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VINETO WINE Local wineries shift their harvest from handpicked to machine [10] BY KAREN GARCIA

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December 14 - December 21, 2017 VOLUME 32, NUMBER 21

Editor’s note

This week cover The changing grape harvest .......... 10

news San Luis Coastal preps for loss of Diablo settlement .............................4 ‘Working group’ pushes county for CEQA changes .................................9

opinion Lots of letters ................................. 14

arts TELEVISION: Local teen stars in Fox’s A Christmas Story Live .........30 GALLERY: Venetian masks come to SLO ..................................32

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f you were in charge of the grape harvest, would you choose to hand or machine harvest your fruit? The answer to that question depends on a lot of things, according to local wine managers. It could be labor shortages, width of the rows between your vines, the type of fruit you’re picking, cost, GRAPE and what you want your end product to look MACHINE Technology is like. Regardless, vineyards are slowly pivoting becoming part toward machine harvesting. In this week’s of the harvesting process at cover story, Staff Writer Karen Garcia talks to wineries in SLO County. people about why and why not [10]. In this issue, you can also read about why a group of developers is asking the county to change the way it administers the California Environmental Quality Act [9] ; the local teen who’s got talent and landed a gig on Fox [30] ; photographers who are giving you a masked view of Venice [32] ; and a new whiskey in town made with pistachios and merlot barrels [46] . Camillia lanham editor

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News ............................. 4 Viewer Discretion........... 6 Strokes & Plugs ............ 12

Artifacts ....................... 30 Starkey......................... 34 Club Listings ................ 39 Split Screen.................. 40 Reviews and Times ..... 40 Get Out! ....................... 44

opinion Letters .......................... 14 Hodin ............................ 14 This Modern World ....... 14 Street Talk..................... 18 Rhetoric & Reason ....... 18 Shredder ....................... 19

the rest Classifieds.................... 50 Real Estate .................. 50 Brezsny’s Astrology..... 55

Events calendar Hot Dates .................... 20 Special Events ............. 20 Arts ............................... 21 Music ........................... 24 Culture & Lifestyle ....... 25 Food & Drink ................27

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Committee offers budget tips to San Luis Coastal as Diablo shutdown looms

ncreased class sizes, a school closure, employee benefit cuts, and a new parcel tax were just a few of a Blue Ribbon Committee’s long-term suggestions for how the San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD) can address an $8 million budget shortfall when Diablo Canyon Power Plant closes. The 10-member committee, assembled by SLCUSD Superintendent Eric Prater in the spring, presented its final report to the board of trustees on Dec. 12. The committee included County Superintendent Jim Brescia and Cuesta College President Gil Stork. The report outlined a mix of approaches to both reduce costs and increase revenues to the SLCUSD. “This budget gap is not anyone’s fault, but it will be everyone’s burden,” read the report. According to the committee, cost reductions could come from increasing class sizes by four to five students per class (for a $2.5 million annual savings); closing an elementary school campus (a $500,000 annual savings); curtailing the district’s share of health care costs ($2 million to $3 million); and reviewing employee salary schedules. Revenue enhancers identified include pursuing a parcel tax between $80 and $160 per year to generate between $3 million and $6 million—which would need two-thirds voter approval; sell, rent, or develop surplus property; setting policy to make inter-district student transfers bring funding with them (a $400,000 annual boost); and starting an endowment. “We recognize none of these steps will be easy to execute,” the report stated. “We strongly encourage the board to provide every opportunity for all stakeholders to engage in a process that helps the board reach fair and workable decisions.” The committee recommended that the district board act with haste. On Dec. 14,

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CONUNDRUM A Blue Ribbon Committee submitted recommendations to the San Luis Coastal Unified School District board on how to address an $8 million shortfall when Diablo Canyon closes.

the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will meet to either approve or deny a $36 million mitigation package that PG&E agreed to pay SLCUSD to offset the Diablo Canyon impact. A tentative CPUC ruling has rejected the settlement and other elements of the plant closure plan, leaving the district in a predicament and the timing of the plant closure unclear. “We recommend the district be prepared for the worst—a denial of mitigation money and a premature closing the plant,” read the Blue Ribbon Committee report. “With that in mind, the district should plan to have identified and implemented measures to completely close

this structural gap within the next three fiscal years.” Superintendent Prater said his plan is to spend most of 2018 conducting public outreach and undergoing union negotiations to arrive at a multi-year budget plan to kick off in 2019-20. But Prater also hopes to “squeeze” $1 million out of next year’s budget. SLCUSD already made $2.1 million in cuts in 2017-18, mainly from the district office and teacher development programs. “This is the beginning of a very difficult path forward for myself and our school district,” Prater said. ∆ —Peter Johnson

DOGGR shrinks area in Price Canyon proposed for aquifer exemption

of oil wells and water reinjection wells (including several in Price Canyon) to be drilled into California aquifers considered to be protected by the Safe Drinking Water Act. The latest proposal comes more than a year and a half after the U.S. EPA requested further information from DOGGR and the water board about why the aquifer should be considered unusable for drinking water purposes and why the field should be considered “hydraulically isolated,” meaning water doesn’t flow between the oil field and neighboring aquifers that are used for drinking water purposes. DOGGR and the water board say the aquifer in question is isolated by the presence of two things—a fault on one side and a tar seal for the remainder of the boundary. However, the new application shrinks the area of the proposed exemption due to the presence of two drinking water wells along the northeastern border. “The additional water well and geologic data reconfirmed that the fault was sealing as originally described in the application,” said Donald Drysdale, a spokesperson for DOGGR’s parent agency, the California Department of Conservation. “For the added protection of

You have until Dec. 22 to comment on the latest application put forward to exempt a larger portion of the Arroyo Grande oil field from the Safe Drinking Water Act. The field’s current operator, Sentinel Peak Resources, needs a final determination on the exemption before it can make any progress on the next two phases of an oil well-drilling expansion project in Price Canyon that is currently in limbo. “We accept what their findings are on the most recent report,” Sentinel’s Director of Environmental Health and Safety Christine Halley said. “We’re awaiting final wrap-up of the aquifer exemption process.” Originally submitted in 2015 on behalf of Freeport McMoRan, the oil company that was operating in Price Canyon, and approved by the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) and the State Water Resources Control Board, it stalled out at the U.S. EPA. It was the first application put forth after the 2014 discovery that DOGGR had allowed thousands

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nearby water sources where additional data could not be gathered, the water board and Division reduced the originally proposed aquifer exemption boundary.” That boundary change is a red flag for opponents of the project such as Price Canyon resident Natalie Risner and Center for Biological Diversity attorney Maya Golden-Krasner, who question why those two water wells weren’t a part of the original application. “It makes us question what else was missed,” Risner said. “There’s such a long history of uncertainty and inconsistency with DOGGR and with this aquifer exemption that has been going on for so long.” But DOGGR and the water board say that the two water wells in question are protected by the “impermeable nature” of the tar seal. And although, the application states that there’s no evidence that the wells are drawing any water from the Arroyo Grande oil field, the boundary was adjusted just to be sure there was no overlap and “ensure the protection of the drinking water wells.” “The effectiveness of the seal is demonstrated by the lack of free oil in these domestic wells that allow their use for domestic drinking water. Absent the existence of the tar seal, free oil would have migrated into these wells,” the application states. For Golden-Krasner, though, the choice to move the boundary near those drinking water wells shows her that the agencies aren’t as sure about the impermeability of the tar seal as they are about the fault. “That was the first alarm,” she said. “They should really not be injecting into aquifers that border people’s water wells. It’s just a really a bad idea.” —Camillia Lanham

Huntington Park officer found not guilty of abusing youth at Camp SLO boot camp

A Huntington Park Police officer accused of emotionally and physically abusing children at a disciplinary boot camp at Camp SLO was found not guilty by a jury Dec. 12. Marissa Elizabeth Larios, a detective with the Huntington Park Police Department, faced multiple misdemeanor charges in connection with her role at the Leadership Empowerment and Discipline (LEAD) boot camp, a program for at-risk youth run by the Huntington Park and South Gate police departments held at Camp San Luis Obispo. She and two other officers were accused of allegedly abusing camp participants during a 2015 session of the camp. The not guilty verdict came after a twoweek trial in SLO County Superior Court, which featured testimony by investigators and some of the alleged victims. Had she been convicted, Larios could have faced up to 18 months in SLO County Jail. While SLO County prosecutors accused Larios of physically abusing some of the camp’s participants, including one 14-yearold female who claimed she was grabbed by the throat and another who said she was left in handcuffs for an extended period of time, the officer’s attorney argued that whatever force she used, if any, was justified and within the law. “[Larios] has dealt with situations like these,” defense attorney Michael Schwartz

VIEWER DISCRETION told jurors during his Nov. 30 opening statement, adding that parents of the camp attendees were aware that their children would be subjected to “military” and “law enforcement”-style tactics. “These parents were told up front what kind of camp this would be,” Schwartz said. Prior to the trial, Schwartz successfully petitioned the court to separate Larios’ case from that of South Gate Police Department officers Carlos Gomez-Marquez and Edgar Gomez, who also worked at the camp and were accused of abusing participants. The allegations against both officers, who are brothers, included claims that they stomped on the hands of and punched the young participants. Both brothers pleaded no contest to several of the charges against them in August, and were sentenced to 60 days in county jail and four years of probation. Larios remains employed with the Huntington Park Police Department, but the LEAD boot camp has since been suspended. —Chris McGuinness

SLO will pursue becoming an energy provider

San Luis Obispo will start seeking municipal partners to launch a Community Choice Energy (CCE) program, a burgeoning utility model statewide that enables local governments to sell their own electricity through investor-owned utilities’ infrastructure. The SLO City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 12 to pursue a CCE program, and gave direction to city staff to reach out to SLO County and local cities—including Santa Maria—to build partnerships on the endeavor. “We’re definitely moving forward,” said SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon, who has pledged to take the city down the path to net-zero emissions status. “There’s a real commitment to make it happen, so now it’s just a matter of how.” Nine regions in the state currently operate CCE programs, and several others are just starting up. They allow public agencies to make their own power choices, often with the goal of procuring a higher proportion of renewable energy than legacy utilities like PG&E can provide. The City Council’s green light on CCE comes just three months after a feasibility study for a CCE program in SLO, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties concluded it would be financially untenable. But a peer review of the study indicated that the main issue with the tri-county approach was that it dipped into both PG&E and Southern California Edison territories. A SLO-based, PG&E-only approach would be more doable, the peer review stated. The next steps for SLO, according to City Councilmember Andy Pease, are to pursue more local partnerships on the project and then commission another feasibility study. The goal, she said, is to run a CCE that doesn’t raise customer bills. “I’m confident we can do it,” Pease said. “We’ll do a feasibility study and if it

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doesn’t pencil out, we won’t do it.” SLO also has the option to work with Monterey County to join its new CCE program—Monterey Bay Community Power—but Harmon said the City Council was more inclined to embrace a local approach. “The priority is on that local control,” Harmon said. Harmon added that a CCE launch in SLO could be timed well with the shutdown of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant. “There’s been a lot of hesitancy in the past because of the strong relationship this community has to PG&E,” Harmon said. “But now that we’re uncoupling ourselves from PG&E—we’re going to struggle through that transition—but it does create more opportunity for these kinds of things.” —Peter Johnson

Cambria CSD will have a third meeting to decide on vacant seat

The Cambria Community Services District is in a stalemate, resulting yet again in a call for another special meeting to vote in a new district board member. “What makes us think that we’re going to move to another date and have a different outcome?” district board Vice President Harry Farmer said at the Dec. 11 special meeting. It was a continuation of the six-hour Dec. 4 special meeting that started out with the goal of finding a new director to fill the open seat left by former board Vice President Greg Sanders. The Dec. 11 meeting began where the last one left off, with a deadlock vote between candidates Tom Gray and Dewayne Lee. Board directors Jim Bahringer and Aaron Wharton were in support of Gray, while President Amanda Rice and Farmer were in support of Lee. Rice and Farmer offered up a third candidate, the nomination of David Pierson. He was someone who was also on Bahringer’s short list, but that didn’t budge either Bahringer or Wharton to vote Pierson’s way. The meeting ended on a 3-1 vote, with Farmer dissenting, to hold another special meeting on Dec. 19 to either swear in a candidate or call for a special election. “As far as I’m concerned, I feel that we owe it to the community to stay at this meeting. I mean the last one was six hours and this one’s going to three,” Farmer said.

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District Legal Counsel Tim Carmel said a special election could cost the board anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000. —Karen Garcia

Templeton psychiatric hospital still years away from completion

While SLO County officials grapple with just how they will fulfill promises to improve treatment and services for mentally ill individuals, the construction of a new psychiatric hospital that could help their efforts is still years away. The county gave the green light to the construction of a 91-bed psychiatric hospital in Templeton in March 2016 after a contentious approval process that included an appeal to the SLO County Board of Supervisors. More than a year later, the facility has yet to break ground, leaving some officials to wonder were exactly the project stands. “We approved it unanimously, but it seems like nothing is moving forward,” 4th District Supervisor Lynn Compton said at a Dec. 5 meeting. Behavioral Health Director Anne Robin said she’d been trying to get in touch with the project’s developers but had not heard back. “Last I spoke to the finance people for that group, they were thinking of opening in 2021,” Robin told supervisors. Vizion Health, the company that will run the facility, did not respond to questions from New Times. The company’s website states that the hospital is “coming soon,” but does not provide a specific date. However, one of the project’s developers said that they are still attempting to find financing for the project, which has an estimated cost of $65 million. “We are doing the best we can to move our project along as quickly as possible,” said Melanie Billig, of Carmel, who along with her husband, Harvey, developed plans for the project and own the 5-acre plot of land on Las Tablas Road where the hospital will be built. “It just takes a long time to put together financing.” Once that funding is secured, Billig said that there will still be much more work to do, including a review and approval by the state of California. Billig declined to place a firm date of when she thought the hospital and attached memory care facility would open, but confirmed that it would be likely not be for years. “We have no idea because it is all predicated on the financing,” she said. NEWS continued page 8

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News “You don’t want discharge decisions made because of [a lack of] bed availability,” Boaz Alvarez said. “That’s what’s concerning about having 82 beds of inpatient care disappear.” The Board of Supervisors will hear an update on the Templeton project’s status at a future board meeting in early 2018. —Chris McGuinness

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Billig said that the destruction of the Vista Del Mar psychiatric hospital in Ventura by the Thomas Fire might put pressure on the state. “We are hoping that, with the unfortunate demise of the Ventura facility, that when we pull everything together in the near future, that the state will help expedite things because of this tremendous need,” Billig said. Billig said that many SLO residents seeking treatment for mental health issues utilize Vista Del Mar. But the facility was badly damaged in the fire and had to be evacuated. She said the facility’s being out of commission meant that SLO County individuals seeking inpatient mental health treatment might now have to travel to Fremont, Santa Rosa, or Southern California to find a facility. Speaking to New Times, Robin said that the county primarily sends children and non-Medicare eligible adults to Vista Del Mar. Thus far, the damage and evacuation of the Vista Del Mar had not had a major impact on the county, according to Robin. “We haven’t had any impact yet, but that’s not to say that down the road it may get difficult to find beds,” she said. Meghan Boaz Alvarez, clinical director for the nonprofit Transitions Mental Health Association said the loss of the Ventura facility could have an impact on people seeking inpatient services for mental health issues in SLO and Santa Barbara counties, characterizing the loss of the facility’s 82 beds as “significant”. CHC_Podiatry_Ad_NT_12-2017_mech.pdf

Supervisors opt to leave inclusionary housing as is

The SLO County Board of Supervisors voted on Dec. 12 to maintain the status quo when it comes to affordable housing, at least for now. During the hearing, supervisors debated whether to change up the county’s inclusionary housing ordinance, which basically requires developers to produce a percentage of affordable housing with any projects they build or pay an in-lieu fee into a fund that is set aside for nonprofit builders to leverage. After a discussion that almost bordered on compromise, the board essentially opted not to do anything in a typical 3-2 vote, with 2nd District Supervisor Bruce Gibson and 3rd District Supervisor Adam Hill in the minority. “I’m not giving up on it,” 1st District Supervisor John Peschong told New Times. “I think Adam Hill was right that the ultimate goal is not to get the builders to pay the fee but to build the house, I think that’s correct. ... But we’ve got to get everybody on board. Hopefully that’s incentive enough to get everybody back to the board.” 1

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Adopted in 2008, the ordinance was designed to ramp up over a five-year period to a requirement that either 15 percent of units in a new development are set aside as affordable or the developer pays an in-lieu fee of $3.75 per square foot. But things are currently stuck on year two: 6 percent of units or $1.50 per square foot. A nexus study presented to the board on Dec. 12 recommends, among other things, tiering the inclusionary housing fee to the size of the unit that’s being built and exempting any home that’s less than 1,600 square feet in size. It’s something that almost everyone who spoke during public comment, including developers, supported. Although people such as RRM Design’s Victor Montgomery put a caveat on that backing. The ordinance was crafted to be “a tool in the toolbox of affordable housing. Ten years later, it is the tool in the toolbox of affordable housing. We haven’t added anything,” Montgomery said during the meeting. “I believe we need a much broader base of support funding for these programs.” Peschong said he voted the way he did because he was hoping for more of a public dialogue on the “multiple discussion topics” broached at the meeting before the board gives staff final direction on the issue. Those include things like the square footage of the houses that can be exempt, currently pegged at 900 square feet or smaller; what size of commercial development should be required to pay a housing impact fee; whether the county should offer an affordable housing bond; and how the county can ensure

homebuyers can build equity when they purchase a deed-restricted home. Gibson, who suggested two different motions to move a tiered approach forward, believes the nuts and bolts of a new inclusionary housing ordinance could have included public discussion if the board had given county staff direction to come back with a new version of the inclusionary housing ordinance. County planning staff told supervisors that they weren’t going to be able to put a new discussion on the agenda until April, which Gibson believed was plenty of time. “What I was trying to do was help guide the process so that when we went out to the public, we had something specific to receive comment on,” Gibson told New Times. “It’s the same thing. Put out a bunch of options or put out one option and get public comment on it. The public will say what they’re going to say.” While he said he is absolutely on board with discussing the topic again, he was disappointed in the outcome of the board’s discussion on Dec. 12, because rather than move things forward, supervisors just left things where they are. During the discussion, Gibson advocated for having separate discussions for things like an affordable housing bond and ways to build equity in deed-restricted homes. “We have the time to do the community outreach; we have time to do some thinking. I think that would be a very positive move in terms of making some progress on this issue,” he said at the meeting. “The lynchpin of all of this, I think, is the inclusionary housing ordinance.” ∆ —Camillia Lanham

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an Luis Obispo County may start giving developers more opportunity to weigh in on environmental impact reports and increased access to planning staff as part of an effort by county supervisors to make local reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Proposed changes to the county CEQA process include giving builders a chance to comment on the “administrative draft” of an environmental impact report (EIR)—a document traditionally kept inhouse before the release of a draft EIR— as well as establishing “consultation milestones” with applicants throughout a project’s environmental review. Consultation milestones could mean developers get a chance to “sign off” on their project descriptions and be alerted of new information of “concern” as a project moves through environmental review, according to a Dec. 5 county staff report. CEQA is a state law, but counties and cities have the ability to tweak how it’s administered in their region. In February, the SLO County Board of Supervisors asked its staff to study possible reforms to CEQA to make it more efficient. As part of that process, county staff interviewed members of a “CEQA working group” formed by local development industry members. They also surveyed 26 other jurisdictions about their CEQA policies. Two counties—Santa Barbara and Sacramento—make their administrative draft EIRs publicly reviewable. “[SLO] County doesn’t currently circulate the administrative draft, and this is really because an EIR is intended to and supposed to reflect the independent and objective analysis of that lead agency,” said Rob Fitzroy, the deputy director of SLO County Department of Planning and Building, Presented to the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 5, the proposed CEQA reforms were met with support from the development community—including the SLO Chamber of Commerce, Homebuilders Association of the Central Coast (HBACC), and the Economic Vitality Corporation—and opposition from environmental and transparency advocates. “The way that CEQA is administered in this county is broken,” said local

developers could jeopardize the integrity and objectivity of the CEQA process. “We see the consultation milestones to be something that would bog down the process and could turn into more backroom dealings,” said Brad Snook, chair of the SLO County chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. But Melissa James, the SLO Chamber of Commerce director of economic initiatives, who said CEQA reform was a top priority for housing policy changes, countered that more communication wouldn’t necessarily mean more influence. “As the county reserves the final right to comply or not with the applicant’s comments, the integrity of the process is not compromised,” James said. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to continue the item to this spring to give its staff more time to conduct stakeholder outreach as well as analyze a recently published set of state revisions to CEQA. Supervisors were split in their sentiment about the proposal—in addition to the process that led to it. Supervisors Lynn Compton (4th District) and Debbie Arnold (5th District) expressed support for making CEQA reforms down the road. “It’s important to me that we really review this and take it seriously,” Arnold said. “It’s a part of a bigger package we’re trying to address.” Supervisors Bruce Gibson (2nd District) and Adam Hill (3rd District) were critical of what they said looked like a one-sided effort by the industry to push policy change. “If the development community is sincerely interested in improving the CEQA process, I think it’s in their interest to engage the environmental community and other public interest groups in this, and any such suggestions will certainly get much more respect and consideration,” Gibson said. The CEQA reforms at the state level, published in November, place a new focus on greenhouse gas impacts and a project’s effect on climate change, as well as an expanded review of water supply impacts. They also encourage localities to adopt their own “thresholds of significance,” which can then be used to determine if a project may have significant or insignificant impacts.

