Sorcerer Productions presents Little Shop of Horrors on the main stage of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts from Aug. 12 to Aug. 28.

Sorcerer Productions, the company that brought sold-out runs of Forever Plaid, The Producers and The Drowsy Chaperone to the Clark Center is back with the long-running and ever popular Broadway Musical, Little Shop of Horrors. 

A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination! 

Concerts in the Plaza will feature Monte Mills and the Lucky Shoehorse Band this Friday. Mills has become an icon of the California Central Coast and has a reputation of being one of the last and best yodeling cowboys around.

He's been instrumental in keeping traditional Western swing country music alive by introducing it to thousands of Cal Poly students and Central Coast residents every year.

Anyone can enjoy the live performance of Monte Mills and the Lucky Shoehorse Band at a free, two-hour concert from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in beautiful Mission Plaza on Aug. 12.

Concerts in the Plaza is a summer concert series that features the best local musicians from Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Local restaurants and eateries provide snacks and food for hungry concert goers while Firestone Brewery and J. Lohr Winery supply beer and wine for purchase. Non-alcoholic beverages are provided as well. Bar and food vendors open at 5 p.m.

First Solar is hosting several Job Fairs for Topaz Solar Farm employment on Aug. 11 and 12.

First Solar is offering the following employment opportunities: operators (fork lifts, skid steers, post driving machinery, or heavy equipment), general laborers, janitorial staff, water truck drivers, administrative staff, civil superintendents, and structural superintendents. 

Starting today, the MCSC Women’s Business Center will launch a four-part Social Media Workshop Series under the direction of Elizabeth Ruiz, founder of Direct Marketing Rx. The class will be run four consecutive Wednesday evenings beginning at 6 p.m.

This unique series will be limited in class size that will allow for a very intimate setting for the student to learn about Facebook, Twitter, and Linked-In social media sites. The concluding class will focus on ‘Tools to Manage Social Media.’ Each session will be 90 minutes long.

While food, wine, and good living are the stars of the upcoming Sunset Savor the Central Coast 2011, the locations of Savor events have their own magnificent and pivotal roles to play.  

“When we chose the Central Coast for a celebration of Western living at its finest, we wanted to make a point of weaving the area’s history and roots into the event,” said Barb Newton, president of Sunset Publishing, Inc. “The use of historic locations connects us to the Central Coast’s earliest champions and pioneers—the first people who saw the potential of this incredible place.”

One such legendary location is the rustic Asistencia de Santa Margarita, the building in which celebrity Chef Cat Cora will give a “Classics with a Twist” cooking demonstration during the Sunset Savor the Central Coast 2011 Main Event on Oct. 1 and 2.

Every first Friday, hundreds of visitors converge onto downtown San Luis Obispo to see new art exhibits and add to their growing collections. With dozens of galleries and non-traditional exhibit spaces, it’s SLO's favorite night of the month to celebrate art.

Though many shops are open earlier, Art After Dark officially starts at 6 p.m. and runs to 9 p.m.

On a typical Art After Dark, over 20 galleries and non-traditional art venues (think restaurants, boutiques, and salons) spotlight the best of established and emerging local artists. They sometimes also feature the works of nationally and internationally acclaimed artists.

Expect sore feet, full bellies, and creative juices to be flowing from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of the month.

Plan to join the San Luis Obispo Community Foundation at the Embassy Suites San Luis Obispo for the 9th Annual Women's Legacy Fund Luncheon.

The focus of this year's grant program is health and the keynote speaker will be Linda Lewis Griffith, M.A., a local marriage and family therapist and author of "Rattle Fatigue: And you thought you were busy before you had children!" (Impact Publishers, 1986) and "Guide to your Parenting Concerns" (Kindred Books, 1996).
 
Online reservations may be made now at www.sloccf.org/wlftickets. Tickets are $50 each. Tables of eight are $400.  

Hospice SLO will be “jazzing” up Castoro Cellars this Labor Day Weekend to raise funds for its Paso Robles location during the 2nd Annual Hope & Harmony Benefit Concert.

Local favorites The Red Skunk Jipzee Swing Band and The Tipsy Gypsies will perform at the outdoor benefit concert held at Castoro Cellars on Sept. 3 from 7:15 to 10 p.m., with doors opening at 6:15 p.m. 

Hospice SLO is an incorporated non-profit 501 (c) (3) agency with offices located in San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles. Governed by a twelve member Board of Directors, Hospice SLO has been providing uninterrupted services since 1977 and continues to rely 100 percent on community donations, fund raising events, grants and bequests.

Citizens for SLO, the grassroots group in support of Ballot Measures A and B in the upcoming mail-only election, is hosting a bike ride around various San Luis Obispo neighborhoods at a special bike rally tomorrow to help encourage yes votes on the two important measures in August.

Bicyclists, families and supporters of both measures are encouraged to participate. The rally will start and finish at Mitchell Park on July 30 from 9:45 a.m. to noon.

“Cyclists are one group who can make a very visible show of support for approving Measure A and B just in time for the election,” said Lauren Brown, an avid cyclist and co-chair of the Citizens for SLO committee. “Bicyclists are just one of the many groups that will be negatively impacted over time by forced cutbacks the city will make to pay for the enormous mandated expenditures for pensions and exorbitant pay increases for police and fire imposed by outside arbitrators. And a big turn-out will earn us the coverage that’s been requested from all the media. At least one TV channel plans to cover us. Be there and help our cause!”