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Project Roomkey aims to A virtual outlet for Peek into the fi elds NEWS house during COVID-19 [3] ARTS Nipomo artists [20] EATS for Farm Day [23] Remove decision-making burdens from your loved ones SEPTEMBER 3 - SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 VOL. 21 NO. 27 by making personal choices rganizations that depend on big fundraising events to build the revenue they need to run are banking well in advance on virtual events to make up some of their projected Olosses this year. Staff Writer Malea Martin speaks with of need. organization leaders about the challenges they’re facing [6]. This week, you can also learn about how the county’s 2 program to house the unhoused during COVID-19 is faring [3]; RAISING MONEY: Many nonprofits face the online outlet Nipomo artists now have to show and sell their an uncertain future because they haven’t been able to hold the fundraising events work [20]; and what the upcoming Santa Barbara County Farm that sustain them. Let us guide you Day has in store [23]. through your pre- Camillia Lanham arranged burial editor or cremation plan and secure your

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BRIEFS FILE PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM Political Watch • Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Aug. 26 that the state signed a contract with PerkinElmer, a major diagnostics company, to allow California to process up to 150,000 additional COVID-19 tests a day, with a results 3 turnaround time of 24 to 48 hours. The state’s goal is to begin processing tests in a new laboratory facility by Nov. 1 and run at full capacity by March 1, 2021, at the latest. “This fi rst-of-its-kind agreement aims to disrupt the testing marketplace, help break supply-chain logjams and drive down the costs for tests for every Californian,” according to Newsom’s offi ce. The per-test cost would be about $31. “To support this contract at the lowest cost to taxpayers, the state will enter into a contract for third-party billing services to recoup costs from health insurance companies or other payers,” the governor’s offi ce stated. Then on Aug. 28, Newsom announced that he signed an executive order to help the state build out its laboratory capabilities. The order will “expedite efforts by the Department of General Services and the Department of Public Health to establish and operate up to three sites for use as laboratories to increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity,” according to Newsom’s offi ce

• State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson’s (D-Santa Barbara) Senate Bill 493, which ensures that California HELP FOR THE HOMELESS: Santa Barbara schools provide a transparent and fair process for County opened Project Roomkey, a 74-room all students involved in a sexual assault allegation, non-congregate homeless shelter, in passed the state Assembly on Aug. 30, representatives partnership with Santa Barbara Hotel Group from Jackson’s offi ce announced. The bill is a direct and People Assisting the Homeless on April response to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ 20. The project isn’t available in North County, but other services are. rollback of Title IX protections for student survivors of sexual assault on college campuses. Jackson’s new bill will require state-funded colleges and universities “to adopt common-sense processes that ensure a fair, “We are not disappointed at all,” Barnard told larger population of homeless families that need to transparent, consistent response to reports of sexual Project Roomkey isn’t open the Sun. be kept together. violence,” Jackson’s offi ce stated. This includes making to North County, but other Non-congregate programs like Project “We feel completely supported by the county,” it easier for students to report sexual harassment and Roomkey are challenging to run, Barnard said, she said. violence, requiring that schools respond to off-campus homeless services are and require an abundance of support services to Still, she understands the concerns regarding incidents that could interfere with a student’s access Roughly 30 people experiencing homelessness operate successfully. While the county provides safety at congregate shelters right now. Although to education, and prohibiting “courtroom-style direct have found housing thanks to a non-congregate those services to Project Roomkey clients in South the Good Samaritan is doing all it can to spread cross-examination of survivors by their assailants or shelter that Santa Barbara County opened at County, where Barnard said most county staff clients out and keep everyone safe, the shelter had to their attorneys.” It would also require adequate training the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, but the work and live, that work would have likely been left quarantine for four weeks in late June after 14 of 120 for school offi cials involved. “Studies show at least 1 in program is only really accessible to South County to the Good Samaritan in North County. clients in the shelter tested positive for COVID-19. 5 U.S. women, 1 in 8 men, and 1 in 4 trans or gender residents. Homeless advocates in North County say Good Sam already provides those services— “It’s been a super challenging time,” Barnard non-conforming students survive sexual assault as this time, that’s OK. addiction treatment, counseling, social work, rapid said. “I’m just super grateful that we haven’t had a undergraduates,” according to the senator’s offi ce. Santa Barbara County opened Project Roomkey, rehousing—to those in its shelters and programs, lot of turnover in our staff.” a 74-room non-congregate homeless shelter, in and Barnard said her staff is stretched thin. —Kasey Bubnash Between the 50 beds (down from its • Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Senate President Pro partnership with Santa Barbara Hotel Group NEWS continued page 4 Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), and Assembly and People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) on usual 90 beds due to COVID-19 safety Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) announced April 20. The program, which cost more than precautions) Good Samaritan has at its WeekendWeather on Aug. 28 that they reached an agreement on Assembly $1 million in state funding, is aimed at getting regular overnight shelter, the nonprofi t Bill 3088, an eviction protection bill. Co-authored by homeless individuals who are especially at risk of is also charged with operating a 10-bed Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and experiencing complications due to COVID-19 off overfl ow center, a 12-room family shelter that can hold about 48 people total, three Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara), and state Sens. the streets and into housing. Microclimate Weather Forecast trailers that can each hold a family of four, a Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) and Anna Caballero But Project Roomkey, which the Santa Barbara Dave Hovde 20-person emergency shelter for the elderly, (D-Salinas), the bill will protect tenants and small- County Board of Supervisors discussed at a meeting KSBY Chief Meteorologist and a program that provides temporary property owners from the economic impacts of COVID-19, on Aug. 18, wasn’t available in North County. non-congregate housing services for according to Newsom’s offi ce. “Struggling renters need “What about the rest of the county?” Andy veterans. Good Sam also helped operate a Thursday Friday protection from evictions for missed rent, and property Caldwell with the Coalition of Labor, Agriculture, and Business said at the meeting during public 70-person emergency shelter at Santa Maria owners need relief from foreclosure. Our agreement today High School for two months in the spring, provides both,” Newsom said in a media release. The comment. “Santa Maria and Lompoc have homeless problems. Is this another issue where the all on top of the extra cleaning and safety agreement protects California renters with pandemic- county’s going to spend a million dollars on the work that COVID-19 now requires of staff. related economic hardships by disallowing eviction until South County homeless?” “It’s just too much for us to be able to Jan. 31, 2021, “so long as the tenant makes certain Community Services Director George Chapjian handle,” Barnard said. COASTAL ➤ High 77 Low 57 COASTAL ➤ High 81 Low 58 ➤ ➤ declarations and partial payments going forward,” the said the county wanted to offer a similar program in So Barnard and her staff were glad when INLAND High 92 Low 55 INLAND High 98 Low 59 release stated. “Tenants are still responsible for repaying North County, but couldn’t fi nd willing partners. the county decided to keep Project Roomkey unpaid rent eventually, but it can never be the basis of “We looked at a number of sites in North out of North County. Saturday Sunday an eviction.” The agreement also protects small-property County,” Chapjian said at the meeting. “We Instead, Barnard said, Santa Barbara owners from foreclosures with new “accountability and just couldn’t fi nd any hotel owners who County is working to support the services transparency protections.” This includes expanding were willing to lease out space for us for this that are tailored to North County’s needs by the Homeowner Bill of Rights to cover all properties purpose. So it was really, really diffi cult. Even helping to fund emergency shelters, hazard from single-family homes up to four units owned by in South County we barely found this one as pay for shelter employees, and purchasing landlords, the release stated. “These new laws will the Roomkey site.” trailers for families. South County COASTAL ➤ High 82 Low 56 COASTAL ➤ High 89 Low 60 provide immediate protection for millions of struggling But Sylvia Barnard, executive director of Santa has a larger population of individuals INLAND ➤ High 99 Low 59 INLAND ➤ High 104 Low 69 Californians worried about keeping a roof over their Maria’s Good Samaritan Shelter, said a program experiencing homelessness, who Barnard Huge ridge of high pressure develops heads or making next month’s mortgage payments,” like Project Roomkey wouldn’t have been as said benefi t more from non-congregate for the weekend and Labor Day. Newsom added in the statement. ❍ feasible or as effective in North County. shelter settings, while North County serves a Interior weather looks extremely hot.