‘We see the consultation milestones to be something that would bog down the process and could turn into more backroom dealings.’ —Brad Snook, chair of the SLO County chapter of the Surfrider Foundation

land-use attorney Sophie Treder. “I would challenge you to find any private applicant that has been through the CEQA process in this county in the last 10 years who would say otherwise.” Environmental group representatives from the Sierra Club, Coastkeeper, and the Surfrider Foundation argued that more collaboration between the county and

In SLO County’s survey of other CEQA policies, two counties have adopted their own thresholds of significance. Establishing thresholds was also one of the items included as part of the county’s CEQA reform package. ∆ Staff Writer Peter Johnson can be reached at pjohnson@newtimesslo.com

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Wineries are divided on how to pick their fruit come harvest season BY KAREN GARCIA | PHOTOS BY JAYSON MELLOM

arkened by the evening sky, rows of grapevines are lit up by large light towers. They provide just the right amount of light for men and women to pick the fruit that’s been growing for about eight months. Pick, cut, toss, repeat. The tail end of harvest season for vineyards was just a couple of months ago. August through October are crucial for picking the grapes that will be blended, fermented, and ultimately corked into 750 ml bottles. This year’s harvest was a little bit different than previous ones, with some vineyards choosing a different path for picking grapes. Machines are taking the place of some laborers. And although it’s not a drastic change, yet, it’s a method popping up at vineyards throughout San Luis Obispo County. That’s the case for Scott Williams, the wine manager for Niven Family Wine Estates, a company that grows and produces wines for the Baileyana, Tangent, Trenza, Cadre, and Zocker labels. “Those five brands are the brands you see out there on the shelves or in our tasting rooms,” Williams said. Choosing how to pick the fruit during harvest isn’t a simple task for Williams. He uses both handpicked and machine harvesting methods to create his end product. But that decision was dictated by the design of the vineyards he runs and the changes that were made to it in order to accommodate for a machine harvester. The choice for vineyard managers comes down to the design of their vineyard, the type of grape variety being picked, cost, and the labor that’s available. While winemakers like Niven Family are splitting the difference between machine and man as sort of an insurance policy against labor shortages, others are sticking to traditional harvesting methods because of the end product that it creates.

Designed for hands

Niven Family wines are produced at Orcutt Road Cellars, but the most important part of the winemaking process is in the care and growth of the grapes at Paragon Vineyards in the green hills of Edna Valley. Williams has been managing Paragon for more than a decade, and he’s noticed the changes that have taken place in that time— both in the harvesting process he manages and in the wine country that surrounds him. “I would say 80 to 85 percent of the grapes that come into this winery for our estate brands are handpicked. About 15 to 20 percent are machine picked, but there’s a lot to that,” he said.

Paragon Vineyards was planted in 1973, and the vines were planted with enough room for a person and a bin to work in. “There was not as much foresight for mechanization at the time when vineyards were developed and planted,” he said. One obstacle for a machine is the trellis system, the hardware that holds up the vines. “You can’t even get a machine in because of the way that it’s set up, or the vines are so old that if you use a machine, it’s kind of more sensitive,” Williams said. “It’s like an older person’s bones.” But that’s changing for a lot of vineyards. Williams said the vines that were planted in the vineyard years ago eventually become unproductive and no longer economically viable. When the vine no longer produces grapes, it is removed and replaced with a new one. And when the new vines are planted, wine managers have the option to put them in the ground with enough space for a machine to get between the vines and pick the fruit. “We like to have that option moving forward, to be able to machine pick if that’s something we wanted to get into,” he said. A majority of the fruit that Paragon grows is chardonnay and pinot noir, although in terms of acreage, there is more chardonnay in the ground. Pinot noir grapes have a thin skin and need more of a gentle handling, so Williams said they bring in crews to handpick them. Chardonnay grapes have a thicker skin, so a machine can pick them from the vines. “The machine drives over the vines, straddling the vine and uses plastic bars to whip the fruit off the vine,” he said. “It has to be done in a way that it takes the fruit off but it doesn’t hurt the vine.” Williams said that since the early 2000s, Niven Family Wine Estates has rented machines for harvesting depending on the harvest season. It wasn’t until a few years ago that Niven purchased its own machine. Although the vineyard uses both laborers and a machine harvester, a machine is cheaper to use. “One of the reasons wine is so expensive is the process. The more labor inputs into the product, it’s going to be an expensive bottle,” Williams said. In the end, what the resulting product will taste like is the biggest factor a wine manager takes into consideration when deciding the harvesting method that will work best. Williams said handpicking creates a certain taste for some grape varieties. He argues that to some degree certain types that are picked via machine have a similar taste when they’re handpicked.

A NEW PATH Wine managers take a lot of elements into consideration when choosing which grape varieties could be picked by a machine.

For Williams, he and his team have found that if a machine picks their chardonnay it results in the same taste as it would if it were handpicked. If needed, Williams said he would focus machine-work on the chardonnay and save the manpower for the more delicate pinot noir.

The better bottle

Niner Wine Estates prides itself on handpicking their grapes. Molly Bohlman is a winemaker for Niner, which is made up of three vineyards Heart Hill Vineyard, Bootjack Ranch, and Jespersen Ranch. Bohlman

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oversees the newest vineyard in the Niner family, Jespersen Ranch. Unlike the other locations in the northern part of the county, Jespersen lies in the northwest corner of Edna Valley. The vineyard was purchased in 2011 with 46 acres of vines. In 2012, Niner Wine Estates planted an additional 31 acres. The ranch produces pinot noir and chardonnay. Bolhman believes that handharvested fruit is delivered to the winery with consistently better quality than machine-harvested fruit. “There is less chance of leaves and other material getting into

the bins, and fruit integrity is maintained,” she said. Handpicking the fruit also allows Bohlman and her team to whole-cluster press the white grapes. Whole-cluster pressing is a gentle process that reduces mechanical action on the grapes and utilizes stems as a natural filter, yielding clearer and cleaner juice. For red grapes, handpicking allows for wholewwwww cluster fermentation, which is the process of keeping the grapes intact, hooked together, and connected to the stems when picked from the vine. If the grapes were machineharvested, these processes

THE END PRODUCT The right choice of methods for harvest season is vital to the end product—wine managers plan their year looking toward the 10 weeks of harvest. CARING FOR ACREAGE Niven Family Wine Estates vineyards benefit from the cool climate in the Edna Valley.

PRODUCTION OF WINE Although harvest season has ended for 2017, the process of fermentation or whole clustering begins.

wouldn’t be possible, because when fruit is picked with a machine, it detaches the grapes from the stem as they get picked. “Starting out with undamaged fruit is a huge benefit right from the start. It allows me to do highend winemaking techniques,” she said. The Jespersen Ranch, similar to the other vineyards, doesn’t lend itself to machine work anyway, because the acreage that the vineyard lies on is too steep. Plus the winery that produces the wine just wasn’t built for it. “Our winery is not designed to receive machine-harvested fruit so we’d have to make some capital investments in order to retrofit our receiving line,” Bohlman said. Although Bolhman and her crew haven’t used and aren’t currently using machines, the option isn’t totally off the table. It’s something to consider when it comes to the labor shortage. “Labor is a huge issue and is getting more problematic each year. We are fortunate that we work year-round with a labor contractor that provides us with consistent employees who know our vineyard,” Bohlman said. This past harvest season endured record heat, which caused most wineries to harvest at a faster pace than usual. The unexpected heat makes the fruit mature faster, but it can only be picked at night. It’s a safety hazard for crews to pick during the day, and a machine can’t pick during the day because the fruit tends to be juicier and it doesn’t

come off the vine as cleanly. “This year was more difficult because we needed to harvest more fruit each day due to the hot weather, but luckily our contractor was able to find additional workers when we needed them,” she said. Williams of Niven Family Estates agrees with Bohlman that labor is getting harder to come by. That was a big factor in Niven Family Estates’ decision to invest in a machine. “One of the biggest reasons we got the machine is because of the inevitable writing on the wall that labor is harder to get,” Williams said. “We still are fortunate enough that we have been able to get labor as needed to pick our fruit, but the machine is kind of a two-fold. It’s insurance.”

Out in the fields

People who work in the fields during the harvest season have one characteristic in common: They return for work every year. Individuals who have worked season after season for Pacific Vineyard Company have been doing so for more than 30 years. It’s a generational pattern that Violet Silva has seen in her eight years of working in the industry. Silva is the safety coordinator for Pacific Vineyard Company, a business that assists vineyards with everything from the beginning stages of creating a vineyard to the day-to-day operations of production. The company manages 1,525 acres of vineyards in Edna Valley and about 250 acres in other

areas—Pismo Beach, Avila Beach, and Santa Ynez. The company assists vineyards with pre-plant investigation, vineyard development, management of vineyard operations, and arrangement for future wine production. A huge part of helping with these operations is recruiting workers for full-time and seasonal positions. “It’s really an amazing thing to see these people come in and pick the fruit and toss it into the bins. Because we couldn’t do this without them,” Silva said. There are two kinds of workers Pacific Vineyard Company employs, seasonal and full-time. Seasonal workers come out for the three seasons of wine production—pruning, canopy management, and harvest. Pruning takes place in January and February and involves trimming vines to optimize their fruit production potential. Canopy management is in late March to early April and involves maintaining the trellis or training system for the vines as well as the trimming, positioning, and stripping off of unwanted leaves and vines. These techniques help manage the exposure of the vine’s leaves and fruit to the sun. Harvest season is from August to October. Seasonal workers come back each time to fulfill what the duties are for that season. “We are very fortunate to have a core group of people come and work for us every year, so that has helped us,” Silva said. She said that often, individuals who come for the seasonal positions tend to bring other applicants with them. “There’s a lot of family members that work together. You get one new family member, you can almost count on them bringing someone with them,” she said. Full-time workers are usually tasked with tractor work, cultivation, pesticide application, and floor management. The job description typically includes anything it takes to care for the actual property. The seasonal employees work with the plants. Silva said that Pacific Vineyards tends to seek full-time employees from their seasonal workers. “If there is someone who is interested in full-time or has shown some kind of skill set that we think would work well with the job that’s needed, we seek them first,” she said. Over the many years she’s worked with the company, Silva said Pacific Vineyard hasn’t seen a decline in applicants for its seasonal work. But Silva said she has to take into consideration that many vineyards are starting to machine pick. “We may not be feeling that so much, because our work is starting to go in a different way,” she said. “If we don’t have the same number of applicants or the same flow of people coming in it’s because we’re following the demand.” Δ Staff writer Karen Garcia can be reached at kgarcia@newtimesslo.com.

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surrounding communities.” At Marian’s Structural Heart Program, where Dr. Joel Lardizabal recently implanted the first and only FDAapproved device designed to help reduce the risk of recurrent ischemic strokes in patients diagnosed with a patent foramen ovale—a small opening between the upper chambers of the heart, according to hospital officials. The device was designed to close the ovale and lower the risk of stroke caused by dangerous clots passing between the heart chambers and up to the brain. Placement of the device is minimally invasive and performed while the patient is sedated but still conscious, according to the hospital. “Marian’s Sue J. Sword Heart Center is pleased to be able to offer these advanced medical technologies to Central Coast cardiac patients,” Marian President/CEO, Kerin Mase said in a statement. “These advancements further enhance the cardiovascular technologies in our own community, mitigating the need to travel for cardiac care.”

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Opinion For safety and the greater good

I am a 30-plus-year resident and homeowner in San Luis Obispo. I drive, bike, and walk regularly in the city. I am fully in favor of making the Chorro/Broad corridor safer for all types of transportation—whether human powered or mechanically powered. I bike and drive on Chorro Street regularly for recreation and transportation. My son is a recent homeowner on Chorro, and it is on my usual my usual morning bike route. Having protections for cyclists will improve safety for all—motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians. It will improve the neighborhood while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and encouraging environmentally friendly transportation alternatives. It will also provide a safe route to school for Pacheco Elementary, Bishop’s Peak Elementary, and Cal Poly students. I do not believe that as a regular cyclist, I am a “special interest.” Nor do I believe that as a motorist, I am entitled to full use of a public right of way. And as a homeowner, I do not believe that I have an absolute right to parking in front of my house. In fact, my streetfront parking was removed for a bus stop and bike lane a few years ago. While I would have preferred to keep the streetfront parking, I certainly understand that when balancing safety and environmental considerations, I can make accommodation for the greater good. I applaud the City Council for moving ahead with making the entire city safer for all those who live and work here. Joel Diringer

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The county is regulating agriculture

I am curious about how the agricultural folks of your readership feel about their products being regulated. Does the county of San Luis Obispo have the power to tell orchard growers how large and what type of product to grow? Are sheepherders and grape growers, like the Wonderful Co., regulated in size or type by the county? The newest agricultural addition, pot, is being treated entirely different. The states of Colorado, Washington, and Oregon are benefiting from a larger tax base and more employment for private security firms (staffed by former Iraq and Afghanistan veterans) to move the cash monies around. I’ve never figured out why they don’t just go ahead and create their own private bank. As a plus, marijuana users typically don’t crash their cars stupidly or shoot lots of people or school children with guns. I, for one, do not smoke marijuana and could really care less who does. So, again, I am curious and want to hear from the ag folks about how they feel about it. Wayne Newport

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A systemic problem

Your commentary does disgust me, Mr. Gary Wechter (“Men will be men,” Dec. 7). I’m also disgusted with New Times for printing this drivel. According to your hyperbole, men are either repulsive pigs, live in Toledo, or are “girly.” Just because you may lack integrity does not mean most men in our culture are like-minded. The idea that only harsh punishment will keep “men from being men” should offend every one of us. Men abusing women is not human nature. It is, however, human

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nature to give and receive love. In our culture, men are expected to initiate the process of dating, not because they are men, but because women have historically been shunned for being too forward. This is a systemic problem within our society that can be remedied over time through education and actions such as: teaching our children to respect all fellow humans, refusing to consume media that exploits women and minorities, and speaking up when we witness offensive behavior (which is what I’m doing now). The fact that you are granted a platform in which you can refer to members of the LGBTQ community as “girly men” is part of the problem. The fact that women and minorities have been, and are still being oppressed, is part of the problem. The fact that our current president is a sexual predator is part of the problem. Our First Amendment protects your right to speak your opinion as it does mine, but we should all think before we speak. We should consider what our words mean to others, how our opinion is interpreted by others, and we should care if what we say, do, or write infringes on the emotional and/or physical well-being of others. It’s a fine line to walk, true, and it’s difficult to know where to draw the line, but in my opinion, you crossed it. Words have power, Mr. Wechter, and once spoken, cannot be taken back. Barbie Clark

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Ceding power to fascism

Fascism, according to the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1993 (p. 700) is defined as follows: “1. A governmental system led by a dictator

who, having complete power, forcibly suppresses opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.” In a speech given by President Donald Trump in Minnesota, ostensibly to promote the tax reform bill forwarded by the GOP, he demonstrated every one of those characteristics. I’m old enough to remember Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, and since I heard Trump, in his inauguration (coronation) speech mimic these fascist dictators with his declaration “I alone can save you,” I have waited for the GOP majority to rein in this narcissistic madman, which, much to my despair, it has not done. When will these powerful members of Congress represent the good of the people before he concentrates the wealth of the nation in the hands of the toadies who see their personal advantage in his actions? Will they manage to remove him from office before he abolishes the present protections of our environment, of the poor, of the sick? Before his appointees abolish every regulation, maximizing the greed and venality of the earth-rapers? Before he abolishes the impartiality of the legal system to which we aspire by nominating federal judges who share his agenda rather than respect the law? Before his lack of forethought and restraint and civility and his nasty mouth brings us into a nuclear war? I sincerely hope so. I hope he can at least be restrained until the midterm elections when, if we cannot impeach him, we can remove those in power who enable and support him. Istar Holliday

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The county needed to rein in unregulated pot grows

In response to the Dec. 7 opinion article “We are family farmers,” may I point out several issues? Although I sympathize with their predicament and the many others in their position, the Kassirs did start their cannabis operation in a city and county with no directive ordinance. Other cities and counties in the state had already fully or partially banned cannabis activities. SLO County, on the other hand, was in a political war with itself, wasn’t paying attention to what was coming, and consequently was blindsided by a deluge of growers arriving from other counties and states seeking to reap the benefits of an unregulated county. Paso’s ban should have been a red flag as to what was coming for the Kassirs. Their move out to the Carrizo was paralleled by hundreds of others from all over the state and country. Sensitive habitat was destroyed, endangered and protected species were displaced or killed, the existing community in California Valley was completely disrupted, and the limited water basin was being abused. Hundreds of other growers spread throughout the county. In response, an urgency ordinance was enacted more than a year ago that made it pretty clear that any grows could be eliminated by a coming permanent ordinance. It was also clear that due to various conditions, residential suburban zoning would be off limits to those grows. This has now happened. The Kassirs’ pleas to the county are not falling on deaf ears, but the county is also responding to the pleas by the majority of other residents who are tired of having their communities overrun by outsiders with noisy generators, bright night lights, water trucks, and insufficient enforcement to regulate this new industry. If “locals” are getting swept up in these new restrictions, I sympathize. But give it some time; the outsiders will move back to their origins, or on to other unregulated areas, and the “locals” won’t have the unwanted competition and can continue their “farming” activities in legally zoned areas. As far as cannabis patients go: All of California can now grow, and there will be (and is) an abundance of medicine; just look at all the ads in the back pages of New Times, visit the many virtual dispensaries, or grow your own (up to six) plants—it’s not that hard. Patrick McGibney

Carrizo Plain

How is it possible for Republicans to still support Trump?

