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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

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JULY 20, 2018

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HEALER A Reiki Master Teacher and a shamanic practitioner, Jeannie David uses her talents to heal people on emotional, mental or spiritual levels.

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spirits or using readings or crystals for divination, healers have always been part of human culture.

Among the Inuit or native communities in Alaska, Canada and Greenland, the angakkuq, or medicine person, of was often viewed as a mediator between the spirits and the living.

Often associated with receiving the Holy Spirit, the laying on of the hands continues to be used today in many church practices.

Even the cupules, depressions in the bedrock at Chitactac/ Adams Heritage County Park left by local Amah-Mutsun, the indigenous community who occupied the Pajaro River Basin and surrounding areas for thousands of years and may have used the cupules for shamanic rituals, are reminders that such practices are woven into human history. ➝6

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People once miles and time zones apart are more easily connected.

Our culture of convenience, while helpful in so many areas, may indeed come at a price—one that conditions people to be less contemplative, less perceptive. Are all of these technological integrations and instant gratification causing people to be less attuned to their own bodies and minds?

There are apps that tell people

what their baby’s cry means—a tool that undermines confidence in people’s ability to understand human needs, a convenience that separates people from their own intuition.

But for people like Jeannie David, skills of intuition are never far away. A Reiki Master Teacher and a shamanic practitioner, David uses her talents to heal people on emotional, mental or spiritual levels.

“I always had gifts ever since I was a little girl,” says David.

“Some people call it psychic. I prefer to call it sensitive intuitive. I’m also an empath. I do have mediumship abilities—I’m clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient,” meaning she can see spirits, hear them and feel their emotions.

Whether it’s laying on of the hands, communicating with the

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OPEN MIND A self-identified sensitive-intuitive, Jeannie David possessed gifts of insight at a young age.

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David’s history with her gifts of insight began as a young child, when she woke up one night convinced that her grandfather was in the room.

“He had a peculiar way of yawning, and that’s what woke me up,” David says. “I remember sitting up against my headboard. And I said ‘Grandpa?’ I remember hearing his voice and I was talking out loud to him. I didn’t see anyone. He said he just wanted to come and say goodbye and that he loved me.”

David said she woke her mom up in the middle of the night to tell her that she had talked to Grandpa.

“Mom got the call the next morning,” she says.

In her 30s, married with young children, David worked in escrow and took classes at Gavilan for enrichment—this time it was an anthropology course. Her instructor had learned under an apprentice of Michael Harner, an anthropologist who was considered the father of shamanism in the West.

When David realized she had

been experiencing spiritual interference from her deceased mother, she met with her instructor to do some clearing work.

“Because of the way in which she passed, she did not realize she was in fact dead,” says David of her mother.

It wasn’t until after her own shamanic journey session, that David, then 36, decided to become a student.

That was more than 15 years ago. It led to five years of intensive study.

But David’s journey was just beginning.

In the summer of 2003, David was in involved in a car accident at a Gilroy intersection, which left her with a severe concussion and painful injuries resulting in more than 12 foot surgeries.

“I think I might have broken it because I hit the brake pedal so hard,” says David. “I have nerve damage now. I have five pins in my right foot and four in my left.”

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JAZZ FUNDRAISER Support local music education at the Greg Chambers Sobrato Murphy Music Association Fundraiser. Celebrate the album release of MHUSD band director and saxophonist Greg Chambers while raising funds for the Sobrato High School/Martin Murphy School Music Association. Enjoy a silent auction and CD signing. Cocktail attire is suggested, $35 ticket includes dinner. Friday, July 20, 6-10pm at the Granada Theatre, 17440 Monterey Road. For tickets, visit gregchambersmusic.com.

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MUSIC SERIES All ages are invited to enjoy Morgan Hill’s biggest free concert series, the 2018 Friday Night Music Series, Fridays through Aug. 17. Free admission and parking. No outside alcohol permitted; beer and wine available for purchase on site. Be part of this great community event Friday, July 20, 6-9:30pm at Morgan Hill Downtown Amphitheatre, 17000 Monterey Road. For more information, visit morganhill.org.

