Tickets: $15 general/$10 children under 13.

Fri/Sat 7pm, Sat/Sun 2 pm.

Please call 786-2440 or ONLINE at www.slolittletheatre.org. Thank you and Happy New Year!

For the 8th consecutive year, the YMCA is teaming up with the Cal Ripken Baseball League. The YMCA will run the T-Ball & Coach Pitch Program for kid's ages 5- 8 years old, and Cal Ripken will run the Kid-Pitch Program for youth ages 8-12 years old. Registrations will be taken at the YMCA Fitness Facility at 1020 Southwood Drive, just off Laurel Lane, in San Luis Obispo through February 13th, and registration forms can also be downloaded from our website www.sloymca.org/programs.htm#tball and faxed in to the attention of Cortney Stafford, 543-6202.

Register early and save $5 on your registration fee. Fee for the season is $65 if registered by February 13th, $70 thereafter. An additional $15 annual YMCA program membership may apply if not already paid for the year. Visit http://www.sloymca.org/programs.htm or contact Cortney Stafford, 543-8235 ext. 109 or cstafford@sloymca.org to learn more about the San Luis Obispo County YMCA sports programs and sponsorships for youth and teens.

Place: Morro Bay Veteran’s Memorial Hall 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay CA 93422

Cost: $40.00 for both days, $25.00 for one. Other arrangements can be made if the cost of the retreat is prohibitive. Dana (a contribution to help Alan continue his work) is not included in the retreat fee. Bring your lunch. Tea and snacks will be provided. Bring a mat and cushion if you want to sit on the floor. Chairs will be available.

Sunday, Feb. 1, 10-3 pm at Mitchell Park in SLO. SLO bike kitchen will be at Mitchell Park the first Sunday of every month until we find a permanent home. We will be on hand to help fix bikes; take donations; and hold clinics. Bring food for a picnic. Info: 540-8566 or sous-chefs@slobikekitchen.org

These are all-ages events.

What is SLO bike kitchen? A bicycle kitchen is a place for the community to come together for the purpose of bicycle education, camaraderie, parts recycling and do-it-yourself work which teaches you to be confident in knowing your bike. The kitchen is a repository of bicycle tools, bicycles, bicycle parts and knowledge available to the community to draw upon at very low or no cost. We can help you build a bike from the ground up or fix up that junker you found at a garage sale. The bike kitchen is currently working for non-profit status. We don’t have a home yet, but are still looking. Heard of something? Let us know! sous-chefs@slobikekitchen.org.

Join us at the San Luis Obispo County YMCA fitness facility to celebrate family, food, football, and fun! A barbecue starts the festivities at 2:00 pm. Hot dogs and veggie dogs will be served along with chips, veggies, and drinks. Kick-off is at 3:00, and raffles, games, and game-time snacks will be provided. Please register in advance as space is limited. Admission prices are: adults $4.00, children age 6-12 $1.00, children 5 and under are FREE. For more information or to sign up, please call the member services counter at 805-543-8235, or stop by the Y at 1020 Southwood Drive, San Luis Obispo, just off Laurel Lane.

Exhibition: The Essential Worker, Brett Leigh Dicks, Curator
Dates: November 10 – February 13, 2009
Hours: Mon. – Friday, 8am – 5pm, Free to the Public
Location: Betteravia Government Center, 511 E. Lakeside, Santa Maria
Reception: Thursday, November 13, from 4-6pm

The Essential Worker Brett Leigh Dicks, Curator

The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission presents The Essential Worker, a photographic exhibition of ten Tri-Counties photographers curated by Brett Leigh Dicks, from November 10 – February 13, 2009 at the Betteravia Building, 511 E. Lakeside, Santa Maria. The opening reception will be Thursday, November 13 from 4-6pm. Brett Leigh Dicks is an Australian photographer who is based in the United States, in addition to being the curator of various touring photographic exhibitions in Australia and the US. He also contributes editorially to numerous publications and journals on all matters artistic and creative.

The Essential Worker exhibition features color and black and white photographs that focus on workers essential to sustaining a thriving community. They come from the trades and the service industries and their tasks include preparing our meals, keeping us safe, cleaning up after us, tending our gardens, checking our health and even building our homes. All ten photographers fanned out with their assignments, working at a fast-paced frenzy completing all their work in a two to three month period. Photographers include: Nell Campbell, Patricia Clarke, Kate Connell, Bob DeBris, Cathy Gregg, Ian McKaig, Larry Mills, Barbara Parmet, Matthew Straka, and Paul Wellman. Nell Campbell, is a photographer with a history of photographing a diverse group of subjects, from political demonstrations, to burlesque dancers, to post-hurricane Louisiana.

Two sessions, Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8 pm at 4100 Vachell Lane in the KCBXnet Training Center.

To sign up: www.kcbx.net or call 805-781-2580 from 1:00 - 5:00 weekdays.

Sean Hutchenson (AKA Duke o' d'Uke) 6:30
Chick Tuesday (Featuring Miz Buffy Doran) 6:45
Acoustico 7:00
Bob and Wendy 7:15
Charles Duncan 7:30
Ted Waterhouse 7:45
Peter Yelda 8:30
Tim Jackson 8:45
Dave Miller 9:00
J Street Slim 9:15

There's no cover charge. Full bar. Great food. Come on down for a great evening of music.

For further information, call 801-8720.

Also, the YMCA invites everyone from the community to try out the many great aerobic group exercise classes it offers to strengthen your heart and improve your cardiac health on Wednesdays throughout February. These classes include Boot Camp at 6:30am, Cycling at 9:00am & 5:30pm, Swing Dance at 6:45pm, and Circuit Training at 6:30pm.

For more information about “Heart Month” at the San Luis Obispo County YMCA, please contact Nathan Asher at the YMCA at (805) 543-8235 ext. 115 or nasher@sloymca.org.

SEMINAR: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Karl Geiringer Hall (UCSB)
Free Admission

(UCSB Music Department Chair Paul Berkowitz will join the Tokyo String Quartet for Dvoräk's romantic Piano Quintet in A major in their performance on Feb. 4 in UCSB's Campbell Hall.) For ticket information, please call the UCB Arts & Lectures Box Office, 805-893-3535. These events are co-sponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Distinguished Artists Series in Chamber Music in the UCSB Department of Music.

This class meets on 4 consecutive Wednesdays from 2 - 4 in the afternoon. To sign up call 805-781-2580 or online at www.kcbx.net

Online registration available: www.spiritualcircle.org E-mail: spiritualcircle@spiritualcircle.org

For more information call (805) 995-1930.

For more information please visit us at www.supportcenter.org

Date: 1st Thursday, February 5, 2009, 4:30pm, Free to the Public.

Location: 21 West Anapamu St. Jardin de las Granadas Granada Paseo, between The Granada and the back of the Granada Garage, Santa Barbara, CA.

For those of you that have wondered what ever happened to the vibrantly colored and energetic Summer Solstice Celebration murals that were installed at 5 West Anapamu Street on the side of what was then The Earthling Bookstore, (later Copeland’s Sports) we have an answer. They’re back and better than ever! During the month of December and early January, through the coordination of Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and the City Redevelopment Agency, original mural artists Benjamin Bottoms and Richard McLaughlin painstakingly restored and installed three of the original five panels on the back wall of the Granada Garage in the paseo behind The Granada. The unveiling of the murals will take place as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony lead by Mayor Blum---celebrating the City Redevelopment Agency’s completion of the Granada Garage, Casas de las Granadas and the recently completed Jardin de las Granadas on Thursday, February 5th at 4:30pm. This event is a great opportunity to meet the artists and learn more about the history of the murals as well as the restoration process. As part of the celebration, the Solar Flair, from the 2009 Summer Solstice parade, a giant inflatable created by Pali Ex-Mano will be on display. Pali’s artwork is truly unique and very colorful and since 1990 has been a huge creative force in the parade. Summer Solstice Celebration performers will be on hand to add to the festivities. The murals were originally created as a temporary art installation in the heart of Santa Barbara’s Cultural Arts District in October 1995 with support from the County Arts Commission, the Downtown Organization, City Visual Art in Public Places Committee (VAPP) the Santa Barbara Cultural Development Foundation, and private donors. The popular murals included key architectural and topographical landmarks that frame detailed Summer Solstice parade imagery and participants. The Murals have been in storage since 1998, when they were removed by the new owners of the San Marcos Building. The murals were painted on Sun-Tex, a soft screen-like fabric, covered with gesso, a white acrylic coating which when painted looks and feels much like canvas. The artists were able to complete the restoration in Santa Barbara in a space generously provided by Ian Brown of DBN Carrillo and help from Investec Management staff. The restoration process required cleaning plaster and debris from the back of the murals, conserving the paintings and resurfacing the front of the murals to include UV and graffiti surface coatings. Their new permanent site is less than a block from their original location. Also part of the celebration at Jardin de las Granadas is the unveiling of four temporary public sculptures by Aris Demetrios---an exhibition made possible for the event by Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery. The idea of including foundations or pads for the display of temporary public art (to function much like the State of the Art Gallery along State Street) was the result of committee input in the planning stages of the Jardin. About the Solstice Artists: Ben Bottoms was born and raised in Santa Barbara and is from one of the area’s most illustrious art families. He is an accomplished actor, designer, and painter. Richard McLaughlin is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies, and one of the founding members of Mime Caravan and Summer Solstice Celebration where he served as Artistic Director for several years. He is also an accomplished performer, artist and yoga instructor.

