Wednesday February 1, 2012

Mothers for Peace Scholarships

Contact: Liz Apfelberg 783-2383 hankliz@charter.net

SCHOLARSHIPS

The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace annually offers two scholarships. An award of $500 is made to a graduating high school senior, and a $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a college or university upper class student.

The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace annually accepts applications for two scholarships. The deadline for the applications is the March 16. An annual scholarship of $1000 is offered to a college or university student who is of junior or senior standing in 2010-2011. The student's college or residence needs to be within San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara Counties. Applicants should have educational and career goals that will have a positive impact on issues of peace, social justice, or the environment. An on-going commitment to one or more of these issues is essential in order for the application to receive consideration. There is no restriction on the field of major study. A second award of $500 is offered to a graduating high school senior from any high school, public or private, within San Luis Obispo County only. Applicants need to be able to show past and current involvement in issues of peace, social justice or the environment. The award is intended to help in furthering the student's education in the field of the recipient's choice.

Further information and application forms can be found on the Mothers for Peace web site www.mothersforpeace.org

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM AACA Enrollment Information Event

Contact: Erin Colegrove 805-423-6201 ecolegrove@sbcglobal.net

Almond Acres Charter Academy Enrollment Information Event and Open Enrollment Kick-Off 4-6 p.m. at Almond Acres Charter Academy 1601 "L" Street in San Miguel. Parents can pick up and or turn in a request for enrollment, take a school tour, watch a short presentation on AACA and speak directly with members of the board.

Location: 1601 "L" Street in San Miguel

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Journey of Hope 2012

Contact: Transitions-Mental Health Association 805-540-6526 info@t-mha.org

Transitions-Mental Health Association is pleased to announce the Third Annual Journey of Hope Forum on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at New Life Church in Pismo Beach (990 James Way) from 6-9 p.m.

A community forum on living mentally well, the event offers an opportunity to interact with mental health and community leaders, learn about local resources and, best of all, celebrate hope. This year we are excited to welcome Jessie Closeand her son Calen Pickof BringChange2Mindas our keynote speakers. Resource tables, networking, free childcare and CEU’s will be available. Please check the event website page http://www.t-mha.org/main/main_joh.html for detailed information or call 805-540-6526.

We hope that you will join us at this event and help us to spread the word in the community.

Location: New Life Community Church

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Make Yours a Joyful Life

Contact: Administrative Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Buddha taught six practices, known as the Six Perfections, which enable us to lead a meaningful and joyful life. These six, which include, giving, moral discipline, patient acceptance, joyful effort, and concentration, can easily be incorporated into our own daily life. Not only will they help us to deal skillfully with problems with a peaceful and happy mind, they will also empower us to benefit others greatly. Practicing these Six Perfections gives us the skill to make our job, relationships and enjoyments part of our path to enlightenment. Join American Buddhist monk Kelsang Wangpo for this insightful series, which combines short teachings with practical meditations. Everyone is welcome--drop in for any or all of the classes.

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM SLO Skiers Monthly Meeting

Contact: Pete Sarafian 528-3194 psaraf2@charter.net

SLO Skiers, a local non-profit sport and social club, is having their monthly meeting on the first Wednesday of the month, February 1, at the Elks' Club Lodge at 222 Elks Lane in San Luis Obispo. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm. SLO Skiers is open to all adults. Sports activities and social events are held all year long. Check out our website at www.sloskiers.org or phone 528-3194 for more information.

Location: 222 Elks Lane, SLO

8:00 PM Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Contact: Rick 714-651-1263 artsandlec@gmail.com

“Preservation Hall. Now that’s where you’ll find all of the greats.” - Louis Armstrong

“...proof that the music pioneered in New Orleans a century ago was the clear progenitor of today’s jam-band phenomenon.” USA Today

Deriving its name from the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, Preservation Hall Jazz Band embodies a joyful, timeless spirit that is steeped in tradition. Under the auspices of director Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra, PHJB commands a deep reverence as the internationally recognized torchbearer of an enduring genre. Whether performing at Carnegie Hall or for the King of Thailand, for 50 years, its mission is to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New Orleans Jazz as “the past and promise of American music” (Rolling Stone).

General Public $38.00
UCSB Students $15.00

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2125

Location: UCSB Campbell Hall

Thursday February 2, 2012

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM World Premiere of The Secret Ingredient

Contact: Joe Palladino 805- 901-8797 jpalladino@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

The Secret Ingredient is a short film made completely by local Santa Barbarians, and it will be having its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this Thursday, Febuary 2nd at 2:00 pm at the Lobero Theatre.

Film Synopsis

Stars: Meredith McMinn, Robert lesser, Chris Costanzo

The Secret Ingredient is a short, character-driven drama about the traditions of family
recipes and the emotional tug of Sunday dinners. Nanna Rose has long been protective
of her recipes. For her they have become a link to her past and the bridge to happier
times. When her grandson Dimmie asks to video her preparing one of her “famous”
recipes, she is forced to come to grips with her own protective tendencies and realize
that perhaps she has been shutting people out of her life. This is a charming ensemble
piece that mixes humor and emotion into a delightful amuse bouche of a film.

Location: Lobero Theatre

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Caregivers of Brain-Injured Adults

Contact: Alyce Crawford 534 9234 alycec@coastcrc.org

Meet the first Thursday evening each month from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at "The Villages at The Palms", 55 N. Broad Street, San Luis Obispo in the Arts and Crafts Room. This support group is for caregivers only, who care for an adult family member with significant brain impairment due to stroke, brain injury or other serious brain damage. Call 534-9234 for details.

Location: San Luis Obispo

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Our Town

Contact: Joe Laurenzi 805-528-1862 jlaurenzi@slolibrary.org

Read Together, a community reading experience presents: Thornton Wilder's nostalgic slice of Americana, "Our Town." Led by Dr. Jonniepat Mobley. No auditions needed. All voices welcome. Thursday evening February 2nd at 6:30. Los Osos Library.

Location: 2075 Palisades Ave

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Forum Lounge: Christine Marie, Multiplying Spectacles

Contact: SBCAF 805.966.5373 sbcaf@sbcaf.org

San Francisco-based, integrated media artist and director Christine Marie breaks new ground in her performance Multiplying Spectacles. Based on the history of mirrors, her large-scale projected shadow theater performance is accompanied by a live score, incorporating video effects and 3D stereoscopic shadow work. Being intrinsically tied to ancient art forms, and metaphysical explorations of light, she creates images that invite one to remember a sense of being beyond the rational mind, where historic figures, dream sequences, and present day mix with thought processes and memory.

Support for Forum Lounge 2011-2012 is generously provided by: the National Endowment for the Arts, Andrea Lang Fund, Daniel Clark, Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Winery, and Therese Schweidler. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday.

ADMISSION IS FREE

Location: Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Paseo Nuevo Mall Upper Arts Terrace, 653 Paseo Nuevo

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM The Bizarre World of Acorn Woodpeckers

Contact: John Evarts 805 688-0413 cachuma@silcom.com

All ages are invited to a fascinating program about acorn woodpeckers on Thursday, February 2, 7:00 p.m. at the Solvang Library, located at 1745 Mission Dr. These woodpeckers are one of the most common birds in California’s oak woodlands, but they also exhibit complex and bizarre social behavior. Dr. Walt Koenig will give this multi-media presentation in which he details how cooperation in their family life coincides with some of the most diabolical competition known in the animal kingdom. A Senior Scientist at Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology, Koenig has studied this bird for over 30 years in central coastal California. This free event is hosted by the Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society, and you can learn more about other upcoming lectures and field trips by visiting their website at www.syvnature.org.

Location: Solvang

Friday February 3, 2012

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Conversations with Cal Poly Authors: A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us

Contact: Jordan Hooper (559)824-8870 jehooper@live.com

The topic of conversation will be Matt Ritter's book, A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us, published by Heyday in 2011.

Ritter will give an informal talk, with Enrica Lovaglio Costello as moderator, about California's most commonly grown trees and his writing process, followed by a conversation with Lovaglio Costello and Q&A with other attendees.

Matt Ritter is an Associate Professor in Cal Poly's Biology Department and Enrica Lovaglio Costello is an Associate Professor in Cal Poly's Digital Media, Art and Design Department.

Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

The event is free and open to the entire community — faculty, students, staff and the general public are all welcome!

Location: 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, California 93407

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Brown Bag Dialogue - Business 101: Keeping your Business and Personal Assets Separated

Contact: Denise Rosburg 595-1357 denise@mcscorp.org

Presenter: Melinda Thomas
Co-Founder and Partner of FIT Financial, LLC.As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™

For Solo Professionals and Micro Business Owners, the line between personal and business expenses often gets blurry. Do you know exactly how much you need to take home to live your desired lifestyle and cover business expenses? Melinda will be discussing the following topics:

Start by Knowing Your Numbers
8 Tips to Keep them Separate: Personal & Business Expenses
6 Simple ways to Increase your income without doing more work

Seventy-five percent of Americans say they are “stressed to the max” with concerns about their finances and the economy. Money Basics 101 will help you develop a visual picture of your financial situation so you are not left in the dark.

This is a FREE event and everyone is welcome! RSVP to denise@mcscorp.org or call 595-1357

Location: 71 Zaca Lane, Suite 130, SLO

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Peter Walker Lecture

Contact: Kathy Mastako 805-756-1319 klmastak@calpoly.edu

Peter Walker, founder and partner at PWP Landscape Architecture, will speak at Cal Poly in the Business Rotunda (Bldg. 3, room 213) February 3rd as part of the CAED's Winter 2012 Hearst Lecture series. He is co-designer with Michael Arad of the National September 11th Memorial. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Walker has designed hundreds of projects, taught, lectured, written, and served as advisor to numerous public agencies. His work ranges from the design of small gardens to the planning of cities -- with particular emphasis on corporate headquarters, plazas, cultural gardens, academic campuses, and urban-regeneration projects.

A Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Institute for Urban Design, Walker has been granted the Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects, Harvard's Centennial Medal, the University of Virginia's Thomas Jefferson Medal, the ASLA Medal, and the IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Gold Medal.

Location: 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, California 93407

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Three Pickles to compete in First Ever Santa Barbara Sandwich Showdown

Contact: Mo McFadden (805) 964-4585 momcfadden@aol.com

Clay Lovejoy, one of the owner’s of Three Pickles, has been chosen to be a “professional sandwich slinger” for the first ever Santa Barbara Sandwich Showdown this Friday, February 3 from 4 to 5 p.m. at Whole Foods Market, 3761 State St. in Santa Barbara. Bob Lovejoy & Bob McCourt are the other two owners of Three Pickles and will be in the audience to cheer their partner on. Everyone is invited.

Three contestants - the two pros (Savoy Cafe & Deli is other pro) - and one amateur/home cook face off in a sandwich-making competition inspired by Top Chef and Tom Colicchio. The winner will receive a $250 Whole Foods shopping spree and other prizes. Event is co-sponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures, Whole Foods Market and the Santa Barbara Independent. Admission to the S.B. Sandwich Showdown is free.

This SB Sandwich Showdown is an advance event for An Evening with Tom
Colicchio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Colicchio) Top Chef’s
influential head judge and James Beard Award-winning chef will be at Campbell Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 22 @8 p.m. in his Santa Barbara debut.

Three Pickles has two locations to satiate your appetite: Downtown at 126 E. Canon Perdido St. at the old Jimmy's Oriental Gardens Dining Room. Since opening in the historic location,the deli has proven itself as a keeper on the Santa Barbara sandwich scene. It won the Lazarus Award in the Independent's Foodie Awards chosen by Indie writer George Yatchisen this past September. The award noted, "Three Pickles already served up some of the town’s best sandwiches (their Presidio alone is in the running for perfect pastrami),but when they moved into the old dining room of Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens, it warmed the hearts (and livers, no doubt) of many who had missed that classic watering hole ."

Downtown hours: Monday - Saturday 11 am to 4 pm. (805) 965-1015.

Goleta location at 420 S. Fairview Avenueand it's open Monday - Friday 11 am - 3 pm. (805) 964-4585. Find Three Pickles on Facebook too.

Location: Santa Barbara

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Jason Womack � �Your Life Just Got Better�

Contact: -Jessica Kwon 805-687-3322 jk@surfmedia.com

Jason Womack, an alumnus of SBCC, will be giving a free presentation at the BC Forum on the campus of Santa Barbara City College. Executive coach to Fortune 100 and startup companies worldwide, Mr. Womack will help you amplify your ability to achieve your goals and lay the foundation for bigger ideas that before seemed unreachable.
Learn key productivity tools that have the power to transform business or professional performance. Managers, small business owners and entrepreneurs can target the barriers that inhibit efficiency and embrace new practices that will unlock your potential.
The mission of the Foundation for SBCC is to develop philanthropic support to assist the College in providing accessible educational programs that assure academic and vocational excellence for the students of Santa Barbara City College, and that enrich the cultural, economic and civic life of the South Coast community.
When: February 3, 2012, 4:30pm - 5:30pm, Book Signing and Reception to Follow
Where: Santa Barbara City College - BC Forum, 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, 93109
Cost: FREE, but RSVP Required
For more information, please contact Shannon Proulx at (805) 730-4403 or RSVP at http://scheinfeld.sbcc.edu/events_lectures.html.

Location: Santa Barbara City College, Fe Bland Forum (West Campus)

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CULINARY CARNIVAL TO PAIR FOOD AND WINE TO BENEFIT PRADO DAY CENTER

Contact: Friends of Prado Day Center (805) 786-0617 info@sloculinarycarnival.com

Local “foodies” are awaiting as the Friends of the Prado Day Center prepare for the Fourth Annual Culinary Carnival held on Friday, February 3^rd, 2012 at the San Luis Obispo Embassy Suites on Madonna Road.

The event will once again feature at least a half dozen or more gourmet appetizers carefully prepared by well-known local celebrity chefs, restaurants, bakeries and local wine and beer purveyors. This year each dish will be specially paired with local wines and beers. Festivities will also include a silent auction with attention-getting items donated by local businesses and artists.

In its fourth year, the Carnival is Friends of Prado's largest fundraising event, with all proceeds going to support day-to-day operation of the Prado Day Center. Participation is a modest $50 per person for this early evening event, and tickets are expected to be a sold out again this year, so get your tickets early.

WHAT:           Culinary Carnival to Benefit Prado Day Center

WHERE:         Embassy Suites Hotel, 333 Madonna Road San Luis Obispo, CA

WHEN:           Friday, February 3^rd, 2012 5:30-7:30 PM

Since opening its doors in September, 1997, Prado has provided essential day-to-day services for homeless members of our community. Noon meals--served by People's Kitchen-- showers, laundry facilities, and other vital services are made available. Help finding work, housing referrals, social services, and children’s activities are also offered to assist in the path back to self-sufficiency.

For detailed information on the chef line-up, participating wineries and brewers, and to purchase tickets, please visit www.sloculinarycarnival.com.

Local food and beverage vendors who will be contributing to this event include: Bon Temps Creole Café, Embassy Suites Hotel, Splash Café, Café Roma, Tahoe Joe’s, Pete’s Pierside Café, Compass Health, Ventana Grill, Upper Crust Trattoria, Tolosa Winery, Tap-It Brewing Company, Edna Valley Winery, Per Bacco Winery, Cass Winery, Einhorn Beer Company, Baileyana and Tangent Wineries, Claiborne & Churchill Vintners, and Castoro Cellars.

This event is sponsored by: Embassy Suites Hotel, The Tribune, the City of San Luis Obispo, Compass Health, Meathead Movers, Mulberry Street, Mosaic Business Services, The Spice Hunter, Continental Motors, the SLO UPS Store, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, Founders Community Bank, the Sign Place, County Supervisor Jim Patterson, Allen Reese and Jow Hengel.

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The Mission of Friends of Prado Day Center -Friends of Prado Day Center was formed in December 1999 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization to raise funds to help support the operations of the Prado Day Center

The Mission of The Prado Day Center is to create opportunities for clients to secure employment and to transition back into productive society and to coordinate multiple services in a centralized location through a number of healthcare and human-service providers. To provide a safe haven for homeless individuals and their families from the elements and access needed services.

The Prado Day Centerrelies on financial support from the community for daily operations, weekend hours, the children’s program, general supplies, facility repairs and maintenance.

Location: Embassy Suites Hotel

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Art After Dark

Contact: Peter Steynberg 805-547-0278 sgallery@charter.net

ART AFTER DARK

The art show titled STAGIONI (seasons in Italian)
Ceramic Sculpture by Simona Bellini+
Watercolours by Tom di Santo

Steynberg Gallery
1531 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, CA
805.547.0278
sgallery@charter.net

Artists' Reception:
3 February, 2012 from 18:00 to 21:00 (6 to 9:00pm)

Dates:
3 February to 31 March, 2012

Artists' statement:

With the passing of the year, we feel the purity and innocence of spring, the exhilaration of summer, the rich warm veneration of autumn and the determination and perseverance of winter. We bring these seasons to bear in part because we feel, and in part because we acknowledge that it is better to exalt in the changing of the seasons than to hopelessly cling to only one of them. The earth will abide...it will rotate with or without our acknowledgement of that fact...and thus we create with the acceptance of this dynamic circularity of life.

We, too, rotate with the earth in that we are seasonal workers. Simona Bellini travels annually from Switzerland to California to Peru and back to Switzerland. Tom di Santo travels annually from California to Switzerland and back. We change topographies and climates, cultures and currencies, flora and fauna with the changing of the seasons...

...and this rotation and dynamic circularity of life reflects in our art.

please enjoy viewing the art as much as we enjoyed making it.
Simona Bellini + Tom di Santo

A quote:

“And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.” -Kahlil Gibran
our websites:
www.simonabellini.com/
www.mome.org

Saturday February 4, 2012

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Ice Cream for Breakfast FREE Ice Cream

Contact: Michelle 805 474-4068 michellemandulay@yahoo.com

Doc Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab will be serving FREE Ice Cream in the parlor in Arroyo Grande AND the GRAND OPENING of the new parlor in OLD TOWN ORCUTT. FREE Ice Cream scoops of a fun"breakfast" flavor made on site. Pajama Party and FREE treats.

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM SWAP First Saturday Work Party

Contact: Yolanda 528-0392 yolanda@elfin-forest.org@

SWAP needs volunteers to help with weed and erosion control on Saturday, February 4th from 9 am til noon. SWAP First Saturday Work Parties are held at 9 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of each month. Please dress for wind,fog, or sun. Layers work well. Long pants and long shirt sleeves are good. Sturdy shoes are a must. Meet at the north end of 15th Street at the Elfin Forest entrance. Take care not to park in front of driveways or mailboxes. Heavy rain will cancel. For info. call 528-0392.

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Friends of Los Osos Library Book Sale

Contact: -Buff Lawson 528-1689 lawsonbuff@sbcglobal.net

Friends of Los Osos Library Book Sale
Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
2 bags for a buck starts at 1 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
490 Los Osos Valley Rd - Los Osos, CA

For information call 235-6749.

Location: Los Osos

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild Monthly Meeting

Contact: Beverly Ryan (805) 683-4273 Bev_ryn@verizon.net

Place: Presidio Springs Community Center
721 Laguna Street Santa Barbara, CA

Program?Val McLean Presents a Hat Making Presentation and Workshop
Val will share two different techniques for making hats. One uses prefelted commercial hoods and capelines, and for theother technique, the felt is made from scratch, layingout the roving in thin layers, using a flat resist allowing for flexibility in design for whatever shape is desired.

Workshop: Learn to Make Felted Hats at Workshop with Val Mc Lean, following the meeting. It will be from 1- 5pm at 677 N. TurnpikeRoad, Santa Barbara. The class will be for Guild Members and the cost is $40. If you are interested in the workshop, please email her directly to sign up and to ask questions about the workshop: snvmclean@cox.net She will send you a small supply list. The workshop will start promptly at 1:00 pm. There will be a lot of work to do but certainly can be accomplished in the time allotted. Come ready to jump in and work. Workshop space is limited by the number of hat blocks for shaping.

Location: Presidio Springs Community Center 721 Laguna Street Santa Barbara, CA

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Yoga for Kids

Contact: Joe Laurenzi 805-528-1862 jlaurenzi@slolibrary.org

Through games and play-based movement children will experience what yoga is all about! Children aged 12 and younger come participate in yoga at the Los Osos Library on Saturday 10 o'clock in the morning, on February 4th..

Location: 2075 Palisades Ave

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Workshop: How to Create an Elevator Pitch that Gets Results

Contact: Denise Rosburg 805-595-1357 denise@mcscorp.org

Attention Business Owners, Service Professionals and Sales People…
Are you ready to Grow Your Business, Attract New Clients and Increase Sales?
Fee: $35.00
Presenter: Janet Hilts of Speaking Made Fearless

Together we can create an effective pitch that immediately captures interest and gets you the results you’re looking for!

10:00 - Noon

· Introduction of purpose for and best usage of elevator pitches
· Identify your market’s problems and how to solve them
· Identify and provide results and outcomes
· Craft the elevator pitch using a formula to incorporate problems, solutions and results
BREAK FOR LUNCH
1:00 –3:00

· Identify how your solution is different from your competitor’s
· Craft a 1-2 minute version of the elevator pitch
· Create a 5 second mini version of the elevator pitch
· Learn how to easily tweak the elevator pitch for different audiences and
markets
· Practice delivering your elevator pitch

Location: 71 Zaca Lane, Suite 130, SLO

10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Cal Poly's VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program

Contact: Janice Carr 8057562667 jcarr@calpoly.edu

The IRS-sanctioned annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is running on Saturdays from Jan. 28 to March 10, as a free service provided to the community that can spare individuals and families the costly expenses of tax preparation fees. Locally sponsored by Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business, the program is available to help those making less than $50,000 per year. Visitors are asked to enter Cal Poly via California Boulevard and follow the signs to the College of Business. The program is held on the second floor of the Business Building (Building 03). Please plan to arrive no later than 2 p.m. Those participating are asked to bring their Social Security card or ITIN number, 2010 tax returns and all 2011 tax-related documents (including child-care expenses, child-care provider identification number and phone number). No appointments- first come first served. For more information, call 756-2667.

Location: Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business

Free Public Talk: Opening the Heart

Contact: Admin Director 805-563-6000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

All of our relationships depend upon good communication and understanding the desires of each individual involved. In order to obtain what we want and maintain or, better yet, improve the relationship we need an open heart. The Buddhist way of loving-kindness is a supreme method for opening the heart. Creating a good heart based on loving-kindness will overcome all of our personal and interpersonal problems.

With American Buddhist Monk, Kelsang Wangpo.

Location: Santa Barbara

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Adopt A Pet

Contact: Elaine Genasci 805-458-3978 elgenasci@gmail.com

The Feline Network has cats and kittens available for adoption every Saturday from 11 to 4 at PETCO in the Madonna Plaza Shopping Center in San Luis Obispo.

There are many loving and adorable felines who need homes for the holidays!

Cats and kittens are spayed or neutered, tested and vaccinated prior to adoption. The adoption fee is $60 for one or $80 for two. A free vet examination is included.

Location: 271 Madonna Road

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Zumba Dance Fundraiser

Contact: Karen Perlette 772-7363 karen.perlette.cj3e@statefarm.com

MBHS Music Boosters Fundraiser
Zumba Dance Party with Sally Unks
Saturday, February 4^th, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Morro Bay High School Cafeteria
235 Atascadero Rd, Morro Bay, CA

The Morro Bay High School Music Boosters are sponsoring a Zumba Dance Party with seasoned Instructor Sally Unks. The fun will begin at 4:00 pm in the Morro Bay High School Cafeteria. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased at the door.
Come and join the party and help support the Morro Bay High School and Los Osos Middle School Music Programs.
Don’t forget to wear clothes and shoes you can MOVE in!
For more information contact: Karen Perlette 772-7363
OR
Zumba Sally 440-8374 (or email: sallyunks@yahoo.com)

Location: Morro Bay High School

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM David Mattice BBQ and Silent Auction Fundraiser

Contact: Lexi Pearl 805 712 0882 lexilpearl@gmail.com

In October of 2010, David was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow. He was informed in November of 2011 that the stem cell transplant he attempted was unsuccessful. Despite this unfortunate result, David is continuing his fight and is currently seeking alternative treatment. Please join us in an effort to offset David’s medical expenses. Enjoy a delicious tri-tip dinner with all the fixings and browse the silent auction items. $10/plate; take out is available. For tickets call 434-0796.

Location: AARP Building at Atascadero Lake, 7847 Pismo Ave, Atascadero

5:00 PM - 10:00 PM An Evening of Dinner and Dancing

Contact: David Blakely 805.438-5956 4385956@gmail.com

North County Watch Celebrates 10 years of looking out for tomorrow today
Everyone is invited to join in celebrating this milestone, Saturday February 4^th, at the Santa Margarita Community Center, 9610 Murphy Street in Santa Margarita from 5 PM to 10 PM. Dinner will be served from 6 PM to 7 PM with dancing and music till 10 PM.

Your $50 tax deductible donation enables you to receive an elegantly table served dining experience. You will dine on bbqed marinated Ahi Tuna filet with Tossed Green and Orzo Salad, Sautéed Mixed Vegetables, Wild Rice and Artisan Breads. Dessert, Tea and Cowboy Coffee are included. There will also be a vegetarian option if requested. The music will be performed by a spontaneous collaboration of some of the best musicians San Luis Obispo County has to offer. Beer and wine tickets will be available for purchase.

For more information or to purchase tickets go to http://northcountywatch.org or phone Sue at 805.239-0542. Seating is limited for this special evening.

Location: Santa Margarita Community Hall

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM DANIEL - Art Opening & Reception

Contact: Jennifer Holmes 805.237.7525 daniel@newworldcubsit.com

YOU'RE INVITED! We’re welcoming the artist DANIEL at Orchid Hill Winery in beautiful Downtown Paso Robles! DANIEL's artwork is on exhibit now through the end of Feburary. There will be an Opening Reception for those of you that would like to meet the artist, see his work ...or purchase a piece for your own collection. We will also be raffling off an Original Work of Art by DANIEL with proceeds donated to One Thing for One Orphan, a California 501c3 Non-Profit Organization dedicated to advocating for Orphan Care and Awareness. Raffle Tickets are $50 at the door. Come join us for an elegant evening of Fine Art and Fine Wine! See you there!