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PARTY IN THE PARK Enjoy live music, fun games, wellness activities and a movie screening at the annual Gilroy Party in the Park. This event features free and enriching activities and resource tables for families in the South County area, raffles, arts and crafts, a petting zoo and pony rides, free school backpacks and much more. Friday, July 20, 6-10:30pm at San Ysidro Park, 7700 Murray Ave. Visit tinyurl.com/y8g8ch2k.

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STREET FESTIVAL JULY 20, 2018

Head to the 32nd annual Street Festival Car Show & Chili Cook-off featuring a full day of fun for the entire family, including two stages of live entertainment and more than 200 vehicles on display. Also enjoy free watermelon, fabulous vendors, refreshment concessions, raffle prizes, a Kids Zone, free admission, free parking and more. Saturday, July 21, 10am-4pm in downtown Hollister. Visit downtownhollister.org.

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HOT HANDS Local healer Jeannie David conducts a reiki healing session in her Gilroy office with client Ana Silva.

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that she had received a message during her accident.

“My accident was not an epiphany.” says David. “It was more or less a sign from the spiritual guides.

I was at a crossroads, literally and figuratively. I either needed to do something with my gifts and my healing training or not. I went to my friend and said, ‘I am ready for reiki.’”

David, 51, is now a Reiki Master Trainer.

Reiki is a form of energy work that has its origins in Japan.

Though not easily translated directly, the word is a blend of two words: “rei,” meaning “a higher power’s wisdom” or “Universal Life,” and “qi” or “ki,” meaning “life force energy”— what David refers to as simply “healing energy.”

David uses her spirit guides to determine how to approach a client’s situation and whether it requires a clearing, card reading, crystal healing or her speciality, soul retrieval.

Soul retrieval, David says, is

when she returns a part of the soul that was lost to a trauma.

“What is traumatic for one person is not usually traumatic for another,” says David. “You are not only welcoming back that fragment of your soul, you are also welcoming back the trauma with which it left. The difference is you might be older, but you are in a completely different place that you are more equipped to handle and process that trauma and work past it.”

David says her clients need to be ready to receive her healing treatments, and she consults her guides to gauge their readiness.

“If you bring a soul fragment back without that person’s permission or it’s inappropriate timing, what is going to happened is it’s going to leave again,” she says.

“My guides are saying ‘no,’” is something David says routinely.

She tells people to come back when they’re ready.

Pains or illness originating in specific areas of the body, says David, correspond to metaphysical madalies.

“The gallbladder is an emotional storehouse.” says David. “The chest area, your lungs—that’s your heart chakra. If you get sick, upper respiratory infection . . . that means you took a hit, you got hurt.”

According a book by Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life, which David recommends, the feet, where David sustained severe injuries from her accident, and which she took as a clear message to use her healing work, “represent our understanding—of ourselves, of life, of others. Foot problems (represent) fear of the future and of not stepping forward in life.”

Deb Smith, one of David’s clients, is a fitness instructor with Fate Fitness in Gilroy. David rents an office in her building and was training with Smith. During one of the training sessions Smith was conducting, David stopped, noticing Smith was in pain.

She said to Smith, “Why don’t we take a couple minutes and let’s see if maybe I can help you with your back pain.”

“She did, and it was amazing,” says Smith.

David was called Hot Hands by her instructors and Smith found out why.

“She went in back and held her hands a few inches away from my back and within 30 seconds, maybe a minute, my back felt like I had a heating pad on it, but she wasn’t touching me; it was the energy from her hands warming up my back,” Smith says, adding that David’s palms “were bright reddish-pink from the heat.”

Several months later, Smith was having some abdominal issues and says David cleared her pain.

“Again it was immediate. Within five, 10, 15 minutes my pain was gone,” Smith says.

Some time after that, Smith again returned to David for her services; this time she got a reading.

“I took dubious notes and I can’t tell you how many of the messages we—well, she—received from the cards,” Smith says. “Many of ➝ 15

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Celebrate 40 years of family fun at the world’s greatest summer food festival.

Head to the Gilroy Garlic Festival and enjoy three full days of great garlicky food, celebrity chefs, live music and entertainment on three stages, a fun children’s area, arts and crafts and more. Also not to be missed are Gourmet Alley where famous “Pyro Chefs” put on a flame-up show and hundreds of volunteers prepare garlicky gourmet dishes, cooking competitions including the Great Garlic Cook-Off, and beer and wine tasting. Friday-Sunday, July 27-29, all day at Christmas Hill Park, 7050 Miller Ave, Gilroy. Visit gilroygarlicfestival.com.

