Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 2018 EVENT CALENDAR MAGAZINE A Very Special Finally Friday - Tiny Porch For The Love of Concert!! – Laughter, Food & Wine – Wedding Expo – January 19th February 16th March 4th A Westlake Village Hidden Gem with an European Atmosphere :,1(%$5Ř&$)(Ř5$5(:,1(6 ),1(63,5,76Ř:,1(&/8% :,1(6725$*(Ř*2850(7)22' 31149 Via Colinas, #601 - Westlake Village, CA 91362 818.341.1234 www.dukeofbourbon.com <NSYJWƴ;TQ.XXZJ /FSZFW^ 1NXYNSLX +JGZFW^ 1NXYNSLX This Issue’s Featured Photographers March Holly Castillo Cover, 7, 9, 11, 12 1NXYNSLX Juliet Wojciechowski 2, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 24 Lori Sortino 16 Renee Appell 1, 10, 22 Conejo365 | Winter 2018 | 1 Welcome, 2018! Hopefully, this will be another amazing year of Conejo memories. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to channel my energies toward making this world a better place. Part of this effort will be through this magazine, keeping our friends and neighbors current on all of the wonderful events they can enjoy in the Conejo and surrounding areas. I’m not sure if you are aware of this, but Conejo365 is designed and printed right here in the Conejo Valley by CR Print. The company donates its time and resources to bring this quarterly magazine of fun filled activities to you. CR Print and the magazine advertisers make our free publication possible, which is an extraordinary way of giving back to and enriching our community. Please show your support and use the services of our supporters and be sure to attend the events being promoted in Conejo365. You know, we receive lots of emails from people asking us to put their events in the magazine. And, while we do our very best to get them all in, the surest way is to go to our website at www.conejo365.com and post the event yourself. It’s so easy to do and you’ll also get your event into our weekly email update that goes to thousands of our subscribers. By the way, are you getting our weekly email called “Here’s What’s Happening in the Conejo”? You really should, as it’s the most comprehensive listings of events in the Conejo. You will never feel “out of the loop” again. At the bottom of our webpage is a place where you can sign up or just shoot me an email at [email protected] and I will add you. I hope our magazine helps brighten your New Year and that 2018 will truly be amazing for you. Thank you. 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POST 2018 ROSE PARADE SHOWCASE BIOMYTHOGRAPHY: CURRENCY http://www.crpd.org/cals/default.asp OF FLOATS EXCHANGE Wednesday, January 10, 2018 E. Washington Blvd. & Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena William Rolland Art Gallery of Fine Art at California 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks Presented by Miracle-Gro. Following the OPEN MIC POETRY Rose Parade, walk within feet of the floral and The exhibition investigates multiple forms animated masterpieces parked along Sierra of currency and the ways in which they are Newbury Park Library, 2331 Borchard Rd., Newbury Park Madre and Washington boulevards. Come rain encoded and decoded today. Contemporary Join the diverse local poetry community to read, or shine, take a closer look at the design and artists from Costa Rica, SoCal and elsewhere use listen, encourage, and inspire. In partnership workmanship that went into each float entry multimedia to draw attention to and understand with Phil Taggart, Ventura County Poet Laureate. and learn more about the float process from the idea of cultural currency. Monthly: The 2nd Wednesday at the Newbury Tournament volunteers – “White Suiters” – on callutheran.edu/rolland Park Library. hand. Comfortable walking shoes and early Rachel T. Schmid (805) 493-3697 [email protected] http://www.tolibrary.org/ arrival are suggested. NO pets or bikes allowed. Dayna Canada (805) 388-7347 General admission tickets are $15 per person [email protected] and free for children 5 and under. Thursday, January 4, 2018 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. https://www.tournamentofroses.com/events/post- Thursday, January 11, 2018 - Sunday, parade FIRST THURSDAY FOOD TRUCKS January 14, 2018 See website for show times Plaza Park, 500 S. B St., Oxnard Monday, January 1, 2018 - Thursday, ‘MOTOWN THE MUSICAL’ February 1, 2018 The first Thursday of each month. Featuring 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. great eats, international cuisine and live Fred Kavli Theatre, Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand entertainment. Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks CONVERGENCIA/CONVERGENCE http://downtownoxnard.org It began as one man’s story… became Kwan Fong Gallery at California Lutheran University, 60 everyone’s music… and is now Broadway’s W. Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks Friday, January 5, 2018 musical. “Motown The Musical” is the true This exhibit features work by contemporary 1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m. American dream story of Motown founder Berry Paraguayan artists. Admission is free. The Kwan BINGO Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the Fong Gallery, located in Soiland Humanities heavyweight music mogul who launched the Center, is open to the public 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 Goebel Adult Community Center, 1385 E. Janss Rd., careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Thousand Oaks p.m. Monday through Saturday. Robinson, and many more. Experience the story callutheran.edu/kwanfong. BINGO at the Goebel Adult Community Center behind the music. Rachel T. Schmid (805) 493-3697 is sponsored by the Goebel Senior Center https://www.civicartsplaza.com/show_detail. [email protected] Commission (GSCC).Seating begins at 12 noon php?id=383 | (805) 449-2787 6 | Conejo365.com If you would like your event posted in future publications, please contact Robyn Long at 818-879-6050, ext. 127 or [email protected]. January 2018 Friday, January 12, 2018 - Saturday, Saturday, January 13, 2018 Sunday, January 14, 2018 February 3, 2018 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. THE DAVEY’S VOICE FILM FESTIVAL AUTHOR! AUTHOR! BOOK TALK AND NEIL SIMON’S ‘BROADWAY BOUND’ New Vic Theatre, 33 W.