Kirk Douglas on Film

Champion (7:30 PM)
In an Oscar-nominated breakthrough performance, Douglas plays ruthless prizefighter Midge Kelly, who battles his demons in the boxing ring. (Mark Robson, 1949, 99 min.)

Ace in the Hole (9 PM)
Douglas portrays an unscrupulous, hard-bitten reporter, who’ll stop at nothing to get back his job at a big city newspaper by manipulating the events of a story. (Billy Wilder, 1951, 112 min.)

Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Carsey-Wolf Center

I would like to notify the community of an upcoming informational session that will provide an opportunity to obtain information on foster care and adoption as well as meet foster youth and foster parents in San Luis Obispo County. Our county is is serious need of foster families and this would be a great opportunity to learn how to become a  foster parent and get involved.

Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Department of Social Services
3433 South Higuera, Room #115
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
5:30pm- 7:30pm

San Luis Obispo County Genealogy Society, Oct 6, 2012. Open to the public, no charge for attending meetings. Join us and meet other genealogists and enjoy the monthly research classes, with a drawing and socialization!

The October research class County Websites: An Overlooked Resource will be presented by genealogist Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD and MA, CG. Following the research class will be a brief business meeting at 1:00 PM, followed by some tasty snacks and time for chatting with other members. Don't miss the drawings for some excellent prizes!

Ms. Hibben will then present the main program, Clue to Clue: Tracking a Family Over Time and Miles. Clue to Clue uses various clues to show how to move from one piece of information to the next to piece together the life of an ancestral family. The steps used are illustrated so that they can be followed by the beginner as well as the seasoned genealogist. Use of census, probate, property, and personal records are explained. Don't miss these great presentations by Jean Wilcox Hibben!

Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD and MA, CG is an engaging and entertaining speaker who has done family research for over 30 years. A member of many professional genealogical organizations, she also volunteers at the Riverside (California) location for the Pacific Region National Archives, and was recently named the new director of the Family History Center in Corona, California. She is a nationally-known speaker on family history and folklore.

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is pleased to welcome the Morro Coast Audubon Society for a birding walk through the SLO Botanical Garden and the surrounding environs including El Chorro Regional Park, Dairy Creek, the Bluebird Trail, and the grassy hillsides. We will look for returning wintering birds and fall migrants including sparrows, warblers, raptors, and others. October is prime time for rare migrants when nearly anything can show up. Walk will begin near the Oak Glen Pavilion and second parking lot.

$5 for Garden Members, $10 for public. Email education@slobg.org or call 805.541.1400x304 for more info.

Small Wilderness Area Preservation (S.W.A.P.) welcomes volunteers (called Weed Warriors) to help with erosion and weed control in the Elfin Forest. The next work day will be Saturday, October 6, from 9:00 a.m. to noon.  Weed Warriors will be served home-baked cookies  after the work party.   Volunteers meet at the north end of 15th Street off of Santa Ysabel in Los Osos. Dress for sun and wind and bring work gloves if you can. Some work gloves, tools and drinking water are provided. Please park carefully, avoiding driveways and mailboxes.  For more information, call 805-528-0392.   S.W.A.P. work parties are held at 9 a.m. til noon on the 1st Saturday of each Month

at the Presidio Springs Community Center   721 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara.

(between De La Guerra and Ortega) *Please park in lot across the street or along the street.

 9:30 am: Social time and refreshments

10:00 am: Program - The Free Spirit Fashion & Home Show

 Guild members will share their creations and their talents in a fun and lighthearted event held amongst family and friends. All items will be fiber-related and created by some of our members. Categories include: garments, accessories, baskets, home and jewelry.

Please invite your friends to enjoy this fun event to showcase the talent and creativity of our members.

Fall Fundraising Plant Sale
Saturday, October 6
Members Only 9 AM to 10 AM
Open to the public 10 AM to 1 PM

Please join us at our Golf Ball Drop, happening this Saturday, October 6th at 4:00! The event includes a free concert from 2-6 pm, featuring Truth About Seafood. It will happen at Sea Pines Golf Resort in Los Osos.