"jazz-steeped compositions, which move from haunting to soothing in one intuitive swoop...” -Performer Magazine

With inspiration stemming from an array of genres including jazz, classical, rock and R&B, Obenski's music lends itself to an eclecticism that is surprisingly organic and natural. Her newest album, From The Deep*, (Released December 9th, 2008), features grand piano, cello, viola, bass, drums, mandolin and even accordion. And the instruments are perfectly balanced beneath her sweet and sultry vocals. The lyrics, always refreshingly honest and insightful, have been coined as "gripping" by critics. In 2007 her song, "Carousel", was heard on the TV show Grey's Anatomy, taking the song to number twenty-three on the iTunes Folk Chart. Before that, her second album had been receiving play on MTV's program, MADE, which is still using her music today. Both successes have come to her by surprise. The first album, What We Tell, was discovered by an MTV executive who randomly heard her music on someone's iPod. A few years later, and on a whim, an editor placed the song from her second album onto Grey's Anatomy. Being based out of Santa Cruz, California, Obenski tours mostly through the West Coast of the United States and plays steadily in the San Francisco Bay Area. She's performed in notable venues such as Biscuits and Blues in San Francisco, Don Quixote's in Santa Cruz, and has opened for the John Butler Trio in Los Angeles.

The UCSB Opera Theatre presents Donizetti's hilarious "Viva la Mamma!" -- an operatic satire of backstage life which has enjoyed tremendous international success since its revival in 1962. Performed in both Italian and English, the fully-staged production offers a great combination of lovely bel canto vocal writing, excellent comic ensembles, and the most outrageous stage mother you can imagine. Katherine Arthur is Stage Director, Dr. John Ballerino is Musical Director.

Call (805) 541-1400, ext. 302. for raffle tickets.
Drawing March 1, 2009
Raffle Tickets $100

SEE THEIR GARDENS—CULTIVATE YOURS

The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden offers raffle tickets for a once-in-a-lifetime trip for two to the British Garden Tour during Cornwall’s 2009 Festival of Spring Gardens. For only $100, ticket holders get the chance to see England’s most premier gardens and cultivate new programs and activities at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden. Only 500 tickets will be sold to win this extraordinary Grand Prize valued at over $8,250.

The 8-day escorted tour, which visits to Cornwall’s Eden Project and 10 other gardens, includes roundtrip airfare, meals, lodging, and ground transportation. “Go in with a friend or give tickets as gifts—the winners will see firsthand some of the great things we’re planning for the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden!” added Garden President Dave Porter.

More detailed information is available on the Garden’s Web site at www.slobg.org. Tickets may be purchased by calling (805) 541-1400, ext. 302. The tour drawing will be held on March 1, 2009.

The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is located on 150 acres in El Chorro Regional Park off Highway One between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo. When the master plan is complete, the Garden will be the only garden of its kind in the United States exclusively devoted to the ecosystems and plants of the five mediterranean climate regions of the world. Through its programs and facilities, the Garden fosters an appreciation and understanding of the relationship between people and nature and encourages a sense of stewardship toward the natural environment.

Other items up for auction to benefit ARTS Obispo's many programs include tickets to local festivals and arts events, plus fine art Valentines signed by celebrities.

A raffle for an array of fabulous prizes will also take place, with the prize drawing held on February 6th during Art After Dark.

Come celebrate a love of creativity while finding your loved one(s) a memorable gift that will be treasured for a lifetime!

Come meet new friends and network too!

The City Of Pismo Beach, Recreation Division is offering a NEW Father Daughter Sweetheart Dance for Valentine’s Day! This brand new event is for young ladies, three years to eighteen years, and the man in their life (Dad!). This great opportunity allows dads to treat their little valentine to a semi-formal night of dancing and fun. Snacks and beverages will be provided throughout the evening. Individually wrapped flowers and Polaroid pictures of the valentine couple are also included in the ticket price. Affordable professional portrait packages will also be available for purchase at this event. Pre-registration is required by February 1, 2009 for this enjoyable evening from 6:00-8:30pm on Friday, February 6th. Location: Pismo Beach Veterans' Hall, 780 Bello Street. Don’t miss this great chance to make a lasting impression and a loving memory. Tickets are $18.00 per couple; additional children in the same family are $7.00 each. For more information, please contact the Pismo Beach Recreation Division at 773-7063 or visit www.pismobeach.org.

Shevon Sullivan and her student potters have already been making bowls all month. Families are asked to come and glaze the bowls so they may be donated to the Empty bowls event. The studio teaches weekly classes to children and Adults. To look up a schedule visit www.anamcre.com. Come join in the throw fest held Friday Feb. 6th 6-9 PM. Anam-Cre' Studio is in the creamery at 570 Higuera street st. 140 San Luis Obispo. For more information call 896-6197 or 544-1850. The actual Empty bowls event is held on Wednesday, March 25, 2008 at the La Purisima Parish Hall 337 South I Street, Lompoc 11:30AM to 1:30PM.

What is Empty Bowls? For a donation of $20, participants choose a beautiful handmade bowl, enjoy a simple meal of soup, bread, and water, and then take home the bowl as a reminder of the meal’s purpose to help feed the hungry in our community. For the past four years ceramic artists throughout the central coast have contributed bowls to this wonderful luncheon. Soups for the event are donated by some of the best restaurants in Lompoc. To purchase tickets by phone and for more information about Empty Bowls and the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County please call (805) 937-3422 ext. 106 or go to www.foodbanksbc.org.

This year HEARTS Obispo's free party only gets better. (No tickets required to attend the February 6th event.) In addition to the art (300 ways to say "I Love You"), other items up for auction to benefit ARTS Obispo's programs include tickets to local arts events and fine art Valentines signed by celebrities. There will be live music, local Central Coast wine pourings and a raffle for an array of fabulous prizes.

The Tipsy Gypsies, a jazz quartet consisting of Hilary Langdon on vocals, guitar players Toan Chau and Forrestt Williams, and double bassist Matt Reeder will provide reception music for HEARTS Obispo 3.

According to the musicians, what started as an informal jam session between the two Django-loving guitar players, Toan and Forrestt, who are both professional musicians, slowly evolved into a sound that falls somewhere between that of Billie Holiday and Django Reinhardt, but with a California edge.

The Tipsy Gypsies music has been described as easily accessible with an old-time sonic texture, spiced up with some edgy lyrics and modern influences, giving them a style that is both classic and unique.

In addition to the live music, refreshments will include desserts and wine poured by Mark Yeager of SharMar Cellars and Central Coast Wines of San Luis Obispo.

Come to HEARTS Obispo 3 and celebrate a love of creativity and find your loved one(s) a memorable gift that will be treasured for a lifetime.

Healthy refreshments will be served and complimentary childcare will be provided with advance registration. The first twelve couples to sign-up will also receive a complimentary bottle of wine to take home and enjoy. Payment is required at the time of registration in order to secure a reservation. Participants are asked to bring a large towel, wear comfortable clothing, and have a willing attitude. Please contact the YMCA’s member services counter at 543-8235 for more information or to register. Walk-in registration is welcome at the San Luis Obispo YMCA Fitness Facility at 1020 Southwood Drive, San Luis Obispo, just off Laurel Lane.

For additional information about YMCA programs working to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities in San Luis Obispo County, visit www.sloymca.org or call the Y’s administrative office at 543-8235.