The current GOP tax “reform” did not surprise me at all. If Republicans in the House and Senate did not cater to their wealthiest private and corporate donors, they might not get the financial support they need in their upcoming elections. That’s all. Power and money is their priority. Oh yes, and stick it to Obamacare. You get what you vote for. What truly astounds me is that although Trump’s approval rating is dropping among Republican voters, it is still relatively high in spite of it all. First, there is an increasing amount of

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evidence that the Trump campaign and surely Trump himself knew about and participated in Putin’s cyber warfare against our democracy. Trump and company are now trying to discredit the FBI and Robert Muller’s investigation. Following Putin’s playbook, they are continuing to use lies, denials, and distractions to get out of any wrongdoing. And some Americans are falling for this! Unbelievably, some people being polled say that, even if Trump and his cohorts were found guilty of collusion, they don’t think it’s a big deal! How can one not care about this? Second, how can one be a “proud supporter” of Trump when he has not only given support to an accused child molester, but has himself been accused of sexual harassment or assault by at least 16 women, including the attempted rape of a business associate, and the rape of his ex-wife and the rape of a 13-year-old girl (Chris Riotta, newsweek.com, Nov. 11, 2017). Honestly now, they can’t all be lying. What’s a president to do around here to lose the support of Republicans? Walk out into a crowded street and shoot someone? Kathy Riedmann

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Harassment on the city trails

I need to get something off my chest. It has to do with the city of San Luis Obispo. Specifically, I believe, with the Parks and Recreation Department. Twice now when I’ve taken a hike on one of the many fantastic trails here I have been accosted by city representatives about my dog. This seems to be a recent thing. The first time was on the Bishop Peak trail. As I drove up, I noticed that some guy was taking pictures of people with their dogs standing by their cars. Then he walked up to us while we were still in our vehicle and did the same thing. I asked him what it was about and he told us that we’d better keep our dog on a leash. I asked who he was, and he just laughed and quickly walked away. An inquiry told me that he may have been a “SLO City Steward.” The second time was on one of the Irish Hills trails. I was at the end of one of them sitting on a bench enjoying the views when two guys with SLO City Ranger uniforms approached. One guy, the younger, seemed friendly enough, but the other, an older guy, was rude from the get-go. When they approached, my dog began to bark at him. He’s a very LETTERS continued page 18

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Opinion

Rhetoric&Reason

BY ROBERT C. CUDDY

Moore and #MeToo L ike every other American male, I have been trying to come to grips with the #MeToo movement and striving to grasp its boundless revelations and implications. My initial instinct has been to follow the advice of the movement’s leaders and shut up and listen. I have been and will continue to do the second part of that, but I’m done with the “shut up” part, mostly because I think the discussion, moving forward, requires the input of the victimizer class, i.e. men. I understand the reluctance to hear from us, but after the past few months, there seems to no longer be any danger that we will drown out the victims. I began my own reflections by trying to think whether I had ever victimized women in the way Harry Weinstein and Donald Trump, Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose, and too many others have done. I have been a boss and had female subordinates. I don’t think I behaved offensively. But merely because we men believe our actions were aboveboard doesn’t make it so, I’m learning. That’s one of the key elements in the current discussions: men’s cluelessness. The breadth of the opprobrious behavior is the second astonishing (to me, anyway) revelation. There have been times in the past few months when I have wondered if every woman has been victimized, and whether this behavior went back to the first caveman and cavewoman. Every woman I know has a #MeToo tale.

I am also knocked on my heels by the depth of rage women are expressing. I suspect some women, if they’ve read this far, are thinking: “This clown and his fellow perpetrators shouldn’t be surprised by any of this. If they’re gobsmacked then it’s because they didn’t want to know.” All I can do is try to be honest. I didn’t know these things. I do now, and I’m still learning. Although it is long overdue, the way the #MeToo movement is playing out contains troubling elements that need to be discussed, even though those who mention them are accused of siding with the victimizers.

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fire breaks, and such. Definitely global warming. Humbug! Social services has an admonishment for derelict parents who fail to “raise” their children. “You can take the responsibility to raise your child or the government will do it for you.” In this case, you can be good stewards of the land or mother nature will do it. Something’s missing in Sacramento, and we can start with common sense. They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree but in Gov. Brown’s case some cow gave it a solid hoof to the next pasture. Every liberal should have ITNsquared tattooed in the web of his (her, or its) right hand thumb and forefinger so when they go glad-handing for votes you know what you can expect. But I am holding my breath; not that I’m trying to reduce carbon pollution, they’ve blown away decades of that effort with these fires. I’m waiting for the California economy to collapse because of unfunded pension liabilities. How will they blame that on global warming?

friendly dog, but he could sense this guy’s aggressive behavior. He told me to put my dog on a leash (I let him off sometimes to go to the bathroom). I looked for it in my backpack. I told him that I did have him on it, but when I didn’t produce it immediately he piped up and said, “something tells me that your dog wasn’t on a leash at all.” Just then, I pulled it out of my pocket. The guy’s demeanor was confrontational the whole time, telling me that we had to leave because the trail was closed. We did see signs on the way about the closure, but the one we were on was not closed. So we left. A word of advice to the city: You seriously need to talk to your people about their hyper-officious PR, because if you’re trying to piss people off with harassment and discourage them into not hiking you’re going about it all right. Ron Ray

San Luis Obispo

There have been times in the past few months when I have wondered if every woman has been victimized, and whether this behavior went back to the first caveman and cavewoman. Chief among them is the abandonment of core American principles by people I thought held them dear. I’m talking about principles like presumption of innocence, the right to a hearing, all that stuff in the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. They are being treated as annoyances, impediments to justice for victims. Accusation is guilt, and the accused/guilty should be

The real new normal

Yes, ITNsquared. “It’s the new normal.” I love these! The “Great California Drought,” ITNsquared. It had nothing to do with the abandonment of Gov. Pat Brown’s plans for a growing California with more reservoirs and infrastructure programs. Nope! Global warming is the villain. Historic forest fires destroying homes, closing freeways, and rail lines, shutting down businesses and schools. It had nothing to do with forest management, like controlled burns,

sentenced to summary career execution. This is disturbing on too many levels to list here. And yet, I understand the sentiment. Far, far too many times have the victims been disbelieved. There has to be a way to find justice for the victims without throwing out basic principles. Also troubling is a lack of nuance in treating the crimes. Some behavior that has been outed is not subject to discussion. You don’t drop your drawers in front of other people, let alone try to dazzle them with your equipment. You don’t answer the door in an untied bathrobe while wearing no

Jan Lipski

Vandenberg Village

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underwear. You don’t lock the door behind your female visitor. You don’t pull a Bill Cosby and drug her. But it’s not always that inarguable. Are Weinstein’s offenses, or Cosby’s, or Trump’s, or Roy Moore’s on a par with say, Al Franken’s or (insert name here; it could be anyone between the time I write this and the day it is published). Is a hand on the posterior, though

inexcusable, as bad as masturbating in front of your victim? I understand: The one thing all these acts have in common is that they make women feel powerless, attacked, victimized. And none is excusable. But I’m asking: Are there gradations? If you want to look at the unforeseen consequences of this “they’re all the same” attitude, think about this: Al Franken is leaving the United States Senate, while Roy Moore came close to joining it and still has defenders. Is that good for the women (and teenage girls) of America? Decency and regret are causing some good people to leave public life. Meanwhile, some not-so-decent people, like the Molester-In-Chief, continue to blame their accusers, and thrive. I can’t shake the feeling that misogynists and molesters are laughing their asses off at the rest of us, and taking off their bathrobes so we can see their chuckling posteriors. Well, these are merely observations in a discussion that will now never cease, I hope. I’m heading back to my rounds of holiday get-togethers. When I run into female friends I haven’t seen in a while I may or may not give them the hug I’ve given them every year. If I learn that a female colleague has earned a promotion, I’ll shake her hand, I won’t embrace her: You can teach an old dog some new tricks. ∆ Bob Cuddy is an award-winning columnist, now retired and living in Arroyo Grande. New Times is trying to figure out who the new contributor to the progressive side of things will be for Rhetoric & Reason. Send your thoughts to clanham@newtimesslo.com.

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The Shredder

Pass the kouchie

thought weed was supposed to chill people out, but judging from the acrimony and infighting among the SLO commercial cannabis community, more product testing is needed, stat! Jason Kallen is executive director of San Luis Obispo NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). On his Facebook page, Kallen’s posted a clip of Sean Donahoe speaking to the SLO County Board of Supervisors during its Dec. 5 meeting, in which Donahoe claimed to be speaking for the SLO County Cannabis Business Association (SLOCCBA), threatening the county with a referendum to challenge their new cannabis ordinance. In particular, Donahoe mentioned Cookie Fam Genetics, formerly an underground collective of high tech growers who have morphed into a big commercial operation. One of their farms is in Nipomo. “I find it interesting that SLOCCBA, who has from day one said they are for local small farmers, would publicly go on record supporting no one but the largest outside growers in the county,” Kallen complained. He also believes a referendum could backfire, saying it “could bring about total prohibition.” He then listed both Donahoe’s and SLOCCBA founder and president Marie Johnson-Roth’s telephone numbers. “Don’t be afraid to call several times to get your point across,” Kallen added. Johnson-Roth jumped into the thread,

writing, “Here’s my response to Jason Kallen’s attempt to work against the SLOCCBA and anyone else trying to discredit the efforts to bring our local businesses together,” and then she posted a long open letter to the Board of Supervisors, in which she claimed Donahoe was not speaking on behalf of her organization which is not considering a referendum. “He’s [Donahoe] also a consultant for area businesses and I’m sure is beholden to his clients to take whatever action they deem necessary,” Johnson-Roth added, throwing Donahoe right under the bus. So let me see if I have this straight. Donahoe is threatening a referendum under the guise of SLOCCBA in an effort to protect Cookie Fam’s investment in Nipomo, while Kallen is attacking both Donahoe and Johnson-Roth’s SLOCCBA, but Johnson-Roth is disavowing Donahoe and suggesting he’s on Cookie Fam’s payroll plus attacking Kallen in return, is that right? Dudes! You guys are making me dizzy! Spark up that peace pipe and pass it around! Recreational cannabis is here, and with it the opportunity to make money. Work together, people! Unfortunately, the Board of Supervisors and their boneheaded, draconian ordinance is the source of this conflict. What really spills my bong water is how weirdly inconsistent and more than a tad hypocritical the three conservative board members—John Peschong, Lynn

Compton, and Debbie Arnold— are. They’re typically pro-business and proagriculture, yet they suddenly lose their faith in laissez-faire capitalism when it comes to cannabis. This counterproductive ordinance is cutting the county off from a potentially lucrative revenue stream at a time when it could really use it, and they’re purposefully thwarting the will of SLO County voters. See you at the polls, chumps. And speaking of chumps, did you hear the latest from former SLO City Councilmember John Ashbaugh? He’s not a fan of billboards—I know! Who is?—so he went before the Board of Supervisors to tell the county it should be working to get Highway 101 designated as a state scenic highway, something that’s been in the works for a while but hasn’t been a priority. Hey, sounds good, but to make the highway more scenic, Ashbaugh advocated for removing all the billboards. How, John? Eminent domain? Those billboards are people’s livelihoods. Someone owns the land, rents the space, and businesses advertise to bring in customers. Here’s the doozy, though. If it’s impossible to remove them, Ashbaugh said, “We’ve actually been thinking that we should buy the billboard space and put up images of what the land looks like behind the billboards.”

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“Thinking”? Is that what you call it? All I know is when I’m heading through Atascadero, I sure like knowing how to get some weed from Diamond Cannabis Direct and where to turn off for the Charles Paddock Zoo. Plus, I’m pretty sure what’s behind that particular billboard is just more Atascadero. Are you really going to expect the county to pay for a photo of Atascadero along 101 in Atascadero? And finally, I love free speech, so I have no problem with anyone complaining about the not-guilty verdict in the Jose Ines Garcia Zarate murder trial. He was the undocumented homeless immigrant from Mexico who had been deported several times on drug-related convictions. The jury found that he fired the gun whose bullet ricocheted off the pavement, accidently striking and killing 32-year-old Cal Poly graduate Kate Steinle in San Francisco in 2015. So whoever put anti-undocumentedimmigrant flyers around the Cal Poly Dream Center, which houses the Undocumented Student Working Group, you are exercising your free speech. You are also an asshole, and your flyers are clearly meant to intimidate. But why try to scare Dreamers whose parents brought them here as children, who are now adults trying to better themselves and become productive members of the community? Oh yeah, because you’re an asshole. Ain’t free speech grand? ∆ The Shredder wants a billboard advertising a sensible new DACA law. Send ideas and comments to shredder@ newtimesslo.com.

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Cal Poly Arts presents The Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show on Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center. The Blind Boys of Alabama will be joined by vocalist Ruthie Foster and the Preservation Hall Legacy Horns. Tickets are $30 to $58. Call (805) 756-4849 or visit calpolyarts.org to find out more. —Caleb Wiseblood

SPECIAL EVENTS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

CAMBRIA CHRISTMAS MARKET Street market centered around celebrating the holiday season. Enjoy live entertainment, open-air stalls, fresh baked goods, traditional German hot spiced wine and other drinks, and more. Through Dec. 23, 5-9 p.m. 805-927-3624. cambriachristmasmarket.com. Cambria Village, 723 Main St., Cambria. A SURREAL SOLSTICE Featuring live art by Emily Tayman Art, Foreverstoked, and Jordan Quintero and music by Tropo, Kr3ture, Kyra, and The Wakefuls. Tickets available online and at Boo Boo Records. For adults 21 and up. Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. $12 presale. $17 at the door. luvlabproductions. org. The Siren, 900 Main St., Morro Bay, 225-1312. S A N LU IS O B IS P O

A BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA CHRISTMAS The Blind Boys present seasonal favorites from their Grammy-winning Go Tell It On The Mountain and Talkin’ Christmas albums. The Preservation Hall Legacy Horns will sit in for several numbers. Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. $30$58. 805-756-4849. calpolyarts.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

PUPPETS AND POETS A performance, for mature audiences, featuring poetry, puppetry, live music, and more. Performers include Amber West, Zeb West, Will Jones, Clovis Blackwell, Jerime Ford, and The Singer and The Songwriter. Dec. 15, 7-9 p.m. $7. 512-765-5661. tinyurl.com/eggupslo. Palm Theatre, 817 Palm St, San Luis Obispo.

WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH 2017 Features a blend of live music and cinematic storytelling that explores the holiday season from a contemporary perspective. Dec. 16, 7-9 p.m. and Dec. 17, 10 a.m.-noon & 6-8 p.m. Free. 805541-0777. agapeslo.org. Agape Church, 950 Laureate Ln., San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

10TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY SING-ALONG: CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA Enjoy great regional music and performance groups while also joining in on singing classic Christmas and holiday songs. Dec. 17, 4-5:30 p.m. $6-$12. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. S A N TA M A R I A VA L L E Y/ LO S A L A M O S

14TH ANNUAL TREES OF THE SEASON HOLIDAY CELEBRATION AND FUNDRAISER Raffle to win trees, wreaths, and accompanying goodies. Proceeds will support educational programs and activities at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center. Other raffle prizes include locally made wine and gift certificates to local restaurants. Wednesdays-Sundays, 6-7 p.m. through Dec. 15 $2 per ticket or $6 for 10. 805-343-2455. dunescenter.org/events/trees/. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center, 1065 Guadalupe St, Guadalupe.

AHC YOUTH DANCE PRESENTS THE NUTCRACKER More than 50 performers, both children and adults, bring this Christmas story to life. Pre-sale tickets available at Allan Hancock College. Dec. 16, 7 p.m. and Dec. 17, 2 p.m. 805-922-6966. hancockcollege.edu. Ethel Pope Auditorium, 901 S. Broadway, Santa Maria. LO M P O C/ VA N D E N B E R G

LOMPOC VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE Come by and discover historical artifacts, documents, and other pieces of Lompoc’s past. The home is an 1875 Victorian. Also on the property are a blacksmith shop, carriage house, museum, and reference room with a huge inventory of family genealogy. Dec. 23, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-735-4626. Lompoc Historical Society, 207 N L St., Lompoc. S A N TA Y N E Z VA L L E Y

SOLVANG CHRISTMAS CANDLELIGHT TOURS Take part in a tour guided by a costumed tour guide with everyone holding a battery powered LED candle. Learn about Solvang and enjoy traditional Christmas carols. Limit of 20 guests per tour. Meet at the Visitors Center. Saturdays, 5 p.m. through Dec. 30 solvangusa.com. Solvang Park, Mission Drive and First Street, Solvang.

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27TH ANNUAL PASO ROBLES VICTORIAN TEDDY BEAR TEA Enjoy cookies, tea, facepainting, storytelling, and meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, the Elves, and the Snow King and Queen. Tickets go on sale Dec. 1. Dec. 16, 2-4 p.m. $15 adults; $8 children. 805-238-4103. pasoroblesdowntown.org. Park Ballroom, 1232 Park St., Paso Robles.

HOLIDAY MAGIC AT CHARLES PADDOCK ZOO Celebrate holiday season at the Charles Paddock Zoo as the zookeepers step in as Santa’s Elves to prepare gifts for the animals. Santa Claus will be present as well. Dec. 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-4615080. atascaderochamber.org. Charles Paddock Zoo, 9100 Morro Rd., Atascadero.

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AT POMAR Enjoy complimentary mulled wine or spiced cider, holiday treats, winery tours, prizes for kids, and more. Dec. 15, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Dec. 16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Dec. 17, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Regular tasting fees apply. 805-238-9940. pomarjunction.com/. Pomar Junction Vineyards & Winery, 5036 S. El Pomar Dr., Templeton. SANTA IN THE HOLIDAY HOUSE Visit Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in the City Park Holiday House. Through Dec. 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. pasoroblesdowntown.org. Downtown City Park, 11th and Spring St., Paso Robles. S A N LU IS O B IS P O

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION Enjoy this holiday screening of Christmas Vacation. Includes a raffle for one pair of Fremont Golden Tickets. Dec. 19, 7-10 p.m. $7. 805-329-5725. Fremont Theatre, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, fremont.themovieexperience.com.

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for those who have lost loved ones to come together and not face their grief alone. Dec. 14, 6-7:30 p.m. 805-544-2266. Hospice SLO County, 1304 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo, hospiceslo.org.

