Call (805) 544-9251 for more information.

To participate call our office at(805) 925-0951, ext. 836/837.

PBYT’s upcoming teen production of “Little Shop of Horrors” is sure to entertain its audience with its R&B-singing carnivore plant. The exotic plant offers Seymour, a floral assistant, fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination. Shows are July 31 & August 1 at 7:00pm and August 1 & 2 at 2:00pm, Pismo Beach Vets Hall, 780 Bello St., Pismo, Calif. Tickets will be sold at the door.

Contact: Barbara Ricardo The Temple of the People 805 489 2822 barbara@templeofthepeople.org

Any questions please email or call Dixie at dixiep@sbcglobal.net or 474-1525.

For more information about the program, call the Atascadero Library at 461-6162 and ask for Brian.

More Info 805-439-1013.

W H A T: Poetry and Song - Special features and open mike

W H I C H: Two special features this month will be: David Ochs, Central Coast's answer to Charles Bukowski, dead or alive George Asdel, whoever's answer George is to what you can be assured it is logical, artistic to the max, pure genius. See George and his cat on INFO: http://RollingYourOwnStone.com

W H E R E: Cafe Vio in Paso Robles 1111 Riverside Drive (just south of 14th Street, Granary, by Cool Hand Luke's.)

The theme will be ABUNDANCE. Fluid Drive is produced by Lilybea Anto'nie and Jack Luna Moth. Since one of the producers speaks four languages, maximum and multiple language use is encouraged - never fear, the translation is near. Complete details can be found on http://RollingYourOwnStone.com. (affectionately and succinctly called RYOS - pronounced 'rios' as in rivers. First half hour is reserved youth and children's poetry. Original works only. Multiple languages encouraged. Translation required but, young poets (and old) may pair each with a different language. Games and prizes. Song writers welcome, with or without walk on instruments. Beginning this month RYOS will be presenting clips of peformances and should you like a performance you can hit the paypal button under the performer to show your support. Fluid Drive is a vibrant blend of poetry, music, comedy and dance. Suggested entry method is five dollars to the door person. Performers of course simply have to wink knowingly to the door person. Fluid Drive is a community minded enterprise. If you wish to perform in Fluid Drive contact Fluid Drive through the web site RollingYourOwnStone.com Annnnnnnd your own song created, performed and recorded on the spot? jack luna moth, Fluid Drive.

There are two competing age groups: 4-12 years (pre-teens) and 13-17 years (teens)

Competition categories: Musical Instruments • Novelty/Variety/Comedy • Dance • Singing • Miscellaneous

BONUS PRIZES: • EVERY entry gets a certificate and potential prizes including dance lessons, music lessons, money, memberships and more. • Winners in each category and in each age group gets a trophy. • The overall winner gets the title of "Central Coasts BEST Talent" and helps hands off title next year • The overall winner gets a booking agent with Rich Ferguson Entertainment. The top talent will be the #1 showcased talent on www.EventEntertainers.org.

To find out more information, visit us at www.centralcoasttalent.com

The Mission: Rich Ferguson, 2008's "Best Entertainer", created Central Coast Talent in efforts to help promote Big Brothers Big Sisters. With a desire to create a venue to bring the community together in a healthy and creative way, Rich created an event for kids of all ages. In turn, our local kids help raise money and awareness for kids matched in the BBBS system! "Our community has been asking for something fun and entertaining like this!" central coast talent

CONTACT: Holly Mackay, Art From Scrap Artistic Director PHONE: (805) 884-0459 ext. 15