Location: Orchid Hill Gallery, 1140 Pine Street, Paso Robles

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Father Daughter Dance

Contact: Colleen Ghiglia 805-773-7063 cghiglia@pismobeach.org

This special event was designed just for young ladies ages 3 to 18 and the special man in their lives… Dad! We are proud to host a semi-formal evening full of dancing and fun on Saturday, February 4 from 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Pre-registration is required by January 31 to attend this memorable affair. This event SELLS OUT every year, so register early! Price includes admission, snacks, beverages, and of course, flowers for dad’s “date.” Participants will also have the opportunity for professional portraits by our photographer to help commemorate your special evening together! To register please contact the City of Pismo Beach Recreation division at 773-7063 or visit: www.pismobeach.org.

Day/Date: Sat, Feb 4

Time: 6:00-8:30 pm

Fee: $25/couple & $10/each additional child

Location: Pismo Beach Veteran’s Hall

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM SLOfolks Presents Houston Jones

Contact: Elisabeth Demongeot 805-528-8963 SLOfolksmusic@sbcglobal.net

SLOFOLKS IS VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BAND, HOUSTON JONES. IS COMING BACK TO THE CENTRAL COAST...THIS TIME PERFORMING IN SAN LUIS OBISPO
Saturday, February 4, 7pm The United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo Tickets ~ $20
~ available on line at www.brownpapertickets.com also at Boo Boo Records and at the door. Reservation: (805)544-1373

Houston Jones is a California-based hig octane Americana quintet. Formed in 2001, the band performs a strong original repertoire that ranges from bluegrass and folk to blues and gospel.

The San Francisco Chronicle November 11, 2011:
Houston Jones: Queen of Yesterday
CD Review By David Wiegand RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)
"You may not think a band with traditional bluegrass instrumentation and guys who've been around the musical block more than a few times could remain fresh, much less grow even better with each new CD. But when it comes to the Bay Area band Houston Jones, think it. I first got turned on to the band with "Calico Heart" two CDs ago, but the group's new one, "Queen of Yesterday," is in a class by itself. The band includes Travis Jones on lead vocals and guitar; Glenn Houston on lead guitar and background vocals; Chris Kee on bass, guitar, cello and background vocals; Peter Tucker, percussion and background vocals; and Henry Salvia, keyboards, accordion and vocals. Houston Jones will celebrate the release of "Queen" on Saturday at Freight & Salvage. And it's a CD worth celebrating." "What's amazing about the band is its incredible versatility, From the bluesy swing of "Angels on the Ridgepole" to the urban jazz sound of the streets of Oakland embodied in "Calamity Jane" to the gentle acoustic ballad "I Found a Heart," the electric and electrifying title track and the bar-at-closing-time sad classicism of "Lost in the Crowd," this is a confluence of sublime talent."

Location: United Church of Christ, 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., SLO 93405

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM 'A Night at the Mission' Benefit Chamber Concert

Contact: Cal Poly Music Department 805-756-2406 music@calpoly.edu

On Saturday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m., several of Cal Poly's finest student music ensembles will perform traditional and contemporary chamber music in the Old Mission Church in San Luis Obispo.

"A Night at the Mission" will feature performances by:

woodwind quintets
saxophone ensembles
flute choir
clarinet ensemble
trumpet ensemble
brass choir
string quartet
brass quintet

The event will help raise money for the Cal Poly Symphony's April trip to the U.S. capitol, where it will perform as the showcase ensemble at the 2012 Washington, D.C., International Music Festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This will mark the symphony's first tour outside California.

Please consider a donation to the tour!

Tickets at the Performing Arts Ticket Office and at the door concert night.

Location: Mission San Luis Obispo

Sunday February 5, 2012

Finding Wisdom, Creating Happiness

Contact: Admin Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Without the wisdom that understands the true nature of things, we remain vulnerable to unhappiness and insecurity. As a result, the things we normally rely upon for support, such as relationships, possessions and enjoyments, often let us down. By cultivating Buddha's wisdom we gradually free ourselves from unhappiness and fear as we understand the true sources inner peace. This inner peace is completely reliable and liberating, and enables us to transform every aspect of our lives into our spiritual training. Join American Buddhist monk Kelsang Wangpo for this 4 week series, which combines short teachings with practical meditations. Everyone is welcome--drop in for any or all of the classes.

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

Huge Rummage Sale

Contact: Melanie 489-8232 tc@fernandesortho.com

20th annual rummage sale benefitting United Methodist Children's Center
Friday February 3rd from 4pm to 6pm *Early bird sale with a $5 donation
Saturday February 4th from 8am to 2pm
Sunday February 5th from 9am to 1pm
1515 Fredericks St, San Luis Obispo
Questions Call 549-0332
Rain or Shine

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Super Bowl Sunday Volunteer Work Day

Contact: frank zika 547 9025 frank@frankzika.com

Come out and join over 100 volunteers at the 22 annual Super Bowl Sunday trail work day in Montana de Oro State Park. There will be a light breakfast of coffee, fruit and pasteries before we head into the park for a morning of trail maintenance in the park. All ages are welcome. The workday is finished by 1:00 with plenty of time left to catch the big game. Wear appropriate clothing, shoes and sun protection. It's a great way to start the day.

Location: Montana de Oro State Park, Los Osos

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Introduction to Buddhism

Contact: Jay Salter 805-423-3917 jaysalter@sbcglobal.net

Come and meet our local group. We are a satellite group called the North County White Heron Bugghist Sangha. We invite you to attend a welcome meeting for new and prospective members on Sunday, February 5 from 9-11:00am at the Atascadero Library - "Introduction to Buddhism". You can learn more about our group at www.hcwhbs.org

Location: Atascadero

9:00 AM - 10:00 PM Film Feast 2012

Contact: Kim Mercado 805 962-2098 x24 kmercado@sbdo.org

Santa Barbara rolls out the red carpet for another edition of Film Feast, a special tasting-menu program coinciding with the 27th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, January 26 - February 5, 2012. As palpable excitement from the star-studded festival permeates local establishments, Film Feast invites foodies and film lovers to savor the very best of Santa Barbara before or after catching the action on the big screen. A stellar cast of restaurants, bars and tasting rooms serves up three-course tasting menus, spotlighting local cuisine, inventive cocktails and Central Coast wines and beers. Several Film Feast participants take the silver-screen drama tableside with movie-themed menus celebrating classic and contemporary films. Visit www.sbfilmfeast.com for a complete list of all participants.

Location: Various Santa Barbara Locations

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Coalesce Bookstore concert: Odyssey Trio

Contact: Coalesce Bookstore 772-2880 coalescebookstore@gmail.com

Coalesce Bookstore invites you a concert, Odyssey Trio, February 5, (Sunday), 1-3p.m., Tickets: $10

For the past 6 years Emily Yurcheshen and Gail Brooks have been singing their hearts out together on their original songs, accompanying themselves on piano and guitar. With the addition of longtime local guitarist Hans Langfeldt on bass, they are Odyssey Trio. Their soaring harmonies and insightful lyrics will inspire you with songs of hope, joy and change.

Location: Coalesce Bookstore 845 Main Street, Morro Bay

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Lompoc Music Association/Choro de Ouro

Contact: Brenda French 735-4777 arttonyjuliet@yahoo.com

Lompoc Music Association presents Brazilian jazz group "Choro de Ouro" on February 5, 2012, 3 pm, at the Valley of Flowers UCC, 3346 Constellation Road, Vandenberg Village, Lompoc. Tickets at the door are $18 for adults and $6 for students. A reception to meet the artists will follow. For more information call 735-4777.

Location: Lompoc

Monday February 6, 2012

Meditation and You

Contact: Administrative Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

When things go wrong in our life we tend to regard the situation itself as the problem, but in reality whatever problems we experience come from our mind. Because of this extraordinary fact, if we change our mind we can literally change our world. By changing our mind through meditation, we can learn how to develop positive ways of viewing ourselves and the world around us. Discover the surprising causes of happiness and suffering, and how this ancient knowledge can be directly applied to our modern life.

Join Buddhist Teacher Charley DeLisle for this new series, which combines short teachings with practical meditations. Everyone is welcome--drop in for any or all of the classes.

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Bloom N Grow Blood Drive

Contact: Jodi Bloom 8054665769 jodi@bloomngrow.com

Description: Bloom N Grow Florist is hosting a blood drive. Monday February 6th from 12-5. Call for an appointment but walk ins are welcome! Each donor will receive a gift and discounts from Bloom N Grow. Come be a hero at 9955 El Camino Real Atascadero or call 805-466-5769. See you there

Location: 9955 El camino Real

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Cal Poly Diversity Colloquium

Contact: Harvey R. Levenson 805-756-6151 hlevenso@calpoly.edu

Cal Poly, City of San Luis Obispo to Present Community Colloquium
‘Celebrating Diversity’ Feb. 6

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly and the City of San Luis Obispo on Feb. 6 will present “Celebrating Diversity,” a community colloquium that will address the virtues of living and learning in a diverse society.

See: http://grci.calpoly.edu/promos/diversity.html

The event, free and open to the public, will be held 5-7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center, with a reception to follow.

The colloquium will feature remarks from a variety of national and local speakers; a panel discussion; Black History Month exhibits; music and poetry readings; and a presentation honoring local 98-year-old folk photographer Joseph Schwartz for his lifetime of work documenting the virtues of diversity.

The keynote address will be delivered by Paul Gardullo, curator of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Also set to speak are Cal Poly Provost Kathleen Enz Finken; Betsy Umhofer, from the office of Congresswoman Lois Capps; local radio personality David Congalton; San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Howell Marx; and James A. Miller, professor of English and American Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Public History and Culture at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

The panel discussion will feature Congalton, Miller, Gardullo, San Luis Obispo City Councilman John Ashbaugh, and several Cal Poly students, faculty members and administrators.

“Cal Poly is proud to help present this important gathering as an opportunity for all of us to embrace the variety of people, cultures and opinions that comprise our society,” said President Jeffrey D. Armstrong, who also will participate in the event. “We’re especially pleased to play a role in helping students live and work effectively in our multicultural society. Their ability to do so will be a key factor in their future success.”

Those attending the event will be able to meet the speakers at a reception in the Performing Arts Center Lobby after the colloquium.

The event is sponsored by Cal Poly, the City of San Luis Obispo, and the university’s Inclusive Excellence Council and Diversity Coalition.

For more information on the event, contact Harvey Levenson at 805-756-1108 or hlevenso@calpoly.eduor visit http://grci.calpoly.edu/promos/diversity.html

Location: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Tuesday February 7, 2012

Beacon Art Show 2012

Contact: Virginia Rogers 805-784-0266 beaconartshow@gmail.com

CALL FOR ARTISTS: "Nuturing Inspiration through Artful Expression" . Juried show and sale. Deadline for submission is Tuesday, February 7, 5 p.m.
See www.sloumc.com for information and application.

Location: 1717 Fredericks Street

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Juried Show Bring-In Day

Contact: lucie ryan 805 924 1294 lucieryan@earthlink.net

Call for Artists to enter Cambraia Allied Arts Juried February Exhibit.
Juror, Ruta Saliklis, Exhibition Director, SLOMA
Members and non-members eligible
Two and three dimensional work accepeted
Detailed information available at: http://artistsofcambria.com/gallery.html
Bring in Day, 10 am to noon on Tuesday, February 7, 10 am to noon
Opening Reception and Awards on Friday, February 10, 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Free Admission to Gallery and Reception
Show runs from Friday, Feb. 10 at 1 pm to Sunday, March 11 at 4 pm

Wednesday February 8, 2012

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM eQuip Your Business Series: How I use FREE Google products to manage my business

Contact: Jacky Lopez (805) 467-6777 jl@jackylopez.com

SMALL BUSINESS OFFERED ONLINE RESOURCES TO BOOST COMPETITIVENESS

Jacky Lopez, Virtual Assistant and Web Development announces the first eQuip Your Business Series on February 8th, 2012 from 12:00 to 1pm at the Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS® - 1415 Chapala St., SB

Professionals and Small businesses in Santa Barbara will benefit from a workshop aimed at improving online presence, by using resources available on the web at not cost, announced Jacky Lopez, Business Consultant at jackylopez.com.

Only twelve business owners will be able to attend the Feb. 8th, 2012 the FREE eQuip Your Business Series, the first of which is titled, "How I use FREE Google products to manage my business". Due to limit space, participants must pre-submit information about their business, to better identify common challenges they face currently.

“Business has changed since the Internet became mainstream. The Internet has created new channels to promote and market products and services. It enables professionals and small businesses to interact with customers in a whole new way. Helping a business to find internet resources and applications is important to Santa Barbara businesses online success", said Lopez.

Pre-registration for this workshop must be sent before January 3rd '12, via email to jl@jackylopez.com with the following information: business URL and email address. Interested can also register at www.meetup.com/digitalmarketing/

Other eQuip Your Business Series includes, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Makeover Using WordPress - Blogger, Mobile Applications - eCommerce, Add Chat to Your Web Site, Social Engine Marketing (SEM), Collaborative Tools to Work Remotely and various other interesting ways to use FREE online tools. Further information about this workshop, please contact Jacky Lopez at (805) 467-6777 or email jl@jackylopez.com

Location: Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS�

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Santa Barbara County CANstruction

Contact: Rose Hess 805-331-2021 SBCCanstruction@gmail.com

2nd ANNUAL CANSTRUCTION EVENT – SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

It starts with one can. To feed the hungry. To lift the spirit. To change the World.

Canstruction ®, a charity committed to ending hunger, is using “one can” as a catalyst for change.
One can to represent the building blocks of massive sculptures.
One can to prove that every act of kindness makes a difference.
Since 1992, Canstruction ® has contributed over 15 million of pounds of food to
community food banks demonstrating that we can win the fight against hunger.

Hunger in Santa Barbara County is growing at an alarming rate –
an estimated 155,000 Santa Barbara County residents are food insecure.

Canstruction ®, a design/build competition held in cities throughout the world, consists of teams of architects, engineers, and contractors completing to build unique sculptures made entirely out of canned foods. This competition encourages local professionals to give back to the community it helps build.

Sponsored by MNS Engineers, this is the second Annual Canstruction Event in Santa Barbara County! The structures will become an exhibition on display for the following week in the lobby of the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott located in the City of Buellton. At the completion of the exhibition, all of the cans of food used to create the sculptures will be donated to the Santa Barbara County Food Bank.

The "Build" will commence at 2 pm, Wednesday, February 8th. The public is welcome to visit the SYV Marriott and view the sculptures February 8th through the 16th.

****Update****

Four teams have risen to the challenge:

MNS Engineers;
City of Buellton;
SYV Marriott;
City of Lompoc

Location: Buellton

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM How Science Constructs Women and Their Bodies - Half a Century of IUD Development

Contact: Jane Lehr 805-305-9247 jlehr@calpoly.edu

Chikako Takeshita, UC Riverside
4-5pm, Science North, 53-215, Cal Poly

Over its five decades of use, the intrauterine device (IUD) has been regarded as 1) a means for women's reproductive autonomy and a convenient form of birth control on a par with the pill, AND 2) a coercive tool of state-imposed population control and threat to women's health. Is it possible for the IUD to be both empowering and oppressive at the same time? This talk explores how the IUD functions as a "politically versatile technology," adaptable to both feminist and non-feminist reproductive politics, with a particular focus on the ways in which social interests and assumptions about race, class, and female sexuality guide scientific inquiries, technological development, imagined users, and what counts as an appropriate mechanism to manage women's fertility in the developing and developed world.

Location: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CASA Volunteer Information Session

Contact: Cathy Orton 805-541-6542 staff@slocasa.org

A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is a trained volunteer community member who is appointed by a judge to advocate for a child that has been removed from home due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Learn how to become a volunteer at one of our information sessions.

Location: Starbucks, 3971 S. Higuera, San Luis Obispo, 93401

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Make Yours a Joyful Life

Contact: Administrative Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Book disscussion with Dr. Matt Ritter

Contact: Adam Ingrao 951-237-5311 aingrao@calpoly.edu

Cal Poly’s Horticulture Club is proud to present botanist, author, and Cal Poly professor, Dr. Matt Ritter for an evening discussion about his new book, A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us. The event will be held on the Cal Poly campus in the Graphic Arts Building #26, room 106 from 6:30-8:30pm on Wednesday, Feb. 8^th. Refreshments will be served at 6:30pm and the discussion will begin at 7pm. Books will be available for purchase at the event and a signing will follow the discussion. This event is free to attend and is open to the San Luis Obispo community. Join the Cal Poly Horticulture Club for this free lecture as welearn the stories behind the trees that shade our parks, grace our yards, and line our streets.

Location: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Thursday February 9, 2012

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alzheimer's Cafe

Contact: Alzheimer's Association (805) 547-3830 rayleen.moran@alz.org

Those affected by Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and memory loss and their friends and families have now a new place to meet: the Alzheimer’s Café.
Hosted by various co-sponsors, the Alzheimer’s Café offers a relaxed atmosphere where people can meet and comfortably discuss issues related to living with the disease and dementia. Over a nice cup of coffee or tea, while listening to soft music, people join in to talk to others who are going through similar experiences. Participation in the Café brings a sense of community that would otherwise be missing for so many families who are often isolated by the disease.
Alzheimer’s Association (805) 547-3830

Location: The Village at Sydney Creek

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Calling All Chocoholics!

Contact: Jeanne Miller 805-602-7817 westernartist@gmail.com

Nothing says sinful like luscious chocolate! Make a date with Chef Brenda Hock at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden’s Oak Glen Pavilion on Thursday, February 9 from 1 pm to 3pm as we immerse ourselves in delicious Valentines treats including chocolate soup, chocolate whipped cream meringue baskets, triple chocolate chip espresso cookies, and "have it your way chocolate truffles". It's a promise that these will become mainstays in your recipe repertoire.

Classes are $25 for Garden members and $30 for non-members; bring three friends and your admission is half-off! And of course, come prepared to sample lots of chocolate! Limited to 30 participants, register early. For more information, visit www.slobg.org or call (805) 541-1400 ext 300.

Location: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion, 3450 Dairy Creek Road, SLO

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Touring & Tasting Magazine Wine Social at Oreana Winery

Contact: Touring & Tasting (805)962-5857 wine@touringandtasting.com

WHO: Touring & Tasting Magazine & Oreana Winery WHAT: Wine Social WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 5:30 – 7 p.m. WHERE: Oreana Winery, 205 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805)962-5857 COST: Free entry ~ Wines by the glass $5 INFO: e-mail to : wine@touringandtasting.com WHY: To celebrate friendship, great wines and fun. Pouring the 'super Tuscan' Gold award winner, Tilly, the new Gewürztraminer, and the Malbec. Nibbles & cheese and "The New Black" food truck will be there to order from their fabulous menu. Oreana Winery is known for two things - great wines and fabulous parties. From small batches of Pinot Noir to our sizeable Red Table Wine, Oreana has a wine for everyone. Current production is about 10,000 cases but some lots are as small as 20 cases. Our award winning Pinot program and Sparkling wines continue to generate rave reviews fromWine Spectator, the Wall Street Journal and Wine Enthusiast. Located in the Funk Zone and part of Santa Barbara’s ‘Urban Wine Trail’ – come visit the tasting room, sip the wines and drink in the cool atmosphere. Oreana is a dog-friendly winery.

Location: Oreana Winery, 205 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, 93101

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM KNITTING, CROCHET AND ALT FIBERS

Contact: Joe Laurenzi 805-528-1862 jlaurenzi@slolibrary.org

Thursday, February 9 at 6:00 pm & Saturday, February 11 at 9:30 am. This two day class will focus on knitting flower patterns for Spring. Cindy Powell, a local knitting enthusiast, will guide you. Bring your favorite knitting tools, Size 8 – 10 circular needles suggested. Patterns will be available. Sign up at Los Osos Library.

Location: 2075 Palisades Ave

Friday February 10, 2012

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Brown Bag Dialogue: Social Media, Three Essential Tools for Online Marketing for Small Businesses

Contact: Denise Rosburg 595-1357 denise@mcscorp.org

Don't Miss Out on this Hot Topic!

Presenter: Brian Trapp, Sales Director, Barnett Cox & Associates

Market like the pros by understanding the best practices and uses for Email Marketing, Facebook, and Twitter. Discover how other small businesses are using online marketing to build their brand and boost sales.

This is a FREE event and everyone is welcome! RSVP to denise@mcscorp.org or call 595-1357

Location: 71 Zaca Lane, Suite 130, SLO

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CLIMATE REALITY 2.0

Contact: S.L. Hansen 805-544-2737 hansens2@pacbell.net

National and local speakers on mankind's greatest challenge to health, jobs, food availablity, national security and more---rapidly increasing climate extremes. What you can do to resist these disasters. SLO Library 995 PALM. Free admission. Light refreshments.

Location: San Luis Obispo Library

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Awards Reception Cambria Allied Arts Juried Art Exhibit

Contact: Lucie Ryan 805 924 1294 lucieryan@earthlink.net

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation for Allied Arts of Cambria Juried Show
Juror, Ruta Saliklis, Exhibition Director at SLOMA will present awards and speak about her choices.
Two- and three-dimensinal art in all media
Admission is free
Refreshments served

Cambria Center for the Arts
1350 Main Street
Cambria, CA 93428

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Pre-Valentine's Day Date Night Dance Lesson for Couples

Contact: Chris Harmon 8052353832 zoienjack@charter.net

SLO Dance presents a Pre-Valentine's Day Date Night for COUPLES, Friday, Feb. 10 at the Odd Fellows' Hall in San Luis Obispo. Bring a sweetheart (or just a friend) and learn Nightclub 2-Step (aka, Romantic 2-Step). The hour-and-a-half lesson starts at 6:00, but get there 10 minutes early to sign in. Cost for this event is $20 per couple.

Location: 520 Dana Street, San Luis Obispo, CA

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Spaghetti Dinner/Bingo Night

Contact: Mary Foppiano 805-627-1997 avilabeachcc@gmail.com

The Avila Beach Civic Association is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner/Bingo Night on Friday, February 10, from 6 - 9 pm at the Avila Beach Community Center, 191 San Miguel Street, Avila Beach. The Spaghetti Dinner will be delicious and the Bingo will be lots of fun with a variety of prizes. Tickets are $10/adult and $5/child 10 and under. Wine provided by the Avila Wine Trail will also be available for $5/glass. This event is being held to raise funds to support the programs/operations of the Avila Beach Community Center. To purchase your tickets, please call 805-627-1997 or email avilabeachcc@gmail.com. Also, please check out our website www.avilabeachcc.com or visit our facebook page www.facebook.com/avilabeachcommunitycenter. Hope you will join your neighbors and friends for a great way to end the work week.

Location: 191 San Miguel St, Avila Beach

6:30 PM 7TH Annual Bella Notte

Contact: Sharon Mesker 805 543-4250 X12 Sharon@unityslo.org

7th Annual Bella Notte Event...."There's No Business Like Show Business"..A Musical Tribute to Irving Berlin featuring a cast of very talented local people. This is a fundraising event to support the community outreach programs at Unity of San Luis Obispo. $35.00 per person includes: Wine and Soft Drinks, Salad, Dinner, Dessert, The Cabaret show and a silent auction. Location: Unity of San Luis Obispo, 1490 Southwood Dr., SLO...contact 543-4250 X12 for reservations.

8:00 PM Peter Yarrow

Contact: Box Office 805-489-9444 info@clarkcenter.org

The Clark Center for the Performing Arts presents the legendary musician and founding member of the trio Peter, Paul & Mary – Peter Yarrow on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 8pm. Musician, songwriter and activist Peter Yarrow weaves a narrative of his life in music and politics, punctuating the major events with renditions of the iconic songs we all know and love. Yarrow creates community within his audiences through his reflections in both words and music including his hits “Blowin In the Wind,” “Puff the Magic Dragon” and “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to share the life and music of this iconic artist on February 10. For tickets, call 805-489-9444 or visit www.clarkcenter.org

Location: Clark Center - Arroyo Grande

8:00 PM Ruthie Foster and Paul Thorn

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Santa Barbara Debut

Soul Salvation featuring
Ruthie Foster and Paul Thorn

2012 Blues Music Awards nominee

“There’s no denying the power of Foster’s monstrous voice…” Paste Magazine

“… a full on blast of soul and blues.” Blues Revue

One black, one white. One from Texas, one from Mississippi. One woman, one man. Both raised in the church, both steeped in the traditions of American music and both putting their own contemporary twist on it – blending blues, rock, gospel, folk, R&B and country music. Most importantly, both have a whole lotta soul! Grammy-nominated Ruthie Foster was named the Blues Music Awards’ Female Artist of the Year in 2011 and her new album, Let It Burn (out January 2012), features The Blind Boys of Alabama; Paul Thorn’s Pimps and Preachers was no. 1 on the Americana radio charts. But their powerful live shows are what have really established this dynamic duo as two of America’s freshest and finest performers.

General Public $30.00
UCSB Students $15.00

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

Community ourtreach activities with Ruthie Foster and Paul Thorn generously supported by UCSB Arts & Lectures' Sonquist Family Endowment for Community Outreach

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2127

Location: UCSB Campbell Hall

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Matthew O'Neill / Maiden Creek Lodge at Kreuzberg

Contact: Matthew O'Neill 570-751-6979 starfacesea@gmail.com

Matthew O'Neill combines a versatile and singular guitar style, an affecting and unassuming tenor, and a wry lyrical sense that lingers on beauty and loss to craft lasting songs true to his own vision. This talented singer-songwriter has been writing and performing his guitar-driven material since the age of 13. Whether laying his hat in Woodstock, the Appalachians, the high Arizona desert, the canyons of Topanga, or the Pennsylvania countryside, O'Neill has been honing a distinctive sound which melds elements as varied as virtuosic finger-picking, classic indie rock riffs, and world music rhythms into an aural alloy that can evolve seamlessly from achingly fragile passages, to plaintive solo lines, into driving squalls. Imagine John Fahey, Neil Young, and Thurston Moore vying for time on the same ax.
9pm at Kreuzberg.