HANUKKAH DOWNTOWN Hosted by the JCCFederation of SLO. Candle-lighting continues through the eight nights of Hanukkah. Congregation Beth David leads the Dec. 16 ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Through Dec. 19, 5 p.m. Free. 805-426-5465. jccslo.com. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 751 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

HOLIDAYS AT THE APPLE FARM Enjoy family activities, visits and photos with Santa Claus, complimentary ornaments with gift shop purchases, home-baked holiday treats, and more at the Apple Farm Inn and Restaurant. Through Dec. 25, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. 805-544-2040. Apple Farm, 2015 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. SANTA CLAUS VISITS THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Kids welcome to visit with Santa and join him in completing a craft project. Dec. 16, 8:3011 a.m. Free. 805-544-1373. sloucc.org. United Church of Christ (Congregational) of San Luis Obispo, 11245 Los Osos Valley Rd., San Luis Obipo.

SANTA’S HOUSE IN MISSION PLAZA Come visit Santa Clause at his house in Mission Plaza through Christmas Eve. Through Dec. 24, noon slochamber. org. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T Y

40TH ANNUAL SPECIAL CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY Approximately 30 students enrolled in special education classes from Oceano Elementary, Grover Heights Elementary, and Ocean View Elementary will attend. Children enjoy free play in the arcade, making crafts, and visits with Santa, Smokey Bear, and Sparky the Fire Dog. Dec. 14, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 805-773-5649. Pismo Coast Village RV Resort, 165 S Dolliver St., Pismo Beach.

SANTA IN THE VILLAGE Children welcome to visit with Santa on the front porch of the Conrad House. Saturdays, Sundays, 12-4 p.m. and Wednesdays, Fridays, 3-5:30 p.m. through Dec. 24 arroyograndevillage.org. Historic Village of Arroyo Grande, Branch and Short St., Arroyo Grande, 805458-3321. SECOND ANNUAL TOY GIVEAWAY FOR CHILDREN Presented by House Of Holistics And

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SPECIAL EVENTS from page 20 NHC. For children ages 13 and under. Dec. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. (805) 242-0309. Ramona Garden Park Center, 993 Ramona Ave., Grover Beach, groverbeach.org. S A N tA M A R i A VA l l e y/ lo S A l A M o S

ARTS AND CRAFT FAIR: THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Browse through handcrafts, scrubs, lotions, fudge, jewelry, and other stocking stuffer gifts. Dec. 16-17, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Coventree: Books and Gifts, 722 e Main St., Santa Maria.

HOLIDAY CUPCAKE CHALLENGE Join this exciting program where kids 8-12 will get tips on frosting beautiful cupcakes. Decorate your own cupcake for a chance to win a prize. Dec. 20, 4-5 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. Santa Maria Public library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

MEMBERS ONLY MORNING WITH SANTA Museum members can spend the morning with Santa and one of his elves, Snowflake. enjoy making holiday crafts, playing bingo, and more. Dec. 17, 10 a.m.-noon Free to members. 805-9288414. smvdiscoverymuseum.org. Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, 705 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

NIGHT LIGHT THEATER: THE SANTA CLAUSE Special holiday screening of The Santa Clause as a part of the library’s monthly family movie night. Dec. 19, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. Santa Maria Public library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Meet Santa Claus at the Santa Maria town Center. Through Dec. 24 805-922-7931. santamariatowncenter.com. Santa Maria town Center, 142 town Center east, Santa Maria. S A N tA y N e z VA l l e y

PHOTOS WITH SANTA IN SOLVANG Santa Claus arrives in Solvang to celebrate Julefest. Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 805-688-6144. solvangusa.com. Solvang Park, Mission Drive and First Street, Solvang.

Arts ClAsses & Workshops N o R t H C o A S t S lo C o u N t y

CREATIVITY GROUP Different, creative experiences every Wednesday. Bring your art work, in any medium, and join others. Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. through Jan. 31 Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

HOLIDAY CRAFT WITH BETHANN enjoy making a fun holiday craft with BethAnn. For ages 5 and up. Dec. 22, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

OIL PAINTING MONDAYS WITH JASON MAYR learn to paint still life in oil. Beginner to advanced students are welcome. Mondays, 9 a.m.1 p.m. through Jan. 15 $30-$35. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

ZEN DOODLE ADULT COLORING BOOK GROUP Relax and unwind with adult coloring books. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon through Feb. 2 Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. S A N lu iS o B iS P o

BLACKSMITHING: BASIC SAFETY the first class in a series of two that you can take to use the forge and anvil at the space. Visit the website for instructions and requirements. Registration required. tuesdays, 11 a.m.-noon Free. 805-2421285. slomakerspace.com/blacksmithing/. Slo MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San luis obispo.

CABARET SINGING AND PERFORMANCE CLASS learn the art of singing in a Cabaret style and setting. Find your key and style with a skilled accompanist. you may start anytime during the semester. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $185 for 12 week class or $20 per night as a drop-in student. 805-772-2812. cuesta.edu/ communityprograms/community-education/ music/cabaret.html. Cuesta College Community Programs, Highway 1, San luis obispo.

MAKES A GREAT GIFT! The Mustang Kids Club is the official kids club of Cal Poly Athletics, and all kids in 8th grade and under are eligible to join. Benefits include: • FREE admission to all regular season home games for soccer, volleyball, wrestling, and women’s basketball** • FREE admi admission to select home games for football, men’s basketball, and baseball** • Mustang Kids Club T-shirt and membership card • Access to exclusive Mustang Kids Club events • Birthday card and FREE mini ice cream from Doc Burnstein’s • And more! *Tickets Subject To Availability

For more information about the Mustang Kids Club, or to register today, visit GoPoly.com/kidsclub

FILM AND TV ACTING CLASS For all ages and skill levels. optional showcases with major Hollywood talent agents and casting directors. Sundays, 12-8:45 p.m. through Dec. 31 310-9101228. actorsedge.com. Mission Cinemas, 1025 Monterey St., Slo. ARTS continued page 23 www.newtimesslo.com • December 14 - December 21, 2017 • New Times • 21

Thank you, San Luis Obispo! for helping us celebrate our 150th Anniversary Year!

Thank you to our Event Partners, the Ar�sts, Agencies and Individuals who helped create these events (apologies if we inadvertently left someone of the list)

January Celebra�ng the Visual Arts: Art A�er Dark, Chris Anderson (blown glass), Melissa Campbell (stained glass), Bob Gordon (floral design), Crissa Hewi� (metal design), Barry Lundgren (wood design), Patricia Mar�n (weaving), Bob Nichols (ceramics), Tom Meinhold (photography), Gina Hafemeister (weaving), Carol Astaire (pain�ng). February History Helping the Homeless: Prado Day Center, Maxine Lewis Shelter, Interfaith Coali�on for the Homeless, People’s Kitchen, Community Ac�on Partnership SLO. March Taste of Faiths: Sari Dworkin, Congrega�on Ohr Tzafon, SLO Mission, SLO Islamic Society, White Heron Sangha, SLO Buddhist Temple. April Chocolate Egg-stravaganza: Women’s Shelter, Family Care Network. May Wedding Dress Fashion Show and Renewal of Marriage Vows: MaryJo Devi�, Madonna Inn, SLO History Center, Wilshire Hospice, Tracy Tedone, Katy Reno, Gordon’s Floral Design Studio, USC Costume Shop, Mayor Heidi Harmon. Special thanks to Spencer’s Fresh Market, Madonna Inn, Vons, Fromagerie Sophie for wedding cakes. June For the Love of Singing Choral Evensong: Sari Dworkin, David O�esen, First Presbyterian Church of SLO, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of SLO, The Episcopal Churches of St Barnabas (Arroyo Grande), St Benedict (Los Osos), St Luke (Atascadero), and St James (Paso Robles). July Jubilee: 2-1-1, Community Counseling Center, Arts for Living, HomeShare SLO, Shower The People, Noor Founda�on, Food Bank of SLO County, Community Ac�on Partnership SLO, CASA of SLO County, Hospice of SLO County, Senior Volunteer Services, Joy Tuman’s Israeli Dancing, Michael & Shannon Larrabee (and September). August Big Hats & A�ernoon Tea at the Jack House: Friends of the Jack House, SLO History Museum, MaryJo Devi�, Red Hat North Ladies, Red Hat South Ladies, Re�red Senior Volunteer Services, Sierra Vista Hospital Volunteers, First Presbyterian Church of SLO, SLO United Methodist Church, Arroyo Grande United Methodist Church. September Official 150th Birthday Celebra�on & Block Party: SLO Taiko Drummers, Arts for Living. Special thanks to SLO Chamber of Commerce (Ribbon Cu�ng) and California State Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (Resolu�on). October Blessing of the Animals: Woods Humane Society, Pacific Wildlife Care. Special thanks to Cate Trujillo.

Celebrate Christmas with us

Wednesday, December 20 at 12:15 – “Blue Christmas” Healing Service acknowledging that Christmas can be a diﬃcult time

Sunday, December 24 – 8am and 10am – The 4th Sunday of Advent – 4pm Family Christmas Eve Service with St. Stephen’s’ Choir (If your child would like to be in the Pageant, please arrive by 3:30pm)

– 10:30pm Carol Sing-a-Long and 11:00pm Christmas Midnight Mass with Celebra�on Choir Monday, December 25 – 9am Christmas Morning Service (The breakfast for the homeless is being moved to Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras. Volunteers needed for the evening of February 13, 2018)

Regular Worship Services & Events Tuesday@5pm – Centering Prayer Wednesday @11:00am – Women’s Prayer Wednesday@12:15 – Mid-Week Service Wednesday @ 5:15pm – Choir Rehearsal Sunday@8am – Holy Eucharist Sunday@10am – Holy Eucharist with Music 22 • New Times • December 14 - December 21, 2017 • www.newtimesslo.com

Contact Us 1344 Nipomo Street, SLO (GPS: 650 Pismo Street) Oﬃce: 9am to 1pm Mon-Thu Phone: 805-543-7212 oﬃce@ststephensslo.org www.ststephensslo.org

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PISMO JAZZ JUBILEE

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INTRO TO 3D PRINTING Learn how to use the 3D Printers and software. Once certified, and if Basic Safety has been passed, users can utilize the 3D printers with their own filament or pay for the filament onsite through membership, or free weekly SLO County Library Hours. Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/3dprinting/#class. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

OFF THE WALLS 2017 Items are sold to benefit the exhibitions and education programs of SLOMA. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 31 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ calendar/index.php?event=1519. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. PHANTOM 8: ORIGINAL PRINTS BY CENTRAL COAST PRINTMAKERS Thursdays-Saturdays, 1-7

INTRO TO CERAMICS STUDIO Take and pass our Intro to Ceramics Studio and have 24/7 unsupervised access to our Ceramics Studio. Previous ceramics experience required, or our Intro to Ceramics class. 25lb of clay comes with this class. Third Monday of every month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $50. 242-1285. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo, slomakerspace.com.

INTRO TO CNC ROUTER Learn how to use the 4’x6’ CNC Router. Certified users who have passed Basic Safety can use the CNC Router (supplying their own material and bit) through membership or during free SLO County Library Hours. Third Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/cnc-routing/#class. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo. INTRO TO LASER CUTTER AND ENGRAVER Learn how to use a 100 watt laser cutter and engraver. Users who are certified, and have passed Basic Safety, can use it on their own through membership, or through free SLO County Library Hours for and $0.50/min. cutting time. Mondays, 7-10 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace. com/laser-cutting-and-engraving/#class. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

INTRO TO MIG WELDING Learn how to use the welder and welding station. Certified students who have passed Basic Safety can use the welding area through membership or during Free SLO County Library cardholder hours. Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. $50. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/store/intro-tomig-welding-class/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

LEATHERCRAFTING: BASIC SAFETY For people with no previous leathercraft experience. Includes overview and training of common leatherworking tools, safe tool use, and a discussion of materials needed for leathercraft. Third Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-242-1285. slomakerspace.com/leathercrafting/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

POTTERY CLASSES AND PAINTING POTS Take a class or book a private party. Options include painting pre-made pieces or making your own with clay. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. through Dec. 23 $30. 805-896-6197. anamcre. com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

SLOMA ART SCHOOL CLASSES: AGES 5-6 Month-long after school art classes for 5 to 6 year olds. Price includes all materials. Mondays, 3:154:45 p.m. through March 26 $48. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SQUARE DANCE CLASSES No partner needed. Comfortable clothes and shoes advised. Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. through Feb. 1 $5-$6. 805776-3684. ccsda.net. SLO Guild Hall, 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

WOODTURNING Basic Safety, Spindle, Bowl Turning I, Bowl Turning II and Advanced class. Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.-noon $50. 805-2421285. slomakerspace.com/woodturning/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo. S A N TA M A R I A VA L L e y/ LO S A L A M O S

BALLROOM, LATIN, AND SWING LESSONS Marie King and Kings of Swing offer dance lessons for all ages and skill levels. Couples and singles welcome. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $36 for 4-week session. 928-7799. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

COUNTRY TWO STEP DANCE LESSONS From the basics to a variety of patterns. Dancers of all skill levels welcome. Thursdays, 6:15-7 p.m. $8. 805-680-5695. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt.

EVERYBODY CAN DANCE Ballet workout classes for teens and adults. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. 937-6753. everybodycandance.webs.com. everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. INTRODUCTORY BALLET 1 Tuesdays, 5 p.m. 937-6753. everybodycandance.webs.com. everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

This exhibit ranges across all 2D and 3D art mediums. Through Dec. 31 Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralartsupply.com/Gallery.php. Art Central, 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

p.m. through Dec. 30 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma. org/exhibits/on-view.php?event=1527. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SELECTIONS: NYC A reflection of the diversity one would encounter on wandering through the multitudinous galleries of New york’s arts districts. The works chosen represent a wide variety of subject matter and studio practices. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through Jan. 1 805-5438562. sloma.org/exhibits/comingnext.php?event=1467. San Luis Dec. 14 – Dec. 21 Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., 2017 San Luis Obispo.

Dancing in the Starlight

The Basin Street Regulars presents the Starlight Dreamband and Judith and the Jazz Krewe on Dec. 17 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Pismo Beach Veteran’s Memorial Building. This concert includes a potluck lunch. Bring $5 and a salad, appetizer, or dessert to share. Call (805) 481-7840 or visit pismojazz.com to find out more. —C.W. INTRODUCTORY BALLET 2 Wednesdays, 6 p.m. and Fridays 937-6753. everybodycandance.webs. com. everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

0594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

INTRODUCTORY BALLET 3 Wednesdays, 6 p.m. 937-6753. everybodycandance.webs.com. everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

of artwork in SLOMA’s permanent collection. each month, three pieces are chosen to put on display. Participants are encouraged to join in an open conversation about the artwork with trained docents. Third Thursday of every month, 5:30-6 p.m. through Dec. 21 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/events/permanent-collection-spotlight. php?event=1142. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

SWING DANCE CLASS No experience or partner required. Mondays, 7-9 p.m. through Dec. 18 $10. 805 937 1574. CentralCoastSwingDance.com. Old Town Brew, 338 W. Tefft St, Nipomo.

UKULELE CLASS Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. 9287799. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. WINTER MAKERSPACE Come to the Santa Maria Public Library Saturday’s for its weekly MakerSpace events. Create something different each week. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. through Feb. 24 Free. 805-925-0994. cityofsantamaria.org/ city-government/departments/library. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

Special art eventS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T y

FOREVER STOKED WINTER ART SHOW Featuring artwork from Ken Christensen, Charlie Clingman, Dakota Pitts, Chris Pedersen, Peter Pierce, and more local artists. Dec. 16, 12-8 p.m. Free. 805-234-5917. foreverstoked.com. Forever Stoked, 1164 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T y

THE UNDER $200 SHOW Includes a variety of local artists. All work is original and priced just under $200. Thursdays. through Jan. 11 805-4640433. The ARTery, 5890 Traffic Way, Atascadero, the1artery.com. S A N LU IS O B IS P O

BOOK SIGNING WITH MARGARET PINARD Join local author Margaret Pinard for readings from the second book in her Remnants series, The Grasping Root. This event will include singing, poetry, and refreshments. Dec. 20, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. 805-781-5783. slolibrary.org. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

CORNERS OF THE MOUTH Featured reader: David Kann. Open reading to follow. Dec. 17, 7 p.m. 805-541-5888. linnaeas.com. Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden St., San Luis Obispo.

FILM NIGHT: BERENICE ABBOTT & A VIEW OF THE 20TH CENTURY Join SLOMA in this film viewing about Berenice Abbott, a great 20th century American photographer known for her avant-garde portraits. Dec. 18, 7-9 p.m. $5 members, $7 non-members. 805-543-8562. sloma. org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

JULIA MORGAN BUILDING TOUR Member docents will guide you through our historic building and grounds. Tours may also be arranged by appointment. Mondays, 2-5 p.m. Free. 805-541-

SLOMA PERMANENT COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT This is an after-hours exploration

exhibitS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T y

CHANGING TIDES: A FINE ART PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Features paintings in all media and photography that depict land and water-scapes that shape the Central Coast. Through Dec. 29 Free. 805-772-1068. galleryatmarinasquare.com. Gallery at Marina Square, 601 embarcadero Ste. 10, Morro Bay.

LITTLE GEMS FOR THE HOLIDAYS This show spotlights seasonal work by local artists. Thursdays-Sundays, 1-4 p.m. through Dec. 31 Free. 805-927-8190. cambriacenterforthearts. org/. Cambria Center for the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria. METALLICS, MOVEMENT, MUSIC, AND SCULPTURE enjoy a glass of wine and mingle with local artists. Featured artists: Ryan Adams and Holly e. Rohner. Dec. 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-772-5055. Stax Wine Bar & Bistro, 1099 embarcadero, Morro Bay, staxwine.com.

PAINTINGS BY ROSEMARY PISCIOTTA Acrylic, oil, and watercolor paintings. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 29 Free. 805-9274336. slolibrary.org. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria.

WINTER FAIRE AND JURIED CRAFT SHOW Hosted by the Morro Bay Art Association. A collective of paintings, photography, jewelry, and fine crafts. Through Dec. 22, 12-4 p.m. Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. N O R T H S LO C O U N T y

TRANSPARENTLY APPARENT An exhibit by local glass artist Nathan Doster. Opens Nov. 11 with a reception at 6pm. Through Jan. 10, 2018 Free. 805-466-3684. ärt/, 5806 Traffic Way, Atascadero. S A N LU I S O B IS P O

CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA Photography depicting elegant dresses, costumes, masks and from all over europe by Peggy Jansson and Cheryl Strahl. Through Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/exhibits/coming-next. php?event=1493. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo.

LITTLE TREASURES A group show featuring talented local artists showcasing their work.

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COMMUNITY DAY AT THE WILDLING Wildling offers free admission during Community Day. enjoy drop-in art activities, current exhibits, and more. Third Wednesday of every month Free. 805-6881082. wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Drive, Solvang.