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In total, about 800 single-family progress check-in and to discuss resources, county Rojo said. Eligible applicants must reside in homes are approved within that project, meaning Community Development Division Housing unincorporated areas of the county, Santa local hundreds if not thousands of people could move to Programs Specialist Lucille Boss told the Sun. Maria, Buellton, Solvang, Guadalupe, Goleta, Guadalupe once the project is fully built out. The last check-in was Aug. 27, which also or Carpinteria. print Appel said these homes and other new marked 59 days into the challenge. Boss said Santa Maria is what’s called an “entitlement Guadalupe housing cost considerably less than the efforts of all those involved have housed 22 community,” Rojo said, meaning the city almost anywhere else on the Central Coast. individuals so far. source automatically received the special funds, called “Guadalupe has kind of become what Orcutt “I will say only a handful of them have been was back in the early ’80s when the prices started directly because of these efforts; the others have CDBG-CV, from the Department of Housing for new going up so fast on the South Coast: People were been because of the work that we’re already and Urban Development, as did the county buying houses in Orcutt and then commuting,” doing,” she said. for its unincorporated areas. CDBG-CV funds & used Appel explained. “I know there are a number of The groups assigned a housing navigator to must be used to prepare, prevent, or respond to people who live in Guadalupe, but they’ll work 100 percent of the youth on the list of people COVID-19, Rojo said. This includes, but is not in Santa Maria or they’ll work up in San Luis experiencing homelessness. Boss said a housing limited to, rental assistance. cars from [Obispo] County. The housing prices, especially navigator follows up with the unhounsed youth “We automatically got [CDBG-CV] funding with Pasadera, are so much less than what you and helps them through the process of finding and from the government, based on our low- to santa have to pay other places. It’s really a bargain.” keeping permanent housing. All of the youth who moderate-income population,” Rojo said. Lupe Alvarez, owner and developer of the have accepted case management and are housed But not all cities in Santa Barbara County are Eleventh Street Apartments, said the same goes for also have a housing retention plan. entitlement communities, she continued. Barbara his units and generally most housing in Guadalupe. Through the program, collaborating agencies “Then you’ve got cities like Solvang, “We’ve always looked for opportunities also designed a letter for landlords to raise Guadalupe, and Buellton,” she said. “They to Paso to provide safe, clean, affordable housing in awareness about the program and tackle the actually have to apply, and they don’t Guadalupe,” Alvarez said. stereotypes that come with renting to young adults. automatically get the funding. For this Alvarez and his family have lived and built in “We know it can feel risky accepting younger extra money that rolled out, they did not get Robles Guadalupe for more than 60 years. tenants; however, we are committed to helping additional money like [Santa Maria] did.” “We’ve always loved and supported Guadalupe,” them succeed,” the letter states. To ensure that these communities also he said. “We’ve believed in the city in the good times According to the letter, the agencies are have access to rental assistance, Rojo said the and the bad times, and we’ve always done projects, committed to assisting the prospective tenants county is “doing everybody a solid” by allowing Pick one up at the from single-family homes to duplexes or multi- financially and preventing problems through residents in these communities to also apply for family projects.” home visits. the CDBG-CV funding pool. Alvarez added that his Eleventh Street There are 41 days left in the challenge, but Boss “The one city that is not included is usual pickup spots Apartments were full almost immediately after said there’s a sustainability workshop through this Lompoc,” Rojo said. “Lompoc is also an going on the market. This indicates that there’s a program because “once the 100 days are up, we entitlement city, but Lompoc decided not to every Thursday strong need for more housing in Guadalupe, he said. don’t want the work to stop.” participate in the rental assistance program. “Every city, every county: The whole state knows This program has helped establish new that housing is needed,” Alvarez said. “But the They’re opting to use their funding for utility partnerships throughout Santa Barbara County assistance for their residents.” process is never simple, it’s never easy. You need that didn’t exist before, she said, and are vital to architects, you need engineers, you need different The utility program is accessible from the city Contact us to book continue reducing and ending youth homelessness. of Lompoc’s website at cityoflompoc.com. tradespeople doing the work for you.” —Karen Garcia your ad today! “I always say that Guadalupe is the last affordable Rojo added that the city of Santa Barbara is place on the Central Coast, on Highway 1, with doing a separate rental assistance program for its beach access,” he added. Rental assistance residents, run through United Way. 805-543-9050 Appel said that he is currently working on “We want to make sure that we’re as inclusive changing zoning in the city to accommodate more available for most eligible as possible,” Rojo said. “We’re doing the best we high-density housing developments down the road. can under the circumstances and with a limited “You have to show that it’s in the public interest North County residents amount of resources. There’s a lot of people photoadslo.com to be able to change the General Plan,” Appel said The city of Santa Maria announced a new needing assistance.” m of making zoning changes. “We’re going to have emergency rental assistance program on Aug. —Malea Martin

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PHOTO COURTESY OF LOMPOC VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER Stephanie Hassett, finance director of the Ian M. Hassett Staying afloat Foundation and an executive board member of the Santa COVID-19 has particularly Maria Arts Council, said that canceled fundraisers have challenged organizations posed similar challenges for the organizations she’s that rely on large fundraising involved with. 6 events to keep doors open The foundation honors the memory of Hassett’s son, Ian, BY MALEA MARTIN an artist and musician who he pandemic has forced nonprofits and lost his battle with cancer at small businesses alike to find creative ways 19 years old. Each year, the Tto stay afloat. For businesses, that could look Ian M. Hassett Foundation like upping online sales while physical doors hosts a fundraiser to support remain closed, or bringing services outdoors. its programming. Among But for organizations and foundations, adapting the foundation’s impactful to pandemic limitations has been uniquely programs are a mobile art challenging—especially with budgets that depend trailer with free supplies more on fundraising events than selling goods for students, a gallery show, and services. arts classes for adults with For The Wildling Museum in Solvang, the disabilities, and an art cancellation of its annual spring barbecue scholarship. earlier this year will leave a large gap in the art “Being a small FUNDING OBSTACLES: The Lompoc Hospital District Foundation is one of many local organizations being forced to cancel annual fundraising events because of institution’s budget. organization, we basically the pandemic. “It’s been quite a tradition for The Wildling, just had one big fundraiser a “I think traditionally, arts and culture year the project was purchasing eight patient and it’s been our primary fundraiser for most year. We’re reliant on that to fund our programs,” organizations have been placed on the back monitoring systems for the Lompoc Valley of the years that we’ve been around,” Executive Hassett told the Sun. “So not being able to have Medical Center, for the post-anesthesia care unit. Director Stacey Otte-Demangate told the Sun. that fundraiser has obviously impacted the burner,” Hassett said. “I think we take them for “It’s something we really count on to bring in a programming, and because of COVID, the granted, and we don’t notice they’re gone until We won’t have the money for that.” good portion of our revenue for the year. This programming has come to a grinding halt.” they’re gone.” While in an ideal world hospitals wouldn’t need year, probably about 15 percent of our revenue was Luckily, as a small organization, Hassett said But arts organizations aren’t the only ones to rely on fundraising to pursue vital projects, projected to come from that.” the foundation was still able to give out its annual feeling the severe blow of canceled events. The Mulligan said that the foundation also serves an After being forced to cancel the spring event, $1,000 art scholarship. But for the Santa Maria Lompoc Hospital District Foundation, which important role in the community. the museum hoped that its annual October Arts Council, where Hassett serves on the board, supports Lompoc Valley Medical Center, was “We don’t just fundraise for equipment and brunch fundraiser could help make up for some canceling its annual Grant Showcase was acutely forced to cancel its annual Flower Valley Golf programs, we also have seminars,” Mulligan said. of the losses. But as autumn nears and the virus is felt. Classic and Colorthon 5K run. “It gets the community more educated in terms of showing no signs of letting up, Otte-Demangate “The Grant Showcase has been going on since “We were well into planning it. We had already what the hospital provides. So irrespective of what said the museum will have to change gears entirely. 1972, and they give out between $10,000 and collected about $20,000 in sponsors,” foundation has happened or will happen, I think there will “We actually ended up having to cancel three always be a foundation.” events this year, which all together would have For The Wildling Museum, finding unique ways been 18 percent of our budget. Now we’re trying to maintain community involvement has been to figure out if we can recoup that,” she said. ‘I think traditionally, arts and culture organizations one of the brighter points of the pandemic. Otte- “We’re pivoting to a virtual event on Oct. 16, so Demangate said the museum now hosts regular a completely online fundraiser, to still try and have been placed on the back burner. I think we take Zoom webinars, with some guests even tuning in celebrate our 20th anniversary.” from out of town. The museum is mulling whether Otte-Demangate said she expects The Wildling them for granted, and we don’t notice they’re gone to continue these programs for the long term, even “to squeak through this year relatively whole,” after their physical doors open again. thanks to sponsors, a forgivable loan from the until they’re gone.’ Hassett hopes the pandemic will encourage Paycheck Protection Program, and a small reserve people to consider supporting the services they that the museum has worked hard to build up in —Stephanie Hassett, finance director, Ian M. Hassett Foundation may have previously taken for granted. recent years. “These organizations are having to survive But she added that, for many arts and culture $13,000 in grants every year to students,” Hassett President Alice Mulligan told the Sun of the golf during this shutdown in order to bring back organizations, having a safety net to fall back on is said. “We normally would hold that in May, and tournament. “This week we’re sending notices out to the programming that people have become not a given. that had to stop for the first time since 1972. So the sponsors saying that we’ll carry them over to next accustomed to, when we’re all able to get out again,” “There are many smaller groups that are very that’s a big impact, and the organization has not year, or if they want a refund they’ll let us know.” she said. “Any support people can offer, whatever year-to-year in how they survive and how they been able to give out any grants this year.” Mulligan said the foundation expected to bring their organization of choice is, send in whatever you make their money. This could easily be, if not their Hassett said the difficulties that arts and culture in $80,000 from its now-canceled event. can to help them through this time.” m end now, certainly a major wake-up call,” she said. organizations are facing during the pandemic “The golf tournament is our major fundraiser, “For us a few years ago, we would not be telling underscore a larger societal issue of how the sector and each year we come up with a project to utilize Reach Staff Writer Malea Martin at mmartin@ such a satisfying story.” is valued. the funds for the hospital,” Mulligan said. “This santamariasun.com.