Location: Kreuzberg

Saturday February 11, 2012

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

Contact: Patrick McNeill 8052354325 Patrick@geosolutions.net

Enjoy a Short Stack for a Tall Cause
You're Invited to Applebee's to Support Arroyo Grande Lions Club
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
1462 E Grand - Arroyo Grande, Ca

Ticket Price $7.00

805-474-5904.

Location: Arroyo Grande

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sweet Springs Veldt Grass Pull-A-Thon!

Contact: Holly 805-239-3928 mcas@morrocoastaudubon.org

Did you resolve to get in shape this year? There’s no need to spend big bucks at the gym – not when we have acres of invasive veldt grass to help build those biceps! Join us at the new eastern section of the preserve on the corner of Ramona & 4^th St in Los Osos on Saturday, February 11^th from 9am to 12pm. We’ll be working to restore this incredibly scenic place for people & wildlife. We’ll provide plenty of tools, tips, & munchies. Even prizes! Bring gloves if you have them & dress in layers for changing weather. More info at 239-3928 or mcas@morrocoastaudubon.org

Location: Los Osos

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Book Sale

Contact: Alice Rew 466-2230 arew@carter.net

Friends of the Atascadero Martin Polin Library will hold a used book sale on Saturday, February 11 from 9 am to 2 pm. A preview sale for members only will be on Friday, February 10 from 6 pm to 8 pm. at the Book House, 6907 Atascadero Ave. (behind the Library). Hundreds of books: fiction, non-fiction, trade & mass market paperbacks, children’s. Videos, puzzles, audio books LPs & more. All proceeds will benefit the Library Expansion Campaign. Memberships are available at the door. Contact: Alice Rew 466-2230.

Location: Atascadero, CA

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM The Art and Craft of Novel Building

Contact: Sidonie Wiedenkeller 805-528-4299 doniew@aol.com

SCBWI presents
The Art and Craft of Novel Building
Kathleen Duey

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
February 11, 2012
9:00 am to 4 pm

Develop a deeper understanding of character and voice
and identify, avoid, and repair what Kathleen calls plot/fail.
Bring paper or a screen you can write on and six copies of a one-page, single-spaced synopsis of your current work.

$50 - SCBWI members/ $70 - non-members

Optional:$45 for written critique of 10 MS pages plus 1-page synopsis. Pay when you register for the workshop, submit your work following the workshop. You must be registered for the workshop to qualify for the critique. No refunds.

Kathleen Duey has published over 70 novels for young readers K-YA, including historical and fantasy novels, and Skin Hunger, a National Book Award finalist.

To register, contact
Sidonie Wiedenkeller doniew@aol.com
or Charlie Perryess csperryess@kcbx.net

Location: 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM KNITTING, CROCHET AND ALT FIBERS

Contact: Joe Laurenzi 805-528-1862 jlaurenzi@slolibrary.org

Saturday, February 11 at 9:30 am. This two day class will focus on knitting flower patterns for Spring. Cindy Powell, a local knitting enthusiast, will guide you. Bring your favorite knitting tools, Size 8 – 10 circular needles suggested. Patterns will be available. Sign up at Los Osos Library.

Location: 2075 Palisades Ave

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pruning Workshop

Contact: Rosalie Wolff 8052378972 westwolff653@yahoo.com

Come join Master Gardener Art Nathan and the Transitions Paso Robles Food Group for a free demonstration of Winter Pruning on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, 10 - 12 noon, at Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles. We will be showing the correct pruning and care of fruit and nut bearing trees, vines and bushes. For additional information contact cfergoda@gmail.com or morsno@sbcglobal.net.

Location: 600 Nickerson Drive Paso Robles

10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Book sale

Contact: Marv Seid 805-474-8538 seidmi@yahoo.com

Thousands of books for all interests and ages, along with DVDs and CDs, will be on sale at the Arroyo Grande Library on Saturday, February 11, starting at 10 a.m. Choose from among fiction and history, biography, science, self-help and children’s books and a special selection of collectible and coffee table books. Come early for the best selection. The library is located at 800 West Branch. The sale is sponsored by the Friends of the Arroyo Grande Library, and new members are always welcome.

Location: 800 West Branch Arroyo Grande

10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Cal Poly's VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program

Contact: Janice Carr 8057562667 jcarr@calpoly.edu

Location: Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Love at the Lighthouse

Contact: Kristi Balzer 8054416232 kristibalzer@gmail.com

Celebrate your Love at the Point San Luis Lighthouse at our 2nd Annual Valentine's Champagne & Sweets Tours!
The Point San Luis Lighthouse is the perfect setting for a romantic toast this Valentine's Day with celebrated decor, champagne, homemade sweets,friendly docents, charming trolley ride, and live music!
Reserve your seats today - by calling 805-540-5771!

Location: Point San Luis Lighthouse

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Adopt A Pet

Contact: Elaine Genasci 805-458-3978 elgenasci@gmail.com

Location: 271 Madonna Road

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Slow Food SLO - Chocolate Workshop at Sweet Earth Chocolates

Contact: Sally Trigg 206-369-8417 strigg@gmail.com

Back by popular demand ... our 2nd annual truffle making workshop at Sweet Earth Chocolates!

Sweet Earth is the only uniquely Fair Trade/Organic artisan chocolatier in the U.S. ... Have you ever tasted handmade organic & fair trade chocolate truffles?

Go behind the scenes at Sweet Earth with Tom Neuhaus, who will demonstrate the art of truffle making and talk about his passion for chocolate that spawned his nonprofit, Project Hope and Fairness.

This event is open to Slow Food members, and a $20 donation per person is requested. All funds will go to Project Hope and Fairness.

Reserve your spot now by emailing strigg@gmail.com. This exclusive event is limited to just 12 people.

Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Time: 1-3pm
Place: Sweet Earth Chocolates, 1445 Monterey St., SLO
Cost: $20/person

More about Tom & chocolate:
Cal Poly Chocolates is a student Enterprise Project, supervised by faculty adviser and Food Science and Nutrition Associate Professor Tom Neuhaus. The Cal Poly Chocolates Enterprise course is the only undergraduate chocolate course in the country in which students receive instruction in both theory and production. It is also the only university-based chocolate production course that uses exclusively organic and Fair Trade Certified Chocolate.

In addition to Cal Poly Chocolates, Tom is an owner of Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates the only uniquely Fair Trade/Organic artisan chocolatier in the U.S. and president and founder of Project Hope and Fairness, organized after visiting Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Cameroon in 2003 and 2004. The non-profit raises money to provide tools and equipment such as solar dryers, dryness meters, machetes and boots to cocoa-growing villages.
Tom is a recognized expert on Fair Trade chocolate, having strong connections with the Organic Consumers Association, Global Exchange and the International Labor Relief Fund.

For more information about Sweet Earth Chocolates and Project Hope & Fairness, visit their websites:
http://www.sweetearthchocolates.com
http://projecthopeandfairness.org/cm/Home.html

To join Slow Food SLO or renew your membership for only $25, visit: http://slowfoodusa.org/

See you on February 11th!

Location: Sweet Earth Chocolates

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Big Al Olivera Fun-raiser

Contact: Juan Marquez 878-7800 dommusic49@aol.com

SLO musicians are coming together for a Fun-raiser for Big Al Olivera . Al has been diagnosed with a terminal condition, so his event will be held at R&D'S (Ralph and Duanes) in Old Town Arroyo Grande. BBQ and Live Music by members of local bands Juan Marquez Ben Segura Rick De la rosa Ronnie Sainz SOLID GROUND members of Jammies band Dave "Brian members of Mean Gene Johnny Punches Kevin Simmons Mike Dean Terry Lawless Steppinout's keyboardplayer Brian Herman Local bass players Evan and Steve Phillips and Dave Aguallo of Dave Aguallo Band Members Of gruvething .local guitarist Rick Reeder AL's Brother sax and keys Robert Olivera and brother chris olivera and many more.

Big Al toured with several bands in the midwest including The Castaways, the bands of Peter Noon, Del Shannon, Mommas and Papas, Brian Hyland and countless others. Al was inducted into Minnesota R&R hall of fame along with The Castaways
You may remember al when he was with the house band at the Kon Tiki Loundge in Pismo Beach along with Dennis Craswell and Sharon Kelly Steve Drummond and a regular at Harry's in pismo and shorecliff inn pismo with Juan Marquez and Doubleshot. AL HAS Performed at just about every club in the area from cambria to santa maria and in between.Come support him and family!

For ticket info call Juan at 805 878 7800 or Big Al's daughter Victoria at 805 904 5696.

10 dollar donation, BBQ, live music from SLO 's finest musicians.

Location: Arroyo Grande

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Common Mushrooms of the Local Area

Contact: Jeanne Miller 805-602-7817 westernartist@gmail.com

Attend a wild mushroom presentation by local photographer and mycologist Dennis Sheridan. Learn about commonly seen mushrooms in our area, the role of mushrooms as decomposers, and the beneficial mycorrhizal fungi relationships mushrooms have with plants. Bring questions and mushrooms for identification to this child-(and adult) friendly talk. Hands-on mushrooms to admire at the end of the talk, followed by a mushroom walk through the Garden. $5 members/$10 non-members.

Dennis Sheridan has traveled worldwide and is published in many journals and textbooks. A native Californian, Dennis was born in San Mateo and raised in Arcadia. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 1973 with a degree in biology, specializing in entomology.

Location: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion, 3450 Dairy Creek Road, SLO

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Garden Fresh Family Cooking

Contact: Jeanne Miller 805-602-7817 westernartist@gmail.com

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden partners with Cal Poly health and nutrition advocates STRIDE in a family-style cooking class, Saturday February 11^th, from 1pm– 3:30.This is a great class for children and guardians to discover the joy of cooking fresh-from-the-garden meals, and features local organic produce. We’ll harvest some vegetables from the Children’s HarvestGarden, and then kids learn how to whip up a delicious meal for the family to share. Taste fun and creative recipes prepared by your kids and learn tricks and tips for creating an edible backyard garden. Class is age appropriate for 2-6 grade kids and guardians of all ages.

Class is $25 for child and guardian, additional $5 per family member. Garden Members receive $5 discount. RSVP ahead of time, space is limited (805) 541-1400 ext. 304 or email lcollinsworth@slobg.org.

Location: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion, 3450 Dairy Creek Road, SLO

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Coalesce Bookstore concert: Enemies of Their Own Blood

Contact: Coalesce Bookstore 772-2880 coalescebookstore@gmail.com

Coalesce Bookstore invites you a book-signing, February 11, (Saturday), 2-4 p.m.
“Enemies of Their Own Blood by Robert E. Lee Hyde

About the book:
ENEMIES OF THEIR OWN BLOOD is a sweeping historical saga of a disillusioned man as he fights to resurrect his life from the horror he has experienced in war and his disillusionment with life. This is a book that will be of special interest to men who have experienced war, and who have an appreciation of period firearms.
EXERPTS FROM THE BOOK:

LEADING HIS TROOP of Confederate Cavalry in a suicide charge to disable a batery of Yankee artillery that was firing round after round of deadly cannister-shot into the Confederate troops that strugggled up the slope ... Sergeant Burton Allinder emptied his Spencer repeater into the nest of Bluecoats and ordered his men to wipe out the rest of the battery while he pulled out an old Starr pistol and used it to drive a spike into the touch-hole of the nearest cannon.

COLD AND WEARY, the wounded soldier urged his bay horse through the freak winter snowstorm, knowing he was heading home; home to the family he had not seen for two long years, not since his state of Arkansas had foolishly opted to secede from the Union -- and he had been conscripted into the army.

About the Author:
The author is a native of Arizona, son of an Arizona Pioneer. His forefathers fought on the Confederate side of the Civil war, one an unwilling conscript from Arkansas, and the other a volunteer from Louisiana. He has had a lifelong interest in that tragic War, and in the early years of Arizona Territory. He lives in San Luis Obispo County.

Location: Coalesce Bookstore 845 Main Street, Morro Bay

4:00 PM - 5:45 PM Invite & News Release for a Happy Event in Santa Barbara for Everyone

Contact: Jackie Ruka 805-570-8850 gethappyzone@gmail.com.

Get Happy Zone Event for All of the Community (Free with Donation if able)

Happy’ Movie to be Screened for the First Time in Santa Barbara on Feb. 11

The “Happy” movie, produced through the nonprofit Creative Visions Foundations, will be screened at 4 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Marjorie Luke Theater, 721 E. Cota St., Santa Barbara.

To celebrate “World Happy Day” the movie produced by Academy Award nominee Roko Belic will be shown at select locations around the country. The Santa Barbara screening is the only one scheduled on the Central Coast.

On World Happy Day - February 11, 2012 - thousands of people will join together in communities across the globe to experience the film HAPPY and begin their journeys toward healthier, and happier lives. World HAPPY Day inspires action for increasing happiness in our own lives and in the world. A growing body of research shows that happy people are healthier and live longer. They are more likely to care for the environment and less likely to commit crimes or go to war. A happy person helps others more often... and are more likely to find creative solutions. Increasing happiness benefits us as individuals and communities in infinite ways and is a goal worth sharing. The movie “Happy” explores the secrets behind the highly valued emotion.

“Who doesn’t want some ‘Happy?’” asked the organizer of the event, Montecito resident Jackie Ruka. “As the owner of Get Happy Zone personal development company, I feel it only fitting to host this extraordinary event, World Happiness Day.” “My role is to encourage individual’s personal happiness to a more conscious level and to live your passions out loud,” Ruka said. “Primarily, it’s a great event to kick off the year and raise personal wellness within the Santa Barbara community, for the greater good.” In addition, to bringing your loved ones for an early Valentine occasion."

“Happy” movie makers interviewed people from a broad range of socio and economic lifestyles in different countries to find out what makes them happy. One of the things they found money is not the key to happiness.

They also found half of our happiness level is genetic. Job, income, social status, age, health make up another 10 percent. Forty percent is determined by intentional behavior. This balance is the most influential factor in a happy life, the movie contends.

The movie is sponsored by Get Happy Zone, a grassroots company dedicated to education that provides individuals a new way of thinking, a clear and direct path to greater happiness, and the opportunity of living a more fulfilled life. Get Happy Zone is part of a larger movement focused on giving back to local communities and bringing greater happiness and positive energy into the world.

Ruka emphasizes, "The current financial crisis and high unemployment have left people feeling more disconnected than ever before. As a result it is even more important to learn these important principles and re-focus your energy on being positive and happy. If you invite your friends, family and community to join the movement - then everyone wins!"

For more information, see www.thehappymovie.com/ or www.gethappyzone.com

Thank you in advance!

Sincerely,
Get Happy Zone

Location: Marjorie Luke Theater, 721 E. Cota St., Santa Barbara

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Furever Valentine�s Friendraiser

Contact: CARE4Paws (805) 968-2273 momcfadden@aol.com

WHO: C.A.R.E.4 PAWS.org

WHAT: Furever Valentine’s Friendraiser

WHEN: Saturday, February 11, 2012
4 – 8 p.m.

WHERE: Oreana Winery, 205 Anacapa St.,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

COST: $35.

INFO: (805) 968-2273 or visit care4paws.org

ABOUT: Celebrate Valentine’s Day in a “pawsitive” way - Join us for a fun-filled event to raise funds and awareness for Santa Barbara County animals in need. Holli Pfau, author of Pure Gold: Adventures with Six Rescued Golden Retrievers will be present for book signing. Enjoy wonderful wine, a chocolate tasting, great food and music by local performer, Jesse Rhodes. Bid on some amazing silent auction items (all proceeds benefit local spay/neuter programs).

C.A.R.E4 Paws stands for Community Awareness, Responsibility and Education

Oreana Winery is known for two things - great wines and fabulous parties. From small batches of Pinot Noir to our sizeable Red Table Wine, Oreana has a wine for everyone. Current production is about 10,000 cases but some lots are as small as 20 cases. Our award winning Pinot program and Sparkling wines continue to generate rave reviews from Wine Spectator, the Wall Street Journal and Wine Enthusiast. Located in the Funk Zone and part of Santa Barbara’s ‘Urban Wine Trail’ – So, visit the tasting room, sip the wines and drink in the cool atmosphere.
~Oreana is a dog-friendly winery~

Location: Oreana Winery, 205 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, 93101

5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Foghorn Stringband at Red Barn Community Music Series

Contact: Stuart Mason 805-534-9021 stu@helmintoller.com

The Red Barn Community Music Series in cooperation with KCBX Public Radio and the Live Oak Music Festival will present the fiery old-time bluegrass of Foghorn Stringband on Saturday February 11 at the Red Barn at South Bay Community Park in Los Osos at 5 pm.

Internationally acclaimed Foghorn Stringband has been at the vanguard of a revival in American old-time music for over a decade now. Wowing audiences across the country and across the pond, playing over 200 days a year, Foghorn is one of the most sought-after acts for festival stages and music camps. On their critically acclaimed CD, Sud de la Louisiane, Foghorn draws from the same repertoire that has always inspired their work: the tunes and songs of the American South, from the hollers of Appalachia to the early days of country music. Together, they blend voices, repertoire and instruments to create a diverse performance true to the roots of American music, throwing some Cajun songs and Caleb Klauder's vintage sounding originals in the mix. Performing live, these multi-instrumentalists gather around a single microphone in the middle of the stage.

They've traveled the globe, been signed to a major label, and inspired a new generation of old-time musicians, all without compromising their love of traditional American music. But they've gathered new ideas and new band members too. Their unique sound still comes from the fiery, intertwining melodies of Stephen "Sammy" Lind's fiddle and Caleb Klauder's mandolin, but now they're supported by the bedrock-solid rhythm foundation of Reeb Willms' guitar and Nadine Landry's bass. And when it comes to vocals, they deliver; four powerful and exceptional voices resulting in countless combinations of harmonies. A typical Foghorn set is based around exquisitely rare old-time tunes and songs, but a vast knowledge of early country music and recent explorations in Cajun song traditions have molded a powerful new sound. Any band would be happy to have mastered one music genre, but Foghorn Stringband have a roaming spirit, and are already sparking new revivals of American roots music traditions.

They play the old way, the way you'd have heard stringbands play on Southern radio stations back in the 1930s. They don't fancy up the music to make it more modern, instead they reach deep into the heart of the songs, pulling out the deep emotions that made them so enduring in the first place. It's a whole new world today for folk musicians, but the four powerhouse musicians in the Foghorn Stringband prove that they're still riding on the cutting edge, with one foot in the analog past and one foot in the digital future.

The Red Barn Community Music Series is a monthly concert series showcasing local, regional, and national musicians performing old time, bluegrass, swing, Celtic, blues, and other forms of acoustic roots music. The Red Barn is located at 2180 Palisades Ave in Los Osos. The pot luck supper and pot luck band starts at 5:00 PM., and the show begins at 6:00 PM. No tickets are required but suggested donation is $10 at the door. All proceeds from the show go directly toward expenses and the artists. BYOB and a dish to share for the pot luck supper. This show is made possible through the generous support of KCBX Public Radio and Live Oak Music Festival.

Location: 2180 Palisades Ave in Los Osos 93402.

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Space Program at the Atascadero Library

Contact: Brian Coburn 805-461-6162 boburn@slolibrary.org

If you are interested in space exploration, astronomy or just want to know more about our cosmos, then come to the Atascadero Library’s Martin Polin Community Room. Walter Reil will share with the audience two of NASA’s new missions in progress in our solar system: the Mars Science Laboratory “Curiosity” lander on its way to our favorite “Red Planet” Mars, and the Juno orbiter on its way to the “Mother of all Planets,” Jupiter. Learn about these fascinating planets and how challenging it is to visit them. Learn about spacecraft design and science missions and view their thundering launches from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. Learn about how we communicate with the spacecraft and about one very special young girl who named the Curiosity spacecraft. Experience space exploration at its finest. There will be loud rocket launch sounds and some bold classical music! The program is designed for ages 11 to adult. Space is limited. Sign-ups are recommended. The Atascadero Library is located at 6850 Moore Rd in Atascadero. Call the Atascadero Library's Information Desk at 461-6162 to sign-up or for questions. Walt Reil is a volunteer NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassador since 2004. He is a member and was president of the Central Coast Astronomical Society. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Endeavour Institute in Santa Maria, devoted to STEM public education outreach through Vandenberg AFB Educator Launch Conferences and school and community STEM education programs.

Location: Atascadero Library

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Poetic Justice Project Valentine's Bash

Contact: Poetic Justice Project 805.619.5477 events.pjp@gmail.com

The Poetic Justice Project Is Throwing an Awesome Valentine’s Day Party!
Saturday February 11^th from 6-10 PM
And it only costs $10/single & $15/couple!

The Bleeding Hearts Valentine’s Bash is a party with a mission! First and foremost, it is a fundraiser for the Poetic Justice Project and its upcoming comedic play “Planet of Love” (March). Second, it is a community celebration of the arts.
This event will feature:

LIVE MUSIC by the popular Reggae/Rock band “Bare Feet” and also “Prey 4 Phyre.”
PERFORMANCES by PJP artists and poets
GREAT GIVEAWAYS
RAFFLE “High Odds” Raffle tickets will be sold in $1/$3/$5 increments; tickets are played on individual items
BBQ - Santa Maria Style
ART AND VENDOR SHOW – lots of very cool stuff

WHEN:Saturday, February 11, 6 – 10 p.m.
WHERE: The Vet’s Hall, 313 West Tunnel Street, Santa Maria
COST: Tickets are $10/single & $15/couple
Tickets:Available at the door, at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/221570
or by calling (805) 619-5477 to order by phone.
Email us with any questions at events.pjp@gmail.comor call (805) 619-5477.

What is Poetic Justice Project?
Unlocking hearts and minds with bold original theatre, the Poetic Justice Project (PJP) is a Santa Maria based non-profit that produces original theater examining crime, punishment and redemption through collaboration with formerly incarcerated writers, artists, musicians and actors. The PJP participants have a <2% recidivism rate. This means that less than 2% of people involved in PJP end back up in the prison system, v/s the CA state average of 68% recidivism. The positive impact of this program is staggering when measured on the individual, family, community, county and state level! PJP has been consistently invited to perform and have received rave reviews across the entire state of CA, from Chico to San Diego.
Why are programs like this so vital? More than 1 in 100 people in the US are incarcerated. This means that the majority of our population is touched by the penitentiary system, and the complexities of re-entry. PJP gives a voice to people who have been through the system, and provides meaningful, creative platforms to discuss hard and often controversial issues.

Location: Santa Maria Veterans Hall, 501 North Pine St., Santa Maria CA

7:00 PM Riders In The Sky

Contact: Box Office 805-489-944 info@clarkcenter.org

Riders In The Sky will perform at the Clark Center on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 7pm. With over 30 years and over 5,500 performances under their collective cowboy belt, Riders In The Sky’s fun-filled performances continue to enchant audiences of all ages. This multi Grammy Award winning Western group plays music that is firmly grounded in the rich American music traditions of legendary cowboy singers such as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and the Sons of the Pioneers. For tickets, call 805-489-9444 or visit www.clarkcenter.org.

Location: Clark Center - Arroyo Grande

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Benefit Concert: Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood Players

Contact: Teresa Hoffert 805.238.0725 events@castorocellars.com

Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood players will perform a fundraising concert to benefit the Knights of Columbus in Paso Robles. This acoustic trio will entertain you with a fresh, energetic blend of bluegrass, Americana, soul and old time music. Complimentary coffee and desserts will be served at intermission. The concert will be held in the cozy atmosphere of the Castoro Event Gallery. Tickets are $22 and are available in the Tasting Room, online and by phone. Tickets are non-refundable. Seating is provided. Wine will be available for purchase inside the Tasting Room.

Location: 1315 North Bethel Road, Templeton

7:00 PM - 10:30 PM SLO Contra Dance!

Contact: Harold Hallikainen 805 441 2246 info@cccds.org

The next SLO contra dance is Saturday February 11.
The caller will be Jonathan Southard of Santa Barbara, and the band will be local
favorite The Growling Old Geezers.
There's an introductory workshop at 7:00pm, then dancing from 7:30pm until 10:30pm.
The cost is $9, and ages 16 and under are free.
It's all at the Odd Fellows Hall, 520 Dana Street, San Luis Obispo. For more info, visit www.cccds.org.

Contra dance evolved from the early English, Scottish, Irish, and French country dances which came over with the first immigrants to the USA. It is very lively and social, and very easy to learn, almost as easy as walking! You don't need to bring a partner with you, but it's lots of fun to come with a group of friends. Everyone ends up dancing with everyone at the contra dance!

Join us for this EXCELLENT dance!
The cost is $9. It's all at the Odd Fellows Hall, 520 Dana Street, San Luis Obispo.
For more info, visit www.cccds.org.

Location: 520 Dana Street, San Luis Obispo, CA

7:30 PM - 11:00 PM 2nd Saturday Milonga

Contact: Bonnie Ernst 805-801-6148 tangocentralcoast@gmail.com

It’s a scene everyone remembers from the 90’s movie "Scent of a Woman," when the character played by Al Pacino charms actress Gabrielle Anwar with a seductive tango. Even people not familiar with the tango were glued to this scene. We invite you to join us for a night of dancing the sultry dance of Argentine Tango. Anyone interested in knowing more about this amazing dance expereince is invited to come check out the 2nd Sat Milonga. We are an informal group of dancers and welcome everyone. We always need leaders - so men - please check us out. Intermediate lesson 7:30-8 and dancing 8-11. $5.00 donation. Our Febuary lesson will be "Leg Wraps You Will Love".

Location: Ryan's Studio @, 202 Tank Farm Rd. Suite C, SLO

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM My Funny Valentine Comedy Event

Contact: Lizette Mizelle 805.712.0400 tickets@thebiglaugh.net

Five comedians on one SWEET night. Join us for a stand out stand-up event. Don't miss this Valentines comedy show starring comedians as seen on the Late Late show, Comedy Central and Showtime. Catch internet sensation Mrs. Hughes, Tom Clark, Andres Fernandez, Bob Fernandez, and hosted by Lizette Mizelle. Beer, wine, soft drinks, desserts and appetizers will be available for purchase. Reserved seating $30 advanced purchase and $35 at the Door.