THE STUDENT AND THE TEACHER Showcases paintings of ranching life by Theodore Waddell and Isabelle Johnson, Waddell’s former teacher. ongoing 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Drive, Solvang.

callS for artiStS N O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U N T y

CALL FOR ARTISTS: MORRO BAY ART ASSOCIATION STUDENT ART SHOW The Morro Bay Art Association Student Art Show will be held Mar. 3 through Apr. 7. The submission deadline is Dec. 23. See website for more info. Through Dec. 23 and Dec. 23 Free. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

FOR THE BIRDS 2018: CALL FOR ARTISTS The Morro Bay Art Association is seeking original works for the annual For the Birds exhibit in celebration of the Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival. Through Jan. 9, 2018, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-772-2504. artcentermorrobay.org. Art Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay.

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PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT The story of two couples, one newlywed and the other married for five years, both experiencing pains and difficulties in their relationship. The observance of each other’s troubles brings both couples to realize what they have and to reconcile. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:309:30 p.m. and Sundays, 3-5 p.m. through Jan. 21 $25. 805-927-3877. pewterploughplayhouse.net. Pewter Plough Playhouse, 828 Main St., Cambria.

THE REBOOT: STORYTELLING REIMAGINED Curated mix of invited storytellers and open mic for novice storytellers. Spoken word, improv, character sketches and interactive games. every third Friday of the month. Third Friday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-772-9225. facebook. com/topdogcoffeebar/. Top Dog Coffee Bar, 857 Main St., Morro Bay. S A N LU IS O B IS P O

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER This radio play tells the story of two co-workers who dislike each other, without realizing they’re actually secret pen-pals. Dec. 15, 7-9 p.m., Dec. 16, 7-9 p.m. and Dec. 17, 3-5 p.m. $10. 805-776-3287. bytheseaproductions.org. By The Sea Productions, 545 Shasta Ave., Morro Bay.

A CHRISTMAS STORY Back by popular demand for the fourth year in a row. Weekday showings at 7pm and weekends at 2pm. Wednesdays-Sundays. through Dec. 23 $20-$38. 805-786-2440. slorep. org. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo. ARTS continued page 24

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IMPROV COMEDY SHOW Fast-paced improv comedy shows performed by the ensemble of Central Coast Comedy Theater. All shows are based on audience suggestions making every show unique. Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. $5. centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Kreuzberg Coffee Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, 803-430-0260. SLOLIO: A GATHERING OF TRUE STORIES Monthly storytelling event open to anyone who has a true story to share based on a theme and told without notes. December’s theme is “Racing The Clock”. Dec. 20, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-995-2867. slolio.org. Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden St., San Luis Obispo.

THE SNOW QUEEN Choreographer Theresa Slobodnik’s world premiere of this family-friendly production based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. Dec. 15, 7 p.m., Dec. 16, 7 p.m. and Dec. 17, 2 p.m. $26-$44. 805.440.1439. bt-slo.org/ performances. Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. UNDERGROUND COMEDY NIGHT Enjoy live comedy, drinks, and more. Thursdays, 9-10:30 p.m. through Dec. 29 Free. 805439-4200. facebook.com/ Undergroundbrewco/?ref=aymt_ homepage_panel. Underground Brewing Company, 1040 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. S O U T H C O A S T S LO C O U n T y

Dec. 14 – Dec. 21 2017

THE GREAT AMERICAN MELODRAMA’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA Triple bill that features Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, zany characters in a fractured fairy-tale opera, and the seasonal music in the Holiday Vaudeville Revue. Through Dec. 31 americanmelodrama.com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano.

AN IRISH CHRISTMAS Enjoy traditional Irish music, dancing, and singing in celebration of the holiday season. Features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by World Champion Dancers Scott Doherty and Tyler Schwartz. Dec. 16, 2 & 7 p.m. $36-$48. 805-489-9444. clarkcenter.org. Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande.

RUMORS Presented by the nipomo High School Theatre Company. Through Dec. 16, 7 p.m. $6$8. 805-474-3300. nipomo High School, 525 n Thompson Ave, nipomo.

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FREAKY FRIDAY A modern fairytale based on the novel by Mary Rodgers and two Disney films. When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding. Through Dec. 23, 1:30 & 7 p.m. pcpa.org. Marian Theatre, 800 S. College Drive, Santa Maria.

Music Live Music n O R T H C O A S T S LO C O U n T y

THE ALLEGRIA WINDS QUINTET LIVE Instruments include flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and French horn. Dec. 16, 3 p.m. Free. 805-7726394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

CENTRAL COAST JAZZ INSTITUTE BAND Each evening features one of Charlie Shoemake’s jazz musicians, accompanied by Matthew Evans on Bass and Tom Brown on Drums. Charlie is on vibraphone and his wife Sandi sings. Every other Thursday, 7-9:30 p.m. Free admission/suggested donation $15. 805-927-0179. pewterploughplayhouse.org/ Entertainment/music-ccji.html. Pewter Plough Playhouse, 828 Main St., Cambria.

CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT Featuring the St. Benedict’s Singers. Directed by John Cribb. Dec. 16, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-528-0654. stbenslososos.org. St. Benedict’s Church, 2220 Snowy Egret Ln., Los Osos.

SHADY WILLOW LIVE Dec. 15, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 805-423-5918. The Otter Rock Cafe, 885 Embarcadero, Morro Bay, otterrockcafe.com/.

SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: MASON SUMMIT Special guests include Kristen Black, Irene Greene, and Sutherlin. Dec. 18, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-2046821. songwritersatplay.com/calendar/. Morro Bay Wine Seller, 601 Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

SOUNDHOUSE LIVE Dance to live music from Classic Rock to Reggae. Through Dec. 23, 8 p.m.midnight Free. 805-995-3209. oldcayucostavern. com. Old Cayucos Tavern & Cardroom, 130 n Ocean Ave, Cayucos.

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The Arroyo Grande Rotary Club presents its 10th annual Christmas and Holiday Sing-Along on Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts. Enjoy performances from the Arroyo Grande High School Choir, the Dulcimer String Band, the Paulus Carolers, and more. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children. Visit clarkcenter.org for more info. —C.W. n O R T H S LO C O U n T y

LIVE MUSIC Fridays, 6-8 p.m. Paso Robles Inn Cattleman’s Lounge, 103 Spring Street, Paso Robles, 238-2660.

NICOLE STROMSOE LIVE Stromsoe performs a blend of R&B, Jazz, Folk, and Soul. Snacks and wine available for purchase. Dec. 22, 7:30-10 p.m. $15. 805-227-6800. danbino.com/event/nicolestromsoe/. D’anbino Vineyards and Cellars, 710 Pine St, Paso Robles.

THE REAL BLUES JAM NORTH All Blues musicians, regardless of experience, are welcome to join this jam session. Hosted by Ted Waterhouse with Bruce Willard and Dean Giles. Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5 donation/musicians exempt. 805-704-5116. danbino.com. D’anbino Vineyards and Cellars, 710 Pine St, Paso Robles.

SATURDAY LIVE WITH KENNY TAYLOR Dec. 16, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-227-4812. vinarobles.com. Vina Robles Winery, 3700 Mill Rd., Paso Robles. SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: RYAN DISHEN Special guests include Archie Logsdon, Sutherlin, and Paul Welch. Dec. 17, 1-4 p.m. Free. 805-2046821. songwritersatplay.com/calendar/. Sculpterra Winery, 5015 Linne Rd., Paso Robles. S A n LU IS O B IS P O

CHRISTMAS JAZZ VESPERS Proceeds benefit Habitat For Humanity for SLO County. Features the George Garcia Quartet and Inga Swearingen. Dec. 17, 7-8:45 p.m. $15 suggested donation. 805-5435451. christmasjazzvespers.brownpapertickets. com. First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, 981 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo.

FOR THE FOLKS CUDDLE PUDDLE WITH CAITLIN JEMMA AND MARGO CILKER Enjoy a holiday sing-along under the starts with hot cocoa, cookies, beer, and more. Dec. 14, 7-10 p.m. $10. 805888-7940. facebook.com/forthefolksmusic. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo.

FORBES PIPE ORGAN CONCERT AND HOLIDAY FAMILY SING-A-LONG Celebrate the holiday season with the SLO Vocal Arts Ensemble. Dec. 17, 3 p.m. slochamber.org. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 751 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, 781-8220.

HOW THE GROUCH STOLE CHRISTMAS With The Grouch and Del The Funky Homosapien. Featuring guests Reverie and DJ Fresh. Dec. 16, 8-11 p.m. $22.22. 805-329-5725. howthegrouchstolechristmas-slo.eventbrite. com/?aff=nT. Fremont Theatre, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo.

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LIVE MUSIC WITH WILL BREMAN Dec. 15, 6-8

SINGER/SONGWRITER NIGHT Wednesdays,

p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7sistersbrewing.com/ events. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

8-10 p.m. figmtnbrew.com. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co, A.G., 1462 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, 474-8525.

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE Join the SLO Winds and Christopher Woodruff in celebrating the season. Woodruff will perform Haydn’s iconic Concerto for Trumpet in Eb Major. Dec. 17, 3 p.m. slowinds. org. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, 546-3198. PINT NIGHT WITH 33RPM Dec. 19, 10 p.m.midnight Free. 805-595-3764. facebook.com/ events/1941896619356448/. Frog and Peach Pub, 728 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo. SMASH MOUTH Dec. 21, 8-10 p.m. $27.27. 805-329-5725. fremontslosmashmouth.eventbrite. com/?aff=nT. Fremont Theatre, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: KENNY TAYLOR Performers include Kristen Black, Irene Greene, Mason Summit, Dasha, and Chris Broemmelsiek. Dec. 19, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/calendar/. Bang The Drum Brewery, 950 Orcutt Road, San Luis Obispo.

THIRD ANNUAL HANDEL’S MESSIAH SINGALONG CONCERT Join the SLO Master Chorale

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LIVE MUSIC AT MOXIE CAFE Enjoy live music from local artists, food, and drinks. ThursdaysSaturdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. moxiecafe.com/livemusic-and-events-in-santa-maria-at-moxie-cafe/. Moxie Cafe, 1317 W McCoy Lane, Santa Maria. LIVE MUSIC AT ROONEY’S Live music or a DJ every Friday night. Fridays, 9 p.m. Free. 805-9343777. rooneysirishpub.net. Rooney’s Irish Pub, 241 S Broadway St., Ste. 101, Orcutt.

LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAY EVENINGS Enjoy live music from a different band/musician each week. Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-937-6400. facebook.com/cadelgrevino. Ca’ Del Grevino Cafe and Wine Bar, 400 E. Clark Ave., suite A, Orcutt. TRI CITY SOUND CHORUS CHRISTMAS CONCERT Tri City Sound Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, invites women who love to sing to join them for the Christmas season. Women interested in learning about a cappella and/or barbershop-style music are welcome to join in on the season-end rehearsals for the concert on nov. 16 and 30 and Dec. 7 from 6:45 to 9pm. Dec. 14, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. 805-736-7572. tricitysound.org. Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 4725 S. Bradley Road, Orcutt.

in performing the choruses of Handel’s Messiah. Thomas Davies will conduct the Chorale and the audience. Some Messiah scores will be available in the lobby. Additional carols and songs will also be performed. Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. $15. 756-4849. pacslo.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

CLINT BLACK LIVE Dec. 15, 8 p.m. 800-248-

WINTER CONCERT: SLO HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND CHOIR Enjoy holiday music from the SLO

6274. chumashcasino.com. Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Highway 246, Santa ynez.

High School Band and Choir with the Laguna Middle School Band and Choir. Dec. 18, 7-10 p.m. Free. 805-596-4040. slotigerband.org. Performing Arts Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo.

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THE BASIN STREET REGULARS: HOT SWINGING JAZZ With the Starlight Dream Band and Judith and the Jazz Krewe. Dec. 17, 1-4:30 p.m. $5 for members. $10 for non-members. 805-481-7840. pismojazz.com/events.html. Pismo Veterans Memorial Hall, 780 Bello St., Pismo Beach.

OPEN BLUES JAM Wednesdays Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 489-3639.

SHADY WILLOW: A CLASSIC ROCK EXPERIENCE Enjoy live music, food, drinks, and more. Dec. 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m. 805-423-5918. Fin’s Restaurant, 25 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach.

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from all genres of music. Thursdays, 6 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. 686-4742. bottlest.com. Bottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro, 35 Industrial Way, Buellton.

FESTIVAL OF CAROLS The Santa ynez Valley Master Chorale, youth Ensemble, and Orchestra present their Holiday Concert Series. The performance will include works by R. Vaughan Williams, Vince Guaraldi, Mel Torme, Robert Shaw, John Rutter, and traditional Spanish, French and Danish carols. Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 17, 3 p.m. $15-$20. 805-350-4241. syvchorale.org. Veterans’ Memorial Building, 1745 Mission Drive, Solvang. FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ Live music every Friday. MUSIC continued page 25

MOVIE IN THE LIBRARY Screening Thank You for Your Service. For adults only. Popcorn provided. Dec. 14, 1 p.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 harbor St., Morro Bay. S A N Lu iS O B iS P O

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HOLIDAY DANCE PARTY WITH DJ JOY BONNER Bring your favorite dish and/or beverage to share to this potluck dinner and dance. A mix of Swing, Ballroom, Latin, and Contemporary. Send song requests by email. Dec. 16, 7-10 p.m. $5. 805-491-1059. facebook. com/events/156696374936360/. Atascadero Agricultural hall, 5035 Palma Ave., Atascadero.

PASO ROBLES DANCE HALL Community dance for ballroom and swing dancers to meet and dance the night away! No dance on holidays. Third Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. through Dec. 31 $5. 835-2076. pasodh.wix.com/prdh. Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso robles. S O u T h C O A S T S LO C O u N T y

DJ DRUMZ Fridays Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 489-3639. S A N TA M A r i A VA L L e y/ LO S A L A M O S

HULA DANCING Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. 937-9750. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. LINE DANCING Mondays, 6:30-9 p.m. $5. 9379750. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. SALSA DANCE CLASS Free basics class at 7pm, advanced class at 8pm. No experience or partner required. Dec. 20, 7-9 p.m. $10. 805 937 1574. Centr`alCoastSwingDance.com. Old Town Brew, 338 W. Tefft St, Nipomo. LO M P O C/ VA N D e N B e r G

THIRSTY THURSDAYS WITH DJ VEGA Playing today’s and yesterday’s hits. No cover charge. Bring your dancing shoes. Thursdays, 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. Free. 805-478-3980. DJ’s Saloon, 724 e Ocean Ave., Lompoc.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by rusty hobbs.

Cal Poly Professor David Kann is the featured reader with an open reading to follow. Dec. 17, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-903-3595. languageofthesoul.org. Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden St., San Luis Obispo.

EXPLORE VILLAGGIO Villaggio at SLO, an upscale Life Plan Community currently under planning and development, hosts this weekly information session throughout December. Seating is limited. reservations are required. Dec. 20, 10 a.m.-noon Free. Villaggio information Center, 1503 Froom ranch Way, San Luis Obispo, 805-457-4200. HISTORICAL WALK: SAN LUIS OBISPO Guided stroll past 15 holiday-lit Victorian houses in the Old Town district to learn Christmas customs, events, and locales of the 1890s. Flashlight recommended. Meet in front of St. Stephen’s Church. Dec. 17, 5 p.m. Free. 805-549-0355. sierraclub.org/santalucia. St. Stephen’s episcopal Church, 1344 Nipomo St., San Luis Obispo.

MONTHLY BOOK DISCUSSION Second Thursday of every month, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-539-9374. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo. S A N TA M A r i A VA L L e y/ LO S A L A M O S

BI-LINGO informal conversation to practice Spanish language skills for anyone with basic Spanish-speaking skills. Second Thursday of every month, 6-7 p.m. Free. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

GUADALUPE WALK AND TALK Join Shirley Boydstun on her monthly Walk and Talk around Guadalupe. Shirley will discuss Guadalupe’s points of interest and its history. rain will cancel. Third Saturday of every month, 10-11 a.m. through Dec. 16 suggested donation. 805-343-2455. dunescenter.org/events/. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center, 1065 Guadalupe St, Guadalupe. LO M P O C/ VA N D e N B e r G

Camino Community Center, W. Laurel Avenue and N. i Street, Lompoc. S A N TA y N e z VA L L e y

TED AND CONVERSATION The Solvang Library presents a new event that screens an inspiring or thought provoking 18-minute talk from the TeD Talks series. Afterwards, the audience explores the topic together over tea and coffee. Third Thursday of every month, 10-10:50 a.m. Free. 688-4214. Solvang Library, 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang.

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BOARD GAME NIGHT AT CAPTAIN NEMO refreshments available on site for purchase. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. Facebook. com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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BOOK DISCUSSION New book every month. Second Thursday of every month, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-539-9374. slolibrary.org/index.php/ adults/book-groups. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Luis Obispo.

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AT CAPTAIN NEMO refreshments available on site for purchase. Wednesdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805544-6366. Facebook.com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC AT CAPTAIN NEMO refreshments available on site for purchase. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. 4 Booster Buy in. 805-544-6366. Facebook.com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING AT CAPTAIN NEMO Magic: The Gathering (Standard/Type 2). refreshments available on site for purchase. Mondays, 5-8 p.m. 2 Boost Buy in. 805-544-6366. Facebook.com/CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

MINIATURE GAMING AT CAPTAIN NEMO refreshments available on site for purchase. Please park in reserved spaces. Thursdays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. Facebook.com/ CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

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is a food pantry offering nutritional classes. Wednesdays, 3-5 p.m. Free. 967-5741, ext. 107. el

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Featuring wine by the glass and burgers. Fridays, 5:30-9 p.m. through Dec. 15 $15.00, includes a glass of wine and a burger.. 805 237 2389. darkstarcellars.com/events/. Dark Star Cellars, 2985 Anderson rd., Paso robles.

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No cover charge. Snacks, dinner, cocktails, and wine available for purchase. Call for reservations. Fridays, 6-9 p.m. through Dec. 29 Free. 805-6881778. thebearandstar.com. The Bear and Star, 2860 Grand Ave., Los Olivos.

with questions. Call to sign up. Dec. 14, 8:30-10 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 harbor St., Morro Bay.

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KARAOKE NIGHT SUNDAYS AT BUFFALO PUB AND GRILL Sundays, 8 p.m. Free. 805-544-5155.

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Buffalo Pub And Grill, 717 higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

KARAOKE NIGHT THURSDAYS AT CHARLIE’S PLACE Featuring DJ ree-Car-D’oh. happy hour pricing until 10pm. Thursdays, 8-11 p.m. 805-441-1633. Charlie’s Place, 981 Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo.

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poets, and comedians. Family-friendly. Performers get a free beer. Sundays, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-8687133. 7sistersbrewing.com/calendar. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo.

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FRONT ROW KARAOKE Thursdays, 9 p.m. 773-1010. harry’s Night Club And Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, harryspismobeach.com/.

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Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 489-3639. S A N TA y N e z VA L L e y

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KARAOKE AT SOLVANG BREW Thursdays Free. (805) 688-2337. Solvang Brewing Company, 1547 Mission Dr., Solvang.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT AT SOLVANG BREW Wednesdays Free. (805) 688-2337. Solvang Brewing Company, 1547 Mission Dr., Solvang.

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This worship experience is designed for those who may be struggling during this Christmas season.

Winter is Here

Christmas Eve Services

The Morro Bay Art Association’s annual Winter Faire and Craft Show will be on display through Dec. 23 at Art Center Morro Bay. The show is a collective of painting, photography, fine crafts, and more. Visit artcentermorrobay.org for more info. —C.W.

