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ART & PHILANTHROPY
The California Art Institute
The Ventura County Community Foundation’s Third Annual Community Leadership Awards
Sculpting Better Lives for Children
A New Era for the New West Symphony
By Charlotte Gibson
By Julia Shapiro
By Julia Shapiro
By Bailee Ahern
By Casey Hands
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In The Name Of Art: The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Jessica Preston’s Love Is ‘Furever’
The Tireless Artistry of Martin Sturman & Joyce Rumack
Hessam Abrishami: Life In Technicolor
Jerry Canter: Making Charity a Way of Life
By Kari Rodems
By Niki Chopra Richardson
Mystery Masterpiece: Studio Channel Islands Art Center’s Anonymous Art Show & Benefit
Ventura’s 20th Anniversary Westside Art Walk
By Casey Hands
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Laura Sharpe, the Woman Who Fell From the Sky, Gets Back in the Saddle
By Charlotte Gibson
By Bailee Ahern
By Lex Kumar
By Lex Kumar
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WESTLAKE MAGAZINE WE’VE SHARED HAPPY MEMORIES, WONDERFUL MOMENTS AND SPECTACULAR EVENTS THROUGHOUT
1999 The Euro enters the world's economy and the world population reaches six billion.
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THE PAST 20 YEARS IN THE WESTLAKE COMMUNITY. YOU, OUR DEVOTED READERS, HARD-WORKING STAFF-MEMBERS, ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS, AND LOYAL ADVERTISERS HAVE MADE WESTLAKE MAGAZINE THE PREEMINENT PUBLICATION THAT IT IS TODAY, AND WE PROUDLY CELEBRATE OUR ACHIEVEMENT WITH YOU. WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT’S IN STORE IN THE NEXT 20!
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Celebrating
Expansive meadows and fields set the peaceful tone in Hidden Valley. An occasional park provides a path up into the mountains.
An authentic Japanese > Pagoda sits amidst a koi pond in the Japanese Garden. Roses abound at the peak of their blooming season in the English Garden.
1995 Match.com launches its new platform to help its users find love and astronaut Valeri Polyakov breaks the world record for the number of days spent in space consecutively: 437.7! 1993 Michael Jordan retires (for the first time) and "Cheers" airs its final episode with the final words: "We're Closed!
2010 An Icelandic volcano erupts, causing the largest air traffic shutdown since World War II.
2006 The U.S. population tops 300 million for the first time and Facebook opens to anyone over 13.
2000 Angelina Jolie kisses her brother, the last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers and the world celebrates the new millennium.
1997 Leonardo DiCapri becomes "king of the world" as "Titanic" hits movie theaters.
2005 Tom Cruise jumps on Oprah's couch and Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans.
2003 On August 14th, a massive blackout hits New York City and Saddam Hussein is captured.
2008 Bethel, Maine builds the world's tallest snowman, 122 feet and 1 inch tall and weighing 13,000,000 lbs.
2012 Westlake Magazine turns 20 and the U.S. wins 104 medals at the 2012 London Summer Olympics!
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1994 Tonya Harding attempts to injure her ice skating rival Nancy Kerrigan and police chase O.J. Simpson in his infamous white Ford Bronco.
2002 Michael Jackson dangles his son, Prince Michael II, off a hotel balcony in Berlin and Fox's "American Idol" premieres.
1998 Monica Lewinsky becomes a household name and Carmen Electra marries Dennis Rodman (for nine days).
1992 Riots break out in L.A. and the U.S.'s largest shopping mall, Minnesota's Mall of America, opens!
2004 Janet Jackson has a wardrobe "malfunction" during the Super Bowl's halftime and the people of the Himalayan nation Bhutan get credit cads...for the first time ever.
2011 Wikipedia turns ten and the Egyptian Revolution results in Hosni Mubarak's resignation.
2009 Pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger successfully crash-lands a US Airways jetliner in the chilly Hudson River.
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1996 Oprah starts her book club; Binti Jua, a gorilla at the Brookfield Illinois Zoo, saves a 3-year-old who fell in her cage; and Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to ever be cloned, is born.
