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| • "Journey's End" - RepEast Playhouse Presents "Journey's End" A gripping tale about ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances celebrates humor and courage, engaging audiences with a compelling insight of how, in the face of adversity, the human spirit will always triumph. Phone #: 288-0000 Website: www.repeastplayhouse.org |
Wednesday, March 28 to Sunday, April 1
 | • "The Heidi Chronicles" - This award-winning play chronicles the glory days of the feminist movement through the character of art historian Heidi Holland. Not recommended for children under 13. Phone #: 362-5304 Website: www.canyonspac.com |
| • California Kids Consignment Sale - California Kids Consignment Sale California Kids Consignment is holding two first-ever shopper appreciation days. On Friday, March 30, all school faculty, staff and administrators get 10-percent off their purchase during Education Appreciation Day (all levels welcome; present valid ID or proof of employment). Saturday, March 31 is Law Enforcement and Military Appreciation Day. All active law enforcement and military personnel are invited to shop and save 10 percent (valid ID required); Website: www.calkidsconsignment.com |
Saturday, March 31 to Sunday, April 1
| • Castaic Relay For Life - Relay For Life is a unique 24-hour celebration of cancer survivorship
and a tribute to those who have lost their battle. We spend a 24-hour period honoring, remembering and fighting back for all those who have been stricken with this terrible disease. The event attracts employee groups, families and friends who are strongly committed to the community and this fight, the nation's number one health concern. At this event, we are hoping for over 1,000 supporters who will raise funds in 2012 for the American Cancer Society and take to the track in honor of loved ones, friends and co-workers touched by this disease. We have set an ambitious goal to raise funds for cancer research, education, advocacy and patient services. |
Sunday, April 1
 | • The Heidi Chronicles - "The Heidi Chronicles" This award-winning play chronicles the glory days of the feminist movement through the character of art historian Heidi Holland. Not recommended for children under 13. Phone #: 362-5304 Website: www.canyonspac.com |
Wednesday, April 4 to Thursday, April 5
 | • Brahms' Requiem - The Masters College Presents Forest Lawn Concert Series Featuring Brahms' Requiem This Easter celebration is for all ages and will feature The Master's College musicians as well as The Santa Clarita Master Chorale and will be conducted by Dr. Paul T. Plew. Soloists this year are Sarah Dixon, soprano and Jason Hendrickson, baritone. The work will be performed in English. Doors open at 7 p.m. at the impressive Hall of Crucifixion-Resurrection at Forest Lawn Cemetery (1712 South Glendale Ave., Glendale). Complimentary tickets available by request. Time: 7:00 PM Phone #: 362-2262 Website: www.masters.edu/music |
| • Forest Lawn Concert Series - The Master's College Department of Music in conjunction with the Santa Clarita Master Choral presents the Forest Lawn Concert Series featuring Brahm's Requiem. Performed by a 200 voice choir with an orchestra and conducted by Dr. Paul Plew, to be held at the Hall of Crucifixion and Resurrection at Forest Lawn, 1712 South Glendale Avenue Glendale, CA 91205. Time: 7:30 PM Phone #: 661.362.2262 Website: www.masters.edu/music |
Saturday, April 7
 | • Splash and Dash Egg Hunt - City of Santa Clarita Hosts Splash and Dash Egg Hunt Bring your little ones to the Aquatic Center to collect eggs with prizes in the Waterslide Pool beginning at 10 a.m. After you make a splash stay to play in the heated water. Please note that a parent must accompany all children. Parents are encouraged to swim with their child. Lifejackets are available at no charge. Time: 10:00 AM Phone #: 250-3765 |
 | • Eggstravaganza - City of Santa Clarita Hosts Eggstravaganza Meet the Easter bunny and collect eggs beginning at 10 a.m. at Central Park. Time: 10:00 AM Phone #: 250-3787 |
| • EASTER EGGVENTURE - We welcome the families of Santa Clarita to the 2nd Annual Easter Eggventure at Bethlehem Lutheran Ministries. It's a fun day of free activities for the whole family including an egg hunt and lots of eggstras such as carnival games, a bouncer, face painting, music, food and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Come join us April 7th noon-2pm. 27264 Luther Drive, Canyon Country, next to Edwards Theater Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Phone #: 661-252-0622 Website: www.followthestar.com |
| • Santa Clarita Century - The event invites cyclist of every level to pedal for a great cause.
