Cost: $8 members, $10 nonmembers per class.

For more information please visit, www.supportcenter.org

For more information visit www.slogreenbuild.org or call 805-461-5986.

Reserve your tickets now, as camping tickets have sold out for two years in a row.

The Live Oak Music Festival is a fundraiser for Public Radio KCBX, serving Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County.

There's a discount when you buy your camping ticket online: www.liveoakfest.org or call (805)781-3030.

Presented by Megan Hall, Nursery Coordinator for Growing Grounds Farm, SLO

Friday, April 3 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Native plants are an incredibly beneficial addition to any landscape. They often use much less water, are fire-resistant, tolerate Central Coast temperature extremes, and provide much-needed food and shelter for wildlife. “Natural Complements: An Overview of California Plants” will offer examples of plants that grow well together in different types of soil and light conditions. Megan Hall is a SLO County native and has spent much of her childhood playing among the chaparral. At a young age she was interested in wild edible plants and historical uses of them. Working at Growing Grounds Farm in SLO in collaboration with restoration partners allows her to continue learning about and appreciating local native plants. The public is welcome to attend. Parking is available in the Palm Street parking garage or behind the Palm Theater. All lectures are held on the sunny, backyard patio at Growing Grounds Downtown Store, 956 Chorro Street, across from the Mission in San Luis Obispo. A $5 donation per attendee is appreciated.

1 in family: $39,680
2 in family: $45,280
3 in family: $50,960
4 in family: $56,640
5 in family: $61,200
6 in family: $65,680
7 in family: $70,240
8 in family: $74,800

Founded in 1970, PSHH is an award winning non-profit organization that develops affordable housing and community facilities for low-income households and homeownership opportunities for working families. With over 1,000 homes completed and over 1,200 rental units owned and managed by PSHH.

WHO? Beverly (Ensing) Young, along with poets Linda Seeley and Jane Elsdon

WHEN? Friday, April 3 - 30, 2009 – Reception: April 3, 2009, 6-9 p.m., in conjunction with “Art After Dark”

WHERE? Steynberg Gallery, 1531 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo

WHY? A hefty percentage of the proceeds from sales goes to her desired “Angel Fund”, to assist those who need help, whether it be gas or groceries, children’s’ art supplies or art therapy classes.

HOW? Open daily, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. For more information call, 547-0278.

There will be a reception for this show during ART AFTER DARK from 6 to 9 PM on Friday, April 3 at ARTS Space Obispo in Space 165 in the SLO Creamery. This exhibition will continue through April 23.

On Friday, April 17 the horror classic NIGHT OF THE LEPUS will be shown in ARTS Space Obispo in conjunction with the OUTSIDE THE HUTCH exhibition. The evening will start out at 7:30 PM with a quick, fun, creative response to art in the gallery — led by Jane Voigts. Then, around 8 pm, the movie will begin.

If you want a film that is so bad that it’s not that bad.... Night of the Lepus is right up your alley! Made in 1972, this film was one of the first “man versus nature” dramas showing the disastrous results of playing around with technology. Bring a friend, bring a pillow, and snacks. For more info contact ARTS Obispo at (805) 544-9251.

For tickets, call 805-489-9444 or visiting www.clarkcenter.org.

More info : 805-546-2857 http://www.cambriahoot.com

A Midsummer Nights Dream & Treasure Island

The Central Coast Shakespeare Festival invites performers, designers and technicians to join us for a summer of classical theatre under the stars July 10th through August 15th. Join us for the inaugural season in our beautiful new performance venue at River Oaks Amphitheatre in Paso Robles. Auditions for the 2009 Central Coast Shakespeare Festival will be held Saturday, April 4th from 2:00-6:00 pm and Sunday, April 5th from 2:00-9:00 pm at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 1344 Nipomo St. (at the corner of Pismo and Nipomo) in San Luis Obispo. Actors should prepare a classical monologue of two minutes or less. Those interested in working as designers or production crew will be scheduled for an interview. To make an audition appointment, contact us at centralcoastshakespeare.org or call the Shakespeare Festival hotline at (805) 546-4224.

National Poetry Month events are as follows:

Saturday, April 4th, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. SLO Library Community Room Poetry Reading Featuring James Cushing, San Luis Obispo Poet Laureate Joined by: Kevin Clark, Lisa Coffman, Dian Sousa, Leslie St. John, and Todd Pierce

Saturday, April 11th, 12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m. Mission Plaza, San Luis Obispo Poetry Writing for Children with James Cushing, San Luis Obispo Poet Laureate Cushing will be leading children through the process of poetic expression at Children’s Day in the Plaza, Mission Plaza, SLO. Children’s works, if desired, will be displayed in the Library.

Saturday, April 11th, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. SLO Library Community Room Open Mike Poetry Event for Children & Teens hosted by Francesca Nemko Nemko will be accompanied by bass player Clint Iwanicha for an improvised word and music program, followed by an Open Mike for children and teens.

Saturday, April 18th, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. SLO Library Community Room Poems for Endangered Places, Plein Air Poets of San Luis Obispo County Poetry reading, live music, book signing, as well as book and poster sales.

Tuesday, April 21st, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. SLO Library Community Room Open Mike Poetry Event for Adults, hosted by Kevin Patrick Sullivan Sullivan co-founded the Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival and the monthly reading series Corners of the Mouth at Linnaea’s Café in San Luis Obispo.

Saturday, April 25th, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. SLO Library.

Sponsorships are as follows:
• Premier Sponsorship $200 package 1 Tee-Sign with the business or family name 1 Cart Sign
• A La Carte Sponsorship 1 Tee-Sign for $100 1 Cart Sign for $50 Hole-in-One Participation for $75
• Premier Corporate Golf Team of 4 players $500 Registration for the team 1 Tee-Sign 1 Cart Sign.

For more information about the Golf Tournament or supporting the Biotechnology Institute, please call:
Templeton High School at 434-5888 or Joanne Breffle (jbreffle@tusdnet.net) or Lara Wilson (lwilson@tusdnet.net).

For more information call Dirk Walters at 543-7051, David Chipping 528-0914, or Mardi Niles at 489-9274.

For more information, contact Sherry Chapman at the Shelter at 466-5403.

Please call 805-929-5749 or 805-481-3991 for tickets.

NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION: Turnpike Road Church of Christ, 677 N. Turnpike Road. It is just down the road from the Wake Center between Hwy. 101 and Cathedral Oaks on the left-hand side. It is the church that is down in the dip. 9:30 a.m. – Social time – Refreshments provided by Eva Shaefer and Joyce Tolle. 10:00 a.m. – Business meeting 10:30 – 11:30a.m. – The election and installation of officers will take place at this meeting: The nomination committee is pleased to present the following nominations: President, Caren Paulson; Vice-president, Beverly Ryan; Secretary, Laura Nanna & Kathy Fliflet; Treasurer, Nancy Little; Past President, Joyce Tolle. Nominations may be made from the floor providing permission of the candidate has been given. The program for this month will be a SHOW AND TELL by members who attended “Color Connects Conference”. Members are encouraged to bring finished and unfinished projects so we can see the variety of work done in the workshops. Please bring any pictures of the showcase and guild booths. What did you find in the vendor gallery? How do you plan to use this great find? All members are encouraged to bring currant projects to share also.