The actual ball drop should prove to be a great visual sight, as 300 golf balls will plummet from 30 feet high and tackle their way down to be the first in the hole or closest. The purchaser of the winning ball receives $1,000!

Sea Pines Golf Resort is sponsoring this event for the San Luis Coastal Adult School Scholarship Fund. Our Scholarship Fund enables low-income, community citizens take parenting, fitness and GED classes.

Mahamudra: A Weekend Retreat with Lama Palden 

White Heron Sangha is pleased to sponsor a two-day, non-residential retreat with Lama Palden Drolma, one of the first western female lamas. 

Authorized as a lama in 1986 by her root teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, Lama Palden has been a student and practitioner of Buddhism for over 35 years, and of Comparative Mysticism most of her life.  

She is the founding teacher of Sukhasiddhi Foundation in Marin County, California, a Tibetan Buddhist center in the Shangpa Kagyu lineage where she is the resident lama. 

Lama Palden has a deep interest in helping to make the teachings and practices of Tibetan Buddhism accessible and practical for Westerners as well as in bringing the teachings of the deep feminine wisdom of the dakinis to modern day people. 

Mahamudra, “the Great Seal”, is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Tibetan Buddhist practice. Mahamudra meditation is a precise, step-by-step practice for coming to the realization of the true nature of reality, and then learning to rest moment-to-moment in that true nature: peaceful, content and joyous regardless of our circumstances. During this retreat Lama Palden will lead us on the path of Mahamudra with talks, meditation, and songs of realization from the great Mahamudra masters.

Please join us for these two days with this very experienced and highly regarded teacher. This retreat is suitable for all experience levels.

When:

Saturday, October 6, 2012

9:30AM - 4:30PM

Sunday, October 7, 2012

9:30AM – 3:30PM

Where:

Morro Bay Veterans' Memorial Building

209 Surf St, Morro Bay, CA 93442 (map)

Cost:

$40 (covers both days)

Contact:

Barbara Scott (see below)

Registration:

You can register and pay online or at the door. Pre-registration is preferred but is not required.

Bring your lunch. Tea and snacks will be provided. Bring a mat and cushion if you want to sit on the floor. Chairs will be available.

Arrangements can be made if the fee is excessive for you. We encourage you to attend both days in order to appreciate fully the teachings. The registration fee covers the expenses of the sangha in putting on retreats.

The teachings are offered freely. A dana (donation) basket will be available to help support the work of the teacher.

NOTE: This is the weekend of Morro Bay's Harbor Festival, so please arrive early to ensure that you are able to park close to the Vet's Hall. As well, please bring a lunch or plan to walk to a lunch venue so that you don't lose your parking spot.

Sponsored by White Heron Sangha http://www.whiteheronsangha.org/

Following the Sunday Sacred Celebration in our sanctuary at 10:00 a.m. join with us in celebrating "All Creatures Great and Small"

This is community fun for the entire family!

If you have a family pet, be sure to bring them or their photo for a special blessing with Rev. Nancy. We will also have an "In Memory" board for pictures and short notes remembering pet companions.

A vegetaran potluck picnic immediately follows the Pet Blessing Ceremony.  Please bring a vegetarian dish or dessert to share.

Drinks and picnic ware are provided.  Bring picnic blankets or chairs, musical instruments and/or outdoor games

Please meet on the lawn above the older children's playground on our Morro Campus location.

For more information, call 772-0306.

Kirk Douglas on Film

A powerful film with Douglas as a hardboiled, justice-obsessed New York City police detective who uncovers a secret that hits uncomfortably close to home.
(William Wyler, 1951, 105 min.)

Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Carsey-Wolf Center

The topic of conversation will be George Cotkin's book, Dive Deeper: Journeys with Moby Dick published by Oxford University Press on August 1, 2012.

Our conversation will begin with the author talking informally about his work, followed by questions and conversation with Catherine Waitinas and Q&A with the audience.

