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Saturday March 11 at 7pm

An intimate evening of Roots Americana with The Odd Birds and special guest Doug Schmude.

The Odd Birds are two of the least cool rock stars you’ll ever meet (no really, they met doing musical theatre). They have been playing their blend of Americana/country/folk music for over a decade. They’ve toured and had radio play in both the US and Europe. Known for their vocal harmonies, they were named one of Metronome Boston’s Top 21 bands in 2021.

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award
An Evening with John & Nancy Jack Todd, Ecological Design Pioneers. Come and be inspired by a life of Innovation!

Ecological design goes way beyond any other field of design. It taps deep into Nature’s operating instructions, organizing knowledge & ecosystems to serve human needs without despoiling the planet.

Please join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network as we celebrate our third annual Eco Hero Award honoring John & Nancy Jack Todd, pioneers in the ecological design movement.

Beginning in the late 1960’s this unique and amazingly productive husband and wife team has shared a partnership journey over five decades, committed to the emerging field of ecological design, that uses human ingenuity to design a future in balance with nature, while healing broken ecosystems damaged historically, and by modern industrial society.

Today John & Nancy operate Ocean Arks International, a nonprofit research and outreach organization founded in 1982. Ocean Ark’s stated mission is “to create planetary healing through promoting ecological literacy and the dissemination of vital eco-technologies”, with projects focused on the restoration of the world’s oceans and fresh waters, using the tools of nature to heal toxic waste sites, oil spills, leaking landfills and severely damaged waterways.

The Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award honors those individuals who have committed themselves to work in service of the planet and its inhabitants for more than thirty years, with actual solutions and concrete ways forward that benefit many, often on a global scale, while demonstrating pathways forward for future generations. Audiences will learn what inspired John & Nancy, how they made their projects happen, and what challenges they faced along the way—with time for the audience to ask questions, especially encouraging youth attending to interact.

Past recipients of the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Eco Hero Award include John D. Liu, Paul Stamets, and Louie Schwartzberg. We are honored to have John & Nancy Jack Todd join us in person as recipients for the 2023 Eco Hero Award. A reception follows in the Lobero courtyard for all ticket holders.

The event takes place at the Lobero Theatre on Friday, March 17, from 6:30 pm – 9 pm, tickets on sale at Lobero Tickets (fees apply), 805-963-0761; Lobero.com. TICKETS $10, $20, $40, & Friends of Eco Hero $100
For more information, www.sbpermaculture.org.

Join SLOMA for free wine, live DJ, and fresh art!

See our new mural, “SLO(W) Rainbow by Leah Rosenberg and attend our reception for Charlie Rugg!

It’s also your last chance to catch HOME/WORK.
For AAD this month, we've partnered with KCBX!

A series of paintings by the San Luis Obispo-based artist

“One of the best quartets before the public today” (The Washington Post), the Danish returns with the third concert in its Doppelgänger Project, pairing Schubert’s “Rosamunde” Quartet with a newly commissioned work by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir. One of the most original voices of her generation, Thorvaldsdóttir wields a “seemingly boundless textural imagination” (The New York Times) to create captivating musical landscapes at once grand and personal.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw joins Sō Percussion as vocalist for ten songs she co-composed with the quartet members. Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part explores soil cultivation as a metaphor for creativity and collaboration. Shaw’s remarkable ear for melody and harmony and Sō’s playful sense of rhythmic invention come together in this strikingly original music. Taking inspiration from James Joyce, ABBA, American roots music, plainchant, Christian hymns and stories from the Old Testament, Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw dissolve the boundaries between classical and pop.

Celebrated around the world for her commitment to free expression, human dignity and democratic government, journalist Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power and challenging corruption. The recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, Ressa has had multiple arrest warrants filed against her for her reporting on the authoritarian administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Her new book "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" tells the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts and how social media is killing our freedoms.