"Live well...laugh HARD!"
http://www.thebiglaugh.net
http://www.lizettemizelle.com

Location: Atascadero Lake Pavilion

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, A Valentine�s Benefit Auction & Party

Contact: Sbcaf Staff 805.966.5373 sbcaf@sbcaf.org

Capture the look of love this Valentine’s and celebrate a night with the
hippest, most avant-garde arts space in Santa Barbara featuring entrée to
the most exclusive gift boutique by Grey Area, art direction by Kat
Trajano, and loving grooves by Playback’s DJ Tucker Bodine.

Brought to you as a late-night extravaganza inspired by the romance and
sophistication of the holiday, this fundraiser for the arts offers fine
wine, high art, and luxury lifestyle auction lots, a Sweet and Savory Bar
guaranteed to tantalize the tongue, and a Grey Area Pop-up Shop with gifts
for the sophisticate! Featured in W Magazine, Refinery 29, the New York
Times, and at the Bass Museum during Art Basel Miami Beach, Grey Area’s
Pop-up Shop offers fashionable, high-end items by artists such as Ed
Ruscha and E.V. Day for those with the most discriminating tastes.
Indulge your vices with the following pairings: fine wines and cocktails,
delectable cheeses and chocolates, mouth-watering candy and savory treats,
and hip music and dancing! All proceeds benefit the Santa Barbara
Contemporary Arts Forum’s highly acclaimed exhibitions and educational
programs.

VIP*, $125 (pre-sale)/$135 per person. *An exclusive VIP Champagne
Preview, and open-bar privileges.

General Admission, $75 (pre-sale)/$85 per person.
For tickets, call (805) 966-5373 or visit our website sbcaf.org. Pre-sale
purchases receive $10 off/ticket.

Co-chairs: Jacquelyn Klein-Brown, Eileen Rasmussen, Nancy Wall; Honorary
Committee: Elisabeth Fowler, Lila Francese, Mike Healy, Cyndee Howard,
Barry and Jill Kitnick, John Kochis, Stevie Mason, Bibi Moezzi, Shamim M.
Momin, Marc and Laurie Recordon, Michael Trambert, and Geof and Laura
Wyatt
Sponsors: Alchemy Arts Center, Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards, American
Laser Center, Arigato, Tucker Bodine, Brewer-Clifton, Bridlewood Estate
Winery, Cabana Home, Casa Magazine, Cos Bar, Curtis Winery, The Daily
Sound, Design Within Reach, Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines Sterling
Vineyards, Eva Alexander-Gutierrez, Inc., Candyce Eoff, Fiddlehead
Cellars, Four Seasons Resort-The Biltmore, Granada Theatre, Grey Area,
Jane Restaurant, Land and Sea Tours, Montecito Messenger, Occhiali Fine
Eye Wear, Olio e Limone Ristorante & Olio Pizzeria, Opera Santa Barbara,
Pine Ridge Vineyards, RND Vodka, San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara
Independent, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Santa Barbara
News-Press, Sea Smoke Cellars, Shine Blow Dry Bar, Simpson House Inn,
Straight Up Cocktail Service, Michael Trambert, and Yoga Soup.

Location: Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Paseo Nuevo Mall Upper Arts Terrace, 653 Paseo Nuevo

Sunday February 12, 2012

Festival Mozaic WinterMezzo II

Contact: Janet Hillson 805-781-3009 operations@festivalmozaic.com

Music has the singular ability to express the emotions of the heart, and these great composers were all inspired by love, that most stirring emotion, to write these seminal works that live on centuries later.

“If music be the food of love, play on” – Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare

Friday, February 10, 2012
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Notable Encounter Insight
SLO Museum of Art
1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo
Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine from one of the Festival’s favorite wineries as you listen to the musicians’ perspectives in a one-hour Notable Encounter Insight.Works include pieces by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Alexander Borodin and Robert Schumann performed by Scott Yoo, Festival Mozaic’s Music Director along with guest artists Nina Fan, Paul Severtson, Andrew Smith and Jocelyn Swigger.

Saturday, February 11, 2012
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Notable Encounter Dinner
Ventana Grill
2575 Price Street, Pismo Beach
Enjoy an evening of food, wine music and interactive discussion at this Notable Encounter Dinner, as the artists take you inside the featured works and perform program highlights. This evening’s repertoire will feature pieces by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Alexander Borodin and Robert Schumann performed by Scott Yoo, Festival Mozaic’s Music Director along with guest artists Nina Fan, Paul Severtson, Andrew Smith and Jocelyn Swigger.

Sunday, February 12, 2012
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Concert
United Methodist Church
1515 Fredericks Street
Music has the singular ability to express the emotions of the heart and Beethoven, Borodin and Schumann were great composers who were inspired by love, that most stirring emotion, to write seminal works that live on centuries later. Today’s program will feature pieces by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Alexander Borodin and Robert Schumann performed by Scott Yoo, Festival Mozaic’s Music Director along with guest artists Nina Fan, Paul Severtson, Andrew Smith and Jocelyn Swigger.

Location: 1010 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 31st Annual South County Historical Society Antique Show and Sale

Contact: Vivian Krug 805-489-8282 vivkrug@gmail.com

31^st Annual Antique Show and Sale
It's that time for the South County Historical Society's Antique Show and Sale!
Twenty Two quality antique dealers from throughout California showcasing Collectibles, Silver, China, Glassware, Jewelry, Books, Art, Postcards, Furniture and more. Members of the Society don period costumes for the event and a Tea Room is open throughout the show, selling soups, sandwiches, homemade pies and other refreshments. Gift Basket prize Drawing, filled with gifts donated by local businesses. Winners need not be present for the drawing. The Antique Show and Sale is the Society's largest fundraiser of the year.

The South County Historical Society represents the areas of Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, Avila Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Nipomo, Halcyon, Edna Valley, Los Berros, Oso Flaco and Huasna in San Luis Obispo County, California. The Society is dedicated to research, restoration and dissemination of information to preserve our historical heritage.
31st Annual Antique Show and Sale

Saturday, February 11th
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Sunday, February 12th
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Come and Enjoy 22 Dealers of Antique Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Art, Postcards & Collectibles

Gift Baskets & Prize Drawings

Donation $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00
Tickets are available at the Door
Drawing held on Sunday at 4:00 PM
Winner need not be present

Come enjoy some great food at our Tea Room which will feature sandwiches, homemade pies and much more!

Show and Sale Admission

A $5.00 donation per person will benefit the Society's Museums. $4.50 with coupon. Coupon available on line at www.southcountyhistory.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SouthCountyHistoricalSociety

Tickets available at the door.

South County Regional Center
800 W. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, CA

Location: South County Regional Center, 800 West Branch St., Arroyo Grande

1:00 PM Mr. Foster / Malls R Us

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Daily Pass includes admission to both films and a complimentary wine reception at intermission for those ages 21+

ART | ARCHITECTURE ON FILM

In a feast for the eyes, a new film series reveals the stories behind the most intriguing artists and architects of our time.

Series presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the Carsey-Wolf Center, and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UCSB

1 PM - How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?

“A handsome portrait of one of the most esteemed architects of the modern age” The Telegraph, London

Hailed as “the Mozart of modernism,” architect Norman Foster is the mastermind behind projects such as the world’s largest building, the tallest bridge and the renovated Reichstag. This film traces Foster’s rise and his endless quest to improve the quality of life through design.
(Norberto Lopez Amado and Carlos Carcas, 2010, 79 min.)

3 PM - Malls R Us

“A fascinating, sumptuously filmed investigation into the history, design, function and future of the shopping mall in modern life... Malls R Us is instant classic – the documentary you want to see on this subject.” Vanity Fair

Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, this film examines North America’s most popular and profitable suburban destination – the shopping center – and its many meanings, at once a communal paradise and materialistic void.
(Helene Klodawsky, 2008, 78 min.)

General Public $10.00
UCSB Students $5.00

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2308

Presented in collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, and AIA Santa Barbara, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Additional support provided by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation and Winick Architects.

Location: UCSB Pollock Theatre

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM The Alpha and Omega of the Universe

Contact: Library 805-964-7878 friendsofthegvlibrary@gmail.com

THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF THE UNIVERSE

by Prof. James Isenberg, Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Oregon

Thoughts about the origins of the Universe raise mind-warping questions about the meaning of time and space, and challenge our ability to perceive and model reality on such a grand scale. Present-day cosmologists claim to be zeroing in on a model of the alpha and omega of the Universe called the Concordance Model. Prof. Isenberg will present a short history of ideas about the history of the Universe, from the Babylonians to the Concordance Model, and discuss the evolution of thoughts on space and time.

Location: Goleta Valley Library

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Children�s Library Grand Opening

Contact: Corin Koren 805-957-1115 x109 corin@sbjf.org

The Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center will celebrate the Children’s Library Grand Opening on Sunday, February 12, 2-4 pm. Highlights of the day will include a story time with local author, Mary Hansen, and music with local Jamboree and dance instructor, Monica Robarge. Other festivities include fun arts & crafts projects, snacks, an official ribbon cutting, and the opportunity to “adopt-a-book” in support of our library and programs.

Not only is the new library a great resource for reading and checking out books, it is a place to enjoy the JCC's new Children and Family Programs such as Baby and Me Yoga, Friday Family Time, Creative Movement and Music (starting this March), as well as holiday celebrations throughout the year.

The Library Grand Opening is free, and the perfect way to get together with other families and have fun! All ages are welcome.

Location: Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, 524 Chapala St. Santa Barbara

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM A Salute To Frank Sinatra

Contact: Stanley L. Stern 805-544-0760 office@cbdslo.org

Congregation Beth David presents "A Salute To Frank Sinatra" as part of the Ponomen Music Series at the Temple.
Frank Sinatra had three singing careers in his life. The first was as a young crooner with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey bands.
The second was as a solo singer and becoming one of the greatest singers of the American song book. The third was as
a mature singer of the best of American songs. Local singers Steve McAndrew and Chad Stevens will be joined by trhe
Brett Mitchell Trio to perform the best of Sinatra's tunes from each period.

Location: 10180 Los Osos Valley Road, San Lus Obispo CA 93405

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Baywood Ukulele Social Club

Contact: Jim D'Ville 503-200-9584 dville@teleport.com

The Baywood Ukulele Social Club will meet at a new location for the winter months: La Palapa Mexican Cuisine near the pier in Baywood Park. The first winter gathering will be held Sunday, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. Subsequent dates are Jan. 15 and Feb. 12. The event is always free and open to the public, and players at all skills levels are invited to participate. Bring your ukulele and strum on by!

La Palapa is located at 1346 Second St., Baywood Park.

A few loaner ukes will be available for those who want to test the waters.

For more information, go to baywooduke.blogspot.com.

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Location: 1346 Second St., Baywood Park

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM SLO Wind Orchestra Chamber Concert

Contact: Shannon McNeely 805-235-5004 publicity@slowinds.org

Enjoy the sound of traditional and contemporary music written for chamber wind ensembles. Featured in the concert is music for woodwind quintet, clarinet choir, and brass choir performed in a relaxed and intimate environment. The concert is Sunday, February 12 at 3:00 PM at the Community Presbyterian Church of Cambria, 2250 Yorkshire Drive, Cambria. Tickets are available at the door. A suggested donation of $15.00 per person is gratefully accepted. For more information on the San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra and our current season, please visit our website at www.slowinds.org or call 456-3333.

Location: Community Presbyterian Church of Cambria

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Laurence Juber in Concert

Contact: Jeanne Miller 805-602-7817 westernartist@gmail.com

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is pleased to bring Laurence Juber to the Oak Glen Pavilion on Sunday, February 12 at 4pm as part of our 2012 concert series. Joining him will be special guest Jennifer Martin. Fusing folk, jazz, and pop styles, two-time Grammy-winner Laurence Juber creates a multifaceted performance that belies the use of only one acoustic guitar. Juber is a world-renowned guitar virtuoso, composer and arranger, and the former lead guitarist for Paul McCartney’s Wings.

He has released 18 critically acclaimed solo albums. His last release, Wooden Horses, showcases his compositions for solo guitar, and his latest CD is a Volume 2 follow-up to LJ Plays The Beatles, which is one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s all-time Top Ten albums. To find out more about Laurence Juber visit his site at www.laurencejuber.com.

Seating is very limited, reserve early on-line at www.slobg.org or (805) 541-1400 ext 301. Cost: $15 members; $20 non-members. Concert begins at 4pm, free docent led tour of the Garden begins in the Preview Garden at 2:30pm. No-host bar.

Location: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion, 3450 Dairy Creek Road, SLO

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM LCT Dinner Theater: The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon & Mrs. Levine

Contact: Marian Stave 805-757-3557 LompocCivicTheatre@gmail.com

On Sunday February 12 and Sunday March 4, Lompoc Civic Theatre continues its 2012 dinner theater production of "The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon and Mrs. Levine" by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein. The show is directed by Marian C. Stave and it stars Terri Jones and Corbin Vickers. In an exchange of hilarious letters between an overbearing mother and her adult son, he blames her for breaking up his marriage and ruining his life. She can't understand why things so trivial should bother him. The audience revels in the angst, aggravation and madness of the relationship between Sheldon and his mother, Mrs. Levine, unforgettable characters who are thousands of miles apart and still way too close. The show is produced in arrangement with Samuel French.

This show marks a new collaboration between LCT and D'Vine Wine Bar where the dinner theater will take place. D'Vine is located at 107 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc. Doors open at 4:30 pm. Dinner will be served at 5:00 pm with the show beginning after the main course. Catering will be provided by the Cha Cha Cooking Club. Since this facility is zoned as a bar, no one under 21 may be admitted. Reservations must be made by 6:00 pm on the Thursday preceding each performance. The ticket price of $50 includes both the dinner and the show. For reservations, please call 735-ACT1 (735-2281).

Location: D'Vine Wine Bar, 107 West Ocean Ave., Lompoc

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Love, Desire, & Relationships

Contact: Admin Director 805-563-6000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Please join us for an evening of fun, food and fundraising as we take a lighthearted look from a Buddhist perspective at romance, relationships, love and desire. Learn what Buddha had to say about all these and more with our panel of “love experts”, including our own Resident Teacher, American Buddhist monk Kelsang Wangpo.

You’ll be surprised and enlightened by Buddha’s take on this age-old problem, while enjoying some decadent desserts for this Valentine’s celebration. We'll also have a silent auction with some nice items you'll want to bid on.

$10 ea. in advance (Feb. 11), or $15 ea., $25/couple at the door. Please RSVP online, or call the center at 563-6000, or email us at info@meditationinsantabara.org.

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

6:00 PM Valentine�s Concert with Chocolate Buffet

Contact: Liz Howland 805-710-4330 liz5chc@yahoo.com

A Valentine’s concert on Sunday, Feb. 12 is being held to benefit homeless services efforts in the South County. Coordinated by volunteers from Nipomo Community Presbyterian Church and the 5Cities Homeless Coalition, the event will feature crooner Rick Jarrett with The QuieT Knights, as well as a delectable chocolate buffet and silent auction. Tickets for the event are $25 in advance and $30 at the door, with all proceeds benefiting the 5Cities Homeless Coalition.

Recording artist Rick Jarrett, known widely in the Los Angeles area for his crooner’s voice and versatile style will perform a blend of standards, ballads and show tunes (and a little bit of country) with the local trio, The QuieT Knights. In addition to the concert, the event will feature adelectable chocolate buffet in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, and a silent auction to benefit the Coalition. The event is Sunday evening, February 12 at the Nipomo Community Presbyterian Church at 1235 N Thompson Rd just off of Hwy 101 near the Los Berros/Thompson Road exit. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for the silent auction, with the concert beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tickets may be purchased in advance by contacting Liz Howland at the 5Cities Homeless Coalition at 805-710-4330 or liz5chc@yahoo.com. Tickets will also be available at the door the evening of the concert.

The 5Cities Homeless Coalition, in collaboration with strong community partners, is working to build a Community Services Center in south San Luis Obispo County that will offer a full range of resources to empower low income and homeless families, children and individuals to build self-esteem through acquiring the education, job training, food and medical services they need to become self-sufficient and productive community members. All proceeds from this event, including the silent auction, will be used to help the Coalition in its work. For more information regarding the efforts of the 5Cities Homeless Coalition, visit www.5CHC.org.

Location: 1235 N Thompson Rd Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Second Sunday @ Seven

Contact: Jerry Smith 541-3585 jerrydouglas smith@att.net

Second Sunday @ Seven: Samuel Hiram Duarte & Ivan Brownotter will be our featured poets on February 12 at 7 pm in the Coalesce Bookstore Chapel, 845 Main, Morro Bay, 772-2880. Open reading follows.

Location: Morro Bay

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Santa Barbara Symphony Presents �Rhapsody in Blue�

Contact: -Jessica Kwon (805) 687-3322 jk@surfmedia.com

Santa Barbara Symphony Presents “Rhapsody in Blue”
Saturday, February 11^th, 2012; 8 pm
Sunday, February 12^th, 2012; 3 pm

Terrence Wilson, Piano Soloist
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Chris & Dave Brubeck: Ansel Adams: America [a multimedia event]
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2

Ansel Adams: America, a symphonic tribute to this cherished photographer, is a masterpiece that fully integrates sweeping melodies with a 102 striking images of or by Ansel Adams, composed by Chris Brubeck and his father, Jazz icon Dave Brubeck.

Also enjoy Grammy-nominated recording artist and piano soloist, Terrence Wilson, performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue -- an embodiment of the Jazz Age's upbeat lyricism and dance-driven energy written in 1924 that became one of the most popular of all American concert works.

Charles Ives’ second symphony premiered by Leonard Bernstein to rapturous applause in a 1951 New York Philharmonic concert, and marks an exciting highlight in American symphonic literature.

Date/Time: Saturday, February 11^th, 2012; 8 pm
Sunday, February 12^th, 2012; 3 pm
Location: The Granada Theatre 1214 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Cost: $27-$125

All Santa Barbara Symphony season concerts take place at The Granada Theatre. Each concert includes a pre-concert lecture, “Music Behind the Music” beginning one hour before the concert.

To purchase 2011-2012 Season subscriptions or our "Flex 4-concert series" package, call the Santa Barbara Symphony Office at (805) 898-9386. Single tickets and subscriptions are also available online at www.thesymphony.org. Discounted student tickets are available for $10 with valid student ID.

Location: The Granada Theatre

Monday February 13, 2012

Meditation and You

Contact: Administrative Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Blood Drive @ Doc Burnstein's

Contact: Greg Steinberger 805 474 4068 greg@docburnsteins.com

Its time again! "Give a Pint, Get a Pint" Blood Drive at Doc Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab in the Village of Arroyo Grande. Give blood and receive a FREE pint of Doc Burnstein's premium ice cream made in house. Blood Drive tent will be outside of the parlor. 114 W Branch St. AG 93420.

Location: 114 W Branch AG Ca 93420

Tuesday February 14, 2012

Recreation Activities in Paso Robles

Contact: Trine Marlen 805.237.3994 tmarlen@prcity.com

Library & Recreation Services
600 Nickerson Drive
Paso Robles, California 93446
Trine Marlen, Recreation Coordinator
Phone (805) 237- 3994
Fax (805) 237-6424

Kick Start 2012!
Stay active this winter with a host of great activities for the entire family offered at Centennial Park and the Senior Center. Here’s just a sample of all the wonderful classes you can take through the Recreation Department of Paso Robles - to get fit or get ready for summer!

FOR KIDS:

Aquatics: InBaby Seal Swim Academy, Steffi teaches babies and toddlers survival skills even before they learn to swim. Andee’s Parent & Me or Water Exploration classes take place in our warm-water indoor pool as well and will help your child get ready for summer swimming.
Creative Dance & Ballet: Your children will love Taylor, our new dance instructor. Kids, ages 3 – 14, will express themselves in this creative musical environment, have fun learning ballet moves, and meet new friends.
Pink Panthers: Girls’ Running Clubfor ages 9 – 14 will take to the trails around Centennial Park every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, from 3:30 – 5:00.
Kidz Love Soccer: The winter program, for ages 2 – 10, starts January 24! Fun, age-appropriate activities will develop skills and self-esteem.

FOR ADULTS:

Aquatic Fitness: Improve strength and endurance, develop more toned muscles, and celebrate being good to yourself as you work out in the warm-water indoor pool!
Body in Balance, Tai Chi & Yoga: Gentle exercises will surprise you by how much they increase your strength, flexibility and overall fitness.
Cardio Kickboxing: Kick it up a notch with this new heart-pumping class offered in the mornings at Centennial Park.
CPR, AED & First Aid Training: Even if you aren’t getting ready for a summer lifeguarding job, this is a great class that will prepare you for emergencies.
Zumba® & Belly Dance: Get fit with a variety of dance moves set to upbeat music. Ditch the regular routine and join these calorie-blasting dance fitness classes.
Total Body Workout: Shelley and Sylvia will get you movin’ to great music and before you know it you’ll be enjoying the benefits of increased energy, toning, and emotional well-being. First class is always FREE!

FOR ALL AGES:

Karate & Kendo: Great martial arts workout for the entire family.
Ballroom Dancing: Get ready for weddings & parties this year – and connect with other couples.

To register for classes, go to www.prcity.com/recreationor visit us at Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Drive, Monday – Friday from noon to 5:00 p.m. For more details, call us at 237-3988!

Location: Paso Robles

Valentine�s Swing Dance fundraiser

Contact: Richard Roberts 473-3457 ukeroberts@gmail.com

The Grover Beach Community Library is a nonprofit; free library operated entirely by volunteers and private donations. The library is located in the Ramona Garden Park, at 240 N. 9^th Street.

Donated books fill the fiction, non fiction and children’s sections, they are open five half days each week and this year they created a California History/Mission resource section and a Literary Classics section. The Board of Directors have described their operation as “...going well beyond their expectations”. Each year the Library holds their annual Valentine’s Swing Dance fund raiser, February 14^th, Grover City Grange Hall. Proceeds will go towards the annual cost of operation: rent, supplies, utilities and maintenance.

The Library is offering individuals, companies and organizations in the community, to become event sponsors; contribution is $200. For this, the Library will:

Prominently display the name on a heart shaped placard on the tables.
Record the name in the program as a major event sponsor.
Place the name on a large and decorated wall Valentine display.
Announce and recognize the name during a portion of the program.
Complimentary $25 membership to the Business Friends of the Library.
Two complimentary tickets to the dinner and dance.

Please consider helping out this well organized, successful charitable organization in Grover Beach; a (501 (c) (3), Tax ID # 43-2024995. If you have questions, please give me a call.

Location: Grover City Grange Hall

9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Tri City Sound Singing Valentines, a benefit

Contact: B. Nigh (805) 736-1874 bjnigh1@verizon.net

Earn major Valentine’s Day brownie points without breaking the bank. Tri City Sound, the Sweet Adelines International barbershop chorus serving Santa Maria Valley, Lompoc and Vandenberg Village, is taking reservations now for its annual Singing Valentines Program. Proceeds help fund local music scholarships.

Chorus members will perform live throughout Santa Maria Valley and Lompoc Valley Tuesday, Feb. 14 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For just $25 per sweetheart visit, you choose the time and place.

Phone delivery is also available. For $10 per two-song call (or three calls for $25), members of Tri City Sound will phone lovers and mothers, fathers and friends anywhere in the continental U.S.

To reserve a performance slot, call 736-1874 by 7 p.m. Feb. 13.

Tri City Sound is a Sweet Adelines International charter chorus. The international non-profit organization offers traditional American tunes in four-part barbershop harmony. The chorus is open to all women interested in learning about barbershop-style music, singing, performing and sisterhood. Rehearsals are Thursday evenings from 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 4725 S. Bradley Road in Orcutt. For more information about Tri City Sound, visit TriCitySound.org, call (805) 736-1874 or e-mail tricitysound@comcast.net.

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM North County Computer Club

Contact: Fred Seaver 805238-0981 fseaver@live.com

Traci McMahan will present a talk on PC do it yourself maintenance.

Location: Paso Robles Senior Center, 270 Scott Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Zumba with love for a child's heart

Contact: The Edge Fitness 805 773 4151 info@theedgefitnesscenter.com

The Edge Fitness Studio in Pismo Beach recognizes Heart fitness month with a special Zumba class! Proceeds to benefit children with congenital heart issues at Lucille Packard Chidren's Hospital at Stanford.
$10 or more at the door!

Location: 271 Five Cities dr. Pismo Beach

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM BlueSouls Valentine at Rose's

Contact: Ted Waterhouse 805 783-2681 edcat@aol.com

Howdy all you romantics:

If you're still looking for something great to do the evening of Valentine's Day*, come on down to the seaside at Morro Bay where the BlueSouls duo - Debra Windsong and Ted Waterhouse will be playing a particularly romantic version of their Blues 'n' Soul, Rockabilly 'n' Americana gumbo at Rose's Landing, 725 Embarcadero from 6:00 'til 9:00PM. Great food and cocktails, lovely views and atmosphere and, of course, great tunes. Call 805-772-4441 for dinner reservations.

*Tuesday February 14th in case your hazy on that.

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Free Adoption Information Session

Contact: Debbie Di Bianca 805-542-9084 debbiedibianca@fcadoptions.org

FCCA was established in 1983 and has placed over 4000 waiting children into forever families. With six offices in California, including one in San Luis Obispo, the agency provides domestic and international adoption services. Please join us to learn about our adoption programs. The meeting is free and reservations are not required. For more information, contact us at 805-542-9084 and check our website at www.fcadoptions.org

Location: 1540 Marsh St. #130

Wednesday February 15, 2012

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Tri Chamber Luncheon

Contact: Briana 805-489-1488 info@agchamber.com

Chamber Luncheon Features Part 1 of Luncheon Series: Major Economic Drivers

The Arroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Grover and Pismo Beach Chambers of Commerce is hosting a Tri-Chamber luncheon featuring James Becker, Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s vice president at Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Come and learn what PG & E does with the spent fuel, the latest on the seismic study, what PG&E is doing to ensure safety at the plant, and much more.

