Community Calendar

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

Bookworms, assemble! Woods is welcoming animal lovers ages 7 to 17 to join us in reading to our furry friends. Shelter life can be stressful, and reading is proven to relax and comfort companion animals. Book Buddies will be held at our Atascadero location on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

This MBAA Members ONLY exhibit is truly a holiday shopping bonanza. The Winter Faire is a perfect destination for getting inspired. Come find the perfect gift while supporting local artisans. There is something for everyone. Handcrafted ornaments, jewelry and cards, paintings, sculptures, larger statement pieces and more. This show is not to be missed, whether you’re knocking out your entire holiday shopping list or just looking a unique gift for that someone special, purchasing art at the Winter Faire is a chance to give with meaning while sharing the magic of creativity.

—Runs from November 6th to January 5th.
—Artist’s Reception: Sunday November 9th, from 2 to 4pm
—For more information visit www.artcentermorrobay.org.

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

Bookworms, assemble! Woods is welcoming animal lovers ages 7 to 17 to join us in reading to our furry friends. Shelter life can be stressful, and reading is proven to relax and comfort companion animals. Book Buddies will be held at our San Luis Obispo location on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.

Paws to Remember is Hospice SLO County’s annual remembrance ceremony honoring the beloved pets who are no longer with us but forever part of our hearts. This meaningful gathering offers space to celebrate their memory through music, reflection, and candlelight.

The event is free to attend and open to all. With a donation, your pet’s name will be read aloud during the ceremony, and a lantern keepsake will be mailed in their honor.

Join us to remember, reflect, and celebrate the enduring love they’ve left behind. For more information or to donate, visit www.hospiceslo.org/events or call 805-544-2266.

Celebrate the holiday season with A Christmas Story, the beloved stage adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s classic tale of 1940s childhood dreams and holiday misadventures. Follow 9-year-old Ralphie Parker on his determined quest for the ultimate Christmas gift—a genuine Red Ryder BB gun. Along the way, he pleads his case with cranky parents, stern teachers, even Santa himself! The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!”

Packed with holiday mischief, childhood dreams and nostalgic charm, A Christmas Story captures the magic of the season with wit, warmth and plenty of laughs. Bring the whole family and make this cherished classic part of your holiday tradition!

This MBAA Members ONLY exhibit is truly a holiday shopping bonanza. The Winter Faire is a perfect destination for getting inspired. Come find the perfect gift while supporting local artisans. There is something for everyone. Handcrafted ornaments, jewelry and cards, paintings, sculptures, larger statement pieces and more. This show is not to be missed, whether you’re knocking out your entire holiday shopping list or just looking a unique gift for that someone special, purchasing art at the Winter Faire is a chance to give with meaning while sharing the magic of creativity.

—Runs from November 6th to January 5th.
—Artist’s Reception: Sunday November 9th, from 2 to 4pm
—For more information visit www.artcentermorrobay.org.

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

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.