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We’re also here for you to tell the stories from our community. Please feel free to share any local notable news, ideas, stories, events, images, or positive actions deriving from the current nationwide Becoming a goat girl crisis. You can send them to [email protected]. Local ladies offer up their goats as a way to manage vegetation BY KAREN GARCIA couldn’t have asked for better brand recognition. oat girl” was a nickname that Beth Reynolds Now Goat Girls works on residential, business, loathed. She received that moniker when city, and county properties throughout San Luis “ she was in college working with goats at Cal Obispo County. G Reynolds said the grazing by her goats and Poly as part of her senior project in 2003. The project focused on the service goats provide sheep removes fuel and aids in fire reduction. to manage vegetation—aka targeted grazing, which “The impact their little hooves can have on involves accomplishing vegetation or landscaping stimulating the surface of the soil and helping to goals by using a specific kind of livestock at a prevent erosion can increase native plant species determined season, duration, and intensity. in the area,” she said. On top of observing the animals at work, The goats can also reach a lot of terrains that NEW Doctor NEW Patient Reynolds also learned to herd them and build large machinery cannot. DENTAL CARE SPECIAL! fences for them. She worked alongside the herd’s “I think that’s what drives me to really push this concept is that I see a lot of communities, INCLUDES: owner, Howard Trew, who at the time was creating for the whole family! • Exam $ a fire break behind the Cal Poly dorms. especially in the state of California, where the • Necessary X-Rays When Reynolds completed her senior project terrain is really limited to other methods for fire 99 reduction and so the fact that they can go down • Intra-oral Pictures and was preparing to graduate, she said Trew • Basic Cleaning (in absence of gum disease) acknowledged her talent for the trade and nudged these steep canyons and clean up vegetation is a • Consultation her to start her own ecological grazing and land really cool opportunity,” Reynolds said. A $400 Value! management service. In January, Cal Fire recognized livestock- With a background in raising dairy goats and managed grazing as an official approved part IMPLANT SPECIAL fresh experience in grazing, it was a no-brainer of fuel reduction methods and vegetation OVER 29 YEARS OF PRIVATE management. PRACTICE EXPERIENCE for Reynolds. In 2005, she purchased his goats $2,500 SPECIAL and equipment to start the business, Green Goats, The two women have added two more DR. LEE & STAFF employees to their team and are encouraging 1558 W. Grand Ave, Grover Beach (REG. $4,300) with the help of her parents. CALL FOR A FREE It was a challenge for Reynolds. She inherited interested individuals to reach out to them to learn more about their service. Visit the Goat Girls’ We accept CONSULTATION customers who belonged to Trew, but bringing in payment (8 05) 474 - 810 0 website at thecaligoatgirls.com for more info. INCLUDES: new customers wasn’t easy, as neither the cost nor plans GroverBeachFamilyDentistry.com Implant, Abutment the concept were accepted. Se Habla Español · Walk-ins Welcome & Crown Open Monday–Fridays, 8am–5pm “It was like a joke. They would say, ‘You would Highlight ask us to pay to feed your goats?’” she said. • The city of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Nevertheless, Reynolds knocked on doors and Department announced a new learning option for gave presentations. She eventually took time off families with children in grades K-6: a distance from the business to teach in the Animal Science learning camp. According to the city, the camp’s Department at Cal Poly. Reynolds was also schedule mirrors a typical school day and offers encouraged to get on committees and participate Foster a child, “a safe setting for students to observe lessons in the sheep and goat industry. and complete school work from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.” “I started to realize that I had this voice for this Foster a future. Students are required to bring everything they need industry that’s called targeted grazing,” Reynolds for school and a face covering. A statement from the said. Recreation and Parks Department adds that, after In 2018, Reynolds teamed up with a Cal Poly the “school” day ends at 3 p.m., the camp will also graduate Catherine Ahsam to reinvigorate Green give attendees “a fun and educational environment Goats, however it was difficult to associate the that will aid youth in achieving a positive self-image service with the business name because Reynolds’ while enhancing their physical, mental, and social nickname followed her. growth.” The distance-learning option will be held “Everywhere I went it was like, ‘Oh, you’re the at the Minami Community Center, at 600 West goat girl.’ Finally one day I was on the corner of Enos Drive, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The camp costs Foothill and Los Osos Valley Road at the Beth $100 per weekly session, per participant, and those David Temple. I was out with my goats and I interested can register at cityofsantamaria.org/ was building a fence, and somebody hung out of register. m Visit www.angelsfostercare.org their window and yelled, ‘We love the goat girl,’” or call (805) 884-0012 Reynolds said. Staff Writer Karen Garcia wrote this week’s Spotlight. At that moment, she stopped fighting the Send news tips to [email protected]. name. She appreciated the remark and said she

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the Twitchell Reservoir and the length of the Santa Maria watershed to the San Joaquin Valley on We want to know what Online Poll Be gone, Big Oil Highway 166, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. WRITE NOW! you think about every- Should the city of Solvang ban From the resumption of offshore drilling to thing. Send your 250-word letter to Sun Letters, 2450 The situation is growing a spike in regional greenhouse gas emissions to Skyway Drive, suite A, Santa Maria, CA 93455. You can also fax it (347-9889) or e-mail it (letters@ horse-drawn carriages? impacts on a coastal watershed and the danger to slippery for Central Coast santamariasun.com). All letters must include a name, 10 63% No, it’s a staple of the Danish drivers on our highways, there is nothing good address, and phone number for verification purposes; community. oil projects awaiting the residents of the Central Coast in this may be edited for space or clarity; and will be posted unnecessary project. to santamariasun.com. 18% Yes, it’s an inhumane service that BY ANDREW CHRISTIE For Santa Barbara County, a touted $2 million exploits horses. atie Davis, chair of Sierra Club’s Los Padres increase in property tax payments to the county 10% We can’t use it right now anyway due Chapter (Santa Barbara and Ventura general fund resulting from the restart of offshore trip across Highway 166. The recommendation to COVID-19. Kcounties), recently described what it was like drilling amounts to 0.2 percent—one-fi fth of 1 does nothing to address the impacts of the revival 9% I didn’t even notice that was still to live through the Refugio Beach oil spill fi ve percent—of the county’s $950 million annual of the offshore platforms and the restart of the happening in Solvang. years ago: budget. It cost $257 million to clean up the 2015 biggest carbon-emitting facility in the region. It Refugio spill. does nothing about the fact that burning the 4 22 Votes “You can’t completely clean up an offshore oil spill. The oil sinks into the marine environment, In response to proposals by the Trump million barrels of oil intended to be trucked every Vote online at www.santamariasun.com. damaging fragile underwater ecosystems, killing administration to dramatically expand drilling year would result in more than 1.7 million metric or contaminating fi sh and smaller organisms that off the California coast for the fi rst time in more tons of carbon pollution, equivalent to burning are essential links in the food chain, including than 30 years while simultaneously rolling back nearly 2 billion pounds of coal. Northern Santa Barbara County’s News & Entertainment Weekly the food we eat. The environmental damage can protections that prevent catastrophic oil spills, That Planning Commission meeting is now 2540 Skyway Drive, suite A last for decades. More than 300 dolphins, seals, more than 80 West Coast communities have looking iffy. On Aug. 13, Phillips 66 notifi ed Santa Maria, CA 93455 sea lions, pelicans, and other birds and animals formally voiced their opposition to offshore SLO County that it will be shutting down the EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING | 805-347-1968 FAX | 805-347-9889 washed up dead. Many others were found alive drilling. More than 1 million Americans have Santa Maria refi nery in 2023 and converting to E-MAIL | [email protected] WEB | www.santamariasun.com and suffering. Oil clogs the blowholes of whales submitted comments to the administration renewable fuels. It also withdrew an application FOUNDER | Steve Moss 1948-2005 and dolphins, affecting their ability to breathe and demanding that we keep offshore oil in the ground for the replacement and relocation of the local communicate. It coats the fur of seals and birds, and not prioritize the profi ts of the fossil fuel portion of the pipeline between its Santa Maria EDITORIAL EDITOR | Camillia Lanham impairing their ability to fl oat, fl y, and regulate industry over the interests of our communities facility and its refi nery in the Bay Area, which will ASSOCIATE EDITOR | Andrea Rooks temperatures. They die of hypothermia or toxicity and the health of our oceans. also be closing. STAFF WRITERS | Malea Martin, Karen Garcia, Kasey Bubnash The cities of San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, ARTS EDITOR | Caleb Wiseblood or starvation. They go blind or develop birth Phillips 66’s announcement is a reminder STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER | Jayson Mellom defects or tumors.” Goleta, and Santa Barbara, as well as UAW2865, that the era of oil is coming to an end. For ART DIRECTOR | Alex Zuniga Ms. Davis also described what it was like to live Environmental Justice Alliance, Sweetwater EDITORIAL DESIGNERS | Leni Litonjua, Taylor Saugstad communities, public health, and the climate, CONTRI BUTORS | Glen Starkey, Ross Mayfield, Anna Starkey through the 2018 Holiday Fire, turbocharged by Collaborative, Mercury Press International, it’s time to terminate oil drilling off the coast of global warming, while Exxon pressed for approval Quail Springs Permaculture, Sunburst Sanctuary, California and ensure a just transition for workers. ADVERTISING SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE | Kimberly Rosa of more oil projects that will lead to more oil spills Gaviota Coast Conservancy, and the Cuyama ExxonMobil should follow Phillips 66’s lead and ACCOUN T EXECUTIVES | Katy Gray, Jennifer Herbaugh, and worsening climate change. (A recent scientifi c Valley Community Association have let the Santa withdraw its dangerous offshore drilling and oil Lee Ann Vermeulen CLASSIFIEDS REPRESENTATIVE | Jenni Schroeder study confi rmed that every barrel of California oil Barbara County Board of Supervisors know that trucking project. #ExxonBeGone. ❍ left in the ground will result in a net decrease of they oppose Santa Barbara County Planning PRODUCTION about half a barrel of oil consumption globally.) Commission Project Case No. 17RVP-00000- ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER | Eva Lipson Andrew Christie is the director of the Santa Lucia GRAPHIC DESIGNERS | Eva Lipson, Ellen Fukumoto, Sapphire Williams Exxon’s offshore platforms and Goleta 00081, an application to truck offshore oil along Chapter of the Sierra Club. Send comments through processing facilities—major contributors to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Kern county [email protected]. BUSINESS Cindy Rucker greenhouse gas emissions on the Central Coast— highways. CIRCULATION DIRECTOR | Jim Parsons shut down when the Plains All American Pipeline Review of the environmental impact report by CIRCULATION | Michael Ferrell, Margo Baldives, Simon Lopez PUBLISHERS | Bob Rucker, Alex Zuniga ruptured onto Refugio State Beach in 2015 and Santa Barbara County was scheduled to commence EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS | Patricia Horton, Marissa Galvan-Cota have not reopened. Now, Exxon—in the midst of in September. County planning staff have LETTER a pandemic and an oil glut—is seeking a permit to recommended a slightly reduced version of the SUBMITTING LETTERS WRITE | Mail your letter to Sun Letters, 2540 Skyway Drive, Suite A, allow up to 70 oil tankers a day to truck oil from project—one that would involve truck transport Canary took a cheap shot Santa Maria, CA 93455. Include your name, address, and phone number. its Goleta facility to Santa Maria, and then across only to the Phillips 66 Santa Maria facility, not the FAX | (805) 347-9889 against carriages E-MAIL | [email protected], [email protected] Unless you watched the Aug. 24 Solvang TO ADVERTISE Council Meeting, the facts as reported DISPLAY ADS | Rates and special discounts are available. MAYFIELD Call our ad department at (805) 347-1968. were skewed at best. The Canary opinion CLASSIFIEDS | Call (805) 546-8208, Ext. 211. (“Overdramatic,” Aug. 27) was a cheap shot. Of Or fax your ad to (805) 546-8641. Visa and MasterCard accepted. the 52 emails the city received—how many were from horse owners? ONLINE Visit the Sun web site at www.santamariasun.com. There is no room for a second horse conveyance Our site was developed and designed by Liftoff Digital, a Central Coast in the tourist-related-commercial area with web site development company (www.gainliftoff.com). 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Please accompany them with a self-addressed, over the hill—who asked him to speak against stamped envelope. All letters to the editor become the property of the Sun. horses to pull a conveyance? None of the valley © 2020 Sun vets were concerned. The city has gone out of its way to impose rules to ensure the horses are protected and cared for during the time pulling the trolley in the city. If the outsiders had done their homework, they would have understood that this valley is horse country. Horses are trailered all over this valley on a continuous basis. Valley horse farms have owners from as far away as Saudi Arabia with Arabian, Egyptian, quarter, and Belgium horses  being the majority. Endurance rides around Lake Cachuma are a yearly event. One woman brings horses in her Boeing 737 from Florida to be trained in this valley. Fred Kovol Solvang