All proceeds benefit the Child & Family Center of Santa Clarita Valley which provides mental health, behavioral and educational services to local children and their families. Event Cost:$10 for Family Ride, $25 for 25-Mile Ride, and $50 for 50 Mile and 100 Mile Ride. Phone #: 661-309-3135 or 661-252-4993 |
Thursday, April 12
| • Chamber Strings Concert - The Master's College Department of Music presents the Chamber Strings Ensemble in a free concert Under the direction of Dr. Joel Davis, this small group of musicians studies and performs a variety of works ranging from Baroque to 20th century music. The concert will feature such works as Mozart's Divertimento in D Major, Gustav Holst's Brook Green Suite, and Ernest Bloch's Concerto Grosso No. 1. held in the Master's College Music Recital Hall, 2736 Quigley Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California 91321. Phone #: 800.568.6248 ex. 3180 Website: www.masters.edu/music |
Friday, April 13
 | • Jazz Reach - JazzReach "Big Drum/Small World" is an immersive and globally-themed production featuring beautiful, brand-new performances by internationally recognized jazz composers hailing from around the globe.
Phone #: 362-5304 Website: www.canyonspac.com |
| • Handbell Concert - The Master's College Department of Music proudly presents the Handbell Ensembles in a free concert on Friday, April 13th, 2012. Featuring both basic and advanced handbell ensembles, the concert will include a variety of exciting works including Come Thou Fount, Take Me Out to the Bellgame, Joshua Fit the Battle and many others. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Master's College Music Recital Hall, 24736 Quigley Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California 91321. For more information, call 800.568.6248 ex. 3180 or visit the website (www.masters.edu/music). If you have never experienced a handbell concert before, this is one concert you do not want to miss! Phone #: 800.568.6248 ex. 3180 Website: www.masters.edu/music |
Saturday, April 14
| • Casino Night - Fun! Fellowship! Prizes! Have a grown-ups night out at Blessed Kateri's Casino Night in Slattery Hall at 22508 Copper Hill Dr in Santa Clarita (Over 21 only) Play Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, & Poker to win chances at gift baskets! Tickets are $30 each or $50/2 & include raffle prizes, DJ, hors d'oeuvres, & a No-Host Bar. Tickets $35. Dress is Vegas style. Time: 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM Phone #: 661-296-3180 Website: www.blessedkateriparish.org |
| • Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Roundup - Embrace spring cleaning at it's safest at the Los Angeles County Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Roundup on April 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free service will be held at COC's south parking lot. The drive-through event (Yay!) limits you to 15 gallons or 125 pounds of waste per trip. No appointment is needed to de-clutter your home by safely tossing old paint, motor oil and other yucky stuff. Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Website: www.greensantaclarita.com |
Thursday, April 19
 | • Wild, Wild, West - SENSES on Main Street Hosts "Wild, Wild, West" Event Free from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., enjoy music, dancing, food trucks, Western vendors and the unveiling of two new Stars in Old Town Newhall honoring Glenn Ford and Joel Cox. Time: 7:00 PM Website: www.sensesonmain.com |