Sign up online at http://ucanr.org/sloworm by March 14th.

For questions call 781-5939 or email abreschini@co.slo.ca.us.

1 in family: $39,680
2 in family: $45,280
3 in family: $50,960
4 in family: $56,640
5 in family: $61,200
6 in family: $65,680
7 in family: $70,240
8 in family: $74,800

Founded in 1970, PSHH is an award winning non-profit organization that develops affordable housing and community facilities for low-income households and homeownership opportunities for working families. With over 1,000 homes completed and over 1,200 rental units owned and managed by PSHH.

The competition will showcase the talents of both local and visiting DanceSport athletes in events in the International and American Style Ballroom Dances. There will six different levels of competition, ranging from newcomer to the highest "open-level" competitors. $500 in scholarships will be awarded to the top couples. There are also events for nightclub dances such as Salsa, Hustle, Argentine Tango, and Lindy Hop Swing; as well as a formation team competition, collegiate team match, and other special performances The Cal Poly DanceSport Team is building on the success of their last two competitions, held in 2007 & 2008. Their last competition had over 450 spectators in attendance, and had over 750 entries by competitors from Cal Poly and other universities competing in 85 separate dance events. Ballroom Dancing continues to enjoy growing public interest, as shown by the popularity of shows like Dancing with the Stars and Ballroom Bootcamp, and movies such as Take the Lead, Mad Hot Ballroom, and Shall We Dance. This competition will provide an excellent opportunity for the public to watch and experience the excitement of ballroom dancing first hand. Amateur dancers of all levels and ages are also invited to sign up to compete. Online registration by March 27th is strongly encouraged.

Spectators are welcome to attend and watch the event. The cost of admission is just $7.00 and students with a valid ID get in free. Donations to help support this non-profit event are always greatly appreciated. For more information on the competition, please see http://www.cpdancesport.org/comp/ or call (805) 627-2474.

For more information, call Charlie at 733-3189 or Connie 735-2292.

Stephen Morse, the engineer who was most responsible for the 8086 Processor chip will be the featured speaker at the April 5th meeting of SLO Bytes. Steve’s interests are now more focused on genealogy and he has created a website (www.stevemorse.org) visited by thousands of people daily using his search tools for Ellis Island, census records and SSDI information. He will cover “Creating Your Own Search Application” and “Deep Linking”. Deep linking provides a means of optimizing the information extracted from existing third-party websites in general, and from search applications in particular. Various means of deep linking are introduced such as URL editing, using search forms, and placing a man in the middle. Many people or organizations have tables of data that they would like to make searchable and share over the Internet. “Creating Your Own Search Application” presents a tool that allows you to simply describe your data and it will then automatically produce the desired search form and search engine for you. All that is left for you to do is upload these items to the web and then sit back while others access your database. Steve will speak from 12:45 to 2:45 and then Alan Raul will moderate his Q & A session from 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM Additionally, a second SIG for beginners will run concurrently in another room, offering advice and answering questions on Windows operating systems. This is a small group environment specially suited for the novice user. SLO Bytes, a PC Users Group dedicated to educate its members in the use of personal computers, digital devices and software, meets on the first Sunday of each month at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Hall at 520 Dana Street, San Luis Obispo. All meetings are open to the public at no cost. Contact Kaye Raul at kmraul@sbcglobal.net or visit www.slobytes.org.

The Crooked Kilt 1122 Pine St. Paso Robles, CA 93446 Tel: (805) 238-7070.

Driving Directions

Cost: $185 members; $200 nonmembers.

What you will learn in a solid 2.5 hours:
* Add Your Profile
* Manage and Share Your Posts
* Search For Contacts to promote Yourself, Product, Service
* Create Discussions about your service/product
* Upload and Share Files
* Bring Your Group/Events Together on Facebook & LinkedIn

Location: KCBX Training Center 4100 Vachell Lane, SLO.

For more information, call 969-4726.

Hoping to reach out to the wider county community, the San Luis Obispo Library is teaming up with the Cal Poly Women’s and Gender Studies Department to offer a series of five lectures focusing on issues ranging from sex education to women in sports. The series takes place on the first Tuesday of every month from January through May. All talks are from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Community Room of the San Luis Obispo Library at 995 Palm Street in downtown San Luis Obispo. The lectures are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served courtesy of Friends of the Library.

“Abstinence-Only Sex Education and the Politics of Virginity” is the title of the first talk in the series to kick off at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the San Luis Obispo Library at 995 Palm St. Cal Poly Political Science Professor and Women's and Gender Studies advisory board member Jean Williams will present the first lecture. In her talk, Williams will examine abstinence-only sex education and discuss her latest book, "The Politics of Virginity: Abstinence in Sex Education."

Other lectures scheduled are: “Women Around the World: Challenges and Triumphs,” presented by Dr. Patrice Engle; “The Bitch Manifesto Revisited: Feminism, Gender and Religion,” presented by Dr. Judy Saltzman; “Title IX: History, Impact and Implications for Girls and Women in Sport,” presented by Dr. Camille O’Bryant; and “Art History’s Bad Girls."

The Cal Poly Women's and Gender Studies at the SLO Public Library lecture series is sponsored by Cal Poly’s Women's & Gender Studies Department and the San Luis Obispo Library. For more information, contact San Luis Obispo Public Library Manager Kristine Tardiff at 781-5783 or katardiff@slolibrary.org, or Cal Poly Women’s and Gender Studies Professor Rachel Fernflores at 756-2330 or rfernflo@calpoly.edu.

Information Sessions at CASA office:
Held the 4th Wednesday of each month at noon at 75 Higuera, Suite 180, San Luis Obispo.

Information Sessions at Starbucks:
Held the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm.

For locations, call 541-6542 or visit our website at www.slocasa.org.

The Maverick Santa Ynez, CA

Dr. Benjamin Piekut, University of Southampton

11:00am-12:00pm, Building 26, Room 104 Cal Poly

Abstract: In 1964, black composer/trumpeter Bill Dixon formed The Jazz Composers Guild to protest the exploitative working conditions of the major clubs and record labels. Drawing from new interviews with members of the Guild, this presentation explores the gender terrain of the emerging discourse of black experimentalism. Carla Bley's inclusion in this male-dominated group raises questions—Was she respected by her male peers? Treated differently? Resented? Desired? Paying attention to gender and race in the context of the Jazz Composers Guild illuminates one woman's experience of alternative forums of jazz life. It also shows how gender and race framed the discourse of avant-garde jazz and how the reception of this music was shaped by a rhetoric of (black nationalist) masculinity. Dr. Benjamin Piekut holds an MA in composition from Mills College and a PhD in historical musicology from Columbia University. His dissertation focused on experimental music in New York City in the 1960s. His article, "Race, Community, and Conflict in the Jazz Composers Guild," is forthcoming from Jazz Perspectives, and a chapter on Henry Flynt will appear in Sound Commitments: Avant-Garde Music and the Sixties, ed. Robert Adlington (Oxford University Press, 2009). Dr. Piekut’s research interests include jazz after 1950, critical studies in race and gender, improvisation studies, music technologies, and performance studies. Sponsored by the Cal Poly Depts of Women's & Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Music as well as the College of Liberal Arts and the Multicultural Center.