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discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, Rambling and confused and national origin simply because people were protesting about it. Protesters ruined this country! o be perfectly frank—to speak with Bunch of goddamn liberal progressives whining extreme candor—I have a hard time following almost anything that tumbles about civil rights! T People just need to stick to faith, family, and out of Andy Caldwell’s mouth. But then again, perhaps that’s because his thoughts are just too country so the Empire can Strike Back. He big for my simple canary capacity. repeated the phrase, “We hold these truths to be Or maybe, it’s because this particular self-evident,” without actually making a cohesive 12 candidate for the 24th District seat in the point. But he never actually said the second U.S. House of Representatives is long- part of that statement in the Declaration of winded and doesn’t make any sense. But Independence. You know the one: “ … that what do I know? I’m only a bird. all men are created equal.” It’s “heady stuff,” to use his own descriptor Yes. I should have known better than from a speech he gave to what he called to travel down Caldwell’s little rabbit “the best Republican club in the whole hole of propaganda on YouTube. entire region.” And no, that club wasn’t in But it’s because a “sponsored” piece Santa Barbara County. That club exists in of “heady” propaganda popped up on my Atascadero, where the Republican Party of Facebook feed. Yeah. I clicked! San Luis Obispo County’s headquarters are. He trotted out the old frog and the The term “best” is a bit of a reach. Unless scorpion fairy tale. Today’s “woke progressives” of course you are a Trump-lover who clings to are the scorpion in the story “who literally stung the family, faith, and country and believes that the minds of young people raging against America,” he disintegration of the nuclear family led to the said. So, that I can follow—except really, guys like disintegration of our inner cities, which gave Caldwell and his guy in the White House, Donald rise to the Black Lives Matter movement and is “the divider in chief” Trump, are a more adequate destroying America because socialists, anarchists, analogy for that stinging scorpion. We’re all going to and globalists have formed an unholy alliance with drown if this keeps up. The Sun is announcing a new China and George Soros. Are you following me? What I didn’t understand was the disintegration No? Good. I lost myself at, “Unless of course … .” of Caldwell’s message, when he started rambling “Empires come and go,” he told this particular about how we would all drown because of “secular Matching Grant group of Republicans in July. “What we are seeing humanism,” which is what progressives have been right now could be nothing else than the end of “inculcating” us with. Jesus Christ. What? the American empire.” “This is not a political battle,” he whined at Program And guess what? “It’s been happening since the his fellow Republicans in Atascadero. “It is an 1960s.” He’s been holding on to all of this angst existential crisis.” m since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed! available to all nonprofi t This is America! Where we discriminate The canary thinks Andy Caldwell is an existential and arts organizations in against everyone who isn’t like us! We can’t outlaw crisis. Send comments to [email protected]. Santa Barbara County.

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Welcome to the “Lompoc Senior’s Club” (50+) The Goal of Lompoc Senior’s Club is to organize and finance resort type entertainment for local seniors, at the Dick Dewees Senior Center.

www.santamariasun.com • September 3, - September 10, 2020 • Sun • 13 The Lompoc Senior’s Club provides entertainment including the following: • Hawaiian Luaus 14 • Elvis Presley Impersonator • 60s Night • 70s Night • Soft Rock Band & Singer Concerts • Dancing Classes • Dancing • Drama Classes • Drama Plays • Comedy Acting Classes • Comedy Plays • Music Instrument Night • Soft Rock Choir Night • Candy Bar Bingo • Poker Night • Poem Recitation Night • Short Story Recitation Night • Holiday & Birthday Parties • Day Excursions • Casino Excursions • Pot Lucks • Table Game Night • Talent Shows • Jig Saw Puzzle Night • Pizza Night • Banana Split Night • Taco Night

(Night = early evening, 4:30–6:15pm)

Suggested donation for entrance $3.00 NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED NO MEMBERSHIP DUES New classes to come!

14 • Sun • September 3, - September 10, 2020 • www.santamariasun.com LOMPOC SENIOR’S CLUB ACTIVITIES • Celebrate birthdays by sending out greeting cards from our volunteer group 15 • RV Club: Go camping at Jalama Beach, or Oceano Beach, and use the RV for “Common Use Area” and use tents & cots for sleeping • Provide scholarships to seniors with low financial resources that want to take dancing lessons, etc. from the City of Lompoc Recreation Division • An “Entree Brigade,” for seniors who love to cook, and give back to seniors and other people experiencing disaster or hard times, etc. • Potluck lunches on weekday holidays when the senior center is closed and there is no CAC lunch • Providing affordable ($3.00) tickets to local plays and concerts, etc. to seniors with low income monthly. (approx. $27 max limit per senior for about 30 to 40 seniors) • Get togethers in the lobby of the Dick Dewees Senior Center twice a week to chat and eat candy • Annual Space Exposition / Center / Museum Fundraiser • A Lompoc Senior’s Club thrift / consignment store with senior’s lounge, medical equipment lending closet, and a disaster / hard times relief closet • The Lompoc Senior’s Club Buddy System for home alone seniors • Quarterly “Make A Wish” for seniors ($100 maximum limit) • A Lompoc Senior’s Club endowment fund

The Lompoc Senior’s Club has fundraisers and gets grants to finance the above entertainment.

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LOMPOC SENIOR’S CLUB

• Lompoc Senior’s Club Thrift Store, Antiques, Collectibles, & Consignments (Hopefully opening soon!)

• Lompoc Senior’s Club Disaster / Hard Times Relief Closet

• Lompoc Senior’s Club, Online Cookbook

• Lompoc Senior’s Club Garage Sale

FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact David Tekaat at 661-333-7746 or email [email protected]

https://sites.google.com/site/lompocseniorclub/

Lompoc Senior’s Club Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/1849730281942801/

Lompoc Senior’s Club Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/LompocSeniorsClub/ HOW TO DONATE

