Adopt a Cockroach This February for Your Valentine

Madagascar hissing cockroaches available for adoption from the Charles Paddock Zoo the perfect person to receive their very own cockroach. Adopting a Madagascar hissing cockroach from the zoo is a new and fun way to express your love, or perhaps lack thereof.

Day gift options, go to charlespaddockzoo.org/events/details/name-acockroach-for-your-valentine/

ATASCADERO — Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Charles Paddock Zoo is offering a unique way to show your true affection with Adopt-ACockroach. During the month of February, you can give that special someone in your life who is either very hard to shop for or who might just be

For only $7, you can name a cockroach and receive an official Certificate of Adoption that will include your special valentine’s name to give them this year for Valentine’s Day. You can also upgrade your gift and book a special meet-and-greet with a Madagascar hissing cockroach or get a special T-shirt/hoodie for your loved one.

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The Charles Paddock Zoo is home to hundreds of species from all over the world including red pandas, monkeys, meerkats, parrots, a Malayan tiger, a variety of reptiles, and much more. The Charles Paddock Zoo is located next to Atascadero Lake Park at Highway 41/ Morro Road and one mile west of Highway 101. The zoo is open every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

To learn more about the Charles Paddock Zoo, visit charlespaddockzoo. org or call (805) 461-5080

Get Your Tickets for Valentine’s Movie Night with ‘The Ghost and Mrs. Muir’ at Park Cinemas

Tickets are limited and may be purchased now for $12 per person

PASO ROBLES — Park Cinemas and the Paso Robles Main Street Association invite you to join them for their Valentine’s Movie Night on Sunday, Feb. 19.

The annual event is back, this time to enjoy the 1947 classic, “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,” starring Jean Tierney, Rex Harrison, and Natalie Wood, in performances unmatched on the big screen, at 7 p.m. at Park Cinemas in Downtown Paso Robles as part of the association’s Valentine Movie Night. Popcorn, chocolate, and soda are included in your $12 ticket. The event starts at 7 p.m., and seating is assigned when you buy your ticket from Park Cinemas, 1100 Pine Street in Paso Robles.

In 1900, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), widowed for one year, decides to move out of her controlling in-laws’ London home to the English seaside with her adolescent daughter Anna (Natalie Wood) and their long-devoted maid Martha (Edna Best). Despite the rental agent trying to dissuade her, Lucy decides to rent Gull Cottage at Whitecliff-by-the-Sea. She learns firsthand before she makes the decision the rental agent’s hesitance

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is because the cottage is haunted, supposedly by its now deceased former owner, seaman Captain Daniel Gregg (Sir Rex Harrison).

Tickets are limited and may be purchased now for $12 per person at the Park Cinemas box office or at ParkCinemas.com. For more information, call (805) 238-4103. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover cards accepted.