Coalesce Bookstore presents in concert: “Four Shillings Short”
When: Friday, February 6
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $15

The Music of Four Shillings Short - Traveling musicians with a carload of instruments is nothing new in the world of folk music, but what if one of those instruments is a Sitar from India or a Renaissance Crumhorn? Going out on a musical limb is common for the group Four Shillings Short. With an ever-increasing array of instruments (over 20 at last count), including hammered dulcimer, mandola & mandolin, tinwhistle & woodwinds, sitar, banjo, percussion and vocals, their music is always varied and captivating. In a single night, Four Shillings Short perform Traditional Irish tunes and airs, Indian Ragas, Folk Ballads, Old-Time songs, Medieval & Renaissance instrumentals and acappella numbers as well as contemporary folk and original compositions. Their sound has been described as "wondrously diverse", "truly refreshing" and "alternative neo-Celtic folk of the first order".

Presidio Chapel at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
123 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, CA
$15 - $1,000 Reception to follow
For more information (805) 965-0093

For more information, call 461-6161.

Saturday, Feb. 7th 8am to 3pm
Sunday, Feb. 8th 9am to 2pm
Shop our Presale - Friday, Feb 6th 4pm to 6pm
With a $5 donation at the door on Fri. only!

1515 Fredericks Street SLO - Questions? Call 549-0332.

On Saturday, February 7th from 9:00AM – 4:00PM at the Atascadero High School lower parking lot (located at Atascadero Ave & West Mall) participate in a win-win E-Waste Collection Day to help the Greyhound Revolutionary Robotics team raise necessary funds to build an innovative robot to enter in FIRST Regional Competitions and keep unwanted electronics from our landfills. You can find the electronics which can be recycled by visiting the team’s website www.greyhound-robotics.com , clicking on the E-Waste Recycling link on top of the Home page and reviewing the flyer. Just load your car, van or truck with these items, drive to the collection site and everything will be unloaded without getting out of your vehicle. Help the team and your community all at the same time by properly disposing of electronics which can contain hazardous waste. This event is open to all California residents and businesses.

If you have any questions, please contact Janet Price @ 466-4195.

Guild meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month at the SHIFCO Recreation Room, 418 Santa Fe Place, Santa Barbara. Bring a coffee mug, items for show & tell and the raffle table.

9:30 a.m. – Social time – Refreshments provided by Normah Halim & Nancy Little

10:00 a.m. –Business meeting

10:30 – 11:30a.m. – Author, designer and television host Katheryn Tidwell Bieber talks about how to unleash your creative spirit in her joyful workshop about embracing creativity. Honoring, embracing, unleashing and celebrating your creative spirit gives you a tremendous feeling of empowerment. It builds self-esteem in men, women and children of all ages, unites families, and brings feelings of love, peace, and unity. Celebrating your creative spirit offers a rush of delicious joy that can lift you out of the reaches of despair and move you toward healing your soul in its life affirming process. It's all about the power of creative inertia and moving forward in love, faith and joy...one small creative step at a time.

Aging has been described as ‘soul-making’ – a spiritual enterprise. A workshop called “The Elderquest: Deepening the Spiritual Journey,” will explore ways to discover new treasures during a stage of life that may be the most challenging of all. Workshop leader, Berta Parrish, Ed.D., college educator and author of the book Wise Woman’s Way: A Guide to Growing Older with Purpose and Passion, has a background in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology. Berta creates a lively workshop using folklore, poetry, and film. Through exploring the archetype of the elder, participants will find suggestions for ways to transform their knowledge into wisdom, their pain into perspective, and their purposes into passion and contentment. The workshop is sponsored by the Hollister Institute and will be held on Saturday, February 7th, from 9:30 am to 12:30, at St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Los Osos, 2220 Snowy Egret Lane (across from the memorial park on Los Osos Valley Rd). A $10 donation is welcome but not necessary.

For more information and to register call 528-0654.

Workshop fee $85 Materials fee $10*

*Complete information about these workshops is available online at www.CorkStopStudios.com under News and Events. You may also email info@CorkStopStudios.com

To reserve your place, payment in full is required. Mail your check to CorkStop Studios, 1250 Judith Lane, Arroyo Grand,. CA 93420.

Please include workshop name, email contact and mailing address.

Leaders: Meredith Bates, Rev. Nancy Ballinger are leading the workshop.

Saturday, February 7, 2009
Noon to 3:30pm

Friendship Center
89 Eucalyptus Lane, Montecito

Buffet Luncheon, Wines by Buttonwood Farm Winery, Music by Rebecca Kleinmann’s Brazilian Jazz Trio
Heart-Art by local artists, Live & Silent Auctions for your Valentine shopping
Each guest will receive a beautiful hand-decorated papier-mâché heart.
$85 in advance
$95 at the door
Call now - 969-0859

Having a mental illness can at times be a lonely, bewildering experience. That's why Transitions–Mental Health Association offers "Peer-to-Peer," a 9-week, comprehensive recovery education class offering tools, understanding and support for adults who have a mental illness. Peer-to-Peer classes are a safe place to learn and grow and are led by trained facilitators who have had personal experience with mental illness. This class will be held every Saturday from 12 to 2 p.m., January 17th to March 14th at the P.E.P.Center, located at 5395 El Camino Real, Suite A in Atascadero. The class is free of charge, funded by the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63), through Behavioral Health Services of San Luis Obispo County. Please call Betty McGraw at 805-541-5144, Ext. 113 or send her an email at bmcgraw@t-mha.org to register.

About NAMI - NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country. To learn more, visit www.nami.org.

ABOUT T-MHA - Transitions-Mental Health Association is a non-profit organization that helps children and adults live, work and grow in our community. T-MHA operates 27 programs at over 35 locations that reach over 2,000 people and 1,500 families in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The emphasis of T-MHA's many services is to teach vital independent living skills, building a framework for community re-entry through personal empowerment and hands on experience. For 30 years, T-MHA has been dedicated to providing housing, employment, case management and life-skills support to mentally ill adults, at-risk youth and homeless adults. For more information, visit www.T-MHA.org.

The Arroyo Grande Library is located at 800 W. Branch St. in Arroyo Grande.

For more information about this free family event, call 473-7161.

Performing at this annual event will be the Wind Quintets, Wind Dectet, Saxophone Quartets, Trombone Choir, Clarinet Quartet, String Quartet, Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble.

Tickets are $8 and $10 and can be bought at the Performing Arts Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

To order tickets by phone, call 756-2787 (SLO-ARTS). A 10 percent discount is given to patrons who buy season tickets to four Music Department events through the Performing Arts Ticket office; a 15 percent discount is given on tickets to five or more events.

Tickets may also be purchased at the door the night of the concert.

For more information about the concert, contact the Cal Poly Music Department at 756-2406 or http://music.calpoly.edu. "A Night at the Mission" is sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program.

The concert will feature Schumann’s optimistic and tuneful “Rhenish” Symphony, the passionate Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo Theme."

Detailed information about the musical program and the guest artist is available at www.slosymphony.com.

(San Luis Obispo, CA) Dennis Sheridan teaches short courses on reptiles, amphibians, and fungi at Cuesta College, and knows that there is more going on outside than most people tend to notice. On Sunday, February 8, 2009, the local fungi expert will lead a guided walk and talk about mushrooms at the Dallidet Adobe and Gardens. The program, which is free to the public, will begin at 1:00pm. Guests are encouraged to bring along their own mushroom specimens for Mr. Sheridan to identify after his presentation. RSVPs are not necessary; simply come to the Dallidet Adobe and Gardens willing to learn and ready for some major fun…gi. Severe weather will cancel, however a light mist will not. The Dallidet Adobe and Gardens, located at 1185 Pacific Street, are owned and operated by the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society. Currently during the off season, the gardens are open to the public every Friday from 9am – Noon and the Second Sunday of every month from 1pm – 4pm. Regular season hours for the Dallidet Adobe and Gardens are Sundays 1pm – 4pm Memorial Day to Labor Day.

For more information, please call 543-0638.

The UCSB Opera Theatre presents Donizetti's hilarious "Viva la Mamma!" -- an operatic satire of backstage life which has enjoyed tremendous international success since its revival in 1962. Performed in both Italian and English, the fully-staged production offers a great combination of lovely bel canto vocal writing, excellent comic ensembles, and the most outrageous stage mother you can imagine. Katherine Arthur is Stage Director, Dr. John Ballerino is Musical Director.