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GILROY DOWNTOWN LIVE Make the scene Thursdays this summer at Gilroy’s family-friendly Downtown Live. Dance the night away to the

sounds of amazing bands and bring an empty stomach to enjoy a variety of food trucks with something for everyone. Downtown Live will be held Thursdays, 5-9pm. on Fifth St. in Downtown Gilroy. Visit tinyurl. com/y8on3jrb.

SISTER CITIES The Gilroy Sister Cities Association promotes goodwill between Gilroy and its six Sister Cities with programs to improve international relations at the personal level. Join the Gilroy Sister Cities Association to welcome guests from Angra do Heroismo, Azores and Takko-machi, Japan and enjoy an evening of food and friendship Thursday, July 26, 6-6:45pm at Old City Hall Restaurant, 7500 Monterey Road. RSVP to hdsmith1943@gmail.com.

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CAR SEAT CHECK Join the California Highway Patrol’s Hollister-Gilroy Area office as its certified child safety seat technicians inspect children’s car

PET WASH Head to the Ninth Annual Pet Wash Fundraiser in Cherisse’s Hair Salon’s parking lot and treat a furry friend to a wash. Available services include

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grooming by Monika’s Grooming, John Paul Pet product samples and more. Also enjoy a raffle, Reiki Energy Healing and jewelry available for purchase.

Proceeds will benefit Operation Freedom Paws and South County Tail Waggers. Sunday, July 22, noon-3pm at Cherisse’s Hair Salon, 84 W. Second St. Visit cherisseshairsalon.com.

July 26, 10:30-11:15am at Morgan Hill Library, 660 W. Main Ave. Visit misterqlive.com.

Everyone is welcome to Seeker Vineyard’s Summer Music Saturdays to enjoy more than good wine at the winery with heart. Seeker Vineyard is continuing its Saturday Music Series with bluegrass fun; experience old-time, Americana and foot stompin’ bluegrass with Just Picked String Band. Summer Music Saturdays are open to the public and admission is free. Saturday, July 21, noon-5pm at Seeker Vineyard, 11755 Turlock Ave, San Martin. For more information, visit seekervineyard.com.

KIDS DANCE PARTY Young children are invited to get moving at an interactive musical experience at the Morgan Hill Library. Join the Toddler Dance Party with California credentialed teacher, certified Music Together instructor and singer/songwriter Mister Q. Part teacher and part rock star, Mister Q will rock the little ones’ favorite tunes Thursday,

MOVIE NIGHT The whole family will enjoy an outdoor movie at Summer Fun in the Park’s second event for 2018. Attendees are invited to bring chairs and blankets and to enjoy a movie outside with friends and family. Thursday, July 26, 8-10pm at Galvan Park, 17666 Crest Ave. For information, visit tinyurl.com/y7jp8j5x.

SAN MARTIN BENEFIT CONCERT Join Rebekah Children’s Services as it presents “The Squeeze,” featuring

Cripple Creek Band, in a benefit concert. Guests will enjoy a night of country and Southern rock music, dancing, mechanical bull rides, beer, wine and food. Must be 21 or older with a valid ID. All proceeds will benefit Rebekah Children’s Services. Saturday, July 21, 7-11pm at Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Park, 14485 Monterey Highway. For tickets, visit rcskids. org.

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VINES & VIBES Enjoy great wines, fabulous music and lots of fun in the warm weather at Guglielmo Winery’s Vines & Vibes—A Music Adventure summer concert series.

Attendees are invited bring a picnic dinner or purchase a great barbecue meal onsite and relax while enjoying

a bottle or glass of Guglielmo’s award winning wine. Also enjoy listening or dancing to live music from great area bands. Attendees must be 21 or over, and no outside alcohol please.

Wednesday, July 25, 6-9pm at Guglielmo Winery, 1480 East Main Ave. Visit guglielmowinery.com.