To learn more about the Global Alliance for Balance and Healing visit www.globalalliance.ws.

The City of Pismo Beach Recreation Division in collaboration with the Pismo Beach Business Improvement Group (BIG) would like to invite you to the annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 11th, 2009 from 10:00am –1:00pm. The festivities will be held at Dinosaur Caves Park, Shell Beach & the hunt is FREE! The celebration will include games, bounce houses, face painting, balloon artist & much more! Participants are asked to bring their own basket or bag to collect their eggs and goodies! In addition, if everyone uses their good manners, the Easter Bunny will be visiting & may even be on-site for photo opportunities so be sure to bring your cameras! To ensure the safety of all participants, there are different hunt times for different age groups! The hunt times will be as follows:

Ages 2 & under………10:05am
Ages 3-4………………10:40am
Ages 5-6………………11:10am
Ages 7-9………………11:45am
Ages 10-12…………...12:10pm

For questions about this year’s Easter Eggstravaganza, please contact the City of Pismo Beach Recreation Division at 773-7063 or visit our website at www.pismobeach.org.

The concert, by more than 20 Music Department voice students and six instrumentalists, will include performances of "Mack the Knife," "September Song" and "Speak Low," as well as other works from "The ThreePenny Opera," "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, "One Touch of Venus," "Lost in the Stars.”

Students choreographed by dance instructor Molly Dobbs will dance a samba to "There's Nothing Left for Daddy but the Samba," and a swing dance to "Moon Faced, Starry Eyed."

Jacalyn Kreitzer, Cal Poly voice and performance teacher, is the workshop producer. Performances are directed by Arroyo Grande resident John Dobbs. Jessica Reed, a 2007 music graduate, will assist Kreitzer and Dobbs in directing and musical preparation.

Cal Poly Music Department faculty Ken Hustad will play bass, Keith Waibel, clarinet and Ross Sears, percussion. Janice Hurlburt, a 2000 music graduate, will play accordion; Rich Ward, trumpet; and Cooper Stimson, keyboards.

Tickets are $6 for students and senior citizens and $10 for the public. They are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekends. Order online at www.pacslo.org or by phone, call SLO-ARTS (756-2787); to order by fax, dial 756-6088. Patrons who buy season tickets to four Music Department events through the Performing Arts Ticket Office will receive a 10 percent discount; a 15 percent discount is given to those who buy tickets to five or more events. The performances are sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department, College of Liberal Arts, Instructionally Related Activities program and in part by local donors. For more information, call the Music Department at 756-2406.

April 12 & May 31, 10 am to noon

Disturbing emotional states such as attachment, aggression, ignorance, pride and jealousy create confusion for ourselves and others. From a Buddhist point of view, emotions can be transformed into the wisdom energy of the enlightened mind. This course will explore how to work with emotions in meditation and in our daily lives. Bart Mendel has been a Buddhist practitioner and teacher for over 30 years and has taught the Dharma extensively throughout the US , Canada and Europe . From years of mixing the dharma with an endless stampede of worldly challenges, Bart's teaching style has evolved into a natural blend of eloquence, insightfulness and humor. In 1997, he accepted an invitation with his wife Suzan Garner to open a Bodhi Path Buddhist Center in Santa Barbara where he served as Resident Teacher for over ten years. Bart and Suzan oversee a number of major dharma projects, including serving as Directors for Siddhartha Foundation International, His Holiness Karmapa’s foundation in America , its project to build a Center for Karmapa in Central California We meet Sundays from 10 a.m. till noon and Wednesdays from 6:30 pm to about 8 pm for Meditation, Practice, Teachings and Discussion. Meditation instruction available. Beginners always welcome. All programs at: Bodhi Path Buddhist Center SLO 3484 Gregory Court, San Luis Obispo, 93401. Please park on Johnson Avenue.

A sip of wine can be transcendent, but this week, it will lead to even higher enlightenment than usual: In honor of National Library Week, from April 13th – April 18th, Castoro Cellars in Paso Robles will donate all tasting fees to the Paso Robles Library Foundation, a non-profit established in 1997 to support the library’s commitment to continued library services. At the end of the week, Castoro Cellars owners Niels and Bimmer Udsen will match the earned funds. Swirl, Sip & Taste - to Double Your Donation NEXT Week for the fourth annual benefit event, Castoro Cellars’ “Taste for a Cause” has turned drinking wine into a philanthropic activity—with great rewards for the community. “We encourage everyone to make Castoro Cellars’ tasting room a stop on their wine tasting trail,” said Paso Robles City Librarian, Julie Dahlen. Last year, they presented the Library Foundation with a check for $1,563; but, still wanting to do more, they say, “This year, Castoro Cellars would like to at least double last year’s donation!”

About the Paso Robles Library Foundation: The Paso Robles Library Foundation has made possible the creation of new collections and the expansion of existing collections in all areas of the library: reference tools, music CDs, books on tape, books on CD, DVDs, and much more. Over the years, the Library Foundation has also been a proud sponsor of many popular library programs and activities, such as “Brushmarks” teen juried art exhibit, the children’s summer reading program, author visits, book signings, and more.

The Fire Safe Council, with the assistance of the Nipomo Community Services District, CAL FIRE, and the Air Pollution Control District, is conducting the annual FREE Spring Chipping Event to be held throughout the Nipomo area. This very popular program provides wood-chipping for residents’ woody tree and brush plant material. As fire season opens, chipping is a great way to clear your yard of potential fire hazards. Disposing green waste without burning also preserves our air quality. In addition, you can use the leftover chips in your landscaping, which can help you save $$ in irrigation costs!

Requirements/Limitations:

• Material to be chipped must be clean yard waste only (tree limbs, brush, etc.) – no metal, nails, barbwire, garbage, rocks, etc.
• Not allowed: grass, vines, bark, piles of leaves, juniper bushes and other light non-chippable material; processed lumber and other non-vegetation material
• Branches cannot be thicker than 4" in diameter
• Piles cannot be greater than 1 ton (approximately 15' wide x 15' long x 5' high).
• All material must be piled curbside on the start day for the event in your zone. The pile is to be placed where the chipping crews can operate safely. This is especially important for busy streets.

The Nipomo/Nipomo Mesa area is divided into three zones for this event.

Zone 1: Chipping: 4/13 - 4/24. Registration Deadline: 4/6.

Zone 2: Chipping: 4/27 - 5/8 Registration Deadline: 4/20

Zone 3: 5/11 - 5/15 Registration Deadline: 5/4

Registration forms can be obtained at the Nipomo Community Services District office (148 South Wilson, in Olde Towne Nipomo), or online at www.ncsd.ca.gov (click on “Conservation” and then “Free Chipping Event 2009 Registration Form”). Completed forms should be dropped off at the front desk of the NCSD office.

The City of Pismo Beach Recreation Division proudly presents monthly Senior Dance. The dance will be held on the second Monday, Monthly from 1:00 until 3:30 pm. Due to popularity we are adding another date to our venue. Please join us the last Monday each month for our second Senior Social Event. This dance will begin March 2009. Come and meet new friends. Enjoy an array of snacks, beverages and dancing to our live band “Twist of Limen”. Located at the Pismo Beach Veterans Hall, 780 Bello Street.