The luncheon will take place on Wednesday, February 15 at 12 noon at the South County Regional Center, 800 West Branch Street in Arroyo Grande. The cost is $18 for members of any of the three Chambers and $25 for non members. Advanced reservations are required by Friday, February 10, 2012 and can be made by calling 489-1488 or online at www.agchamber.com

Location: 800 West Branch, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Poetry Out Loud Competition

Contact: Ginny Brush 568-3992 gbrush@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

Preparation is well underway for Santa Barbara County’s 6^th Annual Poetry Out Loud Competition. The competition represents the first step of a national recitation contest, a program run by the California Arts Council in the state and started by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Poetry Foundation to engage high-school students in the presentation of poetry through memorization and performance. The winner of the Santa Barbara County competition will go on to compete at the California state finals in Sacramento March 25^th and 26th. At stake will be hundreds of dollars on the state competition level and thousands at the national finals of Poetry Out Loud in Washington DC May 13-15th. The contest is part of the celebration of April as National Poetry Month.

“In a world inundated with cryptic emails, tweets, IMing, sound bites and blips it is glorious fun to spend an evening reveling in the spoken word and the literary contributions of American poets thanks to the Poetry Out Loud program,” said Ginny Brush, Executive Director of the County Arts Commission. The Arts Commission organizes and hosts the event each year.

Paul Willis, Santa Barbara City Poet Laureate will serve as this year’s emcee for the February 15^th evening event. A stellar panel of judges including David Starkey, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Emeritus, and published poets Chryss Yost, and Carol DeCanio will bring their expertise to evaluating and judging the competition.

Last year twenty high school students competed in the Arts Commission’s Countywide Poetry Out Loud Competition held at the Board of Supervisors Hearing in Santa Barbara. Courtney Cambron, a Sophomore at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta took first place in the competition and went on to compete in Sacramento at the State level. In 2009 the Santa Barbara County Poetry Out Loud winner Spencer Klavan, a senior at Laguna Blanca School, went on to win at the State finals in Sacramento and represented California at the National Poetry Out Loud competition in Washington D.C. in April that same year.

The success of this program is due in large part to the dedicated teachers who recognize the value of recitation, memorization and interpretation and work closely with students to integrate Poetry Out Loud preparation into their curriculum. Faculty members William Woodard from Dos Pueblos High School, Ben Rothstein, from Pioneer Valley High School in Santa Maria, Bojana Hill from Laguna Blanca School, and Sojourner Kincaid-Rolle from Rincon and Carpinteria High Schools have all been busy engaging their students in preparation for the February 15th Competition.

The Poetry Out Loud program seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry: recitation and performance. Poetry Out Loud competitions start in the classroom, then at the school, region, state, and national finals, similar to the structure of the spelling bee. The national initiative is part of an attempt to bring literary arts to students, a critical need in U.S. schools, according to a 2004 NEA report Reading at Risk that found a dramatic decline in literary reading, especially among younger readers.

“Young people interested in rap and slam contests can be surprisingly interested in classical poetry when it’s presented through the Poetry Out Loud competition,” said Muriel Johnson, Past Director of the California Arts Council. “We’ve seen students from all backgrounds and academic levels embrace this program wholeheartedly. It can change their lives.”

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Make Yours a Joyful Life

Contact: Administrative Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM SLOHS/LAMS POPS Concert

Contact: Paul Osborne (805) 596-4050 x2700 posborne@slcusd.org

The San Luis Obispo HIgh School and Laguna Middle School Choirs present "Comedy Tonight!", their fourth annual POPS concert. The concert will feature student solos and groups, and beloved numbers from Chicago, Grease, Pirates of Penzance, and many other classics of musical theater.

The concert will be held at the Laguna MIddle School Auditorium on Wednesday, February 15th, at 7pm, and last approximately 2 hours. Tickets are $5 for general admission, and can be purchased through either school, or purchased at the door the night of the concert.

Location: 11050 Los Osos Valley Road, SLO

8:00 PM Wayne McGregor | Random Dance

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Santa Barbara Debut

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Wayne McGregor, Artistic Director

“One of the most celebrated and sought-after choreographers of his generation.” The New York Times

“If any artist has defined the decade – it’s Wayne McGregor.” The Times, London

Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, a resident company of Sadler’s Wells, London, is distinguished by its radical approach to new technology, incorporating animation, digital film, 3D architecture, electronic sound and virtual dancers seamlessly into live choreography. The company will perform Entity, “a great sexy beast of a piece” (Sunday Times, London). Featuring a breathtaking soundscape created by Coldplay/Massive Attack collaborator Jon Hopkins and award-winning composer Joby Talbot (The Divine Comedy), the staggering blend of bodies, lights, technology and film elevate Wayne McGregor to the cutting edge of contemporary culture.

General Public $38.00 - $48.00
UCSB Students $20.00

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2129

An event of The Anne & Michael Towbes Dance Series

Additional generous support provided by Andre Yew

Community Dance Class
Tue, Feb 14 / 5:30 PM / Santa Barbara City College
721 Cliff Dr, Studio PR 113
Co-presented with Santa Barbara Dance Alliance
Reservations: (805) 966-6950

Location: Granada Theatre

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM SLOlio - A Gathering of True Stories At Linnaea's

Contact: Kirk Henning 805-995-2867 slolio@slolio.org

SLOlio, is a monthly storytelling event at Linnaea’s Cafe in San Luis Obispo. SLOlio events are open to anyone who has a true story to share based on a theme and told without notes. Our next event is scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 starting at 8pm. SLOlio events are great opportunities for coming together to celebrate our stories. The theme for our February event is “Sealed With A Kiss”. For more information, check out all the information provided at the SLOlio website (slolio.org). If you would like to share a story, start preparing an 8 to 10 minute story based on the theme of “Unexpected Consequences”. If you would like to attend to listen only, we’ll see you on February 15th at Linnaea’s!

Location: Linnaea's Cafe 1110 Garden St. SLO

Thursday February 16, 2012

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Los Osos Dementia Caregivers Support Group

Contact: Alyce Crawford 534-9234 alycec@coastcrc.org

For famly caregivers who have a loved one with dementia. Meet with others to share and learn on the third Thursday each month. Respite care supervised socialization is provided in adjoining room. 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at Los Osos Baptist Church, 1900 Los Osos Valley Road. Call 534-9234 for info.
Meetings are Feb. 16, March 15

Location: 1900 Los Osos Valley Road

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Wind Power and Wired for Wind

Contact: Joan Bloomfield 805-461-6163

San Luis Obispo County 4-H Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) Key Leader Brian Aunger will present a creative approach to the fundamentals of experimentation with a hands-on exploration of wind power and electricity generation. With his team of volunteers, Mr. Aunger will lead young scientists in conducting tests, evaluating data, and designing modifications for paper turbine blades (pinwheels) to optimize their results.
This program is for ages 7-12
Space is limited. Signups begin January 28, 2012.

Location: Atascadero Library

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Santa Barbara Macintosh Users Group

Contact: Audrey von Bieberstein 805-967-2866 vonbs@verizon.net

The next monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara Macintosh Users Group (SBMUG) will be on Thursday, February 16, in Farrand Hall of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, at 6:00 PM.

The program will begin at 6:45 after a general Q&A session.

John Wiley, recently retired from a varied career in technology, psychology, writing and teaching, will speak on his experiences and solutions in aerial photography with a Mac.

Everyone is welcome at our free meetings, but only members may enter the drawings for prizes. (You may join at the meeting for $25 per year.) Wi-Fi, refreshments and good company!

For additional SBMUG information, please visit http://sbmug.org or call 967-2866.

Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara

6:45 PM - 9:00 PM Central Coast Biological Society

Contact: Emily Taylor 756-2616 etaylor@calpoly.edu

The Central Coast Biological Society's winter meeting will be on the topic of science education. It is free and open to the public. Meetings are held at the PG&E Community Center, 6588 Ontario Rd.

6:45 pm Refreshments
7:00 pm Ed Himelblau, PhD (Cal Poly) “Cal Poly's Learn by Doing Lab”
8:00 pm Anne Marie Bergen (Cal Poly) “A Budding Science Education Community”

Location: PG&E Community Center, 6588 Ontario Rd.

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Third Thursday at St. Luke's

Contact: Pat Bennett 805-460-9776 pab17@charter.net

On Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., Third Thursday at St. Luke's will proudly host an evening of poetry and music, featuring the original poetry of Dianne Gross-Giese and music of guitarist Dorian Michael. Following Ms. Gross-Giese and Mr. Michael there will be a short intermission, and then an open mic for poets. St. Luke's Episcopal Church is located at 5318 Palma, Atascadero. There is no admission fee. For additional information about Third Thursday at St. Luke's, please, call (805) 466-0356 or (805) 772-2343.

- About the poetry of Dianne Gross-Giese: Dianne describes writing poetry as "a drive, a fuel, a conduit, and an element we can breathe."

Driven by the need to recall and honor the life and death of her mother, and as a result gaining a new infatuation with life, she joined the Atascadero Writer's Group three years ago. Her influences are as varied as Mary Oliver and Japanese Haiku. Her inspirations include her sister Christy McGuire's poetry, the natural light in the wilderness, watercolor and sculpted art, live acoustic music, the humor of her family, and medical rehabilitation.

She posts her work on her internet blog: The Rhythm of the Light. Her haiku was selected by James Cushing for print in San Luis Obispo Tribune's Poetry Month series. She's been on the KCBX radio program Ears on Art, two years in a row, reading poems about "The Gift of Art" and "Making a Lot from a Little".

Dianne is a California native, working on the Central Coast for most of her career as a Certified Hand Therapist and Occupational Therapist. She graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor's Degree of Applied Art and Science, but did not begin writing poetry until recently. She is married to a manufacturing engineer, artist and inventor. Together they chase after 3 teenage boys, an aging black lab, and three lap-hugging cats.

Dianne's motto for writing is "LIT-SNT" -- "Life's Too Short Not To".

- About the music of Dorian Michael:

"I have been a working (and working class) guitarist for about 40 years now. I’ve played plenty of blues and folk, jazz and rock and roll. I think of my acoustic solo music as 'contemporary traditional'; original music that reflects my interest in a number of styles of music. These influences come through in my original material, but it is a contemporary music that grows from, rather than mimics, those influences. When I play someone else’s music or a traditional piece I do my best to give the listener at least a few small surprises.

"Some music makes you feel, some makes you think and some music is just for the fun of it. I try to get to all those places in the space of a performance.”" - Dorian Michael

Location: Atascadero

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Men's intro to Argentine Tango Class

Contact: Bonnie Ernst 805-801-1648 bonnie@pacificcoastpro.com

Learn one of the most passionate of all dances in a supportative and fun atmosphere. Take a special introductory leader’s class. The 4 week class is free and limited to 5 participants. For more information and to sign up contact: Ken: Ken Emmer or Bonnie@pacificcoastpro.com

8:00 PM Jane Hirshfield

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

An Evening of Poetry

Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the College of Creative Studies

“An evocative mix of control and wildness, stunning beauty and unseen forces.” The Christian Science Monitor

Award-winning poet and translator Jane Hirshfield elegantly speaks to the core issues of existence in her poetry — desire and loss, impermanence and beauty and our multi-faceted connections with others. An intimate, profound and generous master of her art, she has written six collections of poetry, including After (named a best book of 2006 by The Washington Post); Given Sugar, Given Salt (a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist) and The October Palace, as well as a classic book of essays, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry. Her most recent poetry collection, Come, Thief, was published in August 2011.

General Public $15.00
FREE for UCSB students and youth 18 & under

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2300

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Location: UCSB Campbell Hall

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM CA Honeydrops @ Slo Brew

Contact: Kristen Burgess 805.540.0016 gummibeararmy@yahoo.com

February 16, 2012 9:00 PM

Slo Brewing Co.
1119 Garden St., San Luis Obispo, CA (United States)
http://www.dtbrew.com/
Ages: 21+
Price: $10adv/$12 door

Digging deep into the roots of American music, The California Honeydrops embrace the traditions of Blues, Gospel, Second Line New Orleans Jazz, and early R&B. With stellar performances of traditional material as well as their own innovative music, The California Honeydrops get people out of their seats and onto the floor, dancing, sweating, and singing along.

Friday February 17, 2012

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM San Luis Obispo County Commission on Aging Meeting

Contact: Kathleen Bellefontaine 235-5779 kbellefont@charter.net

The San Luis Obispo Commission on Aging is an advisory body to the County Board of Supervisors. Come join us, February 17th to hear Professor George Diehr, Cal Pers Board member, speak about “Senior Money Issues and Cal Pers Retirement.”
Meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at the Vet’s Hall on Grand Avenue in San Luis Obispo from 10am to noon. We encourage the public to attend our meetings, share their views, and consider future membership. Handicap Accessible. For more information, call 235-5779.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Brown Bag Dialogue

Contact: Denise Rosburg 805-595-1357 denise@mcscorp.org

EMPLOYER BEWARE: TEN EMPLOYMENT LAW PITFALLS FOR EVERY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER TO AVOID
Presenter: Hernaldo J. Baltodano

Please join local attorney Hernaldo J. Baltodano for an insightful presentation and discussion about employment law “no no’s” that every small business owner must avoid. California is home to a dizzying array of employment laws that govern every business – large or small. Not only can non-compliance financially devastate a business, compliance with these laws is important for maintaining good employee relations, and building and sustaining employee morale. Happy employees translates to less legal problems and a healthier bottom line.

Hernaldo received his undergraduate degree from UC Davis and law degree from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. He has spent his entire 10-year career practicing employment and labor law. Prior to launching his own law firm with his attorney/wife, Mr. Baltodano practiced at some of the finest law firms in the country, representing plaintiffs, unions, and companies – ranging from small mom and pops to Fortune 100 companies. Los Angeles Magazine has named Mr. Baltodano a “Super Lawyer- Rising Star” in employment law for several years – most recently in 2011.

This is a FREE event and everyone is welcome! RSVP to denise@mcscorp.org or call 595-1357 Please be courteous and be on time, Thank You!

Location: 71 Zaca Lane, Suite 130, SLO

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Is There Hope after 1994? A Look at Rwanda after the Genocide

Contact: Heather Ross 805-544-2133 info@mtcarmelslo.org

Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church holds monthly brown bag luncheons, during which members of the congregation and community enjoy a variety of informative and interesting presentations on a broad range of topics.

On Friday, February 17, at noon, we welcome an amazing speaker, Daudi Kaliisa. His topic will be: "Is There Hope after 1994? A Look at Rwanda after the Genocide." Mr. Kaliisa has an impressive and broad-ranging background: Uganda Country Director for a USAID program; Human Resource Administrative Manager for CARE International; and Country Coordinator for Lifewater International. Bring friends, a brown bag, and join us!

Location: 1701 Fredericks St., San Luis Obispo

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM LEGO Club returns to the Exploration Station

Contact: Stacy Halvorsen 8054731421 youth@explorationstation.org

LEGO Club resumes at the Exploration Station in Grover Beach, The 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 2pm to 4pm. Our LEGO club is a free-build, child-led build that is fun for the entire family. We provide the LEGOs and the space and your child provides the imagination! Building with LEGOs helps develop problem solving skills, spatial awareness, and other mathematical concepts, while also being very fun! LEGO club is only $2 per child, age 4 and up, with paid Science Center admission. Ask us about Exploration Station Member discounts. For more information see our website, www.explorationstation.org, or call 473-1421.

Location: Grover Beach

8:00 PM The Chieftains

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

The Chieftains 50th Anniversary Tour 2012:
‘Voice of Ages’
Paddy Moloney & The Chieftains
with Special Guests

“The world’s most popular Irish traditional folk group… a musical genealogical society, climbing out onto the branches of Celtic music’s family tree and plucking delicious fruit.” St. Paul Pioneer Press

The Chieftains celebrate 50 years as Ireland’s “inadvertent prophets of the world-music boom” (Rolling Stone) in a concert experience filled with grace, humor, exceptional musicianship and the pageantry of visiting dancers and pipe bands. Led by founder Paddy Moloney, who formed the band from the ranks of the top Irish musicians back in 1962, the six-time Grammy winners are musical ambassadors, cultural icons and boundary-pushers who continue to make music with a style that is as exhilarating as it is definitive.

General Public $38.00 - $58.00
UCSB Students $20.00

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2131

Location: Granada Theatre

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Victor & Penny at Linnaea's Cafe

Contact: Erin McGrane 8166682279 victorandpenny@gmail.com

Victor & Penny are a guitar and ukulele duo playing music of the 20s and 30s with a modern twist that they call "antique pop". They are touring in support of their new album (Antique Pop) and bring their engaging approach and charming energy to San Luis Obispo on Friday, Feb. 17 at Linnaea's Cafe.

Location: 1110 Garden St. SLO

Saturday February 18, 2012

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Artisan Fair

Contact: Tracy Lang Wood 805 714-0645 Jntwood@gmail.com

The Women’s Club of Arroyo Grande is hosting its Annual Artisan Fair on February 18, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This free event takes place at 211 Vernon Street at the Arroyo Grande Community Center and Women’s Club. This show celebrates the talents of local artists featuring jewelry, pottery, clothing, culinary delights and more. Lunch and snacks are available for purchase to enjoy while you shop and browse.
Be a part of our celebration of creativity of artists in our community with a portion of the proceeds benefiting college scholarships for youth of the Five Cites. This is an indoor event so come rain or shine!

Location: 211 Vernon Street Arroyo Grande

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Fungus Foray in the Elfin Forest

Contact: Yolanda 805-528-0392 yolanda@elfin-forest.org

February 18, 9:30 a.m. – Fungus Foray
For SWAP's annual Fungus Foray in the Elfin Forest, intrepid leader and fungophile Dennis Sheridan will lead an exploration of the Elfin Forest floor for wood bluetts, black elfin saddles, earthstars, golden caps, boletes, poisonous amanitas and many other fascinating fungi. Bring a magnifying lens and, if you have a mystery mushroom in your yard, bring a sample for Dennis to identify. This is not a mushroom collecting walk, as all plants in the Elfin Forest are protected by law. Only a very heavy rain will cancel the walk, and if it hasn’t rained recently, Dennis will give us an equally fascinating walk about the lichens that grow abundantly in the Forest.

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM 200-year-old Torah restoration featured at SB Genealogical Society Monthly Meeting, Sat Feb 18, 2012

Contact: Glenn Avolio 805-886-5438 glennavolio@gmail.com

Learn about 200-year-old Torah restoration featured at SB Genealogical Society Monthly Meeting, Saturday February 18, 2012

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society holds its monthly general meeting on Saturday February 18^th, at the First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance at State Street, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. Special interest Groups meet at 9:30am for Beginning Genealogy, German Ancestry, Italian Ancestry and Computer Genealogy and 9:00am for JewishGen. Featured program starts at 10:30am.

This month’s meeting features a fascinating look at a 200-year-old Torah restoration being undertaken by Santa Barbara’s Congregation B’nai B’rith. This year-long project was started in October of last year. Learn about the origins of this Czech Torah and the individuals who saw it before it was confiscated by Hitler’s Nazi forces. Learn how it came to Santa Barbara and all about the participatory restoration now underway.

Presented by Judy Mannaberg-Goldman, Elizabeth Gaynes, Jane Honikman and Gayle Rosenberg.

Special interest Groups meet at 9:30am for Beginning Genealogy, German Ancestry, Italian Ancestry (first meeting) and Computer Genealogy and 9:00am for JewishGen. Featured program starts at 10:30am.

Come join us. You do not need to be a member to enjoy this wonderful presentation.

A calendar of genealogical events can be found at the Society web site (http://sbgen.org/events.php).

Location: First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance at State Street

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM FREE FAFSA & Cal Grant Workshop

Contact: Maggie Balderas (805) 690-7631 mbalderas@brooks.edu

Free FAFSA and Cal Grant Workshop sponsored by the Brooks Institute.

Saturday February 18, 2012 10am - 2:00pm

Get help filling out your Cal Grant and FAFSA forms. This is for you regardless of what college you plan on attending in the fall. This applies to out of state colleges as well.

Don't miss out on this free event to assit you in obtaining money for college!

Please call 805-585-8000 to RSVP for this free community event.

http://brookscalgrant.eventbrite.com

Location: Brooks Institute, 5301 N Ventura Ave Ventura CA 93001

10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Cal Poly's VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program

Contact: Janice Carr 8057562667 jcarr@calpoly.edu

Location: Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Earthquake Science for Kids

Contact: Margaret Kensinger-Klopfer 781-5775 mkensingerklopfer@slolibrary.org

“How Earthquakes Happen” Science Fun for Kids

Kids Can Try out Earthquake Experiments!

The Harold J. Miossi Charitable Trust is teaming up with the San Luis Obispo Public Library and 4-H SLO County Scientists to give kids ages 8-12 a chance to use Slinkies, marshmallows, and their own two hands to recreate earthquakes in the library!

This free event takes place on February 18^th from 11-12:30 in the San Luis Obispo Library Community Room at 995 Palm Street. This event is free but space is limited to 25, so please RSVP by calling 781-5775.

Location: SLO Library Community Room

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Adopt A Pet

Contact: Elaine Genasci 805-458-3978 elgenasci@gmail.com

Location: 271 Madonna Road

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Owen Plant, Phoebe Light, Spoonfed Lightning duo at Laetitia Winery

Contact: Steve Key 805-204-6821 bonnien27@gmail.com

Owen Plant, Phoebe Light,
and Spoonfed Lightning duo

Feb. 18, 2012, 1-4pm

Laetitia Winery
453 Laetitia Vineyard Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805-481-1772

All ages OK, no cover charge

Our second Songwriters At Play showcase at Laetitia Winery will have three featured performers:
San Francisco's Owen Plant (pictured here), Santa Barbara's Phoebe Light, and local bluesmen Billy Estrada and Tony Kirkorian of the band Spoonfed Lightning. Each act will play a 45-minute set. The show runs from 1-4pm on Saturday Feb. 18. The show is free and open to all ages.
Jamaican-born troubadour Owen Plant's style is reminiscent of introspective singer/songwriters from the '70s but also incorporates his Caribbean-ness. Owen's strong vocals evoke the emotional depth of Cat Stevens and the soulful passion of Bob Marley and you can hear Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen in his guitar work. Imagine Bruno Merz, John Mayer, Ray LaMontagne, Jack Johnson and Ziggy Marley around the campfire - but it's one Jamerican with a bunch of pedals and a beard when it's cold and stubble when it's not. Rasta Folk? Reggae Pop? Singer/Songwriter Dub/Ska? He has fronted other projects, most recently as the lead singer of the Sunshine Brothers. www.thesunshinebrothers.com

Phoebe Light was a big hit at last November's Joni Mitchell Tribute Night at The Spot in Arroyo Grande, and she played a guest set last month at Laetitia. She returns with piano and guitar for a featured set of gentle balladry. To preview her songs: http://www.myspace.com/phoebelight

For the last 13 years, Billy Estrada has performed his brand of blues-based, multi-flavored music throughout the Central Coast. He has been described as “combining the vocals of Ray Charles with the guitar of B. B. King while throwing in some healthy doses of blues harp and slide guitar." In 2006, his band Soul Reaction achieved success through local press and airplay with their album, The Beauty of Life, in which all songs were written by Estrada. Billy's bandmate in Spoonfed Lightning, Tony Kirkorian joins him for this special acoustic set. Sample some tunes at http://www.billyestrada.com

The Feb. 18 lineup will also include special guests Rob Kimball, and touring duo Victor & Penny.
Songwriters At Play will host two more monthly showcases at Laetitia on March 10 and April 14. Laetitia is located along Highway 101, 4 miles south of Grand Street exit in Arroyo Grande, or 6 miles north of Nipomo's Tefft St. exit. (805) 481-1772, http://www.laetitiawine.com

For more info on this event or other Songwriters At Play showcases, go to:

Location: Arroyo Grande, CA

6:00 PM - 11:00 PM St. Mary's Mardi Gras Dinner, Dance, & Auction

Contact: Mrs. Michelle Cox 805-925-6713 stmarysm@sbceo.org

St. Mary of the Assumption School will host its 10th annual Mardi Gras Dinner, Dance & Auction on Saturday, February 18th starting at 6PM. Join us at the Radisson Hotel for a fun evening to benefit the children of St. Mary's School. Your support keeps tuition affordable for the children of our community. Get your tickets now!

Call the school at 925-6713.
Pick up tickets in the school office at 424 E. Cypress Street in Santa Maria.
Email us for more information at stmarysm@sbceo.org.

Sunday February 19, 2012

YMCA Youth Hockey Registration

Contact: Brent Mosbacher 805-543-8235 bmosbacher@sloymca.org

The SLO County YMCA Youth Roller Hockey registration period is now open. The Roller Hockey program is designed to accomodate a wide range of skill levels. Roller Hockey is a Fast, Fun, & Safe sport. Girls and boys, ages 5 and over are encouraged to play. If your child doesn't know how to skate, our knowledegable coaches will teach them. The league emphasizes on knowledge of the rules, skill development, and teamwork.

Season runs from March - June. For more information please contact the SLO YMCA Sports Director Brent Mosbacher

Location: San Luis Obispo

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM ARCHER & SLATER FINE ART STUDIO SALE

Contact: Lori Slater / Donald Archer (805) 927-4047 lori@lorislater.com / donald@donaldarcher.com

Take this opportunity to enjoy and purchase the unique art of Donald Archer and Lori Slater, meet the artists, at their 16th Annual Studio Fine Art Sale, on Saturday & Sunday, February 18 & 19, from 10 am to 5 pm at their home / studio, 1888 Chester Lane in Cambria.

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.

Lori's watercolors and oils are known for their evocative color sense. Her personal representations include still lifes, gardens and imaginative lanscapes of orchards and the sea.

Donald will feature paintings inspired by the rugged Big Sur coast, the frenetic Pacific Coast Highway, the quintessential California landscape, and urban Manhattan, with a few other surprises mixed in. All are done in his lively mixed ,media and expressive style.

The well-known artists have spent their lives working as professionals and are masters of their media and distinctive styles.

Location: Cambria, California

10:30 AM - 4:00 PM Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience

Contact: Jason Haas 237-1231 jhaas@tablascreek.com

Join the 43 members of the Paso Robles Chapter of the Rhone Rangers for the 2012 Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience. This fun-filled and information-rich day will include a moderated "Rhone Essentials" Seminar, a Vintners' Lunch, and the Grand Tasting and Silent Auction. The day's events will take place at Windfall Farms, a beautiful equestrian ranch just off Creston Road about 10 miles east of Paso Robles. Although the seminar and lunch sold out, the Grand Tasting still has space, and guests will have the chance to taste nearly 200 Rhone-style wines from Paso Robles and learn why Paso Robles is the epicenter of California's growing Rhone Ranger movement. Tickets for the Grand Tasting are just $25, and the Grand Tasting is also free to qualified trade and media (advance registration is required). Proceeds benefit the Rhone Rangers Scholarship Fund. To purchase tickets, or for more information, click here.