| • Wind Ensemble Concert - The Master's College Department of Music presents the Wind Ensemble in a free concert on Thursday, April 19th at 7:30 p.m. The Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Steve Opfer, consists of a group of musicians who study and perform symphonic literature ranging from Classical to 20th Century works in various concerts throughout the year. This semester's concert will feature a variety of exciting pieces including Raise the Roof by Michael Daughtery, John Sousa's The Thunderer and Symphonic Songs for Winds by Robert Russel Bennet. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Master's College Music Recital Hall, 24736 Quigley Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California 91321. For more information, call 800.568.6248 x3180 or visit the website (www.masters.edu/music). Come, relax and enjoy an evening of spectacular music! Phone #: 800.568.6248 x3180 Website: www.masters.edu/music |
Thursday, April 19 to Sunday, April 22
| • Cowboy Festival - Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival
Saddle up and step back to a simpler time of chaps, saddles and old-time saloons. This year's festival will include a mix of new attractions and returning favorites, including dutch oven peach cobbler, trick ropers, authentic gear and a show stopping musical talent lineup. Website: www.cowboyfestival.org |
Friday, April 20
 | • AngelDogs Comedy Night - World-class comedy, silent auction, prize drawings and more, all benefiting AngelDogs Foundation. Tickets are just $20, plus two-item food and drink minimum. Email Michelle for tickets at Michelle@AngelDogsFoundation.org Time: 8:00 PM Phone #: 661-803-2909 Website: www.angeldogsfoundation.org |
Saturday, April 21
 | • Tribute to Patsy Cline - Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society Hosts "Tribute to Patsy Cline" with Marie
Wise-Hawkins & her Bodacious Bobcats The barbecue-dinner show will be held at the historic Saugus Train Station Depot at Heritage Junction in Hart Park. Your $35 ticket will help fund the new Library of SCV History. Website: www.cowboyfestival.org |
 | • 2012 SCV Healthy Recipe Challenge - Santa Clarita Sunrise Rotary Club presents the first SCV Healthy Recipe Challenge in conjunction with Circle of Hope's 8th Annual Walking for Hope 5K. Contestants of all ages will submit recipes in main dish, side dish and dessert categories. Semi-finalists' creations will be available for public sampling. Featuring Special guest Tiffany Michelle, a contestant on the popular show "Worst Cooks in America", currently airing on the Food Network. Phone #: (661) 305-8099 Website: santaclaritasunriserotary.com/scvhrc/overview |
| • Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser SCV Relay For Life Team The W(h)iners - The American Cancer Society Relay Team The W(h)iners invites you to join them for a wine tasting, silent auction, raffle prizes, hand painted wine glasses and much more. Admission $30. All profits go to the American Cancer Society. RSVP by 4/16 to Pat News 661-714-8624 Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Phone #: 661-714-8624 Website: www.scvrelay.org |
| • Santa Clarita Valley Quilt Show - The Santa Clarita Valley Quilt Guild is holding its QUILT SHOW at the Blessed Kateri Church (22508 Copper Hill Drive in Santa Clarita). There will be quilts on display and for sale, a vendor mall, handmade items boutique, Make 'n Take workshops, community service projects, and a monster dolls contest. The admission fee is $7 with $1 off for a canned food item for the SCV Food Pantry. Children under 10 are free and parking is also free. Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Phone #: 661-252-6420 Website: www.scvquiltguild.org |
| • SCV Million Meal Marathon - 16 different churches in Santa Clarita will come together again to package one million meals for orphans and destitute
children around the world and right here in SCV. Volunteers welcome! Time: 8:30 AM Phone #: 775-2041 |
| • SWEET CHARITY CAKE AUCTION & COMPETITION - rovidence Medical Center is Proud to Present The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project's 4th Annual Sweet Charity Cake Auction & Competition featuring Celebrity Judges.