December 24th 5pm : “Family” Worship 9pm : “Candlelight” Worship (Celebration & Carols)

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games, card games, and more. Bring any games you’d like. Refreshments available on site for purchase. Please park in Reserved spaces. Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-544-6366. facebook.com/pg/ CaptainNemoGames. Captain Nemo Games, 563 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO CHESS CLUB All ages and skill levels welcome. Plays at the giant chess board in Morro Bay on Saturdays. Boards generally provided. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Thursdays, 6:30-10 p.m. Free. 215-4963. slochess.com. Carl’s Jr., 195 N. Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

AIKIDO FOR KIDS AGE 4-13 AiKi-MiTES (age 4-6) class is 3pm on Tuesdays. AiKi-KiDS (age 7-13) classes are Tuesdays/Thursdays at 4pm. Call to observe or pre-register. Tuesdays, Thursdays $50-$75 monthly. 805-544-8866. aikidosanluisobispo.com. Budo Ryu, 3536 South Higuera St., San Luis Obispo.

PAJAMA DRAMA: DRAMA AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY CLASSES Drama and imaginative play

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develops skills that can last a lifetime like the confidence to be brave, desire to share ideas with others, and the joy of solving problems with friends by your side. Saturdays, 11-11:45 a.m. and Mondays, 9:30-11 a.m. $12. 805-709-0761. pyjamadrama.com. SLO Movement Arts Center, 2074 Parker St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO TABLE TENNIS All ages and skill levels

POTTERY FOR KIDS Learn sculpting, throwing

welcome. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. and Sundays, 4-7 p.m. Free. 215-4963. Ludwick Community Center, 864 Santa Rosa, San Luis Obispo.

on the wheel, and slab building from experienced potters. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays, 1:30-3 p.m. through Dec. 19 $30. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo.

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NIPOMO SENIOR CENTER The center is open five days a week; closed on weekends and holidays. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Aug. 31 9291615. Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St., Nipomo. S A N TA M A R i A VA L L E y/ LO S A L A M O S

DCSMV MONTHLY MEETING Speaker sessions open to the public. Meeting for registered Democrats only. Third Thursday of every month, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. santamariademocrats.info. iHOP, 202 Nicholson Ave, Santa Maria.

HI-WAY DRIVE-IN SWAP MEET Come to the Hi-Way Drive-in for the Sunday Swap Meet. Sellers: $20; Produce sellers: $25; Buyers: $2 car load. Sundays, 4:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 805-934-1582. HiWay Drive-in, 3170 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria.

RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT: MAH JONGG Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 9222993. Elwin Mussell Senior Center, 510 Park Ave., Santa Maria.

SANTA MARIA COIN CLUB MEETING Coin collectors of all ages welcome. Bring coins for free appraisals. Third Wednesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. through Aug. 28 $20-$25 a year. 805937-3158. santamariacoinclub.com. Edwards Community Center, 809 Panther Dr., Santa Maria.

SANTA MARIA TOASTMASTERS WEEKLY MEETING Toastmasters international is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 264-6722. santamaria.toastmastersclubs.org/. Toyota of Santa Maria, 700 E Beteravia Rd., Santa Maria.

THE SANTA MARIA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Santa Maria Valley Genealogical Society holds meetings open to the public. Third Thursday of every month, 2 p.m. SMVGS.org. Cornerstone Community Room, 705 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

TRI CITY SOUND CHORUS OF SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL Welcomes all women who are interested in learning about barbershop-style music singing and performing. Thursdays, 6:45-9:30 p.m. 736-7572. Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 4725 S. Bradley Road, Orcutt.

TRIVIA NIGHT Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Free. naughtyoak.com. Naughty Oak Brewing Co., 165 S Broadway St Ste 102, Orcutt.

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NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETING A meeting for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction of a loved one. Fridays, 12-1 p.m. Free. 805-221-5523. The Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4500 El Camino Real, Atascadero. S A N Lu iS O B iS P O

NAR-ANON - LET IT BEGIN WITH ME Nar Anon is a support group for those who are affected by someone else’s addiction. Tuesdays 458-7655. naranoncentralca.org/meetings/meeting-list/. San Luis Obispo, Citywide, SLO. S A N TA M A R i A VA L L E y/ LO S A L A M O S

FAMILY CAREGIVERS SELF-CARE SUPPORT GROUP Share ideas and learn how to care for yourself while you care for your loved one. Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Free. 805-569-8950. Bethel Lutheran Church, 624 E. Camino Colegio, Santa Maria.

TRUAMA INFORMED PARENTING GROUP Presented by CALM, this is a foster parent class. Tuesdays 965-2376. calm4kids.org. Church For Life, 3130 Skyway Dr., Suite 501, Santa Maria.

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Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria is hosting a free Christmas concert and sing-along on Dec. 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. Music will be provided by Lyra, a local women’s vocal ensemble. Enjoy complimentary soup, salad, cider, and cookies at this family-friendly event. Visit campoceanpines.org to find out more. —C.W.

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BASIC COMPUTER HELP Come to learn basic computer skills. Call to sign up. Thursdays, 8:30-10 a.m. Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay. PAINT PARTY No artistic experience necessary. All materials and supplies provided. Participants may take their canvases home. Saturdays, 6-9 p.m. through Dec. 30 $40. 805-772-9095. foreverstoked.com/paint-party/paint-party.html. Forever Stoked, 1164 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay. S A N Lu iS O B iS P O

SLO COUNTY LIBRARY CARDHOLDER FREE HOURS SLO County Library Cardholders can have free access to SLO MakerSpace (after taking Basic Safety) five days a week. Cardholders can use our woodshop, sewing, or general free areas, or complete any specialty classes and use that machine/area during Library Hours. TuesdaysFridays, 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 0. 805-242-1285. slomakerspace.com/libraryprogram/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo.

SLO MAKERSPACE BASIC SAFETY A requirement for anyone who wants to use SLO MakerSpace tools and space. Features a walkthrough reviewing all areas of the shop that can be dangerous to you and others. Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon Free for Members and SLO County Library Cardholders. 242-1285. slomakerspace.com/store/makerspace-basicsafety-class/. SLO MakerSpace, 81 Higuera St., Ste. 160 and 180, San Luis Obispo. S A N TA M A R i A VA L L E y/ LO S A L A M O S

DESIGN ON WHEELS AT CORE Wine and Design On-Wheels has paired up with CORE Winery Tasting Room. Create a painting and sample CORE wines. Register on the Wine and Design website. Second Wednesday, Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. through Jan. 31 wineanddesign.com. CORE Winery, 105 W Clark Ave., Orcutt.

YOGA STRETCH Explore yoga postures and increase strength and flexibility. Set to inspiring music and appropriate for beginners. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. email support@getstudiofit.com. 805-776-3676. Cassandra Bodlak, 349 Quintana Rd., Morro Bay, studiofitnessmorrobay.com. S A N Lu iS O B iS P O

ADULT AIKIDO Join instructor Mary Tesoro to learn the Japanese martial art of self-defense and self-development. Ages 16 and up welcome. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 5:45-7 p.m. through Dec. 14 $72. 805-549-1222. ae.slcusd.org. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo.

CAT YOGA CLASSES Sundays, 10:15-11:30 a.m. $20. 543-9316 Ext. 10. woodshumanesociety. org/news-and-events/event.php?id=347. Woods Humane Society, 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo. GENTLE YOGA WITH CASSANDRA BODLAK Mats, blocks, and straps are provided. Open to all levels. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10:15-11:15 a.m. through Dec. 14 $88. 805-549-1222. register. asapconnected.com. San Luis Coastal Adult School, 1500 Lizzie St., San Luis Obispo. S A N TA M A R i A VA L L E y/ LO S A L A M O S

CANDLELIGHT RESTORATIVE YOGA Release and open your body with breath, props, and meditation. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. yogaformankind.com. yoga for Mankind, 130 N Broadway, Suite B, Orcutt.

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HIKE AT FELSMAN LOOP WITH ECOSLO Join a SLO Stewards docent for a hike at Feldman Loop. Go online to sign-up. Dec. 17, 9 a.m.-noon ecoslo. org/event/ecoslo-hike-felsman-loop/?instance_ id=459. Felsman Loop, Patricia Dr., San Luis Obispo, 8055441777.

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FREE MEDITATION CLASS Megan McGreen, LCSW, and Ruth Cherry, PhD, long time meditators and psychotherapists, teach meditation to reduce stress and increase well-being. Fridays, 10:30 a.m.noon Free. 805-748-3372. meditationintro.com. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

MEDITATION FOR WISDOM AND WELL-BEING Experience the practical benefits of meditation. Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon through Jan. 19 Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

QI GONG CLASS Qi Gong is an ancient and powerful system for physical health and spiritual development. Join certified instructor Devin Wallace for this outdoors class. Please call to register. Fridays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Suggested donation $10. 805-709-2227. Tidelands Park, South end of Embarcadero, Morro Bay.

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CAL POLY MEN’S BASKETBALL VS PRINCETON Children 13 and under get in for free for this youth Night game. The first 100 kids will receive a Cal Poly youth jersey. Dec. 16, 7 p.m. gopoly.com. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297.

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VEX ROBOTICS Build and program your own robot, then face down other robots to see who can create the tallest tower. Registration is required. For ages 8-14. Dec. 16, noon Free. 805-772-6394. Morro Bay Library, 625 Harbor St., Morro Bay.

WINTER MONARCH BUTTERFLY TOURS Witness thousands of Monarch Butterflies, so close you can nearly touch them, during these guided tours. Every 14 days, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-2154125. Morro Bay Golf Course, 201 State Park Rd., Morro Bay, golfmorrobay.com.

under. All equipment is provided and everyone gets a chance to fish. Held at the Nature Center near the Marina. Rain cancels the event. Dec. 16, 9 a.m. $10 parking. 805.788.2381. Lopez Lake, 6800 Lopez Dr., Arroyo Grande.

NEW YOUTH CLASSES IN ARROYO GRANDE (AGES 7-11) Weekly enrichment program cultivating strong minds, strong hearts, and strong bodies to promote social, emotional, and physical well-being. Visit website for complete class description and registration. ongoing, 3:45-4:30 p.m. 805-270-5523. mindfulkindfulyouniversity. com/dragonfly-circles/. Torchell Mind & Body, 530 Camino Mercado, Arroyo Grande. S A N TA M A R i A VA L L E y/ LO S A L A M O S

GINGERBREAD EXPERIENCE FOR TEENS Teens welcome to come to the library to build a gingerbread house. All supplies provided. Creations will be on display for one week to allow time for voting. Registration begins Dec. 13. Dec. 22, 3-5 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. engagedpatrons.org/ EventsExtended.cfm?SiteiD=9521&EventiD=31 7981&PK=. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria.

HOMEWORK HELP Free after school homework help for grades K-6. Mondays-Thursdays, 4-7 p.m. through May 31 Free. 805-9250994. cityofsantamaria.org/city-government/ departments/library. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. READALOUD The Buellton Library presents ReadAloud, a play-reading group for adults, teens and children 9 and up. Fridays, 4-5 p.m. Free. 688-3115. Buellton Library, 140 W. Highway 246, Buellton. SANTA MARIA VALLEY RAILWAY HISTORICAL MUSEM The Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum features a locomotive, boxcar, caboose, railroad artifacts and diorama. Fourth Saturday of every month, 12-4 p.m. 714-4927. Santa Maria Transit Center, Miller and Boone Streets, Santa Maria.

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WINTER SOLSTICE HUMANITY MEDITATION Facilitated by Wendy McKenna. Please come dressed comfortably and be ready to relax into deep meditation. Donations will be accepted. Dec. 21, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-305-7595. lightshare.us. Lightshare Center, 22701 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita. S A N Lu iS O B iS P O

TIBETAN BUDDHISM BOOK STUDY Meditation practice and a discussion of Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism, by H.E. Kalu Rinpoche. Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-438-3949. BodhiPath SLO, 3484 Gregory Ct., San Luis Obispo, bodhipath.org. S O u T H C O A S T S LO C O u N T y

WISDOM READINGS inspiration from Spirit through the Tarot and Oracle cards. Tuesdays, 1-5 p.m. $30-$60. 805-598-1509. divining.weebly.com. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 South Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. YOUTH SERVICES The City Church Central Coast holds youth services for junior high school students. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Free. 929-8990. thecitycc.org. Faith Life Community Church, 726 W Tefft St, Nipomo. CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 27

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WISDOM READINGS WITH ANNKATHLEEN annKathleen has been reading the tarot and oracle Cards for over 25 years. Fridays-Sundays, 12-5 p.m. $25-$85. 805-598-1509. divining.weebly.com. Divine inspiration, 947 e orange St, Santa Maria.

Volunteers S a n lu iS o b iS p o

FELINE NETWORK OF THE CENTRAL COAST Seeking volunteers to provide foster homes for foster kittens or cats with special needs. the Feline network pays for food, litter, and any medications needed. Volunteers also needed to help with humanely trapping and transporting feral cats for spay/neuter. ongoing 805-549-9228. felinenetwork. org. San luis obispo, Citywide, Slo.

HOSPICE SLO COUNTY THRESHOLD SINGERS SEEK NEW VOICES Sing for individuals experiencing life-limiting or end-of life conditions. third Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. Free. 805-544-2266. hospiceslo.org/services/hospiceslo-county-threshold-singers. Hospice Slo County, 1304 pacific St., San luis obispo.

LITERACY FOR LIFE VOLUNTEER TUTOR TRAINING literacy for life trains community members to become volunteer tutors to adults. the tutors work one-on-one teaching basic english language skills. tutors must attend both training sessions in order to qualify. Sessions are hosted in the conference room of union bank. Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $25. 805-541-4219. literacyforlifeslo.org. union bank, 995 Higuera St., San luis obispo.

LITERACY FOR LIFE: VOLUNTEER TUTOR TRAINING training community members to become volunteer tutors to adults 16 and older in basic english. the tutors work one-on-one with learners. Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $25. 805541-4219. literacyforlifeslo.org/. union bank, 995 Higuera St., San luis obispo.

MEALS ON WHEELS Meals on Wheels, San luis obispo, needs noon time drivers. Must have own car to deliver prepared meals. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805-235-8870. San luis obispo, Citywide, Slo.

Food & drink Farmers markets S a n lu iS o b iS p o

FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market in Slo is the largest Farmers Market in California. thursdays, 6:10-9 p.m. Downtown Slo, Higuera St, San luis

obispo.

SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts over 60 vendors. Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market parking lot, 2650 Main St., San luis obispo. S o u t H C o a S t S lo C o u n t y

ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET includes produce, artists and musicians. Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m. arroyo Grande Farmers Market, olohan alley, arroyo Grande.

NIPOMO FARMERS MARKET includes a large variety of locally grown produce. open year round Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. nipomofarmersmarket.com/. nipomo Farmers Market, Via Concha road, nipomo. S a n ta M a r i a Va l l e y/ lo S a l a M o S

ORCUTT FARMERS MARKET presents local farmers and small businesses. tuesdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. orcutt Farmers Market, bradley road, orcutt. lo M p o C/ Va n D e n b e r G

LOMPOC FARMERS MARKET Features fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers, entertainment, and activities for the whole family. Fridays, 2-6 p.m. lompoc Farmers Market, ocean avenue and i Street, lompoc.

VANDENBERG VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET locally grown produce and food stuffs are available year round. Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. through Sept. 30 Vandenberg Village Farmers’ Market, 120 burton Mesa blvd., lompoc.

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PINT NIGHT buy a logo glass for $8 and bring it in every Friday for $2 off refills. Fridays, 5-10 p.m. through Feb. 9 805-868-7133. 7sistersbrewing. com/events. 7Sisters brewing Company, 181 tank Farm rd. Suite 110, San luis obispo.

WOODSTOCK’S SLO PINT NIGHT With the first pint as low as $5, Woodstock’s gives half-off refills in the same glass. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. Free. 805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com. Woodstock’s pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San luis obispo. WOODSTOCK’S SLO TRIVIA NIGHT For trivia aficionados and fun-lovers alike! tuesdays, 9-11 p.m. Free. 805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com/ events/. Woodstock’s pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San luis obispo. S a n ta y n e z Va l l e y

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Television

BY RYAH COOLEY

PHOTOS COURTESY OF FOX

The SLOcal touch

Looking for a local touch this holiday season? Do a bit of present shopping at SLOcally Made in Downtown SLO. Bringing together a collection of local artists, this all-female group is running a pop-up shop from Dec. 17 to Dec. 23. Items come from a variety of media, including leatherwork, weaving, painting, metalsmithing, and screenprinting. Support craftswomen right here on the Central Coast while also checking off your gift list, all under one roof. This weeklong market opens at 10 a.m. each day at the old Muzio’s Grocery building on Monterey Street. More information can be found at the Slocally Made Creative Market & Experiential Event Space event page on Facebook.

Laser lessons

Learn how to make a unique gift for loved ones with a laser cutting and engraving class hosted by SLO MakerSpace. This introductory course teaches students basic safety knowledge, how to handle the engraving machine, and the background of the software that runs it. After two to three hours of instruction, students will be allowed use of the in-house laser and be free to make their own projects. Commonly used crafting materials are provided at the shop. This class is offered every Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. at 81 Higuera St., suites 160 and 180. You do not need to be a member of the SLO MakerSpace to attend, although membership is required to use the laser after the class is over. The fee is $50. Visit slomakerspace.com for more information.

Photography for the ages

Get a new take on the 20th century with a film viewing of Bernice Abbot: A View of the 20th Century. Hosted by the SLO Museum of Art, this Dec. 18 showing details the life of one of the great photographers of American history. Documenting her avant-garde life, spanning from Paris to New York, Abbot herself gives the audience a personal tour of her extensive work. The film starts at 7 p.m. at 1010 Broad St. in SLO. The suggested donation is $5 for members and $7 for non-members, with a complimentary beverage included. Visit sloma.org for more information. ∆ —Sinéad Schouten

CRY FOR ME San Luis Obispo teen Sacha Carlson plays the formidable bully Scut Farkus in Fox’s upcoming A Christmas Story Live!

