Community Calendar

Siji Krishnan’s paintings invite viewers into a world where memory, myth, and daily life intertwine. Working primarily on delicate rice paper, she builds up translucent layers of watercolor and oil to reveal figures, landscapes, and hidden details. Her images often feel dreamlike—ponds shimmering with light, grasses bending in the rain, or figures dissolving into their surroundings—suggesting the ways that identity, home, and belonging are shaped by both what we see and what lies beneath the surface.

The exhibition The Secret Place brings together recent works from Krishnan’s Los Angeles debut, alongside five new large paintings created in her studio in Kerala, India. In these new works, Krishnan replaces her more figurative elements with water, plants, and sky. The natural world of her home—backwaters, monsoon rains, and village ponds—becomes a central motif, a site of both refuge and transformation. Themes of fertility and motherhood, community, and renewal flow through her practice, informed by her experiences of raising a child and the shifting boundaries between self and environment.

Krishnan’s art asks us to look slowly and closely. Small details emerge—an animal, a flower petal, a shadow of a figure—like secrets discovered over time. Both intimate and expansive, her paintings transcend cultural and geographic boundaries, embodying the Upanishadic (ancient Indian sacred philosophical texts) philosophy vasudhaiva kutumbakam: “the world is one family.”

Exhibition runs from October 11 to February 22.

The Cambria Center for the Arts will be having our annual Holiday Exhibit, “Small Gems.” We're ending 2025 with colorful squares once again. Our talented local artists are creating miniature masterpieces on 8- and 12-inch canvases—on any theme or topic. Each one will be unique and ready to gift or collect.

—Runs October 28 to December 28. (Tuesday through Sunday from 12 to 4 pm).
—Artist’s Reception: Saturday, November 1st from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.
—Contact: www.cambriaarts.org or gallery@cambriaarts.org

The sale and show includes handwoven clothing, household items, gifts and a gallery show of fine crafted handwoven items, including wall displays, clothing and jewelry. Looms and spinning wheels will be on display as well as ongoing demonstrations of weaving and spinning throughout the show. Fiber artists reside in San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County (Santa Maria, Solvang and Santa Ynez).

Every item offered for sale or on display in the showcase be it woven, spun, felted, braided or knit, is locally handcrafted by members of The Central Coast Weavers.

Schedule:
—Opening Reception and Sale: November 7, from 11 to 6 pm
—November 8, 10 am to 4 pm
—November 9, 10 am to 3 pm

St. Joseph High School Community Theatre is proud to present their first play: Pride and Prejudice. Based off of Jane Austen's famous novel, this Jon Jory adaptation skillfully encapsulates Austen's masterful writing, incredible wit, and deep analysis of complicated characters with even more complicated relationships.

The Craft Fair is a fundraiser for the Valley of Flowers Half-Century Club. There will be over 20 vendors with hand-crafted items: leather and wood-turned, hand-sewn, crocheted and knitted, sculptures, jewelry, and much more. Each attendee will receive a raffle ticket which could lead to winning a craft donated by the crafters.

Friends of the Nipomo Library Book Sale. Select from adult fiction/nonfiction, children's books, jigsaw puzzles, and CD's/DVD's. FONL members receive 2 free books! Cash only.

Family to Family class is a free educational program for families, friends, and significant others of people with mental illness. Call or email to register.

The Cambria Center for the Arts will be having our annual Holiday Exhibit, “Small Gems.” We're ending 2025 with colorful squares once again. Our talented local artists are creating miniature masterpieces on 8- and 12-inch canvases—on any theme or topic. Each one will be unique and ready to gift or collect.

—Runs October 28 to December 28. (Tuesday through Sunday from 12 to 4 pm).
—Artist’s Reception: Saturday, November 1st from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.
—Contact: www.cambriaarts.org or gallery@cambriaarts.org

A 2-hour combo of tumbling and parkour takes kids from timid to triumphant! Perfect for introducing and improving gymnastics and parkour skills, no matter your experience level. Members & non-Members, all levels welcome, ages 5 to 17 years.

The Diva Cup Art Show, presented by Femme Futures Foundation, is rolling into Cambria this November 8th and 9th, celebrating creativity, community, and surf culture.

Come check out talented artists, good tunes, and enjoy a cold beverage with friends. Complementary Juneshine drinks & music offered from 4 to 7 pm on this Saturday, November 8.

All art will be available for purchase via silent auction. Every piece sold and every dollar raised goes straight to Femme Futures Foundation, supporting women through education, advocacy and community both in and out of the water.

Wanna get involved? Come hang, donate, or find out more at www.femmefutures.org
Follow along on instagram at @divacup_surf