• WHEN: October 12, 10:00 – 11:30am
• WHERE: Kennedy Library, Room 111H
  First floor, near the Research Help Desk

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!

Cal Poly’s 2012 Parent and Family Weekend will kick off with a musical showcase emceed by Music Department Chair W. Terrence Spiller at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in Harman Hall of the Performing Arts Center on campus.

The Parent and Family Weekend Ensemble Showcase will feature five Cal Poly Music Department performing ensembles: the Cal Poly Symphony, Cal Poly Choirs (PolyPhonics and The University Singers), University Jazz Band I, Arab Music Ensemble and the Cal Poly Wind Ensemble.

The Cal Poly Symphony, under the direction of David Arrivée, will begin the program. The ensemble’s performance will include music from video games as well as selections from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.

The Cal Poly Choirs, conducted by Thomas Davies, will follow with separate selections from PolyPhonics and The University Singers. They will finish their portion of the program with a combined number. 

The University Jazz Band 1, led by Jazz Studies Director Paul Rinzler, will perform a program of big band swing dance classics.

The Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble, directed by Ken Habib, will perform classic art and popular music from shared music traditions of the Middle East including a folkdance directed by San Luis Obispo dance instructors Saundra Sarrouf and Jenna Mitchell.

The program will conclude with a performance by the Cal Poly Wind Ensemble under the direction of Andy McMahan. The band will perform audience favorites, as well as both traditional and modern works, all selected from the best repertoire written for symphonic band.

Tickets to the recital are $12 and $14 for the public and $9 and $12 for senior citizens and students. New pricing includes all Performing Arts Center fees, and event parking is now sponsored by the PAC. Tickets are sold at the Performing Arts Ticket office between noon and 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To order by phone, call SLO-4TIX (756-4849). 

A 10 percent discount is given to patrons who buy season tickets to four Music Department events through the Performing Arts Ticket Office; a 15 percent discount is given on tickets to five or more events.

The concert is sponsored by Cal Poly's College of Liberal Arts, Music Department, and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-756-2406.

Join us for Fall Planting Prep at Sweet Springs! The great writer Albert Camus once wrote "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."  Maybe that’s a little less true in California where our fall colors are more subtle and muted, but they are all around us nonetheless.  Autumn is the time when we need to start laying the groundwork for a bountiful spring to come.  We have thousands of plants we need to prepare the ground for so we can enjoy their spring blooms.  We need to mark off our planting sections and flag plant locations within them.  We need to finish mulching the few remnant natives that are left so they can easily be identified and left undisturbed.  And we need to pull any pesky veldt grass still lurking in the project area.

Please join us on Saturday, October 13^th from 9:00am to 12:00 noon to help us prepare for our inaugural fall planting at Sweet Springs East.  Tools, tips and harvest fare will be provided.  Meet at the corner of 4^th Street & Ramona Avenue in Los Osos.   Call 239-3928 or email mcas@morrocoastaudubon.orgfor more info.

• Saturday, October 13^th

• Sunday, October 14^th

"Get the Dirt on Dirt!"

Cristy Christie of SLO Country Worm Farm will be givning a demonstration and talk about how to turn leaves and food scraps into dirt for the garden. Composting basics will be discussed along with a chance to win a "Kitchen Compost Pail" along with a drawing for one of three giant pumpkins.  

Contact:   Patti Gwathmey at the City of Paso Robles to pre-register 227-1654

Where:  Lawns to Food Demonstration Garden at Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Drive, Paso Robles

Sponsored by:  Transition Paso Robles Food Group & City of Paso Robles & the County of San Luis Obispo

FRIENDS OF THE ARROYO GRANDE LIBRARY

800 West Branch

Arroyo Grande

Books for all interests and ages, along with DVDs and CDs, will be on sale at the Arroyo Grande Library on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.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.

oin the Central Coast Country Dance Society for a contra dance on Saturday, October 13. The caller is Warren Blier (Monterey), and the band is the Crabapples (Monterey). The evening starts with a contra dance introduction at 7:00pm, and then dancing from 7:30 – 10:30.