Head to Andy’s Orchard for a tour and stone fruit tasting featuring apricots, peaches, nectarines & plums. Taste dozens of stone fruits and sample select fruits and jams at this fun-filled event. Guests will also experience an entertaining and informative tour of the packing shed and the orchard and have a chance to hand-pick a small amount of tree-ripened fruit for purchase. Saturday, July 21, 10am-1pm at Andy’s Orchard, 1615 Half Road, Morgan Hill. For tickets and information, visit andysorchard.com.

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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVING Don’t miss Fremont Peak’s expansive views and astronomical observatory with exciting public programs. Join the evening public program featuring an informative media presentation and the opportunity to observe the night sky with a 30-inch telescope. Saturday, July 21, 8pm-midnight or later at Fremont Peak Observatory, San Juan Canyon Road, San Juan Bautista. For information and updated program times and availability status, visit fpoa.net.

FARM-TO-TABLE

Don’t miss the first ever farm-to-table dinner at The Barn at Hoey Ranch.

Guests will enjoy a night of celebration featuring delicious local food paired with Gilroy wines. Local restaurant Cafe Thyme will treat attendees to a 4-course dinner prepared with ingredients sourced from nearby rural farms and served on an old growth redwood farm table. Space is limited at this intimate event.

Saturday, July 21, 6-9pm at Hoey Ranch, 2480 Hecker Pass Highway, GIlroy.

For information and tickets, visit thebarnathoeyranch.com.

Wild Color 5K Run. Participants will receive a Hollister Wild Color T-Shirt, finisher medal and bag of color for the after-party Color Splash event, where attendees will enjoy music, food, drinks and fun for the whole family.

Saturday, July 28, 7am. Race Start and Finish is located at 2360 Technology Pkwy. To register, visit hollisterwildcolor5krun.com.

MOONLIGHT TRAIN PARTY Enjoy an evening of fun and relaxation at Roaring Camp’s Moonlight Dinner Train Party.

Attendees will start with a hearty barbecue dinner followed by a

CONCERT SERIES The Sip ‘N Sway Saturdays concert series continues at the Stomping Ground through Aug. 4. Remember to bring dancing shoes, and the Stomping Ground will provide wine for purchase by the glass or bottle.

No outside alcohol is permitted; guests must be 21 or older to attend.

FARM-TO-TABLE BENEFIT The San Benito County Arts Council proudly presents “The Art of Eating: A Farm-to-Table Benefit for the Arts.” Guests will enjoy a four-course open-air dinner featuring gourmet food from local producers, wine from Aroma Cellars and live music. Guests are encouraged to bring their own artistic plates to the event. All proceeds benefit art programs throughout San Benito County.

Sunday, July 22, 5-8pm at Herbert Family Organic Farm, 1941 Fallon Road, Hollister. For information and tickets, visit sanbenitoarts.org.

MUSICAL PICNIC Bring the whole family to Hecker Pass Winery Wednesdays this summer for live music and a picnic at Wine Down

BACK COUNTRY HIKE Connect with nature with Open Space Authority at Discovering Your Connection to Open Space Series - Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve. Learn about butterflies, rainbow trout and redlegged frogs while searching for the elusive Western Pond Turtle on a guided 4-mile back country hike. Bring water, lunch, a camera, sunscreen and/or a hat and a sense of adventure. Friday, July 27, 8am-noon at Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve, 4289 Casa Loma Road, Morgan Hill. To register, visit openspaceauthority.org.

SONG & WINE The 2018 KRTY Song and Wine Series at Clos LaChance continues with Ashley McBryde, James Otto, Wynn Varble and more. Seating is first come, first served; lower-back lawn chairs are encouraged and folding chairs are available. Attendees must be 21 and older; no outside alcohol allowed.

Food will be available for purchase and outside food and sealed water bottles are okay. Thursday, August 2, 6-10pm at Clos LaChance Winery, 1 Hummingbird Lane, San Martin.

For more information, visit clos.com.

DOC MCSTUFFINS Experience “Doc McStuffins: The Exhibit,” the first-ever museum exhibit based on Disney’s Peabody Award-winning series. Families are invited to help Doc perform check-ups and diagnose toy patients while learning healthy habits, compassion and nurturing care in this interactive English and Spanish bilingual experience that provides opportunity for children to become comfortable in healthcare settings.

This hands on exhibit runs through Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, 180 Woz Way, San Jose. Visit cdm.org.