- 3pm Sunday, February 8th: "Darwin Remembers", a historical re-enactment of the life and work of Charles Darwin by biologist and Darwin impersonator Floyd Sandford.

- 7pm Monday, February 9th: Reaction to Darwin's "Origin of Species" - a modern twist by David Seaborg and Dave Fitzgerald on the heated public debate between Bishop Samuel Wilberforce (representing religion) and biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (representing science).

- 7pm Tuesday, February 10th: a panel discussion about teaching Evolution in the 21st century, featuring prominent scientists and educators and moderated by the Executive Director of the Natural History Museum.

- 7pm Thursday, February 12th: "Biodiversity In Your Own Backyard". Museum curators will explain the collections, current research, and discuss Darwin's transformation of understanding about natural biodiversity. FREE EVENT, including birthday cake!

- 2pm Saturday, February 14th: "Judicial Independence", featuring Judge John Jones III and Pulitzer Prizewinning author Ed Humes. Judge Jones delivered the ruling in the Dover trial that ousted "Intelligent Design" from Pennsylvania classrooms; Ed Humes wrote the book "Monkey Girl", the definitive account of the case.

Promises follows seven children of Israeli and Palestinian descent to document the ongoing conflict from the perspective of children ages 9-12. The Israeli-American filmmaker brings the children together to have them discuss peace solutions. The film was an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary and winner of two Emmy Awards for Best Documentary and Best Background Analysis. More information at www.promisesproject.org

The documentaries will be shown on Mondays (February 9, and March 2) at 7:30pm at the Steynberg Gallery, located at 1531 Monterey St. Various Cal Poly professors will give short introductions to the issues presented in the films. Professor Stephen Lloyd-Moffett will be introducing Promises on the 9th. There will be a suggested donation of $2 benefiting KIVA.org, a non-profit micro financing organization providing high risk loans to people in developing countries.

For more information please visit us at www.supportcenter.org.

Guest speaker, Dr. Pat Hosegood-Martin will discuss the relationship between job satisfaction and workers' compensation costs, and tips for keeping employees happy at work. The subject matter was the topic of her doctorate dissertation. Pat received her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from the Joint Doctorate Program at Cal Poly/UCSB in 2008. Dr. Hosegood-Martin has worked for the Cal Poly Corporation for over 25 years, and is currently the Associate Human Resources Director. In addition, she is a faculty member in the College of Business, Management area and Kinesiology Department at Cal Poly where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership, management and training and development. The Human Resources Association of the Central Coast (HRACC) is a not-for-profit organization providing educational opportunities and a network for local Human Resource Professionals, students and company managers who are responsible for personnel functions in their organizations. Meetings are the second Tuesday of the month, from 11:30 – 1pm, at the Madonna Inn. Guests and non-members are welcome.

For more information or the register go to www.hracc.net.

From sharks to salmon, from sardines to shortbelly rockfish, the fishes that occupy the water column of the Santa Barbara Channel form an important part of the ocean food chain. Join us and find out if you are emotionally prepared to handle these startling revelations. Milton Love is a Research Biologist at the Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara. Dr. Love has conducted research on numerous economically important marine fishes in the northeast Pacific, including over 30 years of work on rockfishes. His most recent book is The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific.

Age group: 7-10 yrs

The ever-popular Physics Circus provides an exciting and instructive introduction to the marvelous field of physics. Under the direction of Michael Champion, physics grad students perform an entertaining show introducing concepts such as linear and angular momentum, electricity and magnetism, sound, and low temperature phenomena…all for kids ages 7-10! The Circus brings special equipment not available in many schools. Come and join the fun! Free of charge!

Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday 10 – 7pm
Friday-Saturday 10 – 4pm

Atkinson Gallery
Humanities Building, East Campus Santa Barbara City College
721 Cliff Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109 (805) 965-0581 ext. 3484

$: FREE to the Public

Join us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month for the SBMM Book Club. Take part in engaging discussions about a wide variety of maritime-related reads. Below is a summary of this month’s selection. Bank clerk, construction worker, gold miner, dishwasher, tree planter and deckhand, McLennan has found his true calling as a storyteller in his first collection of personal essays detailing his adventures around the globe To join, call (805) 962-8404 ext. 109 or email amorris@sbmm.org.

For more information please visit us at www.supportcenter.org

Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 effectively. Get your point across and make your presentations memorable using the best techniques. This is a beginner class. (Basic knowledge of computer operation is required.) This class meets on 4 consecutive Wednesdays in the KCBXnet Training Center at the south end of San Luis Obispo near Trader Joe's.

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.
Call 541-6542 or visit our website at slocasa.org for more information.

The Starbucks locations are as follows:
February 11th – San Luis Obispo, 3971 S. Higuera
March 11th – Los Osos, 1230 Los Osos Valley Road
April 8th –Pismo Beach, 501 Five Cities Drive
May 13th –Atascadero, 7135 El Camino Real
June 10th – San Luis Obispo, Marigold Center, 3970 Broad Street

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

http://www.ronmccurdy.com/about_hudges_project.htm

Important topics Sterne will cover include:

• How to employ the latest online tools for advertising, marketing, and customer service
• Embracing the Internet as a powerful tool rather than a threat
• What you must be doing online right now – small things that can make a big difference
• Gleaning a rich vein of intelligence from your own website

SABER is Santa Barbara's premier small business educator. Breakfast meetings are held the second Thursday of every month at 8am at the University Club (1332 Santa Barbara St, Santa Barbara). Cost is $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Every meeting includes an educational presentation from an industry expert. In addition to gaining professional empowerment, members reap the benefits of networking with fellow business leaders and making strategic alliances.

The Alliance is specifically being formed to support businesses in the Design and Building profession. This will provide an opportunity to join with others to share knowledge, network, and promote awareness of green building while expanding business opportunities. If you are a builder, subcontractor, supplier, architect, engineer, designer, interior designer, consultant, community planner, inspector, renewable energy provider or anyone in a related design or building business this will be of interest to you.

In these challenging economic times businesses need all the help they can get. SLO Green Build Alliance is being formed to do just that. You do not have to be a part of the green building movement at this time but would just like to know more. You only have to want to grow your business, expand your business potential, or help to be part of the solution. Make this alliance be what you want by getting in on the ground floor and attending this first meeting. Discussion of green training and certification will be presented.

Limited availability; please order early.

Healthy refreshments will be served and complimentary childcare will be provided with advance registration. The first twelve couples to sign-up will also receive a complimentary bottle of wine to take home and enjoy. Payment is required at the time of registration in order to secure a reservation. Participants are asked to bring a large towel, wear comfortable clothing, and have a willing attitude. Please contact the YMCA’s member services counter at 543-8235 for more information or to register. Walk-in registration is welcome at the San Luis Obispo YMCA Fitness Facility at 1020 Southwood Drive, San Luis Obispo, just off Laurel Lane.

For additional information about YMCA programs working to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities in San Luis Obispo County, visit www.sloymca.org or call the Y’s administrative office at 543-8235.

For additional information, call 969-8787 or visit www.musicacademy.org.

Tickets range from $38-$48 and are available by calling 805-489-9444 or visiting www.clarkcenter.org.

PHOTOS: available on the web site 1/5/09 www.daughterofzion.net

Theater DoZ, is located at 3630-H Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez.

Tickets: Are $30 and may be purchased on line www.daughterofzion.net

Four performances will be held.

Show times are: Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. February 13, 14, 20 & 21.

Other: Additional dance company will debut Feb 20, 21 from Santa Barbara, Nebula Dance Lab. Founder/Artistic Direction by east coast choreographer and dancer Devyn Duex. A project dedicated to providing an incubator for creative art in motion. “JE T’AIME” AERIAL DANCE WITH A KISS… “Does modern dance have a future? Has the evolution of the dance come to an end. Have primeval gyrations without sense or purpose become an expression of the dance in extremis. You pessimists of little faith take heart. “ Je T’aime” has appeared on the scene. It is an extraordinary projection of the dance in a new and vital form…… with performances that have power, beauty and elegance. “Je T’aime” blends body and spirit, light and shadow in a presentation where even the music becomes part of movement, a dancer itself among the others. This art is not spectacle, but a form of interactive communication with many facets. Each piece is refreshingly original and poignantly demanding of artist and audience alike. The juxtaposition of obstacle with hope, determination with sensitivity, drama with humor is reflective of Daughter of Zion Dance Company. The structures form the artists’ spatial environment which is restricting and liberating, a refuge and a prison. This ever changing synergy between performers and structure is deeply evocative. The poet counsels those who despair, there “will always be new world”. For those who love the dance, the new world of “ Je t’aime” awaits.”

