Datebook

FRI., APRIL 4

International Dances West Valley Folk Dancers teach international dances, 7:15 to 10 p.m., Canoga Park Senior Center, 7326 Jordan Ave. Israeli line dance "Beleilot Hakeyitz" taught, Russian couple mixer "Mamanyushka Branila" reviewed. For all ages, skill levels, no partner needed. Wear soft shoes. $4. (818) 591-9078, hobnoblax@aol.com.

'On Golden Pond' Drama "On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson opens at Stage Door Theatre, 8 p.m., 28311 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. Through May 10. 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. 2 p.m. Sun. April 6, 13, 27. $12 & $15. (818) 889-5209.

'Bye Bye Birdie' Rio Mesa High School presents musical comedy "Bye Bye Birdie," 7 p.m., tonight and Saturday, Pacifica High School Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Gonzales Road, Oxnard. Presale tickets $5 students, $10 adults. Day of show $12 adults. Dory Raymond, (805) 482-6946.

SAT., APRIL 5

String Trio Plays UCLA Gluck String Trio gives free classical music concert, 2 to 3 p.m., Woodland Hills Branch Library, 22200 Ventura Blvd. (818) 226-0017.

'Picasso' Play Rubicon Theatre Company presents "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" by Steve Martin, 7 p.m., Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura. Through April 27. (805) 667-2900, www.rubicontheatre.org.

Ride On Demos Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship holds open house 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 401 Ronel Court, Newbury Park. Demonstrations of programs, including therapeutic riding and hippotherapy. Entertainment, crafts, Jolly Jump, pony petting, face and hair painting, horseshoe hunt. Free. www.rideon.org.

Wine Classic Fifth annual Malibu Wine Classic, noon to 5 p.m., Malibu Civic Center, 23525 Civic Center Way, Malibu. Wineries showcased. Advance tickets $79, include live auction. $50 of price tax-deductible donation to Childhelp. www.malibuwineclassic .com.

SUN., APRIL 6

Music Van New West Symphony hosts Music Van visit, noon to 5 p.m., The Lakes shopping center, 2200 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Children may see, touch, play real musical instruments. Free. www.newwestsymphony.org.

Renaissance Dancing Country Dances of Merrie Olde England meets Gold Coast Fencing Center, 2300 Knoll Drive, Ste. L, Ventura (balloons mark driveway to enter). L.A.-based ensemble plays Renaissance, Baroque tunes for dancing, listening. Gary Shapiro gives dance lessons. $8 adults, $7 students 12 to 24, $3 children 7 to 11. (805) 682-5523, www.sbcds .org/ecd.

Family Fun Campus Canyon Elementary School hosts inaugural Family Fun Carnival, noon to 4 p.m. at school, 15300 Monroe Ave., Moorpark. Games, food, raffles. hansens911 @aol.com.

Americana Music Stagecoach Inn Museum Foundation presents "America, Lift Up Your Voice" concert of American music, 2 p.m., Scherr Auditorium, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. New Horizon Singers, Los Angeles Symphonic Winds perform. Docents in period costumes 1 p.m. $30. All proceeds to inn, museum complex. Box office, (805) 449-2787.

Garden Walk Ed Hager leads garden walk to see rare fruit, 2 p.m., Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, 350 W. Gainsborough Road, Thousand Oaks. Meet at entrance. Bring sturdy shoes, bottled water. Free. (805) 4947630.

School Carnival Lupin Hill Elementary School hosts annual fundraising carnival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 26210 Adamor Road, Calabasas. Funds support school arts, technology, P.E. programs. Carnival chairs: Lisa Sutter (818) 388-3205, Antasha Lange (310) 293-2610.

MON., APRIL 7

I.D. That Bird Conejo Valley Audubon Society meets 7:30 p.m., Western Foundation for Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo. Kimball Garrett discusses bird identification, why field birds don't resemble book photos. (805) 987-2721, www.ConejoValleyAudubon.org. Photo Fair Contest Photo Group of Thousand Oaks meets 6 p.m., Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. Ventura County Fair agent discusses entries for fair photo contest. Talk on art critique. Field trip schedule presented. Guests welcome. (805) 498-4669.

Conservation

Program Conejo Valley National Society Daughters of the American Revolution meets 11:30 a.m., Plug Nickel Restaurant Garden Room, 717 Lakefield Road, Westlake Village. Program on conservation. RSVP Barbara Hougardy, (818) 8898039.

Tennis Tourney Meadowlark Service League hosts Women's Double Round-Robin Tennis Tournament and Luncheon. Play begins 8:30 a.m. Luncheon, with fashion show, boutique, drawings, held 11 a.m., Las Posas Country Club. Cost: tennis and lunch, $70; lunch only, $50. Gwen Speakes, (805) 445-8227.

