Community Calendar

Experience the world's premier conscious cinema showcase featuring transformational films that elevate awareness and inspire positive change. This year's theme, "Looking Through the Lens of Love," offers groundbreaking narratives and documentaries including "The Dalai Lama's Gift," "Between the Mountain and the Sky" and "Wisdom of Happiness."
Enjoy filmmaker Q&As, post-film integration experiences, and special events including the $25,000 "Oneness of Humanity" Micro-Short Film Contest. lluminate creates a space where film becomes a catalyst for personal growth and planetary evolution.

Join us to celebrate First Saturdays—a fun tradition of art, wine, and live music-filled evenings at the start of each month!
Enjoy the opening of "In Your Dreams" while enjoying music by Kenny Taylor and wine from one of our generous Winery Partners, Dubost.

Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey with Into the Woods, the groundbreaking musical that reimagines the fairy tales you know and love. With a spellbinding score by the legendary Stephen Sondheim and a witty, thought-provoking book by James Lapine, this Tony Award-winning masterpiece is a theatrical event you simply can’t miss.
Into the Woods weaves together the stories of iconic characters like Cinderella, Jack (and his beanstalk), Little Red Riding Hood, and the Baker and his Wife as they pursue their dreams and face the consequences of their wishes. As their adventures unfold, the show explores the complexities of human desire, the bonds of family, and the sacrifices we make in pursuit of “happily ever after.”
Performances:
April 17 at 7 pm - (A special preview performance!)
April 18 at 7 pm
April 19 at 2 pm and 7 pm
April 25 at 7 pm
April 26 at 2 pm and 7 pm
April 27 at 2 pm

Join us at the Cayucos Chamber of Commerce's upcoming Antique Street Faire. This family-friendly event near the picturesque Pacific Ocean boasts over 90 dealer booths and food vendors, offering a diverse array of antiques, collectibles, furniture, art, décor, apparel, and more from local antique retailers.

Celebrate spring by learning about our gorgeous, fuzzy native bees, honeybees, butterflies and their extraordinary caterpillars, the stunning diversity and colorful beauty of moths, bats pollinating tropical fruits and flowers (and the cutest baby bats!), and wildflower gardens that are a crucial part of our ecosystem.
At the Faire, you will discover the importance of pollinators to our food supply, our local environment and our gardens. Bees are essential for two-thirds of the food crops we eat every day, but they are dying at alarming rates. Culprits include environmental toxins from pesticides and other chemicals, habitat loss and climate change. Many species of butterfly and bat are also endangered for the same reasons.
It’s vital that we understand and appreciate our pollinator friends. We hope you will don your favorite spring outfit—wings and antennae—and join us for a day full of fun, discovery and hometown community.
Family-Friendly Activities
● Observation beehive with the queen
● Stellaluna the pallid bat, in person
● Presentations by bee, butterfly and bat experts
● Flowerpot painting and planting
● Seed ball-making workshop
● Scavenger hunt with Star Wars-related prizes
● Stunning pollinator photo gallery
● Live music
Local vendors will be selling gifts, pollinator-friendly plants, mushroom compost, sharing gardening tips and locally made mead, an ancient alcoholic drink made from honey.
Amateur astronomers will share views of our sun through high-powered solar telescopes. 2025 is “Solar Maximum”, the peak of the sun’s 11-year cycle when the most flares, spots and protuberances will be visible.
A silent auction and raffle will feature a variety of pollinator-related gift items.

Don't miss out on a beautiful afternoon filled with spring-fresh food and beverages, award-winning wines, live music and auction, live artist demonstration, award presentations, and of course, a unique chance to support our mission to inspire stewardship of nature through art and education.
All proceeds from our fundraiser support our ability to provide unique exhibitions, nature education programs and art workshops, outdoor excursions, free school tours and seasonal children’s art workshops, and free general admission for children (ages 0-17yrs).
For more information, contact Executive Director Stacey Demangate-Otte at stacey@calnatureartmuseum.org

Experience the world's premier conscious cinema showcase featuring transformational films that elevate awareness and inspire positive change. This year's theme, "Looking Through the Lens of Love," offers groundbreaking narratives and documentaries including "The Dalai Lama's Gift," "Between the Mountain and the Sky" and "Wisdom of Happiness."
Enjoy filmmaker Q&As, post-film integration experiences, and special events including the $25,000 "Oneness of Humanity" Micro-Short Film Contest. lluminate creates a space where film becomes a catalyst for personal growth and planetary evolution.

Join Jazz vocalist Sunny Wright and guitarist Tom Bethke for music, tasting, and lunch at the Halter Ranch Winery.

Come celebrate cultures of the world through dance. We will lead you through dances from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a special lesson of the authentic Maypole dance. Folk dancers from all over California will join us.

Wearing multiple hats, local acclaimed authors,
— Christine Ahern
— Anne R. Allen
— Rolynn Anderson
— Tony Piazza
— Mara Purl
— Lida Sideris
shall alarm, intrigue, delight, and amuse you with their dramatic skills as they take turns performing scenes from their latest works.