For any other information visit our website at www.thestudioofperformingarts.com

More info: 239-3928; mcas@morrocoastaudubon.org

The February 14th meeting of the Central Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime will feature pet psychic Susan Vaughn, author of "Dispatches from the Ark." Sisters in Crime is an international organization of mystery readers and writers. Local chapter meetings are free and generally open to the public. February's meeting will be held at 10 AM at Borders Books and Music, 243 Madonna Road, San Luis, Obispo. Information: 528-7155.

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum will host the 2nd annual African American Cultural Arts Festival presented by the Brotherhood of Santa Barbara. Admission is free for all visitors. The festival is a celebration of the African American culture and heritage, with a special focus on the local African American community. Festival activities include dance and music performances, activities, guest speakers and more!

For more information, call (805) 962-8404 ext. 115.

CALL 805-736-1874 OR 805-736-7572 TO RESERVE YOUR VALENTINE TODAY!

SEND US AN E-MAIL AT tricitysound.net OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.tricitysound.org

WHO: LORI SLATER & DONALD ARCHER, Central Coast Artists
WHAT: 13th ANNUAL STUDIO SALE
WHEN: FEBRUARY 14 & 15, 2008, 10 am to 5 pm
WHERE: 1888 CHESTER LANE, CAMBRIA

Once a year Central Coast artists Lori Slater and Donald Archer open their Cambria studio to the public. Both artists are masters in their distinct styles. Donald Archer will feature two recent series of paintings: ‘Manhattan,’ a cinematic-like exploration of the Big Apple with the artist wearing the hat of virtual ‘writer’, ‘director’, and ‘actor’; and ‘From the Window,’ a series of haiku-like glimpses of America’s heartland inspired by a cross-country trip on the train. Lori Slater, known for her well composed and colorful still-lifes, is also offering a new series of imaginatively interpreted almond orchards. Archer’s and Slater’s work is included in private and public collections throughout the United States and abroad. They have been featured in national publications including American Artist and Southwest Art magazines as well as several books. Take this opportunity to meet these award-winning artists and enjoy their unique work at their 13th Annual Studio Fine Art Sale, on Saturday & Sunday, February 14 & 15, from 10 am to 5 pm at their home/studio, 1888 Chester Lane, Cambria. For further information, call 927-4047.

CONTACT: Lori Slater or Donald Archer 927-4047.

Join us February 14-16, 2009 in celebrating the release of our 15th Vintage of Windward Vineyard Pinot Noir. All weekend long, we will be pouring a sneak preview of our 2007 Estate Pinot & stop by for a taste of Tom Fundaro’s famous Paella from Villa Creek Restaurant. Chef Tom has been one of our multiple award winners at the annual Paso Pinot & Paella Cook-Off held in the Templeton Park. In addition, for Valentines Day, we have again joined up with Sweet Earth Chocolates of San Luis Obispo, and will be offering their fair trade organic chocolates to pair with our Pinot Noir. Plan to spend the afternoon enjoying our Lath House, overlooking the vineyard, while nibbling on Cheese & other picnic treats now available from our Café Selections Menu, including wine by the glass. Monday the 16th is bottling Day here at Windward, and visitors are invited for a peak at how we get our Pinot Noir into the Bottle! Get your bottle of the 2007 Commemorative Vintage before it’s released!

Call for details 805-239-2565.

The Arroyo Grande Library is located at 800 W. Branch St. in Arroyo Grande.

For more information about this free family event, call 473-7161.

Presents From the HeArt Sculpture, photography, oil, acrylic and watercolor. A touching Visual Spectrum of moods featuring the works of CLAUDIA COOK, PAUL COOK, FRANCINE KIRSCH, SUSAN WOLFF. OR BY APPOINTMENTS: 805 886-0192.

Call for a reservation.

$85 for Art Center members; $100 for nonmembers.

With Dharma Teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips at BodhiPath Center, 3484 Gregory Court, off Johnson Ave. in SLO

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.

For further info call 771-8640 or visit www.enhancementinc.org.

Season subscription includes all concerts plus reciprocity to Lompoc Concert Association

All concerts held on Sunday at 3:00 pm. Doors open at 2:30 pm.
Wood’s Tea Company Sunday Feb 15,2009
Locaton: Trinity Lutheran Church,940 Creston Rd, Paso Robles,CA

Howard Wooden: Vocals, bass, guitar, bodhran
Mike Lussen: Vocals, five string banjo, bodhran, bouzouki, guitar
Tom MacKenzie: Vocals, hammered dulcimer, banjo, guitar, ukulele
Patti Casey: Vocals, guitar, flute, pennywhistle, and clogboard

http://www.mattsmusicinpaso.com/North_SLO_County_Concert_Association.htmwww

Suggested donation $15; $10/students and children.

Call Denise Benell at 547-0584 or Ingrid Pires at 550-0439 for tickets/will call.

Fore more information please visit us at www.supportcenter.org

For more information please visit us at www.supportcenter.org

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

KENNEDY CLUB OF PASO ROBLES INTRODUCES WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

Kennedy Club Fitness of Paso Robles is now hosting free weight loss seminars that are open to the public. February’s seminars will be held on the 5th, 7th, 10th, 18th, 21st, 25th, and 28th. Weeknight events will be at 6pm, and Saturday events will be at 11am. The seminars will focus on how to eat for optimal hormone response, reduce stress, burn fat, and have more energy. The discussion will also focus on those who cannot seem to loose un-wanted pounds, or those who are chronic “yo-yo” dieters. Health and fitness expert, Patty Bonafede, will be presenting. Patty has been helping people achieve their weight loss and nutrition goals for 20 years. She is both informative and inspiring. This is an incredible opportunity to find out how to win the struggle to lose weight. Attendees will receive a free metabolic analysis. Reservations are recommended.

Please call 239-8488 to reserve your space.

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

For more information please visit us at www.supportcenter.org

For more information: Caroline Hall 704-5826

Women have been relegated to subordinate roles throughout the history of Christianity. However, when we look again at the Christian Scriptures – and at early Christian history – we discover that Jesus had women disciples as well as men, and that women were co-workers with Peter, Paul, and other early church leaders. The Christian women of the middle ages continued to serve their God and their faith communities in the footsteps of the women who went before them. There were some fascinating women in this era – Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, Clare of Assisi, and Hildegard of Bingen. Mystics, Martyrs and Mothers is for women and men who want to learn more about these saints and many others. We will also be reading Mary Malone’s book, “Women and Christianity: From 1000 to the Reformation.” These discussions will be led by the Rev. Donna Ross and take place at St Benedict’s, Los Osos on Thursday mornings in January and February beginning January 15 at 10 a.m. To register and order a copy of the book, email Donna Ross at donnaross@charter.net or call 235-5117. The Hollister Institute provides a variety of classes and workshops for those interested in spirituality and the interface between religion and society. St Benedict’s Episcopal Church is located at 2220 Snowy Egret lane, at the corner of Los Osos Valley and Clark Valley Roads. www.stbenslososos.org, 528-0654.

Come watch the Amgen Tour of California in Paso Robles!

For more information, call Joan at 461-6163.

Dr. Robert D. Bullard, often called the father of the environmental justice movement, will speak on “Environmental Justice for All” at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Theater on Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. His talk will be the seventh annual Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture, sponsored by UCSB’s Center for Black Studies Research. The lecture — held in February as part of Black History Month — will be free to the public.

Dr. Bullard’s scholarship has distinguished him as a leading expert on environmental justice and race and the environment. He has been featured on CNN’s “People You Should Know” and on public radio’s “Democracy Now!” In 2008, Newsweek magazine named Dr. Bullard one of “the most influential environmental leaders of the last century.” Dr. Bullard is the Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University. His research addresses the subjects of environmental justice, environmental racism, urban land use, facility permitting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, suburban sprawl, and smart growth. Dr. Shirley Kennedy was a dynamic professor at UCSB and served as the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Black Studies. Among her many gifts to the community was an educational exhibit about the slave ship Henrietta Marie. This lecture series was established after Dr. Kennedy’s death in 2003. The UCSB Center for Black Studies Research was founded in 1969. Operating under the auspices of the Office of Research, the Center provides a forum for the study of people of African descent, conducts research, and hosts colloquia, visiting scholars, and conferences to enrich the conversation about racial issues.

