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“Pilobolus is a mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers who leap, fly, intertwine and break all the rules.” Newsday. “Grace meets physical agility to create movement that is as lyrical as it is astonishing.” The Sunday Oregonian. Now in its 40th year of artmaking, the indefatigable dance-theater phenomenon Pilobolus continues to astound, expanding and refining its physical vocabulary to produce a body of more than 100 choreographic works that are as protean and surprising as ever. A deeply collaborative practice and unique weight-sharing approach to partnering have made Pilobolus the most popular modern dance company in the country. Don’t miss this astonishing American ensemble as Pilobolus “converts bodies into interlocking and interchangeable parts, erecting structures on stage that are closer to sculpture than dance” (Newsweek). Tickets available online at www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or by calling (805) 893-3535.

Call For Entries 2011 at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. Think you have what it takes to be the next big sensation in the Santa Barbara art world? Enter CAF’s annual Call For Entries and show us your stuff! Application due: Friday, October 8, 2010, 5 pm. Call For Entries (CFE) is an annual juried exhibition that encourages artists from the local community to produce newly commissioned work. CFE is open to individuals currently living and/or working in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties. Three to six artists will be selected by a panel of jurors made up of artists and art professionals to exhibit new work in a group exhibition held at CAF in 2011. This year’s panel includes: TBD. All submittals are individually evaluated based on the artistic and creative strength of the recent (last five years) work. For rules and eligibility and to submit your application and fee, visit sbcaf.org. Fee is $20 for CAF members, $35 for non-members, and is waived for brand new members upon joining. Email vvelazquez@sbcaf.org to find out your membership status. Completed application and fee must be submitted online via sbcaf.org by Friday, October 8, 2010 at 5 pm. Selected applicants will be posted on the CFE webpage on TBD.

An Evening of Bluegrass and Banjo. “Steve Martin [is] a first-rate bluegrass artist…The sextet of Martin and the hirsute, lightning-fingered Steep Canyon Rangers went through a boisterous, rollicking, frolicking set that was transcendent…Martin, throughout, was polished, poised, and hilarious.” Vanity Fair. Legendary comedian Steve Martin has proven equally adept as an actor, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and now banjo player and composer. His first all-music release, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo (featuring pals Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, and others), won the 2010 Grammy® Award for Best Bluegrass Album and spent 31 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard bluegrass chart. One of America’s most beloved performers, Martin will be joined in an unforgettable evening of laughter and music by North Carolina bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers. Tickets available online at www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or by calling (805) 893-3535.

Nipomo Youth Coalition 13th Annual Fun Walk and Run The Nipomo Youth Coalition’s 13th Annual Fun Run is Saturday, October 9, 2010, at Nipomo Regional Park. Entrants can participate in the Four-mile Race, the Two Mile Walk, or, for children under 12, the One-half Mile Kids’ Run. All proceeds from the day fund Nipomo Youth Coalition need-based scholarships for essential school materials, sports participation, and other programs. All money received goes directly to children and youth in Nipomo. Race registration and check-in is between 7:45 and 8:15 AM on October 10. The Four-Mile Run begins at 9:00 AM, with the other events starting immediately after. Pre-registration is $12.00, while the fee for day-of-race registration is $15.00 All participants will receive a T-shirt and a “goody bag.” In addition, all those registered will receive a raffle ticket for a pre-race drawing at 8:30 AM for numerous prizes contributed by local merchants. In the Four-Mile Race, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each age group will receive awards. For race registration information, call 473-5560.

“The Ring is not just a story or a series of operas, it’s a cosmos,” says. Bryn Terfel, singing his first, much-anticipated Met Wotan, leads the cast in Das Rheingold, the Ring’s first installment. Levine, who has conducted every complete cycle of Wagner’s masterpiece performed by the Met since 1989, says, Director Lepage says. “I try to be extremely respectful of Wagner’s storytelling, but in a very modern context.”

Tickets $25/public. $10 Student with valid I.D. $250 series of 12 (save $50) $150 series of 7 (save $25)

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“Reggae’s favorite son.” Shanghai Daily. In the wake of dual successes – the 2006 Grammy® Award-winning album Love Is My Religion and his newest Grammy® Award-winning CD Family Time – beloved reggae scion Ziggy Marley embraces both the spiritual and emotional side of life performing music that “people need to hear.” His easygoing message delivers themes of love, responsibility, unity and freedom in fun-filled tunes that resonate with die-hard Marley fans while introducing today’s youngest generation to reggae. “This [music] is from my heart,” says Marley – the only thing he finds more joyful than making it is sharing it with the world. Tickets available online at www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or by calling (805)893-3535.

RSVPs to 543-5970 are appreciated, but not required.

Location: Ludwick Community Center, Room A, 864 Santa Rosa Street, SLO.

*(Dates and times subject to change, verify before attending)

Tapas, no host bar, raffles, tuxedoed Meathead Movers.

$50.00 per person, tables available upon request.

Presented by Meathead Movers, Native Lounge, and Bloom 'N' Grow.

Steynberg Gallery 1531 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, California 93401

Price: $10

Jazz and Experimental Guitar- http://www.myspace.com/eugenechadbourne

The night will include the first appearance of Andrew McMahan, Cal Poly’s new director of bands. Music Department Chair W. Terrence Spiller will emcee.

David Arrivée will conduct the Symphony in a performance of Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor,” arranged by Leopold Stokowski. The music was made famous by the animated film “Fantasia.”

The Cal Poly Choirs, conducted by Thomas Davies, will follow. The University Singers will begin with Irish composer David Mooney’s arrangement of the ever-popular “Derry Air (Danny Boy)” and continue with “Beautiful City,” which quotes two spirituals, “Oh, What a Beautiful City” and “In Bright Mansions Above.”

PolyPhonics will perform “Hymne au Soleil” by Lili Boulanger, and “Camptown Races.” The choirs will combine for a performance of “Irish Blessing,” arranged by Graeme Langager, and “Make Our Garden Grow” from the musical “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein.

The University Jazz Band 1, directed by Paul Rinzler, will perform several big band classics: “Jumpin’ at the Woodside,” one of the Count Basie Big Band’s signature pieces; “Duet,” also a Count Basie classic written by the great jazz composer Neal Hefti; and Tito Puente’s “Oye Como Va,” made famous in 1970 by Santana.

The Arab Music Ensemble, directed by Ken Habib, will perform a famous piece from the shared art-music tradition of the Middle East that features a rhythmic mode in 10/8, along with a well-known folkdance in cooperation with San Luis Obispo dancers.

The program will conclude with the introduction of McMahan in his debut as director of bands as he conducts the Wind Ensemble.

Tickets $25/public. $10 Student with valid I.D. $250 series of 12 (save $50). $150 series of 7 (save $25). Toll free 888.233.2787 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              888.233.2787      end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Local 805-756-2787.