TUES., APRIL 8

Genre Writers Camarillo All Genre Writers' Club Workshop meets 1 to 4 p.m. second and fourth Tuesdays each month at a member's home. New members welcome. (805) 482-4176.

Acoustic Music Ventura County Acoustic Music Club meets for pizza and music, 6:30 to 10 p.m., Camarillo Round Table Pizza, 880 Arneill Road, Camarillo. For musicians of all levels. T.J. Zeiler (805) 482-0029 www.Songmakers.org.

WED., APRIL 9

Candidates Speak Democratic Club of Conejo Valley presents candidates forum, 6:30 p.m., Grant Brimhall Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Local, state candidates invited to participate. Congressional candidates will speak on country's problems. Public invited, no charge. www.conejodemocrats.com.

Handbell Choir Reservations due for Moorpark Women's Fortnightly Club monthly luncheon meeting, 10 a.m., Fri., April 11, Holy Cross Catholic Church, 13955 Peach Hill Road, Moorpark. Alchemy Handbell Ensemble performs. RSVP Tami Gresiak (805) 529-5439, gresiak58@hotmail.com.

Fishing Tips Conejo Valley Fly Fishers meet 7 p.m., Best Western/Thousand Oaks Inn, Orchid Room, 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Peter Piconi speaks on fly fishing in San Diego area. (805) 498-2944, www.cvff.org.

THURS., APRIL 10

Learn About State Gem Conejo Gem & Mineral Club meets 7.30 p.m., Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Jim Brace-Thompson, secretary of CA Federation of Mineralogical Society, discusses official state gemstone, benitoite, with slides, video, samples. Pebble Pup workshop (youth program) during business meeting. Free, public welcomed. Becky Williamson (805) 532-1916.

'Our Town' Westlake High School Theater Department presents Pulitzer prizewinning drama "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, tonight and April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, campus theater, 100 N. Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village. 7 p.m. evening shows, 2 p.m. April 12, 19. $10 adults, $5 seniors, students with ID. (805) 497-6711, ext. 2152.

Christian Film Festival SONscreen Film Festival runs today through Saturday, AMP Studios, 101 W. Cochran St., Simi Valley. Screens works of Christian student filmmakers. Workshops in animation, filmmaking. www.SONscreen.com.

Thursday Club Somis Thursday Club meets at noon at clubhouse, 5380 Bell St., Somis. Lunch, $11, then decorate bird houses. (805) 987-2728.

FRI., APRIL 11

Fireside Concert Fireside Concerts presents trio Girls Night Out, Richard Berman, duo South Coast, Merlin Snider. 8 p.m., Borchard Community Center, 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park. $7 donation. Adults only. Seating first come, first served. Bob Kroll (805) 499-3511, folksgr1@aol.com.

Newcomers Coffee Agoura Newcomers Club hosts coffee, 10 a.m., member's home. Members, those who would like to make new acquaintances welcome. Free. (818) 865-1558.

Swingin' Jitterbugs Jitterbug Swing Society hosts "Swing Rocks the House" dance, House of Dance, 3007 Bunsen Ave., Ste. E, Ventura. U.S. Open finalist, showcase champions David Frutos & Kim Clever teach beginning Lindy Hop class 7:15 p.m., intermediate class 8 p.m. Frutos plays swing tunes on CD 8:45 to 10:45 p.m. No partner needed. All ages. No alcohol. Adults $10, students 21 and under $5. (805) 987-9592, www. venturajitterbug.org.

SAT., APRIL 12

Sea Festival Santa Barbara Maritime Museum hosts Sea Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., today and Sunday, on the waterfront at harbor. Tall ship tours, family craft activities, docent-led museum tours, storytelling, sunset sails, surfing exhibit, Irish folk band, singalong. Festival events free; Sunset sails $40 (adults) $19 (children). (805) 962-8040, www.sbmm.org.

Discovery Day Moorpark College Child Development Center hosts Discovery Day fundraiser, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Road. Handson education activities for children ages 18 months to 10 years and parents. Silent auciton, visit from Toymaker Gene West. The Sunshine Band plays noon to 1 p.m. In advance $5 child, $3 adult. At door, $6 child, $4 adult. (805) 378-1401.

Healthy Kids Day Conejo Valley YMCA hosts Healthy Kids Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4031 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Health/safetyrelated vendors, inflatables, climbing wall, prize giveaways, healthy snacks, displays by fire department and paramedics. Ventura County Sheriff's Dept. K9 unit demo at noon. (805) 523-7613.