A rotten name Central Coast teen plays legendary bully in Fox’s A Christmas Story Live!

hile other Central Coast kids are busy dreaming up their Christmas wish lists, Sacha Carlson is still glowing from a gift he got months ago. Just two days before his 14th birthday back in October, San Luis Obispo-based Carlson got his big break as an actor: the role of bully Scut Farkus in Fox’s A Christmas Story Live!, the musical version of the classic holiday tale about Ralphie Parker yearning for a Red Ryder BB gun. “That was by far the best birthday present I’ve ever gotten,” Carlson said. “I was so happy.” Carlson will appear live on TV Dec. 17 alongside stars like Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) as older Ralphie, Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids) as Mother Parker, and Chris Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley) as Old Man Parker. The cast is filled out by side characters like Miss Shields being portrayed by Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) and Ken Jeong (Community) stepping in to play a salesman and restaurant owner. Needless to say, Carlson is watching and learning as he works alongside these acting heavyweights. “All those guys are my heroes,” Carlson said of his co-stars. “And I look up to them so much, and to be

working with them is a dream come true. They’re all kind and genuine.” The teen actor got his start in the biz when he was just 8 years old and auditioned for and got the part of young Tarzan (with the help of vocal coach Danielle Dutro) in the musical Tarzan put on by Kelrik productions in SLO in 2012. That same year Carlson appeared in SLO Little Theatre’s (now SLO Repertory Theatre’s) production of The Sound of Music, and PCPA’s rendition of Mary Poppins. “After that play I fell in love with acting,” Carlson said of his breakout performance in Tarzan. From there Carlson became involved with workshops at Actor’s Edge (with classes in SLO and Ventura) and started going out on auditions in Los Angeles. “I’m so happy for Sacha that his hard work is paying off,” Aaron Metchik, head instructor at Actor’s Edge, said in press materials. “From the first time I worked with him I knew Sacha was special. He’s very natural in his acting, and he’s multitalented.” Carlson has also been in a short film made through Chapman University (The Lost Captain) and took part in a Nickelodeon improv workshop at the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles. The role of Scut Farkus is his biggest to date,

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Yellow eyes

Catch Sacha Carlson as bully Scut Farkus A Christmas Story Live! On Dec. 17 on Fox at 7 p.m. Visit fox.com for more information.

and Carlson doesn’t shy away from playing the bad guy. “In any acting setting, it’s always really fun to be the villain,” Carlson said. “Toward the end of the story all the kids realize he’s [Farkus] not as tough as he seems to be.” The role of Scut Farkus means more to Carlson than just being on TV. The teen grew up watching A Christmas Story with his family at his grandparents’ house every year after opening presents and HAPPY HOLIDAYS A Christmas Story Live! enjoying a holiday is the musical version of the beloved holiday meal together. He story, featuring stars like Chris Diamantopoulos can still remember a (Silicon Valley) and Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids) time when wanting along with newer talent like Tyler Wladis as Randy and Andie Walken as Ralphie. the perfect Christmas present to come through seemed like I was little, I could relate. It’s a life or death. reminder of my childhood.” ∆ “I love how as a kid everything seems so important and if Arts Editor Ryah Cooley is down something goes wrong, it’s the with eating Chinese food for end of the world,” Carlson said. Christmas dinner at rcooley@ “I find it funny now, but when newtimesslo.com.

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Arts BY RYAH COOLEY

Gallery PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL STRAHL

DETAILS From the teapot on top of the lady’s staff to the birdhouse on top of the gentleman’s there are endless details to pick out in Cheryl Strahl’s delightful photo of this pinkclad Carnevale couple.

Strangers in Venice SLO photographers capture Italy’s Carnevale

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PHOTO COURTESY OF PEGGY JANSSON

t sunrise, they appeared. Hundreds and hundreds of models from all over the world were decked out in the most elegant and intricate of dresses, capes, and hats in purples, pinks, oranges, reds, and more. But everyone’s face was covered with nearly identical white masks, iconic of Venice’s Carnevale. After San Luis Obispo photographer Peggy Jansson saw that photographer Jim Zuckerman was offering photo workshops at the notorious event, she knew she had to go. “He traditionally goes to Venice for two weeks of Carnevale every year,” Jansson said. “It’s a big mecca. I just thought it would be a fabulous time to go to Venice, and it was.” SO PRETTY Peggy Jansson’s Pretty in Jansson convinced her travel buddy, Purple piece was taken of a model in Venice Atascadero-based photographer Cheryl who was a dancer that moved with expertise. Strahl, to join her, and the pair took off for Italy at the end of January 2016. Their work is currently on display as the While Jansson’s photos could almost Carnevale di Venezia exhibit at the SLO be mistaken for a whimsical painting, Museum of Art. Strahl’s feel grittier and grounded, like For a week, the two were up before you’re right there on the streets of Venice the sun, out at iconic spots like Piazza with her. The two shot models in a palace, San Marco to await the hordes of models a bordello-like hotel room, the island of partaking in a tradition that goes back Murano, canals, gondolas, and the Bridge to 1162. The festival is world famous of Sighs. for its elaborate masks, “We tried to get very which are said to be a Unmasked interesting backgrounds, distinctly Venetian rebellion The Carnevale di Venezia very Venetian backgrounds,” in response to the area’s exhibit at the SLO Museum of Strahl said. formerly rigid class system. Art will be on display through While anyone would Dec. 31. Visit sloma.org for Most of the models aren’t be hard pressed to walk more information. there for money though, away from the Carnevale according to Jansson and di Venezia exhibit and not Strahl. Many fund their be deeply struck by the festival’s beauty, own elaborate costumes and find their Jansson and Strahl hope viewers take way to Venice for the festival, carrying away even more than that. businesses cards with their costumed For instance: “An appreciation for the photo on them so the photographers artisans that these Venetians are,” as might send them a photo as a thank you. Strahl put it. “It’s a passion of theirs,” Jansson said. “And who doesn’t love Italy?” Jansson The duo worked with two female chimed in. models from Austria for several days and After all, when in Venice … . Δ then had quite the shock when they later ran into them—without masks. “We felt like we knew them, we just didn’t Arts Editor Ryah Cooley is into the kind of masks that wash off and rejuvenate the know what they looked like,” Strahl said. skin at rcooley@newtimesslo.com.

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Arts BY GLEN STARKEY

Strictly Starkey PHOTO COURTESY OF TONY BALBINOT AND THE CADILLAC ANGELS

Life on the road How Tony Balbinot of the Cadillac Angels rolls

hen I got singer-songwriter and Cadillac Angels frontman Tony Balbinot on the phone, he was on the road, making his way from Arizona to California. Tony is pretty much always on the road, driving a continuous loop through the Western states, where he taps regional musicians to back him at his gigs. Some of them have been playing with him for decades. “I kind of bounce back and forth, sort of like a gypsy, going where the music takes me,” Tony said. “The music scene in California has suffered in recent years thanks to property values. You know how it’s gone. You’ve seen it. It’s expensive to run a club now, so my loop has moved farther east.” Tony and the Cadillac Angels, his original rock band that’s influenced by roots rock, rockabilly, surf rock, country, blues, R&B, and other Americana sounds used to be stationed in Santa Barbara, but about the only place he still finds to play there is Cold Springs Tavern. “A lot of wineries and breweries are having music, but in a lot of these places, the music sort of feels like an afterthought,” Tony said. “There’s not a stage or a stage set up in a corner of the room.” At one gig, he had to stop singing and move away from the mic every time the bar-back had to get through. Such is the life of a traveling musician. Thankfully, the small gigs are offset by festival spots and seasonal concerts in the park that more and more cities are doing. “It’s interesting what a cross section of listeners we’re getting,” Tony added. “It’s heartening to see a lot of those under 21 interested in what I’m doing. We were playing a gig in Flagstaff, and I looked out the front window of the club and there was a whole group of underage kids dancing that couldn’t come in. I also see it in our online sales that a wide age group listens to this band. I think a lot of young people are getting burned out on techno or pop and they’re digging deep, seeking out people like Big Bill Broonzy and Link Wray.” Because Tony is rail thin, with cuffed jeans and slicked-back hair, he often gets

THE REAL DEAL Old-school rocker Tony Balbinot and his band the Cadillac Angels release Hillbilly Girls on Dec. 16, at Frog and Peach.

pigeonholed as a rockabilly artist, but that’s inaccurate. “I’ve always been kind of uncomfortable being categorized into a decade or style. We borrow from this style or that, but a lot of groups borrow from different musical forms.” The Cadillac Angels recently released Hillbilly Girls, a new 10-song collection featuring Tony’s smoky-smooth vocals, electrifying guitar work, and rumbling songs. He’s actually not sure how many albums he’s recorded but it’s got to be around 20, and this is the first one he’s billed as “Tony Balbinot and the Cadillac Angels,” because he doesn’t work with a single band anymore. One thing hasn’t changed, however; he’s still into vintage gear. “It seems like I’m forever on the search for that instrument that interests me,” Tony admitted. “I play a lot of Gretsch guitars—I have a Gretsch endorsement— but as my musical style has evolved, I find hollow bodies don’t quite work for many of my songs because I need those chords to ring without feedback. On this album I played a Guild Thunderbird, an

Epiphone Firebird, a Gibson Flying V, and a Stratocaster. I also used a 1964 Sears Silvertone amp, an early Fender Champ, and a Gemini Satellite amp. I’m just more interested in the old amps because they’re tube amps and easier to repair. It’s like the car I drive—a ’64 Chevy pickup. I do all my own repairs.” The one thing he upgraded on his truck was an electronic ignition, which was also what failed while he was on the road. “It was 103 degrees in Victorville, and I was in a motel parking lot trying to fix it,” Tony laughed. “Luckily I still had my old points and condenser in my toolbox. My last car was a ’65 Chevy pickup, and I put 300,000 miles on it. I’m not breaking any land speed records out there, but I find if I’m going 65 miles per hour, people will give me wide berth, maybe because I look like something out of the movie Deliverance. If you’re going that slowly in a new car, people are annoyed. I also find the long haul truckers love it. They’re always giving me the thumbs up.” Tony’s old school, and like any old-

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LADIES NIGHT For the Folks hosts singer-songwriters Caitlin Jemma and Margo Cilker on Dec. 14, at Bang the Drum.

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school rock and roller, a lot of his songs on the new album are about girls. “God, yeah, I know. I didn’t even notice that until the album was done,” Tony said. “The title track ‘Hillbilly Girls’ was actually influenced by my mom and her sisters, who were wild, wild, wild. My mom married eight times, and she and her sisters were wild before being wild was fashionable. My aunt Lorraine wore gold lamé, leopard print, and had a cigarette holder encrusted with rhinestones. The song ‘Lil’ Hombre’ was inspired by meeting Ritchie Valens’ sister Consuela in Ohio. Later, I saw her again at a NAMM [National Association of Music Merchants] show in Anaheim, and she remembered me.” Consuela was at the conference displaying her brother’s guitar, and she asked Tony if he wanted to see it. He naturally said yes. “Two armed guards went and got it, and she handed it to me and let me play it,” Tony gushed. “I mean, this is the Holy Grail! This is the guitar that recorded ‘La Bamba,’ ‘Come On Let’s Go,’ and ‘Donna.’ Then Consuela told me how he had repainted the guitar himself in his high school shop class and had played it at a gig before the paint had set, and she showed

me his thumbprint on the back of the neck of the guitar. Man, I was floating on air.” Most of Tony’s songs don’t come from personal experiences. Instead they come from his time on the road. “I eat alone a lot, and even though I’ve been doing it for years, it’s still a little awkward to walk into a restaurant by myself,” Tony admitted. “But because I’m alone, I overhear people’s conversations. I’m basically eavesdropping! My song ‘Black Cadillac’ [from another album] is based on hearing a couple talk about their relationship. That’s where I get a lot of what I write about—at Denny’s and waffle houses. Yeah, I get lonely … a lot. That’s one of the things I’ve had to come to terms with, the nature of the beast, and I’m not complaining about it at all. Sometimes I’m driving through and see people in the car next to me going to a job they hate, stuck in traffic. I don’t have to do that, so I can put up with a little bit of loneliness on the road.” In fact the road itself has become a friend. Tony knows a lot of the small highways like the back of his hand, pulling off on ranch roads to eat at classic out-of-the-way diners, meeting the people who live on the fringes of civilization. “I was going through Ludlow, which

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is basically a Chevron station with $5-a-gallon gas, a Dairy Queen, and a bunch of gutted-out houses and service stations off old Route 66, and I went down a dirt road with all these ramshackle old buildings. My truck doesn’t have a radio, but I have a boom box that runs on batteries on the seat next to me, and I had CCR’s [Creedence Clearwater Revival’s] ‘Run Through the Jungle,’ playing and I just got out and danced. That’s when I really knew that this highway had become a part of me or I’d become part of it.” Tony Balbinot and the Cadillac Angels will play a CD release party for Hillbilly Girls this Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Frog and Peach (10 p.m.; 21-and-older).

HOT JAZZ Judith and the Jazz Krewe is one of two groups playing in the Pismo Beach Vets Hall on Dec. 17.

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On Thursday, Dec. 14, Big Big SLO presents Locals Night at the Fremont Theater with Word Sauce and The Maybe Nots (7 p.m.; all ages; free through eventbrite.com or $5 at the door). For the Folks hosts singer-songwriters Caitlin Jemma of Oregon, and Margo Cilker of San Francisco, on Thursday, Dec. 14, at Bang the Drum (7 p.m.; all ages; $10 at the door). Five-time Grammy Award and Grammy Lifetime Award winners The Blind Boys of Alabama play their Christmas show at SLO’s Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Dec. 19 (7:30 p.m.; all ages; $30.40 to $58 at calpolyarts.org or (805) 756-4849). Joined by New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Legacy Horns and vocalist Ruthie

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Strictly Starkey Foster, the concert features songs from the Blind Boys’ Talkin’ Christmas! album and Grammy-winning Christmas recording Go Tell It on the Mountain. The 11th annual How the Grouch Stole Christmas with The Grouch and Del the Funky Homosapien returns to the Fremont Theater on Saturday, Dec. 16 (9 p.m.; all ages; $22.22 at eventbrite.com and Boo Boo Records). Special guests Reverie and DJ Fresh are kicking off this night of hip-hop. The 10th Annual Rotary Christmas and Holiday Sing-Along returns to Arroyo Grande’s Clark Center on Sunday, Dec. 17 (4 p.m.; all ages; $12 adults and $6 for kids at clarkcenter.org or (805) 489-9444), with the Arroyo Grande High School Choir, the Lucia Mar Youth Choir, and more. Basin Street Regulars present local hot jazz artists the Starlight Dreamband and Judith and the Jazz Krewe on Sunday, Dec. 17, in the Pismo Beach Vets Hall (11 a.m. jam, show at 1 p.m.; all ages). This month only, there will be a holiday buffet and champagne. Bring a dish to share (salad, dessert, or an appetizer) or throw five dollars into the pot. Enjoy a Christmas Jazz Vespers with the George Garcia Quartet and vocalist Inga Swearingen at SLO’s First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Dec. 17 (7 p.m.; all ages; $15 at Boo Boo’s or brownpapertickets.com). ∆ Keep up with New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey via Twitter at twitter. com/glenstarkey, friend him at facebook. com/glenstarkey, or contact him at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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‘YOU’RE TEARING ME APART, LISA!' Writer-director-actor James Franco stars as writer-director-actor Tommy Wiseau in this biopic chronicling the making of Wiseau’s cult classic The Room, a notoriously bad movie.

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is a charismatic weirdo who’s long on confidence but short on talent. He’s a mystery to Greg, who wishes he had Tommy’s fierce belief in himself. The first third of the film develops their burgeoning friendship as they attempt to get a foothold in Hollywood. Tommy may be confident on the outside, but he’s also emotionally needy, and he becomes possessive of Greg. When it becomes clear that Hollywood isn’t interested in Tommy and only mildly interested in Greg, they hatch their plan to make their own movie, mysteriously financed by Tommy himself. The Disaster Artist accentuates the mystery behind Tommy, who claims to be Greg’s age (though he’s clearly much older) and whose Eastern European accent he claims comes from his New Orleans upbringing. Tommy is a liar and deeply protective of his lies, telling Greg he’s not allowed to talk about him to anyone. It’s all very strange, and though you might think watching a film about the making of a terrible film would also be terrible, it’s in fact awesome! Tommy is deeply interesting, and though he’s a talentless actor, director, writer, and producer, he committed to his “art.” That’s admirable. Anna I’ve heard of The Room before, mostly in jokes or conversations regarding the worst movies ever made. I didn’t realize what an epic mess the whole production was from start to finish, and the odd and mysterious man behind it. Since I hadn’t actually watched the film before seeing The Disaster Artist, I did a quick search on YouTube for the “best of” (aka the worst of) The Room. Then watching the actors re-enact those same scenes in The Disaster

Artist was a testament to how spot-on the cast was in their retelling. They don’t have to exaggerate for effect; the original film really was that bad. Beyond making fun of a terrible film, The Disaster Artist is a fascinating study of Tommy, who may not be the weirdest person in the world, but that man is certainly a contender. Kooky doesn’t even begin to describe him, and the fact that to this day no one knows his real age, where his accent comes from, or how he amassed enough money to self-fund a $6 million movie, shows what a guarded and odd person he is. All that kept running through my head while watching his antics replayed by James Franco was, “Who the hell is this guy?” James did an amazing job taking on the role, and the deep dive into Tommy’s psyche he must have done is admirable and a little frightening, to be honest. Don’t get lost in there, James! I also had a lot of fun watching brothers James and Dave Franco play off of one another; in many ways it seems that Greg has that sort of familiar, brotherly love for Tommy—the kind of love that says, “I think you are a nut, I hate what you are doing, but I love you anyway, weirdo.” Glen According to IMDB, Wiseau was born on Oct. 3, 1955, in Poznan, Poland, but who knows? Rumors said the money came from organized crime. All I know is that he and Sestero (born July 15, 1978, in Walnut Creek) are still friends and still act together. Sestero wrote a film that he and Wiseau starred in called Best F(r) iends, about a homeless man who befriends a mortician, and they go into business together, leading to paranoia. There’s also a sequel. These guys are both committed

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dreamers, making it happen! Aside from the humor, what I most enjoyed about The Disaster Artist was watching Tommy and Greg’s friendship evolve, devolve, and evolve again. The Franco brothers do a great job slipping into these two characters, James especially, adopting Wiseau’s affectations without it feeling like mere mimicry. At the end of the film, after the credits begin, scenes from The Room and those same scene recreations from The Disaster Artist are played on split screen, so you can see them simultaneously. Wow. Just, wow! It’s hard to believe The Room exists and still has a life out there. James has paid homage to Wiseau and his terrible movie, and in what can only be described as perverse irony, I bet The Disaster Artist ends up getting some Oscar nods. I’m sure Wiseau will feel like he deserves the credit. Anna While Wiseau’s dream to produce a serious movie was overrun by the audience’s laughter at the premier, he didn’t fare so bad in the end. While its original run only grossed $1,800, its cult status since then made Wiseau his $ 6 million back and then some. He did things his own way, like buying incredibly expensive movie equipment instead of renting it, which is pretty much unheard of in Hollywood. I really liked watching as script supervisor Sandy (Rogan) and DOP Raphael (Scheer) go from cautiously unsure of Tommy and his production to completely baffled by the comedy of errors that this movie becomes. They were the first to make fun of both the film and Tommy himself, a point that Wiseau does not appreciate. He so very badly wants to be taken seriously, but that isn’t happening, and the longer the shoot goes on the worse things get. I was cringelaughing throughout The Disaster Artist; it’s just such an unbelievably odd and awkward story, and watching the bones of what is arguably one of the worst films ever made is hilarious. I can’t say I look forward to further work from Wiseau, but from James Franco both in directing and acting … yes, please! He seems to have no qualms about getting weird, and I like that. Δ Split Screen is written by Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna. Comment at gstarkey@newtimesslo.com.