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

Genealogy Open House

October has been designated Family History Month and the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society is celebrating with an open house and a month long list of events and classes. 

Family research is the second most searched topic on the web as millions of people are taking advantage of a plethora of online resources to search for their roots.  The SB Genealogical Society can help you to navigate the sometime confusing waters of the internet. Come join us at our open house at The Sahyun Genealogical Library located at 316 Castillo St. in Santa Barbara on Saturday, October 13, 10am-3pm and Sunday October 14, 10am-1pm.  The Public is invited and there will be tours, classes, and refreshments. The open house will be staffed with friendly, knowledgeable volunteers who can help you search your family history and add leaves to your family tree.  

In addition to the open house, Family History Month is filled with a full schedule of classes, special interest groups, tours, lectures and demonstrations. A calendar of events can be found at the Society web site, (http://sbgen.org/upload/files/2October%20is%20Family%20History%20Month%202012.pdf) or by clicking here.

On Sunday, October 14th from 2-4pm, Pamela Larsson Toscher will be presenting a one-person show of paintings of Israel, at the Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, 524 Chapala St., Santa Barbara, sponsored by Art at the JCC and the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. This opening reception marks the exhibit of Pamela's new work, and will be on display from October 14th- January 24th. Guests will enjoy food, drink and live music by local guitarist, Michael Holland.

After a recent trip to Israel with her husband, Pamela realized that Israel must be repainted. Upon her arrival, she saw a beautiful garden, not a desert. The people were future oriented even against a backdrop of an ancient past. Her paintings are reflections of Israel today.

As a young child, a family friend came to Pamela in her back yard and asked why she sat staring at a tree while the other children were out front playing. “One day I might want to draw this tree,” she said, and so it began. She moved with her family to Kingston, Jamaica, and attended Queen’s Girl’s School. She studied art with Mr. Barrington Watson, who later founded the Jamaica College of Art. She won many awards and by the age of 14 her work was being shown in two island galleries. She has since studied with Bay Area artist Raymond Saunders, Norwegian artist Jan Saether and Santa Barbara sculpture Bela Bacsi among others. Pamela lives in Santa Barbara with her husband, Mark and has two grown children.

“San Jose Taiko promises an appeal in its shows that reaches beyond any one nationality.” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

San Jose Taiko’s energetic rhythm ride is sure to get youngsters tapping their toes, clapping their hands and thrilling to the beat! Inspired by traditional Japanese drumming, this exciting percussion ensemble – a sure-fire kid-pleaser – expresses the beauty of the human spirit through the resonant voice of taiko, the Japanese drum. Kids will learn not only about Japanese heritage but other world rhythms, such as African, Balinese, Brazilian, Latin and jazz percussion, which San Jose Taiko’s spirited drummers weave into their performance, transcending cultural boundaries. (60 min.)

Available on the Family Fun series

 

The U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants will perform patriotic selections, Broadway tunes, and two world premieres in a free concert Monday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Harman Hall of the Performing Arts Center's Christopher Cohan Center at Cal Poly.

The performance is part of their 14-day fall tour through California and Arizona. The theme of the program is “Airpower!”

The U.S. Air Force Band is the Air Force’s premier musical organization. Based at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, D.C., the organization consists of six performing groups: the Air Force Strings, Ceremonial Brass, Airmen of Note, Max Impact, Concert Band and Singing Sergeants.

One of the featured vocal soloists, Technical Sgt. Ben Park earned a Bachelor of Arts in music with honors in 2002 from UC Berkeley, where he won the Eisner Prize in Music for Voice and was awarded a University of California Regents Scholarship. Following his undergraduate studies, Park pursued graduate work at the Peabody Conservatory, earning a Master of Music in 2005 and a Graduate Performance Diploma in Opera in 2006.