Admission $5.00 Includes Everything Exact Change is appreciated

For more information visit www.pismobeach.org or call the Pismo Beach Recreation Division at (805) 773-7049

Cost: $8 members, $10 nonmembers per class.

Gather Wine Bar 122 East Branch St Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

March.15 - May 15, 2009 Grand Opening: Fri. March 27, 5pm

http://web.mac.com/paul_mccloskey/

TO BE PRESENTED AT APRIL 16th BY 'AFTER 5 BUSINESS' CONNECTION'

At this event you will learn:
- Principle and strategies for developing credibility and influence
- Problem solving, skills and process
- Motivation and follow-up

The Guest speaker will be Patricia Borgardt, she began working in a family business at the age of 10 and started her own corporation by 24. Her career has focused on helping others improve their life across the industries of medicine, business development, wine, hospitality and wellness. As "close up for the evening we'll have an image consultant, Sabrina Haggie, her presentation will be on "How to spend your fashion dollars wisely", she will share ideas on how to stay current on trends in clothing and accessories and how to customize colors and fashions to fit your personality and style and gives you confidence. This event will be on April 16th, 2009, from 5:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at The Clubhouse at this Old House, 740 W. Foothill Blvd. San Luis Obispo. The meeting, which includes dinner, is $30.00 for Members and $40.00 Non-Members. All net proceeds will be donated to the Sunset Club Members. The Central Coast Women's Network was developed to provide a forum for women to get inspired, connected, promoted and empowered in business. Membership benefits include promotion in the online Business Directory, opportunities to attend special training seminars and workshops at discounted rates, and an invitation to the Network's exclusive Entrepreneur Program. For more information or to RSVP for this event, please call Jacky Lopez at 805-439-1013, by email at: events@ccwnetwork.com, or book online at the website: www.ccwnetwork.com

For additional SBmug information, please visit:  http://sbmug.org/ or call 898-2096.

Reservations Required. Call (800) 483-6387 or log-on to www.sierravistaregional.com

SANTA MARIA: at the NEW Santa Maria Library, 421 S. McClelland Street Thursday, April 16, 6:30pm. 6:30pm taste some delicious raw food samples, 7pm film / 8:30pm Q&A with raw foodies from SLO. Suggested Donation $5. Raw Foodies Stephanie, Luke, Will, and Brandie will be at both events to answer questions and have samples of their raw food. Please call HopeDance FiLMs at 369-0203 for details. Please visit www.hopedance.org for more film screenings. Cosponsors TBA. Simply Raw - Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days is a documentary film that chronicles six McDonald's-munching Americans with diabetes who switch to a diet consisting entirely of vegan, organic, live, raw foods in order to reverse diabetes naturally. The six participants are challenged to give up meat, dairy, sugar, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, soda, junk food, fast food, processed food, packaged food, and even cooked food as well as go without their loved ones and many of their creature comforts for 30 days. The results are amazing. “See how diabetic people heal themselves while living in a camp with Gabriel Cousens for 30 days on a raw food diet. It will blow you away!” - HopeDance “It’s incredibly inspiring to watch these folks lose weight, lower their blood sugar levels naturally and make some great friendships while learning that you don't need to be at the mercy of insulin for the rest of your life. If you work in the field of “health care” (as I do) you have a responsibility to offer options like this to your patients and clients. And if you know anyone with diabetes - and chances are, with the prevalence of this disease being what it is, that you do - you and they just shouldn’t miss out. This could change your life and your health, or that of someone you love.” - from Amazon reviews.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9_4RY_46-Q

Official website: http://www.rdnmovement.com/

This event is FREE!

The Solvang Library is located at 1745 Mission Drive in downtown Solvang.

Contact: Midori Feldman, President, Atascadero Democratic Club, 805-239-8979.

WHEN: April 16, 2009 at 7:30PM ages 18+

WHERE: DOWNTOWN BREW in SLO located at 1119 GARDEN STREET - SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401

WHAT: A local show hosted by Downtown Brew featuring BODY, one of the Central Coast’s most explosive funk-rock-reggae bands, as opener, followed by The People’s Party, a band from Venice, CA that plays what they call “hippy-hop” music (a combination of funk, rock, jazz, ska, and hip-hop). A portion of proceeds from the show will go towards the Prado Day Center helping homelessness.

The bands ask you to bring canned goods, clothing vouchers, and donations to help us raise awareness and make a difference for homeless people in San Luis Obispo, CA. Are you aware and doing anything? The stereotype about homelessness is not correct: the people you see panhandling downtown are an extreme minority among the homeless population and many have paid employment that is still not enough to get them in housing. Out of the more than 4,050 homeless in San Luis Obispo County, over 980 are CHILDREN. According to Dan Pronsolino, a realtor for Coldwell Banker who helps make PradoDayCenter.org happen, “the Center needs our help more than ever due to the difficult economic times we’re living in. Raising exposure is huge for us right now.” Scott Andrews, BODY promoter/saxophonist, asks “If you care about those struggling, help us sell out this concert! Donate, too!” Andrews believes the concert will sell out so he suggests you buy tickets early from Downtown Brew ticket office, Boo Boo Records, or Ticketweb.com. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. BODY is offering a free Bushworld CD Single and a Funk Fest T-Shirt (donated from slojazzfest.org) to the person who brings or sends the most canned goods, donation, or clothing vouchers to the concert. Donations may also be made to Prado Day Center.

"The acid colors pulse with an unnatural energy, as though they might be about to engulf the dark forms. At times the digitized splatters of paint recall the electrified colors and patterns of a brain scan. It is intense and visceral, like the traces of a memory that can be felt but no longer pictured," said Meredith Mendelsohn of ARTnews.

Borrowing from the personal encounters of his life, work and global travels, Firestone captures the essence of the human spirit through the use of new-tech methods with traditional symmetry and focus of subject. The exhibition represents a selection of the artist’s favorite works, a colorful collection of faces, cityscapes and nudes.

"Life and creativity are the antithesis of cynicism and despair. As an artist, I have attempted to live a creative life, searching and striving for meaning and beauty. Working with the computer as a creative instrument, I have attempted to invent something feelingful, sensitive and beautiful out of an unfeeling machine, translating my feeling for people and their emotions into tangible works of art,” said Firestone.

The gallery will open to the public Tuesday, October 28th and be open daily from 11 am to 5 pm and by appointment thereafter. Tamsen Gallery, 3888 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Phone: (805) 687-2200.

TEMPLETON: Community Center, 600 Main Street in Templeton on Friday, April 17th, 6:30pm. 6:30pm taste some delicious raw food samples, 7pm film / 8:30pm Q&A with raw foodies from SLO and the Transition North County FoodGroup. Raw Foodies Stephanie, Luke, Will, and Brandie will be at both events to answer questions and have samples of their raw food. In Templeton, the discussion will not only include the Raw Foodies but the Food Workgroup of the Transition SLO North County will be there to speak about how to strengthen our local food system. Sponsored by Nature’s Touch, Edible SLO, Smiling Dog Cafe, HopeDance FiLMs and Transition SLO North County. Please call HopeDance FiLMs at 369-0203 for details. Please visit www.hopedance.org for more film screenings. For more info about the Transition movement, please visit www.transitioncalifornia.ning.com . Simply Raw - Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days is a documentary film that chronicles six McDonald's-munching Americans with diabetes who switch to a diet consisting entirely of vegan, organic, live, raw foods in order to reverse diabetes naturally. The six participants are challenged to give up meat, dairy, sugar, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, soda, junk food, fast food, processed food, packaged food, and even cooked food as well as go without their loved ones and many of their creature comforts for 30 days. The results are amazing. “See how diabetic people heal themselves while living in a camp with Gabriel Cousens for 30 days on a raw food diet. It will blow you away!” - HopeDance “It’s incredibly inspiring to watch these folks lose weight, lower their blood sugar levels naturally and make some great friendships while learning that you don't need to be at the mercy of insulin for the rest of your life. If you work in the field of “health care” (as I do) you have a responsibility to offer options like this to your patients and clients.