Location: 4715 Flying Paster Lane, Paso Robles, CA 93446

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Hwy 46 West Wine Safari - Zoo to You Benefit Event

Contact: Teresa Hoffert 805.238.0725 events@castorocellars.com

Join Castoro Cellars and the 14 wineries of Highway 46 West in a fundraising event for Zoo to You, Paso Robles! The wine safari allows you to travel from winery to winery, tasting and hobnobbing with wildlife as you go! Purchase a ticket for $21.99 and receive complimentary tastings at each winery, plus you'll visit with a different wild animal from the Zoo to You preserve at each location. $20 from each ticket will be donated to Zoo to You, a local organization dedicated to caring for abandoned and injured wild animals as well as community wildlife education. Tickets may be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com. Support this great non-profit and enjoy an exciting wine tasting adventure!

12:00 PM - 8:15 PM Amitayus Long Life Retreat

Contact: Admin Director (805) 563-6000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Please join us for this short one-day retreat on Buddha Amitayus, the Buddha of long life and special wisdom. We all need a long life to allow us to practice Dharma (Buddha's teachings), and to attain liberation and enlightenment. Without a long life we lose our opportunity to take the essence of our precious human life. To overcome this obstacle we need to increase our life-span and our wisdom, and the principle method for doing this is the yoga of Buddha Amitayus.

The retreat will be led by American Buddhist monk Kelsang Wangpo, and consist of four 75 minute sessions using the sadhana (prayer) The Yoga of Buddha Amitayus, mainly emphasizing mantra recitation. No experience is necessary, and all are welcome. Cost is $5/session or $15 for the whole retreat. Session times will be: 12 to 1:15pm, 2 to 3:15, 4 to 5:15, 7 to 8:15pm.

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

1:00 PM Alice Neel / Grass Grow

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Daily Pass includes admission to both films and a complimentary wine reception at intermission for those ages 21+

ART | ARCHITECTURE ON FILM

In a feast for the eyes, a new film series reveals the stories behind the most intriguing artists and architects of our time.

Series presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the Carsey-Wolf Center, and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UCSB

1 PM - Alice Neel

“The fascinating documentary Alice Neel illuminates history while also demonstrating how an artist's style reveals his or her personality.” The New York Times

Directed by her grandson, a searing portrait of the influential, emotionally troubled American painter Alice Neel, who was marginalized until the 1960s, when she was embraced by the counterculture and painted its heroes including Andy Warhol and neighbors in Spanish Harlem.
(Andrew Neel, 2007, 81 min.)

3 PM - Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow

“Ravishing, hypnotic record of the work of Anselm Kiefer” Sight & Sound, U.K.

Acclaimed documentarian Sophie Fiennes’s mesmerizing portrait of artist Anselm Kiefer, who transformed a derelict industrial space in southern France into a dreamlike city, housing his paintings and elaborate installations, including underground tunnels and towers.
(Sophie Fiennes, 2010, 105 min.)

General Public $10.00
UCSB Students $5.00

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2310

Presented in collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, and AIA Santa Barbara, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Additional support provided by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation and Winick Architects.

Location: UCSB Pollock Theatre

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Worm Composting Workshop

Contact: Teresa "Tree" Lees 805-927-5922 treelees@charter.net

Next Sunday, February 19 folks will come together to share their collective wisdom on raising worms. A panel of experts will share their vermiculture techniques for vermicomposting, worm tea brewing and foliar feeding. Home compost operations are proven to have multiple positive effects for communities and municipalities while producing a valuable soil amendment.

Our panelist includes Alice Hamrick of the UCCE Master Gardeners, Martin Ochoa of Cambria, Mark Sowell of Morro Bay and Noah Smukler, Morro Bay City Councilmember. The workshop is organized by the SLO Permaculture Guild. There is a $5.00 donation requested per person. Please bring a lawn chair as this event is held outdoors in a community garden.

The community garden is located at the corner of Hemlock and Sequoia Ave. in North Morro Bay. From Highway One take San Jacinot east to Hemlock, left on hemlock to the end. The garden is behind Morro Bay United Methodist Church.

For more information and to get on the SLO Permaculture listserve contact Teresa "Tree" Lees at treelees@charter.net

Permaculture is based on principles and ethics of care for the earth, care for people and share the wealth. For more information on permaculture principles visit http://permacultureprinciples.com/.

Location: 3000 Hemlock Ave, Morro Bay

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM OperaSLO presents That's Amore!

Contact: Sharon Dobson 805.541.5369 sharon@operaslo.org

"If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it..." Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare

Opera San Luis Obispo presents That's Amore! on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 1pm.

Please join OperaSLO for a lovely afternoon of beautiful music, great food and Vina Robles wine in the elegant Garden Room of the Madonna Inn.

Enjoy the rare chance to hear rising opera stars mezzo-soprano Sarah Kleeman and tenor Ben Gulley perform an intimate salon recital that highlights the trials and triumphs of the human heart. Their recent performance in the Cuesta Master Chorale's "Great Opera Choruses" concert inspired Mary Talbot of Arroyo Grande to write in a recent Letter-to-the-Editor in The Tribune "...A return of Ben Gulley and his gorgeous singing partner, Sarah Kleeman, is something to look forward to. Watch for their names in any ad for a musical performance, then run, don't walk, to the box office for tickets."

Ms. Kleeman's performances include roles with Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and the San Francisco Opera Merola Program. Mr. Gulley is a Metropolitan Opera National Council District and Regional Competition winner and a national semi-finalist. His performances include roles with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Symphony.

Relax and savor delicious hors d'oeuvres and Vina Robles wine. Delight in a program that includes favorite arias and duets from Carmen, Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, Faust, L'Arlesiana, La Cenerentola, Showboat, The Daughter of the Regiment, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Turandot, Werther, West Side Story, and others.

Mingle with the artists after the recital and enjoy coffee, tea, and dessert.

Tickets ~ $65 per person; Tables of Eight ~ $520 (includes hors d'oeuvres, Vina Robles wine, coffee, tea, and dessert).

Please call the OperaSLO office at 805.541.5369 or visit http://operaslo.org to order tickets.

Location: Madonna Inn

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Vines Quartet

Contact: Truman Stickney 805-528-6029 trum231@att.net

This is the second concert in the 2012 season for Chamber Music at the Fellowship, and features the Vines Quartet. This group from the Symphony of the Vines in North San Luis Obispo County can blend the sounds of violin, cello, and English horn in often-romantic combination. Chamber music is known to sometimes send your thoughts to far-away settings. The Mozart, Wanhal, and Stamitz numbers might take you to a nineteenth century palace in northern Europe. After intermission refreshments, you might dream of a festival in Argentina...with familiar tunes by Gerardo Rodriguez and Jose Padilla. The concert concludes with the exhilerating Jewish wedding music...Hava Nagila. The Unitarian-Universalist Fellowshipexpects to relocate in March, but this concert will take place at 2074 Parker Street in San Luis Obispo. Adults are asked to pay twenty dollars either at the door or at will-call via our new website uuslo.org, or by calling 786-4331. The student price is five dollars, and children accompanied bvy a parent of guardian are welcomed free of charge.

Location: San Luis Obispo

Monday February 20, 2012

Meditation and You

Contact: Administrative Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Morro Coast Audubon Society Community Program

Contact: MCAS Office 772-1991 mcas@morrocoastaudubon.org

On Monday 02/20 from 7-8pm join the Morro Coast Audubon Society for a community program on the Birds of San Luis Obispo. Dave Keeling will present stunningly beautiful images of birds photographed in the county in 2011 by many of our finest local nature photographers. This is a show you won't want to miss! Refreshments are provided and all ages are welcome to attend this free event. For more information visit the website at www.morrocoastaudubon.org or call 772-1991.

Location: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion, 3450 Dairy Creek Road, SLO

Tuesday February 21, 2012

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Treating Cancer - The Human Approach

Contact: Lynda Savidge 801-7052 info@middlepathmedicine.com

Gary E. Foresman, MD, Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Functional, Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, and Fellow in Integrative Cancer Therapies, presents this educational discussion on dealing with cancer in a proactive and positive manner. Blending natural and Western approaches can assist the body dramatically in dealing with cancer therapies and healing, even when going through chemotherapy.

This event is FREE, as are all of Dr. Foresman's Community Health Updates.

Location: Arroyo Grande, CA

6:00 PM - 11:00 PM Up 'Til Dawn

Contact: Diego Silva (805)756-7270 drsilva@calpoly.edu

ORGANIZATION: CONTACT:
Student Life & Leadership Diego Silva
University Union (Bldg. 65), Room 217 Coordinator of Greek Life
Cal Poly (805) 756-7270
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

Start time: February 10, 2012

Stop time: February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 30 Seconds

WANNA’ PARTY LIKE IT’S 1989?

THEN COME TO CHUMASH AUDITORIUM AT CAL POLY ON FEBRUARY 21^ST FROM 6 TO 11 P.M. FOR FREE FOOD, FREE SHIRTS, GAMES, PRIZES, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, AND MORE.

JOIN US AT UP ‘TIL DAWN AND HAVE FUN AT THIS 80’S THEMED EVENT WHILE ADDRESSING DONATION LETTERS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR ST. JUDE’S CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.

TO GET THE 411 ON THIS EVENT, EMAIL QUESTIONS TO UPTILDAWNCP1@GMAIL.COM OR CALL (805) 756-7270 AND MARK FEBRUARY 21 DOWN ON YOUR CALENDAR. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT!

Location: Chumash Auditorium, McPhee University Union (Bldg. 65), Cal Poly

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM How to Stop Feeding the Beast

Contact: Peter Conn 805 682-5183 pconnt43@cox.net

The Santa Barbara Chapter of
Health Care for All - California

will present a program titled

HOW TO STOP FEEDING THE BEAST

with featured speaker

Kathleen Sharp

author of “Blood Feud”

Find out how she discovered the story of a drug company whistleblower
What it took to report and write it
Plus four things we can all do to stop feeding the wasteful, fraudulent part of the health care system

Copies of “Blood Feud” will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

Tuesday, February 21, 7 PM

Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Central Library 40 E. Anapamu St.

For more info call Peter at 805 682-5183www.HealthCareForAll.org

Refreshments! Free!

Location: Santa Barbara Central Library

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Readers' Theatre production of Our Town

Contact: Curt Miner 805-544-1373 revcurt@sloucc.org

The God Is Still Speaking Players, in collaboration with Bent Angel Productions, is pleased to announce auditions for a readers' theatre production of "Our Town" - the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Thornton Wilder.
Auditions will be held on Mon & Tues, Feb 20 & 21, 7-9 PM, at the SLO UCC (11245 Los Osos Valley Rd, SLO). Performances will be held March 16-18 (Fri at 7:30 PM, Sat & Sun at 2 PM). There will be approximately 10 rehearsals between Feb 22 and March 15. If these audition times do not fit your schedule and you would like to audition for this production, please contact director, Chrys Barnes, at chrysb52@hotmail.com.
Perusal scripts will be available at SLO UCC and the reference desk of the SLO Library the week prior to auditions.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact The God Is Still Speaking Players' Artistic Director, Curt Miner, at revcurt@sloucc.org or 544-1373.

Location: 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd, SLO CA 93405

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Nationally Famous Poet to Read at Poly

Contact: Kevin Clark 805-756-2596 kclark@calpoly.edu

COURAGEOUS POET CORRINE HALES TO READ FROM NEW BOOK

Illuminating her tough, often harrowing childhood as well as a complex relation to her former Mormon faith, nationally famous poet Corrine Clegg Hales will read from her new book of poems at 7:30PM on Tuesday February 21st in Room 231 of the Agriculture Building, directly across from the fire department on the Cal Poly campus.

Sponsored by the English Department and the Creative Writing program, the free reading is part of the WriterSpeak series.

Hales will read from To Make It Right, her much celebrated fifth book.

Cal Poly poet and professor Kevin Clark is particularly excited about Hale’s reading.

“Connie Hales is fearless. She’s one of the most exhilaratingly honest poets of our times,” said Clark. “She forges readily accessible, multi-layered, narrative poems about the realities of economic and spiritual hardship.”

“I know the audience will hang on every line while each poem narrates another tight poetic account of real people in dangerous situations,” he said.

A literature and creative writing professor at Fresno State, Hales is originally from Salt Lake City. Many of her poems have to do with the lives of blue collar women and children, and some are about her former Mormon faith.

As celebrated Iraq War poet Brian Turner says, Hales’ poems “refuse to avert their gaze….”

Poet and critic Claudia Emerson asserts that Hales’ new book owns “a fierce, undeniable beauty despite the hardships that have inspired it.”

Emerson goes on to praise the sustained ambition of the work, especially the “sequence devoted to the discovery of a narrative’s ‘first fine threads of truth’ buried with the victims of the Mountain Meadow Massacre of 1857, when Mormon zealots murdered over a hundred emigrants—men , women, and children—bound for California.”

The book reminds us, says Emerson,” that one of poetry’s noblest purposes lies in the skillful ordering of emotional chaos.”

Hales has earned two National Endowments for the Arts grants as well as the River Styx poetry prize.

To Make It Rightwill be on sale at the event.

Location: Ag Bldg 10 Rm 231

8:00 PM Sir Ken Robinson

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Out of Our Minds - Learning to Be Creative

“Ken Robinson writes brilliantly about the different ways in which creativity is undervalued and ignored in Western culture and especially in our educational systems.” - John Cleese

Creativity expert and acclaimed thinker Sir Ken Robinson is renowned for his radical ideas on education reform and innovation in the classroom. Drawing from his groundbreaking book, Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, Robinson urges schools and colleges everywhere to focus on cultivating creativity and acknowledging multiple types of intelligences. In exploring questions like: Why is it essential to promote creativity? Is everyone creative or just a selective few? Robinson argues for drastic shifts in how we educate all students to meet the extraordinary challenges of the 21st century.

General Public $20.00
UCSB Students $10.00
Youth $10.00

For tickets or more information:
805-893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2272

Books will be available for purchase and signing

Generously supported by Mary & Gary Becker and Orfalea Foundations

Part of the Innovation Matters series

Location: UCSB Campbell Hall

Wednesday February 22, 2012

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CASA Volunteer Information Session

Contact: Cathy Orton 805-541-6542 staff@slocasa.org

Location: CASA of San Luis Obispo, 75 Higuera St., #180, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Making of the French Connection

Contact: Erin Newman 543 0638 ext. 11 Enewman@historycenterslo.org

A panel discussion by the Exhibit Committee of the History Center of San Luis Obispo County titled “Making of the French Connection,” will be held at History Center-Carnegie Library, 695 Monterey, San Luis Obispo, on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 5:00 pm, doors will open at 4:30 pm. The panel will discuss creating the current “French Connections” exhibit from the research and funding to design and installation and explore the process that turned historical narratives, documents and artifacts concerning the Dallidet family into intriguing stories about life in SLO County from 1850 to 1910.

Location: San Luis Obispo

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM B Brian Atwood Designer Trunk Show at Saks Fifth Avenue

Contact: -Jessica Kwon (805) 687-3322 jk@surfmedia.com

Join Hospice of Santa Barbara at Saks Fifth Avenue to enjoy a night of wine, catered fine appetizers and shoes designed by B Brian Atwood to benefit Hospice of Santa Barbara.

If you open a Saks card account that evening, new card holders will receive 10% off any purchases at that time and 5% of your purchase will go to Hospice of Santa Barbara. In addition, Saks has designated Hospice of Santa Barbara to receive 5% of purchases made with a registered Saks credit card by supporters in February 2012.

Date:Wednesday, February 22^nd
Time: 5 – 7 p.m.
Location: Shoes on One at Saks Fifth Avenue, 1001 State St., Santa Barbara
FREE

For more information, please call K.C. Murphy Thompson at Hospice of Santa Barbara at
(805) 563-8820 or visit www.hospiceofsantabarbara.org

DISCLAIMER
*APPLICABLE SAKS FIFTH AVENUE CREDIT CARD PURCHASES. PURCHASES AT LOUIS VUITTON AND FUR SALON ARE EXCLUDED. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE REGISTERED SAKS CARD HOLDERS AND SELECT FROM ONE OF THE PARTNERING CHARITIES. CUSTOMERS ENROLLMENT AND DESIGNATION IS FINAL. SPEND WILL BE CAPTURED FROM 2/1/12 – 2/29/12 AUTOMATICALLY AND ALL SPEND DURING THIS PERIOD WILL COUNT FOR THE PROMOTION REGARDLESS OF ENROLLMENT DATE. HSBC IS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE SELECTION OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. PROGRAM COMMENCES AS OF THE DATE FEBRUARY 1, 2012 AND SHALL END FEBRUARY 29, 2012.

Location: Saks Fifth Avenue, 1001 State St., Santa Barbara, CA

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM FREE Car Care Clinic

Contact: Charlotte Ornellas (805) 547-1062 charlotte@absoluteautotech.com

Absolute Auto Tech Hosts a Car Care Clinic

Join us for a free one-hour informational Car Care Clinic

San Luis Obispo, February 6, 2012: After listening to so many of our valued customers say “I wish I knew more about my car.”, Absolute Auto Tech has decided to host a FREE Car Care Clinic. We saw the need to provide more car care education to the public, so this clinic in particular will be directed towards women, many of whom do not have extensive automotive knowledge. This is the perfect way for young college students, or even professional career-women to gain valuable knowledge on how to properly service and maintain their vehicles. Our goal is to educate the public on how to maintain their vehicle so that it runs more economically and efficiently, all while helping create a Greener Environment.

The Car Care Clinic will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. The clinic is completely FREE. Appetizers and refreshments will also be provided for your convenience. We want to teach you how to protect and care for one of your biggest investments: your vehicle. During this clinic we will cover some basic topics:
o   How to check and evaluate your engine’s major fluids
o   How to check your lights
o   Explain the benefits of maintenance services
o   Review recommended emergency kit components
o   Explain common technician recommendations
o   Review how and when to replace wiper blades
o   And other valuable information

After the clinic, each participant will receive a certificate for a FREE vehicle safety inspection, to be used at your convenience. We will also conclude with a raffle to receive your very own vehicle emergency kit. Space is limited however, only 20 seats available, so please reserve your spot today! You can call us at (805) 547-1062 or send us an email to charlotte@absoluteautotech.com. Hope to see many people there!

Location: 805 Capitolio Way, San Luis Obispo

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Make Yours a Joyful Life

Contact: Administrative Director 8055636000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM eBOOKS AND LIBRARY CATALOG INSTRUCTION

Contact: Joe Laurenzi 805-528-1862 jlaurenzi@slolibrary.org

Bring your Kindles, Nooks and iPads and get started with digital downloads. Learn how to use the library’s website to find great titles provided by your library.

Location: 2075 Palisades Ave

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Astronomy Talk

Contact: Aurora Lipper 8055444636 aurora@centralcoastastronomy.org

EXPLODING STARS and ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY! Join our friendly astronomers as they share their passion with you about the universe. Discover what Galileo missed as you tour the cosmos, learn about telescopes, and more through our free astronomy presentations. All ages welcome. Feb 23, March 22, and April 26 at 7pm at 1515 Fredericks Ave (Wesley Building) by the Central Coast Astronomical Society. www.CentralCoastAstronomy.org

Location: 1515 Fredericks San Luis Obispo CA 93401

8:00 PM Tom Colicchio

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

An Evening with Tom Colicchio

Santa Barbara Debut

Food Truck Feast before the talk!

“Like the successful superchefs Danny Meyer, Mario Batali and Thomas Keller, Colicchio’s culinary empire now spans the country.” Los AngelesTimes

Tom Colicchio, 2010 James Beard Award-winner for Outstanding Chef, is one of the culinary world’s most celebrated figures and lead judge on Bravo’s Emmy-winning show Top Chef, now in its ninth season. A self-taught cook, Colicchio is chef-owner of New York City’s celebrated Gramercy Tavern and Craft, dubbed “a vision of food heaven” by The New York Times. Other acclaimed restaurants include Colicchio and Sons, Craftbar and a chain of ‘wichcraft sandwich shops. He is the author of three best-selling cookbooks and continues to be celebrated in publications such as Saveur, Food & Wine, Esquire and New York Magazine.

Buy tickets early! Colicchio’s Top Chef co-stars Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert sold out the Arlington Theatre in spring 2011!

General Public $35.00 - $50.00
UCSB Students $20.00

For tickets or more information:
(805) 893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2190

Food Truck Feast: Come before the talk to chow down! The Burger Bus, O Street Truck and Sweet Arleen’s (a gourmet cupcake truck from Westlake Village and two-time champion of the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars), will be parked in the drop-off loop near Campbell Hall beginning at 6:30 PM. (Food purchases are separate.)

Location: UCSB Campbell Hall

Thursday February 23, 2012

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM The Faith Instinct

Contact: Jim Hayes 805-528-0984 writeasy@charter.net

Why are humans religious? Can people be spiritual but not religious? What is the future of religion in a pluralistic world?

These and other questions are raised and answered in "The Faith Instinct," a book by Nicholas Wade that will be discussed in six Thursday morning sessions beginning Feb. 23 at St. Benedict's Episcopal Church in Los Osos.

Discussions from 10 a.m. to noon at the church and also conducted by email, will be led by the Rev. Donna Ross. Contact her to register for this Hollister Institute program and learn how to order the book at donnaross@charter.net.

St. Benedict's Church is at 2220 Snowy Egret Lane, one block south of the intersection of Clark Valley and Los Osos Valley roads. For more information call (805) 528-0654 or look online at www/stbenslososos.org

Location: St. Benedict's Episcopal Church

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM �Home� - Garden Court Endowment�s 5th Annual Fundraiser

Contact: -Jessica Kwom 8056873322 jk@surfmedia.com

The Garden Court Endowment is hosting “Home”, a special benefit event celebrating the importance of caring for local seniors. Guests will enjoy a unique evening of dining, wine, and cocktails as well as a silent auction and outstanding live auction items, benefitting local seniors in need. The event will honor philanthropist Michael Towbes for his lifelong commitment to providing Santa Barbara area residents with a broad range of housing opportunities. The Garden Court Endowment is dedicated to assisting frail, low-income Santa Barbara seniors to live independently for as long as possible.

Date: Thursday, February 23^rd, 2012
Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Canary Hotel, 31 West Carrillo, Santa Barbara
Tickets: $100

For tickets or more information, please contact Janelle Parsons of Garden Court at 805-564-3341 ext. 106 or visit www.gardencourt.org.

Location: Canary Hotel

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM INSECTS IN YOUR LIBRARY

Contact: Joe Laurenzi 805-528-1862 jlaurenzi@slolibrary.org

Los Osos Library Kids’ Evening presents “Insects in Your Library.” Come at 6:30 pm for a special evening event for children. See some cool and crawling insects at the Los Osos Library. Presented by Dr. David Headrick, Cal Poly Entomologist. Thursday, February 23^rd.

Location: 2075 Palisades Ave

8:00 PM Julia Fischer, violin

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Santa BarbaraDebut
with Milana Chernyavska, piano

Gramophone Artist of the Year
Don’t miss the solo violin recital of the season!

Only California appearance

“Striking technical mastery.” The Strad, U.K.

“Impressively accomplished and elegant… ” The New York Times

“Spitfire technique.” Financial Times

German violinist Julia Fischer is one of the great young musicians of the 21st century regularly praised for her technical mastery and illuminating interpretations of classical repertoire. She is a former Gramophone Artist of the Year and BBC Magazine Best Newcomer, among numerous other accolades. Now in her mid-20s, Fischer is recognized worldwide for possessing a talent of uncommon ability and “a remarkably sweet tone” (The New York Times). The Financial Times declares, “She may have spitfire technique… but in Fischer’s case the notes are not an end in themselves but purely a means to expressing musical truths.”

Note New Program:
W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat Major, K. 454
Schubert: Rondeau brillant for Violin and Piano in B minor, op. 70, D. 895
Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor (1917)
Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D minor, op. 75

General Public $40.00
All Students $10.00

For tickets or more information:
(805) 893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2133

Generously supported by Marsha & William Wayne

Location: UCSB Campbell Hall

Friday February 24, 2012

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Brown Bag Dialogue: QuickBooks-Up and Running but Lost and Confused?

Contact: Denise Rosburg 805-595-1357 denise@mcscorp.org

Presenter: Sherry Herrington, Sherrington Financial Fitness

Are you using QuickBooks to track your small businesses expenses and income but not sure if you’re doing things correctly? Come join us for the first of a three part BBD series presented by local QuickBooks Expert and ProAdvisor, Sherry Lutz Herrington; Owner of Sherrington Financial Fitness.

The Ins and Outs of the Chart of Accounts! What is the Chart of Accounts?
Balance Sheet Accounts vs. Profit and Loss
Accounts Streamlining for efficiency

Part I will help you unlock the mystery of the Chart of Account, the backbone of your financial record keeping system. Find out which accounts you should be using for your business and how they interrelate to one another. Understanding this key component will help get you on track to proper record keeping!

This is a FREE event and everyone is welcome! RSVP to denise@mcscorp.org or call 595-1357

Location: 71 Zaca Lane, Suite 130, SLO

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Unsderstanding Buyer Behavior to Impace Sales

Contact: Briana 805-489-1488 info@agchamber.com

The Arroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Lunch and Learn Brown Bag Workshop on Friday February 24^thfrom 12:00 -1:00pm. Bring your lunch for this informal and interactive session while Brian Trapp of Barnett Cox discusses the importance of understanding buyer behavior and how this impacts sales. This Lunch and Learn Series will take place at the South County Regional Center, 800 West Branch Street in Arroyo Grande. Admission is $15 for non-Arroyo Grande Chamber Businesses and $20 for general public. For additional information contact the Arroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce at 489-1488 or email info@agchamber.com

Location: 800 West Branch, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

5:30 PM - 11:00 PM Orcutt Children's Arts Foundation 9th Annual Gala

Contact: Debra Hood 805-878-1342 debra.hood@comcast.net

http://www.ocafonline.com/gala

9TH ANNUAL GALA HONORING:

The Founding Board Members

of the Orcutt Children's Arts Foundation

Mark Biedinger, Jim Bray, Jan Brown, Pat Eggleton, Mike Gibson,

Bob Hatch, Pat McDermott, Robin Portwood, Franziska Shepard,

Alex Simas, Chris Slaughter, Dr. Bill Tibbs- In Memoriam, and Victor Tognazzini

Friday, February 24, 2012

5:30 PM

Santa Maria Radisson 3455 Skyway Dr. Santa Maria, CA 93455

The Annual Gala is the largest fundraiser for the Orcutt Children's Arts Foundation. Proceeds from the gala go to support arts programming in the Orcutt Union School District.

