Join your San Mateo County Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and the Live 105 Action Team for a Post-Fourth of July Beach Clean-up!

This Saturday July 5th from 10 a.m. until Noon, at Montara State Beach.  Look for the Surfrider table in the parking lot just north of what used to be the Outrigger/Charthouse restaurant by the stairs that lead down to the beach. 

We will have gloves, bags, Surfrider goodies and free Radiohead CDs (while supplies last) courtesy of LIVE 105 and Capitol Records.

From the California State Parks website: Dogs are permitted provided they are controlled with a leash of no more than six feet at all times.  Please, NO beach fires are allowed.  Please refrain from removing shells, driftwood, and other natural beach features.  Fireworks are prohibited.

For more info, catch a wave at Surfrider San Mateo, email: , or call Surfer Spud at 415-402-6788.

San Francisco singer Jackie Ryan, "one of the outstanding jazz vocalists of her generation” will be performing music from her last CD as well as previewing some songs from her soon to be released CD.

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society 307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 $30. Tickets at the door. Reservations for members. Doors Open at 3 PM, Music from 4:30 to 7:30 PM, with intermission.

Garden Art Party - An Event To Benefit Bay Area Animal Rescue (BAAR).

Sunday, June 29th from 11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Alena Jean's Flower Shop and Nursery, located at: 340 Purissima Street in Half Moon Bay.

Featuring local artists:

• Jewelry: Patty McKowen, Maggie Ford, and Kaila Clark
  
• Pottery: Greet Jaspaert
  
• Photography: Michael Jaspaert, will also perform on his guitar
  
• Mixed Media: Serah Mead
  
• Knitting: Ada Lai and Giulie Brown

Belly dancers will shake up the tempo and Mike McCall will play Spanish guitar in the gazebo. Refreshments provided. All ages are welcome! Children may enjoy watching the train circling the garden creek. Please leave your pets at home. On site, cats will be up for adoption, but no kittens or dogs.

Alena Jean now features Annie's Annuals as well as a wide variety of fun and unusual plants. Fees from the reserved artist's booths will be donated to BAAR. Donations to BAAR are welcomed.

Alena Jean's Flower Shop & Nursery is located in the big brown barn behind Casey's Café.

I'll bet that you or someone you know have a tire or two in the yard or garage that you've wanted to get rid of for years. You'll have the chance on Saturday June 21st, from 9am to 1pm at the Pescadero Transfer Station on Bean Hollow Rd.

In an effort to get green, and because grants have been made available, San Mateo County has hired a permitted hauler to pick up our unwanted tires of any size - with or without rims. Best part, the hauler plans on reusing and recycling as much as possible.

The last event in HMB actually rescued over 800 tires!! If you can't make it to Pescadero on the 21st, there will be similar events in the near future. I'll keep you posted.

Feature: The Crazy Stranger (Gadjo Dilo)
French and Romany with English subtitles

Tony Gatlif is a wonderful French/Roma (Gypsy) film maker.  When the Film Society screened “Latcho Drom”, Gatlif’s documentary about the many styles of gypsy music in Jan 2007, the audience asked for more.  This month they are going to give HMB more.

On June 20th The Film Society is screening one of Tony’s feature films about the Roma (Gypsy) life.  Gadjo Dilo (The Crazy Stranger) follows a young Frenchman who finds himself living among Romanian gypsies.  This plot about a stranger living among the Rom gives Gatlif the chance to explore the passions of Rom culture, music, and mores in a way that he could not do using the documentary format of Latcho Drom.

This story touches upon adult themes and the Rom actors are not afraid of using authentically salty language. So the Film Society was a little concerned about screening it at their usual venue at the Methodist Sanctuary. So they are moving this screening this month down the road to their our old haunt South of town at the Depot at Johnson House.

When: Friday June 20th at 8:00 pm
Where: The Depot at Johnson House, Half Moon Bay 110 Higgins Purisima Road
Donation: $6.00

“A fresh and vibrant surprise. A film that pulsates with consistent energy, humor and an unexpected pathos. There have not been many films that succeed in capturing the reality of the gypsy life, and Gadjo Dilo works beautifully. It’s a classic fish-out-of-water story which miraculously evolves into a boisterous, sometimes comic look at a particular Romanian tribe.” Paul Fischer Urban Cinefile

Director Tony Gatlif’s award-winning film about a young French man trying to come to terms with his father’s death. Searching for clues about his distant Dad he travels to Romania hoping to meet the reclusive Nora Luca, a legendary gypsy singer whose music was his father’s greatest obsession.

In hopes of tracking down the diva he ingratiates himself with the local Gypsy community. Initially suspicious of the stranger, the villagers gradually come to accept him. He, in turn, falls in love with beautiful, spirited gypsy dancer.  The film’s complex story line weaves around the couple’s affair, revealing the rich world of gypsy custom and musical culture.

“The performances are all startling, from the superb work of French actor Romain Duris, the magnificent Isidor Serban, who is hypnotic as the elderly gypsy leader with a lust for life, and the seductive, earthy and foul-mouthed Rona Hartner who lights up the screen as the sensuous Sabrina.  All in all, an exhilarating experience not to be missed.” Paul Fischer

* Winner of the Caesar Prize for Best Music for a Film *

For more info and a streaming video trailer see: www.HMBFilm.org

Warning: This film features adult themes and language

The Visionary Edge will host a screening of the award winning documentary Paper Clips at the Johnson House Depot, a 7:30pm on Saturday June 14th.

Something amazing happened in the town of Whitwell, Tennessee; a town where the population peaks at about 2,000 people and where the word "skyline" is epitomized in breathtaking views of the rustic Smoky Mountains.

The citizens of this rural Tennessee community are almost exclusively white and Christian; the town was not accustomed to cultural diversity. But in 1998 that all changed with a classroom project at Whitwell Middle School. The "Paper Clips" project sparked one of the most inspirational and profound lessons in tolerance, in one of the least likely places.

Linda Hooper, the school's principal, created the project out of her desire to help students open their eyes to the diversity of the world beyond their insulated valley. What ultimately happened changed the lives of the students, their teachers, their families and the entire town forever, and by the end, they had a new goal: to open the eyes and hearts of people around the world.

Paper Clips is a moving documentary about these students and their emotional journey as they learn about the horrors and tragedies of the Holocaust.

Musicians, artists and craftspeople will join together in La Honda to entertain and exhibit at annual La Honda Faire and Music Festival. The Faire is held in La Honda Gardens, in the California redwoods of La Honda. It is a two-day festival of music, celebration, and community.

Admission is free. Proceeds benefit the La Honda Elementary School art and music program. Come soak up some sun, listen to great music, and meet some new friends. No pets, please.

A stellar musical line-up of local bands include: Gary Gates Band, Mama Pacho, Mark Reid Band, Jack Mullins Band, Lisa Kelly Band, Curtis Turner, Houston Jones,John Haverd Band, Seconds on End, This Way Up, And more…

June 14 & 15
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
La Honda Gardens [Google Map]
8865 La Honda Road
La Honda