Coalesce Bookstore, (805) 772-2880. Showtime : 7PM tickets $20.

For more info contact ARTS Obispo at (805) 544-9251.

Seating is limited, so register soon by calling NCSD at 929-1133 or emailing cwhitlow@ncsd.ca.gov

For more information, go to www.pasoroblescooppreschool.com

Cambria Chamber of Commerce 927-3624 www.cambriachamber.org

WHY: The Junior League of Santa Barbara is hosting a marrow registry drive to strengthen its relationship with the National Marrow Donor Program. The Junior League of Santa Barbara is committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. The National Marrow Donor Program is a non-profit organization dedicated to making transplant possible for patients from every racial and ethnic community. They work to provide hope and deliver a cure to all patients in need.

WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, April 18, 2009. 10:30am – 3:30pm. De La Guerra Plaza On E. De La Guerra St. between State St. and Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 559-917-7999, 303-250-6429.

For more information, call 237-4741 or visit our website at www.prcity.com/recreation.

Who: Café Musique
What: In Concert at the Steynberg Gallery
When: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 7:30 pm
Where: Steynberg Gallery 1351 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo
Cost: Tickets are $15.00
Contact: Peter Steynberg, 805-547-0278, www.steynberggallery.com
Bio/Pictures: www.cafemusique.org/media.htm

The concert at Steynberg will be an opportunity for Café Musique to put the final touches on several new tunes in preparation for its first ever BAY AREA tour. The group will be making appearances at the internationally renowned jazz club, Kuumbwa, in Santa Cruz, the historic Monterey Live theater in Monterey and a live appearance at KPIG in Watsonville. Hailing from the Central Coast of California, Café Musique is a musical collage of waltz, tango, gypsy and swing. Their unique sound is defined by the beautiful and driving combination of violin, accordion, bass, guitar and percussion, along with vocals that are reminiscent of music from another era.

Musicians:
Brynn Albanese,violin & vocals
Piper Heisig,percussion & vocals
Duane Inglish,accordion
Craig Nuttycombe,guitar & vocals
Fred Murray,Bass

Castoro Cellars (805) 238-0725. Showtime : 7:30PM tickets $20.

The public is invited to visit the campus for Open House and stay late to enjoy an evening of live entertainment.

The Cal Poly Symphony, University Jazz Band and Cal Poly Wind Ensemble will perform in the concert, "Around the World in 80 Minutes." Wind Ensemble Director William Johnson says, “It took 80 days in Jules Verne's book, but after an exciting day at Cal Poly's Open House, we will take you on a musical journey around that world in 80 minutes (approximately!).”

The Cal Poly Symphony, conducted by David Arrivée, will make the first stop on the world tour by playing music of Latin America: Piazzolla's "Tres Movimientos Tanguisticos Porteños" (mvt. 2) and Marquez' "Conga del Fuego Nuevo."

The University Jazz Band, directed by Paul Rinzler, will take the audience to Ethiopia with “Amlak Abet Abet,” an Ethiopian pop tune from the 1970s, rearranged by innovative big band The Either/Orchestra. The Jazz Band will also visit other locations around the world for some of the best jazz inspired by music of foreign countries.

The Wind Ensemble will tour Russia with excerpts of Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italian,” Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade.” Then the Wind Ensemble will make a stop in Brazil for a brilliant, five-minute finale conducted by Dario Sotelo from São Paulo, Brazil.

Tickets to the Open House Concert range from $8 to $19 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. To order by phone, call SLO-ARTS (756-2787); to order by fax, dial 756-6088. Ample parking will be available.

Sponsored by Cal Poly's College of Liberal Arts, Music Department and Instructionally Related Activities program.

The Buddha (teacher), the Dharma (teachings) and the Sangha (community), the three jewels of refuge, are closely inter-related. We can rely on them in our aspiration for ultimate awakening. The Buddha, the accomplished and the awakened, is our inspiration. Understanding the qualities of these “three jewels” as presented in this sutra connects us to the base, path and fruition of the authentic process of awakening taught by the Buddha. Buddhist Dharma Teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips completed two 3-year meditation retreats as a student of the Mahamudra meditation master Gendun Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling Monastery in France where he received the transmission of the Karma Kagyu Lineage. Prior to focusing on meditative practices, Dawa pursued advanced studies in the arts, a career in the entertainment industry and worked with severely ill cancer and cardiac patients. Today, he teaches throughout Europe and the US , offering guidance to those on the spiritual path and is the resident teacher of Bodhi Path Center Santa Barbara. We meet Sundays from 10 a.m. till noon and Wednesdays from 6:30 pm to about 8 pm for Meditation, Practice, Teachings and Discussion. Meditation instruction available. Beginners always welcome.

For more information, call Sergeant Eryn Sanders (785) 477-4215 or kernlsanders@yahoo.com

Contacts are Larry, 929-6710, Charlie, 929-3589.

The City of Pismo Beach Recreation Division proudly presents a brand new FREE community event, Pacific Breeze Concerts at Dinosaur Caves Park this spring. Make sure you bring your lawn chairs for amphitheater-style seating or blankets to sit in the grassy area over looking the stage! If you work up an appetite, don’t worry Alex’s BBQ and Doc Burnstein’s will have food for sale! These events are made possible thanks to our many community sponsors: Pismo Beach Conference & Visitors Center, Rabobank, SeaCrest Resort, Pismo Beach Business Improvement Group, Shell Beach Improvement Group, Coast News, El Dorado Broadcasters, Burdine’s Printing & Coastal Vacation Rentals.

What/Where: Concerts in the Park, Dinosaur Caves Park
When/Time: Sundays, 1-4pm
Date: April 19th
Big Daddy’s Blues Band www.bigdaddysblues.com
Intermission: Kite demonstrations - The Sky’s the Limit

For more information, please contact the City of Pismo Beach Recreation at 773-7063 or visit www.pismobeach.org.

The concert, including the All-State Festival Wind Orchestra, the Festival Symphony Orchestra and Festival Jazz Band will help conclude the weekend’s Open House festivities. The Festival's Solo Competition winner will also perform with pianist Susan Azaret Davies as accompanist.

The Festival Wind Orchestra will perform Brazilian works, including Ricardo Silva's "Baicatu" and movements from "Suite Brasileira," Camargo Guarnieri's "Dansa Selvagem" (Savage Dance), Heitor Villa- Lobos' "Chôros no. 5," Hudson Nogueira's "Recife em Festa" and Edson Beltrami's "Marcha."

