Service Listing: Paso Robles & Templeton

At the Library

Paso Robles Library

1000 Spring St. • (805) 237-3870 • Mon-Fri 9-7 and Sat 9-4 Children’s Library Activities • Mondays

Preschool Storytime (3-6yrs) in person on the Children’s patio with Miss Melissa, 10:00a. Registration required. Craft activity kit for participants to take home! • Tuesdays

Try It! (all ages) with Miss Melissa, 4:00 p on Facebook. Craft activity kit available for pick up starting Wednesdays. • Wednesdays

Animal Tales Story Time & Craft (1st-5th grades) with Miss Frances, 2:30 p on

Facebook. Craft activity kit available for pick up starting the Monday before. • Thursdays

Mother Goose on the Loose (0-18mos) with Miss Carrie, 9:00 a on Facebook. • Fridays

Toddler Story Time & Craft (1-3yrs) with Miss Cappy, 10:00 a on Facebook. Craft activity kit available for pick up starting the Monday before.

Creston Library

6290 Adams St. • (805) 237-3010

Santa Margarita Library

9630 Murphy Ave • (805) 438-5622 San Miguel Library

254 13th St. • (805) 467-3224 Shandon Library

195 N 2nd St. • (805) 237-3009 Government

Paso Robles

• City Council 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 p at Council Chambers • 1000 Spring

Street • Senior Citizens Advisory

Committee 2nd Monday, 1:30 p at the Paso Robles Senior Center • 321 S. Main Street #C, Templeton,

CA 93465 • Parks & Rec. Advisory Committee 2nd Monday, 4:00 p at Centennial Park Live Oak Room • 600 Nickerson Road • Planning Commission 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6:30 p at the City of Paso Robles Library

Conference Room • 1000 Spring

Street • Paso Robles Democratic Club 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 p at Centennial Park White Oak Room • 600 Nickerson • Library Board of Trustees 2nd Thursday, 9:00 a at City of Paso Robles Library • 1000

Spring Street • Airport Commission 4th Thursday, every other month, 6:30 p at 4900 Wing Way, Paso Robles For general info, call City Hall M-F 8:00 a - 5:00 p at (805) 227-7276. Visit prcity.com for virtual & up to date meeting info.

Santa Margarita

• Area Advisory Council 1st Wednesday, 7:00 p at Santa Margarita Community Hall • 22501 I St. Visit: smaaconline.org for more information.

Business & Networking

Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce

pasorobleschamber.com • (805) 238-0506 1225 Park St., Paso Robles, CA 93446

Templeton Chamber of Commerce

templetonchamber.com • (805) 434-1789 321 S. Main Street #C, Templeton, CA 93465 Health & Wellness

Cancer Support Community

Providing support, education and hope 1051 Las Tablas Road, Templeton • (805) 238-4411 • Visit: cscslo.org for more info Cancer Support Helpline • (888) 793-9355, 6 a.m.- 6 p.m. PST. Special Programs Email programs@cscslo.org for Zoom links • Every Wednesday • Tai Chi Chih | Virtual via Zoom• 10:00 - 11:00a • Mindfulness Hour | Virtual via Zoom • 11:30a - 12:30a • 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month • Grief Support Group | Virtual via Zoom • 1:30p - 2:30p • 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month • Adv. Cancer Support Group | Virtual • 10:00 - 11:00a • 2nd Wednesday of each month • Caregiver Support Group | Virtual • 10:00 - 11:00a • 2nd Thursday of each month • Cancer Patient Support Group | Virtual • 11:00a - 12:00p • 2nd Tuesday of each month • Young Survivor Support Group | Hybrid • 6:00 - 7:30pYoung Survivor Support Group | Virtual• 1:30 - 2:30 p

Service Organizations

Optimist Club

Paso Robles Club #14668 • (805) 238-2410 • Meeting — 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 6:30 p

American Legion Post 50

240 Scott St., Paso Robles • (805) 239-7370 • Hamburger Lunch | Every Thursday, 11 a - 1 p, $6 • Post Meeting | 4th Tuesday, 6:30 p

Veterans of Foreign Wars Elks Lodge

Paso Robles Lodge 2364 • 1420 Park Street • (805) 239-1411

Kiwanis International

Paso Robles •1900 Golden Hill Road • Culinary Arts Academy • Meeting — Tuesday, 12:00 p

Rotary International

Paso Robles Sunrise Courtyard by Marriott, 12 S Vine St. • Meeting — every Thursday, 12:00 p

By Christianna Marks

Attendees of a past Paso Wine Fest enjoy themselves during the festivities. The Wine Fest returns this year at a new venue, the Paso Robles Event Center

The Paso Wine Fest is back this year, bigger and better than ever. Not only will the Wine Fest take place at a new venue for its 40th year, but 100 iconic wines will be poured by Paso’s favorite wineries.

“The thing we’re super excited about is, we’ve got 100 wineries to sign up, which is a record high for us. We’ve never had 100,” said Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance (PRWCA) Executive Director Joel Peterson.

This year, the Paso Wine Fest’s Grand Tasting will be held at the Paso Robles Event Center on Saturday, May 21, from 12 to 4 p.m. instead of the Paso Robles Park, which has been its home for the last 39 years.

“We’re super stoked,” Joel said. “It’s been in the park for almost 38-39 years, and we’re moving it over to the event center. We felt it was time to have a little bigger space and let downtown be the amazing place it is.”

While the Fest had to be canceled in 2020, and PRWCA decided against planning a Fest in 2021, the Paso Wine Fest this year is making a triumphant return, with 10 food trucks, a Makers Market, three bands, and endlessly flowing wine. Tickets to the event include a $10 food voucher and a commemorative glass.

“It’s going to be the fun kind of festival atmosphere that the Event Center provides,” Joel continued. “Most people have either been to Beer Festival there, or the Rotary Cook-Off there, or the [Mid-State] Fair. It’s a great festival atmosphere down there. Especially now, you can easily find parking across the street.”

Two educational winemaker seminars will start off the festivities on May 21. One will be about “The Cabernet Icons of Paso Robles,” while the other is called “You Are What You Drink” and features organic, biodynamic, and Regenerative Organic Certification vineyards. Wineries participating in the seminars include Austin Hope, Castoro Cellars, DAOU Family Estates, Eberle Winery, Giornata, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery, My Favorite Neighbor, Robert Hall Winery, Tablas Creek Vineyard, and Villa Creek Cellars.

“The cool thing about that is you get there at 10 [a.m.], you sit down, you’re inside,” Joel said. “You go through this really cool hour and a half winemaker seminar, and then you’re let out right into... at 12 noon, we open the gates for the Grand Tasting. So you can make a whole day of it.”

Though the Grand Tasting will occur at the Paso Robles Event Center on May 21, the Wine Fest kicks off on Thursday, May 19, with winemaker dinners at Thomas Hill Organics and The Hatch. And on Friday, May 20, the new Sparkling Paso sparkling wine tasting will take place at Paris Valley Road Estate Winery. Another new event, the Paso Starry Night Dinner, will happen at the Paso Robles Event Center on Friday night.

To learn more about the four-day Paso Wine Fest and its festivities or purchase tickets, go to pasowine.com.