For additional SBmug information, please visit:  http://sbmug.org/

Topic: Hormones: The Ultimate Balancing Act
Speaker: Panel of Medical Professionals
Location: Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center
Date: February 19, 2009
Time: 6:30pm

For more information & reservations call: 1-800-483-6387.

Description: An expert panel discussion on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and how it differs from synthetic hormone replacement therapy.

On February 19th, 2009 the local Sierra Club will host a fun and interactive Energy Town Hall for Morro Bay residents to learn what's needed and to voice their opinion on how to build a local, clean, affordable and secure energy future for Morro Bay. California State laws are changing the way cities can emit greenhouse gases related to energy production and distribution. Cities across the nation are finding themselves at a critical juncture in the way they can generate and use energy. Morro Bay's City Council Members, Noah Smukler and John Betty Winholtz will discuss potential community strategies and describe the community’s role. Concurrently, the City is gearing up for the adoption of its greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Cal Poly Graduate student Jessica Holzer will be presenting the City's greenhouse gas inventory and former leaders of the Empower Poly Coalition, Chad Worth and Nancy Cole will facilitate an interactive community-visioning workshop.

For further information, please call 596-4040 ext. 2700.

The monthly meeting of the Central Coast Guitar Society will be held at the Coalesce Bookstore chapel in Morro Bay on Thursday, February 29, at 7:30 p.m. The public is welcome. The Coalesce Bookstore chapel, 845 Main Street, should be entered from the driveway at the rear of the store (access is on Harbor street down the alley way), which will be closed to cars.

The Arroyo Grande High School Theatre Ensemble will present MY NAME IS LYSISTRATA!, a new play written and directed by theatre teacher Billy Houck based on Aristophanes' classic antiwar comedy Lysistrata February 19, 20 & 21 at 7:30 and February 22 at 2:00 in the Clark Center Studio Theatre. Tickets for all performances are available through the Clark Center Box Office at (805) 489-9444.

Originally written by Aristophanes in 410 BC, Lysistrata tells the story of a group of Greek women who, frustrated with what seems to be a war without end, are inspired by a woman named Lysistrata to form an alliance with the women from the country their husbands are fighting. All the women take a universal oath to have nothing to do with their husbands and boyfriends until a lasting peace is declared. To make sure the men take them seriously, the women barricade themselves in the Acropolis, taking control of the government’s finances until the men come to the peace table. Hilarity ensues. MY NAME IS LYSISTRATA! takes Aristophanes’ play, updates the language and moves the action to an unnamed but familiar-seeming modern country. The basic plot remains the same. The combined effect of the battle of the sexes and a passionate grassroots peace movement makes this ancient play read like tomorrow’s news.

MY NAME IS LYSISTRATA! will be presented in the Clark Center Studio Theatre, an intimate “black box” performance space. The Clark Center Theatre is located at the corner of Valley Road and Fair Oaks Avenue in Arroyo Grande. From the north, take the Fair Oaks exit off of 101 and turn right. From the South, take the Traffic Way exit off of 101, then turn left on Fair Oaks over the freeway to Valley. MY NAME IS LYSISTRATA! will be performed four times only, February 19, 20 & 21 at 7:30 and February 22 at 2:00. All seats are $8.00 in advance and $10 at the door. Patrons are encouraged to get their tickets early, as seating is very limited.

Hoovers 101 - 6900 El Camino Real, Atascadero. 805-466-6900.

Our Mingle in Grover Beach was a smash! We had 58 singles show up, and I expect to have at least that many again in one of our favorite venues for Singles Mixers here on the Central Coast. There is no cost at all for this except the food/drink you order & tip, or you can just sit and drink water for free. I have reserved the private room for us at no charge. Take the Hwy 41 exit, turn North on El Camino Real 1/2 block and you are there. Easy off, easy on. We will sit at 6:30 and they close the room at 9, but we will likely be there til about 9:30. We will have time to chat and get to meet each other, walk around and introduce ourselves to all the other singles. This place is also a brewery with a full bar available. The music upstairs starts about 9 PM. Upstairs is a popular hotspot for dancing, so we can head upstairs for the night owls to have some fun dancing after our meeting. Cover charge is only $3 if you want to go up there. The groups performing are the Fainting Goats from Santa Cruz and The JD Project from SLO. There is a full bar, seating, and we can see if they will let us use the pool tables. If you don't want to dance or be around loud music, there is bowling or movies in Paso Robles if a few people want to run up there. The theater has stadium seating with recliners, and THX sound. We had 40 singles at our first Atascadero mingle, and I expect well over 40 at this one. In fact, I'm hoping to get enough to take over the restaurant Seating is limited to 35 in the room, so I recommend getting there early. Extra will have to sit out in the main room to eat right outside the door to our room, and just join us for the mingle part. If you are late, still come join in.

To RSVP just email ccoastsingles @ yahoo.com

Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery

Does the current economy have you down? Do what the Brazilians do, abandon all worries, open your heart to music, dance and creativity, celebrate Carnaval, and make sure you bring your Samba shoes! Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & Soul Brasil magazine collaborate for the second year with a film event on Friday, February 20, featuring The Miracle of Candeal with Grammy-award winning percussionist Carlinhos Brown. The film event kicks-off the 6th Annual Santa Barbara Brazilian Carnaval, with 3 days of dance, film, food, capoeira, and soccer (www.soulbrasil.com). The Miracle of Candeal is an award winning film by Fernando Trueba about musician Carlinhos Brown and Candeal, a marginal area in the heart of Salvador, the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Brown returns home to the favela (slum) of Candeal, notorious for its crime, heavy drug trafficking, and street kids, to help transform his community through the power of music. A celebration of music and social change unfolds. The film begins with formerly exiled Cuban music godfather Bebo Valdés, whose quest to find his African roots leads him to Candeal, and ultimately makes him witness to Brown’s outstanding achievements. This exploration of Afro-Brazilian music includes appearances by musicians Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, and Marisa Monte among others. It is a journey through Brazilian music and festivals from the ancestral to the sophisticated present. The film will be preceded by a short film on the Brazilian organization, OPA (Organization of Permaculture & Art) located in the historic district of Pelourinho near the community of Candeal. OPA has programs of street theater, art and permaculture for underprivileged children and at-risk youth. Santa Barbara Permaculture Network will talk briefly about Permaculture sites visited while in Brazil.

CONTACT: 805-772-2046

PHOTOS: available on the web site 1/5/09 www.daughterofzion.net

Theater DoZ, is located at 3630-H Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez.

Tickets: Are $30 and may be purchased on line www.daughterofzion.net

Four performances will be held.

Show times are: Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. February 13, 14, 20 & 21.

Other: Additional dance company will debut Feb 20, 21 from Santa Barbara, Nebula Dance Lab. Founder/Artistic Direction by east coast choreographer and dancer Devyn Duex. A project dedicated to providing an incubator for creative art in motion. “JE T’AIME” AERIAL DANCE WITH A KISS… “Does modern dance have a future? Has the evolution of the dance come to an end. Have primeval gyrations without sense or purpose become an expression of the dance in extremis. You pessimists of little faith take heart. “ Je T’aime” has appeared on the scene. It is an extraordinary projection of the dance in a new and vital form…… with performances that have power, beauty and elegance. “Je T’aime” blends body and spirit, light and shadow in a presentation where even the music becomes part of movement, a dancer itself among the others. This art is not spectacle, but a form of interactive communication with many facets. Each piece is refreshingly original and poignantly demanding of artist and audience alike. The juxtaposition of obstacle with hope, determination with sensitivity, drama with humor is reflective of Daughter of Zion Dance Company. The structures form the artists’ spatial environment which is restricting and liberating, a refuge and a prison. This ever changing synergy between performers and structure is deeply evocative. The poet counsels those who despair, there “will always be new world”. For those who love the dance, the new world of “ Je t’aime” awaits.”

About the Instructor: Valerie Hobbs is a prolific writer, winning numerous awards for her fiction, including the following: How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn’t Called You Back (1996): an ALA Best Book of the Year; Tender (2001) Junior Library. Guild Choice and a Big Picture choice of the Center for Children’s Books; Sonny’s War (2002) Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2002 and a Banks Street Best Book of the Year; Charlie’s Run, a Banks Street Book of the Year; Letting Go of Bobby James or How I Found My Self of Steam (2004) an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults; Defiance (2005) A Kirkus Reviews Children’s Book of the Year, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Southern California Children’s Literature Council Distinguished book of the Year. Defiance has been nominated for nine state awards. Valerie Hobbs lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband, Jack, a high school teacher, and is an Emeritus Lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Valerie Hobbs’ website is www.valeriehobbs.com

Visit our website at www.scbwisocal.org for the latest information on all our regional events!