Soapbox

Derby Dole/YMCA present soapbox derby, Healthy Kids Day, car show, barbecue, carnival and Family Fun Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., races going until about 3 p.m. Farmers Insurance building parking lot, 31051 Agoura Road, Westlake Village. Exhibitors, bounce house, bloodmobile, DJ, free Tshirts, more. wwwwestlakerevelations .com/soapbox.

Time To

Dance Dance Jam Ventura, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., 3026 Telegraph Road, Ventura. Free-style barefoot dancing, with/without partners, family friendly venue for all ages. Smoke, drug, alcohol free. DJ plays variety of music. $6 adults, $1 youths age 16 and under. (805) 650-7112, www.waywebby.com/ dancejam.

SUN., APRIL 13

Tea For Schools Medea Creek Middle School students host tea to benefit Mortenson's Central Asia Institute, 2 to 2:45 p.m. or 3 to 3:45 p.m. sittings, on campus, 1002 Doubletree Road, Oak Park. Tea, sandwiches, scones, presentation about Central Asia Institute which builds schools in remote Asian towns. $12. (818) 707-7922.

Family Classic Concert Conejo Valley Youth Orchestras present seventh annual "First Classic Concert for Children and Parents," 2 to 2:45 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 32111 Watergate Road, Westlake Village. For all ages. Special education students welcomed. Students from Youth Orchestra perform 3 p.m. Free admission. (805) 523-8045.

All About The Horses Fundraiser for Canyon Creek Farm Horse Rescue Inc., "It's All About the Horses," 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Canyon club, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills. Silent auction, vendors, DVD presentation, lunch, live auction of fine art, live music, celebrity guests. Tickets www.canyoncreekfarm.com.

Charity Run/Street Fair Rotary Club of Westlake Village hosts 5K/10K Charity Run, registration 7 a.m., 14th annual street festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lakeview Canyon Road between Agoura and Watergate roads. Proceeds benefit local organizations. Arts, crafts, food, music, raffles. Festival, parking free. Runners register at www .westlake5k10k.com, vendors at www.rotarywlv.org or (805) 378-5044.

MON., APRIL 14

Growing Orchids Conejo Orchid Society meets 7 p.m. Westlake Village City Hall, 31200 Oak Crest Drive. Bob Gordon speaks on phalaenopsis care. Raffle, refreshments. Free, guests welcome. Janna, (805) 278-2205; Marian, (818) 889-1895.

Medieval Women Reservations due for T.O. Branch AAUW presentation of Women's Lost History with Sharan Newman, medieval historian and author, 7:30 p.m. Thurs., April 17, T.O. Inn, 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Donation of $10 requested, includes coffee, tea, dessert bar. RSVP to Betsy Berry, (818) 991-0114.

TUES., APRIL 15

Climate Change Laws Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts breakfast, 8 a.m., Calabasas Country Club, 4515 Park Entrada. Attrorney Greg Patterson discusses new laws regarding climate change and developers processing projects. $10. RSVP Alex Soteras (818) 889-3150.

Opera Talk Friends of the Platt Library hosts sixth Los Angeles Opera Talk on Puccini's "Tosca," 7 p.m., 23600 victory Blvd., Woodland Hills. Free, no reservations needed. (818) 3409386, www.plattlibrary.org/events.

THURS., APRIL 17

Science Fair 58th annual Los Angeles County Science Fair, 4 to 8 p.m. today, 1:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, Los Angeles Convention Center, Room A West Hall, 1201 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles. Middle and high school students display science projects. Demos by TV forensic consultant Dr. Gary Telgenhoff, Al Guenther of "Beakman's World." Free. Rita Hollingsworth (323) 934-9248.

Learn About Succulents Pleasant Valley Garden Club meets Camarillo Seventh-Day Adventist Church Fireside Room, 3975 E. Las Posas Road, Camarillo. 9 a.m. social hour, 9:30 a.m. meeting. Carol Haverty talks about care of succulents. Visitors welcome. Free. Sandy Roth, (805) 484-5484.

FRI., APRIL 18

Artist Demo Simi Valley Art Association hosts pastel crayons artist Meli Calkins for demonstration, 7 p.m., Simi Valley Library, 2969 Tapo Canyon Road. $7 donation at door. Michelle Adler (805) 526-4599.

Weekend At Beach Weakenders RV Club hosts "Crazy Hat" campout, today through Sunday, Thornhill Broome State Beach, Point Mugu State Park, 9000 W. Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu. Members, guests decorate hats for prizes. Kiteflying contest, scavenger hunt, wiener roast campfire, brunch. www.weakendersrv.com.

Fashions On Parade Westlake Women's Club hosts 39th annual philanthropic luncheon "Fashions on Parade," 10 a.m., Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd. Gourmet luncheon at noon. Silent auction, boutique. $75. Proceeds go to charitable groups, local worthy causes. Ann Nelson, (818) 991-2790.