BRIEFLY.Placerita Center has Reptile Club NEWHALL - The Placerita Canyon Nature Center will kick off its new Reptile Club on Sunday. The club will meet the third Sunday of each month with kids ages 7 to 12 meeting from 1 to 2 p.m. and ages 13 to 17 meeting from 2 to 3 p.m. There will be live animal displays and a reptile-related topic to discuss during each meeting. Students can bring their own reptile pets to talk about also. Topics will include native reptiles and amphibians amphibians members of the animal class Amphibia. Includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and cecilians all capable of living on land or in water. , pythons and boas, colubrid snakes, lizards, turtles and tortoises, crocodiles and alligators, rattlesnakes and pit vipers, venomous venomous secreting poison; poisonous. animals, care of captive reptiles and amphibians, reptile diseases in captivity, conservation, and reptiles of other countries. The center is at 19152 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall. For information, call (661) 259-7721. - Daily News 'The Odd Couple' auditions planned NEWHALL - Repertory East Playhouse will hold open auditions for selected roles in the upcoming production of Neil Simon's ``The Odd Couple'' at 7 p.m. Monday at the Rep, 24266 San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , Newhall. Auditions will consist of a cold read of the script; actors should bring a head shot and resume. For information, call the Rep at (661) 288-0000. - Daily News Free films offered at Valencia park VALENCIA - Chesebrough Park has begun its second summer of offering a Saturday Night Drive-In. The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Department of Parks and Recreation invites the public to come to the park to watch free G- and PG-rated movies on a 14-foot screen beginning at sundown the second and fourth Saturday of June and July. Before the show, children can play games such as tug of war tug of war n. pl. tugs of war 1. Games A contest of strength in which two teams tug on opposite ends of a rope, each trying to pull the other across a dividing line. 2. , three- legged races and potato sack races. The games begin at 7 p.m. This Saturday's movie is ``Old Yeller Old Yeller friend and watchdog assumes houndly nobility. [Am. Cinema: Disney Films, 145–146] See : Protectiveness ,'' rated G. Chesebrough Park is at 23505 Sunset Hills Drive, Valencia. For information, call (661) 775-8865. - Daily News 'Wizard' sign-ups planned June 27 CANYON COUNTRY - ESCAPE Children's Theatre is registering those interested in participating in its production of ``The Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz reaches and departs from Oz in circus balloon. [Children’s Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ballooning Wizard of Oz false wizard takes up residence in Emerald City. [Am. Lit. ,'' which will be performed in October in the Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
The production will feature ``flying'' monkeys and jitterbugs, along with Dorothy, Toto and the gang. A registration night will be held June 27 in the multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective room at Mitchell Community School, 16821 Goodvale St., Canyon Country. Kids age 4 to those up to the fourth grade can sign up from 6 to 7 p.m., and those from the fifth-grade through adult can sign up from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Rehearsals and auditions will begin in August. For information, call Elizabeth Burson at (661) 299-5264 or visit www.escapetheatre.org. - Daily News Library to present books for summer CANYON COUNTRY - The Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library will present Super Readers Books and Crafts programs this summer for children entering third grade and up. Those who attend will hear about some fun books to read this summer and then do a craft. Programs will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays beginning June 29, and tickets will be available the Friday before each event. The events are free, but space is limited. Topics will include ``Super Heroes: Exciting Lives of Extraordinary People,'' June 29; ``Fun and Funny Books,'' July 6; `'Animal Stories,'' July 13; and ``Super Summer Reading Books,'' July 20. The library is at 18601 Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, Canyon Country. For information about the summer reading programs, call (661) 251-2720. - Daily News Fairy tale fairy tale Simple narrative typically of folk origin dealing with supernatural beings. Fairy tales may be written or told for the amusement of children or may have a more sophisticated narrative containing supernatural or obviously improbable events, scenes, and personages series offered for kids NEWHALL - The Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Children's Musical Theatre is teaming with the Repertory East Playhouse for a summer series of fairy tales for children called ``Once Upon a Time ...,'' which will be performed by the junior company members of the children's group. Performances will be presented at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays July 2-17 at the Rep, 24266 San Fernando Road, Newhall. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children under 18. The children's group actors, 7 to 13, will perform the classics ``Jack and the Beanstalk,'' ``The Ugly Duckling,'' ``Rumplestiltskin'' and ``The Little Mermaid.'' Call the Rep at (661) 288-0000 to order tickets. - Daily News 'Safari Adventure' set for July 11-15 CANYON COUNTRY - Vacation Bible School Origins Vacation Bible School (VBS) is the term for a special type of religious education which caters toward children, usually during the summer. The origins of Vacation Bible School can be traced back to Hopedale, Illinois in 1894. D.T. for children age 4 through sixth grade will meet from 9 a.m. to noon July 11-15 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church-East Campus, 27265 Luther Drive, Canyon Country. This year's theme is ``Safari Adventure,'' and the week will include age-appropriate Bible studies, games, crafts and snacks. A barbecue will be held the evening of July 15 for all the children and their families. For information or to register for the program, call Bethlehem Lutheran at (661) 252-0622 or visit www.followthestar.com. - Daily News |
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