Conejo Park District to Hold Craft Festival

* The Conejo Recreation and Park District will hold its 12th annual spring art and craft festival today at the Borchard Community Center, 190 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park. Information: 381-2791.

Barbecue to Benefit Veterans

* Long Range Recon: Veteran’s Outreach, a veterans assistance group, will hold a benefit barbecue from noon to 5:30 p.m. today in the parking lot at 3801 Market St., Ventura. $6.50 per plate or $20 for all-you-can-eat beef ribs. Information: (310) 457-6648.

Tenors to Perform at Library

* Vocalists Chris Feeney, Wade Joseph and Alan Frith-Smith will present “Three Tenors--A Musical Journey From Broadway to La Scala” at 2 p.m. today at the Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. The concert will be sponsored by Women’s American ORT, with proceeds to benefit the organization’s community programs. $15. Information: 492-4291.

Brass Quintet Featured at CLU Chapel

* The Crown City Brass Quintet will present a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Cal Lutheran University’s Samuelson Chapel, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. The ensemble is made up of Rob Frear and Marty Frear on trumpet, Nathan Campbell on horn, Andrew Malloy on trombone and Kenneth Kugler on bass and trombone. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for Habitat for Humanity. Information: 493-3228.

Women’s Club Plans Fashion Show, Lunch

* The Westlake Women’s Club will hold its annual luncheon, boutique and fashion show Tuesday at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 800 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Boutiques will open at 10:30 a.m., with the luncheon at noon. Proceeds will go toward local charities and scholarships for high school students. $45. Information: 498-0777.

Auction at Legion Hall to Benefit Charities

* Buena Center Business and Professional Women and the Phi Epsilon Phi Sorority will host their annual spring champagne brunch and auction at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the American Legion Hall, 83 S. Palm St., Ventura. Proceeds will benefit local charities and support a nursing scholarship at Ventura College. $12.50. Reservation deadline is Monday. Call 643-8382 or 648-1089.

Jazz Night to Raise Funds for Medical Clinic

* The Ventura County Medical Society Alliance will hold its sixth annual “Jazz Night at Hooper’s Hollow” from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at 5985 Worth Way, Camarillo. The program will include performances by the Jazz Doctors and vocalist Sandy Patti. There will also be a gourmet buffet and silent auction. Proceeds will support the medical clinic at Casa Pacifica and the medical exhibit at the Gull Wings Children’s Museum. $50. Reservations: 650-2580.

University Women to Host Luncheon

* The Ventura County Branch of the American Assn. of University Women will host a benefit luncheon at noon Saturday at the Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura. Guest speaker Lisa Meeker, an after-school program administrator, will discuss “Help for Latchkey Children: Homework Centers in Operation.” The program also will include a fashion show. $11. Information: 659-3526.

Dinner-Dance to Benefit Job Program

* The Ventura Youth Employment Service will hold its Equinox Ball, a benefit dinner-dance and silent auction, beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Derby Club, at Seaside Park off of Harbor Boulevard, Ventura. The employment service is a United Way agency that provides jobs and job training for clients age 13-25. Funds will go toward expansion of the job training, outreach to at-risk youth, and employer referral services. $25. Reservations: 289-4920.

Music Department Plans Dinner, Auction

* The Nordhoff High School music department will hold a benefit chicken dinner, dance and silent auction from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 185 St. Thomas Drive, Ojai. $20. Reservations: 646-0742 or 640-0325.

Conejo Park District Schedules Hike

* The Outdoor Unit of the Conejo Recreation and Park District will hold its Sycamore to the Sea Hike on Saturday from 9 a.m. to about 3:30 p.m. at Borchard Community Center, 190 N. Reino Road, Newbury Park. The benefit 8 1/2-mile hike is mostly downhill and will include lunch at the beach and a shuttle back to the starting spot. $15. Registration required. Information: 495-2163.

Bands to Raise Funds for Ailing Musician

* Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, the Pontiac Blues Band and the Estrada Brothers Latin Jazz Sextet will be among groups performing in a music festival to support the Ruben Estrada Benefit Fund, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 21 at the Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard. Ruben Estrada, a member of the Estrada jazz ensemble, is battling kidney disease. Funds raised will help cover medical expenses. $12.50-$20 general, $50 VIP seating. Information: 655-0025.

Officers to Work for Special Tips

* Ventura County law enforcement officials will wait tables in the Cops and Lobsters fund-raiser from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. March 23 at the Red Lobster restaurant, 1740 Ventura Blvd., Oxnard. Tips will benefit Ventura County Special Olympics. Information: 981-9595.

Dinner and Auction at Ventura Elks Lodge

* The Ventura Mid-Town Dinner and Auction fund-raiser will be held March 27 at the Elks Lodge, 11 S. Ash St., Ventura. A no-host bar will open at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 and the auction at 8. Entertainment will be provided by Tina’s Ports of Paradise, a Ventura Polynesian revue. $30. Tickets: 643-8454 or 643-1065.

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Community Chest, a weekly listing of charitable fund-raising events, is compiled by Leo Smith. Please address items, with a publishable telephone number, to Community Chest, Los Angeles Times, 93 S. Chestnut St., Ventura 93001. Items can also be faxed to The Times at 653-7576 or 653-7548.