Send “USA Post Of ce Money Order” to: The Lompoc Senior’s Club is part of the Make payable to: Lompoc Valley Parks, R & P F Lompoc Valley Parks, Recreation, & Pools Foundation. Memo: Lompoc Senior’s Club It is not part of the City of Lompoc Recreation Division.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF GREGORY SIRAGUSA Center, 600 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. 1:30-3 p.m. $25. 805-668-2125. lila.community. LilA to serene landscapes. Through Sept. 27 Free. 805-543- ARTS PCPA: ACTORS TALKBACK Streams live on PCPA’s Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, 8562. sloma.org/exhibition/brushstrokes-2020/. San Luis Instagram every Thursday and spotlights a different Arroyo Grande. Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. SANTA YNEZ VALLEY thespian guest each week. Hosted by Erik Stein. Thursdays, MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR AGES 7-12 Each CALIFORNIA SCULPTURE SLAM 2020 California 3:30 p.m. Free. pcpa.org. PCPA: The Pacifi c Conservatory week students will have the opportunity to use two mediums Sculpture SLAM showcases current works by established 20/20: A RETROSPECTIVE This spring, the Wildling Theatre, 800 S. College, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313. while emphasizing an Element of Art and a Principle of and up-and-coming California sculptors. The exhibition’s Museum of Art and Nature will mark its 20th anniversary Design. Maximum of 5 students. Pre-registration and masks goal is to provide a platform for a wide variety of with a special exhibition celebrating the Museum’s 20- PCPA READS AT HOME A literacy project that uses required. Tuesdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. $20. 805-668-2125. lila. concepts and materials. Exhibition slideshow online. year history in the Santa Ynez Valley. View the exhibit our students’ learning to serve children and parents who community. LilA Creative Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. Through Sept. 27 Free. 805-543-8562. sloma.org/ online. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. are learning at home. Co-hosted by Allan Hancock College suite 101, Arroyo Grande. exhibition/slam-2020/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, through Sept. 7 805-688-1082. wildlingmuseum.org/ and the Santa Maria-Bonita School District to bring a love 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. news/2020-retrospective. Wildling Museum of Art and of stories and language to people right in their homes. MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR AGES 5-6 Each week Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. ongoing PCPA: The Pacifi c Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. students will have the opportunity to use two mediums while DIGITAL EXHIBITION: TERMINALLY OPTIMISTIC- College, Santa Maria, 805-922-8313, pcpa.org. exploring the Elements of Art. Maximum 5 students. Masks -THE PRINTS OF RACHAEL WINN YON This THE ART OF FACE MASKS: VIRTUAL EXHIBIT This are required. Pre-registration required. Mondays, 3:15-4:15 retrospective exhibition explores the prints of Rachael group show reunites several artists from the museum’s TECH TALKS: LIVE ON INSTAGRAM Every Tuesday p.m. $20. 805-668-2125. lila.community. LilA Creative Winn Yon, who was joyous, adventurous, curious, and 2019 exhibit, The Art of Dress, including Georganne Alex, sit down with one of our technical staff and learn about Community, 1147 East Grand Ave. suite 101, Arroyo Grande. energetic. Her large personality is refl ected in her prints, Carole Coduti, Gwen Samuels, and others. ongoing Free. the ins and outs of their craft. Get the exclusive with our with playful imagery and imaginative scenes. You can view artoffacemasks.com. Elverhoj Museum of History and host Erik Stein. Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. PCPA: The Pacifi c NIPOMO ARTISTS VIRTUAL SHOW AND SALE this digital exhibition at SLOMA.org. Mondays-Sundays. Art, 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang, 805-686-1211. Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. College, Santa Maria, Missing all those great Central Coast art shows this through Sept. 27 Free. sloma.org/exhibition/terminally- 805-922-8313, pcpa.org. year? Join nipomoartists.com for online purchasing and A MIGHTY OAK: PERMANENT EXHIBIT ONLINE optimistic/. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad Check Wine in-person pickups after the show. Items for sale include Depicts the habitat around a Valley oak–one of the largest WINE AND DESIGN VIRTUAL CLASSES St., San Luis Obispo, 543-8562. functional and decorative ceramics, jewelry, painting, and and old trees found in our area. View the artwork online. and Design’s Orcutt website for the complete list of virtual more. Sept. 5, 6 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Sept. 6, 6 a.m.-11:30 RAYTOONS ONLINE CLASSES: CARTOONING, ongoing Free. Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B classes online, for various ages. Also offering kids camps p.m. and Sept. 7, 6 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Free. 805-633-0796. VIDEO GAME DESIGN, AND CREATIVE WRITING Mission Dr., Solvang, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. for summer. ongoing Varies. wineanddesign.com/orcutt. Wine and Design, 3420 Orcutt Road, suite 105, Orcutt. nipomoartists.com. Online, See website, San Luis Obispo. Raytoons will be having online classes this fall in REMEMBERING BUD BOTTOMS: A LEGACY OF Cartooning, Video Game Creation, Comic Book Making, Sara Curran Ice, PCPA’s SUMMER DATE NIGHTS WITH THE CLARK ART AND ACTIVISM This online exhibit features sea WORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM 2D Animation, Claymation, Creative Writing, and more. Technical Theatre Program Coordinator/Designer, is CENTER: ONLINE A weekly online performance series. life sculpture works by the Santa Barbara artist locally- Available through the Outschool Online School. Mondays- conducting Workshops via Zoom for local high school Look for it on the Clark Center’s YouTube Channel and renowned for his iconic Dolphin Family sculpture installed Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. through Sept. 21 $10. 805-546- drama students. Check site or call for more info. ongoing Facebook page. Donations will be split between artists/ at the base of Stearns Wharf. Through Sept. 22 Free. 3132. outschool.com. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. organizations and the Clark Center. Saturdays, 6-7 p.m. Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., PCPA: The Pacifi c Conservatory Theatre, 800 S. College, through Sept. 26 Donations accepted. 805-489-9444. SLO CAMERA CLUB Online Zoom meetings and Solvang, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. Santa Maria, 805-922-8313, pcpa.org. clarkcenter.org/summer-date-nights-2020/. Clark Center for competitions. Everyone is welcome. Visit site for SB COUNTY AND BEYOND Photographic SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. meeting links. Second Thursday of every month Free to landscapes by George Rose. View online. ongoing Free. guest. slocameraclub.org/home.shtml. SLO Guild Hall, MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS Each week Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., SAN LUIS OBISPO 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-0639. Solvang, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. we will combine two or more mediums in several pieces. We will work with watercolor, acrylic, ink, pastels, BRUSHSTROKES 2020 Brushstrokes 2020 is a digital SLOMA: WEEKLY ART PROJECTS Kids can enjoy SOLVANG SCHOOL: INSPIRED BY NATURE charcoal, as well as various printmaking exhibition featuring 42 paintings by members of The new activities from home (posted online every Monday). View the exhibit online. Features photography techniques in the course of a month. Painters Group, an affi liated artist group of SLOMA, and Mondays sloma.org. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, by 29 Solvang School Yearbook and Media Maximum of 5 guests. Pre-registration and members of Art Center Morro Bay. Artists explore a variety 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, 543-8562. students. The students, grades 7 – 8, masks required. Mondays, Wednesdays, of subject matter, from portraits of loved ones and animals VIRTUAL ART GALLERY Every Friday, we publish our were inspired by philosopher Henry David Virtual Art Gallery to our blog and newsletter. Featuring Thoreau’s quote: “All good things are wild artworks from customers and the community. Fridays, 9 and free.” ongoing Free. Wildling Museum of New Times and the Sun now share their a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-747-4200. artcentralslo.wordpress. Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, community listings for a complete Central INDEX com/category/gallery-exhibits/virtual-gallery/. Art Central, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. Coast calendar running from SLO County through 1329 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. Arts ...... [17] SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS northern Santa Barbara County. Submit events online NORTH SLO COUNTY CALL FOR ARTISTS (GRADES 4-12): NEW by logging in with your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account Culture & Lifestyle ...... [18] FREE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ART CLASSES CHILDREN’S BOOK This art contest will give students at newtimesslo.com. You may also email calendar@ (ONLINE) Check the foundation’s site for various classes an opportunity create illustrations for a bilingual children’s newtimesslo.com. Deadline is one week before the issue offered, for ages 5 to 18. Through Oct. 31 Paso Robles book that will depict local landmarks. Students are to date on Thursdays. Submissions are subject to editing Food & Drink ...... [19] Youth Arts Foundation, 3201 Spring St., Paso Robles, create their illustration on a paper template entry form. and approval. Contact Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood 805-238-5825, pryaf.org. All illustrations shall be created using colored pencils directly at [email protected]. Music ...... [19] only. Through Sept. 25 Abel Maldonado Community Youth ARTS continued page 18

www.santamariasun.com • September 3, - September 10, 2020 • Sun • 17 ARTS from page 17 Thursday of every month, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Tickets on sale now cityofsantamaria.org/city-government/departments/ NORTH COAST SLO COUNTY library. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria, 805-925-0994. at My805Tix.com and at CAMBRIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ONLINE: TAMING THE RESTLESS MIND A virtual exhibit. These VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS OVER ZOOM Visit site or call our off icial Box Off ice at featured artists for September bring works of abstraction. to learn about various virtual workshop offerings. ongoing Varies. Unwind Studio, 130 N. Broadway, suite B, Santa Suppo ing local journalism, one ticket at a time. Boo Boo Records in SLO Deborah Pepin works with pastels, oils, and cold wax to create what she calls her doodles. Marvin Sosna, now 93, Maria, 805-748-2539, unwindsantamaria.com. will be exhibiting abstracts. Mondays-Sundays, Sept. 5, YOGA FOR MANKIND: ZOOM CLASSES Offering a Colony Square Summer Sept. 6, Sept. 11, Sept. 12 and Sept. 13. through Sept. variety of virtual yoga and pilates classes over the summer. 27 Free. cambriacenterforthearts.org. Cambria Center for Check site for class schedule. ongoing Starts at $10. Pop-Up Movies the Arts, 1350 Main St., Cambria. yoga4mankind.org. Yoga for Mankind, 130 N Broadway, Drive-In in the Park RESIN WORKSHOP An at-home class that includes a suite B, Orcutt. Theater: Drive-In: kit and how-to video so you can create in the safety and Fantastic Four Onward comfort of your home. Sept. 5, 10-11 a.m. Various. 805- SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY THURSDAY, SATURDAY, 286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, POINT SAN LUIS LIGHTHOUSE VIRTUAL TOUR 835 Main St., Morro Bay. Zoom with a docent on a virtual tour of the Point San Luis 18 SEPT. 3 SEPT. 5 PHOTO COURTESY OF EXPLORE ECOLOGY Light Station. Travel back in Wild Fields Paloma time to 1890, delve into the Brewhouse, Creek Park, history of the light station, Atascadero Atascadero and see all the places you’d see on an in-person tour, plus more. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. $10. 805-540-5771. pointsanluislighthouse.org/. Point San Luis Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach. SUNSET PHOTO SHOOT An evening for photographers and enthusiasts to come to the station and take sunset photos. A perfect place for Point San Luis Lighthouse Wednesdays Around Colony Square Pop-Up Drive-In photographers to come Vi ual Tour the World: Persia Theater: Dr. Dooli le snap shots of beautiful San WEDNESDAYS, SEPT. 9, 16, 23, 30 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Luis Bay, the setting sun, Point San Luis Lighthouse Cass Winery, Paso Robles Wild Fields Brewhouse and other picturesque views such as the breakwater and whalers island. Sept. 11, 5:45-9 p.m. $40. my805tix. BEYOND THE SEA com. Point San Luis In lieu of the traditional Coastal Clean-up Day, Santa Barbara Lighthouse, 1 Lighthouse Rd., Avila Beach. County Resource Recovery and Waste Management is encouraging the community to participate in Coastal Clean-up Month by SWIM LESSONS Call or picking up trash in their own neighborhoods on every Saturday in go online for full schedule September, starting on Sept. 5. Participants can help stop potential and to pre-register. Empty Bowls Fundraiser Vi ual Cocktail Class: Tiny Porch Summer Conce Series: Mondays-Thursdays marine debris from traveling through storm drains and into creeks Member $130; Non-member for 5CHC Shrubs & Reductions The Coff is Brothers and on to the ocean. Visit exploreecology.org for more info. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 $160. 805-481-6399. SATURDAYS: SEPT. 12, 19, & 26 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 — C.W. 5citiesswimschool.com. 5 King Gille e Ranch 5Cities Homeless Coalition Online with Make & Muddle Cities Swim School, 425 Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande. SEA GLASS HAMMERED WIRE JEWELRY An out-home class complete with supplies and how-to video. Video shows SAN LUIS OBISPO how to drill holes in sea glass, texturize and strengthen COMPLIMENTARY OUTDOOR YOGA CLASSES metal, and basic jewelry making techniques. Sept. 5, 10-11 Hotel San Luis Obispo, Piazza Hospitality’s first property a.m. Various. 805-286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art on California’s scenic Central Coast, is now offering Center Morro Bay, 835 Main St., Morro Bay. complimentary outdoor yoga classes on its rooftop SUCCULENT WORKSHOP An at-home project which terrace. Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, 8 a.m.-noon $10- includes supplies and how-to video. Kit pick-up is at Art $15 donation suggested. 805-235-0700. hotel-slo.com. Colony Square Pop-Up Drive-In Wednesdays Around “Socially Distanced” High Tea Center Morro Bay. Sept. 6, 10-11 a.m. Various. 805- Hotel San Luis Obispo, 877 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. Theater: Space Chimps the World: Italy on the Blue Deck 286-5993. creativemetime.com. Art Center Morro Bay, FROM BULLY TO BESTIE: HOW CHANGING YOUR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 FRI, SAT, SUN, SEPT. 25, 26, 27 835 Main St., Morro Bay. THOUGHTS CHANGES EVERYTHING Karianne Wild Fields Brewhouse Cass Winery, Paso Robles Los Osos/SLO Master Chorale SUMMER ARTISTS SHOW Featured artists are Page Munstedt tackles a thought-provoking and sensitive subject Graeber, Greg Simmons, and Lori Slater. Cambria Gallery’s with hope and love and without judgment. Sept. 4, 11:30 final show before its move to downtown SLO. Expanded a.m.-1:30 p.m. Varies. 800-556-2926. eventbrite.com. and renamed SLO Gallery, it will be directly across the Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. street from SLOMA. Through Sept. 7 CambriaGallery. HOMESHARESLO CALL-IN COFFEE CHAT com. Cambria Gallery of Art, 1561 Main Street, Cambria, Connect with the folks at HomeShareSLO to talk about 805-926-5050. homesharing and other housing solutions twice a month during our Call-In Coffee Chat events. Second Wednesday of every month, 12-1 p.m. through Dec. 9 Free. 805-215- CULTURE & 5474. smartsharehousingsolutions.org/events/. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. Bang Muay Thai Seminar Hot Bu ered Rum with The Cass Wine Seminar: LITERACY FOR LIFE TUTOR TRAINING Literacy For w/Sensei Duane Ludwig Dales and Abby and the Myth The Evolution of Rosé LIFESTYLE Life has a San Luis Obispo countywide need for tutors. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 LOMPOC/VANDENBERG Work one-on-one with non-literate adults learning to read, Sleeping Tiger Fitness Tiny Porch Conce s Cass Winery, Paso Robles write, and speak English. If you are interested in attending GOOD MORNING LOMPOC The show is hosted by the training but need help with using Zoom, please email Lompoc locals Michelle and Jeremy Ball, who aim to keep [email protected]. Both sessions are the community connected while staying home at the same required. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. through Sept. 19 time. Episodes are also available to watch on YouTube after 805-541-4219. literacyforlifeslo.org/become-a-tutor.php. they’re streamed live. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 8:30 Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. a.m. Facebook, Online, Inquire for Facebook address. MEDITATION, BREATHWORK, AND GRATITUDE SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS PRACTICE: LIVE ON ZOOM This class will support you and help you stay vital during these uncertain BIZ MASTERS TOASTMASTERS TUESDAYS: times. Practices include breathing techniques to calm ZOOM Learn more about Toastmasters, prepare for ‘Your the nervous system, guided meditation for balanced Tent City A er Dark 2020 Estate Beef Kiwanis of SMV Foundation Competitive Future’, and improve your communication relaxation, mantra practice to calm the mind, and tips FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Dinner Series: Plate Ribs Poker Rally and leadership skills. Zoom Meeting ID: 317 198 472 to help you cultivate and maintain a home practice. Tent City Sunken Gardens, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 SUNDAY, OCTOBER1 (Password: 630). Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. through Dec. 15 Wednesdays, 12-12:45 p.m. through Sept. 16 $10 for Atascadero Cass Winery, Paso Robles Allan Hancock College Free. 805-570-0620. Santa Maria Airport, 3249 Terminal SLO Botanical Garden members/$15 for non-members. Dr., Santa Maria. 805-540-1762. eventbrite.com. San Luis Obispo Botanical HUMAN BEING SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd., San Luis Obispo. MY805TIX BOX OFFICE IS OPEN Get your tickets online or at ONLINE GROUP An online group to listen and get Boo Boo Records, the off icial Box Off ice for My805Tix events! Boo MINDFULNESS IN THE DALLIDET GARDENS support from others from the comfort of your own home. Mindfulness is a type of meditation without dogma that is Boo’s is located at 978 Monterey Street in SLO. Call 805-541-0657. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. $40 monthly subscription. 805- simple and suitable for anyone. Engage your senses-- 598-1509. divining.weebly.com. Divine Inspiration, 947 E sound, sight, touch--by sitting, walking and exploring in Orange St., Santa Maria. Interested in selling tickets with My805Tix? Contact us for a demo today! [email protected] silent contemplation. Tuesdays, 9-10:30 a.m. through SANTA MARIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: MOVIE TALK Sept. 29 $15. 805-543-0638. historycenterslo.org/ DISCUSSION GROUP A video conference movie mindful.html. Dallidet Adobe and Gardens, 1185 Pacific POWERED BY: & FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK! discussion group; meets on the second Thursday of St., San Luis Obispo. each month. For more information email sstarnaud@ cityofsantamaria.org or call 805-925-0994. Second CULTURE & LIFESTYLE continued page 19