Location: Santa Maria

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Dining with the Stars

Contact: Patricia Harris 805-440-4426 pharris.slo@gmail.com

California's Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom will be the honored guest at the San Luis Obispo County Democratic Party’s inaugural “Dining with the Stars” event. The party will be held on February 24, at 6:00 PM at The Fairways at Dairy Creek.

The Lieutenant Governor will join John Laird, California’s Resources Secretary in celebrating local Democrat volunteers and organizations. A no-host cocktail hour will open the evening, followed by dinner and dancing. Democratic volunteers will be honored as part of the evening's program.

The Lieutenant Governor will also be the main attraction at a private reception to be held with event sponsors at Tolosa Vineyards.

For more information on the gala event, visit www.slocdp.org, or call the Democratic Headquarters at 805-546-8499. Tickets for the dinner are $100 each and are available online at: https://secure.actblue.com/page/diningwithstars2012

For information on sponsorship opportunities, please call 805-441-1601.

Location: 2990 Dairy Creek, SLO

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Grief Panel Discussion

Contact: Rev. Jane Voigts (805) 543-7580 pastor@sloumc.com

San Luis Obispo United Methodist Church welcomes you to explore some of the many dimensions of grief. Friends and members of the church will share their insights into grief, including anticipatory grief, links between grief and addiction and grief as experienced by sexual minorities (GLBT). You are invited to share your own perspective and experience with grief and also to ask questions of the panel. This is a safe and open environment to learn more about this complicated issue, and also to learn about the needs of someone experiencing grief. Light refreshments will be provided.

Location: 1515 Fredericks San Luis Obispo CA 93401

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Central Coast Jazz Festival Concert

Contact: Ron McCarley 805-546-3198 rmccarle@cuesta.edu

The Central Coast Jazz Festival is put on every year by Cuesta College and features a famous artist performing with the Cuesta groups, free clinics and schools from all over California that come to perform and compete. One of the word's greatest jazz trombone players, Bob McChesney and Cuesta Jazz will kick off the festival on Friday night.

Location: Cuesta College CPAC

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Best of Doo Wop

Contact: Box Office 805-489-9444 info@clarkcenter.org

Join the Clark Center for an evening with Doo Wop’s biggest stars in one fantastic show with The Best of Doo Wop on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 8pm. The Best of Doo Wop features timeless classics from some of Doo Wop’s biggest stars in one fantastic show. The show will feature THE TOKENS, The Four Preps, The Drifters Tribute Group and will be hosted by comedian, Scott Wood. Hits for these groups include The Lion Sleeps Tonight, 26 Miles(Santa Catalina), Down By The Station, Under the Boardwalk, Up On The Roof, On Broadway and many more! Take a trip down memory lane with this talented collection of some of music history's biggest pioneers and enjoy a true Doo Wop Experience! For tickets, call 805-489-9444 or visit www.clarkcenter.org

Location: Clark Center - Arroyo Grande

Saturday February 25, 2012

6:00 AM - 12:00 PM SLOCDC Rummage Sale

Contact: Terri Kurczewski 805-544-0801 info@slocdc.org

The friends and supporters of The San Luis Obispo Child Development Center invite you to the SLOCDC Rummage Sale February 25. There will be a wide variety of tools, sports equipment, collectibles, adult and children's clothing, toys, books, and small appliances/furniture. All proceeds from the rummage sale benefit the therapeutic child development programs at SLOCDC. For further information about the rummage sale or The San Luis Obispo Child Development Center, please call (805) 544-0801 or visit www.slocdc.org.

Location: 1720 Bishop Street

8:00 AM - 11:00 PM Western Dance

Contact: Mary Carson 927-3624 info@cambriachamber.org

Cambria’s Annual Western Dance Jamboree will be held Saturday, February 25th, 2012at the Vets’ Hall, 1000 Main Street. Don’t miss the fun and excitement. This event offers 18 different classes and features 10 world class dance instructors.

Workshops are all day Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Following the workshops, a dance will be held at the same location Saturday evening from 7-11:00 pm. The workshop and dance are $40.00 per person. The evening dance only is $10.00. Registration forms can be picked up at the Cambria Chamber of Commerce or call 805-927-3624. On site registration will begin at 8:00 amprior to the beginning of the workshops.

For information call 805-927-3624.

Location: Cambria Vet's Hall, 1000 Main St.

8:30 AM - 3:00 PM �Free Genealogical Seminar

Contact: Jan Cloud 805-965-7423 SBCGSSeminar@gmail.com

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society presents the California State Genealogical Alliance on Saturday February 25^th, at the Church of Jesus Christ Of Later Day Saints, 2107 Santa Barbara Street, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm.

This Seminar features Sharon Hoyt, Genealogy Researcher and Consultant presenting “Discovering an Extraordinary Life”; Cat Nielsen: Webmaster, Board Member CSGA, Presenting “Spreadsheets in Genealogy”; Cath Trindle: Certified Genealogist and National Conference Speaker presenting “Once Upon a Time – Genealogy Storytelling”; and Junel Davidsen: Registered Heir Finder and Past President of Monterey County Genealogy Society Presenting “ Digital Gems: Online Information at State Archives”.

Pre-register to reserve your Speakers’ Handout Packet by emailing SBCGSSeminar@gmail.com Please put “SEMINAR” in the subject box and your name in the message box.

If you have questions, or need to register by phone, call Jan Cloud at 805-965-7423.

Come join us. You do not need to be a member to enjoy this wonderful presentation.

A calendar of genealogical events can be found at the Society web site (http://sbgen.org/events.php).

Media contact: Glenn Avolio, PR Chair, glennavolio@gmail.com (805) 886-5438.

Location: Church of Jesus Christ Of Later Day Saints, 2107 Santa Barbara Street

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Late Winter La Puriaima Mission Field Trip

Contact: Charles Blair 805.733.3189 blairce@verizon./net

Saturday, 25 February 2012 9 AM, Late Winter BMC Chaparral CNPS Fieldtrip at the La Purisima Mission: The California Native Plant Society (CNPS)/ Lompoc Valley Botanic and Horticultural Society (LVBHS) will hold their annual winter fieldtrip to the Burton Mesa Chaparral (BMC) on the La Purisima Mission grounds Saturday the 26th Meet at the east end of Burton Mesa Blvd.(1550 E) in Mission Hills at 9 AM for a chance to see the early bloomers and interesting scenery. To reach Burton Mesa Blvd., Get to SR 1 north of Lompoc. At the signal where SR 1 turns down hill towards Lompoc, take Harris Grade Rd. north to Burton Mesa Blvd., and turn right (east). For more information call Charlie Blair at 733-3189.

Location: La Purisima Mission

9:00 AM - 9:00 PM MONTEREY EXCURSION

Contact: COLLEEN GHIGLIA 805-773-7063 cghiglia@pismobeach.org

Discover the diversity of our amazing California coastline. Visit the sleepy village of Carmel by the Sea, where no one has a street address, then voyage over the Monterey where you’ll be free to explore Cannery Roy, the Monterey Bar Aquarium, and the coastline. This special excursion affords you the opportunity to explore the beautify of these two unique California cities. Admission to the aquarium is not included.

Ages: 18+

Day/Date: Saturday, February 25

Time: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

Fee: $60/person

Register by: February 10

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM The Ultimate Guide to Happiness: Understanding The Great Tsongkhapa's Secrets

Contact: Admin Director 805-563-6000 info@meditationinsantabarbara.org

The great Buddhist teacher, Lama Tsongkhapa, was able to explain all of Buddha’s teachings by describing three principal ‘aspects’, or points. His remarkably clear presentation allows modern practitioners an unsurpassed opportunity to quickly understand how to follow the path to the state of supreme and permanent inner peace and happiness—enlightenment. In this morning workshop, we will explore The Three Principal Aspects of the Path, which provides us with the wisdom of the ages distilled into a sublime poem for our modern world. We will discover how his this amazing Buddhist master’s teachings can quickly become part of our daily life through the meditations described in the prayer, Offering to the Spiritual Guide. These teachings, while profound, are extremely accessible for everyone--no experience needed! Led by American Buddhist monk Kelsang Wangpo. $20 Class fee Class will be followed by a light vegetarian lunch. Following lunch, everyone is invited to enjoy the beautiful chanted prayers of Offering To The Spiritual Guide.

Location: Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara

9:30 AM - 3:00 PM SoulFest 2012

Contact: Janet 805-772-0306 janet@awakeninginterfaith.org

Join with members of the AWAKENING Interfaith Spiritual Community, in a unique opportunity to spend a day in blissful soulful indulgence. During SoulFest 2012 we will nourish your soul through guided meditations, hatha yoga,drumming, Kriya yoga teachings,kirtan, ayurveda talk and delicious vegetarian food.

Everyone is welcome - donate what you are able. Please R.S.V.P. by February 15th at 805-772-0306 or online at awakeninginterfaith.org

Location: 1130 Napa St, Morro Bay

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Native Plant Field Trip to Elfin Forest

Contact: jeff Prostovich 805-441-3777 prostovich@earthlink.net

The San Luis Obispo Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will hold a fieldtrip to the El Moro Elfin Forest in Los Osos on Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10 a.m. till noon. The Elfin Forest is adjacent to the Morro Bay estuary, a 90-acre natural area belonging to San Luis Obispo County Parks and California State Parks. Its plant communities include coastal brackish marsh, riparian woodland fringe, pygmy oak woodland, maritime chaparral, coastal dune scrub, and oak and manzanita complex. The Elfin Forest supports more than 200 species of plants and more than 50 species of lichens.

The fieldtrip will be a leisurely stroll along the boardwalk to observe the diversity of native plants and lichens. Meet at the parking area at the north end of 16^th Street in Los Osos (turn west off of South Bay Blvd. onto Santa Ysabel Ave., travel two blocks to 16^th Street, and turn north). Bring adequate water and dress in layers for the weather; a hat and sturdy shoes are advised. For information, contact Matt Ritter, mritter@calpoly.edu or Bill Waycott, bill.waycott@gmail.com. Attendance is free.

Location: El Moro Elfin Forest

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Rock Capella Workshop for ages 8 � 14 y.o. Featuring UCSB�s Vocal Motion

Contact: Santa Barbara Children's Chorus (805) 512-9840 momcfadden@aol.com

WHO: Santa Barbara Children’s Chorus

WHAT: Rock Capella Workshop for ages 8 – 14 y.o.
Featuring UCSB’s Vocal Motion

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 25 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE: Unitarian Society, Jefferson Hall
1535 Santa Barbara St., S.B. 93101

COST: $5 for pre-registered attendees; $10 for walk-ins
Fees will be collected @ event
Space is limited to 30 students ~ Register Early!

INFO: (805) 512-9840 or log on and register http://www.sbchildrenschorus.com/

Join the SBCC and the women of UCSB’s Vocal Motion a cappella choir in a three-hour workshop and learn the beauty, basics & joy of a cappella singing. Workshop will be led by SBCC Chorus Director, Erin Bonski.

www.sbchildrenschorus.com www.mcfaddenpr.com

Location: Unitarian Society, Jefferson Hall 1535 Santa Barbara St., S.B. 93101

10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Cal Poly's VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program

Contact: Janice Carr 8057562667 jcarr@calpoly.edu

Location: Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Adopt A Pet

Contact: Elaine Genasci 805-458-3978 elgenasci@gmail.com

Location: 271 Madonna Road

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Foxy Doxy Dachshund Rescue Adoption Day

Contact: Jennifer Jenkins 818.606.2022 jennifer.jenkins11@gmail.com

Foxy Doxy Dachshund Rescue is a non-profit shelter having an adoption event Feb. 25th with free giveaways sponsored by Petsmart. Foxy Doxy is run off donations only and everything received goes toward helping the dogs. Come out to support a great cause and play with puppies!

Location: 1530 Froom Ranch Way, San Luis Obispo

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Grand Opening: Santa Margarita Community Basketball Court

Contact: Andrew Redel (805) 438-5011 aredel@santamargaritacc.org

The Santa Margarita Community Basketball Court is nearing completion! Sheriff Parkinson will be present to officially open the basketball court with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a three-on-three tournament on Feb 25th at noon.

Location: Santa Margarita Community Hall

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM healing with humor, music & poetry

Contact: CCSM 543-6133

The Central Coast Memorial Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a show featuring poetry by Francesca Nemko, humor by Gale McNeeley and music by Kathleen Pennington and Doris Highland, to be held in the Fellowship Hall at United Church of Christ, 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obispo. There is no charge and it is open to the public.

Location: San Luis Obispo

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Israel Tennis Foundation Exhibition

Contact: Ron Becker 805 239 1354 ronald.bcker2@gmail.com

Tennis Exhibition Featuring Israeli Players

The Israel Tennis Centers Foundation and the Moca Foundation is sponsoring an "Israel Tennis Centers Foundation" tennis exhibition at the tennis courts at the home of Mary and Tony Bianco at 5110 Vineland Drive, Paso Robles, Ca. The matches will begin at 2:00pm on Saturday February 25th.There will be a reception at the end of the matches to mingle with the Israeli tennis players. Please call for reservations (945) 480-6333, ext. 222 or email cathy@israelchildren.org.

The Israel Tennis Centers Foundation is the American organization that fundraises and supports 14 tennis centers in Israel.The centers provide Israeli children with a home away from home. The concept of providing a safe, nurturing environment for the kids to learn life skills through tennis has become an amazing success story, especially within some of the poorest neighborhoods. It has become the largest social service organization for the children in the state of Israel. More than 20,000 children play at these centers each week!

If you are unable to join and you wish to make a tax deductible donation, checks can be mailed to:

Israel Tennis Centers Foundation

3275 West Hillsboro Blvd., Suite 102

Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442

Contact: Cathy@israelchildren.org

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM The Catholic Church of the Beatitudes Weekly Mass

Contact: -Jessica 805-687-3322 jk@surfmedia.com

The Catholic Church of the Beatitudes in Santa Barbara welcomes 
the community to join a weekly mass to embrace spirituality, diversity,
and celebration. The Catholic Church of the Beatitudes is dedicated to 
non-violence, inclusion and Interdependence. All are welcome at the table.
Reverend Suzanne Dunn, Pastor, and Reverend Jeannette Bertalan Love 
who serve this community are two of the approximately 50 ordained 
Roman Catholic Womenpriests in the United States.

Date: Every Saturday
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: At First Congregational Church of Santa Barbara, 2101 State St, Santa Barbara, 93105
Cost: Free

For more information, contact the Pastor by calling (805) 252-4105 or visit the website at www.beatitudes-sb.org

Location: 2101 State St, Santa Barbara, 93105

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Big Sur Chanterelle Festival

Contact: MaryAnn Vasconcellos 805-595-9653 mavthyme@earthlink.net

The 2012 Big Sur Chanterelle Festival will be held this weekend, Feb. 24th - 25th at various locations in beautiful Big Sur. A Kick Off Party will be held Friday night at the Ventana Inn for only $20.00, followed Saturday morning with a mushroom walk and talk led by mycologist, Dennis Sheridan of San Luis Obispo County. For information about these and other events and to purchase tickets go to: bigsurchanterelle.eventbrite.com

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Presentation of Wit at SLOUMC

Contact: Rev. Jane Voigts 805 543-7580 pastor@sloumc.com

San Luis Obispo United Methodist Church is hosting a showing of the critically-acclaimed movie Wit starring Emma Thompson. Wit chronicles the story of one woman's struggle with cancer and what she teaches us all about sorrow, loss and life. After the film there will be a chance to share our reflections about the film and about the issues surrounding grief. This is a safe and nurturing environment to explore our own questions and share our own experiences with grief. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Location: 1515 Fredericks San Luis Obispo CA 93401

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Bobby Jo Valentine Benefit Concert

Contact: Bobby Jo Valentine (707) 364-9631 bobbyjovalentine@gmail.com

Come hear the West Coast Songwriter's Association Songwriter of the Year Bobby Jo Valentine in an intimate acoustic performance at St. Lukes Episcopal Church, in Atascadero, CA. Donations for the night go to support The Roxanne and The Lewis Family Charitable Trust Fund. The concert is February 25th, 7pm, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 5318 Palma Ave, Atascadero, CA. It's great music for a great cause! Don't miss it!

Location: Atascadero

8:00 PM AMY OBENSKI at Linnaea's Cafe on her SAVE THE TREES

Contact: Linnaea's Cafe (805) 541-5888 contactamy@obenski.net

AMY OBENSKI on her for the trees tour

Sat Feb 25 12 08:00 PM

Linnaea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo, CA - 1110 Garden St, San Luis Obispo, CA, 805-541-5888

With music as her guide, Amy Obenski is crossing the U.S and France on a “Save the Trees” tour. The goal is to raise awareness about the links between climate change and deforestation.

Her songs are more based on reflections of every day life than environmental musings. But the haunting and ethereal style of Amy's songs has drawn the attention of audiences and critics alike. Her track, Carousel, from Amy's second album, Kite, was featured in the TV show, Grey’s Anatomy, and numerous other tracks have been used regularly for programs on MTV.

Find out more about Amy Obenski and the “Save the Trees” tour at www.amyobenski.com

Location: San Luis Obispo

8:00 PM Cal Poly Choirs' 'If Music Be the Food of Love'

Contact: Cal Poly Music Department 805-756-2406 music@calpoly.edu

The Cal Poly Choirs will present “If Music Be the Food of Love” as this year’s Winter Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.

Conducted by Music Professor Thomas Davies, PolyPhonics and The University Singers will be joined by student soloists.

“The subject of ‘music and love’ has existed since the beginning of musical composition,” said Davies. The Cal Poly Choirs will highlight this partnership in a program of works by such greats as George Frederick Handel, Felix Mendelssohn, Claude Debussy, and Benjamin Britten, as well as music by contemporary celebrated composers Morten Lauridsen, Imant Raminsh, David Dickau and Stephen Chatman.

A new work by Music Professor Meredith Brammeier titled “In Commendation of Music,” after a poem by William Strode, will have its world premiere.

PolyPhonics will present the “Trois Chanson” by Claude Debussy, who took three love poems by Charles D’Orleans and set them in a madrigal style. The patron saint of music, St. Cecilia, will also be represented in Britten’s “Hymn to St. Cecilia,” as well as a lyrical rendition of the program title, “If Music Be the Food of Love,” set to music by Jean Belmont-Ford.

The University Singers will open with a second version of the same poem, “If Music Be the Food of Love,” set to music by Minnesota composer David Dickau. The ensemble will also perform Mendelssohn’s “Mailied” (“Song of May”), Stephen Chatman’s “Music, When Soft Voices Die,” and Handel’s chorus, titled “Music, Spread Thy Voice Around,” taken from his oratorio “Solomon.”

Student soloists will include music majors Olivia Tenney, Brittney Zearfoss, Sarah Nulton and Scott Nelson. They will all be giving senior recitals in winter and spring quarters.

Susan Azaret Davies and Paul Woodring serve as accompanists for the Cal Poly Choirs.

Tickets at the Performing Arts Ticket Office.

Location: Performing Arts Center - Christopher Cohan Center

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Rabbit Hole presented by the Santa Maria Civic Theatre

Contact: Sarah Leavenworth 319-541-0936 sarahleavenworth@yahoo.com

The Santa Maria Civic Theatre presents Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire's 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Feb. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. nightly. For more information or to contact the box office, call 805-922-4442 or visit www.smct.org. Tickets are $15.

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Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire’s raw and earnest portrait of a family caught in the wake of wrenching tragedy, hits the Santa Maria Civic Theater stage this February under the direction of Stuart Wenger. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rabbit Hole offers an intimate, witty and unvarnished glimpse into the world of a family balanced precariously between despair, isolation and hope.

"Rabbit Hole is an engaging slice-of-life story for audiences and an emotionally satisfying challenge for the five actors involved," said Wenger, a veteran Central Coast director and actor. "There is much depth and heart here."

Rabbit Hole centers on Becca (Angi Herrick) and her husband Howie (Joshua Cornell), who lose their young son Danny in a senseless accident. As the months pass, Becca and Howie - joined by Becca's mother Nat (Patty Beckman), sister Izzy (Sarah Leavenworth), and Jason (Paul Chavez), the teenager who blames himself for Danny's death - each wage their own deeply personal battle against the forces that have brought them together by turning their world upside down.

For Herrick, playing Rabbit Hole's emotional focal point, and bringing to life the journey Becca takes through Lindsay-Abaire’s poignant script, is a challenge she relishes.

"There are dangers that [Becca] may be paralyzed by her grief and unable to move forward, or that she will lose relationships with her family or friends," said Herrick. "But there are opportunities as well that she may strengthen those ties and that she could find not a better but new identity on the other side of her loss."

Wenger notes that Rabbit Hole is an honest, complex and often humorous examination not of grief and tragedy, but of how each character learns to live again in the face of loss.

"While the plot of Rabbit Hole revolves around a family in the aftermath of the death of their four-year-old son, this is not a play about death or mourning," said Wenger. "This is a play about how people deal with the aftermath, how they resume with day-to-day living, and most important, how they communicate - or fail to communicate - with each other."

"I am glad that the playwright chose to set the play several months after the death of her son, as so many other pieces have focused on the initial shock of a loss," added Herrick. "[Lindsay-Abaire] takes an honest look at what it means for a family to try and find their new 'normal' without their child. Is it a sad story? At times it is. However, there are moments of humor and honesty that are not to be missed."

Rabbit Hole is not related to any children's stories, and features adult themes and language. It is recommended for mature audiences only. The play opens Feb. 3 at 8 p.m., and runs Feb. 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25. Doors open nightly at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information or to contact the box office, call 805-922-4442 or visit www.smct.org. The theatre is located at 1660 North McClelland Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454 .

Location: 1660 North McClelland Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Tartuffe

Contact: Eric Mills 805-893-3022 emills@theaterdance.ucsb.edu

UCSB's department of theatre and dance will be presenting Tartuffe, by Molière, directed by Tom Whitaker. The play will be performed in the Performing Arts Theater. Tickets are $13 for Students, Seniors, UCSB Faculty & Staff; & $17 for General Admission. You can get your ticket online at the theatre and dance department website or at the theatre box office. Tartuffe is Molière's most famous comedy. The play is set in the home of the wealthy Monsieur Orgon--into whose household the imposter Tartuffe has insinuated himself, posing as Orgon's spiritual guide and moral censor. Tartuffe attempts to marry Orgon's daughter, seduce his wife, and steal his estate. Will Tartuffe be exposed before his machinations succeed?

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM A Streetcar Named Desire

Contact: Virginia Anderson 805-756-7505 vlanders@calpoly.edu

Cal Poly's Department of Theatre and Dance proudly presents one of America’s most iconic plays. A Streetcar Named Desire follows the gradual unraveling of Blanche DuBois, a Mississippi Southern belle of days gone by. Arriving on the doorstep of her younger sister Stella and her brutish husband, Stanley, Blanche’s arrival marks a collision of worlds: the ideals of the Old South with the pulsing sensuality of 1940s New Orleans, poetic fantasy with gritty reality, and performed gentility with brutal desire. Dark secrets penetrate the household and, savagely confronted with glaring truths, Blanche fiercely fights for emotional survival as she descends into an enduring conflation of memories, torment, and madness. Poetic and revealing, Tennessee Williams’s beautiful play is a hallmark of the American theatre.

For tickets and information, please call 805-756-2787.

Location: 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, California 93407

Sunday February 26, 2012

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Contact: Box Office 805-489-9444 boxoffice@clarkcenter.org

Sorcerer Productions is back with the classic Tennessee Williams play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the Studio Theatre of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts from February 10, 2012 to February 26, 2012. As the knowledge of cotton magnate "Big Daddy" Pollitt's imminent death slowly spreads among a family of would-be-heirs, the eldest son, Gooper, begins to draw up plans for the estate. Maggie, the wife of Big Daddy's most-beloved son, Brick, tries to rouse her husband out of an alcoholic depression to claim his birthright. Maggie and Brick wrestle with their love for each other, past infidelities, and the intrusive, conniving relatives all eager to push them out of the family fortune. By evening's end, Maggie's fortitude and passion puts things right, and Brick's love for his father returns him, helplessly, to Maggie's loving arms.

This Pulitzer winning, and personal favorite, play by Tennessee Williams was brought to the silver screen in 1958 with Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Burl Ives, and remains an icon of American Theatre. Come and relive this classic! Featuring Show Direction by Bill McLaughlin, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is one that is not to be missed! For tickets, call 805-489-9444 or visit www.clarkcenter.org.

Location: Clark Center - Arroyo Grande

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM February BSR Dixieland Session

Contact: George Smith 805-481-7840 K6KDP@aol.com

PISMO BEACH, Sunday February 26 2012: "AMERICA'S MUSIC" will be presented by the Basin Street Regulars, with three (3) bands in the Veterans Memorial Building, 780 Bello Street, Pismo Beach, 11am-4:30pm, $5 and $10. The bands are: Jamming with the BSR REGULARS (11AM); South Burgundy Street Jazz Band (1pm and 3:15pm), and the Cal Poly Jazz Band 1(2:15PM); Food, beverage and dance floor on site Info 805-481-7840 or www.pismojazz.com.

Location: Pismo Vets' Hall

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Bryce Vinokurov: Foodies in Exile

Contact: Muara Johnston 805-543-8562 assistant@sloma.org

After living in Boston for ten years, Bryce Vinokurov’s move to Davis in Northern California left him feeling in exile from the urban city life. However, he soon found inspiration in the landscape and the emergent national fixation with the sustainable food industry.

