Award-winning author Brando Skyhorse will be at the Cuesta Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 5 PM for a reading, Q and A, and book signing. The event is free for Cuesta students; General Admission Tickets are $10 and available at cpactickets.cuesta.edu. This event is sponsored by Cuesta College Friends of the Library with support from the Cuesta College Student Equity Fund.
Award-winning author Brando Skyhorse will be at the Cuesta Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 5 PM for a reading, Q and A, and book signing. The event is free for Cuesta students; General Admission Tickets are $10 and available at cpactickets.cuesta.edu. This event is sponsored by Cuesta College Friends of the Library with support from the Cuesta College Student Equity Fund.
Student focus groups are around lunch time, only 90 minutes long, and participants receive a $20 gift card and lunch.
Orchestra Novo and Michael Nowak present
Co-Creation Project II
The Music Inside
Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Beethoven
Soloist, Dr. Chih-Long Hu
Sunday, October 29
4 pm
Cuesta Performing Arts Center
Community Novo: Co-Creation Project
As a continuation of our Community Novo: Co-Creation Project, Orchestra Novo has connected with Central Coast senior centers serving Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. As part of the patients’ art classes and art therapy, Michael Nowak will present to them Gabriel Faure’s “Pavane,” and they will be guided to draw and paint in response to the music and the feelings and memories it evokes. Their work will then be collected and featured in this concert.
This experience benefits seniors living with Alzheimer’s and dementia by increasiong mental stimulation and assisting in recovery of emotion and memory that have been diminished. It is an opportunity for non-verbal creative expression of feeling and experience that can enrich self-confidence. The art and music enhances the ability to focus on details through guided, active music listening,
Participants will enjoy a sense of pride at having their creative works spotlighted at this concert and gain a greater appreciation and enjoyment of classical music.
We hope to bring to our community an increased understanding of the challenges of living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well as a heightened sense of connection through shared experiences of music and art. This can bring a fuller understanding of how artistic creation fosters the understanding, expression, and release of deep emotions, and, create greater appreciation of the power of music and art in enabling expression of the human spirit.
http://www.orchestranovo.com/music-inside/
Join us in a two-evening interactive workshop in which we will be exploring the complex process by which each of us has created our unique sense of "self" and identity to date. Begin observing your "self" or identity through recognition of any special biological talents you may have inherited and gone on to develop. We will then dive into an examination of the many dimensions of culture and life experiences that have influenced who you are and see yourself to be. This workshop is intended to strengthen, in each of us, a greater awareness of the fact that we have the opportunity, choice, and challenge to be the "self" we want to be and/or become. Our workshop interaction will encourage a depth of meaning, joy, and humor.
DATES: Tue/Thu: Oct 17 & 19, 2017
TIME: 6:30-9:30pm
FEE: $30
# PD0704.317
LOCATION: San Luis Obispo Campus Room 3313
INSTRUCTOR: Carolie Coffey
QUESTIONS: Contact instructor at ccoffey555@gmail.com or (805) 752-1070
http://www.cuesta.edu/communityprograms/community-education/social_sciences/self-discovery.html
Cuesta College Food Distribution:
http://www.cuesta.edu/student/campuslife/studentlife/slofoodbankdistribution.html
Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo:
3 Cultural Center Events this week!
Donuts & Dialogue: Affirmative Action
October 3rd, 12-1:00 pm, Cultural Center (5104a)
Free pan dulce!
Eat pan dulce & discuss the affirmative action debate.
Piñata Bash
Oct 4th, 11-1:00 pm, Cultural Center (5004a/b)
Free chips & salsa!
Learn about the origins of the piñata and decorate your own
Spirituality Chat: Buddhism
Oct. 5, 12-1:45 pm, Cultural Center (5104a)
Free cookies!
Barry Bridge & Reverend Naomi Nakano from SLO Buddhist Church
will be facilitating a discussion about Shin Buddhism