Be The Match Marrow Registry/National Marrow Donor Program helps patients who need a life-saving marrow or blood stem cell transplant. The program is an unrelated nation wide registry, in which patients turn to when they are not able to find a match within there own family. ** 70% of patients do not have a match within their family ** Joining the registry is easy, donors need to be between the ages of 18 and 60 and be in general good health. The donor needs to complete a health questionnaire, meet the required health guidelines, and have the inside of their cheeks swabbed. This will add them to the national registry. Visit www.bethematch.org on-line & review : MYTHS & FACTS about bone marrow donation, FAQs about joining the registry, UNDERSTANDING your commitment, MEDICAL GUIDELINES for joining the registry, WEIGHT GUIDELINES for joining, & STEPS of BONE MARROW or PBSC DONATION. In honor of cancer patients, their families, friends and all who are, have been, or will be affected; “Be the Match Registry/National Marrow Donor Program” from City of Hope , will be sponsoring; “ON-LINE DRIVE” for the entire month of August. Log on, www.http:/join.marrow.org. When asked to provide a "Promo Code", please enter Pismo4Life. ”LIVE DRIVE” Sunday, August 16th. 11:00 am to 3:00pm Location: Pismo Beach in the Rabo Bank parking lot (on the corner of Oak Park & James way). Other ways people can help…….. Fund Hope for the future: It costs $100 to add a new member to the Be The Match Registry. City of Hope has graciously offered funds to make this drive possible. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to ensure that City of Hope can continue adding new members to the registry. Contact Vivian Abernathy at vabernathy@coh.org to arrange to make a donation. -God Bless-

Faulkner Gallery, SBarbara Public Library on Anapamu. Conversation afterwards; Sugested donation, $7.

Wednesday, August 12, Time for your Questions 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

$15 suggested donation.

For more information: 528-0654 www.stbenslososos.org

For more information, visit www.centralcoastshakespeare.org.

Gainesville, Florida author, Trish Riley, is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Greening Your Business and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Living will discuss Greening Your Business. A representative from Cal Poly's Organic Farm will be talking about its Community Sponsored Agriculture program, local food systems and resources.

There will be other panelists with presentations with time for questions and answers. The event and presentation is free and open to the public. For more information please contact: Christine Heinrichs, christine.heinrichs@gmail.com, (805) 203-5018. Or Coalesce Bookstore, 845 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA (805) 772-2880.

For information call 237-2722.

For information call 237-2722.

Produced and narrated by Hollywood icon Leonardo Di Caprio, the film looks at the impending crises of global warming, peak oil, and destruction of land and ocean habitats and concludes that “humanity and nature are on a collision course” as we arrive at the 11th hour.The film poses a key question to viewers: Will we humans have the will to create a sustainable world in time to prevent catastrophe? And if we do have the will, what de we need to do as individuals, communities and nations to make the needed changes? We will discuss the film as it applied to San Luis Obispo County and especially to the North County.

The film showing is one of several North County activities planned by the Transition Towns Paso Robles group. The Transition movement began in England and has migrated across the ocean. There are now 170 Communities who are officially “Transition Towns”, and many more who embrace its principles (such as Smart Cities, a Sierra Club initiative. Their primary purpose is to meet the three toughest challenges of our times: peak oil; economic instability; and climate change by rebuilding community resilience and self-reliance. Information can be found at: www.transitiontowns.org; www.transitioncalifornia.org; and for North County events, at http://tinyurl.com/d95ck6.

Info (805) 545-7916 email: pdsloc@gmail.com http://www.progressivecaucuscdp.org

This event is being hosted by Cal Poly Democrats and Progressive Democrats of San Luis Obispo County.

For more info call 466-1328.

For more information call the Greenspace office 805-927-2866 or email rick@greenspacecambria.org.

The exhibit opens with a reception Saturday, June 13, 2 - 4 p.m.

* Registration closes on Wednesday, August 12th at 5:00pm.

Who: Sage Eco Eco Garden & Nursery

When: Thurs Aug 20, 2009

Where: Sage Eco Garden & Nursery, Los Osos

Sage Ecological Landscapes www.sagelandscapes.net P.O. Box 6053 Los Osos, CA 93412. This is a community event to both raise awareness of the organization and try to build a larger network of community members interested in sustainable building in SLO county. Come support SLO Green Build and network with people involved in the green building sceene in San Luis Obispo.

