Is your band ready to make the big time? Want to take your violin-playing abilities on the road and make money doing it? The
Cuesta College Business and Entrepreneurship Center is hosting “Musicians as Entrepreneurship, The Business Side of Music” featuring speaker
Donald C. Gorder of
Berklee College of Music on Friday, Oct. 14 at 1-5 p.m.
Purchase tickets online … The
SLO Children’s Museum hosts its annual fall benefit on Friday night in Avila Beach. When
Shelley McConnell Concannon is chair and the theme is
“How the West Was Fun,” well, heck, you better know it’s gonna be fun. Longtime tireless museum volunteer
Ashala Lawler is the most-deserving honoree … The
History Center of San Luis Obispo (formerly the
SLO County Historical Museum) is high kicking on Saturday. Start at the
Carnegie Library Museum in SLO with the unveiling of a new exhibit, “French Connections: Art, Wine and Exploration,” a tribute to adventurer and SLO luminary
Pierre Dallidet. After the museum the party moves to, where else, the
Dallidet Adobe, for a reception designed with a nod to Pierre’s French roots and the vision that led him to develop the county’s first commercial winery …
Atascadero Firefighters are still working to make their goal of $100,000 needed to outfit the all-volunteer effort Disaster Response Trailer.
PG&E has stepped up to help, granting the crew a $25,000 boost and challenging community members to match the dollars. “$50,000 in 50 Days” is the goal, and it’s doable.
Check it out on Facebook.
Major kudos to the Beach Tractors team that swept Sunset Magazine’s “One Block Feast” competition. Can’t wait to see the spring magazine spread … And we note Morro Bay City Manager Andrea Lueker can go the distance at more than just City Council meetings. The dedicated athlete finished first overall at the Santa Cruz Mermaid Triathlon, a women’s event with 270 participants. Andrea ran, swam and cycled her way to an amazing 1:21.02 finish time … Last year’s Central Coast Economic Forecast Event was busting at the seams – so much call for good information and some sizzle – that organizers have moved it to the Alex Madonna Expo Center. Save the date: November 8. Registration now underway …
Dick Willhoit and his team at Estrella Associates are well known North County housing and commercial developers. They’re at it again, this time with a four-home development on Santa Ysabel in Atascadero that Dick and son Wes purchased from another builder. The now-finished homes are for sale with a cool caveat: two of the four are reserved for purchase by current Atascadero residents and/or employees who work in Atascadero. Dick is working with the City to help at least two local families (or individuals) break into home ownership.