In general, discipline is associated with parental scolding or monastic practices. However, there are many other meanings to this word. Let us examine wisdom, and how an awakened mind is naturally a disciplined mind.     - Ms. Dantes Ms. Dantes is author of the books: The Unmanifest Self: Transcending the Limits of Ordinary Consciousness and Your Fantasies May Be Hazardous to Your Health: How Your Thoughts Create Your World. We begin with a 30-minute silent meditation, followed by the dialogue that lasts about one hour. Dialogue will be followed by tea and refreshments. There is no charge. Donations gratefully accepted.

For information, location, directions, and to reserve your space, please call 805-343-2582.

The Red Barn Community Music Series presents The Earl Brothers on Saturday, February 21 at St Benedict's Church in Los Osos. This lively show will be the second concert at our new venue that features brilliant acoustics, antique ambience, and heat(!). The Earl Brothers, based out of San Francisco, CA, perform original hillbilly mountain music. For those who remember the first time they heard the high lonesome sound of Bill Monroe or the otherworldly harmonies of the Stanley Brothers, that same thrill of discovery is recreated by the Earl Brothers. Listeners are left with a mix of exhilaration and bewilderment upon their first exposure to this new-yet-old form of music. Unlike other traditional bluegrass bands that perform the music of the original bluegrass masters, the Earl Brothers are blazing their own trail. They extend the genre while staying within the gritty tradition that started in the southern states back in the 1940s and 50s.

St Benedict's Church is located at 2220 Snowy Egret Lane in Los Osos, off Clark Valley Rd at the corner of Clark Valley and Los Osos Valley Rd. The church can easily be seen from Los Osos Valley Rd, opposite the Los Osos Cemetery and Memorial Gardens. The show begins at 7:00 PM, with pot luck supper and pot luck band beginning at 6:00 PM. Admission is $10 at the door. For more information call 528-4530. They will also appear the night before, Friday Feb. 20th at Monteleones Rock, 1331-A Vendels Circle in Paso Robles. For more info call 238-0109.

Two big bands and two combos will demonstrate how jazz is being reinvigorated by the next generation, according to Paul Rinzler, director of jazz studies at Cal Poly. With four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones, and a rhythm section, the big bands produce a "wall of sound" that is typical of big bands.

The University Jazz Band #1 will perform the hip-hop big band composition "Grass is Greener," the jazz classic "Cherokee," as recorded by jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan, and the modern, rhythmically complex composition "Guten Tag, Zigaretten?"

The University Jazz Band #2 will feature two jazz standards as recorded by Frank Sinatra, "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Only Have Eyes for You."

Tickets for the concert are $12 and $15 for the public, $10 and $13 for senior citizens and Jazz Federation members, and $6 and $10 for students. They are on sale 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).

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 concert is sponsored by Cal Poly's Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 756-2406.

Hope to see you there, Mike Raynor

The Lompoc Museum is teaming up with Club Arcturus in celebration of Black History Month with a special exhibit in the Lompoc Museum's Centeno Gallery. This year's featured artist is Sharon Robinson. Her exhibit, “Passion Tones”, is a compilation of photographs and illustrations that according to the artist depict “luminaries from the arts, social activism and just plain folks”. She hopes the exhibit will encourage youth to art and history as a means of understanding and celebrating human achievement. About the Artist: After six years of service in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Photographer’s Mate, the artist set about building a freelance photography career. The theft of her camera equipment in 1994 almost ended her budding photography career, but not her love for image making. Just a year later, Sharon entered college and earned two degrees in Communications while teaching herself the art and craft of illustration. Club Arcturus has its roots as an African-American civic and social club during the socially turbulent 1960s. It enjoys a rich legacy within the Lompoc community and has teamed up with the Lompoc Museum in recent years to celebrate Black History Month through exhibits featuring African-American themes and/or artists. The Centeno Gallery is located within the Lompoc Museum at 200 South H Street in downtown Lompoc. Reception: The public is invited to meet the artist and members of Club Arcturus on Sunday, February 1 from 2 – 4 p.m. The Lompoc Museum is open to the public Tuesday - Friday: 1-5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. The Museum is closed Mondays and major holidays.

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.

Participants are encouraged to bring projects that they are currently working on for hands-on discussion.

Free consultation included.

Taught by renowned international trade expert, Ray Bowman of Bowman Business Services.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Location
Creekside Career Center, Conference Room
4111 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo
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Dates/Time
This course includes all 5 days
Mondays: Feb 23rd, March 2nd, March 9th, March 16th and March 23rd 5:00pm - 8:30pm

Cost
$195 Includes a certificate upon completion and free dinner

TO REGISTER:
Contact June Parent at the Economic Vitality Corp 805.788.2012 or online at http://www.sloevc.org/resources/trade_course.php

For additional info call Jackie at 238-4742.

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).

The program helps children to build and develop a set of skills that they will carry with them into adolescence. Throughout the Bitty Basketball program, parents have the opportunity to teach and assist their child. The immediate gain is spending quality time together, but long term gains are even more significant. Not only will do children build a solid foundation for the sport, but the parent-child relationship is strengthened.

Bitty Basketball program days are Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. at the San Luis Obispo County YMCA Fitness Facility in San Luis Obispo, at 1020 Southwood off of Laurel Lane. The YMCA will provide balls, baskets, and a program T-Shirt. Registration can be done by mail, fax, or in person at the Y. The cost is $65 per child before January 20th, and $70 thereafter. Everyone is welcome at the YMCA and no one is turned away due to an inability to pay. Financial assistance is available to families who qualify.

Other Bitty Sports programs offered throughout the year include T-Ball and Soccer. Please visit the YMCA website at: www.sloymca.org, or for more information contact Gilbert Almendarez, galmendarez@sloymca.org at the YMCA at 543-8235 ext. 116.

Call 772-2368 for information.

DOORS OPEN 7:30PM - SHOW TIME 8PM - TICKETS $18/20

AGE LIMIT - ALL AGES

It is said that if you do not know your past then you can not know your future; well *Groundation* knows its past, and they're stepping into the future. *Groundation* is bringing classic Roots music into the serious times of the 21st century.And what music is more pertinent than that of the musical prophet Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) 2009 will be the ninth consecutive year that *Groundation* has taken time from their formidable international touring schedule to pay homage to the man who changed the world with his message and his music. Drawing from the depths of Bob Marley & The Wailers expansive catalogue,*Groundation* takes Marley’s songs and infuses them with their incomparable blend of high energy jazz-based improvisation, creating wholly unique versions of timeless classics.

Joining *Groundation* on this tour will be legends Will Bernard (Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stanton Moore Trio, 2008 Grammy nominee for Best Jazz Album /Party Hats/) and Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace (The Wailers, Burning Spear, star of cult film/Rockers/). Bernard is the most ubiquitous guitarist in the modern jazz/jam world’s star-studded field, having toured with everyone from Medeski Martin & Wood to The Coup. Wallace is Reggae music’s most prolific drummer, serving as the foundation of the creation of the one-drop rhythm which was the backbone of Marley’s sound. Bernard and Wallace also appeared on *Groundation*’s recent side-release Rockamovya (released in June 2008), which has been met with acclaim the world over. All told, with eleven accomplished artists on stage, and *Groundation*’s commitment to preserving and furthering the intrinsic elements of Marley’s music, there is simply no better chance to see Marley’s music in today’s world.

*Groundation* pulls off the rarest of feats in today’s corporate-consumer world: A progressively-minded and sounding music group, wholly self-sustaining and perpetuating.Serious times calls for serious music and *Groundation*, on numerous fronts, delivers. Combining Reggae’s hunger for equality and social justice with Jazz music’s core of incessantly fresh improvisation, *Groundation* is quickly becoming the band to watch early in the 21^st Century. As this globalized world continues to get smaller, it is essential for all communities and cultures to have ample and equal representation.

*Groundation* is the biggest, most respected American Reggae band in the world today; come find out why.