The event will take place at the Tournament Players Club in Valencia. Cakes will be awarded prizes in several categories including originality and creativity as well as the cake that raises the most money. The auction and judging will take place at a "cake"tail reception, at TPC at Valencia. SPONSORSHIPS: Sponsorships are available from $100 to $10,000 TICKETS: $40 for reception Time: 6:30 PM Phone #: (661) 257-9688 Website: www.HelpNotHassle.org |
Tuesday, April 24
 | • Green Thumb Spring Opening - On Saturday, March 24, Green Thumb Garden Center hosts their 42nd-anniversary Spring Opening. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. bring the family to enjoy refreshments, drawings, vendor demonstrations, a winter harvest competition, kids corner, pumpkin-growing kick off, plus hand-tool sharpening by Accurate Edge (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and garden feng shui consultants (from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.). Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Phone #: 259-1072 |
Wednesday, April 25
 | • Education Under Fire: Film and Panel Discussion - Story of systematic and ongoing religious persecution and denial of the Baha'i community in Iran of the right to pursue higher education in its own country. It's a story of strength and resilience to help us appreciate our own freedom and to think about the importance of not taking our own right to education for granted. This campaign is designed to help mitigate the effects of discriminatory policies and to raise awareness of the importance of defending Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees education as an inalienable right of every human being. held at COC campus, Mentry Hall 343 (part of the "Celebrating the Humanities" program at College of the Canyons.) Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Phone #: 661-362-5316 Website: educationunderfire.com/ |
Friday, April 27
 | • How the West Was Won Trap Shoot - Team and individual reservations are available and you'll get three rounds of trap, a gun rental, ammunition, targets and a yummy barbeque lunch. Trophies and prizes will be handed out, too. The "How the West Was Won" Trap Shoot is truly a unique, one-of-a-kind day of fun and fundraising held at Oak Tree Gun Club and benefitting the 100-plus children with mental and/or physical disabilities who receive therapy on horseback at Carousel Ranch every week. Phone #: 268-8010 Website: www.carouselranch.org |
| • Chorale Concert - The Master's College Department of Music presents the Chorale in a free concert on Friday, April 27th. The Chorale is a 60-member choir directed by Dr. Paul Plew, chairman of the Music Department. As the college's premier choral ensemble, the Chorale has toured throughout the United States as well as abroad in the UK, Spain and Israel. In addition, they have also recorded for Six Flags Theme Parks, Bob Krogstad as well as several albums for David T. Clydesdale and Word Publications. This semester's concert will feature a wide variety of songs including The Doxology, How Great Thou Art and O Magnum Mysterium. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Master's College Music Recital Hall, 24736 Quigley Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California 91321. For more information, call 800.568.6248 x3180 or visit the website (www.masters.edu/music). Time: 7:30 PM Phone #: 800.568.6248 x3180 Website: www.masters.edu/music |
Saturday, April 28
| • Amanda McBroom in Concert - Called the greatest cabaret performer of her generation, Amanda McBroom, the songwriter of Bette Midler's "The Rose" will be performing for one night only at the Northridge United Methodist Church (9650 Reseda Blvd., Northridge) Time: 7:30 PM Phone #: (818) 886-1555 Website: www.northridgeumc.org.fom |
| • Play Day - The Week of the Young Child will be celebrated with a Play Day on April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the COC Honor Grove. This fun and free play day for kids ages infant and up encourage exploration, creation and playful connection between you and your children. Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Phone #: 362-3510 |
Sunday, April 29
| • Anne of Green Gables - Canyon Theatre Guild Presents "Anne of Green Gables" This delightful new musical further tells the enduring, humorous and heartwarming story of Anne Shirley. Phone #: 799-2702 Website: www.canyontheatre.org |
| • Jewish Food & Cultural Festival - The fourth-annual Jewish Food & Cultural Festival is a fun family event filled with authentic Jewish foods, live entertainment, a kids area and plenty of opportunity to give back to the community. Cost is $5 for adults with kids under 12 free. Score a two-for-one admission when you bring a donation to the SCV Food Pantry. The event will be held on April 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at COC's parking lot 7.
Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
Monday, April 30
| • Big Band Concert on the Lawn - The Master's College Department of Music presents the Big Band in a free concert on Friday, April 30th. Held outdoors on the beautiful North Campus lawn, this semester's concert will feature a variety of spectacular jazz and big band pieces. Bring a lawn chair and some food and enjoy an evening of delightful music! The concert will be held at 5:00 p.m. on The Master's College's North Campus Lawn, 24736 Quigley Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California 91321. For more information, call 800.568.6248 x3180 or visit the website (www.masters.edu/music). Time: 5:00 PM Phone #: 800.568.6248 x3180 Website: www.masters.edu/music |
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