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leisurely train ride aboard vintage railway cars. At the Bear Mountain stop guests will be charmed by a glowing campfire, hot cider and entertainment. Guests will be greeted upon their return to Roaring Camp with hot apple pie and a live band.

Saturday, July 21, 5:30-10pm at Roaring Camp, 5401 Graham Hill Road, Felton. Visit roaringcamp.com.

EVENING HIKE Observe the beautiful Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve as day moves into night at the Open Space Authority’s Evening Hike. While hiking a 4-mile trail, participants will see and hear the changes that occur as some animals go to sleep and others come alive.

Bring a flashlight for when it gets dark, drinking water and a snack.

Be sure to dress in layers for when it gets cool after sunset at 8:25pm. Saturday, July 21, 7-11pm at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve, 550 Palm Ave, Morgan Hill. For information and tickets, visit openspaceauthority.org.

Wednesdays. Entry is free at this family-friendly event, beer and wine will be available for purchase, outside alcohol is prohibited. Guests are invited to bring a picnic to enjoy.

Wednesday, July 25, 5:30-8:30pm at Hecker Pass Winery, 4605 Hecker Pass Road, Gilroy. For information, visit tinyurl.com/y8s5e22o.

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Mullen continued to see David for fertility issues.

“I used reiki in conjunction with acupuncture, yoga and meditation in order to help myself get pregnant,” says Mullen. “It definitely helped. It also helped give me peace of mind with the process.”

Though Mullen can do reiki for herself, she prefers to go to David.

“I feel connected with the universe when I’m using it. I feel energy flow through me when I’m using it,” says Mullen. “To the skeptic who may say, ‘It’s not true,’ or ‘It doesn’t work,’ I would say, whether its a placebo or not, there is something about the power of the mind and feeling connected and being extremely present with what you're doing. When I use reiki on myself or my children, that’s exactly what I do, I feel present. I visualize the ailment or blockage, and the universe speaks through me. I really believe in it.”

Mullen believes David is an intuitive.

“There are times when she just knows what’s in store for you or what direction you’re being called to,” says Mullen. “Frequently in reiki or if you were getting a reading from her, that piece will come up.”

Mullen adds that for those feeling reluctant about this approach, there are still benefits to it as a stress reliever, “just to sort of wash the day away.”

“I really want people to open themselves to the possibility and experience it before you make any judgment,” says Mullen. “Just sit down and have a conversation with her, and whether you choose reiki, a shamanic practice or card reading—whatever path you choose— very quickly you learn that she is an intuitive and has a lot to offer. Just open your heart and listen.”

Contact Jeannie David via phone or text at 408.590.6909 or email her at jeanniedavid@yahoo.com.

Meet Jeannie David and other metaphysical practitioners at the Lotus Festival, Saturday, Oct. 6 at Hecker Pass Winery. For more information about the Lotus Festival, visit Magical Unicorn Crystals on Facebook or heckerpasswinery.com.

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the situations that she said I would encounter did occur.”

In addition to healing and clearing work, David also does attunements, where she channels energy into her students during a sacred ritual.

The ritual or reiki attunement is a ceremony that requires the reiki master open the flow of energy in a student’s body allowing the qi, or life force, to flow freely.

David, who is trained in the Usui method of reiki, says, “There are sacred symbols that are literally slapped into your hands during the attunement process.”

There are three levels of reiki and four sacred healing symbols the healers learn, says David.

If a student is attuned to the first level, “they are attuned to give energy to give reiki to anyone or anything: food for a healthy boost, medication for an extra oomph. Or give reiki—healing energy—back to Mother Earth.”

With reiki level II, David says, students learn more about the sacred symbols and their ability to offer emotional healing and build protections.

“With that, you are able to cleanse more emotional and mental turbulence,” says David.

One of David’s students, Brownell Middle School Assistant Principal Rebecca Mullen, is attuned to reiki level I. Mullen was teaching David’s daughter in 2011-2012 when she met David and learned about reiki, which was entirely new to her.

“I am not a super religious person,” says Mullen, “but I do definitely believe in cosmic energy and that we feed off the energy of others. That piece really spoke to me, particularly the power of healing through energy,” David had invited Mullen to get a free reiki treatment “as a kind of end of the school year gift.”