For complete tour schedule fans can go to www.groundation.com/live.html or the clubs website calendar

The new Fitness Zone is the first of its kind in a hospital setting in San Luis Obispo County. It is open from sunrise to sunset for all community members, hospital visitors and FHMC staff to enjoy, completely free of charge. The Fitness Zone features 11 exercise stations suitable for all fitness levels. The exercise equipment targets leg strength, cardiovascular fitness, core stability, upper body strength and balance. The Fitness Zone also provides a starting point for a one mile walking trail around the hospital. The project was funded by employee donations to the 2008 Employee Caring Circle and a generous grant from TriActive America.

The Fitness Zone is one step in FHMC’s efforts to promote a healthy, balanced lifestyle among our family of employees and the community. In December of 2008, FHMC became the first tobacco-free hospital in San Luis Obispo County. FHMC has also instituted an Employee Wellness Committee to promote an environment of health and wellbeing to our employees, medical staff and volunteers. The Fitness Zone is created by TriActive America, the nation’s leader for outdoor fitness equipment. TriActive America’s eco-friendly outdoor fitness products are designed for a range of environments and are installed in parks, schools, hospitals, corporations, resorts, hotels, military bases, organizations such as YMCAs, residential communities, around community lakes, and along fitness trails. It has instituted fitness areas similar to FHMC’s Fitness Zone throughout the United States. Since its creation in 2004, TriActive America has been dedicated to improving the health of the nation’s com

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.

For more information, visit BIC's website -- www.BrainInjuryCenter.org -- or call 805/650-5993 x 204

Ayurveda is the ancient healing science from India that offers a natural approach to optimal health, addressing everything from weight loss to increased energy to sustaining inner-calm. The five sessions will be held Wednesdays from 7:15-8:45 p.m.; February 11 – March 11, and will cover topics such as food choices for healthier eating, healing herbs and spices, harmonious daily routines, yoga, exercise, meditation, aromatherapy and more. Participants will also learn their constitution (also known as “dosha”), which will help them to make beneficial life choices that support their unique needs. “Ayurveda provides us with invaluable tools and information for better living,” explained Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and class instructor Holly Padove. “Once you understand Ayurveda and incorporate the concepts into your life, you can naturally bring yourself into balance and experience your true nature as an energetic and joyful individual.”

The workshop is $89; $79 for those who pre-register by January 28. Register at Central Coast Yoga Studio, 900 E. Grand Avenue in Arroyo Grande, or call Central Coast Yoga at 474-8876. Holly is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist based in Arroyo Grande, and offers private Ayurvedic consultations, along with workshops and yoga instruction. For more information, contact Holly at (805) 440-4561 or holly@balancedlivingayurveda.com, or visit www.balancedlivingayurveda.com.

FREE and OPEN TO PUBLIC

Please join us for an update about a multi-purpose, multi-year community project to be located on 71 acres outside the front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base on Highway 1. The Center will create more than 1,500 jobs and attract up to 500,000 visitors each year. The proposed project includes a launch viewing site, visitors center, education complex, conference center, IMAX-like theatre and a mission support facility. It is planned that the community will benefit from the facilities and attractions at this site. The project will highlight the past, present, and future of the base, including its residents and activities.

RSVP: Dianna Minor Dianna.Minor@californiaspaceauthority.org 805.349.2633

Cost: $225 members, $245 nonmembers.

Course #FFX09.

Ruslan Biryukov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, graduated from the Baku Music Academy, Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory and USC Thornton School of Music. He has collaborated with Mstislav Rostropovich and Seiji Ozawa in venues worldwide. His performances bring impressions of his native country as well as a reverence for the traditions of musical expression, art and beauty his selections represent.

Mary Au, a well-known and gifted chamber music collaborator and piano accompianist, is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and the University of Southern California. Ms Au collaborated in recitals and master classes with renowned artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich and has been an executive of the GRAMMY Awards. She has performed at the IFEA Award winning Nanning International Arts Festival in China.

Their program includes Chopin’s Polonaise Brillante, Luigi Boccherini’s Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Claude Debussy’s Sonate pour violocelle et piano, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, and Karl Davidov’s Allegro de Concert. Alfred Shnittke’s Suite im alten stil , an example of “polystilism”, a 20th century, where music of different styles both past and present are juxtaposed. The amazing Pacific Trio will return to the series on Saturday, January 31st. Edith Orloff, pianist, and John Walz, cellist, have played together since high school, and Roger Wilkie, violinist, joined the trio in the last few years. On Friday, February 27th the Schoolhouse Music Evenings welcomes for the first time Mezzo Soprano Iris Mllkin with pianist Linda Zoolalian and guitarist Edward Trybeck.

January 16th’s concert will begin at 8pm at St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley-Episcopal Church 2901 Nojoqui in Los Olivos. There is also a free informal afternoon performance from 3:30 to 4:00pm the day of the concerts at the church for anyone in the community. For more concert series information and Preferred Seating tickets please contact Rose Knoles at (805)688-4933 or Laura Birrell at (805) 688-7817. Tickets are available at St. Mark’s Church at (805) 688-4454, The Book Loft 1680 Mission Drive in Solvang-(805) 688-6010. Tickets will also be available at the door.

For information call 805-927-3624.

For more information call Charlie Blair at 733-3189.

If you wish to find out more about this event or how to get involved with the local group please visit us at www.tarnmist.org

WHAT: Winter Concert – “American Band Classics”

WHEN: Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 1:00PM

WHERE: Atascadero Bible Church 6225 Atascadero Mall Street Atascadero, California

CHARGE: Free. Donations will be accepted for the Atascadero Loaves and Fishes.

CONTACT: (805) 239 4644

This free concert given by the Atascadero Community Band will present music inspired by and written by American composers. The classics on the program are “American Overture for Band” by Jenkins, “Fanfare and Allegro” by Williams, “Kaddish” by Mc Beth, “Chester” by Schuman, “American Salute” by Gould, “Suite of American Dances” by Bennett, and “Chorale and Shaker Dance” by Zdechlik. Come and be prepared to enjoy a wonderful performance. Handicapped parking is available.

Call 595-5775 today, for more information and to request tickets.

The Circle of Spiritual Enlightenment will be hosting a weekend with Larisa Stow and Shakti Tribe on February 28th.

On Saturday February 28th at 7 p.m., the band will perform a concert that is a dynamic blend of East meets West music which mixes kirtan (devotional call-and-response), mantra and uplifting songs. Their inspiring music fuses the spiritual and sacred with a pop rock groove and sensuality like no other…the result is a magic carpet ride your soul needs to experience. Committed to expressing the joy in the Oneness that we all share, Shakti Tribe celebrates unity, culture and diversity through their music’s messages of peace, hope and love.

Larisa & Shatki Tribe will be performing a peace concert program for 250 men at the Men’s Colony Prison in San Luis Obispo County on March 2nd. To learn more about Larisa Stow and Shakti Tribe, hear music and watch videos please visit them at www.myspace.com/larisastow or visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK1VBBfXG4E.

Concert Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Playshop tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. A $5 discount will be given to all those who attend both concert and playshop. All tickets can be purchased by ordering online at www.spiritualcircle.org or by calling (805) 541-1963.

The Cal Poly Choirs, conducted by Music Professor Thomas Davies, will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, in Harman Hall of the Performing Arts Center's Christopher Cohan Center. The choir will present important works by the three composers.

In addition, the Cal Poly Choirs will perform the world premiere of a work by Cal Poly Professor Craig Russell. Russell’s work, titled "Wings of Bliss," is based on a poem by Los Osos resident Mark Lloyd Richardson.

The 44-member PolyPhonics will play Mendelssohn’s “Sechs Sprüche ("Six Anthems"), Op. 79, and Handel’s chorus “Dixit Dominus.”

The 75 members of the University Singers will perform Mendlessohn’s “Die Nachtigall” (“The Nightengale”), Handel’s popular “Let Their Celestial Concerts Unite” (from the Oratorio “Samson”), and Haydn’s Madrigal Chorus, “Der Sturm” (“The Storm”).

Other composers represented in this celebration include Claude Debussy, Gioacchino Rossini and Trond Kverno. Nordic folksongs and African American spirituals will also be performed.

Student conductors Kelly Eshoff, Morgan Hurd and Rory Fratkin will assist Davies.

The Cal Poly Choirs are accompanied by Paul Woodring and Susan Azaret Davies.

Tickets are $8 to $ $15 and can be bought at the Performing Arts Ticket Office 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). A 10 percent discount is given to patrons who buy season tickets to four Music Department events through the Performing Arts Ticket office; a 15 percent discount is given on tickets to five or more events.

Tickets are available by calling 805-489-9444 or visiting www.clarkcenter.org.