The Concert Band is an internationally recognized symphonic wind ensemble and the largest of the six groups within the U.S. Air Force Band. The ensemble performs a wide variety of music, from classical transcriptions and original works to solo features, light classics, popular favorites and patriotic selections, demonstrating excellence and delivering powerful Air Force messages while inspiring audiences.

The Singing Sergeants, the official chorus of the U.S. Air Force, is one of the most versatile and traveled choral organizations in the world.  Comprised of 20 professional airmen-vocalists, they group performs choral classics, opera, Broadway tunes, folk songs, jazz, and popular and patriotic standards.

For more than 70 years, the Concert Band and Singing Sergeants have traveled together throughout the nation and around the globe.

The concert is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Ticket Office between noon and 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To order by phone, call SLO-4TIX (756-4849).

For more information, call the Music Department or visit www.pacslo.org. 

The concert is also sponsored by Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts, Music Department and The Tribune.

The Lompoc Library invites you to think, read, discuss, and participate in special California Reads programming on 4 Mondays at 7pm, September 24-October 15th. The programming will feature Farewell to Manzanar, the classic memoir of Japanese internment during WWII, and includes a book discussion and 2 films,  then closes with author Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's appearance in the Lompoc Library's Grossman Gallery on Monday, October 15th at 7pm.  California Reads programs are made possible with support from Cal Humanities in partnership with the California Center for the Book. For complete programming details go to www.lompocreads.com

Morro Coast Audubon Society presents:
Birds of San Luis Obispo, 2011, Part II

A Show Not to be Missed!
Monday, October 15th
7pm at El Chorro Park, SLO Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion (across from Cuesta College)

Dave Keeling returns for this Part II installment of Morro Coast Audubon Society’s most popular program. Come see awe inspiring photos by our counties best birding photographers.  Bob Clark on guitar will be accompanying the slide show. 

Contributing Photographers
Mike Baird                Bill Bouton                           Rich Han                               Marlin Harms
Jerry Kirkhart          Dave Lawrence                   Teddy Llovet                       Richard Mittleman
Dan Morris               Cleve Nash                          Donald Quintana                Maggie Smith
David Wolfson        Roger Zachary                                Dave Keeling, Coordinator 

All MCAS Community Programs are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided, please bring your own mug.  As always, all ages are welcome.

Kirk Douglas on Film

Winner of five Oscars, a behind-the-scenes look at the tawdry side of Hollywood with Douglas as a back-stabbing film producer.
(Vincente Minnelli, 1952, 116 min.)

Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Carsey-Wolf Center

Find jobs and become successfully employed in the global online employment industry

Presented by: Vanessa Rispin, Workforce Innovation Expert

•  Getting set up, creating your portfolio, personal profile
•  How to get paid, Setting up payment method
•  Finding jobs and presenting proposals
•  Project management. Getting acquainted with the "Virtual Workroom
   

Join the many self employed individuals who are already enjoying the benefits of finding work in the Online Virtual Jobs Marketplace. This relatively new industry that offers Online Employment, is comprised of companies with online platforms (websites) for hiring individuals with a wide variety of skills. Find jobs right now; opportunities as close as your computer keyboard. A wide range of skills are in demand from Sales and Marketing, Engineering and Manufacturing, Legal, Finance and Management, Admin, IT and Programming, Writing and Translating, Design and Multimedia. Expand your reach, work for global companies in the online employment marketplace. Survive, compete, and become successful in challenging economic times.

Put a smile on your face, energize your heart, boost your immune system and ignite your creativity with 44 minutes of Laugh for the Health of It!  Marcia Alter, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, will guide you through a series of playful exercises using laughter, breathing, clapping and imagination.  Laughter is scientifically proven to be a powerful form of complimentary medicine with benefits for all ages, all abilities, all cultures.  No jokes, no need for a sense of humor, laughter is it’s own “mood booster.”  Great way to exercise and enjoy yourself at the same time!  No special equipment, no special clothes and it’s “no sweat.” Join the fun and meet new people too! Men and children are welcome too!

FREE.  Donations appreciated.

