Events

All Events for the Month of August 2008

Book Buzz
10:30am at GRB (Program Room)
Grades 2 and 3
Friendly, fun, "kids only" book discussion group with craft.
(see flier)

Saturday, August 2

Dog Days of Summer
10:00am - 11:30am at NPB
2:00pm - 3:00pm at NPB
Grades 1-3
A fun way for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders to practice their new reading skills in scheduled five-minute sessions with especially trained dogs and qualified handlers.
(see flier)

Wednesday, August 6

Friendly Book Club
7:30pm at GRB
What is the What
By Dave Eggers

Thursday, August 7

Courtyard Serenade
Featuring: California Lutheran University Jazz Quartet
7:00pm-8:00pm at GRB (Library Courtyard)
Spend your hot summer nights listening to beautiful music under the stars. Every Thursday evening July 17 through August 28, music will fill the air in the Library Courtyard. These free concerts are sponsored by the Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library and feature an array of musical guests. For more information contact the Library, 449-2660, ext. 258.

Monday, August 11

Free Movie Matinee
1:00pm at GRB (Community Room)
Oklahoma (1955- Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae)
A couple of young cowboys win the hearts of their sweethearts in the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the century. This musical won 2 Academy Awards.
Rated G, 145 min.
(see flier for a listing of all movie matinees between June - October 2008)

Wednesday, August 13

Free Family Film Night
6:30pm at GRB
Nim's Island (Rated PG; 95 min; Starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler)
A young girl, Nim, loves her island home and the animals she shares it with, even while her scientist father is away doing research. But trouble is on the way and her new e-mail friend, the reclusive author of a novel she is reading, could be the only one who can help.
(see flier)

Thursday, August 14

Courtyard Serenade
Featuring: Mládá Chamber Orchestra featuring New West Symphony musicians
7:00pm-8:00pm at GRB (Library Courtyard)
Spend your hot summer nights listening to beautiful music under the stars. Every Thursday evening July 17 through August 28, music will fill the air in the Library Courtyard. These free concerts are sponsored by the Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library and feature an array of musical guests. For more information contact the Library, 449-2660, ext. 258.

History Book Club
7:00pm at GRB
The Histories
by Herodotus

Wednesday, August 20

Off to a Great Start
1:30pm and 7:00pm at GRB
A storytime program for children entering Kindergarten
Is your child starting school this fall? Join us for a 30-minute storytime of tales, rhymes and fingerplays that will ease first day jitters and lead your new kindergartener to books, reading and school fun!
(see flier)

Thursday, August 21

Off to a Great Start
11:00am at NPB
A storytime program for children entering Kindergarten
Is your child starting school this fall? Join us for a 30-minute storytime of tales, rhymes and fingerplays that will ease first day jitters and lead your new kindergartener to books, reading and school fun!
(see flier)

Courtyard Serenade
Featuring: Country singer Cindy Alonge
7:00pm-8:00pm at GRB (Library Courtyard)
Spend your hot summer nights listening to beautiful music under the stars. Every Thursday evening July 17 through August 28, music will fill the air in the Library Courtyard. These free concerts are sponsored by the Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library and feature an array of musical guests. For more information contact the Library, 449-2660, ext. 258.

Saturday, August 23

Celebrating Leo Politi
11:00am - 3:00pm at GRB
Join us as we celebrate writer/illustrator Leo Politi’s life and work in special programs featuring biographer Ann Stalcup, readings of selected Leo Politi books, slide shows, an art exhibit, and an all day Sidewalk Art Event for children, where they can create their own mural on the sidewalk, just like the “Artist of Olvera Street”.
(see flier for Celebrating Leo Politi)
(see flier for Children's Sidewalk Chalk Event)

Thursday, August 28