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CLASSES FOR SENIORS Have you heard the phrase, “Sitting is the new smoking”? Cuesta College’s Emeritus exercise program, taught by Doris Lance, is offering a 45-minute class of stretching, balance, and cardiovascular fitness three days a week available to seniors. Tuesdays- Thursdays, 9-9:45 a.m. through Dec. 18 Free. 805- 546-3942. cuesta.edu. Zoom, Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. 19 SLO NOONTIME TOASTMASTERS CLUB SEPT. 3 – SEPT. 10 MEETINGS Want to improve 2020 speaking and leadership skills POOL SCHOOL in a supportive and positive September marks the first month of new swim classes at 5 Cities environment? During COVID, Swim School in Arroyo Grande, which are offered every week, we are meeting virtually. Monday through Thursday, at various times. Participants are Contact us to get a meeting required to pre-register for classes, and admission packages link for info. Tuesdays, 12-1 range from $130 to $160. Call (805) 481-6399 or visit p.m. Free. slonoontime. toastmastersclubs.org. Zoom, 5citiesswimschool.com for more info. The school is located at 425 Online, Inquire for Zoom ID. Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande. TOWARD A MOMENT — C.W. OF RECKONING: UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL RACIAL VIOLENCE Structural racism and the racial tensions that MUSIC NOW OPEN accompany it affect our community just as they affect our THROUGH SEPTEMBER nation. Join Dr. Leola Dublin Macmillan as she provides her SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS own perspective as both a Black woman and as a scholar SANTA MARIA PHILHARMONIC: SOUNDCLOUD of race in America. Sept. 11, 5:30 p.m. Free. 805-543- Features recordings of the Mozart Sinfonia from the 0638. historycenterslo.org/lecture. History Center of San Philharmonic’s last live concert and other recordings. Luis Obispo County, 696 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. ongoing Free. smphilharmonic.org. Soundcloud (Santa Maria Walk through a beautiful VISIT THE DALLIDET GARDENS Enjoy the Philharmonic), Online, Santa Maria. unparalleled natural beauty of the gardens through Labor garden while nearly 1,000 live Day weekend. Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. through Sept. 7 SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY Free. 805-543-0638. dallidet.org. Dallidet Adobe and YNANA ROSE: VIRTUAL CONCERT All donations are butterflies flutter freely around Gardens, 1185 Pacific St., San Luis Obispo. split equally between Ynana Rose and the Clark Center. Sept. YOUTH EMPOWERMENT RALLY Join the NAACP 5, 6 p.m. clarkcenter.org. Clark Center for the Performing you. The exhibit features a SLO County and Latino Outreach Council for an evening Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande, 805-489-9444. of inspirational speakers, drum circle, dancers, and live dazzling variety of butterflies, music by The Monroe. The event will be livestreamed SAN LUIS OBISPO through Facebook an Twitch. Sept. 3, 5:30-7 p.m. from local favorites to exotic CAL POLY ARTS VIRTUAL MUSICAL SERIES: A naacpslocty.org. San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, KILLER PARTY A collaboration between more than 50 1050 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 866-249-9475. Broadway professionals all working together remotely. A tropical varieties. Learn about 9-part musical. Wednesdays $12.99 for complete series. akillerpartymusical.com/cal-poly-arts. Spanos Theatre, the life cycle and behavior of FOOD & DRINK Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7113. these spectacular invertebrates SANTA YNEZ VALLEY NORTH SLO COUNTY KALYRA: PURCHASES AND PICK-UPS Offering SATURDAY IN THE PARK: VIRTUAL CONCERT while observing them up close. varietals from all over the world. Tuesdays-Sundays, 12-5 SERIES Concerts will be available to stream for free through p.m. 805-693-8864. kalyrawinery.com. Kalyra Winery, YouTube. Upcoming acts include Chad Land Band (Sept. 343 N. Refugio Rd., Santa Ynez. 5), Rockin’ Bs Band (Sept. 19), and Ghost/Monster (Oct. 3). STANDING SUN: PURCHASES AND DELIVERIES Saturdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Free admission. atascadero.org/ Visit site for Cellar Club details and more info. youtube. Atascadero Lake Park, Atascadero, 461-5000. m Mondays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 805-691-9413. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOAN MARTIN FEE standingsunwines.com. Standing Sun Wines, 92 2nd St., Unit D, Buellton, 805-691-9413.

LOMPOC/VANDENBERG FLYING GOAT CELLARS: APPOINTMENT AND PICK-UPS This winery specializes in Pinot Noir and sparkling wine. Call or check site for pick-up and appointment info. Mondays, Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. 805-736-9032. flyinggoatcellars.com. Flying Goat Cellars, 1520 Chestnut Court, Lompoc.

SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS PRESQU’ILE WINERY: RESERVATIONS ONLY Call or go online to make a reservation (reservations open to the public starting June 6). ongoing Presqu’ile Winery, 5391 Presqu’ile Dr., Santa Maria, 805-937-8110, presquilewine.com. Reservations required via sbnature.org/tickets. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, 12-2:25 p.m. Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley. NINTH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS Patrons who purchase tickets online will have three separate dates and locations to pick up (and pick out) bowls handcrafted PUMPKIN KING by local artisans. And in an effort to support local Art Center Morro Bay and Creative Me businesses, ticket-buyers will receive a coupon good for Time co-host a curbside pickup for its a bowl of soup from one of the participating restaurants. take-home Succulent Pumpkin Workshop Sept. 12 805-574-1638. 5CHC.org. Trilogy at Monarch on Sunday, Sept. 6, from 10 to 11 a.m. Dunes, 1640 Trilogy Pkwy, Nipomo. Each kit includes all supplies needed to NORTH SLO COUNTY complete the project and an instructional video. An additional pickup date is WEDNESDAYS AROUND THE WORLD: PERSIA scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4, from 10 to PRESENTED BY: Schipper Construction, Immerse your palate in delicious cuisine from around the world without even leaving Paso Robles. This culinary 11 a.m. Visit creativemetime.com for more Santa Barbara Independent, Voice Magazine, El Latino, experience will take you on a journey to discover the info. Art Center Morro Bay is located at Noozhawk, Santa Maria Sun, and Ventura County Reporter. best dishes from around the globe. Sept. 9, 6:30-9:30 835 Main St., Morro Bay. p.m. $120. my805tix.com. Cass Winery And Vineyard, — C.W. 7350 Linne Rd., Paso Robles, 805.239.1730.