The Festival Jazz Band will perform Duke Ellington's "In a Mellow Tone," Gregory Yasinitsky's "Terry's Song," Tito Puente's "Ran Kan Kan" and Tadd Dameron's "Lady Bird."

The Festival Symphony Orchestra will perform George Frideric Handel's "Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks" and Igor Stravinsky's "Suite from the Firebird."

Dario Sotelo, artistic director and conductor of the Brazilian National Wind Orchestra, will conduct the Festival Wind Orchestra. Sotelo is in great demand as both a guest conductor and a lecturer. He has worked closely with Brazilian composers and arrangers to promote Brazilian music through new commissions, premiering their music with the Brazilian Wind Orchestra and the Paulista Symphonic Orchestra.

Terry Summa will lead the Festival Jazz Band. Summa was the director of bands at Foothill College for more than 20 years. Recent awards include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Jose Jazz Society and Outstanding Service Recognition from the Cazadero Music Camp. He was inducted into the California Music Educators Association Hall of Fame in March of 2008, and was recently inducted into the California Jazz Alliance's Hall of Fame, in recognition of his many accomplishments.

For tickets, call 805-489-9444 or visit www.clarkcenter.org.

In April 2009, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and Immersion Presents invite students to join us for a live broadcast highlighting OCEAN EXPLORATION. This science-based learning opportunity for local school groups includes exciting hands-on activities that correspond with actual research expeditions taking place around the world. Students will explore the TECHNOLOGY behind ocean exploration, including REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (ROVS), AUTONOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUVs) & SIDE-SCAN SONAR. The 2-hour program highlights expeditions in the Black Sea, Newfoundland and the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, giving young explorers the chance to delve below the surface, learning more about diverse marine environments alongside some of the foremost researchers in the field! Live broadcasts and corresponding hands-on activities are available at the Museum for school/youth groups Monday through Friday. Pre-visit materials and curriculum further enhance this dynamic live broadcast program.

To register a class or group, call (805) 962-8404 ext. 109 or email amorris@sbmm.org

This meeting is sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Society for Technical Communication (SLO STC, http://slostc.org), is open to the public, and is free of charge. Date & Time: Monday evening, April 20, 2009, 6:00-8:30 PM. Join us for networking and refreshments at 6:00 PM, followed by the meeting announcements and presentation at 6:30 PM. (NOTE: This is the third Monday of the month this time.) Location: KCBXnet computer training room, 4100 Vachell Lane, San Luis Obispo (at the intersection of S. Higuera St. and Vachell Lane, between Tank Farm Rd. and Los Osos Valley Rd). From your starting point: Driving directions and map. Discussion facilitator: Randy Peyser, the owner and CEO of Author One Stop (http://AuthorOneStop.com), a comprehensive publishing advisory service for aspiring authors. She also created the Write-a-Book Program, and is one of only a few people in the country who specializes in representing authors in finding literary agents and publishers at Book Expo America (BEA), which is the largest Book Expo in the U.S. Randy is a frequent media guest, and speaks for publishing conferences, business organizations, writers organizations, and spiritual organizations around the country. Description: "How to Position Yourself as an Expert by Writing a Book." Want to be perceived as a top expert in your field? Writing a book is one of the quickest ways to solidify your reputation, gain credibility in the eyes of your potential clients, and make yourself stand out above your competition. Having a book will help you attract more clients, extend your visibility and build your brand. Your book can help you obtain media exposure, attract business collaborators, and seamlessly get new prospects into your pipeline. You can use your book for back-of-the-room sales when you speak, at trade shows, or whenever you want to establish your presence as an expert.

For more information about the open house, please contact the HCRC at (805) 542-6234 or www.frenchmedicalcenter.org.

The City of Pismo Beach Council members will be updated on an important Pismo Creek water quality improvement project at their next City Council meeting, April 21st. The 5:30 pm meeting location is 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach in the City Council Chambers. The Lower Pismo Creek Vegetation Maintenance Project is slated to occur this summer just upstream of the City Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project is one of many recommended projects arising out of the voluntary Pismo Creek/Edna Area Watershed Management Plan recently released by Central Coast Salmon Enhancement, a local nonprofit based in Arroyo Grande. According to Stephnie Wald, Watershed Projects Manager with Salmon Enhancement, “This project is important for water quality and steelhead trout in Pismo Creek and as a demonstration of beneficial partnerships among municipal, nonprofit and non-regulatory agencies.” The Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (RCD) will oversee the project, the California Conservation Corps will provide the labor, and funds from the City’s Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) will cover project costs. The SEP was approved by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board in association with past water quality violations which occurred prior to the construction of the City’s updated wastewater treatment plant. The City elected to direct fine monies toward the development of the watershed plan and for projects arising from the plan. This is the first SEP project that will be completed with the funds. The project will accomplish several goals: • Facilitate passage of heavy stream flows. Improved flow passage will assist with: o Reduced stream sedimentation o Increased flushing of the Pismo Lagoon o Reduction of downstream risk of flooding due to debris jams • Protect water quality by: o Reducing risk of flooding of the Pismo Creek Sanitation Plant.

Cost: $8 members, $10 nonmembers per class.

The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission presents, Visual Inquiry: Mixed Media, an exhibition of regional artists curated by John Hood, from February 23 – May 22, 2009 at the Betteravia Government Center, 511 E. Lakeside, Santa Maria. The opening reception will be Wednesday, February 25, from 4-6pm.

Visual Inquiry: Mixed Media brings together former students of Allan Hancock College, all now exhibiting artists in the community; and current students from the Santa Maria area. The twelve artists include: Karen Carson, Denise Chavoya, Sandra Clouse, John Dilenger, Becky Hellwig, Felicia Kincaid, Dana Litzenger, Jonathan Lord, Claire Milburn, Juan Manuel Perez, Ariana Sarinana and Carey Reimer. The mixed media exhibition brilliantly brings into play all the artistic license artists can bring to bear - utilizing standard images from photography, printmaking, painting and drawing to the wilder side of puzzle pieces, newspapers, sea shells, and yes, even chicken wire.

John Hood is an exhibiting artist and Instructor of Art & Design at Allan Hancock College, and Arts Commissioner from the 5th District. He recently curated the Altered Mixed Media exhibition at the Shepard Gallery and is looking forward to curating future shows at the Betteravia Center, as well as designing and installing them with student helpers. “I am excited by the rich opportunities this mixed media show presents to the community. It is another welcomed cultural event at the Betteravia gallery and a gift to the general public. To be offered a chance to showcase contemporary art here in the valley is a rare treat. With this exhibition, and future exhibitions, we hope to challenge its audience, young and old, to pursue all creative and educational interests.”

This exhibition is a project of the County Arts in Public Places (CAPP) Committee of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission with generous funding support provided by the following: Esther Bates, Charles L. Bloom Foundation, Teen Conlon, Joan Cyr, Joan Davidson, Phyllis De Picciotto, Jacqueline Dyson, 7 Day Nursery, Mary Heebner, Joanne Holderman, Betty and Bob Klausner, Elaine LeVasseur, Jon and Lillian Lovelace, The Palm Loft Gallery, Frances Puccinelli, Scott Rowland, Rick and Ro Sanders, William Prindle, C. Dana White and Jana Zimmer.