Support Our Local Orchestra

What’s Wrong with Capitalism – Do-overs and the Death of Responsibility

What caused the current economic crisis? Did capitalism have something to do with it – or was a moral or political problem lurking behind it? George Mason University economics professor and Hoover Institution research fellow Russell Roberts tackles these sticky questions in a lively and illuminating talk examining our economic system, the financial sector’s political power and the role of debt. Host of the award-winning weekly podcast EconTalk, Roberts has written several economics novels and is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio.

Books will be available for purchase and signing
 

The next meeting of the Santa Barbara Macintosh Users Group will be on Thursday, October 18, in Farrand Hall of the Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, at 6:00 PM.

After Q&A and a short break, there will be membership voting on By-Laws changes about 6:45 PM. Members, who must, according to the present By-Laws, be present to vote, will be notified of the changes in advance.

Following the voting, our Program Chair, Kathy Gleason, will give a talk based on her work-in-progress of using an iPhoto app to create a journal of her recent trip to Switzerland. 

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://www.sbmug.org or call 967-2866.

Santa Barbara Debut

“Lovelorn blues-rock with a blazing horn section that’s as much James Brown as it is New York Dolls.” NPR

“Explosive soul power.” Wired

A decade ago, Black Joe Lewis picked up a guitar he found in the Texas pawn shop where he worked and taught himself to play. In the years since, his “incendiary” (Los Angeles Times) music with Austin-based backing band the Honeybears has taken the world by storm. The combo will deliver an electrifying evening of “garage soul” – their own amalgam of primal blues, soul, R&B and funk – with hip-shaking, soul-quaking hits from their high-octane albums, Scandalous and Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is. Don’t miss the artist some call the bold successor to James Brown in his first Santa Barbara appearance!

Available on The Blues Sessions series
 

Members of the community, along with high school and college students, will have the opportunity to explore dozens of career options at Allan Hancock College's annual Career Exploration Day.  Talk to local employers about their industry and the education it requires.  Meet with representatives of the college's academic and career technical education departments.  The event takes place from 9:30 a.m.-12 noon at the college's Santa Maria Campus Commons.

Put a smile on your face, energize your heart, boost your immune system and ignite your creativity with 44 minutes of Laugh for the Health of It!  Marcia Alter, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, will guide you through a series of playful exercises using laughter, breathing, clapping and imagination.  Laughter is scientifically proven to be a powerful form of complimentary medicine with benefits for all ages, all abilities, all cultures.  No jokes, no need for a sense of humor, laughter is it’s own “mood booster.”  No special equipment, no special clothes and it’s “no sweat.” Join the fun and meet new people too! (Members: FREE)

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society holds its monthly general meeting on Saturday October 20th, 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 Sheila Lodge presenting a talk on "Two Extraordinarily Distinctive and Different Women and Santa Barbara".  Those women are Huguette Clark, owner of the Clark Estate and Queen Elizabeth II, a visitor to Santa Barbara in 1983.

Huguette Clark, was an extremely private person. While she didn't stay at her

23 acre, oceanfront estate off Cabrillo Boulevard after her mother died in 1963, she kept a very careful watch over it, often talking to staff several times a day.  When she died at almost 105 in 2011, she left two wills signed six weeks apart.  Ms. Lodge will talk about those wills and what they mean to Santa Barbara.

The Queen of England’s stormy day visit in March, 1983 to the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, which created quite a stir in Santa Barbara, is the second topic for Ms. Lodge. Hundreds of people turned out to see the Queen. Ms. Lodge will discuss what went on in preparing for the visit of this very public person.

Sheila Lodge served on the Santa Barbara City Council starting in 1975 and was elected Mayor of Santa Barbara from 1981-1993 serving three terms.  She has been a resident of Santa Barbara for the last 60 years and has been active with the Santa Barbara City Planning Commission, as well as a past member and board member of numerous important local organizations such as Planned Parenthood, League of Women Voters, Citizens Planning Association and Santa Barbara Museum of Art.  She attended Stanford and San Jose State and completed her degree in English with Honors from UCSB in 1961, continuing postgraduate work there in Urban Affairs. Her late husband, Joseph Lodge, was a Santa Barbara Superior Court judge.