His mostly abstract and satirical artwork revolves around a group of foodies who are not set in a specific time or space. Mr. Vinokurov enjoys the idea of these foodies exiled to an idyllic place where they are cooking on grills and fighting over recipes and truffle pigs. The inspiration for the landscape these foodies often find themselves in, and the composition of these groups are heavily influenced by the painters Giotto, Piero della Francesca, and Lorenzetti.

Location: 1010 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Graphic Dreaming: 1001 Nights with Philip Carey

Contact: Muara Johnston 805-543-8562 assistant@sloma.org

Philip Carey tends to remember his numerous and wacky dreams. When he awakens, Mr. Carey spends the mornings drawing the stories using the ubiquitous 3 x 5 Post-It note. This keeps the art and text to the bare essentials.

The exhibit will include a massive 8 x 10 foot collage of meeting notes along with original music. The installation will also include a large 3 dimensional work that addresses his thoughts on recent health concerns.

Location: 1010 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Traces, Marks & Fragments: Juried Exhibition of Traditional Printmaking

Contact: Muara Johnston 805-543-8562 assistant@sloma.org

The Central Coast Printmakers sent a call for California artists working in primarily traditional printmaking methods such as intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, monoprints and monotypes.

The exhibit juror is Sandow Birk, a Los Angeles artist, is a well-traveled graduate of the Otis/Parson's Art Institute. Frequently developed as expansive, multi-media projects, his works have dealt with contemporary life in its entirety. With an emphasis on social issues, frequent themes of his past work have included inner city violence, graffiti, political issues, travel, war, and prisons, as well as surfing and skateboarding. He was the recipient of an NEA International Travel Grant to Mexico City in 1995 to study mural painting, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996, and a Fulbright Fellowship for painting to Rio de Janeiro in 1997. In 1999, he was awarded a Getty Fellowship for painting, followed by a City of Los Angeles (COLA) Fellowship in 2001. In 2007 he was an artist in residence at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC and at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2008.

Sandow Birk is represented by the Koplin del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco and P.P.O.W Gallery in New York.

Location: 1010 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Free Indoor Bistro Concert: Steve Williams

Contact: Teresa Hoffert 805.238.0725 events@castorocellars.com

Whether performing original songs or his rendition of familiar classics, Steve Williams' talent and style make him unique. Equally at home with rock, country, soul or blues, his magic combination of smooth vocals and refined acoustic guitar skills are both entertaining and inviting. He'll be performing in the Event Gallery at the Castoro Cellars Tasting Room at 1315 N. Bethel Rd., Templeton with his wife Sally, a seasoned professional singer.

Outside food is allowed, so feel free to bring a lunch. There is no charge for this event. Castoro Cellars wine will be available for purchase. Come join us for a well-rounded, laid-back concert just perfect for a Sunday afternoon!

Location: 1315 North Bethel Road, Templeton

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Headless Household at SBMA

Contact: Joe Woodard 805-687-3963 info@householdink.com

Headless Household plays outdoors at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Sunday, Feb. 26, from 1 to 4 in the afternoon, celebrating the new "Pacific Standard Time" exhibition, "Pasadena to Santa Barbara." This incarnation of the Household features Dick Dunlap, Tom Lackner, Chris Symer, Joe Woodard, Tom Buckner and Glen Phillips…

Free Community Celebration
Sunday, February 26, 1-4 pm
Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street, Santa Barbara

Members of Santa Barbara’s Headless Household featuring Dick Dunlap, Joe Woodard, and Tom Lackner, Chris Symer, Tom Buckner and Glen Phillips.
In the Plaza: Enjoy live music from Santa Barbara’s own Dada-inspired band Headless Household, and a special re-visiting of Intersphere, a visual and aural project created for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art by Richard Dunlap in 1981. Interact with artist Patrick Melroy and his Fluxus-inspired team as they improvise from period performance art pieces. Experience “Now and Then,” a re-invention and homage to the poetry- and jazz-laced performance created by artist Richards Ruben in Pasadena in 1962¯led by noted local poets Paul Willis, Perie Longo, David Starkey, and Chryss Yost, with jazz iterations by Jon Nathan. Cheer for your favorite team in the Marcel Duchamp-inspired “Five Minute Found Object Sculpture Game.”
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Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Art

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Concert Featuring Violinist Brynn Albanese

Contact: Ron Becker 805-239-1354 ronald.becker2@gmail.com

Afternoon Concert

Sunday, February 26, 2:00 pm

Featuring Violinist, Brynn Albanese with

Pianist, Lynne Garrett

Congregation Ohr Tzafon

Atascadero

Congregation Ohr Tzafon is once again is proud to present a concert featuring a local prominent violinist, Brynn Albanese. She holds a performance degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and has studied with numerous musicians. She has participated with numerous symphonies including the Boston Philharmonic and the Boston Pops. Brynn Albanese currently performs and records with the classical crossover ensemble Cafe Musique. She also runs a house concert series with her duo pianist, Lynne Garrett called “Parlour Performers.” The performance will be at 2:00 pm, Sunday, February 26, at Congregation Ohr Tzafon, 2605 Traffic Way, Atascadero. Donation of $10.00 at the door. Contact information, 805-239-1354.

Location: Atascadero

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Just Desserts

Contact: -Jessica Kwon (805) 687-3322 jk@surfmedia.com

Join Just Communities for “Just Desserts” to celebrate its tenth anniversary and enjoy artisan desserts along with sweet wines to taste. Outstanding community members Esther Flores and Andrew Sanchez, and the Dos Pueblos High School PTSA Committee on Excellence and Equity in Education will be presented with the Amy Van Meter Courageous Conversation Award at the event. Vendors include Chocolats du CaliBressan, Fresco Café, Café Shell, The Good Cookie, Crushcakes, GreenStar Coffee, The Wandering Dog Wine Bar and many more. Flat shoes and jackets are recommended.

Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Time: 3-6 p.m.; award presentation at 4:30 p.m.
Location: Milk & Honey Farm, 1105 More Ranch Road, Santa Barbara
Parking: Shuttles provided from 5383 Hollister Avenue, Goleta
Cost: $45 in advance / $55 at the door

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit just-communities.org.

Location: Milk & Honey Farm, 1105 More Ranch Road, Santa Barbara

Monday February 27, 2012

The Chosen Ones

Contact: Muara Johnston 805-543-8562 assistant@sloma.org

The Chosen Ones features an assortment of prints from two of his most recent series: The Leading Causes of Death in America and The Rake's Progress. In The Leading Causes, the images are a harkening back to the Ashcan School and the work of George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925). The series was commissioned by the San Diego Museum of Art in response to its outstanding Bellows Collection. Each image relates to a specific cause of death: heart attack, diabetes, drinking, smoking, stroke, HIV, and cancer. Sandow Birk transposes individual figures from Bellow’s prints into new contexts. It is a wry look at America’s lethal habits and Mr. Birk uses wit to strike a somber chord.

The Rake’s Progress is a reinterpretation of William Hogarth (etcher and engraver, 1697-1764). Hogarth was one of the first British artists to use urban life as the subject matter for his work. Mr. Birk, known for his social commentary, replaces Hogath’s cautionary character Thomas Rakewell with Rafael Perez. Perez was at the center of the Rampart scandal; the corrupt Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (or CRASH) anti-gang unit of the LAPD in the late 1990s. More than 70 police officers in the CRASH unit were implicated in misconduct, making it one of the most widespread cases of documented police misconduct in United States history. The series follows his misadventures, detailing his exploits. Viewers not familiar with this historical event will find the theatricality of the etchings and the moralistic prose illuminate the events and comment on the outcomes.

Sandow Birk has an extensive history of exhibitions both national and international, and has received many prestigious grants and awards. Five books have been published on his works and he has made two films. The majority of his work has dealt with contemporary American life with an emphasis on social issues including inner city violence, graffiti, various political issues, travel, prisons, surfing and skateboarding. Some local residents may remember his exhibit at the Museum of Art in 2006. He is a graduate of Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design (now Otis College of Art and Design) in Los Angeles.

Sandow Birk’s exhibit is adjacent to Traces, Marks and Fragments, January 20 – February 26, a statewide printmaking show juried by Mr. Birk. The 51 selected prints incorporate traditional printmaking methods such as: intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, monoprints, and monotypes. “We are honored to have someone of his stature in the art world jury our show. The quality of the work submitted was elevated due to his participation,” states Earlene Vaughn of the Central Coast Printmakers.

Location: San Luis Obispo

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Basics of Alzheimer's Disease

Contact: Alzheimer's Assocation (805) 547-3830 rayleen.moran@alz.org

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are not a normal part of aging.
The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease is a workshop,
presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, for anyone who would like to know
more about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Contact: Alzheimer's Association (805) 547-3830

Location: Paso Robles Senior Cntr

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Start Up Business Orientation...So you want to be an Entrepreneur!

Contact: Dulce Ramirez 805-237-3014 dramirez@scgoodwill.org

Business and Career One Stop of Paso Robles
2800 Buena Vista Dr.
Paso Robles, CA
Topics to be covered:

Keys for Starting a Successful Business
Licensing and Permits for Small Business
Legal Structure
First Steps to a Business Plan
- Business Description
- Marketing
- Management
- Financials

Please RSVP for this FREE seminar by calling 237-3014 or email dramirez@scgoodwill.org

Location: 2800 Buena Vista Dr. Paso Robles, CA

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Family Health and The Home: A SLO Green Build Learn-Build-Save Lecture

Contact: Michael Mottmann 510-847-5250 mottmann@gmail.com

Join us for a discussion of how the indoor air quality of a home affects the health of the entire family, and what steps can be taken to make homes healtheir places to live and breathe in. Topics covered include the health consequences of poor air quality, how to test air quality, options in interior design and household materials to improve air quality for both renters and homeowners on a range of budgets, and methods for directly improving air quality.

Speakers include Claudia Worthen of EcoPlanners, Dr. Zoe Wells, ND, and Lauren Bell of GLO-BELL Consulting.

Socializing and appetizers from 5:00 - 6:00 PM

Allergy friendly treats provided by Sweet Alexis

Lecture kicked off with a brief performance by the children of Dance Obispo

All are welcome!

$5 suggested donation

Location: SLO Library Community Room

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM El Camino Art Assoc.Meeting & Demonstration

Contact: JOAN BOGLE 8057044693 joan.r.bogle@gmail.com

EL CAMINO ART ASSOCIATION NEWS:

THE FEBRUARY 27, 2012 MEETING will be at a NEW TIME: 6:30PM , same location.. Ramona Gardens Park Club House at 993 Ramona Ave, Grover Beach, CA.

The demonstrator for this meeting will be Lorri Trogdon, a well known local artist, who will showcase her style using Acrylics & Watercolor.

Members & the public alike are encouraged to come and enjoy a delightful evening. Refreshments will be served.

For further information about our club & what we are doing plus links to members websites, just check our association website at:

www.elcaminoartassoc.com

Location: Grover Beach

7:30 PM Banff Mountain Film Festival

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Best of the 36th Annual
Banff Mountain Film Festival

Two nights, two spectacular programs

A Santa Barbara institution, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is a perennial A&L fan favorite. Featuring the world’s best films and videos on mountain subjects, the tour awes viewers with thrills and grandeur captured in exotic locations the world over. The show’s wide variety of film subjects – from extreme sports to mountain culture and the environment – will amaze audiences.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is presented by National Geographic, The North Face and Parks Canada and is sponsored by Deuter, Outdoor Research, PrimaLoft, Central Asia Institute, Tom’s of Maine and Therm-a-Rest, with support from MSR, Fernie Alpine Resort, Petzl, Kicking Horse Coffee and World Expeditions

MON, FEB 27

All.I.Can – The Short Cut
Stunning time-lapse sequences, creative visuals, great skiers and deep powder are highlights of this excerpt from the award-winning feature film that looks at snow sports and the environment.
(Dave Mossop and Eric Crossland, 2011)

Blue Obsession
The beautiful and ever-changing icefalls of Alaskan glaciers provide a stunning setting for some unusual ice-climbing adventures.
(Alan Gordon and Jordan Halland, 2011)

Hanuman Airlines
Two Nepali adventurers channel the Hindu God of Wind on their mission to launch a paraglider from Mount Everest’s summit and travel to an ocean they have never seen.
(HamiltonPevec, 2011)

Cold
Experience Gasherbrum II in the middle of a deep, dark winter as seen from the raw, honest perspective of alpinist Cory Richard’s camera. This film deftly captures the interwoven roles of pain, fear and doubt – and reveals a harrowing descent that amplifies the climbers’ isolation and exposure.
(Anson Fogel, 2011)

C.A.R.C.A.
One man’s quest to revolutionize the world of animal avalanche rescue.
(Adam Bailey, 2011)

DeepSea Under the Pole
An intrepid crew of scientists and explorers takes the ultimate plunge – scuba-diving beneath the North Pole in temperatures so low that a special heating device is required in their diving suits. Over a two-month period, they overcome incredible obstacles to give us a rare kaleidoscopic glimpse of the ice from below and the luminescent sea creatures they encounter.
(Thierry Robert, 2010)

(125 min./one intermission)

General Public $15.00
UCSB Students $12.00
Youth $12.00

For tickets or more information:
(805) 893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2281

Alternate dates for this performance:
Tuesday February 28, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

Location: Arlington Theatre

Tuesday February 28, 2012

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Proposal Preparation

Contact: Chris Strudthoff 1-770-423-9888 sbaworkshops@stoverteam.com

Proposal Preparation

The Small Business Administration (SBA) in conjunction with Stover & Associates, Inc. (Stover) is presenting a FREE one day workshop focusing on Proposal Preparation for individuals or enterprises eligible for assistance under Section 7(j) of the Small Business Act, 15 USC 636. The day is packed with information that is critical to successfully developing business with the Federal Government

Presenter: Frank Lane, President of Stover & Associates

The topics include:

• How the Government selects the winning proposal
• Elements of the RFP that should influence your proposal strategy
• Development of the technical proposal - strategies, tips and tools
• Past performance - Promoting your successes
• Strategizing for a winning price
• The Proposal Review Process for the small business

This workshop is designed to meet the needs of small business people that want to gather as much information as possible in the shortest amount of time, then get back to work. SBA and Stover recognize this and have developed a curriculum that covers the key aspects of competitive proposal preparation seasoned with real world experience. This workshop is scheduled for presentation across several SBA Regions. Please take a moment and sign up for one nearest you.

If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-770-423-9888 or email Corporate@StoverTeam.com
Follow this link to register http://sbaworkshops.stoverteam.com/cgi-bin/app.cgi

Location: Embassy Suites-Edna Room 333 Madonna Rd. San Luis Obispo, CA

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM One Million Years Ago: Homo erectus, the Acheulian and Prehistoric Globalization

Contact: Tal Lorberbaum 6505300825 tlorberb@calpoly.edu

The Forum at Poly, a student led organization, the Cal Poly Social Sciences Department, The Social Sciences Club and the College of Liberal Arts present esteemed anthropologist Dr. William Henry Gilbert for his talk, One Million Years Ago: Homo erectus, the Acheulian and Prehistoric Globalization. Dr. Gilbert received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in integrative biology in 2003 where he continued his postdoctoral work and became a research manager with the Human Evolutionary Research Center. In 2006 he became an assistant professor of anthropology at California State University, East Bay. He is director of the Kesem Kebena research project, and co-director of FOROST – the forensic osteology metadata project. He has published extensively on human evolution and the Middle Awash Valley in Ethiopia. He is currently the director of the Human Evolutionary Studies Laboratory at CSU East Bay.

Location: Spanos Theatre at Cal Poly, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, California 93407

8:00 PM Banff Mountain Film Festival

Contact: Jim 805-893-3535 artsandlec@gmail.com

Best of the 36th Annual
Banff Mountain Film Festival

Two nights, two spectacular programs

A Santa Barbara institution, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is a perennial A&L fan favorite. Featuring the world’s best films and videos on mountain subjects, the tour awes viewers with thrills and grandeur captured in exotic locations the world over. The show’s wide variety of film subjects – from extreme sports to mountain culture and the environment – will amaze audiences.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is presented by National Geographic, The North Face and Parks Canada and is sponsored by Deuter, Outdoor Research, PrimaLoft, Central Asia Institute, Tom’s of Maine and Therm-a-Rest, with support from
MSR, Fernie Alpine Resort, Petzl, Kicking Horse Coffee and World Expeditions

TUE, FEB 28

Reel Rock: Origins – Obe & Ashima
There’s a 9-year-old girl from New York City taking the bouldering world by storm, and her name is Ashima Shiraishi. Guided by her coach and former bouldering star Obe Carrion, this tiny master is crushing competitions and raising the bar for her peers. A trip to the bouldering mecca of Hueco Tanks provides a glimpse of the past for Obe and the start of amazing new adventures for Ashima.
(Josh Lowell, 2011)

Ski Bums Never Die
What does it take to be a ski bum? An unending dedication to powder skiing? The ability to do anything in your ski boots? A lifelong quest for deep snow? Find out with this unusual and inspiring band of skiers in the Kootenay region of British Columbia.
(Eric Crosland, 2011)

On the Trail of Genghis Khan – The Last Frontier
On an epic journey of truly historic proportions, Australian Tim Cope, his band of horses and his dog Tigon travel 10,000 km over land from Mongolia to Hungary, following the footsteps of legendary warrior and nomad Genghis Khan. Cope visits distant parts of the world rarely seen, places on the cusp of modernity yet proud of nomadic traditions. The Last Frontier captures the culmination of his stunning three-year journey: the crossing of the Carpathian Mountains.
(Tim Cope, 2011)

Kadoma
“Kadoma” is the nickname for Hendri Coetzee, a legendary South African kayaker who is known for exploring some of Africa’s wildest rivers. In December 2010, American pro kayakers Chris Korbulic and Ben Stookesbury followed Coetzee into the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a first descent of the dangerous Lukuga River. Seven weeks into the expedition, tragedy struck.
(Ben Stookesbury, 2011)

The Freedom Chair
Josh Dueck was an aspiring skier and coach until a ski accident in 2004 changed his life for good. Despite his comeback and success in the world of competitive sit-skiing, he wasn't content. Dueck's dream is to tackle the backcountry and the steepest and wildest mountains in the world – and with his infectious outlook, he may just catch his dream.
(Mike Douglas, 2011)

(129 min./one intermission)

General Public $15.00
UCSB Students $12.00
Youth $12.00

For tickets or more information:
(805) 893-3535

https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=2282

Alternate dates for this performance:
Monday February 27, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

Location: Arlington Theatre

Wednesday February 29, 2012

Blissful Blues

Contact: Art Central (805)747-4200 artcentral1329@yahoo.com

Art Central 1329 Monterey St.,788-0887: Group show "Blissful Blues" will run from Feb 3rd through Feb 29th. Reception Feb 3rd 6-8pm, come beat the winter blues with us.

Location: 1329 Monterey St.,788-0887

Landscapes and Seascapes Exhibit

Contact: Joen Kommer 805-927-4336 jkommer@slolibrary.org

Cambria artist and photographer Bill Strasen is exhibiting a selection of his recent oil paintings at the Cambria Library through the end of February. Most of the scenes depict the ocean and the hills of the Central Coast. A portion of any sales will benefit the Friends of the Cambria Library New Building Fund. The Library is open Tues.-Fri. 11-5, and Sat. 11-4. For further information, please call the Library at 927-4336.

Location: Cambria

Weaving Through Africa

Contact: Lisa Renken 805-736-3888 lompocmuseum@gmail.com

The Lompoc Museum and Club Arcturus are celebrating Black History Month with a special February Exhibit: "Weaving Through Africa". The exhibit includes a display of African baskets from different ethnic groups throughout Africa. The guest exhibitor is Ester La Pollo of MamaAfrika.com.

About Ester La Pollo (in her own words): I was born in the small east African nation of Eritrea to an Eritrean mother and Italian-American father and have been enamored with African cultures for as long as I can remember. Coming from a multi-cultural family gave me the benefit of seeing my cultures from two completely different vantage points: inside and out.
Through my formal education, I quickly noticed how under –represented Africa was in text books, art galleries and museums. I guess you could say that I started my art collection without really seeing it as such: all of those daily use items that are found in an Eritrean household: baskets for serving popcorn during our coffee ceremony, woven stands to hold the coffee pot, Coptic crosses, etc…
For the past dozen years or so though, I’ve invested more time in learning about Africa’s very diverse art history and am always happy to have occasions like this to teach people more about Africa through its beautiful art forms.
African art is a daily part of my life since the founding of MamaAfrika.com ten years ago. I sell traditional African art from about a dozen African countries using fair and ethical trade policies so that women’s cooperatives can sell their wares and make a living for themselves and their families. Additionally, I am a guest speaker who is invited both locally and internationally to teach about issues concerning fair and ethical trade, sustainable development and African Art.

Reception: Sunday, February 26: 2 - 4pm. The show will run through February 29. Museum Hours: The Lompoc Museum is located at 200 South H Street in downtown Lompoc. Museum Hours are Tuesday - Friday 1 – 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1 – 4 p.m. Call 736-3888 for more information.

Location: Lompoc Museum

12:05 AM - 12:00 PM Have a Heart Food and Funds Drive

Contact: Wendy Lewis 805.238.4664 wlewis@slofoodbank.org

During the month of February, join Food 4 less in supporting our local community in the Have A Heart Food Drive. Show your LOVE by purchasing a “heart” at the check stand or drop off your non-perishable items at one of the SLO County locations.

Each $1 donated provides 7 nutritious meals to those in need in San Luis Obispo County.

Paso Robles - 1465 Creston Rd.
Atascadero - 8360 El Camino Real
San Luis Obispo - 3985 S. Higuera St.

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM IGGPRA Pesticide Safety Training & Regulations Seminar

Contact: Sophia Stephens (805)239-4443 pr@arandcompany.com

The public is invited to join the Independent Grape Growers of the Paso Robles Area (IGGPRA) for a seminar on Pesticide Safety Training and Regulations.The seminar will be held from 9:00 am to 11:00 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at J. Lohr Winery Wine Center,located at 6169 Airport Rd. Paso Robles, Calif. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Lowell Zelinski, owner of Precision Ag Consulting on pesticide safety training as well as Jennifer Welch andLaura Hebert, agriculture inspectors and biologists discussing the laws and regulations affecting pesticide use in vineyards. The seminar will be FREE for IGGPRA members and $20 for non-members. 2.0 hours of Continuing Education Credit (CEU) has been applied for. To RSVP, call Precision Ag Consulting at (805) 434-3331 or email terri@precisionagconsulting.com. For more information about IGGPRA, go online to www.pasorobleswinegrapes.comor www.iggpra.com

Location: J. Lohr Winery Wine Center,

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM FREE Monarch Butterfly Viewing at Pismo State Beach!

Contact: Central Coast Natural History Association (805) 772-2694 dfarrow@ccnha.org

Come view monarch butterflies in the wild at the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove, home to the largest population of overwintering monarchs in the United States. The Grove is staffed by knowledgeable docents daily from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (including holidays), with educational talks at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Admission and talks are FREE.

The Grove will be staffed daily from October 29^th through February 29^th and is located on the west side of Highway 1 just south of Northbeach Campground in Pismo Beach. For more information call (805) 772-2694 or visit us on the web at http://ccnha.org.

Location: Pismo Beach

10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Shop at Saks Fifth Avenue Santa Barbara for Hospice of Santa Barbara

Contact: -Jessica Kwon 805-687-3322 jk@surfmedia.com

Saks Fifth Avenue in Santa Barbara has designated Hospice of Santa Barbara to receive 5% of purchases made with a registered Saks credit card by supporters in February 2012. Saks Santa Barbara shoppers can designate Hospice of Santa Barbara as beneficiary at the register when they check out, and it will apply to all of their purchases for the entire month of February. Credit card holders only need to register the card once, and may do so anytime between February 1-29, 2012 (this offer will apply retroactively to all purchases made in February once the card is registered). Hospice of Santa Barbara, Inc. is a volunteer hospice organization that offers counseling and support services free of charge to more than 500 children and adults every month.
Date: February 1-29, 2012
Location: Saks Fifth Avenue, 1001 State St., Santa Barbara

For more information, please call K.C. Murphy Thompson at Hospice of Santa Barbara at (805) 563-8820 or visit www.hospiceofsantabarbara.org.

Location: Saks Fifth Avenue, 1001 State St., Santa Barbara

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Community Mental Health Forum

Contact: Cindy Marie Absey (805) 550-0096 cabsey@co.slo.ca.us

How does our county measure up on the “mental wellness” scale?
That’s the topic to be addressed at a mental health forum on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. at the San Luis Obispo City-County Library.

A panel of local mental health experts will discuss services and resources available to the
community, including new treatments and programs for local youth, families, homeless persons
and offenders. A question-and-answer session will follow the panel presentation.

The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County, is open to
the public and free of charge.

Panelists include county mental health managers Janet Amanzio and Frank Warren, as well as
Jill Bolster-White, executive director of Transitions-Mental Health Association.

Prior to the panel discussion, “SLO the Stigma,” an award-winning, locally produced 15-minute
documentary video, will be featured.

For more information, call the League of Women Voters at 805-782-4040.

Location: San Luis Obispo County Library, Downtown Branch

Tuesday June 5, 2012 - Tuesday February 26, 2013

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM Pre-School Storytime

Contact: Sallie Tonascia 781 5775 stonascia@slolibrary.org

Every Tuesday morning the Children's Room at the San Luis Obispo Library fills with children ages 3-6 and their caregivers for Storytime with Ms Sallie. Each week revolves around a theme with stories songs and fingerplays weaving together for a memory making experience. Please come prepared to participate with your child and to leave with new ideas and authors to share with your family. There is no pre-registration, it's free and all are welcome.

Location: San Luis Obispo Library

Thursday June 7, 2012 - Thursday February 28, 2013

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM ToddlerTime

Contact: Kristen Barnhart 781 5775 kbarnhart@slolibrary.org

This weekly Library Story-Time is geared to our youngest patrons and their caregivers. It's a rousing goodtime with Kristen reading shorter books, singing songs and leading the littleones in fingerplays and takes place right in the middle of the Children's Room with cozy chairs, colorful rug and all the beautifyl Picture Books. Perfect for children and babies 3-years-old and younger, the SLO Library's Toddler -Time is an ideal way to introduce your child to books, songs and being an audience. FREE

Location: San Luis Obispo County Library, Downtown Branch

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