Information Sessions at CASA office:
Held the 4th Wednesday of each month at noon at 75 Higuera, Suite 180, San Luis Obispo.

Information Sessions at Starbucks:
Held the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm.

For locations, call 541-6542 or visit our website at www.slocasa.org.

* Rare photos from a 1932 Expedition to Mount Konka, Tibet
*Contemporary Photographs taken by Exiled Monks of Drepung, compliments of The Tibetan Photo Project.
* Tibet Today: Local and International Photographers including Scott McClaine, Dr. Lita Singer, Marshall Gorges and David Herschorn.
* Rare and Contemporary Tibetan Art and Artifacts from the collections of Dennis and Suzanne Shanelec and Jack and Rose Herschorn; Replicas of the rare Blue Beryl medical paintings, or Thangkas, owned by Dr. Tashi Rabten, president of the International Tibetan Medical Association.
* Books, Films and Jewelry available for sale and viewing.
* We will be honored with two Tibetan guests: Mr. Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama will speak at the opening. Also, Dr. Tashi Rabten, a graduate from the Tibetan Medical School in Lhasa, president of the International Tibetan Medical Association, and founder of the Tibetan Green Health Center in New York.

Exhibit runs through July 15.

For reservations call (800) 483-6387 or log-on to www.sierravistaregional.com

Moira Smiley and VOCO, Inga Swearingen, Rebecca Kleinmann, John Zerteke, and Melanie Hutton come together to perform a special concert on Earth Day! This extraordinary gathering of musicians brings roots of jazz to Appalachian, Brazilian music to Balkan, with the common thread of exquisite voices and improvisation. About Moira Smiley and VOCO (pictures attached): Ethereal and gritty four-part vocal harmony and delicious vaudevillian combo of cello, accordion and banjo. Original improvisation-built songs steeped in Appalachia and Eastern Europe. Voted #1 a cappella band in the U.S. in 2007, VOCO is the energy of street singing and the elegance of a string quartet. Touring 2009 with the newest LIVE CD "circle, square, diamond & flag", released in October, 2008. Sweet, hard-driving Americana mixed with crooked eastern European dance and dissonance, with body-stompin' percussive movement. Joyous, magnificent, hair-raising harmonies - music that mourns and dances at the same time. Called "a truly phenomenal act" by Folkworks Magazine, "fascinating and multi-lingual" by the LA Times. "Their body percussion sets are a sight to behold!".

Instrumentation
Moira Smiley - vocals, percussion, banjo, accordion
Jess Basta - vocals, body percussion
Jessica Catron - cello, vocals, body percussion
Christine Enns - vocals, body percussion

Links:
www.moirasmiley.com
www.rebeccakleinmann.com
http://www.myspace.com/ingaswearingen
http://www.zworldmusic.com/zworldmusic.html
http://www.myspace.com/melaniehutton

For more information please visit, www.supportcenter.org

For further information, contact 925-4488.

For more information: www.AnEveningWithRobertBly.com and www.RobertBly.com

All proceeds will benefit: The Mankind Project of Santa Barbara, Domestic Violence Solutions of Santa Barbara and Boys-to-Men Mentoring Network.

Concert Location: River Oaks Hot Springs 800 Clubhouse Drive Paso Robles, CA 93446

Amphitheater seating is available for the concert. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets or low back chairs for seating. Food, wine, beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase. Outside beer, wine, ice chest and food may not be brought into the Concert. Enjoy a night of music, wine and hot air balloon glow at River Oaks Amphitheater. Friday, April 24, 2009. Paso Robles Hot Air Balloon Festival is April 24-26, 2009. Hot Air Balloon Rides, tethering, exhibitors, youth activities, model airplane demonstrations, food vendors and more! Visit www.EstrellaAssociates.com for more information and a schedule of activities.

"Twitch & Shout” (1993) by Producer/Director Laurel Chite
Running time is 60 minutes, followed by a brief interactive discussion.
Movie time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm

"This award-winning film provides an in-depth look at the sometimes puzzling neurological disorder called Tourette syndrome (TS). Those afflicted with this illness must often contend with uncontrollable physical twitching and verbal outbursts. This film features a photojournalist with TS sharing what it's like to try and lead a relatively normal life in spite of this disability." - Elizabeth Smith, All Movie Guide

"Music Within" (2007) by Director Steven Sawalich
Running time is 93 minutes, followed by a brief interactive discussion.
Movie time: 7:30 - 9:00 pm

The true story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant speaker with a troubled past. Pimentel returns from a tour of duty in Vietnam, his hearing severely impaired and finds true purpose and meaning in his life working on behalf of Americans with disabilities. Assistive devices for hearing and viewing the films will be available. Sign language interpreter will be present. Both films have open captions. Admission is free, and this event is part of the annual SLO Life without Limits Week.

Cafe Vostro 228 W. Grand Ave. Grover Beach, CA 93433.

For more info (805) 602-0051.

Katherine Arthur, soprano, and Susan Azaret Davies, piano, will perform two song cycles: "Durch die Nacht" by Ernst Krenek (with poems by Karl Kraus), and "Liederkreis," op. 39 by Schumann (set to poems by von Eichendorff).

The program will also include "Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut," an aria from Bach's Cantata No. 199, and will feature guest artist Linda Ashworth on the oboe.

Arthur, who teaches voice at Cal Poly and is the opera director at UC Santa Barbara, has appeared as a soloist with the Southwest Chamber Music Ensemble, Santa Barbara Oratorio Society and Pacific Repertory Opera. As a guest artist in Europe, she recorded works for Austrian Radio, and a solo CD with ORFEO records.

Davies has performed at the Oregon Bach Festival, Cabrillo Festival, Long Beach Bach Festival and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. She has also performed in concerts with the Gachinger Kantorei of Stuttgart, Germany, and the New York Philharmonic. She teaches piano and is an accompanist for the Cal Poly Choirs and Cuesta Master Chorale.

Tickets are $6 for students and senior citizens and $10 for the public. They are on sale at the Performing Arts Ticket Office 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekends. Order online at www.pacslo.org or by phone, call SLO-ARTS (756-2787); to order by fax, dial 756-6088.

Patrons who buy season tickets to four Music Department events through the Performing Arts Ticket Office will receive a 10 percent discount; a 15 percent discount is given to those who buy tickets to five or more events.

The performance is sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department and College of Liberal Arts. For more information, call the Music Department at 756-2406.

The dance will be from 8 to 10:30 p.m. in Chumash Auditorium in the University Union at Cal Poly. Free swing dance lessons will be given at 7 p.m.

The University Jazz Band will perform authentic big-band classics suitable for dancing or listening.

Admission to the dance is $10 for the public and $6 for students. The event is sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and the Instructionally Related Activities program.

For a complete list of Music Department events go online to http://music.calpoly.edu/calendar.

Visit www.EstrellaAssociates.com for event information and festival schedule.