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Gallery Los Olivos announced Thursday, Sept. 3, as its official reopening date. The studio’s new hours will be CERAMIC CACTUS: The website is currently showcasing pottery and ceramics—both functional Thursday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests of and decorative—from Walt and Rochelle Hoylman, aka the Clay Geeks. This local couple has been the gallery can look forward to viewing a new duo exhibition, working with clay since 2005. Simple Pleasures, which showcases oil paintings by Cheryl Ambrecht and jewelry by Patricia Wilkins. to more than $1,000, many aspects Ambrecht paints still life, floral, and plein air pieces, Fields said, “with items of participating while Wilkins uses gemstones, beads, and silver to create as small as earrings and in traditional her handcrafted items. In conjunction with the exhibit, as large as a 7-foot-tall art shows and Gallery Los Olivos will be hosting special artist talk events ceramic totem pole.” other public on Sept. 12, 20, and 26. Among the gatherings. The studio is following Santa Barbara County guidelines gallery’s featured “As most of our work is done and precautions in order to reopen safely. Protocol FACE TO FACE: Karen Fields, founder of nipomoartists.com, is showcasing and selling a collection artists during the information will be posted on the gallery’s front doors for of her sculptural clay planters and handcrafted jewelry through the website. month of September out of our own guests to read before entering. is multimedia home art studio, For more details, call the gallery directly at (805) 688- artist Tina Ellis, our interactions 7517 or visit gallerylosolivos.com. Gallery Los Olivos is who creates mosaic with other artists located at 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. jewelry, large mosaics, are very limited,” sculptures, and other the Morenos works. The website expressed in Santa Maria Public Library Clay with me is also currently their artist showcasing pottery statement. hosts new discussion group, New website showcases ceramics, jewelry, and ceramics—both “While we sculptures, and other handcrafted media functional and have continued Movie Talk decorative—from creating art, The Santa Maria Public Library is hosting a new virtual from Nipomo-based artists Walt and Rochelle at some level, discussion group for movie fans to meet and talk online, Hoylman, aka the COVID-19 MOSAIC MAGIC: Among the gallery’s titled Movie Talk, which will meet on the second Thursday BY CALEB WISEBLOOD Clay Geeks. This local couple has been working has probably featured artists during the month of of each month. The next video conference meeting in the hile several art fairs and in-person exhibits with clay since 2005. impacted our September is multimedia artist Tina series will take place on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 3:30 were canceled or postponed this year, Lately clay has also been Fields’ medium of creativity, as we Ellis, who creates mosaic jewelry, large to 4:30 p.m. Call (805) 925-0994 or email sstarnaud@ Wsupporting local artisans is still possible choice, although she’s mainly dabbled in textiles, no longer engage mosaics, sculptures, and other works. cityofsantamaria.org for more details on the new club. in the virtual realm. Central Coast-based metalsmithing, and painting over the years. in the type of multimedia artist Karen Fields recently launched During the course of voluntary quarantine, interactions that a new website, nipomoartists.com, as an ongoing Fields has been spending a majority of her time stimulate thoughts and ideas as a result of close PCPA kicks off InterPlay outlet for her and her fellow artists facing the same in her studio, creating new works fashioned and personal interactions with other artists.” predicament. from polymer clay. Fields said one positive Acrylic painter Jewel DeMoss, whose figurative series with Mat Smart’s “Practicing artists who had aspect of this surreal time period and abstract pieces are featured in the virtual The Agitators spent the year building inventory has been its encouragement of gallery, also misses the in-person camaraderie for shows were stuck. In addition, Shop till you drop experimentation, she explained. between her and her fellow artists in the area. The Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) presents two artists found themselves spending Check out nipomoartists.com “COVID-19 isolation has been DeMoss’ multimedia works, created from fabric, upcoming virtual readings of The Agitators, to be streamed even more time in their studios to view a wide variety of artworks hard in the human sense, but it thread, burlap, and other materials, are also on live through Zoom on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m., and leading to everyone having even from local artists. Each piece on has also put me in my studio every display and for sale on the website. the site is also for sale. Saturday, Sept. 19, at 1:30 p.m. Penned by playwright Mat more inventory,” said Fields, who is day. Not being able to run out and “COVID-19 has severely impacted Smart, this historical play is centered on the friendship showcasing and selling a collection grab particular supplies has caused communicating with and working with other between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. of her sculptural clay planters and handcrafted me to solve problems in new ways—which is one artists, which is so important to stimulate The play reading will be followed by a talkback with jewelry through the website. definition of creativity,” Fields said. “I’ve already creativity,” DeMoss said. “Educational the actors and crew and will be the first entry in PCPA’s This virtual venue currently features artworks done a lot more experimenting than usual and opportunities are rare and mostly virtual. Although InterPlay series, which will run through Oct. 24. Other from eight different participants, and Fields hopes have produced things that a year ago I wouldn’t I appreciate these opportunities, virtual learning selected plays include Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To new artists will join the site each month, she said. have come up with.” is simply not as stimulating as in-person learning Be True (Friday, Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 10) and Octavio Fields aimed to create an online gallery after she Other featured artists in the show include Nancy where artists can learn and support each other. Solis’ Mother Road (Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17) reached out to other Nipomo-based artists and Blain, aka the Harried Potter, whose functional “Galleries are shuttered and opportunities and three additional titles that have yet to be announced. craft vendors and pitched the idea. ceramics are constructed from clay slabs, which she to show art are stymied; this is the reason Pre-registration to join each live reading through Zoom “Instead of driving to the fair, customers could rolls, textures, and paints by hand. nipomoartists.com has been created,” DeMoss is available online at pcpa.org, for $5 per play. Call the shop online and then pick up their purchases from Nipomo couple Louie and Cindy Moreno also added. “Artists need venues to show their work.” m PCPA Box Office at (805) 922-8313 for more details. m the artists’ homes,” Fields said. “This approach work in ceramics and are showcasing some of their allowed everyone to social distance at their own large-scale ceramic sculptures on the website. Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood needs a punny Arts Briefs is compiled by Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood. Send comfort level—an important selling point.” Although the couple feels lucky they’re able nickname; send suggestions to cwiseblood@ information to [email protected]. Price points of the featured items range from $10 to keep producing art from home, they miss santamariasun.com.

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LET IT FLOW: One of Marilyn Dover Benson’s featured acrylic pieces in the exhibit, titled Aqua Flow, was “fun to accomplish, although somewhat hard on my hands,” the artist said—before mentioning her use of crushed glass.

faint blush of paint, which could be interpreted aspiring artist is to stretch your imagination and as sunrise.” try to capture the beauty all around you.” Although diving into abstract art was a big Those interested in Benson’s work can check switch for Benson, her process and workflow out her new abstracts at the airport through remained consistent throughout the experiment. the end of September, or online at her website “I rigidly adhere to this self-imposed schedule, as (marilyndoverbenson.com). She also offers there never seem to be sufficient hours in a day private, scheduled visits to her studio at home. to accomplish all the paintings I want to do,” said Window shoppers are welcome, as no purchases Benson, who maintains a strict painting shift are required to stop by and enjoy the art, she said. between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day in her private “I’m fortunate enough to have a home studio studio at her home. that is currently open for private tours—very Benson also explained why she was able to keep appealing to those who want to do something painting under these time constraints over the different,” Benson said. “[Guests] can enter and THE CIRCLE GAME: “The raised circle was achieved by laying modeling paste and texturing each layer with a sculpting tool,” Marilyn past few months. As a self-described homebody, Dover Benson said of her piece, Enso. “I then painted the inner circle with a faint blush of paint, which could be interpreted as sunrise.” exit through a private entrance and can browse to working while quarantined throughout the their heart’s content.” m COVID-19 crisis hasn’t phased Benson much. “During the course of the pandemic, my life Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood needs external hasn’t significantly changed. I’m somewhat an consequences to maintain any kind of disciplined introvert and always spend each day in my home routine. Send scheduling advice to cwiseblood@ Just keep painting studio,” Benson said. “The only negative impact is santamariasun.com. not being able to easily go Valley Art Gallery showcases new abstracts from to stores for art supplies— but thank goodness for local acrylic artist Marilyn Dover Benson the internet; I can order paints to be delivered right “I heavily textured the canvas and then BY CALEB WISEBLOOD to my doorstep.” created a flowing shape that I filled with crushed self-taught artist, Marilyn Dover Benson Painting daily is a key has mostly painted landscapes and still life glass,” Benson told the Sun. “The painting is ingredient to refreshing A pieces over the past decade. But a new group wired to permit being hung either vertically or your artistry, Benson show at the Santa Maria Airport, curated by horizontally.” explained, and advises Valley Art Gallery, is highlighting a different side Benson described another abstract piece up-and-coming artists of Benson’s range. She described her new venture in the show, titled Enso, as “a very calming, to discipline themselves into the abstract as “a radical serene painting.” This intricate with a consistent change” from her usual realistic multimedia creation of a circle schedule similar to her style of painting. No paint, no gain within a circle, which Benson own. She also suggests Visit valleyartgallery.org to find One of Benson’s featured said can symbolize the circle of that beginners simply out more about Valley Art Gallery’s life among other things. acrylic pieces in the exhibit, current exhibit at the Santa Maria observe their own “The raised circle was achieved titled Aqua Flow, was “fun to Airport, located at 3217 Terminal surroundings and find accomplish, although somewhat Drive, Santa Maria. Check out more by laying modeling paste and the beauty in them. hard on my hands,” the artist texturing each layer with a “Make sure you paint LANDSCAPE ESCAPE: Although Marilyn Dover Benson recently ventured into abstract art, she’s of Marilyn Dover Benson’s art on her mostly painted landscapes and still life pieces over the past decade. “My advice to any aspiring said—before detailing some of website, marilyndoverbenson.com. sculpting tool,” she said. “I then something daily,” Benson the materials involved. painted the inner circle with a said. “My advice to any artist is to stretch your imagination and try to capture the beauty all around you,” she said.

