mills Road, Ventura. Performances, music, drumming, bazaar. Portion of proceeds benefit Central Asia Institute for Education and Healthcare Services for women. $7, children under 10 free. Janet (805) 985-1217.

Hollywood In Hills Author Harry Medved leads childfriendly walking tour through Malibu Creek State Park, 1 to 4:30 p.m., off Las Virgenes Road. See sites where many movies were shot. Walk is free; parking fee. www.hollywoodescapes.com.

TUES., JAN. 30

GOP Reception Thousand Oaks Republican Women Federated hosts reception for Hector Barajas, press secretary of California Republican Party. 6 to 8 p.m., Founders Lounge, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Public invited. $20, RSVP required. Rosemary (818) 889-4839, Andrea (818) 889-4729.

Organic Gardens Organic Garden Club meets 7 p.m., Newbury Park Library, 2331 Borchard Road. Stan Hakes of city of Thousand Oaks gives ideas on composting. Visit by the Honey Bee. (805) 498-1623.

WED., JAN. 31

Winter Concert Arroyo West Elementary string orchestra performs "A Winter Concert," 6:30 p.m., Arroyo West Elementary School, 4117 Country Hill Road, Moorpark. Free.

THURS., FEB. 1

Black History Month Democratic Club of Camarillo celebrates Black History Month, 7 p.m., UFCW Hall, 816 Camarillo Springs Road. George Corbin, CLU adjunct professor, speaks about Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. Public invited. Joan or Bob Rust (805) 484-6601.

High Tea Camarillo Women's Club hosts annual High Tea/Silent Auction fundraiser, 11 a.m., Sterling Hills Golf Club. Dorothea Phelan from Ventura Historical Society gives presentation on Victorian clothing. RSVP (805) 488-3478.

Flower Power Thousand Oaks African Violet Society meets 7 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 667 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand Oaks. Showandtell session, business meeting, program on violet care. Visitors and plants welcome. (805) 581-0014.

FRI., FEB 2

Play Bingo Cypress Elementary School hosts family bingo night, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., school multipurpose room, 4200 Kimber Drive, Newbury Park. Drinks, treats for sale. Preorder meals. Fourth-grade Boosters Sacramento fundraiser. (805) 498-6683.

GOP Host Author Conejo Valley Republican Women's Club meets 11:30 a.m., Plug Nickel Restaurant, Westlake Village. Guest speaker Lizzy Blackney: Washington insider, author of new book "Sex, Lies and Politricks." $20. RSVP (805) 495-3409.

SAT., FEB. 3

A Good Time Thousand Oaks Dance Club hosts dance, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., Goebel Senior Adult ballroom center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Doors open 7 p.m. Live music by The Starlighters. $5 members, $7 nonmembers. Singles, couples welcome. Wood floor, light refreshments. (805) 381-2744.

Happy Birthday WLV Black tie gala to celebrate Westlake Village 25th anniversary. 6 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, Two Dole Drive. Reception, wine sampling, dinner, dancing with Wayne Foster Entertainment. $150. RSVP by Jan. 19. (818) 706-1613.

Girl Scouts Sign Up Girl Scouts of Tres Condados host "Project Go Girl!" recruiting event for parents, daughters ages 5 to 17. 10 a.m. to noon, Michael's Crafts Store, Moorpark Marketplace. Girls can register for Scouting program, make craft project. Girl Scout members, leaders, council membership managers answer questions. $15 fee for registration, craft. Olivia V. Niles (800) 822-2427, ext. 210, oniles@gstc.org.

SUN., FEB. 4

For The Birds Ventura Audubon Society hosts Restoration Work Day, Hendrick Ranch Nature Area, Santa Paula. 8 a.m. birding, 9 a.m. work. See kites, sparrows, kingbirds, bitterns. Wear work shoes, gardening gloves. Sandy Hedrick (805) 340-0478.

MON., FEB. 5

Take A Picture Digital Photography Group meets 6:30 p.m., Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. Learn about digital photography, new software. Enter photo contest; subject is "spaghetti." For contest rules, meeting information, (805) 498-4669.

Nature Lovers Conejo Valley Audubon Society meets 7:30 p.m. Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo. Grant Reed presents photo journey of birds, wildlife of Botswana. Public welcome. (805) 987-2721.

AAUW Has Guest Panel America Association of University Women meets 7 to 9 p.m., meeting room, Esseff Village, 1423 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Film "Mi Casa es Su Casa," guest speakers/panel discussion on affordable housing. Refreshments. RSVP Wendy Hoffman (805) 496-2764, whoffman@sbceo.org.

DAR Gives Awards Conejo Valley Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution hosts awards night, 7 p.m., education wing, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 30800 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Agoura Hills. Carol Satterthwaite, (805) 532-1148.

Tall Ships Channel Islands Harbor presents 11th annual Tall Ships Tour, today through Feb. 13. Free tours of tall ships, 3 to 6 p.m. today, Ventura County Harbor Department, 3900 Pelican Way. Donations requested. Free guided public dockside tours, dockside educational programs for children, three-hour sailing tours for students, three-hour Battle Cannon Reenactment and Adventure Training sails. RSVP (800) 200-5239. For information, Channel Islands Harbor Visitors Center, (805) 985-4852, www.channelislandsharbor.org.

TUES., FEB. 6

Dinner And Art Westlake Village Art Guild meets Los Robles Golf Course Banquet Center, 299 Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. 6 to 6:45 p.m., music by Silver Strings Ensemble. 6:30 p.m. dinner. 7:30 demonstration by watercolor artist Howard Reese. Open to public. $28 dinner/demo, $10 demo only. Dinner reservations five days in advance. RSVP (805) 379-5655, www.wvartguild.org.