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'REAT 'ETAWAYS FOR 'UYS AND 'ALS
YOU MIGHT THINK THAT YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE CONEJO VALLEY TO SEE NATURAL BEAUTY. YOU DON’T—IN FACT, IT’S HOME TO HIDDEN GEMS THAT MAY SURPRISE EVEN LONGTIME RESIDENTS. WHETHER YOU’RE CRAVING AN HOUR-LONG HIKE IN THE MOUNTAINS REWARDED WITH A CLASSIC WATERFALL, PREFER TO STROLL THROUGH SPECTACULAR GARDENS OR JUST WANT TO WATCH THE SUN SET OVER A SHIMMERING LAKE, YOU CAN STAY RIGHT HERE IN THOUSAND OAKS AND WESTLAKE VILLAGE. THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF THE AREA LIES JUST AROUND A CORNER OR AT THE END OF A MOUNTAIN ROAD, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF WESTLAKE MAGAZINE
GARDENS OF THE WORLD
2007 Paris Hilton spends 23 days in jail, Britney Spears shaves off all her hair and Lindsay Lohan goes to rehab for the third time.
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KENNY LOGGINS: CELEBRATING A ROCK ICON By Robyn Flans Photography by Stephen Morales
341 Williamsburg Way, Thousand Oaks www.sherwoodlakeclub.com
HIDDEN VALLEY / POTRERO ROAD Just behind the shops and homes of Westlake Village lies Hidden Valley. Bucolic fields line Potrero Road in the green rolling hills dotted with ranches and country-style homes. Iconic white fencing lines the road, the ranches and the meadows. Each parcel is at least 20 acres and the private spaciousness has appealed to celebrities for decades. Head south on Westlake Blvd. (Hwy 23) to where Potrero Road begins.
WILDWOOD REGIONAL PARK / PARADISE FALLS
A horse lazily looks up from his afternoon grazing.
Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks has been a popular locale for more than 8,000 years. The Chumash called it home until it was annexed in 1803 by the Spanish, as part of the Rancho El Conejo. The 1,765-acre park is still populated by wildlife such as mule deer, coyotes, bobcats and the occasional mountain lion. If you are looking for Paradise Falls, it’s an easy one-mile hike. The 70-foot waterfall makes for lovely photos but don’t even consider jumping into the pool beneath. Park rangers say it’s highly polluted. Watch out when heavy winter rains arrive—the volume of the falls can increase tenfold. Located at the west end of Avenida de los Arboles in Thousand Oaks.
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LAKE AT WESTLAKE VILLAGE This manmade lake is the jewel of the masterplanned community of Westlake Village. It is a private lake but public businesses and restaurants occupy part of the eight-mile shoreline. Some 1,300 homes have recreational access to the lake, safe for playing in as it’s only eight feet deep. The dam that created the lake, the Westlake Dam, is one of the country’s largest privately owned dams. 32123 Lindero Canyon Road, Thousand Oaks
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WESTLAKE LANDMARKS The Hidden Beauty of Westlake By Joan Trossman Bien
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The lake at the David Murdock-developed community of Lake Sherwood has a storied past. It was a meadow until 1905 when a dam was built to hold water for a local ranch that eventually became the city of Westlake Village. The lake and surrounding woods substituted for English forests in the 1922 film “Robin Hood.” The community and lake were named for the film and the famous Robin Hood forest. The upscale development at Lake Sherwood now includes a famous 18-hole golf course and a country club.
Open Tuesday through Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 2001 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks www.gardensoftheworld.info
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2001 Bjork dons the infamous swan dress to the Oscars, Britney Spears dances with a python at the MTV Video Music Awards and Apple's first iPod is released.
LAKE SHERWOOD LAKE
Situated across from the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, the Gardens of the World offer a sampling of horticulture from other countries. The Japanese Garden features an authentic pagoda and a koi pond. A waterfall is the centerpiece of the French Garden. The Mission Courtyard reflects early California history with hand-painted murals and a Spanish fountain. Don’t miss the English Perennial and Rose Garden and the Cypress trees and grape arbor that distinguish the Italian Garden. And try to catch a concert at the old-time American Bandstand’s grassy amphitheater.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL SMITH
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