Special interest Groups meet at 9:30am for Beginning Genealogy, German Ancestry, Italian Ancestry and Computer Genealogy and 9:00am for JewishGen.  Meeting and 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).

Media contact: Glenn Avolio, PR Chair, glennavolio@gmail.com  (805) 886-5438

The Election 2012 Silenced Majority Tour started with the Republican National Convention in Tampa and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte and will run up to Election Day.  Join us for this public event, a fundraiser for KCBX Public Radio, at the Spanos Theater on the Cal Poly campus, Saturday, October 20, 2012, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.

The event will include an introduction by by Denis Moynihan, co-author with Amy of the new book titled “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope,” and a lecture by Amy Goodman.

You are welcome to speak with the authors during the book signing following the lecture. Books will be on sale at the event.

General Admission tickets are $25 per person. Purchase your e-tickets on-line here.

If you are unable to order or print your e-tickets online, call KCBX 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday at 805-549-8855.

Party by the Light of a “Hot Harvest Moon” with Clautiere Vineyard

• Listen to great live music
• Stomp grapes
• Wine taste, including barrel samples
• Check out our freshly harvested samples of grape varietals
• Enjoy great specials on our favorite wines
• Purchase food from one of our amazing vendors: Oasis Mediterranean Cafe and Lemoine Creperie
• No reservations required
•  No fee to browse 

Facilitated by Eric Lohela

Das Williams, State Assemblyman, 35 District

Warren Brush, Co-Founder Quail Springs

Alison Hensley, Co-founder SOL Food Festival

Meg West, member of the Goleta Planning Board

Eric Cardenas, Co-founder LOATree, & Santa Barbara & Ventura Ag Futures Alliances 

Lori Ann David, Eat Your Yard, Santa Barbara Edible Landscape Company

Jasper Eiler, Harvest Santa Barbara
 

Back by Popular Demand
Southern California Premiere

“The reigning performance artist of her time.” Boston Globe

“A singular perspective that is both haunting and timeless.” The New Yorker

One of the seminal artists of our time, Laurie Anderson creates sophisticated genre-crossing work that encompasses performance, film, music, installation, writing, photography and sculpture. In Dirtday!, she looks at politics, theories of evolution, families, history and animals in a riotous and soulful assemblage of songs and stories. Set against a detailed and opulent sonic landscape, the stories and music create a hallucinatory world made of dreams and reality. Dirtday! is the final piece in Anderson’s series of solo story projects, including Happiness and The End of the Moon – and the culmination of her groundbreaking work in this genre.

 

Seismic testing off our shore puts thousands of marine mammals at risk. Not to mention, it could injure SLO county fishing and tourist industries.

Kirk Douglas on Film

The tormented genius-painter Vincent van Gogh (Douglas in his third Oscar-nominated role) pursues an impossible quest for artistic perfection.
(Vincente Minnelli, 1956, 122 min.)

Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Carsey-Wolf Center

• Wednesday, October 24^th

• Friday, October 26^th

• Saturday, October 27^th

• 3 keys for accelerating your results and tuning into your dream life
• A 5 point test for determing if your dream is right for you
• What wealthy people do that creates sustained success
• The number one factor that causes people to lose steam when going after a dream, and how to stay motivated and override it
• The 1 critical thing you must give up in order to reach your dream
• And much more. . .

• Prepare a Targeted Résumé
• Ace an Interview
• Attract the Attention of Employers
• Find Jobs in Growing Industries

Supervisor Jim Patterson will lead a meeting to explore homeless issues and solutions in North County. The meeting will be held on Thursday October 25 at 7:00pm at the Community Church of Atascadero, 5850 Rosario Ave. in Fellowship Hall. The short film "Homeless not Helpless" will be shown followed by a panel of recently or currently homeless persons who will share their stories. A question and answer session will follow. For information contact the Community Church at 466-9108.