Set for April 25 – Come One, Come All

Calling all yard sale junkies! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 25, when more than 60 households - all within a short walk of each other - will be selling everything from A to Z during the 3rd Annual Santa Margarita Beautiful Community Yard Sale. The event is sponsored by Santa Margarita Beautiful, a group of volunteers who have thought of everything to make it as easy as possible for shoppers to easily find just what they have been looking for. Starting at 8:00 am, you can pick up a map of all participating addresses at Something Blue (located on 22324 G Street – also called El Camino) and plan your route. Signs will also be posted around town to point you in the right direction. Participating households will be open for business starting at 8:00 a.m. and until the last treasures are sold or packed up (whichever comes first). From household goods to collectibles, sporting goods to musical instruments, craft items to vintage cars, you’ll find it all at the Santa Margarita Community Yard Sale. Bring your appetite and start the morning with a pancake breakfast at Bonnie Marie’s, located just a block away from Something Blue at 22200 El Camino Real, at the corner of Pinal Street. For more information: www.santamargaritabeutiful.org, or contact Samadhy Moises Coots at 805-602-2774/samadhym@hotmail.com or Jennifer Blue Allen at 805-438-3898/blueallen@charter.net.

For more information, contact the Shelter at 466-5403.

Contact: Jo Ellen Butler (805) 927-2856 www.ffrpcambria.org

Try to imagine the variety of wildflowers that bloom between the Monterrey County line and the Morro Bay Estuary to the north and south; and from the ridge of the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Pacific to the east and west. Then try to visualize bouquets of these flowers covering tables that fill the Cambria Veteran’s Memorial Building, on Main Street, for two days. Almost impossible - unless you have been to the Cambria Wildflower Show in years past. If you have been to the show before you are probably looking forward to it with anticipation. If you haven’t, it will be an extraordinary surprise. Each year the show is a marvel to behold. Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve will sponsor the Cambria Wildflower Show on Saturday, April 25 from noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can come see a display of fresh wildflowers collected on the day before by trained and permitted volunteers. The purpose of the show is to enhance the enjoyment and knowledge of wildflowers all under one roof. Each flower sample will be labeled with its botanical name and family, along with its common name. Trained collectors have permits and collect only from areas that have an abundance of each type of flower. Each year the show is different depending on growing conditions. The show will be free to students of all ages, but for others a $3 donation at the door to is asked to help cover costs. A bibliography will be provided to everyone attending. This will be a valuable aid to those who would like to continue investigating the wildflowers they see at the show and in nature. A species list of over 400 different plants, plant identification books, wildflower seeds, wildflower photo cards and other items will be for sale. The Wildflower Café will also be selling coffee, water, sweets and other goodies to add to your enjoyment as you walk through the display or sit awhile at a table. Come see what all the excitement is about on the last weekend in April and join us for the biggest bouquet on the central coast!

For more information, contact Cuesta College Performing Arts at 546-3195.

The Newman Catholic Center will host the annual Spring Fundraiser on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Madonna Inn Garden Room. The evening begins at 5:00 PM with a no host bar and silent auction followed by dinner at 6:30 PM and a reverse drawing. Dinner tickets are $70.00 per person and there is a choice of three meal options. Guests will choose their own seating upon arrival. Reverse drawing tickets are $50.00 per ticket and participants will have a chance to win $3,500. Only 200 reverse drawing tickets will be sold. Tickets may be purchased by contacting the Newman Catholic Center (543-4105) by April 20, 2009 Funds raised at this event help support the spiritual and educational programs of the Newman Catholic Center which serves as a student parish for young adults attending Cuesta College and Cal Poly. The Catholic Diocese of Monterey generously supports the Newman Center by providing 45% of the operating budget. Various fundraising activities throughout the year provide the remaining funds. The spring event is an important component to fundraising at Newman. Named for the late Cardinal John Henry Newman, the Newman Catholic Center is part of the nationwide Newman movement which seeks to provide a Catholic environment for Catholic students attending public universities and private universities not associated with the Catholic Church. A Newman Club was begun at Cal Poly in the 1940’s and the Newman Center was established near the Cal Poly campus in 1985. The Newman Catholic Center is open to local college students Monday through Friday, providing Mass Monday through Thursday, Sunday evening College Mass (at Nativity Church) and an array of educational and outreach programs. The Center is a place of welcome, frequently referred to by students as “a home away from home.”

For more information contact Linda Garcia-Inchausti at 543-4105.

For tickets, call 805-489-9444 or visit www.clarkcenter.org

April 26 & May 24, 10am to noon

This meditation practice and teaching will focus on open-heartedness and open-mindedness with ourselves and our world. Aggression causes pain and suffering. Nobody wants to suffer and everyone wants to be happy. Learning to meditate with trained guidance can ease our suffering and truly transform our lives. We will discuss taking our sitting practice into our daily lives and finding the space in our busy lives for practice. Khedrub Zangmo has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 25 years. Under the guidance of the highly respected meditation master Lama Gendun Rinpoche, she took monastic vows and completed two consecutive three-year retreats at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling in central France . After completing her second retreat in 1997, Khedrub lived in the women's monastery established by Gendun Rinpoche and began teaching Buddhism in centers, schools and organizations in Europe and in the USA . At the request of Shamar Rinpoche, Khedrub moved back to the US in 2000. Khedrub is currently a resident teacher of the Pasadena Bodhi Path Center. We meet Sundays from 10 a.m. till noon and Wednesdays from 6:30 pm to about 8 pm for Meditation, Practice, Teachings and Discussion. Meditation instruction available. Beginners always welcome. All programs at: Bodhi Path Buddhist Center SLO 3484 Gregory Court, San Luis Obispo, 93401. Please park on Johnson Avenue.

Contact: Jo Ellen Butler (805) 927-2856 www.ffrpcambria.org

Try to imagine the variety of wildflowers that bloom between the Monterrey County line and the Morro Bay Estuary to the north and south; and from the ridge of the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Pacific to the east and west. Then try to visualize bouquets of these flowers covering tables that fill the Cambria Veteran’s Memorial Building, on Main Street, for two days. Almost impossible - unless you have been to the Cambria Wildflower Show in years past. If you have been to the show before you are probably looking forward to it with anticipation. If you haven’t, it will be an extraordinary surprise. Each year the show is a marvel to behold. Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve will sponsor the Cambria Wildflower Show on Saturday, April 25 from noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can come see a display of fresh wildflowers collected on the day before by trained and permitted volunteers. The purpose of the show is to enhance the enjoyment and knowledge of wildflowers all under one roof. Each flower sample will be labeled with its botanical name and family, along with its common name. Trained collectors have permits and collect only from areas that have an abundance of each type of flower. Each year the show is different depending on growing conditions. The show will be free to students of all ages, but for others a $3 donation at the door to is asked to help cover costs. A bibliography will be provided to everyone attending. This will be a valuable aid to those who would like to continue investigating the wildflowers they see at the show and in nature. A species list of over 400 different plants, plant identification books, wildflower seeds, wildflower photo cards and other items will be for sale. The Wildflower Café will also be selling coffee, water, sweets and other goodies to add to your enjoyment as you walk through the display or sit awhile at a table. Come see what all the excitement is about on the last weekend in April and join us for the biggest bouquet on the central coast!

For more information on Price Historical Park and information on how to join Friends of Price House, visit http://www.pricepark.org.

TRACY DI VITA tdivita@charter.net Pet Portraits and Western Art

Tracy Di Vita has always been interested in art, being encouraged by her parents as a young child to explore her creativity. Her family also engaged in the hobby of raising and showing dogs, Bloodhounds and Beagles, in the conformation ring and at scent field trials. The combination of these two interests when growing up helped d