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

Peppino D'Agostino, voted "BEST ACOUSTIC GUITARIST" by readers of Guitar Player Magazine’s 2007 Reader’s Choice Awards, is not your conventional steel-string acoustic guitarist. He cannot be pinned down to a particular style and that's exactly the way this internationally acclaimed virtuoso wants it. "I'm not just an acoustic guitar player," he said. "I want to stretch the limits of the acoustic guitar in terms of melody, harmony and rhythm, adding percussive effects while addressing those first three elements. Ultimately, my mission is to touch people in a heartfelt way both emotionally and intellectually." A familiar performer to this area, Peppino has been coming to play for Slofolks every August for over twenty years. Tickets are: $22. Steel String Acoustic Guitarist. “Peppino writes wonderful guitar pieces. He's one of my favorite composers for this cranky instrument. Plus, he's a tone player. I love his sound... gets the resin and the wood." Leo Kottke. www.slofolks.org.

For more information contact info@slomra.org

Web: myspace.com/redbarnseries or mollysrevenge.com

Call 528-4530 for more information.

Peppino D'Agostino, voted "BEST ACOUSTIC GUITARIST" by readers of Guitar Player Magazine’s 2007 Reader’s Choice Awards, is not your conventional steel-string acoustic guitarist. He cannot be pinned down to a particular style and that's exactly the way this internationally acclaimed virtuoso wants it. "I'm not just an acoustic guitar player," he said. "I want to stretch the limits of the acoustic guitar in terms of melody, harmony and rhythm, adding percussive effects while addressing those first three elements. Ultimately, my mission is to touch people in a heartfelt way both emotionally and intellectually." A familiar performer to this area, Peppino has been coming to play for Slofolks every August for over twenty years. Joining him this year, hailed as the world’s leading bassist – Michael Manring – a Grammy-nominated composer. A long time favorite, this show is always a sell-out. Be sure to get your tickets early. Saturday, August 22, Castoro Cellars, 7:00 PM, 805.238-0725 (with Michael Manring at Castoro Cellars only) Castoro opens at 6 p.m. and a catered dinner by Guiseppe’s will be served (for an extra charge) at 6 p.m. Tickets are: $22. “Peppino writes wonderful guitar pieces. He's one of my favorite composers for this cranky instrument. Plus, he's a tone player. I love his sound... gets the resin and the wood." Leo Kottke.

Since the late 70s, Bonoff has been one of America’s foremost singer/songwriters, with songs made famous by such folk/pop icons as Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, and Lynn Anderson. As a performer with a wide catalogue of top-selling albums, Bonoff brings her special signature to her musical interpretations. This intimate evening features long-time collaborator, guitarist Kenny Edwards. Tickets can be purchased online at www.pacslo.org or by calling the PAC Ticket Office at (805)-756-2787. Prices are $35.

More info: http://stuartmasonmusic.com http://hesperiahall.org

Gardeners and tomato lovers join the UCCE Master Gardeners of SLO County in their annual celebration of the fabulous and varied tomato. · TASTE many types of homegrown tomatoes and basil. · VOTE for the best tasting varieties. · BUY your favorite edible plants. · ATTEND expert-lead mini seminars: - Fruit-tree grafting with Joe Sabol, - Creating a Victory Garden with Rose Hayden-Smith, - Worm Composting with MG Alice Hamrick. · CHILDREN — make your own Tomato Heads. Location: SLO Botanical Garden in El Chorro Regional Park ($2 parking fee).