**New Date!**
Maria Ressa’s How to Stand Up to a Dictator, originally scheduled for January 19, has been rescheduled for May 18. The time and venue (7:30 PM at Campbell Hall) remain the same. Patrons with tickets for January 19 will receive replacement tickets in the coming weeks. If you purchased tickets as a gift, please alert the recipient.

Wilshire Hospice Volunteers often tell us how much they enjoy supporting our clients and use words like Uplifting, Satisfied, Privilege, Blessed, Gratifying, Meaningful, Rewarding, Purposeful, Honored, and Peaceful to describe their experience. Just a little of your time makes a huge difference in the lives of our patients, their families, and caregivers. Your presence matters, providing increased quality of life for our Hospice patients. Life is about living up to the very last moment!

Hospice Volunteers provide much needed temporary relief for caregivers in need of a break. Volunteers often provide companionship and emotional support for patients; reading, shopping, light housekeeping, playing cards or board games, listening to music, or writing a letter are just a few of the activities volunteers may offer. But your most valuable gift is simply a listening ear and supportive presence.

Our Volunteer Coordinators will personally guide you through the orientation and training program ensuring you have the best possible volunteer experience. Our accredited training is comprehensive, personal, and flexible and can be tailored to suit your own schedule.

Volunteers are needed in all areas of San Luis Obispo County and the Greater Santa Maria Area. Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) volunteers are a plus.

Wilshire Health & Community Services has been providing not-for-profit, experienced support to local communities for over 75 years.

For more information about our training, requirements, and volunteer experiences, please call Steve Willey at (805) 547-7025, extension 2021 or email HospiceVolunteer@wilshirehcs.org.
Web: https://www.wilshirehospicecc.org/

Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) will present DIS CONNECTION, a program of visual and performing art in the Blackboard Gallery from April 1 to May 27. The exhibition has been Curated by SCIART Artist-in-Residence Elana Kundell, featuring the work of eight contemporary female artists who have a family history of displacement by global events. The exhibition includes paintings, installation artworks, photography and sculpture responding to the personal impact of losing one’s home and community, one of the most consequential topics of our time.
Opening reception with the artists is free to attend and will take place April 1, 4 to 7 p.m.. Exhibition programing includes an artist panel discussion at 1 p.m., Saturday April 15, a concert by Gilles Apap and Armen Guzelimian at 7.30 p.m., Saturday April 22, and a film and live art performance by Maria Adela Diaz at 7.30 p.m., Saturday April 29.

There is ample free parking, admission to the Gallery is free. Visit studiochannelislands.org or call 805-383-1368 for full details.
Studio Channel Islands is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the arts in our community, providing unique and diverse artistic encounters for all ages and extraordinary opportunities for artists. Ongoing programs include open studios and arts education classes, diverse Blackboard Gallery exhibitions and performances, cultural festivals and Old Town Camarillo events. Gallery hours are Tues.–Fri., 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Located at 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo, CA 93010. For more information, visit www.studiochannelislands.org, or call 805-383-1368.

Employment law firm LightGabler is presenting a free employment law webinar, “You're Not the Boss of Me! A Supervisor's Roadmap for Effective Employee Management.” The webinar is Thursday, March 30 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Workplace productivity and morale depend in large part on the quality and skill of supervisors. A common mistake is to promote the "best" or "most senior" employee to a supervisory position, with little regard for leadership skills. Once in the position, most supervisors are not trained in effective management techniques to motivate and evaluate employees.

In this webinar for employers, supervisors and human resource professionals, LightGabler employment law attorney Ryan M. Haws will discuss the effective and lawful supervision of California employees, including supervisors’ most common mistakes, training supervisors, motivating employees, performance evaluations and counseling and disciplining employees.

Reservations are required. Attendance is limited to no more than two logins per company. Login instructions will be provided upon registration and again via email the day prior to the webinar. To register, go to https://www.lightgablerlaw.com/seminars.

For more information about LightGabler, visit www.LightGablerlaw.com or call 805-248-7208.