National Theatre Live

“Deliciously comical.” Evening Standard (U.K.)

Feisty high society dropout Judy Haussman (Julie Walters) presides over her dilapidated Art Deco house on England’s Devon Coast while clinging to the spirit of the ’60s. After an operation, she’s joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby and a cast of lively characters. They share a few sweltering months in a chaotic world fueled by drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments and free love. A funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family losing its grip.

The National Theatre Live screenings are
rebroadcasts of live performances captured in HD
 

Please join the Cuesta college Friensd of the Library and the Central Coast JUNG SOCIETY in celebration of the  ROSELMA QUINN MEMORIAL LIBRARY COLLECTION featuring over 500 books and writings by C.G. Jung, his Colleagues and Associates.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 5-7PM

This free, special evening will include lively, informal talks and dialogues, music, snacks, and a review of the collection

FREE PARKING IN LOT 2

National Fingerstyle champion Chris Proctor will be here in Morro Bay for a solo show at Coalesce Bookstore, 7PM  Friday, October 26
Tickets are $20 (805) 772-2880

Taylor Guitars produces a Chris Proctor model. There are three Chris Proctor fingerstyle guitar books put out by Mel Bay and he has put out two world class instructional videos.

"Proctor is…writing challenging compositions and playing them such such precision and clarity that they seem to sparkle…maintaining an evenness of tone and cleanliness of fingering that will impress fellow guitarists evenmore than it does lay listeners."
Washington Post.

 Critics also call his guitar playing “breathtaking,” “haunting,” and “rich.” Guitar magazines describe his compositions as “spectacular,” “elegant,” and “exquisite,” and praise his twelve-string work as “revelatory.” Media reviewers trace the roots of his style to folk, jazz, pop, and classical music, categorize his playing as “Baroque Folk,” “New World Steel String,”  “Solo Guitar Orchestra,” “Instrumental Americana,” and compare him to Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges.

Chris will be performing in a double bill with Brooks Robertson on Saturday night October 27 at Castoro Cellars in Templeton 238-0725.

KCRW 106.9 Santa Barbara Presents
Santa Barbara Debut

“The prevailing tone of Gil’s songs is a ruminative sweetness, albeit one achieved via brainy harmonic and melodic gambits.” Los Angeles Times

Over his incredible four-decade career in music, international superstar Gilberto Gil has recorded more than 30 albums, winning multiple Grammy Awards and selling five million records along the way. Hailed as “one of the world’s greatest songwriters” (The New York Times) and a beloved singer of the people, Gil has modernized Brazilian popular music and tirelessly championed its rich, multi-faceted culture throughout the world, not least as Brazil’s former minister of culture. Appearing with his seven-piece band, he’ll play hits from his latest album, For All, which reinvents baião, the infectious, celebratory dance music of Northeast Brazil.

Available on the World Music series
 

• college and university representatives from UC, CSU, community colleges and private colleges and universities.
• a review of the California Dream Act Application.
• information about scholarship opportunities.
• college admission and career information.

2012 Tune Up Holistic Fair for Mind, Body & Spirit
Saturday October 27th, 11 am - 4 pm

This Saturday!!   Time to align your body, mind and soul we will be presenting: Acupuncture, Astrology, Bali Isle Goddess Wear, Biofeedback, Business Consultation, Emotional Release Techniques, Energy Clearing, Herbs for Health, Intuitive Readings, Massage, Tarot, yummy herb teas and much more for your personal atunement.

There will be many Fair Specials, great opportunities to experience therapies and practitioners and find out what resonates for you!

Plus, at 4 p.m. enjoy a FREE 30 min. lecture in the new Amethyst annex on the significance of 2012 and the Dec.21st alignment, followed by a Sound Healing Meditation to close.

Activities will include Charro Riders, face painting, lecture, altar making, community altar, sugar skulls, and children's crafts.