“I went and experienced it firsthand, and it was amazing,” says Mullen. “Anyone who is open to acupuncture, yoga, craniosacral and acupressure—it’s right in alignment with those therapies.

Because basically the foundational premise of reiki is using energy and that can speak to a person in any way. Some people believe in that as a higher power, such as God or

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THE ART OF EATING San Benito Arts Council holds annual farm-to-table event for the arts, Sunday, July 22.

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ith land purchased from Col. William W. Hollister, the Herbert family farm has been growing food in Hollister for nearly 150 years.

Today, great, great granddaughter Becky Herbert runs local restaurant Farmhouse Café as well as Eating with the Seasons, a CSA serving the greater Bay Area, including Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco as well as its homebase in San Benito County.

Herbert recently joined forces with Mike Fisher of Fisher’s Catering and executive director Jennifer

Laine of San Benito Arts Council to help with a farm-to-table event designed to raise funds for the local arts community.

The event, a four-course wine pairing in collaboration with Aroma Cellars, will raise money for arts programs throughout the county.

Laine is excited about the food which she says will be created with locally sourced, whole, organic foods.

“Becky will prepare two courses and Mike will also be preparing two courses as well,” says Laine. “They are both local pioneers in the food movement here. They are often

working with local producers and organic farmers so we were very happy to partner with them.”

This event will be the second of its kind and is a chance for the community to pull together to raise funds for a good cause. Their first farm-to-table event, held last year, raised $4,000 with only 75 attendees. This year, Laine says they already have 124 people signed up.

“So the fundraiser is for our arts and education program, which is our largest and most dynamic program,” says Laine. “It’s also very diverse we have a lot of different components. Part takes place in schools with assemblies and residences and we also have a dynamic after school program.”

Laine says they offer a fee-based afterschool art program where they provide free scholarships as well as a number of free programs in partnership with the Young Alliance such as its new mariachi program and its ceramics program.

Although the event is not a zero-waste event, Laine encourages people to bring their own plates—partly to cut down on waste and partly to express themselves artistically.

“It provides beautiful to the event and it’s also a conversation piece,” says Laine. “Other times we have artists that bring plates they made themselves. It’s a great conversation starter when you’re sitting with a group of other people you may not share a table with and it just creates a really nice atmosphere.”

The San Benito County Arts Council presents “The Art of Eating: A Farm-to-Table Benefit for the Arts.”

All proceeds benefit art programs throughout San Benito County.

Sunday, July 22, 5-8pm at Herbert Family Organic Farm, 1941 Fallon Road, Hollister. For information and tickets, visit sanbenitoarts.org.

The Arts Council accepts donations for their program and volunteers for its year-round events.

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PALE PINK Most rosés are made using the saignée method, where the

free-run juice from just-picked reds is collected and fermented before the reds are de-stemmed and processed.

50 Shades of Pink How We Love Rosé

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deep raspberry pink, is a saignée of grenache, syrah and mourvedre. It’s bright, lively and juicy with strawberry, raspberry and pomegranate.

The 2017 Family Album is primarily a direct press of 85 percent mourvedre, 12.5 percent grenache, 2 percent carignane and half-percent grenache blanc. A deep shade of magenta, with plush texture and tannin, it’s more like a light red wine than a rosé, and certainly fills that role of the perfect red wine to have when you don’t want pinot and you need something chilled. Like a dark cherry-blackberry punch, this reminds me a bit of the rum cherry ice cream I was so fond of as a kid.

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osés are here to stay.

Rosés of all hues can be found in Santa Clara Valley, from pale pink to hearty red. Most are made using the saignée, or “bleeding off ” method, where the free-run juice from just-picked reds is collected and fermented before the reds are de-stemmed and processed.

Typically, wines made in this fashion tend to be a bit darker in color and higher in alcohol than those picked at lower brix for classic rosés, which are not bled off but pressed directly and made in the manner of white wine.

We have two perfect examples of both styles of wines from Aver Family Vineyards. The 2017 Grace, a

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Live jazz and bossa nova classics by Jeannine Bonstelle and Trio Passarim.

Garden walk, steam distillation demonstrations and Elizabeth Van Buren essential oil blending bar.

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