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COCO What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Sunset Drive In, Stadium 10, Park, Galaxy Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina co-direct this animated adventurecomedy written by the directors and Jason Katz and Matthew Aldrich, about Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez), an aspiring musician from a family in which music is banned. Miguel is swept into the Land of the Dead meets his forebears, in this film that explores the Mexican tradition of el Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. Coco really is a love letter to the Mexican culture. I won’t be one bit surprised if this wins Best Animated

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Feature at next year’s Academy Awards. It deserves it! (109 min.) —Glen Starkey

DADDY’S HOME What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Sunset Drive-In Dusty (Mark Wahlberg) and Brad (Will Ferrell) have joined forces to provide their kids with the perfect Christmas. Their newfound partnership is put to the test when Dusty’s old school, macho dad (Mel Gibson) and Brad’s ultra-affectionate and emotional dad (John Lithgow) arrive just in time to throw the holiday into complete chaos. (98 min.) —Paramount Pictures

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What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre (Starting Dec. 20), Fair Oaks Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. (139 min.) —20th Century Fox

FERDINAND What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? Park, Stadium 10, Galaxy Ferdinand tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, Ferdinand (John Cena) is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure. Set in Spain, Ferdinand proves you can’t judge a bull by its cover. (107 min.) —Blue Sky Studio/20th Century Fox

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What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Rental Where’s it showing? Stadium 10, Galaxy Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) directs this ensemble super hero flick featuring Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Batman (Ben Affleck), The Flash (Ezra Miller), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher), who must save the world from Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) and his army of Parademons, all while humanity ponders the death of Superman (Henry Cavill). Justice League isn’t a terrible movie, but in an age when superhero stories are finding new and fun ways of telling their stories, this feels like a step backwards. When even Gadot’s

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What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Streaming Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Stadium 10, Park Morgan Freeman stars as Duke, the sleazy manager of a luxury Palm Springs resort, the Villa Capri, with a dark past that catches up with him. After spotting Duke on television (in an infomercial for Villa Capri), a mysterious woman (Jane Seymour) makes a phone call. “I found him!” she says before ordering the hit man on the other line to “take care of him.” It’s revealed that the woman is the wife of an incarcerated mob boss who Duke, once a seedy lawyer, betrayed years ago before changing his identity and relocating. But that opening scene doesn’t amount to much as the film progresses. We’re only shown two failed attempts on Duke’s life and both of them take place at the Villa Capri golf course—a rattlesnake in his golf bag and a bomb on his golf cart. That’s it? I guess I’m just used to more ruthless portrayals of the mafia in movies. I’m not saying rattlesnakes aren’t scary, because they ARE. We’re given a car chase and a shoot-out during the film’s climax, but the majority of Just Getting Started ignores its initial premise and focuses on the uncomfortable relationships Duke forms with two recent arrivals to the resort— Leo (Tommy Lee Jones), a new resident, and Suzen (Rene Russo), Duke’s new supervisor from the resort’s corporate office. We see Duke make a buffoon out of himself in front of both of them. Some of his shenanigans include cheating at golf, getting in a fistfight with a Santa Claus, and seducing two women on the same night in separate rooms of his apartment. Just Getting Started puts a lot of effort into singling out Duke as the most unsympathetic and irresponsible of the three leads, but Russo’s character is surprisingly just as unforgivable by the end of the film (at least on an ethical level). Her reason for not wanting the police involved (after finding out about the assassination attempts) is just as selfish as Duke’s (he doesn’t want to relocate again). She insists on keeping everything under wraps out of fear of losing her job if an incident at the resort became public (I guess none of the witnesses to the golf cart explosion made any inquiries?). Even after Suzen is kidnapped, Duke and Leo (who has a mysterious past of his own) continue to pursue the assailant themselves without any assistance. But some police interference— or interference from ANYONE— might have spiced things up a bit. There were a lot of people on the course the day the golf cart exploded. I don’t play golf so maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about? Does that happen a lot? Are golf cart explosions a common thing? Or maybe Jones used his Men in Black character’s memory eraser thingy on the witnesses? (91 min.) —Caleb Wiseblood

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MOVIES from page 40 When four high-school kids discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of, Jumanji, they are immediately drawn into the game’s jungle setting, literally becoming the avatars they chose: gamer Spencer becomes a brawny adventurer (Dwayne Johnson); football jock Fridge loses (in his words) “the top two feet of his body” and becomes an Einstein (Kevin Hart); popular girl Bethany becomes a middle-aged male professor (Jack Black); and wallflower Martha becomes a badass warrior (Karen Gillan). What they discover is that you don’t just play Jumanji—you must survive it. (112 min.) —Columbia Pictures

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LADY BIRD What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm, Galaxy, Fair Oaks Writer-director Greta Gerwig helms this coming of age story about high schooler Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) over the 2002-03 school year in Sacramento, exploring her difficult relationship with her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf) and others in her life. (93 min.) —Glen Starkey

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NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION

When? 1989 What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it available? See it at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at the Fremont Theater ($7 presale at eventbrite.com or $10 at the door), or on DVD/Blu-ray Chechik (Benny & Joon) directs this screenplay by John Hughes (The Breakfast JClub,eremiah Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Home Alone)

about the Griswold family’s hilariously disastrous holiday. A contemporary Christmas classic and the third in the National Lampoon Vacation series, it chronicles the misadventures of the Griswolds that started with National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) and National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985). Chicago residents the Griswolds—Clark (Chevy Chase), wife Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), and their kids Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and Rusty (Johnny Galecki)—are looking forward to spending a perfect holiday with Clark and Ellen’s parents, but their tranquil traditional holiday is thrown into disarray thanks to Clark’s poor planning and the arrival of hillbilly cousin Eddie Johnson (Randy Quaid), his wife Catherine (Miriam Flynn), their kids Rocky (Cody Burger) and Ruby Sue (Ellen Latzen), and their rottweiler Snots. Some of the best bits are Clark’s interactions with his pretentious neighbors Todd (Nicholas Guest) and Margo Chester (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). There’s also the obligatory flirting scene between Clark and a shop girl, Mary (Nicolette Scorsese), which is full of Freudian slips, sexual innuendo, and double entendre. Chase is of course the star of the show.

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He plays Clark as a good-natured family man who only wants what’s best for his clan, and his dogged determination regularly leads to extremes. The film’s classic scene is when Clark covers his entire house in 125,000 Christmas lights, unwittingly miss-wiring them and eventually causing a citywide blackout. He’s the sort of guy for whom Murphy’s Law was invented, from falling off the ladder, locking himself in his attic, and being attacked by cousin Eddie’s ravenous dog. Chase is the king of pratfalls, so if you like physical comedy, you won’t be disappointed. There’re also some poignant moments, such

What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth? Rental Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Park Kenneth Branagh (Dead Again, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Thor, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit) directs himself as famed Belgium detective Hercule Poirot, who on a lavish train trip with 13 strangers must solve a murder that could only have been committed by one of his fellow travelers. If you’re familiar with the story, that may work in your favor. If not, the grand reveal may MOVIES continued page 42

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MOVIES from page 41 seem like a cop-out, and it certainly will frustrate the armchair detectives who think they’re solving the case. If you like period mystery dramas, this latest iteration of this oft told tale isn’t terrible, but I didn’t need to see it in the theater. (114 min.) —Glen Starkey

THE STAR What’s it rated? PG Where’s it showing? Sunset Drive-In A small but brave donkey named Bo (Steven Yeun) yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth (Aidy Bryant), a lovable sheep who has lost her flock, and Dave (Keegan-Michael Key), a dove with lofty aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow the star and become unlikely heroes in the greatest story ever told— the first Christmas. (86 min.) —Sony Pictures Animation

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre, Bay, Stadium 10, Park, Galaxy In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past. (152 min.) —Walt Disney Pictures

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his hammer, is imprisoned on the other end of the universe, and finds himself pitted against his former ally The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) in a gladiatorial battle. Meanwhile, Hela (Cate Blanchett), the Goddess of Death, is threatening to destroy Thor’s home, Asgard, so he must escape and race against time to protect everything he holds dear. Between Blanchett as Hela and Goldblum as Grandmaster, you’ve got two really entertaining scenery chewing bad guys. Hemsworth’s Thor has an everyman charm. If you were merely to delineate the plot, this film would sound pretty boring, but as a sustained joke about the preposterousness of the Marvel Universe, it’s amazing! (130 min.) —Glen Starkey

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full Price Where’s it showing? The Palm, Stadium 10 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is one shape-shifter of a movie. Is it a comedy, tragedy, or quest for vengeance, redemption, and catharsis? Director/writer Martin McDonagh (The Guard) manages to convince you it’s all of the above at different twists and turns in the story. We’re dropped late into the aftermath of mother Mildred Hayes’ (Frances McDormand, Hail, Caesar!, Moonrise Kingdom) grief and pain. Months have gone by since her daughter Angela (Kathryn Newton) was viciously raped and murdered while walking home one night in their small town. Still, local law enforcement has made no arrests and doesn’t even have any suspects. While driving down a forgotten road just outside Ebbing, Mildred gets and idea and proceeds to march into town and pay for three billboards in a row painted red with big black letters that say “Raped while dying,” “And still no arrests?” and “How come, Chief Willoughby?” It’s a move that instantly sets the

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good, make-you-laugh-and-cry kind of movies, then you’ll love Wonder. However, if you’re that type of person but also a bit of a nerd, you will love Wonder even more. Wonder is about Auggie Pullman (Jacob Temblay), a 10-year-old science enthusiast who was born with facial deformities. The main storyline focuses on Auggie trying to adjust to attending school for the first time after being homeschooled his entire life, but there are also plots centered around the other characters, such as Auggie’s mother (Julia Roberts) trying to finish her dissertation that she put off after Auggie was born. Even if cheesy underdog stories aren’t your usual cup of tea, I still strongly encourage you to give Wonder a chance. It has more personality to it than most other films of this type, and Auggie isn’t even the character in the spotlight 100 percent of the time. It has certain humor and charm that gives it just a touch of uniqueness, and I have a hard time coming up with reasons why anyone wouldn’t like this movie. (113 min.) —Katrina Borges

CONNECTED In Wonder Wheel, the lives of a lifeguard, carousel operator, former actress, and a young girl on the run from gangsters are intertwined at Coney Island in the 1950s.

town aflutter, leading the viewer down several storylines. There’s police chief Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson, The Glass Castle, Nanking), who feels targeted by the billboards while he’s simultaneously dealing with life-threatening cancer. And we can’t forget Willoughby’s ne’er-do-well deputy Jason Dixon (Sam Rockwell, Frost/ Nixon, In The Soup), who has a history of allegedly torturing black people but somehow still has the trust of his boss. And there’s the squirmy ad salesman Red (Caleb Landry Jones, Get Out, The Social Network), who surprisingly shows enough gumption to put the billboards up even though he gets flak being (we think) one of the few gay people in town. Meanwhile, the doe-eyed used car salesman James (Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones) makes

WONDER WHEEL not so subtle passes at Mildred after she gives an interview on TV. At home, not everyone is on board with Mildred’s bold move. Her teen son, Robbie (Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The Sea), is thrown further into depression by the memories the billboards drag up of his sister. And things get downright violent between Mildred and her abusive ex-husband, Charlie (John Hawkes, Lincoln). The writing is impeccably sharp, with searing lines thrown in at the most emotionally potent moments, and yet, there are so many laugh-out-loud moments, too, in this film that deals rather heavily in anger and sorrow. The acting is superb, particularly performances from McDormand, who plays Mildred as hardened and determined to find justice,

and Harrelson as the seemingly hick police chief creates so much nuance and depth for his character. And yet, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri requires being OK with swallowing a hefty dose of imaginative realism. We’re dealing with very real problems, but this is a world where the consequences for, say, throwing someone out a window or committing arson don’t really line up with reality at all. (115 min.) —Ryah Cooley

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What’s it rated? PG-13 Where’s it showing? The Palm Wonder Wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny (Kate Winslet), an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment. (101 min.) ∆ —Amazon Studios

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X-Files as a kid, I can’t help but be drawn to books about Bigfoot, UFOs, or other kooky phenomena that lay between the pages of the yellowed paperbacks on that particular shelf. It’s a guilty pleasure of sorts. It doesn’t take me long to decide that Joan Didion and Cormac McCarthy will have to wait, and pluck a small paperback about the Bermuda Triangle off the shelf. At 250 pages, it’s just long enough to get me through a day cooped up mostly indoors, and gives me the perfect excuse to venture back into that fascinating maze of books in search of new surprises. Δ When Staff Writer Chris McGuinness doesn’t have his nose stuck in a book, he can be reached at cmcguinness@ newtimesslo.com.

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hether you’re 18 and looking for a fling or on your second marriage, the dating struggle is real. Say what you want about finding love the online way, but it has the distinct advantage of leveling the playing field. Gloria Zion met her husband, Jim, on match.com. You could say it was love at first semicolon. “I fell in love with Jim because he could write a grammatically correct sentence,” Jill said. “His bio said, ‘I’m a real nice guy, and there’s not a lot of us nice guys left.’ I was intrigued.” A few smart, funny (and very, very well written) emails later, both were smitten. The Fresno couple wed in 2011. That year, the lovebirds also purchased a beach house in Morro Bay, the sleepy coastal town that would eventually become their permanent home. Spring chickens they were not. Both were looking for a new life adventure to take on together, but no one could have expected how great of a power couple they’d become. Doubly, no one could have ever expected that the powerhouse partnership would be in bourbon whiskey. Gloria didn’t even drink the stuff. Jim, a Cal Poly alumnus, had already found success as an owner/managing director of Meridian Growers based out of Fresno. Gloria had climbed the ranks of the education field, working as a district superintendent, then a coach for struggling school districts, and later, a well respected university consultant. So how did a top-tier agricultural businessman and a semi-retired star education guru get into the boozemaking biz? As it turns out, life has a way of putting you on the right track. All you have to do is look around and see the opportunities presented. See, Jim sits on the Cal Poly Food Science and Nutrition Advisory Board. During a conference at the college a few years back, he got to talking to the guy in the seat next to him (that would be none other than master distiller and fellow Cal Poly alum Stephen Thompson). They talked as red-blooded guys do, about farming, weather, soil, and drinking. Thompson was retired and had decided he was only going to do fun projects that he actually liked. “Steve said he had some good bourbon back in Kentucky, and Jim said he had some good pistachios here in California,” Gloria said of that meeting, adding that the couple also grows almonds and pecans in California and Arizona. “Before we knew it, we were shipping pistachios out to Kentucky. A few months

later, we were on a plane to try our first few iterations of pistachio-infused bourbon whiskey.” Why pistachios? Number one, Jim and Gloria have a lot of them at their disposal. Secondly, it hadn’t been done—so why not then and why not them? Thirdly, the couple suspected the healthful oils would give the final product a smooth finish. They were right. “When Steve asked, ‘Have you ever tried using them in bourbon before?’ We thought, ‘Let’s give it a try,’” Gloria said. Then things got really interesting. With their product, Wicked Harvest, they knew they had Get nutty a fresh idea in a category For a store locator all its own. But what if they and recipes, go to fi nished the pistachios in used wickedharvestspirits.com. wine barrels? Would it be overkill or just that extra kick that gave the spirit a totally unique twist? “I’d been a wine enthusiast for my entire life,” Gloria said. “I thought, ‘This is a product I’d be willing to try because it has two things that I love: pistachios and wine.’” Gloria added that Wicked Harvest goes down incredibly smooth, perhaps even “a little too smooth sometimes.” Before we get any farther, I must say: This is not some silly “flavored” drink or frivolous fad. The couple starts with 5-year-old NO REST FOR THE WICKED Farm-to-bottle booze isn’t just the stuff of dreams—it’s Kentucky straight bourbon—crafted from available from Wicked Harvest, owned by Morro Bay residents Jim and Gloria Zion. The a special mash that took nearly two years couple creates this unique pistachio-infused bourbon whiskey using nuts from their own to perfect. Whole pistachios are added to California Valley fields. The spirit is aged in merlot barrels and distilled in Kentucky. oak wine barrels to give the product its remarkably distinct flavor. Everything is crafted in Kentucky, at a boutique distillery. The final product is premium, and the price tag reflects that. As Gloria says, “it’s for sipping, not shooting.” You might see vodka with lemon and marshmallow or “maple” whiskey on the shelves, but as Gloria warns, “Those are flavored things, and flavoring is in a lower category. We are infused, and we aren’t competing against any other bourbon, because there aren’t any others like ours.” It took time and toil to get this offering just right. In fact, it took 30 iterations in all. The couple has done everything themselves, from researching laws on labeling and exporting from out-of-state to creating their own distribution company. “After all that, and getting our product here, we thought, ‘OK. Now what do we NUTTY NIGHTCAP Jim and do?” Gloria said. “We had 300 cases on Gloria Zion of Morro Bay have that first run. So, I just packed up my taken their pistachios and turned car with bourbon and went to all the them into smooth-drinking bourbon cool places. I wanted to take it to all the whiskey unlike anything the world FLAVOR continued page 48

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FILE NO. 2017-2687 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (06/05/2006) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SAN LUIS OBISPO CHIROPRACTIC CENTER, 2066 Chorro St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Erin Parsons(2066 Chorro St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Erin Parsons. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-08-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, D. Chavez. 11-08-22. Nov. 30 & Dec. 7, 14, 21 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2702 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/09/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: SEVEN SEEDS & BULBS, 13425 Santa Rita Rd, Cayucos, CA 93430. San Luis Obispo County. Chris Haggie(13425 Santa Rita Rd, Cayucos, CA 93430) CA. This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Chris Haggie, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-09-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 11-09-22. Nov. 23, 30 & Dec. 7, 14 2017

FILE NO. 2017-2711 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (10/13/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: THE MEADOW, 691 Lincoln St, Apt. C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Serena Jade Ames(691 Lincoln St, Apt. C, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/ Serena Jade Ames. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, J. Goble. 1113-22. Nov. 23, 30 & Dec. 7, 14 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2718 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (11/11/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: NORTH WINDS FARM, 1559 10th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402. San Luis Obispo County. Adam Arlan Kirchner(1559 10th Street, Los Osos, CA 93402). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/Adam Kirchner, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong. County Clerk, S. Bolden. 11-13-22. Nov. 23, 30 & Dec. 7, 14 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2731 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (04/15/2017) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CENTRAL COAST CONNECTION, 1951 Devaul Ranch Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. San Luis Obispo County. Central California Connection(1951 Devaul Ranch Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/Central California Connection, Kent Smith, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong. County Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 11-13-22. Dec. 7, 14, 21 & 28 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2719 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CAMPING 101, 1185 Monaco Ct, Grover Beach, CA 93433. San Luis Obispo County. William Lawrence Miller(1185 Monaco Ct, Grover Beach, CA 93433). This business is conducted by an Individual./s/William L. Miller. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-13-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal) Tommy Gong. County Clerk, TJ. Blandford. 11-13-22. Nov. 23, 30 & Dec. 7, 14 2017

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FILE NO. 2017-2747 TRANSACTION BUSINESS DATE (N/A) New Filing The following person is doing business as: CORDATE CELLARS, 695 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. San Luis Obispo County. Sarita Bonita LLC(695 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401) CA. This business is conducted by a CA Corporation./s/Sarita Bonita, LLC. Deron T. Brewer, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Luis Obispo on 11-14-17. I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the statement on file in my office. (Seal)Tommy Gong. County Clerk, J. Goble. 11-14-22. Nov. 23, 30 & Dec. 7, 14 2017