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SUN SCREEN PHOTO COURTESY OF HAMMERSTONE STUDIOS Probably. Nevertheless, it’s fun to see these two reprise their roles as idiot heroes with the added twist A not excellent three-quel of their two daughters along for ean Parisot (Home Fries, Galaxy Quest) directs them to couples therapy. About the only people the adventure. this third installment in the Bill & Ted buddy- who still believe in them are their daughters, Glen: The best laughs come from Dcomedy-sci-fi series about two metalhead Thea (Samara Weaving) and Billie (Brigitte Dennis Caleb McCoy (Anthony 22 slackers—Bill S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Lundy-Paine), apples who didn’t fall far from Carrigan), a poorly functioning Ted Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves)—who their fathers’ trees. This time around, “the future” robot sent to kill Bill and Ted. travel through time in the fi rst two fi lms. Idiotic sends Rufus’ daughter Kelly (Kristen Schaal) to Dennis is named after one of teenagers in the 1989 original, Bill & Ted’s Excellent inform the boys they have 77 minutes to write Kelly’s loser ex-boyfriends by her Adventure, they’re now middle-aged adults with their world-uniting song before space, time, and mom, The Great Leader (Holland daughters, and they come to the realization that reality itself collapses. The pals jump in Rufus’ old Taylor), who hopes killing Bill they’ve yet to create the music that will inspire the phone booth and begin jumping into the future and Ted will reverse the reality utopian future that set off their original adventure. to fi nd themselves after they’ve already written collapse. The other laugh inducer (88 min.) the song so they can bring it back to the present is William Sadler, who reprises and write it. Makes sense, right? Right? his roll as Death, who Bill and Glen: I may have come into this fi lm with both Anna: It’s defi nitely a fi lm built on the nostalgia Ted outsmarted in an earlier fi lm. WHOA! PARTY ON! Bill S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter, left) and Ted Theodore Logan dreams of wistful nostalgia and unreasonable of its earlier counterparts, the fi rst of which Death is despondent that they (Keanu Reeves) travel into the future to fi nd their older selves after they’ve hopefully expectations. After all, the premise is pretty became a cult classic and was a truly fun ride, kicked him out of Wyld Stallyns written a world-uniting song, in Bill & Ted Face the Music, now available at Redbox. ridiculous. In the fi rst installment, the bros were the second of which was not as great but pretty because of his 40-minute bass at risk of fl unking out of high school, so “the inevitable given the success of the fi rst. This time solos. If you’ve seen the trailer, you know Thea They travel to hell after Dennis lasers them out of future” sent Rufus (George Carlin) back in time around the two knuckleheads are still their old and Billie try to help their dads by fetching from existence, and while Bill and Ted get sidetracked to help them learn history from the selves, just a bit older and more the past and enlisting Jimi Hendrix (DazMann by trying to fi x their own futures, Thea and Billie people who make it, like Napoleon, washed up. Storywise, the whole Still), Louis Armstrong (Jeremiah Craft), Mozart are on a mission to put the band together. It’s a Freud, and “So-crates.” You see, the BILL & TED fi lm is set up as a countdown—the (Daniel Dorr), and others to join their dads’ bunch of nonsense, but it’s not the worst nonsense people of the future told Bill and FACE THE MUSIC two have just a couple of hours band. It all culminates in chaos as time and space I’ve seen. If you don’t mind putting your brain on hold for a bit and letting a little ridiculousness Ted that their band Wyld Stallyns What’s it rated? PG-13 to get their epic, world-uniting destabilize, but this is a feel-good comedy, so you into your headspace, this may be a fun 90 would someday create music that What’s it worth, Anna? Stream it song together. Their leaps into know the outcome is never in doubt. It currently would unite the world and usher in What’s it worth, Glen? Rent it the future soon reveal that if they costs $19.99 to on-demand stream. That’s too minutes, but I probably won’t be revisiting this a utopian society. Instead, the band Where’s it showing? On demand don’t get their act together, they’ll much. Wait for it to come to Redbox for $1.75. one. If anything, I’ll go back and watch the fi rst has fallen apart and the friends lose their dear wives as well as rain Anna: I agree, this one is a better value at a lower fi lm for that dose of nostalgia. ❍ are playing near-empty gigs at a doom upon the rest of humanity. price point. It’s a quick hour-and-a-half fl ick, so Moose Lodge. They’re still married to Joanna It’s a silly romp, and perhaps not a laugh-out- the silliness doesn’t get bogged down too badly. New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey and (Jayma Mays) and Elizabeth (Erinn Hayes), the loud ride, but a chuckle-inducing and eye-rolling Dennis is defi nitely a welcome bit of comedy; freelancer Anna Starkey write Sun Screen. Glen medieval princesses they met in the fi rst fi lm, but adventure. Should I have popped an edible or there’s only so much that rehashing the roles of compiles streaming listings. Comment at gstarkey@ their ladies aren’t too happy with them, dragging two beforehand to help the experience along? 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But very few have ever stepped foot on that,” she said. “And you go and you step into that and you have a whole different value of what that feels like.” And that’s really what the day is SAFETY EXPERT: As Innovative Produce’s director of food safety and fi eld operations manager, Lacy meant to do, SEEAG CEO Maranville Litten helps the company keep the produce it grows safe for consumption. said. As someone who’s spent her whole life in agriculture and is now focused on ag education, even Maranville said she gained a new perspective talking to producers for the Farm Day Features. Public attention during the COVID-19 pandemic has focused a YOUR FOOD: A farmworker harvests lettuce in the Santa Maria Valley for Innovative Produce, a grower lot on farmworkers and some of the participating in this year’s Santa Barbara County Farm Day. safety issues they face being essential workers. One of the growers Maranville spoke with during her work on the features said that the public acts like farmworkers are different than everyone else. But they are the same. Food knowledge Farmworkers don’t want to get sick; Santa Barbara County Farm Day aims to they don’t want their kids to get sick. They’re scared; they’re worried; they educate about how local produce stays safe FARM DAY: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, growers like Innovative Produce are virtually participating need to be educated about safety in the second annual Santa Barbara County Farm Day on Sept. 19. precautions—just like everyone else. and gets distributed around the world On the other side of that though, so much water?” she said. Innovative Produce believes that some take it seriously and some don’t— “We actually went out to the fi elds and BY CAMILLIA LANHAM “And it’s like, there are 7.2 billion participating in an event like Farm Day just like everyone else. Everyone deals went right to where the farmworkers he second annual Santa Barbara people on the planet,” Maranville said. is meaningful, and Litten is featured with COVID-19 in their own way, are working,” Maranville said. “They County Farm Day certainly isn’t “And a lot of places can’t grow their in both of the Farm Day Features. She Maranville said. have employee safety measures; they’ve going to be like the fi rst. own food. They’re shipping all over the said that the Innovative Produce family “We’re all individuals, and we all T had them for years. … It’s such a highly About 1,000 people attended tours world to feed other countries.” has been in the Santa Maria area for six have related to COVID in different at 13 different locations for last year’s regulated industry already that during Innovative Produce, which grows generations, so they’re very much a part ways,” she said. inaugural event in the Santa Maria COVID they only had to make a few roughly 15 commodities across 2,000 of the community. Some people wear masks, some don’t. Valley—this year will be the eighth adjustments.” acres of land in Santa Barbara and San “It’s important for us to connect to Some people take the virus seriously, Ventura County Farm Day. But farm She said many people don’t Luis Obispo counties, ships most of its the community as the neighbors that some don’t. Some choose to social tours aren’t really an option due to the necessarily understand what’s produce throughout the U.S. and some we truly are,” Litten said. “We love what distance outside of work, some don’t. COVID-19 pandemic, so Students for happening on the acres and acres of to Japan, Canada, and Mexico. Lacy we do, and we want to be able to share No workplace can control what workers Eco-Education and fi elds they drive by Litten, Innovative’s director of food that with people who are eager to learn do once they leave for the day, she said. Agriculture (SEEAG), regularly. In her safety and fi eld operations manager, about it.” But with farmworkers, Maranville said, which organizes the Ag education years as an educator, it’s kind of political. Students for Eco-Education and said their biggest crops are probably As far as COVID-19 is concerned, Maranville said she’s “When you hear that one of the days, had to plan Agriculture (SEEAG) took a different Brussels sprouts and romaine, but they she said, the information that something a little learned a lot about also grow broccoli, caulifl ower, iceberg Innovative and its fellow agricultural farmworkers is sick, it’s kind of a reaction approach to this year’s farm days in Santa what locals know different for the Sept. Barbara and Ventura counties by creating lettuce, mini peppers, carrots, fennel, producers are receiving from the that it must be the grower’s fault,” she and don’t know 19 event. a series of short videos, Safety in the and mixed leaf lettuce (among others). Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and said. “But if you or I got sick, would they To continue the Field During COVID-19 and Central Coast about the industry. “We don’t like to put all of our eggs other regulatory agencies is changing say it was our employer’s fault?” day’s educational Agriculture on a Global Stage. View them “People—because in one basket, let’s just put it that way,” rapidly with the science and research Overall, she said, every industry is focus, SEEAG during Santa Barbara County’s second they eat every single she said with a laugh. “Diversity is being done on the virus. But as far as different. But because food is something founder and CEO annual Farm Day on Sept. 19 by visiting day and they go into important.” they know, there isn’t a food safety issue that everyone has in their refrigerator— Mary Maranville santabarbaracountyfarmday.com. the grocery stores Litten said that the weather is ideal associated with the virus. and of course, everyone depends on it for said the organization and get their food— for growing on the Central Coast. It’s A lot of the health and hygiene survival—the reaction to the farming decided to produce they think they know that Mediterranean climate. Nipomo policies that producers use to keep food industry is often visceral. But it’s because Farm Day Features, 10-minute videos about it, but they don’t,” she said. “And might have the most consistent safe overlap with keeping workers safe as humans have an emotional connection designed to give the public a look that’s why Farm Day is so important.” temperatures and weather year round well, she said. Policies such as washing to food. into the current issues facing farmers For instance, she said, a lot of people of the whole nation, she said. hands for 20 seconds, using new towels, “It’s an industry that I personally think in the area. The features, Safety in are mystifi ed when they hear about “That climate is ideal for growing disinfecting touch surfaces regularly, is very misunderstood,” she said. ❍ the Field During COVID-19 and the number of crops and pounds of the specialty crops that we’re able to and coughing into elbows were already Central Coast Agriculture on a Global produce grown on the Central Coast. produce here,” she said. “Think about part of Innovative’s policies. Editor Camillia Lanham is always down Stage, will premiere on Sept. 19 at They ask, “Why are these farmers how much we like the weather—the “All of those things have existed in for ag education. Send comments to santabarbaracountyfarmday.com. growing so much? 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