Pacific Repertory Opera presents "Broadway By the Sea" at the incomparable Chapman House in Shell Beach, Saturday, Aug. 29. The concert features an afternoon of show tunes in the gardens of a 1930s English Tudor style manor on the cliff. Enjoy professional opera singers performing Broadway favorites and other light songs at one of the most unique locales on the Central Coast. A silent auction featuring wine and tickets to fabulous performance offerings will be held in the gardens as well. Auction items include Opera San Jose's September 12th production of Massenet's Manon and SLO Symphony's Pops-by-the-Sea concert. Singers for this concert include Greek-American soprano Jamie Chamberlin, of Santa Barbara, who has been recognized as one of the premiere singing actresses of her generation. Chamberlin made her solo debut with Los Angeles Opera as the High Priestess in Aida and the Cretan Woman in Idomeneo, with Plácido Domingo. Christopher Reames, baritone, of Las Vegas, was recently selected as a top-ten finalist in the Franco-American Vocal Academy 2009 Grand Concours de Chant vocal competition. Soprano Laurelle Barnett, of Morro Bay, began her professional career with the national touring company of an American oratorio: John Brown's Body, directed by John Houseman. She has appeared in Pacific Repertory Opera's La Traviata (1994) and Gianni Schicchi (1993). Baritone Igor Vieira, of San Francisco, was a world finalist of the 1995 Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition in Philadelphia. Bring your own picnic and enjoy it at table seating or on your own blanket on the lawn. Tickets are $45 for table seating or $35 for lawn seating with chairs provided. The concert begins at 4pm, doors open at 3 pm. The Chapman House is located at 1243 Ocean Blvd in Shell Beach. Call the Opera office for tickets and directions at 805-541-5369. Limited seating available.

When: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 7:30-10:30 PM

Where: Madonna Inn Ballroom, San Luis Obispo

Admission: Free

Contact: Bob Alberti, 461-5993

Details: EVERY YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME, all over California (and in a few other states), the faint sounds can be heard. Tentative at first, then more assured, and louder. And closer. As the date approaches, the sounds become musical, rhythmic, and -- dare we say it? -- cool! And they're coming together in a hall near you on August 29. Who are these noisemakers, and what is their sound? They're the Cal Poly Collegians Alumni Big Band -- twenty talented musicians who bring the swingin' sounds of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Les Brown and more to San Luis Obispo every August. For everyone who is mature enough to remember the Big Bands of the 1940s to 1960s, and for every young person who is enjoying the current wave of enthusiasm for swing dancing, the date will be a memorable one indeed. Mark your calendar! The Cal Poly Collegians Alumni Big Band will present a dynamic program of big band jazz and swing for listening and dancing in the Ballroom at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo on Saturday, August 29, from 7:30 to 10:30pm. (No admission will be charged; voluntary contributions for the Collegians' jazz scholarship at Cal Poly will be invited.) The all-male Collegians ensemble -- predecessor to today's renowned University Jazz Bands at Cal Poly -- was founded in 1937 by long-time Cal Poly Music Department Head Harold P. Davidson (for whom the music classroom building is named).

Collegians Band info: www.cpcollegiansalumni.com

Madonna Inn events info: 543-3000.

Saturday, August 29 at 8 pm and Sunday, August 30 at 5 pm.

Delilah brings passion, heart and laughter to the romantically powerful torch songs of Edith Piaf, the legendary French singer, and the world of cabaret music. The show also includes songs of Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Weill, Jacques Brell and others. Each show consists of about 30 songs, in two sets, with a break in-between. With pianist John Cribb and guitarist Wayne Gamble.

The evening offers intimate table seating with Central Coast wines, beers and beverages available, plus desserts at the 8 pm performance. Show price $12.

For reservations or information, please call (805) 771-8907 or email cafelounge@pewterploughplayhouse.org. The Pewter Plough Playhouse Cafe is located on Main Street at Sheffield in Cambria’s West Village.

August 30, 10 am to noon

How does your mind work and manifest thoughts, feelings and your perceptions? What is the underlying reality of your being? Every moment of every day you are involved in, and dealing with the manifestations of your body and the experiences and expressions of your mind. They make up who you are and what you identify with most intimately. As you go through life, you experience manifold different states of physical and mental challenges in the search of well-being. During this teaching series we will explore the Buddha’s advice on how to correctly view the reality of ones body and the productions of ones mind when our aim is to reduce suffering. Teachings based on the 5 Skandhas and 51 Mental Events.

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.